//------------------------------// // Rising against // Story: Rage of Broly // by chaos2012 //------------------------------// Music is optional in the chapter later. not necessary if you don't want it Celestia and Luna stared in shock to the sight that beheld them; Hoovesdale had been turned into a mass of destroyed and crumbling buildings, smoke billowing up from the many fires that were burning throughout. From what they could tell, over half of all the buildings were ready to crumble down into a pile of rubble at any moment, and at least a quarter of the city was already completely obliterated. The worst sight however was directly below them. Several guard ponies lay skewed across the ground, their bodies limp and still. Celestia felt her heart cringe seeing her guards dead beneath her while she did nothing to help them. Her eyes flew across the battlefield, until she found the cause of all of the horror. Broly was standing there looking directly at the incoming princesses, his one hand clutching Shining Armor by the throat. Seeing that he was still alive, the two alicorns dropped down to the ground in front of them, their horns glowing bright. "Broly, put him down now." Celestia's eyes were filled with anger and hatred as she stared at the cold hearted warrior. Broly lifted an eyebrow when he heard the new pony call him by his name. "So, you know who I am? That's a first on this planet. Who are you supposed to be?" "I am princess Celestia..." Celestia opened a wing and let it spread out behind her sister, "And this is my sister, Princess Luna. We are the guardians of this world." Broly just laughed after hearing their introduction, "My my, two princesses? What a thrill. That gives me double the challenge now. I hope that you two will be more fun than this pathetic life form." Lifting his arm up, he hoisted Shining armor higher above himself as the captain thrashed around helplessly. Luna's horn sparked as her magic charged higher. "My sister gave you an order. Release the pony at once." "Hmph. You want him so bad, then take him!" Broly swung his arm forward and threw Shining like a doll through the air towards the princesses. Celestia immediately used her magic and enshrouded Shining Armor in it to catch him. Once he was safe, the princess levitated him to the side and laid him down against a rock. Turning back, she flared her wings out in anger towards the Saiyan, which in turn only made him laugh. "So you do wish to challenge me then. I like that. The question is do you even know the power that I posses?" "I know exactly who you are Broly, and I know that you are a Saiyan." Celestia flapped her wings to lift herself off the ground and prepared her horn for anything. "I wish for you to stop this act of terror on our land or we will be forced to make you stop." Broly put his right hand out and charged up a Ki blast. "I don't even take orders from the prince of my own race. I will never listen to a pathetic race of ponies!" He threw his arm forward and launched the blast towards the two princesses. Pumping their wings, both alicorns separated from each other, leaving an open space for the energy attack to pass through harmlessly. Banking upwards to the sky, Luna shot a blast of blue magic at Broly, who reacted by shooting his own Ki upwards. The two attacks collided and created a bright explosion in the air. Luna had to block the bright light with her hoof to see. As the light dissipated, Broly burst through the smoke coming directly at the lunar princess. Panicking, Luna teleported back to the ground to get out of the line of danger. Celestia flew directly up at Broly and shot several blasts up in rapid succession. The Saiyan flew upwards above the incoming attacks before flying head on towards the white alicorn. He watched as her horn glowed the moment he was about to collide with her, having a good guess at what she was about to do. "Alright, let's see if I'm right." He said to himself as he charged another small Ki blast in his palm. At the last second before they connected in the air, Celestia teleported herself out of the path... Just as Broly predicted. Spinning around, the Saiyan shot his blast behind him just as the white flash appeared in the air. Celestia felt the blast strike her in the side, causing her to yelp out in pain from the burn. Before she could recover fully, Broly was above her with his fists clenched together above his head. Bringing both hands down, he hammered Celestia on the head and sent her careening to the ground below. Dazed from the hit, Celestia shook her head to clear her mind as she fell from the sky. Opening her wings, she caught herself and glided down to the ground. Her alicorn body was much stronger than any standard pony, allowing her to recover from physical attacks much easier than others. She looked back up to the sky where her opponent hovered looking down at her. Broly was surprised by the fact his hit didn't end the pony right there. The guards he was fighting earlier took only a hit or two and they were done. This princess before him took a direct hit to her head and seemingly overcame it easily. The sight brought a grin to his face. "She rivals a super Saiyan in strength. This will be interesting." --- Twilight and her friends watched as the ground passed below them in the chariot. They were all confused on what was going on for the guards to come and demand that they all come to Canterlot immediately. Rarity whined most of the time as her mane was being blown in the wind. "Why in the world would the princess always ride in these things? It is dreadful to my hair!" "Just pipe down Rarity, y'all worry too much 'bout that hair of yers." Applejack snapped. She was becoming annoyed by the constant nagging of her stylist friend. Rarity gasped when she heard that response. "Applejack, how could you ever say that! Do you know how long it took me do my hair like this?" "Ah have no idea cuz it always looks the same." Applejack rolled her eyes as she leaned over the edge by Twilight to speak. "So Celestia mentioned nothin' bout a test er somethin'?" "No, she never mentioned anything that was happening today." Twilight put a hoof up to her chin as she thought, "Actually, I haven't gotten any letters back from the princess in the last few days." "Oh, well I hope nothing has been troubling her." Fluttershy whispered from the side. "The thing is she stopped responding after I sent her that one three days ago." "Ha! I knew it. I knew that rock was really weird!" Rainbow suddenly boasted out. All of the others turned to her in confusion. "Beg your pardon?" Rarity questioned. Rainbow flew up along side the chariot and began explaining how she was with Twilight the other night during the meteor shower. She told them how the one comet she saw looked really strange and seemed to land on the ground in the distance. Pinkie Pie hopped up and down excitedly as she listened to the story. "Ohh that sounded like fun! I wanna watch a meteor shower sometime! I'll throw a meteor party next time!" Rainbow playfully rolled her eyes at her friend and smiled. "Pinkie, you are really crazy." "Why would somethin' like a meteor make the princess worry so much?" Applejack asked. "I have no idea. We can ask her once we arrive to... What in the world?" Twilight stared in amazement as the chariot pulled down to the main castle of Canterlot. Over a hundred guards were lined up in formation around the city perimeter, weapons drawn to their sides. Dozens marched through the streets signaling all ponies to head back to their homes and lock themselves indoors. In the castle courtyard, another platoon of guards numbering over a hundred were organizing themselves and strapping on the remainder of their armor on. The sight was as if they were preparing to go to war. Landing on the ground, Twilight hopped out quickly and ran up towards the main castle doors. As she pushed them open, she nearly knocked over the guard that was coming out at the same time. "Oh sorry about that..." She quickly apologized, "What's going on here?" The guard regained his composure as he stood at attention, "We have been ordered to prepare for a major threat. The princesses said that all soldiers were to be stationed out." "A threat!?" Twilight exclaimed, "What in Equestria has all the guards out? Are the changelings back?" "No. I'm not exactly sure what is the danger. From what I have heard the other guards saying by the way the princesses have been, it's much worse." Music Link Twilight stared forward as she contemplated what she was just told. Even as the guard walked by she looked down the chamber room to the empty throne at the far side of the room. "What is so dangerous as to make you afraid?" --- Broly burst through the side of the building and barreled towards Luna. Crawling out from under the debris on her back, Luna levitated several large boulders and threw them at the oncoming Saiyan. Broly shot the fire rock, spun around to kick the second one away, and brought his fist back and punched through the final boulder. As it split, he was caught off guard by the blue alicorn following right after. Luna brought her front hoof forward and struck Broly in the chin, drawing blood. Before he could hit her back, she dropped down to the ground and spun around on her front hooves. Bucking outwards, her back legs landed directly in his chest and sent him stumbling backwards. Catching his footing, Broly wiped away the blood on his lip and glared at the alicorn. "You'll pay for that." Kicking off the ground, Broly burst through the air and caught Luna by surprise with a right hook to her chest. As she stumbled over, he kicked up into her stomach and lifted her off the ground. Reaching out and grabbing her by her front legs, he spun around and through her through the nearby wall. Celestia rushed down from above and shot a beam straight for Broly's head. Ducking to the side as it clipped his hair, the angered warrior began shooting out a barrage of Ki blasts in her direction. Charging her horn up, Celestia created a shield in front of her, crashing through the small blasts as she continued downward towards him. "I won't let you take our world, Broly!" She yelled out over the blasts as they struck her shield. Broly sneered as he jumped back out of the way of the shield that crashed into the ground. He was becoming frustrated at these two ponies. "They may not look it, but they are some of the strongest opponents I have ever faced. They are as strong as Kakarot and his pathetic friends." He said to himself as Celestia flew at him again shooting a thick beam his direction. Flying up to dodge the blast, Broly prepared to strike back until he noticed the shadow above him. Looking up, Luna dive bombed him and shot a blast of lightning from her horn. Bracing his elbows in front of his face, Broly felt himself knocked several feet back by the powerful blast. As he took his arms away, his face was met with Luna's hard hoof connecting with his cheek. Spitting out more blood, Broly reacted by swinging his arm in a quick uppercut to Luna's jaw, causing her to black out and go limp for a moment. Using his quick chance, Broly landed several more fast punches to her body before doing a mid-air somersault and heel kicking her in the head sending her crashing to the ground below. Celestia watched in fear as her sister plummeted out of the sky and crashed into the ground. "Luna!" Before Celestia could fly down to help her sister, she was slammed in the side by Broly's form. They both tumbled through the air, punching and bucking as they tried to overcome the other. As they came closer to the ground, Broly brought a powerful knee up and connected with the sun princess's chest, knocking the wind out of her. Flipping around so he was at her back, he grabbed her wings and pinned them to her side as she watched helplessly as the ground rushed towards her. Luna shook her body as she crawled up out of the rock and dirt. Looking up, she felt her heart rush as her sister dropped down out of the clouds, the Saiyan clamped on her back. Quickly taking off the ground, she rushed towards her trapped sibling. Her horn began to pulse bright blue as she blasted out a wave of energy that raced across the sky, striking both falling bodies. Broly felt his body being shocked all over as the magic continued to assault him. The power of it itself wasn't actually hurting him, but it was enough of a distraction to give Celestia, who was intact and immune to this special technique, to escape his grasp and shoot a blast of magic into his chest and sending him backwards. Now free, Celestia flew over to her younger sister. "Thanks for that, Luna." "Don't mention it. Lets do this." Luna boasted. Broly glared at the two alicorns before him. He had no idea that there would have been beings this powerful in this world. Lowering himself to the ground, he stood there and stared up as they also flew down to the ground. "This is becoming a nuisance for me." After thinking for a moment, he began to chuckle to himself. "Perhaps I've been taking it too easy on them. I should show them my true power."