Pony Ball Z: Equestrian Tenkaichi
The Interrogation! A Tragic Turn of Events!
Morning rises, and Dóchas grins as the side of the ship reconfigures itself into a ramp, leading down to the planet below. He whistled as Calem and Nova strutted along right beside him, and they stepped onto the stone below. Dóchas tapped his foot against the ground, "Hmm... little heavier than on Earth, but we can deal with that."
Calem, on the other hand, was turning, taking in all the sights as quickly as he could see. "Woah! So cool!"
Nova was not as impressed as his peers. He pulled out a small remote from a hidden pocket on his armor, turned around, and pushed a button. The ramp slid into the ship, and sealed itself away. He pushed the button again.
Nova grinned, and pumped his fist in the air, "YES! Always wanted to do that!"
"HALT, IN THE NAME OF THE PRINCESSES!" Several small quadrupedal creatures with pale white fur and golden armor flew down, their wings folding onto their sides. They were grasping spears, and aiming them towards the three Saiyans.
Nova pressed a button on his Scouter, and his device begins scanning the enemies. They had six limbs, four legs, two wings. Their paws- no, wait, hooves, had specifically shaped grooves to hold objects, like their spears. Their armor was, in fact, solid gold. Nova scoffed at their strange and extremely weakened internal organ design. Their ribs were too far spread out, one could easily slam a blade or something in between, puncture a lung, or the heart. Then he hit the Power Level Finder, or PLF, the Scouter's primary function. "BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! SEVENTEEN AVERAGE POWER LEVEL! HAH! I'VE SEEN BETTER FROM TODDLERS ON XENOX 7!"
"That's enough. Guards, lower your weapons." They lower their weapons, and step aside.
Nova cockily grins in response to the last word, "THOSE are your guards? CALEM could take them all on with BOTH hands tied behind his back!" He motions to the young Saiyan in question, who smiles in response.
Dóchas held up his hand, and silenced the two, "My apologies for my comrades. They can get a little rude at times, but they're good men. I assume you're the one in charge around here? My name's Dóchas, and this is my crew. The big one's Nova, and the younger one is Calem."
The creature tilts his head and smiles. Celestia gathers up what little willpower she has left, and responds. "Yes. I am Princess Celestia, co-ruler of Equestria, along with my sister, Luna. Please, come inside. There's coffee and breakfast inside."
As she walks with the aliens, Dóchas raises his voice, "I thought you said last night you had no idea what coffee was. What is this?"
Celestia smiles sheepishly, "I... am ashamed to say, but when you flew in, I was too afraid to... remember what you were speaking of."
He chuckles, "It is not a problem. The fact that coffee exists on this planet is enough for me."
The tallest one growls, and whispers something into the middle one's ear. THe middle one snarls, and lightly snaps, "We'll get to that later! For now, let's try to be respectable guests!"
The three follow this 'Princess' into a large room, with a large table that bears plentiful food. Suddenly, the doors close behind them, and steel grates drop, effectively locking the three in. They turn to this ruler, with Dóchas stepping forwards, "What is the meaning of this?"
"Who are you? WHY did you come here? Do you want to take over this world? If you intend to touch even a HAIR on my little ponies, I swear I will-"
"Ah, shut up."
She was clearly shocked by Nova's lack of respect. Her anger only intensified, "How DARE you! I am a princess of-"
Dóchas rubs his temples, "I would hate for us to get violent. Look, we're just here for something we've lost. Called a Dagon Ball. It's about yay big, orange, one to seven black stars on it?" Dóchas stares deeply at Celestia as she reacts, her face turning to one of horror and amazement as she recognizes it. Dóchas scoffs, "Going by your reaction, it's here, and you know it is. Don't deny it, my ship is designed to hunt them down. Now, you can either hand it over nice and quiet, or we'll do this the violent and destructive way. Need I inform you we are three creatures from outer space with technology beyond your ability to understand and you have no idea what we are capable of. The most advisable option would be to hand over our Dragon Ball, that would be swell."
Celestia growled at them, "How DARE you barge into MY kingdom and make unreasonable demands! I'm not 'handing over' anything until I get some ANSWERS!"
Dóchas silently stares, "If that is how it must be... then answers you shall get."
"Wh-what?"
The youngest, Calem, grins. "If you wanted us to tell you why we need the Dragon Balls, all you had to do was ask!"
Nova chuckles as well, "Sorry for being an ass, though... thought you guys were gonna try to keep the Dragon Ball."
Twilight paces anxiously outside of the room where Celestia and the three aliens are chatting. So far, dead silence. Twilight turns again, "Oh... what could be going on in there? What if they're here to take our planet, or our resources, or something? I KNEW that we should've brought the-"
The door suddenly slams open, revealing Celestia herself, and the three aliens behind her. They are in three distinct sizes. One small, one a little taller than Celestia, and a last one ridiculously tall. Their clothes were the most intriguing part. Each of them wore a different and distant uniform. The tall one had what appeared to be some form of... combat armor? It didn't look that durable, though, and wasn't very solid, judging by how easily he moved in it. The smallest one had... a martial arts gi? It was navy blue, with a green belt and wraps on its... what kind of limb IS that? Twilight was fascinated by the complexities and design. She raised a notepad and pencil, and entered the room.
The medium-sized one raised an eyebrow, "What is the meaning of this, Celestia-hime? We agreed to answer your questions, and then you drag a child in?"
Twilight growls, "I'm NOT a child! I am a strong princess of Equestria, and I-"
The tall one waves his hand dismissively, "Don't care. Let's get this over with."
Twilight fumes, and then breathes slowly. Her notepad and pencil levitate, and the medium-sized one raises an eyebrow (he's quite good at doing that), "Your people are capable of telekinesis? Then why do your guards hold their spears in their... hooves?"
"That's easy. Only unicorns and alicorns are capable of using magic."
"..."
"Something wrong?"
"Uh... nothing. Go ahead."
"...Alright. First question, where are you from?"
"Planet Earth, North Galaxy, galactic co-ordinates A-571-63-42"
"What species are you?"
"Saiyans."
"How did you get here?"
The taller one pipes up again, "Specialized vortex-jump fighter-class engine."
"What's that?"
"... It's an engine."
"How does it work?"
"It's above you. Your people are still in your MEDIEVAL age, for Kai's sake! We're Information Age!"
"Uh... names?"
"I'm Moe, this is Larry, and that one's Curly."
The medium-sized one, 'Larry', chuckles, "He's just joking. My name is Dóchas, this is Nova, and that one..."
"Ooh, shiny!"
"... is Calem."
Twilight scratches out the names placed earlier, "Why have you come here?"
"To find the Dragon Balls."
Twilight does a double-take, "The Dragon's WHAT?"
Dóchas and Nova chuckle in unison, "That joke's been beaten to its second death already... the Dragon Balls. They're artifacts."
Twilight chuckles, and jots more notes down, and continues, "Why do you need these Dragon Balls? Are they important to your people?"
"They grant a wish."
Twilight looks up slowly, and blinks. Celestia leans forwards, "They can do WHAT?"
Dóchas sighs, and stands up. He reaches into his pocket, and pulls out a small, disk-shaped device. It hovers in the air, and from it, lights appear, forming an image of seven orange spheres with 1-7 stars on them. "The Dragon Balls, once collected, can allow one to summon the mighty Eternal Dragon, the Ultimate Shenron."
The image of a long, red dragon appeared, staring at a humanoid form almost miniature in comparison. "The Eternal Dragon grants one wish, from resurrection of the dead, to immortality, to knowledge of the universe's secrets."
Twilight gawked, "How?"
The cold look in Dóchas eyes partnered with his response, "There are some things in this world not meant to be understood... the Eternal Dragon is one of them."
The image changes again, this time to a single blue and green planet, "Several years ago, an evil being, known as Omega Shenron..." The two princesses note Dóchas' tensing at the name, "He used the seven Dragon Balls to send my planet into chaos. Earthquakes, volcanoes, tidal waves, hurricanes... and that's just the start. People went mad, too. Murder on the streets, mass theft... Seeing women and children being defiled out in the open was actually a commodity."
The images of unstoppable death and destruction made the two almost burst into tears. Celestia turned, "And... you need them to fix your world?"
Dóchas somberly nodded, "Originally, we gathered the Dragon Balls and tried to fix the world. As it turns out, Omega's evil negative energy had twisted the wish so that not even the Ultimate Shenron could undo the damage. We used the wish to revive the lost instead." The image of thousands of creatures cheering filled the 'screen', as it were, and then it stopped.
"We have figured out now that if the wish has been so mutated by Omega Shenron's negative energy, then if Ultimate Shenron can generate enough positive energy to kill off his, then the wish itself should die out. A negative and a positive equals zero..."
Celestia sat silent, and then turned, "Then why did that Dragon Ball end up here?"
Dóchas shakes his head, and lectures the two further, "As a mechanism to insure that the Dragon Balls can't be used over and over again, they scatter over the universe. They're also indestructible, since the dragon within is immortal. I presume that wraps up everything. Now, please... give us the Dragon Ball. I don't want to have to resort to Omega's lowly definition of 'entertainment', but I will kill if I must."
Celestia backs up, "Omega Shenron... ruined your world... because he thought it was fun?"
Calem frowned, "He was a big meanie!"
Nova put his left... appendage in his right, with his... claws closing around it, "You said it, Calem! Shoulda dragged out that beating we gave him! Honestly, I think we didn't do ENOUGH..."
Dóchas' eyes narrow, and his allies close their mouths. He turns, "Well... about that Dragon Ball?"
Celestia and Twilight look to each other nervously, and the Sun Princess turns, "We'll have to talk about this... in private."
Nova mumbles, "Not much to talk about..."
"Nova! That's rude!"
The two walk away, and allow the three Saiyans to squabble as they please.
"Absolutely not!"
"But Princess Celestia, you can't! They NEED those Dragon Balls! You saw what Omega did!"
"How are we to be sure they didn't fabricate it?"
"They looked serious enough!"
"Twilight, they're aliens. How can we tell a smile apart from a glare?"
"You can't just keep that to yourself! We don't know what they could do if you say no!"
"We. Have. No. Choice. I have to look out for my subjects and protect them from all harm. And now an entire universe, filled with life, can present a new threat unlike anything we've ever seen. You can't be naive and kind at a time like this."
Celestia certainly was NOT expecting Twilight to react in the way she did. She blasted Celestia with magic, turned, and roared, "You're just being thick-headed!"
"Twilight! You can't just..." She saw exactly where Twilight was heading, and disappeared in a flash of magic.
Dóchas, Nova, and Calem heard the entire conversation via Saiyan's advanced hearing... and putting their heads against the door. The three growled, and Nova kicked down the door. Dóchas put two fingers to his forehead, "I'll try and locate where Celestia's going, you two find Twilight!"
The warrior disappeared instantly, using the Instant Transmission to warp towards Celestia's extremely dense and highly noticeable energy. Dóchas found himself within a large vault, containing multiple artifacts, hundreds upon thousands of ancient and mysterious items. However, he kept on locking onto Celestia, 'If I follow her, she'll lead me right to the Dragon Ball, and since I sense Twilight coming this way...'
"BEHIND YOU!" Eagal calls out, alerting Dóchas to an incoming energy attack.
Dóchas ducks, 'How did she sneak up on me?' Dóchas flips back, dodging several other shots focused from Celestia's horn.
She glares, and shouts at him, "A wish-granting item is TOO POWERFUL to just be let out into the universe! What happens if we need it to defend our home?"
Dóchas growls in turn, "If you refuse to see sense and be blinded by paranoia, I suppose I'll have to smack some sense into you! Kaio-ken 3x!" He burst into the familiar red aura, and disappeared.
"Kaio-what times what?"
He connected with a roundhouse kick, sending Celestia into the air. Next, he flew up, and punched her away. Celestia barely caught herself mid-air before Dóchas flew up, and double-kicked her in the back, sending her higher, almost to the ceiling of the vault. He jumped, and then hook kicked her to the ground, sending her sprawling through piles of old items (Kaio-ken Attack, Goku). He lowered to the ground, and powers down, "Are you really going to let a world die over your paranoia? Families, friends, co-workers, bosses, underlings... are you going to let that all go because you think it's too RISKY?"
Celestia tried to catch her breath, and stood up slowly, "How... did you hurt me?"
Dóchas' ear twitches, "Beg pardon?"
"Nothing has ever truly harmed an alicorn! Not even when my mother and father fought the evil beasts of Tartarus in the Dark Ages!"
Dóchas rolled his eyes, "Is that all you're concerned about?"
Celestia stammered, "Wh-wh-what?"
"You're really so concerned about your own planet, any threats it might suffer from, so that you would abandon everything else? You wouldn't even think that other creatures have their own lives? I just want to save my planet, and here you are, saying that you want to make sure I can't, because you're too scared of what's out there."
"I have a right to be."
"That you do, but attacking every living thing that doesn't comply to your every order isn't going to get you anywhere. Matter of fact, most species would've had your planet fried for this kind of reception. That's right. Everyone. Dead. Because of your stupid mistake. How's that feel? I'll let you think about that..." He turned and walked away, looking around for the Dragon Ball.
"You... you can't leave here..." Dóchas turned and sighed, "Must I kick your wavy tail again? And- woah, when did that get there?" A large ball of yellow ki, sizzling and spewing, was held up above Celestia's head.
"Evasive maneuvers, Dóchas! EVASIVE MANEUVERS!!"
"YOU WON'T TAKE THAT BALL, AND YOU WILL SURRENDER YOUR TECHNOLOGY TO ME!" Dóchas noted the evil power flowing around Celestia.
"So... you were being controlled... likely during your sleep while you awaited my grand entrance... if that's the case, I know I have no need to hold back! Kaio-ken 20x!" Celestia threw the ball of energy, and it flew top speed towards the Saiyan warrior.
"Ka...me...ha...me...ha!" Dóchas unleashed a Kamehameha (20x Kaio-ken Kamehameha, Goku), and it perfectly cut through her energy ball, and hit her head-on. Celestia was knocked back into the wall, and the energy wave exploded, leaving a trail of dust in its wake.
Celestia collapsed, and several guards rushed in. They gasped at the sight of their fallen princess, and aimed their spears at Dóchas. "If I could beat your princess, what makes you think you stand even a chance against me?" They lower their weapons, respectively, and rush to aid her. Dóchas raises his hand, "Don't touch her. There's something hiding in her, possessing her since last night, I presume. We can't let it jump to another body."
The guards train their spears on her, causing Dóchas to apply a facepalm. He suddenly stopped when he saw Celestia coughing, and a black smoke emitting from her lungs. Dóchas glares, and his allies conveniently rush in.
"Dóchas, what's going on? We heard a struggle and- what the hell?"
Dóchas raises his hand. "Be careful, there's a body snatcher inside Celestia-hime."
Twilight rubs tears from her eyes, "Celestia... hime? You said that earlier, what does it mean?"
"Honorific in the part of the Earth I was raised in. Means 'princess'. And... HERE YOU ARE!" Dóchas thrusts his right hand forwards, sending a golden wave of energy at the smoke cloud the moment it tries to escape (Full Power Energy Wave, nil).
"I got it, I got it!" Calem raises his hand, and a ring of golden ki appears. It shapes itself into a perfect circle, "Galactic Donuts!" Calem throws it, along with several others (Galactic Donuts, Gotenks). The rings contain the smoke monster, which then growls and snarls, lashing out at the restraints.
Dóchas steps forwards, and stops when he hears the creature roar, "HOW could you defeat CELESTIA? She is the Maiden of the Sun! NOTHING could beat an alicorn of her caliber!"
"I've got ten seconds for you to talk, or else this vault shall be your deathbed. Ten..."
"Surely you jest!"
"Nine..."
"You're bluffing! NO WAY you could possibly stoop to this 'Omega Shenron's' level!"
"...Eight..."
"FINE! I'LL TALK!"
Dóchas smiles, "That wasn't so hard, was it?" Now then, let's get up top..."