"Do not allow it into the city!" an Equestrian soldier panicked. His horn lit up with a swell of magic, channeling the energy into his palms. Holding his hands high, this Unicorn unleashed a volley of burning flames at the beast before him. His mind raced with solutions as his last assault held no effect on the rampaging ape. The monster reared its head in annoyance, staring spitefully at its assailer.

"GRROOOOAR!!!"

"GAAAAH!" Before the Unicorn could react, an enlarged fist crashed into the ground, burying the colt in a forever descending pit of earth. The resulting shockwave upset the balance of every soldier in the perimeter, disarming the stumbling ponies. The giant ape unleashed a massive roar into the night, sweeping his leg about the floor and scattering the war machines that threatened to fire at him.

"I want all non-magical users to focus their rounds at this thing's feet! Every damn Unicorn in this area better launch the best magic burst they can muster! This creature will not be allowed into Manehattan!" the nearest soldier ordered.

"Sir, our weapons are ineffective and our magic only pisses it off. Where is that support?!"

“The Princesses are coming soldier, until then we gotta keep this monkey from ravaging the city. As long as it remains on the outskirts we’ll be fine!”

“What in Tartarus?!” a stray voice announced in the ensuing chaos. The giant ape had finished leveling a mountain side, clearing the surrounding trees as well as the lives of the ponies who had tried to halt its wave of destruction. Its mouth gaped open, filling with a bright red hue.

“Mother of Celestia,” the commanding officer uttered in sudden disbelief. A ray of light escaped the monster’s mouth, tearing through the air and landing in the unsuspecting city miles away. Manehattan ruptured violently, lighting up in a terrifying explosion of fire and smoke.

“Sonofa-” A large wave of energy seeped out of the great ape then, blowing away the tiny life forms and scrawny metal machines surrounding it. Screams of pain and horror echoed throughout that night as the great ape stood proudly stood over its fruitful carnage, beating its chest in a glorious act of victory. Soldiers lay sprawled about the ground, either dead or very close to it. The beast continued its march, uncaring of anything in its path. The rumbling of its steps shook the very foundation of Equestria. Every breath leveled mountains, and every swipe drastically scarred the landscape, leaving nothing but a trail of smote ruin behind.

"What do you know of this, sister?" Princess Luna asked.

"According to local authorities, a star crashed on the outskirts of Manehattan. When they went to investigate, they found a tiny primate morphing into the great ape our forces are fighting against now," Celestia answered. The wind whipped about her hair as they flew through the night sky. She peered over at her younger sister and chuckled. "You are wearing your Gala dress?"

"I uh...was informed at a very ill-timed moment. Still, I could not let my carnal desires overrule my duties as Princess of the Night," Luna quickly responded. Celestia's laugh caused her to blush further. "This is no time for jokes sister! Equestria is in danger!"

"Relax sister," Celestia replied. "I only mean to lighten the mood."

"There is nothing to make light of at this time. I only wish you would not be so lax as often."

"Are you scolding me?" Celestia playfully asked with a hand over her chest. Suddenly, the two sisters ceased their flight, remaining still in midair. "My word..." the older muttered.

"Have we not arrived with posthaste?! Surely this beast cannot be so powerful?" Luna cried out. Her form glided over the area below, searching for a stirring of any kind. Celestia's eyes wandered further, making note of the increasing trail of damage leading towards Manehattan.

"I will continue the pursuit Luna. Meet me when you have finished," Celestia ordered flying off once more.

Luna scanned the floor in a desperate frenzy. She rested her hooves on the smoking ground below, covering her mouth with grief stricken hands. A faint groan sounded through the wreckage, prompting the lunar princess to teleport over the charred body of an Equestrian knight.

"My faithful soldier, what news have you of this beast?" Luna whispered gently. Her fingers caressed the pony's face, wiping away the blood staining his mouth.

"Un-stoppable," the soldier was finally able to stutter out. "My princess...forgive us," he winced before taking his last breath.

"No, forgive us," Luna said sorrowfully. She placed the colt down, positioning his arms over his breastplate. Her head hung low, inaudible words escaping her praying lips. As she rose from her prostrate position, a faint glimmer caught her eye, perched high upon a mountain side. She lifted into the air, examining the spherical object before her. Imbedded in the mountain was a strange metallic orb. Her hands moved over the metal, activating some sort of strange mechanism allowing access into the ball.

"It's a vessel of some kind," she concluded. Within the confines of the tiny ball were littered wires and various lighted buttons and sounds. Luna examined the cockpit closer, staring at the tiny seat inside. Her body squeezed inside the ship, albeit a little painfully. As her flank rested on the seat, she began to fiddle with the ship, her fingers dancing about the controls awkwardly. She lifted her arm and tugged on a wire, tripping an alarm of some kind.

"FZZZZ.... Gree... FZZZZ... ings... KRZZZ... Kaizoruu.... BVVVV... KRSHHH... Wake up... KSSHHHH... Kaizoruu... KSHHH..." The same message repeated an innumerable number of times despite Luna's persistence to silence it. After a moment of frustration, she exited the pod and brought her gaze up to the adjacent cliff side, awed at the sudden appearance of a second moon.

"What?!" Luna peered inquisitively at the holographic image, startled that her shadow suddenly eclipsed its image. The words of her elder sister pervaded her thoughts once more, striking the lunar princess with fear.

“If this is the case, then even my sister is clearly outmatched,” Luna concluded. She zipped into the sky, feeling out Celestia’s presence. The moment she locked on, her body vanished in an afterimage.

“Damn it!” Celestia yelled. Her battered figure crashed through several more buildings before colliding with the concrete floor of the crumbling city. She gripped her arm in pain, panting hard as she struggled to rise. “I don’t understand. Magic doesn’t affect this creature,” she gasped.

“Defend the Princess!” a soldier commanded, firing his gun at the ape. His platoon proceeded to follow, emptying their magazines in vain. The great ape lifted his foot, bringing the appendage down hard onto the floor. An explosion rang through the city, smoke and debris flying through the air as a result of the potent attack.

“I don’t believe…I’m the one who needs defending,” Celestia bit out through clenched teeth. Her hands held the ape’s foot in place just meters above the cowering platoon. Her eyes bore the same aura as her horn, filling her hands with a burning ferocity. “EVACUATE THE CITY! I SHALL DEAL WITH THIS BEAST!!!” She commanded. Nopony gave an argument, fleeing the scene as quickly as they could.

Celestia pushed through the pain of her burning arms, shoving the ape’s foot high enough to stumble it backwards. The great ape crashed onto the ground, thrashing about wildly in a fit of blind rage. Whole structures vanished with every toss and turn as the beast finally regained its footing. Overcome with rage, it singled out the beautifully beaten princess on the ground below.

“C’mon then big boy,” Celestia bantered, flinging into the air. The mighty ape crashed his palms together, hoping to enclose the mare in his grasp. Celestia quickly teleported out of its range, meeting the monster face-to-face.

“Solar Flare!”

A blinding ray of sunlight emanated from her being, panicking the beast even more. Its arms began to flare about wildly, crashing into the buildings around it. The ape gripped its face in pain, stomping around in frustration. In a desperate attempt to hit its target, it opened its mouth, spitting beams of powerful energy into the sky. Celestia quickly interceded, deflecting the stray attacks back at its originator.

“GRAAAAOOOR!!! ROOOOAR!!!!” bellowed the enraged monster.

“And that’s not even my best move,” Celestia bragged. Holding her hands together, she summoned a flux of magic to manifest before her body. As her palms separated, so too did the strings of golden aura around her. The magic threads hooked onto her fingertips and she laced the bumbling beast in a flurry of magic string. The great ape tripped over its own feet, crashing once more onto the floor, struggling to free itself from the solar princess’s bind.

“Sister!” Luna’s voice rang from above.

“Luna! Look, I’m winning!” Celestia grinned.

“But not for long,” Luna declared as she descended to Celestia’s level.

“So negative dear sister,” Celestia moaned.

“Nay, I speak the truth! Sister I am sure the only way to truly defeat this thing is to rid the sky of the moon,” Luna explained.

“What a ludicrous way of defeating a giant monster, are you so certain? My plan happens to be working fine,” Celestia interrupted, giving her threads a tug.

“Listen to me for once!” Luna shouted. “You said that the locals discovered this beast in mid-transformation. The star it fell from was a space vessel of some sort. I saw it with my own eyes.”

“Alien huh?”

“Not only that, but I discovered a voice recording prompting it awake, followed by an image of the moon. I sincerely believe the moon has something to do with its transformation,” Luna concluded.

“Even so, do you have any idea how long it would take for you to lower the moon? You just raised it dear sister!” Celestia grunted out. The beast’s last attempt at freedom nearly succeeded.

“Well I have to try,” Luna proposed taking position in the sky. “Continue your bout with the creature, and I will try to rid the sky of the moon.”

“Finally, enough with the jibber-jabber,” Celestia mumbled under her breath. She strengthened her binds on the beast, warranting louder roars and more frantic flailing. She shifted her sight to Luna who had already begun to lower the pale orb. “Tsk, at this rate it’ll take all night,” Celestia chuckled. Suddenly her fingers twisted in pain and she released her hold on the ape.

The monster stirred violently, jumping to its feet and beating its chest once again. It lifted its eyes heavenward, intent on destroying the colorfully haired, fair-coated, winged Unicorn. The beast lifted a large piece of rubble underneath itself, holding the object over its head. With a mighty charge, it flung the building at the two princesses. Celestia flew in direct opposition, holding her palm out and yelling a battle cry as a wave of magic poured out of her hand and into the torpedoing rock.

The rubble blasted into tiny fragments, completely shattered by the magic beam. The attack did not halt at the boulder however, and continued its journey to the chest of the rampaging beast. The great ape roared defiantly, allowing the attack to collide with his fur. As expected, the magic held no effect on the creature. It beat its chest again, howling loudly into the air.

“I’ve had enough of this damn dirty ape,” Celestia complained, gathering her magic into her right hand once more. She examined the sky, the moon nearly halfway down now. Luna still required more time. She was capable enough to handle the task on her own, yet she was expending more energy than usual and occasionally exited her trance mode in order to catch her breath.

“Hey! Stinky! Over here!” Celestia yelled out, vanishing behind the beast. The mighty ape spun around, roaring as if he was declaring his supremacy over the solar princess. Celestia smirked at his motion, and lifted her right fist into the air. “Chew on this!” She shouted out, throwing a magic infused punch at the creature. The ape countered, launching a strike of its own. Its fist collided with Celestia’s, rupturing the air and splitting the sound barrier at the apex of the struggle.

The monster’s strength proved too much however, overpowering the solar princess and pushing her back into another pile of damaged infrastructure and concrete. The ape filled its mouth with energy once more, releasing a barrage of fiery red beams into the pile of stones Celestia had crashed into. Upon the last explosion, the entire area remained engulfed in flames, devoid of any sign of life.

Satisfied with his its latest victory, the great ape turned its attention to the vulnerable Luna in the sky above it. The howl it emitted into the air startled the lunar princess from her trance, causing a shift in the setting moon.

"No, I was almost there," Luna commented searching for her sister. "Celestia? Celestia where are you?!" she called. A giant fist crashed into her body then, pummeling her into the floor. The great ape howled again, now in midair and eyed the crippled lunar princess below it. Dropping its weight, the ape slammed into the ground, landing on top of Luna's body. She screamed in excruciating pain, gasping at the last interval for a breath of air. The ape removed its foot, allowing her to take in one breath before bringing its foot down once again. Her last exhale forced out another agonizing scream.

The ape released its pressure, kicking Luna's beaten form into a nearby building and howling victoriously into the night. Before it could continue its wake of carnage, a flaming circle formed behind the monster, lifting stray pieces of debris into the air. Rising out of the flaming ring of fire was Princess Celestia, holding a very irate countenance. The blood leaking from her forehead did not even phase her, and she wiped the drizzle that fell from her lips. Although it was unwilling to notice, her body had changed, taking on a more beefed form. Her eyes lit up with a different hue, resonating with fury. Her hair flowed endlessly with the surge of power that encircled her, followed closely by her ever flowing ethereal tail.

"No words, just you and me," Celestia sternly exhaled. The manic monstrosity rushed the princess, striking with its fist. Celestia conjured an afterimage, vanishing out of sight once more. Her figure reappeared in front of the dazed ape, releasing the same blinding flash from before. Again the mighty ape clawed at its eyes, roaring in pain. The solar princess cocked her arm back, striking an explosive jab into the beast’s muzzle. She finished with a powerful uppercut, launching it into the air. The princess chanted a verse, summoning the golden locks from before and ensnared the great ape yet again, this time lifting the brute higher into the air, tugging at the magical rope with all of her might. With one final thrust she threw down the beast, rocking the ground with a powerful tremor.

“Luna!” Celestia cried out, as the fiend calmed in its state of incapacitation. A burst of dark magic eliminated the surrounding rubble encasing the lunar princess. She held her side wearily, and gasped for breath.

“I am…here,” she choked out, coughing up her bloodied insides. Celestia glided down to her sister and placed her hands over her body. Luna rested on her older sibling, her breathing regulating with every passing moment. “I think…it broke a few ribs,” Luna commented.

“Can you still lower the moon? I do not think I have given you much time,” Celestia asked suddenly as she finished her spell.

“Yes. Just be sure to cover me this time,” Luna spat back. Taking to the air once more, Princess Luna resumed her position in the sky and entered her trance state. Celestia carefully eyed the stirring beast below, recreating the magical netting to keep it contained.

“Quickly Luna,” Celestia commanded as the ape forced open its eyes. A hefty roar bellowed from its mouth, its teeth glistening in the departing moonlight. The creature struggled to free itself, maddened beyond belief by the latest attempt to subdue it. Rather than flail about meaninglessly, it began another oral energy blast. “My magic WILL NOT stop that attack!” Celestia shouted impatiently.

“I am nearly finished sister, just a moment!” Luna strained. The moon sidled along the night sky, covering up its last few lunar rays behind the dark twilight of the horizon. A few more seconds, and the moon had completely vanished from sight.

The great ape inhaled one final time, ready to release its charge, but instead choked on its own attack. The monster growled furiously, shrinking in form and stature rapidly, decreasing smaller and smaller until only a hairless monkey remained in the ensnaring bondage of Celestia’s web.

“Impossible!” Luna cried out, descending to the ground. Celestia dropped her spell, consequently reducing her power at the same time. She returned to her petite figure and joined her sister below, staring inauspiciously at the sleeping naked child.

“This thing…was that thing?” Celestia inquired, bending down closer to it. The species was different for sure; none that she had ever seen or even knew existed. It held the face of a primate, yet bore nothing in resemblance aside from the tail. Luna lifted the creature from the ground, holding it as if it were a newborn pony of her own. “What are you doing, drop that beast!” Celestia yelled angrily.

“But sister! Tis only a child! A baby! Perhaps it was sent to our planet because it needed help! Or maybe it is the last of its kind,” Luna quickly rebuked.

“It was an alien life form sent to eliminate the planet. You said so yourself. The recording in its ship and the image of the moon is proof enough,” Celestia argued back.

“That was before I realized it was a child!” Luna disputed. Celestia groaned in frustration, stamping about up and down the crumbled streets of Manehattan.

“Do you not realize that thing almost killed us, and very well killed countless of other ponies?! We were charged with its destruction and you want to house it!?”

“I never said that!” Luna interceded. “I never said that. I only meant that perhaps we could just…send it away.” Her hands brushed over the child's brown hair. Her vision following the suddenly apparent monkey tail at the end of its spinal column.

“I don’t suppose you know how to operate alien machinery?” Celestia inquired with a hand on her hip.

“No…I don’t,” Luna answered still engrossed with the odd tail.

“Princesses!” a voice called out in the distance. Both mares eyed the frantic knight rushing to meet them. “Princess Celestia, all ponies have been evacuated from the city. We heard that the struggle ceased and they sent me to confirm it. Has the beast been destroyed?” The soldier’s eye grazed both princesses before falling onto the naked body of the tailed figure in Luna’s arms.

“Princess Luna, what is that in your arms?” He asked.

“Never mind it soldier,” Celestia intervened. “I need you to tell our Captain to count our losses and begin the immediate reconstruction of Manehattan. I will have a detailed report available at a later date. For now we must be able to house these ponies and console them in this great crisis,” Celestia said, constantly having to regain the soldier’s eye contact. “Am I understood?!” She shouted.

“Er, yes ma’am!” the Earth steed replied and began running off. “Hey, where’s the moon?” He asked himself looking about as he departed.

“Damn it Luna. Damn it! I have to give a statement about this creature to the residents of Equestria and help rebuild Manehattan, not to mention sum up condolences and compensation for the soldiers and civilians whose lives were lost in this engagement!” Celestia yelled out furiously. She pointed aggressively at the sleeping boy in her arms. “I will not allow that thing to thrive in Equestria!”

“Then it won’t!” Luna yelled in opposition. The baby monkey stirred awake, disrupted from its nap by the quarrel of the two princesses and began wailing loudly. “Look, you woke it up,” Luna said hushing it.

“It crushed you under those adorable little feet you know,” Celestia said disgustedly. Luna glared at her sister and stuck her nose in the air.

“I don’t care what you say; I do not think it should be killed,” Luna said firmly. Celestia chuckled and waved her fingers through her hair. She wiped the blood off of her head and walked over to her sister cradling the baby monster.

“Then you take care of it,” she said, wiping the blood onto its nose.

“Sister!” Luna objected moving in for a strike. Celestia vanished out of the way, appearing behind Luna then. She did the same, smearing her blood over her sibling’s muzzle.

“I was only trying to be 'less lax,' as one pony put it." She soared into the sky slightly, hovering over her sister. "Know this, whatever you choose to do with this creature that involves it remaining alive, should anything happen, all of Equestria’s blood will be on your hands…and his, apparently,” Celestia giggled looking up from its crotch. Luna was finally able to quell its cries after her sister had flown away, though she was still enraged with Celestia's insensitivity.

“Hush little being. I do not hold anything against you. It is not your fault that inside dwells a terrible beast of darkness. In fact, I sympathize with thee young one,” Luna whispered rocking back and forth. She removed the smudge of her sister off of the baby and herself, and lifted into the air as well. She meant well, but the only problem was that she knew not how to handle the situation currently. Who would dare bear this ticking time bomb?

“Are you certain you are able to do as you promised?” Luna asked nervously.

“I promise you your highness, a few years under my care and this thing will be as tranquil as your most behaved ponies,” the orange haired Minotaur snorted out.

“I find the fact that you are even willing to take this monster rather disturbing,” Celestia objected apathetically.

“I humbly present my services with the best of intentions. I wish to strengthen the international delicacies of our races.”

“Delegacies,” Celestia corrected with utmost perception. The Minotaur snorted embarrassingly and chuckled.

“My dear sister, do you think it wise to send off this precarious primate into the hands of this brambling brute before us?” Celestia then asked, fixing her critical gaze upon Luna then.

“I believe,” Luna began, staring at the sleeping baby in her arms, “I believe doing so would allow him to live as he most likely was intended to, and as Princess of the Night, until I am able to meet him at an age of adequate cognitive skill, I shall refrain from raising a full moon in order to keep the world from effectively...blowing up.” She said that last part with a little distaste on her lips.

Celestia glanced back over to the still prostrate Minotaur and sighed.

“Very well then, I suppose as long as a full moon isn’t raised, and you Minotaurs keep up the necessary amount of work to preoccupy the beast, I shall allow it to live,” she decreed.

“I thank you very much Princess Celestia,” the Minotaur said bowing profusely and kissing the floor. Luna gave her sister a thankful expression as well, only to be rebuffed by Celestia’s precarious scowl.

“What of the child’s name?” the Minotaur asked.

“Well, he fell from a shooting star, and was rather rambunctious when he awoke,” Luna said pouring too much thought into it for her sister to respect.

“That’s putting it lightly. I’m glad to see you can shrug off the countless lives that beast has taken so easily. Call it Raging Star for all I care, just get it out of my sight,” Celestia spat out. She rose, exiting the chamber in a hassled fury.

“Ignore my insensitive sister Mr. Satyan, she knows not of what this child suffers from,” Luna said. Her eyes met that of the orange Minotaur before her, and the child suddenly left her arms and entered his. She smiled at the slumbering figure and looked back at the gruff oxen cradling the delicate infant. “No doubt it is the right thing to do, to send Raging Star to your country. There he will be…fulfilled,” Luna struggled to say.

“You are very correct Princess, I will make sure that when he sees you again, it will be through changed eyes,” Satyan vowed, bowing one last time. “Now then, I suppose you will have to aid your sister in repairing the damage it has caused in Equestria, no? The faster the child vanishes, the quicker ponies will forget.”

“Yes, indeed. I shall do just that,” Luna said, sneaking a final glance at the tailed boy in the Minotaur’s arms. “Guards, escort Mr. Satyan out please.” She waited in that spot, frozen in place until Mr. Satyan and the baby were out of sight.

Author's Notes:

Hello all! I've been compelled to write a Saiyan in Equestria fic now, and I think I'm loving it. This is just another side story I had to get on "paper" before it vanished, but I hope you enjoy regardless. I will often add a chapter to this if I'm feeling unmotivated to work on my other story or another poof pops into my head.

Yeah, anthro ponies. For the sake of myself and you readers, I have decided to keep terminology similar. The races will be called as such, e.g. Unicorn, Pegasi, etc. and you've pretty much figured out the rest.
Also, you may notice Celestia is a little OOC. I wanted it that way folks, otherwise I wouldn't have written it. IT has ALT. Universe tag for a reason -_-

The S1 stands for Saga 1, as I intend on making this a very prolongued Fic :)
This is the first chapter of the Minotaur Uprising Saga!

BTW, REALLY wanted to blow up the moon....but figured I didn't need to go that far considering there aren't Dragonballs in this fic...