Godzilla-My Little Pony: FIM Short Story Collection Volume 2

by Writer of the Storm

Not all tales involving the king of monsters and his pony friends are grand spectacles. Sometimes they're sort little problems that need dealing with or even them just kicking back and hanging out. These are but a few such tales this unusual, but united group of friends share together.

2. Swamp Wild

I don't own 'Godzilla' nor 'My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic'. 'Godzilla' is a trademark of Toho Co. Ltd. and 'My Little Pony' in all its incarnations is owned by Hasbro.

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"Swamp Wild"

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The map of friendship in Twilight's castle calls forth its most unique auxiliary yet to solve serious problems taking place far south in one of the most secluded and dangerous areas in Equestria. However, these problems are a bit BIGGER and far more monstrous than the usual friendship problems the map calls on aids to resolve.

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Takes place after Season 8, Episode 7, "Horse Play"

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The Slog Troll Swamp was a rather unique piece of land on the very ends of Equestria. It was far south-west, being cutoff from most forms of civilization, the closest example being Kluetown (although it was debatable if that counted as civilization). Even then, there were several thousand miles separating the desert town and the swampy territory, half of those miles being filled by the Sea of Clouds, a mysterious perpetual storm system. On top of that, a river leading out to the south sea separated the swamp from the Pine Needle Barrens and Basalt Beach. So basically, this slimy, moist, humid, disgusting swamp was almost completely isolated from the rest of Equestria.

So it was easy for one to forget it even existed at all, as was the fact that there actually were a few ponies living out there. Despite living in one of the smaller territories that was so isolated and on the very far tip of the country, the residents there still tried to make the best of it. Easier said than done as it was a very inhospitable environment, but for the few ponies living there, it was all they knew. Shockingly, living in such a dumpy place filled with all sorts of strange creatures and swamp monsters had actually come to be like a part of everyday life for them. Despite living such a lifestyle, none of these hermit-like ponies had any idea or were prepared at all for what would befall the Slog Troll Swamp.

On that day, a short, portly, slime green Earth pony stallion with a gray beard, mane, and tail sat in a rocking chair on his front porch. Said porch overlooked a sludgy, inhospitable-looking bayou, which his shack had been built on the side of. The middle-aged pony wore blue, torn up overalls and a red bandana tied around his head. His mother was in the shack cooking up a late lunch for him while he was just rocking in his chair looking out at the swamp, hating the sight of it. He never liked living in the swamp but was always unsure of what to do about it.

He also felt his mother still needed him and he knew she couldn't take trying to leave the swamp, not at her age. Although he never shook the feeling there had to be a life better than a swamp-dwelling one. As he thought about it, the chubby Earth pony found himself starting to fall asleep rocking in his chair with bitter thoughts swirling in his head. He tried his best to fight passing out, though, not wanting to be rude and fall asleep while his mom was making him food.

"Rolley, your lunch is ready!" the Earth pony's mother called out in a thick Cajun accent.

The stallion's eyes widened as he sat up straight in his rocker.

"Okay, thanks, Mama Dear!" Rolley called back in an even thicker accent.

The green-furred stallion smiled, being grateful he had such a loving mother in his life that did so much for him. She deserves better than this life, he always thought to himself. Rolley looked out bitterly at the swamp, hued by a sludgy green. Somehow it highlighted the scummy greens, sickly yellows, and gross browns that made up the majority of the environment's color pallet. The sight sickened Rolley, making him scoff in resentment before getting up to go inside his home.

Before he could go through the open doorway, though, his ears picked up something. It was almost as if all the churning, bubbling, and other sounds of the swamp had been amplified. Then they were suddenly muted by a sound and sensation far more alarming.

"Earthquake!" Rolley shouted as he looked out to the swamp.

Everything was moving and vibrating because of the violent shaking of the earth, looking even more alive than it usually did. It was unnatural, though, for the murky water splashed about as the ground rose and cracked, and trees either barely managed to stay standing, had parts break off of them, or fell altogether. It truly seemed like the whole swamp was alive and it horrified Rolley to see.

"Mama!" Rolley shouted with worry as he tried to get into his shack.

"I'm here, Rolley!" Mama Dear shouted back from inside, terror being laced in her voice.

Rolley was almost in the door when he heard an extra loud cracking in the earth's crust. He looked and gasped to see the bayou was rising. Or at least a big section was, along with parts of the land surrounding it. It was a terrifying sight to Rolley, even more so when he realized the rise in the area was getting dangerously close to his shack.

"Mama!" Rolley shouted.

Suddenly a younger, turquoise unicorn mare with a white mane and tail appeared. She grabbed Rolley and then used her teleportation magic to take them both inside. Then she grabbed Mama Dear, a yellow-furred, gray-maned elderly Earth pony, and then teleported her and her son out of the shack just before it was destroyed. They reappeared on the far side of the bayou, which wasn't suffering as much from the effects of the rise in the land.

"Mama, you okay?!" Rolley asked as he smiled gratefully and hugged her.

"I'm fine, child," Mama Dear said, her voice shaking with emotion as she hugged her son back. "Just fine." They then looked to the unicorn who was looking out at the area of the swamp, which continued to rise. "Thank you so much, Ruby Rare. How can we ever–– ?"

"Look," Ruby said as she pointed a hoof. "It's... it's alive!"

Suddenly a loud bellowing croak filled the air and echoed on for several miles. Rolley and Mama Dear looked to see the shape that had arisen in the wake of the earthquake that shook up the Slog Troll Swamp.

"Oh, my word!" Mama Dear exclaimed.

"In the name of all creation," Rolley lee out in awe and terror.

It seemed so impossible, despite the creatures that inhabited all of Equestria, or even the swamp alone, including the slog trolls it was named after. What the three swamp ponies were seeing just seemed too incredible, even with all of that in mind. Still, it was right there before their very eyes, coming up out of the swamp almost as if the murky marshlands had birthed it. It was covered in swamp matter with some pieces looking like they were either attached to or sticking out of its bumpy, reptilian skin. It had splashes of swamp green, sickly yellow, and gross brown all over its body underneath the swamp matter covering it along with two rows of tiny curved spikes going down its back.

What the swamp ponies saw at that moment was a titanic, yellow-eyed swamp frog. The giant monster let out another bellowing croak as it lifted one of its long, thick front legs out of the swamp and high in the air, revealing a claw-toed foot. It slammed its foot back down, sending swamp vegetation and earth flying all over the place. Then the giant frog pushed itself upward, lifting its entire body out of the bog.

The giant frog monster looked around for a bit before it started walking forward. It took several steps before it suddenly leaped through the air, sailing several kilometers before crashing down again. The ground shook violently upon impact, taking Rolley, Mama Dear, and Ruby Rare off their hooves. They had been watching the frog the entire time it rose, each moment filling their hearts more and more with horror. The trio of swamp dwellers were already terrified beyond belief, but that display of jumping prowess doubled their already immense dread.

"Mama Dear, you alright?!" a distraught Rolley asked as he and Ruby Rare got up and tried to help the elderly mare.

"With that giant frog on the loose, son... none of us are gonna be alright," Mama Dear said in a foreboding tone.

The frog lifted its head into the air as it croaked out again, sounding much more intimidating and fear-inducing than a common swamp frog's croak.

"What in all the earth can be done about this thing?" Ruby Rare wondered out loud. "What could possibly help us now?"

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48 Miles West of the Slog Troll Swamp:

The time had come and he knew it.

A familiar set of ivory white plates stuck out of the water as the great saurian they belonged to swam in the direction of the Slog Troll Swamp to confront a new giant beast. The triple rows seemed to cut through the water even faster, for the monster they were attached increased his swimming speed as he got closer. Swimming through the South Luna Sea, the king of the monsters had felt this presence a few days ago, but did not act on it right away. He waited for what he felt was the right time to make his move and set his plan into action. It would seem that time had come, for, with the official awakening of this other beast, the opportunity had finally come to see if the kaiju king was right in his goals.

At this point, one could only hope so, otherwise, death and destruction could be spread far and wide as a consequence of the saurian's error in judgment. So the king of the monsters swam on, preparing to meet this new monster face-to-face... and to beat it down if necessary. The monster of might kept his focus squarely on the journey and what may be awaiting him at the end of it. He was so focused he never even noticed the strange flashes of blue light that started to dance up and down his backplates. Flashes of outside magical origins, not of his own making.

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The Castle of Friendship, Ponyville:

Twilight Sparkle was enjoying some quiet alone time with her boyfriend, Thunder Jack in the library. The violet alicorn smiled down at her lover, who's head was resting in her lap as he laid down on the couch they were sharing. TJ smiled lovingly back up at the mare of his dreams as she brought a hoof down and stroked the side of his mane. The two had been in the library for several hours, having previously enjoyed some mostly quiet reading together. They would occasionally stop and tell each other about what they were reading, enjoying what the other had to say. They sometimes even exchanged books to read after they were both done.

Now they were just enjoying quietly cuddling together with love-struck smiles on their faces. Twilight Sparkle leaned down as TJ lifted his head a little so the two could exchange a kiss. Then all of a sudden––

"Twilight!" Spike shouted as he came bursting through the library doors.

This sudden and loud interruption after such an extended time of quiet sent both ponies flying up into the air as they screamed in surprise. Only a second after they crashed back down to the ground were they up again as they both looked at the young dragon with expressions so furious, they could probably kill.

"SPIKE!" they both let out at the same time.

"What are you doing surprising us like that?!" Twilight Sparkle let out.

"Seriously, you almost gave us both a heart attack!" TJ added on.

"You both need to come to the throne room now!" Spike said, not even being phased by the two ponies' anime-like display of anger. "You are NOT gonna believe who the map is calling this time!"

This instantly grabbed both ponies' attention, making them look on with surprise and intrigue. They exchanged a quick look before turning back to the young purple dragon and nodding their heads.

"Show us, Spike," Twilight Sparkle said.

With that, the dragon welp went through the library doors with Twilight and TJ following in hot pursuit. When they got into the throne room, Starlight Glimmer was there waiting for them, having been with Spike earlier when they both stumbled upon the discovery.

"Twilight, look at this!" Starlight Glimmer exclaimed as she pointed a hoof. "It's unbelievable!"

The others came up to the side of the table opposite from the unicorn mare and looked. Spike turned to see Twilight and TJ's reactions, which were both gasping surprise.

"No way!" TJ let out.

"Is it really possible?" Twilight Sparkle said in stunned awe.

"Oh, it's the real deal alright," Spike said reassuringly. "I almost didn't believe it myself."

"We both had to do a double-take when we first found it," Starlight Glimmer explained.

Twilight Sparkle and TJ moved around the magical table, looking at its map from multiple angles so they could be sure of what they saw. By the time they came up next to Starlight Glimmer, with Spike in tow, there was no doubt about what they were seeing.

"This is just too crazy to believe!" Twilight Sparkle said.

"Then why is it right here in front of our eyes?" TJ asked.

On the map was a black shape surrounded by a blue hued magical aura. It was a silhouette, one most familiar to the group looking at the map of friendship. It was a head, torso, a single arm outstretched, and a tail that looped around the body and extended pass the head slightly. It also had quite familiar-looking plates going from the top of the reptilian head, getting bigger down the back, and then small again to the end of the tail.

"Godzilla," the group of four in the throne room said together.

Despite lacking legs and being somewhat stylized, the shape and image of Godzilla was still a very recognizable, iconic one. That was especially for ponies who had seen the king of the monsters up close many times and from having known him on a personal level like these four did. Despite that, Twilight, Spike, TJ, and Starlight all still had a hard time believing they were seeing what they saw.

"So... is this real?" a still stunned TJ asked.

"I think so," Starlight Glimmer said. "Although I've honestly had doubts about that myself, despite looking at it for so long."

"Look!" Spike said as he pointed.

A second image of the stylized Godzilla silhouette appeared on the table, this one being more see-through. Most intriguing of all was that the second image was moving towards the first that had appeared, a dotted line connecting the two.

"What could it mean?" TJ asked.

"I believe the first, more solid one is where Godzilla needs to go," Twilight Sparkle explained.

"And the second one that's moving is where he actually is?" Starlight Glimmer suggested.

"Precisely," Twilight Sparkle confirmed.

"If so, he was already dang close to where he needed to go before the map called him," Spike said.

"Wow, what a coincidence," TJ said.

"I don't think it is," Twilight Sparkle said. "I think he was already on his way there before the map called him."

"You mean, he knew his mission even before the map called him for it?" Starlight Glimmer asked.

"Then why did the map even bother?" Spike asked.

"I don't know," Twilight Sparkle said. "Even I haven't been able to fully figure out how and why the map works the way it does."

Suddenly Twilight, Starlight, and TJ's cutie marks along with Spike's map icon appeared alongside the Godzilla silhouette hovering in place on the map. They gasped as they all checked themselves. Spike's green plates running from the top of his head down his back to his tail were flashing green while the ponies' cutie marks were glowing.

"It's calling us to this place now?" TJ asked.

"Where even is that place?" Spike asked as he looked at the map. "It looks like it's just barely a speck of land at the end of Equestria."

"The south end to be exact," Starlight Glimmer said. "More exact being the very edge of the south-west."

"Hmm," Twilight Sparkle let out. "If memory serves me right."

"And it usually does," TJ said with a smile and a wink.

This made Twilight smile lovingly.

"That's the Slog Troll Swamp," Twilight Sparkle finished.

"Never heard of it," Spike said.

"Same," TJ added.

"I think I did once," Starlight Glimmer said.

Twilight Sparkle teleported back to the library and got a book on Equestria's geography. She teleported back to the map room and opened up the book using her telekinesis, flipping through the pages until she landed on the one she was looking for.

"Yeah, the Slog Troll Swamp," Twilight Sparkle said. "It's a marshland where hardly any ponies live because of how inhospitable the environment is. The boggy, swampy, humid climate, the creatures that live there, all sorts of monsters, including the slog trolls the swampland is named after."

"And the map wants us to go there?" TJ asked with uncertainty.

"Along with Godzilla," Starlight Glimmer reaffirmed.

"Why, though?" TJ asked. "Seems so random to me."

"It doesn't matter," Twilight Sparkle replied, sounding serious. "What does is that we've been called by the map and we have a responsibility to answer the call. I intend to do just that. Who's with me?"

"You know I am!" Spike exclaimed.

"Same here!" Starlight Glimmer agreed.

"Of course!" TJ said as he turned his head. He looked at his girlfriend and then their friends with them. "It'll be my first map mission. I'll be glad and honored for it to be with all of you. Especially you, Sparkles."

TJ winked at Twilight, who smiled in an almost sultry manner before they shared a kiss.

"So how are we gonna get there?" Spike asked.

"That's right," Starlight Glimmer said in realization. "It already looks pretty far on the map as it is. I imagine it's much farther away in person."

"It'd probably take us several hours to a day to get there," Spike said. "That's even without stops and using the balloon."

"By the time we get there, Godzilla will probably be done with whatever was going on," Starlight Glimmer said.

"Leave that... to me," Twilight Sparkle said confidently. "Put on your walking horseshoes, everypony, we're going... to Canterlot."

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Godzilla's mighty form started to rise out of the water, for he was finally coming upon his destination. The land (if you can call it that) of the Slog Troll Swamp was not that far away from the kaiju king. He could see its gross contents from where he stood, just being below his knees in the ocean water. Godzilla let out a mighty roar as his tail swung up in the air before crashing back down into the water. The king of the monsters suddenly felt something was off and turned away from the swamp to get a good side look at himself via his reflection in the water's surface.

It was then that he finally noticed his spikes were glowing not of his will. This confused the kaiju king to see this light blue, sparkling, almost ethereal light dancing up and down his back spikes not of his making. He wasn't scared, nor particularly worried about it since this didn't seem to be hurting him or affecting him in any way other than his spikes were glowing. Besides, he was probably going to end up making them glow himself at some point on his quest anyways. While still curious and a bit confused, Godzilla quickly shoved all this into the back of his mind.

Then the king of the monsters turned back to the Slog Troll Swamp to go do what he had to. With yet another roar, the mighty Godzilla started to head into swamp territory ready to take on what warts awaited him ahead. Just so long as he had a chance to try out his plan.

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Twilight Sparkle led Spike, TJ, and Starlight Glimmer down one of the many large, majestic corridors in the Canterlot royal castle. The three following the alicorn princess were still confused as to why she even brought them here. They had all tried to keep an open mind, but it was eating at them to ask why they went to the royal palace in the country's capital.

"Hey, Twilight?" Spike finally spoke up.

"Yes, Spike?" asked a smiling Twilight.

"I gotta know something," Spike said. "While I trust you a lot and all, I was wondering if you could tell me exactly what we're doing here. You know, going in the opposite direction of the Slog Troll Swamp when we should be heading there instead of going further away from it?"

"Gotta admit, Sparks, I've been wondering about that myself," TJ said.

"Wow, I'm honestly surprised it took you this long to ask," Twilight Sparkle said with a giggle.

The others looked to one another for a moment before looking back to the princess of friendship.

"So?" Starlight Glimmer let out.

"Trust me, you'll all have your answers in a bit," Twilight Sparkle said as she turned and led them down another hall.

The others were surprised to see they'd come across what looked to be a dead end. They looked to each other questioningly before seeing Twilight Sparkle still smiling as she walked up ahead and her horn started to glow. Soon there was a glowing symbol on the wall, which then started to slide back before sliding to the side, revealing a secret passageway. The others gaped with amazement at this development.

"Wait here," Twilight Sparkle said. "I'll be right back."

The alicorn pony flapped her wings and flew into the passage in the wall, which led her down deep into a set of catacombs. When she got to the bottom, there were at least forty royal guards there waiting, all of them armed to the teeth and standing in front of a huge, thick vault. Twilight Sparkle landed and walked up to the guards, one of them stepping up to her.

"Alpha," the stallion let out.

"Centaurus," Twilight Sparkle responded.

The stallion stepped aside, as did all the other guards, letting Twilight Sparkle walk up to the vault, which she then opened up using her magic. As the giant vault door opened, Twilight Sparkle stepped into the large safe where but only a single item sat on a podium. There was a single light illuminating a familiar glowing object; a powerful item that Twilight Sparkle had used before.

"Hello again, old friend," Twilight Sparkle said to the red Alpha Stone. "You're needed once more."

She used her telekinesis to lift the stone off its stand and then turned it into the Elements of Harmony-like necklace she'd turned it into once before. She then draped it over herself before exiting the vault, flying off as the guards wished her well and closed up the vault. Twilight Sparkle flew back up to where she'd left her friends, surprising them a bit when she came flying out. As she landed, the powerful alicorn used her magic to close the wall up behind her. The others all looked to Twilight Sparkle, all of them gasping as they instantly recognized the item she brought with her.

"Is that––?" TJ let out.

"The red Alpha Stone," Twilight Sparkle confirmed. "I thought it'd be best to keep it here in the royal castle. Princess Celestia and Princess Luna agreed."

"So you're gonna use it to get us to the swamp?" Starlight Glimmer asked.

"Yep," Twilight Sparkle said before using her magic to activate the Alpha Stone's power.

In a flash, the quartet of friends was gone, having left the halls of the castle for greener pastures... and most disgusting ones.

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The Slog Troll Swamp:

Ruby Rare did her absolute best to lead what few other swamp-dwelling ponies she could find to safety. It was extremely difficult, though, both finding and navigating ponies through the heavily dense vegetation and boggy environment of the overly humid swamp. It wasn't made any easier by the other creatures of the swamp freaking out because of what was happening that day. Spiders, alligators, swamp serpents, owls, and even the 16-foot-tall, green bumpy skinned, hulking slog trolls ran with fear despite how monstrous they seemed in their own right. None of those creatures who resided in the swamp could contain their terror at the titanic fate that had befallen their home.

Ruby Rare and the ponies she led were forced to stop when the entire area shook violently. A few ponies actually lost their footing and fell into the swampy water they'd been trying to navigate through. The only saving graces were that it wasn't that deep where they were and the majority of Ruby's admittedly small group didn't fall. They weren't out of the swamp yet, though, as they were reminded of by the echoing bellow of a croak from the monster frog nearby.

"That's what I figured," Ruby Rare said.

No doubt the sudden quake was caused by the hopping of the giant frog nearby, the same one the swamp seemed to spew out like a curse upon its residence.

"We can't keep dealing with this for much longer, Ruby cher," Rolley said as he helped his mother stand. "This swamp is already the pits to get through as it is. What we gonna do now with a dang monster frog hopping all over here?"

"We need a miracle," a little purple pegasus filly in the group said.

Suddenly, almost as if in response, there was a light up ahead of the group. An ethereal flash that made a sort of mystical swooshing sound and even seemed to make the ground shake a little. After three or four seconds, the light disappeared, leaving the swamp ponies who saw it confused at what had just happened. Ruby Rare looked to Rolley and Mama Dear who just stared back at her.

"One miracle coming up?" Mama Dear suggested.

The bellowing croak of the giant frog nearby caught everypony's attention again, most of them yelping and shuddering in fear.

"I sure hope so," Ruby Rare said as she led the others on towards where the light came from.

It wasn't long before they came upon the closest thing such a dense swamp had to a clearing. They all gasped to see four individuals standing nearby, ones none of them had ever seen.

"Yep, this is certainly a swamp alright," Starlight Glimmer let out in a disgusted and aggravated tone.

"It's even worse than I thought it would be," TJ said. "The humidity could choke a dragon."

"I think I'm gonna be sick," Spike let out as he held his hands to his mouth trying to keep his cookies down.

"Come on, you guys," Twilight Sparkle said. "It may not be pretty to look at, but the map called us here for a reason."

"Who are y'all?" Ruby Rare asked as she walked up to the newcomers, her flock following close behind.

"I'm Twilight Sparkle, the princess of friendship," the violet-furred alicorn introduced herself. She then turned to the others. "These are my friends, Starlight Glimmer, Spike, and my boyfriend, TJ. We're here to help."

"Wait, a princess?" Ruby Rare asked. "Did you say a princess?"

"Uh... yes," Twilight Sparkle said, feeling slightly awkward. "I came here with my friends to help out with... whatever's going on here."

"So you gonna help us deal with the monster here, princess cher?" Rolley asked.

"Did you just say... monster?" Spike asked nervously.

Suddenly another bellow erupted through the air.

"What you think that was?" Mama Dear said. "A church bell?"

Suddenly the ground started to shake from the steps of the giant beast the swamp ponies had been trying to avoid.

"It's found us," Ruby Rare said. She then looked angrily to the newcomers. "No doubt it saw your little light show and followed it here."

"Please, just give us a chance," Twilight Sparkle said. "We'll make it right, I promise. What is this monster?"

Suddenly the sounds of trees and other terrain snapping and breaking and being smashed aside were heard as the ground started to shake. Everyone turned and looked in horror to see the giant frog coming their way.

"It's that," Ruby Rare said as she pointed a hoof.

The monstrous frog lifted its head into the air and bellowed again, letting it ring out across the way. It was fairly far away, but that didn't stop the sight of it from being horrifying to look at. The gross, ugly, gigantic form was too disgusting of a sight not to look at in terror of some kind.

"What in the name of Celestia?" TJ let out.

"Is that... a frog kaiju?" Starlight Glimmer asked, a shake in her voice.

"It's impossible," Twilight Sparkle let out in a stunned tone.

"I'd be telling you the same thing if I didn't see it for myself, child," Mama Dear said. "But it's right there... and I'm a thinking it's looking for some food. I'd reckon regular old swamp flies won't be enough to set its growling belly either."

"I don't want to become pony gumbo!" an Earth pony colt let out as he started to cry.

"It's not gonna come to that!" TJ said as he looked to the swamp ponies. "We came here to help and that's just what we're gonna do. We're gonna help you and we're gonna get you all out of this mess. You have my word."

"What all needs to be done?!" Starlight Glimmer asked.

"We just need to get out of this here swamp," a pegasus stallion said.

"No, there are still others we need to find," a middle-aged unicorn mare said. "I know there are still other ponies out there who need our help."

Twilight Sparkle's attention was instantly taken from the frog monster back to the ponies before her and her friends.

"Who's in charge here?" Twilight Sparkle asked.

"I am. My name's Ruby Rare."

"Ruby, you take these ponies with you like you were before," Twilight Sparkle said. "Pick up whoever you can along the way, but make escaping your main priority."

"What about the others?" Ruby Rare asked.

"Leave that to us," Spike said. "We'll find them and get them out of here."

Ruby Rare tilted her head to the side.

"You know, you look mighty gator-like for a pony," she said in confusion.

"I'm a dragon," Spike said. "You've never seen one in person before, have you?"

"Sorry, no," Ruby said. "Most sincere apologies."

"It's all good," Spike replied.

"Spike's right, though," Twilight Sparkle interjected. "We'll stay behind and look for any stragglers we can. You just get these ponies out of here. Can you do that, Ruby Rare?"

"Yes, I can, Princess Twilight Sparkle," Ruby Rare said. "Thank you for the kindness of you and your friends."

"That's what friends are for," Twilight said with a smile.

TJ, Starlight, and Spike all smiled reassuringly as well, Spike even nodding his head. Some of the swamp ponies smiled as well before their attention was taken by another bellow from the frog. They all looked and watched as the horrifying sight of a beast lowered its head down and started munching on some of the swamp's vegetation and whatever else it picked up.

"Get going!" Twilight Sparkle said.

"Right!" Ruby Rare responded. She then looked to the ponies she was leading. "Let's go!"

"Oh, one more thing!" Starlight Glimmer said. This got the swamp ponies' attention. "Another monster will be showing up soon. You have nothing to worry about, though. He's only here to deal with the frog.

"I promise you beyond all doubt that the second monster is here to help. He's a friend of ours."

Twilight, Spike, and TJ confirmed what their unicorn friend was saying and though the swamp ponies still seemed unsure and a bit confused, they still went along their way. They wanted to get as far away from the giant frog as their hooves could carry them. Twilight Sparkle even used her magic to harness the power of the red Alpha Stone still around her neck and teleported the group much further away from the giant monster.

"Yeah, I think it's safe to assume that frog's why the map called Godzilla here," Starlight Glimmer said.

"Without a doubt," TJ said.

"Where did that thing come from, though?" Spike wondered as he and the others gazed at the frog.

"Who the heck really knows?" TJ said.

"I think I do," Twilight Sparkle replied. The others looked to her questioningly. "It's only a guess... but I'm willing to bet that frog is Maraveck."

"Who?" TJ let out.

"Mara-what?" Spike inquired further.

"A monster created by the evil and vile Grogar many thousands of years ago," Twilight Sparkle said. She then turned to the monster when it bellowed again. "Only, it was much smaller than this thing is... But otherwise it looks just like how the monster was described in my books."

"But what's it doing here after so long?" TJ asked.

"And how did it get so big then if it is that Maraveck thing?" Starlight Glimmer asked.

"I have no idea," Twilight Sparkle said as she put her game face on. "That's not our concern right now, though. We have to comb this swamp from bog to slimy bog for any ponies left behind. Spike, you go with Starlight Glimmer and look for ponies stranded in the swamp... Try to keep as low of a profile as you can, though. I don't want you grabbing Mr. Toadstool's attention...

"You know what, just be careful in general. This swamp could have a few other surprises in store for us."

"Roger," Spike said as he saluted.

"Check," Starlight Glimmer added.

As they headed off to do as they were instructed, Twilight Sparkle turned to her boyfriend.

"You're with me, Jacky," Twilight Sparkle said.

"You know I always am, beautiful," TJ said with a wink.

After a smile of appreciation, Twilight Sparkle exchanged a kiss with Thunder Jack and the two were off to find anypony who needed their help.

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Maraveck croaked out as it stomped along its way through the inhospitable terrain of the Slog Troll Swamp. What was such a chore for most other living creatures to get through, even half the inhabitants of the swamp itself, was merely a walk in the park for the titanic toad of terror. It was so huge and mighty, whenever it moved, any so-called obstacles would instantly be crushed or pushed aside and out of its way. So, even though his massive hops could carry the monster wherever he wanted, Maraveck trudged along, occasionally stopping to gulp up something to eat. However, it was not just the vegetation and swamp matter it feasted upon, but whatever creatures were unlucky enough to be in the area when Maraveck went to take a bite.

The creature of mayhem was hungry and looked to assert his will upon the swamplands all around him. He cared not what possible innocent lives he took in the process, be it by crushing them under his massive girth or by consuming them in his belly. The menacing frog kaiju named Maraveck by an onlooker croaked out to announce his intention to assert dominance. Unfortunately for the frog beast, the call was answered by another far more menacing bellow of a roar. Maraveck instantly dropped everything he was doing or thinking about as he looked in the direction the roar came from, as did several onlookers.

---

Starlight Glimmer and Spike had been stopped dead in their tracks when they heard a familiar roar in the distance. They both turned with big smiles on their faces.

"Ooh, if only that toad knew what he was in for," Starlight Glimmer said.

"The creature thriller of the century in Slog Troll Swamp," Spike said. "Place your bets. All my gems are definitely on the G-dude."

"Straight up," Starlight Glimmer said.

---

Elsewhere TJ and Twilight Sparkle had also been stopped as they looked to see their gigantic friend approaching.

"Here he comes," TJ said.

"Yeah, which means we've gotta work faster," Twilight Sparkle said. "Godzilla can handle Maraveck. We need to see about finding any stragglers."

"For sure," TJ said.

The ponies looked on a little bit longer before Twilight Sparkle flew off into the depths of the swamp with TJ running close behind.

---

Maraveck croaked out, taking a few steps back as he crouched down in a defensive stance. He was trying to warn this newcomer not to come looking for a fight, but his warnings were left unheeded. The larger, much more imposing figure coming his way was nearly fearless and took all challenges head-on, seeing this warning as one of them. Maraveck may have held the cornerstone on disgusting kaiju, but when it came to far more intimidating beasts, none came closer than the powerful king of the monsters; the great Godzilla. To assert such an ideal, Godzilla replied to Maraveck's warning with a defying roar that thundered throughout the area as he stomped ever closer to the smaller beast.

Such actions started to worry Maraveck, for while he believed he could best any of the creatures smaller than him, he doubted whether he'd be able to best a beast such as Godzilla. Would his newfound size, strength, and power be enough to carry him into victory with a mighty titan like the one approaching him now? The frog monster wasn't sure, but he tried his absolute best not to back down from the challenge this newcomer made. He was unable to keep himself from backing up, though, taking several steps to put some more distance between him and the oncoming saurian. Godzilla kept on coming, though, bringing it to the point where Maraveck couldn't make himself back away anymore for fear of looking weak.

Maraveck bellowed another warning at Godzilla, who let out one of his shrieking three-mile roars to assert dominance. This silenced all creatures in the swamp who froze in fear and looked towards the two giants roaring it out. Maraveck remained silent. realizing full well it wasn't going to be able to best such a mighty call. Godzilla saw this and let out several roars demanding Maraveck submit to his will, least he not be spared the forthcoming beatdown the kaiju king was ready to give him. Maraveck scowled in irritation, letting out several angry, downright furious growls at such a suggestion.

The large frog monster was free to be out and about for the first time in centuries and he had no intention of giving up his freedom again. He had no idea if he could beat this new beast before him, but Maraveck was more than willing to find out if it meant him getting to keep his freedom. In the name of that cause, Maraveck roared out in defiance, saying by the end Godzilla would be submitting to him. This took Godzilla back a bit, being plain to see by the flinch of his head, not one of fear but of surprise. Said surprise was soon replaced with boiling anger at having his will defied, his body starting to shake while he snarled.

Godzilla roared out a challenge to fight so that he may physically force Maraveck to bow to his will. Maraveck responded with a bellowing croak to accept that challenge before leaping through the air at Godzilla. The powerful saurian reacted quickly, spinning around, smacking his tail against Maraveck's incoming body. This sent the frog sailing a great many kilometers through the air before he crashed into the marshlands of Slog Troll Swamp. The king of the monsters raised his head high, roaring out to mock Maraveck and let the frog know he'd gotten the first successful strike in the fight.

This display only served to anger the large frog beast, who instantly flailed up onto his feet despite feeling pain from the blow he just took. Maraveck bellowed out angrily, making Godzilla take several fearless steps forward before roaring back defiantly. Then, as the kaiju king scowled at his foe, his eyes lit up, actually starting to glow blue. This was followed by flashes of blue rapidly dancing up and down Godzilla's backplates. No longer were these lights the more magically ethereal flashes filled with sparkles from earlier that stemmed from the map's call.

This was Godzilla's very own display of power, his own display to intimidate his opponents. It seemed to be working, too, for Maraveck took a few steps back when Godzilla's backplates lit up. Godzilla roared out once more to assert his superiority over the gigantic swamp frog he faced.

---

With the newfound strength he felt from the Alpha Stone, Thunder Jack scooped up and tossed aside a large tree branch that had been blocking several trapped swamp ponies. Twilight Sparkle smiled to her boyfriend she'd energized with the stone's power before helping him hurry the swamp ponies along.

"This way, everypony!" TJ called out.

"Follow us to safety!" Twilight Sparkle said. "We're here to help!"

"Everything's gonna be al––"

TJ was cut off by the flashes of blue light, which everyone looked to see was coming from Godzilla as he faced Maraveck. The swamp ponies saw the two monsters standing off and gasped in horror. Twilight and TJ were more awestruck by the display of flashing lights on Godzilla's plates and in his eyes.

"Hey, what's with the light show?" TJ asked.

"I think it's an intimidation display," Twilight Sparkle surmised. "Like a gorilla pounding its chest."

"Consider us very intimidated," a pony in the crowd said in a shaky voice.

"N- no, it's okay, everypony," Twilight Sparkle said. "The glowing kaiju's here to help us. Trust me. He's fighting so we can get away."

"Right, so let's go," TJ said. "Come on, let's go! Hustle, everypony, if you can!"

As the other ponies evacuated, following TJ's direction, Twilight Sparkle lingered a bit, gazing at Godzilla's new display. Never before had she seen his eyes glow blue or his plates flash quite like that. Are you getting more powerful, Godzilla? Twilight Sparkle wondered in her head.

"Twilight, help!" TJ's voice screamed.

The alicorn looked and flew to the front of the crowd of ponies when she saw a swamp spider the size of a buffalo ahead of them. Using the Alpha Stone to enhance her own power, she used her levitation magic to pick the spider up and toss it far away.

"Come on, everypony!" Twilight Sparkle said. "We're here for you! It's okay! Everything's going to be alright!"

With that, the crowd followed the powerful alicorn princess as she and TJ led them to safety.

---

Godzilla roared out at Maraveck, once again warning him to submit or suffer his wrath as a consequence. Maraveck, not wanting to lose face, bellowed in defiance before leaping through the air at Godzilla. The apex predator's entire cluster of back spikes lit up at once as he unleashed his power breath attack, the blue beam colliding with Maraveck's body in mid-air. This ignited a series of explosions all over the creature's torso as he dropped out of the air and to the ground, making the whole area shake as he squealed in pain. Godzilla roared out before he started stomping towards Maraveck to deal with him more directly.

The frog managed to roll up onto his feet before Godzilla reached him, thus Maraveck was a bit more prepared, but still alarmed when he saw the mighty monster king coming his way. Maraveck charged forth, the 87-meter tall monster pushing up on his hind feet, swinging his front legs forth at Godzilla. The king of the monsters reached out and caught his foe's appendages and roared in Maraveck's face before biting into his shoulder, making the monster scream. The two struggled and wrestled aggressively, Maraveck managing to break himself free of Godzilla's bite, though it left a huge gash in his shoulder. The smaller monster retaliated by biting into Godzilla's chest, making him roar out, for even though they weren't many or particularly big, Maraveck had jagged sharp teeth hidden in his mouth.

Godzilla quickly started swinging his right knee up into Maraveck's gut. He did this three times before the frog's bite was loose enough for Godzilla to shove him, freeing himself of the swamp beast's jaws. Godzilla kept hold of one of his front legs as he kicked Maraveck in the gut, then followed up with several massive body shots that felt like they'd crush his ribs. Thinking fast, Maraveck took advantage of his now free left front foot, slashing the claws at the end of his toes down Godzilla's right shoulder and arm. The gigantic saurian roared out in anguish before Maraveck lunged forward, biting into Godzilla's left shoulder, drawing a gush of blood.

Godzilla shrieked out as he continued to punch into Maraveck's torso, causing the frog a great amount of pain. The giant swamp toad responded by wrapping his back legs around Godzilla's side as he continued to bite into his shoulder and slashed at his torso with his free front foot. Godzilla thrashed about violently trying to get himself free of the frog that was mauling him, but nothing seemed to work. It was almost like Maraveck was now permanently stuck to the king of the monsters, meant to torment and torture him for the rest of his days. Wishing to prove the contrary, Godzilla wrapped his right arm around Maraveck's left back leg and charged forward several steps before dropping forth, slamming his foe's back into the ground.

---

"Everypony stay together!" Spike called out.

"Just keep following us and the sound of our voices!" Starlight Glimmer added on. "We're gonna get you to safety!"

"Look out!" somepony in the crowd shouted while everyone else just screamed.

Starlight Glimmer and Spike looked up ahead and saw two, nasty, vicious-looking slog trolls coming toward them. The slimy green, fat-lipped giant beasts had swamp weeds and all sorts of things all over them as they approached with a slight hunch. Their lower jaws seemed to be slightly jutted out to bare their set of bottom fangs, which extended past their upper lip. The sixteen-foot beasts snarled and sneered menacingly, terrifying almost everyone there. Starlight and Spike nearly gave into fear, but they found their courage once they realized they were in charge of safely escorting the other ponies with them.

They may have only found eight ponies to get to safety, but they were innocent lives all the same. So the two heroic beings stood their ground, glaring defiantly at the beasts. The ponies Spike and Starlight Glimmer were escorting screamed again, making the two look back to see two more slog trolls coming from behind on either side of their group. Spike ran back towards one, unleashing the near full fury of his fire breath while Starlight Glimmer turned to the two ahead of her. They took several swipes at her, but Starlight Glimmer managed to avoid them all.

Then she unleashed a volley of laser bolts from her horn at them, igniting bursts of explosive sparks that made the trolls stumble back as they groaned in pain. They brought up their arms to try and shield themselves, but that only served to put those appendages in the crossfire instead. At the same time, the slog troll Spike was burning up screamed both in pain and anger. Every time it seemed to build up a slight tolerance and tried to advance closer, Spike would somehow find another notch of heat, igniting the beast even further. I sure hope this guy gives out before I do, Spike thought to himself.

Starlight Glimmer quickly turned to the troll in the back of the group Spike wasn't fighting. She jumped up as she swung her horn around, letting out a twirling, boomerang-like bolt of energy that flew at the slog troll. It hit him right in the chest, igniting an explosion of sparks that knocked the slog troll off his feet. Starlight Glimmer then turned back to the trolls in front of her, shooting dual streams of attack magic from her horn at their feet. The slog trolls screamed as they jumped up, their feet burning from the exchange.

Starlight Glimmer shot several more laser bolts at the trolls, making them bring up their hands and arms to protect themselves as they ran off. The unicorn mare smiled in satisfaction before turning to see Spike had never let up on his fire breath attack. He'd been blasting the slog troll he was facing full of flames the entire time, scorching the creature until it finally jumped into the bog and swam off in fear. Spike smiled proudly, Starlight Glimmer giving a nod of approval before seeing the slog troll she'd knocked down earlier getting back up.

"Spike!" Starlight Glimmer screamed as she ran up to the dragon.

Not missing a beat, Spike jumped and crawled up onto the brave mare's back before she teleported herself and the dragon in front of the slog troll. Starlight Glimmer released a continuous blast of laser-like attack magic at the swamp monster while Spike unleashed his fire breath. The combined attacks made the slog troll scream out in anguish. The two ceased fire, letting the troll cry out more before it gave a snarl of anger, taking a swipe at Spike and Starlight. This missed attack enticed Starlight to light up her horn while Spike let out a burst of flames from his mouth.

The slog troll instantly turned and ran off, leaving Starlight and Spike to be cheered by the ponies they fought so hard to protect. It was interrupted, though, when the ground started to shake violently. Everyone turned in the direction where Godzilla and Maraveck were duking it out.

"The fight's getting closer," Spike said. "We'd better go."

Starlight Glimmer nodded her head before turning to the crowd.

"We're getting out of here, everypony!" Starlight Glimmer announced. "Follow us!"

---

At the same time that was happening, Twilight Sparkle, TJ, and their own small group of evacuees also had a run-in with slog trolls. While trying to get the ponies they led to safety, Twilight Sparkle, TJ, and them had come across three slog trolls who almost looked like they were waiting for them. The terrifying beasts roared out as they bared their fangs and claws and ran at the ponies.

"Twilight, let's take these beasts!" TJ exclaimed.

"Way ahead of you, Jacky!" Twilight Sparkle said as she used her horn to activate the magic of the Alpha Stone.

She infused herself and TJ with the stone's power before they looked to each other and smirked confidently, giving little nods to each other. Then they ran up to face these new foes, one slashing its claws at TJ, who ducked, jumped, and even did a backflip to avoid the beast's swipes. Then TJ rushed forth, jumped up, and bucked his back hooves into the slog troll's gut, making it hunch over as it grabbed at its aching stomach. TJ backflipped, kicking his back hooves up into the troll's face and making it stumble back as it grabbed at its features. Then TJ ran towards the troll and then rolled underneath it, getting between its legs before kicking both his back hooves up into the troll's... area.

Meanwhile, Twilight Sparkle shot forth six streams of attack magic, four hitting the trolls' feet while the other two got them in the face. Sparks ignited from where the trolls were hit, making them scream in agony. Twilight Sparkle then used her telekinesis to slam the two trolls into each other before flying up and slashing them both with her glowing horn. Sparks flew from every hit her horn got on the trolls, making them howl out in pain despite still taking unsuccessful swipes at her with their claws. After six or so spark-inducing slashes of her horn, Twilight Sparkle released a large shotgun burst of attack magic that sent the slog trolls flying back.

When they crashed into the dense, marshy, muggy terrain of the swamp, a cragadile twice their size suddenly burst out of the boggy swamp water and snatched one up in its jaws. The slog troll screamed as the gigantic cragadile pulled it under while the other troll got up and ran away.

"Humph," Twilight Sparkle let out with a smirk and a nod of her head.

She then looked as TJ swung his front hooves across the face of the slog troll he'd been fighting, each punch letting out a loud impact, sounding like stone on stone. Then TJ slid down and got behind the slog troll and jumped up, spin kicking one of his back hooves across the back of the troll's head. The giant beast screamed as it held the back of its noggin while TJ landed safely. Twilight Sparkle used her telekinesis to send the slog troll flying through the dense swamplands, making it sail several meters away before it crashed against a giant swamp spider. TJ looked to his girlfriend and smiled brightly as she did the same to him.

Suddenly the roars of Godzilla and Maraveck broke through louder than ever before as the ground shook.

"We've gotta get out of here!" a pony yelled in panic.

The few others in the crowd Twilight and TJ were escorting let out with the same fearful sentiments. TJ and Twilight Sparkle looked to each other before nodding their heads.

"We just got to keep heading north," Twilight Sparkle said. "It'll get us further away from the monsters and hopefully the swamp will eventually get less dense."

"Here's hoping," TJ said. "Come on, everypony!"

Suddenly, several large swamp turtles popped out of the bog, the one ahead of them waving for the ponies to come to them. Twilight Sparkle smiled as she thought of an idea.

"Everypony on the turtles!" Twilight Sparkle called out. "They'll carry us through the bog and it looks like there's enough room on them for us all."

The alicorn mare looked to Thunder Jack, who nodded approvingly.

"Come on, everypony, let's do this!" TJ said. "You want to get to safety, need to find a turtle to hop on."

Twilight and TJ both carefully helped ponies onto the shells of the large turtles before getting on one themselves. Once the small group of ponies were on, the turtles started swimming their way through the swamp water, heading for safety.

"Good," Twilight Sparkle said in relief. "This should make things easier."

"Turtle power!" TJ exclaimed, making Twilight giggle.

Her tickled feeling of amusement instantly subsided when she realized one of her friends was still out there fighting a titanic toad.

"Looks like the rest is up to Godzilla," Twilight Sparkle said.

"Then we got nothing to worry about," TJ said while smiling reassuringly.

The princess of friendship smiled back before looking to the south where Godzilla was still fighting Maraveck. It's on you now, Godzilla. I have faith that you won't fail.

---

Godzilla had pinned Maraveck down on his back and was slashing, punching, and biting at his face, throat, and wherever else he could get his hands, claws, and teeth. The gigantic swamp frog wasn't just laying on the ground letting it happen, though, for Maraveck struggled and fought with all he could, thrashing about and clawing at Godzilla's sides. The emerald saurian clearly had the advantage, though, for he was the one on top laying in the biggest smackdown of the two combatants. Godzilla pressed his advantage further by biting first into Maraveck's underbelly and then got a bitter biting grip on the side of his foe's neck. He sunk his teeth in deep, making blood ooze as Maraveck screamed out loudly.

The frog monster was desperate and needed a way out of this scenario or else his life would surely be lost. Not knowing what else to do, Maraveck stretched out one of his front legs to reach for something, anything he could use as a weapon to get himself free of his current predicament. At the same time, he kept using the claws on his front left foot to scratch and claw into Godzilla's side in hope that would help. After reaching for several moments, Maraveck's front right foot felt several large rocks, which he quickly scooped up along with other pieces of swamp terrain. Then Maraveck quickly slammed the rocks into the back and side of Godzilla's neck, the stone crumbling after four massive strikes.

The attempt proved fruitful, for Godzilla's bite weakened in strength, as did everything else the kaiju king did. This allowed Maraveck the opportunity to grab Godzilla and swing the saurian off of him, sending the powerful kaiju rolling across the way. Maraveck quickly and desperately rolled back onto his feet, not wanting to give Godzilla any chance to get him pinned on his back again. He only had time to catch a few breaths before the swamp frog looked to see Godzilla was already halfway back up to his feet. Maraveck snarled in anger and hate as he rushed forth, slamming his own body into Godzilla's, knocking him back several steps.

Maraveck pressed his advantage and swung his mighty, clawed front feet at Godzilla, slapping into the sides of his head and upper body. Occasionally his claws pierced the emerald saurian's flesh, drawing trickles of blood, soliciting shrieks of pain. After many mighty swings, Maraveck changed tactics by rushing forth and slamming his head into Godzilla's chest, nearly knocking the wind out of him. As Godzilla fought to keep his footing, Maraveck saw a chance and took it, using his incredible leaping power to jump onto the monster king. The sudden added weight while he was already off-balance sent Godzilla crashing onto his back with Maraveck on top of him, the impact making the whole area shake violently.

Maraveck slammed his front feet down on Godzilla's face multiple times before biting into his chest, causing a high pitched shriek of anguish to erupt from the reptilian's mouth. The frog couldn't get a good bite on it, though, and thus went from biting Godzilla's chest to biting his right shoulder. However, the ever-fighting apex predator's thrashing about made it impossible to get a firm grip there too. So then Maraveck settled for another part of Godzilla's right arm, that being his forearm. Blood gushed out as Maraveck sank his teeth into Godzilla's appendage with aspirations to tear it clean off.

Godzilla refused to let that happen, even going so far as to tug his forearm back through Maraveck's sharp teeth. It worsened the wounds on his arm making him bleed all the more, but at least Godzilla still had his arm and it was free. Godzilla scowled as though he was staring at his most hated enemy. This frog was being more trouble than he was worth and Godzilla intended to make him pay. The king of the monsters' backplates lit up as he opened his mouth and unleashed his power blast upon the fiend on top of him. Maraveck howled in pain as the burning, explosion inducing sensations of the beam ripped at his flesh.

Seeing the condition his foe was in, Godzilla took advantage and grabbed Maraveck's front legs and then kicked his foot up into the frog's underbelly. Maraveck was sent flying over Godzilla's head and crashing into the marshes ahead of the reptilian monster. Once more the ground shook like a massive earthquake was taking place, causing a lot of places in the earth's crust to crack away. It was only when this quaking ceased did Godzilla get himself to roll onto his side as he tried to push himself back up to his feet. He got up to his knee when the alpha kaiju saw Maraveck was trying to crawl back up onto his feet as well.

Godzilla snarled in anger before roaring out as he forced himself back to his feet and then ran at Maraveck. The king of monsters started by kicking his foot up into Maraveck's face, causing the throbbing pain Godzilla was looking to inflict on the frog. It wasn't enough for him, for as Maraveck cried out, Godzilla slashed his right-hand claws across the frog's face, following up with a left clubbing hit to the top of his head. Godzilla roared out as he swung his right fist down in the same clubbing manner before letting out a bellowing, growl-filled roar. Then Godzilla went wild with a random series of claw swipes and closed fists all aimed at Maraveck's head, primarily his face.

Haymakers, hammer fists, uppercuts, upward claw swipes, downward claw swipes, wild bear-like claw swipes. Godzilla did anything and everything he thought would inflict massive damage on Maraveck. He ended his flurry with a right-handed claw swipe, before spinning around, slamming his tail into Maraveck, sending the frog rolling across the ground. Godzilla tried swinging his tail down upon the fallen swamp beast, but the giant creature rolled out of the way just barely in time to avoid the attack. Maraveck got back to all fours and bellowed before charging at Godzilla.

This would turn out to be a big mistake, for Godzilla slammed his body into the incoming frog's, sending him stumbling back. Godzilla pressed on, slamming his body into Maraveck's again, following up with an elbow strike to his gut and then swung his fist outward across his foe's face. Godzilla repeated this backhanded punch with his other fist before following up with a traditional right hook. Then Godzilla pulled Maraveck in close and slammed his left knee into the frog's side before changing stances and pulling the frog into a more inner knee strike to the gut. Then Godzilla pushed Maraveck away, unloaded some body shots and an uppercut on him, then blasted the frog with his power breath attack, igniting explosions all over him.

Maraveck flew up onto his hind feet, his front appendages flailing in the air as he screamed in pure agony. This left him open to another attack, which Godzilla took advantage of, rushing forth and kicking his left foot into Maraveck's gut, sending the frog sprawling backward to the ground. Remarkably, Maraveck was actually able to use his backward going momentum to make himself roll back so far it took him back to his feet. Maraveck paused so he could try to catch his breath as he looked forth at Godzilla, who seemed like he'd only just begun to fight. Maraveck's tired and pained expression turned into one of anger as he bellowed in defiance, not wanting to submit to Godzilla's will.

Godzilla responded with a much mightier roar as he suggested surrender would be wise for the giant swamp monster and demanded he submit. This only caused Maraveck to scowl in fury before bellowing in defiance once more. Godzilla let out a roar of his own before his back plates lit up and he unleashed his power beam from his mouth. However, Maraveck was ready this time, using his tremendous leaping ability as a frog to jump over and avoid the beam. Even then, he kept on sailing higher and further through the air, going high above and beyond Godzilla's head, making it look easy.

Godzilla was actually stunned by this display, his eyes widening as he watched Maraveck's admittedly impressive jump. It didn't stop there, though, for even when Maraveck started falling back to Earth, he kept sailing a great distance through the air before finally heading coming down for a landing. As to be expected, the whole area shook like a magnitude five earthquake. It didn't end there for Maraveck because as the frog kaiju turned around to face Godzilla and seeing his foe was just starting to do the same, the frog went on the attack. He did that in the most surprising display yet when the frog opened his mouth and a wave of flashing light particles, each bigger than a house, spewed out at Godzilla.

The king of monsters shrieked out as the light particles collided and exploded against his skin, actually forcing him to take a few steps back. Maraveck ceased fire after several seconds before bellowing and then leaping forth, landing right in front of Godzilla. The giant swamp monster stood up on his hind legs and started swatting his front feet across Godzilla's face once more. The emerald saurian must've taken at least seven or eight swats before he finally brought up his hands and caught the smaller kaiju's front appendages. Godzilla roared angrily in Maraveck's face as he pushed forth, forcing the frog along while also biting into his left shoulder.

Maraveck shrieked out from the pain of the bite and from the fact he couldn't stop Godzilla's forward momentum. His back feet just slid across the marshes despite how much the frog tried to make himself an unmovable object. Finally, Godzilla stopped but then used his legendary strength another way, lifting Maraveck off his feet and tossing him across the swamp. The giant toad squealed as he went sailing against his will but surprisingly managed to land on his feet. Maraveck roared angrily before leaping at Godzilla, who caught the frog and tossed him aside like it was nothing.

Maraveck landed back-first into the swampland, once again sending a bunch of gooey, mushy swamp matter into the air as the ground shook. Godzilla roared in satisfaction before once again demanding Maraveck surrender to him. The king of monsters got no response, only a moan of anguish from the giant frog as he struggled to get back up again. Godzilla's nostrils flared as he sneered with content, knowing he was the dominant force in this fight, the superior foe. He then stomped forth to finally prove it to Maraveck once and for all and end the fight.

That wouldn't happen just yet, for it turned out Maraveck still had some surprises left in store for Godzilla. When the frog finally managed to get back on his feet, he saw Godzilla coming for him and his response was immediate. Maraveck's mouth opened wide as he released forth a large, long, pink, slimy, sticky frog tongue that wrapped around and stuck itself to Godzilla's right wrist. The kaiju king actually paused and his eyes widened at what had happened before he looked to his wrist in disbelief. Maraveck used his great leaping ability once more, this time jumping backward and dragging Godzilla along via his tongue.

The reptilian monster of might was taken off his feet as he fell forward and crashed into the marshes of the Slog Troll Swamp, making the ground shake yet again. When Maraveck landed on his feet and saw the position Godzilla was in, he couldn't help but smile in satisfaction. It looked like the giant swamp frog finally had an edge over Godzilla he could put to serious use and had every intention of milking it for all it was worth. So Maraveck watched and waited for Godzilla to get back up, only letting him get to a knee before jumping back again. This turned out to be a mistake, for Godzilla caught sight of Maraveck jumping and reacted quickly.

Godzilla shot up to his feet, grabbed a hold of Maraveck's tongue with both hands, and then turned away from the frog as he pulled his arms forward. The momentum tugged so hard on Maraveck's tongue, it pulled him through the air and over Godzilla's head. Maraveck flew several kilometers before he was sent crashing into the ground, enticing Godzilla to let out a mighty three-mile roar. Maraveck only responded by rolling back up to his feet, being a little faster than one might expect a combatant to be after going through such a vicious brawl. Maraveck looked to Godzilla and sneered in contempt before croaking in defiance, making it clear he still thought he had a shot at proving he was the superior monster in this fight.

Godzilla roared in frustration before he started stepping forward to finish Maraveck in a more hands-on way. The frog responded by opening his mouth and letting out several of his light particles once more, each one of them hitting and exploding against Godzilla's body. The king of the monsters didn't stumble back this time, but he was halted. This allowed Maraveck the chance to cease fire and extend his tongue around Godzilla's left leg. He quickly retracted the tongue back towards him while jumping a relatively shorter distance than he had before, although it still did the job of taking Godzilla off his feet.

Godzilla crashed onto his back, shaking the whole area around the monster king as he shrieked. He tried to roll back onto his feet but didn't get very far before his ears picked up the sound of something coming towards him fast. The shadow of Maraveck befell the downed saurian as he looked up to see the massive frog crashing down upon his person, practically knocking the wind out of them both. Or so it seemed, for Maraveck recovered from the collision first and started swinging his front feet down upon Godzilla's face and chest a multitude of times. Each time he was hit, Godzilla let out a short yelp of pain before the next blow came, this process repeating at least eight times.

Seeing he had the advantage still, Maraveck changed tactics and bit into Godzilla's right shoulder, sinking his jagged, uneven teeth deep in his bigger foe's flesh. As Godzilla shrieked in agony from the bleeding bite wounds Maraveck inflicted, he started to feel something else: burning rage! Because up to now, Godzilla was doing his absolute best to hold back, to try and make it to where Maraveck could live, so he could survive this ordeal mostly intact. He'd hoped Maraveck would've given up by now and admitted Godzilla was his clear superior. The king of monsters saw now that this wasn't happening... which meant he had to take more drastic measures and go, if not full power, pretty close to it so the frog would get the message.

With that all in mind, Godzilla's eyes flashed blue as did his back spikes. He was angry, downright furious how this had gone and he was prepared to take it out on Maraveck's hide. The apex kaiju began by releasing forth one of his mightier attacks, the dreaded nuclear pulse from his body. The burst of burning, scolding power, sent Maraveck flying through the air, as did separated pieces of flesh and globs of blood from freshly made wounds all across his body. Maraveck crashed on the ground next to Godzilla and roared out in agony, begging for his pain to stop as smoke streamed from his wounds.

The giant swamp frog was hurting so bad, he couldn't bring himself to budge even the tiniest muscle in his body. That changed quickly when Maraveck heard what sounded like his opponent getting up, making the frog's eyes open wide with dread. As Maraveck tried forcing himself to get back up, Godzilla was already standing tall over the struggling frog, scowling down at his foe with rage-filled eyes. Now he was prepared to teach Maraveck the true meaning of pain, letting out a growling bellow as he stomped towards the fearful frog. He started by swinging his tail around, slapping it up into Maraveck's lower jaw before unleashing his atomic breath down on the beast.

The explosions this time were much bigger and hurt much more, making blood and flesh burst off of Maraveck and fly away as he cried out. His cries fell on deaf ears, for Godzilla followed up by driving his left knee up into Maraveck's face before unloading more punishment on it. Godzilla let loose with harder punches and far more vicious claw swipes than he'd unleashed on the frog before, intent to get his point across. It was near impossible to count how many swinging blows Godzilla let loose on Maraveck's features, closed fisted or opened handed. All that was certain was each one of them hurt and left a big impression on Maraveck's scared and bruised face.

Maraveck's whole body trembled, but this only got him three right knees to the gut from Godzilla before the kaiju king wrapped his arms around the helpless frog. The almost tyrannical-looking monster king lifted Maraveck up, gut-wrenching him off the ground and tossing him through the air with all his power. Maraveck sailed a good distance before he finally slammed into the ground, once more causing massive tremors that nearly shook the land apart. Godzilla ignored it all and roared out as he stomped over to Maraveck with full intent to let loose with more punishment. The frog heard Godzilla coming but was unable to get himself to move despite desperately wanting to flee from his enraged adversary.

But the shadow of Godzilla fell upon the frog, his underbelly facing up as he looked to see the kaiju king standing over him. Godzilla roared furiously before unleashing his power breath down on the fallen Maraveck, igniting explosions across his torso that made the frog scream. Godzilla responded with roars that only sounded angrier, indicating he wasn't done yet. This turned out to be true, for Godzilla jumped up as best he could, getting a few feet off the ground as his left elbow almost came plowing into Maraveck's throat. Although, in a last ditched effort of self-preservation, Maraveck displayed surprising agility and rolled out of the way in time to avoid Godzilla's incoming elbow and his whole body at that.

The ground shook as the crater Maraveck's body had made from his crash got bigger because of Godzilla crashing into it. The king of the monsters was not deterred by this, though, for he started to get up almost instantly. He looked to see a barely able to stand Maraveck limping at him in a desperate attempt to charge him. Godzilla met this challenge head-on, getting up and slamming his body into Maraveck's at the same time the swamp frog tried slamming his own body into the saurian's. Godzilla followed up with a series of punches to Maraveck's face before grabbing him and pulling him in close for an inside knee strike to the gut.

Godzilla kept on with two right body shots and an uppercut followed by several more vicious and wild slashes and punches before delivering a blast of his power breath. Then Godzilla swung around, smacking his tail into Maraveck's body, nearly knocking the frog down for good. Godzilla followed up with a second blast of his power breath, which gave off explosive results all across his enemy's body, making Maraveck scream. Godzilla responded only by scooping Maraveck up in his arms, turning him upside down and slamming him into the ground yet again to make the whole place tremble like it would all break away. At this moment, Maraveck was starting to feel like it would suit him better if he just broke away so that his suffering at Godzilla's claws could finally end.

It seemed that, unfortunately for him, the end would not come just yet, for Godzilla continued to unleash his wrath upon the downed frog. He clubbed his tail upon Maraveck's body twice, each time feeling like it could crush him. Maraveck squealed out, begging for mercy, only for Godzilla to respond with a menacing roar, indicating he was not ready to give it. Godzilla then stomped his right foot down on Maraveck's face two times before stomping it on his chest. Then Godzilla switched feet and repeated the same process, adding a stomp on Maraveck's left front leg.

Then Godzilla roared out before jumping forth, landing in a sit-down position on top of Maraveck, bringing his full body weight down on the helpless creature. All the wind was knocked out of the frog's body, making it to where Maraveck could only let out a weak groan. For a moment it seemed like he wouldn't ever be able to breathe again... until he finally got a reprieve as Godzilla rose back to his feet, taking his body weight off Maraveck. But any hopes of mercy were shattered when Godzilla's mighty foot came crashing down on Maraveck's chest. The helpless frog looked up to see Godzilla glaring down hatefully, his eyes glowing blue and his back plates flashing brightly as he let out a roar demanding Maraveck's surrender and submission.

Maraveck finally gave in; being unable to stand anymore and not wanting to suffer the king of the monster's wrath any longer, the frog croaked out all Godzilla wanted to hear. Godzilla was his better, his superior in every way and Maraveck should be his subordinate. Maraveck looked and waited to see how Godzilla would react, staring fearfully as the emerald saurian glared down at him, his eyes and spikes still alight. The swamp monster started to get worried when he saw faint hints of a glow in the mighty reptilian's mouth. Was this great beast of might no longer interested in Maraveck's surrender and now just wanted his life?

Maraveck feared the answer, looking away as he closed his eyes, fearfully anticipating what might happen next. So he waited... and he waited... and he waited even longer still. However, after several moments, the only thing that Maraveck felt happen was Godzilla's foot rise off his chest. Maraveck opened his eyes and looked up to see that Godzilla's eyes and plates were no longer glowing. Despite that, the kaiju king was still a terrifying sight to behold, especially when he looked as furious as he did at that moment.

Still, it seemed like Godzilla was willing to give this smaller beast a shred of mercy, despite looking like he wanted to do everything to the contrary. Godzilla roared out, demanding Maraveck's compliance and fealty to him and him alone. Maraveck swore it all just so long as it kept him safe from the king of the monster's wrath. There was a moment of pause as Godzilla looked down at Maraveck while the frog just looked back up waiting to see what would happen. Finally, with a flare of his nostrils, Godzilla roared out, telling Maraveck to submit to him.

---

"Is... is it over?" Spike asked.

"I can't hear the sounds of battle anymore," Starlight Glimmer said.

"The earthquakes stopped," TJ said.

"But they're still roaring at each other," Ruby Rare said.

All the separate groups of evacuating ponies had somehow managed to run into each other and converge into one group. It still wasn't the biggest group of ponies, but it was a sizable enough population for such a slimy, mushy, mucky wasteland like the Slog Troll Swamp. The group had gotten a more than respectable distance away, which, for some reason, seemed to be as far as the ponies all wished to carry themselves. It could've also stemmed from being tired, but most of the ponies felt the compulsion to stop and let themselves rest since they realized they were fairly far away from the monsters. Although, the entire time they rested, everypony looked to the south where the two titanic beasts of mighty magnitude had been brawling.

They were trying to hear what was going on since they could no longer see what was happening. This curiosity extended especially to the group led by Princess Twilight Sparkle, the same group that helped lead these swamp ponies to safety. She was at the front of the group looking back at the much more dense and disgusting part of the swamp they'd all come from, which was also where the battle had taken place. She looked to TJ, Spike, Starlight Glimmer, and Ruby Rare, all of whom seemed just as uncertain as she did.

"Sparkles," TJ whispered, getting the alicorn's attention. "Remember that trick you did when Godzilla was fighting Monsager on Pony Tale Island? The one with the Alpha Stone?"

It only took a moment for Twilight Sparkle to realize what her boyfriend was getting at.

"Oh, right," the princess of friendship responded.

Her horn then started to glow, soon followed by the aura of the Alpha Stone increasing in brightness and intensity as well. Everyone watched this take place, those not in the princess's regular social circle exclaiming in awe at what was transpiring before their eyes. When Twilight opened her eyes, they were glowing red as a stream of light emitted from her horn and extended out. The red light expanded into a square shape, which soon formed an image revealing Godzilla standing with his foot on Maraveck's chest, his eyes glowing and his spikes flashing. Everyone looked on with even more amazement at the sight that was the king of the monsters as he roared menacingly at the fallen, squealing frog before him.

"Ain't like no gator I ever did see," Rolley let out.

"Not even around these parts could you find one like that, I guarantee," Mama Dear replied.

Twilight and her friends all smiled.

"He did it!" Starlight Glimmer exclaimed. "He won!"

"Of course he did!" TJ said happily. "He's Godzilla!" The tan stallion just smiled happily at the image. "Alright, now finish him off, G! Let 'em have it! Finish him!"

"Fatality!" Spike let out, his heart racing.

Everyone waited and watched to see what the king of monsters would do. Would he smite this beast like he had so many others in the past? His track record made it seem like that was a safe bet. With how mighty and vicious they had all seen Godzilla could be (the swamp ponies to a much lesser extent), it wouldn't surprise any of them at all, especially Twilight and her friends. They all waited and watched to see if Godzilla would deal a final, fatal blow.

Although, much to everyone's surprise, this did not occur. In fact, it was quite the opposite, for Godzilla took his foot off the near slain frog's chest and let out a bellow as he stood tall. Everypony gasped in surprise as Maraveck started to get up, albeit rather gingerly because of what Godzilla put him through. Murmurs came through the crowd as everyone tried to figure out what was going on. None were more stunned by this development than those among the group that knew Godzilla best. They had the most shocked, the most surprised, the most astonished face of anyone there.

"Twilight, what's he doing?" Starlight Glimmer asked.

What's going on? Twilight Sparkle wondered to herself as she watched this transpire. Why's this happening?

"Twilight?" Starlight Glimmer insisted.

"I don't know, Starlight Glimmer!" Twilight Sparkle finally answered.

The tone she used indicated to Starlight Glimmer that now wasn't the best time to bug the alicorn for answers, especially since she clearly didn't have them. So instead she watched with the others as the beaten and torn up Maraveck looked up hesitantly to the taller standing Godzilla who looked down at him without any hint of fear or hesitation. The giant swamp frog's body trembled in both pain and fear as he lowered his head and body down... almost as if––

"Is that frog bowing to Godzilla?!" Spike exclaimed in disbelief as he pointed.

"I- I- I don't know," TJ said. "It certainly looks that way."

"He's submitting to Godzilla's will," Twilight Sparkle explained. "He's admitting defeat, that Godzilla's his superior... that he's the alpha."

"So, yeah, basically bowing like you said, Spike," Starlight Glimmer added on.

The violet-furred mare looked to her unicorn friend, who only responded with a sheepish smile. Twilight Sparkle ignored it and watched this take place as Maraveck bowed before the king of the monsters.

"But... no," Twilight Sparkle said. "No, this isn't how it's supposed to go. It never has before... Oh, look at me saying how it's supposed to go like this is a regular occurrence... And yet... it... it's... suppose to have..."

Twilight Sparkle disappeared in a flash, surprising the others both because of the action and because now the image the princess was projecting was now gone.

"Twilight?!" TJ and Spike both let out with worry.

"What was that all about?" Starlight Glimmer wondered out loud.

While the ponies in the crowd muttered amongst themselves, the unicorn mare looked out towards the south. I'll bet Twilight's heading that way... and that this might become more common in Equestria than we want it to.

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When Twilight Sparkle appeared, she was flying at full speed in the direction of the monsters. Godzilla, just what do you think you're trying to do? The princess of friendship was many miles above the swamplands, which had been torn up and made to look even uglier than before because of the two monsters' brawl. Although she caught a few glimpses of this sight, Twilight Sparkle paid it no mind overall and kept her focus on the task at hoof. This paid off when she finally had the monsters in clear sight as the sun was lowering, turning the sky reddish-orange.

She watched as Godzilla looked down upon the groveling Maraveck who refused to rise or even look upon the emerald saurian until he permitted him to do so. The green-scaled kaiju king looked down for a few more moments before raising his hands at his side and lifting his head into the air to announce his dominance and superiority for any to hear. Godzilla wanted it made abundantly clear he was the beast in charge right now, in this particular part of the world and any other he so desired, for he was the alpha predator. At that moment, there wasn't a doubt in the mind of any who heard Godzilla's call or saw what he was capable of, least of all Twilight Sparkle. The alicorn hovered in the air and looked on with awe and wonder at the kaiju she knew as a friend.

"Sweet Celestia," Twilight Sparkle let out as she looked on.

Finally, Godzilla looked down at Maraveck, then let out a few growls and a bellow, which was the frog's cue to rise. The swamp beast did so but still refused to look directly at Godzilla, just as the great titan wanted it. Then Godzilla turned to the west from which he came and started heading back that way. Twilight Sparkle watched him go, still feeling astonished by how this exchange ended. Maraveck scurried back to make sure Godzilla had more than adequate room to get by as the monster king past by his new subject.

Maraveck watched and waited as his new alpha walked on, getting so far ahead it almost seemed like he would leave the frog behind. But then Godzilla let out a roar giving Maraveck permission to follow him, which the swamp giant did. Yet the frog kept a slower pace to keep a respectable distance between him and the titan of might that bested him in combat. Twilight Sparkle gasped out as she saw this transpire, not believing what her eyes were seeing. Godzilla, what have you done?

Suddenly Godzilla stopped, making Maraveck do the same as he huddled in anticipating fear. Then the emerald green-scaled reptilian turned in the direction of Twilight Sparkle, taking the alicorn pony back a bit. Despite being a good distance away, it was clear Godzilla was looking right at her, his face still looking hard, fierce, and commanding. Does he somehow know how apprehensive I am right now? Twilight Sparkle wondered to herself. Godzilla let out a heavy breath as his nostrils flared, almost seeming to be confirmation of the alicorn's query.

Twilight Sparkle looked on in concern, wondering just what the kaiju she'd known so long as a friend would do next. Yet instead of being even more menacing despite how he treated Maraveck, the saurian actually let his face soften into a smile before giving the alicorn princess a surprising thumbs up. Twilight Sparkle gasped not knowing what to make of Godzilla's gesture, only knowing it meant he was still on friendly terms with her. Still, she couldn't help but feel there was more meaning behind the thumbs up. While she wondered what that could be, Twilight did allow herself to relax partially as she gave her own smile.

I'm just glad he's still on our side... Or at least it sure looks that way. Godzilla lowered his hand and once more headed out on his way, Maraveck following behind still keeping his distance all the while. Godzilla let out a mighty roar as he and Maraveck headed for the water.

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"Here it is!" TJ said before grabbing a book in his mouth. It was just one of several books in the castle of friendship's library. "I found it."

"Don't talk with your mouth full, TJ," Starlight Glimmer said.

"Yeah, it's very rude," Spike said between chews of gem pieces in his mouth. Starlight Glimmer gave the young dragon a deadpan frown as he held a half-eaten gem in his hand. "What?"

TJ took the book over to one of the tables in the library and set it down as Spike, Starlight Glimmer, and Princess Twilight gathered around. There were stacks of books all over the tables and even on the floor, books scattered everywhere. The quartet of friends had been searching the library ever since they got back from the Slog Troll Swamp. They took only the smallest rest before Twilight put her friends and herself on assignment to look for answers to a lingering question. TJ believed he had the answers there at that moment in the book he found.

"Grogar's Monsters," Spike read as he looked at the title of the book with his friends.

"I'm pretty sure this is it," TJ said. "Unless there's another dark wizard ram out there also named Grogar who was called the father of monsters because he created them out of thin air."

"Not thin air, TJ," Twilight Sparkle said as she looked at the book. "All of his monsters had a source. He was much more than just a dark wizard, though. Long before the three pony races settled this land that would become Equestria, Grogar the Horrible was this land's emperor. He reigned over it with an army of monsters, ruling with an iron hoof."

"But did any of them ever get as big as the frog we saw at the swamp?" Spike asked.

"No," Twilight Sparkle said. "Most of them got huge, sure, but not like that."

"Then how can you be so sure that frog really was Maraveck?" Starlight Glimmer asked.

"That's what I'm hoping we'll found out here," Twilight Sparkle said. "If that frog was the Maraveck frog Grogar created, this book will tell us."

"Could it also explain how it got to be as big as a kaiju?" TJ asked.

"We'll find out soon enough," Twilight Sparkle said.

The alicorn princess opened the book and started flipping through the pages as the others looked on. There were a great many pictures of monsters accompanying pages of texts explaining everything there was to know about these creatures. What they are, what they were made from, how big and powerful they were, and what ranks they held in Grogar's army of terror. Some of the creatures were so terrifying, the others had to look away even though Twilight never did so herself. She just kept on flipping through pages and pages of monsters. As she did so, the others caught glimpses of the text that accompanied the pictures displaying the vile sights Grogar's monsters were.

Finally, Twilight Sparkle stopped on a page with a display that made the others gasp as their eyes widened.

"Just as I feared," Twilight Sparkle said. "It is Maraveck."

In the book's entry on Grogar's monster frog was a picture depicting a beast that looked almost exactly like the one Godzilla had fought at the Slog Troll Swamp. There were some minor differences, some of them being because of the interpretations of the artist who drew the picture. Overall, though, the creature depicted in the book was a dead ringer for the gargantuan amphibian Twilight, Spike, Starlight, and TJ saw at the swamp.

"But that's impossible," TJ said.

"It says here the frog Grogar made wasn't nearly as big as the one we saw," Starlight Glimmer said as she pointed to the page. "It actually says it was one of his smaller monsters, being only sixteen or seventeen feet tall."

"How did it get over two hundred feet?" Spike asked. "How did it get so big?"

"I'm not sure," Twilight Sparkle said.

"How could it even still be alive at all?" TJ asked. "Does that mean there are others still alive?"

"The book says it's possible," Twilight Sparkle said. "A lot of scholars have theorized that, in addition to descendants, some of the more monstrous creatures we see here are the very same ones Grogar created way back then."

"But they didn't get kaiju-sized, did they?" TJ asked.

"No, they did not," Twilight Sparkle said. "Some grew for sure, but they never even came close to the heights of a kaiju." The alicorn princess stopped to read on. "It says here in the book that a mass majority of the monsters Grogar created were destroyed with very few being left to roam the land freely... And it also says even fewer of them were subjected to a type of imprisonment."

"Imprisonment?" TJ asked.

"Yes, they were locked away in what was called hyper lock chambers," Starlight Glimmer interjected. "Sealed, time displacing tombs that keep whoever or whatever's inside in a state of suspended animation."

"Do you think that Maraveck is one of those monsters?" Spike asked. "You know, the ones put into the hyper lock thingies?"

"Must be," Twilight Sparkle said. "It's the best explanation for it suddenly appearing out of thin air."

"Or up from the ground, which the chambers were buried underneath," Starlight Glimmer said.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, wait, wait, wait!" TJ said. "Did you say chambers? As in plural? As in there may be more of these things out there waiting to pop up out of the ground."

A distraught look crossed the four's faces at the mere thought. None looked more distraught about it than Twilight Sparkle herself.

"It's entirely possible," Twilight Sparkle said as her eyes and her body trembled. "Although I really wish it wasn't... Even more so because..."

"Because if Maraveck managed to get so big so suddenly––" TJ began.

"Then it's possible any other imprisoned monsters got kaiju-sized too?" Spike asked, a fearful tremble in his voice.

"Oh, buck," Starlight Glimmer let out. "This is bad. This is really, really bad!"

"Calm down, everypony," Twilight Sparkle said with royal-like authority in her voice. "Now is not the time to be getting scared and losing our minds over this. We have to act. Now, I haven't been able to find any information in my books telling of where the monsters might possibly be hidden, how many there are, or how they could become kaiju. But I will not stop looking until I have the answers we need for all this.

"For the time being, we have to remain calm, collected, and united in a positive outward appearance. We must stay united, inform those that need to be informed on this, like the princesses, and keep overall harmony going strong in the land."

"So you're gonna tell the princesses about all of this here?" TJ asked. "The thing at the swamp, what we found in these books, everything?"

"Oh, gosh, yes," Twilight Sparkle said. "Absolutely, everything will be relayed to the ponies I know need to be in the loop on this. What they do with that info is their business. The princesses, our closest friends, all of them. But we're not going to let it cause a panic! We cannot panic and we won't! We're just going to go on with our lives and overall routine; the school, my royal duties, Spike assisting me, Starlight doing her part."

"And me being your every loving boyfriend," TJ said as he leaned in and kissed Twilight.

She smiled before getting serious again.

"I'll just be working on all this on the side in the meantime," Twilight Sparkle said.

"I'll help however I can, Twilight," Spike said.

"Thank you, Spike," Twilight Sparkle said gratefully. "I knew I could count on you."

"Count me in, too," Starlight Glimmer said. "The fate of the country could be at stake here in a big way. We need as many ponies working on this as we can get."

"I'll look around, too," TJ said. "See if I can find some relevant information here... or anywhere about all of this. Anything to help, Twi."

"Thank you all," Twilight Sparkle said. "I got a feeling I'm going to need it."

"Until we get our answers," Spike said, "if another monster appears and it ends up being a kaiju, we can just have Godzilla deal with it like he did that one at the swamp. The ponies there seemed pretty grateful for his help."

"Too bad they didn't come with us when we offered them a better way of life," Starlight Glimmer said. "Or at least a cleaner one."

"Hey now," TJ said. "Just because that lifestyle doesn't work for us, doesn't mean it's bad or lesser or anything. At least not to those ponies there. Clearly it meant something to them, otherwise, they wouldn't have stayed... Although I do think they were more than happy about moving their lives away from the denser parts of that swamp."

"Yeah, no doubt," Spike said. "Especially after how unstable the area they were living in must be from Godzilla and Maraveck ripping it up during their fight."

"Still looked like a hot mess to me either way," Starlight Glimmer said. "But yeah, I understand, lifestyle differences and everything. Still, I do think those in authority of Equestria should work on improving relations with the far south of the country."

"I agree completely," Twilight Sparkle said. "I'll make a point of bringing it up the next time I'm in session with the princesses and the other authorities in charge of Equestria. When I saw how much disarray was in the far south and how cutoff it felt from the rest of the nation during my travels to find the hippogriffs, I knew something needed to be done. I've just been... distracted by other things. But I won't let those distractions stop me any longer, not when there are ponies in the south who need our aid."

"Righteous," TJ said. "Maybe you can get Godzilla's help with that too. Try seeing how diplomatic he can be. I mean, we already know he can handled giant matters like a boss. That includes him taking care of that frog."

"Did he really, though?" Twilight Sparkle questioned as a worried expression crossed her face.

"What's up, Twilight?" TJ asked.

"Well... it's just..." Twilight Sparkle started.

"You're freaking about how Godzilla didn't kill Maraveck?" Starlight Glimmer asked. "You're wondering why he spared him, especially when he was a servant of a being as evil as Grogar was?"

"Well... yeah," Twilight Sparkle said. "I know it's not right to wish death on any creature. It's more so confusing since Godzilla is usually a shoot to kill type of fighter. When he fights, he usually fights to win at any cost."

"He still won that fight with Maraveck, didn't he?" Spike asked.

"Yes, he did," Twilight Sparkle said. "I'm just wondering... why spare him? What could his reasons be?"

The others were quiet for a moment as they mulled over what the answers could be. It's true, Godzilla was usually the kind of fighter that went to deathly extremes to get the victory in combat. What was so different this time around that Godzilla felt the need to spare a frog of all creatures from death's icy grip? One that was a known associate (or former associate) of an evil tyrant?

"There could be any number of answers," TJ said. "And I think that's it, too. There is no one answer, but several and if we really want those answers, we should probably ask Godzilla more directly at some point."

"That leaves another question, though," Starlight Glimmer said. "If Godzilla spared this monster, will he spare any others that might pop up in Equestria. Because we have to seriously take it to heart that this is something that could happen after today."

"Godzilla's our friend!" TJ said. "He's always looked out for us and had our best interests at heart overall. We should really trust him more, even in situations as strange as this. He's earned our trust with every time he's put his body and well being on the line to protect us. As I said, we should just sit down and talk to him at some point when we get a chance and ask what his thought process was in sparing Maraveck."

"Yeah, you're right, TJ," Twilight Sparkle said. "I'm sure Godzilla has good reasons. I'm just wondering if the rest of the world will feel the same way."

"Say what now?" Spike asked.

Twilight turned and looked to everyone else.

"Remember," Twilight Sparkle said, "other nations are already apparently weary of Godzilla. They're not too kin on our association with him as a nation either. I'm worried what will happen and how the other nations of the world will react when word of this gets out, which it most certainly will."

"I hadn't thought of that," TJ said.

"Let's cross that bridge when the time comes," Starlight Glimmer said. "For now, we should focus on what all is happening in Equestria as we agreed before."

The others were quiet for a moment before nodding their heads in agreement.

"Okay, but I will still be telling the princesses to prepare for possible international reactions to this current situation," Twilight Sparkle said.

"As you should," TJ agreed.

"But for now, Equestria comes first," Twilight Sparkle said.

She then looked away to a book about Godzilla laying on the table next to her. A picture of the monster king's face graced the cover, looking as mighty and fierce as ever. Godzilla... you've been a dear friend for so long. I only hope... that your path doesn't stray too far from that friendship. I would hate to lose such a strong, meaningful bond with someone I've come to care for so much.

I also hope whatever your plans are... whatever you have in mind... it doesn't bring us into conflict at all. So in the name of our friendship and maintaining peace and unity, I will trust in you... for now. Whatever you have planned or what you're thinking... I hope it is with the best intentions of everyone... including you, my friend.

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THE END

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Happy Halloween, everyone. Hope you enjoyed this new entry in the Godzilla - MLP:FIM short story collection. I hope it was a monstrously fun time. Take care, everyone. I'm the Writer of the Storm, signing off.