Lady Tyrande Whisperwind, queen of the Night Elves, High Priestess of The Moon and master huntress was a long time supporter of The Alliance and an acquaintence of Pendragon.

"Hail Lady Tyrande; Priestess of The Moon." The knight greeted the queen with a bow as was customary when in the presence of royalty, Lady Tyrande returned the gesture before being introduced to the group before her.

"My friends, meet Tyrande Whisperwind. Queen of the Night Elves and High Priestess of The Moon."

Needless to say, the ponies were stunned by the person before them save for Pinkie who was always eager to make new friends. The queen found the pink mares personality quite amusing and even laughed before turning her attention to the orc Pendragon and Rainbow Dash knocked out during the fight.

"Ohhh..." The brute groaned feeling disoriented until he felt Tyrande's boot press down on his throat as she prepared to fire an arrow.

"We will take this one back for interrogation."

"We?" Twilight asked when several more night elves appeared from the shadows and the orc was taken prisoner shortly after with the ponies still baffled by their sudden appearance.

"Can someone please explain what just happened?" Spike inquired before they went into the castles guest room for a much needed explanation. By the time Pendragon finished his story, Tyrande had changed out of her armor and into a white silken dress with jewelry more beautiful than anything they had ever seen but the one who was stunned the most was Rarity who was already fawning over the gorgeous outfit before her.

"Oh my goodness! This fabric, those jewels! They're absolutely fabulous!!" The mare said in awe while her friends just looked on completely embarassed before she regained her composure.

"Oh dear. ahem! e-excuse me."

"It's quite alright. I admit, this dress is wonderful. It was a gift from my beloved back home along with this necklace." Tyrande looked at her necklace with a content smile before returning her attention to Pendragon who seemed curious about her unexpected arrival.

"I suppose you are all wondering how my people got here."

"I would like to know that, yes." The stallion admitted when Tyrande began telling him the state of things back on Azeroth. Equestria was not the first kingdom to be attacked by the horde after Garrosh came to power, all the kingdoms of The Alliance had come under siege along with a new land discovered by King Varians son; The mysterious island of Pandaria.

"Pandaria? I thought that place was a myth." Pendragon said unconvinced by her story.

"We believed so too until Prince Anduin and his crew were shipwrecked on the island. Thankfully, he and most of the crew survived but..." She paused for a moment, allowing the others to take a guess.

"The horde found the island as well?"

"Yes. Garrosh then ordered General Nazgrim and his best warriors to take the island for it's resources and i'm sad to say that some of the islands inhabitants sided with the horde as well."

"Well that's cheerful news." The knight responded in a sarcastic manner while she continued.

"My scouts have also reported horde emissary's recruiting other races here including Equestrians who have...unique talents in warfare."

"Mercenaries." Luna said in an angered tone for she detested mercenaries since they were thugs for hire who only loved killing for the highest bidder.

"Hm. And for those they can't recruit, they enslave. We've seen orc raiders take a city full of canine creatures we mistook for gnolls."

"Diamond Dogs?" Twilight asked as she started to grow worried.

"Yes I believe that's what they were called. Now the horde is forcing them to dig up gemstones to fund their campaign."

The priestess then showed images of diamond dogs being chained and whipped through her magic. The images alone were heartbreaking to the ponies save for Pendragon clenched his teeth in anger after remembering how brutal the orcs were towards prisoners or war, not even the younger dogs were spared their wrath as a pup was viciously whipped by a taskmaster.

"Barbarians!" Rarity shouted before the image vanished. It was very clear that the orcs had to be stopped but the question was how to do it since they had Nightmare Moon on their side. And for what seemed like forever, no one was able to throw any ideas onto the table until an idea struck Twilight.

"I got it!" She declared out loud.

"If we can close off the portal then we can stop the orcs from getting any reinforcements for a while."

All were impressed by her plan especially Celestia who smiled proudly at her student when Pendragon added an idea of his own to her strategy.

"Then our first target will be Ponyville. Once the orcs have been driven out we can use the town as a base like we did in the previous war but we can't just march on the town."

"Our mages have already finished stabalizing the portals to both Twilights castle and the school." Said Luna who began to add her part of the plan.

"We can send a small force to the town as a distraction while our main unit crosses through the portals and thanks to the barrier the orcs won't be able to see us coming until it's too late."

It was then decided that Twilight and her friends would lead a company of five hundred soldiers while Celestia and Luna prepared the main strike force, Tyrande and her troops would be waiting to ambush the enemy in the everfree forest and cut off any reinforcements they might send to the town. With their battle plan ready, the group set out to prepare their troops for battle as both high and low class citizens began taking up arms against the enemy with help from captains of the royal guard assigning them to different regiments on the battlefield.

"Listen up! All those who wish to be on the front lines go to the tent on my right, all those seeking non combatant duties make your way to the left." A guard shouted his instructions to the crowd that had gathered in the city square and one by one, new recruits came flooding in to help with the war effort while others simply looked on with mixed feelings about their fellow ponies going into battle. The nobles however had no choice but to join in the fight since it was their duty as supporters of the royal family, that didn't mean they enjoyed it knowing they would be fighting along side the common folk who they belittled on a daily basis.

"This is outragesous! Ponies of high class like us on a filthy battlefield with peasants?" A noble whined while his attendants secured his armor.

"Personally, I blame that upstart from Ponyville. That so called knight." The second noble scoffed as he was referring to Pendragon.

"That's enough gentlemen." Fancy pants who had been standing by had heard enough of their complaints and ordered them to their assigned regiments while he went to report to the princesses who had been going over their plans with the council. Princess Celestia would have Twilight and her friends lead the first wave of the assault with five hundred soldiers at their side making their attack seemed rushed and careless and therfore making them the perfect bait while Pendragon would be commanding the main unit along with Fancy Pants and Blueblood.

Like most members of royalty, Blueblood wore armor that was decorated with gold and jewels followed by a flowing cape which he seemed to admire while Fancy Pants sported an armor similar to that of a spanish conquistador and even had a masked helm to go with it. It was an heirloom passed down his family for generations.

"Good thing I took fencing classes." Fancy said while pulling out a sabre with his magic to see his reflection. Blueblood had been given a poleaxe that had a blade shaped like a unicorns head with its horn being the spear tip and its mane as the blade but this weapon seemed to be more of a fashion statement than a tool for war and as he began to admire his reflection in the blade it was suddenly snatched by Pendragon who had already been dressed in his signature silver armor.

"Unhand that at once!" The prince demanded before getting a piercing stare from the earth pony as he began twirling the weapon around to get a feel for its weight.

"Hm...a tad heavy on the front." He said before handing back the princes weapon. It was no secret that Blueblood didn't like the earth pony since he was a commoner but his aunts trusted him as did Princess Twilight and the other element bearers.

"Listen up!" Pendragon shouted to the soldiers as he gave the mission briefing.

"As you all know, Ponyville was recently taken by an invasion force only yesterday and as most of you know they have taken some civilians hostage. Our mission is to strike from behind enemy lines, retake the town and free any prisoners we find plus we get some much needed payback!" Some of the soldiers began cheering at the mention of avenging their hometown while the prince seemed disgusted by their behvior.

"Now. All units gear up and prepare to move out!!"

"SIR!!"

Day of The Battle

Ponyville had changed after the orcs destroyed it, the houses that survived the burning were now being used to hold prisoners and soldiers while the town hall housed the armies weapons and provisions and a wall of wooden stakes had been erected around the town with a large gate decorated by flags baring the mark of The Horde.

An orc commander was gorging himself on some meat and ale when he heard the sound of the lookouts horn call.

"What's going on out there?" He growled before seeing a small band of equestrian soldiers lead by Princess Twilight standing just outside the gate with flags of their own baring the emblem of Canterlot as well as Ponyville.

"Soldiers of The Horde!" The princess called out getting their attention.

"I am Princess Twilight Sparkle of Ponyville, here to reclaim my kingdom! I demand that you surrender now and leave peacefully or we will be forced to attack."

Her threat was answered by the many laughs of the orcs and their commander before the gates slowly opened revealing five hundred orcs all heavily armed. The moment their commander gave the order to charge, Rarity shot up a magic flare high enough for Celestia to see.

"NOW!" The sun princess shouted as her mages began opening several portals leading to Twilights castle with Pendragon leading the first charge. Troops began pouring out of the castles portals and began taking firing positions on the balconies while the rest stormed the town to do battle with the orcs.

"Let's go! Move it up!!" Pendragon shouted while clearing the way for his men as orcs began swarming upon them from every side and because of their superior size and strength they were able to tear a hole through their front lines.

"MAGES!" The stallion signaled the first wave of magic missiles to bombard the enemy in order to push them back while the rest of the troops began to form barricades turning the castle into a makeshift fortress.

Equestria's counterattack had begun.

End.

Author's Note

Fair Warning. It may take a long time to do the next chapter since it gets pretty busy during these months.