"Applejack! What happened?" Big Mac made a beeline towards his injured sister, "Are ya legs alright?"

"Huh? Big Mac? What're ya doing in the Everfree?" Applejack looked around in confusion, "Now how'd ah get back to the farm?"

"Nice teleport, Twi!" Spike shouted as he hopped off her back, "That one didn't hurt at all! Maybe next time you can remember to warn us before you zap up back to Ponyville." he deadpanned, before taking note of his surroundings, "Hey, why aren't we at the library?"

"Buhuh?" Twilights' unfocused eyes still swiveling about in her eyesockets, before focusing on the baby dragon in front of her, "Spike? You say something?" she rubbed her forehead.

Spike blinked, "Uh yeah. I asked why we aren't at the library. Normally when you teleport us, we end up there."

"Teleport? What are you talking abou... -" she stood stock still as the memories of the last few minutes came back to her in full swing, "- I didn't cast that spell, Spike. From what I can tell, Goku did and -"

"- But how? He's not exactly a unicorn? And anyway -"

"- I know he isn't a unicorn! And his magic signature is practically nonexistant! But how... -"

"Hey Twi, you alright? You were out of it for a bit there." Goku laughed, "I was starting to worry."

"Uh, hey Goku..." her eyes didn't register his existence. She then subconsciously reached into her saddlebags with her magic, pulling out a scroll of parchment before jumping slightly and staring up at Goku, a wide and incredibly creepy grin covering her muzzle, "Goku! Just the pon- I mean saiyan - that I was looking for! I have a... " she paused for a second, " THING! Yes, a thing! At my library. In the basement! I need your help with this thing!"

"...'Thing'? Twilight, you aren't going crazy again? We don't want a repeat of the whole 'Pinkie Sense' thing again." Spike crossed his arms, giving Twilight a withering glare. She gave way quickly, her eyes falling to the ground almost as fast as her grin left her face.

Twilight sighed, "Yes, you're right Spike, I don't know what I'd... Spike? Spike!" she rushed over to the dragon, his tiny form doubled over on the ground. Goku had rushed to his side and appeared to be checking for a pulse, albeit in the wrong locations for a dragon. Twilight made a note that these were probably the locations he's check for his own pulse, but was interrupted when Spike let out a loud burp, accompanied by a green flame that quickly morphed into a rolled up scroll with the royal seal imprinted in sealing wax.

Celestia paced back and forth, a large frown plastered on her face. What had went wrong today? She woke up, raised the sun. Normal so far. Then she attended day court. Just a regular Saturday, nothing strange. She had lunch, then more day court. Again, nothing out of the ordinary. That is, until she felt a tear in the veil.

The veil isn't something any ordinary pony could comprehend, let alone sense. Celestia knew of only three ponies able to do so (including herself, of course). Breaking the veil, as far as Celestia knew, was impossible. Yet she also knew what she had felt.

Judging by they way the barged into day court, Luna and Cadence had also felt it. They had both completely derailed whatever petition the nobels had to improve their own standing, always a plus. If this meant she could ignore the upper class of Canterlot for a few hours, if only to pace in her room, having worried conversations with the other alicorns, then maybe it wouldn't be such a bad thing for other things to break through the veil.

"Whatever caused it, the rip in the veil seems to have healed completely." Celestia looked over to Cadence, who was sheepishly tapping her hooves together, "Maybe it was nothing. There haven't been any reports of strange incidents or anything."

"We can't afford to take that chance. The disturbance appeared above the Everfree, maybe Twilight Sparkle saw something?" Luna suggested.

"She would send me a letter if anything catastrophic happened."

"Maybe not." Cadence spoke up, "She's been trying to prove herself even more recently, hasn't she? She might attempt to handle it herself, then send a report afterwards."

"Either way, it would be a good idea to alert your student, sister."

"I know..." Celestia sighed, " It's just she'll try to handle it herself if I tell her about this 'unprecedented magical event'. And we all know how she gets over something new or unexpected."

"The benefits outweigh the downsides, sister. You should send Twilight a letter, just try to avoid wording it in a way that alerts her curiosity. Something about keeping an eye out for strange happenings in the Everfree, perhaps?"

"A message from the Princess?!" Twilight unraveled the letter, "She never sends me a latter unless it's important! Do you realise what this means? Discord could be free again! Maybe Nightmare Moon possessed Princess Luna again!"

"How did Spike burp out that scroll?" Goku asked Rarity as Twilight continued to rant without actually reading the letter.

"Twilight is Princess Celestias' personal student. Spike uses dragonfire to relay messages."

"So does this Celestia have an adult dragon or another Spike?"

"NNNNNope!" shouted Pinkie Pie, bouncing past the shouting Twilight, "She just uses her magic."

"Why not just use telepathy instead of sending letters through burping dragons?" Goku laughed at the image, "I mean, it just seems a bit roundabout."

"Telepathy, darling? What makes you think the Princesses can use telepathy?"

"It's what me and King Kai used to talk when I wasn't training with him."

"You were trained by royalty?" asked Rarity, eyes gleaming as Twilights' ears twitched in their direction, "Oh I simply must design you some clothes fit for someone of such status! No offense, darling, but those rags you're wearing aren't exactly the pinnacle of fashion. And look at the state of them!"

"Royalty?! A visiting royal student?! Who is this 'King Kai'? I've never heard of a nation ruled by a 'Kai', is it far from here? I have so many questions!" Twilight positively beamed with excitement, assaulting Goku with a barrage of questions, not giving him time to answer.

"I don't think he's royalty, I just think that's his name. But he does watch over the entire north quadrant of the universe..." Goku scratched his chin, looking skyward, "I guess you could call him royalty. There are a whole load of Kais higher up than him."

Twilight, Rarity and Spike gaped at Goku, "Entire... north... quadrant..." asked Twilight, "Personal student... of the King of the entire north quadrant..."

"He's not really the king of it all, more like a watcher really."

"But you're his student, right?"

"Yeah..."

"And he watches over an entire quarter of the universe?"

"Yeah..."

"So... Do you have any books with you? You must know sooo much!" Twilights' eyes glowed as she stared at Goku, a hungry look in her eyes, "C-can you teach me?"

"Books? Why would I need books?" Goku asked as Twilight continued to fantasize about all the possible knowledge, "He never taught me anything about any books..."

"Twilight, dearie?" Rarity stepped in, "What, pray tell, is 'the universe'? Is it like Equestria?"

Twilight snapped out of her book-induced daydream, "Wha...? Oh Rarity. The universe is..." she rubbed her chin, "Goku? What is the universe?"

"Um, Twi? Not that Goku being the personal student of this 'King Kai' isn't cool and all, but you're forgetting about the letter tha- Hey!" Spike shouted as a purple aura tore the now opened scroll out of Spikes' claw.

As she read the letter, Twilights' expression slowly turned from apprehension to confusion to comprehension, "It says here that Princess Celestia feels that we should keep an eye out for any strange happenings in the Everfree! She must have meant for us to welcome Goku! Spike, take a letter!"

Goku crouched over to the now recovered Rainbow Dash as Twilight dictated to Spike, "Hey, you're Rainbow Dash, right?"

Dash blinked, her head turning towards Goku. She stared at him for a second before realising she was asked a question, "Heck yeah! That's me, Rainbow Dash! Fastest flier in Equestria! What's it to ya?"

"Fastest flier huh? So that must make you really strong!" Goku pounded his fists against an imaginary table.

"Heh, I could kick anyponys' flank! Even you, Mr. 'I-took-down-a-pack-of-timberolves-by-myself'!" she looked over at Twilight as she dictated furiously, Spike struggling to keep up, "Hey, what's gotten into Twilight?"

"I told her I trained under King Kai, then she kinda went off on her own, talking about books and a princess," Goku shook his head, "You'd think, ears as big as hers she'd be good at listening."

"Wait, trained under King Kai? So that makes you like his person.. -"

"No! It's not like that! Really!" Goku interrupted, "I just trained with him for a year or so! That doesn't make me his personal student!"

"So I guess you know loads about the fancy magic Twilight does, huh? Probably live in a library too." Dash winked at Goku, pleased with her teasing.

"Heh, nah. I never really got reading." Goku smiled, rubbing under his nose, "It just gets in the way of the important things!"

Rainbow Dash looked to her right, a plume of green flame engulfing the letter, "Well don't tell Twilight, big guy. She'd throw a fit if you ever told her that reading 'gets in the way'" she thought about something for a second, before adding, "On second thoughts, tell her! It'll be hilarious!"

Twilight barreled towards Goku, running straight past Rainbow Dash, "Please, come with me, Sir Goku! As a fellow personal student of royalty, I must be the best host possible! I have just planned our schedule for tonight -" she was cut off from her obsessing by a loud rumble.

"Can it wait? I'm starving!"

Author's Note

I feel this chapter is a real decrease in quality, I might re-write it later. Offer any complaints etc. in the comments.