Vegeta's tale has only begun to unfold.
"So, none of you have been in here before?" Fluttershy asked, doing her best to stay as far from Vegeta as she could.
"Oh. H-heavens, no. Just look at it. It's dreadful!" Rarity replied.
"And it ain't natural," Applejack added.
"I've seen worse," Vegeta said, rolling his eyes.
"Yeah, well, some folks say it don't work the same as Equestria," Applejack replied.
"And what's that supposed to mean?" Vegeta asked, staring at the pony questioningly.
"No pony knows," Rainbow said, grinning at Vegeta as she came out of some shadows. The saiyan rolled his eyes.
"You know why?" Rainbow asked.
"Rainbow, quit it," Applejack said, glaring at her.
"Oh, no, please continue. I want to hear this," Vegeta argued.
"It's 'cause everypony who's ever come in has never come… OUT!" she said, shouting at him. Rarity, Fluttershy, and Pinkie Pie jumped slightly, before the cliffside they were standing on suddenly came out from under them.
"Well then, good job. You jinxed them," Vegeta said, glaring at Rainbow.
"Fluttershy, Vegeta, quick!" Rainbow yelled, flying after her friends.
"Don't tell me what to do!" Vegeta shouted, glaring at the blue pony.
Rainbow caught Pinkie, as Fluttershy grabbed Rarity. Vegeta watched in slight amusement as the ponies scrambled to save one another.
Applejack caught a branch with her mouth, stopping her slide, before noticing Twilight was dangling over another cliffside. "Don't worry, Twilight. I'ma comin'!" the earth pony said, slowly sliding down to her.
"Applejack, what do I do?" Twilight asked, holding onto her hooves.
Applejack held onto Twilight, before glancing upwards. "Let go," she replied.
"ARE YOU CRAZY?" Twilight asked her, glaring at the pony.
"No, I ain't," Applejack replied. "I promised you'll be safe."
"That's not true!" Twilight said, giving Applejack a worried look.
"Now, listen here. What I'm saying to you is the honest truth. Let go, and you'll be safe."
Twilight sighed, before letting go. She started to scream as she fell, before Vegeta wrapped his arm around her body, slowly her fall as he lowered her to the ground.
"See? You should trust the orange pony more. Why would she tell you to jump off a dangerous cliff?" Vegeta said, sarcastically. Twilight grinned, watching as Applejack jumped from several small ledges, landing on the ground next to her.
Setting Twilight down, Vegeta sighed. "Still no beasts. I'm growing quite bored of this place," he said, surveying the area.
"We're not here to get you a fight. We're here to save the world!" Twilight replied, glaring up at him.
"Whatever."
"Well, we're almost halfway there. A little bit longer, and we shou-" Twilight began to say, before Vegeta cut her off
"I'm leaving. I'll meet you all at the castle," Vegeta said, taking to the air.
"Wait, what? No, we should stick together. Who knows what Nightmare Moon could do!" Twilight argued.
"That's what I intend to find out. If this Nightmare Moon is as dangerous as you say, then she should be enough of a challenge for me," Vegeta replied, before rocketing away.
"Great. Just great," Twilight said, sighing.
Vegeta smirked, landing a few feet away from the broken castle. "Now then, let's see. She should be around here somewhere," the saiyan prince said.
"Looking for someone?" a voice said from behind Vegeta. Turning, the prince's eyes widened in surprise.
"Kakarot? How the hell did you ge- No, you're not Kakarot. I can't sense any ki. That's not going to work, Moon," Vegeta said, grinning at the man standing a few feet away from him. His hair was black, and spikey, and he wore an orange gi, with a blue undershirt, wristbands, sash, and boots.
"Who cares?" The False-Goku asked. "You said you wanted a challenge, so bring it on," the false-saiyan said, getting into Goku's fighting stance.
"Well then, I hope you won't be too disappointing!" Vegeta said, getting into his fighting stance. Smirking, the saiyan dashed forwards, throwing Nightmare Moon off-guard, punching him in the jaw. The false-saiyan stumbled back, before regaining his balance, glaring at Vegeta.
"I see. You're just using my memories of what Kakarot looks like. But you can't learn someone's fighting style in an instant!" Vegeta said, smirking. "Seems I have the advantages here!"
"That might be true," Nightmare Moon replied, "But don't get cocky. This means I'm less predictable!"
"No. Because you're an amateur, you're even more predictable. I'll even let you have the first attack," Vegeta replied, grinning at him.
Nightmare Moon glared, before charging forwards, swinging wildly at Vegeta. The saiyan prince crossed his arms, ducking left and right, dodging every attack thrown at him.
"I oltd you!" Vegeta said, before punching him in the face once again. The false saiyan growled in pain, before clenching his fists, his hair spiking upwards, turning golden.
"I'm going to make you pay!" Nightmare Moon shouted, glaring at him.
"Then come do it!" Vegeta replied, grinning. Nightmare Moon growled again, before darting behind Vegeta, the saiyan smirking. The false-saiyan leapt towards Vegeta, swinging a fist at his back. Vegeta turned, catching the fist, before tossing him away.
"Don't bother trying to fight me. I've spent my entire life training, while you are using literal basic knowledge. I am going to win. Give up," Vegeta said, smirking at him.
"So what? I am still copying the one person that has managed to surpass you in every way!" Nightmare Moon replied, glaring at him.
"You think merely copying Kakarot will allow you to win? Trust me, I've fought two beings that thought the same. Spoiler alert, they're both dead," Vegeta said, a small grin on his face.
"Dead? You think you can kill me? I am Nightmare Moon! I am going to defeat you! Understand!" Nightmare Moon yelled, shouting at him, his hair turning blue.
"Super Saiyan Blue, huh? You're really going to try and fight me? You're an idiot, but fine. I'll play along," Vegeta replied, grinning. Crossing his arms, he smirked. "You go first."
"You're mocking me. You'll pay for that!", Nightmare Moon shouted, before charging at Vegeta. The saiyan dodged to the side, Nightmare's attack missing him. With a small glare, Nightmare Moon turned, swinging at Vegeta once more, the saiyan ducking out of the way of each attack.
Vegeta chuckled, before kicking Nightmare Moon in the face, sending him flying back. Nightmare Moon rolled on the ground, before standing up, glaring in anger at the prince.
"What's wrong? I thought I was going to pay for mocking you," Vegeta said with a large grin.
"I'm not done yet. It's time I did more then just copy his move style," Nightmare Moon said, getting into an all-too familiar stance.
"No. There's no possible way you cou-"
"Ka," Nightmare Moon began to chant, a ball of dark, purple energy forming in his hands.
"God damnit. You're copying Kakarot's blasts now?" Vegeta growled, before getting into a stance of his own.
"Me… Ha…." Nightmare continued to say.
"Don't think you've won! Because you're about to taste my GALICK GUN-"
"Me… HA!" Nightmare moon shouted, firing the blast towards Vegeta.
"FIRE!" Vegeta shouted back, his purple beam colliding with Nightmare's. With a smug smirk on his face, Vegeta chuckled.
"You can't beat me with your stolen techniques!" he said, before Nightmare's beam began to overpower his own.
"Is that so? Because it seems that I am winning! So prepare, Vegeta. For it is ti-" Nightmare Moon began to say, before pausing, looking out in the direction of Twilight, and her friends.
Vegeta growled, straining to keep the blast back, when Nightmare Moon ended the attack, returning to her normal form.
"They're getting close. And while you pose no threat with the Elements of Harmony, they do," She said. Vegeta growled, glaring as she flew away.
Breathing heavily, Vegeta stared at his hand. "How the hell did she start overpowering me?"
Vegeta sighed, exiting the old castle. "Nothing of interest. Literally!" the saiyan said, glaring at the stone walls.
"Hey, Vegeta!" Twilight said, walking up to him.
"Took you six long enough. I've already looked around. Didn't find much, but there is one place I think you'll find interesting."
Leading them towards the ruins, Vegeta watched the blue mist slither along the ground, and gave a momentary glare at it, before pushing open the large door, revealing the giant pedestal in the middle of the main room.
"Come on, Twilight," Applejack said, staring at the stone balls resting on the different platforms. "Isn't this what you've been waiting for?"
"The Elements of Harmony," Twilight said, staring with glee at them. "We found them."
"Correction. I found them, and lead you to them.", Vegeta said, smirking at them. Twilight gave him a small glare, before turning back to the Elements.
Rainbow, Fluttershy, and Vegeta carried the stone balls over to Twilight, placing them next to her. "Careful, careful."
"One, two, three, four. Uh, there's only five," Pinkie said.
"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 replied.
"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 will happen," Twilight said, her horn beginning to glow.
"Come on, now, y'all. She needs to concentrate," Applejack said, leading the other four ponies out of the broken room.
"I think I'll stay here. Just to be on the safe side," Vegeta said, surveying the room.
Turning away from Twilight, Vegeta stared out the window, searching for Nightmare Moon's smoke trail.
"Aah!" Twilight suddenly gasped from behind him. Spinning around, Vegeta glared as the smoke spun around the Elements, raising them above the ground.
"Oh no you don't!" the saiyan said, charging forwards.
"The Elements!" Twilight cried, as both she and Vegeta entered the blue smoke tornado forming, before it teleported away, the other five ponies running into the room.
Twilight and Vegeta coughed, as they were teleported to another room of the castle. Turning to the far end of the room, Twilight gasped, as Vegeta glared at Nightmare Moon, the stone Elements floating around her.
Twilight glared, before sliding her hoof on the ground, about to charge at Nightmare Moon.
"You're kidding," Nightmare said, a look of disappointment on her face.
"I don't think she is," Vegeta said, glaring at her.
"You're kidding, right?" Nightmare asked, glaring at Twilight.
Twilight's horn glowed, as she charged towards the evil princess. Nightmare Moon growled, before charging towards Twilight. Before she got to her, Twilight teleported out of Nightmare's path, reappearing by the Elements.
"Just one spark!" Twilight said, using her magic on the stone balls. Nightmare glared, teleporting over, firing a laser at Twilight, knocking her away.
"No! NO!" Nightmare said, glaring down at the glowing spheres. Twilight smirked, as the elements glowed brighter, before the glow vanished. Nothing happened.
"But where's the sixth Element?" Twilight asked, staring in slight fear.
Nightmare Moon laughed, before raising her front legs, bringing them down, destroying the stone Elements, to Twilight's horror.
"You little fool! Thinking you could defeat me. Now you will never see your princess or your sun. The night will last, forever!" Nightmare Moon shouted, laughing.
"Will it, though? Cause the Elements aren't the only thing that can beat you," Vegeta said, stepping in front of Twilight..
"Oh? And you think you can? After the display of power from earlier, I'm sure you'll win," the evil princess asked, laughing.
"That was a fluke. You got lucky, and caught me off guard. But not this time!" Vegeta replied, glaring at Nightmare.
"You're a fool if you think you can hurt me!" Nightmare said, glaring at him. Vegeta smirked, before clenching his fists, a white, flame-like aura surrounding him.
"Actually going to take this seriously? Good. Now prepare to lose!" Nightmare Moon shouted, before firing several magic beams straight at Vegeta. As soon as the first beam hit, a cloud of dust covered the saiyan, masking him from view, before the saiyan was launched from the cloud, sliding along the ground
"Vegeta!" Twilight shouted, staring in fear. Suddenly, the smoke was pushed away, revealing the saiyan, standing in the exact place he had been in when he was shot, not a scratch on him.
As he stood up, Vegeta chuckled. "Was that all? I barely felt that," the saiyan mocked, grinning at Nightmare Moon. Before she had time to react, Vegeta dashed towards her, instantly standing directly in front of her, punching Nightmare in the muzzle. The evil princess was sent flying backwards, crashing through the wall of the ruins.
Vegeta turned towards Twilight, a determined look on his face. "Twilight, the Elements are still technically here, just in pieces. Keep working on how to get that sixth Element. I'll handle Nightmare Moon," the saiyan said, smirking at her. Twilight nodded, standing up.
"I'll try."
"Good. Now, get to work!" Vegeta replied, turning back towards Nightmare. The evil princess stood up, shaking her head, before glaring at Vegeta. Taking into the air, the two flew at each other, Nightmare trying to stab Vegeta with her horn.
Vegeta growled, dodging the needle thin horn, before spinning around, kicking Nightmare away. Nightmare caught herself in mid-air, glaring at Vegeta. As her horn glowed, her eyes did as well, before she fired a stronger beam then before. Vegeta didn't even try to block it, realizing too late that she had planned on it.
The blast struck him in the right side of his chest, cracking his armor, blood beginning to seep out of the hole caused by the blast. Grabbing his wound, Vegeta growled.
"You….. Gah… I'll get you for that!" Vegeta growled, Nightmare laughing at this.
"What in Equestria are you doing?", Nightmare asked. "I thought you said you were going to hold me off. Poor little Twilight is currently defenseless."
"Damnit. How is she beating me! There's no way she's actually as strong as me, is there?" Vegeta thought, holding his shoulder in pain. "Unless…. That energy source. I can't sense it… maybe… maybe it acts as a counter to ki? No, that can't be it…. can it?"
"What's wrong, Vegeta? Is the pain too much for you? Good. Allow me to add insult to injury!" Nightmare Moon said, grinning at him, turning into her mystical smoke form. Charging at Vegeta, she swirled around him, covering the saiyan entirely.
"What the hell? What is this?" Vegeta asked, confused, as he tried to break free from the smokey cage he was in.
Suddenly, the smoke cleared, as Nightmare Moon dash a few feet away from him. Vegeta glared, still confused, as the sparkling smoke formed a new being.
"Oh, you have got to be kidding me," Vegeta said, glaring at the smoke, as it merged together.
Floating in front of the saiyan prince, was an almost exact copy of himself. The jumpsuit covering his body was a dark blue, while his gloves and boots were pure black. The copy's chest piece was black, with misty blue sections. His skin was normal, but his hair was the sparkling smoke that had been surrounding Vegeta moments ago. The image of a light blue crescent moon sat on the left breastplate of the copy's armor. His eyes were pure white, a faint glow coming off of them.
"You're copying me now? What, was stealing Kakarot's looks not good enough for you?" Vegeta asked, glaring at the copy.
"Oh, I didn't just copy your looks. I now have the strength of the mighty Vegeta.", Nightmare Moon replied, smirking at him.
"Damnit…. If that's the case, you may have me beat!…. But I won't go down so easily!" Vegeta roared, his aura surging as he powered up, the prince's hair fading from black to gold.
"We'll see about that, Vegeta," Nightmare Moon said, grinning at him. Vegeta growled, before getting into his fighting stance, continuing to glare at the evil copy in front of him. Nightmare Moon did the same, smirking the entire time.
"Just because I'm wounded, doesn't mean you can beat me!" Vegeta said, his glare growing larger.
"Oh, but I think it does!" Nightmare Moon said, before charging forwards, swinging a fist at Vegeta. The saiyan dodged, before being kicked in the stomach, Nightmare moving faster then when she had been copying Goku.
Vegeta gasped in slight pain, before lunging forwards, throwing two quick punches at Nightmare, striking the copy in the jaw. The dark clone lurched back, before sliding a foot back, regaining his balance.
Lunging forwards, Nightmare Moon swung his arm in a chopping motion, a dark, magic blade forming around his hand, barely hitting Vegeta as he dodged.
"Wow. First Kakarot, then me, now Goku Black? Who will you copy next, Frieza?" Vegeta asked, growling as he ducked out of the way of the blade.
"I don't know who those last two are, not yet. But soon, I shall know all. Once I end you, I will be conquering this world, and then, every world!" Nightmare Moon shouted, dashing towards Vegeta once more.
Crossing his arms over his chest, Vegeta grunted, as Nightmare Moon sent him flying back into the ruins.
Inside, Twilight was staring in sorrow at the broken Elements. Distant shouting caught her ears, and as she turned around, she saw her new friends entering the room. Her eyes widened, a tiny little sparkle appearing in them.
"Hey, Nightmare Moon!" Twilight suddenly shouted, catching the attention of both the dark clone, and Vegeta.
"What is it?" Nightmare Moon asked, annoyed at the interruption.
"You think you can destroy the Elements of Harmony just like that?" the purple unicorn asked, smirking at him.
"Yes, yes I do!" She replied.
"Well, you're wrong, because the Spirits of the Elements of Harmony are right here!" Twilight exclaimed, as the other five ponies stood around her.
"And you six are suppose to scare me?", Nightmare Moon asked, flying over to them.
As he landed, the shards of the Elements started to glow, floating into the air. Nightmare looked down, confused as this happened.
"What is the meaning of this?" the dark clone demanded.
"The spirits of these five ponies standing beside me got us through every challenge you threw at us! They represent the Elements of Harmony! Kindness, Laughter, Generosity, Honesty, and Loyalty," Twilight explained. As she said the five Element names, the broken shards flew towards the group, surrounding the pony that represented them.
"No! This cannot be! Grr… Wait… You still don't have the sixth Element! The Spark didn't work!" Nightmare Moon replied, chuckling in slight relief.
"But it did, a different kind of Spark. I felt it the very moment I realized how happy I was to hear you, to see you, how much I cared about you," Twilight replied, turning towards her friends.
"The Spark ignited inside me when I realized that you all… Are my friends!" Twilight continued, turning towards Nightmare, as Vegeta landed nearby. Suddenly, a light appeared above the six ponies, as a new stone orb came into view.
"I cannot believe this is actually working," Vegeta said.
"You see, Nightmare Moon, when those Elements are ignited by the… the Spark that resides in the heart of us all, it creates the sixth Element. The Element of Magic!" Twilight exclaimed. Nightmare's eyes widened, as the final Element lowered down towards Twilight.
"No… NO! I will win! There will be eternal night!" Nightmare Moon shouted, getting into Vegeta's Galick Gun stance.
"Seriously? You're still copying me?" Vegeta asked, as two golden orbs formed in his hands.
"Shut up! I WILL KILL YOU ALL! SILHOUETTE FLASHER!" Nightmare Moon shouted, as a dark blue, magical glow covered his hands. Thrusting them forwards, he fired the dark blue beam at Twilight and her friends.
"Oh no, you don't!" Vegeta replied, dashing in front of the beam, his arms extended outwards, his hair suddenly turning to a vibrant, electric blue, as a similar colored aura appeared around him. The two golden energy balls grew in size, as he glared at his evil opposite. "FINAL FLASH!" the saiyan shouted, bringing the two spheres together, firing a larger, golden beam.
Nightmare's eyes widened as Vegeta's beam overpowered his own, washing over him in a blinding golden light. Staring at his hands, the dark clone was taken aback as it started to crack, a white glow coming out of it. Soon, his entire body cracked, before shattering, revealing Nightmare Moon.
Powering down, Vegeta smirked at the evil princess. "No… My magic was overpowering you….. How can this be? How did you win?" Nightmare Moon asked, glaring at him.
"Simple. I'm just that good," Vegeta said, before a magical glow turned his attention to the six ponies. Turning around, the saiyan stared in confusion as the six ponies floated in the air, a giant rainbow firing out of them. Turning back towards Nightmare Moon, he watched as it spun around her, enveloping her in a rainbow tornado.
Suddenly, a bright flash of white light filled the room, causing the saiyan to cover his eyes. Turning around, Vegeta stared at Twilight and her friends, the six ponies lying on the ground.
"Ow… My head," Rainbow groaned, as she stood up.
"Everypony ok?" Applejack asked.
"Why, thank goodness!" Rarity suddenly said, staring at her new tail.
"Why, Rarity, it's so lovely," Fluttershy said.
"I know. I'll never part with it again," Rarity replied, shaking her tail.
"Oh, right. Ponies…. I completely forgot about that during the fight and giant rainbow laser that just happened," Vegeta thought.
"No, your necklace. It looks just like your Cutie Mark," Fluttershy said.
"Wait, cutie what," Vegeta asked.
"A Cutie Mark. You know, the image that repre-" Twilight began to explain, before Vegeta shook his head.
"I don't care," he replied. "I really don't care. I'll just accept it and move on. I've been fine doing that so far."
"Hey, Fluttershy, your necklace matches your Cutie Mark as well," Rarity suddenly said.
"Look at mine, look at mine!" Pinkie said, bouncing around.
"Gee, Twilight, I thought you were just spouting a lot of hooey. But I reckon we really do represent the Elements of Friendship," Applejack said.
"The Elements of Friendship? I thought they were the Elements of Harmony?" Vegeta asked. Before any of the ponies could answer, a bright glow came from a nearby window, as the sun rose over the horizon.
Suddenly, in a flash of light, a tall Alicorn appeared. About the height of Vegeta, she wore golden boots, a large, golden necklace, and a golden crown. Her mane and tail were like a rainbow, both flowing magically. The image of a sun was on her hind legs.
Five of the ponies bowed, as Twilight gasped. "Princess Celestia!"
"Twilight Sparkle, my faithful student," Celestia replied.
"So, you just came from the moon. Are you a god or something?" Vegeta asked, getting a puzzled look from Celestia.
"How are you… Never mind," Celestia began to ask, before turning towards Twilight. "I knew you could do it."
"But you told me it was all an old pony tale," Twilight replied.
"I told you that you needed to make some friends, nothing more," Celestia replied. "I saw the signs of Nightmare Moon's return, and I knew it was you who had the magic inside to defeat her," Celestia explained.
"Pretty sure it was the rainbow laser that beat her," Vegeta said, getting a glare from Twilight.
"As I was saying, you could not unleash that magic, until you let true friendship into your heart," Celestia said, Twilight turning towards Vegeta and the others, sliming at them.
"Now, if only another will, as well…." Celestia said, as the eight of them turned towards where Nightmare Moon had once stood.
"Princess Luna," Celestia said, staring at a dark blue alicorn. Her mane and tail were a light blue, and she had a dark area around her hind legs, a crescent moon image on top. She wore sparkling blue shoes, a black necklace with a moon on it, and a small, black crown.
Opening her eyes, Luna gasped, cowering as Celestia walked towards her.
"It has been 1,000 years since I have seen you like this. Time to put our differences behind us. We were meant to rule together, little sister," Celestia said, kneeing next to Luna.
"Sister?" Several of the ponies standing next to Vegeta asked.
"Will you accept my friendship?" Celestia asked.
Luna looked at the ground, before running up to Celestia. "I'm so sorry! I missed you so much, big sister," Luna said, crying.
"I've missed you, too.", Celestia replied.
Vegeta sighed, as the party around him celebrated the return of Princess Celestia and Princess Luna.
"Now then," Celestia said, walking up to him. "I have a few questions for you."
"Of course," Vegeta replied, glancing over at her.
"How did you get here, and what are you exactly? You're not a human, I know that much," Celestia asked.
"You know what humans are?" Vegeta asked, giving her a questioning look.
"Yes, now what are you, and why are you here?" Celestia asked again.
"I'm a saiyan, an alien that looks like humans. We a race that can gain large amounts of power at a time. Due to this, we became known as a warrior race, and it soon became almost genetic that we do battle," Vegeta explained.
"So I assume you are here to fight us?" Celestia asked.
"No. I came here to fight, yes, but I see no reason to battle you ponies. Although, I am stuck here, so I may get bored."
"Well, if you every need a place to stay, you have my permission to remain here in Equestria," Celestia said, bowing to Vegeta. Turning, she walked off towards her subjects, the crowds cheering.
"Like I needed you're permission."
Vegeta has a long journey ahead of him.