//------------------------------// // Chapter 2 // Story: Vegeta’s Sacrifice! // by ShirtMechanic //------------------------------// Chapter 2 "That's enough!" called out a voice behind Vegeta and the mane 6. The prince turned around to see another pony with wings and a horn standing in front of him. "Who the hell are you?" inquired Vegeta. He began to inspect the mare in front of him. He noticed the pony was as tall as him, or even taller. He also noticed how different the new pony is compared to the one who pissed him off a couple of minutes ago. The mare in front of him had a pure white coat with a slight pink tinge, a shimmering tail and mane that consists of colors from the rainbow, violet eyes, wings, a long, straight, spiraling white horn, and a golden crown and necklace. "Princess Celestia..." gasped Twilight. She then bowed her head in respect, along with the other ponies. Vegeta didn't bow, however, he nodded in acknowledgment since he was a prince as well. He stood in front of the winged unicorn, not being fazed by her tall stature. 'So this is there Princess,' Vegeta thought as he looked at the Alicorn with interest. 'Twilight Sparkle and your new friends, I need you to use the Elements of Harmony. This is our chance to use them on Nightmare Moon.' Said Princess Celestia telepathically, which was heard by the mane 6. The ponies raised their heads and gave Princess Celestia an understanding look. The mane 6 nodded and ran out of the chamber, looking for the Elements of Harmony. While Vegeta noticed this, he didn't give a damn in the world. He looked back at the Princess, looking into her eyes for her true intentions. What he saw surprised him. He was many things in her eyes, such as joy, caring for her ponies, and her happiness for a student. But he had also seen sadness, grief, and loss. Princess Celestia had also been looking into Vegeta's eyes. But what she saw couldn't even compare to what she had seen throughout her entire lifetime. She had seen the destruction of hundreds of planets and a lust for combat. But she also had seen that there was happiness, not for the lust of combat, but family. She could tell that he had done something terrible recently, and had tried to make it up. "What the hell you looking at?" snarled Vegeta, interrupting Princess Celestia from her thoughts. She regains herself and puts on a motherly smile that reminded Vegeta of his mother, Queen Cassava. "I'm simply searching for any bad intentions you might have." Princess Celestia simply said. This had gotten Vegeta to chuckle, getting Celestia to quirk an eyebrow. "Sunbutt, you couldn't even begin to count the number of times I did something bad," Vegeta stated, looking at the Alicorn with a grin. Princess Celestia had frowned at this, knowing that this creature can be a problem if it had decided to attack her little ponies. She had to somehow coax Vegeta into some terms. "What do you plan to do with my little ponies?" "Nothing, unless you want me to change that," Vegeta said as he got up in the princess's face, staring the alicorn down. They stared each other down until the noise of hoofsteps echoed throughout the royal hall. Vegeta turned around to see the 6 ponies from earlier with the six circular stones he saw from before. He looks to the unconscious alicorn in the middle of the room with a scowl but then scoffs as he starts to walk away from the ponies. "Hey!" Rainbow shouted, "Where are you going buddy!" Vegeta looked behind him to see the ponies, except for Celestia and Fluttershy, they starred the Saiyan down, which made Vegeta smile. 'Like that could intimidate me...'. "Going to go clear my head." The Saiyan then proceeds to ignite his aura and fly out of the room into the everfree. Leaving the group a bit surprised, but this left Celestia curious about the prince. The alicorn looked to her student with a quirked brow. "Who was he?" Princess Celestia asked with curiosity trailing her voice. Twilight looked up to her teacher, "His name was Vegeta, Prince Vegeta of the Saiyan race..." Twilight then went onto explain who he was, base on what she heard from him when he was fighting Nightmare Moon. This had piqued Celestia's interest, but more important matters were on her mind as she turned to the unconscious alicorn. Vegeta was flying throughout the forest, looking for a place to make camp until he found a way back home. The Saiyan was still pissed at Nightmare Moon for trying to make him a puppet, it sickened him. He eventually found a small cave in the side of a cliff. He softly landed onto the ground to make as little noise as possible, he wanted to be left alone at the moment. He walked into the dark cave, his footsteps echoing into the cave. He found a 'comfortable' spot on the floor near the entrance to the cave. "Who needs ponies and their shit, rocks are comfortable to sleep on right?" Vegeta commented as he sat against the cave wall. Immediately, Vegeta was uncomfortable, "I've made a terrible mistake..." "Yes, you have..." a booming voice echoed throughout the cave, seemingly deeper inside the cave. Vegeta looked to his right to see two yellow reptilian eyes starring at him. "Who are you to enter my cave!" The voice was closer now as more of the figure revealed himself. It was a large red reptilian with two brown horns sticking out of his forehead. The dragon stared daggers at the Saiyan, who remained calm. "What does it matter to you?" Vegeta said flatly, angering the dragon. "Now why don't you be a good lizard and fuck off." "How dare you!!" the Dragon threw a claw at the Saiyan, who easily dodged the attack. This surprised the dragon, but he stupidly sent a barrage of attacks that made the Saiyan laugh. "STOP MOCKING ME!!!" The Saiyan then appeared in front of the dragon, surprising the reptilian. The Saiyan gut-punched the dragon, making the reptilian keel over and spit up a lot of blood. Vegeta then placed his palms on the gut of the lizard with a smirk. "P-please don't kill m-me..." "Ok," "Truly?" "No" The next thing the dragon knew was nothing. In a flash of light, Vegeta had lit up the cave with his ki blast, incinerating the dragon within a second. The blast had traveled its way out of the cave and into the morning sky, getting the attention of the ponies of Ponyville. As the blast died down, it revealed a very happy Vegeta, him smirking as he finally let out some steam. The Saiyan Prince then went back to where he was before and sat down against the cave wall. He then closed his eyes and got some sleep he hadn't had in a while.