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// An old friend 
// Story: Blood ravens: Crashlanding in Equestria. 
// by ThatRarityIsaSpy 
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“No! No! Noooooooooo!” Discord said pulling at his horns. It turned out that the space marines weren’t the bloodthirsty and mindless savages he thought them to be. 
He had almost had them. 
During the initial battle with the Ursa major, it just didn’t hit any of the space marines. While that, in turn the space marines ended up peppering the beast with thousands of bolter rounds which caused serious discomfort to the creature. Twilight had first tried to use any spell she had in any effort to incapacitate or calm the beast from it’s rampage but obviously, when you have a bunch of red creatures firing several rounds of explosive tipped bullets at you, it’s rather hard to calm down. 

So this went on for a few minutes, where while the space marines could not really hurt the Ursa Major, the Ursa could not in turn hit any of them. So deciding to change this up a bit, Discord used his magic to have the Ursa divert it’s attention to the six ponies. 

While most of the ponies decided to run, Fluttershy was just too scared. Instead she curled up in a ball hoping that whatever happened would happen quickly. Thankfully, it didn’t happen too quickly or Jonah may of not had enough time to help her. Sending a massive lightning bolt at the Ursa’s paw, he was able to make sure Fluttershy wasn’t going to crushed by a giant paw. 

Fluttershy voiced her thanks, which of course, Jonah probably had a hard hearing but that was hardly a problem as they still have a 100 meter tall monster that was seriously pissed off at them. 

Just when it seemed to everyone that this little fight would last forever, Thaddeus, Martellus, Gordian and Tarkus showed up holding one of the elements showing that Discord had duped them hoping they would be killed by the monster. 

Discord hated to admit it, but he knew he lost this round. Using his magic, he made the ursa fall asleep as he readied his next test. 

To the ponies, they were simply glad that Thaddeus had found the element. Knowing it belonged to one of them, Thaddeus then handed it to them despite the suspicions of Thule, Avitus and Cyrus. But of course with some reassuring from Jonah, they grudgingly agreed. 

“Well, they seem ready to trust us....” Rainbow Dash whispered to her friends. “What’s gotten into them?” 
“Well, we typically don’t like to work with beings that aren’t our kind...... when we do, it normally involves one of us getting double-crossed.” Tarkus said remembering the Eldar ranger. 
“But what makes you think we’ll do something as dastardly as to backstab you?” Rarity asked. “While you may of well... killed some ponies........ you’ve been a great help to all of Equestria! Maybe Princess Celestia may even personally help you in whatever it is you need.” 
“If you can prove to be more honest than those we’ve dealt with before.” Thule said. “Then I will be willing to trust you. But from what I know, that’s not what I’ve seen.” 
Shouldn’t be too hard. Twilight thought. And they needed each other’s trust. If she knew Discord well enough, he would try to drive a wedge between them all. 
Well, maybe getting comfortable with one another may take some time....... as Twilight turned to hear Fluttershy gasping in horror as Gabriel readied to smash the Ursa’s skull in. 

“WAAAAIIIIIITTTT!” Fluttershy said as she flew up in front of the space marine. “Please... stop! Don’t kill her!” 
“Her?!” 
“Yes........ I can talk to animals!” 
“Well.... that’s unexpected.....whatever, why shouldn’t I kill... her? It tried to smash us... and you’d be in pieces had it not been for Jonah.” 
“Because it’s only upset. It lost it’s baby just a few..... days... ago.....” Fluttershy said 
“Well, they were the ones who killed it.” Rainbow Dash whispered. 
“This thing is dangerous.....” Gabriel said. 
“Yes.... I know... but maybe I can calm it down later!” Fluttershy said reassuring. For the time being Angelos agreed not to smash it’s head in. But he made sure to tell the yellow pegasus that at the first sign of trouble, he would be smashing it’s head in. 

“Alright, everyone!” Discord said. “I think it’s time I readied your next test!” 
“What is it daemon?!” Thule asked. “We’ve had enough of your games. Fight me!” 
“Captain that’s not a very good idea.... I sense a very powerful psychic echo coming from him! Jonah warned. 
“Oh... I don’t like fighting. That’s what my friends are for!” Discord laughed. “Speaking of which!” Snapping his fingers once again causing everyone to relocate.... to a large mountain. 

Everyone was here.... well everyone but Rarity....... 
“Where’s Rarity?!” Twilight panicked
“Why does it matter?” Avitus asked. “If she wasn’t sent here, that’s one less equine we have to watch out for.” . 
“But I was getting to the fun part!” Discord said. “You see now... I’ve already given her, her element! You just have to find her! Oh by the way.... this is the most popular dragon den. Good luck! I have a few friends to speak too.” 





“I don’t serve you, abomination.” Eliphas said looking at Discord. 
“But don’t you serve chaos?” Discord asked. “Well, time to work for me cause I AM chaos!” 
“Why should I trust you?!” Eliphas said. 
“Well, I did drag your soul from the warp. I did it to him too.” Discord said pointing at a certain chaos sorcerer who looked at everything like it was none of his concern. 
“Now then, I believe BOTH of you have a certain thing against a group of people.... they call themselves the blood ravens...” 
Eliphas was all of a sudden interested and Sindri dropped his bored look. 
“Tell me more. .