The Warrior From Azeroth

The night after Luna's abduction and the sudden return of Nightmare Moon left the royal guards in a state of panic while Celestia was furious and began using her influence to find out how the necromancer was able to sneak into the castle in the first place while Twilight and her friends returned to the old castle to look for any clues that could reveal the enemies plans but by the time they arrived there was not much to be found save for a few candles and the magic circle.

"Find anything?" Rainbow asked after checking a different part of the castle.

"Nopey dopey."

"These guys left in a hurry." Applejack said after checking the nearby corridors.

"How did they even get into the castle? And why do they need Nightmare Moon?"

"Good question. Find anything Spike?"

"Not ye-WHOA!!" The ground beneath Spike suddenly opened after pulling a book from one of the shelves, a secret staircase leading to the lower levels of the castle, Spike let out a horrified scream as the others rushed down while detecting a foul aroma.

"Ugh! Smell of rotting flesh." Pendragon covered his nose as he lead the way to find a laboratory and a corpse of an unknown pony strapped to a table, the human examined the body to check for any signs of a struggle but had no such luck and came to a horrifying conclusion.

"He willingly allowed himself to be tested on."

"But what were they testing?" Twilight asked as she examined the chemicals followed by a mortar and pestle filled with a strange powder.

"Look at this." Rainbow came over with a map showing the city of trottingham was marked but for what reason they could not tell. The group gathered the evidence and had the lab burned down for fear of having the chemicals cause some kind of disaster and headed back to Twilights castle where she could study the powder.

"Hmm." The Princess viewed the strange substance using her chemistry set and found nothing at first until she exposed the powder to some plants which died within seconds after contact, the results left Twilight shocked as she dropped her notepad and quill.

"This is bad!"

"What? That we found a new weed killer?" Spike asked not fully understanding the situation.

"No Spike you don't understand! If the chemicals in this poison can do this to a single plant just think what they can do to....a whole city." That's when it dawned on her. The cultists were creating a chemical weapon they could use on Equestria and they were going to start with the city of trottingham.

"Uh...T-t-Twilight?!?" Spike frantically pointed at the dead plant that started to jump around and twitch before its roots shot out of the pot and began to intertwine with one another to give it legs while the rest of it mutated into a miniature monster, the creature gave out a loud screech as it pounced at Twilight only to be fried by Spikes dragon breath.

"Thanks Spike, that was close."

"What's going on in here?" Starlight came in and saw the destruction before Twilight explained what had happened. When she revealed her discovery that afternoon, her friends became frightened.

"So are you saying there's gonna be an army of zombies?" Rainbow asked as Twilight only nodded in response. While they chatted, Pendragon sat deep in thought trying to figure out the enemies next move since he had seen this before in Azeroth with the difference being that they knew of the plague this time but what troubled him most is that he knew how fast and effective it was and that time was against them.

"Enough!" He shouted putting their discussion to a halt.

"It's obvious what we have to do. Twilight will head to Canterlot and request aid from the other princesses along with Spike, Fluttershy and Rarity. Rainbow, Applejack and Pinkie Pie will go with me to assess the situation."

"Sounds like a plan to me." Applejack said in agreement along with Rainbow Dash.

"Anything I can do?" Starlight asked eager to lend a hoof to the situation.

"Hmm...Pendragon I think she should go with you, you'll need the extra magic."

"Alright then let's move out. I pray we're not too late."

All were in agreement of the plan and headed to their designated areas; Twilight went to Canterlot to deliver news to the Princess while Pendragon and the others investigated the city of trottingham.

Trottingham

By the time the group had arrived, Trottingham was already in a state of panic. A plague of unknown origin had devastated half of the city and left many of its people dead or dying, hundreds of ponies fled the city and were forced to be separated from their loved ones as the local guards placed the infected homes under quarantine.

"You there, stop! What is your business here?" A guard demanded after seeing the travelers come out of the train station.

"We are the Guardians of Harmony, we've come to investigate the situation here."

"Oh thank goodness." A second guard sighed with relief as they allowed them to pass after casting a shield bubble to protect them.

"I'm glad you came. We've been trying to keep the plague from spreading but it keeps getting worse."

"When did this all start?" Applejack asked after seeing so many sick ponies in one place.

"Have the citizens eaten anything in the past few hours?"

"Well now that I think about it we did receive a grain shipment last night."

At that moment, Pendragon remembered a similar event in Azeroth and noticed some of the other guards preparing to dine on some fresh bread as he shouted.

"DON'T EAT THAT!!" The human proceeded to slap away the loaf of bread while the guard cried out in protest.

"Aww! What a waste of bread!" Cried Pinkie who looked at the now smashed loaf.

"What's gotten into you sugar cube?"

"The food, that's how this plague is spreading! I've seen it before."

The others then noticed the ponies of the city holding their stomachs in pain with some unable to eat or keep themselves from throwing up or coughing up blood, the sight was disgusting. Pendragon then noticed a wagon full of corpses being taken out of the city and decided to follow it to a massive graveyard.

"By the light..."

For Pendragon it was like Lordaeron all over again. Many of the graves were left unmarked since the death toll kept rising leaving no time to identify the victims and as a sign of respect the paladin used his magic to bless the grave sites one by one so that they would not be raised as more undead minions for Grogar to use.

"What are you doing?" A pony dressed in a poofy outfit marched up to Pendragon after he finished blessing the last grave, in an instant he could tell that he was the cities mayor and behind him his own personal guard.

"I am Pendragon. I've come on behalf of the Princess to help with the plague here and what I'm doing is blessing these graves."

"Blessing them? What for? They were just a bunch of peasants." The mayor said casually unaware that he was making the paladin angry.

"I've seen what this plague does in my world, if the graves are not blessed then the victims rise as the living dead."

"I see. Carry on then."

"Wait your grace. I suggest you burn the rest of the bodies instead of burying them since my magic is limited."

"I don't need some human telling me what to do with my own city, I'll deal with the corpses myself." The mayor left in a huff with his nose high in the air that seemed to agitate the paladin even more. Once the graves had been tended to, Pendragon returned to the city where Applejack and Rainbow Dash had gathered up all the crates of poisoned food.

"This all of it Rainbow?" The farm mare inquired after counting the crates.

"This is all the guards brought."

"Well alright then."

A few of the townsfolk came with torches and immediately set the crates ablaze, though it seemed to be such a waste it was a necessary one. For a while things were quiet until a scream from one of the guards alerted the townsfolk.

"What's happening?!?" Pendragon rushed over to see an army of zombies shambling down from the infected part of the city while killing the guards and any other citizen caught in their path. Ponies began to scream and run for the main gate only to find another army coming up the main road leaving them trapped on both sides, Rainbow Dash spotted the mayor hiding in a corner and proceeded to toss him roughly into the frightened crowd.

"YOU!!" Pendragon viciously grabbed him by the scruff of his collar with an angered glare in his eye.

"Mind explaining why we have two armies of undead baring down on us?"

"I...I um-!!"

"SPEAK!!" The human roared as the light from his hammer grew brighter.

"I had my men dump the other bodies in a pit that was to be filled up later! You must understand it's costly to dig one hole at a time! Same thing goes for cremation!" His statement made the human all the more angry as he threw him to the crowd who was outraged by what he had done to the corpses of their loved ones.

"I say we throw him to those zombies!" Shouted Rainbow Dash with the crowd backing her up.

"Leave him Rainbow Dash, he's not worth it. Besides we got bigger problems to deal with." Applejack stated as she pointed a hoof to the undead army drawing closer, the ponies began to panic with no idea what to do until.

"Listen! I know all of you are scared but now is not the time to panic! My friends and I will hold them off as long as we can, those wish to fight for this city feel free to join us." Pendragon marched towards the gate with his hammer held tight while Applejack and the others moved towards the city square.

"You sure you can take all those guys?" Rainbow asked when her friend just kept marching and said.

"I'll be fine, just keep the rest of them from reaching the civilians."

Rainbow then flew back to the others, still unsure about her friends safety despite his power.

Pendragon closed his eyes for a brief moment and took a deep breath as his entire body became shrouded in a warm light that frightened the undead horde before him.

"LIGHT BE WITH US!!" With a mighty roar, the human charged the undead ranks and began smashing them by the dozens with one swing of his hammer and burning dozens more with the magic of the holy light even as they surrounded him on all sides while in the city stood the three friends who were repelling the first wave of the undead.

"Oh yeah! Bring me on!!" Shouted Rainbow Dash who began lopping off a row of zombie heads with one swoop while Applejack and Pinkie kept knocking them back left and right with Starlight using her magic to block the streets leading past the square.

"Keep it up girls!" Shouted Applejack as they pushed back the undead with Pinkie using Pendragons boomstick to shoot them from afar.

"This would be so much more fun if I had confetti." Pinkie stated before firing another shot unaware that one of the zombies was right behind her.

"PINKIE LOOK OUT!!" Cried Starlight.

The Pink mare turned around to see the maw of the undead pony coming at her as she screamed in fright when from behind came a wooden hammer that smashed it right into the ground. A few of the townsfolk had finally decided to join in the fight.

"How can we help?"

"Just take out the ones that get past us!" Rainbow instructed before flying up high to see her human friend demolishing an entire army of undead and it seemed the fight was going their way until the Pegasus spotted something in the distance.

"What is that?" She asked as a large building appeared in the distance and began to block out the sun. When Pendragon saw this, his face turned pale and his knees became weak.

"It...it can't be...." The Paladins voice was quivering with fear as he watched the massive structure float over him when a barrage of canon fire began blasting the undead surrounding him.

"LOOK! It's the princesses!!" A pony cried out as a small fleet of airships began to descend from the cloud cover and at the head of the fleet were Twilight and the rest of her friends along with Celestia and Luna.

The townsfolk began cheering with joy as the ships began to land. In moments a band of royal guards rushed out of the ships and began forming a magic barrier.

"You three, this way!!" One of the guards called out to the three mares once the barrier was complete and just in the nick of time.

"Thanks!" Rainbow said between breaths when she remembered Pendragon was still out there in the field until one of the guards told her that a ship was flying in to pick him up.

Just outside the gate

Pendragon had taken down the last of the zombies when the airship began to hover overhead. A guard shouted his name while dropping a ladder as another barrage of canon fire blasted the fortress above them.

"Are you alright sir?"

"I'm fine! Get us outta here now! Now!!" The human seemed desperate to get away from the large structure as fast as possible and with good reason, within moments the fortress began pouring out a vile green ooze that instantly rotted the land beneath it and began to resurrect the undead slain by the heroes.

"Pendragon are you alright?!? What is that thing?" Twilight asked when she noticed his fists clenched in anger.

"The Citadel of The Damned...Naxxramas...."

End.