The Great Gray Alicorn

Sidric laughed. The alicorn laughed and laughed and laughed some more as he pranced about in the sunlight. The fallen prince hummed happily, bathing in the sunlight that he once took for granted and never thought he would miss.

Sidric's eyes opened as he danced about in the throes of freedom when his eyes fell upon hundreds upon hundreds of glowing runes. All surrounding the crater and receding deep into the forest beyond. All forming one path down the forest...the path was only about seven ponies wide.

Sidric swore, immediately suspicious of the glowing marks. The massive alicorn reared about scaring the shit out of a hapless group of cultists. “You five. Run past those marks!” The alicorn barked at the trembling earth ponies.

The group gulped and made a mad dash for the forest, eager to escape the ire of the infamous prince of Slaanesh. The moment their hooves tentatively touched the runes, the five erupted in white flames. Screams of utter agony tore through the tranquil silence of the clearing as five cultists were burned alive.

Sidric glared at the runes, as each flickered back to life, looking as if nothing had ever happened. And then an all too familiar voice boomed around the clearing. “Do you like them, dearest little brother?”

Sidric whirled around to face the voice. There at the entrance of the path stood a swirling mist in the form of his eldest brother. The being glowed faintly and had no face, yet very clearly resembled his brothers form.

The fallen alicorn scrunched his face in hatred and the illusion merely laughed. “I take that as a 'no' little Sidric. Just know that each of those runes have one hundred charges. There's thousands of them surrounding your clearing. Millions surrounding every town and city along your...pre-determined route. Oh and each will only ever burn the soul of those tainted by chaos.”

Sidrics scowl etched deeper into a look of pure rage as his brother LAUGHED at him. Sidric opened his mouth to usher in a string of insults to his eldest brother but Aldric cut him off. “Come little brothers. Come to me so I may finish what should have ended thousands of years ago.”

“ALDRIC!” The overwhelming roar of Alfric tore through the forest as the blood red Alicorn slammed through the dozen of earth ponies that held onto his chains. The red prince literally frothed at the mouth as he charged at Aldric's illusion.

The red alicorn slammed a humongous black battle ax, trimmed with brass straight through the misty illusion of Aldric. The ax, predictably, simply dissipated the swirling mist of the illusion for a moments only for it the repair itself.

The ax continued to swing through Aldrics image, over and over again, accompanied by the maddening howls of Alfric. That is until a massive rusted and corroded looking chain was flung around the enraged prince.

The chains writhed around Alfric, as if they were alive, and began to tug him back. A swarm of flies gathered up the ax and hefted it into the air. The massive form of Ulfric tugged on the binds of the youngest of the brothers, dragging the unwilling alicorn back towards the lines of the legions.

The misty alicorn seemingly looked at all three fallen alicorns, Alfric still screaming and thrashing against his binds. The illusion simply shook its head, as if disappointed. “Come to me little brothers. March with full hast to me, to your deaths, that which I should have given you all at the very beginning.”

Sidrics mouth opened to spout a hate filled retort only for the misty figure to simply dissolve into nothingness. Sidric swore and reared up on his hind legs, swinging his front hooves onto the back of the neck of a nearby cultist.

Don't worry Aldric, you won't have to wait long. I'm coming for you, I'm coming for you and your precious Equestria.

….

I gazed upon them, absolute pride in my eyes. The greatest army that all of Equestria had ever seen. The Golden Alicorn Golems. Thousands upon thousands of golems stood in formation on the inside of the outerwall, utterly silent.

I trotted along the front lines, the elements, all three princess' and the captain of the guard following close behind, each had a look of absolute awe painted upon their features. I stopped to inspect the nearest golem.

It was a massive thing, easily dwarfing Luna or her elder sister. It's entire golden form gleamed brilliantly in the sunlight, the intricate runes dancing along its chest glowed an eerie, otherworldly green. Its wings were tucked against its sides and resting to its side was a massive claymore. And the best part...it looked exactly the same as the rest of the massive army.

I looked to either side, basking in the glow of the golden army, pride painted on my face. “Over three quarters of this army was destroyed in that final battle right outside these walls.” I waved a hoof over rows of golems.

“But while I was guarding the vault I used my magic to steadily repair each and every one underneath the grand city of Canterlot. I even managed to build a few thousand more.” I finished, an almost arrogant pride in my voice.

Celestia blinked, drinking in the sight and splendor of the Great Golem army. “My lord this...this is incredible. I've never seen an army so large and...so intimidating.” I chuckled, “Well if you think this is large, the golems are outnumbered at least three to one by the forces of chaos.”

Every ponys eyes grow wide with shock and I laugh before any of them can utter a word. “ But they outnumbered my golems ten to one before the battle of Canterlot. And I've added a few thousand more golems to the army.”

I turn and start a steady trot over to the outer wall, “Come along then, I have a few finishing touches to the defenses of Canterlot that need to be done.” I clamor up the stairs, I could see in the back of my head Chaos beginning to march, squeezing together to avoid burning to a crispy pony.

After a few minutes of climbing I make it to the top of the wall and set my gaze over the wall. After a minute of waiting I feel the elements and the others trot next to me. I smile at the gasps of wonder brought out by the view.

I say nothing, allowing the ponies to bask in the beautiful view from atop the Canterlot walls. I close my eyes, feel the familiar tingle of magic beginning to start up in my horn. I smile at the gasps of surprise from my small audience.

I open my eyes and drink in the sight of the pride and joy of the wall...the sentinels. Every fifteen feet or so of the wall was a raised circular platform. And from each one, the circle had parted for the sentinels to emerge from within the wall.

Each sentinel was the upper half of an alicorn, ten feet tall, with massive wings spread out. Each sentinel had a ball of energy in its hooves, that they continued to swirl around with their hooves. Each sentinel appeared to be carved straight out of stone, and looked as new as the day they were carved.

“These sentinels can see for hundreds of miles, they can already see Chaos marching from the crater deep within Ever Free. Observe.” I call over my shoulder. With a smirk, I trot up to the nearest sentinel, “Open fire. Cease fire when ordered.” I order the one sentinel.

The sentinel immediately lifts the sphere of energy over its head and hurls it towards to the Ever Free. Not a second later, the sentinels wings furl around it so the wing tips are touching. A small sphere of magic forms and the sentinel circles its hooves over the magic ball, enlarging it and after a minute of recharging the sentinel immediately hurls it the same way it had before.

I peek sentinel, and beam with pride as I notice all three hundred and fifty sentinels atop the wall had been throwing spheres of magic deep in the forest. I let the sentinels continue the barrage for another five minutes before my voice booms across the wall, “CEASE FIRE!”

I turn to the stunned Princess' and smile, “Did you enjoy the fireworks?”

…

Sidric was utterly furious. Out of nowhere familiar massive spheres of magic had begun to tear through the ranks of chaos. He had lost two thousand warriors from a minute barrage. A minute! The only reason it had been so heavy in casualties was that the army was forced to march squeezed together and the magic had simply torn through the packed together warriors. The barrage was halted when Sidric erected a barrier that fizzled out the sniper shots on contact while the barrage continued to hammer the barrier.

Sidric has only lowered the barrier an hour after the surprise barrage. And now the Slaaneshi prince was silently fuming in rage. No pony in the entire chaos legion dared utter a word, especially after he had ripped the heart of out a cultist who had coughed.

Sidric narrowed his eyes ahead, he could see... something moving in the distance. Sidric glared at it, his brow furrowed in concentration as he erected a barrier. The thing grew larger and larger until Sidric could finally it. But before he could do anything to stop it, a massive ball of pure white fire exploded behind him, completely over shooting his barier.

Chaos cultists screamed in agony as the searing white fire spread through the ranks, burning those caught in the blast alive while the fire danced to and fro, spreading deeper into the ranks. Sidric scowled and set up another barrier, one over head before he looked at the writhing flames that quickly spread deeper into his army.

Sidrics scowl deepened when he noticed that the fire didn't burn anything besides the chaos troops. Sidric erected a third wall of magic, this time separating the rest of the army from the few hundred that were writhing in a white flame. Sidric watched in annoyance as a few hundred more of his troops were burned to naught but ash over the course of ten minutes.

Sidric glared ahead into the path. “Fuck you Aldric. Fuck you.”

….

I roared in mirthful laughter. “Fantastic job Celestia, you killed about three hundred blood thirsty warriors with a single spell!” Celestia looked torn, I could see she felt conflicted about taking life in her eyes.

I put a comforting hoof onto her shoulders, “Little Tia, those monsters would gladly rape, kill and eat all of your ponies. Do not feel bad about taking the lives of monsters.”

Celestia blinked, “They would dare...cause harm to my little ponies?” Anger laced the question as Celestia growled into the depths of the forest. Her horn glowed brilliantly as...three massive orbs coalesced into exist, only to be flung into the depths of Ever Free.

“No pony dares, NO PONY DARES HARM MY LITTLE PONIES!” Celestia screamed as another barrage of lethal magic formed above her head, only to be instantly flung into the depths. Celestia turned towards Aldric, “How long until they reach here?”

“A little after noon they should arrive.” I blink in surprise at the venom dripping in the normally calm Princess. “Good, when they finally reach here, I'll burn them. I'll burn them all!”

...

Sidric grimaced as continued to trudge through the forest. Those orbs of magic...who created them? They had outright shattered the Slaaneshi princes barriers, was it Aldric? No, the fires would have been gray.

Sidric was lost in thought, contemplating who in their right mind could have cast such powerful magic. That is until he could see the break in the trees that marked the edge of this accursed forest.

…

They poured out of the break in the trees, they immediately began to hurry into formation. I grimaced, there was one of my brothers....Sidric. As if on cue the brilliant white Alicorn turned his head to me.

Chaos continued to pour out of the small path in the trees as I locked eyes with my brother. “Well hello dearest brother Aldric!” Sidrics voice boomed out amongst the quiet of the Canterlot Wall.

I inclined my head, “I was beginning to wander if you'd ever make it little Sidric.” The happy facade immediately turned sour on Sidrics features. I could feel the intense hatred that Sidric poured into glare.

Out of the corner of my eye I see the all too familiar bulk of Ulfric leading...Alfric... I close my eyes in a prayer of mercy. Even from here I could see the rot that stuck to Ulfric, could hear Alfric screaming my name as he, attempted to, lunge at me.

I close my eyes and sigh, “Tia, you'll have the honor of fighting Ulfric. Luna, Sidric will be the one you fight. Alfric will head straight for me when his binds are released. Let the golems and sentinels worry about the small fry.” I allow a glance to the heavens, “Faust protect and guide us.”

To be finished soon...

Sorry I haven't updated in so long, I'm reaching the closing stretch of my trip to China. Only a couple more weeks left. Right now ( as in when I typed this) five in the morning at a motel 8 right near the Xiaolin temple. ( They can do some crazy ass shit btw) ANYWAY.... Next chapter will be the last...I'm aiming for around 10,000 words and I think it'll actually be easy considering what happens... dun-dun-dun! Catch ya later.