//------------------------------// // Chapter 6 // Story: As long as evil exists // by jidbrony //------------------------------// Chapter 6 Mumm-Ra glared at the Mane Six, his red eyes piercing their very souls with fear. The Evil One was hungry for blood and ready for battle, he drew out his mighty double edged Sword as it's evil energies began surging through the room to the horror of the Mane Six. Twilight looked around the room searching for her crown, she new they would be unable to stop this monster without it for the elements of harmony would not work without all six of them on. Finally she saw her crown behind Mumm-Ra, it must have fallen there during their tussle together. Twilight tried to use her levitation magic in order to grab it. "Not so fast." Mumm-Ra bellowed as he struck Twilight with his magical energies, inflicting much pane on the purple unicorn. Discord tried to step in ready to snap his finger and use his chaotic magic on Mumm-Ra, but Mumm-Ra was to quick using his own dark magic he managed to incase Discord in a magical sphere much to the draconequus displeasure. "Hey let me out." Discord screamed. "I'm claustrophobic, I don't like it in here." "Girls! We have to get that crown." Twilight said. "Were on it." Rainbowdash said ready for a battle. Although they weren't sure what they were up against Twilights friends new that together that they would be able to take down this monster. Mumm-Ra was not worried, he had dealt with more powerful foes in his day than these six miserable creatures. The Ponies charged at him trying to distract him while Twilight went for the crown. However they were overpowered by Mumm-Ra own physical and well as magical abilities. "Don't worry I got him." Applejack yelled as she got out her trusted lasso rope and was about to tie it around him. But Mumm-Ra using his abilities turned the rob into a monstrous serpent, as soon as Applejack noticed she spit out the newly transformed snake and tired to dodge it's fangs. "How in Equestria..." before Applejack could finish her statement she continued to try and dodge the snakes attacks. The snake began to close in ready to bite Applejack with it's poisonous fangs. "Uh, I could use a little help here." Applejack was nervous she new one wrong step and she was a goner. The serpent then struck it's fangs extending ready to taste Pony flesh but before it could Rainbowdash zoomed in an saved Applejack from the serpent venemon. "Thanks RD." Applejack said with much appreciation. "No problem AJ." Rainbowdash said as she put Applejack back on the ground a safe distance from the snake. "Now lets get back into this." Twilight continued to sneak around the room as she was so close to getting back her crown that contained the elements of Harmony as her friends continued with little avail to stop Mumm-Ra. She had to hurry and save her friends before they were got seriously hurt. She was so close to the crown now all she had to do was extend her hoof and put it on, but before she could two monstrous blue decayed feet appeared in front of her. She looked up as the towering figure of Mumm-Ra looked down at her menacingly. He then grabs Twilight by the winds and brings her up to his level so he can look at her face to face. "So, Princess Twilight Sparkle, Celestia most prized pupil, one bearer of the Element of Harmony, now at the mercy of Mumm-Ra." "I'm not in your mercy." Twilight said trying to struggle out of Mumm-Ra tight grip. "Oh yes your are my dear. The only reason I might let you and your friends live, is because I want to see your faces as your beloved Equestria burns beneath my feet." He then turns to face the other Ponies who look beaten and tired by their battle with Mumm-Ra "Soon you will see the rivers run red with the blood of all of your fellow Ponies. You will see the carcasses of those of who I've slaughter. Your sun will be extinguished your moon will be turned to dust, and this world will feel the fate of all those who oppose the will of MUMM-RA! HA! HA! HA! HA! " Twilight could not believe what she was hearing she had never seen such evil such malice from anyone, not even her greatest enemies had such darkness in their hearts. But this, this was not normal, this was something different. But she could let that stop her, she knew what she had to do. "NO!" Twilight said stopping Mumm-Ra insane laugher as he turned to face Twilight. "What! Did you say?" "I said, NO!" Twilight said more defiantly than ever. "You'll never destroy us, as long as we hold friendship in hearts that power will overcome any of your evil." Mumm-Ra merely scoffed at Twilight. "Oh please do you know how many of these speeches I've heard over the centuries', guess what, they all died in the end, and I....still live. Your are nothing more then a mere mortal !" "Well then I guess it's time we break that cycle and show you what mortals can really do." Twilight said and then in a flash a magic surge came around her as well as the rest of her friends. The elements of harmony activated there magical energies beginning to surge across the room. The crown as well began to surge with magical energy as it began to float into the air and land on Twilight's head. Mumm-Ra immediately let go of Twilight and began to slowly move back away from the Mane Six as they all began to float in the air there elements gaining more and more strength. With all Six Elements activated the magical energies combined to create a large Rainbow that struck like a lighting bolt at Mumm-Ra causing him great agony and pane. Then finally like dust he disappeared. Slowly Twilight and the others began to drift back towards the ground and return back to normal. The Snake Mumm-Ra created returned back into a rope, and Discord was released from that magical sphere he was trapped in. "Did we do it." Fluttershy asked looking around the room. "I think so girls. I think so." Twilight said taking a deep breath allowing for a bit of calm. But then slowly a cold high pitched laugh began to echo around the room, as it did a bunch of dust began to swirl around concentrating itself in the center of the throne room. The dust began to pile on one another forming a certain shape, and the laugher got louder and louder. "WERE EVIL EXIST!" Then the dust began to turn into flesh and continue to morph until finally It took final form. "MUMM-RA LIVES!" Mumm-RA was back looking completely undamaged and unharmed. Twilight and the others were shocked. "How...How is this possible, the Elements..." Twilight tried to find reason behind what was going on. Mumm-Ra merely laughed arrogantly at her. "You miserable little horse. Did you honestly believe that you could defeat me! Mumm-Ra THE EVER LIVING!." he said continuing to laugh insanely. "But how!" Twilight said looking completely stunned. "Simple!" Mumm-Ra said narrowing his eyes at Twilight. "Because, like it or not. I'm am a crucial part of ...harmony." Twilight looked stunned how could something this evil, this terrible, this monstrous be a part of harmony. It didn't make any sense what so ever. Mumm-Ra took note of Twilight's shocked confusion, He tried to explain. "Look, where there is good, there must be evil correct." "I...I guess so." Twilight said not sure were this was heading and whether she wanted a explanation or not. "Correct. There cannot be one without the other, they form a natural balance thus they create harmony." "But that still doesn't explain why we can't destroy you..." Twilight added. Mumm-Ra merely smiled at her sinisterly. "The reason my dear is because... I am the Ever living source of evil. My powers my energy, my life! Comes from the force of evil itself, I am it's physical representative on this universe blessed of course by the Ancient Spirits of Evil. Thus you cannot destroy me with your elements because if you do that, you cause harm in.... harmony" Mumm-Ra laughed at his own joke. "But...that doesn't mean I can destroy the Elements of Harmony!" He quickly drew his Sword and fired a large concentration of fire at the Mane Six. Twilight deflected it however with a shield spell. Before Mumm-Ra could strike again Princess Celestia and Luna burst through the door ready to strike at the power demon Mummy. However Mumm-Ra actually seemed pleased to see them. "Ah, Princess Celestia and Luna... It has been to long. I see that you two of reconciled your differences for last I saw you, there were...family issues." Mumm-Ra giggled a bit after that last sentence. "Enough!." Celestia said sounding quiet ferocious, something Twilight had never seen in her teacher before. "We will not let you destroy Equestria. We defeated you before and will do it again." Mumm-Ra merely laughed at the Princesses threat's. "HA! HA!, you were barley able to stop me before and you had the Elements of Harmony on your side. What' makes you think you'll be able to stop me this time now that I actually care about you miserable world." "THOU ARE A WRETCH! THOU DARE SPEAKEST TO US IN SUCH A MANNER" Luna yelled. "Temper, temper Luna, don't want to be banished to the moon again do you?" Mumm-Ra was enjoying taunting the Princesses to no end. "I would not have been banished if not for you." Luna accused him. "Me! It was your own vanity that got you in trouble, I merely gave you a choice." Mumm-Ra said. While the Princesses were mocking each other, Twilight and the others watched. Obviously Mumm-Ra and Celestia and Luna must have had a past with one another. Twilight was especially curious to know the truth behind all of this. "Now! I'm tired of all this, time to end it." Mumm-Ra then summoned all his energies and blasted it at the Princesses who fired their magical energies as well. The two magical energies locked on to one another, each of them trying to break the others will. Eventually both field broke causing each to lose a bit of energy. Mumm-Ra himself started to get a bit tired. He looked a bit weak. "I cannot keep this up, it's time for me to leave" Mumm-Ra looked up as he noticed that all the Ponies plus Discord were ganging up on him. He merely smiled at them all with that evil grin of his. "It is time we part ways for now. Your world will end in time, I've lived a thousand years, I know what it's like to wait. Till then." Then Mumm-Ra vanished in a burst of magical energy leaving everyone wounded and broken by that battle. "Princess..." Twilight said walking up to Celestia looking concerned. "What are you not telling us." Celestia merely looked at her student with a worried look on her face. ***** The Mane Six and the Princesses decided to talk in a special magically protected private chamber were they could rest and plan there next moves. It was a nice chamber several pillows and conferrable chairs were scattered around the room for the Princesses to sit on and a lit fire place to bring in some warmth . Princess Celestia had still not answered Twilight question trying to hold it off as long as possible. But Twilight wanted to know. "Princess...Who is Mumm-Ra and why do you know him." Twilight asked again. Princess Celestia decided she could no longer keep this secret any longer. She took a deep sigh and began to talk. "I do not know much about Mumm-Ra personally by several centuries ago after we defeated Discord, Mumm-Ra came to Equestria, during his time he unleashed a great army of evil across the world causing everything to burn and blacken. Me and my sister Luna tried our best to defend Equestria to our last breath. We made our last stand at Canterlot castle, we fought with everything we had but his power was still too great for us." "But... What happened, he obviously didn't win?" Twilight asked sounding even more curious now. "I...I don't know." Celestia said sounding unsure of herself. "Before he made the final blow, he stopped and then, it's as if that instead of destroying us, he decided to let us live. He disappeared after that, we never saw him again after that and all his evil vanished along with him." Twilight and the others looked shocked. "So that's it. All he did was say.. I'm done! Bye!" Rainwbodash said sarcastically "All we know for sure is that after that battle, well..." Celestia then faced her sister with a look of sadness. "I slowly began my transformation that would eventually turn me into Nightmare moon." Luna answered to the surprise of many pones. "I know that he was responsible for it in someway, something about that battle made it possible for the darkness to consume me." The Mane Six looked shocked by this revelation, they had of course heard the story of nightmare moon before but they never heard this part of the story before. "Oh, Princess Luna... I didn't know." Twilight said feeling guilty that she had brought up bad memoires. "Do not apologize Twilight, It was a long time ago." Luna said trying to comfort Twilight. "I apologize as well my faithful Student. I should have not kept this secret from you and your friends. I always knew one day he would return, but I had hoped to learn more about him." Celestia said feeling guilty. "Well we know one thing, this Mummy guy is pretty darn powerful." Applejack said. "And yet you still know nothing." In a flash of light Discord appeared again sitting on one of the chairs looking very relaxed. "You all have know idea of whom your are dealing with. "Thou seems to know a lot about this Discord. Speaketh now!" Luna demanded sounding annoyed. "Mumm-Ra is relentless, but he also knows the bigger picture. The reason he did not destroy Equestria the first time was because he had grander designs in mind. He has lived for a thousand years, as long as you two dear Princesses. He is evil incarnate, he will never stop until he's had final victory." Discord noticed however that he was brining the entire room down into the dumps. "Well... a flicker of hope I offer to you my friends. Mumm-Ra said that he is evil representative in this universe and, although evil itself cannot be destroyed it's representatives, those with physical forms can be."Discord then disappears again in a flash of light. "DISCORD!" Luna yelled stomping her hoof. "No sister. Let him be, reformed or not Discord still has a point, evil cannot be destroyed but it's representatives can, we just need to find out how. But what's important now is stop whatever he is planning." "Don't worry Princess you can count on us." Rainbowdash said trying to get lighten up the atmosphere in the room. "Am I right Ponies!" "YEAH!" All six of them said. "Yeah! Will take down that Mummy faster than Big Mac takes down a Apple tree." Applejack said. Celestia and Luna smiled at their ponies for showing such bravery they new that nothing could stop them now. ***** Spying on them from his cauldron Mumm-Ra, who was now in Mummy form, had returned from his battle with the Ponies began to plot his next moves. His pet hound Ma-Mutt was by his side cuddling onto his masters bony leg. "Yes, my retched hound, we should mock the Ponies for their arrogance and their false bravery." Mumm-Ra said scratching his dog behind the ears. "Although my battle did not end with there deaths, it was never the point. Now I know what my enemy is capable of and if I say so myself, it is not much." The image on the cauldron then turned away from the ponies and into the large door of Tartarus. Mumm-Ra eyes glowed red as he stared at the door. "Ah the door of Tartarus, I will unlock them and it will be done in a most unexpected way." He looked down at his dog. "For you see Ma-Mutt the Elements of Harmony are the key to opening the door and... they will open the door for me... of their own free will. BWA! HA! HA! HA HA!"