Mark of the Ancients

Chapter 11 Beta Squad found

A month had passed, for what appeared to be a very long time. Starlight, Sunset, Applejack, Applebloom, Tempest Shadow, and Trixie had been dating there Sharklantean lover's for quite a long time. Time mostly seemed to slow down, as finally talking with a lot of Ponyville resident's, Creature, and Godzilla had actually both located the Elite Sharklantean group's that Creature had mentioned. They each began to check the house's in which they planned to search.

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Rarity prepared her picnic equipment, as she gave Spike a unique stare. "Spike, are you coming or, not I want this picnic date to be special" Rarity whined, as she heard his reply.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah I'm coming, Rarity" Spike shouted before he came to a complete halt in front of a picture of Sweetie Belle, and Button Mash. "Hey.....Rarity, who are these two?" Spike asked, as Rarity saw him holding the picture of Sweetie Belle, and Button Mash.

"Oh, that's my younger sister Sweetie Belle, and her husband Button Mash, she moved out with him, when they got married, about three months ago, both of them have sent me letters of how my niece, Sugardrop, has been doing" Rarity explained.

"They look nice" Spike told her, as Rarity giggled, as she looked at the picture.

"Of course, Sweetie Belle, always did thing's for her kindness, she, and I both get that from our mother" Rarity sighed happily, as Spike smiled. Soon Rarity grabbed his claw's as quickly as possible, and dragged him from the outside of her Boutique, and all the way to the picnic spot she had picked for their date's, laughing, and smiling on the way. They had unpacked the food they had each chosen, as each of them sat down, nibbling on the food they had brought, and the drink's they enjoyed. Spike had brought some gems, while Rarity had triangle hay sandwiche's, which she enjoyed.

As both of them had equally enjoyed the meal, both of them laughing, and smiling before staring into each other's eyes. While staying at her guard, Spike, which in these past few days had slept in Sweetie Belle's old room with some different change's to it, that he enjoyed. He had come to enjoy Rarity's company, hospitality, and had at fallen in love with her. At this point, both of them leaned forward, as their lips met, kissing passionetly under the setting sun. As they separated, Rarity smiled.

"I love you Spike" Rarity sighed happily, as Spike gave her his reply.

"I love you too Rarity" Spike smiled, as they kissed again before they packed up there picnic, as it began raining. As Rarity wanted to get out of the rain, Spike used one of his wings, as an umbrella over her head.

"Thank you Spike" Rarity smiled.

"Your welcome Rarity" Spike smiled, as they continued into the Boutique. After getting out of the rain, Rarity approached him, as she had been wanting to ask him a question, that had been on her mind for some time.

"Hey, Spike what was your life like, in the Dragon Lands?" Rarity asked, as she heard Spike sigh, as he sat down, while she sat with him on her couch.

"My life in the Dragon Land's, was....difficult, my mother was a Dragon Queen that had passed away, and my father is the current leader of the Dragon Lands. I was a prince, but also part of the Elite Royal guard, soon to be in line for the throne, but my father had told me of a catch, I would need a queen to rule. As I searched among the female dragon's of my tribe, most of them were erotic dancer's, or were part's of other job's, mostly just wanted my title, or to get into my pant's to which my father had found un-worthy to be my Queen" Spike sighed, as Rarity let out a huff.

"How dare they, those female dragon's shouldn't treat you like a piece of meat, or a personal play toy" Rarity growled, as Spike admired the care, and love she had for him.

"Indeed, my father then decided to take the throne forever, and for me to start my own kingdom. He knew a good friend who would be a worthy king, if I didn't find a Queen, so he told me I should take time to find the right Queen, and have my own kingdom. When Godzilla told me of the job he needed me for, I acknowledged, and came here, and was assigned to guard you" Spike finished, as Rarity looked in the opposite direction, with a blush appearing on her face.

"T-that's so very charming of you Spike, and I don't think your just a piece of meat, or anything else. Your a charming, handsome, drake like Prince, unlike other snob's I have to put up with, you are the best prince I've ever met, and that's what I love about you" Rarity smiled, as she kissed Spike passionetly, before both of them said goodnight, as they went into their seperate quarter's.

Meanwhile, Creature, and Godzilla had found there first missing sentient Sharklantean, that Mothra, and Octavia had discovered. They both saw Death Machine, as the robotic Sharklantean looked at them. "Well, what the heck happened to you?" Creature asked, as a frustrated, Octavia came out of the house, with his Mark, on Octavia's forehead.

"Oh" Godzilla realized.

"RRRRGGGGHHHH, DO ANY OF YOU KNOW HOW TO GET THIS SYMBOL OFF ME!?!?!?!?!?" Octavia growled.

"Nope, besides, this mean's you, and Death Machine, are going to get married further down the road" Godzilla grinned, as Octavia's eyes popped out of her socket's.

"WHAAAAAAATTTTTTT!?!?!?!?!?!?!?" Octavia shouted, as they both chuckled, as Godzilla explained the entire Sharklantean detail to Octavia, which made her faint in response, but after waking her up, she nodded, as she did her best to be okay with it. Death Machine told Creature, that he might know where to find the other's. Both Godzilla, and Creature nodded as they had found Steeljaw later on, with both Lyra, and Bon Bon, who were able to avoid the marking, with luck, and thankfully helped him out of his frenzy mode.

Thankfully Steeljaw, was able to feel more relaxed, of his frenzied state being past by, and was glad to re-group back up with the other Sharklanteans. Shredder was found with Cheerilee, who now had his mark on her forehead, when Godzilla explained it she smiled, as she offered Shedder a place to stay with her, after he found the other's to which, Shredder agreed. Death Machine also told Creature that Octavia offered the same thing, but she would have to discuss it with Vinyl, and Mothra to which he nodded.

Slash was the last one to find, as he was with Golden Harvest as she had also been marked by his seal, to which they had noticed. As they were about to leave, Slash mentioned that he had brought a sentient Sharklantean Twin, named Shade that was also a Nightstalker Sharklantean class that had been in the battle. Godzilla, and Creature quickly tried to spread out to find this Sharklantean, as they did find him with Cream Heart, Button's Mother.

She actually liked having him around, and also liked how he had marked her. She asked Creature, if Shade could stay with her to which he agreed. After this time of broad daylight, each of the Sharklantean's that were missing had all been found, and were now in separate place's. "Well that's all of them, thank you for helping me find the Sharklantean's, Godzilla" Creature smiled, as Godzilla nodded, before a question popped into his mind.

"Creature question, if there were at least more Sharklantean's in the water, why didn't they surface trying to kill all of us?" Godzilla asked, as Creature replied.

"Those Sharklantean's were mindless drone Sharklantean's they were Sharklantean nobodies, that only exist during frenzy season, but other than that, there were just us, and Beta Squad in the water" Creature explained.

"That.....actually makes sense" Godzilla realized, as Creature smiled, as he waved his farewell before leaving. Godzilla went back to his cave with his wife, while Creature couldn't believe what had been recently happening. Rainbow Dash had been dating Soarin more often, as the Princesses, also grew more attached to the guard's, and now there was the idea of a Sharklantean union wedding, and Flash Sentry, and Twilight getting married.

However he knew that there were two thing's that concerned Gozilla the most he could tell. The first thing above all of it, were the Mutant's, they still were suprisingly nowhere to be found, and that's what had him a bit on edge as well. The second thing is, what other predatory creatures existed in Equestria, that had Godzilla worried, plus when it came to sea creatures, there was no telling what exactly lied behind door, and what creature's were beyond that. Creature sighed, as he had journeyed into Starlight's quarters, as they both hugged, and kissed passionetly.

"Still wandering about the union in a few days, after all we are moving into our own Ponyville house after that happen's" Starlight smiled, before he held her hand's, and looked Starlight in the eyes.

"Starlight, are you really sure about this, being the Queen of the Sharklantean's, is no easy task. It comes with new responsibilities, that you may have trouble getting used to, you saw how exhausting it is for Twilight when it comes to being a Princess, are you sure you want to go through with this?" Creature asked. Marrying the King of the Sharklantean's was very unique, and it came with its perk's, but it also had many steps, and changes that would need some level of responsibility.

Starlight Glimmer approached him, as she kissed him passionetly, as she moaned deeply into the kiss before separating. "Yes.....I am" Starlight Glimmer whispered, as they both slept in the same bed, beneath Luna's moon.