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Introduction

Hey everyone, I'm Juan "Mr. Anonymous" Garcia and I've been a Godzilla fan ever since I was introduced to the fandom as a small boy by my big sister. I have since seen every film in the series and have also followed his adventures in other media such as TV, comics and novels… and in my own imagination. I first wrote this story nearly ten years ago with no experience writing fanfics and on little more than a lark but it went on to become the crowning glory of my fandom. At the time, 2004, I had just signed onto the forum at and I quickly became a minor celebrity in the Godzilla fandom. That original post got me all the way to a fanfic recommendation on TV Tropes.

See, this was my very first story ever. Yet even a cursory scan below will show that this story is meant is an epic. Why would I want to do such a thing? Why not start small and work my way up? That is because this is the story that I must write above all others and before all others. This story isn't just any another story and I would struggle to say just how much this tale means to me. This story is a calling. This is the story that I have wanted to write ever since I saw my first Godzilla film all those years ago.

I had already learned of Godzilla from my sister. (How many people can say that their big sisters are giant monster fans that raise their little brothers to be fans too!) She took me to the library once when I was a five year old boy and she helped me, her junior by thirteen years, find good books to read. It was there that I saw Crestwood's Godzilla book. Many people here have read that book and while it is a bit questionable in terms of accuracy, it was what got me interested in Godzilla.

After having read it and learning that there would be a Godzilla movie on, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, I eagerly waited to see that movie expecting it would be a fun little film. When I did see it, I was dumbstruck and numb. Its power was the likes that I could hardly contemplate it. Soon after I saw Godzilla: 1985 the film that, more than any other, influenced my feelings about Godzilla. Having seen arguably the two greatest Godzilla films ever made in that short time and at that young age left a lasting impression on me.

Yet I was always asking myself, and then what? When I first saw Godzilla 1985 I thought that it was made to be the very last Godzilla film ever. It would be years before I even heard of the second series of Godzilla films, let alone know what they were. So not knowing any better I thought that it all ended with that film made after all others. Yet despite the enormous sense of closure given at the end of Godzilla 1985, what Steven Martin said in his last words kept echoing in my head. Whether he returns or not…

I kept thinking will he? Will he ever return? I've always had an active imagination and as I saw Godzilla film after Godzilla film with my big sister, I began daydreaming everyday of the King of the Monsters and his adventures. Thus was planted the seed of my story. Yet it was only after I saw Barry's Temple of Godzilla that the seed began to grow. It was there that I read his stories and I realized that it could be done. I began to ask myself, could I do it?

I thought about it and immediately envisioned a battle between our hero and King Ghidorah in a city. I envisioned a woman asking a vindictive military man to spare Godzilla's life after seeing this. The man did so on realizing that he was the monster.

That was all however and it never went past that. It was due mostly to my being just a child at the time that had neither the writing skills, nor the resources, nor the strength of will to do it. In the end I thought it an impossible dream and, as I have Steve Martin say, dreams die hard when you hold them in your hands long after they've turned to dust.

It was as I grew older and developed a talent for writing stories that I gave my old idea thought once more. I reimagined the idea as there being two rival teams. One compassionate team was dedicated to studying Godzilla and the other government funded team to destroying him. There would be an intense rivalry between them as the wife of the leader of the "good" team was the granddaughter of the leader of the "bad" team who sought revenge for having lost her parents to Godzilla in his first attack. At the end, after Godzilla defeats King Ghidorah (their final battle had been there from the beginning), the old Japanese woman is overcome with remorse and asks the armed forces to let Godzilla go.

While I now had the skill and the will, I still lacked the resources. In time I learned of Rodan's Roost/Kaijuphile and knew that the time had come. I began researching Godzilla films and then I noticed Miki. I then realized just how much she reminded me of the original compassionate woman in my first story. The idea of my first story and compassion made me go back to the beginning and made me remember that Godzilla 1985 had started it all. I included that film first and foremost as cannon and planned for my story to answer my childhood question of then what. With that film in mind I remembered the grandson that Martin was shown to have in that film and thought that he and Miki would have to have been about the same age. I thought to myself could he be cast as the Godzilla hating man from the original story? I knew that yes; yes he could.

In the end my English professor, I was in college at the time, is what did it. He was late and, with nothing better to do, I wrote the story out of my head. But when pen hit paper, I knew there was no going back. Though it was the barest and most basic outline it began there. So I began writing and writing and it grew from there to become what you see, the epic called Godzilla: The Monster Wars. I posted it there and I quickly became a minor celebrity in the Godzilla fandom. That original post got me all the way to a fanfic recommendation on TV Tropes.

Oddly though, having said everything I ever wanted to say on the subject I began to disengage from the fandom shortly after finishing my story. It's also worth saying that this isn't the first time I've published it here on. I uploaded it sometime before and I was surprised it didn't do as well as it did the first time. Looking back I saw my obvious mistake; by uploading it all at once, I didn't allow suspense to build nor did I allow new readers a chance to hop on.

Still, writing fics for DC superheroes and plotting a My Little Pony story relit the spark in me and I realized that it was time to re-release my Monster Wars. A ten-year anniversary special edition is thus just right with both "commentary" and "deleted scenes." I will have chapter by chapter comments in which I will answer any and all questions you might have or respond to comments. As for deleted scenes… as I said, I had my fifteen minutes of fame and I let it go to my head. I envisioned an entire universe of stories which, if I had continuously kept writing, would probably only now be finished a decade after the fact.

I did finish a large part of a midquel that would have bridged Books One and Two; it had King Kong temporarily join the monster coalition against Ghidorah. I gradually lost the drive, however; Monster Wars was my dream but making it real was hard work. I would have given up halfway through if not for a friend who impressed upon me that I had come too far, that I had to finish the quest and climb Mt. Doom. (He's a Lord of the Rings fan.) Having already finished my Magnum Opus, creating yet another trilogy was simply not worth it and I refused to give anybody a half-finished product. I've been burned by too many otherwise good fics that end halfway and never resolve the story to do the same. It's worth saying that when I first wrote Monster Wars, I published each self-contained work only after it was already finished. As I got back into fanfic writing I knew that complete or not, that the Kong vs Godzilla story would do no one any good moldering in my computer for the rest of my life. It can still work and who knows, I might even finish it.

Monster Wars is thus back. Updates will thus proceed at a weekly or biweekly pace until such time as all is finished. I'll be publishing for the first time all "deleted scenes" while at the same time trimming and editing the main text to improve narrative flow. This was my very first fanfiction and it holds a special place in my heart. Looking back there admittedly are things that I would do very differently were I writing it now but I smile even at the faults. It's the work of someone who had little more than a dream and did all he could to make that dream come true. I take great pride in my little story and for that, what you will read is mostly same story that was first read on Kaijuphile nearly ten years ago.

In the end, I hope that you get as much pleasure from reading this I had writing this. When I finished it, I thought my fandom was over but as the new Godzilla film shows, nothing is ever over. Its a good time to be a Godzilla fan and a good time to reach out to any new fans.

So, ten years after first opening the door, I open it again and I invite you. Are you ready now? Are you ready for the darkest days and the finest hours of an Age of Monsters? If so enter, if you dare, a world of gods and monsters, a world torn by war, the Monster Wars!

Acknowledgments

Monster Wars, was my very first fanfiction. However, it would be wrong of me to say that I did it alone. I would like to thank the many people that made my tale possible.

First of all I, of course, have to thank Toho. If it hadn't been for them, then Godzilla would never have existed. But I would also like to note that some of their films did inspire me more than others. They are King Kong vs. Godzilla, Ghidra: The Three Headed Monster, Godzilla 1985, Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah, Godzilla and Mothra: The Battle for Earth, Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla, Rebirth of Mothra III, and Godzilla 2000.

I would like to thank the creators of the film Independence Day. Their film offered ideas for several key scenes in the story and their names are found in the story.

I would like to thank the creators of Mothra's Shrine. Their website provided needed information.

I would like to thank Barry S. Goldburg, the creator of Barry's Temple of Godzilla. His fanfics were the very first I ever read and ultimately led me to write my own.

I would like to thank Marc Cerasini and Scott Ciencin. Their Godzilla novels, especially Godzilla 2000 and Godzilla vs. the Space Monster, respectively, proved inspirational.

I would like to thank my big sister Dragon Queen for everything. She not only was the best most loving sister a person could have, a second mother, she is also the person who introduced me to Godzilla in the first place. I also thank my best friend Nox for believing in me all the way.

I would like to thank the many friends I made on kaijuphile who made this novel possible. Among them include folks like Crucifer and Darkside Reject, Rosy, also called Queen Ghidorah. By real name there are also Robert David Mullen aka Dark Warrior, Robin Lindqwister aka Kaiju-O Gojira, Colby Prior aka Bagoth, Micah Kenworthy aka Halomek, and the Roost members who call themselves Godzilla Forever, Paulzilla, RadoGoji, and Melkor for ideas on monsters as well as other things.

I would especially like to thank C.L. Werner/Morgoth, webmaster of Kaijuphile. Lord Morgoth if you are reading this, know that I mean every word of it. You not only created Kaijuphile but your magnificent stories are an inspiration to all of us. They are what gave me the strength to write my own. I would also like to thank you for your response to all my posts, be they advice, redo, or review. Thank you for believing in me.

But most of all I would like to thank God. Without You o Lord, I would never have even been. Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me. And even when I will tire, You will restore my soul.

Finally reader, I would like to thank you. It is for you reader that I am writing this story. I hope that you'll enjoy it.

A note on continuity: The universe in which Monster Wars takes place combines elements of both Showa and Hesei as a result of the story's evolution. The only two Godzilla movies that take place in this universe are Godzilla: King of the Monsters and Godzilla 1985. However, all of Toho's non-Godzilla showa movies happened. For example, Rodan and Mysterians happened. Monster Wars takes place between ten to fifteen years after the end of Godzilla 1985, so about the year 2000.

I also include some elements from the Rebirth of Mothra series. Also, King Kong (1933), Son of Kong, King Kong vs. Ebirah (an unmade film), and Them! happened in the universe of the Monster Wars. To a lesser extent, mentions and cameos from other fantasy and giant monster movies are included.