Author's Note

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You believed me to be gone, but it is I, POTADIO!

In all seriousness, thank you all so much for waiting this long. It's been several months, and I thank you all for coming back. I'll be honest, I spent a larger majority of this time tending to my personal life rather than editing this chapter, but I've settled a few personal issues so I should be back in the swing of things.

Also, on a side now, I implore you to re-read the story. Not just because you may have forgotten, but because I've changed a lot of dialogue, added some minor edits, all that jazz. The largest change was chapter 4 with Goku's exposition, try checkin' it out.

To any newer readers, welcome to the ride. To older viewers, welcome back... to the... ride.

Yeah.

Anyway, enjoy the chapter, and leave your thoughts below. Was this chapter super saiyan godly? Or did it suck dragon balls? The comments are honestly my motivation, so I'd thank you kindly if you'd express your thoughts below, I'm genuinely interested!

The Etheric Mentor

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"How did you even do all that!?! Holy Celestia! It was like you came straight outta one my comic books, it was totally awesome!" Spike exclaims, pacing back and forth whilst making hand gestures as he speaks. Dust flies in the wind.

Goku turns around, and furls his eyebrow. He sighs. "Huh? Oh, darn. I didn't mean to wake you up with that. But uh, guess I should've went a lil' further out, huh? Sorry... hehe..." Goku, still on his hands and knees, slowly rises back to his feet, wincing a bit. That form is really draining, and it wasn't nearly as draining in his fight with Frieza as it was just then. He'll need to get on top of that issue, eventually.

"H-Huh? Oh no, I wasn't even sleeping anyway. But uh... don't tell Twilight about that, please. She tends to get mad at me for not sticking to my sleep schedule." Spike nervously grins, glancing at the ground, then back to Goku.

Goku puts a finger over his lips. "It'll be our little secret then, heh." He stretches, exhaling audibly.

"Thanks. Anyway... What the hay was all that? It was so cool! You were all like 'ka...miii..haaah....meeeiii' and this big blue beam goes 'pshoom' and-..." Spike trails on, Goku now deaf to it because he already knows what happened. I mean, he's the one who made it all happen. "...but the yellow mane thing went away. Was that all magic? I don't see a horn anywhere on you. Unless it's in-between your l-..." Spike then stops himself, forgetting what usually resides there. Goku doesn't notice.

"It's just energy. Y'know, KI?" Goku explains.

Spikes tilts his head. "I've heard of energy, but never described as 'KI'. And absolutely never used the way you just did."

"Well, it's just basic energy manipulation. Anyone can do it." Goku shrugs. It feels weird to him explaining something he so commonly thinks of as natural.

"A-...Anyone?" Spike's eyes glimmer.

"Well, yeah. With a little dilligence, determination, and lot's of training, it becomes second nature. Kind of like with your 'magic', I'd assume. See?" Goku lifts a finger towards the night sky, and shoots a small ball of light into it, as Spike watches it fly off into space in awe. It wasn't anything particularly special, though. Not to Goku, anyway.

"C-...Can you... teach me?"

Teaching? "Huh? You want me to teach you? I dunno... I've never really 'taught' anyone, except when I spar with someone and we both kind teach eachothers in a way, but even then..."

Spike runs up to Goku at a surprisingly fast pace, eyes shimmering. "Please? C'mon, I promise I won't be a burden to your own training. I really wanna learn it! I'll be a good student!" Spike gets on his knees, clasps his claws together, and shakes them back and forth pleadingly. Goku's no Master Roshi, so he's not really the 'teaching' type. But...

If he somehow manages to trains this little dragon just right, he may end up becoming a good sparring partner while Goku stays here. He throws his hands to his waist, shrugging. "Alright, if you think you can keep up, I'll teach ya. Understand though, it'll be gruelin'." Spike jumps into the air at least 10 feet, and grins.

"Yes!" He exclaims, falling back down to the ground... on his rump. He groans in pain, but quickly shakes it off and stares at Goku sheepishly. The saiyan chuckles.

"So uh... could we... start now? I mean, I know it's late and all, but... Just a little bit? Please?" Spike asks.

Goku thinks. It is getting pretty late, but he never really thought of time and day as a factor towards when you should and shouldn't train. Whenever he could, he would. He shrugs again. "Alright, we can start now. But only a little bit, otherwise Twilight may scream at us both if you wake up with bags under your eyes. I don't know her much, but I can kinda tell. She uh... reminds me of a certain girl I know. Or, two mixed into one."

Spike laughs. "Trust me, you've got her pegged down pretty accurately. Anyway, how do we start?"

Goku crosses his arms, and hums. "Well, do you have any abilities at all? Outside of being able to use those claws of yours that uh, don't seem to be fully finished growing."

"Well, I can breath fire!" Spikes inhales, and shoots out a mid-range torch of green fire. He stops, and smoke emits from his mouth. "It only comes from my mouth, though. It's mostly used to send letters to Princess Celestia from Twilight."

Goku stares blankly, he'll get to that last part later if he remembers it. "Fire breath, huh? I should've guessed, you being a dragon and all. You look nothing like any dragons I know, though."

"Huh? You have dragons where you're from, too?" Spike asks.

Goku nods. "Yeah, but they don't really talk at all. They just grunt and roar a lot, outside of Shenron and Porunga anyway. Those ones grant wishes 'n stuff." Goku refrains from stating how he's eaten one before. "Anyway, we should get started now." Goku thinks. He can't just start him out by training him physically, he's got to get a good grip on energy itself before he can make constructs like energy balls or blasts. Goku nods to himself, then looks back to Spike.

"Alright, I want you to sit down on the grass, and get into the most comfortable position you possibly can. Relax all tension in your muscles 'n whatnot."

Spike complies, but questions Goku's methods. "Why am I doing this, though?"

"To get yourself in a better state of mind. Now, I want you to close your eyes." Spike carries out Goku's request.

"Breath. In, and out, each breath slowly relaxing you further." Spike does as such. The air shifts to a calmer mood, as Spike's posture slowly straightens unbeknownst to him. "Just breath." Goku reiterates.

"Now, where does all that fire come from?"

Spike thinks. "It's kind'a from my belly, actually. I never really thought about where it was, though. Just where it comes out."

Goku nods again, and sits down in front of Spike. "I want you to visualize, now. Kind of like using your imagination, but trying hard to really uh... see it, y'know?"

Spike tilts his head, eyes still closed. "What's using my imagination gonna do? Isn't that for little baby dragons 'n stuff?"

Goku shakes his head, forgetting Spike can't actually see him right now. "It's just gonna help, you've gotta trust me, really. Can ya do that?" He asks.

Spike pauses, and then nods. "Good." Goku states.

"Now, I want you visualize that fire spreading throughout your entire body. Not just your belly and mouth. Start with your chest, then arms, then legs, claws, feet, tail, and finally your head. Then, think of the feeling you get when you release that fire from your mouth, but this time, from every aspect of your body."

Spike's confused, but he goes along with it. He focuses on his chest, and visualizes it spreading throughout his body. It feels weird, and kind'a silly, since he's just imagining it happening. It's not really happening, so he doesn't know what Goku's on about. Also, he never noticed how hot Luna's moon was before just now, weird.

Goku isn't accustomed to this sort of energy, because magic feels a whole bunch more different than the energy he's used to, but he knows he can feel that heat rising. And he also knows exactly where it's coming from. He grins a bit.

"Augh!" Spike's eyes burst open, catching his breath. He shakes his head. "Darn it, I lost focus."

Goku places a hand on his shoulder. "Hey, don't worry about it! You don't have to get it immediately! It's almost always impossible to get it right on the first try. It takes weeks, then months, then years of practice to really get it down."

"What? Years? Aww man... but that's like, forever!" Spike groans.

Goku pats his head, smiling. "If you really wanna get stronger and learn it, then the years go by quickly. Honest." Goku yawns. You'd think with all that sleeping, Goku would be wide awake for days, but that super saiyan form really took the energy outta him, along with his beam struggle. Sheesh, he's really getting out of shape. However, he needs to keep training to get rid of his rust. Spike then follows Goku's lead and yawns too, it's contagious.

"Anyway, we should probably head back in. C'mon." Spike sighs, but Goku's right. It's gotten really late, and Spike's finally feeling tired. He also feels odd, like his body is really hot right now. But pleasantly, somehow. Like the warmth of a fireplace during the rapid frigid winds brought about by winter.

Spike stares at Goku as they both gradually stand up, and start walking. "So uh..." Spike trails off.

Goku hums in response, eyes transfixed on the town he's headed to. "Could you maybe... ehm..." He understands what Spike's asking.

Goku picks Spike up by the arms, surprising him. Goku thrb rises into the air, placing Spike on his back as he ascends. Spike's eyes widen. "Woah! This is so cool! I mean, I've been in a carriage before, but that has a bunch of borders preventing me from falling and stuff. Here, I can see everything! I can't wait to grow big, get wings, and fly by myself." He raises his arms, feeling the cool air brush past them. Wait. Spike eyes the flying alien he's currently using as a carriage. "How are you even flying?"

"Energy." Spike should've guessed that response.

"You're making it sound like a multi-purposed tool used solely for convenience."

Goku chuckles, he's kinda right. But energy is no tool, once you're accustomed to it, it's like a second skin. Of course, there was no adjustment period for Goku, but he's assuming those who are transitioning from abstinence to novicehood would think of it like a tool. Soon enough they're outside the town, and Goku lands by a nearby tree. He places Spike down, and stretches. "So uh, you go on ahead. I've gotta sneak up inside so nobody sees me." Goku raises his hand, and disappears back to the basement to get some shut eye.

"W-What? He can teleport like a unicorn, too? Or is he just that fast?" What is Spike even dealing with here? Whatever he is, he's totally cool. He should also probably refrain from telling Rainbow that, though. He doesn't want a sonic rainboom to the face. Spike begins walking, noticing the door is already opened. He closes it, and sneaks back upstairs, noticing that Twilight was somehow still asleep.

Poor Twilight.

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"Nnghh..." Intelligently stated Goku, sitting up from the bed he was just sleeping on

"Ugh, what time is it? Does this place even have time?" He asked to nobody in particular, putting a hand to his head and scratching.

-o you mean?!?/i] Exclaimed a frantic voice coming from upstairs. Goku ceased his scratching, now more focused on the yelling coming from upstairs. Insistent on being nosy, he gently flies up the stairs as to make no noise by walking on the steps. He presses an ear to the door.

"If my guess is right, their arrival is most likely related to Goku's landing. Their? Stay here, Spike. I'll handle it." Handle what? What's happening?

"No, Twilight! What if they're totally strong? We need to get Goku to help!" Spike suggests. Twilight shakes her head.

"These guys are most likely directly involved with Goku, there's no way we're sending him out there. Their arrival alongside Goku's is absolutely no coincidence, given the short time frame. Who knows what could happen if we do?" What? Does she still suspect Goku of being a bad guy? He's almost certain he's a good guy! Probably. He w-

"W-Woah!!" Goku exclaims in shock, falling flat on his face. He'd been so enthralled in the conversation, that he wasn't aware he'd been leaning on the door and wee bit too hard.

"G-Goku?!? What're you..." Twilight trails off. "...were you eavesdropping?!? That's very rude, y'know! And you just broke my door, you jerk!" She lectures. Goku tends to his new splinter on his face.

"Ow ow ow ow ow! That hurts!" He rubs his cheek, disregarding any sort of embarrassing display he may be exhibiting at the moment. Twilight shakes her head, sighing.

"How much did you hear?" She asks. Goku removes his hands from his face, and begins to gradually stand up on his feet.

"Uhh, that there's some really strong guys outside? I dunno if they're actually involved with me or not, but I still wanna check it out." He replies, move his hand back to his cheek to nurture the stinging sensation.

Twilight furls an eyebrow. What exactly would he do to help? He never explained how he escaped that Frieza character, and he was totally banged up from the escape, anyway. "Goku, it's better if you stay here. We've faced bigger threats than a few aliens, we can handle it."

Goku whines. "Aw, really? C'mon, gimme a chance!" He clasps his hands together, pleading.

"No."

"Pleeeeease?"

"No!"

"Pretty please with a dragon ball on to-"

Twilight huffs. "Ugh, no Goku! That's the last time I'll say it! By Celestia, you're like a filly." Twilight puts a hoof to her head. "Now I've got to get going, and you'd better stay behind. If anypony sees you, we'll have to go through a whole lot of trouble." She shakes her head, opens the door, and runs off to the site of the issue.

Goku hangs his arms low, lowering his eyes. "Well, that sucked " Spike puts a claw on his arms, patting it.

"Welcome to my life." Spike states, giggling a bit. "Trust me, they've got this."

Goku straightens up, folding his arms. "Yeah, I don't doubt that. I'm just checkin' now, but I ain't picking up on anything over there except some really small power levels. It's the big guy I'm worried about."

Spike nods. "Yeah, ponies aren't the sturdiest bunch." He pauses. Wait. "The big guy?!?"

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This isn't the way Orlen wanted to spend his Friezunday. He shouldn't be here on a backwater planet where all the lowly residents fell into a paint bucket and puked out architecture which was then constructed by a child.

"Hey, Orlen! They're all hiding in their lil' houses! gingerbread houses! Maybe we should tell them it isn't nice to close doors on a couple'a guests, eh?" Stated Raspberry, grinning madly while holding his blaster. Orlen rolls his eyes.

"Always the brute, Raspberry. The great and intellectual Orlen has no use to effortlessly slaughter a bunch of weaklings when that is not at all the prime objective that King Cold...'s henchmen instructed us to enact upon!" Orlen proudly stated, placing a hand upon his chest in a dignified mannerism.

"'Great and intellectual', eh? Coming from a low-ranker, hah! That's rich!" Raspberry retorts, heartily laughing. Orlen's face scrunches up.

"Ghg... Sh-Shut up! You're the same rank as me you miserable cretin!" Orlen angrily replies, shaking his fist at his brutish partner.

Raspberry chuckles, hands now placed on his blaster again. "Just messin' with ya. You're too easy, y'know know that?" He states.

"Sh-Shut up! Let's just... just get this over with already!" Orlen bellows, grabbing his blaster from it's holster. He loads it, and taps a button that releases the door Raspberry does the same, grinning once more. "Now, we've got about 25, er, 24 soldiers on this ship right now. Despite this towns grotesque architecture, we mustn't underestima-" Orlen was then cut off by Raspberry's apparent lack of existence within the ship. He just walked right on out!

"R-Raspberry, you dolt! What the hell do you think you're doing!" Orlen crys out, infuriated. This damn idiot's just doing his own thing!

"Just livening up the party, y'know?" Raspberry laughs. He runs off ahead.

Orlen grunts, stomping his feet. "Damn that fool! Egh, no matter. Alright boys, let's get goin'." He declares, as 24 foot soldiers leave the ship, snickering at Orlen and Raspberry's antics.

Once he'd finally reached the town, Raspberry cusped his hand to his mouth, and shouted.

"Hey! Citizens of children's book land! We're here on a mission from the mighty King Cold 'imself to retrieve a certain somebody who came here in a pod, and we believe you're holdin' 'em here as captive! If ya don't do nothin' in the next 30 seconds, heh, well I'mma just gonna have a lil' fun tearing yer' town to shreds, capiche?" Raspberry raises his thumb to the air, and twist it around dramatically. He points his blaster at a nearby house. "Startin' with this tree one!"

"That's my house, and I'd appreciate it if you don't lay a hoof on it, you jerk." Bellows a voice.

"Eh? Who's got the balls?" Raspberry exclaims, eyeing his surrounding, before shooting the house directly.

"Me." A giant ball of purple light shoots right through the blast, and hits Raspberry directly in the face. He falls on his back, grunting.

A figure arises from the purple fog the blast created. "And, what exactly do you mean 'captive'? Are you allies with him?"

Raspberry placed a hand on his forehead, and shakes his head. "The hell do'ya mean, kid? Of course we are, and you're all holdin' Lord Jeice captive!" He stands up, aiming his blaster. "Now die!"

Jeice? Twilight pulls up a barrier, which immediately shatters on contact with the blast. "There is nobody on this planet named Jeice. You have us mistaken."

Raspberry laughs. "Don't play dumb with me, little girl. The coordinates of his ship trace directly to this location. You ain't foolin' no-one." This freakish purple ball of fluff thinks it can lie to Raspberry of the Frieza Force directly to his face and get away with it? Laughable!

"Raspberry, you insufferable dolt! You can't just run off like that, moron!" Orlen exclaims whilst running, stopping only to catch his breath before resuming his pace. Raspberry laughs. "We've got men behind us that could've been implemented in a strategic fashion! You had to go and ruin it all, didn't you?"

"Heh, you ain't exactly the boss of me, bud." Replied Raspberry, wiping off a bit of blood from his chin. He grins, tapping buttons on his blaster. "Not like it matters, we don't exactly need 'em. I can take 'em all... a... yeah... all..." He trails off, slurring. Orlen furls an eyebrow.

"The hell're you doing, Raspberry!" Raspberry drops to the ground. "What!?!"

Twilight trots up closer. "Don't worry, your friend's just incapacitated from a spell I placed on him. Look, this was all just a big misunderstanding! The guy you're looking for isn't here!"

Orlen scoffs. "Tch, like I'd believe you, pint-size. Besides, even if you are telling the truth, there's no way we're letting you out of this alive. An attack on the Frieza Force is an attack on Lord Frieza himself!"

Twilight steps back, eyes now widened.

Frieza.

The pieces of the puzzle begin to connect in her brain. Goku must have stolen this 'Jeice' guys ship in order to escape his encounter with Frieza, it's the only explanation!... That she could think of in such a short time period, anyway. Now he's brought along a bunch of Frieza's goonies chasing his tail, putting himself and Equestria in peril!

Twilight sighs, this is really just one big mess.

"Twilight, are you alright?" Shouts a distance voice to the left of Twilight. She turns around, and is delighted to see that her friends have ended up finding her.

"Applejack! Rarity, Pinkie!" Twilight exclaims, smiling.

"Oh dear, Twilight did these brutes harm you in any way? I swear by Celestia, if they landed so much as a single hoof on you..."

"Rarity, I'm fine! Really. See?" Twilight twirls around in a circular exhibitory motion to show that she is indeed unharmed.

"What happened, Twi? We heard this kabloowie sound, kind of like the funny monkey man Goku's ship but less crashy and more landy. Was it that darn god of destruction again? I already told him, no sweets until he's officially canon!"

Orlen's face scrunches up. There's more of them? These cotton candy colored cretins seem to pop up like weeds! In terms of numbers though, Orlen definitely has the advantage, since the rest of them are hiding like cowardly mice. The vermin are ignoring him though, which is a big mistake on their part. Raising his blaster, he inputs a code, and seems to enter it in. He then grins, and waits.

Twilight's expression then darkens. "Alright, right now we've got an alien problem. Let's send them packing, shall we?"

"Yeah! You try and hurt my friends, and you're gonna get real nice and acquainted with a buck to the face!" Applejack exclaims.

Orlen laughs, walking backwards a bit. "Heheh, you? Defeat me! What a truly laughable prospect, you hick!"

Applejack snarls. "What'd just call me?"

He laughs again. "You're nothing but another race of useless creatures on some useless planet in the middle of nowhere that'll soon he dominated by the great Frieza Force! Doesn't that just sound great? Heheh."

"I've heard enough of you, jerk!" With a swift kick from a rainbow blur appearing from the sky, the great and powerful Orlen was no more. Well, no more conscious, anyway.

Rainbow huffs. "That's for insulting my friend."

"Rainbow!" Twilight shouts, smile brimming.

"Woah, Dashie! That was totally cool! You were like 'psheoowmn' and he was like 'oh no my face owww' and then you were all like 'That's for being a meanie.'"

Rainbow nervously chuckles. "Uh, yeah Pinkie. That's what happened." She crosses her forelegs, flying into the air. "I am pretty cool though, you have to admit."

A collection of cluttering stomps and stamps fill the ears of the 5 ponies.

"Hey uh, any of you girls hear that?" Asks Applejack.

"Hear that? I feel that!" Replied Rainbow.

Twilight grimaced. "H-He must have called for reinforcements that had already landed before the kick."

Rainbow grins. "So? Let's just take them all down, too!"

Twilight shakes her head. "it's not that simple, Rainbow. We don't want Innocent ponies getting hurt. There's too many of them, and if we fight them here, it'll just cause problems for everypony."

"So then..." Applejack began. "...what do we do?"

Twilight thinks. There's absolutely no way the town will come out unscathed if they end up fighting in it. She'd have to lure them out, but how?"

She looks to her friends, all of them with eyes of expectancy, and trust. They're all counting on her to help lead them.

She can't let them down.

"Pinkie," Twilight begins, "I want you to grab their attention. Taunt them, anger them, do whatever you can to make them follow you. Just lure them out of the town, and into the grasslands." Pinkie nods, as she takes out a ridiculous looking mask and wears it. " I was born for this very moment.

"Applejack, I'm gonna need you to team up with Rainbow to prevent any harm from coming to the town and Pinkie Pid. I'm going to grant you both shield spells that should be able to dissipate energy-based attacks. It's a little something I thought of myself, based off how those clearly aren't magical weapons they world." The two ponies nod.

"I can totally do that! Though I'd prefer more buttkicking."

"No objections 'ere."

Twilight nods. "Rarity, I need you to come with me." Rarity furls an eyebrow.

"Hm? What ever will we be doing?" She asks.

"They're coming! Here we go!" Applejack exclaims.

Twilight shakes her head. "No time to explain, just come with me! I'll explain on the way." Her horn glows, and two translucent purple shields appear in front of Applejack and Rainbow Dash.

"You, you bunch of meanies! You're all a bunch of butthead doo doo face silly fillies! That's right! Silly fillies!" Pinkie taunts, dancing in an odd fashion to atract their attention.

The force murmur in confusion. One speaks up.

"Ey, don't you talk 'bout my mama like that!"

"Yeah, don't talk about his mother in such a mannerism!" Another chimes in.

"Wuh? B-But I didn't even... eh, oh well! Same result! Your mothers are all silly fillies too!" The mob of foot soldiers roar in anger due to Pinkie's most insulting and scathing remarks about their mothers. They fire at her.

"Nopers! Try again!" States Rainbow, snickering behind the shield. Applejack right below her on the ground, fending off again similar blasts.

Meanwhile, the two unicorns ran towards the grassland.

"Twilight? Inform me on what we're doing again?" Rarity asks.

"I need to start up a spell that can incapacitate them all in one fell swoop. Normally I'd be capable of doing it by myself, but I've got to focus my magic on the shields I made for Applejack and Rainbow Dash to keep them up That'd be where you come in!"

Rarity's eyes widen. "What? Twilight, you know I'm not as particularly advanced at magic as you are. I'm uncertain at how helpful I'd be."

"Don't worry about it! All I need you to help me with is to expel a little magic that I can use to create the spell." She reassures.

Rarity is still uncertain if she'll truly be of any use in this regard, but she will try anyway. For her friends. "Alright then, how shall we start?"

The pace of the mob of Frieza Force foot soldiers quickens, shots of blasters hitting shields and pink ponies insulting unsuspecting meanies.

The two unicorns choose to ignore the chaotic sounds, instead focused on this goal at hand. "Here, just emit some of your magic into this sphere." Twilight's horn glows, constructing a small purple ball that would fit on the front of anyponys hooves easily. Rarity nods, her horn now glowing as she concentrates for her light blue magic to enter the sphere.

Twilight begins her spell, as the sphere fills.

"Hey, you two almost done over there?" Hollered out Applejack.

"Yeah, just about a minute left!" Twilight responded. The ball was now filled to the brim with blue-colored magic, surrounded by a purple shell, almost as if it were to protect the contents within. The shell begins to expand in size, from what was once the size of a mere little filly's toy ball, had now grown in size rivaling a pony in both width and weight. The ball floats towards Twilight, mere inches away from her.

Twilight then punctures the ball with her horn, and the ball begins to shrink, as its contents are absorbed by her horn.

The ball was gone, and Twilight's horn now glowed a powerful blue-violet, waving and swaying around it gracefully and diligently.

Rarity slurs. "Ehm, Twilight? I'm... I'm feeling a tad... lightheaded."

Twilight nods. "You did great, Rarity. Thank you. Go rest up, that was a lot of magic you just released at once." Rarity makes no apprehension in Twilight's offer, deciding to sit on a nearby bench in town.

Twilight then stares back at the mob. "Alright, everypony! Stand back! It's all ready!"

The three ponies nods, jumping out of the way of whatever Twilight plans to do.

The mob of foot soldiers murmur in confusion once more.

"Stand back?"

"What's that thing mean?"

Twilight teleports behind them, so no collateral damage is to take place in the town.

"Huh? Where'd she go?" One asked.

"Heheh, probably ran off with her tail between her legs!" Another replied.

"Wrong." Twilight answered. "I'm right here. Now, get off my planet!"

The force look behind them, and shriek at the sight. The freaks horn was growing this weird glowy stuff violently, what the hell is it doing?

Suddenly, a powerful wave of blue-violet surges out of the horn, cutting the grass beneath it, and it's target? Directly for them.

The mob begins shouting in unison like a terrified chorus, running away from the wave as fast as they can. But they could not out run it, and a blinding light of blue-violet encompasses the area they formerly stood in, knocking them over like bowling ball pins.

The ponies shield their eyes from the painfully bright light, wincing. Its radial glow fluctuating.

The light dims slightly, before dissipating completely, revealing scorched land and grunting foot soldiers, lying in pain.

The ponies stare in awe at what had just happened. The shields around Rainbow and Applejack vanish.

"Woah, Twi! That was totally cool! You blew 'em all away like they were nothin'! Not bad for an egghead!" Rainbow snorts, posing in the sky for emphasis.

"Yeah, what she said! Except with more kaboom noises!" Pinkie chimes in.

Twilight chuckles. "Well, don't just thank me. If it weren't for Rarity, I wouldn't have been able to pull that all off. And I can't thank everypony enough for the help, I don't know what I would've done without my friends backing me up." They all smile.

"So uh, gals? I don't mean to ruin the moment or nothin', but what're we gonna do with them?" Applejack points in the direction of the fallen foot soldiers, still grunting.

Twilight puts a hoof to her chin. "Well, right now they're incapacitated, so they can't do any harm to anypony."

The group turns around. "I say, we lock 'em up in cells!"

Twilight shakes her head. "That would only worsen the problem. Don't you think? They'd definitely be suspicious that their men hadn't come back from here, and we'd have a whole lot more of them to deal with."

Applejack nods."Well, how about-"

"Hey! Watch out!"

The sound of energy dissipating is heard, and a tall bipedal creature stands in front of them. "Sorry to interrupt your battle, but I'm not gonna let a dirty trick like that slide."

Twilight steps back. What? How did he get over here that fast? Can he teleport like a unicorn? How would that even be possible?

Hey, what's he looking at?

Twilight and the others look in the air, the direction Goku faces, and notice somepony flying.

A red monster, with green and black attire, is all they could make out from so far away.

"Just stand back, I can take 'em."