Garble learned of Super Dragon's existence in much the same way he'd learned of Filthy Rich's betrayal, from discarded newspapers that he managed to find on the few occasions he wandered away from the little cave tucked into a remote part of Equestria. This cave was where he and his two followers had settled in following their miraculous escape. Why go back to the place that had branded them enemies and traitors when they could hide out in a place like Equestria and live like kings? (That wasn't to say they never tried to go back to the dragon lands, but at best they could only find colonies different from the ones they had known. It was as if their original clan had vanished, wiped off the face of the world)
Reading over the latest headlines that proclaimed Super Dragon's heroic deeds and feats, Garble felt his blood begin to boil. "'Super Dragon Saves City From Certain Doom', 'Super Dragon: Look, Ma, No Wings!', 'Super Dragon: Who Or What Lies Behind the Mask?', 'Super Dragon Exposes Plot to Eradicate Parts of Equestria'. Super Dragon. Super Dragon!" He crumpled up the papers, burning them to a crisp with his fire breath. "That's all I ever hear now! It's sickening! Those namby pamby ponies worshiping one of our own instead of bowing to us in fear!"
"So, what are we waiting for?" Grunt questioned Garble. "Filthy Rich has failed us, so now we should finish what he started."
Groan nodded as a fiendish, sadistic smile came to his face. "Yeah! We can burn every city to the ground! So let's get out there! We already know Ponyville's where that pony loving dragon Spike lives. Either he joins us, or he meets the same fate as the ponies."
Grunt happily cheered and chimed in! "Exactly! I'm itching for action!"
But Garble threw up a claw. "Not so fast, boys."
"Garble, now's not a time for thinking!" Grunt furiously insisted! "We have the power! Let's teach these ponies to fear us! Ponyville's a good place to start our reign of terror!"
The red scaled dragon only shook his head. "Super Dragon changes everything. It seems like he's almost hangin' around in Ponyville, probably 'cause he's buddy buddy with that namby pamby Spike. Of course a pony lover like him would put in a good word for other dragons," He began to rub his claws together. "No. The ponies don't even know we exist yet. We need to fix that."
"And how do you propose we do that, Garble?" Groan inquired.
Garble's smile grew brighter and wider. "Simple. You forget what we learned about that puny Spike the last time we saw him? He's pen pals with a pony princess: Princess Celestia. Not just anypony can make friends with a dragon. So we'll pay this pony princess a visit, give her a chance to see what we're capable of," He then unfolded his wings. "Come on, boys! Canterlot awaits us."
Taking to the skies, the trio of teenaged dragons flew as fast as they could to their destination. They wanted to maintain the element of surprise for as long as possible, even though their goal ultimately was terror and subjugation.
Eventually, the dragons spotted a promising sign: The spires of a tower of a large, majestic castle. It seemed like as good a place as any to find a princess. Garble motioned to his fellow dragons, and they swooped down. As they did so, their silhouettes attracted concerned glances from ponies who happened to look up. Creatures flying into Canterlot was almost unheard of.
Two white coated pegasi in golden armor stood at attention, spears at the ready as they greeted the intruders that appeared before them. Locking wings, they glared at the dragons and pointed their spears. "State your business, now!" One of the guards commanded.
Garble snickered. "Oh, how cute, you think those silly little toys of yours can protect you," He immediately grabbed one of the spears, held it up and then brought it down on one of his knees, bending and then breaking it in two! "You're in no position to be making threats!" He told them in an ominous tone of voice.
Groan flashed a fiendish smile. "Whoever you're working for, we want to meet them. There's something we need to discuss."
And Grunt added with narrowed eyes. "And we're not taking no for an answer," Brandishing his claws, he added. "So, if you value your lives, you'll take us to your leader right now!"
Reluctantly, the guards swallowed hard and obeyed. They were not trained for what to do in situations like these.
It wasn't long before the three dragons were brought into the throne room and presented to a tall, slender pony with a gleaming white coat, and a flowing mane and tail in shades of blue, green and pink. This had to be the "Princess Celestia" Spike had received a letter from.
If Princess Celestia was at all shocked by the sudden and unexpected arrival of three uninvited guests, she didn't show it outwardly. She instead gestured a hoof. "Guards, you may take leave. Stand outside if you wish, but do not intervene. I will deal with these intruders myself."
The guards hesitantly nodded and obeyed. "Yes, your majesty." And they hastily retreated, the throne room doors slamming shut behind them.
Now, Princess Celestia was alone with just the three teenage dragons. And she immediately sized them up. "What do you three want from me?" She demanded with narrowed eyes, her horn beginning to glow. "Whatever it is, I doubt you mean well."
Garble nodded. "Oh, you catch on pretty fast, princess," Then he asked. "You are a princess, aren't you?"
Princess Celestia nodded quite slowly. "Indeed, I am Princess Celestia. And Equestria is my kingdom, so you three are under my authority. So what is it you want? Why have you sought me out?" She demanded of them. "State your business now, or I shall have you all thrown in the dungeon for questioning!"
Garble bowed his head slowly, then quickly raised it. "Ah, I appreciate that you're not gonna drag this out for us," He gestured a claw to the dragons either side of him. "This is Grunt and Groan, and I'm Garble. The three of us, we're outcasts. We were banished from our own kind long ago. We have no home of our own. And, well, your 'Equestria' seems like such a nice place. So we figured we'd make it our home," Then, with a snarl he hissed. "There's just one little problem. It's populated with ponies. And we hate ponies!"
"So you've come here trying to get me to surrender my kingdom to you?" The sun princess protested, using her magic to pull Garble close. "Apparently, you don't know me very well if you believe I will bow to foreign invaders such as yourself. The ponies of Equestria are my subjects, and I will not tolerate any threats made against them!"
Garble snickered and flashed a sadistic grin, apparently not intimidated the least by the alicorn's presence. "Oh believe me, your majesty," His voice was dripping with malice and sarcasm. "We don't make idle threats. Just ask the Riches, they can vouch for us."
At that Princess Celestia let out a gasp! "So you're the ones who enabled Filthy Rich in his schemes that almost destroyed Manehattan and Las Pegasus!"
Garble nodded. "Yup, that was us alright. But Filthy Rich was just a means to an end. He's of no use to us now. Now, we're gonna finish what he started, and we'll do it ourselves!"
Celestia stomped a hoof down, glaring at Garble as her horn began to spark! "If you three hurt any of my subjects in any way, I will make you all regret it!" She then fired off a blast that knocked all three dragons back, leaving them reeling. "That's only a taste of what I can do. I don't usually prefer to use such extreme methods, I prefer peace over war. If you all agree to leave now and never show your faces in Equestria again, we can both get what we want."
Garble just snorted, rubbed a claw over the scorch mark on his face, and spat at the ground. "Oh, so you wanna do it the hard way, do you?" He turned to Grunt and Groan. "We've wasted enough time here, boys. She'll never listen to us," Then to Princess Celestia he warned. "You can't be everywhere at once! Sure, maybe you'll come and stop us eventually. But by the time you do, we'll already be well on our way to pillaging, plundering and burning Equestria. We'll bring it to its knees!"
As the three dragons departed, Groan gave off a wicked laugh and fiendish boasted. "You just messed with the wrong dragons, princess. And you're gonna be sorry!" And then, as quickly as they had arrived, they left.