The Warrior from Azeroth: Invasion

It was a cloudy day in Equestria when the first rays of the morning sun began to shine through the barn window. Applejack began to stir from the bright light piercing her eyelids when she felt the gentle embrace of her stallion pulling her closer as if he was still trying to protect her from harm.

"Hmm." She sighed with a smile before placing a kiss on his lips to wake him up and it didn't take long for Pendragon to return the favor as he gently wrapped both his arms around her.

"Morning beautiful." The stallion complimented his mare while brushing her mane out of the way to gaze into her emerald eyes.

"We should probably get going." Said Applejack sounding a bit disappointed now that she and Pendragon were all alone.

"Mm probably but I'm not sure that kiss woke me up." The stallion replied with a toothy grin that seemed to get her attention as they stared at each other muzzle to muzzle.

"Oh yeah~?" Taking the dominant role, Applejack piled herself onto him with the look of a predator on her face and gave a more passionate kiss before saying.

"I love you Pendragon."

But while the lovers were enjoying each others company they were unaware that a couple from the city of Manehattan were paying Sweet Apple Acres a visit.

"Dear, are you sure we should be arriving at such an early hour?" The mare asked her husband who began to knock on the front door.

"It will be fine, we just want to make sure our niece is okay." The husband replied when Granny Smith answered the door.

"Well bust my buttons! Mosely Orange, is that you?" Granny recognized the two ponies as her distant relatives from Manehattan; Mosely Orange and his wife Orange Slice.

"Indeed." The stallion replied with a smile before receiving a firm hug from the elderly mare.

"Ohh it's been ages! What brings y'all here?"

"Just checking up on the family. Have you seen Applejack?" Mosely asked while looking around but his niece was nowhere to be seen.

"She must've got home late last night and slept in the barn." Granny assumed when the couple gasped in shock. The thought of their niece sleeping in a barn did not sit well with them and without hesitation they rushed over with Granny following as fast as possible.

"The poor dear, she must've been too traumatized to face her own family!" Said Orange Slice trying to imagine the way Applejack was feeling.

"What in the hay seed are you talking about?" Granny asked Mosely Orange.

"You didn't hear Granny? Applejack was almost raped last night!"

"SAY WHAT?!?" The old mares nostrils flared with anger and she suddenly got a burst of speed that left the two other ponies in the dust before coming to a stop in front of the barn door, as she prepared to buck the door open she heard the distinct sound of two ponies fooling around in they hay and easily recognized the voices as Applejacks and a certain gray stallion who had taken her out on a date last night.

"Ahh to be young." Granny said to herself before the barn doors creaked open startling Applejack and Pendragon.

"Oh uh G-Granny! I didn't know you were up!" Applejack was the first to jump out of the stall with a ruffled mane covered in hay while Pendragon did his best to try and hide himself but it seemed that it was already too late for that as the rest of the family began barging in, including Applebloom and Big Macintosh.

"I trust you two had a pleasant evening?" Granny asked with a wink making her granddaughter blush. Orange Slice suddenly embraced her niece in a hug before looking at her to see how much she had grown.

"Ohh Applejack you're as beautiful as ever!"

"Uh thanks Aunt Orange but what are you and Uncle Mosely doing here?" Applejack inquired when a growl from her stomach broke the conversation.

"I think we should discuss this over breakfast." Granny suggested while leading the way back to the house. Pendragon and Big Mac were the last two to leave the barn while having a quick conversation.

"So...I guess you know huh?"

"Eeyup." Big Mac answered while keeping pace with his friend.

"And you're okay with this?" Pendragon cringed back, expecting a hoof to the face while Big Mac scratched his chin for a moment.

"Mm...eeyup. Just promise me one thing?"

"What?"

"Don't do anything to hurt her."

The gray stallion looked Big Mac in the eye and nodded giving a sort of secret promise before receiving a firm smack to the back of his neck that left him a bit sore. The family had gathered for breakfast when Applejacks aunt told them of how the incident at the faire made front page news all over Equestria and revealed that the two culprits who attacked her niece were also wanted criminals who had commited similar crimes in Las Pegasus as well as Canterlot and had a bounty of three thousand bits placed on them for their arrest. That's when their attention turned to Pendragon who was gorging himself on some of Granny's pancakes.

"So I take it you must be the one who helped catch those ruffians?" Aunt orange asked while analyzing Pendragon, he seemed decent enough and from his cutie mark she could tell he was also a farm worker but what seemed to bother her was the scar on the stallions left eye.

"That's me ma'am." Pendragon replied politely while wiping his face with a napkin.

"Tell me, what is your relationship with my niece?" Asked Mosely who was sipping some apple juice.

"Ahem! well as you can guess we are now dating." Pendragon answerd honestly while feeling slightly embarrassed from earlier.

"And what is it that you do for a living?" Aunt Orange inquired still giving the stallion a suspicious look.

"Well-!!"

"He's got a job at Princess Twilights castle as her new captain of the guard!" Applebloom blurted out excitedly catching her aunt and uncle by surprise as their mood towards their nieces new coltfriend began to change.

"Really now? I'm impressed you found such a suitable stallion for yourself Applejack. He'll make a fine husband." Said Aunt Orange when her niece suddenly jerked up from her seat.

"HUSBAND?!?"

"And I'm sure the children will be lovely."

"CHILDREN?!?" Pendragon responded in the same manner as Applejack while Granny and Applebloom just giggled to themselves. Big Mac just sat quietly and observed the events unfolding like a soap opera on television.

"Now hold on Auntie! We only just started dating!"

"Oh dear it doesn't hurt to get a jump start on things plus you said you wanted to get married to a knight."

"I was just a filly back then!"

"Simmer down Applejack." Granny advised while patting her granddaughter on the head. Applejack simply hid her face under her hat and asked Pendragon to join her outside in fear of her relatives telling him more embarrassing stories from her childhood.

"Well that was...awkward." He said sheepishly while getting close to Applejack.

"I can't believe she said that!" Applejack whined still feeling embarrassed as she snuggled next to her coltfriend for comfort.

"They're just looking out for you Applejack."

"I know but you must still think I'm pretty silly now."

"Far from it. In fact I think it's cute." Pendragon said making her ears perk up as she looked at him.

"C-cute?"

"Well sure. Every little girl wants to marry a knight or prince, it's common."

Their conversation quickly ended as both lovers just stood next to each other enjoying the view until Pendragon said something very unexpected.

"You know. When the time is right, I will ask you to marry me." His statement made Applejacks head turn in surprise before he kissed her hoof saying.

"But for now we take things slow."

Applejack responded by giving a kiss of her own to her stallions cheek while snuggling next to him. She had never been so happy before in her life now that she finally found somepony who not only loved her but would protect her as well and was glad that her family was so accepting of him despite his human origins and dark past.

"Sugarcube, can I ask you something?"

"Anything."

"How'd you really get that scar?" Being the element of honesty, Applejack had a knack for telling when some pony was lying especially with those closest to her.

"Hon, if we want this to work then we need to be honest with each other."

Knowing he could trust her, Pendragon took a deep breath to calm himself before telling her of what happened in the swamp the other day.

"So there you have it. I almost got my head cut off by an orc but thankfully he missed...well mostly." At that moment, Mosely Orange and his wife appeard behind the young couple and asked if their niece could show them around town along with her coltfriend.

"I would love to join but I must decline." Said Pendragon giving a polite bow of the head.

"It's almost time for combat practice."

"Oh that sounds interesting, how about we go watch?" Orange Slice suggested. Pendragon didn't seem to mind since the recruits often brought their families to come and watch as they trained plus it was a good opportunity for him to leave a good first impression with them.

Later

The family was brought to the back of Twilights castle where a small corral was built for soldiers to spar in along with a jousting field while others did numerous exercises around the training area.

"COME ON BOYS! SHOW SOME HUSTLE!!" Pendragon shouted like a regular drill seargent as his men began to pick up the pace while a short distance away were Applejack and her relatives watching intently.

"Well he certainly acts like a captain of the guard." Said Mosely who was watching the jousting arena when a guard was sent flying into a bale of hay. The victor of that match was none other than Flash Sentry who had already risen in the ranks as a ranger for scouting missions.

"Nice move Sentry!!"

"Thank you sir!"

The medics rushed Flashes opponent off to the infirmary to deal with any injuries that had been inflicted before the guards resumed their training and things were going pretty smoothly until the wind began to pick up followed by a gathering of storm clouds.

"Did the weather team schedule a storm today?" One of the guards asked as lighting and thunder began to crack in the sky violently.

"Seek shelter!" Another guard shouted while escorting the families into the castle. Amidst the commotion, Pendragon and Applejack noticed the clouds were gathering in one spot above the Everfree Forest and began to form a maelstrom when all of the sudden a green flash shot into the air with an earth shaking kaboom.

"What in thunderation was that?!?" Asked Applejack when she noticed the angred look on her stallions face as he gritted his teeth whispering.

"They've come..."

End.