//------------------------------// // Ch 31 The Legion of Doom (rewrite) // Story: Enforcing Change // by Scootaboom1 //------------------------------// Nightlight The events of the movie finally occurred. Honestly the only reason I had not had Fizzlepop Berrytwist kill the Storm King before he attacked Equestria was because we need to make friends with the hippogriffs. Before the Storm King could use his staff to steal the magic of the princesses Tempest stoned him and then smashed him to bits. Twilight was officially mad at me again. She was happy that I had saved Applejack's parents even if she was not happy about how. Though letting the Storm King raid Equestria was not the best way to follow up on that. I really am terrible at this. Well anyway that could not have gone better but regardless Twilight started her school. That was a mess all right. If they had not figured out what was going on with Sand Bar they probably would have actually asked for my help. But they did not have need of my aid. The convocation of creatures also went well. For those who don't know it is basically a meeting between a large number of nations that has not been done in a while. Cozy Glow was up to her devious tricks. Tirek also had no problems with giving his advice to her. Knowing how the spell worked I was actually able to create a counter so that I could keep my magic during that whole situation. When Twilight had found the pendent with the star from the constellation Cosmos was trapped in. Fortunately she had remembered advice I had given her in the past about talking magic artifacts. So that was a plus. But time finally came for season nine or as I call it Discords' lesson zero. Tirek Why do I have to be stuck here in Tartarus with this annoying little filly? Cozy Glow was a prime example a snake. As I sat in my cell I was suddenly teleported along with Cozy Glow to some kind of cave. When I called out asking for who brought us here I had expected to see the shadow I had previously encountered. But what I really saw was not what I had expected. What was standing before me was a large blue ram who began casting a spell while saying that only two more were left to receive. Two swirls began to form one had peices of stone that looked as though they were blasted apart. The second was surrounded by pieces of twisted armor. Starry wisps of magic were coming off of them and collecting in the center. From the first came a creature with white fur and black armor. An individual known as the Storm King. The second was a black alicorn with a mane that resembled a starry night. Nightmare Moon... This just confused Cozy Glow and myself. Though to be fair the Storm King and Nightmare Moon were just as confused about being alive apparently. Our benefactor introduced himself as Grogar the father of all monsters. Neither to Storm King or Cozy Glow had not heard of him but the Storm King was at least from a distant land so he was excused. Grogar said that if we were to defeat the insufferable Twilight Sparkle and her friends we had to work together. It was humiliating to be put on the same level as a filly. The Storm King voiced his own discontent with the concept of the alliance with the various gathered individuals. Refusing to work with us. Grogar had started to grow irritated with him and said that if he felt he could conquer Equestria by himself than he could very well try. Grogar gave him his staff and teleported him away telling him to give it his best shot. Nightlight No one had expected the sudden return of the Storm King. He had managed to locate the Tree of Harmony and destroy it. Fortunately the young six managed to restore it. When the discussion of how he could have returned came up I pointed out that he had never been killed only stoned and shattered. Thus restoring him is not all that difficult. So this time after shattering he I turned it back to flesh. I also volunteered to look into the culprit. Tirek We had been left to find a method of working together with each other. That infernal Cozy Glow was putting up a persona of a bubbly friendly filly, but I knew that she was a deadly viper. I didn't even try the cupcakes she made for us Nightmare Moon would be my way of testing for poison. I was still not used to Nightmare Moon being her own separate entity but neither was she apparently. As we were going nowhere with our ability to work together Grogar entered and after scolding us he ordered us to go collect his Bewitching Bell from Mt. Everhoof. Nightmare Moon used her ability to shape shift to help us during the climb. When we finally obtained the Bewitching Bell we felt really good. We were not really sure of what to do but Nightmare Moon pointed out that regardless we had to do something about Grogar. She really was not bad. All she wanted was to be appreciated. I could understand that. Since we had no idea on how to use the bell we decided to keep it a secret from Grogar. We decided that the best way to figure out how to operate the bell was to sneak into Canterlot Castle and stealing the book written by Gusty when they had the bell. This was definitely going to be difficult but we would find a way. Hopefully we find out how to use the bell. When we made our way back we began to read through the book and found the spell to absorb the magic. Only there was none... A deep laugh echoed throughout the cavern and Grogars' voice spoke. Suddenly a beam shot down from the ceiling blasting us in all directions. When I opened up my eyes I saw Cozy Glow on the other side of the room with what looked like a broken wing. I couldn't see the bell. But standing a top Nightmare Moon was Grogar. He smiled with a twisted grin and said that he granted her a life of her own and he could take it away with ease. Nightmare Moon's face twisted into one of pain as she screamed. Her form distorted and she turned into mist and was sucked into Grogars' mouth. I suddenly felt as though I could move. I hadn't even realized that I had been restrained. I screamed and ran up to Grogar punching him. My first sank into his coat and I screamed in pain. Pulling out my fist I saw that it was covered in bee stingers. I removed them the best I could and looked between Grogar and Cozy Glow. Cozy Glow had tear covering her face and Grogar had a smug grin. I asked why he didn't kill us. He said that she was the one who suggested overthrowing him and he had no long term use for her. When looked to my hand Grogar laughed and said that he learned it from the strange changeling he absorbed. Grogar then began to say that if we wanted to live we should leave the cavern for now and to not worry about the bell. He lost before because he was over reliant on it, but now he no longer needs it. We were free to join his army once it was completed. I grabbed Cozy Glow and left. As she cried over Nightmare Moon I knew that the only thing we could do was go to the Princesses.