//------------------------------// // Chapter 3: Waking up in Equestria... and Adam goes APE-SHIT! // Story: Antasma and Fawful (Plus Dimentio and Blumiere/Bleck): Partners in Equis! // by TheDisplacerOfEquestrias //------------------------------// With Corban... "Ugh... what happened..?" Corban said, as he slowly woke up... He slowly sat up, holding his head in mild pain, as he opened his eyes, seeing his hands... wait... His eyes snapped open and he saw that his arms were gone, the only thing there being his hands... err... his white gloves. He was more scared than Luigi would be when fighting King Boo in Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon, but he kept himself from screaming... He then noticed a river nearby and went over to it, standing up... He leaned over to see what he looked like, and he saw that he WAS Count Bleck... or Lord Blumiere, depending on what you refer to him as... He began panting heavily, before he realized that no one was around, making him panic more... "ADAM!? FAUX!? IGGY!? WHERE ARE YOU GUYS!?" He screamed... Meanwhile, with Adam and Faux... "Ugh... my head..." Adam said, groaning in pain... "Adam, is that you?" A voice said, making Adam freeze up, before opening his eyes and seeing Fawful himself leaning over him... Wait... that voice! "... Faux? The hell?" Adam said, a bit scared, worried, and curious... "Come on! Get up!" Faux said, as he stomped his foot into the ground... "Alright, alright... what happened?" Adam asked, getting up... "I... I don't know! One minute we were at the convention, the next, we're in the middle of the forest!" Faux said, scared... "Wait, Faux, your Fawful... you are actually Fawful!" Adam said, realizing what his little, adopted brother was... Faux absorbed this for a minute, before going into panic mode, screaming and yelling incoherent sentences and speaking in gibberish... Adam waited for a minute, before he said "FAUX!" Faux stopped and asked "Yeah, big bro?" Adam sighed and asked "Am I Antasma?" Faux nodded, before Adam groaned, only to then ask "Where are the others?" This made Faux freeze up, before he said "I don't know!" Adam then sighed again, before saying "Come on... we got to go find Iggy and Corban." Faux nodded, before Adam got up and walked into the forest, Faux following suit... A couple hours later... "Alright, Corban, Iggy, where the hell are we?" Adam asked... An hour after going into the forest, Adam and Faux found Corban, who was now Count Bleck/Lord Blumiere, and another hour later, they found Iggy, who was scared shitless... Although they didn't make themselves known until 30 minutes later, watching and enjoying the scene before them... Corban and Iggy shrugged and Iggy said "We don't know, Adam. However, I can tell you this, for sure... we are DEFINITELY not on Earth." Adam, Corban, and Faux looked at him, eyebrows raised, before Adam asked "How can you tell?" Iggy sighed and reached into his hat, before pulling out a blue and purple flower, as he said "This." They looked at it, curious, as Iggy continued "This is DEFINITELY not from Earth. I tested it out on a nearby animal and it caused weird side affects to happen... well, one weird side affect, but the only thing that happened was that it made the animal's entire head grow twice it's original size, but it didn't hurt the animal in the slightest." He then put it back into his hat, before Corban asked "Well, what do we do? We're in a forest, in some part of a new world that ISN'T Earth, and we're now four Mario Villains!" Faux thought for a second, and, before the others could talk, he said "Hang on..." He then walked away from the group and cleared some of the foliage away, revealing what looked to be a town. The others kept talking, not even noticing this, as Faux then said "Um, guys?" They didn't hear him, making Faux groan... He then inhaled deeply and yelled "GUYS!" This made them cover their ears, as they all looked to him... Faux then pointed to the town... "Oh, well... good thinking, Faux." Adam said, walking up to see the town... Iggy and Corban followed suit, before Adam noticed something... The town was being attacked! Adam's eyes widened before he said "COME ON!" He then ran towards the town, as Iggy went after him, saying "ADAM, NO!", before Corban followed suit, saying "ADAM, WAIT UP!", and finally, Faux went after them, saying "BIG BRO, WAIT!" At the town... Adam finally arrived at the outskirts of the town, seeing a sign that read "Ponyville - Population: 326", before he saw what was attacking the town... It was a giant centaur about half the height of the Statue of Liberty and about as wide as a tugboat... maybe wider... It reminded Adam of Giant Bowser in Mario & Luigi: Dream Team, New Super Mario Bros., and Super Mario Galaxy 2, for some reason. Adam then noticed that it was talking to a, get this, a purple pony with shades of purple, pink, and what looked like blue in it's mane and tail... however, the pony was also a Winged Unicorn. That's when Adam saw the five ponies, what looked like a baby, green and purple dragon, and a weird mish-mash of creatures, in bubbles... Adam growled when he realized that the centaur was holding the ponies, the dragon, and the hybrid of a hundred creatures hostage... He then noticed Iggy, Corban, and Faux walking up behind him, before he asked "Iggy, Corban, could you both try to create a magic bolt for me?" They hesitantly nodded, as Adam said "Faux, get out of here... we may be new here, but we still have to do something... and I don't want you getting hurt." Faux nodded and ran to one of the houses, hiding inside... Adam then slowly turned back to the centaur and growled... Iggy, after trying again and again, finally created a magic bolt, as Corban did the same with his staff, before Adam grabbed both of the magic bolts and said "Iggy, Corban, when the centaur let's the ponies, the dragon, and the hybrid go, I'm going to throw these at the centaur. You two will escort the ponies, dragon, and hybrid to safety when I throw them." They nodded, as they watched... The centaur soon let the ponies, the dragon, and the hybrid go, before Adam smirked and thought 'Well, here goes nothing!' Adam then threw the magic bolts at the centaur, hitting it in the chest and knocking it back, surprising the ponies, the dragon, and the hybrid... They all then looked to the source and saw Adam, smiling... Adam saluted them and said "Iggy, Corban, go!" Iggy and Corban then went up to them and said "Come on! Our friend will hold it off!" They were still for a moment, before the Hybrid said "Come on! We need to go!" This shook them out of their stupor, before the ponies and the dragon ran to Corban and Iggy, with the Hybrid following suit, as Iggy and Corban led them to the forest, away from the centaur and Adam... The centaur slowly got up, holding its head, as Adam said "Well, weren't expecting that, now we're ya, buddy?" The centaur looked around, before seeing Adam and growling, saying, it's voice loud and booming, "HOW DARE YOU HIT ME, CREATURE! I AM TIREK, THE NEW RULER OF EQUESTRIA!" Adam smirked and said "I DARE TO HIT YOU, SHIT-REK! FOR I AM ANTASMA, THE BAT KING OF NIGHTMARES!" The centaur, Tirek, growled and said "YOU WILL DIE!" Adam smiled and said "You'll have to catch me, first!" Adam then ran, faster than he ever ran, as Tirek followed after him, angry, as the ground shook... The hybrid, Iggy, Corban, the ponies, and the dragon watched, worried... Faux watched from the house, worried as well... However, Faux then furrowed his brow and walked out of the house, serious and determined... He then saw a shop nearby, with a crossbow and magical, flaming crossbow bolts, before he ran up to the shop and grabbed the crossbow and the bolts... He then loaded the crossbow and began to aim, aiming at Tirek's right eye, before he saw that he had a clear shot and then said, smiling, "Gotcha." He then pulled the trigger and the bolt was sent shooting into Tirek's eye, making him scream in pain, as he held his eye in agony... Adam was shocked, as were the others, before they looked to the source and saw Faux holding the crossbow, before he loaded it again and shot the hand Tirek was using to cover his now damaged eye, piercing through Tirek's hand... Adam was shocked to say the least, before he smiled and said "WAY TO GO, LITTLE BRO!" Faux smiled and waved back, as Iggy and Corban smiled, before Iggy created two magical bolts and gave them to Faux... Faux saw this and smiled, before he took one of them and loaded it into the crossbow, before shooting it at Tirek's chest, knocking him back, before Faux loaded the second magical bolt into the crossbow and shot Tirek's chest again, knocking Tirek onto his back... Faux then waved to Iggy, who waved back... Suddenly, Tirek got up again and grabbed Faux, surprising them all... Tirek held his eye in pain and said "YOU LITTLE PEST! YOU WILL PAY FOR THIS!" Faux was now scared, as we're the others, before Tirek began to open his mouth, making them all gasp... "Faux... no..." Adam said, before he felt his blood boiling, rage building up within him, as his entire body began to change color... The purple on his body began to change to blue, as well as his yellow eyes turning to light blue, as he began to grow, slowly growing to Tirek's size... He then growled, his eyes glowing in anger, before he said, his voice now as loud and as booming as Tirek, but, it sounded like Antasma's voice himself! "SCREEK!" was heard, making Tirek stop, before he slowly turned around, closing his mouth, before he saw Adam, now in Antasma's final form... and VERY pissed. "SCREEK! YOU VILL PAY! SCREEK!" Adam said, before he punched Tirek in the face, sending him back, and making him let go of Faux... Faux was sent flying into the air, as Adam then reached his hand out to Faux and caught him, before he lowered his hand and put Faux down, next to the group... Tirek soon got up and went to punch Adam, but, Adam predicted this and caught Tirek's fist, only to then make Tirek punch himself, as Adam said "SCREEK! VHY ARE YOU VUNCHING YOURSELV? VHY ARE YOU VUNCHING YOURSELV? SHREEK! VHY ARE YOU VUNCHING YOURSELV?" Adam smiled while doing this, before he then punched Tirek in the face, launching him back once more... Adam grinned and noticed the others standing there, before he said "VELL? VHAT ARE YOU VAITING VOR? SCHREEK! GO!" They nodded and the hybrid said "Come on! Follow us!" The group soon followed the Hybrid into the forest...