Dragonball MLP: Saiyan Survivor

Hours had passed since the Saiyan Warrior had left the party, yet he was no closer to the answer that he had sought. He looked down at the ground and saw an animal grazing at the base of the tree that he was sitting in, it was minding its own business, much like he was. The quiet of the field he was in afforded him some peace of mind, but something was wrong, he could feel it. Kolard jumped off the branch, taking flight and narrowly avoiding the talons of a Roc that had chosen to return to its tree to roost. The two of them stared silently at each other for a while. Neither of them making a move, both of them studying and sizing up the other. The majestic bird of prey decided the Saiyan wasn't a threat and he wasn't food and relaxed its stance greatly.

Seeing this, Kolard realized that the Roc wasn't a threat to him, though he could tell that it was very strong, possibly stronger than he was. But this didn't excite him at all, mostly because it wasn't going to be able to fight him as he enjoyed fighting. His Saiyan blood itched for some kind of fight, but when he turned around, he saw himself. There weren't any mirrors here and he couldn't sense the creature's power. A wicked smile crossed its features and the Roc let out a mighty screech as if it knew what this creature was.

The low-class warrior's mind started to race at the idea of there being another Saiyan warrior that had still lived, even if they looked exactly like him. But something was wrong. This creature didn't smell like another Saiyan, it smelled different. Someone or something had assumed the form of him and it felt like a knife had been plunged into Kolard's heart. For the first time since he woke up in Equestria, someone was rubbing his greatest failure, his greatest loss in his face.

The two Saiyans rushed each other and slammed their fists into the face of the other. Much to his surprise, Kolard found that this copy of him was just as strong as the fist hurt him. He kicked at the other Saiyan and was able to knock his doppelganger away from him. "You look like me and you're as strong as me, but let's try something new," he called out.

The other Saiyan's hand glowed green and suddenly the low-class warrior felt himself rushing towards the ground. He tried to fly away, but was slammed back first into the soil. The pain ripped through his body and he let out a scream as anger started to take hold. His doppelganger rushed him and threw a punch that he was barely able to roll out of the way of. With a mighty push, Kolard was able to flip back onto his feet and he took back to the air, launching blasts of energy at his opponent so that he could increase the gap between them.

A green magical field enveloped him and this pissed the low-class warrior off as the Saiyan could feel himself being dragged back to the ground again. His aura flared up again, except this time, it was in the shape of the Great Ape. His eyes changed from their usual black to a deep red as he screamed in fury. His doppelganger's eyes widened what it was doing had stopped working. Kolard wasn't rushing towards the ground anymore. Instead, the low-class warrior was rushing towards the creature that had took his form.

The Saiyan closed the gap he had created in half the time, throwing a punch that sent the other being flying away from him. "You dare take my form!? You dare make a mockery of my Saiyan heritage!" he screamed as he flew towards the doppelganger and slammed it with another punch, sending it flying again, "At least do me the favor of showing what you really are so you can die as yourself!" he screamed as he completely lost himself to the rage.

The doppelganger stood up and tried to throw a punch at the Saiyan who allowed it to hit him in the face. The blow had no effect on the enraged warrior. Instead, at point blank range, the warrior unleashed one of the techniques he had developed over his life. Kolard cupped his hands in from of his face, palms facing towards his opponent. Red energy surged through his hands and fired in a beam at the doppelganger, "Comet Cannon!" he screamed out.

The false Saiyan was sent flying with the attack, but the attack wasn't powerful enough to kill it. Only harm it to the point where it couldn't keep its current form. Green flames appeared as the other Saiyan returned to a black insectoid appearance with holes throughout its limbs and wings. The creature was knocked unconscious by the looks of things, but Kolard didn't want to take any chances. He raised his fist and was ready to punch the creature in the head as hard as he could.

His fist was stopped by another magical field, this one was a pinkish purple color. Despite his rage increasing his power, he couldn't break free of it. "Kolard, stop!" yelled Twilight Sparkle.

The Saiyan, now unable to finish off his opponent felt his rage start to subside. He started to cry, the anger within him was still incredibly powerful, but now there was sadness as well. "We do not kill any creature here, that's not the pony way. I know that isn't your way. I saw the way you reacted when you saw that Zecora was okay, you have a kind heart. If you go through with this, you'll be no better than that changeling," she told him.

Kolard's fist opened up and his hand fell to his side with a deep sigh and his eyes returned to normal, she was right. He had never taken a life before, and here he was about to take a life all because some creature had taken his form and was fighting dirty. Twilight Sparkle released her magical grip, "Come on, let's go before the changeling wakes up. If we're still here, it might alert the hive and then we'll be in trouble," she stated.

The Saiyan nodded and the two of them flew away. It was at this point, he noticed that the Alicorn was wearing his Scouter. "I thought you were working on that," he pointed out to her as he pointed towards the blue lens.

The Princess smiled sheepishly, "I was, then it alerted me to a high power level. I got it to show me in Ponish though. According to this thing, the power was around seven hundred and fifty, so I chose to investigate. I'm glad I got there in time before you did something that you would regret."

An awkward silence that followed that, the Saiyan didn't want to speak and Twilight didn't know what to say. A tense air formed between the two of them as the silence grew too much for either of them to bear. Kolard started to fly ahead of the Alicorn, it didn't seem like he wanted to talk. But the Princess wasn't deterred, she flew faster to easily catch up to him, "Kolard, is something bothering you?" she asked.

The Saiyan stopped flying and just hovered in midair, "What if they can change into any form that they seen in your mind? What if they could become my friends or my parents? That creature was able to copy my strength, speed and ability to fly perfectly. It would've been indistinguishable from me, except for the fact that its scent was off," he asked.

Twilight Sparkle understood where he was coming from, a changeling invasion was a great fear of Equestria. She herself had a lot of experience with fighting them and had hoped that she would never have to do so again. "Changelings try to shape themselves into our loved ones so that they can feed off of their love. They are capable of imitating the form and mannerisms of that pony right down to their strength and speed as you stated. But they cannot copy our magic, nor can they copy our power. Queen Chrysalis fed off of my brother by imitating my sister-in-law four years ago. If I didn't find the real Cadance, then perhaps all of Equestria would be controlled by them," she said somberly.

Kolard looked at her, confused, "Why did you give them the chance to return?" he asked.

"We couldn't find them and then lock them up. For some reason their hive has an anti-magic barrier. No scrying can find it and nopony that has tried to find it has returned or left any clues. I understand that you're hurt by this, I understand that you want to make them pay, but you need to know that there is a way we do things here and I don't want to risk you or anypony else. When Chrysalis makes a move, we'll be ready," The Alicorn reassured him.

The low-class warrior nodded, he didn't have any better ideas. Though he wanted to face Chrysalis himself to put a stop to her underhanded tricks and possibly get a good fight out of it, he didn't know where she was or if he would be rendered powerless. He knew for certain that he wouldn't be able to fight through an army of himself on top of that. He felt defeated by this notion and returned to flying, but his course changed towards the Everfree Forest, he was going to pay Zecora a visit. She seemed wise and would probably know what to do and how to teach him a thing or two.

Twilight was confused by this change of course, "Kolard, my castle is this way," she pointed.

"I'm not going there," he stated flatly without changing direction or stopping.

The Alicorn flew up beside him, she was concerned and confused, she wanted to know why the Saiyan wasn't going to return home with her. "Kolard, what's bothering you deep down," she asked.

He looked at her through the corner of his eyes, "I need to learn how to detect your kind of energy since my scouter doesn't work on this strange energy source. Maybe if I were to learn from someone wise and sagely how to detect this as you can, I would be able to avoid an ambush from a changeling like that," he stated honestly.

The Princess tried to think of a book that would teach the Saiyan how to do this, but she didn't get enough time to think as he flew into the forest. She wasn't a bad flyer by any means, but unlike a Pegasus, she wasn't doing this for most of her life. Kolard on the other hand found it easy to navigate through the forest at high speed. He looked behind him to see if the Alicorn Princess was still on his tail, but was relieved when he saw that she wasn't.

He arrived at the clearing that Zecora's hut occupied without incident and he landed in front of the building. A swift knock to the door got the Shamaness to open the door for him. She looked confused, "Kolard, I had not expected to see you again, tell me what is the issue bothering you," she requested.

The Saiyan sighed and closed his eyes, "A changeling assumed my form and ambushed me. If it wasn't for my intuition as a warrior, I wouldn't have known that something was wrong. This underhanded trick greatly peturbs me as a warrior. I was wondering if you could teach me how to sense the energy that everyone here seems to have that my scouter cannot detect," he said to her, trying to hide his concern and anger.

The Zebra smiled, "Of course I can teach you to sense magic, but it will be no walk on the beach," she warned him.

This was something Kolard didn't understand and needed to have explained to him. Fortunately for Zecora, the confusion was written all over the warrior's face, so this time she chose a more easy to understand rhyme, "The path before you will be hard, but I'm sure you would held this expectation in regard."

The Saiyan nodded and Zecora invited him in. She informed them that they would start their training at first light in the morning, until then she would feed him dinner and the two would sleep in separate rooms to rest for the upcoming training. Kolard was relieved when he finally placed his head on the pillow for the night, the bed was surprisingly comfortable and he closed his eyes to get some sleep. But for him, restful sleep would not arrive easy that night. The changelings and their abilities weighed too heavily on his mind...