Celestia POV:
Every leader was gathered in my throne room. Well, everyone apart from Luna and Cadence, who are getting check up by medics from the fight against Dynol. Some of my most trustworthy nobles and generals were in the throne room as well. Twilight and her friends, along with Spike, who was standing next to me and Twilight was chatting to themselves on something. I sat on my throne and watched the political chaos in front of me.
Already many of the nobles, generals and leaders were arguing on what to do about this war. Some wanted to conscript innocents of all races to fight in the war, others like Shining Armour and Rock-Axes wanted to rebuild our armies and double our defences in major cities. Some of the nobles wanted to try and make peace with The Horde of The Forest and release all control of Ponyville and the Everfree to gain said peace. One noble, sadly named Blueblood, wanted to destroy the Everfree with magical strikes from afar, luckily everyone disagreed with him. Some reason was with us.
"I, along with Prince Shining Armour and the princesses has seen what the Horde's combat tactics and planning did to our combined forces" Rock-Axes said seriously. "If we are gonna win this, we must not underestimate Lord Dynol and his armies!"
"He has gained allies just over a week before the Fall of Ponyville" One crystal pony general said as he walked over the room. "And with these Ogres, diamond dogs and the Everfree itself on Dynol's side, more will join him, mainly because of the Fall of Ponyville!"
"So what shall we do then?" A noble unicorn mare asked. "Call everyone in to the fight? Send thousands to die in this war? I say, we should cut the head of the snake!"
"Yeah, like that's gonna be easy!"
"Um, can I say something?" Came a certain dragon. Everyone looked at Spike as he walked into the middle of the room, where all eyes focused on him. Spike gulped before her went on. "Look, I know everyone here is scared, some won't admit it but we all know. But I was there, I've heard and seen their leaders. I know how the Horde of The Forest works and believe me, if six ponies stopped everlasting night, eternal Chaos and fought off a power-hungry centaur, what can a combined forces of Ponies, Griffins, Minotaurs and others can achieve against Dynol and his council?"
Everyone -pony, griffin, minotaur, noble and general alike- all looked to each other and saw Spike was right. We may have lost Ponyville and was driven out. But we did it together. If there was just one army there, we could of lost a lot more then just a town.
"Spike?" Twilight asked the dragon. "What do you mean you've seen their leaders and how the Horde works?"
"I mean when they locked me in one of the rooms in your castle, I'd seen the leaders of all the races that are with the Horde and how their alliance works" Spike explained as some generals, namely Shining armour and Rock-Axes, listen in carefully. "In charge of the Horde as we all know is Dynol The Dammed, but he also made a council of all the races' leaders as his advisers and generals. The leader of the Ogres is known as Chieftain Varlock Shard-Oth and he has a son named Llofrudd Shard-Oth who I guess is the second in command to the Ogres. The one that is leading the diamond dogs is called Great Alpha Behemoth, who from his forces is also know as 'The Right Hand'. And lastly, Dynol's most loyal follower; A timberwolf named WoodFang, who I guess is in charge of keeping the animals of the Everfree ready for their master's orders"
"He's telling the truth" Came the voice of Flower-pit, who was sitting in a wheelchair next to the Lunatics. "The Horde's Council are extremely organised, every battle the Horde's armies goes to, their council has already has a plan on the attack. They're not randomly going off fighting.... They'll attack because Dynol orders it to win his war"
"But wants to gain in this war?" Another noble asked. "Are they planning on expending their territories? Waiting till we surrender? Or are they after someone?"
Everyone began to chat to the nearest person next to them. I happened to noticed Twilight looking around with worried eyes. But I was too busy on having a solution to this war more than anything else. This war must be stopped, here and now. For Dynol gains more power and more allies to join his armies.... There might not be a 'Equestria' in the near future. I sighed as I continued watching everyone coming up with ideas. I happened to noticed that Shining Armour was getting along quite well with Rock-Axes. They're both experts in battles, Shining creates better battle tactics than the minotaur whilst Rock-Axes is better at getting his warriors ready for combat. If they put their minds together, they could tip this war in our favour. I got up from my throne and started walk down the stairs whilst everyone went silent as they watched me walking up to Spike and stood next him.
"Everyone" I said, gaining everyone's attention focusing on me. "We'd faced wars before. We all know the pain of losing something important, but we've been doing that on our own. But now, in this war, we can not fight this alone. Dynol will not stop at Equestria, he'll send his Horde all over this continent until nothing threatens his rule! We need to stand together, now more then ever before. We'll take the fight to The Horde of The Forest, we'll reclaim Ponyville and we'll bring Dynol and his Council to justice of crimes against not only Equestria, but to the Griffin Empire, the Crystal Empire and the Minotaur Clans! On our own, this would be impossible, but as one, Dynol will not win! Call all of our allies. Call the Yaks from Yakyakistan. Rally the Zebra Tribes in the Griffin Empire, send another letter to the Dragon Holds and enlist all who wants to join the Royal Pony Army. On this day, I call for a union of nations! Ponies, Griffins, Minotaurs, Zebras, Yaks and Dragons will come together as one and bring this war crushing down on Dynol's Horde with the cry of a thousand strong proud warriors. The United Liberators of Equus comes for you, Lord Dynol The Dammed!"
After my speech, the sounds of stomping hooves and claps from claws and hands rang throughout the throne room and I could guess throughout the whole castle. We'll bring this 'Great War' to an end, no matter the cost.
Third Person POV:
In the heart of the Everfree forest. Lord Dynol, his council and Ambassador Ormry were admiring the construction Of Castle Rhyfel from their war room. The castle looked almost like a fortress Dynol used to know from a game he played long ago, thanks to one of the diamond dogs calling it 'Forestcrown'. It had a stone bridge instead of that old rope one with four watch towers, two in the front and two at the end that leads to the castle's entrance. Any holes from within the castle was pasted up and all the crumbling walls were rebuilt from the houses from Ponyville. Where once the Tree of Harmony stood before Twilight's castle was raised, held the Ogres' forges, creating new weapons and armours for the fast growing armies. Where the royal garden was, it was built as a training ground for the new recruits. Training dummies and arching lessons were being used daily. The living quarters was customised for the Horde's council, making each room unique from the another. Dynol placed the Aspect Book and The Orb in his meditation room, where he'll study on the artifacts more closely.
But for now, Dynol was looking at the battle table with the map of Equestria along with his council. Varlock was disappointed with his son's action in Ponyville and losing half a garrison to the Lunatics but looked the other way for the time being, there is bigger concerns to think about. Behemoth was sorting out tunnel reports from his diggers, they've connected their tunnels with Castle Rhyfel that'll have the armies moving quickly throughout Equestria and striking without warning. Ambassador Ormry was fascinated by Dynol's powers, diplomatic skills and how he'd built this alliance of races against Equestria. Whatever Dynol is, she couldn't but help to admire him and what to learn more about his past and also his species. WoodFang walked towards his master with a scroll in his mouth, he sat down next to Dynol as Dynol took the scroll out of his mouth and read it to himself.
"Interesting" Dynol said as he continue to read what was in the scroll. "Already the Dragon Holds has given us a heavy supply of metal and weapons. Ormry, how can your people send these supplies without being seen by Canterlot from afar?"
"We dragons have a way of making sure that trade with kingdoms goes unnoticed, it's a dragon secret" Ormry explained with a smile.
"Care to tell us?"
"It wouldn't be a secret if I tell you, won't it?"
"You dragons have a strange sense of humour"
Ormry giggled to herself whilst Dynol chuckled from her giggle. "But anyway, four Ogres and one Timberwolf is delivering the supply here on wagon" Dynol turned to face Varlock. "Varlock, how goes the training for new recruits?"
"Let's just say the warriors we've lost at Ponyville is not even five present of the armies we have ready at our disposal" Varlock chuckled as Dynol smiled and Ormry widened her eyes from hearing what the Ogre chieftain had just said.
"How is that possible?" Ormry asked Varlock.
"We Ogres reproduce quickly and we are natural born fighters, only need a few lessons and we're on the battlefield before you can say 'Amhosibl'"
"Amhosibl?"
"That's impossible in our tongue"
"Plus my kinsmen are in the dozens" Behemoth joined the conversation as put down his reports. "Our pups learns how to fight when we take them on raids and attack small merchants"
"So your two races just go to war at a young age?"
"Yes" The chieftain and alpha said together.
"Good allies, eh?" Dynol spoken with a witty tone in his voice as he moved away from the battle table with WoodFang following behind him. "Right, why don't we all see this new balcony that has a great view of the castle and few miles of open grounds large enough to fit an army?"
"But, Lord Dynol?" Ormry called to the champion as Varlock and Behemoth agreed with him and followed him as well. The ambassador rushing up next to Dynol. "Surly we'll need more than just one army? It'll take more than a thousand warriors to replenish enough manpower to fight Equestria and her allies"
"Five thousand Ogres and six thousand diamond dogs accompanied by an unnumbered amount of forest friends like WoodFang?"
"At the least, with my people going to war with the Griffin Empire, you'll need the...."
Her voice faded away as four horns blew loud and proud as she, Lord Dynol and the council walked out into the open and stood on of the balcony. Cheers were heard along with the sound of bashing weapons on armours and on the ground, barking, hissing, howling and many more animal sounds overwhelmed any other sound. The army Dynol just talked about was looking straight at them, five thousand Ogres and six thousand diamond dogs accompanied by an unnumbered amount of forest friends. In front of the army was Llofrudd and a few other generals, both Ogres and diamond dog alike. Ormry could not believe at what she was looking at. A grand army built within the forest and Equestria has no knowledge and is unaware this army exists at all. Whilst Dynol and his council on the other hand, was grinning happily at the slight of the army. Dynol lifted up his right hand to get order from the roaring army. Llofrudd and the generals settled down the army as they slowly stopped cheering and the forest went silent again.
"Never before had I seen a proud strong army in my life!" Dynol bellowed, making sure everyone in the army heard what he's saying. "My friends, you have not disappointed me!" The army roared again, all of them pleased that they've their lord's approval. Dynol once again raised his hand up to stop the roaring army.
"For years, the ponies of Equestria have shun us out as nothing more than bloodthirsty monsters and believing themselves as the greater good among everyone else! Those who summits to their way of life are their allies....But those who wants to rule themselves like all of us here....Are seen as threats to their 'peaceful life' and must be exterminated!" The army booed and hissed at what their foes did to them.
"But do you know what I say?! I say enough is enough! We've destroyed their idea of being the best at Ponyville! We've showed them that their armies is nothing compare to ours! And most of all, we've showed them that their beloved princesses and their saviours 'The Mane Six" cannot protect them anymore from the sounds of our battle cries and the sight of the Horde's flag above their fallen soldiers!" The army cheered, stomped and howled. Dynol's speech was giving them high morale and that they could feel like they could conquer the entire world of Equus.
"So march into our tunnels, strike the ponies and their allies everywhere without warning and without mercy. March to Equestria... Leave none alive!" Dynol raised his arms into the air and looked down at his army with a wide grin.
"TO WAR!!!!"
The army cheered and roared louder than the last three time. They cheer even made his council raise their weapons and the ambassador clapping from Dynol's speech. Llofrudd and the generals ordered the army to move out, some of them joining in the ranks of the Horde's legions. Dynol turned to face Varlock and Behemoth.
"Varlock, I want you to lead the bulk of this army along with Llofrudd, make sure they strike at weak points and destroy any fortresses that'll give the ponies an advantage. Behemoth, I want you to lead the raids with your clans and even if you can, rallying more diamond dog clans to join the Horde of The Forest, the more the merrier" The two nodded their heads and went off to do their roles. Leaving only Dynol and Ormry to themselves.
"What would you like me to do?" Ormry asked, still in admires at the army she'd just seen.
"Well, despite you continuing with your jobs as ambassador and I studying on the gifts the Elder Council gave to me with kindness" Dynol said as he and Ormry walked along side one another, heading to the throne room.
"I would like to know more about you, if that's alright with you?"