Warhammer Equestria
United We Stand
Previous ChapterNext ChapterDain Stonehoof who was once leader of the caribou nation had now become a full fledged demon. The transformation had warped his mind greatly as he continued to cackle madly and slaughter a great deal of his enemies and his own men while they fired upon him with muskets and arrows yet nothing seemed to be able to pierce his skin, not even the combined magic of the three princesses.
"I have never felt such dark magic!" Luna stood back with her sister as the monster continued its rampage towards the palace. The demon seemed more focused on making it to its destination rather than fighting.
"He's going for the crystal heart!!"
"Don't let him through!!"
The mages created a magic barrier around the palace while soldiers formed a shield wall in front of the beast but the defense was shattered with one swipe of his claws, the men were instantly sent flying or cut to pieces by the demons strength while the rest were completely frozen with fear including Twilight and her friends.
"Twilight what do we do?!?" Spike asked her while trying to snap her out of it but the princess dropped to her knees in defeat and tears began to drip from her face as she watched the massacre.
"I don't know...it's all over...." The princess could hear the screams of the soldiers as they were ripped to pieces but did nothing, it seemed like Dain was finally going to win until they heard him cry out in pain followed by the ringing of steel. Valiant struck the demons left eye before jumping to a safe distance as all four arms came smashing down with enough force to cause a small quake but he showed no fear or hesitation and readied his blade.
"Valiant what are you doing?!? RUN!!" The princess pleaded to her friend but he refused to move. The two warriors were at a stand still yet all could feel their murderous intentions toward each other as Dain let out a blood curdling roar that could freeze a mans blood, Valiant just stood there and spoke softly as if he pitied the creature.
"You can't even speak now can you? How sad." Valiant lowered his sword for only a moment when he stared at the monster his foe had become.
"Dain Stonehoof. You have committed horrible crimes against the kingdoms of Equestria and its people and have broken the sacred law which forbids the use of black magic! Therefore by the authority of the four princesses and my right as lord of the crystal mountains I sentence you to death!!"
As if able to understand him, the demon created four blades from its dark magic and prepared to do battle while the princesses ordered everyone else to seek shelter when the creature let out another roar as they prepared for one final clash.
"Come demon!! Face the fangs of The Iron wolf!!" Valiant charged right into the demons path as the first blade came shining down, his first move was a teleportation spell that put him right above the monsters head for a quick attack but was thwarted wen the second and third arm blocked his blade and the fourth smashed him halfway across the city; the fight was like something out of a fairy tale. The force of the demons punch looked strong enough to crush a grown pony like a bug but as Valiant emerged he was barely hurt minus the bloody lip and scrapes around his body.
"Ptu!! that all ya got?!?" He mocked his opponent before leading him in a chase through the city, It seemed that Dain had lost track of his objective to retrieve the crystal heart and was now focused on destroying his foe. The city rumbled as the fighting went on while all the ponies sat quietly until Shining Armor seized Gal Maraz and marched towards the exit.
"Shining where are you going?!?" Twilight stopped him from opening the door when shining saw the fear in her eyes.
"To help Valiant. He can't fight that monster alone!"
"But-!"
"He's right!" Rainbow Dash grabbed her swords to join him with a few soldiers following her lead.
"Twilight what kind of friends would we be if he abandoned him? He's always been there for us, now it's time for us to be there for him." The rest of the friends began to rearm themselves along with Celestia and Luna then Twilight remembered how she and her friends faced every threat that came against them and how they would always win no matter how bad things got. As Spike handed her sword to her, the princess smiled proudly knowing she had made such brave and loyal friends.
"Alright everypony. Let's do it!!"
"YEAH!!"
Meanwhile
A great deal of the city had been leveled as the fighting between Valiant and the demonized King raged on with neither side showing weakness. Dain had lost one of his horns and held a shattered blade while Valiant was bruised and bleeding all over yet for some reason he still had the strength to keep fighting but knew that it was only a matter of time before one of them would overpower the other and he had to work fast.
"Alright...TAKE THIS YA BASTARD!! BRUTAL BLADE!!" The force of Valiants blow sent the demon staggering back as he took to the air and continued his assault.
"Now for!! SONIC BLADE!!"
The demon quickly blocked the attack using two of his arms but that proved to be a fatal mistake. The moment the sonic boom made impact, the arms were blown clean off their joints as if they had been pulled off by a tow truck and as the demon cried out in agony Valiant charged head on towards its chest for the finishing blow but was struck by one of the remaining arms. The unicorn coughed up a small amount of blood meaning he must've torn something on the inside but this was not the time to be getting tired.
"Need a hand?" A voice called out from behind and it was a voice he recognized. Valiant turned around to see all his friends and fellow soldiers ready to fight as the men took positions surrounding the demon.
"What kept ya?" He asked sarcastically while Twilight casted a healing spell on him, thankfully his wounds weren't serious. The girls could see that their friend had did quite a number on him after noticing the missing arms and horn followed by the numerous gashes and cuts on his body, as they prepared for battle Rainbow Dash floated just above him with a confident smirk on her face.
"Hey Valiant. What's that phrase you always use?" She asked as her friend stepped forward to lead the charge.
"Heh....YOU'LL FIND I HAVE A MIGHTY APPETITE FOR BATTLE TODAY!!" And just like that the heroes charged head on as the soldiers cheered. Rainbow Dash landed the first blow by cutting the demons right leg to limit its movement while Applejack gave a solid uppercut that sent it crashing on its back.
"Wow! This is just like ogres and oubliettes!!" Shining armor sounded a bit too excited when Flash blocked a sword swing coming at him.
"Yeah but this is fight doesn't have do overs!!"
The two warriors teamed up and began a series of attacks that began to force Dain towards the wall before Twilight and the two sisters blasted him out with a combined magic attack yet the demon still remained standing.
"My this brute is stubborn." Rarity was beginning to get annoyed when Spike ran past her.
"Stubborn but not invincible!! TAKE THIS!!" The dragon smashed the demons left leg, shattering it completely before getting smacked away and that was something Rarity did not take well.
"HOW DARE YOU HURT MY SPIKEY WIKEY!!" The mare proceeded to bombard the monster with a series of ice crystals formed from the snow before combining them into a giant icicle she sent crashing down on top of him. A large cloud of snow covered the area as the fighting came to a halt.
"Did we get him?" Spike asked after recovering from the blow he had just received, his question had been answered by Dain bursting from the giant ice shard with only three arms remaining yet somehow was still standing. It seemed that even the elements of harmony were not match for this creature.
"This is bad..." Pinkie said with a nervous gulp as the creatures wounds began to heal. It truly seemed unstoppable.
Valiant had gone to meet the beast face to face, his gaze still burning with determination and rage when the cutie marks of the mane six began to react towards him along with Shining Armors hammer. The demons charged all six ponies without any hesitation when his attack was met by Valiants, the knight roared out as he took the force of the charge and forced Dain to a stop.
"NO!! I won't let you hurt anyone else!!" The strange light began to glow brighter and before they knew it the elements of harmony which they had given up began to appear around Valiant and gave him strength greater than anything they had ever seen as he sent the demon flying back with one blow.
"Princess! What's going on?" Twilight asked in disbelief as the elements merged their powers to create a medallion for Valiant; A seventh element of harmony. The medallion was the same as his new cutie mark and from it came a great power that increased his strength to that of a hundred men.
"The seventh element of harmony, the element of Courage; My element!!" Valiants sword; Blood Bringer surged with so much magic power that even the demon began to tremble in fear as he dropped his weapons to shield his eyes from the blinding light.
"Mighty Sigmar! Guide my blade!!"
Blood Bringer was raised towards the heavens when a bright rainbow appeared followed by the light of the crystal heart and the golden flame of Gal Maraz. Valiants body began to glow like a blood red flame and with one last charge he let loose with a swing powerful enough to topple an entire mountain.
"RAGING BLOW!!"
The force of the attack made the entire city tremble, when the dust had settled all could see the corpse of the demon split in half with Valiant standing as the victor. None could believe what they were seeing, after almost what seemed like an eternity of conflict it was finally over.
"VICTORY!!!" Celestia cried out as she and her sister raised their weapons! the entire city joined in their cheer and began to chant Valiants name as he and his friends marched back into the empire where Shining Armor and Princess Cadence awaited, Valiant knelt before the prince like any knight would when he made a sudden proclamation.
"The Emperor has returned! LONG LIVE THE EMPEROR!!"
"LONG LIVE THE EMPEROR! LONG LIVE THE EMPEROR!!"
Epilogue
Equestria was free once again. The army of the Stonehoof tribe was disbanded by order of their new chieftain; Blitson of the Sky Runner clan and returned to the northlands in hopes of starting anew, Twilight was soon married to Flash Sentry with Princess Celestia presiding over the ceremony along with her friends and family and it wasn't long til her friends had weddings of their own, Spike was officially knighted by Shining Armor himself as a reward for his bravery and saving the life of his adopted big brother. Valiant had returned home to find his wife had given birth to a healthy baby colt which they named Maximus and his daughter Claire couldn't be happier, as peaceful times fell on the land it was decided that the Iron Wolves were to lay down their arms in honor of upholding the peace But Celestia chose to assign the army as guardians of the kingdom with Valiant as their commander should evil ever rise again.
Shining Armor, now called Emperor continued to rule the crystal empire with his loving wife and daughter while Chrysalis and the changelings were given free reign to travel Equestria without having to disguise themselves after earning the trust of the princesses, the griffons had rebuilt Griffonstone and begun to restablish trade with their fellow nations as well as reopen the underway after reclaiming it from the diamond dogs.
Even though the war was over, children would still be told the tale of Sir Valiant The Iron Wolf and the Elements of Harmony saved Equestria from total destruction.
The end.
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