Pinkie jumped up and down with excitement. She was in the Royal Canterlot Palace, and on her way to see Princess Celestia. She looked at her friends, both new and old. Five of them were other ponies, her best friends and the wielders of the Elements of Harmony. Five more were Autobots, Transforming robots from Cybertron, who fought the evil forces of the Decepticons. Then there were the three humans. Boy, were they weird looking.
Miko looked at Pinkie. By now, she'd gotten used to her constant hopping, but now Pinkie stopped hopping, and started dancing strangely. "What are you doing, Pinkie?" Miko asked.
Pinkie kept dancing, now moving her front hooves in front of her face and then back down. "I'm doing 'the robot', silly." Pinkie said.
Miko looked at her, confused. Pinkie was just full of surprises. "You know the robot hasn't been cool since, like, the 80's right?" Miko asked.
"The 80's? I just made this up. We didn't have 'the robot' in Equestria twenty years ago." Pinkie said.
Bulkhead laughed. "Why's it called 'the robot'? We don't move like that."
"It was the 80's, Bulk. People thought legwarmers looked cool." Miko explained.
The group approached a large door, Celestia's thrown room. Twilight was about to knock, when Miko pushed the door open. "Hey princess! Megatron's coming."
Jack, Arcee, Raf, Ratchet, Bulkhead, Smokescreen, Twilight, Rarity, and even Bumblebee all shouted in unison, "Miko!"
Miko looked at them, innocently. "What?" she said, as she shrugged her shoulders.
Ratchet walked up to her. "She's royalty. You can't just barge in unannounced, and just demand for her to show up."
Twilight quickly zoomed next to Ratchet. "Yeah. She could lock you in a dungeon. Or banish you. Or banish you, and lock you in a dungeon in the place she banishes you to."
Suddenly, the shadow of a very large pony, with a horn and wings, appeared. "I don't think she'd do that." the voice said. Everyone immediately turned around.
"Princess Celestia!" all six ponies exclaimed.
"I would, however, prefer if you would knock next time. I might be in the middle of something important. Or very fun." Celestia said, looking towards Miko.
"Yeah, sorry." Miko said, looking more closely at the royal pony. She observed the presence of both a horn and wings, and decided to inquire. "Wait, why do you have a horn and wings? Are you some sort of pegacorn?"
Everypony gasped. How could she not know Celestia was an Alicorn? Furthermore, how could she not know what an Alicorn is?
"Well, I am a special pony. I'm what's called an Alicorn. We are a very rare type of pony, and usually royalty." Celestia explained.
Miko still looked confused, and now so did Raf and Jack. Jack decided to speak. "Everything I've seen so far in Equestria has been some sort of mythical creature. But Alicorns? There's no mention of Alicorns anywhere in any Earth mythology. So, was your dad, like, a unicorn, and your mom a pegasus?"
"No. Alicorns are the product of very special, and powerful magic. Only a few are currently alive." Celestia explained.
"So, an Alicorn is like a Prime?" Jack asked.
"What's a Prime?" near everypony asked. Jack was about to answer, when Fluttershy stepped up.
"I know what a Prime is." she said. Everyone except Ratchet had a surprised look on their face. Ratchet had told Fluttershy about Primes, and she was very attentive. "A Prime is an Autobot who gains the Matrix of Leadership."
"Matrix of Leadership?" Twilight questioned. "I've never heard of the Matrix of Leadership. It's not in any of my books. What is it?"
"Well," Fluttershy continued, "it's almost the Cybertronian equivalent to the Elements of Harmony. It gives the Primes access to collective wisdom, and helps to stop evil meanies like Unicron."
Everypony now nodded their heads in understanding, while the humans and 'Bots, besides Ratchet, seemed confused. "What are the Elements of Harmony?" Raf asked.
"Well the Elements are an ancient Equestrian relic once possessed by Celestia and her sister, Luna." Ratchet said. He too had learned about another species history. "Eventually, the sisters lost touch with the Elements, and they were lost. During the eons between then and now, Luna became corrupt, and turned into the entity known as 'Nightmare Moon'. Celestia was forced to banish her to Equestria's moon. But recently, she returned and the Elements found new bearers, who freed Princess Luna from Nightmare Moon. The current Element bearers are standing before us."
Miko looked at the ponies with a new found respect. "You guys are pretty tough."
"I told you!" Pinkie said, jumping in front of Miko.
Princess Celestia gestured towards her thrown room and said, "I believe you all had something to report."