//------------------------------// // Mayhem // Story: Gojira and the Battle for Equestria // by Immortan Joe //------------------------------// Chapter 5: Mayhem Spike sprinted down the dirt road towards Sweet Apple Acres, panting like a hot dog with every step. In his right claw he held onto a letter, a very important letter. He needed to find Twilight and her friends as fast as he could; just passed trees in the distance Spike could the see the Apple Family’s farm house. Spike hopped up the steps, once he reached the door spike then began pounding his fists against it, "Hello? Can anypony hear me? I need to find Twilight!" He shouted.  Moments later the door slowly creaked open, and Spike was greeted by a small filly. "Applebloom, is Twilight here, I need to find her!" Spike said in slight panicked state. Applebloom looked at Spike raising an eyebrow she nodded, "Yeah she's here, she's just down in the fields with mah sister." She said using her right hoof to point towards the southern fields.  Spike nodded his head and sighed with relief, "Thank you, Applebloom." He said before turning away, "Wait! Why are you in such a hurry?" She asked,  Spike began running down the stairs, "I'm sorry, Applebloom, but I don't have to time to explain!" He said while running as fast as he could towards the field. :[-]: Twilight lifted the last basket of apples onto her back, while sweat poured down the side of her head. "Well...” Twilight took a deep breath, “That's the last of them."  Twilight turned her attention towards the dimly lit sky; Twilight could just see the tints of purple and red just above the horizon as Celestia’s sun began to set behind the distant mountains. "Thanks for the help, Twi," Applejack said snapping Twilight out of her dazed state, "Ah really appreciate it."  Twilight smiled and looked at her friend, "It's the least I could do, AJ."  Applejack grinned, "You wanna come in and have a drink with me and Granny?" She asked, Twilight shook her head no, even though she was actually dying to have something to drink. Since all she had today was few glasses of water before coming over to help Applejack. "I'm sorry, AJ, but I need to get back to the library and check up on Sp-" "Twilight!" Twilight’s and Applejack’s heads both snapped to left coming up the road they both saw Spike sprinting towards the two them while flailing a piece of parchment around in his right claw. "Spike what's the matter?" Twilight asked. Spike stopped in front of the two mares placing both hands he hunched forward, trying to catch his breath. After a few moments passed he held the small piece of parchment into the air, "I... Received this letter... Earlier from the... Princess..." Spike said still trying to catch his breath. Taking a deep breath he was finally being able to speak, "It's very important." He said, right away Twilight took the letter not knowing what to expect she began reading, Dear, Twilight Sparkle, Due to the recent catastrophes, all Equestrian coastal cities are being evacuated and I'm ordering the Elements of Harmony to gather at Canterlot tomorrow at twelve o'clock sharp. Equestria is in grave danger. And you and your friends, may be are only hope in defeating this dreadful beast. Sincerely, Princess Celestia Twilight knew right away what Celestia was talking about. After re-reading the letter Twilight looked over at AJ; she took deep breath. "AJ, gather the others we're heading to Canterlot." :[-]: Leisure made his way through the crowds of horrified ponies, he constantly having to push others out of the way. He even stumbled over a few who were to in shock to even move, as he made his way through the street he saw countless other ponies lying on the ground beaten and bruised due them being trampled by the panicked stampede. Over the sounds of the screaming Manehattians Leisure could hear the heart stopping roar of the monster that plagued the city. Seconds later a bright cyan flash filled the sky. Taking a quick glance back Leisure saw one of Manehatten's skyscrapers explode into a heaping ball of fire.  Large smoldering pieces of debris rained down from sky, colliding into the earth only to crush and kill any unlucky soul who was in the path of smoldering ruble.  Leisure turned and galloped for his life away from the exploding building, while trying to out maneuver the flaming death that rained down on them. But while running, Leisure was cut off by a large burning piece of debris which landed right in front of him. The force of the impact sent Leisure tumbling into the ground; climbing back onto his hooves a large shadow cascaded over the city street. Turning around Leisure looked up into the sky and saw the beast which was invading the city. "Launch the catapults!" Shouted a nearby Royal Guard soldier; looking to his right Leisure saw three groups of soldiers who of gathered around three siege weapons. The three catapults simultaneously launched their smoldering boulders into the sky towards the monster. The flaming boulders soared through the sky over Manehatten; upon impact with the monster the boulders exploded sending millions of miniature burning shards of rock everywhere. Gojira didn't even flinch, raising an eyebrow he glanced down at the platoon of soldiers. Who only stared back with the looks of pure horror, Gojira snarled breathing in, and the spines on his back began to let off a cyan glow. Leisure could only watch in horror as he knew what was about to happen next. As for he seen this before, on the first day the monster awoken. He could only watch as Gojira unleashed his wretched unearthly heat-ray upon the soldiers. The cries of soldiers were cut off within seconds as the entire city block erupted into a massive wave of fire; soldiers who weren't incinerated from the blast were thrown into the sky do the shock wave. Gojira dragged his ray of heat across the ground incinerating row after row of buildings and ponies. Leisure dove through a nearby shop’s window in order to avoid the immense heat of the monsters fire. Landing on the ground glass shards punctured his back, with a pain filled groan Leisure turned his body over and got to his hooves. Looking around he found himself in an abandon supermarket, taking a deep breath he began limping away from the destroyed street; hoping that there is back door in this place. "I need to send a letter to the Princess." He mumbled to himself. "I need to warn them all." Leisure knew that he couldn't leave Manehatten yet, as much as he liked to. He needed to find Captain Heart, the one who was leading the search party back in Manesville. But that would mean Leisure would have to cut through the entire center part of the city and that means facing the monster again. Shaking his head Leisure snarled, "Come on, me, don't be a chicken." He said, after a few more minutes Leisure finally found a back entrance turning he bucked open the back door of the supermarket that lead into an alleyway. In the distant Leisure heard another group of soldiers screaming in fear only to be silenced by another flash of cyan light and the sound of an explosion. Looking up into the sky which now had an orange tint due to the amount of fires, Leisure gulped, "Pray to Celestia I make it out of this alive." :[-]: Celestia's eyes snapped open, her vision drifted from left to right. Rising up out of her bed she glanced around her she room noticed that she was in here all by herself. Celestia sighed and sunk back into her bed; that was no ordinary feeling she felt earlier, instead if felt more dark and depressing. As if somepony has drove a knife through her heart; she shook the thought out of her head and glanced towards her balcony door. Taking a deep breath Celestia swung her hind legs over the side of her bed. Celestia stepped down onto the floor and made her way over to the door, she pushed the balcony door open and stepped out. It was around mid night and all of Canterlot was asleep, all was dark over the royal city. Not a sound could be heard, no dogs barked, no birds chirped, even the cicadas were silent tonight. Taking in the fresh air Celestia stood at the edge of the balcony with a look of concern. She couldn't rid herself of the concerned feeling she had at the moment. Even though everything seemed peaceful and majestic, she just didn't feel right, "Is everything alright sis?" Asked Luna who seemed to have snuck up on her while she was deep in her thoughts, Celestia jolted at the sound of her sister’s voice spinning around she saw Luna. At the sight of her sister Celestia felt all her concerned feeling fall back into ease, “Oh, Luna, please don’t startle me like that,” She said.  Luna smiled, “We’re sorry sis but we just came to check on you, you really did give us quiet a scare back there." she said. Celestia sighed, "I'm sorry if I frightened you little, sister." Celestia hung her head low, "It's just that I feel that Equestria is in grave danger." Celestia glanced back towards her majestic city, "What if we cannot stop this monster, what if it proves to be too powerful for us?" She said; Luna approached her worried sister. Making her way right beside her the two sisters looked out over their silent metropolis. "Then we keep of fighting," She said, "We will not give this monster the satisfaction of fear." Celestia stood there considering her sisters words. How can they fight a creature so big and powerful? A demon that is even older than herself; the feeling in Celestia’s chest began to grow.  As if it was growing stronger with every growing second; she couldn’t tell if it was her own fear or paranoia. It could even possibly be both; it hasn’t even been two weeks yet and this monster has already taken hundreds of innocent pony lives. Families have been torn apart, crushed, and even burned.  Looking back to her beloved sister Celestia nodded her head, “Send a message to the Crystal Empire; let them know what we are up against.” She said glancing back over her lovely city. Luna took on a more solemn expression nodding her head she then asked, “What about our other neighboring countries, should We let them know of the situation at hoof.” Celestia again nodded her head in agreement, “Yes, you are right Luna. We cannot submit to our fears; in order to stop this monster. We must all band together, we cannot fight this alone Luna. Equestria is in a time of need, we must to go to our allies for aid. We must let the world know of the problems we face.” Luna smiled, “Yes sis, We’ll get right onto it.” Celestia returned her sisters smile, the duo turned back towards her room. Changing the subject Celestia asked, “So how has your day been Luna?”  Luna took a deep breath, “Tis could have gone better… We have found nothing down in Las Pegasus. Most locals down there though do not seem fazed by the recent catastrophe.”  Celestia sighed, “Well that’s good; we don’t need a nationwide panic on our minds.” The two sisters reached Celestia’s chamber door. Celestia turned to face Luna, “Well I should be getting on back to bed.” She said.  Luna smiled, “Well, We’ll let you know if anything happens.” “Have a nice night Luna,” Celestia said. “You too sis, Sleep…” “YOUR MAJESTIES! YOUR MAJESTIES!” Celestia flung open her chamber room door; further down the corridor came a young pegasus guard. He galloped towards the princesses at full speed, his face covered in sweat and his armor charred and burned. Right away Celestia approached the guard raising a hoof she halted him.  “Is something wrong, Sir Lance?” She asked, the guard took a deep breath.  “We found the monster!” She gasped, Celestia’s eyes widened in horror along with Luna’s. “Where was it last seen?” Luna asked the young guard. The guard gulped and his legs trembled, “Out with it, We do not have all night!” Luna barked. “In Manehatten; it’s in Manehatten right as we speak!” Celestia’s jaw dropped,  “Why weren’t We told when it first arrived?” Luna frowned,  “B-because we didn’t have enough time; it rose of the water. We could hardly even see it in the night! Then it attacked us…” The guard’s voice began to waver, “One m-moment I’m ch-chatting with my f-f-fellow guardsmen, then I-I was b-blinded by this flash of li-light. Next thing I kn-knew everything was b-burning!” The once noble and professional guard broke down like young a young foal in front of the two Alicorns. Dropping to his knees he glared up at the princesses, tears streaming down his drenched face he said, “I didn’t know what to do… I was so scared… So I flew! I flew as fast as I can! I abandoned my friends and other guardsmen!” The guard glanced down at the ground, “I can still hear their cries…” Celestia turned towards Luna, her expression filled with anger. Shaking her head she said, “We’ll gather the rest of the guard.” Celestia looked at Luna confused, “Luna, what do you mean you’re going to gather the rest of the guard!?” Luna turned her attention towards her sister.   “Tia, if We do not try and stop this monster now, it’ll continue to wreak havoc on our subjects!” Celestia didn’t know what to do at the moment, she was so confused and nervous she just couldn’t think straight. “Wh-what about you; you could get hurt if you go out there now and try to stop it, and what about warning the rest of Equestria?” Luna shook her head, “That’ll have to wait till later.” Luna said, Luna looked down at the whimpering guard. Crouching down in front of him she lifted his chin up with her hoof. “Now, Sir Lance, We know thou are scared but could you please guide us to the creature once we are ready.” The guard nodded his head, drying his eyes with his free hoof he said, “Yes my lady, just let me know when you’re ready.” Standing back onto his hooves the guard guided Luna down to the barracks. Before Luna left though she turned her head towards Celestia, Celestia who stood there not knowing what to think. Stared back into the eyes of her sister, with one last nod Luna turned and left. Celestia shook herself out of her stupor, looking down at her hooves. She took one deep breath, “Please be safe Luna…”