"Wake up Autobot scum!"
Optimus Prime had awoken to the backend of a laser rifle hitting him right in his face. The Autobot leader looked up to see the Decepticon Thundercracker holding him by the neck.
"I said wake up!"
Thundercracker brought Optimus up from his knees to his feet. He was now fully awake, he checked his surroundings to see just where he was at. It was hard to see, his visual receptors were not yet fully functional, so his vision was a bit blurred.
"Are you even paying attention to me?! I'm trying to talk to you!"
Thundercracker was about to hit Optimus again but was stopped when he felt a hand on his shoulder. He turned around to see fellow Decepticon Skywarp, "Careful with him, Megatron said he had something special planned for this one."
Thundercracker was a bit hesitant in letting go of his victim, but he finally agreed, "Fine, let's just take him to Megatron already. Alright prisoner! Let's go!"
The two Decepticons grabbed hold of Optimus by his arms and began taking him down a long narrow hallway. Optimus had no idea what was going on. Last thing he remembered was a Decepticon attack on the Autobot's base, many of his troops where either taken down or badly wounded, then he blacked out. A Decepticon must have snuck up on him. Optimus tried to transform, but he couldn't. He wiggled his arms a bit and noticed his hands were bound together with energon cuffs. No creature in the galaxy could break out of energon cuffs, not even him. As they walked, Optimus also noticed jail cells on both of his sides. That's when he realized he was in the Decepticon's base. He was not the only Autobot that had been captured, in almost every jail cell they walked there was an Autobot trapped in it. Some of his greatest troops had been caught; Ironhide, Prowl, Cliffjumper, even the mighty Dinobots had been captured. Many Autobots began to notice Optimus has he walked by.
"Is that Optimus? Optimus Prime?"
"What!? They got Optimus! Oh no, we must be really screwed if they got him!"
"Don't worry. I'm sure he has a plan, right Optimus?"
Thundercracker stomped his foot on the ground as hard as he could and yelled, "Quiet down! Unless you all want to be next to see Megatron, I suggest you shut up!"
All the captured Autobots complied. They had lost nearly all hope, know their leader might be on his way to his death.
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After a walk that seemed to last hours, Skywarp, Thundercracker, and Optimus finally reached the end of the hallway. In front of them was a gigantic doo, A door that led the the lair of the Decepticon leader himself; Megatron. Sky was about to open the door but was stopped when he heard a strange growl. He turned around and his gaze was met with a small mechanical-like tiger. This tiger was known as the Decepticon named Ravage. Behind Ravage was his maste; Soundwave.
"HALT.", Soundwave had called out with his robotic voice, "YOU MAY NOT ENTER. MEGATRON HAS REQUESTED THERE BE NO VISITORS."
"Relax Soundwave," said Skywarp, "Megatron asked us to deliver him this prisoner, I think you'll know why after you get a good look at him."
Soundwave looked down at the prisoner, and was surprised to see it was Megatron's greatest enemy; Optimus Prime.
"VERY WELL, YOU MAY ENTER, BUT AT YOUR OWN RISK. COME RAVAGE, WE HAVE OTHER BUISNESS TO TAKE CARE OF."
After Soundwave and his pet left, Skywarp had started to open the door, but stopped and turned around towards Optimus with a smirk on his face, "It's been nice knowing ya Prime."
They all walked in the room but where met with a loud 'thump!' and looked down to see the Autobot named Mirage, or at least what was left of him. He had been chucked across the room, Optimus was apaled by this, and his hatred for Megatron grew the more he looked down at his fallen comrade's body.
"Who's next?” asked a dark and menencing voice from across the room. There, sitting right in his chair, was Megatron. He looked at Optimus with an evil smile on his face.
"Thundercracker! Skywarp! You may leave us now; I have no further use of you.” Megatron ordered.
"B-but Megatron!” protested Thundercracker, "We wanted to see what you do to-"
He was cut off when a big lazer blast hit him square in the face, killing him instantly.
"Any other objections?” Megatron asked.
"N-no, lord Megatron, I'll just leave now...", answered a now shaking Skywarp.
Skywarp left the room as fast as he could, not wanting to meet the same fate as Thundercracker.
"Now, where was I? Oh, yes, now I remember."
Megatron walked up to Optimus and slapped him right across his face, sending him to the ground.
"You have no idea how long I've waited to do that Prime. I just want you to know that I'm not going to kill you now, no, you see Prime, I want you to suffer, I want to hear you beg, I want you to beg me to forgive you for every single time you've ever defied me. But I know that's not going to happen through the means of torture, you're stronger than that. So I'm going to make you watch as I terminate every one of your troops, every single one, I want you to listen to their screams as I rip their sparks from their very core, and then, and only then, will I give you the pleasure of death."
Laughter began to erupt from Megatron, maniacal laughter. Optimus couldn't believe what was happening, this could mean the very end of the Autobots. No one would be there to stop the Decepticons and their evil regin of terror. He Optimus had to do something, he prayed for a miracle, or at least a distraction. And, as if on cue, right through the door bursted Soundwave.
Megatron had ceased his laughter so he could scold Soundwave for interrupting his moment of triumph, "Soundwave? What are you doing?! Can you not see I'm busy?!"
"MEGATRON, INCOMING TRANSMISSION FROM SHOCKWAVE. HE SAYS IT IS URGENT."
"Grrr... very well, patch him through."
Soundwave clicked a button on his shoulder and right before them appeared a hologram of the Decepticon scientist known as Shockwave.
"Megatron!” proclaimed Shockwave, "I'm detecting some strange dimensional disturbances in your sector. It appears to be dangerous; I suggest you vacate the area immediately!"
Shockwave was a transformer well known for being able to keep his cool in almost any situation. So when he's freaking out, you know something bad is about to happen.
"Whatever it is Shockwave it will have to wait, I'm in the middle of having a chat with our good "friend" Optimus Prime."
"But, Megatron I-"
Shockwave was cut off when a bright flash of light appeared behind Megatron, capturing his full attention.
"What in the name of Cybertron is that?!” asked the Decepticon tyrant.
That was the last thing Optimus remembered before something made him black out.
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It was a beautiful day in Ponyville, and all of its citizens were taking advantage of it. Nearly every single Pony in town was outside having the time of their lives, except for one.
"C’mon Twilight!", said Spike, Twilight Sparkles dragon assistant, "Almost everypony is outside having fun! We can't just stay in here all day!"
"You go on ahead Spike", said Twilight Sparkle, "I'm in the middle of an intriguing novel, I don't really have time to play."
Spike gave his friend a worried look. It's just not normal for somepony to stay inside and read when it's such a nice day out.
"Well, ok Twilight, if you say so."
Spike then turned around and ran outside as fast as he could to join the others in their fun.
Twilight couldn't help to feel a little guilty for not going outside with Spike. But then she decided he would be fine. She returned to her novel.
An hour seemed to have passed and Twilight was really getting into her book. She couldn't stop reading it; she was almost done with her book until she felt something move. The whole room itself seemed to shake a little for a few seconds. She took her head out of her book and looked around the room a few times. She shrugged and went back to reading. But then it happened again, and this time it was even worse. The whole room was now shaking rapidly.
"A tremor!” she yelled.
Then, a giant crack revealed itself along the floor. Her floor began to open itself and what happened next shocked her to her very core. A giant mechanical-like creature crawled out of her floor. It was so tall, it left a hole in her ceiling when it came out of the hole. The creature looked down at her with its red eyes and exclaimed, "I... AM... SOUNDWAVE!"
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Twilight awoke with a large gasp. She looked around her room, as checking for something.
"Oh, it was just a dream. Thank Celestia!” Twilight laid back down in her bed. She was a bit more relaxed now knowing that what happened in her dream never really happened at all. Although she was a bit curious, "I am Soundwave... who's Soundwave? I've never had a dream so vivid before..."
Her train of thought was interrupted when she heard at the door. She managed to crawl out of bed to answer the door.
"Coming!"
While she was walking, she couldn't help but ponder about her dream some more, "Soundwave... I've had to of heard of that name somewhere... dreams are mostly made up of past thoughts or memories. But I just can't seem to remember..."
Another knock was heard.
"I said I'm coming!"
Twilight had finally managed to reach the door, and when she opened it, there stood an impatient looking Rainbow Dash.
"Dash? What're you doing here?"
"It's about time you opened the door!” answered Rainbow Dash, "Anyways, Pinkie Pie sent me here to remind you about Fluttershy’s party."
"Fluttershy is throwing a party? That doesn’t seem like her at all..."
Rainbow Dash facehoofed and rolled her eyes before she said, "Uh, no. It's her birthday, don't you remember?"
Any tiredness that was still inside Twilight Sparkle's body had left completely when she realized today was her friend’s birthday, "Oh my gosh! You're right! Today's Fluttershy’s birthday and I completely forgot! I didn't even get her a present... oh what a horrible friend I am!"
Twilght slammed the door right in Rainbow Dashs face, "Yeesh, I forget things all the time, but she does it once and she has a spaz attack! I need to get less weirder friends..."
Twilight was looking franticly all throughout her home for something to give to her friend. Then she heard another knock.
"Ugh... what now?” Twilight asked herself.
Twilight answered the door once again to find her friend Rarity at the door, "Rarity? What’re you doing here?"
"Why Twilight, you haven't forgotten about today have you?"
Twilight let out a loud grunt before answering, "Fluttershy's birthday, I Know. Look, I'm sort of busy so if you could just-"
"That's not what I meant.", interrupted Rarity.
Twilight gave her a confused glance, "It’s not? Then why did you come here?"
"Spike and I were going to go on another gem run."
"Gem run?"
"Yes, we recently heard rumors of a cave nearby filled with them! And I believe I remember you agreeing to go with us."
Twilight then realized that she had in fact agreed to go with Spike and Rarity to help try and find this cave, "Oh my, you're right! I'm sorry Rarity. I'm just forgetting everything today! But, isn't it a bit early to go look for gems?"
"It's noon dear."
"Noon!?"
Twilight stuck her head outside to see where the sun was, and, judging by where Celestia had placed it, it was, in fact noon.
"Was I really asleep for that long?", Twilight had asked herself.
"Well, you were up a little late last night; I think you said you were reading a book or something. A shame really, it was such a nice day out yesterday and you were inside reading like some sort of shun in! No offence.", Rarity answered for her.
Twilight then remembered something, her dream. In it, it was nice out and she was inside reading, maybe she fell asleep while reading again.
"Twilight?Are you there? You're trailing off."
Twilight lost her train of thought once again when Rarity had spoken up.
"Sorry Rarity," Twilight apologized, "I guess I'm not really myself today. Now, what were you saying about that gem run?"
"Ah yes! We were just about to leave! And before you come with us, well, I don't mean to offend, but I think you should fix up your hair a bit. It's really a mess."
Twilight rushed back inside to find a mirror, when she did she noticed she had a bed head going on, "Oh, ok, just give me a minute to fix that and we can go. We are going to make it back in time for Fluttershy's birthday right?"
"Of course we are!", Rarity answered, "I wouldn't miss it for the world! Now hurry up so we can go."
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Nearly two hours had passed and it seemed like Twilight, Rarity, and Spike were all lost. They had been searching for a cave that was rumored to be filled to the teeth with gems. Rarity was in front of their little search group, trying to find this cave. Twilight was following behind her with Spike on her back.
"Are you sure you know where you're going Rarity?” questioned Twilight.
"Of course I do! Now don't worry Twilight, we'll find that cave eventually.” answered Rarity.
Twilight simply rolled her eyes before saying, "How do you even know if this cave is real?"
"I know because I got the information on it from a reliable source!"
"It was Ditzy Doo, wasn't it?"
Rarity began to look back and forth nervously, knowing her less than reliable source had been revealed, "Uh... no..."
"Well, I just hope we find it soon," proclaimed Spike, "I'm getting hungry."
Rarity looked back at Spike, giving him a dark glare, "You aren't planning on eating any of the gems we find, are you?"
Spike now had a guilty look on his face, he had been caught, he was in fact planning on eating at least one jewel, "Uh... no... of course not Rarity..."
They walked for another half hour. Twilight's feet were starting to ache. And having a baby dragon riding on her back wasn't helping either.
"Uh, Rarity, don't you know a spell that can track down the location of gems? Can't you try that?", suggested Twilight.
"Sorry Twilight, I can't risk picking up on the wrong-", before she could finish what she was saying Rarity stopped dead in her tracks, causing Twilight to bump right into her.
"Rarity? Why’d you stop? Is there something wrong?"
All Rarity did was stand there and point. Twilight was a bit confused as to what she was doing, until she looked in the direction she was pointing. There, she was pointing towards a mountain, and near the bottom of that mountain was a cave, and inside the cave there was something giving off a shiny reflection. Before Twilight could say a word, her friend took off as fast as she could towards the cave. Spike hopped off of Twilights back and was about to go after her but was stopped by Twilights hoof, "Hold on a second Spike, something about this doesn't seem right."
The two waited for another few seconds until a scream was heard. They then both ran as fast as they could towards the cave. When they got there, all they saw was a frightened Rarity laying on the ground shaking like there was no tomorrow.
"What happened!?", asked a now frantic Twilight.
Rarity simply pointed over to another part of the cave. When Twilight and Spike looked over, both of their jaws dropped in unison. For there, right in front of them, was a giant face staring them all down.
Note: Sorry if this seemed short or rushed. I'll admit this was a little rushed. I’ve been sort of busy with another I’m writing. This chapter was going to be longer but I thought it would be better if I ended it here. I'll try to make the next chapter longer.