PonyLance

"The Quest is on...don't go alone and avoid the old man in the cave."

The sun slowly rose from the magic that Flurry's heart uses. The sun goes into the sky and then starts moving on its own. She seems overworked and in pain from using the magic. Too much stress gets to her she waits for the heroes to come back to the throne room. Zuki was the first to walk into the throne room calmly waiting for the others. Powder walked into the throne room. Golden Lance comes in with Hammer behind her and he smirks at her. Her gold cheeks blushed deeply. Silver Flight came into the throne room alone. She smirks.

"Sorry, Queen... I tried out your guard... So I doubt he will be coming to work anytime soon." Flurry heart face hooved. Spike looks at her and chuckles.

"Soooo, one of the heroes is crazy..." Silver smirks.

"Not crazy enjoys the pleasures of the flesh." Flurry sighs.

"Now the first part of your quest... I wish you to go to the ruins. They're deep in the forest of that new land that is forming. So please try to learn the name and if my hunch is right... Only a few have seen it and got attacked by something. I want you to be careful It seems Hammer has gained the eye of my guards." Golden launch blushes deeper.

"No...no... It was...just..." She looks to hammer and sighs smiling.
"If he comes back that is... I would honour being someone to love him." Hammer chuckles.

"See...that's what I want myself... Not just offering them to me..like we did last night talking. Talking instead of the pleasurable company till the time was right." Flurry blinks.

"Then why is she blushing?" Golden chuckles.

"He keeps telling me how beautiful I am..." Hammer nods.

"Anyway ahem...please stay safe... I want my heroes to return... Oh... Spike give me the box." Spike blows some green fire and it forms a small box. Flurry hovers to them and she smiles.

"This box..holds spikes green fire... So when you have a letter open it to burn the letters to have them sent back to me... I wish to know what you find and everything you learn... So please stay in touch as much as you can." They nod and Hammer places the box in one of his bags. He gives Golden a tight hug and heads out of the throne room.

The others follow him and they head out of the city. They stay silent the four don't know what to think... First, one to break the silence is Silver Flight.

"So...it seems...she wants us to be friends....but I don't know either of you." Zuki looks over to Silver and nods.

"I don't understand friendship really... Even if the Goddess flutter shy helped build the friendship." Zuki said in a calm exotic voice.

Hammer calmly spoke. "I am willing to work with you three. We need to try to be friends." Powder looks up seeing the Raven watching them she whispered softly.

"Whatever we do...we need to be calm...one of Grogars spies are watching us..." She looks up calmly to the bird the others look up and blink Silver nodded.

"I figured that's what they are... I see them before his underground minions attack the farms... But that has come even more war... But first, to get to the south...we need to ask Tirek if we can use the gate."
Hammer sighs.

"I am happy the bleak mountains aren't blocked by his walls. Is it true Powder he built that kingdom in the middle to stop wars?" Powder looks up she tries to speak correctly.

"Y...es...he ant o ar." She sighs as the others look at her and Hammer smiles and pats her on back.

"We will teach you how to speak like us." Powder blinks and smiles nodding finding the road that leads to Hubris kingdom. The sign says it will take four day's walking on hoof a day if by caravan. Powder stays silent even after the talk as they walk the road... The road is calm and made from bricks. Tirek paid his ponies to pave the roads... To his kingdom.

"I remember reading stories of how this world used to be so much peaceful... Now here we are on a former villains road heading to his Kingdom and asking him to let us use his gate." Silver said with a bit of anger in her eyes. Powder wanted to speak but she couldn't. But as they walked a caravan from Tirek's kingdom passes them heading to the farms to gather their share of the food... Silver had always wanted to speak her mind to them... But she is now a hero... She can't just shoot her mouth off to them.

The guards walking with the caravan wave to Powder and she waves back with her hoof. Silver stares angrily at Powder and she blinks hiding her hood. Zuki doesn't seem to understand the dislike Silver has for Tireks kingdom... Then Silver speaks.

"Explain to me the best you can... Powder...why Tirek felt the need to steal from the farmers that try to make food for the ponies of our kingdom and his hmm? Why we must give almost half to him... When the farmers have to hunt for meat and give our veggies to an Equestrian city and his kingdom." She seems very angry...now
Powder tries to speak correctly.

"O...l..d..ag.ee..men..s..past d..als.." Silver blinks at her as Powder tries her best to speak Equestrian. Hammer tries to translate.

"I think she means it's an old agreement from a long time ago right?" Powder nods... Silver grew even more upset and stopped talking right in the face of the young wizard mare... Her soft tender eyes looking like she was about to fall apart.

"How....dare you....you creature of hubris...you call yourself a pony..." Powder had tears fall from her eyes... Hammer gets in front of Silver staring at the Pegasus.

"Silver...she has...no idea why he does this...stuff why are you getting angry at her?" Silver grows angry her chest heaving from anger. But stares at Powder seeing her about to break down. " She didn't ask for her leader... She was born there... I am sure... You can tell she understands what you're talking about... Now maybe Tirek could explain it more..when you get there."

Silver snorts but sighs and goes to Powder and gives her a gentle hug.

"Sorry... I forget that Tirek doesn't control you he just leads you." Powder nods.

"Come..let's get going... I don't trust these roads..." Hammer said looking around. Powder blinks and magically cast a spell to form a thing of paper writing and lets Silver read it.

Silver reads it out loud. "Maybe we should stick to the roads...if we don't Grogar's minions that got trapped over on this side of the wall... Will try to hunt you down... Even if you stay on the roads... Keep weapons ready and armed... The roads to the swamps are the worse...before we reach the east gate." Powder smiled that she found a way to talk to them. Silver looks over to Powder who was smiling. Silver sighed. As the letter vanished and she smiles.

"It seems she is a smart mare..." Silver said with great reluctance in her voice. Hammer looks around as Zuki seems to make bird sounds and birds calmly land on her head and they speak in her ears.
"Hmm...the birds...say they can't fly in the south...strange creature's forming from the strange magics. Also, they have said no bandits along these roads... But they do warn Dragon kin are walking the road..one of them being the ambassador to Equestria.." Silver grew angry hearing that.

"Those...fucking half pony half dragon monsters dare say they have an alliance with us.." The birds keep chirping.

"Oh, they say by the way...watch out for the falling spiders." Silver blinks and as they walk they get into the forest area. The forest. down this way is called demon forest... Mostly because of the giant spiders. But these spiders are called Venom walkers... They won't attack unless someone insults them or wakes them up... They mostly eat the giant bugs that formed after the magic went crazy... They can even speak... In fact, one of them speaks now.

"Hey, ponies!! Zebra.." They look up to see a Venom Walker speaking and coming down in front of them to get them to stop. "Excuse me for dropping in. Wanted to warn you Grogar has minions in this part of the woods. Follow our webs and you can bypass them. To make it easy follow me." He said as a dragonfly the size of a pony flies by them and the venom Walker grabs it with their webs and drains everything and he burps.

"Excuse me...anyway follow." He drops the body as the four follow the Spider...into the webbed part of the forest. They follow him into the kingdom and the guards seem to have a strange armour made from stone. They don't hold weapons or anything else. The spiders watch the four calmly while they study the ones coming and they get to the back gate... But they a giant spider queen walks behind them.

"Hmmm, you must be the chosen heroes of the Queen of Equestria.." They turn to the Queen and Silver blinks looking like she was scared of them but stayed silent.

"Yes...we are.." Hammer said calmly.

"Ah, I have a job for you if you don't mind helping other in need." Silver sighs never thought she would do this... Zuki speaks softly.

"What is the job?" Zuki asked seeming ready to do anything for Fluttershy. The Queen looks at the guards and nods.

"Deep in the dark part of the caves. There is a small war being raged between the Mole diggers and the rats. I want you to go in there and see if you can stop that little war... Since it was created by Grogar's minions..." Powder gives a nod to say in a way she will help. The others nodded as well.

"We will help...but we won't fight any of Grogar's minions if their there as well.I don't feel we are ready to take on any of Grogar's minions." Hammer said with unsure in his voice.

"I agree." Silver added. Zuki speaks up calmly.

"We will go in..but we will not stop it... It's not easy to stop the war... But if we have to face a minion of Grogar that got stuck on this side of the wall then we must remove them." The Queen nods.

"I will have some of my guards go with you...to protect you on the way... You might run into some their troops. They can be easy to take down..taking one down brings another faster than normal. But I do warn you...even though they're stuck on this side of the wall... They will fight like crazy creatures." The group of heroes nodded as they were lead by the guards of the queen to head to the cave.

Silver sighed and spoke up whispering to the others.

"Do you find it..odd that we are following spiders?" Hammer shrugged with a smirk. Zuki shrugged as well Silver sighed. "I wish I could find a stallion to sleep with... I need a good rump." She smirked looking to Hammer and Hammer just stared at her.

"No offence to you Miss Silver... I'd rather wait until I fall in love." Silver snorts shaking her head.

"Aww so sad..." She smirked and folded her wings to her side. Hammer rolled his eyes following the three mares. He keeps forgetting that he is the only stallion in this group. He grabs the hilt of his sword in his mouth and waited for the guards to get them to the cave. Silver had her crossbow ready. Zuki seemed to be listening to the creature's of the land here... She blinks and softly spoke.

"Stop..." The guards and the others stopped she listens closely to the birds." There is an ambush waiting for us ahead.." She listens closely and blinks.

"It's Grogar's minions... They seem hungry and close to death.." Zuki lifted her hoof and called out calmly and a large bear walked up beside her and she whispered in the bear's ear and the bear nodded rushing into the woods ahead of them and there was screaming and roars of the bear. As the creature yelled.

"KILL IT!!!" But it was too late the dark evil creatures that looked like ponies and creatures on two legs rushing passed the heroes screaming and crying as the bear chased after them. Zuki spoke like a bear roaring and the bear nodded grabbed one of the weak ponies by the mane and pulled them back. The pony was a weak mare. Her body was covered in scars her body was pitch black... Her eyes were the same.

"Thank you..." Zuki smiled to the bear and he rushed off as Zuki put her hoof on the crying mare. Softly began to speak.

"Don't worry miss...we won't hurt you...but we wish to know..." The dark mare who seems to be full of darkness and turned into a minion of Grogar. She seems to have been a Crystal pony. Her eyes full of tear's as her voice is harsh and broken. Zuki gave her a gentle smile and wrapped her forelegs around her hugging her gently. Letting the mare cry she has learned from our Goddes that even Grogar's minors have been forced into working for him. She kept hugging the crying mare. Silver Flight looked around calmly she then looked at Hammer staring at him. Her want for sexual intercourse was big in her life. But she went to ignore her fans of the finer things in her own mind. She watched around them holding out her crossbow and Hammer was speaking calmly with Powder trying to teach her Equestrian. She didn't take easy but the mare kept trying and finally spoke in a normal voice full of pain.

"Grogar....wanting to start...shuddering...wanting to shatter the world... He is gathering...what is called the Goddess and the elements of harmony. But you never will stop him... He already has Laughter and Magic... Please... Please kill me!" She started sobbing again and Silver Flight lifted up her Crossbow and they heard the sword of the bolt releasing and it hit the mare and she screamed breaking from Zuki's forelegs and going crazy so much pain is seen in her face. As blood drained from every part of her body. The magic that was in Grogar's chosen is not a stable magic. It broke shattered every vein and part of her brain and she screamed staring at Silver flight with a smile after it was all done... She fell to the ground and her smile stayed as her body pooled and turned into nothing but fluid blood and dust. The body became one with the earth as the others stared at Silver Flight. Zuki sighed and Hammer blinked. Powder had tears fall from her eyes.

The others stared at Silver Flight of course none of them seemed angry. It was bound that she was going to be killed anyway. Zuki sighed and gave a gentle prayer for her soul. She stood up and gave Silver a nuzzle and smiled.

"Lets go...and stop this war between the Mole diggers and the rats." The guards that came with our heroes hidden behind a tree it was to the point they rolled their eyes and the guards sneaked away to get away. Silver Flight being who she was looked towards the cave and to the others. Flicking her wing to the cave and they nodded while they head into the caves. To see if they can stop this war that is slowly starting. Silver flight looks ahead as hammer held his hammer in his mouth. Powder stayed near Zuki as she calmly stayed near the wizard nuzzling her gently. Zuki stopped the others for a moment and looked down to a little mole and softly started to speak to it.

"Where can we find the Diggers and the rats?" The mole looked up pointing into two tunnels. Zuki nodded and looked to the others calmly with a smile. Silver Flight snorted and waited her neathers inched looking at hammer her want for sex building. As she stared at his body. Her tongue sliding along her lips to show her hunger for the finer things of her mare wants. Hammer was busy helping Powder with Equestrian. While they walked through the caves to find the Mole Diggers.

Faction
Mole Diggers: These creatures are mutated Moles from a magic they found deep within a cave. These Moles are very odd and tend to attack other's on sight but at times. They have the abilities to make different types of tech that allows them to grow to be a deadly group of creatures. The biggest issue about them... They tend to dig through farms and claim them as their own. Sometimes they farmers have to kill them or remove them. But their leaders are of a council of elders. The elders are the one's who are smarter than the rest of them. Most of the time they seem to lead them in ways of foolishness but it's more of cleansing what they call the DNA.

The Rats: A group of rats that grew by eating strange foods that Grogar brought from his lands. He tried to experiment on these very rats causing them to grow just because in his mind he could. The issue with this the rats grew too strong even for him to handle. So he banished them from his lands... To Equestria. They caused issues at first for the ponies but of course, ponies forgot about them after they were pushed back into the caves. They control these caves with no issues but they normally force a battle with the mole diggers but an all-out war is very very rare.

Love, Sex, Marriage, and foals
Love: Love is extremely rare now in this day and age. But there is a goddess of love. She is a Goddess that only has a temple in one spot of the world. It's somewhere in the old ruins of Ponyville. The part of Ponyville that got swallowed up by the Everfree forest. The Goddess of love is the former unicorn mare known as Fleur Dee Les. But she renamed herself after ascending to Goddess hood through a magic potion that she created. It didn't give her wings but it gave her the ability to live forever. Also when the Ley line's changed she noticed that she was given the abilities Cadence used to have. So she took it upon herself to make herself the Goddess of love. But one issue. It's rare these days for ponies to fall in love. When it happens though she will show up and give them everything they need to be on their way. But other then this she stays to herself. The world changed too much for her.

Sex: Sex became a big part of ponies live's after the Princess vanished. Ponies felt the world was ending... So they used the idea of sex to bring forth their desires to get ready for the end. But now, after all, is said and done. Sex is used as a way to get money, a way to get into Brothels. Some of the brothels in the main city are front to sex slave auctions but the issue Flurry Heart is just one Queen and she can't stop everything. But since sex has become such a big thing... Some heroes even use it because their wants are so strong. like Silver Flight. They became addicted to Sexual wants or Nymopmatic. But Silver is one of those that thinks sex is the only thing there is. But there are many like her.

Marriage: Now this is a rare thing to see now in Equestria. But when it happens nature tends to play powerful music with the help of Fluttershy. But the reason marriage is so rare. Is that ponies have to find a suitable mate. Since it's a lot harder to find somepony that matches their ability to breed. But Marriage is not only used to breed these days. It's also used to force marriages on royalty like at the moment the council is trying to force a marriage on Flurry's heart so they could be at peace with one of their enemies. But most of those marriages never last unless love becomes part of it.

Foals: Ah, yes the little ones that a normally born from what is known as the sexual intercourse. It still can happen but with how Equestria is now if a foal is born without the parents being married or through just sex and sex... They tend to have bad birth defects. Equestria after everything that happens to it. Has a bad sense of fate and most blame Pinkie Pie for that sense of fate. The idea that foals are being born without Marriage anger some of the spirits that linger from the old world of Equestria. Sooner or later ponies will have to tell the past to sleep for good and never show up since... The past is the reason the world is in the way it is now.

The heroes finally found the way to the Mole Digger's and the guards that seem to be standing guard of course looked like their sleeping for the moment. Silver was behind Hammer and she was trying to keep her mind on keeping watch for attackers. But of course, the smell of a male is causing her to lose her concentration. She hits herself with her hoof and mouths softly to herself. 'Ignore your body... Silver...focus on the now.' Powder calmly walked to the guards and spoke in her tongue. Since Mole Digger's understand everything else but common tongue. While she spoke it would sound like this.

"Dirt dirt... Hoof stomp...lick lick... Neno... Mono." To the ears of a Mole, Digger would be this. "Wake up..wake up. Take us to your leaders... We need to speak." The Mole Digger guards looked to Powder nodding and they point to her then point to the others. "Dig, dig, dig." Powder turned back to her friends and in Equestria, she tries her best to speak. "Wish me...to ...come...only." She tried to say. Hammer nodded with a smile. Silver growled softly. Zuki nodded and one guard lead Powder into the Mole Digger city. The city is made from a strange sandstone... That is fused together by hard strange slime like cement Powder looks around with awe in her eyes. Her horn would glow pulling out a pad and paper and write in it as studying it and hoping to learn more. But she knew in her thoughts that would have to wait. Watching while young Mole digger's rush around playing and she blinked noticing that this is how Equestria was...before the Ley line's shattered and moved. She then noticed a ley line her eyes go wide seeing the line it moved from being hidden in the very ground... To it becoming part of the world. But it seems to be dead. She spoke to the guard.

"When did that happen?" She points her hoof to the ley line and the guard answers back.

"It was here...was used to steal magic... But it destroyed and killed the first generation." Powder blinks and sighs she calmly looks down her heart a bit broken hearing that an entire generation died because of trying to gather magic from the ley line. She then finally saw that part of it was shattered and parts of it were lodged in the city. It seems they kept it there. Ley lines even drained of their magic still could have a nasty reaction but it made sense... Why some of the magic is haywire in this part of what is left of Equestria. It's why some of the magic has become so unstable and hard for unicorns to control. Just because of this one Ley line. Now if more broke like this... Magic would just explode. The guard leads her through the district that held the Ley line but they seemed to stay clear of it. She could see the diggers mining but they would always stay very clear away just of that one Ley line so again nothing would happen.

Powder wanted to take a part of the Ley line to study it... But she knew better. It could cause great issues on their journey and master Tirek would be very angry that she brought part of the magic lines with her. She lost herself a moment and tripped on a rock and stumbled a bit but kept on her hooves.

She finally stood up fully and coughed softly keeping her eyes on the path. She was lead to a large build that had some gold fused into the sandstone. She looked at it all in awe the soft eyes of hers studying everything before she was lead inside. In front of her were two of the ten council members. The others from other parts of the underground didn't feel that her showing up was important for them to show up. Standing there calmly she waits for them to speak. One of them stands... They're wearing a heavy tech outfit. Since they're also known for stealing from the ponies known as the Tinkers. That also tends to live in the underground caves.

"Speak...pony we sense Tirek on your very fur... So make this quick." Powder gulped and nodded calmly slowly starting to speak. "The Queen of the Spiders asked us to come here...to stop you and the Rats from going to war... She wishes for there to be peace in this cave. Me and my friends know this ain't going to be easy... But as chosen heroes of the Queen." That seems to echo and the sounds outside die down and more tend to start walking in to listen.

"A chosen hero...from the Queen?" The council member...looked shocked... There hasn't been chosen since the war against Grogar when the princesses were still alive. The Chosen the elements of harmony... Without the elements, there were no heroes but to hear of chosen from the queen..it made them all wonder. The council member finally regained themselves... They seemed to be stern and calm.

"The chosen ones take heed. It's not the rats we are at war with. It's the demons of the underground. The spiders got into the middle of a battle... Thinking that it was us fighting each other... But it was us fighting the demons of Xulkul. These are his minions left behind..when the doors to the magic beyond shattered open... That caused the ley lines to shatter." Powder blinks and started to write this down... There was a reason why the ley lines broke moved and shatter? Another reason why Equestria and the rest of the world started to change and become more deadly? Just because this demon creature showed up that created the dragonkin? In her mind, she will have to tell the master what she has learned. But more words spoke.

"The only thing that can kill those demons for good..are chosen, heroes. We need you and your friends to gather yourself and head into magic beyond. The king of the rats and his guards are there keeping the demons at bay with a powerful magic. So you best go down there and clear them out. Remove what you see and then try to see if the magic realm can be cleansed..." Powder gave a gentle nod calmly heading back out hoping this quest she was given would help them to get to the city of gates sooner than later. Knowing there are tunnels to get there. Being lead back out she worked on what she would say to her friends. Since they fully don't understand her... She blinked she knew how to write Equestrian but speaking it was another matter. Starting to Jot it down quickly hoping they understand why she is doing this.

She used her magic to do so she wrote in Equestrian. 'Spider's did get something right... There is a war down here... But not between the Moles or the rats... There is a gate bringing forth the demons of Xulkul. We need to cleanse the gate. Need to also remove the mages holding the gate in place. I know that Xulkul is a match for my master... But we must stop this... Before Equestria has to deal with worse.' Silver Flight blinks and looks at the writing.

"Wait..." She said. "Xukul is just a legend...a legend to scare fillies and colts." Hammer laughs softly being the exile he is and the warrior in his heart he shook his head and looked to his friends.

"No, he is not a legend he is the reason... Why Tirak built that wall after he learned... That Grogar summoned him to this realm. So much on Grogar and Xulk is why the world is like this. Equestria the former country of friendship... Now just a small piece of land... Barely at peace with its friends... The Griffins vanished... The diamond dogs dead... Well maybe... Many other races of our world turned into slaves... So many things the ley lines Discords insanity... More because of him showing up."

Zuki nodded calmly the Zebra was eating some strange fungus from the cave. The effects don't seem to be harming her for being one of the forests. But Powder then gets on her hooves again and smiles with her hoof asking them to follow her deeper into the cave. She then wrote on the wall. 'Watch out for the Ley lines. Don't touch them it won't end well for you.' The heroes calmly followed Powder through the tunnel. They would notice all the ley lines broken through the ground seeing no dead bodies near them just powder of those that touched them.

"Don't touch....bad..." Powder said with her bad Equestrian tongue. Silver nodded by she was right by Hammer her lust was building over so much. As she just watched him a bit... But he was more worried about something coming out to attack them. It would be the first fight they ever had together. It would seem Zuki is the only relaxed one. The heroes take a long trek through the tunnel. Nothing really eventful happens while they see that they Leylines are full of glowing magic. How did the ley lines get so screwed up and become this way? Why did they come this way? No one really knows anymore but the idea is somehow finding it and using it to help the land. When they finally get into the room that holds the portal. They see the King of the Rats and the guards. Fighting off many dragon-like demons. One of the Xulks many warriors stands there guarding the portal. He is known as Iron Claw no pony or anyone has been able to beat him in combat.Many dead rats lay at his feet as he stares waiting.

The king turns around to see the heroes and he smiles.

"Ah, the Queen's heroes finally we need your help... Iron Claw needs to be removed and pushed back into the portal." Hammer looked towards the one he will fight and he nodded standing forward. This seems to be the battle for the warrior. He pulled the hammer from his holster as Iron Claw blinked and laughs softly.

"So...a pony comes to face me... Wait.....the Queens chosen heroes. A challenge... I seem to be your first challenge in your journey... I will be your first and your last pony... Tell me what is your name so I can place it on your grave."

Hammer sets down the silver hammer and stares at him. "I am Hammer Blacksmith of the exiles, Son to screwdriver out of Nail. Yes, My mother was named Nail..." He rolled his eyes. Picks up his hammer and gets ready for the battle.

The demons around stop fighting the tired rats as they gather around the two fighters. They start cheering. Hammer and Iron Claw circled each other as their eyes stared at each other. Their steps becoming more clear. The demons cheering for Hammer's death. But the rats seem to be grabbing their wounded and watching this. Then with one swoop Iron claw attacks. Hammer not being that well trained almost got himself hit. But of course he parried just at the right time... His earth pony might make it easier for him to block... But the issue with this is...it caused a strange sensation along his spine. It's very easy to tell he never trained to fight like this.

Again they started to circle around each other. Their weapons smash into each other. Over and over causing sparks and metal to sound and ring out. The idea of such a battle would be lost on most... Who has never been in a battle such as this? Then in his mind, he remembered his training to become a blacksmith. He was told when he was younger it was also used as a battle stance. He got into the stance and waited for the attack. Iron claw charged at him and right before he could do anything. Hammer tossed dirty into his face and he was blinded. He quickly backed up and smashed the head of the hammer into many hard stones... Till it was hot enough from the friction. The sand wasn't going to last long. But he charged and smashed right into the demons back leaving a burning imprint in his scales.

Iron claw screams and is hit closer to the portal and turns around staring in hatred to Hammer.

"You don't fight...with Honour pony."

Hammer smirks, setting down the hammer a moment.

"I am an exile...we don't know honour, just beer!!"

The demon creature growled. Hammer grabs the hammer again and he tries tossing sand again but of course, Iron Claw blocks it from entering his eyes this time. But he didn't take this into account. Before hammer could do the strike through. He cut into the armour near the stomach anyway. Blood fell from the wound to the ground. As Hammer panted and groaned he felt his stomach wide open. But the armour only thing keeping him together. His friends look on with horror. They could see that he was basically sliced open.

Iron Claw laughed. "Is this all you can muster? Hero of the Queen?"
Hammer closed his eyes to try to think of his family his friends and runes forming along his body... The proven part of being a hero of the Queen. He charged and broke through the weapons of Iron claw and hit him back into the portal. The demons screaming as they rush back in as well... But it was too late. Hammer fell to the ground blood pooling under him. His friends rushed to him to try to keep him awake.

"Stay awake...hammer please!!"

Hammer smiled weakly at Silver Flight and his vision went dark.

The land of Discord. Before the fall of the Princess and before he went crazy... He formed his very own land. It was so he didn't harm others anymore. But the issue was after the ley lines he lost contact with fluttery shy and went crazy. He caused Cantorlot to fall into the forest and only saved a select few. He forced most of them to breed to cause a chaotic being of nature. His land wasn't of heroes but it would seem one of the letters for other heroes still floated. This one creature the mix of a pony a dragon. Had a pony mane down her body scales and a ponytail. But the rest of her dragon. She was what most of her kind called a chaotic warrior. She used metal weapons that had really nasty enchants and runes on them. What is interesting about Discords land is that it has none of the normal raining milk and such like that. It's pure nasty chaos. Parts of the ground separating sometimes rocks falling from the sky..But his ponies and whatever else is in this land are okay with it.

He is no longer evil... But he refuses to get into any war. He does know sooner or later he will have to become part of war... But the letter lands on the dragon pony. Runes form on her body and Discord's eyes go wide and he yells.

"Bring the one...who has the runes of the Queen to me now!!" Large monster-like beings grab the poor female and they carry her to the castle. Made of well mirrors so he can keep staring at himself. Also speaking to himself. As of right now.

"Oh yes....I know...one moment." He stares at the dragon mare. He then gets off the throne not being able to fly anymore or do much of the Chaos he used to. Has he even grown older? More senile it seems.
"You have...been chosen by the queen of Equestria to be one of her heroes. You do know what this means don't you?" She nods calmly not speaking at the moment. "Good because I don't want to see you return until your job for her is done. I may not respect Flurry heart like I did her mother... But she is still the Queen of what is left...of Equestria. She deserves your kindness and respect. Now since I can't teleport you like I used to be able to... You will need to fly there. I can do this of course." He would snap something into her mind and she blinks.

"Now you can speak Equestrian. You're not stupid like the rest of your species are." She blinks and starts to speak her voice sounding pony.

"I will not fail you my king... I Ruby Scale's Daughter of Flame out of Lily pool. I shall do what you ask." She spreads strange dragon wings that have feathers on them. As she goes home to gather armour and weapons. The flys over the land. The very land of chaos created so long ago. No longer controlled by the Lord of Chaos himself. But the creatures are able to live here despite parts of the land suddenly trying to kill them. Maybe this is hubris for what Discord did so long ago. Maybe fate for how he treated Twilight so long ago. She finally made it to her home. A simple volcano. She may be half pony but she can live in hot places. She gathers her armour and weapons. Able to hold them like she had hands. Placing the armour on her body. She is not like the Xulkul creatures. She was naturally born... She wasn't created. She holds the runic weapons in her claws. Ready to take on the world... But first, she must speak to the Queen. She holds the letter placing it into her armour. But waits a moment and stare's at her home.

The realm of Chaos peaceful to her mind. All she knows is this chaotic land... Why would one of the letters from the Queen come to her? Wasn't the letters meant for real heroes? She is not a hero in her eyes. Just looked into the mirror she is a mix being. Only the Queen would understand. She never met ponies who aren't from this land. She heard the door and opened it standing in the doorway is a wall-eyed yellow maned pegasus she is the same age she always has been.

"Ah, Derpy...thank you." She smiled the pony not able to speak. She was given Eternal life so long ago. Same with her daughter Dinky and they moved here. Dinky is the size of her mother now and the same age or is Derpy older? They both lost the ability to speak so long ago. The pegasus flew off and went to go take mail to others. How can one's from Equestria forget how to speak? How can so many be so much in pain? She opens the letter and it's from Discord. A mini him speaks.

"Also...if you're in the way... Could you stop by the Grove and see if Fluttershy is still a tree? it would be wonderful." She sighed and nodded and flew off. It would be her time to shine. But it would be a day or so before she got there.

She watched as her home was left behind. Off to find heroes she has never heard about before. Off to become part of the next heroes of Equestria.