A Saiyan's Journey

Return of Harmony pt. 2

“Hi guys, I’m Goku!” Said the man, as he walked in happily. He was like nothing they had ever seen before. His clothing was unusual, to say the least. He appeared to be similar in form, though his presence was that of pure, untainted power. He appeared to be wearing some sort of uniform, and there were symbols both on the right of his chest and on his back. He was around the same height as them, though his hair gave him the appearance of a giant. It stuck straight out of his head, at many different directions and angles. It was jet black, and seemed to deny gravity its unspoken right, as it stood defiantly in the air. His eyes had a pupil in the middle; no iris, just black pupil, the same colour of his hair. And in the middle of his face stood the (second) largest grin any of them had ever seen.

“So, what are your names?” he asked, still with the same enthusiasm.

“My name is Twilight Sparkle-“ but was cut off by Goku upon hearing her name.

“I knew a sparkle, one of the best men I've ever known…” He trailed off sadly, and asked them to please continue with the introduction.

“I will want to hear more about this later, but as I said, my name is Twilight Sparkle, personal student of Princess Celestia.”

“Oh really? Me too!” He replied excitedly, much to all of their surprise. So, after speaking with the rest of her friends, she agreed to speak of it later.

“O-kay, this is my friend Applejack, She is the owner of ‘Sweet Apple Acres, and makes some of the best apple cider in all of equestria!” Applejack curtsied in pride, blushing from the over-dramatization of her talents.

“And I’m, rainbow dash, fastest flyer in all of equestria! I just beat the record a few days ago-“

“Funny story actually, that was set by me!” Said Goku, a little too pleased at all their faces. Normally, they would tell people off for bragging, but he was so innocent and happy that they didn't even consider it as bragging. A little flabbergasted, rainbow decided to continue as if she didn’t hear that the Equestrian speed record was set by a monkey wearing pajamas, so she simply stated,

“and, the coolest pony around!” she said. Obvious not very modest, but that’s not a very common trait to have.

“I’m Pinkie Pie, and I just LOOOOOVEE, to PARTY!” she said, as confetti flew from seemingly everywhere. Goku had sensed that energy before, but he didn’t know where.’ Make a mental note, pinkie is oddly  familiar, and I can only imagine that Twilight is a skilled unicorn.’

“Hi, my name is Fluttershy.” If not for Goku’s super hearing, he wouldn’t have caught all of that. Being a saiyan does have its pros, does it not?

“Well, hi Fluttershy, it’s a pleasure to meet you.” Said Goku, holding out his hand for a shake. She accepted it, and it seemed to fill her with some courage, because soon she too, was smiling.

“And I, am Rarity, the greatest fashion designer in Equestria!” She said, her ego getting the better of her. ‘the collective ego in here is enough to saturate the air, hope I don’t catch any of it!’ thought Goku, as he stared back at the well proportioned bodies of all the ponies. At further glances, he noticed that they all seemed to be made to look perfect. ‘They are really beautiful,’ thought goku, his smile never leaving his face. Until, that is, he remembered what they need to do. “Alright girls, I think that I know what we must do. Do you know what the elments of harmony are?” He asked, with the subtle desperation in his voice almost caught.

“Elements of Harmony; A Reference Guide,” said pinkie, holding the book out to twilight, who was amazed.

“How… did you?” twilight tried, before pinkie replied, in a singsong voice,

“It was under EEEEEEeeeeee!”

Everyone was dumbstruck for a moment, before twilight finished flipping the pages.

“We need to get to the “Castle of the Two Sisters.” She said trying to keep her voice calm. “but, its in-“

“The Everfree Forest!?” everyone said, as if in practiced unison.

“The Everfree forest, whats that?” he asked, mildly confused. He remembered a forest being here, but he didn't remember it being so… wild. Then, he remembered that this was one of the things discord changed while he was ruling. He used his magic to make time go incredibly fast after that as well, for two reasons; one, to make sure the damage couldn't be undone. Two, so that people would remember his reign as much longer than it was.

“Oh, I remember now,” Goku said, a look of remembrance in his eyes. The others just seemed mildly confused.

“O-kay, lets get going now”. They then started their trek into the forest, in search for the castle. As they were making their way into the forest, it slowly got darker, only for Goku to illuminate the way with a ki ball, surprising everyone.

“Now, what in the hay is that, and why is it… glowin?” asked applejack.

“Oh, this? This is whats known as my ‘internal energy,’ or ki,” Goku explained, not noticing that everyone had stopped walking. “Um, whats wrong everyone?” Goku asked, unsure of what was the right thing to say in this situation.

It was the wrong thing.

“Whats wrong, WHATS WRONG???” Screamed twilight, scaring off animals, though attracting others. “Now, I don’t know who in the hoof you think you are, but you can’t just go using magic without a horn!! It doesn't work like that! You need a magical outlet, somewhere to let the magic out fro… are you asleep?” She noticed the light went out, as she had literally bored Goku to sleep. Sighing, she picked him up with her magic, and started carrying him. Much to her surprise, he jumped right out of it, and started flying alongside them. It was kind of an experimental joke, and it certainly had the desired effect (Just imagine twilight as an anthro. Now, imagine said twilight, with a massive vein on her forehead, and her eyes starting to bulge ). Twilight pretended to ignore it, just play it off as some kind of hallucination. It worked, until she heard rainbow talking to him, about how fast he could fly. Then, they both saw Twilight's expression. While comical in nature, her eyes told of untold anger, confusion, and just the teeniest bit of madness.

The rest of the walk there was rather eventful, almost as if something was planning the various pit stops along the way. There were evil trees, a manticore with an odd purple thorn in it that held a weird energy, and a melodramatic sea-serpent that lost it’s mustache. The final obstacle was a broken bridge, when rainbow volunteered to fix it. Goku sensed an evil energy that he knew all to well. So she had been tailing them. He knew he should help her, but this was an obstacle she would have to overcome by herself. As Goku predicted, they tried to manipulate her, but she proved her worth by declining, and helping her friends instead. With the bridge fixed, and no more obstacles in their way, the six friends and one Goku made their way to the castle. Or rather, the remnants of it.

The Castle itself had an eerie feel to it, and had a sense of foreboding. As if the castle were saiyan (hehe) “don’t come any closer…”. Fluttershy noticed it first, and she started hiding behind her hair. Goku seemed unfazed by the castle, and continued on. Not wanting to be left behind, the others followed. When they openned the doors, Twilight immediately ran to several grayish orbs, each with a different symbol on it. Goku knew all of this though, but decided to let them figure it our by themselves. Then, twilight did something that Goku did not expect.

“Alright girls, stand back, I don’t know what’s gonna happen.” Goku was stunned. How could someone so bright not have figured it out. All the trials leading p to this had proven the other’s elements worth, yet she was still blind.

“Twilight, do you really want to leave them behind?” No sooner had he finished talking, nightmare moon reformed in front of them, from the blue mist that she was previously. Goku used instant transmission (something he learned how to do while meditating on the moon. I'm not breaking any rules, i'm just speeding up Goku’s timeline to follow the story) and went in front of twilight. She gasped, and looked at Goku. The smile usually plastered on his face was replaced by a determined frown, that barely creased his lips. His brow furrowed in concentration, he stared down nightmare moon.

“So, you are back as well? How did the banishment suit you?” Goku asked, trying to buy twilight some time. She was still standing there, mouth agape. It wasn’t so much from the teleportation-without-magic, it was the fact that they seemed to know each other.

“I assume you know the answer already?” Said nightmare, her voice laced with anger, no, hatred. Twilight continued to watch their stare down, before Goku threw the first punch.

“Twilight, NOW,” he yelled, as nightmare flew back from the wall n which she was thrown. Twilight seemed to snap back into focus, and tried to power up the elements, but the spark failed, and they died out almost immediately. Goku then was hit into the wall, and nightmare, twilight, and the elements of harmony were transported away. All of her “friends” said, “Look, she’s up there!” Goku said, “Grab onto my arm, lets go!” they all obliged, and then were transported to the room. They saw the elements shatter, and Goku said, “Alright, you guys go back to ponyville, warn them about nightmare. I’ll hold her off for long enough.” Said Goku, his hair beginning to float up. His eyes began to shine with unnatural light, as he began advancing on nightmare moon in slow, even steps.

Twilight couldn’t give up. She hadn’t known this guy for a day and already he was risking his life for her. ‘Damn if only there was a way…’ then it hit her. Maybe the fate of Equestria did need her to make friends. Maybe friendship is what powered the elements of harmony. Then, a deafening boom shook her back to reality yet again. Goku now had blond hair that was going straight up, and seemed to have golden flame coming off of him. Dazed, she looked back at the worried faces of her friends. Then, her eyes sparkled (go ahead, kill me now ), and with that she walked back to her friends, and said, “We need to help Goku, and I think I have a plan. But, it will require all of your help, even you Fluttershy,” she said, gesturing to the quivering yellow mare.

Goku wasn’t really trying. He realized that Super-Saiyan was easily enough to beat her, but he can’t always be around to solve every problem. He was listening to their plan, and he almost smiled. But, you can’t alert the enemy about your plan ever. He put his full attention back in the battle, and tried to plan a way for them to stop her. He came up with nothing, so he figured that he’s just give them a little taste of responsibility. He then kicked her in the gut, and when she doubled over he followed with a quick uppercut, sending her into a back flip in which he caught her legs, and began spinning her around. After enough speed was built up, he said,

“At your ready twilight!”

She smiled, only to see nightmare moon sail over her head into the wall. All of the elements were powered up, after a brief description from twilight about why they fit into that element. They powered up, and shot the rainbow coloured evil-cleansing ray, right at the partially conscious nightmare moon. With a final, “NOOOOOOOO,” the villain had been stopped. Leaving a still partially-conscious-no-longer-evil princess sitting there, the colour of the night sky.

“Wow, we did it!” exclaimed twilight, wiping some sweat from her brow.

“As I knew you would,” Said another voice, seeming to come from all round them. Everyone looked for the voice, and gasped when they saw none other than their own princess of the sun. Everyone was overjoyed at seeing her, and Goku just stood back and smiled. The princess briefly glanced up at him, before stopping in her tracks, “…Goku?” The princess gasped, looking at him while smiling, though still a little confused.

“That’s me princess,” he said, powering down back into his normal form, still with the same goofy smile on his face. He was unharmed from the battle, but going super saiyan still took a lot out of him. That’s when Luna began to stand up, and looked around. She didn’t seem to know where she was, but soon began crying. Celestia seemed to remember that she was still in the room, and looked down upon her sister.

“You have embraced friendship into your heart twilight, now, I only wish another will do the same.” She said, an impossible to read expression on her face. She looked up, and said, “I’m sorry sister, please forgive me!” Goku smiled yet again, a single tear falling from his eye. Then, Pinkie decided it had been quiet for too long, and said, “you know what this calls for?

A PARTY!!!!”