//------------------------------// // Dragons, Flim Flam, Star Swirl and Animals. Oh My! // Story: Omniverse Pony // by MLPFan98 //------------------------------// Grogar’s Hideout In the hideout, Grogar had the other villains surrounding him. “Albedo, Cozy Glow, I will teleport you to Star Swirl the Bearded.” He said to the two. “You’re not to kill him, but make sure he’s brought back here…I got plans for his magic. And see if he knows the whereabouts of his other Pillars of Old Equestria” He said as he used his magic to teleport both of them out. Grogar turned to Aggregor and Tirek. “Aggregor, Tirek, you both know where you're going. And Tirek, stand right there.” He said as his horns glowed a bit before hitting the centaur. At first, Tirek screamed in pain, but it stopped after a few minutes because when he was hit, hsi frail body was beginning to change. The one frail body was becoming larger and a bit more muscular, and his skin was becoming a much darker shade of red. His horns were also a bit bigger, but they were too big. Tirek felt himself at full strength as Gorgar finished and went over to the mirror. “Yes! I feel like me again! I’m at full strength!” He said with happiness in his voice, the escaped Null Void prisoners looked at him with interest. “Hmm, so that’s what he looks like at full strength.” Aggregor thought, all he had to do was figure out how to take his power for himself… Animo and Albedo secretly felt a bit intimidated, but not that much, and Zombozo…well he just smirked. Grogar got the centaurs' attention. “I have given you enough strength and magic to carry out your orders, you want more, you get it yourself. And don't think of betraying me..got it?” He asked that last part with a dark tone, a tone that made Tirek gulp. “Yes sir!” He said. “Good,” Grogar said. “Now, you all know what to do! Now go!” He said as he then used his magic to send them all to their destinations. Afterward, he was all alone in his lair. “Bunch of fools.” He said as he then peered into the water, seeing an image of Twilight Sparkle and the rest of the Mane Six. “I have seen your exploits, Twilight Sparkle, but it will be a shame once I put you down.” He raised an eyebrow with a look that spoke of second thoughts. “Or perhaps….you could join me somehow.” He said. Dragon Lands Aggregor and Tirek arrived at their destination, the Dragon Lands. Which was mostly a volcanic environment of fire, lava, and rock, and pretty hot too. “I have never been to the Dragon Lands before,” Tirek said as he fanned himself with his hand. “So let’s stay vigilant. “Yes,” Aggregor said as he took off his cloak and tied it around his waist, exposing his chest his staff was in his hands, and the two villains made their way through, hoping to spot some dragons. “Now from what I remember, the current Dragon Lord was named Ember, so our best bet is to find her,'' Tirek said. “And if any dragons come along and give us trouble.” “We make them unable to get in our way,” Aggregor finished for him. “By the way, I was told you can absorb the magic of these pony creatures, can you do the same to dragons?”  “Unfortunately I can’t, I can only take the magical properties of ponies. Dragons don't have magic, nothing but the flying and flames…although it would be cool.” Tirek said with a small smirk. “Sweet!” Said some voice nearby, this got the two villains' attention and they made their way toward the source. It took them a few minutes, but when they got there, they were greeted by a large dight, the sight of a group of dragons, most of them in their teens roughhousing a bit. Aggregor took notice and was intrigued. “Hmm, so these are the dragons?” “Well, most of them anyway, the bigger ones usually hide out in caves,” Tirek said to him. “But it would take us too long to search each one. It's better than nothing.” “And you said that there is a creature called the Dragon Lord?” Aggregor asked, with Tirek nodding his head. “If there is a Dragon Lord then they could be powerful then.” But he then smirked to himself. “I don't know if this minotaur will last, but as for me, it should be no problem, even if I'm not in Ultimate form.” He thought. Tirek smirked. “Maybe, but I got some of my strength and magic back, and…well…I don't know much about you, but with you, it should be a cakewalk.” Meanwhile, most of the dragons were doing their own thing, and the teens, one of them had a skinny figure, with his body coated in red scales, a pale belly, and he had orange dorsal fins on his head and resembled a mohawk. This was Garble, a teenage dragon who lived here in the Dragon Lands. There was a time when he and Spike were enemies, but ever since the defeat of the legion of doom, he and Garble are now on good terms. “Alright, guys! Here’s the deal!” Garble said to his posse. “Whoever can hold their breath in the magma the longest wins, got it!” Every dragon there cheered. “Alright then, let’s get to” BOOM Suddenly a big boom happened and a few dragons were knocked off of their feet. Garble and a  few others noticed two figures, one they were not familiar with carrying some sort of weapon, and the other one they recognized the most. “TIREK!!” A few Dragons shouted in alarm. The Centaur stood up and grinned evilly. “That’s right! And my partner and I are here to shine!” Aggregor then smirked as he stood up too. “Now, tell us, where is the Dragon Lord?” He asked. One of the dragons, despite being a  bit scared, took on a brave face and stood up to them. “Listen, we don't know who or what you even are, so why don't you-” But as soon as he got close enough, Aggregor roughly grabbed the dragon by the face, and his hand turned red. As this happened, the dragon was beginning to look a bit frail, and after a few minutes, the once young dragon was nothing more but a husk…dead. The rest of the dragons gasped in shock as Tirek looked with intrigue. “Sorta like my power!” Tirek said with amazement. Then Aggregor grinned evilly as wings sprouted from his back as his teeth became sharp. “So, are you still going to resist?” the Osmosion asked, and despite what they all just saw, Garble and the other Dragons were ready to fight to avenge their fallen comrade. “Well then…let’s go!” He exclaimed as he and Tirek got ready for a fight. Somewhere in Equestria The unlikely team of Albedo and Cozy Glow were now someplace in Equestria on the hunt for Star Swirl the Bearded, it was hard since Grogar didn't exactly tell them where they were… ‘Now what's the deal with this weirdo anyway?” Albedo asked,  “ Star Swirl The Bearded, a powerful Unicorn.” She then got a bit nervous. “He is also the leader of the Pillars of Old Equestria, a bunch of legendary figures…Wait, why was I placed on this mission? I don't have any alicorn magic!” She said as she got a bit nervous. Albedo sighed. “Just calm down, I can handle the heavy lifting…unfortunately.” He muttered that last part, not wanting to do most of the work. Cozy smiled at him. “Thank you!” she said with a  cheerful grin, making Albedo roll his eyes. “So…this Ben guy, does he-” “HE IS BUT AN INFERIOR HUMAN WHO DOESN'T DESERVE THE OMNITRIX!!” Albedo shouted so loud that it shook the area and Czy Glow even got a bit frightened by the pony’s outburst. Albedo noticed and he coughed a bit in his hoof. “Sorry…but yea, he is nothing but inferior.” He said. Cozy looked at him with confusion. “What do you mean?” Albedo sighed. “Have you been paying attention to my tales?” He asked with annoyance, but then he noticed a hut nearby, which piques his interest. “Hey, we’re cooking up to that small house…we might find who we’re looking for.” “Maybe,” Cozy said as she and Albedo then went right to the hut, and of course, they had to be very cautious. As they approached the hut, they took a peek into the window to see who exactly lived there. The occupant in the hut was an older unicorn stallion with a gray coat and blue eyes, he was also wearing a wizard's coat with blue coloring decorated with stars, moons, and bells. And he also wore a wizard's hat with the same decorations, this was Star Swirl the Bearded, one of the most powerful unicorns of Equestria. “That’s Star Swirl!” Cozy exclaimed as she then narrowed her eyes, Albedo looked at the wizard with awe, so that was the powerful Star Swirl? He didn't look that tough, especially since he had his Omnitirx back, this should be a piece of cake. But then again…Albedo had to be very cautious as well, having seen the power of Grogar, this Star Swirl could also prove himself to be powerful…so he was trying to figure out how to- “Hey!” Albedo said to Cozy, as she was about to go right in. “what are you doing?”  Cozy rolled her eyes. “What do you think? I’m going to bust right in there!” Albedo sighed. “Don't be stupid! We bust right in, who knows what could happen!” “Really?” Cozy said to him, now in an annoyed tone. “Don't you have some fancy watch that lets you transform? Surely you got something in here that can take him down!” “I could but I underestimated that blue goat’s power,” Albedo said to her. “Grogar’s a ram…” Cozy deadpanned. Albedo rolled his eyes. “Male goats ARE Rams!” He exclaimed to her. “Now listen, I underestimated his power, and from what I heard about this Star Swirl, he could be just as powerful…I’m trying to figure out how to play this without fail!” He said to her, While Cozy wanted to get that over and done with, the male pony did have a point…just how were they going to do this? Especially since Star Swirl knows who Cozy is…what were they to do? Everfree Forest Grogar teleported Animo to Everfree Forest, home to many animals and fearsome creatures. This was the perfect opportunity to find and do some experiments. Equipped with his headgear, he would be able to take full control of any creature who tries to attack him. “Perfect,” Animo said as he then began to walk around. “Whatever fascinating creature comes near me, I just control them and they will submit to my will! And I go back to the lair and begin my studies, oh, this will be great!” He said with a big grin. As he began his walk, he heard some growling coming nearby and it made him turn, and to his surprise, he saw a bunch of Timberwolves growling and coming near him. “Wolves, made of wood?” He asked. “Hmmm, interesting…but the wood is one big weak spot.” As the wolves drew a bit closer, he sighed and his headgear shot off a beam and hit the entire pack, and it caused them to have red eyes and bow their heads to Animo. “Well, I guess you will do it for the time being, until I find some other creatures worth my time.” He said. “Now move!” He said. As Animo and his temporary bodyguards made their way, Animo then heard some noises and his Timberwolves growled as they made their way toward the source. As they made their way they saw another creature that Animo would consider worth his time. For that creature looked like a lion, with his body being a  beige color and hsi red mane, but he had wings on his back and a red scorpion-like tail. This creature was called a Manticore. Animo smirked. “Perfect," he said as he then fired a beam and shot it at the creature, causing it to stop doing what it was doing and come forward to Animo, who was smirking. “Good,” Animo said as he got what he wanted…for the time being. “Alright, let me get back to the hideout, and then-” POOF Animo and his small army were zapped away from the forest. Somewhere in Equestria. “Alright brother, this is going to go off great!” Two male unicorns were setting some stuff right up. The two had similar appearances, with the two of them having pale, light grayish olive coats, their eyes were both the color moderate Pistachio green, and their names were short and sorta wavy with the colors being moderate red with white stripes. They were wearing what appeared to be blue shirts with white lines and vaudeville hats. These unicorns were the Flim Flam Brothers, Flam being the one who had a short mustache. These two companies were traveling sellers who were also con artists. “I know,” Flam said. “All we gotta do is find some ponies as soon our Flim Flam Circus will go off without a hitch! We shall tour all over Equestria, and make lots and lots of bits!” “Yea, and the best part?” Film said with a grin. “Once we get the bits, we can finally live the sweet life!” He said as the two brothers were looking at the construction going on for their very one circus, they pretty much got almost everything ready, now all they needed was some workers, and lots and lots of acts too. “Oh, a circus huh?” The brothers and workers turned to see a weird-looking pony dressed as a clown, and right beside him was an elegant pony with a snob look on her face. “Are you hitting by any chance? I’m out of work at the moment.” The Flim Flam brothers took notice of this clown and his female consort and smiled. “Well then look no further friend!” Flim said as he wrapped his left hoof around the clown. “I’m Flim, and that’s my brother Flam, and together-” “WE’RE THE FLIM FLAM BROTHERS!!” They said in unison, but the clown and his female consort didn't look excited, just rather unamused. “As you see, we are the newest owners of our very own circus, and you are the very first employees to sign up, you can do clown tricks can you?” The clown chuckled, albeit a dark one. “Oh yes, I got tricks up my sleeves.” He said with a grin. Flam noticed the smirk and gulped a bit. “W-well, then, congratulations on being the first employees, now all we gotta do is search for more workers, and we-” “Oh don’t fret.” The clown said to them. “I bet we can find the perfect employees to begin, just tell me what we need, and I will help you search.” The Flim Flam Brothers explained to him that they were going to need some more clowns, some strong ponies, spoke workers, etc. “My associate and I are delighted to help you and search for some employees, just when do you expect the circus to begin?” He asked. “Well, once we get the workers, and pay, then we will set up! So far we are planning on having our first show at Ponyville.” Film said. “Interesting, well, we shall begin the search.” The clown said as he and shi female consort began to walk away. “Oh, wait!” Flam said to him. “Just who are you?” The clown turned and smirked. “You can call me. Mr. Bopo. Hut Meanwhile, Albedo and Cozy Glow were still trying to figure out how to lure out the wizard and it made the two irritable…mainly the two of them began to argue. “All I’m saying is that you use one of those alien thingies to capture him!” Cozy said to him. “And I said that I need to think of which one to USE!” Albedo said with an angry tone. “Some aliens that will be effective!” He said.  But unknown to them both, the arguing they were doing was causing lots of noise, and it caught the attention of a certain pony. “YOU!” They both turned to see the old wizard himself looking over them, and as soon as he saw Cozy Glow, Star Swirl glared hard at her.  Both villains sighed. “Oh great, he noticed us, nice going to Albedo.” cozy deadpanned as the pony glared at her. “Shut up!” Albedo said as he and Cozy stood up to face the elderly wizard. “Alright old man, now we can do the easy way or the hard way, we can't do both.” Star Sqirl was not intimidated as his horn then glowed. “How's this?” He asked as he fired magic beams at the two, making them both jump out of the way, and the two villains glared at the wizard. “Alright old man,'' Albedo said in an aggressive tone as he then activated his Omnitirx. “You asked for it!” He said as he then pressed on the Omnitirx dial and was engulfed in a red light. When the light vanished standing in his place was a silicone-based alien that was made entirely out of crystal, his body being an indigo color with several black lines and spots. His face and hands were crimson red, with him sporting six crimson red spikes on his back, two spikes on his chest, and one spike on his head that resembled a horn, and he had a mouth and one large red eye in the center, and the Omnitirx dial was at the center of his chest. This was Chromostone, the Omnitirx’s sample of the Crystalsapien species from the planet Petropia. And since Albedo was the one who was in this form, we shall call this version…Negative Chromastone Cozy looked at the creature with awe and wonder, just what could these things do? Star Swirl was a bit startled, but at the same time, hsi eyes were filled with determination. “I don't know who or what you are, but you will turn around and leave my hut now!” The wizard said to him. Negative Chromastone chuckled. “You should have surrendered, but if you wish to fight, then give me your best shot!” He taunted, this led to Star Swirl's horn glowing again and he fired off another magic beam, this time it was a bit more powerful. Negative Chromastone simply stood there and crossed his arms, when the beam made contact, the beam went right into the Crystalsapien, coating him in rainbowish light. He then extended his arms back and pushed them forward, sending back his beam. Star Swirl was a bit startled to take notice and the beam hit him right in the chest, causing him to go right back and land on the ground with a loud thud. “W-what just happened? That blast should have knocked him backward…” The old wizard thought. “What sort of creature is this?” He asked. Cozy Glow looked on with amazement. “So cool!” She said with amazement, she would have to see if he could make one for her own….if only he could hope. Star Swirl then got up and narrowed his eyes, whatever that creature was, it was pretty strong as the blast hit him. “Ok then,” the wizard said as his horn glowed once again. “I don't know what you are, but you're going to go right to Tartarus!” He said. Negative Chromastpone looked confused, Tartarus? What was that? But either way, he shook his head and got back on track as he then swiftly dodged a large energy attack from Star Swirl and the attack made a large crater in the ground. He then looked at the crater and thought it over. “From what I remember about the Crystalsapien, there is a limit to how much energy they can absorb, I gotta be careful.” He thought. The two then began to trade attack after attack, and while Negative Chromastone was good, Star Swirl proved to be more of a force to be reckoned with. At one point, the negative Crystalsapein tried to absorb a really big magic beam, but it was too much and it was making the indigo body on him begin to crumble. “Gotta…end this before I run out of time.” The Crystalsapien grunted before grunting and he then violently pushed his arms outwards to make the bema go right back, Star Swirl saw it and tried to do the same, now the attack was creating some sort of crossbeam with each other, with each loop not seeing who will knock out who first. “I will admit, you are powerful,” Star Swirl said. “But you are no match for me.” Negative Chromastone however grinned darkly. “I am far superior to any of your magic tricks.” He then began to put some of his power into the beam, making the full cross go right close to Star Swirl and it made the unicorn go wide-eyed. BOOM Star Swirl was knocked back and landed with a thud. He tried to get back up, but all his tracks drained up hsi energy, and with this beast absorbing hsi attacks and launching them back at him, it was making him hurt a bit…he tried to get up…but all he did was struggle a bit. POW The old unicorn wizard was knocked out by a hoof to the head by Cozy Glow who smirked as he then went down. “And this is the strength of Star Swirl? Man, you are a pathetic old man!” She said as she then blew a raspberry at him. Negative Chromastone slammed on the dial and he turned back into Albedo, who trotted up to the downed wizard. “Pathetic…you couldn’t kill my boredom.” He said in an uninterested tone. “I underestimated him a bit, he was tough, but my Omnitirx was far more superior than his magic. POOF Both villains and the downed Star Swirl were gone. Dragon Lands Aggregor and Tirek took down more dragons, and the search for the Dragon Lord was proving to be in vain. “This is pointless!” Tirek growled. “We’ve wondered for about half an hour and the Dragon Lord has not shown herself!” He said with anger. Aggregor was also not happy with the result. “Well, no fret,” Aggregor said while remaining somewhat calm but at the same time a bit peeved. “We at least took down a whole bunch of dragons…maybe they could do it for the time being.” He said as Tirek then put some thought into it. “Hmm, maybe…yes, the download dragons could work. Should we get back now?” He asked, and Aggregior nodded his head. “Alright then. POOF Aggregor and Tirek were soon poofed out of there, along with the dragons they took down, but not before one particular dragon saw the whole thing. The dragon in question was female with a slim body, her body was cyan blue with her underbelly being turquoise, and her wings were moderate indigo with light blue. Her spikes were moderate phthalo blue, her horns were gray, and her eyes were red. This was Ember, the current Dragon Lord, following the footsteps of her father, former Dragon Lord Torch. Ember had seen the attacks go on, and she wanted to go right down there to fight them off, but many of the other dragons wouldn't let her, especially after seeing the combined strength of both villains. And while Ember was brave, she couldn't help but be a bit terrified at seeing these villains' strengths and powers. “I need to go get help!” She said as she was then about to take flight, but as she was about to. ZAP Ember cried in pain as she was hit right in the back by a powerful beam, she landed right into a  rock that hit her head, making her woozy. Due to the blow, her vision was a bit blurry and she felt like she was about to pass out, but before she did she heard someone giving a dark chuckle. “The only place your going is with me,” He said as Ember then finally lost her vision and fell unconscious.