As I got closer to the carriage I heard a conversation. A female voice wanted to look outside to check and see if the guards were treating me too harshly (hehe) and a seemingly male voice said

"As your Captain of the night guard, I advise you stay in here. I'll go check. I grinned and held up a single ring finger signaling Distraction to Hope and got beneath the carriage.

I heard the door creak open and armored hooves hit the ground. The Captain stepped away from the carriage, looking for his guardsmen. Hope dashed out of the shrubbery and became a flurry of blades. The captain raised his shield and blocked most blows. The only real purchase Hopes' blades made was either a glancing blow or hitting his shield or sword.

The carriage creaked as if someone moved to the side to look out the window. This was it! I got up on the opposite side and opened the door, gripped the princess by the throat, pressing the blade firmly to her neck.

"You move, you die." I said in a cold tone. "So you're the one who's turned these wolves into sheep." She looked at me, confused.

"What? Sheep? Wolves? Thou makest no sense. And put thine blade away, it cannot harm us." I chuckled darkly.

"Like this?" I ask before drawing the blade just enough to cause blood to trickle down her neck onto her dress. "Looks like it works just fine to me. Now, who trained these guards?" She looked befuddled.

"Captain Shining Armor trained them personally, he's the finest swordsman in the world." I laughed,

"He didn't train them well enough! My hands are still slick with the blood of your guards." She looked at me with horror filling her eyes.

"What art thou?" She asked whilst trembling. I looked her dead in the eye.

"War... I am War." I said before I headbutted her just beneath the horn on top of her head, knocking her out. "And you're coming with me little sheep." I said to her as I dragged her unconscious body out of the carriage.

I looked at Hope to see her getting tired of fighting the Captain. I grabbed a spear off one of the fallen guards and threw it with deadly accuracy. he looked down to see half a spear sticking out of his chest. Hope paced her hand on his shoulder.

"You fought well." She said to him before stabbing him in the throat, watching the life fade from his eyes. "But not well enough." His corpse fell limp but was still held up by the spear.

I cleared my throat. "Hope, c'mon. We've got royalty to kidnap."

She helped me carry the princess until we got back to the camp. I had tied up the princess halfway through our journey when she tried to escape. Twice.

When we got back the Princess was awake, again, and ranting again.

"WE WILL NOT TOLERATE THIS ANY LO-" She was silenced as Hope put a gag in her mouth.

"Thank you" I said with exhaustion. The princess glared daggers at me as I stared back at her. She didn't know what I looked like under the helmet, but my armor was very special. I hefted a dead guards flail upon my shoulder.

"Have the scouts reported back?" I asked Hope, she looked to me.

"Ours or theirs?" she inquired.

"Both"

She chuckled. "Ours yes. There are some ancient ruins a mile east of here. And theirs?" I looked to her to see her pantomiming getting her throat cut.

"Good. We make for the Ruins in one hour. Make sure 'her highness' is comfortable. I don't want to hear a peep from her either."

A Conqueror nodded and bonked her on the top of her head with his shield. And with that, I began to read the map. The only ruins that were in a forested area were called...

"The Castle of Everfree" I blanched at the name. "Whoever decided the names of these places clearly has not seen battle. Or anything that tests your mettle."

One hour later we were moving out. My contingent had eight hundred of the finest warriors in the Blackstone Legion. We knew what we were doing. As I walked alongside the Conqueror carrying the princess, I saw her horn glow ever so slightly.

Then I saw her restraints glow as well. I grabbed her horn tightly and got right in her face.

"Even if you got out of those bonds, you are still surrounded by my Blackstones. And we don't like it when our guest tries to leave so soon and spoil the surprise for everyone else."

The glow in her horn dies down as she glared at me. I eventually let her horn go. But then I placed my blade at her horn.

"Next time you try that, well, you get the picture." She looked up at the blade in fear. As I continued on I heard a small whimper come out of the captive. Pitiful.

Once we got to the ruins I noted most of it looks not only viable as a shelter, but there were actually ideal defensive positions littering the structure. Then a Warden walked up to me.

"Sir, what shall we do now?" he said. I turned to look at the forest surrounding the clearing the castle was in.

"Fortify the Castle. Go into the forest and get wood. We need to shore up defenses and refortify the load-bearing walls of the castle. Finally, use long wooden posts to make a wall around this place. Only one entrance, a gate in front of the castle." I said.

I turned to my Pack and hefted a Blackstone standard.

"I NOW CLAIM THIS CASTLE IN THE NAME OF THE BLACKSTONE LEGION! I WELCOME YOU ALL TO THE WOLVES' DEN!" I shouted. They responded with rousing cheer. Then they started chanting.

"Warlord! Warlord! Warlord!" I raised my hand to silence them.

"I will take the mantle of Warlord, and I shall take a Demon name as my mother Apollyon did before me!" I yelled. My pack waited for me to speak "ABIGOR!" I yelled out. It was the name of a demon who commanded sixty legions. It would do. My legion echoed my name back. "ABIGOR!"

I planted my standard and claimed the castle for the Blackstone Legion. I looked to the map that I'd use as reference along with the castle on the mountain to figure out which way was the closest town.

"Ponyville eh? As good a place as any." I said to myself. I looked out over the new land we were in and thought of the possibilities. Then I heard a shuffle. I turned to the princess who froze upon me looking her way.

I knelt down next to her. "If I take the gag out, will you answer some questions? Quid quo pro." I said to her. She nodded. I took the gag out. "What is your name?" I inquired.

"Princess Luna." She answered. "What is thine name?" She asked me.

"Abigor. Who lives in Ponyville? Quid quo pro." She looked hesitant. "The Elements of Harmony. What land dost thou hail from?"

I smiled though she did not see it. "Ashfeld. Where is this 'Shining Armor' you told me about? Quid quo pro." Once more she hesitated.

"Canterlot. What doth thou plan to do here?" I stood up.

"Separate the Wheat from the Chaff. Weed out the weak. Set the wolves amongst you free." I placed the gag back in and began to walk away.

So much to do, so little time.

Author's Note

Oh boy! Princess Luna captive, Everfree Castle has been dubbed the Wolves' Den, Abigor has been named Warlord, and now the Blackstone Legion has a foothold in Equestria! Will Princess Celestia find out where Luna is in time, or will the Mane 6 stumble across the Blackstones first? Tune in next time to find out!

Also, for those who think that Luna should be able to just break out. Think about it this way. A new group of people show up that are ruthless and have weapons and armor that have no traces of magic to manupulate. So of course she'd be terrified of a man who wouldn't hesitate to not only decapitate her, but cut off her horn for attempting escape.

Trust me, it gets better!