(Captain Celaeno's Ship – Deck)

Rainbow and Celaeno were having a small duel to make sure the parrot captain hadn't gotten too rusty.

"Yeah! Haha!" She laughed, blocking Rainbow's sword.

"Nice!" Rainbow exclaimed as Celaeno laughed a bit when she heard looking at Squabble squawking as he is pointing at and bell ringing.

Utopia and others looked and saw a familiar sigil through the clouds.

"Storm Guards! Look likes they found you!" Celaeno said as Utopia getting look at it.

"It's Tempest's airship!" Utopia alerted.

"Secure the rigging! Lockdown the cargo! Everyone prepare to be boarded! Celaeno yelled.

"You guys, quick! Hide down in there!" Boyle yelled as he is lifting a grate that leads to the cargo hold.

Utopia and others quickly slid down into the cargo hold and hid as Boyle closed it down.

(Cargo hold)

"Ya think she saw my Sonic Rainboom? Rainbow asked nervously.

"Are you kidding me?!" Twilight asked.

"Have you lost your mind on that?!" Utopia demanded as Tempest's ship fired a harpoon with long chain in front of it as its shot through the ship's hull and knocked everyone around the ship.

(Captain Celaeno's Ship - Deck)

Then it hooked into the hole and the ship started pulling itself toward the pirates on the chain, finally making contact, allowing Tempest, Grubber, Storm-Quads, and two Storm Creatures to jump to the deck.

Grubber eating another piece of sponge cake.

Upon seeing Tempest, Celaeno's eyes wide in fear. Malleo and Tempest walked along the deck.

"Where is the pony princess?" Tempest asked.

"Princess?" Celaeno asked, pretending as she grabbed a shipping order. "Princess, princess… Nope. All we're hauling is Storm King Merchandise."

Squabble then squawked and held up a small bobblehead Storm King, jiggling it around. Malleo stared at them in menace.

"Did you have any ideas about what you're doing? Instead of doing delivery jobs and becoming lazy pirates?!" Malleo demanded to make pirate crew shuddered in frightened.

"Malleo's right. You do realize that if you were to shelter fugitives, the Storm King would be quite…explosive." Tempest said in a threatening tone, making Celaeno gulped in fear and Guralph cracking his knuckles violently.

(Cargo Hold)

Twilight started to panic.

"We have to get off this ship before they tell Tempest we're here!" Twilight whispered loudly.

"We helped them get their mojo back! They're not gonna give us up!" Rainbow whispered loudly.

"So, what the plan?" Utopia asked quietly.

Before Twilight answered him, she was looking around, seeing Rarity deeply breathing in fear, Fluttershy shivering more than usual, Applejack putting her hat over her face and Pinkie falling into a crate, she was very worried.

Utopia knew Twilight thinking about getting off the ship as he suddenly saw a lever in the hold.

"Twilight, there's a lever." Utopia pointed at it as Twilight smirked.

"Good idea, Utopia. I got this." Twilight said.

(Captain Celaeno's Ship - Deck)

Tempest and Malleo were getting impatient.

"Now, I'm gonna count to three, and if you don't tell me where they are, your ship is going down." She said. "One…"

(Cargo Hold)

Twilight started levitating rope and a canvas with the Storm King's face on it around.

"Hold this." She told Rainbow passing her the canvas.

"What are you doing?!" Rainbow asked.

But instead of answering, Twilight just moved her magic around the lever.

(Captain Celaeno's Ship - Deck)

"… Two…" Tempest said.

Celaeno was getting antsy as she tightened the grip on her sword.

"Oh, this is inteeense…" Grubber said.

"Three!" Tempest said.

Then just as she said that everyone heard a loud clank and the team's screaming receding. Tempest looked and saw the hatch to the hold, growing angry.

"What?" She said as Celaeno let out a relieved breath as she knew the others were safe.

(Seas of Cloud)

After Twilight opened the cargo drop lever and the team was fell down through the air with a cavalcade of junk following them.

"Oh, for Celestia's sake!" Rarity complained.

"I hope your plan is getting more to it!" Utopia yelled at Twilight.

Pinkie was screaming as she fell onward, but her expression gradually devolved into cheerful laughing for fun.

Utopia looking at Pinkie's laughing in confused.

"How come you're not panicking if we were sky diving?!" Utopia yelled at Pinkie as she turned at him with a joyful expression.

"It is fun to sky diving!" Pinkie smiled at him as Utopia sighed and shook his head.

Down below, the team saw they were falling toward a large forest with a small river running through it, far too small and far away to land in.

"I can't look!" Fluttershy squeaked as she covered her face with her wings.

"YOU ARE A PEGASUS AND YOU CAN FLY!" Utopia shouted angrily.

Rarity just kept screaming until she passed a mirror to check her reflection, continuing goes back to screaming but sound like an opera.

Then Twilight used her magic and pulled everyone together into a large crate, before looping a length of rope around it.

"What in the hay is she up to?" Applejack wondered.

"She knows what she is doing." Utopia said as Twilight tied the tarp to the crate with the rope, before grabbing Spike and shooting his fire breath into the tarp, stopping them falling and allowing them to fly, barely missing the top of a tall pine tree.

They all gave a sigh of relief as they collapsed in the crate.

"Thank goodness." Rarity said relieved.

"Phee-yew! Quick thinkin' Twilight!" Applejack said.

"Yahoo! Ha ha!" Twilight cheered.

"That was fun! Can we do it again?" Pinkie asked as she has given her pleading big grin on her face.

"Not now, Pinkie. Rainbow Dash, get us over there to the mountain!" Utopia said.

"No worries, Utopia! Next stop, Mount Aris!" Rainbow said, pushing the balloon through the air.

"We're home free!" Twilight cheered.

Everyone cheered and laughed as they were on their way to Mount Aris.

(Captain Celaeno's Ship - Deck)

Back on the ship, the Storm Creatures had put Capper, Tawny and Katherine with Celaeno's crew and were working on destroying all the merchandise boxes. Celaeno recognized Capper when she saw from before with his former friend Chummer except for Tawny and Katherine. Tempest and Malleo step forward to them as Capper, Tawny, Katherine, Captain Celaeno and pirate crew back away in fear. Tawny saw back at Celaeno who still looking at his big brother.

"Big bro, you met her and those pirates before?" Tawny asked as Capper shushing him.

"It's a long story. We probably talk later." Capper whispered.

Katherine was surprised when she heard Capper mentioned he is met with the pirates.

Grubber walked up with a sprinkle cupcake in his paw.

"There's no ponies." Grubber said. "But I found this. It's a… kind of a cupcake… with sprinkles… Oh yeah, and I found this, too."

Then he showed Tempest and Malleo the map to Mount Aris.

Tempest took it and read it over.

"Wow, this is a real artist." Grubber said as he is looking it over again and took a bite of a cupcake.

"Look like they're heading to Mount Aris…" Tempest said, obviously directed to Capper.

"No wonders that pussy cat lying to us." Malleo glared at Capper.

"Really?" Capper said, stuttering and laughing nervously. "Mou- Mount Aris? I... Well, that's my mis— I didn't know that... Mount Ari... My bad, I didn't... That's me... I'm sorry, I'm very very sorry."

Malleo turned his head at Tempest.

"Commander Tempest, punish those pirates and the rest of those morons." Malleo ordered as Tempest nodded back at him in agreement and turned back to them.

"Now… Tempest said handing the map back to Grubber who had an evil smirk on his face and charging her horn. "About your betrayal…"

Capper and others looked in fear. Before Tempest blasted her horn, a crystal orb is thrown out of nowhere as it landed on the deck floor in front of Tempest and Malleo and exploded into a big smokescreen around the whole deck. Capper and others were confused this and knowing what's going on.

"Who was that, Captain?" Mullet asked as the airship flying ascends behind them as they looked back at it. Greyback and Strife jumped off the Halcon's airship.

Capper and Celaeno suddenly recognized Strife who met them before.

"Strife?!" Celaeno asked.

"No time to explain, let's get outta here!" Strife shouted.

"Open the gangplank bridge!" Greyback called back to Halcon as he pulled the lever to open the wooden gangplank as it dropped onto the corner deck.

"Hurry!" Strife said as he and Greyback running forward through on the gangplank and board the ship followed behind by Capper, Tawny, Katherine, Captain Celaeno, and her crew but Talpa pulled his long tongue out to grab Tawny as he wailed.

Capper turned back at his adoptive little brother with a worried expression.

"Tawny!" Capper said as he and the others already on Halcon's ship.

Talpa's tongue comes back inside his mouth and he caught Tawny in his arm.

"Let him go, you slimy lizard!" Katherine said.

"Why should I let him go? Unless you guys handed your Custos of Armis over to us or this kitty threw off the deck." Talpa said as smirked evilly as Capper gasped in horrified.

"Give your Justice weapons to us, nice and slowly." Malleo said holding out his hand.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you." Halcon said as Malleo heard his voice and recognized it.

Halcon pulled the brake lever as he walked past Celaeno and her crew who looked at him in shock.

"Halcon, how did you survive?" Celaeno asked as she moved her hand to touch him but Halcon ignored it.

"I perhaps this explanation kept for later." Halcon said.

"Captain Halcon." Malleo smirked.

"Malleo." Halcon said grimly.

"It's been a long-time old friend and how's your beak with a scar I gave you? Malleo asked as Celaeno gasped in horror and covered her hand on her beak.

Halcon touched his beak that had his small scar on it.

"Like what you did to my crew and took everything away from my life!" Halcon shouted angrily.

"Oh yeah, so what? At least for an exchange the Custos of Armis with this kid." Malleo said looking over to Tawny with a cruel expression.

"It's your decision." Tempest said.

Halcon hesitated to ponder on his thoughts.

Angelus aware of this and knows what to do.

"Alright, impersonating mission is over." Angelus thought as she secretly holds the smoke bomb in her hand behind her back.

Angelus walked right behind Malleo.

"Sir." She said as Malleo growled annoyingly.

"What is it now?" Malleo said as Angelus threw the smoke bomb and blasted into a smokey cloud which makes Malleo, Talpa, Guralph, Tempest, Grubber and Storm Creatures confused and coughing.

Tawny managed to run to Halcon's ship after escaping from Talpa's grasp.

Capper runs into a little kitten and hugs him relievedly as Halcon closed the gangway by pushed the lever up. Greyback and others are confused.

"What's going on? Why is she did to them?" Katherine asked as Angelus turned to others.

"Because I don't work with those Storm crooks." Angelus replied as Tempest scowled at her.

"Then who sent you to do this!?" Tempest demanded.

"Primus Albert sent me." Angelus answered as everyone was shocked especially Malleo.

"Oh great! Another Storm King's brother' spy." Malleo scorned as Capper, Tawny, Katherine and parrot crew were stunned and exclaimed that Storm King has a brother.

"Wait? Storm King had a brother?" Capper asked.

"Is she another agent of Primus Albert's faction?" Halcon asked. Grubber looking at Angelus with a sad heartbroken expression.

"How could you, Angel?" Grubber asked miserably.

"I'm sorry for lying to you but I'm staying with Primus's side." Angelus said took off and flying away from them as heading to Primus's hideout.

"On the double-time, we have to escape from them. Halcon, now!" Greyback said as Halcon pressed the throttle down as the ship flying fast headed to the mountains between the Sea of Clouds to get away from Storm Guards.

Malleo growled angrily and Tempest's horn sparkled in anguish.

"They got away again as the traitor along with them!" Malleo yelled.

"Boss, should we go after them and deal with them?" Guralph asked.

"No need of them. Just you guys focus on the task to capture the princess and I will find that betrayer that lead me to capture Primus Albert." Malleo said, walking back to the Storm Guards' ship following with Guralph and Talpa leaving only Grubber and Tempest.

Grubber sniffed in a bit as his tears running his eyes.

"Angel, my lovely beautiful furry bat and please come back to me. I can't believe she breaks up with me like that." Grubber said as he grabbed some black napkin from nowhere as he blew his nose and wiped down his tears as he sadly walked to Tempest's airship along with guards.

"Plus, I destroyed everything that they had betrayed us!" Tempest shouted as her horn blasted everything in Celaeno's ship before it sunk into the river.

Celaeno and her crew heard as they saw their ship falling apart.

"Our ship is sunken, Captain Celaeno. And there's nothing left!" Boyle said as Squabble squawked in dismay.

"But nothing important than our life risked, Boyle. Halcon saved us." Celaeno said as she and her crew gazed at Halcon as he put a brake to stop airship moving.

"I guess you guys have interested in…Primus's wise purpose?" Strife asked.

The prior captives were looking at each other in confusion but wanting to know the answers.

(Tempest's Airship – Secret Compartment Room)

After Tempest destroyed Celaeno's ship, Malleo went to the Secret Compartment Room so no one notices him as he pulled a lever that hides in the stack of boxes and the trapdoor opened upward from the floor that's chain lifting something with a dark secret. It reveals dark red crystallized orb prison with a chain around it that contained the pure evil being as dark spirits moaned in process.

"Lord Vastatus. Lord Vastatus. Lord Vastatus." Malleo said as continuing the dark magic incantation chant as the dark mist formed into an evil spiritual being with glowing red eyes and big pairs of horn resembling stag antlers as he was roared deeply.

"You have failed me to capture the Alicorn princess, Zaros." Lord Vastatus said with demonic voice.

"I know, master but she is escaping again with Utopia Magus." Fake Malleo said as the evil entity turned in surprised fear.

"You mean that Utopia Magus was one of destined warriors was with them?" He asked.

"Yes, but I had a deal with betrayer first and summon my reinforcements with Dread Goblins to take care of Greyback and the others and captured Primus." Malleo said as it sighed in reluctant but agreed.

"Very well." He said as it used last of its power that grew for countless generations and summoning the Dread Goblins in dark red with black highlights energy and fully restored their physical bodies.

The Dread Goblins are the evil creature-like foot soldiers that served Shadow Lord for millennium years and short height but dangerous. Their bodies' various colors were grey friars, deep scarlet and very deep malachite green. They were wearing their metal armored bodysuits with pairs of spiked pauldrons and wears eye mask-like black skulls with the dark ogre face sigil on it on their faces except for their mouths. Their weapons are bows and arrows, ax-like swords and round shields.

Dread Goblins are snarling and screeching as summoning back to life and turned their back attention to the master and bowed to him respectfully.

One of them said. "We're now been on your service, Zaros. I promised I won't fail you again."

Fake Malleo nodded his head as Lord Vastatus turned to Fake Malleo.

"Then find this Angelus. Captured Primus Albert to get the book, killed her and the others. Killed them all!" Lord Vastatus said as he dissipated into the crystal prison.

"Zaros, what is our first target?" One of them asked.

"Our first target is Angelus as leading us to capture Primus Albert and let's move out!" Fake Malleo said as all the Dread Goblins nodded their head and started their mission.

Unaware of Talpa and Guralph as they hide behind the docking bay room's door and watched the whole scene.

"What are those things?" Guralph asked.

"I had no idea but who was he talking to? I don't believe Malleo was working with them and he's pretending to do work the Storm Guards." Talpa said suspiciously.

"Then what are we going to do?" Guralph asked as he is scratching his head.

"We need to answer him for find out what is he up to." Talpa said.

(Halcon Airship's Cabin)

The inside of the cabin was looked like stern with large windows. Two cats and parrot pirates are talking over each other about Greyback and others.

"Okay, here a better question is 'can somebody tell that who is that wolf guy and what is going on?'" Capper asked ironically.

Greyback, Strife, Katherine, and Halcon entered in a cabin as Celaeno glanced at Halcon.

"Halcon?" She asked with a loving reunion as her eyes sparkled.

Halcon saw the pirate captain and smiled lightly.

"Hello, mi amor." Halcon said as Celaeno rushed to him and hugged him as he hugged her back.

"I thought I never have seen you again, Halcon but I'm been so worried." Celaeno said.

"I know I wasn't here for you if it wasn't for them." Halcon said as Celaeno is now let go of her hugging grip and looked at Greyback and his allies.

"I'm so glad you guys are okay." Greyback said.

"Thanks for saved us back there and who are you supposed to be? Celaeno asked.

"Greyback the last Fridolfian Wolf as my race." Greyback said as Celaeno and her crew were gasped in surprised except Capper but only Tawny.

"So, you're the last survivor of Fridolfian that Storm King invades your homeland." Celaeno said as Greyback was confused.

"Wow, you heard of it about me and how so?" He asked.

"Of course, I only just heard Storm King's rumor after we are being forced to become cargo carriers about two months ago." She said as crew nodding in agreement.

"What are you and other guys doing this?" Tawny asked.

"We're going to find that last one of Justice Defenders." Strife said.

"The Justice Defenders?" Capper, Tawny and Pirate Parrots crew asked in unison.

"We were ones destined with weapons called Custos of Armis and we have these." Katherine said as she and others gestured their weapons to them.

Capper snorted dumbfound.

"Is this kinda joked or something?" He asked.

"Maybe it was just a made-up fantasy." Lix Spittle said as Squabble blew a raspberry on his tongue proving it was wrong.

Halcon sighed in annoyance as he opened the window and grabbed his Bow of Enchanted Raptor from his quiver.

"Look, I show you if it is real." Halcon said as he pulled a bowstring to create magical arrow from energy as it glowed in green which made Capper, Tawny and Parrot Pirates awed at him.

"I don't believe it." Tawny said.

"Me neither." Capper agreed as Halcon released the magical energy arrow to shoot through the clouds to make disperse.

"Whoa, did you see what I'm seeing this?" Boyle said as two felines and birds are nodding.

"By any chance, did any of you seen Utopia and the other ponies?" Strife asked.

"You know them?" Celaeno questioned.

"Yes, did they escaped?" Greyback asked.

"I think they did. We are lucky to let them get away from the crazy Storm Guards." Boyle said.

"Greyback, what is the last weapon belonged to?" Halcon asked.

"That would the Hippogriff's Celeritas Armour Pinion Wings and we had no idea where it was." Greyback said as he shrugged his shoulders.

Tawny was shocking as he puzzled.

"I think I know who wear Celeritas Armour Pinion Wings…" Tawny said as everyone looking at Tawny.

"Wait a minute, are you talking about Aero Wingsman?" Capper asked.

"Maybe, he must wear his armor wings the whole time I saw him wearing." Tawny answered.

"Then, where is he?" Katherine asked.

"I don't...know." Tawny shrugged as Greyback's contact orb making contact sounds as he takes it out from his pockets.

"Whoa, that sounds like a phone and it is cool modern technology I ever have seen." Capper said in awed.

"Who was calling you?" Celaeno asked.

"Primus Albert, Storm King's elder brother." Strife said as Capper, Tawny, Katherine, parrot pirates and Halcon in shock.

"Storm King had a brother?" Capper asked.

"Don't tell me he sided with him." Mullet said.

"But don't worry, guys he's good and wiser than us all." Greyback said.

"You can't just have trusted him!" Tawny protested.

"Come on, he was no longer be with him. He was going to help us to defeat the Storm King and his army and just like I helped you and your crew." Strife said to Celaeno and her crew as they are understanding him.

"Alright, we accept that." Celaeno said.

Greyback placed the orb on the table so everyone stands against around the table and he touched it to make magical mist communication vision to see Primus Albert who was panting.

"Are you alright, Primus?" Greyback asked.

"I'm fine but there isn't much time left to talk to you." Primus Albert said.

"What are you saying that?" Katherine asked.

"I sense that Malleo had summoned his reinforcements of Dread Goblins." Primus Albert said.

"The Dread what?" Greyback and others asked in unison.

"Dread Goblins… They were an evil creature of foot soldiers and I don't think they are not part of the Storm King' army." Primus Albert said.

"If the Dread Goblins not used to work of Storm Guards even Malleo, then he must work with someone else." Strife said.

"Who is it? Who're his secrets working with?" Celaeno asked.

Primus Albert before answered her, Angelus appeared out of Primus's behind to see Greyback and others.

"Hey guys, remember me?" Angelus asked herself as she appeared with Primus. Greyback and others were surprised except Strife.

"Well, why am I not surprised? So, Angelus, are you be sent by Primus?" Strife asked.

"All I want to know; I'm finding out what Malleo's up to that he has something to do with the dark crystallized prison." Angelus said.

"Huh! The dark crystallized prison sounds like you made it up!" Mullet mocked as Celaeno elbowed him to shut up.

"Mullet, she tried to tell us." Celaeno protested.

"Aye, captain. Sorry." He apologized.

"So, who was inside that crystal prison?" Halcon asked.

Before Angelus tried to answer, the sound of the blast and heard snarling.

"Where are you, Primus?! Come out!" Malleo yelled far from distance as Primus Albert looking around in worried making Greyback and others in horror.

"Oh no, Angelus, stay here my darling and I go out there to surrender myself." Primus Albert said as Angelus held on his arm.

"But you are going get killed." Angelus said worriedly.

"I'm the one Malleo what he wants with me." Primus Albert said as he's going out to encounter Malleo and Dread Goblins.

"Sorry guys, gotta go!" Angelus said as she turned off the communication orb as its screen dissipated.

"Angelus, don't hang up!" Greyback shouted as sighed exasperatedly.

"Great, it just lucks out." He said as Celaeno walked next to Greyback.

"So, what are we exactly going to do?" Celaeno asked.

"We started to find the last defender otherwise we lost our mission." Greyback said as he glanced at Tawny wanting him answered.

"Tawny, please tried hard to remember." Katherine said as Tawny sighed.

"I can't remember." Tawny replied.

"Here, let me read your mind." Strife said as he reached his hand and placed on Tawny's head.

Strife used his Mystic Psychica Helmet to look Tawny's mind as its gemstone glowed. Strife's eye glowed in light blue so he saw Tawny's vision to see the poor Hippogriff has sold by Storm Creatures and heard the owner told them to have sold him out and take him to Storm King's castle. Strife finished reading Tawny's mind and felt astonished.

"What do you see in Tawny's mind?" Halcon asked.

"I saw Aero Wingsman has been taken by Storm Yetis and send him in prison at Storm King's castle." Strife replied as Greyback and others were a shock.

"We don't know where's that bloody castle is." Capper said.

"But first, we're going to my village." Greyback said.

"You mean this is where the Storm King invaded your home?" Celaeno asked.

"Yes, we had to get going before Malleo and Dread Goblins coming." Greyback said as everyone nodded their head in agreement.

Author Notes: Utopia and others falls down into the ground but Twilight saved them, using the materials to build an air balloon and heading destination to Mount Aris. Tempest and Storm-Quads discovered the map that Utopia, Twilight and friends were heading to the next location. Before Tempest demolished the airship, Greyback, Strife and Halcon have arrived to save them, even Angelus helped them too, revealing she was the spy for Primus Albert. Malleo came to contact with his master Lord Vastatus who summoning the Dread Goblins and aid him to capture Primus. Don't forget to review after reading this!