//------------------------------// // THWACK // Story: Adopted Opposites // by Demon Lord Inganno //------------------------------// THWACK The rest of the mane 6 (now mane 5) ran into the clearing after finally catching up with Lakota and his rampant rush through the trees and what they saw was very unexpected to say the least.Lakota had a foot on the Manticore’s scorpion tail and bear hugging it, pinning the front legs down, all the while head butting it for good measure. “Hasn’t-THWACK-anyone-THWACK-ever-THWACK-taught you-THWACK-how tah-THWACK-treat a lady?” He yelled at the dazed Manticore. “Uhmm....bro?” “Yeah...”-TWACK- “Manticores can’t speak.....especially when they’re being head-butted repeatedly.” “....Oh yeah.” There was a thud when Lakota dropped the now unconscious beast to the forest floor, making sure to give it the Single Finger Salute before turning away and walking in Rarity’s direction. Rarity noticed this and she was going to have none of it. “S-stay back you brute, don’t get any closer!” “Calm down now, ah ain’t gonna hurt ya.” “You say that now, but how can i trust you?” Rarity asked with a hint of fright. “You just took down a Manticore alone by only hugging and head-butting it!” She exclaimed while pointing at the unmoving form of the beast. “Because if ah was goin’ tah hurt ya, ah would’ve done so by now.” He stated calmly in the familiar drawl.”Also ahm sure yer friends would be pretty upset if anything happened to ya.” He added pointing to the still gaping mares that were her friends. “Hehehe, hey bro.....i think you broke them.” “Oops.” Once again 5 of the elements are speechless and with mouths hung low a single fly flew into twilight’s mouth snapping her out of her trance. “Ok....today is getting out of hoof and we need to get everything under control before one of us goes insane, namely me.” “Well I guess we have some explaining to do.” Adam said while scratching the back of his head. The rainbow maned pegasus flew up into Adam’s face.” You better believe you have some explaining to do.” Little did she know flying up into Adam’s reach was a bad idea. Adam’s arms flashed out and grabbed her pulling her into a tight hug. “AHH! Let me go you monster!” He immediately let go of the Pegasus letting her drop to the ground with a soft thud. “You know I can tell why you’re not the Element of Kindness. The Element of Kindness wouldn’t call me a monster for giving her a hug.” Adam said his head drooping. “Ah shuttup, we’ve been through worse than this.” Lakota said. “Yeah i guess you’re right.” I turned towards the mane 6,”Umm... Any questions?” Twilight took a few steps forward,”I have some questions for you” she said. “Okay and they are?” Lakota asked. “First how did you get here?” “I don’t really know. I was unconscious at the time.” Adam said. "And ah couldn't think straight to notice anything." Came Lakota's answer Twilight turned back towards AJ to see if he was telling the truth.”He ain’t fibbin’ sugarcube.” Twilight turned back towards Adam and Lakota,”Ok. Next question, are you capable of doing magic?” “No I don’t think so.” Adam said. He turned,” What about you Lakota?” He asked “Mmaybe.” He shrugged.. Twilight again turned back towards AJ,”Ah can’t tell.” She said. Twilight turned back towards Adam and Lakota again,”Alright next question, are you going to hurt us or anypony during your stay in Equestria?” She asked. “I would never hurt any of you ponies because ponies are my favorite species, but that’s where my kindness ends.” Adam’s mood darkened,”I will not hesitate to injure or kill a Diamond Dog, Changeling, Gryphon, or some type of beast that tries to harm you ponies. I’m sure Lakota stands where I do on this as well.” “Mmhmm.” Lakota grunted in approval. “He’s tellin the truth” Applejack said before Twilight could turn around. “Well my next question is-” Adam cut her off right there,”Hey Twilight give the others a turn to ask a question.” Adam said. “Oh right, sorry girls.” Twilight said sheepishly. She received multiple replies of “It’s ok.” Applejack spoke up first,” How did ya know our names?” She asked. “Uhh... that is a story for another day” Adam said. Rarity was the next to speak,” Where did you come from?” She asked. “We came from a little planet called Earth.” Lakota said. Now it was Pinkie’s turn to talk,” Are you an alien?” She asked. “On this planet we are but back home we aren’t, yet I take offense to being called an alien” Adam said. “Aww dang it now I can’t give you a ‘Welcome to Equestria Aliens’ party” she grumbled. Rainbow Dash decided to speak up now,” How do you know so much about us? Are you a-” “No. We are not spies Rainbow. And again your first question will be answered when Applejack’s is.” Adam said while Lakota nodded his head. “Now here’s my question for all of you ponies.” Adam said.”Do you have a place where we can stay?” He asked. “Well I have a spare guest room in the library.” Twilight said. “We’ll take it, but not for free.” Adam said.This confused the lavender Unicorn.”Allow me to explain. You see I don’t want to just sit and do nothing, so whenever you need help around the library just ask me.” I turned towards the others,” The same goes for all of you. I may not be living in your house but I still want to help out. Applejack, we’ll help out on the farm whenever needed. Pinkie, I’ll try any sweets you want me to. I not sure where Lakota stands on that one.” “Meh, I’ll do it” he said. “Ok that settles that. Rainbow, I’ll race you whenever you like. Fluttershy, Lakota will help you feed your animals when you want him to. And Rarity” Adam felt like he was about to sell his soul to the devil,” I’ll model for you when I have any spare time.” When Adam finished there was complete silence, not even a cricket was chirping.’Huh. Shouldn't at least the crickets be making noise. Nah maybe because there’s a Manticore unconscious in the clearing. I should probably check on that.’ Adam thought. He turned only to jump back to dodge a swipe of its claw. “Hey Lakota. Looks like this motherfucker is ready for round 2.” Adam said. “Well don’t wanna keep our good buddy waitin’.” Lakota said. “Alright then lets go kick some ass!” Adam shouted. Both brothers did a thing any Equestrian would dream of...being able to take on a Manticore and live. The two kept up their relentless assault on the beast. Adam would taunt it and land light kicks and punches on it while Lakota landed heavy blows causing immediate damage to wherever he hit. The 6 ponies watched as the 2 humans attacked the beast in perfect harmony. For example, Adam distracted the Manticore, while Lakota would hit vital spots soon crippling it. This went on for who know how long before the beast had had enough. It let out a mighty roar and limped as fast as it could out of the clearing we were in. Adam and Lakota walked back over to the mane 6 to see their horrified expressions. “Sorry y’all had to see that there fight.” Lakota said. “Yeah. Can we all just head back to the library and get some rest?”Adam said. The 6 mares nodded in agreement, eyes still slightly widened,and they began the long trek back to the library. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~2 hours later at the library~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Adam and Lakota were in the kitchen getting a glass of water while the mane 6 sat on the couch. They walked into the living room to try and start a conversation with mares. The moment they were bombarded with hugs and thank yous. “ Woah what’s all this for?” Adam said. “Well you did kinda saved our friend’s life.” Twilight said. “Yeah i guess you’re right.” Adam said. Adam looked towards Rainbow and noticed something on her,” Rainbow you’re bleeding.” He said. Her face turned a slight green.“Umm that’s not my blood, because that wasn’t on me before I hugged you.” She said.” “Uh-oh” Adam said. He looked at his favorite hoodie and frowned,” Aww that was my favorite hoodie!” He whined. Adam then proceeded to take off his jacket to reveal a blood soaked white tee shirt. Adam pulled off the white shirt to reveal 4 long cuts across his chest, but they weren't too big. “Well damn looks like that dick-head got me after all.” He said,”Hey Twilight I don’t suppose you know any healing spells do you?” He asked. “U-umm yes I t-think I know one that would work.” She stammered. Twilight started to charge up magic in her horn. She then released said magic in the form of a spell and started to heal his wounds. The spell had finished healing Adam’s wounds leaving 4 mean looking scars.”Sorry I couldn’t take away the scars, the spell wasn’t strong enough to heal you and leave no scars.” She said. “Meh it’s ok it doesn’t bother me. Actually I think they’re kinda cool.” He said. He started going up the stairs but stopped half-way up,” Check Lakota for wounds a well.” Adam said continuing up the stair. Adam got dressed for bed and laid down waiting for Lakota. Lakota walked in the door about 10 minutes later. “Did you have any wounds, dude?” “Just a few.”He replied pointing to his face and arms. “Well that’s good…..oh hey Lakota we gotta share this bed.” Adam said, “ Meh I don’t really give a fuck.” He answered. “Night Lakota.” Adam said. “Night.” Lakota said. After a few minutes both men drifted off into a dreamless sleep. "Damn trees...' was then heard in the darkness. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A/N Well that was a doozy of a write but heres another chap out in the same week...Huzzah! Credit to the co-writer for getting a good portion of this wrote. Also GO READ THIS FIC ~~> Feral FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU.... What’s wrong? I dunno i just felt like saying that. Heh ok. I also gave a shout-out for Feral. Sweet, I love Feral! Yes i know pinkie, but we need to stop breaking the fucking fourth wall.....we’re out of tape. Okie Dokie Lokie!