Shining Armor sat in his tent thinking about the events that transpired the other night, he was unsure whether he could trust The Warborn or not.

They are caribou; they are the enemy is what his usual train of thought would be until he met Wulfric and his clan. While most of the caribou Shining Armor met were sex hungry monsters, Wulfric and his clan seemed more noble but that was not enough earn his trust.

"Commander." A soldier called from outside Shinings tent with an urgent report.

"The Warborn are preparing to besiege the fortress."

"Very good. Tell Commander Quartz: I want him and some volunteers to escort me to the battle."

The prince left the camp along with Marshall and Quartz to the siege line just outside the fortress. Upon their arrival, the knights noticed that the warborn were gathered around a campfire while a priest raised his arms to the heavens and began chanting some kind of prayer while two others held out bowls of strange plants that were consumed by some of the warriors.

"I've heard about this." Quartz said quietly so as not to disturb the ritual.

"They're berserkers. They drug themselves before battle so they can't feel pain and they are always the first to charge.

"And the chanting?" Marshall asked.

"The priest is saying a prayer to the gods, asking them for safe passage to Valhalla should they die in battle."

The knights continued to watch the ceremony unfold as the priest began painting the warriors faces one by one until they were finally ready for battle with their chieftain leading the charge.

"Victory or Valhalla!!" Wulfric cried out with his axe raised high as his warriors began shouting like wild beasts before charging head on towards the fortress where a platoon of guards shielded by a wall of wooden stakes waited for them. Arrows and balls of fire rained down from the sky on both sides, killing many warriors in the crossfire but the attack continued as both Equestrian and Caribou blood began to soak the ground.

Once enough of the enemy had been pushed back, the warborn quickly took shelter beneath the archway of the gate while forming a shield wall to protect themselves from the arrows.

"ROPES!!" A soldier cried out as several more ran up with strange looking cannons.

"Grapples! Here!"

The devices were placed on different parts of the wall and in almost rapid succession, a grappling hook was shot from each cannon and hooked itself on the gaps of the wall.

"Applejack, Rainbow Dash! lead the climb!!"

The two mares climbed up the wall as fast as possible with arrows flying in every direction and rocks being thrown from the wall. Rain began to pour onto the field as the battle raged on with warriors on both sides slipping and wrestling each other in the mud, it was up to Rainbow and Applejack to get the gates open or it would end up being a massacre.

The farm mare noticed a soldier trying to knock off the grappling hook where Rainbow Dash was and quickly hurled her axe into the side of his skull as her friend finally made it over the wall.

"Nice move cowgirl." The pegasus said with a friendly nudge before joining the rest of their group in the attack.

"We need to reach the gate controls!" Applejack shouted over the thunder and lightning while the soldiers began to fight along the wall. Both mares rushed towards the gatehouse where a small squad of guards tried to stop them, Rainbow struck first by hurling her spear into the first guards chest leaving her friend to butcher the rest with her twin axes that seemed to dance in the air with each of her swings.

As the tension died down, Applejack found herself in a daze as she stood amongst the corpses of her enemies but she did not feel guilt or pity; only hate. Hate for what they did to her friends and family, hate for being treated like a whore and having everything she ever loved taken from her. She had been raped, whipped and tortured by these animals and had desired nothing more than to see them dead by her own hands, her only regret was that she could kill them once.

With the last of the guards dead, the warborn storming the wall were finally able to open the gates for their comrades down below and that is when the battle turned bloody.

"I welcome you all!" Cried Wulfric with his arms fanned out as the army charged into the fortress with arrows whizzing past their heads.

In a desperate attempt to repel the invaders, the fortresses remaining troops formed a shield wall as the army came flooding through the gates shouting and screaming like wild animals. The shield wall had been easily broken after a single charge and the guards were trampled to death by the warborn who began slaughtering the last of the defenders and looting what treasures they could find.

Shining Armor and his knights watched as the stronghold went up in flames while listening to the sounds of the warborn cheering, it seemed like victory had been claimed for their new allies until the prince noticed something horrific; Stonehoof warriors who had surrendered were being thrown from the walls one by one while others were brought down by axes and spears. Shining needed to stop this.

Back inside the fort

"WE SURRENDER!! WE-ACK!!" The stonehooves please for mercy were silenced by Wulfrics axe as he and his warriors continued to butcher the survivors.

"For the love of the gods we-AGH!" Another survivor was cut down when The Knights of The Golden Sun finally arrived on the battlefield to see the slaughter.

"STOP!!" Shining Armor cried out before parrying the chieftains blade away and looking very furious.

"This is murder!" The prince shouted after seeing the mangled bodies of the unarmed guards.

"Oh like Hel it is. They're Stonehooves and they've earned it." Wulfric replied while pulling his axe out of his victims skull

"You're killing your own people!"

"They are NOT my people!" Wulfric roared as the argument began to heat up.

"They're animals! They kill and take whatever they want with no regard for others!"

"Like you're any different!" Shining Armors response instantly ignited Wulfrics rage as the two prepared to cross blades to settle their dispute.

"Chill you two!" Shouted Rainbow Dash who began pushing back the prince while Applejack handled Wulfric.

"You wanted us to take the frotress didn't you? Well we did just that!" The chieftain shouted as he pointed his bloodied axe to the prince.

"This is no way to deal with prisoners!" Shining spat before calming down.

"Well it's how we deal with OUR prisoners." Wulfric replied as Applejack moved him back.

"Besides we didn't kill ALL of them."

The chieftain signaled for his warriors to bring forward two equestrian prisoners they had found hiding inside the fortress and from the looks of their attire, all could tell they were nobles.

"They said they had some information but they said they would only tell you."

Shining looked at the two prisoners and recognized them as members of Bluebloods court who sided with Dainn during the invasion, they were also the ones who sold out Twilight Sparkle and her friends along with the secret of The Crystal Empire.

"My prince!" The first prisoner cried out, looking relieved to see Shining Armor.

"Thank heavens, you've come to save us!"

Their smiles would soon fade as Shining met them at eye level with a hateful glare in his eyes as he placed the blade of his poleax against their necks.

"I should slit your throats for what you've done to this kingdom..." The prince said with malice in his voice before ordering Quartz and his men to haul the second prisoner back to their camp.

"Do what you want with this one." Shining said before leaving with his men.

The noble that was left with the warborn began to shake with fear for he had heard of how they treated their prisoners of war. He proceeded to cover his groin area for fear of being castrated but Wulfric had other plans for him.

"Applejack, do you recognize this one?" The chieftain asked when the farm mare walked up to the prisoner and delivered a kick that shattered his muzzle. The vikings laughed as the prisoner let out a shriek of pain while covering his nose that began to bleed profusely on the ground.

"I'll take that as a yes."

"This bastard stole my families land and my little sister! He even took away my granny and big brother!!" Applejack shouted furiously while her victim whimpered in fear.

"Please, I'll tell you anything you want to know just spare my life!" The prisoner begged when Wulfric yanked him up by his mane saying.

"You're in no position to bargain..."

Wulfric then noticed a strange necklace hanging from the nobles neck and broke it off, the necklace seemed to be a medallion baring the emblem of the stonehoof tribe and as Wulfric began to fiddle with it, the medallion suddenly popped open revealing a folded piece of paper hidden within. It was a map.

"We have what we need." The cheiftain said while placing the shaft of his axe on his shoulder.

"What do we do with this one chieftain?" Asked one of the warriors holding the prisoner.

"Shining Armor said he was a traitor and you all know what we do with traitors."

The warriors nodded in agreement before taking their prisoner to the forts mess hall where he was stripped and laid down on a wooden table.

"What are you doing?!?" The noble yelled in terror before hearing the sound of hammers driving large nails into his hands. The prisoner screamed in agony as his hands were nailed down slowly but that was only the start of his torture. A viking who had been heating a dagger in one of the braziers walked over to his chieftain who carefully took the dagger in his hands and whispered.

"If this hurts, just scream."

And scream the prisoner did as Wulfric began to slowly carve off the skin on the his back into a pair of bloody wings while another of the vikings walked over with a hatchet and began to slowly hack open the now exposed rib cage of the wailing prisoner. Throughout the day, the noblemans screams could be heard all the way to Shining Armors camp where the surviving noble quivered in fear at the screams of his dying companion.

The execution was finally brought to an end as the warborn hoisted the corpse of the dead prisoner high above the gates with the flaps of his skin tied open on opposite ends of a wooden cross making them look like a pair of wings as fresh blood began to drip from the two gaping holes in his back.

At the knights camp, Shining Armor and Sanguine Quartz were busy interrogating their prisoner who had been completely traumatized by the brutal execution of his companion.

"If you don't wanna end up like your friend, I suggest you cooperate." Quartz whispered before sitting down to ask one question.

"Where is Princess Twilight?"

End.