The Warrior From Azeroth

In light of the recent attack on the apple family farm, Princess Celestia ordered a small platoon of guards to keep watch over the forests edge should any more attacks occur. The townspeople were surprised to see such a display of force from the princess as they watched the guards patrol every street in ponyville while keeping watch on the everfree forest.

With the guards keeping watch over the town, Twilight and her friends had been assigned to investigate the reason behind the timber wolf attack along with Pendragon. The paladin was preparing his gear when Twilight came into the room.

"Pendragon? Are you-!" The Princess gasped at what she saw, the humans body was riddled with battle scars and each seemed to be worse then the last.

"Oh Twilight! Come on in I'm almost done." He said plainly while putting on a white shirt before strapping on his armor, Twilight gently closed the door while continuing to watch her friend grab a shield followed by a large hammer and a shortsword from a chest as Spike ran in all dressed up in what appeared to be a smaller version of Pendragons armor.

"Looking good Spike."

"Thanks! You think Rarity will notice?" The little drake asked with a small blush coming on his cheeks.

"Trust me Spike, ladies love a man in armor." Pendragon said with a wink before handing over the sword and shield. Twilight waited for her assistant to leave the room before chatting with her human friend.

"Pendragon....just how many battles have you fought?"

"....too many to remember."

Twilight was shocked by his answer, it was hard to imagine her friend living a life of kill or be killed; where one battle simply moved onto the next yet somehow continue to keep on living as if it was simple as breathing.

"I was a boy when the scourge attacked our home..." Pendragon sat down as he told Twilight a story from his past and the Princess had no objections to hearing it.

Years Ago in Azeroth

Pendragon was living a simple life on the farm with his parents. He helped bring in the harvest, tend to the livestock and even helped his mother with the chores around the house, life seemed perfect until one day all of that came crashing down.

He was on his way home from the market when he saw the smoke coming over the hill, the young boy ran as fast as his feet could carry him until his families farm was in full view. What came next horrified him.

The barn was up in flames and the once peaceful crop fields were now filled with soldiers fighting undead creatures, Pendragon could not believe his eyes but what frightened him most was the thought of his parents being caught up in all this.

"MOTHER! FATHER!"

Without any regard for his own safety, Pendragon darted across the battlefield and straight to his families home. The boy rushed through the door, looking for any sign of his parents but all he could find was an overturned table followed by the wrecked furniture and the body of a foot soldier laying on the floor. A womans scream was heard from upstairs as the boy grabbed the dead soldiers sword before rushing in once more to see an armored skeleton standing over the bodies of his mother and father, the creature then turned his attention to the boy who had foolishly charged in as he stared him down with his glowing, cold lifeless eyes yet the boy showed no fear only sadness and anger; A righteous anger.

"You....YOU MONSTER!!" Pendragons body suddenly became shrouded in a golden light that seemed to frighten the creature before cleaving him in two with one blow. The light slowly faded from the boy's body and he became overwhelmingly exhausted before fainting when the sound of rattling armor came from downstairs.

"In here! Quickly!!"

A handful of soldiers arrived too late to save the farmer and his wife. Leading them was a tall, heavily armored man who wore a blue cloak and had an ash grey beard upon his chin; A knight of The Silver Hand, the paladin looked at the boy with and saw he was alive before wrapping him in his cloak.

"Give those two a proper burial. I will take the boy."

"The knight was Buzan The Fearless, he told me of my gift and practically raised me until I was ready to join the ranks of the silver hand. Since then I have dedicated my life to destroying the Fel and those who would use it."

Twilights eyes were almost in tears after hearing her friends tale but thanks to that revelation she was able to understand him a little more.

The friends gathered at the spot where the timber wolves attacked and made a quick checkup on the supplies they would need for the journey. Twilight and Applejack mapped out the best route for them to circle back to ponyville in case of trouble while Pendragon arranged them in teams of two.

"Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy. You two will keep an eye out from above, alert us at the first sign of trouble. Pinkie you're with Applejack and Rarity is with Twilight, Spike and I will scout ahead for any trail signs."

"Yes sir! Pen sir!" Pinkie saluted as she stood up straight on all fours.

"Promise you'll keep an eye on Spike."

"I promise but Spike before we go I need to tell you something." Pendragon said as he knelt down to the little drake.

"That sword you carry is a tool, not a toy. Be ready to use it when the time comes."

Spike only nodded in response before Twilight gave the order to move out, the party picked up the wolves trail with ease and followed it deeper into the forest.

"Hold up!" Pendragon shouted as they neared a clearing.

"You girls hear that?"

The girls stayed as quiet as possible and tried listening to whatever it is their friend was hearing.

"I don't hear anything." Twilight stated when she noticed him tightening the grip on his hammer while staring into the trees as if waiting for something.

"Exactly. No birds, insects or animals anywhere."

They moved more cautiously to the clearing where Rainbow went to get a birds eye view yet she saw nothing but trees for miles around and gave the all clear for the group to make camp.

"I'll go gather up some firewood, it's gonna be chilly tonight." Applejack made sure not to stray too far from the camp with Spike and Fluttershy helping her leaving Twilight and Rarity to pitch the tents along with Pinkie pie and Pendragon to do the cooking. Once night had fallen on the forest, the girls sat around the fire while Spike and Pendragon did one last patrol around the clearing.

"Hey soldier boys! Take a break and have some dinner!" Rainbow joked as Pendragon gave the all clear yet his eyes still seemed focused on the forest, something was odd about this place but he couldn't figure out what.

"Are you alright darling? You seem tense." Rarity asked while handing him a bowl of soup.

"It's this forest...I don't like it. Not one sound since we arrived." He said looking around once more before eating. The next day, the group had gone into a more dense part of the forest where the sun barely shined through the treetops with no signs of life anywhere, what came next was a foul odor and the sound of buzzing flies.

"Hoowee! What in tarnation is that?" Applejack asked while using her hat to cover her nostrils.

Pendragon noticed a bright green glow just up ahead and rushed over to investigate, it was there that he found the source of the foul aroma.

"By all that is holy...." He whispered as he stared at the rotting carcass of a six headed hydra, the beast appeared to have been dead for some time and was scavenged upon by the timber wolves and other such creatures and behind it was a glowing green pond with more dead animals. Fluttershy could not help but cry for all the poor creatures that now laid upon the ground as she clinged to Applejack for comfort, the girls then noticed that the trees and soil in the area had also become rotten with a green substance rising into the air like smoke.

"Pendragon?"

"The Fel. Let's grab some samples and get out of here."

They fanned out and began collecting the dead animals and plants while Twilight scooped up some of the tainted water using her magic when the trees suddenly began to groan. Fluttershy shrieked and quickly darted behind Rainbow Dash as they looked around for the source of the noise, it was then that Pendragon noticed a tree behind Twilight with two glowing green eyes.

"TWILIGHT!" Pendragon shouted as a claw came swinging down at her. Twilight teleported out at the last second before she and her friends found themselves surrounded by more of those creatures.

"Uh Pendragon darling? What are these things?!?" Rarity asked when she noticed them lifting up their roots and began shambling towards them.

"These are Treants; tree spirits but they've been corrupted!"

Pendragon then spotted a hooded figure standing atop the hydra carcass before a searing pain struck him in his chest. Spike helped his friend to stand when he noticed him gripping the scar on his heart as if trying to stop it from bleeding.

"You okay?"

"So...cold..." Pendragon strained as he remembered feeling this once before. The hooded figure reached into his cloak to pull out what looked like a piece of metal shrouded in Fel Magic the shard was placed in the hydras chest and slowly the creature stirred with life once more.

"Uh guys? That thing is getting back up!!" Spike stated the obvious as the beast let out several ghastly shrieks when the figure spoke to it in an almost dried out voice.

"Go my pet, feed!"

The hydra stomped towards the ponies who were now surrounded on all sides while his master vanished in a burst of green flames. The six rotting heads of the hydra eyed the ponies with hunger as it got closer, the pain in Pendragons chest finally faded away when he saw the beast and the faint glow coming from its chest.

"A shard...that thing is carrying a shard of Frostmourne!"

"Okay so what's the plan soldier boy?" Rainbow asked as the beast drew closer. Pendragon asked all of them to form a circle as the light began to shine from his body while he recited a prayer.

"By the blessing of kings, may move swiftly, strike fiercely and be free of all harm!" The light that had surrounded pendragon now flowed into his seven friends, Rainbow Dash was the first to test out this new power by sending one of the treants flying into the others then came Pinkie Pie and Applejack who proceeded to outrun the hydra whilst taking out a few targets of their own and finally came Twilight and Rarity who had felt a sudden increase in their magic power as they blasted the monsters to ashes.

"This is amazing, I never knew my magic could get this strong!" Twilight said after firing off another shot.

"Watch your backs! Don't stray too far from the group!" Pendragon called out after blasting another group of Treants before spotting one sneak up behind Rarity. The creature was prepared to dig his claws into the white mare when.

"LEAVE HER ALONE!" Spike charged head on in a full rage and cleaved off the monsters arm before his human friend finished it off with a smash to the head.

"That's it! Rainbow Dash I need you to round em all up!!"

"You got it!"

Rainbow didn't have time to question her friends plan and proceeded to create a tornado that rounded up all the Treants while Pendragon knelt down and began reciting an incantation that made his eyes and hammer glow with a golden flame.

"By the power of the light! BURN!!" The paladin slammed his hammer to the ground with all his might and just like before a pillar of light shot out of the ground but the magic seemed to be more powerful and devastating than before. When the smoke cleared, all could see the fel magic was burnt out of the Treants as well as the recently resurrected hydra but only the shard remained untouched.

"Hmm..." Pendragon cautiously reached out to grab it when the pain in his chest began to flare up again. Twilight did not want to risk the safety of her friend and quickly placed the evil artifact in a magic bubble, once that had been done the pain was almost gone instantly.

"Thanks Twilight."

"It was no trouble at all but what do we do now?"

"First we get back to camp and deliver our findings to the Princess. Second has anyone seen Fluttershy?" He asked when Rainbow dash pointed to the yellow Pegasus hiding inside a rotten log as she peeked out to ask.

"Is it over?"

End.