PonyballzKai: Adventures In Equestria

Chapters

Chapter 1 (heavily edited)
Chapter 2 (edited)
Chapter 3 (slightly edited)
Chapter 4 (Edited heavily)
Chapter 5: The Crystalling
Chapter 6: The Crystalling
Chapter 7: The Crystalling
Chapter 8: The Crystalling
Chapter 9: Gauntlet of Fire
Chapter 10: Gauntlet of Fire
Chapter 11: No Second Prances
Chapter 12: No Second Prances
Chapter 13: Newbie Dash
Chapter 15, part 1: The search begins!
Chapter 15, part 2: Cyre x luna: shipping at its maximum! The pre fight preparations!
Chapter 15, part three: the first encounter! MY FRIENDSHIP IS MAXIMUM!!!
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22: The Times They Are a Changeling
Chapter 23: The Times They Are a Changeling
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27: The Fault In Our Cutie Marks
Chapter 28: The Fault In Our Cutie Marks
Update #2
Chapter 29: Spice Up Your Life
Chapter 30: Spice Up Your Life
Chapter 31: Flutter Brutter
Chapter 32: Flutter Brutter
Chapter 33: To Where and Back Again Pt.1
Chapter 34: To Where and Back Again Pt.2
Chapter 35: To Where and Back Again Pt.3
Chapter 36
Chapter 37: A Flurry of Emotions
Chapter 38-A Flurry of Emotions pt.2
Story update
Prologue
Chapter 14: Newbie Dash

Chapter 1 (heavily edited)

Cyre's eyes flickered open. He sighed and stared up at the unfamiliar ceiling. The morning sunlight beamed through the windows as he lifted himself to a sitting position on the couch.

"Whoa...where am I? Why am I on this comfortable couch?" He said aloud. As he looked around, he looked into the kitchen in the next room and saw a yellow furred creature with a pink mane making food with different vegetables, fruits, herbs, and spices. He couldn't help but remember that pony. She was from the crash site! The smell of soup made his belly grumble loudly. "H..Hello?" He called.

Fluttershy's ears shifted toward the sound of his call, she turned quickly and smiled at him. "You...you're awake." She said.

"Where am I?" Cyre asked.

"Well...my house."

Cyre looked around and saw a small room, and a few animals walking, crawling, etc. 'Talk about an animal person...'

"Thanks for letting me stay here, Fluttershy. Letting some unknown creature must've been at least a little unnerving." Cyre was genuinely thankful. She didn't have to do anything like this for him. He would've been fine on his own, but she was kind enough to let him stay here.

"What exactly are you, Cyre? I've never seen anything like you before. Are you some kind of hairless monkey?" Fluttershy was wondering that ever since their eyes met. He looked like a monkey, he even had a tail, but she just wanted to be sure.

"I'm a Saiyan from the planet Earth. Saiyans are a warrior race who strive to be the strongest in the universe. The last few remaining Saiyans are back on Earth with the rest of my friends and family." Fluttershy let that sink in for a moment. It he was a warrior and the strongest, they essentially had another rainbow dash on their hands. Fluttershy sighed with that possibility.

"Earth?" Fluttershy asked.

"It's where I was raised. I have a bit of a long story y'know...also...I think your soup is burning." Cyre noticed a little smoke coming from the kitchen. Fluttershy bolted to the kitchen with a gasp and shut off the stove.

"I completely forgot. Oh, Angel's gonna be upset. I think it's alright though." Fluttershy poured the carrot soup into a bowl and placed it next to Angels food dishes.

"Why do you wear clothes?" Fluttershy asked.

"Well, it's only polite. Where I come from, it's not very nice to have your...uh...stuff out and about, you know? I didn't learn that until I was older, but I never saw a problem with it either, ahehehe."

"Oh, well...it must be freezing without fur as well."

"Ah shucks, it's not so bad." With that, Cyre decided to sit there for a while and eventually fell back asleep.

Later that day, Twilight came into Fluttershy's house."Oh Fluttershy, are you home?" She called. Cyre didn't get up straight away, but stayed down, worried he might frighten her. Fluttershy came into the room. "Oh good...oh, my. I didn't expect you here." She said.

"Well, you are taking care of an unknown creature, and I came to see how you were doing. Plus, I want to know where he came from, who he is. So where's your friend you're taking care of?" Fluttershy pointed to Cyre, who was still fake sleeping.

Twilight slowly walked over, cautious. She didn’t want to provoke it— him. She slowly placed her hoof on his shoulder and tapped lightly. She looked at Cyre’s face, and saw him stirring, and eventually opened his eyes and stared at her.

“Oh, it’s you. I didn’t expect you to see me again so soon. The name is Cyre, if I didn’t tell you before. So what’s your name?” Cyre said with a smile. Twilight took a moment to drink that in before smiling back.

“My name is Twilight Sparkle, princess of equestria and friendship. I came here to see how you were feeling. And learn some things about you.” She said as she pulled out a quill and some parchment.

“Wait. Did you say princess of friendship?” Cyre asked, trying to keep a straight face. She nodded back yes. Cyre just sat there for a moment... before he bursts out laughing.

Twilight stood there flabbergasted, and then looked at cyre angrily, with her nose scrunched up. “What’s so funny? Is friendship not important where you’re from?”

Once Cyre got himself under control, he nodded. “Yes, That’s the case. It must be pretty important to your culture here,if you’re a princess of it.” Cyre than noticed that she had a horn and wings, which peaked Cyre's interests.

"Hey, what's that horn doing on your head? Is it important? And how exactly do you have wings to?" Cyre asked, pointing at her horn.

She giggled graciously. She lifted a vase with her magic and brought it to Cyre.

"Whoa!" Cyre exclaimed. "How are you doing that?"

"What? Magic?"

"It's floating. It's glowing the same color as your horn. Do you ponies know how to use Ki too? Awesome!"

"Key? Um...no dear, I'm a unicorn. Or at least, I was born a unicorn, I was transformed into an alicorn .Unicorns possess the ability to manipulate things with magic. We're all born with it." Twilight explained.

Before anypony could say anything else, Cyre's stomach growled, vigorously. "Oh...damn, I'm hungry. Do you guys have anywhere with good food around here?" He asked.

"Hm...I think I know just the place." Twilight said, giving Fluttershy a glare, and a smirk.

"You want to take him to sugarcube corner? Don't you think it's a bit early for him to be getting out? He just stood up for the first time in-"

Fluttershy was interrupted by the sound of Cyre opening up the front door and walking outside. ".....what do you know., Fluttershy said.

"Woo, boy does it feel good to get some fresh air." He said. "Well, I'm ready to go! I think I'm just gonna walk though, seeing as I don't know where I'm going."

Twilight and Fluttershy were quick to follow him outside and lead the way.

‘Well, I guess I can ask him more questions later. Hopefully not to much time later, though.’ Twilight thought as she teleported her quill and parchment back to her castle.

Author's Note

And that's a wrap! The next chapter will be longer for sure. I wonder how pinkie would react to this Saiyan's appetite!

Here was my projections for the pony power levels:
Princess celestia:10,000
Princess Luna: 7,500
Princess cadance: 5,250
Twilight sparkle (Alicorn): 3,500
Shining Armor: 1,500
Applejack: 70
Rainbow dash: 100
Rarity: 130
Spike: 3
Pinkie Pie: WTF!?
Fluttershy: 25
Fluttershy (angered): 115
Starlight glimmer: 2,750

Chapter 2 (edited)

Ponies started in curiosity at first sight of the strange creature walking through town on two legs with Fluttershy and Rarity. Nobody had ever seen anything walking upright, besides Spike, of course. "This place sure is lively. Everybody seems so friendly!" Cyre smiled and looked at all the buildings as they walked through Ponyville. Cyre was slightly disappointed though, every being he sensed were as powerful as saibamen or weaker. 'Well, can't hope for everything to be perfect...'

"We're almost there," Fluttershy said. "Now, I am going to warm you..um..Pinkie Pie might be a little bit...overwhelming at first."

"Overwhelming? Pfft, wait till she gets a load of me!" Cyre welcomed the challenge.

Sugarcube corner came into view as they turned the corner past the city hall. There lay the restaurant owned by Mr. and Mrs. Cake, in all it's sugar covered, cavity making glory. Cyre's eyes sparkled as his mouth watered. Though he wasn't big on sweets, at this point he was willing to take what he could get.

As they approached the front entrance, ponies stared at Cyre, chatting amongst themselves. Suddenly, a pink pony burst out the door with a giant cannon, aimed right at Cyre. "PARTY!" She yelled out. Cyre looked down the barrel, and smiled, almost as if he was hoping to catch whatever came out the cannon.

"No, Pinkie, wait!" Fluttershy tried to stop Pinkie, but it was too late. She pulled the trigger.

BAM!!!

In seconds, Cyre's face was covered in confetti, silly string, and balloons floated up and above him. He stood there frozen, before letting out a big laugh, and shaking the confetti from his face. "A party cannon. Neat."

"Hello there Earth creature!" Pinkie said.

"You must be Pinkie Pie ahehe." Cyre shook her hoof gently. "I guess word has gotten around where I'm from?" Cyre asked.

"Nope!" Pinkie said.

"Then how-

"I know lots of stuff!"

"Oh really?"

"Yeah! Let me guess. You're starving right now from not being able to get enough to eat the past few days!" Pinkie wildly guessed.

"That's right! You guys have food here right?" Cyre asked, worried they might not.

"Of course! Follow me!" Pinkie led them inside and greeted them with many cakes and cookies and goodies.

"You guys are just in time for the big cupcake eating contest!" Pinkie exclaimed happily, bouncing up and down.

"Pinkie, nobody enters those anymore because you always win." Twilight claimed. "Besides, nopony here could handle cupcakes like you can. It's practically impossible..."

"An eating contest?" Cyre asked. "Count me IN!" The girls looked at him like he was crazy. "In fact, let's make it personal. They say you always win cupcake eating contest?" He looked at Pinkie. "Let's go then. Right here. Right now. Pinkie. I challenge you to a cupcake eating contest!" Cyre yelled, pointing at Pinkie.

Everybody at Sugarcube corner stopped what they were doing in awe. Some even dropped their treats and drinks in terror. Nobody has ever challenged Pinkie with such confidence. A smile grew on Pinkie's face. "You have no idea what you just got yourself into."

"Oh yeah?"

"Yeah!"

"CUPCAKE EATING CONTEST!!!" A random pony suddenly yelled. In seconds, the whole town seemed to be in a riot. Setting up tables, and seats and people running to spread the word. In Ponyville, anybody challenging Pinkie to anything to do with sweets is a must see. Two tables were set up for Cyre and Pinkie to sit at, and Mr. and Mrs. Cake started baking cupcakes at maximum speed.

"Mares and Gentlecolts! This stranger thinks he can best Ponyvilles own Pinkie Pie, the current Equestrian cupcake eating champion for 5 years and counting!" A beige mare was now talking with through a speaking trumpet. "Come one come all, May I please have the contestants to the stage!" She said.

Cyre cautiously made his way to the table, now slightly shaking.'Is this Pinkie Pie really that good at eating cupcakes...oh man, what if it's too much. She's clearly an experienced champ.'He thought. He sat at his table, as did Pinkie at hers. Mayor Mare walked over to Cyre with the speaking trumpet.

"So, you want to challenge Pinkie? Equestria wants to know your name brave one." She held the megaphone up to Cyre.

"Uh..hi, my name is Cyre."

"CYRE!" She yelled. "Brave Cyre is the challenger of the one, the only, 'cupcake crusher', Pinkie Pie!" Suddenly, Mr. and Mrs. Cake brought in two large mountains of cupcakes bigger than them. The trays were placed in front of Cyre and Pinkie.

"Usually, we go by who finishes the tray first, but this time. This is...to the stomach!" Mayor Mare yelled. The crowd gasped. "In, to the stomach, each contestant will eat, until the other gives up. No limit. No time. Nothing but cupcakes." She explained.

'Here we go...'Cyre thought.

"BEGIN!"

Author's Note

Cliffhanger! I'm so evil, aren't I? Tell me who you think will win this battle of stomachs!

Chapter 3 (slightly edited)

*last time,on Ponyball z...*

'Here we go...'Cyre thought.

"BEGIN!"

*theme song*

Cyre vs. Pinkie pie! A battle of stomachs!

"BEGIN!" Mayor Mare yelled, and both Pinkie and Cyre began to shovel cupcakes into their mouths rapidly. Ponies started cheering as the counters of cupcakes eaten were going up at ridiculous speed.

"Dear Celestia they're neck and neck, both already at 10 cupcakes each."

Cyre was shoving as many of them into his mouth as he could, determined to prove that saiyans are the masters of eating all kinds of food no matter what kind! Cyre looked over at pinkie, and saw her going just a fast as him. Cyre was surprised, but not enough to deter him.

'This isn't so bad...they're pony sized cupcakes, I can eat these forever.'Cyre thought to himself.

A literal hour later

Mayor Mare's voice was hardly working by this point and had to have a replacement take her spot. The contests usually last minutes, with Pinkie winning effortlessly.

Now both Cyre and Pinkie were at their limit. Both of them had their heads down, groaning in stomach pains from the amount of sugar consumed. "I'm...never giving up." Pinkie said.

"Just...stop wasting...everybody's time. You'll never win. I refuse... To lose... To a crazy pink pony... On my pride... AS A SAIYAN!!!" Cyre said. At this rate, they were both eating half a cupcake every five seconds.

The new announcer spoke aloud, "New rule! First to throw up loses!" The crowd was now speechless, just watching in awe as Cyre continued to eat, as did Pinkie.

"I can do this *hic* all day spaceman." Pinkie said.

"Just wait and see," Cyre replied. As they both shoveled in their 200th cupcake, Pinkie's grip slipped, and she dropped it on the ground. She looked at it confused and suddenly fell to the ground. She lied there and snored, succumbing to the sugar crash that comes after the rush. The crowd gasped...

"CYRE WINS!" Everypony was cheering now, party cannons were fired. Complete with a thumbs up and a dumb smile on his face, Cyre face planted into the remaining cupcakes and also crashed from the sugar.

"Now, starts the after party!" The announcer gave the mic to a DJ pony who was now blasting music from her sound system. Everybody was now up and on their hooves. Water was splashed on to Cyre and Pinkie, snapping them both awake. "Did...I win?" They both said at the same time.

"I'm sorry Pinkie, but you lost," Fluttershy said. "He ate 200. You ate...199. Oh gosh I'm so sorry, are you okay?"

"No..." Pinkie replied, "I'm am SUPER EXCITED. Nobody has EVER beaten me in a cupcake eating contest!" Pinkie rushed over to Cyre. "Are you and I related somehow? We must be for you be able to beat me!"

"Ahehe...say...you guys wouldn't happen to have rice here, would you?" Cyre asked. "I know we just ate, but I really need some real food too..." He giggled.

"Of course! Anything for the new champ!"

The crowd of Ponyville now cheered Cyre's name repeatedly. "Hooray..." He said weakly. If one looked close enough, his right eye twitched.

'I'm never doing that again...'

Author's Note

Okay, I know that I said these chapters would be longer, and the next one definitely will be. Cyre meets the rest of the mane 6, and starlight glimmer, next chapter!

Also, here are cyre's power levels if you were wondering... I already placed the pony power levels in a previous chapter if you're looking for that...

Base form (99.9% suppressed):
20,000-25,000
Base form: 3,250,050,000
Ozaro: 32,500,500,000
Base form (Full Power): 81,251,250,000
Base Form (Kaio-KenX25):
2,031,281,250,000
Mastered SSJ1: 4,062,562,500,000
SSJ1 (second grade): 4,875,075,000,000
SSJ1 (third grade): 7,312,612,500,000
SSJ2: 8,125,125,000,000
SSJ3: 32,500,500,000,000
SSJ4: 48,750,750,000,000
Base form (god essence): 81,251,250,000,000
SSG: 2,742,229,687,500,000
SSB: 4,875,075,000,000,000
SSB (Kaio-Ken x25):
121,876,875,000,000,000

Chapter 4 (Edited heavily)

"So, where are we going again?" Cyre asked as they walked through town.

We're going to Twilight's castle to properly introduce you to all my friends." Fluttershy replied.

As they approached the castle, Cyre examined the building. " that's one fancy-schmancy castle" He mused.

Cyre, Twilight, and Fluttershy stepped up the stairs and walked inside. “this is my castle, Cyre. I hope you like it!” Twilight exclaimed as they walked through the halls.

"Wow, I don't think I've ever been in a crystal castle before," Cyre replied. He couldn’t help but be impressed, not every day you see a castle made almost entirely out of crystal!

“The others should be here shortly. I'm gonna go make some tea.” Twilight said.

“Oh, that sounds great! I haven't had tea since that one time with King Kai! I wonder if he knows where I am...” Cyre said as Twilight went into the other room. As she did, there was a knock at the door. Fluttershy went to look through the peephole and then opened it up wide, letting two ponies in. One was flying, a blue pegasus with a rainbow mane, and an orange pony.

"Yo, what up Fluttershy!" The pegasus said, giving Fluttershy a hoof bump. She turned toward Cyre.

"Whoa. I thought Fluttershy was introducing her to a colt friend or something, hehe!." Rainbow giggled, making Fluttershy's cheeks flush red as she hid behind her hair.

"Stop it Rainbow you're embarrassing her. Didn't I tell you it wasn't a pony?" The orange pony defended Fluttershy and turned to Cyre. "Nice to finally meet you face to face. Cyre, right?" Applejack extended a hoof. Cyre lightly grabbed it and shook, "Howdy, I'm Applejack, and this is Rainbow Dash."

"That's me!" Rainbow said, "The fastest flier in Equestria!" She boasted.

"Nice to meet you both," Cyre said. Suddenly, the door burst open, and the familiar pink pony, Pinkie Pie, walked in with Rarity.

"I told you we'd be late if we stopped to eat cupcakes!" Rarity said.

"Oh come on Rarity lighten up!" Pinkie bounced around. "Hey there Ceyr!" She said.

"Oh uh...it's Cyre." Cyre corrected her politely and giggled.

"My bad. My memory is a little fuzzy after eating so many cupcakes yesterday, woo! I still can't believe you beat me!"

"That doesn't sound very good Pinkie," Twilight said as she walked back into the room with teacups and a boiling kettle. "You might want to see a doctor."

"Wait," Rainbow interrupted, "did I just hear that right? You beat Pinkie in a cupcake eating contest?"

"Yup! Sure did!" Cyre exclaimed.

"Yup. He kicked my rump fair and square." Pinkie continued to bounce up and down. Twilight finished pouring the tea and gave one cup to everybody. Cyre was the first to sip.

"Careful, I just finished making it, it's boiling hot, Twilight warned. Cyre ignored her warning and drank anyway. Boiling water was nothing to him by this point. That tends to happen when super heated beams are shot at you for more than 80% of your life.

"Wow, this is really good! Thanks, Twilight." Cyre said. He made a note to ask what type of tea this was later.

"Of course."

"So if you don't mind me asking, now that the introductions are out of the way; Where in Equestria did you come from, and how did you end up here?" Rainbow asked.

"Well...I came from Earth, my home planet."Cyre said, putting down his tea. "Well...my story is really complicated, I'm not sure if you guys have the time to hear it all."

Oh, do tell darling. We made sure we had nothing planned to come to meet you." Rarity said.

"I'd like to know as well." Fluttershy said softly. As she did, a small purple dragon and a pink unicorn with purple hair that had a neon stripe running through it came walking downstairs, the dragon yawning and holding a blanket around him.

What's going on, gals?" She asked. The purple haired unicorn just stared at the Saiyan. "Girls, who is this?" she asked.

"Finally decided to get up, huh Spike?" Twilight said. "You're just in time, take a seat." spike sat down as twilight turned to the purple maned mare. "You as well. Cyre, this is starlight glimmer, my new apprentice." he nodded and saw starlight sit next to Twilight.

"Well, we're listening," Twilight said, while pulling out the quill and parchment from earlier . Cyre took a deep breath in and glanced down at the floor.

"Well...you see, I may be from Earth. But...I'm different. Most Earthlings are called Humans. All humans were born and raised on Earth. Me on the other hand...I'm a Saiyan." He began.

"Saying?" Spike asked.

"Close, say it again without the g...anyways. Even though I was raised on Earth, I'm actually not a human at all. I'm pretty similar to humans, but humans are much weaker naturally. I apparently was a warrior race, born with a passion to fight, and incredible natural strength. At least, that's what my four fathers told me. In all technicality, I'm not all saiyan. I'm part human, part acrossian, and part Majin. Don't ask, it would take way to long to explain. To sum it up, I was artificially produced in a lab." Cyre explained.Twilight wanted to question how that was possible, but then she realized that she probably shouldn't meddle with how artificial life is created, so she remained quiet.

"my friend Bulma and her father built a spaceship for me to go to this world in. I wanted to explore a little, which led me here."

"Wow, this Bulma must be a genius to be able to build things that fly through space!" Twilight said. "I'd love to meet her one day if I could. I'm a scientist myself."

"Oh, wow that's great! Well, as soon as I was back on my feet, I too took off from Earth, and headed here, obviously! Luckily, Bulma's father taught her everything she knows, so he was the perfect one to build my ship. He installed a gravity amplifier built right into the ship for me to use in training, among other things, such as a shower and a kitchen. It looks pretty small and cramped from the outside, but it’s actually pretty spacious. Throughout my journey to Equestria, I trained at different levels of gravity, increasing the gravity as I got stronger. In the end, I was able to withstand a force of gravity 500x the gravity on Earth, where I'm from. Come to think of it, the gravity here is pretty similar to Earth's."

"FivE HUNDRED?!" Everybody shouted, even Fluttershy.

"B-b-but that's impossible! You must weight over 200 pounds at least, that means..." Twilight thought for a moment. “you'd weight 100,000 pounds!? FIFTY TONS!”she exclaimed.

“Yeah, if you count out the weighted clothing ” he added. That only put the eight of them in more surprise.

“You wear weighted clothing? Doesn’t that make it harder to move? I don’t see the logic behind it Cyre.” Applejack noted.

“That’s the point. If you get used to wearing weighted cloth, you eventually get used to it. Once you take it off, you feel lighter, and you’re also stronger and faster. The same goes for the gravity room” Cyre explained.

"Anyway, I spent the last eighteen years training and getting stronger. Eventually, I surpassed almost all the warriors on my home planet, and they were the strongest beings in the universe! However, there’s two I haven’t been able to exceed in power, but tit doesn’t bother me too badly. Like I said earlier, I wanted to explore the universe a little, and that brings us up to where we are now!" Cyre exclaimed.

"What an amazing story...the story of Cyre!" Rarity exclaimed.

"That was totally awesome!" Rainbow shouted in glee as she jumped into the air.

"I've heard quite a number of stories from ponies comin' and goin' on the farm, and I gotta say that is one hell of a story." Applejack explained.

"Well...I'm glad you liked it...I'm sorry it took so long to tell." Cyre peered out of the window, realizing it was now night time. "How long was I talking?"

"Don't worry about it, we all enjoyed it," Twilight said.

“Oh wait! There’s one last thing I need to show you!” Cyre than unwrapped his tail and showed them all, much to their intrigue.

“Wait, you have a tail? I thought that was some kind of belt! Does it serve some kind of purpose?” Twilight asked.

Cyre grew nervous when she asked that. “Well... I was born with a tail. It’s main purpose is to... increase my power and allow me to go super saiyan. If I cut if off, I wouldn’t be able to go super saiyan, and my power level would lower a little.” Cyre said.

‘If they knew the full truth...’ cyre thought. Applejack narrowed her eyes at Cyre. There was something He wasn’t telling them...

“ ‘super saiyan’? What exactly is that?” Starlight asked .

“It’s when a saiyan embraces their anger, and use that anger to boost their power. All attributes of a saiyan are increased tremendously, x50 if I recall correctly for normal super saiyan.” Cyre noted.

"Can we see what a super saiyan looks like? Huh, can we, can we?" Pinkie bounced wildly.

“Of course... though you may want to step back though.” Cyre said as he got up and stepped away, as the others did the same.

Cue the epic power up music!

Cyre got into stance as he began to yell. The ground began to shake heavily as Cyre continued to power up. His hair started flashing from black to gold on occasion. Eventually, high force winds began blowing towards the equines, which also blew away anything not tied down or firmly planted to the ground. Rainbow dash had to stop flying and land in order to not get blown away. The others were slowly being pushed back as cyre transformed. When they looked at him, they saw cracks and holes starting to appear all around his body, like he was shedding some kind of biological armor. Eventually, all of it broke off and a bright light shined from Cyre that blinded everypony momentarily.

When they could see again, they looked at cyre in awe, his hair, eyebrows and tail had turned golden, his eyes turned teal, and he had a golden, flaming arua around him that went upwards, and was accompanied by a high pitch noise emanating from the aura.

“That... was... AWESOME!!!” Rainbow dash instantly flew over once she got a good look at Cyre’s super saiyan form. Normally, she would try to shrug something she thought as “cool”, but she couldn’t help it this time.

The others just sat there. They were more focused on the power he was pushing outwards.it felt like a tsunami was washing over them... with one tsunami for each second that rolled by.

“How many pull ups... how many sit ups... what kind of juice?” Twilight said, still in disbelief. His power was beyond anything she had ever experienced, even more so than when she had the princesses magic, and rainbow magic! She didn’t even doubt that putting them together would make a difference against Cyre’s power!

Pinkie bounced over to break the silence. “Heeey Cyre! You look a lot different! Well, not really, You really only changed your eyes and hair. You look shiny now! You mind if I called this form of yours Goldie locks? I hope you don’t mind Goldie!”

This made Everybody laugh and enjoy the bonding moment. Cyre let the aura go away as his hair turned blonde and sat down and thought of his home as the others came over to him...Gohan, Chi Chi, Vegeta, Gohan, Bulma, Goku. His family was somewhere out there across the galaxy, thinking of him.

I'll...I'll be fine here. I'll protect my new friends from whatever comes their way. I promise.

Chapter 5: The Crystalling

Several deep breathes entered and exited Cyre's mouth as he meditated. The peaceful quiet of the spaceship made it much easier for him to concentrate. He had already done a lot of physical exercises which is what he usually did before meditation. So now he was clearing his mind.

A week had passed since Cyre had been acquainted with the mane 6 and starlight, and as before, he came here, he was becoming increasingly bored. Everything seemed to have calmed down after the T.O.P, There hadn't been any new issues popping up. There was his training and that was about it. Sure, he was hoping that a powerful enemy would come and challenge him, but he was finding some enjoyment in the peaceful times.

Unfortunately, especially for someone like him, peace never seemed to last permanently. That fact was made all the more clear when he sensed all eight of his new friends outside the ship. He stood up from his sitting position and walked over to the door. Upon opening the door the first thing he noticed was Twilight smiling at him.

"Hi, Cyre how's it going?" The purple mare asked with a nervous smile.

"Honestly, I'm not sure. It's in my Saiyan DNA to have a good fight once in a while, but everything had been so peaceful. And not just here, the whole universe! I really wish something exciting would show up soon. So what is it your here for?"

"Well, we were all wondering if you would like to come with us to see my brother's newborn foal. It's all the way in the crystal empire. Want to come with us?"

Cyre was aware the crystal empire existed, he had done some reading in the week he got to Equestria and Twilight had told him of the battles they had with Equestria's enemies, and he had to say, they were total weaklings, but they certainly had interesting abilities.

"Yeah, I don't see why not. Besides, it would give me a chance to explore more of Equestria." Cyre said with a smile. 'Get ready crystal empire, I'm coming!'

Cyre was sitting in the friendship express, riding to the crystal empire with his new friends. While Cyre was riding there, he listened in on his friends conversations.

"Um, Applejack, what is that?" rainbow asked, pointing at a strange object sitting next to her, which was covered by a blanket. "Oh, just a little somethin' for the young'un."
she removed the blanket to reveal a baby bed. "Made from genuine Sweet Apple Acres apple trees. We make 'em for all the Apples, and anypony related to Twilight is practically family."

"Yeah, it's okay... But it's no Cloudsdale mobile! Bam!" rainbow revealed her present to be a mobile, which pinkie and rarity ooh'd at.

"Well, a mobile is real nice... as long as you have somethin' to lay in so you can look at it." applejack replied.

"Anda fetching blanket to keep you warm." rarity levitated a blanket into the bed.

Cyre meanwhile, was deep in thought. He always wondered what parenthood was like, and wanted to try it someday. But due to training, he never had a chance to on earth. Cyre was of course, conflicted at the thought of being with a pony, even a talking sentient one, but he knew he had all the time in the world to make a choice, thanks to majin buu's immortal cells. Cyre pushed it out of his head for now and focused on the others again .

Twilight smiled at her friends. "I'm sure Shining Armor and Princess Cadance will love all our gifts. But I think they're more happy we'll be attending the baby's Crystalling."
Pinkie Pie began to bounce in excitement."Ooh! I can't wait to see all that light and love make the Crystal Heart even more sparkly and shiny!"

"Actually, Pinkie, the Crystal Heart is an ancient and powerful relic. Without its magic, the Crystal Empire would be lost to the Frozen North."

"Wow, this Crystalling sounds pretty important. I'd understand if you wanted to... you know... wait to do a different friendship lesson when we get back." Cyre had heard of starlight glimmers past in the week, and he had to be honest, he was a little worried about what Twilight was planning on having Starlight do... Meet up with her first friend, Sunburst.

Of course, Twilight was oblivious to it. "Are you kidding? This trip is perfect! Not only do I get to see the baby and take part in the ceremony that helps maintain the magic of the Crystal Empire, but I'm starting my new pupil off with the most amazing friendship lesson ever! I can't wait!"

Starlight Glimmer only got more nervous then before. "Right... Me neither... Actually, Twilight, I am a little worried about meeting Sunburst."

"Oh, trust me. I know what it's like to see old friends. But I'll be right there to help things along. I've broken the whole lesson down into a few easy steps to ensure this reunion goes off without a hitch!" She rolled out a gigantic scroll with specific steps to meet sunburst.

Starlight Glimmer laughed nervously as the train pulled into the station.

Twilight Sparkle started to read the list as she steps off the train. "Step one, head to Sunburst's house and get you two started on the right hoof. Step two, get to the castle with enough time to visit the ba—" with a thump, she was cut short as she bumped into her brother, who looked like he hadn't slept in weeks. "Shining Armor!"

Shining armor replied in kind, although it was in a tired voice, along with a hug. "Twilight...!"

"I didn't know you were meeting us!"Twilight said ecstatically.

Shining Armor seemed completely out of it, which worried Cyre slightly. "Of course I am! It's me, right here. Here I am. Why wouldn't I come meet my sister? Though we have met before, heh-heh..."

Twilight Sparkle soon followed right after Cyre. "Are you all right?"

"Never better! Being a father is amazing! And wonderful, and amazing, and confusing, and amazing, but surprising too, you know? I mean, not that you'd know. You wouldn't know, I know... You know?" Shining Armor's eye twitched as he sighed. "Sorry. I haven't really slept since Cadance had the baby. Come to think of it, she hasn't either. It sure would be great to get a break."

Twilight Sparkle was taken aback by that. Why didn't she consider this? "Oh, of course! I don't know what I was thinking! You two probably need all kinds of help! I'm sorry, Starlight, but I guess combining your first lesson with this visit wasn't such a good idea."

Starlight Glimmer went from nervous to ecstatic in a matter of seconds. "Oh, uh, don't be ridiculous! You're an aunt now! That's way more important than some friendship lesson."

Cyre stepped forward towards them. "Maybe I can help." cyre pulled out a senzu bean, which was for emergencies, and handed it over to Shining Armor. He didn't know what it was, but he was too exhausted to do anything. It also didn't help that he was being essentially fed by an unknown creature, but he had little to lose. With that, he ate the bean and swallowed. The moment he did, he felt all his strength and energy return to him. "What? What just happened? And better yet, who are you?" he pointed a hoof at the Saiyan.

Cyre chuckled. "My name is Cyre, and I'm a friend of your sister. What you just ate was a senzu bean. It heals the user, giving them all their energy back and healing any injuries."

Shining looked him over and turned to his sister, who nodded in approval. "well, any friend of my sister is a friend of mine. The Name is Shining Armor. A pleasure to meet you."

Cyre took his hoof and shook it. "the Pleasure is all mine."

Twilight Sparkle was saddened that she couldn't split both activities, still. "I just wish there was a way to do both."

Spike suggested a plan. "Maybe there is! You've already done the work for Starlight's lesson with this list. All we have to do is follow it!"

Twilight Sparkle , much like Starlight a few minutes ago, went from sad to ecstatic in seconds. "Spike, you're a genius!"

Starlight Glimmer was now the complete opposite. "Yeah... genius."

"Then it's settled! Shining Armor and I will head straight to the castle, and you two can head straight to Sunburst's!" Twilight was more excited than ever. Not only would she see the baby, but her student would start her first friendship lesson!

Spike saluted as he answered. "Aye-aye, Princess!"

Starlight Glimmer nervously responded as she left. "Uh-huh."

Twilight Sparkle then turned back to Shining. "Alright, big brother, let's go see this amazing baby pony!"

Cyre walked with twilight and her friends, feeling slightly sorry for starlight.

Spike noticed starlight's worry quickly. "I know you're a little worried about this reunion, but I'm sure Twilight's got everything covered."

Starlight Glimmer was currently trying to stall for time. Anything to slow down their meeting.

"Everything except how I'd rather do absolutely anything else."

"Oh, I bet she's taken that into account too. It's all part of the lesson.Trust the lesson."

Starlight Glimmer wasn't so convinced of that as she bumped into a statue of spike. "Right... Hey, i-is that... you?"

Spike looked up and noticed. "Oh, yep, it sure is! Now, according to the list, Sunburst's house is—"

Starlight Glimmer saw the perfect opportunity."Why there a statue of you in the Crystal Empire?"

"Scarlet Heart" spoke up first. "Because Spike the Brave and Glorious saved all of us from King Sombra!"

"Amber Laurel" was next. "And then again during the Equestria Games!"
Starlight Glimmer didn't believe it at all. "Really?"

"Golden Väs" was last to talk. "Really! Big fan." She said that to spike.

"Um, when were you going to tell me about this?" Starlight remarked.

Spike just shrugged it off. "Nah, it's no big deal."

The Crystal Ponies all exclaimed. I"t most certainly is!"

Starlight Glimmer had somehow gotten a chair and a bag of popcorn. "That's it! We're not going anywhere until I get the whole story!"

Shining Armor stopped everypony as they approached where the baby was being held. "Before we go in, I should probably tell you. Seeing the baby might be a bit of a shock."

Twilight Sparkle shrugged it off, as did the rest of them. "Come on, big brother. I've met babies before. I expect meeting this one won't be any different." When they walked in, all of them (with the exclusion of Cyre) gasped at the baby as it cooed, mainly because it had wings and a horn.

Twilight Sparkle quickly tried to compose herself. "Of course, I could be wrong. The baby is an Alicorn?!"

Princess Cadance walked over, and she was just as tired as Shining armor was a few minutes ago. "It looks that way."

Rarity was the first one to voice her opinion. "But... But... But I thought Alicorn wings had to be earned by accomplishing some great, princess-worthy deed!"

Applejack was as confused as the rest of them. "Yeah. How can you just be born with 'em?"

"The birth of an Alicorn is something Equestria has never seen!" They all turned and saw princess Celestia and Luna.

"It is beyond even our understanding." Luna replied.

"That's not very reassuring." Fluttershy responded in a hushed tone.

Pinkie Pie of course, was just excited. "Wow! A unicorn, and a Pegasus! So she could be a super-strong flyer and have crazy baby magic!"

Rainbow Dash began to welcome this due to Pinkie's enthusiasm. "Well, I know all about super-strong flying!"

"And I can help keep tabs on her magic!" Twilight said with confidence. Flurry Heart sneezed and blasted a hole into the ceiling.

Princess Celestia was intrigued. "It appears her magic is more powerful than that of a newborn unicorn!"

Cyre then decided to speak up. "Uh, yeah. No kidding she's powerful, with my scouter, I can easily tell her power is already over 2,500! That's almost Twilight Sparkle Level magic!"

Princess Luna looked outside to see a crowd gathering nearby. "The crowds have already started to gather."

Pinkie Pie started to blow up balloons. "This Crystalling is gonna be some party!"

Princess Cadance was still a little worried. "Do you think we should call it off?"

Rainbow Dash wasn't phased by Cyre, nor Princess Cadance. "Um, we've all faced a lot worse than baby magic."

"I can't imagine cancelling such a beautiful and important ceremony over something so potentially adorable!" Rarity said in agreement.

Applejack,Fluttershy,Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash spoke in general agreement.

Princess Celestia was with them on this. "In light of the little one's abilities, this Crystalling might be more important than ever. She then turned to Cadance. "Perhaps you should address your subjects and remind them of that."

Twilight Sparkle walked over to shining armor. "Shining Armor! Do you have everything you need for the ceremony?"

"Huh? Oh, no! I still have to interview the honor guards, choose the purity crystal, and pick a crystaller!" He said in worry.

Twilight Sparkle calmed him down from his mini freak out. "Alright, take it easy. Pinkie can stay here with me and Cyre and keep an eye on the baby."

"And we'll all help you with everythin' else." Applejack replied.

"Yeah, you can count on us!" Cyre responded in pride.

Little did they all know, that baby would cause a very big problem for the empire, very soon...

Chapter 6: The Crystalling

"...and that's how we found the Crystal Heart, defeated King Sombra, and saved the Empire." the crystal ponies cheered as spike finished the story.

"We love you, Spike!"Cloudy spinel shouted.

"Yeah. Tell the one about the Equestria Games!" coral shores suggested.

Spike shook his head. "Well, as much as I love reliving my heroic deeds, Starlight and I have an important lesson to do, by order of the Princess of Friendship!"

The Foals "Awwww'd" and left.

Starlight Glimmer was again, trying to stall spike. "Aw, come on, Spike! I want to hear about the Games too!'

"I know you're nervous about seeing Sunburst, but it says right in step 3, to, uh, "Deal with your fears by facing them, not by putting it off." spike read from the scroll.

Soon enough, they arrived at sunburst's front door.

"Ugh. Let's go get this over with." starlight went to knock on the door, but spike stopped her. "Wait!"

Starlight Glimmer was certainly confused. "Huh? What?!"

"Knocking on the door isn't the next thing on the list!"

"Seriously?" starlight said.

"I know Twilight can be a little nitpicky, but this is your first lesson as her pupil, and it's important that we do it right!" spike defended.

Starlight Glimmer didn't see the point in arguing. "Fine. What's the next thing on the list?"

Spike cleared his throat before reading. "Before they see each other, be sure to highlight the importance of the meeting."

"I'm pretty sure we can skip that." starlight replied.

Spike began to worry. "I don't know... I mean if we skip it, the whole lesson could go south! And then you might end up taking a giant step backwards instead of forwards! Maybe you'll never be able to learn anything about friendship at all! It's almost like your whole future depends on this moment. "Highlight the importance of the meeting" – check! I can't believe you wanted to skip that!"

With that, starlight knocked on the door. For a few moments, nopony answered, but eventually, sunburst peaked his head out of the door. "Sunburst?"

"Yes? What can I do for you?" he asked.

"It's... It's me, Starlight. We used to be friends?" she replied.

Sunburst's eyes opened in realization. "Oh, of course! S-Starlight! My goodness, it-it's been a long time! What, uh, what have you been up to?"

"Me? Oh! You know, some of this, some of that, different... stuff. Right now, I'm sort of Twilight Sparkle's new pupil."

Sunburst looked at starlight in surprise. "The Princess of Friendship?"

Starlight Glimmer chuckled nervously. "Heh... yeah... that's actually kind of why I'm here. I mean, I know you're probably very busy."

"What do you mean?" he asked.

"Well, I figured after magic school, you'd go on to do important wizard work, but..."

Sunburst was starting to lose his composure. "Oh. No. Y-Yes! Uh, y-yes, that's me, yup. Important wizard! Really busy with lots of, uh, wi-wizarding... stuff. Right. Uh, well... good to see you." with that, he shut the door.

"Huh. Maybe we should have skipped highlighting the importance of the meeting after all." Spike remarked.

Starlight Glimmer was never happier to see the door shut. "Well, I guess that's that!"

"Starlight, come on! We have to at least explain what Twilight wants!" spike protested.

Starlight groaned in annoyance.

Princess Cadance, who was tired out before cyre gave her a senzu bean, was now adressing her subjects, wide awake and full of energy.

"Dearest citizens, I am sure you are all just as thrilled and ready for this Crystalling as myself and Shining Armor." The crowd cheered in response. Meanwhile, with the others, shining was freaking out, breathing heavily. "I'm not ready!"

Rainbow Dash was the first to try and calm his nerves. "Take it easy! Just pick whoever looks the most like honor guard material."
Surprisingly, it worked. "Right... right." He took the two helmets that rainbow had and chucked them at two of the guards, who ended up being hit by the helmets instead.
"I'm sorry. Fatherhood is way more stressful than I ever thought."

"I can only imagine." fluttershy said in agreement.

"Now, I know choosing the crystal of purity is a very important decision. So I have gone through the trouble of arranging them in order from incredibly pure to outrageously pure." rarity walked over with a box of crystals that looked exactly the same.

"Um, Rarity, don't they all sort of look the same?" fluttershy asked.

"Oh, well, to the untrained eye, perhaps. What do you think, Shining Armor?" rarity levitate the box over to shining armor, who began to incoherently stammer. "I don't know!"

"I hope Twilight, Cyre and Pinkie are having better luck with the baby!" rarity said in a hushed tone.

"Well... at least she's having... fun!"
Pinkie pie was holding onto flurry heart, while Cyre and twilight were shooting down flurry hearts bursts of magic.

"Pinkie, hold her still!" both twilight and cyre exclaimed.

"I'm tryiiiiiiing!"

"So... the Princess of Friendship wants you and I to be friends again?" sunburst had let starlight and spike in, due to the fact that spike insisted, and because twilight sent them here."Heh, I know. Weird, right?"

"Uh, I don't understand. Did something happen to you after I left for magic school?" sunburst inquired.

"What? No! I-I don't see what that has to do with anything. W-Why would you even ask that?" the teacup she was pouring was now starting to overflow and spill. "I mean, did something happen to you after you left for magic school?"

Now it was sunburst's turn to get nervous. "What? Um, no. L-Like you said, I'm a, [clears throat] i-important wizard."

"I'm sure there's something on Twilight's list that can help here."
Spike said while taking a look at it.

Shining Armor was breathing heavily as the princesses arrived. "Okay. I chose the honor guard, picked the purity crystal, and I know exactly who I want to be our crystaller. So, all we need is..."

"The baby?" Cadance finished.

"We're here!" twilight, cyre, pinkie pie and flurry heart were just arriving, with the latter two in a
magic bubble.

"She's a really strong flyer!" pinkie commented. As cadance separated the two, flurry began to cry. VERY abnormally loudly. With a cracking sound, the crystal heart stopped spinning, and soon after, it shattered completely. Everypony gasped.

"I'm guessin' that's gonna make it harder to do the Crystalline." Applejack replied warily.

"It's worse than that. Without the Heart, the Crystal Empire's about to be buried under a mountain of ice and snow!" Twilight noted as storm clouds began to quickly surround the empire.

how will cyre and his new friends handle this new elemental threat to
the empire? Will the crystal heart get repaired? Find out next time, on Ponyball z!

Author's Note

And that's part 2! Can crye stall them long enough to find a way to repair the crystal? I cant tell you that yet!

Chapter 7: The Crystalling

"So... not only can we not take part in a fabulous ancient ceremony, but we're also about to be frozen solid!"

The mane 6, cyre, shining, flurry heart and the princesses were currently in the middle of a freakout. Flurry heart, the baby of shining armor and princess cadance, had just had a temper tantrum, and in doing so, shattered the crystal heart.

"Without the Crystal Heart's magical protection, the entire city's about to become a winter wasteland!" Twilight exclaimed.

"But what about when King Sombra ruled the Crystal Empire and the Crystal Heart was missin'? The city wasn't covered in snow then!" Applejack inquired.

"The Heart wasn't missing. It was still in the castle. King Sombra had just hidden it."

"I'm afraid Twilight is correct, and the storm clouds are already forming." as Celestia and the others looked outside, the saw dark clouds and lightning headed there way. Rainbow, however, didn't waver.

"I can totally fly up there and bust those puppies! No problem!" just as she was about to leave, Celestia closed the curtains.

"I wouldn't advise it, Rainbow Dash. Those storm clouds are not like the ones you know."

"This far north, the weather has a will of its own, and now it will only grow stronger, enveloping everything in its path." princess Luna stated.

"Including the Crystal Empire!" cadence added.

"And us along with it!" twilight added fearfully.

wanna see who has the best Kamehameha? Wanna see the power of dreams when they are raw? Vs! The strongest foe! Noone but yourself holds you back!

(the title screen, Ponyball z: adventures in Equestria appears as it flies through canterlot. Cyre is then seen flying by with rainbow dash, princess Luna, twilight sparkle, and Fluttershy joining him.)

A fire burning in my veins, is breaking me out of my chains, and raising my power to the max...

(all of them flare their auras and fly away at high speeds, with cyre joining them a few moments later.the scene changes to seeing spike waving to them, along with the mane 6's friends and family.)

our paths filled with uncertainty, but look ahead then you will see, how we'll become, a part of history!

(King Sombra and queen chrysalis appear first. And behind them, ponehendge appears, and in a flash, the pony of shadows appears. Rainbow then appears with green eyes similar to Sombra's, and twilight and rainbow are engaged in a fight.)

whem someone beats me up, I always get back up, my spirits always coming back, and now it's on the attack!

(Sombra is seen spreading crystals across Ponyville. A fused Saiyan of unknown origin appears and goes super saiyan. Twilight Sparkle and Luna are seen performing the fusion dance, as they fuse together and smirk at the audience.)

jump on all your limits and perchance! Throw away your pain in a kind and loving dance! Gorgeous! I'm born again! In the Dragonballs lies the fate of all men!

(stygian is seen fighting twilight, and it switches to another unknown fusion with rainbow hair. Cyre is seen nodding and he goes super saiyan.)

wanna see who has the best Kamehameha? Wanna see the power of dreams when they are raw? vs! The future world! Our epic tail will be unfurled! Greater than the best!

(cyre and chrysalis are now seen fighting. It then changes to a screen where he and his friends are in a fighting pose.)

"There's gotta be somethin'..."
Meanwhile, starlight and sunburst were still trying to rekindle their friendship, but were having no luck doing so.

"I know Princess Twilight is keen on the two of us rekindling our friendship, but... it's been so long. I don't see how anything on that list is going to help." sunburst sadly admitted.

"I know, right? It's not like there's some spell that would magically compel us to pick up where we left off." starlight playfuly said.

Sunburst then started pulling books from the shelfs and opened them. "Well, actually, there's several. Mistmane's Material Amity, Rockhoof's Rapport, Flash Prance's Fellow... ship... But I-I get the feeling the princess isn't looking for a spell."

"Definitely not." starlight chuckled.

"Got it!" spike exclaimed. He was covered head to toe in Twilight's scroll. "And if all else fails, ask them to share an embarrassing moment from their past, maybe even something they regret!" both starlight and sunburst grew nervous at that suggestion.

"Uh, I don't see how that would help." sunburst said rather hastily.

"Uh, yeah! We should just get out of your mane. It's pretty obvious this isn't going how Twilight hoped, and I'm sure you have plenty of important work to do..." starlight added.

"What? Oh! Right, yes, heh-heh! Uh, no rest for the wizardly."

"Come on, Spike." she grabbed him with her magic and left out the front door, with spike groaning while doing so.

The storm was now getting worse, evidenced by the fact that it was now blowing the curtains.twilight was growing more worried by the second. "There must be a spell that can restore the Crystal Heart!"

"Perhaps." Celestia said.

"But it isn't something that either of us knows," Luna added.

"The library here at the castle is nearly as extensive as the one in Canterlot. There's a good chance we can find something there!" cadance suggested.

"Can you hold off the storm?" Twilight asked the princesses.

"Yes, for a time, but even our magic will eventually succumb to the power of the Frozen North." Princess Luna said.

"Then I'll be there by their side to fight when they can't!" Cyre stepped up and he looked serious, much different then his normal happy go lucky attitude. They all looked at him like he was crazy. "But how will you get to the clouds? You can't even fly!" in the time rainbow said that, Cyre was floating ten feet off the ground. Everypony looked at home in surprise, except for Fluttershy. She remembered that he told her he had a different method to fly. The royal sisters shook off the surprise and soon joined him the air.

"We will do what we can, but you must hurry." with that, all three of them took off to stall the storm clouds.

"I don't know how long it will take to find the right spell, but you should probably tell the crowd outside to get somewhere warm!" Twilight said.

"And try not to mention the Crystal Heart. We don't want to start a panic."Cadance added.

"Yes, ma'am. C'mon, girls!" Applejack, Fluttershy, and rainbow dash went outside to warn the crowd.

Twilight Sparkle then turned to who was left. "I'm gonna need all of your help. The crystal library is enormous!"

"You can count on us, Twily!" shining armor said confidently. Flurry had teleported out of shining armors hands and onto pinkie's face, who shrieked and threw her off. She was about to land in shining armors hooves when she teleported again. "Where'd she go?!" all of them then heard her giggling in the castle.
"This way!" with that, they all followed cadance to find flurry.

Cyre, Luna, and Celestia were now sitting in front of huge, snowy storm clouds. While the two princesses began to delay them, Cyre lifted his hand into the air, his aura flaring as he did so. Celestial and Luna were very confused by cyre's behaviour. "Uh, Cyre are you alri-" Luna was interrupted thoroughly by Cyre.

"ANNIHILATION ATTACK!!!!" from his hand, hundreds of blue beams shot out of his hand at high speeds, directed at the storm clouds. This was an attack he gained from buu. Well, super buu more specifically. He used it wipe out all life on earth when he was around.

The blast hit the clouds with huge explosions, with Luna and Celestia staring in fear and awe as the beams curved past them. It simply was beyond their understanding. How could he have this much power? It was overwhelming! And what feared the princesses most... They knew this was only a very small fraction of what he's capable of.

Cyre on the other hand, was firing shot after shot, and it was starting to take its toll on his energy. Cyre began to seriously wonder how buu did this with little to no effort. It was exhausting!

"Well, Spike, looks like my biggest fears came true. I wouldn't be surprised if Twilight decides to give up on me entirely." starlight were walking through town from sunburst house back to the castle.

"Aw, it's not your fault. I'm the one who said all we needed was this list." spike said before sending the scroll away with his fire.

"It's not the list, Spike. Or you. Or Twilight. I'm the one Sunburst doesn't want to be friends with." starlight sadly said.

"I don't remember him saying he didn't want to be friends." Spike remarked.

"He didn't have to say it." starlight said with a sigh.

"Well, Twilight obviously thinks you're worth being friends with! And I do too!" spike retorted while giving her a hug.

"Thanks, Spike. At least I have two friends, even if one of them has dragon breath." spike exhaled, but he was positive it wasn't him. "Uh, that's not dragon breath. It's freezing!"

It was then when they started yo notice the snow falling. "Oh, you're right! But I thought the Crystal Heart was supposed to keep the cold weather out."

"It is... unless something's happened! Come on!" with that, they both began their run to the castle.

"We're just saying that it might not be the best idea to stay outside!" rainbow, Applejack, and fluttershy were trying to get the crystal ponies to move, to no success.

"I camped out all night for this spot! I'm not about to just give it up!" a crystal pony from the crowd said.

"Still, when you think about it, the view is just as good a little further back, like... inside your house?" Fluttershy said nervously. The crystal ponies continued to complain.

"The Crystalling ceremony is one of our most sacred traditions! And when that foal is held before the Crystal Heart, I plan to be as close to the action as possible!" another crystal pony said.

"Honestly, I don't know if there's gonna be a Crystallin'. The truth is, the baby's an Alicorn and her magic's plum crazy, so you might not wanna be that close after all." her words only improved the crowds resistance to move.

"A baby Alicorn? Wow, I can't wait to see that!"

"Oh, those little wings are probably so cute!

"I know, right?"

"Look, I am a hundred percent sure the Crystalling isn't happening." rainbow said. To her surprise, magic rays shoot out of the castle, and numerous blue beams were shooting in different direction.

"No Crystalling, huh? Then why are they starting the fireworks show?" the crystal ponies cheered as they saw the beams.

The others were in the library still searching for a spell to fix the heart.
Meanwhile, shining armor rarity and pinkie pie were having their hooves full trying to contain the baby, while cadence and twilight were searching for a book that could help.

"Young filly... come back here!"

"Come to your Auntie Pinkie Pie!"

Twilight searched multiple books with no luck. "Bridle Buck's Boat Chants,Hayhoof's Intonements,Mystic Maps and Mazes... Anything up there?"

"Not yet! I'm not even sure how these are organized!" princess cadance turned to see that flurry had teleported onto the shelf next to her. Reaching out to her cadance made a sorry attempt to capture flurry as she teleported away and flew off, with shining armor in hot pursuit.

"Shining Armor, I thought you were taking care of the baby!" cadance said with worry.

"I'm trying!" was his response. Just ahead of flurry was rarity, waiting with a net to catch her.
"Gotcha!"
With a magic pop, flurry teleported behind her and continued her flight.
"Oh! Or not..."

It was at this point starlight walked in. "What is going on?!"

"You want the long or the short version?" Pinkie asked as she was being dragged by flurry.

"Short?"

Pinkie Pie quickly responded. "The baby's an Alicorn and she accidentally destroyed the Crystal Heart, so Twilight and Cadance are looking for a spell to put it back together and save the Crystal Empire from turning into a giant wasteland of ice and snow."

"Oh." Starlight said.

Princess Cadance gasped, as she might have found something. "What about this? Trotter's Tome of Reliquary?"

Twilight Sparkle took the book and flipped through the pages. "I think this is it!"

"Spell of Relic Reconstitution"! I can't believe we found it!" Cadance said with happiness.

"It's a good thing, too! Without this, I don't know what we'd do!" a few moments later the baby shot a laser right through the book, causing Twilight to gasp.

"Oops." Pinkie said.

"That spell was the only thing we found in the whole library that was even close to what we needed!" Twilight exclaimed.

"I'm so sorry, Twilight!" starlight quickly said.

"It's not your fault, Starlight. None of us were expecting any of this." cadance walked over to Twilight. "Do you think you can remember the spell?"

Twilight's face was full of worry."I only read it through once!"

"Well, if anypony can exactly remember something she read for the first time two minutes ago, it's you, Twilight." Rarity said with confidence.

Twilight Floated over a piece of paper and a quill "I'll try. But I'm not sure how long it'll take."

Pinkie Pie took a look outside to see the wind blowing fiercely. "Is quickly an option?"

"I'll help if I can, but we should evacuate the city just in case! You need to lead everypony to the train station before the tracks freeze over!" princess Cadance said.

Shining Armor, being a soldier, was prepared to rally every pony. "We will. But between you and Twilight, I'm sure you'll remember the spell." with that, they left.

"I only hope this spell is the one we need." twilight began to right down the spell from memory as starlight walked over. "Is there anything I can do?"
Twilight shook her head in sorrow. "I don't think so. I'm just sorry about your lesson."
Starlight barely registered it."Oh, that doesn't matter now. Sunburst and I don't have anything in common anyway. He's a big important wizard! And I'm re-learning everything I ever thought I knew."

Princess Cadance put a hoof to her muzzle in thought. "Sunburst? I don't recognize the name, but if he's an important wizard, you should bring him here. Maybe he'll know what to do if the spell fails."

Starlight Gasped. "Of course!" she rushed off to sunburst's house in a quick gallop...

"You better go with her, Spike."... With spike now in hot pursuit. Twilight looked out the wind to see the princesses get engulfed by the storm.

can cyre and the princesses hold off the storm any longer? And can twilight and starlight finish their individual tasks before its to late? Find out next time, on ponyballz!

Chapter 8: The Crystalling

Starlight Glimmer and spike were arriving at sunburst's house, with starlight straining to close the door due to the snow blowing. "Sunburst! Haven't you looked outside?!"

Sunburst did so and finally saw the heavy snowfall. "Snow? That's... not right. The Crystal Heart—"

"Is gone!" starlight interrupted. "The baby – Shining Armor and Cadance's baby – it's an Alicorn!"

"Really?" he asked.

"Really! And her magic is a little berserk, and well, I guess she destroyed the Heart! But Twilight thinks she can fix it and Princess Cadance thought you could help!"

That made sunburst tense up. "Me?"

"Of course! You're an important wizard in the Crystal Empire! It just makes sense!" starlight said with happiness.

Sunburst began shuffling books around on his bookcase, although some of them were just the same books in a different position."Right... right... right right right. You know, I'd like to help, I-I really would. I-I just have so much, um, important wizard work to do around here." he held up a binder to prove a point, leaving starlight and spike confused. "Huh?!"

"You can't stay here!" applejack and the others were still trying to get them to move, but they still refused.

"Did I mention this was a Royal Crystalling? When the crystaller holds the young one aloft, all of the Empire will share their joy and light, and the Crystal Heart will beat stronger than it ever has before!" one crystal pony said with pride.

"It really is a moving ceremony!" another crystal pony said in tears.

"I really don't think it's going to happen." fluttershy said.

Rainbow dash was starting to chatter. "Come on, it's freezing out here!"

"Uh, this is the Crystal Empire. We've seen snow before." one pony said with a little sass.

"Not like this!" they all turned to see shining armor. "We don't have time to argue! Princess Cadance has decided to evacuate the city!" the crowd then gasped.

"But the Crystalling...!" they still refused but they were quickly put to rest with shining armor's next statement.

"I don't know if we'll ever have another Crystalling again! The Crystal Heart... is shattered." the crowd once again gasped and finally got the picture in their heads.

"It's not safe here!" one of them said.

"That's what we've been tryin' to tell you!" Applejack said with a groan.

Cyre Was still blasting the clouds, but his beams were starting to fail him as storm got stronger. And he was starting to feel his arm get tired as well. "Gotta... Keep... Firing... Blasts! Can't let... Empire... Turn into... A frozen... Wasteland!!!" Cyre spotted the princesses being engulfed. Even if they got out, they'd probably be to tired to help. It was him now, and him alone.

Starlight was still trying to convince sunburst to help. Sure, he had work to do, but this was WAY beyond that! The empire could be nothing but snow soon!

"Sunburst, I know you're busy, but did you hear what I said?"

"Oh, I heard you, but-but like I said, when you're an important wizard, the work just piles up." sunburst retorted.

Starlight was starting to get impatient."Sunburst!"

"Look, Starlight, I want to help. I do. But I can't. I wish I could." sunburst said with a sigh.

Starlight Glimmer was confused. "What do you mean?!"

Sunburst looked at her in fear and hesitancy. "Fixing an ancient relic? I-I can't even come close to doing something like that!"

"But I thought you were an important wizard!'

"Well, you were wrong, okay?! I'm not an important wizard! I'm not even a wizard at all!" he snapped and stormed off into the next room, leaving a dazed spike and starlight.

Sunburst was now sitting down in sadness. "I know it's hard for you to understand, but not all of us end up achieving greatness."

"What? Why wouldn't I understand that?" starlight asked.

Sunburst looked at her skeptical. Really? "You're the protégé of the Princess of Friendship! I don't think she picks just anypony for that!"

"Technically, she's more of a student than a protégé." spike said. But when he looked at the two, he decided it would be best to stay out of their way.

"Whatever. I'm sorry I'm not the big important wizard you were expecting."

"Sunburst, I don't care if you're a wizard or not. I'm just surprised. You always knew so much about magic. I mean, look at all these books!" starlight said while waving a hoof at some of the bookshelves.

"Yeah, well, reading about magic is one thing, but you don't know what it was like at magic school! To know so much and not be able to do any of it!" sunburst snapped.

"Well, you don't know what it was like to be left behind! And then getting so bitter that you steal the cutie marks from an entire village and then get defeated by Twilight and her friends, so you travel through time to get back at them, but they beat you again and teach you about friendship, but you're so terrified ponies will find out what you did that you can't make any friends!" starlight snapped back in tears. Sunburst's glasses almost slid off his muzzle when he heard that.

"Did you really travel through time?"
Sunburst said surprised.

Spike grinned. "See? I told you he'd be impressed."

"I'm sorry we lost touch. Maybe if I had reached out, you could have helped me at magic school, and I could have helped you to..." sunburst started.

"Not become totally evil?" starlight
finished with a sigh. "Let's just say I know what it's like to have something you're not exactly proud of."

"When you showed up thinking I was some big wizard... I'm sorry. I should have told you the truth." sunburst said with some regret.

Starlight Glimmer simply smiled. "It's fine. At least we worked it all out. I think Twilight would be proud of us."

"Well, if you ever want to tell her about it, we should probably leave now!" spike interrupted.

Starlight gasped in realization. "I forgot to tell you! They're evacuating the city! You need to get to the train station, unless you've got a spell here that will drive back the Frozen North and fix the Crystal Heart so the baby can have her Crystalling?" Sunburst thought a moment before realizing something

"Crystalling...! Of course!"

As the others were leading the crystal ponies to the station, Celestia and Luna had managed to get out of the clouds, but had ice all over their bodies, and were struggling to do anything against the storm. "Push them back, my sister!" were Celestia's words before being engulfed in the storm again.

The crystal ponies were panicking as shining armor led the way. "This way!"

Rainbow began busting clouds in their path, but she to eventually gained icicles on her body. "Ugh!" just as she was about to bust another one, a blue beam destroyed it. Rainbow began to wonder where they were coming from now. She turned to see the source was Cyre, who looked like he was straining. She was completely shocked. All those blasts she saw before were coming from him? That's incredibly awesome power! Eventually she snapped out of it and joined the others.

"Just a little bit further, y'all! The station's just ahead!" applejack shouted. Just as the were running, they ran into starlight and sunburst.

"We have to go back!" starlight shouted.

"I know how to stop this!" sunburst added.

Twilight was scribbling down the last few notes of the spell as Cadance looked it over. "Uh, I think that's everything?"

"It looks right to me, but... there's only one way to find out!" princess Cadance said. Using their magic, Cadance and twilight vegan to reform the heart... Only for it to blow back into shards a moment later.

"The spell failed. I don't know what else to do." twilight said in sadness.

The royal sisters and the others just then arrived. "An old student of mine believes he does."

Cyre could hardly feel his arm now. He could tell he was going to stop soon. But the he remembers what he said about a week prior...

I'll...I'll be fine here. I'll protect my friends from whatever comes their way. I promise.

Cyre's eyes narrowed, and his pupils shrank. He also began to grind his teeth. "I... WILL NOT... BREAK PROMISE!!! must... PROTECT... NEW FRIENDS!!!!! I... WILL NOT...FAIL!!!!!!!!!" With a huge shout, Cyre went super saiyan, and a huge burst of even faster golden beams rained down on the clouds. He made a promise, and to god Kami he would not break it!

"The baby did this?!" sunburst said in surprise.

"I tried putting it back together with—"

"The spell of Relic Reconstitution." sunburst finished. "No, that won't do it. The Crystal Heart's been around for millennia. Restoring a relic like this is way beyond one spell. You need to combine it with something else. Something unique to the relic itself. Something that strengthens it and provides it with power...?"

The realization hit them light a freight train. "The Crystalling!" twilight said.

"Combining that spell with the light and love of everypony gathered for the ceremony, together with... Somnambula's Weather Abjuration to clear away the snow... and a little Fledgling's Forbearance for the parents... Heh. That should curb the little one's power fluctuations." sunburst said as the baby giggled.

Princess Cadance smiled at him. "You must be Sunburst. Starlight said you were a powerful wizard."

"Oh, I'm no wizard." sunburst casually stated as applejack, pinkie pie and rarity gasped.

"What?" rainbow said.

"But he studied magic his whole life! You should see his house! And since nopony has any better ideas, what do we have to lose?!" starlight said with hope, and slight desperation.

"I had planned on asking Twilight to be our crystaller, but since it seems like she'll be busy..." shining armor turned to sunburst and handed sunburst the baby. "I'd be honored!" sunburst said with a smile. The others promptly ran outside.

"Well, what are we waiting for?!" twilight, starlight, and the royal sisters began to reform the heart with their combined magic. Back outside, shining armor and princess Cadance touched horns, and the baby was lifted into the air with a bright light surrounding her.

"Citizens! May I present the newest member of the Crystal Empire!" sunburst shouted as flurry continued to laugh. The crowd cheered, with some getting emotional.

"She's beautiful!" one pony said.

"Oh! It's just so moving!" another one said. The crystal ponies all started to bow as a blue light began to shine through the empire, representing the love for the baby and the crystalline. Using one of the crystals rarity brought, sunburst contained all the love into the crystal. He then ran back inside, and had jumped and inserted the crystal into the heart, which began to glow brightly. When it cleared, the heart was repaired, and with a flash, all of them turned into crystal ponies. With a bright flash of rainbow colors, the storm was repelled, and the snow in the city completely gone. The crystal ponies cheered in happiness.

"Best Crystalling ever!" one of them said.

"For a pony who isn't great at magic, you did pretty well." starlight said to sunburst.

"Indeed. I'm glad to see you've found a way to share your unique gift, Sunburst. You may be more of a wizard than you think." princess celestial said. Not was right about then when they all saw a huge golden light shining in the sky, which was now lowering towards the mane 6. once it landed, and their eyes adjusted, they all saw a crystallized Cyre, with golden hair, golden eyebrows, a golden tail, and teal eyes, with an aura flaring upwards around him. They all could also sense a huge amount of energy being radiated from Cyre. "What did I miss?" Cyre asked. They all just stared in awe and beauty at Cyre. "Uh, guys? You ok? Equestria to twilight..." Cyre said, waving his hand in front of her.he was bombarded with hugs from all angles by his friends.

Now that Rarity could see him clearly, she stared intently at the golden hair, saying that it was "The most gorgeous and bold fashion statement she had ever seen." As Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy continued their embrace with the saiyan, Rainbow Dash was fan-girling over his amazing hair style, and the massive power he displayed.

Back at the train station, twilight's parents had arrived. "You would not believe the crazy weather that delayed our train. Came out of nowhere." night light, who was twilight's father, said.

"But it was all worth it to see this peaceful little angel! Awww, so sweet! Come to your grandmare!" twilight velvet, who was twilight's mother, said as the baby giggled.

'Yeah, peaceful now, anyway." applejack said with a chuckle.

"I suppose that spell really did the trick!" twilight said. The baby was now beginning to inhale for a sneeze, causing the rest of them to tense, and Cyre to drop into fighting stance. She then sneezed... But nothing happened!

"We have Sunburst to thank for that." shining armor said very grateful sunburst fixed that.

"I hope he takes his role as crystaller seriously. Something tells me the baby will need a pony like him to look to for magical advice." princess Cadance said. She then turned to the saiyan. "And thank you, Cyre. We're all very grateful for what you did." cyre nodded with a smile and a blush while looking away.

Twilight Velvet smiled and spoke up. "Cadance, darling, aren't we gonna name the poor little dear, or are we gonna spend our entire visit just calling her "the baby"?"

"We were thinking... "Flurry Heart"." princess Cadance said.

'You know, to remember the occasion." shining added.

"Oh, goodness, how could anypony forget?" Rarity asked.

"I think it's lovely." twilight gave flurry a kiss as she giggled.

"Well, I think you're the Crystal Empire's big important wizard, whether you like it or not." starlight said to sunburst proudly.

Sunburst was a tad bit nervous, though. " I don't know if I'll have time for any wizarding. I'm a crystaller now. That's a big responsibility."

"I can't think of anypony more qualified. Just... promise you'll stay in touch?" starlight asked.

Sunburst chuckled. "Hm, like I'd ever lose touch with my oldest friend." they both gave each other a hug as twilight watched them from the train window.

Spike couldn't help but notice she was saddened. "What's wrong, Twilight?"

"I don't know, Spike. I think I have a lot to learn about being a teacher."

"What are you talking about? Your lesson went perfectly! Starlight and Sunburst got over their past and rekindled their friendship!" Spike said.

"No thanks to me. I know a lot happened. I just wish I could have given my pupil the attention she deserves." she said as starlight sat down on the train as it began to move.

"Well, I know she needed to be put on the right path, but giving her the space to make her own decisions worked pretty well. Isn't that how Celestia taught you?" spike added.

Twilight Sparkle instantly perked up. "You know, I never thought about it! But I guess it is!"

"Maybe you're a better teacher than you thought." spike said happily. It wasn't until now they noticed Cyre wasn't present. They both began to look around until somepony... Or rather, someone... Knocked on the glass. They saw Cyre flying next to the train. Starlight waved goodbye to sunburst as the train pulled out.

But as they left, an unknown creature was flying towards the empire....

Author's Note

And the crystalling arc is complete! Stayed up till 3:00 AM to finish this! Next up is the gauntlet of fire arc! The first chapter for that will likely be the week after this week. This week, i'm going on a trip to NYC, so that's why!

Chapter 9: Gauntlet of Fire

Spike, Rarity, and Cyre were all standing in a mine, looking for crystals. Cyre was there because rarity asked him relatively to keep her and spike safe. Spike licked his lips at the basket as rarity levitated more gems into it.

Rarity spoke in a hushed tone to not wake the bats in the ceiling. "The last time I was here, I woke them and ended up with a mane full of bats! Thanks for being my basket holder, Spike."

"Basket holder? I thought I was your bodyguard." spike said, confused.

"Spike, I honestly think the "bodyguarding" was why she asked me to come," Cyre said. Spike just glared at Cyre in annoyance.

"Oh, for once, I wish unicorn magic wasn't so... luminescent!" after rarity said that, spike began to glow all over his body.

"Spike! You'll wake the bats! Turn that off!" rarity softly shouted.

"Ugh, I can't!" Spike groaned as he repeatedly scratched at his scales. Unfortunately, his actions caused the bats to wake up, causing Rarity to gasp as they swooped down at the trio.

wanna see who has the best Kamehameha? Wanna see the power of dreams when they are raw? Vs...! The strongest foe! Noone but yourself holds you back!

(the title screen, Ponyball z: adventures in Equestria, appears as it flies through canterlot. Cyre is then seen flying by with rainbow dash, Princess Luna, twilight sparkle, and Fluttershy joining him.)

A fire burning in my veins is breaking me out of my chains and raising my power to the max...

(all of them flare their auras and fly away at high speeds, with Cyre joining them a few moments later. The scene changes to seeing spike waving to them, along with the mane 6's friends and family.)

our paths filled with uncertainty, but look ahead then you will see, how we'll become, a part of history!

(King Sombra and queen chrysalis appear first. And behind them, ponehendge appears, and in a flash, the pony of shadows appears. Rainbow appears with green eyes similar to Sombra's, and twilight and rainbow are engaged in a fight.)

whem someone beats me up, I always get back up, my spirits always coming back, and now it's on the attack!

(Sombra is seen spreading crystals across Ponyville. A fused Saiyan of unknown origin appears and goes super Saiyan. Twilight Sparkle and Luna are seen performing the fusion dance, as they fuse and smirk at the audience.)

jump on all your limits and perchance! Throw away your pain in a kind and loving dance! Gorgeous! I'm born again! In the Dragonballs lies the fate of all men!

(stygian is seen fighting twilight, and it switches to another unknown fusion with rainbow hair. Cyre is seen nodding, and he goes Super Saiyan.)

wanna see who has the best Kamehameha? Wanna see the power of dreams when they are raw? Vs! The future world! Our epic tale will be unfurled! Greater than the best!

(Cyre and chrysalis are now seen fighting. It then changes to a screen where he and his friends are in a fighting pose.)

"I'm so glad you two could come!" twilight and the royal sisters were visiting twilight at her castle, since surprisingly, nopony needed their help at the moment.

"Of course. We so rarely get a chance to relax and just visit." Princess Luna said.

"There's usually some crisis we have to deal with. Somepony always needs our help. But today—" Celestia was interrupted by someone wailing toward them, it was Rarity, with Cyre right behind her. "Help!"

"Twilight! There's something wrong with Spike!" she brought spike over with her magic and showed the glowing dragon to them.

"What's wrong?" Twilight asked.

"I don't know! Nngh! All of a sudden, my scales just started glowing and... burning!" spike said grunting and scratching through.

"Little is known about dragon culture, but this is a phenomenon we've seen before. It is the call of the Dragon Lord." princess Luna stated with a hoof in the air.

"Why do you always do that, sister?" Celestia asked.

"Do what dear sister?" Luna responded.

"This. You look like this when you talk." Celestia said while raising a hoof in the air.

"I do not make such an expression," Luna said while doing the same hoof movement.

"See? You did it again!" Celestia exclaimed.

"How else am I supposed to address a serious matter at hoof? It's how it's done!" Luna argued.

"Yes, a thousand years ago. Remember the royal canterlot voice? I told you we don't do that anymore, but noooooo, you never listen!" Celestia argued back. Cyre, rarity, twilight, and spike just watched the conversation, looking at whoever was speaking.

"Oh, there we go again, with the thousand years..." Luna said glum.

"Girls! You can squabble later! Can we just get back to Spike and his issue?" Cyre asked.

Princess Celestia looked at Cyre embarrassed. "Sorry, you all had to see that. Anyway, Dragons glow whenever the Dragon Lord requires them in the Dragon Lands.

"Great... H-How do I make it stop?!" Spike asked.

"The only way to end the summons is to answer it. You must journey to the Dragon Lands and see what is expected of you." Luna said while eyeing Cyre on occasion.

"B-B-But the Dragon Lands are full of... dragons! And they're ghastly creatures! Oh, oh, not you, of course, Spikey-wikey. But remember that rotten Garble?"

Spike gulped. "How could I forget? He would have burnt us to a crisp if you weren't there. If I have to go to the Dragon Lands, would you two come with me?"

Twilight Sparkle began to grow excited. "Ooh! Oh my goodness, I'd love to! We are sadly lacking any information on dragon culture and customs. I could research them – maybe even write an article! This could be my chance to make a great contribution to the knowledge of Equestria!" she looked around and saw she was receiving glares from everypony. "And be there for Spike, heh, of course," Twilight said nervously.

"Count me in too! I want to see these dragons! I wouldn't be shocked if they acted like Saiyans, honestly." Cyre said with excitement etched into his voice.

"Be very careful. The Dragon Lands are particularly dangerous for ponies. It would be wise to be discreet."

"Ha! I'm the strongest in the universe, I don't hide from anything!" he then received glares just as harsh as twilight was given. " and stop glaring, it doesn't work on me!"

Rarity was the first to speak. "Ooh! I'm sure I still have the dragon costume we used the last time we snuck into the Dragon Lands!"

"I think we might want something a little more practical this time," Twilight stated. Cyre followed them as they prepared to leave, but Luna stopped him. "Cyre, I'm just gonna put this out there, I think you're adorable," Luna said with a blush.

Cyre blushed even harder than Luna. "Well, uh my moms always said I was a cute kid."

"Hm, a mommas boy, huh? I'll be your mommy~" Luna said.

Cyre's reaction:

"You ready to go, Cyre?" Twilight asked.

"yes! Yes, I am!!!" Cyre said with a strained smile, with sweat running down his forehead.

Cyre, twilight, rarity, and spike were now in the dragon lands with Cyre plain out in the open not caring, while Twilight and rarity were watching through slits in a rock outfit that spike was sitting on.

"Hmmm... Well, it may be practical, but this disguise isn't flattering in the slightest!" rarity said flatly.

"It's not supposed to be flattering. It's supposed to blend in!" both Cyre and Twilight said as spike shushed them.

"Hey-hey, look! It's our old friend Sparkle-warkle." spike knew that voice all too well and was annoyed. Already. He turned to see garble walking towards him. "It's Spike."

"Are you sure your pony friends didn't give you a pony name?" garble asked with sparkles in his eyes.

"It's nice to see you too, Garble." spike grimaced with venom in his voice.

"I didn't say it was nice to see you. It's not. I don't like you. Was I not clear about that?" with that, garble pushed spike off the fake rock and sat on it, causing twilight and rarity to grunt. "Hey! That's my rock!"

"Oh, really? Then why aren't you sitting on it?" garbled teased as teenage dragons laughed along with him.

Cyre laughed to himself as he watched the scene. 'Yep, just like Saiyans.' he thought. He then noticed the area get darker and looked to see a huge dragon with a dark vest on, a huge set of wings, a golden ring on one of its large horns, and a crystal crown with red crystals on it, as everyone else looked as well. It also appeared to be sitting on a throne.

"Dragons of Equestria, hear me! I have been Dragon Lord for longer than many of you can remember, and my reign has been extraordinary! Agree with me!" he shouted. In response, all the dragons shouted his name. "Torch! Torch! Torch! Torch!"

"Who is that?" Spike asked.

Garble "It's Dragon Lord Torch, dummy." garble responded.

"No, next to him." spike was pointing to a much smaller blue dragon next to Torch.

"That's his daughter, Princess Ember. I wouldn't even look at her if I were you unless you want Torch to eat you!" spike gulped.

"This is fascinating! Dragons are notoriously reckless, but they do whatever the Dragon Lord says!"

"Competing in a tournament essentially... Oh, now that is awesome!" unfortunately for Cyre, that attracted the attention of every single dragon there.

The others all stared at the stranger curiously, he was nothing like they had ever seen before. "Who are you, his babysitter?" One dragon joked as the others soon started laughing.

Cyre rolled his eyes. "I'm Cyre, the most powerful being in the universe." He grinned, making them stop laughing... for only a second. After that brief moment, they continued.

"Yeah right, I'll bet you're just a pony in a... a... some kind of a... monkey costume!" Fume accused, and the other dragons quickly agreed with him.

A smirk came onto the Saiyan's face. "Oh I'm not a pony, and you're about to find out why." His fists clenched as he slowly built up his ki. What started as a low growl quickly escalated into a deafening yell. The entire mountain began trembling as he unleashed his power, and a white aura came to life as he did so. Every nearby dragon turned their attention towards the Saiyan, but they were quickly blown away by strong gusts of wind. Any rocks that were nearby shot into the air.

Spike stared on wide-eyed, this was the first time he had seen his friend power up before. He had only heard about it from Rainbow Dash. To say this was cool would have been a big understatement.

Cyre continued to power up until he noticed the expressions on the faces of the drakes, he then slowly stopped. As soon as the rumbling and the gales ceased, along with the rocks stopping in mid-air and falling back to the ground, he grinned.

"Wow..." The dragons muttered. They had never seen a pony do that before.

"Still think I'm a pony?"

They shook their heads no and then walked up to the Saiyan warrior. "I gotta admit, that was cool." Everyone else nodded and gave
Cyre their praise.

It seemed to him that he had earned the respect of the scaly beasts, not that he cared. Spike was the one who needed their respect.

The dragon lord and his daughter watched on with a mix of emotions. Torch being angry and confused, and ember being intrigued. How did a monkey creature like that gain so much power? The princess made a note to talk to this "Cyre" later.

Garble, however, was not impressed. "So you shook the mountain a little. Is that supposed to impress me?"

Cyre smirked and flew right in front of his face and booped him on the nose, surprising every dragon even further. "If you really think I'm nothing compared to you, then shoot your strongest attack at me."

Garble smirked and shot a huge fireball at him, which Cyre stopped with a single finger, and sent it flying upwards, which made him instantly pale.

"My turn." with that Cyre disappeared. All of them started to search. Where could he have gone? The answer came rather quickly for garble as he found the Saiyan's fist in his gut, wearing him like a glove, which made him spit up blood and just sit there.

All the while, Cyre kept on fisting his stomach, much to garble's annoyance. "St-stop fisting me!" he demanded. Cyre only smirked at that.

"Okay." he suddenly pulled out his entire arm, making garble hold his stomach even more tightly.

"Ow! All at once! Ow... Can I... Just... Have a minute, please?" garble asked.

"Shoryuken," Cyre said with a devilish smile.

"I can't believe I'm saying this but thank you. I honestly didn't think that you would—" he was interrupted by Cyre uppercutting him into the air, where Cyre grabbed his tail and swung him around.

"C-c-c-combo!" he said as he threw him hard into the ground. Once he saw the crater, garble was lying in it, knocked out completely. "Anyone else?" no pony nor dragon said a thing, not even the dragon lord. "Didn't think so. Now, what was it you were saying before?" Cyre asked while staring at Torch.

Torch tried to regain his composure from seeing the Saiyan do what he did best, and luckily he managed. "Well, uh... Unfortunately, according to dragon law, it is time for me to step down. Sad, I know."
......

"Be sad!" all of them started to cry.

"This is why I have summoned you – to compete for the throne in the Gauntlet of Fire!" all of the dragons cheered at the prospect.

"Whoever has the strength and fortitude to retrieve this bloodstone scepter from the heart of the flame-can will be crowned Lord of the Dragons!" he flicked the bloodstone scepter into the volcano causing an explosion wave that stopped the dragons from glowing.

"When the scepter disappeared, the dragons stopped glowing! We are learning so much!" twilight said hushed, but excitedly.

Rarity had then sneezed, with spike taking the blame quickly to save their skins. "Uh, excuse me!"

Garble just groaned as he got up limping toward them, due to the beating he just received from the all-powerful Saiyan. "Ugh, you even sneeze like a pony!" a stern glare from Cyre quickly silenced garble, and it made the dragon's blood run colder than normal.

"The Gauntlet is dangerous, for I designed it myself! Only dragons with my ferocity, strength, and determination will be able to finish. We will gather at the cliff when the sun is at its peak!" the dragons once again cheered at this.

"I don't want to be Dragon Lord or dragon toast, and I stopped glowing, so let's sneak out of here!" unfortunately, pike was caught trying to leave by torch.

"Ah! Where do you think you're going, little dragon?!"

"Oh, uh, hi, your Lordship. Uh, I was just going home!" spike said nervously.

"You don't get to leave unless I say you can!" torch shouted. His daughter ember quickly flew down and vouched for him.

"Dad, look at him. He's just a runt. Besides, he doesn't even want to compete. Let him go." ember said while eyeing the Saiyan, who was staring curiously right back at her, but quickly looked in another direction.

"He is rather tiny, heh-heh. I could squish him with my pinky claw." he chuckled as spike did the same, but nervously.

"That wasn't a joke. It was a fact." torch said flatly. "When I want you to laugh, I will say "be amused!" he shouted.

"Of course, your Lordship! I, uh, guess I don't understand dragon customs. Another reason why I shouldn't compete." spike added.

Torch sighed. "Hm. Very well then, little dragon. I release you."

"Thank you!" spike said to Torch. "And thank you." spike said to Ember as she flew away, only to be caught by her father.

"Where do you think you're going?" he asked.

"To prepare for the Gauntlet," she said simply.

"No, you're not. You're not much bigger than that runt I just sent home!" torch shouted.

Ember argued. "But I'm smarter than most of these boulder heads and you know it!"

"Being smart won't help you win this Gauntlet! It was designed for a big, strong dragon to win because it takes a big, strong dragon to lead! Besides, I said no!" this time, he shouted loud enough that it sent ember flying backward.

Ember growled at her father. "I hate when he does that!" the dragons began to conversate about what they would do with the position of the dragon lord.

"Ha. When I become Dragon Lord, I will make burps an official greeting!" one dragon said.

"Ha, you? Please! When I win, I will pillage Equestria for all their pillows. Why should these ponies be comfortable while we sleep on rocks?" another dragon said.

"That's nothing! When I'm in charge, the first thing I'll do is get revenge on those puny ponies! And especially that monkey friend of theirs! They'll regret they ever crossed Garble! We'll take whatever we want from Equestria and burn the rest!" garble and the others could hear Cyre laughing loudly in the distance, making garble growl more.

"Oh, my gosh!" Twilight said.

"Ooh, I can't believe I'm saying this, but I hope that burping dragon wins!" Rarity said.

"None of them can win! Equestria's in big trouble if any of them are in charge!"

"In all seriousness, not really. You have me, remember? Although I'd rather not commit a mass genocide of an entire species..." Cyre said.

"But what can we do?" Twilight asked.

"There's only one thing to do, and only I can do it! I have to win the Gauntlet of Fire!"

"Oh..." twilight and Rarity said.

"What do you mean you have to win the Gauntlet?" Rarity said.

"It's the only way to protect Equestria from the dragons. You heard them! They have horrible plans for ponies if they win! So somehow, I have to do it!"

"There has to be another way. It's too dangerous. Besides, if you win, you'd have to stay here!' twilight said.

"I know, but there's no other way to keep my friends safe." spike.

"Well, if you're staying to compete, then we're staying to cheer you on!" Twilight said.

"And I'll be at your side through this spike. Know that you're never alone." Cyre said confidently.

All of them were now on a cliff, where they would soon depart on their mission for the scepter.

"I thought I released you, tiny one!" torch said to spike.

"I decided to compete. I am a dragon, after all."

"Are you sure? You can't even fly!" garble laughed along with the other dragons.

Cyre growled and facepalmed. 'spike, you better know what you're getting into!' he thought.

with a huge burden on his shoulders, spike competes in the gauntlet of fire, not for the scepter, but to prevent a war between ponies and dragons. Can spike truly pull it off, even with Cyre's assistance? Find out next time, on ponyballz!

Author's Note

It's me again! I took a short break and was working on this through the week. And here it is! Also, power level update! But does it really matter if I tell you them, as power levels are bullsh*t!
Majority of the dragons: 300
Garble:500
Princess ember: 1,500
Dragonlord torch: 5,000
Spike: 3

Chapter 10: Gauntlet of Fire

Last time, on ponyballz...

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"Little is known about dragon culture, but this is a phenomenon we've seen before. It is the call of the Dragon Lord." princess Luna stated with a hoof in the air.

"It's the only way to protect Equestria from the dragons. You heard them! They have horrible plans for ponies if they win! So somehow, I have to do it!"

All of them were now on a cliff, where they would soon depart on their mission for the scepter.

"I thought I released you, tiny one!" torch said to spike.

"I decided to compete. I am a dragon, after all."

"Are you sure? You can't even fly!" garble laughed along with the other dragons.

Cyre growled and facepalmed. 'spike, you better know what you're getting into!' he thought.

wanna see who has the best Kamehameha? Wanna see the power of dreams when they are raw? Vs! The strongest foe! Noone but yourself holds you back!

(the title screen, Ponyball z: adventures in Equestria appears as it flies through canterlot. Cyre is then seen flying by with rainbow dash, Princess Luna, twilight sparkle, and Fluttershy joining him.)