The Warrior From Azeroth

A call to arms was sounded across Equestria. From Manehattan to Saddle-Arabia came numerous recruits looking to make a name for themselves in the war that was coming while Canterlot and the Crystal empire rallied what forces they had to prepare for their march on the fallen city of Trottingham.

Ponyville had also been called to form a militia in order to help defend the homefront while the troops were away but very few were willing to volunteer save for a few stallions. Big Macintosh along with Bulk Biceps and a pony named Time Turner had signed up after hearing what had happened in Canterlot and took it upon themselves to defend their home since Twilight and her friends would be busy helping the other princesses.

"Alright! Starting today you ponies will be the first of the town militia and like any other military group you will go through the basics of standard physical and combat training. Any questions? Good!"

Time turner had raised his hoof before the human interrupted. Rarity came trotting into the camp with some measuring tape to get the new recruits fitted for their armor.

"Thanks for doing this Rarity."

"My pleasure darling! Can't save the world without looking good." The mare stated after writing down their measurements.

"Now to buisness. Time turner, the town says you're an inventor yes?"

"And researcher!" The earth pony answered proudly.

"Good. You'll be in charge of our engineering division. Bulk Biceps, you train correct?"

"YEEAAAH!!" The pegasus bellowed while flexing as Pendragon cleaned out his left ear.

"Tone it down big guy. You'll be in charge of keeping the trainees fit. Big Mac, Your sister told me you're good with heavy lifting so you'll manage supplies. Sound good?"

"Eeyup."

"Alright then. Welcome to the militia."

By the afternoon, all three stallions were working at their assigned posts. Bulk was keeping the recruits busy with intense physical training while Big Mac helped bring in the supplies that were coming from Time Turners house/workshop on the other side of town and with them came a certain unicorn filly holding a basket of muffins for the busy inventor.

"Daddy!"

"Is that my little Dinky I hear?" The earth pony said turning around to catch the little filly in his arms.

"Mommy asked me to bring you these."

"Muffins! Oh well aren't you the sweetest?" Time Turner began smothering his daughter with pecks to her cheek when Pendragon came in to check up on his progress.

"Hope I'm not interrupting." He said with a smirk after noticing the foal snuggling her father.

"Oh not at all sir. This is my daughter; Dinky."

"Hi!" Dinky smiled innocently to the human before being offered a muffin which he gladly accepted since it was getting close to lunch time and upon the first bite Pendragon experienced a flavor explosion and gave the muffin a second glance.

"Did you put magic in this?"

"Ha ha ha ha! Oh heavens no!" Time Turner laughed.

"My wife is just one of the best bakers in Ponyville."

"But daddy I'm the one who made those!" Said Dinky much to her fathers surprise as the stallion held his little foal up with both arms and gave a warm smile.

"Did you now? You're getting to be such a big girl!" He said while nuzzling her lovingly when a grey pegasus crashed through the door making a wreck his workspace.

"Mommy!" Dinky pounced on her mother before she had the chance to stand.

"Ditzy! Did you get off work early?"

"Just finished my last shift actually. I came to take Dinky home."

"Let me help you." Pendragon cleared away the junk piled around Ditzy who apologized for crashing in during their work.

"Sorry about the mess. I have trouble landing sometimes."

"No problem miss um...?"

"Ditzy; Ditzy Do. Well it was nice to meet you, say goodbye to the nice man Dinky."

"Bye!"

Time Turner sighed at the sight of his loved ones leaving when he asked.

"Do you have family back home?"

"....Not anymore." Pendragon answered coldly as he left the house now in a bitter manner.

"Ohh I may have struck a nerve." Said Time Turner feeling some shame.

Later

The paladin was hard at work in the apple families barn working on the weapons needed for his new militias troops and made sure each strike of his hammer was precise while unaware that he was being watched by some of the townsfolk. The ponies of Ponyville had become distrustful of Pendragon ever since the scourge arrived with some believing that he was secretly an agent of theirs looking for the right chance to betray them to the enemy.

"Did you come here to say something or not?" He shouted, startling the ponies before resuming his work when mister and misses Cake came into the barn.

"Oh! Mister and misses cake! I'm so sorry I-!"

"Oh it's alright dearie." Said misses cake as she left a small box of baked treats on the table behind him.

"I know most of the folks don't appreciate ya being here but me and my husband just want to thank you."

"Thank me? For what?"

"For keeping Pinkie safe. Every time she goes off on one of her adventures we get so worried but it does us good to know she's got friends like you keeping her safe."

The couple left waving goodbye while Pendragon took a break from his work to enjoy the treat they left him and no matter how many times he tried their cooking it seemed to be even better than before. After a few bites the human felt more relaxed than before and decided to call it a day as he headed to the mayors office to deliver his report on the new recruits but as he went through town the ponies seemed to avoid him rather than greet him in their usual way save for Applejack who was coming back from a visit to Twilights castle.

"Howdy partner!"

"Oh. Hey Applejack." He replied while looking over the documents.

"Busy day huh?"

"More than usual."

Their conversation was paused for a moment since the human seemed more occupied with his work but that didn't stop Applejack from making polite conversation.

"So...I hear Twilights studying with that Khadgar fella."

"I'm not surprised. He is one of the most powerful mages in Azeroth, he even opened a portal to your world!"

"Y-yeah...great." Applejack didn't seem that enthusiastic upon hearing that since she knew what it meant; it meant that Pendragon would be able to go back to his world and possibly never return and deep down she didn't want that after knowing what his world was like, the thought of him going back to a place of war terrified her.

"Hey um Pen?"

"Yes?"

"Listen. Even when this whole mess is over you're welcome to stay with me and mah family."

This offer surprised Pendragon, Applejack was speaking to him as if he were going away forever and it surprised him more when she began to give a sad expression.

"Thanks Applejack. You and the others have been like family to me." He spoke with kindness in hopes of cheering her up before entering the town hall to see they mayor. When his buisness was done Pendragon went to the town square for some rest from todays' tasks and saw some children at play, seeing such a peaceful thing reminded him of his youth in Lordaeron; before the undead plague destroyed everything he cherished.

"Hmm." The paladin smiled knowing the ponies of Equestria had such peaceful lives and could not help but feel envious. His relaxation was cut short when Quel'Delars runes began to glow fiercely clearly warning him of danger.

"AHHHH!!" A foal screamed as a gargoyle swooped down from the skies to pluck her up along with several more behind it. Using the holy light, the paladin blasted the creatures out of the sky with one shot and caught the children moments before they hit the ground.

"You kids alright?"

"Uh huh. Thanks mister!" A young colt said before spotting a squad of ghouls charging up the street with a bloated grotesque looking monster that'd looked like it had been stitched together with random corpses, the creature had three arms carrying two butcher knives and one hook, it's torso area seemed to be nothing but a large gaping hole save for the rib bones sticking out like spikes and had one bulging eye that didn't seem to blink but what made this creature truly disgusting was the aroma of rotting flesh that Pendragon began to smell even from a distance.

"You kids find a safe place to hide! Hurry!"

The children did as they were told after the monster gave a loud roar that signaled the ghouls to charge.

"Filthy scourge rats!!" Pendragon shouted as he cleaved the first ghoul in half before burning the others with his magic. Only one monster was left.

"An Abomonation. Haven't faced one of you in a while."

UWOOOAARRRGGH!!!

The abomonation lashed out with all three arms swinging down at great speed, Pendragon panicked after realizing he was too close to the creature when a blue streak snatched him off the ground.

"That was close!"

"Rainbow Dash! Thanks for the save."

Rainbow landed on a nearby roof after getting out of the monsters range as it looked around for the human who seemingly disappeared from his sight.

"Gross! What is that?!?" She asked after getting a good look at the beast.

"An abomonation. They're big and powerful but slow just watch out for its arms and aim for its blind spots!"

Both were prepared to attack when a green fireball struck the town square followed by several others.

"CANNON FIRE!! Get clear!!" Pendragon and Rainbiw scrambled off the roof as the barrage continued.

"Fel cannons! Damn it..." The paladin cursed after recognizing the green flames.

"Uh we got another problem!" Rainbow shouted as undead troops began to overrun the town.

Ponyville was in chaos as the undead swarmed every street trying to corner the helpless civilians while balls of green fire bombarded the buildings forcing everyone out of hiding. Pendragon was busy coordinating the towns defense with the help of his friends as they tried to drive back the enemy.

"Applejack! You Fluttershy and Pinkie find as many of the townsfolk as you can and get em to the town hall! Barricade the doors and wait til it's safe!!" A gargoyle came swooping down onto the paladin only to be met by a blast from Rarity's horn.

"Rarity take some unicorns and provide cover for Applejacks group! Rainbow Dash, you get some flyers and intercept those gargoyles! I WANT THEIR WINGS CLIPPED!!" He shouted furiously as another bombardment struck the town.

"The rest of you are with me! We're taking out those cannons!!"

"You heard him girls! Move out!!" Applejack lead her group into town while Rainbow grabbed as many flyers as she could when another group of gargoyles came flying in. Pendragon had managed to find Big Mac and Bulk Biceps amongst the chaos and ordered them to follow him to the edge of everfree where the cannons were being fired.

The trio hid under the cover of the forest as they approached the enemy artillery to find it heavily guarded by skeletons and a few cultists members who had been powering the devices with their magic.

"So uh...do we have a plan?" Asked Bulk after Pendragon ducked behind a bush.

"I'll create a distraction. Big Mac you and Bulk got the muscle so I want you to aim one of those cannons at the other it should set off a chain reaction. Got it?"

"Eeyup." The red stallion nodded as they prepared to make their move.

"...NOW!!" Pendragon charged head on into the guards shouting like a madman as they gave chase leaving the cannons unguarded. Big mac and Bulk rushed to the nearest cannon and began to push it away from the town.

"COME ON MAC! PUT SOME MUSCLE INTO IT!" Bulk growled as the cannon finally began to move towards the others and as Pendragon predicted the shot from the first cannon sent the second flying into the others setting off a chain of explosions that completely decimated the enemies artillery line.

"Well done!" Pendragon had returned with his armor smudged and dented while his face was covered in dirt and a few cuts that were healed thanks to his magic.

The group rushed back to town as quick as possible but by the time they had returned the battle was already over. The Alliance rushed in at the last minuet to repel the scourge forces after the cannons had stopped yet none seemed to be in a celebratory mood.

"Lord Pendragon! Thank goodness!" A soldier came rushing up the street with a report on the battle.

"What happened here?"

"The undead were swarming everywhere sir but we managed to repel them. However they..." The soldier paused knowing the paladin would not take they news well.

"They what?"

"Sir they...they took the children."

Pendragon felt like his heart had just stopped before he noticed misses cake crying her eyes out as she held two empty blankets in her hooves followed by Applejack and Big Mac who held each other as the large stallion began to cry. The sight of seeing his friend heartbroken made the paladins anger spike to an almost uncontrollable level until a cultists appeared in a burst of green fire.

"Citizens of Ponyville hear me!! The scourge have taken possession of your children, if you wish to see them again then the human..." He paused with an arrogant smirk.

"Must come to the abandoned castle in Everfree, there you will battle one of my master Grogars minions. Refuse and the children of this town will perish."

The townsfolk grew fearful for the safety of their children and the cultist seemed to be enjoying the moment until the armored hand of Pendragon began to squeeze around his throat.

"Tell your master I accept his challenge! And may the light have mercy on him for I. Have none. TO GIVE!!" In a fit of rage, the paladin tossed the messenger back onto the street as he fled for his life.

When Grogar received the news he grinned with anticipation as he called forth the monster he had picked for the duel.

"Are you ready my friend?" He asked as the monster bellowed.

"Patchwerk want to play!"

End.