In the land of Stradivaria
A female draconequus lay in the void floating in nothingness. She was bored. She felt something tapping her on the skull and she opened her eyes. She was in the middle of a forest with no idea how she got there. She heard panting and looked around to see a mud path. She saw a black furred and black maned pony who promptly collapsed wheezing. She slithered over in curiosity and nudged him or her she couldn't tell.The only thing she found strange about this pony was it had a white mark on its butt that looked like a scarab.
It groaned in pain and tried to get up but fell again. She saw it was carrying a white scrap of paper. She picked up the paper and looked at it curiously. She felt a large and obese presence behind her.
She turned her head around “Falstaff you fat old bird how you been?”
The obese draconequus chuckled heartily “Pandora! We thought you had passed from this realm. Who’s your friend?”
“Dunno nearly dead though.”
Seven other Draconequus appeared. Aside from fat Falstaff there was two very thin almost skeletal ones, a small almost infantile one, one that was abnormally tall with six heads and four arms, two that looked the same (broad shoulders and muscular) only one had an inverted color scheme, and a well dressed one.
Falstaff spoke “I’m sure you don't recognize these folks. They’re quite new. To my left are two skeletal looking fellows. Their names are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.They come from the below lands. The tiny one is Erebus and the freak show is Hydra.”
Hydra spoke “I do take offense to that term. Just because of my deformity.”
Erebus giggled “I think they make you look sexy”
“Why thank you twerp that means a lot.”
Falstaff rolled his eyes in his left claw before continuing “After Hydra is the twins Mania and Dementia.”
The well dressed Draconequus spoke “Falstaff we should drag this pony to the stronghold of the moon, Yes?”
“Sorry, Bo BIlly Bob Joe. You know how easily I get distracted. By the way can you read this gibberish?”
Bo Billy Bob Joe looked at the paper and pulled out some comically large glasses. “Yes it looks like this poor mare was on her way to deliver the news that the city of Canterlot has been destroyed. It also looks like her royal plot Celestia has passed from this realm.”
Rosencrantz spoke in a deep thundering voice “Aboot time that happened, eh?”
Guildenstern whispered in a voice that sounded like the wind “respecter le tombé, mon frère.”
Rosencrantz nodded his head and airily waved his dragon claw “Celestia nore Luna deserve my compassion. Not after what they did to us.”
Falstaff melted into a puddle and flowed under the weakened pony before solidifying back into himself, lifting the pony off the ground. He began waddling off.
Pandora caught up to him “Shouldn’t we wait until nightfall?”
Bo Billy Bob Joe snapped into existence with a thronging boing “The girl is nearly dead as it is. We should get her to castle Stradivaria as quickly as possible.”
Pandora snapped her tree like fingers and some red liquid appeared she gently lifted the mare’s head back and poured it down her throat. The mare coughed on it and woke up staring wide eyed at the three Draconequus. She leapt into the sky her black, dark red, dark orange, dark blue, and grey mane leaving a dark rainbow blur in her wake.
She was suddenly in front of them with claws attached to her front hooves and blades extended from her wings. Her small fangs were bared in a snarl. She was immediately restrained by large gummi bears. She bit into one pulling off a chunk of it. It screeched in pain and exploded into string cheese which then wrapped around her. She struggled but Pandora snapped her fingers and the mare went swirly eyed.
Pandora whispered into her ear “You are under a trance when I snap my fingers you will speak to us. We have no desire to hurt you.”
Pandora snapped her fingers and the mare jolted awake. “Kto ty? Chto ty khochesh'?”
Pandora blinked in confusion before Bo Billy Bob Joe spoke “My druz'ya!”
He then shoved a wheel of Mozzarella into her mouth and snapped his fingers. She snarled at him “What was that for you jerk?”
Bo Billy Bob Joe grinned in his cheshire way “So my friends and the readers can understand you.”
“Wha? Nevermind! Why are there three Discords?”
Falstaff spoke jovially “Well, Well, Well, that old geezer is still alive.”
The others quickly caught up and Erebus spoke “General Falstaff! We have a problem all Hel has broken loose and a murder of crow demons are upon us! Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead!”
Falstaff became larger and scooped up the mare “Off you go little pony thing.” He then tossed her through the air causing her to land in the castle Stradivaria. She shook her head clear of the little grey alicorns circling her head wondering what went wrong.
She got up “General Frontline Charge get the troops ready Hel is upon us.”
A large black earth pony made of muscle saluted “Scout Blitkrieg, Frontline Charge is not here he got called away to assist the Unity army.”
“Is Suicide Run still here?”
“No ma’am!”
“Alright soldier, who is?’
“Phalanx, Scorched Earth, Siege, Overwatch, Leapfrog, Hammer and Anvil, Bullhorn, Pincer Strike, and myself.”
“Who’s the top after Suicide Run and Frontline Charge?”
“That’d be Phalanx Ma’am.”
Another large pony walked out this was a pegasus that was midnight purple. She spoke “Private Pansy! Git yir armor on right this instant. Not only are demons swarming the town but we have five Draconequus to deal with as well.”
The large earth pony quickly trotted out and Blitzkrieg spoke “Ma’am the Draconequus are friendly. They were the ones to keep me from death. Also they got me here before the Murder of Crow Demons could eat me. At the cost of two of their own.”
“Well shit. I already sent Scorched Earth to banish them.”
A Maroon Dragon deer kirin with an ox tail and a backwards curved horn dropped from the sky and shook his head clear of little wall eyed Lunas circling around it. He got up and saluted “Ma’am the head Draconequus, Bo Billy Bob Joe, sends his regards and kindly asks that we not banish any more of his friends. He also asked me to give you a wheel of cheese for some reason.”
He pulled out the Gouda Cheese which began glowing and then exploded taking all the demons with it. Feta rained from the sky and then a barrier appeared as the feta floated there.
The midnight purple pegasus spoke “Why is it always cheese?”
Scorched Earth spoke “Ma’am we should begin fortifying our defenses. The Demons are sure to come back.”
“They were banished though, right?”
Blitzkrieg handed over the missive “Commander Phalanx, Hel has been unlocked ve have lost Celestia. Lord Baron Blackmane has been severely injured. Only Luna and her daughter are alive. Even Harmony has been destroyed. The bearers of harmony have been possessed by the lords of Tartarus. Ve are in vay over our heads and I am enjoying every minute of it.”
“Alright Blitzkrieg you are scaring me with that grin of yours.”
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Blitzkrieg stood on the battlements, her fanged mouth grinning from fuzzy ear to half an ear. Pansy was sitting next to her, shivering. The chaos shield was cracked in two places. In front of Castle Stradivaria stood two immense behemoths. On top of the behemoths were three phalanx of demons. Another fireball hit the shield causing the feta to vibrate.
Seige a blue green simurgh, a winged creature in the shape of a bird, gigantic enough to carry off an elephant or a whale. She appeared to be a peacock with the head of a dog and the claws of a lion. She stood holding a spear staring at the demons. Next to her stood Overwatch who was a vermillion Qing-Qilin. She was Dragon like but with antlers. She had shiny shark scales with the body of an Ox and the tail of a Lion. Overwatch held two dual sided swords spinning above her in her magic.
On the other set of battlements stood Leapfrog who was a goldenrod Girin. He had a Lion’s Mane with the torso of a deer and the tail of an ox with legs of a horse. He stood conjuring many shadow puppets to aid him.With him was Bullhorn a midnight green Jin-Qilin. She seemed to be made of smoke and fire. She was part horse covered in scales and the head of a dragon. She was also conjuring smoke puppets to fight. With them was Pincer Strike who was a cerulean Ming-Qilin who was part ox and part dragon. He was in a robe holding a large mace filled with holy energy.
Bo Billy Bob Joe and Paradox Pandora stood in the square. Hydra lay next to them, unmoving. Three days had passed since the first attack. All the draconequs had were fat Falstaff, Erebus, Pandora, And Bo Billy Bob Joe. Hydra was on his last leg.
Erebus was sitting on Hydra's chest rising and falling with his shallow breathing.
She growled "Don't you dare die on me you worthless sack of scales I will kill you if you die."
Hydra let out a wheezing laugh. And weakly patted Erebus' head.
The shield shattered. And one wall was caved in. The demons quickly swarmed. Fire and brimstone quickly cut the defenders down. Soon only a handfull of Stradivarians remained. Most of the town had been destroyed. The peasants were slain. The guards were in disarray. Several shadow puppets swarmed the demons smothering some of them. The rest were attacked by smoke puppets. Many of the puppets were destroyed leaving Bullhorn and Leapfrog very weak. They were lifted up on the back of Overwatch who flew off to the airfield.
They quickly went into the castle. Lady Moonshine of Stradivaria was now the top priority.Lady Moonshine was a pink saddle arabian horse with neon pink and white mane. She was the leader of this little island in the chaos sea. Hammer, an umber yali who has a catlike graceful body with a head of a lion and tusks of an elephant with a tail like that of a serpent, was the first to enter her chambers. His twin brother, Anvil, was next.
Phalanx followed soon after "Lady Moonshine! We must get you to safety. Please follow the twins. I will guard the rear."
Moonshine's melodic voice echoed through the chamber. "Why must you be so suicidal. As my daughter you have every right to be protected."
Pansy was thrown through the door and an intimidating demon walked in. He had one muscular arm and one arm that looked like stone. His horns curved down and out like that of a ram. He was a grizzled old veteran. He looked at them with his one good eye. Then rubbed his brows together.
He spoke "I'll give you a head start. I suggest you take it."
He watched as they fled towards an airfield. He walked down a different hallway. He turned just as a claw slashed through his face.
A scaly bipedal raptor stood there hissing "You let the prey escape. You are weak old man."
The demon scoffed and vanished in a gout of smoke. The raptor stood there with a moustache painted on him. Snorting the raptor jogged away.
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Pandora was dragged by Bo Billy Bob Joe. Erebus and Hydra had been buried under rubble. Fat Falstaff had sacrificed himself to banish the demons and save who he could. His fat body had exploded with chaos energy. Unbeknownst to Pandora, Hel had been sealed. They looked up as an airship rocketed away from Stradivaria. Bo Billy Bob Joe released Pandora and walked back to the castle. As they entered Hydra burst from the rubble with Erebus in his arms. The four turned to see an old grizzled demon veteran.
The demon snorted "I believe that this hairless abomination belongs to you."
He pulled out an Alicorn with no hair or mane. He had his tongue sticking out and was somehow sucking on an acorn.
Bo Billy Bob Joe grinned "Ah Lord Butterscotch Pendragon, Where is your mother?"
Butterscotch pointed to the airship and drooled. Causing the demon to drop him and wipe off his hand. The demon scoffed and vanished.
