Twilight sat up in bed. Her eyes were wide with terror and shock. She leapt from her bed and towards the door. The sound and room were still present in her mind. She knew exactly what happened. The objects, whatever they were, had struck the town square. She needed to get down there. Ponies might be hurt, or worse. Sadly, no matter how hard she pulled on the door, it didn't budge.
Spike was standing in front of the door to Twilight's room when he thought he heard what might've been two rainbooms going off at once. He knew it was impossible, but it was enough to make him think of it. The hardened wooden door was blasted to splinters by a very harsh blast of magic. Before he could recover from any of this, he was quickly scooped up by the caster's magic and dropped unceremoniously unto her back.
"Twilight?!" He cried as the library faded into the distance. "What's going on?!"
The unicorn could not hear him. Her mind was refreshed by the sudden sounds, and had opened up a new well of energy. Her mind was racing faster than she was. Her concern was all over the place. No doubt the two explosions were in fact the anomalies in her data, but because of that data, or lack thereof, she did not know the nature of the foreign debris. It could've been anything, even aliens! Hopefully no one was-
Twilight's fear doubled. Somepony could've been hurt, or perhaps eaten by one of the aliens if they were even aliens at all! Her gallop speed seemed to double, causing the drake on her back to hold on for dear life. She could hear him shouting, but she pushed it to the side. The mare's eyes followed around each street corner until she finally made it to the site of the crash.
Upon arriving in the square, Twilight's attention was immediately bright to the two large craters that occupied where the fountain had previously. Taking a quick cursory glance around the area, Twilight found that no pony appeared to be injured thankfully. Twilight wasn't the only one who found the event to be eye catching. Ponies who had heard the explosion began to crowd into the area and some became brave enough to peer into the craters.
Twilight made her way to the very edge of the larger of the craters and became confused as to what she saw. It was almost perfectly round, and off base white. There seemed to be a window of sorts on it, but there was nothing more to it. Then, it suddenly began to rock back and forth. Immediately, surrounding ponies who were watching the strange objects now back-tracked very quickly. Twilight, however, stood watching the sphere with intense fascination.
Then, the rounded object opened, or rather was forced opened by whatever was inside. A biped stepped out, wearing a startlingly familiar pair of boots and gloves. The armor it wore was scratched and broken beyond what may or may not have been it's original form. It's skin was a ghastly blue and had some variant of hair that was greasy and unkempt.
When it began to ascend upward, Twilight fell backwards sliding ungracefully into the group of ponies watching on with horror stricken gazes. Another joined with it in the air, though it was far more reptilian in nature having a rough and green complexion. This one was dressed similarly, but had one more accessory than the other: an eyepiece of sorts.
"Ahhhh...." the blue one sighed with a stretch in the air. "A whole new world..."
"Cut the crap, Bothan," the reptilian alien reprimanded as it surveyed the landscapes.
"You're no fun," Bothan stated with a cross look. "What's the scouter say?"
"Hmph!" the other grunted while a three fingered appendage touched the eyepiece. The device beeped and shot out static before blinking. "Nothing to worry about. The average is five, maybe seven at the most." Both aliens grinned maliciously, but it was the one called Bothan who acted first.
His hand lit up with an ethereal blue light before a beam shot from has hand. It struck a nearby building, sending it into flames. This caused the group to flee into panic. Twilight, however, did not flee and marveled at the creature's powers. Something in her mind clicked, but did not spur her into fleeing.
"Hey!" a gritty, no nonsense voice called from above the aliens. The two destructors paused before looking to the source. Floating in the air, slightly silhouetted against the sun was a figure was hair was more vibrant than the sun itself.
Rather than just monologue them, the prismatic Pegasus dive-bombed into them. Rainbow was eager to show these space freaks not to mess with Ponyville. Her eyes were set, and her determination was unwavering. She was going to give them the beating of a lifetime.
"Heh..." the green one chuckled with a smirk just as the scouter beeped. He didn't even flinch. As soon as the equine was within range, he gave nothing short of a loose, limp, back hand. While the action didn't seemed effortless, the reaction was powerful. The equine was knocked asunder, sent down to crash into a shop.
"What level was she?" the other asked curiously.
"Barely twenty-five."
"You're kidding?" Bothan scoffed.
"Nope," the other answered while charging a ball of ki in his claw. "Pitiful, right? Let's just hope the entire system ain't like this..."
Twilight watched the unmoving form of her friend. Her mind screamed at her to get up and run. It was no use. She was unconscious. Without much thinking, just as the ball of energy was fired, Twilight teleported between her and the enemy and mustered the most powerful shield she could.
The blast encompassed most of the building, but was heavily concentrated upon the magical force-field. Several times Twilight thought it would break, resulting in more of her magic being spent on the shield. Sadly, she was not as adept at protection charms as her brother was. By the time the explosion ended, it was a miracle on how the home behind her still stood. The violet unicorn buckled and fell to the ground. Her head was swimming, but she forced herself to remain n conscious. She was more than exhausted and aching. Her entire body was drained of magic. Every last drop of magical energy was spent in keeping that explosion at bay. When she looked up, she saw the aliens speaking to each other casually.
"Well, that was no feat of a six or seven," Bothan commented. "You aren't loosing your touch, are you?"
"Rrggghhh..." the reptilian growled. Suddenly, a spine like plume flared up from his head. "Of all the... she was just strong enough to only just prevent my attack, but..." He smirked evilly. "It seems that was all she had..." The scouter beeped three times, showing a definite zero.
"Have a lovely afterlife," he growled as a similar ball of ki was launched from the reptilian's claw.
It was over. Twilight had failed. Her life flashed before her eyes. There were only books up until the very end. She regretted not having friends sooner, or being more outgoing. There would be a place in Tartarus for her for not preventing this disaster. She was the sole pony responsible for not stopping the apocalypse. Maybe Celestia could send them to the sun after her death...
Suddenly, a bright ball of small, erratically charged energy slammed into the reptiles. For a brief moment, they struggled to see who would emerge victorious. However, the newcomer seemed to be the stronger ad caused the two to fly off in a completely different direction. The two aliens stood with a little amazement as the two volleys of energy flied high into the sky before exploding harmlessly. The attention of all who were conscious were directed towards a lone, and very familiar, figure. He stood maliciously and stoically.
"Why don't you fight a real warrior?" a deep and challenging voice called to the aliens. The two aliens seemed less than impressed.
"The scouter says his power level is..." the green alien began. "Heh-heh... absolute zero!"
"Well, let's humor him..." Bothan chuckled. "I wanna see a real warrior!" The conversation did not fall on deaf ears. Vegeta could hear every mocking word from them. He smiled triumphantly. They trusted something that outdated, eh? Well... their weakness.
With split-second speed, Vegeta charged and landed a powerful blow to the blue one's chest. This strike was so vicious, he was knocked into the unnamed reptilian, caused both to fly backwards. Vegeta was not finished their, however. With a ki powered boost, he managed to fly past them with his entire body enflamed with a blue aura. He then positioned himself accordingly in their path of flight and curled his legs. He then leaned backward to alter their flight path. For a small moment, he met the gazes of one of them and he smiled wider still.
With a powerful kick, the saiyan sent the two flying up. Vegeta could swear he could've heard the armor they wore breaking and cracking from his powerful hit. However, the spiky haired being was still not yet finished. He moved again with incredulous speed to maneuver himself in the path of them once more. He charged what ki he could and began to move into an age old motion. He was confident in his poise and more confident in his execution. From the ground, Twilight could see an erratic, purplish aura flashing brilliantly.
Then, with a single second left to spare and just as the aliens appeared before him, the saiyan released his attack.
"Galick Gun!" Vegeta shouted as he snapped into a new pose. "Fire!" With that, an extremely powerful beam of pure power exploded from his palm and hit it's mark, going beyond the aliens and into the heavens above. The pair, however, was not following the attacks flow and were simply vaporized. After the attack faded, there was nothing left. With a discontented huff, Vegeta crossed his arms. He still wasn't through.
From below, Twilight had stood and was now wading through the debris. She, again, was not the only one. Applejack, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, and many other ponies slowly crawled from their hiding places and looked up to the saiyan in shock and awe.
"Woohoo!" a pink mare cheered. "You beat the aliens!" Almost immediately applause followed the outburst. Almost everypony was cheering and calling out to their savior. Fluttershy was one of the only ones to call him out by name. Vegeta, looked down upon the crowd, and scowled. Although he had been victorious, he did not feel as though he was. That was no fight by any stretch. It was a beating if anything. While Vegeta could come up with a few names of people that should be beaten, he himself never really pictured himself doing it. He preferred something more thrilling like an actual battle.
With a dissatisfied sigh, the saiyan flew off into the distance. Meanwhile, Fluttershy had been cheering her wings off. While she wasn't one for explicit violence, and the fact that she only was here for the ending bits, she loved that Vegeta was no longer considered an outsider. Her new friend would no longer be scrutinized. Little did she know that there was at least one mare who still found the saiyan suspect...
Vegeta awoke with a start. The sun had finally dipped over the horizon and he was leaned up against his rock as per usual. It had been a very long time since today's shenanigans and his stress-relieving beating. It at least made him a little less bored. However, the saiyan found something amiss. It wasn't the fact that the fight did not last, but it had something to do with his opponents. They crash-landed...
That was it! They had crash-landed! Vegeta face-palmed himself for not thinking of this sooner. If this wasn't his home, he could simply fly off his rock. He could fly a space-ship easily. He quickly rocketed from his spot and off towards the town.
Upon arrival to the site, Vegeta approached one of the craters and looked within. A puzzled expression crossed his eyes that dashed all hopes and dreams away. He found the ships, but the state they were in troubled him. They were similar models that he used to drive all around the universe, but the one he currently looked upon had it's door quite literally pried open. Curious, he approached the craft further to inspect it.
It was in a state of absolute disrepair. The interior looked like it was gutted and raided. However, judging by the state of what cushion there was in the seat, he could've guessed that it was gutted long ago. Upon inspection of the manual drive, he found that the propulsion system had also rotted away. That only begged one single question: how did they get into space?
As Vegeta stared long and hard, he reached a disheartening conclusion. It wouldn't matter if he knew the why or how. He was still stuck in a world of annoying horses, and was probably forgotten by his family. With a step back, he took one final look at the ship before flying away to sleep against his rock.
... He did not notice the pair of eyes watching him all the while. These eyes were there when the aliens emerged, and they were the same eyes that realized a similarity between them and Vegeta. The owner of the eyes did not know it, but they would also be the eyes that would watch the saiyan die.