Blood ravens: Crashlanding in Equestria.

by ThatRarityIsaSpy


Thank the Emperor

"How long have they been arguing?" Celestia asked looking at the Thule and Angelos.
"Two days straight." Luna said. "I am surprised that none of them decided to stop and eat something or maybe at least have some water."
"No, I want to see who wins. I must say the one-eyed captain as he is called is rather unpleasant. Almost as unpleasant as the one who carries a large weapon."


The subject of the debate between Thule and Angelos had turned from strategy on defeating the orks to whether or not these ponies could be trusted then to if whether or not this was heretical. Being old friends, despite being on opposite ends of the argument, greatly respected the opinion of the other.
"So how isn't this heretical?! We are working with xenos. Nay, we are practically babysitting these things! What would a chaplain say? What would chapter master Kyras say? Why aren't we killing them?"
"Toth and Adrastia would greatly disagree with you. They have worked with aliens before and probably will do it again. We are doing the same."
"Working with them shouldn't mean babysitting the damned things! Are we getting anything out of this?!"
"Yes. A way to get back to the chapter. That's what we're getting out of it."
"No, we got a boatload of orks to deal with!"
"I would like to object, Captain." Tarkus said entering the conversation. "If I may...."
"Go on Tarkus." Both of the captains said eager to hear what he had to offer.
"When I was with Cyrus the other night, I overhead the orks. They mentioned... that humans had chased them here. I don't know what it is that they are implying, then if humans truly chased them here and that alien said she opened a warp rift to Aurelia, then it's not much of a stretch to think that our brothers may not be too far behind."
"Then what's keeping them?" Thule asked.
"We don't know. For all we know our brothers may of been slow on the pursuit and can still be looking for these orks. But I have confidence that the aliens can be trust unlike some in the past...."
Thule once again shook his head and sighed still skeptical. He was about to say something, until a loud rumbling caught his attention. Orks. Lots and lots of orks.

"INCOMING!" Some pony screamed as perhaps thousands of Orks came bounding up the hill. The royal guard made a hasty defense as Shining Armor once again went to the front flanked by Celestia and Luna.

"See dose three?!" Gorgutz said. "Dems the puny bosses! Kill dem and give me deir skulls! GO STOMP 'EM BOYS!
"Eh... boss?" A random ork asked.
"KEEP KILLING! THIS IS A GOOD WAAAAGGGHH!" Gorgutz said absolutely oblivious.
"BOSS!?" The ork yelled finally getting Gorgutz's attention.
"It's dat humie bosses!"

There it was, Captain Thule charging headlong with a power sword and a plasma pistol shooting and swinging brutally into the ranks of orks. He cut his way through the green tide killing any ork with enough stupidity to get near him. Along with that, Angelos with godsplitter killing entire mobs of orks.

"Two Humie bosses want to challenge me? Dis is a good day! And wait!!! It's dat humie boss from kronus! He's mine boys!"
"GORGUTZ! I AM COMING FOR YOU!!" Thule screamed with rage as he stomped an ork's skull to a fine powder. Taking his plasma pistol, he fired several rounds at any other orks that stood in way.
"COME AND GET ME HUMIE!" Gorgutz yelled back as he threw an ork out of his way to get to Davian.


"Captain Thule, wishing to settle a grudge." Tarkus said as he watched the two get into fighting position.
"And he forbids us to help." Cyrus said as he took another potshot at a random unfortunate ork. "This fight will be interesting."
"Aren't you going to help him?!" Rainbow Dash walked in asking the two. Clearly she hadn't been listening to their conversation.
"No." Cyrus said flatly.
"But why not? Don't you want to be a good friend and help him?!"
"I am going to be a good friend by respecting his opinion. He is settling the score with someone who escaped him earlier." Tarkus rolled his eyes. "You know what honor means? He has to do this. It's HIS fight. It'd be a shame if he received help."
"Aren't you at least going to help him take on those nasty green things?"
"And I think that's my 42nd killed today." Cyrus said firing again. "We're helping."
"Aren't you going do something cool like jump into a giant mob of them and fight your way out?"
"Can you shut up and let us do our job? Make yourself useful and go fight before I decide you're not worth the trouble keeping around." Cyrus voice dripped with contempt. "Or are you going to go back frolicking in the clouds as your people die?"
"What?! I would never leave my friends to die! I am going off to help them right now!"
"Glad that worked." Tarkus grinned as Rainbow left.
Cyrus only chuckled in satisfaction.


Gorgutz roared with pain as Thule sent a punch straight at the ork's face. The fight really had gone in nobody's favor. Thule had severed the shoota gorgutz had while he had lost his pistol. Gorgutz had managed to yank the power sword from Thule's grasp but at the same time, he himself had gotten banged up pretty badly from the task.

"TODAY YOU DIE GREENSKIN!" Thule said as he sent a kick straight at Gorgutz's jaw breaking sections of his armor. Gorgutz responded with a savage blow from his power klaw which gave a tore in sections of Thule's armor.

"Look at them go." Celestia said. "I've never in 1,000 years seen creatures of this ferocity."
"I heard it's a grudge." Luna said. "Only one of them will leave this battlefield today."
"Whatever it is, I hope that their friends come and take them away from here." Celestia said. "Equstria has never been devoured by so much hate and violence." Gritting her teeth, Celestia watched as Thule was hit several times by the power klaw yet held his ground bringing strength to take a rock and bludgeon the Ork in the face with it.

Thule roared in pain, battling the shock of probably of breaking several ribs by now as did Gorgutz who probably had quite a few skull fractures. Gorgutz, gathering the last of what strength he got readied his final attack, sending Thule on the ground.

Peace overtook Thule's mind. A similar thing that had happened when he was stabbed the necron lord. In the final moments of life, it was always peaceful. He saw Gorgutz in slow motion raise his power klaw. Turning his head, he readied himself............................... to smash Gorgutz's face with the barrel of a shoota.

The blow made a sickening crunch pretty much shattering the section of armor around Gorgutz's chest and sending him to the ground. Using his hands, Thule ripped off the powerclaw and began, in a fit of almost senseless brutality, beat Gorgutz's head with it until nothing remained save for a few loose pieces of flesh and bone.

And then, he allowed himself the luxury of passing out.






Thule's eyes blinked for a moment. He saw blurred shapes.
"............. stubbornness......."
".......Finest........"
His eyes forced to close, but he did his best to remain conscious. He once again blinked and heard voices.
"......True space marine....."
".......Awesome....."
".....Hero......"
"..........live?"
His eyes closed again and flickered using all his will to try and stay awake.
"He's coming.........."
"...... A genius!"
"Thank......."
"Amazing I gotta....."

Thule jolt up and sat up . Finding himself on the ground in a random building. Several figures stood over him. They were Tarkus, Cyrus, Angelos, Thaddeus, Celestia several multi-colored equines and.... Gordian?!

"Apothecary?!" Thule asked lurching up. "What are you doing here?!"
"We have much to tell you Davian." Angelos said. "But they did it. We're going home."








"2 years? 2 years?!" Thule asked the apothecary for the 18th time.
"Indeed Captain. For you it has been only a month. For us, it has been 2 years." The apothecary droned.
"How?!"
"Emperor knows the answer to that. But what is important is that we detected a warp rift opening roughly a week ago."
"That's the same time we opened it!"
"Of course it is. My conclusion is upon the opening of the warp rift, and time warping stopped. We ended up chasing a few orks here from the looks of it. You handled yourselves well. The natives too know how to heal. That one especially." Gordian pointed at Fluttershy who took a step back.
"She made a quick field operation that I for one will never know how, but she did it. It kept you alive and stopped you from dying."
"To think I was saved by a xenos." Thule muttered under his breath.
"Now then, the Litany of Fury is waiting for us." Angelos said. "Ready when you are."
"I am ready!"
"WAAAAIIIIIIITTTTT!" Pinkie screamed jumping out of nowhere. "WE HAVE TO THROW YOU A GOING AWAY PARTY!!!!"
"Another time." Thule said smiling for the first time in probably about however many years he lived. "And thank you. Fluttershy."


"So, you going to tell me how you opened a warp rift now?" Jonah asked Celestia as the two were around ponyville. Jonah was readying to leave.
"Yes. This." Celestia said using her magic to levitate a book.
As soon as Jonah saw the title, his blood went cold and he went in shock for a moment.
"Only a single page. The librarian had ripped it out and said it would be useful. Won't know why. I intend to maybe read this later or give it Twilight."
"No. Do as I say. Burn this damned thing."
"What? Why?"
"It is tainted. It is damning. Save your people some grief and burn it. And have the librarian and whomever that was involved with this killed."
"But..."
"KILLED." Jonah said almost screaming into Celestia's face. "You have no clue how serious this is. Burn this and have anyone involved KILLED. No exceptions. Any copies you find. Have them burned.
Celestia nodded.

From the distance Twilight eavesdropped. She had a look at the book. She saw the name of it's author.
Lorgar.





When they were ready to go. The space marines went to where the Thunderhawks were landed.
"So... I assume we will keep this planet a secret?" Gordian asked as his brothers got aboard.
"Indeed." Angelos said. "For the time being at least. Perhaps one day it will be of use."
"Will you come back?" Some pony asked as the door was about to shut.
"Some day." Angelos said. "Some day. Librarian, close the rift on the way out."
"Will do Angelos." Jonah said remembering his conversation with Celestia and the unholy text within Equestria.
And so the Blood Ravens left. For the time being at least. It wouldn't be many years for them until they returned.