Avera POV

Khyax fell from the sky, acid dribbling from his nose as he fell. When he hit the ground it knocked me out of my daze and I quickly ran to Khyax’s body.

“Please be okay,” I say, putting my ear near his mouth. Feeling his soft breathing I call for medic to bring him back to our camp. After he is brought back I look up and realize we still have a castle to siege.

Alright, Yolouce’s army is on the other side blocking the other gate. He will only attack by the signal we will give him. So, from that fight that Khyax had with that… thing, they probably sent a message for help which means we have limited time.

I will fire catapults at their walls and signal Yolouce to fly over them. While they’re lost in the confusion of the assault, we will use our battering rams to break open the gate.

“Get ready to fire the catapults!” I yell before they start pushing the catapults out of the forest and closer to the walls. They load the giant boulders in the catapults and wait for my order. “Now signal Yolouce!” I say, before a flame is spit into the air and explodes. When that happened, I could see Yolouce and a bunch of other big dragons including the old dragon lord flying over the walls and breathing fire on its garrison.

They know what they're supposed to do. Kill everyone on the wall and when all of their attention was diverted at Yolouce, we charged with the battering ram and the rest of the army. The dragons in front fly and cut the ropes to the drawbridge. The battering ram was like a small house with a giant steel rod in it attached by ropes. We swing it back and forth using sheer strength and momentum to knock over the gate.

Finally, the gate was broken open and we assumed assault formation when we got into the city. Pikes in the front, speardragons behind them with speas pointed up to ward off arrows, and to switch places with pikedragons, then infantry and then archers. The infantry surrounded the archers and the sides of the pikedragons and speardragons.

It was a desolate city I assumed that they evacuated to the castle. We walked through the rocky streets expecting something, but nothing happened. The city was awash in trash and broken windows in shops. It was ghost town complete with an eerie quiet to it.

We move through the city, looking around and seeing no one as we made our way to the center where the castle is. When we got there, griffins were surrounding the castle.They had archers on the roofs of the castle, swordsdragons– er –griffins in the front guarding the castle in a tight formation.

“I’ll ask this once and only once: lay down your weapons and your deaths with be swift!” I yell, before one griffin with white feathers in golden armor comes to the front.

“Sure, if you can rip them from our cold dead claws!” he says, before moving back into the ranks of the swordsmen.

“Well I warned them,” I say, before the griffins in front faced their shields forward, creating a wall of metal, while the ranks behind them raised their shields to make a seamless roof. They had big rectangular steel shields that curved towards them and a leather underside. It had the symbol of a golden griffin on it.

Suddenly Yolouce and his army swoops upon the archers at the top, eating and biting them. With them gone both, of our armies can focus on the single army. I order my army to let the swordsmen in the front and the pikes and spears behind them just in case.

I tell them to charge as we are charging. As we got close to the griffins, they suddenly lifted up their shields in the front and massive spears came through, impaling the swordsdragons at the the front.

“Stop!” I yell, halting the charge and making us back up. Then it was Yolouce’s turn. He ordered his dragons to dive bomb on them but then they did the same thing they did with us. They stabbed several dragons, not fatally, but now they wouldn't go back in.

I look back at the griffins, seeing that they now closed their shields, leaving the spears forward though. So we can’t attack from above and we can’t really attack from the front. Fire won’t work because of the steel shields. As I was contemplating I saw that they were getting more spears from inside of the castle.

After I realized I couldn't really do anything I had decided on an idea. I explained to them that the swordsdragons would have to bat away the spears coming at them– a technique Khyax taught me –while the archers fire ont the castle every time they try to get more spears. When we actually got to the shields, we would blow fire in the cracks between them.

“Alright, any questions?” I ask. After receiving no response I proceed to the battle.

We charge in, but this time, I was second in line of the army. I myself was an archer. I had a wooden bow enchanted with runes. It had two sword-sized blades at the ends that retracted in and out of the bow with the press of a button. It also had steel along the edges engraved with a emblem of a dragon. I also had a golden trident with engravings of sea serpents and curly lines.

The spears lash out, but the black dragon with no wings in front of me managed to hit it away and charge forward, unlike some few who weren't fast enough and got impaled or badly injured. That spear was one of many. soon many others came in at quick speeds. Me and the black dragon were swiping at spears left and right. There seemed to be no end to them. At one point, I misstepped and a spear came rushing right at me.

I freeze and wait for the spear to impale me, but the black dragon moves in, placing his shield in front of the spear, effectively blocking it and breaking it on impact. He looks at me, his steel helmet covering most of his face, even his eyes too dark to see. It seemed like the world was going in slow motion before I realise we’re still in a battle. He blocks another spear, guiding it to the left and up before breaking it in half with his free claw and then unsheathing his sword.

He hit an oncoming spear so hard that it broke. I realized we were getting really close to the shield wall and I was just behind him waiting. Eventually when he got close to the shields, he grabs me with his tail and jumps on top of the shields, running across them to the castle. We make it without a struggle and we were behind them. He places me down and charges the griffins from the back, sword first.

He started in the middle, impaling a griffin and smashing forward with the griffin still on his sword. He pushed out all of the griffins in that line, getting them killed by spears or by our own dragons. Then he moved to the left, spitting out a bizarre green flame that melted them on impact. It seemed more liquid than flame, but it started a panic within their ranks. They started to drop their spears and run for the castle, their formation disintegrating literally. I pull an arrow from its quiver and start shooting the disorganized griffins. My army was cutting them down, easily killing them now. After a while, the center of the Griffin army was defeated. We moved to the flanks that were started to route. They didn’t get far with Yolouce’s army burning or eating them alive.

When they were all captured or killed, we prepared for a battle in the castle. We open the door to reveal all the civilians in the castle on their stomachs crying for mercy. I spotted the griffin in golden armor also on his stomach. I walk over to him and pull out my trident, putting it under his chin and making him look at me.

“Rise griffin,” I say, making him get up looking at me with hatred.

“I only ask this let my griffins free unharmed,” he says bowing so low that he could kiss the ground if he wanted to.

“Hm, fine, but only the citizens. The soldiers stay here,” I say, turning to the citizens. “You are all safe. No harm shall come to you unless you decide to fight back!” I yell before, someone speaks up.

“Well then, where are you taking us?” Someone asks.

“You will taken to Equestria by boat which you will pilot yourselves,” I yell, before realizing something. “Now will anyone tell me where is your King?”

“He’s over in Equestria with the rest of the Griffin Army.”

“So, that’s why only the garrison was here,” I say to myself. “Alright Dragons! Some of you give these Griffins boats to leave and contact Snapshot for backup. The rest of you prepare for naval battle.”

“Okay now where is that black dragon?” I ask myself.

(Black dragon POV)

After the battle was over I went to the forest where my King’s tent was. When I got there it was guarded by two dragons with spears. One was red and one was blue. They blocked the tent with their spears forming an X.

“Halt! You are not allowed to go in here,” the red one shouted.

“It's alright, I’m Slash, the King’s son,” I say, sliding off my helmet.

“Prince Slash, I’m sorry, come right in,” he says, putting his spear back up and letting me through.

“It’s alright, good job keeping him...safe” I say, seeing nothing in the tent but an empty bed and a big hole ripped in the back. Rage starts to bubble up in me. “Where is he,” I say, malice clear in my voice.

“Um, we have no idea,” he says, shrinking at my glare.

“If they ask where the King is, tell them that i’m taking care of him,” I say going through the hole preparing to track down the people who took him.

Author's Note

Sorry for the long wait I've been busy and lazy then I had to wait for my editor and I was trying to write two stories at once. Hopefully next time I wont take too long but I hope you liked it. Plz send feedback