Before you continue with the story, I should note that this chapter will contain MAJOR spoilers from 'School Raze', the two final episodes of Season 8. So if you don't want to be spoiled, then please go and watch the 'School Raze' Part 1 and 2 episodes.
But if you're okay with spoilers, or if you had already seen the episodes, then you can proceed.
Note: This Chapter will be MUCH shorter then the other chapters. Sorry, but I was kind of in a rush with this one.
Well over twenty days had passed since the defeat of Dogora at the hands of Godzilla Junior & the Young Six, and many things had changed since then.
Twilight's adoptive brother Spike had went through something called 'The Molt', and had gained wings, enabling him to finally fly like other dragons. Although before that, he was extremely vulnerable to the Natural predators in Equestria, one of whom - a gigantic Bird of Prey, called a Roc - tried eating Spike (along with Zecora and Rarity). Though Godzilla Junior came just in time to drive the Roc off with his much larger size & Heat Ray.
Maud Pie had also gotten a boyfriend named 'Mudbriar', who had a fascination with sticks. And the Young Six faced and conquered their own fears that the Tree of Harmony had put them through, to test their friendship.
A new student had also joined the School of Friendship, a pegasus filly named 'Cozy Glow'.
With the help of Godzilla & Mothra, the ponies repaired the damage Dogora had done to the School of Friendship, and also helped reconstruct the bridge that connected Manehattan to the Equestria mainlands.
The former-villain Discord was also introduced to Godzilla and the the other kaiju. Although understandably shocked at first, Discord quickly warms up to them, even using his magic to enlarge himself to be the same size as Godzilla, at which point he & Godzilla shook claws.
The Mane Six were rather surprised by this, as they expected Godzilla to be at least a little annoyed by Discord's mischief. But surprisingly enough, the Monster King wasn't the least bit annoyed by the Lord of Chaos.
During these last few days, a dragon named 'Sludge' came to the Castle of Friendship, and claimed to be Spike's biological father. Spike (obviously) overjoyed by this, began showing Sludge all around the castle, feed him delicious foods and giving him comfortable beds to sleep in. Though during these times, Sludge behavior was nothing like a father's should be, & it was becoming hard to believe that he was really Spike's father.
Unfortunately, these suspicions were proven correct when the Elias read Sludge's mind and discovered his true motives: As it turned out, Sludge was merely pretending to be Spike's father in order to live a life of castle luxury, leaving the young dragon extremely heartbroken by this deception. Sludge then argued that 'that' was simply what any dragon would have done - a point of view that Smolder strongly disagreed on.
Sludge then proceeded to leave with Spike's pillow, but was stopped by Godzilla Junior, who gave Sludge a deadly glare and a fierce growl. Extremely frightened by the infuriated kaiju, Sludge quickly returned Spike's pillow and flew off in fear.
Also since then, a new kaiju had appeared. The turtle kaiju, Kamoebas, appeared near in Sire's Hollow, the home of Stellar Flare (Sunburst's mother) & Firelight (Starlight's father). There, Kamoebas made Sire's Hollow his territory, much to the discomfort of most of it's residents, including Stellar and Firelight. Though Starlight and Sunburst assured them that Kamoebas will not attack them.
Twilight Sparkle also introduced Godzilla to Star Swirl the Bearded & the rest of the Pillars, who all happily accepted him & his allies, especially after hearing how he saved them and Equestria on multiple occasions.
But much more recently, a very strange phenomenon has begun occurring in Equestria itself. The magic of all the magical creatures and magical artifacts in Equestria mysteriously begins vanishing without any explanation. Star Swirl the Bearded estimated that all the magic in Equestria will be completely gone in three days.
Of course, all the kaiju were unaffected due to them lacking any magic and not originating in Equestria.
The possibility of Tirek being behind this was brought up, and Twilight volunteered to got to Tartarus along with her friends, to see if he is truly behind this phenomenon.
...
School of Friendship
Twilight and her friends are preparing to for their long journey to Tartarus.
"Okay, I left you my lesson plan on my student files, and my sieves notes." Twilight said to Starlight as she packed her bags and exited her office. "If anything goes wrong, get Celestia or Godzilla Junior, you know how he likes to help." She ads with a giggle.
"Yeah, I know." Starlight also giggles.
But then, Twilight suddenly gets a very uneasy and nervous look on her face.
"Or maybe I should just close the school and send my students home?" She asks with an uneasy smile as she begins turning around, only to be stopped by Starlight.
"Would you go and save Equestria, already?" Starlight sighs with a smile as she turns her the other way.
Everypony gathers as Spike comes with his own bag.
"Okay, Cozy packed us all up for a trip to 'Bad Guy Central'." He said as Cozy herself comes and gives them seven bags.
"Don't forget the sandwiches!" Cozy says happily. "Just in case." She then leans in and whispers to Spike... "Starlight can't stand mustard." She jokingly said, causing Starlight to grin nervously.
"That's so sweet of you, Cozy." Starlight says with a smile. "But Twilight has asked me to stay here to run the school." She informs her as Twilight grins happily.
Cozy now begins looking disappointed as she looks down. "Oh, I thought that after what happened last time-" She is cut off by Spike.
"If she survived Discord, anything else is a piece of cake." He informs her with a smile before walking off.
Cozy turns to Twilight and Starlight sadly, while also doing the 'puppy-dog-eyes'.
"Plus, she'll have you to help her." Twilight suddenly ads.
After hearing this, Cozy quickly brightens up with excitement and joy.
"Oh, golly yes!" She exclaims happily as she begins hovering in excitement. "I promise, I'll be the best assistant ever!" She quickly flies to Starlight. "Come on! We can start working on your substituted headmare plans right now, if you like."
Starlight looks a little surprised by this. "Woah, uh... Okay." With that, she begins following Cozy.
Twilight then turns to Spike with a smile. "See? Nothing to worry about!" It doesn't last very long as she then quickly gets a worrisome look again, and quickly grabs him, "Tell me there's nothing to worry about!" She whispers worriedly. But then quickly comes to her senses, and releases him and smiles nervously while Spike simply face-palms.
...
Outside, the Mane Six & Spike have just exited the School of Friendship, and are ready for their long journey to Tartarus.
But before they can even take a step...
"Princess Twilight Sparkle, please hold on!"
The voices of The Elias quickly exclaim inside their heads, catching everyone by surprise as they quickly halted.
"Oh, hey Elias!" Twilight greets them. "What's going on?"
"We have heard about the phenomenon of your world's magic disappearing, and we know who is behind it all!"
"Yeah, we know." Rainbow Dash said. "We're going to Tartarus and see what Tirek has to say about it."
"You misunderstand. The one called 'Tirek' is not truly stealing the magic. He is working with someone in your school! Someone in your school has betrayed you, and is stealing your magic!"
Shocked and horrified gasps of disbelief escape the Mane Six & Spike after hearing this; Someone in their School of Friendship actually plotting against them? But there's no time to let that fully sink in, as Twilight immediately asks...
"Who?!" She practically shouts. "Who would do such a thing?"
At first, the Elias seem a bit hesitant to say the traitor's name. But they eventually do so...
"Twilight, the betrayer is none other... than Cozy Glow."
Even more shocked gasps escape the Mane Six & the little dragon!
Cozy Glow, one of Twilight's most trusted students and the one who's currently assisting Starlight, betraying them and working with Tirek all this time!? It was more than Twilight, or any of her friends, could handle or believe!
"Cozy Glow is behind all this?!" Twilight asks in absolute shock and disbelief at this unexpected revelation.
"That's impossible!" Rarity exclaims. "That's sweet little darling would never do such a thing."
"Yeah!" Pinkie exclaims suddenly. "And maybe you're the one who's stealing magic and trying to frame Cozy!" This, however, earned her sighs from the rest of her friends.
"We have read Cozy's mind and looked into her heart. She is not who she claims she is. She believes that Friendship is power, and believes the more friends she makes, the more powerful she will become. She is planning to take over your School of Friendship and rule Equestria."
The Mane Six & Spike are still unable to believe this, they simply are not able to. They were almost like statues as they stood there without moving (with shocked faces) trying to process and understand what they had just heard from their other-worldly friends.
"To show you the truth, we will allow you hear all the thoughts Cozy Glow has had."
With that, the Elias begin transferring all of Cozy's past and present thoughts in the Mane Six and Spike, allowing them to hear what she was actually thinking all this time.
After no more than seven seconds, everypone gasps in shock and horror to what they had just heard inside their heads!
"We have to get back!" Twilight quickly exclaims.
...
Back inside the school, Cozy is walking (or rather flying) with Starlight through the hallway.
"Say, Starlight, I wanna show you something later, if that's okay." Cozy said with a smile.
"Sounds great, Cozy!" Starlight said with a smile of her own.
"And I think you're really gonna like it!" Cozy ads.
"Stop right there!"
A voice from behind suddenly calls out, causing Starlight and Cozy to stop & turn around - to see Twilight & her friends standing there.
Both ponies (especially Cozy) look at the Mane Six & Spike in surprise.
"Twilight, what are you doing? I thought you were heading to Tartarus to see if Tirek has anything to do with the magic disappearing." Starlight said in confusion.
"Trust me, Starlight," Twilight said as she begins walking up to them before stopping. "The culprit who's stealing magic is right there!" She points at Cozy Glow with her hoof - who becomes even more shocked.
At this point, Sandbar, Gallus, Yona, Smolder, Ocellus and Silverstream come to the scene, having overheard Twilight's loud exclaim.
"What's going on here?" Smolder asks.
"Cozy Glow was plotting against us all this time." Twilight begins. "She was secretly writing letters to Tirek, asking him how to steal magic from Equestria. Because she's planning to take over The School of Friendship and later Equestria!"
Gasps from everyone besides the Mane Six & Spike fill the entire hallway. Cozy herself looks completely shocked and dumbfounded, but then quickly puts on a sad and emotionally hurt look.
"T-Twilight, whatever are you talking about?" She asks, acting innocent. "Why are you doing this?"
"Don't play innocent!" Rainbow Dash warned. "You think you're pretty clever, don't you? But guess what? We have friends that can read minds, and they just read yours!"
Cozy's face now turns into complete and utter shock at hearing this.
With that, Twilight smiles. "Elias, if you please..."
The voices of the Elias quickly reply... "With pleasure, Twilight."
Then, every single creature in the School of Friendship (including Cozy herself) suddenly begins hearing Cozy's voice in their heads.
"Heh, nopony will suspect that sweet, little me is behind the magic disappearing! With Twilight and her ridiculous friends out of the way, I just need to get rid of Starlight. Then, with no other pony in the way, I'll drain all the magic from Equestria and suck it into another realm! And then, everyone will bow to me! The future Empress of Friendship! What? Why are they back so soon? If they find out about my plan, they'll ruin everything! What?! How do they know about my plan? And how do they know about Tirek? No! That's impossible!"
Everyone in the School of Friendship is now left in a state of utter speechlessness and shock by this. The cat was out of the bag! Every single creature in the School of Friendship now knows of Cozy's true nature, and her sinister intentions!
Cozy (who also heard all this) is also left completely speechless, as are the Young Six and Starlight Glimmer.
"Now then, Cozy Glow, let's see you talk your way out of this one. If you can, that is." Twilight glares at her.
"Cozy, how could you?" Starlight asks as she turns to her, very hurt and heartbroken at the revelation of Cozy's deception.
Cozy Glow angrily grits her teeth, as she knows that there's no chance to talk her way out of this. Finally dropping the innocent act, Cozy gains a sinister, evil smile on her face.
"Yes, that's right!" She finally admits, sounding nothing like she did before. "I came to realize that Friendship is power! The more friends I collect, the better and more powerful I become than everypone else! And I'll have more friends than anypony ever could!" She finishes while maintaining her evil smile.
"You're wrong."
The voices of the Elias suddenly reply.
"Indeed, Friendship is very powerful. But you are not making friends. You do not even understand the meaning and concept of friendship! True friends care and respect one another, and their interests. You care for no one but yourself! You are but delusional! What you claim is 'Friendship' is actually nothing more than manipulation and tyranny. So, in the end, you, Cozy Glow, are nothing more than a selfish, power-hungry pony who cares for no one but yourself. You are nothing more than that, and nothing less."
Cozy glares hatefully and grits her teeth. Without any warning, she quickly turns and begins flying in the opposite direction, in a desperate attempt to escape!
"Oh no, you don't!" Smolder exclaims as she and Silverstream quickly take off after her with blinding speed!
Before Cozy knew what hit her, both Smolder and Silverstream grab her and bring her to the ground!
"Let me go!" Cozy exclaims while struggling to futilely escape.
"I don't think so!" Smolder shot back.
Twilight & the rest of her friends approach Cozy as Smolder and Silverstream hold her.
"Tell us how to get our magic back!" Twilight demands.
But Cozy simply laughs at her. "Ha! I won't tell you anything! You'll never get your magic back!"
"There is no need to. We have already read your mind, Cozy, and know how to reverse this."
...
After chaining Cozy up and asking the students to keep an eye on her, the Elias lead the Mane Six, Spike & Starlight to the catacombs under the school library, where they find an elaborate crystal chamber. There, they also find the six artifacts the students collected during their scavenger hunt, and they were placed around a glowing circle on the ground, with large blue-colored orb floating above it.
"This must be what's sucking up all the magic." Twilight confirms, looking at the orb.
"Right. Cozy must have linked these artifacts to act like a mystical magnet." Starlight surmises. "Attracting all the magic in Equestria into that orb."
"So then I guess removing the artifacts will shut it down, right?" Rainbow asks hopefully.
"Yes, but there's also a chance that it will cause a magical feedback and destroy the whole school." Starlight ads uneasily, putting everyone in shock.
Twilight is especially shocked to hear this. The School of Friendship is everything she worked for - to teach others about friendship, to bring them closer. It's a difficult choice to make, but she knows what the right thing to do is...
"We don't have a choice. We have to do this." She states firmly and definitively. "It's the only way."
Her friends look at her, and nod. They all know that she's right, and that there truly is no other way.
"Let's do this!" Pinkie Pie exclaims.
With that, each of the Mane Six quickly grab one of the artifacts and lift it, causing the orb to levitate higher and shrink in size. With no time to waste, the Mane Six pull, causing the orb to glow with a bright, white light before...
A powerful wave of energy is suddenly unleashed, like a bomb going off!
...
As the wave emerges from the School of Friendship & begins spreading all over Equestria, where it begins giving every magical creature and artifact their magic back when it passed them!
...
Back inside the school, the Young Six are in the hallway with the chained-up Cozy Glow, waiting for their friends.
"Face it!" Cozy begins bragging. "Twilight and the others will never get the magic-"
But before she could finish, Twilight and her friends teleport before them in a flash of purple light, much to Cozy's dismay.
"You were saying?" Gallus smugly turns to her.
"It's over." Twilight confirms with a smile. "We got our magic back." She then turns to Cozy. "Oh, and one more thing: The Elias also informed Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, and Chancellor Neighsay about your plan, and their on their way here to take you to Tartarus."
With her master plan completely foiled, the enraged Cozy simply glares at her and sneers, before saying "Don't think you've seen the last of me, 'cause I'll be back!" She then turns. "And you, Elias! If you can hear me, know this: I will get out, and I will be coming for you!" She angrily declares.
...
After a few more minutes, Celestia, Luna & Neighsay arrived, along with many Royal Guards, to escort Cozy Glow to Tartarus, where she was locked in a cage next to her 'pen pal' Tirek, for her betrayal and crimes.
After Cozy Glow's deception was revealed to everyone in Equestria, Neighsay deeply apologized to Twilight, The Elias and all of non-pony creatures (including Godzilla and the other kaiju) for being so judgmental, and for not seeing the true value of friendship. He finally admitted that Twilight was perfect for this job.
...
The next day
Twilight is currently in her office, talking to the Elias via telepathy.
"I can't thank you enough, Elias!" She said happily while sitting on her chair. "Without you, I don't know how things would have went. I still can't believe that Cozy Glow was plotting against us all this time."
"We apologize, Twilight Sparkle."
A look of confusion appears on Twilight's face. "Why are you apologizing? You helped us save Equestria by showing us Cozy's true intentions."
"That is precisely the reason, Twilight. When Cozy Glow first came to your school, we sensed darkness within her heart. We did not wish to believe it, but our fears were confirmed when we read her mind and looked into her heart. We should have warned you sooner about her."
But Twilight simply laughs it off. "Oh don't worry about that. The fact that you warned us about Cozy, is all that matters, and I'm very thankful for it."
The Elias' voices can be heard chuckling.
"You are far too kind, Twilight Sparkle. It is no wonder why you are the Princess of Friendship."
Twilight chuckles to herself.
Somewhere else
Far away from the School of Friendship, in another part of Equestria.
Mothra's dark reflection, Battra, is hovering in the sky - flapping in his enormous wings to stay airborne - well above the ground below. Then, Battra's pupiless, crimson-colored eyes suddenly change into a purplish-color... before a pair of Prism Beams shoot from his eyes!
The Prism Beams shoot downwards - heading towards the ground below, where a large pack of Timberwolves is residing. Upon contact, all of the Timberwolves are completely vaporized, and reduce to ashes in a matter of three seconds by the two beams!
After Battra finishes his attack, he turns and flies down to the ground, to meet up with his partner... Tempest Shadow.
Upon landing on the ground, on his six legs, Tempest looks at him, and gives Battra a scolding look.
"You know, I would've been more than able to take care of those walking piles of sticks." Tempest said with a somewhat annoyed tone.
Battra simply responds with a low chirp.
"I know your way was faster, but you know that I'm not some damsel in distress." Tempest scolds again, not wanting Battra to think that she is weak.
If Battra had pupils, he would have rolled his eyes.
After that was over, Tempest gains a more serious expression on her face as she looks Battra in the eyes. "So..." She begins. "You're saying that this thing's coming here?"
The Divine Moth responds with another low chirp and a nod.
The broken-horned unicorn looks down, unsure what to make of this. But if what Battra 'said' is true, then she and every creature in Equestria (perhaps even the world) will be in the fight for their lives.
"Guess we have no choice then. Let's go."
With that, Battra lowers his head, allowing Tempest to climb on top of his head. Then, with a flap from his gigantic wings, Battra (with Tempest Shadow) takes to the sky and flies off.
Again, sorry for this chapter being so short.
And sorry that the Young Six didn't get the shine in this chapter like they did in 'School Raze'. But remember, they DID defeat the space kaiju Dogora (with the help of Godzilla Junior) in my previous chapter. And Dogora was a much bigger threat than Cozy Glow (no pun intended).
For those who are waiting for Rodan, don't worry 'cause he WILL be appearing in the next chapter, along with Orga.
Zilla, Gorosaurus, King Caesar, Gezora, Manda, Ebirah, Varan and Biollante will also appear at some point.
Gigan, unfortunately, will NOT be appearing in my story as he is already dead in my continuity. He was killed by Godzilla at some point in the past before the events of my story. The same goes for Hedorah and Dagahra. But Megalon might appear, though.
King Kong and the MUTOs will also NOT be appearing in my story, as I am only using original kaiju from Toho.
Now Kiryu might appear in my story - keep in mind I said MIGHT - but he will be most likely piloted by the Young Six.
Also, Battra and Tempest Shadow have developed a relationship, though it's more accurate to say that they are partners or acquaintances than true friends. But their bond will get stronger as time passes, as you'll see in the upcoming chapters.
And speaking of upcoming chapters, what did Battra say to Tempest, exactly? What did he warn her about? And how did they manage to understand one another? Well, you're just gonna have to find out in the upcoming chapters!
Oh, and I'm also planning on making a Side-Story with 'Equestria Girls' that will feature Sanda and Gaira from 'The War of the Gargantuas (1966)'.