And that's all I have to report, Princesses," Twilight Sparkle said to Celestia and Luna

She had just finished telling them all about what had happened the day before. From the beach battle with the Behemoth and everything that happened under the ocean, Twilight didn't leave out a single detail. She had meant to tell them yesterday after it all happened. But as soon as she returned home, Twilight Sparkle was so exhausted and worn out from the day's events, she barely even had time to explain it all to Spike. Right after she did, the violet alicorn immediately went to her desk to write down her report, but ended up spending the night there with a blanket put over her by Spike. She ended up rushing over to Canterlot right away the very next day.

The royal sisters' reactions were, at first, stunned silence. This was their reaction to a lot of different things recently, all of which had to do with Sombra, his kaiju, and Godzilla. They just couldn't seem to shake away the continuously returning surprise from the fact that all of this was actually happening and in a land they ruled at that. Among the most surprising turn of events, in addition to Godzilla eliminating two more kaiju, was the Mane Six having confronted Sombra in combat and the discovery of the Devonian ship.

Despite the amazing discovery made by Twilight and her friends and their being able to survive fighting Sombra, both princesses knew they had to get a hold of themselves. They managed to snap out of their dazes and returned to their serious and focused demeanors. Princess Luna, however, still seemed the tiniest bit distracted, which both Princess Celestia and Twilight Sparkle took notice of.

"What distracts you still, Luna?" asked Princess Celestia.

"It is a great many things, sister. Though I will say that one side thought I have right now is wondering whether or not we should send a diving team to salvage the Devonian ship."

"You and I will worry about that later. For now we have other things to tend to and discuss." Princess Celestia then turned her attention back over to Twilight Sparkle. "Thank you, Princess Twilight, for reporting to us on all these... fantastic turn of events. Everything of which you told us about could certainly help us in predicting how future events play out.

"Yes, especially the fact that Godzilla managed to rid our land of not one, but two kaiju yesterday," said Princess Luna. "It brings us that much closer to ridding our land of this dark plague it faces."

"I know, isn't it amazing?!" asked Twilight Sparkle excitedly. "I can't begin to tell you how much of a relief it is now that we're so close to this being over."

"It may seem that way because now there are only four kaiju when there were once eleven, Twilight," said Princess Celestia.

"But that's still three more kaiju than what we have," said Princess Luna. "Unfortunately, the danger is still very much alive and the end is still not for certain in our sight."

"We must not let our guard down," said Princess Celestia. "We must stay vigilant at all times and be ready to act upon any signs of trouble."

"Of course, Princesses," said Twilight Sparkle. "I didn't mean to make light of our still existing situation. I was just excited because of our growing advantage over the enemy."

"Both sisters smiled upon their fellow princess.

"It's alright, Twilight Sparkle," said Princess Celestia.

"We completely understand where you're coming from with this," said Princess Luna. "A part of us wants to see things the same way and to an extent we do. But unfortunately with King Sombra out there and still powerful enough to control his remaining kaiju, we cannot allow ourselves true rest just yet. However, I have complete confidence that soon, with the help of the noblest of beasts, Godzilla by our side, it will soon come to pass where the evil will be completely gone and all of Equestria can rest."

"So do I, Princess Luna," said Twilight Sparkle. "So do I. In fact, I'm feeling so good about it, I actually think I'll be able to get a good night's sleep tonight. I haven't really had one since before King Sombra and the kaiju began showing up."

"I know, believe me," said Princess Luna. Both Twilight and the night princess gave each other smiles while Luna also winked. "That's how it's been for most of Equestria. But lately everypony across the country has slowly been able to return to their peaceful sleeping habits and cycles. I'm sure you will too, Princess Twilight."

"Thank you, Luna. I'm actually feeling a lot better today. I was afraid my friends and I were going to be feeling the encounter we had with King Sombra for quite a while. But those trips to see the Doctor really seemed to have paid off quite well. I love how willing he always is to help everypony, but I hope we don't have to bug him too many more times before this thing with the kaiju is over. It feels great to even be able to suggest the idea that it could happen and even better because we get to talk about it like we are now."

Princess Celestia's cheerful smile soon changed into a serious look.

"Still... I'm afraid I must ask you one more time," said Princess Celestia. "Did you and your friends really fight against King Sombra in hoof-to-hoof combat, Princess Twilight Sparkle?"

The princess nodded her head in response to her former mentor's question.

"Yes, Princess Celestia, and believe me, it wasn't an easy fight at all. The way he was so relentless and brutal in his assault; I-I've never had to go through anything like that at all before and I hope I never do again... Unfortunately, I'm afraid I might have to if we're to beat Sombra... I'll tell you one thing for sure... he's one mean fighter."

"We know," said Princess Celestia.

"Believe me, we can empathize," Princess Luna agreed.

"When we went to usurp King Sombra from his throne as ruler of the Crystal Empire, we both had to fight him individually before fighting him together," Princess Celestia explained.

Luna nodded her head before taking over.

"Yes, it was Sombra's hope that by dividing us, he could conquer us... And you know what? It almost worked. With how expert and vicious a fighter he is, Sombra was able to fight both of us into two separate areas and would go back and forth between fighting us. His power and tenacity made it extremely hard on us both."

"But still, it was even harder on him," Princess Celestia chimed in. "He was trying to do so much, despite being only one pony. As powerful as King Sombra may be, he was still only one unicorn against two alicorn princesses. Thus, we were able to put as much pressure on him in the fight as he had put on us and then some. All that eventually caught up with him and Luna and I were able to reunite with each other. With our combined power, we were finally able to defeat King Sombra."

"We did it together, like it should be," said Princess Luna.

The royal sisters smiled at each other as they wrapped a foreleg around one another for a side hug.

"That's just what we did!" Twilight Sparkle said excitedly. "Sombra tried to keep us all separated and conquer us individually, but he couldn't keep us apart for long. When we were reunited and attacked him together, we instantly got the upper hoof against him. Heck, we probably could've put him down for good had the fight gone on."

"I believe so as well, Princess Twilight Sparkle," said Princess Luna, who was impressed with Twilight's confidence.

"As do I," added Princess Celestia. "The friendships you've made have always been special Twilight. There's great strength and power in all of them. Power enough, I think, to win this conflict and restore peace along with order to Equestria."

"I couldn't agree more!" said Twilight Sparkle. "Especially about my friendships being so strong, including the one I'm so happy I've gotten to share with Godzilla. He really is such a good friend. And I don't mean just for a kaiju, but in general. If it weren't for him watching over us like he did yesterday, we probably wouldn't have come back alive. He saved us not once, but twice from Sombra's serpent, Manda."

"You could say that about how many times he's saved Equestria as well so far," said Princess Luna.

"Yes, Godzilla's turned out to be quite the hero, hasn't he?" asked Princess Celestia.

"Yes, Princess, he really has," Twilight Sparkle agreed. "It's still hard for me to believe sometimes that we have a kaiju as good as Godzilla walking around. It's even more amazing that he's grown to be one of my best friends!"

"He's one of mine, too," said Princess Celestia.

"Mine, as well," said Princess Luna.

"I think it's safe to say he's probably a best friend to all of Equestria at this point," said Princess Celestia.

"That's probably a safe assumption to make," said Twilight Sparkle. "After all, he's done so much in how little of time he's been a resident here. And even if you took away the whole mighty defender thing, Godzilla still turned out to be a really nice... guy. He's got great character and an amazingly peaceful personality. I'm so glad I got to know him as a pony- Uh... kaiju... Uh, you know what I mean."

"Yes, Twilight, we do," Princess Celestia said after nodding her head. "I'm glad I got to know him personally, too.

"We both are," said Princess Luna.

"Although we had only met him the one time, it was easy to tell after only a few seconds that Godzilla is simply a being who loves life and the rewards it gives," said Princess Celestia. "Especially the prospect of making new friends."

"Yeah, he really is great," said Twilight Sparkle. A frown crossed her face only a few seconds later as a few dark thoughts crossed her mind. "I just wish he didn't have to get hurt so bad while being so great. I mean it's amazing that he goes through all of this. It's a testament to just how good he is. But I really would rather have it so he could just be our friend and he didn't have to endure so much pain as he has been and probably will be in the future.

"I mean, the last few fights he's had, he barely scraped out of them by the skin of his teeth. Plus, he's always exhausted and covered in battle wounds after every fight. It's bad enough he always gets hurt, but all this fighting also goes against his peaceful nature. He just wants to spread love, peace, and friendship wherever he can, but... he's stuck fighting our battles for us. I know that's why he was brought here, but... since I've gotten to know him... I can't help but start to feel guilty about dragging him into this. He deserves better than that."

Princess Celestia and Princess Luna looked to each other thoughtfully as they pondered all of which their fellow alicorn had spoken of. After a few seconds, they turned back to Twilight Sparkle so the conversation could continue.

"We both understand exactly how you are feeling, Princess Twilight Sparkle," said Princess Celestia.

Princess Luna nodded her head in agreement before saying, "We were both feeling similarly guilty after we had cast the spell to bring Godzilla here. It got even worse when we actually met Godzilla and got to know him on a personal level and found out just how good of a creature he is."

"I have felt this way many a time, Twilight Sparkle," said Princess Celestia. "Not just for bringing Godzilla here to make him fight for our cause either. I also felt that way every time I had to ask you and your friends to do something important or dangerous instead of handling it myself. I felt as though I was taking advantage of your good nature and felt guilty about that. I also felt that way knowing I was putting you in positions where you could easily get hurt."

Twilight Sparkle's eyes widened in alert upon hearing the sun princess's words.

"Oh no, Princess Celestia, don't think that way!" the violet alicorn exclaimed. "You only did it when you knew you couldn't do anything else. And you did it because you trust us, because of how close we are, and because we're always ready to do anything for you. It's always in Equestria's best interest; it's what's right."

"And is the situation with Godzilla not the same?" inquired Princess Celestia.

Twilight Sparkle didn't answer right away. She lowered her eyes as she thought about the similarities Princess Celestia implied. It didn't take her long to see that they were, in fact, there.

"Well... yeah, I guess you could say that," Twilight Sparkle agreed as she looked back to the princesses.

Princess Celestia nodded her head approvingly.

"You mustn't forget, Princess Twilight Sparkle, while Godzilla may have been brought here against his will, it was ultimately his choice to fight for us," said Princess Celestia. "Even after he found out his first friend didn't want him to fight, he did it anyways. Even after all the pain he's gone through, he still fights because he thinks it's right to defend the innocent, the same reason why you, your friends, Luna, and I do it."

Princess Luna nodded her head in agreement with her sister's words.

"It's very easy to feel guilty about the events surrounding Godzilla's arrival here in Equestria," said Princess Luna. "As Celestia has pointed out, both of us have felt this way just as you have. But do not forget it was Godzilla's choice to be our knight in shining armor just as you and your friends always choose. Godzilla doesn't have to go through the pain he does for us. But he chooses to anyways for all of us because we're his friends and he is ours among so many other things. I'm sure you would do the exact same for him were the roles reversed and he needed protecting by us. I know I would."

"As would I," said Princess Celestia.

"I would, too," said Twilight Sparkle. "You're right! Though, I can't imagine Godzilla ever needing my help with something considering the kind of creature he is."

"There are many ways to help someone, Twilight Sparkle," said Princess Celestia.

"Including what's probably most important, especially to Godzilla, which is being a good friend," said Princess Luna.

"Do you feel you have helped Godzilla with that, Princess Twilight?" asked Princess Celestia.

"Uh... Yeah, I guess so for the most part," said Twilight Sparkle. "I mean I know my friends have all helped Godzilla in that department way more than I have. But I plan on making it up to Godzilla as soon as I can. I want to be as good a friend to him as my friends have all been to both him and me. Especially after all he's gone through for us all and because of the part I played in putting him through this stuff with the other kaiju."

Princess Luna and Princess Celestia looked upon Twilight Sparkle with looks of concern. They both walked up to the violet mare with Celestia even lifting a hoof up under her chin.

"Look, Twilight, you've seen it several times and will see it several more in your lifetime," said Princess Celestia. "In life, in desperation, in combat, and even in friendship, you make decisions. You always make decisions and a lot of those decisions will come with consequences. Of course, one you're faced with is your guilt about what Godzilla is going through to protect us since you, along with us, who helped bring him here. Similarly, by choosing to protect us, Godzilla is facing consequences with the pain he's going through.

"However, while there will be consequences, you must never forget the positives of the decisions you make. Like, for example, because we brought Godzilla here, Equestria has a better chance of being saved from King Sombra and his kaiju. Also, and this one is a big positive for Godzilla too, I can tell, because he is working so hard at defending us, he has made a ton of new friends. And if I'm remembering what you said before correctly, he never had any friends, though he desperately wanted them."

"So you see, Twilight Sparkle?" asked Princess Luna. "No matter how hard it is, at the end of the day, you have to make decisions and hope the resulting positives outweigh the negatives. I'm sure if you asked Godzilla, he would say they have thus far. And a big part of that is because of you. I can tell you without a doubt in my mind that I think you're a good friend. And that's because you've been such a good one to me and my sister as well. Never forget, Twilight Sparkle, that at the end of the day, good friends like you, Godzilla, and the others standing together in victory as one big unit is all that matters."

For a moment, none of the princesses said anything or did anything. They just stood in place smiling as they let the emotion of the moment sink in. After that moment past, all three alicorns gathered around each other and embraced in a hug. As the seconds went by, an armored light tan unicorn made his way into the conference room of Canterlot Castle where the princesses were currently hugging. They all released their hug and looked upon the unicorn guard, waiting for him to say what he needed to say.

"Excuse me Your Majesties for intruding," the guard said. "I didn't mean to interrupt."

"That's perfectly okay," said Princess Celestia as the other two alicorns nodded in agreement. "How may we help you?"

"Well... we just got word that Godzilla was sighted heading for Ponyville."

Twilight Sparkle's face lit up as she gasped in joy. Celestia and Luna both giggled in delight at their fellow princess's happiness.

"How far out is he from Ponyville?!" asked Twilight Sparkle excitedly.

"About five miles and closing, My Princess," the unicorn guard replied.

Twilight Sparkle looked to Princess Celestia and Princess Luna questioningly. They both saw the excitement in her eyes, which made them laugh in amusement.

"You should probably return to Ponyville so you can meet Godzilla with the rest of your friends," said Princess Celestia while Luna nodded in agreement.

Twilight Sparkle gasped in happiness before wrapping her forelegs around the royal sisters in a tight hug. When it was finished, Twilight Sparkle asked, "Are you sure you won't need me anymore today?"

"For now, your services are no longer required," said Princess Celestia.

"Should we need them in the future, we will call upon you," said Princess Luna. "But for now you are unneeded and therefore free to go be with your friends."

"Twilight Sparkle hesitated for only a moment. Something about Luna's words, unintentional as it was, left a little bit of a sting in Twilight's emotions. However, she seemed to recover fast enough for anypony not to notice and instantly returned to her giddy state.

"Well, thank you, Princesses," said Twilight Sparkle. "And remember, if you need me for anything at all, please call me. I'll respond and be here as fast as I can. Right now I'm gonna go take care of what I said earlier about getting closer to Godzilla. And to do that, the first thing I need to do is find Pinkie Pie.

"Goodbye, Princess Celestia and Princess Luna. Take care!"

"You as well, Princess Twilight Sparkle," said Princess Celestia.

"Goodbye for now, young Princess," said Princess Luna.

"With that, Twilight Sparkle hurried out the doors of the conference room as fast as she could, her planned destination being Ponyville. Princess Celestia couldn't stop herself from once again laughing in delight at how energetic her former apprentice was about going to meet Godzilla.

"I couldn't ever have imagined Twilight being so happy about something like this not too long ago," said Princess Celestia. "That was back when she was a reclusive bookworm. Her head was in the right place, but now, because she's made the friendships she has, so is her heart... Luna?"

It took Celestia a second to realize that her younger sister was no longer by her side and as result not listening to what she was saying. She looked around for a moment before spotting Princess Luna looking out the conference room window at all of Equestria the window was able to reveal. Princess Celestia looked on in curiosity for a bit before walking up to her younger sister's side. When she was standing right next to Luna, Celestia looked out the window with her.

Looking down through the window revealed the castle's courtyard where a lot of activity was taking place, most of it having to do with the royal guards. Looking up, one would be able to see some of the castle's outer structure. You could even see a little past Canterlot at some of the other sights Equestria had to offer. Mountains, blue skies filled with white clouds, and a bright shining sun raised and lowered by Celestia herself.

Yes, all of this and more; many, many spots of Equestria, were true beauties to behold. But as great as this all was, at the moment Princess Celestia was only interested in her sister. Why had she suddenly walked over to the window? Was it just to behold the sights out the window or something more? The alicorn of the sun looked to her moon sister and studied her. What she saw told her something was probably up because at that moment the look on Luna's face was both very thoughtful, yet extremely emotional.

"What are you thinking about, sister Luna?"

"A great many things, Celestia."

"Really? Such as?"

"Such as... that for the longest time, since the kaiju first appeared in fact, when I looked out this window, or any window, I didn't see Equestria anymore... All I saw was one big potential battlefield, war zone, or demolition. I didn't want to think of Equestria that way, but the chain of events of the last several days made it impossible for me to think otherwise."

A sympathetic, yet understanding and recognizing look crossed Princess Celestia's face.

"I know what you mean, Luna. In fact, I understand all too well. When I learned that such incredible beasts as the kaiju, beasts even more powerful than ourselves or anything else in the land existed... and they meant our subject's harm... it was unbearable."

"Yes, it is true that times across our fair country were as bleak as can be. But... for the first time since this all got started... I don't feel that way anymore. For the first time in a long time... it feels like Equestria again."

Hearing her sister say that made Princess Celestia smile brightly. It made her feel very happy to see that Princess Luna was starting to feel better about Equestria's current situation just as she was.

"I feel the same way, Luna. Godzilla did that for us, I think."

"Indeed he did, but it wasn't just him. It was all of them. Twilight Sparkle, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, this entire group that has played such a big part in Equestria's fate in the past. Their efforts combined with Godzilla's is what's been making everything better.

"Yes, I have to agree. We were really lucky it was Fluttershy who found Godzilla first. I don't think it would've worked out as well with any other pony. Not even myself... Not even Twilight Sparkle. I can't believe I'm saying that, but I think it was fate or destiny... It was supposed to be Fluttershy who found Godzilla first.

"I'm also extremely happy that Godzilla ended up taking to Fluttershy the way he did, the same with everypony else afterwards. And that they took to him just as well."

"Yes, and that friendship they formed ended up working out for many a pony in several different ways. Especially for Godzilla, Twilight, and their friends."

"I only hope that it continues to get better from here."

"It will, Luna, my sister." The two smiling alicorns stared out the window at their beautiful country with hope in their hearts; hope for the future. "It will."

---

A SHORT TIME LATER, 2 MILES WEST OUTSIDE OF PONYVILLE

"Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed loudly as she had for the last few minutes.

The blue pegasus was flying high in the sky alongside her good friend, Fluttershy. They were flying out above wide open fields and patches of wild growing nature such as trees and the like. While she would originally be very nervous about how high up she was flying, nearly four hundred meters, Fluttershy actually found herself able to enjoy the flight. She would occasionally look down and smile at the sights below. But for the most part she kept her eyes forward looking out for her Godzilla, who she and Rainbow Dash were sent to meet halfway.

Meanwhile, Rainbow Dash would was unable to keep from expressing her excitement about flying out to meet their friend as she had previously.

"Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh!"

All of Rainbow Dash's excited shouting got Fluttershy to finally look over and say the first thing either one has said to one another in an hour or so.

"Goodness, Rainbow Dash, you sure are excited to see Godzilla again, aren't you? I mean, I am, too, but it's only been a day since we saw him."

"I know, but I can't help it! Besides seeing him again, I'm also really looking forward to how he'll react to our little surprise we have in store for him. Oh my gosh, he's so, totally gonna flip! I'm also curious to see how he's doing. I mean, the last time we saw Godzilla, he could barely keep himself afloat and his head over water, he was hurting so much. Now he's up and walking around? And all the way back home from the beach for that matter?! Seriously, I just want to make sure he really is doing good and not pushing himself too much or nothing. I hope those scars of his healed. So, yeah, that's why I'm so anxious to see Godzilla, Fluttershy."

"I thought that was it. I'm not gonna lie, Godzilla's health was a big thing I was thinking about when Twilight had us fly out to meet him. I really hope he's doing okay. How do you think his injuries will look?"

"I don't know really. I mean, I don't know how Godzilla's healing powers work or how fast they work, so it's a mystery to me the same as you." Rainbow Dash looked for a moment and saw that concern for Godzilla's state of health was plastered all over Fluttershy's face. "But I wouldn't worry too much about it. I'll bet ya when we see Godzilla he'll look like a million bits and we won't notice any sort of lingering signs of injury on him. He'll be strolling in like he owns the place just like he normally does."

Rainbow Dash's attempts to perk up her friend seemed to work, for a small smile crossed Fluttershy's face once her friend was finished speaking.

"I sure hope you're right, Rainbow Dash."

"I know I'm right, Fluttershy. You know how tough and resilient Big G is. He's never let anything keep him down for too long. He's awesome like that, ya know?"

Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash both looked to each other with smiles on their faces as they flew onward to find their big, very hard to miss kaiju friend.

"You're right," said Fluttershy. "Then I guess it's safe to say now I'm really excited to see Godzilla's reaction to our surprise, too."

Near the end of her sentence, a little excited squeak was heard in Fluttershy's voice prompting Rainbow Dash to let out a little laugh of amusement. It was easy to see that both pegasus mares were really anxious to meet up with Godzilla so they could show him what surprise they had in store for him. Rainbow Dash even spun around as she flew onward, showing off a basic, but still entertaining to watch. flying trick. Fluttershy responded with a laugh of enjoyment.

"So, when Twilight told you we had to fly out here to meet Godzilla, did she also happen to mention what went down in her meeting with the princesses?" asked Rainbow Dash. "I mean like, did they tell her anything about whether they know where Sombra is hiding his kaiju and everything?"

Fluttershy shook her head before she said, "No, I'm afraid not. As soon as Twilight got back home to Ponyville, she went to organizing everything with Pinkie Pie's help. That included coming up and telling me that Godzilla's coming and we're suppose to go meet him halfway.

"Huh, guess we'll just have to ask later," said Rainbow Dash.

It was only a little amount of time later that the first phase of Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash's flight out of Ponyville was accomplished. Fluttershy was scanning the area around when her face lit up after her eyes fell upon something up ahead.

"There he is," Fluttershy whispered excitedly as she pointed a hoof.

Rainbow Dash looked to what her friend was pointing at and gasped in joy when she saw what it was. It was hard to make out clearly at first, but got easier to see the closer Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy flew towards it. Or more accurately, flew towards him. Godzilla was a great distance away from the flying pegasi; more than six hoofball fields' length away. However his gigantic size made him easier to spot than most other creatures from that far off would be.

Both Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash sped up as they flew onward toward Godzilla. Fluttershy was flying at her top speed and although she was faster than the average pegasus, she still couldn't quite keep up with Rainbow Dash's speed. The blue pegasus pony was six feet or so ahead of Fluttershy and still wasn't flying anywhere near her top speed, though she desperately wanted to. However Rainbow Dash controlled herself enough to keep from completely leaving Fluttershy behind.

The two pegasi slightly changed their trajectory to a thirty degree angle so that they were still moving towards Godzilla, but lowering closer to the ground. It wasn't long before Fluttershy and Rainbow were close enough that they could fully make out every detail of Godzilla's, from his maple leaf shaped spikes to his yellow eyes and so on. When they were just a hundred yards away from Godzilla, Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash began calling out to him and waving to get his attention. Their calls reached Godzilla's ear, making his head jerk back in surprise before jerking his head in the direction the calls were coming from.

Then, Godzilla slowly lifted his head upward and smiled upon spotting his friends, Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash coming toward him. He lifted his hand up and waved to greet the two adorable pegasi he was honored to know. The two stopped and hovered a few feet above Godzilla's eyes where he could see their excited and energetic smiles.

"Hi, Godzilla!" Fluttershy said in joy.

"Hey, G-Dude!" Rainbow Dash shouted.

"How are you doing?" asked Fluttershy.

"He looks great!" said Rainbow Dash happily.

Both ponies then took a moment to fly around and look Godzilla up and down as best they could. They saw that while he still had a few lingering injuries, they weren't anywhere near as bad as they were the day before. Other than the few scratches here and there, Godzilla's injuries had healed up rather nicely for the most part. Godzilla reaffirmed this by letting out a roar saying so.

"What did he say?" inquired Rainbow Dash.

"He said that he still has a few aches and pains, but he's feeling much better today than he was yesterday," answered Fluttershy. "It really shows, too. Why, I think he's healed up here much better than he did before."

"Why do you think that is?" asked Rainbow Dash.

"I'm not sure," said Fluttershy.

Both pegasi hovered for a moment as they pondered over Godzilla's spontaneous increase of healing speed. Neither one spoke for the few seconds they were thinking of explanations.

"What if...?" Rainbow Dash started, but didn't finished. "You think... You think it might have something to do with the fact that Godzilla spent the night at the bottom of the ocean?"

"What makes you think that?" asked Fluttershy.

"Well, because Twilight said that the water was his natural habitat. Maybe the reason he prefers living in places like that is so the water can get into his wounds and help them heal faster."

"Hmm... I don't know..." Fluttershy pondered a few seconds more before shrugging her shoulders. "I can't think of anything better. But it doesn't really matter how Godzilla healed so much faster. What matters is that he did and that we couldn't be happier. I know I'm glad to have our good boy back to health. Yes, I am."

Fluttershy cooed as she landed on the edge of Godzilla's snout and rubbed a hoof across his scales lovingly. Godzilla let out several low growls of pleasure and appreciation for every time Fluttershy petted him. Rainbow Dash even got caught up in the emotion of the moment and hugged the very end of Godzilla's nose, snuggling against it. This ended up increasing Godzilla's happy growls as he reached a hand up and, as lightly as he could, stroked a finger, first across the top of Fluttershy's head and then Rainbow's.

Both ponies gasped in surprise at what Godzilla has just done. While Fluttershy stood on Godzilla's snout and looked in his eyes appreciatively, Rainbow Dash had to fly up and land next to her fellow pegasus to do so. It went on for about ten seconds where Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash beamed at Godzilla, while they saw him shut his eyes tight in joy. Then the two ponies did the same before moving on.

"Well, it's super cool to have you back home, G," Rainbow Dash said enthusiastically.

""We all think so," said Fluttershy.

Godzilla roared to tell both ponies he's glad to be back.

"So is everypony else," said Fluttershy. "In fact, they're all waiting for us to get back home so they can tell you for themselves."

Godzilla's head jerked back as his eyes widened in excitement. Hearing that the rest of his friends were waiting for him up ahead thrilled Godzilla beyond all belief. He expressed his eagerness by lifting his head into the air and roaring as enthusiastically as possible.

"I don't need that translated for me!" exclaimed Rainbow Dash after uncovering her ears. "It means, let's make like a rock and roll! Come on, let's get moving and get home as fast as we can! I don't want G-Dude to have to wait one more second to see what we have in store for him."

"Shh," Fluttershy hushed as she put a hoof to her mouth.

"Oh, right!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed in realization.

Godzilla looked to his friends in confusion, but they quickly took notice and put on as innocent of smiles as they could. Godzilla just shrugged it off and let out a low growl as he resumed walking in the direction of Ponyville.

"He basically just said let's go," explained Fluttershy.

"Right," Rainbow Dash said with a nod of her head.

"With that, the two pegasus mares flew along both sides of Godzilla just slightly below his shoulders. As the trio traveled along the path back home, Godzilla took the time to look down from one of his flying pony friends to the other. Sensing his eyes upon them, both Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy stole a look over their shoulder up at their great protector. He greeted them both with smiles, which they returned in kind.

Godzilla left his gaze on Fluttershy a little bit longer and she just looked back up lovingly all the while. Godzilla let out a short roar as Fluttershy looked down to see him lift his hand and turn it so his palm was facing upward towards. Fluttershy grinned up at Godzilla gratefully before flying down to and settling inside the kaiju's palm. She sat in Godzilla's hand while continuing to look up at him with joy. He would switch back and forth from looking down at Fluttershy to looking where he was going.

It would mostly be like this for the trio of friends the entire time they were making their way back home to Ponyville.

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A SHORT TIME LATER, SEVERAL YARDS OUTSIDE OF PONYVILLE

At some point during the trip back home, Rainbow Dash was spouting to Godzilla about how impressed and amazed she was with how he was able to handle the kaiju so far. She went on and on until she had worn herself with all the flying around and rapid movements mimicking some of the things Godzilla had done to the kaiju. After all that, mixed with restless nights thanks to the kaiju, Rainbow Dash was so tired and exhausted that she couldn't even fly the rest of the way back home. Because of this, Godzilla had her nestle down next to Fluttershy in his hand while he carried them nearly the rest of the way to Ponyville.

Both mares ended up falling asleep snuggled next to each other as they laid in Godzilla's palm, while he would occasionally look down at them lovingly. Otherwise he kept his eyes on the path ahead as he walked onward. Both ponies were still asleep in Godzilla's hand when the trio was just coming up on the outskirts of Ponyville, the little town of ponies they all knew so well and loved so much. In fact, Godzilla could see the town from where he was standing, they were so close. It wasn't a good view, but all Godzilla cared about was that it meant they were home.

Because of this, Godzilla decided it was time to wake up the two cute critters that had been sleeping in his hand more than half the way back. He did so by letting out a roar loud enough to wake them from their slumber. Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy both stirred a little, but did not wake completely. So Godzilla let out another roar, which ended up being the one that woke them both.

Both Fluttershy and and Rainbow Dash's eyes fluttered open vary lazily before opening wide awake. Both mares let out loud yawns before stretching out their front and back legs and so on. After their wake up routines were done, both Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash looked up to Godzilla to find him looking down at them.

"What's up, Big G?" asked Rainbow Dash. "I mean besides us of course."

"Your hand's surprisingly comfy," said Fluttershy.

Godzilla roared to tell them both they were just coming up outside of town. This made Fluttershy's eyes widen in alarm.

"Oh my!"

"What's up Fluttershy?"

"Godzilla just said we're home!"

Rainbow Dash's eyes widened in alarm matching Fluttershy's. Both ponies flew up out of Godzilla's hand and flew around before their eyes landed on Ponyville. Having seen this, both distressed ponies flew up to Godzilla and held out their fore hooves as they both shouted at him at the same time to stop. Godzilla looked at his friends in confusion, though he did stop like they requested. Then he asked Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy what was wrong and why they told him to stop.

"Well..." Fluttershy tried to explain, but was having trouble wording what she wanted to say without giving away the surprise.

"Look, G, do you trust us?" asked Rainbow Dash.

More confusion crossed Godzilla's face, though he did answer by nodding his head and letting out several low growls saying he trusted them. His answer got a smile from Rainbow Dash.

"Then would you trust us now and close your eyes?" asked Rainbow Dash.

Godzilla just kept getting more and more confused by the minute. It was plain to see on his face when he turned to Fluttershy questioningly. The creamy yellow pegasus nodded her head with a sweet, motherly smile on her face.

"Trust us, Godzilla," said Fluttershy. "We wouldn't do anything against you in anyway. We're your friends."

"Yeah, we wouldn't steer you wrong," said Rainbow Dash.

"Especially not after all you've done for us," said Fluttershy. "So, would you close your eyes, please?"

While Godzilla was still confused, he wanted to do all he could to make his friends happy and show he really did trust them. So he nodded his head in agreement before shutting his eyes. Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash smiled big at each other before turning their attention back to Godzilla.

"Okay, now all you gotta do is follow the sounds of our voices, okay?" asked Fluttershy.

Godzilla roared and nodded his head in agreement.

"And we're walking," Rainbow Dash said as she waved her front hooves towards her.

"You know Godzilla can't see that right?"

"Fluttershy..." Rainbow Dash said through a gritted smile.

"Oh, never mind!" said Fluttershy in a slightly timid voice. "Carry on with what you were doing."

"Okay, here we go, we're walking," said Rainbow Dash. "Moving forward. Moving forward. And now we're turning left. That's it keep turning left. Yes, that's it. Now stop turning. Good boy. Now just keep walking forward. Come on."

It went on like this for several minutes with Rainbow Dash, and occasionally Fluttershy, giving Godzilla blind direction and him following it. And then finally, "STOP." Godzilla obeyed Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash's instruction, despite thinking he heard several other voices. He got a little more concerned when he heard Fluttershy whisper, "Everypony ready?" He didn't know what was about to happen or if he was prepared for when his friends revealed it. But he still trusted them nonetheless.

"Godzilla... open your eyes and look down," said Fluttershy.

The great kaiju did as he was instructed, opening his eyes before lowering his gaze to the ground. And then... "SURPRISE!" Godzilla was shocked upon seeing several hundred ponies smiling up at him. Several seconds later and Godzilla was still stunned, though he was able to get a hold of himself and look around a were all sorts of ponies in all shapes, sizes, and colors. The three pony races were well represented with all sorts of unicorns, Earth ponies, and pegasi; mare and stallion alike standing around all smiling. There were also children; lots and lots of children, all of whom seemed even more excited than the adults were. In fact they were all downright giddy upon seeing Godzilla in all his glory.

There were all sorts of party decorations scattered across the ground, trees, and bushes in the immediate area around the ponies. There were streamers and balloons hanging about, having been tied all around where possible. Confetti laid across the ground and there were tables all around filled with all kinds of party food and one large bowl of punch closely guarded by Berry Punch. Perhaps one of the details that stuck out most to Godzilla was the large banner stood up by two wooden poles in the background which read, "THANK YOU GODZILLA".

"I told ya I was gonna throw you a party eventually."

Godzilla recognized the voice of Pinkie Pie in the crowd. His eyes scanned around and eventually fell to the front of the giant group of ponies. It is here where he found Pinkie Pie smiling up at him along with the rest of his established friend. There was Twilight Sparkle, Applejack, who had her hat to her chest, Rarity, who was dressed up for the occasion, Spike, Applebloom, Scootaloo, and Sweetie Belle. They were soon joined by Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy landing alongside them.

"It just took me a little bit," Pinkie Pie continued. "Of course this party probably wouldn't have been as big a hit without Twilight Sparkle helping me arrange it, the rest of our friends pitching in, and of course the guest of honor showing up. That last one is you."

Godzilla stared down in amazement, for upon hearing Pinkie's words a question popped into his mind he couldn't believe. Were all those ponies there to be part of a party in honor of him? Having been educated on what a party is and that they usually celebrate something special, Godzilla found it hard to believe they would all be celebrating him. Except from his regular group of friends, the King of Monsters almost never got any kind of respect or recognition like that ever before. Was it really happening now? He had to wonder.

Looking on curiously, Godzilla took a step forward, which got instantly got a reaction from the crowd when it made the ground rumble. Godzilla looked around at everypony in confusion. The crowd reaction was not one of fear, but more so one of wonder, awe, and even amusement. Everypony smiled in amazement as they gasped in wonder. These were the same reactions Godzilla had heard from the crowd earlier when his eyes were closed.

Indeed, when everypony saw Godzilla coming into the party grounds for the first time, they gazed at him in wide eyed awe. These looks of gaping amazement soon turned into fascinated smiles. They had been smiling like that ever since. Upon realizing that those smiles were all for him, this made Godzilla feel very warm inside. He also couldn't help but love the fact that merely his earthshaking footstep was able to get a reaction from this crowd.

Wishing to get that reaction again, Godzilla took another step forward as he looked to the ponies on the left side of the crowd. They were very amazed at his mere footsteps the same as before. The same went for the ponies on the right side as Godzilla looked to them and took another step forward. Then Godzilla threw his arms back and lifted his head into the air as he let out a loud roar, which drew a cheer from the entire crowd.

Godzilla looked back down with a joyously surprised smile. He couldn't believe how big a reaction he got. Just a few steps and a roar and everypony was cheering louder than a crowd at a major sporting event. Wanting more cheers from the crowd, Godzilla lifted his tail up before slamming it back down on the ground. More cheers from the crowd erupted, as did the rumbling in the ground.

Godzilla looked around him with a surprised and excited smile. Despite some ponies having trouble staying on their hooves during the tail swing, for the most part everypony was cheering for Godzilla. The great kaiju even let out another roar so he could get a cheer from the crowd and cheer they did. It was absolutely unbelievable to the Alpha Predator that he had this adoring public.

A smiling Twilight Sparkle stepped forward and bowed respectively, which Godzilla returned in kind.

"Oh great and honorable defender of the land, we've all been trying to figure out exactly how we could thank you for all you've done," said Twilight Sparkle. "You've done... just so much for all of us. Time and again it's been said, but only because time and again it's true. You risk your life every time you go out to fight one of those evil beasts. And every time you beat one of them, you've saved so many lives and lively hoods. We've all had to sacrifice a lot to get to this point, but none more than you.

"And perhaps one of the best parts about you doing this is the fact that you did it out the goodness of your heart. It was that good that made you want to go out and do whatever it took... to become our friend. Well, I think I can speak for us all when I say you forever have a friend in the country of Equestria. And it is on behalf of the country who's citizens you've befriended, I want to say from the bottom of our hearts... thank you, Godzilla. Thank you so much. While we may never be able to do anything that can fully express how much we truly appreciate all that you've done for us and make up for all you went through, the least we can do is try. And that's what we're doing with this little party here... This... This celebration in your honor."

"Thank you, Godzilla," said Fluttershy.

"Thanks a lot, big guy," said Applejack.

"You honor us with all that you do, most noblest of kaiju," said Rarity. "Thank you, oh so much, Godzilla."

"Thanks a heap, G Man!" said Rainbow Dash.

"You're the bestest kaiju pal in the history of kaiju pals!" shouted Pinkie Pie.

"We love you, Godzilla," said Fluttershy.

At that point cheers, applause, and words of gratitude and love sprang from everypony in the crowd. Godzilla couldn't believe all the praise he was getting. At that point he remembered all the hardships and hatred he endured from the world he once called home. Those memories were quickly swept away by the realization of how far he had come since leaving that world behind and how many friends he's made since then. He went from being one of the most hated creatures on his other world to one of the most loved and respected creatures in the world he lived in now.

All the emotional turmoil, all the bitter fighting and scratching to survive and find a place he belonged; it seemed like all that was building up to this moment. As far as Godzilla was concerned, the payoff was all well worth it, especially in that moment with everypony cheering and loving him him. The emotion of the moment was so strong it even managed to get a tear to escape Godzilla's eye. He tried to wipe it away, but it was too late and everypony had seen it. They all reacted by calling out, "Aww". Then for a moment Godzilla just smiled down at the crowd and they smiled back. Godzilla couldn't stop himself from letting out his built up emotions in another loud roar.

As the ponies of the crowd marveled at Godzilla's show of emotion, Rarity's face suddenly lit up as she thought of an idea. She quickly went around to the rest of her friends and whispered her plan to them all. Each one of them responded with smiles and nods of agreement. Then, everypony involved walked off to get into their positions, except for Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy. They went to find several more pegasi in the crowd and whispered the plan to them and asked if they wanted to be apart of it. Some hesitated, but ultimately agreed, while others were all in from the get-go and excited to be apart of the plan.

Among the pegasi picked were Thunderlane, Cloudchaser, Flitter, and Derpy Hooves. Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy led all the volunteer pegasi up into the sky before they all scattered to handle their part in the plan. It wasn't long before Godzilla and the rest of the ponies in the crowd took notice of the pegasi squad's activities. They all watched as the pegasi lined up several clouds in a straight line that stretched out away from the crowd and higher into the sky with each cloud.

Then all of the flying ponies, except for Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy, took their places back in the crowd and looked up at Godzilla expectingly. Godzilla then turned to his two pegasi friends with a questioning look on his face with some inquiring growls to go with it.

"These ponies are hanging on every little move you make, big guy," said Rainbow Dash. "Rarity figured why not give them an actual show. Give them a spectacle to look at."

Godzilla looked to the white furred unicorn who simply nodded her head.

"I feel it best to make as big an introduction as possible," Rarity explained. "And while you certainly are a big enough deal in your own right, darling, I'd say, why not go all out?"

"How do you do that?" Rainbow Dash asked rhetorically. "You see those clouds we just lined up?" Godzilla looked to the clouds Rainbow Dash was pointing at then nodded his head and allowed Rainbow Dash to continue. "Well, we figured maybe you could give these nice ponies that came out here today a good show by lighting them up."

Godzilla stared for a moment or two before looking over to Rarity for clarification.

"We want you to blast those clouds with your breath beam, darling," Rarity explained.

Godzilla's eyes widened in surprise. He didn't expect something like this, nor was he sure if proceeding with it was a good idea or not. He looked out across the eager faces of the ponies in the crowd. They all seemed to want him to show off his atomic breath, though he was still unsure about using his ultimate weapon like that. Godzilla then turned to Fluttershy for council on the request made of him. The yellow mare smiled reassuringly as she nodded her head.

"It's okay Godzilla, you can do it," said Fluttershy.

Godzilla looked at her for a moment in surprise before letting out a roar to ask if she was sure.

"Yes, I'm sure," Fluttershy reaffirmed. "Give 'em a show, boy! Give 'em a show!"

Godzilla looked back to the crowd, all of whom smiled anxiously. They really wanted to see him show off his amazing powers. The King of Monsters thought for only a few seconds more before nodding his head in agreement. All sorts of giddy and excited giggles and whispers erupted from the crowd as several ponies looked around at each other in anticipation.

Godzilla looked up to the line of clouds above him and prepared to unleash his atomic fury upon them. He let an eye stray towards the crowd so that he may once again see the excited smiles and body language of the ponies he was entertaining for. He flashed them a quick smile before he began warming up. Godzilla's spikes slowly began to glow in a building blue light. The eyes of the ponies in the crowd widened in awe as they also expressed this feeling vocally. They were amazed even more when Godzilla opened his mouth and fired a blast of his atomic ray.

The blue and white beam flew through the air at lightning fast speed at the row of seventeen or so clouds lined up for him to shoot. It was only seconds later that the beam plowed right through every single cloud, leaving a huge gap in the middle of them all. Everypony cheered and applauded as loud as they could at the spectacle they just saw. Meanwhile, Godzilla ceased fire, a puff of smoke flowing from his closing mouth.

The King of the Monsters looked to the crowd with a proud smile on his face as he watched the adoring ponies wash him with praise for his feat. Then Godzilla thought of something; he wanted to get at least one of the ponies in on the act. He wanted to involve one of them in the show, preferably one of his friends. Godzilla gazed at the ponies around him for a moment. He briefly considered Fluttershy, but quickly ruled her out because of her distaste for the spotlight. He needed somepony who loved it.

At that moment, Godzilla knew right away who to turn to. He looked straight at Rainbow Dash, who was cheering with the rest of the ponies, and his smile expanded. The blue pegasus looked at Godzilla questioningly, to which he nodded his head towards the clouds he just shot his breath through. Rainbow Dash beamed with excitement as she pointed a hoof to herself questioningly. Godzilla nodded his head and Rainbow Dash was off and flying.

Everypony looked on as Rainbow Dash flew a straight course through the holes left in the cloud row by Godzilla. Everypony cheered as Rainbow Dash came out on the other side of the cloud row and then flew up and back in a wide vertical back loop. The flying speedster's course eventually led her back to the front of the cloud row where she started from. Then Rainbow Dash began a second fly through of the cloud row. But this time the fastest flier in Equestria added a twist.

She zigged and zagged her way under some of the clouds and then through the holes in the middle of the others. For the last five, after passing through the holes of the clouds, Rainbow Dash looped over them so she could fly through them again. Everypony applauded and cheered, but Rainbow Dash wasn't finished yet. She had an idea for one last run through that she was sure would be a showstopper, second only to Godzilla himself doing... anything actually.

Rainbow Dash flew back towards the start of the cloud line yet again. But this time, instead of stopping, she flew off a little further. Everypony watched on in curiosity as they thought of what she was going to do. With a determined smile plastered on her face, Rainbow Dash began flying towards the clouds at full speed. All onlookers watched intently as they began to notice the ball of air swirling up around Rainbow Dash.

As Godzilla watched with several questions in his head asking what was going on with Rainbow Dash, his eyes widened at what happened a moment later. Just as Rainbow Dash was flying through the first cloud hole, she unleashed her mightiest feat: the sonic rainboom. Everypony awed as Rainbow Dash flew through each of the clouds, the wave of her sonic rainboom followed, completely blowing away the clouds behind her.

As the crowd once again roared with admiration, Godzilla just stood in shock. The sight of the sonic rainboom was so unexpected and yet so... beautiful to Godzilla. As beautiful as he found this amazing sight, the surprise almost overtook his amazement. He never knew that such a small little pony had enough power to accomplish a feat such as this. These ponies never ceased to amaze Godzilla and he had a feeling that was the way it was going be for a long time.

Godzilla watched as Rainbow Dash flew down next Fluttershy, the crowd cheering all the while. The two hovering pegasi greeted each other with a high hoof and beaming smiles.

"Good work, Rainbow Dash. That was really amazing."

"As usual. Thanks, Fluttershy. It felt amazing putting on a show alongside G."

The two ponies looked up and saw Godzilla walk up to them. He let out several roars complimenting Rainbow Dash on her abilities.

"Godzilla's saying that he's very impressed after seeing your sonic rainboom, Rainbow Dash," Fluttershy translated.

"Awe, thanks, G," said Rainbow Dash. "But as cool as it is and as proud as I am, it's nothing compared to the kind of stuff you can do."

Godzilla then let out several roars, which Fluttershy translated.

"He said don't ever make light of your accomplishments and always be proud no matter what."

"Oh, I'm proud," Rainbow Dash reaffirmed. "Believe me, I'm proud. But I get what you were trying to say. Thanks again, Big G."

Godzilla roared out several more times, which Fluttershy also translated.

"Godzilla said you're welcome and that he is still very impressed. Seeing you do that makes him wonder what else you and the whole pony race is capable of."

"Ha! I could do so many awesome things, you wouldn't believe it! But in terms of what other ponies can do, one to watch out for is Twilight. When it comes to magic, that pony's got it going on."

Godzilla roared in response to Rainbow Dash's words.

"He said he would very much like to see what Twilight can do," Fluttershy translated. "He wants all of us to show him something and get in on his performance he's doing for everypony right now."

Rainbow Dash's eyes lowered as a sly grin crossed her face.

"We were hoping you'd say that," said Rainbow Dash. She turned to her friends on the ground. "Hey, girls, Godzilla wants us to show him what we got and join his act."

The members of the Mane Six on the ground reacted with enthusiastic whoops and cheers.

"Well then come on, everypony!" yelled Applejack. "Let's help Ziller here put on a show!"

"YEAH!" the other five mares agreed.

"Twilight Sparkle used her magic to make three catapults appear in front of Applejack, Rarity, and Pinkie Pie. Then she used her magic to teleport several large boulders into the catapults' buckets. Then Twilight used her magic to pull the catapults' arms back and fastened them down.

"Alright, everypony, get ready to fire," said Twilight Sparkle.

Rarity, Pinkie Pie, and Applejack took their positions at their own respective catapults and prepared to release their stones into the air. Rarity, however took one look at her plain old wooden catapult and decided it wasn't enough, especially when it was part of a performance. The white furred unicorn then used her magic to give her catapult a makeover. The wooden structure was enveloped in a flash of light, which quickly faded away.

When the light was gone, everypony saw that Rarity's catapult was now colored in a bright pink and wrapped in pink bows to match. While Rarity smiled proudly at her catapult's makeover, everyone else looked at it with uncertainty. The purple haired mare stole a glance at the ponies around her and took notice of their staring.

"It is rather fabulous now that I've worked my magic, isn't it?"

"Well, Rarity... it certainly is something," said Applejack. "Just trying to figure out what that is."

This got a laugh out of the other ponies around who found the southern Earth pony's wise crack very amusing. Meanwhile, Rarity just looked on with a deadpanned face, though her expression quickly turned into a smile afterwards. A second later, Godzilla let out a roar that was directed at Rarity.

"What was that, Godzilla sweetie?" inquired Rarity.

"Oh, he was just saying that he liked what you did to your catapult Rarity," Fluttershy translated.

"Oh, well thank you, darling," said Rarity. "At least you like the style I bring with me to every party I go to."

Godzilla then roared again, which Fluttershy happily translated.

"He also says that he loves the dress you're wearing a lot more and that it's almost as pretty as you are."

"Oh, Godzilla, you old charmer," said Rarity as she lowered her eyes. "Thanks for the compliment, darling. I knew you would appreciate this dress. I made it very recently. In fact, it was inspired by you."

Godzilla's eyes widened before he roared questioningly a moment later.

"Really?" Fluttershy translated.

"Why yes, Godzilla," answered Rarity. The proud unicorn then began to strike poses modeling her new dress. "You and your amazing, brave heart have a habit of inspiring a lot of different ponies I think. It certainly inspired me and I just can't sit idly by when inspiration comes knocking, especially when it comes from my closest friends."

Godzilla smiled somewhat bashfully, but also gratefully. He roared out to express his gratitude before joining the others in gazing at Rarity's dress. Among the details of the dress was the skirt, which was a multi layered and puffy chiffon colored emerald green to match Godzilla's scales. The skirt also had a blue trim, which matched the color of Godzilla's atomic breath. The top was also emerald green, but had many tiny blue and clear gems covering it. The dress also featured puffy sleeves and add ons like Rarity's emerald encrusted tiara, her blue crystal slippers and matching bracelets.

The dress was a very beautiful and touching sight to everyone around, especially Godzilla. He let out a roar once again complimenting Rarity on her pretty dress, which Fluttershy again translated. Then, it was time to move on.

"Alright, girls, are you ready?" asked Twilight Sparkle.

"Ready indeed, darling," said Rarity.

"Eeyup, ready here," said Applejack.

"Okey, dokey, lokey!" Pinkie Pie shouted.

"Alright then," said Twilight Sparkle. "Fire away!"

At that command, Rarity used her magic to release the arm of her catapult while Applejack bucked out her back legs to do so, and Pinkie Pie used her tail. Thus the arms of the wooden structures were sent flinging upward, which sent the boulders loaded in the catapults' buckets flying through the air safely away from the crowd. All the ponies gathered around and gasped as the boulders sailed higher and farther away into the sky.

"Alright, Godzilla, it's your turn!" shouted Twilight Sparkle. "Go for it!"

Godzilla didn't need to be told twice. He set his sights on the flying boulders and fired his atomic blast. Less than a second later the beam blasted through all three boulders and blew them into several tiny pieces, which dropped to the ground. The crowd all cheered loudly just as Twilight Sparkle used her magic to create fireworks exploding in the sky.

Everypony gazed up in wonder as fireworks of all colors went off around the fading fireballs caused by Godzilla's atomic breath. The crowd of ponies began to cheer even more when some of the colorful fires in the sky began to take a shape. Godzilla couldn't help but be stunned when that shape was revealed to be his own with him firing a beam from his mouth while surrounded by the words, "THANK YOU, GODZILLA".

Tears began to welled up in the Kaiju King's eyes yet again. He then let out a huge roar, after which he fired his atomic beam straight up into the air.

While everypony was praising the show going on before them, a smoking piece of rock that had been apart of one of the destroyed boulders found its way into the crowd. That little rock had somehow managed to bounce until it reached the feet of a certain little dragon. Spike heard the rock land by his feet and looked down when he noticed a stream of smoke flowing up from the ground. Upon seeing the smoke was coming from a piece of rock blown off by Godzilla's heat ray, Spike got very excited.

"Whoa, sweet!" Spike said enthusiastically.

The purple dragon reached down and grabbed a hold of the rock and lifted it off the ground. As he held it in his claws, Spike took the opportunity to examine and admire the pebble that had once been a huge boulder.

"This is so cool," said Spike. "Wait 'til I show everypony else. They're gonna think this is so cool! And it is! This is so awesome!"

Spike began to smell the burning scent coming from the rock getting stronger and saw that the smoke flowing into the air increased in size and was turnning black. He then began to feel a small stinging pain go through his hand that was holding the rock. He looked and saw it had turned hot red in color and was the source of the new, larger flow of black smoke. Only a second later, he felt the pain in his hand turn into a burning sensation that intensified a hundred times over.

"EYOW-HOW-OW!" Spike screamed out in pain.

He dropped the rock from his hand and waved it in the air as he held onto his wrist with his other hand and hopped around in agony. Spike's screams were picked up by the ears of the little unicorn filly, Sweetie Belle. She turned her head and gasped when she saw her dragon friend writhing in pain from his burning hand. Sweetie Belle looked around until she spotted the punch table and ran right over.

Sweetie Belle grabbed the handle of a large cup of punch in her mouth before running over to Spike's side as fast as she could. Once she reached him, Sweetie Belle said to Spike through a full mouth, "Spike, dip your hand in the punch."

While Spike wasn't quite able to understand what Sweetie Belle was saying, once she had gotten his attention and he saw the glass of punch, he acted quickly. He dumped his burning hand into the cup and instantly felt the liquid cooling off his hand. He let out a sigh of relief as smoke hissed out of the glass and up into the air. After a few seconds, Sweetie Belle tossed the drink aside and reached her hooves out for Spike's slightly blackened hand.

"Here, let me see it," said Sweetie Belle. She carefully held the baby dragon's hand atop one hoof while she gently rubbed her other hoof over it. "It doesn't seem to be too bad considering."

"Considering what?" asked Spike.

"Considering you were holding a smoking hot rock in your hand!" said Sweetie Belle.

"Oh," Spike said with a chuckle. "Yeah."

"Seriously, Spike, what were you thinking picking that up?"

"Well, you know... thick scales. I mean, I did a belly flop into a lava pool once for Celestia's sake."

"Yeah, but this is Godzilla, you know?!"

Spike didn't answer right away, instead thinking for a moment about what Sweetie Belle said.

"Okay, fair enough."

Sweetie Belle continued to examine and rub Spike's hand for a little bit before turning her concerned eyes to her dragon friend.

"Look, just try to be more careful about stuff like this from now on, okay, Spike?"

"Alright, Sweetie Belle, I promise."

"Good. Thanks, Spike."

Sweetie Belle flashed a sweet, nurturing smile to her friend before she went back to examining his hand. Then a few seconds later she finished by planting a soft kiss on one of the least blackened parts of Spike's right hand. This got a shocked reaction from Spike's face.

"What was that for, Sweetie Belle?"

The young unicorn filly stared for a moment in confusion.

"What do you mean? Doesn't Twilight give you kisses on your owies, Spike? Rarity kisses my owies whenever I get them."

"Well... Okay, yeah, Twilight does actually kiss me when I get hurt somewhere. Both her and Rarity have."

Suddenly Spike's eyes were filled with hearts at the mention of Rarity kissing him. Sweetie Belle, despite being somewhat unnerved that Spike thought of her sister that way, elected to ignore the young dragon's love struck moment and just kept smiling.

"I thought so," Sweetie Belle said to Spike.

"Owies?" Applebloom asked Scootaloo. The two of them had been watching the whole thing from the side. "Seriously?"

The orange pegasus just shrugged in reply.

Then all of a sudden, Sweetie Belle leaned in and kissed Spike on the cheek. This one really got Spike's eyes to widen in surprise as he began to rub his cheek where he was kissed.

"What was that one for?" asked Spike.

"Because I felt like it," said Sweetie Belle with a sly smile on her face.

A slightly embarrassed smile crossed Spike's face as his cheeks began to turn bright red. He quickly took notice of this and tried to get a hold of himself as he let out a bashful chuckle. Sweetie Belle and Spike stared at each other for a moment before they both reached out and hugged each other happily.

"I ship it," said Pinkie Pie as she looked on at what was going on. "My new OTP."

Then Pinkie's, Spike's, Sweetie Belle's, Applebloom's, and Scootaloo's attentions were turned back to Godzilla when they heard his footsteps and his roar coming closer towards them. Though they were all excited and happy to have him there, most of the ponies in the crowd couldn't help but get a little nervous. They all even took a step back when they saw Godzilla coming closer. However, they were all eventually able to get over their nerves and return their smiles to their faces.

A majority of the children even began to gather closer to Godzilla and formed their own small group around his feet. Some of the parents did reach for their children and put a soft hold on their hooves, but ultimately let it slip, allowing the kids to continue gathering around. Though they liked Godzilla, it was impossible to get the parents to stop worrying about their kids' safety. However, they did as best as they could to put their trust in both Godzilla and their children's decision to get close to him.

It started off very well, for there was nothing but a warm, happy, and loving wave of emotion between Godzilla and the children. The foals all smiled up at the giant kaiju while he smiled back. Godzilla, as slowly and gently as he could, began to lower himself closer to the ground until he was sitting down. At that moment all the kids began to cheer, laugh, jump up and down, wave their hooves in the air, and wildly shout out all sorts of nice things at Godzilla.

This got a laugh out of all the adults and even settled some of their paternal nerves as they watched it all. Godzilla himself was also very amused at how much energy all these kids were putting into showing their excitement and admiration for him. He got so caught up in the children's joy that he ended up wanting to get closer to them. He thought of the safest way to do this before actually trying to do it.

Everypony gasped in surprise when they saw what Godzilla did next. The King of Monsters pressed his hands hands together and lowered them until they were flat on the ground in front of the group of foals. Every colt and filly stared with wide, but uncertain, eyes. It was no mystery to everypony what Godzilla was implying with this gesture in that he wished for the kids to all hop into his hands. But a great many of those ponies, kids and adults alike, had huge reservations about going through with it.

A lot of the kids wanted to jump onto Godzilla's hand and actually almost did on impulse, but ultimately held back because they were not sure it was safe. All the parents and legal guardians felt the exact same way. They didn't know how they would react if their kids ended up jumping up into Godzilla's hands and something went wrong. They could end up falling off or accidentally getting crushed in Godzilla's grip if he was not careful. Plus several other things could go wrong. Everypony wanted to trust Godzilla, but it just seemed like their was more reasons not to let this go through then to let it.

But there were four youngsters who weren't the least bit worried about such dangers and had already made up their minds on whether to go through with it or not. Spike, Applebloom, Scootaloo, and Sweetie Belle all walked up to Godzilla's hands with big, confident, and trusting smiles on their faces. None of them wasted a word as they began to climb up onto Godzilla's palms. This made the kaiju's eyes widen with delight, especially after worrying about whether he crossed a line when he suggested picking up the kids.

In mid-climb, the four kids who chose to accept Godzilla's invitation looked over to their respective guardians out of respect and for final approval. Twilight Sparkle, Applejack, Big McIntosh, Granny Smith, Rarity, and Rainbow Dash all nodded their heads in approval. After that, the now giddy Cutie Mark Crusaders, and the baby dragon all hurried the rest of their way onto Godzilla's palms. They all hurried into the middle of one of Godzilla's palms and took the moment to look around in amazement.

"What a big hand," said Scootaloo.

"Well, that's stating the obvious," said Spike. Though he was unable to help himself from stating this fact himself. "Just look at it. His hands are huge."

"Uh huh," the Crusaders agreed.

"Any other takers?" asked Applebloom as she looked to the crowd. Several of them still seemed uncertain. "It's safe. Really."

"Yeah, trust us on this," Rainbow Dash chimed in.

"We wouldn't let any of them do it if we weren't sure," said Twilight Sparkle.

"Eeyup," Big McIntosh agreed.

The ponies in the crowd began to whisper amongst themselves to try and get some opinions and figure out what they ought to do. Then suddenly... "Is it alright, Mama?" The crowd looked to see a little filly had placed a hoof on the side of Godzilla's hand.

"Is it okay, Mama? I really wanna do it. It looks fun!"

It was the little unicorn filly, Dinky Doo, who was daughter to the gray pegasus, Derpy Hooves. Everypony looked to see Derpy standing next to her coltfriend, the Earth pony known as Doctor Whooves. The pegasus mare seemed uncertain as she stood by thinking hard on the situation. After a second or two, she turned to the Doctor with a questioning look on her face.

The light brown stallion let a soft smile cross his face as he lightly nodded his head. This made Derpy's face light up brightly.

"That's just what I was thinking, Doc," said Derpy Hooves. Then she turned back to her daughter. "Go ahead, Dinky, it's alright. Have fun."

With that, the now beaming Dinky Doo hurried up Godzilla's hand and ran to the side of Spike and the Crusaders. After the four greeted their new companion, all five children looked to Godzilla. As they all stared up at the King of Monsters with him staring right back, the kids all started to take notice low growls emanating from Godzilla's mouth. It didn't take much thinking to know he was doing this because he was happy.

Spike, Dinky, and the Cutie Mark Crusaders could tell by the look on Godzilla's face that was exactly how he was feeling at that moment. He was as happy as a baby kitten and he wasn't afraid to show it, despite his status as a giant monster. Seeing this made the five kids all start laughing happily. All of this, in turn, made the ponies in the crowd applaud and cheer as loudly as possible, which got a short roar out of Godzilla.

Then amazingly, all at once the adults began allowing their kids to go ahead and climb up into Godzilla's hands. None of them needed to be told twice, for once they were given the all clear, everyone of the young colts and fillies ran up and began climbing into Godzilla's hands. All of the giddy little children couldn't wait for the ride they knew was coming next. It wasn't long before many of the children were gathered close together in the palms Godzilla's hands looking up at their loyal defender. All those who were unable to fit in Godzilla's hands ended up having to wait very impatiently for their turn. But they knew it would be worth it.

Then Godzilla, as slowly and carefully as he could, began to lift his hands off the ground and up into the air, looking down at the ponies reassuringly all the while. Everypony gasped in both amazement and nervousness at the sight of all those children being lifted up so high in the hands of a giant monster. All the smiling, giggling kids that Godzilla held in his hands looked out at everything around them. Most of these foals had never been up this high before in their lives and being able to see things from so high was an experience like none of them could've imagined. They could see things a lot of them never thought they'd be able to see, at least not like this.

They could see higher into the sky than ever before. They could see all of Ponyville and everything far, far beyond from where they were standing. Besides their hometown, the kids saw all the wide open fields, hills, trees, free roaming animals, and so on that surrounded it. They also saw the mountain from which Canterlot sat high on the side of. They could even see Canterlot itself from where they stood upon Godzilla's hands. It wasn't a perfect glimpse at the capital city because it was so far away, but it was still an exciting experience for the children to be able to see it like they were.

"Wow," Sweetie Belle whispered as she kept looking around at all the amazing sights.

"Ditto," Applebloom managed to say in a slight stammer of a voice.

"So... how does it feel to be up here for the first time?" asked Spike.

"Amazing," said Applebloom.

"Fascinating," said Sweetie Belle.

"Undeniably, unquestionably, totally awesome!" said Scootaloo.

"Yeah, that's pretty much how I'm feeling right now," said Spike.

"I mean, sure we've all taken balloon trips up this high and all and even higher," said Scootaloo.

"But we've never seen it like this before," said Applebloom as she waved a hoof out into the open air.

Everypony took a quick moment of silence to enjoy all they were experiencing at that time. It was an absolutely spectacular moment in all their lives and they appreciated every moment of it.

"I can't wait to get back up here again on my own," said Scootaloo. The young pegasus filly looked back at her... less than developed wings with an uncertain look on her face. "If I ever do get up here on my own."

Upon hearing the somewhat somber and doubtful tone in their friend's voice, Applebloom, Sweetie Belle, and Spike all rushed to her side.

"You'll get there on your own someday, Scootaloo," said Applebloom.

"Yeah, we know you will," said Sweetie Belle.

"Yeah, I mean, you're Scootaloo for crying out loud," said Spike. "Don't need anymore than that."

Each friend rubbed Scootaloo's back supportively to which she looked at them with a grateful smile. Then all of a sudden they all looked up when they heard Godzilla's roar. They all saw that the great beast holding them in his hands was looking directly at them as he let out yet another roar.

"I don't need Fluttershy to translate to know what that meant," said Applebloom.

"He's saying what we're gonna say to you right now," said Spike.

"You'll fly even higher," said Sweetie Belle.

"Scootaloo's eyes began to tremble emotionally as her grateful smile got bigger and brighter. She looked around at her friends next to her before looking back to Godzilla who nodded his head reassuringly. Then the four close friends in Godzilla's hands joined in a group hug.

"Thank you, everypony," said Scootaloo. The foursome looked up at their guardian monster who greeted them with a pleasant look on his face. "And thank you, too, Godzilla. Thank you for... well, all of this... Everything that you do. You really are one of a kind."

Godzilla began to lift his hands up higher, which surprised the kids all at first. He didn't stop until his hands were right up against the end of his snout. This resulted in all the children reaching out, hugging, kissing, nuzzling, and overall snuggling the end of Godzilla's nose. Godzilla released several low growls of happiness from feeling so loved by so many. He never felt more at peace with life than he did at that moment; the only other time that came close was when he met Fluttershy for the first time and his other friends soon after.

All the love and affection didn't go unnoticed. Twilight Sparkle and Fluttershy, as high as Godzilla was, were still able to see it all from where they stood. The rest of their friends were able to see it as well and they couldn't be happier.

"This has got to be the best day of my life," said Fluttershy.

"I'm sure that's what all the youngins' are sayin' right now," said Applejack.

The Mane Six let out a short group laugh at the southern pony's words.

"Yeah, for sure," said Rainbow Dash. "So's Godzilla. This couldn't of been more perfect or awesome."

"And we have Pinkie Pie and Twilight to thank for it all," said Rarity.

Everypony looked over to the two mentioned ponies, both of whom smiled bashfully.

"Yes, it's true," said Fluttershy. "None of this would've been as good without you two working so hard together for Godzilla. I want to thank you both for thinking of Godzilla so hard when you went to work on this party."

"Awe shucks," said Pinkie Pie.

"I'm flattered, really I am," said Twilight Sparkle. "But Pinkie really deserves all the credit. She was already planning on giving Godzilla a party."

"GODZILLA! PAR-TAY!" Pinkie Pie shrieked as loud as she could.

"I just said we should probably do it today and lent a hoof here and there," Twilight Sparkle continued.

"Don't be so modest Twilight," said Fluttershy.

"Yeah, that's Fluttershy's job," said Applejack.

The group all laughed together again, while Fluttershy blushed a little.

"You always work hard, Twilight, especially for friends," said Fluttershy. "And I'm sure Godzilla appreciates it. I know I do."

Everypony spoke in agreement and applauded Twilight just as Godzilla let out a roar. The Mane Six all looked up and saw Godzilla looking down at them.

"He said thank you, Twilight and Pinkie Pie," Fluttershy translated. Then Godzilla roared again. "He said thank you so much to all of us."

Twilight Sparkle looked up to Godzilla and the two beamed at each other.

"You're ever so welcome, Godzilla," said Twilight Sparkle. "But it will never be enough to repay you for what you've done for us. Just know that... I love you... We all do."

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I apologize extremely for going off on that tangent. It's just that some things get to me sometimes. I'm only human. Please forgive me? I beg of you, sincerely from the bottom of my heart. I actually do appreciate all the love and attention you all have given this story. All the reviews, all the favorites, and story follows. I think this is not only my most successful story ever, but also the most successful Godzilla/MLP crossover on this website. So for that, I say I am extremely grateful to all of you. Thank you for all the love and support you've given both this story and me. I do really appreciate it deep down in my heart and in my soul. Thank you, everybody.

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