The Terror of Lord Frieza

The Terror of Lord Frieza

Never Surrender

Written by Seven81493

Zarbon winced as the scouter adorning his face shattered and fell to the ground, smoldering.

“That can’t be right. It read a power level of over one million.”

That caught Frieza’s attention, and he narrowed his eyes. “A million, you say?”

Before Zarbon had a chance to respond, Frieza had already activated his scouter. Looking in the same direction Zarbon had, he was stunned to see that the scouter had been right. Quick to turn his off before it shattered, he looked back at Zarbon.

“Well, Zarbon, it seems the equines here have more fight in them than we thought.”

“P-princess?”

“Do not move, Rainbow Dash. You sustained serious injury when that monster hit you.”

Taking a moment to survey her surroundings, Rainbow Dash came to the conclusion that she must be in the princess’ room. The dark blue colors, the curtains that looked like stars in the night sky. There was no doubt that she was in Luna’s bedroom.

“But I feel fine, Luna, look I can─” Rainbow Dash was cut off as an enormous amount of pain coursed through her. Maybe moving wasn’t such a good idea after all. So, she relaxed her muscles and fell back onto the bed she had found herself on, landing with a soft thud.

“Perhaps you should have listened, Rainbow Dash,” Luna said in a ‘told-you-so’ manner, giggling at the end. “But let’s not delay any further. You’re wondering how I defeated that monster so swiftly, correct?”

“Yeah, it was so awesome!” Rainbow yelled excitedly.

“Haha, yes, I suppose it was ‘awesome’. I did it by focusing an enormous amount of my magic into one attack. As a result, I am almost completely drained.”

“Drained…?” Rainbow questioned confusedly. Did Luna mean that her magic was totally gone? Nah, that was impossible, she thought to herself. Luna was too awesome for that to happen. Right?

“I will be unable to use all but the most basic of magic for a few days, Rainbow Dash. That last attack was one of my most powerful, so my body is tired out. Fear not, for my magic is not gone. It is simply more tiring to use at the moment. So it will be a few days before I can manage another attack like that. Until then, I will be much like you.”

“A pegasus?”

“Exactly,” Luna confirmed. “I need time to allow my magical energy to accumulate.” It was the last thing that anypony would want to hear, but it had essentially been said. For the time being, Luna was no longer the all-powerful ruler she so often proved herself to be.

“Um, Princess Luna, where’s Fluttershy?”

“Your friends are currently in the war room, planning a counter-offensive against the extraterrestrials who have invaded our planet and pillaged your town.”

“Um, can you say that in words I’ll understand? Hehe…”

Luna giggled and complied. “They’re planning an attack on the ones who attacked Ponyville.”

“Oh, that makes a lot more sense, then.”

“What did you think I had meant,” Luna questioned with a smirk, to which Rainbow Dash simply blushed in embarrassment.

“N-nothing. Let’s just go to the war room or whatever.”

“I’m sorry, Rainbow Dash, but we must remain here for the time being. Your wounds have not yet healed.”

“What wounds?” she questioned the diarch, “my body looks completely fine.”

“Not true, Rainbow Dash. When your body hit the ground, three of your ribs cracked. The only reason you did not feel it at that exact moment was because of the enormous amount of adrenaline coursing throughout your body.”

“Oh…” she replied lamely.

“I’m telling you, princess, there’s no way we can hide from them!” Twilight yelled at her mentor as Luna walked into the war room. Seeing Rainbow Dash so dejected had taken it out of her. But this was even worse. Never before had she seen Twilight yell at her sister with such fervor.

“I’m surprised by your behavior, Twilight,” replied her mentor. “You of all ponies should know that giving up is unacceptable.”

“And what is that supposed to mean?! The town that I’ve come to call home over the past three years was just attacked by aliens!”

“That does not mean that we can not hide until a plan has been made.”

“Twilight Sparkle is right, sister,” Luna interjected, deciding she had had enough arguing. “The alien I killed had some sort of device. He seemed to be using it to see how powerful I was, so there’s a chance it can be used to locate ponies from a distance.”

For the first time in a long time, Celestia looked dejected. If that was the case, then all hope was lost. The aliens would lay waste to Equestria, and there was nothing she could do about it.

“But fear not, sister,” Luna tried to alleviate Celestia’s fears, “the device shattered as I was building up my magical energy. So if we can get close enough, we could destroy them.”

“That’s very risky, Luna,” Twilight warned her. “...but it might be our only chance.”

“Very well,” Celestia finished up the discussion. “Any volunteers to try and destroy them?”

At that moment, Twilight and her friends all conveniently looked away and began whistling. The motion caused Celestia and Luna to chuckle. It seemed as if it had come down to them.

“It looks as if we will have to take care of it ourselves, Luna. Very well, at least this way, we won’t be risking any of the bearers.”

“Actually, ‘Tia, I know somepony who might be able to do this for us.”

Celestia raised an eyebrow at that. “Oh?”

“Yes, sister. Rainbow Dash seemed rather excited about the prospect of helping us take down the extraterrestrials.”

“That is out of the question, Luna. Her wounds have yet to heal.”

“Yes, but I know that you have the ability to heal ponies, sister.”

“No, Luna,” Celestia stated firmly, hoping her sister would back down. Unfortunately, that was not the case.

“No, ‘Tia. You are going to heal her, and you are going to let her be, um, awesome.”

Luna’s use of the word ‘awesome’ made everypony in the room giggle, Celestia included.

“Very well, Luna,” she said as her fit of giggling came to an end. “But if harm comes upon Rainbow Dash, you will be held accountable.”

“I understand.”

“The process of healing her will also be very painful for her. I need all of you to help keep her calm while I perform the procedure.”

“You can count on us, right girls?” Twilight questioned, knowing her friends would do anything to help Rainbow.

“Mmhm!,” they all confirmed, to which Twilight beamed.

Meanwhile, Rainbow Dash was lying idly on Luna’s bed. If only she could do something to help. She would punch that short guy right in the face. Her thoughts were interrupted by the sound of the door to the bedroom opening, though, and he turned to see who it was. Upon seeing all of her friends, and both princesses, she could only stare in confusion as they stared right back at her.

“What?”