Chapter Thirteen

The groups searched high and low for the filly, yet they couldn't find her. "What are we going to do!? What if she's trapped somewhere, hurt!" Twilight was frantic, her only daughter was missing and they couldn't find a single trace of her.

"We will find her, Twilight, don't worry." Storm Shield said, smiling down at her. "She is our revered brother's daughter, no way will we allow something to happen to her."

"Agreed… Twilight, how about you go home, check to see if she's there?" Star Sword said, smiling at her. "You could also wait at the castle, while we search. She may come back during the time we are out here."

Twilight nodded, slowly charging her magic. "Let me know, the moment you find her!" She asked, disappearing in a flash of light, while the other ponies continued the search. The alicorn mare appeared within the main hall of the Friendship Castle, looking around the empty castle. "Silver! Are you here, sweetie?" Twilight called out, searching all around the passage ways.

Twilight couldn't find the filly anywhere, not knowing she was holding the necklace Zarrix gave her. The mare slowly entered Silver Star's room, in hopes to find her crying on the bed. Unfortunately, the filly was not in her room and tears started to fall down Twilight's cheeks.

"Where could she be?" Twilight muttered, before something caught her eye. It was a stack of papers under Silver Star's bed, just barely sticking out. The mare walked over to the spot, and pulled them out. "What's this?" She asked herself, eyeing each one with widen eyes.

In each picture, was the same bipedal figure with Silver Star, and her every now and then. Even though they were childish drawings, Twilight could make out the tell-tale signs of a Dreadnought! Which was impossible, since they were back in Zarrix's dimension and not on Equestria. One picture showed Silver Star being held up by the Dreadnought, her laughing and holding both hooves up, wings out, and a make shift smile on the helmet of said Dreadnought. "If Warsmith could move!" The filly had titled it.

The next picture showed the filly, the Dreadnought, and Twilight; playing together in some clearing, within a forest. They were all holding hands, almost like a family portrait done by a foal. "Warsmith, Mommy, and Me; playing in the Everfree Forest!" The mare read, placing a hoof over her muzzle. "That must be where she is! The Everfree Forest!" Twilight yelled, dropping the pictures and rushing out. "I have to tell the others!"

-Everfree Forest, almost to Ponyville-

Silver Star had slept for too long, the sun was really high into the sky. "I need to get home…" She said, flying through the trees.

"And what is the rush, precious?" A, twisted, voice asked, making the filly stop to see an eight foot tall bipedal creature, in purple and black armor. "Also, why are you out here, all alone?" She could see the wide grin on his face, the way he talked to her made Silver Star's skin crawl.

"U-U-Um… I was out for too long, and no pony knew where I was…" Silver Star answered, slowly floating away from the creature. "Sorry, I can't stay, my mummy probably has the whole town looking for me." The filly froze, the moment she backed into another one.

Soon, there was four of them! "Oh, I am terribly sorry, precious… But you aren't going anywhere." Narious said, cackling, as the others joined him. "Grab her!"

The three Astartes went to grab the filly, but she shot off! Luckily, for her, Silver Star's small size allowed her to be more agile than them. Without wasting a second, the filly was heading towards Ponyville, the Astartes right behind her. "Mummy! Mummy, help!" She screamed, entering the village at top speed, for her.

"Silver!" She heard her mother yell, before the filly ran square into Twilight's lavender coat. "By Celestia, Silver! You had me worried sick!"

"Mummy! Get uncle Star Saber! They are chasing me, and they are really scary!" The filly pleaded, Twilight givingher a confused look.

"Who are you talking about, Silver?" Twilight asked, tilting her head.

"I-I don't know! They're big, metal, and have purple with black skin!" Her description made the mare go wide eyed, but again it was impossible for them to be here.

That is, until a burst of deafening sound destroyed a nearby building! "What in Equestria!?" Twilight yelled, holding Silver Star close to her, tightly and protectively.

A familiar, twisted, laugh filled the mare's ears. "My, my, my; Lady Sparkle! How you've changed!" The mare looked, to her horror, and saw Narious with three other III Legion Astartes. "Remember me?"

"Narious!" Twilight yelled, glaring at him. "You foul monster!"

Narious placed a hand over his chest, and bowed. "My, you remembered my name, thank you." He looked at the Tactical Marine. "Capture them."

"Yes, Captain." The Astartes stepped forward, but a flash of sky blue magic caused him to stop… Revealing the four stallions, glaring at the Astartes.

"I got everypony here, the moment I heard the sound." Bone Saw said, the four walking forward and preparing to fight the twisted Astartes.

"And you four are? This world's elite?" Narious asked, with a deadpanned look.

"We may have changed, but you sure haven't, Captain." Bone Saw said, smirking. "Brothers! Iron Within, Iron Without!" The three repeated his war cry, all four pressing a hoof on to the crystal around their necks. Their whole bodies being engulfed with a flash of white light.

"What is this!?" Narious yelled, before loud cracks of bolter fire cut the Tactical Marine down. "You!?" The III Legion Captain yelled, staring at the four Iron Warriors that went through the portal.

"That's right, Captain… Us." Anlerion said, pointing his bolter at them. "Protect the village! Bring them down!" Then, all hell broke loose as everyone went for cover, bolter fire being exchanged by the two sides.

Silver Star, who was pulled behind cover by her mother, was shocked. Her four uncles had just transformed into gray and gold versions of that Narious… Now, they are fighting like something she's never seen before. Though, the advantage was made clear, when Sergeant Alor was sent through a building, by that deafening sound.

"Damn! Our bolters won't mean a thing with that Noise Marine!" Kalex noted, firing off a couple of rounds, before going back under cover. "Pain means nothing to him!"

Silver Star looked up at her mother, who was trying her best to shield the filly, and herself, with a barrier spell. "We need heavy support to defeat him and that Havoc!" Sergeant Malk yelled.

She heard her mother whisper, Twilight pulling Silver Star to the point she was close to the necklace. The filly's eyes locked on to the symbol's own, somewhat entranced by them. Then, a prayer entered her mind again, and Silver Star suddenly voiced it. "Iron Within, Iron Without… From Iron, cometh Strength. From Strength, cometh Will. From Will, cometh Faith. From Faith, cometh Honor. From Honor, cometh Iron…." She reached up to the symbol, it was almost like she was under some spell, or the shock getting to her.

Twilight looked down at her, surprised at what she heard. "S-Silver Star… Where have you heard that before?" She asked, the filly not paying any attention to her.

"This is the Unbreakable Litany… And may it forever be so." At that, Silver Star's hoof came up, and pressed on to the symbol, its eyes lighting up red. When she snapped out of it, the two of them could hear the necklace beeping, the eyes flashing with each beep. "M-Mummy… What just happened?" Silver Star asked, confused as to why her hoof was on the symbol.

Twilight placed a hoof over hers, and the symbol, a smile on her face, as she whispered. "Zarrix… Help us…"

-Everfree Forest-

"Zarrix… Help us…" A voice whispered around the Dreadnought, slowly making him stir from his slumber.

Then, out of nowhere, Warsmith suddenly felt a jolt through his entire body, his cybernetics coming online. He slowly woke from his slumber, hearing the grinding gears all around his body. "W-What?" He thought, as a screen appeared in front of his vision.

"All Systems: Green. Reaper Cannon: Fifteen Hundred Rounds Loaded. Power Claw: Online, and on Stand-by. Cybernetic Links: Connected. Distress Beacon Detected." The screen read, as Warsmith was able to make the Dreadnought take a combat pose.

"It seems... I have fully awoken…" He bellowed, taking a massive step forward, the ground cracking beneath his armored foot. "For war!"

-Back in Ponyville-

"By the Lord of Iron, I would do anything to have the Warsmith right now…" Anlerion said, unable to return fire, because of the Havoc.

"Agreed, he could easily charge their position, allowing us to take down the Noise Marine, during the distraction." Sergeant Malk added, laying lower after a bolter round flew right over his head.

Narious began to laugh, striking a strange pose. "Your Warsmith won't save you this time, Iron Warriors! His death was ensured, the moment my blade struck!" He yelled, the IV Legion Astartes unable to fight back.

An idea suddenly came to Silver Star. "Warsmith!" She remembered, looking up at Twilight. "Mummy! We have to go wake him up, see if he can help!"

"What? Who is-!" Before Twilight could fully ask, the filly shot straight out of her hooves. The mare gave chase, noticing the Noise Marine catching sight of her daughter, and quickly covering the filly… Just as the two were blown into a nearby wall.

"Mummy!" Silver Star screamed, as the two hit the gorund.

"I-I'm alright, sweetie…" Twilight weakly said, trying to get up but pain shot up through her body at the moment… The alicorn will need a short period of time to recover, and get her bearings.

"Princess Twilight! Silver! Get out of there, now!" Kalex shouted, seeing Narious approaching them, a twisted grin on his face.

The four Iron Warriors tried to deter him, but both the Havoc and Noise Marine followed the Captain and covered his approach. "Well, well, looks like I finally have you within my grasp, Lady Sparkle." Narious said, holding his blade out, and looked at the backpack carrying alicorn filly. "And an added bonus, your daughter, too!"

"Leave… Her alone…" Twilight growled, trying to get up, but her head was swimming.

"Back off, you big meanie!" Silver Star yelled, stepping between the two… She had pulled out the helmet, and sat it next to her, this allowed the filly to move quicker. "Or I'll… I'll…" She couldn't think of anything, earning a wide grin from her opponent.

"Or you'll what? Throw a ponified Terminator helmet at me?" Narious asked, making Silver Star lower herself, in fear. "Don't make me laugh." He raised the sword up, none noticing Twilight's necklace is no longer flashing. "Prepare to d-..?"

STOMP!

The Captain froze, everyone starting to look around for the source of that noise. When a second stomp came, both sides saw the Everfree Forest Trees shaking, birds flying out of their safe havens. When another stomp came, a massive figure appeared behind the trees. "What in Slaanesh's name is that?" Narious asked, before a familiar, metallic, spinning noise started. "Get down!"

BOOM-BOOM! BOOM-BOOM! BOOM-BOOM! BOOM-BOOM!

The Noise Marine was suddenly torn apart by powerful bolter fire! The front two trees being torn straight out of the ground, and thrown to the side. Stepping out of the wood line, was the fifteen foot metal juggernaut that any Astartes would fear. It was…

"…. A Contemptor Dreadnought…" Narious said, with wide eyes, as the giant observed the scene before him.

"Warsmith! You're moving!" Silver Star cheered, smiling at the arrival of her friend.

"Yes… I have been called, and fully awoken now." Warsmith took another step forward, gears grinding within his body. "I come to bring the IV Legion's Wrath upon our enemies!"