Pony Saga
Chapter 10: Arrival of the Princesses
"Ken!" Kira exclaimed in worry as she rushed over to her brother and lifted his head up. "Please be okay! Don't die!" She continued to scream, before deciding to look over his body for any major wounds. Ken didn't seem to have any sort of fatal wounds, he only looked exhausted along with minor bruises littering his form.
Kira hissed in pain when her body decided to remind her that she happened to be greatly injured.
Her mind wondered back to some of Chris's memories, specifically some basic first-aid knowledge. The little girl hissed as she used both hands to tear some clothing off her already torn blue shirt, and began pressing the newly created rag on her wound. Kira proceeded to use both her good hand and tail to tie the rag around the wound.
"It hurts... But I got to get me and Ken out of here." Kira said to herself, her head snapped up when she noticed the bushes nearby moving about unnaturally. Her enhanced saiyan eyesight pinpointed the strange shape of wooden limbs, in fact, looked like a entire wooden body.
Maybe her mind played tricks on her?
Dragging her twin brother with her toward the dirt path back to Ponyville, Kira noticed the variety of animal calls quiet down. She looked around, and once again spotted the wooden shaped animal- Wolf bodies... Strange, tree wolves? They seemed curious, yet cautious of her. A bit of information slipped into Kira's mind as a lecture from Chris came into memory.
"Being part saiyan has its advantages, you're more in tuned with your animalistic instincts than any human could ever be. Due to this, it is possible to achieve a sort of understanding between yourself and creatures around you." Chris explained in her memory, "But this does not mean to take it for granted, they could very well be sizing you up as competition."
Trusting the lecture of which Chris had informed Ken, and indirectly herself, Kira watched the wooden wolves approach both her and Ken. A young tree wolf, dubbed in her mind, presented to her some sort of offering. A strange paste, green in color, but possibly a ointment for her wounds. She grasped it from the ground that the wolf had lay it on, before watching as they went off.
Must be by some sort of dumb luck that she got this, but she wasn't one to argue against it. She untied her cloth and pressed the ointment against her wounds. She winced, her tail twitching from her reaction to the pain. Kira clenched her teeth as she retied the rag over it so it'll stay pressed down, bearing through the pain. She proceeded to drag her twin brother back toward Ponyville.
Arriving at the entrance of the Everfree Forest, Kira spotted the cottage home of a yellow Pegasus... Fluttershy, she recalled absently. Quickly bringing her brother to bear, she brought him in front of the household. The seven year old little girl began banging on the door constantly without stop.
"What is it? Oh no!" Fluttershy gasped loudly as she spotted the dreaded wound on Kira's arm. "We should get that taken care of right away-"
Kira shook her head, and stepped aside to show her twin brother on the ground.
"Oh my..." Was all Fluttershy had to say.
Ken clenched his head in aching pain, 'What happened?' the child thought to himself. Ken stood up, looking around to find himself in the forest of the seal. The hybrid boy walked up a few meters to find the Capsule house belonging to the being sealed within him.
Suddenly, without warning, a slap to his head's backside made Ken be knocked forward unto the ground. The child winced in pain as he began to rub the imaginary bruise.
"Ken, you should know better than to wander off aimlessly from home! You could have gotten both Kira and yourself killed due to such stupidity!" Chris scolded Ken quite harshly, "If it weren't for your latent hybrid power, Kira would be dead!"
Still rubbing the back of his head, Ken looked up at Chris. "Power? What power?" He said, curious on what Chris meant.
Chris knelt to Ken's level, "You don't recall what you've done?"
"No... Did what?" Ken questioned with confusion, tail curling up to his side.
The Z-fighter groaned, before smiling in a fond memory, "Just like Gohan, just like him."
"Gohan? You mean that one kid you told me in your memory stories? The one with the super mega power?" Ken stated, wondering what Gohan had to do with himself.
"Ken, you see, ever since I sealed myself inside of you to prevent my erase from existence in your original world. You're body has grown adapted to your genetic change into that of a half saiyan hybrid." Chris started to explain.
Ken nodded, "Uh huh..."
"Being a child, your body was already quite adaptable to such changes. Thus you won't have any ill-effects, and in fact since you first started out as human... Well, you and Kira's Ki energies might rise dramatically with your emotions a lot more." Chris said as he lead Ken into the capsule house. "Here, a little story time. Let me explain how I first arrived in your world."
Two years ago, Planet Earth, in another dimension.
A robotic head was crushed under the powerful heel of a taller, bio-android, creature. A deep get overconfident voice chuckling at the demise of what was once, Android 16. A robot more human than given credit for, who tried to defeat this evil creature by sacrificing himself, only to fall.
The bio-android, Cell, looked to a eleven year old boy, golden spiky hair and a torn purple Gi, this boy was Gohan.
"Yet another fighter, you could have saved." Cell taunted cruelly.
'Sixteen, you loved life. You gave everything up to save it, and you were just an android. I let you die. No, I won't watch anymore, I won't! I- I feel it slipping.' Gohan's power suddenly spiked, his energy rising so greatly before his rage exploded outward.
'And I won't watch this anymore!' Gohan yelled in his thoughts.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhh!" Gohan screamed up to the high heavens, before his golden Ki energy flared outward in a showcase of sheer raw power.
The ground literally exploded outward as cracks formed quicker than when lightning hits the ground. Rocks and pebbles shot outward from Gohan's position, rolling along the dirt and smashing into each other, turning into dust and smaller pebbles beneath the flaring golden Ki that soared over the area. Gohan's eyes looked to Cell with extreme hatred, tealish green eyes burying into Cell's defying ones, the young Z-fighter's golden aura bursting and circling around his form.
"This is it..." A purple haired older teen said in the distances, Trunks. Who watched with awe as his fellow hybrid and master from a alternative timeline became so much more powerful.
"Gohan is releasing his energy!" Gohan's master, a green skinned alien Namakian called Piccolo, stated.
"The rate it increases seems to have no limits!" Chris yelled out, flying in mid-air, his body a bit beaten from fighting.
Cell wasn't as so amused, "So, that's it huh? You're making the same mistake Trunks did, boy. Don't think you can beat me just by powering up." The evil Bio-android said.
The Cell Jr's, creation of Cell's being, began beating up the nearly powerless Z-Fighters. Goku, Chris, Krillian, Tien, Piccolo, Yamcha, Vegeta, and Future Trunks began to fight, or fall hopelessly, against the miniaturized blue Cell copies. Gohan, seeing his friends and family becoming target dummies for this powerful copies, became further angered at this fact.
"Stop it! That's Enough! Tell them to stop it!" The powering hybrid yelled at Cell.
Cell looked with amazement, then smirked with a smug grin, "That's the way, let it all go."
Gohan screamed once again, all hell breaking as a huge wave of Ki burst outward, destroying parts of the surrounding area and marking the ascension into the next level. His muscles budging, hair rising, Ki-created electricity circulating around his body...
"And then? And then!?" Ken said with excitement, eager to hear more.
"He defeated Cell, his newfound potential marking himself as a Super Saiyan two. He outright destroyed the miniature Cells with nothing but simple kicks and punches. Saving us all in the process, before he toyed with Cell at a level he should not have." Chris stated.
"Huh? Toyed with him? Why?" Ken questioned.
"Because he could not control his new emotions, Ken. He lost himself to it as he continued to toy, trying to make Cell suffer. Due to this, Cell got a chance to destroy the world. But Goku, my suggorate brother, stopped him and used instant transmission to sacrifice himself to destroy Cell away from Earth. But it was for naught, as Cell returned, stronger, and engaged Gohan on a one on one Kamehameha battle for the ages." Chris continued his story, "When Gohan finished Cell off, the barriers between dimensions collapsed around him. I rushed up to him and pushed him out of the way, before I was transported to yours, where I found you."
"So, I'm like Gohan? And I have a hidden power which can be unlocked?" Ken questioned further.
"It's called Hidden Potential. It is a ability unique to all hybrids. Even Trunks has it, but unfortunately his timeline prevented him from learning to control it and utilize it properly." Chris answered Ken.
The air surrounding Ken's form began to brighten softly, the hybrid child looking around him in slight confusion.
"Looks like you're waking up Ken, I don't know how much time as passed, but say hello to Kira for me would you?" Chris asked.
Ken smiled and nodded, "Sure thing, Chris."
Ken opened his eyes to see the morning sun rising, had he been asleep a whole day? The child rubbed his eyes and took in his surroundings. He seemed to be in Lyra's bed and that means he's at home. Which also means he's probably in big trouble and it's only a matter of time until he's punished.
Better escape while he still can.
The seven year old bit his lip, slowly getting off the bed. Ken then realized that his body felt more powerful, like a greater amount of strength had been given to it.
"Remember Ken, a saiyan's body adapts to become stronger when it faces major injury, even more so when near death. This is what is known as the Zenkai boost." Chris explained within his head.
'That's for the explanation,' Ken thanked him.
The hybrid boy looked down on himself, realizing he wore new clothing. A orange Gi shirt, tied with orange pants and an blue cloth belt around his midsection. Ken pulled the top of his shirt to see a harp as the picture. Releasing the shirt from his hands, Ken pondered on how it could resemble something from Chris's world so much.
'I should talk to my sister first,' Ken reasoned to himself, reaching out for their telepathy, 'Hey Kira, are you there-'
Lyra Heartstrings revealed herself by opened the door, Ken tilted his head in confusion on why her facial expression held that of anger before the back of his head met with a concealed frying pan.
*BANG!*
"How dare you scare me like that Ken! I come back home to see you knocked out cold, and Kira having an injured arm!" Lyra cried out, tears flowing down her face, and concerned eyes burying into Ken's own.
Ken rubbed the top of his head with his hands, tail limp on the bed, and eyes looking down from Lyra sadly.
Lyra unexpectedly hugged him, shocking Ken out of his stupor, "Please, I don't want to lose you Ken. I love you and Kira like I would love my own children." Ken hugged her back, spotting Kira in the doorway behind Lyra, a sling holding her left arm.
'I think we can both agree that we should be a lot more careful. I don't want to see Lyra sad again. Kira thought to Ken, which he nodded in agreement. Lyra deserves to be more happy then this.
After a few minutes of sorrow, Lyra wiped her tears with her forehoof.
"Anyhow," She started, "I got too get you both to Twilight's Library, and this time I'm keeping you two on a leash!" The moment she said, a rope came into view out of nowhere, tying around Ken's waist. Kira saw this and started to back away, but a second rope tied around her waist as well.
"There, now you both can stop getting in so much trouble." Lyra stated, turning around and pulling the ropes with her magic. Which forced the two saiyan twins to walk downstairs with her.
Lyra dragged them into the Kitchen, "We don't have the time for a good breakfast; I'm going to grab some snacks." She packed a couple of fruits into a saddlebag and then proceeded to throttle out the door with the twins in tow.
After a good fifteen minute trek, Lyra arrived with Ken and Kira into the Ponyville Library. In which she placed the two twins on a carpet, and untied the saddlebag with her magic. She floated out some bananas and gave them to Ken and Kira, who took them without hesitation and began to peel so they could eat.
"Glad you could come Lyra. You kept your promise." Twilight said, strange and unique machines decorating parts of the room.
"Well it's the Princesses, I don't want to get in trouble." Lyra's eyes glanced toward the twins, who knew instantly what she meant without her having to say anything else.
A knock on the door indicated the arrival of somepony, Twilight opened it with a smile on her face as she greeted the rulers of the Equestria Nation, Princess Celestia, and Princess Luna.
Princess Celestia had a pure white fur coat, was a tall as what the twins knew a horse was, and had both a long unicorn horn, and pegasus wings. Each both finally well kept, and gave her more beauty to her form, but the real eye catcher was her hair! Ken and Kira looked in awe and wonder on how such a sparkling multi-covered hair could continuously wave in the air without no wind! The mark upon her rump indicated that of a stereotypical sun.
Must be magic.
The latter Princess, Luna, appeared to be the polar opposite of her taller sibling. Taller, because she's the height of an average pony, maybe a tiny bit taller. Dark purplish colors, and hair that not only waved in the air like Celestia, but also decorated midnight black with small stars twinkling within.
But...
Something else, came right behind them. Something, that even the twins did not anticipate, nor ever wanted to see again. What they assumed to be, and possibly are, the darkest beings on the face of the universe. Three ponies followed the two Princesses into the library.
It wasn't that the ponies were evil, or if they had any sort of power that the hybrid twins feared, it was what they were wearing that the children feared the most.
White Lab Coats.