//------------------------------// // Chapter 9: The Plan // Story: My Little Pony: A King Arises // by Aaron1248 //------------------------------// (Warning: The first part of this chapter contains sexual situations. Viewer discretion is advised) Date: May 23rd, 1004 D.C.R Location: The Badlands, Equestria The moon shone over the desert wasteland. Several animals ranging from lizards to coyotes were seen scouring the sands for either food or shelter. In the distance, a castle around the size of Canterlot castle was seen. Unlike the castle of the capital, this castle appeared more dark and sinister. The walls itself appeared to be made of a black-colored chitin material and looked similar to a hive. This was castle of Chrysalis, the Queen of the Changelings. Within the confines of the castle was an unusual sight. There in the halls of the castle, a very fluffy pink pony with aqua eyes was playing what appeared to be a plush of the changeling queen. This was Fluffle Puff, a fluffy pony originating from Ponyville and the ambassador of the Changeling Kingdom. As she enjoyed playing with her plush, a voice then spoke up catching her attention. “Ambassador Fluffle Puff,” the voice said. “There you are.” Fluffle Puff turned to see a changeling guard buzzing right up to her. He stood firm before speaking. “Her royal highness has requested your presence in her living quarters at once.” “Pffftftpfpfffttff,” the fluffy pony simply said. “Yeah,” the changeling replied. “Let’s assume that I knew what you said.” It was common knowledge that no one, except Chrysalis, could understand Fluffle Puff’s infant-like language. They still couldn’t figure out how their queen could though. “Anyways,” he continued. “If you would follow-“ He immediately stopped talking when he noticed Fluffle Puff wasn’t in front of him anymore. He frantically looked around for the fluffy pink pony. How could something that fluffed out and brightly color disappear like that!? He then heard Fluffle’s raspberry sound and looked around for the source. It wasn’t to his left or his right. He peered ahead and looked behind him; still nothing. With a sigh, he looked up and his eyes immediately widened as he saw Fluffle Puff, who was somehow sticking to the ceiling like a gecko, doing doughnuts on the ceiling while making her signature sound. The guards compounded eye twitched from the sheer stress but also to the impossibility that was this pony. ‘How does the queen put up with her!?’ he thought as he saw the fluffy pony sped off into the direction of Chrysalis’s chamber. He sighed while following after with a mutter. “I don’t get paid enough for this…” A few minutes later, Fluffle Puff, who was back on the floor which the guard was thankful for, arrived at the door to Chrysalis’s room. The guard walked up to the door and knocked on it. “Yes?” The voice of the queen was heard. “It’s Bombardier, my queen,” he said. “I’ve brought the ambassador as per your request.” “Excellent!” she exclaimed. “Let her in.” Bombardier’s horn glowed slime green as his magic took hold of the knob. The door opened and the guard gestured her to proceed. Fluffle Puff immediately went inside the chamber of the changeling queen. The room was large, which wasn’t uncommon for someone of Chrysalis’s stature to have. The walls, like the castle itself, were colored with black chitin-like material while the marble floors were the color of moderate harlequin. On the walls, various paintings hung. One of them was a painting of Chrysalis, standing valiantly on a charcoal-colored rocky ledge as her changeling hoard was in the background buzzing into battle. At one end of the room, was the queen-sized bed. It was black while the covers were dark cerulean. Near it was a charcoal-colored wooden nightstand. On it was a frame with the picture of both Chrysalis and Fluffle Puff. Fluffle Puff was making a goofy face while Chrysalis was giving a warm smile. Her attention was drawn to the plate of food that was next to the frame. On it was considered her most favorite food in the entire land of Equestria, tacos. She salivated at the sight before hearing Chrysalis’s voice from the backroom/restroom. “I’ll be out in a minute,” she called out. “Make yourself confortable on the bed and help yourself to the food.” Wasting no time, Fluffle Puff immediately jumped onto the large ebony covered bed. She inched herself near the plate of Mexicoltan food before biting into one. Her pupils enlarged to sizes not possible as she tasted the hard shelled delight. She could see sparkles in her eyes as the flavor of the taco danced in her mouth. This was truly made by the gods themselves. Suddenly, the needle of the record player was covered in a slime green aura and was set down. From it music began playing which caught Fluffle Puff’s attention. The song was being played on the piano, which was calm and very relaxing. Fluffle Puff almost eased off to sleep until Chrysalis’s voice called out to her. “Oh, Fluffle Puff,” she said with a flirty voice. The pony turned and her mouth went agape as well as her eyes widening. Her pupils grew big again and the sparkles in her eyes returned. There before her was Chrysalis. She was leaning against the door frame in a pose that would make any stallion’s head spin. She was wearing a long sleeved dark green sweater along with black-striped, green thigh-high socks. She was also wearing what appeared to be equine-based panties which were colored red and had a Swiss cheese-styled black heart on it. On her head she wore a different crown. Unlike her previous one, this one was similar but had hearts on the top instead of the previous ornaments. The queen gave a smirk to the dazed fluffy pony. “Like what you see?” The changeling queen said in a seductive tone. Fluffle Puff’s only response was a piece of taco dropping from her gaping mouth. Chrysalis giggled as she walked to the bed, strutting her flank as she headed towards the fluffy pink pony. She then pushed up Fluffle Puff’s mouth closed while she smiled. “Do you know what today is?” she asked. “Pffft,” the pony simply answered. This made the queen smile. “Yes,” she said before going on. “The anniversary of our discovered love and you becoming the ambassador of my precious kingdom.” Chrysalis then slowly climbed onto the bed towards Fluffle Puff. She then leans over to the fluffy pony’s ear and whispered. “And here’s my gift to you.” Chrysalis then leans in to give the pony a kiss. Time seemed to slow down for a bit as Chrysalis had memory flashes when she first met the pink pony, the time they spent, and the adventures they both had. All those days seemed to come together reaching up to this day. The day they could share each other’s love. Nothing could possibly ruin this moment. Suddenly, the door to the room slammed open causing Chrysalis to tense immediately. The culprit behind the opening was a changeling guard. Unlike the others, this one’s armor was of a different color and more refined. This was Captain Scarab, the captain of the Changeling Guards. He held a rolled up parchment within his magic and was panting quite a bit from running in the castle. “Your highness,” he said with hastened breath. “A letter came—“Scarab immediately did a double take of what he seeing before him. He saw the ambassador of the Changeling Kingdom in the same bed with their queen, who was dressed in scantily-styled clothing. It was silent for a minute or two before the captain spoke up again. “What in the name of the Hive is going—“ He didn’t get to finish those words, however, when Chrysalis gave a hiss in fury. The slits in her eyes thinned to their max as a result of her fury. Her horn began to glow as it charged with power before sending a beam of magic towards the captain. He saw this and immediately ducked under it as it passed over his head. “Get out!” the queen shouted with venom in her voice as she continued to fire at the captain of her guard. “B-But, your highness,” he stuttered, dodging another beam of magic. “I have—“ “I SAID GET OUT!!!” she roared as she fired another blast of magic. The captain squeaked in fear as he hit the deck, avoiding the magic. An explosion was heard behind him, with several changelings either screaming in agony or fear. The captain got up and was about to continue until he felt something grip his throat. He started choking a bit as he was pulled over to his almighty queen, who was glaring daggers at him while her horn glowed with magic gripping his throat. He struggled a bit before he was face to face with Chrysalis. If looks could kill then he would probably be dead by now. “Captain,” she said with her voice laced with venom. “You have about ten seconds to tell me about was so important to interrupt the most important day of my life before I obliterate you to cinders.” The captain shook with fear as he held up the scroll. “A letter,” he rasped out. “From Princess Celestia. It said it was of great importance.” “From Sunbutt?” she said, immediately letting go of her guard and took the letter. She opened it up before looking it over. Her eyes etched through the letter before she gave a groaning sigh. Why did something have to happen on her most joyest of days? She then looked to her guard with a stern look. “Captain,” she said firmly. “Prepare my carriage. We leave for Canterlot immediately.” “Yes, my queen!” he said with a salute before making his leave. “Oh and captain,” Chrysalis said before getting Scarab’s attention again. “Yes, your highness?” he asked. “If you ever speak a word of what you saw here, you’ll be demoted and sent to the recycling chambers,” she said with a firm voice. “Is that clear?” The captain answered with a quick nod before running off to prepare the trip. Chrysalis sighed a bit before closing the doors. She spent weeks planning this day to be perfect. Now though, it was ruined. Why did it have to be ruined because of a stupid international leaders meeting? She turned to Fluffle Puff, who was blinking in confusion. She sighed before walking up to her favorite pink pony. “I’m sorry, Fluffles,” she said in a sad tone. “Looks like we’ll have to reschedule this another day.” Fluffle Puff didn’t say anything and instead grabbed a taco and put it into the queen’s mouth. Chrysalis blinked a bit before eating the convection with a hearty giggle. Sure this day didn’t end so badly but Celestia is going to have to make up for this. Date: May 24th, 1004 D.C.R Location: Canterlot, Equestria Talk around the streets of Canterlot was going around as the news of the international meeting was being hosted today. Many delegates from other lands and nations allied to Equestria were attending to what would be the discussion about what to do about the current monster threat. The castle was in chaos as the workers and maids were prepping everything for the meeting. Whatever the outcome will be this meeting will decide. In front of what seemed a large door which led to the conference room, the Princess Celestia and Luna were standing along with the Mane Six and Spike waiting for the delegates to arrive. Not many international meetings were held but this one situation called for it. If they were going to stop the threat then they needed the help from their allies. Twilight shifted nervously a bit which Applejack noticed immediately. “Y’all alright, sugar?” she asked. Twilight tensed a bit before sighing to her friend. “Well,” she said. “It’s just that I’ve never attended an international meeting before. Let alone one that involved dealing with giant monsters.” “I get why you’re upset, darling.” Rarity said. “I can’t understand why we have to attend the meeting as well. We’re not exactly leaders ourselves.” “The reason you’re attending, my little ponies, is that you all represent the Elements of Harmony.” Celestia said catching their attention. “With you there, it will give the leaders some ease knowing the bearers will be there to help in what way they can.” “Hopefully this doesn’t take too long though,” Rainbow Dash said why smacking her front hooves together. “I want to get out there and kick some monster butt!” “I agree with fair Rainbow Dash,” Luna said. “The more time we waste the closer those things get to bring the downfall to our grand nation.” She didn’t have to wait long as the sound of trumpets announced the arrival of the first delegates. A unicorn guard stands firm before announcing. “His royal highness,” he announced. “From the Griffin Kingdom. King Gordic Gryffindor.” After the announcement, a large griffon walked in along with two griffin guards side-by-side. Gordic’s eagle half looked similar to a Golden Eagle while his lion half was like a regular Zebrican Lion. His eyes brown in color but a different shade than his eagle feathers and lion fur. The way he walked you can tell he was filled with honor and pride. He looked at Celestia and gave a hearty laugh before enveloping the alicorn in a hug, which shocked most of the Mane Six. “Celestia,” he said with an Irish-accent. “Ya sun-coated lass, how are ya?” Celestia giggled before answering. “I’ve been doing fine, King Gordic.” She said. The griffon gave a hearty laugh. “Come now, lass,” he said. “I told ya tha next time we meet you don’t ‘ave to be so formal. Call me Gordy.” This caused Luna to giggle which Gordic caught immediately with a smirk. “See, the wee moon lass gets it.” Celestia couldn’t help but giggle again. “Anyways, no time for wee pleasantries. Gotta find me seat before ole scale butt comes. Tell ‘im I’ll be waiting to talk to him about poker night once he gets inside.” With that, the griffin king walked into the conference room along with his guards. Most of the Mane Six blinked in confusion, except Pinkie. They knew griffins were prideful in nature but had a bit of a temper. The one they just saw a few seconds ago was prideful but didn’t look like he even a speck of temperament in him. Pinkie Pie could help but grin with a giggle. “I like him,” she said. “He’s spunky.” This caused the group to laugh a bit before the sound of trumpets settled them down. They looked to see the same guard from before making an announcement. “Presenting her royal highness,” he announced. “The Queen of the Changeling Kingdom and her ambassador, Queen Chrysalis and Fluffle Puff.” With that Chrysalis strolled from the hall with Fluffle Puff following alongside her. The Mane Six were tense at the moment, mostly Twilight. The changeling queen walked up to both princesses and gave them a bow, which they both did in return. “Celestia,” she said casually. The sun princess gave her a nod. “Chrysalis,” she said. “It’s good that you could attend.” “Yes well,” the queen said. “When one’s country is in peril, one must heed the call, so to speak. Though I wish it was another day.” This caused Celestia to raise a brow. “Why is that?” she asked. Chrysalis made a polishing motion with her hoof on her chest. “Well the day we received it was during a special occasion me and my dear Fluffle were enjoying. Happens once a year?” Celestia immediately knew what she meant and bowed her head in apology. “I am terribly sorry, Chrysalis. When this is over both me and my sister will make it up for the time you missed.” “See that you do,” the changeling queen said. She then turned her attention to Twilight. “Well, little Sparkle it’s been a while.” “Yes it has,” Twilight said with a nod. Chrysalis gave a smirk. “Anyways me and my little Fluffle will head in now,” she said as she looked to Fluffle Puff, who was now tug playing with Chrysalis’s tail like a dog with a toy. “Come, Fluffles. Let us find our seat.” With that Chrysalis walked into the meeting room, dragging Fluffle Puff with her as she continued her little tug war. More delegates started showing up by the flock. There were zebras, minotaurs, kirins and etc. The room was going to be filled with all sorts of delegates. Twilight then noticed two ponies walking up, both were a familiar pink alicorn and a blue-mane white unicorn. This made Twilight smile with glee. “Shiny! Cadence!” she cried out happily as she galloped up to them. Cadence saw Twilight and smiled just as brightly. The two sisters hugged before doing their greeting gestures and rhyme. “Sunshine, sunshine ladybug’s awake. Clap your hooves and do a little shake.” Both couldn’t help but giggle with each other. “It’s so good to see you,” Cadence said giving her sister-in-law another hug. “After what the papers said about what happened in Haywaii we were so worried.” “We’re fine, Cadence,” Twilight assured her. “It could have happened anywhere.” “She’s right, dear,” Shining said before smirking. “Though, trouble seems to follow my little sis where ever she goes.” This got him a punch in the shoulder by his LSBFF. Cadence could help but giggle. “We’ll meet you all inside,” she said before pulling Twilight closer and whispered. “Also, after this is over you and I are going to have quality sister time.” Twilight beamed a bit before nodding. The royal couple proceeded then into the meeting room. Shining Armor stopped a bit before turning to Celestia. “Word of caution, your highness “he said. “The delegate from the Hooviet Union is here. Last we saw, he was stirring a bit of trouble with one of the maids.” Celestia nodded. “I’ll make sure to let him know his place,” she said calmly. Shining nodded before proceeding inside. A group of two stallions walked up to the group, one an earth pony and the other a unicorn. Unlike Equestrian ponies, these ponies had shaggier fur similar to the coat of an animal in winter. Another feature was that their tails were different. Instead of the usual long tail most ponies had, these two had tails similar to that of deer. The earth pony’s coat was colored brown and he had blue eyes. The unicorn had a light eggshell ivory coat with brown eyes. Both were wearing grey winter military coats. The earth pony had a small hat while the unicorn’s was a bit larger and had various badges on it. A guard straightened himself before announcing the two. “His lordship and advisor of the Hooviet Union,” he announced. “Grand Duke Red Star and Advisor Gold Sickle.” The two Hooviet ponies walked up to the princesses and gave a minor bow. Celestia returned it briefly before looking at the unicorn. “Red Star,” she said with a firm tone. “Princess,” he replied with the same tone. This made Luna’s eye twitch a bit in irritation. She didn’t like this stallion. “I received word that you were pestering one of the maids?” she asked her tone not wavering. Red Star scoffed a bit. “Reason was that she trotted in my path,” he answered. “I don’t see why you’re making a big deal about this. A commoner should know when those of royalty make their stride.” “I’m making it a big deal because this is my home,” she said. “And when I have guests within my home they are to follow the rules. Is that clear, Red Star?” Red Star rolled his eyes. “Crystal,” he simply said before making his way inside. Gold Sickle immediately bowed to the princesses. “Please forgive his behavior, your highness,” the earth pony said. “He’s still a bit sore about what happened in the Winter War.” Celestia nodded. “It is fine,” she said. “He should learn by now that his stubborn behavior needs to be let go.” “Again,” Gold said bowing again. “I apologize.” “Nothing to worry about, Gold Sickle,” Celestia said. Gold Sickle then bowed again before entering the meeting room. Celestia sighed a bit before looking in the direction of the meeting room. How could a kind pony such as that work for a leader who was so pig-headed? She had a feeling Red Star’s stubbornness will be the death of him. Her thoughts were broken as the room started to shake like large footsteps were being made. She looked and gave a hearty smile to what she saw. It was a dragon. Unlike most dragons, this one was far larger, but not large enough to get stuck in the castle. His scales were colored similar to the metal platinum. On his head was gold crown and his neck had a gold brace with a ruby gemstone in it. He also unlike most dragons had blue eyes. The Mane Six and Spike were in awe of this dragon, but Fluttershy still shivered at the sight of it. The dragon then looked down at both princesses and gave a smile. They smiled in return. “Your highnesses,” he said in a reverbed cool voice. “It has been far too long.” Celestia nodded in agreement. “Indeed it has,” she said with a smile. “Lord Bahamut.” “Forgive me if I’m late,” he said. “I had to make sure my kingdom was secure before leaving. My sister is currently keeping her eyes on things but I don’t want to stay long enough if I have to.” “Of course,” Celestia said. “Tiamat can be quite a handful. Most sisters are, actually.” Luna gave Celestia a scrunched glare which made Bahamut laugh. “Indeed,” he said before turning to the Mane Six. “By the way, which of you is the one called Fluttershy?” Fluttershy immediately squeaked as her name was mentioned and hid behind Rainbow Dash. Rainbow rolled her eyes as she moved out of the way to where Fluttershy was revealed again. Bahamut lowered his head to meet eye-to-eye with the pegasus mare. Fluttershy shivered under his gaze. “Be at ease, young mare,” he said in a calm voice, which made Fluttershy open up a bit. “I only wish to speak with the one who bravely stared down one of my kind.” This made Fluttershy sit up a bit in curiosity. “M-Me?” she stuttered. Bahamut nodded. “Yes,” he said. “I wish to thank and congratulate you on convincing one my kind to leave while he made refuge in the mountain near your home. I also wish to apologize for that. Most of my kind follows the ways of my sister, only a few follow my noble ways.” Fluttershy blushed before she smiled. “No need to apologize,” she said. “After all, it worked well in the end and that dragon learned not to bully those who were smaller than him.” Bahamut could help but give a hearty chuckle. “A very noble lesson to learn,” he said before looking at Celestia. “I shall enter now. I will see you all inside.” Celestia then called his attention. “Bahamut.” Bahamut looked to the white alicorn. “Gordic is already inside and wishes to speak to you about poker night.” Bahamut nodded and continued onward into the room. “Is that everyone?” Luna asks with a raised brow. Before Celestia could answer, a voice called out. “Now, now,” it said. “Aren’t you forgetting someone?” In a flash of light, Discord appeared before them. This made Fluttershy beam with happiness as she fluttered over to her friend and hugged him. The draconequus returned the hug, which made the group smile at the affection. “I missed you so much,” Fluttershy said as she ended the hug. “How are the animals?” “Oh they’re just peachy,” Discord said before his face showed dramatic concern. “When I heard about that incident in Haywaii, I was so worried. I was torn with a decision of going to your aid to keeping the promise of taking care of your animals. Oh, the choices were difficult.” Fluttershy comforted Discord with a pat on the back. “It’s okay, Discord,” she assured. “I’m fine as well as the others. Anyways, thank you for keeping your promise for taking care of the animals.” She leaned in and gave him a peck on the cheek, which caused the draconequus to tense before his face immediately turned red and steam came out of his ears. This made the group silently giggle. “Um, well,” he said with a blush. “It’s not a problem, my dear Fluttershy. Which reminds me.” He snapped his fingers and a large scrapbook appear in his paw. “I remembered to make a scrapbook of my time with the animals of that week.” He opened it and showed it to Fluttershy, who smiled at the pictures. Pinkie Pie looked over Fluttershy before laughing at one picture. “Ha, ha, ha! Angel’s ears are tied to look like he has pigtails.” Pinkie then fell over laughing. This also caused Fluttershy to giggle. Discord smiled before snapping his fingers, causing the scrapbook to poof away. “Anyways,” he said. “I do believe we all have a meeting to attend?” The princesses nodded before they and the group entered through the doors of the meeting room. Within the meeting room, many of the delegates were discussing amongst themselves. They immediately quieted down when they saw Celestia and the others enter the room. She, Luna and the Mane Six took their seats as all eyes were on the princesses. She looked around, seeing that they were waiting for her to begin. “Welcome, everyone,” she said. “I’m sure you all are wondering why I have called this meeting.” “Judging from the letter I’d say you were pretty worried about something weren’t you?” Bahamut spoke with the other delegates nodding their heads. “Indeed,” she continued. “The reason I called you all here is to discuss a solution to a current threat. The threat I’m speaking of are monsters.” With a flash of her horn, a spectral image of both the Hitomuto and the Femuto were seen separately. The delegates were in shock of the sight before them, considering the size of the beasts themselves. “The creatures before you are what we call the MUTO,” she explained. “Several days ago, the one on the left, known to be the male, hatched from a cocoon located in Hoofishima. Once it was free it made its way to Haywaii to feed. However, something stopped it.” With a glow of her horn, another image appeared. This one showed Godzilla, making his arrival at the Haywaii Airport. All eyes widened as the image gave out the same roar that chilled the bone of everypony at the airport. It still had the same effect on the delegates. “This creature you all see before you is what we call Godzilla,” she continued which caused the delegates to mutter amongst themselves. “This one first appeared fifty years ago when the threat of giant monsters first arisen. One thing is for certain, if he tried to destroy the MUTO in Haywaii then he would be considered an ally.” This caused more mutter amongst the meeting before Celestia continued. “Shortly after, another MUTO hatched near Applewood where it caused panic and destruction. That one is known to be a female of the same species. We believe the two MUTO are now trying to come together so that they can procreate, increasing their number.” This caused a veil of fear to envelop the delegates as the mutter with one another. “I’ll now switch it off to one of the experts I have working on this.” With that, she gave a guard nod, who nodded back before trotting over to the main doors and gesturing someone to enter. He backed up as both Serizawa and Crypto Graphic both walked in, all eyes on them. “Greetings everyone,” he said to them all. “I’m Dr. Ishiro Serizawa, lead researcher of Monarch. As you all know, the MUTO are coming together to procreate. From what we can gather the MUTO are both converging to this location.” Serizawa’s horn glowed showing an image of a map of Equestria. It zoomed in on the eastern coast where the lines converged on one location. This made the delegate’s eyes widen on what the hit point was. Manehattan. “Tell us, Doctor,” Bahamut spoke up. “What can you tell us of these beast’s capabilities?” “The MUTO,” the unicorn explained. “Both have the innate ability to expel EMP within a given area. However, the female seems to have a constant field of influence around her. This affects ponies and magical creatures that are caught within the field. As for Gojira, not much is known about him other than his ability to sense sudden changes with the balance of our world. Plus his breath attack is still quite a mystery.” “Quite,” Discord suddenly spoke up, with everyone’s eyes on him as he seemed to hover in the air while filing his claw with a familiar baby alligator. “Though then again given the situation, aether is still quite a mystery even to you ponies.” This made most of the delegate raise a brow. “What do you mean, Discord?” Celestia asked. “Are you saying Godzilla can utilize—“ “Aether?” Discord interrupted. “But of course! Why? Did you think that stuff he was spewing was similar to dragon fire or something?” “Care to explain?” Serizawa asked. “Why certainly!” Discord said. With a snap of his claw, the room changed to appear similar to a college classroom. The delegates as well as the princesses were seated in the seats while Discord was below wearing a lab coat. Next to him was Fluttershy, who was wearing a formal dress suit and wearing non-prescription glasses. With another snap, a black board appeared behind them and displayed a biology chart of Godzilla. Discord then pulled out a pointer stick and smacked it against the black board. “Now class is in session,” Discord announced. “As you can see behind my lovely assistant, shows Godzilla’s biology. Here we see what makes this big lizard go tick. Though the thought in your heads is, ‘How does Godzilla use aether?’ well look no further. What make’s Godzilla special is not only to consume magic itself but the fact it can use this very magic to biologically create aether energy. How does it do this you ask? The answer, my dear students, is his heart.” “His heart?” Rainbow Dash brought up. “Yes,” Discord said. “From an x-ray scan I performed before coming to the meeting, I discovered that Godzilla had aether energy being pumped throughout his body, originating from his heart. How this is done is that he absorbs magic though the spikes on his back. There the magic travels through his body like the blood within the bloodstream and makes its way to his heart. There the heart converts the absorbed magic into aether energy. It’s really quite fascinating considering this creature is quite ancient. As a plus, he can even expel this energy similar to how dragons breathe fire. You can call it his ‘Aether Breath’ if you will.” “Sorry to spoil your fun,” Red Star spoke up with a snarky tone. “How is this relevant to the problem at hoof?” Discord rolled his eyes at the rude stallion. “Now really,” he said. “Has anypony told you to zip your lip while class was in session?” With snap of his claw, a zipper appears over Red Star’s mouth causing his voice to be muffled. “Discord!” Fluttershy berated at the draconequus. “What?” he said. “Everyone wanted him to shut up.” “While I somewhat agree with the Chaos Lord’s minor method,” Bahamut spoke up, making Red Star glare at the dragon king. “But Red Star does have a point. How is this relevant?” “You see,” Discord said before snapping his claw again causing the board to reveal a biology chart of both MUTO. “The MUTO have a similar method to absorb magic and use it to their advantage. Instead of absorbing it like the Big G does, they need to ingest anything magical, be it a highly magical artifact or magical creatures. However, unlike Godzilla, they can’t naturally create aether. Instead they can naturally produce nether energy. This explains them able to use EMP abilities.” Dr. Serizawa thought for a minute before answering. “That does make sense in some way. But, how do you know of this?” “When you’re a creature of chaos, you tend to know things that help make up reality itself,” Discord answered before snapping his fingers turning the room back to normal. Red Star, however, had the zipper still attached to his mouth. Fluttershy gave him a look which made him sigh before snapping his fingers making the zipper over the Hooviet pony’s mouth disappear. “So we know what they’re capable of,” Gordic said. “So anyone got a solution?” “Why don’t we send the draconequus?” Red Star spoke up, causing Discord to give him a half-lidded stare. “He seems powerful enough to make them disappear.” “Sadly I can’t,” the Lord of Chaos answered immediately. This made Red Star glare at Discord. “And why not?” he asked. “If you’re able to bend reality to your whim, surely making monsters disappear would be a breeze.” “The reason,” Discord explained. “Is because these creatures came from an era where a certain type of chaos ruled supreme. And I wouldn’t even dare touch the stuff. Bleh! Plus, all of them have a large pool of magic even I can’t manipulate. My magic is the size of a lake while theirs would be an ocean in comparison.” “Looks like that plan of yours shot out the window immediately,” Chrysalis said with a snide comment which made Red Star seethe with anger. “Silence you, para—“He couldn’t finish which a hiss of anger was directed at him. It wasn’t coming from Chrysalis but Fluffle Puff, who was giving him the stink eye at the moment. She scrunched her face while sounding like an angry, growling cat but was calmed immediately when Chrysalis patted her head with her hoof. “There, there, my little Fluffles,” she said in a soothing voice. “The mean stallion isn’t much of a threat.” That comment made Red Star see red. “HOW DARE—“Gold Sickle held back his leader before things got out of hoof. “Lord Red Star, please,” he said. “There is another solution to the problem.” “And what pray tell do thou have to share?” Luna asked. “We have a weapon that we never hoped to use,” he explained. “But I believe this the best time to use it. Considering it would have enough force to kill these creatures.” Celestia immediately understood what he was hinting. Her eyes slowly widened. “You don’t mean,” she uttered out. Red Star smirked as he put his hooves together in a defiant manner. “Yes,” he answered. “A Mega Spell Bomb.” This caused the room to mutter with one another before they were silenced by a massive slam of a hoof on the table. Everyone turned their attention to the source of the sound. There Celestia had been the one to slam her hoof down, which left spider web cracks where she slammed it down. Her expression was filled with anger. “I forbid it,” she firmly said. “There is a reason why Mega Spell Bombs are forbidden to be crafted in Equestria. I’ve seen the power it possesses. It’s too destructive and I will not allow my subjects to be exposed to that sight. Not now, not ever!” “Princess,” Red Star said. “I speak for all at this meeting that the bomb is our best chance. I don’t know about you, but I will not allow a bunch of savage beasts terrorize my homeland. I will protect my country no matter the cost.” This was insane! Twilight couldn’t help but wonder the mental stability of this stallion. Didn’t he not see what horrors he’d unleash if he used the bomb. Ponies barely knew the existence of Mega Spell Bombs and this pony had the gall to make one himself!? “Here’s what I suggest,” he said. “We rig a MS warhead with a shielded timer, put it on a boat and send it 20 miles out away from Manehattan, the magic lures the MUTOs, and the MUTOs lure Godzilla.” “Then we detonate,” Gold Sickle finished. “With minimum fallout risk to the city.” “You can’t be serious,” Dr. Graphic countered. “They feed on magic.” “Correct,” Gold Sickle said. “That’s why we use the bomb as bait.” “And kill them,” Red Star finished. “With the sheer force of the blast.” “This is crazy,” Dr. Graphic uttered. Twilight inwardly agreed this was crazy. She bet that Red Star didn’t take in account about the possibilities of the plan going astray. Using an armed bomb like that near a populated area was insane. If the bomb went off before reaching its destination it could endanger thousands. She then turned to see Dr. Serizawa deep in thought. “Doctor Serizawa,” Twilight spoke up, getting his attention. “Do you have a better solution?” Serizawa went back into thought as everyone’s eyes were on him. He then raised his head and gave them a serious look. “Gojira may be the answer,” he said. “I believe he’s here to restore balance. He can defeat them.” “And what?” Red Star asked. “We just sit back and watch? I’m sorry, doctor. I speak for everyone here that I rather put my trust in a weapon than an overgrown prehistoric monster.” Most of the delegates seemed to agree to that, much to Serizawa’s dismay. “Why not alter the plan?” Twilight suggested. “We can still use the bomb as bait but not have it armed. That way there will be no chance of it going off and we can lead the MUTO away to an offshore island. There, Godzilla can fight both of them without any loss of life to the citizens.” The delegates conversed with one another. That plan seemed more liable than Red Star’s. A few mutters in agreement made Twilight smile. Celestia looked around, seeing the agreement amongst them and sighed. “It seems the motion has passed,” Celestia said. “Very well. The bomb will be used for bait to lure the monsters away to an offshore island. There Godzilla, hopefully, will take care of the threat. This meeting has now ended.” With that, the delegates began to exit out of the room. Twilight was about to leave when she looked to see Dr. Serizawa hadn’t left his chair, his focus on a bronze pocket watch. She had a feeling he needed somepony to talk to at the moment. She then felt a hoof on her shoulder and looked to see Rainbow and the others looking at her. “You coming, Twi?” she asked. Twilight nodded before answering. “I’ll be right behind you,” she said. “I just need to talk to the doctor.” Rainbow Dash only nodded as she and the others left out the doors. Twilight then started walking up to Serizawa. His focus turned to Twilight as she gave him a look. He sighed before turning his attention back to his watch. “Doctor,” she said. “I’m sorry you don’t agree to this. But, I tried to make it to where we didn’t need to use the bomb to—“She was cut off as a hoof raised for her to be silent. “I know, your highness,” he said. “You tried you’re best. I’m just gracious that bomb won’t be armed. While still being used, at least it won’t cause any harm.” He then continued to stare at the pocket watch in his hoof, which Twilight took immediate notice. “Doctor,” she said. “Can I ask about that pocket watch of yours?” He didn’t say anything but handed her the watch. She immediately took it in her hooves and stared at it. She could tell by its composition that it was quite old, around 59 years she believed. The most curious thing though was that it wasn’t ticking and its hands were frozen in place at a certain time. “It’s stopped,” she simply said. “Yes,” Serizawa said. “Eight-fifteen in the morning. August 6, 945.” That date must of have been important. Twilight racked her brain through the collective knowledge she obtained throughout her academic years. That’s when it hit her like a piano falling from the sky. “Hoofishima,” she said. “During the Griffin-Pony Wars.” He gave a simple nod, before taking back the watch. “It was my father’s.” With a click, he closed the watch before walking out the room. Twilight’s ears went down a bit. Now she understood why he never felt strongly about the bomb. Considering that was hard day for both ponies and griffins. Red Star was in a foul mood and Gold Sickle could see it. The scowl on his face could scare a manticore if given enough effort. His thoughts were interrupted as Red Star addressed him. “Advisor Sickle,” he said. “Tell the troops to make sure the warhead is prepped and ready to be armed.” This caused Gold Sickle to widen his eyes. “Sir, you can’t possibly mean—“ “I do,” Red Star berated with a firm voice. “I don’t care what the princess says. All I care about is protecting my country. I will see to it that those beasts are put out of commission. Even if it means that the princess loses one of her precious cities.” “Sir, this goes against many international treaties,” Golden Sickle said with panic in his voice. “If the princesses knew—“He didn’t say more when Red Star got into his face. “Are you questioning my leadership, advisor?” he quietly said with anger. “You know what happens to those who betray our country, no?” Gold Sickle shivered before nodding. “Y-Yes sir. Not questioning your order, sir.” Red Star smiled. “Good. See to it that the bomb is prepped and ready. I look forward to see the results.” With that he walked away, leaving Gold Sickle there as he was frozen with fear. He knew his leader’s motives were questionable but this was practically going too far. All he knew that karma was going to bite his leader hard in the flank. “Celestia, forgive me.”