Six small, multi-color ponies appeared in a burst of light, and fell to the ground in front of a dome-shaped building. They coughed and picked themselves up, looking around in confusion.
“Uh, what just happened?” asked Apple Jack. She dusted off her brown cow-pony hat and placed it on her head.
“I have no idea... but it felt like one of my transportation spells. Only way more powerful.” Twilight replied. She swished her purple and pink tail, taking in the scene around her.
“Oh wow, lookit this everypony!” Pinkie Pie bounced around the court yard, pointing at all the buildings, parked vehicles, and all manner of machinery scattered about. “Ooo what's this? Are they houses? I've never seen houses like this before, they look like this one cake the Mr. and Mrs. Cake baked one time for Scootaloo's baseball party, do you remember that?”
“Pinkie, please!” Rarity interrupted. She scoffed at a few grass stains that defiled her perfect white coat, and picked grass out of her curled purple mane.“We're in a totally unknown place, don't you think we ought to find somepony to tell us where we are instead of touching things we might break?”
Pinkie removed her hoof from a Capsule Corp.. Rocket that she was about to knock on, and sat down, grinning sheepishly.
“Well,” said Rainbow Dash. “This looks kinda like a house. Let's see if anypony's home.” She strolled up to the black, rounded door and knocked with her hoof.
While they waited for an answer, Apple Jack kindly helped Fluttershy stand up. The little yellow pony was trembling, her eyes darted around fearfully. “Wh-wh-where are we? Where's Angel?”
“Ah don't know, sugar-cube.” Apple Jack said, kindly. “We're gonna ask these nice folks in this here house what's going on, and then we'll get you right back to your little animals, okay?”
“B-but what if they're not nice? What if-... What if there are dragons living here? These don't look like pony houses!”
“Relax darling.” Said Rarity. “If I know one thing about dragons, it's that they don't have this much class or sophistication. I must say, I rather like the futuristic style of these little homes. Very chique.”
“No answer Twilight.” called Rainbow Dash. Twilight strode over, and examined the door.
“They must be asleep. It looks awfully late out. Let's try the doorbell.” She pushed the small button with her hoof. The usual “ding-dong” sound resonated through the house.
The ponies gathered around the door, and a few moments later they heard foot-steps on the other side. Very odd foot-steps... it sounded as if there were only two, and they made a soft padding noise, rather that the loud clip-clop of hooves.
“Coming, I'm coming.” Came a dreary, female voice from the other side. They heard the click of a lock, and a whiring sound of the electronic door sliding open.
“Okay, what's the big idea ringing this late at night? If you're those reporters again-....Whu?” A human woman with short blue hair and big blue eyes in a night-gown stared, bewildered at the ponies before her.
The ponies stared back, their large eyes growing ever larger in shock.
“Uh... can I... help... you?” the woman asked.
“AAAAAAAHHHH!!!”
There was a loud collective scream from the six ponies. Fluttershy tried to run away, but Apple Jack caught her by the tail, knocking them both over. Rainbow Dash assumed an offensive position while the others backed up a few paces. The woman let out a startled yelp in reaction to the panicking animals.
There was a loud crashing sound of a door, and tall, powerful looking man with spiky black hair that stood straight up sprinted to the doorway.
“Bulma, what is it? …. What the Hell!?”
Bulma stepped aside to allow her husband to view their visitors. A little boy with light purple hair also ran to the door and peeked out from behind his mother.
“Mom, what are these?” The little boy ask.
Pinkie Pie relaxed upon seeing a child.
“Hi!” Pinkie Pie stepped forward. Or... rather, she hopped forward, and continued to bounce around, blatantly defying physics. “I'm Pinkie Pie! What's your name? Is this your house? What's it made of, and what are you guys? You're not ponies, and you're definitely not dragons. You look a little like monkeys, but that's silly! Monkeys don't live in houses, they live in trees, and this doesn't look like a tree!”
Vegeta snarled at the term “monkey” and pushed past his wife and son to confront the ponies.
“What the Hell are you?”
“I'm a pony, what are you?” Pinkie asked. The other ponies quietly made shushing noises, but Pinkie didn't hear.
“I am Vegeta, the Prince of all Saiyans, and-”
“Ooooohhhhh you're like the characters from that one girly show my baby sister watches sometimes.”
The boy stepped out from behind his mother.
“Trunks, get back in the house!” Vegeta shouted.
“Aw c'mon Dad, they're just horses.”
“Excuse me dear child, but I am a lady! Not a horse” Rarity said, indignantly. “And a fine unicorn at that.”
Trunks snorted. “You look like a bunch of pansy pink ponies to me.”
“Why I oughta- Com'ere you!” Rainbow Dash put her hooves up and flew towards Trunks. Apple Jack bit her tail, causing her to spring back and crash.
“Calm down there RD, we don't want any trouble.”
“Yeah yeah, whatever.”
Twilight stepped forward, nervously. “I'm very sorry, let's not get off on the wrong hoof.”
Vegeta raised an eyebrow.
“Er... My name is Twilight Sparkle, and these are my friends. We got transported here by some kind of spell, and we don't know where we are. We were hoping you could answer some questions, so we can get back home?” She grinned nervously.
“Pretty pretty please?” Said Pinkie, putting on a huge friendly smile.
Trunks turned to his parents, who were flabbergasted.
“Well...” Bulma started, “I guess it couldn't hurt to let them inside.”
“Bulma!”
“Oh calm down Vegeta, they're hardly dangerous. Come on, I'll make everyone some hot chocolate.”
“Oh I love hot chocolate!” Pinkie chirped. “Extra marshmallows on mine please!”
“Me too!” Trunks ran after Pinkie as she hopped into the house and followed Bulma into the kitchen.
Vegeta shut his eyes and grumbled. “Well, get in the house then.”
“Uh... thanks...” Twilight nodded to her friends, and the all trotted into the house, and into the kitchen.
Pinkie Pie and Trunks were chatting animatedly, while Bulma got out nine coffee mugs.
Vegeta stomped through the kitchen and promptly exited. Bulma assumed he was going back to bed, and put one of the mugs away.
“So, you're... talking ponies, huh?” She asked.
“Uh yeah.” Rainbow Dash replied. “Ponies usually talk.”
Twilight glared at her friend. “What she means is yes, where we're from, ponies and other large animals can talk.”
“That's kinda neat. We have a few animals around here that can talk, so I guess I shouldn't be surprised .”
“Oh? What kind of animals?” Twilight asked.
“Mostly a lot of bi-pedal mammals. Dogs, cats, pigs, tigers, and a few reptiles too, like sea turtles. There's a dragon too, named Shenron.”
“D-dragon?” Fluttershy winced as Bulma set a mug of hot chocolate down in front of her.
“Oh don't worry, he's harmless. Besides, he only shows up when we call him with the dragonballs.”
“Okay, so then what are you?” Apple Jack asked. “Ah don't mean to be rude, but...”
“It's okay, there are lots of creatures that don't know what humans are.”
“Humans?”
“Yeah. Nothing real special, just another kind of bi-pedal mammal, but with less fur.”
“Okay,” said Twilight. “And where are we?”
“This planet is called Earth. Specifically, we're in West City, and this is the Capsule Corporation. We make Dyno Caps for storing anything you can imagine, and occasionally my dad and I build space ships and other machines like that for personal use.”
“Wow cool! So you can fly into space with one of those rockets in your yard?” Pinkie asked.
The other ponies didn't bother to question how Pinkie even knew what a space ship or a rocket was. By now they had learned that Pinkie Pie just doesn't make sense.
“Yeah, you bet it's cool!” Trunks said proudly. “My mom's the best mechanic in the whole world!”
Bulma blushed and ruffled her sons' hair. “You bet I am. So,” she turned back to Twilight. “You said you wanted to try to find a way to get back to your home planet, right?”
“Yes, that's right.” she replied.
“Well, that's no big deal. I'll just call Goku in the morning, and he can take you to King Kai's place. Then he can figure out where your planet is and take you back.”
Rainbow Dash raised an eyebrow. “That easy?”
“Yep! If all goes well, we'll have you back home by tomorrow afternoon.”
The ponies cheered and clinked their mugs together.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
“What do you mean he's on a training mission!? He's the most powerful man in the universe, what on Earth could he possibly be training for?” Bulma yelled, over the phone.
“I'm sorry, but he took Gohan into the mountains as a sparing partner, about two weeks ago. Without my permission of course.” Chichi, grumbled. “I don't know when my husband and son will be back. Gohan at least was thoughtful enough to leave a note on the door. I'll call you as soon as they return though, okay?”
Bulma sighed. “Okay,....”
“Mom.... Mom!”
“What Trunks?”
“Can Goten come over?.”
Bulma smiled at her son. “Okay I'll ask. Hey, Chichi, why don’t you and Goten come over today? We haven't seen you in a while.”
“That sounds fun actually. I really need to get out of the house for a while.” She held the phone away from her mouth for a moment. “Goten, we're going to Bulma's house today!”
“Yaaaaayyy!”
“As soon as you finish your homework.”
“Nooo...”
Chichi smiled and put the phone to her ear again. “We'll be over in a couple hours, okay?”
“Sounds good,” Bluma replied. “See you soon. Bye.”
She put the phone down, and sighed.
Twilight walked into the room. “Any news?” She asked.
“Well, Goku and his son are off training in the mountains somewhere. I'm sorry, but I don't know when they'll be back. His wife and youngest son are coming to visit though, if you'd like to stay for a picnic.”
Twilight grinned. “That sounds lovely actually. Is there anything I can do to help?”
Bulma grinned. “Well, if you can cook that would be a huge help.”
“Okay. I'll get Rarity and Apple Jack. They can help too.”
“Thanks Twilight.” Bulma replied.
As Twilight trotted off to find her friends, Bulma turned to her son. “Trunks, can you take care of your baby sister while I get the picnic ready.”
“Aw, Mom-”
“No buts young man. You know I can't count on your father to watch her.”
Trunk stuck out his lower lip, and trudged to his sister, Bulla's room.
Pinkie Pie came skipping down the hallway just as Trunks came out with his sister in his arms.
“Oh is that a human baby? I love babies! Oh can I play with her, please please please?” She begged.
“Uh, yeah sure.” He handed the bule-haired infant to Pinkie Pie who began making all kinds of silly faces and booping noises. Little Bulla wiggled her arms and giggled.
“Hey, let's go play with her in the Atrium. She likes to pet the animals.” Trunks suggested.
“Oki dokey loki!”
Upon reaching the Atrium, they found Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy. Dash was flying around the enormous courtyard-like room, pulling loops and impressive spins, while Fluttershy was playing with all the animals.
Rainbow Dash landed to greet Pinkie and Trunks. “Hey guys!”
“Hi Rainbow Dash! Look, Trunks has a baby sister!” She held the pudgy human toward Dash, who wrinkled her nose. The baby reached out and tugged on her mane.
“Hey, cut it out!” She cried, while Pinkie laughed. “Anyway, get a load of Fluttershy. She's having a blast!”
They looked to see Fluttershy sitting on a Tyrannosaurus’s head.
“Funny, she's scared to death of dragons, but dinosaurs are a-okay.” Dash grumbled.
Pinkie giggled, and took Bulla to see one of the dogs roaming about.
“Hey Trunks, wanna race?” Rainbow Dash asked, assuming the position of a playful puppy.
“Ha! Whatever you want, but you better not cry when you loose.” Trunks stuck out his chest, confidently.
Dash raised an eyebrow. “Do you have any idea who you're talkin' to kid? C'mon I'll race ya around the dome three times!”
When the food was ready, Rarity trotted to the atrium and set out an enormous picnic blanket. It was a good ten minutes before she decided it looked perfect, and allowed the others to set out an array of food.
The doorbell rang, and Trunk sprinted to answer it.
“Hi Goten!” He seized the boys wrist and dragged him into the house. “C'mon I want you to meet my new friends!” The boys scampered off to the atrium while Bulma and Chichi exchanged a warm greeting.
“Where are Vegeta and your parents? I know it's not like Vegeta to be social but your parents usually greet us.” Chichi asked. She absentmindedly patter her long black hair to make sure the bun was still intact.
“Mom and Dad are away on a business trip, and Vegeta's in the gravity chamber training. He's been there all day, trying to avoid out guests.” Bulma replied.
“Goodness Bulma, you should have told me this was going to be a party! I would have dressed nicer.”
Bulma laughed. “Well it wasn't going to be a party but...” Her voice trailed off as they entered the atrium. Pinkie Pie had found a large radio and speakers near the sparring ring and was serving as a DJ while the other ponies and the three children appeared to be having the time of their lives.
Chichi's eyebrows disappeared into her hairline. “These are your guests?”
“Yep. That's what I called you about. We need Goku's Instant Transmission to figure out where they live, but in the meantime they're staying here.”
“Well now I understand why Vegeta is upset. “Chichi whispered.
“He'll get over it. Come on, let me introduce you.”
The party was a definite success. Trunks and Goten spent most of their time playing with Rainbow Dash. Twilight found an intellectual conversation partner in Bulma while Rarity gave fashion pointers to the self-conscious Chichi. Pinkie Pie continued to entertain baby Bulla, and even Fluttershy cut loos a little bit.
~*~*~*~
Frieza flew towards the Capsule Corporation, his arms crossed irritability. The cloaked unicorn had perched herself on his back, and had been “entertaining” him with tales of her own greatness and showing off a variety of flashy spells. He wished she would use the zipper mouth spell on herself.
“About how much farther away is the Capsule Corporation?” He interrupted.
She snorted. “That last dragonball was all the way on the other side of the world. At this rate it'll take us at least another day or two to get there.”
Frieza was already flying at top speed, while the unicorn was using a spell to keep herself balanced. He growled to himself, wishing he could just teleport. The sooner we get this over with the better.
Then I can destroy this insufferable animal and assume my rightful place as ruler of the universe.
Authors' Note: I'm sorry guys, this is 2000 words of boring. I'll try to get the action started soon I promise! In the meantime, if you can give me any feedback I'd really appreciate it. After reading and re-reading this so many times I've lost sense of what's necessary for character development and what's random filler.