The Dark Child

[Lord Vader]

Greece, several miles outside of Athens in a dark valley, 11:15 PM

Lightning loomed in the heavens as thuder made known its rage against humanity. Raindrops the size of tennis balls pounded the land. The weather had been like this for about a week now.

Several miles outside of Athens was a small, dark valley which most people - childrens and adults alike - feared to enter. It was a cursed place, the home of a great evil. On any other night such as this, people would have made it their business to steer clear of the valley. This night, however, would prove differently.

In Athens there was known to be to warring families. Their quarrel had lasted centuries and even in today's modern times, they attacked each other however possible. Tonight would be the culmination of their bloody history.

The patriarchs of the two great families had decided to settle their matter once and for all. Both arrived at roughly the same time and met up in the center of the valley. Each totted a pistol in his hand and was accompanied by his eldest brother.

They would settle it like men. Twenty paces in either direction and then turn and fire. The last man left alive would be the winner. It seemed simple enough...

The two stood back to back in the center of the valley and then began to walk out their paces. Just as both were to reach the twentieth, the valley shook with a mighty force.

Both patriarchs were shaken, yet neither were willing to back down. Even as rocks crumbled around them and their brothers had abandoned them, the two discharged their pistols...until both laying dying on the ground.

The valley wall before them split open and a flaming horn manifested itself. The two men, inches from death, were crushed in the resulting landslide as Malumusma broke free of her rock tomb. She screamed her rage to the world, releasing a stream of fire from nostrils into the air.

Spreading her glowing wings, the great alicorn took to the air. She had seeds to sow; cities to burn...

[Lord Vader]

Athens, Greece, 5:30 AM

Athens was still in the early hours of the morning. The heavy storm that had pounded the city for the past few days had died down to moderate, little drizzle. It was a peaceful morning, the city not yet awake.

The scream of fire engines were quickly heard as they flew through the streets of Athens, dodging what cars were on the streets. Several massive fires had suddenly been reported. Every single fire station in the city had been scrambled to handle the massive blaze which was slowly beginning to morph into a city wide fire.

Malumusma wailed with delight as she soared over the city, sending great pillars of fire down on top of the ancient metropolis. With a gruff bellow of delight, she swooped down low, her wings spreading tiny embers as she flew. Gently, her hooves touched down on the streets of Athens, releasing a ring of fire that engulfed entire city blocks.

What military and police forces the city could scramble in the little amount of time they had were quickly sent to deal with the great alicorn. However, with over half of Athens consumed in a mighty blaze and the fires quickly spreading, the movement of troops and vehicles became a harrowing adventure unto itself.

Whole squads of police officers and platoons of soldiers found themselves caught on blazing streets with no place to escape and were quickly swallowed up by the ravaging fires. Those that did reach Malumusma were near useless. The bullets from their guns melted against her flaming body and heavier rockets or cannon shells seemed to just bounce off.

With a shriek of delight, Malumusma released a Ring of Hatred, consuming most of the resistance against her. Those that survived were quickly lost in the fires...

[Lord Vader]

Athens, Greece, 5:45 AM

What militia and armed forces Greece could muster in the short amount of time since the attack on Athens had been sent to the burning city as the last remnants of the city's forces were being swept away.

Tanks carefully rolled through the burning streets as jets soared above, moving into position. Malumusma, who had returned to the air and had been lightly sowing seeds of flames down on the city, noticed the resistance moving against her out of the corner of her eye. Her glowing, ember wings gripped the air and she could feel herself arching upwards before slipping into a roll. In seconds, the fighter pilots found themselves starring directly at the charing alicorn.

Quickly, the fighters scrambled and dove apart. Malumusma took a sharp dive and followed four fighters down towards the burning city. From the ground, tanks volleyed their shells towards the massive, burning alicorn only to miss her. One by one, the fighters were burned away by scorching blasts coming from their pursuer.

Few fighters remained now. Those that did unloaded their payloads and volleyed every piece of burning lead they could at Malumusma. The alicorn shrugged off the blows before returning to the city's burning streets. Rings of flames leapt from her and scorched the charred earth. Tanks and military vehicles melted and burned under the intense heat as soldiers could do little more than scream and pray to their God in their final minutes of life.

Flames spread like fiery imps throughout Athens. By now, the fire was uncontrollable and what forces remained were more concerned with removing what few civilians that still survived than saving the city. Some still vainly tried to fight the sinister alicorn, but were burned and annihilated in her rage...



Athens, Greece, 7:00 AM

What was once a proud jewel of human history is nothing more than a glowing ember of charcoal and ash. Where white columns of history once stood; black, scorched pieces of soot lay sprawled on the ground. The source of the fire, the Dark Child Malumusma, had left long ago, taking to the air. Athens is no more...