What happens when The King of Monsters meets the residents of Equestria?
A when a certain overzealous unicorn's summoning spell goes wary The Legendary Godzilla is summoned to Equestria! However, Godzilla finds that his formidable power has been nerfed and left the size of a pony! What's worse are those infernal shackles on his wrists!
Godzilla has always managed to survive with his own strength, but now with his power greatly reduced he will need allies just to survive. But the King is in luck Equestria is just the place to form friendships.
But trouble follows the King where ever he goes. Only now he's got more than just his life on the line!
Everypony knows the Royal Library is off limits to the general public. Actually, it was rare for anyone except the Princesses to be allowed access. The knowledge contained in this esteemed library housed ancient and dangerous spells. Spells that if one were not careful could unleash horrors on all of ponykind and chaos across Equestria!
Luckily, The Great and Powerful Trixie was the most talented, the most incredible, and the most qualified to enter those infamous halls. Granted she hadn't been... what's the word 'given permission' to enter the library, but when one was as great asThe Great and Powerful Trixie, then rules bend to you, and not the other way around. Always adhering to the rules was for... 'less great' ponies, and besides The Great and Powerful Trixie had a totally logical, and meaningful reason why she had to 'bend' the rules a bit.
The biannual Magic Competition was starting in a month, and The Great and Powerful Trixie needed a really, really powerful spell to Wow the judges with. The Great and Powerful Trixie was amazing already but...she really needed the good press. After both the User Major, and Alicorn Amulet incidents The Great and Powerful Trixie needed something truly magnificent to get ponies attention. Especially since her rival Twilight 'Snarkle' ascended to Alicornhood! Surely, such an indignity cannot stand! The Great and Powerful Trixie would prove that she was Twilight Sparkle's equal, Alicorn or not!!!
"Uhh Trixie are you sure about this?" asked Ditzy Do, with that same annoying (yet strangely endearing) cross-eyed look on her face.
"Yes, Mrs. Do The Great and Powerful Trixie is quite sure. One of these books must surely contain a spell that will impress those judges, and I'm just the magnificent pony to cast them," answered Trixie with extreme patience.
Sigh, and then their was this mare. She wasn't Trixie's first choice but...beggars can't be choosers. It was suppose to be a simple stealthy mission. Step 1 sneak into the Canterlot Castle, Step 2 find and 'borrow' a spell book that adequately displays Trixie's amazing magical talents.
Truly an example of simplicity if Trixie ever did see one. But this mare wasn't nicknamed 'Derpy' without good cause. Her constant clumsiness nearly managed to ruin the whole plan. Trixie must have cast a sleep spell on half the night guards, with all the noise Ditzy Do made.
"What if one of the Princesses finds out? (gasp)What if they banish us?! I don't want to be banished! What if there aren't any muffins where were banished? What if..."continued the terrified mare.
Trixie ignored the ramblings if the nervous grey pegasus, as she continued looking for a suitable Spellbook scanning the book title's. Lets see...'Calling Forth Lightning' kid stuff,...'Summoning the Dead' to gloomy,...'The Art of Breaking the Forth Wall'........Trixie had to admit she didn't even know what that one even meant! She searched for a few more minutes before coming across the perfect title; 'How to Summon and Ensnare Powerful Entities'. Yes, this will do nicely.
"Come along Mrs. Do," Trixie said smugly and began trotting out the library. Not hearing an answer and growing a little bit concerned she prompted again "Mrs. Do?"
Trixie let out a sigh as Ditzy Do followed this time, still engaged in her silly inner dialogue "Or what if their are stoves on the moon? But wait where would we find flour?"
Trixie rolled her eyes at the grey pegasus, and together they made their escape.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Meanwhile---- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Location: Earth, Cost of Japan
"Captain we have a visual of Godzilla on radar" says the Private. The Captain glances at the radar screen to confirm this.
"Ah so we finally have you?" mused the Captain, "or will you manage to slip between our fingers yet again?"
"Sir?"
"Hmm oh don't mind me. Just the musings of an old sea dog, I suppose" the Captain answered. Actually the Captain was musing how after all the tines this magnificent beast had saved the world, humanity was still dead set on killing him. Then again every time the damn thing came onto land their were innumerable casualties. He shrugged his shoulders, orders were orders and that's all their was too it.
"Fire when ready!" yelled the Captain. Everyone tensed up, they knew the chance of survival were slim but everybody on board was ready to take that risk.
The plan was simplicity itself. Hang a nuclear warhead on a helicopter and use it as bait, lure Godzilla to an unpopulated are and then let the nuke go off and watch the fireworks. The Captain scoffed. As if it were that easy. The overgrown lizard would have died ages ago, no this creature had the devils own luck. And those idiot politicians thought it would be a good idea to have aerial, and naval support on this little crusade. The Captain those poor souls that were off to go fight him, little did they know fighting Godzilla was like trying to fight nature, admirable but ultimately futile. He lit a cigarette and waited for the 'fireworks' to begin, only he had a sinking suspicion it wasn't the kind the politicians were looking for.
He waited....and waited...and waited. Finally a full hour passed and not a single gunshot was heard. "Private what's the condition on the bait?" he asked
"Uh. Intact sir" replied the Private.
"Hmm...and our number of losses?"
"No loses yet sir." The Private answered.
"One last question Private."
"Yes sir?"
"Where is the target?"
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Location: Equestria, just outside Canterlot
Trixie was as giddy as a school filly! Here was the key to all her goals. Showing up that overblown Twilight 'Snarkle', regaining her reputation and showing that once again The Great and Powerful Trixie is the most powerful and talented unicorn in all of Equestria!
(CRASH!!!KABOOM!!!)
That is if a certain wall-eyed pegasus didn't blow them sky high first! Trixie turned to examine the damage. Upon reflection asking the clumsy mare to retrieve the materials for the spell (most of which were highly volatile and flammable) was not the best idea. She was relived to see the grey pegasus in one piece, but covered in black soot from an explosion.
"I just don't know what went wrong" the clumsy pegasus said innocently. And at that Trixie firmly planted her front hoof to her face with an audible, smack!.
"Grr Derpy...I mean Mrs. Do please be more carful, these are very rare and valuable ingredients" explained Trixie
"I'm sorry" Ditzy Do said sadly, lowering her head in shame. Looking at Ditzy Do's disappointed face Trixie felt bad.
"Come now Mrs. Do, the situation is still salvageable" Trixie said as she levitated the ingredients, "See? It will take more than a simple mistake to interfere with the plans of The Great and Powerful Trixie." Ditzy Do chuckled slightly.
"What's so funny?" Trixie asked agrivated.
"Its just...you sound like another certain pony I know" replied Ditzy Do.
"Hmph. Oh by the way Mrs. Do, I'm going to need one more ingredient." said Trixie.
"Oh I can get it I'll be super careful, promise! Just say the word and I'll..."Ditzy Do was interrupted by a sharp pain in her left wing.
"OWW! Ochie, ouchie, oichie!" exclaimed Ditzy Do. Then she noticed one of her feathers in a blue aura and floating away from her. "That's one of my feathers!" she exclaimed.
"Not to worry Mrs. Do, it is being used for a good cause" said Trixie as she began setting up the summoning circle. The book had offered many different creatures that could be summoned from a mighty Manticore, to a gigantic User Major! After much internal debate she decided she would summon a Dragon! Surely that would impress the judges!
First Trixie drew a circle that would roughly be a Dragons length, about 300 feet in diameter. Next, she drew a six pointed star in the middle to circulate the magic and pinpoint the creature for summoning. Then, she drew smaller circles on the outside of the original circle, and had them correlate with the points on the star. Trixie placed the ingredients in those circles. And last but most importantly, she had to place two bars of gold to restrain the creature when it was summoned. Gold had certain magical qualities, and when used in a summoning circle would allow the caster to control the summoned creature. Granted she had to melt down every bit she had but, you know what they say 'no pain no gain'.
Now all Trixie had to do was activate the spell with her magic. It was important that she keep the stream of magic constant, or else the spell wouldn't work. Yet, Trixie was confident in her own magical abilities and after taking a deep breath begin drawing on her own magical reserves. She would use the summoning circle like a fishing rod, and use her magical might to reign in her target.
The effect was instantaneous, the summoning circle began to glow ominously, and sparks of electricity lashed out from the circle. Ditzy Do watched the entire spectacle with worry and concern. She couldn't tell what exactly but something felt very wrong. Suddenly ominous, threatening storm clouds began to form and the ground seemed to tremble.
"Uhm Trixie, I think we should stop. I mean the ground is shacking and..." Ditzy began to explain.
"Nonsense, this is all perfectly normal during a summoning" interrupted Trixie.
But Ditzy wasn't convinced, and honestly even Trixie was having doubts. True summoning's weren't exactly 'easy' spells, but Trixie could still do them without too much effort. But this was ridiculous, never before had Trixie found a spell so magically taxing. It was like a leach, draining her of her vitality, and soon the effects became visible. Ditzy Do watched in horror as she saw Trixie's breathing grow harder and faster, and even worse the spell also seemed to be aging Trixie! Suddenly, Trixie began to wither and wrinkle a shadow of the pony she was mere moments ago.
"Almost got it, I've almost got him." Trixie said weakly. Trixie could feel the creature on the other side, she just needed to keep pulling... Suddenly, Trixie's expression turned from one of determination to one of horror!
"NO! NO, no oh by the Divine Sisters no!" Trixie yelled incoherently, "I can't stop it! It's coming!"
Finally, Ditzy Do had seen enough! Regardless of Trixie's ambitions Ditzy felt that this spell would kill Trixie if she did not intervene. Before the spell could drain Trixie any more, Ditzy rushed to, and collided with Trixie. Ditzy may not be the smartest pony but she knew when magicians were distracted or lost focus their spells could be negated. She hoped the sudden impact would be enough to snap Trixie out of it and negate the spell.
Luckily, the pegesus's gamble paid off. Almost immediately all the glowing and electricity emitted from the spell stopped. Then the sky cleared, and the ground stopped shacking, signifying that everything was back to normal. Well, normal wasn't exactly the right word. Trixie, as in the unicorn who was always confident, always sure of herself...was crying!
"Ditzy! Im such a fool Ditzy...I was in way over my head! I summoned something way too dangerous! I...I..." Trixie sobbed incoherently.
"Shhh, shh it's ok, its ok" replied Ditzy compassionately, holding on to Trixie while gently swaying. This had been traumatic or both mares but Trixie was the most broken over the whole thing. All Ditzy could do was try and comfort Trixie.
"No it‘s not ok...Ditzy I...I felt something...it was enormous and ungodly powerful!!! It wasn't a Dragon...it was too...too..." Trixie continued while sobbing.
"Well it figures The Great and Powerful Trixie wouldn't be content with a simple Dragon right?" Ditzy said jokingly. Trixie chuckled at that. "Besides its all over now right?". Trixie didn't answer immediately, gently pushing past Ditzy she examined the summoning circle.
Then, Trixie‘s eyes widened in terror and realization. The ingredients had been consumed! That meant the spell worked!!! But where was the creature?!?!
Sensing Trixie's fear Ditzy walked over and asked "What? What is it Trixie?"
"Ditzy...I think I just unleashed a monster onto Equestria."
In order to understand the events that follow it's important to understand the ramifications of a certain unicorn's botched summoning spell. You see while she was performing the summoning Trixie had only given the spell very basic instructions. This would prove to be the Achilles' heel to her summoning, and set of the events to come. As any well trained magician will tell you, brief, and concise instructions are good for simple, and small spells. However, with increasing complexity, more information and is required, due to their extreme effectiveness, range, and accuracy. The only specifications Trixie had given the spell was summon something along the lines of a 'big, powerful, reptile'.
Now, usually such a general spell would have either grabbed the nearest creature to fit her description, or simply not have worked. The complexity of the spell made failure nearly impossible and extremely accurate. To put it bluntly, Trixie allowed the spell too much liberties, and before she could 'reign it in' a target had already been found. Time, and space meant nothing to the spell. The only things guiding it were Trixie's general instructions to find a 'big, powerful, reptile'. So it sought to fulfill those parameters to the fullest. It found the biggest, and most powerful reptile of them all!
However, as we all know the summoning spell was interrupted by everyone's favorite grey, wall-eyed pegasus. Indeed, if it wasn't for the intervention of Ditzy Do, 'The Great and Powerful Trixie' would have exhausted her magical reserves and died. Yet, Ditzy Do was only partially correct in believing the spell would be negated. Her theory would have been correct if the spell wasn't already underway.
The momentum of Trixie's summoning spell was too great! Like it or not Trixie was getting a creature. The materials were consumed, a target was chosen, and she had already began drawing in the creature. Unfortunately, this all happened before Trixie recognized the targets true nature.
So you see, Trixie Lunamoon was right on the money when she thought she summoned a 'monster'; for she had summoned the king of monsters, Godzilla!
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Meanwhile
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Location: Equestria, outskirts of Ponyville.
One would not have guessed that Equestria's newest resident held such a lofty, and imposing title as 'The King of Monsters'. Actually in his present condition it wouldn't even seem possible that such a creature could be even remotely threatening, much less scary as a monster should be. For one, he was only about pony size, another thing was that he was, what one could only describe as...cute. You heard me right cute, adorable even. His head was disproportionately bigger than the rest of his body, and his eyes took up about a third of his head; resembling what the people of his native Japan would call a chibi.
Certainly not imposing enough to be called a king, and definitely not scary enough to be called a monster. However, there is more to this creature than meets the eye.
As for the alien creature Godzilla himself he was feeling rather...confused. One minute he's about to fend of those annoying humans! Then suddenly there was a flash of light. He felt a pulling sensation ripple across his body that grew stronger, and stronger with each passing moment. Next, was the searing pain! Honestly, he was no stranger to pain but that experience was on a whole different level. Finally, after what seemed like an eternity the pain subsided and he opened his eyes.
The first thing he noticed was the heat (not that it bothered him). The air was sulfuric, and hot, while the ground looked like a newly formed layer of magma, jets of pressurized steam shot out from the ground, and fire was scattered and frequent. It sort of brought back nostalgic memories for our reptile friend, memories of eons past... Back during his childhood when the Earth was young and life was just beginning.
"Hehe man this takes me back," he said in a scraggly voice and allowed himself a moment to revel in nostalgia.
But reality beckoned and he needed to see where he was. He looked around again, and noticed everything seemed...bigger. Usually, he was the biggest thing around (a fact he took pride in) but now he wasn't! Even the trees dwarfed him, somehow, whatever force brought him to this place had also shrunk him!
"What the hell is going on?!” He roared. “And why do my wrists itch so much?". Looking down at his wrist he got his answer. Shinny golden gauntlets incased his wrists! Annoyed he tried biting them off, but the stubborn things refused to budge. He considered melting it off with his atomic breath...but eventually decided against it. It would have been to risky.
He growled.
"If I don't start getting answers right now, so help me I’ll turn this place into a smoldering wasteland...ok, more than it already is!”
Suddenly, he heard a noise, and saw a figure in the distance. Now if he was anyone else he may have hesitated upon seeing a creature significantly taller than himself, not to mention it was probably a creature he'd never met before. But, hey he wasn't called The King of Monsters for nothing what could possibly go wrong? ...Well you know besides, having been shrunk, weird gauntlets attached to your arms, and having no idea where you are.
"Finally, now I can get some answers! Hey, hey you!" he called out. The creature ignored him. Godzilla tried again, and was ignored...again. Now angry, The King elected to try a different tactic. Picking up a rock in his claws, he launched it as hard as he could at the figure(note that even though he was smaller, his strength was proportionately lessened. Meaning that for his size he was still pretty strong).
There was silence for a moment, then a thud, which was quickly followed by a roar of pain...only it wasn't just a roar. Even to Godzilla's ancient ears the sound was...unnerving. It didn't sound like just one creature, but many. Godzilla wondered if he was out numbered. Could he defend against many assailants?
But the mystery of the roar was reveled when the creature immerged from the steam. Godzilla observed a creature with two heads on its torso; that of a goat and a tiger. While, sporting a snake as a tail, and all three heads looked furious!
"Who dares harm us!?" Growled the tiger half.
"Do you haaaave a death wish?" The goat half belated.
"If sssso we will be glad to oblige." Hissed the snake half.
Godzilla stifled a giggle at the absurd creatures appearance and manner of speech. He quickly composed himself however, he had a few questions to ask it.
"Ahem, I was hoping you...gentlecreatures could inform me of where I am?" Godzilla asked with as much regality and authority he could muster. Interestingly he displayed no fear when addressing the mult-headed creature, despite the fact it was easily four times his present size. Indeed, an observer would claim Godzilla addressed the creature in the same manner a King may address his subjects. But the creature was having none of it.
"You dare to mock us, dragon?!" This time the creature was in such a fury that all three heads spoke at once, "You mean to say you assaulted us for mere directions ?!" In spite of the creatures fury Godzilla looked unimpressed and still held a sense of regality.
"In a manner of speaking, I suppose that's the case. And dear creature I am no, How you say, Dragon. I am Godzilla, king of the kaiju!" He said proudly and with relish.
In response to Godzilla's statement all three heads of the creature laughed. They laughed so hard they were rolling on the ground struggling to even breathe! Every time the creature inhaled it was quickly followed by another bout of laughter. Godzilla was mortified! No one had ever dared to laugh at him before! He clenched his fists as steam simmered from his nostrils, but somehow despite the huge indignity of having his name and title mocked, he managed to control his temper, but just barely. Finally, the three headed creature recovered from it's merriment.
"You?" Exclaimed the snake half in disbelief.
"A King!?" Questioned the tiger half.
"And of all things Monsters?!" Queried the goat half.
"That’s the stupidest thing we’ve ever heard!" They all yelled simultaneously, and launched into another bout of laughter. This proved to be the breaking point for Godzilla. Having reached the limits of his patience he finally let his rage consume him.
"I’ve had enough of your insults, you amorphous freak! Who are you to mock a king?!” Godzilla roared in a rage. For a moment the trio were silent, then they advanced closer to the angry kaiju.
"We were thinking of letting you live but..." Began the goat half.
"But we've decided that Equestria would be a better place without a delusional brat like you!" Finished the tiger half. With that statement he lifted his paw and swatted Godzilla like he was a rag doll. The force of the hit flung Godzilla 5 meters away, slamming into the trunk of a tree, causing it to snap in half.
"Hsss, hsss, hsss. King of Monssstersss? I think not." Declared the snake half. The trio shared a laugh, however the fight wasn't over just yet.
"Hey!” Yelled a voice coming from the demolished tree. “I’m not through with you yet!"
The trio was shocked to find that in spite of having sustained damage that should have killed a creature twice his size Godzilla looked no worse for wear! Even weirder, he still wanted to fight! It was then that the trio decided that no matter what, this annoying reptile was going to die. With their prey in their sights, and filled with bloodlust they launched themselves at Godzilla.
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Meanwhile not to far away
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Applejack had been on route to deliver their famous 'Apple Family Acre Apple pie's', when she heard a commotion. Then she heard the unmistakable sound of a Chimera roar.
"By Celestia! Somepony is being attacked by the Chimera! Those no good varmints."
Luckily she new how to deal with those jerks. Reaching into her cart she pulled out four rubber boots, a whip, and a wooden chair. Then she rushed to the direction of the roar at top speed. She was one of the most athletic ponies in Ponyville so it goes without saying she's fast but the million bit question was if she was fast enough?
Fighting was nothing new to Godzilla, he'd been fighting tooth and nail ever since he was a hatchling. Sure it wasn't always easy, and he had his fair share of defeats in the past. However, he knew from personal experience what happened to those who stopped fighting, and the results weren't pretty. That's why he fought, that's why he never backed down, because the moment you do you're dead. Even when he had grown big and strong there were still enemies that threatened both his home and his own life. In order to win in a fight you had to fight with everything you had! If you hesitate, if even for a moment it could mean your death. The humans were a prime example, even though they were small and week individually, they were ferocious in a group! Godzilla knew that if he did not fight them with everything he had they would eventually overwhelm even him, despite his size and power. That's how nature worked, his father always told him 'the strongest live to fight another day, because everyone wants to live, but no one want’s to die'. For him to survive it was important and necessary even to be the strongest around.
So when that three-headed monstrosity insulted him, Godzilla knew that he had to assert himself, otherwise he would be weak, not strong. When the creature had the audacity to attack him, Godzilla knew he would have to put his life on the line and fight the creature. He would show these lowlifes just who it was they were messing with!
Despite the much larger creature barreling towards him Godzilla stood unfaltering, and resolute to fight. The size difference didn’t faze Godzilla in the slightest, as an experienced fighter and predator he often had to fight enemies much larger then himself. Inwardly he chuckled to himself, if he was his real size this fight this rather imposing creature would be of relatively no threat. Yet, fate seemed to have other plans. The King of Monsters hated everything about the situation, he hated how small he was, he hated that he had no idea where he was, and he hated that this stupid creature didn’t even have the curtsey to answer a simple question! And now it was charging at him full force, trying to kill him!!! Fine, have it your way! I tried playing nice, now it's now more Mr. Nice guy.
“Closer…closer…just a little bit more…” said Godzilla anxiously waiting for his opportunity.
The creature was only a couple of meters away now, Godzilla clenched his teeth. He dug his feet into the ground bracing himself. Finally, his target was only inches away, the perfect distance. With all the force he could muster Godzilla swung his entire body, and consequently his tail. Time seems to slow down and all of the creature’s eyes widened in horror of what was about to happen, and the pain that was about to be inflicted upon them. Godzilla’s tail struck like a whip on the front two heads of the creature with the force of a cannon! The force of which staggered the much larger creature.
The creature was now disoriented, from the blow equivalent to a club at the speed of sound, crashing into it's sides. But, Godzilla wasn’t done yet! Still in mid swing, Godzilla clenched his fist and using the momentum of the turn, unleashed a devastating punch straight to the goat head. There was an audible “BAAAAAA’ as the punch made contact, and it slammed to the ground! Now, the creature was dazed, had a couple teeth missing, a few broken ribs, and was seemingly at Godzilla's mercy.
Godzilla raised his hands high to strike the creature again, but in a flash the snake half struck! The snake’s fangs were quite sharp, and they sunk deep into his neck. Godzilla let out a roar of pain and tried to jerk away, but the snake half held firm.
“Arrrgh! Look at what you've done to my sister whelp!" yelled the enraged creature, wincing in pain, "I'll kill you, pathetic lizard!"
"Your all talk freak. (grunts) You wanted to fight and now your whining? Your the pathetic one!" retorted Godzilla, struggling in the creatures grasp. Normally, Godzilla's tough scaled would have protected him, like when he got swatted earlier. However, the Chimera had actually managed to find one of Godzilla's weak spots...his neck. His neck was noticeably less scaly, but more importantly housed his gills!
'I’ll admit you surprised me, with that last attack little dragon, but play time is over!” The tiger head said angrily.
The snake half lifted Godzilla off the ground. Godzilla gasped for air, as he was hoisted off his feet. Then the snake promptly threw him to the ground. Once again Godzilla hit the ground his body aching. Then he felt another sensation. It felt, like acid was coursing through his veins instead of blood! Panting for breath Godzilla managed to stand up once again. Much to the creatures’ amusement.
“Silly dragon my poison is strong enough to kill a manticore!” said the tiger head in a superior tone.
“Yesss, sssssoon you will ssssuccumb to its affects and die!” The snake head chuckled. The goat head merely glared at Godzilla with a look of utter hatred. Unlike her counterparts, she had been dealt a powerful blow to the face, and was angry beyond mere words. Only, the will power of the other two kept her from going into a blood rage right there!
Godzilla’s whole body ached, he was heavily battered, bruised and now poisoned. Getting swatted at by a creature four times his size was no picnic. True, the impact hadn’t outright killed him like it would have to any other creature his present size, but it still caused a lot of damage. If it wasn’t for his tough scales, and regenerative healing abilities that first hit alone would have finished him. Godzilla knew what was at stake, this creature would kill him for sure it would kill him if it could. It had a predatory look in its eyes, and they were zeroed in on him now. Godzilla had seen it a hundred times, the second you show weakness, was when the predator honed in for the kill. Too top it off, Godzilla wasn’t sure how strong the monster’s venom was. But he had to fight, otherwise he was dead for sure. Raising his fists in a defensive stance, he braced for the worst.
Then something neither Godzilla nor the Chimera saw coming happened. Suddenly, there was an audible Crack! The Chimera flinched and stepped back distancing himself from the noise. It only took a second for them to collect themselves though, but they found a certain orange pony wearing rubber boots standing in the way of their prey. They had dealt with her before and were not happy to see her again.
“Hisss! Applejack, thisss isss none of your businesssss pony!” yelled the snake head who was in a rage over having her meal stolen.
“Why I reckon its mah business anytime anypony is in trouble,” retorted the orange pony defiantly. “Now, why don't you be ah good sport and head on home?”
“Never! This foolish creature has insulted us, and hurt my poor sister!” said the tiger head, gesturing toward their goat half too emphasize their point.
Applejack looked sympathetic, the critter was pretty banged up. It had a big ol shiner right on its left cheek, and was even missing a few teeth. Then, she glanced at the critter they were attacking though. To Applejack he just looked like a dragon hatchling. He was pretty banged up too, but far worse than the Chimera. It's hide was damaged in many places, huge ugly bruises littered his body, his neck was bleeding profusely and he was breathing like a creature on it's last legs. Needless to say it wasn't a pretty sight, and Applejack couldn't help but pity the creature. Heck, he can’t be much older than Spike, the poor critter. He looks like he's been to Tartarus and back.
From what she could gather the dragon had been attacked by the Chimera and managed to put up one hell of a fight. Applejack was impressed that he had managed to stay alive. Even she would hesitate at the idea of fighting a Chimera head on. She didn’t want to get into a scrap unless she absolutely had too. A fight could make matters worse, a little of what Twilight would call ‘diplomacy’ was goanna be needed here.
“Alright, lookie here Ms. Chimera. I think this poor critter has had enough don't you? I got a cart full ’a pies, so I’ll tell ya what. You let this here fella loose and y’all can have any of them pies free of charge. Heck you can have the whole dang cart, but you got ta let him go. Do we have an understanding?” the orange said as politely as she could.
The Chimera looked thoughtful for a moment. All three heads deep in thought. Applejack tightened her grip on the whip and was ready to spring into action if the varmints tried anything. The dragon creature had insulted, assaulted, and harmed them. But the promise of a cart full of free pies was too tempting to resist, it was their favorite food after all! They, all came to a decision, even the goat head.
“(Sigh) Fine, Applejack you win. I’ll spare this pitiful creature’s life" said the tiger head through gritted teeth.
"It’s not like he wassss worth our time anywayssss” the snake head added.
"Yeaaa, he's just a pitiful lizard, way in over his head! I mean did you know this lizard called himself the 'King of Monsters'?" The goat head mocked "More like 'King of Losers!". Then, all three heads laughed. Applejack winced at the hurtful words, even though they weren't directed at her, those were just cruel things to say to anypony. She looked at the dragon, sympatheticly, but what greeted her was a look of pure hatred!
The King of Monsters was in a furry, trying to understand what the hell just happened. Their giving up our fight? FOR PIES!? And who is this orange creature?! Who does she think she is!!!? Swooping down like I'm some kind of silly hatchling that can't handle himself! The orange creature...the three headed creature...they all look down on me!!! I've been a patient 'lizard' but now.... I'm mad!!!! The three headed creature thinks I'm 'pitiful'? And then they dare to laugh at me...in my presence! Oh I'll give them something to 'laugh' about!!! Godzilla reached deep, deep into his very core until he felt a familiar warm, and powerful sensation. Summoning his inner nuclear fire to the surface as his dorsal spikes glowed an ominous neon blue, with steam coming from his mouth and electricity arching from his body.
Applejack witnessed the whole spectacle. Suddenly, she saw the dragon feller start...glowing! I've never known that dragons glowed. What in tarnation is he... She didn't get to finish that thought.
With enough power now gathered up, Godzilla unleashed his most devastating attack, his dreaded ATOMIC BREATH! He unleashed the primordial furry that was pure concentrated nuclear fire directly at the still laughing Chimera. Applejack dove to the ground to avoid the on coming death beam, and it continued directly to it's intended recipient.
The nuclear fire coursed through the air, and plowing into the Chimera! Sending the larger creature flying! The Chimera was simultaneously roasted and crushed by the death beam screaming in agony the whole way, until the beam mercifully dissipated after a few moments. Applejack on the other hand was shocked. What in tarnation just happened!!!? That dragon feller just ...blasted the Chimera?
“No one insults me freak. I am Godzilla, King of Monsters, and you better remember that,” Godzilla said defiantly, then turned to Applejack "and I am not a hatchling...equine! I can handle myself."
Then like a cosmic joke, as soon as he said that, his legs suddenly gave out. Godzilla let out a cry of pain and was on his knees panting for breath even more heavily than before. He usually saved his atomic breath for emergencies, and their was a reason. It took a while to charge and it took a lot of energy. Now, Godzilla was aching, and completely and utterly exhausted. He glanced to see the Chimera getting up. He was in shock! He put enough power into that attack to vaporize the damn thing! Then, he came to a realization "Hehe...so this place even downgraded my Atomic Breath!"
Applejack however, was trying to decipher what just what just happened. She had managed to avoid a fight with the Chimera but this dummy managed to undo all that! She looked back at the Chimera and with the look on their face she could tell there would be no ‘diplomacy’ this time. The creature was singed, smoking fur, and bloodlust in each eye. Applejack knew that if she didn’t do something fast the Chimera was going to kill them both, pies or not.
"Why, in tarnation did you do that!?!?" She yelled at Godzilla.
"...I'm...I'm no victim equine!" He responded angrily and out of breath. Applejack looked sympathetic for a moment, then answered.
"Look, I can tell you put up one hell of a fight...but is it really worth risking your life? Is accepting help so bad?"
Godzilla didn't answer.
Just then they heard all three of the Chimera heads roar in anger. Then it advanced toward them wincing slightly with each step.
As the Chimera neared, Applejack prepared herself for the inevitable battle, and placed herself squarely between the dragon and the Chimera.
"I told you equine...I can handle myself"
"I'm not saying you can't handle yourself in a brawl partner. What I'm saying is that everypony needs help once in a while" stated Applejack. She spoke simply and genuinely, as if it were a fact of life. "I know how hard it can be to accept help...believe me. But something's sugercube, are too big to handle alone."
Godzilla was silent once more, digesting the words this orange equine had entrusted to him.
Applejack pulled out her whip and got ready. With a flick of her hooves she repeatedly whipped in their direction, slowly drawing their attention away from the beaten dragon. Luckily (or unluckily depending on how you look at it) the creature was mad, but that means that it wasn’t thinking clearly, and that could be just the edge she needed.
Fast as lightning they lunged at her. She slid right underneath them causing them to miss. Once again she whipped at their direction, moving her entire body with the momentum of the whip to get the maximum effect. The ear shattering Crack of the whip serving to both disorient and infuriate the monster. Every time the Chimera lunged Applejack dodged at the last possible second and continued to whip at them. However, the snake half was giving her the most trouble, due to it being the fastest of the three. So then she tried something new. Pulling out a flute she began to play, as she whipped around gracefully dodging the Chimera.
Godzilla watched the whole thing mouth agape in awe. Not only was she fighting, but she did so in a way he could only define as ‘beautiful’. Her movements were like her body was an extension of the whip. She almost seemed to dance around the Chimera at times, with all the agility and grace she possessed. And the music…the music was calming yet enticing. If its true that music calmed the savage beast then Godzilla could attest to that, he found his anger slowly eroding and replaced with other feelings.
Feelings he hadn't felt in a very long time. He was spellbound by this amazing equine before him, and honestly he would have been happy if he could watch forever. Nevertheless, he came to realize that both of them were in danger!
"I got to do something!" he thought internally. Then he hatched a plan, it was crazy, but it just might work.
Meanwhile, the Chimera, irritated with the pony, tried biting her. Applejack hadn’t brought that chair for nothing, though! Quickly unfolding it, she promptly shoved it in the Chimera’s tiger mouth and jumped back before they could retaliate. By now her song had also put the snake half to sleep.
“That’s to down, one to go” she thought. “Now it I can just trick the goat head…”
However, the goat half had other plans. The goat half remembered what happened the last lime they fought Applejack and was determined not to fall for same trick twice. It turned its attention to Godzilla. Applejack was annoying but it was Godzilla the goat half really wanted to kill. With that it charged at Godzilla horns first!
“Oh no! Move, get out of the way partner! She's heading right for ya!!!” Applejack yelled.
Yet, Godzilla hadn’t moved, he was on one knee, and looked like he was still trying to catch his breath. Applejack ran as fast as she could to him, but it was too late. The Chimera had gotten too much of a head start, and was going to reach him first. It's eyes locked on him with pure bloodlust. In fact the Chimera was already savoring victory, and showing that pitiful dragon it's place.
Then, Godzilla made his move. Using the remaining of his strength he launched himself to the side, narrowly dodging the ram’s horns. He kept his tail straight though, and just as he’d hoped the monster had tripped over it slamming its horns into the tree, and imbedding itself there. It tried to pull itself out but there was no use, it was stuck and wouldn’t be getting out anytime soon.
"Baahhh. I'll get you! You pesky, glorified lizard!!! You, and Applejack too!" The goat head threatened, trying to look intimidating. It didn't really work. With the rams horns stuck in a tree, the tiger head chewing on a chair, the snake head sound asleep, and all of them looking like they just came out an oven, the Chimeria could no longer be classified as threatening...hilarious to look as maybe, but not threatening.
Applejack was impressed, even exhausted the dragon feller managed to outwit the Chimera at the last second. Nonetheless, it looked like the poor guy had reached his limit. He was flat out unconscious. When he dove out of the way, he slammed into the ground and well...it was light out for him after that. Applejack knew she couldn’t just leave him here, he would need a safe place to heal. And she inwardly groaned at what she would have to do.
“Sigh, ya know partner your growing to be a real pain in my flank, ya know that?” she asked rhetorically.
After some fiddling she managed to get him on her back. He was heavy, but Applejack had dealt with heaver; having too work on a farm and all that.
“Alright big fell’a lets get you to Sweet Apple Acres.”
With that she began making the long journey home. Then she heard something, just a whisper really but it held all the meaning in the world, ‘Thank You'.
The God of Destruction meets the Goddess of the Night
The King of All Monsters, felt a disturbance on the surface, and went to go investigate. First he made land fall on one of the coasts, and moved swiftly to face his adversary. It took him a while, he was much more agile and faster underwater than he was on land after all. But as inevitable as the sun is to set, he finally found his quarry. A three headed monstrosity was reeking havoc among the humans! A creature known as the Chimera, with two heads those of a goat and a tiger, and a snake tail. It was currently terrorizing some of the humans, and wiping out their feeble, yet admirable defenses. Worse still the creature seemed to be enjoying every moment of it.
"Humph! How stereotypical. Just mindlessly destroying, and attacking the helpless? How undisciplined! Time to teach this upstart a few manners," the King thought to himself.
With that thought, Godzilla grabbed an abandoned human vehicle, and with enough precision and strength to make a professional baseball player envious, proceeded to launch it at the creature's torso. Force is when a mass accelerates, and the King just threw a (roughly)1500killogram car like it was a softball! Upon impact Godzilla was rewarded with a scream of pain from the Chimera as it staggered back trying to regain its footing, Allowing himself the briefest moment of smugness, he then assumed a battle ready stance. The now furious Chimera identified it's assailant, and boy was it mad! All three Chimera heads simultaneously roared at him in rage. It was a nightmarish sound, an unnatural amalgam of sounds that permitted through the air.
"Hehe not bad rookie, but let the King show you how it's done!". He prepared his own roar; the roar of legend, the roar capable of making his enemies cower in fear, and the skies themselves tremble!
"rwar!"
"No, that's not right let me try again," clearing Godzilla cleared his throat he prepared for his true terrifying roar!
"rwar"
"...What the...?"
He never got to finish his query, for he was interrupted by the uncontrolled laughter of his Chimera opponent. The creature just kept laughing, and laughing!
"Shut up!" He growled. Wait a minute something was wrong. His voice was different somehow. It sounded...smaller. Like...like a hatching! No! This can't be happening! What the hell is going on! His question went unanswered as he felt a heavy, and foreign presence on his arms.
Golden shackles suddenly began to materialize around his wrists, but before he could react they latched onto him and refused to let go! Godzilla tried in vain to remove them but he was hit by a bizarre spinning sensation. All of a sudden, the structures of stone that the humans built began to get taller, and taller. And with them so did the Chimera! The infernal three-headed monstrosity was mocking him as he shrank!
"No! This can't be happening! This can't be real!" yelled Godzilla.
"King of the Monsters! More like King of the hatchlings! Bwhahaha," the Chimera mocked, their voices wrapped in malice. Godzilla stood in horror, and his jaws ajar in disbelief! The adversary, he was once level with, now towered over him! The Chimera was a giant compared to him now! "Okay, that was fun but now to the main course!"
The three-headed behemoth advanced upon him, with a look of pure bloodlust written upon every orifice of its faces. The entire ground shook, with each step the creature took. The creature he was once eye-level with, now towered over him, as a mountain would an ant! Godzilla was well aware of what would happen if the Chimera caught him. No, this can't be happening! This can't be happening damn it!
He suddenly felt his wrists getting heavier, and heavier. The gauntlets! Their getting heavier! No sooner, did he come to that horrifying conclusion the gauntlets themselves sprouted chains and impaled themselves into the ground. He pulled at the chains, but it was futile, they wouldn't budge. The Chimera raised one of it's gargantuan paws and prepared to squash Godzilla.
"NO!" Screamed the trembling creature in complete terror, "Not like this damn it!" The former King closed his eyes as the paw descended toward him, and hoped the end would be swift.
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Applejack had a lot of questions for the dragon creature she saved last night. Who was he? Where did he come from? Why in tarnation was he fighting a Chimera?!?!
"Sigh, looks like I won’t be getting any answers any time soon" she thought passively.
The poor critter was out like a light the whole ride home. She had to leave her pie cart behind though, there was no way she could carry the dragon fella, and the pie cart. Applejack did not regret her choice, a life was infinitely more valuable than a couple of pies. Not that a varmint like that, there Chimera would understand. She could almost understand why that dragon creature wanted to fight so bad, the Chimera was downright cruel to the poor guy. The Chimera could have just accepted the pies gracefully and left, but instead they had to mock, and ridicule the poor creature. Heck, he seemed about ready to die fighting, and then his adversary just dismisses him...that's got to hurt.
"Hmm...now that I think about it that little fella looked like one of those 'honorable' types. Oh Celestia give me strength." The farm mare thought with a grimace. She had already dealt with one lizard and his honor, and well...to put it bluntly it was more trouble than it was worth.
Her friend Spike, who happened to be a dragon, had once felt like he owed her a debt, after she saved his life once. Applejack tried to let him down gently, and assure him she needed no reward, saving a friend was just the right thing to do. But, bless his little scaly heart, he honest to Celestia tried to honor his 'supposed' debt in anyway he could. The problem was that...Spike wasn't exactly use to farm work...and more often than not left things worse off than they started. After a long and complicated series of events that included (but were not limited to) being nearly being eaten by Timberwolves, they came to an understanding. Now, don't mix things up, Applejack adored the baby dragon as a friend, but if at all possible she would prefer not to have to deal with his 'Dragon Code' ever, ever again.
Applejack had to go through quite a bit for this creature, the journey from the Fire Pits to Sweet Apple Acres alone had taken most of the night. Between the confrontation with the Chimera and lugging around the dragon critter, she was drop dead tired. She would have liked nothing more than to just lie down and hit the hay. She wasn't the kind of pony to do things unfinished though; the creature needed some medical attention as soon as possible. Applejack had a medical kit and anti-venom handy at the farm for just an occasion; a necessary commodity when traveling down the Fire Pits to deliver the pies.
The orange farm pony feared that the creature wouldn’t make it, but it looks like she underestimated the critter. The farm mare had only just begun to clean the creatures wounds when she realized that many of his bruises were visibly healed! Applejack suspected that this creature was stronger than he looked, judging from the bruises he had the critter took some pretty nasty hits; she was amazed the critter was still breathing, much less healing already.
The first thing Applejack decided to do was patch up was his neck and throat. First she administered the anti-venom, and she noticed he had these weird slit like openings on his neck. They opened and closed rhythmically, almost like a heartbeat.
"Do all Dragon's have these? I don't reckon I've ever seen Spike with these things," Applejack thought curiously. Her curiosity peaked she leaned an ear onto the unconscious creatures bare chest. He's warm. Not hot like a stove... but more like a recently worn sweater.
She blushed as she did this but her embarrassment was rewarded, she heard his heartbeat. It wasn't like any heartbeat the farm pony had ever heard before, it beated a heck of a lot slower than a ponies', but at the same time 'resounded' a lot louder than a ponies'. Applejack reckoned that if his heart rate was anything to go on the creature was pretty darn strong. She looked back at the slits, and her suspicion's were confirmed.
"Wha, so this critter does breathe through his neck? I may not know all that much about dragons, but I know their not suppose to do that!" Then she realized something "Oh my Celestia, if that's true he got a full dose of Chimera venom straight into his system!"
Yet, again the creature astounded her. Chimera venom was usually very painful, and left the victim weakened for days, possibly weeks (a fact she could attest too). However, this creature seemed to already have expunged the harmful toxin!
"Just what in Equestria are you?"
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The King of Monster's was sure he was about too meet his end. He was left immobile by some godforsaken bracelet, and a creature that now towered over him was going to squish him! His only regret was that he couldn't have died at his true height so he could at least die fighting. He closed his eyes and waited for death's embrace.
Nothing happened. After what seemed like an eternity Godzilla finally open his eyes. To his surprise he found that not only was his adversary nowhere to be seen but neither was the city landscape. Instead the King of Monsters found himself surrounded by a mysterious bluish-black fog. Before he could question this radical change he was interrupted.
All of a sudden he heard a sound. It started off softly, like a whisper. It wasn't a harsh melody, it wasn't a loud melody. It was the kind of melody you had to strain every ounce of your being just to hear. But, it was beautiful, soft as the melody was, it was beautiful nonetheless. Gradually, Godzilla felt his fear ebb away, and a new sensation take its place...peace.
So entranced by the melodious music, he didn't notice that he had been freed of his shackles, the enchanted Kaiju, continued his search until he finally came across a figure approaching him.
"A quadruped?" He pondered. The creature before him did indeed seem to walk on all force and seemed to resemble an equine of some sort, but it was too hazy to tell exactly what creature he was looking at. For a moment he thought he saw a blond mane, orange fur and emerald green eyes.
Godzilla rubbed his eyes to get a better look and tried again. This time he saw something completely different.
The creature was still equine in shape, but completely different. For one thing, it had a horn coming out of it's head, and sported a pair of wings. An casual observer would note that there was something...otherworldly about this creature too; it was the deepest shades of blue and black, and its mane and tail were wrapped in an ethereal breeze. It was like looking at the very embodiment of the night. However, Godzilla's senses extended beyond just normal, mundane vision. He sensed an enormous power radiating from the creature. A kind of cold and foreboding power that sent shivers down his spine and dorsal fins. In fact the only creature's he'd ever sensed that even rivaled this creatures power were at least his size, but never was it this...focused. Such power from a form so small?
Almost as if the creature could hear his thoughts it responded in a powerful, yet feminine voice, "Thou should'st know better, than to judge based on appearances" Then added smugly, "Especially, considering thine own present condition."
He opened his mouth to utter a retort, but realized she had a point. Frustrated he huffed out smoke and replied "Touche equine." Slow clapping for dramatic effect. Then growing serious he spoke.
"I don't sense any malicious intent from you equine, so what is it exactly you want?" He inquired somewhat irritably.
"Oh well aren't we blunt, reptile?" She retorted with a smirk, Godzilla growled in irritation, "Thou aren't the only creature who can sense the presence of powerful entities. We've been aware of your presence ever since your arrival here in Equestria. We must say that, we are very impressed. Not many creatures are brave enough, or stupid enough too go up against a Chimera."
Godzilla's spikes glowed slightly and smoke bellowed from his mouth. This quadruped was getting on his nerves. He haden't been given a straight answer since this whole ordeal began. The roundabout answers, the taunting, it all just want to make him knock this particular equine of her high horse, and wipe that smug grin off her face. "Just get to the point equine!"
The equine did just that. The air crackled with power their was a flash and then suddenly, the mystical quadruped was adorned in full metal-plated armor with sword telekinetically directed at his throat. For a moment their was silence, and Godzilla was beginning to regret yelling at the quadruped, but then she spoke.
"Thou aren't in thine world monster! You would do well to consider that next time thine speaks!"
Her words held an immense amount of power, a lesser creature would have succumb immediately, and even the King of Monsters was intimidated...but only for a second. He quickly gathered himself, he wasn't about to bow low to some glorified mammal. He defiantly stepped closer to the blade so that it now firmly touched his neck. The mare cocked an eyebrow, and then it was Godzilla's turn to speak.
"If a fight's what you want equine, I'll be glad to oblige! I'm through being the Universe's whipping boy! I've been through a hell of a lot today, and I don't need lip from you. If you want me dead then come fight me. Otherwise just leave me the hell alone!"
The tension in the air could have been cut with a butter knife. Neither reptile or the mammal yielded an inch. Godzilla stood resolute and defiant, in spite of having a lethal weapon aimed at his throat. Meanwhile, the mystical mare kept the blade firmly aimed at its target, and yet she did not attack him either.
This was a battle of will's between two titans, both incredibly powerful and ancient. It was the prime example of what truly happened when an unmovable object comes across an irresistible force!
Finally, the armored equine slowly sheathed her blade. Godzilla found himself releasing a breath of relief, but showed no other outward expression of anxiety.
"Perhaps we have been to hasty? We simply wish to hold conference with thee."
"...very well. That sounds...ahem that sounds reasonable." Godzilla said gathering himself.
"My subjects know me as Princess Luna, Diarchic of Equestria, The Mistress of the Night, The Mare on the Moon, esteemed member of the Alicorn race, Goddess of the Night, and Guardian of Dreams," the darkly clad mare finished formally, with an air of regality. Normally, she would have just stuck with 'Princess Luna', but she felt that this creature deserved to know who exactly he was dealing with. Yet, if Godzilla was impressed he certainly didn't show it outwardly, he simply nodded and began his own introduction.
"The inhabitant's of my world have given me many names...Gojira being among the first. I've also been called The King of Monsters, Big G, The Monster of Justice, The Radioactive Titan, The Defender of Earth, The God of Destruction," he said smirking at the last title, but continued, "The King of the Kaiju, The Alpha Predator, but most refer to me as Godzilla."
Princess Luna cocked an eyebrow at the creature before her. True, she had sensed his potential power a couple of hours earlier. His presence was even more profound to her when he entered her domain of dreams. In spite of the potential she could clearly sense from this creature, she still had trouble believing such a creature could garner so many...terrifying names. What in whole wide world would possess a people to name this creature before her a 'God of Destruction'?
In Equestria names held great power, was this creature truly so formidable as to to gain these titles? Her sister, the Goddess of the Day, had just as much titles as herself(if not more), and even the chaotic one had a name of power. Like a cutie-mark, name's told a lot about a pony. If just one of these titles were true then this creature could be a deadly adversary. But was he telling the truth? Or merely bluffing?
"I see you don't quite believe me. What was that about not judging by appearances, equine? Or should I say "Goddess of the Night?" said Godzilla chuckling. Princess Luna should have been offended, but she merely chuckled instead.
"Touche reptile, touche," The Princess said good-naturedly, "Yet, I fear we must draw our attention to more serious matters."
Interrupting Godzilla, whom had been 'bowing' at an invisible audience for his rather clever retort, stopped to listen at what the Princess had to say.
"I've come to you, to asses whether or not you are a danger to my subjects. Thus far it would seem that you are a danger to Equestria, and the wisest course of action would be to simply smite thee." Warning smoke jaunted from Godzilla's mouth and he took a battle ready stance. But, the Mistress of the Night continued.
"Yet, now that i've seen you in person...I am unsure upon what action to take."
Godzilla blinked, what exactly was this equine...rather this 'Goddess' trying to say?
"You obviously display a large quantity of power...even more than you currently posses in your...diminutive state. And from what you've willingly told me, you are feared in your own world. So the question remains..."
Godzilla listened intently.
"What do we do with a foreigner of immense power, a hinted at past of violence, with the safety of our subjects on the line?"
The question was meant to be metaphorical, but Godzilla had an answer.
"Princess...i know the burden of having to protect those in your charge. I know of the sacrifice we of power must endue for our subjects. I will not lie to you...had our positions been reversed, and i suddenly found a creature as powerful as yourself in my domain. I would attack first, ask questions latter."
Luna was shocked. She never would have guessed that he would have been in a similar position to herself. Indeed, he was even honest about the coarse of action he would have taken has their roles been reversed. She opened her mouth to say something but he continued.
"The very fact that you've spared me for this long demonstraits a patience and sense of compassion, i myself simply do not have. I do not wish to die, but i can understand the position your in. I would be remiss to say that i garner no threat to your people. For destruction is in my nature. So i humbly (as humble as his pride would allow anyways), leave my fate to your hands...errr I mean hooves."
The Goddess of the Night considered the creature before her. Powerful, dangerous, prideful, stubborn as a mule, but also noble in his own way. Did the benefits outweigh the risk? He was dangerous no doubt, but was he evil? The Princess doubted it, she had seen evil and although this creature befuddled her, she knew that evil was one thing he wasn't. But that didn't mean he wasn't a threat. Indeed, she still had to take into account his mysterious 'hidden' power. She knew that this form for the creature Godzilla was as false as herself after being liberated by the elements.
She could smite him now, while he was weakened, thus guaranteeing her subjects safety. But...he wasn't just a mindless monster, or evil dictator. In his own way he was like just one of her subjects...
Godzilla stood waiting for the equine's responce. He promised that if she deemed him a threat he wouldn't put up a fight. That being said he planed on keeping his word(even if he silently doubted the Goddess could pierce his scales), but that did not mean he wanted to die. He didn't know why he was doing this, normally he would have just fought her if she stood in his way. But, being shrunk can be amazingly humbling. So now his fate was in the hands of the equine known as 'Princess Luna'.
If Applejack was the element of honesty, then that virtue was definitely a hereditary trait in the Apple Family. Her brother Big Macintosh was a pony of few words, yet he always had a way of making his point known. For example, his jovial phrase 'eyup' meant he agreed with you, while other hand a stern glare could get even the most deceitful pones to revel their innermost secrets. Their was nothing mysterious, or secretive about this stallion however. What you saw was pretty much what you got. He was one of those rare ponies that never needed to put on a façade or lie, he was above that sort of thing.
Big Macintosh was a simple, but passionate individual. He didn't care much for money or material wealth. No. What mattered most to him was his family, the Apple farm, and his very special somepony; and he was the kind of pony to do anything to protect what he cherished.
That being said he did like to indulge just as much as the next stallion.
On this particular night he had gone down stairs for a strong glass of good old Apple Family, Apple Cider. He had worked hard today and felt he deserved a little treat. Of course if his sister Applejack caught him sneaking Cider she's give him a mouthful and a knock on the head for good measure. But he smiled smugly to himself. His sister was scheduled for pie deliveries, and wouldn't be home for another couple of days. He guzzled down the delectable drink, taking the time to truly appreciate the flavor that everypony helped to make. With a smack of his lips he was about to head up stairs, and then suddenly he heard a sound.
"Hmm that's odd", he thought. Usually, the barn was dead quiet this time of night. Granny Smith, and Applebloom would have hit the hay a long ago, and his sister Applejack was away. So what was that noise he heard? It was coming from the living room.
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Applejack had finished administering the anti-venom, and proceeded to start bandaging the creature. Oddly enough whenever she put the bandages on his body something strange happened. The bandage sizzled and burned away as soon as they touched an open wound. Now, the farm pony had already come to the conclusion that this critter could heal pretty darn fast. So was the heat emanating from his wounds the source of his healing? Gee I guess Twilight would know about stuff like that. Right now I reckon fast-healing or not he's goanna need those wounds sealed. .
Applejack pulled out a bottle of alcohol and soaked the bandages in it. Next, she braced her hooves against her patient's arms. What she was about to do was probably going to hurt... and she didn't wasn't the creature flailing about.
"Sorry about this feller, but its for your own good" she said somberly. Then slaked the alcohol soaked bandage on his blood soaked neck. The effect was instantaneous!
The creature let loose a scam of agony.
His body went into convulsions, and he was thrashing about like a creature dipped in molten lead! Even with Applejack's innate Earth pony strength, and athletic build from a lifetime working the Apple farm, she found it hard keeping the creature pinned.
"Woa their fella, im trying ta help ya!" yelled Applejack. Unfortunately, her words didn't seem to reach the creature as he continued his thrashing. She held on as long as she could, but as the creature was thrashing his flailing tail struck Applejack!
With a heavy "thud" she landed on the floor, her head reeling from the hit. Now without Applejack holding him down the creature was going ballistic and thrashed around even harder than before.
"Ah Tarnation! Well I reckon this can't get any worse" the farm mare uttered dejectedly. Then it got worse. Before she could react she was tackled again! But this time by somepony she knew.
"Big Mac! What do you reckon your doing?," she began. The red stallion didn't answer but turned his attention to the thrashing reptile. Realizing what he was thinking Applejack tried to say something, but was cut off as he ran full throttle at the sofa. Then in one swift movement he promptly launched both the sofa and occupant straight through the wall!
Through the gaping hole in the wall the creature finally stopped moving, and returned to his slumber. Geeze this critter sure is a heavy sleeper. Applejack though internally. She then turned to her brother who was heading back toward the kitchen? She trotted after him to try and explain, but didn't get the chance. Applejack's eyes widened as she saw what he brother was about to do, for in his hooves he had literally hoisted their stove and was going to flatten he reptile critter!
Now please understand in Big Mac's mind the creature was some kind of monster that he had seen attacking his sister. Obviously he needed to protect Applejack, so the first thing he did was get her the hay away from that thing! Now that it was incapacitated, he had to do something unless it attacked again. Now, violence usually wasn't his first response, heck it wasn't most ponies first response, but this creature had attacked his sister and was a danger to his family, so quite simply it had to go.
Imagine his surprise when his sister defiantly steeped right in front of him! He narrowed his eyes, mentally urging her to move. But his sister was a stubborn one alright, she didn't budge an inch. He raised the stove a bit higher, but the fire in her eyes let him know she wasn't backing down.
Finally, with a sigh, Big Mac relented. He placed the stove gently back where it belonged and urged his sister to explain herself.
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Location: Canterlot
A certain blue unicorn looked at the mirror repulsed. Dark lines encircled her eyes and she looked like a pony on the edge of starvation. Needless to say "The Great and Powerful Trixie" was feeling less than Great and Powerful at the moment. Actually, the showmare hadn't felt all that great since the summoning. She put up a brave face for her faithful wall-eyed assistant but truth be told Trixie felt terrible. She had a nagging headache that felt like some pony was using her head as a pair of drums. She also felt completely and utterly spent, she was emotionally and physically drained she could barely even walk. In fact if it weren't for the help of Ditsy Do, Trixie very much doubted she could have made it to the motel unscathed. After the summoning Trixie decided to cut her losses and call it a night. Trixie had expected such a spell to be draining, possibly even dangerous, but what happened back their just wasn't right.
Trixie was broken and defeated by a summoning spell, the very same spell that would bring back her reputation and prestige! Knocking over a table in rage the blue showmare wondered just where it all went wrong.
"Was it the summoning procedure? But I'm sure I followed the directions of the spell too a tee! I double checked the math, added the right ingredients what could have possible went wrong?!" she said furiously as another piece of furnishing was toppled over.
But no matter how much the showmare complained she knew that she messed up. Her disheveled state was proof of that. Normally a unicorn feels fine in a couple of moments after casting a spell, maybe a little weak in the knees after a complex one like teleporting. Yet, for some odd reason that summoning spell had completely drained her, and that was hours ago!
More than that though, Trixie remembered the presence of the "creature" on the other side of the spell. Even now she could picture it's terrible eyes glowering over her, it's ancient presence belittling what mortal achievements she could ever aspire to, and worse of all, Trixie remembered the sheer feeling of raw, destructive power that oozed out of every orifice of its being! It was like terror incarnate!
She trotted tot eh sink again and splashed some water on her face. Despreate to shake off that "other" presence.
Trixie closes her eyes and allowed her memories to over take her. The only thing that ever came close to the presence she felt during the summoning was when she saw Princess Celestia raising the sun during the Summer Set Sun Celebration. Trixie remembered the power and majesty of the Princess that day, and the sheer magnitude of the power she must have possessed. But as powerful as the Princess of the Day was she never seemed malevolent or even threatening. Her power was a warm, almost gentle feeling despite its magnitude.
Heck, Trixie had even been in the presence of four Alicorns during her rival, Princess Twilight Sparkle's coronation! Even when not exuding power the Alicorns were a forced to be reckoned with. A fact every magic user was fully aware of.
It was one of the reasons Trixie grew to hate Twilight Sparkle. Why did she deserve such tremendous power and not Trixie? Then she remembered it was exactly that line of thinking that led to the dreaded "Alicorn Amulet" incident, and Trixie certainly didn't want a repeat of that. All she wanted was her reputation back, was that too much to ask? But now she may have bigger problems.
If the Alicorns were the "harmonious" side to magic then that creature was definitely the polar opposite. She cringed at the thought of the "creature" as being as powerful as the Princess or worse more powerful!
Trixie somehow managed to find an unspeakable force of destruction, and that would have been the end of the story, if it wasn't for one tinsy wincy detail. All the ingredients had been consumed and the creature was nowhere to be seen! This probably meant that some horrible monster was roaming Equestria at the very moment and it would be all Trixie's fault!
The distressed mare gulped down her fear and considered her options. She could keep quiet about the whole thing and hope things turned out for the best. After all their was no "absolute" proof the creature made it to Equestria after all.
"Then again...If that were true and the creature hadn't been summoned why were the ingredients consumed?"
Then she found herself thinking about ponies like Ditsy Do. Hardworking, and goodhearted ponies. Ponies like her didn't deserve to live in fear of a monster. Although, Trixie would never admit t she knew fear very well. She had been both the deliverer of fear and the receiving end and had come to detest both feelings. She felt so helpless after the "Ursa Minor" and "Alicorn Amulet" incidents and out of fear she hurt other ponies. But if she did nothing while this monster was free...then she would be no different than she was before. Worse she would be a coward, who couldn't own up to their own mistakes. No, whatever the consequences Trixie would have to face them.
"With Celestia as my whiteness, I will find a way to fix this!" Trixie said looking at the mirror with a new determined look on her face.
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Applejack recounted the events of the past couple hours for her brother. He didn't say a word the entire time. Instead he simply sat and listened to what his sister had to say, with that iconic indecipherable look on his face. Oh sure he occasionally frowned, or twitched his ears but other than that he did not say a single word. By the time she finished her story Big Mac didn't look anymore convinced than when she had started.
"Look he was a critter in trouble I couldn't just leave him"
He said nothing.
"He was being attacked for Celestia's sake!" she pleaded.
Big Macintosh looked at his kind, and courageous sister before him. Of course she would risk her life to save a creature she hardly knew. Part of him was so proud of his little sister, and yet... It was his job as the eldest brother not only the farm, but his family as well. This creature was definitely a danger.
"Applejack...look at him" he said gesturing to the creature for emphasis "Claws, teeth, this critter is dangerous. You shouldn't have brought him here."
"Well I couldn't just leave him out there either. Big Mac the Chimera done near finished the creature before I reached him. If I just left him there's no way he would have survived."
"What if he is dangerous? You said it yourself this...what ever it is took direct hits from the Chimera's claws and poison. Only an insane pony would go up against a Chimera."
"Are you forgetting I've had a few tussles with the Chimera myself?" Applejack added smugly. Big Mac chuckled lightly and retorted.
"Ok either an insane pony, or an incredibility brave Apple Family pony such as yourself," the red stallion amended.
"Thank you kindly" she said with mock bravado, electing another chuckle from the usually stoic stallion. Then she grew serious "Look big Bro, I've been in danger plenty of times. I know a mean looking critter when I see one. Manticores, Chimeras, heck even a couple Gods and such."
"Applejack Im not saying that you can't handle yourself..."
The orange Earth pony raised her hoof, she wasn't done yet. Big Macintosh bit his lip and decided to hear his sister out.
"I reckon I always thought I knew when a critter was no good. But, in these past couple months I've been proven wrong. And you know how much I hate that." she said with a grimace. He nodded, he loved his sister but she was as hard headed as they come.
"Maybe once I would have left the creature to fight for itself. And maybe that would'a been the "smart" thing" she said air quoting the word smart, "But, you know a lot of those monsters are like ponies once you get to know them Big Mac. So maybe just this once instead of seeing a monster or predator, I saw another pony who needed help."
Big Macintosh didn't know what to say. He glanced again at the scaly creature and though This creature? Like a pony? Then again these last few couple years have been weird. He knew Applejack always spoke directly from the heart, and she did face incredible danger often. If anypony could tell if somepony was dangerous it would be her. If she felt like the creature deserved a chance than perhaps he should too.
He sighed and said "Okay, fine sis I trust you. And I reckon it wouldn't be right to leave..."him" in that condition" Applejack smiled brightly. But he continued "But if he turns out to be dangerous he's got to go. Deal?". He extended his hoof expectantly.
Instead of giving the customary "brohoof" she instead grabbed his hoof and pulled him in for a quick bear hug.
"Deal" Applejack said. The somewhat surprised Big Mac simply returned the hug. Just then a thought occurred to the orange farm pony.
"By the way Big Mac I reckon its pretty late. What are you still doing up?
The stallion began to sweat nervously, "Well...errr...see the thing is,". He didn't get to finish as he was swiftly 'knocked' on the head.
"Owww!". He moaned
"Gosh darn in Big Macintosh! What have I told you about drinking at night?". Applejack continued to berate her brother. He could only cringe in shame until it was over and couldn't help but think Gee and we were having such a touching moment too.
The realm of dreams is sometimes said to revel greater truths. It is said to be a realm where the mystical meets reality. So it is only fitting that is was here where The Goddess of the Night was about to pass judgement upon the God of Destruction. The fate of all of Equestria could rest upon the choice the Goddess made this night.
For the longest time their was silence, each party deeply aware of what was at stake, and then The Goddess of the Night passed down her judgement. Finally, the Goddess spoke.
"Once...mercy was bestowed upon us creature. We did terrible things in our past, yet when our time of reckoning came instead of smiting us, a hoof of friendship was extended instead. So that is the example I shall follow in. I shall spare thee and take full responsibility for thine actions."
Her words hung in the air for a moment, as her divine judgement had been passed down. The King of Monsters absorbed the Goddeses words carefully, holding on to them like one might hold a glass ornament. He wasn't sure if this equine were moronic or wise beyond her years, but either way he respected her decision. After all tis better to make a decision and regret it, than to be indecisive and cowardly. The King bowed his head before the Goddess in both a gesture of gratitude and respect.
"I can't say weather or not you made the correct decision for your land, that is for the future to decide. However, you decided with bravery and honor and that is something I can get behind. Your subjects are lucky to have you as a ruler" Godzilla admitted. The goddess, in turn, inclined her head but then grew serious.
"Be aware so called "God of Destruction" though I offer my hoof in friendship, that does not mean I will hesitate to protect my subjects." Luna reiterated, her presence becoming slightly threatening.
Gathering himself he merely shrugged "Fair enough" he replied.
Though internally Godzilla shivered There's that power again. She may make for a difficult opponent if we were to ever fight each other.
"So uh...what now?" Godzilla asked. The Princess of the Night smiled.
"Now, you wake up and begin your new life."
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Location~Apple Family Farm, Ponyville, Equestria
True to her word Godzilla began to feel reality take it's hold on his body again. Unfortunately that meant waking with all his injuries from the previous day. He groaned in pain Right I fought a freak yesterday and got my tail whooped.
"Well this is inconvenient" the King thought dejectedly, "where the hell am I anyways?"
A quick scan around told him that he wasn't in any immediate danger. Apparently he was some how whisked to a cozy little dwelling. The home looked sturdy, well-built, but also had that sort of charm that comes with a place being lived in for a long, long time. If Godzilla had to guess he'd say this place was a couple generations old. Pictures of ponies littered the walls, most if not all bearing some kind of strong family resemblance. A couple had an equine he recognized, the orange mare who..."helped" him against the monster he encountered yesterday. He fit the pieces together from there.
"Hmmf. Who does that pony think she is? I never asked for her help," he grumbled through his bruised ego.
Before he could grumble anymore he smelt something. Sniffing the air he noticed the stunning lack of fish or salt, like his own underwater home, and no smog and nauseous gasses the humans admitted. Yet, their was one over powering aroma, it was sweet and crisp and the hungry reptile found himself drooling in spite of himself.
By now realized he was probably gone from his home for a while now and he was beginning to grow anxious. Trying to get up, a sharp pain seized him forcing him down. The former King was in bad shape, even with his impressive healing factor he was still way to battered to fight, or for the moment even stand. He wasn't one to give up lightly though. Summoning what little strength he had he tried again to get up. This time the pain was much worse and he promptly fell of the sofa he was lying on with an undignified "Ooff".
"Oh mah gosh Mister are you alright?" said a young filly racing toward him, his eyes widened when he realized she wasn't stopping.
CRASH!
"Opps sorry Mister!" the young filly said.
"If I wasn't in pain before I am now, thanks equine" he said rather sardonically. The filly lowered her ears and head in shame.
"I really am sorry Mister." she said mustering as much sincerity she could. Godzilla eyed the filly with a raised eyebrow and crossed arms; she did look sorry with her ears like that, and her big sad eyes.
With a sigh he finally relented "Yea, yea kid i forgive ya. Enough with the look alright?"
She didn't brighten up a whole lot immediately but she no longer looked like she was on the verge of tears.
"Alright kid. Look i got a few questions, you think you can answer them for me" Godzilla said seriously.
The young pony nodded, but still seemed rather dejected.
"You got a name kid? I'd like to know the name of the pony who can tackle as hard as you can" he said amused ruffling her mane playfully.
She nodded her head, lightning up a bit "Im Applebloom mister...whats your name?"
"Hey, hey, hey! Im the one asking the questions around here," Godzilla declared "Now, next question where am I?"
They went back and fort like that for a while, with Godzilla asking questions and Applebloom answering them. Applebloom was all to happy to share her knowledge of the world with somepony else, through she found some of his questions odd. For example he looked mighty surprised when she explained that Princess Celestia raised the sun, and Princess Luna raised the moon. She thought anypony in Equestria would now that of all things.
For Godzilla's part even though he was blunt with his questions he was always polite enough to let the young pony finish her explanation of a subject. He rarely interrupted and absorbed as much as the young pony was telling him as he could. Godzilla was aware that certain questions he asked must have been common knowledge here based on the dumbfounded looks Applebloom would give him, but he needed all the history on this place he could get.
He sat down, folded his legs and crossed his arms in thought, digesting all the information the young pony had relayed to him.
All in all, from what Applebloom had told him; he was in a magical land called Equestria, inhabited by many strange creatures but ruled by three pony tribes. These were the Pegusi whom could fly and control weather, Unicorns who were sorcerers, and Earth ponies who were magically linked to the Earth. He was somewhat confused by their governing and worshiping practices, although he suspected it was due to his interceptor's young age and inexperience to communicate such complex issues. OR this world was just plain weird.
Apparently all three tribes were ruled by a superior class of equine known as an "Alicorn", who doubled as their gods and rulers somehow. The one known as Princess Celestia had dominion over the day, and one seemed eerily similar to the equine of his dream last night, the alicorn known as Princess Luna.
He was surprised to learn that the Princess of the Night had actually been banished for insurrection, and attempting to plunge this world into eternal darkness. Wow I knew that dream pony was strong, but I had no idea...
Applebloom then went on to elaborate how a group of heroes (one of whom she claimed was her own sister), had some how "cured" Princess Luna of her deranged delusions was now co-ruler with her sister Princess Celestia. So that's what she meant by someone extending a hand in friendship. A pretty lenient punishment if you ask me. She was a threat. The logical decision would have been to eliminate her...then again what's done is done. I just hope these ponies don't make a habit of "befriending" all their foes.
"Thank You Applebloom you have been most helpful" he said rumpling her mane playfully "I suppose you have questions for me?"
Just like that the dam burst and he was assaulted with questions from the excitable youngster
"Where do you come from? Are you a dragon or something? Where's your cutie-mark?" she continued bombarding the hapless kaiju with questions upon questions, most of which he had no idea what the little filly was even talking about. He massaged his temples. This is gonna be one of those days isnt it? He waited a couple of moments for Applebloom to calm down.
"Are you done?" the little filly nodded her head, "Good, now...where do i begin? If you must know, the sands of time and word of my exploits have given me many names young one. But most know me as Godzilla!" he replied proudly. The young filly's eyes glimmered at the thought.
"Ohh?!" she exclaimed excitedly "So have you gone on alot of adventures Mr Go-jyr-a?"
Godzilla chuckled "It's God-Zill-a young one and yes I have...would you like to hear a few?"
"Boy howdy I sir would Mr Godzilla, sir!" Applebloom said excitedly.
He proceeded to regal the young pony with tales of his daring exploits and greatest triumphs. He couldn't have asked for a better audience, Applebloom was positively enchanted by this strangers tales of giant terrible monsters, weird unnatural contraptions and loyal allies. They continued to bond like that for a bit, the ancient reptile and the young pony, like it was the most natural thing on Equis. You know maybe these ponies aren't half bad, Godzilla though to himself
"Wow Mister is all that true?" Applebloom asked.
"Of course it is! I would never stain my reputation by doing something so cowardly as lie! It is beneath me!"
"I bet my sister could beat those bad guys too though."
"Oh i very much doubt that young one for you see..."
"Well she saved you from the Chimera last night didn't she?"
I take back what I said. I hate these ponies
"Well err you see the thing is..." the mighty Godzilla stammered trying to save face.
"Yes?" said an expectant Applebloom.
"I...I had that guy right where i wanted! But...but"
"My sister said you were in pretty bad shape before she showed up. The chimera must have beat you up pretty bad huh?"
"Well you tell your sister i had everything perfectly under control!" Godzilla said trying to get back onto the couch, and promptly falling back down.
Applebloom chuckled and helped the King back on to the sofa.
"...sigh thank you Applebloom" Godzilla said through gritted teeth.
The little filly beamed at the complement and was about to launch another bout of questions when she heard her sister calling for her.
"Applebloom where are you?" called out Applejack. She wondered into the living room "Ahh there you are. I was looking for you everywhere silly filly."
"Applejack, Applejack this is Godzilla! He says hes been on tons of adventures and fought tons of monsters! Just like you! And, and..."
"Woah there sugercube. Take a breather. I'm sure Mr...err Godzilla was it?" he nodded, then Applejack continued, "Right I'm sure Mr Godzilla has seen alot, but right now he needs some shut eye alright sis?"
Applebloom glanced at the rather battered lizard and blushed.
"Yea, i guess your right sis" Applebloom admitted.
"Say why don't you go help Big Mac or Granny Smith with the chores for a bit, and I'll be right with ya. Alright?"
"Okay Applejack. See ya Mr. Godzilla Sir!" then the little filly bounded off.
After her sister left she walked up to Godzilla. "I hope she wasn't bothering you none. She's was probably just curious about you is all"
Godzilla nodded his head in understanding "Ahh I see. Well actually young Appleblom was just informing me about the inner workings of your country of Equestria."
"Oh really? What exactly did she tell ya?"
"Well some stories about your Deities and heroes mostly... The little filly actually seems to think the sun and moon can be swayed by a single force imagine that!"
"Uh actually Mr..."
"Oh and then she mentioned how, no offense, you and your friends managed to defeat all sorts of monsters...through Friendship of all things!!! Bwhahaha!"
Godzilla had himself a good long laugh at the concept. For surely these were tales from a child's imagination. The story of the "Alicorns" he might have been able to buy. But the concept of Monsters being befriended was too outrageous for the Kaiju King to accept. Monsters were monsters through and through, and could never be befriended, they could only be shown there place through defeat and pain.
"Uh actually Mr she's telling the truth"
"...Uh what?"
"Yea me and my friends Twilight, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, and Fluttershy use the Elements of Harmony to protect Equestria. And the Royal sisters raise and lower the sun and moon."
silence
"uhh are you okay?"
"No, no I just...I need a moment to let this all settle in"
"You really ain't from around here at all are ya? I thought at first you just might be a confused dragon, but what with your gills and what not.."
"Argh Im not a dragon! Why does everyone keep saying that?"
"Don't you mean everypony?"
"What?" Godzilla said exasperatedly.
"Yea its everypony around these parts partner."
"Okay just stop. Just, just stop. Nothing is working the way it should! I'm tiny! Equines can talk! And to top it all off these DAMN BRACELETS ITCH!" he said as if noticing them for the first time.
"Woah just calm down there partner" Applejack backed away uneasily. Steam was beginning to bellow from Godzilla's nostrils and his dorcil fins were flickering blue.
"No you don't understand! I use to be a GOD! ON TOP OF THE FOOD CHAIN! Now i have no idea where I am. And I...I..."
Before he could say another word. He felt himself embraced. Applejack was hugging him? He wanted to push her away, he wanted to tell her off, but he found he could do neither. Instead he sunk deep into her fur embracing her back. She was so soft, softer than anything he had ever felt before, he didn't know things could be this soft. Yet, she was stern too she held on firm enough to let him know he didn't have to be the strongest this time. This time he could just be himself. For the first time in his life Godzilla felt like he could really depend on someone.
"I just want answers...and im going to get them" he said resolutely, and curing his claws into a fist.
"Im sure you will sugercube. But first things first you need to rest up. Your still pretty bused Mr Godzilla, you need time to heal"
"Ha! The King of Monsters needs no such thing!" he declared. No sooner he tried to move again, another spasm of pain surged through him. He groaned and lie down on the couch.
"Okay maybe I do need to heal up" he admitted.
"There you go tough guy. You'll be on your legs before you know it" Applejack assured him "Then we can take you to see Twilight. She'll know how to help you".
"Mmm good. I wish to get back to my own size and my own home as soon as possible"
"Well in the mean time were making breakfast. What do ya wanna eat sugercube?"
"eat?"
"Yea what do you want to eat?"
Godzilla pondered this for a while. True he could eat if the needed to, but his main source of energy came from the nuclear energy within the planets core. He rather doubted that he could just ask if they had a hot steaming plate of nuclear energy available. So he thought to some creatures he enjoyed hunting in his time.
"Some fish would really hit the spot if you got them"
Applejack blinked. Duh Applejack! The gills should have been a dead give away! And those teeth aren't for chomping on apples i'll tell you that much!
"Err sorry we don't have...that today. Maybe you could try one of our Apple Family specials and see if ya like one of them?" she felt kinda bad that Godzilla's one request couldn't be fulfilled. "But! Tomorrow I'll run to my friend Fluttershy's and get a whole heap of fish for ya. What do you say?"
Godzilla sighed deeply "Hehehe yea I guess the fish was asking a bit much huh?"
Then oddly enough he began to chuckle. He chuckled at the sheer absurdity of it all! Being shrunk, being in a land inhabited by ponies, and even not getting fish for breakfast all of a sudden hit him like a ton of bricks. He laughed and chuckled, and then even Applejack joined in.
She had found this weird creature out in the Fire Pitts, and had no idea what to expect from him. She was surprised how much like anypony else he acted. Sure he acted tough but deep down she could tell he had a good heart. Heck here he was laughing hard enough to give Pinkie Pie a run for her money. So how could she not laugh too?
They continued chuckling until an elderly voice called for Applejack.
"That's Granny Smith. She's probably gonna need some help setting breakfast. Sorry again about the lack of fish"
"You know what? Since im here I might as well try the local cuisine. Yea I'll try whatever you want to serve me." Godzilla said with new found zeeal
Applejack winked at him "You got it sugercube. ONE APPLE FAMILY SPECIAL BREAKFAST COMING UP!"
And with those words she rushed off to start baking.
Godzilla leaned in the sofa, finally somewhat at peace since the whole fiasco began.
"You know what maybe this place won't be so bad after all"
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Ditsy Doo woke up to frantic knocking on her door. She gowned as she got up to answer it. To be perfectly frank Ditsy was perfectly fine with sleeping in today, for yesterday had been very strenuous. She had no idea what she was in for when she volunteered to be Trixie's assistant. At fist she had simply helped with performances on her days off, when she wasn't doing her normal job of delivering mail. It was a steady paying gig, and as full of herself as Trixie could be Ditsy knew Trixie was a good pony. She was just driven was all.
Then things got weird. Trixie had hatched a harebrained scheme to win a tournament or something. Ditsy couldn't really remember the details, but she knew it was important to Trixie. Ditsy had often been labeled "clumsy" by the other ponies, but one thing she was good at was determining another ponies character. Maybe that's why she didn't immediately quit when she heard they were going to break into the Canterlot Archives. She had tried protesting, and suggesting a different spell. Yet, Trixie stubborn as always was dead set on a certain spell that could only be found in those sacred halls.
Well either way Ditsy helped Trixie steal. In fact she half expected that the knocking was some guard pony to arrest her. At this point Ditsy Doo was too tired to care and figured well might as well get this over with.
She was rather surprised to see Trixie at the door. In fact Trixie looked how she herself felt, rundown and dog-on tired.
"Ditsy I think we made a terrible mistake yesterday!"
"Woh slow down. By Celestia you're a wreck...here come inside I'll fix us some muffins and we can talk."
Trixie looked like she wanted to argue but a rumbly tummy put an end to that argument. After Ditsy fixed them some muffins and coffee, Trixie began to elaborate how she believed something had in fact been summoned. But not something from Equestria, something from some place far away. But what really got Ditsy's attention was the fear in Trixie's eyes. She remembered the same fear from yesterday, she had just chalked it up to Trixie's life being in danger, but now? They held a note of urgency, and panic she hadn't seen in the showmare.
"So you think there's some kind of horrible monster out there?"
"Yes Ditsy! Yes! We need to find it and send it back!"
"But I mean, shouldn't we go to the royal guard or something? If this thing is as dangerous as you say..."
"No Ditsy...I can't explain it but somehow I think I'm the only one who can do it" Trixie said rather grimly, than continued "You see. I think that I somehow have a...link to it."
"A link? Like a chain?"
"Kind of. I can feel it somehow. I think i tied it to my essence somehow during the summoning. It's draining me Ditsy."
Ditsy looked at her friend and indeed she had seen better days. Their were lines under her eyes and she still looked impoverished in spite of the fact she was just feed.
"Yea you do look a little under the weather"
"But I don't think I can keep it going for very long. I think soon it wont need me and then..." Trixie shuttered at the thought
"Yikes! But wait wont it help to call the Guard ponies? Maybe they could help? I mean we'll have to confess..."
Trixie looked mortified
"NO! Right now the creature isn't using it's full power, but it's just beneath the surface. If we get Guards Ponies or attract too much attention to it I think it may use its full power"
"gulp...and that would be bad?" Ditsy asked afraid of the answer.
"Lets just say I don't think the Royal Sisters would consider him a cake walk." Trixie grimaced.
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Meanwhile Location~Badlands, undisclosed cave
Trixie wasn't the only one to feel the presence of Godzilla. Neither was Luna, whom guarded the Night. Yet, another force felt the power of the God of Destruction, and he didn't like it one bit. He felt the power of Godzilla like that of an unwanted intruder, a natt to be swatted at the soonest opportunity, or an opponent to be demolished with extreme prejudice. He was a creature of legend, the kind of monster lost to history because to remember is to invoke his wrath. He turned and twisted, moving his ancient hoard, wrenching old relics and treasures from his scaly hide.
For the first time in an age this mighty beast stirred from it's slumber. The mountain under which the titan resided shook with the massive force of it's wings unfurling, the earth quakes as he stretches his claws, and then one reptilian eye suddenly shoots open. Birds and other animals scattered form the cave in terror of the monster that had just been awakened.
For there was a simple truth, get in this things way and you were sure as dead. As he exists his cave he leaves a trail of overturned trees and uncovered earth in his wake. A terror has been unleashed once again unleashed upon Equestria, and whether anyone Kaiju, or pony knew it. That path was going to lead straight toward the King of Monsters himself; Godzilla.
(Apple Family Farm, Morning) The King of Monsters was not a happy camper. He was bed ridden in a foreign land where nothing made any scene. He puffed some smoke in irritation. To top it all off he was now in debated to his hostess. The events of last night were becoming clearer, and clearer. He remembered picking a fight with the rude three headed creature and the inseuing battle. Despite his decreased size he was certain he could handle himself...but something was off.
He examines his newly acquired, golden accessories with disdain. Feeling a strange aura around the trinkets.
"These damn bracelets are behind it. I just know it!" he growled to himself. Curiously he tried nibbling the gold off, to no avail. It was like the gold and his flesh had become inseparable.
The orange pony had in fact saved him. That admission burned him to his core. He tried not to show it in front of her but deep down he resented the fact Applejack saved his life. The memory confounded him his memory would not abide letting anyone interfere with his duel...and yet when Applejack fought...he almost didn't mind.
Yet, there was his current perdiciment. He couldn't think of a least dignifying position for a creature of his stature to be in. Immobile, and wrapped in bandages Godzilla again cursed his luck. He had half a mind to just bare the pain and leave to spare himself further embarrassment, but he did promise to stay for breakfast.
Making up his mind The King of Monsters resolved to repay the pony as quickly as possible and immediately return to his home as fast as possible, and put this whole arrangement behind him.
Suddenly he sensed a presence by the door way, turning his head he saw a red stallion with a strong family resemblance to Applejack. The stallion glared at him, like he was silently judging Godzilla. Annoyed at being watched in his rather weakened state he addressed the pony.
"What is it equine?" he state rather gruffly. The stallion walked up to him and looked him over once more before responding.
"Mah sister saved you. Did you know that?" the stallion asked in a deep voice.
"Yes im aware of that much" Godzilla responded.
"Good. Then you also know she worked the entire night to bring your scaly self into our home and nurse you back to health right?" the stallion continued with clear resentment in his voice.
Godzilla paused and analyzed the pony. He recognized the look of a creature being forced to do something it would rather not do, and somehow it had to do with him. Somehow Godzilla, without meaning to, had irritated this pony. The message was clear, his presence wasn't tolerated here.
"Yes im aware of what Ms. Applejack has done for me..." Godzilla began before he was interrupted.
"Then know this. If you hurt my sister, my family in anyway I'll make you wish she hadn't saved you" the red stallion said with some venom.
Dumbstruck the former Kaiju King merely nodded. The red stallions deminor lighted up a bit after that.
"Good now that we have an understanding...breakfast will be ready in about 10 minutes."
_______
Ditsy Do and Trixie had gotten tickets aboard the Friendship Express and were now tracking the supposed creature they had summoned the previous night. Trixie sported a cloak to hide her rather malnourished figure and avoid bringing unwanted glares, and Ditsy looked relatively no worse for wear, except for a couple bags under her eyes from a lack of sleep. This whole endeavor was rather draining on the two mares.
When they first got on the train they weren't exactly sure where they were heading. Their only point of reference seemed to be Trixie's connection with the creature. As they rode though their destination became abundantly clear, Trixie felt a strong pull...toward Ponyville. If given the chance the blue unicorn would prefer never to set hoof in that forsaken town ever again, but that's where her scenes told her the creature was and so that's where they would have to go.
Ditsy on the other hand was rather pleased by this turn of events. She was planing to rerun home to Ponyville anyways. However as she began to ponder the idea she also grew anxious. They were following the trail of some kind of dangerous creature, a creature they had summoned, and it was in her hometown?
Ponyville had been through it's fair share of turmoil, especially in recent memory surely everything would end out okay in the end right?
She was worrying too much she needed to get her mind of things just for a bit, just to clam her nerves. She looked at the blue show-mare, with pity in her eyes. Ditsy knew how much she must be dreading going back to Ponyville.
The first time Trixie had wheeled up to Ponyville she came as an entertainer, and the second time Trixie came as a conqueror. On neither occasion had she exactly left the town on the greatest terms.
Ditsy remembered encountering Trixie shortly after Twilight Sparkle had removed the Alicorn amulet from her. She seemed...defeated. She didn't have nearly as much of the same over-saturated personality as when she first arrived. She just seemed like a sadpony. Immediately any animosity Ditsy may have felt toward the unicorn for her past actions dissolved, here was a pony who needed her help, after-all lifting others spirits was her very special talent after all.
She had introduced herself shortly afterward. They got to talking and found that they had more in common then they thought. Trixie confided in Ditsy that all she really wanted to do was show other ponies her talent, and entertain them. The grey wall-eyed Pegasus could relate, she was known throughout Ponyville for being somewhat of a clutz, but all she wanted was to help other ponies. After a while Trixie had off handedly suggested that Ditsy could become her assistant. Trixie had suggested it as a joke amongst friends but Ditsy Do took the offer to heart.
At first it was hard starting out for both parties. Ditsy often had to juggle her normal job as Ponyville's mail-mare with making Trixie's practice performances, but Ditsy was a determined pony and often used her spare time to make it to Trixie's practice sessions. At first her clumsiness had gotten in the way of a good practice performance, but Ditsy never gave up, and Trixie never gave up on her. Sure Trixie could be a bit blunt and have a bit of a perfectionist streak, but she was always very patient. Trixie was a unicorn with a plan, and had a great sense for the theatrical. She knew exactly how to maximize the time they did find to practice. She knew what acts would get the biggest reactions from her audience.
Eventually, the two had perfected their act known as The Great and Powerful Trixie with her amazing Assistant Bright Eyes, with the latter being Ditsy Hooves stage name. As it turns out the shows had actually done better than ever before. Bright Eyes added a certain "reliability" to Trixie's shows, and she quickly became a fan favorite.
For a while that's how it went a mailmare during the day and "Bright Eyes" during her spare time. The applause and admiration of the audience left the grey pugusus with an imminence sense of pride and satisfaction. It was all because Trixie gave Ditsy a chance, she was a great stage coach and Ditsy would even say a good friend.
Then Twilight Sparkle became an Alicorn. Now, Ditsy had nothing against the newest member of the Alicorn race, in fact she was happy for Twilight. She had worked hard studying in that musty old Library, and saving Ponyville; she deserved an award. However as time went on from that moment forward Trixie began to act...strange.
Practice sessions were longer, and Trixie was more critical and precise, almost demanding. Ditsy could take it though, she was a tough pegusus and Trixie was still her friend. So maybe that would have been the end of it, except it wasn't. For as strict as Trixie was with Ditsy she was twice as hard on herself. She was constantly trying to incorporate larger and more elaborate spells, with that summoning spell just being the latest in a long list attempted spells to "improve" the show.
Ditsy didn't like what all this was doing to her friend but she never said anything. She always thought this was just a "phase" Trixie needed to go through, after she realized that her talent was in putting a good show and not magical prowess, then everything would go back to normal. So like a "good" assistant Ditsy helped Trixie in her ever growing collection of spells.
All of this accumulating to the incident last night. At first she just thought it was Trixie being her normal passionate self, but it was different this time. When she suggested flat out stealing from the Canterlot Archives Ditsy was astonished, this was a whole other level, even for Trixie. Ditsy Do sincerely hoped that this would be the confidence booster her friend needed, perhaps she believed it too much. Everything about the Summoning Spell felt...wrong. Ditsy thought that perhaps that it was due to a lack of knowledge on the issue, but then the summoning went wrong and Trixie was suffering for it.
In a way Ditsy felt just as responsible as Trixie. Maybe she could have talked the unicorn out of the summoning? Who knew. What she did know was that her friend needed her right now and even if she wasn't the smartest apple in the barrel she would help as best she could.
____ (Twilight's Castle, Morning)
Twilight was not a happy camper. For some inexplicable reason she just couldn't sleep last night, which was weird. She had followed her bed time regime right down to the letter. She just didn't know what went wrong. She had made a cup of hot coco, tucked her number 1 assistant in bed, read the last chapter of Applied Arcane Arts Volume II, but for some reason couldn't fall asleep. She felt a dull pain along her horn throughout her spine, no matter how much she fluffed the pillow, or shuffled around she...just...couldn't...get comfortable.
Then there was a knocking on the door. Twilight stuffed her head into her pillow as if it were a warden against the unwelcome sound, "Maybe if I ignore it it'll go away?" she dared to hope.
No sooner did the words exit her lips did the knocking continue but this time slightly more urgent, and thus she reluctantly opened her door with magic. In walked a small purple dragon with green scales, he took one look at the sleep deprived Alicorn and immediately felt a twinge of sympathy.
"Yikes! Rough night huh Twilight?" Spike asked concerned. The Alicorn merely mumbled incoherently in response but nodded.
"I see...well I'll whip up a big breakfast for you downstairs....sorry I had to wake you but Applejack needs your help with something." Spike said frowning slightly.
Instantly, the thought of her friend in any sort of delemia shook Twilight out of any sort of fatigue "Is she alright?"
"Yea as far as I can tell. But she came in saying she really needed to talk with you as soon as possible. So I rushed up here and well you know the rest."
Her mind calmed that her friend was at least okay she trotted over and hugged Spike "Thanks for delivering the message Number 1 Assistant" she said lightly booping him on the head.
"It's what I do" Spike said striking a confidant pose.
Twilight giggled lightly then continued, "Tell Applejack I'll be down in a jiffy. I just need a minute okay?"
Spike nodded and headed down the stairs to let Applejack know her friend would join her soon and set about making breakfast.
Applejack frowned slightly but understood, she had probably just woken Twilight up, she would need a second. Yet, this left time for Applejack to inquiry Spike about something on her mind.
"Say Spike I don't mean to be rude or nothing but...do you mind if I ask you a couple questions...about dragons?"
Spike raised an eyebrow, but smiled "hehe truth be told I don't know all that much...but i'll be glad to help in anyway I can" he said while gathering kitchen utensils.
"Eyuup that's Spike alright. A helper to the end." Applejack thought with a smile. She thought about the quitter back home and even now looking at Spike in person couldn't help but feel that there was a strong resemblance, with perhaps one or two differences.
"Do you know if any Dragons live underwater?"
Spike pondered this for a moment "I don't think so. Personally I'm no good at water, kinda hard to swim with heavy scales. Plus theirs obviously the fact water and fire don't mix to well..."
"Hmm makes sense I reckon." Then she remembered the strange golden bracelets the creature had. Maybe Spike knew something about that?
"About your...err I mean Dragon's hoarding habits. Would a Dragon ever wear their treasure, like a necklace or a bracelet?"
Spike stopped stirring the pancake mix to ponder this. Like ponies he didn't really have to wear clothes all that much, unless their was a special occasion. Then a thought of a certain elegant, fashionista crossed his mind. If the mare who holds his heart were to bequeath him with an accessory he knew he would accept it on the spot.
"Well...maybe if the item were really, really important to the dragon I guess" Spike said trying to hide his blush. Applejack thought about this for a minute and it seemed just as logical as any other answer.
____
(Somewhere of the Coast of Equestria)
"You know Sargent I was really hoping for a more exciting assignment than well...gee I don't know patrolling some no-account little town in the middle of nowhere!"
Sargent Fleet Foot sighed the new guy had been assigned here two months ago and he still wouldn't shut up about being assigned to the "boonies" as he called it. The greenies name was Tick Tock, and like his name suggested the kid just couldn't stay still. He was always fidgeting with something, his uniform, his spear any thing the youngling could get his hooves on. Now that was annoying enough but the stallion just wouldn't shut his trap about how "important" his family was and how he deserved to be stationed at a station of more "importance". Fleet Foot had sought to enlighten the youngling many times over at to the strategic importance of this location.
For you see this was a harbor and port for Equestria, those stationed here were tasked with keeping the peace among the traders of course but to also keep an eye on foreign presence. True Equestria hadn't been in a full out war in sometime but that didn't mean Equestria wasn't diligent. Sargent Fleet Foot actually felt rather privileged to be stationed here, it's a shame the kid didn't see it that way.
"I mean I should be off serving the princesses, fighting Diamond Dog raiders, wooing mares you now what I mean?" Tick Tock complained.
"Kid your a member of the Royal Guard, a respected soldier who's first duty is to Equestia's safety, not you own personal glory. If the higher up's think you're more useful here they must have their reasons."
"Yea but I should be out on the front lines! Making a name for myself! Not here is some backwards little harbor town" Tick Tock groaned slamming his hoof down in frustration.
The Sargent merely huffed "the kid will never learn" he thought to himself. Just then his ears perked up. He thought he heard something over in town. Ignoring Tick Tock he rushed to the ledge of the tower to get a better look. Smoke...lots of it.
"Oh by Celestia this is not good..." Sargent Fleet Food muttered to himself.
"Hey Sargent are you even listening to..." Tick Tock begin before growing silent. By now even Tick Tock's own obliviousness couldn't overlook the sight before them.
The sight before them was pure chaos, Ponies, Gryphons, and Zebra's all running from the dock in sheer terror; as gulf of flame was quickly enveloping the town.
"We...we got to warn somepony!" Tick Tock yelled bolting down the tower.
"No wait!" Sargent Fleet Foot tried to warn but it was too late the youngster was out of earshot. Tick Tock barged through the tower with a bang and rushed to the scene.
"Finally some excitement...some deadly excitement but beggars can't be choosers!" Tick Tock thought to himself. He was already imagining the medals he would get for bravely risking his own life to save the civilians and put out the fire.
It wasn't until he neared the sight that he began to notice something odd. The fire's seemed to be all spreadout almost as if they didn't originate from one place. The populace also weren't heading out of town, as was the obvious course of action, indeed it almost seemed as if they were retreating into the town? Yet, that made no scene what would posses them to do that?
Just then a looming shadow briefly crossed the sun and for a few brief seconds Equestria was plunged into darkness. It suddenly all made sense. The populace wasn't running out of town because they were afraid they'd be spotted, and the fires were spread out because they had been ignited separately.
Tick Tock had about only a couple seconds to realize this, but before he could so much as flinch a gulf of flame erupted from the shadow straight towards him.
Inspite of the fact that she co-rules the nation of Equestria little is actually known of Princess Celestia. There are some in Equestria who view the royal sisters as Goddesses, especially Princess Celestia. It's a notion she has long tried to deny, but when a being can effortlessly raise the sun it can be hard not to see that being as divine. Although this is not the only reason the Solar Diarch could be confused for a Goddess. Under her wise and benevolent rule Equestria grew and prospered at a nearly unprecedented level. Under the guidance of the Alicorn Sisters the three pony tribes were more united and defended than ever before. Even after the banishment of Nightmare Moon, Princess Celestia proved to be a wise ruler for nearly a millennia.
Outsiders may be critical of Celestia's less than conventional way of ruling, yet those in the "know" realize just how cunning the Princess could be. Especially in recent times with the return of so many potent threats, such as Nightmare Moon, Discord and the Changelings just to name a few. Any lesser nation...or ruler would have fallen to just one of these threats, and yet curiously enough here stood Equestira little worse for wear. The citizens of Equestria...and perhaps the world will never know how many times their Princess has saved their nation directly, or indirectly. Yet, Celestia would prefer it that way if all possible.
However change is on the horizon, and the rules are all about to change.
~~~
She remembers seeing destruction all around her. Buildings lit aflame. Ponies wailing in agony, or in fear. To any mortal this would be enough to drive one insane, but the Alicorn's are burdened with senses beyond any mortal. In the air she could feel the oppressive wight of overwhelming power, and in the silence the cold calculation of cruelty. She could feel age beyond comprehension and rage that was unfathomable. It was enough to make even the sovereign of the Sun...uncomfortable.
Still she perused forward, past her ponies. She headed forward to face what force dare scare her subjects. She would do what she had done for the last millennia, bring order and harmony by what ever means.
As she moved forward her breath grew more labored and the intensity of the fog, and flames grew. Chaos and Confusion threatened to engulf her. As she grew closer to the source, an immense form appeared within the smog, formless but undeniably powerful. She had not faced such intense chaos since her confrontations with Discord. Although, Celestia admits he was always more of a prankster than truly malevolent, but this was different. The chaos here wasn't laced the precision of a well-thought out prank, or trick. No, this was pure unbridled and ambivalent power, akin to a hurricane or volcano. Destroying all and any in it's path regardless of who or whatever got in it's way.
By now the form in the chaos had noticed the one creature who dared not to flee in it's presence. It directed it's horrible gaze at Celestia. Celestia had to brace herself down and dig her hooves into the dirt just to keep from being flung away by this creatures aura.
For a moment there was silence.
Then their was a strange crackling sound.
Within moments the Princess of the Sun was surrounded by pain and flame. So great was the heat that even the Solar Diarch could not endure and she let out a scream. Partly in pain but their was another emotion, one she had not felt for centuries on end; fear.
~~~ (Canterlot Castle)
Celestia woke with a start, in a cold sweat and a trembling heart. She looked around there was no smog, no flames, just her royal chambers. Celestia breathed deeply, calming herself and regaining her composure.
However as soon as she did this the doors to her chamber immediately slammed open.
"SISTER! ART THOU ALRIGHT?" Yelled Luna brandishing an ethereal sword ready to fight.
Celestia smiled at her sisters concern "I am well Luna...just a nightmare."
Luna frowned, but seeing as their was no immediate danger dissolved the sword. Then she walked up and embraced her sister "Aye, I know the feeling well dearest sister" she said with a light chuckle.
Celestia chuckled in response and embraced her sister back.
"Sister art thou sure nothing is the matter?" Luna asked.
"Just a rather unpleasant dream dear sister" Celestia insisted. Luna seemed unconvinced, call it a sister's intuition.
"As a Dream-Walker I'd be happy to look further into the matter..." Luna began, but Celestia cut her off with a gentle shake of her head insisting that the dream was not of consequence.
"Very well sister," Luna still had her doubts but decided to trust Celestia's judgement. "Oh! I meant to speak with thee later in the day about a certain matter, but now seems as good a time as any to mention it."
Celestia, who was by now adorning herself with the royal regalia in preparations of the day, turned to acknowledge her sister whilst still making herself presentable.
"It has come to our attention that a new stranger has appeared within our midst," Luna said. Intrigued Celestia asked who the stranger was.
"I know not. Their was a strange aura around him. Yet needles to say this individual was...different"
"Different in what way sister?" Celestia inquired.
"Tis hard to explain. Yet, I shall endeavor to try." So for the next several moments Luna described the strange reptile she encountered in the dreamscape. For although he had the appearance of a dragon he felt like an entirely different creature. Luna fully recounted her interaction with the so called "King of Monsters", while Celestia for the most part listened in silence enraptured by the story, only asking the occasional question for clarity. According to Luna the dragon-like creature seemed to carry itself like royalty, but had the countenance of a warrior. The creature openly admitted that it might be a threat, although Luna couldn't discern if this was the creature's abundant ego, or a statement of fact.
Celestia chuckled "Seems like our friend has quite the ego."
Luna chuckled too "True...but I fear their may be truth to what he says. Currently I do not believe that he is of any danger to our citizens...yet I did sense a rather unnerving aura around the creature."
"Is he a threat to our citizens?" Celestia asked. Luna took the time to ponder.
"Not at the moment. I do also sense a feeling of nobility from the creature...yet much like the serpent I suspect that he is bound by the whims of his nature" Luna summarized.
Celestia, who was now done with her morning routine, pondered all that her sister had told her.
Luna lowered her ears "Do you think...do you think I made the correct decision?"
Despite how much progress Luna had made since her reformation she still seemed fragile at times especially with Celestia. When she had first been reintroduced into Pony society she barely even spoke. It took the combined efforts of Celestia and Twilight Sparkle to get her to interact with her subjects without incident, and even though she won't admit it Luna still had doubts about her own sense of judgement.
"Of course dear sister I trust your judgement. I know that you would never let any harm come to Equestria. Yet I am also glad that you have taken myself and Twilight's lessons on friendship to heart. On this matter I believe you have shown great wisdom."
Luna beamed at the praise, "Thank you sister...it is a comfort to have some reassurance on the matter. I will take my leave." With that Luna left Celestia to her pondering.
While it was true she believed in Luna's judgement and her account of the situation seemed harmless enough (strange but harmless), she felt a sense of foreboding. Luna's account seemed to explain her own restlessness as of late. As Alicorns they were sensitive to change throughout the land, but with a thousand years more experience Celestia's interconnection with the land had grew into near precognition. Was her dream a premonition of things to come? She couldn't be sure but Celestia couldn't dash her sister's confidence by usurping her decision. So for now she would play it by ear and see how the situation unfolds.
The scene could best be described as Tarturus on Equis. Fire was everywhere, the former coastal village had nearly been annihilated within minutes. Ships that had been the pride of the Equestrian navy sunk. The market place that was filled with the bustling noise of trade and commerce silenced. Places residents had once called homes were demolished. Somewhere Fleet Foot had even seen the tattered remains of the Equestrian flag skirt across his path before burning to a cinder.
Among the burning wreckage, if one really strained their ears, they could hear the frantic hoof-steps of a certain pegasus. Sargent Fleet foot had a front seat ticket to the utter carnage of the small port town. He had sensed their was something wrong in town but before he could react his idiot subordinate had elected to run fool hardheadedly into a situation neither knew anything about! He tried yelling from the tower to retrieve his subordinate but was silenced when the sky lit on fire.
Sargent Fleet Foot had managed to find and round up a group of survivors, shortly after Fleet Foot had run out of the tower. The Sargent kept an eye out for his charge but couldn't for the life of him find him. However as a member of the Equestrian guard he had a duty to both the inhabitants and his nation. So first things first was to find if their were any survivors.
He surveyed the situation, for it seemed that the town was not only demolished but abandoned. The smell of sulfur and burnt wood permeated the air, and heat from the flames was nearly unbearable. It took him some time to navigate through the wreckage and smoke but finally he came across a Zebra trade-pony trapped under the rubble of his stall. Sargent Fleet Foot immediately galloped to free the trapped merchant, using a board as a makeshift crowbar he managed to provide enough leverage to free him.
"cough, cough, thank you Equetrian," the grateful zebra said.
"Don't thank me, we aren't out of the woods yet. Stay on my tail and don't move unless I tell you otherwise," Sargent Fleet Foot instructed. The zebra nodded in understanding at his savior and stuck close.
A little away they heard the cries of a unicorn. She frantically beseeched the Sargent to save her faience who was, like the zebra before him was trapped under some rubble. The poor girl was in quite a state, once her pale blue and pink mane must have been a source of great pride for the unicorn, but not was regulated to a disheveled mess. They finally made it to a former store, although Fleet Foot couldn't tell you which store since its sign was currently in flames.
"I can't see a thing where is your fiance?!"
"There, there under the cases!" the unicorn said pointing to some debris. He could barely make it out in the sweltering heat of the building but could indeed see a fellow pegusus trapped under the rubble trapping his wings.
"Stay here and watch the lady!" he instructed the zebra. The zebra nodded solemnly and Fleet Foot leept into the burning building. The Zebra and unicorn couldn't see exactly what was happening, so they just stood and waited; their was a moment of silence, followed by a crash and a explosion.
"NO!!!" the unicorn cried out making a grab for the building. But, the Zebra dutifully held her but couldn't help but feel a twinge of despair for his former savior.
The zebra averted his eyes and tried to comfort the unicorn, but then he saw Fleet Foot and the other pegasus emerge from the wreckage, battered and bruised but very much alive. The unicorn ran over to embrace her beloved and thanked the Sargent. The unicorn propped one of her fiance's wings on her back and supported the rest of him with magic, then the group continued on it's way.
While walking they came across a tough looking Griffin passed out, and if his bruise was anything to go on it was probably from a strike from the head from the crumbling town. The Zebra and Sargent carried him for a time until he awoke.
Fast as a whip he jumped away and drew his sword.
"Hey, hey easy buddy we just saved your life."
The Griffin looked around frantically, but seemingly calmed down, he sheathed his sword and thanked the group.
"Please tell me, what happened? One minute I was walking, hoping to get a gig as a bodyguard for some merchant, the next thing i know the pier is in flames and something struck me behind the head." The griffin stated.
No pony had a particular answer, one minute the day was the same as any other then out of nowhere pandemonium erupted. Even Fleet Foot, who had the advantage of being at the tower, couldn't really decern what had happened.
"It doesn't matter what happened. For now I have to get you all to someplace safe, then I got to report what happened here...we can figure out what happened once we are in the clear" the Sargent said. The group seemed to accept this, after all he had saved most of them so the least they could do was follow him to safety.
Just then they heard a yell, the group stoped in their tracks. It was the yell of somepony in pain, possibly in danger. The thought of what peril the victem could be in rushed through the minds of everypony present, stuck in a burning building, trapped or maybe both?
"we...we should go back. Somepony...somepony could be in trouble" the wounded pegusus said between gasps. It was evident he was still in alot of pain.
"Hon...you're injured..."
"I know, but we just can't leave somepony out there!" the unicorn yelled visibly frustrated.
"Yes, but going and getting yourself killed will solve nothing Equestrian. We should stick to the Sargent's plan and seek safety." the Zebra pronounced.
"Bah cowards." the Griffin said with an air of disgust "Equines always lack the backbone when it counts!"
Now everypony was arguing. The Zebra and unicorn insisting they move to safety and the gyphon and wounded pegusus saying they should go look for the other survivor. Sargent Fleet Foot closed his eyes and blocked them out, he was in deep thought. On the one hand he had a duty to report what happened as soon as possible, yet he also had a duity to protect and serve the inhabitants of Equestria. Even though the Zebra and Griffin were obviously from oversees it was his duity to see them safe to. So he came to a conclusion.
An ear-piercing whistle rang out and everypony covered their ears until it was over. The Sargent stood with a slight smirk on his face "eyup still got it,nice to know those years of hassling cadets has finally paid off."
"Okay look everypony here's whats gonna happen," he pointed to the group "you all keep going until you reach the next town. Inform the mayor of said town of all that you know. Help each other, cover your weaknesses and you'll be fine." he said gesturing to the unicorn and zebra
"I have military training so Im best equip to help any stragglers. And you can bet that i'll be meeting you in town faster than you know it." now gesturing to the pegusus and Griffin. Before anyone could respond their was another scream, and it sounded worse.
"Get on it NOW" the Sargent yelled. The couple and the zebra took off, but the griffin had something to say.
"...take care off yourself pony. I'll protect your little troupe." the griffin said then flew off with the rest.
The Sargent made his way back into the sweltering city. He noticed that the flames hadn't died at all. It was almost as if they were magical...
Another scream.
This time he recognizes it. Tick Tock! By Celestia the rookie was still alive! The Sargent galloped onward spurned by the thought that the arrogant little twirp may actually be alive. However as he neared the score for the screaming he felt a sense of foreboding. Suddenly, years of discipline and training fell to the wayside as he felt one pure raw emotion, fear.
The air here felt...well till felt hot. But now it was stale...like decay...or something very, very old.
Finally he found Tick Tock. He was spread out and in a bad ways. Sargent looked him over. The poor rookie was scorched beyond recognition, yet still breathing, and his legs were twisted in...unnatural ways.
"By Celestia what happened?" the Sargent wondered aloud.
The burnt figure slowly turnt it's head, "S...Sargent? ....no...no...get out of here" it wheezed.
"By the sun rookie...what happened to you"
"ACTUALLY EQUINE. THIS HAPPENS TO HAVE BEEN MY DOING
The Sargent jumped in alarm and from the smoke emerged a massive scaly snout, with a large gaping maw, and red burning eyes. He was so massive that the Sargent actually couldn't make out the rest of the massive creatures body, meerly its head obscured his entire field of vision, his true height must have been horrifying to contemplate. Then suddenly it all clicked.
"you...you did this...all of this...WHY!!!" the Sargent yelled.
"DOES THE OCEAN BOW BENEATH THE WHIMS OF A LOWLY MINNOW? DOES THE MOUNTAIN ACKNOWLEDGE THE MEASLY PEBBLE?"
The burnt figure that was once Tick Tock looked at his commander. "Sargent...get out of here...leave while you still can!"
"YOU SEE EQUINE. THIS WHELP HAD DARED REFUSED A QUESTION I HAD OF HIM."
Now a massive claw emerged and was pointed directly over Tick Tock.
The Sargent's eyes narrowed into pinpricks.
"no...please don't"
"NOW THAT I HAVE ANOTHER PONY TO INTERROGATE, I NO LONGER NEED THIS ONE."
The claw descended, with a terrible shudder that shook the earth; the Sargent quivered in terror and rage.
"you...you monster!"
"NOW EQUINE YOU WILL ANSWER MY QUESTIONS...OR SUFFER THE SAME FATE!!!!"
Sargent Fleet Foot was a hardened soldier but in the face of this creature he slowly felt his bravery fail him; he couldn't respond.
"NOW HERE ME! WHO IS THE MIGHTY IN THE LAND!?!!"
The Sargent blinked for a moment, "what sort of question is that" he wondered. Then he thought on it, and slowly came to a realization. "The Princesses! He's talking about the Princesses! If I say the Princesses he might go after them!" With this realization the Sargent grit his teeth and gave his response.
"I, Will, Never, Talk!" The Sargent said with conviction. He readied himself to be crushed or vaporize him but neither happen, instead he felt the ground tremble and a light grumbling. It was the dragon...it was...chuckling?
"IT SEEMS THE YOUNG ONE WASN'T THE ONLY ONE WITH CONVICTION." Then the horrible creatures eyes narrowed on the Sargent "SUCH ACTS OF VALOR ARE UNBECOMING OF SUCH A PITIFULLY SMALL AND WEAK RACE"
The dragon began to slowly shift his body, but instead of going for an attack he merely showed showed his other gigantic claw, but it was balled up into a fist.
The Sargent flinched but stood his ground, again waiting for the creature to smash him to pieces. But with what happened next he almost wished that was what the dragon had in mind. The dragon slowly, agonizingly so, opened its fist.
"Gasp! You damn lizard! Let us go!" a brash voice of a griffin yelled.
The Sargent's heart fell. Their was no mistaking it, in the gigantic paw was his little band of survivors, the unicorn was weeping bitterly, the pegasus in utter agony in having his's twisted limb agitated, the griffin letting out a slew of colorful curses, and even the zebra whom despite his brave front was readily apparent to have shed some tears.
"MUST BE LOSING MY TOUCH. IN THE OLD DAYS WHEN I LOOTED A VILLAGE THERE WERE NO SURVIVORS."
"how...how did you?"
"WHILE I WAS INTERROGATING YOUR FRIEND I SPIED YOUR LITTLE GROUP. I HURT YOUR COMPANION ENOUGH TO MAKE HIM CRY OUT AND LEAD YOU TO ME. NOW ANSWER MY QUESTIONS...OR ELSE!"
The Sargent had been perfectly willing to sacrifice his own life, but now that he knew civilians were in danger he knew he would have to talk.
"I'll tell you everything...just let them go..."
The beast didn't respond with words but slowly began to close his fist.
"WAIT! WAIT! Okay I'll tell you everything!!!" The Sargent told the dragon everything he could think of, the Royal Sisters whom raise the Sun and Moon, the Princess of Love in the Crystal Empire and the newly crowned Princess of Friendship; Twilight Sparkle. The dragon seemed relatively uninterested until he mentioned that Ponyville, the residence to Twilight Sparkle, was the closest location.
"AHH A NEW POWER? AND ACCORDING TO MY SENSES...IT'S CLOSE BY? THIS ONE NAMED SPARKLE MUST BE THE ONE I SEEK.
"I've told you what you want...please release them...kill me if you want but spare them..."
The dragon fully uncleanched his fist and released the survivors. In spite of their captivity they now all looked visibly relieved. The couple hugged each other and the zebra and griffin looked at the Sargent with sympathy for compromising his duty, but respect for saving their lives.
"Thank you..." Sargent Fleet Foot began.
However, before he could continue the good Sargent was interrupted; as a gouge of flame erupted from the creatures maw, vaporizing the zebra, griffin, and the couple within an instant. The dumbstruck pony fell to his knees, with a glazed over look to his eyes. Defeated...completely and utterly defeated.
"I AM A KING PITIFUL CREATURE! AN ALFA PREDATOR! DO NOT ASSUME I OWE YOU ANYTHING PONY!
The dragon had done worse than kill him...he destroyed him psychologically. The Sargent stood agape; the light drained from his eyes, holding a glossy lifeless look, and collapsed on his knees in despair.
"I WATCHED YOUR PITIFUL ATTEMPTS TO SAVE THEM TOO...PATHETIC. YOU ARE WEEK, ALL OF YOUR KIND ARE. YOU SHOULD HAVE LET THEM DIE, SUCH IS THE NATURAL WAY. SUCH IS THE WAY OF THE WORLD. THE STRONG RULE OVER THE WEAK, AND THE WEAK DIE. THOSE THAT AREN'T STRONG ENOUGH TO SURVIVE...WELL THEN YOUR BETTER OFF DEAD. AND LET IT BE KNOWN THAT NO ONE...IS STRONGER THAN THE MIGHTY; TYPHON!"
Typhon unshiethed his mighty wings and with a mighty gust exhausted the flames of the town and the blast and sent the Sargent reeling. His mighty wings with a powerful flap shot the enormous creature into the air and the shock waves shook the remaining city to rubble. The Sargent looked around, the once bursting city eradicated, the populace gone, and all by a creature so overwhelmingly cruel, merciless and unequivocally powerful. There was a deep seated fear, that no matter how hard ponykind tried they would never be able to match such power. All his own modest attempts to save lives, undone on a whim... The bravery of Tick Tock, made pointless...
The Sargent looked to the sky, a place he always felt at home, where he had once believed the benevolence of the Royal Sisters would always shine down on, yet even the sky was perverted into an ugly mass of smog and decay. He wailed at the injustice of it all, the unfairness of it, how a creature so cruel can ruin such beauty.
The Royal Sisters had worked for centuries to make the land they ruled a paradise for their subjects. An ideal place where harmony and peace could reign. Yet, now monsters were slithering form their ancient places, and they were hell-bound to see Equestria fall. Such a place was an affront to creatures who lived upon the code of Survival; the strong survive and the weak must die. Creatures like Sombra, Chrystalis, and Tirek, were only the beginning. Equestria had enjoyed many ages of peace but now they would be forced to remember, that monsters once ruled the Land.
The King of Monsters found himself in a situation unlike any other...he was a house guest. The pony named Applejack had offered him medical assistance and even breakfast. Godzilla was new to hospitality but supposed he needed to put up with the politeness of the ponies, he did owe them in a way. Then there was the red male equine to consider, the protective hatch-mate of Applejack, and obviously he didn't like Godzilla very much. After their little...altercation Godzilla and Big Macintosh were understandably wary of each other. When the meal was ready Godzilla walked over to the kitchen and stood at the entrance, unsure of what to do next.
"Well what are you doing on over there for? The foods over here!" an elderly voice called out.
Godzilla turned his head to see a green, elderly looking, female pony. She didn't seem commanding, indeed she seemed enthusiastic, which give Godzilla some hope. The red, male pony merely glared at him. To his surprise he found that the hatching named Applebloom was also present. She was energetically waving him down beckoning him to sit beside her. He smiled but decided that he needed to make a good first impression.
He walked over, bowed, and pronounced regally, "Thank you for accepting me into your dwelling while my wounds heal. May good tidings follow you and your kin."
The reactions he got were mixed. The hatching seemed to chuckle, and the male rolled his eyes, the elderly pony just waved her hoof nonchalantly "Ehh nonsense. The Apple family prides itself on it's hospitality Mr..."
"You can call me Godzilla, Mrs."
"Well, Mr. Go-jy-ra...go on and have a seat...might I suggest next to Applebloom. Poor filly looks like she might blow a gasket any minute now."
The King of Monsters thought about correcting the elderly ponies punctuation of his name, but thought against it. "She must be feeble of the mind." He thought. "I mean...I said it as clear as day...It's probably best not to stress her out."
As he was thinking this though he felt something knock against his foot, he barely had time to let out a yelp as his jaw smacked into the ground. Unfortunately it didn't end there, as a reflex he had swung his tail and accidentally broke the support to Big Macintosh's chair as well! He quickly followed Godzilla with a yelp, and a painful thud on the floor.
Applebloom couldn't help but let out a quick laugh at the absurdity of the situation. Even Granny Smith let out a chuckle, "Deerie why don't you help our guest and your brother. I reckon our guest is still a little unsteady on his feet."
Applebloom obeyed, while trying to stifle her mirth. Big Mac grumbled something incoherent about a "big clumsy lizard" and excused himself. Godzilla on the other hand was mortified. Here he had planed to introduce himself to the matriarch of the household with poise and dignity...and then he completely blundered about like a newborn hatching! Granny must have sensed her guest was feeling rather embarrassed so she interjected "Ah don't worry about it youngster. Why if I took a bite from the business end of that Chimera fellow I'd be feeling a bit off beat too!"
That seemed to take the edge of the situation a bit, and Godzilla relaxed. "Yes of course it must have been a lingering effect from my battle, that's the only explanation" he thought to himself. Then Applebloom chimed in.
"It also might have been ya tail! Reckon we didn't think about that...sorry Mr. Godzilla."
He completely seized the chance to save face, "Why yes! After my battle, and err...unfamiliarity with the terrain of your home...I must have lost my footing...of course."
Applebloom and Granny Smith lightly chuckled and continued their breakfast.
~~~~
(Meanwhile at the Ponyville Train Station)
It was said that Ponyville had a nack for attracting wierdo's and oddness in recent years. The Parasprite incident, the arrival of Twilight Sparkle, and that one weird Earth Pony obsessed with time, had all become commonplace. So nopony batted an eye when "The Great and Powerful Trixie" and Ditsy Do disembarked from their train. Although the populace may not have payed them much mind, each of the mares had a world of things on their minds.
Poor, Trixie had another bout of pain as they disembarked. However, she knew that her connection had gotten better and even knew where they needed to go from here. Trixie grimaced at the thought of where they were heading, but steeled herself and looked liked a mare on a mission.
Ditsy on the other hand was smiling happily; although she wished the circumstances were different she was happy to be home. Trixie however kept her head down and headed on in determination, she would much rather not have to deal with the denizens of this place for any longer than she had too.
"Come along Mrs. Do." Trixie beckoned.
"Ohh, err...right" Ditsy complied following close behind. Her ears downcast slightly. She knew Trixie well enough to know that there would be no time to dilly-dally.
"Soo...where are we heading?" Ditsy asked.
Trixie mumbled something incoherent.
"I'm sorry I didn't catch that..."
She mumbled a little louder but Ditsy still couldn't tell what the unicorn was saying.
"Errm one more time?"
"Oh for the love of Celestia! Twilight's Castle! We're heading to perfect little Twilight Snarkle's perfect, glittering Castle!" the unicorn said in a huff.
Ditsy recoiled slightly but said nothing. They proceeded until they were on main street, when she smelt the bakeries of Ponyville readying for breakfast. Her stomach let out a little growl as she smelt the familiar sent of her favorite pastries; muffins. The thoughts of home and food made her feel a bit nostalgic. She thought about her little filly just a couple blocks from main street. She wondered If...just if...
"Say Trixie? I know we're on a super-dooper, extra, important mission but...I don't suppose we could swing by my place for a minute? I really miss my little Dinky and wanna make sure she's honkey-dory."
Trixie turned around and gave Ditzy a venomous glare, she was about to respond when an audible grown was heard emanating from the unicorn's stomach. They were silent for a moment.
"And! I can bake you some of my world famous muffins! I'm sure some food in our tummies will help us on our daring quest!" Ditzy said emphatically.
Trixie just mumbled something again but Ditzy took that as an invitation and gleefully lead her boss to her home.
~~~~
(Meanwhile in Twilight's Castle)
Spike and Applejack had been conversing for quite a while. Mainly, Applejack seemed to be asking a lot about his draconic heritage. Spike was unsure about how to feel, he was raised by ponies, and quite frankly felt most comfortable around ponies. What little interactions he had with his own species weren't the best of impressions to be perfectly honest. Perhaps he felt a trickle of shame? Shame that he didn't know as much about dragon's as he would have liked?
It certainly wasn't for a lack of trying. As Twilight's "Number One assistant" he had access to stores of Information from the Canterlot Royal, the Far Reaches of the Crystal Empire, and the archives of the Ponyville Library...before it was destroyed. In part he sympathized with Twilight's fascination with dragon culture because even with all the access they had any information on Dragon's was extremely vague and dicey at best.
When he had went on the Great Dragon Migration he was over-joyed he had thought that somehow he would finally reconnect with his species and maybe be accepted. Yet, he learned that he didn't hold much in common with the dragon's of his age. They were jerks who liked tormenting other creatures for fun! In fact if it weren't for Rarity, Rainbow and Twilight they might have turned on him too! Ever scene then he had decided to cut ties with the dragons. He wouldn't associate with them unless absolutely necessary.
Spike had thought that he had gotten over any sentiment of his heritage some time ago, but Applejack's questions seemed to have reinvigorated a curiosity about his kind that he though he had repressed long ago.
Yet, not every question Applejack asked seemed to describe a dragon at all. In the intervening minutes since their conversation started Spike begin to get the sense that whatever creature she was describing wasn't a dragon at all, but then again he couldn't be positive the creature was some variant he had never come across before. After all their were some trait's she described that seemed to fit a dragon's depiction.
According to Applejack the creature, had gills, talked like nobility, had healing abilities unlike any creature in Equestria, and wore golden gauntlets. Spike was quite astonished by this description, the image he imagined the creature must have looked like was...bewildering. Yet, Applejack was his friend and he wanted to help her if he could, so he gave his honest diagnosis.
Spike explained that Dragon's weren't typically as social or literate as ponies so they didn't sound very "royal".
He had seen many dragon types during the dragon migration, flying adults and teenagers mostly, but none with gills, although he admitted that he simply could have missed them or that they didn't participate in the migration.
As for regeneration he stated that Dragon's had a high tolerance for heat, like being able to dive into magma as if it were like a spa. He also stated that their scales could protect then to an extent. But if Dragon's do manage to sustain damage it takes roughly the same amount of time to heal as any other creature.
Applejack for the most part was rather confounded. She was almost certain that Godzilla was some kind of dragon, but here was Spike telling her that he might not be.
"Applejack...are you sure your describing a dragon?" Spike asked "And...why the sudden interest?"
Applejack pondered for a moment "It'll be best to show ya I reckon. When Twilight comes down we can all walk over to Sweet Apple Acres and I'll show you who I'm talking about."
Spike thought about it for a minute. He had his usual chores to do, but this creature sounded interesting. He supposed he could spare a minute to see it.
"You know what AJ? I'll take you up on that offer!" Spike said with a smile.
~~~~~~~
"Dinky! Oh Dinky! Where are you? Mommy's Home!" Ditsy Do called out happily.
The cross-eyed mare was rewarded for her efforts, as a cliter-clatter of little hooves could be heard followed by a happy squeel.
"Mommy!" a small pale-purple unicorn exclaimed gleefully. In a single movement she had launched herself from the top of the stair case toward the loving embrace of her mother. Ditsy gracefully caught her daughter and hugged her tightly. Dinky was her pride and joy. She was Ditsy's whole world.
Trixie stood by the entrance watching the whole touching scene unfold and her demeanor gradually lightened.
"You're home early mommy! Did your practice go good? (gasps) Have you got a new trick?" Dinky exclaimed.
Ditsy coyly rubbed the back of her head, "errr...we were working on it. But somethings come up. It just so happened that we could stop by and see my favorite "little muffontop" ."
Dinky blushed slightly, "Mom...that's embarrassing." she complained.
"Oh? Well you'll always be my "little" muffintop" Ditsy affirmed. She suddenly remembered that she had a guest!
"Oh Trixie! Err...sorry I was just..."
"It is no issue Mrs. Do. I'm surprised you didn't mention our new trick to young Dinky though."
The filly's eyes lit up. "Really! Can I see? Please! Oh pretty please!"
"Very well then. The Great and Powerful Trixie shall show you a small sample of her magical prowess!" Trixie took her cape and wrapped it around her hoof.
"Now, repeat after me 'Stars and Lights make Everything Alright'."
"Stars and Lights make Everything Alright!!!" Dinky repeated faithfully. Trixie removed her cape and a cascade of fireworks display erupted from her very hooves! Not only that but the took the shape of a bird! A Star! Finally, a glittery impression of Dinky herself!
Dinky was wide eyed in awe and clapped enthusiastically, "That was great Ms. Trixie!!!"
"Yea Trixie! Even I'm surprised." Ditsy Do remarked slightly concerned.
"A great magician always has a trick up their sleeve no matter the occasion" said the Great and Powerful Trixie sagely.
"Oh honey it's a weekday. You better head off to school" Ditsy said realizing the time.
"Oh good point! Bye Mom! Bye Ms. Trixie!" Dinky yelled as she ran out the door.
As soon as Dinky was gone Trixie staggered a bit.
"Trixie!" Ditsy quickly grabbed her boss before she could collapse, and supported her to a sofa.
"I suppose that little trick took more out of me than I thought..." Trixie admitted.
"I'm sure Dinky appreciated that Trixie...we really should get you patched up. I'll whip us up some muffins lickity-split! Then we can figure out what to do next."
Trixie nodded and sat on the sofa in thought. She wondered where the creature she summoned was now. She wondered...what it was thinking? Here she was with a friend that cared so much for her, and a daughter that cared for her in turn...she just couldn't imagine the creature from the summoning ever having anything like that. In that moment, Trixie pitted the creature.
~~~~~~~
Godzilla couldn't remember the last time he could just sit down and chat with another, while enjoying a nice meal. The one named Applebloom was just a bundle of energy, and seemed quite insistent on him trying everything they had to offer. Truthfully he didn't need to consume his nutrients through his mouth although he found the process of "eating" deeply satisfying. Although for many eons the only things he ate and actually tasted were fish, and other marine life he could nab on occasion. Yet, what these ponies were offering him this day was unlike anything he had ever tasted before! It would seem that they were an immensely creative lot, for they has ways of preparing food that he had never even conceived. The boiled, roasted, smoked, and baked an assortment of food all based around some type of fruit; an 'apple' he believed it was called.
He tried an assortment of all kinds of Apple related foods, applepies of course but there was also applefritters, apple-doughnuts, Apple pancakes, you name it and as long as it was "apple" related the Apple family more than likely had it! Speaking of the meal, it was unlike anything he had ever tasted before! The flavor danced across his tongue, and left him feeling deeply satisfied.
"So do you like it Mr Godzilla?" Applebloom asked, her eyes full of hope.
"Young one..." Godzilla said in the middle of his third pie, "I have lived a long time...I have ventured far and wide...but this is by far the most delicious thing I have ever tasted!"
Applebloom beamed with pride and Granny smiled.
"Glad to hear it. We Apples pride ourselves on our hospitality," Granny Smith explained, "Speaking of hospitality are you feeling better dearie? From what I heard you had quite the run in with that dang Chimera fellow."
Godzilla coughed at the mention of last nights events, but once he thought about it he did notice that he was feeling a lot better. He flexed his arm that was in a sling, and lo-and-behold he was all healed. He smiled, at least he still retained the ability to heal quickly. He glanced as the gauntlets still as mystified by the objects as ever. Then he felt hungry again so he ate some more.
After a bit Appebloom excused herself so she could go to school and scooted away, leaving Godzilla and Granny left at the Table. Godzilla took the opportunity to gobble the remaining delicacies. With Applejack, Big Mac and now Applebloom now gone their was quite the abundance for Godzilla to chow down on, and he did so with gusto.
Granny chuckled "You sure are hungry aren't you eh? We Apples love breakfast but I recon you've eaten enough for two ponies."
Godzilla paused, "Sorry, I am unfamiliar with pony customs...and normally I do not eat this much...I'm not sure what's come over me..."
Granny waved dismissively "Nonsense, it's a complement, it means that we are good hosts and that you enjoy our cooking."
"Regardless I am in your debt Apple family...please allow me to repay you," Godzilla proposed, and in that instant he immediately stopped eating and got very serious.
"Oh that's no bother..."
"Please, It would not be right for me to not repay you. It is not the way of things. I was weak, and due to my insolence I have caused an undo burden on to you. You were under no obligation to help me, a stranger. You've taken a large risk in taking me in and I wish to repay you in some way" Godzilla said bowing for emphasis.
Granny pondered this for a minute. The poor dearie really seemed determined to make amends, perhaps she could give him light chores...nothing to strenuous just something to keep him busy and content...
"Alright...since your so insistent on the matter, you can follow Big Macintosh on his rounds and help him with his chores for the day."
Godzilla bowed once more "Your hospitality has not gone unappreciated Ms. Smith."
A female guard pony stood watch along the entrance of the coastal town, anxious and nervous. Word from their neighboring town to the south had been silent for nearly a day now. It was true that they didn't always receive word from their sister city, she couldn't help but feel a bit anxious. Truth be told everything about today positively stood her hair on end; years of experience told her that something was very, very wrong. The normally cool and gentle breeze of the coast gave way to an intense feeling of foreboding. There were more gusts of warm, dry, arid weather. As if the pleasant temperature were somehow being sapped away. Most of the inhabitants had took notice of the shift in temperature but simply paid no mind to it. Yet, she stood guard even more vigilant then ever.
Then the smoke appeared. Off in the distance she could make out columns of smoke. Some of her fellow guard had speculated it might be a campfire for a foraging party, or some nomads. She kept her speculations to herself though, as if her silence could somehow quell the hollow fear she felt in the pit of her stomach.
The day continued, and the flames were still visible for several more hours. By then even the civilians within the walls had taken notice. The news began as mere gossip, then speculation, and then the news was spreading across the city; if nothing was done soon, then a panic might break out!
Then suddenly the smoke stopped. The cool gentle breeze of the ocean returned and everything seemed to go back to normal.
Everypony else in the town decided to go about their business and dismissed the smoke from earlier as a weird oddity and nothing more. However, one guardpony stood unwavering at the gate, her eyes permanently fixated on the horizon.
A couple more hours passed.
Then she saw something in the forest. It was hard to make out, but emerging from the forest she could see a pony, a guard pony too, if the gleam of his armor were anything to go on. However, even from a distance the pony in question was a sorry sight, he damn near looked like he had just been through a was zone.
She immediately barked out orders to her compatriots to ready the medical bay, and flew out to intercept the figure. With any luck the pony in question could inform her about the lack of communication form the other town. However, if his appearance was anything to go on the answer was certainly not going to be good.
~~~~~~ (Meanwhile In Twilight's Castle) ~~~~~~ Spike for one was beginning to grow more and more curious about the "Godzilla" creature that Applejack was describing. He was really beginning to hope Twilight would hurry up so he could meet this fella. Applejack was now recounting how thy both took on the Chimera, and Spike listened completely spell-bound. He already knew that Applejack could handle herself just fine but he was surprised to hear that this Godzilla guy was just as capable as her!
"So then he blew fire at them, after her tripped them!?! That's so cool!" Spike exclaimed jumping up and down in excitement.
"Well I reckon it was." Applejack conceded "but that fella should never have gotten tangled up with the Chimera in the first place."
"What do you mean AJ? Didn't the Chimera attack him first?" Spike questioned.
"I'm not sure to be honest Spike. By the time I arrived they were both right in the thick of it...thing is though he didn't look scared while he was fighting...Spike...I think he was enjoying it." Applejack confessed.
"Wow! Starting a fight with a Chimera! That's so cool!" Spike exclaimed excitedly.
Applejack rolled her eyes and patted Spike's head, "You're such a "guy" Spike." she lightly mocked.
Spike stuck out his reptilian tongue in a teasing way, "Yea well I can't help it. This guy sounds just like something from one of my comics! I sure wish Twilight would hurry it up so we could meet him!"
Just as soon as he uttered those words the steady beat of wings, as Twilight descended from the stairwell.
"Sorry, for the wait Applejack, I just had a bit of work to tidy up on...princess work and all that." Twilight explained.
Applejack nodded in understanding. "Ain't no problem Twilight I know how busy you've been lately."
"So is this just a customary visit or..."
"Actually, Twilight there's a fella I took in the other day. He's a right mystery ta me. I reckon'd he might'a been some kinda dragon at first but...I don't know it's like he's...more than that somehow." Applejack said scratching her head, "I was hoping you could help him out. I reckon he might be lost or something."
Twilight listened to her friend intently "Hmm very intriguing. I'll certainly help if I can Applejack. I'm sure that if we approach this in a calm and rational manner we can find a solution."
"So are we going to go see this Godzilla guy?" Spike suddenly interjected.
Twilight was kind of surprised "Oh. You want to see Applejack's guest too?"
"Yea. Applejack's been telling me all sorts of stories about him. He sounds like a really cool guy! Plus...it's not every day I get to talk with another dragon...err if he even is one."
Applejack and Twilight exchanged glances for a second. Applejack then smiled and winked, and Twilight nodded in understanding.
"Fine you can come Spike. This could be educational for everypony" Twilight explained, "However, you have to finish your chores afterward, understood?"
Spike nodded enthusiastically, he was going to have to do those chores anyways, but now there was a chance to meet this Godzilla fellow and he couldn't pass up an opportunity like that. Thus, with that conformation the trio left the castle and headed to the Apple Farm to meet this mysterious Godzilla.
~~~~~~ (Meanwhile at the Apple Farm) ~~~~~~
The mighty King of the Monsters had decided that he ought to repay his hosts for both housing him while he was injured and for providing him food. However, what he truly wanted was to repay his debt as quickly as possible so he could start trying to find his way home.
"The faster I relieve myself of these ponies the faster I can return home" Godzilla mused internally, "After all as a King, nay as a God, any mundane tasks that the ponies can scrounge up for me ought to be the very picture of simplicity".
Currently, he was being lead by the red male pony. The male certainly didn't seem to like him very much, which was just fine with Godzilla, he wasn't here to make friends. After a short while the red male stopped and placed down a bucket he had been carrying. He gestured to one of the tree and pointed at the apples then in a single motion he kicked the tree. The apples fell gracefully into the bucket, with hardly a one out of place. The stallion then motioned for him to do the same.
Godzilla smiled and cracked his knuckles. If this red pony could do it he could certainly do it as well. With a cocky smile Godzilla planted his feat in the dirt and prepared to batter the tree with his tail. The red pony said not a word but cocked an eyebrow as if critiquing his efforts silently.
Godzilla in turn, huffed in irritation. He braced himself and focused on the tree. Suddenly! He twisted his body quickly and his tail flew out like a whiplash and with a mighty strike slammed his reptilian tail into the tree! The result however, was decidedly less graceful. Instead of the apples falling out of the tree, the tree itself was snapped clean in half from the force of Godzilla's mighty blow! Both watched in horror unable to do anything as it collapsed with a thud. The red stallion slammed his hoof into his for head in exasperation, whilst Godzilla was left dumbfounded.
After a brief moment the stallion then finally spoke up "Right. I reckon this might be a bit out of your league, why don't we try something even more simple."
Godzilla didn't even utter a retort, but just wordlessly followed the stallion. Thus, a pattern began to emerge. The red Stallion would demonstrate a chore and then indicate for Godzilla to do the same, only for the King of Monsters to fail miserably. When he lead Godzilla to the Pig pen to fix the fences, Godzilla accidentally broke a section of the fence instead and released the pigs.
He lead Godzilla to the roof to fix a leak next, only for Godzilla to accidentally broke through the roof crashing through the wooden floors leaving a gaping hole in the building.
Finally, he tried having Godzilla simply count last years stores of "Zap Apple Jam" and somehow he managed to ignite the jars causing them to combust and coating both of them in the gooy substance. After that last fiasco Big Macintosh finally lost his temper and broke his silence.
"I reckon ya'll are better off NOT getting involved in our Business ya hear?" Big Macintosh declared angrily.
Godzilla looked at the stallion indignantly, "Just who do you think your talking to equine?"
"You've been nothing but a bother ever scene you've arrived! Why don't you just leave?" Big Macintosh said with venom.
Godzilla was fuming "I was trying to repay a favor! It's not like I even like being here you stupid pony!"
"Yea? And look how well that turned out! You're nothing but a great big walking disaster just waiting ta happen."
"You...you ponies are infuriating! Scurrying about like ants! Doing nonsense like cooking, and cleaning, and hitting trees!" Godzilla yelled angrily lashing his tail about.
"The only reason we are letting you stay here is because you were hurt! And because mah sister vouches for ya. Although Celestia know's why she'd do that!"
"Well I never asked for your help! I was doing just fine without any of you! You are all beneath me!"
"Then I reckon there's no point in you staying here is there!" Big Macintosh said right to Godzilla's face.
In response Godzilla puffed smoke in Big Mac's face causing him to gag "Well I reckon there is no point in me staying here any longer either! Sayonara!
Thus, the King of the Monsters stomped off glad to be rid of those insolent equines.
~~~~
Applebloom was going to be late to school. She tasked under her breath, she had hoped that she could make it in time but it seemed that fate wouldn't be so kind. By the time she made it to school the doors were already closed.
She winced at the thought. Applebloom could practically hear the teasing already and sighed.
"Well...at least I'll get to tell Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo about that Godzilla fella" Applebloom thought chiperly.
She opened the door to her class with anticipation. As she expected the lecture was already beginning. Her teacher Ms. Cheerilee raised an eyebrow.
"Ah Applebloom. I was for a moment that you couldn't come to class today. I'm glad to see you could make it" said Cheerilee, "However, I assume you have a good reason for being late?"
The class was snickering in that way that youths do, especially when they suspect someone is in trouble. Applebloom blushed in embarrassment but plead her case anyways.
"Well ya see Ms. Cheerilee we got a visitor the other day...and err...we just wanted to make sure he was settling in alright."
Cheerilee's stern glare seemed to lighten a bit "Ah I see. I know all about "Apple Hospitality". I'm sure your guest is in good hooves." Cheerilee said in sympathy "now if you take your seat we can continue our lesson".
Applebloom obliged happy to no longer be under her scrutiny.
~~~~~~ (Elsewhere) ~~~~~~
With a belly full of delicious muffins and having seen her daughter Ditsy Do was feeling much better about their mission. She looked over to Trixie who was eating her muffins with a contemplative look on her face.
"Feeling better Trixie?" she asked gently
Trixie nodded "Actually I've been feeling much better..."
"Are we still...are we still looking for the thing you summoned Trixie? You...you don't think Ponyville is in any danger do you?" Ditsy inquired.
Trixie bit into the muffin, chewed a bit and swallowed before continuing "It's interesting Ms. Do. Ever scene the summoning I haven't been feeling...myself. I've been feeling mad, confused, and in pain."
Ditsy fluttered over and tried to offer comfort "There, there we'll find this big meanie Trixie, and then we'll make everything A-okay" she said with a smile.
Trixie nodded and offered her faithful assistant a weak smile "With your help Ms. Do I'm sure we will...after all The Great and Powerful Trixie never fails once she has her heart set on something!"
"You were awful scared of the guy back in Canterlot..."Ditsy said in a soft tone. Ditsy couldn't help but shake slightly in fear, anything that could intimidate Trixie was way beyond her.
"Do you doubt The Great and Powerful Trixie?" Trixie said with a glare.
Ditsy gave a nervous smile "No of course not...hehe"
"Very good. We've dawdled enough here we shall head immediately to...Twilight Snarkle's pretty little castle. The sooner we do so the sooner we can be rid of this unpleasantness. I The Great and Powefull Trixie shall vanquish a terrible monster...one of Trixie's own making" she said rather somberly.
"Ah one question Ms. Do"
"Yes?"
"Did you happen to put apple flavored seasoning into any of those muffins?"
"Hmm. No. Not today. I didn't think to put any apple spices today. Why? Were you craving apple spiced muffins instead?"
"No, no your muffins were quite satisfactory Ms. Do. In fact I feel better than ever...I was almost certain I could taste a vague hint of apple though...but enough of that we have a quest to accomplish" and with that Trixie left for the glittering Castle with Ditsy following faithfully behind.
The Everfree Forrest was particularly quiet around this time. The local birds sang their songs without a care in the world, the squirrels scurried about, and all was right with the world. Suddenly, a ferocious roar broke out and the birds scattered from their perch in a hurried mass. A second later the roar was heard again this time even louder and more fervent. Quickly the word spread throughout the forest to avoid a terrifying creature and his rampage. The local denizens scrambled from his thundering voice and biting aura that smelt of death.
“Just who in the hell does that damn red pony think he is, talking to me like that!?” The King of Monsters roared in a rage. His dorsal fins fluctuated in brightness in accordance with his rage, and he was quite literally “steaming” with rage.
Godzilla’s temper had been building ever since he came to Equestria. It was nothing but humiliation after humiliation for him. The list of transgressions was endless! He was shackled! Shrunk! Nearly bested in combat, and receiving assistance! The King of Monsters replays the events of the past couple days over and over again in his head, and with each humiliation, he recounted he grew angrier and angrier. By now he strayed quite far from any of the pony dwellings. Which was probably a good thing, because at the moment the Nuclear Titan was a ticking time bomb.
So ingrained was his rage, that Godzilla hardly noticed where he was going. All that he knew was that he was better off without those damn ponies.
“Hell I even humble myself to try and help that orange pony, and all I get for my trouble is a damn scolding! Well, screw them all! A King...no a God needs no one!” He thundered on.
“I’ll find a way back home without them! Screw them! Why If I were my REAL height ohhh they’d be pleading on those stupid little hooves of theirs!”
He continued venting, stomping his way through the forest with his rage continuously building. He unleashed his rage on anything unfortunate enough to get close, clawing at boulders, swatting down trees with his mighty tail, and snapping at any small critter that was too close. Just about the only thing he didn’t do was unleash his Atomic Breath, although he came pretty close.
However, he was disturbed from his rampage by a growl. He turned to face the annoying sound. It was a Manticore with its scorpion tail raised high, its lion fangs and claws bared, ready for a fight! Godzilla smiled maniacally, he was itching to tear something apart, and this thing would be a blast to tear to shreds. Godzilla strode toward the monster with malicious glee, his tail twitching in anticipation for a battle, when suddenly he heard a soft rustling in the bushes next to him. All his joy melted.
“Don’t...don’t you dare take this away from me damn it,” he said with gritted teeth.
He slowly moved one of the bushes with his tail; low and behold it was what he feared most. It was a tiny Manticore cub. The little creature trying it’s best to look fearsome, but only looking more pitiful. Godzilla let out a deep sigh, but before he could make another move the adult slammed into him. He flew back slamming into the dirt hard.
The Mighty Titan shook his head regaining his senses. There before him the adult Manticore looked poised for battle, even ready to die. However, Godzilla knew better, this was the look of desperation, not one of sport or malice. If he engaged in battle right now he knew that he would leave the cub an orphan. All his instincts were telling him to let loose, to destroy this creature that dares attack his person. He longed too, as well. To feel the rush of battle coursing through his veins, to feel the thrill of victory, he could practically taste it. He glanced at the cub which had emerged from its cover and still trying it’s best to look fearsome.
The King of Monsters looked at the sight before him and with a frustrated huff, walked away.
~~~~ Meanwhile in Ponyville ~~~~ Applejack, Spike and Twilight were now all finally on their way to Sweet Apple Acres. Sure Twilight could fly now, but she preferred to keep pace with her friends.
“So Applejack you think that your visitor might be a dragon?” Twilight inquired.
“He sure looks like one, but he doesn’t seem like any dragon I’ve ever seen” Applejack pointed out “I wanted ya to give him a once over.”
Twilight nodded in agreement. “It would be fascinating to see this “visitor” in person, he seemed like quite an interesting specimen.” she thought to herself “Of course learning more about a possible Dragon, or Dragon-like creature is also intriguing.”
Twilight glanced at her “number one assistant” who was still smiling in anticipation. Of course Twilight also knew that this must also be fascinating for Spike as well. It was rare for Spike to spend time with another one of his kind so his excitement was completely understandable. Twilight felt a slight twinge of guilt, at the thought that poor Spike never got to spend his formative years around another of his dragonkin. Even though he rarely mentioned it she knew that deep down Spike was curious about his own kind.
By the time all three of them finally reached Sweet Apple Acres, they were more than ready to meet the mysterious stranger. However, something was wrong. The Apple Family’s mysterious guest was nowhere to be found. They had checked the house, naturally expecting him to be recuperating on the sofa, except he wasn’t there. They checked the barn and the orchids, but they just couldn’t seem to find him.
They did notice that the farm seemed to have been damaged in several odd ways, it was almost as if a really clumsy Ursa Major had stumbled through the Apple farm. Apple trees were snapped in half, pipes were leaking, there were damages to the roof of the barn, and the Zap Apple Jam cabinet was a sticky mess.
After their search Spike, Twilight and Applejack all reconvened but there was no sign of their scaly visitor. Just some vague property damage.
“Do you think there was a fight or something?” Spike inquired. He was quivering slightly at the thought that their “visitor” might have turned violent.
Twilight shook her head “No, the damage is too widespread for it to have been a fight.” She then turned to Applejack “I’m sorry about the damages though I’ll clear my schedule to help clean if you’d like?”
Applejack glanced at the wrecked cabinet containing her families prized Zap Apple Jam and sighed ruefully “Much obliged Twilight but I’m more concerned where that “Godzilla” fella off and vanished too.”
“You’re little “guest” left AJ,” said a familiar deep voice.
The trio turned to see an exhausted, and disheveled Big Mac carrying repair equipment on his back with a rather glum expression. Applejack trotted up to him to get some answers.
“What do you mean he left?” she asked somewhat irritated “he was in no condition to go off on his own.”
Big Mac raised an eyebrow but didn’t stop his pace. Finally, he stopped at the cabinet and began to repair it, all the while not even giving his sister a sideways glance, “Your newest “friend” ain’t much of a farm hand. He was as clumsy as an ox and twice as stubborn.”
Applejack looked incredulous, “What!? You had him do farm work in his condition?”
Big Mac shrugged and continued nailing the cabinet with a hammer, “The fella was insistent on making himself useful. But when push came to shove he up and quit, leaving me to clean after his mess.”
“Big Macintosh! You and I, both know that farm work ain’t for just anypony, it takes weeks, months even to really get a handle on things. Why would you let a fella we know nothing about start working on the farm?”
The steady sound of the hammer drumming against the cabinet suddenly stopped, “I could ask why you let some fella we know nothing about muck around our home in the first place AJ!”
The two Apple siblings stood their eyes locked, glaring daggers at each other. Until finally a voice spoke up.
“So does that mean that your friend is just wandering out their aimlessly?” Twilight said concerned “If what you said about him not being from Equestria is true AJ, then he could be lost or end up getting himself in trouble!”
A twinge of fear shot through the farm pony as she realized that Twilight was right. They didn’t have time to be standing around here bickering. She began to trot her way out of the house when she heard a response from her brother “So you’re prioritizing a stranger over family are you AJ?”
Applejack stopped dead in her tracks. Twilight and Spike looked on uncertain, but anxious for their friend. Then with a dismissive wave of her tail, the determined Element of Honesty galloped out of the house in search of Godzilla. Twilight and Spike quickly followed suit, leaving Big Macintosh alone.
He glumly looked out the open door his sister and her friends galloped out of to go look for some stranger. The door creaked open still, “humph didn’t even bother to close the door”. He put down his tools and walked over to the door. Then from behind him, he heard a cough. It was Granny Smith.
Big Macintosh and Granny Smith stood there for a time, then finally Big Macintosh broke the silence “I reckon you think I messed up huh?” He expected a lecture or a severe tongue lashing about how he broke the coveted “Apple Family Rule of Hospitality” or how disrespectful he had been to his sister...indeed the more he thought about what his Grandmother might say the more shame he began to feel.
Yet she didn’t say a word. Instead, she walked up to the cupboard grabbed the repair kit and began to get to work. Big Macintosh looked stunned. Then Granny Smith turned to her grandson with a smile and said: “Big Mac you can always fix cabinets or roofs, and sometimes you can apologize for breaking a promise, but you can’t always fix a broken relationship with somepony.”
The red stallion looked stunned. Then glared at the open door one last time.
~~~~ A little bit Later ~~~~ Applebloom had practically been bursting the whole school day to tell her friends about her cool new house guest. So by the time the final bell rung, she was like a dam ready to burst and immediately told her friends Scootaloo and Sweetie Bell all about her newest friend the mysterious “Godzilla”!
Her friends, for the most part, were totally enraptured by the story of the mysterious Godzilla as well. Applebloom regaled them with the story of how both her sister and Godzilla fought of a Chimera! Applebloom elaborated that he was like a kind of super, dragon, warrior, creature, that didn’t seem to know a lick about Equestria; and how he came from some far off land where he claims, there are all sorts of monsters. Monsters that he has to fought and beaten too!
“Wow, this Godzilla guy sounds really cool! Not as cool as Rainbow Dash of course but still kinda cool” Scootaloo said positively gushing.
“I’m more interested in hearing how your sister and the “mysterious visitor” ended up meeting. That sounds like something out of one of those books Rarity’s always reading.” Sweetie Belle said with a light chuckle.
Applebloom blushed at the idea “Sounds super weird when you put it like that Sweetie Belle.”
“I think you’re missing the most important part though Sweetie! This guy fights monsters! How cool is that?” Scootaloo interjected.
Just then they were a particular pair of ears heard her rivals chittering all excitedly, and being the most important filly in school knew that she had to be at the center of it. This, of course, was Dimond Tiara, closely followed by her accomplice in all things “popular”, Silver Spoon.
“Look, Silver Spoon the Blank Flanks are all excited about something,” said Diamond Tiara with her classically superior tone.
“Yea maybe your planning to finally get Cutie Marks as remarkable as ours,” Silver Spoon added, her voice dripping with sarcasm.
“...AS IF!!!” they both exclaimed with almost precise timing, tittering at their own cleverness.
Unable to stand being mocked Applebloom tried to defend her case “Nuh uhh! My family got a super cool visitor the other day. He’s a super cool monster hunter, who’s from really far away! So far, in fact, he’s never even heard of Equestria till a couple days ago!”
The posh duo stopped tittering for a moment and they were almost impressed...almost. Dimond Tia glared condescendingly at the simple Apple farmer, “Oh I’m so sure you have some really cool monster hunter in your little farm, NOT! I bet you’re making the whole thing up anyway.”
“I’m not making it up! I’ll prove it! I’ll bring him to school tomorrow, then you’ll see for yourself.”
“Good luck bringing your “imaginary” friend to school then,” Dimond Tira said with a smirk.
“Yea, see you then” echoed Silver Spoon. With that said the duo walked off smugly.
“Geeze those two just never let up!” said Applebloom exasperated.
“Well, all we got to do to prove them wrong is bring your friend to school right?” asked Sweetie “That should be easy.”
“Yea and they’ll be eating their words in no time!” Scootaloo said, practically imagining their shocked faces already.
“Yea, you girls are right. Come on let’s head back to the farm so we can talk with Godzilla” and with that, the three excited fillies galloped off to Sweet Apple Acres.
So imagine their surprise to find the farm in complete and utter disarray.
The trio looked over the farm somewhat curiously, Applebloom looked on with the kind of expression that a child can only get when they expect that an adult is about to give them A LOT of chores, “Aww man this is gonna take forever to fix!” Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle looked at each other for a moment and then looked at their friend.
“Don’t worry about it Applebloom we’ll help you and your family tidy up,” Scootaloo said reassuringly.
“We will?” Sweetie inquired. A quick jab to the side from the young pegasi quickly informed her that yes, they would indeed help clean up Sweet Apple Acres, “Owie...I mean yes of course. You can count on us.”
Applebloom gave both her friends a quick hug “Thanks guys...still I wonder what happened here.”
Suddenly the elderly voice of Granny Smith spoke up “This is what happens when you let two headstrong stallions alone for too long, but don’t worry about that dearie the adults will handle matters soon.”
Applebloom trotted up to her grandmother and gave her a brief nuzzle glad she was okay, despite the condition of the farm. Suddenly a thought occurred to her, “Say where is everypony else, Granny Smith?”
“They’re off looking for our guest, who wandered off...”
“What! He’s missing?” Applebloom said shocked “But...we need to...”
“Poor dearie must be feeling something awful. Hopefully, your sister and brother can find him and we’ll fix them all a grand feast.” Granny said completing her thought.
“But Granny, we need to find him for tomorrow for class!”
Granny Smith looked at her granddaughter and nodded idly “Well hopefully your siblings can find him then.”
“Maybe we can look for him too?” the young earth pony asked tentatively.
“Sorry kiddo. You leave this to the “big” ponies to sort out okay dearie?”
“But Granny...” Applebloom protested.
“No, “buts” here little missie. Now, why don’t you help Granny finish tidy up? We’ve got a lot of work ahead of us.”
The trio let out a groan. They knew they weren’t going to get out of this one. They were about to try to protest until Granny mentioned that she’d bake them one of her famous Apple Pies if they did a good job. Reluctantly the group decided to stay and begin repairing the farm.
~~~~ Meanwhile ~~~~ Trixie Lulamoon looked up at the glistening castle in a mixture of awe and contempt. It was an imposing structure to be sure. It clearly dwarfed any building in the rinky-dink little town of Ponyville. Even by Trixie’s estimations, the structure was bigger than many of the buildings in Canterlot and Manehattan. Unlike those buildings, however, the Castle held a certain “organic” texture to its architecture. Almost as if it had been spontaneously grown out of the ground like a tree.
Truthfully, Trixie despised the building. Not only was it an eyesore among the more rural sights of Ponyville, but it was a testament to everything Trixie hated about Twilight Sparkle. How somepony like Twilight even got her very own castle was beyond her.
“Well...here we are Trixie. All we got to do now is go ask Twilight for help” said Ditsy Do with a somewhat nervous expression. On the one hand, the simple mailmare was relieved that their journey would be almost over soon. She knew all about how clever Twilight could be and had seen her and the other Elements in action once or twice. Yet, that wasn’t the reason why she was nervous. Ditsy looked at her friend who seemed less malnourished but had an expression of utter indignation. Ditsy knew that Trixie really, really didn’t like Twilight Sparkle, so to put all her feeling aside must be taking alot of effort.
“I just know that Twilight will be able to figure this out,” Ditsy said, trying to reassure her friend.
“Yes, of course. Leave it to the prodigy that is Twilight “Snarkle” to find a way to save the day! Let’s just get this over with.”
Trixie knocked loudly on the large doors, perhaps a little harder than she needed too, and waited for a response. They waited for a bit, but there was no response. Irritated now, Trixie knocked even harder, still no response.
“What in Equestria? I come all this way and the Princess of Friendship can’t even be bothered?” Trixie thought.
“Maybe she’s out of town?” Ditsy offered.
Trixie let out a growl of annoyance. Her horn was glowing and she was about to blow the stupid doors right of their hinges, but before she could get the chance she heard a trotting sound. That was all the warning she got right before she collided with a big red blur.
Her assailant barely had time to guard his poor ears, Trixie was peeved and was gonna make sure somepony knew it.
“Just what in Tarturus is your problem? Why did you attack the great and powerful Trixie you feeble peasant?”
The red stallion steadying himself from the collision covered his ears and said in response “Begging your pardon Ms. The Powerful, but I got somepony to look after!”
He was about to break off into a gallop but noticed that he was levitating off the ground and enveloped in a pinkinsh glow. He blinked in disbelief, then in defeat as he was turned around to face the irritated unicorn.
“Trixie has half a mind to teach you some manners, Mister!” Trixie threatened.
“Look I’m really sorry but I'm in kind of a hurry! Now if you’d just put me down...”
“Oh and just what were you in a hurry for? Trixie happens to be very busy as well.”
“Look, I made a darn fool of myself earlier today and I’m trying to set things right.” The red pony stated with a look of remorse. Trixie raised an eyebrow but didn’t release him.
“I’m looking for a friend of my sister. Long story short, I ended up chasing him off and now I’m trying to find him.”
Trixie seemed to consider this for a moment but furrowed her brow “Well, Trixie has some very important business with the Princess of Friendship before you so rudely interrupted her!” The red stallion seemed to ponder this for a second before a look of recognition overtook him.
“I reckon you’re talking about Twilight! Why she was just with my sis. They just ran off to find their friend!”
Trixie held a hoof to her chin in thought, just then Ditsy Do intervened.
“Trixie. Maybe if we find the pony they’re looking for Twilight will help us.” Ditsy said entheastic “It’s a better plan than just waiting outside the castle anyways.”
Trixie eyed her assistant and then the red pony in her grasp, with a belated sigh she released him.
“Very well. You are most fortunate that Trixie’s loyal assistant has spoken on your behalf. We will find whomever you are looking for and bequeath them onto Twilight as an offering.”
The red stallion thought the declaration sounded a bit ominous, but more help couldn’t hurt he reckoned. “Fine by me, now can you put me down.” As soon as he spoke gravity slammed his body back to the ground
“Darn unicorns” he muttered under his breath “Alright then follow me.”
Just like that the unicorn, pegasi and earth pony were off in search of their mysterious target.
~~~~ Meanwhile ~~~~ Deputy Cirrus hadn’t left the side of the mysterious guard pony ever since he was brought into the city. Shortly after he was brought in to receive medical treatment her superiors had ordered some scouts to go check on the neighboring port city. The report they brought back would haunt her nightmares.
The city had been reduced to cinders and ash, and there were no survivors. None, except for the guard pony Cirrus currently stood over. She wondered just what this poor pony had seen. He was covered in ash, and scorch marks. The poor stallion had been out for hours, and she had been ordered to stand to watch over him. So she did all the while wondering if the poor pony would even make it. Suddenly, he shot up and screamed.
“Tick Tok!” he yelled. His sudden movement nearly scarred the fur right off Deputy Cirrus’s back.
“It’s alright, your safe” she tried to assure him.
“No, no something terrible happened, the port is destroyed!”
“We know soldier, were combing t over as we speak”
“That’s not important. He’s coming!” The frantic pony said practically screaming. Cirrus held him down trying to pacify him, but he continued rambling “He’s gonna go after one of the Princesses! We have to do something!”
To anypony else this would seem the ramblings of a madpony but...
“Okay soldier. I’m going to let go of you now, and you can tell me what happened, calmly okay.”
He nodded fervently, and she released him.
“Okay...Let’s start with your name.”
“Fleet Foot. The name is Sargent Fleet Foot,” he said finally starting to calm down.
“Good. Now tell me what happened?” Cirrus asked. Fleet Foot obliged and told her the horrifying events of the past couple days. He told her about the attack on the city and more importantly, he told her about the monster who ravaged it, Typhon. Cirrus wasn’t sure if Fleet Foot’s descriptions were right but the way he said it was that this, "Typhon", was a monstrously large and cruel dragon. One that could burn an entire city in one fell swoop, and whose wings could flap with the force of a hurricane.
The color from the young deputy’s face slowly drained as he continued his story. He tearfully told about his subordinate’s passing and how the monster had used him to lure Fleet Foot into a trap for information about the Princesses. Then he elaborated that the dragon had left him alive just to torment him with guilt.
Deputy Cirrus carefully considered the story, it sounded fantastical to be sure. However, she remembered staring off into the distance at her post earlier that day, seeing the huge bellows of smoke and then to see it suddenly be snuffed out. His story fits the timeline of events. Yet, if he wasn’t lying that meant that Equestria was in great danger.
“Dear Celestia...” Cirrus thought in horror. The Sargent looked sympathetically at the young deputy, he wouldn’t wish what he’d seen on anypony.
“We need to alert the Princesses,” the Sargent said gravely.
A looming shadow stretches across the land, his mighty wings large enough to block out the sun itself. The looming titan eyed the land before him. Below him is the greenery of lush vegetation and the frolicking equines in their silly feeble dwellings. The sight was an affront. Even after all these eons these ponies still peruse such trivialities, meanwhile his kind had scarcely managed to reach his grandeur it would seem. The thought somewhat vexed him.
"These feeble creatures hardly deserve their pitiful carefree lives," thought the Terrible the Tyrant, "What's worse is that in all the time I've been asleep none of my kin has seen fit to reduce this land to cinders and ash. Such a disappointment."
The terrible titan allowed memories to overflow him. Memories of a begone era. Memories of fire and pillage. Centuries ago the world was filled with terror and despair. You were either strong or you were not, and those who were not strong did not live. There was nothing "fair" or "unjust" about it, that was just the way of nature back then. This was a lesson that the Titan learned even as a hatching.
Truthfully, he was not the strongest of his brood growing up, his own hatch-mates sensed this and conspired to make his life a living misery. Oh how they tormented him, they would jeer and leer at him of course they would brutalize the young dragon for the simple sin of his weakness. He couldn't even depend on the intervention of his parents, for like all of his kind his parents were cold and indifferent, their philosophy was always to let the "brats" hash it out among themselves.
Weakness...it always came down to weakness. The young dragonling would wish with all his might for a mercy that would never come. It continued like this for years, all his brothers and sisters were finally all grown. Yet he was still weak. It wasn't until he had gained his wings that his fortune would begin to change. With his wings he was free to gaze at those who were benieth even him. The notion that their were creatures even weaker than he filled Typhoon with an indignant rage. For if the world was cruel to him surely these pathetic creatures deserved a far worse fate.
Truth be told the tyrant could hardly remember when his campaign of terror began. Was it simple thievery? Was it his first arson? Whatever the case, his unceasing hatred for those he deemed "lesser" would carve a path of carnage and fear in his wake.
The more misery he caused, the more treasures he stole, the crueler his actions the stronger he became. So great was his power that soon his cruelty outstripped any other member of his race, even that of his own family. Furious that his own kind could not reach the same heights of terror as he, thus the Tyrant of Terror slew them as well. He slew any creature in his way and stole all they held dear. For now he was no longer weak, he was strong, he was powerful. His evil was granted him power the likes of which this world had never seen and he would never give it up.
Yet, watching the ponies go about their daily lives had lit a rage in him that he hadn't felt in centuries. It was true he had woken up with the intention of destroying the presence that he felt in his dream. However as the Tyrant flew to his location he made a solemn vow, "When I am done slaying the presence that disturbed my slumber this whole land will be reduced to ash, so says Typhon the Tyrant of Terror!"
~~~~ In Ponyville ~~~~
On the list of "rotten" days that Big Macintosh had had in his life, he was beginning to think that this day would be on the top of the list. The Apple Acre farm was in tatters, his sister was mad at him and now he was being lead like a dog on a leash my a demented unicorn who wouldn't stop ranting about Princess Twilight Sparkle. When the blue unicorn said she needed to talk with Twilight he thought at first the unicorn was some sort of acquaintance of the princess, but after listing to Trixie's ranting he wouldn't be surprised if the two came to blows if they meet face to face.
It wasn't like he had a choice in bringing the lunatic unicorn to one of her best friends. She had a telekinetic grip on him while they walked, making it obvious he wasn't getting out of this until the so called "Great and Powerful Trixie" felt like it.
Fluttering next to them was the mail mare, 'Derpy' Hooves he seemed to recall. The pegusus seemed unburdened by the unicorn's mad ramblings. Indeed the cross-eyed pegusus and the showboating unicorn were the oddest pair he had ever seen. They had been searching the town for about half an hour at this point, and Big Mac couldn't help but feel he was doing most of the searching.
"Oh! I think I see something!" said the grey pegusi in her bubbly tone. Big Macintosh blinked, he didn't see anything.
"I don't..." then he squinted. Indeed it was his sister, Twilight Sparkle and her ward Spike.
"Yea their right over there!" he affirmed. Immediately the telekinetic grip on his body was released and he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Well if was about time! Honestly you two could have stood to look a little harder. Now I need to have...words with the Princess" Trixie said speaking as if she was chewing on venom.
Big Macintosh sighed. He didn't know or care to know what sort of history Trixie and Twilight had but he knew he was gonna steer clear of that drama. However, he was hoping the Princess might be able to help him find their displaced visitor. Applejack was probably still mad at him, but he hoped she would at least hear him out. So he trotted over to the group as well.
Twilight was the first to see the group and she seemed rather shocked, then Applejack spotted them and sported an "UN-amused" look, dragon seemed confused as well. Of course Trixie was first to speak.
"Ahh Twilight Sparkle it certainly took some time finding you. Honestly I was surprised to find that you weren't in your "luxurious" castle. Trotting among the common ponies must be a thrill to somepony like you" The showmare said in a mocking tone.
Twilight still seemed rather shocked but then Applejack spoke up "What is it ya want Trixie? Were kinda busy at the moment were trying to find a friend of ours so you'll excuse us."
Trixie's eye twitched "I wasn't addressing you "Apple-bum". I need to speak with her "highness" its a mater of upmost urgency!"
Oddly enough it was Spike who spoke up now. "For someone asking a favor, you sure have a rude way of doing it" he said crossing his arms.
Suddenly the grey pegusi spoke up, "It is very important though! Trixie has been trying to get a hold of you for ages Twilight! Please hear her out?"
Twilight gently gestured to Applejack and Spike "Its fine guys. I'll listen to what Trixie has to say. However..."
Twilight then turned toward Trixie with a fierce look in her "We are currently looking for someone. Once we find them I'd be glad to hear you out. But before I so much as lift an ear in your direction, you will apologize to my friend Applejack."
Big Macintosh could have sworn he saw the princess's horn crackle for just a moment. He looked at Trixie who looked both shocked and furious. Trixie's horn lit up and so did Twilight's. For a second he was afraid he was about to be in ground zero of a Magic Duel. Suddenly, Derpy Hooves shot in between the two of them.
"Stop! Trixie! Please calm down. I know your mad, and tired, and hungry. But fighting isn't going to help us. Remember why we came here. There are bigger things going on than just the two of you!"
The anger in Trixie's eyes subsided and her horn dimmed, "You're...you're right Ditsy...I'm sorry I've lost my composure..."
Then the showmare turned to Applejack "I'm sorry for the slur."
"I need to speak with you Twilight. But if finding this lost pony will grant me an audience, than I shall assist."
Everypony, with the exception of Ditsy, was dumbfounded. Trixie was being...reasonable.
"Well okay then. We haven't a moment to lose." Twilight said determined to find their lost friend.
~~~~~~ Meanwhile at Sweet Apple Acres ~~~~~~
Sweetie Belle was wondering how exactly she got roped into cleaning Sweet Apple Acres. When Apple Bloom suggested they head over to her place, Sweetie didn't expect the place to be a wreck. Or that they would have to spend their afternoon tidying the place up.
Sweetie had finally manage to help clean the "goo" from the Zap Apple Jam in the cabinet and had mooved on to the Apple Trees to survey the damage. However as she did so she noticed something. Their were markings, like claw marks on the Everfree Trees.
"Well that can't be good. I'd better get the girls."
Sweetie gathered Scootaloo and Applebloom and told them what she saw. Soon they were all gathered at the edge of the forrest.
"So...you think this might be your Godzilla friend?" Scootaloo said inspecting the markings.
Applebloom nodded "Yea they look about right."
"He must'a been kinda mad huh?" Sweetie said looking at an uprooted branch.
"Yea...he could be in trouble. He was hurt something awful this morning guys. He's not from around here, he might have wandered into the Everfree by accident."
"Well he wandered in, couldn't he wander back out?" asked Scootaloo.
Applebloom considered that but shook her head "That might be true but he could be in trouble now. We got to go after him."
"Maybe we should wait for the grownups to come back?" Sweetie stated looking into the spooky forest "They might be able to find him better than we can"
"Probably, but we don't know how long he's been in there. If we wait it could be to late to find him."
The Crusaders didn't like it but it looked like they would have to charge into the Everfree after Godzilla. They stood at the forest in trepidation. They had been in the forest once before and that hadden't exactly gone well. They weighed their options. They could wait for the adults, but they could be gone for several more hours for all they knew. Applebloom in particular was in a panic, for she had actually seen Godzilla earlier today. The guy looked like a wreck last she saw, he said he healed fast but even still it was hard to believe he'd be fully recovered by now. Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle merely looked on at their distraught friend. They may not have met the guy but anyone who could make an impression on Apple Bloom like that couldn't be all bad.
Finally, Scootaloo puffed out her chest and trotted up to the forest beckoning her friends "Come on the faster he find him the faster we can come back. We've been in these woods before, and were smarter than we were back then. If we hurry maybe we can go, rescue Apple Bloom's friend and the adults will be non the wiser."
Those words were enough to erase any doubt in the Crusaders minds and they galloped off into the Everfree Forrest.
~~~~ In the Everfree Forest ~~~~
His encounter with the Manticore re-opened his wounds and perhaps more importantly wounded his ego. To think that he was about to pick a fight with a mother protecting her cub. Then again he had done worse. Far worse. It was not unheard of for a predator to snuff out the young so they wouldn't become competition in the future, indeed it's a practice he was well adept in.
"It's this place. It's making me weaker." Godzilla mused as he looked over the bracelets still ensnaring his wrists.
"It's chipping at my mind. Making me weak. Accepting help, being defeated, and now I can't even muster the energy to slay those who assault my person...I must escape this place." he said in glum realization.
Yet where could he go? This place was alien to him, his sense of direction was thrown askew. He only knew that he had followed a vague feeling. There was something in this forest that called out to him. At first he thought he wandered here to let off some steam but now he felt like something was drawing him here. As he walked he felt the sensation get closer and closer. He was getting closer to his target. Finally, he pushed away some bushes and saw a bewildering sight. Down from the small cliff he saw it. It was a gigantic crystalline structure in the shape of a tree!
The mighty Radioactive titan had seen quite a lot of weird oddities in his life this gave him pause. He lumbered down the steps from the cliffside to the strange tree. He looked it over and gave it a curious sniff. It had a familiar fragrance. Suddenly, Godzilla felt less anxious. He looked up at the tree then with a claw he gently tapped it.
There was the sound of a crisp raindrop.
Then like a flower in bloom one of the branches leaned toward the Titan. Their in is gentle crystal embrace was a glass like bud, the petals of the bud slowly opened to display what looked like a fruit of some kind.
Godzilla picked the fruit and examined it. It reminded him of the fruits the one named Applejack had provided for him. He thought about that, for a bit. Then he tentatively bit into the fruit. It didn't have a taste per-say but he recognized the feeling. It was similar to when he would hibernate deep int he depths of the planet, or those strange buildings those humans made back home. The radioactive titan polished of the treat with gusto. Then he let out a lazy yawn. Like the quiet of the ocean after a storm, while Godzilla was under the shade of the tree he was calm. He wasn't sure how but this place felt reassuring to him. Godzilla soon found that he couldn't keep his eyelids open, and felt the powerful urge to rest. So he nettled himself against the tree's base and found himself in deep slumber.
~~~~ Withen the Realm of Dreams ~~~~
The King of Monsters surveys his surroundings. He is no longer in the forest, the ground beneath him glimmers and the air is wispy and thin. IT only takes him a couple moments to realize what is happening.
"Okay I know your out there. You can quit it with the theatrics so-called "Princess of Dreams". The air suddenly began to swirl and condense around him. The shimmering ethereal figure of the Princess of the Night materialized before the King of Kaiju.
"A pity, the mystique of the dream realm is really one of my favorite features of ruling over the night. Yet, I suppose such intricacies are not something you would concern yourself with." As always her tone was commanding yet with a hint of mischievousness. However, Godzilla was not in a playful mood.
"This marks the second time you've invaded my mind equine. Have a care it does not happen again, my temper can only be sated for so long" The King of Monsters warned.
The Princess of the Night then gives him a somber look, "Unfortunately that cannot be helped. You see my sister has the gift of premonitions, and lately she has been troubled with visions of a terrible danger to our subjects. One that will bring fire, death and destruction."
Godzilla raised an eyebrow, "So you believe that this entity is me? Am I correct?"
Luna looks him over then shakes her head. "You are headstrong, quick to anger and undoubtedly dangerous. But, I do not believe that you are the danger that haunts my sister's dreams. That being said your little tirades aren't helping your case."
"I made it known when we first meet that I was dangerous. I never pretend to be otherwise."
"Indeed, self-declared God of Destruction we both know that you are very dangerous. Despite your...current state," Luna said gesturing to Godzilla's shackles "However, I also mentioned that I would do what I had too to protect my ponies. Thus far all I have seen you do is scoff at those who would aid you, destroy property and pick fights. Tell me does this sound like the behavior of a King?"
Godzilla chuckled to himself "In my world a King is one with power. The one who has the most power, is the one who rules. On my old world I was King because I was the strongest, and the most powerful. Any who live under the reign of the powerful are subject to their reign. I know not who threatens your lands oh Princess of the Night however I know that I would smte all those who dare threaten my reign."
"So your saying I should smite thee?" Luna asked looking Godzilla directly into his eyes.
Godzilla unflinchingly answered "Yes".
There was silence between the two of them for a moment. Both starring at the strange entities before them. While Godzilla's eyes held a fiery resolve, Luna's eyes only held sympathy. Luna recognized the look in his eyes. It was the eyes of one who sought strength, recognition or power above all other things. Yet, Luna could tell that their was more than just the pursuit of power behind his gaze, their was more to the King of Monsters than he was willing to admit. Luna decided that their was only one way too truly understand Godzilla, with a breath she enveloped herself in shadow and took on her Nightmare form.
"Then I shall test you King of Monsters. You believe that you are only capable of Destruction and combat then we shall put that theory to the test!"
Before Godzilla could so much as utter a retort, the scenery changed. Suddenly, he was surrounded by the derelict remains of a human city. Smog and smoke may have obscured his view, however his senses were on high alert. He sensed a familiar presence. It was his ancient enemies, those loathsome beings that burrowed whiten the dead of his kind, only to return as a plague. Two creatures insect like forms crept along the sky and ground with murderous intent,.
Godzilla roared in indignation "You dare show your face here! You dare challenge me!". With a surprising gust of speed, the Titanic Titan launched himself at his attackers. The flying one came upon him first, Godzilla managed to turn his body enough so that the creature merely grazed him. However, Godzilla's momentum propelled him toward his true target, and with a thunderous crash he slammed his full weight into the larger female creature. The Female roared in pain and toppled to the ground.
"I have to finish this quickly!" Godzilla thought, "The male is sure to come back around..."
No sooner did he think that thought did the airborn male make another pass at him this time clipping him behind his head. Godzilla stumbled and tried to zero in on the male but he was already out of range.
"Damn it!" he said glaring daggers at the annoying flying creature, then realization struck him "Wait the female!"
As if on cue the female struck at his knees, causing him to grunt in pain. "Okay that's it no more Mr. Nice guy!" Godzilla grabbed the female with his powerful jaws. She sqweeled of course but Godzilla kept his grip, then when the male made the second pass he tossed the female right at the male! The two collided in mid-air and crashed to the ground.
"Now while their both vulnerable!" Godzilla thought seeing opportunity. He lurched over to one to the taller human structures and with his momentous strength brought the thing down on his two hated foes with a resounding crash. Godzilla smirked and roared in triumph.
However, the King's triumph wouldn't last for long. Godzilla suddenly stiffened and sensed something in the smog ahead. A shuffling mass reviled even more foes! The insect like menaces emerged from the smog ready to avenge their fallen brethren. The King of Monsters stood upright and roared defiantly at the foes before him and charged in for another bout.
It continued like this for some time. The King of Kaiju fought tooth and nail, against the ever increasing hoard. It seemed that no matter how many parasites he slew more always appeared to take their place. Their mere presence sapped his strength and he could feel his power ebb as exhaustion begin to take it's toll. The human dwellings had been grounded to dust by this point, but the King of Titans couldn't spare a thought for them, as he was too engrossed in the battle. He was breathing heavily from the battle. His body was battered far worse than his earlier skirmish with the Chimera, and he barely enough energy to stand. Still he stood defiant, with a wild fierce look to his eyes. It was apparent right then and there that he would fight forever.
The Princess of the Night looked on in utter despair. She had hoped that this dreamscape might illuminate the reason as to why Godzilla was filled with so much rage, and why he was always drawn to fight. Yet, as she watched him fight within his dreamscape she knew that he would never stop, that he would never surrender.
"Why does he continue to fight? What compels him to continue to destroy?"
The Princess of the Night watched as he fought his unceasing battle. She thought about what he said about power "that the one who was the strongest, deserves to rule."
"Is this all just to prove that he is the strongest? Is he so invested in the idea of power that he will throw away his own life? Or is it something more?" she wondered to herself.
As she continued to observe his dream she began to notice something though. He fought with brutality and with a fierce zeal, yet never with cruelty. He fought with conviction but never with ruthless abandon. While he fought she found that there was a surprising grace to his fight. It was like watching a terrible storm, magnificent in it's furry. Then she slowly begun to understand, like a storm Godzilla's furry was primal and raw, yet filled with purpose. He didn't fight because he wanted to become powerful, he fought because he was powerful. Like a hurricane, or a volcano his destruction was power incarnate.
It was then she understood what he meant. He fought because he had the power to fight. If he didn't fight then no-one else would. He fought any who challenged him because to challenge him was to challenge power. He fought each foe with the fierce overwhelming power at his command.
"King of Destruction indeed" Luna said thoughtfully. With a wave of her horn she dissolved the dreamscape and approached the exhausted Kaiju. Godzilla looked around as the parasites faded into smoke and the dreamscape took on it's former crystal structure.
"That...that was all a illusion wasn't it?" Godzilla said panting in exhaustion. Luna nodded her head.
"What exactly was the purpose of that, might I ask equine?"
Luna seemed to ponder this before answering "I needed to know why you fight. I've seen would-be kings and conquerors and their feeble squabbles for power, yet you do not seem like them. I think I understand better now why you fight."
Godzilla blinked and then let out a hearty laugh, "Oh so you've figured me out eh? So what exactly have you discovered oh Night Goddess?"
"That you're alone."
Godzilla instantly stopped laughing. Then glared at The Princess of the Night. "Come again?"
"As I watched you fight I saw that you fought fiercely but seemingly without cause. You didn't fight to protect others, yet you didn't fight to subjugate others as well. It was as if...you fought because it was all you knew, as it was your purpose.
Godzilla looked at Luna and then shrugged his shoulders "I fight those who would come for my title as King. I alone bear the mantle of King."
"Yet why have you not asserted yourself here in Equestria?" Luna inquired "Surely this place must be worthy of your reign?"
Godzilla cocked an eyebrow then let out a chuckle "Nice try, but you won't egg me on. Besides I have not yet decided if this place is worthy of my reign. As you can see I'm a little indisposed at the moment" he said gesturing to his shackles.
"So you fight just to protect yourself then, for your own survival?"
Godzilla looked angrily at Luna "You could never understand. Why I fight. Why I destroy. They are beyond you!"
Luna looked impassively at the Titan "Then explain. What separates you from a mindless monster? Or a would-be dictator?"
Godzilla averted his gaze unsure how to proceed, then sighed "I cannot explain easily...perhaps It would be best to show you." Godzilla extended his claw for Luna to grasp, Luna did so and with a flicker of magic the scenery changed once again.
The land was a mixture of prehistoric flora and volcanic geysers. The air was heavy and biting. For a mortal creature such an environment would be fatal, but for Godzilla and Luna it was merely a slight discomfort. There were creatures of titanic proportions lumbering across the landscape, some of which could even be mistaken for small mountains. Luna noticed that the Sun and Moon in this mindscape were younger than Equestria's.
"So I take it this was your home then King of Monsters?" Luna said taking in her surroundings.
"It was...and it was beautiful" said the King of Monsters with a hint of nostalgia and longing "It was not an easy existence. There were dangers of course." With a flicker of his memories he showed flashes of several of the inhabitants of this former world to Luna, the gigantic insect-like parasites that Godzilla fought in his mindscape, feeding on the dead of his kind. As well as gigantic prehistoric avian monsters that roamed the skys, and armored like creatures that burrowed in the land. Finally, their were creatures that resembled Godzilla himself in the oceans nurturing their young.
"Back then life was simple. Survive. My kind survived by becoming powerful. We ruled the oceans. Others took power from the sky, still others took power form the land. We all found power in our own ways. We all found a way to make that power our own..."
Luna looked around, and she saw the same kind of passion in these creatures that Godzilla had displayed in his mindscape. They all fought for survival yes, but it was their power that made them who they were. It was like it was a part of their very being. However, Luna could sense that this wouldn't always be the case.
"I take it something changed?" Luna inquired.
Godzilla nodded sadly, and gestured toward a streaking feature in the sky. It almost seemed to scream as it streaked across the sky and then embedded itself into the Earth with a cataclysmic explosion. The landscape instantaneously erupted into flames. What little fauna their was burned to a crisp, the land shook and shuttered, and the oceans boiled. Thoughout the specticle Luna could swear she heard high pitch bell noise. The bell rang out louder and louder until their was nothing left.
"That's awful...I'm so sorry."
Godzilla didn't respond, he simply tightened his fists and gritted his teeth. As Luna looked at the King of Titans he looked far more hurt than any battle she had seen him in.
"So then my world changed. Eventually I was all alone, in this new world that I didn't belong too. "
The landscape shifted in accordance with his memories, seasons, centuries, eons passed by in a flash.
"After a while I noticed new small creatures spring up. They were not powerful as I. I could easily destroy them. Thats what I thought. Eons after eons new small creatures would arise, and I would awaken from my slumber to survey my dominion. After a while I grew to understand that these small creatures found power and survival in their own ways. That they lived like my kind in their own small ways. I guess I grew fond of them..."
Luna smiled "That is the first time I think I heard you admit that."
Godzilla huffed but continued "I wasn't the only survivor however. Their were others from my time. Who would destroy this new world. I understood then that we would destroy this new world, as our old world had been destroyed, and I could not allow that to happen. So I fought, I drove of the members of the "old world" so that the "new world" could flourish. Then I slept."
"In other words...you maintained the Balance...you were the Bearer of Harmony in your world?"
"...I suppose. I never thought to put words to what I did. I simply protected my territory, as a King I watched over my dominion. I watched over my dominion because I had the power to do so."
"You may not believe it Godzilla, but you and your world share many similarities with Equestria. I believe that is why the tree called out to you. That crystal tree that you found is a profound artifact for Harmony. I understand now why you destroy, and why you hold power in such high regard. In your own way you are a Bearer of Harmony."
Godzilla didn't much respond, he never considered that before. He simply protected his territory against threats. He never saw any grand meaning in it.
"However, in this world Harmony is only part of the Equation. In this world no pony can make it alone. Godzilla, you can't be the lone King watching from on high. You can't be the single God above all. I think that once you understand that, your bounds will be broken."
"I am a King! My will is law! I am the pinnacle of power, all is as I say!" Declared the King of Monsters with a snarl, "I will not lower myself when I am so much more."
Luna looked sadly at the Titan "I believed that we had made progress here. It seems that their is still much for you to learn. I know how it feels to believe so strongly in your own strength, to believe that no one can oppose you. But that line of thinking will turn you into..."
"...A Monster? I know that."
"Yes, but you could be more" The Princess of the Night stated, "I still believe that you could be more than just a God, or King, or Monster."
"What could be mightier than me oh Goddess of the Night?" Godzilla asked with scorn.
"That you shall have to find out for yourself. My time runs thin, when next we meet I hope you find what you're truly fighting for."
~~~~~~~~ Deep within the Everfree Forrest ~~~~~~~~
When, Sweetie Belle woke up this morning she never would have imagined her day ending up the way it was, what with herself and her friends searching for a lost dragon-like creature in the dangerous Everfree Forest! Yet, here they were looking for Applebloom's friend, Godzilla. Applebloom had a determined look as she trekked through the forest, and her other friend Scootaloo held a glint of adventure in her eyes. Sweetie Belle sighed and resigned herself to her fate, her two friends were on a mission now and she knew that they wouldn't stop until it was completed.
However, while her friends were so focused on following the trail Godzilla left behind, Sweetie had felt a presence observing them for some time. They were in the Everfree Forest after all, so chances were high what ever was watching them was not the friendliest creature around. The CMC had been in scraps before and had even dealt with the denizens of the Everfree before. Sweetie gestured to her friends with a glow of her magic horn, and put her hooves to her mouth in a gesture for caution. Luckily her friends pick up on the signal and froze in their tracks.
"What is it Sweetie Belle?" Applebloom asked in a whisper.
"I think we're being followed..." Sweetie responded in a low voice.
"We're being followed? By what?" Scootaloo stated in a agitated whisper. Sweetie didn't answer, but her horn began to glow in her characteristically light green aura, the tell tale sign of a unicorn casting a spell. Suddenly, a small creature was hoisted from the bushes held fast in Sweetie's telekinetic grasp. The three curious ponies gathered a little closer to their little follower, and were surprised to see a small Manticore cub in their midst.
"Oh is this what was following us? That ain't so bad." Applebloom said after glancing at the cub still floating quite harmlessly in Sweetie's spell.
"Well it's Mom might be around. Lets just leave the thing and get going," Scootaloo stated simply.
"Yea I guess." Sweetie said with just a hint of pity. She placed the creature on the ground and tried to "shoo" it away. Except the cub didn't budge, it scratched behind it's ears a couple times but otherwise stayed put. "Uh ohh."
"What do you mean "uh oh"? Just tell the little fellah to leave already. We have to find Godzilla, we don't have time to cub-sit too." Applebloom protested.
"Yea I know. Except, I don't think this little Manticore cub knows that," Sweetie admitted with a sheepish expression.
"Guess we got no choice." Scootaloo said shrugging her shoulders "Guess the Manticore cub comes with us for now."
"Wait, you said we ought to leave it in case it's Mom'a comes back." Applebloom interjected "Why the change in attitude?"
"Yea but imagine Manticore Mommy finds us and something happened to her cub. This way at least the cub is safe," Scootaloo explained "Besides the fact the cub won't leave probably means it's lost."
"Gee really? I guess we gotta keep an eye on the cub and look for Godzilla," Sweetie deduced.
"I reckon me and Scootaloo already figured where Godzilla headed off too." Applebloom then elaborated "The tracks are leading to the Tree of Harmony for some reason. So if we head there..."
"Then hopefully we'll find your friend Applebloom!" Scootaloo said with a beaming smile. Then she glanced at the cub "Errr...then I guess we'll have to deal with you."
The Manticore cub let out a small "growl" at the remark, but otherwise seemed undeterred. With that settled the CMC continued on their trek, but now with a little Manticore cub trailing after them. Sweetie looked as the small creature struggled to keep up with them, and with a glint of her horn floated the cub on her back.
"There now we can keep an eye on you" Sweetie remarked. The cub let out a small growl in response and the group continued their trek.
~~~~~~~~ Back in Ponyville ~~~~~~~~
In terms of moods Trixie was most definitely in a sour one. She had finally managed to find Twilight Sparkle and as the fates would have it the Princess was too busy looking for one of her stupid friends to properly aid Trixie in her noble endeavor. Why, the sheer arrogance was nearly enough to cause Trixie to lash out at the Princess right then and there.
However, as always her assistant Ditsy Do had a way of handling matters in a more "diplomatic" way. Trixie knew that her assistant, Ditsy, had thrown a metaphorical "olive branch" between herself and Twilight for the time being, and with great humility Trixie agreed to aid the Princess in her venture; on the condition that Twilight immediately help Trixie with her own goals. Trixie had obliged Twilight's request that they look for the Apple-pony's misplaced Dragon friend first, given the circumstances Trixie thought she was being quite "diplomatic".
While one of Twilight's associates was informing her of the last whereabouts of their missing friend, Trixie suddenly felt a spike of magical energy course through her. The sensation lasted for a moment but the feeling was unmistakable, "he" had just gotten his hands on powerful magic. Suddenly, Trixie was panicked, she hadn't felt the connection in quite a while and assumed that she had more time, that maybe "he" was calming down.
However, that last connection was different. Before, Trixie had felt like their was a tension between herself and "him", like a leash with the pet constantly tugging at the cord; but that last sensation suddenly felt like the leash went slack, like suddenly "he" wasn't resisting or more terrifyingly that "he" had somehow broken the cord that bond them. Trixie needed to act, now!
"Twilight Sparkle! Trixie has tried to play by your rules however the enormity of my task is to great! Just now I suddenly felt a great disturbance in that direction!" Trixie declared pointing at the Everfree Forest.
"Now hold on just a minute you promised you'd help look for my friend." Applejack asserted. "My friend could be in danger."
"Yes, yes Trixie knows she made a promise Apple-cake, err I mean Applejack. However, this matter is far more important!" Trixie insisted. "Please Twilight! I know what I promised but I came to Ponyville for your help. You're the only pony I can turn too, and I can sense that there is a great danger in the forest."
Twilight looked between both Applejack and Trixie, both needed her help and both claimed that they needed it or else something terrible would happen to some pony. On the one hoof one of her best friends needed her help locating a possibly wounded friend, while on the other hoof one of her long time rivals had shown up in town demanding her help. The Princess of Friendship was overwhelmed and unsure what to do, fortunately somepony did know just what to do.
Spike nuzzled Twilight's head and gently said, "Listen Twilight we all believe in you. We believe in you because we know you will do your best. Both Trixie and Applejack need you're help. Maybe you feel like you need to choose between the two, but I think their problems might be more similar than we first thought."
Just like that Twilight realized that their problems did seem to coincide in a lot of ways. A mysterious creature suddenly appearing, the wreck at the Apple Farm, the sudden appearance of Trixie, it was all connected somehow. It was like a riddle, or perhaps like a test. Twilight took a deep breath and made her choice.
"We're going into the Everfree." she said with conviction "All of us, are going to search the Everfree."
"But ...Twilight do you reckon we should trust Trixie of all ponies?" Applejack inquired, still hesitant about trusting anything Trixie said.
"I know Trixie hasn't been the most...honest pony in the past, but she came to ask for an audience with me. Given what I know of Trixie this must have been very hard for her to muster."
"Oh you have no idea!" Ditsy Do affirmed "Poor thing nearly made herself sick just to see you." Trixie scoffed at the statement but didn't deny it either.
"Plus there is one place we haven't looked AJ." Twilight said glancing at the Everfree Forest. Applejack looked befuddled but it did make sense. The orange farm pony had no idea what Trixie was rattling on about with there being a "great danger" but she did know that the one place they never got to check for her friend Godzilla was in the Everfree.
"I'd hate to admit it but ya make a good point. Alright y'all lets hustle on onto the Everfree and find our friend!"
~~~~~~~~ At the Tree of Harmony a Monster slumbers ~~~~~~~~
The King of Monsters let out a gargantuan yawn as he awoke from his slumber. He was pleased to find that most of his aches and wounds have healed by this point. He smiled pleasantly, normally he would have healed from such minor wounds rather quickly, yet the land of Equestria seemed to be limiting even his regenerative abilities. Or it would be more appropriate to say it "had" been limiting his regenerative abilities. Godzilla observed the tree under which he had slumbered under, he had been disoriented before, but just now he realized something.
"This tree, it feels familiar. Like a gentle, comforting presence." He gently laid his claws on the tree, and the shackles on his wrists seemed to lessen their hold ever so slightly.
Godzilla took a deep breath and exhaled, "This tree is truly mysterious. Something tells me I could stare at it for the next millennia and still know nothing of it's mysteries."
"Much like 'her' I suppose. Even after all these millennia she still manages to confound me," he admitted with a soft chuckle. Then he frowned slightly at the memory, "I miss her so much..."
As if reacting to his request, he saw a shimmering emit from his claws and resonate throughout the entirety of the crystalline fauna. The tree shimmered with bright brilliance until a shape began to form within the tree, as if a reflection of sorts. The figure sported wise, ancient eyes and beautiful ornate wings that seemed to stretch on to eternity. He would recognize this being anywhere.
The King of Monsters barely moved, barely dared to breath least the spell be broken, "Is...Is that you...I missed you."
The figure in response let out a gentle chirp and leaned against the crystalline lining, Godzilla responded in kind. Here in this moment they were together again, and he wished that the moment could last forever. All the anger and resentment that he had been feeling slowly ebbing away. All his pain, all his humiliation, and his frustration suddenly didn't seem so important anymore.
When he closed his eyes he could picture 'her" and she would know what to do. She was the mercy to his judgement, as well as the creative force to his destructive reign. He knew that she would want to see life prevail against all odds. He knew that she would be merciful to the Equstrians as well. Most of all he knew that she believed in him. For the first time since coming to Equestria he was truly happy. Yet, as with all good things it could not last forever. The spell eventually dissipated and Godzilla was left reaching out to the tree.
Godzilla then backed away from the tree and bowed respectfully, "Thank you. Thank you for granting me a moment of peace. It is comforting to know that even worlds away their is a presence as benevolent and mysterious as 'her' out there. With her I...I am at my best. So thank you for granting me that moment."
After paying his respects Godzilla considered his next move. He remembered the words of the Goddess of Dreams, 'what was he truly fighting for' she had asked him. To the King of Monsters the answer seemed simple, as a King it was his right to rule, and he was King because he was the strongest being on his world. However, in this strange land of Equestria, as much as he loathe to admit it he was not as strong as he was on his native soil. Yet what was the Kaiju King now, without his strength, and without his title of King?
Suddenly, he felt a disturbance. Irritated that something would interrupt the serenity of the moment he decided it needed a response. Godzilla closed his eyes and emitted a low guttural growl that traveled like a radar, then he hears a reply. It's a hunting party and their after...three small ponies!
~~~~~~ Meanwhile back with the Cutie Mark Crusaders ~~~~~~~
The CMC were nearly at the sight of the Tree of Harmony now. They were confidant that Godzilla must have headed there and once they got there they could bring him home safe and sound. That's what Applebloom told herself anyways. Her sister had risked her life to save the fell'a after all, and Applebloom had taken a liking to his crazy stories. It would be a shame if something happened to him.
Scootaloo was more intent on getting her friends in and out of the forest in one piece, she was on alert the entire time, with her ears twitching in anticipation. Along with making sure they got home safe, Scoots also couldn't help but be enraptured by Applebloom's tales of her scaly visitor; if even one of them were true it would be sure to wipe that smug grin off Diamond Tiara's face. The thought brought a smile to the orange pegusi's face.
Suddenly, the two of them heard a crashing in the bushes followed by a small shriek. The two turned instantly, now on full alert. Their hearts skipped a beat as they saw Sweetie Belle was no longer behind them!
"Sweetie? Sweetie Belle!" Applebloom called out in concern.
"Where are you? Sweetie Belle come on we can't split up out here!" Scootaloo said worry creeping in her voice.
Their worries were somewhat dispelled when they saw Sweetie emerge from the bushed covered in twigs, holding the manticore in her telekinetic grip, the latter of which had a rather large thorn sticking out of his paw.
"Sorry guys. This little guy decided to take off into the bushes for some reason so I had to fetch him." she explained gesturing to the cub squirming in obvious discomfort "Might need some help with the thorn though."
"Geeze we thought you went missing there for a sec...and what do you mean he just jumped into the bushes?" Applebloom asked incredulously.
"Maybe he saw a squirrel?" Scootaloo offered with a shrug. She then griped the cub's paw and held it steady. Their was a sudden yank, and a yelp from the cub as the thorn was removed with a green flicker of Sweetie's horn. Applebloom remembering an old lesson from her sister managed to tended to the manticore cub's tender paw.
"There with that settled, we're nearly there. Then we can nab Godzilla and get out of here." Applebloom beckoned. The other two fillies weren't far behind with cub following them closely behind. If they had stayed for just a moment more then perhaps they would have seen the removed thorn suddenly levitate and propel itself into the forest where hungry eyes had just spotted their next prey.
~~~~~ Elsewhere in Equestria ~~~~~
Deputy Cirrus was surprised at just how spry and lively Sargent Fleet Foot was, for an elderly pegusi who just so happened to also be wounded he moved with the speed of somepony half his age. Ever sence he had woken up from the hospital the Sargent had looked like a pony on a mission. The Deputy supposed that she couldn't really blame the Sargent, based on his story and her own observations from her post she could tell that he had legitimate reason to worry.
Currently they were rummaging through an old military instillation looking for an old telegraph machine. Sadly their were no unicorns available who could preform a complex teleportation spell and sending a pegusi to deliver the message would take too long. The Deputy looked over the Sargent who held a determined almost maniac look on his face.
"Sargent Fleet Foot, I understand how you must be feeling but I need you to remain calm," the Deputy said as compassionately as she could. The Sargent snapped an angry glare at her.
"You don't get it. I saw that Monster destroy all of Port-Town in mere moments! It killed civilians as I watched on helpless to stop it. Worst of all, I betrayed the locations of the Princesses!"
The Deputy nodded in understanding "I...I am sorry. We could see the smoke from where we were...and all we could do was watch. However, flying off the handle won't solve anything Sargent."
"Oh? Well it seems like I'm the only pony taking the matter seriously! Honestly, I don't know what kind of incompetent Guard you're running here. Your unicorn's are useless and worse your battalion's even worse! I was lucky to have made it out of there with my life and here you all were just standing around!"
Deputy Cirrus bit her lip, she wanted to say how she was ordered to stay at her post, how they were working as best they could. The truth was that the Sargent had a point, they had been woefully unprepared. However the Sargent's anger would lead to rash decisions, and he needed a clear mind. She stomped her hooves twice and two guards appeared.
"Sargent...you need some time to cool off we will relay the message post-haste. But you need to calm down, now."
Sargent Fleet Foot looked at the two guards and then Deputy Cirrus "You are making a huge mistake."
Deputy Cirrus was unphased and addressed the guards "Escort the Sargent back to his hospital bed, and get somepony qualified to fix this machine as quickly as possible." The two guards saluted one trotting of to find a so-called 'expert' and one escorting the Sargent away.
Before the Sargent left she addressed him personally "For what it's worth, I truly am sorry. We will not let this offense go lightly. We will fix this machine, alert the princesses and mount a counter attack. We were sloppy this time around, but that will not happen again."
As Fleet Foot was lead away he felt the same kind of resolve from the Deputy that his former subordinate 'Tick Tock' had before he rushed out to help the townsfolk. For a brief moment Fleet Foot wondered if...history was about to repeat itself. Suddenly he stopped, fear shot through his spine. He knew in that moment that he couldn't loose another young soldier.
He turned and addressed the Deputy "I'm sorry. I was emotionally distraught please allow me to stay on this mission."
The hard edge to the Deputy's eyes softened "Very well. I suppose we will need your eye witness testimony when relaying the message. And where in Celestia's name is that mechanic I asked for!"
"We have found two Deputy!" the guard pony responded.
The Deputy was surprised she hadn't expected such immediate results. However, she wasn't going to question it. So long as the two did their job and they could relay the message.
"Very good tell them to get their little rumps down here and fix this thing as quickly as they can"
"Err I do feel I should mention that these two were hoping to receive compensation..."
The Deputy's happy mode instantly desolved but she kept her composure, "Very Well. I'm sure we can come to an arrangement. Now who are these two?"
The guard Pony ushered the two unicorns in, "Why, we are The Faboulous Flim Flam Brothers!"
"It certainly is nice to be of service to the Equestrian military isn't it Flim?"
"Why certainly Flam a regular patriotic duty of course." said the younger unicorn "Yet, patriotism is all fine and dandy but Capitalism is our bread and butter, wouldn't you say brother?"
"But of course! You fine fillies and gentlecolts protect our borders nay our very lives! Yet, its the all mighty 'bit' that puts food on the table."
Deputy Cirrus rolled her eyed and threw a bag of bits on the table "Fix this machine so we can send a message and there's more where that came from."
The Brother's eyed the bits and smiled, "Well certainly we should have it up and running in say about two days."
Cirrus threw another bag of bits on the table, "How about two hours?"
~~~~~~~ The Everfree Forest ~~~~~~~
The Cutie Mark Crusaders were quickly nearing the site of the Tree of Harmony, they could already see the glowing from the tree. Luckily it also appeared that the path carved by Godzilla seemed to lead straight to it.
Applebloom let out a smile, "I knew we'd find him!"
Scootaloo let loose a cocky smile "Yea, and I figured he'd head here."
Sweetie pondered a moment "Say why was he heading here anyways?"
The other two CMC members looked at each other for a moment then shrugged, "I guess we can ask him that when we find him" Applebloom responded. Just as she mentioned that however they saw a figure jaunting toward them. The Manticore cub suddenly prickled and hissed at the upcoming figure. Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle took a step back cautiously as the creature neared, but Applebloom had a big smile on her face.
"Hey! Mr. Godzilla! We found you," she said joyfully. Sweetie and Scootaloo looked at the figure in surprise. This having been the first time they met him they were a bit put off. In their eyes he sort of looked like a slightly taller version of Spike.
"That's your friend" Sweetie inquired.
"Yup neat ain't he?" Applebloom said positively beaming.
"Huh...I was kinda expecting more," Scootaloo murmured "not sure Diamond Tiara is gonna be all that impressed with this guy."
"Just give him a chance he did fight a Chimera after all," Applebloom elaborated. Scootaloo shrugged as Godzilla approached. Godzilla approched the three small ponies with an obvious look of apprehension.
"Just what are you hatchlings doing here?" he practically hissed.
Somewhat taken aback Applebloom responded "We went looking for you of course! You left the farm in tatters and wandered into the Everfree Forrest all on your lonesome. Did you think nopony was gonna worry?"
Godzilla actually blinked in surprise but quickly recovered his senses "Look you're in danger."
"No worries Mr. Godzilla we've navigated the Everfree a couple times we got this," Scootaloo said with an air of confidence "You can count on us to keep you out of danger."
Godzilla strode past the young ponies and got in a battle ready stance. "Danger is already here hatchling."
From out of the foliage strode a figure resembling a wolf entirely composed of branches and twigs, but with ominously glowing eyes. It approached the group with bared fangs and claws extended. The CMC's eyes widened in terror and all that stood between them and the vicious predator was Godzilla in between them. Then the wood-wolf attacked in a flash. The CMC flinched as the creature lunged at them, but Godzilla was ready. Curling his claws into a mighty fist he smashed the creature into pieces!
"Woah!" Scootaloo exclaimed in amazement.
"So Cool!" Applebloon added in awe.
"Now you ponies need to hide in that crevice!" Godzilla yelled pointing to a crack in the ground.
"Shouldn't we run instead?" Sweetie asked in a panic, still holding the cub.
Godzilla growled, he didn't have time to explain that they were already surrounded "Just Do It!"
Frightened by the outburst the CMC quickly jumped into the crevice, and not a moment to soon as another Timberwolf leapt from the woods to attack. Once again Godzilla intercepted the predator from its meal, and with a might swing of his tail the creature broke into a bunch of little pieces. However the battle was far from over. More and more timberwolves emerged from their cover hungry for a meal. Every time one of the timber terrors lunged for the CMC the Kaiju King managed to smash the offender to bits and pieces. The CMC looked on in a mixture of awe and fear.
"Holy Smokes! He's really giving it to them!" Applebloom exclaimed.
"Yea who knew that your friend was such a badass!" Scootaloo said in awe of the battle "He might be an even better fighter than Rainbow Dash!"
Sweetie Belle, however was terrified. She honestly wasn't sure who was more fearsome, the Timberwolves or Godzilla. She tightly held the Manticore cub trying to comfort the whimpering creature. As the battle progressed she noticed that some of the broken bits of timberwolves begin to glow. She realized that magic was afoot just a moment to late. Suddenly several of the broken twigs and branches reconvened into fully functioning timberwolves once again!
"This fight is endless! One of them is gonna give out!" Sweetie said with a sad realization. Applebloom and Scootaloo pretty soon figured out the same thing.
"Why those lousy cheaters!" Applebloom exclaimed indignantly.
"There gonna overwhelm him!" Scootaloo said in dismay "I wish we could do something!"
Godzilla continued to fight the oncoming hordes with unrivaled feriosity. Inspite of the Timberwolves regenerative and numerical advantage the King of Monsters held his ground fervently. However, he was beginning to show signs of exhaustion, his newly healed body was bartered once again. If this at all impacted Godzilla's fighting ability he certainly didn't show it, yet the vicious attack never stopped. At times it looked like he was fighting the very forest itself!
Throughout the entire skirmish the Manticore cub had been hissing and whimpering in equal measure. Sweetie Bell did her best to console the creature but it was as strong willed as ever. Finally, it managed to wiggle free and jumped out of the crevice that the CMC were hiding it!
"NO!" Before, Sweetie could react a timberwolf had launched itself at the defenseless creature. Sweetie screamed and reached out for the cub but it would already be too late. Her friends held her in place knowing that if she stepped out into the battlefield she would be attacked too. She closed her eyes not wanting to see what happened next.
Their was a blur of movement, but instead of the timberwolf tearing into the small Manticore cub, it was the timberwolf that was smashed to pieces. Sweetie opened her eyes first in relief and then in recognition, it was the Manticore cub's mother and she looked mad. The Manticore let loose a fierce roar and joined Godzilla in his battle. Together the two monsters battered, ripped and tore the Timberwolves to shreds, over and over again. Godzilla fought hard knowing that if even one of the wooden monstrosities got through the pony hatchlings were as good as gone. The Manticore Mother fought with furiosity that rivaled even the King of Destruction's fury. However the Timberwolves were relentless.
Godzilla looked over to his sholder where the Manticore Mother was fighting furiously, and then to the three young ponies and the cub, "I just need one moment, one moment!" he pleaded internally. He knew that he needed to pull out his trump card now or never. Quickly he broke off from the center of the battlefield allowing the Manticore Mother to take the brunt of the attack.
"What is he doing!" Sweetie said appalled "Is..is he running away?"
"But we'll be wolf chow!" Scootaloo said in terrified realization.
Applebloom looked on as the Timberwolves now focused their attention on the Manticore's Mother. The Manticore cub was squealing in protest and appeared to even be crying. Then Applebloom felt her fur stand on end, their was a crackle of power and an overwhelming sent of ozone. She saw Godzilla standing infront of them now with his entire back glowing in a brilliant blue light. Suddenly it clicked, she remembered the stories he told her earlier about his world and his most powerful weapon. She wanted to see him do it then but he was about to unleash it now.
"Godzilla's gonna use his atomic breath!!!" Applebloom yelped in delight.
"His what?" the other two ponies asked incredulously.
They were answered by a mighty Rawr of raw power! The power and heat speed toward its target at incalculable speeds. Only one Timberwolf saw the oncoming missile and somewhere in it's hungry, primitive brain it felt one emotion clearly, fear.
With a deafening collision the plasma beam completely vaporized the group of Timberwolves in their entirety. No twigs, branches or even a single magic leaf remained of the targets, having been thoroughly incinerated. The Manticore Mother just barely avoiding the blast as the beam seemed to arc around her with pinpoint accuracy. Godzilla closed his mouth and the beam of death dissapaited, leaving a smoldering wreck of ash and embers in it's wake. Leaving every being in the area visibly shaken by the display of power.
"Glad you held out there," Godzilla said smirking at the Manticore Mother. The Manticore Mother looked somewhat frazzled but the near death experience but asside from slight static was perfectly fine.
"Consider that spook payback for tackling me earlier. Speaking of which.." Godzilla then walked over to the CMC with an outstretched hand. When he didn't get a response Godzilla huffed in annoyance "The cub, hand it over."
Sweetie Belle looked at the cub in her hooves with a regretful glance. With a green glow she telekinetic floated the cub to Godzilla's outstretched hands. Godzilla grabed the cub and handed it to the Mother Manticore with a dismissive glance "There's your hatchling, your services are no longer required."
The Manticore Mother nuzzled its child affectionately and together they went back into the depths of the Everfree. Before the cub disappeared from view it nodded appreciatively at Sweetie's direction, grinned and then joined it's mother in the depths.
Godzilla then looks to the CMC. For a moment they thought he was gonna lecture them or something. He didn't instead he made a waving motion for them to follow him "Let's get you hatchlings out of here."
The CMC looked at there scaly savior for a moment however Scootaloo suddenly let out a shriek and pointed toward the forest with a pair of green glowing eyes. Godzilla groaned "You just never learn do you?"
The wooden terror responded by leaping from the trees at the group. Just before the creature reached them however it was suddenly torn apart from a series of blinding flashes of blue and purple. The timberwolf shrieked as the attack was quickly followed by a gout of green flame, finally finishing the creature.
"I'd know that magic anywhere it's Twilight!" Sweetie proclaimed.
Just as she mentioned her name Twilight finally came into view but with a search party of other ponies quickly tailing her. There was Big Mac, and Applejack. Twilight and Spike. Then there were two other ponies, who looked sorta familiar. The Blue unicorn in the group let out a haughty laugh "At last I have found you!"
The CMC looked a little confused, they hardly recognized this pony to begin with. "Uh were glad you took the time to look for us?" Scootallo offered. However the blue unicorn strode right past her, for the CMC isn't whom she was addressing. The blue unicorn's horn lit up and suddenly Godzilla found himself enchained and snared in magical bindings. He grunted and groaned but even he couldn't break the bonds.
"At last I have found you my little monster." Trixie Lulamoon said with a sinister grin.
~~~~~~ Moments ago in the Everfree Forrest. ~~~~~~ Trixie is sprinting full force through the Everfree Forrest as if compelled by an invisible force. She can feel "him" closer than ever before. The rest of the search party is just barely managing to keep pace with the nearly frantic unicorn. However, the concern of her compatriots was the last thing on Trixie's mind, because she was finally going to end this whole fiasco.
"Finally he's here I'm sure of it!" she muttered in anticipation. Ditsy Do soars next to her friend to ask her something out of earshot of the group.
"So you think that we finally found Mr. Tall, Big and Spooky?" Ditsy Do whispers to Trixie.
"I'm positive Ditsy."
"Isn't he super scary, and strong though?" Ditsy said with a hint of worry. Trixie smiled wickedly.
"That's just the thing. Somethings happened to him! Perhaps, I overestimated him, but regardless he's not that overwhelming force I first sensed. We can end this Ditsy. If we play our cards right we might not even have to confess to anything!"
Ditsy Do was doubtful but nodded her head optimistically.
~~~~~ Present time- Everfree Forest ~~~~~~
Trixie Lulamoon stood triumphed in font of her foe, now ensnared by her conjured chains. She watched with a sadistic grin as he struggled to get free. Finally, after all this trouble he was finally captured. Trixie could hardly believe her luck. She had expected the creature to be far more fearsome, yet here he was captured and subdued. Indeed upon seeing him up close he didn't even seem all that threatening. To Trixie he simply looked like a slightly taller version of Twilight Sparkle's scaly assistant , Spike.
Suddenly, the creature stopped struggling and zeroed in on her. He snapped at her like a crocodile, and she just barely managed to evade the attack.
"Impudent little..." Then with a glow of her horn she conjured a muzzle for the monster.
Trixie grinned in satisfaction, however her moment of glory was cut short by the "other" ponies who held objections. Honestly, Trixie was beginning to regret involving any other pony in her search.
Everypony else present was utterly shocked by the turn of events, even Ditsy Do was surprised by her friends sudden actions. Most upset however were the Cutie Mark Crusaders and Applejack who had just seen their friend tied up and chained. Applejack was the most livid, after looking for him so long and fearing the worst, seeing him suddenly tied up and hog tied was enough to send the normally calm apple farmer into a rage.
"What in Tarnation do you think your doing?!?! This is the fella I was looking for this whole time! You low down, no good..." Applejack yelled in a rage, while unleashing a list of expletives so vulgar upon the pompous unicorn that Big Macintosh had to quickly shield the CMC's young ears.
Trixie hardly even payed the farm pony a second glance "This...creature is the whole reason Trixie came back to this tiny, backwater town. He has caused me no end of misery in the last few days of late. Thus, Trixie demands recompense."
Applejack grew even more furious "How in the Sam Hill does that make any sense!?! He was fighting for his life in the lava pits! Then, I took him in because he was beaten half an inch away from death. I think your full of horseapples!"
Trixie rolled her eyes, she didn't have to explain herself to anypony least of all some small town hick "Be that as it may, he's coming with me" she said with menace.
"Please, Ms. Lulamoon he didn't do anything wrong! He went out into the forest and then we went after him. We were attacked by a whole bunch of Timberwolves and he saved us!" Applebloom pleaded.
"Yea we'd be wolf chow right now if it weren't for him!" Scootaloo added with emphasis.
Trixie looked at the young ponies with a raised eyebrow, she had barely even payed the strange trio any mind at all. It had crossed Trixie's mind that it was odd that three young ponies were suddenly in the Everfree during the same time as her query but she didn't think much of it.
"Well I'm not sure why you didn't call an adult. Seems to me like you fillies got in over your head before we arrived."
"We went to save our friend!" Applebloom retorted.
"Oh how long have you known him exactly? Going into a dangerous forest for somepony you don't even know without adult supervision seems incredibly stupid." Trixie snapped back. The CMC seemed to visibly shrink back at that comment.
"Trixie I swear to Celestia if you say one more thing to my sister..." Applejack uttered warningly, but before she could deliver on the threat Big Macintosh spoke up.
"Look sis I have no idea what's going on either. But we've only known this "Gojyra" guy for a short time..."
"...what exactly are you saying Big Mac?" Applejack said practically glaring him down.
"Yea what are you saying bro?" Applebloom echoed.
"Oh don't go making me the enemy now! We don't know anything about him and already he's caused a whole host of trouble!" Big Macintosh said defensively.
Thus the argument broke out into utter chaos. The Apple siblings were arguing with each other and Trixie was arguing with everyone. Everypony was yelling about what they wanted, what they saw. Finally one spectator had enough of the arguing.
"ENOUGH!" The arguing immediately stomped and everyone turned their attention too the Princess of Friendship.
"Still not use to the Royal Canterlot Voice." Twilight muttered to herself, and let out a cough to clear her voice.
"Listen everypony. It's obvious that we have alot to discuss however we cannot do so in the Everfree Forest. Our first order of buisness is to safely leave the forest, everypony will stick together and will not, split up. Once we are safely out of the forest, Big Macintosh, I will need to direct the children safely to Sweet Apple Acres for the night. Trixie, Applejack and I will reconvene at the Friendship Castle to discuss matters. It's obvious that this..."Gojyra" person is the source of much contention, but we will not stay here and argue like foals. Everypony understand?"
Nopony dared to raise a complaint, not even Trixie. "Good then lets move out."
~~~~~~ Meanwhile In Canterlot ~~~~~~
Princess Luna was monitoring the realm of dreams this night, as was her duty. She had taken some time earlier to observe Equestia's newest resident. The one named the "King of Monsters" had been something of a curiosity for Luna these past couple nights. He was headstrong, unbearably stubborn and immensely prideful. Yet, in spite of all that she could sense that somewhere there was a kindred spirit, a noble and regal creature if given the chance.
Her last visit had also shed some light on just what the King of Monsters was capable of. His dreams were those of conflict endless, and unceasing battle. In many ways she felt pity for the Titan. He was an incredibly lonely creature with an even more lonely past. As a being sent to spend a thousand years in exile, Luna could relate to the loneliness. She could relate to his rage, his fury, not to long ago such emotions dominated her own heart.
However, she was duty bound to protect her subjects. No matter how fond she might have grown for her new scaly friend she couldn't let her judgment be impaired. She tried to intimidate the creature, but he was undeterred. He was to stubborn and prideful to ever truly accept defeat. Luna knew that the King of Kaiju was not evil, however he was destructive. She worried that some day she would have to confront him, that one day her duty and his destructive nature would clash. She hoped to the sky and stars above that day would never come.
She allowed her mind to return to the task at hand. She had to watch over her little ponies whilst they slept. Suddenly her concentration was interrupted by a knock on the door Luna was surprised, it was not often that ponies would seek out her council specifically while she was "Dream Walking". With a wave of her horn the doors opened and a guard pony rushed in with a serious expression. Princess Luna looked solemn she had a feeling the news was not going to to be pleasant.
~~~~~ Within in the Canterlot Library ~~~~~
Celestia was having a hard time falling asleep as of late. Her sense of precognition seemed to be on especially high alert. These last few years had held increasing peril for her, and her subjects. Celestia blessed the stars and sky above that she could have her sister return to her, however Celestia couldn't help but notice that it was almost as if the number of threats to Equestia had arisen due to her sister's return. Celestia heard her court, she heard the roomers. Things in Equestira were changing far more rapidly than ever before.
Celestia considered her thoughts as she nonchalantly browsed the library. As one of the ruler's of Equestria the fate of her people was in her hands. Although the ponies of Equestia might never know it, Celestia had sacrificed much so protect her little ponies. Once she aspired for a different kind of life, an impossible dream. A family, perhaps a foal of her very own.
"Yet, such was the weight of the crown." she murmured to nopony in particular. Her eyes glazed over one of the books she'd randomly picked. Words she'd read a thousand times by now. Sadly the library held little knowledge that the Solar Diarch was unaware of. Celestia allowed for small smile as she remembered the last time the library truly held wonder for her. She could remember her former protegee bounding along happily with a curious glint in her eye.
She allowed her memories to lead her to the magical applications section. Celestia remembered how the little bookworm would read with such eagerness. Indeed her former pupal was always well-read and exceedingly intelligent. Yet, Celestia saw more potential in the young unicorn at the time, all she needed was experience and companions who could guide her. Celestia smiled at that memory as well, at the day she sent her greatest student to Ponyville.
Suddenly her fond daydreaming was interrupted. She noticed a book was missing from one of it's shelves. Even more curious it was in one of the restricted sections. Celestia pondered this for a moment before another noise got her attention. The door to the library opened to revel a guard pony with an urgent expression.
"I take it this must be an emergency? My sister is designated for the night." Celestia reminded the guard.
"My apologies however this is urgent business that concerns all the Princesses!" The guard pony said trotting over to deliver the message. Celestia nodded in understanding and took the parchment. It was old equis military code. Celestia instantly took notice. This form of code was only possible via the old military communication units. They hadn't been used sense war time, and the last time Equestia had been in any sort of national conflict had been decades ago.
This message must have been sent with such urgency that the normal methods of Pegusi delivery were either not freezable or not quick enough. There were spell casters out there who could provide instant communication but such spell weavers were rare. There was no doubt about it this was a dire message.
She read the contents. Then the guard pony witnessed a rare phenomenon that day. He saw the Princess of the Sun's long flowing ethereal mane suddenly go white.
~~~~~~ Everfree Forest ~~~~~~
The group trekked along the path out of the Everfree in relative silence. Twilight might not have known it but her little lecture had certainly intimidated a couple of the ponies present. However, although the group was no longer arguing there was still tension in the air.
Twilight lead the group with her glowing horn, hovering off the ground ever so slightly and Spike piggybacking with her wearing a somber expression. He was worried about a lot of things. He was worried that Twilight was beginning to get stressed with the situation. He also looked to his other friend Applejack who was still looked very angry. He could tell that the farm pony would love nothing more in that moment then to knock Trixie into the next decade. Although she also looked very peeved at her brother, whom was accompanying the CMC with his usual stoic demur. Beyond them trailing in the back was Trixie, the mail mare everypony around town knew as "Derpy" Hooves and the poor creature Trixie had shackled and bound.
Spike then considered the CMC and knew that they must have been terrified. Being the closest to their age among those present he understood how intimidating it could be when adults started shouting. They seemed almost defeated and ashamed, in a similar manner to a child that was about to be scolded. Spike would have to make a mental note to tell the Apple siblings to go easy on the young ponies. He knew that what ever their reason for heading into the Everfree it was probably an important one.
Spike then turned his attention and noticed that Applejack's earlier description of her "guest" did seem to place him as "dragon-like". In fact Spike could almost have mistaken him for a juvenile of his own kind, perhaps like Garble. However the creature didn't seem to act like any dragon he knew. Young dragons were loud, boisterous and always seemed to want to prove something. Aside from it's initial struggle after Trixie roped him up, he carried himself with a regal posture he had only seen from Princess Celestia and Luna. There was a note of contempt as well, and it almost reminded Spike of Trixie's pompous glare.
"Boy that would be ironic," Spike thought "If somehow these two were both stuck up, showboating attention seekers. I'm not sure Equestria could handle the ego."
After a while of traveling Spike finally couldn't handle the tension anymore.
"Hey Trixie think you have those chains on tight enough? I mean the poor guy looks like he might actually be able to breath!"
Trixie huffed at the response, but got the desired result from her grey assistant who giggled. Even the CMC and Applejack seemed a little less bummed.
"I mean whats the plan? Take this guy on the road and have him juggle plates and do cartwheels?"
More laughter this time less restrained. Trixie was actually blushing now. Good, very good laughter was the first step. Now lets try kindness. He lept off Twilight and jaunted over the the CMC and AJ.
"Hey guys I know your pretty bummed right now, but things will work out. We'll work out whatever Trixie's up too."
"He did try to save us Spike. Honest." Applebloom responded.
"I believe you." Spike said with a comforting smile.
"Any chance you can convince the adults?" Scootaloo whispered "Oh and get them to go easy on us?"
Spike chuckled and whispered back "I'll see what I can do".
He noticed that Sweetie Belle was unusually quiet out of the group "Are you okay Sweetie?"
The poor thing looked like she was on the verge of tears, "I didn't want to be a bad friend. Now we're all in big trouble."
Spike shrugged his shoulders, "Maybe. But you did what you thought was right regardless. You stuck with your friends."
Sweetie seemed to take solace in those words, but she continued "I know...but maybe I should have tried to get them to stay back at Sweet Apple Acres. We should have got an adult."
"Yea probably," Spike agreed "But you went out with your friends anyway. That was awful brave Sweetie."
Sweetie smiled then looked back at Trixie and her captive. Then she looked to Spike "He's dangerous Spike. He saved us but he's dangerous...even still I don't want anything bad to happen to him."
Spike nodded solemnly "I promise nothing bad will happen to him on my watch, and a Dragon's word is his vow."
Applejack watched Spike with an amused smile. He was surprisingly levelheaded for his age. Yet, Applejack was still frustrated with the whole situation. She didn't want to undermine Twilight but as soon as she got back to the castle, boy-howdy did she have a bone to pick with Trixie Lulamoon! Big Macintosh was gonna get an earful too, she had no idea why he had such a vendetta against "Gojyra". Suddenly, Twilight signaled to stop, and the group stopped in their tracks.
"Uhh what is the hold up Sparkle?" said an exasperated Trixie.
Twilight merely shushed her, and Twilight's horn began to glow. Suddenly a small Manticore cub in a magenta aura floated toward the group.
"Hey that's the Manticore Kid! It's Mom helped beat up a ton of those Timberwolves back there!" Scootaloo elaborated excitedly.
"Jeez the little guy keeps following us" Applebloom said with a sigh.
Suddenly the group heard a shriek, Derpy Hooves pointed ominously toward a set of eyes looking at the group, "I think we found the MOM!"
The Manticore Mother stepped out from the foliage. She eyed the bound Godzilla then advanced upon the ponies.
"Twilight you got to give back the cub!" Sweetie said urgently. Twilight nodded, she was going to do that anyways to be honest. The alicorn carefully levitated the cub to the mother and released it. However the cub didn't scurry to it's mother like everypony expected. Instead it simply walked back to the group and Sweetie Belle in particular.
"Uhh I think it's trying to talk to you Sweetie" Scootaloo observed.
Sweetie nodded and approached it. Everypony looked in anticipation. Applejack and Big Macintosh in particular had their eyes on the Mother Manticore. Twilight looked on the scene with her horn at the ready. While Trixie looked rather bored with the proceedings. Godzilla however understood exactly what was happening. Had he not been muzzled by Trixie he would have informed the group of the dire danger they were all in.
Sweetie taped the cub and it garbed onto her. The elder Apple siblings twitched to intervene but the cub hadn't drawn blood in any way. Oddly the small creature seemed to beckon Sweetie to follow it, she didn't of course but it was insistent.
"I wonder what it wants?" Ditsy Do inquired.
Trixie huffed, "Who cares? Lets hurry this up. Trixie has been out in the wilderness all night and would like to wrap things up."
The Cub's ears suddenly perked up. It bounded back to it's waiting mother. It gave Sweetie one last glance and then left for good.
"Uhhh that was weird." Applebloom stated bluntly. Nearly everypony nodded in agreement, some even let a nervous giggle.
Everypony that was excepts for Godzilla. For you see his chains and bounds forbade him from resisting the blue unicorn's will. He knew that he was physically strong enough to break the chains but much like his bracelets he couldn't seem to actually manage to break them. It had frustrated him greatly. While the equines were bickering among themselves the King of Monsters was glaring at the one known as Trixie with pure unfiltered rage.
He sensed the presence of the Mainticore and her offspring long before the pony known as Twilight did. He considered letting the creature ravage the equines too escape his bounds, however he realized the Manticore actually held no intent to attack the group. Curious he extended his senses to find out what was really going on. He sensed a being that was coming toward them, one that that was incredibly deadly and put every threat he's faced in this strange new land to shame. Even worse the King of Monsters felt a twinge of actual fear, the entity that was appoching them felt, familiar.
Godzilla began growling and yanking on his chain. Trixie looked at him with a bored expression "Trixie thought you had settled down by now monster. Does Trixie need to add more bounds? Perhaps you would like a collar then?"
Despite her taunts Godzilla keep struggling. His dorsal plates began to glow but his chains held firm. Realizing he had to get the ponies to pay attention to him he tried gesturing toward the forest behind them pointing with urgency.
"Trixie for landsakes the fella is trying to talk can you just unmuzzle him already" Applejack said finally having enough.
Trixie pulled Godzilla close to her and said "Try anything funny and you'll be in a very, very cramped cage", then she dissipated the muzzle.
"RUN RIGHT NOW!" Godzilla yelled at the ponies, but it was too late.
There was a bloodcurdling screech and the thunderous sounds of gigantic footsteps.
A Gigantic creature broke through the woods and sprinted right at the group. It was far bigger than any creature Godzilla had seen in this land so far, bigger than the Chimaera, the Timberwolves and Manticore combined. It easily towered over the trees of the Everfree and it had six serpentine heads all hungrily eyeing the group. The monster let out a high pitch hunting screech and advanced on the group.
"HYDRA ATTACK!" Ditsy Do yelled in terror.
~~~~~~~
Pandemonium ensued. Screams of terror and panic erupted at the Colossal Monster launched one of its many heads at the group. The elder Apple Siblings immediately took a defensive position in front of the CMC, Twilight and Ditsy Do were immediately airborne, while Trixie and Spike were on the offensive.
"Protect the Kids!" Twilight ordered just narrowly missing the Hydra's jaws, before retaliating with a barrage of magical energy.
"Ya don't need to tell us twice" Applejack stated delivering a solid smack to one of the hydra's heads.
"Eyup!" Big Macintosh responded aiding his sibling and delivering another powerful right hook to the hydra head. Applejack nodded toward her brother appreciatively and they battered the next head that dared to get too close.
This left Spike and Trixie on the offensive. Spike was blasting torrents of hot flame at the multi-headed menace, while Trixie ripped the creature apart with a volley of magical energy blasts. Surprisingly the two of them laid down some impressive cover fire, however it was not enough.
The Hydra was able to engage with each of the group simultaneously. Each head acting independently of the other with surprising efficiency. The ponies were just barely holding on, and Godzilla knew it. He growled in frustration, he could do nothing but watch as his bindings forbade him from budging an inch. He tried in vain to power up but the dreaded bracelets once again restricted his powers. One hydra head broke of from attacking the ponies and Spike and zeroed in on him. It lashed out fast as a whip, and Godzilla had to think fast.
Lucky, he was a quick study in a fight, and even restricted by the blue ponies infernal magic, was still a force to be reckoned with. Using his might he tanked the hit from the creature stopping it in it's tracks, Godzilla didn't give the head a chance to recover however and wrapped the very chains ensnaring him around the hydra's neck. Then with a mighty pull decapitated his attacker.
Godzilla looked around the battle field and realized his worse fears were being met. The equines in their battle had already destroyed several of the hydra's heads. No doubt they were simply defending themselves but the damage was done.
"Damn it!" Godzilla cursed. Although this "hydra" creature was from a different world he knew a similar enemy in the past, and if his hunch was correct...
The severed neck next to him twitched. Godzilla braced himself for round two.
~~~~~
Twilight Sparkle watched in horror at the scene around her. The Hydra's decapitated heads suddenly regenerated two extra heads for every one that was sliced off. The encounter had started off with the monster possessing six heads, now thanks to the fight it had Twelve!
Twilight did her best to keep the heads at bay from her friends...and Trixie but to no avail. Twilight was no fool, and she was well aware of the anatomy of a hydra. However the creature attacked so ferociously and quickly that Twilight had to use lethal force just to defend herself, her friends...and Trixie. For every head they destroyed two more would grow.
"Another riddle," Twilight thought "Come on Twilight use your big brain!"
Then she saw her faithful assistant and his fire breath. Suddenly she got an idea, it was a long shot but it should buy them some time. With a bust of speed Twilight plunged toward Spike an let loose a whistle to get his attention. Lucky he got the idea and just as she neared he quickly mounted and they were airborne in moments. This time both the Alicorn and the dragon unleashed a potent barrage of magical flame and energy blasts at their foe. At least three hydra heads were incinerated in an instant. Most importantly the heads were having a hard time regenerating, due to the fact that the head seared the neck shut.
"Yea we got em!" Spike yelled triumphantly. The hydra didn't take to kindly to that boast and a head lashed out at the duo. It crashed into Twilight, dismounting Spike and leaving her struggling in the maw of the monster. She cried out for her assistant but he was retrieved by Ditsy Do.
"I got you Spike!"
"Thanks thought I was a goner for a sec there" Spike said relieved "We gotta help Twilight!"
"No! I'll be fine help the others keep "it" occupied!" Twilight said as the maw clenched down ever tighter. Spike wanted to argue but trusted Twilight. He urged Ditsy to descend toward the Apples.
~~~~~ Sweetie Belle looked on in utter horror and helplessness. Once again she and her friends had to huddle together while other ponies and creatures fought on their behalf. Once again she deeply regretted coming to the Everfree Forrest in the first place. She realized only now that the Manticore cub had been trying to warn the group about the impending danger. The cub had gone to her specifically, and because she didn't act quickly enough everypony was in danger.
"This is all my fault," Sweetie Belle realized.
"What? No this ain't your fault." Applebloom said just as frightned as the young unicorn "We wouldn't be in this mess if we just stayed put."
"No way! Applebloom you were looking out for a friend. I mean imagine we didn't show up and that Godzilla guy had to face all these things by himself..."
Thats when all three realized something critical, Godzilla was still tied up! They could barely make him out in the head of the battle but they could see several of the hydra heads fighting away from them.
"He's a sitting duck out there!" Applebloom said with a look of realization and terror "We gotta help him!"
"How? All the adults would just stop us anyways. If we go out there we'd just get in the way," Scootaloo pointed out.
Sweetie Belle thought about this long and hard. Her friends and everypony were doomed unless sompony did something. She remembered the timberwolf attack and how scary Godzilla was, yet as scary as he was he did try to save them. She thought back to what Spike said, about her being brave.
"maybe it's time I prove that." the young unicorn muttered. Before anypony would react the young pony took off in a dead sprint.
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Trixie was a force to be reckoned with, and a sight to behold. The unicorn had been denied her prize for far too long and no monstrosities would stop her from her ultimate goal. A goal mind you, she still had every intention of carrying out. Even now in all the chaos she she could feel the mental connection to her prisoner. Trixie was both maintaining his bounds while engaging with the hydra. It was as if fate itself were conspiring against her by this point. She had finally found her target and was so, very close to getting out of this whole ordeal. Yet here she was fighting for her very life.
"You will not take my prize away from me!" Trixie yelled at the Hydra. With a blast of magic blasted one hydra's head into smithereens.
"You fool! Stop attacking the heads your only...hmff" Godzilla warned only to be muzzled once more.
"You will be silent! As far as Iconcerned you're just as bad as the hydra! I'll let Tarturus freeze over before I take directions from a monster like you!"
Just then Trixie noticed a figure approaching them. Trixie's horn glowed as she prepared an attack only to be interrupted by a whip to the face. Trixie shrieked in pain and realized her prisoner, though bound, had attacked her with her very own chains!
Before Trixie could enact a horrible punishment the figure ran into her. Yet, it wasn't a Hydra's hungry maw, just a scared little filly. Trixie was shocked, but before she could say anything the small unicorn spoke.
"Please you have to let him go! He's our only chance! Please Ms. Lulamoon you have to let him fight!"
Trixie was a taken aback. This little filly ran thought a battle ground just to tell her to unbound the scaly monster?
"Please you have to let him go! He's out only chance, you gotta let him fight, please!" the young unicorn begged on the verge of tears.
Trixie's expression softened but she was undeterred "Listen little filly stay behind me keep away from the scaly guy and do exactly as I say."
The fillies eyes began to tear even more and she griped Trixie even tighter "Please! Everypony is gonna die, you need to let him fight!"
Irritated Trixie cast a "silence" spell on the young unicorn, she griped her mouth in surprise and Trixie smirked "When I say to do something I expect you to do it."
~~~~~~~ Ditsy Do was fighting to keep her nerve. Ever since Trixie's "summoning" back in Canterlot the grey wall-eyed pegasus had been trying to be a good friend. Ditsy Do had followed Trixie for these past couple days all to try and undo a mistake. Ditsy Do had seen Trixie stretched to the very limits of her patience and the very limits of her abilities.
Ditsy Do had only wanted to be a good friend. Yet as she watched the madness all around her she began to wonder if it was all worth it. Ponies were in mortal danger, fillies were in mortal danger and somehow Ditsy couldn't help but feel partially responsible. Perhaps she never should have agreed to accompany Trixie, perhaps she should have even turned her in to the Royal sisters?
"No thats silly. Trixie's a good pony deep down" Ditsy thought to herself. Then she saw something that rocked her to her very core. She glanced at her boss just to make sure she was doing alright and saw her cast a spell on a little filly!
"What? Trixie!? NO!" the pegasus shrieked in surprise.
"Woa! Ditsy Watch out!" Spike called out, but it was to late.
A Hydra head smacked Spike clean of Ditsy's back. Ditsy gasped in horror and tried to grab him but she didn't notice the waiting Hydra head right below her, with waiting jaws. The pegasi didn't even see it coming. The jaws slammed shut and their was an audible "gulp" from the gluttonous serpent.
Spike could only watch helplessly as he tumbled earthbound, at the last moment of the brave grey wall-eyed pegasus.
~~~~~
Trixie had turned her attention to the voice above calling her name, only to be met with a horrific sight. Her assistant, her friend, Ditsy Do was gone! It happened so fast, too fast.
"NOO!" Trixie wailed "No Ditsy! Please no!"
The blue unicorn couldn't even begin to process what had just happened. Her friend, a pony that she trusted implicitly was gone.
The Hydra however was still very much alive and still a threat. Trixie barely managed to defend herself and Sweetie Belle before a hungry jaw was upon them once more! It crushed Trixie's hastily made barrier and flung the duo like rag dolls. Sweetie was out cold, and Trixie saw the situation unveil before her.
She saw the madness clearly now, ponies fighting for their lives. The Earth ponies were beginning to exhaust themselves, and even the great Twilight Sparkle seemed to be on her last legs. The Hydra was going to destroy them all unless somepony did something. Trixie looked at the young pony before her. The young filly had been trying to tell her something. Something important. She felt a by now familiar sensation deep within her mind.
"You need to unbound me, now! Or we are all dead."
"Ditsy Do my friend...she's gone. It's all my fault"
"Damn it, let me go pony!"
"Can you do it?"
"...yes."
"Promise me."
" yes "
~~~~~~ Applejack was utterly exhausted, and she could tell her brother was too. As strong as they were they couldn't batter the Hydra away forever. She had just barely glimpsed Sweetie Belle make a B-line for Trixie. Applejack had to fight not to chase the filly down knowing she broke formation with her brother the remaining CMC would be vulnerable.
Applejack heard a shriek and noticed the grey pegusus was missing. She put the pieces together in moments, however she also noticed a plummeting Spike. She reacted quickly and manage to save him just before he hit the ground.
"She's, she's gone" Spike muttered.
"Spike listen to me keep focused we gotta keep fighting" Applejack urged.
"How, why were outnumbered"
"We have to protect them Spike, We have too"
Spike nodded his shock would have to wait. Their were ponies in danger and by Celestia no one else was going to be lost on his watch. He struggled to get his footing but noticed something.
"There's something happening over there..." Spike said gesturing toward Trixie.
Applejack glared distastefully but noticed the Hydra heads suddenly pause. As if something else had got their attention.
"What in tarnation is happening over there?"
~~~~~~ The shackles that had been around his wrists ever since coming to Equestria fell to the ground. The bounds and chains conjured by the blue unicorn dissipated into the wind. He cracks his knuckles as a familiar sensation begins to flow into his body, he feels his raw power once more. He feels his body and his very bones begin to infuse with power. The mighty King of Monsters lets out a primal roar of raw power.
"SKREEONK!"
Every, single, Hydra head turned to engage the new enemy in it's midst. The multi-headed monstrosity let lose its own roar and lashed against the King of Kaiju in a fierce battle. The Titanic Titan grappled the multi-headed menace and their bout to the death had begun in earnest. The ponies however stood in shock as Trixie's scaly prisoner was now nearly as tall as the Hydra!
"By Celestia!" Big Macintosh exclaimed in awe.
"No time for gawking we gotta get the kids out of here!" Applejack explained and quickly steered the group away while the hydra was distracted.
"You go ahead I gotta make sure everypony comes back safe." Spike said rushing over to where Trixie was. Spike reached Trixie and Sweetie Belle urging them to vacate the area. However, Sweetie Belle was knocked out and Trixie was immobile just chanting "he promised, he promised." Spike had no idea what the blue showmare was babbling about but this was no place to go crazy. Twilight landed and assessed the situation.
"It looks like their in no condition to go anywhere Spike"
Spike groaned in acknowledgement. Besides there was something about the situation that Spike felt compelled to witness. He looked up at the two giants slug it out.
Godzilla was outnumbered and the hydra had so many heads by this point that the creature resembled a swirling mass of teeth rather than a conventional monster. The many jaws of of the creature bit and tore at the King of Monsters but he didn't budge an inch. Suddenly he drove his fist deep into the swirling mass of heads and right into the creature's torso. However, there were too many heads and even Godzilla is beginning to get overwhelmed. Twilight and Spike look at each other and immediately know what to do. Spike hops on Twilight's back and they soar to fight the monster.
"We're joining this fight!" Spike exclaims as he unleashes a torrent of magical flame upon the serpentine menace.
Infuriated some of the heads take the bait and peruse the alicron, dragon team. This gave Godzilla enough time to charce up his atomic breath and fire it at point blank at the Hydra! The monster swirled it's many heads toward it's center of mass but it was too late, the atomic attack tore right through the creature and blasted the creatures right open! Suddenly a variety of blue magical bots struck the creature.
The gutted monster roared in agony and sent two heads to destroy the offending creature. Trixie had a savage grin on her face, for this is the monster who took her friend, and she was going to make it pay! She unleashed every bit of power she had left to blast the creature to ribbons.
It let out a shriek of agony and resumed it's attack upon the King of Monsters just as quickly. Instead of backing off, Godzilla once again bull-rushed right at the hydra and tackled it. The hydra was assaulted on all fronts, just like how it was able to keep the pony group separated it now found itself on the receiving end of a multi-pronged attack. The Alicorn, Dragon and Unicorn unloaded enough magical energy to bury a city, yet it still wasn't enough. The hydra's regenerative properties were too potent and they couldn't eliminate every head at once.
However, it did give Godzilla time, it wasn't enough to rip the creature to shreds, no it had to be obliterated. Thanks to the hydra being partially occupied it his gave Godzilla enough time to charge his special attack; an attack even more devastating than his atomic breath! Channeling his power inward toward his core he builds it up within him like a dam, and he begins to glow, then he rushes into the remaining ravenous mass of swirling hissing Hydra heads one last time.
Then in one motion Godzilla lets out a feral shriek as pure energy suddenly blasts out from the nuclear titan with the force of a megaton bomb obliterating the Hydra in it's entirety and leaving Twilight, Spike and Trixie with barely enough time to from a barrier.
The battle was finally over. Twilight nimbly lands on the ground and does a head count, somehow by the grace of Celestia no one was killed in that final explosion.
"It's over, thank Celestia. Is everypony okay Spike?"
"Sweetie is still out cold. Considering what just happened...that's probably for the best. As for Trixie..."
The unicorn was glaring at the smog and debris intently, almost expectantly. Then she gasped and with good reason. The sight could only be defined as a miracle. For through the smoke was the small version of Godzilla holding Ditsy Do slunk over his shoulders.
Trixie began to openly weep, "How...how it's possible that Ditsy Doo is still alive? How can you have saved her...it shouldn't be possible...how?"
The King of Kaiju looked at the Unicorn with an annoyed look, "Because you asked me to save her".
He then looks at his shackles clearly annoyed, "Looks like these things appeared again right after I finished my task, how annoying."
Trixie then rushes over to her Pegasus friend and while quite a bit ruffled was still very much alive.
Twilight was amazed and bewildered by the creature before her, "That was the most awesome display of power I've ever seen..." Spike just dumbly nodded in agreement.
Godzilla snorted "It had better be, I'd be loosing my touch if it wasn't".
"Just what...who are you?" Twilight asked.
"I am King of the Monsters, and God of Destruction, I am Godzilla."
Luckily the group; consisting of Godzilla, Spike, Twilight, Trixie and a comatose Derpy Hooves, were able to make it to the Castle of Friendship without much incident, it was pretty late after all. What few night-owls were around hardly paid the group any attention. The gates to the enormous castle opened with a glow of Twilight's horn and the party entered the castle exhaling a deep breath of relief. The group arrived at the Castle to see the worried Apple Siblings and CMC waiting for them. It finally felt like the insanity of the night was finally calming down. After making sure everypony was alive and in one piece there was one overwhelming question was on everyponies mind. Who and What was Godzilla?
"I'm glad everypony is safe and sound but I just got to know one thing. What exactly are you?" Spike asked Godzilla quizzically "I've never seen any creature do what you did in the forest."
"I always reckoned he was a dragon...like you Spike?" Applejack inquiried. Spike shook his head and clarified.
"I've never seen a dragon do the things this guy can do. At least not in the same way he can."
Godzilla, whom had been leaning against a pillar, cleared his throat and spoke "Look. I've explained this many times. I have many names and titles. Most know me as Godzilla and I come from a different world than yours. I have no idea how or why I am here. When I was transported here I got into...lets say a disagreement with one of the locals. The equine known as Applejack helped me to beat back my aggressor."
"Yup, the big oaf got himself into a fight with a Chimera!" Applejack chuckled in confirmation, "It was a good thing I was nearby and had my flame repellent gear with me or you would have been toast."
Godzilla huffed at the accusation but stayed his tongue for the moment.
"That's when you brought him back to the farm right sis?" Applebloom chimed in.
"Yup, he stayed the night and we bandaged him all up. I went out to go talk with Twilight after that. Then next thing I know he's missing!"
"We heard he was missing when we came back to the farm and it was in shambles...oh no we have so many chores to do!" Applebloom cried in dismay and realization. Scootaloo and Sweetie cringed at the thought of the workload ahead of them, they had promised to help after all.
"Well, he wasn't a very good farm-hand. The scaly critter was a walking calamity waiting to happen." Big Macintosh said glaring at Godzilla. Godzilla growled in response at the stallion.
"Well, maybe I was trying to be hospitable equine. It isn't my fault your dwellings are so fragile."
"That reminds me! Big Mac, you let a guest try to do our chores?" Applejack accused, "Darn it, Big Mac you know how hard farm work can be to a pony who ain't use to it! No wonder he ran off."
Godzilla shrunk at the accusation and mumbled something about not "running off" but "clearing his head". While, Big Macintosh cringed at the accusation from his sister; both pony and kaiju thoroughly embarrassed.
"So what exactly were you doing in the Everfree Forrest then, Mr. Godzilla?" Scootaloo asked, genuinely curious as to why any sane being would wander in there without a good reason.
Godzilla shrugged, "I needed a place to clear my head. The forest seemed like the place to do it."
"But the forest has all kinds of creatures and monsters!" Sweetie Belle exclaimed in shock "Going in there all alone is super dangerous!"
Godzilla smiled a toothy grin "Dangerous for an equine perhaps. For one such as myself, such a place is as dangerous as a leisurely stroll on a sunny day."
"Woah even the Timberwolves and the Hydra!?" Scootaloo exclaimed in astonishment.
"Uh...perhaps those creatures were a bit trickier to manage than I initially expected, but rest assured they are no match compared to me," the King of Monsters said proudly.
"Well, I mean the CMC told me you had help with the Timberwolf fight. As for the Hydra; I think Twilight, the Apples, myself and even Trixie helped out A LOT in that battle." Spike mentioned critically.
Godzilla was stunned for a moment but quickly regained his composure, "Perhaps, but the last blow was dealt by me!"
"You know...I think that you may be a bit prideful when it comes to getting in fights and needing other ponies for help" Applejack observed with a grin.
"Well, I did most of the work in each of those battles. It's only right that I get most of the credit!"
"Calm down sugar cube, I'm only teasing is all," Applejack said lightly chuckling.
"Yea? Well, good" Godzilla huffed. This got a chuckle from the CMC, and even Big Macintosh smiled at seeing the big lizard taken down a peg or two.
Twilight, meanwhile considered everything said and finally saw the pieces coming together. The one thing she was skeptical about was just where Godzilla came from and why Trixie was so dead set on capturing him. However, as she glanced as the golden shackles around Godzilla's wrists, she had a hypothesis in mind.
"Well, this does explain somethings. I believe that it is getting late. Big Macintosh could you please direct the CMC to a guest bedroom you can stay the night too if you want." Big Mac nodded and lead the CMC to a guest room for the night. Thus leaving Godzilla, Spike, Twilight, Trixie, Dittsy, and Applejack left in the main room. Yet, with the CMC out of the room, the atmosphere immediately changed.
Twilight then turned her attention to Trixie, who had been mostly silent after the hydra attack.
"So, Trixie is there something you wanted to say? You've been unusually quiet." The Alicorn said with her usual decorum but with a hint of knowing in her words.
Trixie didn't utter a word, she was still cradling her friend in her arms. The proud show mare was bitterly weeping. Weeping about how things went so very wrong. She wept over how her dreams of glory and grandeur nearly cost her best friend her life; how her best-friend was saved by a monster, and how this all started with her own greed and pride.
"Yea, Trixie you okay?" Spike asked sympathetically.
Applejack, on the other hand, regarded the unicorn with a skeptical look, honestly, she had never thought the showboating unicorn was even capable of tears. Then again, Applejack had been considering why Trixie was even here to begin with.
"So why in Equestria are you even here Trixie? You've always been a rude, showoff but why'd ya muzzle Godzilla back in the forest? What's he ever done to you?"
Trixie shot the Earth pony a hateful look, through her tears, "He's a monster, he's...my monster."
"Stop with the riddles Trixie what are ya talking about?"
Twilight spoke up, "Trixie I have a theory. About why you are in Ponyville, about why you and Godzilla seemed to be drawn to one another, about why your so desperate to get him back."
Trixie's eyes widened in terror, and her own breath caught in her throat.
"I suspect that Godzilla is a product of a powerful summoning spell. One meant to capture a creature and bend it to the will of the summoner. A spell that can make even the most ferocious and fierce creatures docile and obedient to their owner..."
Trixie was beginning to hyperventilate, this was everything she feared.
"Godzilla has bracelets on his wrists, but back when he was fighting the Hydra and Ditsy Do's life was in danger, the bracelets fell off. Almost as if a magical condition had been met."
Applejack and Spike's eyes widened at the implication. They glared at the blue unicorn, one with a look of pure spite the other with a look of pure pity.
"Then there was your behavior and paranoia around Godzilla. Almost as if you had encountered him before, however that should have been impossible. According to his own testimony, he was otherwise occupied, and never had time to met you. At least not physically. Yet, you seem to know all about him. You even seem to know that he has the potential to get much larger and stronger than his current form."
Godzilla looked at his bracelets and then the unicorn. Suddenly, he realized why he felt so weak when she conjured those chains around him. More importantly, he realized why he felt so liberated during the final moments of the hydra attack. He realized why he only got even the smallest portions of his true power at the unicorn's beckoning. Rage began to fill him, he growled in furry. Yet, Twilight wasn't done.
"You Trixie Lulamoon summoned Godzilla here against his will with the intent to dominate his mind and make him your own personal servant. You tapped into powerful forbidden magic and summoned a creature beyond your power and then panicked and tried to catch him when your spell didn't work. In other words, everything that has happened is because of your summoning spell!"
"All Right It's True! All of it!" Trixie cried out in anguish, "I tried summoning a great and powerful monster. I was going to display it on my show! But then the spell latched on to that...that THING! I sensed his mind, the unbridled power he had and I've been trying to catch him ever since! I swear I was trying to set things right!".
"Why you no good, self-serving, varmint!" Applejack couldn't believe what she was hearing. She had known the unicorn was bad news but this was just a new kind of low.
"Trixie that's...that's..." Spike was at a loss for words.
Godzilla was furious beyond words, his dorsal plates were flashing, his breath was fuming, his eyes glowing, and he was just minutes away from vaporizing the unicorn where she stood.
"You did this! You bought me here! As...as a show prop! As an amusement! You wanted to enslave me for a show!?! Everything that I've been through for these past days, have been because of you?!!"
Trixie said nothing. She knew she couldn't justify her actions. She had desperately hoped that she could escape the ramifications of her mistake but now it was all coming down upon her. Her mortal enemy Twilight Sparkle now knew just how badly she messed up. A ton of ponies' very lives was put in jeopardy. Even worst her friend was nearly killed because of her actions, the only pony in the world who believed in her.
So the unicorn wept and waited for the punishment to her actions but it never came. She didn't get turned to stone by the princess, Godzilla didn't end up vaporizing her, not even Applejack had struck her.
"Trixie you really messed up. Ponies could have gotten hurt. Not, to mention taking a creature out of the natural habitat to serve your own ends. However, you did seek me out. You did try to fix things. If you simply came clean a lot of chaos could have been avoided. I hope you reflect on this..."
Trixie was in shock "You're, you're forgiving me?"
Twilight gave Trixie a stern, no-nonsense look "No, you will make up for what you have done. For now, though I think we have all been through enough for one night. There is a guest room for yourself and Ditsy Doo. Make sure she's okay. We will talk more about a suitable punishment soon."
The show mare gave an audible gulp in fear but complied, she griped her friend and trotted for the room.
Twilight then turned toward Godzilla who was still partially fuming with anger, but calming down, "Thank you for sparing her. If you did attack I would have had to intervene and giving your showing in the Everfree....I doubt it would have been an easy fight."
"I've been filled with so much anger and confusion since coming here. I've destroyed creatures for far less than her transgressions, and yet..." he said looking at his bracelets.
"I've never seen the world from this angle before. When I fought the hydra she begged me not to save her own life, but her friend. Even now she cradles her friend like a newborn. The equine has much to answer for, but to slay her now is not the way...."
"Next time I see her I swear I might give her a good pummeling!" Applejack admitted gruffly.
"Come on AJ you don't mean that..." said Spike.
"Yup, I totally do. I'm the Element of Honesty remember?" The farm pony reminded him.
"Oh yea right" Spike said sheepishly, he then turned his attention to Twilight "So, what are we going to do now?"
Twilight let out a sigh "Trixie's got herself into quite a mess and now, we are all involved one way or another. Applejack would it be okay if Mr. Godzilla stayed here for the time being I know he was your guest and all but..."
"It's fine sugar cube. Probably for the best for now considering all the work we're gonna have to do around the farm. As long as Godzilla doesn't mind."
The kaiju shrugged "I don't particularly care either way. I can dwell just about anywhere. Even in the crushing depths of the ocean or the burning lava pits of a volcano."
This caught Spike's attention "Oh cool, I love a good lava bath treatment myself!"
Godzilla tussled the young dragon's head, like one would a younger sibling, "That's good, it keeps the scales nice and pristine."
"So you don't mind staying here?" Twilight reiterated.
"I shall stay here for the time being while it is convenient. At least until I find a way home" Godzilla said.
"Well, that's actually why I would like you to stay here. It would make it a lot easier to find a way to send you home if you were close by."
Godzilla's interest was peeked "You can send me home?"
"Yes, it will be tricky to undo Trixie's spell, and find your exact home" Twilight said cautiously, "However I do have some practice with portals to other worlds and with time I think I can find your homeworld."
Godzilla was slightly amazed, he was beginning to think that he was stranded in the land of ponies, but now he had a chance at returning home. He was so stunned that he just nodded and gave a slight bow, "That would be...very nice of you equine."
The Princess of Friendship gave him a smile in return. After all, it was her job as Princess of Friendship to solve friendship problems, and helping a stranger find his way home definitely qualified as a "friendship" problem.
"Come on AJ it's getting late. Sweet Apple Acre's will still be there in the morning." Spike said motioning for Applejack to follow him. Applejack let out a yawn, for it had been a long day, and followed him to her specific "element of harmony" quarters. This left Godzilla and Twilight left alone to contemplate.
"I'll lead you to your quarters than... " Twilight begin before Godzilla interrupted.
"You handled yourself pretty well out there kid" The King of Kaiju complemented. Twilight did a double-take.
"Uhm thank you? I do try my best after all..."
Godzilla continued "You're young, unaccustomed to leadership. I can tell. However, in the forest, you took charge and gave marching orders very well, but you're still new to this aren't you?"
Twilight looked at the strange creature before her. He was an enigma to be sure, but she couldn't deny that he had a point.
"I only became an alicorn a short while ago, I've been a Princess for an even shorter amount of time..."
Godzilla made a motioning gesture with his hands urging her to continue, almost as if he could tell the young alicorn needed to get this of her chest.
"I was a student at first. I wanted to know so much about the world. Then I became a friend, I learned the value of friendship. Me and my friends have been on all sorts of adventures, battled all sorts of monsters. The next thing I knew my mentor helped me to "ascend" to alicornhood, and with that came the promise of becoming a Princess. It all happened so fast. Deep down I don't feel all that important... I still feel like little ol Twilight, the student, the librarian. So many ponies count on me now and I don't want to let any of them down."
Godzilla stared at Twilight with a look of deep contemplation, and in spite of herself she was really anticipating his answer. Finally, he spoke.
"It sounds like you are unsure of your power. Don't be. The power you've gained is a part of you, though not all of you. Remember why you fight and you will never be lead astray."
Twilight wasn't quite sure what to make of the kaiju's advice at first. She pondered it for a time before she heard him chuckling. She frowned and turned toward him and he elaborated.
"I can also tell that you think a lot. You're obviously very clever, and I saw your confidence in the forest. I also saw you take charge and responsibility for the actions of one of your own. It's been a while since I've seen someone so reluctant to wield power, but so naturally gifted."
"Is that a bad thing?" Twilight said slightly nervous about his answer. However, the King of Monsters shook his head.
"It is not a bad thing. There are several different ways to "rule". Some rule through fear, some through cleverness and deception. Then there are those like you. You are stronger than you know, young Twilight. Follow your instincts, believe in your abilities and you will find your own strength."
Twilight wasn't sure how to respond. Godzilla, however, found something else worth his attention. He walked over to one of the fountains, circled twice like a puppy, then began to slumber. Twilight blinked at the strange sight but decided that if he was comfortable there was no use in waking him up. After all the strangeness of this night she honestly just wanted to rest a bit. She trotted to her own quarters, where her assistant was waiting for her.
"Made sure everypony was good for the night. The CMC and the Apples are all in snoozeland. Trixie is still waiting by Ditsy Do's bedside. So all that's left is our guest and you.
She smiled at her "number one" assistant, "Diligent as ever I see, and yes our guest is also sleeping. Today has been quite a day. We will have a lot to sort out tomorrow, Spike."
Spike nodded "Yea definitely, but that's tomorrow Twilight's problem, right now we sleep."
With that the alicorn let out a yawn, bid her assistant goodnight and drifted off to sleep.
Spike however wasn't asleep just yet. For you see, as he was checking up on everypony he had received a letter from the Royal Sisters. Even more curious it was marked as "Urgent". Spike groaned, Twilight had already been through enough today the last thing she needed was more stress. Now under normal circumstances he would have rushed to deliver the message, but he also knew that Twilight was a workaholic and wouldn't rest until everything was sorted and settled. So when Twilight entered the bedroom he decided that whatever the Princesses were dealing with could wait till the morning.
He fiddled with the unopened scroll "Future Twilight's problem...maybe. But it's Past, Present and Future Spike's responsibility to make sure Twilight is okay. She needs a good rest after her crazy day today. Tomorrow we'll deal with whatever the Princess have cooked for us. Till then, good night Twilight."
~~~~~~ Meanwhile in the Ghastly Gorge ~~~~~~
A gigantic shadow looms over the Gorge like a bird of prey. Before narrowing down on a promising landing patch. The gigantic figure reviles an impossibly large reptilian monster! The monster monitors its surroundings while in thought. The one known as "Typhon the Terrible" contemplated his little quest.
He was nearing his target, that much he could tell. The offending presence that awoke him from his slumber was nearing. However, he was skeptical about the information the pony told him. The presence of these supposed Alicorn's hadn't disturbed his slumber for all these years. He wondered why the youngest of their brood, the one named Twilight Sparkle, was the one to awaken him. Yet, while he was curious he decided that the reason was not all that important. He would destroy the offending creature. After that Typhon decided he would obliterate this puny pony society in its totality with fire and brimstone!
The Tyrant smirked at the thought. However, his maniacal mechanization's were interrupted by a creature whom, ironically, had disturbed from its own slumber. The slithering creature had been eyeing the intruder with venomous intent, then in a flash it struck!
Typhon was beseeched by a gigantic Tazzleworm! The creature was impossibly large! Nearly as large as the Gastly George itself. It launched itself from its lair to strangle the dragon to death. Typhon was not amused, he wrestled the creature, trying to pry it from his body. However, the creature held a vice-like grip on him. He growled in irritation, then noticed that some of it's body was still in the crevice of the gorge. A sinister smile emerged as he realized only a small portion of the creature was actually above ground, while the rest of the creature's body was hiding safely underground, however, he knew just how to flush it out.
The mighty titan took a deep breath, and exhaled his fiery furry into one of the ground crevices. The fiery breath blasted out every orifice of the canyon vaporizing anything in its blazing path. This included the tazzleworm which had the majority of it's body vaporized in the ensuing blast and instantly went limp, releasing the Terrible tyrant from his annoying pursuer.
Typhon tossed the dead creature to the side and grinned in victory. He was the mightiest creature in all the land and he was going to make sure it stayed that way. Even if he had to scorch everything and everyone to prove it.
One would think that given all the weirdness in the Everfree, it would entitle a certain trio of little fillies a day off from school. Given the epic encounter against a multi-headed, pony eating, monster; that surely three impressionable young minds would at least be given the day off right?
Yet, the Apple siblings weren't having any of that, and it would be a cold day in Tartarus before the Princess of Friendship allowed anything to get in the way of a pony's education. The Cutie Mark Crusaders had tried to plead their case as the Apples callously rushed them out of bed. Their protests of "just a couple minutes" soundly ignored. They now only had a couple of moments to freshen up and was the sleep from their eyes before they would be escorted to school by the eldest Apple.
"Geeze, you'd think they'd at least let us sleep in a bit," Scootaloo muttered under her breath.
"Fat chance...Twilight, my Bro, and Sis would never let us live it down. Pretty sure this is part of their punishment," Applebloom answered.
"Not to mention we're gonna get an earful from Dimond Tiara," Sweetie Belle injected, electing a groan from the other two Cutie Mark Crusaders.
"I totally forgot about that!" said Scootaloo with a face hoof, "Do you think maybe we can convince Godzilla to come with us to school with us?"
Applebloom looked at her older brother who was giving them a classic "older brother glare", "I don't think so..."
The trio was briskly given lunches, courtesy of Spike, and ushered out the door. Big Mac was tailing the trio all the way to school, to make sure they didn't get into any more mischief. Only once he had marched the trio to the school did he finally leave their side, though he gave them a warning glare before trotting off. Scootaloo stuck her tongue out at the elder Apple once he was out of sight.
"Wish we could get Godzilla here just so we could prove Dimond Tiara wrong," Applebloom said with a huff. Sweetie Belle considered the idea.
"Maybe there is..." the young unicorn murmured "Okay girls I have an idea."
~~~~ Meanwhile...back at the Castle of Friendship ~~~~
After his endeavor in the forest Godzilla was really hoping for one of his famous millennia-long catnaps, but no such luck. The pony known as Applejack nudged him awake for what reason he could only speculate.
"Yaawwn. What is it equine? I am trying to rest." Godzilla asked somewhat irritably.
"It's nearly noon partner! Ya planning on sleeping in the whole day?" Applejack asked incredulously.
"I've slept much longer than that equine," Godzilla said with a chuckle. Applejack rolled her eyes at that.
"Come on get your lazy, lizard butt up. Me, Twilight, and Spike are gonna show you around Ponyville," Applejack explained. "We figure it could do you some good to show you around the place as thanks for saving us in the forest."
Godzilla considered this, he shuffled off his water fountain bed and stretched his limbs. Twilight and Spike were waiting by the castle entrance.
"I hope you had a good sleep Mr. Godzilla," Twilight said politely. "Though I'm curious as to why you felt the need to sleep in my fountain?"
"See these?" Godzilla pointed toward his gills. "They aren't just for show. Usually, I reside in the deep, dark, depths of the ocean floor. Guess, I just felt a little homesick was all."
"So that's what those were for..." Applejack murmured thinking back to when she was tending to Godzilla's wounds.
Twilight nodded in sympathy, "On behalf of ponykind we are very sorry for the inconvenience that some...overzealous members of our community have brought you."
"By overzealous we mean Trixie." Spike pointed out bluntly. "Just so there's no confusion."
"Ahem...yes. As a Princess of Equestria, it is my job to serve as an ambassador to other species and nations." The Alicorn explained. "So while I work on a way to send you home I thought we could take this time to get to know each other. As you can see even your sleeping accommodations are foreign to us. So please allow us to show you around town, get to know our ways. We'll show you real Equestain hospitality!"
Godzilla shrugged "Sure I got nothing planned now that I'm awake, might as well survey the new territory."
"Well then let's begin our tour of Ponyville!" Twilight said with zeal. Applejack and Spike snickered a bit at the Princesses' enthusiasm but were also excited to show their new friend around town. However, it would seem that they weren't the only ones wanting to greet their new guest. Just as Twilight opened the castle door a pink blur suddenly blurred into existence right in front of them!
"HIIYA! WELCOME TO PONYVILLE!" clamored a Pink Pony cheerfully. The group flinched by the suddenness of the welcome but laughed it off readily enough, all except Godzilla who was unaccustomed to such a odd pony.
"Don't worry partner that's just Pinkie Pie. One of our best friends. She probably just wanted to say 'hi' is all." Applejack explained. Though, Godzilla still had his guard up at the strange pink pony.
"Though, I do wonder how she knew about you?" Twilight inquired.
"Oh, that's easy peasy Twilight! I've been feeling a super, duper, tingly, springy, Pinkie Pie surprise kind of Pinkie sense for the past couple days! I could tell that somepony super important was in town and I couldn't miss it for the world!"
His ego thoughtfully stroked, Godzilla let out a dignified huff, "Yes, well obviously this pony recognizes a creature of importance when she sees one."
"Yep! Which reminds me..." Pinkie said taking a quick moment to fetch a letter. "You are cordially invited to a certified Welcome to Ponyville Extravaganza! Hosted by me Pinkie Pie, premier party pony extraordinaire."
Godzilla smiled in spite of himself, the Pink Ponies enthusiasm was infectious, he caught himself however, and replied. "Yes...well if I have time on my very important schedule....I guess I could come to your little party."
"Great! See you then!" Then as quick as she came the pink blur was gone, no doubt to set up the party arrangements.
"Eyup that's classic Pinkie Pie for ya." Applejack said nodding as if there were nothing out of the ordinary. Twilight quickly took out a notepad and scribbled a quick note while murmuring something about "gotta add this to the schedule."
"So I take it this is...normal around here?" Godzilla inquired.
"Well normal for Pinkie Pie," Applejack conceded. "Anyway we still got that tour to get too, so let's hop to it."
Aside from their encounter with Pinkie Pie the tour through Ponyville was much more subdued. Either of his pony hosts would point out landmarks, and residences. Twilight, in particular, went into depth about some of the nuances and histories of Ponyville, while Applejack gave more of a relaxed, personal view. Spike would interject with his own little pearls of wisdom, surprisingly the little guy was very clued in to the town gossip.
Godzilla found himself slowly beginning to warm up to the quaint little town. Twilight, Applejack, and Spike spoke about their town earnestly and passionately. So much so that Godzilla no longer felt that Ponyville was a strange place to escape from, but as a place where the ponies lived their lives happily. He still longed to go home but he figured the little pony town wasn't so bad.
~~~~~~ Meanwhile... ~~~~~~
Cheerilee was currently lecturing providing a lecture to her class, but the CMC was far too distracted to remember any specifics. Usually, the CMC were rather diligent students, but the events of last night and the inevitable grilling they were sure to receive from Dimond Tiara made the morning unbearable. They caught Tiara giving them a smug look of satisfaction throughout the lecture and was no doubt planning to belittle them as soon as she could, with her crony Silver Spoon giving them mocking gestures as well.
Finally, Scootaloo couldn't take it anymore "Excuse me, Ms. Cheerilee can I be excused to go to the bathroom?"
"Why yes, you may Scootaloo, just remember no dilly-dallying. We have a very important lesson today."
Scootaloo nodded appreciatively and gave a knowing look to Sweetie Belle and Applebloom. They had planned to go find Godzilla during lunch but Scootaloo probably couldn't take the tension. Under their breath they wished her luck, she would have to be fast to come and go without Cheerilee noticing but they had faith in her friend.
As soon as Scootaloo was out of the classroom she shot off like a rocket into town to find Godzilla, he was the only one who would be able to save them from schoolwide humiliation.
~~~~~~ Meanwhile...at Crystal's Restaurant ~~~~~~
Halfway through the impromptu tour of Ponyville the group decided to take a lunch break. The group decided to settle near an outdoor restaurant, with Spike ordering a gem-encrusted slice of pie, Twilight ordering a hayburger, and Applejack ordering a custom "Apple Acre Apple Cobbler". Godzilla ordered a trout with apple slices on the side, winking at Applejack earning him an approving nod in response.
Within no time group were conversing while enjoying their food. Godzilla had an uncanny ability to read the intentions of another creature, and while the Equestrian's could be a little overbearing, but they were ultimately very harmonious creatures. On the other hand, his tour guides found their scaley guest to be rather intriguing, he held a quiet dignity, not unlike the Royal Sisters, yet he could be surprisingly insightful and playful at times.
"You are very different than what I imagined Mr. Godzilla. Considering what happened in the forest I had thought you might be a little more..." Twilight was fishing for the right words.
"Scary," Spike said bluntly while nibbling on his pie.
"Errr...admttedly yes," Twilight admitted. Godzilla let out a hearty laugh in response.
"Well, I hope so! A King has to command respect after all. A King must be fierce in times of war and calm in times of peace. It's how I ruled my domain for so many years."
"See you say that, but how do we really know if you're a king?" Applejack said teasingly.
Godzilla pondered this for a moment then smiled, and glowed his dorsal plates in a bioluminescence display, "You see? Every King has a crown."
"You know Mr. Godzilla. I gotta know because it's been bugging me." Spike said polishing off his pie. "Are you a dragon? Everyone around town seems to think so. Everypony thinks your like my older brother or something."
Godzilla rolled his eyes but looked at how eagerly Spike was looking at him, "Where I come from my kind have many names, I guess we could be referred too as Dragons..."
Applejack seemed to let out a smug smile at the assertion.
"But that isn't entirely correct. We prefer to be called "Titans", my kind are arbiters of our world and we make sure that the world runs smoothly. As King it is my duty to make sure balance is maintained."
Twilight considered his words, "That's sort of like what my friends and I do with the Elements of Harmony."
Godzilla nodded, having heard about the Elements from Applebloom during is stay with the Apples, "So it would seem."
"So...not a dragon?" Spike asked slightly defeated.
Godzilla looked at the small dragon, with a hint of sympathy, "Perhaps not, but based on how fiercely I saw you fight with your fiery breath against our multi-headed foe yesterday, I can tall that you would make a great Titan on my homeworld."
Spike beamed at the compliment and grinned like a foal on Hearth's Warming. Now it was Applejacks turn to question the Titan.
"So do you have any family or...a special sompony back where you come from?" Applejack asked trying to seem casual. Godzilla blinked at specifics of the question but answered.
"There is someone waiting for me back at home. She's brave, fierce, yet kind, and patient. If I'm the King of Titans then doubtless she's my Queen." He said with a gleam of nostalgia.
Applejack seemed taken aback by the response "I see..."
Twilight looked at her friend with a surprised expression, indeed it was a rather blunt question. She had never seen Applejack care about something like a "special somepony" before. Before she could comment on it the group was interrupted.
"Mr. Godzilla! Mr. Godzilla!" they heard a young filly yelling.
They looked to see Scootaloo rushing toward them on her trademark scooter. She hit the brakes just inched from colliding with them, and before anypony could respond jumped at Godzilla.
"Mr.Godzilla you gotta come to school with me quick!" she urged.
"Is there some sort of monster attack?" Godzilla asked wondering what could whip the filly into such a frenzy.
"What? No nothing like that! See, we made a deal that you were a super, duper impressive guy to Dimond Tiara who's a real jerk, and we need you to come to school to prove her wrong, and prove us right so you gotta come right away! Let's go, go go!" the filly said practically trying to pull him to the school (with little effect given how heavy he was).
Godzilla blinked. "You're adorable but I didn't understand a word you said."
Applejack rolled her eyes and explained, "Just means our little fillies got in over their head, again. You think they would have learned their lesson after last night?"
Scootaloo flinched at the accusation but retorted, "This was before all that. Please if you don't come along we'll never hear the end of it!"
To her surprise, it was Spike to her defense. "She's got a point. I've heard of that Diamond Tiara, she's a mini-terror. Not Hydra level of course" he said clarifying to Godzilla, "but definitely a bully if ever I've seen one."
Godzilla let out a huff of smoke, "I'm not really a fan of bullies."
"Yea! When you show up she'll be so sorry!" Scootaloo said in triumph. She could practically imagine the look on Diamond Tiara's face when Godzilla showed up.
Twilight being the practical one decided to rationalize the situation. "Looks like you fillies got yourselves into another sticky situation." The Princess said levitated the young pegasus, "Honestly, what am I going to do with you three? You're supposed to be at school right now."
"Errr...I'm actually on a bathroom break right now..." Scootaloo said hoping the admission would lighten Twilight's mood. The alicorn sighed, bemoaning the idea that such a young mind would degrade the sacred trust of academia, it was heartbreaking.
"Well, then I think your "break" is just about up. Back to class little filly." Twilight ordered sternly. Scootaloo gave Godzilla a pleading look, just before Twilight teleported her back to the school entrance. Godzilla thought about the little filly, she was acting like she was in mortal peril but wasn't and it confused him.
"I'm confused why is she so scared of another pony if it's not a monster?" Godzilla asked.
Spike shook his head ruefully, "Sometimes monsters come in all shapes and sizes, and sometimes you can't just "fight" them away."
This was a rather foreign concept to Godzilla. He could always fight away any of his concerns. There was a simplicity in fighting for your life. You either won or you lost, that's all there is to it.
"Perhaps the young filly should fight this bully," Godzilla declared, "Only by fighting can one maintain peace."
Twilight was surprised by this remark. It would seem that in spite of his cordial and polite tone he harbored some rather archaic thinking. Just for a moment, she wondered what kind of world he was from to make him think fighting was always the answer. She cleared her head of such thoughts and decided to explain.
"Here in Equestria, we believe that Friendship is the key to solving conflicts, not fighting". Twilight explained.
Godzilla's eyes narrowed. He remembered now why the ponies annoyed him, their insistence on Friendship alone would be the doom of them.
"I may be a stranger to these lands but I know this. There are monsters out there, and the only way to keep them at bay is to fight them off. You ponies are gentle and lead simple lives. However, if you don't fight when trouble comes at your door you will not make it far."
He spoke clearly and objectively. Applejack as the "Element of Honesty" could tell that he meant every word. Spike was astonished, he thought that Godzilla was like a superhero from one of his comics, but now couldn't help but see him as one of the residents of the Dragon Lands. Twilight for the briefest of instances felt a cold shudder run down her spine, but it passed as quickly as it came.
"We ponies fight only as a last resort Godzilla. Yet, we also believe in helping one another. Which is why I was about to suggest we make our way over to the school anyway, just to check-in."
Godzilla cocked an eyebrow but didn't disagree "Well you are leading me on this tour after all. So let us commence with it. I am learning more and more about you Equestrian's all the time." he mused.
Spike and Applejack quickly got Twilight's attention. "Are we sure taking him to the school is a good idea?" Spike asked.
"I've known him longest and he's always itching for a fight..." Applejack mentioned.
Twilight looked at Godzilla the supposed King of Monsters and then at her friends, then she remembered what he said to her the night before. He had tried to encourage her, to motivate her. Somehow he knew just the right words to say. Twilight knew he was scary looking, that he could be a bit gruff, but deep down she knew he was a good creature.
She smiled and looked at her friends "I believe in Godzilla".
"Besides I've heard of Diamond Tiara too, and it would be nice to knock her down a peg," Twilight said with a wink. Applejack and Spike chuckled and they decided to trust Twilight's judgment.
"You were being all stern with Scootaloo just to make her nervous, weren't you?" Applejack said smugly, "Soon as you heard she was getting bullied you wanted to rush right on over too."
Twilight gave an innocent expression "What? No, I'm just acting as an ambassador to a foreign dignitary, and if we do happen to show him the school and if said "Diamond Tiara" happened to be spooked who could blame us?"
Spike gave his adoptive sister a gentle nudge "You can be real devious when you want to be Twilight."
"Well we do still got a couple of places to visit before we reach the school though," Twilight admitted, "We should get there just as school ends."
"Gonna make the CMC sweat a bit huh," Spike commented.
Twilight nodded, "They should know better than to skip on their academics like that."
"Errr...is it okay if we make a quick pit stop by Rarity's place?" Spike asked timidly, but then added, "Afterall we should introduce him to all our friends if he's staying here for a while."
Twilight and Applejack let out a knowing grin but stayed composed "Certainly, Spike we can stop by Rarity's place."
Spike let out a little fist pump of triumph and the group cleared their plates to continue the tour.
~~~~~ Meanwhile back at the School... ~~~~~ Scootaloo had been transported back to school with little fanfare from Twilight. The little filly was annoyed that she was just whisked away before she could fully plead her case. Scoots knew that rushing back into town would be futile, and she was cutting it close with her "bathroom break" as it was. She just had to hope that Godzilla could find it in his heart to come to the school otherwise, Dimond Tiara would never let them hear the end of it.
She went back to class unsure of her little excursion. Her two compatriots looked to her for reassurance but Scoots could only give them an unsure expression. As soon as she got to her desk she saw a note with a crude drawing of herself with the words "Liar, liar hooves on fire" written above. Scoots groaned in annoyance.
After a while, the lecture ended and the students were free for recess. Sweetie and Applebloom immediately rushed to their friend for an update on the Godzilla situation.
"So is he coming or not?" Applebloom asked.
"Yea, Dimond Tiara's been extra annoying today," Sweetie elaborated. "She'll hold this over us forever if he doesn't show up."
Scootaloo was about to explain but was interrupted by a pompous laugh.
"Well, well well. Looks like you blank flanks were just a bunch of liars after all," Diamond Tiara taunted, who was shadowed by Silver Spoon snickering at her friends "witty" remark.
"Yea he'll definitely be here. He's gonna come and show you!" Sweetie added.
"Yea you'll be sorry then. Mr. Godzilla is a super tough monster guy and will show you a thing or too" Applebloom stated confidently.
Diamond Tiara gave them a bored look and looked at her hoof dismissively "Oh I'm sure your imaginary friend will show us. Isn't that right Silver Spoon?"
"Yea your totally real friend. Figures you losers would have to make up your friends" Silver Spoon added spitefully.
"He will show up he's our friend and he'll definitely show up!" Applebloom declared stamping her hoof in emphasis.
"If he doesn't show up by the end of the day then you three will be known as the Lying Blank Flanks" Diamond Tiara said gleefully.
The rest of the schoolyard joined in the taunting because fillies are like piranas you see and swarm when they see weakness. The CMC tried to defend themselves but the mocking chant continued completely humiliating the trio. Finally, the group dispersed leaving Dimond Tiara and Silver Spoon smiling at their defeat.
"Just think if your friend doesn't show up you'll go down in our school's history as the Lying Blank Flanks" Dimond Tiara mocked. Then left with her cohort smug in the satisfaction that the three fillies were utterly humiliated.
"Oh, she's the worst!" Sweetie declared. Her friends nodding in agreement.
"So is he coming?" Sweetie asked Scootaloo. Scootaoo explained that she did get to ask Godzilla to come to the school, but that Twilight teleported her away before he could confirm that he would come. Applebloom's expression lit up.
"He'll come I just know it."
"Yea I'm sure he'll come too" Sweetie emphasized.
Scootaloo was surprised to see how much faith her friends had in Godzilla. Sure he helped them in the forest but would he just help them out now just because they asked?
"I know that fella. He's kinda mean-looking but deep down he's a friend I just know it!" Applebloom said with conviction. With that, the bell for class rang and the trio headed back to class with hope in their friend Godzilla.
~~~~
Godzilla and co. were nearing the Carasol Boutique, homeplace to the Element of Generosity. Spike had been going on and on about this particular pony. The way the hatchling had been going on you would think this pony was a goddess herself.
"Twitterpated," Godzilla mused to himself, "the youngling is absolutely infatuated."
"So as I was saying Rarity really is a wonderful pony. One of the most generous, kind, beautiful...err I mean generous, did I say generous yet?"
"Once or twice" Applejack commented casually. Twilight and Applejack were well versed in this routine and smiled knowingly at each other.
"Yes, well she is the element of Generosity Spike," Twilight said playfully nuzzling him.
Spike huffed and muttered under his breath, "well it's true."
Godzilla decided to take this moment to impart some of his sage wisdom onto the young hatchling. He knelt down to him and looked the youngster in the eye.
"Look here's what you do. You walk over to her, look her in the eyes and say I'm a big strong male your an attractive female we should get to know each other..."
"Hey, Mister Spike is still a baby dragon," Twilight said adopting an older sisterly tone.
"My point is..."
"Yea besides our Spike is a gentledrake and ain't gonna say something like that." Applejack added bro-hoofing Twilight.
Spike was feeling rather flustered and blushing fiercely, "Nu, no, nu...I could never say those things..."
"Look you don't have to say it like that," Godzilla conceded. "What's important is confidence. Remember you took on a Hydra yesterday so you can definitely ask this pony out."
Godzilla then knocked on the Carousel Boutique and urged the hatchling in front. In a manner of moments a graceful, ivory unicorn answered the door.
"Oh, why Good Evening Darlings. What brings you to my humble abode this fine day," the unicorn said with the utmost elegance.
Poor, Spike didn't have a chance.
"Oh errr...Hi, Rarity we were just in the neighborhood. You know doing things. Seeing things, err. This is our pal Godzilla. I mean we only meet him yesterday but he's definitely a stand-up guy! We were showing him around town you know how it is."
"maybe courting wasn't as easy as I remembered..." Godzilla murmured under his breath. However, if Rarity was at all perturbed by the dragon's greeting she didn't outwardly show it. Indeed, she seemed rather amused if anything.
"Well do come in. Any friend of Spike is a friend of mine." Rarity said cordially welcoming her guests into the Carasol Boutique.
Godzilla took the time to look around the unicorn's dwellings. He has accustomed to a rather spartan lifestyle himself, aside from the occasional idol to his honor, but this pony was on a different level. Every square inch of the place was decorated with some type of fabric, cloth, or ornament.
"Well this place really is...fancy," Godzilla said bluntly.
"Why I'll take that as a compliment darling," Rarity beamed, "So what brings you to our humble town if I might ask? I gather that you are not from around here. Given that my compatriots are taking time from their busy schedules to give you the grand tour I suspect that you must be a creature of some renown."
"It's complicated Rarity," Twilight expressed. "Our friend Godzilla is a long way from home, and we just wanted to make sure that he is comfortable here for now."
"I see..." Rarity said in a thoughtful tone. She gave Godzilla a glance over, her curiosity had been piqued.
"Forgive me for asking but you wouldn't happen to be one of Spike's dragon friends would you?" Rarity inquired. Godzilla gave an annoyed huff, but Spike spoke up.
"Actually, he's not from the dragon lands. He's from very far away and we're trying to get him home" Spike clarified.
"Oh, the poor dearie!" Rarity exclaimed, "You must be quite homesick. Well, now I see why my friends have taken the time to show you around the place."
"Eyup we just wanted him to feel more at home is all" Applejack added.
Godzilla then looked to Rarity, "I'm new to your ways so I'm curious. Why do you have so many garments? Surely you equines don't need such things"
"Why darling there are few pleasures in life more fulfilling than designing the perfect ensemble for a grateful client," the fashionista said passionately.
"Is that so?" Godzilla replied somewhat skeptical.
"Oh of course. You see darling sometimes making another pony more fabulous can feel even better than just making yourself feel fabulous. Why just look at your golden ornaments adorning your wrists, they are positively fab darling."
Godzilla's mood soured a bit, and he snarled.
"Oh my did I say something wrong?" Rarity said wondering if she had mentioned some kind of cultural taboo.
"No Rarity, it's a long story but let's just say Godzilla might not have the greatest memories of his bracelets" Twilight informed her friend.
"Oh dear, I am quite sorry I didn't mean to offend."
"That's alright equine. You couldn't have known. Though I suppose I understand the gesture," Godzilla said examining his wrists. In spite of the bondage they represented, they were very pretty trinkets. However, this would not satisfy Rarity, for she felt that she must do something to settle this grievous transgression.
"Idea!" she chimed. "Why don't I create your very own ensemble! An outfit that really displays your inner fabulous nature."
"Well...I don't really wear garments," Godzilla replied, "I haven't worn one my entire life in fact."
"Well, then this one shall be a very special outfit indeed. I shall bring all my artistic talent to this endeavor. I swear by my word as a fashionista I shall construct an outfit that you will find positively divine!"
"You might as well let her do this partner. Trust me she ain't gonna leave you be till she makes you an outfit." Applejack counseled.
"Why not?" Godzilla shrugged, "I agreed to this little tour to learn about you ponies anyway so might as well embrace the culture."
"Excellent!" Rarity exclaimed joyfully.
Before the Titan could react the fashionista was upon him with measuring tools and sewing equipment. The next few minutes were filled with the poking and prodding of the eager pony to get Godzilla's precise measurements, all the while asking him questions like his favorite color, fabric, and even some of his stylistic preferences. Luckily, Twilight and Spike were there to give him feedback because his knowledge of garments was approximately zero. Finally, Rarity seemed satisfied with a handful of notes and measurements.
"I shall get this arrangement to you as soon as possible darling! Although I will need a model for reference..."
Godzilla gave a pleading look to Spike, he really didn't want to have the pony poking him with her strange devices. Luckily for him, Spike was more than willing to spend even more time with Rarity.
"I can stay as a model. Godzilla and I probably have similar proportions. That way they can continue on the tour and we can get the outfit ready."
"A wonderful idea Spike. Now chop, chop we have a lot of work to do if we want to get this design ready!"
Spike gave a dutiful salute and that left the others to finish their tour.
"You ponies are an excitable lot," Godzilla commented, feeling slightly exhausted by the fashionista's antics.
"She just wants you to feel welcome," Twilight responded. "We all do. I know you didn't ask to be here but..."
"We hope that if you get to see around the place you'll feel more comfortable." Applejack finished with a hit of hope.
The group was finally nearing the School and just as Twilight predicted they had arrived just as the school day was ending. A small congression of young fillies was gathered around the front of the building. They were surrounding the CMC and they were chanting something. The CMC looked depressed with their expressions downcast and their ears tucked down in shame. Godzilla had only known these fillies for a short time but for some reason, his blood was boiling at the sight.
"This must be the work of those bullies they were talking about," Godzilla growled.
He was about ready to march right into the group and show them whose boss, but then Applejack intervened.
"Woah there, partner. No need to fly off the handle. Sometimes you need to use wrench instead of a hammer."
"I have no idea what that means..." Godzilla said bluntly.
"Just follow our lead," Twilight clarified.
~~~~
The CMC had been dreading the final bell to class because they knew the ridicule that was to come. Just like clockwork once the bell rung a whole horde of fillies had surrounded them to chant them their newly christened title of "Liar Blank Flanks". Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon stood amongst the crowd like proud conductors of their handiwork. Even worse was the fact that it looked like Godzilla wasn't going to show up after all. The trio of fillies didn't think it could get any worse. Just then they heard Twilight and Applejack come to pick them up. The appearance of two adults stifled the chanting a bit but a couple of the kids still snickered and gave mocking glares.
"We're here to pick you three up and make sure you don't get into any more trouble," Twilight announced in a stern voice.
"Yup it's home for you three." Applejack said matching the alicorn's tone.
The CMC didn't even have the heart to argue, they somberly began to follow them away from the school. However, Diamond Tiara couldn't resist jeering over her enemies one last time.
"Can't wait to see your new Friend tomorrow Blank Flanks!"
Just then a nearby bush began to smoke. It was pulsing with an ominous blue aura, and the stench of ozone filled the air.
Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon instantly stopped smiling. Their expression turned to that of terror.
"This is some kind of trick! Those losers were lying about meeting a monster..." Diamond Tiara stammered in fear.
This didn't stop a loud guttural growl from emitting from the bush. Now with burning eyes glaring at the fillies.
The duo shrieked in terror, "Ahh it's the monster! Those losers were right! There is a monster!"
Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon took off screaming and running in terror away from the burning bush of doom. While Applejack and Twilight were laughing. This left the CMC rather confused.
"Say what's going on here?" Applebloom asked.
"Yea what's the big idea," Sweetie interjected.
"Guys I think he decided to come after all" Scootaloo realized.
Just as she said that Godzilla jumped out and roared at the rest of the class who hadn't run in terror. Their reactions were just as fearful as the bullies before them. With the whole lot of them screaming in terror.
Godzilla then gave a menacing smile, "So I hear you little ponies were giving my friends some trouble?"
The group of students cowered in fear stammering, trying to justify their behavior. Until Applejack finally spoke up.
"Alright partner you gave them a good spook. That's enough before the fillies wet themselves or something."
Godzilla relented and walked up to the CMC, "You three showed up in the forest for me, so this is the least I can do."
Applebloom gave her scaley friend a big hug, "I knew you wouldn't let us down."
Sweetie Belle joined the hug followed by Scootaloo, he really pulled through for them in the end.
~~~~
After visiting the school Twilight and Applejack thought it fitting to end the tour at Sweet Apple Acres. All things considered, the day had been a success. Twilight only regretted that Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash weren't around to meet Godzilla, due to them being out of town. Regardless, Godzilla seemed to have enjoyed the tour and that was the important thing. However, they had one last surprise in store for their new visitor. Just as they reached Sweet Apple Acres a familiar pink blur whizzed right up to the group.
"Well, it took you long enough slowpokes! We've been waiting all day for you!" Pinkie Pie said excitedly. The Party pony quickly ushered Twilight, Applejack, and the CMC into the barn. Godzilla was about to follow but Pinkie stopped him.
"Not yet, you! First, you got to put on this blindfold," the pink pony said with a smile.
Godzilla grumbled something about the silly pony customs but did as he was told. He was led into the barn and his blindfold was removed.
Welcome to Ponyville, Godzilla!
Godzilla was greeted to see a whole menagerie of ponies with wide smiles, he saw the CMC, Twilight, and Applejack of course. But also Spike and Rarity who apparently beat their group to the farm. He even saw Granny Smith and Big Macintosh there as well. Even some other ponies they had meet along the tour.
"What is all this?" Godzilla asked in shock.
"It's your, Welcome to Ponyville party, silly! I promised earlier today that I would make you a party, so all day the Apples and I have been getting the preparations ready. Twilight would keep you busy with the tour while we set up the party!" Pinkie Pie explained with a jovial smile.
Godzilla was dumbfounded, to think that the ponies would go out of their way for a creature they hardly knew was mindboggling, "I don't know what to say."
"You don't have to say anything let's party!" Pinkie Pie said giddily. Before he could protest he was surrounded by the ponies all gathered to welcome their scaley visitor to their humble little town.
The party was jovial and welcoming with everyone doing their best to welcome Godzilla. Stories of Godzilla's daring exploits in the Lava Pits against the Chimera and in the Everfree against the Hydra were told; with the CMC and Spike even got so excited during the retelling they couldn't help but "re-create" some scenes in a mock play much to the enjoyment of the adult audience in attendance.
The Apples had provided a wide assortment of apple-related foodstuff of course, but the buffet also had a wide variety of other Ponyville delicacies. One such delicacy was a special kind of drink, the equine named Berry Punch challenged him in a duel to see who could consume more.
Not one to take a challenge lying down Godzilla accepted and after consuming two barrels of the mysterious concoction Berry Twist gave a big grin and declared him the winner. Apparently the equines thought this was quite an achievement, though Godzilla wasn't sure why. However, praise was praise and he soaked it in like rain.
Finally, as the night began to rap up Rarity and Spike announced that they had a very special gift for him.
"On behalf, of everypony we welcome you to Ponyville, and bequeath to you this gift as an appreciation for saving our family," Rarity said regally. Spike smiled and handed Godzilla the fruit of their labor. The titan made short work of the wrapping but what was inside shocked him.
It was the costume they had been working on for the better part of the day, and it was a wonder to behold. The gift was a long, ornate samurai robe, dotted with green emeralds, adorned with tasteful shoulder blades. Godzilla looked at the garb in awe, the thought that the ponies would give such a masterful present to him was almost overwhelming.
Spike then explained "Me and Rarity were trying to think of a piece that you would like. We figured that a guy like you would be really into warrior stuff, so one afternoon later we came up with this. Do you like it?"
In response, Godzilla immediately put on the robe and struck a pose.
"This pleases the King!" he said flashing a fierce grin.
~~~~~ The Castle of Friendship ~~~~~
Twilight has snuck off some time ago, seeing that Godzilla was happy and being taken care of by the party-goers. The party brought back some nice memories of her own Welcome to Ponvville party back in the day. However, as a Princess, she had other duties to attend to. One of them was waiting for her at the Castile.
She swiftly made her way to the Castle infirmary, the comatose pegasi still in a deep slumber, and Trixie Lulamoon still loyalty waiting by her side. Twilight would have almost found the sight endearing if it weren't for the fact that Trixie was to blame for this whole fiasco.
"How is Ditsy doing? Any progress?" Twilight asked. Trixie merely scoffed.
"The same as this morning, thanks for asking Princess," Trixie said with venom. Twilight rolled her eyes, not at all surprised by the unicorns snark.
"I spent time with your monster Trixie. Gave him the grand tour. He was a perfect gentleman the entire time," Twilight said to the unicorn smugly. Trixie flashed the Alicorn a look of scorn.
"You don't know him like I do Twilight."
"Oh? Care to enlighten me?"
Trixie shivered as if recalling a bad memory.
"...he's a monster Twilight. I've never felt anything like it, and now I'm bonded to him. I felt his power when I first summoned him, and again in the Everfree...he's more dangerous than you know. He's calm for now...but if he ever gets those shackles off permanently we will all be in grave danger."
The unicorn's snark had been replaced with genuine fear. Twilight glared at the unicorn, it was apparent that she obviously feared Godzilla. After all, she did summon him to Equestria, and she might just fear his wrath. However, the way she spoke sounded more ominous. Twilight gave an exhausted exhale.
"Try to get some sleep Trixie" Twilight said simply leaving the unicorn with her thoughts. She headed to her room with her own set of thoughts, staring wistfully at the ceiling. After some time she heard her room door open ever so slightly.
"So how was the party?"
Spike smiled "It was great. Everyone had a really great time. Let me tell you the big guy can really hold his drink, though I think Berry Punch let him have that one."
"And your little "collaboration" with Rarity?"
"Oh, that was an excellent touch! Gotta say the inspiration form the Land of the Rising Sun was an inspired touch, and with Rarity's skill the piece really came together well. I'd say operation make Godzilla feel Welcome to Equestria is a rousing success!"
Twilight smiled but then a thought occurred to her "We ought to tell the princesses about our visitor tomorrow, though."
"Oh, Cripes! I nearly forgot!" the dragon said rummaging through his bed. "Ah here it is. Sorry, I forgot, this is a letter from the Princesses. I know it says 'urgent' but you went through A LOT yesterday and I wanted to give you some time to recuperate."
Twilight was perturbed that her number one assistant was withholding something so important.
"Spike! You should've known better," she reprimanded immediately taking the letter.
Spike winced and gave a shy nod "Sorry Twilight. I figured after what happened in the forest we all needed some time to think about the situation..."
Twilight however didn't respond, her face had gone pale from the contents of the letter. Spike looked at his adoptive sister in worry.
"Twilight! Are you okay? What is it Twilight?"
He didn't get a response because before he could react, Twilight Sparkle had vanished in a puff of magic.
