Pinkie Pie and the Warrior lady

by danail24

The Heart of a Warrior

Arracacia stared at all of the equine creatures in front of her, the fire of hatred burning inside, yearning to let all of those feelings out. The flame of her golden aura brightened as her power kept rising.

‘RRRRRR! I HATE THESE ANNOYING PONIES! THEY CAN’T UNDERSTAND ME! NO ONE CAN! AND THEY JUST WON’T LEAVE ME ALONE! WELL IF THEY REFUSE TO, THEN I’LL SHOW THEM THAT I MEAN BUISNESS!’ The Saiyan yelled inwardly in her mind, clenching her fists, her arms bulking up further.

Trying her best to find her focus in this sea of rage, the warrior woman felt the energy surrounding her. Once she found a suitable location, the ponies could only stare as she raised her arm, aiming it at a mountain, positioned her fingers as if in the holes of a bowling ball and started gathering up her energy. A sphere of white light surrounded by a green tint appeared, growing more and more brilliant by the second.

“LUMINOUS BOOOOOM!” Arracacia hollered, releasing the condensed mass of light into a stream thrice as thick as her shoulder.

The beam flew over to its destination with a loud whistle, and then all was silent for a mere moment before a massive detonation occurred, everything in that area being covered by a vast luminescent orb which emitted strange bass sounds before it eventually faded, the dust quickly clearing and leaving its result in plain sight:

“S-s-Smokey Mountain! IT’S GONE!” Rarity screeched in a high pitch voice, staggering back and falling on her back.

Being once again left in utter bafflement while everypony’s jaws hung loose, there was one pony who managed to snap out of her trance first, elbowing her sister frantically:

“S-sister! Use the Elements! It’s our only chance! This must be dealt with now!” Luna’s words put Celestia back into her attentive state once more.

Done with hesitation, the prismatic alicorn’s horn lit up surrounded by its soft very light golden hue and with a zap, the small wooden casket containing the Harmony jewels appeared, brought instantaneously to their current position.

“Girls, the situation is dire! I need you to use the Elements of Harmony right now or I’m afraid this Saiyan might destroy the whole world of Mythos as we know it!” Celestia offered the mystical jewels to her student, a pleading look on her face.

“Right! Let’s go girls!” Twilight prompted her friends, putting their jewels on with her telekinesis.

“Hey, wait! Are you sure we should? I mean I know a clear message when I see one! She said: “Stay away from me! I’m dangerous!” I mean come oooon! That clearly shows that she doesn’t wanna hurt us!” Pinkie Pie’s face suddenly turned to one of worry, which from her friends’ point of view seemed completely unlike her.

“Pinkie sugar cube, Ah don’t know how much sweets ya ate before we got here but this isn’t the time to go arguing about things like that! The whole world is in danger!” Applejack berated her cotton candy maned pal, the rest of the Elements agreeing with her and ignoring Pinkie’s words of wisdom for the moment.

The Saiyan viewed their actions with unbridled indignation. They dared to attempt to stop her once more after everything that’s happened! After that display of power she just showed them!

Even though half-willing Pinkie Pie put her necklace on and took one more gander at the furious and frustrated Super Saiyan before letting the magic of Harmony envelop her. All six of them rose, the white light enveloping their small forms. Their gems started releasing their individual glows as they connected. And just as the magic of Harmony started flaring and preparing to be unleashed, the warrior woman simply vanished out of existence to everypony’s renewed amazement. A few seconds later the fighter reappeared.

“What’s happening?” The lavender unicorn asked nopony in particular as she felt the magic of the Elements leave her.
The other bearers were confused as well and wondered what went wrong as their hooves touched the ground once more. That is until they noticed something new.

“The Elements! She has them!” Fluttershy pointed with her hoof, her voice rising to an unnatural level compared to her normal volume, and true to her word the jewel incrusted necklaces and tiara where indeed in Arracacia’s possession, all of them slung across her right arm.

The bipedal being gazed upon them with utter resentment. Then returning her attention to the jewelry, her look intensified, sliding the tiara with the violet star in her hand.

‘I could just crush these rocks and gold!’ She thought, tightening her grip around the small head ornament ‘It would be easy! I could turn these into dust in seconds, and then kill all these ponies! And I want to do it soooo much, it’s burns! I want to kill, destroy, let it all out! But…’

The warrior’s breathing became labored. Right now she was fighting her own Super Saiyan instincts! The instincts to be ruthless and overcome with rage! But deep inside of her, the memory of the doctor who raised the small Saiyan girl clung to her like a nagging conscience on the back of her mind.

This was displayed physically as the fem fighter’s muscles kept contracting, her whole being quivering under the pressure. Both her hands shot forward as she prepared another one of her death beams, the light from it flashing as the energy gathered. As the ponies lay witness to this they took a step back but none of them moved any further, stuck there like deer in the headlights. And just as it seemed like Arracacia was about to be consumed by her fury, the energy blast shining from her hand dissipated and she clenched her fist so tightly blood started trickling down from it.

So in the end she settled on throwing the ancient artifacts in the air, using her ki manipulating skills to encase them in a hollow sphere where no magic could reach them. The globe was dark pink in color, with an ethereal quality and electricity of the same hue surging through it, protecting it.

Then the Saiyan set her sights on the one equine that she held the biggest grudge against:

“You!” She simply said, pointing at Luna “The dark blue one!” The warrior specified, making everypony cringe.

Raising her palm straight up, Arracacia brought it down, which resulted in the alicorn of the night’s feet to buckle as her belly glued itself to the ground.

‘W-what in the name of Equestria is happening? What is she doing to me! Is this some sort of gravity spell? I feel like the entire moon is pressing down on me! And it keeps getting heavier!’ The dark mare struggled under the incredible burden, striving to remain conscious as the world started spinning around her, hoping that her spine wouldn’t snap before that.

“No! Please! Take my life instead, just please leave my sister out of this! I beg of…” Celestia tried to intervene but was caught dead in her tracks as some strange power that came from the alien’s eyes managed to paralyze her in one place.

The white alicorn’s example was soon followed by the others who begged and whined and pleaded for the diarch’s fate.

“SILENCE!” The Super Saiyan hollered reaffirming her dominance over the situation “Now!” she turned her gaze back to the pony she was torturing “You give up?”

“Huh? What? Pardon? Excuse us?” Various replies were heard.

Luna couldn’t believe her ears! Was this all it was about? That fight they had some time ago?

“I GIVE, I GIVE!” The lunar alicorn shouted in desperation, forgetting about her pride, with nothing else to lose.

“Then it’s my win!” The fighter nodded, releasing her grip over the alicorn and letting the hurt equine breathe easy once again.

“Luna my dear!” The diarch of the sun ran to her sister’s aid, nuzzling her and then draped her over her back.

“As for the rest of you!” The woman traced her finger over the entire group, as she started walking towards them.
“Now listen closely because I will only say this one more time!” the humanoid stopped at a distance of ten feet, and once she did she took a deep lungful of oxygen, her ribcage expanding greatly before booming out the mightiest bellow in existence:

“LEEEEEEAVE MEEEEE ALOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONE!”

The cry itself was so loud that it made the Royal Canterlot voice sound like the meek little whispers of Fluttershy, echoing and echoing farther and farther, throughout the entire land. There was no creature in all of Equestria that didn’t hear this shout! Every pony shook in terror as they all stopped what they were doing at the moment and waited for the potential danger to pass, some of them even curling up in a ball and the little children and foals starting to weep.

Finally as the repetitions of her own voice died away, Arracacia floated up hundreds of feet in the air before powering up and propelling herself in a random direction at an unfathomable speed, creating three vertical golden discs along her trail. Once that happened, the Elements of Harmony fell on the ground harmlessly, their energy container ceasing to exist.

The princesses, Mane six and the guards sat on their hind quarters, trying to recover from the shock and clutching their ears.

“D-DID YOU SEE THAT? SHE MADE A TRIPLE SONIC BOOM! TRI-PLE SONIC BOOM!” Rainbow Dash hollered in a very high pitched voice in different volumes.

“WHUUUUT? DIMPLE TONIC ROOM? THAT DON’T MAKE NO SENSE!” Applejack yelled back, as their conversation kept on going in circles.

“Silly girls! They should’ve put a pair of corks in their ears like me!” Pinkie removed her earplugs.

“It seems she got her point across!” Twilight rubbed the inside of her ear with a hoof before asking her mentor “So how should we go about this princess?”

“Uuuum… I” The snow white princess muttered, in a state of confusion before she realized where she was and reestablished her regal demeanor “I think it would be wise to… simply listen to the Saiyan and leave her alone for now.”

“But princess Celestia! Didn’t you see what she did to your sister! Just look at her! She’s a mess!” Rarity protested, motioning to the Lunar diarch who was lying on her belly on the ground, wincing in pain.

“We don’t want to instigate any more conflict than needed! The Saiyan is simply too strong, maybe even stronger than anything on this world! The damage has been done! We should be relieved that’s all she did!” Celestia looked over her subjects sternly and with authority, materializing a deep blue blanket out of thin air before lifting her sister up and wrapping her body around it with her magic “Do not misunderstand! As princess of Equestria I will deal with this problem when the time comes!”

Calling in for the princess’s personal chariot, the shepherd of the sun lay her sister beside herself and with a single word of command all of them took of back to Canterlot. The trip was uneventful, as everypony was silent, the atmosphere heavy and depressing.

After a smooth landing as the group of equines filed out the tall marble platform, only one didn’t budge from her position once out of the carriage. Pinkie Pie just stood there, gazing sadly into the distant blue, looking glummer than ever. Her little frown deepened as she let out a deep sigh:

“Oh, why did things have to turn out this way? I didn’t want her to leave… I just… want to be her friend…”

“Pinkie? What are you doing? Come on!” Rainbow Dash flew over to her party friend, scolding her a little but once she saw the long face her best pranking bud wore, the cyan pegasus’s features softened “Look! I don’t know why you’re sad and all but we all need to figure this stuff out together, so please…”

“*sigh* Okay Dashie.” Pinkie finally relented, tearing her gaze from the skies and letting herself being accompanied by her flying companion.

As the procession continued down the wide and spectacular halls, the ruler of the day ordered some of her guards to take her sister through a secret detour route and lead her to the royal infirmary for immediate treatment while she and the Elements took the more scenic path. Having thought of everything a couple of steps ahead, Celestia weren’t surprised when she and her escort were mobbed by numerous members of the nobility, all of them clamoring for her attention.

“Princess Celestia, your majesty, what is going on here? Everything is in utter chaos!”

“Is it Discord? We know he’s been recently reformed and all but this is ridiculous!”

“Instant tele-scroll reports are coming in from every major city in the country! The entire country is in panic after we all heard that threatening shout!”

“Who was it that elicited such a primal roar?”

“The press is at the gates! They said they had pictures of Princess Luna combating an unknown creature in the skies of Canterlot and one of a yellow light coming from the valley with bolts of lightning surrounding it!”

“Cloudsdale wants an explanation as to why their thunderclouds went rogue!”

“Some high level unicorn mages including myself received major headaches a while ago! The only explanation the doctors gave us is that a large source of power might have caused our magic sensors to become overstimulated but our magic specialists say that it’s simply impossible!”

“Princess Celestia! Your highness! Your majesty! Your Eminence!” They all kept talking over each other which only attributed to the white diarch’s migraine.

‘To think that my little ponies know so much already! It’s going to be very difficult to gloss over the situation!’ The alicorn closed her eyes, breathed in and breathed out, trying to relieve some of the stress that had been building up in her temples.

Raising a forehoof in the air, the regal equine reestablished order before proceeding with her statement:

“As members of the Royal Court, all of your concerns are understandable! And for that I will issue you to organize a live press conference in which I will clear all uncertainties! That is all!” Celestia waved once more as a sign of dismissal.

“At once your majesty!” A burly lead grey stallion with a short white mane, a black top hat, a neckpiece and a monocle confirmed the order, taking action and dispersing every noble, urging them to take some action.

As they all continued, the atmosphere between the princess, the guards and the Ponyvillians was as silent, cold and as ghastly as ever. Deciding to break the ice, Twilight called out, awkwardness clear in her voice:

“Princess, I’m sorry I’m asking again but… how are we going to go about all of this?”

“Patience my dear Twilight! I will first go to the Royal medical wing to check up on my sister, while you and your friends wait in my office. Once I’m briefed on her condition and assured that she’s going to be okay, I will meet you there. And then we’ll have to discuss things more thoroughly! It seems that this matter cannot wait any longer and we must take the first steps towards resolving it.” The Shepherd of the sun stood firm, determination written all over her face.

“That’s fine with us princess! Come on y’all! Let’s get a move on!” Applejack ushered her herd of friends, leading them away herself, some royal guards showing them the way.

/far South, beyond Equestrian borders/

Arracacia had no idea for how long had she been flying now. All she could do to dull the pain which just kept coming and coming in waves was to simply keep her gaze fixed on the slowly changing scenery due to her 2 and a half miles ascension. She had to admit to herself that it felt somewhat soothing to her nerves to simply wash her troubles away as she looked upon the world below her.

‘A world on which I’m stuck…’ A grim thought rammed her hard in the head, ripping her away from her happy place and back to cruel reality.

As depression and fatigue was beginning to take a hold of her, the Saiyan shook her head and looked down one more time. The landscape was now that of endless savannahs, with deep-rooted huge dark brown mountains popping up here and there.The warm tones of the grass were pleasant to the eye and so was the contrasting green that the occasional trees brought. The scorching sun and the quality of the air told her that it was the apex of the dry season down there.

And it was in that moment that something caught the warrior lady’s eye. Probably one of the few places that had this certain feel that reminded her of her home! Deciding to check it out, the Super Saiyan descended, her aura dimming as she did. The ground grew closer and closer, revealing a massive bowl like mountainside.

Once her feet touched its solid surface, the fighter finally felt the strain take its toll on her body as she collapsed face first on the rocky plateau, her hair losing its yellow spiky quality and going down against her back and her eyes reverting back to their natural color. Completely exhausted, the alien female could only take notice of her surroundings as she took them in: the big lake with a small waterfall, trickling down fresh water yet somehow not making it overflow; the various stone pillars jutting out from everywhere like she was inside of a canyon; caves of all sizes which seemed so inviting and peaceful. Just like one of Vegeta’s rocky wastelands!

As she grinned one last time, Arracacia fell asleep as she was. She now lied on her new favorite spot, basking under the caressing hot rays of the sun which her body soaked up, her mind temporarily forgetting about all its woes and pains, being whisked away into blissful unconsciousness.

/Back at Canterlot in Celestia’s office/

“This is mighty serious y’all! That mighty powerful thing got the entire land of Equestria shaking in its boots!” Applejack shared her concerns, rubbing the back of her neck nervously.

“Did you see how fast it flew? And without wings! And it blew up a mountain! And it turned spiky blonde with blue eyes! I would’ve thought all of it extremely awesome if it wasn’t going to kill us!” Rainbow Dash shuddered at the thought of being incinerated by one of the Saiyan’s energy attacks.

“My word! And here I thought it looked horrid before, but when it did that trick it… Eeeeuuuk… turned even uglier than before! That garish blonde mane, those repulsive hulking muscles! That alien is so not a proper lady! And the entire time it acted like a vulgar beast!” Rarity threw a fit, not sparing one ounce of her indignation.

“I’m still not sure how powerful this Saiyan exactly is since that pill prevented me from checking but I might’ve been in luck. By the princess’ reaction and the way the alien blew up that mountain with ease, she may have the power to shatter this entire world to pieces!” Twilight paced back and forth, her brain working at full capacity to resolve this problem.

“That’s terrible! She-she can’t do that! What about all the animals! All the ponies! Where will we all live if she blows up our home?” Fluttershy started panicking, putting both of her forehooves against her cheeks, squishing them and making adorable little frightened faces.

“Uuum girls…” Pinkie Pie tried to interject but her voice fell on deaf ears.

“We’re very lucky that she didn’t feel like hurting anypony any further.” The intelligent lavender unicorn said as she kept on digging for rational explanations for the previous events.

“Yoohoooo… over here… I have things to say too!” The rose furred trickster waved her hooves in the air frantically, trying to express her need for attention.

“Well Ah say good riddance! With the way she treated us and almost took out our princess of nighttime, Ah never wanna see her again!” The work pony stomped with her forehoof, adding a disgruntled snort and a huff.

“DOINEEDTOUSEMYMEGAPHONEFORYOUTOHEARME?” An incoherent fast paced shriek erupted from Pinkie as she threw herself in the middle of her friends.

“Gyuuuh! Consarn it Pinkie! If ya wanted a turn to talk, then you could’ve just said so!” AJ fell on her bum slightly startled, but quickly got her bearings back and retorted.

“So Pinkie, what are your thoughts on the matter?” The pristine seamstress gestured for her party marefriend to go on.

“It’s just that… I’ve been watching this Arracacia Saiyan throughout the entire adventure and you know how good I am at finding new things about new ponies… and well a new monkey in this case… so anyways I don’t think she’s as bad as you’re making her out to be! Sure she has a rough exterior and is very full of herself but deep inside I could see that she’s just a confused, lonely, sad little girl who just needs a friend!” Pinkie put her magic of good judgment to use.

“Pinkie… Are you… defending her?” Twilight asked in disbelief.

“Well I think that’s obviooous… Duuuuuh!” The looney mare squinted one of her eyes bemusedly.

“Pinkie Pie, you can’t be serious darling! Are you trying to tell us that the way that… that monster almost strangled poor Rainbow Dash to death, pulled on Applejack’s mane and nearly killed princess Luna are not acts of animosity? I don’t know about you sweetie but that’s downright… malignant, vicious and cruel!” Rarity used every fancy word she could think of as she kept pointing an accusing hoof in the air.

“Princess Luna seemed like she was hurting very much. I know I voted for the monkey mare’s freedom but I never imagined she would be so… sca-ary.” The shy pegasus squeaked at the thought of the all powerful Super Saiyan.

“Well, yeah I guess Arracacia did go a little overboardy with Princess Luna but Princess Celestia said she got dragged into it. Who are we to judge her? She just learned that she’d been frozen in that crystal for a whole five thousand years and that everypony she knew has probably passed away. And that’s a super duper huge blow even for someone as strong as her! You girls don’t understand! We should go and find her as soon as possible and become her friends! That’s exactly what she needs!” Pinkie kept on defending with all of her stubbornness.

“Yeah, good idea! Let’s go and teach a bloodthirsty killer the magic of friendship so she can wipe us out the moment she sees us!” The Wonderbolt in training mocked that statement, emphasizing strongly on its weaknesses.

“*Gasp*She won’t! She’d never do that! You girls just don’t know her!” The pink earth pony’s ears lopped down, a look of desperation and helplessness appearing on her face as she felt cornered by her own best friends.

“Pinkie you don’t know her either! As upset as the Saiyan is over her losses right now, she could come back and take her rage out on Equestria for all we know!” The bookish unicorn concluded, cementing everypony else’s opinions on the matter.

“I do know her! I do, I do, I do, I DOOO! I saw it in her eyes! I sensed her pain! How could you say such things to a poor misunderstood creature you’ve just met! You aren’t even giving her one chance! You… You’re all just a bunch of big meany pants! I… I’m not talking to you for the rest of the day! I’m leaving right now!” Pinkie felt her eyes becoming moist as she yelled at her companions in her frustration and barged out, slamming the door open in the process, trying to stifle her quiet cries as she ran away.

/earlier in the Royal medical wing/

Princess Celestia walked into the waiting room of the royal ER. Positioning herself on one of the few pillows, the solar diarch faced the wide window on the opposing wall, the one with a clear view of what was transpiring in the neighboring room. There she saw her dearest younger sister lying on a state of the art operation table with the top magi-medics working on her injuries with the utmost precision. Sporting an oxygen mask and an IV, Luna seemed to be in a semi-attentive state her body under regional anesthesia. Switching her gaze from the cut on one of the upper eyelids that the doctors were in the middle of treating with magic to the indication of her sibling’s heartbeats on the cardiac monitor, the white alicorn sighed, rubbing her temples with both forehooves. Somehow she felt responsible! Responsible for all the things that transpired today!

‘Perhaps if I wasn’t so passive and instead lured the Saiyan out of the halls and warned Luna beforehand, things would’ve gone differently! Look at the situation now! My beloved sister is struggling to recover from a near death experience, the whole country is in panic and the whole world is in jeopardy! And it’s… it’s all my fault!’ The shepherd of the sun mentally chewed herself out.

Just then the little light with the red syringe turned off, signaling that the operation was over. Ten seconds later a nurse poked her head out of the Emergency Room, motioning to her ruler that she had permission to come in.

As Celestia entered the chamber, she was greeted by all of the medical ponies’ bows. Giving them a courteous nod of approval, the equine princess advanced further, the wall of doctors dispersing to reveal her sweet Luna.

The blue alicorn’s chest heaved and fell as her eyes met her sister’s. Once they did, small droplets started rolling down Luna’s cheeks, the expression of regret evident on her.

“Leave us!” The diarch of the day commanded, the room emptying itself as a result.

“S-sister… T-Tia! I… I’m so sorry!... I-I wasn’t thinking, I…” The princess of the night spoke through her mask.

“Shhhhhh… No Luna! It is I who must apologize to you. True you acted on impulse but your heart was in the right place. I’m very sorry for yelling at you back then! I was trying too hard to fix everything by myself. None of us knew what to expect from that Saiyan. But do not worry! There is still hope as long as we’re alive and well. We’ll get through this… together!” Celestia draped both of her hooves around her most dearest pony’s neck as gently as possible.

“I love you big sister!” A weak mumble came from Luna’s lips.

“I love you too Lulu!” The elder sibling reciprocated.

Five minutes later the pristine alicorn left her sister to rest and continued her predetermined plans for the rest of the day by talking to the head doctor:

“She has sustained several second degree burns, all treatable, a fractured coffin bone on the left forehoof, a cracked humerus, eight broken ribs, a damaged nasal bone which is the cause of blood coming out of her nostrils and a couple of internal hemorrhages.” The medical unicorn named all of the injuries listed on his notepad, displaying an x-ray on the luminescent board, making his ruler wince and worry with every little detail added to the list.
“Luckily due to her incredible healing capabilities and with the aid of modern unicorn medical techniques, we managed to stabilize her!” he added swiftly after, letting Celestia release the breath which she had been holding.
“You and your sister are amazing ponies your highness! Alicorns are born survivors!”

“Thank you doctor Helping Hoof! I owe you a lot for saving the life of my sister!”

“Do not worry your majesty! We’ll be monitoring her at all times!”

After leaving the medical wing, the princess ordered one of her sergeants to go and fetch a couple of her best geologists from Canterlot’s Science Research Department, lead them to the entrance of the cove systems and wait there until further orders.

With many thoughts swirling around and systematizing in her mind, Celestia didn’t expect the door to her office to burst open so suddenly nor could she even imagine that the Element of Laughter would dash out of there crying, with her face hidden behind her poofy mane.

“Did I miss something?” The diarch inquired as she poked her head into the room which had suddenly gone uncomfortably silent after that fiasco of an occurrence.

“Uuuum… well.. uuuh… well princess… mmmm… I… we… It’s complicated!” Twilight blurted out, not sure how to go about the ordeal.

“Oh it’s all our fault princess! We were expressing our concerns for the Saiyan’s aggressive behavior and our fears of what she might do in the future.” Fluttershy was the first to confess, looking down in shame.

“When Pinkie Pie decided to speak up. She started defending the Saiyan, talking about how much she already knew about her and how she was and I quote “not as bad as we’re making her out to be”. Rarity continued, making an awkward face, feeling very unlady like for hurting one of her best marefriends.

“She told us about how we should be helping that space alien and we uuuuh…” Applejack was the next to speak but bit her lip, choking on her words.

“We kiiiiinda went really overboard by pointing out how wrong she was.” Rainbow Dash finished, rubbing the back of her right forehoof knee with the tip of the left one.

“This is… a most unfortunate mishap; and I’m sure that you will do fine in sorting out your differences once you reunite with Pinkie Pie. However…” The regal alicorn struggled to find the right words to go around the unpleasant occurrence before regaining her formal tone.
“However, there are still a couple of matters that must be attended to before the end of the day! Rainbow Dash!” she turned to the prismatic Pegasus.

“ Yes princess?”

“I’m assuming you know where the place where the mass of crystal which used to contain the Saiyan lies!”

“I do princess!”

“Then I’d like you to go back to the entrance of the underground caverns! There you will find a couple of geologists and guards whom I have informed to wait for you. Once there you will brief them the following: all of you are to go down in there and find the remains of the cosmic crystal shards. Once there, the scientists are to collect samples for analysis later. When you’re done you can meet us back at the throne room. Is that okay with you?” Celestia instructed RD, adding a hint of politeness at the end.

“You got it princess! You can count on me!” The mistress of awesome saluted and flew off determinately.

“The rest of us have things to discuss.” The diarch of the day turned to what was left of the group.

And so the group proceeded with their discourse over the recent events. In order to avoid accusations for the catastrophe, the elements agreed to the princess’ suggestion to omit them from the part where they accidentally freed the Saiyan and give that honor to some anonymous geologists. Rainbow Dash returned shortly after they were done, and after running things through her and receiving her hastily given approval, it was time for the press conference to be underway.

***

It was late in the afternoon, and a whole crowd of nobility and news reporters of all kinds had gathered on the grounds of one of the castle’s illustrious gardens. A whole lot of murmuring and gossiping were going around, the sea of ponies wearing faces of various emotions. That was until princess Celestia herself appeared in view, coming out of one of the huge sliding glass and wooden doors, going down the marble steps with all the regal poise and stoicism she could muster. Once she positioned herself on a big white rostrum with fancy red lining, depicting three ponies under one banner, the stand itself bearing plenty of magic mics, the diarch tapped on its wooden surface, making everypony go silent. After a couple of seconds of nothing but the sound of grass swaying under the wind, one of the Royal secretaries began:

“The issued press conference is now in session! It is convened with the purpose of clearing the going ons of a major event of national importance that has occurred today between the hours of 11:30 am and 12:22 pm. May the Press be informed that this will be a statement addressed by princess Celestia Solara, Shepherd of the Sun; there will be no interviews! The information we have is scarce as it is! Now without further ado, presenting princess Celestia…” The formal pony stepped down, letting his ruler take the stage.

“Greetings my little ponies! As a lot of you probably already know, there has been a lot of commotion today. Now, for you to fully understand what exactly happened, I will start at the beginning:
Today, a group of young geologists who shall remain anonymous were sent to the palace from Canterlot’s Science Research Department, or the CSRD if that’s okay with you. They were sent with the task of studying the old long since forgotten crystal mine system, which was brought up after the unfortunate events during the Changeling invasion. There, they found a creature which was later revealed to be of alien origin. It was trapped and preserved within crystal for what they determined to be five thousand years! Deciding to extract the formation, they never expect for it to crack under the pressure. It therefore broke and spilled out its prisoner. Within a minute, the alien started showing signs of life and rose, fully revived. It was later revealed that it was in a state of suspended animation and that’s why it was brought back to life upon its liberation. Once free, the alien revealed itself to be from an alien warrior race called the Saiyans. It then proceeded to leave the caves and made it way into the palace. I myself confronted it and spoke to it. It seemed confused and disoriented, and with a rather explosive temper, prone to violence. After a few provocations and scuffles, we managed to drive it far away from here with the help of my sister Luna and the Elements of Harmony which I had summoned beforehand. It wasn’t easy given that the Saiyan possessed impressive strength, could fly without the use of wings and it seemed to know quite a bit of destructive magic. And that is what happened my ponies!” Celestia ended her speech.

“Is Princess Luna okay? We have pictures of her fighting the alien!” A journalist piped up, earning a glare from a couple of Royal guards.

Raising her hoof one more time to show that she is willing to answer a few questions, the white alicorn responded:

“Yes she is! Though she didn’t manage to come back from the battle unscathed, she is fine, with a couple of minor injuries, and is now resting inside the castle!”

The multitude of equines massively sighed in relief, having been assured that everything was now completely fine.

“What about those geologists?” Another reporter called out.

“Now, now! We have reason to believe that the crystal had turned fragile over the centuries and would’ve broken down on its own eventually. We already have our top scientists examining the remains of it in order to prove that theory. And after all… it’s not nice to go pointing hooves now is it? That’s why the geologists are anonymous. I must also add that there is to be no journalists or any outside investigation allowed in the vicinity of the CSRD. The ban will be lifted upon the resolving of the Saiyan dilemma! But fear not my subjects! Equestria is now safe and if the Saiyan were to reappear we will be ready for it! That is all!” The royal diarch nodded and made her exit, the soldier ponies blocking out all of the throngs of journalists, struggling to get some last minute info.

“Sergeant Big Guns! Make sure to inform the Captain that no guard is to say a word about today! I have already given word to the CSRD to forge some fake documents in case some info leaks out and have briefed them to play dumb! I will not let the situation escalate out of control! Everything needs to be airtight!” Celestia gave around some more orders as she entered back the palace, the Mane six rejoining her and walking beside her.

“Princess!” Twilight spoke up, skittishly.

“Yes Twilight!” The princess cooed, her voice becoming more soothing.

“Why must we… lie to everypony about what actually happened?”

“My dear faithful student! You must learn that being a leader of an entire nation isn’t easy! It sometimes takes great perception to see the bigger picture. If I had told everything to everypony as it is, the whole country would’ve been thrown into chaos.”

“Yeah, I have to agree with the princess on this one Twilight! I myself am still pretty freaked out there’s an alien lady who could come back and kill us anytime she wants! We wouldn’t want to give Discord any favors now would we?” Rainbow Dash flew by, tugging the side of her nerdy friend’s head and pressing it against her own.

“I guess you’re right!” the smart mare sighed, nodding her head in acknowledgement.

“Oh, but I’m still very sad about what we did to Pinkie today… poor Pinkie.” Fluttershy pouted with very high concern for her hyperactive marefriend.

/on a train between Canterlot and Ponyville/

Pinkie Pie sat alone on her seat, nopony else present in her solitary cart. She had a hyper jumbo banana oatmeal smoothie (the size of a big icecream tub) draped around one of her hooves and was digging into the cup with her other one, licking off the creamy substance. As she looked out the transparent shield between her and outside, the mare absentmindedly observed the little flakes of snow dancing around under the power of the wind flow created by the train’s movement.

‘I was only trying to help!’ The depressed prankster thought in her melancholy, all of the things her friends had said coming back to her in one big wave.
‘They didn’t have to be so… So cruel and unforgiving! I was worried for Dashie, Jackie and Twilight’s safety just as much as everypony else! And even I can agree that princess Luna didn’t deserve that last bit of hurting Arracacia put her through… but… I realised things… things about this monkey lady, nopony else could see without spending time with her. Why, oh why didn’t my friends just trust me? Am I not serious enough for my seriousness to be taken seriously? Maybe they think everything I say is a joke… ooooh…’ Pinkie moaned woefully before casting a gaze at the other window, peering into the blue and crispy horizon of the mountains beyond.
‘I wonder how Arracacia must be feeling right now!’

***

(sad track keeps on going here)
A lone fem warrior stood at the mouth of one of the dozens of caves she had claimed as her new home. She now had a territory of 150 square miles of sandstone and conglomerate rock formations, the whole thing shaped like a big mountainous bowl with her own private lake to boot. But the fact itself wasn’t enough on its own to make up for the extreme sensation of pain, cold, emptiness, lonesomeness and unhappiness the Saiyan was going through right now! The simian lady shivered at the chilly breeze that came with the magnificent sunset she had a direct view of. She could only stare at the ever-changing colors of the sky; from crimson to purple to deep blue.

As Arracacia felt her eyes become slightly damp, she pressed them together as hard as she could banishing the one physical sign of her humanity.

“No!” she said “Warriors never cry!”

To be continued…