The Cutie Mark crusaders discover a statue of an ancient and mighty champion below the earth, and accidently set it free from confinement.

The champion is Excolotis, the God of War, a twelve foot; eight hundred pound behemoth who slew Gryphon raiders, brought Dragons down to size, and even went toe to toe with Ursa Majors and won.

Thing is... there isn't really a need for someone who knows how to kill a pony in thirteen different ways with his bare hands in Equestria...

...At least, not yet...

Tv Tropes page here.

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Fanfic/IAmWar?from=Main.IAmWar

After an unfair taxation, the Apple Family risk losing thier farm to a corrupt tax office. With Celestia powerless to help, Big Macintosh takes things into his own hooves.

It is never wise to post a story because of a drunken bet, but I always keep my word.

Three days since something terrible happened.

Three days since a Pony was declared dead.

Three days since everything changed.

What happened?

A very short story written to get the idea out of my head.