Dagger's End:
The Swine Tide &
The Underworld Uprise (Vol. 2)
Chapter 7
The Swine Flu
Dagger, was led into a well hidden basecamp, as he and the young mare had went through, several hidden passageways, such as walking through huge rocks, thick bushes, and trees that were stacked onto one another. Then, they finaly reached their destination, as tall torch lamps stood tall, lighting up a few areas of the small base. It looked like a whole new world, to Dagger, as the sky lit up, with stars, and looked like night time, had lasted forever... There were ponies, who had grey, white, or even black skin, as their mane would look like a dark sea blue, silver, black, or even grey color. Everypony, looked like they were preparing for something, as young fillies ran around, playing with one another, or doing their chores, as the whole place looked lively. Dagger, stared a few times at a few ponies, as he looked into their eyes, a few times... They all had different colors of eyes, and also looked like their eyes would glow in the dark, just like the young mare... The eyes on the ponies, who lived in their society, had the same eye color, as the young mare, which was a bright blue color, of a shiny pebble, or others had light grey, and a few of them with bright yellow eyes, like a corn color...
Dagger, was led into a tent, as everypony looked back at him, as he stood out, from the rest of the crowd... Dagger, entered inside the tent, as he looked at a few stallions, in their nightmare armor... One of them, looked like a captain, as he was incharge of the whole community. The captain's skin color, was black, his eyes were yellow, and his mane, was dark blue... "... You're not an Equestrian... so what are you?..." asked the dark captain, as he wasn't sure if Dagger was a friend or a foe... Nightmare Moon's ponies, have herd stories of the new pony race, as they have saved all of Equestria, from total destruction, and slavery... "... I am a Quantillian... are you guys friendly, with your other kind?..." asked Dagger. The captain, took off his nightmare helmet, revealing his face... He was missing an eye, as he had a silver, metal patch, covering his empty eye socket. " Well... it depends on what you mean by...friendly... If you are asking about our relationship, with the other race of Equestria, the answer is no... But... for you... a quantillian, right infront of us... I just can't believe it is true... Those battles... I am sorry, that you are the last of your kind, my friend..." spoke the captain, showing much respect to Dagger. The dark captain, looked down at the ground, as he then tried to imagin, what it would be like, if he were to be the last of his kind... " I cannot imagine, of one of us, being the last, of everypony, who has served under our mother..." finnished the captain. " You all, share a mother?..." asked Dagger, " Yes... We call her... Nightmare Moon, or as she is now called... Luna... Princess Luna..." replied the captain. The captain, then looked out through an opening, in the tent, as he looked up at the stars. " It has been along time now... since we have seen her... Our mother... She was wise, beautiful, graceful, and tenderly loved each one of us... Now... we live in ruins, as we were driven away from both Canterlot and Ponyville..." everypony, paused in silence, as they remembered the memories they have had, from their past... "... What... happened?..." dared to ask, Dagger, as he looked at the captain's face. The captain, slowly looked at him, giving a slight look, of anger... " We were banished!... After Nightmare Moon, lost her powers... Once Luna and Celestia, were reunited, we were made as outcasts... at least... most of us... Only a few work for Luna now... While the rest of us, were forced to leave Canterlot and Ponyville..." snarled the captain, as he slowly calmed down. " Who banished you?..." asked Dagger, as he quietly spoke to the captain. The captain, looked at him in the eyes, as he was getting ready to answer, his question, " We're not sure... we think, that it was Celestia, who told us, or Luna... But... somepony, sent these... black armored ponies twords us, and hunted everypony, of our kind, as they demanded that we leave... Many of us died, on that fateful night, as we ran into the Everfree Forest... and more of us died, in the forest, by those horrible creatures and monsters, that dwelled in them... Wives, husbands... even fillies... died, on that night..." finnished the captain, as he then turned around, walking twords a map, that was on a wooden table, as he looked at it... " However, we have grown stronger, and there are more of us, now... We've all recently planned on joining an army, in the Underworld city, and hope we have made the right choice." The captain, was then listening to one of his soldiers, as the soldier whispered in his ear. The captain, whispered back to the soldier, and the guard, trotted off. " What is this army, and who is leading it?" asked Dagger, as he looked around the tent, examining his surroundings. These night ponies, seemed to be peaceful, in a sort of way, as their base hid from Equestria's eyes, such as Princess Celestia and Princess Luna, as they both were unaware of the hidden base, of operation... The captain, replied back, as he had both of his hoofs, on his helmet, inspecting it, before putting it on, "... We don't know who commands this army... But their name is called, The New Empire... They promiss for everypony to be at peace, and that they will vanquish those beast, called Hogs... I think, my ponies will be able to prosper better, after we have taken over Equestria..." spoke the Captain, as he then placed his helmet, on his head, then turned twords Dagger, facing him. " So then war, will break out... There has to be a peaceful way, to do this, captain... War will only bring in more pain and suffering, in your kind, as well as others..." reasoned Dagger, " I'm sorry, I haven't yet introduced myself Mr.?..." " Dagger." replied the quantillian pony, " I am Captain Cold Star... and I have something to show you, sir Dagger... Please follow me." commanded Cold Star, as he and a few of his men followed his lead, as well did Dagger.
The group, stopped on top, of a tall rock, as it was tall enough to see the whole basecamp, as they looked down below. " Tell me Dagger, what do you see, with all these ponies?..." asked Captain Cold Star, waiting for a reply, from Dagger. Dagger, slowly looked down, as he saw a large opening, where it seemed to be the main place, where everypony would hang out, with everypony else... It was their own little community, as Dagger watched down below... Fillies were happy, as they trotted around each other, as they had fun. Younger ponies, showed their love, to one another, in such young colt and mare age... Small games were played, as well as small activities were there, for the families... Everypony seemed to be happy, until Dagger found a few dull parts of camp... Some of the Night ponies, were sick, as he looked at a few of them, coughing, and looked cold, as he watched them shivering... Next to the whole basecamp, was a small graveyard, as only a few have died, in those grave stones... " To tell you the truth... It's sometimes hard for me to see, things like this... I'm just a war pony here... But... I see your pony kind, is slowly falling... am I correct?" finally answered Dagger, as he had his helmet on, this time. Cold Star, walked up to Dagger, as he looked at everypony else down below, " Yes... you are correct..." replied the stallion, as the two watched down below. " This is why, we need to rally up with everyone, at the Underworld city... We need to find this army, and take back, what was once ours... Our kind, is dying, as we know of no cure, of any sort of sickness. Nor do we know what to do, without a wise ruler, to guide us..." finnished the Captain. "... I am so sorry, to hear that..." replied Dagger, as he understood the situation, very well, as he remembered seeing his race, fighting in the war, against the Zenoids. " This is why we must go to war... We are not bad ponies... It's just that they... Ponyville and Canterlot, think that we are evil, just because of what we look like... It's not our fault, that we are like this..." replied the Captain. Dagger, could see how different they were, as he looked at everypony... Some of them had either bat wings, horns, or just had neither of them, at all. Dagger, stopped looking at them all, from above, as he then walked with the Captain, and the both of them were heading to someplace else...
" Death to the Equestrians!" shouted a dark looking mare, as she yelled, at the stadium. Every Night pony, gathered around, as they watched the stage. There were two, unusual ponies... One was Trixie, and the other was Frost, as they were both blindfolded, and tied to a wooden pole. They also had a rag, tied to there mouth, as they couldn't speak at all. " Let the heads roll! Let their blood spill! Let there ancestors cry, out blood!" spoke a stallion, as he roared at the stage. Dagger, spotted the two ponies, from the distance, as he watched them both, "... Frost?... Trixie!?" spoke Dagger, as he was surprised, that he had found them, only to be seen as captives, for these ponies! Dagger, was right next to Cold Star, as he begged him to release the two ponies. " Captain, with all do respect, those are my friends! You have to release them!" The Captain, looked at Dagger, not sure if he should listen to him or not... They were Equestrian ponies, who lived in Ponyville, and every Night pony hated their kind... He had horrible scars, from the past, as he thought about them. There was no such forgiveness, coming into Cold Star's mind... The Captain was speachless, as the annoucer spoke out loud to everypony, on the stadium, and then ordered the execution. " Captain! I know how much you hate these ponies, but you have to listen to me! I know these guys, and you have to let them go!" spoke Dagger again, trying to get him to respond. " They, are my friends! You kill them, and you'll be just as bad, as the other ponies, who has killed your kind!" " But they have killed many of us! This will not go unpunished... We will send a message to Princess Celestia and Luna, and nothing more will be said..." finnished Cold Star, as he stared at Dagger, giving him a look. " Cold Star! I have lost my sister, by these ponies, and yet I help them! I have lost my entire race, with these ponies, just to save them from a war, as well did I save your kind, believe it or not! Fighting with a grudge, will not solve everything!" protested Dagger, as the countdown was counting down, with-in ten seconds left, by the annoucer's voice, as he shouted. " I know the pain, you are going through, but this is no way to show for it! This is showing, how much of a coward you are, if you were to do such a thing, to my friends! Things, are different now! I am sure, that your other race, will accept you, after my race has landed here! Think about it! They have seen a lot more weirder things, than you guys now! If you won't forgive, for what they have done in there past... Then I will save my friends... as I won't hold a grudge, against you..." Dagger, finnished speaking to Cold Star, and ran twords the stadium, as he activated his jetpack.
Dagger's jetpack, was now working just fine, as he had resolved the problem, for it's rapid overheating system. The jetpack had sand, stuck in it's systems, as the jetpack would melt the sand into glass. Dagger, had cleaned the inside of his jetpack, just before he went to explore the Everfree Forest, as everything was working just fine, now.
Trixie and Frost, were making a lot of noise, as they herd the count down, counting down, to the last number... " Three!... Two!... One!..." annouced the crowd, as they cheered! Then... two henchmen, showed up, as they had already swung their ax, at the mare and the young colt. Suddenly, their hoofs were shot at, by Dagger's wrist hoof blaster, as the two henchmen fiddled with their hoof's, feeling a burning pain! The two henchmen, looked at the attacker, as their hoofs had cooled off, and were both kicked, in the face, by Dagger's hind hoofs. The two buffy looking henchmen, fell on to the floor, unconscious, as Dagger landed next to Frost first! Dagger, untied the rag, around his mouth and unblindfolded him, as he freed him, from the wooden pole. " Bleh! Good to see you, sir!" spoke Frost, as he looked around Dagger, then looked around his surroundings. Frost, bucked a few guards, as they tried to restrain the young colt. Dagger, then ran twords Trixie, as he did the same thing to her, as he had done to Frost. Trixie, spat out, spitting out the dirty contents, that were from the dirty rag, " Pe-toi! Trixie, is not amused by these ponies' laundry, business!" Snapped Trixie, as she looked at Dagger, thinking he was one of the Night guards, who had tied her down. " Oh, Dagger! Thank goodness, you are here! Trixie, is most pleased with your efforts, once again." correted the mare, speaking in her third person voice. " Come on, we're getting out of here!" shouted Dagger, as he spot more Night guards, coming their way. They were all too late, to escape from the stage, as a few of the crowds, came on stage, with their own weapons, as they were getting ready to cut them up. Dagger, pulled out his massive, heavy looking blade out, as he showed them it's sharpness, and it's massiveness. " Stay back! I don't want to hurt any of you!" warned Dagger, as he didn't want to hurt anypony. The guards, had came running on the stage, as they pushed asside the ponies, from the crowd, away from the three. The guards, had surrounded them, as all three of them backed away, as Dagger pointed his blade at them.
" STOP! Lower your weapons, men!" commanded Cold Star, as he was making his way twords the three. The guards, made an opening for their Captain, as he walked right by them. The Captain, looked at Dagger, as he tried to look, through the dark shades, on Dagger's helmet... Then, he annouced to the crowd, " Everypony, leave these ponies alone... We have a bigger threat, than having to execute, our... friend here, as well as his friends. Besides, I think that no more blood, should be shedded, for tonight... as we all have a bigger problem, to attend to!" finnished annoucing, the Captain, as he was looking at the crowd, as well as his men. Dagger, asked Cold Star, as he wanted to know, what was the 'bigger problem', that was bigger than killing Trixie and Frost, "... What is this... bigger problem?..." spoke Dagger, softly.
Trixie, Frost, and Dagger were led into a war room tent, where there were all sorts of maps, of the cities and small towns, in Equestria. Guards, surrounded Dagger's group, making sure that they didn't get any ideas, of escaping. The captain started, as he pulled out a map, that would show, around their basecamp's perimeter. The three of them, looked at the map, then looked back at the captain, as he spoke, "... If I am not mistaken... Your group, has successfully been hunting down, these brutes. Which brings me, to ask you guys, were is the rest of your group..." Dagger, thought about reveailing the location, of his group, as they hated Ponyvillians. It was probably, best to not show them, were his group was, as he thought that if the Captain, knew of their location, he would kill them all, after they had helped them, for whatever reason. Dagger, decided he would lie to them, "... They're all dead..." " What?... There were so many of you! What happened?" questioned the Captain. " We were ambushed, by a group of Hogz. They came out of nowhere, and slaughtered my most of my group. I thought I could save them all, but there were too many of them... I may have the most experience, of killing these beasts... but my group, didn't stand a chance, against them... we are all that remains..." finnished Dagger, as he hoped, that they would take his word for it. The Captain, looked at him, staring at him... unsure of him... then, replied, "... I am sorry to hear that... but we still need your help. It's something, that most of my men can't do, and all of my best men, are already dead, trying to finnish this task..." Dagger, Trixie, and Frost stood at attention, as they listened. A guard, had brought back Frost's sword, as he put it back on his sheath, as it held the sword. " These beasts, have somehow, managed to sneak into our lands... We have turned our basecamp, into an invisible fortress. We have also casted, a magic spell around these parts of the forst, so that nopony can find us,... apparently, the spell couldn't keep these pigs, away from us." stated the Captain. Frost then spoke, curious, as to why that only the three of them, were the only ones, who could handle that task... " Why us?" " Because, I have sent most of my men out there, into their base, and none of them were able to finnish the task, or come back alive... Since, you three have the most experience, I would like for you, to sneak into their base, and disrupt their operations. They seem to be building something, in the forest, and whatever it is, it is going to kill us all, if we don't stop it." finnished the Captain. Dagger, looked at Trixie and Frost, as he thought of their skills in combat, " I think, we can handle it... But you will need to provide us, a distraction. Otherwise, the plan would simply fail, as the Hogz, have eyes in most places, inside their base." replied Dagger. "Very well, I'll send in a few of my guards to fight off, these invaders. I'll prepare, my men, but you better disrupt, whatever they are doing, behind their walls. I respect you Dagger, but I cannot put my faith, or trust on these other two pony friends of yours. Understood?" roughly spoke, the captain, as he looked at him. " Don't worry, we'll get the job done, just leave it to me..."
Time, had come and gone, as the moon stood still, at this time of the hour. Dagger, Trixie, and Frost were all set, for the plan, as they would infiltrate, in hog territory. " Trixie, demands to know, as to why we didn't get the rest of our group!" complained Trixie, as she thought of the plan, was the craziest, and the most dangerous plan, of them all. " I don't want to endanger, our buddies, back in our camp. If they knew that there was more of us, they would probably try to kill us all. Not to mention, Scootaloo is there, as she is the only filly, in our group." replied Dagger, as the three of them, were now looking at the Hogz's little fort wall. The fort wall, was built out of wooden planks, as they were not properly placed on the fort wall. Some of the wooden planks were slanted, or even showing a big gap, that a filly could slip into. It was very slopy looking, as the fort wall stood tall, with some graffiti on it, that most of them said 'Waaargh!' or 'Bigger iz bettar!' and such more words, as the list keeps going on. Most of the planks, were painted red, as the rest of them were just plain wood, not having any paint on them. " Shouldn't they be here by now?" asked Frost, as he whispered at them. Dagger, had his helmet on himself, as he scanned for the Night ponies... He spotted them, as they made a warcry, just as they were charging, " Over there! That's our que. Let's go!" commanded Dagger, " Ugh! Trixie, still thinks this is a bad idea!" spoke Trixie, as she followed closely, behind the two.
The three ponies, made their way to the fort entrance, as lots of hog boyz, ran out from the fort, as the doors opened, "WAAARGH!" they shouted, as they all had axes. Some were even armed with shootas, as they trotted twords their targets. " Smash dem pony, gits!" cried one of the boyz, as they raced twords them. The Night ponies, had plenty of skills to rely on, as the Hogz's strength was stronger than anypony, and had plently of boyz to go around. Only one simple weakness, that the Hogz had, and that was ranged attacks. The Hogz had powerful ranged weapons, but they were horrible at shooting, as they could barely hit a target, that was even just a few yards away. However, their shootas would fire so quickly, that a wall of bullets, would be sent flying right twords you, as you only had a few seconds to dodge them. Nonetheless, the Hogz were horrible at shooting, as most of them didn't even bother to aim and fire.
The three ponies, snuck into the hog's built base of operation, just as the last few Hogz, ran out from the fort, and were closing it quickly, just as the last hog, had left. The door slammed shut, as most of the Hogz were outside.
" Alright, lets roll! Remember, we are searching for something, that they are building." spoke Dagger, as he snuck behind a few crates. Frost, dashed twords the crates, that Dagger was hiding behind of, as Trixie followed as well. Then, they moved into an empty crate, as Frost cut a hole inside of it, so that one of them, could see through it, and lead the way. " Good idea, Frost! Let's move, I think we can all fit inside this box." whispered Dagger, as he could hear a few Hogz, marching their way, as they were patrolling around the area.
Dagger, had led the the crate, inside their base, as they snuck behind a few warhogs, and a lot of grots. Grots weren't as strong, as the Hogz were, but were far better aiming their guns, as they could only carry small arms, such as a revolvers, and it would take about one or two of them to fire a rifle, depending on how heavy it was.
The three ponies, made their way to a small area, where they were building trashy looking tanks, more cyllinder walking mechs, as they had two arms, with two sharp claws, and two stubby looking legs. They also were building small buggies, as they were armed with two rockets, where the warthog would stear the buggy. The buggies, also had rockets on the back of the vehicles, to boost it's speed, as they would be the deadlies war machines, that Dagger's group, would have to deal with, in the future... "... Geez... I wonder how long, they have been here... If this keeps up, they might have an army of tanks, to take over this world." awed Dagger, as he looked at the vehicles. Most Hogz were only smart enough to fight and kill, but there were only a few of them that were born, to be smart enough, to build and construct stuff, like Bits was, a warthog, that Dagger had killed, in a canyon, back in the desert. Just before Dagger, and anypony could speak, they all herd a rumbling voice... It was Warty, Wartguts's second in command of the Hogz, as he was trying to tell a few of his boyz, about something, " We've been fighting dem Night poniez, for along time now... De guard poniez waz eazy! But deez boyz!... Oooh... I tink dey may be too tough for us... I sayz we runz!..." finnished Warty, worried for their numbers of boyz around, as the only moral they all had, was just numbers of them... The more of them, there are, the bigger their moral. As a wave of them, could never be stopped by their swarmy attacks. Dagger, spot Warty, as he stomped his way twords a few tanks and buggies. A few other boyz, followed Warty, as they were only armed with shootas, " Youz talk'n scared!... Youz a cowards, dey only poniez!" barked one of the smaller Hogz, as they had their suspicion, now on him. " Iz got more brains, den you! I sayz we runz!" commanded Warty, bullying them. Suddenly, a bigger, meaner sounding voice came out, as the biggest of all the Hogz, showed up, in Dagger's view... It was Wartguts himself, as Dagger saw him, armed with two Hammers, replacing his two tusks, as he herd him and watched him, "... And I sayz, you shut da hell up! Iz da big boss!... Questions?..." spoke Wartguts, as he looked at them all. " Good..." continued Wartguts, " Weez gunna need to lower, these poniez' moral, if weez gunna win dis 'ere fight... To do dat, weez gunna 'ave ta kill dere leader, Cold Star! Dat 'll teach 'em..." bellowed the big hog, as they all then followed Wartguts's lead, and were now out of Dagger's view, as the two biggest Hogz, marched with their heavy armor.
The three of them waited, as they hid inside of their crate, then thought that it was time, to come out. "... Alright, I'm going to override one of their tanks, and then that should buy us some time, to make a run for it. You two, cover me, and make sure nobody, sees us... If you see someone, signal me, then we will take off." Dagger spoke to both of them, as he turned around, and climbed onto one of the tanks, as he disappeared into one of them.
Frost and Trixie, stood guard, as they watched around themselves, making sure no hog, had spotted them. Suddenly, a grot was carring some heavy looking supplies, as he had a few of his friends, around him. Four grots, were carrying a box, full of tools, as they all grunted their way past Trixie and Frost. The two ponies, were hiding behind a buggy and behind a wheel of a tank, as they stayed quiet... Then... the grots, dropped their tools, as it all fell on top on one of them, " RAAAA!" cried one of the grots. " Oh, great! Hurry up, and get those things back inside their boxes! Before da boss, gets really, really, mad, at us!" bossed a grot, as he quickly picked up all the tools, and placed them back inside the boxes. " Ok! Ok!... We're go'n!..." complained one of them, as they went back to picking up the heavy crates, as they slowly made their way, past the two ponies, not noticing their presence. " That, was too close... Should we warn Dagger?" asked Frost, " No! Dagger, said specifically, to warn him only if we see anyone of those, disgusting looking pigs. Trixie, was listening to Dagger correctly." hissed Trixie, as she looked around herself. As Trixie, hopped off from the buggy, her cape had snagged onto the controls of the buggy, and the buggy started to fire up, as it's engines roared. Trixie, jumped as she herd the buggy, making sounds, she has never herd of before! Trixie and Frost, backed away from the buggy, as they weren't sure as to what was going to happen. " What do we do!?" panicked Frost, as Trixie pulled him, behind a tank, as the two of them have never experienced, on such trashy looking technology. They both hid back inside, the crate, as they watched the buggy, going out of control. The buggy, moved really fast, as it's rockets took off, from the rear, as it blew out a few black smoke clouds, in the air. The buggy then crashed into a wall of scrap pile, of metal, and exploded, as the rockest were placed in the front, just before it had impacted the wall.
" You don't think, no one her that... he he... right?..." asked Trixie, looking innocet, as she looked at Frost. Suddenly, the crate was lifted up, by something, as they herd a voice, " SUPRIIISE! Wazn't expecting dat, wuz ya!" spoke Warty, as he snagged onto the two ponies! Frost, was picked up by Warty's robot, crab claw, while Trixie was picked up by the tip of his shoota, as it connected to Warty's leg, as Trixie's cape was caught, by the hook, of the gun. " So... wot, do we 'ave 'ere?... Just a couple on poniez, yeah?... Now dat's just too gud, ta be true! Lucky for youz lot, youz going right on top of my pointy stick..." chuckled the hog, as he laughed a bit. Hogz, would mount on a tall wooden stick, that would hold onto the heads, of their kills, trophing them, as they would remember times they went for a slaugher, against their enemies. " So lets see... which one of youz, want to be first?..." asked Warty, as he looked at the two. Suddenly, Wartguts showed up, as he looked at Warty, "Oooh, no youz don't! Dey in my base, so dey go on my pointy stick..." " Oh, yea? And why iz dat boss?" questioned Warty, as he gave him a look. " Becasue I am da biggest Hog, in dis 'ere clan! So if you don't give me dose poniez, den your 'ead is going on top, of all me 'eads!" barked Wartguts, as he bullied Warty.
Dagger, popped his head, out of the tank, as time was running short on time, inside the tank. " Shoot... I thought I told them, to hide..." whispered Dagger, to himself, as he looked at Frost and Trixie. He didn't want them to die, nor did he want to be caught, as he waited for the two to Hogz settle things first... The two warthogs, then were going to challenge each other, to a fight, as Warty placed them next to a few crates, as he shot at each of them, on their hoof. Frost and Trixie, cried, as a bullet went through their hoof, on one of their rear legs, " Dere, now youz not go'n no where..." hissed Warty, as he then turned around, to face his big boss, Wartguts. The two bashed against one another, as they bashed their heads to one another, fighting each other, against boss vurses second ranking.
Dagger, took the opportunity, to save Frost and Trixie, as he crept his way, behind the two fighting against one another. He made his way past the two big Hogz, as he then helped the two, back up on their hoofs, " Ngh! Stop! It hurts!" " He shot us, on our rear leg, we are wounded!" spoke the both ponies. " I won't leave you guys here, we are leaving this place, one way or another..." replied Dagger, as he continued to help them back up, on their hoofs. Both of them, leaned on Dagger, as he helped them to escape from their deaths, that would have soon come...
Wartguts, was winning, as he had bashed onto Warty's head, with us two hammers, as he slammed them, several times. Warty, retreated back, as he limped his way, backwards. " OK! Boss! Ok!... You win! Iz gunna listen more, now!" begged Warty, as he laid back, on the tank, that Dagger had got out of, that was set to explode. " Good! Den you bettar remembar, dat it take more den dat, to stop me! Now get back up, and find dem poniez, so I can kill dem, personally..." bullied Wartguts, as he looked around for the other two ponies. " Oi, were did dey go?..." asked Wartguts, as he scanned around, " I just left dem, right over dere... I even shot 'em to make sure, dey don't get away!" spoke Warty, trying to show himself, that he was telling the truth this time...
Dagger, helped out with the two wounded ponies, as they moved as quickly as possible, trying to find a way out, from the fort's walls. The three of them, found the fort wall's door entry, as it was left opened wide, as they saw the fight was still going on! " Mr. Dagger! This way! We'll cover you!" shouted Cold Star, as he waved a hoof, at Dagger. Dagger, and his two friends, hopped their way twords the Night pony, as they could barely hold out for much longer.
Suddenly, Wartguts was running his way twords Dagger, as he stomped his way twords him! Dagger, looked sharply, at the big mighty hog, as the three of them continued, to runaway! Wartguts, looked furious, as he charged at Dagger, as he was getting closer to him! The big warthog, was just a few yards away, until somepony, had flown over Dagger's head, and bucked the big pig, in the face, as he stumbled around, falling on his side. The big warthog, got back up, as he saw Cold Star... " I'll bring you down, beast!" shouted the captain, as he drew his sword out! " Dats some puny, attack...pony..." growled Wartguts, as he got back up, with all his heavy weight armor, on him. The two then engaged each other, in combat, as Cold Star had to dodge most of Wartguts's attacks!
Dagger, had helped both of his friends, as he laid them, to rest, right by a tree, as they were safely away from the battlefield. " You guys stay here, I have to help the captain!" spoke Dagger, as he looked back at the battle, as many Night ponies, fought bravely against the numerous Hogz. " No, Trixie thinks you should stay! It's too dangerous now, that their leader is here." replied Trixie, trying to convince Dagger. " I'm sorry Trixie, but that's the risk I have to take! If their leader dies, these ponies will lose, a lot of their faith and moral, and may lead themselves to simply just join this, 'New Empire' army. This is something, I have to do, but I'll be back!" finnished Dagger, as he took off, as Trixie, tried to stop him, by using her magic, but was surprised by the outcome! She couldn't use her magic, against Dagger... at all!... She was stunned a bit, as she looked at Dagger, one last time...
Cold Star, fought Wartguts, as he took a few hits, as he wore his nightmare armor. " Stop moving, you stupid pansy pony!" bellowed Wartguts, as he swung his hammer all around himself, missing him several times! " This is for Luna, swine!" shouted the captain, as he then used his sword, to cut off one of the hammers, completely off! Wartguts, now only had one good working hammer, as the other one, was cut clean, off... Wartguts, stopped, as he looked down at his hammer, next to his face... He could see, that Cold Star, had already cut off one of his hammers off, as this made an unbalancing weight, on his head. "... Oooh... Youz gunna get it!..." spoke the wartboss, as he then surprised the Captain, as he suddenly turned around, and smacked him hard, with the hammer! The captain was hit, as he flew a few yards away! Wartguts, then trampled over the fallen captain, as he broke, both of Cold Star's hind legs! The stallion, now laid there, as both of his hind hoofs, were completely broken, as he cried, " AAAAAARGH! Celestia, damn you! Swine!" roared the captain, as he crawled his way back up, only to break another bone, in his leg, as he cried once more... Wartguts, turned around, as he dug both of his front hoofs, into the grass... He kicked the dirt a few times, then charged at the captain, about to finnish him off!
Dagger, was getting close to help save the captain's life, but was blocked by a few of Wartguts's boyz, as they spotted the quatnillan pony. " Look boss, we're fight'n dere boss!" spoke happily one of the boyz, as they pointed at Dagger, thinking he was incharge, of the attack. A bigger looking hog, which was a nob hog, led his small band, as he had already killed a few ponies... The nob hog, looked at Dagger, as he carried a heavy ax, " Well den... What are you WAITING FOR!? Kill him! KIIILL HIM!" roared the nob hog, as he spat out his words, looking very frightful. Dagger, could easily take out these guys, but only knowing that time was running short, to help the captain...
Wartguts, had already charged, as he stomped his way twords the captain! Cold Star, had already drew his sword, getting ready to meet his fate, as he would soon be crushed by the big hog's hoofs... it was going to be over soon... he said, in his mind... Suddenly, a young Night pony, who had bat wings, flew around Wartguts, stabbing him a few times, with her dual swords! It was that same young mare, who had attacked Dagger, and now was saving the captain! " Daughter, what are you doing!? Stop this! He is too dangerous!" begged the captain, as he put a hoof, in the air, trying to reach for her, as she was too far away, form him.
The young mare, was incredibly fast, and cunning. She was almost as fast as Rainbow Dash, as she flew around, stabbing the big warthog! She zipped past here and there, as she stabbed the giant hog! Eventually, she was everywhere, overwhelming the wartboss! Eventually, Dagger had lept into the air, and attacked Wartguts, as he slammed his left hoof into the ground! On Dagger's left hoof, was a special bracelet, as the color of it was gold. It was some sort of ancient artifact, that Dagger had, ever since he landed on their world. The big wartboss and the captain's daughter, were now paused in time, as they both froze! Dagger, moved quickly, as he attacked Wartguts's stubby mechanical legs, trying to make him immobilized. With in just a few seconds, both Wartguts and the captain's daughter, were moving slowly, as the young mare had both of her blades in the air, as she was making an attack, coming from above! The speed started to pick up, as Wartguts and the young mare, started to move normally. Dagger, was under Wartguts. Just before the big warthog, could land both of his front hoofs, back on the ground, Dagger used his flat part of his heavy blade, and smacked the big pig's gut! Wartguts, was sent flying, just a few feet into the air, as Dagger was safely away from the huge hog. The wartboss, got back up, and was now going after Dagger, as the two now fought against one another!
" Deva! Stop!" cried Cold Star, as he dragged his way twords her, as he yelled her name out loud. A few of the captain's men, came to help him, only to get him away from the dangerous fight, between two ponies and one huge warthog. " Captain, we have to get you out of here!" spoke one of his men, as they carried him away, from the battlefield. " No, that's my daughter out there! Somepony stop her!" commanded Cold Star, as he pointed a hoof, at the action, that was taking place. Several guards, came rushing past by, as they headed tword the fight, getting ready to pull the daughter back!
Dagger, had inflicted heavy blows, at the huge hog, as some of wartboss's armor, was starting to fall off, but still held in its place. Wartguts, had just had enough of the speedy pony, which was the captain's daughter, Deva, as she kept on making fast hit and run attacks! Wartguts, found the right time, to strike back at the fast pony, as he then grabbed her, with his jaw!... He had lept into the air, and snached the poor, young mare, as he then shook his head violently! His teeth, dug into her armor, then it dug into her flesh, as she cried out loud, from being crushed! Dagger, thought quickly, as he jumped up, and activated his jetpack, and smacked the warthog's back side, of his head, making him to spit out the captain's daughter. It was too late, as the warthog, had already spat out Deva... There were a few holes, through her chest, as she was losing air, in her lungs, and was caughing out blood, out from her mouth...
NO! DEVA! MY DAUGHTER! THAT'S MY DAUGHTER!" cried the captain, as more guards, then came to rush to help her out!
Dagger, felt his heart, sink into darkness... As he watched the daughter... He felt terrible, on the inside, as he looked at her, as death was slowly taking her, away... Suddenly, Wartguts waved his hammer, up high, and hit Dagger in the air! Dagger, was sent flying into the ground, as he dug into the dirt. " Youz, one preaty tough quantillian pony, you iz... But now... you and the rest of you lot, iz going right on top of me pointy stick! Ra har har har har HAR!" bellowed the great big, beast. Dagger's scar, glowed red once more, as he was now filled with anger! He turned around, and got back up, as he activated his jetpack! He aimed for the lower jaw, under Wartguts's mouth, as he stabbed it, and penetrated throught the lower jaw, as his blade went through, the iron lower jaw, as well! The attack was so powerful, and so devastating, that it launched him into the air, as Wartguts was now falling, on top of a few of his boyz!
One of the boyz, who was about to be impacted, by their biggest boss, Wartguts, cried outloud, as they saw the huge hog, " Weez all guna die!" spoke one of them. Just before they could run, all of Wartguts's boyz, were crushed by his weight, as bone crushing sounds, were made. Wartguts got back up, as he then tried to fix his jaw bone, a bit, as he noticed that Dagger's incredibly sharp blade, had gone through his lower iron jaw, and also made a hole, next to his tongue, as he was still able to speak. Then, the big wartboss, herd an explosion, that would make the Hogz to retreat, from the fight, as they were winning the fight, in the first place! Wartguts, turned around, and looked at the explosion, coming from the fort. The big hog, was very unhappy, as he showed a lot of anger, around himself... " Turn tail, you lousy runts!" bellowed, the big wartboss, as he got back up, and they all ran! Warty eventually caught up, with his clan, as millions of Hogz, ran away, into the deepest parts, of the Everfree Forst... The Hogz, have gotten away, yet again...
The battle was over, as only a few warthogs, stayed in the fight, as all the Night guards, killed the last of them... They all gathered, around the Captain, and his daughter, as he cried for her... Dagger, felt horrible inside, seeing them like this, as he hid his feelings, under his helmet... "... She was all I had... She was so much to me, in my life... First my wife... now her..." spoke the captain, slowly... " I've cared for her... Loved her... Gave her, what ever she wanted... My wife, would have been so proud of her, of how much skills, she has gained, from both her and myself..." Cold Star, then turned his head slowly, at Dagger, as he gave him a slight dirty look... "... Quatnillian... This is your faut... If you weren't to come into this world... We wouldn't be having this problem... Now... I don't care, if you are the last of your kind... but you are no longer welcome, to come into this sacret land!... Now go!... One of my guards, will escort you, immediately!" " But, captain!" tried to speak, the stallion, who was Dagger, as he was interrupted by the captain, " Not another word!... Dagger..." snapped Cold Star, as he looked at Dagger... The quantillian pony, was led by two of the captain's men, as they went by to pick up Trixie and Frost, as they were making their way out from the Night ponies' basecamp...
Eventually, Dagger and his friends made it out, as Frost and Trixie, limped their way, to their campsite, were they would recover from the actions, that took place, heal up their wounds, and finally get some rest, for the night...
