"Ugh, my head..." "Adam, is that you?" "... Faux? The hell?" "Come on! Get up!" "Alright, alright... what happened?" "Heh... funny you should ask..." "... ok, what happened?" "Um... it went a little something like this..."
Antasma...
Fawful...
Dimentio...
Lord Blumiere/Count Bleck...
Four villains, four poor, confused as all hell humans, one convention that they should have never gone to, and one new planet...
What could possibly go wrong!?
Probably everything... Well, if they play their cards, right, that is.
Meet the four humans-turned-Mario-Villains. Adam Atamans, now Antasma, Iggy Indomite, now Dimentio, Faux Faw, now Fawful, and finally, Corban Cromswell, now Lord Blumeire/Count Bleck.
After buying missing items from their outfits from a particularly shady merchant (Antasma's bat bow, Fawful's glasses, Dimentio's gloves, and Blumiere's/Bleck's monocle), they were sent to the world of Equestria. Oddly enough, only two of them are bronies (but they have forgotten/are really frickin' good at pretending that they don't know)... the other two don't know what in the name of the Underwhere is going on.
Follow them on their adventure to see what trouble they get into!
"Come on, Adam! We got to be the first ones there to get to the new stand!" An oddly young, childish voice said, with the owner of the voice wearing a red cloak (outlined in gold), with gold pendants and a gold chain on it, with a black outfit underneath, and having dyed black hair...
"Alright, Faux, calm yourself. Iggy and Corban are still putting their cosplay on." A second voice, older, more... sane, one could say, said, wearing an outfit of mostly purple, black, and some pink, with a purple and black mask with yellow eyes...
These two were "brothers", with Faux being the younger of the two (12) and Adam being the older of the two (24)...
The two were with their friends at Comic-Con, cosplaying as Mario Villains.
Faux, however, was cosplaying as his favorite Mario character, Fawful, while Adam was cosplaying as his favorite... Antasma, the Bat King of Nightmares.
Soon enough, their friends stepped out, with Iggy (18) and Corban (21) dressed up as their favorites: Dimentio and Count Bleck/Lord Blumiere, respectively.
Iggy, with a slightly young voice, asked "How do we look?"
"Amazing!" Faux said, pumping his fist up...
"Thank you, Faux." Corban said, with an older voice than Iggy and Faux combined, but not as much as Adam...
"Well, shall we get going?" Adam asked, pulling out the car keys...
They nodded and Faux was the first one out the door of their apartment, with Iggy following suit, then Corban, and finally Adam.
They made it to the car park, before they got into the car, which was a black and purple 2016 Ford Explorer Sport, as Adam then began starting up the car, before driving out of the car park, as the song "Doomguy Vs Master Chief Rap Battle" played...
It's unknown as of to how the group got together and how they became friends, but the story of how Adam and Faux met was known to everyone.
Adam was 20 and was walking down the street of the city one cold, January morning on the 1st of the new year. He walked past an old alleyway when he saw someone, a 10 year old, eating out of the dumpster. The 10 year old saw him and scrambled to get away, but failed and tripped on a can.
Adam went over to the kid and asked what he was doing here. The kid, scared, said that his parents left him when he was younger, but instead of putting him up for adoption, they left him in the city. The next day after that, he stole a newspaper and saw that his parents, Emily Faw and Jackson Faw, had died in a car crash, with his father dying immediately, but his mother dying in the hospital.
The kid, Faux Faw, then asked why Adam wanted to know this, before Adam picked the kid up and said that he was going to take him in...
Adam took Faux to him and his girlfriend's, Michelle Mindlie's, house, where he took Faux in, practically adopting him, and making him his younger brother.
A year after Faux met his new parents, Adam's parents, Metra Atamans and Jacobson Atamans, and Faux ADORED them. He loved playing with them and they loved his energy and presence.
However, when they asked why Faux didn't want to change his last name, he told them that, despite his parents leaving him, he wanted to keep his last name so that they wouldn't be forgotten...
About 11 months later, Faux met Adam's friends, Iggy Indomite and Corban Cromswell, who have been friends with Adam since Middle School.
Now, another month later, Adam, Iggy, and Corban are taking Faux to his first Comic-Con.
After driving for what seems like an hour, they finally made it to Comic-Con, as Adam parked the car and everyone got out, before Faux said "WE SHALL BE THE MUSTARD OF THEIR DOOM!", quoting Fawful from the RPG games...
Adam chuckled at this, Corban smiled, and Iggy laughed like Dimentio himself...
They all went in, seeing that there were already hundreds of people, but the new stand was open already...
They saw a man looking like the merchant from Resident Evil 4 (which Faux was never allowed to play, simply because Adam played it, followed by Iggy and then Corban, saying that Faux would be scared for years if he played it) at the stand, with people cosplaying as Mario, Luigi, Prince Dreamburt, the Bedsmith, O'Chunks, Mimi, Nastasia, Tipi- hell, even Shadoo, at the stand...
The group went in and they looked around, conversing with other cosplayers, and looking in awe at the unique items...
That is, until they saw four items for their missing costumes.
Adam saw Antasma's bat-bowtie, which he couldn't make due to time constraints and lack of materials...
Corban saw Count Bleck/Lord Blumiere's monocle, which he couldn't make for himself since he was lacking in the materials to make it... that, and he couldn't get one due to the value of them.
Iggy saw Dimentio's gloves, which he couldn't make for himself simply because none of the gloves he had could be used... and he didn't have any more black fabric to use.
And finally, Faux saw Fawful's glasses, and he couldn't make them himself because... well, he's 12... that, and no pair of glasses match Fawful's.
They all picked up their respective items and brought it to the merchant, who asked "Ah... Antasma the Bat King of Nightmares, Fawful, former minion to Cackletta, the Beanish Witch of the Bean Bean Kingdom, Count Bleck, formerly known as Lord Blumiere, and Dimentio, the true destroyer of all dimensions... Nice choices."
They thanked him, before Adam asked "Thank you, but, we'd like to buy these, please.", before they put their items on the counter...
The merchant nodded and said "Eh... I'd say they are about 10 bucks each."
Adam nodded and got out the required amount of money, before giving it to the merchant...
"Thank you, my friend. And have a good day..." He said, as they smiled and walked out, putting their respective items on, before the merchant called out and said "Oh, and one last thing!"
They all turned back and the merchant said, smiling "... Have a nice fall."
Suddenly, a portal opened up underneath them all, as they processed what just happened...
... only to then scream and fall down into the portal, holding onto each other...
The merchant, back at his stand, smiled and said "Ha, HA! Four for the price of one, Grandson!"
The merchant then threw in a ball of what looked like energy into the portal, as he said "I'm making our deal come true... Radmes."
... that was the only thing that was heard (besides the wind going by them) as the group of four fell...
Suddenly, they saw a ball of energy hit Iggy, shocking him, and then shocking them all, knocking them all out...
On Equis, in the country of Equestria...
It was a beautiful day in Equestria... the birds were singing, the flowers were blooming, fillies were playing, on days like these, ponies would be going to work, relaxing, etc...
However, we are going to shift our gaze to Canterlot... or more specifically, Canterlot Castle.
"... And that is my full report, Princess." The new captain of the guards, Captain Heart Mush, since Captain Shining Armor is in the Crystal Empire, said.
It was 1 in the afternoon, as Princess Celestia of Equestria sat in the Solar Court, listening to the current Captain of the Royal Guards...
Princess Celestia nodded and said "Anything else, Captain Heart Mush?"
Heart Mush shook his head and said "Nothing else, Princess."
Princess Celestia smiled and said "Thank you, Captain. Now, if you excuse me, I must attend to something..."
Heart Mush nodded and walked out, and, when he was out of earshot, Celestia sighed and mumbled to herself "When is something interesting going to happen?"
She then got up and walked out, as she said "Guards, make sure no one disturbs me."
They nodded and she walked out of the Court, to the former Hall of Elements (Now that the Elements are in her student's hooves)...
She looked at the vault, before inserting her horn and unlocking it, revealing a black book inside...
She takes the book out with her magic and opens it, revealing prophecies within it...
She sighs and says "Why did Merlon and Nolrem give me this... They both knew that I had no need for it... so why did they give me this..."
"Because you will need it when evil strikes once more." A strikingly familiar voice said, making Celestia freeze up, before she turns around slowly, seeing Nolrem and Merlon before her, along with two other beings...
The other two beings were a male... and a female. Celestia knew the male as Lord Blumiere, previously known as Count Bleck, but as of to why he called himself that was unknown, and Celestia knew the female as Lady Timpani, nicknamed Tipi...
"I know, Merlon... but you, Nolrem, Lady Timpani (which Lady Timpani said "Just call me Tipi, Tia."), and even Lord Blumiere told me that this book was dangerous... why give it to me when you know that it will take more than me to protect it, or if it was dangerous for even me to use?" Celestia asked.
Merlon sighed and said "It's simple, Tia... we know that you can keep it out of the hands of evil, or at least keep them at bay with it... we cannot keep it out of the hands of evil anymore... from Blumiere using it once to destroy all dimensions and Tipi having to stop Blumiere from using it, to me and Nolrem trying to fix Blumiere's mistakes when he attempted to destroy all dimensions... we used it too much... but you can keep anyone from using it again."
Nolrem stepped up and said "That is why we gave you it, Tia... evil WILL strike again. I mean, the Crystal Empire AND Sombra returned, Discord returned, Nightmare Moon returned... all that's left is Tirek... him and his army... and if the Elements of Harmony don't work on them, then the Dark Prognosticus will stop them if all else fails..."
Blumiere then walked forward as he spoke "Tia, as me and Timpani are forever immortals, we know the upsides and the downsides of the book, but, we believe- no, we KNOW that you can hold off the Dark Prognosticus' corruption of the mind... it almost corrupted me entirely, had it not been for Timpani... And we know that it is what caused your sister to go mad..."
Timpani then walked up and said "But, we know you can keep the Dark Prognosticus from being used by evil... or from ending up in the wrong hands... or hooves. The Nightmare was created by it, after all, so it could happen."
Celestia looked at them with a stone-hard gaze, as she said "But what about if my student finds it?"
Merlon laughed, surprising them, as he said "Then tell her that it is not hers to read. Besides, it's not going to be in the vault forever."
Celestia smiled a bit despite herself, as she said "Alright... but why are you four here?"
Nolrem then frowned slightly and said "We are here to tell you that we found it... The Chaos Heart."
Celestia's eyes widened, before she asked "He-he wasn't c-connected to it, r-right?"
Blumiere nodded and said "Dimentio...", sighing, he added "... he was connected to it for too long... his Soul is stuck within it."
Celestia was silent, as was everyone else, before she sat down, beginning to cry...
Timpani walked up to her and began to comfort her...
"I'm sorry, Celestia... I know how much Dimentio meant to you... However, we are planning to find ways to release him." Nolrem said.
Celestia nodded, sad and crying, "D-do wha-whatever it takes to free h-him..."
They nodded and Merlon said "We will be bringing the Chaos Heart here, but it won't affect Discord's statue... it's best if you are nearby, anyway."
She nodded, before Timpani said "Well, we need to go and get it... we'll be back soon, Tia."
She nodded and smiled a little, before they all teleported out...
She let out a few more tears, as she said "... I hope you are alright, Dimentio... Mommy's always going to be there for you."
Chapter 3: Waking up in Equestria... and Adam goes APE-SHIT!
"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...
Chapter 4: In Which The Four Villains Meet The Four Princesses... well, except Iggy. [Part 1/2]
"ARRGGGHHHH!!!!! WHY! WON'T! YOU! DIE!?" Tirek yelled, getting angrier and angrier as he battled his pissed off opponent, Adam... or was it Antasma who was fighting, now? Let's take a look, shall we?
In Adam's mind...
'You vool! Vake up!'
This woke up Adam himself in his mind, as he asked, groaning 'Ugh... who... who is that?'
'Vook up, vumbass.' The voice said.
Adam did so and saw... him...
... the REAL Bat King of Nightmares... Antasma!
Adam was shocked to the core, before he asked 'A-Antasma!?'
'In the vlesh, vumbass. Nov, vell ve... hov vo ve beav vhis... Virek? Ves, Virek.' Antasma asked, as he projected a screen of the battle that was taking place.
'I... I don't know...' Adam said, fixated on the fight...
'... vhav vo you vean you von'v knov?' Antasma asked.
''It means I don't know.' Adam replied.
Antasma looked worried at this, before he noticed, on the screen, the group of ponies, the Hybrid, the Dragon, and the other three humans-turned-villains came back, but this time, the Ponies looked... rainbowfied.
'Hey, Antasma...' Adam began, gaining Antasma's attention...
'Yes... Avav, was it?' Antasma replied, gaining a nod from Adam...
'What was your family like before you became the Bat King of Nightmares?' Adam asked.
Antasma froze when Adam said this, before Antasma sighed and said, no longer with his Transylvanian/German accent, 'My father was the ruler of the Tribe of Nightmares, a tribe that feeds on Nightmares to stay alive. My mother, however, was the ruler of the Tribe of Dreams, a tribe that feeds on Dreams to stay alive. Both tribes were originally part of two different tribes... the Tribe of Ancients... and the Tribe of Darkness. Both the Nightmare Tribe and the Dream Tribe were... genetically mutated, as you humans would call it, allowing them to survive off of their respective realms in the Dream World. My father, King Nuero, was the kindest ruler ever known, but in battle, he is the most frightening. My mother, Queen Ambit, was a frightening ruler, in AND out of battle, though... that's when the War of Tribes began. The War of Tribes was a four-way war, with the Tribe of Darkness, the Tribe of Nightmares, the Tribe of Ancients, and the Tribe of Dreams fighting against each other. No one knew who started it, however. What WAS known, however, is that whoever won would be shown as the superior tribe. Unfortunately, it ended in a stalemate... when my mother and father met. My father instantly fell in love with my mother, for he loved her determination in battle, her finesse, her speed, her power- he loved it all. My mother loved how kind he was out of battle, and how he pushed her out of the way from the path of a bolt of magic, taking the bolt in the stomach... after the War of Tribes was done, my mother and father got married after dating for a year. They would soon give birth to me, Prince Antasma... however, that was when Prince DREAMBURT came along...'
Antasma began to get angry when he spoke of Dreamburt, but he continued, saying 'Dreamburt... Grrr... he found the tribes and told them that he was willing to let them live on Pi'illo Island. They agreed and they brought the ENTIRETY of BOTH TRIBES to the island. As I got older, I became friends with the Pi'illo's, Dreamburt, and the other tribe children, that was when the evil darkness came...'
Suddenly, a 3D image of a white, angelic being with a single, red, bleeding eye, with a halo, a bandaid underneath the halo, and a vine-like tail at the bottom appeared, one that Adam knew...
Zero Two.
'This... this is the evil darkness that had occurred... we didn't know where they came from, or why they came... but we knew they wanted to kill us and take over. My mother and father were close to dying to the beast when the rulers of the Tribe of Darkness came. Lord Darkrai and Lady Necrai... they were the parents of two twins... however, the first twin was kidnapped when they were only 1 year old... the other twin, Dimensio, came with his parents to tell us that we needed to get to Dreamburt's castle... me and Dimensio went... My parents, however, stayed with Lord Darkrai and Lady Necrai. They distracted the leader of the darkness long enough for the Lord Darkrai and Lady Necrai to seal the creature in two objects: The Master Crown... and The Chaos Crown. However, my parents and Dimensio's parents sacrificed themselves to seal the creature. Dimensio lost it when he found out, and a year after the event, I hadn't heard a word from him. In that time, however, Dreamburt had made me his brother until he could find a suitable family to take me in. Then, I found out about the Dark Stone and the Dream Stone, and I thought that I could bring back my parents and Dimensio's parents... however, the Dark Stone began to corrupt me, turning me into the being you see now... and... well, I think you know what happened next.' Antasma explained, as a few tears came out, looking like blood...
Adam got up and went over to Antasma, before hugging Antasma, comforting him...
Antasma didn't hesitate to hug back...
Adam then let go and said 'I'm sorry for your loss, Antasma.'
'... Please, call me by my real name... Dark Dream.' Antasma, or Dark Dream, said, wiping a few tears away...
Adam nodded, before a flash of light came from the screen, showing Tirek being blasted by what looked to be magic and rainbows, of all things, as he slowly shrunk, looking older and older as he did, but, strands of magic came out of him as he shrunk back to normal size, disappearing when he was that of a pony's size, as the strands of magic went across the world, as it seemed...
Antasma smiled and said 'Adam, take good care of your brother, will you? He's strong, but he needs you to protect him.', gaining a nod from Adam, before Adam regained control of the his body, outside of his mind...
Outside Adam's mind...
Adam slowly began to shrink back down to normal size, and he went back to his original colors, before he groaned and held his head in pain...
He groaned and said "Ugh... I feel like I was just hit in the head 1,000 times with a hammer..."
"BIG BRO!/ADAM!/DUDE!" Was heard before Adam was dogpiled by Faux, Iggy, and Corban...
"ACK! SWEET MOTHER OF THE UNDERWHERE!" Adam said, in pain...
They then got off of him and Corban asked "Adam, are you alright?"
Adam groaned and said "My entire body feels like it was just pummeled by a thwomp about 100 times over... do I sound fine!?"
Faux nods and says "Yep!"
Adam groans at this...
The group of ponies, the dragon, and the hybrid then walk up to the group of humans-turned-villains and one of the ponies, a winged pony with a cyan coat, rainbow main and tail and magenta eyes, along with a symbol on her flank of a cloud and a red, yellow, and blue lightning bolt, asked "Alright, who are you guys!?"
Corban stepped up and said "Greetings. My name is Corban Cromswell. These are my friends. Iggy Indomite is the one with the Jester hat, Faux Faw is the one wearing the red and gold-lined cloak/cape, and the one that just fought off that giant centaur creature is the oldest of us four, Adam Atamans."
Adam slowly got up, in pain, as another winged pony, with a yellow coat, pink mane and tail, blue eyes, and a symbol of three butterflies on her flank, went up to him and asked, shy, "O-Oh! A-Are you o-ok, M-Mister Adam?"
Adam nodded and said, coughing, "I'll be fine, miss... I just need to rest for a while... And make sure none of my bones are broken in the process, since I was unconscious for most of the fight."
This made them all stop for a moment, before a third pony, the one that was a winged unicorn (the one that was negotiating with the centaur), by the looks of it, asked "Unconscious? But you looked conscious while you were fighting Tirek!"
Adam chuckled and coughed, before he said "That wasn't me... that was the owner of this body.", making them raise their eyebrows, before a pink pony with no horn or wings appeared from the group and asked, too quick for Adam to process, "OOOH,DOESTHATMEANTHERE'SSOMEPONYINYOUBODYWITHYOU!?ARETHEYMYSTERIOUSORCOOLORCHAOTICOR-!?"
The pony was cut off by another hornless and wingless pony, this one with an orange coat, baige-colored mane and tail, with both being in "pony"-tails (Ha!), as she had green eyes, wore a Stetson, and had a symbol of three apples on her flank, as the pony held her hoof in the pink pony's mouth, shutting her up, before the orange pony said, with a western accent, "Heh heh... sorry 'bout that. Pinkie's always 'ike this."
Adam nodded and said "It's alright... however, she is correct. There is someone else inside my head, as he took control of my body to fight off Tirek while I stayed unconscious."
The cyan winged pony then asked "Who is he?"
Adam turned the pony and said "His name is Antasma, the Bat King of Nightmares."
This made them all back away, before Adam said "Relax! He's on our side!"
This made them let out sighs of relief, before Faux asked "Wait, does this mean I could have the real Fawful inside my head, big bro!?"
Adam froze at that, before he hugged Faux and said "No... Yes... Maybe... I don't know!"
This made the group deadpan, before Corban said "Ugh... while they panic had hug each other like two 4 year olds in a "haunted" house, may we know your names? We did tell you ours."
They nodded, before a white unicorn with a purple mane and tail, along with three diamonds on her flank as her symbol, trotted up and said, with a generous, high-class, but not too high-class, voice and grace to her, "Hello, darlings. My name is Rarity, Ponyville's #1 Fashionista and Clothier. And I must say, I adore your outfit, Sir Corban! And I also love Sir Adam's! They both have a mysterious grace to them, but they also look a bit on the evil side, yet they have a sense of good to them! It's fantastic!"
Corban smiled and said "Thank you, Ms. Rarity.", as he kissed her hoof, making her blush...
Then, the cyan winged pony went up to Corban and said "Hey! Name's Rainbow Dash, the Fastest Flyer in Equestria!"
Corban smiled at Rainbow Dash and said "Nice to meet you, Ms. Dash."
Rainbow giggled and said "Call me Rainbow. Ms. Dash is my mother's name."
Corban chuckled and nodded, before the purple winged unicorn went up and said "Hello, my name is Princess Twilight Sparkle, personal student to Princess Celestia of Equestria!"
"And also the most curious pony as to what you are!" The Dragon added, making Twilight blush...
Corban chuckled at this and asked "I could say the same for your friend here and also the... Hybrid."
The "hybrid" was directed to Discord, the Hybrid and the God/Lord of Chaos, and friend of Fluttershy.
"Oh, well, she's an Alicorn, one of the only four to exist in Equestria besides Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, and Princess Cadence. Discord, the "Hybrid", is a Draconequus, and is the reformed God/Lord of Chaos." The Dragon said, much to everyone's surprise.
"You certainly did your research, Spike. I'm surprised you could even pronounce my species' name correctly, since Tia almost always pronounces it wrong." The Hybrid, Discord, said, smirking...
The Dragon, Spike, rubbed his head sheepishly and said "Aww... thanks!"
The word "Draconequus" dinged into Corban's head, before he asked "Wait, Draconequus?"
"Yes, a Draconequus." Discord said.
"Well... this is interesting." Corban said, scratching his chin as he thought...
This gained Corban raised eyebrows, before he said "Let me elaborate..."
"Back where I and my friends come from, a Draconequus is a creature of mythology and the like, and some animals, like Manticores, Hydras, Dragons, Cyclops, and Grphyons, fit as creatures of mythology." Corban explained...
"Well, Manticores, Hydras, Dragons, and Gryphons exist here. Spikes a Dragon, for goodness sake, as well!" Discord said, much to Corban's surprise...
"Well, that's interesting... Yet another piece of evidence that my friends and I aren't on Earth anymore..." Corban said...
They didn't hear this, however, as the ground began to shake, before a mysterious object, looking like a jewel, appeared and went into the ground, digging itself in...
Iggy was sent tumbling into a shop because of this, getting a bucket stuck on his head, and covering him in a bunch of objects... specifically, pillows and the like.
They were all shocked at the sight, as Rarity asked "But who's is it?", but, Faux heard the sound of wings flapping, before he saw three Alicorns standing a few feet away, as he then turned Adam's head in the same direction Faux was looking at, making Adam gasp, gaining the attention of the others...
"I believe it is yours, Princess Twilight Sparkle." The white, tall, Alicorn said, wearing royal, golden regalia and a flowing, rainbow mane and tail of sorts, with a second, black Alicorn, not as tall as the first one, but not as short as the third one, with black royal regalia, and a mane and tail like that of a shining night, and the last one being the shortest, but she was pink, and has a rainbow mane and tail of sorts, as well...
They all, excluding Iggy, went inside, as the white, tall Alicorn explained to Twilight what her job as a Princess was and the like, before she showed them their thrones, but, there was four other thrones... one had an image of a swirling void on it, another had an image of a dark star on it, another had an image of a dark, jagged, glowing stone on it, and the last one had an image of a black, grey, and white heart on it, and the four other thrones made the Alicorns raise their eyebrows...
"I believe I know what those stand for, your majesties..." Corban said, catching their attention... especially Celestia's, the tall, white one...
"Those symbols stand for me and my friends... the dark star stands for Faux, the one wearing the red and gold-lined cape/cloak, the dark, jagged stone stands for Adam, the one wearing purple, the swirling void stands for me, Corban, and the last one stands for our friend, Iggy... Who I think was sent tumbling into a stand when this castle first appeared." Corban explained...
Chapter 5: In Which The Four Villains Meet The Four Princesses... well, except Iggy. [Part 2/2]
The Princess of Love, Princess Mi Amore Cadenza, or just Cadance, thanked Corban, but Luna and Celestia looked at Corban as if they saw a ghost... and while everyone and everypony was conversing with each other about past events, recent past events, and the new castle, Celestia and Luna conversed with each other in private...
"We BOTH saw the same thing... right, sister?" Celestia asked.
Luna nodded and said "Yes, we did, sister... but, Blumiere... he's still working on trying to make the Chaos Heart and Dimentio separate again!"
"I know... and that man... he said his name was Corban Cromswell... but he has the body of Blumiere! ... Something odd is happening, sister... come, we need to talk to Blumiere and the others." Celestia says, before she teleports herself and Luna to the room the Chaos Heart is in...
They arrive, surprising Blumiere and the others whilst they were studying it...
"Tia! Lulu! Mother of Grambi, warn us, next time!" Blumiere said, looking like he had a mini heart attack...
"Sorry, Blumiere... but we need you, Tipi, Merlon, Nolrem, and the four heroes to see something... Something that may shock all of you." Luna said.
"What is it?" A female voice said, revealing Princess Toadstool Peach, with Tipi and Peach's fiancee, Super Mario (Yes, in this, Mario is Peach's fiancee), along with Luigi, Mario's brother, and King Bowser Koopa, the fire-breathing Koopa King of Darkland and the Koopas...
"Three beings, along with a fourth being that was said to have fallen into a shop, have just helped in the defeat of Tirek and had given Twilight and her friends the opportunity to defeat him... however... the most polite of the three beings, who's name was Corban Cromswell, looked like... well, he looked like you, Blumiere." Celestia said, as Nolrem and Merlon walked near...
Blumiere stopped what he was doing, before he put his tools down and said "Teleport us there, Tia."
She nodded and teleported Bowser, Blumiere, Tipi, Luigi, Mario, Merlon, Nolrem, and Peach back to the new castle of Twilight’s, before she asked "Mario, the two other beings... you told me that you and your brother, along with Bowser, had met a green fellow with a red and gold-lined cape, and another fellow that could turn into a bat, correct?"
Mario nodded and asked "Yes... what-a does that-a have to do with any-a-thing?"
"Because the two other beings are those beings... however, they names are Faux Faw and Adam Atamans." Celestia said, as she led them to the throne room of Twilight’s castle...
When they got there, they saw Corban drinking some tea and conversing with Rarity and Twilight, Faux talking with Fluttershy and Pinkie (who was as energetic as always, and even made Faux giggle, smile, grin, etc., which was surprising, as most ponies Pinkie met would be a bit weirded out, but Faux... Well, he wasn't weirded out), and Adam talking to Discord and Cadance... specifically, Adam was explaining the connection he had with Antasma (Adam won't be telling anyone or anypony about Antasma's REAL name)... Applejack, Rainbow, and Spike, however, weren't in the room... most likely checking out the castle.
Luna made the group invisible, before Celestia cleared her throat, getting their attention...
Celestia smiled and said "Princess Twilight, Cadance, Discord, Adam, Faux, Corban... I have someponies I'd like you six to meet."
They raised eyebrows at this, as Luna motioned for Rarity, Pinkie, and Fluttershy to go and check out the castle with Rainbow, Applejack, and Spike...
They did so, as Pinkie and Fluttershy said to Faux "We'll continue out conversation later, Mr. Faux/Fauxy!", before they went to go find the others...
Adam walked (more like floated) towards Celestia and asked "Who are they, Princess?"
Luna then made the others decloak, making the six gasp, as Luna said "These are the ones we want you to meet."
Blumiere then stepped forward, as did Corban, before the two starred at each other, mimicking each other's movements, before Blumiere said "... If this is an illusion spell, I'll be very impressed and very shocked..."
Corban chuckled and said "It isn't, Bleck."
Blumiere's eyes shrunk slightly for a moment, before he said "How in the name of the Underwhere do you know that name!?"
Corban smiled and said "I'd rather not give the others heart attacks, so I'll explain later, Bleck."
Blumiere growled and said "I'm holding you to that."
Tipi then sighed and said "Blumiere, that's enough... besides... I think you may want to cast your focus onto the purple one..."
Blumiere turned his head towards Adam and he paled at the sight...
"... Antasma." He said, glaring...
"Not exactly." Adam said, surprising them...
"I'm not the real Antasma..." Adam said, as he saw Mario, Luigi, Bowser (which surprised him the most, simply because he didn't think Bowser would be here), and Peach (he was trying very hard to hold in his fanboy squeal) let out a sigh of relief...
However, Adam then added "But, the real Antasma is inside my head... And he helped my protect my brother from Tirek."
They raised their eyebrows at this... Well, after they gasped from Adam saying that the real Antasma was inside his head...
Adam sighed and said "We were in the dense forest/swamp near the town when we saw Tirek. I saw him and Twilight negotiating. I then saw that Tirek was holding Twilight’s friends hostage, along with Discord. I got angry and I asked Corban and another friend of me, Corban, and Faux, known as Iggy Indomite, to create some bolts of magic for me. They were able to do so and I told them that when I hit Tirek with the bolts of magic, they were to escort the ponies and Discord away. I threw the bolts of magic and hit Tirek in the chest, sending him back. Then, Iggy and Corban escorted them to safety."
He then paused for a moment, before continuing and saying "Before I threw the bolts, I told Faux to get to safety... I didn't want him to get injured, you know. I then proceeded to have Tirek chase me around... but, suddenly, Tirek was shot in the eye by a magical crossbow bolt... imagine my surprise when I saw the source of it being Faux, holding a crossbow loaded with those crossbow bolts. He shot Tirek in the hand twice after he shot Tirek in the eye, but, Tirek caught him off guard and I lost it... I was unconscious for half of the fight, but I do know that Antasma took control, made my body grow to the size of Tirek's, became Antasma X, and fought off Tirek while I was unconscious."
Adam smirked and continued "I soon woke up, Antasma told me everything, and he even showed me the fight... thankfully, Twilight and her friends blasted Tirek with a giant magical rainbow (which was VERY WEIRD for Adam and Antasma), making Tirke shrink down and making him release all the magic he stole. Antasma gave me back control and he told me to take care of Faux."
The others were speechless at this, before Adam facepalmed and said "Oh, and Antasma also told me his past... the truth. Not what Dreamburt or the others on Pi'illo Island told you all."
This made Bowser snap out of his speechless state, only for Bowser to say "Ok, hang on a minute! That pillow Prince told Mario, Green Stache, and the Princess about what happened with Antasma! He told us that he was evil, that he turned the Pi'illos to stone, crushed the Dark Stone, and attempted to kill us all! And you're saying that it's not the truth!?"
Adam nodded and said "Yes... And also, Antasma was friends with Dreamburt... before he found out about the Dark Stone, which corrupted him and turned him into the monster you all saw."
"Then tell Antasma that I want to hear it from him!" Bowser said, gaining a nod of agreement from Mario and Luigi...
Adam sighed and said "Alright... although... Princess Luna, you say that you can enter the dreams and minds of others, correct?"
Luna nods and says "Yes... why do you ask?"
"Enter my mind and try to bring the real Antasma out... if they want to hear the truth straight from the source, then I'm willing to let them do so." Adam says, as he crosses his arms...
Luna nods, before she puts her horn to Adam's head, going into his mind...
Inside Adam's mind...
Luna appeared suddenly inside Adam's mind, as she immediately saw Antasma sitting in a chair, before he said "Vhat are vou voinv vere?"
Luna then says "The others want to hear the truth straight from you, Antasma."
Antasma was silent, before he sighs, growls, and then says "Alrivht. Vust vake iv vuicv."
She nods and then grabs Antasma, before she pulls herself and Antasma out of Adam's mind...
Back with the group, outside Adam's mind...
There was a flash of purple and white, as Antasma himself appeared, in his more human form, but his outfit's color was that of his Antasma X's color palette...
Antasma groaned and said, no longer having the accent he had before, but now having an accent similar to a normal being, "Ugh... I feel like I was just hit by a hammer...", as he held his head in pain...
They all starred at the sight, as Antasma slowly got up, dusting himself off...
He then noticed the others, but he also saw Tipi and Blumiere, making him pale at the sight...
"It's been a long time, hasn't it, Blumiere?" Antasma said, as the others gained confused expressions from Antasma's expression and choice of words towards Blumiere...
Blumiere nodded and said "It definitely has... Prince Dark Dream."
This made the entire group's, except Antasma/Dark Dream, Adam, and Blumiere, eyes widen, before Peach said "Wait, PRINCE DARK DREAM!?"
Blumiere and Antasma/Dark Dream nodded at the same time, before Antas-No, Dark Dream said "Yes... The name Antasma is what I named myself after the Dark Stone corrupted me... And I was a prince before I even knew of the Dark Stone... or before I even knew Blumiere..."
Discord then raised a copy of his claw up and asked "Hang on, what are you the prince OF, exactly?"
Dark Dream smiled and said "The Tribe of Nightmares, which was originally part of the Tribe of Darkness... the same tribe Blumiere is from... along with one of the heirs of the Tribe of Darkness... Dimensio."
Celestia froze at this, before she growled and said, with venom in her voice, "Dimensio..."
They all looked to her, as her mane glowed brighter or dimmer every couple moments, before Faux asked "Um... Ms. Celestia, are you alright?"
Celestia growled a bit, before she stopped herself and took deep breaths, then she said "Yes, yes I am, young Faux... that name... Dimensio... it angers me to no end...", putting emphasis on that last part...
"Why? Wait, is it because it reminds you of Dimentio?" Corban said, making Bowser growl in anger... And also making Tipi growl angrily, surprising Corban...
"Yes and no... yes, because Dimensio is Dimentio's brother and Dimensio went mad when his parents gave up their lives to protect them... And no because... Dimentio is my child." Celestia explained...
The others took this in, before Twilight screamed, using the Royal Canterlot Voice for the first time, "WHHAAATTTT!?"
Her scream, mixed with the Royal Canterlot Voice, was heard all across the planet, making ponies fall out of bed, making Dragons and bears in hibernation awake to the sound, and making the Zebras think it was an act of their gods, as well as making the Changelings, Crystal Ponies, Windigos, and every other species panic...
Everyone was no deaf from the Royal Canterlot Scream, thanks to Twilight...
