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Moments ago in the Everfree Forrest.
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Trixie is sprinting full force through the Everfree Forrest as if compelled by an invisible force. She can feel "him" closer than ever before. The rest of the search party is just barely managing to keep pace with the nearly frantic unicorn. However, the concern of her compatriots was the last thing on Trixie's mind, because she was finally going to end this whole fiasco.
"Finally he's here I'm sure of it!" she muttered in anticipation. Ditsy Do soars next to her friend to ask her something out of earshot of the group.
"So you think that we finally found Mr. Tall, Big and Spooky?" Ditsy Do whispers to Trixie.
"I'm positive Ditsy."
"Isn't he super scary, and strong though?" Ditsy said with a hint of worry. Trixie smiled wickedly.
"That's just the thing. Somethings happened to him! Perhaps, I overestimated him, but regardless he's not that overwhelming force I first sensed. We can end this Ditsy. If we play our cards right we might not even have to confess to anything!"
Ditsy Do was doubtful but nodded her head optimistically.
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Present time- Everfree Forest
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Trixie Lulamoon stood triumphed in font of her foe, now ensnared by her conjured chains. She watched with a sadistic grin as he struggled to get free. Finally, after all this trouble he was finally captured. Trixie could hardly believe her luck. She had expected the creature to be far more fearsome, yet here he was captured and subdued. Indeed upon seeing him up close he didn't even seem all that threatening. To Trixie he simply looked like a slightly taller version of Twilight Sparkle's scaly assistant , Spike.
Suddenly, the creature stopped struggling and zeroed in on her. He snapped at her like a crocodile, and she just barely managed to evade the attack.
"Impudent little..." Then with a glow of her horn she conjured a muzzle for the monster.
Trixie grinned in satisfaction, however her moment of glory was cut short by the "other" ponies who held objections. Honestly, Trixie was beginning to regret involving any other pony in her search.
Everypony else present was utterly shocked by the turn of events, even Ditsy Do was surprised by her friends sudden actions. Most upset however were the Cutie Mark Crusaders and Applejack who had just seen their friend tied up and chained. Applejack was the most livid, after looking for him so long and fearing the worst, seeing him suddenly tied up and hog tied was enough to send the normally calm apple farmer into a rage.
"What in Tarnation do you think your doing?!?! This is the fella I was looking for this whole time! You low down, no good..." Applejack yelled in a rage, while unleashing a list of expletives so vulgar upon the pompous unicorn that Big Macintosh had to quickly shield the CMC's young ears.
Trixie hardly even payed the farm pony a second glance "This...creature is the whole reason Trixie came back to this tiny, backwater town. He has caused me no end of misery in the last few days of late. Thus, Trixie demands recompense."
Applejack grew even more furious "How in the Sam Hill does that make any sense!?! He was fighting for his life in the lava pits! Then, I took him in because he was beaten half an inch away from death. I think your full of horseapples!"
Trixie rolled her eyes, she didn't have to explain herself to anypony least of all some small town hick "Be that as it may, he's coming with me" she said with menace.
"Please, Ms. Lulamoon he didn't do anything wrong! He went out into the forest and then we went after him. We were attacked by a whole bunch of Timberwolves and he saved us!" Applebloom pleaded.
"Yea we'd be wolf chow right now if it weren't for him!" Scootaloo added with emphasis.
Trixie looked at the young ponies with a raised eyebrow, she had barely even payed the strange trio any mind at all. It had crossed Trixie's mind that it was odd that three young ponies were suddenly in the Everfree during the same time as her query but she didn't think much of it.
"Well I'm not sure why you didn't call an adult. Seems to me like you fillies got in over your head before we arrived."
"We went to save our friend!" Applebloom retorted.
"Oh how long have you known him exactly? Going into a dangerous forest for somepony you don't even know without adult supervision seems incredibly stupid." Trixie snapped back. The CMC seemed to visibly shrink back at that comment.
"Trixie I swear to Celestia if you say one more thing to my sister..." Applejack uttered warningly, but before she could deliver on the threat Big Macintosh spoke up.
"Look sis I have no idea what's going on either. But we've only known this "Gojyra" guy for a short time..."
"...what exactly are you saying Big Mac?" Applejack said practically glaring him down.
"Yea what are you saying bro?" Applebloom echoed.
"Oh don't go making me the enemy now! We don't know anything about him and already he's caused a whole host of trouble!" Big Macintosh said defensively.
Thus the argument broke out into utter chaos. The Apple siblings were arguing with each other and Trixie was arguing with everyone. Everypony was yelling about what they wanted, what they saw. Finally one spectator had enough of the arguing.
"ENOUGH!" The arguing immediately stomped and everyone turned their attention too the Princess of Friendship.
"Still not use to the Royal Canterlot Voice." Twilight muttered to herself, and let out a cough to clear her voice.
"Listen everypony. It's obvious that we have alot to discuss however we cannot do so in the Everfree Forest. Our first order of buisness is to safely leave the forest, everypony will stick together and will not, split up. Once we are safely out of the forest, Big Macintosh, I will need to direct the children safely to Sweet Apple Acres for the night. Trixie, Applejack and I will reconvene at the Friendship Castle to discuss matters. It's obvious that this..."Gojyra" person is the source of much contention, but we will not stay here and argue like foals. Everypony understand?"
Nopony dared to raise a complaint, not even Trixie. "Good then lets move out."
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Meanwhile In Canterlot
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Princess Luna was monitoring the realm of dreams this night, as was her duty. She had taken some time earlier to observe Equestia's newest resident. The one named the "King of Monsters" had been something of a curiosity for Luna these past couple nights. He was headstrong, unbearably stubborn and immensely prideful. Yet, in spite of all that she could sense that somewhere there was a kindred spirit, a noble and regal creature if given the chance.
Her last visit had also shed some light on just what the King of Monsters was capable of. His dreams were those of conflict endless, and unceasing battle. In many ways she felt pity for the Titan. He was an incredibly lonely creature with an even more lonely past. As a being sent to spend a thousand years in exile, Luna could relate to the loneliness. She could relate to his rage, his fury, not to long ago such emotions dominated her own heart.
However, she was duty bound to protect her subjects. No matter how fond she might have grown for her new scaly friend she couldn't let her judgment be impaired. She tried to intimidate the creature, but he was undeterred. He was to stubborn and prideful to ever truly accept defeat. Luna knew that the King of Kaiju was not evil, however he was destructive. She worried that some day she would have to confront him, that one day her duty and his destructive nature would clash. She hoped to the sky and stars above that day would never come.
She allowed her mind to return to the task at hand. She had to watch over her little ponies whilst they slept.
Suddenly her concentration was interrupted by a knock on the door Luna was surprised, it was not often that ponies would seek out her council specifically while she was "Dream Walking". With a wave of her horn the doors opened and a guard pony rushed in with a serious expression. Princess Luna looked solemn she had a feeling the news was not going to to be pleasant.
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Within in the Canterlot Library
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Celestia was having a hard time falling asleep as of late. Her sense of precognition seemed to be on especially high alert. These last few years had held increasing peril for her, and her subjects. Celestia blessed the stars and sky above that she could have her sister return to her, however Celestia couldn't help but notice that it was almost as if the number of threats to Equestia had arisen due to her sister's return. Celestia heard her court, she heard the roomers. Things in Equestira were changing far more rapidly than ever before.
Celestia considered her thoughts as she nonchalantly browsed the library. As one of the ruler's of Equestria the fate of her people was in her hands. Although the ponies of Equestia might never know it, Celestia had sacrificed much so protect her little ponies. Once she aspired for a different kind of life, an impossible dream. A family, perhaps a foal of her very own.
"Yet, such was the weight of the crown." she murmured to nopony in particular. Her eyes glazed over one of the books she'd randomly picked. Words she'd read a thousand times by now. Sadly the library held little knowledge that the Solar Diarch was unaware of. Celestia allowed for small smile as she remembered the last time the library truly held wonder for her. She could remember her former protegee bounding along happily with a curious glint in her eye.
She allowed her memories to lead her to the magical applications section. Celestia remembered how the little bookworm would read with such eagerness. Indeed her former pupal was always well-read and exceedingly intelligent. Yet, Celestia saw more potential in the young unicorn at the time, all she needed was experience and companions who could guide her. Celestia smiled at that memory as well, at the day she sent her greatest student to Ponyville.
Suddenly her fond daydreaming was interrupted. She noticed a book was missing from one of it's shelves. Even more curious it was in one of the restricted sections. Celestia pondered this for a moment before another noise got her attention. The door to the library opened to revel a guard pony with an urgent expression.
"I take it this must be an emergency? My sister is designated for the night." Celestia reminded the guard.
"My apologies however this is urgent business that concerns all the Princesses!" The guard pony said trotting over to deliver the message. Celestia nodded in understanding and took the parchment. It was old equis military code. Celestia instantly took notice. This form of code was only possible via the old military communication units. They hadn't been used sense war time, and the last time Equestia had been in any sort of national conflict had been decades ago.
This message must have been sent with such urgency that the normal methods of Pegusi delivery were either not freezable or not quick enough. There were spell casters out there who could provide instant communication but such spell weavers were rare. There was no doubt about it this was a dire message.
She read the contents. Then the guard pony witnessed a rare phenomenon that day. He saw the Princess of the Sun's long flowing ethereal mane suddenly go white.
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Everfree Forest
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The group trekked along the path out of the Everfree in relative silence. Twilight might not have known it but her little lecture had certainly intimidated a couple of the ponies present. However, although the group was no longer arguing there was still tension in the air.
Twilight lead the group with her glowing horn, hovering off the ground ever so slightly and Spike piggybacking with her wearing a somber expression. He was worried about a lot of things. He was worried that Twilight was beginning to get stressed with the situation. He also looked to his other friend Applejack who was still looked very angry. He could tell that the farm pony would love nothing more in that moment then to knock Trixie into the next decade. Although she also looked very peeved at her brother, whom was accompanying the CMC with his usual stoic demur. Beyond them trailing in the back was Trixie, the mail mare everypony around town knew as "Derpy" Hooves and the poor creature Trixie had shackled and bound.
Spike then considered the CMC and knew that they must have been terrified. Being the closest to their age among those present he understood how intimidating it could be when adults started shouting. They seemed almost defeated and ashamed, in a similar manner to a child that was about to be scolded. Spike would have to make a mental note to tell the Apple siblings to go easy on the young ponies. He knew that what ever their reason for heading into the Everfree it was probably an important one.
Spike then turned his attention and noticed that Applejack's earlier description of her "guest" did seem to place him as "dragon-like". In fact Spike could almost have mistaken him for a juvenile of his own kind, perhaps like Garble. However the creature didn't seem to act like any dragon he knew. Young dragons were loud, boisterous and always seemed to want to prove something. Aside from it's initial struggle after Trixie roped him up, he carried himself with a regal posture he had only seen from Princess Celestia and Luna. There was a note of contempt as well, and it almost reminded Spike of Trixie's pompous glare.
"Boy that would be ironic," Spike thought "If somehow these two were both stuck up, showboating attention seekers. I'm not sure Equestria could handle the ego."
After a while of traveling Spike finally couldn't handle the tension anymore.
"Hey Trixie think you have those chains on tight enough? I mean the poor guy looks like he might actually be able to breath!"
Trixie huffed at the response, but got the desired result from her grey assistant who giggled. Even the CMC and Applejack seemed a little less bummed.
"I mean whats the plan? Take this guy on the road and have him juggle plates and do cartwheels?"
More laughter this time less restrained. Trixie was actually blushing now. Good, very good laughter was the first step. Now lets try kindness. He lept off Twilight and jaunted over the the CMC and AJ.
"Hey guys I know your pretty bummed right now, but things will work out. We'll work out whatever Trixie's up too."
"He did try to save us Spike. Honest." Applebloom responded.
"I believe you." Spike said with a comforting smile.
"Any chance you can convince the adults?" Scootaloo whispered "Oh and get them to go easy on us?"
Spike chuckled and whispered back "I'll see what I can do".
He noticed that Sweetie Belle was unusually quiet out of the group "Are you okay Sweetie?"
The poor thing looked like she was on the verge of tears, "I didn't want to be a bad friend. Now we're all in big trouble."
Spike shrugged his shoulders, "Maybe. But you did what you thought was right regardless. You stuck with your friends."
Sweetie seemed to take solace in those words, but she continued "I know...but maybe I should have tried to get them to stay back at Sweet Apple Acres. We should have got an adult."
"Yea probably," Spike agreed "But you went out with your friends anyway. That was awful brave Sweetie."
Sweetie smiled then looked back at Trixie and her captive. Then she looked to Spike "He's dangerous Spike. He saved us but he's dangerous...even still I don't want anything bad to happen to him."
Spike nodded solemnly "I promise nothing bad will happen to him on my watch, and a Dragon's word is his vow."
Applejack watched Spike with an amused smile. He was surprisingly levelheaded for his age. Yet, Applejack was still frustrated with the whole situation. She didn't want to undermine Twilight but as soon as she got back to the castle, boy-howdy did she have a bone to pick with Trixie Lulamoon! Big Macintosh was gonna get an earful too, she had no idea why he had such a vendetta against "Gojyra". Suddenly, Twilight signaled to stop, and the group stopped in their tracks.
"Uhh what is the hold up Sparkle?" said an exasperated Trixie.
Twilight merely shushed her, and Twilight's horn began to glow. Suddenly a small Manticore cub in a magenta aura floated toward the group.
"Hey that's the Manticore Kid! It's Mom helped beat up a ton of those Timberwolves back there!" Scootaloo elaborated excitedly.
"Jeez the little guy keeps following us" Applebloom said with a sigh.
Suddenly the group heard a shriek, Derpy Hooves pointed ominously toward a set of eyes looking at the group, "I think we found the MOM!"
The Manticore Mother stepped out from the foliage. She eyed the bound Godzilla then advanced upon the ponies.
"Twilight you got to give back the cub!" Sweetie said urgently. Twilight nodded, she was going to do that anyways to be honest. The alicorn carefully levitated the cub to the mother and released it. However the cub didn't scurry to it's mother like everypony expected. Instead it simply walked back to the group and Sweetie Belle in particular.
"Uhh I think it's trying to talk to you Sweetie" Scootaloo observed.
Sweetie nodded and approached it. Everypony looked in anticipation. Applejack and Big Macintosh in particular had their eyes on the Mother Manticore. Twilight looked on the scene with her horn at the ready. While Trixie looked rather bored with the proceedings. Godzilla however understood exactly what was happening. Had he not been muzzled by Trixie he would have informed the group of the dire danger they were all in.
Sweetie taped the cub and it garbed onto her. The elder Apple siblings twitched to intervene but the cub hadn't drawn blood in any way. Oddly the small creature seemed to beckon Sweetie to follow it, she didn't of course but it was insistent.
"I wonder what it wants?" Ditsy Do inquired.
Trixie huffed, "Who cares? Lets hurry this up. Trixie has been out in the wilderness all night and would like to wrap things up."
The Cub's ears suddenly perked up. It bounded back to it's waiting mother. It gave Sweetie one last glance and then left for good.
"Uhhh that was weird." Applebloom stated bluntly. Nearly everypony nodded in agreement, some even let a nervous giggle.
Everypony that was excepts for Godzilla. For you see his chains and bounds forbade him from resisting the blue unicorn's will. He knew that he was physically strong enough to break the chains but much like his bracelets he couldn't seem to actually manage to break them. It had frustrated him greatly. While the equines were bickering among themselves the King of Monsters was glaring at the one known as Trixie with pure unfiltered rage.
He sensed the presence of the Mainticore and her offspring long before the pony known as Twilight did. He considered letting the creature ravage the equines too escape his bounds, however he realized the Manticore actually held no intent to attack the group. Curious he extended his senses to find out what was really going on. He sensed a being that was coming toward them, one that that was incredibly deadly and put every threat he's faced in this strange new land to shame. Even worse the King of Monsters felt a twinge of actual fear, the entity that was appoching them felt, familiar.
Godzilla began growling and yanking on his chain. Trixie looked at him with a bored expression "Trixie thought you had settled down by now monster. Does Trixie need to add more bounds? Perhaps you would like a collar then?"
Despite her taunts Godzilla keep struggling. His dorsal plates began to glow but his chains held firm. Realizing he had to get the ponies to pay attention to him he tried gesturing toward the forest behind them pointing with urgency.
"Trixie for landsakes the fella is trying to talk can you just unmuzzle him already" Applejack said finally having enough.
Trixie pulled Godzilla close to her and said "Try anything funny and you'll be in a very, very cramped cage", then she dissipated the muzzle.
"RUN RIGHT NOW!" Godzilla yelled at the ponies, but it was too late.
There was a bloodcurdling screech and the thunderous sounds of gigantic footsteps.
A Gigantic creature broke through the woods and sprinted right at the group. It was far bigger than any creature Godzilla had seen in this land so far, bigger than the Chimaera, the Timberwolves and Manticore combined. It easily towered over the trees of the Everfree and it had six serpentine heads all hungrily eyeing the group. The monster let out a high pitch hunting screech and advanced on the group.
"HYDRA ATTACK!" Ditsy Do yelled in terror.
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Pandemonium ensued. Screams of terror and panic erupted at the Colossal Monster launched one of its many heads at the group. The elder Apple Siblings immediately took a defensive position in front of the CMC, Twilight and Ditsy Do were immediately airborne, while Trixie and Spike were on the offensive.
"Protect the Kids!" Twilight ordered just narrowly missing the Hydra's jaws, before retaliating with a barrage of magical energy.
"Ya don't need to tell us twice" Applejack stated delivering a solid smack to one of the hydra's heads.
"Eyup!" Big Macintosh responded aiding his sibling and delivering another powerful right hook to the hydra head. Applejack nodded toward her brother appreciatively and they battered the next head that dared to get too close.
This left Spike and Trixie on the offensive. Spike was blasting torrents of hot flame at the multi-headed menace, while Trixie ripped the creature apart with a volley of magical energy blasts. Surprisingly the two of them laid down some impressive cover fire, however it was not enough.
The Hydra was able to engage with each of the group simultaneously. Each head acting independently of the other with surprising efficiency. The ponies were just barely holding on, and Godzilla knew it. He growled in frustration, he could do nothing but watch as his bindings forbade him from budging an inch. He tried in vain to power up but the dreaded bracelets once again restricted his powers. One hydra head broke of from attacking the ponies and Spike and zeroed in on him. It lashed out fast as a whip, and Godzilla had to think fast.
Lucky, he was a quick study in a fight, and even restricted by the blue ponies infernal magic, was still a force to be reckoned with. Using his might he tanked the hit from the creature stopping it in it's tracks, Godzilla didn't give the head a chance to recover however and wrapped the very chains ensnaring him around the hydra's neck. Then with a mighty pull decapitated his attacker.
Godzilla looked around the battle field and realized his worse fears were being met. The equines in their battle had already destroyed several of the hydra's heads. No doubt they were simply defending themselves but the damage was done.
"Damn it!" Godzilla cursed. Although this "hydra" creature was from a different world he knew a similar enemy in the past, and if his hunch was correct...
The severed neck next to him twitched. Godzilla braced himself for round two.
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Twilight Sparkle watched in horror at the scene around her. The Hydra's decapitated heads suddenly regenerated two extra heads for every one that was sliced off. The encounter had started off with the monster possessing six heads, now thanks to the fight it had Twelve!
Twilight did her best to keep the heads at bay from her friends...and Trixie but to no avail. Twilight was no fool, and she was well aware of the anatomy of a hydra. However the creature attacked so ferociously and quickly that Twilight had to use lethal force just to defend herself, her friends...and Trixie. For every head they destroyed two more would grow.
"Another riddle," Twilight thought "Come on Twilight use your big brain!"
Then she saw her faithful assistant and his fire breath. Suddenly she got an idea, it was a long shot but it should buy them some time. With a bust of speed Twilight plunged toward Spike an let loose a whistle to get his attention. Lucky he got the idea and just as she neared he quickly mounted and they were airborne in moments. This time both the Alicorn and the dragon unleashed a potent barrage of magical flame and energy blasts at their foe. At least three hydra heads were incinerated in an instant. Most importantly the heads were having a hard time regenerating, due to the fact that the head seared the neck shut.
"Yea we got em!" Spike yelled triumphantly. The hydra didn't take to kindly to that boast and a head lashed out at the duo. It crashed into Twilight, dismounting Spike and leaving her struggling in the maw of the monster. She cried out for her assistant but he was retrieved by Ditsy Do.
"I got you Spike!"
"Thanks thought I was a goner for a sec there" Spike said relieved "We gotta help Twilight!"
"No! I'll be fine help the others keep "it" occupied!" Twilight said as the maw clenched down ever tighter. Spike wanted to argue but trusted Twilight. He urged Ditsy to descend toward the Apples.
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Sweetie Belle looked on in utter horror and helplessness. Once again she and her friends had to huddle together while other ponies and creatures fought on their behalf. Once again she deeply regretted coming to the Everfree Forrest in the first place. She realized only now that the Manticore cub had been trying to warn the group about the impending danger. The cub had gone to her specifically, and because she didn't act quickly enough everypony was in danger.
"This is all my fault," Sweetie Belle realized.
"What? No this ain't your fault." Applebloom said just as frightned as the young unicorn "We wouldn't be in this mess if we just stayed put."
"No way! Applebloom you were looking out for a friend. I mean imagine we didn't show up and that Godzilla guy had to face all these things by himself..."
Thats when all three realized something critical, Godzilla was still tied up! They could barely make him out in the head of the battle but they could see several of the hydra heads fighting away from them.
"He's a sitting duck out there!" Applebloom said with a look of realization and terror "We gotta help him!"
"How? All the adults would just stop us anyways. If we go out there we'd just get in the way," Scootaloo pointed out.
Sweetie Belle thought about this long and hard. Her friends and everypony were doomed unless sompony did something. She remembered the timberwolf attack and how scary Godzilla was, yet as scary as he was he did try to save them. She thought back to what Spike said, about her being brave.
"maybe it's time I prove that." the young unicorn muttered. Before anypony would react the young pony took off in a dead sprint.
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Trixie was a force to be reckoned with, and a sight to behold. The unicorn had been denied her prize for far too long and no monstrosities would stop her from her ultimate goal. A goal mind you, she still had every intention of carrying out. Even now in all the chaos she she could feel the mental connection to her prisoner. Trixie was both maintaining his bounds while engaging with the hydra. It was as if fate itself were conspiring against her by this point. She had finally found her target and was so, very close to getting out of this whole ordeal. Yet here she was fighting for her very life.
"You will not take my prize away from me!" Trixie yelled at the Hydra. With a blast of magic blasted one hydra's head into smithereens.
"You fool! Stop attacking the heads your only...hmff" Godzilla warned only to be muzzled once more.
"You will be silent! As far as Iconcerned you're just as bad as the hydra! I'll let Tarturus freeze over before I take directions from a monster like you!"
Just then Trixie noticed a figure approaching them. Trixie's horn glowed as she prepared an attack only to be interrupted by a whip to the face. Trixie shrieked in pain and realized her prisoner, though bound, had attacked her with her very own chains!
Before Trixie could enact a horrible punishment the figure ran into her. Yet, it wasn't a Hydra's hungry maw, just a scared little filly. Trixie was shocked, but before she could say anything the small unicorn spoke.
"Please you have to let him go! He's our only chance! Please Ms. Lulamoon you have to let him fight!"
Trixie was a taken aback. This little filly ran thought a battle ground just to tell her to unbound the scaly monster?
"Please you have to let him go! He's out only chance, you gotta let him fight, please!" the young unicorn begged on the verge of tears.
Trixie's expression softened but she was undeterred "Listen little filly stay behind me keep away from the scaly guy and do exactly as I say."
The fillies eyes began to tear even more and she griped Trixie even tighter "Please! Everypony is gonna die, you need to let him fight!"
Irritated Trixie cast a "silence" spell on the young unicorn, she griped her mouth in surprise and Trixie smirked "When I say to do something I expect you to do it."
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Ditsy Do was fighting to keep her nerve. Ever since Trixie's "summoning" back in Canterlot the grey wall-eyed pegasus had been trying to be a good friend. Ditsy Do had followed Trixie for these past couple days all to try and undo a mistake. Ditsy Do had seen Trixie stretched to the very limits of her patience and the very limits of her abilities.
Ditsy Do had only wanted to be a good friend. Yet as she watched the madness all around her she began to wonder if it was all worth it. Ponies were in mortal danger, fillies were in mortal danger and somehow Ditsy couldn't help but feel partially responsible. Perhaps she never should have agreed to accompany Trixie, perhaps she should have even turned her in to the Royal sisters?
"No thats silly. Trixie's a good pony deep down" Ditsy thought to herself. Then she saw something that rocked her to her very core. She glanced at her boss just to make sure she was doing alright and saw her cast a spell on a little filly!
"What? Trixie!? NO!" the pegasus shrieked in surprise.
"Woa! Ditsy Watch out!" Spike called out, but it was to late.
A Hydra head smacked Spike clean of Ditsy's back. Ditsy gasped in horror and tried to grab him but she didn't notice the waiting Hydra head right below her, with waiting jaws. The pegasi didn't even see it coming. The jaws slammed shut and their was an audible "gulp" from the gluttonous serpent.
Spike could only watch helplessly as he tumbled earthbound, at the last moment of the brave grey wall-eyed pegasus.
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Trixie had turned her attention to the voice above calling her name, only to be met with a horrific sight. Her assistant, her friend, Ditsy Do was gone! It happened so fast, too fast.
"NOO!" Trixie wailed "No Ditsy! Please no!"
The blue unicorn couldn't even begin to process what had just happened. Her friend, a pony that she trusted implicitly was gone.
The Hydra however was still very much alive and still a threat. Trixie barely managed to defend herself and Sweetie Belle before a hungry jaw was upon them once more! It crushed Trixie's hastily made barrier and flung the duo like rag dolls. Sweetie was out cold, and Trixie saw the situation unveil before her.
She saw the madness clearly now, ponies fighting for their lives. The Earth ponies were beginning to exhaust themselves, and even the great Twilight Sparkle seemed to be on her last legs. The Hydra was going to destroy them all unless somepony did something. Trixie looked at the young pony before her. The young filly had been trying to tell her something. Something important. She felt a by now familiar sensation deep within her mind.
"You need to unbound me, now! Or we are all dead."
"Ditsy Do my friend...she's gone. It's all my fault"
"Damn it, let me go pony!"
"Can you do it?"
"...yes."
"Promise me."
" yes "
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Applejack was utterly exhausted, and she could tell her brother was too. As strong as they were they couldn't batter the Hydra away forever. She had just barely glimpsed Sweetie Belle make a B-line for Trixie. Applejack had to fight not to chase the filly down knowing she broke formation with her brother the remaining CMC would be vulnerable.
Applejack heard a shriek and noticed the grey pegusus was missing. She put the pieces together in moments, however she also noticed a plummeting Spike. She reacted quickly and manage to save him just before he hit the ground.
"She's, she's gone" Spike muttered.
"Spike listen to me keep focused we gotta keep fighting" Applejack urged.
"How, why were outnumbered"
"We have to protect them Spike, We have too"
Spike nodded his shock would have to wait. Their were ponies in danger and by Celestia no one else was going to be lost on his watch. He struggled to get his footing but noticed something.
"There's something happening over there..." Spike said gesturing toward Trixie.
Applejack glared distastefully but noticed the Hydra heads suddenly pause. As if something else had got their attention.
"What in tarnation is happening over there?"
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The shackles that had been around his wrists ever since coming to Equestria fell to the ground. The bounds and chains conjured by the blue unicorn dissipated into the wind. He cracks his knuckles as a familiar sensation begins to flow into his body, he feels his raw power once more. He feels his body and his very bones begin to infuse with power. The mighty King of Monsters lets out a primal roar of raw power.
"SKREEONK!"
Every, single, Hydra head turned to engage the new enemy in it's midst. The multi-headed monstrosity let lose its own roar and lashed against the King of Kaiju in a fierce battle. The Titanic Titan grappled the multi-headed menace and their bout to the death had begun in earnest. The ponies however stood in shock as Trixie's scaly prisoner was now nearly as tall as the Hydra!
"By Celestia!" Big Macintosh exclaimed in awe.
"No time for gawking we gotta get the kids out of here!" Applejack explained and quickly steered the group away while the hydra was distracted.
"You go ahead I gotta make sure everypony comes back safe." Spike said rushing over to where Trixie was. Spike reached Trixie and Sweetie Belle urging them to vacate the area. However, Sweetie Belle was knocked out and Trixie was immobile just chanting "he promised, he promised." Spike had no idea what the blue showmare was babbling about but this was no place to go crazy. Twilight landed and assessed the situation.
"It looks like their in no condition to go anywhere Spike"
Spike groaned in acknowledgement. Besides there was something about the situation that Spike felt compelled to witness. He looked up at the two giants slug it out.
Godzilla was outnumbered and the hydra had so many heads by this point that the creature resembled a swirling mass of teeth rather than a conventional monster. The many jaws of of the creature bit and tore at the King of Monsters but he didn't budge an inch. Suddenly he drove his fist deep into the swirling mass of heads and right into the creature's torso. However, there were too many heads and even Godzilla is beginning to get overwhelmed. Twilight and Spike look at each other and immediately know what to do. Spike hops on Twilight's back and they soar to fight the monster.
"We're joining this fight!" Spike exclaims as he unleashes a torrent of magical flame upon the serpentine menace.
Infuriated some of the heads take the bait and peruse the alicron, dragon team. This gave Godzilla enough time to charce up his atomic breath and fire it at point blank at the Hydra! The monster swirled it's many heads toward it's center of mass but it was too late, the atomic attack tore right through the creature and blasted the creatures right open! Suddenly a variety of blue magical bots struck the creature.
The gutted monster roared in agony and sent two heads to destroy the offending creature. Trixie had a savage grin on her face, for this is the monster who took her friend, and she was going to make it pay! She unleashed every bit of power she had left to blast the creature to ribbons.
It let out a shriek of agony and resumed it's attack upon the King of Monsters just as quickly. Instead of backing off, Godzilla once again bull-rushed right at the hydra and tackled it. The hydra was assaulted on all fronts, just like how it was able to keep the pony group separated it now found itself on the receiving end of a multi-pronged attack. The Alicorn, Dragon and Unicorn unloaded enough magical energy to bury a city, yet it still wasn't enough. The hydra's regenerative properties were too potent and they couldn't eliminate every head at once.
However, it did give Godzilla time, it wasn't enough to rip the creature to shreds, no it had to be obliterated. Thanks to the hydra being partially occupied it his gave Godzilla enough time to charge his special attack; an attack even more devastating than his atomic breath! Channeling his power inward toward his core he builds it up within him like a dam, and he begins to glow, then he rushes into the remaining ravenous mass of swirling hissing Hydra heads one last time.
Then in one motion Godzilla lets out a feral shriek as pure energy suddenly blasts out from the nuclear titan with the force of a megaton bomb obliterating the Hydra in it's entirety and leaving Twilight, Spike and Trixie with barely enough time to from a barrier.
The battle was finally over. Twilight nimbly lands on the ground and does a head count, somehow by the grace of Celestia no one was killed in that final explosion.
"It's over, thank Celestia. Is everypony okay Spike?"
"Sweetie is still out cold. Considering what just happened...that's probably for the best. As for Trixie..."
The unicorn was glaring at the smog and debris intently, almost expectantly. Then she gasped and with good reason. The sight could only be defined as a miracle. For through the smoke was the small version of Godzilla holding Ditsy Do slunk over his shoulders.
Trixie began to openly weep, "How...how it's possible that Ditsy Doo is still alive? How can you have saved her...it shouldn't be possible...how?"
The King of Kaiju looked at the Unicorn with an annoyed look, "Because you asked me to save her".
He then looks at his shackles clearly annoyed, "Looks like these things appeared again right after I finished my task, how annoying."
Trixie then rushes over to her Pegasus friend and while quite a bit ruffled was still very much alive.
Twilight was amazed and bewildered by the creature before her, "That was the most awesome display of power I've ever seen..." Spike just dumbly nodded in agreement.
Godzilla snorted "It had better be, I'd be loosing my touch if it wasn't".
"Just what...who are you?" Twilight asked.
"I am King of the Monsters, and God of Destruction, I am Godzilla."