• Published 4th Jan 2014
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Lawless Love - Blood Brandy



The Mane-iac isn't as crazy as she seems...Kinda...Well, she not taking over the town just for the heck of it, anyways...

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Lawless Love

"Congratulations, Power Ponies. You will have the honor of seeing my grand plan come to fruition!" the Mane-iac cackled as one of her tendrils loaded the Electro-orb into her machine, climbing up into the seat atop it, "Once my weapon is finished charging, this city will have no choice but to give in to my demands, and with you girls captured, there is nopony who will stop me!" the villain cackled her evil laugh and-

"Um, excuse me," Her attention was brought to the immobile Saddle Rager, "I hate to interrupt, but aren't you forgetting somepony?"

The Mane-iac broke into a fit of giggles, oh, if only these little 'heroes' knew...Well, why not, "You mean Hum-Drum? Little fellow? Cute? Trust me, there's no way in Tartarus he's getting you out of this."

"That's wha-" Matter-Horn was cut off for a moment by a din and the hiss of her hairspray. Coughing, the masked mare glared at the villain, "Buh-But Spi-er, Hum--Drum always comes through for us. Always!" She growled, her friends cheered their agreement.

Oh, this was just too much, Mane-iac could barely restrain herself, "Oh, really? I suppose he does, doesn't he? isn't it odd?" She asked rhetorically, "Every time you go against some other villain, he bungles and flails, but he helps you to victory, somehow, someway, but every time you girls face off against me, his bungling always ends in my favor, doesn't it?"

"Wha-What are you talking about?"

Oh, this was just so funny, "Honestly, Matter-horn, or would you prefer Professor String Theory, Physics lecturer of the Maretropolis Institute?" She took the confused look on the masked mare's face with great satisfaction, "Yes, I know all of your secret identities, the jeweler, the archeologist, the confectioner, the former athlete, even the timid little public gardens groundskeeper. But you, Matter-horn? I would have thought a smart cookie like you would have pieced something together a long time ago, that-"

"Ow-ooph-uh!" A rattling from the vents pulled all eyes to the ceiling, until a surprised looking Hum-Drum fell though a grate-

-And right into the lap of the Mane-iac. Spike looked wide eyed up at the villainous mare, close enough to smell the many flowery-fruity scents of her shampoos when she had a reaction he had absolutely no way of predicting.

The Mane-iac, one of the most dangerous and insane villains in Maretropolis, squealed, "Draky-poo!" like a high-school filly.

That gave Spike all of two seconds to remember Hum-Drum's secret identity (James 'Jimmy' Drake, who worked at the same sporting goods store that was owned by the retired hoofball star that would become Mistress Marevelous) before the Mane-iac's forelegs, and a couple of hair-tentacles, pulled him close into a kiss. If Spike thought the insane mare smelled fruity, the taste was something else. almost sweet to the point even Pinkie Pie would have a conniption.

Pulling back, leaving her beloved Hum-Drum with a dopey little smile, the villainous mare cooed, cradling him in her hair, "Oh, isn't he just so cute?" she looked into the shocked eyes of the Power Ponies, "Is it starting to come together girls? Hum-Drum has been secretly helping me."

The side of the roof opened, showing the well lit, bustling city of Maretropolis against the backdrop of the night sky, "Every legal recourse we took, every rally for change. every candidate we supported, every legal path we took on our righteous mission was foiled by the corrupt and bigoted upper class of this cursed city." The Mane-iac growled, raising her and her still kinda out of it beloved, "But now? Now they will have to listen to us! They will have to heed our demands!"

Her henchponies cheered as she continued her monologue, "These fools will be forced to abolish their species-ist marriage laws! They will be forced to see that love between two sentient beings is just as natural and beautiful as it is between two ponies, whether that pony wants to love a dragon-"

"Or a griffin!" A hench-pony cheered.

"Or a diamond dog," Another added.

"Or a minotaur!"

"Or a draconequus!" The cheering stopped as the apparently not so villainous villains looked in surprise towards Saddle Rager, who had been caught up in the moment and now would have bolted and hid at the sudden attention focused on her if she could move.

"Well, well," the Mane-iac chuckled, "It seems even heroes have their hidden sides."

By now, Spike had recovered enough brainpower the piece together his thoughts. This...kinda made sense, Spike had thought Hum-drum had been a bungling moron, somehow topping out with an IQ lower than a pair of Unicorn Colts back home, but that it was all an act? The fact that he messed up everything but still managed to help somehow?

Okay, he could think on this later, when he got out of the dang comic. So he had to play the part of Hum-Drum until the end? He could do that. It took him a second, but he remembered what he needed to.

"Iara," Spike spoke, getting the Mane-iac's, formerly Iara Undine, attention, "Let them out."

"Wuh, but Draky-poo."

"They'll help us," Spike assured her, "Now that they know, they'll help us out here," he looked at his friend with a pleading expression, "Right?"

Radiance 'humph'ed, "Of course, darling. Such a daring tale of forbidden love and fighting against the odds," If she could move, the melodramatic mare would have probably swooned and conjured a fainting couch, "Oh, it's all so romantic."

"I-it sounds nice," the still atomically blushing Saddle Rager added.

"As long as you get me the heck out of this stuff," Zap growled.

"As long as yer takin' care of the little feller, I suppose it's alright."

Matter-horn looked between her friend and supposed enemy before sighing, "I suppose this is a good cause."

That only left Fili-second, who had a strangely serious expression on her face, "I only have one condition, and one condition only for you, Mane-iac."

The madmare, somewhat disturbed by the look in the speedster's eyes, backed away slightly, "What?"

After a few moments, Fili-Second spoke, "I am catering your wedding."

Blinking for a moment, looking at Hum-Drum, who shrugged, the Mane-iac looked back, "Okay?"

In a pink blur, she and Hum-Drum were scooped up by the pink speedster into a tight hug, "Yaayy!"

"Wha?" The surprised and confused Mane-iac sputtered, "But, the hairspray-"

"Just go with it, Iara," Spike sighed, "It's just Pinkie being Pinkie."

(((((((((())))))))))

In the private library of the Castle of the Two Sisters, a comic book that had been laying still suddenly sputtered and spit out a screaming group of ponies plus one dragon.

"Well," Spike groaned, "That was a heck of a twist ending."

"But it was a lovely wedding, darling," Rarity smiled, "And you looked so dashing in your groom's tuxedo."

"And the reception was great!" Pinkie cheered, drooling a little, "Cakes and sweets as far as the eye could see."

"Eh, the bachelor party was better," Dash shrugged, playfully elbowing the groom, "I didn't even know you could bite into a keg, little guy."

"A keg!" Twilight gasped, "Spike, you said there wasn't any alcohol!"

"Um, excuse me," a timid voice whispered

"She told me it was root beer, Twilight." Spike defended, "And I didn't know the other drinks had alcohol until the next day."

"Um, girls?"

"Ease up, sugarcube, he don't look any worse for the wear."

"Yeah, egghead, I don't even think Big Mac handle booze as well as Spike."

"GIRLS!" Fluttershy finally got their attention, "We, uh, we have a problem." The group looked at the seventh pony in the room, scooched into a corner in confusion.

"Wha-what just happened? Where are we? Who are you?" The Mane-iac looked frantic, her hair ready to defend at a moment's notice.

Of one though, one mind and one word, the Equestria natives sighed, "Aw, crap."

Author's Note:

Just a little one-shot I wrote to go with an idea I had in another forum-

"The Mane-iac isn't as crazy as folks think she is...Kinda...

She didn't just want to take over Maretropolis for the heck of it, she did it for a singular reason, to abolish the species-ist marriage laws that keep her from her beloved Humdrum! Her hench-ponies are in it just because they're all serious romantics at heart."

For the Mane-Iac's name, Iara (Or Yara) is a character from Brazillian mythology with green hair and is known for being beautiful.

I have no idea how to continue this, so I'll just leave it open ended, though if anyone wants to continue it, just PM me. Heck, I'd possibly even be up to a collaboration.

What do you think?

Edit: Wow, I got on the featured thing on the front page with this? Sweet.

Comments ( 169 )

Cute, very cute. I kinda like this idea.

How dumb would I be not to accept the continuation of this?

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Two questions.

Does that mean you want to continue it?

and

Did you have your name before the episode? Just how psyched were you it became an actual characters name?

Wait...Power Ponies has it's own tag?

I enjoyed it,
Very promising, Good work!!!!!!!!!!!
:pinkiehappy::pinkiehappy::heart::moustache:

continue with them explaining things

This is interesting.

3733246 :eeyup:

Did you write this for the Crack Ships contest?

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No, are there any crack ship contests going on that this would qualify for? I only wrote this over a few hours this morning because I thought back to alternate motivations for the villain and the idea popped into my head.

Hum-Drum and Mane-iac?

OH GODS!!! ALLL THE SHIP!!!!!

Well, that was a twist. Poor Lara is confused as fuck. And how is Spike supposed to explain to Celestia that he was sent to a comic book world, got married, and accidently brought back the main villain?

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Lol Two of the contestants are Spike and Maniac Click this

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Actually, it's Iara First letter is an I. But yeah, everypony's got some splainin to do

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:applejackunsure: Huh...Submitted

hahahaha that was good :pinkiehappy:
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Does that mean you want to continue it?

HELL YES! :yay:

Nice, I love how Fluttershy is totally game for that.:yay:

Drum-iac OTP.
Also very good story. Simple, concise, and cute.

Interesting concept. But I do hope that despite the similarity of names you're not trying to compare Tim Drake to Hum-Drum. Because Tim Drake is awesome.

3734353 Actually, that hadn't occurred to me. I was actually going for Jimmy Olsen (The Drake was because Spike is a dragon), who I can only imagine as Lois Lane Lite, all the kidnappings with only half the actual accomplishments.

3734361 I know, and yet he still gets a comic series all about him. Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen? Have we really exhausted every option so now we have to give him a series? What about Commissioner Gordon? Where's his series?

I was wondering when someone was going to ship this. :rainbowlaugh:Hilariously done.

Is it a great story?

Wait a moement... yes, it's a great story :yay:

What I wanna know is if we can get some scenes of their time before they leave the comic and the previous scene. Best wishes!

Love it and wish there was more... perhaps either a reformation like discord (using her powers to help the people) or perhaps some mature-type romance?

I really want a story where the maneiack goes out of the comic with thdm and does not keep her hair power. Why can't i find one. Also great story!

3733036 Before the episode, of course!:raritywink:

Oh, and I'd be willing to take if off your hands if you want.

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Sure, just credit me and be aware that others may do the same :raritywink:

YES. Best spike ship ever.

Okay. That was rather unexpected. But, I still liked it.

I...WANT....MOAR!!!!!:flutterrage::flutterrage::flutterrage::flutterrage:

Oh man, Mane-iac is gonna be super-pissed.
The dragon she married? Not the one she thought she was marrying. Her entire home universe? Inaccessible. All her wishes, hopes, and dreams? Crushed. And the Power Ponies? As far as she can telly, they're now depowered amnesiacs.
Cue rampage.

MOAR!!!1!!11!!!!!
Please?

I would love to see this continue

3734422 He's getting a TV series called Gotham that's only about him.

Well, that was interesting. I wasn't sure I would like it, just based on the concept, but it actually turned out pretty well, so I'm glad I gave it a chance. Good job! :twilightsmile:

Thats pretty darn cute. Spike/Maneiac is adorable. And I usually have trouble shipping him with anyone other than Rarity.

Is Dash the archaeologist and Applejack the former athlete? Or is it the other way around? Cause both fit Rainbow well(Daring Do fan and aspiring Wonderbolt) but neither seem right for Applejack seeing as how the rest seem to be a fairly direct translation from their actual jobs. Although AJ does do the rodeo thing.

more chapters to this awsome love story

Holy shit. I like this...........
When I first started reading this, I had my doubts. BUT HOLY CRAP! This is an amazing story!
We need more of this! WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN DUDE! I NEEDED A STORY LIKE THIS FOR WEEKS!
I need to find where you are now, all for one reason: LET ME HUG YOU BUDDY!

A simple, fun, oneshot. Not at all bogged down by tons of side issues and flows nicely from gag to gag. I thoroughly enjoyed the quirkiness of everything and the way you've veered away from the episode!

Faved & liked.

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The next paragraph mentions that Mistress Marevelous is/was a retired hoofball star.

Oh great, another person who sees crazy as nothing!

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Du-oh. Now I feel silly.

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Or Hummane! ... Which is actually a little funny, because that boils down to Humane, which is what Maneiac is fighting for, anyway. Humane treatment. XD

You should turn this one-shot into a multi-chapter story. This has so much untapped potential!:pinkiehappy:

Good one ... Deserves a sequel :moustache:

My eyes water at the sheer genius that I have just read.

Needed better formatting though.

BUT MOAR PLEASE

Afterwords, Mane-iac moved in with her husband into the Ponyville Library.

.... So the games begin

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