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// Battlefield: Equestria Chapter 5 
// Story: Transformers Celestial Force 
// by Autobot Lancewing 
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Chapter 5

Jetfire jumped, switched to jet mode, and soared off into the sky. The teenagers below seemed to enjoy the spectacle, as Jetfire made several loop-de-loops. Just then, Lancewing flew right in the middle of one of Jetfire’s loops and transformed in midair. “Hey! You nearly messed up my perfect loop!” Jetfire yelled.
“Sorry. Oh and one more thing about that alt mode you chose: I told you so!”
“Whatever, least I get the femmes!” Jetfire said, zooming toward the ground.
“Not working on me,” Ratchet commed.
“One of these days, Ratch, we’ll give each other prescriptions.”
“Did you just-?” 
“Yup, he did.” Bumblebee confirmed.
That had Ratchet steaming mad. “I will not forget this…”
“Jetfire! Get down here before the Decepticons announce hunting season.” Optimus ordered over the comm.
“Yeah, yeah…” Jetfire transformed and landed on the (remains) of the front lawn.
“So how much have you covered,” Lancewing asked as he landed thinking, ‘Hunting season… Good one, Prime.”
“That we can transform and Jetfire makes inappropriate remarks.” Ratchet quipped.
“Of course. Now for my favorite subject: history!” That resulted in a groan from most of the people present. “I know, some of you aren’t interested in it, but we do need to explain what led up to our arrival, because if there were no war, we wouldn’t even be here. Besides, it might surprise you that I wasn’t always part of Team Prime.”
“You weren’t,” Lancer asked.
“Nope, I once ran with another Autobot leader named Star Saber.”
“Star Saber?” Lancer questioned.
“He led the Elite Guard, the best of the best. They were the first ones in and the last ones out. Why I left such an awesome team is a story for another time.”
“Sentinel Major was too big a jerk?” Bumblebee teased.
“Oh you know it, but no. Moving on.”
“Alright. Alright. But I ended up with him as a drill sergeant in Autoboot camp.”
“I know, you told me that a hundred slaggin’ times! Move on!”
“Uh-huh…” Bumblebee shrugged it off and wandered off.
“Anyway, we were created by an artifact called the Allspark. Where it came from is unknown even to this day, but it had the power to create our homeworld of Cybertron.  We had peace for a long time, until Megatron decided to use its power to take over. The war lasted a long time, even before some of us existed. The planet’s races were divided between Autobots and Decepticons. In a final resort, the Allspark was launched into space. It did drive the Decepticons away, but our planet could no longer sustain life; therefore, the race to find the Allspark has begun."
"So why here," Lancer asked.
"We believe this planet is the location of the Allspark," Ratchet explained.
"And if the Decepticons get their hands on it, then they would be able to build an army that would destroy your world," Optimus warned.
"That...doesn't sound good," Sweetheart shuddered.
"That's why we must find the Allspark and keep it away from them."
"Okay, but where do I come in," Lancer asked, "Don't forget, some of those Decepticons paid me a visit, and it wasn't just to say, 'Hey, how's it going'."
"We have a theory, but we'd rather not share it until we are certain, lest we cause any unnecessary alarm."
"Okay, but could you hurry up with that, because when one of your bots calls me a 'prince...' I get it, my family's rich. We get the picture, but we aren't royalty."
"Again, it was a mistake on our scout's part." Optimus glared at Bumblebee.
"Haters gonna hate." Bumblebee teased.
"This is no laughing matter."
"He's right, we need to stay on task," Lancewing said, "We are investigating the matter as we speak."
“Oh? And Bumblebee’s not on it?” Ratchet sneered.
“Anthri’s looking into it,” Lancewing explained. "We got a tip at the library."
“Still, don’t see why he couldn’t,” Ratchet folded her arms.
"Because I figured Anthri was more capable."
"And if he has his paws tied with Decepticons?"
"I'm a jet. I'll be there in a flash."
“That’s what Jetfire said, before everyone and their brother spotted him.”
"At least my jet exists."
“Mine does too!” Jetfire shot back.
"As a concept!"
Optimus sighed, “I think Ratchet is right, SOMEONE should accompany Anthri.”
"It'll be best if I do. It'll be the only way we can access our 'secret weapon'."
“Very well, but check in every thirty minutes.”
“Will do.” With that, Lancewing jumped into the air, transformed into jet mode, and took off.
Optimus looked back at the group. "Any more questions?"
“Can you change into a monkey?” Teddy asked.
Optimus merely groaned.
*****
In Canterlot, Anthri surveyed Spike's movements in as close to a stealth-like manner as a Ford Expedition could. His avatar was activated, but people still gave him odd stares. “What’s with people and wolves? I mean...really?”
“Tell me about it,” Lancewing comm-ed, “Have you learned anything?”
“Not really, cept that Spike spends WAY too much time on his cell.”
“How long has he been on it?”
“THE. WHOLE. TIME.”
“Have you traced any of his calls?”
“Not yet, but I’m tempted to do so.”
“Well, it might be a bit of an invasion of privacy if we do so, but for him to be on it that long is a bit of a concern.”
“Got it. Beginning the trace now.” Anthri began tapping into Spike’s phone.
******
Meanwhile in Canterlot Castle, Twilight Sparkle was on the other end of Spike’s call. The purple Alicorn’s tone was frantic. "Spike! Thank goodness you're here!"
“Well, technically I haven’t even reached the palace gates yet, but yeah, I’m in Canterlot,” Spike replied. “So what happened?”
“It’s Stargazer. She’s missing!”
“What?! Okay, where did you last see her?”
“Well, we got into an argument, again, and she ran off. I figured she was just trying to blow off some steam, but she never came back. I’m afraid that she might have run away.”
“Don’t be ridiculous; she wouldn’t do that.”
"Easy for you to say, you don't know what we were arguing about."
“And what was it about?”
"Well, I discovered she had a little stash of speeding tickets in unopened envelopes."
“Ah. I see.”
“Yeah, so I took away her car and her cell phone until she could pay off the tickets.”
“I see..."
"And she said that she was an adult and that I couldn't do that, and I told her that as long as I'm her mother she’ll follow my rules.”
“Well, to be honest, you did better than I would have; I would have kicked her out.”
“Not helping…”
“Sorry, but I’m just saying that she’ll have the police at your door if she keeps this up.”
“I know, but still...”
"I think you did the right thing, Twilight. Just give her some time."
"Okay...but it's tough...you'll find that out in a few months."
“Don’t remind me, I’m already having a tough time with Applebloom.”
“Well, you DID get her pregnant.”
"Hey, it's not my fault nature works that way, and she did agree."
“Again, true.” Twilight tried to resist a laugh.”
“See, I’m starting to make you feel better.”
"Yeah...thanks Spike."
"No problem, Twi."
******
“It seems that Spike here is talking with someone called ‘Twilight.’ It is possible that she’s Princess Twilight Sparkle because someone named ‘Stargazer’ was mentioned,” Anthri said.
“Huh. So he is connected with royalty. I guess it’s time for our avatars to make an entrance,” Lancewing replied.
"Oh boy..."
"What?"
"Remember how wolves are accepted here?"
“Don’t worry, I planned ahead. I scanned Lancer’s father and rearranged the data to fit my colors and style.”
"I see, maybe I should find one..."
“Help yourself. Hey, there’s this white unicorn you can use as a template.”
"Umm...okay, but I'll need to do some editing."
“Hey, had to do some editing on mine, so help yourself.”
"Thanks, I will."
Anthri scanned the unicorn, who happened to be next a pink alicorn. As Anthri was about to reformat the template, it hit him.
“Those two… Those were Princess Mi Amore Cadenza and Prince Shining Armor.”
“Wait, what?” Lancewing checked through his datafiles. “Huh. Well I’ll be slagged, they are Shining Armor and Mi Amore Cadenza.”
"Yup, not sure I want those forms."
“Well, you can still change those around to where it feels like a different person. I mean, I scanned a rich guy!”
"Yeah, but-ooh! I got it!"
******
Shining Armor, Cadence, and Sunbeam were walking through the streets of Canterlot towards the castle. Their original plan was to surprise Twilight with a visit, but when the noticed an increase in the guards, they began to feel a little suspicious. "What do you think is going on?" Cadence asked.
“Beats me, but I think I can find out,” Shining Armor explained. “Maybe Comet got on Twilight’s bad side.”
“Shining…” Cadence glared at him.
“Sorry, just hoping, I guess…”
Cadence sighed, “Just try to get along with him. He is your brother-in-law.”
“I’ll try...but it isn’t easy… I mean, he still gets on my nerves.”
“Okay, name one thing he did wrong.”
“Marry Twilight,” he said with a smirk.
“Other than that.”
“Well...I did catch him making o-”
“Stop! Face it, you’re just upset Twilight’s growing up.”
“Wha-? No I’m not!”
“Guys, do we REALLY have to argue?” Sunbeam asked.
Both parents went silent.
“Um… Excuse me,” a voice said. They both looked at the source of the voice. She was a yellow Alicorn, with very stylized pink hair, wearing a (rather short) dress.
******
“You designed your avatar to look like a girl?!?!?!”
“What? You said it should feel different,” Anthri said.
“I meant different colors, not different genders!”
"Oh....um...."
"Well, it's done now.... Just go with it."
“Okay… Whatever you say…”
Lancewing paused, "Did you find anything?"
“Well, Shining Armor apparently doesn’t like Comet Tail.”
“Um… Okay…”
“He said that the one thing he did wrong was marry Twilight.”
“Wow… Anything else?”
“He was about to say something else, but Cadence cut him off. Then… I guess it was Sunbeam… asked them to stop fighting.”
"Sounds like a happy family."
“Yeah…”
"Well, let's keep an ear out and see if someone mentions Lancer.”
“Okay.”
******
Soon, the family reached the Canterlot castle. Sunbeam noticed Spike was exiting his car. "Mom? Would you mind if I talked with Uncle Spike?"
"Sure, sweetie."
“Okay.” Sunbeam walked away from the parents and toward Spike, leaving Shining Armor and Cadence with the new pony.
“So… You’re Princess Mi Amore Cadenza, right?”
“Yes...and you are?"
“Um… Sunshine.”
"Well, it's nice to meet you, Sunshine."
"Likewise, your majesty."
"So what brings you to Canterlot," Shining asked.
“Well, I needed to seek an audience with… Celestia concerning the base attack.”
"In Canis?"
“Yes.”
"I can't believe they think we built giant robots or something, unlike them we don't solely focus on warfare."
“But who else could be responsible?”
“The griffons?”
“Too sophisticated, even for them.”
"Changeypt?"
“Still too sophisticated. I think we’re talking about something that’s from a completely different world.”
“Um.. Are you sure you haven’t been reading too many comics?”
"I have not."
"Still...aliens?"
"Well, the Wolves seem to think magic and flying without machines seems comic-book like."
"I suppose...but still..."
“Yeah, might want to look into it.”
Sunbeam walked up to her parents. “Stargazer’s missing.”
“Wait, what?” Shining looked at his daughter. “Are you sure?”
“Spike told me that she ran off to calm down after Aunt Twilight busted her for some unpaid speeding tickets.”
“Oh. That girl is going to end up in jail one day.”
“SHINING!”
“Well, I’ll have you know that it’s actually an offense to not pay your tickets.”
"Shining, I think there's a bigger problem than a few tickets."
"Fine… I'll see if Spike will lend me his car."
"Okay, but please don’t cause any more harm. It’s likely Stargazer was abducted.”
“And how do you know that?”
“If she’s anything like Twilight, she’ll come back.”
Shining sighed before, “Alright, but this story could go either way.”
“Would you rather stay here when I go back to the Crystal Empire?”
“Wha- I- Fine…”
"Now...I'm going to see if I can comfort Twilight, poor thing."
"Okay, see you guys."