The Curse of Pony Tale Island

by Writer of the Storm

(OFFICIAL SEQUEL TO "OUR FRIEND, GODZILLA") After already going through such an incredible, kaiju infested quest once before, fate sends Godzilla and the Mane 6 on another mission to an island far away. Here, they meet several new threats, but just as many new friends that will help our heroes in their task that will determine the future of the world. (Takes place between S5 & S6)

25. Chapter 25: Retaliation

EARLIER IN THE MORNING:

A squad of minotaurs had made their way into the den of Godzilla and Anguirus as carefully and as quietly as they could,. There was a great deal of tension in the squadron, all of whom had to do their absolute best to stay in control of the immense fear building up inside them. It was no easy feat given the taxing mission the team of minotaurs had been so heavily burdened with. One thing that made the mission so daunting was the hazardous environment the squad had to put themselves in. Despite being warriors by nature, this group of minotaurs still had a hard time keeping themselves together in the presence of two mighty kaiju.

Any living creature would fall to pieces when faced with only one terrifying giant, even if it was sleeping like Godzilla and Anguirus were. But because the minotaurs were such a proud race, they refused to let any fear they felt keep them from doing what they came to do. Despite that, their situation wasn't any less nerve racking, especially when sneaking around the monsters. While the troops were moving around the sleeping beasts, they would look over their shoulders at them every other second. They kept on like this almost the entire time they were trying to carry out the task they'd been given.

Ordinarily this would infuriate the captain of the team, who would reprimand his forces. He couldn't this time because he was in the same fearful state as his troops were. Being so close to Godzilla and Anguirus while they slept was too much of a daunting task not to feel trepidation of some kind. The lord of Tartarus himself would most likely be sweating beads should he have to be so close to giants so grand. With the shadows of monsters literally hanging over them, the minotaurs continued their work, practically trembling in terror all the while.

As frightening as it was having to be so close to two giant monsters, the minotaurs still took solace in knowing how important their roles were. They knew that the success or failure of their task depended on how well the next mission following theirs started or if it did at all. This particular squad of minotaurs had to try and lure both Godzilla and Anguirus as far away from Willowbrook as possible. If they could manage to pull this off, a far larger force would launch an attack on the pony village as soon as the monsters were far enough away. It was ironic that the very thing that pressured and frightened them so also comforted them to an extent.

It was dangerous in many ways for sure, but it was still a very important role that required absolute success. This role had been given to these minotaurs, meaning the higher ups trusted them a great deal. That's how every minotaur in the squad interpreted the situation at least. Plus the teachings of their leader insured them eternal peace should their mortal forms fall. Yet for some reason, they still couldn't get over the natural fear that would come with being in the presence of two kaiju.

No matter what religious teachings one might have, fear when coming face to face with a being so overwhelmingly bigger was nearly unavoidable. Encountering such a being was like being in the presence of a god. That's how it felt to every minotaur as they lined up, staring from the edge of the kaiju's den, their forces extending deep into the Willowing Forest. The line the minotaurs formed standing side-by-side carried them further away from Willowbrook. They all hoped their efforts would do the same with Godzilla and Anguirus and make them lumber far enough away for the main force of minotaurs to attack.

The minotaur at the head of the line leaned out as he looked to see how far it stretched. The line went further than his eyes could see, which indicated to the minotaur captain that it was okay to officially start the operation. He lifted up a large, thirty pound bag, one of many that had been brought along, high above his head. Every first minotaur after followed suit as they held up their own large bag while the minotaur next to them raised a crossbow. Then, with all their might, the minotaurs holding the large bags tossed them as high into the air as they could.

After the first section of the line threw their bags in the air, every section afterwards did the same until all the bags in the line had been thrown. Once the bags got a good distance in the air, the minotaurs with the crossbows took aim and fired. The arrows they released flew through the air at lightning-like speed until they eventually struck the bags. All at once, they burst into pieces, unleashing a strange sort of sparkling red dust into the air. The clouds the dust made spread and stretched out until they meshed together.

The newly formed fog of odd dust covered a wide area that just kept stretching further beyond the kaiju den. At the end of the line, there was a giant pile of bags that held the strange red dust. Hidden within the pile were several sticks of dynamite, all of which were linked together by a single fuse. Once that fuse was lit, it ignited an explosion that instantly destroyed the bag pile and sent even more dust into the air. The minotaurs had completed the first phase of their plan.

But what was this strange dust the minotaurs had released? Why did the minotaurs take such a chance going into a monsters' den to release this concoction into the air? What was its purpose being released in such a specific way that required a carefully laid out plan? Why was there a gigantic pile of bags containing the dust located so far away from the monsters' den? How was this meant to lure Godzilla and Anguirus away from the village they were defending?

Only the minotaurs that released the dust and those who had assigned them to do so knew. Or at least they knew what the strange dust was suppose to do. Now the squad could only wait and see if the dust would do what they were told it would do. They waited with severe impatiences, the nerve racking anticipation being almost too much for them to bare. All the minotaurs were so tense with fear, they felt like their bodies would snap into pieces, they were all such wrecks.

It was then that something happened that should've been a good sign, yet was also a very terrifying one at the same time. A snort of air escaped from Godzilla's nostrils as he started to stir. Just the slight jolt of the massive creature's body nearly made every minotaur close by want to run for the hills. Some got in one step, some only jutted forward for a split second, and others had to be grabbed before they all snapped out of it. They were all still very fearful, though, as they slowly and quietly crept back into the forest brush.

The squad of minotaurs hoped they would go unnoticed by Godzilla and that he would instead fall for their plan. As the minotaurs watched Godzilla open his eyes, they couldn't help but feel the terror such a monster could induce running through them. It didn't help when he began pushing himself up to his feet where he would be at his full height. What frightened the hiding minotaur even further was when Anguirus started to stir from his slumber as well. Some minotaurs had to catch themselves from letting out a scream, it was so terrifying.

They kept looking on as they waited to see whether Godzilla and Anguirus would notice what they had done. It turned out that was the very thing that had awakened the two massive kaiju. The senses in their noses had been hit with the sensation of a very familiar scent and it spread completely through them. Godzilla sniffed the air, as did Anguirus to reaffirm what their senses told them. Glares took over both monsters' eyes, for they were now certain of what they smelled.

According to their noses, they were smelling the very familiar and hated scent of the minotaur tamed beast called Solomon. While his scent was unusually strong, it was even more so further away. From what Godzilla and Anguirus could tell, he was heading directly toward their den. Both giants were certain the skull faced gargoyle's real target was Willowbrook, but neither Godzilla nor Anguirus were willing to let him get there. It only took a quick exchange of glances and nods for both monsters to decide on what to do.

The kaiju stood up straight and began to follow the scent their noses had picked up. At first the minotaurs watching were ecstatic to know their plan was working. But their hearts sunk when they realized their was a strong chance they could all be trampled. The monsters' path led through where most of the minotaurs were hiding. As fast as they could, every minotaur ran to get out of the duo kaiju's way.

They knew they could move freely without worrying about Godzilla and Anguirus detecting them. The monsters were too focused on getting to Solomon and from where the kaiju stood, the minotaurs were too small to be noticed in the brush of the forest. Every minotaur that had formed the twenty mile line and helped release the false pheromones of Solomon into the air managed to avoid the monsters. They watched as Godzilla and Anguirus fell for their trick and walked off further away from Willowbrook, leaving it far more vulnerable than before. That was exactly what was suppose to happen on the minotaurs' side of things.

Once the monsters got far enough, the captain of the team gave the signal for General Surelious to start the attack on Willowbrook. Both Godzilla and Anguirus remained unaware of the minotaurs' deception for many miles. All they could think about was intercepting what they thought was an incoming foe so he could not harm the ponies they had come to love so much. Godzilla and Anguirus were determined to protect them at all cost. It wasn't until they had reached the eleventh mile before Godzilla realized something was wrong.

While the scent of Solomon was still pretty strong, he began to notice it slowly fading as he and Anguirus went on. Plus the stronger part of the scent didn't seem like it was coming closer to them and instead stayed in one place. It seemed strange and unnatural to Godzilla the more he thought about it. That was when he heard the song of Fluttershy ringing in his ears. Godzilla stopped in his tracks and turned in the direction the song was coming from.

Not surprisingly, it was the same direction that took would them back to Willowbrook. Anguirus had stopped as well and also turned to his fellow kaiju. Like Godzilla he had also begun to sense the unnatural properties of Solomon's scent. Anguirus had no idea Godzilla had heard Fluttershy's song, though. He just figured his friend was beginning to suspect something was wrong, but wasn't exactly sure what it was.

Only seconds later did Godzilla hear Fluttershy's beautiful voice ring out again, which further alarmed him. The king of the monsters sniffed in the direction of Willowbrook, as did Anguirus. Instantly, a whole new set of alarming scents caught their attention. Through the dissipating fake odors that had tricked them, one of the new aromas stuck out most particularly to Godzilla and Anguirus. They had smelt it many time before; the putrid, throat gagging, nauseating stench of pollution so strong that it could only mean one thing: Hedorah.

The scowl of a thousand angry demons crossed both Godzilla and Anguirus' faces. They had been tricked and they knew it. They also knew exactly why they had been fooled. Even worse, they knew the horrible implications the deception brought upon them held for Willowbrook. Godzilla and Anguirus both roared as loud as possible before marching as fast as they could back to Willowbrook.

There were no more minotaurs around to try and stop or delay the monsters. They had long since taken off on paths that would safely take them away from the monsters and back to Willowbrook to join the fight. Even if any were still there, though, they wouldn't be able do anything to stop Godzilla and Anguirus, not even for a second. Both knew the ponies they'd sworn to protect were in trouble and it was their duty to come to their aid. Plus both kaiju were extremely furious and ready to take it out on someone.

So no matter what they might face, no matter the obstacles in their way, and no matter what happened to them, Godzilla and Anguirus would be there. They would come to protect any and all who needed them.

---

For many, Godzilla and Anguirus' sudden appearance made it feel like all time itself had come to a complete stop. Ponies and minotaurs alike had frozen in place, their eyes focused squarely on the giant monsters. The arrival of the kaiju was a big deal for both sides, but for different reasons. The minotaurs were certain their plan to lure Godzilla and Anguirus away would afford them enough time to carry out the mission their whole attack had based around. Now that they saw this wouldn't be the case, nearly all feeling left them, except for pure fear.

For the ponies, it was a sudden shot of light in what was an otherwise bleak, dark pit of hopelessness. Several had to watch their home get pounded on by the bitter assault of a group that had been long time tormentors. Those that tried to fight back were at a huge disadvantage to the point where it seemed pointless to try and mount a fight back. It was made even worse that the already overwhelmingly superior forces of the minotaurs were accompanied by their own giant monster. Now Godzilla an Anguirus were there and every single pony knew they had come to help them specifically against the evil invaders.

Knowing this lit up several ponies' emotions to the point where they couldn't move while the minotaurs were very much afraid. While some were frozen by the sight of Godzilla and Anguirus, it seemed to have the exact opposite effect on others. Ponies that could cheered as loudly and as happily as they ever had. Meanwhile several minotaurs and timberwolves fled in fear of the monsters they knew were not on their side. It was a good idea for the invading forces to run away from the overpowering sight of the kaiju, but some would never be fast enough.

Godzilla took in the horrible sights of fires that had been lit, trees that had fallen, statues that had been smashed, and huts that had been crushed. What the absolute worst, heart breaking sight for Godzilla, however, was the many fallen ponies. The nuclear leviathan didn't need to see all the minotaurs running around to know they were the ones responsible. He had seen the minotaurs do this to Willowbrook before, only this time it seemed worse than ever. Another change was that seeing the minotaur's greater siege up close increased the already immeasurable rage deep within Godzilla's soul.

Not even the fury of a hurricane could compare to the anger the king of monsters felt boiling deep inside. A thousand armies filled with more than a thousand soldiers each wouldn't match the wrath Godzilla was preparing to reign down. The incessant vexation of the massive and powerful kaiju was plastered all over his face for everyone to see. The terrifying look on such a force that was already as intimidating as Godzilla nearly scared everyone to death, even some that had originally been happy to see him. The overpowering fear felt by the invading minotaur forces was increased tenfold when Godzilla raised his head into the air and roared loud and mighty as ever.

Screams by the minotaurs were soon drowned out when Godzilla unleashed his atomic breath on those enemies that were closest to him. Once again, ponies from all around cheered as Godzilla fired his devastating blast. Not unlike the screams and cries of the minotaurs, the ponies' cheerful cries were also muted by the crackling fury of the great beam and the explosions it created. Godzilla had made certain there were no ponies close to him, so he fired his atomic blast without feeling any need to hold back. He would make absolutely certain the fleeing minotaurs would know tragedy as they had done to the ponies he cared so much for.

The whole assault only lasted three seconds, but it was more than enough time. When Godzilla ceased fire, only flames were left were a couple hundred minotaurs, timberwolves, canons, and other things used to be. Except for the crackling of the fire, everything went silent as all eyes gazed at the blazing inferno. Godzilla's eyes looked from one side of the fire to the other admiring his handy work. He raised his head to the sky and let out a low, growl filled roar.

Once again the ponies cheered before Godzilla stomped his way through the flames he had created, carrying himself into battle. The great kaiju's eyes looked all along the forest floor as he walked deeper into the debris filled area that used to be Willowbrook's south east side. He wanted to make sure his presence didn't do anything that could hurt the ponies as he walked further into Willowbrook than he ever had before.

Most of that area of the village had been lost already, though, so most pony presence was gone from there. While it had upset the ponies greatly to lose that part of their town, the harsh memories seemed to be wiped away for the majority. They were overtly ecstatic that Godzilla and Anguirus had finally arrived to come to their aid. Twilight Sparkle's face had certainly lit up as she watched Godzilla go on, as did Fluttershy's, TJ's, Rainbow Dash's, Firefly's, and so many more.

"Twilight, they're here!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed happily. "They're here, Twilight! Godzilla and Anguirus finally showed up!"

"But we still don't know what took them so long," Firefly said.

"Who cares?!" Rainbow Dash carried on. "What's important is they're here now when we need them the most!"

"Rainbow Dash is right," Twilight Sparkle said. "Now that Godzilla and Anguirus have come, we'll finally see the tables turn on those flat brained horn heads!"

"Yeah!" Rainbow Dash and Firefly said together.

Several onlookers watched as Godzilla sniffed the air and looked up at the sky. He began emitting low growls when he spotted the kaiju who's putrid stench he'd smelt so many miles away. Hedorah was just barely flying above what trees still stood within Willowbrook's confines. Godzilla stared intensely at the polluted slime he had come to despise so much. While he had smelt the fowl creature from afar, he had been distracted with taking his initial fit of rage out on the minotaurs closes to him.

Now the king of monsters was ready to set his sights on Hedorah and hopefully put an end to the smog monster. Godzilla roared out at the flying freak who wailed back contemptuously. Before Hedorah could even turn towards Godzilla, however, the mightiest of kaiju fired his atomic blast. The beam hit Hedorah in the side and danced across his hide as he tried to fly out of the beam's trajectory. Globs of bubbling sludge slumped off Hedorah's body and fell to the ground.

Ponies in the same area as Hedorah instantly ceased cheering when they realized the liquid pollution was splashing down upon them. Dread gripped every single one of those ponies as they tried to get out of the way of the hot sludge. Godzilla looked away in heart wrenching regret, his face conveying the sadness he felt as the waves of sludge fell. He had forgotten how easily Hedorah could come apart when hit by a beam of his atomic breath. Godzilla had felt the acidic burn of Hedorah's bodily fluids, so he knew how painful it was for him.

Imagining how bad it was for the ponies experiencing the same thing greatly depressed Godzilla. The reptilian kaiju looked back to Hedorah and saw that he was still several hundred yards away. Godzilla feared that Hedorah might start intentionally flying over areas still filled with ponies so his sludge would fall on them. The king of monsters was relieved to see that instead Hedorah was changing course and heading for Godzilla himself. The nuclear leviathan roared at the incoming smog monster, who wailed back at him.

As Hedorah flew at Godzilla with the speed of a spear, he released multiple red beams from his eyes. Every burning line was aimed directly at Godzilla and made direct contact with his hide. Explosions erupted all over Godzilla's body as he roared in pain. Hedorah followed up by shooting globs of sludge at Godzilla. He tried to dodged them, but was only partially successful and the pieces that hit Godzilla's body instantly began burning through his flesh.

Despite the immense pain Hedorah put him through, Godzilla managed to fight passed it and braced himself for his incoming foe. Hedorah had planned on ramming into Godzilla, thinking his bombardment would throw the vertical kaiju off enough that he could knock him down. Not only was Godzilla able to stay on his feet, he reached out and grabbed a tight hold of Hedorah. This slowed Hedorah's momentum to the point where he wouldn't possibly be able to ram Godzilla hard enough to knock him down. He didn't even hit Godzilla with half as much force as it would take to knock him off his feet.

After Hedorah's collision with Godzilla failed, he tried flying away to regroup. Godzilla wouldn't let him go, though and instead held the flying kaiju tight in his hands. Hedorah could never hope to match the legendary strength of the kaiju king, not in his current state at least. Godzilla demonstrated his physical power even further by clubbing his right fist down upon Hedorah's body. The force of the blow was so mighty it sent the beast of pollution crashing into the ground.

Godzilla glared down at his fallen foe before roaring triumphantly. Hedorah tried flying up off the ground, but was cut off by Godzilla's foot stomping down on him. The king of monsters let out a short, growl-like yelp as he stomped his foot down on Hedorah several more times. Godzilla took notice that despite his beam still having its same effect on Hedorah, the monster's outer body seemed far more solid than it had in the past. It felt less like slime and more like thin leather that could tear apart at any moment, which was exactly what Godzilla had in mind.

---

While the kaiju fought, the clash amongst the minotaurs and the ponies had more or less started up again. The minotaur forces didn't seem nearly as intense or as driven as they had been before. It was clear their confidence had been greatly shaken by the arrival of the ponies' monsters. Even with their new advantage, however, the fight wasn't nearly as easy for the ponies as they would've wished. A whole lot of them still had a hard time fighting against the minotaurs' forces.

Among the thralls of war, three minotaurs ran full speed ahead at a duo of ponies nearby. The equines didn't see the two hoofed bulls coming at them until it was too late. The Earth pony and the pegasus were both tackled to the ground by two of the linebacker-like minotaurs. The third soldier's charge was interrupted by a sudden beam of light that almost seemed to come out of nowhere. It flew in from the side, hit the minotaur's chest, burnt away a small chip in the body armor he wore, and instantly sent him flying backwards upon contact.

A few seconds after the minotaur crashed into the ground, he sat up to see where the beam had come from. What he saw was Rarity running at him at the kind of speed only a four hoofed equine could muster. The minotaur tried to get back to his hooves, but halfway up he was intercepted by a flying sidekick by the martial arts savvy Rarity. As soon as the resourceful fashionista's hooves landed back on the ground, she jumped yet again. She spun around, kicking one of her back hooves across the minotaur's face, knocking him to the ground.

After her spin kick, Rarity looked around to see the other two minotaurs were mauling the ponies they had taken down before. She quickly put a stop to the minotaurs' savage acts by shooting each in the side with a beam of her attack magic. Instantly both minotaurs shot up onto their hooves as sparks flew out of their sides and they screamed in agony. Rarity continued her assault by firing three continuous beams at the minotaur trio at the exact same time. After a few seconds, sparks bursts from all three minotaurs' chests, instantly knocking them off their hooves.

"I'm so hot, I make sparks fly," Rarity said as she playfully fanned herself.

The Earth pony mare and the pegasus stallion that were being beaten on before slowly sat up. They were both still in a lot of pain, but it was slightly overtaken by their amazement. They looked in disbelief at what Rarity had accomplished. The beautiful unicorn mare looked to her admirers with a flattered smile. The ponies were interrupted when twelve or so minotaurs came running at them, all of whom were holding hammers in their hands.

The Earth pony and pegasus moved as fast as they could in their painful states to get up and flee. Rarity, on the other hoof, refused to move. She stood and stared defiantly at the incoming force. For a moment, the other two ponies were too stunned to move. They resumed marveling at Rarity for appearing to be just as brave as she was attractive, something to be admired.

But as amazed as the two ponies were by the mare's bravery, they were just as questioning of her sanity.

"Put the hammer down!" Rarity shouted at the top of her lungs.

This caused everyone of the minotaurs charging at her to come to a screeching halt. They all looked at her in confusing, which slowly turned into amusement.

"Okay, pony, I'll bite," the minotaur at the head of the group said. "Which one of us were you talking to?" He had a big smile on his face as did his cohorts, some of who began to laugh. "Which one of us do you want to put our hammer down?"

"She was talking to me!" a high, squeaky, excitable voice sang out.

Before any of the minotaurs knew what was happening, Pinkie Pie ran in from the side like a bat out of Tartarus. She held in her mouth the handle of a large wooden hammer from the Acme corporation. She swung it across the faces of several minotaurs as she made her way through the group's ranks. Pinkie Pie swung her hammer at every minotaur she saw, not caring where she hit them as long as she made contact. Rarity ran in and assisted her friend with her martial arts skills and beams of her attack magic.

The Earth pony and the pegasus from before stared on in complete astonishment. Only a few moments later did they look to each other, each ponies' face conveying the same look. With a nod of their head, the duo joined Rarity and Pinkie Pie in the fray against the group of hammer wielding minotaurs. About a minute later, there wasn't a single minotaur from that group still on their hooves. All four ponies that had taken them down and were standing tall like conquering champions.

Pinkie Pie even took the moment to strike a quick battle pose with her hammer before setting it aside and letting out a giggle. Rarity joined her friend as the two clasped their hooves together.

"Who hits as hard as a mean angry lizard?" Pinkie Pie sang.

"A pink puff ball and a great white blizzard," Rarity finished. "Thank you so much for your help, Pinkie Pie. It was lucky for us you came in with that hammer of yours when you did. I'm surprised, though that you didn't make some sort of witty comment like, 'Stop! Hammer time!'"

"Eh, I thought about it, but the mood didn't feel right," Pinkie Pie said.

The ponies were all caught off guard by the sudden barks of timberwolves approaching them. They looked to see three of the beasts on the charge. Before the wolves could get close enough to do anything, however, they were stopped by a wagon suddenly falling out of the sky on top of them. The ponies all jumped and yelped in surprise before their eyes looked up to see a familiar yellow pegasus in a wagon harness.

"Oh my, that actually worked?"

"Fluttershy?!" a stunned Pinkie Pie and Rarity let out.

"Oh, hi, girls," Fluttershy said as she smiled and waved shyly.

"It was you?" Pinkie Pie asked.

"My word," Rarity said. "You dropped that wagon on those timberwolves?"

"Well... yeah, I guess," Fluttershy said as her face started to blush. "Was I suppose to do that? Or did you two have something else in mind?"

Pinkie Pie and Rarity both turned to each other with stunned looks on their faces. Slowly their faces lit up and they began cheering for their friend's amazing feat. The Earth pony and the pegasus with the happy mares eventually joined in their cheer. Slight surprise crossed Fluttershy's face before changing into a small, pride filled smile. Fluttershy flew down and joined the other ponies who gathered around her, patted her on the back, and showered her with compliments.

"Fluttershy, that was awesome!" Pinkie Pie complimented.

"A fantastic maneuver that accomplished what we surely wouldn't have been able to," Rarity said. "Or at least not in the same amount of time. It was a stroke of genius, what you though of to dispatch those timberwolves."

"Thank you, I got the idea from this book my mom used to read to me," Fluttershy said. "I would've done it like in the book, but there wasn't a tornado and I wasn't strong enough to lift a house. So I settled for dropping a wagon on them."

"Is it a good book or a bad book?" Pinkie Pie asked.

"Must be to give Fluttershy such inspiration," Rarity said. "We were lucky you came in when you did."

"Yeah, you Equestrians sure have a habit of showing up at the right time," the Earth pony mare said.

"Just lucky, I guess," Pinkie Pie said.

"The same can be said for those monsters of ours," the pegasus stallion said.

The ponies all looked to see Godzilla and Hedorah still deep in battle a good distance off. They'd be hard to miss either way, they were were so massive. Godzilla still had Hedorah down on the ground where he smacked the grounded sludge kaiju with his tail. Godzilla then turned to stomp his foot down on Hedorah before he could get away.

"Thank goodness Godzilla finally came," Rarity said.

"Anguirus, too," Pinkie Pie said.

"Wonder what kept them so long," the pegasus commented.

Fluttershy said nothing, for her attention was almost completely on Godzilla, who was dominating Hedorah. As she watched, Fluttershy felt so many different things, not the least of which was joy at seeing Godzilla was okay. On top of that, she was very much relieved to have Godzilla where she could keep an eye on him. While it may have sounded silly that a pony mare would worry about a kaiju as though it were her own newborn foal, Fluttershy didn't care. It didn't matter to her what Godzilla was doing either, so long as she could see him.

Now that Godzilla was there and she had a line of sight on him, Fluttershy was so happy her heart was practically dancing.

"I'm just glad they're finally here," Fluttershy said. "Honestly I was beginning to think something awful happened to them."

"But what could the minotaurs do to them?" the Earth pony mare asked. "They're too tough."

"I wouldn't be surprised by any form of cruelty those ruffians were capable of," Rarity said.

"Yeah, but this is Godzilla, you know?" Pinkie Pie replied.

"None of that matters now," the pegasus stallion said. "The monsters are here now and they're gonna take care of that overgrown turd."

"I hope you're right," Fluttershy said. "Remember, even when it looks like he's down, Hedorah's proven he can still be dangerous."

The ponies watched as Godzilla let out a loud roar and swung his fist down at Hedorah. The punch was so hard, the mighty kaiju's hand broke right through Hedorah's leather-like exterior. Beneath the surface, Godzilla's hand was engulfed by the slimy sludge inside the smog monster. Instantly it began spraying out of the sides of the open wound Godzilla's hand made and steam started to flow from it as well. Godzilla pulled his hand out of Hedorah's body when he felt the sludge beginning to burn and eat away at his covered limb.

The kaiju king looked down and examined his burning hand. The ponies all looked on with concerned frowns as the smoke steamed off their protector's hand. Up to that point Godzilla had not taken his foot off Hedorah, but it seemed like that might change. Suddenly large volumes of the poisonous substance Hedorah had been releasing before began to escape from his sides. It seemed like the toxic vapors were spraying ten times as much as it was before and at three times the speed.

The ponies watched as Godzilla stared blankly for a few seconds before he began to lightly cough and gag. As time went by things got worse, for Godzilla's coughing got louder and deeper as his body began to violently convulse. Godzilla grabbed at his throat as he desperately gasped for a breath of fresh air. Fluttershy watched helplessly as Godzilla's precious breaths of life seemed to be slowly slipping away. Her heart ached deeply for the struggling kaiju she cared for who seemed unable to get any sort of clean air into his lungs.

Godzilla was reeling hard, though he struggled to stay on his feet. The poisonous gas was really starting to get to him. He stumbled more and more as time passed, but Godzilla did his best to make sure he didn't fall. Unfortunately, taking those steps also meant taking his foot off Hedorah, allowing the horrible monster to take to the sky once more. The smog monster quickly took advantage of the situation and flew up, smacking his head into Godzilla's lower jaw.

The ponies all screamed in protest when Hedorah began shooting several energy beams from his eyes at Godzilla. When Hedorah turned to fly away from Godzilla, the back end of his manta ray-like body slapped the saurian across his face. Hedorah flew several hundred kilometers away from Godzilla as full speed before making a sharp u-turn. Hedorah flew at Godzilla while bombarding him with eye lasers and globs of burning sludge. Godzilla stumbled badly in a desperate attempt to stay on his feet.

His efforts were in vain, though, for Hedorah came slamming into him with all the force he could muster. Godzilla was sent falling to the ground as Hedorah had wanted to do originally. The ground shook and even cracked from the impact. The sudden earthquake-like event caught almost every pony and every minotaur completely off guard. Many panicked before joining those who didn't in trying to brace themselves.

When it was over, those that didn't know what caused the large tremor soon saw what did. While it made the ponies all despair, the minotaurs cheered for Hedorah managing to make the king of monsters fall. Nopony was more upset by Godzilla's dire predicament than Fluttershy who looked on with eyes that were trembling ever harder as time went by.

"No!" Rarity screamed.

"Get up, Godzilla!" Pinkie Pie shouted.

Hedorah began spraying his poisonous vapors down upon the fallen Godzilla, much to the ponies' horror.

"We have to help him!" Rarity said.

"But what good are we gonna be against that flying gas ball?!" the pegasus stallion said.

"Well, somepony has to do something!" Rarity said.

It was no pony that helped Godzilla out of his predicament. Rarity, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, and the others felt a gust of wind blow over them at the same time a large shadow passed above. They looked to see a spiky ball of gigantic proportions spinning through the air at Hedorah. The smog monster never saw it coming until it was too late and the object hit him. The impact from the collision sent Hedorah twirling through the air before he crashed into and skidded across the ground.

Hedorah quickly took to the air again as the ball of spikes unraveled itself in mid-air to reveal its true identity. Anguirus landed safely on the ground before he let out one of his howling roars. Everypony to cheered while Anguirus turned his attention over to Godzilla, who was still laying on the ground. Previously the quadruped had been demolishing minotaur forces on the outer rim of Willowbrook. Once he noticed Godzilla was in trouble, though, Anguirus sprang to his friend's aid while being careful of any ponies on the way.

"Oh, Anguirus, thank goodness you came," Rarity said.

"Yay, Anguirus, thanks for saving Godzilla!" Pinkie Pie said.

"He sure knows how to make an entrance, doesn't he?" Rarity asked.

"It's a good thing Godzilla has someone his size that can watch his back like that now," Pinkie Pie said.

Fluttershy stayed silent the whole time as she looked on with hopeful eyes. Her smile started to turn, however, when she realized Anguirus was beginning to have a hard time breathing. It was almost exactly like what happened to Godzilla with Anguirus lightly coughing and softly gagging. Anguirus forced himself to fight through it as he continued to try and aid Godzilla. Anguirus let out several short roars to ask Godzilla if he was okay or if he could get up and continue the fight.

Godzilla barely roared a reply, focusing instead on pushing himself back up to his feet. Anguirus extended a front leg for Godzilla to use as a brace he could push himself up with. A few seconds later, Anguirus extended his second front leg to help Godzilla up. With Anguirus' help, Godzilla got back to his feet, though that wasn't the end of his problem. Both kaiju were still having a hard time breathing and their bodies convulsed like they were ready to go into a seizure.

In addition to cutting off their fresh air, Hedorah's gases also entered and severely poisoned Godzilla and Anguirus' inner body system. Fluttershy saw the state her two monster friends were in and looked around as she tried to think of any possible way to aid them.

"Rarity, can you help them?!" Fluttershy asked urgently she looked to the unicorn.

"I can't," Rarity said as she sadly shook her head. "No spell I cast could ever influence creatures their size in anyway. Honestly I don't know how much longer the other unicorns and I can keep the air filter spells we're already casting going. It's taking a large toll on us all. I'm sorry, Fluttershy, but I don't know how we could possibly help Godzilla and Anguirus now."

---

Moon Bright and Muse had initially been delighted by the arrival of Godzilla and Anguirus. As soon as they heard the kaiju's calls, they looked out one of their hut's windows and watched the kaiju impose their dominance upon the minotaurs. But upon seeing the situation with Hedorah's poisonous gas play out, it was clear to both mares that even Godzilla and Anguirus were in need of some help. The only problem was nopony at all knew how they could possibly help the two monsters with what they were dealing with. Even all the unicorns of Willowbrook together couldn't cast a spell that would help against Hedorah's poison.

Muse and Moon Bright watched as Hedorah fly over to Godzilla and Anguirus before firing several beams of heat vision at them both. Muse looked away at the horrible sight as both kaiju cried out in pain. In doing this, she noticed a very familiar pony nearby. Muse saw Twilight Sparkle flying through the air with several pegasi. As they flew, the team tried to avoid any bombardment the minotaurs threw at them from the ground.

At the same time the flying ponies tried to fight back either by throwing objects at the minotaurs or ocassionally trying to dive bomb them. Twilight Sparkle used her powerful alicorn magic against the minotaurs with several blasts of attack magic among other spells. No matter how hard she fought, though, it didn't seem to be enough to stop the minotaur forces; they just kept coming. Muse could tell Twilight Sparkle was getting tired and the seemingly never ending opposition was starting to get to her. But Muse could also tell that the violet furred mare, who was basically her magic teacher, had no intentions of calling it quits either.

Several times Muse had seen that the mares from Equestria were the kind of ponies who never gave up, not even in the most dire situation. She'd seen them fight through thick and thin with the tenacity of a thousand ponies. Such bravery was inspiring in the best of ways to the right kind of ponies like Muse herself. She knew she couldn't give up, because so many other ponies weren't. Now there was the task of figuring out how she would aid her fellow ponies against the minotaurs.

Muse tried to think of how she could help out when almost immediately her eyes fell upon the glowing green Alpha Stone. Moon Bright had one of her front legs wrapped tight around it, pressing the stone to her chest. Muse's eyes lit up upon thinking of two ways to use the stone to help her village's forces.

"Mom," Muse said. The unicorn mare looked to her daughter and saw the focus in her eyes. "The stone."

Moon Bright looked to the Alpha Stone before turning back to Muse. She followed her daughter's eyes as Muse looked to Godzilla and Anguirus who were still struggling to breathe as Hedorah bombarded them from afar. The two mares then to see Twilight Sparkle, who was still fighting with all her might. When Muse turned back to Moon Bright, her face conveyed a questioning expression as if to ask her mother if she understood. After a few moments, Moon Bright's eyes fell upon the stone she held onto so dearly.

Although they still conveyed the emotional fragility she'd been going through, something else had risen. A whole new feeling had developed in the unicorn mare and it was growing fast. Moon Bright's expression turned more serious than she had ever looked in her whole life.

"Although the statues may be gone, we still have the stone," Moon Bright said. "Despite having it all this time, I still don't fully understand it... such an amazingly powerful gem. But I should know by now that it's a pathway to many amazing feats."

"And we should use them in absolutely anyway we can to help," Muse said. "We don't need a couple of sculptures to help our friends and family!"

"I'll handle the air spell," Moon Bright said.

"And I'll give Twilight the boost we've all been looking for!" Muse said.

"Then let's do this!" Moon Bright exclaimed. "You ready to do this, Muse?!"

"Darn right, Mom!" Muse exclaimed.

Moon Bright used her levitation magic to move the Alpha Stone in between Muse and herself. Both ponies collected their magic before focusing it into beams that they shot from their horns and into the Alpha Stone. The powerful object lit up as brightly before a series of circular waves made of green energy began flowing from it. A lone beam of energy also flew from the Alpha Stone and traveled across the way until it found its intended target: Twilight Sparkle. The alicorn princess didn't see the beam coming until it was was too late to avoid it.

Twilight's eyes widened as the beam struck her, the collision causing a green light that engulfed her whole body. Less than a second later Twilight felt a jolt of some kind go through her that forced her to gasp. She had not felt such a sensation since the other alicorn princesses of Equestria had transferred their magic to her. Just like before she felt a sudden, extra large intake of power, a massive burst of energy. This time, however, Twilight Sparkle seemed to get a grip on her new power a lot easier than before and it was much more welcomed.

Twilight Sparkle already knew where the extra power had come from and how to use it. Now she was ready for what felt like round two.

"Thank you, Muse," Twilight Sparkle said before resuming her assault.

Meanwhile the circular energy waves that had also been released were spreading far and wide. Upon reaching those in the area around Willowbrook, it caused an effect that almost everyone would be very grateful for. This was especially true for Godzilla and Anguirus because once the waves passed over them, the two kaiju instantly found themselves able to breathe right again. Literally it was a breath of fresh air with several more to come, allowing both kaiju to function at full force once again. Now that they had their air back, Godzilla and Anguirus both stood tall and roared as loud and mighty as ever.

Seeing their great protectors rise from the grasps of defeat lifted the spirits of the Willowbrook ponies once more. They beamed as brightly as anyone could in such a bitter conflict. Seeing Godzilla and Anguirus up again inspired everypony to continue fighting in their most desperate hour. The first thing Godzilla did was fire his atomic blast at a part of the forest's edge where several of the minotaurs had been emerging from. Dirt, the bodies of minotaurs, the bodies of timberwolves, and other things were flung through the air in the fiery explosion Godzilla's breath caused.

Once more the residents of Willowbrook cheered as minotaur forces scrambled to get out of harm's way. Even some that had infiltrated the village were beginning to retreat in fear. Godzilla released a mighty roar as he turned to searching for Hedorah. As soon as he spotted the sludgy kaiju flying away, Godzilla shot off his atomic breath at the slimy beast. The beam hit Hedorah directly in the side and nearly knocked him out of the sky.

The smog monster wailed in pain as he flew off to try and avoid further contact with Godzilla and Anguirus.

---

"Look, Mom, it worked!" Muse exclaimed happily.

The multi-colored mare had been watching when Godzilla started taking the fight to the ranks of the minotaurs again. Moon Bright's eyes were looking all over the place, for she was too scatter brained to focus on just one thing. However her eyes stopped for a moment so she could see the results that came from the spell she cast using the Alpha Stone. Seeing she had done something that was helping the ponies she cared for so much brought a warmness to her heart that had been missing for a while. It even made her crack a small smile, her mood was getting so much brighter.

Moon Bright was feeling so good that she even cast a voice amplification spell to make an announcement.

"Attention, unicorns of Willowbrook!" Moon Bright said. "You may cease casting your air filter spells! Thanks to the incredible power of the Alpha Stone, that blob of stench won't be able to effect us with his gases anymore! Now we can all turn our full focus on helping pedestrians and fighting back the minotaurs to let them know we will not go quietly into the night!"

Ponies all over cheered before resuming their struggle fight against the minotaurs that had struck many a blow against them.

"Way to go, Mom," Muse congratulated.

Moon Bright looked to her daughter with deeply emotional eyes.

"I'm so proud of you, Muse," Moon Bright said. "You are who I should be."

"No," Muse said. "My best qualities came from you. You just forgot. I love you, Mom."

"I love you, too, Muse," Moon Bright said. Suddenly her happy smile hardened to a serious look. "But we can't settle down right now. We need to stay completely vigilant so that we can strike and help wherever we can."

"Right," Muse said. "If there anything turns up that we can help with, we'll be ready."

---

Twilight Sparkle flew through the air faster than she had ever flown before. She felt so rejuvenated it was almost like she was a whole other pony. As she flew, the alicorn mare fired several blasts of her attack magic both at minotaur forces on the ground and those that managed to get up into the upper levels of Willowbrook. She hit every target she aimed for, taking out at least two or three minotaurs at a time. Twilight Sparkle even flew down to the ground and took several minotaurs on directly. The combination of her punching, kicking, and bucking hooves along with her slashing and blasting horn helped her easily overpower every single one of her foes.

Twilight was moving too fast and was simply too powerful to be taken down in her current state. Twenty bulls later and there were no longer any foes coming to face Twilight Sparkle. Finally she was allowed to rest and catch her breath if only for a moment. Twilight's break was over quicker that she would've liked, for she heard several steps and barks coming at her. When Twilight Sparkle turned around she saw several timberwolves and minotaurs running at her.

Determination was etched all over Twilight Sparkle's face as she took her stance and prepared to meet the incoming opposition. The aura around her horn glowed as big and as bright as ever before finally being released as a large beam of energy. Twilight Sparkle aimed her beam across the pack of enemies heading her way. The minotaurs were sent flying through the air before crashing into the ground. Only burnt twigs, leaves, and over pieces of forest debris were left of the wolves, though.

---

Applejack was at the front of a large team of ponies running to meet an incoming band of minotaurs. Both her and the bull leading his team headed directly for one another, neither showing an ounce of give on their face. Both looked determined as ever with Applejack huffing and puffing while the minotaur raised his mace above his head. An intimidating sight to some, Applejack saw the minotaur lifting his weapon against her as a window of opportunity. She reached her mouth for the rope around her and ran a few more feet before leaping into the air.

The minotaur watched in disbelief as the orange coated mare sailed high above him out of his reach. Once she got a certain distance passed him, Applejack swung her rope down towards at the minotaur. The snare she tied in the rope fell over the horned soldier's weapon and around his wrist. When Applejack landed, she tugged on the rope, which tightened the snare at the end. Eventually the rope ran out of slack and the force of the snap back pulled the minotaur off his hooves.

Applejack quickly took advantage and used her amazing Earth pony strength to swing the minotaur via her rope. The minotaur was sent crashing into four others, knocking them all off their hooves. Applejack dropped the rope from her mouth when she saw three more minotaurs running at her. Once they were close enough, Applejack turned her back to them and buck kicked them all over the front of their bodies.

Only a few seconds later, two of them fell, having been kicked so many painful times. With the third minotaur that didn't fall, Applejack got creative. She ran until she came across a basket of rocks that had been laying on the ground. Applejack slammed a back hoof down on the basket, which sent the rocks flying upward. She back kicked each and everyone of them at the minotaur chasing her. When Applejack looked back, the minotaur was still standing, but he didn't move an inch.

Applejack ran up to the bull like she was about to punch him right in the face. It looked as though she was really about to knock his block off. But just when she was close enough to punch the minotaur hard enough to send him flying, she skidded to a stop. Applejack briefly examined the still minotaur before lightly blowing on him. Amazingly, this seemed to be the final straw needed to send the two hoofed bull toppling over on his side.

Applejack smiled proudly, but her moment was soon interrupted by more minotaurs running at her. Seven of them were all coming at her at once and they were too close for her to loose them. It looked like they were all going to maul here like a baby deer. But then salvation came from out of nowhere when TJ ran up from the side wildly swinging a wooden club he held in his mouth. After a few seconds of initial shock, Applejack ran in and aided TJ against the minotaurs.

Applejack would switch between back kicking the minotaurs and boxing them while TJ kept swinging his club. In what seemed like no time at all, the two Earth ponies had dropped the seven minotaurs like they were bad habits. Though TJ and Applejack were both breathing heavily, they were for the mostly standing tall.

"TJ, what are you doin' here?" Applejack asked. "I thought you were suppose to be guarding the east side?"

"Would you believe I was chased all the way over here by a bunch of rabid timberwolves?" TJ asked.

"You know, as a matter of fact... I would," Applejack said. "Them wooden critters are some mighty mean hombres."

"Yeah, they are," TJ said. "But I managed to ditch them. Then I saw you had your hooves full fighting these minotaurs and I figured I'd help you out."

"You ran clear across town to get away from pony eating monsters then ran up to help me?" Applejack asked. "That's nuts! You're nuts! You've gotta be exhausted!"

"I am," TJ said. "But you needed help and... well, what else are friends for?"

"Aww, thanks, sugarcube," Applejack said.

Suddenly a rush of wind blew passed the two Earth ponies. TJ and Applejack looked to see a blue blur traveling across a group of twenty minotaurs that had tried running up to attack them. Only seven seconds later, the blue blur was gone and all the minotaurs had dropped to the ground. TJ and Applejack were absolutely stunned looking around at all the minotaurs that had been taken out so quickly. Then their eyes fell upon Rainbow Dash, who was hovering in the air with three curved swords in her front hooves and her mouth.

"Come on, you guys, pick up the pace!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed after spitting out the sword from her mouth. "Why are you two slacking so much? Don't tell me you're tired already!"

"Why so worried, Rainbow?" Applejack asked as she raised an eyebrow.

"Too sleepy to do it all yourself?" TJ asked playfully.

"Of course not!" Rainbow Dash boasted. "Just wanted to make sure you weren't the sleepy ones. Can't have tired ponies on the battlefield, can we?!"

Suddenly a large wave of energy blasted down on a group of minotaurs just ahead of the three ponies. When Rainbow Dash, TJ, and Applejack looked, the minotaurs had already been taken down by the blast. The stunned ponies stared at the damage done before turning to see the source of the large beam. They saw Twilight Sparkle hovering up in the air and looking over the area she had blasted. Then she flew off deeper into the village as she blasted at several timberwolves attacking random ponies.

"Now there's a pony that don't look tired," Applejack said.

"Whoa, is that really Twilight?!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed.

"What a woman!" a beaming TJ said as he gazed admiringly at the alicorn princess.

"TJ, you got a little drool on ya," Rainbow Dash said.

The stallion quickly wiped at his mouth only to find there was no saliva like his friend had said. TJ just gave his friends a sideways smile as they both lightly giggled. All three ponies' ears picked up the sounds of hoof steps coming their way. They looked to see several minotaurs running at them full speed ahead. The three took stances as they prepared to meet their incoming foes.

But then, all of a sudden, they were either enveloped or sent flying through the air by a surprise explosion. The three stunned ponies looked up to see Firefly and two pegasus stallions flying overhead. TJ, Applejack, and Rainbow Dash smiled knowing the trio of fliers had been the ones who set off the explosion. Firefly and the others had dropped a trio of bombs on the group as they and several other pegasi had done to minotaurs before.

"Mom's got our backs!" Rainbow Dash said happily.

"Now let's have hers!" TJ exclaimed.

"Yeah!" Applejack and Rainbow Dash exclaimed.

With that the three ponies were off to carry on the fight.

---

Godzilla charged as fast as his massive legs would carry him, his intended target being Hedorah. The smog monster had gotten careless and flew a little too close to the king of monsters. He saw an opportunity and instantly rushed to take advantage of it. Hedorah flew as fast as he could to dodge his incoming foe, but it wasn't fast enough. Once Godzilla felt it was okay to, he reached out and grabbed a hold of Hedorah.

He wrapped his arms around the distressed ball of sludge and swung the fowl creature around. Godzilla slammed Hedorah down into the ground, but did not release him. Instead Godzilla charged yet again, carrying Hedorah out of the wrecked confines of Willowbrook. The huge saurian refused to stop, even when it looked like he was going to smash into the tree line. Godzilla seemed to be intentionally aiming for the trees and even stretched Hedorah further out in front of him as he got closer to the forest's edge.

Godzilla slammed Hedorah through a multitude of tress, the impact sending smashed pieces flying all over the place. Several minotaurs still hiding in that area tried to flee, but still felt the effects of the monsters smashing through. Godzilla roared as he slammed Hedorah down into the ground, this time releasing his hold on him. The kaiju king underestimated the smog monster, for as soon as he was free from Godzilla's grasp, Hedorah was flying off once more. Hedorah headed back towards Willowbrook, but didn't get far before Godzilla hit him with a blast of his atomic breath from behind.

The smog monster wailed as he nearly fell out of the sky. He was able to catch himself, but was taken by surprise when Anguirus suddenly appeared. The four legged monster jumped to incredible heights and slammed his front feet down on Hedorah. The added weight of the mighty kaiju sent Hedorah crashing down onto a pile of previously smashed up debris. Anguirus stood on top of Hedorah and roared in triumph, but was cut short by a blast from the evil kaiju's heat vision.

Anguirus was sent stumbling back by the burning pain, which gave Hedorah the opportunity to try and fly away. He didn't get very far before Anguirus' tail swung into his side like the world's largest club. Hedorah was sent spinning through the air and, very unfortunately, in the direction of the approaching Godzilla. The monster of pollution ended up meeting a similar fate to one he met previously when Godzilla spun around and smashed his tail into his enemy's body. Hedorah was sent crashing into the ground before sliding across it for a few moments.

This time Hedorah wasn't so quick to get up having just gone through several painful attacks. He was in trouble and he knew it; his biggest advantage was now gone. In his current state Hedorah had no hope of defeating Godzilla or Anguirus, let alone both of them. Hedorah had to try and find someway to get out of his current situation and perhaps even try to retreat. The troubled kaiju tried to think of what he could do, but was taken out of his train of thought by Godzilla's atomic breath.

As he wailed in agony, Hedorah looked to see Godzilla and Anguirus walking up to him side-by-side. Hedorah moaned in misery, for he knew now he was done. He had been bested by Godzilla and Anguirus both and it didn't look like he would be able to come back from the jaws of defeat.

---

Surelious stood and stared in absolute despondency, feeling like the meekest person on the face of the Earth. All around him his forces were dropping like flies despite originally looking like the ones who would come out on top. They were almost guaranteed victory over the ponies before; everything was completely going their way. Now a good chunk of their forces were laying either dead of dying. This included Hedorah, the monster who Surelious had counted on being their trump card.

What he hadn't counted on was Godzilla and Anguirus returning ahead of the time he estimated they would. Then the village chief had apparently found new ways to use the Alpha Stone, which tipped the scales even further in the ponies' favor. What was once a mighty invading force with an intimidating presence was now more or less on the run. Minotaurs and timberwolves still fought hard, but there was a much more noticeable push back against them. In Surelious' mind and the minds of pretty much everyone else, the minotaurs had pretty much lost this fight.

The reality of how bad his plan was failing devastated the once mighty minotaur general. He couldn't believe that after all he had gone through, all he dealt with, and all he thought of going into this mission, it would end up not being enough. He had practically staked his reputation on this incursion proving successful. Now it looked like his stature would be ruined and the operation Surelious had put so much into would fail. The reality of the situation felt like a hundred thousand tons of weight ready to crush Surelious.

If that wasn't bad enough, there was an extra added nuisance on top of everything else Surelious was dealing with. Just right next to him were two ponies, Khaos Fury and Dark Lightning who were suppose to be his allies, but he had since come to despise. The feeling was clearly mutual, for they had been mocking him almost openly since his plan had started to fall apart. They took every moment they could to lash out verbally before and now they seemed content with just sitting back and watching in amusement. It was impossible for them to hide the delighted smiles on their faces.

They had still tried to stifle back from going into fits of laughter, though several snorts and giggles fought their way out. But now Khaos Fury and Dark Lightning were starting to wonder why they held back from laughing after all Surelious had done to them. He had played a large part in getting them demoted while also getting himself in the spot they held previously. Since then Surelious had treated them like dirt and acted like they didn't even deserve to be a part of Isarem's regime. He barely even utilized them in the plan against Willowbrook, reducing them to a role on the sidelines.

While it may seem important to some, Khaos Fury and Dark Lightning didn't see it that way when compared to who they were before. They knew Surelious was intentionally treating them as lesser beings and it infuriated them. Because of how superior Surelious thought he was and how inferior he treated them, they felt less and less shame openly mocking him as time went on. Thus Khaos Fury and Dark Lightning finally cracked and broke out in laughter aimed directly at Surelious. The minotaur stared intensely at the ponies who mocked him, their laughter seeming to be the last trigger to set him off.

Surelious threw his arms at his sides as he screamed out in near psychotic fury. The half crazed minotaur grabbed the sides of his head as he continued to scream even louder.

"How could this have happened?!" Surelious hollered. "Everything was going so perfectly! The plan was working, we were going to win! How did it get so bad?! How?!... And how dare you equines openly mock me?!"

Surelious glared hatefully at Khaos Fury and Dark Lightning as he pointed a finger accusingly at the two.

"You know exactly why," Dark Lightning said.

"Because if you had listened to us, horn head, this wouldn't have happened," Khaos Fury said. "If you had done things the way we wanted, this would've gone a lot-"

"Your way?!" Surelious screamed. "It was doing things your way that made us fail so many times before!"

"Because it wasn't really our way!" Dark Lightning said. "We had a specific set of ideas on how we wanted to handle things, but you freaking stubborn bulls tied our hooves! You put chains and collars on us and said we had to do our plans your way!"

"And it was that way that guaranteed us failure!" Khaos Fury said. "Well, we're finally done with doing things your way, Surelious! We... are so done... with your way."

"What are you two mouthy ponies trying to say?" Surelious asked angrily.

"We're taking over this operation," Khaos Fury screamed.

Surelious looked on in utter disbelief.

"We're going to show Isarem we were worth it all along," Dark Lightning said. "We're going to show him he should of let us do things our way from the get-go and that putting you in charge was a mistake."

"How dare you, you brash-"

Surelious tired to move in closer to the unicorns, but his movements and his words were suddenly cut off. The big bull found himself unable to move at all. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't move his hooves, his hands, anything except his eyes. He looked to see both Khaos Fury and Dark Lightning were smiling wickedly.

"Do you think it's time we share our surprise with him, brother?" Khaos Fury asked. "I love surprises, don't you?"

"Oh, yes, Dear Khaos, I do love them very much," Dark Lightning said. "I also agree it's only fair we finally let Surelious in on the big secret."

Dark Lightning used his magic to open up a side bag he had been wearing the entire time, which revealed a bright, brilliant light emitting from inside. Surelious looked away, for the intensity of the blue glow hurt his eyes. Still he was curious to know what the two ponies had that could make a light so mighty. He looked once more, this time being able to see what the unicorn twins possessed. Surelious wanted to gasp in angry shock when Dark Lightning pulled the object from his bag, revealing what it was.

"That's right, Surelious," Khaos Fury said with sadistic joy.

"The blue Alpha Stone," Dark Lightning said.

"We've been wanting to use this for so long," Khaos Fury said. "It could've of helped us defeat these puny ponies such a long time ago."

"But Isarem always said, 'no'," Dark Lightning said. "He was always so worried about losing one of the stones or revealing to the ponies we had them. Well, we finally decided we had enough playing it safe. Now we're going to bring the full power of this stone down on Willowbrook and show Isarem what we should've been doing."

"And you, dear general, can just stay there and watch us do it," Khaos Fury said.

Both ponies began to cackle, which got louder and louder by the moment until they finally disappeared along with the blue Alpha Stone. Surelious desperately tried to stop them, doing everything he could to move even a finger. But he was still trapped in place and forced to stand by as Khaos Fury and Dark Lightning carried out their plan.

---

Six unicorns, three Earth ponies, and two pegasi, all clad in their armored uniforms stood guard in front of Chief Moon Bright's hut. They had been assigned this post by Commander Firefly so they could protect both the village chief and her daughter at all cost. All of those ponies were ready to do it, too; the unicorns had their magic horns while the other ponies held either sharp or blunt weapons of all kinds. They were all even prepared to lay down their lives for the ponies they swore to protect. All the guard ponies had proven they took their posts seriously by taking down every minotaur that had approached them.

Now would come the ultimate test for the group of guards when suddenly a bright flash of light illuminated right in front of them. It blinded them all for only a moment before fading almost as soon as it had appeared. When the guards all looked again, two ponies stood in place of the intense glow, but with what looked like a smaller light levitating in between them. Though it was smaller, the glow was still very intense, but the guards could still tell which ponies stood before them. They also knew these were two particular ponies who were far off from being model citizens.

Every officer and official of Willowbrook had been made aware of who Khaos Fury and Dark Lightning were in one way or another a long time ago. The guards didn't need to see the freely evil grins both ponies flashed them to know they were trouble.

"Morning, gents!" Dark Lightning said in an exaggerated manner.

"We've come to to talk with the chief about peaceful, diplomatic solutions that ends with us all holding hooves and singing kumbaya," Khaos Fury said insincerely.

"Take 'em down!" the unicorn at the head of the guard squad exclaimed.

The unicorns all began firing blasts of their attack magic at the two intruders while the other ponies took defensive stances with their melee weapons. The invading unicorn twins stood and smiled calmly as a blue energy barrier enveloped them, protecting the two from any opposition. After a few seconds, Khaos Fury and Dark Lightning both fired far more powerful blasts of attack magic at the ponies standing between them and Moon Bright's hut. In what seemed like no time at all, every single pony that had agreed to protect Willowbrook's leader was down on the ground in a world of pain. They did their best not to give into the invaders' attack and pass out, but their barrage was simply too fast, too powerful, and far too painful.

Now left unopposed, Khaos Fury and Dark Lightning looked to each other in delight. Then the two of them closed their eyes and began to concentrate. First they gathered power from the Alpha Stone and then focused it into the spell they intended to cast next. The two ponies' evil deeds weren't going unnoticed; from within their hut, Moon Bright and Muse had both heard the majority of what was going on outside their door. All the blasting, screaming, and cackling sent cold chills of terror up and down both mares' spines.

Unfortunately they were both too frightened to try and move or really do anything at all. It was only when there was a lull in the activity outside that Muse and Moon Bright turned to look to each other. Then they heard a different noise coming from right outside their door. The two gasped as they looked, for they had heard the sound many times before. It was the sound of energy building up and it seemed like there was lots of it gathering, too.

They could also make out signs of a bright light shinning outside. It was only then that Moon Bright was finally able to move, for her maternal instincts had kicked in. Muse looked on in shock as she saw her mother moving towards the door.

"Mom!" Muse shouted.

Moon Bright turned her terror stricken face to her youngest child.

"Muse-" was all Moon Bright was able to say.

Suddenly a large burst of fire blasted away almost the entire front of the hut. The explosion sent flames flying into the hut and the force of the blast sent several things flying through the air. Half the stuff was ripped up by the blast force while other items caught fire. Moon Bright and Muse didn't get struck by flames, but they were sent crashing into the floor. The chaos seemed to stop all at once as the flames subsided and the force of the explosion died away and all that had been sent flying before dropped.

Everything was still, quiet, but sadly not peaceful, for there was a frightening tension in the air; a sense of dread. Along with that was a serious amount of pain for both Moon Bright and Muse. They may not have caught fire, but the heat from explosion was too intense not to leave an impression on the two mares. Plus the blast force from the explosion that sent them through the air felt like a log crashing into their bodies. On the inside and the outside, both Muse and Moon Bright had suffered severe damage.

Miraculously, especially for Moon Bright, the two ponies found themselves still able to move. Though it hurt them and made them cry out, both Moon bright and Muse were still able to get themselves to their limbs and body to function. It didn't make either pony feel good to move even an inch, but they knew they had to. Both ponies struggled as they forced themselves to try and get back up on their hooves, moaning and groaning all the while. In their struggles to stand, both mares' eyes fell upon the other to see they both felt all sorts of anguish.

Muse had the easier time getting back up, while Moon Bright almost seemed like she wouldn't be able to stand again. Even when the older unicorn got back to her hooves, it looked as though she would almost surely fall again. Luckily Moon Bright was able to lean against a shelving unit to stay on her hooves. Both Muse and Moon Bright desperately reached a hoof to each other as they slowly stepped closer and lightly sobbed.

"Knock, knock," a mare's voice called from outside the hut.

Moon Bright and Muse both gasped as they looked to the big hole in the front of their home. Through the smoke and dust left by the previous explosion, they saw the form of two unicorns enter their front room. As they got closer, it became clearer to see the two ponies were none other than Khaos Fury and Dark Lightning.

"You were suppose to say, 'who's there?'," Dark Lightning said as he and his sister stopped walking.

Moon Bright and Muse both took notice of the bright glowing object floating between the two intruders. Their eyes widened in disbelief as several thoughts ran through both mares' minds asking what that object actually was. The two ponies' brains both fell on a single possibility and it shook them to their very core with fear.

"Oh, looky what we have here, Dark Lightning," Khaos Fury said sarcastically. She smiled as she pointed a hoof. "We're in the presence of the big chief herself and her little alicorn princess destined to take her place. What an absolute honor it is to be standing in the home of such important ponies."

"Of course, we're so humble to make your acquaintances, chief and chief junior," Dark Lightning said. Suddenly the unicorn stallion's smile turned to disingenuous concern. "Oh, we are so sorry about the door."

Khaos Fury looked around for a moment.

"You look like you've been renovating," Khaos Fury said. "Did we come at a bad time?"

Neither Muse nor Moon Bright wasted a word, taking took their stances before they began firing shots of their attack magic at the intruders. Both Dark Lightning and Khaos Fury smiled mockingly as they easily dodged the shots meant for them. They didn't even call upon their Alpha Stone for extra power when they fired back at the older unicorn and younger alicorn. The twins then rushed forward and slashed their magic covered horns at their would be opponents. Sparks flew from where Muse and Moon Bright were hit as they cried out in pain and fell to the floor.

"Heh, pathetic display," Khaos Fury said as she sneered at the two fallen ponies.

"Oh, sister of mine," Dark Lightning sang out. Khaos Fury looked to her beaming brother as he pointed a hoof. "Look."

Khaos Fury turned and only then noticed the bright green glow coming from a small corner of the hut. The evil mare grinned as she gazed upon the Alpha Stone that had for so long been in the possession of Willowbrook. The sight of such a powerful item that had alluded the minotaur forces for so long was totally mesmerizing for the two unicorns. Despite having a stone of their own, the two ponies and their allies had been wanting to get their clutches on this particular gem for a long time. Now that they were so close to achieving a long standing goal of their coalition, it felt like a lot to take in all at once.

"Look at it, Dark Lightning," Khaos Fury said as she and her brother stepped in closer to the stone.

"It's beautiful," Dark Lightning said.

"Oh, it truly is," Khaos Fury said before ever lightly moaning. She then used her levitation magic to pick up the green Alpha Stone, which made her moan even more. "And now it's ours at long last. After going through all that, after dealing with so much garbage from both sides, we finally have it. Everything has led up to this moment right here where we finally prove our superiority by taking this stone. Now in this moment here, we, Dark Lightning, are the most powerful beings, truly the top of the food chain!"

"This is a glorious moment for us, Khaos Fury!" Dark Lightning exclaimed.

"Feel it, brother, take in it's power," Khaos Fury said as she levitated the green stone to her brother.

"Oh, I can feel it," Dark Lightning said. "Even without using it or holding it, I feel the stone's immense power flowing through me just as clearly as its blue brother. It's... so much."

"Yes, I know, Dark Lightning," Khaos Fury said. "And now it's all ours."

"No!"

Khaos and Dark looked to see Muse had gotten up, despite looking like she could barely stand. The determined alicorn scowled as she fired a blast of her magic, which hit Dark Lightning directly in his chest. The stallion screamed out just as Khaos Fury moved in and shot a far more powerful blast at Muse. The multi-colored pony started to fall, but was punched across the face by Dark Lightning before she could fully drop. After Muse hit the floor, Dark Lightning and Khaos Fury both fired their own blasts of attack magic at her.

"My daughter!" Moon Bright called as she tried to get up.

Dark Lightning looked down and simply kicked a front hoof down on the side of the unicorn mare's face.

"Please, stop this," Dark Lightning said. "You're only delaying the inevitable."

"It's over, ladies," Khaos Fury said. "We won, the ball's in our court. Our side has the grand prize and now we're gonna show you just what we have planned to use it for."

Moon Bright and Muse both cried out in protest, but they were too hurt to get up. At the same time, Khaos Fury went to the window, staring outside as if she were looking for something or someone in particular.

"Khaos Fury... what are you doing?" Dark Lightning asked in confusion.

"Well... Dark Lightning, it's like this," Khaos Fury said. "I figured since we have both the green and blue Alpha Stones, why not test what their combined power capable of? Maybe use them on perhaps... a pony."

"No, we're not gonna try to kill that alicorn princess from Equestria," Dark Lightning said bluntly. "We are too close to achieving our moment of glory and triumph to jeopardize it now. If anything goes wrong out there, it could make us fall from Isarem's graces for good."

"Fine!" Khaos Fury said in an exasperated manner. "Business before pleasure. We'll let her live... We'll let as many of them as possible live just long enough to see what Lord Isarem has in store for... well, the whole world."

Wicked smiles crossed both Dark Lightning and Khaos Fury's faces as they looked down at the still incapacitated Muse and Moon Bright.

"Do pardon our hasty exit, ladies, but we have a previous engagement to attend to," Dark Lightning said.

"Thank you for being such great hosts," Khaos Fury said. "As a token of our good will, I'll warn you that you might wanna consider possibly trying to relocate to the farthest reaches of the Earth. That's the very last place anypony alive will be safe before it's all over. Ta-ta, my little ponies."

Both unicorns began to laugh maniacally before they disappeared in a cloud of smoke along with the two Alpha Stones.

---

After what felt like a lifetime, Surelious found he was able to move again. His body muscles had been frozen for so long, however, that once free they felt stiff and locked in place. Because of this, Surelious was unable to stop himself from falling once the energy field that kept him in place was lifted. After a couple of seconds feeling started to return to the once mighty general's body. He didn't get to savor it, though, for only a few seconds later, a flash of light appeared.

Surelious knew exactly what that meant, the accompanying puff of smoke being an added indicator. As the initial light faded, a second, more powerful light began to glow. What Surelious didn't realize initially was that it was actually two lights of two different colors. Upon realizing this, he knew almost immediately what the two lights meant, which made him want to run as far away as possible. He had been almost certain the lone crusade of his usurpers was doomed to failure.

Knowing it was very likely he was just proven wrong, the minotaur slowly turned to see the sight he was dreading. Surelious' darkest fears were confirmed when he saw the grinning faces of Khaos Fury and Dark Lightning staring down at him. It was even worse seeing that in between the two of them, they now held not only the blue Alpha Stone, but they had the green one as well. For a moment, the bull's despair was overtaken by astonishment, for the sight of the two stones together was too overtaking to be ignored, even a hardened warrior such as Surelious. But once he realized that it was Dark Lightning and Khaos Fury who held the stones and not him, Surelious' heart sunk lower than ever before.

"That's right, drink it in," Khaos Fury said slowly and menacingly.

"We accomplished in a few minutes what the whole collective couldn't do," Dark Lightning. "We've been trying to get the green Alpha Stone for how long? And look what happens when Khaos and I do it our way."

"Listen up, Surelious, until we get back to headquarters, we're in charge now, you got that" Khaos Fury said. "Or would you like to try arguing the point with two ponies in possession of two Alpha Stones?"

Hatred seeped through every bit of Surelious' face as he stared at the two ponies, but he dared not go against them. He knew Khaos Fury and Dark Lightning were right in that as long as they had the Alpha Stones they were untouchable. Plus since the green stone is what they came for in the first place, it made more sense to just let them take it back to base. Or did it?

"First, tell me what you plan to do with the stones," Surelious said as he slowly sat up.

"Oh, that's simple," Dark Lightning said.

"We're going to deliver them to Lord Isarem and become his top dogs again," Khaos Fury said.

The thought of such a possibility made Surelious cringe in grief. He knew overall, though, that it was best to deliver the stones to Isarem.

"Fine, what do you want me to do?" Surelious asked bitterly.

Both ponies' eyes lit up at the minotaur's submission.

"Sound the call to have the troops pull back," Khaos Fury said. "Then we'll use the stones to cast a spell that will teleport us all back to base."

Surelious slowly nodded his head and begrudgingly accepted a hoof up from Dark Lightning. Surelious dusted himself off and took one last bitter look at the two ponies before he reached for the loud horn tied on his belt. When he blew into the horn, it sent out a loud call that echoed on a great distance. Upon hearing the signal, every other minotaur with a horn blew into theirs to let the others know it was time to retreat. Almost at once, they all ran to return to the trees.

Khaos Fury and Dark Lightning didn't wait until all the minotaurs returned to cast a spell. They took one look at each other and the stones before they began to harness their power. Both Alpha Stones began to light up like two mini-suns as they amplified the effects of the twin unicorns' magic. But exactly what spell was it that Khaos Fury and Dark Lightning were trying to cast? The answer partially came when the two ponies looked over to where Godzilla and Anguirus were still fighting Hedorah.

The minotaur mastered smog monster was being bombarded by Godzilla's ever-so-powerful atomic breath. It looked as though Hedorah would surely be boiled into a puddle of bubbling goo. Then, all of a sudden, a sound blasted through the air that sounded like thunder booming. For a moment, everyone stopped and looked as a bright light appeared and quickly expanded under Hedorah. None were more shocked than Godzilla and Anguirus, both of whom looked on in surprise.

Only a few seconds later, it seemed like Hedorah was completely consumed by the light or he had melted into it. The light disappeared shortly afterwards as had Hedorah, for the portal had closed. Seeing their spell had worked, both Khaos Fury and Dark Lightning beamed like Cheshire cats. It wasn't over for them either, for the two unicorns then used the Alpha Stones to cast a second spell. The mighty power of the stone spread out far and wide and before anyone could blink, every single minotaur, including Surelious, all the timberwolves were all gone.

Khaos Fury and Dark Lightning took one last look around before they disappeared themselves, laughing all the way. Just like that it was over; or at least it was for the minotaurs. For the ponies of Willowbrook, though, it felt like the hardest of times was just beginning.