Here you go! Another chapter out. Some events here will influence the future, a lot. Pay close attention. Thanks for reading and do not forget, review!
The Supreme Kai shook his head slowly, his eyes trained on the sight. The screen was showing the expected progress of the saiyans. Until…
Frieza had dismissed them as weaklings, which astounded the Kai. "He was utterly afraid of them… unless…"
His eyes widened. "Vegeta was born with a high power level!" The Kai slowly took it all in. "That means.. no!"
The other Kais were baffled. They had never seen their superior so distressed. It was mostly a mix of disbelief, anger, confusion and understanding, all in one. Not one of them could comprehend the situation until…
"Kakarott!" A voice yelled from the screen. "Where is my son?" The masculine voice continued shouting.
The Supreme Kai turned towards his subordinates. "The death of Prince Vegeta has caused way more collateral damage… that I had anticipated."
"This timeline is… doomed sir?" The West Kai asked, his monocle shining brightly.
North Kai sighed. "I expected as much, Vegeta did change some things before his race was doomed."
In the screen, the saiyan, Bardock, looked distressed as he looked for his son but then stopped, somehow a vision ingraining in his brain. He then growled and shot up to the sky.
"No…" Supreme Kai shook his head. "Can't be."
East Kai looked at him timidly. "Sir?"
The galactic warlord, Frieza, had just finished a meeting with King Vegeta and was departing the planet, but not before setting his sights on a single pod in the distance.
"I'm bored." He showed a sadistic grin. "Might as well, don't you think Zarbon?"
"Absolutely, my lord."
The Kais saw how Bardock rushed to save his son, who was destined to be the most powerful warrior in the universe. He needed to save his son so he could redeem his race later on. He knew Frieza was going to destroy them in the long run, as he was getting bored and somewhat afraid of their power.
Unfortunately… the plans he had for his son did not happen.
Frieza let out a laugh as he fired out his infamous death beam at the saiyan pod, destroying it completely.
Supreme Kai just shook his head and looked at the floor. "No… Goku…"
The individual in hot pursuit remembered his deceased team, his best friend, Tora, and his last words. His eyes widened when he saw his son's pod destroyed in the distance. Bardock's eyes watered slightly.
"Kakarott!" He screamed. "No!"
Frieza saw the saiyan screaming in orbit and let out a cruel laugh. This was so amusing. He believed the saiyans amusing enough to let them live for a few more years, until he grew bored of them. This saiyan was proving they were not that boring, yet. Maybe some four or five years would be enough.
"Sir." Dodoria spoke, his voice quivering. "His… his… power level is increasing dramatically…."
The Kais continued looking, baffled and afraid of the changes in this universe.
Finally, Bardock began screaming in pain and suffering. His son was dead, the son he saw that would defeat Frieza and redeem his race from their ruthless background. He would uplift them as the most powerful in the universe. He would carry on his legacy and become the greatest soldier ever.
Not anymore.
His team was killed off by orders of Frieza, with that fat bastard of Dodoria leading the charge. His planet was doomed. The tyrant was counting the days before he would destroy it.
"Ahhhh!"
"Twenty thousand, thirty thousand, forty-" Dodoria's scouter exploded, his eyes still trained on the saiyan, fear and anger coursing through them.
Frieza was beyond impressed with this sudden power coming from such a weak primate. Surely, all of these monkeys were below fifteen thousand fighting units, right? King Vegeta's power level was about thirteen thousand!
The rest of his guard continued to watch in fear as the saiyan continued screaming, a lust of battle lingering in the air. Suddenly, bolts of electricity and yellow energy appeared around Bardock.
Supreme Kai and his fellow subordinates watched, impressed, as Frieza's eyes widened. He had finally comprehended what was going on. The legendary warrior, long forgotten in legend and folklore…
"Ahhh!"
Had appeared before them.
Zarbon took a step back, fear reigning in his body as the saiyan had turned blond and broken all scouters around. His eyes were devoid of any emotion, as cold as his master's home world.
"You will pay for this, Frieza." Bardock spoke, his voice as cold as the fiercest metal. "And I will avenge my son, my team and my race from your damn cruelty. Enough is enough!"
Before any of the soldiers could move, Bardock launched a beam big enough to fill a small moon in it. Frieza did not even have a chance to move, and let out a scream before he turned to ash along with his guard and the rest of his regiment of soldiers.
The Supreme Kai took a seat on the floor and shook head. "What will happen now?"
"The Saiyans will reign supreme." The North Kai replied quietly. "And will turn out to be worse than Frieza."
"That, or they will destroy each other." The West Kai countered. "The galaxy is doomed."
East Kai shook her head. "No, we need to make Bardock our champion and try to set the saiyans straight, or else we will risk total destruction of this timeline, which…"
"Will destroy all others." The South Kai spoke for the first time, his voice disturbingly quiet. "But I am sure Bills will have a picnic getting everything under control."
"Bills is a madman." The Supreme Kai narrowed his eyes in disgust. "He will destroy all life capable of destroying others… his logic is completely devoid of… emotion."
Silence reigned in the North Kai's little planet. Everyone there was completely shocked. The Saiyans had gotten rid of Frieza thanks to Bardock's transformation, but at the high cost of Goku.
What would happen to the universe now? What would this change of events provide to this timeline? It did not look good to any of the Kais, but alas, there had to be hope, even in a species as bloodthirsty as the saiyans.
"The saiyans are far too corrupted, and we can't intervene by reviving Goku, our superior will have our heads."
"Should Bills be awakened then? Because-"
"Absolutely not!" Supreme Kai shouted at the South Kai. "We will seize Goku's soul and think of a plan before it's too late. For now, we watch…"
They hoped Bardock would change the saiyans and make them a force of balance. They knew, however, that King Cold and Cooler were still around, and could take on the saiyans. However, with Bardock in the picture, they doubted these rulers had a chance. It would be a matter of time…
"Let us hope the saiyans become good rulers of the galaxy, or else we will have to resort to… extreme measures."
Bills was the god of destruction, and, of course, a supreme being. He was also extremely powerful, much more than Goku even in his Super Saiyan Three transformation. However, that madman was not to be awakened unless the situation became too dire. And they would have to talk to the Elder Being about this. Maybe he could pull some strings and have Bills in check.
"Goku's soul will be ours until further notice." The Supreme Kai sighed. "Until then, this meeting is adjourned."
If this timeline, this universe, was destroyed due to the sudden, dramatic change, then all others would follow in a domino effect. If Bills sensed more power from other dimensions, or timelines, he would go on a rampage. The memories of Broly still pained the Supreme Kai. Bills would see it as an excuse to invade all other timelines, and then…
They would all vanish. The fragile balance of time would destroy all life and then, everything would go back to the Elder Being.
The Supreme Kai looked at another screen and smiled sadly. Vegeta seemed to be taking strides in Equestria. It seemed that decision was good, since his soul was already forfeit before being sent there. But Goku…
The kind, powerful warrior would be a decision taken into careful consideration after seeing if Bardock could take his son's role….
Every Kai hoped he did. Bardock was their last and only hope. If he could not change his race and protect the universe… they were all doomed.
The Supreme Kai sighed and prepared himself to appear in a dream to Bardock. While the Elder Being would not tolerate this kind of action, the need to bend the rules a little in times of crisis was never questioned…
Equestria
Caesar Ironhoof's birth plus twelve.
Through the next four years, Caesar and Applejack's friendship continued, stronger than ever. School became a breeze for them and training a daily exercise of sorts. Applejack had gotten used to it so much she was showing great fighting abilities. Caesar was awestruck in the last few spars, where she would use her speed and quickness advantage to beat him to the punch.
Those spars made him realize that Applejack was destined to be a powerful warrior, much like himself. Of course, he also kept trying to unleash his secret power, that blue light thing, but it never worked. Caesar concluded that it could only happen in moments of great distress or rage, or both. It was a mystery, but it was set to be solved later on. Caesar's ambition was powerful enough.
On other things, Fluttershy and Rarity had also become closer friends, especially the refined mare. Caesar slowly but surely accepted the mare for her abilities, intelligence and refined taste in clothing and manners. Indeed, she showed promise, and her magic abilities were above average, but not astounding.
Fluttershy was more Applejack's good friend than his. Her shy behavior and lack of conversations, while bearable, were annoying to Caesar. The colt liked Applejack because she was witty, she was fierce, smart and could keep up with him in both fighting and 'talking spars,' which meant he could argue with her easily. Fluttershy just went with the flow, and cared too much about her stupid animals. Her pet, that infernal rabbit, was beyond annoying.
Pinkie Pie was the only pony Caesar ever feared. He would of course refuse to acknowledge that fact, but it was a fact nonetheless. However, she did have a natural ability to make parties, which were bearable once Applejack and Rarity shielded him from the idiotic giggling and moronic behavior of the other ponies. In the first party, Caesar ended up yelling at Pinkie Pie for 'disrespecting him' due to her trying to force him to smile, but also, the colt ended up inhaling the cake, the high point of the party according to him.
At twelve years old, almost thirteen, Caesar was now walking towards Apple Sweet Acres. The place became his second home, naturally. He would sleep over almost every weekend while his parents were off working or doing some errand in another city or the capital itself. Big Mac was putting up the selling stand, waving and nodding with a warm smile towards the colt. Caesar nodded respectfully and continued on his way to see Applejack.
Only just then he felt something behind him. Just as he turned, a blue blur passed by extremely fast. Before he could assess the situation carefully, the air was knocked out of his lungs as he descended painfully to the ground.
Blinking slowly, he felt disoriented. Only then, he heard a voice.
"Looks like I crashed into somepony again."
Caesar scowled. "Show yourself!"
After a chuckle, a mare appeared in front of him. Her mane was the color of the rainbow, which disgusted him somewhat. Then, her body color was light blue, contrasting against his deep blue. She sported a smirk and her hoofs were crossed, which made him growl. How dare this mare, hovering in the air, mocking him?
"I am here, slowpoke!" She started hovering a little higher, her violet eyes trained on him. "You got on my way."
The colt growled. "It looks to me that your petulant, astoundingly ugly face crashed into me without deliberation or provocation."
"Oh, the poor little filly is upset?"
Caesar started shaking in rage. "You have five seconds to get your ugly, disgusting and annoying rainbow mane out of my face."
The mare scowled fiercely. "Hey! Mind your tongue!"
"Or what?"
"I will knock you out again!"
The colt smirked. "I would like to see you try."
In the next few seconds, the mare launched herself at him, only to find air. She scowled and turned her head right and left, looking for the arrogant colt. She found her answer when a hoof crashed into her jaw.
The sheer force of it sent her flying into a nearby tree, almost knocking her out. With a loud thud, she landed on the floor, blinking slowly and feeling pain on her face.
"That, disgusting pegasus, was just a taste of my power." Caesar smirked as the mare started getting up. "It is in your best interest to respect and leave me be from now on."
"Why you!" She growled. "You will pay for that!"
The mare charged head on towards the colt, whose eyes widened. Before he could do anything, she landed a powerful punch on his face.
CRACK!
Caesar was sent flying several feet, but regained his composure and yelled out. "Enough! Time for you to bow at me like the trash you are!"
"I would like for you to come and try, stupid colt!" She yelled back.
Both charged and exchanged punches at first. The mare was putting one hell of a fight, dodging at an amazing speed, but Caesar's training and sheer strength were taking its toll on her already. However, before the colt could deliver a good punch to end the fight, she shot up in the air and delivered a massive kick on Caesar's chest at a blinking speed.
He rolled several yards before standing up and growling lowly. "Damn it all!"
The mare breathed heavily and one of her eyes was swollen shut. "How can this freak withstand my air kicks?" She was beyond impressed with his resilience. Maybe it was because he was an earth pony, but she honestly thought there was something wrong about him. His aura was sort of strange.
Before they could actually continue, an orange blur showed in Caesar's eyes. Before they could recover and see clearly, as they were tired, he saw the Pegasus on the floor. Applejack looked murderous, a fierce scowl on her rather pretty face. Mesmerized, Caesar just stared.
"Ah saw you start it! Yah don' do that to mah best friend!"
All Caesar could do was smirk. Even in his weak state and with his mind plagued by rage, he was fighting the urge to smile at his best friend.
"If ah see yah around him again, ah will do more than punch yah!"
The pegasus slowly got up, shot a glare at both Caesar and Applejack before flying away, slowly. The orange mare then shot Caesar a worried look and trotted to check him up.
"Oh Celestia, Caesar, why does these darn things always gotta happen to ya?" She helped him reach the farm before forcing him to lay on his bed. After that, she brought Fluttershy, who immediately set out to attend to his injuries. She arrived immediately.
Fluttershy smiled. "You will have to rest for two or three days before being back to your full strength."
"Hn."
"And, no training or hard duties until three days have passed, understood?" Her glare intensified when Caesar scowled, but then he gulped slightly. As shy as she was, Fluttershy had the power to make a mountain shake with her glares. The hardened colt was no exception.
The colt shivered. "Crystal."
"Good." Fluttershy smiled and continued tending to his wounds.
Caesar was dreading the reaction of his parents to this fight. There were a couple of ponies that saw it, as they were customers of Big Mac right by the entrance. The big colt shook his head at Caesar as soon as he entered their household, displaying his displeasure of the situation.
"I did not raise a hooligan! I raised a polite, well mannered son!" Lily ranted. "How can he pick up a fight with a pegasus that just moved in! Its preposterous!"
To say Lily was mad was a big, big understatement. Caesar was ashamed of himself. He had withstood Lily's ranting assault like a good colt, but now he was just looking at the floor, a deep frown on his face.
Thundercolt intervened. "But honey, he said she picked a fight with him, and Applejack said the very same thing. You cant blame it all on him!"
"You are just bias!" She shouted. "My little colt would never have done that, not even with his entire stupid warrior training! This has to stop!"
Caesar's father shook his head. "He did nothing wrong. My colt defended himself, that mare was just looking for trouble."
"And how do you know that?"
"I checked with some friends of mine. She is just a reject from Cloudsdale that wants to prove herself great as she failed miserably in her academy."
"Rainbow Dash is a mare! My son was not raised to raise a hoof on a female!"
Thundercolt shouted. "He was just defending himself!"
"But he should have looked for a way out without having to resort to violence!"
Both continued to argue while Caesar was looking back and forth. He was proud that his father was defending his honor, but his mother was also right. The best general always looked for a way out peacefully, to not lose any of his or her soldiers. However, his arrogance won and Caesar wanted to shut the trap of that stupid mare.
Just before his mother shouted again, Caesar said, "Enough!"
Lily and Thundercolt looked at him, perplexed looks on their faces. "I will not stand idle while you argue over my stupid fight. I will accept my punishment accordingly to you mother, but I know I defended myself, and I know I wasn't wrong in doing so."
With that, he turned around and left, his hooves sounding deeply as he climbed up the stairs and locked himself in his room.
As soon as that happened, Lily's eyes watered up. She knew she was being harsh on her son, but it was for his own good. He was a disciplined, hard working colt, not a troublemaker.
She let out a small sob, which got Thundercolt's attention. He immediately went on to give her a hug. Lily buried her face on his neck as she cried silently.
"I am so sorry." She sniffed. "I was only trying to-"
"Do not worry, little pie." Thundercolt smiled. "I know you were, I just wanted to defend my son, so I guess you were right, I am bias."
She could not help but smile and roll her eyes. "Of course you were, dummy."
"They did say that my champ handled himself rather well…" Thundercolt boasted. "Just like his father, I should say."
Lily rolled her eyes again, a slight smile on her face. "Yes, I heard he did good in that fight."
"I taught him to defend himself, and he did honey, so why punish him for it."
"Don't worry, I got the perfect punishment for him."
Thundercolt threw her a worried look. "You better not… you know he hates those."
"We'll see."
Caesar scowled as soon as he boarded the carriage. His mother had used blackmail rather well on him. Go to his father's client party or risk not seeing Applejack and training for a whole month. Whatever the case, he was impressed with his mother. She was extremely smart. Brag about him with the old hags and bumbling idiots at the party, that was all her thing. The young colt was thinking that she may have been negotiating a marriage contract with one of those families.
He would leave if that were the case, but he knew she just wanted to, like said before, brag about him. Caesar smirked, proud that his mother was such a fierce mare. His father defending him, and tried desperately to think with her of another punishment, but she never budged. It was like fighting against the sky, there was absolutely no chance.
However, what unnerved him deeply was the gleaming look on her mother's eyes. Maybe she had an ulterior move on this? Of course she did. She was extremely cunning. Thundercolt was, much to Caesar's chagrin and amusement, oblivious most of the time. Indeed, only when she whispered to him on the way to Canterlot of something, he gulped slightly.
It was official. His mother had plans for him, and this party would be the catalyst for it.
After a day of traveling, they finally arrived to a grand building, which was close to the castle of Celestia. Caesar always wanted to meet their ruler, to see and marvel of her power and majestic appearance. His father told him stories of how she was just, fair but firm. She was also the most powerful being on the planet, which quintupled Caesar's curiosity.
Unfortunately, the party was all Caesar imagined. It was filled with the worst scum in the whole of Equestria. He was repulsed by the amount of butt kissers and arrogant rich colts that boasted about her businesses. One bragged that he always refused to give to charity because those ponies were lazy, unlike him, who took his business from down to up. Of course, Caesar knew that that stupid idiot had inherited everything on a silver plate. His father told him so.
There were many mares that tried talking to him, probably to appease his mother. He grunted to the vast majority, only responded efficiently to Rarity's parents, who were, to his surprise and amusement, close to his parents and complaining about the other arrogant families.
It was simply too much to bear for the young colt. His father continued to chuckle at his son's scowls and growls when other ponies approached their table.
All of a sudden, everypony went quiet.
"Your majesty, Princess Celestia, is here!" A royal guard announced proudly. "Have a table prepared, now!"
Both servants and rich ponies alike rushed in to make place for the most influential being in the world.
As soon as she entered, Caesar's eyes widened. He found himself mesmerized, shocked and impressed, along with happiness coursing through his veins like a thunderbolt. There she was, in all of her might, Celestia.
She looked so powerful. Caesar knew the energy that was crashing against his was hers. It was so powerful, so mighty, his mouth was hanging wide open. She was beautiful too. Graceful and powerful as she made her way to her table, a gentle smile on her face.
"Thank you, everypony." She addressed her subjects. "I thought I could pay a visit as I was a little bored before my night duties begin."
Caesar smirked despite himself. He was glad to see these pansies actually sucking up to her instead of bragging around. Oh, the irony.
The young colt was smirking and actually smiling in amusement towards the rich, powerful ponies, now bound to serve their princess like the servants they truly were all the time. His father was chatting up with a royal guard, who was also enjoying the scene quite proudly.
Suddenly, another royal guard approached Thundercolt and Lily. "Hello there Thundercolt, Lily." He nodded at them. "Princess Celestia wants to speak with your son."
Caesar's world stopped right there and then. His eyes widened to amazing proportions. '...what?'
"Silver Shield, what are you talking about?" Lily frowned while Thundercolt was recovering from the shock, standing up from his chair like his wife. "Why does she want to see Caesar?"
"I do not know, friend." He shrugged helplessly. "She only said that now."
Slowly but surely, Caesar looked at Celestia's table. He found the princess looking intently at him, a slight frown on her face.
'Dang it, maybe she knows about my fight with Rainbow Dash…'
Violence was deplorable and highly destructive in Princess Celestia's opinion. Maybe he was set to be reprimanded?
He slowly gulped and looked at his parents.
"Well champ, looks like you got a date with the most powerful mare." His father joked nervously.
Lily just shook her head slowly. "Just go up to her, Caesar. We will be right behind you."
Maybe his parents took immediate notice of his nervousness. Since when did he act nervous? That's why they picked up on it, most likely.
As several ponies around stared at the young colt, Caesar got out of his chair and took sixteen long, difficult steps. He was stunned by the power radiating from the princess. He got weak on the knees at such power! It was magnificent, thrilling even.
"Caesar Ironhoof." Princess Celestia smiled kindly, much to Caesar's relief. "I have heard so much about you."
Caesar immediately bowed to her. "It is such a pleasure and honor to meet you at long last, my dear Princess."
Smiling warmly, the princess let out a giggle. "My, you are good with words, young one."
Caesar blushed right away, and he resisted the urge to take his gaze away from her eyes. He hated being weak, especially in front of his parents, Applejack and now Princess Celestia, his ruler.
Princess Celestia put a hoof on his shoulder and, after one minute, she gasped loudly. The whole room descended into an even more painful silence.
"Come with me, Caesar." She ordered in a soft voice.
Confused and slightly terrified, Caesar followed, much to his parents worry. The whole party was staring at their backs while the royal guards escorted them to more private grounds.
Once they stood at a large garden, she ordered her guards away, order which they complied immediately.
She then stared at Caesar, who was looking at her with calm eyes, yet deep inside, there was worry. Difficult to see, but there nonetheless.
"I see so much potential in you, my child." She sighed with a smile. "I have been expecting this moment for years now."
"Your majesty?" He whispered, loud of enough for her to hear though.
Princess Celestia looked at him seriously. "What I am about to say cannot be spoken outside these grounds…"
Thank you for reading, hope you enjoyed this chapter. Remember, reviews help me see how I am going with this story and ideas could also be applied there.
Here you go!
Current Power Levels - Rainbow Dash Saga
Applejack – 54
Pinkie Pie – 19 (Angered -?)
Fluttershy – 21 (Angered - 37)
Rainbow Dash - 68
Caesar – 55 (Angered - 80)
Big Mac – 129
Rarity – 25
Princess Celestia - ?
PS - Hope you had a really good new years celebration! Best wishes to everyone!