//------------------------------// // Chapter 2 // Story: Dragon Ball Z: Equestria's forgotten hero. // by BAR0SS //------------------------------// Chapter 2 "Ugh." I groaned as I awoke again back into the realm of the living. I breathed in a large breath of cool air and slowly began to open my eyes before trying to look around. I let out a frustrated sigh when I realized that I was back in the hospital room that I woke up in last time I woke up alive. The only difference this time was that the suns rays were seeping in through the exposed parts of the windows curtains. "Oh my goodness. Private, go and inform the princess the patient is awake." I looked over to where I saw the voice come from and saw another pony beside me, looking over me with a smile. Behind her, I saw another pony bolt out of the room and to the side out of my sight. I looked back to the other pony who was in the room with me as she slowly and cautiously approached me. Underneath her gold armour that she was wearing, she had a white coat and a two-toned blond mane. She also had a set of wings, but unlike me, she lacked a horn. "H-Hello sir. How are you t-today?" she asked carefully as she got to the side of my bed. I sat up and put a forehoof up to my head and sighed. I was still in the body of a pony. The female pegasus put a hoof on my shoulder and gently eased me back down into a laying position. I looked to her curiously, but she had a stock expression. "I'm sorry sir, but I have been ordered to not let you move from your bed after your last little stunt." she said with more confidence this time. I rolled my eyes and tried to get up again, but she just pushed me down again. "Ugh fine." I groaned as I gave up trying to sit up. She wasn't going to let me and I felt too weak to start a fight at the moment anyway. "What's your name anyway?" I asked. "I am 2nd Lieutenant Day Star. And I have been given strict orders to not let you out of my sight sir!" she said a little too loudly than necessary. "Thats great. Now, can you please tell me why it is that I am not even allowed to sit up?" I asked. "Princess's orders sir! You are not to leave the bed!" she responded. 'Wow. It's like a switch has been flicked inside of her and now she's all 'Yes Sir!'' I thought to myself as she stood up straight. "Ok, so talk to me normally this time. I am not allowed to sit up why?" I asked again. "Sir, its because... S-sorry. Its because I was told to..." she began again, but I cut her off. "Yeah, I'm not allowed to leave. But why cant I sit up? I have been laying down for god-only-knows how long and my back is beginning to hurt. I need to sit up for a while." I said. The pegasus took in what I said and thought about it for a moment before letting out a sigh and taking her hoof of my chest. "Alright, you can sit up. But I will be watching you so don't try anything funny." she warned. I laughed a bit at that and pushed myself up again into a sitting position. 'Jeez, wont get used to this.' I thought to myself as I sat how a dog would sit. My legs felt weird as I did. "So, what now?" I asked as I looked back to Day Star. She was staring at me somewhat intently with those big golden eyes of hers. It was actually beginning to creep me out. "Well, now we wait for the princess to arrive with Doctor Goodcare. Then they can go over a few tests to see if you are ok in the head." Day Star said. "What do you mean? I feel fine." I said. "So you think. Doctor Goodcare thinks that your attempted escape last night was a sign of schizophrenia and wants to do a few test to make sure you don't have amnesia or something." she explained. "Seriously?" I asked, only to get a nod in return. I sighed in frustration, but something was nagging at the back of my mind. I crawled to the end of the bed and grabbed the clipboard from the end of the bed with my moth before sitting back and dropping it. One thing kept telling me something I was in a situation. 'Name: Solaris.' That one line on the report had me slightly worried. If they had named me, that means the body I'm in has a name, and is known. But the question is: How well known? I was about to ask Day Star if she knew who I was, but I stopped when I heard a commotion coming from outside the room we were in. I looked over to the door and saw a few ponies walk into the room. One had a lab coat and the rest had nurses caps. Then another walked in through the doorway. But this pony was different. She was not only at least double my size, but she two had both wings and a horn. She also had a white coat just like Day Star, but this tall pony's mane and tail was a mixture of blue, pink and green. They also seemed to be blowing in the wind regardless of the fact that there was no breeze within the room. She also sported a gold chest plate, gold shoes and a golden crown. 'Oh great, she must be the leader of the land or whatever they call themselves here. She must be here to find out something about me.' I thought to myself as the tall pony looked into my eyes with her violet ones and smiled. "Well, you would actually happen to be right. But the question is, Do you know who I am?" The pony asked. My eyes widened in shock. 'How did she know what I thought? Is she capable of reading my mind?' I asked myself. "Not an act I normally like to do. But until I restore our bond with one another, I need to make sure that you will not think ill against me." she said. "Look you highness. I mean no disrespect, but I don't really like having my thoughts invaded. So I would appreciate it if..." I said, but trailed off as the tall pony made her way over to me and stood next to the bed I was sitting on. "Oh Solaris, you have no idea how long I have waited for you to come home." she said with glee as she reared up and wrapped her forehooves around me followed by her wings. I looked up to her face and saw her horn begin to emit a golden aura around it. Next thing I know, I feel a strange feeling coming from my forehead. I looked up out the top of my eyelids and saw that my horn also had an aura around it, but white instead of gold. There was also a spark of blue electricity passing between our horns. It felt kind of soothing. I let it go on for a moment, but I was then suddenly hit with a sharp pain in my head, causing me to on instinct to push the pony off me, breaking the connection of whatever it is she was doing in the process. "Ah! what the hell did you just do to me?" I demanded as I put a forehoof up to my head and rubbed the area around the base of my horn. My brain felt like it was cramping, causing my vision to go out of focus every now and then. "Solaris please. You must let me finish opening the connection." "No Celestia. No more of..." I began, but trailed off as I realized something. "How the hell do I know your name all of a sudden!?!" I demanded loudly. "Solaris, you just need to trust me and everything will become clear. I promise." she pleaded as she began to slowly inch her way back over to me. Seeing this, I jumped up to all fours and on instinct flared an aura around my horn. I realized what was wrong, but shook of the feeling and concentrated on the ponies within the room. "Stay! Back!" I warned, causing all but Celestia and Day Star to back up in shock. "I don't want to hurt you, but I will if need be!" "Please stop Solaris. If you just..." Celestia began, but I cut her off. "MY NAME IS NOT SOLARIS!!!" I shouted out in a really loud tone of voice that seemed to shake the entire building. Realizing the potential destructiveness of such a volume, I toned it down as I continued. "I am Orion and I am a saiyan!" I galloped for the closed window, but instead of taking the time to open it, I just decided to smash through it. I cleared the balcony below and continued to fall to the ground. I managed to roll over so my legs were underneath me before opening my wings like I did last time. I closed my eyes and awaited the impact of my hooves hitting the ground, hard. But after a moment of nothing, I began to feel a little confused. I opened my eyes and noticed that the ground was below me, but not getting any closer. I tilted my head in confusion before looking over my shoulder to see that both of my wings had flared out like before, but this time were flapping. I tried to move them in different ways to alter direction from hover and it worked. It was like I had done it for years or something. 'What the hell did she do to me!?!' I shouted in my head. Aside from the migration I now sported within my cranium, I felt like this body was more natural, more... me. "Guards your princess need you!" I heard Day Star shout from back inside the window. I ignored her and shook off my state of confusion about the body I now possessed before attempting to fly away. I only got about 100 metres before I felt something basically dive bomb into me and send us both crashing to the ground. I recovered quickly and just before We hit the ground, I flared both my wings and Ki to stop myself from making impact before flipping whoever grabbed me off. I looked to who grabbed me and saw another pony in gold armour. This guy had a white coat and a red mane and tail. He also had a set of winds. The pegasus guard shook of his shock and turned to face me before striking the ground twice with his forehoof. He then snapped open his wings and shot at me like a bullet. "Pfft, please." I said before bracing myself for impact as the pony shot at me. I reared up at the last second and we both grabbed each other as he slammed into me. But because I was prepared, I rolled him over and slammed him into the ground. I was about to knock him unconscious but a purple glow surrounded me and dragged me off of the pegasus before suspending me in the air. I tried to move, but all I managed to do was flail around like an idiot. I was slowly turned around and I came face to face with another pony, aside from the fact that I was still upside-down. This one was white like all the rest and had a two-toned blue mane and tail. He also had a horn and his armour was purple with gold trim. I tried to take a swing at him, but he quickly moved his head back and I only resulted in hitting nothing but air. "Darn it! Let me down already!" I demanded as I continued to struggle. "I'm afraid I can't do that. I have been ordered to restrain you until Princess Celestia retrieves you." he said calmly. "Seriously, let me go now or I will make you." I warned but he just continued to smirk at me. "Fine. Don't say I didn't warn you." I flared my Ki and formed and radical aura around my entire body, shattering the unicorn's hold on me in an instant. Instead of falling back to the ground, I had enough energy to keep me in the air without using my wings. I remained floating upside-down for a moment before relaxing a bit, but not dropping my aura, before slowly rolling over to right myself and touching back down to the ground. The unicorn looked so shocked at what I had done. "I'm sorry, but I tried to tell you. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go." I said before relaxing completely, letting my aura vanish as I did. I turned and began to walk away. Not run, or even trot. Just walk. Eventually, I came across a gate in a fence line. There was another two guard ponies standing guard on the outside. I was about to open my wings again and just simply fly over, but something stopped me. "SOLARIS!!!" I looked back and saw Celestia standing there with what looked like 50 royal guards behind her. "Solaris, stop this madness. Please, I beg you to just come back with me and we can sort this whole mess out." Celestia said as she began to inch closer. "Why Celestia? Who am I to you that makes me so god-damned important that you just cant let go?" I asked. "I-I... Well... I-Its that... You are..." was all I heard before she mumbled the last bit. I rolled my eyes. "Oh will you just tell me already!?!" I shouted. "You're my son!!!" she shouted back. I was taken aback by her response. ''Hu? No, there is no way that is true. She's just trying to buy time for something.' I told myself. But something was wrong. That feeling I felt when she first connected our horns. It felt so... loving. I shook my head and kept trying to tell myself that it wasn't true, allowing Celestia to sneak her way up to me as I tried to block the thought out. I was snapped out of my thoughts when I felt a hoof lightly grab me. I looked to its owner and saw Celestia looking to me with a hopeful smile before slowly trying to pull me into another hug. 'N-No! Get away from me you moster!" I shouted before slipping out of her grip and trying to run. But I only got about three steps before Celestia wrapped her forehoves around me into an embrace. I struggled against her, but I was to distracted to concentrate my Ki enough to get free. "It's ok my little colt. Mommy will make it all better." she said soothingly before I felt the same soothing feeling as I did earlier. She was trying to do the thing with our horns again. 'No, I have had enough of this!' I exclaimed in thought before throwing my head back. I then threw my head forwards hard and head butted Celestia right in the snout, breaking her spell again. Without stopping, I flew up into the air and put both of my forehooves to the sides of my head. 'Damn I hope this works.' I thought to myself. I watched as all of the pegasi guards all lifted off to meet me in the sky, but I was prepared. "SOLAR FLARE!!!" The moment the words left my mouth, a blinding light emitted from my body, causing all the ponies below to cover their eyes and and shout out in pain as the light temporarily blinded the most of them. Seizing the moment, I put a forehoof up to my forehead and concentrated for a moment as I prepared for the instant transmission. And without even trying to sense out a safe location, I just transmitted to a location that my mind was telling me to. So with that, I was gone with a flash. ~~~~~ (Perspective change: Celestia) I sat up and looked around to all my dazed guards, my snout throbbing as I did. It hurt, but I had another pain within me that made the throbbing of my snout seem like an itch. Despair, despair for my little colt. All I had tried to do was help him, to open up our bond so that I could have him within my grasp once again. I am aware that he acted in self defence, but knowing that doesn't make it hurt any less. 'I'm so sorry my little colt. All I wanted to do was help you, to reunite us after all this time, but all I did was scare you away.' I thought to myself as tears came to my eyes. I felt a hoof grasp my shoulder. I looked back and saw my sister, Luna, looking to me with a sad expression. "Is thou alright?" she asked, But I just shook my head before looking down. "Do not worry dear sister. We shall reunite thou with her heir. We promise it." "No Luna. He still has some of his Ki power. You would not stand a chance." I said as I grabbed her and pulled her into a hug. "Relax Tia. We will only find him and try to talk him down." Luna said as she returned the hug. "As you said, it will be ok." I released Luna from the hug and smiled. She also smiled. "Captain Shining Armour!" I called out. He came ups to us and saluted both myself and my sister. "Captain, I would like you to help Princess Luna track down Solaris. Send out flyers and get each guard division in each city to keep an eye out for him. But remember, I want him back un-harmed." I said. "It will be done your highness." he said as he bowed before turning to walk away. Soon, I would have him back. But this time, I will not let him go so easily.