Applejack: The Equestrian-Raised Saiyanby Dat DashChaptersIt Came From Space! A Mysterious Pony Arrives!I'm A What?! Applejack's True Past Revealed!Confession Time! Granny Smith Confirms The Worst!It Came From Space! A Mysterious Pony Arrives!Author's Note Once again, I decided to write a crossover fic. This time, I got my inspiration from playing Dragon Ball Xenoverse, mostly because my character is based on Applejack. Like this fic? Hate its guts? Find any flaws or compliments? Tell me in the comments, but please, do us all a favor and don't be a dick about it. It Came From Space! A Mysterious Pony Arrives! Family… After all this time, after all she had been through, Applejack felt like that was what had been keeping her alive and sane through it all. After all, her family was the most important thing to her. Well, other than her friends and the farm, of course. This was what she had known all her life. To imply that she was adopted by the Apples would be preposterous in Applejack’s mind. The idea that she wasn’t a native-born Equestrian was utterly laughable to her. The mere thought that she may have been born on another world had never even crossed her mind. Nope, she was an Apple through and through. Just as she was about buck another tree, a cowbell could be heard. “Applejack, brunch’s ready!” shouted her grandmother, Granny Smith. Applejack tripped and fell on her face. “Alright, Granny,” she said, in her distinctive, thick country drawl, “ah’m comin’.” She ran towards the barn to eat, her stomach growling all the while. Something was hurtling through the skies over Ponyville at a breakneck pace. Normally, because of the antics of a certain weather pegasus, this wouldn’t be a surprise to anypony. However, the trail it left behind seemed to be that of atmospheric re-entry, and not a rainbow-colored blur; thus suggesting a meteor. Naturally, this caused a panic. “Oh, the horror! The HORROR!!” shouted one pink, flower-wearing Earth mare melodramatically, as panicked citizens ran without organized thought through the streets. Another mare, a grey, wall-eyed pegasus, was being dragged away from a box of blueberry muffins she had dropped. “But my muffins…” she said dejectedly. “Just leave them, Derpy,” said a brownish Earth stallion with a Trottish accent and an hourglass cutie mark, as he dragged her by the tail, “you can always buy new ones!” Nopony seemed to notice in their panic that the object seemed to be heading straight for the school. “No way, Sweetie Belle,” said Scootaloo sternly as she went across the monkey bars, “Last time we tried to get a cutie mark in necromancy, we accidentally summoned a crazy skeleton in purple robes looking for somepony called He-Mane.” “Hmm… maybe we should try something a little less dangerous this time,” replied Sweetie Belle. Scootaloo rolled her eyes in annoyance. “Ya think, genius?!” “Hey, girls,” asked Apple Bloom curiously, pointing to the sky, “what’s that over there?” The other two fillies looked where Apple Bloom was pointing, and saw a massive, steel sphere with windows hurtle towards the ground. “EVERYPONY, TAKE COVER!!” shouted Cheerilee as the strange object landed near the jungle gym, crushing a colt’s JoyBoy Advance in the process. The sphere opened, and out stepped a strange-looking pony. He was about the size of your typical stallion, except rather well-built, to almost Sylvester Stallione levels. He was an Earth pony, with a khaki coat, a long, spiky black mane and tail, and a second, simian tail wrapped around the waist of his white and brown battle armor. Over his left eye, he wore what looked like half a pair of neon green sunglasses, except it seemed to be attached to half of a pair of white headphones. So, there’s still life on this planet, he thought, How disappointing… All the other ponies just stared at him, dumbstruck out of terror. He pressed a button on his eyepiece, which began to beep like a 20-year-old computer. He examined the crowd of ponies surrounding him. Hmmm… their power levels are in the low single-digits, he thought, this should be easy… He grinned violently as he raised his hoof, which was surrounded by what looked like a pink magical aura. At that moment, however, his eyepiece beeped loudly. What the… a greater power level to the northeast! I’ll take care of these pests later… He rose up into the sky, as if by magic, and flew off into the distance. “Anypony know what the hay just happened?” asked Apple Bloom in confusion. “This power level… it’s remarkably high for this planet,” said the alien to himself. “Over 150. Could it be that I’ve at last found… my sister?!” He landed near the source of the power reading… “Alright Rainbow Dash, you did good today. Now it’s time to rest,” As she sat on a bench in the middle of the street and drank up a bottle of Ponyade, Rainbow Dash was panting and sweating. It had been a long day of flying for her, and she needed time to recover. Even she had her limits, and considering this was the pony who proved the existence of the legendary Sonic Rainboom as a filly, that was saying something. Just as she was about to put the cap back on the bottle, a loud thumping noise could be heard behind her. She stood up and looked around to find a muscular stallion in battle armor with a strange eyepiece. “Hey pal,” she said with a smug, snarky grin, “you just fly in from Trotooine?” “Joke all you wish,” he replied, “but… wait, you aren’t my sister!!” “Yeah, what of it?” “Looks like I’ll have to destroy you!” Rainbow Dash charged forward, hoof ready to strike the stranger, but he caught it in his hoof before she could damage him, and knocked her flying back into a water fountain with the other hoof. She groaned, feeling as if she had just been struck by an express train at top speed. “Y’alright there, sugarcube?” asked a mare’s voice near her. “A… Applejack… thank Celestia you’re here…” “Well, ah was just goin’ ta pick up some fertilizer fer the orch-” BEEP! BEE-BEEP! The orange pony’s power level is even higher, thought the stranger, over 300. This is her, no mistake. “So, Kakarotta,” he said with a grin, “we are reunited at last.” “Uh, no offense, but ah think ya got me confused with somepony else, mister,” replied Applejack in confusion. “Nonsense,” he replied, “how would your older brother mistake your identity?” “...” Applejack’s face couldn’t seem to decide whether to express confusion, horror, shock, or pure rage, so it decided to try all four at once. “...ah beg yer pardon?” I'm A What?! Applejack's True Past Revealed!"Impossible..." The strange pony looked utterly shocked. "Don't tell me you've forgotten your big brother Raditz after all this time, Kakarrota!" Applejack gritted her teeth, glaring at the strange pony. If looks could kill, his head would have exploded. "Mah name's Applejack," she said, "and ah don't know who ya are or what ya want, but you ain't mah brother!" Now it was Raditz's turn to be angry. "Well, it's no wonder this pathetic planet is still inhabited!" he shouted, "You had ONE SIMPLE JOB to do, and yet you ended up thinking you were one of them!" Rainbow Dash, while still injured, got up slowly and defiantly. As anypony who had ever met her could attest, she could take a lot of abuse. "I don't know what on Equus you're talking about, pal," she said, "but Applejack would never do such a thing!!" "She's right, so y'all best shut yer trap and turn tail now, unless ya want me to introduce ya to Bucky MacGillicuddy and Kicks McGee!" Applejack kicked her left and right hind legs at him respectively as she gave the names. "Go ahead and try," said Raditz cockily, "This should be interesting." Applejack and Rainbow Dash bolted towards him at full steam, ready to strike, but he swatted them away as casually as one would a housefly. The impact sent them flying through town, eventually crashlanding in a certain unicorn's library... Twilight Sparkle had been busy re-organizing her bookshelves with the help of her friends, Rarity, Fluttershy, and Pinkie Pie. The four of them were just about to finish when Applejack and Rainbow Dash came crashing through the wall. "Oh goodness!" Fluttershy exclaimed, running over to their unconscious figures with the others. "Are you two alright?!" asked Twilight with concern as the two slowly regained consciousness. "No, Granny, ah don't wanna wear the lobster costume..." slurred Applejack. "They're fine," said Pinkie confidently as Raditz approached. The purple mare's power level is even higher than Kakarrota's! he thought to himself as his eyepiece beeped, Over seven hundred! How is this possible?! "Why hello, sir. My name is Twilight Spar-" All Twilight got for her trouble was a punch to the face. It knocked her through the floor to the ground story below, but she wasn't hurt much. On the contrary, she was pissed. "As I was saying," she continued to the intruder, "My name is Twilight Sparkle, and you, my friend, have made a very formidable opponent!" "Oh, I don't doubt that," Raditz replied arrogantly as he readied himself for another attack. "You'll make a fine opponent before I exterminate your planet's little pest problem!" Twilight instantly knew what he meant. "Don't count on it," she said, levitating a locked chest and key out of a closet nearby with her horn. "Girls, I think it's time we sent our unwanted guest packing." She opened up the chest, revealing the Elements of Harmony inside. The mares donned their elements and powered them up, unleashing a rainbow-colored beam of light at Raditz. He, however, was unfazed by this display, as he simply let the beam hit him. Moments after it faded away, the dust settled, revealing Raditz, unharmed by the attack, grinning wildly. Words failed Twilight at this display. "Wha... what the... HOW--" Raditz laughed maniacally. "Foals! You thought you could destroy me with that pathetic light show?!" Everypony slowly began to back away, dumbfounded. Suddenly, Apple Bloom trotted through the door. "Heya Twilight, ah heard Applejack got knocked in here by some weird pony who was goin' on about-" she began before Raditz grabbed her by the bow. "Hey, you!" demanded Applejack, "Put mah little sister down!!" "Oh, so you call THIS pathetic little juvenile your kin instead of me?" said Raditz in disgust. "Perhaps I can convince you to finish the job yet..." Applejack's eyes widened. This monster had taken Apple Bloom hostage, presumably for a despicable purpose. "Where are y'all goin' with this?" she asked. "I suppose we can start small. If you wish to see your... ahem, 'sister,' in one piece, then I suggest you do as I say." If I succeed here, perhaps Lord Frieza will give me a promotion, thought Raditz. "What do ya mean?" demanded Applejack angrily. "You see, Kakarotta, you and I come from an elite race of warriors and planetary salesponies called the Saiyans," he explained, "Our job is simple: find a planet, exterminate the native population, and sell it for a profit to the highest bidder. We start from birth, on planets with weaker inhabitants first, and work our way up as we grow older. "This is where you come in, Kakarotta. You were sent here as an infant to clear out these rodents for us... but instead, you ended up forgetting all about it, and thinking you were one of them!! So I offer you a choice... kill one hundred of the native population and bring me their corpses by this time tomorrow... or the filly dies!" Applejack's world seemed to shatter upon hearing this. All her life she had loved her family and friends more than anything else. But if this strange stallion was to be believed, her true purpose in life was to wipe them all off the face of Equus, along with everypony else. This news hit her harder than the day her now-apparently adoptive parents died on a full moon. She was dumbstruck, too terrified and heartbroken to suppress her tears as she normally did. Applejack sobbed quietly, almost like a fish gasping for water. "Well? I'm waiting for your response, Kakarotta!" demanded Raditz angrily. Suddenly, Rarity had an idea. It sounded insane, but it may be crazy enough to work. "She'll consider it," she said boldly. "WHAT?!" shouted the other girls and Apple Bloom. Raditz smirked smugly. "Well, not the answer I was looking for," he said, "but I suppose it will do for now. I want your answer by tomorrow. If you refuse, the filly dies, along with you and the rest of this pitiful planet!" And he flew off into the sky, dragging a tearful Apple Bloom away with him. "DON'T DO IT, APPLEJAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaack..." she could be heard saying as they flew away. "What is wrong with you, Rarity?!" demanded Rainbow Dash, "YOU TRYING TO GET US ALL KILLED?!" "Is this about the time I replaced your spring line with Star Trot cosplay on April Foals Day?" asked Pinkie Pie tearfully. "Actually, I was trying to buy us all time, my dears," Rarity replied in irritation. "Do you HONESTLY believe for a second that I'd let one of my friends go on an equicidal rampage at the behest of an unwelcome extraterrestrial brute?!" "Actually, hun..." said Applejack, between sobs, "Ah don't know if ah AM yer friend... ah don't know who or what the hay ah even am anymore..." "I don't care what that jerk says," says Twilight, "You'll always be Applejack to me." The other four nodded in agreement. "Well... thanks, ah guess, girls," said Applejack, still shedding tears, but now with a smile on her face. "But before we get mah sister back and send that monster packin', ah think Granny and ah need to have a long, hard talk..." "Good," said Twilight, "in the meantime I will warn the Princesses of the impending danger--" "OH FOR BUCK'S SAKE!!" shouted Spike, Twilight's dragon assistant, who had just awakened. He didn't seem to be in a good mood. "I just woke up from a nap, and now this place looks like a bomb went off! What the hay does it take to keep this place clean for longer than a day?!?" "Hoo," hooted Owlicious, Twilight's pet owl, in agreement. "...right after we clean up the library," finished Twilight with an awkward smile. Author's Note Well, this is an interesting turn. I bet nobody saw this coming! [/sarcasm] Seriously, though, I've been having a lot of fun writing this. Raditz tanking the Elements in particular was a personal favorite, though I have to say Applejack's "Ah don't wanna wear the lobster suit" was a close second (Bonus points if you get the reference. ) Thoughts? Concerns? Likes? Dislikes? Indifferences? Repressed memories? Share in the comments, but as always, don't be a dick about it. Confession Time! Granny Smith Confirms The Worst!"Granny, it's me, Applejack. Ah just wanna talk. Can ah come in?" "Well, of course ya can!" Granny Smith opened the door to find Applejack, looking distraught and depressed. "What's wrong, young'in?" asked Granny with concern, "You can tell me anything, ah'm yer grandmother, 'member?" Applejack sighed. "Apparently not biologically..." Granny's face suddenly became fearful. "Ah was afraid this day would come..." Applejack sat down and sighed. "How did y'all find me?" she asked. "Well," began Granny Smith, trying to remember, "yer parents and ah found ya in the middle o' the orchard when you were just a baby. And boy howdy, were you a rowdy little one. We tried everything we could to calm ya down, but nothin' we tried kept ya from bitin' an' kickin'... until one day, 5-year-old Big Mac accidentally knocked ya into a tree. You weren't seriously hurt or nothin', but whatever it was that made ya so angry, ya seemed to just forget about it! Really mellowed out afterwords, too. The only thing different about ya was a second tail... kinda like a monkey's or somethin'. It wasn't until after yer parents died that we finally got rid of it." Applejack sighed. She hated to admit it to herself, but this Raditz pony seemed to be right after all. "Why'd ya ask, hun?" inquired Granny. Applejack braced herself. "Well... there's this stalion who claims to be mah biological brother. He's got Apple Bloom, and he wants me ta kill a hundred ponies in order to spare her life..." "Ain't no sister o' mine gonna kill innocent ponies ta save her family," said Big McIntosh at that moment as he entered the room. "Blood related or not, yer still an Apple. And an Apple never lets their fears get the better of 'em." Applejack sighed in relief. "Thanks, Big Mac," she said, "Ah needed that." And she hugged both of them. The next day... "Well, Kakarotta?" asked Raditz in annoyance, "I'm waiiiiting." Applejack looked around her. Surrounding her were Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Pinkie, Fluttershy, Twilight, and Big Mac, all looking at her confidently. She then turned to Raditz. "No," she said proudly. "WHAT DID YOU SAY?!?" he demanded in outrage. His blood was boiling with the fury of a supernova. "Ah said... 'no.' Or perhaps ah haven't made myself clear?" "YOU DARE REFUSE YOUR OWN BROTHER?!?" "Ah told you," said Applejack, firmly yet confidently, "You ain't no brother of mine." She wrapped her hoof around Big Mac. "THIS," she continued, "is mah brother. Now if y'all know what's best for ya, ah suggest ya gimme back my sister and leave this planet forever." The others applauded at this. Raditz's fury was reaching critical mass. "FINE!! I DON'T NEED YOUR HELP ANYWAY!! BECAUSE AS THE OLD PROVERB STATES, 'IF YOU WANT SOMETHING DONE RIGHT, YOU MUST DO IT YOURSELF!!'" he shouted. "The Princesses are on important business in Neighgeria at the moment," noted Twilight, "so it seems we're on our own. What do you propose we do, Applejack?" "Just follow mah lead," she replied. Author's Note Poor, poor Applejack... Leave your thoughts in the comments as always. Don't be a dick about it, though.
It Came From Space! A Mysterious Pony Arrives!Author's Note Once again, I decided to write a crossover fic. This time, I got my inspiration from playing Dragon Ball Xenoverse, mostly because my character is based on Applejack. Like this fic? Hate its guts? Find any flaws or compliments? Tell me in the comments, but please, do us all a favor and don't be a dick about it. It Came From Space! A Mysterious Pony Arrives! Family… After all this time, after all she had been through, Applejack felt like that was what had been keeping her alive and sane through it all. After all, her family was the most important thing to her. Well, other than her friends and the farm, of course. This was what she had known all her life. To imply that she was adopted by the Apples would be preposterous in Applejack’s mind. The idea that she wasn’t a native-born Equestrian was utterly laughable to her. The mere thought that she may have been born on another world had never even crossed her mind. Nope, she was an Apple through and through. Just as she was about buck another tree, a cowbell could be heard. “Applejack, brunch’s ready!” shouted her grandmother, Granny Smith. Applejack tripped and fell on her face. “Alright, Granny,” she said, in her distinctive, thick country drawl, “ah’m comin’.” She ran towards the barn to eat, her stomach growling all the while. Something was hurtling through the skies over Ponyville at a breakneck pace. Normally, because of the antics of a certain weather pegasus, this wouldn’t be a surprise to anypony. However, the trail it left behind seemed to be that of atmospheric re-entry, and not a rainbow-colored blur; thus suggesting a meteor. Naturally, this caused a panic. “Oh, the horror! The HORROR!!” shouted one pink, flower-wearing Earth mare melodramatically, as panicked citizens ran without organized thought through the streets. Another mare, a grey, wall-eyed pegasus, was being dragged away from a box of blueberry muffins she had dropped. “But my muffins…” she said dejectedly. “Just leave them, Derpy,” said a brownish Earth stallion with a Trottish accent and an hourglass cutie mark, as he dragged her by the tail, “you can always buy new ones!” Nopony seemed to notice in their panic that the object seemed to be heading straight for the school. “No way, Sweetie Belle,” said Scootaloo sternly as she went across the monkey bars, “Last time we tried to get a cutie mark in necromancy, we accidentally summoned a crazy skeleton in purple robes looking for somepony called He-Mane.” “Hmm… maybe we should try something a little less dangerous this time,” replied Sweetie Belle. Scootaloo rolled her eyes in annoyance. “Ya think, genius?!” “Hey, girls,” asked Apple Bloom curiously, pointing to the sky, “what’s that over there?” The other two fillies looked where Apple Bloom was pointing, and saw a massive, steel sphere with windows hurtle towards the ground. “EVERYPONY, TAKE COVER!!” shouted Cheerilee as the strange object landed near the jungle gym, crushing a colt’s JoyBoy Advance in the process. The sphere opened, and out stepped a strange-looking pony. He was about the size of your typical stallion, except rather well-built, to almost Sylvester Stallione levels. He was an Earth pony, with a khaki coat, a long, spiky black mane and tail, and a second, simian tail wrapped around the waist of his white and brown battle armor. Over his left eye, he wore what looked like half a pair of neon green sunglasses, except it seemed to be attached to half of a pair of white headphones. So, there’s still life on this planet, he thought, How disappointing… All the other ponies just stared at him, dumbstruck out of terror. He pressed a button on his eyepiece, which began to beep like a 20-year-old computer. He examined the crowd of ponies surrounding him. Hmmm… their power levels are in the low single-digits, he thought, this should be easy… He grinned violently as he raised his hoof, which was surrounded by what looked like a pink magical aura. At that moment, however, his eyepiece beeped loudly. What the… a greater power level to the northeast! I’ll take care of these pests later… He rose up into the sky, as if by magic, and flew off into the distance. “Anypony know what the hay just happened?” asked Apple Bloom in confusion. “This power level… it’s remarkably high for this planet,” said the alien to himself. “Over 150. Could it be that I’ve at last found… my sister?!” He landed near the source of the power reading… “Alright Rainbow Dash, you did good today. Now it’s time to rest,” As she sat on a bench in the middle of the street and drank up a bottle of Ponyade, Rainbow Dash was panting and sweating. It had been a long day of flying for her, and she needed time to recover. Even she had her limits, and considering this was the pony who proved the existence of the legendary Sonic Rainboom as a filly, that was saying something. Just as she was about to put the cap back on the bottle, a loud thumping noise could be heard behind her. She stood up and looked around to find a muscular stallion in battle armor with a strange eyepiece. “Hey pal,” she said with a smug, snarky grin, “you just fly in from Trotooine?” “Joke all you wish,” he replied, “but… wait, you aren’t my sister!!” “Yeah, what of it?” “Looks like I’ll have to destroy you!” Rainbow Dash charged forward, hoof ready to strike the stranger, but he caught it in his hoof before she could damage him, and knocked her flying back into a water fountain with the other hoof. She groaned, feeling as if she had just been struck by an express train at top speed. “Y’alright there, sugarcube?” asked a mare’s voice near her. “A… Applejack… thank Celestia you’re here…” “Well, ah was just goin’ ta pick up some fertilizer fer the orch-” BEEP! BEE-BEEP! The orange pony’s power level is even higher, thought the stranger, over 300. This is her, no mistake. “So, Kakarotta,” he said with a grin, “we are reunited at last.” “Uh, no offense, but ah think ya got me confused with somepony else, mister,” replied Applejack in confusion. “Nonsense,” he replied, “how would your older brother mistake your identity?” “...” Applejack’s face couldn’t seem to decide whether to express confusion, horror, shock, or pure rage, so it decided to try all four at once. “...ah beg yer pardon?”
I'm A What?! Applejack's True Past Revealed!"Impossible..." The strange pony looked utterly shocked. "Don't tell me you've forgotten your big brother Raditz after all this time, Kakarrota!" Applejack gritted her teeth, glaring at the strange pony. If looks could kill, his head would have exploded. "Mah name's Applejack," she said, "and ah don't know who ya are or what ya want, but you ain't mah brother!" Now it was Raditz's turn to be angry. "Well, it's no wonder this pathetic planet is still inhabited!" he shouted, "You had ONE SIMPLE JOB to do, and yet you ended up thinking you were one of them!" Rainbow Dash, while still injured, got up slowly and defiantly. As anypony who had ever met her could attest, she could take a lot of abuse. "I don't know what on Equus you're talking about, pal," she said, "but Applejack would never do such a thing!!" "She's right, so y'all best shut yer trap and turn tail now, unless ya want me to introduce ya to Bucky MacGillicuddy and Kicks McGee!" Applejack kicked her left and right hind legs at him respectively as she gave the names. "Go ahead and try," said Raditz cockily, "This should be interesting." Applejack and Rainbow Dash bolted towards him at full steam, ready to strike, but he swatted them away as casually as one would a housefly. The impact sent them flying through town, eventually crashlanding in a certain unicorn's library... Twilight Sparkle had been busy re-organizing her bookshelves with the help of her friends, Rarity, Fluttershy, and Pinkie Pie. The four of them were just about to finish when Applejack and Rainbow Dash came crashing through the wall. "Oh goodness!" Fluttershy exclaimed, running over to their unconscious figures with the others. "Are you two alright?!" asked Twilight with concern as the two slowly regained consciousness. "No, Granny, ah don't wanna wear the lobster costume..." slurred Applejack. "They're fine," said Pinkie confidently as Raditz approached. The purple mare's power level is even higher than Kakarrota's! he thought to himself as his eyepiece beeped, Over seven hundred! How is this possible?! "Why hello, sir. My name is Twilight Spar-" All Twilight got for her trouble was a punch to the face. It knocked her through the floor to the ground story below, but she wasn't hurt much. On the contrary, she was pissed. "As I was saying," she continued to the intruder, "My name is Twilight Sparkle, and you, my friend, have made a very formidable opponent!" "Oh, I don't doubt that," Raditz replied arrogantly as he readied himself for another attack. "You'll make a fine opponent before I exterminate your planet's little pest problem!" Twilight instantly knew what he meant. "Don't count on it," she said, levitating a locked chest and key out of a closet nearby with her horn. "Girls, I think it's time we sent our unwanted guest packing." She opened up the chest, revealing the Elements of Harmony inside. The mares donned their elements and powered them up, unleashing a rainbow-colored beam of light at Raditz. He, however, was unfazed by this display, as he simply let the beam hit him. Moments after it faded away, the dust settled, revealing Raditz, unharmed by the attack, grinning wildly. Words failed Twilight at this display. "Wha... what the... HOW--" Raditz laughed maniacally. "Foals! You thought you could destroy me with that pathetic light show?!" Everypony slowly began to back away, dumbfounded. Suddenly, Apple Bloom trotted through the door. "Heya Twilight, ah heard Applejack got knocked in here by some weird pony who was goin' on about-" she began before Raditz grabbed her by the bow. "Hey, you!" demanded Applejack, "Put mah little sister down!!" "Oh, so you call THIS pathetic little juvenile your kin instead of me?" said Raditz in disgust. "Perhaps I can convince you to finish the job yet..." Applejack's eyes widened. This monster had taken Apple Bloom hostage, presumably for a despicable purpose. "Where are y'all goin' with this?" she asked. "I suppose we can start small. If you wish to see your... ahem, 'sister,' in one piece, then I suggest you do as I say." If I succeed here, perhaps Lord Frieza will give me a promotion, thought Raditz. "What do ya mean?" demanded Applejack angrily. "You see, Kakarotta, you and I come from an elite race of warriors and planetary salesponies called the Saiyans," he explained, "Our job is simple: find a planet, exterminate the native population, and sell it for a profit to the highest bidder. We start from birth, on planets with weaker inhabitants first, and work our way up as we grow older. "This is where you come in, Kakarotta. You were sent here as an infant to clear out these rodents for us... but instead, you ended up forgetting all about it, and thinking you were one of them!! So I offer you a choice... kill one hundred of the native population and bring me their corpses by this time tomorrow... or the filly dies!" Applejack's world seemed to shatter upon hearing this. All her life she had loved her family and friends more than anything else. But if this strange stallion was to be believed, her true purpose in life was to wipe them all off the face of Equus, along with everypony else. This news hit her harder than the day her now-apparently adoptive parents died on a full moon. She was dumbstruck, too terrified and heartbroken to suppress her tears as she normally did. Applejack sobbed quietly, almost like a fish gasping for water. "Well? I'm waiting for your response, Kakarotta!" demanded Raditz angrily. Suddenly, Rarity had an idea. It sounded insane, but it may be crazy enough to work. "She'll consider it," she said boldly. "WHAT?!" shouted the other girls and Apple Bloom. Raditz smirked smugly. "Well, not the answer I was looking for," he said, "but I suppose it will do for now. I want your answer by tomorrow. If you refuse, the filly dies, along with you and the rest of this pitiful planet!" And he flew off into the sky, dragging a tearful Apple Bloom away with him. "DON'T DO IT, APPLEJAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaack..." she could be heard saying as they flew away. "What is wrong with you, Rarity?!" demanded Rainbow Dash, "YOU TRYING TO GET US ALL KILLED?!" "Is this about the time I replaced your spring line with Star Trot cosplay on April Foals Day?" asked Pinkie Pie tearfully. "Actually, I was trying to buy us all time, my dears," Rarity replied in irritation. "Do you HONESTLY believe for a second that I'd let one of my friends go on an equicidal rampage at the behest of an unwelcome extraterrestrial brute?!" "Actually, hun..." said Applejack, between sobs, "Ah don't know if ah AM yer friend... ah don't know who or what the hay ah even am anymore..." "I don't care what that jerk says," says Twilight, "You'll always be Applejack to me." The other four nodded in agreement. "Well... thanks, ah guess, girls," said Applejack, still shedding tears, but now with a smile on her face. "But before we get mah sister back and send that monster packin', ah think Granny and ah need to have a long, hard talk..." "Good," said Twilight, "in the meantime I will warn the Princesses of the impending danger--" "OH FOR BUCK'S SAKE!!" shouted Spike, Twilight's dragon assistant, who had just awakened. He didn't seem to be in a good mood. "I just woke up from a nap, and now this place looks like a bomb went off! What the hay does it take to keep this place clean for longer than a day?!?" "Hoo," hooted Owlicious, Twilight's pet owl, in agreement. "...right after we clean up the library," finished Twilight with an awkward smile. Author's Note Well, this is an interesting turn. I bet nobody saw this coming! [/sarcasm] Seriously, though, I've been having a lot of fun writing this. Raditz tanking the Elements in particular was a personal favorite, though I have to say Applejack's "Ah don't wanna wear the lobster suit" was a close second (Bonus points if you get the reference. ) Thoughts? Concerns? Likes? Dislikes? Indifferences? Repressed memories? Share in the comments, but as always, don't be a dick about it.
Confession Time! Granny Smith Confirms The Worst!"Granny, it's me, Applejack. Ah just wanna talk. Can ah come in?" "Well, of course ya can!" Granny Smith opened the door to find Applejack, looking distraught and depressed. "What's wrong, young'in?" asked Granny with concern, "You can tell me anything, ah'm yer grandmother, 'member?" Applejack sighed. "Apparently not biologically..." Granny's face suddenly became fearful. "Ah was afraid this day would come..." Applejack sat down and sighed. "How did y'all find me?" she asked. "Well," began Granny Smith, trying to remember, "yer parents and ah found ya in the middle o' the orchard when you were just a baby. And boy howdy, were you a rowdy little one. We tried everything we could to calm ya down, but nothin' we tried kept ya from bitin' an' kickin'... until one day, 5-year-old Big Mac accidentally knocked ya into a tree. You weren't seriously hurt or nothin', but whatever it was that made ya so angry, ya seemed to just forget about it! Really mellowed out afterwords, too. The only thing different about ya was a second tail... kinda like a monkey's or somethin'. It wasn't until after yer parents died that we finally got rid of it." Applejack sighed. She hated to admit it to herself, but this Raditz pony seemed to be right after all. "Why'd ya ask, hun?" inquired Granny. Applejack braced herself. "Well... there's this stalion who claims to be mah biological brother. He's got Apple Bloom, and he wants me ta kill a hundred ponies in order to spare her life..." "Ain't no sister o' mine gonna kill innocent ponies ta save her family," said Big McIntosh at that moment as he entered the room. "Blood related or not, yer still an Apple. And an Apple never lets their fears get the better of 'em." Applejack sighed in relief. "Thanks, Big Mac," she said, "Ah needed that." And she hugged both of them. The next day... "Well, Kakarotta?" asked Raditz in annoyance, "I'm waiiiiting." Applejack looked around her. Surrounding her were Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Pinkie, Fluttershy, Twilight, and Big Mac, all looking at her confidently. She then turned to Raditz. "No," she said proudly. "WHAT DID YOU SAY?!?" he demanded in outrage. His blood was boiling with the fury of a supernova. "Ah said... 'no.' Or perhaps ah haven't made myself clear?" "YOU DARE REFUSE YOUR OWN BROTHER?!?" "Ah told you," said Applejack, firmly yet confidently, "You ain't no brother of mine." She wrapped her hoof around Big Mac. "THIS," she continued, "is mah brother. Now if y'all know what's best for ya, ah suggest ya gimme back my sister and leave this planet forever." The others applauded at this. Raditz's fury was reaching critical mass. "FINE!! I DON'T NEED YOUR HELP ANYWAY!! BECAUSE AS THE OLD PROVERB STATES, 'IF YOU WANT SOMETHING DONE RIGHT, YOU MUST DO IT YOURSELF!!'" he shouted. "The Princesses are on important business in Neighgeria at the moment," noted Twilight, "so it seems we're on our own. What do you propose we do, Applejack?" "Just follow mah lead," she replied. Author's Note Poor, poor Applejack... Leave your thoughts in the comments as always. Don't be a dick about it, though.
