“Help! Somepony help us!” Fluttershy cried.
“Ratchet, Starlight, are you nearby?” Rainbow Dash called. Sadly, there were no answers to their cries.
The Mane Six and Spike were tied up on a tree branch together upside down. Twilight and Rarity tried shooting magic beams at the bounds, but they were magic-resistant. Exhausted from their efforts, they laid back in high hopes that their two friends will find them.
“What are we going to do, Twilight?” Spike asked. “Those evil knockoffs will try to hurt Ratchet and Starlight!”
“How? Those ropes are so tight and magic-proof apparently! There’s got to be a way to set us free!” Rarity stated.
Suddenly, they heard loud explosions and gunfire from a few miles away. Hearing those rampaging commotions gave them terrifying chills to their spines. They thought something worse was happening.
“That must be them! Ratchet and Starlight may be in trouble!” Fluttershy cried.
“Those two are tough and unbreakable, y’all,” said Applejack. “Trust me when ah say that those two will find a way to stop them and save us.”
MEANWHILE
Ratchet shot three blasts at Mean Fluttershy and then immediately shot three more at Mean Applejack. The shots struck them hard, but they refused to back down. They returned fire on the Autobot medic which he quickly dodged. Mean Rainbow was about to smite him on the chest, but the latter blocked the blow and kicked her away.
On the other hand (hoof), Starlight Glimmer shot several beams of magic at Mean Pinkie and Rarity; despite her magic giving less damage on their armor plating, she was determined to give her all to stop them. Once they activated their blasters to shoot Starlight, the latter teleported above them and blinded them by casting a spell on their optics.
Blinded by her vision spell, the two evil clones struggled to see what was going on which caused them to lose their balance. “Where are you?! I can’t see anything!!” Evil Rarity cried, waving her arms.
“Try to blast them!!” Evil Pinkie suggested. They raised their blasters and shot a few missiles at a random area.
“That can’t be good...” Starlight muttered. The heat-seekers fiercely followed Starlight as she made a run in the forest. Two of the missiles nearly struck her once she passed three trees. The two missiles blew the trees up while the remaining projectiles continued following Starlight.
“I have to find Twilight and the others to see if they are okay,” said Starlight, running. “I hope those cheap knockoffs didn’t hurt them!”
Ratchet transformed to Hummer H2 mode and ran over Evil Rainbow Dash before transforming back, grabbing her leg, and throwing her at Evil Pinkie and Rarity. The three clones rolled on the ground heavily wounded.
“You will pay for that, Autobot!!” Evil Rainbow screamed angrily.
“Wounded pride, isn’t it? Perhaps I should call a doctor to heal you,” said Ratchet, chuckling. “Oh wait...nevermind, I already did heal you.”
“FINISH HIM!!!” Chrysalis angrily commanded.
All five clones surrounded the Autobot with their saws drawn out. As they drew nearer to him while wickedly cackling, Ratchet drew his saw out and spun around. His saw sliced off all their saws in the process. Their saw blades fell in pieces before they vanished to thin air.
“He cut our saws out! Come on, we can still blast him!” Evil Applejack declared. They fired on him to finish him off.
However, Ratchet jumped high in the air to avoid the blasts. The fired shots struck all the clones crosswise. They flew in the air from the impact of blasts. They crashed on the ground before going unconscious. After witnessing the failure of her minions, Chrysalis growled in severe irritation.
“THAT’S IT!! I WILL DESTROY THIS WALKING TRASH PILE MYSELF!!!” the changeling bellowed.
Screaming her battle cry, she tackled Ratchet on the ground and started striking and punching him wildly. The Autobot kicked her off before he stood up and faced the possessed clone. “It’s just you and me now, Chrysalis.” Ratchet uttered, reloading his blaster.
“You may be a determined and powerful warrior, but you are no match for my supreme—ahhhh!!” Ratchet smacked her in the head before she could finish her monologue.
“YOU DARE INTERRUPT MY SPEECH!?!” Chrysalis shrieked.
“Sorry, you’re just too much like Megatron and Starscream to take you seriously,” said Ratchet in a deadpan tone. “Be more original.”
“I’ll show you original!” Chrysalis exclaimed, aiming her blaster.
MEANWHILE
The heat-seekers kept following Starlight until they reached to her tied friends. Fearful of their safety, she blasted three of them to smithereens. However, the last one dodged her beams and struck the tree the Mane Six and Spike were tied to.
After striking the root of the tree, it fell over with the captives screaming. Fortunately, several sparks from the explosion caught on the bonds which set it on fire. Twilight used that opportunity to blast the bonds off. Her beam successfully set them all free.
“Starlight! You’re okay!” Twilight exclaimed. They all hugged her tightly.
“I’m glad you guys are okay...too!” Starlight muttered, trying to breathe from being squeezed.
“Where’s Ratchet? Is he okay?!” Fluttershy frantically asked.
“He’s fine. In fact, he is fighting Chrysalis right now. She’s back, and we have to help him!” Starlight replied.
“(Gasp) That cannot be! She must be back for revenge!” Rarity said.
“Come on, everypony! Let’s help our friend Ratchet!” Twilight declared. The ponies and Spike nodded to each other with brave determination and ran back to the forest to help Ratchet defeat their vengeful foe.
Ratchet fired shots at Chrysalis—still in Mean Twilight’s Ratchet-like body—before she swatted them with her saw. She then used her two blasters to shoot him down. Her shots struck his shoulders and left leg. He fell down slightly wounded, but he was not hurt enough to back down.
“Is that all you got, Chrysalis? You sure do shoot like an amateur such as Sideways.” Ratchet smirked.
“SILENCE!! I will destroy you to bits!!” Chrysalis raged. Then she fired missiles at him to destroy him.
However, he ran up and front-flipped over the missiles and delivered a drop kick on the possessed robot. “Ahhhhh!!!” she screamed as she was flung back by the kick.
“Time to end this, Decepticon wannabe.” Ratchet stated, sprinting to her. However, before he could finish the battle, Chrysalis got up and kicked him on the chest, smacked him on the head twice, and threw him against several trees behind them.
Ratchet tried to get up, but was greatly injured from the sudden blows. That gave Chrysalis an ego-boost as she drew near to him with an evil smile. “How pathetic of you to sacrifice your own life to save your worthless friends, Autobot. All that power you have, all that alien strength... just to protect mere mortals. Truly sad...” Chrysalis taunted.
“Well, I might as well end your miserable existence before I take away all of your friends. Hahahahaha!!!” she wickedly laughed. Her put her blaster right at Ratchet’s head. “Goodnight, dear medic!”
A bright blue magic beam struck her blaster, destroying it completely. “What?!” she yelled. She turned back to see Starlight and her friends arriving to help Ratchet.
“Leave him alone, Chrysalis!” Starlight ordered.
“You won’t do anything to stop me, Starlight Glimmer!! Once I have taken the elements of harmony, I will use its power to destroy you and all of your friends... including your alien friend!!” Chrysalis shouted.
“You don’t have to be doing this! Why waste all of that energy only to be defeated again?” Starlight pleaded. “Please consider this, and stop pursuing this pointless revenge! It will get you nowhere as it will only make you worse and worse! I know how that feels.”
Chrysalis stopped for a moment and actually thought about what she said. Unfortunately, that did not last that long as she remembered their last encounter. “DON’T YOU DARE TRY TO CHANGE MY MIND!! Nothing you ever say will make me change! Prepared to be—ahhh!!”
She got zapped by an unknown beam behind her until she fell down unconscious. The ponies and dragon looked up and saw Ratchet with a different blaster with him. “Ratchet? You did that?” Twilight asked.
“Of course. This is called an EMP generator,” said Ratchet. “It has the ability to blast any target to put them temporarily offline. It can also heal any wounds the target may have suffered previously.”
“Wow! That’s cool! Can you do that to me too? I suffered some bruises here.” Pinkie pointed to her arm. “Pleeaaaassseee?”
“I’m afraid not, my friend, since it can only work on Cybertronians and clones, not on organics.” Ratchet explained.
“Awwwww...” Pinkie said, disappointed.
Suddenly, the Tree of Harmony emitted six white rays of magic that flew all the way to the area where the unconscious Mean Six were. The rays wrapped themselves around their robotic bodies and drained them of their life force. The evil clones yelled in defeat before they changed back to being wooden logs. Chrysalis was released out of Mean Twilight’s mind.
She got up and fiercely glared at her triumphant enemies. “This isn’t over!! You hear me?! This isn’t OVER!! I will have my revenge!! I will get you both, Starlight and Ratchet!!”
“Good luck with that, bug. You’ll need it.” Ratchet grinned. The other ponies and Spike except Starlight laughed at his remark.
Chrysalis angrily growled and flew away from the Everfree Forest, sulking in her failure. The Mane Six celebrated Ratchet’s victory and hugged him affectionately. “You did it, Ratchet! You saved us!” Twilight said.
“We wouldn’t have survived without you, Doctor!” Rarity added.
“No need for thanks, my dear friends. I am only doing what I do best: protecting all forms of life in the galaxy.” Ratchet smiled.
“Next time Chrysalis shows up, you will once again show her who’s boss!” Rainbow grinned. Ratchet and the rest chuckled heartily as they left the forest.
As the Mane Six and Spike were setting up their tents and campfire since it was sunset, Ratchet noticed Starlight sitting by herself looking sad. He came over and sat beside her. “What’s wrong, Starlight?”
“(Sigh) Well, it’s—it’s just...the fact that Chrysalis again rejected my offer. Last time, I tried to offer her my friendship and to give her a chance to change her ways. But she refused by coldly swatting my hoof away. (Sniff) Why won’t she change?” Starlight spoke before sobbing.
“There, there, friend, don’t cry. I know how you feel. I felt the same way for Starscream when he terrorized my friends—humans and Autobots—on earth. But no matter how much I wanted him to change, there was just one thing I had to accept.” Ratchet sympathized.
“What is it?” Starlight asked, wiping her tears off.
“Not everyone can change,” said Ratchet. “There are some beings who desire to change such as Jetfire and Wheelie, but there are others who refuse to recognize the error of their ways. That is the reality.” Ratchet lectured.
Starlight took a moment to absorb that fact before warmly smiling at him. “I guess you’re right. Some ponies are just so stubborn in their ways that they don’t want to accept any form of change. I guess Chrysalis is one of those individuals.”
She wrapped her arms around Ratchet’s arm and warmly giggled. “Thank you for everything, Ratchet.”
“No, thank you. All of you.” Ratchet smiled.
He looked up in the night sky and saw the shining moon and stars. “Optimus Prime would be very proud of you all if he were here.” he muttered.
THE END