Deep through the Silverback Forest, Luke, his father, and their friends were walking with the group of other Mangani, and their leader: Sogozi. this gigantic ape looked absolutely terrifying in some of his friends eyes. They had all the more the reason for doing so, because; this Mangani looked so tough, and he meant business.
Remember reading Tarzan, Luke hoped that this ape was not an aggressive tyrant or monster like Kerchak was. He can only hope that Sogozi was a reasonable leader like Imari, Zuma, Dakari, and Babatunde.
"How far is your home?" Luke couldn't help but ask.
"Not far now." Replied one of the Mangani soldiers.
"Anything you can tell me about your home?" Rainbow murmured to N'dugo's right ear.
"Our town of Kerchak is a beautiful place, and we are an intriguing civilization."
"Oh quiet you." Said Sogozi. "If you all must know, our wonderful city of Kerchak is a beauty of this very jungle. We normally do not get a lot of visitors here, and normally when we do, it would mostly be gorillas, chimpanzees, baboons, and our... lower cousins."
"What do you have against zebras?" Asked Applejack.
"I do not have anything against zebras. I tolerate zebras as much as any other Mangani beyond these many trees."
"Then why did you capture us like this as if we were prisoners?" Asked Larry. "We mean you no harm."
"I will decide whether me and my people can trust you or not." Sogozi then gave N'dugo the skunk eye. "As for you, N'dugo, who are these colorful zebras you have brought to Zebrica?"
"Hey! We're not zebras, we're ponies!" Pinkie exclaimed defensively.
"Calm down, Pinkie." Said Twilight. "I'm princess Twilight Sparkle from Ponyville."
"Ponies, hmm?" Said Sogozi in a mildly surprised look on his face. "I have heard about that peculiar type of creature, but I have never seen on in the flesh, until now."
The Mangani all stopped on a small hill, and Luke looked down to see an intriguing little village.
"Behold, Kerchak." Said Sogozi. "The capital of this very jungle."
The others were quite impressed by how this town looked in their eyes. The buildings almost looked at identical as the modern buildings looked like back home in Luke's world.
For Luke, he was very intrigued by how these apes lived in this human-like lifestyle. Yet again, he thought, this is a totally different world.
Every building was made of rock or stone, with twigs and bamboo as the rooftops for many. Many more Mangani were walking down the muddy sidewalks, and a there was a mother ape cleaning her son by feeding ticks or parasites off his head.
Honestly, the Mane Six, Starlight Glimmer, Lyra, and Bon Bon have never seen anything like this before.
"Sweet Celestia." Said Rarity in complete and utter fascination. "This is absolutely marvelous. And I simply adore how they chose fashion, especially the leaves as drapes."
"Like I have mentioned before, Rarity." Said N'dugo. "We are a proud and intelligent race."
"Hmph, too had you lost your pride when you chose to live among the zebras and their lifestyle." Sogozi said begrudgingly. "Now keep moving!"
Applejack suddenly felt herself pushed from behind, and let out a loud grunt of slight pain. She looked back at the brute with a nasty glare on her face. Applejack did not like to be pushed like that at all.
Despite that, they all kept moving and when they walked through the city streets, many Mangani began to stare at Luke and all his friends.
Luke was hearing murmuring amongst some of these apes. He had good hearing and he was listening to some conversations about N'dugo coming back to this place. Most of them weren't very friendly or nice, saying bad things about this ape behind his back.
For all he and his friends knew, things might take a turn for the worse for them. Maybe if all else fails, he looked at his lightsaber again, and knew what to do.
"Hey, Fluttershy," Twilight whispered in the yellow pegasus' right ear. "Do you think you can do the stare on this guys?"
"No. Let's not ge too rash, Twilight." Fluttershy replied.
They all walked up to a stone palace to the north of Kerchak, and Sogozi stopped, then he turned around, facing everyone. "Now, why are you all here?" He asked with his eyes narrowed.
"My friends here just wanted to visit the Silverback Forest, that is all." N'dugo explained to the leader.
"He's telling the truth, my liege." Said Rarity. "Or, how do we formally address you?"
"Just call me Sogozi, little pony." Turning back to N'dugo, she he said: "and why would you even show up back here after all you did?"
"I was showing my old friend a 'welcome back' gift by showing her my own home."
Sogozi didn't say anything at first, but he replied: "I see. But you know how I feel about you fraternizing with these zebras."
"There are more to us zebras that meet the eye." Zecora stepped up in a defensive voice. "I see that you Mangani refuse to leave your home and visit the outside world, so worried that you will die."
Some of the other apes made menacing growls in offense. "We are not afraid!" Said a Male Mangani.
"We are the ultimate creatures if Zebrica, you petulant zebra!" Shouted a female.
"Indeed." Said Sogozi in a calm voice. "I do not understand why this land is called Zebrica when we should be the dominant species over these lands. It should be called Mangania instead."
"Mangania?" Said Starlight Glimmer. "That is completely ridiculous! Zebras are an intriguing type of creature."
"Yeah! Don't even call them stupid, or weak, or feeble!" Lyra added.
The leader of the Mangani began growling and baring his sharp teeth once more. "How dare you even backtalk to me? You are all weak compared to us." He looked at Fluttershy. "Especially you, little one."
Fluttershy pointed to herself, and asked: "you mean me?"
"Yes, you. You couldn't even survive out there in the world even if you wanted to. You are weak, and worthless. You have no claws, no sharp teeth, no killer attitude."
Fluttershy was hurt by those words, and Luke couldn't help but stand up for her. "Fluttershy is not weak, you stupid son of a bitch!"
"Luke, don't!" Said Larry. "We can't let you come to a fight with him."
"You will get killed!" Discord said. "The last thing I want is for one of my friends to get mutilated to a million tiny pieces of minced meat."
"No. No one ever talks that way to a sweet pony like Fluttershy. She is the exact opposite of weak! She has a heart of pure gold, and an awesome, fierce friend."
Sogozi was surprised a creature a little shorter than him would stand up to him like this.
"Fluttershy is one of the greatest ponies I have ever met in my life, and she always comes around when we need her!"
The yellow pegasus was truly touched by Luke's kind words, and she smiled. "Oh, thank you. Luke. You are really a good friend."
Sogozi then had an angry look on his face, and said: "You dare to talk down upon me, human? The chief of the Mangani?"
"Someone had to." Said Luke. "No one talks badly about my friends. You can trash talk about me, but when you try and hurt my own friends, that's when you really piss me off!"
"The impudence!" Sogozi roared in fury. "Never in my entire life has anyone insult me like this!"
"Well then count this as the first time!"
Sogozi then took a small breath to calm himself down, and he said in a more mellow type of voice: "I do commend you for standing your ground against me like that. Someone with a sporting chance."
Luke then ignited his lightsaber again, spooking the other Mangani nearby. "So unless you want me to spice you in half, you better watch what you say about my friends! Got it?"
"Heh heh. I really like a creature with a strong will such as your own. But, why don't we try putting it to the test?"
"Test?"
"A match, wrestling match."
"Wrestling? Oh my gosh." Said Spike.
"Luke, this is crazy!" Said Lyra, feeling like panicking. "You can't wrestle him!"
"If anything had happens to you like this, your mom will kill me!" Larry reminded.
Luke didn't say anything, but he said: "fine."
Everyone gasped hearing what Luke just said.
"Good, good. However, no swords, no spears, or magical weapons such as yours." Sogozi warned.
"Fine."
"At the outskirts of town in exactly fifteen minutes." Sogozi said
Luke promptly stood up, and shook his right hand. "Deal."
Fluttershy completely fainted seeing what she thinks she is. Boy things did bot look good, and Luke might get himself killed if he actually does this.