Godzilla's roar rang through the air, stretching far and wide to signal the end of it all. It was not only the amazing fight he just went through in San Flankciscolt that had ended. It was also the entire situation that had come as a result of King Sombra releasing the kaiju in the first place. It only started a little more than a week ago, but it felt like it had been going on for years. The devastation the giant monsters had wrought under King Sombra's command had certainly taken years off the lives of the ponies who managed to survive it.

It was thanks to the combined efforts of Godzilla, the fallen Mothra, and various ponies among others that it was all finally over. All the hardships, all the turmoil, all the losses, all the days spent fighting that felt like they'd been stretched into months. All this and more had finally culminated in that moment where Sombra was back in Tartarus and the only kaiju standing was a defender of the innocent. The roar Godzilla let out, however, was not one of celebration, joy or anything of the sort. It was actually the exact opposite set of emotions, that being mourning, sadness, and possibly even depression.

These negative emotions stemmed from all Godzilla saw before his eyes, that being the area that had been turned into a giant demolition zone. This part of the city of San Flankciscolt that was once a busy business district had been turned into a ghost town. Some would argue it didn't even qualify as that anymore, that it was just a wasteland made by an impossible war. It was thought to be impossible, that is until it finally happened. Giant beasts of power and destruction had waged an amazing war, one that had leveled an entire city district and more.

But it wasn't just there in San Flankciscolt that this had occurred either. Other major cities and less inhabited areas of Equestria had suffered from direct attacks by kaiju and fell victim to the wars they raged against each other. All across the country, there was left desolation, some places suffering worse from it than others. In addition to the cities and their buildings, several ponies and other living beings had fallen victim to this countrywide tragedy. Some had lost their homes or their lively hoods and a very large group of beings had lost their lives to this chaos.

That was what hurt Godzilla the most was that throughout this whole situation, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't protect everypony. He had gone into this role as defender with high hopes of protecting everyone. Even though he had saved all the ponies he could, which was a lot of them, he was unable to defend them all or even as many of the homes they built that he wanted. The part about how many ponies he wasn't able to save was what hurt most of all. Even though he had no doubt that he saved more ponies than had been lost, he was unable to get it out of his head just how many had perished during the kaiju conflict.

This hurt him more emotionally than any of the physical injuries he had sustained throughout his run battling all those evil monsters. These thoughts and emotions were running through Godzilla as he looked out at the absolutely destroyed area around him, which only served as a reminder. Those who were standing close by on a rooftop and had seen the fight play out were feeling somewhat similarly. This group consisting of the Mane Six, the alicorn princess sisters, the royal couple, Discord, and even the Cosmos felt really low. It had hit those indigenous to Equestria the worst of all in the group, though the Cosmos, as defenders themselves, sympathized a great deal with the mourning Equestrians.

Even Discord, a once evil being that had literally turned the world upside down would never have wished anything like this on Equestria. It was especially troubling for him since he had worked so hard in the distant past to help keep this from ever happening again. Of course, there was also Princess Celestia and Princess Luna, who were the rulers of Equestria and as such, charged with its overall protection. This was not a role they took lightly, for they loved Equestria and everypony who lived in the great land. Knowing that so may had died and there was virtually nothing they could do to stop it made them feel like failures in their roles on Equestria's hierarchy and worse, as protectors.

Twilight, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, and Fluttershy were all just as heartbroken, if not more. All of them were on the verge of breaking down emotionally right on the spot. They had been there throughout this whole ordeal and seen everything happen up close and personal. This was not and would not end up being like all the other times the Mane Six had seen Godzilla win a kaiju fight and they cheered ecstatically. For the time being, there would be no celebration from them or any other being after what their homeland had been through or so it seemed.

The threat may have been over, but it was more than likely the sting that came from it would stay around for a long, long time. Everyone wanted to be happy that Sombra and the kaiju were gone, which to an extent they were. They just couldn't shake away the blues that came from having seen all the death and destruction up close. Perhaps eventually these positive feelings would rise over their negative ones, but for no that seemed unlikely.

Everyone had been sadly staring out at the wreckage from the city all teary eyed when they heard something. It snapped them all out of their despairing trance and even managed to make them feel a little better. This was because the sounds everyone heard were the growls and thundering footsteps of Godzilla, who was making his way over to the building the group stood upon. It was hard for them all to tell exactly how Godzilla was feeling at that moment. Mostly it was because they were blinded by their own tears and glum feelings and emotions.

Godzilla finally stopped when he was right next to the building and looked down to all those gathered on top of it. They all looked up at him and it became apparent that he wasn't exactly the most cheerful at that moment either. Some ponies tried to put on small smiles for Godzilla to try and cheer him up, but it was no use. They could not hide their true feelings at that moment, which were the same ones Godzilla had, so he completely understood. Still, none of them wanted to let the moment go by without at least trying to show Godzilla how grateful they were for all he had done.

"So..." Fluttershy began.

"Yeah," Applejack said weakly.

"I... guess it's all over now," said Rainbow Dash.

"Yeah," said Pinkie Pie. "We... More like, you... beat the big bad... baddie bads guys."

"Yeah... thank you, Godzilla," Fluttershy managed to say.

The adorable pegasus mare even managed to put the smallest smile on her face for her giant reptilian friend. Unfortunately, Godzilla couldn't manage to do the same, his expression instead becoming even sadder. Upon seeing this, Fluttershy's smile faded, as did any other ponies' attempt to try and look happy. Godzilla turned his gaze back out to the utterly destroyed area of city around him and his friends. Everyone else looked out, following Godzilla's stare at everything that had suffered as a result of all the kaiju that had appeared in the city.

Some felt like they should try to say something to comfort everyone, but none of them could think of anything appropriate to say. The time never felt right to even try and they also couldn't bring themselves to do it because they knew it would be half heartedly. So, for a while no one said anything; there was no cheering Godzilla, no nothing else either. They just stared out sadly at the wreckage that they just knew also had several ponies amongst it either dead of dying or so on.

After a few minutes passed by, those on the rooftop heard Godzilla finally calling out in the form of several soft growls. They looked to see he still had an upset look on his face, only now it was a mixture of sad and angry. While the majority of the group couldn't actually understand what Godzilla was saying, they all knew very well what it was about. The only ones who truly understood Godzilla and know for certain what he was saying were Fluttershy and the Cosmos.

The majority of what Godzilla was saying was that despite how big he was, despite how powerful he was, he wasn't able to save them all. They had this image of him as this larger than life almost superhero-like defender and he couldn't save every poor pony that had to suffer this whole ordeal. Nearly everypony's life was effected and some even ended by the kaiju being in Equestria no matter what Godzilla did. He just wasn't able to stop the evil that was King Sombra and his kaiju fast enough to keep them from bringing harm and death to those around them. In that regard, Godzilla couldn't help but feel like a failure, despite all he accomplished.

"You did the best you could, Godzilla," said Fluttershy. Everyone, including the kaiju himself, looked to the young pegasus pony. "That's all anyone could ever ask of you. You did your absolute best, Godzilla. You gave a hundred percent in all your efforts no matter how hard it may have been to win. I know how bad it looks here and in other places around Equestria. But considering what the alternative would have been if you weren't here to protect us, I'd say things have turned out a lot better than they would have otherwise."

Godzilla looked around and saw everypony else nodding their head in agreement with what Fluttershy had just said.

"Yeah, you really shouldn't beat yourself up to hard about it," said Rainbow Dash. "I mean, I know it's really hard not to and all, but you should at least try to give yourself credit for your accomplishments, too."

"Why, I'd say your accomplishments far outweigh your failures, darling" said Rarity. "And though you may have failures, you're not the only one."

"Before you came here, we were sorta... kinda unofficially the first line of defense for Equestria," said Applejack. "We couldn't stop the kaiju at all in any capacity. Sure we tried in various ways, but none of them really worked. Nothing we did made that big a difference in the long run and it hurt. We felt just like you do now, like we were failures. I know I sure did and right now to an extent I still kinda do. The truth hurts, but we didn't stop the kaiju the way we wanted either."

"But what matters the most is that it got done," said Pinkie Pie. "Through all the hardships, through all the twists and turns, through all the beach soaking, bat chasing, beetle running, bird flaming, wart biting, spider scorching, dragon slamming, serpent swimming, cat pouncing, centipede wrestling, epic tag teaming hoo-ha, it got done! The kaiju are gone, Sombra's dead and Equestria is saved. You played a big part in that, Godzilla, and it actually helped to expand our roles in helping out, too. Maybe we still didn't do as big a job as we wanted, but you still helped us to play a bigger part than we would have otherwise!"

"So, you see, Godzilla?" Twilight Sparkle asked. "You still did good. We all did. It doesn't look like it right down and it may not feel like it for a while, but we still did something vitally important that saved Equestria!"

"We also have to say this to you now, more than ever, Godzilla," said Cadance.

"We know it may sound selfish, but thanks to you, the Crystal Empire, which we ruler over, was never even touched by King Sombra or his kaiju," said Shinning Armor.

"For that and for what you've done for the country overall, we thank you ever so much from the bottom of our hearts," said Cadance.

"Also, when Canterlot was under threat to the kaiju, you did not hesitate to rush to our aid," said Princess Luna. "Because of that, there was very little damage done to the capitol, in fact, hardly any at all."

"You did all that and more, Godzilla," said Fluttershy. "I am very proud of you. As proud as anypony could ever be for somepony else."

It was after his friends had said all this to him when Godzilla was finally able to crack a small smile. It was not one of pride or anything of the sort, but a smile of gratitude to his friends for saying such nice things to him and trying to lift him up when he was down. He was also smiling because of how much he had grown to love all these ponies. Not just those in front of him, though he loved them most of all, but everypony around Equestria. Since he had gotten there, they had all shown him nothing but love and respect, which made it all that more of a pleasure to protect them.

Godzilla's back spikes suddenly began to glow, which at first slightly alarmed everyone. They stepped back as they watched the blue glow turn white as Godzilla's mouth opened up. Several tiny little orbs of light flew from the giant's gaping mouth and down to the group on the rooftop. Two orbs came to members of the Mane Six, while everyone else only got one. The orbs turned into waves that washed over whoever they had come to.

When the lights disappeared, everypony looked to see their cutie marks had been restored. Everyone had gotten their magic back, including Discord, who was now using them giddily. The Elements of Harmony had also regained their full power and everypony found themselves finally able to cheer up like they had done for Godzilla. The only one who didn't seem quite as happy as the others was Princess Celestia, who was sitting by herself.

"Thanks, big guy," Twilight Sparkle said with a smile.

Godzilla let out a soft growl as he extended his hand, which the Mane Six were eager to accept. Twilight teleported them all onto Godzilla's open right palm to which they all responded excitedly. Godzilla then extended his left hand, to which everyone else accepted. Everyone that is, except for Princess Celestia, who hadn't said anything in a while and was still looking out at the city in tears. The Cosmos also respectfully declined, to which Godzilla held them no ill will.

Godzilla lifted both hands up close to his face, giving everyone a chance to lift up a hoof, or in Discord's case, a paw, and softly pet the edge of his snout. After that, everypony smiled up at Godzilla before looking down to Celestia. As soon as she saw the state her sister was in, Princess Luna flew out to be by her side. She stopped for a moment to turn back to everyone.

"My sister is just as grateful as all of us," Princess Luna reassured. "She just needs... time is all. When that time has passed, she'll show you, Godzilla, that no one could be more appreciative to you than her. Not even me."

Godzilla softly growled in reply.

"He understands," Fluttershy translated. "He wants her to take all the time she needs."

Luna smiled as she respectfully bowed to the Kaiju King before flying off to comfort her sister.

"Have you ever seen Celestia like this, Twilight?"

"No, Applejack, I haven't. When this is all over, I hope I never have to again."

Everypony spoke in agreement as they watched Luna land on the roof, walk over to Celestia, and hug her tightly. Godzilla watched it all while feeling happy for Celestia that she had such a sibling that could be with her in her desperate hours of need. At the same time, he was thankful that he finally had so many good friends, which was something he had been looking for all along. After Godzilla let out a few soft growls, everypony turned back to him and resumed all the smiling, petting, hugging, and even snuggling, all for their friend, Godzilla.

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Outside the severely damaged city wall of Canterlot, a portal opened up. Out of it flew five large golden battle wagons, each carried by a team of ten pegasi. They were followed close behind through the portal by Godzilla, who was gently carrying Fluttershy in his hand. The pony mare had her own passengers in the form of the Cosmos, who were still seated on their Fairy Mothra, which was riding on Fluttershy's back. Once everything and everyone was through to the other side, the portal closed behind them.

Godzilla followed the convoy of battle wagons until he was standing right outside the Canterlot city wall, where came a complete stop. He then raised his hand up high, so that Fluttershy could fly out into the wide open air. As Fluttershy turned to smile at Godzilla, the Fairy Mothra carrying the Cosmos flew off her back. Fluttershy and the Fairy Mothra flew to catch up with the convoy now making there way through the airspace above the city to get to the castle.

During the flight, Fluttershy looked to the Cosmos sympathetically. She found herself unable to read the twin fairies' faces, for their expressions seemed somewhat emotionless.

"I want to say again, Cosmos, how deeply sorry I am about what happened to Mothra."

The Cosmos turned to the good hearted pegasus and smiled graciously.

"Thank you, Dear Fluttershy. Admittedly it has been hard every time something like this has happened."

Fluttershy's eyes slightly widened in surprise.

"This has happened before?"

"Yes, many times, in fact. But what always cushions the blow of losing Mothra is knowing there is an egg at home waiting to hatch so Mothra may be born again."

"That's how it works? Mothra lays an egg and when she dies, that egg hatches to reincarnate her?"

"Yes."

"Wow," Fluttershy said in an amazed tone.

It wasn't long before the pegasi pulled battle wagons had reached the castle and were landing in its courtyard. Once they were all on the ground, several unicorns and Earth ponies from the royal guard ran up to the wagons. Some conversed with the pegasi while the others opened up the back of the wagons to reveal their cargo. In addition to the boxes of supplies in the back, there were also several ponies, including the Mane Six, minus Fluttershy. They along, with Cadance, Shinning Armor, and Discord stepped out of the wagon's interior and walked down its ramp as several uniformed ponies moved passed them.

It wasn't long before Fluttershy gently came in for a landing next to her friends. She was greeted warmly with smiles and gentle hugs, which she returned in kind. Everypony looked to see the Cosmos flying on Fairy Mothra, who they greeted warmly, too. Upon seeing all the smiling ponies, the Cosmos smiled back and gave slight bows of their heads.

Princess Celestia and Princess Luna walked out of the back of the biggest battle wagon with several royal guards surrounding them. When they spotted the main group of ponies, the royal sisters walked over to meet them. Princess Luna smiled to greet everyone, while Princess Celestia was having trouble working one up. She managed to work up a small, slightly sad smile for everypony, despite how bad she was still feeling after everything that had happened.

"I'm... sorry, everypony, for my recent behavior," said Princess Celestia. "It's just been a tough time for me is all. I am truly grateful for all you've contributed in the campaign to defeat the kaiju. You are all shinning examples of what makes Equestria so great... I most certainly will express my gratitude on a much grander scale at some point in the future. For now, I just need... some time is all."

"Of course, Your Highness," Twilight Sparkle said as she bowed respectfully.

Everypony else bowed as well, except Discord who merely made a rose appear in Celestia's hair hoping it would mean he didn't have to bow. Princess Celestia used her magic to levitate the rose up to her nose so she may smell its lovely fragrant. The white furred alicorn smiled graciously to everypony before taking to the sky and flying away. Luna didn't follow her sister right away, choosing instead to hang back and further converse with the group.

"It is like I said," Princess Luna reassured. "In time, my sister will show herself to be the most grateful of all ponies. But for now, you have many more grateful ponies to meet with. Most of them being especially grateful that you all came back in one piece."

As the princess of the moon flew away, the group turned to see who these other ponies were that Luna spoke of. They all gasped in amazement as their faces lit up in delight to see all their closest friends and family standing just beyond the wagons. There was Applejack's entire family, her grandmother Granny Smith, her older brother, Big McIntosh, her younger sister, Apple Bloom, and even the family dog, Winona. There to greet Pinkie Pie was the entire Cake family consisting of husband and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Cake and their twin foals, Pumpkin and Pound Cake. They were also accompanied by Pinkie Pie's toothless baby pet alligator, Gummy.

Rarity's family was there to greet her as well, that being her mother and father along with her younger sister, Sweetie Belle, who was holding Rarity's cat, Opalescence. Scootaloo along with Rainbow Dash's propeller-fitted pet tortoise were there to meet the rainbow maned pegasus. Fluttershy was met by all of her animal friends from her cottage, who were led by the rabbit, Angel Bunny. Twilight, Shinning Armor, and Cadance looked to see Spike along with Owlowiscious and Twilight and Shinning's mother and father. It wasn't even a second before both groups were running at each other with tear filled eyes and large smiles as they hollered in joy.

When the two gathering of ponies combined into one large wave, there were tons and tons of positive emotions running rampant in the area. It could probably be felt all throughout Canterlot, possibly even stretching to Ponyville. All sorts of signs of affection were shown all throughout this huge and happy reunion. From hugs, to kisses, to cuddling, nuzzling, and many many words, most of which were expressing how much everyone loved each other and how happy they were to be safely reunited.

"Aww, AJ!" Granny Smith let out joyously. "I'm so, very proud of you. Why, I thought I did some crazy things when I was your age. I couldn't even make up half the stuff you've been doing the last few days. I can't believe what a fine, young mare you've grown up into. It's gone beyond any hopes I could've had for you."

"Eeyup," Big Mac agreed in a shaky voice while also trying to hide his tears.

"I hope when I grow up, I can be half the pony you are."

"Apple Bloom, I guarantee that you're gonna grow up to be three times the pony I am," said Applejack.

The Southern filly's face lit up even brighter before she and her older sister embraced each other even tighter.

"Thank you, Applejack," said Apple Bloom.

"No, thank you all for supporting me and staying strong throughout this whole wing ding with the kaiju."

Elsewhere, Rarity was enjoying being reunited with her family.

"Oh, Opal, snookums wookums!" Rarity let out overly enthused. She was swinging her cat around, rubbing her hooves over its fur and squeezing the poor feline tight, much to her annoyance. "Mamma missed her little kitty witty so much!"

After she was done, Rarity saw how annoyed her cat was, to which she smiled apologetically. The pampered feline merely smiled, letting her owner know she understood it was all meant affectionately. After doing a quick cleanup of her cat's fur, Rarity looked to her family. There wasn't a dry eye amongst the group as they embraced for a group hug.

"I was afraid I had lost you, Rarity," said Sweetie Belle.

After the group hug broke up, the purple maned unicorn looked to her younger sister with the most genuinely loving smile any eyes ever saw.

"I promise you, Sweetie Belle, no matter what happens, I will always be here for you," said Rarity. "You hear that? No matter what."

As Rarity and Sweetie Belle embraced one another, Pinkie Pie was changing between hugging Gummy tightly and swinging him around in the air. The entire time she was switching between laughing and crying, an emotional state that was understandable, at least for Pinkie Pie in this kind of situation.

"Oh, Gummy, you have no idea how happy I am to see you!" Pinkie Pie shouted out. Somehow beyond explanation, the pink pony grew an extra set of forelegs that extended a greater length then his original pair and wrapped up the Cakes in a tight, squeezing embrace. "And I'm so happy to see you all, too! I'll admit I didn't know how this was all gonna turnout in the end! Even when we were in San Flankciscolt I didn't know what was gonna happen! But I'm so glad what did happen did happen and I'm even gladder that I finally get to come home and hug all of you! I love you so much!"

"We love you, too, Pinkie," Mr. Cake said in between gasps for breath.

"But do you think you can loosen up a bit?" Mrs. Cake requested. "We can't breathe."

When Pinkie Pie realized she was accidentally choking the Cake family, her cheeks turned red as she smiled sheepishly. Her extra pair of forelegs disappeared into her body before she stepped back to give the Cakes some air. Once they could all breathe again, the Cakes all turned to Pinkie Pie and smiled lovingly.

"Pinkie," Pound Cake said as he reached out for the pink Earth pony.

"Pie," Pumpkin Cake finished as she reached out as well.

With tears building up in her eyes, Pinkie Pie walked over and gave the Cakes each a proper hug.

Meanwhile, Rainbow Dash and Scootaloo had just gotten done nuzzling each other and were now talking amongst themselves.

"I knew you could do it, Rainbow Dash! I knew it all along!"

"Thanks, squirt, but as much as I'd like to say I knew it all the time, too, I... didn't."

Scootaloo and Tank both gasped in disbelief, for this was something extremely rare for Rainbow Dash to admit.

"Really?!" Scootaloo asked.

"Yup, really," Rainbow Dash replied. "I'd like to tell you I was super confident throughout the whole thing, but I wasn't. It was a scary situation. Scarier than anything that came before and may possibly be scarier than anything that comes after. But that doesn't matter now. What does is that the world is saved and I'm still here to spread my awesomeness around Equestria for all to see!... And of course help you grow into a pony just as awesome!"

Tank lightly tapped the side of Rainbow Dash's foreleg to get her attention. When she looked down, she was delighted to see the tortoise's smiling face looking up at her. Scootaloo got in closer to, after which the trio looked around to make sure no one was watching. Then Rainbow Dash, Scootaloo, and Tank wiggled their noses together. They only did this for two seconds before stopping and trying to keep up appearances.

Elsewhere, Fluttershy was cuddling with all her animal friends who were just as delighted to see her as she was to see them. This was interrupted when the animals disappeared in a flash of light. Fluttershy looked around worriedly for her pets only to have Discord appear in their place.

"Don't worry about your little pets," said Discord. "I just played animal control and sent them back to the kennel- I mean, your cottage! It was only so I can have a moment to tell you I'll be heading home now. All this... love and affection... oh, gag! It's just not for me. But I wanted to tell you I'm so glad you're alright, Fluttershy."

"If it wasn't for you and your plan, Discord, I may not have been quite so alright," the yellow furred pegasus said. "The rest of Equestria may not have been so good either."

"Yes, yes, keep it down, please," said Discord.

The two friends smiled to each other before sharing a loving embrace. Fluttershy was nearly lost in how happy she felt at that moment when Discord suddenly disappeared. Fluttershy opened her eyes to see that in Discord's place, she was hugging a bouquet of roses. The happy little pony giggled as she gently sniffed at the flowers left to her by her most bizarre of friends.

Finally, that led to Twilight Sparkle, her parents, Spike, Cadance, and Shinning Armor all conversing amongst themselves. After finishing up a conversation with Twilight, her parents turned to Shinning and Cadance to talk to them. Owlowiscious landed on Twilight Sparkle's back, to which she turned so they could snuggle a little. Finally, Twilight Sparkle turned to Spike, seeing that tears had been wadding up in his eyes. Upon seeing this, the violet alicorn's eyes began to tremble and fill up with tears as well.

Twilight and Spike ran up to and hugged each other as tightly as they could.

"I was so scared for you, Twilight!" Spike wept out.

"I was scared for you, too, Spike," Twilight Sparkle said in a motherly tone. "I was scared for everyone in this one, especially those I cared for the most, like you."

After that they spent a few seconds in silence just hugging each other as lovingly as two friends ever could. Finally they loosened their hug enough so they could step back and look at each other properly.

"It looks like all that worry was for nothing in the end," Spike said with a chuckle.

"No, it wasn't," said Twilight Sparkle. "Despite how it turned out, we all had a very good reason to be worried. Even when a situation is handled, it doesn't diminish the severity it had. Having said that, I am glad it's finally over and I get to come back home to you, Spike."

"I'm glad, too, Twilight, you have no idea!" Spike said enthusiastically. His demeanor changed to slightly sulky. "I guess I wasn't much help here, though. Sorry I didn't try harder. I suppose you just didn't need me here."

Twilight smiled as she put a hoof under Spike's chin and lightly turned his head up so he could see her clearly.

"I will always need you, Spike."

With that, the baby dragon's eyes began trembling as tears resumed falling from them and he smiled in joy. The two embraced each other one more time, for the emotion of the moment was too much to try and resist, not that they ever would. After that, Spike and Twilight Sparkle pulled back so they could smile at each other once more.

"Besides, even if you didn't need me this time, what matters most is you got it done in the end," said Spike. "Ya stopped the kaiju and saved the world!"

A slight frown crossed Twilight Sparkle's face upon hearing her assistant's words.

"But we didn't do it," Twilight corrected. "At least we didn't do the heavy load of it."

"Nah, it was Ziller boy who put the kaiju under," said Applejack.

"Though, we did help a little bit," said Rainbow Dash.

"So did they," Pinkie Pie said as she pointed a hoof to Cadance and Shinning Armor. "And so did the princesses, and Discord of all ponies. Ooh, ooh, and so did they!"

Pinkie Pie pointed a hoof at the Cosmos and Fairy Mothra, who was resting on Fluttershy's back once again. The Cosmos smiled and bowed graciously first to Pinkie Pie, then to everypony else. Upon seeing the twin fairies, those who had not seen them before were absolutely flabbergasted. Some of their jaws actually dropped to the ground before being quickly closed by Pinkie Pie.

"Gadsnickety, my sight must be playing tricks on me again," said Granny Smith.

"Oh, no, your sight ain't foolin' with ya, Granny," Applejack reassured.

"At least not this time," Big Mac mumbled.

"Can't be, because I see them, too," said Mr. Cake.

"Me, too," said Sweetie Belle.

Everypony else who had not yet seen the Cosmos spoke in unison agreeing they could all see the little girls and how amazing it was that they could. The Mane Six were all rather amused at this, mostly because everypony's astonished reaction to the Cosmos mirrored theirs nearly to a tee.

"Everypony, these little girls are the Cosmos," said Twilight Sparkle. "They are the heralds of the kaiju who helped Equestria beat the kaiju the first time back in ancient times. They came here, along with that kaiju to help us deal with the kaiju problem we were having here in modern times."

Everyone gaped in amazement before they began whispering amongst each other.

"Well, it certainly sounds like we owe you lovely young ladies a big debt of gratitude," said Mrs. Cake.

Everypony else in the crowd of family and friends lit up and spoke in agreement.

"How could we ever thank ya for such a selfless deed?" Granny Smith asked.

"They're so cool!" Scootaloo let out.

"Look at that big moth they're riding on!" Apple Bloom said excitedly. "It's so cute!"

"So are their dresses and them!" Sweetie Belle added on. "They're all just so adorable!"

The Cosmos laughed while also smiling in slight embarrassment, which was followed by everypony else laughing.

"We think that'll do just fine," the Cosmos said in reply to Granny's question. "While we appreciate your gratitude, we would've helped either way. We exist to do the right thing because it is the right thing to do. That's why we love Equestria so much, because it seems like the vast majority of its citizens are the exact same. It certainly shines here with all of you. Especially these brave girls."

The Cosmos waved their hands around to the Mane Six, all of whom smiled gratefully.

"Thanks, Cosmos," said Twilight Sparkle. "It takes a whole lot to be able to do the right thing when there's no other reason to do it except that it's the right thing to do."

"Yeah, one thing would be bravery," said Spike.

"You want a pony who braved it out to do the right thing, ya don't have to look no further than Fluttershy," said Applejack.

"Huh?" Fluttershy gasped in surprise.

"Yes, indeed," Applejack reaffirmed. "Fluttershy, you've said it yourself several times that you're afraid of almost everything around you, including your own shadow. Yet here you go through everything we did and came out of it just fine. Heck, sometimes you got it worse when we couldn't be there to protect ya. Now here you are standing tall with the rest of us after facing the ultimate fear for anypony."

"Hear, hear," said Rarity. "We're all so extremely proud of you, Fluttershy!"

"No group of ponies could be prouder," said Rainbow Dash.

"Let's hear it for Fluttershy, the bravest of us all!" Pinkie Pie shouted out.

With that, everyone was cheering and applauding the amazing pegasus, who stood there taking it in with an incredibly shy smile and a blushing red face.

"Thank you, everypony," said Fluttershy. "Thank you all so much. You and your kindness mean a lot to me. But if you want to thank anyone for my becoming so brave, you should be thanking Godzilla. Ever since he showed up, I've been doing things I never even dreamed I'd ever be able to do in my entire life. He brought out the brave pony in me."

Twilight Sparkle couldn't help but chuckle a little before walking in closer.

"Fluttershy, you were brave long before you ever met Godzilla."

"You really think so, Twilight?"

"Yes, I've said it several times. I mean, none of us would be able to hold it together meeting a kaiju on our own for the first time like you did."

Everypony spoke in agreement at Twilight' Sparkle's words, to which Fluttershy couldn't help but smile even brighter.

"Even so, though, Fluttershy was right about owing a big thanks to Godzilla," said Rarity.

Everypony spoke in agreement with the fashionista's words.

"Well, where is the big lug so that we can thank him?!" Granny Smith asked.

"He's just outside the city wall," said Applejack.

"Well, what are we waiting for?!" Spike asked. "Let's go tell him how we feel!"

"YEAH!" everypony cheering together in agreement.

"We can thank that other monster, too while we're at it," said Apple Bloom.

The Cosmos' faces became somewhat saddened, which confused some of the ponies who noticed it.

"Did I say something wrong?"

"No, Apple Bloom," said Applejack. "It's just that... Mothra didn't make it."

Several ponies gasped in shock.

"Do not mourn just yet, friends," the Cosmos called out. "As we told Fluttershy earlier, when we return to our world, we will see Mothra again."

"YOU WILL?!" several of the ponies asked in confusion.

"Yes, they will," said Fluttershy. "I'll explain it to you all later. I'll explain it to Godzilla, too. He'll want to know this."

"Then let's not keep him waiting any longer," said Twilight Sparkle.

"Come on, everypony, it's G appreciation time again!" Rainbow Dash called out as she flew above the crowd.

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The drawbridge into Canterlot opened up, allowing Godzilla to see, much to his surprise, that several more ponies than he expected were trotting out to meet him. Most of those ponies were equally as shocked; despite having seen Godzilla before, to them he was always a spectacle to behold. Godzilla was thankful, however, to see that there was just as much love and admiration in the ponies' eyes as there was amazement. As everypony gathered around Godzilla's feet, the great kaiju slowly and gently lowered himself to a sit so he could see and hear the group better.

"Well... here we are again," said Fluttershy.

"Yeah, here to thank ya, again, for saving our flanks on a regular basis," said Granny Smith.

"Eeyup," Big Mac agreed.

"Well said, family," Applejack approved.

"But you should know by now, as we do that it will never be enough!" said Rarity.

"You've helped ponies far and wide and managed to make the entire world an even safer places for ponies everywhere," said Twilight Sparkle.

"We'll probably never be able to repay the debt the whole planet owes to you," said Applejack.

"But we'll never stop trying to!" Apple Bloom interjected enthusiastically.

"You can bet on it!" Scootaloo agreed.

"Thank you, Godzilla!" Spike shouted out.

"We love you, Godzilla!" Sweetie Belle added.

As everypony began cheering and applauding for their champion, Fluttershy actually flew up and kissed Godzilla on the end of his snout. After that the two best of friends smiled at each other for a moment. Then Godzilla moved in closer as Fluttershy pressed herself against his snout and started snuggling it. Nopony was able to help themselves when they let out a collective, "D'AWW" at just how cute this moment was.

Suddenly the Cosmos came flying up to the side of Godzilla's head, to which he and Fluttershy turned to look at them.

"We're about to return to our own world," the Cosmos said.

"Aw," everypony said together in an upset tone.

"We'd like to stay longer, but we know our world needs us the most," the Cosmos responded. "It's where we belong." The twin fairies turned back to Godzilla. "And we believe it is where you belong to. We can take you back with us if you want, Godzilla. Should you choose, we can take you home."

A conflicted look came over Godzilla's face, which he then turned to everypony looking up at him. He could see they were all visibly and extremely upset at the idea of him leaving to go back to his world. He knew it wasn't just so he could protect them, for there was nothing left to protect them from. All these ponies genuinely wanted Godzilla to stay because of how much of a friend he had come to be to them, especially Fluttershy. This touched his heart more than anything else they could ever do for him, which made his decision that much easier.

Godzilla turned to the Cosmos and softly growled to tell them he was already home. He also admitted that he had been conflicted before about whether to stay or try to leave when it was over. He realized, however, that was just because it seemed like a big decision, which somewhat intimidated him. He was Godzilla and he should never let anything intimidate him. The one soul reason he was staying was he loved all these ponies and they loved him.

How could he ever possibly leave something like that for a world that mostly despises him? Godzilla thanked the Cosmos for their offer, but told them he would be staying in Equestria for the rest of his life. As long as he had great friends like Fluttershy and the others, there was no reason not to stay. After he was done speaking to the Cosmos, Godzilla turned to Fluttershy upon hearing her gasp. It delighted him to see his closest friend's face had lit up with the biggest smile possible.

Fluttershy turned to everypony and said, "He's gonna stay!"

Everypony started cheering and applauding again as loudly as possible. Just then, everyone's ears picked up even louder cheering. They looked to see several hundred more ponies making their way out of the city and over the drawbridge. This large group of Canterlot citizens were down right giddy about meeting Godzilla and seeing that he was staying.

"GODZILLA! GODZILLA! GODZILLA! GODZILLA! GODZILLA!"

Throughout all the cheering, a small tear escaped a smiling Godzilla's eye at all the admiration he was garnering from the crowd. It was then that the King of Monsters turned to the Cosmos and raised a brow, to which the girls smiled and chuckled in amusement.

"Fair enough," the Cosmos said together. "Well, in that case, we wish you nothing but the best of luck in this new life you have chosen for yourself. We're sure you'll find nothing but love and happiness here amongst this beautiful land full of beautiful beings who love you so."

The twin fairies looked to the main crowd of ponies and spoke on.

"To all of you, we just want to say we were incredibly happy to help you out once more and will gladly do it again anytime you need us to. Should that ever happen, you know how to reach us."

"We certainly do," said Twilight Sparkle. "Thank you again, girls, for all your help."

The Cosmos gave a small bow of their heads before they turned to Fluttershy.

"Before we go, we wish to bestow a gift upon you, Fluttershy."

"Ooh, really? What kind of gift."

"Sing."

Though both Godzilla and Fluttershy were confused, the yellow pegasus did as the Cosmos requested. As she sang out the notes she sung in the gardens at the Grand Galloping Gala, the Cosmos held out there hands to her. Their hands lit up, as did Fluttershy's throat as she sang. Godzilla turned to her in amazement, as she looked on in confusion.

"What did you do?" Fluttershy asked.

"We made it so that whenever you sing those notes and concentrate on Godzilla, he will hear you no matter where the two of you are," the Cosmos replied. "He will hear those notes and come to your side at the sound of the call."

"Really?!" Fluttershy asked in amazement. "Thank you, Cosmos! Thank you so much!"

"We are glad to do anything we can for a pony, especially one so charming," the Cosmos said. "And now, it is time for us to be on our way."

"Well, then I guess all I can say is goodbye," said Fluttershy. "Oh, and good luck to you no matter what it is you end up doing in the future."

"And to you, too," the Cosmos said. "Perhaps one day our path will take us back here to Equestria and we shall meet again."

"One can only hope," Fluttershy replied.

"I hope not," Rainbow Dash whispered to Applejack. "If they come back, it's probably gonna be because of another kaiju attack."

The Cosmos turned away and used their power to open a small, bird sized portal back to their own world. Before going through it, though, they turned to everypony.

"Goodbye, everyone," the Cosmos said. "We hope your lives will be that much happier from here on out."

"Oh, I don't think we have to worry about that," said Rainbow Dash.

"Goodbye, Cosmos, and thank you so much!" Twilight Sparkle called out.

Everyone in the main crowd said their goodbyes while also waving to the Cosmos as they waved back and their Fairy Mothra turned away. They flew through the portal they made before it completely closed off behind them. And just like that, the heralds of Mothra were gone. This left the ponies and Godzilla to celebrate the Kaiju King's permanent residency in the great land that was Equestria.

"HOME WARMING, WELCOMING NEW KAIJU FRIEND WE LOVE WITH ALL OUR HEARTS TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD PARTY!" Pinkie Pie yelled at the top of her lungs.

The entire crowd of ponies started cheering in agreement as party favors, streamers, and other miscellaneous part supplies appeared seemingly out of nowhere. While most ponies just went with enjoying the impromptu party, some were looking around in confusion.

"Where did all this come from?" Applejack asked.

"It's Pinkie Pie, don't question it," Rainbow Dash replied.

After Applejack nodded her head understandingly, they were joined by the rest of the Mane Six.

"Well, it looks like we just got a new permanent friend," said Twilight Sparkle.

"One of many, might I add," said Rarity.

"And that's just the way we like it," said Fluttershy.

"Mm hmm," the rest of the Mane Six said together as they nodded their heads.

"After all..." Rainbow Dash started.

"FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC!" the Mane Six finished together.

Godzilla let out a low roar to get the attention of all his friends. When they looked they saw him smiling down at them, to which they replied in kind. Godzilla let out a few soft growls meant for Fluttershy. Upon hearing what he had to say the yellow furred mare looked to Twilight and whispered in her ear. The alicorn princess smiled to her friend as she nodded her head in agreement, to which Fluttershy beamed.

Twilight Sparkle's horn began glowing with magic, followed soon after by her and the rest of the Mane Six disappearing. As Godzilla crossed his arms in front of his chest, his main group of pony friends reappeared on the surface of the top crossed arm. About as close to a hug as he could get, the Mane Six deeply appreciated the gesture and returned it in kind. They all pressed their bodies against Godzilla's chest as they tried their best to hug him. It was during this that they all heard the beating of Godzilla's gigantic heart, something they already knew he had even before they heard it beat.

As the friends shared the improvised hug, the Mane Six felt warm, safe, loved, and happy as could be, which Godzilla felt as well. The ponies all smiled up at Godzilla as he smiled down at them. A few seconds later, Godzilla lifted his head to the air as he let out a joyful three mile roar of happiness.

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Well... this chapter turned out shorter than I expected. NO! This is not the end of the story! I still got one more piece to share, that being the epilogue. I hope you all enjoy this chapter and if you don't, oh well. Feel free to tell me either way in a review. Seriously, REVIEWS PLEASE! Also, don't be afraid to tell me of any spelling or grammar mistakes I might have missed in proofreading so I can correct them to the best of my ability. I'm The Guy Who Likes To Write Stuff, signing off.