There were several voices filling the air. All of them said the same thing, but in different ways. All of them were aimed at one pony. That pony being the saddened and terrified Fluttershy. She huddled and crouched to try and hide from the many eyes staring at her, their voices all talking at once.

"Why are you so afraid, Fluttershy?"

"Why do you let your fear control you?"

"Why can't you be braver?"

"You know your fear's gonna get somepony killed? Possibly you."

"What is someone as cowardly as you doing being one of the Elements of Harmony?"

"Are you gonna let your fear control your life forever, Fluttershy?"

"Why are you such a scaredy cat?"

"Do you think a fearful pony like you belongs in this dangerous new world of monsters, Fluttershy?"

When that last question was asked, the voices all became faster and faster, until they became one jumbled voice asking the same thing in different ways. It was also at that point where the images of the past few days came flashing through Fluttershy's head. The images were focused on all the times Fluttershy's fear kept her from helping someone or put them in danger. It even showed when she needed to be comforted by those she should've been comforting.

It all came at her with a speed that kept getting faster and faster. The voices got faster and faster. The images got faster and faster. Everything seemed to increase in speed around the trembling pegasus pony. The eyes and images began spinning around Fluttershy faster than anypony could ever imagine.

Fluttershy held her hooves to the sides of her head trying to shut it all out. But it was no use. It all just kept getting worse and worse until she couldn't stand it anymore. Fluttershy lifted her head up into the air and let out the loudest scream she'd ever screamed.

Fluttershy's head shot up off her pillow as she awoke from her dream with a big, wide eyed gasp. She had been forced awake by the horrible voices and images in her nightmare. Fluttershy wiped away pouring sweat from her forehead as she tried to calm her heavy breathing and steady the rapid beating of her heart.

She was awake, but it felt like she hadn't even been sleeping at all. Her sleep had been an extremely restless sleep. Fluttershy could tell that she had been tossing in turning. She felt it in her muscles and bones. She also woke up with a throbbing headache, an extension of her physical exhaustion. Fluttershy massaged the sides of her head with her hooves, which seemed to help somewhat.

Well...at least for the physical pain. The emotional pain, however, lingered on. For Fluttershy, despite being awake, could still hear the voices from her nightmare and still see the images. It was all a horrible, horrible reminder of her timid nature. She couldn't help the way she was. It's just who she is as a pony.

But Fluttershy knew that such fearful ponies as herself were of no use in a situation as terrible as a world threatened by giant monsters. Her admittance of this to herself made Fluttershy start to weep. She wiped away her first set of tears, which were quickly replaced by more and more. She was scared of living in a world now inhabited by monsters and she was scared of how many ponies knew it.

Fluttershy finished wiping her tears and then slowly got out of her bed. She was wide awake now, with aches and pains all throughout her body being one of the main causes. She stretched out in hopes of subduing the pain. It help somewhat, but not as much as she'd hoped. Fluttershy finished up her stretching and started downstairs.

When she got down there, Fluttershy looked around. None of her little animal friends were awake to comfort her. They were all in their own unsteady sleeps. Fluttershy hadn't realized it at first, but the animals were the first ones to sense the coming of the giant monsters known as kaiju. It hung over them for sometime, being like a bad scent in the air. Fluttershy had berated herself all night, before going to bed, for not recognizing all the signs. But then she wondered, Would it have helped anyway?

Fluttershy decided to step outside and get some fresh air, hoping it would calm this tightening feeling she was getting in her chest. It was as if she was suffocating. She had been having this feeling since she woke up. Fluttershy walked to the front door, opened it and proceeded out onto the small pathway leading from her cottage to her front yard. She stopped on the part of the walkway that stood a foot or two over a small moat that circles her house.

She looked around to find that none of her animal friends were anywhere to be seen. Some of them were probably sleeping in their own pens, while most had probably fled during the kaiju attack earlier that day. Not that Fluttershy could blame them though. Frankly, if she thought it would help, Fluttershy would runaway herself. But she knew it wouldn't, for the reports that have been sent out across Equestria said the kaiju were appearing all over the country.

Besides that, she didn't want to desert her friends. Not that she felt her presence would make any difference, she just didn't feel okay with the idea of leaving their side. So no matter what, she would stand by her friends. Her brave and strong friends, who seemed to be taking this new threat better than she was. But then they always did, whatever situation they were in. At least that's what Fluttershy had come to think. Twilight Sparkle said she was a brave pony, but then Rarity and Rainbow Dash recognized Fluttershy had issues controlling her fear. Would Applejack and Pinkie Pie feel the same if she asked them?

Fluttershy shook the thought away. She didn't want to even consider the possibility that her friends thought of her as a liability. Long ago when the Mane Six met Discord for the first time, none of this bothered Fluttershy or even floated into her mind. But it sure as Tartarus was now. But why? Was it the appearance of the kaiju bringing out the worst in Fluttershy's thoughts? Or was it some sort of PTSD catching up to her from all the hardships Fluttershy has had to face as a representative of the Elements of Harmony? Whatever it may be, Fluttershy didn't want to think her friends thought bad of her. She knew them better than that.

Instead, Fluttershy took a deep breath and looked toward Ponyville. She couldn't see it through the night's darkness though. It would be hard for anypony to see in the middle of the night. Instead of waiting for her eyes to adjust, Fluttershy looked to the roof of her cottage. While the idea she was thinking of frightened her, Fluttershy decided she was gonna try to do at least one thing that scared her.

Fluttershy flapped her wings and lifted herself off the ground. Then she flew up toward the roof of her cottage. She landed herself gently down on the roof made of straw and wood and sat down to stare at the town of Ponyville. ...Or at least what was left of it.

Fluttershy didn't know why she had gotten the urge to look on the demolition zone that used to be Ponyville. Perhaps because there was nothing more to do in the middle of the night. But whatever it was that made her want to see the wreckage of her town, she was doing it right now. And it wasn't a sight that made her feel good at all.

While clean up had begun, it was nowhere near being complete. Celestia knows how long it would take for reconstruction repairs to begin. Luckily, while the damage was horrible, most of Ponyville was not unsalvageable. There were many pony made structures that hadn't received damage in the attack at all. One of them being Fluttershy's cottage, which she was greatful for.

But that didn't mean it couldn't happen. As Fluttershy looked around, her adjusted vision aided by the light of the moon (thanks Luna), she wondered how many other ponies were awake like her. How many of them had restless sleeps they were forced out of? How many of them weren't even able to get any kind of sleep at all? How many of them had aches and pains? How many of them had nervous twitches? And how many of them were thinking the same thing Fluttershy was currently?

The kaiju were spread out everywhere, which meant any of the locations of Equestria could be attacked. That included Ponyville being subject to a second attack. And a third and a fourth. Or would it even survive being attacked the third time? Yes, Ponyville could be devastated by another visit from a diakaiju. It could come from any direction at anytime. Fluttershy knew this, which was another of her eminence fears that kept her up that night. It was so bad it made her want to weep even harder than she already had.

But as she sat on her roof, front hooves over her eyes, she heard something. It sounded like whirling wind getting louder by the minute. Fluttershy had felt the cool night breeze blowing in the air. But it hadn't even come close to being a great, big gust. These strong winds had just come out of nowhere, with no build up whatsoever. This out of the blue, wind like many things, surprised Fluttershy to the point where she let out a little squeak.

She looked around to see if the wind had picked up any dirt or dust which would make it visible to the eye. She also listened closely to try and track down where it was coming from. When her ears picked it up, they were accompanied by another sound. A pulsating sort of sound. They were both coming from the Everfree Forest, located behind Fluttershy's house.

As she turned her view that way, a strange bright light began to illuminate. When she saw it, she could instantly tell it was the source of the pulsating sound. But was it also the source of the wind? Could lights, even ones as strange as this cause giant winds? This seemed to be the case as well, because as Fluttershy saw the glow got bigger and brighter, she also heard the wind from that direction pick up steam and start to blow harder. The pulsating nose got louder as well

The bright light expanded to a size so enormous, it almost seemed like a night time sun. And with that size came more brightness. It seemed like Fluttershy would end up having to look away or face being blinded. But just as it reached that point, just as Fluttershy started to turn her head and raised a hoof to her face, it all stopped. The light faded away, the wind died down to its cool night breeze, and the pulsating noise was gone. Nearly all signs disappeared without a trace.

"What was that?" Fluttershy asked out loud.

She tried to think of an answer. Could it have been one of Rainbow Dash's sonic rainbooms? Was it maybe Princess Luna doing something she's suppose to as the night princess? Was it some sort of shooting star? But then a terrible thought entered her mind. What if it's a kaiju? This thought terrified Fluttershy so much that it caused her to tremble in wide eyed terror.

What do I do?! What do I do?! Fluttershy thought to herself frantically. She flew around frantically as she thought of what the best thing to do next was. It was hard though, being sleep deprived and wide awake in the middle of the night. Maybe those were factors, but whether they were or not, she could only come up with two possibilities. Either she'd go into town and warn the ponies of Ponyville of what she saw and what it could be or...she'd have to go and investigate all by herself.

The last idea made Fluttershy want to crawl into a tight space and hide forever. Unfortunately, that somehow seemed like the best option. For one thing, the last time she tried to warn everypony about something, her small, quiet voice couldn't get loud enough for anypony to hear. Besides that, she didn't want to wake up anypony and cause a panic for something that wasn't for sure. The townsfolk had already been through a lot that day and if they were scared out of their horseshoes for nothing, it may be too much for them to handle. In the fragile state of things, who knows what they'd do?

So while it seemed like Fluttershy would be going to see for herself what that great pulsating light was, she really didn't want to. The main reason being if it turned out to be something bad, then there was a good chance she wouldn't come back. At least not alive, a thought that scared her a great deal. Besides that, she'd have to go through...the Everfree Forest...all by herself...at night. Despite the presence of a greater danger in Equestria, the Everfree Forest still didn't feel like a place to walk into without a care. It still had its many dangers.

Fluttershy thought it over and realized something. That light was enormous and bright. Somepony else had to have seen it. Maybe a few, maybe more, maybe even the whole town. But there's no way I could be the only pony to have seen it. I'm sure they'll be a search party gathered up and coming this way any minute Then I wouldn't have to go into the Everfree Forest alone. Or better yet, I may not have to go at all.

A small smile came over her face at that thought. Now sure that a mob of ponies would be coming at anytime, Fluttershy turned her head back to the road leading to Ponyville. And then she waited as patiently as she could for the others to arrive. She would decide whether to go or stay behind when they arrived.

Fluttershy waited as several minutes went by. Any moment now they would come galloping up the road. So Fluttershy waited on with the same expecting smile. Several more minutes past. Still, there were no ponies coming, though Fluttershy was sure they would. She pointed an ear in the direction of Ponyville. It was as silent. ...It was completely silent. It was silent as...well, as silent as the night. However this confused Fluttershy somewhat. She had been sure other ponies had seen the light or at least heard the sounds it had made.

Several minutes more later and still the ponies were not coming. A frown came over Fluttershy's face as she finally admitted to herself that they were not going to come. This meant Fluttershy would end up investigating the mystery light all by herself. And the thought of doing so once again raised her fears to an all time high. Fluttershy's wide eyed look of fear would be obvious for anypony to see if they were around to see. But there were not and that was one of the big problems right now.

Fluttershy shuddered about what she felt she had to do. But she because she felt she had to, Fluttershy struggled to get herself to stop shuddering. Once she was done, she tried to put a confident look on her face. She managed to pull it off...for about three seconds. But even so, she convinced herself to do this. Yes, it scared her, but she knew if she was ever gonna be braver in her eyes and the eyes of others, she had to start doing more things that scare her. Though some might say this was a little extreme of a start. But if the light turned out to be what she thought it was, then Fluttershy knew it had to be done. ...She just wished it wasn't her who had to.

Fluttershy put a hoof up to her chest, inhaled and exhaled as she gently moved her hoof forward, a relaxing exercise she learned from Twilight Sparkle. It helped her enough to start flying up off the roof of her cottage. Fluttershy flew a few feet before stopping. She turned around and looked back at her house. She really wanted to just go back inside and hide, but that was not the only reason Fluttershy looked back. She pictured her pet bunny, Angel sleeping peacefully all safe and sound in his big, soft, cuddly bed, being equally as cuddly himself. Fluttershy saw this image as clear as day and just wanted to go in and cuddle her Angel in her forelegs and say goodbye, possibly the last one. Ultimately, Fluttershy decided not to do so, not wanting to risk waking Angel or her other animals. She also believed if she went into her house, she wouldn't come back out again, her fear being what kept her inside.

Before taking off, Fluttershy looked to Ponyville, wondering if she shouldn't at least get Applejack or some brave pony like that to accompany. But she quickly decided against this, not wanting to put another pony in harm's way. Fluttershy also thought it might take too long, so much time having gone by already. So Fluttershy, not even letting herself think about it, charged forth toward the Everfree Forest like she believed Rainbow Dash would.

It didn't take long for Fluttershy to get enveloped within the environment of the gigantic forest. Fluttershy quickly took notice of her new surroundings. The result, her nearly stopping her flight altogether and shouting out loud in fear. Fluttershy had always believed the Everfree Forest was a scary place. But she was seeing firsthoof that you have to be deep in the forest, in the middle of the night, all alone to realize how truly scary it was.

It was so fear inspiring in fact, that Fluttershy slowly flew herself down until she was only three feet off the ground. Her body began to shiver and her teeth began to chatter as she looked around with fearful eyes at the forest around her. She didn't know if what she was seeing was real or a hallucination brought on by a mixture of her fear and her lack of sleep. But it looked as though the branches of the tall grown trees were surrounding her and reaching out to grab her. It made Fluttershy want to cower in fear. Despite this she continued propelling herself forward with her wings.

As she moved on, Fluttershy's head darted around and around looking in every dark space and creepy hole, despite not being able to see very well. She was afraid that there were evil creatures lurking in everyone of them. But there were none. She didn't see any and she didn't hear any. She didn't hear anything except her own panting, although her fearful imagination told her she did. But reality kicked in and she realized there were no sounds of the night. Why was that? Could it be that they too were scared off by the presence of the much larger monsters that have been showing lately?

Whatever the reason, the quiet did nothing to help Fluttershy's frightened mood. She still felt there could be a silent killer stalking her from behind any tree. But she willed herself on through the bowels of the Everfree Forest. It did not get better; the trees were getting taller and taller and their branches getting longer and looking more creepy than before. Fluttershy was unsure of far she had gone into the Everfree Forest or whether she was close to spots she had visited before with her friends. The growing darkness did not help the situation either, for the further she went, the darker everything seemed to get.

Fluttershy was also unsure of how close or far she was from where the light had come from. Then again, she wasn't exactly sure of where it had been when she saw it back at her cottage. She hadn't taken any twists or turns, choosing to go straight on, so she knew how to get back to Ponyville. But in terms of looking for the light's source and where to go next, she was hopelessly lost. Fluttershy tried to think of what to do next, hoping it would lead her to the light source. But it just wasn't coming to her.

"Well...if it were a kaiju, I probably would've have seen it by now," said Fluttershy. "...Wouldn't I? ...Or are there some kaiju that can turn themselves invisible or something?"

Fluttershy thought about it for a moment, trying to decide what the best course of action was to take next. It wasn't long before she came to a decision.

"I'll just have to turn around, go back to Ponyville, and tell as many of my friends as I can about what I saw," Fluttershy decided.

And with that, she started to turn around. Yet Fluttershy was stopped only seconds later when she heard the sound of a twig being snapped. The yellow pegasus trembled as she slowly looked down. Her feet were off the ground because she was being lifted up by her wings. Fluttershy wasn't close to a tree or a branch either. It was not her who snaped the twig. And that meant someone, or something else did.

Fluttershy looked around for the source of the sound when all of a sudden it came again. Fluttershy gasped as she looked to the direction she thought she heard it come from. Then the sound of leaves and branches rustling broke through the night air. Fluttershy looked up, thinking she heard it coming from all around in the trees above. This indeed proved to be true as whatever was making the sound ran through the branches above, hopping from tree to tree.

Fluttershy's voice began to tremble in anticipating fear, waiting for the creature in the trees to reveal itself. She let out another gasp as she heard it crawl down from one of the trees off to her right. She looked, but could not see it. But she heard it rustling around in a small bush growing at the bottom of the tree. Fluttershy's eyes practically bugged out of her head as she waited for the creature of the Everfree Forest to show itself.

And then the beast sprung out of the bush, revealing itself to be...a cute, little squirrel. Fluttershy, who had been preparing to let out a loud scream, stopped in mid preparation for said scream and moved her eyes down to look at the revealed animal. It just stood on top of a small rock in front of the bush it had been scampering in, looking up at the pegasus pony with wide eyed curiosity. Fluttershy lowered her head and looked at the squirrel with just as much curiosity. She tilted her head to the side, which the squirrel did as well. Both of them still shared the same curious look. Fluttershy straightened her head, which the squirrel did as well.

A few seconds past and then finally Fluttershy's face lit up with a big smile, which the squirrel responded to with his own.

"Hello, little one. Were you the one making all the noises in the trees?" asked Fluttershy.

The squirrel nodded and let out a few squeaks to reaffirm it was him. Fluttershy let out a giggle before speaking on.

"You sure gave me a startle, little guy. In fact, you down right scared me like a filly looking for the boogeypony."

The squirrel squeaked out an apology, saying he didn't mean to scare her. A guilt ridden look came on the squirrel's face.

"Oh, don't feel bad, little squirrely. I scare easily, though it's something I've been trying to work on. I guess I have a ways to go yet. So don't feel too bad, I could've been just as easily scared by anything. Okay, squirrel friend?" said Fluttershy.

She then lifted a hoof under the squirrel's chin and lightly lifted his head up so they were looking each other face to face. What he saw was a sincere, heartwarming smile with big, compassionate eyes to match. This put a smile back on the squirrel's face as he squeaked out a thank you to Fluttershy for being so good about the situation.

"Oh, not at all. I just hope you and I can come out of it all being friends," said Fluttershy.

The squirrel sniffed Fluttershy's hoof, which tickled somewhat, making the mare pony giggle. The squirrel then jumped onto her outstretched front leg and scurried up to Fluttershy. His light scurrying also tickled her and made her giggle. The squirrel scurried around Fluttershy, occasionally taking the time to sniff her out. He finally stopped on her shoulder to find her staring down at him in amusement.

Fluttershy's eyes shut as a big old smile crossed her face. The squirrel took advantage and reached his head up and wiggled his nose against hers. This got a amused laugh from Fluttershy who looked to see the squirrel jump off of her and scurry back up the tree he came down from. The squirrel searched around for something Fluttershy could not see. Then he ran out to one of the branches, clearly holding something in his front paws. He stretched them out for Fluttershy to see that he held an acorn.

"Oh my, that's a big acorn. Is that for me?" asked a smiling Fluttershy.

The squirrel nodded his head as he squeaked to tell her that it was in fact for her. As the squirrel and Fluttershy smiled brightly at each other, neither noticed a giant hand suddenly reach out of the darkness of the night that wrapped around the squirrel. Fluttershy's smile turned into a look of horror as she let out a gasp. The giant, scaly hand lifted up, taking the squirrel with it. Fluttershy's head raised with the hand as the gigantic being it belonged to stomped forward to reveal itself.

Standing upright at thirty five feet tall with yellow scales, red eyes and two horns on the side of its head, the one who grabbed the squirrel revealed itself to be a great, big dragon. Fluttershy was also able to see it had its wings folded back and its tail was flicking around. Also it had somewhat shorter arms than most dragons. They certainly couldn't double as front legs like most dragons do with theirs when they run. Also, It didn't have the long serpentine neck that a lot of other dragons have. But it was still a terrifying sight nonetheless.

The dragon lifted the squirming squirrel up to the end of its nose and started sniffing it. The dragon moved its head around as if he were inspecting the squirel, while also continuing to sniff. Fluttershy could only stand and watch, her body was frozen in horror at the sight of the giant beast before her eyes. The dragon looked as though he had finished his inspection and ceased sniffing out the squirrel.

"It don't smell very good," the dragon said in a deep, growling voice.

He lowered his eyes down at the terrified pony at his feet and sniffed in her direction.

"But you do, My Little Pony," said the dragon as his eyes hardened into a glare and his mouth pulled back into a sharp toothed smile.

Fluttershy finally found it in herself to take a few steps backward as her voice and body trembled and she looked up at the dragon in fear. The dragon responded by opening his huge mouth and letting out a loud roar for all to hear. Fluttershy let out a scream as she finally broke into a run. Unfortunately she was running in the opposite direction she wanted to go. The path she chose on the spot would take her further away from Ponyville and deeper into the Everfree Forest.

The dragon lifted his head as he let out another roar before tossing aside the squirrel in his hand and running after Fluttershy. The chase was on! Fluttershy ran and leaped through the terrain of the forest, looking back only once to see the dragon smashing his way through every obstacle she had to work her way around. The dragon let out impatient and aggressive roars as he smashed his way towards the fleeing pony. Fluttershy moved as fast as her hooves would let her, which turned out to be probably the fastest she's ever ran in her life. But it didn't seem to be doing much good, as the dragon was easily smashing through trees and the like, making his way closer and closer to the fleeing little pony.

"I'm coming for you, pony! You can't escape from me!" the dragon roared out at Fluttershy.

Fluttershy broke through several small branches blocking her path to come out in a huge clearing of the forest. Well, at least a clearing when it came to trees. Unfortunately there was a gigantic rock pile blocking her path now. Fluttershy looked up at the pile feeling helpless as ever. She knew she couldn't go back, that was where the dragon was. Should I try to go around it? No! That will take too long! Fluttershy thought to herself.

That was all she had time to do. Fluttershy heard the sound of wood breaking into splinters coming closer and closer. Fluttershy looked back and saw that the dragon was too close for comfort. Fluttershy flapped her wings and flew up towards the top of the rock pile. The dragon broke through into the clearing and spotted the little pony flying. The dragon pulled his head back as smoke began to flow out of his mouth. Then he flung his head forward as a ball of fire flew out of his mouth.

The flaming orb flew over Fluttershy's head and collided with the top of the rock pile. The resulting explosion shook several rocks free of the pile and they all started tumbling down. Fluttershy let out a scream as she saw several of the boulders tumbling towards her. The creamy yellow pegasus shot downward, twisting and turning to avoid the big rocks rolling down at her. Most of them were getting caught back in the pile, while the others followed Fluttershy to the ground below. When Fluttershy landed on the ground, two boulders landed on her left and right, making her shriek out.

Fluttershy had manged to get through the rock slide with no injuries, but now she faced another problem. Fluttershy looked up and gasped when she saw the growling dragon moving in closer to her. The giant beast's head lowered down until the end of his snout was practically poking into Fluttershy. The pink haired pony's voice trembled as she looked away and closed her eyes, not wanting to see how it all ends for her.

Fluttershy felt air blowing out of the dragon's huge nostrils and onto her, a very uncomforting feeling to say the least. It was made no better as the growling dragon toyed with her further. He slipped the edge of his tongue out of his mouth and licked it against Fluttershy, letting her know she was about to become a late night dinner. Tears fell from Fluttershy's eyes as she accepted her fate.

But before the dragon could gobble Fluttershy whole, a rumbling sound reached both their ears. It quickly grew loud as thunder. Then Fluttershy actually started feeling the rumble, the ground shaking immensely. She also heard the sounds of the rocks above her rolling and crashing into each other. Fluttershy opened her eyes and looked up and saw, to her horror, that indeed, several boulders were flying out of the pile and rolling down towards her.

The first few smacked into the top of the dragon's head, making him lift it up away from the ground. Fluttershy took advantage of this and flew as fast as she could away from the side of the rock pile. She got ten feet before a boulder crashed into the ground right behind her. The sound made Fluttershy lose control of her flight, making her fall out of the air. She crashed and then skidded across the ground. When she came to a stop she looked to the rock pile and gasped at what she saw.

While the rocks were rolling away, it looked like the pile itself was rising. The dragon saw this too, watching in frozen shock and bewilderment. Both the dragon and Fluttershy were asking themselves in their minds, Is the rock pile rising up off the ground? ...Or is it something under the pile? If the answer turned out to be the latter, then whatever it was would end up being enormous, even bigger than the dragon himself.

Fluttershy seemed to be a safe distance away from the tumbling rocks, while the dragon was right in the line of fire. He had to snap himself out of his frozen state and move himself away from the boulders that were crashing down. When he got to a distance he thought would be safe, the dragon looked around. He spotted Fluttershy cowering next to a log, who saw him at the same time. Fluttershy's face turned fearful while the dragon glared at her.

But before either one of them could do anything, they heard a sound that caught their attention. It sounded like the moan of a giant creature. The both of them slowly turned their heads to the pile and saw what looked like the tips of spikes sticking out of the top. Then the cracking of the ground broke through the air as a long, giant tail lifted up out of the ground and flung into the air. Fluttershy felt like her eyes were about to bulge out of their sockets, while the dragon felt very similar. Both Fluttershy and the dragon looked on fearfully as the last of the rocks in the pile cleared away.

Now the maple leaf looking spikes were fully visible, as was the back of the enormous beast they were attached to. It was dark and hard to tell, but it looked as though its skin was made out of dark emerald colored scales. Slowly the giant monster's body lifted up out of the hole around it. Its massive arms came rising up into the air. Then the monster's hands crashed down to the ground and helped push itself upward.

And that's when Fluttershy and the dragon saw the monster's head rise. Seeing it, along with the rest of the monster's body reminded Fluttershy of Geon, the first kaiju she ever saw. Though she also could tell that it wasn't him. Like Geon, this kaiju shared several physical traits with dragons, but also many differences as well. One of the differences was the sheer, absolute massive size. The biggest dragon known to ponykind reached fifty feet tall. This kaiju, also like Geon, seemed like he was around the four hundred foot marker.

The menace this new monster seemed to bring with it in its size, shape, and fearsome facial features was reenforced when it let out a loud roar that rang out strong and powerful for all to hear. It was at this point where Fluttershy lost all control and let out, at the top of her lungs, the loudest scream she's ever screamed in her life. The little pony's scream reached the ears of the kaiju and made him snap is head back as if in surprise. He had not really been expecting anything to answer his roar. The monster's orange eyes looked to the ground and spotted the cowering mare. He also spotted the dragon not too far away.

The monster lowered his head to investigate the scene further. He was still on his knees in the hole, so he didn't have as far to go as he would have standing up. The monster looked from Fluttershy to the dragon and then back to Fluttershy and to the dragon again. It was hard to tell what the monster was thinking. At this close range and just seeing it for the first time, it just looked as though the monster was scowling at the whole world. The monster looked to Fluttershy one last time.

Then the monster turned his full attention to the much smaller dragon. He pulled the sides of his mouth back for a nasty looking snarl. His eyes also lowered into a glare as he let out a low growl. Then the monster's huge mouth opened wide and let out a short, but imposing roar, telling the dragon to beat it. The dragon responded with a lady like cry of fear as tears fell from his eyes and he turned to run away. The dragon's wings opened up and he started flapping them rapidly to aid in his escape. He had trouble getting up off the ground, bouncing off of it a few times before managing to get completely airborne. Then the dragon flew off in the air as far as he could and as fast as he could, crying the whole way.

So now the dragon was gone, which left Fluttershy alone with this new kaiju. Fluttershy breathed heavily as the monster turned its head back in her direction. The monster stared down at her as she softly wept. As it stared her down, Fluttershy knew one thing was for sure, no amount of staring would stop this monster. In that moment alone, Fluttershy was more scared than any other time in her life put together. And this time she had no one to share that fear with or someone to comfort her or even save her. Fluttershy was completely alone against a monster that could end her life at any second.

But it didn't seem to be doing anything. It was just staring down at her intensely, though it may just seem intense since he is a monster. It exhaled deep breath that almost sounded like growls, which added to its frighten factor. While the monster stared down at her, Fluttershy couldn't stand to look at him another minute. So she turned her head away; after that, it seemed like her whole life was flashing before her eyes. From her early childhood to the day she met Rainbow Dash and got her cutie mark and through her adventures with all her friends up to this point. With all those special to her heart in memories past, Fluttershy wept as she waited for the end to come. It had past her by earlier, but now it had come back around to find her.

Or did it? Fluttershy waited as time past by. And then more time past. And then some more. Nothing happened at all in that amount of time that went by. Fluttershy wasn't sure what the exact amount of time was, but she knew it was too long for something not to have happened. Because of this, Fluttershy opened her eyes and slowly turned them to the monster as her body trembled. It was scary alone just looking back at the monster, who was still staring down at her. But after a few seconds went by, Fluttershy noticed something she hadn't before.

Though still shivering, Fluttershy found herself, surprisingly, in a comfortable enough state to look the monster's face over. There was something different about it, she just wasn't able to tell what it was. She looked the diakaiju's face up and down and side to side to try and figure out what was different. Then she finally realized what it was and the revelation shocked her cold. The monster's facial expression had softened to a point nopony had thought for a kaiju.

This was mostly due to their titanic size and strong stature, as well as their seemingly endless need for destruction and death. But this kaiju's face had softened almost to the point of resembling...a puppy dog! That's what it looked like to Fluttershy at least and she also got the feeling he softened his expression so much to send her a signal, a call. A call...for peace!

Could it be true? Fluttershy wondered, having finally got herself together well enough to think rationally again. Or did she? Her thinking a kaiju trying to communicate and wanting peace would suggest otherwise. As her senses returned, Fluttershy tried as best as she could to get herself to move. She forced herself up onto her hooves, still keeping her eyes on the monster looking down at her, seemingly with kindness.

Then Fluttershy's body shivered and shake as she lifted her right front hoof and forced it forward, dropping her hoof on the ground, taking her first step. Her first step toward the monster that is. Then she lifted her front left hoof and her back right hoof and brought them forward, taking her next step. Slowly she forced herself to walk forth out of her little cower space. Fluttershy took about seventeen steps before she stopped herself. She had gotten as close as she was comfortable letting herself get to the monster. Then she did something even she thought was absolutely insane. She attempted to speak to the kaiju.

"Y-y-you're not going to do anything to me...are you?"

The monster let out a roar that was much lower and somewhat softer than his first one had been. It was an answer to Fluttershy's question, letting her know he had no intentions of harming her. Then both Fluttershy and the monster's eyes opened wide with surprise, for the same reason. That reason was simply this: They actually understood each other! In the monster's past experiences, only creatures around his size could understand him and vice versa. He had to rely on his senses to know what smaller living beings were feeling and thinking. On the other hoof, it usually took Fluttershy a little bit to understand the language of new animals. This one she understood right away, something she didn't expect.

"Th-thank you, for not wishing harm to me," said Fluttershy. Then she added, "Oh, and for scaring away the dragon that was trying to eat me. ...That is what you were doing, right?"

The monster roared his response, telling Fluttershy that was exactly what he was doing. That he knows what it is liked to be bullied by someone bigger and that as long as he could do something about it, it wouldn't happen.

Fluttershy looked at the monster in confusion.

"You were bullied by someone bigger than you?"

The monster roared, telling the little pony that he wasn't always as big as he is now, that he used to be a baby.

"Oh- Well... Yes, I suppose so. I...guess I just somehow got this idea in my head that all kaiju are always big. But I guess it makes sense that they started out as babies...like everyone else does," said Fluttershy.

Confusion crossed the monster's face.

"Oh, but I'm sure you were a cute, little baby," Fluttershy reassured the monster.

He let out several low roars and asked how she knew he was a kaiju. This led him to ask if there were any other kaiju around like him.

Fluttershy had to think for a moment. He doesn't know about all the other kaiju showing up around Equestria? Twilight Sparkle spoke as if they were showing up to attack us as a unit. Does that mean he is separate from their group? Should I tell this kaiju about the others? How would he react? Would he try to join up with them and become a bad guy too? I don't know, I know nothing about this kaiju. ...Well, I know nothing about kaiju, period, but I've gotten to know this one a little, at least. He seems nice enough, but what if he is only nice now and decides to follow the crowd if he meets the others and starts being bad?

Fluttershy decided she couldn't take that chance. He may found out sooner or later about the other kaiju across Equestria, but for now he didn't and Fluttershy would keep it that way for as long as she could.

"No, there aren't any other kaiju around here. Th-there used to be, but...now they're all gone. Nopony knows what happened to them. ...They just disappeared," said Fluttershy.

The monster nodded his head understandingly after the pegasus mare finished speaking. He then went on to let out some roars that said they'd probably hate and reject him too like most kaiju did.

This brought an upset look to Fluttershy's face, not being able to help feeling bad for the monster.

"You're disliked by other kaiju?" asked Fluttershy.

The monster slowly nodded his head as he roared to say that most of them do.

"Oh, you poor thing. Why do other kaiju reject you so?" asked Fluttershy.

The monster roared to say that it was probably because his morals and outlooks on life are so vastly different from the kaiju he's met thus far. He went into detail about his goals for peace and companionship in life, which seemed to conflict with other kaiju's ideas of dominance over others. He believed that kaiju as a whole seemed to have a superiority complex, something that made Fluttershy chuckle a little.

"It sounds like you were raised the right way. I sure think so. I like the idea of peace and friendship too. But how does a kaiju get raised so differently then most others?" said Fluttershy.

The monster went on to explain that as a baby, he spent the first few months of his life being raised by beings around Fluttershy's size. They were the first ones to teach him these kind of morals and showed them to him while raising him. Then he spoke on how he eventually had to leave these kind and wise beings to leave with a kaiju who would become his adoptive father. He looked like the monster does now in almost every way and raised him with a...semi-similar set of morals that those small ones tried to teach him.

But now, his father is gone and those small beings that used to embrace him as a baby feared him as a full grown, adult kaiju. So he was hated by the small ones like all giant monsters, while other giant monsters reject him just for wanting to be kind. So he had been completely alone when all he wanted was a friend.

As Fluttershy listened, she couldn't help but feel sympathy for the poor kaiju. It was easy to see the look of growing sadness on her face. This monster, judging by his story, seemed like he was raised the right way and was trying to do things that were right. But life kept slapping him in the face. And it was all because he was a kaiju, but a different one at that.

Thinking of all of this made Fluttershy's lower lips start to quiver and her eyes start to flutter as a small tear ran down her face.

"Oh, you poor, poor thing. I'm sooo sorry for what you've had to go through. I can't even begin to imagine the trauma you've probably felt from all those terrible ordeals. But I hope you know that you were doing the right thing. It was just around the wrong kind of crowd," said Fluttershy.

The monster roared out a thank you, but added that it would all be worth it if he could find someone he could truly call his friend.

"And you certainly deserve one," said Fluttershy.

She looked off as she thought hard about what she would say or do next. Her conclusion may not seem rational, but it sure felt right to her.

"You know...I've gained several friends over the year. They've been animals and ponies like me. And...I think it could be nice to have...a kaiju as a friend...as long as that kaiju is you," said Fluttershy.

The monster's eyes opened wide before looking back down at the pegasus mare. He roared a question, asking Fluttershy if she was serious.

"Of course. I never lie about friendship. Well...I don't lie...that much. But, I've never lied about friendship. So I ask you as humbly as I know how. Will you be my friend?" asked Fluttershy, adding a caring and truthful smile.

The friendly kaiju was taken by surprise by the love this pony was giving to him even though she had just met him. The friendly kaiju did not need to think about this for a second. The kaiju that was already down on his knees in his giant hole in the ground slowly bending down, lowering his head towards Fluttershy.

This, along with the kaiju letting out several low growls, made Fluttershy uneasy, but only for a moment. She forced herself to stay calm and stood strong as the kaiju lowered his head. The monster stopped when its face was a few feet in front of Fluttershy. The next move was hers. She knew what the right thing to do was and she sought to do it. Fluttershy began to slowly step forward.

She inched her way towards the monster, being unable to help but shudder a little due to the kaiju's enormous size and and overall appearance. But she didn't let that stop her. She fought through her fear and walked up as she held out her, somewhat shaky, right hoof. She reached out more and more, walked up closer and closer until finally it happened. She felt her hoof press up against the monster's nose. After this, Fluttershy let out a breath she'd been holding in and she looked into the monster's deep, appreciative and loving eyes.

Fluttershy stroke her hoof across the monster's nose as her look of awe and amazement turned into a big, wide eyed smile. As the yellow pony petted him, the monster's eyes closed tight like a cat's eyes do when it purs.

"Whoa... This... This is... Wow," Fluttershy managed to whisper as she moved her hoof around the end of the friendly kaiju's snout.

She tilted her head to the side in curiosity.

"Hmm...interesting. Your skin looks rough, but it feels so nice to touch. And I can tell just by petting you that you still have a lot of love in you just waiting to be shown," said Fluttershy.

The monster let out a soft growl of gratitude. Then Fluttershy noticed a tear seemed to be falling out of his eye.

"Oh no, no, no, sweety, don't cry. It's okay, it's okay. I'm here. How about I calm you with a lullaby? Would you like that?" asked Fluttershy.

The friendly kaiju nodded his head, which seemed to make Fluttershy's smile even brighter.

"Alright, this is a lullaby my mama used to sing to me as a filly," said Fluttershy.

She took a step back, cleared her throat and then started to hum the opening notes of the song. And then she sung.

"When I find myself in times of trouble, mother Luna comes to me, speaking words of wisdom, let it be. And in my hour of darkness she is standing right in front of me, speaking words of wisdom, let it be.

"Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be. Whisper words of wisdom, let it be.

"And when the brokenhearted ponies living in the world agree. There will be an answer, let it be. For though they may be parted there is still a chance that they will see. There will be an answer, let it be.

"Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be. There will be an answer, let it be.

"Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be. Whisper words of wisdom, let it be."

Where music would usually be played by a backing band, Fluttershy used her voice to vocalize the notes instead. This was just fine with the monster, who just felt lucky enough that anyone would want to sing to him at all. And the fact that he got someone with such a beautiful voice was a bonus for him. He was enjoying her performance thoroughly. Listening to her soft, calm, and soothing voice was relaxing the friendly kaiju. It was so relaxing that he began to feel himself nodding off.

The kaiju didn't even try to fight it. He slowly lowered his body to the ground and then the tired monster let out a loud yawn. Then the sleepy kaiju lowered his head and continued listening to Fluttershy's beautiful singing of a beautiful song.

"Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be. There will be answer, let it be.

"Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be. There will be answer, let it be.

"And when the night is cloudy, there is still a light that shines on me. Shine until tomorrow, let it be. I wake up to the sound of music, mother Luna comes to me. There will be no sorrow, let it be.

"Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be. There will be no sorrow, let it be.

"Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be. Whisper words of wisdom, let it beeee."

With that last extended note, Fluttershy's sweet lullaby had ended. She saw with amusement and joy that her gentle singing had lulled the monster into a half asleep state. The monster let out a low moan of relaxation as he head slightly tilted to the side.

"Awe, you're a tired wittle guy, aren't you?" Fluttershy asked in a motherly voice.

Fluttershy let out a loud yawn, making her realize she was rather sleepy too.

"Well, it was nice to meet you and even better that we became friends so quickly. But I'm afraid I'm a bit tired. So, I'm gonna go home and get some sleep, okay?" said Fluttershy.

The half asleep kaiju moaned out a tired roar, telling her he was fine with that. Fluttershy's eyes shut tight as her smile widened.

"Alright, I'll see you again soon, I promise," said Fluttershy.

She turned and started to walk away. She only took three steps before her eyes widened in alarm as several questions came into her head.

I'm friends with a giant kaiju! Should I be? He seems nice, but will he always be? How would my friends react to me being friends with a kaiju? How would all of Ponyville - All of Equestria react?! Should I even tell my friends?! What if they react badly to this?! What if they don't like him? What if he doesn't like them?! What if they make each other angry and cause a fight?

A fight with this particular kaiju could destroy my friends...and the entire town of Ponyville. ...And maybe even the entirety of Equestria! Is that what would happen? ...I can't risk it. I'll keep him a secret...at least for now. I'll keep him here and we'll hangout here. I'll bring him food, stuff he and I can play with, and maybe even a few things that could make this area seem...homely to him. Will he go for all of that though?

Fluttershy decided she would test that right now. So she turned around and took the few steps back to her new monster friend.

"Um, excuse me," said Fluttershy in as gentle of a voice as she could.

The kaiju heard her soft spoken words and opened his eyes half way.

"Can you do me a favor?" asked Fluttershy.

The kaiju roared, asking her what the favor was.

"Well...as I wold you, I have many other friends. ...And at some point, I'd like for you to meet them all," said Fluttershy.

The kaiju's eyes lit up at this idea. They were still barely opened, but Fluttershy could still see the excited twinkle in his eyes.

"But not for a little while."

The kaiju's expression turned into one of confusion.

"Well, you see... Like I said, we've had kaiju here before and they were all bad. ...So, it's possible that seeing another kaiju could set my friends off in fear and your first meeting could go badly. I don't want that to happen. So I think for now we should just wait for introductions. I'll butter my friends up to the point little by little where they'll be opened to the idea of a kaiju in Equestria who wants to be friends.

"Until then, could you please stay here? Nopony ever comes to this area, so you'll be hidden here. ..But it's only for a little while and I'll still come by here to see you. I'll bring you food and water and what other things I think you might need or like. I'll come by every evening near sunset and we'll talk and play and whatever else you might like. Is that okay? We'll be friends and I'll get my other friends to meet you at some point. But you have to stay here for now. Can you do that for me?"

The kaiju thought hard for the moment. While he didn't like the idea of staying in one place for an extended period of time, he didn't want to upset his new friend or cause a panic amongst the population of...ponies as she had called them. Plus, if it meant eventually leading to more friends, he could tough it out for a while.

The kaiju roared in agreement, saying he'd stay where he was for a while.

"Great, thank you so very much. I'll be back soon, I promise... Oh! I just realized, we were never properly introduced. I'm Fluttershy, what's your name?"

The monster looked at her in confusion. He thought for a moment and asked her what she meant by a name.

Fluttershy's eyes opened up wide.

"You know, your name? The word everyone knows you by? What's yours? Don't you know?"

The monster thought about it long and hard. He did have a name once. The beings that raised him as a baby had a name for him, but he had long since forgotten. He wasn't sure if he ever truly understood there words to begin with. They'd make some sort of command, probably his given name, and he'd come. His father had a name for him, but he had since forgotten that one too. So the kaiju just roared to Fluttershy that he didn't have a name.

"Oh, that's terrible. You don't deserve that, you wonderful guy you. Hmm... How about if I give you a name?" said Fluttershy.

The kaiju roared excitedly in agreement. This made Fluttershy giggle with delight.

"Okay. Let's see... Hmm... How about...Cloverfield?"

The monster's face went blank with bewilderment. He respectfully shook his head as he roared a no thank you.

"Okay, no. ...How about...Gorgo?"

That one wasn't so bad to the kaiju, but he still didn't care a great deal for it. So he shook his head no.

"Gamera?"

The monster completely froze for a second. Then a scowl slowly crossed his face. Something about that name just awakened a deep, hidden hatred the likes of which he'd never felt before. Fluttershy could see clearly that this name upset him so. She wasn't offended though. She figured naming a kaiju wouldn't be easy.

"Well...okay...how about you pick a name?"

The kaiju roared in reply, asking if she really thought it should be him.

"Sure, it is your name, the name you'll have from now on. So, you should get the final say in what it is. So come on, think. What name do you want that you think will fit you?"

The friendly kaiju thought long and hard. This was a tough choice to make. Especially since he really didn't know any names and to that extent, any that would fit him. He tried to think hard, however, none were coming to him. There was not a lot about himself that he thought could help in finding a name. So his thoughts turned to his dad.

Now, that was a kaiju. Strong and mighty, not afraid of anything and ready to prove it with a fight. But at the same time, in spite of his powerful exterior and strong personality and reputation, he still had a peaceful, loving side to himself. The kaiju had hoped that in his own sort of way, he could emulate his father's persona one day.

And that's when the right name came to him. He was sure of it. A name that empowered him and told the story of his giant stature and hopefully one day would also let others know his good intentions. The kaiju roared out his decided name to Fluttershy.

"Godzilla?" asked Fluttershy.

The kaiju nodded his head and roared out to reassure that this was the name he wanted for himself.

Fluttershy thought on the name. The word god could be appropriate as some could mistake a kaiju for a god. Zilla had been used as the second part of a word to identify the abnormally huge size for certain things since all before Fluttershy was born. Though ultimately it was his choice, she decided it was one she liked and approved of.

"Okay, 'Godzilla' it is. Yes, I think it suits you perfectly," said Fluttershy as she smiled brightly and let out a small giggle.

The newly titled, Godzilla roared out his gratitude for Fluttershy's extra enthused approval of his name choice.

"You're perfectly welcome. I'll see you soon...Godzilla," said Fluttershy.

And with that, the little pony flapped her wings and took off to get back home. She left Godzilla to sleep. He had many questions, but he'd ask them the next time he saw his new friend, Fluttershy. For now, it was time for sleep, maybe the first good one his had in a long, long time.

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I'm not gonna say much and just let this chapter speak for itself. I will ask this though: To the guest reviewer who goes by the username, Mangatoon, how did you know my name? Is that you, Jacob? Oh, and to readers out there who are musicians, a girl who sings like Fluttershy, and an animator with access to a You Tube account who are all Beatles fans like me. ...This chapter give you any ideas? ...Get on it, you know you want to.

Oh, and no, Godzillafan1, I didn't think the new Godzilla was fat. He's suppose to be bulky, which could mean fat or muscular. And this new Godzilla looked pretty muscular to me. People who say he's fat need to get themselves some business.