A necessary evil

Something had gone wrong...

It had been a couple of minutes since Beerus' guardian angel had gifted him with resurrection, fulfilling a promise Goku would have made in a much slower pace and while the frost demon was quite thankful for it, the fact that he wasn't at least seeing the monkey's stupid grin, made Frieza quite upseat.

No, there was no battle ground, nor the rest of Goku's group narrowing their eyes at him, but a simple, disgusting white tunnel of light as the only sight that greeted the frost demon. It was like a sick joke done by the idiotic god of chaos, which he was more than accustomed with, especially with his habit of turning beings into something else like when he...

Stupid moron! The frost demon thought, clenching his teeth in anger at the thought of the annoying Draconequus, still, that didn't help in any way to his current predicament. Just what the hell was happening?

"About time!" Growled the emperor of evil, crossing his arms while letting the white tunnel carry him towards a rather curious destination, full of red and rock. Maybe it was part of the process, in the end, how would he know? Hell! Frieza didn't even realized Whis had the power of resurrection until after the tournament!

"At least I can stop worrying about it." Muttered the frost demon, letting out a thin grin the closer he flew to the end of the tunnel.

First things first, was reunite whatever was left of his empire, recruit missing forces and start anew, then claim the universe once more in spite of Goku. At least it seemed Beerus would allow him to, so there wouldn't be any problem. After that, he would continue his past procedures, maybe visit his brother so he can show the big moron the new power up Frieza had acquired.

As for Goku? He would be back for him, regardless of how outclassed he currently was. "Nothing a couple more months of training won't fix." Frieza muttered, a chuckle escaping his lips in contempt at the fantasy.

The emperor of evil couldn't simply believe the entire fiasco in regards to friendship, the very same thing that had seemed to convince Jiren and 'saved' the universes. While yes, Frieza had to admit he did respect the monkey, he was not going to let go of his ways, after all, that's what he was. No tragic backstory, no hero turned bad, no vendetta that had let him astray, but just enjoyment to create chaos and spread death. Frieza's grin went wider at the thought.

Sadly, luck was not on his side, as without anyone knowing, another force away in another universe had affected the procedure.

Finally, his journey had come to an end, letting Frieza being spewed out of the tunnel and unto a fiery ground he instanty took notice of while he fell from the wormhole, which had just disappeared from the red skies. Any other being would have kissed the ground with their face, Frieza though, he reacted at lighting speed as he controlled his body mid air and gracefully landed on the rocky ground, leaving only a faint crack on the floor.

He scouted the area he appeared in, half wishing to see Goku with his stupid grin waving at him, but a courtain of dread and anger washed over him when no one he knew was there and most importantly, it didn't look like the void's arena as much as it did a very different version of Earth.

Frieza's eyes narrowed at the sight, doing his best to remain calm and scout the area around him, trying to come up with an answer as to what the hell just happened. Maybe an error sent him somewhere else and if that was the case, then where?

With a sigh, the frost demon shrugged. "What is the problem anyway? I'm alive and I'm here." He said, cracking his neck as a loud pop echoed around the area. "Away from curious eyes, so might as well make use of this place and see what it has to offer me."

Panic would be uncharacteristical of him in extreme situations, so it was a good thing he had learned how to remain calm and analyze what laid in front of him. Indeed, it should be child's game. First was make a sense of the place and what seemed to be currently happening. This particular aspect caught his attention almost immediately, causing the frost demon to let out a pleased smile at the area surrounding him.

He just enjoyed those kinds of sceneries.

As if a fire had went through it, the ground was covered with burned grass and destroyed trees. The land appeared to be victim of a blast as numerous craters made themselves noticeable across what appeared to be a former forest. Frieza continued analyzing the environment, noticing the scars and the patterns. Regardless of how chaotic the destruction done to the land looked, it still seemed too organized to be a natural cause. No, a fight had happened there recently.

Lifting his gaze, he noticed the red skies. Whatever had happened, it didn't stop at the former forest.

Frieza went up in the air, taking a farther look at where he was as he silently pondered what to do. His next step was to feel any kind of ki signature, either nearby or farther away and what a surprise it was for the emperor of evil to recognize the familiar feeling of life energy and from numerous beings no less. All things considered, they weren't that far away.

Switching his attention back to the land once more, Frieza noticed the destruction spreading across miles, up to an enormous castle over a hill on the horizon.

'An invasion' He thought.

What laid ahead was a clear indication of it and he knew better than anyone about those kinds of attacks. Someone had come and tried seize control of what appeared to be a rather primitive looking kingdom. Suddenly an explosion away from Frieza's position caught his attention, causing him to focus on the presence of whatever had caused it.

A smile appeared on his face. "Looks like someone is having fun." He said, feeling the numerous ki signatures once more.

But was it worth it? Or should he wait until something else corrected his mistake? In truth, Frieza was more than sure that Goku would not take too long to contact him once he discovered the resurrection didn't go as planned, but until then, he could have a little bit of fun.

"What better way to test if I've gotten stronger after the tournament?" The frost demon said to no one in particular, as he set eyes on the horizon, deciding to power up. Normally, the new evolution would deteriorate his stamina, but now he had mastered it and could withstand the form for an indefinite time.

With no other plan at the moment, Frieza charged his aura and sped up towards the source of the conflict, smiling.

It took him a few seconds to arrive at the location, coming to a halt as the grin disappeared from his face, then cocked his head to the side in amusement. Just as he sensed, there was a battle taking place, but the beings that were taking part in it, managed to confuse the emperor of evil.

To his left, was a black equine with green hair and a horn a top her head, the most interesting aspect were her insect like wings. Her power wasn't such a big deal.

Next to that one, was her another equine, this one lacked wings but had a horn, which Frieza deduced was a unicorn. His mane was black and his fur was grey, his power level being slightly above the insect like one.

The next one was the least disappointing of the three and actually managed to peek the interest of the frost demon. A humongous centaur whose height went higher than his peers, managing to top a tall tree easily. This one had red skin and black fur. His power level far exceeded the other two.

Frieza made a mental note to leave that one until the end, as far as his experience went, the best things were left to last. That aside, he analyzed them, noticing the rather obvious allegiance, as it didn't take a genius to figure out they were the invading force, as both their presence and looks screamed of 'I'M EVIIIIIIL!'.

Switching his head to the right, Frieza lifted a single eyebrow. His heart began to race in anger as deja vu of his time in Hell came back to him.

Ten pastel color equines stood facing the opposition, with three of them adorned with both wings and horns, another three were unicorns, then two pegasi and the last two seemed to be normal equines. Then there was a...

"Is that a dragon?" Highly amused, Frieza asked out loud, but not enough for anyone to hear him. Indeed, alongside the ten, was a tiny and almost pathetically comical purple dragon.

It was in this moment that recognition fell down on the frost demon, who, with a wary sigh, acknowledged where he was, the planet as well as its inhabitants. So, this is Equis He thought, remembering it as one of the planets Beerus forbid his family to destroy. In truth, he had felt tempted many times to go over the god's authority and destroy the place, but then again, Discord seemingly lived in there and the anger of two deities would do nothing but harm him. At least now he knew where he was, sadly, Frieza's knowledge didn't go beyond a few things, such as the inhabitants.

For just a moment, Frieza turned tail to find something a little bit more serious and worthy of him, but he figured that right then and there, he would find the most fun. Maybe he could take the opportunity to learn what made Beerus try to preserve such a disgusting looking planet.

Crossing his hands over his chest, Frieza looked attentively at the scene under him. First he had to choose the strongest party and by the looks of it, the pastel colored monstrosities were at the bottom of the chain. His attention then shifted to the other party. With his decision made, Frieza landed, walking towards the middle of the conflict and letting a wide smile appear on his face.

The battle between the two groups was about to start, until the emperor of evil made himself known to all.

Switching their attention from each other, both groups turned to look at the approaching frost demon, who had both arms behind his back. Most of them would instantly scream 'ALIEEN!' as his looks seemed otherworldly and he looked far to slick to be a creature from Tartarus, regardless of the greedy golden color saying otherwise.

Still, even if the sudden appearance was quite surprising, it wasn't what caught everyone's attention. As fast as the new entity made himself known, the ambient turned heavy, a sense of dread coated in a thin layer of cold washed over the group's existence.

Nervous looks stared back at the frost demon, silent proof of worry and dread which made them forget about their battle for only a moment.

He stood there, looking attentively at them, his toothy grin bringing shivers down their spines, then after not too long, the alien creature chuckled. "Pardon my intrusion," Frieza began, "but I noticed you were having fun."

None said anything and none made a single move, as if something in the back of their minds implored them not to move a muscle with the hope the entity would just go away. Frieza had not only made his presence known by looks only, but also by an aura of violence and blood that was visible amongst the slick golden body and short stature which was a head below the tallest alicorn.

Silence continued for several seconds, making Frieza's smile fall slightly as he felt annoyance at the lack of response from the seemingly stupid races on Equis.

Suddenly, one of them finally made a move. "Who are you!?" Asked the centaur, giving a step up front as if he wanted to show authority. Frieza chuckled.

"Just someone who can't help but to admire the handy work you have done here." He answered, his words directed at the attacking party, who were now beyond confused.

"So you are not here to stupidly stop our reign?" The grey unicorn said, stepping alongside the centaur.

Frieza looked at him in the eyes for a few seconds, the grin never leaving his face as he noticed the unicorn doing all in his power to resist the frost demon's stare. Averting his gaze, Frieza's eyes landed on the opposing party, as he analyzed each of the equines who wore confused and wary expressions. He figured they were too tired to even attempt to talk to him, even if he felt the biggest ones seemed to be alarmed by his presence.

Looking back at the unicorn, Frieza's smile went wider as his frown practically violated the equine. The silence was getting on their nerves, as both the unicorn and the centaur seemed to get angrier by the second and Frieza enjoyed every second of the scene.

"By all means, do continue your assault." He finally said, mockingly bowing to them. "I'm just going to enjoy myself." The centaur locked eyes with him, almost as if he wished to intimidate the frost demon with his stare, but was only succeeding in making Frieza's mocking grin go wider.

Averting his gaze from the big one, Frieza noticed the bug equine placing a hoof over the centaur's hand as he lowered his body, with her, as it seemed to be a she, whispering something to his ear. The bug equine was smart. Frieza had felt her presence as well and she appeared to be wary of him.

With one last pathetic attempt at an intimidation with a snarl, the centaur said. "Very well."

With that, he turned to face the opposing group, who looked in confusion between the frost demon and the attacking party. Frieza could see a hint of pleading from the small purple one, as if she was silently begging for him to do something, of course, he could care less, in the end, they were all going to die. Beerus or no Beerus the emperor of evil would just get rid of one species before figuring out a way back to reforming his empire.

On his part, the grey unicorn casted one last wary look on the frost demon before going back to the other party.

It was in this moment that Frieza noticed the spectacle was about to start, causing him to stand back and sit on top of a boulder, crossing his arms as he prepared to bask himself in the ensuing battle. Then a roar shook the ground with the centaur being the one to begin the assault, followed by the other two.

It was relieving for the frost demon, it had been a while since he saw this kind of battle without the weight of being erased. And it was also quite a compelling and interesting tale, where just a powerful being spread his name on a place he considered rightfully his, with blood and death ensuing, or at least he hoped there was death.

The smell of destruction and pain was something Frieza found comforting and right then, he was enjoying the gladiator match.

Looking at the numerous blasts of what he assumed was magic, Frieza had to admit the opposing force were holding their ground pretty well, despite of how tired they looked. He also noticed the bug equine casting quick glances towards him now and then, probably waiting for him to attack them.

The frost demon smiled at her.

Magic blasts went left and right, punches and kicks were delivered and pain was taking hold of the battlefield.

In all the brutality it was only natural for someone to fall and soon it happened in the form of the orange equine with an annoying stetson hat.

Her body fell limp to the floor, but she was still alive. He figured it wouldn't be for long. The rest followed on her path, as the yellow pegasus fell thanks to the grey unicorn, then the dragon at the hooves of the bug equine, almost immediately followed by the blue unicorn that for some reason reminded Frieza of Raditz.

The rainbow one hit the floor shortly after by the same enemy and the two royal like equines alongside the white unicorn and the lilac one, fell to numerous assaults by the centaur, who naturally was the strongest.

Then something happened that caught his attention. A powerful energy began to emanate from the purple one, a wild river cursing through her that threatened to drown even the centaur. Frieza's smile fell, but didn't disappear. In truth, he was actually quite amused by the sudden surge of magical prowess. The purple equine's eyes turned white and after that, the stakes were drastically shifted.

First the grey unicorn hit the floor, then the bug equine who landed besides the frost demon and only the centaur was left to continue the titanic battle.

Ground and skies shook as the two battled on ground and air, as the fight covered several miles, not unlike his battle against the monkey Goku, back on Namek, yet it was still restrained.

The purple equine had promise and seemed to hold much power inside her. If Frieza still had an empire, he would sure as Hell get the equine on his army, or destroy her if she refused.

His interest in her never decreased, even after naturally, tiredness betrayed her and caused the mare to painfully land just a few feet away from Frieza. The purple equine lifted her gaze to stare at the frost demon, as her pleading look appeared once more on her features. Shortly after, the centaur landed.

His hooves shook the ground as he slowly walked towards the downed and soon to be dead equine. Frieza was enjoying it greatly, as he adored nothing more than a good climax.

"You loose, princess Sparkle." The centaur said, a powerful magic beam forming between his horns. In that moment and much to Frieza's amusement, the grey unicorn stood from the ground and placed himself alongside the centaur. On her part, the bug equine surprisingly dragged herself from the dirt, staring at the frost demon with a terrified expression before sitting by his side, Frieza simply gave her a quick side glance before looking back at the soon to be finished battle.

By the time the emperor of evil turned his gaze towards the ending scene of the match, the centaur had charged up the attack and was ready to strike the purple equine, who had tears on her eyes as she lifted a hoof to shamefully protect herself.

Frieza's smile widened.

The spell left the centaur's horns, ready to kill the equine... Then a red explosion intercepted the blast before it could hit the pony. With a furious expression, the centaur looked to his left and frowned at the sight of the smiling frost demon with not both arms, but a single finger pointing up front. Besides him, the bug queen looked shocked, wide staring at Frieza, who had his eyes locked with the centaur.

"I thought you said you wouldn't intervene!" He growled.

Frieza let out a chuckle. "Can't help it, my hand slipped." He cackled, his laughs angering the centaur further, who gave a tentative step up front, narrowing his eyes.

"You dare..." Dangerously whispered the centaur to an unfazed frost demon.

"My deepest apologies, but I was getting bored and decided that it was my turn." He said.

At that, the other equine spun around and stomped the ground with his front hooves. "Your turn?" Asked the grey unicorn, frowning at the grinning frost demon. He couldn't believe what was happening, as this creature was seemingly taking them as nothing but entertainment. "You think this is a game!?" He yelled, charging his horn against the frost demon.

A chill went down the spine of the bug equine as Frieza slowly stood up, walking a few feet towards the centaur and the unicorn. On her part, the purple one did her best to remain conscious, watching with interest at the alien looking being.

"For you it may not be, for me however," began Frieza, lowering his arm, "I call it warm up."

"You dare challenge us!?" Screamed with fury the centaur, destroying the ground under him with a stomp. Frieza chuckled at this.

"Chrisalys, with us!" Ordered the centaur, but much to the frost demon's amusement, the bug equine didn't move. She was really smart.

The purple unicorn wasn't surprised either, as while she didn't feel any kind of magic, there was something about the frost demon that made her blood run cold, something wrong, evil and powerful.

"Looks like you have one member less in your pathetic group." He said, noticing with enormous delight at the increasing anger in both, especially the centaur. At this, Frieza decided to deepen the wound. "But don't worry, I'll make this easier for you..." He said, placing both arms behind his back. "No hands." Then, much to the surprise of everyone present and anger to the centaur, Frieza closed his eyes. "No eyes."

That was it, the last straw of mockery he would endure. With a primal roar, the centaur moved at fast speed, destroying the ground beneath him and raising his fist ready to strike the insolent being.

Swinging his arm, the centaur almost let a smile appear on his face... If it wasn't for the fact that the frost demon had disappeared. Before he could even react, the centaur felt a kick on the back of his head, sending him sailing away in the distance.

In horror, the grey unicorn stood there, looking at Frieza as he calmly landed to the ground, both of his arms behind his back and his eyes closed just as he had promised.

"What is your name?" Asked Frieza, his back turned on the grey unicorn who was shaking badly.

Doing his best to catch his breath, the equine stood still. "I am king Sombra." He said, only gaining a mocking cackle from the frost demon. The equine didn't let that get to him and faked calmness. "What is yours?"

The frost demon turned around to faze Sombra, his eyes still closed and his arms behind his back. "I am Frieza, former emperor of the planet trade organization."

"What..." Was all that managed to utter Sombra, trying to wonder if he was joking about the statement of being from outside the planet. If that was the case, though, what was he doing in Equis? Giving one deep breath, the Equine spoke. "What exactly are you..."

Before Sombra could even finish his sentence, he felt a powerful punch on his stomach, spitting blood as he almost fell numb to the several broken ribs. Before the unicorn could hit the ground, Frieza's tail took hold of Sombra's neck, then crashed his body against the floor several times. The frost demon chuckled at the painful grunts each time the equine violently hit the ground.

Sensing the other one coming towards his location, Frieza let go of the Equine, then kicked him away with the back of his foot.

ROOOAAAAAR!

The centaur fell from the sky, both of his arms lifted as he attempted to squash the frost demon with his strength, but once more Frieza moved out of the way. This time, the centaur teleported away, appearing behind Frieza and fired a spell he had been charging up.

The frost demon moved once more and faster than the eye could see, made his way towards the centaur's surprised face, then used his tail to slap the enormous beast.

The centaur heard that damned chuckle again.

"How silly of me to think you would provide me with an interesting challenge."

The enormous beast growled, using his hands as a support to lift himself up. The being's kicks and slap managed to injure him and he felt his cheek numb. The centaur was almost sure another blow would break his jaw into dust, but that wasn't what had him on edge. He was so close, so close to subjugate the protectors of Equestria, so close to seize control of the land, then this... Thing came to end all of his work and with close to no effort.

The centaur clenched his fist and gritted his teeth, looking at the mocking grin of the frost demon, who to top it all off, still had his damned eyes closed. Anger overflowed the centaur as he turned around to spot Sombra laying on the ground, broken and at the brink of death.

His body shook, as well as the ground. The centaur was summoning all of his strength to try and overpower the annoying being. Looking back at the frost demon, he seemed passive, almost as if he was condescending enough to wait for him to summon power.

On her part, the purple alicorn had managed to remain stable, using a healing spell to slowly get her body back on shape as much as she could and with it, allowing her to get a better look at this Frieza.

Her eyes were wide opened by what she was seeing. Not even Celestia or her Rainbow power managed to gain the amount of raw energy this being had, enough to simply toy with the triad.

The attacking party was bad enough, but if Frieza decided to take on them after ending the centaur, it would all be over. Still, she had hope he would not try to get them next. Then another thought came to her mind, as all the magic the centaur had once more stolen, would be gone if Frieza killed him. The alicorn had to earn enough strength to at least attempt to stop the frost demon from killing Tirek.

Shifting her gaze, the alicorn spotted the bug queen, wide staring at Frieza and only sharing quick glances with her. The young princess mentally figured she was also aware of Frieza's immense strength and was at a temporary truce. Suddenly another roar accompanied by an earthquake, took the alicorn's attention.

A red aura covered the centaur as he stood up, his strength recovered and clearly angry. Frieza though, was still calm and grinning.

"Finally you're taking this seriously." He said, opening his eyes and placing both of his arms at his sides.

The centaur was breathing heavily, but figured that blind rage would only hinder his attacks. Calming himself, he stood upright. "I heard Sombra asking your name," he began, "Frieza, was it?"

The frost demon chuckled, nodding his head. "What is yours?"

"I'm Lord Tirek." The centaur answered, hitting his chest with his fist, Frieza was not amused.

They locked eyes with each other for a few seconds before the frost demon gave one quick look behind him and towards the bug equine. "What is hers?"

Tirek frowned, looking with anger towards the bug. "That traitor's name is Chrysalis." He answered, noticing the aforementioned Queen lowering her gaze.

On his part, Frieza let out a cackle. "I wouldn't blame her." He said, looking back at Tirek who seemed to growl at his response. Suddenly, the frost demon's eyes shifted to a single being that had caught his attention.

Looking to his right, he spotted the purple equine staring back at him, her eyes widened. He had sensed her attention towards him the entire time and by the looks of it, she was more afraid of him then the rest of the weaklings. His smile grew wider as he locked eyes with her. "What about this one?" He asked, not even bothering to look at Tirek who let out a tired sigh.

"That waste of royalty is the former princess, Twilight Sparkle." He answered. "But you shouldn't concern yourself with such a weak, pathetic alicorn." Frieza mentally chuckled at Tirek's mention of the word "weak", but decided to let it go as he moved his body to face the startled alicorn who had gained his attention. Once they stared at each other, Frieza gave her a bow. " Princess." He acknowledged, noticing the surprised and hopeful expression on her face.

The frost demon could sense Tirek's desperation towards Frieza's calmness and respectful addressing to Twilight. The centaur was no fool, the frost demon was no joke, he had managed to best him with little to no effort and suspected he was still holding back. The worst thing, was that whatever Frieza used, wasn't magic and therefore he couldn't track nor absorve.

Tirek had to play his cards correctly, as a direct confrontation would surely give him the same end as Sombra. "What exactly do you seek here?" The centaur asked, finally getting the attention of the frost demon, who looked back at him with a confused look.

"What do you mean?" He asked.

"You do not fool me, Frieza, your power is..." Tirek struggled, as the frost demon noticed the obvious blow to the centaur's ego. "Superior." He managed to finish. "There is more to this than a simple warm up."

Frieza was no fool either, quite the contrary and he was already noticing the incoming ass licking from the centaur. The next thing he would hear was the idea of an alliance. 'As if!' the frost demon mentally chuckled.

"I heard you say you were a galactic emperor." Tirek finished.

Frieza cocked his head to the side in fake contusion. "Where are you getting at?"

As much as Tirek wanted to be condescending, he was getting desperate, feeling as if he was talking to a child who couldn't understand a thing. On his part, Frieza could feel the centaur's predicament, which was a real delight to the frost demon. "We don't have to fight, lord Frieza." He finally declared. "My guess is that you lost your empire, but you could start anew on this planet."

Tirek's expression shifted to relief as he noticed Frieza placing a hand under his chin, silently contemplating his words and decided to push it further.

"The only resistance left on this planet is princess Sparkle and she is almost defeated." He explained. "With her magic gone, the Elements as well as the Rainbow power would no longer be of importance to us, then we could help you rebuild this galactic empire again, find the strongest beings to add to your army, even spare the life of Chrysalis." Frieza remained silent, but by then, Tirek was almost grinning. "The god of chaos has already been defeated, meaning nothing on this planet would even dare stand against us and with you leading us..."

Same as before, Frieza stood there in contemplation, slightly surprised to hear about Discord, considering he had just seen him half an hour ago. On his part, Tirek was almost sure the frost demon had been convinced and if he agreed, that that meant he would only need to lift a finger and the rest of the resistance would fade. His mind was already racing through a fantasy, a new empire beyond Equis, new power and promise, then there was Frieza.

Once he had completed his purpose, Tirek would eliminate him and take control of his empire. A smile was now evident on the centaur's face, who silently looked at Frieza.

On his part, the frost demon's gaze went from the ground to Twilight, her expression beyond terrified. He was sure that if she had energy, the princess would be bowing at him, pleading for his help and mercy. Quite pathetic if he was to be honest, but then again that title had been already taken by a certain centaur.

"What do you say?"

Tirek's words finished with the frost demon's thoughts as he locked eyes with the centaur. Frieza hummed loudly for a few moments before...

"No..."

"What..."

BOOM!

Out of nowhere, Frieza lifted his arm and blasted Tirek away in less than a second, not even Twilight could see the movement of his arm by how fast he had moved.

"You damn idiot!" Roared in anger the centaur, who once more launched himself against the frost demon. "You could have had a new reign!"

Frieza was once more grinning, lifting his arm to block the centaur's fist.

"A new army under the most powerful beings on this planet!" Tirek teleported away, appearing behind Frieza and landing a punch on him... Only to witness the frost demon dissipating as if he was made of thin air.

"The most powerful beings on the planet, you say?" The centaur heard the mock behind him, before hearing one of his ribs crack after Frieza elbowed his stomach. Before the centaur could react, Frieza kicked his chin, sending Tirek flying off a few meters away. "I am sorry, Tirek, but I don't like to settle with third places!"

"Third places!?" The centaur roared. "THIRD PLACES!?"

With another roar, Tirek launched a blast against Frieza, a blast he had been secretly charging up. The frost demon had noticed the unusual power increase but didn't pay it any mind and now that he had seen what had happened, Frieza had to admit he was surprised.

For a moment he prepared himself to dodge the slow attack, but a grin appeared on his features and decided to stand still. On her part, Twilight and Chrysalis saw in silence how the frost demon remained in place, not moving an inch as the blast approached fast, suddenly Twilight managed to get on her hooves.

"Frieza, move!"

She called out, but it was too late, as the beam effectively collided against the frost demon, a monstrous explosion shaking the ground violently as fire consumed Frieza's body. Twilight felt her body go numb, the very being who could save Equestria from the incoming darkness was now death. Tirek's laughs caught her attention, as the princess clenched her teeth in frustration.

He was going after her now, but she was not going to go down so...

"Is that really all?" Twilight's ears perked, her eyes wide opened in terror and surprise. It couldn't be an illusion as even Chrysalis was in the same state.

Turning around, the princess saw a recognizable silhouette amongst the smoke, gently walking up front. On his part, Tirek's heart almost stopped at the voice, his laugh had died on his mouth as hope had abandoned him. "It can't be." He muttered, stepping back.

There, going out of the dust, came Frieza, not a single scratch on his body, but his face now showed annoyance. "This is the potential of the so called 'most powerful being on the planet'?" He said, lowering his gaze with a shake of his head. "I guess the fun time is already over." He sighed. "Oh well, I'll just have to kill you quickly."

A chill went down Tirek's spine as a malicious grin appeared on Frieza's features, causing the centaur to step back once more. "Wait..."

A horrible pain ran across his body, as in the blink of an eye, Frieza had deepened his fist unto the centaur's stomach, pouring blood to the floor. Tirek looked down unto the mocking smile of the frost demon, silently pleading for him to stop.

The emperor of evil's smile grew wider as he moved his hand inside the centaur's stomach, savoring the grunts of pain from Tirek who was now on his knees. Suddenly, the centaur's insides glowed purple and in a moment, he was blasted away. By pure luck his intestines remained inside, but he was soon to be dead.

Out of nowhere, another blast made its way towards the frost demon, who simply raised his hand and stopped the attack. He turned around, calmly as ever. "You are more resilient than I thought, but then again, cockroaches do tend to be hard to kill." He said, looking with surprise at Sombra who had gotten up despite his injuries and was taking hold of Chrysalis, his horn aimed at her throat as he held her in place with both his magic and hoof.

"Listen to me, hero!" He said, getting a chuckle from Frieza by the interesting choice of words. "You may kill Tirek, but you will let me leave this place."

"Is that so." Frieza taunted, walking towards the two. He saw the expression Chrysalis had, the fear in her eyes as she was silently pondering whether Sombra or Frieza would kill her. She could only hope that the frost demons was merciful enough.

"Stop right there, or I swear I will kill..."

Before Sombra could even finish, something stung him, a sensation of something that had pierced through him. Giving a step back, Sombra could only watch in horror as Chrysalis fell to the floor, a hole on her chest. Looking up, he noticed Frieza with the same smile and a finger pointing up. It became clear what had happened and was only confirmed as Sombra lowered his gaze to notice the same hole on his chest.

Then his body fell limp, life leaving him.

"And that only leaves..." He said, turning around to see amongst the smoke a gravely injured Tirek, hardly panting as he was barely clinging to life.

Slowly making his way towards him, the centaur crawled away from the frost demon, clearly beaten and out of hope.

"And where are you going?" Frieza said, appearing behind him before kicking the centaur on the ribs.

That was it, it was the end of everything he had fought for by the hands of a monster. Tirek could do nothing more than look as Frieza lifted his finger towards his face and simply embrace Hell.

"Wait!" A voice had stopped Frieza's next move, the voice coming from a certain young alicorn princess.
Behind the frost demon, Twilight had limped her way besides him. Frieza didn't even bother to look at her.

"Please, we need Tirek alive." She said, noticing the frost demon's intentions and decided to explain. "Tirek is a magic vampire and he has stolen magic from way too many good ponies." Frieza gave her a side glance. "If you kill him, all that magic will be lost." Hope once more had appeared on the centaur's face as he noticed Frieza once more pondering about that.

Then a sadistic smile appeared on his face.

Before anypony could react, Frieza blasted against numerous parts of Tirek's body. Legs arms, torso and shoulders were pierced by the beams, leaving the centaur screaming in painful agony as the sick monster savoured every single moment of his pain.

Before he finished him, however, Frieza turned to look at Twilight. "All yours." With that, the frost demon turned around and walked away, stepping a few meters away from Twilight and with interest to whatever would happen next. The young alicorn looked as Frieza went past her, then shifted her haze towards the centaur, her eyes widened in horror at the state Tirek was left. His face was covered in blood and numerous deep cuts, his body held several holes, then was his stomach. A rib had pierced the skin and had ended halfway outside, just alongside it, there was a charred hole from which the intestines were visible as well as other burned organs.

He was still grunting, tears coming out of his eyes as he barely saw Twilight. The young alicorn had a hard time trying to wrap her head around the recent events, about the brutality Frieza had bestowed upon the centaur. She was beyond afraid of what the frost demon could do after she was done and only hoped he would decide to have mercy.

Shaking the thoughts away, Twilight remembered she wasn't a heartless monster and even though Tirek and the others had done so much, they were still living beings. She placed a hoof over the centaur's shoulder. "Hang in there, I won't let you die."

Behind her, Frieza rolled his eyes.

Twilight removed her hoof and placed her horn atop Tirek's horns, swallowing part of her own magic that the centaur had stolen. She was rather lucky he hadn't taken all of it as that allowed the equine to fight back.

Feeling her strength renewed, Frieza could feel the enormous power coming to her again, which caused him to step closer.

"Now what?" Asked Frieza, stepping alongside Twilight, who saw the smirking demon with his gaze set on the centaur.

Shaking her fear away, Twilight ergued her body and looked up to Frieza. "Now to fix what Tirek did and get him back in shape." She said, noticed the curious look on the frost demon. Trying to clarify her plan, the alicorn spoke again. "The Rainbow power cleanses evil and recovers what was destroyed by it, but sadly..." Looking to her right, Twilight set eyes on the death bodies of Sombra and Chrysalis, then released a sigh. "It cannot bring the dead back."

Frieza simply chuckled and stepped back, a clear indication that he would let Twilight proceed with her plan. Giving him one last look, the alicorn charged her horn, her eyes going white as a rainbow light placed itself around her.

Frieza put both arms behind his back, attentively looking at the scene and mentally going through Twilight's explanation... Until his thoughts went through a specific sentence she said.

'The Rainbow power cleanses evil...' His eyes shot open.

"Wait what..."

Before he could even react, a rainbow blast took hold of the sky, turning it blue and fixing the scorched land, bringing it to a healthy green. The blast went across the area as it engulfed Frieza. The frost demon gritted his teeth, thinking about the alicorn's words, feeling a tenuous burning sensation across his body.

If that power's especiality was against evil, then it was certainly enjoying him as a one of a kind snack.

As the pain grew stronger, Frieza fell on his knees, trying to resist the magic from harming him. It was clear by then that the Rainbow magic wasn't trying to 'cleanse' him and almost as if it had a self conscience, the magic had decided it would rather eliminate him.

Frieza wasn't going to let it.

Powering up, the frost demon resisted the pain, as through narrowed eyes he could see Tirek getting healed and going smaller while magic left his body. He also saw the numerous ponies that had fallen before, getting up again. Their eyes looking in shock at him as they held worried expressions.

Crashing both of his hands against the ground, Frieza made an effort to prevent the power from erasing him, while silently wondering about just how much energy he was resisting. But he was stronger.

The Rainbow power soon ended as it utterly failed to kill him, but it didn't mean it hadn't hurt him. Panting heavily on the ground, Frieza could hear faint voices calling out to him.

Then the world went dark.

"Who's that?" Starlight said, dusting herself off, while approaching the downed Frieza, an action mirrored by the rest who were circling the frost demon, who had mysteriously changed his skin to white.

"Kill him!" Everypony turned around to the source of the yell, spotting a now small Tirek standing on the floor, numerous horrible scars across his body. "Don't let Frieza wake up, or he will be the end of all of us!"

A yellow aura took hold of him, as his body was lifted to the air. The centaur was levitated towards Celestia who held a scowl on her face.

"What are you talking about, Tirek?" She asked, placing pressure on her hold to make the centaur squirm.

"Are you blind!?" He yelled, clearly shaken up more by the frost demon than Celestia. "Look to your right, you idiot!" He commanded.

Normally she wouldn't comply, but curiosity got the better of her and did as the centaur asked. The entire group did the same and spotted horrible scene. The dead bodies of Sombra and Chrysalis laid there, but the worst part was the state of the shadow king. His body was bloodied and beaten, with a clear look of several broken bones sticking out of the skin. They were horrified.

"He-he did this?" Asked Celestia, her wide eyes staring at the corpse.

"You shouldn't be concerned only about that, Celestia." She looked back at the centaur. "I fought him, with all my power! But he..." Tirek stuttered a few times, trying to let the words out. "His power is greater than anything on this planet!" He screamed, squirming inside his hold as he was starting to let out a terrified expression on his face while looking at the rest of the ponies. "Its greater than any of you combined!"

Not letting the revelation get to his head, Celestia's expression went serious. "Calm down Tirek, however powerful this Frieza is, he's on our side."

"You really think that?" He asked, gritting his teeth at the princess' stupidity.

"Why else would he battle against you and not us?"

"I've seen him Celestia, I felt him!" Tirek started. "As evil as you all make us out to be, he..." Pointing with his finger towards the frost demon, the centaur growled. "Is way worse."

Celestia closed her eyes for a moment, before feeling a hoof on her shoulder. Gazing to her left, she spotted Luna giving her a concerned look. Giving a deep breath, her eyes went back to Tirek. "This conversation is over."

"You have no idea how much you have doomed Equis." He said, scowling at the princess. "The whole planet will suffer because of your decision."

Celestia frowned back. "Not as much as you will inside Tartarus." With that and before the centaur could say anything, he was vanished in a bright light by the princess, who then released a deep breath.

"Sister." Called Luna out, getting the attention of Celestia. "What is to be done with the bodies."

Looking back at the scene, the sun princess thought for a few seconds. "We will give them proper burial, regardless of what they did."

Luna nodded with her head. Then her expression grew concerned. "And Frieza?"

Turning around, she spotted the whole group minus Twilight, staring at her with eyes wide open. It was clear that they were afraid of the frost demon. He had saved them, that much was clear, but if what Tirek said was true, Frieza could become the most powerful threat they have all faced.

"Princess!" Her thoughts were cut short as a familiar voice took her attention. Turning around, she saw Twilight descending to the floor, then walked towards her. "Princess, I..." Her eyes shifted to the prone body of the frost demon. "Frieza!"

Walking up to him, she looked back at Celestia. "What happened to him?"

"We have no idea, Frieza was panting when we woke up." Answered Luna, stepping closer.

Normally, Twilight wouldn't think two times before helping someopony, but Celestia noticed huge doubt in her. They all had gone through many things, faced against the worst evil and never had the young alicorn doubted saving them, until that moment.

"Twilight." Called Celestia, cutting short whatever the young princess was thinking.

Looking back at her with a wary expression, Twilight went through a mental debate. "He saved us, princess, but..." She stuttered, giving away a few deep breaths. Celestia noticed that. The young alicorn was the last to stand and only she and the attacking party had witnessed what this Frieza was capable off and it showed.

"Princess, the Rainbow power cleanses evil, but I sensed a change." She said. "It wasn't trying to cleanse Frieza, it was trying to kill him."

"And yet he still lives." Answered Celestia.

Fear appeared on the you princess' face. "The magic could have, but it didn't!" She said, with Celestia already having an idea of where the conversation was going. "Its bad enough that it saw Frieza as such a threat to actively try to kill him, but to think he was powerful enough to resist it..."

The princess lowered her gaze, thinking about her words. Looking back, she saw the group struggling on the debate.

"Princess, do you think we should..." Twilight said, not even ending her sentence and it wasn't needed for any of them to understand.

They were at an impass. On one side they would prevent a possible battle Celestia knew they wouldn't win, on the other hoof there was still the possibility that Frieza wouldn't try to kill them, plus, he had saved them when he could have easily killed everyone, but then there was the Rainbow's power decision.

"Twilight." Celestia finally called out. "You better than any of us, saw what happened." She stated, placing a hoof over the young alicorn's shoulder. "Think of what you saw in him and make your decision."

Twilight wide stared at Celestia, causing the princess to let out a gentle chuckle. "Whatever you decide, we will all be with you." With that, she removed her hoof from the young alicorn's shoulder, who lowered her head a few moments for contemplation.

Finally after several seconds, she lifted her gaze. "What I saw was a monster, a beast who took a sadistic pleasure in the torture of others, somepony who doesn't care about the casualties if they stand on his way, I saw an immense power that could destroy everything we know and a being so evil that even the Rainbow power was forced to take action!"

As the words left her mouth, Celestia gave a small nod of understanding and began charging her horn, silently wishing that on his sleep, Frieza was weaker. The sun princess walked towards the body of the frost demon, until the voice of her former pupil stopped her.

"But then again, he chose to save us." She said, looking back at Celestia. "Even when Tirek offered him a kingdom and a place as their leader, even when he had the opportunity to rebuild his empire!"

"His empire?" Behind her, Starlight asked in surprise, but was ignored.

Twilight continued. "Anypony else would have taken that chance and he could have easily killed me, but he didn't! He chose to defeat Tirek and stop several years of darkness that could have fallen on Equestria!" Shutting her horn off, Celestia gave her pupil a smile, as she lowered her gaze once more. After a few seconds, Twilight lifted her eyes, a smile on her face. She had taken her decision.

"We save him!"