Author's Note

Hey guys thanks for waiting here is the next chapter. Special thanks to Sword Master for editing.

Chapter 4

Chapter 4

As all the commotion from the battle started to die down, the residents of Ponyville started to peak out of their homes to see that all the Timberwolves were gone. Slowly, everypony made their way to the schoolhouse and noticing the unknown being stand next to Dash, Derpy, and her daughters. They were hesitant of this strange and mysterious creature. It looked similar to them but without fur and had ears on the side of its head. Was it friendly, or could it be worse than the Timberwolves they all wondered?

"So, umm... Dash was it? What now? “Goken asked, tilting his head, not sure what to do now that everyone could see him. He felt a sense of unease as anthropomorphic equines were slowly drawing nearer and watching him.

Before Rainbow could answer his question, the crowd behind them parted, making a pathway as Princess Twilight along with the rest of the Elements of Harmony made their way to them. Twilight eyes locked onto Goken as she approached him, her face was expressionless but carried no ill-will towards the stranger before her.

Once she was close enough, Twilight took a deep breath and exhaled before speaking. "Hello, I am Twilight Sparkle, Princess of Friendship." She lowered her head to give him a small bow, causing the citizens to gasp as a member of royalty had bowed before the unknown being. "We thank you for helping our friend and saving Derpy's daughter." Raising her head, she looked at Goken to see how he would respond.

For a moment, the atmosphere was quiet with a bit of tension in the air, as everypony waited with bated breath to see how this stranger would react.

Goken broke the silence as he took a breath in. "It is an honor to make your acquaintance, Princess Twilight." With a swift movement, Goken shifted his right foot forward, and his left leg back as he kneeled. He moved his right arm over his chest, with his left arm behind his back as he bowed to Twilight. “My name is Son Goken, and it is my pleasure to meet you all."

With those words alone, Goken broke the ice. The mood had shifted to a calmer and relaxed environment from those words. Twilight exhaled, loudly, as if she averted a major war. Slowly, she regained her composure and straightened her posture and stepped forward towards Goken. “It's nice to meet you too, Goken, and we welcome you to our home." Twilight extended her hand as a sign of friendship.

Goken stood back up and carefully grasped her hand and shook it. "I feel honored, you’re Majesty, by both your kindness and your welcome." He lifted her hand, Goken gently placed a kiss on Twilight's hand, causing a blush across her muzzle, as well as the other Elements of Harmony. "O-of course. There's n-no need to be s-so formal." Her voice cracked as she stuttered to get her words out. “And you can just call me Twilight, no need for the whole ‘Princess’ or ‘Your Majesty' hehe." Twilight's face was now crimson red.

"Oh. Well, if you say so," Standing up, Goken gave everypony a warm smile. "It's nice to meet you, Twilight, and everyone else." The air went from being tense, too cheerful in a matter of seconds, as Goken's formal attitude changed to a more relaxed and loose one.

(Castle of Friendship)

Goken marveled at the inside of the crystal castle, turning he looked all around him trying to soak in every little detail. From the purple crystal walls to the green and yellowish stained-glass windows that shimmered in the sunlight. "Man this place is huge and so...crystally,” Goken chuckled as he walked down the halls with Twilight, and friends behind.

Rainbow leaned over to Twilight as she spoke in a whisper so that Goken couldn't hear her. “So what do we do now, since well you know him being here and all?"

"For now, let's just let him get comfortable before we start asking questions," Twilight whispered back while keeping an eye on him. Dash nodded and turned her attention back to Goken as he walked through a set of doors that lead to the map room.

"Whoa. Check out this table, it's huge, “Goken marveled as he ran up to a table in the center of the room, that had seven crystal chairs around it, each with a symbol above them.” So what's this room for?" He gently glided his hand along the flat surface of the table as he admired it.

"This is the cutie map; it tells them when there's a friendship problem that needs to be solved." A small yet scratchy voice answered, from nowhere.

Goken was caught off guard and looked up. "Who said that?" Turning his head left to right, he scanned the room, but couldn't find the source of the voice, until he felt a tug at his pant leg.

"Down here." Once again, the voice answered. Turning his attention down to where he felt the tug originated from, Goken saw a creature by his feet; it had a purple shirt, green pants, and green spikes at the top of its head.

"Um, hello there?" Goken said a bit confused by the sudden appearance of this creature. Kneeling to get a better look at it, “So what are you? A lizard?" He asked, gently petting his head.

"Hey, dragon. DRAGON!" He said, raising his arms to look intimidating. "Not lizard, I don't do that tongue thing." He folded his arms across his chest and stuck tongue. "And the name is Spike."

"Oh sorry, little guy... I mean Spike. Didn't mean to upset you." Goken let out a small chuckle as he watched the little dragon act tuff.

Spike snorted causing smoke to emit from his nostrils. “Well, so long as we made that clear." Spiked hopped off the table and walked over to Twilight who was covering her muzzle as to hide her smirk.

Leaning against the table, Goken folded his arms and looked to his new friends. "So I take it you guys must have several questions that you want to ask. So I'll answer any that you may have."

Spike facepalmed as he looked over to Goken "Famous last words, dude.” Spike did a little salute. "It was nice knowing you." Before Goken could ask what spike meant, he immediately had Twilight mere inches away from his face.

“I HAVE A TON OF QUESTIONS. OH, WHERE DO I BEGIN!!!!?” Twilight moved closer to Goken, causing him to lean back further by the sudden purple alicorn in his face.

With a glow of her horn, Twilight magicked up a quill and parchment, and began her barrage of questions. “How old are you?! Where did you come from?! How did you get here?! What's your favorite book?!?!" Twilight asked each question a higher pitch than the last.

Goken found himself lying on the table now as Twilight bombarded him with questions, "Whoa there, Twilight. Take it easy." Placing a finger to Twilight’s muzzle. Goken carefully pushed the over-eager alicorn back before slowly rising and continuing. "If I'm going to be answering your questions, I'd like to keep my hearing, thank you very much."

Twilight let out a squeak as she realized the position she was in and stood up with a light blush. "Heh, sorry about that. I get excited when it comes to learning new things." Twilight friends all started to giggle at this truth and made their way to their seats.

"Okay to make this fair I'll answer any questions you have, in return I'd like to have mined answered first if that's okay with you guys?" Goken looked to the ponies that had now been seated. Twilight looked to her friends who all nodded in agreement to this request.

"That seems fair enough, just make sure you stay true to your word buddy," Rainbow Dash commented, pointing to him while easing back into her chair.

Goken nodded as he composed himself and looked towards twilight once more. "I only have three questions so far." Holding up three fingers, Goken looked to the ponies who nodded for him to continue with his questions. "First, where am I? Second, who are all of you? And thirdly, what's up with the weird butt patched?" He asked, pointing to the symbol that was right around the pony’s hip areas.
The last question caused everypony in the room to blush, while Spike was trying to suppress a snicker.

Cleaning her throat Twilight trying to keep a straight face from the last question, looked to Goken giving him her full attention. "To answer your first question you're in the land of Equestria ruled by Princess Celestia and Princess Luna." Goken simply nodded and waited for the rest of his questions to be answered, though he knew later on that he would have more, but the three he asked were the ones he had to know.

"As for your second question,we are the Elements of Harmony. We represent the Elements of Friendship. Honesty, Loyalty, Generosity, Kindness, Laughter, and Magic." Twilight pointed to each of the corresponding elements that the ponies represented.

Scratching the back of his head Goken felt like he had more questions than answers. ‘That still doesn't tell me who they are, but hey I'll figure it out later I guess.’

Twilight muzzle once again became slightly red as she ready to answer his last question. “And as for your last question, well, these are called cutie marks." Twilight pointed to the mark on hip of her skirt, her muzzle was a deeper shade of red having to point to that practical area of her body, especially to a member of the opposition sex.

Goken quirked a brow in response."I'm sorry… cutie marks? So what are they, some kind of decoration or something?" This question causes some other ponies to snicker a bit.

"No they're... um...well, they represent individual talents. See, when a pony finds their calling in life, they get their cutie mark based on whatever that calling may be." She began to point to the individual ponies around the table starting with Applejack. “Whether it be farming apple's,” next was Fluttershy, “helping animals in need,” next, she pointed to Rarity, “finding gemstones,” her hoof moved to Pinkie Pie next, “planning parties for others and making them happy,” finally she reached Rainbow Dash, who was leaning in her chair more with her hind leg on the table trying to look cool, “or being really fast." Dash gave him a smug grin. "Everypony has their own unique set of skills."

Goken simply leaned against the wall taking the time to process all the information that he had gotten. Breathing in, he moved away from the wall and back to the table.

"Well, I'm a man of my word, so now I'll answer any and all questions that you have for me. I'll answer to the best of my abilities that is." Twilight's eyes sparkled as she levitated a quill and an abnormally large stack of parchment. "And please one question at a time, otherwise I won't be able to give you a proper answer." With that said, Twilight lowered the large stack and picked up one piece.

"Hehe. Sorry, force of habit." That earned a chuckle from both Goken, and her friends.
"Okay first question is, what are you exactly? I've seen a being like you before, but they didn't have the abilities that you have." This question had the whole table's attention as they all stared at Goken, waiting for his response.

Raising his hand to his chin, Goken took a moment to word his answer. "Well, see, now that's a bit complicated, but for now, you can refer me as a Saiyan." Looking at the ponies, he waited for their response.

"A Saiyan? What the heck is a Saiyan?" Rainbow Dash blurted out without a second thought. Twilight gently nudged her with her wing trying to get her to check her attitude.

"Sorry, Goken we didn't mean for that come out rude or anything." Rubbing the back of her head, Twilight apologized to Goken in hopes not to upset him.

Raising his hand, he waved it to let her know he takes no offense. "It's fine, don't worry about it. Now then as for the whole Saiyan thing." Clearing his throat, Goken continued to explain. "The Saiyans are a warrior race built and designed for battle. They carve battle and live for the thrill of it, and with every battle, we get stronger. However, I am only half Saiyan."

Twilight raises her hoof to which Goken nodded for her to ask her questions. "What's the other half then?" The scratching of a quill on parchment paper echoed the room as she asked.

"The other half is human or
earthling if you want to be more accurate. Now to under that part, I must go
over my origin for this to make sense; I'll be starting with the homeworld of
the Saiyans and its destruction." The room was silent as everypony was
caught off by those last words.

"A long time ago, Saiyans used to thrive on a planet they called Vegeta, the king of this planet, and his heir to the throne was also named Vegeta." Looking at ponies Goken was making sure they were still able to follow along. "The kingdom was home to the Saiyans. Now the Saiyans weren't a race of heroes, no far from it. They would travel to different planets and destroy all life on them, and once they had done so, they would sell the planet for profit." By these words, some of the ponies gasped and covered their mouths in shock. Never before had they heard of such cruelty.

"What the BUCK!?" Dash,slammed her fist onto the table in an outburst. "So what, they just went around ending innocent lives and then what? They sell it for money like it's no big deal!?" Rainbow eyes flared by these words and glared at Goken with a hint of disgust and rage, Goken nodded in shame at her question.
Before she could continue her rant, Twilight placed a hand onto Dash's shoulder trying to calm her down. “Rainbow Dash, please let him finish. I'm sure that there's more to this story than that."

Dash had taken a deep breath and slowly sat back in her chair with her front hooves crossed, glaring at him. "I'm sorry if my history had struck a chord with you Rainbow Dash, but believe me when I say I don't enjoy it anymore than you." His words were sincere and honest as he gave a gentle bow to show her that he meant no harm. Dash only grunted and looked away, still listening but half-hearted.

Twilight sighed and looked back to him. "Please continue, Goken,” Her quill ready to write once more, Twilight gave her full attention to him again.

Once again he started to continue."The method in which they choose who goes to what planet is decided based on that Saiyan's power level." Before he was able to finish explains Twilight raised her hand once more. Only now she looked like a child would if they had a question in school they really wanted to know. "Um, yes Twilight?"

"What does that mean? Power level?" This question seemed to have peaked the ponies mind as they looked curiously.

"Oh, wow, um, okay. Well, a power level is what the Saiyan's used to detect the strength of each individual or in some cases there ki energy.” Twilight raises her hoof again only to have Goken held up his to signal her to wait. “Before you ask, ki energy is the life force that flows through all things living, and every living thing has it.” Twilight lowered her hand and started to write everything down.

"The method in which they did this was through devices that they would wear, that could tell them what their opponents power level was at. By doing so they could accurately determine how much power they could use when fighting." Twilight's quill continued to scratch along the parchment paper as she listened to Goken species origin.

"Anyway before a Saiyan is sent to another planet to conquer it, two things happen first. One, they measure the strength of the inhabitants of the planet to determine its difficulty."

"And two, depending on the difficulty of the planet is what decided which Saiyan would go there. Now if the planet has a high difficulty they would send a full-grown Saiyan to conquer it. But if it's a weak planet, they should send an infant saiyan instead."

"They would send their own babies?!" Fluttershy yelled abruptly before covering her mouth by the sudden outburst she made.

"Yes, they would. It was a terrible thing they would do, but Saiyan's come with an instinctive survival senses. Either they would use said instincts to survive to re-join their fellow Saiyans or…" He paused for a moment.

"Or what?" Twilight asked, eagerly, for him to continue.

"Or they would die from being too weak." The ponies in the room let out a collective gasp of shock. "I know. That was my initial response, as well. But that might have been how my story could have begun. You see, the Saiyans sent my father to a planet called Earth due to his low power level when he was born. And in doing so, my father, along with a handful of Saiyans, was spared the fate that befell planet Vegeta."

"And um…what would that be darling?" Rarity asked, feeling a bit worried.

"Planetary destruction." He answered in a cold tone, which had everypony's full attention, even Rainbow Dash snapped her attention back to the conversation. "The planet along with the Saiyan race had been destroyed in one fell swoop, by the hands of king’s once known ally, Lord Frieza."

"Wait. If they were allies, why would he do such a thing? The Saiyan would have proven to be powerful allies." Twilight asked baffled by this.

"Well, you're right about that Twilight, for the Saiyan had fought for Frieza with unbridled loyalty. However, at some point, Frieza started to notice that more and more Saiyan children were being born with tremendously high power levels. Within a few years, a single Saiyan could have possibly overpowered his army."

"Frieza knew that if this continued that the Saiyans that he ruled over would eventually try to overthrow him. So he decided that he would put an end to the Saiyan race once and for all." Many of the mares seemed terrified as Goken described the villain’s actions.

"So he called King Vegeta for a meeting, and an order for all Saiyans to return to the planet, little did the king of his subjects know that this would mark the end for them and their race. When King Vegeta arrived for his meeting had believed Frieza had wanted to discuss something of importance, but in actuality, he walked to his execution. Without so much as a warning, Frieza killed the king, and proceed into the planet's atmosphere. With no idea, their lives were about to end the Saiyans treated it as nothing. Once Frieza was in position, he summoned a massive ball of energy and sent it towards the planet below and upon impact destroyed it in its entirety."

The room became incredibly silent. For the ponies, the idea of a being who could destroy an entire planet with no sense of mercy sent a chill down their spines. Everypony remained silent until Applejack broke the silence. "But ya did say some of them Saiyans survived, right?"
Goken expression shifted from one of dreads to a pleasant smile. "Yes. You see there were a few Saiyans who were off-world at the time, one of which was the prince Vegeta and his fellow Saiyans Nappa and Raditz. And of course, there was my father Goku who had left the planet as a baby. And where our story truly begins.

For the next hour, Goken told Twilight and her friends of the adventure his father and the friends he made along the way. From the day he met Bulma to when he defeated King Piccolo and his son. The day he learned of his Saiyan original from his brother to the battle with Kid Buu. To the most recent events such as the battle with Beerus the God of Destruction, to the universe survival battles that was The Tournament of Power. And with each story, the ponies hung on every word in anticipation.

With every story of his father's adventure, the mares around the table and spike were either amazed by the adventures that the Z Warriors had, to the tears from the loss that his friends had suffered. And when he regaled them of the epic battle that his father and brothers had faced, they were on the edge of their seats as he described the fights that took place in his universe.

As he finished telling the last of his friend’s adventures, he smiled at the reaction of all the mares in the room. From Twilight’s who eyes sparkled as she wrote down every little detail, enough that she had a foot of papers written down.

And then there was Rainbow Dash who looked like she came down from an adrenaline high. "That is awesome ...I mean, I've lived through some pretty awesome stuff myself, what with being an Element of Harmony and all, hehe." Dash said trying not to sound too impressed but failed.

"And I must say I do envy that Piccolo fellow. What with being able to make clothes with just his mind,” Rarity trailed seeming only to take that part from the story.

"I never knew Saiyans had such a rich history or that they would be capable of such feats, first space travel and transformational and even ascending to a level of a deity!! Oh, I can't wait to tell the princess." Twilight added reviewing her notes in excitement.

Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes. “So, I've got a question that I've meant to ask," Rainbow asked, looking past Twilight.

"Shoot." Goken smiled, waiting for her question.

"So, like, how come your dad decided to have you, if you don't mind me asking?" When Rainbow asked the question that caused the room to go quiet, and everypony looked to her as if that question was a taboo. “What? It's a legit question. I'm only asking because from what he told us his dad didn't seem like he would ever have another kid? And he hardly spent time with the ones he already had."

"RAINBOW DASH!!!!" Applejack yelled from across the table irritated by the very thought of thinking such a thing, let alone saying. “It's none of our business whether his father seemed or didn't seem to want more kids. That was the rudest thing you could ever say." She slammed her fist onto the table, glaring at the rainbow mare.

Rainbow looked down, feeling ashamed, not only by her question but by the fact it made Applejack upset as well.

"Whoa! Easy there, AJ! It's fine. I get it, and to be honest. I get where she's coming from.” Goken raised his hands to calm the farm pony down.

"I take no offense at all, and to answer your question, Rainbow," Goken turned his head so that he was talking directly to Dash," My dad decided that our universe needed a more capable fighter in case something like the Tournament of Power came up again. He thought that maybe if he, along with his friends, were to train someone with all their might, then maybe that person would be part of the next generation of warriors to protect the earth."

"I see, that's fascinating. Oh, now I have even more questions." Twilight squealed happily causing her wings to flutter a bit. "Alright next, I was hoping to ask some questions in regards to your biology and culture, more specifically about the Saiyan portion if possible?" Twilight noted trying to find out more about the warrior race.

"Oh yeah, ask away. Anything you want to know, ask away." He answered, coolly, as he placed one hand on the table leaning on it with his legs crossed.

"So how do you Saiyans reproduce?" Twilight asked with a straight face, causing Goken's hand to slip and fall to the ground with his legs in air twitching. Goken wasn't the only one who was affected by Twilight's quest as all the mares in the room had a deep blush across their muzzles.

Quickly getting back up Goken glanced at the lavender alicorn with a face as red as an apple.
"Whoa, whoa! I know I said I'd answer any question, but that is a bit...." Before he could finish, he saw that Twilight was trying to hold back a fit of giggles by covering her mouth with her hands.

"That was payback for when I gave you that kiss on the hand earlier, isn't it?" He added, dryly, as Twilight nodded soon bursting into laughter by both Goken's and her friend's reactions. The rest of the ponies started to laugh as well, making the mood in the room much lighter and more relaxed.

Finally, after she and her friends had finished laughing, Twilight was able to collect her composure. "So, back to my real questions. My first question is, how old are you Goken?"

"Oh well I'm 19 years old, my birthday had just passed in May." For some reason, Pinkie had let out a loud gasp. Goken shrugged it off not knowing why she did that.

After writing down her first question, Twilight moved on to her next question. "Okay, and what is your diet like?" This caused the room to feel a bit uneasy.

"Well I'm an omnivore if that's what you're talking about, I do eat meat, but I can also eat fruits and vegetables, along with nuts and berries." This caused a few of the elements to look a bit worried, more specifically, Fluttershy. Dash, on the other hand, seemed unfazed, mostly due to her seeing his eating habits before.

Twilight resumed her writing, taking in any all details." Okay, that makes sense, a few creatures in Equestria do eat meat some pegasi eat chicken and fish, mainly for the nutritional reason." Goken nodded, feeling a bit more relaxed. "Next question, what purpose does that tail serve?" She pointed to the tail that wrapped around his waist. "I've seen some humans before, but they didn't have tails, so I assume that the tail comes from your Saiyan half."

While a bit confused as to how Twilight knows about humans, he focused on the question that she asked. "Oh um well it's rather simple, it's just a tail you know. It's great for grabbing and holding stuff." Moving his tail from his waist Goken, moved it around with great dexterity.

"Oh, I see. So it's prehensile?" Twilight commented while writing in her notes.

"Yep. Pretty much nothing special." Goken let out a small chuckle. 'If I told them about what its real purpose is, they'd flip a lid.' Goken couldn't notice that Applejack was staring at him intently.

From out the window, they could see that the sun will soon set over the mountains. Twilight, along with the other elements, let out a collective yawn. Seeing that it was almost nightfall, Twilight prepared her last question. "Okay my last question, for now, is probably the most important one so far." Looking away from the window and over to her notes. "How did you get here?"

Goken had been anticipating that this question would eventually come up. Folding his arms across his chest, Goken tried to answer her question as best as he could. "Well, I think it has to do with the work that I was doing with Bulma. Remember when I told you girls about how Vegeta made friends with one of the Saiyans from Universe 6?"

Twilight and her friends nodded. "Well, Bulma thought she could make a portal that would allow Vegeta, and everyone else to travel to different universes. And with a little bit of guidance from Whis the angel of our universe, she was able to figure a way of doing so, all she needed to do was build the portal itself. And since I am good friends of hers, I decided that I would try and help."

"Now I'm not as smart as her, but I was more the muscles when she needed it. Considering that Vegeta was always off training anyway." He rolled his eyes, remembering all the times Bulma asked him for help because Vegeta was out.

"That's amazing; she must be really intelligent to build something like that," Twilight exclaimed with a twinkle in her eyes.

"Yeah, she is hehe. So as we were working on the final pieces of the portal when something happened. Without warning the machine started to activate and shorting out, next thing we knew, the portal started to collapse in on itself."

"Everything within a mile radius started to get sucked in. Thankfully we had been conducting our test in an open field where no bystanders could get hurt. I had managed to get Bulma secured onto a nearby rock that wasn't getting pulled in by the portal. However, I was not so fortunate. I had used a good amount of my energy trying to fly Bulma away from the portal, that by the time she was safe, I didn't have enough energy for myself to pull away. No matter how hard I tried, I was too weak to escape the portal's pull. I remembered Bulma trying to reach her hand out to grab mine, but it was too late. The last thing I remember was everything going to black, and I lost consciousness. After that...well you already know what happened after that."

All around the ponies at the table had looks of either pity or sadness, for they could not imagine the feeling of being separated from their friends and family like the wayward traveler. Standing from her seat, Twilight walked over to the Saiyan half breed and placed a hand on his shoulder. "Don't worry Goken. I'm sure we'll be able to help you find a way back home. Right girls?" The mares, without hesitation, nodded their heads. "But for now we welcome you to our world as a friend."

Feeling a bit touched by their kindness, Goken smiled feeling a bit relieved. "Thanks, girls. That means a lot."

Looking out the window, Twilight saw that the sun had nearly disappeared behind the mountains. "Oh wow, it's gotten pretty late already. Maybe, we can continue with our questions another time?"

Yawning Goken nodded his head in agreement. "Yeah, that sounds good to me." He raised his arms above his head as he stretched. Soon the others began to yawn knowing it was getting late, and they too needed to get some rest.

"We have a spare bedroom you can use if you like Goken. Just until we find a place for you to stay, that is."

"Thanks, that's much appreciated." With that everyone made their way home while Goken followed Twilight to the guest bedroom he would be using for the night.