The Quest to find the Prince

Chapter 3: Arrival

Twilight Sparkle, and her friends, the Elements of Harmony, and Twilight’s number one assistant, Spike, were at Sugarcube Corner, enjoying a nice lunch. Twilight was talking about a certain book she read; of course no one really paid much attention. Pinkie Pie was baking cupcakes for her friend to eat, coming back with around a dozen. Rainbow Dash was talking about some new tricks she will try to impress the Wonderbolts. Rarity was talking about a famous pony that came to her boutique for some clothes. Applejack was discussing new ideas for the farm. Fluttershy, was quiet and listening to the conversations.

Spike, who was sitting next to Rarity, lurched forward. All the girls were looking at him with worry.

“Are you alright Spike?” asks Twilight.

*BELCH!*

Spike let out a loud belch, with a trail of green flames following right after. A scroll with a red band and a “C” keeping it sealed. It remained in the air for around five seconds until Twilight snatched it with her magic.

“A letter from Princess Celestia!” Twilight’s eyes scanned over the letter. She had a bemused look on her face, and then it immediately switched to a look of determination.

Twilight turned to her friends and told them what the deal was. “Alright, girls. Princess Celestia has asked us to investigate a disturbance in the Everfree.”

Everypony in the room gasped. Each pony had a look of fear in their eyes.

“I know the Everfree is dangerous, but if we stick together we can get this done.” Twilight says. “Princess Celestia chose us for a reason. We are the Elements of Harmony. We have saved the world from chaos, we can do this.”

Everypony looked at each other, and then nodded.

“Let’s get ready girls, and then our stop is the Everfree. Spike, I need you to come with me on this one.” Twilight says. Spike jumps, with a fist in the air and a loud ‘YES!’ came from his lips.

The girls just giggled at his antics.

Location: Unknown

A shimmering portal forms in the trees, startling animals and then running away. A strange creature, walking on two legs, wearing with what looked like strange black armor, came from that portal. It was armed to the teeth; a sword, shield, a strange looking metal item. It took in its surroundings, and then the portal behind it started to crackle, and then faded away.

He stepped through.

Immediately after stepping through the portal, there were only bright lights. After a few seconds, the lights faded away and he appeared on the other side.

Adumar looked around, observing his surroundings. Before he could even blink, he heard a loud crackle come from behind him; turning around, the portal slowly but surely faded away.

‘Well, no going back now.’ He thought.

He took a deep breath, and started to observe his surroundings a bit more. He was indeed in a forest, but it looked really similar to a forest he has been too on previous travels.

‘Is this the Terrokar Forest?’ he thought questionably. ‘Or is this Duskwood? They look so similar. No – it can’t be, because the mages said this land was nowhere on Azeroth or the Outlands.’

Shaking the thought out of his head, Adumar decided to start looking for any sign of life, and find a decent place to make a camp. It was going to be awhile before he can find Prince Anduin, since he did not have any leads. As he walked, he took out his rifle to make sure it was loaded, which it was.

After around thirty minutes of walking, he heard a low growl come from behind him. Turning around he came across a strange looking creature; it looked like a wolf, but not any ordinary wolf you would come across in any regular forest – this wolf looked like it was made of bark. Actual bark; like from a tree.

‘What in the world?’ he thought as he looked at the creature that was in front of him. The creature let out another growl and stepped forward toward him.

“Away pest!” he shouts.

It didn’t listen, it lunges at him, but he had the upper advantage. He grabs the wolf mid-air and throws it at the nearest tree. ‘Who needs weapons when I have my bare hands?’ The wolf gets back onto all fours and lunges at the human again, only to get a boot to the side of the head.

It didn’t get back up.

‘Too easy…’ He spoke too soon because around five more wolves came out of the forest. They did not look happy to see one of their own kin beaten. “Let’s see…one…two…three, four, and five.” Each of them started to circle the warrior, waiting for the chance to attack.

He didn’t plan on giving them the chance to do that. He jumped next to the nearest wolf, and kicked it with his right leg. There was a whimper that uttered from the wolf and a small crack right before. One of the wolves managed to pounce on him and knocked him to the ground. He gave the wooden-like creature a hard punch to its head and tossed him off. ‘Two down.’

When he got up, he turned to see another wolf jumping at him. He moved slightly, dodging the attack. He had about enough of these creatures already, so he grabbed his rifle and aimed it at the wolf.

Click.

BANG!

THUD!

The wolf went down after one shot to its head. The last three backed off from the sound of the shot and ran off into the woods. “Yeah, that’s right. RUN!”

He noticed he was in a huge clearing in the forest. Now’s a good time to start flying.

‘Now, let’s get the hell out of here…’ he thought.

Twilight and her friends were walking through the Everfree forest, staying close, and watching each other’s back. It has been about half-an-hour since they entered the forest and so far they found nothing.

“This is pointless, Twilight.” says a very irritated Rainbow Dash.  “There is nothing out here; just trees, trees and more trees!”

“I am startin’ to agree with Dash. Ah think it was just a false alarm.” Applejack says.

“Yes… can we leave…please?” asks Fluttershy.

“I guess you’re all right,” replied Twilight with a sigh, “maybe there is nothing out here, I’ll send my report to-”

“BANG!”

Everypony jumped at the sudden strange loud bang noise.

“What in tarnation?!”

“What was that?”

“Ahh!”

“-!”

“Whoa!”

They all looked at each other, looks mixed with fear and worry. That noise was something not anypony would hear every day.

“What ever that noise was, it came from over there.” says Twilight, pointing a hoof to a clearing. “Follow me, but stay quiet!”

After a minute of calming down they followed Twilight to a set of bushes; just past the bushes was a clearing.

“What… in Celestia’s name is that?”

“SHH! Quiet!” says Twilight. “I don’t know what it is, but it looks bipedal.”

“What is it lookin' down at?” asks Applejack.

“Let me get my binoculars.” Twilight reaches into her saddlebag and takes out a pair of black binoculars, and peers through them. “Oh, my… it looks like it killed some timberwolves.”

The group gasped. “Why would it do that?” asks Fluttershy.

“It’s looking at the sky and it’s taking out what looks like a potion that Zecora would make…” just as she says that, it took a sip. Just after watching the creature take a sip, it transformed; right into a really big, yellow scaled dragon.

It then took flight and was heading for Ponyville.

“That things heading for Ponyville!” whispered Twilight. “Everypony grab onto me, I’ll teleport us there.”

Adumar reached into his bag and took out a potion. This was no ordinary potion; this potion was the Vial of the Sands. ‘Boy am I glad my friend made me this.’

He took a sip, and then felt the transformation begin. When the transformation was complete he now looked like one of the scaled dragons from Deepholm. He then flapped his wings, and took to the sky. Just at the right altitude, he saw what looked like a town in the distance. ‘Good, some locals.’ He then took flight for the town.

Moments after taking flight…

Celestia and Luna were in the throne room, waiting for Twilight’s report on what was going on in the Everfree.

“I hope she’s alright…” Celesita says. She has been worried for her student ever since she sent the letter.

“Don’t worry, sister.” replies Luna. She drapes a wing around her big sister. “She’ll be fine.”

“I hope so, Luna.” says Celestia. “I hope so…”

*FLASH*

A flash of light and green flames formed in front of the sisters. Just as it appeared, Celesita already grabbed it with her magic and opened it.

***

Dear Princess Celesita,

I don’t have enough time to write a long letter, so I’ll make this short.

My friends and I went into the Everfree like you requested. We heard a loud sound and went to investigate. What we saw, was really scary. It was a bipedal creature. It killed three timberwolves in the forest. I couldn’t get a very good glimpse because it then drank a potion and turned into a dragon.

It’s heading for Ponyville.

Your student,

Twilight Sparkle

***

“CAPTAIN SHINING ARMOR!”  Celestia booms with her royal canterlot voice

The doors of the throne room burst open, and a large white coat stallion, wearing armor came running toward the Princesses. He stopped in front of the throne and gave a salute. “Yes, Princess?”

“Get a squadron of our best troops to Ponyville immediately. A dragon is about to attack.” Celestia said in a commanding voice.

Armor’s eyes went wide. Her sister, Twilight, lives in Ponyville.  “Right away, Princess!” he gave another salute and ran off.

“You’re coming with me Lu-Lu.” Says Celestia.

“Yes, sister.”

Adumar has been flying for around five minutes before he finally came upon the town he saw. He hovered over the town, his shadow casting a silhouette on the ground. Looking down, he thought his eyes were deceiving him. Below him, were several creatures that looked like horses? They were running in various directions and pointing at the sky.

‘Am I going crazy, or are these just the town’s mounts?’  he thought. ‘Well, let’s find out.’ He scans the town, and finds an empty spot in the middle of the town, it had carts all round. ‘Must be the Market Square.’

He set himself down in the empty market square. Looking around, horses were running into buildings, closing their doors and windows behind them. ‘Gods, what’s got them worked all up?’

He stood there, in the market square, for what seemed minutes. Then, horns began to sound. He has heard those kinds of horns before.

Horns of Battle.

As he looks for the source of the sounds, he is suddenly surrounded by horses in armor. Some had what looked like horns on their head and some had wings. ‘Pegasi? Strange; but what’s with the horns?’

One of the horses stepped forward, it was white with a horn and wearing armor. It began to talk. “By the order of Princess Celestia and Princess Luna, stand down dragon.”

‘Princess?’ he thought.

Behind all the horses, two tall ones started to come forward. Both of them had horns, but also wings. One was white, and the other was dark blue. ‘What strange world is this?!’

“Dragon! Stand down, or we will use force! We know thou are the accusation for the strange magical occurrence in the forest!” the blue one shouts; and it was loud.

“Well met, strange ones. I apologize if I have offended in anyway.” He states in his dragon form.

All of the horses were looking at the dragon, eyes wide and jaws down.

“You….can talk?” says the white one, who was really puzzled. “I have never seen a dragon quite like you before; but whatever you are trying to pull – drop it. You can’t fool us.”

“I am not a dragon, Miss Horse.” he says. “This is just a potion I drank so I can transform into one.”

“How dare you talk to the princess that way!” shouts one of the horses within the crowd.

“I apologize, once again. It’s just you all look like horses, I meant no offense.” Adumar says, in a calm voice, trying to show no hostility.

“We are ponies.”  the white pony says, really berated. “I am Princess Celestia and this is my sister, Princess Luna, rulers of Equestria.”

“One moment please.” he replies. He then starts to shrink, turning back into his human form. All the ponies gasp at the sight. After a minute, he is back into his regular form, armor and all.

“He’s armed!” yells a guard pony.

“Stand down, soldier.” Adumar says, trying to alleviate the situation. “I have a reason to be armed; if you would give me a chance to introduce and explain myself.”

War steps forward toward the two Princesses, and takes off his helmet, showing off his black hair and clear face. He then bows, to show respect. “My name is Adumar; Champion of the Alliance, Slayer of Deathwing the Destroyer, Champion of the Frozen Wastes. I hail from the world of Azeroth, under strict orders from my King.”

Princess Celestia and Luna look at the one named "Adumar", surprised and confused. They never expected him to bow before them, and introduce himself so calmly.

Princess Celestia steps forward. “Explain why you are here, Adumar.”

He reaches into his bag and takes out the missive that King Varian had given him. “This is a missive from the King himself. It explains why I am here and what we ask from you.”

Princess Celestia takes the missive from the warrior’s hand with her magic and reads it. After reading the note she looks down at the still kneeling champion. “Rise, Sir Adumar.”

He proceeds to stand and stands at attention in front of the Princess. She looks right into the human's eyes, and smiles. “I will he happy to help you.”

“WHAT?!?” yells half of the guards.

“Princess Celestia!” yells Shining Armor. “You want to help this….thing?! He was going to attack!”

He turns toward the Captain, berated. “If you must know, I was flying here to find some denizens of the land for assistance. I am not a sadist. The Alliance would never, ever, do any such thing; unless you work for the Horde.”

This got a lot of questionable looks, “What's ‘The Horde’” asks Princess Luna.

“Another time. Would you like to meet the King? I can make a portal to the city of Stormwind and tell the king you are there to meet him.” he asks.

“I would love to. My sister and I, including the Elements of Harmony – heroines of the land – will come too.” says Princess Celestia.

Adumar nods, takes a deep breath and says, “Do you have a city we can go too? The portal needs to be hidden.”

“Of course.”

Location: Canterlot Castle

Adumar stood in a room that the Princesses has gave to him for his portal. Princess Celestia, Luna, Shining Armor, a few guards, and six other guards stood in the room with him.

“Give me a minute to cast the spell.” states Adumar, and gets right to summoning the portal.

Just like last time, his hands start to glow in a blue aura. Sounds start to fill the room as the ritual progresses; a “WRRRRRRRRR” sound and static echo through each and every corner of the room. After around a minute there was a loud crackling sound, followed by a large bright flash of light in the room. You could feel the arcane energy in the air.

When the light clears, Adumar is exhausted; panting, gasping for air, breathing heavily; but in the very middle of them was a shimmering portal. A city can be seen on the other side.

"This is every interesting magic!" says Twilight Sparkle.

“Just step through, and we will be will arrive within the city. I’ll go first.” he says.

End of Chapter 3