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// For Everfree: Party Time 
// Story: Monster King 
// by Godzilla2020 
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"So, there I was staring death in the face." Akiko was waving her fingers in front of the group of teenagers and their principal/mother. 

Sonata let out a loud ooh along with Moll as both sat on top of a tired Kubo. Sunset, who had taken a seat on Kubo's motorcycle, leaned in closer with wide eyes. Adagio was lying down in Bone Crush's bed with half open eyes as she listened to the story with a small smile. At her feet was Aria, who chose to stick by her older cousin, doing her best to keep her normal scowl and tough girl persona in front of Sunset and Twilight. But the story being told was causing her to feel giddy inside. Twilight pushed her glasses as she began to jot down notes at lightning speed as she let her legs dangle off of Hikari's bed with Celestia, who bore a happy smile at seeing the girls so relaxed after the incidents of the night before.

"There we were." Lora said as she sat on Hikari's lap. The scientist of the G-team playfully pat the elder Elias's head.

"Lora." Hikari said with a smile as she leaned her head on Kubo's shoulder.

"I knew right then and there that it was me or him so I stood my ground." Akiko said looking at the girls with a smile. Sunset leaned in close along with Sonata. Akiko took in a big breath ready to tell what happened, "And then I..."

"Landed face first into ground and passed out." Lora interrupted leaving Akiko to sound like a balloon losing air as she was left speechless. 

"C'mon, that can't really be true."  Sunset said.

"No, that's pretty much what happened." Kubo deadpanned.

"Way to ruin a story you guys." Akiko said with a huff and crossing her arms. 

"I was just filling in the holes." Lora said with a mischievous smile at the G-team captain.

"Weren't you crying when we found you, Lora?" Moll asked rubbing her chin in thought. Lora's face turned red and she turned her head. Akiko let out a very audible giggle which caused Lora to snarl at her.

"Well anyways what happened next?" Sunset asked. Hikari cleared her throat getting the attention of the others and trying to stop the fight that was brewing between Lora and Akiko.

"Let me think. After we found Akiko and Lora we saw what we were actually dealing with." Hikari pulled out her phone scrolling through her pictures until she found the one she was looking for and held it out for the girls to see, "Anguirus." Sunset looked at the picture of Anguirus with wide eyes. Twilight pushed up her glasses looking at the notes she'd been taking before raising her hand. Hikari giggled as Twilight was eagerly waving her hand. "You don't need to raise your hand Twilight."

Twilight awkwardly rubbed the back of her head with a nervous laugh, "Well I was just wondering all the times I've seen Anguirus on the news he's been seen fighting other kaiju along side, Godzilla. Like those strange bug monsters in Las Vegas or that three headed dragon in Japan. So what did you do to make him work with you guys?" 

Sunset perked up at the question wanting to know the answer herself.

Hikari, Kubo, and Akiko rubbed their chins in thought. But Moll spoke up first with her usual cheer, "Simple because he wanted to, silly." Twilight and Sunset both titled their heads in confusion as the gears in their heads began turning trying to process Moll's answer.

Lora sighed rubbing the bridge of her nose, "What my sister is trying to say is that Anguirus went after those kaiju sensing the threat they posed. When the Earth was still young his species was, what you humans would call, the first line of defense. Whenever they sensed a threat the Anguirus would rush and stop it before any damage could be done."

"They were so cool!" Moll said waving her hands in the air.

"Were?" Sunset asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Yeah you said, his species, so that means there should be more than one Anguirus right?" Twilight asked looking at the Elias. Moll lowered her arms and a small frown came across her face.

Lora cast the same frown looking at Twilight, "You know of Desghidorah correct."

Twilight nodded her head, "That dragon Godzilla fought in San Francisco?"

"Correct.  When Desghidorah came to the Earth, in the distant past, the first thing that demon did when he arrived was," Lora stopped midsentence recalling the events of her past. She could almost hear the screams of her people and the roars of the black dragon. She clenched her fist to her chest before looking at Twilight, "....was slaughter Anguirus' entire race."

The girl's all gasped at the revelation while Akiko leaned back breathing out of her nose. She crossed her arms watching as Twilight tittered around her next question, "So if his species was...well....you know. How is he here now?"

"Yeah aren't mommy's supposed to send a letter to the stingray? Then he delivers a baby." Sonata said getting everyone to look at her confused. "What I say?" 

Adagio rose up and looked at the group, "I haven't given her the talk yet." 

"Okay, but isn't usually a stork who brings the baby?" Sunset asked getting looks of terror and disgust from the sirens as they all gasped. 

"You let those things near children!" Adagio said with pure shock on her face.

Lora cleared her throat, with a twitching eye, getting the groups attention back to the story. "To answer your question Miss Sparkle, Hikari and I came to a similar conclusion. His birth parents may have laid an egg just before Desghidorah attacked. That egg must have stayed dormant for years, under the Earth, until it was right for him to hatch. Much like our Godzilla. The only difference was, instead of being found by another member of his species, Anguirus spent his time alone."  

"How sad, never getting to know your parents." Celestia said. Sunset looked to the person she considered her mother with a slight frown agreeing with her.

"Eh don't think to much into it." Akiko said reclining back in her chair looking up at the ceiling, "I've never meet my real parents and I turned out just fine. Same thing with Angy." 

"But I thought Dr. Miki was your mother, Akiko." Sonata said tilting her head in confusion. The others nodded their heads in agreement having seen the way Miki interacted with the G-team captain.

"She just found me is all." Akiko saw that the girls were still looking at her confused causing her to sigh, "Look it's a long story and I don't feel like getting into it. Besides I'd figure we should save some stories for your friends." The girls all moaned in disappointment. Sunset leaned down sighing but she suddenly felt pressure on her head. She looked seeing that Kubo had gotten up and was ruffling her hair. 

"Hey, don't get all bent out of shape. Truth is we didn't do much in that fight considering we had to get Cap to a hospital. Godzilla was the one who did all the work. Truth be told I think he enjoyed that fight." Kubo said rubbing his chin in thought.

"Spoiler alert!" Akiko shouted.

Kubo chuckled before trying to get Sonata off his back. He sighed looking at Sonata, "Hey come on, I have to help out Bone Crusher in the cockpit."

"Can I come too?! Pretty please I won't touch anything! Promise!" Sonata begged hugging Kubo tighter and giving him her best puppy dog face. Hikari and Akiko both cooed at the scene. He soon felt something grabbing his hand he looked down to see Sunset with the same begging eyes.

"Pretty please." Sunset stuck out her lower lip.

"You've already been to the cockpit." Kubo deadpanned. 

"We were being chased by monster. I didn't get a good look." Sunset quickly shot out before going to her puppy dog face. Not one to miss out on getting attention Moll quickly joined in with the girls and gave her best pout.

"Take them up front Little Private. Boney won't mind." Akiko said. Kubo sighed hoisting Sonata up like a back pack. She happily giggled kicking her feet while Sunset nearly jumped through the roof as she hopped off Kubo's motorcycle following behind him.

"Sunny, don't cause too much trouble." Celestia called out but soon found that Sunset was in her own little world as she followed after Kubo. She also noticed Twilight twiddling her thumbs looking at Sunset and Sonata as they walked off with Kubo. She smiled at her noticing that Twilight hadn't broken her shy streak yet, "Twilight, do you mind keeping an eye on Sunset for me? I'm sure Kubo and Bone Crusher won't mind."

"I know they won't. Go on and have some fun." Hikari said looking at Twilight with a smile and wink. Lora motioned her head to follow while Akiko had a big grin. It didn't take any more convincing to get Twilight to eagerly dash after Kubo. 

Adagio was watching the group leave and looked to Aria. She was playing with one her pigtails with her good arm as she let out a sigh. The elder easily caught on that this wasn't Aria's usual annoyed sigh. She was actually showing signs of jealously.

"Aria get off the bed."

"What?"

"I'm sleepy so get off the bed." Adagio said without looking at Aria, "Go with the others for all I care. Just make sure it's quiet."

Aria's eyes briefly grew wide for a moment as a small smile started to grow on her face. She quickly cleared her throat before sliding off the bed. "Well fine but it's just because you won't stop complaining if I don't leave." With that she quickly rushed after the group. 

Adagio leaned back on the bed closing her eyes with an exaggerated yawn, "Finally some peace and quiet." 

Hikari, Akiko, Lora and Celestia all looked at the siren with raised eyebrows. She looked at them all feeling her face getting hotter, "What? You have no idea how loud those two would have gotten if I didn't let them go."

Akiko smirked at her. "Sure tough girl." 

Inside the cockpit Sunset and Twilight were looking around with gaping jaws as they stared at the console in front of Bone Crusher. Sonata, having launched off of Kubo's back, was sitting in the seat behind the pilot looking over his shoulder. "What does that button do?! No wait this one! What about this one!" 

Moll giggled at the siren's multiple questions. Bone Crusher gave a nervous chuckle as the Sonata reached for the many glowing buttons as if she were a moth. He gently moved her hand away.  

"Well that one would accidentally start and end World War Three." 

Sonata let out a loud exhale as her eyes practically became stars, "That's awesome!"

"So, what would happen if you were to say, accidentally aim that at the school?" Aria asked leaning in close to Bone Crusher looking at the console.

"I heard that!" Celestia called from the back area of the Hawk. 

Aria casually began whistling and backing from away Bone Crusher into the seat behind the co-pilot. Kubo chuckled as he sat next to Bone Crusher and let Moll run across the dash looking out into the open sky.

Twilight was gazing at the solid metal interior that made up the cockpit. She slid her hand across the cool metal admiring it. Something about technology always gave Twilight the greatest sense of happiness. Perhaps it was do to machines not making fun of her like those she went to school with. Or her natural curiosity about how they worked and the science that went into creating them. Whatever the reason was it always caused a smile to appear across Twilight's face. One that was reflected back to her through the shiny metal. 

As she continued to look at her reflection her smile grew bigger. But something felt wrong. Her reflection's smile was growing larger, but she wasn't. She could feel her facial muscles moving and they weren't forming a smile. In fact she was starting to frown. 

But her metal reflection had a wide toothy grin with glowing green eyes. 

Sunset was looking at many glowing objects on the console wondering what each of them did. When she turned her head she cocked an eyebrow when she saw Twilight staring blankly at a wall. The poor girl's body was shaking like a leave. 

"Hey Twilight?" Sunset pat Twilight on the shoulder. In response Twilight lightly bounced while trying to keep a loud gasp contained inside of her. Sunset looked at her with concern, "Are you okay?"

"Yes just...." Twilight looked back at her reflection, seeing how it was normal, and sighed before answering Sunset, "....just a little excited." 

Sunset looked Twilight up and down. Something seemed off about her but she couldn't figure it out. Midnight had done something to Twilight during her attack something that practically put her into a crazed state before knocking her unconscious. Sunset recalled the moans Twilight had uttered in her sleep as if she was running from something. It may have been best to ask about Twilight's dream, but Sunset didn't want to rip at an already bleeding wound. For now she'd just keep an eye Twilight and let her come out at her own her leisure. 

"Hey let's take a look outside." She said with a warm smile taking Twilight by the hand and leading her to the window.

They looked outside with wide eyes of amazement. They where passing clouds at high speeds on in the bluest sky they had ever seen. But what truly had their attention was what was bellow them. A massive orange and blue wing rose up before coming back down. Along with a loud chirp with golden scales. Mothra happily flew under the Hawk letting her antenna glow as she dove down. Moll smiled as she watched the giant moth dive. She then looked at Kubo and Bone Crusher, who both nodded in agreement. 

"Hang on." Bone Crusher said as he pulled back on the ump. 

The Hawk followed Mothra as she broke out of the cover the that the clouds gave her.  She looked out seeing a massive stretch of beach that lead to a green forest. Dust kicked up as both Mothra and the Hawk came to a landing . With surprising grace for a creature her size, Mothra gently sat on the warm sand. 

The back section of the Hawk came down allowing the G-team to step out, along with Sunset, Twilight, the Dazzlings, and Celestia. The latter group were looking around in confusion. "This place seems so familiar." Celestia said rubbing her chin in thought. 

Memories began to play in her head of being with Luna as a child. Craving a sun dial out of stone, creating totem pole out of a fallen tree, sneaking off occasionally to walk along the beach. These memories kept playing over and over again until Celestia finally snapped her fingers in recognition. "This the Everfree forest! My camp old is near here."

"Oh yeah, you always talked about this place with, Luna." Sunset said looking around with a smile before her face turned to one of horror as she jumped onto a confused Adagio, "EWWWW! GROSS! GET ME OFF THIS BEACH!"   

"Sunset what are you talking about?" Celestia asked in confusion.

"Don't act like you don't know!" Sunset shouted pointing a finger at her adoptive mother, "Luna told me what you really did when you 'walked along the beach'." 

Sunset began mimicking Celestia while using air quotes. Hikari had wide eyes and a blush, Akiko was snickering, Kubo was scratching his cheek while clearing his throat, Bone Crusher was looking Celestia with an impressed smile and nod. While Aria and Twilight were trying to figure out was going on with Sunset and why it looked like she was on the verge of having a mental break down.

Celestia's face was getting red as a cherry, "I'll kill her." She whispered before looking at the others clearing her throat. 

"Let's just move on from this. Why have we stopped here?"

"Right! Well how far away is this camp?" Kubo asked getting a glare from Celestia, causing him to wave his hands in front of his face in defense, "I mean I don't want people freaking out since Mothra is around and we have another guest coming."

"Oh well judging from where we are." Celestia looked around trying to find any landmarks, "It's actually pretty far from what I can recall. I know had to drive out here a lot."

"I thought Bone Crusher was-" Akiko was about to go on but Hikari elbowed her in the gut.

"Well that's good to know because our guest of honor is here." Hikari said with a smile looking at Celestia, whose face was still red. 

Moll and Lora, who climbed off Kubo and Hikari, ran in between the humans to look out at the water. The sea began to split as white as bone spines rose out of the water like shark fins. They approached closer as Mothra happily chirped along with Moll, who was jumping in the air waving her hands. Those who weren't part of the G-team tensed up. Even if they had been rescued by the kaiju the girls still reacted nervously around him due to a primal urge to runaway. The water fell off black scales as the giant rose from the water and wadded in closer to the beach. Godzilla let a low growl as his orange eyes scanned the area.

He looked down at the humans below him then to Mothra. The younger kaiju rose up like an excited puppy as she kept trying to get his attention. He responded by venting blue smoke from his nostrils. He could sense a high amount of aura from this area. It was strange like nothing he'd ever felt before. But that wasn't the only thing off about this place. Something that made him crack his fingers and let out a large snarl of annoyance.

It wasn't home.

Usually after going inland with the humans he could enjoy the comforts of returning to Infant Island. Lying down in the cave and letting the sun warm his scales while he napped. But remaining in the human world meant he had to stay under the ocean. It's not like he had anything against sleeping underwater. He'd done it for twenty years. But being able to bask in the rays of the sun felt amazing. So whenever he was denied that it was safe to assume that Godzilla would be greatly, "Nettled seems to be the right word to use in this situation." Bone Crusher said looking at the monster king as he looked around the beach.  

"He is really nettled."

"Don't worry I know just how to cheer him up!" Moll said with a happy smile.

Godzilla snarled looking down at his humans wondering why he wasn't home relaxing. Also wondering why there was a group he couldn't recognize. Two of whom looked very familiar. 

"Is he looking at us?" Sunset asked looking at Adagio.

"I think so." Adagio said with a gulp as Godzilla leaned down closer. Sonata went behind Kubo as her legs started to shake. Kubo lightly pat her head trying to calm the siren down, but he felt Aria cling to his arm as well. Her teeth were chattering as she stared up at the giant lizard. 

Orange eyes soon settled upon the group or more so on Adagio and Sunset, much to Celestia's horror. Both former Equestrians began to shake as Godzilla stared intently at them. The seconds that ticked by felt like hours as Godzilla kept looking at them. Sunset finally made a move by cracking a nervous grin and waving.

"Um... hi. You remember us right? We rode on your hand remember?"

"Again?!" Adagio said.

"You have any other ideas?" Sunset shot back just as Godzilla let out a low growl like that of a crocodile. 

They flinched when Godzilla's eye moved. To their surprise he was staring at Kubo then back to them again. His eyes darted back and forth a several times before he cocked his head curiously like a bird. He soon began sniffing their scents were different yet also slightly similar.

"Oh I get it." Hikari said with a slight giggle walking toward Adagio and Sunset. "It's your hair" 

They all looked at Hikari confused by her statement. Hikari laughed again pointing toward Kubo. "The  color of your hair is similar to Kubo's. Godzilla notices it too." 

"Wait so he thinks that we're all related or something?" Adagio asked looking between Sunset and Kubo. Hikari nodded with a smile. Sunset let out a sigh of relief along with Adagio. While Kubo merely rubbed his temple letting out his own sigh. 

"You too huh?" All three of them said in unison much to their surprise. 

Sunset was the first to crack up at how they spoke. Which was soon followed by everyone else as the tense situation started to calm down. Godzilla rose back up scratching his neck. Something about those humans was strange to him. Then again his humans are the strangest things he'd let into his life. Or at least a close second as he felt something jump onto his back.

Mothra chirped as she tried to get Godzilla to notice her. The moth kaiju placed her head on his neck and affectionately began nuzzling him. He let out a low growl as he tried to push away from the younger kaiju. His day was getting more annoying by the minute. 

Moll giggled as she watched the two kaiju interact. Lora looked at the scene as well with a small smile as well before turning to the group humans behind her. "Now are you sure there is no one here who will discover Godzilla?" She asked.

Celestia looked around the area trying to recall some of her memories. She blushed as she tried to push certain memories back. But then the thought occurred to her when she spotted a near by ridge that lead to the mountains. "One hundred percent. You see that ridge over there? It splits the beach in half. The side we're standing on now is a nature preserve completely blocked off from the rest of the town. No one's allowed in."

"Perfect!" Moll said while jumping in the air for joy. "Let's go Lora!" She began tugging on her elder sister's arm which she responded with an eye roll and happy sigh.

"Okay, calm down." Lora said as her body began to glow with green energy, "I shall assist this time little sister." 

Moll giggled cheerfully at hearing Lora's words as her body began to glow as well with a blue shimmer. The Elias brought their hands together as their aura's began to mix. They let out soft breaths before their voices almost sounded like they were one as they let low hums. It soon transformed into a sound of pure beauty as both Elias began to sing. 



Their voices were like angels. The humans all present felt their nerves settle and melt into relaxation. For the kaiju present it was the same feeling as Godzilla began to sway in the wind. His body wasn't as tense and he let out a loud yawn. It wasn't long before the world around him started to get fuzzy as the fire that burned inside him started to die down. 

Godzilla pressed down onto the soft sand letting out a small sigh as his eyes began to get heavy. Mothra quickly took advantage of his weakened state and crawled closer to his face. Where she pressed her muzzle against his cheek. He let out an annoyed snarl, but didn't bother to move her. Which caused Mothra to let out more joy filled chirps as she began snuggle against him. 

She may annoy him at times like this, but he was grateful that she was still here. He wasn't alone in this world anymore not with her always by his side. With the sun beating down on his scales he enjoyed the heat. Godzilla let out another yawning roar before he closed his eyes and let the song of the Elias carry him to a world of dreams. 

Moll and Lora stopped singing as the aura around their bodies died down. They were left panting as they stared at the sleeping form of Godzilla. "He really does take a lot of energy." Moll said wiping sweat from her head, "But at least now he'll get some sunlight."

"We're just lucky he prefers your voice." Lora said patting her little sister on the head.

"That was amazing!" Twilight shouted racing to the Elias and sitting at their level with sparkling eyes, "All you did was sing and Godzilla just, well, did that!" She pointed to the sleeping kaiju in front of her forgetting the fear she felt earlier. 

"I mean we all thought that you guys could control kaiju! I mean there was the Muto thing going on, then calling him back to New York. But I didn't think you two could just him make do whatever you want. I know I've seen magic before, what with the whole Friendship Games fiasco, but not like that. Seriously tell me everything! Start when it all began and don't leave out any de-mmpphff." 

Twilight stopped talking as a green aura wrapped around her lips. Putting her in a duck face position. Lora sighed while rolling her eyes, rubbing her ears with one hand while the other hand was wrapped in a green aura. "You know for such a shy girl you do tend to talk a lot when you're excited. Honestly, Hikari didn't ask so many questions when she saw us sing."

"Lora!" The entire G-team shouted looking at the elder Elias in disapproval. Lora simply shrugged and walked off letting the aura leave her hands. The aura wrapped around Twilight's lip vanished as well leaving her lips to dangle for a moment. 

"Oh don't mind, Miss Grumpy Pants." Moll said with a giggle, "But we didn't control Godzilla at all more like we just calmed him down. Which resulted in what you see here. Controlling a kaiju is something Lora and I would never do. To take away free will like that is just too unspeakable to even think about. Even Midnight doesn't resort to that."

"That and the mental strain it would cause." Lora stated as Hikari picked her up causing the others to look at her in confusion, "A kaiju's mind is like a raging hurricane. To take it over would be like trying to catch smoke." 

She then looked at Twilight and Sunset with hard eyes, "I can sense your powers growing girls but know this. Do not use them to control kaiju. Just one slip and a kaiju fights back against you. The mental attack would most likely put you in catatonic state. Understand?"

Sunset and Twilight shook their heads in understanding. Sunset already knew the consequences of mind control considering the earful she got from everyone after the Fall Formal. Twilight wasn't even debating using magic again. Studying the effects it had on her friends was one thing. But she couldn't bring herself to wield such power again. After what had happened during the Friendship Games wielding magic again left a bad taste in her mouth. 

A few more minutes passed by as the G-team were merely watching to make sure Godzilla and Mothra continued to sleep. Hikari began setting up a small camera on one of the nearby trees to monitor the sleeping kaiju. After a few more minutes passed it seemed clear that neither Godzilla or Mothra were keen on moving. They soon began to move back to the Hawk as Celestia began giving Bone Crusher directions on where to find the airport. He shook his head in understanding while at the same time checking out the principal, much to the annoyance of Akiko as she pulled on his collar dragging him inside. The others began following after them leaving Sunset and Adagio the last to get on board. Sunset looked at Godzilla over her shoulder.

"He looks so different when he's sleeping," Sunset said getting a confused look from Adagio, "I mean he just looks so peaceful and it's kind of cute the way Mothra's clinging to him."

"Speaking of clinging." Adagio looked at Sunset with an annoyed scowl that could match Lora, "How long are a going you going to cling onto me?" 

Sunset had still yet to release her grip from Adagio. When Sunset looked at the ground she shuttered, "If you knew what Celestia did on this beach you wouldn't touch it either."

"It's not like she did it on the entire beach."

Sunset shook her head rapidly, "No way! This whole place is contaminated!"

Adagio growled in frustration, "Stupid pony."

"Puffy Siren." Sunset countered with a sly smile. Adagio snorted and rolled her eyes walking on board the Hawk. 

As the Hawk began to take off Mothra looked up as it rose higher into the air. A triangle appeared in her forehead before a small dog sized mini Mothra flew out. It took off at top speed matching the Hawk. As the two were left alone Mothra let out a happy chirp as she nuzzled Godzilla's neck. She wrapped her wings around him making a makeshift blanket. She was happy that Moll and Lora found a place Godzilla could come ashore without other humans spotting him.

After the events of the pervious night all the young kaiju wanted to do was spend time with closet thing she had left to a family. Being like this with her hero brought nothing but pure bliss to Mothra. But at the same time she felt a hollow feeling inside of her. 

She couldn't help but think back to the fights she'd taken part in and how her opponents took her down so easily. Forcing Godzilla to risk his own life and body to save her. During that entire incident she felt so useless. She quickly shook the thoughts off and just brought her head down on Godzilla's. She was going to enjoy every moment of this time before Godzilla chose to move back to the ocean in fear of being spotted.  

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Canterlot City
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Vector walked down the streets again, though this time he was grumbling more than usual. The smell of coffee still lingered on him. "Can't believe those people wouldn't take the credit card. I mean it was just a shirt! How much money did those guys spend in New York?" He said out loud. His necklace glowed in response causing Vector to sigh, "Hey the statue was on sale. How could I not buy it?" As he held up another bag opposite from the comic book he held.

Caesar responded making Vector's eyes twitch again, "I know I already have one, but this is a special Platinum addition. Ultra rare." 

Caesar spoke again though this time Vector could tell it was full of sarcasm, "What do you know about spending money? You're a golem." Caesar was about to talk again but Vector cut him off, "Whose been around since the dawn of time. Yeah I know, you tell me that everyday." 

He kept walking while at the same time looking around at his surroundings. There were the occasional people who would pass by and give him a friendly smile which he returned. But that was followed by him going back to a frown. He preferred being alone in a lab tinkering by himself being around people.... just felt weird. Hopefully he could just fine his destination and get away from everyone. 

After a few more steps he finally came across a small two story red bricked apartment. He looked up and down the building rubbing his chin before taking out the invitation he received from that strange girl named Pinkie Pie. He sighed finding that this was his destination. He looked over the door rubbing his chin with a hum before whistling to himself. He looked over his shoulders, making sure no one was around to see him. He reached into his pocket unclipping the chain around it. The tip of chain had a small red glow and he placed it near the key hole. It took only a few seconds before the locks on the door clicked open. 

Vector smiled to himself as he began to open the door, "Easy as one, two..." Before he could finish his sentence confetti blew in his face along with streamers. The sound of party blowers went off in his face as a group of familiar faces appeared in front of him.

"Welcome Home!" Pinkie Pie, Applejack, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, and Rarity all shouted at once. They all held wide smiles as they looked at the person in  the door. Though they quickly vanished, except for Pinkie's, when they saw who was standing in the door. Instead of the warm embraces of their friends they were met with the an awkward smile and wave from Vector.

"Um...….hi?" 

"Vector? What in tarnation are you doin here?" Applejack said looking at the green haired young man.

"You remembered my name?" Vector asked in shock. 

"Well yeah, we only met an hour ago." Applejack said confused by his statement. Vector nodded his head with a raised eyebrow like he was impressed with her. Which caused Applejack to look at him confused. 

"Hey! I think AJ asked you a question." Rainbow said looking at Vector suspiciously. 

Vector sighed holding out the invitation Pinkie Pie gave him while also pointing at said party planner, "Cotton Candy head over there gave me an invitation. Which also came with a surprisingly detailed map." 

The girls all looked at Pinkie, who responded with a shrug, "What? You all know I like to make sure people know where the party is!"

"Yeah but how'd you know I'd be starting from the Café?" Vector asked holding up the map that had a star on the Cake's Shop saying 'You are here'. All eyes were on Pinkie expecting an answer but all she did was shrug again.

"Eh, just a feeling."

Vector looked at her with dumbfounded eyes, "You're weird, you're a weird person."

"Let's just save Pinkie's...Pinkieness for later. How exactly did you unlock the door without a key?" Rarity asked.

Vector groaned in annoyance before showing the girls his chain. "My skeleton key."

"Skeleton key?" Applejack asked looking at Vector's chain.

"Aren't they supposed to be keys?" Pinkie asked.

"Look, I was bored and needed something to do one day. So I just made this." Vector said looking around the apartment ignoring the confused looks the girls gave him until Pinkie Pie started giggling.

"And here we thought you were Sunset, Vecy!" Pinkie cheerfully said with a laugh while slapping Vector on the back.

"Who told you that name?!" Vector said with wide eyes causing the girl's to look at him shocked by his tone. Vector cleared his throat with red cheeks, "I mean.....since the others aren't here yet I guess I'll wait here." 

"Ooooook why exactly?" Rainbow asked.

"Well Hikari did agree to come to the party and the party is going to be here." Pinkie Pie said cheerfully.

"Exactly." Vector pushed past the girls letting himself in he placed the bags he was carrying down and jumped onto Sunset's couch. He let out a relaxed sigh as he put his hands behind his head. "So wake me up when they get here."

"No problem, Vecy!" Pinkie said to which caused Vector to grumbled.

"Just call me Vector." He said with a forced smile before reclining on Sunset's couch. 

Pinkie cheerfully made her way back inside with a wide smile on her face. While Rainbow, Applejack, Rarity, and Fluttershy all stood by the front looking at Vector as he relaxed, or at least tried to with Pinkie Pie leaning over the arm of the couch staring at him.

"Well he seems to have made himself right at home." Rarity scoffed with an eye roll. 

Fluttershy looked at Vector with a tilted head, "He doesn't have many manners but I don't think he's that bad." 

"I think we should make him sit outside." Rainbow said crossing her arms over her chest.

"No way, it's better if he stays here. Somethin's off about this guy but I can't figure it out yet." Applejack said looking at Vector as Pinkie Pie happily skipped around him, "I say we keep an eye on him here. At least until Kubo and the others get's here. Then we see what he really does."

Fluttershy sighed looking at Pinkie as she happily jumped around Vector, much to his annoyance, seeing how her party planning friend was in high spirts around Vector put her at ease. "I still don't think he's all that bad. Maybe we should talk to him. He seems like the type who has trouble talking to other people." Fluttershy said before grabbing a broom and sweeping up while slowly making her way over to Vector. 

Rarity tapped her chin in thought as she looked over Vector. She began to stare down at the stained shirt he was still wearing before snapping her fingers, "Maybe a little kindness could open him up." She quickly made her way to a sowing area that she had set up in Sunset's kitchen, "You girls keep cleaning I've got work to do!"

Applejack and Rainbow Dash were both left wondering what their friend had meant. But when they saw Rarity had already begun sowing they knew it was to late ask her what was going through her head. Applejack merely sighed, "Well it's not like he's out right lying to us."

"Don't sweat it, AJ, if he even looks at us evil I'll pound him." 

"Easy there killer." Applejack said with a smile, "Besides we already have our best weapon deployed."

She pointed over to Pinkie Pie, as she was kneeling on the arm of couch and sending Vector rapid questions. Which he would respond with the same answer, "No!"

"Okay then what about Vecinator?"

"No!"

"Hmmm, Vec Sanchez!" 

"No!"  

Pinkie Pie gasped and pulled on Vector's cheeks and looked him the eye, "Oh I got it, Vecy Smallz!" 

Vector just gave her a deadpan stare, "You aren't going to let this go are you?"

Fluttershy lightly giggled as she watched the two interact with each other. Her thoughts about Vector not changing as she watched Pinkie talk to him. It was nothing like when she met Kuro and Midnight, then she felt only pure fear when she looked at those two. But with Vector she felt a sense of kindness from him. Even thought it was just buried under an obnoxious person. Almost like her little brother the only difference was he wasn't trying to hit on Rainbow Dash. Something she was all to thankful for. 

When Vector finally managed to escape Pinkie's grip his eyes, while in the middle of rolling, met with Fluttershy. She gave him a warm smile and wave that he returned with a red face. Vector quickly looked away from her while clearing his throat. Fluttershy laughed again as it appeared Vector was also slightly shy. 

Suddenly the sound of a plane flying by caught everyone's attention. Vector perked up the most when heard it. He breathed heavily out of his nose before lying back down, "Hey Pinkie you may wanna hurry up with the cleaning. G-team's gonna be here soon."

"How do you know that?" Fluttershy asked with a tilting head.

"Yeah weren't you looking for them a few minutes ago?" Rainbow asked with a raised eyebrow.

"You all heard the plane right. That was the Hawk." Vector said without moving his head back up.

"You know this how?" Rainbow questioned again.

"Because I built the engines I should know what they sound like." Vector answered.

Rainbow's eye went wide when she heard Vector's response. Applejack was slightly slack jawed at his answer. Even Rarity stopped working to give Vector a stare of shock. Pinkie Pie let out an excited gasp as she held a large smile with sparkling eyes. Fluttershy was looking at Vector with a tilted head of confusion, "Vector how old are you again?"

"I told you I'm eighteen." Vector said. The ruby eyes on his necklace glowed causing Vector to nod his head, "Oh yeah right." He sat back up again looking at Fluttershy more than the others. "I'm what people would call a prodigy."

Pinkie quickly popped up over Vector again her eyes shinning with amazement as she looked at him. "A prodigy! What ever that is. Sounds so..."

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"AWSOME!" Aria shouted as she held onto Kubo's waist with her good arm. Her pigtails were flying in the wind as she rode with Kubo on his motorcycle. She held a wide grin as she held a tight grip on him. Kubo had small smile as he revved the engine pushing the bike forward making Aria cheer.

The Hawk had landed at Canterlot airport only a few minutes ago. Once down the G-team found airport crews awaiting them along with a small mini van. It was big enough to fit everyone inside although Kubo insisted on bringing his motorcycle. Which instantly caused Sonata and Sunset to jump and ask to join him. Only for Celestia to instantly shoot the idea down for Sunset despite her instance and saying how it wouldn't have been her first time riding a motorcycle. But Celestia just shook her head making Sunset sulk in response.

Sonata eagerly wanted to ride with Kubo as the bike seemed to be calling to her. But before she could actually get on Aria was already trying on helmets. Which soon led to a massive rock paper scissor competition between the two sirens. Which the end result was.

"Thank you scissors!" Aria shouted over the massive amount of wind in her face, "Hey, can we go faster?!"

"You only have one arm at the moment so no." Kubo said with a chuckle. Aria had a small pout but it didn't last as she watched the city speed by. 

From the car Adagio sat shotgun next to Bone Crusher, "Huh that's the first time she's generally been happy about something." Adagio said with a small smile at seeing her cousin so happy at something that wasn't causing pain to someone. 

"Curse you paper." Sonata said, from behind Adagio, she was pouting looking at her hand. She sat in between Hikari and Akiko in the middle section. Hikari pat her shoulder with a smile.

"Don't sweat it your all honorary members of the G-team. Which means your with your big sisters." Akiko said wrapping Sonata in a hug. The younger siren looked at her with happy eyes along with everyone else in the car.

"Welcome to the family!" Moll said from Hikari's lap. Lora smiled as well patting Moll on the head. 

Celestia, Sunset, and Twilight all sat in the back. The principal put a hand on Sunset's and looked at her with a smile, "Looks like our little family is growing." Sunset was still upset about not riding with Kubo but she couldn't help but smile at her foster mother's words. She put her head on Celestia shoulder enjoying the warmth she gave off. 

While Celestia and Sunset cuddled with each other Twilight watched them from the corner of her eye. She had a slight frown watching them. Some part of her was getting annoyed at the two for acting so cuddly with each other but she stuffed it down. 'Must be homesick. That's it.' she thought to herself. Twilight paid attention to the street signs noticing that they were getting closer to her home, "Hey my house is coming up on the next left."

"You sure you don't want come to the party, Twilight?" Sunset asked breaking away from Celestia.

"Yeah my parents are probably worried sick by now. Plus I'm still pretty worn out from last night, I kind of just want spend time with my family." Twilight said rubbing the back of her head.

"That's understandable." Sunset said, "But if you're feeling alone I'm here for you."

Sunset's smile caused a sickening feeling in the pit of her stomach. But she quickly shook it off and smiled back at her friend, "Thanks Sunset." She kept putting the feeling down each time she saw Sunset and Celestia, 'I just miss my parents just a little jealousy. That's it.' She repeated to herself over and over again.

It didn't take them long to find Twilight's house, considering how big it was compared to the other houses in the neighborhood. Kubo stopped his bike, much to Aria's displeasure, and looked at the house with an impressed whistle. Twilight's house was a large mansion with a massive window in the middle. It held a large antenna on the roof. There were other metal pieces around it as well that seemed to be conducting electricity to the back yard. Hikari, Akiko, and Bone Crusher looked at the house in awe. 

"Fancy." Akiko said at looking the house up and down.

"How do you afford a place like this?" Bone Crusher asked scratching his head.

"Oh my mom and dad are doctors. They helped save the Mayor's daughter when she was really sick. She was pretty grateful and ended up paying them a large sum of money. Pretty soon a lot of the more higher class in the city started to coming to my parents to be their private physicians." Twilight explained, "Though they constantly deny them and prefer to help the public."

"That's very noble." Lora said. Both Elias were hiding in Hikari's lab coat. The eldest brought her head up looking at Twilight with a small smile. Twilight responded with a smile and blush. 

Hikari rubbed her chin in thought looking at the flowing cables on the roof along with the conductors, "Say where do those conductors lead to?"

"Oh those just lead to my lab in the shed." Twilight stated as if it were no big deal, "It was such a hassle getting those things on the roof and installing them to the lighting rod." Everyone looked at her in shock at the plain statement she made. Twilight just gave them a confused glance.

"You did all this by yourself?" Kubo asked walking over to the group with Aria.

"Well my big brother helped a little bit." Twilight said. Everyone was still looking at Twilight in a shocked state. She sighed with red cheeks while pushing up her glasses, "I don't go out much."

"Wow you're like a girl version of Vector." Akiko said.

"Who?" Twilight asked.

"Just an adorable little muffin that we know. If he ever left his lab we'd introduce you to him." Akiko said with a smile.

Twilight just shrugged it off before walking over to the door. Suddenly to her shock the door suddenly burst open and a group of three accompanied by a purple furred puppy came rushing out. They all embraced Twilight in tight hugs. The first was a man with dark blue hair that whore a blue sweater vest along with khakis. The next was a woman with purple hair like Twilight's but instead of a velvet streak coursing through her hair it was streaks of grey. She had on what looked to be sweat pants and a grey t-shirt. The final person was a man, who from what Hikari could tell was at least two or three years younger than her, he had the same streaks in his hair as Twilight but took more from his father when it came to hair. There were a pair of dog tags around his neck he wore a purple t-shirt with shield in the center with jeans. 

"Mom, Dad, Shinning Armor, Spike?" Twilight said in shock as her family embraced her.

"We saw everything that happened on the news!" Twilight's father spoke up.

"We...we...were...so worried." Her mother spoke through tears that ran down her face. From the look on her face and her clothes it looked like she hadn't been sleeping.

"She's here now that's all that matters now." Shinning Armor spoke softly as he held Twilight close. Twilight let the warmth of her brother embrace her. Tears started to fall down her face as she wrapped her arms around his waist. Twilight cried burying her face into his chest. Shinning Armor held his little sister tight and rubbed her head, "It's okay Twily."

Kubo watched the scene with a smile. Seeing a family brought together was something that I loved to see. It was his soul purpose in fighting after all. He suddenly felt something wrapping around his fingers. He looked down and noticed that Hikari was holding his hand. "Looks like you saved another family." She said with a smile. He suddenly felt his shoulder get nudged Bone Crusher was giving him a smile.

"We did pretty good didn't we bro?" 

"Yeah, Little Private, not bad." Akiko said bumping Kubo with her hips.

Kubo and the rest of team smiled as they watched the Sparkle family come together for a teary eyed reunion. Adagio felt a warmth in heart as she watched the family as well. When she looked at Sonata and Aria they looked at her with warm and slightly watering eyes. They were all thinking the same thing. Having a family is the greatest gift life can give.

Sunset had a toothy grin as she watched Twilight interact with her family. The night before had taken it's toll for all of them. Twilight had gotten the harsher end of the deal with a curse placed on her. But now it appeared as though she was finally letting everything go. With her family around Twilight could finally put her defenses down. Family was the only thing that could allow such a feet. 

"You're a good friend Sunny. Most people so rarely ever stick by their friends through all of this. Especially with what you girls went through." Celestia said with a smile, "I'm proud of you."

Sunset felt her cheeks get warm at hearing Celestia's words. Before she could say anything Twilight's parents quickly rushed toward the G-team. Kubo didn't respond as Twilight's mother wrapped him into a tight hug tears still falling from her face. She was muttering out barely audible thanks to all of them. Twilight's father was easier to understand as began shaking hands with each of them, "Thank you all so much for keeping our daughter safe." He said while wiping his eyes.

"Yeah, you guys did good out there." Shinning Armor said, while keeping Twilight at his side. He brought his hand up to a salute, "Cadet Shinning Armor. It's an honor to meet you all."

Akiko, Bone Crusher,  and Kubo all saluted back to him with smiles. "At ease Cadet." Bone Crusher said, "So you plan on joining A.G.A.F or the plain old military?"

"Police actually. No offense, but fighting kaiju is pretty low on my list of things to do." Shinning Armor said rubbing the back of his head with a chuckle.

"None taken it does take a special brand of crazy to fight kaiju." Akiko said.

"But when I make it up the ranks I've got your backs no matter what. Same goes for your...um pets?" Shinning asked.

Hikari felt a kick in her jacket pocket as she felt the Elias wanting to yell at Shinning Armor but she quickly cleared her throat, "Actually their our friends and thanks."

"We owe you all so much! Whatever price you name it." Twilight's mother spoke looking at the entire team.

Kubo held up his hand shaking his head, "Knowing that Twilight is safe is all we need. Seriously keep your money." Akiko, Bone Crusher, and Hikari all shook their heads in agreement looking at Twilight's entire family with smiles. Kubo held out his fist to Shinning Armor, "Take good care of your sister cadet that's an order." Shinning smiled and bumped his fist with Kubos'.

"Man you guys are cool!" A voice spoke up causing the G-team to look around, "Down here!" They all looked down to see a purple puppy wagging his tail happily, "Thanks for saving Twilight you guys!" He spoke. The team's jaws practically dropped when they heard the dog talk.

"Spike, what have I told you about speaking in public!" Twilight shouted.

"Wow." Bone Crusher said.

"Cool!" Kubo said with wide eyes looking at Spike.

"Cute." Akiko had star filled eyes as she pat Spike.

"Talking dog." Hikari was wide eyed, "Must study."

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The G-team was back on the rode after taking a few minutes to both admire Spike and pull Hikari away from him. She was in her seat with a massive frown on her face, "I can't believe you guys wouldn't let me spend more time with Spike."

"Hikari, we live under the same roof as a giant lizard that burps nukes. How does a talking dog get your attention?" Bone Crusher asked.

"Because it's a talking dog! How often do we see those?" Hikari said crossing her arms  and leaning back in her seat. 

As Hikari continued to bicker with Bone Crusher Adagio looked out the window watching the town fly by. Seeing Twilight with her family gave her a warm feeling in her chest. She put a hand on her heart pulling on it as she thought about Twilight and her older brother. When she looked in the rearview mirror and spotted Sunset she felt her heart race the image of Twilight hugging her brother began to play on repeat. Her cheeks began to flush as she quickly turned her eyes away from the mirror and watched Kubo riding in front of them. Which caused her heart to race twice as fast. 'Great I'm getting feelings and for a stupid pony!' She let out an annoyed sigh.

Sunset watched Adagio with raised eyebrow. 'Wonder what's eating her?' she thought before looking out the window noticing how close they were getting to her apartment. "Hey my apartment is coming up soon."

Bone Crusher nodded honking the horn getting Kubo's attention. They both began to park along the side street as they found a jet black car sitting outside. Kubo found a woman with blue hair that matched her lipstick, she was dressed in black pants with a purple top. He had to admit she looked pretty good and it caused a shiver down his spine when she walked over to him with a smile. He felt his stomach begin to knot up as she got closer. It began to get tighter with each step she took and wave of her hips. Tighter, tighter, tighter, "Ok too tight!" His voice was higher than normal.

"Sorry." Aria said as she moved her arm from Kubo's stomach. She had a nervous smile and laugh as the woman got closer, "Vice-Principal Luna wasn't expecting to see you hear." Aria said with a nervous laugh.

"Ms. Blaze I do hope you didn't give these nice people a hard time." Luna said looking at Aria with a raised eyebrow and stern face.

"Of course not I was perfectly well behaved Vice-Principal, ma'am." Aria began bobbing her head up and down. Luna gave an unimpressed hum as she looked over Aria. The purple haired siren was starting to sweat bullets as she had a nervous laugh.

Before Kubo could ask what was going on Sunset rushed from the car and hugged Luna, "Lulu!" Luna blushed as Sunset put her into a tight hug, "I hope you weren't waiting too long." 

"I actually just got here, Sunset." Luna said pulling out of Sunset's hug, "I'm happy you're o-OWWW!" Luna was cut off when a hand wrapped around her skull and began squeezing. Kubo was in a stunned silence as he watched a vein pop out of Celestia's head she had twitching smile while looking at Luna. 

"Sister dearest, why does my precious little Sunny knows about my private beach stories?" 

As Celestia continued to press down on her younger sister's skull the others could only watch on with shocked faces. Aria leaned over to Sunset, "You have the weirdest family ever."

"Actually this is way to normal for them." Sunset said with a sigh, "Mom, Lulu I'm heading inside."

"That's nice sweet heart!" Celestia said over her shoulder as she kept Luna in an iron grip. Sunset groaned as walked up her steps while mumbling to herself about the embarrassment Celestia would cause her. The girls followed after them while Bone Crusher nudged Kubo in the shoulder having him stay behind.

"Dude wingman scenario Five. One. Three." 

"Not after what happened with the yoga girls." Kubo deadpanned as he followed after the girls. 

"Bro, c'mon this is nothing like that. Besides it was only minor burns." Bone Crusher said chasing after Kubo. 

As they approached the door Adagio took the time to look at Sunset's apartment. It felt strange being here as the only house she'd ever been in was her own small apartment. She couldn't stop wondering how Sunset managed to score such a good apartment considering that she was a runaway from Equestria like herself. Must be the benefits of being the good girl.

Sunset fumbled with her keys before finally getting the right one. For some reason her heart was racing as she thought about the idea of the G-team, a group she'd grown to idolize, were about to enter her home. Maybe she could show Hikari her study habits and interest in kaiju possibly sharing notes with her. The idea was getting her extremely giddy as she opened the door. To suddenly be met with a ton of confetti.

"Welcome home!" All of her friends shouted at the same time.

"Girls!" Sunset shouted about to hug her friends before noticing the green haired guy on her couch. He looked at her and smiled waving awkwardly. She heard gasp from the G-team, Akiko was the loudest out of all of them as her hair began to rise up. She looked at him with a raised eyebrow. "Um hi random guy whose in my house...Why exactly are you in my house?"

"Oh yeah right, this guy here said he knows the G-team so we just let him stay here and wait." Pinkie Pie pointed over the to guy on her couch as he rubbed the back of his head smiling while also taking a nervous gulp, "Sunset Shimmer meet..."

"VECY!" Akiko shouted at the top of her lungs as she rushed Vector, who was already slumping his shoulder.

"Here we go." He said with a sigh before grunting as Akiko tackled him. She put him into a massive bear hug and let out a squeal, "I missed you too Sis! So could you please let me go?!"

"How can I let go of my little muffin?!" Akiko shouted putting Vector in between her breast as she hugged him tightly. He let out muffled screams as his air supply was cut off.

"Vector?" Bone Crusher said with a confused laugh and smile.

"I thought you were in Japan?" Kubo said. Vector's response was muffled screams as he was clawing for air.

"Huh looks like he was telling the truth." Rainbow Dash said. 

"So who exactly is this guy and how do you know him?" Sunset asked as she was still trying to comprehend what was going on.

"Remember when Moll said we're a family. Well no family is complete without their adorable little brother." Hikari said with a smile.

"He's just the cutest little boopy. Yes he is!" Akiko said with a baby voice. Vector broke his head out of Akiko's chest taking quick breaths while his cheeks were red as cherries. When he looked at the girls his cheeks grew redder.

"Akiko could we not do this in front of all these people." Vector said trying to break free of the G-team captain's grip. Akiko looked at the girls then back to Vector when a smile came across her face. She planted a small kiss on his cheek causing his face to get hotter and his voice grew higher, "Hey! You know I hate doing this kind of stuff in public!"

"Just marking my territory. I don't want these girls stealing my little boopy away from me." Akiko said with a wide grin before sending a quick death glare to the girls that read back off. Rainbow, Applejack, Rarity, and Fluttershy went stiff as beads of sweat poured down their faces. She then went back to trying to cuddle with Vector.

Vector sighed in annoyance as he held off Akiko. The gems on his necklace began to glow Vector grumbled, "I will flush you down a toilet." 

Rarity gasped at Vector's words, "Vector you shouldn't speak to your, slightly horrifying, but nice, sister that way." She nervously laughed looking at Akiko. But out of sheer luck the G-team captain was too busy trying to hug Vector to notice her.

"Wasn't talking to her." Vector said rolling his eyes.

"Maybe not but you shouldn't talk to King Caesar in such a rude manner." Lora popped her head out of Hikari's pocket along with Moll. The younger Elias happily waved at Vector, who waved back but quickly pointed out the obvious.

"Don't we keep those two secret?"

"It's fine dude we let them in on it." Bone Crusher looking over to Rainbow Dash, who started blushing, "After their little run in with, Kuro. They're pretty cool."

"Speaking of which." Kubo walked over to Applejack with his hands behind his back. The farm girl looked at him strangely as he stood in front of her. He had a small smile before revealing what was behind his back, "Managed to get this back from Kuro. Thought it was important and frankly it looks better on you." Kubo said as he placed Applejack's hat back on her head. Applejack felt her cheeks getting warmer as a small smile formed on her face.

Moll watched this and her teeth began to grind together, "Love rival." She whispered with a low hiss as her hair began to rise up. 

Vector watched them and rolled his eyes which then his eyes fell on Sunset and Adagio. He looked both girls up and down before finally settling on their hair. "Hey has anyone noticed..."

"That we have similar hair." Kubo, Adagio, and Sunset all said in unison. The group started to laugh at each other leaving Vector confused.

"What did I miss?" Vector asked. 

Pinkie Pie suddenly came in between both him and Akiko, "Well Vecy, it all started when a magical talking pony princess ran through a magical mirror from a pony world." 

Vector looked at her with a raised eyebrow, "Is pot legal here?"

Hikari began to explain everything that had happened to them from the day before. Vector nodded his head in understanding before looking at the Sirens and Sunset. Then he looked toward the girls he'd been hanging out with a raised brow. He rubbed his chin with a hum. "So you're a magical talking pony, you three used to sing songs, and all of you some how gained magical pony powers?" He sighed rubbing his temples, "If I didn't have a golem in my head I'd say this was weird."

The girls looked at him confused by his last statement. Sunset was trying to comprehend the fact that he said golem. "Um Vec you mind explaining to them about yourself and your little friend to the girls." Hikari said motioning to Vector's necklace.

"Good grief." Vector said with a sigh as he spoke in an uncaring tone toward the sirens and Sunset, "My name's Vector, former deputy of Area 51 and junior member of the G-team." The gems on his necklace began to glow this time bright enough for everyone to notice and gasp. Which in turned caused Vector to grumble, "Shut up I'm getting to you."

He held up his necklace, "And this annoying pebble is King Caesar. He talks to me in my head and is also my kaiju." 

Sunset was letting Vector's words melt in her mind. One of the biggest things that struck her was the fact that Vector had a kaiju and even more so his kaiju could talk to him. So many questions where swirling through her head as well as a wide smile forming across her face. Before she could start asking questions Hikari stepped forward with a few of her own.

"Vector what are you doing here? I thought you were fixing the tracking satellite."

"Well after that stunt in New York Dr. Tans called me and said come out here. So I did." Vector said leaving his teammates to wonder if there was more. Kubo motioned for him to go on but Vector simply shrugged, "No, that's it Trans told me to come out where these girls were and he'd tell me more when I find you guys. I swear that buzzard is starting to become senile along with General Hughes! I was having the best day ever the oil smelled so good in the lab and the sound of electricity buzzing, I was in heaven. And to top it all off the maid café was going to be half off anime day! Then you guys went and let Godzilla loose on New York and ruined everything! All my fantasy girls gone like the wind." Vector said as a tear rolled down his eye. Hikari sighed in annoyance as Vector more perverted side started to show. 

Bone Crusher let out muffled sobs as tears rolled down his eyes, "I know your pain little bro."

"I swear the minute I see Trans I'm gonna tear him a new..." Before Vector could finish his rant his phone started to go off. The air in his lungs started to leave, like a deflating balloon, as a look of horror appeared on his face. He pulled out his phone as it began to glow. Suddenly an image of Dr. Trans appeared out of Vector's phone as a hologram with his hands behind his back and a smile. 

"Dr. Trans, I was just talking about you." He said with a nervous smile.

"Vector, my favorite student." Trans said looking around at the G-team and the girls, "Glad to see everyone made it on time. Here I thought my calculations were off."

"Your calculations are never off Doc," Vector said with a smile but Trans sent him a glare that made Vector gulp, "....tor Trans. Doctor Trans that's what I was going to say. Because that's your name and I always say it correctly." Vector laughed nervously looking at his teacher.

Trans cleared his throat as he looked at the group bringing his composure back, "Anyway I bet your all wondering why Vector is here. Well that's simple he's going to be a bouncer for you girls."

"WHAT?!" Vector shouted his eyes wide but when Trans looked at him Vector went as still as statue, "I mean what do you mean by that, sir? Because I do have other things to do."

Trans sighed looking at Sunset and Adagio specifically while his words were meant for all of the girls, "Look I hate to be the barer of bad news, but you girls are not out of the woods yet. All of you have something that Midnight wants and I highly doubt she'll be willing to let you all go anytime soon. She and Kuro could be planning an attack on your little town as we speak."

Adagio felt a chill go down her spine and her scar began to burn. Midnight wants her and her family dead. To make matters worse the dark Elias looked through her head during their time alone. Midnight looked through her old and new memories. Like the first day she bought her apartment. 

Adagio's heart began to race at the idea of opening her door to find that Kuro waiting for them. Sweat began to roll down her face as her hands were slowly starting to shake. But she suddenly felt something wrapping around her fingers. She looked down and noticed that Sunset was holding her hand. Red eyes met teal as Sunset gave her a hardened stare. The look she was giving off was one of pure determination that read 'We're in this together.' She also heard the sound of knuckles cracking as Kubo stepped up his face stern.

"Well she's in for a fight."

Akiko nodded in a agreement while Hikari smiled at the girls. From her pockets Moll was copying Hikari's actions, Lora simply crossed her arms nodding at the girls with confidence. Bone Crusher had a wide grin a holding up his thumb to the girls, "Yeah the minute Battra shows his ugly mug the Big Guy is gonna burn him to ash."

Vector sighed running a hand through his hair, "Good grief, I've only known you girls for half a day and it's already turning into a hassle. But if something happens to all of you I won't be able to sleep at night. So I guess I'll help."

Pinkie wrapped her arms around Vector pulling him into a tight hug nearly knocking his phone out of his hand, "Thanks a lot Vecy!" Vector had a scowl come across his face. Akiko watched them from the corner of her eye like a bird of prey. She would have said something if Sonata had not jumped onto Vector as well.

"Yeah, thanks Mr. Bouncer." The young siren said.

"Oh my God there are two of her!" Vector said as both girls held onto him. But the words from Sonata clicked in his head as he looked at the image of Trans. Ignoring the light chuckle his teacher was giving at his expense. "Doctor Trans, how exactly am I supposed to be a bouncer? I don't mean to question you sir, but Kuro can kill me with one punch and I'm not exaggerating here."  

"Vector, you created the defense system for Infant Island. I'm sure you can do the same for a small town." Trans said. 

Vector had a moment of realization as he snapped his fingers. "Oh yeah the aura engine. That could defiantly work but I don't have the materials to build it." 

"No worries I'll have the materials sent." Trans said.

Hikari smiled as she put a comforting hand on Vector's shoulder as she looked at the hologram. "I've started looking at hotels Doctor I'll send you our location first thing in the morning."

The holographic image of Trans flickered for a moment as a confused look crossed his face before a smile appeared that started to escalate into laughter. He held his sides as he dropped to his knees almost starting to hyperventilate, "You don't know! Ha Ha Ha! That too good! Ha!" Trans continued laughing. The G-team looked at the scientist confused. He looked up at them wiping a tear from his face as he kept laughing, "Did you guys really think you would get off scot free after New York? Sorry to say but General Hughes thought you all needed to learn a lesson from this. So all of the rebuilding profits will come out of both your pay checks and current funds. "

The G-team all looked as though they stared into the face of Medusa herself as they turned to stone with looks of horror. Trans began listing some of the items with a laugh, "Let's see there's KNN building Godzilla broke, the car Akiko 'rented', a few building here and there." Trans continued on listing items each one adding another wait to the team.

"Okay, no need to panic guys that's why have our emergency fund." Hikari said trying both to calm herself and her friends.

"Yeah that's gone too." Trans said pretending to remove dirt out of his finger nails, Hikari eyes went wide as she turned back into a stone statue, "You can ask Vector about that." 

Vector suddenly felt the grip Hikari had around his shoulder grow tighter. When he looked up at her and Hikari had a twitching smile. Vector began to shake with horror as he saw Hikari lean closer to him. It didn't help that along her forehead was a large throbbing vein. 

"What does he mean by that, Vecy?"

Trans cleared his throat and looked at the Sunset and Adagio, "Whelp it was really nice to see you girls again, but I have things to do. So remember kids stay safe and don't do drugs. Bye." With that the hologram of Trans disappeared leaving the group with an eerie silence as Vector nervously shook in front of Hikari.

She looked at him with the sharp eyes of a bird of prey. Vector swallowed a lump of guilt down his throat as he shook nervously. When he looked to support from Akiko, but she merely sighed shaking her head. He looked past Hikari to his big bros, but all that was left of them were outlines of where they used to be. He suddenly heard the sound of pages being turned.

"Nice the new Deku came out." Bone Crusher said as both he and Kubo were know sitting on the couch he was relaxing on earlier. They both proceeded to look into the bags Vector had collected while he was in town. Kubo let out an impressed whistle he held up a platinum figure of a woman with an incredibly long tongue in a skin tight suit along with goggles making her look like a frog. 

"Hey don't we already have a Froppy statue? And wasn't it really expensive." Kubo said examining Froppy.

Vector had sweat pouring down his face as he looked at Hikari, "In my defense not in platinum it's super rare. Like once in a life time find." 

"Not helping your case." Rainbow Dash said sucking on her teeth.

"Vector did you spend our emergency funds on comic books?" Hikari said as she grit her teeth and her blue eyes practically became a light with fire, "AGAIN!"

"He also spent them on those video game things." Lora added on sticking her head out of Hikari's coat pocket her body glowing with aura. She looked at Vector with the evil grin of a younger sibling telling on the older. 

Vector held back the urge to utter some of the foul words that were flowing through his head. Instead all he shouted was, "Hey those were before New York!" The grip Hikari had on him tightened causing Vector to yelp. Rainbow merely face palmed at Vector's words, Rarity sighed shaking her head, Applejack pulled her hat down to avoid the beating she felt coming. 

"Oh....checkmate." Vector said as he let his words sink in. An unnatural growl came out of Hikari's throat as she looked at Vector. He shook with fear as sweat came off him in buckets. The scene was like watching a hungry wolf stare down a rabbit. In a show of desperation Vector put his hands together in praying motion. He prayed to the only God who'd listen to his prayers. 

"Please, Big Sis Hikari, I'm so sorry! It was spur of the moment I couldn't resist! I was weak! I'll make it up to you I swear! Please just don't punch me! Please! Please! Please!" 

Hikari sighed letting go of Vector's shoulder and patting his head. Her voice was sweet like honey, "Vector you know I'd never punch you." Vector looked up and smiled at Hikari. He truly was in the presence of a goddess.

Fluttershy had wide eyes as she almost felt an angelic glow coming from Hikari and her act of kindness, "Wow she's so nice."

"Three." Bone Crusher flipped through the pages of the comic without looking.

"Two." Kubo said reclining on the couch.

Akiko walked over to the door putting her hand on the handle. "One." 

Once the countdown was done Hikari raised right leg raised in the air like a sickle. "Hikari..."

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Outside Celestia finally let go of Luna's head. Her younger sister dropped to the ground rubbing her temple with a moan. "I think you cracked my skull."

"That's what you deserve for telling something like that to, Sunny." Celestia said.

"You were the one who thought a seventeen year old girl needed a babysitter!" Luna shouted, "Besides that isn't the worst thing you did back then."

"Luna, let's try getting through the night without me trying to kill you." Celestia said with an annoyed sigh. Luna simply rolled her eyes and walked past Celestia to the door.

"I swear you need to relax." Luna grumbled gaining a glare from Celestia. But before she opened the door it opened on it's own. A loud shout was soon followed.

"Kick!"

Before she could even wonder what was going on there was a high pitched scream. Which soon resulted in the wind being knocked out of her as something rammed into her. She was sent flying off the steps past a wide eyed Celestia. When she looked at Luna she noticed that a young man was lying on top of her. Both of there eyes were swirling and bodies twitching. There was a foot print on his face as he moaned, "Well at least it wasn't a punch."

Celestia looked up and noticed Hikari bringing her leg back down. "Did I miss something?" 

"Just teaching my little sibling a lesson." Hikari said whipping hair out of her eyes with a sigh.

Celestia looked at Vector then to Luna letting out a hum, "I was doing just the same." She smiled at the her students as she walked into the house, "My it looks pretty lively in here. Miss Pie is that your triple decker cake I spy." 

Pinkie Pie jumped into the air confetti practically exploding from her body and music suddenly started playing. "You bet! Know that all the exposition is over. LLLLLLLEEEEEEETTTTS PARTY!" 

Sonata smiled as she shouted with Pinkie in joy as the two began dancing. They laughed as they where throwing each around with their dances. The others started to laugh and joined in with the girls. Everyone starting to mingle in their own ways.

Kubo had an embarrassed smile as Sonata had grabbed him by the arm to dance with her. She giggled happily as she danced with the person she truly started seeing as an older brother. Bone Crusher laughed at the scene unaware of the blushing Rainbow Dash eyeing him from the corner. But she couldn't keep watching as she heard a very distinct snicker from behind her. She turned, eyes blazing, to find Aria leaning against the wall with an evil grin. She mouthed the words Dash Bow. Rainbow was about to say something before she noticed the eyes of the siren. They weren't full of their usual malice, but they instead full of consideration. Rainbow sighed dosing the building fire inside her and leaned against the wall next to Aria. She looked down at Aria's broken arm while Aria did the same thing with the bandages around Rainbow's arm. 

"So how's the arm." They both said at once. They both looked at each other with wide eyes of shock before huffing and looking away from each other. 

Aria puffed trying to bring back her usual uncaring body language, "Stop copying me."

"Hey, I asked you first." Rainbow shot back.

"Glad to see y'all are getting along." Applejack said looking at the two. They responded to her with a click of the tongue and looked away from each other. Applejack laughed at the two, "Huh looks like the birth of a beautiful friendship." Rainbow and Aria growled at her. From the front door they heard a loud shout from Akiko.

"Come on, Vecy, let's get in on this brother sister dance!" Akiko pumped her fist in the air as she carried Vector under her arm. He moaned as his eyes were still swirling from being kicked. Luna followed after them rubbing her head. Celestia came up behind her slapping her younger sister on the back. Luna looked up at her with an annoyed grumble.

Adagio was keeping to herself as she watched Sonata dance with Kubo and Aria talk with Rainbow and Applejack. She let out a sigh of relief as she smiled. Seeing her younger siblings so happy brought joy to her heart. The sound of a throat being cleared prompted her to look at Rarity and Fluttershy. Rarity stepped forward scratching her chin as, from what Adagio could tell, she looked at the scar running down the elder siren's neck. 

"Um... Adagio about your uh..." She coughed into her hand and pointed to her neck, "Injury... I could help you cover it up with some make up." 

Adagio looked at her with surprise at the kind gesture being offered to her. "Thanks, but I kind of sweat a lot when I'm at work so the make up wouldn't last long." Her eyes widened in realization as she slapped her head, "Oh man work. I forgot to call the Cakes about last night. They only gave me the day off." She sighed rubbing her hand down her face, "I'm so fired."

"Oh no need to worry about that, we told the Cakes about last night. They said you're getting paid and to take as much time as you need." Fluttershy spoke up, "Mrs. Cake was really worried about you."

"Oh, thanks a lot." Adagio said trying to register the kind action in her head. 

This many kind acts from someone who wasn't Sonata was strange. Was this what it felt like to have friends? She felt something warm in her chest again like when she was with Sunset. It was strange and she just wanted it to end. She held a small smile to Rarity and Fluttershy as she began slowly backing away.

"Think I'll have some of that cake Pinkie made. Bye." She quickly turned around and did a walking sprint toward the kitchen sighing out of her nose as she did so.  

Fluttershy sagged her shoulders with a sad sigh as Adagio walked away. Rarity scratched her chin in thought, "She's a tough nut to crack." Sunset pat both girls on the shoulder with a helpful smile.

"You just need to know how to get her attention." She said following after the elder siren. 

Adagio looked around the small kitchen trying to stay as far away from everyone else. The warm felling in her chest was still there and it annoyed her. But she also felt a chill going down her spine as well. She needed something to take her mind off her ever changing body temperature. Lucky for her she had a cake half her size standing in front of her. 

'Am I eating this because I'm nervous?' She thought to herself as she held up a knife. 

"Pinkie really does go over bored when it comes to cakes." 

Adagio turned to find Sunset standing behind her looking up at the massive cake, "But considering it's for us I'll make an exception." 

Adagio looked passed the cake to Pinkie to find her talking with Hikari. Moll had a wide small as she had jumped from Hikari's pocket to Pinkie's hair. Lora was examining the depth of Pinkie's hair along with Hikari as she began pulling out candy bars from it. "You have good friends." Adagio said.

"We have good friends." Sunset corrected looking into Adagio's eyes, "Who will always be by your side no matter what." 

Adagio let out a small chuckle, "The friendly shtick is more of Sonata's thing." 

"Right you're more of edgy loner type. Am I right?" Sunset said in a teasing tone.

"No, that's Aria. I'm just the big sister who get's them into terrible situations. Like having an evil witch and a serial killer chase them." Adagio had a small tremble in her voice as she spoke. The chill in her spine rose up and spread through her body. However, as soon as it started it stopped at her hand where she felt warmth. She looked down noticing Sunset was cupping her hand.

"Who has friends by her side." Sunset said as she helped guide Adagio's knife hand toward the cake, "I was in your position too. Stuck in a hole thinking I didn't have any friends. Until the girls reached out their and pulled me out. And you know what I found out? Making friends is easy! A few kind words here and there. Accepting help from others." Sunset nodded her head toward Rarity and Fluttershy. "Then there's doing a few friendly gestures of your own." 

Using Adagio's hand she helped the siren cut two pieces of cake and place them on plates. She held up her slice of cake with a warm smile. Adagio looked down at her piece cake then to the slice Sunset had. The kind gesture was registered in her head and it made her smile. But she noticed something about the slices of cakes they had. Her eyes narrowed at the former pony.

"What makes you think I'd let you have the bigger piece?" 

Sunset looked at the pieces of cake she helped Adagio cut, "Well you could stand to loose a couple...." Sunset stopped talking as she noticed the sharp look Adagio had in her eyes. Her wicked grin was similar to the one Hikari had before she kicked Vector.

"A couple of what Sunny?" Adagio leaned in close to Sunset, "It couldn't be pounds could it?"

"Um no I was saying you could loose a couple of um.... a few." Sunset was struggling to come up with the right words.

Adagio leaned in closer with pursed lips, "The minute your ribs heal I'm punching you." 

"Come on Adagio that's not friendly." Sunset said.

Adagio sighed rolling her eyes, "Yeah you're right Sunset." A smiled formed across her face that confused Sunset. Adagio gestured for her to come closer and with a confused look Sunset did. Before she knew it Adagio flicked Sunset in the forehead. She snickered taking the bigger piece of cake for herself. "But I still get the bigger piece. Annoying Pony." 

Sunset rubbed her forehead looking at Adagio eat. She puffed her cheeks and folded her arms, "Puffy Siren."

"That's two more punches." Adagio said with a full mouth. 

"And two more dress sizes." Sunset began eating her slice. 

Adagio smiled at her joke but she still couldn't help but feel cold inside. The warmth of friendship was strong and inviting, but the cold feeling going down her spine was still spreading through her body. "Hey Sunset." She spoke low as she looked to their friends and siblings. Sunset did the same thing as she had a smile on her face looking at the group. But she was shocked to see how serious Adagio was. "Are you scared?" Sunset gave the siren a confused glance which caused Adagio to sigh and repeat herself. "Are you scared of Kuro and Midnight coming back."

Sunset paused for a moment before answering, "Yeah to be honest it's taking a lot for me to not start shaking like a leaf." In truth it was taking a lot of energy not to break down in a panic attack. But there was one person present that helped ease her mind. She looked over to Kubo with a smile, "But I know Kubo and Godzilla won't let them near us." 

'I hope.'

Adagio sighed as she watched Kubo dance with Sonata. Kubo was the one who rescued her before so that brought some hope inside of her. She looked at Sunset with a small smile, "Yeah you're right." 

'I hope.'

So concentrated on each other neither girl realized they were being watched. Akiko may have been dancing with Vector, but she was also paying close attention to the girls. When she looked over to Hikari and got a nod from her. She was watching both Sunset and Adagio from the corner of her eyes. They noticed something that neither Equestrian had. Or they were just trying to ignore it to keep themselves sane.

Adagio and Sunset were wearing fake smiles.

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Sparkle Household
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Twilight sat in her room looking out the window as the sun set. She had spent a very tearful reunion with her family. Her mother had fixed a large dinner to welcome her home. Although it was mixed with her tears she happily ate it. She then spent time reading with her father going over his medical journals. It was something she enjoyed since childhood. After that came, what she considered the best part of her day, spending time just talking with Shinning Armor and Spike. He even opened his laptop so they could bring Cadence into the mix.

The hole day just spending time with her family. It gave her a great smile that hadn't faded. Now all she needed was a good night sleep in her bed. It may have been early, but she'd been longing for a good night sleep for ages and she had the perfect cuddle buddy to help her fall asleep. 

"Are you sure about going to bed so early?" Spike called from her bed. 

Twilight turned from her window with a smile. Her hair was down and she wore a night gown. "My body still hasn't caught up with me. So a good nights sleep is the best cure I can think of."

"Man I should have gone with you guys. I would've taught those bad guys a lesson or two." Spike said with a snort.

Twilight happily rubbed Spike's head which got the him to happily pant and wag his tail. "That's because you're such a good boy." She giggled as Spike licked her hand, "Alright my loyal guard dog think you can watch over me in my sleep."

Spike rose up on his hind legs giving her a salute with his front leg, "Spike at your service." 

Twilight smiled as she crawled into bed patting Spike. Her bed felt like a cloud as she gave out a satisfied sigh. She felt the crawl of sleep etching it's way into her body. She would have embraced it if she hadn't felt Spike nudging her as he crawled closer to her face.

"So was it scary?" Spike asked looking up at her.

"Yeah I'm just happy it's over now." Twilight said nuzzling Spike softly.

Suddenly the dog chuckled and spoke with a voice not of his own, "I wouldn't say it's over." 

Her eyes widened in shock.

Twilight shot up to look at her dog, "Spike what did you..." She trailed off noticing that Spike was gone. Her room was empty and cold. "Spike where are you?" She heard a laugh from outside her room. Twilight brought her covers closer to her face like a scared child. All she wanted to do at the moment was just pull the covers over her head and keep her eyes closed ignoring everything that went on around her. But something drove her out of the bed.

The laughing continued from outside of her bedroom door. Twilight gulped as she turned the knob excepting to find something terrifying...she was half right. The normally lit hallway was eerily lit with a dim light. As she stepped out it felt like the world was shaking. Her heart was beating in her ears from anxiety. She just wanted to go back to bed hide under her covers and wait for the sun to banish all the darkness. But she kept walking toward the laughter at the end of the hall. It sounded so familiar, "Hello?" she called out with hesitation.

"Down here!" 

Twilight noticed that she was walking to the staircase. That was when the laughing grew higher and it sounded as though there was more than one person. Twilight gulped as she slowly walked down the steps and noticed that there was a blue flicker at the bottom of the steps. "Hello?" she called out again as she made her way to the last step. She was met with laughter once again. 

She stood at the last step surrounded by a flickering blue light. She rubbed her eyes finding that the source of it was coming from the family room. Where the laughs continued although now she recognized them. "Mom, Dad?" 

"In here, Twily!" She heard Shining Armor call out.

Twilight felt the weight of her fear leave her body as she walked into the family room finding her mother and father sitting on the couch laughing at the television. Shining Armor was lying on his stomach on the floor like a kid watching cartoons. Her mother looked to her with a confused smile, "Twilight? I though you were going to bed early?"

"I was but then I heard something and noticed Spike was gone. So I came down." Twilight explained.

"Oh that was probably just us laughing at the television." Velvet said trying to stifle a laugh as she pointed to the television. 

"You two were laughing. I don't get this show." Shinning Armor said with a deadpan expression.

"That's because your generation doesn't understand good comedy." Night Light said before looking over to Twilight, "And sweat heart don't worry about Spike I think I saw him run off to the kitchen." 

Twilight nodded without saying a word as she tried to shake off what was going on. Her nerves were just getting the better of her again. Before she could call it a night her father rose from the couch, "Hey since you're up how about you join us. It's been awhile since we've had a good old fashion T.V. night. You can take my seat if you want." 

Twilight was hesitant at first  before Shinning Armor looked at her with begging eyes, "Please Twily, don't leave me alone like this to suffer."

Twilight giggled and walked over to her mother, "Okay fine but don't complain if I start snoring." 

"I'll gladly take that over this." Shinning said only to receive a light kick in the leg from their father as he made his way to a chair.

"Quit being such a baby." He said as he sat down in the easy chair.

Twilight laughed as she took his place on the couch. She looked to her mother with a smile that Velvet returned as she placed her hands on her lap. Twilight happily understood the message as she placed her head on her mothers lap. Any lingering fear she had disappeared as her mother gently stroked her head. When she looked at the television she noticed the that it was an old sitcom that was playing. Three girls with blonde hair and three men were all talking to each other, "That explains the others voices." She said as the laugh track went off.

"What was that?" Velvet asked.

"Nothing Mom." Twilight said as she let out a comforting sigh. When the screen changed she noticed that the family on the television looked similar to them. With a family sitting together enjoying each others company. Everything wrong in the world seemed right. She wanted this moment to last forever.

"How rude!" one of the girls from the television spoke. That was soon followed by a laugh track and her own parents laughter. Twilight noticed her brother was smiling at her and she returned it. She yawned cuddling closer to her mother. 

"Just close your eyes, Twily." Velvet spoke softly craning her head down to kiss her daughter's forehead. 

"Okay." Twilight whispered her eyes getting heavier. She focused on the television as it began to get blurry. She could barely see the show, but she could hear what was going on. 

"Michele did you learn your lesson?"

"You got it dude!"

"DJ, Stephanie, what did you learn?"

"I learned to never talk on the phone and drive."

"And I learned to never ride in the car with DJ."

The laugh track played again. 'How crony.' Twilight thought to herself with a smile. Her eyes were closed now. But she could still hear.

"And what's the other lesson we learned today."

"To be forever grateful to Mistress Midnight." 

All the girls spoke in unison and it caused Twilight's eyes to shoot open. She was met with the girls on the television all looking at her with wide smiles. Behind them stood a familiar face. White hair practically flowing like a ghost and red eyes glowing like a demon. Her smile was wide and toothy. Twilight could never forget the name of this woman. Kuro. 

One her shoulder stood another face that brought terror. Her fangs stuck from under her lips her dark dress rattled as she swayed. Clawed fingers popped as she waved her hands. Midnight, the dark Elias, smiled at Twilight.

Her heart was racing a mile a minute as she wanted to run away. But her mother was keeping her down. She looked and noticed something off about her mother. Velvet looked down her daughter, but instead of a warm motherly grin, she had a wide grin of insanity. Twilight started to hyperventilate as she looked to her father and brother. But that only increased her fear. They had the same grins as Kuro.

"We'll be forever grateful to you Mistress!" Twilight heard her own voice coming from the television now. When she looked to the television a new image was on the screen. Instead of the small family in a full house she saw herself standing in a burned down house. Only it wasn't herself. Her skin was darker her purple hair looked as though it turned black. The dress she normally wore was shredded. Her eyes were green and red while producing small flames. Raven wings were sprouting from her back. She was kneeling in front of Kuro and Midnight.

"You helped open our eyes once again!" 

"I need you to do something for me Twilight." Midnight spoke calmly, "I wish to understand this magic from Equestria."

"As do I."

"When the time is right bring them to me." Midnight said.

"But how will I know Mistress?"

Midnight waved her hand again and Twilight felt the ground shake and she heard two distinct roars. "When your aura reaches it's peak. When that time comes bring the girls to Ganimes and Kamoebas."

"As you wish my Mistress." 

The dark version of Twilight looked at herself through the television. She gave a wide grinned smile to herself. "Well then you heard the lady! We've got a job to do!"  She felt the grip on her shoulder tighten along with an angry snarl. She looked up to see her mother was gone and she was forced up by her shoulder. She looked into the angry green eyes of herself. "But first I need you to let me in Twilight!"

Twilight felt a scream building up inside of herself. The grip on her shoulder was getting tighter as her other half looked at her. She was both snarling and giggling at the same time. "Please just leave me alone." Twilight whimpered.

"I can't we're the same!"  Raven wings flared at the screeching roar the demon gave. Twilight couldn't help but shake in fear. "Now let me in!" The demon roared again as her body began to fade. She started laughing as Twilight gasped as the demon started becoming one with her.

"No! Please NO!" Twilight finally managed scream out, "STOP IT"

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Twilight screamed as she sprang up. She took long breathes as if she had been drowning. Sweat was pouring down her face. She looked around trying to find where she was. 

It was her own room. She was back in her bed under the covers.

There was a small whimper by her feet. She looked down noticing soft eyes and purple fur. Spike slowly walked up to her with concern clear on his face, "Twilight, are you ok?" 

Twilight looked at Spike with wide eyes. She couldn't understand what was going on. Everything was happening and she had no answers. The small puppy nuzzled her arm and looked at her. "It was just a bad dream, Spike." Her voice barely above a whisper. She scooped Spike into her arms and brought him in closer. "Just a bad dream" 

Her body started to shake as she hugged her dog. Her best friend. 

"Just a bad dream."

She said again tears falling down her face.

"Just....a....bad....dream."

Twilight broke into a sob as she hugged Spike. He whimpered trying to do anything to get Twilight to stop. He did the only thing his instincts kept telling her to do. He began licking her face trying to take in each tear drop that fell from his friends face.  

.............
Everfree Beachfront 
.............

Godzilla lied on the sand with Mothra on his back. He let out a bestial snort as he slowly opened his eyes. The moon was a welcoming light from his dreams. The small chirp he received from Mothra also helped lower his guard. Her large blue eyes gazed into his burning orange eyes. She squeezed his ribs, she felt something was wrong. Godzilla let out a low growl beating his tail down. Like a lion surveying his territory Godzilla raised his head sniffing the air.

For just a brief moment he sensed something from afar. It was close to his humans and like those he'd fought countless times in the past it was purple. But it wasn't as strong and it only rose for a brief moment. He couldn't sense anything at the moment but the air was another story. It was faint, but a hunter was used to this smell. Blood. Godzilla turned to the ocean. The breeze carried it from far off.

He began to rise up, but a protesting chirp from Mothra stopped him. Her antenna wiggled as she tried to put her full weight onto Godzilla. She didn't want him to leave. She could smell and sense the same things as Godzilla. But she wanted to spend her time with him. The danger wasn't as great as before. So they could stay together like on the island. 

The growl he gave was serious. He wasn't willing to risk endangering those he cared about. It didn't take much effort to rise off the ground, even with the sixty tons of moth on his back. He looked back at her with a blue spark going through his pupils. Mothra's antenna flattened as she crawled off Godzilla. He raised his head back and let out a loud roar into the air. It caused Mothra to shrink back, nearby animals to either run, fly, or swim away, it stretched for miles scaring any creature that heard it. Or at least anything of smaller size. 

Further away he felt something had picked up his call. Though this one time he didn't feel much malice. He looked out to the mountains feeling almost a sense of familiarity there. There was something strange going on in this area. It was driving his senses crazy. The monster king began beating his tail into the water out of frustration. Blue smoke began venting from his nostrils. He looked down to Mothra because she still tried to keep him from leaving. 

The younger kaiju looked up to her elder with hoping eyes trying to make him stay. All she got in response was Godzilla pointing his nose out those they swore to protect. She lowered her head letting a out a sad chirp as she began to glow. Miniature versions of herself began flying off into the air. Only one remained and she stared at Godzilla. 

GRRRRUNK

His roar was soft as he nodded his head at her. To a human that's all he did was utter a soft roar before turning back into the ocean. But to Mothra it was a sign of trust and reassurance. He trusted her with the task of watching over the others. He reassured her that he would return and they would rest again. She lowered her head letting a squeaking response showing that she understood but was still greatly disappointed. With that he watched the last Mothra fly further inland. 

A strange aura was radiating over this area. A presences past the mountains that brought him memories of his favorite fight. Then there was the smell of blood coming from the ocean. His instincts were flashing red warning signs for trouble. His eyes narrowed as he stomped into the water he'd deal with the blood first.

If another creature had dared to interrupt his sleep he'd make it pay. A snarl escaped his lips with blue vapor as he dove beneath the sea. Once he was under the water he saw the flat sand of the ocean floor. But it was stronger under the water. He beat his tail down swimming past the drop off point of the beach. The white sand began to sprout a forest rocks. The current began to spread the smell he'd been tracking down. But Godzilla was sure this was the source.

His eyes scanned the rocky terrain but found nothing. He couldn't even feel an aura. With a grumbling growl he swam out further to expand his search. All the time he was unaware of the red eyes watching him. As Godzilla swam out further Kamoebas stuck his head out of shell. It was his rock like shell that saved him this day. The same could be said about the partner he regretted letting live. The rocks beside the turtle shook revealing that they were a living creature. Pincers snipped at the water as Ganimes came to life again. Only several minutes had passed since they both arrived and already the crab had nearly killed him. Kamoebas snarled at his partner which Ganimes responded with by spitting out the whale he'd been chewing on as a snack onto the turtle's snout. 

If Godzilla wasn't in the area the act would have earned Ganimes a missing limb. But at the moment the Mistress ordered the two to work together. So for now he'd deal with Ganimes. Even if he was getting ready to blow their cover yet again.

The crimson crab could sense the seven aura that the Mistress ordered him to memorize and acquire. They were weak at the moment but he was sure that was them. Ripe for the picking. He let out a cackling roar ready to finish the mission. But that wasn't what was driving him. It was the second order the Mistress gave. Destroy the area they lived in. His excitement was noticeable through his twitching eyes and mandibles. 

But it was short lived due to Kamoebas grabbing one of his legs. Ganimes turned his bulbous eyes blazing at the turtle for stopping him. He hissed foam bubbling from up in his mouth. Kamoebas responded by pulling Ganimes back with a low growl. 

He could sense the seven auras as well. But unlike Ganimes he was sensing everything in the area which included Mothra's aura. The minute her aura flared it would cause Godzilla to come rushing back. Resulting in a fight neither could win. He also sensed another aura further inland it was extremely low, but if he concentrated he could feel it. He'd only felt it once before, but it was similar to that of Godzilla himself. If they attacked now it would result in more trouble for both kaiju. 

Kamoebas was smart preferring to use a plan and that was what he was going to do. Despite the roars of protest he got from Ganimes. He let out a low snarl silencing the crab. Patience was a key to any victory. Which is what made Kamoebas such a terrifying kaiju. He was extremely patient.

Too patient for Ganimes, who just wanted to destroy and fight. But fighting would anger the Mistress. So for now he'd wait until the time was right. Then he'd savior each moment as he destroyed all that stood in his path.

Kamoebas dug into the seafloor with Ganimes. In mere seconds both kaiju were hidden underground. There shells making it seem as though they were part of the sea. They began their long wait for the proper time to strike.