Invasion of the Astro Monster: Destroy All Ponies

Chapter 25

Starry Night

Trixie sat outside Canterlot Castle, watching the moon. She sighed. She couldn't believe where she was now. Here she was, once a homeless entertainer, now a pilot for the most advanced piece of technology Equestria has ever seen.

How did she get here? Ever since her misguided attempt to take revenge on Twilight Sparkle and Ponyville, she had begun to question herself. Her pride and arrogance had evaporated. The whole experience had been very humbling. Quickly, she started to change. She stopped referring to herself as "Great and Powerful," and eventually stopped referring to herself in the third person as well.

She stopped her street performing. She kept her attire, but only because at that point it was like a second skin. She became a ghost. She wandered from city to city, taking odd  jobs here and there. It was amazing that the Princesses had found her. Not surprising, though. They were royalty. They had access to everything and everypony.

And now she was here. She found it both ironic and strangely satisfying that it was Princess Twilight Sparkle who recommended her. Funny. Now that Twilight was an alicorn, she supposed that meant that Trixie really was the most powerful unicorn in equestrian. Technically.

She had been in Manehatten when the battle with Bagan had taken place. She was lucky to have survived. And now, she was here. She smiled. In a weird way, she was avenging Manehatten. She was avenging all of the poor sould whose lives were either taken or ruined that day. She would show these kaiju just who was in charge of Equestria. One blast at a time.

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Ghidorah and Celestia returned to the throne room. Celestia was smiling. Ghidorah wasn't, but only because he was unfamiliar with the action. In his long, long existence, he had never learned how to smile. Luna had arrived. "Sister?" she asked, confused by the cheery mood. "Is everything all right?"

"Everything is just fine, Luna," Celestia said, glancing at Ghidorah. "I've decided to return Ghidorah to his status as defender of Equestria. We talked, and he has convinced me that he is once again trust-worthy,"

Luna smiled. "That's good," she said. "Now, we need to plan how we're going to defeat Hedorah,"

Celestia nodded. "Ghidorah, do you have any suggestions?" she asked.

Ghidorah thought for a moment. "Yes, I recall something. I once heard that Hedorah is susceptible to electricity, and that causes it to dry out," he said.

Luna beamed. "That shouldn't be a problem then! You fire electricity beams, right?"

Ghidorah shook his head. "No, no. I fire beams of concentrated gravity. It just happens to look like electricity," he said.

Luna was surprised. "Hm. Well, then. We have a problem, don't we?" she said.

"Princess!" a guard yelled.

Luna and Celestia turned to the guard. "Yes?" they asked simultaneously.

The guard fumbled to find the right words, before simply pointing out the window. Outside, a massive fireball was flying directly at them. Falling was a more accurate description. Celestia's eyes widened.

"Kaiju," she said, before her horn began to glow.

Luna's glowed as well, as the two sisters de-powered the kaiju. Ghidorah's wings flared out protectively, though he didn't notice. Everyone held their breath as the fireball grew closer, shrinking slowly. Finally, it shrunk to an acceptable size, before crashing through the window.

The fireball made a crater behind the group. Everyone turned to the blackened marble, as smoke began to clear. A being appeared from the crater, hovering above it. King Ghidorah gasped with utter shock.

"Oh, I'm so sorry for the entrance. I didn't hurt anyone, did I?" Mothra asked.

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Hedorah flew along the countryside. It landed at the base of the volcano, morphing back to its main form. It stood up, looking around. It knew who resided here, and it wouldn't be long til they surfaced.

A roar shook the air. It sounded stereotypical, but the kaiju it belonged to would kill Hedorah on sight if it ever heard that. Another roar followed, a raspy thing. The ground in front of Hedorah erupted, and two kaiju stood before it.

"What makes you come here, sludge?" one asked.

Hedorah chuckled, a horrible gurgling sound. "I need an army," it said simply. "We are all silicon. We are the natural evolution of life. We are the future,"

"What do you want, crapface?" the other continued.

Hedorah ignored the derogatory comment.

"I will reward you well. All I need is a little carnage,"

The first kaiju chuckled sadistically. "I like carnage. Who's first?"

Hedorah chuckled again. "King Ghidorah," it said.

Krystalak and Obsidius were shocked, but either too arrogant or stupid to truly understand the threat the King of Terror would pose. They smiled.

"Sure thing, Boss," they said.