Fireflies

A/N: *Sleeping*

Aqua: CRYSTAL!

AGH! *Wakes up* Oh, hi everybody!

Solar: It's 11 at night, and we should be asleep, but whatever, let's write a story, why don't we? *Glares at Crystal*

Look, I'll upload this and we'll go to bed, okay? (Sigh) Anyway, this is something that popped into my head while reading fanfiction, so I wrote this...yay.

Summer: It's in the NES Godzilla universe, and it has to do with Solomon. *Sighs and looks at Solomon's "still the best" picture* Yes, you are still the best 1973...

Aqua: Summer!

Summer: Sorry...

Quick note, this is actually going to be a oneshot series...some in the NES universe, some not. You can also make requests, if you want!

Solar: *Yawns* I'm going to sleep...

Anyway...

All: Enjoy! :D

Solomon sighed, tossing and turning. The clock read 1:00 AM, and he didn't get a single wink of sleep.

No, not because of RED. That guy was sunshine and rainbows compared to other stuff he saw...

It was said "other stuff".

Mothra told him about what she saw when they were separated. It was absolutely horrifying, and now he was starting to see it in his mind. Like RED was still out there, sending image after image in his ghostly state, haunting him...

He shivered. The thought of those deer guys freezing to death in the cold, with those raptors just...doing what they do, it's like it's trying to keep him awake.

Solomon eventually gave up trying to sleep. It was no use, he hasn't even yawned once. The bat creature, instead, went out into the cool night.

The sky was clear, and filled with those tiny white glowing dots...what did Mothra call them? "Stars"? He never saw them in the sky when he was young...then again, the sky wasn't black either, nor blue, and it didn't have any of those weird yet intriguing details. In other words, the sky in itself was something he needed to get used to.

But something felt off. The stars were only in the sky, right?

Then explain why there were yellow ones all around him.

"What the—Get away from me you...whatever you things are!" Solomon yelled, backing away from the crowd.

Wait a minute...

Those weren't stars.

No, they were a species...what were they called? Fire...flies? Fireflies?

Yeah, that was it. Speaking of fireflies, they seemed to be turning into transparent deer creature.

Wait, "deer creature"?

All of this really reminds him of...

He gasped. "Wait, are you...those deer guys from the forest?! The one that froze over and all that?!"

One deer walked over to him and nodded.

"I...whoa, uh...j-just so you know, I'm totally not trying to do anything that will negatively affect the stuff going on here...I..."

The deer held up a hoof.

It's okay, we know.

Hold up...was that telepathy?!
"What the heck..."

You killed the monster. And you helped free The Golden Light. You are a hero.

The deer lowered its head, like it was bowing or something.

"I..." Solomon was at a loss for words. He was called a hero. He always thought he was far from a hero, since the only time he did something worthy was fighting RED...and getting squashed by him.

Ugh, there goes forgetting that.

And by killing the monster, you have freed us.

"Say what?" Solomon snapped out of his thoughts when the deer said that. "Freed you?"

Yes...we were trapped in an unforgiving cold because of the monster...and now the monster is gone.

"Unforgiving cold".

Weird. Whenever Solomon thought of the deer freezing in the woods, those words seemed to echo through his head...but he never paid attention to them until now.

"Well...I..." He struggled to find something, anything to say. He wasn't a guy of words, that's for sure, but he should at least say something to these guys.

So before we move on to the afterlife...we want to thank you and your friends for saving us all.

His eyes widened. Thank him? For doing what they claimed he did? Are they talking to the wrong guy? Do they think he's Acacius or something like that?

"I..." Solomon gave an awkward smile. "No problem. We're all glad you're at peace."

We have to go...we must move on...but we will meet again...

"Meet again?" Solomon chuckled. "Well, I don't know if I'll be going where you're going..."

You are a hero, Melissa will send you to the land of peace...we will meet again. Until then, goodbye, and thank you all.

"I..." Solomon swallowed a lump in his throat. "Alright then..." He could honestly feel a tear slipping from his eye as one by one, the deer creatures began to disappear. The one in front of him gave one more nod, before becoming some gold powder and flying off into the night.

"Goodbye..." He whispered, as he held back more tears.

That was just...wow. He never really thought that would happen. That deer said he saved them...that he was a hero. It said that he would go to "the land of peace" all because he fought RED. Up until now, he thought that he should've done more to help instead of stand by until the last second.

But now...he felt like some huge burden was lifted off his shoulders when the deer thanked him. For whatever reason, he didn't feel as haunted as he did by the scenes of deers freezing, raptors fighting, the cold numbing every part of anyone who dares enter...

All because the innocent creatures tortured by RED are at peace. They can rest at last, because he and his friends had defeated said beast who haunted them.

"They're right, you know..."

Solomon sharply turned...and saw Mothra, smiling, eyes filled with tears. It was the sight of her that broke whatever dam was holding back his. After their quest to stop RED from doing his evil stuff, he always hated seeing the moth cry. Especially when her reasons for crying before were...well...as he said, haunting.

"I get it you think you're not that much of good guy, especially after...you know..." The moth looked down for a moment, before turning her head back up. "But honestly, you freed a bunch of innocent species that day, and we all played a part in killing RED once and for all...I don't care what you think, you are not a bad guy."

Solomon gasped as he felt something dive into him, nearly making him fall to the ground.

Oh, wait...that was Mothra.

Mothra wrapped her wings around him, his chest getting wet with her tears. Solomon sighed, and wrapped his own wings around the moth.

The two embraced in the night, and if they...well, if anyone were to look up right now, they would see fireflies, floating higher into the sky, seeming to disappear into one bright, shining star.

Winter: I'm gonna cry myself to sleep tonight...

I got to admit, this is the most emotional thing I wrote in a long time...not even joking.

Aqua: I'm...gonna have to read the original story...I don't understand too much.

You didn't read the story yet?

Aqua: No, I'm into long stories.

Here's a summary then. *Hands out summary*

Aqua: Thanks! :D

No prob. Anyway, please review!

Summer: And no flaming!

*Solar's tail catches on fire*

Solar: *Wakes up* AGH!

All: See ya!