After his supposed death, Vol'jin has awaken, said death not being permanent. After accepting a deal, he was transported to the land of Equestria to rule the almost extinct race of trolls, and with Bwonsamdi he will try to revive this fallen race.
After his supposed death, Vol'jin has awaken, since Bwonsamdi had other plans. Bwonsamdi gave him an offer:
Vol'jin, I can give you another chance at life. Of course, not for free. "What do you want Bwonsamdi?" There is another world under my care, in that world trolls are almost extinct. I want you to revive their species and build them an empire. "Is there anything I need to know about that world?" That world is very similar to ours, just the species are different, but at the same time similar. I will tell you on the way. "I guess it's fine. I accept, Bwonsamdi, not like I got a choise.'
After accepting said offer, he was transported to the land of Equestria to rule the almost extinct race of trolls, and with Bwonsamdi, the Loa of Death as his guide. He will try to revive this fallen race. Will he succeed or will he fail?
This is a crossover with the mlp and warcraft universe. Also I don't own the caracters from mlp or warcraft. I don't own the pictures either, unless I say so.
After announcing the new war chief of the Horde, even though I thought otherwise, I closed my eyes and entered the eternal sleep called death. In the realm of the dead I saw a friend, Bwonsamdi. At least I got the chance to speak to him. After talking for a while, he told me what he had in mind. He wanted me to go to another world, so I can resurrect the troll race there. Of course, I accepted. But before I went to the new world, I asked some information about said world. I also asked for a favor from Bwonsamdi, I asked him to let me talk to my father again.
I was overjoyed to meet father again. We talked for what could be days in the mortal realm. But everything has to come to an end. Saying my goodbyes to him I went trough the portal, the portal to the new world.
I appeared in a desert, and looking around I only saw sand. 'At least I didn't appear in a tundra... I can work with this. Bwonsamdi, where are the trolls located?' In the west, it won't take long. And don't worry, you look exactly like their god. I made sure of that... hehe... Also, most of the people here speak the common language from Azeroth. The trolls speak Zandali. Don't take it too far Bwonsamdi.' Of course, Vol'jin.
'Seems like Bwonsamdi was right. It only took a few hours. And my luck, I wasn't attacked by anything in the desert. Let's hope they won't freak out or attack me. Well, now or never.' Walking closer I fixed my posture so I was standing upright, towering over the trolls here. I could see a medium sized village, and a large wooden wall around said village. A tower in each corner of the wall, counting four towers. A pair of huge doors had a weird skull on top of it. The guards, after seeing me, rushed into the village.
Soon after, a female troll dressed as a witch doctor came out. These trolls looked similar to the desert trolls in Azeroth, but with more rough features. The witch doctor wore a long green dress, along with a wooden mask in the form of a hawk skull. She had some small skulls tied to a belt which was put around her hips. Her skin was light brown, while her long hair was black. 'She seems to be the leader. This will be interesting...' When they were close to me, they all bowed their heads. "Oh, our saviour! You have come!" She said in a loud tone. 'Bwonsamdi... what the hell did you do...' Nothing much, just gave them a information of you being their saviour that will get them out of their misery. 'Why did you made me a god-like figure!? I AM not perfect, and you know it! I can't be a savior!' Everyone has to have some fun hehe... 'Sometimes I can't stand you...'
"Raise your head. No need for such formalities." She did as told, her movement were fast, like I would kill her if they were too slow. 'I have a felling this is Bwonsamdi's doing... "My name is Vol'jin, I supposed you are the leader right?" She gave a quick nod then spoke with a scared tone.
"Y-yes, I am Sezima. I am the the leader of the last tribe of trolls. I hope we are good enough for you Vol'jin." She lowered her gaze, not even once looking in my eyes.
"Do not worry, I know about your situation. And that's why I am here, I will take you out of your misery!" I started raising my voice, at the same time more and more trolls came out of the village to look. "HAVE YOU NOT GOT SICK OF BEING LOOKED DOWN UPON?! THEY THINK WE ARE JUST DUMB ANIMALS!" As I continued my speech the trolls started cheering louder and louder. "WE SHALL SHOW THEM, THAT THE TROLLS ARE NOTHING TO TOYED WITH! WE SHALL SHOW THEM, THE TRUE POWER OF THE TROLLS! FROM THIS DAY ON, WE WILL BE KNOWN AS THE ZANDALARII! FOR OUR FUTURE EMPIRE! FOR THE TROLLS!" As the cheering got louder, a dark chuckle can be heard, the laugh of Bwonsamdi could be heard. This will be entertaining, hehe...
~Throughout Equis, in each nation's throne room~
A tall figure made out of mist appeared in front of each ruler in the form of a hologram of some sorts. His features were similar to a troll, but less muscular and taller in height. His features were also more refined, long ears with golden earrings at the base, fiery red hair made in a mohawk along with a knitted beard. Two long tusks coming from his mouth. A light blue color to his skin, with white and black paint on it's face along with golden eyes. It wore a tribal-like outfit, made out of leather, feathers, skulls, bones, and other things. He had a deep scar on his right shoulder.
He spoke in a deep voice: "Greeting... Meh name be Vol'jin. Meh be talking to ya' to inform ya' about some news. From now on, meh be da leader of da trolls. And from now on, we be da Zandalarii. And ya' need to know da followin'. We trolls, be not discriminated against, we be sufferin' enough! And don't think dat we be allowin' anyone to talk down on us! If ya' don't agree with what ah said, come to us! Come and fight us! If ya want peace with us, come as well! We be in da middle of the Badlands, and we be waitin' for ya', either if ya have good intentions or bad ones!" After his speech, Vol'jin's image disappeared into the mist.
~In Equestria, at the royal palace. Right before Vol'jin's message.~
At this moment, the royal princesses and the elements were supposed to have a peaceful tea party. After a long day, they all wanted to get rid of the accumulated stress after the fight with Tirek. Everyone was having a good time, the princesses were talking with each other, Twilight was talking with Rarity, Rainbow was laughing at Pinkie, and Fluttershy was talking with Applejack. But everything good has to come to an end. They were all surprised at the mist that appeared out of nowhere, and even more surprised about the troll that appeared, of course Rainbow tried to tackle hit and ended up going trough him. All of them were shocked at the appearance of the troll, but their shock only increased when he spoke in their language. Throughout his speech they were all frozen stiff, even after he disappeared, they remained frozen for a few more minutes.
"Umm... Princess? What should we do?" Twilight asked Celesta, making her get out of her shock.
"To be honest Twilight, I'm not sure. I never saw the kind of magic he used to communicate with us." Her answer only made more questions.
"But, what about the trolls? I never heard of them." Twilight continued questioning the princesses while the rest of the elements and Luna were whispering to each other about what should they do.
"They are a tribal species, they aren't good at magic. I have no idea how did that troll use magic, or even what magic he used. But he looks... Different." Celestia said in a concerned tone.
"What do you mean?" At this moment Twilight was lost in her confusion.
"He is way taller than a normal troll, and he is not as muscular either. Plus his coloring is just completely different. Just who is he..." As Twilight and Celestia were talking, Luna interrupted them.
"How about we pay them a visit?" At the confused look of the rest she continued. "He said we are welcomed if we come in peace." They looked at each other then nodded.
"Alright, I guess we'll be going to the bad lands now right?"
~After Vol'jin's speech, Griffon Kingdom.~
Katos, an old griffon with a huge body, double the size of normal griffons, a long golden beard and beak which was chipped at the top, his age doing nothing to change his golden feathers, the Griffon king had an interesting idea. 'Hmm, he is inviting his enemies too? He sure is confident, even trough he is challenging the other countries. I like him.' And so a smile appeared on his face. His council however, had other ideas.
"Your Majesty! How dare he provoke you! We must protect your honor!" Silver Feather, a completely gray with a slim and small body, said while hitting the table with his talon.
"What are you talking about, you fool? What broken honor? That troll is imposing equality for his race, unlike those ponies who would ask for forgiveness. Can't you see!? He is ok with challenging all the kingdoms! He is not afraid to fight that many, by a warrior's logic, the only reason you would do that is because you know you can win. If we fight him in his home, we will only lose. The trolls probably know the layout of the dessert, they probably have traps too." Katos stroke his beard and laughed.
"But your Majesty! He insulted us by provoking us! We must kill him!" The council agreed with Silver Feather and started whispering to each other. But they were silenced by a talon hitting the throne.
"SILENCE!" Katos screamed with anger in his eyes. "Have you not heard what I just said!? We will not attack anyone! This is an order from the king!" He got up from his throne and went to Silver Feather, and before Silver Feather did anything, Katos picked him up by the neck. "And you will listen to the king, or else I'll make sure you won't see the light of day." Silver Feather's eyes shrunk and he nodded rapidly. "Good, now go get my best soldiers, wife and daughter! We are going on a trip!" His laugh will give the council nightmares for weeks.
~At the changeling hive, after Vol'jin's speech.~
Chrysalis was sitting on her throne, anger was the only thing on her face. "HOW DARE HE PROVOKE ME!? GENEREAL!" A changeling the size of his queen appeared covered in black armor came in an instant. "PREPARE THE TROOPS AND CRUSH THOSE TROLLS!"
"Yes your majesty." And thus, the changeling did exactly what the griffon king warned his people not to do, what could possibly go wrong?
"""Bwonsamdi, why do we not feel full?""" Zul'jin, the Amani warlord, Var'gazul, the last leader of the Gurubashi, and Vol'jin, the ex-leader of the Darkspear tribe and the first warchief of the horde spoke in union.
"Ya' know we don' like eachother ya'? WHAT THE FUCK HAVE YOU DONE!?" Zul'jin screamed at the death Loa, his tone full of anger.
"What are you speaking of? I haven't done anything." Bwonsamdi spoke, a fake smile on his face.
"Don't even try to fool us, Bwonsamdi. I have lost a huge chunk of my memories, what have you done?" Vol'jin spoke, with a painful tone full of disappointment. C'mon Vol, be angry! Stop looking at me like that! AGH this is worst than him being angry.
"I feel the same, my strategies, that I knew by heart, have become foggy." Var'gazul continued, a little lightheaded.
"Ah do not worry, those will come back. I've only copied your souls, noting to worry about." At their questioning glares Bwonsamdi continued. "I have made an experiment, I'll show you guys later about it. And so the Loa of death disappeared in a fog, to the annoyance of the troll leaders.
~The troll village, 'Vol'jin' POV.~
'Hmm, why do I have a feeling something is wrong? I'm sure it's nothing.' I though as I put some Devilsaur eggs that I got from Bwonsamdi. In total, as I remember, we have 50 raptor eggs, 20 fledgling pterrordax eggs, 15 direhorn eggs and 10 devilsaur eggs.
Along with the eggs, Bwonsamdi gave me 5 devilsaurs, 10 direhorns, 30 fledgling pterrordaxs and 50 raptors. The other trolls were surprised at first, but they were quickly happy at the increase in military power. It took a while to convince them not to be scared of the devilsaurs and the to teach them how to ride a fledgling pterrordaxs. But they were quick learners and the first rider managed to fly in only 1 week, the rest following the example. When 3 of them managed to ride the fledglings, a brown skinned female troll with green hair that was left wild, and 2 twin troll males which both had clay colored skin with red hair tied in pony tails. I decided to talk to them. "Alright, you three are the first of your tribe to manage to ride the fledglings, so I decided to give you a mission." They all looked at me with excitement in their eyes. "You three will have the mission of searching for as many tribes as you can for the next month and also inform the tribes about us and if they wish to join us. However, if the time of a month is up, all three of you need to rush back as fast as possible. The reason is because I theorize the countries I contacted will come, and of course, we need to be ready for a fight. Do you understand?"
"SIR! YES SIR!" They all spoke with confidence, a grin appearing on my face.
"What are you waiting for then? Go!" They all hurried over to their mounts and took flight.
"Sezima, how many trolls do we have in total?" Turning my head to the female witch doctor, seeing her cower in fear.
"We have a total of 500 trolls, from which 300 are able too fight. The rest are either children or alchemists." She said while shuttering.
"That should be enough for now. Send the hunters to find food, some others to get wood, the ones good at traps to plant some of them, and send the ones good at stealth over to scout and spy on the other kingdoms and find their intention." She started writing everything I said on a scroll.
"Yes Vol'jin." And she quickly got to work. While watching her I was thinking about what should I do. 'I should go help them take care of the beasts.'
My schedule for the rest of the month was tight, in the morning I had to explain and teach the ones taking care of the eggs what to do and how to raise the babies once the hatch. At lunch, after eating, I was teaching the riders how to take care of their mounts and how to bond with them. Which was really tiresome if I may say. After eating dinner I have to teach them new techniques on traps, along with that I help the witch doctors and alchemists with their potions and rituals. This schedule took a really hard hit on me, I began to feel tired every moment of the day, however, I cannot slow down. 'I hope there won't be any permanent damage because of this.'
"Stop getting scared! It won't hurt you!" At this point I was trying my best to convince some scared idiots how to take care of some newborn raptors, which was really, really annoying. The cause being that the idiots keep getting scared of the baby raptors, which is dumb ass hell. I mean, LOOK AT HOW CUTE THEY ARE!
I want to kill those idiots...
During a normal day, it happened that a fully red dragon went over our kingdom, if it can be called that, but at the same time I have finished my routine faster and at the dragon's appearance a though came to my head. 'That dragon looks delicious. Might as well eat something new.' A bloodthirsty grin appeared on my face that scared everyone around me. "I-is everyth-thing alright, Vol'jin?" Sezima said with a terrified expression on her face.
"Yes, everything is alright. Actually, today I'll hunt for the food alone." Sezima nodded and backed away as I went to get my bow, axes and daggers. 'Make way for the bad guy.' I though as I pushed trough the guards. This though sounded similar, but I can't remember where I know it from. Ignoring mt thoughts, I run for the pterrordax's stales. Getting on the closest one I quickly take flight.
I could SMELL the dragon, the though of the taste of it's meat made me drool slightly. After just in a few minutes I could see smoke leading me to my prey. As we got closer to the dragon, the pterrordax was getting more and more scared, slowing it's speed, but using a little intimidation the pterrordax started to speed up.
It took some time, around an hour, to get close enough to see the dragon. A grin appeared on my face, quickly getting my bow. Taking aim for it's wings I shot three arrows at the same time, all of them hitting their target: the right wing, making the giant dragon stagger in it's flight. Since I was detected I just let my blood lust flow. The colossal dragon increased it's speed, however the wound I gave it didn't allow that. Pulling back another three arrows I aim for the left wing, however this time I only managed to hit one in the arrow in the left wing, another one was blocked by it's tail and the last one missed. Cursing under my breath I continued the chase. Seeing it couldn't get away, the red dragon decided to dive to the ground. "AFTER IT!" I yell at the pterrordax making it follow the red giant.
As it was descending to the ground I managed to shoot three more arrows, all of them hitting the dragon’s back, but none hit the wings. As the ground got closer, adrenaline filled my body, the lust for blood being unbearable. ‘Closer, closer... GOTCHA’!’ I jumped from the pterrordax onto the dragon’s tail. The beast tried to desperately shake me off, however I was piercing it’s scales with my axes and holding onto them. Slowly I started climbing onto the creature as it roared in agony as it’s scales were being torn apart one by one. Then, it didn’t take much time to get to it’s wings. We were already close to ground, so a though came in my mind. ‘Let’s take a shortcut, shall we?’ Then I lowered my axes down onto the connection of it’s wings, tearing tendons and muscles along the way while covering myself in blood. The wings, without the nerves controlling them, gave up. The dragon smashing into the ground with a loud meteorite-like crashing.
The forest’s animals started getting really agitated because of the gigantic creature hitting the ground. The dragon tried to get up, but a sharp pain in it’s neck stopped it. It roared as it tried to get me off it, however, everything it did was pointless. I continued my climb on the creature like it was a mountain, until I got on it’s head. I lowered my head to it’s eye, which was full of anger, hatred, and fear. The fear of death is very commune in this situation, however, I don’t have mercy. I slammed the axes into the eye, the dragon roaring again, but I kept slamming. Again and again, making a squishy sound every time it pierced the eye. I continued this until it was dead. At this point I was covered in blood, however the grin on my face never disappeared.
‘Where’s your proud face now!?’ The though made me laugh darkly. ‘This will make a great feast!’ Using some voodoo magic I stored the dragon in a pocket dimension, which I admit, is very useful. Turning back, I wondered what I could make from the dragon’s corpse. ‘We could make some great weapons and armors from this, and it’s meat seems delicious. I can’t wait to have a taste.’
Sezima was staring at the huge dragon corpse with her mouth wide open. “Wha-how!? How did you get this!?” It was obvious she was panicking as she started running circles around me.
“Calm down, I killed it. I’m not a thief.” My comment made her ask even more questions, even faster. Stopping her by grabbing her by the head and picking her up. “Alright, enough. You are acting like a child. Now just go and help the rest with coordinating what to do which each part of the dragon, I’ll take the head.”
~A normal day in the month before meeting the other leaders. ‘Vol’jin’ POV~
I was tired, from the day I killed that dragon, Sezima kept annoying me with how dangerous and how risky it was. That and because of that, the others have had to increase their work. The reason is a potion made from dragon blood that increases strength, speed, dexterity, and pretty much everything else. There was tension in the air, everyone except Sezima who was acting like there was no problem. Which annoyed everyone else, me included. And oh god, she just talks and talks and never shuts up.
The warmth of the sun shined over everyone, the hot air was welcoming. There was however, a lot a few trolls around me. ‘There’s something fishy here, isn’t it?’ I quickly started asking the trolls that were outside about where the rest where, but all I got are negative answers. The longer I walked, the fewer trolls were outside. “WHERE THE FUCK IS EVERYONE!?” I screamed as I kept looking in some houses, however no one was there. I was really confused at that, however I soon heard the sound of laughter coming from the main hall. Getting in front of the big building, which was made recently using the leftovers from the dragon’s skin and bones, I started getting closer, and the closer I got the louder the laughter got.
Kicking the doors open, I see almost all the trolls that were missing. Except Sezima of course, she’s no fun. But there was one thing in commune with every laughing trolls, they were all high. “WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON HERE!?”
~Some time after ‘Vol’jin’s’ POV. Sezima POV~
‘It’s been weirdly quiet outside, I wonder if anything happened? I should check, just to be sure.’ Exiting my house, I realize that everyone was missing, literally everyone. None was on the streets, I even checked some houses, but no one was around. Fear stared appearing in my heart. ‘W-what happened!? Where we attacked!? Am I the only one left!?” Then I heard a sound coming from the main hall. I quickly rushed here and opened the door, however I wasn’t expecting what I saw. There where all the trolls in our village, smoking rare hallucinogenic herbs, EVEN VOL’JIN IS THERE! “WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU ALL DOING HERE!?” I screamed as everyone turned to me for a second, then went back to smoking.
I tried to convince them to stop what they were doing, but I was ignored. ‘You know what? Fuck it.’ I though and just started to smoke some rare herbs too. When I did that, they all stared screaming: “FINALLY! SHE WON’T BOTHER US!”
“OH SHUT IT!” I screamed back, annoyed. ‘Maybe I shouldn’t force them to do so much extra work. This is nice tho.’ And so, we continued the day being high.
A troll scout came running to their chief, Vol'jin, and knelled. "A camp of changelings have been spotted, all of them have weapons and they don't seem like they come in pace." The tall chief looked down at the scout and nodded.
"How many are there?" He asked the knelling scout.
"Just a few hundred," He spoke with venom in his voice as he continued. "They are underestimating us, chief."
"Send the best witch doctors, I'll come too of course. I have a plan." The scout moved to do what his chief ordered.
A changeling squad of 300 soldiers was gathered for an attack on the troll village by the order of Queen Idiot Chrysalis. The squad's morale was at the highest, after all they were fighting some weaklings, right?
What the changelings didn't know was that they were being watched by the same creatures they wanted to surprise. The trolls waited in the shadows, all of them being witch doctors. A new strategy made up by their leader, Vol'jin. "Is everyone ready?" At their chief's words the trolls all nodded. "Then cast the illusion spell." And with a long incantation they all disappeared in smoke and came out looking exactly like changelings.
"What are we going to do about their hive mind?" One of the witch doctors asked.
"I have made a potion with the dragon's blood, its power is to interrupt any type of information transfer and make one have no fear or emotion, or any rational thought. Of course, the only thing allowed is speech. Have you all learned their language like I asked you to?" They all nodded. "Ok we are going to move now..." And so, our trolls walked towards the changeling camp.
They were as silent as a panther while hunting, closing in to the enemy's camp. When they were close enough, Vol'jin while in the form of a changeling spoke in their native tongue. "Greetings, we have come in seek of a request."
The changeling guards that were defending said camp looked confused. "What do you want feral?" (Ferals are pretty much the changelings without a queen.)
Vol'jin gave them a smile and spoke with respect. "We wish to join your great queen." This confused the guard, but he soon spoke with pride.
"Of course, I will ask the queen tomorrow. For now come with us." The guard showed the new 'guests' the camp while talking about his queen. What he didn't realize was the disappearance of some of the 'changelings' following him.
The trolls started putting their plan into action, first they used the potions to destroy their link with the hive-mind. That action started a huge commotion between the changelings, mayhem started quickly spreading. Then the second part of the plan. Each of them placed a 5 fire runes next to the 'tents' made out of their weird material. When all the runes where placed, the witch doctors got in one place and ignited all the runes at the same time.
In the mayhem, some of the changelings started fighting each other, believing that one of them started the fire. Things quickly escalated, an outright brawl starting while the flames ate away at what was supposed to be the changeling camp. They leader, Toxic Spark gathered as many changelings as he could and quickly left before he could get caught in the fire or the brawl that seemed to make his subordinates mindless fighters. Unknown to him, Vol'jin and his trolls were a few of the changelings with him.
~Vol'jin's POV~
"Are you alright sir?" Vol'jin asked the changeling captain while helping one of the changelings soldiers.
"Yeah, it seems that the enemy launched a surprise attack. If only the queen wouldn't have rushed in with the attack..." The last part was said in a whisper. 'It seems that their queen isn't so wise... this will be way easier then I though...'
It took a few hours to get to their hive, the hive looked in a poor state. Starving changelings on the streets and the hive being in a destroyed state, all of this comes from either an invasion or, the more likely version, a bad ruler. A bad ruler can be either a selfish one or an inexperienced one. The castle was built with the same organic material the camp was. When we reached the throne room, I finally got to see their ruler.
"Your majesty, a feral changeling came and helped us when we got ambushed. He wishes to talk to you." She responded quickly with a tired tone.
"Bring him in ~yawn~"
In the throne room stood a gigantic version of the normal changeling, but she looked way healthier. 'She probably spends the most on herself, a gigantic mistake. Does she not know, the only way you can successfully do that is if you enslave everyone. However, if you don't trust your family, the end of your life will mean the end of your country.' She also had acid colored hair. Fangs coming out of her upper jaw, which looked like small tusks. 'Cute, but pretty useless. She also looks really young and inexperienced. My favorite type of ruler.' She was covered, literally covered in a huge amount of papers. 'Maybe she took my speech as a threat? Or maybe she was really stressed and my speech was a final straw? Interesting...'
"Greetings, Queen Chrysalis. I have come for a request which will benefit your people more then mine." This made her ears perk up as she looked at me with a little hope and a lot of curiosity.
"C-continue-chu." She spoke a little while shaking slightly then sneezing.
"I shall ask of you to rethink your assault on the trolls. If you still want to fight them, only death awaits." This shocked bout the Queen and the soldier. A sinister smile making its way on my face. My body started changing, into my actual form. I stood tall in the place of the changeling, a bow in my hands. "So what shall it be? Come under us, or die?" When the words die came out of my mouth, tens of troll assassins, each with a poisonous raptor, appeared and surrounded them. All of them wearing black and green clothes.
"What!? How!?" The queen screamed while looking around at the assassins and their scaly companions.
"Just sum of da voodoo at work. Answer quick, ah don't got time fer dis." Some of the troll accent becoming visible as I spoke.
"Just one thing, will I not be able to rule and can I go back to being a princess?" 'Oook, is she seriously giving up so quickly? Welp, easier for me I guess.'
"Yes, but dat means givin' meh the control over da hive." 'I have no idea why she would want that...'
"Gladly! Go ahead, take control over the hive. Under one condition! I want protection and to be treated like royalty, except the whole marry me off for something." 'Dammit! She though about that too... Well, i guess I'm fine with it.'
"Well den, I guess it is official, however, I expected more of a fight." At that she started laughing.
"No offence, but I'm a terrible leader. All my decisions and attacks were bad ideas! I almost killed this hive off. So nope! I'm out, take care of them King."
One word, annoying, and it describes Chrysalis exactly. Chrysalis behaved exactly like a spoiled brat the second we started moving. She didn't even walk herself, she put four drones to carry her on her throne. And she didn't stop there, oh no. She started telling me exactly what type of decorations she wanted in her room, along with a castle to be built (I actually didn't mind that one). The problem was the cost of that idiotic room of hers. She wanted an emerald bed with a mattress made out of gold silk, and everything in her room had to be decorated with emeralds so they'll match her eyes. And she wanted cake made out of love energy, luckily I have a potion for the love energy from back home.
The trip back home seemed like it took us years to make, even trough it actually took a week. At least at night I could finally rest, that would be the case IF SHE DIDN'T WANT TO SLEEP TOGETHER WITH ME. All those nights I was used as a body pillow and had to deal with her constant moving and cuddling. And I need to deal with it, without her, the changelings won't be on our side that easily and there will be a war. Even trough I could win it, it's way better to not have any casualties.
After we finally got home I thought that I would be free from her nagging me. After answering some questions made by the troll villagers I was stopped by Chrysalis. "Heyo! I need something!" 'By the Loas... Not again...'
"What is it now?" I said trough my teeth. 'This bitch is going to make my hair grey...'
"Weeeeell, I want a pet! All the trolls have one!" The second she said that I started rubbing my eyes.
"Why do you ask ME instead of the tamer!?" I said trough my teeth with so much venom I could kill someone with it.
"Well, you are the cutest! Boop~" She said while trying to look cute as she booped my nose. 'Ughhhhh'
"Fiiiiiiiiiiiine! BUT IF YOU ANNOY ME AGAIN I'LL RIP OFF YOUR WINGS!" I said while I grit my teeth at her.
"Hehe okey~" She said as she kissed my nose, completely ignoring me threat. 'I'll lock her in her room once it's done and put a magic nullifying ring on her horn so she won't be able to get out.' Motioning for her to follow me I made my way to the taming grounds and showed her the fledgling pterrordaxes, the devilsaurs, the raptors and the direhorns.
"OH Oh! I want that one!" She said pointing at a baby Devilsaur with emerald green scales and a ocean blue stomach. 'Of course she wanted the gigantic one that can stampede trough everything.' I moved closer and grabbed the devilsaur by the back of his neck and gave it to Chrysalis who hugged it. I later learned that she named it Zima.
After I put a tamer to explain and teach Chrysalis about the devilsaur, also how to bind with her. The problem however, was that she kept annoying everyone with Zima. Using her as an excuse to do stupid things like trying to drink random potions, interrupting Voodoo rituals that could make her loose her soul, those being just a few of all the things she did.
And of course the inevitable happen, she got lost in the dessert. And of course, guess who had to go after her? Me of course... why me you ask? She left a note saying: 'If I get lost send Vol'jin, if he isn't the one who comes I'll teleport away to a random location.' Ughh, that woman... it took a while to find her, since she went into a cave. And of course it wasn't empty.
"CHRYSALIS! ARE YOU HERE!?" I screamed as I entered the darkness of the cave. Mumbling a spell for night vision, I continued my search for her. It didn't take long to hear her giggle. "CHRYSALIS, WHERE ARE YOU!?" But instead of a response she started to giggle again. 'By the Loas...' It took HOURS to find her. And when I did she was having a tea party with Zima...
"Chrysalis, what are you doing..." I said with an annoyed tone.
"Having a tea party!" She said happily as she sipped her tea.
"Chrysalis, you have exactly 10 seconds to come with me back to the village before I burn your tea party to the ground." I said while a flame appeared in my hand, shining brightly.
"EEP! Ok, ok, I'm going." And with a flash of her horn the tea party disappeared. And with that she followed me back to the village to help build the castle.
The castle was built, with the help of the changelings in a surprisingly short amount of time, in two weeks to be exact. The castle was made from the same material as the old changeling hive. We also built six towers surrounding the castle in all directions, each tower was armed with a ballista and a magic infused crystal that allowed communication between the towers, but also with me. Thus, giving us a more safe place in case of an attack. Before that all we had is a wall around the village, so this is a great improvement. We also took the dragon skull and transformed it into a throne, which was quite intimidating, too bad Chrysalis always wants to stay in my lap while the council starts and starts doing stupid things, thus destroying all the intimidation the throne has.
The good news are that the griffons are going to give us a visit, all I can do is hope that they aren't like Chrysalis...
'It seems that I've managed to stop Chrysalis from bugging me with her ridiculous demands for now, I mean, an entire wardrobe with clothes made out of gold silk and gems? Why would I ever agree to that?'
Walking on the newly made roads that tied the village's buildings together. Even though, with the help of the changelings, the village had the size of a city-state.
'Good thing I didn't give up on Chrysalis after all her whining. At least I got a good size army now.' Entering the newly build castle, I begin walking towards the throne room. Passing by a group of changeling putting up paintings of Chrysalis and me, and is that a wedding ceremony of me and her? "Put that up and I'll mount your heads on the wall." They all jumped from surprise and started nodded fanatically. "U-Understood, s-sir!" They said in unison with a shaky voice.
As I walked away I could hear them burning said painting. 'You need the army, don't murder her yet. You need the army, it will all be worth it.'
Getting in front of two huge doors, I pushed them open, revealing Chrysalis sitting upon a throne eating love infused berries. "Chrysalis, meh need some of da scouts. Dere is something meh need ta search for."
"Sure! But for what exactly?" Said confused while tilting her head, trying to look cute.
"Ah heard from some of da trolls dat there's a legend about some book, 'Evilinomicon', as dey call it. In mah opinion, it sounds extremely stupid, but dey say it was made using da bodies of a lot of demons, so it may be useful. Ah want ya ta send some drones ta get it, also prepare for getting out of here, we're going to an ancient temple." After my short rant, I looked over the changeling queen, who was nodding frantically .
It has been hours since the sandstorm started, and it showed no sign of stopping. The ponies could barely walk forward, for some reason the sandstorm stopped them from using any magic. All of them where wearing cloaks to shield themselves a little from the sand blowing in their direction. They though it was because of the magical properties of the sandstorm, little did they know it was the troll's anti-magic wards made from the material collected from Chrysalis's throne. Each ward was enchanted so that it is hidden and it still allows magic performed by the trolls.
They where stopped at the edge of the badlands. The badlands have changed dramatically from the last time they went there. Life seemed to become more common, small creature where everywhere. Along with some shadows of unknown creatures, creatures that where the hunting raptors of the troll hunters which where spying on them while hidden in the sandstorm. "Dey sure are tough for how dey look. Even managing ta walk through da sandstorm." One troll spoke with a really deep accent, he was Vak'Mir, the leader of the group. They where looking after the group of ponies the second they stepped hoof on their lands. They were sending messages to Vol'Jin regularly to keep him up to date with their 'visitors' as he called them.
"Dey stand out crystals in a sea of dirt!" Another troll spoke, Kal'Akad was his name, he was the one who tamed many of their dinosaur companions. The last troll nodded, his name being Sib'Zar, a mute troll with a specialization in stealth and assassination.
Sib'Zar signaled to his companions to get going, their targets starting to get further and further away. They all moved trough the sandstorm as Sib'Zar prepared another stealth spell. They only had one raptor with them, Siba, Kal'Akad's raptor.
"I can't believe this sandstorm can block all our magic!" Twilight said right before she tripped on a rock. While Rainbow and Pinkie laughed, the others grew more and more worried as time went on. How could a sandstorm stop four alicorns and Shining Armor from using any kind of magic?
"I am not sure Twilight, the thing that stops our magic must be of foreign origins. But nonetheless we must keep going!" Celestia said softly as she covered herself, Rarity and Pinkie with her wings to shield them from the sand and winds.
"We are also worried Twilight, but we cannot do anything right now. We don't want another 'incident' to happen like the other times. That troll asked for anyone to come, even asked for a fight. He should have a vast power or control a powerful army if he provoked everyone." Luna spoke while staring in the distance, she swore she saw something move.
"Pfff, he's nothing! Bet I'll beat him senseless in like, 10 seconds?" Rainbow boasted as she started trowing some punches in the air, before Applejack pulled her down by her tail.
"Calm down now sugar cube, we don't want a war startin'." Rainbow just mumbled that Applejack was a killjoy and pouting.
"Just how long do we have to walk? My hooves are gonna get ruined!" Rarity whined for the fifth time in ten minutes.
"Just like we told you last time, we do not know when we will arrive." Twilight responded as they continued their search for the troll settlement, all the while the troll patrol laughing as they kept summoning winds to make the ponies trip. What? Did you really think they would be serious all the time? They have a day dedicated to getting high, what did you expect?
As I was walking across the roads of the last troll settlement I was stopped by a troll scout by the name of Zar'tar which I sent to look for anyone entering the badlands, which was now fully controlled by us. "Cheif! Ponies be coming in our lands! Vak'mir said he saw a group of around ten ponies, three of which being princesses!" At that I scratched my beard, before speaking.
"Interesting, be sure dey are gonna' get here safely, we don't want ta be blamed if something may happen to dem." At my words the two scouts rushed to obey my orders. 'So the ponies are next, they probably have peaceful intentions, so I don't have to worry about them too much. "As long as nothing too bad happens, everything be fine-" The exact second those words left my mouth, three ginormous snakes made their way past the walls and into the now city state. "Ah had ta open ah mouth didn't ah?" I spoke again with annoyance while rubbing the bridge of my nose.
Ginormous snakes. But not any kind of ginormous snakes, those ones are poisonous, and evil. But this isn't all, those snake, had wings! Three pairs of them, with spikes! Those insanely strong creatures where killed in exactly half an hour, with no casualties except a building. "Now, since we are done with that distraction, we can finally focus on preparing for the arrival of the ponies-"
"SIR! We found a trading city next to the sea, what should we do?" A troll scout came up to me while riding on a red raptor, dressed in some leather and metal mix of armor with a voodoo mask.
After mumbling something about hating to be interrupted he turned to a female shaman. "You!" The troll shrieked as she turned to him shaking. She was a really small female troll that was tasked with making poisons and curses, a little ironic since she looked extremely defenseless with her pale skin and light green hair that covered her left eye. "Ah be needin' ya ta use dis if da ponies come." Giving her a scroll with extremely complicated runes drawn on it with black ink. "It will give meh a message when ya use it, ya' can only use it once so don't waste it." The girl nodded as Vol'jin turned towards the scout. "Let meh get meh raptor, the lead da way to dat traidin' city."
After asking for the exact location of the trading city the scout spoke of, Vol'jin teleported them a few hundred meters away from the city using some of his voodoo magic, since he didn't want to provoke anyone. "Hope dis will be a good trading center for us, we could use some materials." The troll chief mumbled as they where getting closer.
The merchants got to see a normal looking troll, if a little skinny, the scout. And a giant of a troll that was Vol'jin. Bout carrying weapons and armor, but the raptors probably scarred more then their heavy weaponry. Jumping off the raptor, Vol'jin stood tall, dwarfing everyone in sight. Grabbing the raptor by the bridle, he started walking inside the merchant filled city, his scout copying his every move.
The ones inhabiting the city didn't remain stunned for a long time, all of then quickly coming over and offering trades for their raptors, armors and for their weapons. But they where all silenced by the raptor lunging at them.
Their walk throughout the biggest trading market in the city state was pretty uneventful, the only exceptions being traders wanting to buy the raptors or Vol'jin buying some rare materials.
Their search for materials gave the troll leader the answer to if this city would be a useful place to capture, the answer to that is that capturing it would be too much of a hassle, but making good relations with it will still be beneficial.
Their time there where cut short as he got the message that the ponies have arrived into the troll city-state. With a quick spell he teleported bout of them in the castle. But there he was greeted with the sight of four princesses along with six other ponies and a small baby dragon.
"Zar'tar..." At his king's voice the scout came close.
"Y-yes?" He said while lightly shaking.
"You said there are three princesses, I see four. Also you said there are ten ponies, but I see eleven." Vol'jin rubbed his eyes while speaking.
"But there are three princesses!" He said, then quickly continued. "Zero!" Pointed at Celestia. "One!" Pointed at Luna next. "Two!" At Cadence this time. "And three!" Pointing finally at Twilight. The scout was met with a gentle smack as he finished his counting.
"YOU DON'T START COUNTING FROM ZERO YOU IDIOT!" Vol'jin screamed, leaving the ponies in a state of shock.
Well, at least this isn't how I expected it to go. No, it's way worst. At the moment I'm being bombarded by two idiotic mares that keep talking over each other, one being completely pink with blue eyes, while the other one was purple and had wings and a horn. The other ponies where trying to stop the two, while failing miserably.
All of us where sitting in the throne room along with my guards. Chrysalis was also present, sitting on my armrest for some reason. Having enough with my situation, I slammed my fist on the armrest making our guests stop in shock while causing Chrysalis giggle. "Alright, if ya two don't shut up ah'll cancel da meeting an' sending all of ya out of da new Zandalari Empire." This somehow made their eyes grow even bigger. Oh well, at least those two annoyances shut up.
"The nerve of you ponies, no wonder there are so many creatures that want to destroy you all." Chrysalis said with so much smugness that I saw a few of the ponies ready to jump and attack her. Luckily, for them, the big white one that I don't know the name of, stopped them. It would have been a really bad thing if our guests became pin cushions for darts shot by the assassins hidden around the room. If you think that's exaggerated, then you haven't dealt with creatures desperate enough to do anything to kill you.
"Anyway, before we start, could ya explain what do ya plan on doing? For example if you wish to make a trade route, a non-aggression pact and so on." I say while leaning forward and stroking my beard.
"Yes, of course. I am Celestia, and together with my companions, we wish to talk about potential trade and about the friendship of our countries. Also, I need to apologies for my companions' behavior." The biggest pony of the group, Celestia as she called herself, spoke while bowing her head.
"They are as following, Celestia, Luna, Cadance and her husband Shining Armor, Twilight Sparkle, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Pinkamena Diane Pie, also known as Pinkie Pie, Rarity Belle, Fluttershy and the one everyone forgot about, Spike the dragon." Chrysalis said while leaning on my shoulder and pointing at the owners of the names.
When the little dragon's name was said, the little guy threw his hands in the air and spoke with an annoyed tone. "Finally someone acknowledges me!" If what he says is true, then I feel bad for the little dragon. It can't be good for his confidence if a dragon is completely ignored, he could end up being treated the same by other dragons, thus making him an easy target. I quickly got rid of those thoughts when I noticed I was beginning to rant in my head.
"Da trade agreement, ah will accept, however ah am not sure what do ya exactly mean by a friendship between our countries." At my words, Celestia's smile seemed to grow by a little.
"Oh, well many things really. Starting from mutual help, free passing of our citizens to the sharing of knowledge, technology and of magic." She said with a tender tone, her smile never leaving her face. Behind her, her companions where agreeing with her, nodding their head.
"Mhm, well dere may be a problem depending on how your country's relations to the surrounding lands." my words caused her smile shrink a little, but she spoke with a friendly tone nonetheless.
"Well, the Bad lands are mostly compromised of a few tribes, so we are neutral with all of them." I nodded slowly, before a small smile appeared on my face.
"Den dere would be no political problem when I try to take control of da Bad lands." She nodded, but also spoke with a little bit of worry next.
"There would be absolutely no problem, as long as you won't attack Dodge City, of course."
"As long as ya don't interfere in da badlands, then ah'll give ya mah word dat Dodge City will be safe. To make this peace treaty official, we will hold a feast!" And with a clap of my hands, the guards escorted our guests to their rooms. Meanwhile, the rest of us started to prepare for the feast.
Cheers and drunken screams filled the great dining hall, the sand trolls wasting no time in their feast. All of them loved when they had a feast, the feast being a good reason to get drunk and eat a lot. The ponies stood in the middle of it awkwardly, not being used to this kind of feast, all but Pinkie, who was eating as much as the trolls. The royal sisters looked at each other in an awkward silence, before trying to calm the rest of the ponies with small talk, quite difficult given the behavior of the trolls.
The feast became even more chaotic when the griffin king, his family, and his bodyguards appeared. All of them apparently have been having a meeting with the troll leader while they where stuck in the feast. From what they heard the griffins agreed to let them conquer the badlands, in exchange for their special brews and herbs. Along with something they called 'magic herbs'. None of the ponies knew what that was.
Soon enough, they all left the troll country, never being invited back, nor needing to talk with them. The reason for this being the fact that the trolls, after they conquered the badlands, started to close their borders for anyone who wasn't a trader, and proceed to have their relatively isolated country with two days called the high days. The high days where a mystery to anyone who wasn't a troll or lived with them.
And so, the trolls became what they always wanted, an extremely militarized country that kept everything to itself and enjoy growing weird herbs they use in rituals. A strange country with a strange ruler.
