Chapter Three: A Glimmer of Hope
The three ponies were galloping as quickly as they could to Sweet Apple Acres, where a deadly monster awaits them. Twilight was the only one who seemed willing to go over and investigate, the pegasi weren't as curious. Rainbow saw first hoof how terrifying Buu can be, and Fluttershy was naturally a little scared. After running at a fast pace the trio arrived at their destination, and the first thing they noticed was a lot of apples were missing from the trees. Although it was shocking seeing just how many apples were gone those thoughts were pushed aside. They continued walking until they caught sight of Applejack and Pinkie Pie.
"Rainbow Dash is back!" The pink pony screamed as she and the other earth pony trotted up to their friends.
The purple mare wasted no time getting down to business. "We came as quickly as we could, so where is this Buu?"
"Over there." The honest pony muttered as she pointed to her left.
Twilight and Fluttershy caught sight of the pink creature, who looked pretty tall despite squatting. Just looking at him sent chills down their spines, making them slightly nervous. Part of the purple alicorn wanted to run and hide, but the other part was telling her to stay and deal with the problem. "So he's the one who turned your apples into chocolate?"
"Yeah, he used some sort of magic and mah apples turned into chocolate... no good thieven' varmint!"
"Don't worry Applejack we'll get your apples back." Twilight said, much to everypony's confusion.
"How?" Pinkie questioned.
"Fluttershy will go talk to him and see if he will turn the chocolates back into apples."
They all looked over to Fluttershy and she seemed like she didn't want to be there at all. "Uh... Twilight, do ya have a plan b?" The orange earth pony asked.
"Well I'm sure there's a spell somewhere that can turn candy into apples." She saw her friends exchange confused looks. "Don't worry, I'm confident that Fluttershy will be able to convince Buu to cooperate with us." Once again the four looked over to the yellow pegasus who still didn't want to be there.
"Aw don't worry Fluttershy, Buu's a super nice pony once you get to know him." Pinkie was trying to give her friend confidence, and at first it didn't seem like it was working.
After seeing the reassuring looks her friends were giving her the shy mare took a deep breath before slowly making her way over to the pink monster.
Buu hadn't moved from his spot. Despite what was going on around him he didn't care, candy was the most important thing on his mind right now. That's why he didn't notice the yellow pegasus approaching him.
Several slow steps later and the shy pony had reached Buu. He was even scarier up close. "Uh... m-mr. Buu I uh..." She quickly regretted doing this. After her timid speaking he stopped and looked towards her. One look at his face made her want to give up now, but she didn't because her friends were counting on her. "Well, I was uh w-wondering i-if you could uh, maybe give Applejack her apples back?"
"No."
"Oh c-cause I was hoping you would..."
"I said no!" He growled.
It was then that Fluttershy started becoming angry. This was just like dealing with a stubborn animal, and when an animal doesn't want to cooperate she has to use a little 'tough love'. "Now listen here mister, you are going to turn these chocolates back into apples right now!" She got right into his face and gave him The Stare, shocking her friends in the process.
Majin Buu was staring into her eyes but didn't even flinch or show signs that whatever she was doing was working. After a few seconds he burst out into laughter.
Everypony stared at him confused. "Why is he laughing?" Rainbow wondered.
"He probably thinks this little joke of his is funny." Applejack spat.
The next thing that happened was a complete shock. Before the yellow pegasus could do anything a pink beam shot out of Buu's tentacle, slowly turning the pony into yet another piece of candy. Screams of pain escaped her lips as her body was reduced to nothing but a bar of chocolate, which kind of looked like her.
"FLUTTERSHY!" The ponies shouted in complete disbelief. It would only get worse as they watched Buu pick up the chocolate and threw it into his mouth, and then he started eating it!
"That no good... MONSTER!" Rainbow Dash screamed as she flew full force towards the pink demon. Once she reached him she began punching and kicking with all she had... but it wasn't enough.
Buu didn't pay any attention to her pitiful attacks and merely backhanded her away.
Rainbow slid across the ground towards her friends. She stood up and looked over to her friends, who weren't in any better shape than she was. And as much as the rainbow maned pony wanted to kill Buu she knew she couldn't. What made matters worse was the pink monster did it without a second thought and just went back to eating afterwords. Tears slowly rolled down her cheeks as she broke down, her best friend from when she was a filly was gone forever.
"...What do we do now Twilight?" Applejack asked, trying her best to keep her composure.
It took several moments for the alicorn to respond, the weight of the situation was still getting to her. Frankly she didn't really know what to do, this creature was clearly stronger than all of them. Even if all four princesses combined their powers together it probably wouldn't be enough. She looked over to her friends but her face wasn't full of confidence. "I..."
"BUU!" In an instant Discord made his presence known, appearing out of nowhere in a flash. He was standing several feet away from his friends, and he could tell his sudden appearance startled them. There was a look of pure anger on his face. He could see the confusion on Buu's face as he turned towards him. "You have some nerve turning my best friend into a piece of candy, and now you're going to pay!"
That was the angriest the ponies had ever seen him before, and it kind of frightened. "Discord wait, I know you're angry but I don't think you can beat him." Twilight told him plainly.
"Maybe I can't but I don't care, one way or another I will kill him!"
The pink monster stood up and turned towards the strange creature with an evil grin plastered on his face. With a simple wave of his fingers he signaled for the fight to start. He waited for his opponent to attack but instead his new opponent just snapped his fingers. Buu looked at him in confusion, and in response his foe pointed upwards. The demon looked up and saw a giant dark grey block. Moments later it came crashing down on him, causing him to yell in pain and squish his upper body down.
"What was that?" Pinkie questioned.
"That, my dear Pinkie was Katchin; the strongest metal in the universe." He explained as Buu's body reformed it's shape. "So Buu, what do you think?"
"I will kill you!" The pink demon screamed as he charged forward, but before he could reach his foe he disappeared. He looked around but didn't see anything except for those ponies, he then remembered that he could sense energy. Buu turned his head and saw the creature charging him, except now his paw was covered in a strange substance... which he soon found out was Katchin.
Discord punched the monster in the face sending him flying away. "I'm fully aware of your powers, and I too have them. I can change whatever and whoever I want, I can also change myself too." He stated while waiting for his opponent to return. "Hello are you still there?" It was then that he heard the sounds of an energy blast heading his way, so the draconequus jumped high into the air. As he did that Buu came flying at him and wrapped his body around him. His foe then began squeezing tightly, all the while laughing evilly.
From far away the ponies kept on watching in anticipation, all of their hopes rested on Discord. "Oh no Discord is trapped." The honest earth pony said.
"N-nice try Buu." Discord began shrinking his body down, allowing him to escape the strangle hold Buu had on him.
The pink demon returned his body to normal and searched around, trying to find where that weird looking thing had gone.
"Down here Buu."
He looked down but didn't see him, so he landed on the ground to try and get a better look. As soon as he landed the ground beneath him turned to soap, making the monster lose his balance and fall to the ground on his stomach. Once the monster was lying on the floor it turned from soap to ice, encasing Buu inside of it.
Discord then appeared right next to his frozen foe with a smug look on his face.
"Woah Discord is winning." Rainbow noted as she and her friends smiled. Maybe now they had a chance at beating Buu.
"Oh dear, don't tell me I won already." The moment of victory quickly vanished as the ice shattered and Buu got to his feet.
The pink demon grit his teeth, somehow he was losing this fight. This angered him greatly. A great idea then popped into his head, he knew how he would win. A sinister grin came onto his face. "You look tasty."
"Tasty?" Discord questioned, all the while feeling confusion.
Just then a pink beam shot out of the monster's tentacle, and upon touching the creature it turned him into a small piece of chocolate. He then walked over and picked it up, ready to consume his opponent.
Meanwhile the ponies looked on in horror, had Discord really been beaten?
Buu stared at the chocolate for a few moments, licking his lips as he did so. Before he could consume it however a giant fist emerged and smacked him in the face. He clutched his nose in anger as the candy rose into the air.
"Bravo Buu."
"How?" Buu asked. Never before had his candy victims fought back.
"Oh, you think turning me into candy will be enough to stop me? Ha, just the other day I turned myself into a bowl of fruit. Although I do admire your ability, it's nice being able to change anything into candy isn't it?" Discord smirked as he returned to his original form. He snickered upon seeing his opponent grit his teeth. "Shall we resume?"
"Wow this is incredible!" Goku observed. The three of them hadn't expected some strange creature to show up, nor did they expect that creature to have strange powers that could match Buu.
From afar Gohan was curious as to what was happening. "Dad what is it?"
"Some strange creature is battling Buu, and he's winning." He explained which made his son smile. "Do you know who it is son?"
It had taken the half-Saiyan only a few seconds to realize who it could have been. "Yeah it's Discord. I only met him briefly but apparently he has control over chaos and can even warp reality."
The Supreme Kai took that information in, and he wasn't sure how to react. This Discord sounded just like Buu. On the one hand fighting fire with fire was an effective strategy, but on the other hand there was no telling what could happen. "This could prove to be dangerous."
"What do you mean?" The Saiyan questioned.
"So you see it too master?" Kabito asked as his master nodded.
"If what Gohan said is true then that means that Discord and Buu have similar abilities."
Goku gave him a puzzled look. "But wouldn't that work in our favor? Having someone like Buu on our side is a good thing... right?"
"In a way yes, but it could also be disastrous. There's no telling what will happen if this fight continues, it could very well lead to the end of the universe as we know it." Hearing that made Goku worried, what if the Supreme Kai was right?
"Are you saying that Discord fighting Buu could destroy the universe?!"
"Perhaps. Having two chaotic beings fight could have some side effects, but for now we will have to wait and hope Gohan's training finishes soon." He stated.
At the exact same time Gohan was thinking the same thing, he wanted this 'training' to be over sooner rather than later... that is, if what he was doing could even be considered training.
Discord found himself on the receiving end of Buu's assault, having punches and kicks thrown at him at high speeds. Eventually he was launched into a tree and ended up snapping it in half, much to Applejack's anger. The god of chaos wiped some blood from his mouth and smirked, this was truly his greatest challenge. As his opponent charged him he put a wall of Katchin in front of him as a shield.
Unfortunately the monster wasn't going to fall for it. Buu squished his body into a ball and flew over the wall, he then smacked himself full force into the draconequus. The impact sent his foe flying backwards and skidding into the Everfree forest. As his body returned to normal the demon grinned like a madman, all the while snickering to himself.
"No Discord." Twilight said in shock.
The ponies were waiting for their friend to return to the fight, but he wasn't exiting the forest. It made them all worry greatly. If their friend were to fail then all hope would be lost.
Growing impatient the pink monster fired a pink energy blast towards that area. It created a huge explosion which obliterated a good section of the dark forest. He could hear the ponies gasp as he laughed heartily. "That takes care of that pest!"
"If you wanted pests you should have said something."
The monster stopped laughing and searched around for his opponent. He didn't find Discord but instead several hornets came flying at the demon and started stinging him unmercifully. Their stinging only annoyed Buu, to which he responded by letting out an explosive wave of energy. He got rid of the bees but that wasn't his only problem. Out of nowhere several sharp spinning blades flew by. Buu hastily flew around, barely having enough time to avoid them. And while he did a great job dodging one was able to cut off his head tentacle. He grit his teeth but had little time to react to what happened next. All of a sudden his body felt like it was being ripped apart and stretched in a way that wasn't normal. "What's... happening?"
Discord appeared in front of the struggling monster and had a grin on his face. "As I said, I can control whoever and whatever I want. Oh do you not like this, hm, I thought your body could stretch?" He had Buu right where he wanted him, and it wouldn't be long before the fight was over.
"What's he doin'?" Applejack wondered.
"He's using his magic to hold Buu in place." The purple maned alicorn explained. "If Discord keeps this up than I think we might have a chance."
Buu tried to break free but couldn't, every part of his body was shut down. He realized that if he didn't come up with a plan he would be done for... and then it hit him. His tentacle was still on the ground, he just hoped that it wasn't under the same spell he was. Luckily for him it was free to move. Slowly the missing part of Buu made it's way across the ground over towards Discord, making sure not to arouse suspicion.
"Well I'd say it's time we end this. You know at first I kind of liked you... but no one messes with Fluttershy and gets away with it!" He shouted as the pink goo was getting closer to it's target.
Twilight was the first to notice that pink goo moving across the ground, although she wasn't sure about what it was. "Do you girls see that pink goo?"
"Ooh I see it!" Pinkie said excitedly.
"Yeah, but what in the hay is it?" The honest earth pony asked.
They continued to watch as the goo rose up from the ground and was floating behind Discord. Rainbow looked at it and then turned towards her friends. "You don't think..." They all suddenly gasped.
Before the ponies could do anything the goo expanded and threw itself onto Discord. "What... no?!" This caused the spell to stop. As the draconequus struggled his foe grinned evilly. He struggled to free himself but he just couldn't. It was as if he was stuck in a huge pile of bubblegum. His attempts to fight it failed and soon Discord was fully trapped inside the goo.
"Oh no." The pink pony said in fear.
"Come to me!" The goo flew into Buu and was absorbed into his body, and moments later his body began to change. His aura flared as the area around him was covered in smoke.
"What's happening?" Rainbow questioned as they tried their best to see what was happening. Nopony had an answer though, but they could tell it wasn't anything good. All they could hear was Buu laughing. As the smoke cleared they saw the monster and at first glance he looked the same... but upon closer inspection he had changed.
His face now had nose on it(which resembled a pony's), and he now had a snaggletooth hanging down from the right side of his mouth. There were now scales present on parts of his upperbody. He stood there for a few moments before bursting out into laughter. "Marvelous, I hadn't expected Discord to change me this much." While Discord may not have had much power by Buu's standards his magical abilities more than made up for it... plus his vocabulary seemed to have improved as well. "Now then, what shall I do with you four?"
"This isn't good." The alicorn stated as Buu slowly walked towards them.
"What do we do now?" Rainbow Dash asked, and once again there was no answer. In truth they didn't know what to do. Discord was their last option but now he was gone. If the master of chaos couldn't win than what chance did the rest of them have?
Pinkie Pie stood there with her eyes wide and mouth open. "This is all my fault." She muttered, making the others turned towards her.
"What was that sugarcube?"
"THIS IS ALL MY FAULT!" She screamed. "I was the one who brought Buu here. I had no idea he was evil, and now we're all gonna die and it's my fault." Her mane and tail deflated.
The others were surprised by what she just said. "It's not your fault Pinkie." Twilight said, trying to comfort her friend.
"She's right." Majin Buu stated, making the ponies turn towards him. "I came here using my own powers, you had nothing to do with it. As for the dying part, yes, you will all suffer the same fate as Fluttershy." Thanks to absorbing Discord he received all of his memories, which gave him all the information he needed to figure out where he was and who those ponies were.
Everypony gulped as the pink monster began powering up, the ground beneath him shaking as he did so. A giant pink light shone brightly, it was probably big enough to be seen from Canterlot... maybe even the Crystal Empire. The winds that blew out were enough to blow them all back a ton of feet. Each pony quickly lost their balance and fell to the ground. They were sure that the whole planet was shaking.
Moments later he stopped powering up and merely smiled wickedly. "So which one of you wants to play first?"
Sitting atop a hill on a blanket were Rarity and Spike, today was their one year anniversary.
Spike had grown quite a bit during these past seven years, he grew several feet and also started developing muscles. About five years ago he noticed how training affected Rainbow Dash and asked her if he could join in. It was a shaky start but over time it led to great results. Thanks to the training his body became bulkier and he was a lot stronger than ever before, much to his delight. Everypony in Ponyville noticed his change and were happy for him, Spike even started getting attention from the mares. Despite having a bunch of mares want him his heart ached for only one. It took a lot of guts to ask Rarity out but he eventually found the courage, and of course she said yes. Never in his life did he expect to finally be dating his long time crush, he also never expected his first kiss to be so magical.
Rarity hadn't really changed as much as the others did, she was still making dresses and her personality had pretty much stayed the same. One thing that did change was that word of her dress making abilities spread all across Equestria. Ponies from all over would come to her and ask for dresses. Soon enough she was making plenty of dresses and plenty of money, of course she didn't let all the money and fame change her... that much anyway.
"Oh Spike, this day has been wonderful." She said as she leaned against his chest.
"Yeah, thanks again for those gemstones." For a present she gave him a chest full of gems, he thought his mouth would never stop watering.
As for her present he gave her a custom made necklace embedded with diamonds, it shone like a star in the night sky. "Well thank you for this fabulous necklace, it matches my cutie mark perfectly."
"Anything for you my sweet." They turned to face each other and then leaned in for the kiss. Right as their lips were about to meet the ground started shaking. "Do you feel that, the ground is shaking."
"Do you think it's an earthquake?" The purple maned unicorn asked with a hint of fear in her voice.
"Maybe." He then noticed a big pink light in the distance. "Hey look at that!"
She cocked her head to the direction Spike pointed at, but she couldn't tell what that was. "It's coming from Sweet Apple Acres, but what do you suppose it is?"
Neither of them liked the looks of things, but if there was a problem than they didn't have much of a choice. "I don't know and I guess there's only one way to find out. Come on Rarity." The two stood up and booked it over to Applejack's, not knowing what was awaiting their arrival.
Inside the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, Piccolo and Gotenks still made no progress in escaping. They had been screaming for hours but that hadn't worked. All the yelling they had done had only served to hurt their throats and aggravate them even further. If Buu was able to do it then why couldn't they? The answer to that question was a mystery so for now all they could do was keep trying. After another failed attempt the Namekian was breathing heavily. "This is ridiculous, we've been at this for hours and nothing worked. You've even had time to separate and fuse again and still nothing." He grumbled. "I'm sorry Gotenks but I'm afraid this is a fight we just can't win."
"Then I guess I don't have a choice, it's too bad I just wish there was a crowd around to see me do this."
Piccolo looked over to the young Saiyan. "What are you going to do?"
Gotenks smirked and crossed his arms. "Just try and guess." Seconds later the young warrior was hit over the head by his teacher, and if one looked closely they might have been able to see both Goten and Trunks.
"THIS IS NO TIME FOR YOUR GAMES!" He yelled.
"Party pooper." Gotenks said as he rubbed his head. "Stand back." He raised both hands to the sky. "TA DA!" Gotenks then began powering up, making a small aura glow around his body. He began screaming once again, but not because he was trying to escape. Winds blew out in all directions as electricity sparked around his body.
"Gotenks what's happening to you?"
The half-Saiyan didn't answer him due to the state he was in. A few seconds later his muscles bulked up and his hair started flickering before slowly growing in length. That continued before a blinding flash of light was emitted, nearly blinding his mentor. When all was said and done Gotenks stood there, his hair was nearly the length of his body and his eyebrows were gone. The fused Saiyan had become a Super Saiyan Three!
Piccolo stood there in utter shock. "What, your hair, your body. You've transformed!"
"You like the new look? Well you should, man I rock." He gloated. "Just leave everything to me." He told the stunned Namekian before looking at himself in a mirror. "Wow with all this hair I barely recognize myself, oh well It's better than pointy ears."
"You're a Super Saiyan Three how did you do it?!" The green skinned alien didn't think it would be possible for him to transform that easily. While he didn't know exactly how long and how much effort he assumed it took Goku years. Yet a couple of kids were able to do it in much less time!
"It's not a big deal but I'll tell you later, I can't stay like this for long and should get to work." The fused Saiyan stood there for a few moments before taking in a deep breath. He then started shouting once again, but this time he was able to replicate what Majin Buu had done. And unlike the previous attempts he was able create a portal of his own. "Alright I made a hole." He said as he walked towards it. "Hey aren't you coming Piccolo, you wouldn't want to get stuck here would you?" Gotenks walked through it.
"Hey wait for me!" Piccolo ran forward and jumped into the portal before it closed. Now they had finally escaped the Time Chamber and were ready to fight Majin Buu.
So that was quite the chapter and I hope you enjoyed it. Fluttershy met her fate at the hands of Buu by becoming a piece of candy. Discord tried his best to avenge her, but he also met his fate by being absorbed into his body. Spike and Rarity are on their way to investigate what's happening at Sweet Apple Acres, and little do they know of the danger that lurks there. How will Discord being absorbed into Buu affect him? And what of Gotenks and Piccolo, find out in the next chapter!
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