Princess Celestia continued to hold off King Sombra’s shadow warriors. Destroying them with every chance she got.
“YYEEEAA!!!” She shouted as she swung her staff at the creatures. Slicing them to magical pieces.
Then with a flap of her wings, the white Alicorn gained some distance from he foes. Taking a moment to rest and survey the situation. It didn’t look good. Despite her valiant efforts, the Crystal Empire was fading around her. Plus to her dismay, so did the crystal ponies.
“No! Everything is falling apart! Curse that Sombra! He’s responsible for this!”
But as Celestia used her magic to check up on Luna and Sombra, she instantly received a mental shock which caused her eyes to widen in fear.
She could sense something else!
‘Wait! What’s this I’m sensing? Where did it come from? And… and it’s approaching Sombra and Luna’s position. And…’
Her concern for Luna’s safety skyrocketed when she sensed the power of the new arrival.
‘And it’s an even bigger threat!!’
After regaining her focus, Celestia could see the shadow warriors readying their weapons against her. She had to deal with them first before anything else.
“I promise, sister. I’ll be as quick as I can!”
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On the other side of the crumbling empire, King Sombra and Princess Luna continued to fight on. Scythe and blade kept clashing as sparks flew everywhere. The sounds of metal striking crystal echoed through the empty streets.
As he got in close, Sombra quickly raised his right hand at Luna’s face and prepared to fire a darkness beam. But before he did, Luna was quick to teleport away. Leaving the beam to fly through the air.
After recomposing himself, Sombra chuckled at Luna.
“Very impressive, princess. Such a pity that your talents are wasted on protecting the weak. Why not join me instead? Do it and I’ll spare you at least.”
Luna looked at him in disgust.
“You seriously think I would accept such an offer!? I would never be allies with you!”
Sombra’s expression showed great disappointment.
“Such a shame. And I can see that your potential is far greater than Celestia’s. You would’ve been perfect.”
Ignoring the last part, Luna became angrier at him mentioning her older sister.
“You dare say that my sister is weak!?” She angrily asked.
Sombra corrected himself.
“No, no. I mean that if you embrace the darkness within you, you can reach an even greater power. More so than your sister. But no. Instead, you become weak by helping others.”
Angered by Sombra’s words, Luna charged in once more with her sword at hand. As she prepared to strike, the dark Unicorn swung his crystal scythe to counter it. Both Luna and Sombra were in a stalemate. Blades pressing into each other as they wrestled for strength.
Sombra then smirked at Luna about something else.
“You two came here to protect and save the Crystal Empire. But look at it now. You failed.”
Despite her hatred towards him, Luna felt that Sombra was right. The empire was vanishing, and they couldn’t stop it.
But then… something happened.
Almost in sync with one another, Sombra and Luna’s eyes suddenly widened in shock when their magic detected something. Something odd… but strong. They then turned their heads in the same direction to where the sudden feeling came from.
“What was that?” Sombra asked.
“You felt it too?” Luna asked back.
Then to the surprise of the pair, the entire world around them started to turn green. Both Luna and Sombra franticly turning their heads around to look at the new coloured surroundings. All the while the two continued to wrestle for strength, but with not the same force as before.
While fighting off the shadow warriors, Celestia too was caught off-guard by the new green environment. She gasped when she immediately knew that it had something to do with the new power she felt before.
Her concern for her little sister peeked as she turned to her direction.
“No. Luna!”
But before she could run, she was immediately tackled by another shadow warrior. Preventing her aid.
Back at the pair, Luna and Sombra didn’t liked the way the world looked. The green was definatly some kind of energy, but it wasn’t magic. As they kept looking at the air, they then heard a high-pitched noise that sounded as if something was powering up. When they looked back in its original direction, the green world suddenly condensed. Shrinking back in the same direction the two were looking at.
When the glow vanished into the distant mist, Luna and Sombra then saw a flash of bright green. Then to their surprise, a volley of green energy blasts came swarming towards them. Not moving a muscle, the Unicorn and Alicorn watched silently as the green spheres flew beside them and over their heads. But from seeing one coming right at them, the two quickly parted from each other. Letting the orb fly in-between them.
Looking to where the spheres were going, they then saw the energy orbs descending towards the distant ground. What came next was a series of alarmingly large explosions. Annihilating anything in their path in a bright green light.
‘Wow. Such…power,’ The wide-eyed Luna thought to herself as the green light faded away.
Sombra however was more in shock then awe.
‘If I hadn’t placed the curse… then the buildings there would’ve been vaporized!’
Both King Sombra and Princess Luna then felt the same power from before. But it was coming closer to where they were. Looking back to where the energy attacks came from, to their surprise, they could see a green glow through the wintery mist. As it came closer, the glow became brighter and larger.
Then, as the mists parted, Sombra and Luna could finally see who was responsible. It turned out that the glow was a large transparent green barrier. And within the energy sphere, was a tall man. Levitating through the air a few feet above the ground.
What the two didn’t know, was that the man was the Saiyan of Legend himself. Broly.
Broly didn’t need to actually see the two to know that they’re nearby. He could sense their power levels. As he approached Sombra and Luna, he stopped twenty feet away from them. He then lowered his energy barrier. Knowing that he wouldn’t need it anymore.
Sombra and Luna stared at the topless Saiyan in awe and confusion. He was hovering above the ground, but he wasn’t a Unicorn or a Pegasus. And they couldn’t sense any magic from him. But they could feel another kind of power within him. It wasn’t like anything they ever felt before. Plus from seeing his face and that he had no tail, they could see that he wasn’t an anthro pony. Luna and Sombra hadn’t seen anything like him before.
Unsure of who or what the stranger was, Sombra spoke to Luna.
“So who is this? One of your lackies sent to stop me?”
Shock and confusion dawned on Luna when she answered back.
“What!? I thought he’s on your side?”
The startled Unicorn looked at his enemy, to see that she was telling the truth. He could see that she was just as shocked as he was.
As realisation told the two that the stranger had nothing to do with them, they looked back at him in confusion and wonder.
“Who are you? What are you doing here?” Luna asked him.
Though he didn’t answer, the floating Super Saiyan acknowledged her presence. After hearing Luna’s voice, Broly turned his head to look at her.
The moment the Saiyan laid his eyes upon her, Luna suddenly felt a very bad vibe. It was his eyes. She could feel as if he was staring straight through her and into her soul. And the expressions in his eyes definatly didn’t felt friendly. Almost like there was something much darker beneath the orbs of greenish-blue.
Normally she would take offence from those who didn’t recognize her royalty. But for some reason she couldn’t explain, she felt… intimidated from just his glare. She had a bad feeling about him.
Luna wasn’t the only one who was curious. As he stared at the blue princess, Broly too was puzzled. She looked very similar to the crystal ponies he encountered earlier. But her body looked more normal then crystal, she had a horn and a pair of wings, and her mane was long and waving on its own. The same for her tail.
Despite seeing multiple species from many planets he and his father had seen, Broly himself hadn’t seen any creature like her before.
Despite his expression, he was curious. Since she bared no resemblance to anything in his past, he may ignore her. But for the moment, he was just staring.
It was then Sombra’s turn to try and gain his attention.
“What do you want, freak!?”
Broly ignored Sombra as he continued to stare down at Luna. Of which the latter took one step back from intimidation.
The king became annoyed by the lack of response, and foolishly decided to move on.
“Oh well. Maybe he’s here to watch us fight. So Luna… shall we continue?”
But as King Sombra turned to face Luna, Broly turned his attention to the Unicorn… at the wrong moment! As the tyrant turned away, a stray gust of wind blew his black mane. Briefly taking on a distinct spikey shape. And as Broly looked at him, he flinched at the black hair. His eyes widened in surprise and shock when he saw the spiked look for a brief second. It was incredibly familiar. So much that his mind began racing. Remembering all the moments with the man with the same hair style. The person who he resented so much.
With his sanity shaken from his near-death experience, Broly had mistaken Sombra for that very person! Seeing what he thought was his hated enemy, his shock gave way to anger and hatred. His expression became darker, his eyes narrowed in hate, his muscles tensed, and his hands clenched into balls of fists. He then began to grunt from his ever-building rage.
Meanwhile, Luna too failed to see the signs because of Sombra’s threat. Glaring at him as she prepared to fight.
“Ready to fall with the empire?” Sombra asked to taunt her.
But as he approached the blue Alicorn, both her and the evil king heard a voice.
“Kakarot.”
After freezing in surprise, both Sombra and Luna looked back at Broly. Other then the fact that he was looking at the dark Unicorn, they noticed that his expression had changed. Showing a much angrier look as he glared at Sombra.
Unsure of what word Broly used, Sombra spoke up.
“What was that?”
As Broly snarled in hate, he repeated himself. But in a much more aggressive tone.
“Kakarot!”
Both the anthro ponies were confused of the spoken word. Unaware that it was actually a name.
“Kaka…what?” Sombra asked in confusion.
Although the Unicorn didn’t exactly say it, but to Broly’s ears, he unintentionally said the Saiyans’ trigger word.
“KAKAAROOOOOOOTT!!!”
As Broly roared in a fit of primal rage, his energy exploded from his body in a bright green light. His form then was covered in his golden fiery aura. The power of the Super Saiyan caused the world around him to shake violently while the ground beneath him broke apart. Chunks of ice and crystal were flung in the air as a large crater formed in their place.
Sombra and Luna were caught completely off-guard from his outburst. But were even more shocked about the power from his energy. The shear force of it almost pushed them back as they tried to keep their footing from the tremors.
As King Sombra struggled to stand, he saw an incoming chunk of crystal coming straight at him. The Unicorn leapt back several feet to avoid it crushing him.
But falling debris was the least of their worries. As soon as the ground stopped shaking, the shocked Sombra and Luna turned their attention back to Broly. Whose body had stopped glowing as he stared back at them.
But as the Saiyan laid his sights on one of them, vengeance was the only thing on his mind. He roared in anger as he charged in. Narrowly missing Luna as he flew past her at high speed.
Seeing the oncoming Saiyan, the alarmed Sombra instantly reacted by dropping his scythe and putting up a black forcefield around him. But when Broly charged in and threw a punch, his fist shattered the black energy bubble! The force from the blow sent Sombra hurtling back as he grunted in pain.
‘He shattered my barrier… with just a single punch!?’ The shocked Unicorn thought to himself.
Then using his levitation magic, Sombra steadied himself as he came to a halt in front of one of a few remaining crystal pillars. As the stunned king looked ahead of him, he gasped in surprise as he saw the enraged Super Saiyan yelling and charging at him once more.
But as Broly readied another punch, Sombra teleported out of the way. Leaving Broly to punch the large crystal pillar. But with strength that exceeded all expectations, the punch obliterated the pillar. Reducing it to tiny pieces from the shear force of it alone.
Behind them, Luna was startled at the sight of the large pillar being shattered by a single punch.
“That strength. W-What in the world is he!?”
Reappearing some distance away, Sombra looked back to where the crystal pillar once stood. In its place was a cloud of dust and snow particles. As the cloud subsided, he could see the golden haired Saiyan rising up to his full height and then turning in his direction. Snarling at the Unicorn king as he clenched his fists once more.
Threatened and spurred on by the relentless intruder, King Sombra decided to act.
“You want to fight me that badly? Fine! I’ll give you a fight!”
Balling his hands into fists, King Sombra began to charge. Using his levitation spell to propel himself faster towards Broly. Plus seeing how strong the intruder was, the Unicorn channelled his dark magic into his fists. Dark purple energy surrounding his arms as it increased his strength output.
As Sombra charged, Broly stood his ground. Again, unsure what kind of energy his foe possessed. It definatly wasn’t ki.
Thinking that his magically boosted strength was enough, Sombra let out a loud yell as he lunged forward to deliver a strong punch. Aimed straight for Broly’s face.
A loud boom sound was heard when the punch landed on the Saiyan’s left cheek. His head tilted to the side from the blow. Luna was shocked. Sombra’s punch was the strongest she had ever seen him used.
But as King Sombra was about to chuckle in satisfaction, shock took over as he felt his right fist being pushed back. As his head turned back to its original position, Broly’s eyes glared at Sombra’s. He then let out an evil grin from seeing the shocked Unicorn’s face.
“What the…!?” King Sombra said as he quickly took a few steps back.
Unsure of the situation he was in, Sombra briefly panicked as he charged his magic into both his fists once again. Then with another yell, he launched a massive barrage of punches at Broly’s chest. Failing to realise that his attacks weren’t even hurting the Super Saiyan. In fact, he was just standing there smirking at the attacking Unicorn.
Luna however did notice. Sombra was being even more vicious then he was in his fight with her. But by the expression on the stranger’s face, she could tell that the attacks weren’t even fazing him!
Then as Sombra launched yet another punch, he was shocked to discover that his left fist became trapped as Broly caught it with his right hand.
“Wha…!? Why you…!!”
Already feeling the Saiyan’s strong grip, Sombra attempted to pull his fist free. But was startled to find out that he couldn’t budge an inch.
“What!? Let me go!!” The Unicorn demanded as he tried to pull free with all his might. But to no avail. Grunting as he started to strain.
Broly meanwhile was enjoying seeing his foe struggle. Then after letting out a few chuckles, the Super Saiyan started to squeeze his grip.
Shock quickly turned to agony as Sombra screamed from having his fist being crushed. Clicking and cracking noises could be heard. Luna cringing from the sounds.
In retaliation, King Sombra quickly teleported a few feet away and fell to his knees from the pain.
Then as soon as he looked at his crushed fist, he immediately began using his healing spell on it. He then tried to fight back the pain he felt from having his hand and fingers reshaped as his bones popped back in place.
As his spell nearly finished its work, Sombra angrily glared up at the smirking Saiyan.
“Kakarot,” Broly said as he again started to chuckle.
King Sombra wasn’t just angry. He was furious. The intruder not only caused harm on him, but he even made him fall to his knees. A fate unfit for a king.
“You! Why you!!”
With his anger boiling up to the surface, Sombra threw another magically charged punch aimed right to Broly’s face. Seeing that it caused some reaction the first time, the Unicorn felt that it was a weak point.
But he was proven wrong. Because as Sombra’s right fist landed squarely on Broly’s nose, the larger of the two didn’t even blink let alone move.
In fact, it only made Broly’s sadistic smile grow bigger.
Shocked and realising that no physical attack could harm Broly, Sombra leapt back and tried something else. By throwing his arm out and firing a dark magic orb at him.
But again to Sombra’s shock, when the orb exploded against his foe, Broly merely walked through the smoke unscathed. The king tried again by firing on Broly’s chest, but it didn’t work.
“Is…is nothing working on this freak!?” Sombra asked himself as he started to take steps back.
While Sombra retreated, Broly advanced. The Saiyan’s chuckle slowly turning into sadistic laughter.
“Kakarot! Haha…Kakarot!”
From hearing those repeated words, Sombra figured something out. As strange as the word sounded, it almost sounded like a name. When he spoke up, the onlooking Luna listened.
“Is that… some sort of name? If it is, then I’m not this Kakarot! I’m King Som…”
“Kakarot!!”
Broly was in no mood to listen. After interrupting Sombra, he reached out to try and grapple the Unicorn. But Sombra teleported away some distance behind him.
Looking down by his feet, Sombra found his scythe he dropped earlier. Then looking ahead of him, he could see Broly turning around and spotting him almost immediately.
With the horrible feeling that his magic might not be enough to stop the Super Saiyan, the Unicorn king picked up his scythe and readied to charge.
“This time…I’m putting you down for good!!” He said before using his magic to launch himself forward. Closing the distance between him and Broly.
On the side-lines, Luna held her breath. She had never seen anypony of Sombra’s skill being on the receiving end of a one-sided fight. It was normally the other way around. But with the weapon at hand, she felt that the fight may had changed.
The smirking Broly only stood firm as he watched the oncoming Sombra. With one mighty yell, the King of Shadows threw his scythe out, and slashed it at Broly’s face.
However, what came next was unbelievable. Truly unbelievable. The moment the sharp blade made contact with Broly’s face, the scythe shattered into a thousand pieces!
Time seemed to have slowed down for Sombra and Luna. By the time the king was in his finishing pose, his eyes were wide with horror.
‘That’s… that’s impossible! His face should’ve been sliced in two!!’
With the sight of his most trusted weapon destroyed before his very eyes, Sombra’s body began to tremble in fear. An emotion he rarely felt in his entire life. Knowing that the monster was behind him, the Unicorn turned around until his fearful eyes locked onto Broly’s. The golden haired Saiyan relishing in the Unicorn’s fear in a form of more sinister chuckling.
After he stopped chuckling, Broly began to make a move of his own. Moving so fast that Sombra and Luna only saw his afterimage. His form disappearing from view.
The only thing King Sombra felt next was an earth-shattering punch to the stomach. Broly reappearing next to him with his right fist connecting to his body.
Despite the armour he wore, it did nothing to protect Sombra from a punch from a Super Saiyan. Even though the punch itself was restrained. His eyes were extremely wide as his mouth hung wide open. As the pain lingered, he let out quiet high-pitched grunts as his eyes twitched.
As Broly stepped back, Sombra fell to the ground. The pain was so intense, he could hardly feel anything else. The punch had more likely broke some of his ribs and ruptured his organs. White foam appearing from his mouth.
Princess Luna didn’t know what to feel. Sure, Sombra was evil, but to see him in such a state felt… unreal. But the main feeling she felt was horror. How can such a being with that kind of strength even exist? Sombra’s armour was even magically enhanced!
As Broly loomed over Sombra’s fallen body, he reached down and picked the Unicorn up by his mane. Sombra let out more painful moans as his body was lifted by his hair. His feet dangling in the air.
As Sombra weakly opened his eyes, he could see Broly staring back at him with an amused expression. He could clearly see that the stranger was enjoying hurting him. True, Sombra tortured those who disobeyed him. But he didn’t enjoy it as much as Broly did.
Broly’s smile got bigger as he spoke.
“Kakarot.”
The without any sense of mercy or remorse, Broly dropped Sombra. But before the Unicorn could hit the ground, the Saiyan raised his leg up and kicked him. Sending the pain-filled king high into the sky. But the onslaught continued when using his speed, Broly appeared above Sombra and, after holding is hands together, bashed the Unicorn straight to the ground.
The impact sent a large heap of snow particles in the air. And when it settled, Sombra’s broken body was revealed, lying in the snow. The king grunted in agony as he could literally feel nothing but pain.
Princess Luna stared on in horror. To see the very formidable King Sombra being mercilessly beaten after just three blows.
Despite the pain, Sombra only had enough strength to open his eyes. Even with blurry vision, he could see Broly. Hovering high in the sky looking down at him.
‘How? H-How could I… King Sombra… lose? Just…just what in the world… IS HE!!?’
As the smiling Broly glared down at the former king, he raised his left hand up, so his clenched fist was aimed at the Unicorn. Then as soon as he opened his palm, a high-pitched sound was heard, and the entire world around him turned green.
The startled Luna looked around at her surroundings, recognizing the green environment as the same one as before. Realising the true source of the strange energy, Luna looked up at Broly just as soon as the glowing world started to condense.
Broly began to laugh maniacally as the green glow of the world all condensed into his left palm. Taking on a form of a green ball of ki.
As the high-pitched sound got even louder, the green energy ball got brighter and brighter until…
With a bright green flash, the small Eraser Cannon blast was launched from Broly’s palm and towards the downed Unicorn.
King Sombra could only scream as his body became engulfed in green light. The shear intensity of the attack started to incinerate Sombra’s body. Reducing him into his shadow form.
However, before he was completely erased, Sombra’s shadow form became caught within the field of the curse he placed on the Crystal Empire. The end result was that just as the spell was finalized, Sombra faded away with what was left of the empire.
By escaping his brush with death, King Sombra was instead sealed away with the Crystal Empire. Where he would stay for the next thousand years.