FIM: Justice, Bolts, and Gears
Prologue: Spark of Friendship, Spark of Life
Luster Dawn had been living in Ponyville for a little over a year now and she had already learned so much. “So that is how we learned that a broken promise is okay if things happen beyond your control. A true friend will understand.” Professor Silverstream said. Luster wrote her notes when out the window she saw a flash coming from Canterlot and then a rainbow-colored shock wave washed over her and everyone. This was a day that all the world of Equestria would forever be changed.
When Luster awoke, she saw that she was now different. “Are these wings? I’m an Alicorn!”
“You’re not the only one.” One of her pony classmates said. He like all the other ponies in her class were now Alicorns who were trying out new wings, horns, or both.
“Does this mean we’re all princesses and princes now?” One of the young mares asked.
Before anyone could answer a loud cheer could be heard outside of the classroom. “Mr. Spot?” Luster asked. The old spot covered Diamond Dog was the school janitor, but he was different. Before his coat was greying and he had to wear dentures but now he was holding them in his paw while having a full set of teeth in his mouth and all the grey was gone. He was young again.
“I feel like a scrappy young dog again!”
The door to the next classroom opened and Scootaloo came out. “I know I should be freaking out about this horn but look at my wings.” Scootaloo opened her now larger wings. “A dream I thought would never come true. I can finally fly!” Scootaloo almost hit the ceiling.
“But how?” Luster asked.
“Every creature please try to remain calm!” Luster turned to see the head-mare and vice-head stallion. Her parents Starlight Glimmer and Sunburst.
“Mom, Dad! You're both as tall as Princess Twilight and you got that ethereal mane and tail thing going!”
It was true their clothes were torn by their growth and the bags under their eyes were gone. Starlight looked like she had stars in her mane while Sunburst’s hair looked like it was made of fire. “It’s just something that happens for older Alicorns Luster.”
“But why did this happen? First I saw flash of light from Canterlot and the next thing I knew I have these.” Luster said flapping her new wings flying shortly before falling back to the floor.
Starlight lowered her head to look Luster in the eye, something she hadn’t had to do for years. “Sweetheart we need to stay here and try to keep everything under control here at the school. As Twilight’s student you should be able to easily have permission to see her and find out what happened. I just hope it wasn’t the Princess who did this.”
“Why?”
“Because she knows how got dang angry, I’d be if she did!” It was Applejack along with the rest of the Council of Friendship except for Spike. They were all in a similar state like Luster’s parents “She swore on our friendship she wouldn’t try something like this at my Granny Smith’s funeral! If we’re immortal, then I can never see her or my Mom and Dad ever again!” Applejack was so upset that she accidently fired a beam from her new horn making a hole into one of the classrooms.
“Applejack, you and I still have our husbands and kids! You know best sister in-law, friends forever right? And we don’t know Twilight did this! For all we know it’s just one of Discords pranks!” Rainbow Dash tried calm Applejack down.
“It’s not Discord. That Light almost destroyed him!” Fluttershy cried.
“Personally, I suspect M.A. Larson.” Pinkie Pie said.
Rarity paid no mind to what Pinkie said. “Darlings, the simple fact is we won’t know for sure until we hear it from the horse’s mouth. But as far I’m concerned the only problems this gives me is all the wardrobes I’ll have to replace with so many customers getting taller and needing wing holes. Mine included.”
Luster Dawn raised her hoof. “In any event we need to get to Canterlot. Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, since the four of us just got these wings can you so us how to use them?”
After a long and shaky first flight the group arrived in the capitol and just like in Ponyville all ponies had become alicorns. “Twi better have a really good reason to do all this!” Applejack said with a snort.
Luster then noticed something. “Wait a minute wasn’t the statue of the three villains over there?” Then they heard a scream.
“That was Sunset Shimmer!” Fluttershy said.
“She must be under attack from Cozy Glow, Tirek, and Chrysalis!” Rainbow turned a corner.
“No! They’re trying to save me from my tablet!” Sunset the alicorn said as what was her tablet in the human world shot at her. It had changed into a snarling mechanical scorpion with guns instead of claws or a stinger. Tirek now in his slightly muscular form with a black beard instead of a grey one held up a large piece of wall as a shield while Cozy who was back in her alicorn form shot back.
The next thing everyone knew was a white yak fell from above and crushed the robot to pieces. “I’ll give this to the Yaks; their form is well suited for the smashing they love.” The voice that came from the yak was that of Chrysalis. She changed form that looked like a large reformed female changeling that was white and teal with pink wings, and teal hair and tail.
“What in tarnation is going on here?” Applejack asked.
“All I know is that there was this bright light…” Tirek said.
“…that showed us the error of our ways…” Chrysalis continued.
Cozy finished. “The next thing we know we were free and looking like this. Then we saw that thing was shooting at anything that moved. We had to help…and make up for all the bad things we did.”
“I’m sorry I had to break your…whatever that was.” Chrysalis said to Sunset.
Sunset waved her hoof. “I can buy a new one in the other world.”
"So, you three were just zapped into good?” Rainbow said unbelieving.
“Wouldn’t be the first time something like that happened.” Pinkie said.
“Sunset what do you know about all this?” Rarity asked.
“I had an appointment with Twilight to talk about importing the technology from the human world. The last time I saw her she just got this artifact the seaponies found. She said first she’ll investigate the past before we would talk about changing Equestria’s future. So, I went for a walk and then I saw a flash of light coming from the castle and then my tablet turned into that thing right after I woke up an alicorn.”
“Then what are we waiting around here for?” Applejack asked. “You three are coming with us! I don’t know if this was all Twilight or if your had something to do with all this but we’re not letting you out of our sight.”
Tirek held up his hands. “Even if this was some plot of ours with so many alicorns the three of us wouldn’t stand a chance. But we do owe Princess Twilight an apology and her guidance in what to do now so we will go with you.”
“This day just gets crazier and crazier.” Luster Dawn said as the group made their way to the castle. They found a large crowd in front of it with many guards trying to keep everyone out.
“So, are we all new rulers or not?” a mare with a with country accent asked.
“Absolutely not!” Blueblood said. “If everypony becomes royalty then the titles and government system will become meaningless!”
“Whatever!” a lady griffin said. “Look I’m happy to be young again but now the stores won’t give me my senior citizen discount!”
Gallus who was in front of all the other guards tried to calm everyone down. “Listen we can’t let of you in! Not until we get word from either the Princess or Prince Flash Sentry! And with all the chaos this thing is causing we haven’t been able to send anycreature with clearance inside!”
“Could you send us?” Luster asked. Ponies screamed at the sight of the supposed reformed villains. “Don’t worry we got them under control.” Luster then whispered. “We think…”
Gallus flew up. “Oh, thank Grover! Okay the Council of Friendship and their...guests will go in and then we start addressing your concerns.”
“Thank you, Gallus.” Fluttershy said. “You should take a break.”
“Thanks professor but we’re too short staffed for that with all the chaos. If anyone other than the Princess needs your help right now it would be Spike. Last I saw him he wasn’t looking too good.”
Gallus was right when they got to the throne room, he was laying on his side in front of the throne holding his stomach as he kept belching out scrolls. “Make it *burp* stop.”
“Oh, my poor Spikey Wikey!” Rarity said almost pulling out a fainting couch.
Sunset Shimmer ran forward. “All of you go on ahead. I'll do a sorting and reply all spell. Look at them all, there must be letters from Yakyakistan to Zebraca and beyond here demanding answers! Not even Twilight has the magical power to cast a spell over the whole world!”
Spike pointed to a hallway. “Twilight’s *burp* in her room. *burp* haven’t seen *burp* her since she got that *burp* thing.”
“What is this artifact?” Luster Dawn asked. “I’m really getting worried now. No one has seen Princess Twilight since this started and there is no way she would leave Spike like this if she could help it. And where is Prince Flash Sentry? He is captain of the guard why isn’t leading them?”
The group came to the door to Twilight’s room and could hear moaning. “She’s in trouble! Hang on Twilight!” Pinkie Pie bucked the double doors open but after two seconds Rarity used her magic to close them almost the whole group was blushing.
“Uh, was that her husband Flash Sentry?” Cozy asked. “What were they doing?”
Rainbow scratched her head. “So, should we draw straws to see who tells one of our worst enemies the facts of life?”
Pinkie Pie pulled book out of her flowing mane that had a picture of a bird and a bee on it. “It’s my fault and I gave Lil’ Cheese the talk last week.”
As Pinkie lead Cozy away, a crash was then heard from the room. “Twilight! Twilight wake up!” they heard Flash yell.
“Rainbow get a doctor!” Applejack said. After they got Twilight into bed Applejack questioned Flash as a doctor was performing a medical scan spell. Sunset and Spike had joined them. “So, what was happening before we found you two uh, rolling in the hay?”
Flash sighed. “I’m not quite sure; Twilight was doing a spell to see if the artifact was dangerous which several unicorns did before we got it, but they never found anything.”
“You mean that sphere on the table?” Luster Dawn asked pointing to a gold sphere with odd symbols on it that was a little bigger than her hoof.
“What? But it was a cube.” Flash said as the sphere split into segments revealing a glowing light inside before shifting those segments and forming a perfect pyramid. “Never did that before. All I know is that when it was a cube it opened and it began pulling magic out her and not just any magic, it was the Magic of Friendship, rainbows and all. Then there was this burst of light and then I woke up with this coming out of my head.” Flash pointed to his horn. “Twilight’s eyes were glowing but before I could say anything it’s like I fell half asleep and we just went at it. I just couldn't help myself.”
“So, Twilight didn’t know that thing would do all this. If I really have become immortal, then it’s not her fault. I got mad at her over nothing.” Applejack hung her head down.
“Just like I was learning in class today.” Luster Dawn said placing her hoof at Applejack’s side.
Twilight Sparkle stirred in her bed. “What happened?” she asked.
Luster Dawn answered. “Well uh cliff notes version the artifact you were studying…” The artifact changed into a perfect cylinder. “Yeah it does that now. Anyway, it used your friendship magic to turn every pony in world into an alicorn as you can see, it also made some creatures younger, and it freed the three worst criminals in Equestria but it’s ok because it turned them good too. They haven’t done anything to us since this whole thing began.”
“You’re forgetting that it turned my tablet into a killing machine.” Sunset said.
“And it almost destroyed Discord! He’ll be recovering for weeks!” Fluttershy said giving the object the Stare. The only response was it changing shape into a cone.
Twilight looked at the gathered trio of troublemakers. “We will discuss what to do with you later in the throne room. Guards escort them there and keep an eye on them. The rest of us need to talk about everything else in private.”
“Before you go Cozy do you have any questions about what we talked about?” Pinkie asked.
Cozy just seemed to stare into space as she walked away. “Good-bye childhood.”
“Funny, Lil’ Cheese said the exact same thing.”
After the door was closed Twilight spoke. “This is all I know, that object…” it shifted into a rectangular box. “… was found by the seaponies of seaquestria at the bottom of an underwater crater that dates back to the Mesoponic era.”
“But that’s before any civilization!” Spike said who was feeling much better.
“Yes, the only conclusion any archaeologist could answer with was that it had to have come from space which I can confirm beyond a doubt.” This led to gasps from the whole room. “While I was connected to it a voice spoke to me in my head. I could feel that this being was one of Life and Order. Which must be why as a being of Chaos Discord was hurt by its power. Most of it was jumbled but it called itself Primus and it said that we have what is needed to save his children. While Flash and I were…intimate, Primus said that he would give five of the children of our world the spark of life that his children have so that these five would be children of our world and his so his other children might understand. That we should raise them in our ways.”
“I hate to interrupt your highness, but I am finished.” The doctor said.
“Is she okay?” Flash asked.
The doctor adjusted his glasses. “Well she is as healthy as a mare in her condition can be.”
“Condition?” Twilight asked.
“You are pregnant your majesty.”
“Of course! While that was all happening, I felt something I could only describe as a presence enter my body.”
Flash shook his head. “Now I remember! I saw it! A small ball of light no bigger than the tip of your horn. “It must have made sure we would conceive!”
“And there must be four more like it out there! These children are being created so they can show the Magic of Friendship to an alien race!”
Pinkie Pie interrupted. “Uh, while I get the super mysterious alien stuff, we’re overlooking something important. Twilight is having a baby!” This led to a bunch of cheers in the room.
“Oh, I can’t wait to meet your foal Darling.” Rarity said.
Rainbow spoke next. “The kid is going to be awesome no doubt!”
“It is going to be so cute whether it’s a filly or a colt.” Fluttershy said.
“I said it before, and I’ll say it again any relative of yours is practically family to us Apples.”
“Thank you all I know my baby will…my baby…Sweet Celestia! I’m going to be somepony’s Mom! Somepony whose part alien!” Twilight jumped out of bed and began to pace. “What if the other kids pick on them because they would be so different? What if they have unique alien medical needs? Our atmosphere could be toxic to them and they will have to spend their whole lives in a bubble…a bubble!”
“Twilight calm down! Whatever happens this baby will have our love and we will handle it together.” Flash said.
Twilight took a deep breath and slowly calmed down. “Woah you haven’t Twilighted like that in Moons!” Spike said.
Luster Dawn gave Spike a look. “Well given what we all learned and all the changes happening I think she is entitled to her first freak out in in a couple of decades!”
Twilight smiled at her student. “Luster, thank you but I’m okay now…mostly. Right first thing we need to do is figure out who else might be having these hybrid children, and we have to address every creature being ageless which would mean we can still die from sickness and injury.” Then the artifact changed into an octagon shaped block. “But first we should find a place to keep this out of the wrong hooves. If it let me do all this by accident who knows what else this thing could do.” Twilight was silent for a moment. “Think about it everypony, this thing is from a civilization that is at least four million years old and travels through space and they NEED us to teach them about friendship! Who knows what we will learn from them! I feel like a filly on Hearthswarming Eve! I can’t wait!”
What Twilight didn’t know was the energy from the artifact traveled through space at that moment and was picked up by the scanners of the Decepticon warship the Darksyde. “Air Commander Starscream! Your presence is required on the bridge.” A large purple and black humanoid robot said over the com.
Another robot that was mostly red and white with a black head and large wings entered. “This had better be important Barricade. I was in the middle of a lubricate bath.” Starscream spun a wheel on Barricade’s shoulder with his clawed finger.
“Just following regulation 478.364 sir.”
“Stop leaking the regs political officer and report!”
“Communication officer Soundwave has detected something on the scanners and as per regulation 782.492 Beta has sent the results back to the home world! We should be receiving new orders from Emperor Megatron soon!”
Starscream pushed Barricade to the deck and walked up to a dark blue robot that had a metal face plate instead of a mouth, a red visor instead of eyes and a large plate on his chest that looked like it could open. “What did you find?” Starscream asked.
“Energy signature detected.” Soundwave said in an echoey voice. “Signature is a 99.98% match to priority target.”
“Priority target?” Starscream asked. Soundwave pulled an image on the screen of a gold cube with writing on it. “The Allspark! Well THAT should get me back into Megatron’s good graces. Soon my exile will be over, and I’ll be back on Cybertron and my rightful place as Megatron’s second in command. Where is it?”
“Scans have placed Allspark location on a remote planet in an unexplored galaxy.” Soundwave showed an image of the planet while a light flashed. “Megatron has issued new commands. Operation Allspark Retrieval. Secondary objectives, construct space bridge to open new galactic theater of war, secure all local sources of Energon. Estimated travel time to target via trans-warp, eighteen stellar cycles.”
Starscream tapped his chin. “Well that isn’t long compared to my three and a half million stellar cycle banishment. Blackout set course!”
From the helm a grey robot with blades on his back and large red eyes turned after he set course. “Sir readings say that the planet is infested with…ug disgusting…organics! What if they are in possession of Allspark?”
Starscream sat in his command chair. “The same thing we do to all organics we Decepticons encounter. We eradicate them all! Nothing shall stand between us and the Allspark!”
Back on the planet Equus, deep in the Everfree Forest an ancient starship remains undiscovered by the native life of the planet. In that ship deep in stasis is a large red robot with a blue head that still dreams. “Optimus Prime, soon you must awaken. Soon the five children of Cybertron who are not of Cybertron will need you to guide and teach them. For they are the only ones who can help you protect this world from the coming darkness. The Autobot cause is not lost. They need you. Optimus Prime!”
Eleven months after what had been named the Alicorn Event Twilight’s friends and family were waiting in the throne room for news on her foal. “I can’t believe I’m finally going to have a cousin!” Flurry Heart said flying up.
“It’s been a long time coming.” Shining Armor said bringing his daughter down. Ever since he got his wings in the Alicorn Event he no longer got air sick.
Flash Sentry walked up in front of the throne. He looked at the crowd and smiled. “It’s a colt!”
There were cheers all around as a tired Twilight came in levitating a carriage with a small blue alicorn with a grey and purple mane and tail who was wiggling around looking at the world with his light blue eyes. “In honor of the spark of friendship that all of you lit in me…” Twilight said looking at her best friends. “…and the spark of life that gave him to us, I hereby present Prince Nova Spark!”
Luster Dawn looked down at the colt and felt a warmth in her heart. “He’s beautiful.”
“Franky I’m a little bit disappointed.” Discord said. “He’s part alien! I expected at least a pair of antennae!” Discord snapped his claw and a pair of metal antennae grew out of his own head.
“Hey that’s my nephew you’re your talking about Discord!” Spike said.
“Don’t listen to him Twilight.” Celestia said. “This little one is perfect the way he is.”
Twilight looked down at her son. “Thank you Celestia but there is no need to worry. We know who the other children are and I’m sure just as the Rainboom bound me and my friends together the Event will do the same for them. I know one day he’ll show Equestria and beyond there is more to him than meets the eye.”
Theme song
Transformers! More than meets the eye!
Transformers! Robots in Disguise!
Maximals wage their battle to destroy…
The evil forces of…
The Decepticons!
Transformers! More than they appear!
Transformers! Justice, Bolts, and Gears!
Maximals wage their battle to destroy…
The evil forces of…
The Decepticons!
Transformers!