-Equestria, My Little Pony-
'Well, that was fun' thought the false saiyan, after scaring off the crowd of ponies that was chasing after Twilight Sparkle. He turned around and made his way towards Ponyville's hospital, eventually entering it.
"Twi, why'd you do that?" asked Spike, crossing his arms over his chest and slightly huffing. Before the purple unicorn could respond, Goku Black interrupted her.
"Yes, mortal, why did you cover his eyes?" asked the false saiyan whilst smirking. Twilight Sparkle was caught off guard by Goku Black asking the question
"W-well, I didn't want Spike to see what you would do to the hydra." admitted the purple unicorn. The false saiyan nodded, as if his expectations were met.
"Well what did you do to it?" asked Spike, bearing a curious demeanor. Twilight began giving Goku Black a pleading look, so that the false saiyan wouldn't ruin the baby dragon's innocence.
"Ask her." answered the false saiyan, after turning around and making his way towards his hospital bedroom.
"Wait!" shouted the purple unicorn, catching Goku Black's attention. The false saiyan turned around and faced Twilight Sparkle with a raised eyebrow.
"Thank you for... scaring off the crowd. I really appreciate that." confessed the purple unicorn.
"You're welcome." blankly responded Goku Black. He shifted his gaze to Twilight's assistant, Spike, which made the baby dragon a bit uncomfortable.
"You're a dragon, aren't you?" asked the false saiyan out of curiosity, to which Spike nodded. Goku Black's expression visibly brightened up.
"Can you grant wishes?" inquired the false saiyan. The baby dragon was caught off guard by the question.
"No, I can't do that." truthfully answered Spike whilst shaking his head. Goku Black frowned and was about to walk away, until his attention was caught by the purple unicorn.
"Hey, I know this is a bit too much to ask, but, could I ask you the questions? Like, right now?..." wondered Twilight Sparkle. The false saiyan thought for a moment, whether or not to accept this proposal.
"Alright, mortal, you can. But i would prefer if you questioned me in my room." Responded Goku Black. The purple unicorn nodded and began following the false saiyan with her assistant, Spike.
After a short while, Goku Black, Twilight Sparkle and the baby dragon entered the room. The false saiyan walked up to his bed and lied down on it while the purple unicorn opened her bag and used her magic to extract the quill and paper from it. In the mean time, Spike climbed onto Twilight Sparkle's back , eventually getting to sit on it.
"Alright... what is your name?" Asked the purple unicorn, writing down the question on the piece of paper. Goku Black was expecting this question to be the first one that Twilight Sparkle would ask.
"...Goku Black. You mortals can also call me Zamasu, if that is to your liking." Truthfully answered the false saiyan. The purple unicorn wrote down the answer to her question and instantly began to write down the next thing she will inquire the false saiyan about.
"What... race do you belong to?" Asked the purple unicorn after she wrote down the second question.
"I'm a... saiyan". Replied Goku Black with a noticeable amount of venom in his voice.
'I have never heard of such a race...' thought Twilight Sparkle as she wrote down his answer.
"Could you tell me everything you know about your race?" inquired the purple unicorn. The false saiyan furrowed his eyebrows whilst he thought of the answer.
"The saiyans... are a very powerful warrior race. They can grow stronger and attain new heights in power virtually infinitely. The saiyan race was almost wiped out by a galactic emperor, who casually destroyed their planet. From what i know, the saiyans also possessed monkey tails. They granted them the ability to turn into colossal ape-like creatures, which amplified their power by a pretty big extent." explained the false saiyan.
"He destroyed a-a whole planet?..." asked a wide-eye Spike to no one in particular. He was shocked at knowing that a being could be this powerful and this evil. Sure, he knows that the princesses can move the sun and the moon, but he was not quite sure if the princesses possessed enough power to destroy a planet, much less casually.
"Yes. If you, mortal, can't wrap your mind around that then you will get a kick out of this: he was beaten by a saiyan who survived the explosion. He had a bit of assistance from his allies , but him attaining a new transformation is what allowed him to be stronger than the galactic emperor." boasted Goku Black, much to the baby dragon's dismay. Twilight Sparkle finished writing down what the false saiyan said and looked at him, eager to ask her next question.
"Were you the saiyan that defeated this 'galactic emperor'?" inquired the purple unicorn. As a response, Goku Black raised one of his eyebrows and grinned.
"No, i am not. I just stole his body." replied the false saiyan while slowly closing the distance between his face and Twilight Sparkle's, making the purple unicorn very uncomfortable and Spike on guard.
'And murdered his family afterwards.' smiled Goku Black after confessing to Twilight Sparkle telepathically. After hearing what the false saiyan had done it's unsurprising that the purple mare wore a mortified expression.
"Wait I'm confused, how did you manage to steal his body?" asked the bewildered baby dragon while Goku Black got away from Twilight Sparkle.
"I summoned a magical, wish granting dragon and asked him to swap bodies with the saiyan." admitted the false saiyan, much to Spike's displeasure. The baby dragon had to hide his dislike towards Goku Black's past actions, because if the false saiyan was as strong as he thought he was, there would be no stopping him if something went wrong.
"T-Tell me, what kind of magic do you use?" asked Celestia's student nervously.
"I don't use magic. I use Ki. Let me explain this to you mortals : Ki is the life force of every living creature, with its major focus being in the center of the body. When you learn to draw it out, you can begin manipulating it outside the body. Ki can be used for many different techniques, flying and throwing the ki blasts would be a pretty good example. It also helps me to surpass this body's physical limitations. Ki gets greatly diminishes when your body sustains serious injuries, hence why your princess managed to almost go toe to to with me." explained the false saiyan, his voice bearing a great amount of venom when he revealed the last part.
"Alright... Thank you very much for your cooperation!" exclaimed Twilight Sparkle. Goku Black nodded and laid down on his bed while the purple mare put everything she had into her bag. She left the false saiyan's hospital room with Spike following suit, not before giving Goku Black the 'I'm watching you' gesture. After the door closed, the false saiyan sighed.
'Humouring these mortals is so dull...'
Thanks to the false saiyan's warning, Twilight Sparkle and Spike managed to get to the Golden Oak Library uninterrupted. When they were at the door, the purple unicorn sighed in relief.
"Now that we have questioning... Goku Black out of the way, i think it's time to discuss who should get the tickets to the Gala in peace." said Twilight Sparkle, giving her assistant a small smile. She opened the door and entered her home. The purple unicorn was greeted by Applejack, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie and Rarity.
'Oh no...' thought the purple unicorn when she noticed that all of her friends were currently present in the Golden Oak Library. She was extremely frustrated, annoyed and emotionally tired thanks to the events that have transpired throughout the day. Eventually, Twilight let out a loud cry.
"I can't decide, I just can't decide. It's important to all of you and I just can't stand to disappoint any of you, and giving me gifts and doing me favors won't make any difference, because you're all my friends and I wanna make you all happy and I can't, I just can't!" ranted the purple unicorn after putting her hooves over her head. The first pony to react to the outburst was Applejack. She began making her way towards her friend with the intent of apologizing.
"Twilight, sugar, I didn't mean to put so much pressure on you, and if it helps, I don't want the ticket anymore. You can give it to somepony else. I won't feel bad, I promise." said the orange earth pony while giving Twilight Sparkle an apologetic smile.
"Me too. I feel just awful that I made you feel so awful." apologized Fluttershy after landing near her friend.
"And me too. It's no fun upsetting your friends." admitted Pinkie Pie.
"Twilight, it was unfair of me to try to force you as I did." confessed Rarity, feeling bad for trying to get the ticket from the purple unicorn.
"Yes! That means the ticket is mine! I got the ticket, I got the ticket!" chanted Rainbow Dash. This got her multiple looks of disapproval from the rest of the mares and Spike.
"You know, I haven't perfected my signature moves for the Wonderbolts anyway. I don't need that ticket either." said Rainbow Dash after quickly catching on.
"We all got so gun ho about going to the gala that we couldn't see how un gun ho we were making you." said Applejack.
"We're all sorry Twilight!" said all of the ponies in unison. This got the purple unicorn to smile and calm down.
"Spike... take a note." said Twilight Sparkle while getting up. The baby dragon grabbed a quill and a scroll and was ready to write down what ever the purple unicorn would say.
"Dear Princess Celestia, I've learned that one of the joys of friendship is sharing your blessings, but when there's not enough blessings to go around, having more than your friends can make you feel pretty awful. So, though I appreciate the invitation, I will be returning both tickets to the Grand Galloping Gala." dictated Twilight Sparkle while using her magic to bring the tickets towards the scroll.
"WHAT?!" exclaimed all of the ponies in unison, completely baffled by the purple unicorn's actions.
"If my friends can't all go, I don't wanna go either." continued the purple unicorn while grinning.
"Twilight, you don't have to do that." said Applejack, attempting to reason with Twilight Sparkle.
"Nope. I've made up my mind. Spike, you can send the letter now." concluded the purple unicorn, completely confident in her decision. The baby dragon made his way towards the window and opened it. He breathed fire on the letter with the tickets, which made the objects transport to Celestia.
"Now you won't get to go to the gala either." stated Fluttershy.
"It's okay, girls. I couldn't possibly enjoy myself without my best friends there with me, so I would rather not go at all." explained Twilight Sparkle. This explanation made her friends realize how selfless the purple unicorn truly is. Pinkie Pie, Applejack, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash and Rarity walked up to Twilight and engaged in a group hug. Suddenly, behind the group, a white light appeared in the shape of an alicorn that they all knew and respected. They broke the group hug after Celestia teleported into the purple unicorn's home.
"Princess Celestia!" said Twilight Sparkle, surprised that her mentor has arrived. She, along with her friends, began bowing to Celestia.
"My Faithful student, why didn't you say so in the first place?" asked the princess, revealing 7 gala tickets. She gave every pony and Spike a ticket, which made them quite ecstatic.
"Thank you Princess Celestia!" said the mares and the baby dragon in unison. The solar princess smiled, and shifted her gaze towards the purple unicorn.
"Twilight, I have an important matter to discuss with you." said Celestia, revealing the reason as to why she decided to come to her student's house.
"What is it, Princess Celestia?" asked Twilight Sparkle, preparing for what her teacher was about to say. She suspected that the princess was about to question her about what had transpired outside of Ponyville's hospital a few hours ago.
"Tell me, my faithful student, what exactly happened outside of the hospital today? I've been receiving quite a few letters from Ponyville about a 'monster who killed a hydra to scare everypony'." inquired the solar monarch. The purple unicorn turned her gaze towards Spike.
"Spike, could you go upstairs please?" requested Twilight Sparkle. Spike, albeit hesitantly, agreed and went upstairs, closing the door behind him afterwards.
"The saiyan that you fought, Goku Black, killed a hydra and kicked it so hard it's corpse flew off into space. He threatened to do the same with everypony outside if they didn't vacate the area and stop chasing me..." truthfully answered the purple unicorn, still slightly shaken from what the false saiyan had done.
"Sugarcube, how do yah know his name? And what race the fella belongs to?" asked Applejack, interested in finding out how her friend got this information.
"Well... after he killed the hydra, he went back to the hospital. I thanked him for scaring off the crowd and asked Black if i could ask him some questions." answered Twilight Sparkle truthfully. A small chill went down the princesses' spine after hearing that her student went to visit Black alone.
"Why was this crowd chasing you?" pondered Celestia, relieved that Twilight made it back unharmed after her visit.
"Well... one of my friends revealed in the middle of Ponyville that i had two gala tickets. Because of that, every mare found out about the extra ticket. They began asking me if they could have it and eventually formed a pretty big crowd." said the purple unicorn.
"Did you write down the questions and the answers?" asked the solar monarch, to which her faithful student nodded.
"May I have them?" inquired Celestia while smiling. Twilight Sparkle nodded and used her magic to bring the piece of paper to the solar princess. The solar princess took the paper and nodded.
"Thank you, my faithful student. I will return the paper to you later. Please inform me next time when you're planning on visiting him." said Celestia sternly. After thanking Twilight Sparkle, the solar monarch teleported back to her castle.
"Darling... Excuse my language, but what in Tartarus were you thinking when you went to visit him alone?!" asked Rarity, surprised that her friend could be so reckless.
"I was just interested in finding out some things about him." countered the purple unicorn, attempting to justify her actions.
"Twilight, I'm gonna have ta agree with Rarity on this one. Please don't do anything like that ever again... We don't want ta loose yah..." said Applejack, putting her hoof on her friend.
"Alright girls, I promise I won't..." said Twilight Sparkle, smiling. She turned around and began making her way upstairs to get her number one assistant. The mares and the baby dragon had a Grand Galloping Gala to attend to...