Far Enough

by TheGameGenie

Chapter 1

It was a beautiful day in Equestria. A perfect day for taking over a planet or two. Especially if you’re Lord Frieza, evil alien dictator.

“Prepare the fleets to conquer Frieza Planet 935 as well as my bubble bath! Cooler already has 6 today and I don’t plan on losing to him again!”

“…Six what sir? Bubble bathes or planets?”

With a mere glance in his direction, the previously “employed” unnamed soldier became unemployed… and dead. After pushing a button on his space chair, a new unnamed soldier came in and saluted.

“Sir, what are your commands, sir?!”

“You are now in charge of what he was in charge of.” Said Frieza as he turned back towards his space window into space.

Looking back up from the charred corpse, with a slight tremble in his voice he responded, “What were his duties my lord?”

Frieza smiled “Now if I told you that it wouldn’t be fair for the guy who’s going to replace you. Also take the body with you. My coffee table is already level.”

“Yes my lord!”

As he left Frieza said to himself, “Henchman 304 shows great promise. He might even last a whole 2 hours.” He then continued to enjoy his space window.

Meanwhile…

It was a beautiful day in Equestria. A perfect day for everypony in Ponyville. A perfect day for the newly crowned Twilight Sparkle and all her friends… and Spike. However, it was a weekday and only Twilight and Spike were in their castle because all her friends had jobs and responsibilities to attend to. She on the other hoof was busy restoring her book collection which was blown to ashes due to Tirek blowing her house to ashes.

“How many sections have we finished so far Spike?” asked Twilight as she began to unpack one of many large, unopened boxes.

Reading the cover of Fallout Equestria, he walked to the currently marked ‘K’ shelf under science fiction and stopped to answer her question “We haven’t. The boxes aren’t in alphabetical order. Or any order for that matter.” Sliding the book into place he grabbed a book in the now open box before Twilight.

“And that I just don’t understand. I gave them a list of books, both those in the library before hoof and a requested requisition of new books to help fill the new library because of how much larger it is. I even included a bulleted list on how I wanted them organized before transit. All they had to do was follow my carefully detailed list that I had sent them, a job seemingly simple enough for the Canterlot House of Acuity and Official Supply, or so I thought. Apparently organizing each book by the genres I have given as well as alphabetize them by the standards I have given them, including any and all exceptions painstakingly written across ten pages is too much for them!”

“And yet you ordered your books from Discord.” Spike commented as he placed Cupcakes in the horror section. “Or have you not noticed that that acronym becomes C.H.A.O.S.?”

“That’s merely a coincidence Spike,” the mare supplied as several books floated before her, rearranging themselves in the proper order before floating off to their new homes amongst the shelves surrounding her. “And even so you don’t have the proof to accuse him of the incompetence of another. The one to blame for this is,” as she floated ledger providing the information she sought in front of her, she read the name of the owner “Dr. Ocsid.” As a slow realization hit she dropped the ledger frustrated with her own ignorance “How had I not noticed that! He didn’t even try to hide that it was him! It was so obvious!”

“Oh well, you win some, you lose some, right?” he carried the stack of Mare Do Well comics he’s been steadily building to the graphic novel section of the room. A series of explosions rocked the castle causing the dragon to trip, dropping the comics on the floor in front of him. As he fell towards the comics his collector instincts came into play! Stabbing his tail in to the ground behind him he pivoted from it, turning his body sideways and placed a single claw in a tiny gap between the comics pushing off of it to completely clear the comics, as well as a sick flip Rainbow Dash would have been proud of. Or anyone really, if anyone was in the room with him. He shrugged as he began picking up the comics, ignoring the sound of explosions ripping through the air deciding to leave it to Twilight.

Twilight having left at the sound of the second explosion in the series of explosions rocking the castle, was already galloping towards the front door attempting the reach the outside world of Ponyville. As she opened the doors she saw creatures unlike any she had ever seen flying through the air without the aid of wings and walking between the streets of the town she lived, using what looked like small cannons in place of one of their hands to fire blasts of energy around them, destroying anything near them without any distinction between targets. They aimed for whatever they saw: ponies, trees, buildings, anything. Desperate to find out why this was happening and how to stop it, she teleported herself in front of the nearest creature.

“Who are you and why are you doing this!” she yelled at the creature that she now realized dwarfed her in size, looking to be even taller than the princess Celestia herself! As it turned towards her the device on its face lit up slightly, displaying symbols she didn’t recognize. It then rose its arm pointing the weapon attached to it towards her. At that moment a light-blue blur streaked through the air, forming into a hoof that shattered what she now realized was a helmet, exposing the creature inside as it stumbled from the hit. Before it could right itself and re-aim its weapon the two ponies were gone. It searched for its targets before settling on the building in front of it and reducing it to rubble before moving on to another.

As the two ponies reappeared inside the library, Spike was shelving A Beautiful Day in Equestria giving no regards to the new presences that invaded the library.

“What the?! Why’d you do that egghead!? I totally had ‘em on the ropes!”

“Because you only broke his helmet, leaving whoever it was inside uninjured and possibly annoyed at what I assume was one of your best kicks. This is not something you can handle on your own Rainbow. Not without knowing what these things are.”

As Twilight’s horn began to glow, Spike suddenly cared about their presence, turning towards her with a speed previously unknown to him and suggested, “Or! Instead of doing that thing you normally do, leaving the library in shambles for me to clean,” muttering towards the end, “You can just write a letter to Celestia requesting her knowledge and assistance! Also giving you more time to deal with whatever it is you’re dealing with!” he stated with hopeful eyes and a tone of excitement in his voice.

A look of thoughtfulness entered her eyes as she processed his words. “You’re right Spike that’s a great idea.” As the light from her horn left the books in and around the shelves, Spike blew a sigh of relief and readied a sheet of paper and a quill. “Alright shoot.”

“Dear Princess Celestia, a large number of creatures has appeared in Ponyville and are destroying it with no known purpose. We are hoping that you may know what they are and how to stop them. Please respond as soon as possible. Your fellow princess, Twilight Sparkle.” As she finished, Spike was working hard to do the same.

“P.S. Rainbow Dash is awesome!” Rainbow shouted from a small pile of Daring Doo books.

“Rainbow!” Twilight shouted in annoyance.

“…is awesome.” Spike muttered before sending it off in a breath of green flame.

“Rainbow, what have you done?!” screamed Twilight as her voice grew into a panicked tone. “What if she doesn’t take the letter seriously and plays it off as a joke not bothering to respond leaving us all to a doomed fate?! What if-”, she was cut off as a belch came from Spike’s direction. When she turned to face him, he was already holding up the reply in front of him, skimming it before he began to read it aloud to the two ponies sharing the room with him.

“Dear Twilight Sparkle,” he began “I regret to inform you that my knowledge of these creatures is no greater than your own. I also regret to tell you that my aid will not be available to Ponyville as Canterlot is already under a similar siege and thus requires my full attention. Neither Luna nor Cadence will be able to assist you as Luna is heading to other cities to defend the other inhabitants of Equestria while I am here. As for Cadence, the barrier created by the Crystal Heart is sufficient in defending the Crystal Empire, allowing her to aid the nations outside Equestria with Discord, leaving her domain under the protection of Shining Armor should the barrier fall. But do not fear Twilight for these creatures are much weaker than they appear. Dispatching them should not be too difficult for you and your friends-“

“Ha, toldya I’d be fine!”

“Rainbow Dash don’t interrupt! Please continue Spike.”

“Okay. Dispatching them should not be too difficult for you and your friends although I have yet to find their leader and fear that they may be more powerful than the enemies we now face. Be wary Twilight. Your fellow princess, Celestia. P.S. Spike could you grab your trident and join me in Canterlot?” As he looked up from the page he tossed it aside and ran out of the room at full speed. “Going to Canterlot bye!” Moments later, Twilight and Rainbow Dash heard the seemingly distant thud of a door slam from below.

“… So what now egghead?”

“One, don’t call me that. Two, we gather the others, protect Ponyville and finish shelving these books.”

“…You mean you finish shelving these books, right?”

Then the doors to the castle burst open, allowing half a dozen creatures in as they began looking for more things to destroy.

“We’ll discuss this later Rainbow but first we must address more serious matters.” And with that Twilight ran off to face her home’s intruders.

“…Kick some serious flank or try to figure out a way to get out of helping Twi…” When she heard the explosion from down below, the scale seemed to have become exceedingly heavy. “Dash is on her way to save the day, because I’m awesome!” With that she screeched down the path Twilight went and gave a kick to the first non-pony thing she saw… which was a lamp. The fighting in the room stopped as everyone looked at the broken lamp then at the rainbow pegasus. “Oops.” She then went back down the hall and came back delivering a kick to an actual combatant who was unprepared to receive it resulting in both him and his helmet to crash to the floor. Another one responded by lifting his blaster towards Rainbow to which Twilight rewarded with a magical blast to his chest knocking him unconscious against the far wall.

One by one the assailants were defeated and restrained by the two ponies until they were all that remained standing.

“So, am I awesome, or am I awesome? Cuz I think I’m pretty awes- Twi what are you doing?”

“Interesting some appear human while others are creatures I do not recognize from any book I read.” Twilight said as she removed the helmets of the enemies before her. “This technology is far different than anything I have ever seen, even at Canterlot High. I’ll have to run some test to-”

“TWILIGHT! WE HAVE SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE URGENT TO FOCUS ON DONTCHA THINK!?”

Being reminded of their current peril by Rainbow Dash and by the sounds of explosions and screams from outside, Twilight gave her an embarrassed look and set the helmets she was examining to the side. “You’re right Rainbow. We need to find out why they are doing this and find a way to put a stop to it.”

“Alright then. Good cop, awesome cop.” Rainbow then flew over to the one of the guards, grabbed him by his armor and vigorously shook him, “Wake up you sorry waste of space, ‘fore I knock the unconsciousness right outta ya!”

“Rainbow! That is not-”

“I ain’t got nuddin’ da say to ya Space Skittles! You or ya eyesore of a friend! ‘Er hair alone is crime against fashion!”

“What? What’s wrong with my mane?”

“Din’t I jus say I ain’t got nuddin’ da say to ya?!”

“…Rainbow.”

“Yeah Twi?”

“Make him talk.”

Author's Note:

...Meh I got nuthin'...

Comments

[salmoncolor]

YES

Also is this an invader zim crossover? I can't tell. (I suggest putting it in the description.)

[donelel]

I would write an actual description. What you have there now tells me nothing about the story. From what I've read within the story, it seems like it could be an interesting concept.

[BringBackSonicSatAM]

6319093 It's DBZ. You can clearly tell by the mention of "Frieza" in the first paragraph.

[salmoncolor]

6319713 Sorry, I'm not into DBZ that much. But this story is still good!

[Enigmatic Otaku]

Rainbow Dash presents: Far Enough.