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// Attack On The Heart 
// Story: My Name 
// by CalmHeart 
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Today was the day. The day he would tell her about these feelings. The day he had renounced his loyalty to them. The day that would change him forever. But, this day had other plans for this peaceful little town in the valley.

They would be coming.



Starscream was in his normal from in the Everfree, behind Zecora's hut, just booting up from a long stasis nap.

It had been a while since he was in this form, so he spent the latter half of the last night stretching and working out, making sure everything still worked properly.
He looked to a nearby puddle, and into his reflection. His Decepticon symbol was fading, peeling off like paint. This puzzled him, and he raised his servo to touch it.

At that he had a different realization.

Next to him, was his his null ray gun, looking particularly dull. He glanced over to it. 'Hmm...'
Thereafter, he took it upon himself to revamp his piece of technology, and even made some improvements that occurred to him while hanging around Ponyville.
As he was, Zecora came to check up on the past Decepticon, potions in hoof.

Starscream greeted her. "Hello Zecora."

Presently, Zecora said nothing, and only nodded in response.

Starscream was checking over the gun, making sure it was all ready to be used, just in case if anything were to happen.

Zecora held out the blue potion, and Starscream took it gratefully.

"Thank you."

She didn't respond.

Starscream was about to drink when Zecora finally spoke.

"Change is coming."

He lowered the potion, and stared over at her.

"I suggest you better start running."

He blinked.
"...What do you mean?"

Zecora ceased to speak no more, and turned away, walking over to the entrance of her home.

Starscream raised his voice. "Hey! You didn't answer me!"

Zecora ignored the Transformer, opting to go inside her house instead.

Starscream let out a heavy sigh.

'Why does she always gotta be so cryptic about it?'



It was time. Today would be the day. He was nervous, of course, but that didn't let him down.

Starscream, in his pony form, was sitting at the cafe' waiting for Starlight.

Starlight trotted up to the cafe, and smiled at the sight of him.

"Hiya North!" She greeted.

Starscream stood, and smiled back at her.
"Hello Starlight."

They both shared a warm hug before sitting down on the opposite ends of the small table.

"So, why'd you ask me to meet you at the cafe instead of meeting at Twilight's castle?" Starlight asked politely.

"Well.. I have something important to tell you."
..
"We attack from that point of the village, understood?"

"Yes, your greatness."

..

"Really? What is it?" She asked North Star, curious. Starscream inhaled. Why was he so nervous?

"We've been friends for some time now.."

..

"Decepticons, Attack!"

..

"And.. I.. I Think I'm-"

All at once, the peaceful town erupted into chaos. Missiles were being fired upon pony civilians and their homes, everypony was running for their life. The big machines entered Ponyville flattening anything they could.

Starscream turned, and his eyes widened.

The Decepticons were here.

Starlight was full of worry. Why would they attack Ponyville now?

Her face grew determined, and she jumped up from her chair, and starting galloping towards the action.

Starscream gasped. He knew what she was doing.
"Starlight, no!"

She was stopped in her tracks by a huge robot's foot. She looked up wearily, and saw Megatron, leader of the Deceptions, standing before her.

"Why hello there, Princess Twilight Sparkle's Pupil."

Starlight's eyes widened. He knew her.

"What a pleasure it is to crush you."

Starlight took a few steps back, fearful now more than ever.
Suddenly, Starscream landed in front of Starlight.
"Don't you dare touch her."

Starlight gasped breathlessly. "North?"

Megatron chuckled evilly, and put a foot forward.
"Silly little pony. You can not stop the fate of your race."

Starscream's expression was of one of hatred, but a hint of confidence. He smirked, with a cocky smile.
"Do you really think I'm going to let you, out of all Deceptions, harm ponykind?"

Megatron had grown weary, and raised an tightened servo to crush them both. But, When he glanced at the two, he noticed.. Something strange about the pegasus.

On his neck, his mane was covering a symbol. A faded symbol. One of theirs.

It started to make sense. His color scheme, his attitude, his eyes...

Megatron lowered his arm, and chuckled again, this time amused at this discovery.

"So, this is where you've been hiding...

Starscream."

Starscream's eyes widened.
'He.. How?...'

Starlight filled with shock and disbelief. That... was impossible.
"...North?..."

Megatron stepped back, and grinned maliciously, staring the pony-turned Starscream. "I knew you where going to distance yourself from us...

But I didn't expect you to actually go this far with it."

Starscream's face turned from one of shock back to anger. He opened his wings.
"This is not, and will not be your domain any longer Megatron!"

He violently broke from the ground, and flew straight towards him.

" No!" Starlight screamed out, eyes full of terror, both at his actions and with the nuance that he was Starscream. She didn't want to know.. She didn't want to believe..

She felt a previously unknown tear run down her cheek.

Starscream was suddenly captured by the big metal servo of his previous leader. Starscream squirmed restlessly, as Megatron brought him up to eye level.

"Pathetic."

Starscream grunted, still trying to release from his grasp. He grimaced, and finally looked to Megatron's red, emotionless, robotic eyes.

"You're still as useless as you were before, Second in command."

He squeezed his grip on the pegasus, Starscream starting to gasp for air. Megatron turned his hand, and revealed the Decepticon symbol under his neck.

He whispered something under his breath.

"Never should have..."

Suddenly, a bolt of blue-green energy zapped his wrist, making him yell furiously. He dropped Starscream in the process, the ex-Deception falling to the ground with a loud crash.

Starscream groaned in pain.

Starscream glanced behind him, and saw Starlight standing in a fighting stance, her horn pointed to the deception leader.
Megatron looked at the unicorn with fury.

But he then glanced down at the beaten Starscream.
He thought about it, and smirked.
"Ruling Equestria will be that much sweeter, knowing you are part of them."

He turned, and gave a shout.
"Deceptions, Retreat!"

He looked back to his previous second-in-command. Starscream stared up at him.

"There's nothing for us here."

Megatron walked away from them, and the Deception fleet departed the war-torn Ponyville. Ponies whom were hiding slowly crawled out of the holes, cracks, crevices, and other places of shelter during the raid.

Twilight suddenly teleported behind Starlight, breathing heavily, indicating her urgency.
"It was an ambush. I have no idea where the Autobots were, but the Decepticon's main target was Ponyville."

Starlight payed no attention to Twilight, as her eyes were leaking tears. She walked up slowly to Starscream.
Starscream was slowly standing up, still shook from his encounter with his previous boss.

"North Star?.."

He turned, and stared at the broken Starlight. Her eyes were full of tears, waiting for their turn to drip down her cheeks.
His eyes widened.

"Please..."

Starscream looked down in shame, emotions starting to drum up.

"Please tell me you're not his Second In Command!?"

He closed his eyes, a pain deeper than any gash was making known to him.

He looked up to her.

"...Yes. I...Was."

Starlight's tears started to fall, and she started to weep.

Twilight was not expecting this. She was shocked into silence for the time being.

Starscream looked back down, and shut his eyes tightly.
This was not enough to keep his tears from flowing.

Starlight suddenly shrieked out, making both Starscream and Twilight flinch.

"HOW COULD YOU LIE TO ME?!"

He glanced up to her.

The unicorn was broken. And therefore, so was he.

He chocked out one word.

"I.."

Tears blocked his words, and he turned away from her, swiftly flying off, a waterfall now streaming down his face, sobs and cries.

Starlight's heart was in pieces.

'After all of this...'

She turned, watery eyed to the stunned Twilight.

"He was Starscream?!"

Starlight closed her eyes.

She didn't need to hear his name right now...

She ran off, crying, to Twlight's castle and presumably, her room.

"Starlight!"

She called to her, but dared not follow. She knew this was something to leave alone.

The Leader of the Autobots, Optimus Prime, had arrived with his team, and Twilight's friends.
"What was that?"

Twilight turned to them, but said nothing.

This was something they couldn't fix.