//------------------------------// // Chapter 3 // Story: As long as evil exists // by jidbrony //------------------------------// Chapter 3 It took a few hours but finally Twilight hand finished inspecting books in the library thanks to the help of her friends they all decided to go out for lunch at the local café. Sweetie Belle, and Applebloom came along as well only because Scootaloo wanted to spend more time with Rainbowdash but still wanted to be with her friends as well. Twilight suggest they eat outside since it was such lovely day, Celestia had really outdone herself today, the sun was especially bright that day. They got there Veggie sandwiches, Pinkie Pie got a few milkshakes and they started to dine. "Yummy." Rainbowdash said she turned to look at Scootaloo. "How's your squirt." "Yum." Scootaloo said looking up and Rainbowdash and smiling with her mouth full. Rainbowdash didn't seem to mind however. Pinkie continue to drink her milkshake but then she's spilt some when she began to shiver again more fierce then the last time. "Again Pinkie." Twilight said looking worried about Pinkie constant shivering. "Yep! I still feel a doozy coming." Pinkie Pie then starts to shake again even more violently then before. Pinkie Pie then begins jumping up and down and even going as far as bouncing of the walls. "Pinkie what y'all doin" Applejack said seeming worried. "Do something, she's causing a scene." Rarity said shifting her eyes around as all the other ponies at the café were giing the group stares. "I got it." Applejack got out her rope and tried to tie Pinkie down. "Strange isn't she mon princess." Twilight looked down to see Discord's face inside her glass of water. "Discord what are you doing!" Twilight whispered annoyed that he was in her drink. "Just enjoying my dear Pinkie Pie's antiques." Discord his head tilting toward Pinkie Pie who continued to shake and jump up in down in a uncontrollable fashion. Twilight turned to see Pinkie Pie really going at it as she was hitting other tables as Applejack, and Rainbowdash worked together to try and hold Pinkie down with the rope. Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo and Applebloom tired to help as well but they only got in the way. "Pinkie Pie hold still." Rainbowdash yelled out trying to get a hold of Pinkie Pie and strap her down. "Sorry Rainbowdash. .. I can't control it." Pinkie Pie said as her uncontrollable antics forced her to kick Rainbowdash in the face much to her displeasure. "By the way you might want to get ready." Discord said before disappearing again. "Ready... Ready for what. Discord! If you are hiding something you better..." Twilight then felt a small tap on the soldier. "Uh Twilight." Fluttershy said noticing Twilight talking into a empty cup. "Who are you talking to." Twilight looked up seeming a bit embarrassed. "Uh... Well... you see...." Before she could finish gathering he thoughts she saw a large black shape moving towards Ponyville. The shape then split of as part of it headed towards Canterlot. "What the..." Twilight didn't finish before she realized what they were. "Parasprites!" She yelled out as the horde of small bugs began to descend upon Ponyville. But unlike the last infestation that plagued Ponyville these parasprites were different. For one thing they were all black instead of there usual array of different colors. Another Twilight noticed is that they lacked the innocence they had the last time they were in Ponyville. Although destructive they were not real dangerous creatures. But these ones seemed menacing almost evil. The creature began attacking the town with a passion. They began to eat the buildings, tear down all the local stands at the market place and, "There shooting lasers out of there eyes since when could they do that." Twilight said looking shocked. The rest of her friends finally saw what was going on when they got Pinkie Pie to stop jumping up and down. Twilight turned around to face her friends. "Okay, Pinkie Pie we need you to get those instruments like the last time they were here. I'll get the tube, Applejack can get the accordion, Rainbowdash, you get the drums, Rarity get the violin and I'll get the sousaphone I have at my house." "You have a sousaphone." Rainbowdash burst out laughing "Hey I was first chair back in Magic Kindergarten". Twilight answered looking annoyed but she didn't have time to deal with Rainbowdash's antics right now not in the middle of a emergency of this capacity. "Why do you think the parasprites look so different then the last time they were here." Applejack said noticing the sinister changes to these creatures. "I don't know but we don't have time for that now. Now come on girls lets go." Applejack turned towards her Applebloom. "You and your friends head on over to the barn it will be safe there." "But sis we want to help." Applebloom pleaded with her sister. "Yeah we could be Cutie Mark Crusader pest control." Scootaloo added seeming excited about finally getting her Cutie Mark. "No can do, now get your flank on over now! Understand." Applejack said giving her Sister and friends a serious look. "Scoots I agree with Applejack. We need to make sure your safe. I wouldn't be a good big sister If I like you get into danger." Rainbowdash added looking at Scootaloo who also looked disappointed. Rainbowdash noticed and tried to lift her spirits. Rainbowdash put her hoof under Scootaloo chin and looked at her straight and eyes ."Even though I know you would totally be able to handle it." This made Scootaloo feel a little bit better. She gave Rainbowdash a big hug. "Okay." Applebloom and Scootaloo responded but they still felt disappointed . However they did what there big sisters said and headed off, Sweetie Belle following them as well. The mane six spread out to go collect the instruments. Twilight rushes as fast as she can back to her library home. Realizing that her hooves are not going to go as fast she would want them to she felt now it was time for her to once again use her Alicorn wings. Rainbowdash had for a few week now been teaching her to fly, she had been slowly getting the hang of it, but flying still made her uncomfortable, but, desperate times called for desperate measures and so she spread out her wings and began to glide in the air. She was a little nervous at first heights were not her favorite thing in world but she didn't look down and looked straight forward she flapped her wings as fast as she could towards her library home. When she was finally able to see her home from the distance Twilight began to slow down but she was not quick enough for she went face forward into the door knocking it over and crash landing into her home, Twilight slowly walked up and stumbled a moment trying to regain her balance. "So....that's what Rainbowdash experiences on a regular bases." Twilight was still a little dizzy, she shook her head a bit and managed to straighten up. Twilight then went into her treasure trunk were she kept many of her old things when she was a little foal. "Oh were is it were is it." "Looking for this Twilight." She turns around to see Discord holding her sousaphone playing it badly. "Give it!" Twilight said looking angry. "I don't have time for games Discord." "Perhaps, but then again perhaps you should, one can learn much by playing games. Riddle me this, why do you think these little bugs are as black as night." "I don't know maybe they aren't even parasprite but cousins, does it really matter." Twilight was getting impatient. "Does it matter!" Discord scourged. "Oh how typical of you Twilight and like most Ponies in general, never willing to expand you mind. Always thinking of two dimensional answers to obviously three dimensional questions. And you question why I doubt your Princess abilities." "Discord! Twilight said gritting her teeth she was getting sick of this. Discord just rolled his eyes in annoyance and handed Twilight the instrument. " Fine I see you are as stubborn as your teacher. But! Don't say I didn't warn you." With that he disappeared again in a bright light. Twilight strapped the sousaphone on to her back and rushed back outside only to her horror to fin a nearly ravaged Ponyville. Many of the inhabitants were screaming and running away for there lives from the attacking monster parasprites . Twilight then rushed as fast as she could to find her friends. It took only a few minutes to find her friends gathered back at the Café. Pinkie Pie holding up all the instruments as possible. Spike was with them. "Spike what are you doing here." Twilight asked. "I got this letter from Princess Celestia." Twilight used her horn to read the letter. "What does it say Twilight." Rarity asked looking curious. "It says we need to come to Canterlot at once the Parasprite are ravaging the city as well" Twilight though about what to do for a few minutes, panicking a little as she saws these little monsters terrorize the city she loved. "Okay Pinkie Pie will use the music the parade the parasprite all the way to Canterlot..." "Wait we want these pests to go to Canterlot." Rainbowdash interrupted. "I wasn't finished." Twilight seemed annoyed. "Will take them to Canterlot so we can gather the ones infesting there and parade them all the way out to the everfree forest." "Oh. That makes sense." Rainbowdash understood now. Twilight Sparkles turned to Pinkie Pie. "Okay Pinkie Pie.... Hit it!" Pinkie Pie then began playing the music she played the last time Ponyville suffered an infestation such as this. All the parasprites stopped in there tracks to stare at Pinkie Pie playing the several instruments. They looked at her for a few seconds...... Then they went back to destroying to the town. The group looked shocked. Pinkie Pie music had worked the last time these creatures infested the town. Twilight wondered what happened. "Told you it wouldn't work." Discord appeared in a flash of light much to the annoyance of everyone except Fluttershy. "See Twilight, I told you, but you decided to use your small two dimensional mind as you always do instead of expanding it. If only Ponies or other creatures for that matter were capable of it. Although I must admit these creatures do have a knack for style. I think Ponyville hasn't look this good since well... I was ruling it." Discord just beamed at all the Chaos that was going around the town. Although reformed some old habit still died hard for him. Discord however eventually noticed that Twilight and others except for Fluttershy just gave Discord nasty looks. Discord merely rolled his eyes. "Oh fine then, here perhaps this could help." Discord then snaps his fingers and conjures up one the small parasprite is his hand and puts it in Twilights hoof. "Look at it, notice the color's of it's eyes the darkness of it's skin the fact it shoots laser beams. Also notice the fact it seems to be very angry at something, or someone. Come on Twilight think! Prove to me that you were meant to be a Alicorn Princess. Think!" Twilight examined the parasprite for a moment. "Go on Twilight use that horn of yours, examine it. Expand your mind even to the smallest extent." Twilight didn't want to listen to Discord but she felt he had a point. Twilights horn began to glow as a small beam began to go over the small creature like a scanner. Twilight seemed a bit horrified but what she was sensing within this poor creatures. "I sense.... A great evil has corrupted this poor thing." Twilight said as she continued to examine the creature in her hoof. "Yes! Very good Twilight. But how do you defeat them." Twilight began to think about it for a while. "Come on Twilight think, consider options that you would never consider, consider options you would use in the most dire of situations, such as a situation involving me." Discord said trying to trigger something in Twilights brain. Twilight continued to think about for a while struggling to figure out the answer. But then finally it hit her like a lighting bolt. "The Reform Spell!" "Excellent. Now allow me to give you the proper text." Discord then put his arm inside his throat and pulled out several soggy pieces of paper from out of his stomach. "Ewwwh" The mane six said. "Discord darling that is disgusting." Rarity was repulsed by such uncouth behavior "Fine." Discord snapped his fingers and the paper magically dried and returned to normal. Twilight took the pieces of paper and turned to Spike. "Spike, send a letter to Princess Celestia informing her we need a reform spell large enough to blast all the parasprites and change them back." "Got it." Spike started writing the letter and once he was finished used his magical fire to send it. "Now what do we do." Spike wondered. Spike got the answer when Spike burped up the letter with the royal ceil on it. Spike opened it up and read it. "Princess Celestia understands and will begin working on it but it will still take time before one can be cast." "Blast!" Twilight said looking disappointed. "You better hurry up and think of something else Twilight, or Ponyville will be nothing more sticks." Discord said seeming to enjoy all the chaos going around him. Twilight didn't know what to do she didn't know what the solution to the problem was. Then eventually she knew what she had to do. "To bad I'm not allowed to help." Discord taunted. "Twilight I think you should let him help." Fluttershy said "Yeah come on Twi, it's our only option." Applejack added "Yes darling please swallow your pride and just ask him." Rarity said. Her friends continued to plead with Twilight trying to get her to say the words Discord oh so wanted her to say. Finally she couldn't take it anymore. Twilight slowly looked up at Discord who was floating above enjoying the chaos. She took a big gulp and said very slowly. "Um Discord, maybe you could contain all the parasprites into a energy field until the spell is ready." "That depends, do you .... need me to." Discord said enjoying every minute of this humiliation for Twilight. "I need you" Twilight whispered lightly like Fluttershy would. "Sorry I didn't quiet catch that" Discord said holding his hand to his ear. "I NEED YOU!" Twilight shouted as loud as her lungs would allow to. "Very well." Discord said calmly. He then slowly razed his eagle claw and snapped his fingers then all of a sudden the parasprites were being sucked into a large dome that magically appeared like a vacuumed cleaner did with lint. Eventually they were all stuffed together in this large dome fidgeting around trying to escape. Calm eventually returned. "Thank you Discord." Twilight said. "Oh no trouble at all, although I will miss the fun chaos that happened, but I guess it's not really that fund if I'm not causing it." Fluttershy gave Discord a disapproving look. "And because It hurts my friends and that's not good because friends are supposed to care about friends." Fluttershy smiled. Discord smiled back. "Well now what Twi?" Applejack asked "We still need to head to Canterlot to report to Princess Celestia about what happened maybe and also about what I found when I examined the parasprite." "Okay then what are we waiting for. Lets go!" Rainbowdash then began to fly off the rest of her friends following behind her. Twilight stayed behind for a few seconds and turned around to look at Discord. "So did I prove myself to you yet." Twilight asked. "Nope." Discord said casually. "But...But I figured it out" Twilight said seeming shocked. "Yes because I helped you. Until you can expand your mind without my help you'll never be a capable leader of this realm in my eyes." Discord said. "To put to you simply Mon Princess, your trial still hasn't ended, not by a long shot." "Trial. What trial. Were not in court" Twilight looked genuinely confused on what Discord was talking about. But it was to late to ask him for he disappeared in a flash of light his final words were. "You'll see." Twilight just stood there to ponder what Discord was going on about but she couldn't wonder about it for to long for she had to head to Canterlot. "UGH!" Twilight groaned in annoyance. "I hope I never have to ask for Discord's help again, he's more trouble than those evil Parasprite right now." ****** Back in the Equestrian desert the Black Pyramid stood there dominating the sands. The dark aura surrounding it. Inside the chambers the Mumm-Ra sarcophagus slowly began to open up as the evil mummy slowly began to exit it dragging his body towards the cauldron. The cauldron began to glow showing an image of an almost destroyed Ponyville and Canterlot. Mumm-Ra burst out in maniacal laughter as he saw all the destruction and carnage. Ma-Matt walked up to him wondering what all the commotion was all about. Mumm-Ra picked him up to show him the view of the cauldron. "Look at all the carnage by devilish dog. This is only a mere taste of what I have in store for these miserable ponies. Now I will begin with phase two of my plan." "AND WHAT PLAN IS THAT!" the eyes of the ancient spirits of evil activated. "WHAT EXACTLY DO YOU HAVE IN MIND MUMM-RA WE ARE CURIOUS TO KNOW. "Oh come now masters, a sorcerer of my caliber never reveals his secretes but lets just say... I'm taking about to use a classic trick when the day done." "VERY WELL MUMM-RA WE WILL BE WATCHING YOU." The spirits eyes dimmed down. The cauldron image changed to show Discord walking around Ponyville examining the carnage and to some extent enjoying it. "Ah Discord, I know what you are up to. Do not think I do not know your capabilities or you secrets. Your power is immense but nothing compared to mine." The Cauldron image changes again to show Twilight Sparkle and her friends heading on the train that leads to Canterlot. "Enjoy this victory young Princess for the war if far from over and when it comes to time, lets just say, time means nothing to Mumm-Ra the Ever Living!" With that Mumm-Ra burst out in maniacal laughter as he began to implement his next move that will destroy this world once and for all.