One thousand.

One thousand samurai carrying one thousand swords charged out of the forest; one thousand soldiers trained since birth to fight and die without hesitation. At the head of this small army was the Empresses champion, Crafty Dodger whos' blade was the first to come slashing through the enemy ranks as his men began punching a hole in their formation.

"We're under attack!!" An enemy officer shouted before an arrow pierced his chest.

"ARCHERS!!" A samurai officer shouted as his troops began to rain fire down upon the enemy. Though the opposing army was greater, many of its soldiers were untrained mercenaries who had not experienced a real battle nor faced warriors as fierce as the samurai and the snowy fields soon turned red with their blood.

In the midst of battle, Dodger noticed the enemy siege engines on the nearby hill as they continued to batter the fortress while keeping Marshall and his knights pinned down with each strike.

"I want a hundred of our best men reinforcing Marshall! The rest of us will go for the siege weapons!"

"Yes my lord!"

At the sound of another horn call, the samurai divided their army into thirds in order to drag out the battle while Dodger and a group of his best warriors began cutting their way uphill to the enemy siege engines.

Atop the furthest hill from the battle, Dainn and Blueblood watched as the enemy reinforcements smashed into their army with devastating effect but only Blueblood seemed to have been worried by the situation.

"We had numbers and we have the war machines! How are we losing?!?"

"Patience boy. Just a minor setback." Dainn said calmly before ordering his servants to hand him his helmet and warhammer.

"Time we joined the fray Blueblood."

"Indeed."

Leading the last of their troops in a final assault, the two tyrants charged into battle making the odds tip in their favor once again.

As the battle dragged on, Marshall and his surviving troops had been pushed to the breaking point and with the enemy now surrounding the fortress it was only a matter of time until they were overpowered.

"Stand fast to the end boys! Die with honor!!" The warden shouted in one last battle cry while holding his ground against the enemy.

Amidst the chaos of the battlefield, Dainn was furiously smashing one soldier after the next beneath his warhammer with great speed and efficiency, not even the strongest samurai or knight could stand against him while in another section of the battlefield was Blueblood trampling over both enemy and allies alike in his new war chariot.

Siege Line

With the rest of the army holding the battlefield, Crafty Dodger and his troops finally arrived at the enemy siege weapons and quickly dispatched the enemy troops posted there but with the enemies superior numbers it seemed to be a pointless effort. It was only after looking upon the battlefield that Dodger came up with a brilliant plan to help turn the tide of battle once again.

"Reposition the weapons! We're going to blow up the enemies rear guard."

"Brilliant idea my lord!"

Following their leaders plan, the samurai repositioned the weapons and established a perimeter around the hill as they began to rain fire down upon the enemy while keeping any troops from reoccupying the hill. It wasn't long until Dainn had noticed this and ordered several platoons to retake the hill.

"My lord, wave of enemies approaching!" Shouted one of Dodgers retainers as he pointed out a large group of diamond dogs charging up the hill on all fours like wild beasts.

"Let's give em a hello present."

With a wave of his hand, the samurai began rolling down what appeared to be large red lanterns down the hill towards the attackers. The diversion seemed to work as the dogs halted their charge to inspect the strange objects completely unaware of what was to come next.

"ARCHERS!!"

The sky suddenly became filled with flaming arrows that rained upon the unprotected mercenaries as they tried to find cover or escape the range of the arrows but what came next completely caught them off guard as one of the red lanterns suddenly exploded after coming in contact with the fire. The first explosion set off a chain reaction as the lanterns began to go off one by one until the hillside was covered in smoke and fire.

"Napalm. Never leave home without it." The orochi said to himself while pouring some sakè.

Despite having the superior fire power, the allied forces were still outnumbered and loosing momentum as the battle dragged on. It seemed like victory would at last belong to Dainn Stonehoof until one of the soldiers spotted a group of airships coming over the horizon.

"Sire, look at this." One of the kings bodyguards handed him a spyglass and pointed to the lead ship.

When Dainn saw it his heart had suddenly began to beat rapidly and his eyes widened in shock for at the bow of the ship was a banner in the shape of a white wolfs head and as he continued to stare at the approaching ships he began to remember the seers words.

"Beware the white wolf for it is you he hunts."

Without warning, the ships began to fire upon the kings army with exploding ballistae that scattered his troops everywhere. As the first of them made landfall, the bow of the ships opened up to reveal dozens of fresh soldiers ready for battle lead by Shining Armor and Princess Ember.

"Reinforce our troops! Knock down those ladders!!" The prince shouted before smashing through the enemy ranks with his trusty halberd.

"Shield wall in the center line! Hold them here!!" Shouted the dragon princess as her legionarres began to form their ranks.

The last of the ships held Twilight and her friends who wasted no time in storming the battlefield and cleaving their enemies apart until their was an opening large enough for Marshall to get his troops through the gate.

"This is our chance! Raise the portcullis!!" The warden shouted while leading the rest of the troops to form up behind the gate.

"The second those doors open, you come out swinging! Don't stop until every last one of em is dead!!"

The second the gates began to open, the fortresses defenders charged forward with their allies as they began pushing back the enemy. As the battle grew more desperate, Blueblood quickly siezed this chance to make his escape in hopes of Dainn dying in the battle.

"BLUEBLOOD!!" Shining Armor roared out the traitors name as he fired a magic bolt that splintered his chariot into pieces and sent him flying into the mud. As Blueblood rose to his feet he could hear the clanking footsteps of his rival coming towards him.

"It's over traitor." Shining said while tossing aside his helmet.

"The time has come to answer for your crimes!"

"I answer to no one!" The traitor prince spat back while drawing his blade.

"Least of all a peasant like you!!"

Shining Armor knew their was no reasoning with Blueblood and he honestly could care less, all he wanted was to see this traitors head cleaved off his shoulders by his own halberd. In wasn't long before the two princes came to blows with Shining Armor pushing back Blueblood each time their blades clashed.

"Feel like tapping out?"

"I won't yield to some peasant!!"

Blueblood struggled to keep his footing as Shinging Armor continued to batter him with each strike to the point where he could barely lift his sword.

"This ends it." Shining Armor said as he prepared to deliver the final blow when by a cruel twist of fate, a stray fireball fell between the two making it an easy escape for Blueblood.

"Damn coward."

Frozen River

As the battle raged on, Dainn Stonehoof and Wulfric stared each other down across a frozen with weapons in hand. All that was left was for one of them to make the first move. The fight began when both combatants carefully stepped towards each other over the ice that began to creak beneath their boots.

"There's room enough for two kings." Dainn said as he offered to share the kingdom with Wulfric. Though the young stag was his enemy, Dainn respected him for his valor in battle but that was not enough to sway Wulfric to his side.

"There can only be one." The young chieftain replied just before they began to battle on the frozen river.

Dainn swung his hammer to and fro with great strength while Wulfric matched him blow for blow with his claymore. Sparks were flying in the air as their weapons clashed over and over until Wulfric was able to parry away the hammer once more and deliver a deep cut into Dainns left arm.

"AGH!!"

The king reeled back after feeling the sting of the blade and saw his blood dripping onto the ice. The duel continued with both warriors resuming their clash once again.

"It doesn't have to be like this boy, think of what we could achieve together!" The king shouted over the clanging steel.

"I want nothing from you Stonehoof! Except your head!!" Wulfric shouted back as they locked weapons.

"But think of what you could have! All the food, wealth and women you could want!"

"What I want is vengeance for what you did to us in Valkenheim!!"

With all his might, Wulfric threw Dainn off his feet and crashing onto the ice as it began to crack beneath their combined weight. Dainn was now at the mercy of Wulfrics blade as it rested just above his heart waiting for its master to plunge it deeper.

"You left us for dead! I watched mothers and fathers bury their children while others had to risk their lives just so they could feed their families!! What kind of a king does that to his people?!?"

"You forget yourself boy..." Dainn hissed while reaching for his hammer.

"The strong rule and the weak....PERISH!!"

In a desperate move, the king smashed the ice beneath them as the river began to crack open. Wulfric made a dash for the shore, narrowly avoiding the freezing waters.

It was at that moment when Twilight and the others arrived to see the king make his escape while Applejack helped her lover to stand.

"You alright sugarcube?" The farm mare asked when she saw the anger in his eyes.

"I had him..." Wulfric hissed in anger. The chieftain had never been this furious since the death of his father and as he watched Dainn and the rest of his army flee into the sunset he shouted with absolute fury, at the very top of his lungs.

"I'M COMING FOR YOU STONEHOOOF!! I AM COMING FOR YOUUUUU!!!"

End.