My Little Pony: A King Arises

by Aaron1248

Chapter 10: Ancient Power vs. Rainbow Power Pt. 1: Origins Revealed

Night had fallen over the grand capitol of Equestria. From the castle, Luna looked over the city with tired eyes. Most nights she’d be wide awake but the past days were exhausting. Finding out that her own sister had kept a secret from her and the populous about ancient giant monsters would keep anyone awake. Even though the current situation was dire, her duty to bring forth the night was still as important.

The flap of wings was heard as she turned to see one of her night guard. Like all of her guard, he was a bat pony. He however had a different shade of fur than the others. Almost a dark grey was shone on his coat. He then landed before her and bowed to her.

“What is it, fair night guard,” she asked with a calm tone. He stood up firm before answering.

“Your highness,” he said. “We bring word of the female MUTO’s movements.”

“And?” she asked. The guard looked to stall a bit with his report but continued.

“We believe it’s making its way to a nearby settlement,” he said. This caught the princess’s attention immediately.

“What settlement?” she asked if almost hastily. The guard’s eyes shifted a bit before inching in and whispered to her. As he whispered into her ear her eyes slowly widened as her pupils shrunk.

Still in her stupor, she walked to the edge of the balcony. She looked out in the distance of the possible hit by the fiendish monster. A little town in view from her current position where a familiar crystalline tree-like structure stood in the middle of it. The wonderful little town of Ponyville.

“Maker, help us…”

The Everfree Forest, a location where barely anypony ventured close to, was quiet except for the sounds of nocturnal wildlife. The crickets chirped as usual. The moaning of Timberwolves could be heard in the distance. It seemed like a normal life for the Forest Unbound and Free.

Suddenly, a strange noise could be heard. It was a mixture of wheezing and groaning as a light start to flicker in one of the forest’s openings. From the light, a big blue call box was appearing as if out of thin air. It blinked in and out as the light above it shown before becoming fully in view.

The box appeared to sound like it landed of sorts. Shortly after, its door swung open reveal a brown Earth Pony wearing a green tie. This was known as the Doctor, or Time Turner/ Doctor Whooves in Ponyville. He wasn’t alone however.

With him were his two companions. A blonde-maned grey pegasus that appeared wall-eyed while the other appeared to be a ginger unicorn with gears for a cutie mark. This Ditzy Doo/Derpy Hooves and Tick Tock, one a local resident of Ponyville while the other being from a fixed point of time in the past where he was considered “deceased”.

The Doctor looked around his surroundings with a smile as walked out into the forest before taking a whiff of the air. Fresh like always.

“So,” the Doctor spoke up. “What did you two think of Trottingham?”

“It was fine,” Derpy said. “It was neat that it was during the Mareieval times. Though-“Tick Tock then finished her sentence.

“It was hard to enjoy the experience when living shadows tried to melt the flesh from our bones.”

“Yeah,” the Doctor said while rubbing the back of his head with his hoof. “The Vash Nerada tend to do that on various worlds. But in the end we saved Trottingham from becoming a feeding ground.”

“You can’t argue with the results,” Tick Tock simply said. Derpy then looked around their current location with a confused look.

“Um Doctor,” she said. “Why did the TARDIS land us in the Everfree Forest?” The Doctor took notice of that immediately.

“Huh so it did,” he said. “I wonder why—“Suddenly the sound of the Doctor’s sonic screwdriver caused him to pull it out and examine it. The sonic appeared to be sensing a foreign but familiar energy source. “Huh, fancy that!”

“What is it, Doctor?” Tick Tock asked.

“The sonic appears to be tracking a large foreign energy signature,” the Time Lord explained. “Funny thing is that the energy appears similar to an energy source back in my universe which was known as radiation.” Derpy raised a brow to that.

“Radiation?” she said. “What’s that?”

“Well,” he started to explain. “Radiation is a form of energy that comes in many forms. There’s ultra-violet, gamma, x-ray and various others. The energy itself is used as a power source but can be toxic if exposed to it long enough. The sonic seems to have picked up a similar source in that direction.” He points the direction of the sonic into the forest, where the signal was the strongest. This made Derpy shiver.

“D-Do we have to go in there?” she asked. The Doctor gave a firm nod. She sighed. “Of course.”

“Let’s not dottle, you two,” he said with determination. “Let’s find the source. Avante!” With that the Doctor galloped in the direction where the signal was. Derpy sighed before following after the Doctor. Tick Tock stood in place for a moment.

“I hypothesize that this will turn bad immediately,” he simply said before trotting after his two friends.

What seemed like an hour or so had passed, the group of three ponies continued to venture into the Everfree Forest. Derpy was nervous as she looked around keeping an eye out for any of the wild animals and monsters that lived in the forest. The Doctor kept focused on his screwdriver while following the energy signal. Whatever it was though, he was sure he had to find out.

They finally came out of the forested area and came to a clearing. It didn’t appear out of the ordinary, but the Doctor was suspicious. Judging by the time most of the creatures in the forest would be out, but they didn’t even encounter one. In fact, the forest in this area seemed to be deathly quiet. He looked to the sonic and saw that the energy was permeating in this area.

“Is this it?” Tick Tock asked as he walked up the Doctor.

“Yes,” he answered. “According to the sonic, it says we’re in the right area but I don’t see anything remotely that would be able produce this energy.”

“Maybe it’s residual?” Tick Tock suggested. The Doctor shrugged.

“Possibly but according to these readings it’s fresh.”

While the two were discussing their theories, Derpy couldn’t help but still feel insecure. Whatever was here she didn’t like it. She may not be a unicorn or Pinkie Pie, but whenever she had a bad feeling she stuck to it. As she backed up a bit she bumped right into something, it felt soft. She turned around and her mismatched eyes widened in fear.

There before her was a colossal body of what appeared to be a form of ursine. Its fur was dark purple and star-like patterns on it similar to the night sky and appeared to be see-through. A large blue star mark was directly on its forehead. Unlike most ursine, this one had saber fangs and a long tail. This creature however wasn’t even moving. Its eyes were open but the light in them was lost. Derpy couldn’t help but give a frightened shriek which caused the two stallions to turn their attention to Derpy.

“Derpy,” the Doctor said as he galloped to her. “What’s—“He looked to see the dead colossal bear. “My word…”

“Doctor,” Tick Tock spoke up. “Is that what I think it is?” The Doctor nodded.

“Indeed, Tick Tock,” he said. “It’s an Ursa Major.”

“While it’s questionable that we didn’t see it till Derpy found it,” Tick Tock said. “But what’s it doing out in the open like this and what could of possibly killed it? I though the Ursa Major had no known predator?”

“That is the question, my little pony,” the Doctor said as he took a scan of the bear with the sonic. “Let’s see, a several cuts and bruises and a few gashed but the cause of death appears to be a severe broken neck. How—“The sonic then picked up a familiar energy signature from the dead Ursa. “Well, fancy that!”

“What?” both Derpy and Tick Tock asked.

“Whatever killed this Ursa appears to have left residue of its energy on it,” the Doctor explained. “Though it begs the question, what killed this creature which is known to have no natural predator?”

Unknown to the group, something massive slowly rose from the forest foliage behind them. It then looked into the direction where the Ursa Major laid and began to make its way towards it. The sound of its footstep caused Derpy to look and squeak a bit in fright.

“U-U-Um,” she stuttered. “D-D-Doctor?” The Doctor looked to Derpy.

“Wha—“

His words were immediately interrupted as a colossal-sized hooked limb impacted the ground before the group. This caused all three to fall on their rumps and look up at the owner of the limb. It was the Femuto, who at the moment was eying the carcass of the magic bear it killed earlier. Ignoring the ponies, it immediately went for it and started consuming the constellation animal, ripping chunks of magic infused meat and flesh and gulping it down.

The Doctor was in awe at the spectacle. How could a creature of this magnitude exist in this world? Given the factor of various magical creatures, none could compare to this one’s size. His thoughts were interrupted as Derpy dragged the stallion away from the Femuto. She then dragged him behind a large log, where Tick Tock was also waiting.

“Doctor,” Derpy spoke up. “What is that thing?”

“I don’t know,” he said. “It looks like some sort of advanced form of insectoid. Possibly an ancient species of sorts.”

“If its ancient then what’s it doing here?” Tick Tock asked. The Doctor shrugged.

“No idea,” he said before pointing the sonic at it and received the results. “But what I do know is that fella is the source of the residual energy we were tracking.”

“I don’t think ‘fella’ is the proper term for it, Doctor,” Tick Tock said. This made the Doctor raise a brow.

“Why’s that?” he asked only to see the unicorn point his hoof at monster.

The Doctor looked and his eyes widened at the sight. There at the underside of its abdomen was a swelled area which appeared to be filled with what appeared to be glowing yellow eggs. The shocking part was those eggs were creaking with life.

“Oh,” the Doctor simply said. “That’s not good.”

“What’s not good?” Derpy asked.

“It appears our large friend is a she and she is going to be a mother.” The Doctor answered.

“What does that mean, Doctor?” Derpy asked afraid what the answer might be.

“It means if this big girl here is full grown and one of them is already a problem then a whole brood of them could be catastrophic for Equestria.” He explained. “Or worse the entire planet.”

“Then do we do?” she asked with a slight shout, flinching a bit before covering her mouth with her hooves. Luckily the Femuto didn’t hear her.

“I don’t know,” he said before thinking a bit as he tapped his hoof to his chin. “I’ve never encountered anything like this.”

Suddenly the creaking of the female monster caught their attention. The Femuto was done with its ursine feast, where most of its insides were completely torn apart and chewed on. This made Derpy green in the face as the smell of the dead colossal bear waft its way to her nostrils.

The Femuto gave a creak as its focus was to the northwest. Unknown to the group, the Femuto’s vision showed it an interesting sight. In the distance it could see a rainbow-colored glow, which appeared to be a couple miles away. She knew it was a large source of magic, however, it felt familiar somehow. Like her ancient blood was telling her that she must destroy, snuff out and consume the source of the rainbow aura. With a bellowing howl, she started stomping off in the general direction. Her hunger, as well as her offspring’s, needed to be sated.

The Time Lord and his companions came out from behind the large log with looks of confusion. Why was the monster in such a hurry to head that way? The Doctor didn’t question as he went over to the remains of the Ursa Major. There he took out the sonic and started scanning the carcass to find any clues.

“What are you doing, Doctor?” Derpy asked with curiosity. Tick Tock was also curious about what the Time Lord was doing.

“Trying to figure out what made the Ursa so important to consume,” he answered continuing to scan the bear. “Maybe I can find a clue or—“Suddenly his eyes widened in shock of the results from the screwdriver. “Well, fancy that!”

“What?” both his companions asked.

“This Ursa no longer has a lingering magical signature,” the Time Lord answered. “It’s as if something ripped the magic—“It was there the Doctor had a look of realization. “Oh! Stupid, stupid Doctor! Why didn’t I see before?”

“Figure something out, Doctor?” Tick Tock asked.

“Yes,” The Doctor said. “I believe the creature has the ability to consume magic.” This caused his two companions eyes widen. “That’s why the Ursa has no more lingering magic. The other monster drained it like a mixture of a predator and a parasite. Any magical source would feed her depending on the quantity.”

“If it eats magic then why did leave in a hurry?” Derpy asked. This made the Doctor tap his chin in thought.

“I don’t know,” he said. “Something must have peaked its interest.” He looked in the direction it left in and gotten a good idea where it was heading. His eyes widened in fear and realization. “Oh no!”

“What?” Both his companions asked. Not liking the look on his face.

“I think its heading for Ponyville!” he exclaimed. Causing both the unicorn and pegasus to widen their eyes in shock. Derpy, however, was more worried.

“Oh no!” she exclaimed. “Dinky’s having a slumber party with Nyx at the castle. My little muffin is in danger!” With that the grey pegasus took to the air and flew off into the direction of Ponyville.

“Derpy, come back!” The Doctor shouted as he galloped after the wall-eyed pegasus. Tick Tock wasted no time galloping after both of them.

Nyx was enjoying herself as she and her friend were having a wonderful time having the sleep over at Nyx’s home. Amongst them were Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo, Pipsqueak, Twist, Button Mash, Dinky Doo, their changeling friend Flitter, a pudgy zebra colt named Ziggy, a sea pony in a large fishbowl in a wagon by the name of Doubloon, a thestral by the name Willow, and a Windigo/Pony hybrid known as Frosty. At the moment they were asking Nyx, Pip and the CMC about the trip, which Nyx amongst them was the part of the main subject.

“How big were the monsters?” Bright Eyes asked.

“Bigger than a Ursa Major, I think,” Sweetie Belle answered which caused Bright Eye’s eyes to widen.

“How close did you get to the big guy?” Flitter asked Nyx while holding up a newspaper telling of the events that took place at Haywaii. It had a picture of Godzilla duking it out with the Hitomuto, with the ancient dinosaur giving a mighty roar while the Hitomuto was in the air with its hooked limps out ready to stike.

Nyx fidgeted a bit before answering her changeling friend. “Um, he was pretty close. Close enough to pet his nose, I think.”

“Wow!” Flitter exclaimed. “That’s so cool!”

“So you guys met another sea pony in Haywaii?” Doubloon asked her friends.

“She’s actually merpony,” Pip answered. “Well, half merpony and half pony.”

“Man I got to meet her,” Doubloon said before she flicked her fish tail.

“Ah’ll bet ya’ll be good friends anyways,” Apple Bloom said. “Considerin’ both of ya are similar and all.”

“Except Doubloon’s part fish while Coral’s part seal,” Scootaloo interjected. This made Doubloon giggle and grin.

“Now I really wanna meet this pony.”

“So,” Willow spoke up. “Do the princesses have an idea on how to get rid of them?” This got everypony’s attention. “Considering the other two are a threat.”

“What about that big lizard?” Frosty said. “A monster that big can cause major damage.”

“He’s not a threat,” Nyx spoke up, which caused everyone to look at her. She at the moment was looking out the window at the moon. “He’s not a threat. I just know it.”

“How do you know, dear friend Nyx?” Ziggy said. “It’s as if you pulled the answer itself from the abyss.”

“You could say that,” Nyx replied before looking at her friends with a smile. “I know because I saw it in his eyes.”

“His eyes?” they all asked in unison. She nodded before looking back out the window.

“I looked right into them,” she said. “They told me that he was a creature who wanted to protect not destroy. A creature who wanted to preserve life and to make sure it continued forward. Funny considering his way of life reminds me of my cutie mark.” She looked to her friends and jumped a bit at the looks on their faces. Most of them looked like they were going to burst from laughing. “Um, what’s with you guys?”

“Um, Nyx.” Sweetie Belle said. “You do know that little speech kind of sounded like something from one of Rarity’s sappy romance novels right?” That made Nyx jump a bit then cringe causing her friends to laugh at her reaction.

“That’s not funny!” Nyx said while blushing in embarrassment. Scootaloo snickered at that.

“It kind of was,” she said. “Heh! Nyx and Godzilla sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N—“ Her rhyme was stopped immediately as a pillow flew right into her face. The one who threw it was Nyx, who had a winning smirk on her face. “Oh, so it’s a pillow fight, huh?” She then picked up the pillow Nyx threw at her and charged at the alicorn with a smirking war cry.

One thing led to another as most of the colts and fillies were now in a major pillow fight battle. In the background, Button Mash and Dinky was watching, mostly Dinky. Button Mash was caught up in one of his games on his Joyboy. Dinky looked around before she sensed something. It was like a voice in her head that was calling out to her. She looked around and then laid her eyes on a wall on the other side of the room. The presence there was calling out to the young unicorn filly and she obliged.

She then started walking over to the wall as if in a deep trance. As she got closer the feeling got stronger and stronger. She reached it and reached her hoof out to it. Once the hoof touched the wall, the entire room shook causing the others to immediately end their pillow fight, as well as deterring Button Mash from his game, and look in the direction of Dinky. Dinky herself was afraid what was going to happen. Suddenly, the wall before her opened revealing a descending stair case spiraling into the darkness. They all went over to the unicorn filly.

“What happened? Nyx asked.

“I don’t know,” Dinky said. “I felt something call out to me, I walked over to this wall and then it opened up.” Flitter looked down the stairs and gave a whistle.

“Looks like a secret passage,” Flitter said before turning to Nyx. “Did you know about this?”

Nyx shook her head. “No. I don’t think even my mom knows about this.”

“I say we explore it,” Pip said with an adventurous look on his face. “Like Daring Do does in her books.”

“Hey, yeah!” Scootaloo exclaimed. “We can get our cutie marks through…” Scootaloo paused a bit trying to think what words would be suited for this certain cutie mark.

“Dungeon crawling?” Button Mash spoke up. This made all of them look at the earth pony colt.

“Dungeon crawling?” Bright Eyes repeated Button’s words.

“Yeah,” Button said. “It’s like in the game Dungeons and Dragons where the heroes venture into dungeons to find treasure or glory.” The others gave him an odd look. “Why are you all looking at me like that?”

“You play Dungeons and Dragons?” Pipsqueak asked.

“I played the video game version,” Button Mash answered. “It’s better because you don’t have to roll dice and stuff.” Everyone sighed at that. It made sense for Button to play a video game than a table top game.

“What are we waiting for?” Scootaloo exclaimed. “Let’s check it out!” With that the group of friends descended down the crystalline steps.

Minutes had passed since they first descended, most of them wondered if these steps go anywhere at all. To their relief, the steps finally ended with the crystalline floor in view. They all looked to see a hallway brightened by what appeared to be magic-powered crystal lights, allowing them to see down the hall. Without a second thought the group trekked down the hall.

Another few minutes passed before they came to an entry that had a blinding light coming from it. This was possibly the end of their trek. Entering the room, the children gasped at the sight they saw. The room was large, large enough to contain a small concert. To their surprise the floor has decorated with a large design. It showed each of the cutie marks of the Mane Six circling what appears to be similar to Twilight’s cutie mark, however, its design has a white star surrounding by what appears to be the branches of a tree.

At the end of the hall was a pedestal which housed what appeared to be a crystalline tree-like structure. Its branches were covered in dangling moss-like leaves where light lavender flowers bloomed from them. The group was in awe of this room, none of them could imagine a place like this in the castle.

“Nyx,” Apple Bloom said. “Did you or your mom know about this?

Nyx shook her head. “No,” she answered. “Neither of us knew about this.”

“Check it out,” Sweetie Belle said pointing her hoof at the crystal tree. “That thing looks like the Tree of Harmony my sister and the others talked about.”

“Hey yeah you’re right!” Scootaloo exclaimed. “What’s it doing in the castle though?”

“Hey guys!” Flitter called out catching everyone’s attention. They looked to see her at one of the walls pointing at it. “You got to check this out!”

The group went over to Flitter and as they placed their sight on the wall their eyes widened in shock. There on the wall were countless etchings in the crystal. To Nyx, the CMC and Pip’s surprise were etchings of Godzilla fighting other monsters. One showed him tangling with what appeared to be a chimera of sorts which looked like a cross between an ankylosaur and a crocodile. This monster however had six-legs giving it somewhat insect qualities. The next one showed him fighting another ankylosaur-like monster but it also looked like a cross between a rhino and an armadillo.

Another etching showed Godzilla fighting against what appeared to be a giant dragonfly. The dragonfly however had two pincers like a lobster and on the end of its tail was a stinger of sorts. Its wings looked more bat-like than an insect. All of their eyes looked upon the wall which held various battles featuring the colossal saurian.

“Wow,” Pipsqueak said. “It’s like a history of monster battles.” Apple Bloom’s eyes then caught one familiar etch in the wall.

“Hey,” she said. “There’s the one for Haywaii’s founding.” The others looked where she pointed her hoof and true enough the founding of Haywaii was featured on the wall.

Nyx’s eyes scanned the wall until her eyes came upon one particular etch. It showed Godzilla however he appeared to be younger, around the age of a newborn. In it showed him with what appeared to be a majestic earth pony. Its stature was similar to Celestia’s and her mane and tail appeared to be made to look similar to plant life. Godzilla appeared to be nuzzling the earth pony, like a child would do with its mother.

“What’s up, Nyx?” Doubloon asked. Nyx turned and saw her friends were looking at her with curiosity.

“It’s this drawing,” she said pointing to the etching. “It’s different than the others.” Her friends looked at it in wonder and seemed to nod in confirmation.

“You’re right,” Sweetie Belle said. “It does appear to be bigger than the others.”

“Must be very important if it stands out more than the others.” Flitter added.

“Quite so, children.” A feminine serene voice spoke, causing the others to tense and look around. “I’ll never forget that wonderful day.”

“W-Who’s there?” Nyx uttered out.

Suddenly a bright light started to shine from the direction of the crystalline tree. The group shielded their eyes from the lights intensity. The light faded and they looked to see an unbelievable sight. There before them standing in front of the tree structure was possibly the most beautiful unicorn they have ever did see. Her stature was similar to Celestia’s, tall and slender. Unlike most unicorns, this one’s horn was similar to that of a Horned Beetle. Her hooves were cloven while her tail was similar to a kirin’s but shorter. Her mane was tied back into a short pony tail with a purple mane band. Her mane and tail were light lavender, both have light lavender flowers blooming in them. Her eyes were sky blue and on her head appeared to be a gold crown. What shocked them was that it was similar to the crown Twilight had when she possessed the Element of Magic. Sure enough, the very jewel was present on the crown along with five other different colored gems. On her flank was the cutie mark symbol in the center from the floor.

The children were in awe of the unicorn mare’s beauty. Nyx was shocked considering this mare had appeared out of nowhere and was in possession of the six Elements of Harmony. Nyx’s thoughts were broken as Twist spoke up.

“Gosth,” she said. “Sthe’s pwetty.” The unicorn couldn’t help but giggle and smile.

“Thank you, little filly.” She said. “I’m surprised to see young ones here. I was expecting the Bearers of Harmony to appear before me.”

“Who are you?” Nyx asked. The unicorn closed her eyes and gave the group a smile.

“I go by another alias,” she said. “But my true name is Harmony.”

Nyx thought a bit before she realized what Harmony was getting at. “You’re the Tree of Harmony.” She said causing her friends to look at her wide-eyed before turning back to the unicorn.

“My, my,” Harmony said. “It seems we have a quick thinker amongst us.” She smiled before continuing. “Yes, I am what you little ponies know to be the Tree of Harmony. However I wasn’t always a tree. What you see before you is my true form.”

“Wait,” Flitter said. “If you’re a pony, how did you end up as a tree?”

“Yeah,” Bright Eyes said. “Couldn’t you change back after all this time?”

“Yes I could have,” she said. “However doing so would possibly put Equestria as well as the entire world at risk.” This shocked the group.

“Why would that happen!?” Willow exclaimed. Harmony closed her eyes in minor thought before answering.

“It’s best to explain from the beginning,” she said. “To the time when the one you call Godzilla was born into this world.”

“In the beginning, there was nothingness. Equis was just a barren spherical rock devoid of life. That is until the Maker, Laruen Faust, gave me and my sisters, Gaia and Tempestas, the task of bringing life to the dead world.”

Above the grey, lifeless rock known as Equis, three objects sped towards it. Each was a different color, one purple, one green and one blue. The green light impacted the rock, causing a major shockwave of green energy to spread out across the planet. This caused it to shake and form itself. Continents were created and separated from one another. Plant life then began to form across its surface.
The blue light then appeared next. It flew above the earth, creating clouds and the atmosphere. The clouds themselves began to darken and massive rainstorms occurred. This process went on for days, the water draining into the crevices that separated the continents creating what was known to be the oceans of the planet.

The purple light appeared last and finally. It flew across the world spreading a rainbow-colored aura across the land and sea. As if a miracle happened, life began. First it was fish, then massive reptiles the size of modern day crocodiles or komodo dragons appeared. Some appeared to have sails on their backs while others appeared differently. With that the three lights, circled above as if staring down at their work.

All three stopped glowing to reveal Harmony, Gaia and Tempestas. Gaia appeared to be an earth pony. Her stature was similar to Harmony. Her mane and tail appeared to look similar to plant life. Her mane and tail were forest green with various colored flowers attached to them. Her eyes were jade and her coat was lime green. On her flank was a large tree growing in the sunlight bearing either fruit or flowers.

Tempestas appeared to be a pegasus. Her stature was similar to both Harmony and Gaia. Her mane and tail were white as clouds and her coat was sky blue. Her eyes were blue and on her flank was a cutie mark of a three clouds packed together.

“First, Gaia used her power to cleanse the rock and craft it into soil and various minerals. There her power brought forth the various plant life to the planet. Then, Tempestas used her power to create the sky and weather. She created rainstorms for many days, creating the oceans and various lakes and rivers of Equis. Finally I used my power and spread my magic all over, giving life to not only the planet but to various creatures as well.

Over time, I and my sisters watched over the planet. Tempestas controlled the world’s weather, bringing the natural occurrences of weather during that time. I watched out for any new species to arise and to see if they were magic sensitive. Gaia, like the current Bearer of Kindness, took care of the plants and various creatures that weren’t sapient. The Maker was proud of our work and we continued this routine of ours for a long time.

However, sometimes things never go according to plan. When I spread my life-giving magic across the planet, the world itself then started creating its own, primordial magic at its raw. The substance itself was unpredictable, it could either give creatures new abilities they didn’t have before or it could create something more diabolical.”

A prehistoric insect, similar to a mantis, was crawling on a branch above a pool of primordial magic. Unknown to it, a lizard had its eyes set on it and was set to catch it. Before it could reach it, the branch snapped and the insect fell off. Luckily the lizard held on and looked down. It saw the insect fall into the pool, assuming it either drowned or melted.

Suddenly the ground began shaking, causing the lizard to hastily look around in fear. A scythe-like limb sprang out of the large pool. The lizard, fearing for its life, scurried away before the limb slammed down on the ground. The owner of the limb then emerged from the pool. It was the mantis, however it was far larger. It was around 50 meters in height and 100 meters in length. Its carapace was colored light green and its large compounded eyes were bright yellow. It gave out a screech before its massive wings constantly flapped and the giant mantis took to the air to places unknown.

“Because of this, giant monsters began their appearance. Some were tolerable, while others became a problem. Luckily, most of them didn’t have abilities that counteracted our own. But one day, my sister, Gaia, stumbled upon something extraordinary.”

It was normal day, as usual. Gaia was doing her daily routine, taking care of the plants and wildlife of Equis. She was even taking care of a few giant monsters that were gentle in nature. She remembered one that was a giant moth of sorts, the beautiful thing about it was wings. She couldn’t help but smile whenever she took care of the moth, though strangely the species only appeared as a female. No males of the species were ever seen. Hopefully this one won’t die out.

Her thoughts were interrupted when she looked at a scene before her. The forest itself was in littered with carnage and various blood stains could be seen. She followed the trail which led her to a horrifying sight. There before her was the carcass of a giant monster, reptilian in origin. Its back was covered in three rows of spikes though not very large. It had gashes all over its body and didn’t appear to be moving. No breathing was heard, which meant this great beast was dead.

She trekked through the carnage until she came across a shocking sight. Before her was a large nest and inside it was an egg around her size if not bigger. Gaia then walked up to the egg before placing her ear on the shell. She could hear movement of yolk, plus she felt vibrations from the shell. Suddenly the sound of a crack could be heard causing Gaia to immediately back away. There before her eyes she witnessed a surprising sight.

The egg began to shake violently, a series of web-like cracks appeared on its surface. Things led to another as a clawed hand burst from part of the egg, causing Gaia to squeak in surprise. Next the occupant’s legs then its tail burst from the confines. Finally the creature’s head burst out of the egg then its whole body fell out of the shell. The sight before her made Gaia inwardly squeal like a little filly.

There before her was Godzilla, however, he was around her height. His spikes weren’t visible as they hadn’t grown out yet. His arms were scrawny and not toned as they would be when he’s older. The one feature about him that made her nearly figuratively melt was his large, yellow infant eyes. He blinked a bit at Gaia before slowly taking his first step towards her. He lost his footing fell forward onto his stomach causing him to squeak in surprise. The little saurian looked up at Gaia with those eyes and she couldn’t help but fall for them. She smiled before leaning over and helped up the infant.

“Don’t worry, Little One,” she said with a motherly voice, which calmed Godzilla down greatly. “I’ll take good care of you.”

“With that, my sister adopted the infant who she dubbed, Little One. Those two were inseparable, considering he imprinted on her during his hatching. Over time, she was surprised by his growth as well as his immunity to the Primordial Magic pools. One instant where he was drinking from the pools, she tried to stop him but it was too late. What surprised her however was that after he had his fill, he gained the ability to heal extraordinarily fast from any injury.

Once he reached the age of adolescence, he had to fight. Gaia didn’t force him to but whenever she was in danger, Little One was always there to protect her. It was the time when he fought a dragonfly monster that another extraordinary thing happened. Their battle took place near a lake of Primordial Magic. The giant dragonfly pushed Little One causing him to fall and sink into the lake of liquid magic. During this time, the dragonfly was going after Gaia, hoping to consume her and her magic.

Suddenly from the lake, Little One burst from the depths and roared at the dragonfly. Before it could react, the back of Little One glowed blue and from his maw he spewed fiery energy which not only burned the insect to cinders but practically obliterated it.

Over time, his strength and size increased and any challenge or danger that reared its head was overpowered by his might. Gaia was proud of her adopted child, considering he handled most of the monster problems by protecting her, me and Tempestas. However, all good times came to an end when he appeared.”

During the night, a blazing object flew over the prehistoric jungle. It crashed into the mountainside causing debris and dust to kick up into the air. The Paleolithic animals looked at the object lodged in the mountain. It was a colossal sized meteor, still singed from entering the planet’s atmosphere. Suddenly, the meteor began to shake and crumble before it fell apart completely. From it, tendrils of fire erupted and shot to the sky merging into a larger circular inferno. Shape began to take form as a flash of light blinded those watching. It dulled to reveal a shocking and horrible sight. Hovering in the air was a colossal-sized dragon, bigger than Godzilla himself. Its scales sheened with golden shine and its eyes were of crimson. It had three heads; all three were sporting horns where the middle’s was more pronounced. Its tail was split in two giving it two tails and its wings were bat-like and twice the size of its body. Its six eyes looked down at the jungle before snarling and let loose a cackling howl to the heavens, as if announcing this planet’s doom.

“We didn’t know how it was possible, but we knew deep down there was life amongst the stars. However this one wanted nothing more to devour everything. The golden dragon, called itself King Ghidorah also known across the stars as the King of Terror. Any planet he ended up on, he devoured anyone or anything, absorbing the life-force of all living things. Now he had come to Equis to devour the still developing world, to consume its inhabitants and also its creators. Tempestas was the first to fall to the dragon’s might.”

Tempestas flew as fast as she could, no matter how hard she flew the dragon was closely behind. Its eyes burned with hunger as its cackling howl was haunting her very soul. Using her power over weather, she sent countless hurricanes, typhoons and large-scale tornadoes at the three headed monster. It cackled in shock as it was caught in the natural disaster combo before was being overwhelmed by the mass of storms.

The Goddess of Weather smiled thinking she won the battle, however, that wasn’t meant to be. Her eyes widened as she witnessed the storms being blasted away from the sheer size of the dragon’s wings. She was frozen in fear as the King of Terror gave out its cackling howl before all three of its maws were giving a golden glow. Before she could flee, King Ghidorah then sent out bolts of what appeared to be lightning but seemed far more destructive. All of them hit Tempestas on the back, searing her wings completely. Letting out a cry in pain, Tempestas fell from the sky into the jungle below.

She didn’t have time to get up as Ghidorah pinned her down with his clawed foot. Tempestas tried to struggle but to no avail. She looked as the King of Terror leaned down his three heads to her level. She shivered in fear as all three maws open wide and began to intake air. Everything then happened so fast, she screamed loud as her very essence was forcibly pulled out of her body. In the process, her body began to wither further and further. Finally, the extraction ended as Tempestas’s life was gone, nothing more than a shrived husk of a mare. Ghidorah stepped off the husk before raising its heads to the heavens and gave a cackling howl for all to hear.

“She didn’t stand a chance. We had never encountered a power such as this one. Before long, his hunger led him to Gaia. Even though she was physically stronger than both of us, she couldn’t stop this alien force.”

Gaia, with her super strength, bucked colossal sized boulders at the golden dragon. The rocks did little to slow the beast down. Even one was blasted to oblivion by its breath. Gaia then concentrated as she used her power over the earth to bend to her whim. The plants came to life as colossal vines sprung from the ground and ensnared the King of Terror. The three-headed dragon cackled in anger as the vines held him in place and started to constrict him. Gaia willed the plants to constrict more, commanding them to cut off the beast’s air. The dragon angry cackled more until light began to envelop its wings. It blinded Gaia a bit but she watched in shock as the wings then began shooting lightning bolts which in the process destroyed the vines ensnaring it.

With another cackle it then flapped its wings causing hurricane winds to blow. Gaia, even with her strength, couldn’t handle the sheer force of the wind and was blown back. Her back hit hard on a rock face and was dazed a bit. She looked up and gasped in fear as King Ghidorah loomed over her. The dragon pinned her down with its clawed foot and all three of its heads loomed down with what appeared to be a malicious grin on its face. All three of its mouths opened and began to slowly drain her essence.

Her loud screams could be heard in the forest. The trees seemed to shutter and the animals watching with fear cringed as their caretaker’s life was being slowly and painfully drained. Forcing her eyes open, she looked up at the dragon. As it slowly drained her, she could see its toothy grin on its faces. It was enjoying her sheer pain. Another jolt of pain caused her to shut her eyes tight before letting loose an ear-splitting scream.

A distance away, Godzilla was sleeping. It was a while since he fought the last monster, luckily his mother wasn’t hurt in the crossfire. He always wondered why he was so massive while his mother was tiny and frail. He didn’t care though, she was his mother and always loved her.

A familiar scream was heard and Godzilla’s eyes snapped open. He quickly rose up and looked into the direction of the scream. He knew this sound, the sound of his mother crying in pain. With a snarl he charged into the direction of his mother’s cries, knowing that the one causing them will feel his wrath.

The King of Terror was inwardly grinning as he was about to drain the last bit of the small mare’s life force. It gave him such pleasure to inflict pain on those beneath him. The mare in question looked older now since most of her life force was slowly being drained. It wasn’t long now.

Unfortunately for Ghidorah, a beam of blue fiery energy suddenly bombarded his middle head. The heat generated from it was enough to burn its scales and the force was pushing the mighty dragon back. The golden dragon shook its middle head and glared on who was foolish enough to attack him. It was Godzilla, standing over Gaia protectively, giving the three headed dragon a glare that could kill. The King of Terror snarled in challenge before issuing a cackling howl. Godzilla responded with his mighty roar before the two charged each other.

“The battle had raged long and hard. Little One fought with all of his might but even the King of Terror was starting to outlast him. I was watching as I took Gaia to a safe distance, watching my adopted nephew battle a beast not of this world. I thought he was about to fall but he then surprised me.”

Godzilla was in trouble. Right now, he was in the clutches of King Ghidorah. The dragon’s middle head was wrapped around his neck like a snake trying to constrict him. The dragon’s other heads were biting on his arms, restraining them. Godzilla’s air supply was getting low and he was seeing spots in his vision. He was about to lose. Then a memory of seeing his mother’s still alive, but shriveled body reignited his spark. He had to make this one pay for what he did to his mother.

With newfound strength, Godzilla began to gather energy within himself. His spines glowed, sparked and slightly pulsed. King Ghidorah witnessed this with confusion but it was too late to act. Godzilla then gave a mighty roar before a pulse of magical energy shot out from the saurian, striking the three headed golden dragon hard.

Ghidorah was knocked onto his back from the pulse. His vision was hazed but cleared when he saw Godzilla looming over him, eyes filled with anger and rage. Those very eyes made the King of Terror feel fear for the first time of his life. How was it possibly that this lowly creature was causing him fear. His thoughts were interrupted when a blast of Godzilla’s Aether Breath hit him at the base of the neck of Ghidorah’s head. Surprisingly, it had enough power and force to sever it completely from his body. This caused the now two headed dragon to shriek loudly in pain. The severed head landed on the ground with a mighty thud, it eyes was dim with no life.

Ghidorah shook with fear as Godzilla came closer. For once in his life this was one battle he couldn’t win. The best to do now was to retreat and recover. Without a second thought Ghidorah got onto his feet and began to take flight. Godzilla snarled as he watched the dragon fly away, his spine gave off a familiar glow before giving a blast of his Aether Breath at Ghidorah. It hit the dragon’s right wing creating a searing hole in it. Thanks to this Ghidorah began to lose altitude. He looked to see that he was plummeting into the ocean. He gave a cackling howl before his being slammed into the cold ocean waters and began to sink into the dark depths.

Godzilla watched as Ghidorah met his doom. It gave him great pride that he conquered a mighty foe. With nothing else, he raised his head to the heavens and gave out a mighty roar which the gods could possibly hear.

“Little One was triumphant. However, the battle was not for its loss. Unfortunately Gaia couldn’t sustain herself with the loss of her life energy. I remember Little One having tears in his eyes as his mother was passing on. Before she passed, she asked her son to continue to protect the purity and balance of nature. She also asked to protect the life of others, even though they fear him. I knew from his gesture that he agreed. With that my sister, Gaia, had passed on. With little life energy left she became part of the planet. Allowing plants to grow and soil to always be fresh.

I, in my moments in mourning, allowed myself to become the mystical and spiritual balance of Equis. I found a cavern where I could continue my spreading of my life giving magic. Thus I transformed myself into what you all know as the Tree of Harmony. From it, the six Elements of Harmony bore fruit.

My nephew, kept to his promise. After the great extinction of the time he was born in, he continued to uphold his promise to his mother. Upholding balance and protecting nature till his last breath.”

After her story, most of the children had tears in their eyes. Nyx, out of them all, couldn’t help but cry. Godzilla was born into a chaotic world to protect all nature stood for. His only award, however, was the loss of a mother that cared for him. She’d probably feel the same if she ever lost Twilight.

“That was so sad,” Sweetie Belle said trying to wipe the tears out of her eyes. Surprisingly, Scootaloo was also crying though poorly hiding it.

“Geez,” she muttered. “He had it rougher than anypony I know.”

Harmony nodded. “Yes,” she said. “No matter the hardships he always pushed through. Thanks to that event, however, my transformation into the tree caused a chain reaction affecting the planet. If I were to undo the transformation, the planet would not survive without my influence.”

“I think I get it,” Nyx said. “The planet is used to you sharing your energy with it that if you were to detach yourself from it the planet would go into shock.”

“Yes,” Harmony said. “That is one way putting it, little filly.” Nyx couldn’t help but blush.

“But how are you here?” Willow asked.

Harmony smiled before answering. “You see,” she said. “I created this castle for the Princess of Friendship and her friends. Most of these crystals were created from my own harmony magic. The tree in this room acts as a conduit to my main body, thus I can project myself into being here without transforming out of the Tree of Harmony.”

That explanation confused the young Threstral. Considering he wasn’t a unicorn, the study of magic flew by over his head.

Suddenly the room began to shake. This almost made everyone fall over. The children looked around frantically as the muffled sounds of the Ponyville alarm sirens went off.

“What’s goin’ on?” Apple Bloom said fearfully.

Everyone then looked and saw that Harmony, who was look up to the direction where the upper floors of the castle with a hardened glare.

“It seems one of the beasts have arrived,” she said.