Whimsyshire

Bannuk once again donned the armor of the Immortal King, the repairs he made were complete, and he was ready to set out. He just needed to take care of one last piece of business before setting out.

"You are to either stay here with the dogs or go back to Ponyville. Do not follow us." Bannuk firmly stated looking down to Twilight Sparkle.

"Don't worry, what you and your friends are about to do... I want no part in it, or even to witness it." Twilight said solemnly.

Bannuk grunted as he nodded at this and turned around to rejoin his party. Twilight watched him leave for a minute, the armor had a strange glow to it, and the maul on his back pulsed with power. Twilight did not like what they were doing, but she still wished for their safety.

As Bannuk approached the others he nodded to Ayida in signal that he was ready to go. The Witch Doctor then drew some dust from the pouch on her hip and threw it into the air. The five companions began to shimmer, and had faded before the final speck of dust even hit the ground.

Discord looked over the army of Griffins with a glint in his eye. Though it may appear to be an orderly army now, Discord knew better. Armies were always uniform, up until the first charge at least. Then fear and instinct won out over discipline in most cases and chaos ensued. Especially when aerial combat was involved. That was one of the reasons why Discord favored the Griffons and Dragons so much when he needed somepony to manipulate into a war.

Discord giggled with mad glee as he cast his eyes toward the Blue Dragon matron Saphiria, who was currently telling her eldest and strongest children of the danger they faced. Discord actually did not care what the outcome of the war was. Sure these creatures from across the realms were powerful, but they were not immortal. Worst case scenario Discord might have to go into hiding for a century if things went south for him. But from what he could figure from the young magic user he had control over for a short time, and how the Immortal King looked, the king was getting towards the end of his age limit.

"So... Saphiria tells me one of the ones you brought back yourself was able to counter her breath with several magic balls..." Envy said as she approached Discord.

"Yes, it would appear she has some formidable magical talent. She is weak physically though, take advantage of that if you must." Discord said with a sour face, unhappy that his thoughts were interrupted.

"Discord!" Saphiria yelled from where she perched on a tower, overlooking the Griffin army and her kin.

Discord shook his head and winked out of existence with a snap of his fingers and reemerged floating in front of the dragon on a hammock suspended between two clouds.

"Yes dear?" Discord said with an exasperated sigh as if she had awoken him from a nap.

Saphiria growled, the deep rumbling shaking the tower and causing slight cracks in the mortar.

"Alright alright, what is it?" Discord said as he snapped his fingers, making the hammock disappear.

"Something is coming. Fast. I can sense it moving across a magical leyline..." The Blue Dragon said.

"What?! But the leyline here is not powerful enough to use for transportation!" Discord exclaimed. Admittedly he was not paying attention and he had not noticed before how the leyline thrummed with power underneath the ground.

"I suspect they are using their own power..." Saphiria said direly.

"Where do you suppose they will exit?" Discord asked as he cast his eyes at the ground, taking in the view of the army gathered in the castle courtyard, on the walls, and on the mountainside outside of the walls. They could emerge anywhere if they were powering it themselves.

"There" Saphiria growled pointing a massive talon.

Discord followed where her finger pointed and saw magical energy building, beginning to glow as the energy reached the visible spectrum. Discord's eyes narrowed as the magical field exploded outward, sending any unlucky enough griffin to be too close splattering on the ground and their allies. Discord let out a growl as he saw all five of the outlandish creatures standing together, back to back. They had managed to find each other before coming here. Discord had hoped it would take them longer to unite if they even managed to find each other at all. Now this castle's chances plummeted even more with almost twice as many foes.

The army stared dumbfounded by the entrance of the five, not a single griffin or Nephilim moved a muscle, all stood still and ready. It was as if an intense staring match had broken out, and each side was weighing their chances at victory.

Discord watched the tension build with glee in his eyes. His face resembled a child unwrapping a present, suspense building in his mind. Anything at all would set this off, and whatever it would be, Discord was sure to remember it for all time.

Bannuk clenched his fists harder, waiting for the first move to be made. He needed to know what direction he needed to attack first so that he left no openings. He highly doubted any of these Griffins could penetrate his armor, but if a lucky blow was made and a blade slipped through a joint or cut a strap, he could be left exposed or weakened before he even got a chance at fighting Envy or Discord.

Envy had a snarl on her face, she had eyes only for the hulking man in the jet black armor. She was stronger now after feeding off the jealousy of her riled up nation. Plus she had more hlep on her side this time, she was positive she would see the Immortal King beheaded. She smiled as she wondered if his head would stay alive as her trophy if he truly was immortal.

Saphiria narrowed her eyes at the small creature that had managed to counter her breath with its magical attack. Humiliating did not even begin to describe how that was for the matron of the Blue Dragons. Saphiria would be chewing on the impudent creatures bones before this battle was over.

The silence had stretched on for minutes now, and the Griffons were slowly getting over the shock of the entrance their enemies had made. Discord was starting to grow bored, he wanted his present opened now. Pulling an over sized pin out from behind his back Discord floated down beside a blue dragon and dabbed it into the rump of the dragon. The dragon let out an ear piercing roar at the pain and surprise it felt, and then hell broke loose.

Ayida was the first to react, raising a hand over her mouth she then uncovered it and exhaled a cloud of locusts that spread to all the of Griffins in front of her. She then raised her arms and her zombie dogs and gargantuan leapt from the ground.

Thorne then let loose a volley of hatred enchanted bolts that split into hundreds as they flew out in a cone in front of him, felling line after line of Griffins. Between volleys he also focused his hatred and discipline on trapping the ground in front of him.

Lihua raised her arms and shot out twin red beams that left nothing but dust of the Griffins that were touched. Lihue pivoted her ray to catch any arrows that were loosed and to pick up as many kills as she could manage before the griffons took to the air and became harder targets.

Vasilisa put her palms together in front of her in quick prayer, before summoning a spiritual bell and striking it with a devastating punch, sending holy energy on the resulting shock wave forward, obliterating any Griffins that stood in her attacks path.

Bannuk was the first to break from the circle, in one mighty step he had closed the distance between him and the first line around him. With his first cleave he decimated not only the first row in front of him, but the one behind it as well. His fury caused the bodies to explode with the force of his blow and damage their allies behind Bannuk's targets. Bannuk then smashed the ground with his maul, causing a massive shock wave to decimate the griffons that were in front of where he stood.

The griffins after a second to watch their kin get slaughtered took to the air, loosing arrows and throwing spears and nets. Dragons rose into the sky and began to circle, waiting for a chance to attack. Discord cackled in glee as he watch the carnage.

"Envy is mine!" Bannuk called over his shoulder as he cleaved swathes of griffins out of his way, making towards the castle entrance.

"I'll go with him, stay to watch our rear." Ayida said as she followed Bannuk, lobbing fire bombs and poisonous spiders at griffins that flew too close.

Vasilisa looked around and noticed that any Griffins that strayed too close were riddled with arrows or atomised. The monk then set to the task of finding the strange monstrosity that had led her and Lihua to this world. The creature went against all laws her teachings had, and she felt if any of these creatures deserved death it was that demon.

Bannuk could feel the thrill of battle as he cleaved down and bashed his foes. Deflecting arrows with a spare hand as he hefted his weapon over his shoulder Bannuk, the giant man looked as if he was batting away flies. The barbarian then hunched down, lowering his shoulders before charging straight through Griffin after Griffin, blasting them back with the force of his charge and crushing them underfoot. as he stopped the force kept going and slammed a few Griffins into the castle gate where they splattered across the iron door. Bannuk sized up the gate before walking up and roaring as he planted a heavy heel to it.

The metal groaned under the force of the kick and dented heavily inwards. Bannuk frowned at this and swung his maul, destroying the blocks the hinges were set into and sending the door flying inwards. Bannuk then raced into the castle and batted away and Griffin that got in his path.

Ayida raised dead here and there as she went, focusing mainly on sniping any fliers that swooped too close with her darts. As the Witch Doctor followed Bannuk inside she took note of the fact that there were fewer guards down the hall Bannuk went, than down the other paths.

"Those clever raptors are leading us to the throne room..." Ayida said as she took off sprinting to warn Bannuk.

Bannuk was almost there, he could see the large double doors that the throne room had to lie behind. Ayida was shouting something behind him, but he could not hear her over the blood rushing in his ears. Bannuk lowered his shoulder and burst into the throne room.

Bannuk panted as he looked around the room, only seeing a brightly glowing crystal. Bannuk readied his weapon for an attack from the shadows that the crystal threw around the room. Ayida burst into the room behind him.

"Get away from there you old fool!" Ayida yelled.

Bannuk turned to give her a questioning look, but then the crystal began to hum, gaining volume and shrillness. Bannuk turned to the crystal with a look of realization on his face. The old warrior lifted his weapon in front of him and tensed his body as he stepped in front of Ayida.

The crystal exploded, decimating half of the castle.

Sorry for the long time to upload this chapter, next one should be within a week though. The end of Whimsyshire is drawing close, and I would hate to keep you all waiting in the middle of a battle scene for too long.

Please leave comments on this and the upcoming chapters so that I can know how you have liked my story, and the characters I have written. I know the Wizard and Monk have not had development, but I felt the entire gang needed in on the battle.