The Harmony Scrolls V: Manerim

Alduin shouted and the sky turned blood red, black meteors raining down from the sky. Yep. Definitely using the Thu'um. Alex was shouted off the execution block and landed face down in the dirt. Alex heard shouting from the civilians and the soldiers. "Guards, get the townsponies to safety!" Mass chaos erupted. Archers and mages were flinging arrows and spells toward Alduin. He shrugged them off like it was nothing.

Lunarian soldiers started running towards safety, away from the Celestians and Alduin. Civilians panicked in the chaos, running around the town searching for a hiding spot.

"Hey! Human get up! The gods won't give us another chance! Follow me!" Alex opened his eyes to see Rainbow Dash standing over him. Dash ran towards a guard towe r with Alex following close behind. They ran inside and slammed the door shut. Princess Luna and two of her soldiers were huddled together in the corner. "Luna! What is that thing? Could the legends be true?" Dash asked, nervously.

Luna shook her head. "Legends don't burn down villages." Alex spoke up. "That was a dragon. I've seen...him, before. His name is Alduin.He-" Alex's talking was cut short due to Alduin roaring again. "We can talk later. We need to keep going." Rainbow Dash galloped up the stairs with Alex close behind. Two Lunarian soldiers were trying to clear some rubble out of the way. "We just need to-" Alduin's wing punched through the brittle and old stone of the tower. "Get back!" Rainbow Dash yelled, before a torrent of orange flames burst through the hole, lighting up the surrounding area. Alduin flew away, the sound of his huge black wings flapping drowning out all other sounds.

Rainbow looked out of the hole Alduin had made and pointed her hoof at a burning building below. "See that inn on the other side? Jump down there and keep going!" Alex nodded, and jumped. He closed his eyes and tried not to focus on the situation he was in. He landed on the second floor of the inn through a hole in the roof, becoming increasingly bigger with each second due to the spreading fire.

Unfortunately, he landed on his left arm, and heard a crack. Alex cried out in pain. Well, he wouldn't be using any two-handed weapons any time soon. If ponies even had two-handed weapons. Fuck, they didn't even hands. They had hooves.

He slowly picked himself up off the ground. He felt his hand throb in time with his heartbeat. I hope ponies have restoration magic. He thought to himself.

He ran towards a hole in the floor and jumped through, landing hard on his feet. Alex ran out the door, well, what was left of it. Alduin was sitting in the street, breathing fire at civilians and soldiers alike. A young boy, or colt, was more like it, was out in the street, petrified. "Hamming, get over here." Twilight called out to the young colt. "Ata boy, you're doing great. Stay here."

"Dawn Light, I have to go find General Hoofson and join their defense." Twilight said, her horn glowing with magic. Instead of a lavender aura, it was glowing red. Clearly a destruction spell of some sort.

Twilight noticed Alex standing behind her. "Still alive human? Stay close to me if you want to stay that way." Twilight ran off towards a burning building, Alex close behind. "Stay close to the wall!" Twilight yelled, the red aura of her horn glowing redder.

Alduin landed on the wall they were hugging, and his wing dropped down. It was as dark as the void and bigger than a full grown human.

Twilight ran up a charred path way and into a destroyed house. They ran towards the main keep, an orb of fire now in Twilight's hoof. "Rainbow, you damned traitor! Out of my bucking way!" Twilight shouted at Rainbow. "We're escaping Twilight. You can't stop us." Rainbow said, a rainbow colored axe in her hoof. "Fine, I hope that dragon takes you all to Sovngarde!"

"C'mon human, into the keep!" Rainbow ran into the keep decorated with Celestian banners. Alex followed suit.

Rainbow was breathing heavily and sweating. "Luna's Mane! That thing was a Dragon, no doubt. The harbinger's of the end times." She walked over to a fallen comrade. "We'll meet again in Saddlegarde, sister. Hey Alex, why don't you take that axe? But first, lets get those bindings off. Come here."

Rainbow held up a little dagger, worn and dull. Alex placed his bindings on the worn blade. A quick cut snipped the bindings and he was free.

Alex picked up the axe. It was a little bigger than his hand, but he would manage.

Then he heard shouting. "It's the Celestians! Hide!" Rainbow Dash said, crouching down behind a table. The Celestians came through a door on the other side, swords drawn and armor gleaming in the dim light. Alex wasn't so comfortable with killing ponies. But, it was kill or be killed. Especially in this situation.

The Celestians came through the door and started swinging their swords at Alex and Dash, grunting with each swing. The Captain, swung at Alex with a slim but sharp sword, cutting the soft skin on his face open. Blood poured from the gash.

Alex swung his heavy axe back at the pony and landed a hit on her arm. Blood appeared and started staining her fur. She held the cut with her hoof, buying Alex time to land another hit, this time a killing blow.

With the pony distracted, Alex aimed his axe at the pony's neck and cut. Blood poured like a waterfall from the cut. The pony fell over with a thud. Alex felt sick to his stomach.

"Good job! Maybe one day you'll be as good as me." Rainbow commented, a grin on her face.

Alex looked at the body and noticed a key on the belt. "Hey, a key!" He picked it off the belt as well as a sword.

"Set? Lets go." Dash said, unlocking the door.