The Dragon War: The Oncoming Battle

The Dragon War: The Oncoming Battle

Chapter 4:

Nightmares

Wolfgang hadn't been getting any sleep for weeks since her team got back from freeing those slave ponies, she went to the medic about it and all the nurse said was that it could be a case of insomnia.

Which is impossible since Wolfgang never had any problems with insomnia, but since then she's been having visions and nightmares, and what's even strange General Fireclaw has been appearing in all of them.

"I'm telling you now!!! nurse Redheart I don't have problems with insomnia" Wolfgang said in an annoyed tone

"I'm sorry captain Wolfgang but there's no such thing as something entering nightmares" Redheart replied, Wolfgang stormed out in fury, Flash stood in front of her with a worried look on his face

"I'm guessing another trip to medical didn't go well" Flash spoke with a hint of concern in his voice

"I don't want to talk about it... Let's just go to Night watch duty" Wolfgang said sounding a bit annoyed, Flash didn't like to see his friend like this but he was to scared to say anything due to Wolfgang's new attitude.

But he knew inside him he had to say something, he just had to, so took a deep breath and let out a deep sigh

"uh Wolfgang..." Wolfgang simply froze as she heard her name and turned her head to face Flash behind her

"what is it" she says sternly "are you sure you should be on night watch because you haven't had any sleep for weeks and..." he was cut off by Wolfgang who had her hoof on his mouth

"you know I can't even sleep without having these nightmares about Fireclaw  wanting me to join him" she spoke after seeing a hallucination of Fireclaw next to Flash doing a evil smirk on his face.

Wolfgang gasped and her horn glowed as rage was going through her like an evil spirit evolving inside her, Flash quickly noticed the raging look on Wolfgang's face and looked around to see what she was glaring at

"huh Wolfgang?... Uh what are you looking at?" Flash said with hints of concern and confusion in his voice, Wolfgang looked away not even meeting his gaze

"since that day you had that magical dragon connection thing" he asked gesturing with his fore hooves.

Wolfgang's horn began twinkling with magic "who in hell is contacting me" she murmurs "while I'm taking care of some business Sharpshot can do night watch with you" Wolfgang said as she walked to her captain's quarters, Flash couldn't say anything but he thought will his friend change back to the way she was.

Wolfgang entered her tent and pointed her horn to the circler digital map in middle of the quarters and the beam of magic took the shape of the dark grey alicorn stallion Prince Markarthus

"Prince Markarthus... how did you get my communication coordinates" Wolfgang asked suspiciously, before he could speak out a sentence he noticed something different about Wolfgang, she didn't seem to have that pony presence, no it felt like he was in the presence of a dragon, which sets his teeth on edge thinking it could be one of the dragons in disguise.

"First captain Wolfgang you can tell me why I can sense your presence as a dragon" he asked curiously, something inside Wolfgang made her feel angry like she wanted to show her true power at this grouchy Prince, a shame he was only a magical hologram, she could go through all kinds of dragon magic to show the Prince real pain.

Then  all of a sudden she snapped out of it  and begin to speak in her authoritatively tone

"it's complicated sir" she replied, Markarthus was still suspicious but he played along

"is that so then okay well back down to business... when you have young Aiden Frostfire clash on your team, show him the place he grew up so he still knows who he really is" he said in a serious tone

"will do your highness will do" Wolfgang responded with a salute! Wolfgang started to feel tired, like all that energy from her magic was draining her and before she could even begin her first step and she collapsed to the ground.

As Wolfgang awoke she noticed something strange, as she opened the entrance of her tent everything looked... destroyed, the tents were burnt and pony corpses littered the ground like dead vermin and as she kept walking on she passed several locations with the same problem Ponyville's houses were burnt and everypony were either dead on the ground or crucified.

Her heart sank when she saw 6 mares; two unicorns, two earth ponies and two Pegasi, then her eyes widened

"the bearers of the elements of harmony" she spoke quietly in shock, she quickly looked away until

"I know it is quite a sight" Wolfgang pricked up and turned her head and notice

"Princess Luna?!" she says trotting towards her and then bows "this has to be a dream... It just has to be??!!" Wolfgang's looking at all different directions

"you are right Wolfgang... but it's not just Ponyville" after she said that Luna lifted her left forehoof and stomped it on the ground and the location changed to Canterlot, Cloudsdale, Fillydelphia, Appleloosa, Hoofington, Baltimare, the Crystal Empire, Manehatten, Saddle Arabia, Trottingham and even San Franciscolt.

Wolfgang couldn't believe what she saw and she felt like was going to be sick, she puts her head down as she spoke

"is this what Equestria would be like if I joined Fireclaw" Luna lifted Wolfgang's chin with her forehoof and looked deep in the possessed unicorns eyes and replied with a simple nod.

Wolfgang blinked away as a tear  was flowing down her face as she forcefully open her eyes and looked back at her surroundings

"I won't let this happen Princess Luna" she then turned her head back to the Princess of the night "if Fireclaw thinks he can persuade me he's got another thing coming" Wolfgang boldly spoke.

Luna was about to speak until the scenery began to crack as wind currents started picking up and she began to sink in somewhat quicksand

"Princess Luna!!!" Wolfgang galloped as fast as she could and managed to catch Luna by her forehooves, she used all her strength to pull Luna out, and then he appeared.

"Captain Wolfgang!!!" Fireclaw announced as a beam of light surrounded Princess Luna and her, Wolfgang looked up and noticed the dark blue cyborg dragon and glared with aggression in her eyes as her horn glowed bright as she fired the beam of magic at Fireclaw.

Fireclaw splits himself in two as the beam of magic traveled forward without hitting anything and his head rejoined up and then summoned from his mechanical claw a lime green yellow fire surrounded the unicorn and alicorn "ah Princess Luna" he then sniffs the air smelling her scent

"funny I can still smell the stench of Nightmare moon on you" he smirked with a growl in his voice

"save your breath thou I do not choose that path anymore" she frowned, while Fireclaw was distracted Wolfgang's horn absorbed the fire and fired it at Fireclaw blasting him back.

"You seem to control that dragon magic well for only a unicorn"

"it feels like it gets easier" Wolfgang replied boldly with a smile, her glimpse turned to the distance and saw the dragon flying towards them, Wolfgang quickly turned her head back to Luna

"your highness... GET OUT OF MY DREAM AND REPORT THIS TO CELESTIA AND MARKARTHUS!!!" Wolfgang yelled, Luna unfolded her wings quickly and a swirling portal appeared in the moon and she quickly flew in.

"How sweet of you captain sacrificing yourself to save the princess"

"You twisted scaled lizard" Wolfgang beams a bolt of lightening from her horn and Fireclaw disappeared before the lightening hit him.

The dust had cleared and Wolfgang was still dreaming, her dream self was intense watching every area, for where Fireclaw could be hiding, and after a few hours and no sign of him.

But she didn't give up as she continued walking into what looked like a tunnel, and being the curious type she is, she went in and what she saw was flashbacks from her own past, from the day she got her cutie mark to the day she ran away from home, and a dark orange earth pony stallion with a golden lightening bolt on his flank, who was her coltfriend she left back in San Franciscolt.

Wolfgang's heart had sank when she saw her teenage crush "Goldenbolt" she said quietly trying to force her words out from the shock, she then walked slowly to the image and stopped in front of him and lifted up her forehoof to her lips and placed it on his cheek

"I'm sorry" she says remorsefully.

Wolfgang continued walking on until her ears were twitching at a sound that sounded like somepony, a silhouette of a pony, Wolfgang could tell it was a mare due to it's voice

"you can oh you can paint with all the colours" the mare sang coming closely to Wolfgang, the mare was that same native tribe pony who kept kissing her, the mare put her forehoof on the captains cheek continuing to sing "of wind" she sang, Wolfgang was creeped out as to why was this mare flirty towards her.

Wolfgang didn't pay any attention to this mare and continued walking on not even giving a glance to her, and the native tribe mare disappeared like dust, the images of her past still remained and the light began to dim, as Wolfgang looked at all these images of her past her cursed dragon side was trying resist the treasured memories but Wolfgang couldn't resist the urge to cry.

Cathstar awoke from her nightly slumber in the barracks and came into the captain quarters

"Wolfgang... Wolfgang are you in here?" she'd said before stopping dead at the sight of sleeping Wolfgang tossing, turning and breathing heavily, so Cathstar knelt down and started nudging Wolfgang and calling her name.

Meanwhile back in Wolfgang's dream the scenery was shaking like there was an earthquake, then she heard Cathstar's voice "Wolfgang... Wolfgang wake up... come on Wolfgang wake up" then her dream self begins to black out, and she forcefully wakes up.

"Wolfgang! are you alright" Cathstar said while holding her hoof out to help her friend up, Wolfgang stood up, dusting herself off from sleeping on the floor, Cathstar looked deep into

Wolfgang's eyes and she gasped a little

"you had that dream again didn't you" Wolfgang's eyes widened and began to frown

"it's none of your business" Wolfgang said sternly, Wolfgang was about to speak until she was interrupted by Cathstar

"Wolfgang I know you to well to fall for that lie" she puts a hoof on her friends shoulder, "please Wolfgang I'm your best friend" Cathstar spoke with concern.

Wolfgang sighs and slowly looks back at her foalhood friend

"can you keep a secret" Cathstar smiled and gently nodded, even though her foalhood was a full grown mare she still saw the filly she played with at school and all those weekends they used to play in the park, all those memories flashed in Wolfgang's mind, she quickly snapped out of it and shook her head repeatedly,

"Fireclaw showed my memories from my past" she spoke, Cathstar's eyes widened

"he probably wanted to turn them into bad memories… if he wanted you to be on his side he want you to think horrid bad things to torment you" she then hugs her friend tightly

"don't forget Wolfgang you've got friends who will stick with you not matter what" Cathstar whispers.

Wolfgang smiles looks towards her bed and then back to Cathstar

"why don't you take over my duties" she begins to yawn

"I haven't slept in a couple of weeks and I'm knackered" she walks towards her bed falls down on it snoring away, Cathstar giggles and makes her way out of the captain quarters.

Back in Wolfgang's dream everything was quiet and it gave her a time to think. (a song is playing Wolfgang's Descent)

Wolfgang

I'm a simple mercenary agent possessed

with dragon magic, i can't even sleep at night

being haunted by Fireclaw

I ran away from home when i was only fifteen

now look at me now fighting in this war.

My family would be so worried seeing how i'm risking

my life

oh what a life I'm living oh why *is this happening*

oh please take this curse away from me

i know your listening so come out you coward

why i'm i getting so angry

Oh why (x7)

Fireclaw begins to appear.

General Fireclaw

listen here little filly your strong and *your fearless*

your friends won't even though that you work for me now

your  my apprentice and i'm your master,  you and i will rule

Equestria together, and we kill Celestia and Luna

you are my greatest weapon

Wolfgang

I don't want to be apart of your dark plans

I will fight you and win the war

I will protect the princesses from you

now please take this curse away

oh why (x6)

take this curse away from me

General Fireclaw

you and I will be like two partners in crime

no pony will stop us cause we be unstoppable

so join me

Join me or die

I'm in your head so you can't resist

this a good reason because i can

help you gain more power than you've

ever dreamed of

so let's work together and *let's rule Equestria together!!!*

Meanwhile Fireclaw had wrapped Wolfgang in black tentacles really tight

"now captain I can see the wonderful future when everypony will see us holding the three alicorn siblings… everypony will respect us" Fireclaw was interrupted

"no Fireclaw they'll fear us and thats not what want" Wolfgang forcefully says as her horn glowed and the tentacles began to melt by the magic, she fell to the floor and Fireclaw summoned a green and black flame from his mechanical claw and fired it at the unicorn captain, Wolfgang quickly dodged as the flame hit the ground where she stood, her horn glowed again "incedros" she yelled out and a golden yellow flame beamed out and aimed it at Fireclaw.

The cyborg dragon summoned a dark green lightening spell from his mechanical claw and fired it at the same time as Wolfgang.

Both of their magics connected and they both tried to out match the other, Wolfgang with just being an ordinary unicorn was hard enough, but what kept her going was all the happiest memories of her foalhood back in her hometown and her friends who are fighting along side her in this war, and the day she was called in to meet the princesses to assist with fighting this oncoming war.

With all those great memories her magic felt like it was getting stronger just seeing the ponies she cared about in her mind made her smile inside, she then burst opened her eyes and they were glowing white and the magic from her horn was beating Fireclaw's.

Fireclaw tried to force it towards the unicorn mare but it was too strong and blasted him backward to the dark midnight sky and tore a hole in the dream world, then that hole that Fireclaw made started absorbing everything threw like a black hole, Wolfgang tried to hold on to something but the wind current was to fast and absorbed her inside.

"AHHH!!!".

She got up from her bed screaming and fell out of bed, landing on her flank with a hard flump, Flash heard the loud commotion and trotted into the captain's quarters and saw Wolfgang on the floor "Wolfgang are you ok" he said with a hint of concern.

Wolfgang shook her head to clear her head and looked up and saw Flash with a concern look on his face,

"I'm fine Flash I'm fine" she said rubbing her eyes.

Then all of a sudden her she realised something as her eyes busted right open

"I'm fine... I don't feel dragonish" she then turns to Flash

"can you sense a dragon presence in me" Flash looked at Wolfgang and sniffed and then he stopped

"yeah?... but it looks like your in proper control" Flash confused a bit, "then I am fine tell Cathstar, Big Mac and Sharpshot that I'm fine and...

" She paused for a bit when noticed a letter from Princess Celestia

"can you give me minute" Flash turned around and exited her quarters,

Wolfgang used her unicorn telekinesis and opened the letter and started reading.

Dear Captain Wolfgang

I am writing to you about your new recruit that would be joining you tomorrow, Aiden Frostfire clash in the Crystal Empire in the care of my niece Princess Cadence, Markarthus told me that young Barrier Lands ponies have quick growing lifespans so by tomorrow the young colt shall be 18 which will mean he'll be legal to join your army.

But promise that you'll let him keep in touch with Princess Cadence and Shining Armour, knowing all the time they've spent looking after him and well you know the rest.

Yours truly

Princess Celestia

Silence filled the quarters, as she put the letter in a footlocker underneath her bed and got out another audio recorder.

This is audio diary 5 Captain Wolfgang I've just woken up from my nightmare, Fireclaw showed me some graphic and horrible sights if I were to join him but I declined his evil offer as fought him I could think of all the happy memories which filled me with power and strength so I could defeat him and now, I still have the curse but instead of it controlling me I'm controlling it.

This is audio diary 5 Wolfgang out