//------------------------------// // Chapter 27: Lord Slug, the Wicked Tyrant // Story: The Legend of Broly // by I-C-U-P //------------------------------// Down in the heart of Ponyville, the daily lives of the townsfolk were put on halt from what appeared to be a severe change to the weather. First came the dark clouds that seemed to have formed from out of nowhere. Darkening the world. Then not long after the clouds passed over, the world around them suddenly felt cold. And it was only getting colder. With the nearby lakes and streams starting to freeze. And with the day supposed to be clear skies and sunshine, the citizens were no doubt unsettled. Amongst the frightened crowd was Magnolia. Despite the day being her day off, she couldn’t shake off her responsibilities as a member of the Canterlot royal guard. Being the first to step in and help however she can. “Alright, everypony! Return to your homes and avoid going outside! The princesses will be notified shortly! Be sure to keep warm in the meantime!” The Pegasus called out to the citizens. Fortunately for her, the other ponies didn’t make a fuss and listened to her instructions. As the crowd dispersed back to their homes, Magnolia breathed a sigh of relief that they listened to her. But the feeling of her ears freezing forced her to pull up the hood of her hoodie. She then looked up at the sky above. Confusion adorned her face. “Really? What’s with these clouds? I’ve never seen anything like them before.” She then focused her gaze. Her eyes widened from seeing a pattern in the movements of the clouds. A swirling pattern. After following the pattern, she found what she guessed was the epicentre. “So, these really aren’t normal clouds. Just what is going on?” She asked before spreading her wings. Taking to the skies before flying in the direction of a famous apple orchard. But Magnolia wasn’t the only one on the move. Within a fairground far away, Pinkie Pie was enjoying the spoils of success. Both from the gifts she had received from the attractions, and from her successful lessons of laughter she had for Broly. But speaking of the Saiyan, he paused as he turned his head in a peculiar direction. His pause gained the look of surprise form the smaller pink mare. “Huh? What is it, Broly?” She asked. She then took note of the expression on Broly’s face. He was surprisingly stern. Not tearing his gaze away. He then spoke up. “Something is wrong. I can sense it.” Then when Pinkie Pie followed his line of sight, she too began to notice something. Slowly creeping over the horizon towards them. Unaware of what the dark clouds truly were. “Hay. I can see dark clouds. But wait. Isn’t that in the direction of Ponyville?” While the pink Earth Pony felt unsettled at what she was seeing, the tall Saiyan however felt as if something was not right. And if it was coming from the direction of Ponyville, then it was possible that his new friends might be at risk. He then narrowed his sights. Concentrating as he began to feel out any energy out of the ordinary. He flinched in response to what he had discovered. He could sense five individuals. And all of them were not of the world of Equestria. Not wanting to take chances, Broly began to march forward. Surprising Pinkie Pie. “We need to head back.” “H-Hay wait!” Pinkie Pie replied as she tried her best to stuff as many gifts into her mane as she could. But her alligator plushie had to be held by hand. Not wanting to be left behind, Pinkie Pie was quick to hop onto Broly’s back. Then without warning, Broly launched himself off the ground with Pinkie Pie in tow. Surprising the onlookers as he sped through the air. …………………………………………………………………………………………......................................... Down at Sweet Apple Acres, the Ponyville group lead by the Twilight and the Royal Sisters, were investigating the cause of the change in the weather. Unfortunately, it lead them in direct confrontation with a new group of alien invaders. The five extra-terrestrials consisted with three minions named Medamatcha, Wings and Angila. The second leader named Commander Zeeun. And their overall boss in charge of them all, Lord Slug. All the innocent souls in the open field stood there motionless at the five. But mostly the tyrant hovering above them all. The way Slug simply lifted and tossed the huge tree showed that he was someone they shouldn’t be messing with. What’s more, the staggering amount of power he possessed was no joke. But not being a magic caster, Rainbow Dash was the one to speak up. Wanting to double check his identity. “Wait a minute. So… t-that’s your real name? S…Slug?” The four other aliens silently paused from the spoken question. Knowing full well the tone behind it too. They felt the hint of humour in it. Commander Zeeun nervously glanced up to his boss. But Lord Slug was unmoved. But his cold gaze moved onto the blue Pegasus. For Rainbow Dash, she didn’t really need a reply. She heard what the other aliens said as clear as day. But in her mind, she couldn’t believe it. Someone who claimed to be a powerful ruler… had a name as ridiculous as that. In fact, it was downright embarrassing. Hilarious even. Her lips began to curl up… Before a sound escaped her mouth, a yellow flash of light suddenly flew beside her head. Just inches from her left eye. The heat from the light burned as the force of it knocked her back. The rainbow haired mare had pure shock on her face as she fell to the ground. “RAINBOW!!!” Twilight cried out as she rushed up to the fallen mare. The others were in shock. The actions happened so fast that they couldn’t comprehend what just happened. As Twilight reached down to inspect Rainbow Dash, she was revealed to be still alive. Sitting up from the ground with the look of pure horror on her face. A sign that the trembling blue mare had just realised that she was just a couple of inches from instant death. Twilight then saw the small burn mark on the side of Rainbow Dash’s face. As well as the tiny smoke covered hole in the dirt behind her. But then following the Pegasi’s fearful gaze, Twilight saw that Lord Slug had his right arm extended. His index finger pointing in her direction. Upon realisation, the group were left horrified at what happened. Just by making fun of his name, Slug struck out at Rainbow Dash with a small finger beam. Purposely avoiding anything vital just to terrify her with the thought that she could’ve been killed very easily. They couldn’t even react fast enough. It all happened in a blink of an eye. Rainbow Dash continued to feel the burning feeling on the side of her head as she stared up fearfully at Lord Slug glaring down at her. His look of disapproval changed to a twisted smirk. “Y-You… You just…” It was all Rainbow Dash could utter. Visibly shaken from her near-death experience. The hovering Slug responded by lowering his arm. And then speaking to her as he lowered down to the ground. “You should feel lucky. I’ve killed for far less.” The other four aliens understood full well what their boss meant. Especially Commander Zeeun. During their previous occupation, he was killed by Slug for his remark about his age. Then seemingly reborn in another world with his comrades, it was a blunder he would never repeat again. Something that Medamatcha noticed with a snicker. “What’s the matter, commander? Getting cold feet?” “Yeah. Getting flashbacks?” Wings added. Joining in on the teasing. With a nervous grunt, Zeeun tried to ignore them. Back with the group, Twilight helped Rainbow Dash back on her feet. With Scootaloo running up to her. “Are you alright!?” The young Pegasus asked out of concern. But the older mare remained too in shock to answer back. Then Twilight looked over to Slug with a look of disbelief. “Why would you do that!? She didn’t even do anything to you!” Slug responded with an evil smirk as he spoke. “The brat deserved it. Surely you know that it’s rude to make fun of others. I have feelings too, you know.” “Besides, she’s one to talk. ‘Rainbow’ was it? What a silly name,” Angila joined. Rubbing insult to injury. Feeling that the actions were unjustified, Princess Luna snapped as she addressed Lord Slug. “Enough! How dare you attack one of our own! Who do you think you are!?” As Slug glanced over to the blue Alicorn, Wings spoke on his behalf. “Why, he’s the new ruler of this puny planet.” “It would be best for you to all surrender to his excellence. If you know what’s good for you,” Medamatcha added. Then Angila joined in. “Not like you can offer much resistance. Since the weather isn’t on your side.” The group all perked up from what the alien minion said. Something about the weather not being ‘on their side’. Starlight was the first to realise what the alien meant. She sharply looked up at the sky before facing the aliens once more. “Wait! The weather! You’re responsible for this!?” The Unicorns outburst made the others gasp in disbelief. But it made sense. For such a strange phenomenon to occur just moments before the aliens revealed themselves. To which Commander Zeeun confirmed. “That’s right, missy. We’ve launched a Terra-Freezing pod just moments ago. It’s in the upper atmosphere as we speak. Spreading its clouds far and wide.” “Terra… freezing?” Twilight repeated. Finding the mix of words strange and unnerving. But after understanding that the first word meant, she gasped in horror at what it entailed. Especially seeing the evidence of it first-hand. “You’re going to freeze our world!?” All the other members of the group paused in shock at what Twilight had figured out. Such an event would highly likely destroy everything they’d known. Foods would be destroyed. Plants would die from lack of sunshine. Animals and even themselves would then all die from the freeze. All of them then looked at the aliens in disbelief. As if having their home threatened by a giant planet-draining tree was bad enough. “Well, well. Looks like we got a smart one over here,” Wings said as he slowly clapped his hands. All just to mock the Princess of Friendship. Then Medamatcha began to stretch as he too spoke. “You cretins might find the air cold. But for me, it’s just right.” But then Applejack interjected. “But what about us!? All our food we’ve worked hard to make will die if ya keep this up!” She said as she motioned her hand towards the nearby apple trees. A statement that Applebloom, Big Mac and Granny Smith agreed on. “Not that we care. If we had more of our tech, we could’ve converted your planet into our personal star cruiser.” Angila added. Showing little to no remorse for the citizens of Equestria. Feeling that talking was getting nowhere, as well as knowing that a fight would ensure, Luna felt like getting ready. But to her surprise, Celestia raised her arm in front of her. As if… she wanted her to wait. To which she confirmed. “Wait, Luna.” “What? But why, sister? They’re clearly the aggressors here!” Celestia remained silent as she glanced over to the aliens. Quietly using her magic to estimate how strong each of them were. ‘It’s as I feared. Each of them is much stronger than us.’ She then drew her attention towards Lord Slug. ‘But he’s much worse. It’s as if he’s on par with Turles. So, Broly must surely sense his power too. If so, then I must find a way to bide time until he gets here.’ Wanting to stall the aliens as long as she could, Celesta tried speaking to the aliens. Addressing Lord Slug. “Tell me. Freezing our home… and then conquering it. Is that really all you want?” For Angila, Wings, Zeeun and Medamatcha, the question left them confused as they all looked at each other for confirmation. With the smaller alien laughing at the white Alicorn. “Hahahaha!! Wha-What kind of question was that!? Surely you know tha…huh!?” Medamatcha paused when he saw Lord Slug took a single step forward. Just a simple action from the tyrant was enough to silence his subordinates. As Slug eyed down Celestia, he grew a grin as he spoke up. “As a matter of fact, there is.” To the confusion of the pony group, the alien invaders looked just as puzzled at their leader just as much as they were. For Celestia, it didn’t entirely matter. She just wanted to stall for time for Broly to arrive. But still, she was quite curious to hear what the giant green man wanted to say. To which he revealed. “Tell me, do you by chance have items or artifacts? Ones that grant you immortality?” For the alien subordinates, they understood what their boss was implying. He was curious if the ponies of Equestria had anything that could grant wishes. Or better yet, their own set of Dragon Balls. The thought gave Commander Zeeun a thought. Was that how his boss fell to the resistance on Earth? As for Lord Slug himself, it was a blunder he didn’t want to repeat. On Earth, he used the Dragon Balls to wish for eternal life. But upon reflecting his past actions against Goku, underestimating the Saiyan was the cause of his downfall. While he planned for revenge once he finds his way back to Earth, he wanted extra insurance to ensure his victory. Eternal youth was good. But that, with a dose of immortality… he believed he could be unstoppable. Celestia however, felt perplex by the question. “Immortality? I… don’t believe we have anything like that.” While it seemed like bad news, Lord Slug knew a way of confirming if the Alicorn was telling the truth. “Heh. We’ll see about that,” He said as he raised his hand towards Celestia before opening his palm. Celestia was confused at first. Not sensing any sort of energy from the tyrant. But then to her surprise, she suddenly felt her whole body jerked forward. Then as she yelped in surprise, she felt herself being dragged forward away from the group and towards Slug. Celestia had just been fallen prey to Slug’s Phycho Pull technique. “Sister!” Luna exclaimed as she watched Celestia trying to dig her feet into the ground to resist. But once the white Alicorn was within reach of the alien warlord, Lord Slug then grasped his huge hand onto her head. Celestia briefly struggled to free herself before finding her whole body suddenly freezing in place. The alien had begun to use his telepathy on her. After establishing a connection, Slug was able to see the confines of the princess’s mind. Mentally searching to try to find any hints of relics or anything that could grant immortality. While he did come across the Elements of Harmony, the only way they would grant immortality was through enchanted stone. Disappointed with the results, Slug released his hold on Celestia. Feeling the sudden fatigue from the experience, Celestia’s body began to give out. But a quick teleportation spell from her sister ensured that at least she would collapse by her side. “Sister! Are you alright?” Luna asked her. Despite the fatigue, Celestia still had the strength to stay awake. “It’s ok. I’m fine,” She replied to reassure her. “What did you just do to her!?” Twilight shouted as she snapped at Slug. To which the tyrant replied as he held his hand out to her with his palm facing up. “Don’t you worry. I didn’t hurt her. I was just looking into her mind to see if she was lying.” He continued as he clenched his hand into a fist before lowering his arm back down. His tone carried a hint of anger. “But to my utter disappointment, I was wrong! Well, I guess there’s nothing worth while on this little mud ball.” The group felt a wave of fear from the comment. Having a very bad feeling about what the aliens were going to do next. “Wait! You mean…!?” Rarity asked with a fearful voice. Wings then responded by slamming his fists together as he spoke. “That’s right! It’s killing time!” “Too bad for you.” Angila added. Almost feeling sorry for the helpless pony people. Most of the group took a step back in fear. The aliens were really considering on killing them all. Applebloom, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo all huddled together as they tried to move behind Big Mac. The silent Fluttershy too quivered in fear. The aliens under Slug were clearly not as reserved as the ones under Turles. “So how are we gonna go about it? You take the small fry?” Wings asked Medamatcha. To which the smaller alien replied. “Oh no. I did that last time.” The small alien chuckled as she began to step forward towards the frightened group. His chuckling grew into laughter. “Just look at them! Quaking in their boots just from the sight of me! And their power is so pitiful, it unfair! A one-on-one fight just won’t cut it.” He then let out a crazed chuckle as he made a declaration. His eyes spinning like crazy. “In fact, I’ll take all of you on myself!” The group were startled from what the green alien said. Was he really going to fight them all on his own? It showed that while he was small, he was very confident in his abilities. For the likes of Celestia and Luna, it was a kind of fight they preferred. Hopefully with their combined might, they may be able to match Medamatcha. Even if not, if they played their cards right, they might be able to stall him long enough for Broly to arrive. But it their minds, it all depended on if the other aliens don’t interfere. Which to their fortune… “Alright then, Medamatcha. Have at them,” Wings said. Joined by Angila. “Do put on a good show, will you?” Commander Zeeun glanced over to his boss. “I uhh… I take it you’re allowing this, my lord?” Lord Slug looked over at the pony group once more to assess their powers. He then gave his reply. “Why not? Conquering this planet is going to be a picnic.” Given the green light, Medamatcha laughed frenziedly as he paused. Waiting to see what the residence of Equestria would do. The princesses immediately taking priority to those who couldn’t fight. “Applejack, get your family inside,” Celestia said to the orange Earth Pony. “And those who can’t fight, please leave now!” Luna added. Upon command, Applejack herded the frightened Cutiemark Crusaders, Spike and Granny Smith away along with Big Mac at her side. The stallion giving Lord Slug an angry glare over his shoulder. Not being true fighters, Fluttershy and Rarity soon followed them. The two helping the spooked Rainbow Dash on her feet. “You two should go too,” Celestia said as she and Luna glanced over to Twilight and Starlight. But the two younger mares felt differently. “No. We’re not leaving you two alone,” Twilight replied. “We’ll support you in anyway we can,” Starlight added. While concerned for their safety, Celestia couldn’t help but smile a little. The two weren’t afraid to jump in if necessary. With Twilight and Starlight spectating, it left the Alicorn Sisters to deal with the frog-like alien. To which the creature blinked in bewilderment. “Huh!? What!? Only the two of you are going to fight me!? What a rip-off!” Medamatcha complained. Feeling cheated. “Don’t take us lightly, creature!” Luna shouted. Joined by Celestia. “We’re the princesses of Equestria. It’s our sworn duty to protect this land from all threats!” The two Alicorns then flared out their wings. But the small alien was unmoved. Laughing at them even. “Is that supposed to scare me?” Then to the surprise of the magic casters, they felt a sudden build up of power from Medamatcha. Then bright pink ki spheres appeared in his small green hands. “Let’s see if you can survive my Evil Comet!” After charging up his attack, Medamatcha began to spin his arms wildly. Firing a barrage of ki spheres in rapid succession. Seeing the oncoming attacks, Celestia and Luna immediately took to the skies. The attacks exploding against the ground where they stood. But despite missing his targets, Medamatcha kept up his attack. Hurtling sphere after sphere of ki. As the two Alicorns dodged the attacks in the air, they noticed that the attacks weren’t in any sort of pattern. They were all hurled in random directions. But it was what the alien wanted. His stray blasts wildly flew everywhere. Twilight and Starlight were shocked to see some of the attacks coming their way. Resorting to teleport out of there. But as they saw the attacks swarming past them, the two airborne princesses were horrified at where the stray attacks were heading. “NO!” The other members of the group were only halfway towards the barn when the pink ki spheres were speeding towards them. But thanks to Applejack’s hearing, she called them all to run as the attacks began to rain down on them. Granny Smith, Spike, Rarity and Fluttershy ducked for cover. Big Mac got knocked away from the shockwaves of the explosions. Crashing into a nearby bush. And the Cutiemark Crusaders were screaming while running for their lives. The explosions and the resulting smoke separating them from the others. Horrified by such heartless actions, Luna was quick to retaliate by firing a blast of blue magic from her hand and down at the attacking alien. But as Medamatcha kept his arms swinging, it deflected her attack away. Leaving the blue Alicorn surprised to see her own attack just bounced off the alien’s arm. But form seeing a sudden golden glow below him, Medamatcha paused his attack to looked down in confusion. “Huh?” The small alien found himself standing in the middle of a large magic ring. Courtesy of Celestia herself. “STOP THIS NOW!!!” Celestia demanded as she unleashed her Solar Smite spell. The same magic spell she once used on Broly the day they first met. Seeing a second glow above his head, Medamatcha glanced up to see a second magic ring. Immediately followed by a bright golden light slamming down on the alien. All eyes as the golden beam of magic rained down in the alien warrior. But to Celestia’s surprise, as well as the other aliens, she could hear screaming. And it belonged to Medamatcha. The white Alicorn couldn’t believe it. The creature’s power was far greater than her own. Yet, her attack was hurting him. As the spell ended, Medamatcha was revealed. Covering his eyes as she thrashed around. Steam seeping from his body. “AAAAAGGHHH!!! The light!! The heat!! It’s almost like the sun!!” As the group all watched on, Twilight glanced up at the darkened sky above. Remembering the talk about the Terra-Freezing pod the aliens mentioned. She then pieced together the results as she looked back at the struggling alien. Starlight listening in. “I get now. He must be a kind of alien who only works well in dark cold environments.” She continued as she glanced up at Celestia. “And Celestia magic ties with the sun. To which he’s vulnerable to.” In just a couple of moments, Medamatcha recovered. His eyes still sore from the intense light from the magical attack. He then glanced up at the white Alicorn. Beneath his mad cackling, hid a fit of rage. “Well, well. I guess you’re first to die!” Leaping off the ground, the crazed alien made a beeline towards Celestia. Trying to react in time, she placed a magical barrier in front of her. But with a single punch, Medamatcha shattered the barrier. Leaving the princess stunned from the magical recoil. But before he could take advantage, Luna charged in. Surrounding herself in a ball of blue magic, she slammed into the alien’s side. Not expecting the attack, Medamatcha hurtled away from the impact. But then came to a stop with the use of his ki. Down below, the aliens were assessing the battle. “Wow. I didn’t think Medamatcha would have this kind of trouble against these weaklings,” Wings said. But Angila gave a better assessment. “It’s only because of that white one. Her power seems to have the same likeness as the sun somehow.” Back in the skies, Luna charged in with her fists glowing a right blue from being infused with her magic. But her punch was blocked by the alien’s wrist. The blue Alicorn tried to keep up her assault. But every punch she threw was countered by the lightning-fast reflexes of the extra-terrestrial. Then after another punch, Luna found her left fist being entrapped in Medamatcha’s right palm. Then when he tossed Luna aside, he was met with a blast of solar magic from Celestia. The attack struck him in the chest. But while the force of the attack didn’t hurt him, the solar effects of the spell did. Giving him a stinging sensation. Glancing up, he immediately flew in to attack the Sun Princess. She tried to fire more magic at him, but the superior speed of the alien enabled him to dodge them. Seeing the oncoming alien, Celestia switched her spells to a more defensive stance. Her whole body covered in a golden glow to enact like a barrier. Then as Medamatcha came within range, he struck her in her gut. Despite the attack being a simple jab with the fingers, the force from the jab knocked the wind out of the Alicorn. Even with her magical defence. Being stunned, Celestia was left vulnerable to Medamatcha’s next attack. Which was a burst of invisible ki from above. The white Alicorn was sent hurtling towards the ground. Fortunately, Luna was there to catch her sister. Seeing the older Alicorn’s in trouble, Twilight and Starlight felt the need to act. “Starlight? You with me?” “You bet I am.” After a quick charge of their own magic, the Alicorn and Unicorn fired a joint purple and blue beam of magic from their hands. Aiming directly at the airborne alien. But being quick to notice the oncoming attacks, Medamatcha raised both his hands towards the attacks and caught them. Using his palms to hold back the attacks. Then to the surprise of the magic casters, the laughing alien cupped his hands together. Containing the magical energy within his grasp as he raised his arms above his head. “Right back at ya!” He yelled as he threw his arms down. Launching the ball of purple and blue energy back at their senders. Surprised by what they were seeing, Twilight and Starlight quickly made a run for it. The attack struck the ground behind them. Causing them to jump for cover. “So you two do want to join in on the fun, huh!?” Medamatcha said as Twilight and Starlight recovered. The alien continued as he glanced over to the Royal Sisters. “Good. The more the merrier.” After parting ways from her sister to split up, Luna looked on at the alien in annoyance. “This thing is starting to get on my nerves,” She said to herself. Getting tired of his voice. But as the alien began to reassess his opponents, he devised a cunning plan. “Hehe. Here. A little surprise for you.” To the confusion of the onlooking ponies, the alien paused as he lowered his arms. Hunching over. Then as he let out more crazed laughter, four growths began to erupt from his shoulders and biceps. At first, the onlookers were recoiled in disgust at the sight. But the thought was switched to shock when the growths sprouted arms and legs. To which then grew eyes. And then let out high-pitched cackles as they crawled around Medamatcha’s body. “W-What the…?” Starlight shrieked in surprise. Joined by Twilight. “He can clone himself!?” Celestia and Luna shared the level of shock and surprise. Also creeped out that the alien could make miniature copies of himself in such a grotesque fashion. The two then flinched when Medamatcha spoke to his clones. “Have at them, Medas!” Upon command, the four Medas leaped off Medamatcha and with surprisingly swift speed, flew across the sky and towards Luna. Startled from the sight of the four mini creatures hurtling themselves towards her, the blue Alicorn tried to avoid them by flying higher. She herself still creeped out by how the creatures just grew from the alien’s body. But the Medas followed her every move and quickly gaining on her. Still trying to process what she had just witnessed, Luna began to fire blasts of blue magic to try and hit them. But due to her rushed aiming, and the small size of the Medas, the creatures were hard to hit. Then to her surprise, one of the Medas grappled onto her right ankle. Its grip surprisingly strong. But Luna was so startled by the odd tactic, she failed to see a second Meda appearing right in front of her face. Her gasp of surprise was silenced when it latched onto her face. Muffling her voice as she tried to pry the creature off her face with her hands. But doing so left her victim to the remaining two Medas. Grabbing a hold onto her hip and bicep. “Sister!” Celestia cried out. She didn’t know what to do. If she tried to attack, she would run the risk of hitting her sister. All she could do was watch. As Luna struggled, the four Medas began to emit a blue flash. Their bodies lighting up. And as they did, Luna’s struggles began to slow. And to Celestia’s shock, sense that her sister’s magical energy was dropping rapidly. Her eyes widened in realisation. The Medas were draining her energy. Luna’s muffled cries began to soften as her wings began to stop flapping. The blue Alicorn began to fall from the sky. “Luna!!” Twilight and Starlight cried out as they tried to rush in on the scene. By the time Luna fell to the ground, her body became limp. The Medas drained all the fight out of her. With all her energy drained, the Medas left her be and began to fly back to Medamatcha. All the while the concerned Celestia teleported to her sister’s side. “Luna!! Are you alright!? Say something!” Hearing her sister’s voice began to stir the Moon Princess awake. The younger sister weakly opening her eyes to see her big sibling. “I’m s-sorry. I’m just… tired.” As Celestia held onto Luna, she glanced over to Medamatcha. Just in time to see the four Medas morph back into the alien’s body. After being reunited, the airborne warrior looked down at the fallen Luna in dissatisfaction. “Really? Is this all the power you possess? I barely feel any different.” Celestia looked at the alien in disbelief. Much like Tirek, Medamatcha had the power to absorb energy of others and add it to his own. But then to her shock, the alien’s palms glowed yellow as he built up his ki. “Well, time to waste you!” He shouted as he fired his Full Power Energy Wave attack down at the two. Celestia froze from seeing the yellow beam of ki descending down towards her and her fallen sister. But just as she thought she would be hit by the attack. Both herself and Luna vanished in a flash of purple and blue. Leaving the attack to strike the ground in a large explosion. Blowing smoke and dust everywhere. The surprised Celestia looked at her surroundings as soon as she and Luna reappeared. There she found Twilight and Starlight beside her. Both their horns and hands glowed with magic. The white Alicorn realised what had happened. The two used teleportation spells to have her and her sister in the nick of time. “Thank you,” She said to her saviours. “Don’t thank us yet,” Starlight said as she and Twilight glanced up at the energetic alien. “Well, well. You all sure are a slippery bunch. Aren’t you,” Medamatcha said as he grinned at the ponies below. But then movement caught his huge yellow eyes. Looking across the field, he laid his sights on the frightened Applebloom, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo. Separated from the others and staring fearfully at the airborne alien. Then upon gaining a twisted idea in his head, Medamatcha grinned sadistically at the three young girls. “Alright Medas! Play with the kids!” Upon command, the four miniature creatures separated from Medamatcha and then made a beeline towards the three young teens. The others watched on in horror as the four small aliens flew over their heads. “NO!” Twilight cried out. Joined by Starlight. “Leave them alone!” But their pleas were ignored. The four Medas cackled in laughter as they swarmed towards the Cutiemark Crusaders. The three paralyzed in fear as the creatures drew closer and closer. But before they could get any closer, the front Meda suddenly got swatted away by a large branch. Crashing to the ground and making the other three pause in surprise. The three young mares too were stunned. For they had been saved by an older mare. Standing between the Cutiemark Crusaders and the four Medas was the Pegasus Magnolia. The off-duty royal guardsmare had arrived in time to witness the carnage at Sweet Apple Acres. Not expecting the dark clouds to be linked with an alien incursion. But with no sword at hand, she had to make do with a branch she picked up on her way there. “Get out of here! Now!” She demanded to the three. Making the surprised young teens run for cover. Being in the near vicinity, the three Alicorns and Unicorn too were surprised by the Pegasi’s arrival. “Who’s that?” Starlight asked. Celestia answered. Recognizing the mare in question. “I know her. She’s one of the royal guard.” With Applebloom, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo out of harm’s way, Magnolia stared down at the four Medas. Holding the branch like a sword. It was supposed to be her day off. But with the safety of the princesses on the line, she would put her needs aside to ensure their protection. She’s still a royal guardsmare to the end. The four aliens however chuckled at the sight of defiance. Then without warning, they all charged at her. Magnolia was very fortunate that the Medas weren’t strong fighters. Despite the threat the four posed, they were individually weaker than the original Medamatcha. The Pegasi quickly swatted the first alien away. Sending it flying. But when the second closed in, she was quick to raise her right leg to boot the creature back. Then when the third and forth got in close, she swiftly took to the air with a beat of her wings. Gaining just enough distance to swing the branch at them. Smacking the two Medas in one swing. But despite the beating, the four Medas were quite resilient. Quickly recovering to go on the attack again. Magnolia was just able to dodge two charging at her. A third was just able to snag a feather off her wing. “G-Get back you freaks!” She said as she smacked another Meda away. The Pegasus was clearly beginning to stress from the constant swarm attacks all around her. Forcing her to constantly be on guard. But when her guard was briefly dropped, she found one of the Medas grabbed a hold on her left knee. Startled at first, Magnolia was quick to retaliate. Deliberately falling to her knees, she used her fall to squash the air out of the creature. The tiny alien gagged before being forced to let go. Quickly getting back up, Magnolia braced herself for another assault. But instead, the four Medas were hovering in place. Then they heard the command of Medamatcha. “Alright. Time to come back.” With no hesitation, and to Magnolia’s surprise, the four Medas flew back to the bigger alien. Merging back into his body. Afterwards, Medamatcha glanced over to the Pegasus. “You got some moves, I’ll give you that.” He continued as his palms revealed balls of pink ki. “But try and dodge this!” Spinning his arms once more, the alien warrior unleashed his Evil Comet attack. The hailstorm of energy blasts rained down towards Magnolia. Being completely unprepared for such an attack, the shocked Pegasus tried to take to the air to get out of the way. While most of the attacks missed her directly, her frantic evasion eventually ended up getting herself caught in a couple of explosions. The mare yelling out in pain from being exposed to excessive blast waves. As the attack ended, Medamatcha laughed at his handiwork. Among the dust clouds, laid the battered form of Magnolia. Lying on the ground, her hoodie tattered and torn. She was still alive. But grunting as she weakly tried to get back up. Glaring at the alien in frustration. “D…Damn… it.” The onlooking ponies felt nothing but remorse for the guardsmare. She was only trying to protect the innocent. She had to be very brave to go up against such a foe. But Medamatcha however only made fun of her. “Ha! Was that it? I thought you would at least put up more of a fight.” But as he chuckled, he was interrupted by heavy footsteps. Soon all eyes turned towards where they were hearing. And to the surprise of the ponies, the red stallion Big Mac charged back before standing his ground. Letting out a loud grunt before speaking his mind. “Enough! You all go back to where you came from and leave us alone!” The ponies were admittingly amazed by how brave the anthro stallion was being. For Starlight, it was quite rare for her to hear him say more than one word. But at the same time, they were afraid that something bad might happen to him at a moments notice. Quite keen on seeing how brave the red Earth Pony was being, Lord Slug turned his attention to him. “Is that so, boy?” Then as he turned to face the anthro stallion, the warlord raised his arms slightly to his sides. Openly leaving himself wide to any attack. To which he began to gloat to Big Mac. “If you want us to leave, then try it. Make us leave.” Seeing that their boss wanted to be in on the action, Wings, Angila and Zeeun stepped back. Not wanting to be in Slug’s path. Big Mac was never the one to resort to violence so quickly. But the aliens were clearly threatening his home and friends. But what was worse, was that they had openly tried to attack not just his friends, but his family too. He had his granny and sisters to protect. He would not let anything bad ever happen to them. It was his duty as the big brother. Deciding to take action, Big Mac charged towards the awaiting alien lord. His body being fuelled by the determination to put an end to the threat. But as he ran, Applejack was next to arrive back on the scene. She gasped from seeing what her big brother was doing. “Big Mac! No! Don’t do it!” But her warnings were being ignored by her determined brother. As he charged closer, Big Mac was ready to clench his hands into fists. He tried to fight off the alien invaders previously, and he would do it again. With a loud yell, Big Mac reared his right arm back and threw a punch at Slug. Despite the height difference, the stallion landed a blow on the alien’s left cheek. But as the world stood still, nothing happened. Lord Slug didn’t react to the attack in the slightest. The warlord smirked as Big Mac retracted his arm. The look of shock and confusion on his face. He then tried to throw more punches to Slug’s gut. But if anything, it felt like punching a brick wall. The stallion’s fists starting to sting from the blows. Then as he took a moment of pause, the alien taunted him. “Was that it? I thought you were going to make us leave.” Trying not to be scared in front of his enemy, Big Mac tried to attack again. But before he could even throw another punch… “Pathetic,” Slug uttered before backhanding the stallion away. The force of the blow sent the red Earth Pony hurtling back before crashing into a large apple tree. Him gagging in pain from having his back slammed against the plant. The combination of the attack and the crash left Big Mac stunned as he slumped down to the ground. “Big Mac!!” Applejack cried out. Fearing that her brother had gotten himself seriously hurt. Turning her attention to Lord Slug, Applejack snapped at him. “He was still recoverin’ from his earlier fight with other aliens the other day! What’s the matter with you!?” Slug however glanced over to Applejack with the look that didn’t care. But then his expression changed to that of annoyance. “I think I’ve grown tired of hearing you whelps.” Then to the shock of the onlooking ponies, Lord Slug slowly raised his right hand and pointed his index finger directly at Applejack. The orange Earth Pony’s expression drastically changed to the look of pure horror at what it meant. And remembering what kind of attack the warlord could do. She then saw the tiny ball of light forming just in front of the finger. The sight caused the Element of Honesty to freeze in fear. He was going to kill her. Then a stray voice called out to her. “Get down!!” Out of nowhere, Rainbow Dash flew at great speeds to push Applejack out of the way. Just as Lord Slug fired his finger beam. While the attack didn’t land on anything fatal, however… the beam just grazed Rainbow Dash’s left upper bicep. The two mares fell to the ground. But from what felt like being cut by a white-hot knife, Rainbow Dash cried out in sheer agony. Using her right hand to clench onto her bleeding wound while rolling around. Unable to stay still and failing to keep the pain to herself. “Rainbow!!” Scootaloo cried out just as she saw tears falling from the blue mare’s clenched eyes. Hearing the cries of pain stirred Magnolia up, trying to get back on her feet. “Oh, no!” She uttered as she got onto her knees. Starlight rushing up to help her up. Despite the fear she was feeling, concern overtook it when Applejack saw the stricken blue Pegasus. Rushing over to her to comfort. “Rainbow! I… I’m so sorry!” She said. Feeling that it was her fault that her long-time friend got herself hurt because of her. The guilt swelling up. But the fear returned when Slug began to walk up to them. Both Rainbow Dash and Applejack started up at the towering lord as he grinned at what happened. “Oh, don’t worry. I’ll put you out of your misery,” He said as he pointed the same index finger at the two. “No! Don’t do it!” Celestia pleaded as Luna tried to find the strength to move properly. As for Twilight Sparkle, her mind and body was in full panic mode. So much had happened in just a short span of time. Looking to her right, she could see Starlight Glimmer helping the battered guardsmare up. The Cutiemark Crusaders cowering in a nearby bush. But being stalked by Medamatcha. Then looking over to her left, the Princess of Friendship saw the near unconscious form of Big Mac being tended by the frightened Rarity, Fluttershy and Spike. The fearful Celestia with tears in her eyes from what was unfolding. All the while holding the weakened Luna close in her arms as the other alien minions kept their sights on the pair. Then, the purple Alicorn looked ahead of her. Her eyes falling on the sight of the stricken Rainbow Dash huddling close to Applejack as they stared up in terror while Lord Slug’s shadow loomed over them. The wicked tyrant letting out an evil grin as another small ball of ki formed at the end of his pointed finger. Panic was rapidly setting in. With everything happening around her, Twilight had never felt the situation being so dire. Her friends and family all hurt and terrified. Hope seemingly non-existent. And two of her Ponyville friends just seconds away from deaths doorstep. And nothing they had going for them was going to help. But there was hope. Their only one. But he was far away. Closing her eyes tight… hoping beyond hope… wanting the terror to end… Twilight Sparkle took in a deep breath… and with volume she had never reached… called out to her only saving grace. Screaming his name. “BRRROOOOOOLLLLLLLYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!” Twilight’s cry was loud. Louder than her voice had ever been. As if she had found her Royal Canterlot voice. The voice echoed all through the battlefield. Through Sweet Apple Acres. All throughout Ponyville. And beyond. Rapidly closing in, the cry was heard. Both Broly and Pinkie Pie caught it. Snapping them both to attention. “Was that Twilight!?” Pinkie Pie asked. Unsure if it was what she heard. But for the Legendary Saiyan, there was no mistake. His eyes widened before narrowing in determination. He heard Twilight’s voice. Her tone full of fear and despair. And the unknown powers he was feeling, all of them were malicious. Utilizing his flight, Broly sped to impossible speeds as he approached Ponyville. Causing the pink mare to scream as she held on for dear life. ……………………………………………………………………………………...................................... In the scene of battle, everything fell silent in response to Twilight’s outburst. But her cries of distress was joined by wailing of pain. All eyes, both alien and pony, all looked to where the sound of distress was coming from. To their surprise, it was Lord Slug. The tyrant cried out in pain as he clenched his hands against the sides of his helmet. Presumably where his ears were. The big green tyrant, being sensitive to certain sound frequencies, felt as if his ear drums were bursting. Causing his head to throb with the biggest headache he ever felt. “L-Lord Slug?” Commander Zeeun asked. Unsure if his master was alright. As the pain slowly subsided, Lord Slug glared angrily at the startled Twilight. Seeing that the loud voice came from her. He snarled in response before speaking up. “Grrr! I’m going to shut that mouth of yours, permanently!” In a rage fit, Lord Slug raised his open palm at the purple Alicorn. The Princess of Friendship yelping in fear as she froze in response. Feeling that the tyrant was going to kill her instead. It was just what Lord Slug was about to do. But be paused. His expression went from rage to puzzlement. For a moment, he felt a different power fast approaching. Then in just a split second later, his face was met with a golden boot. The force of the impact sent a shockwave through the warlord’s entire being. And by the time he could register the pain, his body was already being sent hurtling across the field on his side. Powerful shockwaves ravaged the whole area as Slug’s body vanished from sight. And in his place, was the hovering form of a tall muscular Saiyan with a pink Earth Pony holding onto his back. The latter releasing her hold and landing on the ground. As strong gusts of wind blew in the faces of everyone, all the ponies saw the familiar form of the hovering alien. Their faces of shock and fear instantly replaced with sheer happiness and joy. Most of them even chanting in joy. “Yeah! Broly’s here! He made it!” Starlight cheered. Already feeling ecstatic at the sudden turn of events. Just resting next to the Unicorn, the Pegasus Magnolia froze in place as her eyes widened at the form of the hovering Saiyan. Letting out a quiet gasp of surprise. Despite the gusts of wind blasting through the area, the guardsmare’s sights locked onto the alien floating in the air. Looking at him from the side. His strange clothes. His muscular frame. His face not belonging to anything she had ever seen. It was him! The alien warrior that had saved their world twice before! The one that her best friend Velvet desperately wanted to see! There he was! Up close, right in front of her for the first time! No longer being seen from the distance! “Broly,” Magnolia whispered as her expressions morphed into complete awe. Her widening sights not tearing away, even when the tall stern Saiyan landed firmly on the ground. Ready for another fight.