The leader of the Autobots transformed into his vehicle form and drove off heading straight to the castle to make his stand against Equestria’s greatest threat. Skywarp and his main Seekers attempted to stop him by firing their null rays at him but the shots bounced off his armor. Suddenly, he transformed back to robot mode, jumped very high in the air, and fired his shots at the Seekers while in midair.
After he landed, he was confronted by four vehicons as they were guarding the castle. They drew their blasters to shoot him down but he wasted no time in firing his shots before they can. His shots fatally struck them by blowing their heads off. He then burst the castle doors open and walked through the halls. Every vehicon who was guarding the doors that lead to the throne room was gunned down by the last Prime.
Once they were out of the way, he smashed through the wall and the doors and beheld the Father of Monsters sitting on his throne. He withdrew his blaster and ejected his energon sword. The ultimate battle between good and evil was about to commence. Who would emerge victorious at the end?
“Well, well, well...Optimus Prime, I presume. It is quite a pleasure and a surprise to see you...alive.” Grogar sarcastically welcomed with disdain in his voice.
“Spare me the formalities, Grogar.” Optimus intimidatingly spoke. “This ends here now. As I told you earlier, you shall answer for every crime you’ve committed against Equestria.”
“I think not, Prime. Can you not see how I have humbled Equestria through death, fear, and violence? Equestria fears me! And so shall you! As I said before, I am the inevitable!!” Grogar boasted.
“Evil never propers, for those who stand on the righteousness of freedom and morality shall not succumb to the plots of the wicked.” Optimus declared.
“It’s going to take a lot more than just meaningless speeches to defeat me.” Grogar said.
“At the end of this day...ONE SHALL STAND, ONE SHALL FALL.” Optimus finally finished.
“Oh, one shall fall indeed...YOU, OPTIMUS PRIME!!!” Grogar shouted. He levitated himself from the ground and shot forth his dark magical blasts at Prime. Optimus dodged the blasts and lunged toward Grogar in a attempt to impale him with his sword.
Grogar flew out his way and struck Optimus on his back with his magic. Optimus landed on the hard ground but with little damage. Optimus loaded his blaster and fired several shots at the ram. The villain engulfed himself in his magical shield to deflect the shots. Those same shots flew back at Optimus, striking him on his chest. He staggered from the shots.
Grogar then used telekinesis to levitate Optimus, smashed him against the walls of the throne room, the floor, and the ceiling. He did repeatedly until he dropped him. Optimus grunted from the attacks. He was determined to not give up. Grogar took notice of it.
“Give it up, Prime! You may be an alien giant, but I have far greater power than you ever have!” he gloated.
“Keep telling yourself that. I will stop you...no matter how powerful you may be.” Prime firmly spoke with courage.
“We’ll see about that.” said Grogar.
Optimus then gave his battle cry and shot at Grogar again with two blasters. Grogar jumped out of the way, but the blasts destroyed his very throne and Soundwave’s throne. As soon as Grogar saw that, he became infuriated. He blasted Prime again, causing him to stumble and fall.
“You are a fool to defy me!! Once I destroy you, I will kill your friends next! I’ll enjoy hearing their cries of agony and them begging for mercy.” Grogar sadistically stated.
“No...I won’t let you!” Optimus grunted. Without warning, he punched Grogar head-on and threw him against a wall. Grogar got back on his hooves while wiping the blood from his muzzle.
“You will pay for that!” Grogar said. He rang his bell and shot a wave of dark magic on himself. At that moment, he once again grew to a size of a dragon, his yellow eyes becoming blood red with no pupils, growing fangs and sharp teeth, his hooves becoming claws, his long horns becoming snakes, his bells on his collar morphing into daggers made out of iron, and his breath spewing fire.
Optimus beheld his transformation with amazement. “By the All-spark...” he muttered.
Grogar demonically laughed as he grew, destroying the castle in the process. All the Autobots, ponies, and creatures were shocked and dumbfounded at Grogar’s demonic beastly form. He then roared out a dragon-like roar that shook the entire ground. All the heroes and the surviving Decepticons backed away in total fear. The Combaticons, Breakdown, Skywarp, Barricade, and Thundercracker fled the palace and hid behind the buildings that were not yet destroyed.
“What in the name of Cybertron is that?!” Ratchet yelled.
“That’s Grogar! He must have transformed into his ultimate powerful beast mode!” Twilight replied.
“How are we going to stop him?” Bumblebee asked.
“We need to help Prime! He cannot defeat that monster alone!” Grimlock declared.
“Are you kidding?! That beast will destroy us all!” Sideswipe objected. “There’s no way we will be able to beat Grogar!”
“Sideswipe, remember how we were able to defeat Trypticon? We had to work together to bring him down for good. We can do the same to Grogar.” Perceptor reminded. Sideswipe then thought on what he said.
“Wait...you’re right. I guess Grimlock is right then.” Sideswipe conceded.
“Autobots, ponies, let’s roll and help Optimus!” Grimlock ordered.
Grogar slammed at where Optimus was as he tried to dodge his assaults. He breathed fire on Optimus but he grabbed his shield and kept himself from being cruelly burned. He fired on Grogar’s coat, but the blast had no effect on him whatsoever. The snakes then caught Prime and wrapped him in their coils. Grogar again laughed at Optimus Prime’s helplessness.
“Insignificant fool, you actually thought you can stand against me?” Grogar taunted. “I must say...you remind me too much of my past nemesis Gusty the Great. Like her, you are just as predictable and weak. But unlike her, you will neither be able to stop me nor shall you ever make it out...alive.”
The coils tightened their grip on Optimus which threatened his chassis and his life as the coils were extremely tough and powerful to break anyone. As his armor cracked a little, Optimus tried to move but couldn’t. He looked on helplessly as Grogar was about to squeeze the spark out of him. He kept on torturing him and taunting him.
But suddenly, he screamed in pain. Grogar looked down and saw Snarl bitting his foreleg. The villain tried to yank him off but Snarl kept holding on while still biting his leg. Celestia and Luna flew up to Grogar’s level with their fierce glares on him. They combined their horns to produce a powerful blast to disorientate the beast. He was struck in the eyes which caused him to loosen his grip on Optimus.
Grimlock, Ironhide, and Bumblebee ran to Prime and held him up as he was somewhat weakened.
“Optimus, are you all right?” Ironhide asked concerned.
“You okay, Prime?” Bumblebee added.
“Ughhh, I’m—I’m fine...I need to stop Grogar.” Optimus struggled to speak.
“NO! We’re doing this together! You cannot do this alone!” Grimlock protested.
The rest of the Autobots, ponies, and creatures attacked Grogar and fought with all the resources and skills they had.
“But I—“ Prime muttered before interrupted.
“Listen to me! We have to work together if we must bring down this Megatron wannabe. Remember what you said earlier to these ponies, ‘United we stand; divided, we fall.’ It’s the only way we can emerge victorious.” Grimlock reminded.
“I usually don’t agree with Grimlock
on other things...but he’s got a point.” Ironhide agreed.
“Yeah, we have to stick together, Optimus. We got this.” Bumblebee added.
Optimus pondered on what Grimlock said. He knew that he was right and he knew that he couldn’t defeat Grogar alone. He then thought back on how they defeated Trypticon, Bruticus, and other Decepticons. If he was to beat Grogar, he needed to rely on the help of his allies and friends.
“You’re right, Grimlock. We do need to work together...as one.” Optimus finally concluded.
“That’s the Optimus Prime I know.” Bumblebee said. Ironhide and Grimlock nodded in agreement.
“AUTOBOTS, CHARGE!!” Prime ordered.
Grogar was still unfazed by the onslaught of the Autobots and the ponies. He scratched wildly at all his opponents but he missed every time. Grimlock and the Dinobots breathed fire on Grogar. He remained unharmed. He smacked the Dinobots all the way toward the city itself. He then punched the ground hard enough to produce a shockwave. The shockwave sent everyone out of the castle...well almost everyone.
Optimus, Bumblebee, Celestia, Luna, and Twilight remained in the demolished castle. The three alicorns combined their magic with the firepower of the two Autobots. The huge blast made up of laser, magic, and fire struck him on his chest. That alone caused him to stagger and yelp in pain. The snakes then attempted to attack them, but Optimus unsheathed his energon swords and sliced their heads off. Their heads disintegrated to dust. His long horns sprouted back.
“Surrender now, Grogar!” Celestia commanded.
“Now, Celestia, why should I surrender if I’m already winning?” Grogar asked. “And if I am emerging triumphantly, why do you fools throw away your lives so recklessly?”
“That’s the question you should be asking yourself, villain!” Luna defied.
“No!! I’ll crush you all with my raw power!!” Grogar proudly stated.
Fluttershy then came forward and started to defy him as well, “You leave my friends alone, Grogar! You have no right to threaten their lives or to destroy our home! You are nothing but a tyrant and a power-hungry monster!!!” she shouted in fierce anger.
“Hahaha!! Poor little Fluttershy, you think you can scare me? How amusingly pitiful.” Grogar mocked.
Fluttershy then began using the Stare on Grogar. His red eyes looked back on Fluttershy’s eyes. Within five seconds, Fluttershy screamed in agony as she fell down on the floor. Twilight rushed to her aid. “WHAT DID YOU DO TO HER?!” Twilight yelled in wrath.
“Simple. She couldn’t break me to submission. Her Stare was useless against me. Oh, and here is my little secret.” Grogar said. His smile widen all the way to his eyes. “I killed Discord.”
The ponies were shocked and appalled at this revelation. Fluttershy, still shocked beyond belief, screamed in full controllable anger and sorrow, “YOU MONSTER, NOOOO!!! YOU KILLED HIM?! HE WAS MY BEST FRIEND!!!!” she then cried and wailed with heavy tears soaking her eyes.
“Your emotional agony and pain do put a SMILE on my face.” Grogar grinned. He then shot his dark magic at the princesses and ponies out of the room. Optimus and Bumblebee stood before the beast. Bumblebee, full of anger that Grogar emotionally hurt Fluttershy, rushed forward with blades to stab him.
“Bumblebee, NO!!” Optimus said trying to stop him but it was too late.
Grogar then breathed his red fire on Bumblebee. Bee screamed in pain as the fire burned his chassis, his blades, and half of his head. Grogar stopped breathing fire. Bumblebee fell on the ground as the fire slowly quenched after it burned off much of his body, including his spark. Some of his parts even melted off.
Optimus rushed forward and held him in his arms. Bumblebee was barely in good condition. “No...” Optimus said in horror.
“Hahahaha, foolish Autobots! This will be your fate! Nothing can truly stop me!” Grogar exulted.
Optimus slowly stood up and faced Grogar. He then opened his chest compartment and there flowed in the air an artifact that had a glowing blue orb in the center. Grogar was confused at what was happening.
“Matrix of Leadership, I call upon you in the most dire situation. I call upon you to help us in this most critical moment in which our lives are at stake. I call you to wipe out the evil, to uplift us, to strengthen us, and to lighten our DARKEST HOUR!!!” Optimus called. Then at that very moment, the orb in the Matrix flew out of it and made contact with Grogar’s bell.
“What?! What is this madness?!” Grogar said.
The glowing blast from the Matrix shook the bell and then engulfed Grogar. He screamed in agony as he levitated in the air. The ram shook violently as he was completely overwhelmed by this unknown power. He screamed one last time as he shrunk back to his normal size, daggers to bells, claws to hooves, red to yellow eyes with pupils, fangs to normal teeth, and curved horns. His Bewitching Bell shattered to pieces as the power blast drained most of his magic and vaporized it completely, never more to exist. The blast then went straight to the high heavens. It grew and expanded until it became a huge wave that spread itself all over Equestria. The dark shadow that was over Baltimare was vanquished by its impact, the moon regained its light and norm, the sun that was over Manehatten went back to its proper course and it also extinguished the burning fires in that city, and the blood red sky turned back to normal blue. The wave then disappeared.
The Matrix retrieved itself back in Optimus’s chest compartment and closed his chest. He was on the ground weakened due to much of his energy depleted by using the Matrix. Still, he was okay.
All the ponies, Autobots, and creatures gathered around Prime. He held Bumblebee in his arms. Fluttershy ran to him. “Bumblebee, are you okay?!” she cried.
“Ughhh, I am...(cough)....not.” he muttered.
“Please, you cannot leave me!! I lost Discord! I don’t want to loose you too!” she said crying. Ratchet came forward to examine his body. The results were heartbreaking.
“I’m afraid his wounds are...fatal.” Ratchet sadly pronounced.
“No! He can’t!” Fluttershy said.
“I’m sorry (cough). Fluttershy, you...must be strong no matter what...(coughing violently)...you must remember that.” Bumblebee muttered.
“I—I will. Thank you for being here for me...Discord would’ve been proud of you.” she managed to say with tears on her eyes. His words started to comfort her.
“Till all are...one...” Bumblebee uttered his last words before his optics flickered off. The ponies and creatures wept as they saw him die.
“Till all are one, old friend.” Optimus said.
Grogar got up on his hooves from the ground. He then beheld his bell in pieces. “Impossible. I thought my bell was indestructible. His power cannot be greater than mine!” Grogar whispered to himself .
All the heroes praised Optimus Prime for his heroism and him saving all of Equestria. Then they turned to the defeated villain. Celestia and Luna stepped forward before him.
“You think Friendship will save you?! I will always return! Nothing shall ever stop me!” Grogar defied.
Grimlock then became irritated. “Oh, for the love of Primus, just shut it!!! You talk too much!!” he yelled.
“For your crimes against Equestria and the Autobots of Cybertron, you shall be punished in the name of justice!!” Celestia declared.
Celestia, Luna, and Twilight combined their magic and shot Grogar dead-center. He looked at himself as he was turning to stone. He gave one last look of defeat and anger as his head and eyes encased in stone. All the heroes shouted in victory. They had finally won the conflict.
The surviving Decepticons witnessed the defeat of Grogar in shock. Onslaught then turned to his Combaticon squad, Skywarp, Thundercracker, Barricade, and Breakdown, “We must retreat immediately. We lost. We are now vastly outnumbered thanks to the loss of our whole army and our leaders. We’re done with this planet.” They nodded their heads as the nine Decepticons boarded the Nemesis and left the planet, never more to return.