//------------------------------// // I'm A What?! Applejack's True Past Revealed! // Story: Applejack: The Equestrian-Raised Saiyan // by Dat Dash //------------------------------// "Impossible..." The strange pony looked utterly shocked. "Don't tell me you've forgotten your big brother Raditz after all this time, Kakarrota!" Applejack gritted her teeth, glaring at the strange pony. If looks could kill, his head would have exploded. "Mah name's Applejack," she said, "and ah don't know who ya are or what ya want, but you ain't mah brother!" Now it was Raditz's turn to be angry. "Well, it's no wonder this pathetic planet is still inhabited!" he shouted, "You had ONE SIMPLE JOB to do, and yet you ended up thinking you were one of them!" Rainbow Dash, while still injured, got up slowly and defiantly. As anypony who had ever met her could attest, she could take a lot of abuse. "I don't know what on Equus you're talking about, pal," she said, "but Applejack would never do such a thing!!" "She's right, so y'all best shut yer trap and turn tail now, unless ya want me to introduce ya to Bucky MacGillicuddy and Kicks McGee!" Applejack kicked her left and right hind legs at him respectively as she gave the names. "Go ahead and try," said Raditz cockily, "This should be interesting." Applejack and Rainbow Dash bolted towards him at full steam, ready to strike, but he swatted them away as casually as one would a housefly. The impact sent them flying through town, eventually crashlanding in a certain unicorn's library... Twilight Sparkle had been busy re-organizing her bookshelves with the help of her friends, Rarity, Fluttershy, and Pinkie Pie. The four of them were just about to finish when Applejack and Rainbow Dash came crashing through the wall. "Oh goodness!" Fluttershy exclaimed, running over to their unconscious figures with the others. "Are you two alright?!" asked Twilight with concern as the two slowly regained consciousness. "No, Granny, ah don't wanna wear the lobster costume..." slurred Applejack. "They're fine," said Pinkie confidently as Raditz approached. The purple mare's power level is even higher than Kakarrota's! he thought to himself as his eyepiece beeped, Over seven hundred! How is this possible?! "Why hello, sir. My name is Twilight Spar-" All Twilight got for her trouble was a punch to the face. It knocked her through the floor to the ground story below, but she wasn't hurt much. On the contrary, she was pissed. "As I was saying," she continued to the intruder, "My name is Twilight Sparkle, and you, my friend, have made a very formidable opponent!" "Oh, I don't doubt that," Raditz replied arrogantly as he readied himself for another attack. "You'll make a fine opponent before I exterminate your planet's little pest problem!" Twilight instantly knew what he meant. "Don't count on it," she said, levitating a locked chest and key out of a closet nearby with her horn. "Girls, I think it's time we sent our unwanted guest packing." She opened up the chest, revealing the Elements of Harmony inside. The mares donned their elements and powered them up, unleashing a rainbow-colored beam of light at Raditz. He, however, was unfazed by this display, as he simply let the beam hit him. Moments after it faded away, the dust settled, revealing Raditz, unharmed by the attack, grinning wildly. Words failed Twilight at this display. "Wha... what the... HOW--" Raditz laughed maniacally. "Foals! You thought you could destroy me with that pathetic light show?!" Everypony slowly began to back away, dumbfounded. Suddenly, Apple Bloom trotted through the door. "Heya Twilight, ah heard Applejack got knocked in here by some weird pony who was goin' on about-" she began before Raditz grabbed her by the bow. "Hey, you!" demanded Applejack, "Put mah little sister down!!" "Oh, so you call THIS pathetic little juvenile your kin instead of me?" said Raditz in disgust. "Perhaps I can convince you to finish the job yet..." Applejack's eyes widened. This monster had taken Apple Bloom hostage, presumably for a despicable purpose. "Where are y'all goin' with this?" she asked. "I suppose we can start small. If you wish to see your... ahem, 'sister,' in one piece, then I suggest you do as I say." If I succeed here, perhaps Lord Frieza will give me a promotion, thought Raditz. "What do ya mean?" demanded Applejack angrily. "You see, Kakarotta, you and I come from an elite race of warriors and planetary salesponies called the Saiyans," he explained, "Our job is simple: find a planet, exterminate the native population, and sell it for a profit to the highest bidder. We start from birth, on planets with weaker inhabitants first, and work our way up as we grow older. "This is where you come in, Kakarotta. You were sent here as an infant to clear out these rodents for us... but instead, you ended up forgetting all about it, and thinking you were one of them!! So I offer you a choice... kill one hundred of the native population and bring me their corpses by this time tomorrow... or the filly dies!" Applejack's world seemed to shatter upon hearing this. All her life she had loved her family and friends more than anything else. But if this strange stallion was to be believed, her true purpose in life was to wipe them all off the face of Equus, along with everypony else. This news hit her harder than the day her now-apparently adoptive parents died on a full moon. She was dumbstruck, too terrified and heartbroken to suppress her tears as she normally did. Applejack sobbed quietly, almost like a fish gasping for water. "Well? I'm waiting for your response, Kakarotta!" demanded Raditz angrily. Suddenly, Rarity had an idea. It sounded insane, but it may be crazy enough to work. "She'll consider it," she said boldly. "WHAT?!" shouted the other girls and Apple Bloom. Raditz smirked smugly. "Well, not the answer I was looking for," he said, "but I suppose it will do for now. I want your answer by tomorrow. If you refuse, the filly dies, along with you and the rest of this pitiful planet!" And he flew off into the sky, dragging a tearful Apple Bloom away with him. "DON'T DO IT, APPLEJAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaack..." she could be heard saying as they flew away. "What is wrong with you, Rarity?!" demanded Rainbow Dash, "YOU TRYING TO GET US ALL KILLED?!" "Is this about the time I replaced your spring line with Star Trot cosplay on April Foals Day?" asked Pinkie Pie tearfully. "Actually, I was trying to buy us all time, my dears," Rarity replied in irritation. "Do you HONESTLY believe for a second that I'd let one of my friends go on an equicidal rampage at the behest of an unwelcome extraterrestrial brute?!" "Actually, hun..." said Applejack, between sobs, "Ah don't know if ah AM yer friend... ah don't know who or what the hay ah even am anymore..." "I don't care what that jerk says," says Twilight, "You'll always be Applejack to me." The other four nodded in agreement. "Well... thanks, ah guess, girls," said Applejack, still shedding tears, but now with a smile on her face. "But before we get mah sister back and send that monster packin', ah think Granny and ah need to have a long, hard talk..." "Good," said Twilight, "in the meantime I will warn the Princesses of the impending danger--" "OH FOR BUCK'S SAKE!!" shouted Spike, Twilight's dragon assistant, who had just awakened. He didn't seem to be in a good mood. "I just woke up from a nap, and now this place looks like a bomb went off! What the hay does it take to keep this place clean for longer than a day?!?" "Hoo," hooted Owlicious, Twilight's pet owl, in agreement. "...right after we clean up the library," finished Twilight with an awkward smile.