The days after Twilight's coronation had a fair bit of excitement to them. Well, excitement for the press that is, Gojira would describe it as a rage-induced nightmare. A picture from the press showed him and Celestia in each other's embrace with smiles on their faces. That single picture sent the entire noble cast into an uproar, demanding to know whether Celestia and he were in a relationship. Gojira was fine with telling the public, but he did admit that he liked the privacy of only his family knowing. Celestia had announced that all questions would be answered by Gojira and herself sometime next week.
The thing that made Gojira angry though, was the press themselves. These ponies were willing to go to extremes to try and get answers before the official press hearing. They tried questioning Celestia and Luna in their respective courts, they tried to get answers from Armor and Cadence, and even went to Ponyvile to bother Twilight. That made his blood boil and he struggled to keep composure when the press confronted him. He didn't know how Celestia dealt with them but if this kept going on, he was going to lose it.
Luckily the day of the conference had come and Gojira was relieved, so very relieved. They could answer the questions of the populace and finally put this behind themselves. He and Celestia walked to the room where Celestia's assistant, Raven Inkwell, was handling things so far. The two walked into the room and the ponies had gone wild, they started asking questions left and right and kept going until Celestia unfurled her wings. That act silenced them and made Gojira chuckle, the way these ponies worshiped the princesses reminded him of the way the old humans worshiped himself when he became the last of his kind. After the ponies gathered had become quiet, Celestia began to speak.
"My little ponies, I know you have questions, and we will answer what we can." She started, "But know this if we decide to not answer a question, that will be the end of it. Do not ask the same question differently and do not ask an insensitive question, please."
It was after she spoke her piece, Gojira decided to add something else, "With that said, let me answer the main question that is at the top of all your minds. Celestia and I are mates."
That sentence had once again sent the ponies into a frenzy. Though before Celestia could say anything Gojira let out a loud rumble. That silenced the crowd and they stayed silent as he glared at them. Gojira huffed and stood tall next to Celestia and waited a few more seconds before saying anything.
"Now ask questions the way you are SUPPOSED to."
The crowd stayed silent after Gojira spoke, they all were still shocked at how he had gotten their attention. That and he was pretty sure his glare wasn't helping. Ponies by nature were prey and because Gojira was an apex predator, he could easily guess that they stayed silent due to fear. He thought he would have to say something to get them to talk but a pony in the back raised their hoof. Gojira looked and saw that it was a pegasus mare with a tie around her neck, holding a quill and notebook. Gojira nodded towards her and she floated above the crowd so she could see the royals
"Quickwrite, from LP Times, what exactly do you mean when you say you and Princess Celestia are mates?" Quickwrite asked.
"It is exactly as I say, she is bound to me as I am bound to her. My kind uses the term similarly to how ponies use the term married." Gojira explained.
"In addition to that, Gojira and I are legally married, we have been for a little over 20 years," Celestia added.
In response to that, more ponies raised their hooves into the air. Celestia scanned the crowd before pointing to a unicorn stallion. The stallion wore a fedora and also carried a quill and notebook and he had this dull look on his face, it set him apart from the rest of the reporters as they all had a variety of emotions on their faces.
"Scoop, with Canterlot weekly." the stallion said, "Why keep this relationship a secret? And does this make Gojira an equal in authority to you Princess?"
"While I may be your Princess, I do have my own life. Gojira and I agreed to keep our relationship hidden from the public as it allowed us to just enjoy it and not worry about public opinion." Celestia answered, "And yes, though when it comes to key decisions regarding Equestria, Luna and I are still the ones who have the final word." After that, Celestia then pointed to the unicorn mare standing next to Scoop.
"I can assume that you didn't wear wedding rings to keep your relationship hidden, but since you've decided to reveal it, why aren't you wearing them?" She asked.
"That is because when we were wed, we decided to combine aspects of the ceremony from both our cultures," Celestia explained.
"Indeed, we did the ceremony in accordance with how ponies do it. But we substituted the rings for how my species show each other bonded pairs."
"And that would be?" The mare followed up.
"To show that a male and female are mates, my species bites each other on the neck. Hard enough to leave a mark and somewhere on the neck that can be easily seen." Gojira answered before looking and nodding towards Celestia.
Celestia lit her horn for a second and an area on her and Gojira's necks lit up. After the magic left, the spot on their necks showed very distinctive bite marks. The one on Celestia was more noticeable as it contrasted her white coat while the one on Gojira was a little less noticeable. After revealing the bite marks, more ponies raised their hoofs and the questions continued for some time. Gojira and Celestia answered question after question and Gojira was starting to get bored.
Celestia was answering a question when a thought had entered Gojira's mind. Just being with Celestia, enjoying time with her, was a bit rare during the day as she had her duties. But, he could end this press conference with some quick lie and use it to spend the day with her. Come to think of it, they hadn't had a day to just be together as a family with Twilight and they haven't had one with Luna since her return. Gojira smiled at his thought and decided to put his plan in motion. Luckily enough, Celestia had just finished answering the pony's question.
"Alright, we've answered the important questions and now, we shall be getting back to important business," Gojira said while turning and walking away. Celestia stared at his retreating form before smiling to the ponies gathered and following after him. Celestia had walked and caught up to Gojira and simply followed him, interested in what Gojira was planning.
Gojira was walking down the royal wing of the castle, on the way over to the lunar diarch's bedroom. He had told Celestia to go to the gardens and wait for him while he got everything ready. He had talked to some guards and ordered that Day court be suspended for the day and all other royal duties as well. Luckily enough, news spread fast and almost every guard now knew of the authority Gojira held. With all that in order, Gojira made his way to Luna's room to get her.
He walked up to the door and knocked on it before waiting a bit. He knocked fairly hard so she should have heard it and he assumed correctly as he heard shuffling from the other side of the door. He backed up as the door opened and revealed a Luna who had definitely been in deep sleep if her bed hair was anything to go by. She looked up at Gojira and just stared for a second before moving aside and letting him in. Luna closes the door before turning around and sleepily looking at Gojira.
"And why are you waking me up so early Gojira?" Luna tiredly asked.
"Because we're having a family day. So wake yourself up while I send for Twilight." Gojira answered.
Luna slowly nodded and walked into her bathroom to get herself ready. Gojira stood still while lifting his head and let out a very low rumble from his throat. He kept it up for a little while longer before he finally stopped. He looked around for a bit and seemed to be about to do another one but was stopped by a purple flash. Gojira looked and saw Twilight standing in the room, looking around before her eyes landed on him.
"Papa! What's wrong? What's Going on??" Twilight frantically questioned.
"Relax young one, nothing is wrong. I called you over because we are having a family day." Gojira explained.
"Oh," Twilight said as she blushed and sheepishly looked up at Gojira. Gojira chuckled and looked up as Luna exited her bathroom. She was brushing her mane as she excited and put on her regalia. Though before she could finish Gojira cleared his throat. She paused and looked over to see Gojira shaking his head, she paused before taking the regalia off. Gojira nodded and had started to walk out of the room. Luna and Twilight greeted each other before following after Gojira. They saw Gojira talk to a guard before the guard saluted and wandered off. He turned around and smiled at them before waving them over and continued walking as the two alicorns followed him.
Celestia sat under a tree within the immense Canterlot garden, simply enjoying the beautiful scenery. She waited for Gojira and for whatever it was he was planning. Honestly, while she was grateful that he ended the press conference she wasn't the biggest fan of keeping her from her duties. Sure her sister was back, but she needed more time before she could take on more work. Sure Luna had said that she was ready but she was just being safe, was it not her job to worry and look out for her younger sister? OK, now that she thought about it, she might be babying Luna. Maybe. Ugh, she could hear Gojira now, telling her how she needed to 'quit babying Luna' and 'Let her share the responsibility'. She let out a small humph, before hearing hoofsteps coming in her direction.
She turned her head to see Luna and Twilight heading towards her. She smiled as her sister and student walked towards her but was momentarily stunned when she saw Luna walking without her regalia. She was brought back when Twilight ran up and hugged her. Celestia smiled and hugged her back before moving over to hug Luna. She was about to ask why Luna wasn't wearing her regalia before seeing Gojira walking with a basket in his mouth and a unicorn guard walking next to him. She raised an eyebrow as Gojira stopped before her and then nodded to the guard. The guard looked a little uncomfortable before steeling his nerves and looking her in the eye.
"Your majesty, your regalia." He said before making a pillow appear, holding it in his magic, and dipping his head down to not look at her. Celestia was shocked and looked towards Gojira, who simply stared at her. She stood there for a minute or two before letting out a soft sigh. She took off her regalia and placed it on the pillow after which Gojira nudged the guard and he nodded before walking off with it. Gojira smiled and walked over to the others and setting the basket down. Celestia followed, feeling the grass on her hooves and smiling as it brought back memories.
"Alright, now I've had all royal duties postponed until tomorrow." Gojira said, "As such, this is going to be a family day, seeing as we haven't had one in a long time."
"Family day? What is this occasion?" Luna asked.
"Family day is something that Gojira and Celestia do as a way of getting away from all the work they do." Twilight explained, taking a seat and using her magic to start to rummage through the basket. She stopped as Gojira lightly slapped her with his tail and looked at her with a frown. He sat down next to the tree and turned to look at Luna before continuing.
"Indeed, at first it was something to get Celestia out of work and it evolved to have a day for the family. For us." Gojira finished as Celestia sat down next to him and levitated the basket over to them.
"Indeed and now we get to have it with you sister," Celestia said with glee.
Luna nodded and sat down before getting back up and using her magic to open the basket. She pulled out a blanket unfolded it, lifted everyone, set the blanket, and then set everyone back down. Everyone blinked before looking towards Luna, who just shrugged before sitting down saying, "I prefer not to sit on the grass." They all chuckled and started to eat the food in the basket, enjoying the food, and making conversation. It was nice, everyone enjoying each other, cracking jokes and talking about how the past couple of days and nights have been.
As the conversation was going on, Luna was regaling Twilight with a story from her and Celestia's youth. Gojira was listening while he laid down with his head up, interested in the story. Luna was getting to a part where she and Celestia were battling a beast and giving it her all. Hearing this, Gojira thought for a second on when the last time he had given Twilight a test. He thought about it and he hadn't given her a test since before she went to Ponyvile. Now that would not due but he didn't want to be rude, so he waited for Luna to finish her story.
The moment she did Gojira got up and walked over to Twilight, grabbing her by the nape of her neck. Twilight yelped at the sudden movement while both Luna and Celestia giggled at the scene before them. Twilight turned to look back at Gojira and saw the look in his eyes and immediately her mood turned sour. Gojira huffed and walked a bit away with her before setting her down.
"What's with the look hatchling?" Gojira asked.
"I know why you picked me up and I'm not happy," Twilight replied.
"Well whether this makes you happy or not is not my concern. My concern is to make sure you can defend yourself." He stated before adding, "Without. Magic."
Twilight huffed loudly, making it obvious that she wasn't happy. Gojira was starting to get annoyed with this, especially since his hatchling rarely had an attitude. But when it came to her physical training, her attitude always took a dip, and it only became more apparent over the years. It began to seriously get on his nerves and he made it known by letting out a growl that snapped her attention back to him.
"No attitude. I don't care whether you find this pleasant or not, this is for your safety." Gojira explained with seriousness, "I did this for Cadence, I did it for Sunny, and now I do it for you. So be ready, you have 10 seconds."
Twilight's eyes widened at that, "10 seconds! That's not enough time for me to properly analyze the situation! I need more time for a pro-"
"Times up!" Gojira yelled before barreling towards Twilight and starting their mock brawl. Twilight yelped and jumped out of the way so she wouldn't be trampled. Gojira lashed with his tail and slammed it into where Twilight was, slamming her into the ground. Twilight grunted in pain before looking up and quickly moving before Gojira's tail came down again. She twisted around and bucked Gojira in the hind leg causing him to fall over. This continued as Luna walked over and sat next to Celestia.
"So Gojira has Twilight Sparkle train in physical combat?" Luna questioned.
"Yes, though I was against it when he first suggested it for Cadence." Celestia said, "Though I relented once he brought how I knew how to defend myself without magic."
Celestia looked over to Luna and saw that she had a blank look on her face. Celestia frowned at that, "What?"
"Really sister?" Luna asked, "You are so naive at times it makes me wonder who is the older sibling."
"I just wanted for her to have some semblance of a normal childhood" Celestia replied with a pout.
"And she did, even with training with Gojira," Luna said with a grin.
Celestia chuckled before she replied, "Yes, yes she did which is why I had Gojira continue that training with Sunset and Twilight."
Luna nodded at that and returned her gaze to the brawl that was happening before her. Or rather, the brawl that had ended as when Luna and Celestia looked in front of them, they saw Twilight pinned down on the ground by Gojira's front leg and him growling at her. She struggled a bit more before going limp and tapping Gojira's arm. Gojira stopped growling and released his hold on Twilight before helping her up. They walked over to the diarchs and sat down with them, with Twilight in the middle of Celestia and Gojira and Luna on Celestia's left. They all sat on all fours with Gojira's tail curling around them all and Celestia draping her wings over Luna and Gojira, and by default Twilight.
Celestia looked in the sky and started to set the sun while Luna was bringing up the moon. They all had lost track of time in their fun and Gojira and Twilight looked up at the beautiful scene before them. With the sun raised and the moon in the sky, Luna then worked on the night sky itself, making gorgeous constellations and making the night shine with beauty. After Luna finished setting up the sky, they all just enjoyed the scene before them. Taking in the beauty of it and enjoying the fact that they were all here just enjoying the moment.