***Asphyxious pov. Wolves of Cryx Den***

I could not move, I could not see, the weight of rock and stone that fell on me must have knocked me out. All I could do was wait and hope my diamond dogs could dig me out. What had happened? How did a cave in start throughout the den? It didn’t make any sense, all I do know is after waking up I have been stuck here for hours. But the worst feeling was not knowing what happened to the others.

Were my diamond dogs even alive? Were my family and friends alright? Were any of them hurt?! I had to know, I NEEDED to know! No, panicking won’t help me now I needed to remain calm wait for Rex and the others to dig me out. I could hear them digging right now, I really wish they hurry. I can’t stand this!

“It can’t be…” I asked staring at the destroyed eggs that Chrysalis and Ditto had been laying. Ditto and Mawile were taken to the healers after they tried to stop the attackers but chrysalis. My sweet chrysalis…

She was dead, my chrysalis was dead and I wasn’t here to stop this. It took my dogs three days to free me and in all that time equestria was under attack. Cryx had at last made there move. I reached out and looked at her face. “She can’t be gone…” I said, out of both hope and despair. I knew better than anyone what the cryx would do with the souls of the dead. Worse than that they have taken our children the dragonlings.

“Rex, what happened to the others.” I asked, as I felt the pain grow even deeper with in my soul. I could already feel the death even this far underground, there was fighting and dying.

“We had moved everyone out of ponyville and through the shadow gate. Fluttershy and her family went through the gate first, We got word that Rarity and her family were next. Applejack family went after them but Applejack herself was not with them. Rainbow Dash family and her little friend just went through yesterday. But Rainbow said she stay and help fight. Twilight, her mother and Spike are waiting to go through the gate but Twilight say she could be of more help here. Sonya had taken Pupa and her young with her though the gate. No one knows where Pinkie Pie is.”

I wasn’t sure if this was meant to make me feel better or worse ever way I knew Rex was trying to help. Knowing AJ and RD they’re off somewhere fighting the cryx. God damnit do they not understand how dangerous they were?! They were a band of insane lich’s with a deadly army of zombies and helljacks.

“We need to act now, Waiting three days may have given them all the time they need to enact their plans.” I said picking up Chrysalis body and handing it to a group of the unliving. “Please look after her.” I asked still feeling numb, I could not grieve right now I needed to save our children who were taken.

That when I saw two fox imps running up to me. “We found them, we found them!” They both called up at once spinning my mind into action.

“I want every dog armed, I want all the unliving ready to move. I need the mantis ponies to protect the ponies going through the gate. I want every warjack up and running yesterday! Show me where they are!” I ordered walking through the tunnel as the fox’s quickly followed, I’ll cut down every last member of cryx I can find no matter what happens. This ends today!

“Your going the wrong way it that way!” Both Fox’s yelled at me as I turn back, seeing the way they were pointing. Right, find cryx first, then kill everything in my way.

***Kat the diamond dog pov. ponyville.***

“Now! Smash that thing!” I shout over the sound of the other diamond dogs using dragon rounds. I was still young for a diamond dog but right now I and Gear Shift were the only ones in ponyville when all this started. We got lucky when a group of unliving showed up with a laberjack and some diamond dogs who were looking to have lunch.

It didn’t have any weapons but it was strong enough to carry a few tons of rock and heavy enough to crush anything under foot. The jack brought it steel fist down on another of the undead ponies that were attacking us. We were still fighting, dogs had been pouring into the little town endlessly trying to push back these things. No one had got word what happened to Asphyxious.

All we could do was fight and keep our pack mates alive, I saw one of the things look my way and let out a horrible scream before charging me. It used it large metal fists to smash anything in it path. I swing with my spear and sent it flying under the jack foot, the jack looked down and brought it foot up before bringing it back down on top of the thing crushing it.

I then remembered something from Asphyxious book, the one he had me and Moon Dancer safeguard. It took a quick glance but I saw all I needed to confirm my suspicions. Mechanithralls a mix of dead and machine, this meant one thing the ones Asphyxious feared so much had finally come for him.

“We need to kill as many of these things as we can! Make sure to keep a lookout for warjacks that don't have our colours, they’re the enemy!” I yell as we moved on down the street to take on another group of thralls. “Come, there more this way!” I yell to the laberjack it squirt head looked up at me after pulling another thrall in two before discarding the remains in it large hands and followed after me. It may of had a limited understanding but I hoped it understands that everyone was in danger and I needed it help.

That when I saw two ponies fighting one had sent a thrall flying with a powerful kick, the other was a pegasus who was moving so fast she sent the thralls falling to the ground. But this didn’t last long before the thralls got back up again.

I then noticed the claw marks over the thralls bodies that were attacked by the pegasus, wait there was only two pegasus that had claws that she knows of one was already going to the shadow gate thing and the other was.

“Dang it Rainbow these critters won’t stay down no matter how hard we hit em!” Yelled Applejack as she gets ready for the next wave to attack them.

“I know! Even with these super cool claws taking these guys down, they just don’t know when to quit!” Yelled Rainbow Dash as her scales started to stand on end. That when the other dogs let loose a blaze of dragon rounds at the undead thralls. They both seemed shocked that a small army of dogs showed up to help.

“I thought you two left though the gate?” I asked I thought everyone had left already. Why were these two still here?

“This is our home, you think we’re gonna leave while these thing invade it?” Said Applejack as she cracked her knuckles.

“Yeah and besides, with me on your side you’ll look cooler saving the town.” Said Rainbow as she puffed out her chest. I see now they were defending their home, well I guess we could use all the help we could get.

“Are there any more of you out here fighting?” Asked one of the dogs loading his blunderbuss. I took this moment to have a quick drink of water while there was no more thralls to attack us right away.

“Well you know of Octavia and Vinyl Scratch that Asphyxious brought back from another world right?” Said Rainbow as she smiled at that. “You know the ones who have Asphy dragonblight like me.”

“I’ve heard of them but haven’t meet them why?” I asked getting the feeling I knew where this was going. That when I heard what sounded like a bolt of lighting and a blaze of fire coming down one of the streets, then the sound of music?

“Let just say those two are stronger than anyone thought. Their counterparts are also helping with the fight to.” Added Applejack who was smirking.

“Well then I guess we better get to work.” I said resting my spear on my shoulder. One of the dogs had handed a spear to RD and another handed a blunderbuss to AJ and showed her how to use and load it. I smiled as we started our march to meet up with these blighted ponies. Maybe we could win this after all.

***Asphyxious pov.

Something was very wrong, I felt a pain in my chest I have never felt before. What was this? Why is it the closer we get to the cryx base the stronger this feeling was becoming. One terrifying thought entered the depths of my mind making me move faster down the tunnels. I almost stepped on the Fox imps who were leading the way.

“Move faster we have to hurry!” I shout back my diamond dogs as they tried to keep up with me. My warjacks had no trouble keeping up as they kept up with me. This feeling driving me was dried and fear, fear for the dragonlings safety. They had to be alright! I thought desperately as we saw a green glow at the end of the tunnel.

“Here we are!” Said the two fox imps as I ran past. “Wait! Don’t you want to know-?!” I didn’t hear the rest as I ran through the tunnel, Fear for my brood driving me to act. I saw a Mechanithrall turn and looks dumbly at me. Before my sword came down and crushed it in two.

“Kill them all!” I roared running deeper into the cryx base with my warjacks close behind. The Dogs were yelling something but it didn’t matter to me, I had to save my kids no matter what. I already lost Chrysalis I won’t lose our children as well!

“Where are you!” I called out in the hopes one of them could hear me, I heard nothing. Only the undead cries of the cryxs minions rushing to face me. I cut them down one after the other, while my warjacks let loss there rage destroying everything in there way.

I then smelt something on the wind, the world around me slowed down as I turned down one tunnel. The smell was blood, my mind raced as I ran down the tunnel I was hoping they were okay that at least one of them was still alive. For all of them to be alive, Once I reached the end I was left shocked and despaired.

They were dead, all the dragonlings were dead. I lost all feeling in my legs as I fell to my knees staring at them. “It is not real, this can’t be real!” I screamed before falling over myself to reach them, I searched and searched but there was no life from any of them. They were all dead.

“At last.” I heard a voice call out, that didn’t matter. There had to be a survivor, even if it was just one! One of them must still be alive! “The ritual is complete, come master! We await your return Lord Totuk!” I froze at those words. It can’t mean, I thought as I looked around at my dead brood. Then looked up at the iron lich on a platform, there an opening high above but I didn’t care about that.

What I cared about was the bloody dagger in the undead lich hand, covered in fresh blood, my eyes followed the drip of the blood. Making me look back at all of my dead brood. Rage. Nothing else mattered any more, Chrysalis is dead, my brood is dead, they all died by the hands of this monster and I want him dead!

Whatever sanity I scraped together all these years at last broke, I transformed into my dragon form and roared in rage. I was breathing white hot flames as I climbed up to the platform then looked at Iron Lich. Even though he had no skin, no flesh, no face of any kind. All I saw was the bone white skull and I knew, he was smiling, the last thing I saw before being blinded by nothing but my uncontrolled rage before incinerating him into molten slag.

A huge rift opened up in the sky, as it split in two as green lighting strikes down from the sky. Then an earth shattering roar fills the air as a dragon fly out of the rift. The dragon as soon as it lands the land itself dies around it.

This dragon was Lord Toruk, The Dragon Farther. The dragon looked over the land before letting out a snarl as he could tease the life of this world. "Soon, I will turn this world into nothing but ash." Said Toruk as he took to the air and let out a mighty roar, the war had begun.

Well here it is, I got to finishing this chapter at last, no clue if I'll make another one but for now this is it for me. Hope you like it if not, oh well i tried.