MLP FIM Rise of the Night.

He stood upside down in his tent while four blocks of ice circled around him. He was wearing black pants and black leather boots. His arms are covered in intricate tribal tattoos that marked  him as a Elemental Lord. His black and blue hair dripped with sweat. He started to push himself closer to the ground and back up in the air. In the corner of the tent was a suit of blue and black armor. The helm was fashioned after a skull and had horns that emerged from the sides that curled forward. The shoulder pads were the same way except for the mouths that are open emit a blue mist. The chest plate bore the symbol of Princess Luna where the heart is located. There was a belt that went with the armor that resembled the teeth of a wolf. The gauntlets were fashioned with a skull on the forearms. The leg plates had a cloth cover that covered the back of the legs down the knees. The boots had knee covers that would expose a spike when when the knee was bent. There was a sword and ax at the base of the armor. The ax was pure black and gave a blue glow along the jagged blade and spike on the opposite edge of the blade. The sword was dark blue with ice blue runes etched into the blade. Next to the bed was a small desk and chair. Sprawled across the desk was loose papers, maps, battle formations, and notes about spells. At the foot of the bed was a trunk full of clothes. A lightly armored solider entered the tent. The chain mail the solider wore jingled as he saluted the Higher ranked solider.

“Commander Shadowstep, Princess Luna has demanded your presence for the war meeting.” he said.

“Very well. Tell her I shall be there as soon as I am ready.” he said as he dismissed the solider.

The ice blocks that circled him started to be engulfed in shadows and started to grow smaller until they finally disappeared. He stood back upright and walked over to his armor and his tattoos started to glow. The armor disassembled and reassembled on him. He placed the sword on his back and held it in place with his shadow magic and placed the 2 handed axe on the belt. He grabbed the helmet and placed it under his arm. He walked out of the tent and saw that it was almost dawn. He walked toward the War tent and passed a group of soldiers around a fire.

“Hey commander is today the day?” one of the soldiers asked.

“Possibly so go and tell the rest of them to prep themselves for combat.” he answered.

The men started to run off toward the other tents and campfires. Voices being raised could be heard in the background as the tents and campsites stirred to life. Shadowstep continued his way to the tent. He finally came to a grand looking tent decorated with symbols of the sun and moon. He stepped inside the tent and there were several people surrounding a table with a map and markers for soldiers.

“Ah glad to see you could join us Martanis Shadowstep.” said a woman. She had pink hair and a crown. She wore a elegant dress that was a mix between cloth and battle plate. She had a sword at her hip, and underneath the cloth on her arms were more complex tattoos. Much more complex then Martanis's own tattoos. She was also much more taller then everyone else at the table.

“Forgive my lateness Princess Celestia, I was preparing for combat.” Shadowstep said as he took his place amongst the others at the table.

“Well brother next time you go to train be sure its not right before a war meeting on the day of battle.” a man said standing next to princess Celestia.

Lightblade was Shadowstep brother and second in command of the Solar Army. He was four years younger, had blond and red hair, used fire and light magic, and used a sword and shield instead of great sword and battle axe like his brother.  He armor was the complete opposite of Shadowstep's own armor. The armor was colored in a crimson red and white. The shoulders had a open book with runes glowing with a bright light. The shoulders also had a cloth wrapping engraved with runes that glowed a bright white. The helm was opened collar that covered the face up to the nose and had a glowing sun symbol on the forehead. The breast plate was a sun and a phoenix rising on the sun. The gauntlets had a phoenix on each the forearm holding a sword and shield. The leg plates had a tail similar to Shadowstep's own armor. The legs had a claw on the thigh of the legs. The boots had a phoenix head and were in the same design to Shadowstep's boots. The shield was shaped after the sun and glowed a dull red along the edges. The blade was straight and and curved forward like the talons of a bird.

“Lightblade you may continue with your strategy.” Princess Celestia said.

“As you wish Princess. As you all know we have pushed Discord's forces back into the Everfree forest. Now even thought we have pushed them back there is still a chance that they could push a counter attack and defeat us. So I say we launch a strike now and shatter his forces once and for all.” he said as he looked at the large map on the table.

The other generals started to agree. But Shadowstep saw one problem with the plan. Even if  they had marched all of the solders into the Everfree forest it would leave gaps in the formations and ranks. Discord would be able to slip though the ranks and use his personal guards to raise hell at the small village of Ponyville that was near by and he wasn't ready to sacrifice a whole village for the sake of a chance of ending this war and he was going to make his point load and clear.

“You make a make a good plan except for the fact that we don’t have enough men to make a full sweep of Everfree forest. He would be able to slip though our gaps in formations and he would raze the entire village of Ponyville once he gets past our defenses and I will not let another village be raze for our mistake.” Shadowstep said.

“As will I brother but if we know where he is. He's in the Royal Palace in the Everfree forest.” he said.

“Ok so we know where he is but that doesn't mean he wont run away before we get there.” Shadowstep argued.

“True but he won't resist going against Princess Celestia and Luna with the elements of Harmony.” Lightblade retorted.

“You can't be serious. The last time they tried to fight him like that they nearly died and we almost lost. I won't allow them to go there alone only to die.” Shadowstep shot back.

“Well that’s why your both gonna accompany us when we go to Discord’s base.” Celestia intervened.

The generals all agreed and if the princess said we were going then it was finally. In a few hours we would be making a march of only four people against all of Discords force.