//------------------------------// // Chapter 1: Aftermath & Misunderstandings // Story: Dragon Ball: Friendship in Xenoverse // by ThePerverted1EyedBrony //------------------------------// Chapter 1: Aftermath & Misunderstandings Time Nest “Did you really think you stood a chance, ALONE, against someone powered up by two demon crystals?” The Supreme Kai of Time asks Cacto as she applies bandages to him and uses some Capsules to heal the superficial wounds. “While I, ow, know that. We needed to, ow, get back the Dragon Balls, and if we, ow, didn’t they might’ve gotten stuck in the, ow, Demon Realm and became Shadow Dragons,” Cacto responds with winces as the bandages are applied. “I understand that, but we don’t fully understand what causes it, all we do know is the negative energy of the Dragon Balls cause this, so not even I know if by being in the Demon Realm, when the Dragon Balls are re-energized they might be Shadow Dragons,” The Supreme Kai of Time calmly responds as she steps back and sees Cacto properly covered with bandages. “And you better be thankful that one of your partners knows Energy Zone like you, because if it wasn’t for them, you might’ve needed more care after Dakora put a hole through your upper left shoulder,” she adds as she waves her finger at Cacto in annoyance. “Don’t be too hard on him, we didn’t know the situation, nor do we know why they needed the Dragon Balls,” a man calmly interjects as he enters the Time Nest. [The New Figure] “Cako, I thought you said you were…” Cacto begins to speak but is silenced by Cako’s glare. “I was getting supplies for the Festival,” Cako says calmly as he puts down over one thousand capsules onto the ground, “And this was all I could get since the Dragon Balls are inert,” he adds calmly as he hovers in the air sitting cross legged. “So limited food, and no real prize of a wish for the winner…what could possibly beat a wish from Shenron?” Cacto thinks aloud. “I think my cooking could…” the Supreme Kai of Time begins saying but Cako turns their head and glares at them. “What? I’ve gotten better,” she adds as all that does is make Cako raise their eyebrow. “Okay fine how about a seat in your class for a week Cacto?” she adds at the end. “Seems like a good idea…but that should be for the normal division and the junior division can still get a trophy for winning,” Cacto adds to her idea. “So we have our plan,” Cako says calmly putting all the capsules they brought into their storage. But as they do that both Cako and Cacto see the Supreme Kai of Time have a scared look on her face. “What’s wro…”Cacto begins to say as she runs out of the area where she keeps the Book of Beginning and End and begins looking around as Cako and Cacto quickly catch up. “Supreme Kai of Time what is wrong?” Cacto asks. But as soon as he finish’s speaking, a rift opens up over Tokitoki’s perch and drops several unknown people in front of the stand. However only one seems to have enough of their wits about them. “This is an unsanctioned teleportation, state your names and be ready to be detained!” the Supreme Kai of Time yells at them. “Unsanctioned? We were pulled here, wherever here is, by a red and black vortex,” One of them, presumably the leader says calmly as they slowly approach Cacto, Cako, and the Supreme Kai of Time. However, by doing that Cacto fires off an energy blast that wizzes by their head in an instant as he glares at the leader. “Take one more step and I won’t miss next time,” Cacto says in a threatening tone, clearly making her listen. “Again, we just want to know what happened, where we are, and what threat you might pose to Equestria?” The leader says calmly now standing still. Hearing the word, “Equestria” makes the Supreme Kai of Time think back to her studies from the prior holder of her title and how she had to memorize the Book of Beginning & End, and she has never heard of such a place called Equestria. “Sorry but there’s no such place as Equestria, so state your real purpose or I will have my allies engage,” The Supreme Kai of Time says sternly. “What do you mean, ‘No such place,’ it’s the capital of the Equis? How could…” She begins to say but gets cut off by Cacto dashing forwards and rearing his arm to strike once he’s closed the distance. Only to stop. Looking around the Supreme Kai of time also sees Cako with his arms back ready to fire a barrage of blasts but is also frozen. Looking to the leader she’s about to speak when a new voice comes from above them. (Sadly no picture because OC idea of my own.) “Chronoa. She, and her allies, mean you no harm,” the voice says as she, a beige fur, alicorn with a weird clock and hourglass for a cutie mark and an hourglass figure, descends between them. “They were dragged here, and I have stopped time to discuss with you…” She begins to say as Chronoa readies a few blasts of her own. “And I should trust you why?” Chronoa asks hostily until she sees Tokitoki fly up to her and surprisingly, nuzzle her. “Tokitoki and I are what you might call siblings…even though it’s a bit complicated to say the least,” she begins saying, “But I’ve failed to introduce myself, I am Aroa, my job is the same as yours where they are from,” Aroa says calmly. “So you watch over their past, present, and futures? Fixing any errors anyone might attempt to make to the timeline?” Chronoa asks as she dismisses her energy. “No, I keep the evils locked in the Void contained, for there are enemies in there that are worse than the ones that were summoned here, and I cannot stay for to much longer, I will have my own ally that I work with, like your ally named Trunks, assist you with them. I shall share with you all I do know about what is happening,” Aroa says calmly, gently tapping her horn to Chronoa’s forehead and sharing all the information. Only to vanish and time begin to slowly tick once more. “Cacto, pull back!” Chronoa yells at Cacto. Hearing this Cacto stops and backflips out of what he assumes is danger. “Cako, hold off, I know what’s going on,” Chronoa says calmly. “Wait? Why? How?” The leader asks as the rest of the people in the pile behind her finally get their bearings. “I think I can explain that,” A new voice comes from above as it descends and lands lightly on its feet. “Starlight!? I thought you…” Twilight begins to say but is cut off by Starlight. “I’m not your Starlight, in terms of making a comparison, I’m like their Trunks,” Starlight then looks at Chronoa, “I was quickly informed by Aroa of all I need to know, and if you have any questions, I can most likely answer them,” Starlight says to Chronoa. “Cacto, Cako no need to be alarmed, Aroa is the me of their dimension. In simple terms,” Chronoa says whilst paying attention to Starlight. “And I thank you for being calm about this…” Starlight begins to say as the pile of bodies behind her begin to wake up and Twilight cuts her off. “Calm!? I’d like some information please! First off, who is Aroa? What are they? Why haven’t I heard of them? And how can you be both my Starlight, and not mine?” Twilight asks a bit annoyed. “I think that would be best explained later Twilight, so for now, can we discuss about arrangements to work together?” Starlight informs Twilight but returns to speaking with Chronoa. “I will help as best I can due to Aroa and TokiToki’s connection. But I would like the names of all those now behind you as well as their possibility of being a threat,” Chronoa asks calmly. “The big white one is Celestia, the one next to her is her sister Luna, next to her is their niece Cadence, beside her is Cadence’s husband Shinging Armor, next is Flurry Heart, their daughter, then there’s Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, next is Spike, and beside him is Dragonlord Ember, and Smolder, and finally the one behind me and in front of the group is Twilight Sparkle, finally myself, I am Starlight Glimmer,” Starlight names off quickly to everyone in the area. “Knowing their names doesn’t make them less dangerous, and seeing three dragons, means this fight got a bit harder,” Cacto says as he returns to a readied battle stance. “Calm down, they’re allies for now,” Chronoa says calmly whilst keeping an eye on those behind Starlight. “Starlight, we aren’t just our names, we have titles that need to be adhered to if we end up needing to have peaceful negotiations like we need to now,” Twilight says nervously as Chronoa approaches Starlight. “If I may?” Chronoa asks Starlight who lowers her head to Chronoa’s height as she puts her hand on Starlights head and shares all that she’s willing to share before pulling her hand away. “As for the two behind me, Cacto is the third Time Patroller I employed whilst Cako is the second, the first is mostly because of what I showed you. “Understandable, and that is partially me of my universe, but slightly different,” Starlight says as she lights her horn and small bursts of energy hit each of the ponies and dragons on their foreheads and gives them the basic knowledge of the situation. “Hoooo dogi, that just makes mah head spin, and ah think this ere stuff I can’t really wrap mah head around,” Applejack says as she sits down on the grass. Rainbow nods in agreement with Applejacks statement and sits down as well. The other element users nod their head and also sit down. “So just to make sure I got this straight, our villains, were dragged through time and space to here, so by them being here, it strains the time space continuum to the point it could break, but with you being the one who deals with time anomalies you can make it harder for those to actually destroy us, and in doing so make it an issue of, stop them before they cause irreversible damage here?” Twilight asks. “Not exactly,” Chronoa says calmly as she walks towards the inert Dragon Balls and picks one up. “This is what we call a Dragon Ball, they are currently inert because they have the power to grant two wishes, but after using them, they go inert for a whole year. One set of enemies we fight used them to drag your enemies to them, and in doing so wouldn’t cause the errors like you suggested. Only needing to cause an equal and opposite reaction, which seems to be pulling you all here,” Chronoa says calmly as she puts the Dragon Ball down and returns to where she was standing. “If artifacts that powerful exist, then there must be a deterrent to make sure ponies of evil don’t use them?” Luna asks. “The only deterrent is that not many people know of them to the point they’re only spoken of as a myth, and they’re normally scattered throughout the world once they’ve been used, and them being inert for a year after using them is what keeps them as safe as they can be,” Chronoa says calmly. “So what your saying is that while yes, they sound like a myth, someponies seek out those myths, what then?” Twilight asks calmly. “Simple, they need to travel around the world to get them. That’s it…and know the phrase to awaken him,” Chronoa says calmly before glaring at them, “which I will not share,” she adds on at the end. “As much as this conversation is peaceful, all you’ve done so far Supreme Kai of Time is speak of our world, and they have yet to speak of theirs,” Cacto adds calmly. “Right, Aroa gave me all I needed to know,” Chronoa says forgetfully as she walks to Cacto and Cako before floating up to their foreheads and sharing what she knows. “…tch, I’ll head off then…my students need to know their punishment as well as me being the referee,” Cacto says sounding annoyed as he walks to the entrance, but a new person comes flying through. “Supreme Kai of Time! I came as soon as I…” the figure reports, but upon seeing Twilight and her friends he draws his sword from behind his back and begins to charge towards them. Only to be stopped by Cako stepping between them, catching him by his shoulder before putting his hand on his head for a few seconds. “…okay, so it looks like I over reacted partner,” He asks Cako. “Yes, yes you did Trunks,” Cako responds calmly. “It seems like I still have some learning to do," Trunks asks. "It seems we all do," Cako adds loud enough for all to hear, but before any of them can respond he adds, "But I'll be off to supervise the tournament," after adding that he walks through the teleporter and leaves the Time Nest. -End of Chapter 1-