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// What?  
// Story: Hail to the king, Hail to his Horde 
// by Emo Rainbow 
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Princess Celestia relaxed in her study. Her sister was sitting down thinking about the situation. "They must have some form of connection to that magic storm." Celestia said unsure about her new visitors. "They might not sister." Stated Luna as she pulled out a clipboard. "According to this doctors analysis the creatures took quite the beating before ending up here. The sheer amount of concentration needed to summon this does not amount to either of their conscious minds." Luna said to her older sister.

Celestia was trying to find another reason. "Well what if someone sent them here?" She said. "Unlikely sister. The storm was conjured from this realm not theirs." Celestia knew she had to figure out a different theory  now that Luna made some excellent points. Though, she couldn't shake the feeling that the creatures had something to do with this. "Okay Luna you win. We can rule them out as the cause, but what about them as pawns?" Celestia inquired to Luna. "Do explain sister." Luna responded

"If we question them when they wake we might be able to figure out if someone, or something wants them here. If not we shall try to send them home if they don't prove to be harmful." Celestia explained. "I wouldn't count on it their gadgets are most likely weapons far more advanced then ours. Not only that but they are most definitely carnivorous." Luna said.  "Does that remind you of a race you judged too quickly? They turned out to be good all along?" Celestia said. With a sigh Luna replied "The griffins."

"Exactly." Stated Celestia. There was a moment of silence until the door was busted open by a guard. "Princess Luna, Princess Celestia come quickly they have awoken." The guard panted out from his nonstop running from the medical ward.

15 minutes earlier: medical ward of canterlot castle.


Darkness all he could see was darkness. "Prepare to die traitorous cur!" Yelled an all to familiar voice. He opened his eyes to see Skorge running closer to him with his chainsaw staff. He dodged to the right causing Skorge to cut downwards throwing up sparks from the metal. He quickly looked at his surroundings while Skorge tried to dislodge the chainsaw. He was in the throne room of the queen this felt like the day he tried taking her life. He felt pain in his right arm and he jumped to the right.

He looked back to see Skorge had abandoned the chainsaws and attacked with his gorgon pistol. He kept on jumping trying to find his weapons but they weren't in sight. He never parted with his weapons. When Skorge reloaded Verus charged at him with his knife. Skorge was surprised to say the least. Even though he didn't show it he was used to having locust fear him.

Verus tackled him and brought him down. Skorge lost grip of his pistol as Verus repeatedly slashed him. Until everything stopped by the sound of a voice. The queen then spoke to Verus in his anger and Skorge in his weakened state. "Verus kill him he is weak. Kill Skorge and resume as my general." She said thinking Skorge couldn't hear her. Which he didn't. "No you evil, corrupt, insensitive, wretch." He said as he charged at her.

Just then he saw the room fill with locust. Before they could stop him he slit her throat. He jumped backwards time seemed to slow down as he grabbed Skorges pistol and gunned down locust on all sides. None of which had guns for some reason. His clip ran dry and he jumped high in the air. He looked down Skorge and the queens bodies were nowhere in sight. He saw it the chainsaw his only salvation. He fell quickly and grabbed it he chopped down never ending waves of the horde. He eventually gave out and was bludgeoned to death.

Verus woke with a start to the sound of beeping machines which increased rapidly. But decreased when he realized he wasn't in immediate danger. He looked to his right nothing but a white wall. In front of him a white door and more wall. No windows either. 

To his left walls no windows and his general lying there attached to a machine. "Krogg!" Verus yelled thankful he wasn't dead. Krogg's heart monitor was showing he was normal his heart still worked. Krogg was in his ceremonial robes which he wore under the armor. Speaking of the armor where was it. Verus still had his weapons it was mandatory for all of his soldiers to keep all weapons on magnetic lock to their armor.

There was a clank sound of something hitting the floor he looked to the sound of the noise to see one of those equine creatures. It wore a hat atop its head that had a Red Cross on it. "Uh oh." She said. It was clearly a female. She ran out the door and slammed it shut he stayed quiet and heard her tell someone to tell a princess. This couldn't be good he needed to get out of here. He ripped off his cords connecting him to the monitor and got off of the bed. 

He went to Krogg trying,and failing to awaken him. "Krogg awaken now." He said. Krogg opened his eyes and stood up the cords barely halting him.

"My King." He said with a bow. Krogg looked around and scowled. Verus walked to the door pressing his head to it and knocked on it with his hand. Verus motioned towards the door and Krogg knew exactly what that meant. 

"Yes my king." Krogg said as he broke down the door to look down at several surprised and terrified equine creatures. Some with golden armor on, and others just plain with nothing on. There were two that did stand out though. A tall one with multicolored hair waving on its own. A horn, wings, and a picture of the sun on its flank.

He looked further down to see a smaller one that was a darker shade of blue and had wavy Hair like the other one. She also had a mark of a moon on her flank. She had a straight face with a raised eyebrow as she looked up at him.

As the taller one regained itself it said in a female voice "I came here to see if we could talk over some tea, would you care for some." As she said this a tray of tea levitated in fron of them. He had one thing going through his mind which his king voiced for him " What?"