//------------------------------// // Chapter 2: Cubit demonstrations and a murp (edited) // Story: My Little Mixel Mixing is magic // by darkmage1997 //------------------------------// "To answer your question, Princess Twilight, we're known as Mixels. All of us are divided up into different tribes, each with different elements." Flain explained, looking at the group of friends, who all nodded in understanding. "So, for red Mixels, that would mean you're fire attributed?" Toby asked the Infernite leader. "Yes, and more specifically, red Mixels, like me Zorch and Vulk, are known as Infernites, grey Mixels, like Krader, and his friends Seismo and Shuff are based on earth, and are known as Cragsters, yellow Mixels are the Electroids, who are Teslo, Zaptor, and Volectro, who are all based on electricity, the light blue Mixels, Flurr, Slumbo, and Lunk, are the Frosticons, based on ice, the Fang Gang are the brown Mixels, which are based on teeth, and their names are Jawg, Chomely, and Gobba, the Flexers, who are based on stretching, and names are Kraw, Balk, and Tenetro, are the orange ones, the green ones are called the Glorp Corp. based on goo, and their names are Torts, Glomp, and Glurt, the tan ones, Hoogi, Footi, and Scorpi, are the Spikels, based on spikes, the dark purple ones are the Wiztastics, whose names are Mesmo, Magnifo, and Wizwuz, and they like magic, now the dark blue ones are the Fighters, who consist of Tobus, Madin, and Sando, are all great fighters, the Rockettes are the pretty hot pink Mixels, who consist of Musica, Pinkie Crash, and Superstar, and then there're their rivals the Electoons, not to be confused with Electroids, who are Viynal, Dee-Gee, and Rocky, then we have the DJ musicians, who are Swayla, Deimo, and Spot. All three of them are based on music, and last but not least we have the supersonics, who are the fastest Mixels there are, and their names are Sonia, Speedy, and Dash," Flain said, introducing the Mixel tribes, taking a moment to catch his breath. "Don't you think it would've been easier on yourself if you let the leaders of each tribe introduce themselves?" Musica asked, putting a hand on Flains shoulder. "Oh, sure, NOW you tell me!" Flain said sarcastically. Musica just shrugged her shoulder in confusion. "When you say you're Mixels, does that mean you can mix?" Twilight asked, curious about the new race of creatures before her. "Flain, why don't I take over?" Teslo asked his Infernite buddy, who nodded in agreement, "Ok, and to answer that question, we can mix, using tools called cubits," Teslo said, pulling out an all yellow cubit, "Cubits, depending on what color they are, can help us mix to handle certain situations. However, if a cubit is an all one color cubit, like this one, we can go beyond a mix, and make a max!" Teslo explained, as he presented the cubit to his fellow Electroids, "Volectro and Zaptor, shall we demonstrate?" he asked his friends. "AHAHAHA! Sure!" the yellow Mixel, the ponies and humans thought was Volectro, said, as he and Zaptor put their hands on the cubit. As soon as all the Electroids touched the cubit, it turned into two beakers, which mix the three as if the three were chemicals, and after one beaker poured all three Mixels into the other, the beaker exploded, and the three yelled, "MAX!", and before the family, stood not the Electroids, but a giant, yellow, bipedal lion. "This is an example of a max, when three Mixels of one tribe combine," Zorch explained, while pulling out another cubit, but unlike the first one, this one was red and gray, "Seismo, shall we demonstrate a mix?" Zorch asked, presenting the cubit to the Cyclops Mixel, who reluctantly placed one of his hands on the cubit, which turned into a giant mixer, the kind you'd find in a sweets shop, and swept up the two Mixels, and after awhile, the family heard the two yell, "MIX!", and then the cookie dough mixer exploded, releasing a Mixel mix that looked more like Seismo, but with rocket shoes. The mix then took a look at the mix that he was, before inspecting one of his feet, only to be blasted right in the face with fire, "FACE!" the mix cried in pain, as he flew away, totally out of control. He barreled into his fellow Mixels, and the happy family, much to their dismay. After a few minutes, the mix ended. "HA! Some fun, eh?" Zorch asked, as he and Seismo fell. "YOU!" Seismo yelled, trying to catch Zorch, who was trying to run away, as they hit the ground, "Me no like you!" Seismo said bluntly to the speedster, who just giggled nervously at the glare he was given by not only Seismo, but the other Mixels as well. "Ok, so the cubits all work to help you mix together to solve problems?" Twilight asked the Mixels. "Yeah, but sometime work, sometimes no," Krader replied, wrapping his giant arm around his body. "What Krader means by that, is that while the cubits help us solve problems, we can sometimes end up making a murp," Glomp explained what Krader was saying. "What's a 'murp'?" Rainbow Dash asked the green Mixel with a runny nose, which grossed everyone out, except Glomps fellow Glorp Corp Mixels. "Well, a murp is what happens when a mix doesn't go the way we want them to," Superstar replied, shedding some light on the subject. "Yeah, but we can never predict what we get, so we experiment with the cubits until we get a mix we can use," Torts said, holding a green and tan cubit. But as he was about to present it to one of the Spikels, he tripped, and the cubit fell on Scorpi and Glurt. The cubit then turned into cymbals, which was trying to mix the two, but ended up making a murp. "Ha ha, murp, murp!" the murp said giggling. "GLURT!" Torts cried in despair. "SCORPI!" Hoogi and Footi cried as well. "They didn't make a mix!" Glomp said. "THEY MADE A MURP!" Footi said, rubbing his temples, as the murp ran outside. "We have to stop that Murp!" Flain declared, pointing at the door the murp ran through. "Right, or it'll slice and slime all of Equestria!" Glomp said. "Worst of all, Scorpi will miss our nightly nuzzle wuzzle time!" Hoogi said sadly. "Hoogi it will be fine, as long as we listen to our hearts, yes we must listen to our ever loving hearts, and my heart says, 'to save our friends, we must mix'em to get'em," Footi said, presenting Torts with a tan and green cubit. And soon, they mixed into what looked more like Footi, with a propellers made from Torts' hands and two of Footie's toes, as her flew off to find the murp, with the other Mixels, and the happy family in hot pursuit. Once outside, they could see that most of the ponies of Ponyville were encased in slime, and some of the shrubbery was sliced. They could see the murp on a nearby hill and the Footi and Torts mix flying over to capture it. "Hang on little buddies, I'll save you!" the mix said as he went to the rescue. The murp couldn't notice the mix, and just started to bounce all over the place. Watching as the mix went to catch the murp, Magnifo hatched a brilliant idea, "I have an idea! For the plan to work, I need two assistant tribes, as well as my fellow Wiztastics to help me set up a trap on the outskirts of town," he explained, which Viynal and Musica hesitantly raised their hands, "GREAT! Now if someone will direct us to the outskirts of town, we can get to work," Magnifo said, looking around at the ponies and humans. "I could take you there, if that's ok?" Fluttershy asked. "That would be appreciated, thank you," Magnifo said, as he and his fellow Mixels followed the butter yellow pony and her two children. "Ok, so while they're doing that, we should try to catch the murp ourselves, and I suggest we max!" Flain said, presenting an all red cubit to his fellow Infernite Mixels. As soon as they all touched the cubit, it turned into a giant muscular hand, which grabbed the Infernites, and started to beat them together. After a few seconds, the Infernites maxed out into a large red dragon creature, which proceeded to follow the mix to catch the murp. "Flain has the right idea," Gobba said, presenting a cubit to the other Fang Gang Mixels. "YEAH, YEAH! Cubit!" Krader said, giving Seismo and Shuff a cubit as well. The other tribes all maxed out as well, and went to help the chase. Back with Fluttershy, Making their way to the outskirts of Ponyville, Fluttershy lead the Wiztastics, the Rockettes, and the Electoons to an open field, big enough to the approval of Magnifo, "This is perfect! Thank you for bringing us," Magnifo said, looking at the butter yellow Pegasus. "Oh, uh, you're welcome," Fluttershy said shyly. "So, would you like to fill us in on your plan?" Dee-Gee asked the Wiztastics leader. "Ah yes, my plan is to have both volunteer tribes stage a battle of the bands to lure the murp here, where we can take over, now for a stage, abra-ka-waka-doodle!" Magnifo explained, as he used his wands to summon a stage, perfect for a battle of the bands. "Those were the strangest magic words I have ever heard," Toby commented. "Well, its how I can preform tricks," Magnifo explained. "So, we can finally try to settle our little feud, once and for all, eh Musica?" Viynal teasingly asked, which enraged Musica. "Yeah, and we can finally prove that the Rockettes are the best!" Musica said, fake smiling, while she and the other Rockettes glared viciously at the Electoons, who glared back. "Are they always like this?" Fluttershy asked the Wiztastics. "Unfortunately, they are," Mesmo said, not even flinching at the glares the girls were giving each other. Walking over to the Mixel he thought was Wizwuz, Toby knelt down to talk to him, "Uh, you're Wizwuz, right?" Toby asked the wizards assistant. "That's right," Wizwuz replied happily. "Ok, do you know why Mesmo seems, you know, depressed?" Toby asked, trying to find the least insulting word possible. "Oh, well, Mesmo may be a Wiztastic like me and Magnifo, but unlike us, he lacks showmanship, so that might be the reason," Wizwuz replied, giving the best of his knowledge, which Toby nodded in understanding. "Alright girls, take your places," Magnifo asked nervously, which the girls all nodded in understanding, but were cursing each other on the inside, as they took their positions with their respective instruments, and the Rockettes started to play first. Their song was a regular rock n' roll song, with Superstar playing her guitar and Pinkie Crash pounding at her drums, while Musica was singing the lyrics. After a few minutes, Musica was about to give Viynal and the Electoons the right of way, when she saw another human walking towards them, with two strange creatures with him. "What's all this ruckus?" the new human asked, just then noticing the Mixels, "Oh, are these new friends of yours?" he asked, looking at the new strange creatures. "Oh, hi Will, we're just trying to lure something here," Toby explained, "And yes, they are our new friends, called Mixels," he explained further. "Who's that guy?" Magnifo asked Fluttershy. "That's Will, and those two creatures that's with him are Pokemon, creatures that inhabited the earth he came from," Fluttershy explained. "So, what are you all trying to catch? Maybe I can help?" Will asked the group. "We're trying to lure a murp here using music," Magnifo explained. "Maybe we can do with some eyes in the sky," Will suggested, tossing three Pokeballs and releasing his Charizard, Honchkrow, and Dragonite," All right guys, we need to look for something called a murp," Will said, which confused his Pokemon, "What is a murp anyway, and what does it look like?" Will asked. Magnifo was about to reply, when the murp came and started running around like crazy. Will turned to see the others and more Mixels chasing the murp. "That would be the murp," Magnifo replied, pointing towards the small hound like creature, as it climbed the scaffolding. "There it goes!" Twilight said, pointing to the ladder, as she, and all her friends climbed up to chase the murp. "Murp, murp!" the murp giggled. "Oh no, what do we do?!" Hoogi asked in distress. "I don't know, we're all out of..." Glomp said before being cut off when they all heard someone clearing his throat, and turned to see Mesmo. "I have a cubit," Mesmo said, presenting a rainbow cubit. "Well, aren't you the helpful Mixel," Torts happily said, as he placed one of his hands on the cubit. "Mix!" the two Mixels said, as they combined into a mix that looked like Torts with a wizards hat and Mesmo's wings taking the place of his arms. "YAY, YAY!" the new mix said as he went to capture the murp, who was jumping from scaffolding to scaffolding. The mix then whipped the goo on his hat, and flung it at the murp in a net like trap. "Excellent! You guys caught our murp!" Footi said happily. "So, what now?" Rainbow Dash asked. "Leave that to me!" they all looked down to see Magnifo looking up at them, "Here we go, the most magical, magic trick ever! Abra-kawaka- DOODLE!" he said, waving his wand over a hat he conveniently has. Once he cast the spell, it shot a geyser of magic energy, which, unfortunately for the other Mixels and ponies, affected the scaffolding they were standing on, and they all plummeted to the ground below, and into the geyser of magic from Magnifo's hat. Once they passed through, Scorpi and Glurt reverted back to their original forms, with the others are all in a acrobatic pyramid formation. "That was amazing!" Toby exclaimed with wonder. "I've never seen anything so spectacular!" Fluttershy exclaimed as well. "I-I loved it!" Serenity quietly exclaimed as she, and her mother and brother all clapped their hooves and hands. Magnifo's lip was quivering happily at their applause, "Applause, the thunderous roar of applause! I did it! I did it! I did it! I did it! I'm spectacular!" he exclaimed happily, not noticing that the pyramid was shaking, and all the Mixels and ponies fell on him. "Dagnabit!" he quietly said, as he helped his friends all back on their feet and hooves. Twilight was about to say something, when she saw Spike running towards them with a scroll. "Message from the princesses!" he said, panting hard. As he looked up, he took notice of the Mixels, "Oh, who are these guys, new friends?" he asked his mother. "Yes, and they're know as Mixels," Twilight replied, smiling warmly at her draconic son, as she unrolled the scroll. After reading it, she gasped in surprise. "What is it Twilight?" Nyx asked her mother. "Apparently, what happened in Ponyville has reached the ears of Celestia and Luna, and they wish for us to investigate what caused it," Twilight replied. "I take it that Celestia and Luna are Princesses as well?" Zorch asked. "Yes, but we already have taken care of it, so we should send a letter back, letting her know that the situation is under control," Twilight replied, looking at Spike, who was already writing a letter. "May I take a look at that letter you wrote Spike?" Twilight asked her son. "Sure thing Mom!" Spike said, giving Twilight the letter, which said, Dear Princesses Celestia and Luna, in regards to your previous letter, we have already taken care of the situation, and we have made new friends that go by the species of Mixels. The cause for the situation in Ponyville was caused by a murp, which is what happens to Mixels when a mix goes horribly wrong, but as I said before, the situation has been taken care of, but if you wish to meet with them, then we are waiting for you in my castle, your faithful student and fellow princess, Twilight Sparkle. "It sounds good, now go ahead and send it," Twilight said, returning the letter to Spike, who breathed a green flame on the letter, which spooked Scorpi, and had him on Hoogi's head. "You know, if you wanted to burn the letter, I would've done it," Flain said. "Oh heavens no, the fire that Spike breathes has magic properties, which can help send letters to and from Celestia," Twilight explained, which Flain nodded in understanding. After a few seconds, Spike belched a green flame, and out of that flame popped a letter. Scorpi once again screamed, and then grabbed onto Footi's leg. "Uh, is Scorpi all right?" Twilight asked. "Oh yeah, Scorpi is super cute, and super skittish," Footi replied, which Twilight nodded in understanding, as she went to read the letter, which made her gasp in surprise, "What is it?" Footi asked the lavender alicorn. "The letter says that they'll be arriving in an hour, so we better get back to the castle to greet them," Twilight said, leading the group to her castle. "You guys go on ahead, I've got to get back to the ranch," Will said, giving his farewell to the group as he went back to his ranch. While walking, Kelly noticed that Lunk was trailing very far behind, "Hold on guys, we left Lunk behind!" she said, grabbing the groups attention as they all turned to see Lunk slowly making his way towards them. "Don't wait for me guys," Lunk said to the group. "No can do Lunk, we never leave a friend behind!" Balk said, presenting a cubit to Lunk. "MIX!" the two said, turning into a mix that looked more like Lunk, with armor made from Balks head, "Ok, now I can make it to the castle in time!" the mix said, stretching one of Balks moustaches towards a nearby tree, and propelling forward, with the group following in pursuit.