Vegeta, fueled by his ire, was quickly gaining speed on the blue pegasus. The rainbow trail it left was mildly irritating to the saiyan. It now had found a purpose to him. It fanned the flames of his rage. His mind was filled with the pleasure of sending this thing on a one way trip to the moon. He then regretted tearing his tail off for a moment. Focusing on his pursuit, he quickly closed the gap between the two.
Rainbow Dash glanced behind her and saw the monkey gaining on her. She smiled. She hadn't felt this much of a challenge since the Iron Mare competition. Her mind wanted to make sure this thing was a match for her. Applejack was her equal when it came to ground sports, but because she had no wings, Rainbow had the upper hoof. Rainbow felt excited at the fact that something could give her a run for her money. Ever since the Lightning Dust incident, she felt that nopony could quite keep up with her. She easily quickened her pace jetting off towards a group of clouds. This thing may be fast, but just how agile was it? She weaved in and out of the clouds not losing any speed whatsoever.
Vegeta nearly had it in his grasp, but the damned thing moved away inches before he could grab it. It was going faster. Frustration taking over, the saiyan increased his speed. It struck him odd the way the pegasus flew into the clouds. He then assumed that it was just trying to lose him. "I won't give that easily," Vegeta thought.
Rainbow Dash watched from the corner of her eye as the monkey, instead of just following her lead, just effortlessly passed through the clouds as if they weren't there. Her mind remembered one of the true facts of this world. 'If it flies, then it can feel clouds.' Her mine clicked. She meant to test the agility of the purser, not the toughness. Those clouds were genuine Sun-Blocking clouds, meant to be used for windy days. They were built like concrete and sometimes used as foundation for cloud homes. She was glad to see that it was tough though. She knew more than one way to test it's agility. Sticking her toungue out in concentration, she nosedived at a ninety degree angle.
Vegeta followed after the pegasus. The gravity of the world below aided him, and just as his goal was in reach, it was gone. Sensing the ki quickly getting farther away, he righted his body, slamming against the ground below him. The grassland quickly contorted into a large crater. Vegeta, forcing himself back upward, neared his target once more.
Rainbow looked below her and saw the creature hurdling towards her. She saw beneath it a large dustcloud, but she paid no attention as she flew out of the way flying up higher and higher. She would admit it. This thing was pretty good for a... whatever. She still had one last trick up her sleeve.
"Not bad," she conceded after reaching the set altitude. "But you're going to need to be a lot faster than that." She dipped down flapping her wings frantically. She soon felt the mach cone materialize. Vegeta's hand reached out for the tail.
KA-BOOM!
Vegeta could have cared less that a rainbow had miraculously appeared. He ignored the shockwave that came after breaking the sound barrier. Seeing the Rainbow trail lead straight to his prize, he was reminded of some Earth story that he heard. If you follow a rainbow to the end, a midget will come out and if you kill him, he'll grant you immortality. Of course, this was only a fable, albeit misconstrued. The prize at the end of this rainbow however, would sate his anger. It was almost as good as immortality. "You're not getting away that easily!" Vegeta shouted.
Rainbow Dash did not hear him. She had a smug smile and nearly giggled like a filly when she thought of the look on it's face. Triumphantly, she looked back and the smugness fell away. The thing was right on her trail and was gaining. Reality seemed to snap back to Rainbow. The look it was giving her sent shivers up her spine.
"I'm going to tear you apart!!!" Vegeta shouted when the pegasus turned her head. Rainbow's heart skipped a beat. The excitement she felt disappeared. This thing was angry, fast, tough, and could talk. Fear filled her as the words sank in...
"It wants to kill me."
Rainbow narrowly dodged a swipe that the saiyan made. She didn't know how strong it was, but judging from the look on it's face she knew how much it was going to use. Her wings buzzed like a hummingbird, trying to get as far away from this monster as she could. Her mind scrambled for a plan. She dove down, now moving a little faster than sonic rainboom speeds towards the farmlands with her pursuer in tow.
Applejack bucked another tree. Apples fell from it's branches into the buckets below it. She had been working since the sun rose, but she wasn't tired. She was used to this life and loved every minute of it. She turned to a new tree.
"Howdy," she said to it with a thick southern accent. "Ah was wonderin' if y'all would mind if I were to take some of yer apples?"
The tree made no response.
"Thank-you kindly," she said turning around to give the tree a forceful kick. Granny Smith said that you should always ask the trees before taking their apples. The buck landed with a solid thud as apples fell from the tree. She suddenly heard a large boom. She looked to the skies to see the faint outline of a rainboom. She smiled. That pony was nothing but thick-headed, not that Applejack didn't mind it. Rainbow Dash was just athletic as she was. She didn't have any right or could think of anything to say about her.
After a while, she moved to a new tree when something out of he corner of her eye caught her attention. She could see the trail of a rainbow moving. She paused. It almost looked like-
Her eyes went wide. It was coming closer. Applejack was about to leap for cover when she heard a voice.
"... ... heeeeeEEEEEeeeeelp!" The blur shouted in the doppler effect. Applejack placed a hoof on her hat as a strong gust blew by. She looked to the rainbow as it turned left and right randomly. Applejack squinted. She barely made out a thin blue trail following the rainbow.
"Hang on Rainbow!" she called. The orange cowpony ran to the barn and grabbed a rope coiled around a hook. She quickly tied it into a lasso. She made small loops with i, testing it before running out. She looked around and saw the trail fly by again. Putting one end in her teeth, she spun the lasso in the air. After a few moments, she threw it into the air at the right tim as the lasso tightened. The rope was long, and Applejack prepared to take the varmint down.
Vegeta didn't feel the rope tie around his feet and kept flying.
Applejack felt the rope tug, but then... nothing. She opened her eyes that shut in preparation. The rope was gone. It was yanked straight from her mouth. She felt the burn against her teeth set in. Whatever was chasing rainbow had some buck to it.
Now that it slapped the bull, it was going to get the horns.
Applejack waited for another pass, and shouted quickly, "Lead 'im over to me!" Rainbow caught the information and sped off toward another part of the farm. Applejack closed her eyes, concentrating. The world around her faded from her mind, then sound, and then thought. She was in her element. Right behind her was the Grand Apple Tree, the biggest tree on the farm. She waited forthe right moment and...
WHACK! Applejack gave her most powerful mule kick she could muster. Even though it was a hard and solid hit, her legs still buckled. It felt like she just kicked a concrete wall. The world came back as she turned to see something flying off down a dirt path. She fell to the ground. Her legs felt like jelly. Rainbow drifted downward, her mouth agape. Applejack grinned and in between breaths said, "Years... of Applebuckin'."
Shaking the numbness out of her legs, she trotted to investigate the newly formed crater and the creature within.
Vegeta lie facedown in dirt. His mind was searching to find the right memeory to explain what happened. His chest hurt a bit, but sooned died away. Then, it came to him. One second, he had felt the tail through his gloves. The next, he saw the rear end of a-
Vegeta was sent right over the edge.
Applejack couldn't find the words to explain it. Before she could ask, Vegeta gave a gutteral growl. His gloved fingers dug into the dirt. He stood to his feet, his unending growl growing with his anger. Applejack and Rainbow Dash looked in amazed horror as the eyes of the creature changed from cool black to an icy green-blue hue and the blue veil that surrounded him previously become replaced by a yellow aura. His hair was the most capturing part of this, however. His once jet-black hair had now become a shimmering golden color dancing like wildfire.
"YOU'RE DEAD!" Vegeta barked in rage. Applejack turned on her heels and sprinted. Rainbow Dash flew off into the sky above. The anger-driven saiyan leapt after her. Applejack darted leftward through some trees feeling the wind brush past her. Vegeta slid across the ground stirring up large rock formations. He dashed into the thicket eyes wildly searching for the pony.
Applejack's chest heaved. She had never been more terrified in her life. She hushed her breathing as a familiar growl was heard close by.
Vegeta's rage encompassed him. He forgot that he could sense out life energy, and he hadn't noticed that he had turned super saiyan. All his focus was pointed at the only natural saiyan instinct left: kill. Getting irratated with this place had made him want to burn it to the ground. Applejack placed a hoof over her heart that threatened to leap out of her chest at any moment. She knew it was right behind her. Any moment now it would roar and charge at her. Taking one chance, she bolted from her hiding place. Vegeta saw an orange shape and the sound of running. Perfect. His prey would be good and give him chase. His body tensed and--
Something bounced of the back of his head. He paused a moment, as something else bounced again off his head. He whipped around and saw a rainbow maned pegasus with an apple in it's hoof.
"Leave my friend alone, you jerk!" she commanded throwing the last apple at the creature. Vegeta swatted it from the air as his anger flickered. Her brave exterior was due to the fact that Applejack could've been killed. The fear inside had been replaced by the need to protect. As the embodiment of Loyalty, she hated the thought of running away from her friends. What made her more enraged though was something trying to hurt her friends. She would never leave her friends in trouble. Never.
Vegeta's glare became more intense after it flew away. The raging saiyan ran and jumped into flight speeding after her once more. He would no longer tolerate being tomented by that creature.
Applejack stopped running as she saw overhead a rainbow trail being eaten away by a gold one. Her fear subsided, and was replaced by anger and frustration. "That thick-headed cloud-fer-brain is gonna get herself killed!" She reared back and galloped after them into the quiet town of Ponyville.