The Saiyan lady versus Friendship
Chapter 2
The Unleashing
/Five Thousand years later/
Twilight Sparkle the unicorn pony was simply skipping with joy today. Unlike many other times, today she planned to spend some leisurely time in Canterlot. And what better way to spend it than to explore the old Crystal cave system under the city she was… ahem… imprisoned in during the wedding. So grand was her excitement that she literally hopped on one level with her earth pony friend Pinkie Pie who was her most supportive member of the exploration group.
The idea came to her while she was reading a book called "Earth and its geological wonders" its section on crystalline formations catching her eye. Remembering her stay at the wedding had motivated her to go on this trip. After asking her friends about it, they all agreed to go. Spike on the other hand lay sick with a cold and needed to stay in bed and take his medicine so he was considered a pass. Arranging a proper time so that every each and one of them would be available, they took the first train to the Capital in the earliest hours of the morning.
It was pre-noon now and it was snowing lightly. Canterlot looked like an absolute fairy tale during the winter! Every snowflake landed on the perfect spot of every building, distributing the snow evenly along its streets. Everything was simply... wonderfully fluffy and that made Twilight feel full of energy and giddy with excitement.
Finally entering the castle's great halls, Applejack was the first one to speak after a quiet journey from the station to the palace:
“Ah don’t get it! What are we gonna find in there but a bunch of crystal doohickeys?” she scratched her head from underneath her Stetson.
“Applejack darling! This means much to Twilight! Besides… this is a once in a lifetime opportunity! When else will we see such a wonder of nature?” Rarity justified her lavender friend’s means.
“Rarity just wants to find some gems.” Rainbow Dash snickered, shoving her pristine coated friend on the shoulder, the fashion unicorn sticking her tongue out in return.
“Oh, I hope there will be a variety of bats down there too.” Fluttershy brought her front hooves to her chest with a look full of hope.
“I’m just plain happy!” Pinkie Pie blurted out, earning an awkward look from her peers for the obvious statement.
Having had prepared a reserved audience with princess Celestia beforehand, Twilight and her friends were soon in her presence. The ruler of the day approved their request without a fuss, wishing them success:
“I hope you find many interesting things while on your search below!”
Not wasting any time, the group of ponies descended the carved steps of the Canterlot underground caverns. Once there they started exploring the various tunnels with the help of the lights provided by the horns of the two unicorns. Oooing and aaahing at all the crystallized formations mother earth had created, the company went deeper and deeper into the tunnels: walls, spires, crystal stalactites, stalagmites and stalactones with soft purple and blue tones filled the eyes with their pleasant view. The grandeur of the place was astounding, as the steps made by ponies of an age forgotten kept going down and down. There were nooks and crevices everywhere, nothing ever the same, the terrain always changing with each step, every little detail being an individual spectacle of its own. There was a also a railway with some old rusty cave carts but it lay forgotten and slowly degrading with time. There were also certain multicolored lights emanating from the place itself giving it a feel of mysticism and secrecy.
Rarity as the always enthusiastic gem hunter had already collected a small number in her saddlebag which she had brought along with her. Twilight carried along a very thick scroll, noting everything she saw, while carrying it with her levitation magic. Deciding to test the acoustics Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy began a singing number. Rainbow was just doing some flying tricks, testing her maneuvers in a darker environment while AJ observed her with a half-interested gaze.
“Lalalalalalaaaa... Huh?" The pink whirlwind suddenly stopped amid one of her las noticing something amiss.
"Hmmmmm! A big blue crystal thingie, but it looks like the strangest one I've ever seen even though there's a lot and I mean a lot of those around here, and I really do know a lot about rocks!"
"Pinkie, where are you? Why are you talking to yourself for that matter?" TS called out to her party mare friend, the sound of hoof steps being heard all over the place.
Fixing her gaze intently on this strange hulking formation she had stumbled upon, Pinkie came closer. Not only did it have a core of a darker shade of blue in the center but also said core had a weird shape. Defying all logic, the looney trickster suddenly took out a water hose out of nowhere and started spraying the whole thing with a thick stream of H2O. As all of the layers of dust got washed off, Pinkie Pie gasped as she saw its now crystal clear see through surface.
"Hey! Girls, come here! I found a creature trapped in crystal!” The party mare beamed so widely the ends of her smile threatened to split her face in two.
“That’s ridiculous! There are no signs of life here! Not even bats! If this is a prank I swear I…” The studious unicorn’s jaw dropped at the sight she beheld.
A moment later all of the others gathered upon the phenomenon, staring at it in awe! It was a large hairless bipedal creature! Sporting a strange black and brown leather outfit and a bushy voluptuous mane, it stood frozen in time, its hind legs slightly spread apart, hinting that it must have been struggling while being encased in its prison, its upper appendages in awkward flailing positions and its eyes closed with a calm look of acceptance. The crystal itself was a large mass of dark blue, forming around the being like a cocoon.
“Judging by its bushy tail wrapped up around its torso it is probably of some unknown hairless species of monkeys! The large cranium tells me that it might have been intelligent, its wild mane probably served to protect its sensitive scalp and back from the cold and it seems to be about six and a half feet tall.” The nerdy mare analyzed its features, while circling it.
“Yup, my Pinkie sense didn’t fail me!” Pinkie beamed warmly.
“WHAT? You knew this would happen?” Twilight couldn’t contain herself.
“Mmmmmhmmmm… I got a belly itch, neck spasm and eye flutter meaning that I’m going to meet somepony extraordinary in a cave. But I’m guessing she isn’t a somepony… Anyways, that’s why I’ve been excited today!” The magenta maned trickster rambled.
“How do you know it’s a she?” The geeky pony looked the alien over once more.
“Uuuuum, I know my mammals Twilight and the two bumps on this creature’s chest remind me of a bovine’s udder, meaning that they might be her mammary glands which she uses to feed her young. Plus I don’t see a scrotum…” Fluttershy blushed as she presented her findings.
“Female or not, I can’t believe we found a monster! Awesooome! And by the looks of its armor it must’ve been a pretty cool warrior!” RD bobbed her head in approval.
“Oh, oh I know! Let’s set her free! Then we'll throw her a Welcome party and be best friends!” The looney earth pony spontaneously proposed, earning a “Yeah” from her rainbow maned amigo.
“NO!” Both unicorns and the country freckled work horse denied the suggestion, adamant in their resolve.
“But maybe she’s nice.” The timid pegasus squeaked, trying to support the cause of freedom.
“Fluttershy, sweetie, surely you jest? Just look at that brutish appearance! Why I’m scared what horrid things it might do to us if we set it free!” The fashionista motioned to the beastly looking being, scrunching up her face in disgust.
“Well, I don’t think she’s as bad as you’re making her out to be! Just look at her face! It looks all so sad, frowny and down in the dumps.” Pinkie bounced over to the semi-transparent menhir, pressing her nose against it, and looking at the lifeless being with compassion.
As the arguments turned into angry yelling it seemed that a solution wasn’t going to come up any time soon.
“QUIIIIIIIIIIIET!” Twilight Sparkle silenced all of her comrades, gaining the spot light “If anypony is going to have the final word, then that would be princess Celestia! Since the formation is just like a large stalactone…” blank looks “big base, small ends, I’ll simply zap off the ends and hover it up to the surface. What do you think?”
After some mutual nods of agreement, the little spellweaver had her green light to proceed. Focusing on her cutting magic, the unicorn produced a thin beam and started cutting through the lower end of the giant boulder like form. It had grown incredibly fragile as Twilight felt it while she was working on it. Having have completed the cut, the magic mare looked over her work, pleased. But just as she was about to continue with the upper end, a strange sound appeared out of nowhere that made all the equines jump and whinny.
*CRACK…………… Craack………… crack crack crack craaaa-craaaaak… craaa-craaaaa-craaaaaa-aaaack………. crack*
After the last of the crack noises were gone, all of the ponies held their breath, fearing for the worst. However after two whole minutes of waiting in anticipation they all sighed in relief.
“*deep sigh* You see girls! We just have to be careful and…”
*CRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-aaaaaaashh-sh-sh-shhh-shhh-shhhh*
The whole thing collapsed sending the body captured within it tumbling down, being buried under large pieces of shards.
“Oh, my Celestia! I hope that thing doesn’t wake up!” Rarity held on to Applejack for dear life as the entire group had leaped behind a 4 foot tall wall for protection.
“I… I don’t think it will. It’s probably been there for thousands of years. I hate to say it but it’s probably dead.” The stressed out librarian took a big breath and regained her cool, trying to assure all of the others.
"Twilight's right! Don't you ponies worry none! Everypony got out of danger without no harm!" The working earth pony aided her smart friend in her argument before turning to her marshmallow white companion with a miffed look "Now Rares, would you get your hooves off me? No offense sugar cube but ah think yer overreacting!"
However as if by some irony fate had decided to play on AJ and TS, some loud groans emanated from behind them where the giant boulder crashed. With both Fluttershy and Rarity gripping their orange earth pony and cyan pegasus friends tightly, much to their chagrin, all of the equines’ hearts skipped a beat.
“W-w-what…” a female voice was heard “Where… when…uuuuughhhhhh… oh man” some clinking sounds occurred, confirming that the unknown being was alive and was getting up right now “Mmmmmm… Oh…” it made a sound of realization “I’m… free?… I’m free!” it said to itself before some screams of delight followed “YEEEEES! I’M FREE! AHAHAHAAHAAHAAAAH! FINALLY! Man I hope it hasn’t been that long! I’d really like to pay back that stupid bastard Cold! Wohooooo!”
As the victory shouts were going on, the mares closeby were conversing quietly.
“I-i-i-eee-eee-eeee… it speaks our language!” The Staremaster blurted out.
“Whatever are we going to do!” The fashionista went in drama queen mode.
“Somepony has got to go over the wall and spy on it of course! She doesn’t even know we’re here yet! And I’m going to be the one to do it if all of you ponies are afraid.” Rainbow Dash scrambled up and poked her head over the wall.
Swaying its tail freely, the creature had started stretching. The prismatic pegasus was soon joined the rest of her friends with the exclusion of Rarity who had decided to converse with Twilight who for some reason had started feeling quite uneasy.
All of a sudden, the alien’s lean figure bulked up a little. Then the whole atmosphere around it changed, an eery sensation crawling up everypony’s backs. Some strands of white light started emanating from the beastly being as it breathed slowly and audibly. That caused the lavender unicorn to cringe a little, her lines of worry creasing further.
“Twilight what’s wrong?” Rarity tried to do something about her magical friend's distressed state.
“I feel it! It has this power emanating from it! I've been around the princesses for quite some time over the years and they are quite powerful too but this… the sensation I'm getting from this creature is of the likes I've never sensed before! And its really hard to keep control over my my adrenaline level and my magic sensors! I'm a a bit scared!” Celestia's student felt the spot behind her stomach tense up and the power input of her horn making her nauseous.
This... whatever it was, used some sort of strange magic! And its amount was astounding! Heck was even on par with the princesses! But that's not what made Twilight feel so queasy! It was that right now she could tell that this was only a small amount of the creature's full power, as she felt it was exhausted and mostly drained of its magic reserves right now.
“Aaaaaaah… nothing beats raising your Power level after some time being trapped inside of a crystal like some bug in amber! Now… let’s see if I still got it!” The extraterrestrial suddenly kicked a huge chunk of earth, sending it flying into the open air before she aimed her upper limb at it and fired a stream of light at it, turning it into scattering debris.
Before anypony could say “Hold it”, the cyan pegasus had flown up to the creature beginning an assault of accusing words:
“Hey, hey you! Yeah you! If you think you’re gonna start destroying stuff once you come out and into my home you’ve got another thing coming! We don’t like creatures like you see! If you so much as hurt any of my friends or any other pony in Equestria, as Celestia is my witness I will Rainboom you to… Gyuuuuuuuk!” The alien’s claw shot out from behind its back and gripped her by the throat.
“RAINBOW NOOO!” The others came out of hiding, not daring to come any closer however.
“Shut up! You’re annoying!” The being looked into RD’s eyes, with an irritated look “You dare threaten me?”
“Kyeeee, cough, k-kk-kk-kwoooh *choke, wheeze* aaa-aa-aaaak…” The equine struggled to no avail, her throat being tightly squeezed.
“Let her go right now!” A Southen drawl boomed, which caused the alien to obey that order… on a whim… and do so.
Just as the Wonderbolt fan hit the floor, gasping for air and coughing, the otherworldly lady heard galloping hoofsteps. Looking up she was too late to notice a pair of hind hooves planting themselves in her face.
Landing on her feet, Applejack looked up to evaluate the damage. For her utter surprise however, she saw that the alien’s face was unscathed, and it only looked angrier for that matter. With her eyes growing the size of dinner plates, the southern bucker started kicking the creature’s shin hoping to do some damage there.
With a cry, AJ was lifted by her voluptuous mane, the bipedaled lady’s claws wrapping around it.
“AAA-AAA-AA-AAAAAAAAAH! OW, OW, OOOOOOW! It hurts dagnabbit! Leggo! OOH-OH-OOOOOOOOOOH!” The southern bucker squealed as helpless as a newborn filly, her shrieks emanating off the walls of the cave.
“First you insult me, now you attack me! Well… I must tell you that I don’t even feel anything from your feeble kicks.” The being told her captive, switching the grip of her hand from the equine’s mane to its face, bringing it up to hers so it would look at her in the eyes.
“Y-y-y-You leave my friends Alone!” Twilight finally gathered the courage to speak up against the oppressor, her voice hoarse.
Now having diverted her attention to the purple unicorn, the alien threw the orange mare up in the air, letting her get caught by her friends. RD having had crawled back to the others, assured Twilight that she was safe. Charging up her horn with all of her magical power, the wizard pony started shooting at the being with all her might. Then gathering the last of her strength she fired the biggest blast she could muster. Collapsing on the floor with fatigue Twilight didn’t bother looking the others, their mouths gaping in disbelief.
Every each and one of the blasts were deflected away by the unknown being’s paw as if they were nothing. The last one the warrior decided to take the brunt of by crossing her forearms defensively. After the beam hit, an explosion followed. However as the smoke cleared away it revealed the creature whole and unharmed.
“Hmmmm… not bad! Haven’t had an opponent in a while!” the bipedal lady flicked her claw up which suddenly caused Twilight to be lifted up in the air.
To the rest of the Main six’s great horror, she started floating towards the alien with another motion, with no aura whatsoever until they were face to face.
“You must be a very brave little warrior to stand up for your friends like that!” The fem fighter smirked before asking “And what might be your name?”
After some hesitation, while shaking like jello Princess Celestia’s student finally answered in a last cry of defiance:
“M-My name is Twilight Sparkle! Personal student of princess Celestia! I liberated you from that crystal cocoon and you should be grateful!”
Flinching for a moment, the alien lady started to think. After she was done, she reached out for the unicorn’s head.
“NOOO! PLEASE! DON’T KILL HER! WE LOVE HER! DON’T DO THIS!” The others pleaded desperately, falling to their knees.
Closing her eyes, Twilight prepared for the worse. She never did expect the next gesture coming however.
A rough but gentle clawless paw patted her head. Opening her eyes, the unicorn saw the creature grinning.
“Thank you Twilight Sparkle for freeing me! For that I will do what no other Saiyan of my kind has ever done before… I’ll swallow my pride and let you and your friends leave alive.” The Saiyan stated, earning some whews of relief from everypony “However I don’t think it’s a smart idea to cross me again!”
After setting the pony on the ground the fem warrior started to reason with herself.
“Now… how do I get out of here? Should I blast a hole? … No… that would cause the whole place to cave in… hmmmmm… oh……. I know!” The Saiyan lady had an idea and after she widened her stance, she released a powerful battle cry “AAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaah!!!”
The echo emanating from all corners of the cave was astounding. But what astonished the ponies even more was the smirk that appeared once more on the alien’s face and its appendage clearly pointing towards the direction where the exit really was.
“Aaaaah, the echo says that way! Well, it’s been… a blast but I’ll be getting the hell outta here! Tataaa!” The Saiyan’s feet left the floor and she literally flew off.
Still incapable of comprehending the impossible things this female alien seemed to be able to do, quite some time passed until somepony snapped out of it.
“Oh, no! What have we done! We unleashed a monster upon Equestria!” Rarity swooned, somehow finding her favorite couch to land on.
“I must warn princess Celestia! You girls get back up the stairs, I’m taking the express!” Twilight snapped into attention, gathering the last of her energy.
“Twilight you can’t! You’re tired! Let us carry you!” Fluttershy insisted but it was too late.
In a flash Twilight Sparkle was gone.
/in the throne room/
Princess Celestia was just in the middle of another boring political speech, one of her ministers was giving her when all of a sudden her pupil appeared in the middle of the hall. Upon looking at her sorry and disheveled state, the diarch immediately knew something was wrong.
“Twilight my dear! What’s the matter?” The alicorn flew right up to her student and nuzzled her.
“P-princess… trouble… *pant*… monster….. I’m sorry… *wheeze*…. I… set it free…… *pant*…… help us….. you must….. it…. Powerful….” Was all the lavender unicorn could say in fits before she collapsed on the rug, gasping for breath.
“Get the medics! Her magic reserve is almost diminished!” The regal equine commanded.
From all the information she gathered, Celestia collected all of her concentration on her senses. And soon enough she did feel an incredibly strong presence! But it wasn’t that of a pony! No it was foreign… strange…
A commotion that came on the other side of the throne room and a loud thud alerted her, and it was then that princess Celestia knew the exact location of that creature…
To be continued…