A Dash Of War(craft)

by Alexander Bolt

Seeing Double

Princess Celestia was getting a bad migraine indeed. First, a human falls into her throne room, then the human nearly kills another foreigner whom she disagreed with the presence of. Then two more off-worlders revealed themselves and nearly killed each other. After that she had nearly an hour of peaceful paperwork before being called to the walls for some daft reason. This daft reason happened to be a shambling undead army, with a particularly pale orc riding an undead steed doing what could only be classified as raising morale.
"Surrender, puny horses! For I am Ner'Zhul, the Lich King, and with me I bring death and unmerciful end! Behold the army bestowed upon me by Lord Discord and by extension the all powerful and ever forgiving Master Sargeras!" He bellowed, raising another cheer from the undead army, which Celestia guessed was a number of about five hundred. She noted a vein physically popping in her skull at the mention of Discord, as well as the group of Arvenell, Melkiv, Spolge, Luna, and even Twilight.
"Give us some time to think of your terms, Mister Zhul. Surrender is a complicated thing on this world." Celestia lied to save time. As she turned three dots formed in the sky, rapidly descending towards the wall at a somewhat cautious speed.
"Do whatever you wish, puny pony! It matters not when you surrender, as you will all fuel the Scourge!" The orc called back, getting yet another cheer from his army. The three dots in the sky became more defined, and Celestia noticed a chariot, two pegasi, one holding onto the other, and a small bird of prey. They all moved towards Luna's group, who all were walking towards Celestia. After a moment, in which the solar princess gathered herself, the three groups were together, and news was buzzing.
"Illidan is here." Rel'Shalor said as soon as his feet left the chariot.
"Oh boy, more sociopaths!" Arvenell responded, rolling his eyes.
"You don't seem surprised, death knight." The tauren, later identifying herself as Fraln Flamehand, said following the paladin off the chariot.
"Of course not. Nothing surprises Arvenell. It's a physical impossibility." Chimed Aliyina the night elf, as she changed into a her modified star form, giving her a slight glow. After this comment a light blue pegasus dropped down to the area, carrying a battered and bruised Permafrost in her hooves. As they landed, another pegasus, this one with a yellow coat and pink mane tip-toed out of the chariot, looking like she hadn't slept in days.
"Rainbow Dash! Fluttershy! What are you two doing here!" Princess Twilight gawked as she recognized the two.
"Those things were attacking Fluttershy's cabin, and when I saw smoke I came flyin' in." The rainbow maned pegasus responded, saying 'Things' with more curiosity than anger. She set the beaten Captain down on his hooves before landing beside Twilight. "What are they?"
"Demons, undead, and if we're very unlucky, mutated dragons." Arvenell answered with a dismal tone in his voice.
"Well, I was more asking about you and your group."
"Oh, in that case, we're friends of Celestia." the death knight said, a smile appearing on his lips.
"No. You're not. Infact, I doubt we'll ever be friends, human." The annoyed elder princess retorted.
"But Princess Celestia, friendship is magic!" The human quoted what he had heard Twilight say early, giving a few small laughs after. At this Twilight rolled her eyes and pulled Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy away from the group, beginning to explain the happenings as best she could.
"Not where you come from. In fact, Melkiv could probably prove that with your world's barbaric methods." Luna said in her sister's aid.
"My methods are not barbaric! I am a dabbler in the arcane arts! A conjurer of ice and fire! I am-" The gnome began, earning a "SHUT UP!" from the other humanoids.
"Now that the jokes are aside, perhaps Rel, Fraln, and Aliyana could properly tell me what happened out there?" Captain Permafrost asked, speaking for the first time since his arrival.
"Well, first off, we were surrounded by demons, then we were attacked by a night elf I could have sworn was killed years ago, and at that point you got smacked about by an infernal. Does that work out, Permafrost" Aliyana responded with a comical attitude, even getting a chuckle out of Arvenell.
"Good enough..." the Captain responded, with a demeanor that could match Celestia's.
"So then, let me get the points straight. We have Illidan out there, leading at least a small group of demons. We have Ner'Zhul here, with a considerable threat with his undead army. And finally, connecting the two, we have Discord, who I will properly turn into a squirrel when next we see him. Why is it every time we have foreign visitors, it seems things go horribly wrong?" Celestia pondered, bringing a hoof to her face.
"Well, at least these foreigners can crush the opposition, assuming I'm incorrect." Arvenell assured her.
"What was that last part?" The Solar Princess asked.
"Well, if these two are here, serving Sargeras, it might be possible another big servant of Sargeras is here. Emphasis on 'big', mind you." The human responded, his voice becoming more and more dismal throughout the sentence. The other misplaced adventurer's eyes widened as he finished, with Fraln cringing.
"Who do you-" Celestia never got to finish her question as a cataclysmic roar sounded over the horizon.
"Ohhhhhhhh boy." Arvenell said, he himself cringing.
"I AM THE DESTROYER OF WORLDS! CONCEDE TO YOUR FATE, EQUESTRIA! I AM DEATHWING, AND THE HOUR OF TWILIGHT HAS FALLEN UPON THIS WORLD!" A massive voice bellowed as a long black ling appeared on the horizon.
"Does he ever say anything original?" Rel asked, actually sounding serious.
"No. And I must say that I have an idea." Arvenell confirmed. "But Celestia and Luna won't like it."
"Don't say that just yet, human." Luna said.
"It involves a near carbon copy of myself." The death knight revealed.
"Oh no." Celestia said, her voice dripping with dread.
"Well, it's all we have." Luna sighed.
"Melkiv, do you have the one-way portal available." Arvenell asked.
"Well yes, but I can only place the end point nearby. The entrance can be anywhere, though." The gnome answered, his voice becoming a bit edgy.
"Good enough. Power it up, bring him through." The human said with a sigh. Melkiv did as was told, and opened a shimmering blue portal. At first nothing happened, then a colorful being rolled into the fray, producing a bow with four arrows already notched in the draw string.
"Who dares to summ- Oh, hey. It's you guys. How's it goin', little brother?" A familiar yet strange voice called, standing up and sheathing his bow. The human stood, covered in mail that was more colors than Celestia's mane. He was fidgeting even when he was plainly standing up, as if he had an itch he just couldn't scratch.
"Oh, .he usual. Thrown through dimensions, placed on an alien planet, and now being chased by Lord Ner'Zhul. And I'm not your little brother, Alvich, it just seems that way since I don't age." Arvenell answered, a small twinge of anticipation in his voice. The others couldn't help but notice a bit of respect put into the word 'Lord' that came before Ner'Zhul.
"Uh, you doin' okay, Arv? I don't think that an undead orc needs that much respect." Alvic answered, ignoring the second half of his older brother's words. At this Arvenell raised an eyebrow for a moment, his eyes widening after the revelation.
"Damn, he's getting more of a hold with every minute." The death knight swore.
"Arvenell, is there something you'd like to tell us?" Celestia asked, her only visible eyebrow raising.
"Well, Ner'Zhul is the Lich King. The Lich King happens to be the thing that killed me, stole my soul, then made me into what I am now. During that time, I was practically enslaved, with no actual will of my own. now it seems that the control is being used AGAIN, and at this rate he'll have dominance over me in about, hm, fifteen minutes." The older human answered with a casual tone which barely hid the dread in his mind.
"This day is perhaps the worst day in all of Equestria. I don't remember a worse day in recorded history. And I've lived longer than that history." Celestia said in a nearly pained demeanor.
"Look on the bright side. Atleast this doesn't happen every other year in this world." Fraln said, a hint of comedy to mask the desperation.
"Spolge, we need our own fifth here. You know what to do." Rel ordered with an emotionless voice.
"But last time we did that he said he would rip my arms off and stick them in my eyes!" The goblin protested.
"I don't believe I care. Deathwing will do much worse, and I can't heal death if I'm a victim of it as well." Rel stated, keeping a steady tone.
"Fine..." The warlock said, beginning to make runic marks on the floor in a circle.
"Well, while that's going on, let's make a plan." Aliyana proposed.
"Indeed. I elect that we try no dying." Alvich said with sarcasm.
"While you're arguing, I'm going to delay the assault." Celestia said.
"I'll rally the guards." Luna decided.
"Luna, I want you to be sure that we do one thing exclusively if things go horribly wrong." Arvenell asked before she left.
"Yes?"
"Improvise."

Author's Note:

Socking twist is shocking. Or maybe not. Either way! Bad voodoo's goin' down! Oh, and Ner'Zhul IS the original Lich King, to all you non-lore fanatics. Google him.

Comments

[aEtherI0n]

Seriously, the 'guessing the bosses' game last chapter, got me confused...
Why Ner'Zhul???
Yes he is the original Lich King, but using him and not Arthas, is really confusing. Not to mention that it doesn't work with the actual Warcraft Universe lore.
For example: the events that take place can only be possible by combining different time-lines. For one, Illidan appears after the events of the 3rd War, while Ner'Zhul (with help from Kil'jaden) after the 2nd War. The only thing that makes sense is that they both (or at least one of them) serve Sargeras. Btw, bringing Neltharion in the story, gives points to more chaotic confusion, AND they all serve Discord... of all the evils you chose Discord.... Put simply, Discord ain't got SHIT on those three, and you know it.
'sigh' Anyway, it's worth noting that the story is still better than most WoW/MLP crossovers, I'll give you that, and I see the raid group is just about complete, and about to go in EPIC BATTLE MODE!!
Make us proud.

[Cadmium]

Meh Discord my have just brainwashed some idiots to think they are iliidan/Ner'zuhl and Co because it would make absolutely no sense in the slightest if those where the real ones because they are horribly OOC

[Alexander Bolt]

2251613 This will actually be explained (and exploited) later, but it IS the same Ner'Zhul and Illidan.

[Alexander Bolt]

So then, I should be able to get back into things this week. Vacation strikes at the most inopportune writing times.