the pantheon

" State your name and abilities, god-child. " the voice, rather than echoing around the immense room, rather reverberated through the heads of the six beings standing in the middle. The first one on the left, the tallest, stood tall and came forward.

"I am a maxi! God of anonymity! The an-bougar people in the sunless quadrant worship me! Here are my abilities!

Weakness Inducement! i can bring even the mightiest to his knees!

Cycle Manipulation! i can manipulate universal cycles!

Mythic Physiology! i have the power to use the abilities of mythical beings!

Dimensiokinetic Combat! i can fight using portals!

Divine Ingestion! i can eat other gods and gain their powers!

"I thank you for considering me, o great ones!

He stepped back, and the alicorn next to him briefly considered if he had hearing damage. He shrugged and walked forward. "I am Balthazar, alicorn of probability. I have no current worshipers at the moment, but i wish to change that. My abilities are,

alicorn physiology. i have the abilities of the alicorn.

Potentiality Lordship. i can control probability.

animal transformation. i can transform people and things into different animals.

magic. fairly self explanatory.

Roentgenium Manipulation. the ability to manipulate the periodic element roentgenium.

"I humbly thank you, o kings of kings, for giving me the opportunity to prove myself to you."

He bowed his head, and stepped back. The next one up was a diamond dog.

"I am scamp. Diamond dogs of equestria worship me. I am god of beasts and bones. Here my powers.

chimerism. i fuse animals and others together.

cryptic physiology. i change into monsters.

omni-negation. i stop things.

gender change. i change gender.

elemental energy manipulation. i change elements.

"I thank you for giving me chance to impress you." the dog stepped back, and almost instantly, a large, black skinned troll, clad in nothing but a black loincloth stepped forwards.

"i am alakazam, god of voodoo and dark magic. I am worshiped everywhere dark magic is used, whether they know it or not. My abilities are,

Dark Arts. i can use dark magic.

tattoo manipulation. i can create and manipulate tattoos.

voodoo i am a voodoo master.

troll physiology i am a troll, as you can see.

life creation. i can create life.

"You honor me by giving me this chance, my kings." the troll bowed, and a massive, muscled being stepped forwards. He spoke with an echo.

"I am Moy! I am worshiped by the oni, as a god king. I have these abilities.

weapon manipulation. i can create and manipulate weapons.

oni physiology. i can transform into several different types of oni.

omnifarious i can shape shift without limit.

storm manipulation i can create and manipulate storms to an extent far greater than other oni.

Omnidirectional Disaster Waves. i can cause massive destruction all around me.

"I thank you o gracious ones, for allowing me to prove myself."

Finally, a small, compared to the rest of them, biped with four arms came forwards. "Hello. My name is Larry. I was just recently given godhood, and i have no followers, as i cannot travel through space, and another god controls my planet. Here are my abilities.

dna Manipulation. i can manipulate my DNA, as well as others.

physics manipulation. i can control physics within an area of 500 meters.

four horsemen physiology. i can change into, and gain the powers of, the original four horsemen.

evolution manipulation. i control evolution.

infinite supply. i can create an infinite supply of anything essential.

"I thank you, oh gods, for giving me this chance to join you."

He stepped back, and with no one else to step up, the lights illuminating the six gods faded.

Interesting. They have immense potential. They’re not immortal, and their powers are a bit unstable, but they might be just what we need. What say you, Najimi?

I don't know, Patterson. They seem inexperienced. I know what you're thinking, and sending them after yen-krul? madness.

but Najimi-

i agree with Najimi, Patterson. it doesn't matter how powerful they are, yen can kill them easily. he's already proven himself by forcing Celestia into hiding.

Ugghh... hey, scorn, you agree with me, right?

against my better judgment, i can see this as an opportunity. we send them against him. they kill him, they get what they want and we get what we want.

and if they die?

we get a gauge of his powers. then we can send someone stronger than him after him. either way, we win.

... that's actually not a bad plan.

thank you. now. are we gonna do this? or are we just going to dilly around with out thumbs up our asses?

nice language. but seriously, i kind of want to see the outcome now.

fine. lets do this. should i start writing up obituaries now, or later?

later.

the lights turned on again, and Patterson spoke.

we have come up with an initiation, different than the original one. you must go to equestria and