Monster Chat

Of course a happy ending is possible, the solution is the same as it is in our world. Legislation to return and conserve native artifacts, as well as grant special protections to various historical sites of the world, including Ahuizotl's temples. While Ahuizotl would welcome ponies wishing to learn about his land and culture for the sake of learning, he is not remotely interested in turning his temple into a tourist attraction, or a museum. He is the guardian of his temple and his ponies, and he largely wants to be left alone. "Restoring their land to former glory" feels off to me, as Ahui and his loyalists seem to be doing just fine, their temples and homes look nice (up until Daring Do breaks in and reduces them to rubble). Ahuizotl and Monty desire the right to live with dignity, undisturbed, not be made to assimilate, and their focus is always on culture, not capital. A happy ending for Ahuizotl is his temple being granted protected status, all the stolen artifacts being returned, him writing books and chatting with historians so that others can learn from and appreciate his culture, and of course cultivating a relationship with his son. A happy ending for Monty is him being pardoned of his crimes, working together with Smokescreen to rescue and restore more stolen relics, traveling all over the world to study art and culture , and tackling injustice where he (and Smoky) see it happening.

Lopoddity

Creating their own museum would be smart as it gives the Aztec ponies complete control and protection over their artifacts and helps bring in money to start restoring their land to its former glory.

Vio_dacreator

Just curious is there a happy end to this? Not the ship I mean for Auizotl and Montezumy. They cant keep prtotecting artifacts forevor and ponies and other creatures are gonna keep trying ti steal their stuff either for curiosity money. is there hoope to getting their treasure retunred? Maybe they can partition for Celestial or Princess Twilight to have there land turned into a national park or a reservation or maybe a reservation slash their very Oooown museum dedicating to educating their their young and other ponies wanting to learn about the vast lands, magic and temples.

Vio_dacreator

I have the answer for this! So the scene above is actually the second time Ahuizotl and Smokescreen have met. Their first encounter occurred when Smoky tracked Montezuma to a hidden temple in South Equestria. This was in the earlier days of Monty’s villainy, before he’d managed to recruit any minions, so Smoky fully expected an easy capture. He stalks and pounces, knocking Montezuma to the ground, and they have a very vicious knock-down drag-out brawl- but Smoky comes out on top, managing to pin Monty and subdue him with a bite-hold. This is when Ahuizotl rushes in, wondering what the noise is about- and sees a big scary dragon-thing with it’s jaws locked around his son’s neck. Ahuizotl smashes into Smoky with the force of a freight train. The ferocity and power is unlike anything Smoky has ever known before- Smoke tries to hold his own, hissing and biting and kicking- but the fight is akin to a housecat versus a tiger. Smoky falls- and Montezuma, previously feeling pretty >:D about watching his nemesis get his shit wrecked, switches to D8 upon seeing his father moving to deliver the killing bite. Montezuma leaps in between Smoky and Ahuizotl, because no matter how he feels about his nemesis, he’s NOT going to stand by and let someone be murdered in cold blood. He proceeds to scold his indignant father (“I’m not a baby and I don’t need you to rescue me”), and Ahui argues right back (“Clearly you DO”) and they have a little father-son tiff. Monty exasperatedly asks Smoky to give him and his father a few minutes privacy to sort things out…..Smoky naturally takes this opportunity to slink away (with the relic he was sent to reclaim). Monty is pretty embarrassed to discover he let his enemy escape, and this ignites even more bickering with his father. Monty and Ahui have a long, long talk about boundaries. Ahuizotl eventually, begrudgingly is made to understand that his son’s business with the agent is a PRIVATE affair, and he is not to intervene (or worse, give embarrassing advice from the sidelines). Monty is able to soothe his father’s anxiety by memorizing a spell to summon Ahui if he ever truly needs help. After that, Ahui relaxes a little, and tries to view the “game” between his son and Smoky like little kids playing at a slumber party. However, as time passes, and Ahui sees the giddiness Monty develops toward his nemesis, overhears how the two fight-flirt….his dadly instincts feel that now would be a good time to have a friendly chat with Smoky.

Lopoddity

Considering that Ahuizotl's mouth is so large, he probably can't help that he talks in a very loud, powerful voice. So when threatening Smokescreen, I think that Smoky was not only rattled by the threat itself but of how unnaturally Ahuizotl's voice rumbled through his body.

Amazing, incredible, fantastic, and now for reasons that may or may not be related to a fic I have a strong need to know how these two would find themselves in this situation else I'll have to riddle it out myself 👀👀

Colbyr

Well now you gotta draw him with his jaws hella wide like a snake. Sorry I don’t make the rules.

Silverwinds