PonyballzKai: Adventures In Equestria (Redone)

Three weeks ago, the peaceful land of Equestria was thrust into turmoil by an unprecedented event. Far from the serene fields of Ponyville, a titanic clash between two formidable warriors shook the very foundations of the realm. On one side stood Cell, a bio-android of terrifying power and malice. Opposing him was Cyre, a perfect warrior brought forth by extraordinary circumstances. Their battle was a storm of raw energy and devastating blows, with each fighter pushing the other to their limits. The skies darkened, and the ground trembled as their duel raged on, an event that would be etched into the annals of Equestrian history. On top of that, Broly had fought many other warriors who were destroying multiple towns and cities throughout Equestria. Luckily, injuries and deaths were kept at very low levels, but it made the citizens of Equestria quickly understand that they were very vulnerable and that threats could be anywhere and everywhere. Even worse, they seemed to be no match for them in most cases. Word also quickly spread of the heroics of both Broly and Cyre, but it also made ponies feel a little irked, knowing that two aliens lived among them. But they did save them after all, so maybe they were just paranoid. Equestrian cities like Baltimare and Manehattan were on the road of recovery to repair all the damage from the attacks.

Princess Twilight Sparkle and her friends were on a train bound for the Crystal Empire. The gentle chugging of the locomotive and the rhythmic clatter of the wheels provided a stark contrast to the barely concealed turmoil that had gripped the far reaches of Equestria the past few weeks. luckily things seemed to have calmed down somewhat through the weeks. Spike, Twilight’s loyal dragon assistant, buzzed with excitement as he leaned out of the window, his breath fogging up the glass in the cool morning air.

“Isn’t this exciting, Twilight?” Spike exclaimed, turning to his alicorn friend. “We’re going to the Crystal Empire! I can’t wait to see Sunburst again and catch up on all the magic studies!”

Twilight smiled warmly at Spike’s enthusiasm. “I’m looking forward to seeing Cadance, Shining Armor, and Flurry Heart,” she replied. “It feels like ages since our last visit.”

The rest of their friends – Cyre, Broly Applejack, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, and Fluttershy – shared in anticipation, each chatting about the various things they hoped to do once they arrived. However, an undercurrent of concern threaded through their conversations, a result of the disturbing reports filtering through Equestria about the clash of the bio-androids.

As the train approached the Crystal Empire, the familiar shimmer of the magical barrier came into view, a welcoming sight that promised safety and comfort. The train pulled into the station with a gentle lurch, and the friends disembarked, their eyes taking in the gleaming spires of the Crystal Castle. The usual bustle of the Empire seemed subdued, and the air was thick with tension.

“Uh, disguise or not, Spike, I don't think you need to worry about being mobbed. Nopony's here. ” starlight was right. After they purged the alcohol from her system, she was back to normal, and as stated, at the train station, nopony was there.

The wind was even whistling with a tumbleweed drifting in it. They all entered town and it was the Same as the train station.

“It's like a ghost town. ” spike noted.

"Everypony is still here, I can sense them. But why are they hiding?" Cyre questioned.

Twilight Sparkle had the same attitude towards this as cyre did. “I've got a bad feeling about this.”

“Yeah, this is weird.” Starlight voices in agreement.

“I guess I don't need the disguise after all.” The moment he took it off, he was so instantly mobbed by cheering Crystal ponies.

“It's Spike the Brave and Glorious!” One said.

“He's come to save us yet again!” Another said.

“Spike! Spike! Spike! Spike!” They all cheered. Some of them also mobbed and cheered on cyre, as the encounter with King Sombra and Cyre was still fresh in their minds.

“Save you from what?” They both responded.

“Yeah, what's going on?” Starlight asked.

“Why was everypony hiding?” Twilight added. The crystal ponies looked at twilight and starlight questionably.

“Oh, it sure looks like Princess Twilight and her pupil.” One stated.

“But how can we be sure?” Another said.

“We can't! Either one of them could be the... you know!” After that, they zipped away.

“What if this... isn't... the real Spike?!” One said while gasping.

“Everypony, run!” They all zipped away and unfortunately for Spike, he was up in the air from being hoisted and fell back down with a thud.

Spike owned count: 4

“Okay. Something strange is going on.” Twilight said.

Spike groaned as he got back up. “Ya think?”

A Royal guard then walked up to all of them. “Who goes there?”

“Um, you don't recognize the Princess of Friendship?” Starlight asked.

“Not to mention the guy who saved your flank about a month ago?” Cyre added.

“Of course we recognize you.” The guard said.

“But that doesn't mean it's you.” Another guard stated.

Cyre promptly jumped to SSJ2. It was practically the same as his normal hair, except of course it was golden colored, his hair was a lot more spiked, and the hair strands were larger. Spikes of electricity flashed and flickered all over his body as his friends stared intently. They had all seen him go Super Saiyan 2 before when they watched the battle against Cell, but seeing it in person was quite the display.

“that proves I’m me.” Cyre said, his voice noticeably deeper than normal. Broly looks at Cyre before nodding to himself and going into Ikari form, proving his own identity.

“It's okay, guys. They're with me. And any friend of Spike the Brave and Glorious is a friend of the Crystal Empire, am I right?” Spike said.

“I'm sorry, but we'll need to see some proof of identification.” The guard said to spike.

“We'll take care of things from here.” Princess cadance was walking over with shining Armor, sunburst, and flurry heart.

“Oh, Cadance, thank goodness! What's going on?” Twilight asked.

“We can explain, Twily... if it really is you.” Shining stated.

“Her energy isn’t different, and if it was, she wouldn’t be standing here. I would’ve brought her here knocked out.” Cyre responded.

“How do we know it’s you?” After he blinked and said that, he felt drafts blowing. When he looked, every piece of armor he had on was gone... and in the hands of Cyre.

Shining Armor just sighed. “That was a very stupid question to ask.”

“Cyre agrees.” He then dropped the armor in front of Shining. He hadn’t powered down yet, so that made Shining Armor look even more stupid! Then Twilight did her little dance with cadance to verify that it was her.

“It's okay, everypony. It's her.” Shining Armor stated.

“Of course it's her! What's all this about?” Starlight asked.

“A changeling's been spotted nearby.“ sunburst claimed.

Twilight Sparkle looked in worry. “A changeling?!”

“That's not good,” Spike stated.

“No, it's not. After Queen Chrysalis took my place at our wedding and invaded Canterlot with her army of minions, we're not taking any chances.” Cadance said.

“Wow, these changelings sound like a lot of trouble,” Cyre stated as Broly nodded as well.

“Yeah cyre. Like I said, they fucked me, they fucked my wedding, and they fucked my husband.” Cadance said to cyre.

“No... that last one didn’t happen...” Shining Armor said in protest.

“oh, so you just happened to develop a bunch of weird fetishes after the wedding? Yeah, seems real legit.” Cadance said with sass.

“Changelings feed off of love. And ever since Flurry Heart's Crystalling, the Empire has been filled with more love than anywhere in Equestria. They may have come for the baby.” Sunburst said.

“That's why we posted the extra guards, and why we're—” “Checking everypony's identity.” Twilight finished.

“I'm sorry for all of this. Flurry Heart's been looking forward to seeing you.” Princess cadance said as the baby was brought over to them.

Cyre looked at Flurry deeply in the eyes, and he could swear he saw the crystal empire in flames, and Flurry heart standing above all of it, with an evil, devilish smile, and flames as pupils in her eyes.

Cyre decided it was best not to look into it more, and just backed away.

Twilight Sparkle, however, hadn’t seen whatever he saw “Oh, she's gotten so big! Starlight and I will do whatever we can to help protect her.”

“To be honest, having you, cyre, and Broly here is already a big relief,” Cadance stated.

“If that changeling is a threat to the empire, maybe me and Broly can help you find it,” Cyre said.

“How? You don’t know where it is!” Sunburst stated.

Cyre went to super saiyan. “My energy is being dispersed in all directions. Anything my energy hits, I’ll know where it is within seconds. It’s kind of like a sonar, of sorts. I’ll be able to track it down much faster than you guys could.”

Broly listened intently and figured the same went for him, so he took the scouter that cyre gave him and crushed it, much to Cyre’s disapproval.

“BROLY, I NEEDED THAT!!!” cyre shouted angrily, much to the others' amusement.

Broly, twilight, and the others stayed in the empire and searched while Cyre flew around the perimeter and flew around searching. So far, he hadn’t found anything.

He was about to head back when he picked up something ahead. He landed and surveyed the area before his eyes got set on... a crystal pony guard? Alone out here? Cyre found this not only weird but also suspicious.

He walked to the guard, who looked rather nervous. “If you don’t mind me asking, are you lost? You seem to be alone out here.”

“Uh... yes! I was, uh, heading back to the empire!” The guard laughed nervously and walked away... going in the wrong direction.

“Uh, hey! You’re going in the wrong direction! It’s that way! Also, you seem kind of nervous. Why is that? You’ll be safe with me!” Cyre sighed.

The guard just turned around and sighed. “I can’t take it anymore. If this gets you to stop asking questions, I’ll be thankful.” In a flash of turquoise, the pony revealed itself to be a changeling. Surprisingly, the changeling didn’t feel itself being attacked. The prime reason cyre didn’t attack was because he was intrigued. This changeling didn’t feel evil at all! Are cyre could sense was pureness, nervousness, and a good bit of fear. Cyre stared at him in curiosity.

“It's okay. I know you don't wanna be friends.” Thorax sadly said. Cyre let his guard down and walked to the changeling.

“You’re a strange creature, but surprisingly, despite your appearance, you're an extremely good creature. That’s kind of odd though. All my friends said changelings are downright evil!” Cyre explained.

“Evil? Oh, not me. All I've ever wanted is a friend. From the moment I first split my egg in the nursery hive...”

In the changeling hive, Thorax was born with the others.

....they all hated each other.

“I was part of the attack on Canterlot during the royal wedding, but I'd never seen true friendship like that! And I couldn't just steal it and feed on its love. I wanted to share it!” Cyre couldn’t help but frown at the story he was being told.

“After that, I knew I couldn't live with my kind anymore. I set off looking for love to share, but...”

“But... what?” Cyre asked.

“I'm starving! And there's so much love in the Crystal Empire right now. It's what drew me here! But it's drivin' me crazy!” The changeling said while shuddering.

“That probably would be from the royal Crystalling. It's pretty much a giant outpouring of light and love for a new baby. And an extremely powerful one at that...” Cyre stated.

The changeling proceeded to hiss at cyre before he placed his hooves over his mouth. “Oh, sorry! I'm just so hungry! If I had a friend, maybe the love we shared could sustain me, but I don't think the Crystal Ponies want to be friends.”

“Well, I’ll be your friend. My name is Cyre!” He then gave the changeling a big hug, which caused it to blush. After he broke the hug the changeling introduced himself.

“I'm Thorax. I can't believe you want to help me.” Thorax said in disbelief.

“Why? Hasn't anypony ever just been nice to you? Not even your own kind?” Cyre asked.

Thorax only hissed more. “Uh! S-Sorry! Kindness like that kind of brings it out. Do you still wanna be my friend?”

“Of course! I think I should even put my money where my mouth is. How about taking some of my love?" This statement left Thorax in utter shock that somebody would willingly give him love, given that he was a changeling.

He slowly walked up to Cyre and sat on his haunches, his wings slowly fluttering nervously behind him. "You... you really mean that? We just met, and you're *that* willing to give love to feed on? It just seems too good to be true honestly..."

Cyre stood there with his hands on his waist and nodded firmly with a determined look on his face. "Yeah, I'm certain I'm sure I'm making the right choice here. If it means you don't go crazy around others, it's a plus! And it's even easier to convince them that you're not a bad guy if I gave you the love willingly and you didn't overdo it. Besides, even if you did drain me, I'd live... then kick your sorry butt into next week. After all, I'm stronger than basically anyone here on this planet. I'm sure you've heard at least a little about the battle going on in Equestria, right?" Cyre nodded as Thorax nodded back at him that he did.

Thorax was feeling so conflicted right now. here someone was willing to put their trust and faith in him. it was probably the first time anyone had done that for him. Thorax took a deep breath before opening his mouth and starting the process of feeding on Cyre's love. Cyre felt strange doing this, but he really didn't feel all too different. he had plenty of love to give, and he gave it gladly. After a full minute, Thorax had his fill and stopped while Cyre felt a little dizzy, but he quickly recovered.

Thorax looked up at Cyre with gratitude before he jumped up into his chest for a great big hug, his wing fluttering rapidly in joy. "You have no idea how much that hunger was getting to me! I haven't felt this good in ages! Thank you so much!"

Cyre was initially shocked, but he slowly returned the hug in acknowledgment. "It was nothing Thorax. I mean that. You're not a bad guy, I can tell. You're just dealing with the cards you're dealt. You won't face judgment about that from me. You're willing to change, to be better. And that's what counts. But we need to convince the others about this as well. Come with me, we're going back to the Crystal Empire to make our case."

Thorax let go of Cyre before floating back down to the ground looking very apprehensive. “Wait, shouldn’t you talk to them first about me, then go? What if they attack me? Princess cadance is an alicorn!” Thorax said.

“Don’t worry about it, I’m way beyond them in terms of power. And if we need to leave I have a thing for that too. Now let’s go!” Cyre had Thorax touch his leg before they both instant transmitted away to the Crystal Empire.

Broly, twilight, and the others gathered in the throne room since their search yielded nothing. they then noticed Cyre show up... with the changeling they were searching for behind him. All the guards in the room were quickly on high alert. All the guards surrounded Cyre, even Broly balled up his fists in apprehension, waiting and watching to see if this escalates to a fight, with his anger slowly boiling, but contained.

Shining Armor was the first to step forward, his eyes narrowing at the sight of Thorax. "You found the changeling Cyre! did you bring him here as your prisoner?"

Cyre stepped forward, his presence commanding attention as he shook his head. "No, and that's because he's a real decent guy. Other than instincts, he wouldn't try to hurt anybody." Shining This changeling, Thorax is different. He seeks friendship and means no harm to anyone, and I vouch for his sincerity."

The whole room looked shocked at his statements and was even more shocked when Cyre rubbed Thorax on the head, which Thorax received in kind. Shining Armor only scoffed at that. "And why should we trust him? Changelings have caused nothing but trouble to Equestria, to me most of all, nearly ruining my wedding and destroying my home. Seize the changeling!" All the guards charged Cyre... only to be pushed back by an unknown force. The others were just as confused as they were.

"try as much as you like, I'll just keep pushing you back to where you started. and why is it so hard to just give this guy a chance, huh?" Cyre asked.

"The changeling queen Queen Chrysalis kidnapped Cadence and cast a spell on me. there is no such thing as a "nice changeling" What makes you so sure of his innocence? You just met him." Shining Armor shouted in pure disdain for Thorax and all of changeling-kind.

"Because I let him feed on my love, and he didn't try to drain me entirely. I trusted him and he honored my trust by taking just enough. Wouldn't a remorseless changeling just attack me or attempt to trick me and steal all my love? It wouldn't make any sense to sit and talk for extended periods. On top of that, I can sense his energy. he is very pure, and I can't sense any malice coming from it. From what I've gotten to see of him just from talking, he's a nice guy to be around, if not a little nervous and clumsy. I know Thorax. He's my friend. And friendship is what makes Equestria stronger." Cyre said to everyone in the room. Shining Armor found himself on the back hoof. Cyre's argument was very solid and poking holes in it would be difficult.

Cyre saw this and continued to talk. "I even can vouch for myself. The mane 6 knows my full backstory. How I was made, and where I came from, all the components that make up my DNA as well. Most of my makeup comes from the Saiyans, like Broly. The Saiyans were terrible people who destroyed planets for profit and were pretty savage, before they were essentially all killed, along with their home planet destroyed. Hell, the planet they were on? They killed the previously dominant species on the planet, destroying civilization and building over it. Their original home of Sadala was destroyed in a civil war and they had to move to the conquered planet. But the Saiyans that are left... the prince of the Saiyans, Prince Vegeta had changed entirely from a planet destroyer to a father of two children and a savior of the universe. Change is possible... you just have to... accept it." The room fell silent at his words as Cyre smiled brightly before they heard Broly start to talk.

"Cyre... is right. Thorax... pure. Cyre trusts him, so I trust him." Broly said. he hardly ever spoke at all, so that surprised everyone, even Broly himself by the fact that he was speaking.

"So, what's your defense? What are you going to say that debunks all of this? Please let me hear it! It makes me wonder if you feel the same about me and Broly in secret." Cyre asked.

Then Twilight walked up to Cyre. "You're right. Based on Cyre's testimony, I think it is safe that We can give Thorax a chance to prove himself. we can't let fear or bias dictate our actions, that's not what what we do here in Equestria. We just assumed this changeling was evil... Based on the fact that changelings attacked us in the past Thorax may have not revealed himself on his own, but the fact he did at all was proof enough that he's willing to change." She added.

Starlight understood and She walked beside Twilight. "Cyre and Broly could see that he was different. That he was the odd one out of all the changelings at great risk to himself. he fed the changeling love willingly, not many would dare go to those lengths to try and convince a changeling." She said.

Everyone else started to understand as Princess Cadance and Shining Armor exchanged glances. The room was tense, filled with uncertainty. Finally, Cadance spoke."Cyre, Broly, you are both warriors from other worlds, yet not only have you stood with us, but you fought on our behalf and saved Equestria. Your judgment holds weight. If you believe in Thorax, we are willing to give him a chance."

Cyre bowed his head in gratitude. "Thank you Princess Cadance. Thorax will not disappoint you. I can feel it in my heart."

Thorax, overwhelmed with emotion, stepped forward. "I promise, I will prove that not all changelings are bad. Thank you for giving me a chance."

Shining Armor's expression softened slightly. "Very well. But I will be watching you very closely during your time here, Thorax."

The tension in the room eased as the decision was made. Twilight and her friends embraced Thorax, welcoming him into their circle of friendship. Cyre felt a deep sense of satisfaction and belonging, knowing he had played a part in bridging the gap between fear and understanding.

"I'm proud of you, Cyre. You risked your popularity and friendship with us to do this." Twilight said, hugging Cyre.

Cyre smiled. "Does that mean Thorax is your friend too? please tell me that's the case then..."

"Yes, it does! If Thorax is any one of your friends, then he's mine too!" Twilight said, gesturing for a hoof bump.

Thorax shook her hoof instead. "Thank you!" He said with tears.

"On behalf of the Crystal Empire,-" Cadance said. "I would like to extend my hoof in friendship, and I'm sure all of my subjects are eager to do the same." She said.

Everyone cheered.... well, Shining Armor didn't. He simply looked with apprehension as Cadance trusted Thorax enough to put Flurry in front of him. Thorax hesitated before smiling, and Flurry liked him too. Cyre smiled brightly at the sight.

"Welcome to the Crystal Empire, Thorax. I'm sorry we didn't take the time to get to know you, even when Cyre presented you to us. Maybe we can change that now?" Cadance asked.

"That's so amazing! I want to learn all about friendship, and maybe one day I can take that knowledge back to the changeling kingdom! If my kind learned how to create love for one another, maybe they wouldn't have to take it from others!" Thorax said. They all gathered in a huge hug as Thorax smiled.

As they left the throne room, united in their mission to spread friendship and harmony, Cyre realized that in this world of magic and kindness, they would the challenges ahead, their bonds of friendship growing stronger with each passing day.

Cyre and thorax went to the crystal heart and watched it spin for three whole hours.

"Surprisingly enchanting and interesting, huh?" Cyre said sounding a little drunk.

"Yeah..." thorax said in the same kind of voice.