The Black Knight couldn't help but chuckle at what he is writing, little Silver Star giggling as she read the finished pages. "I REALLY hope you all enjoy this one! A few begged for this story, and who am I to deny such a perfect plot line, huh?" He announced, while Silver Star continued to read, not wanting to stop… Ink Script laying down next to her, and reading said story with the filly.
Chapter One
Upon a battlefield, of some distant world that didn't matter to the warrior, the armies of Khorne were drenching the world in Loyalist blood! The planetary defenders unable to hold back the blood crazed warriors and daemons. In one specific street, a Khorne Berserker was slaughtering through line after line of Guardsmen. Hi twin chain axes ripping through the cannon fodder soldiers, spraying blood all across his crimson and brass armor.
The berserker laughed, as he split bodies and removed limbs from his victims. "Ahahaha! Mos glorious of days!" He yelled out, before splitting a guardsman in half, from the head down, and watched the blood flow down the streets storm drains. "I, Ariontus, fill these streets with the blood of my enemies!" He threw one arm up, holding the chain axe in a victorious manner. "Not with the might of Khorne's Blessing, but with my own might and skill!" Ariontus laughed even more, standing n the carnage he had just created. "As so, I claim the skulls and blood for myself! No other is worthy of such glory!"
Then, out of nowhere, all the Khorne Berserker could feel, was intense and nonstop pain! "So, you mistake my blessing and favor as your own strength?" A powerful, and commanding, voice boomed overhead. "I would have found your words most amusing, if you had not voiced such blasphemous words out loud." Ariontu suddenly felt himself being lifted off the ground, a strange portal opening up from where he once stood. The sounds of daemons shrieking and clawing at the portal filled the Berserker's audio receptors. "It's a shame, really. I had such high hopes for you. But, I cannot let such things go unpunished."
"Wait, no! Lord Khorne, forgive me! I lost my senses in the heat of the moment, I knew not what I had been saying!" Ariontus pleaded, believing this portal led to the dreaded basilica of torment. "Please, give me a chance to redeem myself!"
"It became too late for redemption, the moment you voiced those words… Maybe you will one day find your way back to my sacred battlefield, mortal…" Khorne said, laughing as Ariontus suddenly felt the grip release him towards the portal. "I lie, there is no way back from where you are going."
With that, Ariontus dropped and fell towards the portal. "Lord Khooooooooorne!" He yelled, before vanishing inside the portal.
-Equestria-
A rip suddenly appeared in the bright blue sky of the peaceful Kingdom, and some figure suddenly started to plummet through it just before the rip vanished. In a castle, just outside of Ponyville, a lavender alicorn watched this happen through her telescope.
"What in the name of Celestia was that?" She mumbled, before trying to figure out where the figure went.
-Skies of Equestria-
"Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhh!" Ariontus screamed, cartwheeling at high speeds while he plummeted from the sky. For some reason, the idea of flailing his arms about like some bird seemed like a good idea to try, and slow down.
Yeah… That didn't work so well.
Before the Khorne Berserker knew it, he was coming in for a crash landing, within some strange forest. "Oh, I know this is going to hurt!" He yelled, bracing for impact.
Tree. Tree. Rock. Tree. Tree. Big rock. Tree. GROUND!
Ariontus smashed into the ground, creating a small mushroom cloud of dirt and dust. The Khorne Berserker just laid in the indent he had made, his T-Shape visor looking to the sky, in a daze. "Ow…." The only word he could say.
-Ponyville-
"What was that!" A mare yelled, the town in a panic at the sudden explosion within Everfree Forest.
"I-It landed in Everfree Forest, whatever it was!" A stallion said, looking in the forest's direction.
"Everypony! Please, calm down! I'm sure the Princess will be here soon, with her friends!" Mayor Mare said, rushing aobut to calm down the Ponyville residents. "Please, stay calm!"
"But what if it's dangerous! What if we need to evacuate the town!" A pony yelled.
"I'm sure it won't come to such things! Please, calm down!" Mayor Mare said, starting to lose her own cool.
At that moment, Twilight suddenly appeared next to the mayor. "Mayor Mare! I'm here to help!" She announced, the mayor suddenly being washed over with relief.
"Thank Celestia… Princess, all of Ponyville is in a panic and I can't seem to calm everypony down." Mayor Mare said, looking around. "I don't know what to tell them."
"Don't worry, Mayor… Once my friends arrive, we will handle the situation." Twilight assured, giving a confident smile.
"Thank you, Princess… I don't know what we would do without you." The Mayor admitted, giving a smile back. "Hear that, everypony! Princess Twilight has everything under control!" The town began to cheer at the news, the townsfolk slowly calming down from their panic.
-Moments Later-
"Everypony here?" Twilight asked, looking around at her friends.
"All but Fluttershy… Has anypony seen her?" Applejack asked.
"She wasn't at her cottage… I went there to make sure she was coming, and not hiding." Rainbow Dash answered, shrugging at where their friend may be at the moment.
"I haven't seen her all day… Which was rather strange, since she is supposed to come by with some flowers for a dress I'm making." Rarity said, becoming concerned for their timid friend.
The group started to become even more concerned about Fluttershy, until a certain pink earth pony spoke up. "Oh, she went into the Everfree Forest, to ask Zecora for a book on herbal medicine!"
The group looked at Pinkie Pie, dumbfounded about what she just said. "And why didn't you say anything when Applejack asked?" Twilight asked.
"Well, duh, silly filly. It wasn't my turn yet! I didn't want to jump ahead of anypony!" Pinkie Pie answered, with a raised eyebrow.
"Wait… If Fluttershy was in the Everfree Forest, and that thing landed in the Everfree Forest…" Rarity noted, the group suddenly getting the same idea.
"She might be in danger!" The group yelled, in unison, before Twilight started towards the Everfree Forest. "Come on, girls! There's no time to waste!" The others right behind her.
-Everfree Forest-
Fluttershy slowly made her way through the forest, trying to calm all the animals, she can, down from what happened. "P-Please, everyone, calm down." She said, meekly. "It's ok, don't worry. Everything is alright." Her attempts to try and calm them down weren't working. She was about to give up, when a groaning sound suddenly echoed just ahead of her. "O-Oh dear… Somepony is hurt!"
Fluttershy dashed off, in the direction the groan came from, her worry for somepony, or animal, taking over. Within the yellow pegasus entered a clearing, she quickly noticed the indention in the ground. Another thing she noticed, was the crimson and brass color metal sticking out.
Fluttershy was hit by a wave of fear, when she saw this, something about this didn't seem right to her. She was about to leave, when whoever was in the indent suddenly let out a pained groan. "O-Oh dear… A-Are you alright?" She asked, floating up and over to the indention. That was when Fluttershy noticed the eight-foot-tall metal minotaur-like creature with a cross of two different types of lumberjack equipment. "O-Oh my…" Flutershy muttered, noticing that the T-Shape visor of his helmet is currently black.
The yellow pegasus tapped his breastplate with her hoof, jumping back when he moved, only slightly. Fluttershy relaxed, when the armored creature remained where he was. Thogh, the very moment a growl is heard behind her, she quickly jumped on to the creature's lap, turning to see three very angry Timberwolves. She let out a low, and nervous 'eep'.
When they got close, she let out a shriek, and didn't notice the creature's visor light up red. Letting out a thunderous roar, he yelled. "Blood for the Blood God!" Within seconds, he ripped out from the ground and leapt forward, his axes roaring to life. Fluttershy held on to his armored waist for dear life.
-Moments Later-
Ariontus breathed heavily, never before had he faced off with such creatures. They were obviously some kind of wolf-kin, but their bodies were made of wood and branches. While they didn't bleed, to his annoyance, the fact they just kept coming back to life made up for it. When he was sure the last one isn't going to be getting back up, any time soon, he lowered both axes.
"That… Felt good." He thought, able to let out his frustration of being banished. When a small 'eep' was heard right under him, the Khorne Berserker looked down to see some yellow equine creature, with a pink mane and… "Are those wings!?" Ariontus' mind yelled, before mag-locking ne axe and grabbed her back, lifting the equine to eye level with him.
Fluttershy looked into his red visor, before hiding behind her mane. "T-Thank you… F-For saving m-me." She meekly said, her whole body shaking.
"Don't thank me yet." Ariontus said, before pulling his chain axe back. "After all… Blood for the Blood God." The moment he was about to swing said axe; the look she suddenly gave him caused the fearless Khorne Berserker to actually freeze. "What sorcerery is this!?" He thought, her defenselessness and rather adorable gaze preventing him from harming the equine. "Why do I suddenly feel bad for wanting to attack her?" His visor suddenly turned into a green color, when his mood changed.
"Fluttershy!" Five voices suddenly yelled, making the Khorne Berserker rip his attention away from the yellow equine… Assuming she was this 'Fluttershy', and then saw five more multi-colored mares quickly approaching them.
His anger suddenly started to boil again, chain axe roaring to life. Before he could do anything, though, the cyan and rainbow one bolted towards him, and actually pulled Fluttershy from his grip! This action caused his visor to turn red again, free hand finding the second chain axe. "Anger is back." Ariontus thought, before letting out a powerful "Blood for the Blood God!" and leapt towards the remaining four. "Is that all I can say now?"
When the creature leapt towards them, the mares scattered, Applejack ducking and barley dodged the strange weapon of his. The group noticed how he cut clean through the tree, causing it to fall down. "Ok, girls, try not to let him touch you! I rather not find out what those things can do to a pony!" Twilight ordered, the group surrounding the creature.
While the group distracted him, Twilight stayed out of range to study his tactics. "He's wild, uncontrolled. He doesn't seem to care about his approach, only if he hits something." She thought, before nodding to herself. "Pinkie! Get his attention! Rarity, trap his feet. Rainbow, you knock him off balance. Once she does, give him your best buck, Applejack! Rarity will release him the moment you do!"
The group yelled 'right' before moving into position. Pinkie instantly started to bounce around, and on, him. "Hey! What are you? Are you some kind of alien? If you are, then that would be so cool!" She asked, dodging his attacks like nothing. When she appeared on his head, giggling, the creature let out a furious growl. "Wow, you're really angry, Mr. Angry Pants! Would you like a cupcake? They always make me happy!" Unknown to him, a blue aura appeared around Ariontus' armored feet.
Once Rarity was confident in her hold, she gave a nod to Twilight. "Rainbow, now!" She yelled, the cyan pegasus flying in at full speed, and battle rammed the creature right into the chest! When his arms flailed about, visor going wide eyed at the fact he couldn't keep his balance any longer, Twilight enacted the next phase. "Applejack, you're up!"
The orange earth pony was positioned right behind him, and reared her hind hooves up. "Ya got it, sugarcube!" She shouted, Rarity releasing her spell, and the farm mare bucking the creature with all she had!
The force of her buck actually made him drop both chain axes, and sent him flying through the open sky. All they could hear from him, was the creature yelling. "Not this agaaaaaaaaain!" For some reason.
When it was over, the group went straight over to Fluttershy, who is trying to figure out what was going on. "Fluttershy, darling! That ruffian didn't hurt you, did he?" Rarity asked, the group suddenly hugging their timid friend.
"N-No… H-He was going to b-but something stopped him." She admitted, looking around at her surroundings.
"Thank Celestia When we saw him, with you in his hand, and that terrible weapon ready to strike… We all panicked." Twilight said, the five releasing Flutershy from their hug. "What were you doing here, anyways?"
"W-Well… I-I…" That was all Fluttershy was able to get out, before being interrupted.
"Is anypony else worried that we just sent a Mister Angry Meanie Pants soaring towards Ponyville?" Pinkie Pie asked, the group going wide eyed, also realizing the direction they sent him in.
"Oh no! We need to get back!" Twilight said, using her magic to carry one of the Chain axes. "Rarity, grab the other! We'll need proof of how dangerous he is!" The white unicorn nodded, using her own magic to lift the second weapon.
"B-But I-I don't think he's-." The group raced off, before Fluttershy could finish. "Dangerous…" She sighed, and quickly followed them.
-In the Skies of Equestria… Again-
Sky. Pretty clouds. Pretty flying equines. A small town with rather strong looking buildings coming towards him rather fast. "Yep… I am now in Hell." Ariontus thought, before he collided face first into a building, the rest of his body following. When he pulled his face out, the Khorne Berserker's visor had turned into a pair of spinning orbs. "But mommy, I don't want to go to school! I want to stay home, and bake cookies with yooooou!" He said, in a daze, before he peeled off of the wall, and landed on to the ground… Ariontus slipping into the darkness of unconsciousness quickly after.