Pony Ball Z
Part 2
To Adventure!
Splash! "Whaaa!" Pinkie Pie leapt up off of her back and to her hooves, her face soaking wet. "What happened? Where am I? Why am I so wet?" Pinkie asked, confused to her surroundings.
"It's ok Pinkie Pie," Came Octavia's familiar voice through the haze. "You passed out after shooting that laser. You should really be more careful when it comes to fighting; you don't want to overexert yourself. Mom and Dad would be devastated if anything happened to you."
"But it was so cool!" Pinkie Pie said as she shook all of the water off of her and onto the others. "Did you see how I actually managed to fire it this time? It usually just falls apart in my hooves."
"Pinkie Pie," Twilight said, cutting off Pinkie Pie before she could go any further. "I don't mean to pry but where did you learn that from? It seems so familiar."
"Well I saw our Granny Pie doing it one day." She responded in turn. "I've been trying to do it ever since, but this is the first time I've actually been able to get it to launch!"
"Hmm." Twilight Sparkle thought to herself for a moment, and then said back. "Your grandmother, she wouldn't happen to be a former member of the Spider School would she?"
"I wouldn't know, why do you ask Twilight?" Pinkie Pie said in response.
"I ask because that technique, the Kamehameha Wave, is an attack taught to the students of the Spider School. The fact that you were even able to fire it at that level of power, with no formal training, is astounding!" Twilight said as her face lit up at the potential that stood before her. She then took a look over at the four-star dragon ball, and then back at Pinkie Pie, formulating a plan. Twilight's face was washed over with contentment as she came up with an idea. She then proceeded to ask Pinkie Pie. "Hey Pinkie Pie, what would you say if I could lead you to the Spider School?"
"You mean I'd get to train under a master and everything? Oh Twilight I would be the happiest pony ever if you would do that for me, thank you so much!" Pinkie Pie went in to hug Twilight, but was stopped.
"Hold on a second." Twilight interrupted. "I'll bring you there on one condition; we get to keep the Dragon Ball."
"But my Granny Pie…" Pinkie Pie looked over at the glistening orange orb with a heavy heart. The sadness in her eyes reflected back at her as a flood of memories from her childhood came rushing back to her. She remembered walking around the farm with her Granny, playing hide and seek, long talks in the living room near the fireplace, and being snuggled in a warm bed as fantastical stories and words of wisdom were passed on down to her. Pinkie Pie was about to refuse, she couldn't give something away that truly meant so much to her, but it was then that she recalled Granny Pie's belief in her, the belief that she could become the greatest fighter ever one day if she really gave it her all. Pinkie Pie then turned back to Twilight and gave her response. "Alright, deal." She pushed the Dragon Ball forward with her hoof. "My Granny Pie would want me to shoot for my dreams, plus I think that the farm can make do without my Party Ball, right sis?"
"Right." Octavia responded with a smile and light hearted chuckle.
"Good it's decided then!" Twilight said putting a hoof in the air. "Pinkie Pie will travel with us until we get to the Spider school and we will then split paths!" Twilight began to trot towards the farmhouse, Spike following. "Gather up your things Pinkie! And don't forget to say goodbye to everyone, I don't know when we'll be returning." She shouted behind her to the Pink pony.
Pinkie Pie gathered up all of her belongings and put them into a saddle bag slung over her back and went into the country house to say her goodbyes to her family. She stood in silence before her family, as words would not be able to convey how she felt. Instead, she just threw her arms around her father. The rest of the family soon followed suit, resulting in a large group hug for the Pie family. "I'm really going to miss you guys." Pinkie Pie finally uttered faintly to her loved ones.
"We're going to miss you too." Mr. Pie said as he kept embracing his daughter. They all held on to each other for a few more minutes until finally Pinkie Pie broke away, knowing that it was time for her to go. She walked outside to see Twilight and Spike waiting for her in the hot air balloon that they had arrived in with her Dragon Ball in tow. The balloon itself was a lighter shade of purple adorned with swirls of a darker, more royal purple, with a yellow skirt and a basket which was dark pink with a yellow trimming along the top that matched the skirt.
"All ready to go Pinkie Pie?" Twilight asked the young mare.
"More than ever." Pinkamena responded assuredly with a smile. She hopped aboard the air balloon and looked back at her family's house as Spike turned the valves on the propane tanks, making the a hiss come from the burners. The little dragon then turned the burners on and with that they were off into the sky, two of them seeking the mighty Dragon Balls, and the other setting off to battle powerful opponents, become the best warrior Equestria has ever seen, and have a ton of fun along the way.
The trio had been travelling for a few hours when suddenly a loud groaning sound arose from seemingly nowhere! "What was that?" Twilight said as her and Spike got into battle ready positions.
"Hehe, guys it's just my stomach!" Pinkie Pie giggled. "I guess with all that excitement with my Party Ball and the Spider School I completely forgot to eat something." Pinkie Pie giggled some more while she explained her hunger to a visibly annoyed Spike.
"Great." Spike complained. "First she takes up all the extra room, now she's eating all our food." He slid his way over to the basket. "Well we have a nice sapphire salad, a ruby ruben, some hay… Ahhh!" Spike fell back in the basket, causing it to jerk violently, as a small reptile jumped out of the basket and clamped down on his face.
"Gummy!" Pinkie Pie shouted in jubilation. "I'm so glad you followed me, I almost forgot you!"
"Yea that'd be a real shame." Spike mumbled with annoyance under a face full of alligator. "Can you please tell it to get off of me?" He petitioned Pinkie Pie.
"Alright fine, but he has a name you know." She retorted. "Gummy! Come to momma!" With that command Gummy released his grip on Spike's face and nestled himself in his master's mane. "That's a good boy!" She told her pet with a smile. "I'm sorry if that mean old dragon made you scared."
"Made him scared?" Spike responded in an exasperated tone. "He nearly gave me a heart attack!"
Pinkie Pie was about to respond when suddenly a yellow beam flew over their head and hit their balloon, exploding on contact. The powerful explosion blew out a hole in the balloon and set fire to the fabric of the balloon. "Argh! Spike hurry! Bring down the balloon! We have to get this thing on the ground or we'll all die up here." Spike hurriedly lowered the balloon as another shot came howling towards them, ripping a hole in the basket and causing the burners to shatter, sending shrapnel and fire everywhere.
"Look out!" Spike said as he shielded the others with his thick, fire-proof hide. With the burners gone the air balloon began to plummet towards the ground, which culminated into the group crashing.
"Gummy hide!" Pinkie said to Gummy. He obeyed and got off of his master's mane and behind nearby foliage. Finally the attackers made themselves known. Stepping forth were two stallions, one an earth pony, the other a unicorn, with matching green and yellow jackets with the symbol for "sparrow" (雀) fixated on the sides of the garment.
"Well if it isn't a Dragon Ball." Spoke the earth pony assailant who had a black mane and a brown coat as he pointed towards the glistening orange sphere that had rolled out of the basket. "You know it can be really dangerous to travel around with those. There are some real bad ponies out there that would gladly kill to possess one. Maybe you mares should hand them over so you don't have to worry about those bad, bad ponies."
"Please Narrow you can drop the act." His unicorn companion said as he flipped his dark blue mane from his left eye. "I'm pretty sure it's obvious that we were the ones that took down the balloon."
"I know Spearhead but I like to have fun with prey." He responded, chuckling. "Well now if it isn't obvious enough, we're robbing you so it'd be best to start handing over your things, starting with that Dragon Ball over there." Narrow said as he began to approach Twilight menacingly.
Pinkie Pie took the opportunity and jumped towards Narrow, striking him hard across the face. After following through on the kick she saw that he had managed to take the blow. The only response that was drawn from him was a turning of his head and a chuckle. "Ha! You're going to have to do better than that kid!" He yelled as he struck Pinkie Pie hard in the stomach, causing her to cough up blood. After that he slammed her hard against the ground, making a wake of dust from the impact. He took his foreleg and began pushing her head into the dirt. "How do you like that huh! You see why you shouldn't mess with guys like us!" He lifted up his foreleg with the intent of striking another blow when suddenly he was toppled over by Twilight charging at him.
"Get off of her!" She yelled as rushed an assault on Narrow. Her strikes came at him with such speed that the untrained eye would not be able to see her movements. Narrow managed to duck, dodge, and block most of the incoming blows until one slipped by and knocked him hard in the neck, making him recoil in pain.
"Spearhead a little help!" He yelled back towards his comrade in desperation.
"Sure thing." Spearhead said with an evil smirk on his face. "Dodon Ray!" He yelled as a powerful, thin bolt of energy shot out of his horn and towards Twilight quickly.
"Masenko-ha!" Spike screamed and, reacting quickly, fired his own, thicker beam of energy by bringing his hands above his head and bringing them down quickly, intercepting the Dodon Ray and causing a massive explosion that knocks back all of the warriors.
As the dust cleared and everyone got back up to their feet, Spearhead turned to Narrow and said with malice. "Well, well, well it looks like we managed to find a challenge Narrow. This could be fun."
Narrow and Spearhead appear to be more than your average, everyday bandits, and Pinkie Pie seems to not be as powerful as Twilight suspected her to be. Was she wrong in her assumptions, or is Pinkie Pie hiding some kind of latent power? How will our heroes surpass these mysterious highwaymen? Can Pinkie Pie manage to prove herself to her companions? Will our heroes' journeys end before they can even begin? Find out, as our heroes fight for their lives on the next action-packed installment of… Pony Ball Z!