"Twilight, a new message just came for you from Princess Celestia!" Spike said as he ran up to Twilight Sparkle's desk.

The purple alicorn princess had been sitting there since she had gotten back from Canterlot. She was told by Princess Luna to return to Ponyville and stay on standby for word of any kind from her or Princess Celestia. Now it seemed like Twilight Sparkle had just got that word in the form of the letter Spike was delivering to her at the moment. Twilight Sparkle used her magic to take the letter from Spike's hand and opened it up.

"Thanks, Spike," Twilight Sparkle said as she began to read.

It didn't take long for her to finish the letter. Twilight Sparkle was a rather fast reader. It was probably only ten seconds before she was finished. But judging by the horrified look on Twilight Sparkle's face, Spike could tell it wasn't good news.

"What's wrong, Twilight?" She didn't answer, instead just staring off with an expression of horror. "Twilight? ...What's the matter?"

"There have been four kaiju sightings in the past two hours. Possibly five," Twilight Sparkle explained.

It was Spike's turn to get a look of horror on his face.

"Five?" asked Spike

"Yes, five!" Twilight Sparkle reaffirmed.

"That's horrible!" said Spike.

"You're telling me?! I know this is absolutely horrible! Geon's back!" said Twilight Sparkle.

"Geon? ...The monster from the beach?"

"Yes, Spike! He was spotted just outside Seaddle! It's like he just appeared right out of nowhere!"

"Oh, my gosh! They wont know what hit 'em!"

"I know, but it only gets worse. Megaguirus was spotted flying over Baltimare, while Centipor is attacking Trottingham, and Black Claw is stalking around in the desert near Apple Loosa!"

"I don't believe it! Four towns getting attacked at the same time?! This is crazy! It's insane! What about the fifth sighting?"

"Well, it isn't confirmed yet, but some minotaur fisher bulls found a ship wreck off the west coat and saw something swimming away from the scene. It could be either The Behemoth or Manda."

"Gosh... So... I guess kaiju activity has started picking up, huh?"

"I'm afraid so, Spike," said Twilight Sparkle as she stood up from her desk and walked towards one the library's windows.

The sun had just began its final decent out of the sky, while the moon was beginning to rise to signal the start of the night. Twilight Sparkle stared out at the streets of Ponyville that surrounded her library. They had been sightly cleaned of the debris that had littered them the last few days. But most of it still remained. That debris had consisted of pieces of destroyed homes and shops, among many other scattered and destroyed objects.

All of them had been demolished and crushed by a hideous giant monster. One of many that currently plagued Equestria. Twilight Sparkle looked to the buildings; what was left of them at least. Those that suffered unrepairable damage, but were still standing had been demolished, but had yet to be cleared away. Reconstruction wouldn't begin for a little while yet. Despite the debris littering the streets, somehow Ponyville felt emptier.

Spike walked up next to Twilight Sparkle and joined in looking out the window as he lend up against her. Twilight Sparkle looked down at her trusted assistant and put a leg around him and hugged Spike closer to her. She also let a very sad smile cross her face as she tried to fight back tears. Twilight Sparkle soon heard the hoots of her pet owl, Owlicious. She looked off to her left and saw him flying over to her. Twilight Sparkle held out her left front leg for her pet to land on.

Owlicious accepted the invitation and landed gently on his master's outstretched front leg. Twilight Sparkle gave her pet owl the same sad smile as she had before before nuzzling the side of Owlicious's face. He hooted in appreciation.

"Why is this happening, Twilight?" asked Spike.

The alicorn looked back to her dragon friend with a frown.

"I don't know, Spike. Well... I do know. Somepony absorbed the magic out of the seal that kept the kaiju from escaping their prison. But what I don't know is who or why," said Twilight Sparkle.

"I can't understand it either," Spike said as he began to lightly sob. "How could somepony release a bunch of giant monsters and let them run a path of death around Equestria? They had to know something like this would happen. They had to have known exactly what the consequences would be! That's the only reason somepony would do this intentionally?! Why does somepony want Equestria destroyed?"

"I really don't know, Spike," said Twilight Sparkle as she hugged Spike to her tighter. "I can't understand how somepony could be that evil. ...I mean... sure we've faced evil beings before in the past, but we beat them all. There aren't any other dark forces in Equestria. ...At least that we know of."

Spike sniffled as he wiped away some tears and looked up at Twilight.

"You think there may be a new bad guy in Equestria?"

"I'm not sure," said Twilight Sparkle as she looked back out at Ponyville. "But right now, I won't discount anything."

Twilight looked back down to Spike and gave him a motherly smile. She reached down to give him a full hug while Owlicious flew over onto Spike's back and snuggled up to him in a nurturing way. The trio found slight comfort in their group embrace. While it was hard to find a ray of light in these dark times, it seemed some could find one in the form of family and close friends. And no matter how small it may be, it's still the best kind of light. These three knew it and thanked Celestia that they had it.

"I'm scared, Twilight," Spike said as Owlicious flew off his back and over to a shelf top.

"I know you are, Spike, I am, too. I think everyone of us are. Not just us and our group of friends, but everypony across Equestria. But we can't let that fear consume us. We have to be brave. We have to stay strong, no matter how hard it seems. It's only by staying strong and being there for each other when we need help that we're gonna make it through this dark page in Equestria's history.

"So, please, Spike, try to be strong and keep it together. I know it may seem hard, but we all have to. Besides, you promised Rainbow Dash you'd look after all of us before she left. And I'm sure Rarity will just love it if you can show her what a brave dragon you can be." Spike's ears perked up a little when he heard Twilight's last sentence. He looked up at Twilight Sparkle who was just smiling. "Can you still be brave for all of us, Spike?"

"I... I guess I can try... for Rarity... for all our friends... and for you, Twilight."

"Thanks, Spike. I appreciate it and so will everypony else," said Twilight Sparkle as she bent down and nuzzled the side of Spike's face.

"Twilight?"

"Yes?"

"Do you think Rainbow Dash is okay?"

Twilight Sparkle looked over at Spike and instantly recognized the concern in his facial features. She had been wearing it on her own face ever since she and Spike saw Rainbow Dash off earlier that day. But then again, she had been wearing her concern since the very first minute of the very first day the kaiju started showing up. Now one of her very best friends had gone right in the line of the kaiju's rampage to try and stop one of them. Twilight Sparkle knew how dangerous something like this was. Sure, Rainbow Dash had managed to get the best of a kaiju once before, but luck can only go so far.

"I - I'm not sure," Twilight Sparkle admitted as she looked away and shut her eyes tight as tears flow down her face. However she opened her eyes when she heard Spike begin to sniffle again. She saw that his eyes were trembling and wielding up with more tears. Twilight Sparkle wiped away her own tears and hugged Spike to her again. "I'm sorry, Spike. I meant to say I am sure Rainbow Dash is just fine. I mean, she's Rainbow Dash for crying out lout. She's done some things... I didn't think a normal pony was capable of."

"But she isn't a normal pony is she?"

"No, Spike, she's not. None of our friends really are normal. They're special. So, we can't think the worst for Rainbow Dash. She has too much going for her. And she wouldn't want us to worry about her. ...So, hang in there, Spike. I'm sure Rainbow Dash is fine."

"Are you sure? If she is okay, when do you think she'll be back?"

"I don't know, Spike. I've never been in the army before, so I don't know how long missions like this take or what the protocols are. ...We can only hope Rainbow Dash will be back soon."

Spike looked up thoughtfully for a moment before looking back to Twilight Sparkle and saying, "I guess you're right, Twilight."

"To be honest, as dangerous as what Rainbow Dash signed up for is, I'm a little more worried about Fluttershy."

"Fluttershy? Why?"

"Because, nopony has seen her all day. Applejack and Rarity stopped by her cottage a few times and she wasn't there. And nopony has seen her in town at all today. The others checked around."

"Fluttershy's missing? That doesn't sound right. Where do you think she is?"

"I don't know, Spike."

"You... You don't think she had a run-in with one of those kaiju do you?"

"No, I don't. I think that if there was a kaiju anywhere near Fluttershy, it would also be near a whole crowd of ponies, too. Fluttershy wouldn't put herself in a position where she was alone with one."

"Then where is she, Twilight?"

"I told you, I don't know!" Twilight Sparkle yelled at Spike.

The baby dragon was taken aback by Twilight Sparkle's outburst at him. Seeing the hurt look on his face made Twilight realize what she had just done.

"I'm so sorry, Spike," said Twilight Sparkle as she hugged him in a motherly embrace. "I'm sorry. I just..."

"I know, Twilight. I know."

The two lightly sobbed as they stood there hugging each other. Twilight Sparkle looked upward as she thought in her head, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, where are you? At that moment, a rapid knock came at the library's front door.

"Twilight! Twilight!"

It was Pinkie Pie's voice, sounding as urgent as ever.

"Twilight darling, please open up!" Rarity called out, sounding just as urgent.

"It's an emergency!" Pinkie Pie yelled out.

Twilight Sparkle and Spike were both at the front door in a second and opened it in half the amount of time. The door opened to reveal the completely frantic faces of the white furred unicorn called, Rarity and the pink furred Earth pony known as Pinkie Pie.

"What's wrong, girls?!" asked Twilight Sparkle.

"Come with us, Twilight! You have to see this!" said Rarity.

Twilight Sparkle and Spike both nodded in agreement. Then Rarity and Pinkie Pie took off with Twilight Sparkle and Spike following close behind. The alicorn princess and the baby dragon followed their friends through the streets for a long length of time. It eventually led them to a crowd of ponies standing in the middle of a street, all of them staring at the same thing as they murmured amongst themselves. Rarity and Pinkie Pie escorted Twilight Sparkle and Spike through the crowd until they were right in the middle of it.

Twilight Sparkle looked around and saw everypony was looking up at something in the distance. So, she lifted her head to try and see what they were seeing. She saw it instantly and it made her face match the faces of the rest of the ponies the crowd. It was a look of pure horror and disbelief, for what she saw was a huge, glowing orange light with black smoke flowing out of it. While it was obvious to everypony else what they were looking at, one member in the crowd wasn't so sure.

"So, what are we looking at?" asked Spike.

"Come on, you're a dragon. You should know a little something about this," said Pinkie Pie.

"It's a wildfire, Spike," Rarity explained.

"A wildfire?" asked Spike fearfully.

"Yes, and judging by the looks of it, the fire's burning through the White Tail Woods," said Twilight Sparkle.

Spike let out a gasp.

Twilight Sparkle turned to Rarity.

"Has anypony taken action in this situation, Rarity?"

"Several volunteers have gone out to try and put the fire out alongside official fire ponies. The ground ponies have taken along crudely home-made catapults to launch containers full of water alongside the fire ponies' fire wagons. The pegasi are bringing whatever rain clouds they can find," explained Rarity.

"Alright, that's a start. I'll send a message to Princess Celestia and request some royal assistance with the fire," said Twilight Sparkle.

"Twilight..." The alicorn princess turned back to Rarity, sensing the urgency in her voice. She also saw it plain on Rarity's face. "...Applejack is the pony in charge of the volunteers," Rarity informed Twilight Sparkle.

Both Twilight and Spike gasped in shock.

"Are you serious?" asked Twilight Sparkle.

"Well, yeah we're serious!" exclaimed Pinkie Pie. "I mean, as soon as we all saw the fire and saw the fire ponies going to put it out, Applejack ran up and out right said she was going to help them whether they wanted her to or not. Then when the fire ponies finally caved in, several more ponies volunteered to help. So, because she was the one who started the whole volunteer hoopla, the fire ponies told Applejack she was responsible for the other volunteers. And of course, old A.J. being the kind of pony she is accepted the responsibility.

"And then they all went out there to the fire and we decided we should come get you and Spike. So, we did! And now here we are!" said Rarity.

Twilight Sparkle's thoughts were zipping around in seven different directions all at once as she tried to figure out what was the next best thing to do. It wasn't easy since the stress of the last few days seemed to be getting to Twilight Sparkle's head a little bit. Thankfully though, she didn't have to think too hard on it, for somepony else came up with the next strategy.

"Twilight, we have to help Applejack!" said Rarity.

"Right... and that's just what we're going to do," Twilight Sparkle agreed.

"But Applejack's a big girl. She can take care of herself. Does she really need us to help her out like this?"

"Maybe not, Pinkie Pie. But she's still out friend, so we should be helping her out on that principle alone," said Twilight Sparkle.

"Fair enough, let's go save our Applejack friend!" Pinkie Pie shouted as she started hopping towards the burning White Tail Woods at an unbelievable speed.

"What can I do to help?" asked Spike.

"You can help by sending that aid request to Princess Celestia," said Twilight Sparkle.

"Right," said Spike before he ran off to do his task.

"Let's go catch up with Pinkie Pie."

"Right," Rarity said as she gave a nod of the head. And with that, the two began to run, though Rarity only moved a few steps before stopping. "I just realized, I'm intentionally running right towards a fire! It could burn or singe my fur! My beautiful, majestic coat of fur. Or I could get those terrible black smudges all over me, how dreadful! There simply must be a way to help Applejack without getting close to the fire. Maybe I'll go help Spike with his letter."

"RARITY!" Twilight Sparkle and Pinkie Pie called out in irritation.

The unicorn's eyes widened before she trotted after her friends as she reassuringly said, "Coming."

Rarity quickly caught up to her friends, who were running at top speed. They hurried to reach the burning area of woodland where their friend was bravely risking her life to put out the fire that plagued it. White Tail Woods wasn't that far from Ponyville, about a mile or a mile and a half, but to the trio of mares desperate to reach it, any length or distance was too long. To them, it felt like a hundred miles. Though they knew they would definitely feel it when they got there. Still, the closer they got, the further they felt.

But despite how long it felt to them and how bad their worry was, Twilight Sparkle, Pinkie Pie, and Rarity did eventually reach the edge of the White Tail Woods. But a small part of each of them slightly wished they hadn't even come once they saw the blaze that was engulfing the area. The fire had consumed nearly two thirds of the woods The flames reached high above, even the treeline. The roar and crackles of the fire seemed to drown out every other sound, even the cries of the animals racing to flee the burning hot force that was destroying their home.

They were the lucky ones. Lucky that they were even able to run, while several of their fellow wild animals were consumed by the fire or choked on the black smoke shooting up into the night air. Others besides the wild animals that were also feeling the affects of the wildfire were the ponies that had come in a desperate attempt to put it out. Said ponies used several different tactics to fight against the roaring flames that seemed like they had come right up from the pits of Tartarus itself.

These tactics included the hoses plugged into huge water tanks aboard the wagons of the fire ponies. Also, there were bags of water loosely tied at the end, which would be launched via home-made catapults. The bags would break open, allowing the water to fall over the flames. Then there was the pegasi in the sky using clouds to pour down rain drops to aid in putting out the fire. They also dropped open bags of water down from high above the burning wilderness. The last and most crude of these tactics was ponies taking water out of the lakes and creeks nearby and throwing it and piles of dirt on the fire.

But even all these elements in fire fighting combined didn't seem to be enough to stop this massive blaze. Twilight Sparkle, Pinkie Pie, and Rarity realized this right away as they skittishly tip-toed around the towering inferno that was once White Tail Woods in a desperate search for their friend. They looked around, seeing ponies of every kind running around everywhere to try and fight back against the fire. But it was hard to tell if any of them were Applejack. Either it was too bright because of the light from the fire or it was the smoke blocking their view and trying to suffocate anypony nearby.

Plus being around all that fire was very distracting, for the three mares had to look around cautiously with every step they took. They did this so as to make sure they weren't walking right into a fiery final resting place. It wasn't made any easier that when they looked around, they saw ponies with all kinds of injuries, most of them burn-related. Either they would get too close and get burned, a ball of fire burst from the rest of the flames, or burning objects of varying sizes would collapse from all around and onto the poor ponies. Those ponies who did not perish from these various dangers would scream in pain and agony from the injuries they sustained, as medic ponies gathered around to assist them.

Yes, the sights and the sounds of a wildfire were true terrors for sure. But while that may be, it did not deter the likes of Twilight Sparkle, Rarity, and Pinkie Pie. Those three would stop at nothing to find Applejack.

"Do either of you see her anywhere?" asked Twilight Sparkle.

"Not that I'm able to see," said Rarity.

"Where could she be?" asked Twilight Sparkle in frustration.

"With all these ponies running around she could be anywhere," said Rarity. "She could be-"

"There!" Pinkie Pie called out as she pointed a hoof forth.

Twilight Sparkle and Rarity looked in the direction the pink Earth pony was pointing and spotted an orange Earth pony wearing a cowboy hat. She was standing next to a catapult rearing up before kicking back her hind legs against the mechanism that would launch the water bag that was loaded on the catapult into the fire. The pony's kicking power silenced any doubt that this strong mare was Applejack, the friend Twilight Sparkle and the others came looking for. Having found her, the three mares wasted no time in running over to Applejack. The orange mare heard the sounds of their hoof steps approaching and spotted them soon after, her face conveying surprise.

"What are y'all doing here?" asked Applejack.

"We came to help you," Twilight Sparkle answered.

"I didn't come out here so y'all could follow me," said Applejack.

"Well, we weren't about to let you face something like this wildfire without your friends to watch your back," said Pinkie Pie.

"That's kind of ya and I appreciate it. But this is no place for a pony. Especially a princess in charge of running Equestria," said Applejack.

Twilight Sparkle looked taken aback by her friend's last few words.

"I'm sorry, Twilight, but it's true. Equestria can't have one of its head ponies out in an environment where she can get hurt or worse. And especially not while the whole country's is facing a crisis like it is now," said Applejack.

"Well, if this is no place for a pony, then why are you here, Applejack?" asked Rarity.

"Because I'm just a farmer. And in times like these, ponies like me got to do more! Those fire ponies risk their lives every time they go out to try and stop these fires! The least I can do is offer a helping hoof."

"Just a farmer? Applejack, farming is important to everypony whether they know it or not. Especially in crises like this kaiju epidemic," said Twilight Sparkle.

"I know that, but I still feel like I gotta do more."

"But you've done so much already when you opened up your farm to those who needed it."

"It's not enough, Rarity. I'm gonna do everything I can until this kaiju business is done with," said Applejack.

"And we respect that! But we're still not going to let you do it alone!" said Twilight Sparkle.

"Duh, friends stick together through everything! Even nasty forest fires like this!" said Pinkie Pie.

"...Y'all really feel this way?"

"Of course. I thought you knew that by now, Applejack. No matter what it is, we're always gonna be here for you. And I don't want to hear one more word about me being a princess! My friends come before everything else!" said Twilight Sparkle.

"We're your friends to the end, Applejack darling. We'll always be there to help you for whatever you decide to do," said Rarity.

"Yeah, just don't make it so we have to chase you to do it," said Pinkie Pie.

Applejack felt her heart warming at her friends amazing words. She was touched to see that they were still willing to stand by her side. They were even willing to face a fire such as the one around them to do it.

"Alright, you guys win. Let's do this the right way, as a team. The way it should always be!" said Applejack.

"Yeah!" her three friends agreed at the same time.

"Alright, what's the situation looking like so far, Applejack?" asked Twilight Sparkle.

"It's pretty bad. In fact, it's down right awful. We haven't been able to put any sort of dent in this fire. We've had to pull back to safer ground several times. Some of the ponies here are starting to doubt-"

Applejack was cut off by the sound of one of the branches from high above breaking off from the main body of the tree. Everypony looked up and saw the flame covered tree limb falling down towards them. As the ponies around her let out a scream, Twilight Sparkle activated her horn's magic and teleported all of them, herself included, out of harm's way. They all reappeared not too far away from where the branch ended up landing, for Twilight Sparkle didn't have enough time to completely aim where they would end up coming out.

Everypony screamed out and ducked away when the huge burning tree branch came crashing down on the catapult Applejack had been using. A few seconds later, everypony looked stood up and looked back and watched as the fire spread and engulf the wooden structure.

"Oh, no," Applejack said in a voice that was barely above a whisper.

"Dang it! That's just great! Now it's hopeless!" a pegasus stallion yelled from above.

"What do you mean?" asked Twilight Sparkle.

"That was our last catapult!" the pegasus explained.

Twilight and her friends gasped in disbelief at what the pegasus had just told them.

"Are you serious?!" asked Applejack.

"You're darn right I'm serious! Without those catapults, we're finished! This operation's almost hopeless!" said the pegasus pony before flying off.

"Dag nabbit! Why can't we get a leg up on this blasted fire?!" Applejack yelled in frustration.

Then Twilight Sparkle and her group of friends looked around themselves as they heard the voices of several ponies shouted out in alarm. They soon saw these ponies, too. Most of them were volunteers who ran away, while the fire ponies tried to pull along their fire wagons. Most of the voices were saying basically the same thing, which was for everypony to fall back away from the roaring flames. One particular group of ponies pulling a wagon caught Applejack's eye. She quickly ran over to the wagon with her friends following close behind.

"Chief, what's going on?" asked Applejack.

"We're pulling back. It's gotten too dangerous to stay in our current position. The fire's getting bigger here and intensifying. We've got to get to a safer area," the fire chief explained.

"Are you serious? We've already given up too much ground to the fire as it is," said Applejack.

"I'm sorry, ma'am, but we have no choice," the chief responded.

Shortly after, the crackling of flames and the crunching of wood broke through the air. Everypony turned to the source of the sounds and gasped in horror when they saw a giant tree falling towards them.

"We gotta move! We can't stay still, we gotta move!" one of the fire ponies shouted as he shoved the ponies ahead of him.

Twilight Sparkle and her friends ran as fast as they could to avoid the falling inferno of a tree. As it came crashing down, the tree crushed the fire wagon the fire ponies had been pushing along before. Luckily though, it did not get to harm any of the ponies, as they had all gotten out of the way in time for the tree to miss them. The fortunate group of ponies couldn't help but look back at the burning tree that had just collapsed. The realization that it could've fallen on them and ended all their troubles of life was not lost to them.

They were reflecting on how lucky they were to avoid this fallen inferno when they heard voice shouting from the other side of it.

"Medic! Medic!"

"Oh, my goodness, a pony's hurt on the other side of that tree!" exclaimed Rarity.

"What are we gonna do?" asked Pinkie Pie.

Twilight Sparkle knew right away what had to be done.

"I'll teleport over to the other side of the tree and then teleport the ponies on that side over here. The rest of you go with the other ponies and get to safer ground."

" But, Twilight-"

"There's no time, Applejack, just do as I say, please! I have to go get those ponies," Twilight Sparkle said before she teleported herself over to the ponies in distress.

Applejack looked dumbfounded at the exchange that had just taken place between her and Twilight. But she was quickly pulled out of it when the fire chief spoke out.

"You heard the princess, let's go!"

Applejack shook her head a little and then turned to Rarity, Pinkie Pie, and the fire ponies.

"Alright, let's hoof it and move on out!" cried Applejack.

And with that, the group of ponies made their way to safety. Meanwhile, Twilight Sparkle was on the other side of the fallen, burning tree looking for the ponies in need of aid. It didn't take her long to spot them a yard or so off to her right. Twilight Sparkle ran over to them and saw that two fire pony stallions were standing over a pegasus mare who was coughing very badly. The Earth pony and unicorn stallions spotted Twilight Sparkle coming and stared with shocked expressions.

"Princess Twilight Sparkle, what are you doing here?" asked the unicorn stallion.

"This is no place for a prince-"

"Save me the lecture! How's she doing?" asked Twilight Sparkle, cutting off the Earth pony.

"Not so good, Your Highness. Very, very bad," the unicorn stallion replied.

"Yeah, she really needs medical attention," the Earth pony stallion added on.

Twilight Sparkle looked down at the coughing pegasus that was trying desperately to stand back up. She was shocked to see who it was.

"Derpy Hooves?!" Twilight Sparkle asked in shock.

"She was one of the volunteer ponies who were setting up rain clouds to put out the fire," the Earth pony stallion explained.

"Yeah, we guessed she was setting up a cloud when we saw her drop to the ground, coughing all the way," said the unicorn pony.

"The smoke must have gotten into her lungs and overpowered her. We have to get her out of here," said Twilight Sparkle.

"But how are we gonna get out of here?" asked the unicorn stallion.

"Come on, you're a unicorn. You should already know the answer to that," said Twilight Sparkle.

She then used her horn's magic to teleport herself, Derpy Hooves, and the two fire ponies over to the other side of the tree. Unfortunately all the teleporting she was doing and all the ponies she was teleporting in addition to herself was starting to make her feel nauseous. Because of the physical toll it takes to summon the magic to teleport one's self, it can make somepony who uses this magic feel ill. It was even worse when one was teleporting multiple ponies. Twilight Sparkle had trouble with this when she first started using the teleporting spell, but learned to get a handle on it. Yet it would seem excessive use of the spell would make anypony feel ill no matter their mastery of the spell.

Luckily she was able to get herself and the other ponies on the right side of the burning tree despite her nausea. They experienced further luck when a fire wagon was pulling up towards them. Once it reached them, the pony in the driver's seat said, "We were told there was a group of ponies still caught in the fire."

"Well, you found them!" Twilight Sparkle assured the fire pony. She then used her levitation magic to gently set the ailing Derpy Hooves in the back of the wagon. "This pony requires medical attention."

"Don't worry, we'll see to it that she gets it," one of the fire ponies in the back of the wagon assured while the others examined Derpy Hooves.

Shortly after the two fire ponies that were with Twilight Sparkle climbed into the back of the already crowded wagon. The driver looked back at his passengers and did a head count. When he turned back to Twilight Sparkle, his expression conveyed alarm.

"We don't have anymore room in the wagon for you!" the driver explained.

"What?! You mean there isn't enough room at all for one more pony to hop on?" asked Twilight Sparkle.

"No, I'm afraid not. We're over filled as it is! I'm sorry, Princess," said the driver with an emotional shake in his voice.

Twilight Sparkle just looked on in disbelief. It seemed as though her bravery would cost her greatly in escaping the blaze that had befallen White Tail Woods. Now what would she do?

"Hey, don't worry about it, Princess Twilight Sparkle, I'll just get out. Then you get on the wagon and it'll take you to safety," said the unicorn stallion from before.

Twilight Sparkle looked to him with widened eyes.

"No! No! Don't give up your safety just for my sake! You just stay on that wagon!" said Twilight Sparkle. Then she turned to the driver. "Just get them out of here as fast as you can!"

"But-"

"Get out of here! Just go! That is a direct order from a princess of Equestria!" said Twilight Sparkle.

The driver looked down at the brave alicorn, the hesitation in his eyes being plain to see. But still, he did not want to disobey a command from the royalty of his country. The driver finally relented and softly nodded his head as he begrudgingly said, "Yes, Your Highness."

Then he gave out the command to the ponies tied to the wagon, who then turned away from the fire and ran off to safety. Now Twilight Sparkle was left to fend for herself all alone in the middle of the flaming pit that use to be White Tail Woods. The purple pony looked around at the roaring fire that surrounded her. The sight of such deadly forces being that close to her ignited Twilight's fears to new heights. The intense heat was taking its effect on her body as well. Twilight Sparkle's whole body felt searing hot from the inside out.

She was sweating profusely and she was pretty sure she had suffered first degree burns since she had come to the White Tail Woods. Plus Twilight Sparkle's eyes were stinging from the heat, which made it hard for her to see. And even worse, the fire was burning up all the oxygen around her, making it difficult for Twilight Sparkle to breath right or even at all. Despite her stinging eyes and the heat wavering off the flames distorting her sight further, Twilight Sparkle was able to see the path the fire wagon had taken to get out of the wildfire. The alicorn princess didn't waste anytime and began to move as fast as she could get herself to go down that same path.

She tried to get herself to run, but the heat and the lack of oxygen made it hard for her to build up the proper energy to run, so it only came out being more like a light jog. Still, Twilight Sparkle moved as best as she could to escape the fire that burned all around her. Unfortunately, however, her progress would be halted when several large burning branches came crashing down from above. They landed right in front of Twilight Sparkle, cutting off her escape route and making her skid to a stop as she let out a scream.

Twilight Sparkle looked around for another way out, but quickly saw that there were none. She was now completely surrounded by fire. Twilight Sparkle looked ahead of her in the direction she had been running. If I can just get over to the other side... What Twilight Sparkle heard next and saw shortly after temporarily interrupted and disabled all rational thinking and emotions. What she heard the call of a huge creature. It sounded like the scream of a red tailed hawk and the bellow of an alligator mixed into one sound, but amplified to giant proportions. And Twilight Sparkle knew what the biggest creatures in Equestria currently were.

She slowly turned to look behind her in the direction she heard the mix roar came from. And that's when she saw it. It was hard to see at first, because its body actually looked as though it was a part of the fire itself. Then it looked like it was separating from the rest roaring waves of flames. But then Twilight Sparkle saw this... this living wave of fire's body beginning to take shape. Twilight Sparkle's eyes widened as that shape appeared to be a mixture two of Equestria's most powerful local beasts. She already knew what this kaiju was, but seeing it in person, and in the kind of environment she was in at the time to boot, was very intimidating to say the least.

"Flamela," Twilight Sparkle let out in a whisper.

Despite being a little hunched over at the moment, the phoenix/dragon hybrid mostly stood vertically. It walked on two bird-like legs supported by equally bird-like feet. It had an enormous wingspan. The wings were attached to dragon-like arms. It had a long dragonesque neck and even longer tail, too. The sides of the kaiju's head were surrounded by golden spikes that waved out to resemble flames and curved orange horns on the top of its head. Its mouth was formed by a red beak full of small, razor-sharp teeth.

A mane made of fire ran from the top of Flamela's head down his neck, back, and ended a foot or so away from the end of its tail, which was tipped with its own red flame. The pattern of colors on the monster's body were all the main colors of fire; red, orange, and yellow. Its wings were actually on fire like many other parts of the monster's body were. As its name would imply, Flamela completely enjoyed being bathed in a sea of fire and spreading that sea as far as he could, having been the one that started it. Twilight Sparkle trembled in fear, knowing her life was in that much more danger now that the kaiju had revealed itself.

She was forced to express her fear with a gasp when Flamela's eyes stopped on her. Flamela conveyed a knowing expression before lurching its head forth and letting out a roar at Twilight Sparkle. Then it raised its head to the air to let out a louder roar. While the kaiju was several yards away, its obvious size and fiery outer dragon/phoenix appearance made it more than a scary sight. What made it worse was when Flamela began walking towards Twilight Sparkle, making her scream out.

The purple alicorn turned to the burning branches that were blocking her way to safety. She knew instantly what she had to do, despite having done it so many times already. Twilight Sparkle wasted as she used her alicorn magic to teleport her over the burning branches that had falling in front of her before. Her vision was slightly blurry afterwards. This side effect from teleporting so much added to her vision problems she was already having. But she managed to shake it off and then checked behind her to make sure she was on the right side of the flames. Then Twilight Sparkle turned her head towards the path and began running forth as fast as she could.

As Twilight Sparkle ran, she looked back when she heard the roar of Flamela. It seemed to be agitated by Twilight's efforts at self preservation. When she saw the fiery kaiju, it looked to be chasing her, picking up speed with each step. Twilight Sparkle turned away right after she saw Flamela lift himself into the air with a flap of his mighty wings. She ran as fast as she could, but it wold never be a match for the flight speed of Flamela. Still, to give it more of an advantage of catching Twilight, Flamela unleashed from his mouth a gigantic wave of flames. The kaiju did not aim it at Twilight Sparkle; more so the path in front of her, engulfing it in flames.

Twilight Sparkle screamed as she was forced to skid to a stop or she'd run right into the new wall of flames. She examined the area all around her. Twilight Sparkle was completely trapped by fire that spread for yards and yards. Twilight Sparkle looked to her wings in desperation. Despite hardly knowing anything about proper flying yet, she didn't have very many options. So, Twilight Sparkle began to flap them and even managed to get a foot off the ground. But her surprise from Flamela's ground shaking landing made her lose concentration and drop to the ground while also letting out a short scream.

Twilight sat up and looked behind her to see how far away Flamela had landed. It was way too close for comfort. Flamela had landed right in the middle of the wave of fire that Twilight had previously been trying to escape from before. It let out a roar to impose its might on the helpless alicorn that laid before it. Then Twilight Sparkle cried out when the living flame began to approach her, it's loud, stomping footsteps shaking the ground. Twilight Sparkle wanted to back away from the approaching monster, but if she did, a sea of fire would be there to greet her. Twilight Sparkle was truly trapped.

Flamela didn't stop until his body was completely out of the fire. Now, he was standing only a few feet away from the trembling, helpless alicorn that was Princess Twilight Sparkle. She didn't know what to do now. She couldn't see a safe spot to teleport and she couldn't get her wings to fly right. And now she was caught between the proverbial rock and a hard place, that being the fire and the monster who started it. Twilight Sparkle lightly gasped out when Flamela started to slowly lower his head down towards her.

Flamela could easily finish off the poor pony with any means, but the sadistic evil being in him wanted it to be direct, up close, and personal. He wanted Twilight Sparkle to know he would revel in each second of her suffering. Twilight could tell by the look in the kaiju's fiery red eyes that this is exactly how he felt as those eyes got closer and closer to her. Twilight Sparkle reeked of desperation and didn't know how to make it go away. It seemed like the end had finally come for her. After all the friendships she's made and all the hardships she's went through with those friends, it seemed like it had all come down to this.

Or had it? An incredibly loud roar rang out through the air, even managing to carry over the roar of the fire. Twilight Sparkle looked behind her to where the sound had come from, as Flamela lifted his head up to do the same. What came soon after were the sounds of thunderous footsteps and the cracking of wood as trees were shoved aside. What was forcing them back was soon revealed to be none other than the King of Monsters himself, the mighty Godzilla. He approached the raging fire and to an extent, Flamela and Twilight Sparkle.

Flamela took a few steps back as he roared at Godzilla in protest of his approach. But Godzilla did not give this protest any thought. He simply ignored it and stepped through the fire unaffected. Twilight Sparkle looked on at the new kaiju in amazement and a little bit of fear, at first thinking this new kaiju was Geon. But a quick look over later and she realized right away that this monster was not the giant dragon, nor did he resemble any of the other kaiju mentioned in the ancient legend.

Aside from the new monster's unique, but still powerful and imposing appearance, Twilight Sparkle was also amazed by how nonchalantly he was able to walk through the fire, acting like it was nothing. Flamela let out another roar of protest, which Godzilla responded to with a roar of his own, challenging the flaming kaiju. Twilight Sparkle was in awe at the new kaiju's amazing roar. Twilight didn't know how to feel when Godzilla stopped and turned his gaze down to her. What Twilight Sparkle did end up feeling was the same fear she felt from every other kaiju encountered thus far.

Twilight Sparkle turned back to Flamela when the hybrid monster let out a roar at Godzilla. But the Alpha Kaiju just ignored the opposing beast and looked at Twilight Sparkle and then around at the fire surrounding her. He knew all to well that creatures as small as the pony were vulnerable to environments like the wildfire. Godzilla wished to aid Twilight Sparkle in getting out of the said environment. To do this, Godzilla lifted his foot up over the fire that surrounded him and proceeded to stomp down on the flames below over and over again. Twilight Sparkle felt the ground shake with every stomp, a it shook her around as well like she were in the middle of an earthquake.

Twilight Sparkle didn't know how much time had gone by from the beginning of Godzilla's stomping until the end. But she felt it as soon as the stomping stopped. She was able to regain her equilibrium shortly thereafter. When that happened, Twilight Sparkle gasped at the first thing she saw. All the flames that had been blocking her path and engulfing Godzilla's legs before were completely gone. There was not a flame left burning in that area. Twilight Sparkle raised her startled and amazed expression up at the four hundred foot kaiju when she realized what had just happened. He stomped out the fire! Twilight Sparkle thought in her head.

The roar of Flamela caught Twilight's attention and made her turned towards the kaiju. While he moved his head around, Flamela position was mostly unchanged as it let out several resentful growls and shrieks. Twilight Sparkle turned back to Godzilla and saw that he cared nothing about Flamela's angry calls. To prove this point, Godzilla let out a roar that said so as he took four steps towards the hybrid monster. Flamela took a step back for each step Godzilla took forward.

Twilight Sparkle couldn't stop herself from shuddering, for Godzilla was now practically standing right over her. She had wanted to run away when Godzilla started stepping forward, but she couldn't muster the will to do so. She was paralyzed with fear of both titanic beasts. It wasn't made any better when the two started lurching their heads at each other and let out roars issuing challenges for the other to make the first move. Each powerful roar got louder and louder, as both kaiju were determined to psyche the other out into moving first. Poor Twilight Sparkle had to cover her ears with her hooves.

She ducked her head down in fear and at first had her eyes shut. But she reopened them to see what would happen next. Godzilla looked down at Twilight Sparkle to check on her and see that she was alright, which for the moment, she was. What he also saw was that she was just as afraid of him as she was of Flamela. He wondered how he could get her to understand that he was there to help her. He got his answer quickly when Flamela's hawk scream got his attention back. Godzilla scowled at the phoenix and dragon mix before letting out one of his astounding roars.

The two let out their distinctive calls one more time before Flamela flung his right wing into a burning tree. He scooped up chard and flame covered bark and branches in his hand and tossed them at Godzilla's face. The Kaiju King couldn't stop his reflexes from making him lift a hand to his face and turn away from the burning embers that would scorch most other living beings. But as the flaming debris bounced off him and fell to the ground, Godzilla spotted out of the corner of his eyes that it was falling towards a creature it could hurt and possibly even kill.

Twilight Sparkle screamed in terror as the flaming debris fell around her. Godzilla practically gasped as he hunched down and raised a hand over Twilight Sparkle to protect her. Twilight had ducked down and put her hooves over her head again as she trembled fearfully. But something, she did not know what, tempted her to lift her head up and look around her. When she did, she was amazed at what she saw. What was so amazing about it was that judging by how it look, it was almost like this reptilian monster... had intentionally tried to protect her from the burning debris.

It sounded crazy, even in this, the most of insane of scenarios, but signs were pointing at it being true. Twilight Sparkle looked up in disbelief at Godzilla, who looked back down at her in concern. While still looking at Twilight, Godzilla slowly lifted up his tail. Twilight Sparkle caught sight of this and turned her attention to the rising appendage of the Apex Kaiju. She winced when the tail came crashing back down towards the ground, making the land around them rumble. Godzilla lifted his tail up and slammed it back down a few more times.

But as the tail slams to the ground went on, Twilight Sparkle took notice that they weren't just random acts of aggression. From what she could see, it looked at though Godzilla was intentionally beating out fire pockets that were left behind him. Twilight couldn't believe this kaiju's blatant acts of heroism. She knew that there were kaiju like that, but they were a rarity and she didn't really know if she would ever come across one. But then a sudden realization hit Twilight Sparkle. She knew who this kaiju was and why he was being so heroic.

It's him! It's really him! I was expecting it to be a her and a very different type of her at that. But it's a him. He's a him. He is him! ...He's the guardian kaiju me and the others summoned to protect Equestria, Twilight Sparkle thought in her head. The alicorn princess looked up at this reptilian kaiju in a whole new light. And even a new admiration among many other loving feelings for the amazing kaiju before her eyes. Godzilla looked back to make sure he had beat out all the fire behind him. The amount of flames put out by him was to his satisfaction, so he moved on with the next phase of his plan. Godzilla pressed his tail to the ground and used it to slide away as much debris as he could, which was a lot.

Twilight Sparkle looked on in amazement at how much debris Godzilla was able to clear away with his tail and the fact that he even did it. Twilight Sparkle looked back up at Godzilla, who looked down at her. Even though she was sure this kaiju was the guardian she helped summon, Twilight still couldn't help but be intimidated by his presence. Godzilla roared down at Twilight Sparkle as soft as he could given the situation. From examination of his facial features, as best as Twilight could read, it appeared as though Godzilla was conveying concern, while being stern.

He wants me to take the path he cleared! Twilight Sparkle realized. Both Godzilla and Twilight Sparkle turned to look at Flamela when he let out a roar at them to express his anger at being ignored for so long. The furious expression on the flaming kaiju's face made Godzilla quickly turn back down to Twilight. Then he let out a slightly more aggressive roar while making the sternness on his face more visible to see.

"Okay, I get it! I'm going! ...Uh, thank you!" Twilight Sparkle assured Godzilla.

Then she activated her magic to teleport herself, despite doing so much teleporting already. When she reappeared, Twilight Sparkle felt like she was gonna vomit, but she managed to contain herself and control her nauseated feeling. She took notice right away that her magic wasn't even able to carry her past Godzilla's tail. She still had a yard to run, which she started on as fast as she could. Godzilla turned and watched to make sure that Twilight Sparkle would make it to safety alright. Once he was sure she was out of harm's way, Godzilla turned his full attention back to Flamela, letting out a battle roar in the process.

Flamela had been unsure of how to proceed with this new opposing kaiju since the last time he ever came across such, he had all his fellow monsters in arms with him to face it. That was many thousands of years ago. This time Flamela was on his own, with a much more mighty foe standing in front of him. He had hoped the time Godzilla spent looking after Twilight Sparkle would give him time to come up with a strategy. But now Godzilla was telling him he was ready to fight and Flamela still didn't know what to do going into this battle. But Flamela wasn't about to let himself show any signs of uncertainty or weakness in the presence of his foe.

Twilight Sparkle managed to reach an area of the woods that had not yet been consumed by the fire. She ran through a trail that took her up to slightly higher ground. But when Twilight Sparkle reached it, she stopped dead in her tracks. Even though she had a clear opportunity to regroup with the rest of the ponies, she couldn't bring herself to do it. I can't just walk away. I have to stay, Twilight Sparkle thought as she turned back towards the raging wildfire and the two kaiju preparing to fight. I've got to see this kaiju in action. To see if he is truly our guardian. To see if he is the one who will save Equestria.

To try and keep up morale, Flamela stood tall and lurched his head forward as he let out his mixed roar. But as he did that, Godzilla let out a call to charge, which he did. Godzilla slammed the right side of his body into Flamela, causing the fiery kaiju to cry out as he stumbled back several steps. Godzilla roared in Flamela's face before charging forth yet again and slamming the left side of his body into his foe, causing a similar result as the first time. Both monsters let out there own cries of battle as Godzilla charged forth a third time, slamming the front of his body into Flamela's as he wrapped his arms around the hybrid beast's shoulder and lower neck area.

Flamela pressed his body up against Godzilla's to try and use the weight of his body to push the Nuclear Leviathan away. While Godzilla's arms were sent flailing away, he still managed to stand his ground for the most part. Godzilla roared out as he grabbed a hold of the areas where Flamela's shoulders and upper arms meet and began shoving the dragon/phoenix mix back with incredible strength and force. Flamela tried to keep from being pushed back, managing to keep his footing. But it didn't keep Godzilla from pushing him backwards. The soles of Flamela's feet slid across the ground as he was forced back by his foe's superior strength and resolve. Both kaiju roared out as this physical struggle raged on.

"Twilight! Twilight!"

The purple alicorn turned around and looked up to where she heard her name being called. She gasped in joyful surprise when she saw two very familiar pegasi flying towards her.

"Rainbow Dash! Fluttershy! You're here!"

"Darn right we're here!" said Rainbow Dash.

"Are you okay, Twilight?" asked Fluttershy.

"I'm fine, thanks. But what're you doing here?! Rainbow Dash, you were on a mission with the Royal Army. And Fluttershy, I haven't seen you all day! Where have you been?! I was starting to worry about both of you! Things have only been getting worse since-"

"Whoa, whoa, whoa! Settle down, princess. Don't get your royal tail tied in a bun! Just take a chill pill!"

"I wouldn't put it like that, but I think Rainbow Dash is right, Twilight. We'd be more than happy to answer your questions, but first I think we all need to calm down and get to a safer place. The fire's coming closer," said Fluttershy.

"Seriously, let's beat it," Rainbow Dash agreed.

The two pegasus mares tried to, as gently as they could, steer Twilight Sparkle away from the fire and to safety. But she pulled away and turned back to the struggle going on between the two kaiju.

"No! You two go ahead and get to a safer place, but I'm staying."

"Twilight!" Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy said at the same time.

"No! I have to stay! I need to see this!" Twilight Sparkle protested as she gave them a stern look.

She then turned her head back towards the fight, as Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy came up to her sides and joined in observing the battle.

"Hey, Twilight!" a familiar twangy southern accent called out from somewhere behind.

"Twilight Sparkle, are you okay, dear?! Can you here us?" Rarity called out.

"Hold on, Twilight! We're coming!" called out the ever so hyper voice of Pinkie Pie.

"We're up here!"

"Rainbow Dash, is that you?!" asked a very surprised Rarity.

"Yup and I'm not the only pegasus up here! Say hello, Fluttershy!"

"Over here, girls!" Fluttershy called out.

"OH, MY GOSH! IT IS THEM! ALL OUR FRIENDS ARE BACK TOGETHER AGAIN!" Pinkie Pie shouted as happy and hyper as ever.

"Well, let's not keep 'em waiting! Pick up the pace, everypony! Yee-haw!" Applejack hooted out happily.

Twilight Sparkle, Rainbow Dash, and Fluttershy turned around to joyously greet their friends as they came running up to them. Once Applejack, Rarity, and Pinkie Pie reached the top, there were words of joy and tight hugs of happiness all around. They did everything they could to express how happy they were to see each other and in good health too after worrying about one another. The Mane Six were together again at last and they couldn't be happier about it.

"I can't believe we all manged to reunite under such extreme circumstances," Rarity exclaimed.

"I have to agree. A few years ago, I could never picture myself being anywhere near an environment like a wildfire. But as Rarity once told me, we all seem to bring out the best in each other. That's certainly true for me. You've all made me a better pony. I would gladly fly through any fire for you all. ...I just hope I don't have to that often. But anyways, it's just so nice to see you all again," said Fluttershy.

The closest ponies to her, being Rarity and Rainbow Dash, reached out and lightly hugged Fluttershy to them.

"It sure is," Applejack agreed. "After all the hoopla that's been going around Equestria, it's nice to see we can still count on coming together in the end."

An overly emotional Pinkie Pie cried out as she stretched out her front legs to unbelievably long lengths and scooped up her friends in one big, anaconda tight embrace.

"I'm soooo glad we're all okay and together again after we were separated for so long!"

"We were only away from each other one day, Pinkie," Rainbow Dash said in a strained voice due to Pinkie Pie squeezing her and the others together so tight.

A slightly embarassed expression came over Pinkie Pie's face. She blinked a few times before she finally said, "Oh." Then she released her friends from her hug. "Well, I guess it just felt a lot longer. You know, with all this kaiju danger going around and especially with one of our friends going right into it voluntarily."

"Fair enough. I'm sorry if I worried you guys," said Rainbow Dash as she looked around.

"Oh, don't be sorry, Rainbow darling."

"Yeah, we knew you were doing what you thought was right."

"Rarity and Applejack are right, Rainbow Dash. You were dedicated to the defense of the ponies of Equestria. While that can be dangerous and those around you can't help but be concerned, we all understood why you were doing what you were doing. And we supported you all the way."

Rainbow Dash smiled brightly for all her friends to see, which made them all smile as well.

"Thanks, Twilight. Thanks to all you guys. I'm glad we're together again."

"Me too, Rainbow. I think we all are. But before we go celebrating it even further, I think we'd better get out of-"

Applejack was cut off by the roars coming from off in the distance.

"What was that?" asked Rarity, a surprised expression plastered on her face.

"What do you mean what was that? You know there's only one type of critter big enough to make a mighty loud noise like that," said Applejack.

"Oh! Oh! Oh! I know this one! I know this one! The answer is KAIJU! And I see two of them wrestling over there!" Pinkie Pie shouted excitedly as she pointed a hoof towards the wildfire.

Everypony else ran up to the pink Earth pony's side and looked to see what she saw. It didn't take them long to spot the two struggling kaiju lumbering through the burning White Tail Woods in a bitter struggle for dominance.

"What in tarnation is Geon doing fighting another kaiju? I thought they were all pals," said Applejack.

"Wait a second, I don't think that kaiju is Geon! It looks a little like him, but there are some differences to be sure," said Rarity.

"Yeah, I thought that too the first time I saw Godzilla," said Rainbow Dash.

Twilight Sparkle, Pinkie Pie, Applejack, and Rarity turned to Rainbow Dash with as shocked of expressions as they've had since the kaiju epidemic began.

"GODZILLA?!" asked all four befuddled ponies at the same time.

Rainbow Dash turned to them with a cool smile on her face.

"Sweet name isn't it? Though I can't take credit for it. Fluttershy was the one who gave it to him," said Rainbow Dash.

"Fluttershy?!" all four ponies asked, once again, in unison.

"Yeah, she met Godzilla first and hung out with him for a little bit before they went into full on dynamic duo mode. And then they came to save my rainbow tail along with the whole city of Manehattan from not one, but two kaiju! She had already given Godzilla his name by then, though," Rainbow Dash explained further.

The other four ponies turned their gazes to Fluttershy, who now looked as timid as a cornered animal. She knew this moment would come, but now that it had, she wasn't sure if she could handle all the attention being put on her for something so serious. Fluttershy knew they'd have questions. She just wasn't sure if she could handle them.

"Well...I didn't actually name him really. He... He kind of picked the name himself," said Fluttershy.

Twilight Sparkle, Applejack, Rarity, and Pinkie Pie's eyes widened in disbelief.

"He picked his own name?! How could he pick his own name and tell you? ...Oh, that's right, you and the whole animal thing," said Rarity.

"Fluttershy, are you saying you made friends with that ka... that Godziller thing?" asked Applejack.

Fluttershy's eyes looked away, but quickly looked back, conveying fear all the while.

"I... Um... Y-Yes," replied Fluttershy.

"And you've been friends with him ever since he came to Equestria?" asked Twilight Sparkle.

"Uh... yes," Fluttershy replied.

"And while you were hanging out with him, you wondered when he found out about the other kaiju if he would still be good or end up being bad like them, so you didn't tell him about the other kaiju and didn't tell us about him because you weren't sure if we'd hate and reject him or if we'd use him as a weapon against the other kaiju and you didn't want us to because you love animals so much, but eventually he did find out about the other kaiju and at first he was mad you weren't truthful with him, but he eventually forgave you and you were able to stay friends and now his volunteered to fight the kaiju for us disproving all your fears?!" asked Pinkie Pie in one big run on sentence.

Fluttershy didn't answer at first, just staring in bewilderment, as did the other ponies of the Mane Six. But the creamy yellow pegasus did eventually find her voice again.

"Y... Yes. ...How did you guess all that?" asked Fluttershy.

"Just a hunch," said Pinkie Pie with a big, bright smile on her face as she hopped up and down.

"So, what everything Pinkie Pie said was true, Fluttershy?" asked Twilight Sparkle as she walked up to her friend.

"Um..."

Fluttershy couldn't find it in herself to answer Twilight's question. She was dreading the consequences that would come from her friends all finding out about her lying. Sure, Rainbow Dash ended up taking it well, but would the rest be so fine with it all. Fluttershy couldn't be sure, because she's never lied so much to them before, nor would she ever do so to anypony again. Twilight Sparkle quickly caught wind of Fluttershy's timidness and attempted to calm her some.

"It's okay, Fluttershy, I'm not angry," said Twilight Sparkle.

"None of us are, darling," reassured Rarity.

"We just want to know all the facts," said Twilight Sparkle.

Fluttershy stood up straight and used the breathing technique taught to her by Twilight Sparkle and then finally answered.

"Yes, everything Pinkie Pie said is true. I saw a light, which I assume came from the portal that brought Godzilla here and followed it into the Everfree Forest where I found him. He saved me... we talked... and eventually we became friends."

"And you kept him secret from us for all the reasons Pinkie mentioned?" asked Applejack.

"Yes," Fluttershy replied.

"Even after Twilight Sparkle told us she was bringing a kaiju here to protect us?" Applejack asked further.

Fluttershy couldn't stop a tear from escaping her eye. But she fought through it and spoke truthfully to her friends.

"Yes, I did. With the information Twilight gave us, I was partially expecting it be that other kaiju she talked about, Mothra. And even if Godzilla ended up being the kaiju she summoned, it was still wrong to me to make a poor animal fight a battle that wasn't his. That he never asked to be apart of. It was evenharder since we became friends. It wasn't an easy thing for me to do. I hated every second I was lying, but I just couldn't bring myself to spill my heart out until this moment. I hated lying and with Celestia as mt witness, I'll never do it again. I just had no idea what to do.

"...But then... he told me he would fight the other kaiju anyway... because he felt it was the right thing to do. ...And he thought it would gain him more pony friends like me."

Fluttershy had to fight back from succumbing to an emotional breakdown. All the other ponies looked around at each other before looking back to Fluttershy.

"Well, I'll tell you one thing, he's definitely got a friend in me after showing me how awesome he is," said Rainbow Dash.

"I'll be his best friend forever if he can't get rid of all these other big, old, stinky, meany, meany-pants kaiju that have been terrorizing all of us," said Pinkie Pie.

"And how," said Applejack.

"Hear, hear," said Rarity.

Fluttershy looked around at all her friends in bewilderment.

"So... are you all mad at me?" asked Fluttershy.

Everypony looked around at each other before Pinkie Pie waved everypony over to her. They huddled in a group and began whispering amongst themselves. They stopped for a quick moment and looked over at Fluttershy with thoughtful expressions. Then they huddled back together and continued whispering. This went on for about thirteen seconds before they ceased whispering, broke the huddle and looked back to Fluttershy.

"Nope," they all said in unison as they shook their heads.

Fluttershy practically jumped out of her skin in disbelief.

"Really?!" asked Fluttershy in amazement.

"Absolutely! Fluttershy, we know it couldn't have been easy choosing between two things you love the most in the world," Twilight Sparkle said as she and the others gathered around Fluttershy.

"You must've been torn up inside every second of everyday about all the... fibbing you were doing. And all the while trying to decide what was right and what was wrong. Oh, you poor dear," said Rarity.

"So, while you probably could've handled the situation better, we all know it was still a hard time for you. So, on top of everything else you've had to go through, we won't dwell on the past," said Twilight Sparkle.

"Seriously. I mean, it all ended up turning out fine didn't it? Godzilla ended up making the choice to help us on his own to fight those other kaiju. And what better way to start then by totally whooping those two other kaiju in Manehattan?" said Rainbow Dash.

"Oh, don't forget the bat in the Everfree Forest," Pinkie Pie pointed out.

"Yeah, so that makes three already, girls. This guy's on fire! ...Literally!" said Rainbow Dash as she pointed to Godzilla, who was still struggling with Flamela.

Fluttershy kept her surprised expression on her face for a moment or two. But then she allowed her face to change into a completely joyous smile as her eyes trembled gratefully. She was so touched by her friends' understanding and acceptance of her actions. She couldn't believe how well they took it and how they ended up responding. But they weren't done surprising her yet.

"No matter what it is one of us or all of us do, you can pretty much count on the fact that we'll always love each other. And that means we still love you, Fluttershy," said Twilight Sparkle.

Fluttershy stared for a moment, seeing all the smiles on her friends' faces as they lightly nodded there heads in agreement at Twilight Sparkle's words. She could contain her emotion no longer. Her eyes shut tight and tears flowed as Fluttershy looked away for only a moment. Then she quickly turned her face, which bore a smile, back to her friends as her eyes opened wide with happiness.

"I love you all, too!" Fluttershy exclaimed gratefully.

All her friends soon surrounded her and embraced her in a group hug. They released each other from their grasp when the sounds of the kaiju's brawl seemed to get louder. They all stared down at the fight going on, witnessing how hard Godzilla seemed to be fighting off Flamela and how determined he was to win. Those who had not spent anytime with Godzilla or had even seen him before found it hard to believe that all that power, all that determination, and his seemingly unbreakable will was being used to try and protect ponykind. They felt they had to be sure that he was truly the one.

"Fluttershy?" Applejack said questioningly.

Fluttershy looked over to her Earth pony friend.

"Yes?"

"Well..." Applejack looked like she was unsure how to say what she wanted to. But still, she had to try. "...this... Godziller friend of yours. Uh... Are you sure he's... I mean..."

"Do you really think he's..." Rarity tired to help out.

But even she seemed unable to get the words out right.

But Fluttershy quickly caught onto what her friends were trying to ask.

"Yes, he is! I'm completely certain of that. Godzilla is a good kaiju and a good friend. He's a good being altogether. I completely believe that he is the guardian kaiju," said Fluttershy.

"Same here with me! After what he did for me, for Manehattan, and for all of Equestria, I'm totally convinced G-Man's our hero! I mean he pulled me out of a spider's web for Celestia's sake!" said Rainbow Dash.

"I have to agree. After hearing all of that and after saving me from Flamela, there's no doubt in my mind that... Godzilla is the kaiju guardian I helped summon," said Twilight Sparkle. She turned to watch the kaiju fight as it went on. It seemed to be getting more and more aggressive and combative than it was before, surprising as that may sound. This concerned Twilight Sparkle, even to the point where she had to say, "Now we'll have to see if he's the guardian Equestria needs."

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Be sure to look out for the next chapter where we see what was happening in the fight the 2 kaiju were having while the ponies were talking and what happened afterwards as well. It may be a little longer for it to come out though, because I'm gonna be extra busy putting those chapters that I had originally separated into 2 chapters for length restraint back together as single chapters.

Be sure to leave a review after reading and let me know of any mistakes I made, be they spelling errors, grammar errors or other errors so I can correct them to the best of my abilities. I'm The Guy Who Likes To Write Stuff, signing off.