This was nothing like fighting Tirek and to be truthful, she was already starting to get tired of having to chase the monster known as Eizi across the sky. It was a big game of cat and mouse, which Twilight had understood after the first few minutes of throwing magic beams at the retreating form of Eizi. The strange monster was simply playing with her, not even caring that the newest Princess of Equestria wielded all the magical power of the alicorns, excepting Flurry but that was understandable. So how was it possible that the raw magic of royalty plus the powers given by the Tree of Harmony could not be enough to defeat the villain this time?
Princess Twilight Sparkle was losing confidence on her own abilities and the laughter of Grogar -who was being accompanied by several guards of Eizi- and the mocking smirk on Eizi’s face were quickly taking its toll on the princess’ mind.
It was one thing to beat an enemy like Tirek who only wanted power while he never killed and another was to be face to face with a creature that didn’t even blink at the destruction and carnage that he spread around, or at least she thought it was a ‘he’ since the figure was so androgynous that it made her doubt.
That’s when both combatants felt it, it was a sudden change in the sky and the clouds, as if the planet itself knew that something important would happen. It was a rush of energy that pulsed and made Twilight’s body tingle. The sensation was like nothing she had ever felt before, but it was not a magic surge, it was a pure, raw energy that send a direct signal to the most savage parts of her brain, telling her that a predator was close, it was time to run away before twilight was devoured by the predator. Twilight stomped down the emotion with every bit of self-restraint and will that she could muster.
Close to her, Eizi’s face full of mockery and ego soon gave way to a wince after sensing such a strong ki in such a backwater planet as this. At first it seemed so easy, finding Grogar chained to that meteorite. Hearing his story it soon became clear that such a pathetic creature could be useful, following the instructions of his new furry ally to a new planet to conquer.
Looking at the quality of resistance it was pitiful the way the worthless waste of space on the planet could never reach the pinnacle of perfection of Eizi’s soldiers. It was so easy, even after Eizi had finally seen what kind of defenses these primitive horses had. Trying to vanquish him with pretty little rainbows? Pathetic, but at least these ‘ponies’ as they called themselves, would be nice pets across the galaxy already conquered by Eizi and other members of his race.
Then the rules of his game had changed when the energy appeared. It was strong, but more than that, it reminded Eizi of what he had read long ago. The dealings of Frieza with the planet full of warriors and their legend was well known around the different armies so it was with some surprise that not only Eizi saw a powerful warrior in the planet, but also one that had a very interesting hair color and power. Seems that Frieza’s forces were scared for a reason and considering the power of Frieza himself and how quickly the leader of the third army had been dispatched, the power of the Saiyajin of Earth was not something to be trifled with. Now this energy appeared and made him get a little worried about the power of this newcomer.
Both the princess and the alien gawked at the golden warrior standing in front of them. It was quite the surprise for Twilight to recognize the woman she had grown to call friend floating at her side without wings. The shock was more than apparent since twilight wasn’t expecting Sunset to even appear on the fight.
For her part, Sunset glared at Eizi while her burning rage pulsed inside of her, fueling her mind and body beyond her own limits, which by the way, had been obliterated so hard that not even Sunset knew what was going on with her new abilities and strength. Even the fact that she was capable of flying had taken her by surprise for a moment.
“Sunset? How are you-” Twilight was not allowed to finish the sentence when she felt a fist impact her on the snout sending her reeling backwards. Holding her injured snout with her front forelegs Twilight could only watch in shock at Sunset’s still raised arm. Her face showed great pain, even beyond the physical.
“Twilight, do me a favor, shut up right now because I don’t know if I’ll be able to contain myself from turning around and fight you instead of this idiot,” the voice of Sunset was calm, but the way she was clenching her jaw was a clear signal of how much it cost her to even talk with one of the reasons why she was burning with rage. It hurt even more to Twilight to hear Sunset speak in that way. For the Princess of Friendship, her relationship with all her friends was so important that it had become her lifestyle. From all the ponies and different creatures on Equestria, she had never met someone like Sunset. Not even her own student had become so dear to her heart than the previous student of Celestia. She thought that both of them had many things in common, among them their desire for learning, never being afraid of expanding their knowledge and also their wishes of understanding and studying friendship.
Tears were beginning to gather at Twilight’s eyes at hearing so much rage in Sunset’s voice. Not even the fight against Eizi had hurt her, which also made Twilight’s eyes widen at the realization.
“You got it Twilight; this bastard was only playing around. Don’t ask me how I know that, but something tells me he wasn’t using his real power.”
“Well, isn’t it just fabulous? It seems the monkey finally showed her fangs,” Eizi’s voice made Sunset grit even harder her teeth with how condescending the phrase sounded. Just looking at him made something primal inside of her wake up.
Sunset had never seen a creature like him before and since he didn’t look like his minions -who strangely looked between humans and some like mutated frogs for some reason- she got to the conclusion that he was something special. His body seemed as if he had been permanently fused with some kind of armor with his chest having several sections segmented, with something resembling a red jewel incrusted on his waist. His face had strange red markings around his eyes which then traveled down his cheeks looking almost like natural eye-liner. The rest of his head resembled some kind of helmet with two bull horns growing at the sides. Alongside all that he had a thick lizard like tail as blue as the rest of his body and he had weird feet ending on three fingers. In general, he seemed a weird combination of human and lizard right out of a nightmare.
“I’m not a human; I just look like this due to a spell.”
“Oh, this is so precious; are you telling me this worthless species never even told you what you truly are? No matter then, you will still die like the rest of these stupid horses. I have to say, it was quite fortuitous of me to find the goat since it led me right into this planet. No matter, I will still kill each and every one of you and claim this planet for our great-” whatever he wanted to say was interrupted when a fist collided against his face sending it flying backwards.
The strike had been so powerful that for a second Eizi had been stunned. It was the first time he had been hit with such intensity that for a brief moment he grew worried. Then, right after he glared at Sunset.
“Has anyone told you that you speak too much?” She said still watching Eizi with the same cold anger filled eyes making some of Eizi’s warriors shiver at the show of power.
“I suppose I had that coming for not paying attention, but why make something as interesting as this abruptly end? I wonder how well you will fare against my own army?” Eizi said making the soldiers suddenly charge against both Sunset and Twilight.
“If that’s your decision… just one thing, I have no idea how I transformed, but this is important. About how strong I currently am? I still don't know how to control all of it, so I’m not sure if I’ll be able to pull my punches. This is a fair warning to you all, but, if you still want to fight, I can use you all as practice dummies!” Sunset screamed as she charged right into the incoming wave of foolish idiots.