Arthas grimaced as he was approaching Lordaeron, Twilight following him. A strange hooded man appeared in front of him. The man spoke “Greeting young Prince, We must talk.”

Arthas growled “There is not time for this.”

Twilight frowned “He is a powerful being, we should at least hear him out.”

The hooded man frowned “Listen to me, this land is lost. The shadow has already taken this land, there is little you two can do to stop it, if you wish to save your people then you should take them west to a land across the sea.”

Arthas growled “I will not abandon my homeland, I have a duty to protect it!”

The man turned around “Then you have chosen your path.” he then turned into a crow and vanished.

Twilight frowned “Are you sure we are doing the right thing, what if he is right?”

Arthas frowned “I’m not sure but I have a kingdom to protect. I must do my duty.”

Twilight nodded “I will follow you to the ends of the world and beyond, I’m your friend and I will stand by you.”

They arrived early, Uther ran up to Arthas. Arthas joked “Glad you make it, Uther.”

Uther frowned “Yes although I wish it was under better circumstances.”

Arthas nodded “We need to prevent the…” he growled as he saw the empty crates of grain“The grain has already been distributed, the entire city must be purged!”

Uther shook his head ”You can’t mean that Arthas, there has to be another way.”

Arthas growled “Uther, remember what I said earlier. I am not asking you to help , I am asking you to stand aside and let me do my job as Prince.”

Uther turned to Twilight “Twilight, please talk some sense into Arthas.”

Twilight looked between them in shock, today she was being forced to make the toughest choice to side with the man who kept her safe for the entirety of her young life or her best friend, there was only one answer “I’m sorry Uther but I promised to stand by him” she then turned to Arthas “I’m ready when you are.”

Uther sighed “Very well, Arthas I will stand down just know their deaths are on your hands.”

Arthas frowned “I know Uther but the weight of the crown is heavy, tell my father I’m sorry for what I must do this day.”

Uther grimaced “Very well Arthas, stay safe.”

Arthas nodded “Will do Uther.”

Uther and his forces left. Arthas and Twilight were left with a Keep, a few farms, a Barracks, an Altar of King and Blacksmith as well as a few footmen, three riflemen and two knights. Twilight frowned “Arthas, I’ll take command of base defence and construction,you go out there and stop Mal'Ganis.”

Twilight began training more peasants, then setting then castle upgrade in order while getting peasants to build farms and an Arcane Sanctum. Arthas as he destroyed the first house he heard a menacing voice “Hello young Prince, I am Mal'Ganis. All you people are mine now and with them I will snuff the flames of life you hold so dear.”

Arthas growled “Not on my watch!” After Arthas slaughtered the infected villagers, he hunted down Mal’Ganis with his forces.

Mal’Ganis was a green demonic creature, Arthas growled “Mal’Ganis I promise you won’t succeed in this!”

Mal’Ganis let out a dark laugh “Boy, you can’t possibly stop me.” He was stunned as Arthas smashed his head into the ground with his hammer, Mal’Ganis body dissolved from the constant impact. Arthas grimaced “He will be back, we need to destroy as many houses as possible before he returns.”

Twilight meanwhile had a Workshop under construction as she began sending out priests to support Arthas as well as traning footmen to aid in base defence while getting towers built and having knights produced to join Arthas. She then slain four Abominations that thought they had a chance at getting into the base “Nice try assholes!”

Arthas took a deep breath “Okay that’s fifty down.”

Mal’Ganis rolled his shoulders “I return.”

Arthas turned to his large force of several knights, priest, a couple of riflemen and two mortar teams “Let’s bring Mal’Ganis down.” They relocated Mal'Ganis’ group and destroyed them sending Mal’Ganis back to his Altar.

Soon they cleared the remaining houses and their occupants. Mal’Ganis remarked “Impressive.”

Arthas grimaced “Why don’t we settle this here and now?!”

Mal'Ganis shook his head “If you wish to settle this, meet me in Northrend to settle this.”

Twilight frowned as she flew over to him “Are you going to follow him?’

Arthas sighed “I don’t want to lead our men into danger but he is threat to all life on this world. He must be stopped.”

Twilight nodded “Agreed.”

Author's Note

Arthas doesn't want to do this but he has to do this as it is his duty to his people.