Transformers: Equestria's Darkest Hour

by JDPrime22

Bring War Wherever They Go

INTEL: Bruticus is the combined form of all five Combaticons. The combining technique limits Bruticus' processing power, making him a weapon Megatron just needs to point in the right direction. For all his strength and power, however, the monstrous gestalt has only the most rudimentary mind, capable of wanton destruction and little else.

The snores of a certain rainbow-mane Pegasus rumbled throughout her little abode. Squirming and sighing happily was none other than Rainbow Dash sleeping in her tangled bed. Feathers and bed sheets sprang up everywhere while hooves, wings, and a long tail stuck out at odd angles as Rainbow continued to snore.

And boy could she SNORE!

All the clouds on her floor shook slightly as her throat rhythms echoed throughout her house. The piles of books quivered as she inhaled even louder. Rainbow was always the least pony you would want at a sleepover. Of course she was fun at first but when it was time to hit the sack, you’d better bring extra cotton balls.

A sweet smile was on her face as Rainbow blissfully dreamed one of the happiest dreams anypony could ever have.

“Ohhhh Spitfire…” Rainbow mumbled and squirmed slightly, “you finally made me a Wonderbolt. What took ya guys so long? ZZZZZZZZ!”

Her eyelids opened slightly to reveal her eyes wondering the room as if following a joyous lightshow. But she never woke up from her awesome dream.

“Cool. You even made me the captain of the Wonderbolts. That’s *yawn* awesome.” Rainbow mumbled before snoring yet again. An annoyed turtle shot its head out from his shell and looked at his owner. Tank shook his head and placed two large earplugs in his ears before sinking his head back inside of him.

Rainbow twisted and turned until she was facing the ceiling, her mouth open as wide as it can go when she snored for one final time.

A bright light came from outside her window.

Rainbow Dash groggily opened her eyes and turned her head to the window. A bright light sailed down the skies followed by and even bigger light. Her eyes grew wide as she suddenly sprang out of bed. Rainbow flew over to the window and pushed it open. The cool breeze of the night hit her instantly as she saw the first meteor slam right inside the Everfree Forest.

The second meteor sailed even farther than the first one and hit the side of a mountain not too far away from Ponyville. An explosion followed that meteor almost making Rainbow Dash take her eyes off the final and largest one.

Its dark purple glow was barely visible as it flew right over Ponyville creating a very powerful wind torrent, causing dust and grass to hit Rainbow square in the face. She shook her head and pushed her window even harder allowing her to fly outside to see what was going on.

The largest meteor flew right past Ponyville and headed straight beyond the Everfree Forest to where Rainbow Dash presumed from her old knowledge to be the Mild West.

But it wasn’t even done yet.

Rainbow looked up one final time to see a small meteor crash land right on the entrance of Ponyville. A bright light erupted from the town followed by the flames overcoming the crater.

“What the buck?”

The ground shook violently as the cross-eyed mare looked for the source of the explosion.

Her crooked, yellow eyes located a large crater just on the entrance of her home town. Flames were crowding the crater and filled the air with smoke and dust from the force of the impact.

Flying over to take a peek, Ditzy-Doo stepped over several large chunks of rock and debris as her tiny head looked over the pile of dirt and into the smoldering crater of fire. The warmth of the fire made the mailmare feel good, like the coolness of the night was forgotten and all that was left was the giant black fist rising from the ground.

GIANT FIST?!?!

Ditzy-Doo yelped and scrambled away on her back as the giant fist revealed a massive arm rising from the ashes. Suddenly, the hand smashed itself on the ground obviously trying to grab hold of something. It scratched at the dirt until it finally raised itself up.

The light grey Pegasus was frozen in fear when the massive body appeared from the ground. It fell from the sky and lived to show itself to the cowering equine. Two massive legs rose and smashed themselves to the ground just a few feet from the pony.

Ditzy-Doo eyed this creature up and down, her head shaking uncontrollably along with her body. This creature had a frightening structure; its body had sharp tips where the shoulders should be, two large poles stuck out from its back to where Ditzy’s crooked eyes followed downwards to see all its jagged body parts, as if it was some kind of sick creation created by a mad pony scientist.

Several purple lights glowed all over the body of this monster as did the frightening symbol that glowed on its chest. Its red eyes suddenly looked down to see the terrified pony.

Bruticus had seen this creature before. It was from several hundred mega-cycles ago. These were ponies, the creatures who had defeated the mighty Decepticon once before. Bruticus’ excitement grew as did the pony’s fright.

The combined Decepticon raised his head and laughed to the heavens above. As he did that, Ditzy-Doo screamed and flew away as fast as her wings could go. That horrible laughter still rang through her ears as the tears fell from her eyes and hit the dirt road.

Bruticus looked around and saw several buildings possibly made out of wood. From his time on Earth, Bruticus knew that wood could burn….easily.

“THANK PRIMUS,” Bruticus growled as his right hand sunk inwards and his flame thrower became active, “I’M GONNA HAVE SOME FUN FOR ONCE.”

He stomped his way into Ponyville.

“You do believe don’t you, Twilight?”

Twilight Sparkle nodded with a smile of pure determination present on her face. Princess Celestia smiled warmly and levitated the book of spells to her closest student. It was really time for Twilight to exceed in her studies…for this was Starswirl the Bearded’s spell book.

“Then go, Twilight, your studies are now complete. Your true destiny is coming closer than you think.” Celestia told her as Twilight opened the book and flipped through the pages.

Twilight looked up to thank her teacher when suddenly…Celestia’s eyes went dark blue. Streams of ooze fell from her eyes that hit the marble floor with a splash. Twilight backed away when Celestia’s smile turned into a sight of pure terror.

Her mentor disappeared as did the book. Twilight looked around frantically and saw that she was surrounded by darkness…not a living soul was near her. But suddenly, a deep and memorable voice came into her thoughts.

‘Fear the beast…you will fear me.’

Twilight spun around as if she felt somepony breathe down her neck. That same voice rang in her ear as it twitched in annoyance.

‘You will be my slaves…you will fall before the rise.’

“Who are you?!” Twilight screamed with her body shuddering into complete fear. She had heard that deep voice once before, but she couldn’t truly remember when.

It came back, louder this time. ‘My empire shall rise again…your bones will remain in my kingdom for all eternity.’

“What empire?” Twilight panted, “What kingdom? Show yourself!” She screamed as her horn glowed softly at the end to possibly light the darkness. Nothing was lit. Only darkness remained.

‘Fall before the King.’

Twilight bolted upright in a deep sweat. She scanned the room and saw nothing but Luna’s moonlight entering her window and cascading the room in a soft glow. Twilight looked at the edge of her bed and saw Spike sleeping soundly.

It was a dream….it was all a dream. Twilight sighed with relief and laid her head back down. The soft pillow met her head with a nice relaxing sensation. Sleep was about to take her again…

“AHHHHH!!!!”

Twilight opened her eyes and looked around her house. Nothing was amiss, nothing was broken, nothing happened. She looked at her door from downstairs and gulped. The scream came from outside.

Looking over and nudging Spike with her hoof, Twilight quickly looked around her house and still saw nothing. Why was she so jumpy tonight?

Spike yawned and looked up with tired eyes to see Twilight looking down at him with worry in her eyes. He squirmed and laid his head back down.

“Spike, get up!” Twilight whispered sharply.

The baby dragon groaned and looked up at Twilight one last time. “What is it, Twilight? I just had the best dream and you ruined it.” Spike mumbled, rubbing one of his eyes with a claw.

Twilight frowned and plainly said, “Did it have anything to do with Rarity?”

“No!” Spike spat out with a blush present. He was about to lay his head back down when Twilight whispered close to him.

“I heard a scream from outside and-!” Twilight began until she looked over near Spike’s bed and saw his little glass of water. Little waves appeared inside of it every few seconds followed by a little bit of water to escape the glass and land on the ground.

“And…?” Spike motioned her to continue. Mostly because he wanted her to finish so he could get back to sleep. But her eyes were stuck on his glass of water; they were just watching the little waves appear. He quickly grabbed the water and chugged it down.

“Was that it?” Spike asked and turned his back away from Twilight. The unicorn frowned in frustration and poked Spike in the back. Suddenly, Twilight’s house began to shake a little. The unicorn held onto her bed and watched as the books shook slightly and then go back to their normal position on the shelves.

Her heartbeat began to increase as she felt the ground rumbling very close to her house now. She jabbed Spike in the back hard this time.

“Spike, get up. Something isn’t right he-!”

She never finished before her entire roof was ripped off.

Megatron shook his head and felt a presence on top of him.

He pushed it away and realized it to be Soundwave. The Communications Officer was out cold from their landing. Speaking of the landing, Megatron looked around and saw the trail of destruction they had left.

Several trees were bent in odd angles as the dirt created a deep road from the tree lines and deep into the forest. Megatron looked down the road and saw little flames cascading the landing in a light glow. It went on for several meters with several Decepticon scattered across the ground until Megatron found him.

Omega Supreme in his shuttle form lying on the dirt with several trees and debris covering his outer hull. Megatron shook Soundwave until his visor glowed red again. Soundwave shook his head and looked down the crash site until he saw him as well.

“Omega Supreme is injured.” Soundwave inquired.

“Obviously,” Megatron growled, “Now quickly, help me awaken the others.”

Soundwave and Megatron did just that. Each of them awakened a large group of Decepticons. The others including Starscream, Thundercracker, Skywarp, Barricade, the Combaticons, the Insecticons, Ramjet, Thrust, and Dirge, were nowhere to be found.

Megatron led the group of Decepticons including Soundwave and the Stunticons to Omega’s crash site. All the while Breakdown began to whine as he always did.

“Are ya sure Omega survived a crash like that?” Dragstrip asked his master.

Megatron simply scowled and shouted, “As long as he is able to transform and get us off this planet and away from Trypticon, I care not!”

“Uhhh…lord Megatron, I don’t think that’s gonna be a problem.” Breakdown pointed at the massive Autobot beginning to transform. Omega Supreme opened up and two massive arms broke out from the center.

“POWER: OPTIMAL. DAMAGE: CRITICAL. DEFENSES: ONLINE. OMEGA ARMOR STRUCTURE: BROKEN. MEGATRON LOCATED. COMMENCE OPERATION: TOTAL OBLITERATION.”

Omega Supreme’s legs came into view as they smashed to the ground with large tremors following. The body and chest formed as the Autobot symbol glowed a dark red. The optics lit up as the massive wings appeared on the back. Omega Supreme rose above the tree lines and looked down at the tiny insects before his might.

His right hand began to spin as it unleashed a volley of proton lasers.

“Get to cover, quickly!” Megatron shouted and ducked behind the nearest rock. Soundwave got right next to him as the Stunticons dodged the deadly lasers being shot at them.

“Any other bright ideas?!” Wildrider screamed as he was blasted back from Omega’s missiles. Motormaster caught him in mid-air and landed behind a few trees. In fact, Megatron did have an idea. He looked over the rock slightly and caught Omega’s chest to be ripped open from Bruticus jumping out of him.

Megatron jumped out from behind the rock and shot one blast that struck Omega perfectly in the opening. The Autobot took one mighty step back and shook his head. Megatron chuckled and turned towards the Stunticons.

“Did you see that?! Attack Omega’s open wounds as I have!”

Motormaster led the way as he transformed. “Let’s burn some rubber!” Each Stunticon followed close behind him including the frightened Breakdown. Megatron watched in triumph as his soldiers fired away with their missiles and machine guns at Omega’s open chest.

Soundwave got back up and observed the carnage. “Megatron, scanners show that Omega Supreme’s Energon levels are depleting. His power core is slowly going offline. More heavy damage to his broken armor will prove to be most useful.”

Megatron nodded while approaching the staggering Autobot. “Excellent observation, Soundwave, carry it out.”
Omega lifted up his foot in an attempt to crush the nearest Decepticon. Dead End swerved out of the way just in time for Omega’s foot to crush the ground he was just on. The strongest Autobot of all time faced backwards and fired his missiles and proton lasers at the Stunticons driving circles around him.

“There! Shoot him in the back while he is distracted!” Megatron screamed as both he and Soundwave fired multiple shots at Omega’s open backside. Soundwave’s E.D.K. Techvolt proved to be most useful in creating a severed opening.

Megatron fired two blasts from his riot cannon at the opening causing Omega to a haunch forward in pain. Breakdown drove right underneath Omega’s legs and screamed, “Yeah! We’re hurting him!”

“OMEGA SUPREME DAMAGE SUBSTANTIAL. ACTIVATING DEFENSE TURRETS.”

The wings on Omega’s back began to change form. Soon, four turrets were located on his wings that fired several shots at the attacking Decepticons. The Stunticons swerved out of control until Dragstrip hit a stump and flipped into a group of trees.

“Dragstrip is down!” Wildrider screamed and shot away at Omega’s armor. But he was ready for them this time. Omega’s right hand began to glow as Wildrider felt himself being pulled towards the Autobot. Omega Supreme caught the Stunticon in his fist and chucked him into the forest.

Megatron huffed out a grunt and growled, “We’re losing soldiers by the second! Soundwave, we need to take down those turrets! The table is open, you got any ideas?!”

Soundwave nodded and pressed his shoulder, “Laserbeak eject. Commence operation: dive-bomb.”

The Mini-con spread his wings and screeched into the night sky. He flew upwards until his lasers met Omega’s wing turrets. The mighty Autobot slashed about trying to get the small Decepticon away from him.

“Now that Omega Supreme is distracted, we can attack the open wounds! Gut him like a Sharkticon!” Megatron yelled and fired at Omega. Soundwave did the same. Omega Supreme slashed his arms side to side in hopes of blocking the shots. The Stunticons drove around wildly trying to dodge Omega’s massive feet stomping all around.

“We’re gonna die!” Breakdown shrieked when the foot clipped his wheel forcing him to change form back. He got back up and quickly activated his assault rifle. He chuckled when he saw Omega Supreme obviously struggling, “Ya see that?! Omega has nothin’ on me! I did that all by myself!”

Megatron shook his head in ignorance.

“Yes, Breakdown, your constant whining sought us through. Now get moving before I tear you apart myself!”

“This isn’t happening, this isn’t happening, oh this is SO not happening.” Twilight quivered in fear as her entire roof was flung into the air as if it was nothing. Several leaves and branches fell onto her covers as she cowered underneath them.

A powerful light entered her room causing the mare to shut her eyes from the arrival of so much brightness. As she slowly opened them, Twilight realized that small particles began floating down into her room and landing all over the ground.

Ashes.

“What in the sweet name of Celestia above…?” Twilight muttered in utter terror and forced herself to look up. When she did just that, it caused the equine to scream and fall onto the ground clutching the baby dragon in her hooves.

Spike even opened his eyes when he felt soft particles hitting his face. He looked up to see Twilight cradling him in a tight embrace as she stared above. He even forced his eyes from the light to see what it was.

If Twilight was scared before…this was nothing like it. This wasn’t anything compared to any type of fear she had endeared tonight from her nightmares. This was horrifying memories brought back to life.

“This is just a dream….this is all just a bad dream.” Twilight muttered and pinched herself. She never took her eyes off the mighty monster looking down on her and Spike. The red eyes glowed violently through the smoke and fire.

It spoke in that same horrible voice Twilight had forced herself to forget for so many months.

“WELL, WELL, WELL….JUST THE PONY I WANTED TO SEE! TWILIGHT SPARKLE! DID YOU MISS ME? I MISSED ME…I MISSED ME A LOT!!!”

All that Twilight could manage was a weak whimper followed by Spike’s shaking.

“B-B-B-Bru-B-B-B-B-!” Twilight’s lip quivered as the head of the beast lowered itself inside her house. His red eyes narrowed as his faceplate moved up and down, mocking her.

“B-B-B-B-BRUTICUS?!?!”

Twilight and Spike screamed in unison as Bruticus backed away and swatted his hand against Twilight’s humble home. His mighty hit caused an entire portion of the wall to be shattered in seconds, allowing the combined Decepticon to get a full view.

“Spike, climb on!” Twilight yelled as Spike clutched Twilight’s back as tight as he could. The unicorn quickly trotted down the stairs with the baby dragon holding on for dear life. She looked up just in time to see Bruticus bring down his fist on what remained of her home.

“AHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!” Twilight and Spike screamed in unison as they were pushed by a massive pain wave away from their home. Twilight lifted herself off the ground and turned back towards her home.

It brought tears to her eyes as it did Spike’s.

Bruticus stood over the ruins of what was once their only home in Ponyville. The tree branches fell to the ground with fire following them. The rest of the house was gone while large pieces of wooden debris fell to the ground.

“This can’t be happening.” Spike muttered as his tears hit the ground.

Twilight closed her eyes and let the tears fall when realization finally hit her. The Decepticons were back. Her home was gone. All those years she spent in it, all the laughter she spent with her friends inside her very own library, all the times they saved Equestria took place in that tree, and it was all for nothing.

The unicorn’s ears perked up as she caught the sounds of screaming. She turned her head around and actually gasped in horror when she saw Ponyville….in ruins.

Flames spread across the grounds. Buildings fell to the ground while others were engulfed by fire. Ponies fled or flew around in a straight panic while others held their children close. The cries of foals, mares, and stallions alike echoed through the streets as the air was not filled with peaceful cricketing of the bugs, but filled with smoke and ashes. The dark night sky was no longer black but filled with clouds of dust and fire. It gave an eerie dark orange glow all around.

Two large tremors came from behind as Twilight and Spike turned around to witness the mighty Bruticus and his terror. He laughed to the skies above. This disgusted the unicorn. How anypony or ANYTHING for that matter can cause this much death and destruction and actually laugh about it?!

He was a Decepticon after all.

Bruticus looked down and chuckled with delight, “THOUGHT YOU COULD LIVE IN PEACE FROM NOW ON, HUH? NOOOOO....YOUR WORLD WILL NEVER KNOW PEACE FROM NOW ON!!!”

And with that threat laid out, Bruticus lifted up his right foot above the mare and dragon. Twilight’s mind was lost; all she could manage to do was hug Spike with all her love. Spike hugged her back as their eyes were shut tight, utterly preparing for Bruticus’ wrath to come.

But it never did.

“How do you stop this thing?!”

Dead End screamed as he was blasted away with several Omega missiles colliding against the ground he was just standing on. His body hit the tree trunks with massive crashes to go with that.

Megatron fired one more blast before he transformed and fired a tank missile directly in Omega Supreme’s open chest, causing the Autobot to back away in pain.

“We’re hurting him! We’re hurting him!” Breakdown yelled in victory. But it was short lived.

Omega Supreme lowered himself and hundreds of missiles came from his back. Each missile hit the ground with powerful flames and shockwaves hitting each Decepticon with the full power. Breakdown fell on his back and crawled away.

“That’s it! I thought we had this guy beat! He’s stronger than he was before!” Breakdown screamed as he picked himself up by his master.

Megatron faced the Stunticon and yelled, “He’s the strongest Autobot who ever lived, Breakdown! Did you really think defeating him a second time would be so easy?!”

Laserbeak flew down and landed in Soundwave’s compartment. The Communications Officer faced the leader of the Decepticons and quickly explained in full. “Megatron, the turrets have been eliminated. There are no more defenses protecting him. Attacking Omega Supreme’s open wounds now would finish him off.”

“I know what to do, Soundwave. Be silent or face my wrath!” Megatron yelled and fired several shots from his riot cannon on the injured Autobot titan. Soundwave and Breakdown did the same with their weapons. Omega’s chest began to spark up and leak several gallons of Energon at a fast pace.

“We need more fire power!” Breakdown screamed.

“Someone call for backup?!”

Megatron and his Decepticons looked up in the air to see three jets fly right over Omega Supreme and fire several missiles into his chest. The mighty Autobot fell to his knees as he lowered his arms, his head doing the same exact thing. The Decepticons recoiled while Megatron slowly approached the injured fool.

The three jets transformed and landed on the ground revealing Starscream, Thundercracker, and Skywarp as they approached their leader, each of them bowing.

“Excellent work, Starscream.” Megatron said and walked past the Seekers.

A slight grin of victory was plastered on Megatron’s features as Soundwave, Breakdown, Starscream and his Seekers walked with him. Motormaster, Dead End, Dragstrip, and Wildrider transformed and walked with them to the titan. Soundwave quickly explained the situation.

“Megatron, permanent damage to Omega Supreme’s chest has proven to be useful. Cripple the Autobot by driving an entire helping of Dark Energon into his open areas. Omega Supreme will fall.”

The Autobot titan raised his head. When those words entered his hearing processors, Omega knew he couldn’t be defeated again. If he was, he would never be found. He would be forgotten in this forest while Megatron continued his rampage.

It ends here.

Omega Supreme got back to his feet and lifted up his arms. Megatron and the others backed away as Omega’s right hand began to spin with a massive ball of energy being prepared.

Megatron clenched his fists and yelled, “Forget the Dark Energon! I'll have to finish this the old fashion way!” The old fashion way just consisted of Megatron jumping up and hovering above the ground.

Omega was just about to fire on the hovering Decepticon when Megatron suddenly charged forward, his fist going straight into Omega Supreme’s wounded chest. A massive explosion followed while each Decepticon blocked away the bright light.

Megatron landed near his Decepticons with his back against Omega Supreme. The Autobot’s optics began to fade as his footing was gone. Megatron stood up and lifted up his fists in total victory.

“SYSTEMS: FAILING. DAMAGES: TOTAL. BEGINNING STASIS FOR IMMEDIATE REPAIRS.”

Megatron’s laughter broke through the forest, “I have just defeated Omega Supreme for a second time! The Autobot’s most powerful weapon is gone! The universe shall hear my name and TREMBLE!!!”

But Megatron’s roars of victory….soon turned into roars of pain when Omega landed on him.

Soundwave and the Stunticons took immediate action and tried to push the massive Autobot off their leader. All the while Starscream’s laughter echoed throughout the forest. Motormaster lifted the chest of the massive Autobot as hard as he could; Soundwave spotted Megatron’s hand lying in the dirt.

“Rumble, eject!” Soundwave shouted and ejected the Mini-con. Rumble ran forward and smashed his mallets against Omega’s body. The force of the hit caused the Autobot’s lifeless form to move a few feet. It was just enough for Soundwave and Dead End to pull their wounded master out of the dirt.

Motormaster dropped Omega’s body and went by to look at his wounded master. Soundwave and the others including Starscream came over to see the damages.

Megatron’s body was dented and broken. Several scratch marks were spread everywhere while his purple lights began flickering. Energon was leaking out at a fast pace from Megatron’s wounds as Soundwave observed every dented and twisted limb. He finally came across Megatron’s face and gasped in horror. His red optics were fading as his mouth hung slightly open, Energon fell from his mouth as his helmet was dented and scraped.

Breakdown began to panic at Megatron’s wounded form. “Is he gonna make it?!”

Megatron coughed up a plentiful of Energon and spat out, “Shut it, Breakdown! Someone help me up!”

Soundwave and Motormaster acknowledge and grabbed Megatron’s arms. Soundwave slung Megatron’s arm over his shoulder so he was able to carry him. Motormaster did the same as Megatron’s head slowly lowered itself to the ground.

“He needs immediate repairs.” Motormaster grumbled and looked up at Soundwave. The Communications Officer nodded and faced Starscream.

Starscream wasn’t paying attention to Soundwave. He was looking at his wounded master the entire time. His expression both shocked and excited. His smile was growing by the second when he knew for sure….that it was time. Time to take his rightful place as leader. With Megatron wounded, it would be easy to finish him off. But first he needed to play it up.

“Decepticons,” Starscream began, “follow me! We must find the other Decepticons and fast! Then we can heal our leader!” Starscream smirked down at Megatron’s wounded form. The Decepticon leader looked up to see Starscream’s smile disappear as he faced the other way.

“This way!” Starscream motioned them all to follow and began walking away. The Stunticons followed close behind while Soundwave and Motormaster held their injured master close to them. They trailed behind the large group as the Energon fell from Megatron’s wounds.

Even though his hearing processors were broken, Megatron could still hear Starscream’s wicked laughter as they all left Omega Supreme’s destroyed and broken body in the middle of the forest.

Omega Supreme's yellow optics went dark…