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// Battlefield: Equestria Chapter 6 
// Story: Transformers Celestial Force 
// by Autobot Lancewing 
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Chapter 6

Wisteria walked over to the door of Celestia’s room and knocked on the door.
“Come in,” a voice said.
Wisteria entered and saw her mother laying on the bed, reading a book. “We have a problem.”
Princess Celestia, who was Wisteria’s mother, got up and placed the book on her bed, “What’s wrong?”
“Stargazer’s missing.”
“Oh...dear…”
“She ran away after Aunt Twilight found a pile of unpaid parking tickets. I thought she was going to come back, but she hasn’t. I’m worried.”
Celestia sighed, “How is Twilight handling it?”
“Not good; she’s close to losing it right now.”
“Sounds like what I would do if I lost you.”
Wisteria blushed, “Thanks.”
“No need to thank me, it’s natural.”
“Well, thank you anyway.”
“You’re welcome.”
There was a knock at the door. “Come in,” Celestia greeted.
Cadence walked into the room with Sunshine. Celestia and Wisteria looked at the stranger. “Hello, Cadence, who is this?”
“This is Sunshine, I met her on the way here…”
“Hello, Princess,” Sunshine greeted.
“Hello…” Celestia didn’t usually have strangers in her bedroom.
“I do apologise for walking into your bedroom, but I do have an urgent matter to address.”
“Oh?”
“Are you aware of the base attack on Canis?”
“Base attack,” Wisteria asked.
“The military base in Canis was attacked by Dec- giant robots, and the Canites believe that you are the one responsible for the incident. I have a reason to believe otherwise.”
“They think I would make...giant robots?”
“Yes, but again, I believe otherwise.”
“Who do you think made them?”
“No one on this planet. If you really study the robots, the technology is much too sophisticated for Equestrian, Canite, Griffon, Changeyptian, or any other science. I believe...it’s alien.”
Celestia raised an eyebrow, “Oh?”
“And there’s one more thing you should know: Are you familiar with an earth pony that goes by the name, “Lancer?”
“Yes, we have met a few times. Why?”
“His residence was attacked by the same robots that tried to take over the Canite base.”
Celestia gasped, but managed to keep her composure, "Is he well?"
“Yes, he was saved by another group of robots that are fighting against the evil robots, but…”
“But…”
“Based on some information found at the Canite base, they have reason to believe that he’s a prince.”
"Oh?"
"Yes...do you know why?"
“No comment.”
"If I may, your majesty, if you don't say, it may result in more attacks."
“I have no comments on it. It’s not the right time to answer such a question.”
"Very well… but you'll need to tell me sometime."
“Noted. Now, is there any-”
There was a commotion outside.
"What was that?!"
“It’s them.”
"Who?"
“The Decepticons.” Sunshine ran toward the balcony and looked. Sure enough, Barricade and Skywarp were seen. "Yeah...I gotta go."
“We need to find shelter.”
But Sunshine didn’t reply because she was disappearing before Celestia’s eyes…
******
Anthri transformed into robot mode and darted toward Barricade. "Daww, the puppy's come out to play!" Barricade taunted.
Anthri bared his teeth. Energon was dripping down his teeth like saliva. "So… Are you the good cop? Or the bad cop?"
"What do you think?"
Lancewing flew into the air and fired at Skywarp, only to have Skywarp disappear! “Great… GAH!”
Skywarp shot Lancewing in the back. "Whoops! Need to watch where you’re goin’." Skywarp sneered.
Lancewing landed next to Anthri. “Anthri, if this goes on any longer, we might have to use ‘it’.”
“You mean your terrible karaoke songs?"
“Wha-?! NO! The other ‘it’!”
“Well it’s not my fault you’re a terrible singer.”
"Have you even heard me sing?"
“Oh yes… When Bumblebee volunteers you for Karaoke.”
"Can we get back to the battle already?"
“Yes.”
******
Lancer sat on the balcony. By any normal pony’s standards, this was the worst birthday ever, his home was destroyed, he was being hunted by evil aliens, and he hadn’t really celebrated anything yet.
BUT, he was getting to meet giant, alien robots who could shift their form into pretty much anything. That would be any boy’s happy moment, right?
Well, there was that whole “Thought to be a prince by those evil robots” thing… What was that all about? He wasn’t really a prince, was he?
“Lancer?”
Lancer looked over the edge of the balcony. It was Optimus. “Um...yes?”
“Are you feeling alright?”
“I don’t know… So much is happening in one day.”
“I guess we are a part of that.”
“Oh yeah, but hey, you were just trying to do your job.”
“Still… We could have stopped Soundwave from downloading your information.”
“One question, why would my information be on an enemy base?”
“It was an internet server Soundwave accessed to get your information. That is why he found you in addition to the blueprints for a weapon.”
“What kind of weapon?”
“A long-range missile.”
“How long rage?”
“300,000 miles.”
“Wow… Why would they want that long of a range?”
“They’re Cons,” Bumblebee spoke up, “They want the biggest.”
“But Lancer is speaking some logic here,” Ratchet said. “If they want to blow something up, then why should the range matter when an atomic bomb could do just as much damage?”
“They’d get caught in the blast?”
“There’s always a timer.”
“Um…” Bumblebee thought for a bit.
Optimus’s comm. link goes off. He answers. “This is Optimus Prime. Go ahead.”
“Optimus, Scorponok and Blackout have been spotted at Changegypt. We’re watching them now, but we’ll need another member with them.
“Aren’t the Wreckers there?”
“Yes, but Blackout will not be an easy enemy to take down. We need a proper strategist.”
“Got it. I’ll send her over right now.” He looked over at Ratchet. "I need you to meet with Ultra Magnus in Changeypt, they have a situation with Blackout."
“Got it.” She immediately transformed into vehicle mode and drove off.
Another transmission. It was from Lancewing. “Optimus, Anthri and I are having a run-in with Barricade and Skywarp. We need back-up, but I’m afraid we’ll have to execute ‘it’.”
“I see. Go ahead. I’ll send Jetfire to meet up with you.”
“Roger!”
******
Lancewing glanced over at Anhri who nodded in agreement to what his partner had in mind.
Lancewing commanded, “Anthri, convert for phase one.”
Anthri unfolded into a set of centaur legs before Lancewing lept into the air. His arms folded back, and his hips split open and slid to what would be his shoulders. The head retracted into the body as he docked with Anthri. Anthri’s wolf head moved to the absent area on Lancewing’s shoulders and the jaw opened up as a robot face slid into place. It the mask closed, showing only his eyes.
Both Decepticons could only stand back as they witnessed something they never saw in a long time: they were looking a two-robot combiner.
Lancewing glared at his opponents and said tauntingly, “Are you ready to take it to the next level?”

To be continued…