Invasion of the Astro Monster: Destroy All Ponies

Chapter 4

The Welcoming Comittee

In all the millenia he had existed, King Ghidorah had never seen organisms more obnoxiously colored than those that cowered before him. Sure, there was Mothra, but even she was not quite as visually assaulting as these strange, new creatures.

Of these there were six. Each of them appeared to be a mammal of some sort, and each was colored differently. The two that looked the most "normal" lacked any extra appendages, although one wore a hat of some sort. That one was orange, and the other was pink. Two others had a pair of wings, one being cyan with rainbow-colored hair, and the other being light yellow with pink hair. One had a horn in the center of their purple-maned head, which was as white as the rest of their coat. The last one had both wings and a horn, and was purple. Ghidorah assumed that this one was the leader of the pathetic group.

It was this one that Ghidorah addressed when he finally spoke. "Who are you? Where am I?"

The creature responded with a female voice. "I am Twilight Sparkle, and you are in Equestria. These are my friends, Applejack, Rarity, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, and Fluttershy," She replied, gesturing to each of her companions in turn. "Now, who are you? And how did you get here?"

"You may refer to me as King Ghidorah," the dragon's three heads responded simultaneously ."And how I got here is none of your concern,"

"But you don't have a ship! Are we supposed to believe that you just fly through space on your own?"

Ghidorah blinked. "Yes "

The mare didn't know how to respond. Luckily, Ghidorah had more to say.

"What I will say next will seem cliche, but," He leaned in for added intimidation. "Take me to your leader,"

Twilight Sparkle didn't need to be asked twice.

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The seven figures walked through the forest, Twilight leading the way. The six ponies each tried to keep their distance from the creature that was three times their size. Well, most of them did.

Rainbow Dash was less intimidated than the others, though not by much. Her ego would not allow her to show it, anyways. So instead of cowering, the rainbow-maned pegasus decided to learn more about this strange alien.

"So, Mr. Ghidorah-"

"That's King Ghidorah to you, worm,"

Rainbow tried not to show offense. "Well, then, King Ghidorah," she said with a hint of sarcasm, "Do you mind if I ask you a few questions?"

"Yes,"

Rainbow frowned. Screw courtesy, if this guy was gonna meet the princesses, she needed to know more! "What exactly are you? I mean, you look kinda like a dragon, but you have three heads, like a hydra!"

"I am above your pathetic attempts at organization. I am what I am,"

Rainbow groaned. This thing was absolutely impossible to talk with! She noticed Applejack glaring at her, shaking her head, as if to say "Don't make things worse," Rainbow, impetuous as ever, ignored her.

"So, isn't it kinda odd having three heads?"

All three of Ghidorah's heads scowled at her. "Isn't it odd having only one?"

"But don't you get confused, looking at three things at once?"

"Don't you feel limited looking at only one thing at a time?"

By this point, Rarity had placed a hoof on Rainbow Dash's shoulder, gesturing for her to stop. Ghidorah himself turned away from the miserable bags of meat he was currently following. Never had he felt more embarassed. Here he was, the Destroyer of Worlds, feared throughout the galaxy - nay, the universe! - and trapped, at the mercy of multicolored, vomit-inducing ponies! It was disgusting.

Meanwhile, Fluttershy and Applejack were having a discussion. "Do you think we can trust him?" Fluttershy asked. "He scares me,"

Applejack sighed. "'Shy, I don't think we have much of a choice. Princess Celestia is gonna wanna talk to him, and see if she can learn more. What else can we do but what the princess wants?"

"I know, but," Fluttershy paused. "Don't you think we should do something? Just to make sure,"

Applejack tapped her chin. "Ah guess. But what can we do?"

Fluttershy thought for a moment. Suddenly, she perked up.

"I have an idea,"

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Celestia was drinking tea when the letter arrived. Luna had been sleeping in, as usual, and Discord had set about amusing himself by bothering the royal chef. With a puff of green smoke, a scroll appeared in front of her. "Ah, I'm sure that's Twilight reporting back to me," she said to herself. She opened the letter.

Dear Princess Celestia,

As you requested, my friends and I traveled into the Everfree Forest to investigate the strange object that landed there last night. I will confess that I was skeptical of it being anything other than a meteor or similar space debris. Regardless, I was proven wrong. Upon arriving at the crash site, my friends and I found a huge crater, one that must have been made by an object larger than anything we can imagine. We found trees that had been forcibly destroyed, and a set of tracks very similar to a dragon's. We followed these into the forest.

It was following these tracks that led us to him. We quickly found this creature, fighting an entire pack of timber wolves. I've never seen anything fight so viciously. The timberwolves didn't stand a chance, even after they formed together. The creature resembles a golden dragon, however he lacks arms and has three heads. He seems highly intelligent, and refers to himself as 'King Ghidorah.'

Upon meeting us he demanded to speak to our leader - that is, yourself. I trust that you will be able to decide our next course of action.

Your faithful student, Twilight Sparkle.

Celestia closed the scroll. Was this really what last night's strange event had resulted in? She certainly wanted to meet this, 'King Ghidorah,' herself. Suddenly, Luna appeared, yawning. "Good morning, sister," she said.

"Go tidy yourself up, Luna. We will be having guests soon," Celestia replied, as she began to write her response.

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Bringing Ghidorah to the library undetected had not been easy, and getting him through the door was even less so. The girls had opted to keep his entrance secret, as the sight of a giant, three headed dragon may cause panic where it was unnecessarry. But nevertheless, they had suceeded.

Ghidorah took in his current surroundings. It seemed that he was in a building designed to store the knowledge of this civilization. He smirked as he imagined how beautiful it would look if this building burned to the ground. Or this city. And while he was at it, why not burn down the whole planet? Yes, that sounded nice.

Ghidorah was popped out of his destructive daydreaming by the arrival of a small, purple reptile. "Hey, Twilight, how did it- DRAGON!"

The small creature immediately took a defensive stance between Ghidorah and the ponies, brandishing a quill and pointing it at him as if it were a weapon. Ghidorah growled, insulted at this new intruder.

"Spike! It's okay! He's with us," Twilight exclaimed, causing the young one to calm down.

"Really? Oh, I'm sorry, mister! I'm Spike!"

Ghidorah responded with a hateful glare, before returning his attention back to his surroundings. Spike turned to Rainbow Dash. "Doesn't talk much, does he?"

Rainbow huffed. "You're telling me,"

Before more pointless jabber could annoy Ghidorah, the reptile named Spike burped. Strangely, the release of gas resulted in a scroll . To any other being, this would have been shocking. But for the ancient Ghidorah, he had seen things far more bizarre in his travels. This new trick did not even warrant his acknowledgement, let alone his approval.

Twilight Sparkle opened the scroll, reading it. After she finished, she looked at her friends, and then King Ghidorah, before sighing.

"What did it say?" Rarity asked.

"Princess Celestia asked for me to bring our guest to Canterlot. Unfortunately, the only way to do that is to teleport him - which means that only I would be able to tag along,"

Her horn began to glow as she looked at her friends. "Bye, girls. I'll be back soon,"

Before Ghidorah could even try to protest, both pony and kaiju disappeared in a flash of white light.