//------------------------------// // Interlude: Old Friends // Story: Dragon Ball Super: Fate of the Multiverse // by Blackdrag-rose //------------------------------// Twilight sighed as she took a seat on the stairs leading to the entrance of Canterlot High School, where she stared at the statue that had once served as the portal between this world and a parallel one, a world that was filled with ponies, magic, and things that really made her stop and think about what she was hearing before she accepted it. Everyone in their world had a twin on the other side of the portal, like her pony counterpart had been a princess at first, the Princess of Friendship to be exact, and then, after one of her friends disappeared and the portal stopped working, her counterpart became a god that specialized in creating planets and life. Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Rarity, Fluttershy, and Pinkie Pie all had their own counterparts as well, and from what she knew they had gotten into some serious adventures after trying to use the portal on their side, proving that the link between their worlds had been severed, or at least the part that allowed someone to travel between the two worlds. Even the Dazzlings, Adagio Dazzle, Aria Blaze, and Sonata Dusk, supposedly had their own counterparts somewhere in this world, even though she and the girls hadn't found them yet, but they had tried to use the mirror some time ago and disappeared, leaving this world behind. A few weeks went by since their disappearance before they returned to this world, only when they did Twilight and the girls discovered that the Dazzlings had taken a more anthro-like form, with the hooves, ears, and tails that made them look like a cross between a human and a pony, and they brought back their missing friend, Sunset Shimmer. That was the reason she was out here, because the first person to go through the mirror, and disappear for some time, had been Sunset Shimmer, a resident of Equus, the world on the other side of the portal, and ever since the day she walked through the portal it stopped working, which she later found out was due to Discord, the Spirit of Disharmony, messing with the other side of the portal. Sunset had helped them save their world a few times in the past, from threats from her own world and from dangerous beings from this side, which Twilight was one of until Sunset saved her, and when she returned to this world after her adventures, as she called them, she stunned them by revealing that she had become the God of Destruction for their universe. It still felt strange when she thought about it, since it originally seemed against Sunset's nature, but the Equestrian version of Principle Celestia revealed that Sunset's power was so great that it was only a matter of time until she became a Destroyer God, at which point she would have detonated the planet she ascended on, meaning Equus or Earth could have been wiped out in an instant. Of course being a god meant that Sunset was always busy and they hadn't seen her for the last year, maybe even a year and a half, but Twilight and the others missed her and wished that she would come back and see them, to at least let them know that she was doing fine and that nothing dangerous had happened to their universe. Of course, as she thought about all that, Twilight raised her right hand to her face and summoned the magical glasses she could use whenever she wanted, ones that allowed her to see magic and study it more closely than if she used her own equipment, and removed most of the danger as well, but the statue remained silent, without a trace of magic to suggest that a portal to another world had been there in the past. "Hey Twilight!" a voice said, where Twilight shifted her gaze and found Rainbow walking towards her, along with the rest of her group of friends, though once she realized who was coming her way she dismissed the glasses, since she wouldn't be needing them anytime soon, "Were you studying the statue again?" "Of course she is, she's trying to figure out how to reactivate it and connect to Equus again," Rarity replied, as they knew that Twilight was interested in the vast amount of magical knowledge that was on the other side of the portal, which she had access to before Sunset had stepped into the portal a long time ago, and figuring out a way back to Equus would allow her to regain both the access to that knowledge and to figure out what happened to Sunset "I know being a god must take up a large portion of her time, especially one whose deals in destroying planets and threats to the universe, but she did promise that she'd be back in the future... and that was, what, a few months ago?" "Our universe must have a great deal of threats to keep her from fulfilling her promise." Applejack said, though at the same time she had to appreciate the hard work that Sunset was going through to keep them, their world, and the rest of the vast universe safe, despite the fact that keeping everything safe meant that she had to be busy all the time. "I'm okay with her being busy, if it means keeping people safe." Fluttershy added, as she knew that Sunset would do everything in her power to make sure nothing dangerous happened to the various planets of their universe and that she would save everyone, unless they were trying to damage the planets, so she was perfectly fine with Sunset being busy and not coming to visit them. "Girls, what are you doing here?" a voice asked, where the group, excluding Pinkie, who was staring at the sky, turned their heads and found Principle Celestia walking towards them, dressed in her school attire still, despite the fact that the school year was over and she could be at the beach or something. "Well, we agreed to meet here before going out and maybe hitting the mall or something." Rainbow replied, where she raised her hands and put them behind her head, because she was eager to get going and see if she could find anything for her motorcycle, "Though we were talking about Sunset and the fact that we haven't seen her for some time, you know, since she's the God of Destruction and everything." In that moment a bright light appeared in the sky above their heads and they turned in the direction that Pinkie was staring in, since it appeared she was staring right at the area it was coming from, before a white beam of energy broke out of the sky and hit the ground near the statue, one that was surrounded by a number of different colored streams that almost looked like a rainbow. It only took a few moments before the light faded and the beam disappeared, though as the smoke cleared the girls found a short man, with blue colored skin and white colored hair, with what appeared to be a blue halo floating behind the back of his head and the strangest attire they had ever seen, standing before them. Standing next to the short man, however, was someone that the girls recognized immediately, as it was hard to forget what Sunset looked like in her new form, despite there being some slight modifications to her clothing, as they were a little shocked by the symbol that was on her collar now. The marking that had been on it earlier had been her Cutie Mark, the sun marking that she wore almost all the time, and while that was on the new shirt she was wearing, which reminded them of another shirt that she used to wear a lot, the new symbol looked like it meant something special, something that was different from her position as the God of Destruction. None of them were sure what they were seeing at the moment, since they were used to seeing Sunset arrive with her world's version of Principle Celestia, who just so happened to be absent, but at the same time Twilight was sure that she would figure out what was going on in due time. "Hey girls, sorry I didn't come back when I originally said I would, you would not believe the amount of work I have now that I'm the Queen of All." Sunset said, as she was glad to see that all of her human friends, from the first world she was sent to by the mirror, the parallel version of Equus, were alright and seemed to be doing just fine without her, before she thought about something and beckoned to the Grand Priest, "Oh, allow me to introduce the Grand Priest, the former attendant of my predecessors, the Kings of All, who now serves as my attendant these days." "Is that so?" Rainbow asked, though what surprised her was the fact that she couldn't feel any magical energies coming from Sunset anymore, something that they had trouble sensing when they discovered that she had become the God of Destruction for their universe, causing her to turn towards the only one that could figure out the truth, "Twilight, what goes the scouter say about their power levels?" Twilight moaned inside herself, as Rainbow loved to call her magical glasses 'scouter' all the time, since it was the only thing that allowed them to figure out the magical strength of something or someone, before she summoned her glasses once more and focused on both Sunset and the Grand Priest... but, as the seconds ticked by, she discovered something shocking when the scan was completed. "...unreadable..." Twilight replied, where she felt some sweat roll down the side of her face, because this is the first time she had detected something that her glasses couldn't detect the magical level of, much less two beings that were at that level, before she realized what Rainbow had said, "Really Rainbow? You went with that line from that anime you showed me a few weeks ago?" "What? I felt it was appropriate for the situation." Rainbow stated, though hearing that they couldn't feel Sunset's power anymore, and Twilight's glasses couldn't even determine how strong she was, meant that they had to be standing in front of a being that was far stronger than a God of Destruction. "Oh right, you wanted to see how strong I was since my attire is different." Sunset said, as she remembered what this version of Twilight did with those glasses of hers, even though her version of Twilight didn't have those glasses, before she determined that it was time she revealed the reason behind why the glasses failed, "Anyway, the reason our power would be unreadable is because we're both far stronger than what my power was at when I was a God of Destruction, as the Grand Priest stands above both them and the Angels, and I, as the Queen of All, stand above everyone." Twilight dismissed the glasses and stared at the symbol that was on Sunset's collar again, one that meant 'All' and was repeated a few times on Sunset's attire, which meant that she did stand above everyone and that something terrible must have happened since the last time they saw their friend. "Queen of All?" Principle Celestia asked, because that was the one thing that she didn't understand, though at the same time she wasn't up to date on everything that happened to Sunset, since only her friends really understood what was going on thanks to Sunset telling them whatever was going on, so she was hoping to get some clarity about the situation before her former student departed from this world again. "Lady Sunset is the Queen of Everything, which includes this universe and eighteen others." the Grand Priest replied, speaking for the first time since they arrived, as while he knew that Sunset could answer the question herself he also knew that she didn't mind if someone interrupted her, not like her predecessors did, and that the human versions of her friends seemed surprised by what he had said, "Oh, and I know you remember her arriving with her world's version of your Principle, but don't worry about Princess Celestia, she has retired from the position of Sunset's Angel and has returned to her sister's side, to either help her with their kingdom or plan her true retirement and where she wants to go." "So, you're the ruler of nineteen universes?" Applejack asked, though even as Sunset nodded her head that explained so much, as they had been curious as to why their friend hadn't come to visit them and now they had a good idea as to why she had been tied up, but even so hearing that there were eighteen other universes, in addition to theirs, was a shock that they weren't expecting to hear. "I am." Sunset replied, but even as she said that she beckoned to her friends for a moment, as she had seen that they had nothing grand planned for their hang out session and that what she had planned would be far better, since they could hang together and she could show them around her new palace, "Today, however, I'm taking a small break and I decided that I'd come find you guys, reveal why I've been so busy, and then maybe show you some of the interesting things that I've discovered since taking this position... like the various animals I've encountered, endangered or otherwise." Fluttershy immediately rushed over to her the moment she mentioned that, since animals were her thing and could likely speak with them, as that was what the Equestrian version of her could do before her natural power was boosted by transforming her body to match her friends, and it wasn't long before the others joined her. Sunset knew that most of them were eager to see what she had been up to since they last saw her, though Fluttershy was interested in the animals she had saved and Twilight was interested in learning about anything and everything she could, while the others had their own reasons for coming. Principle Celestia, of course, was confused by this turn of events, since she wasn't expecting Sunset to return and tell her that she was the Queen of the entire multiverse, but she simply smiled and waved as the girls made sure they had everything for their trip, even if they really weren't bringing all that much with them. The moment everyone was ready to go the Grand Priest stood in front of the group, surrounded them in a transparent sphere, and then surrounded them with the same beam of energy that allowed him and Sunset to get down here in the first place, one that pulled them back up to where Sunset's palace rested. A second or two later the group appeared in front of the palace, where the Grand Priest dispelled the barrier and summoned some stairs for Sunset's friends to use, as her human friends didn't have the powers that their Equestrian counterparts had, though as they walked up the stairs, and actually entered the palace, Sunset knew that her friends were surprised by what they were seeing... especially when the gate opened and they were allowed to see inside the palace, since the first area anyone came to seemed to stretch on forever. "Wh... What is this place?" Applejack asked, as she had never seen anything like the palace that they had entered, as nothing she and her friends had encountered since Sunset came to their world, and magic followed her, was on the level that they were witnessing. "This is my palace, where I watch and rule the multiverse from." Sunset explained, though at the same time she focused on something and the passage disappeared before their eyes, quickly becoming the beach area that she had showed her fellow displaced, where she glanced back and found that her human friends were surprised by the sudden change they had witnessed, "Welcome to the beach area that I crafted a year ago, where I can relax in the sun, enjoy the water by surfing, build sand castles, or whatever I feel like doing at the time." "How did we...?" Rainbow started to ask, to which she turned around and found that there wasn't a sign of the passage they had been walking through a few moments ago, which only confused her even more than she already was, since this was starting to seem like something Pinkie would do, "I don't understand what's going on!" "Come on Dashie, we teleported!" Pinkie stated, showing off the fact that she wasn't as clueless as everyone usually thought when they considered who they were talking about, before she turned towards Sunset as the others took in the beach that they were suddenly standing on, "Right?" "Sort of." Sunset replied, though she wasn't surprised that someone got close to what she was able to do on their first try, especially since it was Pinkie that had answered the question first, and she was more than happy to reveal what was going on to the others, "Basically the palace reacts to my thoughts, so if I wanted to walk down the main hallway for, say, an hour, then I would walk down a seemingly endless hallway for a long period of time, until I got tired of it and changed my mind to something else. If I want to go to the library, then all I have to do is think about it and I'll be there within a second or two, or if I wanted to go check on the animals in the sanctuary I would appear at the entrance, or if I felt like testing the limits of my powers, without threatening the multiverse, I could go to the training grounds and see what I'm truly capable of doing with my new powers." "Can... can we go see the sanctuary?" Fluttershy asked, because while the beach was interesting, and Twilight was trying to determine how in the world Sunset was able to craft the area around them while trying not to go crazy over the vast amount of knowledge that her friend must have collected for her library, there was a place that she wanted to visit before they went back home, as she knew that Sunset's time was important and soon she'd likely have to return to her duties as the Queen of All. Sunset nodded her head and beckoned for the group to follow her for a moment, where she walked back to the area they had arrived in and suddenly they were at the entrance of the area that she had brought them to, which was a flat landscape that was perfect for races and had a decent amount of trees scattered around them, but that was only the beginning of this area. Off in the distance there was a number of mountains, where a distant roar could be heard, one that belonged to one of the more dangerous creatures Sunset had recovered before it's species was exterminated, though it was also making sure the other animals remembered that the area around it was it's territory, which wasn't a massive problem since most of the creatures stayed in one area so they didn't fight each other. In another direction rested a massive body of water, one that could pass as a large lake or the start of the ocean, which was where the aquatic creatures she had found were living their lives until she could find a new home for them, one where they wouldn't be hunted to extinction by the locals. There were a number of other zones across this sanctuary, different climates and habitats for the various animals that Sunset had found in her studies of the nineteen universes, and it was still expanding, since she was on a mission to make sure no animal species faced extinction and there a vast number of species that were missing, hence the reason that she was studying the universes to locate those in need. While she thought about that, however, she heard a familiar sound and turned her head slightly, where she smiled when she found Razor running towards their location, before he came to a stop near them and Sunset petted him like she did every now and then, something that he definitely enjoyed. "No way... does that cat have spikes on it's back?" Rainbow asked, because she was surprised by what they were seeing, while her friends were shocked by the cat's sudden arrival near them, but when they noticed how Sunset acted with it they knew what was going on. "All Razorback Cats have spikes on their spines, four spaced evenly apart," Sunset replied, though at the same time she kept the smile on her face as Fluttershy walked over and knelt beside Razor was well, where the pair stared at each other for a few seconds before Razor lowered his head a little and let Fluttershy pet him, something that she had seen coming the moment they decided to come to this area of the palace, "Razor's spikes, however, are actually half the size of the rest of his species, but that hasn't stopped him from hunting down his prey or his enemies and taking them out, be it with his claws or his spikes, which he can fire at his target and they'll regrow moments later." "Dude, where can I get a pet like this?" Rainbow inquired, as she could already imagine what sort of fun she could have with a pet that could defend itself, especially one that's as dangerous as Razor was, and she knew that none of the others cared enough to ask the question. Razor took the moment to growl for a few moments, usually what his species did when they communicated with each other, and Fluttershy tilted her head as she listened to him, no doubt understanding what he was saying, before she glanced back at her friend. "He said that he's from planet Ryllus, of the Solana Galaxy," Fluttershy stated, which confirmed Sunset's beliefs that Fluttershy, like her Equestrian counterpart, could speak with animals and easily understood them whenever they decided to speak with someone, which allowed her to relay what the critters were saying, if they wanted a message delivered, "he also said that, due to the location of his home world and the fact that space travel is necessary to reach it, there's no way that you'll be able to find another member of his species. Besides, he and his former pack discovered Sunset when she and her family came to their planet, seeking some sort of alien species that called the planet home, and he was injured during the battles to assist them, but when Sunset healed his wounds he left his pack and joined her." "You got all that... from a few growls." Applejack said, though at the same time she chuckled for a moment, because if anyone else told her what Razor had said, in their mind anyway, she would have thought they were crazy or making up lies, but since it was Fluttershy who was doing it she knew that it had to be what the cat had said, "Of course you can. So, Sunset, are there any other creatures here, or is it just Razor for now? And, regardless of how many creatures there are, how are you feeding them all?" "Oh, there are more animals here than just Razor," Sunset replied, but instead of speaking again, and revealing what she had found so far, she beckoned for the group to follow her as she headed into the sanctuary, so she could show them some of the animals that she had found and saved, so she could transplant them elsewhere when the time was right and let that particular species thrive again. As they walked Sunset explained that one of the things she studied, before rescuing the animals that she had been collecting, was what sort of environments they were used to living in and what their source of food was, and while a fair number of the animals were hunters, who could provide for themselves, there were a number that were okay with having their food delivered to them. The best example she could come up with was their first destination, the ocean area where a pair of class four leviathans, massive underwater serpents that preyed on everything and everything that wasn't part of their species, so the best thing they could do was allow a surge of underwater creatures that were identical to the ones that Sunset had seen during her studies, perfectly matching the environment the pair had come from. That, of course, was just the beginning of the creatures that lived underwater, as the ocean area in front of them was massive and housed a number of other species, all separated from each other by magical barriers so they didn't accidentally kill each other, and as they floated in the air, thanks to Sunset's spell, she pointed out something else. While some of the former bodyguards were assigned to the beach and library areas, to make sure they were ready for whenever she visited them, a fair number of the remainder of them had been assigned to this sanctuary, where they tended to the animals and made sure that all of them were fed when they were supposed to be, without endangering themselves. Before anyone asked about them Sunset explained that the previous ruler of the multiverse, the King of All, had a large group of bodyguards that would always be near him, two at a time to be exact while constantly changing when a pair of them got tired, but unlike her predecessor, who wasn't skilled in battle, she could defend herself, thus eliminating the need for such a group, but instead of outright firing them Sunset had given them new roles in her palace, which they were performing quite well. As the group took that in, and got an idea of just how strong Sunset really was since she didn't need the bodyguards of her predecessor, a roar erupted from above them and they glanced up at the sky, where a red scaled dragon, one with two arms, two legs, and a pair of wings, unlike some where their arms were fused to their wings, flew overhead and headed towards the mountain area that was off in the distance. The group stared at the creature in shock for a few seconds, as they had never seen an actual dragon before, despite hearing the Spike was one that had been transformed into a small dog by the statue's portal, but before they could do anything a few more dragons, all being of different sizes and colors, flew overhead and followed the red dragon. Sunset explained that the natives of the planet these creatures had come from had hunted the dragons to near extinction and the seven that they had seen were from the same planet, and when she found a few planet for them to live on she would transplant them on that world, but before that could happen they would remain here, rest for some time, and then she would send them on their way. It was the same thing with all the other animals and creatures that she had found across the various universes, that this was merely a resting place for them and that she would take them to a new home, once she found the best place for them to live, without having to worry about the species being hunted again. Once she explained that, and the group understood what she had told them, Sunset brought them to the mountain area so they could see the dragons while they weren't flying around, and when they came to a stop they could see the dragons coming to a stop in a valley, one that had a few caves for them to live in. Just like with the leviathans and the other sea creatures the group of dragons had a number of other species sharing the area with them, both animals that Sunset had saved and the animals that were food for the various creatures of the mountain area. To some creatures the dragons were the lords of this area, ones that were unable to be challenged due to their incredible strength and natural defenses, while at the same time some of the other species felt there was another species that deserved to call this area their domain. That second species were known as Thunderbirds, large birds of prey that could make thunder with their wings or even whip up some powerful winds whenever they wanted, but, despite the fact that they were natural enemies of the dragons of their home world, the pair Sunset had saved knew that there was a reason behind why both of their species had been saved and were more than willing to share the area they now lived in. It also had no connection to the fact that the area the dragons lived in was a completely separate area from where the Thunderbirds lived, basically allowing them to live in harmony with each other while they resided in Sunset's sanctuary, but she could see that her friends were happy with what she had done. Sunset also told them that it wasn't easy to convince the Thunderbirds to leave their home world and come here, so they wouldn't be hunted into extinction like the rest of the species that she was saving, but after some time the pair she had saved had listened to her and allowed her to transport them to this sanctuary. "What do they eat?" Fluttershy asked, because based on what they had seen, and what they hadn't seen yet, neither of the Thunderbirds had bothered to fly out of their part of the mountain and go hunting, though since Sunset had studied them in great detail, based on what she had said, she figured that her friend knew the answer. "Cows and other large animals like them." Sunset replied, as from what she had seen a Thunderbird was capable of grabbing onto a fully grown cow with one claw, without dropping it until the bird wanted to, meaning that they could pick up two of them at the same time and carry them off without slowing down, "Don't worry, the caretakers of this sanctuary will make sure the Thunderbirds, and the other species, will get all the care they need before I figure out where to send them, so they can thrive without being hunted." Sunset was happy to see that Fluttershy approved of what she was doing, as so far everything seemed in order, but instead of wasting all their time in the sanctuary, staring at all of the animals she had saved so far, she beckoned for the group to follow her and brought them to the library, the next area on their tour. Twilight, just like her Equestrian counterpart, froze the moment she spotted the rows upon rows of books that rested in front of her, each of them filled with knowledge from the various universes in the multiverse, and Pinkie waved her hand in front of her face after a few moments, finding that they might have broken Twilight by coming here. Sunset, however, knew that it would pass and, not even a few moments later, their friend snapped out of being frozen and rushed to the first bookshelf that was in front of them, where her eyes widened when she found that all of the books in front of her caught her interest, meaning that she would need to find a way to take some of these home with her, or at least the ones for her universe anyway. The others, on the other hand, weren't all that interested in what they were seeing, despite Rainbow finding a few adventure type stories that caught her interest, but Sunset knew that this wasn't for them and that it was only a matter of time until they headed to another part of the palace, one that would interest them more than a library. In fact it was Pinkie that hopped over to where Sunset was standing, instead of walking like a normal person, and she had a smile on her face, which would never disappear unless she found something that depressed her, but Sunset knew that there was a reason behind why her friend had come over to her. "So, you said something about practicing with your new powers?" Pinkie asked, because while all of this had been interesting, especially the sanctuary and the animals they had seen so far, she was more interested in the fact that their friend was far stronger than when she had returned to them earlier, when the Dazzlings brought her back. "Yeah, I made a training area that makes sure none of my actions affect the multiverse," Sunset replied, as she knew that the power of All could be incredibly dangerous and that it might endanger the universes that she was watching over, hence the reason she created a training area that made sure whatever she did remained in the palace, before she decided to humor Pinkie, "I guess I can show you guys where I've been training since I gained these powers." The idea that they were going to her training grounds seemed to excite the others, minus Rarity since she seemed to be the one that wasn't really excited about most of the areas they had visited so far, save for the beach, so Sunset had them gather near her before opening the way to the area that was her training grounds, which was a large white area that seemed to stretch indefinitely in each direction, while they stood under a large dome, the only safe spot in the entirety of the training grounds, something they would discover for themselves soon enough. "This is where I practiced using my new powers," Sunset said, where she separated herself from the group and walked out of the dome, while the Grand Priest, who had been silent the entire time since they returned to the palace, raised his hand for a moment and empowered the dome, just to make sure whatever Sunset had planned didn't do any damage to her human friends, "I know, it doesn't seem like much when you first see it, but this is where the Grand Priest assisted me in learning the basics of the power I now command, before stepping aside when he taught me what he knew about the power of All, allowing me to experiment and see what I could do on my own. All anyone knew was that my predecessor, the King of All, used his power to blow away anything that displeased him, be it people, planets, or even an entire universe if he was in a bad mood, and it only worsened when his future counterpart was brought in to be his friend, since it increased the potential for the multiverse to be wiped out in a fit of rage. Thanks to what I have learned, since gaining this power, I can tell you that there is more to the power of All than just destruction, as I'm capable of creating things as well, like plants, animals, entire planets, or whatever I desire, and I can even make someone's wish a reality... speaking of which, that reminds me of the meeting we had a few days ago. Grand Priest, where are Caulifla and Kale?" "They're currently on Champa's planet, though it's more accurate to say it's Caulifla's planet these days." the Grand Priest replied, even though he knew that Sunset could look at Universe 6 herself and figure out where the Saiyans were location, but since she asked him he gave her the answer to her question, which made him wonder if she was going to head to Universe 6 for a few minutes and take care of business. "Right, should have figured they would have moved in after Caulifla's ascension," Sunset commented, as it made sense to her that a new God of Destruction would move into the planet that their predecessor called home during their reign, the odd planets that had inverted pyramids as the lower half of the world, before coming to a decision, "Well, since I haven't fulfilled my side of the deal yet, I should head down there right away before Caulifla gets upset with me about not granting her wish. I'll be back in a few minutes, and then I can show off my power for a few seconds." Twilight and the others barely had time to consider what was going on before Sunset disappeared before their very eyes, though as soon as that happened the Grand Priest shifted his stance and summoned a sphere of some kind from the floor, one that seemed to be like a television or a viewing screen. The reason she thought about that was because it showed them the planet that Sunset was going to, the very one that had been mentioned moments ago, and they watched as the screen focused on what appeared to be a flat grassy area, one that just so happened to rest near a decent sized lake, a sandy path, and a forest, while off in the distance rested an intricate temple that seemed to be merged with a rather large tree. The Grand Priest told them that since Champa was the twin brother of Beerus, the God of Destruction for Universe 7, he had changed the look of his planet so it mirrored his brother's planet, something that Caulifla would likely change in due time, which was fine since these types of planets changed appearances, which all depended on what the God of Destruction of that universe wanted their home to look like. It was in the grassy area that they found one of the Angels, Vados they discovered, watching over a pair of girls, one that was dressed in what appeared to be her fighting attire while the second was wearing the attire of a God of Destruction, where they learned that the fighter was Kale and the other was Caulifla, though interestingly enough Caulifla was also wearing the golden bands of a Destroyer God on her upper arms, a golden band around her neck, and the golden bracers on her wrists. It appeared that the pair was training, with Kale having green colored hair and Caulifla having violet colored hair, but when Sunset arrived a few moments later they stopped what they were doing, returned to their normal states, which was where their auras died down and their hair returned to the black coloration that was normal for a Saiyan, before both of them knelt towards Sunset while Vados bowed her head. "Lady Sunset, this is a surprise." Vados said, though she had the feeling that she knew what was going to happen, as there was something that Caulifla had been promised and had not yet received her wish, but, unlike the past, she also knew that the new ruler of the multiverse would make good on her promise, "To what do we owe the pleasure of your company on this fine day?" "Upon discussing something with some friends of mine, I remembered what I offered you, Caulifla." Sunset replied, where she noticed that the new God of Destruction raised her head for a moment, no doubt having been a little worried that the wish might not actually be granted, but at the same time she seemed pleased to have this happen, to which Sunset turned towards Kale for a moment, "Do to her outstanding performance, and showing that she had the ability to be a great God of Destruction, by fighting someone who was going to hurt her and her fellow candidates while also stopping her predecessor from throwing a tantrum and blowing away several planets, I decided to grant her a wish. Her deepest desire was to grant you, Kale, immortality, because she saw that, while you were happy for her to reach this level, you were also saddened by the knowledge that she would outlive you, despite the fact that Saiyans could live for quite a long time until they expired. With this wish the two of you will be able to live long lives and defend your universe against whatever might trouble it." Kale seemed surprised for a moment, that Caulifla would wish for something like that, before a smile appeared on her face, one that indicated that she was happy by what was happening, to which Sunset raised her hand and wrapped a green aura around Kale, one that was different from the aura she had been using earlier, and focused on what she was doing, before nodding her head as she aura disappeared a few moments later. Once that was done Vados revealed that the only way to be absolutely sure that the wish worked was for someone to make an attempt on Kale's life, something that she knew wasn't easy to ask of anyone, especially Caulifla, though Kale, interestingly enough, insisted that Caulifla be the one to test it out, since she trusted her with her very life. Caulifla seemed a little surprised by that, since she wasn't expecting this to happen, but instead of doing nothing, and making them wonder if she had really been given immortality, she waved her right arm and a blade made out of ki appeared, one that she drove right into Kale's chest and left there for a few seconds, before pulling back to see if the wish had been successful or if she had made a terrible decision. Kale blinked for a few moments, where she glanced down at the tear in her shirt and found that there was no wound at all, it had closed as soon as Caulifla pulled her blade out, causing Caulifla to smile and wrap her arm around Kale's neck for a moment, before they thanked Sunset for the wonderful gift. Sunset smiled and said that it was no problem, as she knew that Caulifla would do wonderful things for her universe, and with Kale at her side there was no telling how much progress they would make, before she bid them farewell and stepped back, where she disappeared from the area she had been standing in... only to reappear in the training grounds not even a few seconds later, where the Grand Priest welcomed her back as the rest of the group stood there with stunned looks on their faces. "You can grant wishes?!" Pinkie exclaimed, showing that nothing really seemed to faze her, something that she shared with her Equestrian counterpart, despite the fact that the displaced Pinkie had six different personalities and could summon all of them at once if she really wanted to. "Seriously, is there anything you can't do?" Rainbow asked, because she was beginning to see just how strong Sunset really was, without even having to see her practice anything in her training grounds, as she had to assume that granting someone immortality had to take a great deal of power and Sunset barely looked affected by it. "If there is something that I can't do with the power of All, then I haven't discovered it yet." Sunset replied, though at the same time she walked out of the dome and stepped back into the training grounds, where she raised her hand for a moment, causing Twilight's eyes to widen as a star, one that looked as big as their sun back home, appeared off in the distance, so they all didn't go blind or die from having it too close to where they were standing, even if the dome prevented that from happening, "I mean, I can destroy whatever I want, I can create whatever I want, and I can do whatever I want... I haven't found anything that this power cannot do, though I do know why I must be careful, because in the wrong hands this power could destroy everything." "Oh, can you turn that sun into a double scoop, strawberry flavored, ice cream cone, without affecting it's ability to act as a star?" Pinkie asked rather suddenly, causing the group to turn towards her like she had lost her mind or something, but at the same time Sunset tilted her head for a few seconds, "Or maybe make it into a double scoop of strawberry ice cream on a waffle cone?" "I've... never done something so completely pointless," Sunset stated, though at the same time she focused on the sun for a moment and considered what Pinkie was asking of her, because with the power of All she had discovered that anything was possible and had believed that she had thoroughly tested the limits of her powers, but, as she expected, it was Pinkie who came up with something random. The sun flared for a few seconds as Sunset focused on what she was doing, though when the light faded she, along with the rest of the group, and that included the Grand Priest, were surprised to see a large waffle ice cream cone floating where the sun had been, one that had two scoops of strawberry ice cream on top of it. "Well I'll be," Sunset remarked, as she was surprised by this turn of events, since she wasn't expecting such a thing to work in the first place, before she waved her hand and dismissed the transformed sun, causing the entire thing to disappear like it had never been there to begin with, "I guess I can use my power like Discord can... not that I'd ever do anything like he would." "I continue to be surprised by what you show me," the Grand Priest commented, because if everything he had seen Sunset do during her time as the Queen of All was any indication of the power she wielded, a power that scared everyone mortal and god that knew about it, then it was a good thing that Zeno had never fully utilized his true power, otherwise the multiverse would be vastly different from what it had been before the tournament started, "and, at the same time, this confirms that it was for the best that you became the Queen of All, since you know when it's appropriate to wield your powers and when it's time to stand back and let someone else take care of business." "You know, that reminds me," Rarity said, speaking for the first time since they arrived in the palace, meaning that she must have been rendered speechless by what they were seeing in all the areas that Sunset had created, before she turned towards Sunset, as there was something that none of them had been told, "Whose the God of Destruction of our universe now? I only ask because you were in that position the last time we saw each other, but now you're the Queen of All, which means that someone must have taken your place." "Rainbow did." Sunset replied, though at the same time she raised a hand to stop the outburst from the group that was in front of her, because she knew what they were going to say and beckoned to the Grand Priest, who nodded his head and changed the screen to show Equus, where they found Rainbow, in her God of Destruction attire, practicing against Twilight, who was wearing her Angel attire, "By that I mean the Rainbow from my home world, because during her adventure with Applejack she unlocked the Avatar of Destruction, a legendary form that only appears for someone whose destined to become a God of Destruction one day, while at the same time Applejack unlocked it's counterpart, the Avatar of Creation, revealing who is destined to become a Kaioshin one day. Celestia, who is a princess in my world, was only my Angel while I was the Destroyer God for our universe, so when I became the Queen of All, and Rainbow took my place, Celestia retired from being an Angel and raised Twilight to her position, allowing her to stop being a God of Creation and let Applejack take her place." As she suspected Rainbow thought it was awesome that her counterpart was a God of Destruction, Applejack didn't seem surprised by the fact that her counterpart was a Kaioshin, and Twilight seemed surprised that her counterpart was Rainbow's Angel, which meant she was technically stronger than Rainbow was, but despite that she couldn't see herself as a fighter and seemed to fall to the floor, only for Rarity to catch her. Sunset guessed she should have seen something like this coming, that too much information would have overloaded Twilight, and she could tell that her human friends needed time to process what they had learned, without revealing that their world was part of a much larger universe. Since it was clear that they were ready to head back, so they could tend to Twilight before doing anything else, Sunset and the Grand Priest brought them together and went back to the planet that they came from, returning to the exterior of the school, near the statue that once house the portal to Sunset's home world. Sunset smiled as her friends embraced her for a few seconds, taking turns since Twilight was out cold, and they made sure that she would find time to come and visit them when they weren't busy, to have a normal day together, instead of exploring the vast palace that she lived in, and she nodded her head before her friends departed from the area. Once that was done Sunset and the Grand Priest let their energy surrounded them and headed back to the palace again, because now they could return to observing the universes and letting Sunset do her job as the Queen of All, as she was sure that something interesting was coming their way and she was waiting to see what happened in the future.