Shadow went to the castle lobby where the others were equipping themselves with the hoof-blades. Luna and Celestia just came back from the frontier.

"The frontier is evacuated, Excaelum and the other dragons can station themselves there while, you will stay and defend Canterlot just in case he fails. We do NOT want them to fail." Celestia scolded.

"The wind dragon, Olganna, will be here for additional support if they get through. Any questions?"

Knight Black Soul explained the plan,"Good. The plan is, the dragons fend off the enemy and we all live our happy lives. If they fail and they come to Canterlot, protect the princesses, and most importantly don't die. Understood?"

The pegasus cried,"YES SIR!"

While Olganna stayed at the castle, Excaelum and solitaries waited in the center of the frontier. The outskirts were lined with pawns, ambassadors, and solitaries. When the time struck 6 the fight began.

8 dragon were sent, one for each solitary. 5 of them were winged, the rest were not. Karnage, Nelo, and Ula took the wingless ones because, they too were wingless.

Karnage made the first kill. She dodged a fireball the dragon shot at her, went behind it and clawed his head leaving it stunned. She then tackled the dragon, used her sharp teeth to rip flesh from it's throat, then she finished it off by jamming her claws in between it's scales to it's chest and pulled it's heart out. She knew it was a pawn by the way it fought, it didn't attack smart, it just charged without a brain. The dragon lied on the ground bloodied up with a hollow chest.

Nelo, didn't use much effort to make her kill. When her dragon charged head first, she grabbed it's head and started to shock it to death. The head was left burned and so much electricity was put into it, the body didn't know it died so, it kept moving, thrashing on the ground hitting rocks, trees, and whatever was nearby. It then, began to move slower and slower until it finally stopped. It's fried head was smoking and charred. Nelo pushed it's body to the side.

Ula's kill was just as brutal as the others. He didn't need to use his time ability to make his kill. His target was more smarter than the ones Karnage and Nelo killed but, it was still stupid. It was a rock force dragon, it threw a large stone at Ula, he caught it and threw it back harder, it killed his target by hitting his neck. Ula went over the body and saw bones from the neck sticking out. He moved the body over to the side because, the sight of it wasn't pleasing.

Gulfstream took a more gruesome path. The dragon was diving down at him was going to suffer. Gulfstream grabbed the dragon by it's neck and slammed it to the ground, it was dazed. Gulfstream then used his right claws and placed them on the upper jaw, left on the bottom jaw, he pulled them away from each other. The bottom jaws ripped off and upper was completely bent. The dragon was left to bleed to death if it even was still alive.

"4 more." Gulfstream said to himself aloud.

Shortsnout's target was too a fire dragon, that didn't matter, Shortsnout would kill anything with no remorse. He flew to his target and went for it's wings, Shortsnout burned off the joint connecting the wing to the rest of the body. The dragon was roaring in pain. Shortsnout silenced the noise from it's mouth by welding it shut with his flames. The dragon unsealed it's mouth by tearing it apart and blew flames at Shortsnout. Shortsnout being the higher level dragons, flames of lower levels had no effect on him. He flew straight to the dragon and tore his claws through it's stomach causing it to scream in pain.

"Just finish me!" it screamed.

"As you wish." Shortsnout grabbed the dragon by it's head and started turning until he completely snapped his neck. The limp body fell down.

Luster was nearby a small lake, she used as much water as she can to create sort of an icy armor for her wings. She encrusted her wings with ice that had sharp jagged edges, a dragon was going for her. Her kill was swift, she simply flew straight to the other dragon and left a long gash on the side of it's body. The body fell in the lake mixing the remaining blue water with it's red blood.

Harvest was getting attacked Luster assisted her by launching the water she had for her wings to her. Harvest deflected the water to the dragon attacking her, she froze it, flew into the air, and slammed it to the ground leaving pieces of the other dragon everywhere. She melted the water, it change color from blue to red violet. She seperated the blood from the water and placed the water back in the lake.

Jakal's target was not a pawn. It was one of Mesadraco's solitaries, Staok(stowww-k). He had a similar look to Jakal. He had a rough looking body but, his head was smooth. The scales on his body were tan, his eyes yellow. The difference between him and Jakal were the color of the scales and the eyes. The shape of both their bodies were similar, just not the color of them. Jakal had reddish colored eyes and brown scales.

"You must be Jakal. Do you consider yourself a worthy opponent?"

"Yes. Do you?"

"You should step aside my target is not you." Staok looked at Excaelum.

"You think you are worthy enough to fight him. You are a fool if you think that."

"So you think you can defeat me?"

Jakal nodded,"And if you want to get to Lord Excaelum you have to kill me."

"Very well."

Staok raised a spike right under Jakal fast enough to kill him. Jakal evaded his surprise attack and broke the spike, he then used the rock in the air. He made the sharper edges point to Staok and shot them at him. Staok slammed his claws on the ground creating a wall to protect him from the bullets. He put the wall down and charged to Jakal. He swung for his head but, was blocked by Jakal's left, Jakal countered using his right to get Staok off of him. Jakal used this tiny amount of time to try and land a hit on his enemy. Using his left, he tried to gash Staok's neck, it didn't work. Staok pushed him off and put some distance in between him and Jakal to have a little talk.

"What region are you from?" Staok asked.

"The south."

All the forces had regions they shared with each other. The rock force had a large region in the northern territory while the southern had a much smaller region. Jakal and Staok were from opposite regions.

"You fight well." said Jakal.

"As do you."

They both exposed their claws and charged. Jakal left three gashes along Staok's chest but, he too was struck. He had cuts running down his face. Neither died.

"Until we meet again." Staok flew back to the outskirts.

It seemed his lord wasn't pleased with him.

"Why did you return without attacking Excaelum?"

"Lord Chronin's solitary got in my way sire."

"I see he left you a souvenir. Leave before I finish what he started. Time to execute our little plan. Zartez, Pyrodia. Ready your strikers."

Excaelum and the solitaries regrouped.

"Why did they stop?" asked Harvest.

They didn't stop. The next thing that happened was of destructive beauty. Lightning and rock dust were launched at the castle. The fire Pyro's dragons provided gave the shots more speed and velocity. It moved fast towards the castle. They kept on shooting the compact rounds of 3 different forces to it. Olganna blocked the first few then one made contact. There was a huge explosion. The other shots were stopped by a shield that surrounded the castle. The shield protected it but, it might not hold on for long. That didn't matter to the opposing lords. They stopped firing.

The rock pawns all raised the land of the frontier destroying the houses and other buildings. Aquabellina's air solitaries kicked up the dust and rocks. The fire dragons created a smoke screen. Excaelum and the others could not see well. There was commotion coming from left of Excaelum, he was irritated so he used his powers to push the smoke down. The area was clear, the buildings were aflame and crumbled. He looked around and saw that Ula, Jakal, Nelo, and the other solitaries to be alright but, there was one missing. Harvest. He looked around shouting her name. He saw her head sticking out from rubble. He removed the rubble and pick her body up from it, only to see that a spike that punctured her scales and went through her heart. Excaelum took her far from the outskirts and gently placed her at the edge of the frontier. She spoke.

"I'm sorry I can no longer protect you." She coughed.

"Save your strength, I can get you well again. Just hang on."

"We both know I'm not going to make it." She coughed up blood.

"Save your words. No need to speak them."

"You can try and hide the truth but, it will find it's way to reveal itself." She tried to stand but, she could barely keep her balance.

"Stop talking." Excaelum began to soften up.

"I promise this is the first and last time I make you feel like this, my lord."

"No, you can continue to after this."

She laughed weakly,"You were always looking for a way to continue things. Sad it has to end here."

Her head looked down and never looked up again. Her body fell over.

The heart-torn solitaries were just as sad as Excaelum. They looked down with their eyes closed, gave her a moment of silence.

Rage was building up inside Excaelum. He opened his eyes.

"Stay here and do not let any of them get close.

The solitaries obeyed his command, they didn't want to anger him more by disobeying him. He slowly trudged his way to the border of the outskirts where he won't harm Harvest's body. Each step he made was brought down with great force. The enemy was about to regret their presence in the anger of Excaelum. He opened his wings and flew high into the air, a single tear on his head fell. The tear stopped falling, Excaelum was concentrating on his power. He again shut his eyes, they opened and changed color. They were white, they weren't glowing. His body also change. His scales darkened to black, his wings grew to about 100 feet in wingspan. His length grew to 65 feet and his height wasn't easily determined. The fire that flared from his nostrils were colored white. This appearance belonged to a dragon that died decades ago. The King of Dragons. Lord Dragaitas.

Excaelum's power grew immense, the dragon on the outskirts felt a power stronger than all the lords combined. The solitaries guarding the body of Harvest bowed. The enemy was frightened and nervous. They had the right to, they could feel the immense power. The spirit of Excaelum's father took over his body. He roared, white flames were blocking out the sun, it lit up the sky. Fueled by uncontrollable rage Excaelum charged to the ones responsible for the death of his dear friend. They tried to fight back. That was pointless. As they attacked, Excaelum forced them down without even touching them. His gravity powers was much more stronger than before. He brought down some dragons so hard their internal organs were crushed inside their bodies, leaving them to bleed internally. He walked over to the 4 lords. Each step sounded like thunder. Like the coward he is, Zartez tried to flee. Excaelum brought him down using his power. He slammed the coward on the ground, brought him up, and did it again and again. The body of Zartez was limp, dead. Excaelum chucked his body to a tree, the tree was taken down. Mesadraco is more of a fool, he spoke words that were his last to the lord.

"I killed Harvest. And I enjoyed watching you weep like the weakling you are."

The voice of Excaelum was not his. This voice was compelling and deep.

"You will regret those words."

Lord Dragaitas took the neck of her killer and crushed it. He threw his body in front of Staok.

"You always deserved a his spot."

Staok bowed,"I am not responsible for her death."

"She would have killed you before you got a chance to."

Dragaitas looked over to the other lords. He was talking to someone but, none of them.

"I feel your anger but, you must resist. Show mercy even to those that caused you great pain."

The white eyes shook the bodies of Pyrodia and Aquabellina.

Dragaitas flew back to the body of Harvest. The solitaries bowed to him.

"Lord Dragaitas, can you bring my sister back?" Luster asked crying.

"Elevate yourselves pupils." They all lifted their heads and the lord said,"No. I'm sorry but, this is her destiny. I must ask you all a favor, can you pass this message to your lords?"

"Anything." Shortsnout answered.

"Look after my son."

Lord Dragaitas' appearance faded. Excaelum had his own appearance and control over his body and his own size. The tear that was in the sky from Excaelum began to fall and when it hit the ground, another great power came from Excaelum. His eyes and wings were glowing bright. His head was jerked back and he shot a beam of light through his mouth. A whirlpool of wind formed from him, the solitaries stood in front of the body of Harvest, shielding her from the great winds. This continued for 3 seconds, the beam faded. His head slowly went down, his eyes closed, and slowly opened. They were not glowing anymore, so did the glow from his wings. The whirlpool of wind was still active, he dispersed it.

Excaelum spoke,"Thank you. Father."

He blacked out.