Dragon Ball Z The Equestria Saga
Chapter 1 - Welcome To Equestria, Raian
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"Galick Gun!" Vegeta yelled as he fired his signature attack. The target Vegeta aimed for was a teenage Saiyan that still had his tail. He wore a blue gi with a black belt, black wrist bands and black shoes with a blue strip running through the shoes. He also had blue hair in a spiked hairstyle.
The unknown Saiyan dodged Vegeta's Galick Gun and rushed him. The Saiyan hit Vegeta with a hard, fast kick to his mid-section. Vegeta was sent flying through a nearby mountain and he crashed into the ground on the other side.
Up in the sky, Piccolo and Gohan were attacking the Saiyan with everything they had but to no avail. The mysterious Saiyan threw out both hands and Gohan and Piccolo were sent flying in different directions. They managed to stop themselves and when they did, they both began to charge up a ki based attack. When their attacks were ready, they threw them at the tailed Saiyan. When the attacks came close, the Saiyan merely warped out of their way and appeared behind Piccolo. He punched Piccolo in the kidney which made him scream in pain. The Saiyan then brought his hands up over his head and hit Piccolo with a double hammer fist which made him crash into the ground.
"Piccolo!" Gohan yelled at the top of his lungs. He then charged the Saiyan and when Gohan got close to him, he was hit in the gut with a strong knee. The Saiyan then did a spin kick with his right leg, sending Gohan flying away. Gohan collided with a mountain and he bounced off of it. He then fell the rest of the way to the ground several yards away from Piccolo. The powerful young Saiyan looked over all of fighters he could see before hearing Vegeta yell while the mountain Vegeta was sent through exploded, the mountain now just a bunch of small rocks. The Saiyan watched as Vegeta flew at him a blinding speeds, but it was nothing that he couldn't handle.
Vegeta threw a punch at the Saiyan which he ducked under before throwing a punch of his own and hitting Vegeta in the stomach. Vegeta coughed up some blood before he hunched over in the air and grabbed his stomach. While he did this, the Saiyan brought flipped upside down while still looking at Vegeta and he brought his right leg down and hit Vegeta in the back, sending him flying down into the ground.
Vegeta managed to recover just in time to stop himself from hitting the ground and he looked back up at the Saiyan before charging up his Big Bang Attack.
"See if you can dodge this one." Vegeta said to himself. "Ha!"
Vegeta then threw his attack at the Saiyan which came at him at much faster than light speeds. To Vegeta's surprise, the Saiyan leaned out of the way of Vegeta's attack while keeping a serious expression on his face.
"How can this be!? He may even be able to beat Kakarot with that kind of speed!" Vegeta said and before he could even blink, the Saiyan flew at Vegeta at speeds that put his to shame and the Saiyan struck Vegeta in the jaw with a back flip kick. Vegeta was sent flying and before he could recover the Saiyan warped behind him and smashed him into the ground with a double hammer fist.
The Saiyan watched as Vegeta laid almost motionless on the ground. As he did he pulled out the bag full of Senzu Beans that was tied to his waist and he flew over to Vegeta. He placed a Sunzu Bean in his hand which Vegeta slowly brought to his mouth and ate. The Saiyan then went to Piccolo, then finally Gohan.
Once all fighters were on their feet, Piccolo cracked his neck and knuckles before talking to the Blue Haired Saiyan.
"Your speed is incredible, Raian. You might even be able to beat Goku with agility like that." Piccolo complimented.
"Thanks Piccolo. I didn't come this far in my training for nothing." Raian, the Fastest Saiyan in the Universe replied.
"You're not going to get any better if you keep fighting us you know." Came Vegeta's from behind them. Raian and the others all turned around to see The Prince of All Saiyan's standing several feet away with his arms folded.
"If you want to become stronger, you're going to need to fight someone that is stronger than you." Vegeta told Raian in his normal attitude.
"Okay, but where do I go to fight stronger opponents? This planet doesn't have anymore unless Goku came back." Raian stated.
"You could take a space ship and travel to different planets." Piccolo answered for Vegeta.
"You're right. But where am I going to go to get a space ship?" Raian asked.
"From the Capsule Corporation you idiot." Vegeta said angrily.
"Oh yeah, I forgot. Thanks Vegeta." Raian said while rubbing the back of his head.
"Well. Are you going or not?" Vegeta asked impatiently. Raian levitated himself into the air a little bit and he got ready to take off. "See you three later."
Raian then took off flying towards the Capsule Corporation with his Blue Flame Aura trailing behind.
Raian got to the Capsule Corporation moments later and went to go knock on the door. Before he could, he heard the sound of foot steps coming from behind him. He looked over his shoulder to see a young woman with short, light blue hair.
"Hey Raian! Long time no see!" the woman said with a welcoming smile.
"Hey Bulma. Listen, could you lend me a space ship?" Raian asked her.
"Sure. But what do you plan on doing?" Bulma asked while motioning Raian to follow her.
"I need a ship so I can travel to other planets to fight some of the strongest fighters in the universe." Raian responded.
"Okay, but why not just keep training with Vegeta and the others?" Bulma asked.
"That's the thing. I've already surpassed them in speed, strength and basically every way possible fighting wise." Raian replied
"Really!? Wow Raian, I didn't think you were to become that strong! You might even be able to take on Goku!" Bulma said in a surprised tone of voice. After a little more walking, Raian and Bulma reached a dome like room with a large circular space pod with the Capsule Corporation symbol on it.
"Wait here while I go set it up for you." Bulma told Raian.
Bulma walked up to the space pod and hit a button on it and the door swung open. She walked inside, leaving the door open behind her. It didn't take very long for the pod to to start up, not making much of a noise as it did. Bulma then emerged from the pod and motioned Raian to follow her inside. She showed him how to use the gravity controls and the pods other functions. She also showed him where the refrigerator, bed and shower were. After she finished showing Raian around the pod she went outside of it while closing the door behind her.
"Have a safe trip, and do your best!" Bulma said in an encouraging tone.
Raian gave her a thumbs up through one of the pod windows and Bulma walked over to a control panel and pulled down a switch that opened up the skylight. Raian then walked over to the pods control panel and clicked on a few buttons and the pod began to ascend into the sky. The pod eventually reached space and continued on while Raian looked back at the Earth as it moved further and further away. He then turned from the window and saw a strange red button he didn't see before. Curiosity got the best of him so he went over and pressed the button. A muffin then appeared next to it.
"Huh, strange." Raian said to himself.
Raian picked up the muffin and ate it in nearly one bite. He then went over to the gravity controls and he set the gravity to 200 times to warm up. After Raian finished warming up, he decided to push himself further and turned the gravity up to 300. Raian dropped to the floor due him not being used to training under gravity this heavy. A golden aura surrounded his entire body and he then transformed into a Super Saiyan. He was easily able to get back up and continue his training.
After about about two long days of hard training, Raian managed to get up to 300 times normal gravity in his normal form. After that, he practiced being able to stay in his Super Saiyan form without being restrained by the amount of ki he needed to use the form, which made him a Full Power Super Saiyan.
After a few days, Raian came across his first planet, Planet Yardrat. Raian navigated the pod to fly towards it. He was excited since he always wanted to learn the Instant Transmission.
After a while of negotiating with the people of Planet Yardrat, he finally convinced them to teach him the Instant Transmission. Raian stayed until he got the basics of it and decided to train himself to perfect it. After Raian left Planet Yardrat, he had to wait a full week till he saw another planet.
Raian awoke from his bed and looked out of a nearby window. He saw a shockingly colorful planet with one very large patch of land on it. Raian ran to the controls and re-navigated the pod to fly towards that particular planet. Raian was relieved to see a planet after flying through the darkness of space for so long.
When the pod entered the planets hemisphere, it appeared to be night time. As the pod continued to the surface of the planet Raian noticed a small town down below as well as what appeared to be a city in the clouds. He also noticed a huge castle built onto the side of a large mountain. The pod eventually landed on a secluded plain near the small town. Raian put on his usual blue and black gi and tied the small pouch with at least thirty Senzu Beans in it to his belt, similar to how Goku did when he landed on Planet Namek. Raian then heard a knock on the pod door right as he walked up to it. Raian got a little confused but he opened the door anyway. As the pod door opened up completely, Raian saw six very colorful pony like creatures. Two were regular ponies, two were pegasi, and the other two were unicorns. The six ponies just stared at Raian with eyes that couldn't get any wider. The ponies didn't seem to be talking so Raian decided to be the one to break the silence.
"Hey there." Raian said in his usual energetic voice.
Twilight watched her so called friends walk into the Everfree Forest. She let out a sigh before moving to go with them. Right before she entered the dreaded forest, she saw something shine in the corner of her left eye. She turned to the sky to see that it was some sort of meteor coming down to the planet's surface rather slowly.
"A meteor?" Twilight said to herself. Applejack turned around to see Twilight staring up at the sky with a confused look on her face.
"Twilight! Is something wrong!?" Applejack yelled from the forest. Twilight quickly turned to Applejack and the others to see that they were staring back at her.
"Um, nothing. Its just that there's this weird thing in the sky right now." Twilight said while pointing up at what she was talking about.
"Oh my gosh! Is it a shooting star! Where is it!?" Pinkie Pie yelled while running up to Twilight's side to look for the shooting star.
"It can't be a shooting star Pinkie. Its moving too slow." Twilight said while Pinkie kept looking around for the shooting star.
"Is it a meteor?" Rainbow Dash asked while flying over to take a look.
"No, it can't be that either." Twilight responded.
"Then what is it?" Applejack asked while she, Rarity and Fluttershy trotted over to take a look as well.
"I don't know. But I think we're about to find out." Twilight finished. The object finally came close enough to where Twilight and the others could just make out the features on it and they saw that it was landing on a plain in the distance. When it landed, it was clear to all of them that this was not a meteor.
"What is that thing?" Rarity asked.
"I don't know. I've never seen anything like it." Twilight responded.
"Well what are we waiting for? Lets go check it out!" Rainbow Dash said before taking off towards the strange object. Twilight and the others looked at each other for a moment before running to catch up with Rainbow Dash.
Twilight and the others stood in front of the object in total astonishment by what they saw. It looked like a big metal sphere with windows and some sort of logo on it. They all saw what appeared to be a door on the metal sphere and Rainbow Dash went up to it. She looked for a door knob but couldn't find one anywhere on it, so she decided to knock on the door instead. A few moments passed before the door began to slowly open up. Rainbow Dash and the others backed up from the door so they wouldn't be hit by it. When the door fully opened, the being standing behind it made Twilight's and the others eyes widen and jaws drop.
The being they saw was tall, standing at about 5' 9". It was bipedal, very muscular and ape like in appearance. It wore a blue gi with a black inner shirt, belt, and wrist bands. It also wore black shoes with a blue stripe running through them. The creature also had a monkey tail and blue hair in a spiked hair style. The creature's eye brows were blue as well. The creature stared at Twilight and the others for a moment before opening its mouth to speak.
"Hey there." said the creature in a masculine voice.
"Hi! My name's Pinkie Pie! What's yours!? What are you!? A monkey!? You have a monkey tail! But you don't have fur." Pinkie continued her rambling while the weird ape like creature just stared at Pinkie with a plain expression. Twilight then came over and used her magic to hold Pinkie's mouth shut.
"Uh, sorry about that. Pinkie here is a little excitable." Twilight said a little nervously. "What's your name?"
"Raian." The creature said simply. Twilight remained silent for a moment before quietly clearing her throat and speaking.
"Well, hello Raian. My name is Twilight Sparkle." Twilight said while walking up to shake Raian's hand.
"Nice to meet you, Twilight." Raian said as he took Twilight's hoof and shook it. Twilight looked at Raian's hand with curiosity due to the beings in Equestria having either claws or hooves.
"Nice to meet you too." Twilight said as she brought her hoof back. It stayed silent for a little longer until Twilight realized something.
"Oh no! Nightmare Moon! We need to go stop her and save the princess!" Twilight said in a panicked voice.
"Need some help?" Raian asked.
"Uh, sure. But we need to hurry!" Twilight said as she and her friends began to run into the forest nearby. Raian then went and ran after them after closing the pods door and caught up with the 6 ponies easily due to his speed, but they didn't notice.
He, Twilight and her friends traversed the forest and as they did, Twilight and her friends seemed to be really afraid.
"Hey, why are you guys afraid? Is there some sort of beast out here?" Raian asked while looking at Fluttershy since she seemed to be the one that was the most afraid.
"Y-Yeah." Fluttershy said fearfully.
"Don't worry. I'll protect us." Rainbow Dash said confidently. Raian began to laugh to himself which made Rainbow Dash look at him questioningly.
"What's so funny?" Rainbow Dash asked, slightly annoyed.
"Nothing. Its just that your not the one to be protecting a warrior of my level." Raian said before laughing a little more.
"Warrior? You think you're a warrior? Ha! Look at you! You probably couldn't even beat Fluttershy!" Rainbow said while using her wings to get up to Raian's level. She stared at Raian with a rather smug look which made Raian laugh a little more.
"You're the one to talk, Ms. Rainbow Hair." Raian retorted in a smart ass manner.
"Screw you, you big monkey!" Rainbow retorted. Rainbow was then pulled back by Applejack getting a hold of her tail in her mouth. She pulled Rainbow down to the ground and looked at her sternly. Rainbow seemed to cower a little bit and she flew back up into the air a safe distance away from Applejack. Applejack then looked back at Raian and smiled.
"Sorry 'bout that, partner! Rainbow here's just a little angry after what Nightmare Moon did with our princess." Applejack told Raian kindly.
"Its alright. But she needs to be more careful with what she says otherwise she could get herself into some serious trouble." Raian said while looking back at Rainbow Dash. Rainbow stuck her tongue out at Raian only for Raian to look back to the path in front of him.
"So none of you have been here before?" Twilight decided to ask.
"Heavens no. Just look at it. Its dreadful." Rarity answered.
"And it ain't natural. Folks just say it don't work the same way as Equestria." Applejack added.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Twilight said fearfully.
"Nopony knows. You know why?" Rainbow said in a cryptic tone as she began to approach Pinkie, Fluttershy and Rarity.
"Rainbow, quit it!" Applejack said sternly.
"Cause everypony who's ever come in, has never come OUT!" Rainbow yelled which made the three jump. Right after that, the ground they were all standing on broke and all of them except for Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy and Raian were sliding down the mountain they were on.
"Fluttershy, qui-!" before Rainbow could finish, Raian darted forwards with incredible speed. Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy just watched in utter shock and amazement as Raian picked up and carried Twilight, Rarity, Pinkie Pie, and Applejack down to safety at the bottom of the mountain. They squirmed in his hands a bit but stopped when they realized who it was that was carrying them and were just as shocked as Rainbow and Fluttershy were.
"Raian?" Twilight said confused. Raian placed the four mares on the ground and watched them turn around and look at him with surprise and confusion. Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy landed next to them and did as they were doing.
"How... How did you do that?" Rainbow asked.
"I'll tell you all later. Right now, we need to save that princess of yours" Raian told her. Twilight did a slow nod before turning around to walk. As she did she glanced back at Raian several times, uncertain as to why he was wanting to help her and her friends save the princess in the first place.
"Raian, what exactly are you?" Twilight asked with uncertainty.
"I'm a Saiyan." Raian answered simply.
"Saiyan?" Twilight said in confusion. "Where have I heard that before?"
Before Twilight could continue to think, a manticore stomped on the ground and let out a loud roar. Twilight and the others panicked while Raian merely looked at it with a plain expression.
"We've gotta get past him!" Twilight said confidently. The manticore decided to go after Rarity first. It jumped at her and swung a paw at her which she ducked under. Rarity then kicked the manticore in the face with her back hoof.
"Take that you ruffian!" Rarity yelled. The manticore then let out a roar which messed up Rarity's well kept mane.
"My hair!" Rarity yelled. She then realized what she was standing in front of and she ran away. The manticore took off after her but before he could get to her, Applejack jumped onto the manticore's head and began to ride him like a bull. After a little bit of jumping around the manticore finally managed to get Applejack off of his head.
"All yours, partner." Applejack said as she passed by Rainbow Dash.
"I'm on it." Rainbow then took of and began to fly in circles around the manticore but she was soon stopped by the manticore using its scorpion tail to swat her out of the air. Rainbow flew into Raian and he caught her effortlessly. He put her down onto her hooves and took a few steps forward. He stopped a good distance in front of Twilight and her friends and stared at the manticore.
"Raian, what are you doing? You're going to hurt yourself!" Twilight said worriedly. Raian merely smiled and let out a grunt.
"I know what I'm doing, Twilight." Raian said simply. The manticore let out a loud roar and began running at Raian. It jumped into the air and swung a massive paw at him which Raian dodged effortlessly. Raian grabbed the manticore's paw and threw it into the mountain on his left. He chased after it and grabbed the maticore by the throat and shoved it into the mountain with great force, killing it in the process by shattering its skull.
Twilight and her friends watched Raian in awe by what he just did. It took him mere seconds to take down the manticore while they couldn't even slow it down. They watched Raian crack his knuckles and his neck before walking back over to Twilight and her friends.
"That wasn't even a warm up." Raian said as he walked. Twilight and her friends simply stared at Raian with very wide eyes and their mouths ajar. Raian looked back at them with a slightly confused expression.
"What?" Raian said while shrugging a little.
"You just killed a manticore, what do you mean what!?" Rarity yelled at Raian in a rather annoyed tone.
"I know, but I did it to save you girls." Raian answered. Rarity tried to come back with something but couldn't since she was a little touched by Raian's words.
"At least you care." Rarity whispered. Twilight and her friends then slowly proceeded to move forward with Raian following behind. As they walked, a purple mist appeared out of the manticore's paw and it followed after Raian and the others.
As Raian and the rest walked through the forest, Rarity began to complain again.
"Uh, my eyes need a rest from all this muck."
It then became really dark
"I didn't mean that literally."
Twilight and the others then began to bump into each other while Raian managed to see a purple mist floating by his feet. The purple mist seemed to have spotted Raian and it went inside the one of the trees. Raian went up to the tree and examined it with curiosity while Twilight and her friends were talking among themselves.
"Why is there a power level coming from that mist?" Raian whispered to himself.
"Oh wait. I think I stepped in something." Applejack said as she tried to see her hoof in the darkness. Fluttershy then let out a yell at something.
"Its just mud." Applejack said as she walked up to the tree Raian was examining. She then looked at the tree and she jumped away from it out of fear. Raian didn't really do anything except for laugh.
"Are you scared of a tree? Seriously?" Raian continued to laugh while Twilight and the others were yelling their heads off at all of the scary face trees. Pinkie was the only other one not yelling at the trees and she too was laughing at the trees.
"Pinkie, Raian, what are you doing? Run!" Twilight yelled.
"Oh girls. Don't you see!?" Pinkie said as she began to dance. "When I was a little filly and the sun was going down!"
"Tell me she's not." Twilight said flatly.
"The darkness and the shadows they would always make me frown!"
"She is." Rarity answered.
As Pinkie continued to sing, Raian walked over next to Twilight and her friends and he face palmed.
"Oh my God!" Raian said with his annoyance beginning to grow. He watched Pinkie Pie jump around and continue to sing her song and when he was just about to make her shut up, she finished up her song.
Raian watched Twilight and the others roll around on the ground, laughing more than necessary. They all then got up and walked out of that part of the forest. As they continued to laugh, Pinkie stopped right in front of a fast moving river. Twilight and the others ran into Pinkie and they all poked their heads out from behind her.
"How are we gonna get across?" Pinkie asked. Raian was about to say something but they all began to hear crying from nearby. They poked their heads over a bush and saw a purple sea serpent with half of his mustache cut off.
"Oh what a world." The sea serpent complained while smashing his arms into the water.
"Excuse me sir. Why are you crying?" Twilight Sparkle asked.
"Oh, I don't know. I was just sitting here, minding my own business when this tacky little purple cloud of smoke whisked right past me and tore half of my beloved mustache clean off. And now, I look simply horrid!" the serpent said as he fell into the water which drenched Twilight and her friends. Raian was the only one that didn't get wet since he moved out of the way. Rarity glared double handed swords at Raian for it.
"Oh, give me a break." Rainbow said in annoyance.
"That's what all the fuss is about?" Applejack asked.
"Why, of course it is! How can you be so insensitive?" Rarity said as she began to walk towards the serpent with her nose in the air.
"Oh just look at him. Such lovely luminescent scales." Rarity said while feeling the serpent's scales with her fore hoof.
"I know." said the serpent.
"I simply cannot let such a crime against fabulosity go uncorrected!" Rarity finished. She then picked one of the serpents scales off with her mouth.
"Ow! What did you do that for!?" he asked. Rarity then used the scale to cut her tail off and she threw the scale out of her mouth. She then levitated her tail up with her magic, which was the first thing that actually impressed Raian since he got arrived in Equestria. Rarity then used her magic to complete the serpents mustache using her tail.
"Ooh hoo hoo hoo hoo! My mustache! How wonderful!" the serpent said happily.
"You look smashing." Rarity complimented.
"Rarity, your beautiful tail." Twilight said worriedly as she walked up to Rarity.
"Oh, its fine my dear. Short tails are in this season. Besides, it'll grow back." Rarity said as she looked at her shortened tail.
"So will the mustache." Rainbow Dash said annoyed.
"Ah! We can cross now! Lets go!" Twilight said as she walked across the now calm river. She was then lifted up by the purple serpent.
"Allow me." the serpent said as he made a bridge with his body. Twilight and her friends jumped across the serpent and onto the other side while Raian simply flew himself across.
"Whatever that mist is trying to do, its not doing a very good job." Raian thought to himself as he walked with Twilight and the others. As they walked, Twilight kept trying to think of where she heard of the word Saiyan.
"Where did I hear it?" Twilight yelled in her mind. She looked up from the ground and saw a bunch of castle ruins in the distance.
"There it is! The ruins that hold the Elements of Harmony! We made it!" Twilight said happily. She then took off towards the ruins.
"Twilight! Wait for us!" Applejack called out as she and the others ran after Twilight.
"We're almost there!" Right after Twilight said that, she almost fell down the area where the bridge was supposed to be. She was just about to fall until Rainbow Dash pulled her back by her tail.
"What's with you and falling off cliffs today?" Rainbow asked teasingly.
"Now what!?" Pinkie said as she looked to the other side of the bridge.
"Duh." Rainbow said as she flapped her wings a little.
"Oh yeah!" Pinkie said happily. Rainbow then flew down and got the other end of the bridge and brought it to the other side and was just about to tie the rope to the posts until she heard someone, or something calling her name.
"Rainbow... Rainbow." came a feminine voice.
"I ain't scared of you! Show yourself!" Rainbow yelled while she threw a few punches at the air.
"We've been eagerly awaiting the arrival of the best flyer in Equestria." came that same female voice.
"Who?"
"Why, you of course."
"Really!? I mean, oh yeah! Me! Hey! Uh, you wouldn't mind telling the Wonderbolts that would ya!?" Cause I've been trying to get into that group for like, ever!"
"No, Rainbow Dash. We want you to join us!" Just then, three pegasi wearing some sort of stunt suit that resembled the Wonderbolts' emerged from the fog. "The Shadowbolts!"
"We're the greatest aerial team in the Everfree Forest, and soon we will be the greatest in all of Equestria!" said the owner of the female voice.
"But first. We need a captain. The most magnificent."
"Yep!"
"Swiftest."
"Yes!"
"Bravest flyer in all the land."
"Yes, its all true!"
"We need... you."
"Woohoo! Sign me up! Just let me tie this bridge real quick and then we have a deal." Rainbow Dash was about to grab the rope with her mouth but was quickly stopped.
"No!" Yelled the female. "Its them, or us!"
"Rainbow! What's taking so long!?" Twilight yelled from the other side of the bridge. "Oh no. Rainbow!" Twilight tried to yell but her voice was quickly muffled by the fog covering what she could see of Rainbow Dash and the three Shadowbolts.
"Well?" said the female
"You." Rainbow said. The female smiled victoriously but was quickly cut off by Rainbow Dash.
"Thank you, for the offer I mean. But, I'm afraid I have to say no." Rainbow Dash then flew back over to the other side of the bridge where her friends congratulated her.
"See? I never leave my friends hangin'." Rainbow said as she crossed the bridge with her friends. Raian walked behind them all while he was still keeping track of the purple mists location using his ki sense. He found that it was hiding somewhere in the ruins.
"I may need to use all of my power for this." Raian said quietly. Twilight and the others walked inside and Raian immediately began to try and sense for the purple mist.
"Come on Twi. Isn't this what you've been waiting for?" Applejack asked while looking at the lavender unicorn with a smile.
"The Elements of Harmony! We found them!" Twilight said in astonishment. Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy then began to take each of the Elements off of its pedestal and lay them down in front of Twilight.
"Careful. Careful!" Twilight said as Rainbow brought down the first Element.
"One two three four, uh, there's only five!" Pinkie said out loud.
"Where's the sixth?" Rainbow asked.
"The book said, when the five are present a spark will cause the sixth Element to be revealed." Twilight said as she laid down in front of the five Elements.
"What in the hay is that supposed to mean?" Applejack asked.
"I'm not sure, but I have an idea. Stand back, I don't know what'll happen." Twilight said seriously. Her horn then flared up with magic and she began to concentrate on a spell.
"Come on, ya'll. She needs to concentrate." Applejack said as she and the other four walked out of the ruins. Right before Rainbow did though, she turned around to see if Raian was following her. She saw him still standing next to Twilight.
"Hey! Didn't you hear what she said! She needs to concentrate!" Rainbow yelled at Raian.
"That may be, but she also needs to be protected." Raian said without turning to look at Rainbow Dash.
"What do ya mean protected?" Applejack asked suspiciously. Raian remained silent for a moment before turning around to look at Rainbow Dash and Applejack.
"There's something in here, and whatever it is, its strong." Raian stated.
"Hey, girls. What's going on?" Pinkie said as she, Fluttershy and Rarity walked back into the ruins. They stopped dead in their tracks when they saw that there was a purple mist moving towards Raian and Twilight. Raian saw that the mist was circling him, Twilight, and the five Elements of Harmony. Before Raian could so anything, him, Twilight and the Elements of Hamrony were warped out of the room and into a different part of the ruins.
"Twilight! Raian! Where are you!?" Applejack asked worriedly.
"Look!" Rarity said while pointing at another part of the ruins which the windows had a white light shining through them.
"Come on!" Applejack said as she and the others ran to go save Twilight and Raian.
While that was going on, Raian and Twilight were warped into a different room of the ruins. They coughed a bit and opened their eyes to see a large black alicorn wearing light blue armour standing in front of them with the Elements of Harmony floating around her. It was Nightmare Moon. She laughed a bit before looking back at Raian and Twilight with cat like eyes. Twilight was getting ready to charge at Nightmare Moon. She was just about to but Raian stopped her with a hand.
"No, let me handle this." Raian stated. Raian then began to walk forward a little ways and stopped.
"You little fool. Thinking that you can defeat me!?" Nightmare Moon yelled.
"I won't know until I try." Raian stated calmly.
"Raian, wait! You'll get hurt!" Twilight said worriedly. Raian turned his head back to Twilight.
"Don't worry about me, Twilight. Just worry about the safety of you and your friends for now." Raian told her and she slowly nodded to let Raian know that she understood. Raian then turned back to Nightmare Moon. He brought his hands up to his waist and began to charge up his ki. While he did this, a blue flame aura surrounded him which amazed Twilight. Raian began to yell and his power increased dramatically.
"Watch this!" Raian said before flying at Nightmare Moon at blinding speeds. Raian hit Nightmare Moon in the chest with his elbow which sent her flying out of the window behind her. Raian took flight after her and continued his assault. Twilight was amazed by what she was witnessing, but that didn't distract her for long. She quickly ran for the Elements that were lying on the pedestal that Nightmare Moon was standing on and she began to try and make the spark. After a few moments, she got the spell to work and there was a large bolt of lightning which sent her flying backwards a little ways. She looked back at the pedestal and she saw that the Elements were sparking, but that soon stopped and nothing happened.
"No, this isn't right. What does the book mean by spark?" Twilight asked herself. She then began to hear the voices of her friends coming from behind her. She was about to run to her friends but was stopped when Nightmare Moon crashed back through the window and landed hard on the ground near the pedestal. Raian flew in after her and hovered in the air above her.
"What's wrong? Is that all you got?" Raian said cockily.
Nightmare Moon got up and her horn lit up with magic. She encased herself in her magic and when it disappeared, her form was changed. Her front hooves were hands and her feet were still hooves. Her skin was the same color as her fur was in her pony form and the armour was changed to fit her body. Her face and head was the same as it was in her pony form as well.
"Wow, her power just sky rocketed!" Raian said in amazement.
Nightmare Moon looked up towards Raian with an evil smirk. She used her magic and teleported behind Raian and she grabbed his arms and pulled his arms behind him and put a knee to his back. She began to pull on his arms, threatening to break them.
Raian let out screams of pain as Nightmare Moon tried to break his arms. Raian's anger flared for a moment and he got a surge of power. He pulled his arms back and flipped Nightmare Moon to his front side. He grabbed her neck and flew towards the ground and threw her into it with great force. Raian then backed away from Nightmare Moon.
Nightmare got up and blew Raian's attack off like it was nothing to her. She then began to fly at Raian using a combination of her wings and magic. She threw a punch too fast for even Raian to see and knocked him back outside through the window. Nightmare Moon chased him out while charging up magic into her hands. She sent a volley of magic blasts at Raian and he was hit by all of them. Each magic blast exploded which tore up Raian's clothes a little.
Nightmare watched Raian fall down to the floor and land on his back. She flew down with him and stood over him with an evil smirk on her face.
"You're a rather handsome Saiyan, aren't you? Tell you what. If you become my slave, then I'll spare you." Nightmare said while leaning down towards Raian's face a little. Raian stared at her for a moment before raising his hand up and blasting her with a point blank ki wave. Nightmare Moon flew back some and landed hard on her back. Raian took this opportunity and he quickly got up and used the Instant Transmission to warp back inside of the ruins where Twilight and her friends were and he began to charge up his ki again. His blue flame aura surrounded him as he began to yell and after a few moments, there was a bright flash of golden light which blinded Twilight and her friends.
Nightmare Moon flew in through the window and saw Raian's form has changed as well. His blue hair and eye brows were now gold and his blue flame aura was now that of a golden one.
Raian looked at Nightmare Moon with a angry, yet calm expression and he warped in front of her and punched her in the gut with a powerful uppercut. Nightmare Moon leaned over while gasping for air but before she could recover, Raian kneed her in the jaw then did a spin kick with his right leg, sending her crashing into a pillar nearby.
The pillar crumbled on top of Nightmare Moon but she blew them off of herself with her magic and flew at Raian again. She threw a punch which he caught and he bent her wrist backwards which made a sickening crack. Nightmare Moon howled in pain and as she did, Raian was charging up a Kamehameha.
"Kaaaaa Meeeeeee Haaaaaaa Meeeeeee!" Raian yelled as a blue ki ball formed in his hands. "Haaaaa!"
Raian shot his hands forwards and the Kamehameha engulfed Nightmare Moon. The ki wave blasted out of the ruins and continued on into outer space. Raian stopped the Kamehameha and saw Nightmare Moon lying on the floor. She got up and looked at Raian angrily.
"You caught me off guard with that attack. But now its time I stop fooling around!" Nightmare Moon said threateningly. Nightmare Moon used her magic once more and Raian felt her power reach its peak.
"Wow! Her power's huge!" Raian said as he watched Nightmare Moon finish her power up. She looked at Raian with an evil smirk and before Raian could even blink, Nightmare Moon kicked him in the face which sent him upwards a little bit. Nightmare Moon took this opportunity and blasted Raian with a magic wave. Raian flew past Twilight and her friends and crashed through the wall. He fell down to the ground on the other side and got up shortly after. He saw Nightmare Moon walking at him so he took the time he had to charge up again.
"Lets see how you handle a Super Saiyan 2!" Raian said to himself as he charged his ki. Raian let out a loud yell and in another bright flash of golden light, Raian transformed into a Super Saiyan 2. His hair arced up slightly and it was sharper as well as his eyes. He also had electric sparks flashing around him.
Raian stared at Nightmare Moon for a split moment before he charged at her at full speed and threw a punch at her. Nightmare Moon easily dodged Raian's attack by stepping to the side and she countered by kneeing Raian in the stomach. Raian was falling to the ground but before he reached it, Nightmare Moon smashed him into the ground by doing a double hammer fist.
Raian crashed into the ground and he lied there while making small grunts of pain. He felt Nightmare Moon step over him and get on her hands and knees and bring her head down to his ear.
"You still have your options. It would be a shame to let such a handsome young man like you go to waste." Nightmare Moon whispered in his ear.
For a brief moment, Raian actually considered becoming her slave. Her voice was pretty enticing after all. Raian then thought about Twilight and the others and he used his ki to blow Nightmare Moon off of him. Raian got up using a break dance move and he turned towards Nightmare Moon.
"I'd rather die than be the slave of someone like you!" Raian spat angrily.
"That can be arranged." Nightmare retorted.
Raian and Nightmare Moon then flew at each other at an incredible speed and they exchanged blows. It went on until Raian managed to hit Nightmare Moon in the face, but she countered by kicking Raian in the stomach. Raian flew back some while Nightmare Moon tried to kick him again. Raian managed to catch her leg and he turned around and threw her up into the air. Nightmare Moon flipped a little but she stopped herself and looked for Raian. She looked around until she was knocked back down to the ground by Raian doing a reverse back flip kick.
Nightmare Moon collided with the ground but she quickly recovered and hopped up to her hooves. She looked up at Raian angrily and her eyes began to glow a little.
"Enough!" Nightmare said as she charged magic into her hands. The magic she created glowed black and her eyes glowed brightly. The magic intensified and she brought her hands back.
"Solar Eclipse!" Nightmare yelled. Nightmare then shot her hands forward and she shot a large black magic beam which Raian wasn't able to get out of the way of in time. The magic blast engulfed Raian and blasted through the roof of the ruins. The magic continued to be fired from Nightmare Moon for a few moments more before she stopped. Nightmare brought her hands down and watched Raian fall to the floor, his body bloodied and beaten and his clothes torn.
Raian's shirts and wrist bands fell off of his body while his pants had large rips in them. He fell to the floor, landing on his back with a thud. He was barely alive as he watched Nightmare Moon walk to him with an evil look on her face. She stood over Raian and looked down at him evilly. She bent down a little before speaking.
"You should have taken my offer, Saiyan." Nightmare said before walking over to the pedestal where the Elements of Harmony still lied.
"Now to do away with these old things." Nightmare said before she stomped her hoof on the ground, shattering the Elements of Harmony. Twilight and her friends watched on in horror, they failed. All of Equestria will now suffer eternal night. Twilight and her friends then ran over to Raian and surrounded him. Twilight sat down near Raian's head and tried to wake him.
"Raian!? Raian!?" Twilight said as she shook Raian with tears forming in her eyes. Raian groaned a little bit and looked at Twilight through squinted eyes.
"I'm okay, Twilight. Just... Get out of here. Save yourselves." Raian said in a strained voice.
"No! We're not leaving you! You're our friend and friends don't leave each other behind!" Twilight said as tears streamed down her cheeks.
"We'll stick by you, even if it means that we all die!" Applejack added with tears streaming down her cheeks as well.
"I would give up my life for the one colt that saved my life, and that colt is you!" Rarity added as she began to cry as well. Raian looked at Twilight and her friends and smiled weakly.
"You all really seem to care about me. So as long as I'm still breathing, I'll fight my hardest to protect you." Raian said and before he could get up, a bright light shone behind him.
Twilight and her friends looked to see the five Elements of Harmony glowing with magic. Each Element flew over to a specific pony and each Element turned into a necklace with their cutie marks on them and they were placed on that pony. Another bright magic shone above Twilight and her friends and they all looked up to see the sixth Element of Harmony. The element turned into a tiara with Twilight's cutie mark on it and it was set upon Twilight's head.
Raian watched Twilight and her friends levitate up into the air and they all shone with magic. The magic shot into the air and formed a rainbow like magic which shot down towards Nightmare Moon. Nightmare Moon watched in horror watched as the rainbow magic surrounded her. She yelled with fear in her voice and in a bright flash of white, Nightmare Moon was gone. In her place was another alicorn.
Raian looked back at Twilight and her friends and saw that they were a little dazed. Twilight got up and looked at Raian and saw that he was looking back at her. Raian then looked back at the new alicorn and made out her features. The alicorn had a blue coat with a slightly brighter blue mane and tail. Her cutie mark was a crescent moon with a black background. She was also a smaller than Nightmare Moon was.
Raian got up to his feet slowly and watched the alicorn look around the room, trying to grasp her surroundings. As she did, Raian could feel no evil within her, so he powered down and reverted back to his normal form. His hair slowly changed back to its normal blue state and he took in a deep breath. As he exhaled, he began to feel another power level. It was a little stronger than that of Nightmare Moon's, so he got into a ready position.
In another bright flash of white light, another alicorn revealed itself. This alicorn had a perfectly white coat with a multi-colored mane and tail that flowed on its own like Nightmare Moon's did. Her eyes were a beautiful shade of purple and her cutie mark was a sun. Raian watched the alicorn walk over to Twilight and her friends who were bowing to her.
"They must be the rulers of this land. Her and that other alicorn's power level say so." Raian said, referring to both of the alicorns in the room.
"Princess Celestia!" Twilight said as she walked up to the white alicorn and gave her a hug.
"Twilight, my most faithful student." Celestia said as she returned the hug.
"I thought you said it was all an old ponies tale?" Twilight said with confusion.
"I told you that you needed to make some friends, nothing more. You allowed the magic of friendship into your hearts which allowed you to defeat Nightmare Moon." Celestia said as she turned towards the other alicorn. "If only another would let the magic of friendship into her heart as well."
The one known as Princess Celestia approached the smaller alicorn and knelled down next to her.
"We were meant to rule this land together, Princess Luna." Celestia said which made the smaller alicorn look down in shame. She then got up to her hooves and gave Princess Celestia a hug.
"I'm so sorry! I've missed you so much, big sister!" said Princess Luna as tears formed in her eyes.
"I've missed you too." Celestia said as she hugged her little sister back. Pinkie Pie began to cry, but it didn't last very long.
"Hey, you know what this calls for!? A party!" Pinkie said as she began to jump up and down in place. Princess Celestia looked at her sister and smiled before she turned around. As she did, she saw Raian standing several feet away with bloodied cuts all over his body. She and Luna both gasped upon seeing him and they stared at him with surprised expressions.
"What? You want to kill me, too?" Raian said as he fully stood up. Raian then let out a yell and his blue flame aura surrounded him again. He yelled for a few seconds before he feinted and fell down to the floor on his stomach. Princess Celestia and Princess Luna both ran over to Raian and laid down next to him.
"I-Its him! He's here!" Luna whispered in shock.
"I know. But that means..." Celestia trailed off a little but came back to her senses.
"Twilight! The party will have to wait! Get back to Ponyville and stay there until I tell you otherwise!" Celestia said in a demanding tone. Twilight hesitated a bit but nodded and she and her friends ran back to Ponyville as fast as they could.
"We need to take him back to the castle." Luna said as she and her sister got up. Celestia levitated Raian up with her magic and she set him on her back. She used her magic again and she teleported herself and Luna to the castle in Canterlot.
Once they arrived, Celestia and Luna both trotted towards the hospital wing of the castle. They reached it in only a couple moments and they set Raian on one of the hospital beds.
"Bandage him up at once!" Celestia demanded the nurses in the room. The nurses did as Princess Celestia said and in only a few short minutes, Raian was fully bandaged. Celestia looked up and down Raian's body and nodded to herself multiple times.
"Its him. Its really him." Celestia said before looking at the nurses in the room.
"Leave us!" Celestia demanded. The nurses bowed before they all ran out of the hospital wing and shut the door behind them. Celestia then turned back to Raian and put a hoof up to his hair and ran it through his hair gently. Both she and Luna stared at Raian, thinking practically the same thing.
"Do you really think he can stop them, Tia?" Luna asked which snapped Celestia out of her thoughts.
"I hope so, Luna. He may be the only that can do so." Celestia said before bringing her hoof back. She looked out of the window of the hospital wing and saw the sun shining brightly.
"One year. One short year he has to prepare himself." Celestia said as she walked to the window and peered out of it. She looked down to Ponyville and let out a sigh. She then turned from the window and looked at her sister.
"Come Luna. We need to let him rest." Celestia said as she walked towards the door of the hospital wing. Luna followed her out and she and Luna looked back at Raian one last time before quietly shutting the door behind them.
The morning sun peered through Raian's eyes lids which forced him to wake up. He groggily opened his eyes and looked around the room.
"W-Where am I? Raian asked as he sat up. He looked over his body and saw that he had bandages wrapped around most of it. His tattered gi pants and boots were still on him but the rest of his clothes were missing. Raian looked around the room again and saw the door. He went to get out of the bed but was stopped by a nurse putting a gentle hoof on him.
"Um, you can't leave yet. I am under direct orders from Princess Celestia to keep you here. Oh, and don't try to escape, there are guards outside." the nurse said with fear in her voice. Raian slowly got back into the bed and looked at the nurse.
"Princess Celestia? You mean that big white pony with a horn and wings?" Raian asked.
"Um, correct." the nurse said with the same amount of fear in her voice. Raian looked away from the nurse and shut his eyes while putting two fingers to his forehead.
"What are you doing?" the nurse asked and in an instant, Raian vanished.
Raian appeared in what seemed to be a throne room. Raian looked around for a bit before hearing something being dropped behind him. Raian turned around and saw both Princess Celestia and Princess Luna sitting on their thrones, looking back at Raian with shocked expression.
"Are you two the rulers here?" Raian asked while maintaining eye contact with Celestia.
"Yes. I am Princess Celestia, and this is my sister, Princess Luna." Celestia told Raian a bit nervously.
"I thought so. You two seem to be the strongest ones here." Raian said while looking back and forth between Celestia and Luna. "You two are stronger than be by quite a bit."
"Well, if we weren't as powerful as we are, Equestria would probably be some sort of vacation spot for Frieza." Luna said as the nervousness began to subside.
"I see." Raian said as he thought back to his past when he was only a boy. He looked back up to Celestia and Luna and grinned.
"You two wouldn't mind fighting me, right?" Raian asked which threw both Celestia and Luna off guard.
"What for?" Celestia asked regally.
"I'm traveling planet to planet in search of stronger opponents to fight so I can make myself stronger, and since you two are the strongest beings here, you two are the ones I want to fight." Raian explained. Celestia and Luna thought about it for a moment before both of them got an idea. They both looked at each other and knew that they were thinking the same thing.
"Okay. We'll fight you." Celestia said which brought a grin onto Raian's face.
"Alright! This is gonna be fun! But first, I think I need to heal up and train a little bit. Don't want this to be an unfair fight." Raian said before looking back at Celestia and Luna. "When do you want this to happen?"
"We'll let you know. But for now, welcome to Equestria, A land filled with magic." Celestia said happily.
"Thanks for the hospitality. Hey, do you know where I can stay?" Raian asked.
"You can stay here in the castle. I have a room already prepared for you." Celestia said as Raian began to take his bandages off. After he took them off, he tossed them to the floor and looked over his body. Celestia and Luna stared at his large muscles for a bit but quickly snapped themselves out of their thoughts.
"Would you like something to eat?" Celestia asked.
"Oh boy! I'm starving!" Raian said happily. Celestia and Luna smiled at Raian before they got off of their thrones and led Raian to the dining hall.
The table has been set. Raian will take on two of the most powerful opponents he has ever faced! Will he get strong enough in time to fight them evenly? Or will his Saiyan Pride be shattered? Right now, we do not know. But for now, rest easy Raian.
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