“Take them down!” Cried the guard blocking our entrance, and by his command; his fellow guards jumped in on us. We were rained down upon with arrows but thanks to my scaly companion and his sturdy wings, they were blocked. He let out grunts of pain as he held his wings over us, shielding us from the onslaught of arrows. Once the hail storm of aerial projectiles ceased firing, Terra flung his wings open and shot out a large blast of air, nearly knocking over a couple of guards in the process. As he roared into the air, his battle cries were joined by a constant flow of fire.

The guards all held still with either bows in their hands or with swords at the ready. They watched as we stood in formation, ready to leap into the fight head on. For a couple brief moments, the air was filled with the sound of blowing wind. The guards watched us, and we watched them. In the heat of the moments to come, I let out a roar to signal the battle between us and the guards to commence. I was soon followed by my party as we all let out a powerful and ground shaking scream. The guards seemed to cower for a moment and we took this moment to our advantage.

We charged at the guards as they hid behind their shields and armor. I charged towards the guards blocking the entrance while the rest of my party charged in every which direction. Pyro took on a few guards by himself but was later backed up by Axton after his fur was singed by one of the guards fire breath. Night strife sprinted around, zig-zagging and slicing the guards’ sheath straps, removing the swords that weren’t drawn, away from the fight. A guard nearly slammed his sword into Strife’s face but was stopped by Terra’s mighty broadsword. The guard looked to Terra and his eyes grew into saucers as he laid his eyes on the large dragon before him,“Traitor!” Cried the guard.

“I was never on your side.” Terra slammed his sword against the guards and the blade cut clean off. The guard looked to Terra and said,“You didn’t!” and with a quick and powerful strike, Terra launched the guard a great distance as he slammed his palm against the guards chest. As the entrance guard hit the ground, the force knocked him unconscious.

Strife looked to Terra and said,“Thanks.” The large dragon looked to the blue pegasus and gave a quick nod and processed to the next guard.

“Come on!” Cried Pyro to the guards, with Axton at his side. While Pyro clashed blades with the dragons, Axton hung back and charged spells. Once Axton’s spell fully charged, he cast it into the direction of the guards. It was a telekinesis spell and he caught a few guardsmen within his grasp. Within a few seconds of holding them, he focused his his spell to the wall of the entrance and launched them into it, the massive shock knocked the guards out cold as they rested against the wall.

Archimedes slammed through massive amounts of guards careless and recklessly. He leapt into a guard and knocked him to the ground, rolling him over to and using his legs to launch one guard into another. He jumped to his feet and sprinted his way from one guard to the next. His massive feats of energy were astonishing, but I knew what the end result would be. He only used his fists and the weapons he’d disarm from the guards as he swept through them effortlessly. He never took a life the entire fight, and this I thanked him for.

I charged the door and one guard tried to toss a spear at me. I caught it mid-flight and stopped in my tracks. The guards looked to me and I slammed the spear against my leg, snapping the spearhead off in the process, leaving it as just a wooden pole. I held an expressionless face as I approached the guards. They began charging me with their swords in hand and screamed at me as they ran. I stopped and waited for the two to approach.

One of the guards swung their blades at me. I quickly dodged to the side and as rolled to my feet, I used the momentum to slam the pole into the back of the guards leg. He fell to his knee as he cried out in pain and I quickly shut him up with a quick swing back and struck him in the head. He fell to the ground, dazed and silent. I turned my attention to the other guard and was quickly knocked back as he slammed his sword against my chest piece. I fell to the ground and as he tried to crash his sword into me, I brought my sword up just in time and blocked his mighty blow. He staggered back as his sword shook in his hand. I jumped to my feet and threw the pole at him, it struck his chest and he was knocked back even further. I quickly sheathed my blade and ran up to the guard. Once he finally regained his balance, it was already too late for him.

I leapt into the air and slammed my knee into his bottom jaw and knocked him to the ground. As I landed on solid ground once again, I looked to the guard and he slowly tried to lift himself to his feet again. I watched him and as he tried to stand once again, he toppled over and fell unconscious.

I gave a quick smirk and looked to the others. Everyone of my comrades looked unharmed and each were breathing heavily. The countless guards that once surrounded us laughing, were now lining the ground like lifeless flies.

“We did it!” Cried Pyro. The fiery maned stallion looked to the others with a large toothy grin and said,“First rounds on me!”

Axton looked to Pyro and began to chuckle,“Yeah, sure Pyro. First of all, get the money to pay for them!” The entire group bursted into laughter and even I started laughing. Everything grew deathly quiet when the ground begun to shake and a echoing roar could be heard from deep within the Kingdom. I turned my attention to the dragon city before us and a large dark figure shot into the sky and hid in front of the sun.

I looked to the group and said,“Work’s not over yet boys, looks like we’re in for some overtime.” And as I finished speaking, I turned my attention back to the sky. The sun was blinding, but I knew that if I had any chance of getting a head start in the oncoming fight, I’d need to know where he was. The sun slowly began to dissipate behind a large shadow and I quickly realized that I needed to jump out of the way. I spread my wings and shot myself backwards. Just as I moved out of the way, a towering and mighty dragon lord slammed down where I once stood.

He gave my crew a look over and looked to the downed guards lining the ground. I grabbed one of the shields the guards were carrying and stepped before the dragon lord. “Why have you come here, what have you done to the guards? Do you wish to seek war with the Kingdom of Drakes Plain?” Asked the mighty dragon before me.

I looked into the dragons eyes and shook my head,“I only wished to see your king and these guards denied us entry. My companions and I did not travel such distance away from my family, just to be sent home again. We have come here by royal order to settle a dispute between the dragons and the equines. Now please, step aside so we may enter.” I told the dragon. He simply looked to me and grinned with a sinister fashion, revealing his razor sharp teeth.

“And what if I don’t, What if I wished to just end you and your pathetic group right now?” I could see him let a fire burn inside his throat. I readied the shield and raised it to block the oncoming flames. A load roar could be heard and as I held the shield up, it began to rise to unbearable temperatures. As his roar and the onslaught of flames ceased, I threw the shield into the dragons mouth. It landed against his jaw and between his teeth. It locked his jaw into place, he tried to crush the shield in his mouth but he simply couldn’t summon the strength to. He shook his head wildly as he tried to free himself from the blockage. After a moment of constant shaking, the shield flew from his mouth and stabbed in the ground just a foot or two away from me. He looked to me with fire in his eyes but stopped in his tracks as he stared down the end of my sawn-off.

“Enough of your games, Elder. I wish to speak with your King.”

Let me know what you thought about it, And I hope that this chapter was entertaining! I hope it was at least.

A couple of my followers in the comments have come up with the thought of having Pyromancer, Firedancer and the mystery Metallic stallion (reformed to good, somehow) to have them go on adventures throughout Equestria to seek riches and what not. They asked for someone to write these stories and unfortunately for me, I simply do not have the time to do so, Because I'm currently working on this, Writer's Block and and 'unnamed and untold' story. So if any of you guys out there that are actually interested in my story, wish to try your hand at writing, or are well versed in the art, you have my full an utter permission to do so with that story as you see fit. Have fun and I expect a report on my desk by the end of the week! (Just kidding, but if you do.. send me a quick link!)

Keep it cool, Condemned.