The Warrior From Azeroth

"Cover the flank!"

"Incoming!!"

Applejacks group had been swarmed by a large number of ghouls that began popping out of the ground in seemingly endless numbers and as the farm mare looked around she saw the horrors of battle for the first time. Soldiers screamed in agony as they were torn apart by the undead while others fought desperately to keep the enemy back by forming a shield wall yet their efforts seemed to be in vain.

"What do we do now?!?" A soldier asked Applejack who appeared to be in a dazed state.

"APPLEJACK!!"

"Huh?!?" Applejack finally snapped out of her trance before turning her attention to the soldier yelling at her.

"What do we do now?!?" He yelled again as Applejack looked around the dead littering the battlefield and amongst the corpses was a discarded rifle still loaded. That's when she came up with a plan.

"Follow my lead!" She shouted as she grabbed the rifle and fired off a shot past the shield wall and into one of the ghouls.

"Marksman form up! The rest of you hold formation!" An officer shouted when alliance soldiers began to form firing squads while the front line struggled to hold their ground.

"OPEN FIRE!!"

Bullets flew in all directions at the sound of the officers command and slowly the allied forces began pushing back the undead making this the perfect moment for their counterattack. Applejack quickly ordered for a few snipers to post themselves on a small hill just up ahead while helping the others hold the defense.

"Keep it up y'all!! We almost got em!" She encouraged the soldiers who shouted victoriously as they continued to push forward when the ghouls finally gave up and began to retreat. For a moment the soldiers were able to relax and tend to their wounded after making sure to take care of the stragglers who fell behind yet the fighting could still be heard from all sides of the forest.

"This is bad..." said Applejack who had taken off her armor to cool down though it was ill advised by her troops.

"Well I'm afraid it just got worse." Said a unicorn soldier using a radio.

"We can't get a signal through."

The officers were staring to grow concerned, with no way of contacting the other units or their general they were practically stuck and possibly outnumbered. Applejack knew that panicking would only make things worse then she remembered an old trick she used from her days as a filly in summer camp and started to build a fire.

"Miss Applejack what are-! Oh!"

She began sending smoke signals up in the air hoping one of her friends would see it.

Rainbow Dash was patrolling just above the trees when she saw the smoke and flew down to investigate with a few troops from the canterlot guard only to find most of Applejacks troops wounded and tired with her friend nowhere to be seen until.

"Rainbow! Thank Celestia!!"

Rainbow was relieved to see her friend unharmed while being greeted with a strong hug from Applejack.

"I saw your smoke signal amd flew over as fast as I could. What happened?" Rainbow asked after pointing out the wounded troops. Applejack then told her of the ambush followed by the sudden loss of communication and Dash figured that the enemy was somehow jamming their signals.

"They've gotta be close by if they wanna make sure we can't talk to each other."

"You got a plan?" The farm mare asked when Rainbow strapped the radio onto her back.

"I'll fly up and see if I can't get a signal."

A horn call was sounded followed by the rattling of metal and bones. The undead forces had returned with stronger troops and greater numbers so without a second thought Rainbow Dash took off like a shot as a few gargoyles began to give chase while avoiding the gunfire from below.

"EVASIVE MANEUVERS!!"

The pegasai flew in all directions as they used their flying skills to outfly the enemy while Rainbow Dash used this opportunity to try and contact the others. She quickly began turning the knobs on the radio listening only to the sound of static until finally she heard a familiar voice.

"This is Pendragon! Can any-ZZZT!!-Someone or somepony talk dammit!!"

"This is Rainbow Dash, read you loud and clear!" She responded before going to a nearby cloud for cover.

"Dash can you give me your position?" Asked Pendragon after firing a shot from his boomstick.

"I'm just above the battlefield and it's not looking good!"

"Alright then I need you to listen. The enemy is somehow jamming our radios so they must be close by, can you see anything?"

Rainbow peeked over the cloud cover but saw nothing accept the chaos of the battlefield both above and below as pegasai and gargoyles began dropping out of the sky like drops of rain with many missing one or both wings, the sight alone made Rainbow Dash so sick she actually puked on the cloud she was hiding in before noticing a feint purple glow just a short distance away.

"There's something on the hilltop!"

"Then that's our target. Listen Rainbow I need you and some flyers to head to that spot and tear that place up! Once that's done we can begin a counterattack."

"I'm on it!"

The pegasus leaped off the cloud and back into the fray signaling for two guards to follow her after dropping off the communication equipment for more speed as they weaved through the aerial battle. Seeing the fight up close proved more horrifying for Rainbow Dash as she saw body after body of her fellow pegasai fall to the ground but still she held her focus on the mission given to her and increased their speed before finally reaching their target.

"Up ahead!" She cried out spotting what looked like a glowing crystal surrounded by a magic circle being guarded by skeleton soldiers who began to fire upon her with a barrage of arrows but Rainbow was far too fast to land a direct hit and the archers were quickly dispatched by the other two pegasai that came flanking from the side.

"Well we found the device. Now what?" Asked one of the soldiers after crushing a skull beneath his hoof.

"Start smashing!" Answered Rainbow as she delivered a strong kick cracking the crystal before the other two followed her lead, each blow made the crystals structure weaken by the second as the energy within began to spire out of control.

"COVER!!" The second guard shouted as they ducked for cover. The crystal exploded into a million pieces with the magic circle loosing its glow, Rainbows team had fulfilled their mission and quickly returned to the battlefield to help their comrades still fighting just downhill.

Meanwhile

In the midst of battle, Pendragon was finally able to get a signal through to the other troops when he heard Twilights voice over the radio.

"Rainbow? Applejack? Can anypony hear me?!?" The princess shouted over the sound of battle behind her.

"Twilight! This is Pendragon what's your status?"

"Not good! A bunch of these creatures came at us! It looks like they were stitched together from random corpses!"

"Abomonations. Twilight tell your men to divide into groups of five and pick a target! Make sure they're all spread out!"

"Got it!"

"Stay strong, we'll join you as soon as we can!" Pendragon said before recontacting Applejacks unit.

"Applejack you there?" He shouted over the gunfire coming from behind.

"I'm here! Looks like Rainbows team did it."

"Listen. I need you and rainbow to back up Twilight, I can handle things here!"

"Copy that sugarcube!"

End.