Manus’ POV, 1 minute before Nightmare Moon’s return, Summer Sun Celebration
I’m just looking at the scene below me, and reveling in it. I’ve been waiting for 6.4 billion years for the events of the show to unravel, and it’s finally here. Based on my knowledge and calculations I made, there are alternate universes, though, so I wasn’t sure any of MLP: FiM would happen at all.
Happily, it has, and I get to watch as an immortal god with near-unlimited power! This is pretty great. I might intervene, but just as a helper disguised as a powerful unicorn, or an alicorn prince lost to the sands of Time, or something. Hey… that last one actually sounds pretty cool. I think I’ll do that.
Anyway, they’re about to call Celestia up. The curtains have opened and she’s not there, Nightmare Moon’s making her “villain speech” to them...Oh wait, I forgot. I need the popcorn first! Okay, now I can continue. Um, so she’s fled to the castle, and they’re talking about going after her.
You know what? I’ll just watch and enjoy, instead of commentating. After all this is over with, I’ll be “discovered” as an alicorn. Ooh, I just can’t wait, this’ll be so much fun! The most fun I’ve had in millions of years, probably.
I’m walking back from watching the show, now. Watching them purify Nightmare Moon and figuring out the Elements of Harmony were pretty entertaining. Perhaps I’ll let them know that I created the elements, when I do that alicorn thing.
The best part right now is the gods who are trying and failing miserably to be slick and tail me. They tried covering their magical tracks and aura, but it’s only about half-covered. I can feel them a half-mile away.
Right now, they’re about 100, 200 feet behind me right now. They’re using half-assed invisibility, too. Oh, this will be so much fun to beat the crap out of them when they, inevitably, try to jump me.
Oooh… they’re getting closer. They’re right on top of me.
“Hey, guys! Didn’t really think you could magically sneak up on the god of Magic, did you? I could tell you were following me since you started. Just show up, so we can fight and you guys can get beat up.”
They were so surprised, they stopped and just stood there for a few seconds. Then, they uncloaked and came towards me.
The one that looked like the leader said, “Ya looking for a fight, dude? Cuz we’ll happily oblige and beat you up. You’re just a hippie with a few powers. We, on the other hand, are all-powerful together, and not afraid of nuthin.”
…Really? They actually believe that? What’s up with his grammar, too? Aren’t they supposed to be intelligent gods, not hillbilly gangs?
I smiled and contemplated how to approach this. “Better back off, or you won’t get to share the job with me, since I’m so generous. I’m more than ‘just a hippie with a few powers’, too. I’ll destroy you if you try and fight me.”
I looked at the others. “Again, just to clarify, if any of you fight me, I’ll eviscerate you. I’ll tear you and your sanity apart, and I’ll do shit that can't be undone. So, back up.”
They looked pretty surprised and a few even backed up. Then, the leader rounded them up and said, “Pshaw! You can’t do nothin! There’s 50 of us, and 1 of you! We’ll do the killin’ and evisceratin’ here, not you! Attack!”
Only about 10 of the 50 attacked, though. They bomb-rushed me, and I smiled in anticipation. I’m not a pushover, and I’ll prove it to them.
I dodged all of their initial attacks, and said, “A lot smaller than your supposed ‘50’, isn’t it? Your odds just went from 1*10^-30% to 0%. You have one more chance and then I’m letting nothing hold me back from smiting you, completely and totally. One last chance. Don’t screw this up.”
2 of them backed up, and stopped. I sighed, but nodded at them.
“Good choice, you two. Alright, I warned the rest of you.”
I stepped forward, casting a multitude of spells. I cast a Vow of Silence, a Tranquil Walk of Peace, a Wrath of the Gods, and a few others to stop their incessant flailing around.
“I’ll toy with you a bit first. How about a visit to my realm?”
I waved my hand, sending me and the gods attacking me to the Abyss. They’re going to be an example not to mess with me, and to say one crucial thing I need everyone to understand.
I’m back.
I floated down through the primordial black mist to the bottom layer, where the gods had fallen. I could feel their fear from here, and I could sense Unspeakables, about to swarm them any second now since they love fear and pain, and can sense it.
Ok, wait one second. I need to describe the Abyss. I created it about 5 or 6 billion years ago when primordial evil started seeping into the mortal world and causing trouble, tainting it. They needed a place to go, so I crafted a truly horrible, immoral and deadly place of fear and insanity for them.
They loved it.
It’s very foggy and misty, but it’s black and almost impossible to see through without magic. There are always screams in the distance, and the atmosphere make anger and despair permeate your mind. The feeling of the place makes you suicidal in 10 minutes, homicidal in 30 minutes, and insane in an hour.
The only things that can survive for more than a day in there are ultra-powerful gods, Unspeakables, and mortals that are already insane. The weird thing is, when an insane mortal goes to the Abyss, it acts to get rid of their insanity. It’s essentially filling their mind to the brim, then washing it out.
There are multiple different species of Unspeakable, too. The weaker ones are more spiritual and small, the Spiritum class. They are ghosts and demons, like Wendigos and Bubaks, and at about the size of an alicorn.
The middle ones are like not-as-powerful gods, the Potentia class, and about the size of a one-story house. The stronger ones are gods, the Deus class, like the Seven Deadly Sins, Succubi, and Jorogumos. Then, there are the big evils, the Malo class, the smallest about the size of a city block. These include the Lernaean Hydra, Charybdis, Echidna, and Typhon.
After that are the true Unspeakables, the Vetus class. They’re usually about the size of New York State, back in the Human world, and include Erebus, Chaos, Nyx, Gaea, Mania, etc. They’re primordials turned sour. They were normal primordials once, but they were corrupted by their own element(like Erebus) or other actions(like Gaea) and imprisoned in the Abyss.
Speaking of, I can sense a Potentia or two coming for the gods. They’re on the lower end of the power spectrum, even for Potentia, though. Ah… a much higher lifeform is coming this way. A Deus, if I’m correct. Yes… Pride is coming.
These guys are about to get their asses handed to them. Pride has a reason to be so prideful of himself and his power level. He’s the most powerful Deus, and stronger than half of the Malo. Still has nothing on me, though.
This’ll be a much better show than watching Nightmare Moon’s return.