Warhammer Equestria-Wrath of The Blood God

News of the minotaurs invasion force had spread throughout the land quickly as citizens around the outlying farms and villages began evacuating towards ponyville and Canterlot while Prince Blueblood and Prince Flash began to organize a defense. Using the knowledge of his homeland, Flash had arranged a series of bunkers on the hilltops armed with musketeers and a few steam tanks as support while Blueblood arranged a series of barricades along the road to Canterlot with elite members of the Royal guard standing watch while the ponyville militia armed themselves and made preparations for the oncoming siege.

Among the militia men was Big Macintosh who was retrieving his old war gear from the attic, as he looked at his old armor he began to fear the worst. Another war meant more death and suffering and worst of all he'd be pulled away from his family again especially his wife and daughter.

"Big Mac?" Fluttershy peeked in to see her husband holding his old sword along with their daughter Flower who was looking worried after hearing that the militia was called to take up arms against the invading army.

"Daddy do you have to go?"

"I'm sorry pumpkin." The red stallion hugged his child close followed by his wife who proceeded to hand him his blade with a gentle smile that warmed his heart.

"Come back safe okay?" Fluttershy spoke so gently that her husbands worries suddenly left him and could only smile back as he held her and Flower closer.

"I'll be back, I promise."

By noon the entire town was up in arms, ready to fight and die for their kingdom. All was quiet as a light breeze blew in from the west and with it came the first war cries of the enemy army followed by the beating of their war drums, the defenders were beginning to sweat after seeing the size of the army and had estimated them to be ten thousand strong.

"Steady men!" Flash was on the front lines along with his son Vanguard who would be experiencing his first battle. The princes hands were trembling out of fear since he had not experienced real combat and the atmosphere felt more tense than he anticipated as the minotaurs drew closer with each step, Flash ordered the cannons to fire a warning shot which halted their enemies advance. It wasn't long until Gor Gutz stepped forward to see what he was up against and simply laughed at the pitiful excuse of a wall that stood before him.

Princess Twilight stepped forward in her battle armor which made the men stare in awe as if she were a Valkyrie descended from the heavens. A stern expression was upon her face and her hair had been tied back so it would not blind her during battle, she stood atop the main gate to greet her adversary as was proper conduct for a princess in battle.

"Are you the leader of these soldiers?"

"Aye! Dat'd be me!" He boasted while his men gave a short cheer.

"Then I should warn you. You're in Equestrian lands! Lead this army off this field and I promise no harm will come to you!!"

The warboss laughed at Twilights threat as did the rest of his men before he vanished into their ranks and before they knew it the village was bombarded by catapults and arrows falling like rain.

"RETURN FIRE!!" Officers of each squadron rallied their men into a counterattack as the fighting grew more fierce with each second, minotaurs began storming the wall with siege ladders and grappling hooks while another began ramming the gate with a shielded battering ram. Atop the wall were Princess Twilight and the elements of harmony doing their best to keep their troops from being overrun while Big Mac lead a small brigade to put out the fires in town. The fighting was fierce and lasted for hours with the war band unable to breach the walls and were forced into a temporary retreat but the cost was great, much of the royal guards who were stationed there had been either killed or wounded along with the militia.

Prince Vanguard had survived the battle but had seen much suffering and looked at the numerous bodies of the fallen when he heard the worried voice of his mother calling out to him.

"VANGUARD!!"

"Mother?" The prince just stood there as his mother dropped her helmet to hug him and sigh with relief to find him unharmed but his armor had been stained with so much blood she could not be too sure, Fluttershy was relieved to find her husband unharmed as well but the same could not be said for the other mares who had come to find their husbands slain on the battlefield and soon enough their morale began to weaken.

"This is a nightmare..."

"We need sir valiant now more than ever...."

The men had already grown weary from the first day but what could they do? The enemy had surrounded them on all sides and had destroyed much of their town; it was like the first war all over again.

"Prince Flash. The enemy is massing for another attack." A soldier reported looking grim. Flash acknowledged this and nodded before rejoining the front lines when he heard the sound of the enemy war horns, the next sound however came from a beast large enough to smash the entire town to rubble.

"A squiggoth...." Flash had remembered seeing such a beast during the battle of Griffonstone only this one was twice as large and twice as deadly with a small armed host mounted on its back. With one shout the squiggoth marched forward with Gor Gutz at the lead but as they neared the wall another horn call was sounded from deep within the everfree forest followed by the familiar howling of wolves and warriors as a the wind suddenly picked up and like a great flood a number of six thousand wolf riders came charging out in gleaming armor and at the head was a young black knight carrying a halberd with a crimson red cape flowing in the wind as he charged forward. When Twilight saw this she noticed that Valiants daughter; Claire was riding next to him then realized who was leading the charge.

"Maximus?!?"

"Valiants son?!? It can't be!!" Flash said in disbelief until he got a second look then realized she was right, when his men heard the news they all rushed to the wall to see the young knight and his wolf riding hard into battle and felt a strong sense of pride as they began cheering loudly while continuing to watch the children of the iron wolf cut down scores of the enemy ranks as they charged straight for the squiggoth.

"Maximus! Take your men to the right!" Claire quickly ordered after seeing a gap in the enemy formation.

"On it! MEN! FOLLOW ME!!" The riders split into two groups and began flanking the enemy while the rest continued to press the attack from the wall and throughout the battle all eyes were on Claire and Maximus. The siblings began their assault by slicing the beasts legs to limit its mobility before going straight for its head, Claire used her magic to create a wall of spikes that scattered the enemy while her brother closed in cutting down any Minotaur foolish enough to stand in the way of him and his wolf Sköll.

"I'm Maximus Cavalier son of Valiant Charge! Any who dare invade my homeland shall be resigned to an early grave!!" The young colt shouted as he brought down another foe before thrusting his halberd right between the Squiggoths eyes, the beast roared in agony as it reared up before falling on the spikes and creating a blinding dust cloud. The men on the wall gave a great cheer while Gor Gutz and his band were starting to loose morale which made the warboss even more furious than before when they began retreating.

"QUIT RUNNIN YA BUNCH A GITS!! DAKKA DAKKA DAAKKAA!!!" Gor Gutz shouted in anger as he impaled one of his own men with a spear. Their fear of their leader overpowered their fear of dying and so the enemy forces pushed on again only to meet the lances and swords of the wolf riders who were using the dust cloud as cover and began a series of hit and run attacks from all sides that slowly picked apart their troops section by section, Gor Gutz watched as the chaos continued and in one furious bellow he began insulting the riders and began calling them cowards too afraid to fight on foot in hopes of getting them to face him one on one. Only one took the bait.

"So it's a fight you want eh? Then I'm your man!" Maximus rode out of the dust cloud and dismounted his wolf to meet the warboss on even ground. Gor Gutz stood ten feet tall and carried a vicious spiked club and crude sword while Max had only his halberd, at first the Minotaur laughed at the puny warrior challenging him and even offered to give him the first blow. That was a mistake.

WHAM!!

Despite his young age, Max was able to deliver a skull shattering punch that knocked out a few of the warbosses teeth and sent him spinning towards the ground. The crowd gasped in amazement while his sister watched carefully in case any of the enemy soldiers tried to interfere and as Gor Gutz rose up he stared into the eyes of the knight and saw that they looked like the eyes of a beast going for a kill.

"When I was fourteen, my sister and I went exploring in the forest of trottingham with our father and came across a group of bandits who had been giving the locals trouble. We attempted to sneak past them but they caught us and we were forced to fight and at the end of that battle one of the surviving bandits attempted to stab my father in the back....I killed him with my own two hands."

Max readied his weapon as he continued his story while the battle came to an immediate halt. Both sides had gathered to witness the duel as Gor Gutz prepared to fight.

"Since then I dedicated my life to perfecting my skills so that I too could protect my loved ones. Compared to those thugs....YOU ARE NOTHING!!" In one stroke, the warboss was sent staggering back before he was assaulted by a relentless barrage of attacks as the soldiers from both sides began cheering.

"YOU CAN TAKE EM BOSS!!"

"STAY STRONG MAXIMUS!!"

Sparks flew as both weapons clashed against each other until Maximus disarmed Gor Gutz of his club leaving only his sword, the large minotaur proceeded to relentlessly pound against his opponent and forced him to his knees, Claire was starting to grow worried as she watched her little brother struggle and with one last blow his halberd was split in half which left him wide open or so it appeared.

"NOW I GOTCHA YA LITTLE-!!"

SCHLIK!!

In one quick movement, Max had shoved the broken piece of the wooden shaft into the warbosses chest. The whole army was stunned as they watched their leader stagger back to see his heart impaled by a little piece of wood but he knew that wasn't what killed him and looked at the young colt with anger.

"If you couldn't beat me then there's no way you could beat my father." That was the last thing the young colt spoke before Gor Gutz fell to the ground dead in a pool of his own blood.

With their leader defeated, the minotaurs were soon put to route and driven off Equestria and a great celebration was held. To commemorate Maxes bravery against the warboss Princess Twilight held a private ceremony in her castle with all her friends an family gathered including Emelyn who was relieved to hear her son had survived after worrying a great deal back at the fortress.

"Maximus, please kneel." The princess humbly asked as he did what he was told, she the took up her old sword Dragon Tooth and in a distinct voice she made this proclamation.

"Maximus Cavalier. You have displayed bravery far above and beyond the call of duty, your father would be proud. So it is with great honor that I bestow upon you the title of Black Knight." With two taps on his shoulders the princess had named her new champion while the others became stunned with excitement.

"Arise Sir Maximus. The Black Knight of Everfree!"

And like that, Emelyns youngest child had achieved the first step in his dream to becoming a hero like his father.

Meanwhile

News of the minotaurs defeat soon reached Tireks ears and the demon was beginning to grow impatient now that their plans to weaken Equestria were foiled and by a young earth pony no less but in his frustration he came up with a brilliant idea. Tirek ordered Valiant to be brought to him at once with the now weakened unicorn thinking he was going through another torture session, instead he was facing something far worse. A chaos priest had begun chanting in a mystic tongue while another held up a branding iron with the star of chaos and as Tirek exposed Valiants chest he grinned telling him one last thing.

"You're going to help us whelp! Whether you want to..."

"No!"

"Or not."

Valiant struggled to get loose as the brand drew closer and with one firm push the star was burned into his flesh and a dark force began to take over him.

"NO!! NOOOOO!!!!"

End.