At the bottom of the gorge that separated the ancient castle from the bigger part of the Everfree Forest, a loud commotion could be heard. That commotion had to do with what was thought to be an impossible number of Megalons all surrounding and screeching at Godzilla, who himself let out several roars. He kept switching from looking at the Megalons to Fluttershy, who was flying close by. As Fluttershy inched closer to Godzilla's shoulder, which was currently her only sanctuary, the kaiju himself gazed on at the kaiju before him. He stared at the Megalon kaiju in front of him for a few seconds before turning to the one on his right. Then he turned to look at the one on his left and then the Megalon behind him.

Godzilla was just stunned by what was happening. First he and Fluttershy were suddenly transported to the bottom of a pit by a force beyond his understanding and now they were surrounded by multiple kaiju. Up to that point Godzilla had seen only one of each kaiju species he had ever encountered. Now, here were four of the same species, all of which clearly had bad intentions towards Godzilla and his pegasus friend, Fluttershy. It kept getting stranger, for the Megalon were all moving and calling out at the exact same time with perfect synchronization. It made Godzilla wonder if all kaiju acted like this in a group of their same species.

Yet that wasn't the end of the strangeness. What was the tip of the iceberg for Godzilla was even though he clearly saw four Megalons around him, it didn't feel to him like there was. He couldn't explain it to himself, but his senses were only picking up one of the kaiju, but not the rest. According to Godzilla's inner senses, the other three Megalons were not there, despite him seeing them before his eyes. Regardless, Godzilla knew he and Fluttershy were in great danger, Fluttershy more so. He knew he had to get her out of there somehow so she could get to safety and he could fight off the Megalons without worrying about her. Godzilla turned to Fluttershy and warned her to cover her eyes.

Fluttershy obeyed and placed her front hooves over her eyes. It was at that moment that the four Megalons tried to get closer to their captives. Godzilla showed he was far from helpless, however, when his spikes lit up as bright as a mini-sun. The flash was so bright that it temporarily blinded the four insect-like kaiju and sent them back as they covered their eyes. Then Godzilla roared to get Fluttershy's attention. The yellow mare looked to her giant companion as he roared instructions to her. He basically told her to fly out of the pit and meet up with the rest of their friends. He even pointed a finger to the top of the gorge. Fluttershy nodded her head in agreement and proceeded to fly away.

Godzilla watched Fluttershy fly upward while she looked down at him concernedly. He tried to give her a reassuring look, but that was when she saw the Megalons moving in for another attack attempt. Godzilla saw one of them coming out of the corner of his eye. He knew that if one of the Megalons was coming at him, it was most likely the rest of them were, too, judging by their behavior from before. Godzilla looked back up to Fluttershy and roared for her to cover her eyes again. Without looking downward, Fluttershy did as Godzilla told her and put her hooves over her eyes as she continued flying up. Once he saw that, Godzilla's spikes lit up as bright as before with the results also being the same.

Godzilla took a quick look at the temporarily blind kaiju around him before looking back up to check on Fluttershy. He was relieved to see she had reached the top of the gorge without a problem. Fluttershy looked down at Godzilla and saw the pleased expression on his face. She knew that her kaiju friend was happy she was safe. Fluttershy responded with a reassuring smile. Godzilla quickly turned his attention back to the four Megalons around him. He took one quick look around before charging at the Megalon in front of him. Having regained his sight, the kaiju spotted Godzilla coming at him. The Megalon quickly acted by thrusting his drill hands forward as they were spinning at high speeds.

Godzilla stopped dead in his tracks, his face coming within inches of the powerful drills of his foe. He looked around and saw that every other Megalon was doing the same thing, despite Godzilla not being that close to them. While Fluttershy shared Godzilla's confusion, she more so felt concerned for her friend. She looked down helplessly as the four Megalons began to close in on Godzilla. Fluttershy wished she could do something. She even considered flying back down to try. However, she stopped and reasoned with herself.

Come on, Fluttershy, you know you're no help against these monsters, Fluttershy thought to herself. The best thing I can do is fly into the castle and find my friends. That's what Godzilla's down there fighting for; our safe reunion. I mustn't let it be in vain. With that, Fluttershy began flying towards the castle to begin her search for her friends. Meanwhile, Godzilla stepped back from the Megalon walking towards him. He quickly stopped when he realized there was another one standing right behind. Then he took one last look around him to see how close his enemies were. With desperation coursing through him, Godzilla prepared to attack.

His first assault came as he spun around with his tail outstretched. The attack hit not one, but two of it's targets, starting with the Megalon on Godzilla's left. When his tail hit that first kaiju, something amazing, but extremely helpful happened. The very second, Godzilla's tail collided with the Megalon on his left, it shattered into several pieces like it was made of glass. The kaiju made the same sound of glass shattering as well. The broken pieces of the kaiju even changed to a clear, glass-like material as they dropped to the ground. Godzilla's tail soon smacked into the Megalon in front of him and got the exact same results as the one he hit before.

Godzilla caught the sight of the shattering monsters out of his peripheral vision. He couldn't believe what he was seeing. All the kaiju up to this point had proven to be very durable and admirable foes. These kaiju, however, were falling to pieces as easy as a broken window... or mirror. The Megalon on Godzilla's right ducked down to avoid the Alpha Predator's mighty tail, as did the one behind Godzilla. They both walked away from Godzilla as fast as they could. When Godzilla stood up straight again, he looked and saw the two remaining Megalon standing next to each other.

Godzilla realized what was going on. Only one of the Megalons was real while the other three were mirror images that had somehow come to life. That was why he only sensed one of the Megalons. Because there was only one real Megalon there. Now that Godzilla knew this, it made things feel a lot easier for him and made him feel more confident about the fight. With a mighty roar, Godzilla began stomping towards the real Megalon and his last remaining mirror clone. Megalon saw his opponent coming towards him and let out a panicked roar, his mirror double doing the same. But then he quickly reacted and met Godzilla by spitting out an explosive red orb from his mouth, as did his double.

The orb hit Godzilla in his chest, exploding on impact, followed by the other orb exploding right next to him. While it was painful, Megalon's attack actually worked in Godzilla's favor. It revealed that the Megalon on the left was the real one, while the one on the right was the mirror image. Godzilla took advantage of this new knowledge by unleashing what was among the most powerful of his attacks. Accompanied by his back spines lighting up in blue, Godzilla fired his atomic blast. The bug-like kaiju didn't have time to do anything before the beam of destructive power came plowing into his chest. Several sparks and flames erupted from the collision, causing Megalon to screech out in pain.

Godzilla held the beam on Megalon for several seconds before aiming it at the last remaining mirror double. It ended up shattering just like the others before it. Then Godzilla turned the beam back to the real Megalon. He let his beam explode across Megalon's body for a moment before he ceased fire. Though the beetle looking monster had but a moment to catch his breath, salvation was not there for him. Godzilla soon fired another blast of his atomic breath with even more force than the previous beam. The force was so strong that upon impact with his chest, Megalon was sent crashing down on his back. Despite the immense pain of getting blasted in the chest, Megalon managed to roll up to one knee before throwing his drill hands back as he called out in anger.

Godzilla replied with his own call, challenging Megalon to retaliate. The battle ready monster was more than happy to oblige. Megalon's horn lit up and a bolt of energy fired from it a second later and hit Godzilla in the head. The beam exploded on impact, causing Godzilla to cry out and stumble back. He reached his hands up to the now smoking part of his head that was struck by Megalon's energy attack. Godzilla lowered his hands and looked down at them as smoke flowed off of them. He was taken by surprise when a second energy beam struck him in his chest, making Godzilla cry out again. Megalon made the beam travel from Godzilla's chest up to his neck, then head.

The impact of the explosion made Godzilla stumble back as smoke flew off of the Kaiju King's slightly burnt torso. After he stopped firing his beam, Megalon cackled at Godzilla mockingly. He didn't respond at first, instead just standing there. His head was lowered and his hands had dropped to his sides. Then Godzilla began to let out a low growl as he lifted his hands and balled them into fists. The growl got louder and intensified as Godzilla raised his head and glared at Megalon. Both titans of terror let out their respective war cries before striking quick battle poses and stomping towards each other.

Once they were close enough, the two kaiju lifted a hand to strike each other. Megalon ended up getting in the first blow when he slashed his spinning right drill across Godzilla's chest. The reptilian monster shrieked out in pain from the blow. Megalon followed up by stabbing his other drill into Godzilla's right ribcage. The twirling drill dug deep into his foe's side, making him shriek even louder. Megalon dug his right drill hand into Godzilla's left shoulder and began drilling it. Several moments passed that were full of Megalon's drills digging very big and deep holes into Godzilla's body. All that time was full of pain for Godzilla, feeling his tissue being drilled away at.

The immense pain also led to tremendous anger building up in Godzilla. He planned to let out all that anger on the foe currently angering him. Godzilla fought through all his torment and grabbed Megalon by his arms, just above the drills. Godzilla stared at Megalon with intense determination as he began pushing his foe's arms back. Megalon looked down in horror as he felt his drills no longer digging into Godzilla's torso, but being pulled out. He tried to fight back and pull his arms free, but like so many times before, Godzilla proved to be physically stronger than his adversary. Godzilla did not stop until he had pushed Megalon's arms far back enough that Megalon's drills were out of his body.

Soon after Godzilla released Megalon's arms and, with incredible speed, swatted them away. Half a second later, Godzilla was swinging his fists wildly across Megalon's body. He struck Megalon, first in the head, then the chest, and finally in the stomach and ribcage areas. Each stone crushing blow sounded like thunder when they collided with Megalon's hide. It felt like that to the beetle kaiju whenever Godzilla hit him, only a thousand times worse. A moment later, Godzilla ended his punch filled assault by swinging his claws up into Megalon's face in an uppercut-like manner. The evil kaiju had to put all his will into keeping himself from falling off his feet and stay standing.

Godzilla saw the shape his opponent was in and took advantage by charging forward. Megalon watched in despair as Godzilla's body came crashing into his. The result of the collision was Megalon flying backwards for a few feet before crashing into the ground, causing a rumble. Megalon groaned in agony as he laid on the ground. He hoped what time he had not fighting Godzilla could be used to recover from the beating he just took. The King of the Monsters wasn't having it, instead beginning to make his way towards his fallen foe. Through his pain, Megalon managed to spot Godzilla coming towards him. He realized that he had to fight through his pain and get up to keep fighting.

With his new determination found, Megalon sat up through the pain and fired seven orbs from his mouth. The first two hit Godzilla in his chest, the third hitting the side of his neck before the last four hit him in the head. Everyone of the orbs exploded on impact, engulfing most of Godzilla's upper body in flames. As Godzilla roared out, Megalon saw an opening to get back up to his feet. Once the bug monster was on his feet again, he noticed Godzilla was still batting out the flames on him. Megalon wasted no time and began to lumber towards Godzilla as fast as he could. His lumber turned into a very slow run. All Godzilla had time to see was Megalon lifting his foot up before he kicked it into his midsection.

The collision of Megalon's foot crashing against Godzilla's stronger than stone hide made a thunder-like clap like many kaiju thrown blows had before. It also sent Godzilla toppling over and rolling across the ground. Megalon gazed down gleefully at Godzilla lying on his side sprawled across the dirt. Seeing that his foe was down, Megalon wasted no time in rushing up to Godzilla. As he took his last few steps, Megalon let his right foot hang back a little. A second later, he swung his foot forward into Godzilla's midsection, making him shriek.

Megalon howled into the air before unleashing a ruthless assault upon the downed Godzilla. During his assault, Megalon changed from kicking into Godzilla to stomping on him and smacking his drill hands against him. Megalon let out several howls, screeches, and cackles as he kept pounding into his opponent. He did so to let Godzilla know how much he was enjoying hurting him. Megalon's attacks seemed to get even harder whenever Godzilla would let out a pain filled cry after taking a blow. After several long moments, Megalon finished off his assault by kicking his foot across Godzilla's face.

The force from the kick was so hard that it made Godzilla roll a few times. Megalon quickly ran over to catch up with Godzilla. Then he looked down at the laid out kaiju as if to gloat that he was the one with the upper hand. He voiced his gloating feeling by letting out a cackling roar. Godzilla just replied with a defiant roar as he looked up at Megalon in contempt. The insect kaiju let out a roar of anger at his opponent's defiance. He glared down at Godzilla for a moment while the King of the Monsters just glared back up at Megalon. Then Megalon let out one last roar before bending down and stabbing both of his drills into Godzilla's side.

Before the Atomic Dragon could react in anyway, Megalon started spinning his drills and digging them deeper into his side. Godzilla cried out loud in pain, which sounded like music to Megalon. He cackled out in glee to mock Godzilla and kept drilling his drill hands deeper into Godzilla's hide sending pieces of his flesh and bodily fluids into the air. However, despite all this, despite the pain, Godzilla was strong of will, strong of power, and strong of heart and was not going to just take this laying down. Godzilla roared out as he reached out his hands and wrapped them around Megalon's ankles.

The brown monster looked down at Godzilla as he did this, though he kept drilling into him. Godzilla fired his atomic breath, which shot into the bug monster's body. The beam set off several explosions all over Megalon, causing him great pain. As Megalon expressed this pain with a howl of agony, Godzilla took advantage of the opportunity. He put all the strength he could muster into pulling Megalon's legs out from under him. Megalon screeched in protest as he felt his legs being pulled on and his body falling backwards. An earthquake-like crash was heard when Megalon fell.

Godzilla wasted no time in rolling onto his stomach and began to push himself back onto his feet. At the same time, Megalon also rolled onto his front and began pushing himself up as well. Both kaiju stumbled around a little as they tried desperately to be the first one back on his feet. As they both pushed themselves up, they would occasionally get sight of one another. Eventually they ended up coming face to face when they both got up to one knee. They both glared and growled at each other, but it ended up being Megalon who struck. He rammed his head horn into Godzilla's throat, sending his head whipping back as he roared out in pain.

As his enemy grasped at his throat and gagged, Megalon hurried to get back on his feet. Though he was the first one up, Megalon saw that his horn strike to Godzilla's throat was not enough to keep him from getting back up as well. However, Godzilla was still leaning up against the canyon wall while rubbing one hand across his injured throat. Megalon furiously howled out before charging at Godzilla in anger. The drill handed kaiju crashed into Godzilla's side and wrapped his arms around the reptilian monster as he rammed him into the stone wall.

Megalon continued his attack by ramming his shoulder into Godzilla's side several times. Over and over again, he would pull back a few inches before rushing forward and ramming his should against Godzilla's ribs, causing him to roar out each time. Megalon only did this for a few seconds before changing tactics. He once again dug his drills into Godzilla's side. However, it was the opposite side then the one before. While Godzilla was caused great pain like before, this time he wasn't going to let it go on for very long. He started pressing his hand up against Megalon to push him away, while using the other to try and push himself away from the cliff side he was pinned up against.

Godzilla went a step further to get himself free by firing his atomic breath down upon Megalon. The hit from the beam caused several fiery explosions to erupt across the shell on Megalon's back. The monster's drills instantly stopped drilling into Godzilla's side, while he let also out a howl of pain. Godzilla took advantage and shoved Megalon away from him. As Megalon stumbled backwards, Godzilla caught his horn and pulled him closer before ramming his elbow into Megalon's face. The drill handed kaiju began stumbling back again, having been dazed by the reverse elbow to his face.

However, Godzilla wasn't going to let him stay standing for long. He gave his tail a mighty swing, slamming it into Megalon and sending him crashing to the ground. Megalon rolled for a little bit before skidding to a stop. He didn't get back up right away, for Megalon was still dazed from the blows he took. His vision was very blurry while he was laying on his side and the world seemed to be spinning as well. Eventually his vision did normalize though. After several moments, the world stopped spinning and the blurriness completely faded away. The first thing Megalon saw with clear vision was Godzilla stomping towards him.

Megalon let out an alarmed roar before shooting an orb from his mouth. The combustible object hit Godzilla in the shin, exploding on impact. Godzilla let out a short yelp as he stumbled down to one knee. Luckily he was able to push himself right back up almost immediately after he had dropped down despite the pain. However, Godzilla was not ready for what came next, which was an energy bolt from Megalon's horn exploding against his hide. Megalon was just finishing get to his feet when he fired that bolt.

Now that he was up all the way, Megalon fired another energy bolt at Godzilla. He shoot it up and down his foe's scaly body several times, causing both sparks and flames to ignite with each second he kept the bolt going. Once Megalon ceased fire, Godzilla returned fire by shooting his atomic breath all across his body. The explosions set off across Megalon's body was on a very grand scale. Godzilla's atomic breath was just that much more powerful than Megalon's horn beam. The atomic breath was so much stronger that it actually made Megalon stumble back a few feet until Godzilla finally stopped firing the beam.

Megalon didn't hesitate to fire his horn beam again when he had the chance. He shot it all across Godzilla's upper body. Once the beam had traveled across Godzilla's face, Megalon stopped shooting his beam yet again. Godzilla responded by yet again firing his atomic breath up, down, and across Megalon's exterior. The vertical standing bug stumbled back until Godzilla stopped firing his breath. Once he did, Megalon retaliated by shooting out five orbs from his mouth. All five of them hit Godzilla across his face, neck, left shoulder, and chest. They all exploded immediately and rocked Godzilla back as he let out a roar of pain.

Megalon rushed forward and began swinging his drill hands across Godzilla's head and neck like they were clubs. Each hit made a loud 'BOOM' sound and whipped Godzilla's head around each time. Megalon swung his drills repeatedly at Godzilla, trying to do all he could to knock Godzilla's bones out of socket or cave in his head. That did not happen, because Godzilla was able to bring up his hands and catch Megalon's arms just above the drills. He only gave a one second scowl to Megalon before bashing his head into Megalon's own. The drill handed kaiju was knocked slightly silly. He rocked back and forth from the headbutt, but was snapped back to reality when Godzilla slammed into him shoulder first.

Megalon was knocked back a step or two before he managed to catch his footing. However, he was not able to take advantage of this. Godzilla came rushing up and slammed his other shoulder into Megalon. Once again, he was knocked back a few steps, but managed to get back control of his footing. Godzilla hurried forward and began to swat his open hands across Megalon's head. The Alpha Predator roared out his furry with each time his hand smacked against Megalon's head. Godzilla finished off his flurry of strikes by slashing his claws across Megalon's face a few times. This left several scratch marks behind on the kaiju's face.

Godzilla let out a low growl as he looked upon Megalon while he howled in anguish. Suddenly, without warning, Megalon thrust his right hand drill into Godzilla's stomach and started spinning it. The Nuclear Leviathan shrieked out at the feeling of his flesh being torn through yet again. Megalon responded with an angry roar of his own before beginning to drill his left hand drill into Godzilla's ribs. Though the feeling of the drills digging into him was painful, it was pain Godzilla had felt before and thus was used to. This meant Godzilla could work through it, which he did as he grabbed a hold of Megalon's arms. Then Godzilla fired off a shot of his atomic breath into Megalon's face.

The beam exploded in the bug monster's face and sent him jumping backwards as he screeched in agony. However, Godzilla still had a hold of Megalon's arms, so he was able to pull Megalon back towards him. Godzilla held Megalon's drills off to the sides, as he bit down upon his shoulder. Megalon let out one of the loudest screeches his ever screeched when he felt Godzilla's teeth sink into his skin. He tried to get his arms free of Godzilla's grasp, but it was just no use. Again, Godzilla was the physically stronger of the two. The King of the Monsters shook his head around to try and rip a chunk of meat out of his opponent's shoulder.

At the same time, he was pushing his way forward, thereby forcing Megalon backwards. The insect-like kaiju tried to keep his footing, but the force from Godzilla was too much for him to keep up with. His foot ended up stumbling and made Megalon lose his footing. Godzilla took advantage of the situation as he released his bite and scooped Megalon up in his arms and hoisted him over his shoulder. Then Godzilla lumbered forward as fast as he could. He carried Megalon towards the wall on the other side of the gorge. He did not stop until Megalon's back collided with the wall and his shoulder was dug deep into the insect's midsection.

Then Godzilla rammed his shoulder into Megalon's stomach a few times for good measure. After a few seconds of that, Godzilla stopped, grabbed Megalon's arms and held them at his sides. Godzilla roared right into his foe's face before he bit down on his shoulder yet again. He jerked his head around in a wild animal kind of way once more. This ended up being the point where Godzilla got his wish and drew blood from biting into Megalon, making the drill handed beetle cry out in agony.

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Fluttershy desperately flew through the dark and cold halls and rooms of the abandoned Castle of the Two Sisters. Her head zipped and looked around for any trace that her friends might be inside the half destroyed structure. Fluttershy had gone with them as far as the bridge across the gorge before she was told to get Godzilla, which she did. Now, here she was flying around and looking for her friends after Godzilla told her to escape when they got surrounded by the four Megalons. While Fluttershy had not felt right about leaving her kaiju friend behind, she knew she wouldn't be of any help. For that reason, she decided not to let it bother her as much and instead focus on finding her pony friends.

That search was not going very well, though. Fluttershy had flown up and down several hallways and in and out of many rooms, but had still not found any trace of her friends. This concerned the yellow pegasus and understandingly so. She had hoped the cloud above the castle disappearing was a good sign of things to come, but such was not the case so far. Fluttershy still kept on searching though. She was determined to find the others no matter what. Even if it meant going through the halls and rooms of what she considered to be a very scary castle. Fluttershy may not have made many trips into the castle before, but being there at that moment and all alone was rather frightening for her.

However, she did her best to ignore the fear she was experiencing at that moment. She knew she had to find the other ponies of the Mane Six and warn them of the four kaiju outside battling Godzilla. However, she had become so accustom to feeling fear that it was hard to push it into the back of her mind. It was not helped that the interior of the old, rundown castle was genuinely creepy to Fluttershy. Despite her fears, Fluttershy kept flying around through the abandoned structure. Again, she knew what she was doing was too important to let her fear control her. Fluttershy had to find her friends and check on Godzilla afterwards no matter what.

This was easier said than done, though. Fluttershy was still having trouble finding the other ponies of the Mane Six despite feeling like she had search every part of the castle. Where could they be? Fluttershy thought as she took a moment to stop flying and just looked around at her environment. She was beginning to regret leaving to go get Godzilla at that moment when she was so hopelessly lost and could not find her friends. Had she not left, she would most likely be next to them right then and there. That wasn't the only reason she was regretting getting Godzilla.

It was also because if she had not gone to get him, then maybe Godzilla wouldn't be caught in a seemingly one sided confrontation with four kaiju. But then at that moment, Fluttershy realized something. If I hadn't of gotten Godzilla and stayed with the others, would we have had to face those monsters on our own instead? Fluttershy thought to herself. Her eyes widened when she remembered why she and the other ponies had come her before. She had remembered who they thought might be at the castle making that cloud before.

The pony who released the kaiju! Could it be that he really is here and the others have already found him? Did he leave and that's why the clouds disappeared? And if he left... did he take my friends with him? At that moment, Fluttershy's ears picked up the sounds of of things crashing around. They surprised her to the point where she let out a squeak of fear. After that, Fluttershy got a hold of herself and listened to try and find out where the sounds were coming from, hoping her friends would be there, too. She picked up the sound and was able to hear it more clearly now. Her ears also picked up other sounds as well. Fluttershy's spirits were lifted when she heard the voices of other ponies.

They were too far away to tell if they were the voices of her friends, but as far as she was concerned, it was a safe bet that they were. However, Fluttershy began to worry, for it did not sound like her friends were talking. Instead, it sounded like they were grunting and screaming out like they were in a really big struggle. What worried Fluttershy even more, it sounded like she heard the growls of animals coming from the same direction. Oh, no! I hope my friends haven't gotten into a conflict with a bunch of poor little animals! Fluttershy thought to herself. But then she took another listen and realized that the sounds being made were not coming from any animals known to ponykind.

Fluttershy was convinced they were not animals at all. Then what could it be? Fluttershy thought about it for a moment. She thought hard and harder trying to think of what it could be. They're not kaiju. The sounds aren't loud enough. Fluttershy kept trying to figure it out until she reached a conclusion. Could it be the ones who released the kaiju? ...It doesn't matter. Right now it sounds like they're attacking my friends and I can't let them do that. I have to help them no matter what. With that, Fluttershy began to fly off in the direction she heard the sounds coming from.

Suddenly, the yellow pegasus skidded to a stop because her fear had regained its grip on her. That fear was plastered on her terrified face. She was thinking to herself, What if I get there and they turn out to be just as much of the monsters the kaiju are even though they're smaller? What help can I be against things like that? What if I get there and my friends are already... Fluttershy began to sob as that last thought hung in her head. The very suggestion was just too much for her to cope with. It was way too much for her to take. Then I'll be all alone. All alone here. All alone back in Ponyville. All alone in life... with no friends. ...Well, there probably would be Godzilla.

At the thought of the kaiju's name, a fuse went off inside of Fluttershy. That fuse was to the courage deep inside Fluttershy that usually required Godzilla to be by her side to ignite. Not this time, it would seem. No, I can't think like that. Godzilla wouldn't want me to. Rainbow Dash really wouldn't want me to. Twilight, Rarity, none of my friends would ever think like that and wouldn't want me to either. If they thought me or somepony else was in trouble, they wouldn't hesitate to rush to their side and help. And neither will I.

Fluttershy pushed all her fear into the back of her mind and proceeded to fly through the interior of the castle as fast as her wings would carry her. Once again she was heading in the direction she was sure she heard the sounds of conflict coming from. Following her ears took Fluttershy to a pair of large doors in a part of the castle she had not been to yet. And I thought I had been all over the castle, Fluttershy thought to herself. Then she wondered if there were other parts of the castle she had not been to yet. Fluttershy quickly shook away these thoughts and refocused on the task at hoof. The sounds of battle were the loudest they had been so far. They sounded to Fluttershy like they were coming from the other side of the double doors.

The fear in Fluttershy tried to creep up and take control yet again, but she was able to push it back again without much of a struggle. Fluttershy used the breathing technique taught to her by Twilight Sparkle before putting a determined look on her face. Alright, here it goes. No turning back now. This is it. With those final thoughts, Fluttershy reared back before falling forth and slamming her hooves against the double doors. Once open, Fluttershy flew into the interior of throne room. She opened her eyes to bare witness to the fight between her friends and strange, shadowy pony looking creatures. She didn't know it yet, but those things were the shadow ponies who King Sombra had brought with him from Tartarus. It was not going well for Fluttershy's friends. The pegasus mare looked on in horror at what she was seeing at that moment.

In one corner of the room Fluttershy saw Rainbow Dash surrounded by three shadow pegasi high above. The tough and brave pegasus smacked both of her front hooves into the face of the pegasus in front of her before pushing him away. Then Rainbow Dash turned to the pegasus on her left and punched him in the face before doing the same to the one on her right. Then Rainbow Dash pulled that pegasus forward and smacked her head into his. Then she grabbed the other shadow pegasus and then smacked his head into the one before him. Rainbow Dash's momentum was immediately halted when several shadow unicorns used their magic to pull her down from the air. This allowed several shadow Earth ponies to pile on top of her.

The sounds Fluttershy heard coming from another part of the room caught her attention. She was horrified to see Rarity was being held by her forelegs by two shadow Earth ponies. A shadow unicorn was coming at the seemingly helpless mare with his horn glowing bright. However, he found out that Rarity wasn't so helpless when she kicked her back hoof across his face, knocking him away. Then Rarity turned to one of her captors and kicked her other back hoof into his chest. For a moment Rarity thought she would be able to get herself free when she felt that pony's grip loosen.

Instead, the two shadow ponies flipped her around in the air by her forelegs before slamming her to the ground. Then several other shadow ponies began to pounce down upon her. Fluttershy cried out when she saw all those evil creatures descend down upon her friend. She was almost tempted to rush in and try to help her despite being outnumbered. But then something else caught her eye. Fluttershy saw five shadow unicorns all firing beams of energy at Twilight Sparkle who was protected in a magic barrier. The alicorn tried as best as she could to keep her shield up, but it was slowly starting to break and crack under the pressure of the shadow ponies' beams.

Then Fluttershy saw something that made her despair just as greatly as the other sights, if not more. She saw several shadow ponies gathered together in a large group. Just beyond that group was what made Fluttershy feel so terrible. A beaten and battered Applejack struggling to stand up as she stood between the shadow ponies and the fallen form of Pinkie Pie. The sight of her friend laid out across the ground covered in bruises and other marks made Fluttershy want to break down crying. She would not let herself do it though, for Fluttershy knew what she had to do. Now was the time to buck up and help her friends. The only question now was how to do it?

As Fluttershy tried to think of what she was gonna do, she saw Rarity and Twilight Sparkle both use their teleportation magic to disappear out of the reach of their attackers. When they reappeared, both of them stood by the side of the hurt Applejack. They didn't look to be in much better shape. Rainbow Dash actually came spinning and crashing next to the others after being tossed aside by the shadow ponies.

"Rainbow!" Twilight yelled out in alarm.

"Are you alright?!" asked Rarity.

"I'm okay," Rainbow Dash replied.

Rarity and Applejack helped the stubborn pegasus get back up on her hooves. They saw right away that she was definitely not okay. None of them were at that moment, but they knew better than to say anything to Rainbow Dash. Instead all four of the ponies that were still standing looked forth and realized they were once again surrounded by the shadow ponies. They didn't know if they were going to find a way out this time. They weren't even sure if they really had the first time, because here they were surrounded again. The shadow ponies all knew they had them cornered and because of it let their snarls twist into wickedly evil grins as they closed in.

"They've got us cornered!" exclaimed Applejack.

"We can't hold them off!" added Rarity.

Everypony looked forward, but what they saw only reaffirmed what Rarity and Applejack were saying.

"There's just too many of them," said Twilight Sparkle in defeat.

It looked like all the spirit the ponies had left was completely sucked out of them.

"N... No," said Rainbow Dash, trying not to sound defeated. "This can't be it. ...It can't end like this."

Unfortunately for Rainbow Dash and the others, it looked like that was exactly what was happening. The shadow ponies were now closer than ever and it appeared they were in final preparations to launch their last assault on the mares. But hope was in sight, however, when Fluttershy, who was watching from a far, looked up high above the shadow ponies. What she saw was an old and rusted chandelier hanging high above the demonic creatures. Fluttershy's eyes followed the line it hung on to its other end, which was tied around one of the support beams of the throne room.

Fluttershy had never seen a shadow pony before or even knew what they were. Yet she was pretty sure that a heavy chandelier falling down on them would hurt the shadow ponies like it would most other things around their size. Fluttershy did not hesitate to do what she knew she had to. She began flapping her wings at rapid speed, sending her flying fast towards the line the chandelier hung upon. The shadow ponies and the Mane Five heard the sound of the wind blowing by as and turned to see Fluttershy flying. The Mane Five stood in stunned silence, while the shadow ponies were too slow to react at all. Fluttershy had already reached the rope and untied it from around the support beam.

She pulled the rope out of its knot and let it go. The weight of the chandelier made it fall at a rapid speed. The shadow ponies looked above them at the incoming chandelier as they all screamed. Seconds later they were silenced when the chandelier crashed down upon them. What also happened was that the shadow ponies instantly disappeared into puffs of black smoke. Whether the smoke was residue off of the shadow ponies or the ponies themselves fading from this world is unknown.

Fluttershy watched as the puffs of black smoke flowed upward before disappearing into thin air. The other ponies were also staring at the remnants of the shadow ponies with the same awe struck looks on their faces. It was during this gazing that Applejack caught sight of Fluttershy out of the corner of her eye. Her memory came flooding back and reminded her it was Fluttershy who was responsible for the defeat of the shadow ponies.

"Fluttershy!" Applejack called out as happy as a school filly.

Realization crossed the faces of the other ponies as they also remembered who took down the shadow ponies. They all looked to Fluttershy with big ol grins on their faces. Their pegasus friend looked to them with an equally big grin.

Then Fluttershy flew into the waiting grasp of her friends. They all hugged each other tightly and spoke at the same time about how happy they were to be reunited and see each other again. The smiles, hugs, and happy words did not last unfortunately. Because a moment later, Fluttershy laid eyes on the only pony not hugging and laughing. Of all the ponies there, she was the one who would usually be doing it the most. Instead she was sprawled out on the floor in a bad state of physical health.

"Pinkie Pie," said Fluttershy with a slight whimper in her voice.

The others all looked down in sadness and sorrow as Fluttershy walked over and knelt down beside the fallen pink Earth pony. She looked Pinkie Pie up and down, and gently touched a hoof to the side of Pinkie's head where she didn't have a bruise. Fluttershy slowly lowered her head as she began to sob in sorrow for Pinkie Pie. The rest of the ponies all began to shed tears as well. Despite being one of those crying ponies, Twilight Sparkle walked up next to Fluttershy and looked down to her.

"Sh- She's alive, Fluttershy," Twilight Sparkle managed to say.

"Yeah," Applejack added between sobs.

"She's just... not in the best of shape, dar..."

Rarity was not able to finish what she was saying. Her sobbing had overtaken her. Meanwhile, Fluttershy pressed her face against Pinkie Pie's body as she let out her loudest sob yet. Then she looked over to Twilight Sparkle.

"Isn't there anyway we could help her?" asked the distraught pegasus mare.

"Yeah, Twilight, can't we do something?" asked Applejack.

"Don't you know a super secret alicorn princess healing spell or something?" asked Rainbow Dash.

Twilight looked around and saw everypony else was staring at her expectingly.

"Uh- I don't know of any special healing spells like yet," said Twilight Sparkle. "But I do know two other spells that could help Pinkie Pie." Everypony looked to the violet alicorn hopefully. "The first spell is a wake up spell. It can be used to awaken ponies from heavy sleeps and even some extremely light comas."

"What's the second spell?" asked Applejack.

"A temporary painkiller spell," Twilight Sparkle replied. "It well numb Pinkie Pie's pain until we can get her back to Ponyville and have a doctor look at her."

"Well don't just stand there!" said Rainbow Dash. "Get to casting those spells for Pinkie!"

"Right!" said Twilight Sparkle as she nodded her head.

Fluttershy got out of the way and let Twilight Sparkle kneel down next to Pinkie Pie. Then Twilight closed her eyes and began to concentrate her full attention on casting the first spell. Her horn began to glow in its magic aura. A short time later, Pinkie Pie began to glow the same color as Twilight's horn. The other ponies stood by and stared in hopeful anticipation. The glow around Pinkie Pie got brighter, as did Twilight's horn. Twilight Sparkle let out a light grunt as she concentrated even harder and put more effort into her revival spell. The light got so bright that the other ponies had to look away and shield their eyes.

In the time they could not see what was going on, short as it was, the likes of Rarity, Fluttershy, Applejack, and Rainbow Dash dreaded not knowing what was happening. All of them, Twilight Sparkle included, were hoping with all their might that Pinkie Pie would come out of this okay in the end. That is, as okay as she could get with Twilight's assistants until they got her professional medical help. Forty seconds went by, but it felt much longer to the desperate mares. In the last millisecond of that time, the glow of the magic aura that had been so bright slowly started fading until it was completely gone.

Fluttershy and the others opened their eyes and looked back to Twilight Sparkle and Pinkie Pie. They stared down intensely, as did Twilight Sparkle as they waited to see if the spell was a success. It took fifteen seconds or so before any results were shown, but it was absolutely worth it. Twilight Sparkle and the others all gasped when they heard Pinkie Pie start to moan. Smiles crossed their faces when Pinkie Pie actually started to move. They were little more than twitches at first, but eventually Pinkie Pie was able to move all her limbs around normally. The groups' spirits were lifted even more when Pinkie Pie opened her eyes and began looking around. She eventually set her sight on Twilight Sparkle, who was right in front her.

"Pinkie Pie?" said Twilight Sparkle in a hopeful voice.

Pinkie Pie moaned a little more before answering.

"Owie," said Pinkie Pie as she lifted a foreleg and licked it. "Being covered in boo-boos do not a happy Pinkie Pie make."

The other ponies couldn't help themselves when they began whooping and cheering in joy to see their friend had awaken. Applejack and Rarity jumped up in joy while Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy's wings flapped at accelerated speeds. Twilight Sparkle was the first to catch herself when she realized she still had something to do.

"The painkiller spell!" said Twilight Sparkle. "I almost forgot."

The alicorn princess lowered her head down towards Pinkie Pie and closed her eyes as her horn began to glow yet again. Once again, Pinkie Pie was soon glowing as well. This spell only ended up taking half the time to cast as the first one did. Once it was finished, Twilight and the others looked carefully at Pinkie Pie to see what she would do next. They saw that she was in fact standing up on all fours again. However, she was also stumbling around with a derpy smile on her face.

"Pinkie better now," said Pinkie Pie in a lazy voice. "Pinkie want to fly to the moon."

Fluttershy and the others looked to Twilight Sparkle for an explanation.

"It's a side effect of the painkiller spell. It'll wear off eventually, but until then Pinkie Pie's gonna be a little nutty."

"So you mean like she normally is?" asked Rainbow Dash.

"Yeah, pretty much," said Twilight Sparkle. "Possibly even a bit nuttier than that."

"I'm okay, you guys, really," said Pinkie Pie. "The sky just needs to quit changing from purple to ruby. Seriously, pick already!"

"Pinkie!" the ponies all shouted as they gathered around their friend.

Fluttershy and Rarity wrapped up Pinkie Pie in a hug before Twilight Sparkle joined in, followed closely behind by Applejack and Rainbow Dash. The Mane Six had been reunited once more. It was a truly happy reunion, too, even for Pinkie Pie. Despite being the worst of those hurt in in the fight and being slightly disoriented, having all her friends together with her was a great feeling. Needless to say, it was very mutual amongst everypony else.

"Oh, Pinkie Pie darling, I'm so glad to see you're okay now," said Rarity. "...Well, as close to okay as you can be right now."

"She'll be fine, Rarity," said Twilight Sparkle. "We just need to get her out of this castle." The mention of leaving the castle reminded the princess of what was going on outside in the gorge around it. "Oh, my gosh, I almost forgot! Fluttershy, how is Godzilla doing outside against the four Megalons?!"

Fluttershy looked to Twilight Sparkle in surprise while still hugging Pinkie Pie.

"My goodness, that's right!" said Fluttershy. "You know about that?"

"Oh, yeah, that's right!" said Rainbow Dash. "How is G-Man handling himself right now?! Is he standing his ground or getting creamed?! Is it a stalemate or one sided?!"

"I..."

"How far away is Godzilla and those other kaiju from the castle?!" asked Applejack.

"Uh..."

"Did you run into any other shadow ponies or something like that on your way here?" asked Rarity.

"Well..."

"What's going on out there, Fluttershy?" asked Twilight Sparkle.

"Girls! Please!" Fluttershy shouted as loud as she could. The other ponies all silenced themselves and allowed Fluttershy to talk at her own pace. "Thank you. Now, the last thing I saw when I was out there was that the fighting hadn't even begun yet. I heard it start up, but didn't look back because I was too busy trying to get here. Also, I really don't want to see a fight if I don't have to. I don't like it at all. I didn't run into any of those... things you call shadow ponies while I was on my way here either. I only saw the ones you were fighting."

Everypony turned to the fallen chandelier that laid where the shadow ponies once stood. The image of them dispersing into smoke was still fresh in the Mane Six's minds, as was the hideous faces and overall unpleasant exterior of the demons themselves. All of the Mane Six were relieved that they didn't have to deal with them anymore.

"Well, it was certainly lucky for us you came along when you did, Fluttershy," said Rarity.

"Eeyup," Applejack agreed. "Thanks a ton for the help, Sugarcube."

"It was no problem at all," said Fluttershy. "I'm just glad I got here when I did. Who knows what would've happened if I didn't?"

"Well, we don't have to worry about that now," said Rainbow Dash. "Because thanks to the awesomeness on your part, Fluttershy... those ponies are just shadows of their former selves."

Everypony froze for a moment with shocked looks on their faces. They all slowly turned to Rainbow Dash, who caught them staring at her.

"What?! What?!"

They didn't respond, choosing instead to let their faces speak for them.

"Wow, Rainbow Dash," said Pinkie Pie, finally breaking the silence. "Even I wouldn't have gone there. ...Heh, heh, flying cookies."

Rainbow Dash just rubbed a fore hoof behind her head as her face started to turn red.

"Anyways... what were those... shadow ponies exactly? ...And where did they come from?" asked Fluttershy

"They came from Tartarus," said Twilight Sparkle.

Fluttershy turned to her in dismay.

"Really?! Tartarus?!"

"Yes," said Twilight Sparkle as she nodded her head. "They were the souls of ponies who were evil in life and ended up going to Tartarus instead of Valhalla because of it."

Fluttershy slowly turned her head towards the spot the shadow ponies were before speaking again.

"But how did they get here?"

"It was Sombra," said Twilight Sparkle.

Fluttershy's heart felt like it had skipped a beat. Dark memories of her first visit to the Crystal Empire flooded her mind as Fluttershy slowly turned her head towards Twilight Sparkle. The color seemed to have all but faded from her face, leaving it very pale. Also, the expression on her face seemed to convey the fear of a thousand ponies all balled up into one. All of this came from just from the mention of the evil king's name.

"K-k-k-k King Sombra?" Fluttershy managed to stutter out.

Twilight Sparkle nodded her head. The glum expression on her face spoke volumes about how she was feeling.

"I'm afraid so."

"B-b-But how...?"

"We'll explain later, Fluttershy," said Twilight Sparkle.

"All we can say right now is that he's been responsible for everything that's happened involving the kaiju," said Applejack.

"Like Twilight said, we will go into details later," said Rarity.

"Right now we've got to get Pinkie Pie out of here and get her some help," said Twilight Sparkle.

Everypony turned to the half disoriented pony as she stumbled around.

"How much is that chocolate chip bunny in the window?" Pinkie Pie sang out.

"I rest my case," said Twilight Sparkle. "Now, let's get out of here and maybe check on Godzilla on our way back to Ponyville just to see if he's okay."

"Alright, everypony, let's move it on out!" Applejack called out.

The other ponies didn't need to be told twice. All of them began rushing at top speed towards the exit of the throne room, the first step of a few to get out of the old castle. Rainbow Dash scooped up Pinkie Pie in her forelegs before flying to catch up with the others of the Mane Six.

---

Megalon struggled to get himself free from the grip Godzilla's hands and jaws had on his arms and shoulder. He tried to shake himself free and push Godzilla back so he could get out from between him and one of the two stone walls of the gorge, but nothing was working. Godzilla's hands still tightly gripped Megalon's arms, even to the point where his talons were digging into the insect's flesh. His teeth were also still several inches deep into Megalon's shoulder, making blood flow out of the holes in his flesh. Megalon tried stepping forward and pushing Godzilla back with his body weight. He made it a step or two before Godzilla was able to use his power to slam Megalon back into the cliff side.

Seeing that he had made progress with what he was doing before, Megalon decided to try it again. This time, Megalon pressed his foot against the wall and started pushing off of it to add to his push against Godzilla. Despite Godzilla's usually superior strength, he was alarmed to see that he was getting forced back. He tried to stop it by digging his feet deeper into the ground, but he still felt himself being forced backwards. To further aid himself Megalon pressed his other foot up against the stone wall and started pushing off of it with both feet. Godzilla was forced back more and more, his feet sliding across the ground all the while until he finally couldn't stand anymore.

He lost his balance and was sent plummeting to the ground, the now free Megalon following. The ground shook and rumbled like it had so many other times when the two beasts had fallen before. Both monsters didn't stand down for long, though. They pushed themselves up off the ground and forced their selves back to their feet. Both of them shook their heads around for a moment to clear the cobwebs. Then they glared at each other with eagerness to battle. The two kaiju roared at each other before Megalon charged forth, swinging his right drill hand as he ran. Godzilla was able to duck the drill and lumber past Megalon. He quickly turned around and clubbed his fist into Megalon's back.

The giant bug screeched out, but was cut off when Godzilla grabbed him and turned him around. Godzilla roared into Megalon's face before using his mighty strength to scoop up his foe in his arms. Then he turned Megalon upside down and slammed him down to the ground on his back. Megalon cried out in pain while Godzilla looked down at upon him in contempt. He let out a short roar before bending down to grab Megalon. However, he was cut off when Megalon kicked his foot up into Godzilla's face. He roared and stumbled back while Megalon rolled back to his feet.

Megalon let out a roar before firing three orbs from his mouth. The destructive objects hit Godzilla in his chest and exploded on impact. As Godzilla let out another pain filled roar, Megalon fired his horn beam across the reptilian kaiju's face. After the beam blew up in his face, Godzilla shrieked out and rubbed his hand across the burns on his face. Then the King of Monsters threw his hands to his sides as he let out a roar of anger. Godzilla spun around and swung his tail at Megalon. However, he ducked under the attack and when Megalon stood back up, he was behind Godzilla.

The Alpha Predator quickly turned around, only for Megalon to thrust the tip of his right drill hand across Godzilla's face. The monster's head was whipped back back from the force of the blow. A wound was left where the drill hit Godzilla as well. Megalon brought up his other drill hand and swung its edge across Godzilla's face, leaving another cut in the process. This time Megalon actually started spinning his drills before slashing them across Godzilla's chest and throat. Godzilla let out a loud shriek of anguish from the wounds left in his body. Then he slowly reached his hands at his bleeding wounds. Godzilla looked down; the chest wound was the only one he saw.

Megalon fired his horn beam into Godzilla's face before hunching down towards the ground. He dug his drill hands into the ground and started spinning them. As his hands got deeper into the ground, his body began to follow until it was completely submerged in the dirt, leaving a big hole in the ground. Godzilla gaped in amazement at what he had just seen. He walked over to the hole and examined it closely. He knew Megalon could burrow. He saw him do it to make his entrance with his copies. Yet for some reason Godzilla didn't expect him to pull it out in their fight. But he had and now Godzilla was left to figure out how to find Megalon. He briefly considered going down the hole after Megalon, but ultimately decided against it. Now that left the question of what to do instead?

---

As the Mane Six ran out of the front doors and over the bridge, they heard the sounds of battle going on between the giant kaiju at the bottom of the gorge. They couldn't see it, but it sounded like the fight wasn't that far away. Because of this, they had all agreed to see how it was going, especially at Pinkie Pie's insistence when Twilight just wanted to take her home. They ran along the side of the cliff for several yards. They followed Fluttershy's directions since she had been there once before already. As they went on, the other ponies took notice that the gorge getting deeper as they went along. They noticed the gap was getting wider too. They gazed down at the pit from time to time to try and spot the kaiju while still watching where they were going.

"I think we're almost at the spot where I left Godzilla," said Fluttershy. "I'm pretty sure of it."

"Hey, look!" Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash called out at the same time.

Pinkie Also pointed a hoof as well. Everypony looked down into the gorge and saw Godzilla walking away from a giant hole in the ground, his eyes gazing downward as he walked.

"Godzilla!" all six ponies called out with smiles on their faces.

They gathered around on the edge of the cliff and looked down at Godzilla as he walked.

"What's he doing?" asked Applejack.

"Looking for a way out?" suggested Pinkie Pie.

"Well, he's not gonna find it looking at the ground," said Rainbow Dash.

"Indeed," agreed Rarity.

"Haven't any of you noticed the hole in the ground?" asked Twilight Sparkle.

She pointed a hoof, which the others followed. They didn't take long to spot the great pit.

"Of course we see the hole, Twilight," said Rainbow Dash.

"We saw it when we first spotted Godzilla," said Rarity.

"What's so special about it?" asked Applejack.

"Don't you remember that Megalon has drills for hands?" asked Twilight Sparkle. The other ponies' eyes widened as the memories came back to them. "Remember also how those four Megalons popped out of the ground when Sombra showed us that image? It's pretty obvious, to me at least, that they're burrowing underground right now and Godzilla's looking for them."

"I think you're right, Twilight," said Applejack.

The Mane Six scanned the area for a moment, hoping to find some clue of how things had progressed in this particular battle. Then Rarity realized something.

"Wait a moment." The others all turned to the white furred unicorn. "If there are four kaiju with drill hands, shouldn't there be more holes in the ground then there are?"

"Huh?" asked Rainbow Dash.

"Well, just look," said Rarity as she pointed a hoof. The others followed with their gaze. "There's the hole Godzilla was at before where I assume one of the other monsters dug underground." Rarity pointed her hoof further down the way. "And there's another hole where I can only guess the digging monsters came up before."

"I think I see what you're saying," said Applejack.

"Yeah, if there were four monsters, shouldn't there be eight holes?" asked Rainbow Dash.

"Or wouldn't there at least be some of them be up here?" asked Fluttershy

"Well, it is possible that they followed each other down the same hole when they dug back under," said Twilight Sparkle.

"But then where did the other three holes from before go?" asked Rarity.

"We saw four Megalons burst up out of the ground in that image Sombra showed us," said Applejack.

"And I saw them up close and personal when I was down there with Godzilla and they first appeared," said Fluttershy.

"So now why are the holes they came out of suddenly gone?" asked Rarity.

Twilight Sparkle pondered the possibilities for a moment. She held a fore hoof up to her chin as she looked on in deep thought.

"This doesn't make any sense," said Twilight Sparkle, her face betraying confusion. Then she let out a gasp as she thought of something. "Unless... it was a mirror image spell. ...But that's impossible!"

The other ponies looked to the alicorn in confusion.

"Twilight, what exactly is a mirror image spell?" asked Applejack.

"It's a spell that allows you to make a copy of yourself, or of someone or something else." Twilight Sparkle looked back down into the gorge. "But it can't be. To pull off a spell like that just for something pony sized requires a huge amount of magic. I could barely maintain my own mirror clone when I was learning the spell. It was so fragile that anytime I touched it or it tried to do anything, it would shatter like glass. I mean, could Sombra really be so powerful that he's able to create three mirror images of Megalon?"

"Did you see that little show he put on for us back at the castle? We gotta face facts, Sombra's crazy powerful; much more than he was before."

"I'm afraid Rainbow Dash is right," said Rarity. "But on the bright side, it looks like those mirror images didn't cause Godzilla much trouble since there are no traces of them here."

"Maybe not, but it sure looks like the real Megalon did a good enough number on Godzilla without 'em," said Applejack.

"What do you mean?" asked Fluttershy.

"Well, just look at Godzilla," said Applejack as she pointed a hoof.

Everypony took another, more careful look at Godzilla. They all gasped at what Applejack was talking about.

"Oh my gosh!" Fluttershy let out in sorrow."Poor Godzilla!"

She had seen all the wounds left all over Godzilla's body by Megalon during their battle. At that moment, the giant reptile's mysterious sixth sense picked up the presence of the Mane Six nearby. At the same time, his ears picked up the sad words of Fluttershy. Thus he turned his head up towards them. He looked from the bottom of the chasm, while they looked down from the top.

"How are you doing, Godzilla dear?" asked Rarity. "You poor darling."

"You hanging in there, G-Man?" asked Rainbow Dash.

"Do you need any help, Sugarcube?" asked Applejack.

"Do you need a treat?!" asked Pinkie Pie. "Preferably one handed by an assistant nurse?!"

"Is there anything we can do for you at all, Godzilla?!" asked Twilight Sparkle.

"We'll do anything we can, you poor, poor thing!" said Fluttershy. "I'm so sorry this happened to you! I'll do everything I can to make you feel better."

Godzilla saw the tears starting to welled up in Fluttershy's eyes as she started sniffling. He couldn't help but feel bad. It was because of him that she was feeling bad at that moment. At least that's how he saw it. He didn't want to make Fluttershy cry, so as her pony friends gathered around to comfort her, Godzilla tried to put on a happy face for them. Suddenly, the ground began to rumble and break under Godzilla's feet. However, it was too late to do anything about it. Fluttershy and the others watched in horror as Megalon's drill hands came drilling out of the ground and into Godzilla's feet. The Atomic Dragon let out a shriek of pain as he collapsed onto his side, his head colliding with the cliff as he fell.

"Godzillaaaaaaaaaaaaa!" Fluttershy screamed as her friends held her back.

Godzilla's head plowed through the stone wall all the way down to the ground. Meanwhile, Megalon fully dug himself out of the ground and stood tall above Godzilla's fallen form as he let out a cackling roar to mock the downed kaiju. The drill handed kaiju stomped closer to Godzilla's body and looked him over. It appeared he had been knocked out cold from the blow his head took against the cliff side when he fell. This sadistically pleased Megalon, which he announced with another cackle as he hovered over Godzilla.

"No," said Fluttershy in a whimper of a voice.

Not being pleased with having took Godzilla down, Megalon continued to attack by firing his horn beam across Godzilla's body. He set off several fiery explosions as a result. Fluttershy's horrified eyes fixated on the horrible sight and on how much joy Megalon seemed to take out of doing it as he cackled again.

"Noooooooooo!" Fluttershy cried out as loud as she could while tears fell from her eyes. "Stop it! Leave him alone!"

The yellow pony's screams did not go unnoticed by Megalon. Once he heard them, Megalon looked up towards the top of the cliff where the Mane Six stood. The little ponies gasped the moment Megalon laid eyes upon them. They all looked on fearfully, some of them even beginning to tremble in terror, wondering what Megalon would do. While the kaiju enjoyed the fear that he installed in the ponies, he knew he'd enjoy ending them in the most deadly way possible even more.

Megalon let out a loud roar as his horn began to light up. All six of the ponies standing on the cliff screamed at the sight of this. They all felt that the end was coming. But was it? While Megalon delayed firing his beam, wanting to bask in the ponies' screams, Godzilla's eyes suddenly shot wide open. The screams of his little pony friends had reached his ears and pierced through his unconsciousness and woke him up. Godzilla quickly sprung back into action without hesitation by sticking out his hand and grabbing Megalon by his ankle. Megalon looked down and shrieked in alarm as Godzilla forced himself back up to his feet. He kept hold of Megalon's ankle all the time he was getting up, sending Megalon sprawling to the ground.

The Mane Six all cheered as they watched Godzilla lift his head into the air and roar before firing his atomic breath. The beam flowed up and down Megalon's body several times, setting off eruptions of fire each time. Godzilla quickly rushed forward, kicking Megalon in the side and sending him rolling several feet away.

"Woo! Go Godzilla!" Twilight Sparkle and Pinkie Pie shouted together.

"Get it, G-Man!" shouted Rainbow Dash. "You got this by the tail!"

Applejack put a hoof to her lips and let out a loud whistle.

"You got him on the ropes, Sugarzilla! Just keep it up!"

"Go, Godzilla!" shouted Rarity. "Teach that ruffian who's boss!"

"Win Godzilla!" shouted Fluttershy as loud as she could. "You can do it! You can beat him! You can win, Godzilla!"

The King of the Monsters looked up to his cheering pony friends and soaked in the support they were showing him. It would be the fuel he needed to finish the fight. As he looked from the cheering Mane Six to Megalon, Godzilla's happy expression turned to a hard scowl. Megalon was groggily pushing himself up to his feet as Godzilla let the love for his friends and hatred for Megalon build up inside. Now he was ready for his next attack. After a quick roar, Godzilla began to lumber towards Megalon as fast as his legs would carry him.

He lowered his head and kept charging while Megalon was just getting back to his feet. He had little time to see or react to what was about to happen. Godzilla slammed his head into Megalon's chest with the force of a crashing meteorite. A loud cracking sound was heard at the point of impact. The power of the great headbutt sent Megalon crashing onto his back. He desperately gasped for breath as Godzilla stomped his foot a top Megalon's cracked sternum.

Godzilla roared down at Megalon as if to say that he had won and Megalon had lost. Despite the obviousness of Godzilla's statement, the drill handed kaiju refused to accept it. In a desperate final attempt at a comeback, Megalon shot an orb out of his mouth and up at Godzilla. The King of Monsters caught the incoming object and quickly threw it back down into Megalon's mouth. Megalon was only able to let out one final screech before the orb exploded. Flesh and blood were sent spouting up into the air before falling back down to Earth. Godzilla took one final look down at his now faceless opponent before lifting his head into the air and roaring in victory.

Once he finished his victory call, Godzilla turned his head when he heard the sounds of the Mane Six cheering his defeat of the drill handed kaiju. He flashed a happy expression to the little ponies as they jumped up, whooping and hollering at the top of their lungs with big smiles on their faces. Knowing that he had put the Mane Six in good moods and that he was able to protect them brought much joy to the mighty kaiju.

"Way to go, Godzilla!" said Twilight Sparkle. "We knew you could do it!"

"Good job, Godzilla!" said Applejack. "You sure got 'er done in big fashion!"

"Simply smashing, darling!" said Rarity. "Absolutely splendid!"

Way to put the hurt in the dirt, G-Man!" said Rainbow Dash.

"Give me a G, give me an O, give me a D, give me a ZILLA!" Pinkie Pie screamed out as loud as she could.

Fluttershy just smiled down at Godzilla at first. He stared back with as joyful an expression he could get on his face. Fluttershy shut her eyes as she lightly bowed her head in respect to the mighty Godzilla.

"We knew you could do it."

Godzilla looked on at the smiles on the Mane Six's faces, which pretty much said the same thing Fluttershy had just said. Godzilla would never get tired of the appreciation from his friends just as they would never get tired of giving it. While Godzilla was happy for it all and happy to protect the ponies of Equestria, it didn't make his injuries hurt any less. The injuries he had sustained in the fight had finally caught up to him now that the adrenaline had wore off. The pain of it all hit Godzilla in what felt like one giant wave. He tried to fight it back, but Godzilla couldn't hide the winces of pain his body made involuntarily. The Mane Six all gasped in alarm, for they had recognized the signs of pain.

"Oh, no," said Twilight Sparkle.

"Confound it!" said Applejack. "It's finally gettin' to him!"

"Oh, the poor, dear," said Rarity.

"We gotta do something!" said Rainbow Dash.

"Right, but what?" asked Applejack.

"Well, for starts we could get him out of that gorge," said Pinkie Pie.

"But how are we going to do that?" asked Rarity. "He's far too big for us to move in anyway, shape, or form."

Silence fell over the group of ponies at that moment. They didn't know how they were going to get Godzilla out of the gorge. They didn't know for sure what to do about his injuries either. They were in unfamiliar territory with trying to help a kaiju in any way. While they were trying to figure it out, Fluttershy, who had remained silent during that moment, was just staring down at the injured Godzilla who she knew as her friend. She hated it every time an animal or somepony was hurt and this was no different, especially since this was a friend who had done so much for so many. To see he was suffering brought tears to the trembling pegasus's eyes.

Twilight Sparkle quickly took notice of the state Fluttershy was in, as did the others soon after. They all wore the same sad expressions on their faces. They felt bad for Godzilla, but they knew they couldn't possibly be feeling it as much as Fluttershy. Twilight walked over and rubbed a supportive hoof on Fluttershy's back. She looked over to Twilight with gratitude on her face. Pinkie Pie had turned her gaze down at Godzilla. The effects of Twilight's painkiller spell were beginning to wear off, but Pinkie wasn't going to raise any complaints. She knew that compared to what Godzilla was going through, her pain was nothing. Suddenly Pinkie's face brightened up and her eyes widened.

"Hello, Pinkie!" the Earth pony said as she whacked her hoof against her forehead. "I know how Godzilla can get out of the gorge!"

The other ponies all turned to her.

"We're listening, Pinkie Pie," said Rainbow Dash.

"Well, why don't we just lead Godzilla back towards the castle. The gorge isn't as deep there. Or as wide. He can just push himself out of the gorge!"

Everypony looked around at each other in realization of how obvious the answer was.

"Don't worry, guys, I was just as shocked as you all are now," said Pinkie Pie.

"Well, that still leaves his wounds to worry about," said Twilight Sparkle. "But we'll worry about that when we get to it. Fluttershy, will you lead Godzilla back in the direction of the castle?"

Fluttershy nodded her head before flying off to Godzilla's side. The others watched as Fluttershy spoke to Godzilla. Not too long later, he was growling as he nodded his head. Then Fluttershy began to fly in the direction of the castle with Godzilla slowly lumbering after her.

"Alright, everypony, let's go," said Twilight Sparkle.

Soon the group was walking alongside the gorge in the same direction Fluttershy and Godzilla were going. As they walked on, the ponies would occasionally look towards Godzilla to see how he was doing. Almost every time his head was hung low as he lumbered onward. Seeing such a great beast in this state made the group feel even more sorry for Godzilla. The ponies also began to notice that Godzilla looked like he was getting taller and also getting closer. They knew instantly that it was because the ground Godzilla was walking on was getting higher and the gap of the gorge narrower. The top of Godzilla's head was at the same level as the ground the ponies were walking on when he looked over to them.

"How are you doing, sweetie?" asked Rarity.

Godzilla replied with a roar that was little more than a moan.

"Hang in there, G-Man," said Rainbow Dash. "It's only a little bit further along. Then you'll be able to push yourself up out of there. I know you can do it."

Godzilla let out another low roar in reply to the supportive ponies.

"He said thank you."

The ponies all looked down and saw that Fluttershy wasn't that far away from them. She had turned to them and smiled, which they responded to in kind. Then all of the Mane Six turned their smiles onto Godzilla who moaned out a roar.

"You know, it occurs to me that we've never really seen Godzilla up close like this before," said Applejack. "I mean being at eye level with him and everything."

All the ponies once again turned to Godzilla. They looked more carefully this time and realized what Applejack said was true. They had never seen Godzilla like this before and may not ever see him like that again.

"You're right Applejack," said Rarity. "It's quite the experience isn't it?"

Everyone agreed that it was, though they didn't say it out loud. The feeling was obvious. The group of friends only had a little further to go. In that time, the ground had reached a point where the ponies walking along were just under Godzilla's shoulder. Fluttershy was practically flying next to the rest of them as well. They were about sixteen yards away from the castle when Twilight Sparkle called out.

"Alright, everypony, let's stop here. I think this is a good spot for Godzilla to try and get out of the gorge."

Everypony nodded in agreement before. Fluttershy turned to Godzilla and stuck out her fore hooves.

"Stop, Godzilla, this is where we're gonna do it."

Godzilla stopped in his tracks and stared down at Fluttershy, waiting for her next order. He watched as Fluttershy flew up and landed next to the other ponies. She looked to Twilight Sparkle, as she nodded her head.

"Okay, Godzilla, give it your best shot!" Fluttershy called out.

"Move, everypony, move for your lives!" exclaimed Twilight Sparkle as she began running for the cover of the forest.

The others started running too just as Godzilla placed his hands on the ground the ponies had been standing on before. He began to push himself up with all his strength and all his might. At the same time, Godzilla lifted a leg up to try and get it over the cliff. It was hard and strenuous for Godzilla because he had never lifted his leg like that ever before. Despite all that and despite the pain he was going through, Godzilla was actually managing to pull it off. It didn't take him very long to push himself out of the gorge. However, when he did, he crashed into the ground very hard, causing it to rumble and quake, making the Mane Six scream out in alarm.

Godzilla did not get back to his feet right away. Instead he just rolled onto his stomach and breathed heavily from exhaustion all the while. The Mane Six looked on from the cover of the trees. They all took quick looks around at each other before trotting up to Godzilla's side to check on him. The Mane Six looked Godzilla up and down as they walked alongside him. Every time their eyes crossed the wounds left on Godzilla's body, they cringed and felt a wave of sorrow wash over them for the monster they cared about. Fluttershy and Rarity stopped next to Godzilla's hand and stared at it for a second or two before placing their fore hooves upon it.

They gently rubbed their hooves across the scaly skin on Godzilla's giant hand as they looked to him in sadness. Godzilla turned his head and looked to the ponies rubbing his hands and saw their sad faces staring back at him. Fluttershy even laid her head down upon his hand as she kept rubbing her hooves against it. Low purrs emanated from Godzilla as he looked down at the ponies with respect and appreciation for their kindness. All while that was going on, the rest of the Mane Six were busy examining the wounds all over Godzilla's body. During that examination, both Twilight Sparkle and Rainbow Dash noticed something none of the Mane Six had seen before. However, Rainbow Dash was the first to speak up.

"Does anypony else notice now that we're up this close that... these injuries don't look as bad as they did before?"

Everypony looked around at each other in confusion. The wounds still looked pretty bad to them. While the others were straining to see what Rainbow Dash had seen, Twilight, having already seen it, activated her horn's magic. A bright light emitted from the horn and expanded across Godzilla's body until it was several feet wide. She and the other ponies gasped at what they saw.

"Rainbow Dash is right," said Twilight Sparkle. "Look."

That's just what everypony was doing. What they saw on the wounds under the light of Twilight's horn were green spots that were expanding. It was as if those green spots were trying to seal up the wounds as fast as possible. While everyone was able to guess what the green spots were, Rarity came right out and said it.

"Goodness, gracious, Godzilla is healing himself at an accelerated time span!"

"Yes," said Twilight Sparkle as she shined the light across another wound on Godzilla. "This spell is specifically meant to find infection or other abnormalities in bodily injuries such as cuts and scratches. Green is the color that indicates the injury is healing. But as you can see, these wounds are healing at a rapid rate, especially for a creature as big as Godzilla."

The ponies all looked again. They watched as the green lit spots under Twilight's light expanded in an attempt to fill up the gaping holes in Godzilla's hide.

"Twilight's right," said Applejack.

Fluttershy felt relief wash over her as she watched Godzilla's wound heal. She still rubbed her hooves across his hand as well.

"So, Godzilla's got super healing powers?" asked Rainbow Dash. "Awesome! This dude just keeps getting cooler and cooler! Nothing's gonna stop us now! They're especially not gonna stop Godzilla, that's for sure!"

"Then why does it look like he's pretty much stopped right now?" asked Pinkie Pie.

Rainbow Dash curbed her enthusiasm when she heard what her friend had said and took another look at Godzilla. She was right; Godzilla looked extremely tired and hurt. It almost look like he wouldn't be able to get up or even move ever again. Rainbow Dash knew in the back of her mind that he would, but it was still an unsettling sight.

"Pinkie Pie's right, guys," said Twilight Sparkle. "...And unfortunately, so was Sombra. The fatigue of fighting all these kaiju finally caught up with Godzilla and he paid for it in this fight. If he's not careful in choosing his fight and if we're not careful in how we use his services, the long term effects of non-stop battle may catch up with Godzilla again. We'll have to keep an eye out for that from now on."

Everypony else nodded their heads in agreement.

"Well, at least we've gained more of an advantage over the enemy with this recent victory," said Rarity. "A somewhat hallow victory, but a victory nonetheless."

"So, what do we do now?" asked Applejack.

"Well, there's really nothing more we can do here," said Twilight Sparkle. "I think it's best that we all head back for Ponyville while Godzilla heals his wounds. I absolutely have to get a message to the princesses in Canterlot. I may even just go there myself to give them my report in person. They need to know about King Sombra's return and his involvement in the kaiju crisis."

"And I need to get home and check on everyone on the farm," said Applejack.

"I've got to get Pinkie Pie to the hospital," said Rainbow Dash.

"And I gotta be the pony who gets taken to the hospital," said Pinkie Pie.

While it seemed like pretty much everypony was in agreement, none of them were quick to leave. They stood for a moment to take one last look at Godzilla. Their poor, old friend had suffered greatly all because he wanted them to be safe. Something about just leaving him felt wrong, but they all knew they had other duties to attend to. So despite the joint reluctance, Rainbow Dash spoke up.

"Let's... just get going."

Three out of the remaining ponies nodded their heads and then began to walk away, Rainbow Dash carrying Pinkie Pie on her back. The four only made it ten feet when they realized that Fluttershy and Rarity weren't following with the rest of the group. They looked back and saw the two mares were sticking by Godzilla's side. Rarity was still rubbing Godzilla's hand while Fluttershy had flown off the top of it and flew so she could see Godzilla face to face. Once Fluttershy came around, Godzilla saw her smiling face looking at him. Fluttershy could tell by the look in his eyes that Godzilla was happy despite his pain.

Twilight Sparkle came back and trotted up next to Rarity. Fluttershy saw Twilight coming and flew down to meet her. Once she landed, Fluttershy explained.

"Me and Rarity agreed that we were gonna stay here with Godzilla to keep him company through his recovery and try to cheer him up."

Twilight Sparkle looked to Rarity.

"Fluttershy is correct, Twilight darling. This poor old boy went through Tartarus and back for us. The least we could do is spare him some time to make sure he heals properly. Besides, Sweetie Belle is at Sweet Apple Acres with friends. She will be fine while I'm here. 'Til sundown at least. For now, Godzilla needs somepony."

Twilight Sparkle smiled at her friends understandingly.

"That's very sweet of you two. I know Godzilla appreciates it."

"He appreciates us all. And that includes you, Twilight," said Fluttershy.

First Twilight Sparkle looked to Rarity, who nodded her head in agreement, then looked to Godzilla. Without warning, the alicorn teleported from where she was and reappeared in front of Godzilla, who looked down at her in surprise. He was not expecting Twilight's smiling face, though he welcomed it.

"Thank you very much, Godzilla, for everything. We'd all stay by your side in your time of need, but unfortunately we all have other duties in our lives we have to honor. All we can do is wish you a quick recovery and say thank you from the bottom of our hearts."

Godzilla moaned out a low roar in reply to Twilight's kind words. She looked to Fluttershy who was quick with an answer.

"He said thank you and that... we are the best friends he ever had."

Everypony looked on in appreciation, while Godzilla manged to lift his head and look back at all of them.

"We may not all be able to stay here with you, but we are leaving you in very good hooves. Fluttershy and Rarity will show you the kind of love that comes from a true friend as we all will in time."

"Take care and get well, Sugarzilla," said Applejack.

"Get better soon, G-Man, so you can keep being awesome," said Rainbow Dash.

"I'll send ya a get well very soon card, Godzilla!" Pinkie Pie blurted out. "Probably while I'm getting well very soon in the hospital. And then when we're both well very soon I'll throw us a got well very soon par-tay!"

After Godzilla heard all their loving wishes for quick recovery, he looked back to Twilight Sparkle and lowered his head back down to the ground. Without missing a beat, Twilight place a hoof upon the end of Godzilla's snout and gently stroke its scaly exterior.

"Take care... friend," said Twilight Sparkle.

With that, she reluctantly took her hoof off of Godzilla's snout and turned away as she caught up with her friends that were heading home. Then they all took off for Ponyville while Fluttershy and Rarity stayed behind with Godzilla.

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I'll bet you all thought I was gonna give into popular demand and have Godzilla do his silly dropkick in this chapter, huh? Well, that just goes to show that I don't play with that. Not to say that I don't enjoy silly moments like that in the Godzilla series, I really, truly do, but this is Heisei continuity. Granted the whole idea for this story is completely silly, there are some lines I just won't cross, and drop kicks and jumping shays are 2 of them.

Having said that, I do have one regret. I probably should have kept Godzilla at a smaller size like say 330 feet tall. Not to say that is a small size, but the interactions between Godzilla and the ponies probably would've seemed less awkward if he was around that size. Oh, well I'll probably rewrite that as his official height at some point.

Anyways, please leave a review after reading and be sure to let me know of any mistakes I might have missed in proofreading so that I may correct it to the best of my abilities. I'm The Guy Who Likes To Write Stuff, and we don't need no stinkin' dropkicks.