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// Chapter 1 (Old Timeline): Restoring Ponyville 
// Story: The Advent of Godzilla 
// by Jongoji245 
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For the past few weeks Ponyville has been in shambles thanks to a super being known as Tirek. With help from a convinced Discord, all the inhabitants of Equestria had their magic drained to fuel the centaur’s strength. It was with the combined strength of the Mane Six and their newfound power from the Tree of Harmony that sealed him away.

The damage will take a long time to fix both physically and mentally. In the destruction, The Ponyville Library was destroyed and only a precious few of the books that were checked out prior to it’s destruction survived. Construction crews are being stretched thin as the destruction was global.

Feeding them was another problem. Ponies have money to spend on food, but food wasn’t there for the most part. The main food markets brought very little of their harvests. Even Sweet Apple Acres didn’t bring as much a yield as usual, but they still had an asset on their sleeve.

As in any trade, marketing is key. Worried about Cosplay in light of recent events, Chelsey, Zipper and Diver came to Ponyville to check up on him. They were still a little shaken after receiving back their magic essence like the others, but not too badly. They stayed behind to help out at Sweet Apple Acres. When one of the ponies in town noticed the three and Cosplay, she brought over her friends to watch them do a street performance. As more and more came, Cosplay stopped the performance.

“If you are going to watch us perform, buy an apple!” He remarked. 

At a rate of 4 bits per pony buying an apple, the stand made enough money to buy new apple seeds in one day. Having enough supplies keep up with the demand was another challenge, though. Zipper ran across the acres and back with a total count of the remaining trees; around 1,954 trees.

“That’s not a good number is it?”

“...Nope.”

Things became a little more complicated when Applejack left with the rest of the Mane Six to a destination sent by the Castle of Harmony. After two days, all trees with readily available apples were exhausted. Cosplay’s circus pals had to learn a few skills. Chelsey, roughly the size of Applejack, strained a few muscles pulling the plow with Big Mac close. Zipper helped Cosplay and Winona with herding the cattle. Diver helped with making the apple cider with Granny Smith.  Schnookums provided help by providing holes for the new apple seeds but otherwise stayed out of the way.

A little further north from the Badlands, a very loud buzzing sound was heard as an army of Changeling drones clustered together around a large object. Aside from indications of a tail, legs, and hands, the object was indistinguishable. A series of lights came in and out of the cluster before accumulating in a massive pulse. The sky rained with changelings as whatever creature they were attacking continued it’s journey, leaving footprints and tail draggings. 

Another day passed by. The seeds are firmly planted in the ground. But it would take quite a while before the trees grow in place of the destroyed ones. After planting the last seed on the ground, Applebloom wiped the sweat off her brow. Cosplay patted the ground as his friends came up to him as well as Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo.

“I can see why you like to work in the farm. It’s a great workout!” Chelsey complemented.

“Butwestilhaveaproblemwiththelackoftrees, whichmeanslackofapples, whichmeansfewerpeopletofeedto, makingallthishardworkimpossible!” Zipper quickly explained.

“Stop whining! They have problems like this in the past. Besides, the only thing that is keeping us from losing it is that we are feeding our friends too.” Cosplay remarked

“Darn tootin’ young un!” Granny Smith replied as she slowly walked towards the sweat covered children. “Back in my day, ponies settled more with less. Nowadays, ponies want everything. Tv, video games, internet. Spoiled bunches, no offense…”

“None taken.”

Granny Smith continued her afternoon walk.

“Unless you Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon.” Scootaloo whispered, resulting in a good chuckle from Sweetie Belle.

Granny Smith’s comment did give Cosplay an idea.

“Hey Applebloom, weren’t you working on a growth potion for the science fair?”

The cream colored filly began to grasp at what he is thinking. Motioning the group to the club house, she placed a book on the table and began to recall the steps she took before the incident with Tirek.

“Ah will need these last few items; an eggshell of a bluejay, a few drops morning dew, and a patch of mint leaves.”

As Apple bloom spoke the remaining ingredients, the other ponies gathered said materials in the around the farm. Mixing them in a brew, they looked in awe as the potion had a golden glow to it. Scootaloo placed a small apple next to the potion. Filling a small dropper with the potion, Apple bloom carefully placed a drop on the apple. The group looked closely at the apple before it grew to twice it’s size.

Small scale down, they applied one drop for a planted seed and found a sapling popping out the ground. They then added a drop to three more seeds just to be safe. While it would take time, the trees should be able to grow faster now. Making a rope fence around the new batch of apple trees, they labeled a sign as “Big Apples.” Diver looked up to the sun as it slowly drifted toward the west.

“Guess we will see you tomorrow then?” The merpony asked


Cosgrove nodded. As the three circus ponies made their way out of the acres, the Crusaders and Cosplay turned their heads to the sound of rustling as Schnookums consumes the trees uprooted in the fight with Tirek. The only sound he has been making for the past few weeks was a slow rumble. Cosgrove knew why: Though bigger than him, not even Schnookums could stand up to the power of Tirek and only watched as the massive centaur sucked his surrogate father dry of magic. After the incident the Brobdingnag kept a good distance from him, even when working in the farm.

Schnookums ate one last uprooted tree before making his leave. Cosgrove waved goodbye to the Crusaders before trotting after the beast. Being around ten meters tall, talking to him wasn’t easy.  Galloping ahead of him, Cosplay ran to the top of a hill.

“Schnookums wait!” The Brobdingnag slowed his pace before turning his head at the colt.  “I forgive you for not saving me. Don’t feel so down, no one blames you.”

Schnookums slowly opened up his mask and emitted a slow reassuring rumble. Cosgrove then turned around and began to walk when he was suddenly lifted by his tail. The colt pulled himself onto Schnookums’ snout as he began to walk along the edge of the Everfree towards his house.

“You are such a worrypuss…”

As the sun finally set and the moon was high in the sky, the saplings became full grown trees. As they have labeled in the sign, the trees are slightly larger and have more apples at ready. One grows too fast and falls on the ground. A fruit fly lands on the succulent apple and begins to ingest as much as it could. The fly grew twice it’s size. It buzzed away as more fruit flies gathered around. Suddenly the fly was caught by a praying mantis. Spreading it’s wings, it carried the victim over to it’s mate. Passing the meal over, she consumes it while he deposits it’s seed. The male does not notice that the female is now four times as big as the male when she in turn begins to devour him. Too heavy to fly, she begins to lays her eggs while consuming any fruit fly flying too close to her.

At a river close by, a fisher pony pulls out a net, only to find a small trout. He gave a huff when a large salmon plopped on his boat. He gives a confused moan as another large salmon plops onto his boat. He turned to the second fish as tens more of large fish began hopping onto his boat. The weight of so much fish was too great to support the boat. The stallion tried to swim to the surface as he saw a something… gigantic swim by him. When he caught his breath, he saw a large mound of water ahead.