A necessary evil
A Simple Walk Amongst Prey
Previous ChapterThe sun beamed down unto the green grass stretching across Ponyville, birds chirped and happily flew across the blue sky; ponies walked left and right, some humping to the beat of a happy tune, a smile stretching across their faces while others looked with nervousness at a white, bipedal figure marching down the street with thoughtful eyes and hands behind his back.
Quite an interesting turn of events for the emperor of evil, who peacefully went by amongst happy, pastel colored equines, his very own power capable of destroying every single one of them with little ease but in that moment, his mind was preoccupied by something else than killing the first buffoon that attempted to spark a conversation.
Frieza kept his gaze down, his thoughts circling around the rather bizarre location he was heading in and a meeting he found quite amusing. Regardless of having spent more than just a few days in Equestria, he found the place rather soothing and calm. While normally, he would scoff at such thoughts, the latest events had forced him to see his predicament as a well deserved vacation.
Rest now, kill later.
lifting his gaze, Frieza spotted the sugarcube corner in the distance, a place that was sickening for him to stomach and his destination as well. To say the type of meeting he was about to get was completely incompatible to the place it would take, was an understatement. No, it was more than that, bizarre event and something that had been nagging him ever since the mare proposed him the idea.
He let himself chuckle at the thought, a thin grin appearing on his features as his pace hastened, walking past the numerous equines that looked at him with a mix of emotions, all sprouting from fear. He could care less about that, for in that moment, a more amusing event was about to take place.
"Help!" Fireza's ears perked, his head slightly rising at the sudden call, his nonchalant expression gazing to his right in a lazy attempt to see what was happening.
Screams were heard, not of fear from a terrifying being, but for what seemed the safety of one of them. Out of amusement, the emperor of evil stopped in his tracks, noticing the small crowd that was starting to form at one side of the street, as if they prepared themselves to avoid something. His gaze then shifted to his left, noticing the cause of the disturbance.
An out of control wooden cart, raced backwards down the streets, smashing tents and market set ups, sending fruit, vegetable and other types of merchandise flying away in all directions. At the other end of the cart, a pale, yellow mare with blue mane and pink stripes was tightly attached to it, her face scrunched in panic and her eyes wide open in fear of her predicament as the archaic method of transportation mercilessly roamed across the streets of Ponyville.
Frieza hummed in amusement, his mind so absent he didn't notice he was standing at the very center of the approaching cart, which had locked him within its sights as the next target. The emperor of evil, however, did not move and remained still, both hands behind his back and his gaze locked unto the incoming cart.
A moment like this made him thought back at the goody two shoes type like Goku. What would he do in that situation? Frieza let out a chuckle, as he knew full well that the monkey would most likely stop the vehicle and save the mare from impending doom, such was his type. But him? Normally he wouldn't care and go on his marry way, but right then and there, he simply couldn't take his eyes away from the ever so close cart.
Should he stop it and save the mare?
By that moment, the vehicle was just a few meters away from him, dust spreading from the collision between wheel and ground.
Of course he could jump in and play hero, then the equines would most likely start heralding him as some kind of protector, a good guy sent to deliver them from danger, but he was the emperor of evil, a being that cared not for such stupidity...
Or was he?
The cart was about to collide with him, its raging path threatening to crash unto him.
It would only be a matter of seconds and Frieza knew he had to make a decision. Maybe his evil ways were something of the past, maybe after what he had lived at the tournament of power, Frieza could consider being what Goku was... a hero.
"Ha! Not in a million years!" With that, he nonchalantly sidestepped, letting the endangered mare and the out of control cart, to continue their path unto oblivion.
With a satisfied sigh, Frieza went on his way towards the Sugarcube corner... And then his expression grew concerned the moment he noticed where the cart was directed to.
In the distance, the spa that had given him such a great time was about to feel the wrath of the vehicle and instantly, Frieza knew he'd be even more damned if he let that happen. A loud gasp erupted from the crowd as the emperor of evil vanished in thin air and before anypony could process what had happened, he reappeared over the raging vehicle, crashing his feet unto the cart and forcing it to stop. Apples and other types of fruits went flying away, as well as a terrified mare that flew past Frieza before colliding unto the walls of the spa.
Bon Bon felt dizzy and confused, her head hurting more than she had anticipated, but as she tried to stand, a shadow covered her. With panicked eyes, she gazed upon the look of a furious looking frost demon.
"Are you brain dead!?" He yelled, before she could even say anything. "To think your stupidity was about to cost me such a fine establishment and one of the only good things about your pathetic planet!"
"Uh..." Was all Bon Bon could mouth, her eyes lost on a river of thoughts and surprise brought to her by Frieza.
Noticing the lack of answers, the frost demon pinched his nose with his fingers, furiously rubbing the bridge as his eyes closed. "I could stay here letting you know how much of a moron you are, but thankfully for you I have an important meeting!" And with that, he stormed away, ignoring the cheers of the crowd and the confused stare from the mare.
FInally, after a few moments of immense stupidity and colorful nightmares, Frieza's steps led him at the gates of the sugarcube corner. He stopped for a few moments, as if mentally preparing himself to endure whatever moronic entity had decided to color the place in such a disgusting display of colors, then with a sigh, he pushed open the doors.
"About time you arrived!"
Frieza let himself smile at the sight of the mare he had a meeting with, sitting just a few feet away from him and in company of another pony.
He walked towards the table. "My apologies, miss Starlight, I had a minor setback on my way here." He said, his eyes going towards the other mare. "And greetings, miss Trixie! I have to say, I was rather eager to meet you."
The blue mare simply smiled proudly, motioning towards herself with her hoof. "Of course you'd be eager, in the end, who wouldn't want to meet the great and powerful Trixie?"
As Starlight rolled her eyes, Frieza chuckled, amused by the self ass kissing as he sat just in front of the ponies.
"Well, then, I guess this villain meeting can start now."
