The Great Gray Alicorn

“Yes, very good you seven. But remember, the safest place to be in a fight is within you enemies minimum range. There's only so much one can do with a weapon when their opponent is in their face.” I huff out the compliment, slamming 'Righteous Fury' into the ground with my front hooves.

Luna and Rainbow Dash, who had been there not a moment before vanished in the split second before my beloved hammer cracked the ground. The moment Luna reappeared to my left side she used her front hooves to swing the beaten old staff square at my head.

With a flick of my hooves, I bring the butt of the hammer up to catch the stick...only for a blade to quickly dart out of the staff straight at me. In a rush of adrenaline, I swerve out of the way and kick a fore hoof right into Luna's gut, hanging onto my weapon with the other hoof.

A glob of spit erupts from Luna's mouth as she gasps in pain, eyes shooting open as the wind was knocked from her. As the Princess staggered back, all six of the elements of harmony close in for the attack from a circle around me.

The girls all shout, the fake elements of harmony around their necks glowing as Twilight's magic fills them. I couldn't hide my grin, they still have much to learn. As each of them fire a beam from their respective fake elements I launch myself into the air.

I can't lie, it was quite....entertaining watching from the air as all six rays of magic manage to hit each of the friends rather than me. With a loud thump I land amongst the seven groaning forms. I chuckle, “ You came much closer that time than in any of the other rounds. But you would have gotten me if you had fired while I was exposed after disposing of Luna.”

My criticism is met with a chorus of groans. Pinkie's hoof shoots in the air, “EQUESTRIA DAMN YOU THE FLUTTERSHY GUY!!!! DAMN YOU FOR USING US FOR COMIC RELIEF DURING AN OTHERWISE BORING CHAPTER!!!”

I cock an eyebrow at the pile of party pony. It was as if Twilight could sense my inability to comprehend, “Don't ask Lord Aldric. It's better for your sanity's sake.” I chuckle at the lavender unicorns statement.

I gaze up at the moon overhead, “Alright time for daylight. You know the drill Luna, rest all day. I'll take of the rest. As for you six...” I turn to the heaping piles of sweaty fur that were the Elements of Harmony right now. I'll cut you some slack and give you an hour of sleep, you'll wake up as refreshed as if you slept a week.”

Almost immediately I can hear snoring come from Rainbow Dash and sighs of relief from the rest. I couldn't keep the laughter from bubbling out.

…

Sidric took a sip from the golden goblet in his hoof, looking on the scene before him with a bemused smile. In the middle of the camp an orgy was happening amongst the followers of Slaanesh. Moans of ecstasy and pleasure rang throughout the camp, the sound of lust was music to the fallen Alicorns ears.

His smile deepened, he knew what was going to happen next, it was always the most entertaining part of the spectacle. Sidric glanced happily at a stallion mounting a mare not five feet in front of his table.

The stallion slammed continually in the nameless mare beneath him, both groaning in utter delight. The mare had drool leaking from her mouth and her eyes lolled as she was continually pounded from behind.

Juices sloshed and splashed upon the ground between the two, as they continued to fornicate without a care in the world. As were so many other ponies in the camp right then.

To Sidric's right was a mare with two stallions, the two had mounted her rather oddly. One was laying as his back while she pumped down onto him, driving his cock deeper into her mare hood. While the second stallion pounded into her ass.

And to Sidric's left was another very entertaining show. Two mare's on one stallion. One mare took the whole of the stallions shaft all the way down to his ball sack. She gurgled happily on the stick of flesh as the other mare lapped at the stallions testes.

And then started the screams of orgasms amongst the orgy goers, specifically the stallions. And Sidric's grin became a smile of anticipation...here it comes!!!!

The stallion directly in front of Sidric began to slow as goblets of cum began to splash around spattering the ground in white. In the threesome to his right, the stallion mounting the mare's ass pulled out and quickly trotted around to her front, using both hooves he shoved the whole of his member down her throat. Sidric chuckled as white fluid dripped out of her mouth and pussy. And on the left, the stallion cried out as goblets of sperm showered over the face of the mare, she cried out and quickly took him in her mouth again, no doubt wanting to feel the seed pump down her throat, while the other settled on continuing to tease the stallion.

All around the camp, the same thing was happening. Stallions moaned in utter bliss as they reached their peak, pumping their seed into unknown mare's or otherwise showering said mares in it.

And then the mares began crying out as they reached their peaks, all simultaneously... and all of them began to shift and morph.

The stallions that were moments ago riding the mares as if their lives depended on it, were not struggling weakly as their bodies began to wither to husks. With soft muffles, each stallion fell to the ground, looking like a decade old corpse.

And where there were once mares, now stood ponified daemonettes of Slaanesh. The daemons each happily licked at their lips with forked tongues, all staring at Sidric. “We thank you for a most delicioussss meal Lord Sidric. Would you care to...join us?”

The front most daemonette purred at Sidric, the voice dripping with honeyed lust and pure perversion. Sidric chuckled, “It was nothing at all good ma'am but I'm afraid I must decline your offer. I like my soul where it is thank you very much.”

The daemonette pouted, “That is no fun Lord.” Sidric shrugged before speaking again, “Now tell me, is everything set?”

The daemonette frowned, “Yes Lord, the legions are already beginning to break camp. They will be formed up and ready to march tomorrow.”

“Very good. Leave me.” Sidric practically purred himself, he glanced over to the damnable vault door.

Soon, dear Brother, soon all of Equestria shall know the truth of the word of chaos. And I'll make you watch it all burn before I finally kill you. Oh, and I'll rape both of your beloved little Princess's too! Maybe I'll force you to have a little 'fun' with their bodies when I slice their throats over you face so you can bathe in their blood!

Sidric chuckled like a mad stallion at the idea. Oh what fun the prince of Slaanesh would have when he finally got out. Only one more day left dear Aldric. Only one more.

…

The fireball hisses by, just barely missing me. The intense heat was enough to cause slight burns from the foot distance between me and the raging inferno. “Very good Celestia, but you have to be quicker to fire or else your enemies will simply dodge it.” Day six. Tomorrow Chaos will break free.

Celestia acknowledges me by hurling an even larger inferno straight at me. I grin and my own horn lights up with magic. With a great leap, I hurl myself...right into the center of the massive inferno. “Lord Aldric!” Celestia gasps out in utter terror.

I laugh, re-emerging from the inferno. I raise 'Righteous Fury' above my head and slam it down. With an audible pop, Celestia simply teleports to the other side of the crater. The Princess and I simply stare one another down from either side, neither one willing to make a move. Until I stand upright, “Alright Celestia that's enough for today. There are some last minute... preperations... I need to make for our guests tomorrow, gather the Elements and simply await me in Canterlot Palace.”

Celestia's mouth opens as if to speak, but gets cut off with a sharp wave of my hoof. I nod my head to the still sleeping Elements, “Leave Celestia. I need to set some...surprises to make sure that Chaos goes straight to Canterlot. I can't have them raiding anywhere on the way and I have the perfect enchantments in mind just for this.”

Celestia nods understanding, a glint of approval in her eyes. Her horn lights up with magic and she with the six sleeping ponies vanish in a flash of brilliant light. I turn around and stare down the vault door, “Come along my little brothers. I was weak back then, I couldn't bring my self to kill any of you no matter the dozens of chances I had. But tomorrow...tomorrow I redeem myself for my failures to Equestria, your onslaught shall wither out before it even starts. I vow it, I vow that not a single hair on any pony's mane will be so much as touched by you heretics. Come, my Brothers, come unto the death I should have given you oh so long ago!” At the end of my speech I'm practically screaming at the vault doors.

With a huff I turn back to face the direction of Canterlot, and my horn begins to glow as I begin to weave new spells. Just try to detour anywhere else Chaos. Just try it.

…

Sidric stands in front of the vault door. The alicorn's face is scrunched in concentration as he works feverishly at the runs holding the assembled legions back. No pony dares utter a word, lest they draw the ire of either two of the chaos lords.

“Hurry * gasp * little Sidric * wheeze * Our legions grow oh so very desperate to spill blood in the glorious name of chaos.” Ulfric's form towers over his younger brother, the massive alicorn is still wheezing in Sidric's ear.

Sidric sneers in response, “I'm trying dear brother, but Aldric is utterly destroying any attempt of me speeding this process up. I simply can't, whenever I try, his magic annihilates my own.” Ulfric grunts, “Magic is so * wheeze * useless sometimes.

Sidric's scowl deepens as he scrunches his brow in further concentration. No pony speaks, save for one chained down form towards the front of legions, screaming obscenities in the air in the glorious name of Khorne.

…

I race through Pony Ville, every pony stops and stares at me. But I ignore them, throwing up ward upon ward around town. My hooves dig into the air, sending a cascade of earth behind as I race through the quaint town.

It's almost nightfall. Damn. I need to push harder, no time! NO TIME! I pick up speed, throwing wards around and all over the town as fast I can make the enchantments. I race along, my hooves stampeding upon the earth as I race towards Canterlot.

…

As usual, it was another boring night of guard duty for Shining Sword, a new member of the royal guard. Nothing. Ever. Happened. Of course the guard didn't let any of his boredom register on his face as he stood watch over the main gate of Canterlot.

The royal pegasus guard struggled through his boredom as he did every night. His partner slash brother, Shining Lance, stood at the other side of the massive gate of Canterlot wall. “PSSSSSSSSSST.”

Really Lance? Shining Sword face hooves. His brother was trying to whisper to him from twenty feet away...and his whisper was practically a shout.

“Hey Shining Sword. Wanna hear a joke?” The royal guard keeps a blank face despite his childish request to his brother, Shining Sword shakes his head vigorously. “No Lance. We're on duty.”

His brother visibly pouts at the rejection and Sword rolls his eyes, “Come On Lance, We're royal guards, don't show any emotion ever.” Lance immediately shoots straight up...and blinks, once, twice, thrice.

“Hey Sword...do you see what I see?” Lance squints in the distance of the night. Sword shakes his head and looks into the black night and begins to retort against his brother's childishness...until he sees a rapidly enlarging grey blob.

The Pegasus guard pony blinks to make sure he's not seeing things, only to find...a massive grey Alicorn with only one wing, a tattered wing at that, standing right in front of him. “Celestia is expecting me.” The massive Alicorn growls the one sentence.

Shining Sword did a double take, this was an Alicorn. The LARGEST, alicorn he had ever seen. Should he let the alicorn in, he might be a changeling. The guard gathers his wits and is about to squeal protest in a high pitched tone when a voice cracks the night, “Ah, My Lord Aldric. I was wandering when you'd arrive.”

Princess Luna gently lands right in front of the gate, in between the grey Alicorn and the guards. And then she bows. What? A Princess...bowed? To this stranger? Shining Sword quickly gathers his wits and flops down onto the ground in an awkward bow.

The pegasus prepares to hiss at his idiotic brother when he hears another body flop awkwardly onto the ground. Everything is silent for an agonizing slow minute, until a deep voice chuckled. “Now those are quite the bows there aren't they little Luna.”

The Princess of the night giggles, “Indeed my Lord. Alright, you two stand at attention.” The princess of the night orders. The two fumbling brothers shoot straight up and stand at attention. Both looking straight ahead.

The giant grey Alicorn snorted with contentment as the massive gate to Canterlot opened up. The princess and the strange newcomer trotted into the darkened city and both brothers let out a sigh of pent up tension.

Shining Sword looks at his stupid, younger brother. “Don't say a word.” The Pegasus practically
hisses, before turning back to face the pitch black, praying that nothing else strange happens.

…

I kicked the door open and six ponies yelped in surprise as I stormed into the room. I glanced over to Pinkie Pie the closest one, and yanked her by the mane onto my back. The party pony 'squued' in delight as she flew in the air.

I quickly gathered up the other five before any of them even uttered so much as a word. I spun around and began to sprint through the castle, the elements of harmony bouncing along on my back.

“My Lord Aldric, let me lead the way to Celestia's chambers.” Luna asked, desperately trying to keep up with the pace of my gallop. I grunted through clenched teeth, “I ruled in this very castle for ten thousand years. Do you really think I don't know the palace like the back of my hooves?”

Luna yelped, completely caught off guard by the sharp retort. I rounded the corner, and increased my speed further. The two guards standing outside Celestia's room yelped in surprise and just barely managed to leap out of the way before I slammed through Celestia's door.

Celestia shot up out of her bed, alarm painted on her face. I skidded across the room, stopping mere inches from her hoof board. “Get up.” I bark.

Celestia doesn't say a word and does as I say. With a glow of magic I throw the bed across the room. “My Lord wh-” Celestia starts to ask but I cut her before trotting up to the wall behind where the elegant bed once stood.

I shrugged my back and all six Elements slumped onto the floor, Rainbow Dash began to start a verbal assault before Applejack shot a hoof into her mouth. With a wave of my horn, the wall began to shift.

Stones moved, each rolling over the others in a sequence they hadn't been order to for time immemorial. And there it was. I grinned, and reached out a hoof, stroking it to make sure it was as clean as when I stored it.

I took the helmet in my hands and fit it right upon my skull. It fit perfectly. Good. I set about taking each piece of the armor, the ponies behind me watched in silent awe as I dress myself in the armor of the Equestrian King that I once wore oh so long ago.

I turned around the armored plates on my hooves clanging against stone as I did. “Come Celestia, I need to set up our defensive formations within the inner city wall, and get the outer wall defenses ready.”

Celestia blinked, “But my Lord, there is only one city wall.” I grinned, “Your right, there is only one. But that's not how it's always been. Follow me.” I trotted through the shattered door, the guards once again regaining their composure they began to trot alongside the Princess.

“AUNTIE TIA!!!” A voice careened down the hallways. Around the corner skidded a young pink alicorn. I recognized her immediately. The alicorn glanced around in confusion at the procession. “Ah, it is a pleasure to finally meet you young Cadence, but I have much work to do, so we shall have to have a proper introduction later. Come along, Celestia, Luna.”

“As you will, Lord Aldric.” Both Princess's said simultaneously. I couldn't help but chuckle at
the look on Cadence's face.

…

The procession stood on the wall of the gate of Canterlot over looking the humongous plains that were set out in front of the mountain city. Yet no pony paid any heed to the beautiful site before them. They were too busy drinking in the splendor that was Aldric. He wore a glorious golden helm, carved with the most intricate runes throughout the rim. His hooves were clad in exquisite golden horse shoes. His whole body was covered in a golden plate armor, the moonlight danced off of it, sending down a cascade of light onto all who surrounded him.

Then his horn began to glow, his brow furrowed in concentration as he worked some powerful magic. The whole earth itself, seemed to rumble as if their were an earthquake. Every pony looked around frantically, unsure of what was happening.

“O-over there!” Twilight barely managed to yell over the now over whelming rumble. Light's flickered on in the city behind the group as the rumbling began to shake the entire mountain. About a hundred hooves in front of the wall, the ground began to split perfectly around the city, completely encircling the city and the mountain itself.

And from the massive fissure, a humongous stone wall began to emerge. For over five minutes the ground shook violently as the massive wall erupted from the earth, circling all of Canterlot and the mountain the city sits upon.

When the ground finally stopped trembling every pony stared in complete and utter awe at the massive barrier. All except Aldric, who had a look of pride on his face. “I present to you, the old wall of Canterlot.”

The gigantic wall was at least half a mile high, and seemed to be a few dozen hooves thick. All along the top and bottom of the wall were intricate letterings carved into the stone. As the group, and now most of Canterlot, drank in the new marvel, Aldric's horn began to glow again and once again the city rumbled, though no where near as bad as just moments before.

At the top of the mountain a massive statue began to unearth itself from the rock and stone. In a minute, the rumbling ceased and all of Canterlot glanced up at the humongous statue that had emerged from the mountain. It seemed to have been carved into the shape of the upper half of an alicorn.

And then the statue flapped its pair of stone wings and flung its hooves out. A massive sphere of gray magic exploded out from the statues hooves, encompassing the entire city and the mountain in a huge bubble.

Aldric turned around and faced the awe struck citizens of Canterlot, all of whom were staring up at the glowing statue on the peak of the mountain. Aldric cleared his throat, his voice carried over the entire city by his magic.

“Attention citizens of Canterlot, I must ask that you re-enter your homes. For your own safety, enter your homes now.” Every pony glanced at the massive and regal Alicorn, and soon began to file back into their homes, wandering what was going on.

“What are you doi-” Aldric cut off Celestia with a great roar. Aldric's horn grew alight with magic and the street leading to the gate of Canterlot began to rumble. The wide street split directly down the middle revealing a massive stone staircase leading down into utter darkness.

And then the whole ground shook with what felt and sounded like rhythmic...marching.

“Did you really think I would fight this war with the under trained and ill-equipped royal guard and only ourselves? Come now Celestia, I would figure you would think me more prepared than that by now.”

Before Celestia could ask what he meant by that, a massive bolt of energy shot straight up into the air, with the sound of a far distant thunder.

Aldric's face dropped and he shot a look straight over to the Ever Free Forest, and he muttered only one phrase, “ And so they come.”

…

Sidric laughed in utter delight as the vault doors began to crumble to nothingness right in front of him. The legions behind the alicorn began to chant praise to their dark gods as eldritch energies split the air with sound of thunder.

The very air surrounding the vault swirled with cackling magical energy as the doors fell apart revealing a crater surrounded by a forest. And then for the first time in over six thousand years, the feel of the wind blew across Sidric's face, and he inhaled the very scent of fresh air.

“We come brother. We come.” Was all he mad alicorn cackled into the air.

To be continued...

Sorry about the wait on this one, I've been very busy. I got a lot going on right now and will try to write when I get the chance. Catch you guy's later.