Chapters My Little WAAAGH: Friendship is Orky
Forlon Secundus.
Three years ago orbital scanners detected two massive warfleets closing in. As it turned out it was Orks, a warlike race of green-skinned humanoids. Average ork is a muscular, about two metres tall and broad as wardrobe fighting machine. Its long arms end in hands equipped with taloned fingers, capable of tearing the enemy's throat out. Jagged fangs that stick out from its large jaw would not look out of place upon far larger creature. In short, orks are born for war.
Governor of the Forlon Secundus knew that his Planetary Defence Forces are no match for the aliens and a plea for help was sent. Soldiers began fortifying cities, as it could take years, even decades before reinforcements would come.
Far behind the front lines, two dozen of camouflaged figures stalked through the dense thicket of the Forlon's jungle. Those were the most distrusted and shunned of orks, the Ork Kommandos.
"Iz we 'ere yet boss?" One of the orks asked in snarling voice.
"Shut up ya git!" The largest of orks growled and punched his subordinate in the jaw, not even slowing down. "Them enemys will hear ya!"
Several metres behind the leader, in the centre of the group, another kommando chuckled. "Stoopid Skrat. Hur hur hur! Oi Warkot! Ten teef that I'll kill moar gitz than ya!"
Ork walking next to him grinned. He was wearing a long military great coat, vest and trousers reinforced with pieces of metal. On his feet he had heavy, studded boots. On his head there was a rugged ushanka hat. Everything was painted in camo pattern. He adjusted his backpack to which his combat cleaver and scrappy looking machine gun were fastened. "Deal! But make dat twenty! And ya better have them ya lousy grot lover or I'll kick them outta yer jaw."
"Shut it ya squig dung!" Kommando leader, one of the so called Nobz, hissed at them. "We'z close now."
After few minutes they could hear loud voices and hum of the machines. Kommandos crept closer to the end of the treeline and saw the encampment of the rival clan. It was surrounded by a high steep cliff from one side, and by jungle from the other. To the left of kommandos position there was a road coming from within the camp and going around the rocks. Camp consisted of crude palisade with few sentry towers, several tents and few corrugated iron sheds. Inside the encampment there was about fifty orks and swarms of goblin-like grots.
Kommando leader was observing the camp through his binocular, scratching his chin and muttering to himself. Finally he grinned and beckoned to one of the orks to come to him. "Grabsnik ya see them fuel barrels over there?" He said giving his binocular to the smaller ork and pointing in the direction of the camp.
"Yeah boss. I see 'em."
"Good. Now ya sneak up to dat fence and throw a bomb at them barrels." He turned to the rest of his mob. "Then we'll get stuck in. Got it boyz?" Orks nodded. "Good. Now go Grabsnik. And don't let em see ya!"
Mob observed as lone kommando sneaked to the palisade. One of the sentries on the tower turned in his direction and ork dropped to the ground. For few moments they thought that he was discovered, but after a while guard turned around. Greenskin sprinted to the fence and pulled a bomb from his backpack.
The rest readied their weapons: knives, pistols, machineguns, grenades... Everything that could be used to hurt somebody. Warkot was holding his trusty axe in one hand and mallet-like grenade in the other. Mob awaited for signal.
After a moment of tweaking with the bomb, the saboteur tossed it behind the palisade and run in the opposite direction as fast as he could.
Explosion ripped the fuel storage and nearby constructions, sending the flaming splinters across the camp.
Entire mob of Kommandos stood up as one and charged in the direction of the breach with deafening battle cry on their mouths. "WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!!!"
Orks quickly got inside the encampment and attacked shocked and disorganized defenders.
Warkot tossed his grenade in the general direction of the enemy, not caring if it will hit anybody. Now da fun beginz! He quickly spotted a group of hostiles and charged. They didn't see him coming, with a accurate swing of his axe he decapitated first ork, before the other one could react Warkot delivered a powerful headbutt sending his opponent to the ground. "Hur hur hur! Amateurs!" Then a bullet hit his weapon, blasting the head of the axe from the handle. Surprised greenskin turned around in the direction from where the shot came. There he saw a grot holding a still smoking gun in his hands, creature's expression quickly changed from excitement and pride to sheer terror. Kommando quickly covered the distance between them in few steps and delivered a powerful kick to unfortunate grot, sending the tiny greenskin high into the air.
The kommandos were clearly winning the fight, surprise attack and confusion allowed them to overcome more numerous enemy. It'z a good day to be an ork! Warkot thought. Then something drew his attention. Big armoured vehicle appeared near the main entrance to the camp. There was a big ork standing on the roof of the machine, carrying an enormous gun mounted on his shoulder. He turned the weapon in the direction where Warkot and most of his comrades were standing and activated it. Coils surrounding the gun's barrel began to spin.
Warkot examined the weapon and his eyes widened in fear. "SHOKK ATTACK GUN!" He managed to shout a moment before the energy blast exploded at his feet and reality collapsed around him.
The world around him was replaced by the fierce maelstrom of energy, lights and distorted creatures. The only thing he could feel was a sensation of flying at very high speed. Hundreds of hungry demons began to pursue him. After a few seconds of flight he hit something and was blinded by the explosion of light.
Everfree Forest.
*THUD!* "Owww ZOG!" ...and alive.
"My 'ead!" The ork muttered in a snarling voice, as he struggled to stand up after close encounter with a rocks.
Greenskin raised his taloned hands to his face. "Everyfin' in place. Good." He bent down do pick up an ushanka hat and placed it on his head. "It takes moar than some of them demon fingz to take down dis ork. Hur hur!" Truth to be told he was shocked that he was still alive and he was still dazed from his flight. Being sucked into the warp rarely ended well for the participants.
No one answered him.
"Ladz?" Still silence. "Boyz?" Then he realised that he wasn't in the same place where he was only seconds ago. Zoggin' Shokk attack gunz! He kneeled and looked around. Nothing seemed familiar to him. "Mork damnit!" Ork reached for his machine gun an loaded it.Not good! Around him there were no bodies and no signs or sounds of battle. Ork that fired at him was equipped with the dreaded reality warping cannon, or as the orks called it Shokk attack gun.
Zog me. I must find da boyz. Warkot stepped down from the rock formation. There was no visible patch or clearing nearby. With his gun ready in his hands he stepped into the bushes, not knowing where his feet will carry him.
Three days.Where are them stoopid grotz and squigz when ya need 'em!? And to make it worse I'm almost out of grog.
Angry and hungry ork stalked through the thicket trying to make as little noise as possible. The last three days tought him that in this forest it is better to remain undetected. Suddenly he heard something different than sounds of the forest, a talk. Ork stopped and listened for few moments, when he was sure where it was coming from he slowly moved in that direction.
"... that was very nice of her." A soft, quiet voice stated.
"Yup. I thought that they were rivals but they do care about each other." Other more confident answered.
Warkot crept to the next bush and a path appeared before him. When he looked to the right he saw three creatures coming in his direction. Two of them resembled horses. One was yellow and had wings. The other one was violet and had horn on its forehead. The third creature looked like some kind of bipedal, purple lizard.Dis iz me lucky day. He remained unmoving, hidden in the bush, awaiting an opportunity to strike.
When they were right next to him lizard spoke while sniffing the air. "Hey can you smell that?"
Before any of reptile's companions could respond, Warkot jumped from the bush and grabbed the lavender pony by its throat, lifting it in the air. Pony groaned and squirmed in his grip. Ork licked his lips and raised the cleaver. "Hur hur hur!" Before he could strike he felt something scratching his left leg.
"LEAVE TWILIGHT ALONE YOU MONSTER!" Small scaled creature shouted and hit ork's leg with its claws.
Greenskin looked down and kicked the assailant at the yellow pony, knocking them both down. When he looked back at the creature in his grasp he saw that its horn was glowing. "Wot da-" Before he could finish, a powerful magical blast hit him square in the jaw sending him several metres backwards.
"Owwww..." Ork stood up unsteadily. He shook his head, turned to his would-be victims and grinned. "So da dinner foights back?" He charged at the ponies with a battle cry. "WAAAAAAAAAAAGH!!!"
"STOP!!!"
Greenskin stopped instantly as if hit by a ton of bricks. Stunned by the force of the shout, he looked around searching for its source. The only thing he saw was the yellow pony standing in front of him.
"WOT DA ZOG!?"
My Little WAAAGH: Friendship is Orky
Fluttershy was standing in the middle of the path with her wings flared. In front of her there was a shocked gorilla-like creature.
She, Twilight and Spike were on their way back home from Zecora's when they were attacked by huge green-skinned monster. At first Fluttershy froze in fear. She have never seen creature like this, murderous spark in his eyes and big posture composed very scary image.
Luckily she was able to shake off fear and stand between her friends and the charging beast.
Ork shook his head and snarled, starting to walk in Fluttershy's direction. "I ain't takin orderz from some small, squishy g-"
"I SAID STOP!" Fluttershy shouted once again.
Warkot froze. Each shout of the pony felt like a punch in the face and her stare paralyzed him. Wot da zog!?
Yellow mare snorted. "Now sit down and calm yourself mister!" She said trotting to Twilight and helped her to get up.
Ork, much to his horror, obeyed and sat down. His thoughts began to spin like mad. For greenskins it was natural that stronger and bigger orks were in charge, might makes right as they say, and no self respecting ork would listen to the orders of the smaller one. But now he was unable to resist the force of the mare's voice. While greenskin pondered on the unnatural power of the yellow pony, Fluttershy returned to him, followed closely by her friends.
"My name is Fluttershy, this is Twilight Sparkle and Spike. Whats your name?" She spoke, this time in calm and soft voice.
It took a confused ork a moment to respond. "Err... Warkot. Name iz Warkot."
"Good. I think you should apologize to Twilight and Spike for what you have done."
"Wot?"
"Say that you are sorry and you apologize." Her tone gained firmness.
The greenskin grimaced and wanted to refuse, but Fluttershy's piercing look discouraged him. "Errr... Sorry."
Yellow mare smiled. "Good. Now please stand up and tell us who are you, if that's okay with you. I have never seen anything like you before."
Ork raised up. "Okay boss. Urgh!?" In the moment he realised how he called the pony, he fell silent and shook his head. Wot boss!? I'm bigger. "I'm an ork. Warkot, kommando of boss Vodtrag's WAAAGH! Er... We'z been bashin' them boss Grastag's boyz on 'ummie planet we found. On one scrap I woz hit by Shook Attack Gun an it spat me 'ere three dayz ago."
Twillight approached the creature. "But why did you attack us? We're unarmed!"
"I woz hungry. Food run out two dayz ago, an there'z nuthin' to eat in this zoggin' forest. Ya looked tasty."
The unicorn and the dragon grimaced and paled. Fluttershy on the other hand looked sad and concerned. "Oh. We thought that you were an evil monster, but you were just hungry you poor thing." Pegasus trotted to ork, who was over twice as tall as her, and put her hoof on his hand.
"Poor thing!?" Yelled shocked and angry Twilight. "Fluttershy he was going to eat us! He almost chopped off my head!"
"Twilight! He was wandering in unfamiliar forest for three days. And this is Everfree we are talking about. Who knows what dangers he had to endure. It's normal that somepony on his place would behave irrationally. Besides he apologised." She turned to the giant. "Mister Warkot, how about we took you to Ponyville? We will feed you there and think how to send you home."
"WHAT!?" Spike and Twilight both shouted, shocked to the core.
Lavender mare used her magic to lift Fluttershy up and took her few steps away. "Fluttershy look at him! He is big, armed and dangerous. We can't get him to Ponyville!"
A grimace of discontent appeared on pegasus's face. "Twilight we can't refuse to help somepony in need, no matter if its a pony or other creature! He won't survive alone in Everfree. Besides..." She brought her mouth near unicorn's ear and whispered. "... what if he meets somepony else? He could hurt them."
Twilight sighted, unable to argue with Fluttershy's logic. "You're right Fluttershy. Let's help him."
Smiling mare trotted to the ork. "So. Will you go with us?"
"An' ya will take me back to da boyz?" Suspiciousness could be heard in commando's voice.
"We'll do everything we can." Fluttershy responded with determination.
Greesnskin thought about this proposition for few moments. Uncertainty remained but couldn't help but trust small yellow equine. "Okay I'll go!"
Fluttershy pointed the direction and whole group departed on their way to Ponyville. Spike, sitting on Twilight's back, shook his head. "This won't end well..."
When they reached Ponyville the sun was almost behind the horizon. Luckily, on their way to library they hadn't met anypony, panic that would most likely break out if the green giant was seen was the last thing they needed.
Twilight sighted in relief when she closed the doors of her home. "We made it. Spike could you please make something to eat for our guest?" She glanced at the ork. "A lot of it."
Warkot looked around, the room was quite spacious but furniture was few sizes too small for him.
"Um... Mister Warkot?"
Greenskin faced the unicorn. "Just Warkot."
"Warkot, please yourself comfortable. You can put your backpack on the table by the door. " Mare pointed the piece of furniture and trotted to Fluttershy.
Warkot took off his backpack and carelessly tossed it on the table, some of it's contents poured out, including a skull that fell on the floor clattering loudly.
Both ponies froze. "W-Warkot what's that?" Fluttershy stammered, shocked by the fact that the ork kept such things.
"Wot?" Greenskin looked in the direction pointed by the mare and saw the skull. He picked it up and smilled. "A small memento from when we woz blastin' them fish'eds! Dat woz good un scrap! Da boss told us to ambush 'em on da supply road in some blasted city. We booby trapped towerz near da road and waited fer 'em. When they got 'ere, BOOOM! We blew up da towerz and they crashed on the front and back of fish'eds formation. They were running around like grotz in burnin' pen! Hur hur hur! We charged 'em an da fun begun. I saw one in funny skirt shoutin' at otherz. Da git cut off Skrat's hand so I jumped at 'im. Hur hur! 'e woz surprised when I chopped 'is 'ead off. Rest of them fish'eds got angry, one even broke 'is shoota on me. Gits got some good dakka but can't brawl a zog." He put the tropheum back to its place. "Mighty fun times."
Mares were looking at him with their mouths agape, then they looked at each other. Finally twilight spoke in nervous tone. "Hehe... Soo how about you sit by the table, Spike should bring something to eat any moment now."
The ork was clearly pleased by the prospect of eating and sat on the stool which immediately broke under his weight, but he didn't even notice this.
Twilight turned to Fluttershy and sent her a look saying: Are you sure you know what you're doing?
I hope so. Pegasus replied soundlessly and gulped.
Unicorn trotted to their guest. "How about you tell us how did you get to Everfree again."
"Shokk Attack Gun hit me 'an it spat me out dere."
"Okay. And how this... Shook Attack Gun works?"
Warkot scratched his head and thought for a moment. "I dun know all the know-wotz, but da big mek babbled 'bout dat when 'e got drunk. 'e said it bends them realitiez or sumfin an' it connectz with da warp."
"What is that 'warp'?" Now Twilight was really intrigued. Reality bending? Fascinating.
"Nasty place dat is. Dere are them weird fingz living dere. Sum are though and sum are like da air, unpropa gitz them all. If ya get da ship dere then it go mad fast. Meks make da enginez that push shipz dere."
Unicorn's face expressed disbelief. "Other dimensions?" She turned to one of the book shelves and started to look through the books with her magic.
After few minutes Spike entered the room, he was carrying a big tray on his head on which there was a large pile of food. Dragon grimaced when he saw a mess made by the ork and placed the tray on the table in front of the creature. "Here you go. Frites, salads, fruits... Everything I could find in the fridge. Good appetite!"
Warkot attacked the meal instantly and started to devour it noisily. Ponies and the dragon stared with disbelief at food disappearing with incredible speed. Ork finished the meal realy quick and belched so loudly that the windows shook. "Ah! Dat's more like it!" He didn't notice his hosts grimaces.
While Twilight and Fluttershy returned to looking through the books Spike, intrigued by commando's equipment, walked to greenskin's backpack. "What is that?" He asked, pointing at the machine gun.
Ork turned to him. "Dat's me shoota. Piece of good dakka dat is!"
"Dakka?" Asked the dragon while scratching his head.
Warkot walked to him at picked up the gun. "Watch dat." He inserted the magazine, pointed the barrel at the wall and squeezed the trigger. Deafening cannonade thundered in the library, terrifying everyone beside the shooter and after few seconds it fell silent.
A yellow, brown maned stallion walking nearby jumped up, startled by the thundering noise coming from the library. He looked in that direction and shrugged. "Meh... Twilight and her experiments."
Lavender unicorn opened her eyes and stood up slowly. She saw Warkot holding a still smoking gun and Spike lying on the floor with his eyes wide opened. Twilight looked around. "Where is Fluttershy?"
"Up h-here." Said the voice from over the unicorn. When she looked up she saw pegasus tightly holding on to the chandelier.
"Meh... Empty clip." Said the ork with sadness in his voice.
Spike raised up quickly. "That's okay! I don't need any further demonstrations! Thank you very much!" The dragon looked at the backpack and shivered when he thought about what else could be in there.
Greenskin looked in the same direction and saw a grenade laying next to the backpack. "An' dis iz me stikkbomb." He said while reaching for the object.
"NO!" Twilight run up to the ork's equipment, lifted it all with her magic and put it on a shelf in the middle of the library. "How about you tell us about it tommorow, okay?" She said with forced smile. "I'm sure you are exhausted after all your ordeals in-" Unicorn fell silent and looked at Fluttershy. They realised that they hadn't thought about where to accommodate their guest.
Fluttershy sighed. "It's okay Twilight. Warkot will sleep in my cottage. It was my idea after all and you will have quiet to concentrate on how to send him back home."
"Are you sure Fluttershy?" She asked glancing behind herself.
"Don't worry. I'll be fine."
Twilight nodded uncertainly. "Let's ask him to leave his equipment here at least." After a moment her ears perked up. "I've got and idea!" She run to one of the shelves and pulled out a whistle. She concentrated and the whistle sparkled. Then she whispered to pegasus. "Take this. In case of trouble just blow it. I amplified it. It's sound will stun anypony close and let me know that's something is wrong."
Fluttershy accepted the gift and hid it between feathers. "Thank you Twilight."
Then Spike approached them. "Good. Will you take him now? I have a lot of cleaning and-" He sniffed the air and grimaced. "Where's that stench coming from?"
Twilight looked around and her eyes stopped on the greenskin. Obviously. She trotted to him. "Err... I don't want to sound rude but... When was the last time you took a bath?"
The ork cocked his head. "Bath?" He asked and scratched his head showing no sign of understanding.
The unicorn facehooved. "That explains it."
Two ponies and and ork left the library and headed for Fluttershy's cottage, taking a longer route and stopping by the lake.
After several minutes of persuading and one firm stare Warkot stood in water in his underpants.
"This will only take a moment." Said Twilight, throwing the rest of ork's clothes into the water and poured soap on him. Then her horn glowed and water started to whirl. Whirlpool quickly transformed into spinning pillar of water that consumed the commando and disappeared after several seconds.
The ork was shivering, his face showing discontent. He waited until unicorn dried his clothes and dressed up. Then they separated, Twilight returned to library and Warkot followed Fluttershy, muttering something about: "them weird poniez" and "unorky smell".
After short march they finally reached Fluttershy's home. Yellow mare opened the door and they were greeted by annoyed white bunny.
"Hello Angel. Sorry you had to wait so long. Please, meet Warkot, he will stay with us for some time."
The bunny looked at their guest and hopped to him, then he started to gesticulate and making angry faces to him.
The ork leaned forward to take a better look. Then, much to Fluttershy's horror, with a quick move he picked Angel up and shoved him into his jaws.
"EEEEP!" Pegasus immediately flew to ork's eye level and shouted while piercing him with her stare. "SPIT HIM OUT THIS INSTANT! BAD ORK!"
Warkot winced and spat out mare's pet. "Y-yes boss!" He shouted surprised by her outburst.
"Angel are you alright?" Fluttershy landed next to swaying bunny that stank mercilessly, dazed by this whole incident and ork's breath. Mare picked him up and turned to Warkot. "You will not eat other creatures while under my care, understood?!" Her stare bore through him again.
"Yes boss!" He exclaimed and saluted.
"Good. Now come in please." Fluttershy carried Angel into the cottage and to the bathroom.
The ork squeezed through the small door and hit one of the bird-feeders hanging from the ceiling. "Uh?" He looked around the room, many small, frightened critters were staring at him from holes and feeders.
After few moments Fluttershy returned. "Hang your coat on a hook and make yourself comfortable while I organize a place place for you to sleep." Hmmm... He is too big for sofa or even my bed. Then she saw doors leading to the room she was using as lumber room. She entered the room in which there was one shelf and few boxes. She quickly started cleaning, and after several minutes the room was habitable. Then she brought matresses, pillows and blankets, making bed big enough for ork to fit in.
"And done. This will be your room Warkot. Sorry for harsh conditions but its all I could do. You can put your boots on the shelf."
Boy entered the room. He had to admit to himself that it was much better than his old quarters in the base back at Forlon. "Itz a good un boss."
Mare looked at him. "Please call me Fluttershy." She sent him a warm smile.
"Okay bo- Uttershy."
"Fluttershy."
"Urrr... Uttershy."
Mare shook her head. "It's okay. You must be exhausted. If you need anything I'll be upstairs. Goodnight Warkot." She left the room leaving the ork alone.
Warkot having nothing else to do, took off his boots and tossed them on the shelf. Then he laid down on the bed and covered himself with a blanket. But sleep wouldn't come. Cogs in ork's head were spinning like mad. Once again he called the yellow mare a boss. How doez she do dat!? She iz small and puny! I'z bigger an' stronger. It was bothering him to the core. He couldn't understand how she forced him to obey and how did she seemed more dangerous than most warbosses with her voice and stare only. "Datz not normal." He murmured and turned around. Ork reached to his boots and pulled out a knife from one of them. He looked at blade shining in the moonlight. She must be sleepin' right now. I could take care of it good an' propa. Nasty grin appeared on his face, but faded after few moments. But wot if she'z moar dangerouz than she lookz? Or dat'z one of them warp-weirdoz? Then it occurred to him, that even if he defeated her, he would be stuck there for good and probably never return to his WAAAGH. "Urgh..." He sighed and hid the knife back in his boot, then he finally managed to fall asleep.
My Little WAAAGH: Friendship is Orky
Half conscious ork opened his eyes slowly and shut them immediately. "Zoggin' sun." He murmured to himself, yawned and stretched. He heard buzz of animal noises coming from behind the wall. He got up, swaying a bit after sleep which, judging from the sun's position, must have been quite long. When the ork left his room the everything fell silent. Dozens of critters were staring at him with fear in their eyes, all but a yellow pegasus wearing a white apron who was standing by the kitchen counter.
When she noticed the silence she turned around and saw the greenskin standing in the livingroom. Smile appeared on her face. "Good morning Warkot. How are you today?"
"Hi bo- Err... Uttershy!" In the moment he spoke all animals fled in fright through the windows and doors. The ork chuckled and Flutterhy shook her head.
"I made you breakfast and planned to wake you up soon. Please sit by the table and I will bring it to you in a moment."
"Okay." Warkot turned around and sat on big cushion, which was put there by Fluttershy who didn't want to test the durability of her furniture.
After few moments Fluttershy returned, carrying a tray with a bowl of cereals, pile of sandwiches and a jug of tea on it. When she saw happiness in the ork's eyes she giggled. "Good appetite."
Warkot dealt with the meal in the matter of minutes. He drunk the tea directly from the jug, devoured sandwiches by squashing them and throwing into his mouth several at once and ate the spoon with the cereals. He had to admit that it all tasted very good. The only drawback was the lack of meat, but he guessed that as long as he stays with these strange ponies he has to come to terms with it.
"Did you enjoy it?" The mare asked.
"Yeah!"
"Wonderful." She smiled and cleaned the table, then she sat in front of the ork across the table. "So what would you like to do now?"
"Urrrrr..." He scratched his head. "Go an' kick some 'eads." He shrugged with an expression that said: What else could we do?
"NO!" Fluttershy raised up, after a moment she realised that she shouted at her guest, then she sat down. "I'm sorry. I wanted to say that I forbid you to hurt anypony. Violence is wrong, you can't go out and beat somepony just like that."
WOT!? Thought surprised ork. Then he sighed and hung his head defeated. "Okay boss." Dis iz gonna be a long day.
"Fluttershy." Pegasus shook her head. "Tell me, what do you do everyday?"
"Weeell... I do wot da boss orderz."
"And when the... The boss is not around? When it's your day off?" The mare continued.
"We brawl with da boyz fer practise... Err... Eat an' drink watuver booze we findz... Sumtimes we snatch tanka boyz wagonz an' race...
None of these options seemed right to Fluttershy. "Do you play any games?"
Warkot pondered for a moment. "We 'ave Blood Bowl."
"What does this game involve?"
Ork grinned and started to explain the rules vigorously. "Dere iz two bands on da pitch and da ball. Da point iz to grind uver band to dirt." When he finished he smashed his fist into his open hand.
Fluttershy was staring at him expectantly
The greenskin realised that he forgot about something. "Oh. An' dere are pointz fer getting da ball behind da enemy line." He added with bored tone.
Pegasus thought for a moment. "How about we play a board game? I have some here."
"Why not."
The idea however appeared to have a flaw. Green, two metres tall and two hundred kilo heavy flaw. Despite her best intentions and angelic patience, Fluttershy was unable to explain the rules to the ork so he would remember them. After a fifth game she relented.
"Well... Let's just go to the garden. I will tend to my flowers and you could rest a bit, okay?"
"'kay boss!" Ork realised that pony was staring at him. "Ur... I meant, 'kay Uttershy!"
The day was warm and sunny. Flocks of birds were crossing the cloudless sky and the summer could be smelled in the air. Fluttershy's garden, usually vibrant with life, was quiet now. All because of a green giant laying on the grass. The animals living there made their best to maintain safe distance between themselves and this strange creature. Even more courageous ones, who now accompanied Fluttershy as she tended to her garden, were on their guard.
Warkot made effort to look relaxed as he discreetly watched yellow pegasus mare. Wot iz she up to? She'z playin' with weedz. Dat's job fer grotz not da boss! Strange... Despite the fact that he thought that any self respecting ork should laze about from time to time, he was uneasy. Being torn from the environment one has spent his entire life in and then being placed in the exact opposite of this environment would take it's toll on anyone.Weird git.
Fluttershy stopped working to take a look how is her guest doing. When she looked at him she saw that he was uneasy. Maybe he is bored? She thought as she walked to the ork. "Warkot is everything alright?"
The boy raised up. "All's good Uttershy!"
"Um... If it wouldn't be a problem for you... I received a shipment of firewood few days ago and I need some help to chop it and then put it in the cellar. Would you be so kind and do that for me?"
The ork's ears perked up a bit when he heard the word "chop". "Ay ay boss! It'z as good as done!" He replied with grin on his face.
"Oh. Thank you." She led him on the other side of her cottage, where there was a big pile of wood lying by the wall. "The axe is by the window. I will get back to tending to my flowers. When I'm finished I will come and help you. If you need anything, just call." The ork nodded and Fluttershy left him alone.
Warkot picked up the axe. Weight of sharp tool in his hand immediately improved his mood, despite the fact that it was a bit too small for him and that his target would be just wood instead of something that could fight back. "Better grot in da hand than bomb in da drops." He murmured and started chopping.
About an hour later Fluttershy stepped away from flowerbed. "Done. All watered and in order." The mare smiled, proud of her work. "I wonder how is Warkot doing." The sound of chopping haven't stopped even for a moment, keeping it's impresive rate. When Fluttershy walked around the corner she stopped dead in her tracks.
The pile of wood was gone, only several pieces remained. Warkot was chopping block after block and kicking the pieces into the hole leading to the cellar.
Pegasus made few steps in his direction. "Warkot?" When the ork heard her voice, he turned around rapidly. Startled Fluttershy jumped up and backed. Greenskin was panting, squeezing an axe in his grasp. In his eyes there was the same murderous spark she saw in the forest when they first met. The mare was terrified. "W-w-warkot?" She stammered.
The commando shook his head and looked at the pony. "Oi boss! Almost done." Then he turned around and got back to chopping.
Fluttershy sat down, trying to calm her furiously beating heart. It's alright Fluttershy, calm yourself. He just got carried away. This incident reminded her that despite the fact that Warkot obeys her, he is still a wild soldier whose life is based on violence. I need to be more careful. I wonder if...
"Job's done boss!"
Yellow mare snapped out of her thoughts and looked at the ork. "Thank you Warkot. If I were to do it on my own, it would surely take me a few days." She smiled to him. "Let's go inside. You deserve a snack.
The boy hastily made his way to the cottage, Fluttershy followed him closely.
Fluttershy was happy that her cake tin was large as she was observing the ork devouring the pie she made at insane rate.
When the last piece of pie disappeared, the mare addressed her guest. "How was it?"
"Good 'un boss!" Warkot stretched and yawned. Then he remembered something. He stood up and walked to coat rack where his greatcoat was and started to search the pockets. After several seconds he grinned widely and pulled out a battered metal flask. When he returned to the table, he opened the flask and took a big gulp. "Good 'un!" Then he noticed Fluttershy's intrigued look. "Grabsnik's speschul! Here. Try it boss." He said while handing the container to the mare.
Fluttershy took the flask and sniffed the contents. Oh... The liquid smelled, to put it mildly, strange, it reminded Fluttershy the smell of paraffine mixed with pipe cleaner. She glanced at the ork who was looking at her expectantly. I shouldn't be rude... Besides, he likes it so it must be tasty. She slowly lifted the container to her mouth and dipped her tongue in the contents. "Eeep!" She quickly raised her head from the flask, the liquid burned her tongue and was suffocating. She smiled uneasy and returned the flask to the ork. "Thank you Warkot. Its... Umm... Nice. But don't worry, you can drink the rest." Then she heard a knocking to the front door.
Fluttershy left the ork relishing his drink and walked to the door. When she opened it she saw a familiar unicorn.
"Hello Twilight." She said happily and hugged her friend.
"Hi Fluttershy." Unicorn returned the hug. "I came to check how are you doing."
"Everything is alright, thank you."
"And how is our... guest?" Twilight asked in hushed tone.
"He's not that bad. I think I'm slowly overcoming the... cultural differences. He helped me a lot today, he is a hard-worker." Fluttershy considered if she should tell Twilight about the moment when Warkot "zoned off", but decided against it. She would start to worry. "Please come in. I baked a pie..." Then she remembered that the ork has already eaten it. "... but I don't have any anymore. Sorry Twilight."
The unicorn smiled warmly. "It's okay Fluttershy. I'll try it next time." Both mares entered the room where the greenskin was.
"Hello Warkot."
"Hi.... Errrr..." He started to mutter, trying to recall the unicorn's name.
"Twilight."
"Yeah! Dat's it!" He exclaimed proud of himself.
Twilight giggled and sat by the table.
"How do you find living here Warkot?" Twilight asked.
"Urrrr... Well..." It'z borin' like a dead squig and dat yellow un iz weird. "It'z okay." He lied, putting a false smile on his face.
"I was wondering if... Could you please tell me something about your race?" Twilight smiled widely.
Fluttershy sighed and shook her head. Twilight... Always researching.
"Okay." The ork responded with a note of suspicion in his voice.
"Fantastic!" The lavender mare beamed and conjured a notepad and a quil. "So... Are many of your kinsmen similar to you? In the term of your specialization I mean?"
"My job?" Unicorn sitting across him nodded. "Nah not much of uz even in my band. I'z a kommando, we sneak up, slit throats, blow stuff up, snatch wagonz and so on. Dere are also tanka boyz, mekz, dokz, storm boyz... A lot of stuff."
"And aside from warfare?"
"Ur... Them mekz mainly makes gubbinz and fix stuff... But they go to da scrap too to get sum ideaz from them enemies... Dokz patch us up when we got blasted, does dat count? Err... Dere are them rocker boyz who rockz between fightz... Well they too go to smash 'eads, sumtimez they even rock on da battlefield..."
Twilight and Fluttershy exchanged shocked glances and turned their attention back to the ork. "Are you trying to say that your entire race concerns itself with war and war only?"
Warkot pondered for a moment and replied. "Yeah datz right."
"But why?" Twilight's eyes widened. Her mind could comprehend such absurd concept.
"Why not?" The greenskin shrugged. "We'z da orkz! We'z tough, made ta fight an' win! 'sides itz fun."
Two mares stared at him with terror and slight disgust. After what seemed like eternity Twilight spoke. "F-fun? You think that hurting other creatures is fun?!"
"Yup! Datz wot Gork an' Mork sayz."
"Gork and Mork? Who are Gork and Mork?" The unicorn spoke again.
"Da godz. Gork iz da god of cunnin' brutality an' Mork iz da god of brutal cunnin'."
Ponies were staring at him dully.
Being unable to find any hint of understanding in ponies looks, the ork continued. "One kickz ya in da 'ead when ya iz lookin' at 'im an' da other kickz ya 'arder when ya're not. Simple."
For several seconds there was a total silence in the room. Twilight's left eyelid twitched few times before the mare was able to say anything. "How about we talk about something else, okay?" She knew that her mind would not survive learning anything more about the greenskins. "How is your bird choir Fluttershy? I heard that some birds caught cold."
The pegasus was relieved when the topic changed. "It was difficult at first, but they are almost healed now. A few days more and they will be as good as new."
Warkot tried to listen but ponies talk blurred into hum. He had no idea what they were talking about so he decided to pretend that he was listening and returned to emptying his flask.
"... that I should replant it into..." Fluttershy was interrupted by loud snoring coming from the other side of the table. Mares turned in that direction and saw that Warkot fell asleep while sitting.
"He must have been tired."
"Let him sleep. Lets move to the kitchen." Fluttershy said and they walked to the next room.
After a few moments of silence Twilight turned to her friend with serious face and spoke. "Fluttershy... I think that keeping him here is too risky."
"W-what do you mean?"
"You heard what he said about his race. I knew that he was dangerous, but the things they do... This crosses all the borders. " Fluttershy was looking at her expectantly. "Fluttershy... I think we should give him into princesses hooves until I find a way to send him back. We can't risk by keeping him here."
Fluttershy hanged her head, hiding behind her mane. She remained like that for a few moments an after that she whispered. "No."
"What was that?"
The pegasus raised her head and looked at the unicorn with determination on her face. "We will not send him to Canterlot."
Twilight was shocked. "What? Why?"
"Twilight, I know that it's not nice to say that but... Most ponies in Canterlot are not as understanding as we. Somepony could say or do something that would hurt him.
"Hurt him? Fluttershy did you even take a look at him?"
"Just because he is big and scary doesn't mean he has no heart... Even if he was doing something bad in his past. They would have to keep him under lock and key and I can't agree to that. I've seen what idleness do with him. Besides should he feel imprisoned he could do something stupid, and we don't want that."
Twilight sighed and nodded. "Well... You're right Fluttershy. It was a stupid idea.
Yellow mare walked to her friend and hugged her. "It's okay Twilight. I know that you are worried, but I will manage." She broke the hug. "From the time we met him in the forest... When I shouted at him and used... the stare... Warkot seems to obey me, even without me raising my voice. I don't know why and I chose not to question him about that. I think that while he is with me, he is no threat to anypony or himself."
"Well in that case... I trust you Fluttershy, I know that you can handle it."
"Thank you. It really matters to me." The pegasus smiled. "I have one problem though..."
"How can I help?" Twilight spoke without hesitation.
"As I said... Warkot doesn't take idleness well, and there are no chores here that he could help me with. I tried board games but it didn't go well. I don't know what to do."
The unicorn pondered for a moment. "I have an idea. Fluttershy I think it's time to introduce Warkot to Applejack. There is a lot of hard work requiring strength on the farm. Warkot would have something to do and Applejack would gain extremely strong worker."
"It's a wonderful idea! Thank you Twilight."
"Magic is not my only talent." Twilight giggled. "I'll bring Applejack here tomorrow and we will explain the situation to her."
The mares were talking for some more time. When it began to get dark, Twilight left the cottage and went home. Feeling tired, Fluttershy decided to go to bed. Before going to her bedroom she walked to the ork, who was still sleeping by the table, and covered him with a blanket. After a quick shower she was laying in her bed and reflecting on the past day. She was uneasy with the knowledge shared by Warkot. The fact that his race... She didn't even wanted to think about it. Then an instinct sprung to action. An instinct she cultivated in her since she remembered, and which was often forgotten by many ponies. Understanding. She accepted that the greenskin was a member of cruel race and he had probably committed many reprehensible things but... No one should be rejected... Even monsters... I wonder if... If I would be able to teach him the life as we know... That though shined in her mind. Maybe if I try hard enough I will be able to show him the other way... Smile appeared on her face. Fluttershy always believed in second chances, according to her, no one was too bad to be rehabilitated. Yes! I will show him how to be kind to others... And that it's better than constant violence. She looked determined. She had a mission. And she wasn't going to give up.
My Little WAAAGH: Friendship is Orky
"Are ya goin' ta tell me why did ya brought me here?" Asked the orange mare wearing a stetson hat.
"You will see in a moment." The lavender unicorn replied, when they approached a cottage. "Fluttershy would like to introduce somepony to you."
"Fluttershy? Whom? Did she found herself a coltfriend or what?" She laughed and knocked the door.
After a moment a yellow pegasus opened the door. "Good morning girls. Please come in."
"Howdy Fluttershy! Twilight told me that there is somepony here I really have to meet." Said Applejack as she entered.
"Um... It will be better if you sit down. Warkot, could you please come here?" Fluttershy called.
"Sit down? Is he that handsome? Heheh! But what a strange name is that?"
"Yeah... He will sweep you off your hooves." Twilight muttered.
After a moment a big shape emerged from the next room. Applejack froze with her mouth agape, she backed off a bit and started to speak in shaking voice. "Wha- What the- What?!" Her look jumped between Fluttershy and the ork.
"Applejack, this is Warkot. He is an ork, and he's my guest. Warkot, please meet Applejack she is my friend."
The greenskin looked at the newcomer. "Hi."
"Eheh... Howdy." She then turned to Fluttershy and whispered through the clenched teeth. "Do ya always have ta get into something dangerous?"
"Applejack." The pegasus scolded her quietly.
"Ah wanted to say... Its a great pleasure ta meet ya... Warkot." She said and put a forced smile on her face. "Twilight said ya wanted to talk about something." She added in nervous voice.
"Yes. But before we get to that I have to tell you the story of our guest"
The three mares sat by the table and Fluttershy started to relate the last two days to Applejack. The orange mare was listening carefully, glancing from time to time at the greenskin who was leaning against the wall. After several minutes pegasus finished her story. "And that's why we thought that he could help you at the farm."
Applejack nodded slowly. "Are ya sure he doesn't..." She lowered her voice to a whisper. "... pose any threat?" She looked at Fluttershy with uncertainty in her eyes.
"Don't worry Applejack. I told Warkot how is he supposed to behave. Besides I'll be there to look after him."
After a moment of consideration Applejack answered. "Well Ah wont say no to mah friend's friend. And he look mighty strong, he will surely be useful on the farm."
"Thank you Applejack!" Fluttershy beamed. "Did you hear it Warkot? We found you a job, isn't that great?"
The ork looked at her dully. He wasn't so sure if it was a good thing that he will be surrounded by more of these strange creatures. "Uuuh... Yeah."
"It's all fine but one problem remains." Applejack interrupted. "How are we supposed ta get him ta the farm unnoticed?"
Then Twilight spoke. "I think we will just go through the town. There is no sense in keeping him hidden from everypony if he is going to stay here for a while."
"Are you sure Twilight?" Fluttershy asked unconvinced.
"Of course! What can go wrong?"
"HELP! HELP!" "MONSTER! MONSTER!" "EVERYPONY RUN!!!"
Inhabitants of Ponyville started to panic as soon as three mares and an ork entered the town. Twilight facehoofed, Applejack sighed and shook her head, Fluttershy and Warkot looked at each other.
"Err. Sorry boss?" Said the ork shrugging.
"Calm down everypony! He wont hurt you!" Nobody listened. Twilight stared at the panicking ponies with visible irritation. "Grrr... I should have foreseen that. Fluttershy, could you borrow me the whistle I gave you earlier?"
The yellow pegasus walked to her, pulled out a small object from between her feathers and gave it to her friend.
"Cover your ears now everypony." She said, materializing earplugs in her ears. When she was sure that all her companions were ready she blew the whistle.
The deafening whistle, which cracked the windows in nearby building, pierced the air causing everybody to stop dead in their tracks. Seeing that her invention worked, Twilight dismissed the earplugs and returned the whistle to Fluttershy. "Thank you for your attention." She spoke to shocked inhabitants. "This creature here is our guest and he wont hurt anypony. His name is War-" A loud whizz, which seemed familiar to her, interrupted her speech.
The group looked over the roofs and noticed a cyan shape flying incredibly fast in their direction. "GIRLS! BEHIND YOU!"
Twilight recognized this voice and reacted at the last moment, stopping the rainbow-maned pegasus, who was throwing threats and flailing her hooves aggressively right before the surprised ork's face.
"Urrrrr?" It took Warkot a while to comprehend the situation. All of a sudden a creature with a strange mane appeared in front of him and apparently it wanted to fight. Slowly and uncertainly he raised his hand, clenching his fist and looked questioningly at Fluttershy.
"Warkot don't." The yellow mare said firmly and shook her head.
"Rainbow Dash calm down this instant!" Twilight shouted and cyan mare stopped kicking.
"Okay okay! Let me go!" She yelled and the unicorn put her on the ground. "Could somepony explain to me WHAT IS THAT?" She asked, emphasizing three last words and pointed her hoof at the greenskin.
"Rainbow Dash don't be rude." Fluttershy scolded her.
"His name is Warkot." Twilight interjected. "If you give me a moment I will explain who he is and what he is doing here... again."
Rainbow Dash sat down and crossed her hooves on her chest, looking expectantly at Twilight. Behind her gathered a group of ponies, whose curiosity overcame their fear. The unicorn sighed. "Lets get over it." Then, once again, she and Fluttershy told the story of the greenskin.
Twilight exhaled in relief when they finally left the town. Though they managed to stop panic caused by the ork's appearance in Ponyville, the atmosphere of fear and tension accompanied them entire time they spent in the town. Streets, normally crowded that time of the day, were becoming deserted as soon as they approached. In the eyes of ponies watching them from behind the street corners and windows they could easily see fear or at least uneasiness caused by the presence of the green-skinned creature.
"Well... It wasn't that bad." Twilight broke the silence.
"Yeeeah... Give him some time and he will definitely become local favourite. "Said giggling Rainbow Dash, who was flying above the group.
Then Fluttershy spoke. "Warkot please promise me something. First, if you ever want a watermelon just ask. Don't take it from the stand when the owner covers under it in fear. Second, when you eat, please do it so that there won't be pieces of meal on your face. I think that mare who saw you cowered in red remains sustained a shock... I think I will go to her tomorrow and see if she is alright."
"Okay boss!" The ork replied, though he had no idea what the pony meant.
"At last! Here we are!" The group entered the farm and saw a vast orchard along with several buildings. "Welcome to the Sweet Apple Acres! We grow the best apples in whole Equestria! I will think what could ya help us with in a moment, but first lets say hello ta mah brother." Applejack said in proud tone and started to walk in the direction of the red pony who was renovating a chicken coop near the main barn. Busy stallion didn't hear the newcomers and continued to hammer nails until his sister spoke. "Hey Mac! Ah found us a helper."
When Big Macintosh turned around and saw the greenskin mallet fell from his mouth. Red stallion felt, an unfamilliar to him, sensation of being really small. He tried to speak but only managed to nod.
"This is Warkot and he will help us on the farm." Another nod. "Ah'll get him ta the orchard to check what he is goin' ta help us with."
They left dumbfounded pony alone and left for the orchard. Macintosh shook his head. Ah swear. AJ hangs out with stranger and stranger fellas every day.
Four mares and an ork approached the apple trees on which ripe apples awaited to be harvested. Applejack turned to the boy. "Lets check if ya can applebuck. Look at me." She trotted to the nearest tree and delivered a powerful buck, bringing most of the fruits to the ground. "Now ya try."
Warkot approached the next tree and kicked it... with rather poor effects. Ork grimaced dissatisfied.
"It's okay big guy. It never works fer the first time. Try again."
The second try didn't bring any results aside from increasing the ork's frustration. No dumb bush will make fun of me! This time Warkot used his fist, but despite the fact that some of the fruits started to fall down he still wasn't satisfied. He continued delivering a barrage of punches to the tree, despite Applejack's cries. After few hits he headbutted the trunk and looked at his work. All apples fell from the tree, along with most of its branches, on the trunk there was a big crack running from the place where the ork's skull hit it. "Hur hur! Done gud an' proppa!" He grinned and looked at the ponies.
Applejack stared at the destroyed tree, she barely held tears of sadness and rage. "Ya... Ya..." She took a few deep breaths and calmed down. "Ya know what Warkot. Ah think it will be better if ya just help me ta pull the cart with the apples to the barn. Okay?"
"I dunno AJ! He was rather effective don't you think?" Said Rainbow Dash who was rolling on the ground and laughing.
The orange mare sent her a murderous look and hissed through the clenched teeth. "Yes Rainbow, Ahm pretty sure."
Then the work begun. Applejack brough a cart and tied a rope to it to make it easier for the greenskin to pull. When everything was ready Applejack started to buck the trees, while Fluttershy with Warkot begun to load the apples on the cart. Twilight was observing the giant at work and taking notes about him, whereas Rainbow Dash was doing nothing at all, aside from teasing Applejack.
After about two hours they finished their work and Applejack invited everyone for a dinner. The orange mare prudently seated her guests by the table outside the barn and left to prepare the meal. After several minutes she returned, carrying saddlebags and a big tray on her back filled with food, right behind her walked an eldest member of their family, Granny Smith.
"Granny please meet Warkot. He will be helping us at the farm." Applejack introduced the commando.
"By Celestia's beard sonny! What did they fed ya with that ya grew so big?"
"Urrrr..." The ork was unsure what to say.
"Granny he is from far away. Where he is from everypony look like him."
"Hmmm... Ah think that he should see a dentist. His teeth doesn't look good."
Rainbow Dash rolled under the table, barely restraining herself from bursting into fit of laughter.
"It was nice ta meet ya. Ah'll leave ya younglings alone. Good appetite!" The old mare said and walked away in the direction of the house.
Applejack with Fluttershy's help set the food on the table, then she sat by it and kicked Rainbow Dash, who was still rolling on the ground. "Let's eat."
Next several minutes passed in silence as everyone was savouring Applejack's delicious cooking. By Fluttershy's advice everypony put themselves a second course along with the first, as she knew that the food wont last long with the greenskin nearby.
Finally the yellow mare broke the silence. "So Warkot? Will you help Applejack with her work?
"Yeah. But I liked the tree punchin' more. It woz more fun."
"NO!" Applejack shouted. "Errr... I mean... Ah respect yer willingness to help, but ya will help me more by pulling the wagon. Leave trees to me. " She then sent him a forced smile.
"Okay." Better dat than beein' bored ta deff.
The orange mare, trying to clear the atmosphere a bit, spoke to the ork. "Ah was curious Warkot... Do ya have many friends where ya're from?"
The boy scratched his head and looked at her questioningly. "Wot'z a friend?"
Mares froze and stared at him. After few moments of silence Fluttershy muttered. "W-what do you mean by 'What's a friend'?"
"Weeelll... Wot'z a friend? Duh." The ork shrugged.
Fluttershy shook off and started to speak with commitment. "A friend is somepony you care a lot for and who cares about you. Somepony who is like a family to you even if you are not related. Somepony for whom your well being is more important than her own and who will always stand by your side no matter what. A friend is ready to risk his health and life to help you in danger! You realy don't have anypony like this where you are from?"
"Urr... Nah." Warkot replied. Idea portrayed to him by Fluttershy was as alien to his race as personal hygiene. "Well dere iz Grabsnik, 'e makes a gud grog. But dat sneaky git tried to swindle me of beer barrel, so I let 'im taste some of me shoota. Hur hur hur! Git now thinkz twice 'fore 'e cross me."
Fluttershy's eyes widened and tears appeared in them. H-how couldn't he have any friends? None... Nopony? For a pony something like that was unthinkable. How can they live like that? Without warmth and trust. Without love and friendship... Tears started to flow on her cheeks and she tackled ork's neck, hugging him vigorously.
Disoriented ork froze. He didn't know what that gesture meant or how to react. Urrrrr? Wot da zog!? Why iz she sticking to me like dat? Why iz 'er face leakin'? Datz weird. Weird an' definitely unorky!
After few moments Fluttershy broke the hug and looked at the boy, laying her hoof on his cheek. "Don't worry Warkot. We are your friends now. And... And you will have more. I promise."
"Uuuur... Fanks?" Dumbfounded ork replied. He had no idea what she meant and he was unsure if he wanted to know. Wot in Mork's name are dey up to? Itz gettin ugly 'ere.
