"Godzilla. Oh, Godzilla," Fluttershy called out in her soft, pretty, little voice. "Are you there? Where are you?"

She wasn't at the spot where she had left Godzilla yet. But she was very close and wanted to give Godzilla a heads up that she was coming. He ended up hearing her too, because a short time later Godzilla's head and upper body rose high over even the tallest branches of the tallest trees. He turned his head towards Fluttershy, looking on expectedly. The second he spotted her, Godzilla's face seemed to light up in a way Fluttershy didn't think a kaiju's face could light up. It was like he was trying to smile or at least do what passes as a smile for kaiju.

As Fluttershy entered the clearing, she looked up and gasped when she saw Godzilla was standing up at his full height, something she had not seen before. While the sight of Godzilla standing, thus revealing his full size, was somewhat intimidating, Fluttershy was surprised to find that she was able to control the small ounces of fear she felt. In fact, the fear was quickly swept away with the feeling of comfort, security, and friendship that seemed to emanate from Godzilla's presence. Godzilla felt the same things emanating from her as well. As Fluttershy smiled to greet him, Godzilla slowly and gently sat himself down.

Godzilla let out a low roar to welcome Fluttershy, letting her know he was happy to see her again.

"Why, thank you, Godzilla. I'm very glad to see you, too," said Fluttershy as she smiled at her big monster friend.

Godzilla let out some more low roars, reinforcing that he was glad Fluttershy came, thinking that she may not show up because...well, he's a monster and a giant monster at that.

"Oh no, you're not a monster. ...Well...technically, yes you are. But you don't act like one. Not in my opinion. But even if you did, I still would've come because I always keep my promises. Especially ones I made to my friends," said Fluttershy.

Godzilla's body language and facial expressions conveyed the joyous emotions he felt from the small pony's wonderfully kind words. He let out small, soft growls as if he was slightly at a loss for words to express his gratitude for what Fluttershy said. But she managed to understand it anyways. What Godzilla had to say to her touched her just as much.

"Oh, Godzilla, that's very nice of you to feel so strongly about our friendship. It may not be especially long, but I treasure every moment with every friend I have," said Fluttershy.

Godzilla responded with gratitude for how she felt where their friendship is concerned. He also let her know that he felt the same way. That while their friendship hasn't been that long, he has and will continue to enjoy the time he spends with Fluttershy.

For a moment, neither one of them said anything else. It seemed almost like they didn't have a good follow up to such strong words, nor were they looking for any. They just looked at each other with caring and reassuring smiles. But the silence couldn't last forever and it didn't either. Godzilla finally took notice that Fluttershy was attached to some sort of object that she had been pulling along with her. He didn't know it, but this was Fluttershy's wagon, which was full of large bags that were filled to their tops, which were tied shut.

Godzilla let out a few growls and a moaning roar, asking Fluttershy about her wagon, like what it was, why she was attached to it, and why she was pulling it.

"Oh, I almost forgot," said Fluttershy.

She unhooked herself from her wagon and grabbed one of the bags in her mouth and pulled it out of the wagon. Then Fluttershy placed the bag on the ground and spoke on.

"I have something for you. Hold out your paw, please," said Fluttershy.

Godzilla looked on questionably. But he, of course, agreed to what Fluttershy requested and slowly lowered his right hand to the ground. Fluttershy pulled the bag up next to Godzilla's hand. opened it up, and poured its contents across the diakaiju's palm. Godzilla's eyes widened when he saw the objects in his hands shining brightly. He looked to Fluttershy and asked her what they were.

"They're gems. You know, like rubies, and diamonds, and emeralds, and stuff like that. I don't really know what kaiju eat, but you look a lot like a dragon. And dragons eat gems, so I figured you would probably like them too," Fluttershy replied.

Godzilla looked from Fluttershy to his hand as he raised it to his face. He closely and carefully examined the jewels his little pony friend had given him. Godzilla then proceeded to sniff the gems. They didn't have a very appetizing smell to them and didn't really look edible. But if other creatures from this world, whether it was a different world from his or not, he was still not sure, then maybe there was something to them. Plus he didn't want to upset Fluttershy. So Godzilla opened his mouth and stuffed the jewels inside and proceeded to chew them up.

"Now remember, if you don't like them, you can always spit them out. I wont get offended," said Fluttershy.

Godzilla was extremely happy to hear the sweet pegasus pony say that. Right after Fluttershy did say it, Godzilla turned his head away and spat the chewed up gem pieces out of his mouth, several shards flying with each spit. Godzilla stuck his tongue out and wiped away what ever jewel shards were stuck on it. Fluttershy couldn't help but lightly giggle at the giant kaiju's reaction. It was like a new born baby reacting to their first taste of brussel sprouts.

Godzilla turned to Fluttershy and roared out that those gems were not food.

"I'm sorry, I just wasn't sure exactly what to get you. I brought the kind of food ponies eat, too, if you care to try those," Fluttershy offered.

Godzilla thought for a moment, being very unsure of what to expect at this point. After attempting to eat those gem stones, he feared that ponies might eat actual rocks. But he didn't want to upset Fluttershy and still wanted to trust her. So, Godzilla roared his agreement to try pony food and also apologized for his reaction towards her after spitting out the jewel shards.

Fluttershy simply giggled as her eyes shut tight and her smile grew bigger and brighter.

"It's okay, I don't blame you. No pony really knows why dragons like to eat jewels anyway. You know, my friend Pinkie Pie was so curious as to why, she actually tried eating some jewels herself. ...It did not end well," said Fluttershy. Then she let out a cute, little laugh, while Godzilla roared out in amusement. "But don't worry, ponies don't eat anything like that."

She then walked over to her wagon and pulled out another sack and dragged it over to Godzilla, who placed his hand on the ground. Then Fluttershy untied the top of the bag and poured its contents across Godzilla's hand like before. It turned out to be all kinds of assorted vegetables and fruits. From apples, to carrots, to tomatoes, to salary, to oranges, and so on.

Godzilla excitedly raised his hand to his snout and poured the giant fruit and veggie salad into his mouth. He proceeded to chew it up and swallow it in satisfaction. The look on Godzilla's face afterwords told how satisfied he was. He looked down at Fluttershy with gratitude, while she simply smiled. Godzilla roared out and thanked Fluttershy from the bottom of his heart for bringing him food voluntarily.

"You're welcome, Godzilla. That's what friends do, they help each other out however they can," said Fluttershy.

As Godzilla roared out his utter happiness, Fluttershy couldn't help it as an upset look came across her face. Would I have told Twilight and the others about Godzilla and had them train him to fight if I were a true friend to them? Or would I keep Godzilla out of harm's way as best I can if I were truly his friend? Fluttershy thought to herself. Godzilla didn't take long to notice that Fluttershy looked unhappy.

He let out several growls, asking her if she was alright, why she was upset, and if it was something he did.

"Oh no, no, no, sweety, it isn't you at all!" Fluttershy tried to reassure Godzilla, her voice speaking faster than Godzilla had ever heard her speak before. "It's just that...I can't stay for very long."

Like Fluttershy before him, Godzilla couldn't hide his disappointment. He roared and asked her why she couldn't stay and if she was sure she wasn't upset with him in some way.

"It's not you, Godzilla, honest. It's just that... Well..."

Fluttershy was lost for words to try and explain to Godzilla without revealing the crisis she, her friends, and her kind were going through at that time. While it was difficult for her, Fluttershy knew she had to tell Godzilla something.

"...You remember when I told you about the kaiju that were here before you?" asked Fluttershy.

Godzilla slowly nodded his head in reply.

"Well...after they disappeared...they...left a really big mess. Our houses, our shops, they were all torn down by those kaiju. It was a real...blow to us ponies that everything we worked so hard to build was wrecked in a sort amount of time by giant...monsters. ...So, we've been trying really hard to rebuild everything the kaiju destroyed."

Godzilla roared to let Fluttershy know that he understood and completely supported her. He also went on to say that he was grateful she even came out to see him at all when she's going through all that.

"Thank you for being so understanding, Godzilla. But besides that, two of my friends left town a few hours ago. They should be back very soon and I want to be there to meet them when they do," said Fluttershy.

Godzilla roared his further understanding to Fluttershy, and that he respects and admires her loyalty to her friends.

"Thank you...my friends mean a lot to me. ...Everything to me. ...I'd do just about... No, I'd do anything for them," said Fluttershy.

Godzilla growled softly, saying that Fluttershy's friends must be great ones.

"They're the best," Fluttershy assured.

Godzilla roared, saying he hoped he'd get to meet them soon. Fluttershy looked away from Godzilla and to the ground. She was deep in thought and struggled with what the right thing to do next was. Her deep train of thought had her look back up at Godzilla and reply.

"It may be sooner than you think," said Fluttershy.

Godzilla lit up with hope at Fluttershy's words. The pegasus pony took notice of this and couldn't help but feel conflicting emotions about it. On one hand, she felt slightly happy at Godzilla's enthusiasm and thought maybe her friends would feel the same about meeting him. But then she thought of what they might end up doing with him; namely forcing him to fight those other kaiju. Although that was probably what Godzilla was brought here to do, it still seemed wrong to her that he would be forced to become a soldier in a war that wasn't his. And she still didn't know how Godzilla would react to finding out about other kaiju living in Equestria.

She got her answer, unexpectedly, with Godzilla's next set of roars and growls. He went on to say that he was sorry that he couldn't have been there to help Fluttershy and her species when the kaiju were there. He would've done his absolute best to stop them. This got Fluttershy's eyes to open wide with surprise.

"You would?"

Godzilla assured her so and told her that he's seen too many times where giant monsters picked on those smaller then them and wrecked their homes, their environments and the like. He always thought it was wrong, even when his own father did things of similar nature. He also reminds Fluttershy that he was messed with when he was young and small by monsters much bigger than he was. Even into his adult years, he was treated with hostility from other kaiju when he was just trying to be friendly. So, he knew all to well what the majority of kaiju were like and what they were all about. So, he reaffirmed, that had he been there, he would've stopped the evil kaiju that wrecked ponies' lives and homes. Or at least he would've tried.

Fluttershy stared in awe struck silence, unable to find a good enough response to Godzilla's noble words. Or roars as the case may be. All the time she was afraid of how Godzilla would react to other kaiju and even whether it was right to make him fight and here he is saying he would've done it whether they asked him to or not. She couldn't believe he would do something like that. Her friends she knew would do it, but Godzilla was a kaiju! And a kaiju who didn't owe ponykind any favors at that. But he just revealed because of his pure heart and spirit, he'd do it anyways because it was the right thing to do.

Fluttershy was overcome with emotion. Her eyes were shaking, soon followed by her body; her emotions were so strong. She didn't know what to do, she couldn't think. So, she didn't. She just did the next thing she felt she like doing.

"Oh, Godzilla!"

Fluttershy flew up to Godzilla's snout and tried as best as she could to hug her front legs around it. Fluttershy's eyes were shut tight with a big smile as she snuggled the side of her cheek over Godzilla's skin. The diakaiju felt a warm sense of emotion run through his very being at Fluttershy's show of affection. Godzilla started to let out extremely soft growls of happiness as his eyes shut halfway without him even realizing it. But when he did, he didn't care. He just let his emotion out, while Fluttershy did the same by hugging and snuggling the end of his snout.

"You're such a noble beast. I'm so happy I could meet a kaiju like you and I'm very glad we became friends," said Fluttershy.

Godzilla let out a low moaning roar to tell her he was glad they were friends too.

"Mm, you're a good boy," said Fluttershy as she gently stroked her hoof across Godzilla's snout.

Godzilla let Fluttershy do this for several minutes, enjoying every second of it, until Fluttershy finally decided to stop and flew back a little so she could see Godzilla's face better. She looked at him and he looked at her, Fluttershy smiling the entire time, while Godzilla held his warm hearted expression of emotion Fluttershy seems to bring out in him. After a minute went by, Fluttershy felt she should say something.

"Is there anything you'd like to do?" asked Fluttershy.

Godzilla roared and told her that he wanted to know more about where he was. He admitted it felt similar to his own land, but there was still something different about it.

"Oh, well, the country you're in is called Equestria. It's one of several countries spread out across this planet," Fluttershy explained, wondering how last night went by without her telling Godzilla all this.

Godzilla asked her what planet they were on.

"Oh, well it's called Earth," said Fluttershy.

Godzilla's eyes widened in surprise. Fluttershy noticed this and a look of concern came across her face. Her head titled to the side as she tried to figure out what was wrong.

"What's the matter, Godzilla?" Fluttershy asked.

But the giant monster didn't say anything. Instead, his eyes darted around rapidly. Fluttershy could tell her monstrous friend's alarm was rising, but she didn't know why.

"Godzilla, what's wrong?!" asked Fluttershy, feeling her alarm rising.

Godzilla finally caught himself and tried to calm down. After a half minute of trying to relax, he was able to explain that the world he came from was also called Earth. Fluttershy was taken aback by this revelation and understood instantly why Godzilla was so shocked. What are the chances that two different planets from two different dimensions would have the same name? Could it really happen? Must be so, because these two very different beings just found it out for themselves.

Could they be the same planet? Godzilla wondered if that was the case, but instantly knew the answer was no. This world felt similar in many ways, but different in many ways more. Fluttershy knew right away they couldn't be the same planets, because Twilight Sparkle told her and the rest of her friends that Godzilla, if he was in fact the kaiju she and the other princesses summoned, and the other kaiju were from another world.

"That's so...strange," said Fluttershy.

Godzilla roared out in agreement. The two friends stared at each other with equally unsure looks on how to proceed. But Fluttershy thought of something really quick. It may not make the revelation of same named planets anymore unsettling, but it could help the two to move on. She flew down to her wagon, grabbed a bag of vegetables and fruits and flew up to Godzilla. He held out his hand and allowed the pegasus to land in his palm.

My, what a big hand, Fluttershy thought to herself. She quickly untied the top of the bag and spread the food it contained across Godzilla's open palm.

"I think you might feel better if you get enough food. You haven't really eaten since you got here. I know its only been a night and a day, but I still like to make sure my friends are taken care of," said Fluttershy.

Godzilla roared a thank you at the same time Fluttershy flew off his hand. Godzilla raised his hand up and swallowed the pile of food graciously. Once he finished eating, Godzilla roared out another thanks to Fluttershy for the food.

"You're welcome, Godzilla. Feel free to help yourself to the other bags of food. I brought them especially for you," said Fluttershy.

She then flew down to her wagon and pulled out all the food bags that were marked for fruits and vegetables. There were about four other bags of food altogether, the last one being a bag of jewels.

"I admit, it's hard trying to figure out how much to feed a kaiju. But I'll do my best to get there," said Fluttershy.

Godzilla roared to say that the amount of food a kaiju eats isn't as much someone would think, at least when he's concerned.

"Hm, that's good to know," said Fluttershy.

Godzilla thanked her for the trouble she probably put herself through to scrape up for him.

"Believe me, Godzilla, it was no trouble at all," said Fluttershy.

Godzilla roared his appreciation, telling Fluttershy she was too kind. Then he asked if she thought it was about time she got back home to her friends. He had a feeling they might still need her and that her two other friends that left town might be back by now.

"Oh! ...Um... Are you sure? You don't need me to stay around or want me to?" asked Fluttershy.

Godzilla roared, saying of course he wanted her to stay, but knew she was needed elsewhere by her other friends. He assured Fluttershy he'd be alright for the time being. The great animal's of the situation made Fluttershy's heart and smile light up with joy.

"Thank you for being so understanding, Godzilla. You really are made of what good friends should be. Would you like me to sing to you like last night before I go?" asked Fluttershy.

Godzilla roared with enthusiasm for the idea. Fluttershy giggled at how happy her suggestion made the kaiju.

"Alright, I'll sing you a song my papa used to sing to my mama to make up after a disagreement. He had one of the best voices I had ever heard," said Fluttershy.

Then the creamy yellow pegasus pony flew up to the front of Godzilla's snout, cleared her throat and began humming the first few notes that were usually played by instruments. Then she began actual vocalizing for the note change before the first verse.

"There's a face in the mirror and you close your eyes. Much easier to turn away than to take a look inside. So, you're thinking it's over, you're walking away. Let your little world crash and burn. Oh, what a price to pay.

"Didn't anybody tell you? It's not who's right or wrong. Hold me tight. Is this what's going on? Where you goin' now? When your world's turned inside out, isn't love what it's all about? Where you goin' now? When you get to the top of the hill, gonna be there yes I will.

"There's a crack in the mirror. There's a hole in the sun. Full moon in the midnight sky and you feel like you want to run. So, you blow out the candle and you turn out the light. Then you stumble into darkness. Do you believe that love is blind?

"Didn't anybody tell you? It's never too late to try. Hold me tight before you say goodbye. Where you goin' now? When your world's turned inside out, isn't love what it's all about? Where you goin' now? When you get to the top of the hill, gonna be there yes I will.

"Now, I'm not talking about what's good for me. And I'm not saying how you ought to beeee. But if there is a message shining on through to you. Take a little piece of mind and let that love light shine."

Fluttershy began vocalizing the notes usually comprised in the instrumental middle section, her voice sounding just as beautiful as when she sang the actual lyrics. Godzilla, like before, was letting himself get relaxed and lost in how amazing Fluttershy's soft, sweet voice sounded. It began to make him feel somewhat tired to the point where he lowered himself down until he was lying on his side. Fluttershy flew down with him and landed on his shoulder as she sang out her big finish.

"Didn't anybody tell you? It's never too late to try. Hold me tight before you say goodbyyyyeeee. Where you goin' now? When your world's turned inside out, isn't love what it's all about? Where you goin' now? When you get to the top of the hill, gonna be there yes I will. Where you goin' now? When your world's turned inside out, isn't love what it's all about? Where you going now? When you get to the top of the hill, gonna be there yes I well. Gonna be there yes I will."

Fluttershy finished with a vocalization of the last few notes of the song. Godzilla let out a relaxed sigh as he looked to the pony on his shoulder in appreciation, who simply smiled back.

"I'm glad I could make you happy, boy. But I think it's time I get going like you said. Goodbye, Godzilla," said Fluttershy.

And with that, the creamy yellow pony flapped her wings and took to the air, turning away in the direction of Ponyville. This left Godzilla with his thoughts, all of them thinking about how lucky he was to have met a friend like Fluttershy.

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"They're coming!" Pinkie Pie shouted as she looked through her binoculars.

Twilight Sparkle and Rarity looked up towards the sky as Fluttershy came flying up and landing behind them. Uniformed officers and medics surrounded them as well. The Cutie Mark Crusaders were also among the crowd, staring up at the sky with anticipation. Twilight Sparkle and Rarity squinted their eyes as they struggled to spot their friends that Pinkie Pie claimed were on their way.

"Pinkie's right! There they are!" Rarity shouted as she pointed a hoof.

Everypony looked in the direction and stared intensely. All eyes widened as they spotted Rainbow Dash flying towards Ponyville, pulling behind her the wagon which held Applejack and Babs Seed.

"You're right, Rarity!" said Twilight Sparkle.

Everyone watched and waited as the returning ponies approached them. Rainbow Dash spotted the landing party waiting for her and her passengers and shifted her flight path towards them. At the same time, everypony waited patiently for their recipients to land. They didn't have to wait long. With Rainbow Dash you never do.

"Here they come," Applebloom whispered to her fellow Crusaders.

The crowd separated into two halves and moved off to the sides as Rainbow Dash came down for a landing. She ran a few steps across the ground before coming to a full stop, after which, the crowd began to gather around the wagon. Rainbow Dash unhooked herself and ran into the crowd that gathered in the back of the wagon. At the same time, Applejack, carrying Babs Seed on her back, jumped down from the wagon, being careful in doing so. Several ponies were crowding around her and all talking at the same time.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa. We just got back from rescuing this little filly from a giant monster and she's in pretty bad shape. So hows about giving us some air to breath?"

"Rainbow Dash is right. Everypony step back and let the medics through. Let them through," said Twilight Sparkle.

At the princess's orders, the crowd began to back off as a unicorn medic stallion and two Earth pony nurse mares holding a stretcher came forward. Applejack proceeded to set Babs Seed down on the stretcher with an assist from both the medic and Rainbow Dash.

"Easy with her now, y'all," Applejack instructed as they set Babs down.

Then as the two nurses carried Babs Seed to a medical wagon, the medic turned to Applejack and said, "We'll take good care of her."

"Much obliged," said Applejack.

As the stretcher past by, Applebloom couldn't help but call out to her cousin in a small, shaky voice.

"Babs Seed?"

This turned out to be enough to reach the semi-conscious filly's ears. For at that moment, her eyes weakly fluttered open just enough to see her fellow Cutie Mark Crusaders staring at her with sadness and concern. Though they were obvious upset, Babs Seed couldn't help but smile when she saw her cousin Applebloom and her other friends, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo. Babs Seed couldn't find it in her to speak or do much of anything else yet, but her smile seemed to be enough. Seeing how happy Babs was to see them, made the Cutie Mark Crusaders work up small smiles of their own.

The medical team reached their wagon and the two nurses gently set the stretcher in the back and climbed in themselves, followed by the unicorn medic. Then two police ponies, a pegasus stallion and a unicorn stallion closed up the back of the wagon and gave the driver the OK to go. And with that, the wagon was pulled off to the hospital as the Mane Six and the Cutie Mark Crusaders looked on.

"Is Babs gonna be alright, Applejack?" Applebloom asked as she looked up at her sister.

"Sure she will, Applebloom. The doctors will take care of her. They said so themselves. So, don't worry, everything's gonna be fine," said Applejack.

"Then why does it feel so not fine right now?" asked Rarity.

"Don't give up yet, everypony. Remember we still got help out there waiting for us," said Twilight Sparkle. But it seemed even she couldn't stay positive, hard as she tried. "...We just have to find it is all."

"Applejack, Applebloom, I just want to let you know that I wish your cousin the fastest of recoveries.," said Rarity.

"Thank you very kindly, Rarity. That mean a lot," said Applejack.

"I hope Babs Seed heals fast too. She's a good, little filly with a good, little heart to match," said Fluttershy.

"I think it's safe to say we all want Babs Seed to heal up as fast as possible," said Sweetie Belle.

"Yeah," said everypony else as they nodded their heads.

"Awe, thanks y'all. Thanks a whole lot," said Applejack.

"Yeah, thanks everypony for your outpouring of support," said Applebloom.

"Well, of course, Applebloom. We love Babs Seed and we love you guys too," said Scootaloo.

"Darn right," said Rainbow Dash as she walked up and ruffled Scootaloo's hair.

The little pegasus smiled up at her sister, who smiled back down at her. Then Rainbow Dash reached out a leg and hugged Applebloom for moral support.

"Thank you, everypony. I have absolute confidence that with your love and support, Babs will be alright," said Applejack.

At that moment Pinkie Pie hoped up next to Applejack as energetic as ever.

"And as soon as she is, I'll throw her a happy super, speedy recovery party!" Pinkie Pie said enthusiastically.

Applejack smiled at the loving, pink Earth pony.

"Thank you, Pinkie Pie, I'm sure she'll appreciate it," said Applejack.

The two Earth ponies shared a warm hug shortly after. Then once it was finished, Pinkie Pie said, "I'll go home and start making the plans right away!"

She started to walk away, but then she was stopped as Rarity spoke.

"I wouldn't be so fast to celebrate, Pinkie Pie. After all, she's not even at the hospital yet. The least we can do is wait."

"Nopony likes waiting for their party, Rarity. They always want it right now, now, now."

Rarity couldn't help but look at Pinkie Pie with some disbelief.

"Really, Pinkie Pie, you think bombarding young Babs Seed with loud noises, games, and party decorations is what she'll want as soon as she gets out of medical care?"

"Oh, come on, Rarity, everypony likes a good party," Pinkie Pie said with a laugh and a smile.

"This isn't something to be taken lightly, Pinkie Pie! That little pony is hurt!" Rarity yelled.

All faces turned into looks of shock and alarm, Pinkie's also being a mixture of hurt.

" This is no laughing matter! That pony was hurt trying to get away from a giant monster! A monster who's probably killed or will kill several more ponies! Don't you understand that, Pinkie Pie? Ponies are dying! And those who live might as well have lost their lives with the destruction of their homes and lively hoods! Should they be thrown parties too!?" Rarity yelled all this as she stomped towards Pinkie Pie.

Rainbow Dash and Applejack quickly stepped in and stopped Rarity from getting any closer. As they held her back, everyone could see the tears in Rarity's eyes. Everypony understood exactly what she was going through and what she meant by what she said. But they still weren't about to let one of their friends talk to another of their friends the way she was. Rarity didn't fight back against her restrainers, her sobbing continuing as it looked like Pinkie Pie's was about to begin.

"Cool it, Rarity!" said Rainbow Dash.

"Rainbow's right, you hush up!" said Applejack.

"I... I can't believe you're taking her side!"

"We're not taking any sides, Rarity. We're friends, so we're on everyone's side. But you're being very unfair to Pinkie Pie right now," said Twilight Sparkle.

"How can you say that when she's all smiles while ponies everywhere are getting hurt?!"

"Hey, we all know about those hurtin' ponies. That is my cousin that just got hauled away to the hospital. But I also know Pinkie Pie's not all smiles because she doesn't care. She's all smiles because she's trying the best she can to keep a little light in her darkest of times and the dark times of everypony around her," said Applejack.

At that moment, it suddenly hit Rarity. Everything Applejack had said to her rang true.

"It's all I know how to do, Rarity. And the way I do it is the only way I know how to," said Pinkie Pie in a sad, hurt, and shaky voice.

At that moment, Rarity looked deep, not just into Pinkie Pie's eyes, but it felt like she was looking into the Earth pony's heart as well. Pinkie Pie was on the verge of tears. Her smile was gone, replaced by a large frown as her eyes trembled. It even seemed like some of the color had gone out of her fur and her mane, which also seemed to lose some of its poof.

"We're all sorry about you losing your house and career, but there's no need to take it out on Pinkie Pie," said Twilight Sparkle.

Rarity's eyes shut tight as she looked away from Pinkie Pie and tears streamed down her face. She let everything her friends said sink in and made herself realize just how much she hurt Pinkie Pie, one of her closest and best friends in the world. Once it all sunk in, Rarity opened her eyes, took a breath, and looked forward.

"You can let go, girls," said Rarity.

Rainbow Dash looked to Applejack, who responded with a nod of the head. The two ponies released their friend and stepped back. Then Rarity slowly and carefully walked up to Pinkie Pie as she wore her guilt and sorrow on her face. She stopped when she was only a foot or so in front of her friend.

"Pinkie Pie...I'm sorry," said Rarity. Her sobbing started up again almost immediately, this time being joined by Pinkie Pie. "I'm so sorry! It's just that I've had enough of the evil these monsters who have wrought so much destruction in their wake. It's only been two days and it's already been too much!"

"It was too much when the first kaiju appeared! I understand what you mean, Rarity. I know that you're going through a very hard time like a lot of other ponies are right now."

"But Twilight was right, I shouldn't be taking it out on you, Pinkie Pie. Not when you're just trying to keep everyone together and as happy as they could possibly be in such a dark time. I am so sorry I did. Please forgive me, Pinkie Pie."

Rarity sobbed on, feeling every ounce of guilt for her outburst at Pinkie Pie. The pink Earth pony placed a hoof under Rarity's chin and lightly turned the unicorn's face to her own.

"I already have, Rarity. I already have," said Pinkie Pie, offering a sweet smile.

Seeing the honesty, caring, comfort, and love in her friend's expression made Rarity smile in return. Then the two mares pulled towards each other for a make up hug. Everypony around them breathed a sigh of relief and looked on with joy to see their two friends work things out. Rarity and Pinkie Pie embraced each other for a good thirty seconds before releasing their hug.

"Honk," Pinkie Pie said softly as she reached up a hoof to Rarity's nose.

Everypony was unable to keep themselves from lightly laughing at Pinkie Pie's unexpected, totally random, yet still very funny gesture. This included Rarity herself; she was absolutely tickled by her friend's gesture.

"Thank you, Pinkie Pie," Rarity managed to say after getting her laughter under control. "Thank you so much for always being my friend."

"And thank you, Rarity, for always being my friend."

"Really? Even after..."

"Of course! We're friends and friends aren't always gonna be besty, happiest bestest friends all the time! They're gonna slip up and get all grumpy, grumpy pants at some point. But you know what makes those moments worth it?"

"...The good times?"

"Well, yeah, that and the make up parties! ...Actual makeup optional."

"Not with me it isn't."

It was Pinkie Pie's turn to laugh a littler. Yet while it seemed the two had made up, the crowd of friends couldn't help but feel uncomfortable, both for the outburst and the scent of kaiju induced terror in the air. This included Rarity herself; she felt it deep in her bones and muscles. But all the while, it seemed Pinkie Pie had all but let it go. The others couldn't help it, but still, they didn't acknowledge it, wanting nothing to interfere with the happy, yet still somewhat awkward make up.

"You know what all this means, Pinkie Pie? Since I was the one who made the scene, I have to throw you that make up party. Perhaps after you throw Babs Seed her recovery party?"

"Sounds great, Rarity. If you want, I'll letcha borrow my own personal copy of 'How to throw make up parties'."

"There's a book for this specific kind of party?"

"There's a book for every kind of party. They're all spin-offs from the original, classic, 'How to throw a party'."

"Oh my...that would certainly be helpful for...well, party planning. Thank you, Pinkie Pie. Sounds like a series everypony ought to have in their library."

"And Ponyville does," Twilight Sparkle added.

"Yeah, I donated my original set to the library after I got the special edition set," said Pinkie Pie.

"Sounds simply divine of you, Pinkie Pie," said Rarity.

"Well, if anypony would know, it'd be you, the most divine, most wonderfulous, most bestest unicorn ever," said Pinkie Pie as she threw her front legs around Rarity.

"Well, it's late. I have to talk to some of the heads of the search parties that are looking for the good kaiju the other princesses and I summoned and get a progress report. But I think everypony else should go home and get a good night's sleep," said Twilight Sparkle.

But then a frown soon followed. Fluttershy came up and put a hoof on Twilight Sparkle's shoulder to try and comfort her. Twilight Sparkle looked to her friend as she reached up her own hoof and touched Fluttershy's. The pink haired pegasus offered a look of support.

"I'm sorry, everypony, sleep well tonight. I promise you this kaiju stuff is all gonna come to an end soon," said Twilight Sparkle.

"Twilight, there's something I need to talk to you about," said Rainbow Dash as she flew up to her.

"What is it, Rainbow Dash?"

"It's about the kaiju that attacked the train."

"Oh yeah, that's right. What did it look like?"

"Wha... Well, it uh... How does that...?"

"Was it a beetle standing up straight with drills for hands?"

"Uh- Yeah, how did you-"

"Then it must have been Megalon. I knew it."

"Yeah, yeah, good for you being right and all. But that thing was still following the train tracks when we left. If he keeps it up, it could lead him to a majorly populated city. Like Manehattan or something!"

"Oh, my gosh you're right! What are we ever gonna do?!"

"Whatever it is, I want in. I wanna help show these kaiju that you don't mess with ponies without ponies messing back."

"That's really brave of you, Rainbow Dash. We got a report just before you got here from some lookouts. Megalon has stopped to sleep for the night. That should buy us some time to make a plan of attack, as long as he stays asleep until sunrise. If you're serious about wanting to be apart of the plan, follow me."

The alicorn princess looked to everypony else around her.

"I'm asking the rest of you to please take my advice and go home for the night. May Celestia be with you."

And with that, the crowd dissipated, most of them to take their princess's advice, while Twilight Sparkle and Rainbow Dash went to coordinate with the search party heads and send a message to the princesses. One pony in particular left the group feeling extremely tore up inside. That pony was none other than Fluttershy. She was torn up with conflict on what the best thing to do next was. Namely, telling her friends about Godzilla and getting him to fight the evil kaiju forces or not.

He had told her earlier he would, but Fluttershy still wasn't sure if he should. It still wasn't his battle to fight and it would mean putting an animal in harm's way, something Fluttershy was completely against. But now she was at her breaking point. After seeing what the kaiju invasion was doing to the ponies closest to her, Fluttershy felt that the debate she's been going over within her very being over and over again was slowly coming to an end. While she didn't approve of it, all signs were leading her to revealing Godzilla's existence to her friends and to an extension, all of Equestria.

Fluttershy looked around for Twilight Sparkle, but when she spotted her, she was already far away with Rainbow Dash.

"Tomorrow... I'll tell her and everypony else first thing tomorrow. But first, I'll tell Godzilla the truth about everything that's happened, including the circumstances surrounding how he got here," Fluttershy said to herself.

And with that, she walked away to head home for the night. She never noticed one of the police ponies, a unicorn mare, staring at her as she left. She never saw how a flash of darkness hid her face for only a split second before her face was visible again. A very short time later, her superior officer came up to her and placed a hoof on her shoulder.

"Don't frown, my dear shadow pony, we'll get them. We'll get them all," said the disguised King Sombra as his eyes flashed green and he grinned evilly.

---

It was mostly quiet on the way to Sweet Apple Acres. Applejack, Applebloom, Rarity, Sweetie Belle, and their tag along, Scootaloo couldn't find it in them to say anything at all as they walked on to the farm. Scootaloo was with them since Rainbow Dash was busy with Twilight Sparkle. She had personally asked Applejack to look out for Scootaloo while she was gone.

Applejack of course said she would, which has led to this moment. Everypony felt emotionally drained by the events of the past two days. They also felt physically drained, which made them very tired, which added to their emotional drain. Unfortunately, it looked as though that drain was about to be tested, for as they went up the road, the group of ponies were stopped by two familiar fillies.

"Hey, blank fla-"

Silver Spoon dug into Diamond Tiara's side, making her stop. The filly that was overly snobby most of the time looked over at her gray blue friend, who simply shook her head.

"I mean, Applebloom. We want to tell you something," said Diamond Tiara.

While Applejack and Rarity were wondering what these two children were doing out so late, Applebloom was feeling her body tremble in anger. She just watched her cousin get taken off to the hospital. On top of that, she was exhausted and did not have the patience to put up with the usual heckling of Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon.

"Go away! Both of you, get lost!" Applebloom shouted at the top of her lungs.

"Applebloom," Applejack said with surprise.

This didn't deter the on edge filly, as she stomped up to the two, now very distress looking fillies.

"I am not in the mood to put up with you two! All of your blank flank teasing and everything! Just back off!" Applebloom screamed.

As Applebloom's body trembled and her chest heaved from heavy breathes, everypony looked on, awe struck by the outburst from the filly they thought would never do something like that. Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon looked on with not just awe struck faces, but also mixes of...sadness, yet understanding of why Applebloom would yell at them.

"We... We just wanted to say..."

Diamond Tiara couldn't finish her sentence. So, Silver Spoon did.

"We're sorry about what happened to Babs Seed."

"Yeah, we're really sorry about your cousin," Diamond Tiara manged to say.

This shocked Applebloom, Scootaloo, and Sweetie Belle quite a lot, Sweetie and Scootaloo even more than they had been by their friend's outburst. Their feelings of surprise were plain to see by the looks on their faces.

"Really?" asked the CMC.

"Yeah. You know, the short time we hung out with her, Babs was pretty cool," said Diamond Tiara.

"Besides that, no pony should ever have to go through what that poor filly went through," said Silver Spoon.

"Wow, thanks, guys. That's...pretty nice of you," said Applebloom.

"How did you know about what happened to Babs?" asked Sweetie Belle.

"Word spread through town like wildfire," said Silver Spoon.

"Yeah, everyone's keeping their ears wide open for any news related to those...kai-monsters stomping around Equestria. And when we heard about Babs Seed, we felt...pretty terrible. In fact, we felt completely terrible," said Diamond Tiara.

"So, we kind of felt we had to come here and let you know how we feel," said Silver Spoon.

Applejack walked up and said, "That's mighty nice of ya, ladies. I thank ya kindly."

"Yeah...thanks a lot. And...sorry for snapping at ya," said Applebloom.

"It's okay, we were expecting it," said Diamond Tiara.

The two fillies did something they hardly ever did with good intentions. Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon smiled to the Cutie Mark Crusaders, mostly to Applebloom. The three fillies returned the smile in kind.

"Well...we gotta get going... Um... don't think this changes anything," said Diamond Tiara with a chuckle.

"Never crossed our minds," said Applebloom.

Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle shook there heads in agreement. And with that, the two usually snotty young fillies left for home. The group watched them walk for a little bit, Applejack putting her right front leg around Applebloom's shoulders.

"Ya know, excepting for that first part, I think you handled that pretty well, Applebloom," said Applejack.

"That was nice of them," said Applebloom.

"It certainly was. And it was nice of you to apologize to them afterwords," said Applejack.

"Well, they deserved it," said Applebloom. A sad frown came over her face as a dark thought crossed her mind. She looked up to her sister and asked, "Applejack, is this whole monster thing ever gonna get better?"

It was Applejack's turn to frown.

"Honestly, Applebloom, I don't know. I ain't sure how anything's gonna turn out when it's all said and done. But Twilight says it will turn out fine and I'm doing my darndest to believe her. She ain't led me astray yet, but what I saw earlier tonight... I have to admit, it's giving me some doubts," said Applejack.

The two continued their conversation, which consisted mostly of Applejack trying as best as she could to comfort Applebloom, as they walked the rest of the way to Sweet Apple Acres. During that walk, Applebloom didn't seem like she felt worse, but it didn't seem like she was feeling much better either. The group of ponies had reached the front gate of Sweet Apple Acres, which only a few hours ago was full of refugees. Now most of them had gone, having been escorted to relief trains that were to transport them to other parts of Equestria. The few that strayed behind were sleeping in tents and the Apples' barn.

While Applejack, Applebloom, Rarity, and Sweetie Belle walked through the gate, Scootaloo let herself fall behind. She stayed at the entrance to the farm and looked up at the sky. More specifically, she was staring up at the stars in the sky. There had been some clouds blocking them out earlier, but they had since moved on. ...Moved on by themselves. This was unsettling for most, but Scootaloo didn't mind now that she could see the stars again.

The small, orange pegasus pony crawled up onto the wooden fence that separated the Apple family farm from the rest of Ponyville and sat back as she looked up at the beautiful, beautiful stars. For the longest time now, Scootaloo's been finding herself looking up at the stars, sometimes late into the night. Part of the reason was because of how pretty they seemed to be. Another was because she wondered if she would ever fly up into the sky the stars sparkled in.

This was a time where it was for both those reasons, but also for comfort. Comfort from the current situation that all of Equestria and possibly the whole world was facing. Unfortunately, it didn't seem like it was helping her at all. In fact, Scootaloo only seemed to get sadder and sadder. She tried looking away from the stars and down at the ground. But that didn't help her feel any better. Scootaloo felt a tear begin to build up in her eye. She sniffled as she looked back up at the stars and the tear fell.

"So, you look up at the stars too?"

Scootaloo gasped out in alarm as she looked around for the pony who said that. She found her really quickly. Scootaloo's face lit up when she saw who it was.

"Rainbow Dash!"

"The one and only. Let's face it, there'll never be another me."

The blue mare looked down at Scootaloo for a moment before her smile got bigger and her eyelids lowered for a sly facial expression.

"Or will there?" asked Rainbow Dash.

Scootaloo laughed a little as she jumped off the fence and ran to Rainbow Dash. The two pegasi shared a sisterly embrace and nuzzled the side of each others face. Then Scootaloo stepped back a little so she could look up at Rainbow Dash.

"But what are you doing here, Rainbow Dash? I thought you were going with Twilight Sparkle to meet with the princesses and the army?"

"Ah, turns out she was only messaging them. The actual meeting happens tomorrow, really early in the morning. Usually not my style, but this is too important to think about style. Before she did that, she was asking the ponies looking for that good kaiju how the search was going."

"And how is it going?"

"Mm, not so good. So, then they talked about expanding the areas to be searched, how many more ponies to add to the search and yada, yada. Then Twilight sent the messages and so...here I am. Here with my favorite little filly. The one and only, Scootaloo, the best sister I ever had."

Scootaloo smiled as she said, "I'm the only sister you ever had."

"Well...even so, I'd probably still pick you even if I had twelve other sisters."

"You want twelve of them?"

"Nah, I'm just giving an example. You're the only sister I need, Scootaloo. Here."

Rainbow Dash lifted Scootaloo up and placed her on the side of fence and sat down alongside her, joining in looking up at the stars. The two stared up in silence for only a little bit before Scootaloo took her eyes off the stars and turned them to Rainbow Dash. She was actually surprised by how big the smile was on her idol's face. She hadn't seen any pony smile that big in two days. But she decided not to question it. It was just good to see someone was able to.

"So, you look up at the stars too?" asked Scootaloo.

"Oh, yeah, totally. When I was a little filly like you, Scoots, and I felt small or lonely, I'd look up. Up at the stars. I'd wonder if there was life up there. Turns out I was looking in the wrong direction. Who'd a thought that when alien life entered our world, it would be from deep beneath our own ocean?"said Rainbow Dash.

"Yeah," said Scootaloo as a small frown came over her face.

Rainbow Dash noticed the frown, which made her own face show concern.

"I'm sorry, Scoots," Rainbow Dash as she pulled the orange filly close to her.

"No, it's okay. You were just sharing a memory."

"Too bad I had to turn it into a reminder of what we're going through."

Scootaloo felt tears falling from her eyes, which Rainbow Dash saw. She hugged Scootaloo closer to her, doing as best as she could to comfort her.

"Please don't worry, Scootaloo, it's gonna get better. I know it is."

"Really? How do you know?"

"Well, see here, Scoots, me and my friends have been dealing with big baddies for a long time now, young whipper napper," Rainbow Dash said, that last part being in an elderly voice, which got Scootaloo to laugh a little. "So, this is nothing new to us."

"But these are monsters the size of small mountains. Those other guys you fought against were...well, smaller."

"True, but that doesn't make them any less dangerous then what we're facing right now. Heck, one of them had a whole army behind them, another could turn the whole world upside down with the snap of his fingers, literally. There were several others we went up against, who were just as powerful, but we beat them too. These new guy just seem worse 'cause they're much bigger."

"But aren't they also more powerful?"

"Well...okay, yeah technically. But Twilight says we're about to get one of our own really soon. Combine that with the already awesome, awesomeness that is made up of me and my friends, and we're all set to beat these monsters just like that."

"...You really think so?"

"I know so. So, please don't worry. Everything's gonna be fine, Scootaloo."

"I wish I could quit worrying, Rainbow Dash...but I... I'm just so scared."

"So was I, at first."

Scootaloo's eyes widened.

"At first?"

"Yeah, at first."

"You- You're not afraid anymore?"

"Nope."

"Why not?"

"Because I'm too busy being angry."

To press the point, an glare came across Rainbow Dash's face.

"Angry?"

"Yes. The whole time up from that first kaiju on the beach to the one at the train, I was scared."

"What changed?"

"When I saw how much delight that Megalon thing took in destroying what we ponies worked so hard to build. At first I was horrified. But that horror was slowly replaced by total rage. So, no, I'm not afraid anymore. Now I just want to tear these kaiju guys a new one and I won't stop until I do."

"Wow... Rainbow Dash, I knew you were amazing before, but... Just, wow! You actually wanna take these things on?"

"Well, not all at the same time or even by myself. But beyond that, you bet your flank I do!"

"Even though the monsters are bigger than you?"

"You should never not do something because you think you're too small. Remember that."

Rainbow Dash added a little wink to Scootaloo.

"I really do have the most awesome sister in the world."

"Nah, I think I do."

The two pegasi smiled at each other in appreciation, all the while Rainbow Dash felt thankful she could put up such a big act for Scootaloo. Truth be told, while she was indeed angry about the kaiju invasion, it didn't replace any of her fear of them. But she wasn't about to tell Scootaloo that.

"Well, well, looky what we have here, Applejack," Applebloom's voice rang out.

Rainbow Dash and Scootaloo looked to see the two Apple sisters as they both approached.

"Why I declare, it's Rainbow Dash and Scootaloo, the pega-sisters," said Applejack.

All four ponies reacted with laughs of amusement.

"That's funny, A.J., you should write that one down," said Rainbow Dash with a smile on her face.

"I actually like it. I think it sounds really cool," Scootaloo interjected.

"We saw you stop, Scootaloo. figured we should give you your space for a little while," said Applebloom.

Applejack turned serious as she walked up to Rainbow Dash.

"How did it go with Twilight?"

"She arranged a meeting with the princesses and the army first thing tomorrow. There's gonna be eyes on Megalon all night, so if he makes a move, we'll know. I think I may be about to sign up for war, Applejack."

"Really, Rainbow Dash?"

"All signs are pointing to it."

"But... But..."

"Don't worry about me, Applejack. I'm gonna be fine. Equestria's at stake here and we all have to do our part."

"I... I understand. I just wish it didn't have to be this way."

"I think we all do. I know I do. But I will do whatever and go wherever I must to protect my friends and Equestria."

"You're a mighty brave pony, Rainbow Dash, and a great one at that. I'd hate to lose ya."

"Thanks, Applejack. I'd hate to lose you and everypony else I care about too."

"What are you're plans for sleeping arrangements tonight, Scootaloo?" asked Applebloom.

"We'll, I guess I'm gonna sleep at Rainbow Dash's again tonight, right Rainbow Dash? Or do you want me to sleep here since you're waking up so early? Is that okay, Applejack?"

"Heh, heh, of course, Scootaloo. You're always welcome here. But I think it's up to Rainbow Dash here since she is in charge of you and all."

"Hmm, I'd rather leave it up to Scootaloo and ask her what she wants to do. How about it, Scoots?"

"Well, I uh..."

"Oh, oh, I have an idea! What don't both y'all stay the night over at our house tonight. We'll have a sleepover, maybe ease our tensions in the process."

"I like that idea, Applebloom, I like it a lot. I think it's a great, great, great idea!" Scootaloo agreed. "How about it, Rainbow Dash, can we?"

"Please, Rainbow Dash? Please, Applejack?" asked Applebloom.

"PLEASE?" asked both fillies at the same time as they put on cute, little, begging faces.

"Well, Rainbow Dash, whadda think? Rarity and Sweetie Belle will be there too, so we'll have plenty of company. We ain't gonna be lonely tonight," said Applejack.

"Hmm." Rainbow Dash put a hoof up to her chin. "I don't know."

Applebloom, Scootaloo, and even Applejack had disappointed looks on their faces. This made Rainbow Dash unable to hide her smile as she chuckled a little.

"Heh, heh, I'm just joshin' ya. Of course! A sleepover sounds totally cool," said Rainbow Dash.

"Yay!" All four ponies cheered at the same time.

"We'll then let's get this sleepover started and start sleeping over!" said Applejack.

The four ponies agreed and began walking through the farmland and towards the Apple family home. Along the way, Rainbow Dash looked down at Scootaloo, who, in turn, looked back up at her.

"Don't worry, Scootaloo, I have a feeling that starting tomorrow, everything's gonna start getting better," said Rainbow Dash with her trademark, confident smile.

---

It's not always easy. amigos. I don't know why, but this chapter gave me a little bit more of a hard time than some of the others. I think the main reasons were doubting how to write Fluttershy and Godzilla's interactions to sound natural and whether or not to leave in Rarity's outburst. It was in my original outline (originally meant to be Rainbow Dash's outburst, not Rarity's), but I couldn't figure out how to make it natural. I know this particular group of characters have snapped at each other several times before and made up, but I always wondered if I was rushing the make up. Then again, in a situation such as theirs could probably make anyone emotional.

You ever see any of those zombie movies where they follow a group of people and more than half the time they get overly emotional even to the point of physically fighting each other? I don't think the Mane 6 or even the CMC would go that far, but I'm just saying, people, or in this case, ponies, can get very emotional in dire situations and can change emotions on the flip of a dime, speaking from experience. In many ways, I think kaiju movies are similar to zombie movies in a weird kind of way. Both can be very serious and deal with similar disasters, from country wide to worldwide chaos brought on by a sudden attack from an unexpected source. I do my best to convey the heavy emotions that go into something like that with this story, but still try to keep as much of the charm that made me fall in love with MLP FIM in the first place. Namely, the friendship between the main characters and how much they can make each other smile and the audience smile because of it. Also, I try to bring the cute factor from the series that I love so much and even some of the humor from the show.

I don't know, maybe it's a bad mix and this chapter proves it. It's one of the few I admit to having doubts about even after proofreading it. Whether I did with other chapters or not, I can't remember. I'm gonna leave the decision up to you, Faithful readers. I strongly urge you to leave a review after reading and don't be afraid to tell me of any errors I missed, be they spelling errors, grammar errors, or gripes you have with the story's content overall so that I can correct it to the best of my abilities. I'm The Guy Who Likes To Write Stuff, and I haven't written an author's note this long in a good amount of time.

Oh, BTW, since I did like 4 chapters in one month, I'm gonna take a break and give myself some time off. And by time off, I mean like a day off. I can't stay away for more than a day. Sometimes, I don't even get through half a day before I'm writing again. Anyways, I'm now signing off.