//------------------------------// // The War // Story: Transformers - The Energy of Magic // by StreakTheFox //------------------------------// Chapter 5 – The War -[-.-]- “So, what exactly is your mission here?” Rainbow Dash asked. “Our home planet of Cybertron has been plagued by a longstanding civil war between we, the Autobots, and the evil Decepticons,” Optimus explained, standing before the group of ponies in the control room. “Decepticons…? I’ve never heard of that before either,” Twilight remarked, referring back to her books. “The Decepticons in many ways are just like us, but they seek to rule the entire galaxy. We Autobots believe in freedom for all races, and so our war began, turning the once beautiful metropolis of Cybertron into a junk heap. With out war still raging and our planet’s vast amounts of resources almost completely drained, we set out to find a new world from which we could harvest energy from in order to save our own.” Twilight and the others looked at each other for a moment, and then applejack spoke up beside Rainbow Dash. “So wait, what if these Decepticon folk followed ya here?” “When we left, we inadvertently ran into a worm hole which took us into orbit over your world. We don’t know if they were following us before we went in, but the warp through the worm hole is so dangerous, that they probably did not survive if they even did manage to trail us.” “Well then how did your ship survive?” Twilight said, curious as ever. “We do not know for sure, we simply think that we were very lucky to have survived.” Twilight looked up for a moment, pondering the situation her and her friends had now found themselves in. Not only is this discovery big, for now both pony and these Cybertronians, but it will certainly change many things from hear on out for both worlds. At the same time, there was now an open door to the immense amount of wealth now all around Twilight, and her eyes glimmered at the thought of how much more knowledge she could gain from these beings. “So uh,” Applejack began, “What do all of you Cybatrus… cybatroonz, cyber…. Gah, how do ya say ya’lls names again?” “You can just call us Transformers!” Prowl said, speaking out besides Optimus. “Trans-for-mers… Alright, I think that works out well,” Applejack said with a smile. “Wait a second,” Interrupted Rainbow Dash, “can you guys actually like, transform into stuff?” “Well of course!” Prowl replied. “Just watch this,” he said while his body began to shift and the metal plates composing the outside of his body moved around. All 6 of the ponies’ eyes grew as they watched the transformation while their ears perked up at the sound of the “chee cha choo choo” now they made. Prowl was now a rectangular shaped vehicle with a front wind shield and two doors, one on either side. It used hover jets under its four corners as propulsion and made a metallic hum from the front as its engines revved up, sounding similar to Pinkie Pie when she would spittle her tongue. “That was AWESOME!” Rainbow Dash exclaimed, her wings hovering her body over the floor with excitement. She quickly flew towards the new form of Prowl in front of her, and traced her paws around the outside with the occasional “Ooooh” and “aaaahh” from her amazement. The other ponies followed, also touching their hooves against the living metal before them. They could even feel the vibrations from the engine inside with their hooves against the frame. “Hey, what’s making that funny noise?” Asked Pinkie, staring at the front bumper of the vehicle. “It sounds kinda like me when I spit my tongue really really fast at ponies!” “Well that’s something called an engine, it’s a machine under my hood that allows me to move around.” “Oooooh, lemme see! Lemme see! Lemme see!” As the ponies learned about Prowl and the workings of an “engine,” most of the other Autobots had came by and also introduced themselves to the native creatures. The ponies were awestruck and fascinated by each and every one of them, with some ponies even starting to cling to one transformer and dubbing it their “favorite.” But as several of the Transformers and the ponies continued talking, Cliffjumper finally climbed down from the hole in the hatch behind and above Optimus Prime. “Good news sir, I finally dug myself out to the surface!” Cliffjumper said after dusting himself off slightly and approaching Optimus. “That’s great news,” remarked Optimus. “What’s it like on the surface? Were you able to determine a time of day?” “Well this planet’s sun seems to be at the top of the sky, so I’d say we’re at mid-day so far. As for the landscape, I took one peak and there was this vast forest, a big’ol river, and I think even something resembling a town in the distance!” “I see. Good work, Cliffjumper. Now gather the crew and bring them back here, we have some native life forms that have just started introducing themselves.” -[\_/]- “Soundwave to Megatron, reporting,” Called Soundwave over the transmitter. “What is it, Soundwave?” Megatron replied. “We have restored power to the ship, but our engines and navigation systems are destroyed. We require the parts and Energon before more progress can be made.” “I see, bring the other Decepticons to the surface, and prepare to move out.” Megatron looked up to the sky, noticing Thundercracker returning from his scouting mission. Thundercracker transformed from his Cybertronian jet mode and landed before him, giving off a salute. “What have you found, Thundercracker?” Asked Megatron impatiently. “There appears to be a lot of life on this planet,” replied Thundercracker. “From what I can see, there’s even a sentient form of life that’s reigning dominant on this planet.” “Hmmm, I see….” “Unfortunately, it doesn’t appear that they’re advanced enough to create anything electronic such as generators or other electrical power sources, so we’ll need to get our energy from some other source.” “Hmmm…” Megatron looked down with his hand on his chin, thinking intensively at the situation brought before him. Then, an idea poped into his mind, and he raised his head. “Thundercracker, what about the wildlife? Are there any large forests in the area?” “Oh yeah there is, I saw several large forests and collections of other big plants all over.” “Perfect…” Megatron said, an evil smirk appearing on his face. As he ran over his plan again in his head, the other Decepticons emerged from the water and landed behind him. “Megatron, all Decepticons mobilized,” Soundwave announced as he gave off a salute. Megatron turned around and faced the group of Decepticons before him, looking at them each one by one. “Decepticons,” Megatron began as he raised his arm up. “We have located an abundance of forests on this planet. Follow me to the first one, and we shall burn it for its energy!” The other Decepticons gave out a short cheer as they readied themselves to move. Following Megatron’s lead, they all took off into the air, and headed straight for White Tail Wood.