In their arrival, Twilight and her group witnessed the chaos already starting to spread panic and fear in Ponyville. The citizens were running from their lives as a horde of monsters advanced and the buildings were burning down in their passage. There are all dead ponies returned to the living, large wolfine creatures, Wargs, and others. All of the guided by a huge armored headless figure, who head was floating upon it.
Most of the innocent ponies were devoured, cut and perished because of them of the flames devastating their in habitations. Nopony expected their arrival being this swift and instantaneous.
Royal Guards tried their best to fight them, unicorn included. But were then cutted in two with a vacuum cut of the headless' creature sword. Such sight made the Mane Six and Shining Armor shiver as they hide themselves from behind a wall, along with Fellon.
"What the heck is that things!?" Rainbow Dash exclaimed.
"A Dullhan. A monster who had it's head cut but that had in expense gained a very tremendous power," Fellon explained. "Needles to say I hated that thing."
"Who cares? We have to help the others and stop those things!" Twilight pointed out.
"Ya, but how?" Applejack demanded.
"I will help with the evacuation of the city," Shining said. "You take your relatives and get out of here as fast a you can."
The Mane Six nodded and were about to follow suit when a filly scream lured their attention. They saw Sweetie Bell being caught in the middle of their attack, having a stroke. Specifically, being nearby the corpse pony devouring it's meal.
"SWEETIE BELL!" Rarity said rushing toward her sister, getting also the attention of the living corpse.
Without thinking twice, the fashionista pulverizes the creature with her magic. She then pull up Sweetie Bell and run away from there, reaching the others.
"Sis!" Sweetie cried.
"It's ok, Sweetie. Nopony robs of my family again!" Rarity roared quietly.
With that, Rarity, Twilight and the others retreated, headed far away from the horde of monsters.
"Pinkie, were are Applebloom and Scotaloo?" Applejack asked.
"They are with Cadence. Rest assured, they are in a better safe place than this." Pinkie assured.
As they galloped toward to some place out of the town, monsters continue to appear in every angle. Twilight and Rarity continued to shoot their rays to pulverize the living corpses, but couldn't do nothing against the Wargs. The group and the squadron of Shining continued their run, trying to bring the rest of the living citizen far away from the mayhem and the violence caused by the creatures.
Unfortunately, almost every exit of the city was blocked by the hordes of monsters, which induce the group do make a change of plan. After a few minutes, they found the Carousel Boutique, the only thing that had been untouched by the creatures. Without thinking twice, they stormed inside.
Shining Armor look outside the windows as the monsters were slowly advancing toward the building, taking their time with them as their next victim.
"We are trapped!" One random pony said.
"They are going to feast on us!" Another one said.
"CALM DOWN!" Shining promptly halted. "We are going to make it out of this mess, even if I don't know how."
Fellon looked out of the window nearby the entrance until he noticed something.
"Twilight?" Fellon asked.
"Yes?" Twilight asked.
"What is that pony doing outside?"
"WHAT?"
All of the ponies went nearby the windows and got to see the only pony who remained outside the boutique. It's a purple maned silver stallion standing two legged in front of the horde without even flinching. He didn't made any step back. Rarity, seeing the madness in this, opened the door.
"What the heck are you doing here!? Get away from them!" Rarity cried.
No response. The stallion took a few steps toward the horde, and at that point two humanoid spectral hand appeared on his hooves like new limbs and a very long sword appeared on his right hand, if it will be called like that.
"Tsk, you weren't even trying." The stallion commented.
One of the wargs took that as a provocation and swiftly leaped toward the stallion who didn't move a muscle. Only pronounce some words.
"Whilelm's Strength!"
And land a horizontal swing of his sword that cut off the entire Warg into, leaving the two parts collapsing in separated direction. At that point, the corpses, skeletons and other Wargs charged furiously toward the stallion who, once has been reached by them, began to dancing with his swords cutting down multiple creatures after having pronounced another formula.
"Gerof's Thunder Strike!"
The sword was imbued by pure electricity as the stallion continued to mow down more monsters. All of that happening under a tempest of pure electricity caused by its sword.
The horde seemed to be subdued, but then other monsters came from behind him. The sword suddenly disappeared and at it's place two truncated shotguns with alchemic circles. The stallion quickly turned toward the horde and shots multiple blows that shattered most of their heads, Wargs or not.
Just when the stallion put his shotguns to rest and take it's sword again, the Dullhan made it's appearance and raised it's sword, intended to cut him two.
"What are you waiting for!?" Applejack screamed. "Move away from-"
"Katharina, move your ass and make your shield!" The stallion shouted.
As the sword of the dead knight was about to fall on it's head, a violet barrier formed around him, blocking it's attack. The Dullhan, just like the ponies who were witnessing the scene, were mostly astounded and confused by this. The stallion smiled and, turning toward the headless giant, charged it's sword and swung upwards, causing a enormous blade of white flame erupting from below the Dullhan, slashing him and incinerating him simultaneously.
The stallion won his fight, but was oblivious of the three skeletons stabbing him from behind with their swords. Pissed, the stallion turned at them with a swing, beheading them. The stallion struggled to remain still despite the mortal wound and tried to maintain his cool.
"It's not good," Twilight said from the boutique. "Brother, we have to-"
"Life Regeneration!" The stallion shouted as a coil of roses veiled it's figure and shattered the swords being stabbed into him while healing his wounds. All happening while the spirit of a young girl appeared upon him before disappearing along with the roses.
Twilight, her friends and the rest of the ponies were surprised and bewildered to what had transpired. Some of the inhabitants came to think of him as their savior.
The Royal Guards, however, weren't of the same opinion, especially Shining Armor. They surrounded the stallion, who literally expected this kind of reaction. He made no move in his defense and made his sword disappear. He looked at each one of the guards and then to Shining Armor, who seemed to know him.
"You didn't seem to have told us the truth, Miner Rift," One guard said.
"And surely this is not magic that belongs to our world. Not even the black magic of our world," Another one said.
"You better tell us your real name," Shining Armor ordered.
The stallion made a faint smile. He wasn't intimidated even for a second by their words or wait they are going to threat him, like a danger. The stallion made a formal bow like that of a real human prince.
"Matthiel Von Viltheim. At your service."