OK, here we go: My newest story, a retelling of the origin of Godzilla, which attempts to bring together the Godzilla series and the Mothra series. In particular I hope to explain something that was never clarified to my satisfaction: How did Godzilla survive all that time? Anyway, enjoy.

Chapters will mainly be pretty short, so be warned.

Godzilla is © Toho

THE BIRTH OF GODZILLA

CHAPTER ONE:

IMPACT

The Godzillasaurus' eye opened lazily, glancing across the fern-covered plane. The hot sun was beating down brilliantly through the clear sky. To the dinosaur's right, his mate lay snoozing gently.

His eldest offspring; a youngling of only a few years; approached him timidly, turning his head to one side and gently licking the tip of his father's snout. Behind the child, his littermates played and rolled over on the ground with amused chirps.

The Godzillasaurus gave an amused snort, returning the gentle display of affection to his child.

A Pteranodon circled idly in the air above him, swooping low and catching up a fish from the river.

A pair of Anguirasaurus stood on the riverbank, one of them nudging the other in the side as it struggled to maintain its footage on the wet, slippery mud. Eventually, it stumbled, collapsing into the river with a loud splash.

The Godzillasaurus knew that came well, ever since he had been a mere hatchling. Whichever creature was last to remain on the shore won.

Then, the dinosaur looked up sharply, sniffing at the air. The Pteranodon stopped circling and flew down onto its perch. The pair of Anguirasaurus looked up towards the sky.

Something was wafting along the breeze, mixed with the smell of fear from the surrounding creatures. It was something… wrong. Not something that the Godzillasaurus knew. An unfamiliar scent that brought with it fear… and death.

Something moved down through the sky, a blazing orange orb followed by a thick, black plume of smoke.

As he looked up, the Godzillasaurus knew that this was no predator.

This was something far, far worse.

It was thousands of miles past the end of the Godzillasaurus' view that the last of the creatures scattered, the blazing fireball shooting down into the ground.

The earth itself shook and shattered, crumbling away as the fireball burned its way into the ground, slowing to a stop it lay completely hidden by thick, black smoke.

Everything around it was silent, save for the occasional crumbling and falling stone.

Then, slowly, creatures began to emerge. A Pterodactyl. A Triceratops. A Gorosaurus. Slowly the different creatures started to approach…

Within the hard rock of the meteorite, it awoke.

A dark, twisted soul, consumed by a single desire: To seek out life and to end it. To endlessly seek new worlds to purge and decimate. To consume all living things in fire and death.

Within the meteorite, three pairs of cold eyes opened.

King Ghidorah's rage would be unleashed again…

Good? Bad? Average? Horrible? Please leave any opinions you may have. By the by, this King Ghidorah uses the Grand King Ghidorah design from Rebirth of Mothra 3. Because I like that design. Also, KG doesn't get the respect he deserves; he went from a planet-killing demon to a pawn for aliens with a grudge. This is my step towards rectifying that.

All Reviews Welcome!