Ponyball Z Kai: A New Generation

Chapters

Prologue: The Humble Saiyan! A Grand Journey’s beginnings! (HEAVILY EDITED!!!)
Chapter 1: A new age meeting of minds! The Saiyan and the upbeat Unicorn!
Chapter 2: Arrival in Maretime Bay! Sunny Starscout's mission!
Chapter 3: Ascension to new heights! Meeting Zipp and Pipp!
Chapter 4: Heist of the Century! Back to Bridlewood!
Chapter 5: A Mystical, Musical Epiphany! The Return of Friendship and Harmony!
Chapter 6: Zipp and Cyre! The beginning of lifelong bonds!
Chapter 7: Dinner with the Royals! The Saiyan and The Pegasus Princess!
Chapter 8: Post-Training Discussion! The Upcoming Heat Wave!
Chapter 9: Beating The Heat! The Completion Of Fourth Base!
Chapter 10: Zipp's First Test! Pegasus Vs. Saibamen!
Chapter 11: Magic On The Fritz! Make Your Mark!
Chapter 12: Detective Zipp on the case! The purple mystery egg!

Prologue: The Humble Saiyan! A Grand Journey’s beginnings! (HEAVILY EDITED!!!)

Our journey begins on the small blue planet of Earth. The third planet from the sun, in the solar system. Located in the northern quadrant of the Milky Way galaxy, in the large expanse that we call Universe 7. It's just a few months after The return of Frieza, who Goku and Vegeta had managed to defeat. Gohan, Master Roshi, and the others held the line until the other two Saiyans could arrive. Except, instead of just Gohan, another adult Saiyan was among them.

His name was Cyre. Son Cyre. One of three sons of Goku, and the middle child of the three, born just a minute after Gohan, making Cyre Gohan's twin brother.

Cyre was as kind as Gohan was, though his passion for fighting was as strong as his fathers had been. Though he could be rather mean-spirited at times. This was only natural as he was a Saiyan, even if only half of one. he was one of the smarter ones as well, due to Chi-Chi enrolling him in school, much like Gohan. Just like his siblings, he was determined to escape Goku's shadow! Admittedly that might be more something Cyre wants to do. But could you blame him? He had something to prove, and by golly, he was gonna!

Cyre also ended up getting trained by piccolo in the wilds during the year before the saiyans arrived. Cyre took to it quicker than Gohan had though, and up until the namek saga Cyre had the edge in strength.

When he was 11, that was when cell had arrived on the scene. Once perfect cell was born and Gohan had finished his time in the chamber, Goku and Cyre went back into the chamber so Cyre could unlock his own super saiyan form. The cell games in all its entirety happened, but when super perfect cell returned, Cyre had given in to his own rage, and he went super saiyan 2. The two saiyans, Gohan and Cyre, did a coordinated attack and finished cell off by shooting kamehamehas at Cell, very reminiscent of how the original timelines look.

After the battle was over, Both Gohan and Cyre went to their respective studies at Orange high school, as well as looking after their newest brother Goten at times. Cyre had joined the world martial arts tournament in the buu saga when he was 17, though he was physically 18 due to the time in the chamber. And he couldn’t be more overjoyed to see his father again.

Before the tournament began, he showed Goku his new personal Gi. Cyre started wearing it, liking the identity and flare it provided him, rather than completely following in the footsteps of Goku's turtle hermit Gi and outright copying all the colors.

He left the tournament to join the Kai’s mission to stop majin buu. He was killed when kid buu had launched his extinction attack, though ultimately revived, and gave his energy to Goku to finish Kidd buu.

Once he was 21, it was around the time that the God of Destruction, Lord Beerus had arrived on Earth. At the time, Cyre was in his last year of studies for his culinary degree. Despite their best efforts, they couldn't damage or hurt Beerus. Cyre was one of the first warriors to fall to Beerus' might. He ultimately watched Goku take on Beerus for the fate of the Earth after Cyre had participated in the ritual to give Goku the power of Super Saiyan God.

Roughly a year had passed, and that was when the Frieza force had arrived after Frieza's resurrection. Once Gohan was out of commission, Cyre stepped in and dispatched Captain Ginyu, killing him before briefly fighting Frieza himself. Cyre even used his Super Saiyan 2 form to fight him! but ultimately, this proved futile, as Frieza was toying with him the whole time. He was actually handling Frieza quite well in his first form at full power, and he even kept pace with Frieza's final form. But with each attack he got more tired, and by the end of it Cyre wasn't in that much of a better condition than Gohan by the time Goku and Vegeta arrived, barely able to stand. He watched the fight from then on, in awe of Goku and Vegeta's Super Saiyan Blue forms. Cyre, with the rest of Earth, ended up getting blown to pieces once Frieza succeded in his cowardly destruction move. Cyre was ultimately saved by the intervention of Whis' rewind time ability, where Goku finished off Frieza.

After the defeat of Frieza, Goku congratulated Cyre for even being able to keep up for a short period with Frieza at all. Vegeta showed no kindness, saying that Cyre should leave the fighting to actual warriors. He was slightly impressed that Cyre wasn't dead when they got there though. This caused Cyre to be discouraged, but he ultimately knew better. Vegeta was always weird like that. he'd never give out direct compliments, only strange jabs, and verbal abuse. except for when they trained together...

Vegeta continued to brutalize the poor teenage Cyre, getting repeatedly hit in the face with no time to properly defend.

"What? did you think that just because your father defeated Frieza that you're BETTER THAN ME?!?!"

"NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!"

"WRONG ANSWER!!!!!"

Vegeta had a lot to prove. Just like Cyre did. It's just Cyre had less obsessive ways of doing so.

Cyre's birthday had come around in the next half-year, which brings us to the current time. in the past months after Frieza, Cyre obtained a massive Zenkai boost from the serious beatdowns he took. He also learned to control his Great Ape form, and as such, still had his tail. Cyre had slacked off a little in his training, but it hardly affected his fighting. However, now that he'd seen what kind of beings were out in the universe (even though those beings tried to kill him and everyone he held dear) This only amped him up even further. At the request of his mother Chi-Chi, and her friend Bulma, Cyre had gotten permission to leave on his own. Though Chi Chi certainly didn't like the fact that Cyre was ending up like his father, there was little that she could do to stop him.

So, with the idea in mind, Cyre took the capsule ship and asked Bulma to give him randomized coordinates to see where it would lead him. In preparation, Bulma gave him a full box of capsules that would help him in this new world. With that, Cyre waved his friends and family goodbye as he shot off into space. When he saw the coordinates, he saw that he was headed to a planet that was on the very edge of the northern quadrant. Nodding in anticipation, he sat down and stared out into the window, which showed nothing but the darkness of space, dimly illuminated by stars.

"Well, here goes a month of waiting to get there... Luckily I managed to snag the scouter Captain Ginyu was wearing, it was rather snazzy. Now that I've broken its connection to the Frieza force... At least I'll have that. Alright then, time to get some sleep. I'll do some training tomorrow. Look out Universe, cause Cyre is coming to make a mark on you!"

Author's Note

And there’s the first chapter of the reboot! I wanted to rework Cyre’s character, but I couldn’t ever do that in the old story. I’ve also removed his magic and whatnot powers. He’s now just a Saiyan-Earthling hybrid.

Edit: I didn’t like how I wrote Cyre before and ultimately there was a bunch of inconsistencies in the timeline of how Cyre grew up. Therefore I had to make a few changes.

Cyre’s Power Levels

Base Form (Relaxed): 650,000
Base Form (Full Power): 7,500,000,000
Great Ape Form: 75,000,000,000
Kaio-KenX20: 150,000,000,000
Mastered Super Saiyan (Full Power): 375,000,000,000
Super Saiyan 2 (Full Power): 750,000,000,000

Chapter 1: A new age meeting of minds! The Saiyan and the upbeat Unicorn!

A month in space has passed for Cyre. He was currently training under 500G as he began to approach his destination. He hadn’t even noticed yet before the beeping of his ship alerted him. He had an hour left before arriving. Turning off the gravity amplifier, the room turned back to its normal color as Cyre took off his clothes for a shower. By the time he’d gotten dressed in his clean personal Gi, 20 minutes remained before arrival. Looking out the window, he saw the new planet.

“What a beautiful a planet. A lot like Earth. Except for the massive supercontinent maybe. I can only hope the inhabitants are just as beautiful and peaceful as the planet looks from up here…”

Bridlewood, 3 days before ANG

On the beautiful planet of Equus, in the land of Equestria, there were three pony races. The unicorns, pegasi, and earth ponies. Their world was filled with magic, which made it the home of many creatures and flora. At least 1010 years before this point in the story, The land of Equestria was ruled by the twin sisters of the sun and moon, Princess Celestia and Princess Luna.

The two sisters ruled the three pony tribes for as long as they can remember. Until, one day, Luna had fallen prey to her jealousy of her sister, due to ponies playing and frolicking in the day, and hiding away in the night, thinking they didn’t appreciate and were afraid of it. This caused Luna to turn into the evil Nightmare Moon, where she declared that she would make an endless night.

Before she could however, her sister, with a heavy heart, banished her sister to the moon for the next 1000 years, using the elements of harmony, 6 powerful artifacts that were created by the tree of harmony, which was deep in The everfree forest.

1000 years pass, and Nightmare Moon, returned to attempt what she had all those moons ago. However, she was stopped once again. Not by her sister but six mares. The leader of which, the element of magic, whom was named Twilight Sparkle. Her friends, the other fellow elements, were named Applejack, Fluttershy, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, and Pinkie Pie.

From then on, Twilight and her were the primary defenders of Equestria, as well as becoming an alicorn princess in Twilight’s case. They fought against many things, such as changelings, minotaurs, shadow creatures, and many more. In their later years, they sought to be friend their neighboring nations, which included the reformed changelings, dragons, kirins, hippogriffs, and others. Thanks to there efforts, and Twilight’s ascension to the throne once the two sisters retired, equestria went into s long stretch of peace.

But as history shows, nothing lasts forever.

Due to unforeseen events in the distant future, magic was taken away from the world, and the three tribes separated, due to mistrust and paranoia. The pegasi stayed in Zephyr Heights, the earth ponies in Maretime bay, and the unicorns in Bridlewood.

This brings us all the way up to now. Bridlewood is where we begin our little story. We follow a unique unicorn by the name of Izzy moonbow, as she makes her way out of the forest of Bridlewood.

Izzy Moonbow was unique in that she wasn’t like all the other unicorns. Except for maybe one other unicorn, but we’ll save that for another time. while all the other unicorns were superstitious and melancholy, Izzy was all upbeat and smiling all the time basically. She wasn’t always content though. In Bridlewood, she had very few, if any friends. When she was younger, she found a note from mare time bay, which said that she had friends there, and to come visit them.

That’s why she decided to leave Bridlewood to go Maretime Bay, despite the rejection of others, who claimed the earth ponies stink and were quite dumb.

Once she was a good distance away from Bridlewood, she stared to sing to herself and look upwards into the sunset, before she spotted a bright trail in the sky. It was none other than Cyre’s gravity capsule ship.
And it seemed to be getting closer and headed into her direction. Izzy could only stare as the ship flew a few hundred feet above her head, landing a good bit away in the nearby green field. Despite her better judgement, she began to walk to the landing site.

Once she’d gotten up close, she found that it looked like a giant, shiny metal ball with legs. It had the words CAPSULE CORPORATION written on the front of it, though she obviously had never heard of such a company in her life. This thing was from a whole new world. Izzy quickly felt confusion and fear turn into excitement! First contact with an alien species!

Before she could do any more thinking, the strange pod had opened up and a ramp came down, the light from the inside of the ship blinding her. Once the lights stopped, she stared up at Cyre, who was staring out into the field with a smile on his face. Once he heard a gasp, Cyre quickly turned to look down at Izzy, who was speechless.

"Where am I?" Cyre asked. He was a staring at a purple and blue horse with a horn on her head, which was staring right back at him. It was the weirdest thing he had ever seen! "Who are you?"

The mysterious pony answered his question, much to Cyre's surprise. Not only were they ponies, but they could talk, as well! Cyre Kneeled down so he could look a bit less intimidating to Izzy, who just laughed.

"Hi there new friend! My names Izzy! And you just landed outside of Bridlewood, the lovely little place I call home!”

Cyre stopped and realized he was having a conversation with a pony. "Wait...ugh this is messing with my head. So you're...a pony? Or something? By the way, my names Cyre".

"Yes, a unicorn to be exact. Wanna have a closer look?” She didn’t give him any time to answer before she quickly thrust her horn towards his face, to which he dodged swiftly.

“Hey, careful! Watch where you’re pointing that thing. You could’ve poked my eye out or stabbed that thing somewhere! Don’t worry about that too much though… you look pretty cute for a unicorn pony, I like you!”

He immediately began to scratch behind her ears and pet her mane softly, which caused her to quickly melt into his hands as she purred in bliss, as one of her hooves tapped repeatedly on the ground and her tailed wagged left and right. He did eventually stop though, much to Izzy’s disappointment.

Suddenly, it dawned on Izzy a bit more than it had before This is an extraterrestrial being she’s currently talking to. One of which all ponykind has never discovered before. It wears clothing, and it appeared to be trying to befriend her, so it must be a sapient creature. The possibilities!

If this is true, there are so many things she could ask about it! What is its culture like? What does it eat? Where is it from? Why does it have hair protruding from its head like a mane, but not everywhere else?

"Ehm... Izzy?" Cyre states.

How many of them are there? Did they descend from monkeys? How do the sun and moon work for them? Heck, do they even have a sun and moon? Are all of his kind this buff?

"Izzy?"

On the other hoof, they may also be dangerous, and she may need to strain caution. How did this pod work? It could be some serious magic, implying that this creature may be rather proficient at spellcasting. But without a horn to cast spells? And no magic in Equestria at all? How did it-

“IZZY!!!”

This snapped her out of her little trance, while Cyre shrunk due the ship to capsule form, stowing it away before he looked up at the sky, it was starting to get dark, to which Cyre asked if Izzy had a place he could crash.

“Well, I do have a house back in Bridlewood, but it’s a bit far from here now. Besides, I was on my way to another town when you showed up, Maretime Bay, it’s where the Earth ponies live.”

“Earth ponies?”

“Oh, right! You wouldn’t know anything about that, would you? Well, there are three tribes. The earth ponies, the unicorns, and the pegasi. We all live independently from one another, due to not really liking each other… it’s rather complicated, it’d take way too long to explain the details.”

“Alright then, I’ll take your word for it. How about we make camp for the night and head to… Maretime Bay… what a dumb pun… tomorrow. That sound like a plan Izzy?”

“I’m all up for this plan, space man!”

Cyre couldn’t help but giggle. Izzy just brought that out in him. This was going better than he thought it would. He’d still be cautious of course, cause not everybody on this planet is as friendly as Izzy is undoubtedly. And on top of that, these tribes were segregated. Barging in like this would be pretty hectic. Those thoughts were for tomorrow though, so with that out of mind for now, Cyre got to work on setting up camp.

Author's Note

There’s chapter 1! I’m planning on getting some development with Izzy and Cyre for now. The events of ANG will officially be featured in the next chapter or two! See you all then!

Pony Power Levels

Izzy Moonbow (no magic): 50

Chapter 2: Arrival in Maretime Bay! Sunny Starscout's mission!

The sun once again began to rise over the land of Equestria. Cyre was stirred awake by the sun shining into his face. With a loud yawn, Cyre stretched himself out and got himself moving, doing his early morning stretches as he would back home on Earth. While he was doing that, He took a look over at Izzy, who was still sleeping. Cyre decided to leave her be. She likely doesn't wake up as early as he would every day, and on top of that they were starting a trek today to Maretime Bay, and who knew how long a trip like that could take! Cyre packed up whatever he'd taken out to make up the camp and simply went into the nearby grasslands to criss-cross and meditate, eventually floating a few feet off the ground in the process.

"MORNING CYRE!!!"

This loud outburst caused Cyre to let out a yelp of surprise as his concentration was entirely lost, flopping onto the ground. He looked up to find none other than Izzy Moonbow, who was smiling as she stood on top of his chest, their noses almost touching. Cyre tried to look anywhere other than forward, but he couldn't get Izzy out of his gaze. He sighed woefully, grabbing her sides and lifting her as he started to pick himself up.

"Morning... By the way, do you mind? I'd most appreciate it if you didn't do that. I was trying to concentrate."

Izzy looked up at Cyre again, her smile somewhat fading before she answered.

"Oh... sorry. Yeah, I probably should've known better. I apologize for that. Anyway, other than this little spout, I'm ready to start trekking again! I hope you're ready to, it's gonna be about another day and a half before we get to Maretime Bay!"

"Yeah, I've been ready for a while. I was waiting for you to wake up so we could get going actually."

With that, Cyre put down Izzy as the two began the long walk to Maretime Bay. About halfway through the day, Cyre spotted a far-off flat-top mountain that appeared to have buildings on it. Cyre would've flown there to get a better look, but he can't just abandon Izzy after all. As far as he knew, he was her first friend in her life... damn. Just how sad was the mare to not have any friends at all, and for her first possible acquaintance to be an extraterrestrial? He shook his head and looked at Izzy again to ask her about the mountain, to which he pointed it out and she answered.

"Oh, that place? That's Zephyr Heights, the pegasus city I was talking about earlier. I heard that the place was awfully pretty. I wish I could visit it someday... Well! Back to trekking!" Izzy then proceeded to sing a little toon as she began trotting off on the road they were on, with Cyre quickly catching up. The hours continued to pass before the two eventually set up camp again for the night. This time though Izzy bombarded Cyre with questions, that he'd promised to answer once they'd stopped for the evening. Cyre had to take it one step at a time, explaining Earth, its people, customs, and most importantly his friends and family. Izzy barely could understand what he was getting at, but she could understand, and fear, some of the stories about Earth's struggles with the androids, the Saiyans, Frieza, Cell, and Lord Beerus. Cyre did manage to calm her down with tales of the aftermath of them, with large events planned to celebrate their victories. Lastly, he started to explain himself, and who he was.

"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-hybrid." He began.

"Saying?" Izzy asked.

"Close, say it again without the g...anyways. Even though I was raised on Earth, I'm not a human at all. I'm pretty similar to humans, but humans are much weaker naturally. I 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. Only half of one. I'm also half-human." Cyre explained. Izzy wanted to question how that was possible, but then she realized that she probably shouldn't meddle with how the conception of a child of two different races is created, so she remained quiet and nodded.

"My mom's 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. I liked it on Earth, but I didn't wanna stay there forever. I felt the need to get out in the universe, forge my path... not have to hold a candle to my father."

"Wow, this Bulma must be a genius to be able to build things that fly through space!" Izzy said, which made Cyre laugh.

"Yeah, she's pretty awesome. Well, as soon as I was back on my feet after Frieza was defeated, I took off from Earth, and headed here! Luckily, Bulma's father taught her everything she knows, so she was the perfect one to build my ship. she 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 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."

"I'm not quite sure what all of that means, but it sounds pretty important! That's one crazy little tale you have, Cyre. Though I can't imagine it's easy to cope with the fact that practically all the Saiyans are gone. someday you'll go extinct... That's enough doom and gloom though! I kinda already told you about my life, but do you wanna know why I'm braving the elements? It's cause I found a lantern from Maretime Bay. It said I had friends there. I wanted to see if whoever sent it would... really be my friend. But I'm already as is. I've already found a new friend that I wasn't even looking for. You, Cyre. You don't how happy it makes me to just... have somebody to talk to, you know?"

"You know, I never thought of it like that, but you're right. Whoever that pony is that sent that letter, I hope you find them... no... we'll find them. Together." Cyre then proceeded to yawn and get himself some sleep for the final lap of their journey. Izzy decided to sleep next to Cyre this time, laying down to the right of him. Cyre didn't quite understand why, but thought nothing of it and quickly fell asleep.

OUTSKIRTS OF MARETIME BAY- 4:30PM THE NEXT DAY

After a long day of walking, Cyre and Izzy had managed to reach the welcome sign of Maretime Bay, as dilapidated as it was. This was it, all that was left now was to enter the town. While he knew that these ponies had no chance to stop him at least, he was worried about Izzy if they caught her... then again, he could always save her. It was in this train of thought that he saw Izzy had already walked into the town entrance. Quickly playing catchup, he also ran into the town square. Before he could say anything at all, he heard a voice screaming out.

"Unicorn ataaaaaaack!"

"Damn that was quick. This much hysteria when she walks in? I wonder how they'll react to"

"What in the world is that thing?!? It looks like a walking, hairless ape! Where did that thing come from? Two creatures are attacking the town!"

Cyre could only roll his eyes as he looked for Izzy. He quickly spotted her with an earth pony, who seemed more intrigued than weirded out by both him and Izzy. The earth pony in question had an orange body, with maroon hooves and off-white orange socks on all hooves. Her mane was magenta-and-purple and was tied back in a braid with aquamarine elastics. Her tail didn't have any braiding though. She had emerald green eyes and dark magenta eyebrows. The two of them stared at each other, eyes locked on the others. Izzy laughed at the two, ultimately sighing.

"See? I told you he was a real unique friend! His name is Cyre!"

The earth pony mare could barely stutter out a few words. "W-What... what are you..."

"Man the Splat-a-pult! Activate the unicorn trap! Pick up that litter!" It was the pony that had pronounced the attack earlier. This gut must be an authoritative figure, given the badge. This one's body fur was colored amber. he had chocolate brown hooves. He had various white markings - white socks on his legs, a white belly, and a white blaze. He had a short, aqua green mane and average length tail, amber eyes, and light brown eyebrow. He could tell it was a male, due to the different shapes of their cheekbones. Regardless of that a bunch of traps started to open up beneath them, causing the earth pony mare to gasp as she watched Izzy almost step into a trap, before quickly saving her.

"Wow! Is that the sea? I've never seen the sea!"

"I gotta get you both outta here! Cyre! follow me!"

Cyre didn't hesitate, following the mare as Izzy quickly joined them both on their escape through the town. After a short explanation on why the earth ponies weren't playing games with the three of them, they quickly ran through a corridor. There were two splat-a-pults set up there, with three ponies manning them. well more like two ponies. the third pony, who immediately irked him as the Karen types of personality, stared intently at him. Just as his two companions were about to try and dodge them as they ran, Cyre held his hand out in front of them, a smirk on his face.

"I got this. Watch in awe..."

He immediately ran right into the line of fire, performing some incredibly acrobatic moves and quick movements as he dodged every slime ball that is thrown his way. Eventually, though, he got tired of doing this and he quickly did two-finger shots, which hit the mechanics of each of the machines, shutting them down as he whistled to his companions to make a break for it. Luckily, in this universe, Izzy doesn't get caught in the cage, mainly because Cyre was next to her. and as such moved her out of the way. As they left the town Izzy had a few parting words.

"Bye! It was nice to meet you all!"

"No it wasn't!" Cyre quickly shouted as well. The trio quickly made their way up to a nearby hill, where a lighthouse sat. Seems this is where this earth pony lived. Cyre, Izzy, and the earth pony quickly ran inside, closing all the blinds and curtains before relaxing. The earth pony gave a long stare at Cyre, who nodded. She then started to stare at Izzy for a bit, before Izzy started speaking to her.

"Do Earth ponies also like staring contests? Hmmmmmmmmm... Ah! You win! I blinked!"

Sunny Starscout was left to contemplate how her day had developed. "There's... a unicorn... And an unknown race of alien... in my house... This is so cool! Wait, no, it's bad. Very, very bad. What have I done?"

"Wow! I've never seen an Earth pony before. We look exactly the same! Except for this, of course."

The earth pony had almost gotten her eye poked out as well, just like he had a day or so prior. 'Whoa! Hey! Be careful where you point that thing."

"Why?"

"Well, I, uh... um... sorta don't want to get zapped with a wayward laser beam. But of course, you know that already. You've probably been reading my mind this whole time. Isn't it supposed to glow, by the way? Or does that only happen when you levitate stuff?"

"Well, actually..."

"Wait! Don't answer that yet. Let me get my notebook! Okay, wow. Okay. "A hundred forty-two questions for a unicorn". Question number one - where do you live?"

"Bridlewood."

"I knew it! Do unicorns really live in trees? Do they eat pizza? If so, what toppings do they like? If not, why not? Can you actually fry pony brains with a single horn zap? Can you make this float?" The earth pony then shoved a can of bean towards Izzy.

"No... but I can do this." She then kicked up the can of beans and cut holes in the lid, the beans filling out onto the floor, with the can following soon after.

"Ta-daaaaa!"

"Wait. You don't have any magic? Wait, before I get to that... You! Cyre! That's your name, right? Where exactly did you come from? And what's that thing you're wearing on your face? How old are you? What species are you? Did you come here to invade? I hope the answer to that is no...How did you do those moves back in the town? What was that energy you shot out of your fingers, was it magic?"

Cyre only laughed, but he did kneel to her level the best he could.

"Alright. I'll answer your question in the order you asked. Yes, my name is Cyre. Secondly, I'm from another planet called Earth. It took me about a month to arrive here on this planet from Earth. Earth is a lot like this planet at first glance too, not much difference at all honestly. Except ponies aren't sapient where I'm from. If you want more info on that, ask about it later. What I'm wearing on my face is what you would call a scouter. It's a piece of high technology where I'm from. It measures an opponent's strength, aka power level, Giving you the distance from the target as well. They also function as communicators. I'm approximately 22 years old. As for what species I am, I'm not just one species I'm a 50/50 combination of two species: a Saiyan and an Earthling. Saiyans are a warrior race, who originated from another planet, not from earth. Earthlings are natives of earth, such as humans. And the answer to the invasion question is no. If invasion and hostile takeover were my plans, I would've just blown up the town in its entirety. I wouldn't have bothered walking in. Next question: training. Lots of training, plain and simple. The last question's answer is no. That wasn't magic, it was ki. in short terms, ki is the natural energy that flows through your body. I've managed to harness and use my ki to amplify my body's physical and technical abilities. Now that I answered your question, Mind answering just one for me? What's your name?"

"Oh? That's it? Well, I'm pleased to meet you. My name is-"

"Sunny Starscout! Argh, that hurt. Sunny Starscout, I know you're in there with that unicorn! And that... weird creature! Come out with your hooves up and surrender! You are under arrest!" a loud voice said from outside, a large feedback whine echoed from there.

Sunny Starscout only got worried by this, quickly turning to the duo of Cyre and Izzy. "This is bad. How sneaky are you?"

Izzy Moonbow was first to answer. "Uh, medium sneaky?"

Cyre answered next. "Pretty sneaky actually, despite my size."

Sunny Starscout smiled. "I can work with that. Okay, I'll distract them."

Izzy Moonbow quickly opened the door and walked outside, Cyre quickly following her. "Oh, pfft. Relax. I'll talk to them."

After a rather dull conversation, the trio made their way out of town.

Sunny Starscout, panting, asked Izzy the same question she'd asked earlier. "You don't have any magic?"

"Nope."

"No magic?"

"Oh, but if it makes you feel any better, we did have it, but that was many, many, many moons ago. It just – poof – disappeared. Everypony thinks the pesky Pegasi had something to do with it, but... O-Oh. Hey, you look kinda woozy. Are you okay?"

"Huh. I am on the run with a unicorn who has no magic, and a seven-foot-tall, energy shooting alien. What are we gonna do?"

Izzy Moonbow sniffed very closely to Sunny Starscout, freaking out both her and Cyre alike. "What are you doing?"

"You don't smell."

"Thanks. Wait, what?"

"I was told all you Earth ponies smell like rotten sardines, but you do not. Hmm."

"What else do unicorns say about Earth ponies?"

"Oh, just that you're lazy and not the brightest crystals in the forest."

"Charming."

"Nope, just those three. So, what's the plan?"

"Wait. I've got it! Izzy, we're going on a quest... to Zephyr Heights."

"The Pegasus city?"

"Yes. We need to find out what happened to your magic and bring it back. They have magic. Maybe they can help."

"Uh, but the Pegasi are bad news."

"Uh, you don't know that? You thought earth ponies smell! I don't think you're in any position to judge." Cyre said as-a-matter-of-factly.

"Cyre is right. What if you're wrong about them? Earth ponies were wrong about unicorns. They could welcome us with open wings."

"But what if they don't?"

"What?!?! How did we get all the way here? That song was only like, 2 minutes!"

At least 3 days had passed in the span of that 2 minutes of the song. At the police station in Maretime Bay, Hitch was talking with his inept deputy, Sprout Cloverleaf. Sprout's fur was colored red, with a slicked back, blond mane, white socks, maroon hooves, and a wavy blond tail. He also has green eyes, and thick, dark red eyebrows. He also was stupid and cowardly. HE ended up knocking himself out in the attack, then hid from danger in a cage. Before finally running from Cyre and Izzy when they walked outside.

"I told her. I told her. No more favors. No more bailing her out. She gave me no choice. No choice! All right. We need to arrest her and bring her back to face the full force of the law."

"Question – when you say "we", you mean...?"

“You and I.”

"Uh, I... I'd love to, but, um, I just gotta... clean up my workspace, get my papers in order, and, um..."

"You know what? I think you're right. This one's a job for Hitch and Hitch only. All right. Sprout, you stay here while I'm out dancing with danger. Keep everypony calm, maintain the peace, be a pillar of strength... Who am I kidding? Just try not to start a war while I'm gone, okay?"

The doors closed behind hitch as Sprout began to go on a rant about how inferior he was to the sheriff.

"Everypony loooooves Hitch. What does he have anyway? Sure, he's got a perfect mane, shredded abs, paid-off mortgage... So what?! I've got stuff! I can do, um... things! Like that! And that! And that!"

After his failed attempt to close a drawer, he groaned in frustration before another pony had barged in. By the name of Phyllis Cloverleaf, Sprout's mother. She was the Karen-type pony that Cyre noted and showed up earlier, destroying her ~~poorly produced~~ State-of-the-art products. Her fur was colored light peach-pink, slightly lighter fetlocks, reddish hooves, and pale blue eyes. Her eyebrows, tail, and mane are all golden blonde, the latter of which consists of large curls bundled atop her head. She wore hot pink glasses with eyelash silhouettes attached via silver screws, as well as a pearl necklace and earrings. She had subtle lavender eyeshadow. She also wears a brown lanyard with her ID tag on it.

"Where's Hitch?! Ponies all over town, they're terrified! They want answers!"

"He went after Sunny. Another solo Hitch mission."

"Sugarcube, why the Sprout pout? That's great news."

"It is?"

"Yes! It means that you are the sheriff! At least for now."

"I am! Hey there. The name's Sprout. Sheriff Sprout. What's the problem, filly? Don't worry. Sheriff Sprout is here. Pick up that litter! Sheriff Sprout's orders!"

For now, the town was in sprout's control... Celestia help all those poor souls...

Author's Note

This brings an end to the chapter! I hope you enjoyed what I've been working on so far. The next Chapter will at the very least, introduce Pipp and Zipp, And possibly the crown heist. Please tell me how you think I'm writing the story, I don't mind feedback! just so long as it's constructive.

Pony Power Levels

Sprout Cloverleaf: 25
Phyillis Cloverleaf: 20
Sunny Starscout: 25
Hitch Trailblazer: 30

Chapter 3: Ascension to new heights! Meeting Zipp and Pipp!

The morning had arrived once again arrived for the group. Cyre, as per usual, was the first to awaken. When they made camp last night, they made it halfway up the mountain. Bear in mind that Cyre didn't know how it was possible to breathe as much as they were at the heights they were getting to, but it really didn't matter in the long run. So long as they could breathe at all. The (Earth) time on his scouter read 9:30 AM, so he was rather glad the others got up soon after. It wasn't much farther to the top, as they all walked through a narrow tunnel. Izzy, who was surprisingly silent for most of the trek, had decided to speak up now.

"You know, not to freak you out or anything, but you do know Pegasi can steal your luminescence, right?"

"My lumi-what?" Cyre and Sunny both replied in kind.

"Luminescence. You know, like, your sparkle? Yours is... lavender. And Cyre? yours... is White!"

"Huh?"

"And the happier you are, the brighter it shines!" Not another word was said before Cyre's scouter started to go off. something or someone else was approaching their position. Case in point when they saw an unknown being jumping off each side of the rock face. Some of the rocks slid off, almost hitting Izzy. Cyre wasted no time grabbing the two mares and running up the makeshift rock ramp that lead out of the open tunnel. Cyre set both of them down as he kept his eyes on the opening. Just as Izzy and Sunny sighed in relief, A pegasus had broken through the cloud cover, causing them to scream in shock. Cyre held firm, choosing not to strike unless necessary. The pegasus then swooped down onto the rocks, before doing some parkour and landing, flaring her wings open as she stared down at them. Sunny was in awe of the whole thing, as was Izzy.

Cyre took a good look at the pegasus himself. What he saw was a white pegasus with silver hooves. Her wings had light blue and lavender feathers. Her mane was hot pink with aqua and pink streaks, and it resembles gelled hair... or ice cream, either one worked. Her tail was similarly colored and her eyes were turquoise blue, with pink eyebrows. Whoever this pegasus was, she had to do a double-take when saw actually gave a decent stare.

"Whoa! A unicorn? And an Earth pony? Along with some weird, two-legged creature? Together?! Okay, well, this day just got a whole lot more interesting." The pegasus then gasp as she heard the metallic clanging of guard armor coming in her direction. She then quickly jumped off the side of the mountain, telling the trio to not let the guards know that they saw her.

"There's no way we cooooould! We don't even know your naaaaame! She seems nice." Izzy said that to the others as they turned to the guards. One who was whimpering, and the other who was barely able to keep the other one from collapsing under fear and pressure.

"Thunder! Get it together!"

"But... But that's an Earth pony!"

"They're harmless. They have very tiny brains."

The blue pegasus' comment made all the happiness in Sunny's face disappear as she frowned. Thunder then gestured to both Izzy and Cyre. "What do we do about that?!"

"Well, did you bring the shield? And as for that weird hairless ape-looking thing..."

"What shield?"

"Didn't you read the guard guide?"

"Yes! ...Okay, no."

"Ugh, fine! I've got this."

After a rather uneventful capture, the three of them were headed up an elevator to see the rulers of Zephyr Heights. All three of them weren’t really hurt. All that happened was that Izzy ended up having a tennis ball on her horn, which in her own words was “creative”. Sunny, being her usual self again, started asking the pegasi questions from her notebook.

“What's it like to fly? Is your wingspan the same as your height?”

“Well, I—“

“Do you need a license to fly? How far can you go?”

“Can you fly to the moon?”

“Do Pegasi wear horseshoes, or do they just weigh you down?”

“Well, I-I do collect sneakers.”

“Hey, hey, hey! Don't answer anything! They could be spies.”

Cyre, Sunny, and Izzy took the time to look out the window and see the sights on Zephyr Heights from afar. Most of these products sounded pretty similar to things back on earth… but they’re all just horse puns basically. It made the two mares look in awe, but it just made Cyre roll his eyes before looking at the mega screen, where the news was on. Two pegasi were there, a mare and a stallion.

“Good morning, Zephyr Heights! It's another beautiful day in the big city. Looks like warm breezes and clear skies for tonight's royal celebration!”

“Tonight's royal bash for Queen Haven will be stunning, but the real jewel in the crown will be Princess Pipp's performance. Isn't that right, Skye?”

“Oh, my, yes, Dazzle. And this just in – an exclusive vid from Pipp for all you loyal fans out there in Z.H.”

The screen suddenly switched to show another pegasus mare. This one was different though, as apparently, she was a celebrity and princess. Not a good combo in most cases. She was a light pink pegasus with golden hooves. Her wings were fluffy, unlike all the other pegasi Cyre had seen so far. they were white and are made of large, soft feathers. Her violet mane was wavy, swept to one side, and her tail is of average length. She has kiwi green eyes and violet eyebrows. She had a gold tiara on with a green jewel and golden wheat, likely representing her crown.

“What is up, everypony? Big shout out to all my fans, the Pippsqueaks! So, tonight's the night. I can't wait to debut my new song later. It has a very special place in my heart, but not as much as you guys! Okay, guys, I love you lots. Gotta go. Pipp-Pipp-hooray!”

As the trio was walked out onto the street that headed towards the castle, Sunny looked around at the surrounding area, only to find not one pegasus flying. It piqued her as odd. She’d have to worry about it later though, as they were brought to the throne room to meet the Queen.

“Bow before our queen!”

After a rather exquisite trumpet fanfare, a small, white, and fluffy dog sat in front of the throne. Cyre didn’t think that was the ruler, seeing as there was more than one seat, along with seeing one of the princesses earlier. Izzy of course, being Izzy, bowed and spoke over-dramatically.

“Your Majesty!”

The three then heard flapping above them. The true rulers had begun to lower themselves down. As he guessed, Pipp was one of the rulers. The pegasus mare from the mountains that he saw earlier was also here, which explains why she didn’t want them telling anybody that they saw her. She likely is a princess as well, can't be seen coordinating with enemies after all. Izzy made a move to try to say hi, but that was met with a face of disapproval from the weird-maned pony, to which Izzy kept her mouth shut from there. It was then that the Queen started to speak. Now, Cyre wasn't exactly in love with ponies or anything, but he will admit when somebody looks nice. The queen had a pale pink fur coat, periwinkle hair with lilac streaks, gray hooves, blue-and-purple wings, and icy blue eyes with lavender eyeshadow. She also wore a dark purple vest, and a gold-and-aquamarine necklace and crown.

"Guards, state your business, and please make it quick. We're on a very tight schedule today. Before the celebration, Cloudpuff needs his pedicure, Pipp needs to rehearse, and I need to practice my laugh. Ha, ha, ha....... Hmmm. Still not right."

"Your Highness, we found these intruders in our territory."

Queen Haven had to lower her shades before she noticed who they were referring to. Once her eyes set onto Cyre though, she couldn't help but stutter. Sure, his body was unlike anything she'd ever seen and it was honestly freaky somewhat... but this creature was ripped beyond belief! before she could get to memorize with him further, she shook it off and immediately became professional once more, as a queen should. "An Earth pony... and a unicorn... in Zephyr Heights?! And what looks like... a hairless ape wearing clothes and strange pair of sunglasses?"

"We have them under control, your Highness."

"Oh, oh, a-and we deployed the shield!"

"Is this an attack?! On the night of our royal celebration?! Why are you here?! Who sent you?! Nopony must know they're here!"

Pipp Petals, being a grade-A idiot, shared the whole thing live to everyone in Zephyr height with a phone in the hoof. It was bad enough Sunny and Izzy was being shown, but Cyre as well... Queen Haven would ultimately have to step in to save the whole thing from becoming mass hysteria and panic.

"Check it out, Pippsqueaks! Live from the castle... it's a real unicorn and Earth pony!
know, right? This is so not a filter."

"Pipp! There's nothing to fear. Those nasty little ponies and this dreadful biped have been captured. Your queen will protect you. Shut it off!"

Sunny Starscout started to ask questions, but the queen would have none of that.

"Excuse me, Majesty? Um, we only want to ask you a few questions about magic. We—"

"Guards! Please escort these ponies and that unknown creature to the dungeons until I can question them properly! And confiscate the book, and whatever that thing is wearing on his face!"

The guards did end up taking Sunny's book, but they backed off from Cyre, who glared when they tried to get anywhere close to his scouter. To that, the two guards settled for taking the three to the dungeons, moving rather quickly to get away from the somewhat hostile Saiyan.

"What? N-No, no! But-but, your Majesty, I just wanted to ask you a few questions, please!"

"Did she just say "dungeons"?"

Sunny Starscout sighs in dejection. "What else could go wrong today?"

"Careful what you wish for Sunny, you're tempting fate with that sort of deal. If something can get worse, it usually WILL get worse, before getting better." Cyre added to Sunny's statement.

As Sunny, Izzy, and Cyre were carted off to the dungeons of Zephyr Heights, back in Maretime Bay, Sprout was taking in the position of Sherrif as well as one would expect him to... and by that, we mean he was terrible at it and nopony took him seriously at first. Phyllis was the one doing most of Sprout's work at first, providing encouragement. But The citizens were having none of it.

"We need a real sheriff!"

"Tell us what's going on!"

"Hitch would know what to do!"

"Come on now, everypony. Let's listen to what our new sheriff has to say. That's you, sugarcube."

"Oh, yeah, it's me."

"Everything's gone wrong! What do we do?!"

"Okay, folks, calm down. There's no need to be scared."

"We're scared, and we want to be prepared!"

"The unicorns are coming! The unicorns are coming!"

"What do we do?"

"What's your plan, sheriff?"

"What if the unicorn comes back?"

"Actually... what if you're all right? The unicorns could come back. They could even bring the Pegasi. We are all in danger!"

ZEPHYR HEIGHTS

“You know, I’d find this place much more bearable if I didn’t have to hear those stupid commercials every five minutes! It’s getting on my nerves!”

Cyre was standing up against a wall. They’d been thrown into this cell about an hour ago. To be honest, this place didn’t feel like a dungeon. The bed was rather nice, as sparing as it was. They even had a massage chair, one Izzy was making good use of as Cyre and Sunny spoke to each other.

“Something is not right. We haven't seen a single pony flying, except the royal family. Izzy, are you listening?”

“This isn't dungeon-y at all. Uh-h-h-h...”

Cyre could only wish he had a tenth of the optimism that Izzy seemed to have. At that moment though, his scouter went off again, as did his own senses. It was the more down-to-Equestria princess, the one called Zipp. Cyre started to sit at the front of the bars as Zipp walked into view, which surprised both Izzy and Sunny.

“I'm sorry you three got thrown in here, but I have to talk to you.”

“Princess?”

“Your Majesticness! Y-Your Graceful Highness!”

“Zipp. Just... call me Zipp.”

“Ah, seems a certain somepony doesn’t like the fact she’s a princess, huh? I imagine so since your family likely didn’t know about your stunts in the mountains? I can’t imagine your relationship with your sister is going well, not that I blame you…”

“Don’t mind him… Okay, Zipp. I'm Sunny. And these are my friends.

Izzy Said her name with a slur to her voice. “Izzy Moonbow.”

Cyre put a fist to his chest before putting to fingers up in a peace gesture. “Cyre the Saiyan warrior, pleased to meet you.”

“…What kind of name is Cyre?”

“I don’t know, what kinda name is Zipp? Do you really wanna claim a name is weird when yours is, I can guarantee, a shortened version of a much more embarrassing name?”

Zipp Storm simply ignored Cyre the best she could, getting on to business. “Sunny, Izzy, I really need to ask you something important... about magic.

“That's why we're here. Maybe you can tell us how yours works? Izzy has no idea how the unicorns lost theirs, so we thought maybe—“

“Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Wait. Lost theirs? As in no magic? Well... that changes things. Listen, I might have some information that could help, but first, you need to tell me about this.”

Sunny Starscout saw that Zipp had her journal with her, which she took with very clear satisfaction. “My journal! Thank you, Zipp. I-I never thought I'd see it again.”

“Yeah, I can be pretty sneaky when I want to be.”

“Nice. I'm-I'm only medium sneaky.” Izzy replied with a smile.

“So where did that come from?” Zipp asked sunny before the mare in question answered.

“It was my father's. Why?”

“That star...”

Before any other questions or answers could be said, the sound of digital trumpet fanfare could be heard. This was no doubt Pipp who had arrived, who had an entourage of guards with her who rolled out a red carpet for her to walk on as she spoke to her sister, Zipp.

“Zipp, what are you doing here? Mom said to stay away.”

“Right. Then why are you here?”

Pipp scoffed at her sister's comment before pulling out her phone for a selfie, to which Izzy pulled both Cyre and Sunny into as she snapped them. “For the content.”

Sunny Starscout was able to ask Pipp a question through gritted teeth, which made Pipp gasp as she laughed nervously.

“Princess, why isn't anypony flying?”

“Everypony knows that only royals can fly, of course.”

Sunny and Izzy both replied with varying degrees of “What?”

Pipp Petals did a little dance with her wings before gesturing to her sister.

“I know, it's not fair. But that's just the way it is. If there were some way we could teach the citizens to fly, you know we would in a wing beat. Right, Zipp?”

“Yeah. In a wing beat.”

Zipp Storm looked and sounded completely uninterested in what her sister said. A moment later Pipp had her phone vibrating her whole body, to which she had to check her messages which made Zipp roll her eyes.

“Oh! Dress rehearsals. Gotta go. And so should you. Me-me-meeeee! Red feather, yellow feather, red feather, yellow feather.”

Zipp watched as her sister left the hall, a sad longing in her eyes before turning her gaze back to the other three.

“I have to show you something.”

Zipp quickly pressed a hood to a nearby panel, which scanned it and allowed the three of the prisoners their freedom. All three of them quickly left after Zipp, but not before Izzy replaced one of the fruits with the tennis ball on her horn from earlier.

Hitch had been climbing the mountain up to Zephyr heights for a few days prior. How he knew where Sunny, Izzy, and Cyre went... well, we don't really know, but don't worry about that! Worry about the fact that some bunnies are cuddling with Hitch, much to his annoyance. also the fact that he saw a piece of the book that Sunny had, which made him gasp.

"Litter! I mean, a clue. Hmmm... Unicorn hair. [licks] Pegasi. Track's gone cold. Sunny, Sunny, Sunny, Sunny. You think you've escaped? Well, think again. I will not eat! I will not sleep! Well, maybe a quick nap and snack if I can't find you in the next few hours, BUT! After that, nothing will stop me!"

The bunnies around him cheered for him, which caused Hitch to chuckle in approval.

"Oh. Thank you. Thank you. No, no, you're too kind. ALSO! I'll follow you wherever you go! Whether harshest deserts, the coldest tundras, no trail too dangerous, no clue too small! The past matters not! It's justice— What? What?"

The bunnies squeaked a bunch, before finally getting his attention and making him turn around to see the rather large screens behind him, which showed him the wanted posters for both Izzy and Sunny, causing him to smile triumphantly.

"Gotcha."

Izzy, Sunny, and Zipp were going down some sort of elevator into some sort of abandoned port from Zephyr Heights past. Most of the equipment was worn down and mostly unusable, a sign of how long ago large amounts of creatures had roamed the halls. There were even some locations on the time board along with the times the departures were. Soon enough they reached the ground

"Where are we?"

"It's amazing, right? I'm pretty sure it was some sort of station for when Earth ponies and unicorns used to visit Zephyr Heights. It's like everypony just... forgot."

Sunny Starscout was now happier than ever, her thoughts and feelings validated. "This is proof! All pony kinds did used to be friends! My dad was right... Wait, where's Cyre? he didn't get lost, did he?"

"It would be pretty hard for anybody to lose sight of that big guy..."

"You're right. It would be pretty difficult, wouldn't it?"

Once they all heard his voice, they looked up to see him floating around, moving throughout the room to look at things a bit more closely before hovering back down. The three ponies were dumbfounded, as they couldn't believe the fact that he was essentially flying without wings, something completely unheard of.

"What? how did you... you don't even have wings! How did-"

"There's a lot of things I can do that you don't know about. All in due time my friends. Now isn't the time for me to do too much showboating..." Cyre cut Zipp off from whatever she was going to say as she spoke up again after Cyre stopped speaking, a large smirk on his face.

"You... have GOT to teach me how to do that! After we get magic back, I will not let this go until you do. You got that?" Zipp pointed a hoof in Cyre's direction as he raised an eyebrow in thought. Sunny of course, didn't quite see why she wanted to though.

"Not saying that what Cyre just did wasn't cool, but why would you wanna learn to do what he does? Aren't you one of the only pegasi that can fly?"

Zipp Storm sighs at her words and turns to face her. "The truth is we can't fly either. We've been faking it."

"Faking it?! But... but how?"

"You'd be surprised what some wires and good lighting will do. But I'm just so tired of living that ridiculous lie. That's why I come down here – to get away from all of that. And, well... to do this."

Zipp then hopped onto and pushed down a lever before jumping onto an airlift generator, floating upwards and doing flips as she simulated flight, a content smile on her face. Izzy made a note that her sparkle was incredibly bright before Zipp glided down and led the others to a damaged stain glass window. A large symbol was on the middle top part of the stained glass: a pink six-pointed starburst with five smaller white stars.

"This was made a long, long time ago when we still had magic."

"It's beautiful!"

After looking at the stained glass, Sunny spotted that the pegasus stained glass looked an awful lot like the crystal that the Queen was wearing earlier.

"What is that?"

"That's the Pegasus Crystal. It's part of my mom's crown."

"Hmmm. Where's the Unicorn Crystal? Look!" Sunny found the unicorn crystal glass hidden underneath a tarp, before sliding it in between the top of the opening of the pegasus crystal.

"They fit?"

"These two crystals belong together. United."

"So... what are you saying?"

"Maybe you lost your magic because the crystals were separated."

"It stands to reason that these two crystals were made specifically for these tribes. So it would stand to reason that the Ear-" Cyre was cut off by Izzy, but said nothing and just sighed.

"if we put them back together..."

"...magic will return?"

"And all three pony kinds will get along again!"

"Yeah... whatever she said," Cyre said with a grimace as both Izzy and Zipp cheered, before remembering that they didn't really know where the unicorn crystal was. Izzy managed to reassure her though.

"Well, if you're looking for crystals, we've got, like, a gazillion of them back in Bridlewood."

Sunny Starscout nodded in approval. "Then that's where we'll go next. After we get the Pegasus Crystal from your mom, of course."

Zipp Storm grimaced at this fact. "Ooh... That'll be tricky. She, uh, never takes her crown off."

"So, what do we do?" Sunny asked Zipp.

"I got it! Pipp's performing at tonight's royal celebration. All eyes will be on her, especially my mom's. She'll be distracted. So we just need to swap the real crown with a fake."

Izzy Moonbow spoke up next. "Oooh, I can craft a decoy! But I will need a box of macaroni, a tube of glue, fourteen gooey bunnies, and three jelly beans. Oh. And glitter. Lots of glitter."

"A gem heist, eh? well then, you've piqued my interests, Zipp and Izzy. Count me in on this plan of yours." Cyre said rather seriously. If they were gonna do this, he was gonna do his best to be professional. Now all they needed to do is make the plan.

Author's Note

Hey guys! I hope you're doing well on this beautiful Saturday! I meant to have this finished yesterday, but I had to do a test for one of my college classes. See you next chapter!

Pony Power Levels
Zipp Storm: 50
Pipp Petals: 20
Queen Haven: 25
Average pegasi guards: 20-30

Chapter 4: Heist of the Century! Back to Bridlewood!

ZEPHYR HEIGHTS THRONE ROOM: 8:30PM

The time had come for Pipp to premiere her new song at the royal celebration. In the last few hours, Sunny, Izzy, Zipp, and Cyre had formulated a plan to get the queen's crown. As of current Izzy and Sunny were backstage, moving into position behind Queen Haven's Throne. Zipp was with her family of course, as to not be suspicious. and lastly, Cyre. He was essentially their muscle and escape plan should things go south. He was sitting on one of the nearby castle tops directly adjacent to the throne room, where he got a birds-eye view of everything. he'd know when they'd need his help. The plan went as follows when Zipp said it earlier...

6 HOURS EARLIER...

Zipp Storm decided to go over the plan with all the members of their group one last time before disbanding to their separate positions later on in the evening. Zipp couldn't stay with the group much longer than current, as Queen Haven would be rather suspicious of how long she's gone this time, even with her exploring in the mountains deal.

"I'll get the supplies. I'll pass them off to Sunny, and then she will get them to you. Once you produce the decoy, get your flanks to the palace. Everypony who's anypony will be there, so security will be tight. I'll distract them so you can sneak in."

"Maximum sneaky!" Izzy said that before Cyre covered her mouth, shaking his head at her before nodding at Zipp, prompting her to continue.

"You'll need to be stealthy. Carefully make your way to the Grand Hall, but watch out for the guards. I'll open the door to the backstage of the throne room. And once Pipp starts singing, my mom will be so caught up that swapping the crowns will be easy-breezy. Cyre will be on stand-by in case things go south. Or when we need to escape. Either one."

Sunny Starscout only laughed nervously at the idea. "Easy-breezy. Sure."

Cyre put a hand on Sunny's shoulder as he smiled at her. "This is no time to be having self-doubts. Besides, you've gotten this far. Why stop now? I have a saying that I picked up on earth. It's called, "there is a point where we needed to stop and we've clearly passed it... but let's keep going and see what happens!" Now I don't think you should apply that in all situations, but this one... yeah. Besides, I've got you're back... we all do, and you know it. Let's get that crown, yeah? And even if things go south, I can use my solar flare to mask our escape. It would be pretty bright though, so I'd suggest covering your eyes."

This made Sunny visibly brighten as she nodded at Cyre's words before the whole group nodded simultaneously.

BACK IN THE PRESENT...

Above the throne room, Zipp and her mother were getting ready for the event. During the brief period, they had a small discussion as Haven dolled herself up.

"I hear you paid our guests a visit."

"Pipp told you?"

"Oh, you know she tells me everything. I wish you would tell me more. You're going to be queen one day. You'll wear this crown. And trust me, it is heavier than it looks."

"Actually, there is something I wanted to tell you. The unicorns don't have any magic. I-I think it's tied to why we can't fly, and I—"

"Zephyrina! I don't know what silly ideas that unicorn put into your head, but we have a duty to protect our citizens. Pegasi are happy enough knowing that we royals can fly. Why would you want to disrupt things?"

"Because it's a lie!"

"It makes them feel safe. One day you'll understand. Your sister does. Oh, and here she is now!"

Pipp Petals came into view, literally hanging by the wires as she started vocalizing.

"Me-me-meeeee!"

"Showtiiiiiime!" Queen Haven and Zipp started to make their way down into the throne room with the help of the backstage pony.

After a huge mishap from Ruddy Sparks due to encountering Izzy and Sunny, He started to cause the stage lights to flicker away from Pipp, and onto Hitch, who now had every single pair of eyes in the room focused on him. In response, he did a rather embarrassing dance and an even more embarrassing musical number.

"Throwin' up, find a glove, Fly around, up above. Doin' stuff that I love, You're like, "Why?", I'm like, "What?" Crisp and dry, eat some mud. Glowing up, lovey-dove..."

Pipp was just as confused as everypony else was, as she also stared at Hitch.

"What is happening?"

Moments later Pipp screamed as she started to get dragged around the room by the wires as she screamed in surprise and disorientation. It's safe to say that Cyre felt it was time for him to intervene, as he immediately started to fly down towards the throne room, looking for an entrance that didn't involve breaking anything. Ruddy Sparks ended up running out of the control room yelping as Pipp continued to be dragged, while Zipp managed to get the pegasus crystal back and hand it to Sunny as the three of them made their way to the exit...

"Freeze!"

Only for Hitch to ruin all that as the crowd immediately knew the prisoners were free. And Hitch also ended up getting exposed as well as Pipp swung past him. Eventually, Pipp did come to a stop, with her secret exposed to everyone as they gasped. And they all immediately took pictures of her misfortune to her horror. She was immediately known as one, singular thing...

"She's a fake!"

"Fake!"

"The royals can't fly either?!"

"Fake!"

"She's faking it!"

"She's a fake!"

"Uh..." was all Pipp could say in response to all that. She then saw her sister making her way to the exit just as the door swung open, revealing it was Cyre, another one of the prisoners that had escaped... not like they could hold him anyway. As for Zipp, the two sisters' eyes locked onto one another, before Zipp gave a rather simple plea for help.

"Zipp...?"

Sunny Starscout Immediately ran past Zipp, who swiftly followed after. Unfortunately, none of them notice that in their rush, they'd dropped the pegasus crystal. The group of five were now running through the halls of the castle, doing their best to avoid the guards. Cyre then turned to face Zipp.

"Zipp, what's the fastest way out of this place? There are guards everywhere, we can't avoid them forever! You should know the ins and outs of this place, you're the princess!"

"I don't know! And if you hadn't noticed, I've got a lot on my plate right now, so if you don't mind, let me think for a little bit!"

"Nevermind Zipp! I see an exit! the front doors, up ahead... with about 30 guards already there! Alright then, I'll risk it."

Once the group made their way to the front doors, all 30 guards marched on them as Cyre narrowed his eyes as he turned around to face his friends.

"Cover your eyes."

"Wait. What?!? What good is closing our eyes gonna-"

"Unless you wanna go blind for about 20 seconds, you'll do as I ask! Now close. your. fucking. EYES!!! Don't you remember at all what I told you guys earlier?"

Cyre immediately turned to face the mass of guards as he placed his two hands in front of his face and began to shout the signature words as the guards began to charge to him.

“SOLAR FLARE!!!!”

The others closed their eyes just as the effect began to occur. A bright flash of light sweeps over all of the guards, making them essentially blind due to the attack’s overwhelming lighting. Once the attack was finished, Cyre saw all the guards grunting and yelling obscenities before tapping his friends’ shoulders and tossing them over all the guards and out the front door towards the elevator. Once they successfully made it down, they quickly hid in an alleyway with Hitch colliding into a trash can with a thump.

“Okay. I think we lost 'em.”

“Hitch, what are you even doing here?”

“Arresting you. And saving you. So, you know, a little of both actually. You're welcome!”

Zipp Storm felt it was time for her to step into the whole conversation. “Oh-ho-ho, gee, thanks. But we don't need any saving, okay?”

“And you are?” Hitch asked.

“Her mom is the queen!” Izzy answered, to which Hitch started to put two and two together.

“Wait a minute. So that means... you're a princess?”

Zipp Storm could only chuckle before roasting Hitch. “Huh. Look at that. The sheriff just became a detective.”

Just then a nearby screen was playing the breaking news, which captured the interests of everyone involved. Along with a few of the pegasi who would care to comment on the whole thing.

"Breaking story – Zephyr Heights is in turmoil tonight after the shocking revelation that the royals cannot fly."

"Pipp used to be my favorite!"

"If we can't trust our own royalty, who can we trust?"

"I blame the unicorns and the Earth ponies! They ruin everything!"

"This just in – Queen Haven has been arrested for being a phony pony full of baloney."

This caused Zipp Storm to gasp as She saw her mother being walked down to the prison.

"No comment! And no photos! Okay, one photo."

Her mother seemed to be taking it pretty well though.

"Anypony care to explain?" Hitch asked Sunny before she grabbed the crystal, only to find it wasn't in her saddlebag.

"We had to get the crystal. Look. Oh, no, no, no, no! It's not here!"

"Seriously?!"

"On the bright side, we had so much fun losing it." Izzy tried to lighten things up, much to Cyre's chagrin.

"Not helping Izzy! Well, what do we do know?"

"We have to go back!" Sunny protested.

"But it could be anywhere!" Zipp said this before the group heard a can clatter behind them, before revealing that the culprit was none other than Zipp's sister, Pipp. Her mane was frazzled, and she didn't look happy at all. In No respect. There was some good news with her being there though. She did have the pegasus crystal they were looking for after all. Zipp and Pipp decided to have a small conversation with each other due to tonight's events.

"Somepony seriously needs to explain why this thing was so important that you had to ruin my whole show over it!"

"Trust me. It was."

"You left me hanging there! In the spotlight! Now everypony knows we can't fly."

"Oh please, you'd have been found out eventually, Pipp, even if it wasn't from our doing. Besides, I feel this would probably make the air a bit clearer, now that there aren't any secrets. I mean, it's not like you're any good at keeping them Pipp, you DID broadcast me, Izzy, and Sunny on live television for all of the kingdom to see, did you not?"

"...Now you listen here, you little-"

Pipp was about to try and do her best to go off on Cyre for what he said to her, but then her phone went off and she just had to see what was going on. It wasn't pretty what she saw, that being her mother in a mugshot. And to make matters worse...

"A warrant is out for the arrest of the princesses."

Queen Haven had one message for her daughters before posing in her mugshot.

"Pipp! Zipp! Save yourselves!"

"What?! This is not happening! This is so not happening!" Pipp was having a mini freakout before Zipp snapped her out of it before it got worse.

"Pipp! Forget about all that. We think we can bring back magic, but we need that crystal."

"Have you lost your mind?"

"Please. This might be our only chance."

"Ugh! Fine! I know a way out. Come on."

Hitch Trailblazer, of course, was not pleased with this course of action.

"What? Wait! You can't just... But I'm a sheriff!"

"Not outside of Maretime Bay's jurisdiction you aren't!" Cyre added as Hitch groaned and begrudgingly followed everyone else.

MARETIME BAY: THE NEXT MORNING

Back in Maretime Bay, Sprout had taken control of Canterlogic and had set it to work, making a top-secret project to help combat what he perceived to be an incoming war on the Earth ponies. He was coming down an elevator to check on their progress. His breathing appeared to be raspy at first, a lot like Darth Vader's. It was revealed he was just drinking a smoothie though.

"Ahhh! Why aren't you finished yet?"

"W-We're working as fast as we can, but we've run out of rivets."

Sprout simply laughed before grabbing the pony by the necktie. "Rivet-ing story. Just make it work, okay?!"

Phyllis also came to the factory to ask her son a few things. As they talked, a pony ended up falling in front of them, but they paid it no mind, accidents happen, especially in their kind of work. "Sugarcube, I know your little top-secret project is important and all, but when do you think my workers can get back to making Canterlogic products?"

"Back to work, Glitter Cupcake!"

"It is my factory, after all, dear."

"But it's my town, Mommy! Your son's now emperor of Maretime Bay!"

Phyllis scoffed at the idea. "Emperor?! But yesterday you were only the sheriff."

"Well, see how fast I'm climbing the ranks? This defense factory is going on offense, and it's all thanks to your love and encouragement. Break's over, Bubblegum McGinty!"

Phyllis Cloverleaf was starting to think that maybe her son was getting a bit drunk on power, but she tried to push those thoughts out of her mind.. they were still there though.

"Oh, dear. Somepony's getting a big head." Phyllis then walked away as a dark silhouette behind a few clear tarps was illuminated, revealing Sprout's secret project, which looked awfully like a pony skeleton. At least for now.

SOMEWHERE EN ROUTE TO BRIDLEWOOD: 3:00PM

"That's the tree from the map. That means... it's this way."

After their hasty escape from Zephyr Heights, the six of them made their way to Bridlewood using a map, Though the tension that they had on the way there was so thick you could probably cut it with a knife. To be fair though, most of that tension was contained within Pipp and Hitch, the two unwilling participants.

"What am I even doing here? Hoofing it across daisy fields, looking for a magical crystal that doesn't even exist!"

"It was supposed to be my best show ever. And now it's all over. I'm a criminal! And it's all because of..."

"...them!" both Pipp and Hitch said together.

"And that is so not cool."

"No, it is not. Did I just agree with a Pegasus?" While Hitch contemplated himself, Pipp walked over to Zipp to have another family discussion.

"Hey! Are you sure she even knows where to find this other crystal?"

"Don't you trust me at all?"

"I don't know. You are the one that just got Mom thrown in jail!"

"Look, once we get our magic back, the whole kingdom will be so excited, they won't even remember what happened back there? You'll be a hero, Pipp."

Hitch Trailblazer was now drilling Sunny about bringing her in again... although honestly, it's really ridiculous at this point to consider.

"Now Let's get one thing straight."

"We're almost to the river, everypony!"

"After this whole escapade is over with, you are gonna march back home to Maretime Bay with me. Is that clear?"

"Crystal."

"Great. Because this badge means that I'm the she— ahhhh! No, no, no, no, no! Where's my badge?! Hey! You!"

Hitch pointed an accusing hoof towards Izzy Moonbow, who was prancing through the flowers before directing her attention towards the stallion.

"I know unicorns like shiny things!"

"Oh, you know, I think I did see a shiny badge-y thing on the ground a few hours ago."

"What?! Hours?!"

"Well, maybe it's for the best. Between you and me, buddy, that badge was creating an unhealthy power dynamic." Right after that Izzy started singing and started to prance again like nothing happened, leaving Hitch to again ponder what he'd gotten himself into. They eventually make it to the river, only to find that the bridge was out. Sunny gasped before trying to find a solution.

"What are we gonna do? Cyre, you could fly us over, cant you?"

"I could, but I won't."

"What?!? why not?"

"If we're all gonna be together, the least we can do is try to get along and not bicker the whole way to Bridlewood. Think of it as a sort of training exercise really."

Pipp Petals, of course, tried to one-up her sister again due to their sudden predicament. "Any ideas, Zipp?"

"You know what would be great right now? Let me think. Maybe something like... THE ABILITY TO FLY!" Zipp shouted at her as she spread her wings out in protest.

"You know what would be even better? Not being stuck in the middle of nowhere as OUTCASTS FROM OUR OWN KINGDOM!"

Hitch Trailblazer then tried again to get Sunny to go home with him, to no avail. "Oh, well. That's the end of that. Time to go home. I wish I could say it was nice meeting all of you, but it wasn't. Come on, Sunny."

"Everypony, stop! We're gonna get to the other side, find the crystal, and bring back magic! And once we do, you'll get to fly, you'll get your fans back, Cyre... well I'm not really sure about... and you'll have me in custody! Everypony happy now?!"

It was just then that they heard a loud pecking noise, followed by a huge crash. Everyone turned to face Izzy who had managed to cut down a tree during the span of their conversation, making a makeshift bridge for them.

"Ta-daaaaa!"

"All right!"

"Ah, great."

"Come on, everypony!"

As the others crossed over the tree, Cyre could've sworn he'd heard someone say "Heeeeelp!", but it didn't come from any of his friends. He decided to just go ahead with his friends.

9:30PM

A campfire had been set up for the night as the crew took a rest for the evening. before getting so sleep, they had a few small conversations. Hitch was trying to be a loner, trying to set fire to his own campsite a few feet away. Zipp made it a matter to tease him for that as well.

"Come on, stupid stick."

"You need some backup, sheriff?"

"No! Thank you. I've got it. Come on... If only I had a match... Hah!" He did manage to set a fire... only for it to fizzle out seconds later, which made him growl in response as Zipp spoke to him again.

"Oh, well, that was sad to watch. Come on, don't be a hero, dude. Come get warm."

Hitch Trailblazer spotted Sunny walking river to him to try and convince him to give her newfound friends a shot.

"Are you sure about all this? Because if we just go back to Maretime Bay..."

"What have we got to lose?"

"By giving magic back to our enemies? Uh, let me think. I know – a lot!"

"Come on. Do they look like enemies to you?"

Pipp Petals was busy being told that her sparkle was aquamarine, her sixth favorite color, as she did a cute little wing flap in response, making Hitch sigh.

"I don't know. Maybe I should just go back to Maretime Bay where I'm needed."

"If that's what you want. But you should know I'm actually glad you're here, Hitch. We all are." Sunny walked back to the others, sitting down. Hitch snorted, eventually joining them begrudgingly before Izzy laid out her plans, before noticing that Izzy was a bit upset.

"So I think we should set off at first light. Last stop – Bridlewood. What's wrong, Izzy?"

"It's just that... being with you ponies... and Saiyans... has been the best thing that's ever happened to me. I guess I just don't want our adventure to end."

"But, Izzy, you'll get your magic."

Hitch then turned in Izzy's direction to ask a question. "Can I ask you a question? Why did you come to Maretime Bay?"

"I always wanted to visit. When I was a filly, I found this pretty lantern. It had a message inside. It said I had friends in Maretime Bay. It... It was you!" Izzy handed a paper that she'd found from a lantern long ago that inspired her to come to Maretrime Bay back to Sunny, the message's creator as Sunny relived memories of her father who had passed.

"I made it with my dad. We always promised each other that someday we would prove that all ponies were meant to be friends. We'll do our part. Hoof to heart."

Hitch Trailblazer was properly inspired to go along with the others instead of being a burden the whole way, which made the others cheer. Except for Cyre, he just nodded. "Hey, um... I want to do my part. What have we got to lose, right? I have to admit. A unicorn forest does sound kind of magical."

ENTRANCE TO BRIDLEWOOD

"Or not."

The group had just arrived at the forest entrance. there were multiple signs that could simply be translated to varying degrees of "stay out".

"I don't know Hitch, Looks pretty welcoming to me I did land somewhat nearby here on this planet after all," Cyre said with a smile before directing his attention to Izzy.

"Come on! My house isn't far from here!" After a short walk through a patch of forest, the whole crew walked inside as Izzy opened the door, with Cyre having to duck due to his extreme height of 6 feet and 7 inches. As they looked around, they saw a bunch of Izzy's possession and creations, one of which stared at Hitch and Cyre, which freaked Cyre out a little bit.

"Did you make all of this?"

"Yup! "Uni-cycling"! Isn't it funky?"

"It is gorgeoooous!"

"I also make friendship bracelets!

"Ah, cool."

"Wait, wait! Watch this! Hold everything! Aah! I've never gotten to use this with actual friends!" Izzy giggled as she pulled out a flower-shaped cart of sorts, with its bud closed. after a few cranks, it opened up to reveal a tea seat, which made Cyre roll his eyes. not at the invention, which he did find interesting. But rather the tea party deal. It was so overused as a little girl sorta deal. At least on Earth, it was. The others gave Izzy praise though.

"I so wish I had live-streamed that!"

"We don't have time for that right now. If we're gonna get the information we need on the Unicorn Crystal, we can't stick out like sore hooves. We need to look like unicorns."

"Yay, makeovers! I love makeovers!" Pipp was all for a makeover.

Zipp Storm storm and Cyre however, were not. As they both laughed nervously. "No. No, this is not... This is not what I signed up for. No."

"I'm in agreement with Zipp, I refuse to let anyone give me a makeover... not after what my mother made me wear and look like sometimes..." It sent a shiver down his spine every time he thought about it.

Sunny Starscout then turned to Izzy, who was finishing a cup of tea.

"So, Izzy, can you do it?"

"A glow-up? Honey, you came to the right cottage."

After their little dance number, the others left to find some info on the unicorn crystal, Cyre stayed in Izzy's house. He did end up handing his scouter off to Izzy cause she continued to pester him about it before they left. Now Cyre was all by himself, pretty much waiting for them to do what they needed to do unless they needed help, to which, once again, he could tell when they needed it.

Didn't make it any less boring though.

Chapter 5: A Mystical, Musical Epiphany! The Return of Friendship and Harmony!

"Ta-daaaaa! Crystals! Crystals! Crystals! Crystals! Crystals! Crystals!"

"She does know we're just looking for the one, right?"

Zipp spoke to the others as they all walked into the main part of Bridlewood. Looking around, all the unicorns looked dull. Not just figuratively, but also literally. Their personalities all seemed nonexistent, replaced with monotone, borderline depressed voices. Even the children acted the same way the adults did, and that's even more alarming. Children should be cheery and somewhat annoying. Sunny Starscout made sure to note how all these unicorns seemed so distant, and yet Izzy… well, you know.

“These other unicorns seem so different from you.”

“Yeah, I get that a lot. My sparkle is a bit too sparkly for Bridlewood.”

Hitch Trailblazer started to look at some nearby crystals, inspecting them before turning to the others. “How can we tell which ones are magic?”

"Oooooh! You said a bad word!" Looking to the left, the group saw a green Unicorn Kid who sounded like he was British pointing at Hitch, who was entirely confused. Only a second after saying that, the British foal spoke again, bringing his friends into it nearby. His friends looked like they'd seen some shit. After a short snort, the unicorn started to dance to some kind of ritual, and it honestly looked freaky in every aspect.

"Hurry! Before we get jinxed! Ahhhhhh... Bing-bong-bing! Bing, bong! Bing, bong! Bing, bong! Bing, bong!"

"Ooooookay... I'm gonna need some context." Zipp said quite honestly before Izzy gave the reason why those unicorns were doing a weird dance.

"Unicorns are very superstitious. If a pony ever says a forbidden word, we have to do a ritual to ward off the jinxies."

"Jinxies?"

"Bad luck."

"Forbidden words?"

"Magic", "wing", "feather"... oh, and "mayonnaise"."

"What's wrong with may—?" Izzy jammed a hoof into his mouth before he could finish what he said as every unicorn in range was instantly alert. Eventually, they turned back to their mopey self, continuing on with their day. Once the crisis was averted, Izzy removed her hoof, prompting Hitch to gasp as Izzy led them towards a nearby building. There was a teapot-shaped sign on the front, and it read The Crystal Tea Room.

"The Crystal Tea Room?"

"There's a pony inside who collects crystals. Maybe he could help us."

"That's great, Izzy! Oh, and Hitch?"

"I know, I know. No forbidden words."

"Earth pony jinx. Something stinks. Pegasus neighs..." A unicorn was doing some standup while the crew entered. From there, Izzy looked around before spotting what she was looking for, a maroon pony with a red beret on his head was sitting down nearby, as Izzy whispered to Sunny that this was the pony she told them about. With that in mind, Sunny sat in front of him at the table to talk.

"So... word in the forest is you collect crystals."

"Yes, I do. Well, I mean, I did. I lost 'em all in a limbo contest with... Alphabittle!" That name instantly made Izzy worry Sunny did ask who Alphabittle was, but before Izzy could explain they heard a bell clanging from the bar. When they looked in that general direction, they saw two ponies. One in front of the bar, who was trying to solve a 2X2 Rubix cube, and the pony behind it, who seemed to own the bar in the first place from the looks of things. Alphabittle was a large, heavyset unicorn with a medium gray coat and dark gray hooves. He had a wispy white mane and tail, bushy eyebrows, sideburns, and a beard. He had freckles on his cheeks and brown eyes. His cutie mark was a teapot. And it also seemed he enjoyed games, especially when he could win, as evidenced by his huge collection of items behind him. Alphabittle also proved to be smart, as the pony he was facing off with had failed to complete the cube. Whereas Alphabittle solved it in mere seconds.

"Guess that makes me the winner. Again. Pay up."

"Ugh. Fine." The pony in question handed over what appeared to be a douglas fir tree covered in snow in a jar over to Alphabittle, who promptly put it on the shelf with the rest of his collection. It was there that Sunny saw the unicorn crystal sitting on one of the shelves.

"You could always try winning it back! All right, suit yourself."

"We won. We won! We actually won!" Sunny celebrated her narrow victory with her friends as they cheered for her, only for that to all come crashing down the moment that Sunny's fake horn came loose and fell to the floor, giving her away to Alphabittle almost immediately. With their cover blown, Hitch, Zipp, and Zipp also took off their fake horns, no longer hiding who they were.

"An Earth pony."

"And pegasi!"

"And a unicorn! Which... you knew already!"

"And one tall space-faring Saiyan!" The doors to the crystal tea room flew open as Cyre barged in, looking around before he saw his friends without their disguises. Cyre didn't even look at Aplhabittle, who was currently trying to process the fact there were pegasi, earth ponies, and a weird Hairless talking ape with clothes on in his bar. He instead walked over to Sunny to talk to her.

"I felt you get stressed and I came to see if you needed help. I take it you failed to keep cover? I hope you at least won... Also, hey everypony. No, I'm not a hallucination. Do not call me a hairless ape, I have a name, it's Cyre, thank you very much!"

There was some quiet murmuring in the bar before Sunny Starscout spoke to Alphabittle again.

"I know it doesn't look like it, but we're here to help."

"Help? We don't need help. Especially from ponies... and strange creatures from beyond the stars... like you. Give me the crystal."

"But I won."

"You tricked me. The crystal. Now!" The unicorns were all closing in on them. Cyre turned to the others as he let them lead this. He didn't wanna fight anypony and make a bad situation worse. Hitch had a solution to all that though, but Cyre didn't quite get it at all at first before he saw what the unicorns were doing, starting with Alphabittle.

"Uh... Magic! Wing! Feather! MAYONNAISE!!!"

"Bing!"

"Bong!"

"Bing-bong! Bing-bong! Bing-bong!"

"You'll pay for this!"

Sunny Starscout quickly grabbed the crystal before they all ran for it as the unicorns did their little dance. They managed to come to a small clearing in the forest as they came to a halt. Something was rustling in the bushes, which instinctively made Cyre take a defensive stance. However, he quickly dropped it when whatever it was came out of the brush... ass first. It turned out to be none other than Queen Haven, who had managed to escape. Both Pipp and Zipp were understandably happy to see that their mother was alright, save for her disheveled mane and tail.

"Mom?!"

"Oh, my darlings! Thank hoofness!"

"You escaped!"

"How did you find us?"

The answer was given when Hitch Trailblazer got tackled in the face by Cloudpuff, The family pomeranian of the royal family in Zephyr Heights. Seems that Cloudpuff managed to track them all the way here. And it also seems he had Hitch's badge, which made him happy it was in his possession once again.

"Ah! My badge! Yes!"

"Oh, I'm so glad I found my little fillies. Now, I know that if you just come back with me, we can explain everything. Spin the story, and they'll love us again. R-Right?"

Galloping could be heard from behind the group as Alphabittle was hot in their trail with three other unicorns. Before she could even talk to them, a group of pegasi Guards had arrived. The two groups continued to argue with each other. In Cyre's honest opinion, he wished he'd have packed popcorn, cause it was more entertaining than he'd thought it would be. That, and he felt the sexual tension between Aphabittle and Haven. Plus when the guards threw the tennis ball, as if it would work any better than it did before with Izzy. Eventually though, Sunny managed to calm everyone down enough for them to listen to her.

"There she is! Your Criminal Highness, you're coming with us!"

"Aah! Unicorns!"

"Give me back my crystals and leave Bridlewood!"

"Your crystals? That crystal belongs to me!"

"Not anymore, it doesn't! I won it fair and square!"

"Hah! I certainly doubt it! Unicorns are known to be cheaters!"

"You Pegasi always thought you were better than us!"

"Hey, that's our queen you're talking to!"

"She's not a queen here!"

"Who do you think you are?!"

"We're gonna zap you with our horns!"

"This is our land!"

"You're not welcome here!"

"Surrender the crystal, or I'll use my powers against you!"

"I'd like to see you try!"

"NOPONY HAS MAGIC!"

"....Bing-bong!"

"But we're here to bring it back."

"Is it possible?"

"Did she just say "magic"?"

"This is a trick."

"I know it sounds unbelievable, but please, just let us try."

"Please, Mom."

"Trust us."

"Wha... You two... Fine."

"You're wasting your time, kid."

"I'm inclined to agree! If there was a pegasus and a unicorn crystal, there's gotta be a-" Cyre was once again ignored as Izzy and Sunny prepared to unite the crystals. Cyre just threw his hand up in the air in frustration and just sat down in a fit. He was consistently being ignored, and if they didn't want his help concerning the matter, so be it.

"Ready, Izzy?"

"Ready."

With everyone staring hopefully, and the area brightened up in anticipation, Sunny and Izzy put the two crystals together... only for nothing to happen. The area dampened due to this, and Izzy tried to no avail to get it to work, she overheard a unicorn child ask their father why it didn't work, only to respond that it was all make-believe. The others weren't feeling much better either. The only one who didn't feel super sad is Cyre because he knew it wasn't gonna work at all. He still, did feel sad though.

"We can try it again! Maybe... Maybe w-we did it wrong somehow. Wait. Wait, don't go. Oh, come on. Work. Work! Please work! Come on!"

"Sunny. It's okay. You did everything you could."

"I... I thought it would work. I was so, so sure of it."

"What do we do now, Sunny?"

"I'm sorry for all the trouble I caused you."

"Sunny! We can't give up!"

"I thought that I could make a difference. But everywhere I go, I just make things worse."

"That's not true. We're all in this together, right?"

"Yeah."

"Of course."

"I'm so sorry I let you all down."

Hitch Trailblazer looked towards Sunny and sighed, before turning back to the others.

"I guess this is goodbye... friends."

Zipp Storm made one last comment to him before he left with Sunny.

"Better hurry... sheriff."

After Hitch and Sunny left, Zipp felt a tap on her shoulder. It turns out Cyre was handing her his scouter, which confused her. Cyre then pushed it onto her, smiling somewhat happily as he backed away from her.

"I'll be back for that... Don't you dare misplace it, you hear?" Cyre said as Zipp quickly began to understand what he was doing.

"I won't... don't forget to teach me... you got that, you overgrown starpony?"

"I'll teach you one of these days, I promised you that much... until we meet again, toothpaste hair..." Cyre then began to walk away, following Sunny and Hitch back to Maretime Bay. Zipp looked at him walk away, and she could've sworn for a second she saw a tear roll down Cyre's face.

MARETIME BAY

The trip back to Maretime Bay was a silent one. When they arrived, the weather was cloudy. Cyre and Sunny made their way to the lighthouse after Hitch attempted to console her failed. Once they were inside, Sunny went into her room and packed up things she revered in the past, bringing them up to the lighthouse portion of the house. Cyre followed her up to speak with her.

“So… that’s it? That’s all you’ve got? Optimistic and never-quit earth pony Sunny Starscout, goes home empty? It can’t be how this story ends! It’s not what I want, I know deep down that’s not what you want, Sunny… and I never knew what he was like, but I’m sure… I’m sure you’re father would’ve wanted you to keep pushing for friendship and harmony with other ponies. Are you gonna let everything he worked for… you worked for… just fall apart?”

“…..”

“…there’s another saying I feel like you should know from my home on earth… well, a few you should know. The first one I’ll have to shorten a little bit “…we choose to go to the moon… not because it’s easy, but because it’s hard.” Humans in my world didn’t have magic, we didn’t have any super-powered skills yet. We had technology, courage, and skill. And we eventually did make it to the moon. It took many failures… many mishaps to finally make it… but all of it paid off in the end. We put a man on the moon. An object thousands of miles away from Earth. Compare to yourself. You knew from the start that getting ponies to like each other wouldn’t be easy, but you did it anyway. All for a future of a world that nobody would believe in. And you didn’t think it’d be easy. You knew it would be hard. But you pushed on anyway, in the hood it could be done. I won’t let you nope around like this Sunny, it doesn’t suit you. Besides, I know why it likely didn’t work back in Bridlewood.”

This made Sunny look up at Cyre, starting to listen to what he had to say.

“You saw that the Pegasi and Unicorns both had separate crystals, right? Well, would it make sense for the earth ponies not to have one? Think about it? Do you honestly think they’d be left out? A third Crystal is out there somewhere. It might even be here. Your father collected artifacts, so he may have put the Crystal somewhere… and… there appears to be something here resembling the crystals on this table as well. Take a look…”

Having a look at the table as Cyre moved drawings out of the way, an engraved picture of the crystals was there. It was then that they both noticed that there was light shining in the room that caused there to be pony silhouettes everywhere. And the source? The gem in Sunny’s lamp. This made Cyre smile triumphantly.

“Bingo.”

He grabbed the oval-shaped Crystal, carefully taking it out of the lamp and placing it in the spot where the gem would sit in the picture. A second later, it sunk into the ground revealing where the Pegasus and unicorn crystals would go. Cyre turned to Sunny who looked in realization.

A minute later, Izzy was galloping full speed with her smile and optimism increased tenfold, as Cyre followed closely behind her as they made their way to Hitch’s precinct, who came over to them when he saw them racing towards him.

“Sunny! Cyre!”

“Hitch! Hitch! We figured it out! There's actually a third—!” A spray of fireworks interrupted them as they saw marching ponies pass them by. Sunny gasped as Hitch asked what was going on.

“Huh? Hey, w-wait. What is going on here?”

“We can't tell you. We've signed the Official Sprout Act.”

“Official Sprout what?” The three of them made their way to Canterlogic, where the townsfolk were gathered together. They were all wearing the anti-mind-reading caps and were all standing in formation.

“The Stallion-in-Chief!” A pony said as drumming started showing as it was revealed sprout wearing a full-on dictator outfit.

“Sprout?!”

Sprout stepped on another pony’s head before reaching the pedestal, before reminding one of the ponies to raise his chair to be seen. He attempted to speak but ended up being muffled by his banner flapping and falling on him.

“Citizens of Maretime—! Can we try that again?”

“Sprout! What are you doing?”

“Awwww. Little Sheriff Hitchy came trotting back. Waaaah. Just in time to see me do what you couldn't – attack our enemies!”

“Ugh. Wait, wait, no, Sprout, listen to me. Listen to me. The Pegasi and unicorns can be our friends. There's no need to be afraid of them. Besides, they don't even have any magic.”

“What?” Phyllis was surprised to learn that they didn’t have magic. Sprout wasn’t swayed though, he just laughed. That didn’t stop sunny from trying to convince him though.

"No magic? Hah! That's even better!"

"But we can bring magic back! Bring friendship back!"

Sparkle Chaser, the pony that still wearing the goggles from the Canterlogic show, sighed.

"So we don't have to fight? That's a relief."

Sprout rallied to keep the ponies loyal to him before pushing a button, which caused the floor to pen up and a giant, Sprout-themed robot pony appeared.

"W-Wait, what! Whoa, whoa, whoa! Don't listen! They've been brainwashed! You'll all be next if we don't end this now! Say hello... to Sprouticus Maximus!"

Phyllis Cloverleaf was starting to think her son was a little crazy for doing this, though she honestly should've noticed it far sooner than she did.

"Maybe this is a bit too much, dear!"

Sprout hopped into his war machine, revved up the engine, and gave a little honk before moving forwards. "Troops! On to Bridlewood!"

"We have to warn them!" Sunny and Hitch were preparing to run, but before they could, Cyre grabbed them both and took off into the air Headed in Bridlewood's general direction. However, before he got far, he spotted something heading for the lighthouse. It appeared to be The rest of their friends, and they seemed to have spotted Cyre as well since they were waving their hooves at him. With that in mind, Cyre flew back towards the lighthouse, landing nearby as their friends made their way there moments later. Izzy was the first to say anything as Cyre set Sunny and hitch back on the ground.

"Sunny!"

"What are you guys doing here?"

"We don't care what anypony says!"

"Yeah! We just want to stay friends!"

"Pipp! Zipp! I know you're upset, darlings, my sweet little darlings, but it's time to go home now."

"Izzy Moonbow, you're gonna get us all jinxed! Come back to Bridlewood!"

"Excuse me! Do you see my mouth still moving? That means I'm still a-talking!"

"You're all in danger!"

"I'm sorry, what?" It was just then that sprout's war machine, along with a couple of earth ponies, had arrived on the cliff leading to the lighthouse, before being dumbfounded when they saw the other ponies. Sprout was happy that they'd come to him though.

"Would you look at this? Our enemies delivered themselves to us!"

"No, no, no, we're not here to fight, Mr. Big Robot Pony."

"I do not accept your surrender! Load the Splat-a-pult!" What few earth ponies remained had chickened out of the whole thing, running back to town, which made Sprout groan in annoyance.

"Why do I have to do everything myself?!"

"We have to stop that thing!" Zipp said to the others.

"But how?"

"With magic! Quick! I need your crystals!" Though the two of them were confused, They didn't argue. They quickly gave Sunny the two crystals and she spoke to her friends.

"There's a third crystal! Follow me!"

"What?"

Sprout immediately turned the robot in their direction and started to drive up to stop them. "Oh, no, you don't!"

"I've gotta rein that thing in!"

"I've got your back, Hitch!"

"Count me in on the action too!"

Hitch, Zipp, and Cyre began to race towards the war machine, determined to stop it. Meanwhile, Pipp, Izzy, and Sunny were inside the lighthouse. Sunny was about to put the crystals in their proper place, but they all bounced out of their place when sprout drove his war machine into the lighthouse, causing cracks to appear in the structure.

"Where are the other crystals?"

Hitch Trailblazer eventually made his way to the front to talk to Sprout, who promptly threw him off the front and onto the back, before Sprout activated two splat-a-pults that were built into the war machine.

"This... ends... now!"

"What, and let them have magic?! Never!"

Ponies everywhere were doing their best to avoid the goo the best they could. Alphabittle ended up getting caught on one protecting his animal friends. They were also hitting the lighthouse windows, which made Pipp shriek. However, this did unintentionally lead to finding the earth pony crystal, which was quickly tossed over to sunny and put in the mold.

"Aah! Sunny!"

"Got it! We need the Unicorn Crystal!"

"I'm looking, I'm looking!" As Izzy continued to search, Sprout revved up the war machine again. This time though, Cyre was on the window shield, and with a single punch, broke through it as he tried to grab Sprout, who somehow managed to duck and dodge him every time. Due to this, they were swerving, which almost made Hitch end up hitting one of the splat-a-pults, which would've happened had Zipp not pulled him back on.

"You are experiencing a car accident!" Cyre said to Sprout. As Izzy found the unicorn crystal, Sprout crashed the war machine into the house again, throwing Cyre off of it and causing him to fly into the lighthouse, further compromising the structure. It also made the Unicorn crystal fall out of Izzy's grasp, and almost fall off the lighthouse. Pipp's part of the floor broke, which caused her to scream as she fell. Turns out it was just the part of the floor that elevates you to the top, so Pipp ended up being okay. She managed to get back outside by quickly making her way out of the door. Izzy made her way onto part of the top of the lighthouse and grabbed the crystal, only to have that part collapse and for Izzy to barely hold on, as she constantly tried to grab the crystal Phyllis, who was arriving on the scene, was now officially done standing by. as for Aplhabittle, he was about to be crushed by the war machine. Well, he would have been crushed, had it not been for Queen Haven tackling him at the last minute. Sunny and Izzy had managed to get the crystal back and get Izzy back inside, but not before almost being hit by one of the splat-a-pult cannons, which was pulled off its frame by Hitch. It was at this point that Phyllis spoke with her son.

"Sprout! Let's put the toy away!"

"Mommy, please! I'm in the middle of something!"

"You come down from there right now!"

"I've almost got it! Whoa! Oof!"

"But, Mommy, I'm... in... chaaaaarge!"

"I... said... STOP!"

Sprout narrowly managed to avoid hitting his mother, turning quickly to the right which threw Hitch and Zipp of the machine. Cyre had managed to find his way out of the hole he got into and shook himself off, only to look up and see the war machine about to crash into him... again.

"Oh, for the LOVE OF-OOOOOOFFFFF!!!!" He got driven right back into the house as the lighthouse started falling apart entirely. Sunny managed to climb her way back up to the table and put the unicorn crystal into it, but nothing happened.

"It... It didn't work."

"No, no, no!" It was at this point that the top of the lighthouse separated completely as it began to fall to the ground, the crystals likely being lost in the rubble as soon as the dust cleared. Sunny looked at what remained of her home as Sprout and Cyre alike managed to get out of the rubble fairly unscathed. Izzy looked over to Sunny, who saw that the portrait and picture of Sunny and her father were either broken or damaged. It was here that Sunny finally began to understand it all as Izzy attempted to comfort her.

"Oh, Sunny..."

"I understand now. It's not the crystals that need to be brought together. It's us. We can bring back everything that was lost, but it's up to us. We can stay separated by fear and distrust, or we can choose friendship. We can choose love. That's the true magic."

Haven came close and puts one of the broken frame pieces of Sunny and her father. Alphabittle comes puts one of the other pieces and Phyllis and Cyre together do the same with the last piece, straightening the picture. All of them smiling solemnly. Suddenly the crystals start to glow and float out of the rubble, spinning around Sunny as they lift her off the ground. Hitch, Izzy, Pipp, Zipp, and Cyre look up in amazement. Sunny starts to spin while wondering what's happening. Suddenly, astral like wings appear on her back. A long astral horn with the same color as the wings appears on her head. Sunny was now an alicorn as the crystals rise further into the sky and connect together, causing a stream of light to burst out. A beautiful colorful aura spreads throughout the sky and across the land. Hitch and the other girls close their eyes and open them again as he watches the girls' magic is added to them. Izzy's horn glows while Pipp's and Zipp's wings glow and star flying. The magic also spread to the other Pegasi and Unicorn that present from the event, including Haven with her wings and Alphabittle's horn glow while Phyllis and Sprout watch in amazement.

"We're actually flying!"

"Whoo!"

As Sunny flies down using her new wings, the Pegasus princess twins, as well as Cyre, fly around her getting a good look at her new astral wings, as well as the new rainbow stripe in her hair. Cyre was almost tempted to go Super Saiyan to try and up her but chose not to. He'd let Sunny have her moment in the spotlight, she deserved it. Another time for what he'd wanna do would come later. he left that thought for later as they landed on the ground.

"Whoa, Sunny! Check you out!"

"Whoo!"

"What?!"

Sunny Starscout finally looked herself over to see what happened. "I can't believe it!"

"Now that's what I call a glow-up!"

"I'll admit it, that rainbow stripe hair of yours is a rather nice aesthetic for you, Sunny."

"Look!" Pipp pointed into the sky as the aura spread all over, giving the Unicorn their magic, the Pegasus the ability to fly, and even the creatures and crystals gain magic.

MARETIME BAY, TOWN SQUARE

Cloudpuff was barking as an Earth Pony Filly chased him, laughing the whole way before finally leading the filly to Queen Haven.

"Aw, I see you've made a new friend."

Alphabittle was busy with another earth pony filly, who had been admiring his horn.

"Hi there, buddy."

The tram that got turned over earlier is seen in the air with a glowing aura covering it as it suddenly floats down. It reveals that Izzy and another unicorn were using their magic to put the tram back on the tracks. Earth ponies cheered nearby as Zipp, Cyre, and a group of ponies strike a pose as Pipp takes a selfie, calling it "stunning". Sprout and his mother were also walking together, though not for very long since Sprout asked a fateful question.

"Mommy? Was I a good sheriff?"

"Uh, uh... Look! A flying dog!" Phyllis quickly walked away as Sprout looked for her, only to look disappointed. Sunny looks on proud and happy with the mission she and her friends complete, as they all come together as a complete group.

"You did it, Sunny."

"No. We did it. Together."

"Now we never have to be apart!" Izzy laughed as the group came together and put their hand/hooves together and lifted them up high, as they all chanted:

"Hooves to hearts!"

It was just then that a pony being carried by a few ballons had landed in front of them. when he spoke, Cyre immediately caught on. It was the same pony who had yelled for help earlier. Cyre just smiled. Mostly because he ended up okay, and also because of the reaction.

"Whew! Hey, guys. What did I miss?"

After looking at the group, he promptly screams.

END OF THE FILM

Author's Note

And that's that! The movie is now complete, which means it's time to get into the real story now that the setting is established. I'm not gonna start writing that though till Thursday, cause today is my birthday, and I need that day off. I wanted to finish this yesterday but fell asleep due to a headache. That said, what do you think I should do for this story next? leave your opinions in the comments below, and I'll look at them when I can. that's all I've got to say for now! Until next time, stay safe!

Pony Power Levels

Sunny Starscout (Alicorn): 1,225

Chapter 6: Zipp and Cyre! The beginning of lifelong bonds!

A long two months had gone by in the time since magic had been restored to the land, and Cyre himself had been quite busy helping Sunny, Phyllis, Haven, Alphabittle, and the others repair and renovate their respective towns, as well as tie up any loose ends. Just because magic returned doesn't mean the world stopped moving. Things had to be done, and communities had to be reorganized to reflect the great change that would be in Equestria in the coming months.

Maretime Bay was the first to receive his help. Most of his time was spent at Canterlogic, helping Phyllis get the factory reorganized to provide beneficial goods and services to all ponies, and not defense mechanisms. While Cyre didn’t mind making defenses at its core, it didn’t help other ponies quite trust them, even with magic returned. With that in mind, Cyre helped Phyllis recruit ponies, including a few unicorns and pegasi that applied for the job. When he wasn’t assisting Phyllis, he was either with Sunny or Hitch, though Sunny was the more often chosen because he was helping to fix her house. He had unintentionally helped in its destruction, and even when Sunny told him it wasn’t his fault, he chose to do what help he could anyway. It also didn’t help that Sprout helped. He at the very least was forced to help rebuild Sunny’s house since he was the main cause of why it was wrecked at all. Once he'd done what he could in Maretime Bay, he departed immediately for Bridlewood.

Since Bridlewood was essentially a forest, There wasn't much Cyre needed to change about it. In terms of renovating, Alphabittle's bar was the first place to start. Aplhabittle himself was surprised to see Cyre again so soon, but he didn't protest it. Aplhabittle challenged Cyre to the prancing game for a trilobite fossil Cyre found while walking on the beaches near Maretime Bay. The stipulations were the same as Sunny's: he only had to win one time. This was due to the fact he only had two legs. Cyre ended up winning 2-1. He ended up losing the third because he lost his footing. In any case, he took the douglas fir that he saw the first time he entered the bar with his friends. The rest of the town was friendly enough, now that they weren't in an emotional dead zone, and didn't do that weird dance anymore. Cyre spent time there rather than do much fixing, cause nothing needed fixing. He had to eventually leave though.

Zephyr Heights was the final destination on his list. He saved this one for last, mainly because he wasn't sure things were quite politically stable there yet. After all, the last time he'd been there he was a fugitive and a prisoner, and the royals were exposed and were warranted for arrest for lying about being able to fly. While that wasn't the case anymore, It was a little troubling to think what might happen to them if things hadn't gone as well as Zipp, in particular, had hoped. He'd have his answers soon enough though, as he was flying towards the castle. He looked to the side of the city and saw a few ballons rising through the air. looks like they got that docking area they visited fixed. And in record time too! On his way there, it seemed like a normal day for its citizens, so that could only mean well, right? He landed right at the doorstep, walked in, and asked the guards to escort him to the throne room. Knowing who Cyre was, they quickly obliged, Leading him there. To his surprise, Zipp, Pipp, and Haven alike were all there looking as well as they ever did, which made him smile. They noticed him walking in and Zipp was the first one to speak with him.

"Cyre! It's been way too long since we've seen each other. How have you been?"

"Better, now that I know you aren't in a jail cell, along with Pipp and your mother. I thought for sure your mother would've been stripped of her power."

"Well, she kinda was, and she kinda wasn't. When we got back, mom did turn herself in again, though she vouched that we didn't come up with any of it, and she did. That was mostly true, at least in my case. About a month later Pipp and I issued a huge apology to Zephyr Heights. Pipp staked her music career on a vote that she posted. I said she took it a bit far, but she felt that she needed to get everything off her chest for a new start. The vote was 87%/13%, In favor of her continuing her music. It seems most ponies forgave us. As for mom, she was reinstated as Queen but is under surveillance, and has to have some decisions approved by a council until she's deemed truly trustworthy."

"Ah, limited powers for the meantime, is it? That's relatively light, but I won't question your council." Cyre then looked away from her to Pipp, now asking her questions.

"So... I hear you made an apology, Pipp? I'm not quite sure why you would since you were just following your mother's lead.. but still, I'm glad you did something about it when you came back. Shows you've got integrity... that, and you're not some shallow internet personality. Cause trust me, there's plenty of those back where I'm from."

"I don't necessarily blame you for that, Cyre. Before magic returned, I did everything to please my fans. But after this whole ordeal, I learned that isn't the true me. To be transparent, I have to tell my fans what I think. It isn't smart to just say yes to everything. Like Zipp told you, I was living a lie, and I apologized to everypony, leaving my fate to them: to keep making music or stop altogether. I wasn't sure what I'd do if they said yes, but I was gonna think of something in case it happened. Thanks to my fans, I'll keep making music, and I'll be much more honest... not too honest though, as there is such a thing as being too honest. Oooh, sorry Cyre! I gotta take this, it's from my media advisor! We'll talk some more later!"

With that, Pipp flew up into the opening of the spot where she was floated down in the show and quickly disappeared. It was just him, Zipp, and Queen Haven now, and speaking of Queen Haven...

"Well then, It seems everything worked out well for you in retrospect, eh Queen Haven? You've still got the throne, your daughters have made amends, and you're out of prison. While your moves are being watched, and some decisions are overseen by others, It honestly could've been much worse."

"You're not wrong there, my sweet little Saiyan. Even I didn't expect to be given a chance like this. But if they think I can prove it to them I can be a benevolent ruler without lying as I had before, then it's all fine by me. I have to ask though. Why are you visiting Zephyr Heights? I figured you would stay in Maretime Bay with most of your friends."

"Well, I mainly stopped by to see if you needed help renovating areas of Zephyr Heights, like that abandoned station I'm sure Zipp told you about. The other reason... was Zipp herself. I promised her some things, she promised me some things."

"Is that so? And what, pray do tell, did you promise to her? I'll have you know that even though I honor Zipp's privacy, I am still her mother. And as such, I will protect them, even from you if need be. If you harm her, you'll be hearing from me very soon. Understood?"

"Mom! Stop please, I'm more than capable of protecting myself! Besides, you never really cared when I went off to do my own thing for long periods. If I really couldn't protect myself, I probably wouldn't be sitting here to talk about it."

"Zephyrina! Your mother is talking, you shouldn't be interrupting! Now hush while I pry apart our guest for answers!" Zipp made a turn to Cyre, who was holding in his laughter. Cyre had been right all along about Zipp's name is far more embarrassing than his.

"So... Uhm... "Zephyrina", huh Zipp? And you had the AUDACITY to say MY name was weird and embarrassing... Those in glass houses..." Zipp glared at Cyre but the damage was already done. Zipp was bright red in the face out of embarrassment and resigned herself to sitting on her haunches turned away from the two of them. She was just gonna take a minute to cool off as Cyre spoke to Queen Haven again.

"As I was saying, I was going to train Zipp to become a martial artist. She asked me this while we were on our little adventure to restore magic. As such, I gave her something of mine, a scouter. It's a piece of technology from my world. In return for her keeping it safe for me when we meet again, I would teach her how to harness the power of Ki."

"What... is Ki? Is this "Ki" something you bring from your world?"

"Yes... and no. While Earth is a planet known to be able to have species that can use ki, ki flows within every being in the universe, even you have it, Queen Haven. Ki is also known as "latent energy" or "fighting power," which directly translates as "life force." Most of the Ki within you is focused in the center of the body. By drawing it out, an individual can manipulate it and use it outside the body. Ki can be used for many different techniques both for healing, and fighting alike. Because there are physical limits to the strength of the body using ki itself, it is necessary to increase one's Ki to overcome this barrier and become stronger. When fighters gather Ki, they can gain enhanced strength, speed, endurance, and can increase the power of their attacks to inflict greater damage to opponents. Normally, the more the Ki is increased, the harder it is to control, so Ki control is also important."

"You're going to have to write all of that down because I didn't catch a word of what you're saying. Regardless, you're teaching my daughter how to defend herself, is what you're trying to say? Cause if so... I give you my blessing to train my daughter to fight. If it keeps her from harm, I suppose I can let her go along with you, just this once."

"...Thank you then, your majesty. Alright, Zipp, you heard your mother. we have permission for you to be trained! Training starts today, Zephyrina! Come now!" Zipp quickly took flight after Cyre as he made his way out of a nearby open window. Now the two were flying side by side, as Cyre led her down the mountain and into a nearby grassland. Landing a few feet apart, the two face each other. Zipp being eager to start had a determined look on her face, wings flared open.

"So? What are we working on first? are you gonna show me how to float? How to fire beams of energy? Come on, I'm anxious to get going!"

"Zipp. Before you could learn any of those things, you need to know how to fight. I know you're in shape already, but you could end up killing yourself without control and technique. Lucky for you, you've got an excellent teacher since I've trained with some of the best warriors this side of the universe. To get a feel of how powerful Ki can truly be in the hands... or your case hooves, of a master. Or at least someone powerful with it."

Cyre stood back from Zipp a little more as he spread his legs a little bit. His fists clenched as he slowly built up his ki. What started as a low growl quickly escalated into a deafening yell. The entire nearby mountain began trembling as he unleashed his power, and a white aura came to life as he did so. Zipp barely had time to brace before a huge gust of wind began to blow, almost being taken off her hooves. Small rocks and things of similar size begin floating into the air, and Zipp could barely believe it. Cyre was capable of this when just powering up?!? Just how powerful was he when he was fighting seriously? Cyre noticed her expression, and also not wanting to disturb the surrounding area too much, he stopped powering up and went back to his relaxed state. 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. Zipp was silent, before speaking.

"....That... was... AMAZING!!! You have to teach me how to do this stuff, you GOTTA!!! I DEFINITELY won't stop asking you to train me now!"

"Before you learn anything CLOSE to that, you need to make sure to take this seriously. The power that you can gain for ki is a blessing, as well as a burden. You feel like you can do anything... And you pretty much can. If nobody else on a planet knows Ki, you can essentially rule unopposed. Which is why I'm making you another promise... If you use what I teach you for any nefarious purposes, to punish and frighten innocent people... I'm bringing you down myself."

"I... I understand. Maybe I'm a bit too excited. I'll admit that much. But I understand what you're saying... So, what do I need to learn first?"

"The first step would normally be training your body. Getting it in proper shape. But I'm pretty sure you've already been doing that. So I think we can move on to the next step: Harnessing your ki. Come, sit in front of me and listen closely."

Zipp nodded and she sat about 3 feet in front of Cyre, sitting on her haunches. Cyre then put his hands close together as a few moments began to pass. After that, a small, yellow ball of energy formed in between his hands. Zipp watched as closely as she could, studying everything. Cyre got her attention by speaking again.

"Relax, and feel for the energy deep within your mind and body. With time you'll find that using your ki is as easy as it is to stretch open your wings. You have to make the energy flow from your core, to your hooves. That's the most basic form of ki imaginable. You should learn it in no time. You seem to be able to concentrate well enough. I can't say the same about Izzy, she always seems to be constantly having her mind on something other than actually doing much concentrating... Anyway, do as I showed you, and we'll see how good you are."

Zipp put her hooves close together and began to concentrate, with Cyre staying silent. Only the breeze blowing through the grasslands could be heard by the pair. It was relaxing, exactly what Zipp needed. Zipp was grunting, doing her best, but for about 10 minutes nothing had happened. Then, Cyre saw the faintest flicker of yellow before it quickly disappeared. It happened frequently for another 5 minutes. After that, the flow became steady. The ball of ki was much like the one he'd made a few minutes ago. Cyre smiled and tapped her, signaling that she could stop.

"Good going Zipp. You managed to harness your first pool of ki. Now, we'll go over more advanced concepts as we progress. Let's do basic levitation, without your wings as a guide. What you're doing now is a little different than what I just had you doing. Instead of letting the ki pool in your hoof, you're going to let it flow out of your hooves. the ki will allow you to hover as long as you can maintain the constant flow of ki. I'll show you an example. watch closely."

Cyre sighed and concentrated, directing his ki to his feet. Slowly, the grass around him started blowing away from him softly. Shortly after, Cyre began levitating off of the ground, holding position at around 3 feet. he then slowly hovered back down, setting foot back of the grass softly. Zipp stared at Cyre, who stared right back and signaled to her to try and do the same that he had done. Zipp stood up on all four hooves, wings folded tightly against her sides. she then sighed and once again concentrated. However, this time, it took far longer for Zipp to get it right. 2 and a half hours longer if you're curious. The whole time, Zipp got constantly frustrated, angry with herself for not being able to get it right. Cyre had her take breaks consistently. As Cyre said before, it wasn't going to be easy to master ki control. Having it is one thing, controlling it properly is another. She did finally manage to pull it off, hovering at 2 feet before losing concentration and falling on her rear. The sun was getting low in the sky by the time they finished. It was about 4:30 in the afternoon.

"Alright Zipp, I think that'll be enough for today. You've made more progress than I'd hoped for. After all, Your mother does somewhat care how long you're gone now."

"I guess you're right. Hey, you're sticking around in Zephyr Heights, right? In that case, mind flying with me for a bit? I wanna show you around Zephyr Heights since we were too busy running the last time you were here."

"Alright, I guess it couldn't hurt. But I need a place to stay before I do any of that. And I don't exactly have any money. at least, not money I can use on this planet." Cyre took of as Zipp flew after him, as they made their way back up the mountain, where their conversation continued.

"Don't you worry one little bit about that, I'll get it all figured out for you. Now that you have me thinking about it, I remember having a spare bedroom about two doors from my own bedroom. You could probably sleep there. And don't worry about it being unused or dirty. The maids kept cleaning up anything that was left in there on the off chance somepony would use it. Mom was REALLY articulate about keeping things tidy like that. As long as you don't mind staying in a castle near me, then you should be okay."

"Alright, I get it, Zipp, you want me to stick around for a while. just can't see why you'd want me to be so close by. What, do you really want me on standby to train you every day?"

"....Yeah."

"Well... I didn't think you'd answer so straightforward. points for commitment, Zipp."

After a 10 minute flight, they made their way back to the castle, going through the front door again as they passed by the throne room. Zipp brought him to the room he'd be staying in for the foreseeable future. Zipp opened the door to let him in as Cyre admired where he was staying. even by his size standards, the room was pretty spacious, about 1/4 the size of the throne room. There was a Queen-sized bed there, that could actually fit his entire body if he were to sleep in it. There was a desk with a built-in mirror and a private bathroom with a shower. And lastly, it had a balcony that looked out into the sunset on the horizon. Once Cyre took a seat on the bed, he was surprised at how soft it was. Zipped smiled as Cyre admired the place.

"Hmph. It's a nice little room to sleep in, huh? I knew you'd like it. I figure you'll want to have some time to settle in. I'll come back In about an hour, That's when dinner will be ready around here. See you then!" With that, Zipp left the room and allowed Cyre to have some alone time. Cyre decided to just lay down on the bed for a while. He didn't feel like taking a shower quite yet, since he took one the day before yesterday. From there Cyre took what rest he could before having to get up and go get something to eat.

Author's Note

And that's a wrap for this chapter! The next chapter will have Cyre eating and having a conversation with the royal family!

Pony Power Levels

Zipp Storm (Ki Control Trainee): 60

Chapter 7: Dinner with the Royals! The Saiyan and The Pegasus Princess!

Cyre was taking a nap, as he heard knocking on the door of his room. This made him begin to stir and sit up on the bed as he stretched out. He then got up and moved towards the door, opening it to find Zipp standing there. Cyre gave her a stoic look as he walked alongside her, heading to the royal dining room. The walk there was silent, with neither of them saying a word on the way there. Once they had arrived, the two walked in to see that Pipp and Haven were already eating what was on the table. Cyre and sit across the table from each other, with Zipp sitting next to Pipp, and Cyre sitting a seat away from Haven. Naturally, it wasn't long before Haven and Pipp started asking questions about what Zipp and Cyre were doing exactly.

"So... Zipp. How has your day been? I hope it was as useful as you'd hoped, hanging out with Cyre..."

"Hey! We were NOT hanging out, we were training! There's a difference..." Zipp's remark only made Pipp laugh.

"Oh Zipp, it would really help if you didn't lie to yourself. We both know you would totally hang out with him if you weren't training to do... whatever it is that Cyre can do. Besides, you'd be the talk of the town in everypony's mind. An interspecies relationship, blooming between royalty and an alien? Think of the headline!"

"...Pipp, that doesn't make me feel better. Also, What is with you and Mom trying to find suitors for me? I'd really appreciate it if you didn't do that! I'll find somepony that I like, preferably on my own, thank you very much!" Zipp remarked, to which her mother began to chime in.

"My dear, I wish I didn't have to do this. But you're next in line to the throne. Despite my beauty and elegance, I'm not getting younger. going out all the time is hurting your chances of finding a stallion to spend your life with. And while it's not a requirement, I DO want to have grand foals."

"Mom, could you please not say things like that? You make me sound like a breeding stool! I'll find a stallion that's not a stuck-up snob on my own time! And just maybe I'll consider having grand foals then. Besides, I'm too busy living my own life to worry about that right now, I'm only 21!"

"Uh, do I get a say in this, like at all?" Cyre asked while lifting a finger.

"NO!!!" All three of them stared at him as they yelled their answer, making Cyre shrink in his seat. He just resigned to eating what he saw on the table, and luckily there was a lot. He ended up taking a bowl of black beans, along with some nearby fried rice and shredded cheese and mixed them all. Zipp, Pipp, and Haven all watched incredulously as Cyre began to tear through the now-massive plate of food that he had. They were both amazed and horrified that Cyre could consume that much food in one sitting. But then Cyre said something that blew their minds:

"That was some nice food you guys got here, You won't mind if I have more, now do you?" From there, Cyre pretty much devoured what he could, which included eggs, fish, cabbage, and many other items. Once he had his fill, There were bowls and plates stacked up high around his area of the table. Haven couldn't believe it. Cyre was like a black hole, almost unsatiable. Cyre patted his stomach and burped rather loudly, to which he excused himself. From there, he left the three mares to their own devices as he yawned. He swiftly headed back to his room to sleep, as he had been doing previously. stripping down to his undergarments, he for himself into bed, quickly falling asleep.

THE NEXT MORNING IN ZEPHYR HEIGHTS...

Cyre was quick to get up at around 6:30 AM. The sun was barely on the horizon, the dawn quickly approaching. Cyre decided to watch the sunrise on the balcony, though he didn't bother putting his gi back on. He found that the cold air was rather soothing. Cyre let his tail unwind, rather relaxed. Cyre stood outside for another 30 minutes, before heading inside and doing his morning stretches. That took another 15 minutes. Now 7:15 AM, Cyre made his way to the shower to get that taken care of since he hadn't washed since a few days ago. It was right about now that Zipp was also getting out of bed. Cyre tended to take long showers, so he was in there up until about 7:45 AM. The sun was rising into the sky, the time now 8:00 AM. Just as Cyre was stepping out of the bathroom, Zipp was on her way to his room. Zipp had opened the door and entered the room just as Cyre dropped the towel (that was comically too small for him) that covered up his private area.

"Morning Cyre! How are you- OH MY GOODNESS YOU'RE NAKED!!!!"

Cyre turned around to face her once he heard her voice. This gave Zipp a full view of everything Cyre was. That included his private areas. Unfortunately or fortunately, Cyre was having less than pure thoughts earlier in the shower, which made his dick hard and ready for action. It was plenty long, 14 inches in length, 2 inches in with, as large as any stallion. Other than his privates, His toned muscles were on display due to years of training and fighting. Cyre simply smiled and waved at Zipp, as he dried off his hair, not at all bothered that she seemed to be looking him over.

"Like what you see? And good morning to you as well."

"I... How are you so calm about this?!?"

"Why are you so messed up over it? I haven't complained once about you guys walking around with literally no clothes on. Don't get on my case about that. Or would you prefer to be called a hypocrite?"

"It's just that you're... I... It's not that, I mean... Forget it! I'll see you outside the castle, just meet me there so we can continue training!"

With a face as red as a cherry, Zipp quickly excused herself, completely embarrassed as Cyre continued to dry off. Giving it some thought, Cyre proposed that he may have been too playful, but it was just some playful teasing. Zipp could handle that, right? He really hoped so. He wasn't wrong after all. Zipp and her friends walked around naked all the time. Hell, even Izzy made a joke about it in that silly song of hers, with the group literally shaking their butts in sync! Oh well. It's not like he couldn't just talk to Zipp about this more when they continued to train later today. With that in mind, he got himself dressed and ready for the day. As Cyre made his way towards the exit, he was stopped by Pipp, Zipp's younger sister. And it seems she was inquisitive, based on the way she continued to stare at him.

"Cyre, you mind letting me ask a few questions? It's about Zipp. When I went to see Zipp this morning, she was all flustered. Said it had something to do with you. I figured if she wouldn't tell me what was going on, I figured you would."

"And just why would I tell you anything? If I knew any better, and I DO, You'd either post it on a blog or use it as leverage on her!"

"Do you really think that low of me? I'm not some petty brat!"

"Is that not what you were during our little adventure to get magic back? To be fair it might've been for a valid reason, but you know I'm right!"

"Unbelievable! Cmon, I'm Zipp's sister! I deserve to know what's going on!"

"No, you don't! You're not Queen Haven. I don't have to tell you shit! What your sister is doing is her business and none of yours! You wanna find out what happened, you'll be hearing it from your sister. Cause you won't get more than a word out of me!"

"A single word, huh? Then give me a single word as the hint!"

"Naked."

".....She saw you naked, didn't she?"

"You're smarter than you look, Pipp. But as I said, that's the only hint I'm giving you. More stuff did happen, but that's up to you to find. Now then, I've got training to catch up on. See you later, pocket princess!"

"Pocket princess... Did you just call me short and small?!?! I AM NOT-"

The front castle doors slammed shut as Pipp continued her rant. As expected, Zipp was waiting outside. As she saw Cyre walk towards her, she remained silent. Now was a good time as any to sort all this out, we can't have it interfering with her training.

"Zipp... we should talk about what happened earlier. I know you don't want to, but we have to. To train productively, you need to be completely focused. We can't do that if you keep on thinking about what happened this morning."

"...Alright, fine. Let's talk. I gave some thought to what you said, and you're right. We do walk around a lot naked, so I really shouldn't be too surprised when you do. It's the teasing that kinda got to me. despite your equipment looking kinda strange, you weren't that far off from what stallions tend to have in terms of how long and wide you are. I am 21 after all, I'm bound to have seen what a dick looks like. Remember what I said yesterday? About my mom trying to find suitors? Well, they all weren't the best. Most of them just wanted to be with for the fame or the lay. They never really did appreciate me, for being me. You though... You're from an entirely different planet. You hardly care I'm a princess at all, and I like that! To not be viewed as some grand authority... Other than my title, I'm no different than any other pony. Maybe Zipp was right, you might actually be a valid option for a good stallion friend."

"Me?!? Your boyfriend? Cmon, look at me! I'm no pony! What exactly do you find interesting in me that you couldn't find in any decent stallion? And what would your mother think?"

"To Tartarus what my mother thinks! What anypony thinks! I can take ridicule... after all, do you think I haven't had my fair share of criticism these past few months? Not everpony is forgiving. I've been sent death threats! It's a little frightening, but I'm not just gonna bend over backward for them! This sorta thing is exactly why I'm gone so long, away from Zephyr Heights: so I can just get rid of it all, get lost in the excitement of flying, doing stunts, exploring the world around me. If you want Mr to be honest about you... well, you got a nice set of cock and balls on you. You're thoughtful, considerate, even if a bit immature, bratty, and lacking a few table manners.. but that can be worked on, just like we're working on my training. And as for the teasing earlier... well, as long as we're fair game for that, then no harm no foul."

"I... can't believe this. Not even half a year on this planet and I'm starting to have deep emotions for the major species... a bunch of sapient horses. What would my mother think? What would VEGETA think... Ugh... okay. So, this means what? I guess this means we're.. more than friends now? Are we, dating? Cause this was real heart-to-heart we had here."

"...Yeah, I guess we are. If you don't have any objections..."

"No, none at the moment... I've already shown myself off to you, can't get much more personal than that, can you?"

"Well, there is the one way we can get far closer-"

"NO, TOO SOON FOR THAT, WAY TOO FAST, HAVEN'T EVEN HIT FIRST BASE YET, NOT EVEN ONE KISS!"

Zipp promptly kissed him on the cheek, smiling as the first base was officially completed. This made Cyre blush before sighing heavily.

“Okay, second base then. But can we talk about all this sexual stuff later, please? We did have something planned for today, I hope you didn’t forget?”

“Oh yeah… training. Well, are we headed to the same place as yesterday.”

“Yeah, that was the plan…” Cyre nodded as he ran and jumped off the building, Zipp quickly following behind him as he took flight, headed down the mountain once more. The grasslands quickly came into sight as they flew down, both of them landing softly. As Cyre began to sit down.

“Alright, Zipp. We know that you’re able to harness your ki with the little training you have. But you’ll have to be able to pull out more of it from within you. Until you can manage to do that, you’ll never master ki control. Alright, Zipp, I want you to pull out a small, baseball-sized amount of ki this time. Yesterday it was only a ball as big as my thumb. So you’ll have to properly concentrate to both pull out more ki, and to also not lose control of it.”

With that in mind, Zipp sat down and concentrated once more as she had done yesterday, making a ball of similar size that she made before. She then began to grunt, as the ball of ki slowly but surely grew in size. Once it reached the size of a baseball, Zipp sighed as the ball stopped growing. Cyre nodded in approval as he stepped a bit farther away from her.

"How about we have a game of catch? I want you to force that ball of ki towards me. It's a very simple process. Just make sure to aim, and simply push your hoof forwards. Go ahead and give it a try!"

Doing as she was asked, Zipp pushed her hoof forwards as the ball of ki went flying. But her aim was completely off course, about 5 feet off. Cyre did manage to intercept it though, catching it with one hand as he jumped for it. Cyre then smiled as he went into a pitcher stance.

"I'll go easy on this toss, Zipp. Get ready!" Cyre then threw the ki ball right back at her, with Zipp almost ducking out of fear, but she ultimately stood her ground as she barely caught it, catching it in her stomach which took the wind out of her. It sent her flying backward though, only catching herself due to extending her wings and flying upwards. Once she finally had control, she flew back down to the ground, sighing as she stared at Cyre.

"Maybe, just a little slower please?" She then threw the ball back at Cyre, who was rather embarrassed as he caught the ball rather easily. Taking what Zipp said in mind, He slowly there the ball back towards her. Zipp caught it far more easily this time, before throwing it right back. This cycle continued, getting faster and faster until Cyre caught it one last time, before crushing it in his hand.

"Excellent. You're progressing excellently for a species with no powers since a few months ago to adapt to these kinds of abilities. Now the next technique I'm going to teach you will be easier said than done. Powering up and Powering down. In order to power up, you need to have complete control over your ki. Otherwise, you could end up hurting yourself. When you power up, I've found that the best way of doing so, is focusing on moments of anger and allowing that pent-up aggression to leave your body. Powering down is the exact opposite. It's always good to think about calm and happy moments, which will allow you to quickly relax and power down. After a while of powering up and down though, you won't have to do any real thinking at all, you kinda just do it. After a couple of months of it, it'll be the same in your case as well, Zipp. Now then, you've already seen me powering up yesterday. Now you're gonna try it, Zipp. Do what I just told you, and you'll figure it out in no time. It doesn't matter if you can't get it today, or even tomorrow. I'll be by your side to help you figure it out."

Zipp quickly got on all four hooves as she spread out her wings lowering her head and closing her eyes as she slowly grunted. Doing her best, she tried her best to think of moments where she was angry or disappointed. There weren't very many of these in her life though, as she was a pampered princess. Though she was always angry about not flying and lying, she just had better ways of getting rid of that anger. There was also the life-changing event of getting the power of flight, as well as uniting the pony tribes. However, it just wasn't enough for her to quite grasp the concept of powering up yet. She was able to glow very dimly, but it quickly faded, and this continued for a long while. At the end of it all, she couldn't do it. Zipp wasn't too surprised though. Deciding to cut her ki training short today, Cyre got up and had Zipp look up as Cyre pulled out a capsule. Pressing down on the button, he then threw it away, and with a loud poof, Cyre's capsule ship appeared. Zipp was immediately intrigued, as while she was athletic, she also had an interest in science. Aerodynamics was her favorite subject, which included the newfound ship in her sights. Cyre saw this and smiled as he told her to follow him in. After closing the door ramp behind them, he watched Zipp look intently at the ship's chair, as well as the gravity room and the top room. As soon as Zipp flew back into the gravity room, Cyre was waiting for her.

"Finished exploring? I hope you are because we're still training."

"So you decided to stop training me outside, why exactly..."

"So we can improve your physical training. ki control will be easier if your body can match up to it. This is why we're in my gravity room."

"Gravity room?"

"Yes. I used the gravity room while I was on my way to this planet... what is this planet's name exactly? I don't want to keep calling it 'planet'."

"Equus."

"Oh, for fucks sake, ANOTHER horse pun? I'll still gonna get angry over these! Whatever... anyway, as I was saying before, this is a gravity room. It can multiply the amount of gravity that can be pressed down on you. normal earthlings can withstand gravity of up 9 times gravity. I figure you would be around the same, if not more. I'm gonna set the computer to simulate X4 gravity, as to not strain you too hard, though the ship can go up to X400. That'll come later as you get better at training and controlling your ki. Get ready Zipp... This will be a new feeling for you."

Cyre quickly walked over to the nearby console and entered a few commands. Moments later, the room felt intensely more heavy for Zipp, and she almost immediately got squished by the gravity, only managing to keep herself standing. She looked up at Cyre as she continued to sweat heavily, who only looked down at her stoically. Cyre had then told her to do the best she could to walk, which she couldn't believe she was hearing despite this, she did her best to walk, and she actually managed to walk around the whole room, before making it halfway around the room again and collapsing. Zipp didn't quit though and did her best to try and get up. But it was no use. Zipp was utterly exhausted now, and the gravity crushed her. Cyre quickly turned the machine off before he flew upstairs, before coming back down to Zipp with a large bag of Senzu beans. Opening up Zipp's mouth, he put a bean in her mouth, before standing back. Almost immediately, Zipp felt all of the pain and soreness go away, replaced with a massive boost of energy. Zipp moved her hooves and wings around a little bit, before staring at Cyre confused.

"Wait... I don't understand, I was exhausted, tired, in pain just seconds ago! What did you give me that allowed you to"

"It's called a Senzu bean. They're able to heal almost any injury or ailment. It can keep you full as well, you won't have to eat for another 10 days now. The one thing they can't heal is natural diseases and sicknesses. I was provided 30 of them before I left earth, I have 25 left since I just gave you one. Since I have these beans, I can most likely grow them on this planet. Though they can only grow in high climate areas, where it's relatively cool. They take a long time to cultivate though, approximately a year. So the supply is basically limited to the bag I have here. Now that you've had a taste of these things, don't expect me to be handing them out to every single pony."

"I'm not expecting you to... but if you don't mind, could you possibly turn on that machine again? If you've got health-restoring beans, then I should be able to keep mastering this gravity stuff!"

"Alright, but I'm not gonna let you push yourself too hard. As I said, I can't hand out these beans too much." With that, Zipp nodded as Cyre turned the machine on again. Zipp was doing some wing-ups this time, which were essentially push-ups with wings. Zipp managed to get to 10 before collapsing. This repeated for a couple of hours, with Cyre giving her a Senzu bean every now and then. Cyre had 20 beans left after everything had occurred. Cyre stopped her training for the day and the two walked out of the ship, with Cyre shrinking the ship back into capsule mode. It was only 2:30 PM, so they decided to have fun together. Since they were both kinda dating now, getting some time to hang together would be a good thing, right?

....Right?

Author's Note

And that's the end of that chapter! Zipp and Cyre share their first brand of raunchiness together. It's only gonna escalate from there, for better or worse.

Pony Power Levels

Zipp Storm (Gravity Training): 240

Chapter 8: Post-Training Discussion! The Upcoming Heat Wave!

Author's Note

Alright, before this story moves on any further, I feel like I need to make a warning. The next few chapters are going to get steamy, which I hope you knew was coming due to the tags in my story. If you somehow missed that, this is your warning. I will also make sure to note where these scenes will begin and end with these statements: CLOP WARNING and CLOP END. There won't be any of those scenes quite yet in this chapter, though there will be references to that sorta thing. Alright, now that it's outa the way, enjoy the chapter!

Chapter 8: Post-Training Discussion! The Upcoming Heat Wave!

Two months have passed in the world of Ponyball Z Kai. The world was starting to stabilize after the past 4 months. Many key events in the small group of friends had happened. Izzy and Sunny, who had agreed on a living arrangement that allowed for Izzy to stay at the lighthouse, were now an official couple. Cyre was very happy for them, and so were the others, who were kinda just waiting for it to happen honestly. Cyre was far too friendly and far too welcoming of others most of the time to do any kind of judging or hating. He was just happy for them.

Zipp and Cyre's relationship also further developed. Pipp, who had officially discovered what had transpired between the two on the first night Cyre stayed in the castle was very surprised, but she supported both her sister and her Saiyan boyfriend the best he could. She also shared it with the rest of Zephyr heights, much to their chagrin. The ponies acted as you would expect: confused on how it happened (since the private details weren't shared, thankfully), and perplexed on what it meant for them. The citizens were more receptive since the return of magic and reuniting with the pony tribes, but it didn't mean that they would find this kind of relationship super normal yet. unicorns and earth ponies were a different matter. But Cyre was a completely different variable. They did, however, keep this doubt amongst themselves. If Zipp thought he was fine and worthy of the princess' affection, then they wouldn't worry about it.

Queen Haven, of course, was shocked and a bit angry with Cyre. Understandably so due to the stunt, this being that he showed himself off indiscriminately in front of her daughter. And there was also the incident where Cyre had won a contest at one of Zephyr heights restaurants where it promised free food for a year if they wone a food challenge. Let's just say that after that, Cyre was promptly blacklisted... from every restaurant in Zephyr heights, as he almost ran that one restaurant out of business when he went to the one restaurant. Cyre once again brought up that all the ponies were naked, safe for maybe a coat or a hat. So she had no room to talk about being uncouth in this matter. It also didn't help that Cyre wasn't a pony, so he didn't have a sheath. As for the food accident, it wasn't his fault that they couldn't keep up with his appetite. If they say all you can eat he's gonna hold you to that! Although he did admit he went a little overboard... Haven did ultimately forgive him for both of these grievances, but the Queen did let her know that if she ever did harm her daughter due to any carnal acts that Zipp didn't agree to, she would end him... somehow. Zipp was also in some sort of agreement in that. Zipp had been the recipient of unwanted advances before, so she was a bit cautious. She trusted Cyre enough though, and that was mainly because he trusted her enough with having the ability to use her ki.

Speaking of ki, Zipp had progressed rather steadily in the two months. Zipp had managed to be able to fire basic ki blast, along with powering up and other such things. The Kamehameha was one of the first super attacks she learned since it was rather basic. Masenko and solar flare were others that she had learned. in regards to powering up, she wasn't able to use kaioken yet. Instead, Cyre was focused on actually teaching her some basic and advanced moves that could be somewhat useful for her pony body. Super God fist and Sledgehammer were the two she had successfully learned in a two-month time window. She did learn others, but they were mostly for restraining and not really offense, such as the full nelson. Although her progress seemed to be slowing down a good bit lately.

It wasn't that Zipp wasn't very interested in training now, far from it. She insisted more and more the past two weeks. She was getting far more flustered and distracted when Cyre and Zipp sparred. Something was very wrong with her. We now join in on their training session, as Zipp did evasion excercises in the gravity room, though she wasn’t quite as aware as usual. She was doing her best to avoid multiple ki blasts flying around in the gravity room in X5 gravity, which Zipp was starting to get into rhythm with. But it was swiftly breaking as a burning in her loins was coming more apparent, and it had been for the past few days or so. It was however, enough to keep her distracted enough to get blasted every which way by the flying ki blasts, to which Cyre could see she wasn’t doing well. After that, Cyre canceled their night training session despite Zipp’s protests. They made their way back to Zipp's room, where Cyre was now staying. since they were together for a good 3 months now, it wasn't too crazy.

ZEPHYR HEIGHTS CASTLE: ZIPP’S ROOM, 7:30 PM

"Zipp you've been acting on the fritz for the past few days now. You've been holding out on me and I don't like that. Something is going on, and I need to know what it is so I can help. You trust me, don't you?"

"Y-yeah, but it's just that… well, it’s a personal issue, and it has certain.. things that could complicate our relationship.”

"Are you telling me I can't handle it? Zipp, you can handle X5 gravity, surely the pressure of what you need to say can't possibly be that great, that I can’t deal with the ramifications.”

“No, you don’t understand! Ever since last week I’ve been having cravings, and not the super innocent kind! I’m not sure how things work on your mind planet, so I’m trying my best to ignore it for your own sake!”

“Zipp! You don’t need to do that for me, but it’s nice that you care like that. But hiding things like this will not bode well for the future if I don’t know important details! Now tell me what’s going on so we can plan accordingly!”

"I'M GOING INTO MY ESTRUS CYCLE!!!! THAT'S WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING TO ME!!! YOU HAPPY NOW?" Zipp shouted at him in anger before she realized what she did, yelling at Cyre. He was only trying to help, and she was yelling at him for telling him what she should have a month ago. It was a mistake putting it off till now. What exactly was she thinking? It was really silly now… luckily, Cyre wasn’t one to just get angry at someone flying off the handle like that. He’d seen it plenty before and experienced it himself. He understood it well enough.

"Estrus Cycle... wait a minute... you're all going into heat?!"

"Yeah... Pipp is too. I'm sure you noticed it too. Mom doesn't have it as bad, but she does have it. She's a lot better at hiding it though."

"Is that right? Well, I assume since you're going into heat, the only way to sate it is to actually get down and dirty, and get pumped full of-"

"Yeah, stuff like that. Let's not go into detail, at least for now. That brings us to the forefront of our relationship. I’mb going into heat, and you’re an alien. So I assume that your seed can't do anything to my eggs... still since the week is approaching, and now that you know what's going on, I think it might be best if you and I, well... took that next step in our relationship. At least, just once. So my heat doesn't bother me so much. I already have a bunch of infertility potions too. Not sure why I kept them around since no stallion ever got that far... but hey! I have them, so we're all good!"

"Alright Zipp, this is a lot to take in. The fourth base... I've never gotten this close to actual intercourse before. Yes, I know. The super buff, somewhat smart Saiyan not getting a single lay in all of his life? You're pulling my leg! But it's the truth. I just hope I'm ready for that sort of thing. What about Pipp, your sister? If she has the heat too, what's she gonna do?"

"I'm not really sure. I let her do her own thing, so I can't say for sure. I'm not around her enough to see what she does during heat season, we kinda get preoccupied with... you know."

"Indeed... you know I'm really dumb that I didn't figure out that this was the case. Like I said, somewhat smart, yeah? hah... Anyway, I'm gonna see what your mother and sister are up to, might fly back to Maretime Bay while I'm at it. I'll speak to you again later, Zipp." Zipp nodded as Cyre knelt, gripping the sides of her face by the cheeks, before going in for a sensual kiss, albeit a brief one. With that, he left Zipp's room and started to search for Pipp, which wasn't too difficult since he can sense energy. It didn't take long for him to make his way to Pipp's room. On his way there, he saw Queen Haven... and Alphabittle, walking together. Cyre's curiosity got the better of him, walking over to the pair. Once he called out to them they froze in their tracks.

"Alphabittle, my man! How have you been? What brought you out here to Zephyr heights?"

"Oh! well... you see. I and the queen here have a bit of a relationship going on. It started a while ago actually. Before you came to Bridlewood again, I came to Zephyr Heights for negotiations. By the end of it though... well..."

"...I see. I hope the lay was pretty good. And I imagine you'll be getting more in the coming weeks. Maybe too much more. I might have some action going on myself." That little comment made Haven immediately snap towards Cyre’s direction, with a shocked expression.

“What did you just say? If I heard correctly, you’re planning on laying with my daughter?!?”

“Not for pleasure, at least not fully. You’re going into heat, right? Zipp’s heat is t starting to bother her though it isn’t heat season yet. We both talked it over this morning. If Zipp isn’t planning on getting pregnant then I’m her best choice. I’m a different species entirely, so no chance of that happening. Zipp also has infertility potions, so double safety. I think we’ll be ok.,I can’t say the same for Pipp though. I was walking to her room to talk to her about it to see if she already had a way of dealing with it.”

“That’s… actually a good point. But what I said before still stands. If I find out that you’ve harmed my daughter or taken advantage of her, you’ll be hearing from me!”

“As I said before, we’ve talked about it, and if it does officially get to that point which it will, you have my promise that I won’t hurt her. If you’re done, I’ll be going. See you both later. And Alphabittle… good luck on further “negotiations” with Haven the next few weeks.” He waved a hand goodbye as Alphabittle sat there flustered before being dragged himself alongside Haven to do who knows what. Cyre eventually made his way to Pipp’s room, to which he was about to knock on the door. Before he did though, he heard a repressed moan coming from her room, and he faintly heard squelching noises. Cyre blushed at that fact, as he knew instantly that she was masturbating. His resolve was unfazed though, before he knocked in the door. He heard Pipp gasp in response, and a thud as she fell off what was most likely her bed, which made her “oof!” In dazed pain. She quickly made her way to the door, to which she opened it just slightly to see Cyre.

“Uh… can I help you?”

“Pipp… you don’t hide the fact that your beating yourself off very well, I hope you know that.”

“How dare you claim I’m doing something like that!” That’s when she opened the door fully, and that’s where she made her mistake. Her hair was a bit less organized, she had a slight blush, one of her front hooves still has visible slicks of her juices, she couldn’t keep herself quite steady, abs her tail was raised a bit higher than normal. Not to mention her wings were erect and weren’t going down. Cyre just sighed and laid it out on the table.

“Pipp, you have fluids on your right front hood, you’re blushing, your legs are shaking constantly, and your tail is raised, and wings erect. Could you not lie please, you’re really bad at it.”

“…Fine! You caught me! Now what do you want? It better be good if you had to interrupt my private time! It’s not exactly easy dealing with what’s going on with me lately!”

“You’re going through your estrus cycle, I am aware now. Your sister told me about it, which is why I came. I was gonna see if you had your own way of dealing with it, and possibly see if I could somehow help.”

“You’re dating my sister! It seems a little weird that you’d wanna help me, and not her.”

“Well, I’m just offering help, I never said you had to accept. But as for Zipp, I’ll definitely help her the best way I can, under safe conditions mind you. But as for you? You don’t have a boyfriend that I know of, so you’re kinda on your own.”

“You worry too much. I’ll be just fine Cyre, I don’t wanna intrude into your relationship. You may be a strange choice for my sister, but you’ll always have my support if it makes Zipp happy. And I made it through my last heat season well enough, I can do it now. You two can have fun during the coming week, I’ll just stay here…”

“…I’m not convinced, but I won’t pry, if you can truly handle it, then no problem. I’ll do my best to avoid you until the passing of heat season. That sound fair?”

“Completely.” Pipp then slowly turned around and walked back to bed, and this allowed Cyre a full view of her rear and her marehood for brief moment as she closed the door and locked it, before she got back into bed and got back to what she was doing before Cyre interrupted her. With that, Cyre went back to Zipp’s room to find her sleeping. Choosing not to bother her quite yet he decided to stand on the wall outside he’d door to check on Hitch. They hadn’t spoken in a good while, so it couldn’t hurt. After all, he was a stallion, and heat season was almost here. Using his phone, he tried to get hitch to pick up. He picked up the second time he tried.

“Cyre! I haven’t heard from you in a long time! I hope Zephyr Heights is treating you well!”

“As well as it always does, Hitch. I just hope you’re aware of what’s happening in the next few days. Something tells me you’ll have a lot more duties coming up then just your usual litter violations.”

“Yes… the subject of the heat season. I’ve been putting it off, but it’s getting much to close for me to ignore now. If you’re worried about me, or Sunny and Izzy, don’t worry. We’ve got it all figured out.”

“What, did you all come together and agree on a threesome? Bear in mind that I’m not teasing you, I’m actually wondering if that’s what you came up with.”

“Well… yeah. It’s a temporary type of thing though. After everything has passed, Sunny and Izzy will be back to just the two of them.”

“Good to know. I’m actually really glad that Sunny got over her fears and let Izzy know how she felt about her. That takes an awful lot of courage.”

“Sure does. Just think if I told sprout that I was gay, I don’t think he’d like that very much. Regardless, we’re all still good friends, regardless of sexuality, and it’ll stay that way, mark my words.”

“Here here, Hitch. Just stay safe okay? I’ve got my own issues with Zipp that are coming my way soon. I’ll contact you later, I’m gonna go lay down with her for tonight, I’ll need the rest. You’ll probably need some as well.”

“You know it won’t happen. I technically shouldn’t have answered this call as I’m actually still at work. But hey, I’m the sheriff, I can take a few small liberties can’t I?”

“I suppose so. I’ll see you around then.” With that, Cyre hung up the phone and made his way back into the room. Pulling up the covers, Cyre took off most of his clothing save his underwear and climbed in, holding Zipp’s chest to his chest. Zipp smiled as one of her wings wrapped around the side of Cyre, instinctively snuggling into his chest. Cyre, before going to sleep, made one final comment, though it was quiet enough not for Zipp to hear.

“This next week… is gonna be interesting. I just hope it’s not in a bad way…”

Chapter 9: Beating The Heat! The Completion Of Fourth Base!

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Chapter 10: Zipp's First Test! Pegasus Vs. Saibamen!

Author's Note

Hey guys! I'm sorry about this, but that last chapter will be the only one involving heat season! I know some of you are likely to be upset, but I hit a massive case of writer's block. I decided to just take a break and focus on Zipp for this chapter at least. That's why I'm having her fight a real enemy from the pages of Dragonball in order to move things along in showing how far she's progressed. I'm sorry if I disappointed anyone. AGAIN.

Chapter 10: Zipp's First Test! Pegasus Vs. Saibamen!

MARETIME BAY, 9:15AM: AGE 779

Zipp, Cyre, and the rest of their friend group had just gotten done with an outing at breakfast, invited by Hitch and Sunny. It had been almost 2 weeks since heat season had passed. The week was long and sensual for both Zipp and Cyre. More so than he'd admit actually. It hardly mattered now though as they walked through the streets of the town, happier than ever as the group shared idle conversation, namely Hitch and Cyre. It was only natural the two of them gravitated to each other, seeing as they were the only two males in the group.

"Seriously Hitch you'd think that you'd deserve a day off or something. There's gotta be somebody willing to work for law enforcement, especially with all the ponies moving here and looking for jobs! Even I take a day off from training now and then!"

"That's just the thing though! While ponies are applying for the job a multitude of things has to be considered! Different backgrounds to be checked, attitudes to be adjusted, training to conduct, rules to be learned on the job. I can't just hire ponies who have almost no clue how to do their job!"

"Respectfully Hitch, but other than paperwork, the most I see you doing is telling ponies to pick up litter. I don't call that kinda work demanding in any sort of way. Unless there's something I'm missing here from all this..."

"Hey! Picking up litter keeps this town sanitary! I will not feel bad one bit about that!"

Cyre just shook his head as he looked towards the others. Pipp was doing her usual thing, sharing the events of her morning with her followers. Sunny was having a conversation with Izzy, mostly talking about how they would reorganize everything once the lighthouse was finally fixed up. Zipp was surprisingly silent, though that would change soon enough. Cyre and Zipp's relationship had evolved heavily in the past two weeks. Their sexual side had grown immensely, due to the heat season. Night after countless nights, the two reveled in their love, which continued to grow. Their training had rapidly evolved as well, Zipp learning more advanced concepts. She had learned them in the past two weeks, and that was because of a portable hyperbolic time chamber. Zipp's power was greatly increased due to this, with it now being a whopping 750, as as opposed to the meager 240 from before. Zipp was also engaged in actual combat scenarios, such as the one Cyre had done for her in the past week.

GRASSLANDS NEAR ZEPHYR HEIGHTS: LAST FRIDAY AT NOON

Zipp was awaiting her new training exercise as Cyre stood up and pulled a few things out of his bag, which he had brought with him, speaking to her as he did so.

"Alright Zipp, I feel like you've progressed well enough that I can start teaching you how to do fighting. I'll be honest, you haven't been doing too much fighting. I've been training your body, helping you master techniques. This was to help you lead to this moment... well, the moments here. I'm gonna have you fight somebody. And before you ask, no. It won't be me."

"What? Why not you? I've been training with you this whole time and you seem to be-"

"That's just it. You've been training with me. And we've been dating. Emotions would get in the way, and I would have to hold myself back immensely. On top of that, you know how I fight, how I would react to given situations. You'd have an advantage, and that won't always be the case in a random battle, as there will always be somebody smarter or stronger than yourself. Sometimes it's both these things. Unless you train under these conditions, it won't help you progress in any sort of manner. That's why I have a new fighting partner for you with no sort of emotional or... physical attachments to you. And that partner is right... here." Cyre quickly pulled out a small jar that had three green seeds, and a strange green liquid. Cyre quickly made three holes and put one seed in each of them before covering them up. Cyre then poured the liquid into the ground, to which it quickly absorbed into the ground. Cyre smirked as he threw the bottle away. Zipp was confused, but that quickly changed once she saw what was happening to the ground in front of her.

The ground began to split open in three different spots. What emerged in the place of the three seeds were now Three green humanoid aliens, with claws for hands, and red, bloodshot eyes to add to their creepy appearance. Once all three of them had emerged completely, they all turned to face Zipp, who had frozen up at the sight. Soon enough the creatures started to do tricks, flips, and other movements, shattering the ground with their kicks and punches as they soon pounced and surrounded the pegasus princess, grunting, laughing, and smiling all around her. Zipp was looking all around herself, feeling far from confident now. She took a quick look at Cyre, who just smirked evilly.

"Cyre! What are these things?!?! And how do I make them stop being creepy?"

"Zipp meet the saibamen. These three will be your opponents. And you'll be happy to know that despite their looks, they're still stronger than you are."

"Stronger... than me? Even after all the training, all the effort, all the long, gruesome hours I spent in the gravity room... I'm still not stronger than these... these MONSTERS?!?!!!"

"Unfortunately, yes. Naturally, with no power boosts of any sort, these three are stronger than you are. Their power level each is 1,200. A Saiyan... my deceased cousin Raditz... had a power level similar to this, so you'll essentially be fighting three lower-class Saiyan warriors. Don't underestimate them though. You're sitting at a good 750 at full strength, so you're behind by almost 500. I did all this to make a point as I said before. You can face multiple enemies, and they may be stronger or smarter than you are. These saibamen are smart enough to understand my commands, and that's it. So you're smarter. If you can manage to defeat them all without being overwhelmed and forced to have me step in and save you, I'll promote you from trainee to fighting partner, just to sweeten the deal a little bit. Besides, I've taught you multiple techniques that can get you out of this! It's just a matter of remembering them well enough before you get pummeled into the dirt."

Zipp could only take deep breaths as she looked at all three of her aggressors. She was being thrown to the sharks essentially, and her blood was in the water. Zipp steeled her nerves, before nodding and preparing for the battle ahead. If she was going to win, she would need to be smart. They were all stronger than she was so this would be significantly tougher for her than what she'd used to. Cyre snapped his fingers, indicating that the battle has begun. All three Saibamen charged her, as she quickly took off into the air. One of the Saibamen quickly followed after her, appearing above the princess and delivering a double axe handle to her back, which made her shout out in clear physical pain. She'd never experienced such horrible sensations in her life, even in her stunts and it showed as her back contorted. She was sent flying into the ground, hitting it with a loud SLAM. Zipp was incredibly slow to get up. Just as she was getting her bearings, she was immediately pounced on, receiving an uppercut to the face before being caught by the other saibamen nearby. One Saibamen held her in a full nelson as another saibamen landed in front of her. before it started to punch her repeatedly in the chest. Each time a punch connected, she barely had any time to scream in pain, as she was getting the wind knocked out of her entirely. Soon enough she was coughing up her spit, and in enough time, her blood. Zipp was losing the battle physically and was almost ready to give up mentally as well. She could barely move and didn't feel like she had the strength to break free of the hold. She hadn't even thrown a punch yet as they had her on the ropes. Zipp managed to open her eyes and she managed to look at Cyre, who had looked like he'd made a huge mistake. And that hit Zipp the hardest. Cyre thought she was ready to handle this pressure, ready to fight beside him. And it was all slipping away from her. What hope could she ever have of defending equestrian when she can even beat these pint-sized aliens? That's when Zipp grunted audibly as she gritted her teeth, tears rolling down her face in determination and pain. Cyre could feel her power rising quickly.

"I... won't give up! I won't let these things beat me! And even if I pass out right here while fighting, every breath in my body will be spent defeating the three of you!!!! KAI....O.....KEN!!!!!!!" Zipp then went kaioken as the saibamen tried to go for another hit. Zipp quickly broke free from the hold as she sent all the Saibamen flying backward and away from her, the intense explosion of power catching them off guard. Zipp was surrounded by the crimson aura, a red glow covering her body as she breathed heavily. The Saibamen quickly regroup as one behind her fired an acid shot, Zipp turned around and managed to dodge it just before it could hit her, watching as to where she just stood was evaporated from the acid shot.

Before the Saibamen in her sight could escape her, she quickly charged at it, before using a soaring dragon strike, followed by a heavy stomp on the Saibamen's head, killing it instantly as its head got mercilessly stomped on. Zipp froze for a moment at the fact that she killed it, but could waste no further time on it now. she still had two more to take down. Zipp made a run for the nearest one and immediately went into a fistfight with it, with the other Saibamen soon joining the fray. Their movements were a blur, though the contact was there as mini-explosions sounded as Zipp appeared and disappeared in rapid succession, surrounded by the two Saibamen. In Zipp's case, while she was managing to keep up, she couldn't quite get ahead of the two Saibamen. she would have to raise the kaioken to X3, which she could do. But it could cause very bad complications due to her previous injuries and already being worn down in the fight from just using normal kaioken. She would just have to risk it to put these two down.

"My body can't keep this up forever... let's end this! KAIOKEN TIMES THREE!!!!" Zipp let out a pained shout as she did so, feeling the pain starting to creep back in, her adrenaline starting to wear off. Zipp wasted no further time, quickly knocking the two of the Saibamen down to the ground, who was now completely outmatched by Zipp's newfound speed and strength. Zipp then prepared to fire one of the attacks she learned from Cyre... the Explosive Assault attack. Zipp raises her hooves to her sides and charges a yellow energy sphere in each hoof, before putting her hooves forward and firing a barrage of yellow energy waves against the Saibamen, who got caught in the huge blasts. as an added measure she fired a Masenko into the large cloud of energy, causing it all to explode even further. Once it all had cleared, there was no trace of the two Saibamen, only a crater in the ground. Zipp sighed as she dropped out of kaioken, closing her eyes as she let herself fall to the ground below, too exhausted to fly. Cyre managed to catch her before she hit the ground, before pulling out a senzu bean. As Cyre fed her the bean, Cyre got a good look at her, she had multiple cuts and scratches, dirt marks all over her body. Cyre grimaced, but he ultimately felt he did the right thing. Zipp would need to face diversity like this if she was ever going to progress. this was just one of many challenges that she would need to face in her life as a warrior. Once the bean took effect, Zipp looked up at Cyre with pride.

"I did it! I can't believe I did it! Can you believe it?"

"Yep... I can believe it, I just watched you do it. I'm so proud of you Zipp. You've just one your first real battle against unknown opponents. And on top of that, they were nearly as strong as Saiyans... lower-class Saiyans mind you, but for a pony that's incredibly impressive to pull off. Your training will now get tougher, as you've proven that you can handle high-stress situations somewhat well. You're no longer a student. You're my fighting partner, so get ready Zipp. Things will get way more exciting for you."

"Thank you Cyre. You don't know how glad I am to know you trust me that much."

"I already fucked you like nine times, our trust level was pretty high as it was, even before then."

"Oh, hush up and just kiss me, you sappy little spaceman." Zipp went in for the kiss and Cyre relented, kissing passionately in the grassy field as Cyre landed back on the ground. They were true partners now: in love, bed, and the battlefield. If only they knew how that would be tested in the coming weeks...

PRESENT DAY, 10:30AM

Zipp and Cyre, as well as the rest of their friends, continued to walk through town. The day was beautiful, not a cloud in the sky. The group's plan for the day was to head to the beach for a lovely day of fun in the sun. Sunny suggested it, to which the rest of them agreed. It was either that or going to the theater to see judgment neigh, which Cyre technically already saw with the human equivalent a few years back. one of the reviews in Maretime Bay was three stars, yet they said it was pretty good. Critics made as much sense on his planet then they did here, which was to mean they made no sense whatsoever. The beach was starting to get active, other ponies started to play in the water, or build sandcastles. It was a very fascinating feeling for the pegasi and the unicorns, who had never seen the sea like this. Cyre did bring a pair of swimming trunks just in case (Chi-Chi made him do that), though the others had to buy their own swimwear. Though that line of thought didn't make sense to him, since they were already naked pretty much all the time. Regardless, they all made, their way down to the water. Cyre started to dig into the ground to make a natural water pool. He used to do that all the time when he was younger. Zipp started to swim through the water before leaping out of it and flying through the air before diving downwards, just avoiding hitting the water as a wingtip touched the water, causing a line of water to shoot upwards as she raced by. Sunny And Izzy raced each other on the edge of the water, splashing everypony nearby them. Hitch was doing doggy-style swimming in the water on the deeper end of the beach. And Pipp was live streaming it all for the citizens of Zephyr Heights, giving her own commentary every now and then to the others!

"Looking good, Cyre! Have you reached the waterline yet?"

"Almost there... I'll make a decent-sized pool on a beach yet, you hear me universe? I WILL accomplish this one day!"

"Good to know... moving on! Zipp doing some lovely tricks... you go, Zipp, show these ponies what you've been training to achieve! That's my sister! Look at Izzy and Sunny go! Who will win this race I wonder? It's gonna be close... Sunny wins! Better luck next time Izzy. And Hitch! Oh Hitch, you lovely pony! He's so cute swimming like that!"

"Hey! I heard that I am not cute! I am Maretime Bay's law and order! I am- Gahh!!!!" Hitch was unable to finish his rant as a wave of water smacked against his face, causing him to cough and sputter water from his mouth. He promptly exited the water and shook himself off, which made his fur puff up and make him look like a fluff ball. This made Pipp laugh uncontrollably as Hitch blushed and could find nothing to say that could save him from the embarrassment.

"Alright, Pippsqueaks! I'm gonna have some fun of my own on this lovely beach, I'll make sure to update you guys later! Pipp Pipp Pipp hooray!" She then turned off the live stream and put her phone away, before walking over and nuzzling the furball that was Hitch Trailblazer. The day was going well for everybody, surely nothing could ruin it...

UNKNOWN REALM: AGE ???

"I think It's high time... to commence our plans."

"I shall prepare myself to leave immediately. The inhabitants of that puny little planet won't. know what hit them. None will stop me... Not even Cyre and his pathetic trainee girlfriend. They will never forget my-"

"NO... You will stay here. I wish to test their true skills in combat first. Particularly in these ponies... Zipp most of all. I wonder... if she could handle a fight with one from the same species as Cyre... worry not, my dear. You shall have your chance to gain some sort of revenge. You scratch my back, I scratch yours."

"Ha! I'm only doing this to get back at that Saiyan. He shall suffer immensely for the humiliation he put me through in front of my entire hive, dethroning me and allowing that little traitor to replace me... once I get my hooves on him, he will know true suffering... Both him AND Starlight Glimmer alike, once I return to my proper world once again."

"Hmph. Just know that I'm not sending you there by yourself. You'll merely act as a distraction for Cyre. Zipp is the one I'm interested in currently. Play with the Saiyan to your heart's content. But do not interfere with my experiment."

"I give no promises."

Chapter 11: Magic On The Fritz! Make Your Mark!

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Chapter 12: Detective Zipp on the case! The purple mystery egg!

Back on the beach in Maretime Bay, Hitch trailblazer was on his way to investigate a call he’d received. Three young children were standing there having some type of argument. The unicorn of the group seemed to be the one that the conversation was focused on. It all seemed rather normal to Hitch, all the way until he heard what the group was actually saying.

“What do you mean something strange happened?! You did it on purpose!”

“I did not!”

“I saw you use your magic to drop your umbrella onto my sand castle!”

“I'm telling you, it wasn't me! I was carrying it, and then my magic just went away!”

“I don't believe you!”

“But I'm telling the truth!”

Hitch Trailblazer promptly arrived on the scene moments later, trying to defuse the situation. “Is everypony okay over here?”

A Nervous Unicorn spoke her case first before being interrupted.

“Sheriff Hitch! I promise I didn't mean to ruin everything! My magic...”

“I worked on that castle all day!”

As that conversation continued, unknown to the others, Zipp and Cyre were on a rock ledge just above them, watching them all. Zipp was about to do some recording when her mother called, to which she promptly hung up. Cyre stared at her with slight disdain.

“Zipp, ignoring your mother isn’t very nice you know. I get you don’t like being a princess but at the very least…"

“I promise to call her back later, okay? Geez… Thursday, noon, beach. Second magical mishap. Levitation glitch. Unicorn drops umbrella. Lots of upset ponies. Very strange. Must investigate further.”

As Zipp stowed away her phone, she attempted to fly, but her wings started to glitch out for some reason. This worried her immensely. Cyre was also concerned, as this meant that there actually could be a problem with magic.

"Oh, no! Please, no!" After a couple more moments, her wings returned to normal and she lifted herself off the ground. She gasped, then laughed before flying back towards the Brighthouse, with Cyre following by her side. Both of them landed outside the door just as sunny opened it, with Pipp and Izzy not far behind her.

"Zipp! There you are!"

"Oh, hey! Coming to town with us to gather more supplies for the new-and-improved Maretime Bay Day?"

"Oh. Wish I could, but—"

"Why can't you exactly?"

"Because... I and Cyre are working on our surprise thing for Maretime Bay Day! Yeah! H-Have fun!" Zipp dragged a very confused Cyre up the staircase as Pipp looked at them suspiciously. Once they made it up the stairs, they went into the unity crystal room. Zipp pulled her phone out and made a quick report.

"Thursday, 12:15. Crystals – normal. Pris-beam energy – intact." Zipp sighed and looked at Cyre, who smiled.

"Yeah, from what happened earlier, the beam seems to have glitchy moments... now if we could determine what causes the glitch, we can stamp it out. The only problem is, what exactly is the problem? it's not like there's a unity crystal handbook or something..."

"We'll figure it out Cyre. Trust me on that fact. Cause if we don't... well, let's try not to go there. I'm gonna monitor these crystals for a while. You don't have to stick around. Go ahead and get some training done. You do say it makes your mind clearer..."

"Fair enough Zipp. Besides, I'm close to mastering super saiyan two anyway. on top of that, I've been working on a new technique, but it'll take practice. I'm off then Zipp, I’ll find you later." With that, Cyre took his leave to train in the gravity room. while there, he split himself in two, before fighting in the super saiyan two form as long as he could while maintaining control. And... it actually seemed to work. concentrating on his energy control allowed him to maximize the form as he fought, allowing him to acclimate. he has been doing this repeatedly for the past few months, and now he bore fruit. However, the new technique he really wanted to try would take a bit more time as it involved the great ape form. and, he wasn't sure if he could control the output of power. He could control normal great ape but adding what he wanted to add... no matter. He’d find a way to make it happen. He always does.

Back on the beach, Hitch Trailblazer was busy trying to defuse a situation between an earth pony and a unicorn. Apparently, the unicorn had lost control of her magic and it inadvertently caused the sand castle to collapse. The earth ponies of course didn't buy that. Hitch was already in a difficult situation, made even more complicated when he was asked if magic was allowed at the beach. All he could do was give a worried chuckle and an excuse to leave.

"You know, actually, maybe I should go back to the stations and check the records to see what I can dig up! Yeah! You ponies just hang tight, and I'll get back to you!" As he quickly walked away, he spotted something strange. A large purple egg was sitting in a sand hole on the beach, which confused Hitch greatly.

"Huh. You don't belong here, do you? I've never seen an egg like this. What in Equestria are you?" Water suddenly rushed into the hole. As the egg was about to be swept away. Before it could, he grabbed it with his hooves and held it close as he smiled.

"I'll take care of you, little one." As he left the group of kids started arguing again. He made his way back to his office where he put the egg in a closet, with a blanket and a basket with a heat lamp shining on it. Hitch stared at the egg in admiration and with care.

"That's better. All roasty and toasty. I'll just keep you safe here until we can find who you belong to, okay?"

"Sheriff Hitch! Who were you just talking to?" It appears that Posey Bloom had shown up at the sheriff's office to speak with Hitch. Hitch turned in her direction as he quickly closed the closet laughing nervously.

"Nopony! Nopony at all! How can I help you, Posey?"

"I was just trotting down Mane Street when I noticed that my hooves were stuck to the sidewalk. I tried and tried to move, but I couldn't for, like, a really long time. I think somepony's pranking me. Probably one of those unicorns. I'd like to file a complaint."

"Okay. The complaint box is over there on the wall." Looking over towards said wall showed that the complaint box was quite literally overflowing into a trash can full of complaints, which made posey look at hitch in slight contempt.

"Well, I'd prefer if you took it down yourself."

"I would, but I'm late for an important meeting at the Brighthouse. Duty calls!" Just before leaving, he had his seagull deputy keep an eye on the egg while he was away. Hitch laughed as he left, leaving Posey alone with her complaints almost completely ignored.

Author's Note

Hey everyone! I just wanted to get this short chapter out here to prove that I'm still alive! I'm still working on this story, I promise!