Date: May 22nd, 1004 D.C.R
Location: Honoluna, Haywaii
The residents of the airport held their breaths as they witnessed the event before them. In front of them, Gojira and the MUTO were staring each other down. Gojira snarled at the winged creature as it clicked back while its wings twitched in anticipation ready for battle.
Twilight and the others watched in silence. The tension was killing most of them. Rainbow’s impatience inwardly grew at the moment while watching the monsters in their standoff.
“Okay,” she muttered. “Are they going to do something?” Twilight then turned to Fluttershy.
“Fluttershy, you’re the animal expert,” she whispered. “Do you know what this is?” Fluttershy narrowed her eyes a bit in thought before answering.
“It looks like a territorial standoff,” she answered. Rainbow Dash raised a brow to the answer.
“A what?” she asked.
“A territorial standoff,” Fluttershy replied. “It’s a common occurrence amongst wild animals. When one animal enters another’s territory, both will standoff with one another. If one makes a wrong move then the battle will start.”
Pipsqueak looked between the two monsters and then noticed something near Gojira’s foot. He squinted his eyes for a bit and gasped at what he saw. He saw Nyx shivering in fear near the saurian’s foot.
“Princess Twilight,” he whispered frantically. “Nyx is near that dinosaur’s leg.”
Twilight immediately turned to look at the where Pipsqueak pointed out and was right on the dot. She saw her daughter near the reptilian monster. Fear gripped her heart of what would happen.
Gojira continued his unmoving standoff with the MUTO. Both never wavered, both never moved until the other did. He couldn’t help but notice the MUTO’s attention shifted from him to something down on the ground. He slightly turned his head to look down, his size may be colossal but his vision was keen and to his surprise he saw an intriguing sight. There near his foot he saw Nyx, shivering in fear, probably from both of them. He looked back at the MUTO, whose attention was on the little filly. Anger started to slowly build up in the saurian. The MUTO wanted to eat the filly.
Nyx right now was scared with every inch of her life. She was in the middle of a battle between two giant monsters. She didn’t think this would be possible. She always thought this sort of thing would happen in movies but here it was. She was too scared to move for the spot she sat at. A calm timid roar then caught her attention. She looked up to see Gojira looking down at her. She shivered at his gaze but the fear started to fade. His gaze wasn’t filled with anger or hunger like a wild animal would, it was filled with calm and tenderness. What shocked her next she’ll remember for the rest of her life. Gojira then gestured his head to his left, telling her to run off.
Nyx gulped a bit and looked around but immediately saw her mother and friends. She looked at Gojira, who turned his attention back to the MUTO. She then slowly walked away from the saurian monster in the direction of her mother and friends. The MUTO took notice of this and gave out a series of clicks. Nyx froze a bit as the MUTO turned its full attention to her and began to advance. A roar was heard as both her and the MUTO looked to see Gojira, anger etched in his scaly muzzle.
The MUTO howled as it took to the air and homed in on Gojira. Gojira roared and charged towards the winged monster as well. The ground trembled as the two clashed and the air was being flooded with the sounds of war being waged. Nyx took this opportunity to gallop to the others and was welcomed in open hooves by her mother.
The two cried a bit as they embraced one another, happy that they were back together. They then ended their embrace and Twilight looked to the others.
“Okay, everypony,” she said with a firm voice. “While those two fight we’ll be evacuating everypony out of the area. So let’s get to it!” Everypony nodded and they galloped away from the battle, leading ponies away from the battle of the clashing titans.
The two monsters went tooth and claw against one another. Gojira had just snapped the MUTO’s shoulder into his jaws and was swinging it around back and forth like a ragdoll. The MUTO desperately tried to get out of its vice grip and started striking the saurian’s face with its hooked forearms. Gojira barely avoided a direct strike to the eye, but received a nasty scratch across it all the same as he let go. The MUTO flew out and away from him, circling around back and began bombarding Gojira’s back with its claws. Gojira’s hide was tough, but repeated attacks over and over at the same point began to compromise it and caused blood to be shed on his back just to the right of his spines.
Gojira gave out a cry in pain and snarled as he swirled around and latched onto the MUTO’s arm with his right claw. Pulling the winged menace in, Gojira used his head like a hammer and smashed the MUTO across the chest sending it flying like a child’s toy through the air and onto the ground. The MUTO fell directly into the terminal of the airport, causing various ponies to scream and scatter. Gojira wasn’t going to go easy on the winged beast as he trudged forward and stomped through the terminal, hundreds of ponies still running about scattering like ants beneath his feet as they slammed into the ground. The MUTO scrambled to its feet, clawing at the earth to force it upright as Gojira’s foot came down on its hind leg. The MUTO let out a terrible shriek and insanely clawed and stabbed Gojira’s leg, but he stood firm.
In the background, Twilight and the others watch the spectacle before them. While most of the ponies were galloping away in fear, they decided to watch the outcome of the fight. Considering whatever the outcome might be, it would determine the fate of Haywaii.
“Geez this is insane,” Rainbow said. “It’s like watching a movie without the screen in front of us.”
“No kiddin’, sugar,” Applejack replied. “So any of ya have ah clue on who’ll win?”
“Judging by what’s happening right now,” Twilight said. “I would have to say the bigger one. It clearly seems to have the advantage considering its size and strength.”
“Anypony wanna take bets?” Pinkie Pie suggested to them. Everypony in the group looked at Pinkie with a half-lidded unimpressed expression on their faces. “What?”
The MUTO desperately tried to claw his way out from under the saurian’s foot. It could feel Gojira applying pressure, slowly growing closer and closer to the force of bone break. The MUTO then became more desperate as it then bit into Gojira’s scaly leg. Gojira bellowed in pain as he let his leg off the MUTO, who then immediately took to the air. Gojira recovered and looked up at the MUTO with a snarl.
It made a U-turn back to Gojira, with forelimbs raised to strike. Gojira braced himself as the MUTO collided with him, sinking its beak and teeth into the saurian’s flesh. Gojira then bit into the MUTO’s shoulder and began to thrash it around, mainly slamming it into the cement. He then angled his body a bit before giving a mighty heave, tossing the winged monster into one of the nearby buildings. The MUTO shrieked in pain as it collided with the pony-made structure, causing debris to fall and the structure to tumble. Gojira then proceeded after the MUTO, trudging through the airport with a mighty stride.
The MUTO shook its head of dizziness, and looked up to see Gojira approaching. With a howl, it clung to the building flaring its wings. Gojira responded with a mighty roar before the onlookers of the battle started to see an amazing sight. A neon blue light shone as it started to travel up Gojira’s tail to its back, humming with power. The MUTO sensed this as one of its forelimbs began to glow. It raised its forelimb before slamming it down on the structure, sending out an EMP. Gojira was hit by the pulse, causing him to shudder a bit. His back began to lose its glow before humming out of existence. The MUTO gave out a clicked howl, as if it was mocking the saurian. Gojira snarled before trudging forward and picked up speed to charge in.
The MUTO immediately took to the air as Gojira charged through the structure it was occupying before. The ponies below ran for cover as debris came crumbling down over their heads. Gojira snarled in anger as he saw the MUTO homing in on him. As it got close, Gojira tried to snap at it but the MUTO gave a mighty flap of its wings to dodge the bite. The MUTO spied a structure behind the saurian and immediately went into action. It zoomed past Gojira before coming upon the building and with a mighty strike of its forelimbs it slashed through the structure causing it to topple over. Gojira looked behind him to see the building collapsing towards him. He shrieked in surprise as the structure caught him in its fall and toppled over the saurian.
The MUTO, perched on another building, watched as its enemy was trapped under the pony-made structure. It gave a cackling howl to the sky, believing it had won the battle. It then suddenly felt a spike in magic as it looked to see the pile of debris was glowing neon blue. Suddenly, a beam of fire-like neon blue energy burst from the debris hitting the MUTO dead center in its chest cavity. The MUTO shrieked in pain and agony from the burning sensation in its chest as it fell from its perch. The ponies below screamed as they scattered from the falling form of the monster. The winged monster smashed into the concrete, kicking up dust and debris from the fall. It groaned in pain as it lied there while trying to ward off the pain.
The pile of debris exploded out, revealing an angry Gojira. The saurian gave out a mighty roar, which was heard for miles. It turned its vision to the MUTO, who was still recovering from Gojira’s last attack. He growled before standing up and started stomping to the MUTO. The MUTO shook its head of dizziness and tried to get up, but only to be knocked back down by Gojira. It shrieked in pain as the saurian’s foot was now pressing against its chest, on the area where its burn was. It tried to prop itself up but was instantly pressed back into the pavement by the saurian.
Suddenly, a bolt of magic struck Gojira’s neck in the area where his gills were, causing him to shriek in pain. Gojira turned to see a battalion of Royal Guards armed with catapults and unicorn horns blazing with magic. The MUTO took this opportunity and pushed itself from under Gojira’s foot to then take flight. Gojira instantly noticed this and tried to give chase but was stopped by multiple magic blasts as well as explosives pelting his hide. Gojira shrieked as one of the explosives hit his gills again causing his to waver before tumbling into another building.
The MUTO watched from another perch from a higher building with satisfaction. If the food kept the predator busy then it could make its escape. Then a familiar sound reached its hearing, causing the MUTO to turn northwest looking out to sea. The sound called out to it and it responded back with its own call. It listened for a second or two and heard another response call. Without further delay, the MUTO spread its wings and took to the skies flying northeastward, leaving Gojira to deal with the onslaught from the equines.
Gojira watched as the MUTO made its daring escape. He tried to give chase but was pelted with another barrage of bolts and cannon fire. He shrieked in pain as the attacks exploded on his hide, luckily not drawing blood. The amount of attacks, however, were pushing the mighty saurian back, causing him forced up against a skyscraper. A large bolt of magic rung out above him, hitting the building, and causing an explosion which caused shrapnel and debris to fall. Gojira looked up as the piece of the building started to give away, falling towards him. Gojira shrieked as he was caught under it and both fell to the ground, causing dust and debris to kick up into a massive cloud. The guards witnessing this, gave out a major cheer as they believed they won.
Twilight and the others watching this were shocked beyond belief. Why was the Royal Guard attacking Gojira when they should have attacked the MUTO, who fled? The winged monster caused more of the destruction and panic, not Gojira.
“Just what the hay are they doing,” Rainbow Dash exclaimed with voice laced with anger. “Don’t they know they’re attacking the wrong guy?”
“While the situation does look bleak,” Rarity added. “I do have to agree with Rainbow Dash. Those guards seemed to be attacking the wrong one.”
“Yeah,” Spike exclaimed. “The big guy saved the airport.” They all looked to see the crumbled terminals and still blazed airships. “Well… kind of.”
“What ah don’t get is why that winged one didn’t stay,” Applejack asked. “It could have tried to finish tha fight but it decided to flee.” This made Twilight think hard a bit.
“I don’t know,” she said. “But for whatever reason it can’t be good.”
As the Mane Six discussed the situation amongst themselves, Nyx was focused on where Gojira was covered by the debris. It wasn’t his fault this happened, he was only trying to get rid of the MUTO. Now the Royal Guard was closing in on the pile and she was getting worried. He saved her life and now it was her turn to save his. Without a thought, Nyx started galloping to where the Royal Guards were. Pip noticed this called out to her, but it went unheeded. The others of the CMC tried to call out as well, which got the Mane Six’s attention.
“Nyx!” Twilight called. “Get back here!”
The Royal Guard moved in closer to the colossal pile of debris, horns and weapons at the ready. This monster wasn’t going to get out of here alive. Considering the orders from Admiral Stable, the monster had a little to no chance with them. They were considered the best of the best amongst the Guard. They weren’t going to let some overgrown lizard attack a civilian city.
“Troops,” one of the captains called out. “Weapons at ready!”
With that order, most of them aimed with the cannons. Some unicorns flared their horns with magic, ready to fire. Catapults were stocked and ready to fire at the pile. The captain’s hoof, high in the air, was ready to give the signal.
“FI-“
“STOP!” a voice cried out.
All the guards looked with shock at the owner of the voice. It was Nyx, who galloped up in front of them and stood firm with a glare at the guards. The captain then walked up with a voice strong and firm.
“Please move, your highness,” the captain said. “This doesn’t concern you.”
“Yes it does!” she exclaimed, expression unchanged. “This monster saved my life and I won’t let any of you harm him anymore!”
“But, your-“Nyx then cut him off.
“Don’t ‘but’ to me, mister!” she berated. “He’s not the one that caused all this. He was trying to fight the one really behind all of this. If you all would get your heads out of your flanks you would see that!” The captain at the moment was lost at words, while a few guards in the back were quietly snickering as the captain got scolded by a filly. “Now as princess, I’m giving you all an order to back down!”
“Bu-“
“I said,” she repeated. “Back down!”
Few of the guards cringed at her slitted glare. One couldn’t argue with a princess, even they were only a filly. The captain sighed before turning to his troops, signaling them to stand down. Each of them lowered their weapons and powered down their horns in an instant. This was quite an embarrassing day for the Royal Guard.
Nyx, at the moment, was panting a bit. She hated that she had to use her princess status to do this but it was necessary. She was lucky that it was enough for them to stop. Her thoughts were deterred as a flash of purple light appeared next to her, causing her and the guards to widen their eyes. The flash ended as it started to show Twilight before them. She looked to her daughter with a hardened expression, which Nyx shuddered a bit from. She was in trouble.
“Nyx,” Twilight said. “Do you realize how stupid that was to gallop in front of a battle like that? You could have been hurt!”
“But mom,” Nyx said. “I couldn’t just let them hurt him. He was trying to save us.” Twilight sighed at this before continuing.
“I know, dear. But you can’t just run off into a battle like that. If you had gotten hurt then I wouldn’t forgive myself if something like that were to happen to you. Just promise me you won’t do that again, okay?” Nyx simply nodded.
“I promise, mommy.” Twilight smiled before giving her daughter a warming hug, which she returned back.
Suddenly, the ground began to rumble and quake causing the various ponies to nearly fall. They looked at the source of the shaking which happened to be the colossal pile of debris, with various bricks shaking off it. Like a whale breaching the water, the head of Gojira rose from the pile before he gave out a loud mighty roar. The force of the roar could be felt by everypony as they looked in shock at the sight. This creature was pelted with explosives, blasts of magic and was caught under a tumbling building and it appeared to not have a single scratch on it.
Gojira snorted a bit as he rose from the pile of building debris. He shook off excess dust and dirt from his body, causing it to sprinkle onto the shocked ponies. Dust tickled Nyx’s nose as she then let out a loud sneeze, causing everypony to tense. This caught the saurian’s attention, which he looked down at the crowd of ponies. He lowered his head to where Nyx and Twilight was, who right now was holding her daughter close. He gave a rumble in his throat as he inspected the tiny creatures before him, slightly recognizing the young filly. He then leaned in closer, causing everypony to tense, as he then stopped several inches from the mother and daughter.
Nyx right now should be terrified. Who wouldn’t when you have a giant dinosaur capable of destroying city blocks by walking through them? But something in her head told her not to be afraid. She stared into the eyes of Gojira, who stared back. Both didn’t show a sign of fear or anger, it showed signs of curiosity. Curiosity about each other, each curious how beings such as themselves could exist. Her thoughts were deterred as Gojira started to inhale large amounts of air, with a sound occupying each inhale. He was smelling her.
Gojira then slowly rose a bit from the two before looking behind them. He stared at the battalion that caused the MUTO to get away. Anger started to boil inside the mighty saurian as he remembered their onslaught. He was about to punish them when he remembered the filly amongst them. He may be a giant monster but he couldn’t harm something as innocent as a child. He gave a minor grunt before deciding the suitable punishment for the battalion. He started taking in a huge intake of breath, causing the ponies to tense and prepare for a fight. After taking in enough air, he gave a mighty roar in the direction of the battalion. The force of the roar caused many to cover their faces with their hooves and others to cover their ears from the loud noise. Gojira ended his roar and looked upon them, seeing his result. A few guards were shaking by the roar’s sheer power. Others tried to put on a strong face but failed miserably. Several fainted in a heap like a certain species of goat.
Satisfied with the result, he then rose to his feet and started sniffing the air. He immediately caught the scent of the MUTO, with the winds in his favor. He then trudged forward northeastern to the ocean. There onlookers watched as the mighty reptilian slowly waded into the bay, continuing his pursuit for the MUTO. He reached deep enough before diving into the waves and slowly sinking out of sight.
Date: May 23rd, 1004 D.C.R
Location: Honoluna, Haywaii
The sun rose over the beach at Waikiki, which now resembled a refugee camp more than a vacation spot. Both civilian and military medical tents had been erected along the devastated coastline, while scores of stressed-out first responders coped with the wounded, the homeless, and the traumatized. Most major blazes had been extinguished, despite the heaps of rubble blocking the streets, but smoke still rose from scattered small fires between the beach and the airport. Once-luxurious hotels and condos were now just larger mountains of debris, which emergency crews were desperately excavating in hopes of finding trapped survivors beneath the collapsed buildings. The press was already on the scene, interviewing survivors. Rumor had it that the princesses declared Honoluna a disaster area.
Wandering through the aftermath of a devastating monster attack, Twilight and the others looked around them as they walked through the devastation. It was a horrible sight, many ponies either lost their homes or families to this event. They looked at the camp which was full of desperate ponies, urgently seeking missing loved ones. It made each of them frown.
“This is terrible,” Fluttershy timidly said. “All of these poor ponies.” The others couldn’t help but nod.
“It simply is dreadful!” Rarity said. “To think that this could have happened anywhere, it had to be this beautiful place.”
“It’s probably not over,” Twilight said catching their attention. “For all we know those creatures could be anywhere by now. And what’s worse I think this might happen in Equestria.”
“We can’t just sit around and do nothing!” Rainbow exclaimed. “I say we find an airship and fly back to Equestria as soon as possible!”
“I hate to tell ya this, sugar cube.” Applejack interjected. “But them monsters practically blew up our only chance to get back home. Unless Twilight can teleport us back?”
“I wouldn’t risk it,” she said. “I may be an alicorn and very skilled in magic but I can’t teleport that great of a distance.”
“Think Celestia could give us a lift?” Spike inquired. This caused Twilight to beam with joy.
“Great idea, Spike!” she said. “Get ready to send a letter.”
“That won’t be necessary, my faithful student.” A familiar voice called out. They all turned and to their surprise saw Celestia and Luna standing there.
“Princess Celestia!” Twilight exclaimed before galloping to her teacher and nuzzled her, which she nuzzled back.
“It’s good to see you again, Twilight.” She said with a warm smile.
“And it’s so good to see you, too!” she replied back with enthusiasm. “You wouldn’t believe what happened.”
“Two colossal-sized beasts combated each other in the city of Honoluna?” Luna added with a raised brow. This caused the group to be silent and wide-eyed.
“How did you-“Twilight said before being cut off by Celestia.
“We were tracking one of the creatures.” She said. “The one with wings arrived here in Haywaii shortly before the larger one made landfall.”
“But what are they?” Twilight asked. “They don’t fit any description of any creature in any book I’ve read.”
“I know you all have questions that wished to be answered,” Celestia said. “But the only one who can answer them is waiting for us on the Sattletoga.” This caused Rainbow Dash’s eyes to widen.
“The Saddletoga!?” she exclaimed almost screaming. “That’s one of Equestria’s best supercarriers. No way I’m missing out on this!” The princess nodded before calling out to a guard. He flew in before saluting to the alicorn.
“Guard,” she said. “We need a carriage to fly us to the Saddletoga immediately.” Twilight then joined in.
“Also,” she said. “Could you find another one to take my guard and the children back to Ponyville?” This caused the CMC to complain.
“Why do we have to go home?” Scootaloo said.
“Yeah!” Applebloom said. “We want ta see tha monsters fight again.”
“I’m sorry, kids,” Twilight said. “But this is one situation not suited for children.”
“But we can help,” Pip added but Pinkie then shook her head.
“Sorry, Pippy Wippy,” she said. “This is something us grown-ups have to do.” This caused the CMC to have sad down casted looks on their faces.
“Besides,” Rainbow spoke up. “We’ll need you guys in Ponyville to keep an eye on things while we’re handling this.” She then gave a wink to the others, who then understood what she was doing.
“Of course,” Rarity said. “Why Ponyville will be left vulnerable while we’re gone. So we need a group of the most trustworthy ponies we know to keep the peace.”
“Plus,” Applejack added. “That could give you ah chance to earn your cutie marks.” The caused the CMC to beam up immediately.
“Do you think you ponies are up for the task?” Twilight asked before the CMC all gave a salute with their hooves.
“We won’t let you down!” they said in unison. This caused the older ponies to giggle at their antics.
The guard from before then flew in with the large carriage. He gave a salute as the group then loaded into it. Twilight looked down at her daughter as she waved goodbye to her. Twilight waved back sadly as the carriage then took off into the air. Twilight was deep in thought about the current events that took place. Hopefully she and her friends could stop the terrifying force making its way to Equestria. One thing for certain though, they weren’t alone on this.