Transformers: Fall of Equestria

by JDPrime22


The Space Bridge

“Metroplex, follow us! We’ll lead you to the Space Bridge!”

With Ultra Magnus hanging out on the side of the Autobot dropship, he had watched as the last hope for the Autobots was walking calmly beside them. In his left hand was Twilight Sparkle, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Applejack, and Rarity, each of them both scared and excited for what was about to go down.

They were going back home! Their true home! With the help of all these Autobot ships and Metroplex himself, it was for certain that they would be in Equestria and stop Discord’s reign once and for all.

Speaking of the Autobots, they truly wanted them to get back home. For with them was not only Ultra Magnus, Hot Rod, Springer, Kup, Arcee, Blurr, Bumblebee, Sky Lynx, the Protectobots, and this all new soldier they had never seen before named Scattershot, but it was the entire Autobot army!

What remained of it that is.

It was still a pretty amazing sight, a massive armada of Autobot ships sailed through the skies with Ultra Magnus’ ship right next to Metroplex’s left hand, and with Sky Lynx close by, getting the ponies back to Equestria was a sure thing.

When Ultra Magnus keeps a promise, he KEEPS a promise!

Ultra Magnus looked down from the open door and shouted, “Twilight, tell Metroplex to follow us!”

Twilight was still pretty amazed but looked back up at Magnus quickly, “O-OH yeah!” Turning back to Metroplex, Twilight pointed forward and shouted, “Metroplex, forward march!”

Twilight immediately fell back into Metroplex’s calming grasp when he took a giant step forward. He was soon following the Autobot armada on their way to the Space Bridge.
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Now most would believe Rainbow Dash to be pretty excited to go back home…but really….she was just bored.

Sitting on Metroplex’s hand has gotten old after the first few times, and now this time was even longer. Still, she couldn’t wait to get back in the action when they arrived to this Space Bridge thing that could get them all back home.

‘First things first,’ Rainbow Dash thought, ‘When I get back to Equestria, I’ll be sure to buck Discord’s teeth in.’

But Twilight…..oh like the amused little school filly she was, she looked around every second at all the sights they had passed while on their way. Being on another world, and since this was a long trip, she took the time to look around and see the sights.

Cybertron was….different, nothing at ALL like Equestria, but still very interesting. The sunlight was about to go down and Twilight thought for sure she saw a moon or two beginning to rise. Wait, TWO moons?! Twilight just couldn’t believe that this world had so much to offer; too bad she didn’t have her quill and paper to write down all she saw.

With Twilight looking off the edge of Metroplex’s hand, Fluttershy didn’t feel so well and stayed directly in the middle of the massive palm. The timid pegasus was shaking softly when she realized they were going into another battle, but still she remembered what Twilight had told her.

‘Be brave.’

Pinkie Pie was actually enjoying herself. Even though she knew it would be scary during the battle on the Space Bridge, she always remembered to laugh in the face of fear and everything will be alright.

Rarity seemed alright except for her constant whimpering and shaking in terror. Oh she was going into another horrid battle, but this time she HAD to push forward! If she didn’t, she would never see home again or her family for that matter.

Rainbow Dash was ready; she stretched her only working wing and her legs just in case anything happened, and on another world anything was possible. This time she wouldn’t falter or be shown weakness in the face of the Decepticons.

Applejack, with once her get-ready attitude was really not in the mood to go in another fire fight. Her hind leg still hurt but she knew she had to ignore it or else bad things were going to happen to her if she didn’t.

And it was growing nearer.

Twilight looked over to the left to see Ultra Magnus’ ship open up and see Magnus himself step out and yell over the winds, “We’re approaching the Space Bridge! Get under Metroplex’s fingers so those missiles don’t hit you!”

Twilight nodded with such speed that it looked like her head was going to fall off, not because she was afraid, but because it was getting very cold.

Kup held onto the steering wheel and looked back at his old friend, “Magnus get back inside now! The Decepticons’ defenses are attacking now!”
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Octane was watching from the many support structures hanging around his precious Space Bridge. The Autobots were drawing nearer with hundreds of attack ships coming at any second…not only that but Metroplex was with them.

“Those worthless Autobots think they can get those creatures back to their home world with MY Space Bridge?!” Octane shouted.

“Don’t you mean OUR Space Bridge, Octane?!”

Turning around to face his first lieutenant, Octane grumbled when he saw the familiar face of Quake.

“Oh of course, Quake, how could I forget about my most loyal subject?” Octane apologized only to be interrupted by a familiar annoying voice.

“Loyal subject?” Slipstream repeated Octane’s words with interest, “A few days and you’re already acting like Megatron.”

“Silence, Slipstream!” Octane shouted and faced the invading Autobots who were very close now. Clenching his fists, Octane pointed out and shouted, “Slipstream, you and your armada better hold off those Autobots long enough for the defenses to be activated!”

“Don’t die on me.” Slipstream smirked and transformed into her seeker form. After flying off with several other Decepticon forces, Octane faced Quake with interest.

“Get those defenses online now, Quake, and make sure to get the Terrorcons and ground troops around the Space Bridge just in case the Autobots plan a little ground invasion.” Octane ordered.

“With great pleasure!” Quake transformed and drove away onto the platform.

Octane watched as both Slipstream and Quake were sent forward to hold off the Autobots, which was a perfect opportunity for him to set the Space Bridge to self-destruct.
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Just as fast as Kup had said those words, several Autobot ships exploded in a show of fire and bright lights. Ultra Magnus scrambled back inside with the door closing in front of him, just in time for Kup to swerve the ship out of the way when several missiles were sent their way.

Twilight looked up to see Metroplex getting hit with several miniature projectiles. Just as her bravery was about to leave her, Twilight remembered what Magnus had said to them before the attack had begun.

‘Get under Metroplex’s fingers so the missiles don’t hurt you!’

That’s exactly what she did.

Scrambling to safety, Twilight cowered underneath Metroplex’s mighty fingers with the rest of her friends. All bravery was lost when they were yet in another battle….hopefully this was the last one.

Twilight peeked up to see Metroplex’s other hand come in front of his left, obviously there were some heavy fire power defending the Space Bridge for Metroplex to use his other hand to defend his new masters.

Before Metroplex could take any more steps forward, a familiar shout came from behind them. Rainbow Dash turned around and realized it to be Sky Lynx flying close by. He looked over and saw the six equines cowering.

“Tell Metroplex to get you all there as fast as possible! My magnificent optics has found out that the Decepticons are using Warp Cannons to defend the Space Bridge!” Sky Lynx shouted and flew off.

Rainbow looked back at Twilight and prepared to tell her what Sky Lynx had said. But her train of thought was interrupted by Metroplex speaking.

“INCOMING WARP BLASTS.”

“Oh no, girls get together!” Twilight shouted as her and her friends held each other tight just when Metroplex got hit in the face with a massive purple ball of energy. Falling backwards, Metroplex could hear the several screams of terror coming from the Element Bearers in his hand. If he was going to fall, he would make sure his masters had a safe landing.

The mighty Autobot turned his cracked optics to a new building not too far away from his reach. He had no choice and reached with his left hand over to the building where it landed softly.

Twilight, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, and Rarity found themselves thrown off of their guardian’s soft grasp and onto an even harder ground below into a dark area.

The last thing Twilight heard before she blacked out was Metroplex landing into the chasm below….leaving them in an unknown structure.






“Twilight can you hear me?”

“Twiiiiliiiiight?”

“Is her face gonna stay like that?”

“Oh shoot, what if she doesn’t wake up?”

“Wait, she’s opening her eyes.”

The small unicorn slowly opened her eyes but found out the room she and her friends landed in wasn’t so dark after all. There were several blue lights sprawled across the room, some on the walls and some on the ceiling.

As Twilight stood back up on her own, the rest of her friends smiled with relief and backed away when their egghead friend began observing the room.

This room was actually pretty massive, big enough to fit at least 300 hundred or more ponies for a meeting or something. The entire room glowed dark blue with several glowing boxes sprawled across the walls. But what most intrigued her was the strange object in the center.

“Twilight, look over there.” Pinkie Pie pointed out and watched with the rest of her friends when they saw the massive hole they had landed through. The sunlight seeped in which gave all of them a little bit of light in this dark room.

“I see it, Pinkie, and Metroplex made sure we landed somewhere safe.” Twilight exclaimed and walked back into the room while the rest of her closest friends followed.

Twilight came up to the strange object in the center of the room of the room and observed it up and down. When the rest of her friends came by her side, Twilight lifted up a hoof to touch the glowing screen in front of her.

“Wait, Twilight that might not be such a good i-“ Rarity began but stopped in mid-sentence when the machine lit up a light blue.

To the equines great amazement, a giant blue ball lit up in the center and formed some kind of 3-D effect. But the strangest thing that happened was the giant long-necked creature that appeared at the top of the blue ball. It was walking on all fours and in place, looking from side to side as the mares moved in closer to get a better view.

“What is that?” Applejack asked eyeing the strange creature up and down.

Twilight was also dumbfounded and what species this was. It looked kind of like a giraffe but had sharp teeth. Suddenly, the unicorn knew exactly what it was when the image turned its head toward her.

“It….it’s an Autobot.” Twilight spoke with disbelief when she caught view of the Autobot symbol on its head. The other mares’ mouths dropped as they got in closer to observe this…..Autobot.

“What kind of Autobot is this?” Rainbow Dash asked. Her lavender friend was about to come up with the best answer she could to this when suddenly a familiar and horrible voice came rushing back. Twilight knew that voice all too well, it was the voice from her nightmare, and it came from the computer.

“Shockwave’s log: This design known as Sludge was potentially powerful; unfortunately the test subject never survived the initial Insecticon attack.”

Twilight backed away in fear from Shockwave’s voice, except the rest of her friends who kept staring at this Autobot. Rainbow Dash’s eyes grew wider when she remembered that name.

“Hey, Sludge was part of Grimlock’s team, so I guess this is what Shockwave did to him.” Rainbow Dash enquired. Twilight stepped in closer and suddenly realized it, that message was from Shockwave’s log. If it was a log then this must be Shockwave’s observation room.

“I think this place belongs to Shockwave, girls.” Twilight said and looked around with the rest of her friends.

“Well, if Metroplex would have been so grateful as to drop us off somewhere else, then we wouldn’t have to be trapped in a Decepticon lair!” Rarity shouted.

Applejack shook her head and shouted back, “Dang it, Rarity, Metraplex had no choice but ta drop us off here!”

“But what if he just-“

“Girls!” Twilight barked and glared back at her friends. They quieted down when of course the smartest out of all of them began snooping around the room with interest. She looked back and explained what exactly was on her mind.

“Everypony look around this room, if that computer talked then all of these other ones might too.” Twilight said and began observing another computer.

Applejack stepped forward and muttered, “Soooo….you want us to do….”

“Just search around the room, AJ.” Twilight finished and pressed the screen on the computer right in front of her. While Rarity and Fluttershy came across a pile of blueprints and looked at them with interest, Rainbow Dash kept staring at the Dinobot Sludge. She gave it a sorrowful look when she realized that Grimlock never could’ve saved him.

Pinkie Pie hopped around a bunch of computers and looked at the colorful screens, Applejack simply walked to one computer screen at the front of the room and stared at it blankly.

“Ah have no idea how this mumbo-jumbo works.” Applejack sighed and pressed the screen with her hoof.

While the rest of her friends were caught up with whatever they were doing, Twilight watched with great interest at the light show displayed in front of her after she pressed the screen.

“Shockwave’s log, 7723A: The target planet is rich with raw energy but also infested with primitive carbon-based life-forms.”

Twilight watched as the screen lit up and showed some kind of mountains. This must have been Shockwave observing another planet when he was still on Cybertron. But Twilight still wasn’t intrigued enough and trotted over to the next computer. She pressed the screen, sat back, and watched.

The computer faced her and spoke with Shockwave’s voice.

“I have examined the DNA of the target world’s most ferocious creatures, and used it for inspiration in my latest experiments.”

Twilight gulped when Shockwave have muttered those words, experiments…just like in her dream. She just shuttered and moved onto the next computer. She tapped the screen when she was beginning to get used to it and another light show appeared in front of her.

It showed a glowing blue sphere and what appeared to be a vortex as Shockwave began to explain in his log.

“This primitive world is quite volatile. Its surface teems with volcanic eruptions and earthquakes.”

Twilight gulped slightly again at how Shockwave described this planet. It must have been a terrible place to live during that time. Suddenly Twilight’s eyes grew. Was he observing Equestria? No, he couldn’t be, Equestria wasn’t this bad.

Whatever planet it was, it must have been awful to live there.

Rainbow Dash sighed and decided to look around like Twilight had said; she came across a computer that Twilight had passed by mistake. After watching what her friend had done, Rainbow touched the screen lightly with her hoof.

The screen came down on her face and a picture of her and all her friends were portrayed.

“WARNING, ALIENS AT LARGE.”

“Yeah, we’re the aliens here.” Rainbow Dash chuckled softly and moved around the room like the rest of her friends. After Applejack had pressed on the screen, a light show appeared in front of her that showed a little mountain and a tree.

“Oddly, the target world’s surface is not composed of metal. Most of its ore lies closer to its hot magma core.”

“Weird.” Applejack muttered and began to walk away to the center of the room.

Rarity and Fluttershy gave up on looking at the confusing blueprints and decided to look at the pretty computers. Rarity came up to the closest one and tapped the screen lightly. The massive screen lowered itself and almost bumped into Rarity’s horn.

“OH!” Rarity yelped as the screen began to talk.

“ALERT. OUR NEW LEADER HAS ORDERED THE SPACE BRIDGE BE TERMINATED AT ONCE.”

“That doesn’t sound good.” Rarity muttered and began to walk away to Applejack. Fluttershy came across a computer that looked exactly like the one Rarity had found. With a shaking hoof, Fluttershy softly touched the screen in front of her.

All of a sudden, the massive screen above her lowered down and began to speak with Shockwave’s voice. The sudden movement caused the pegasus to yelp and cower underneath it.

“Our target world displays early forms of carbon based life, both botanical and reptilian.”

“Reptilian?” Fluttershy squeaked, “Other planets have….animals?”

As Fluttershy crawled away, Pinkie Pie hopped around the room and came across a strange looking device; she playfully touched it several times until two beams came upward and examined the species in front of her.

“ERROR. UNKNOWN CREATURE. STRANGE LIFE-FORM. NO LOGIC FOUND. ERROR, ERROR, ERROR.”

Pinkie Pie giggled and hopped away leaving a very confused machine behind her. She kept hopping until she came to another computer that none of her friends had touched. With a lot of interest, Pinkie Pie touched the machine as a strange looking ship appeared in front of her.

“Shockwave’s log: Now that The Nemesis is ready for launch, Megatron can proceed with his exploration of the target planet.”

“But Megatron came to our world instead, silly filly.” Pinkie Pie giggled and walked in the center of the room where the rest of her friends were. But they were missing somepony; her friends Applejack, Rarity, Fluttershy, and Rainbow Dash were there. The only one not there was….

“Girls, come check this out!” Twilight shouted from the lower level. They shrugged and trotted down to see what Twilight was talking about. And it was actually pretty interesting.

Twilight and her friends stood right in front of a computer screen that displayed a familiar spiked-back Autobot.

“My tests have shown this carbon design has proven to be remarkably resilient to blunt trauma. It withstood testing for better than 700,000 mega-cycles before expiring.”

The ponies gasped in awe when Shockwave finished his log. Fluttershy tilted her head and asked, “Snarl is that strong?”

Applejack chuckled and said, “Heck, Snarl is stronger than a buff stallion holdin’ heavy weights on his back on a hot summer day.”

“Uhhh…sure, Applejack.” Twilight sighed and moved onto the next computer. Her friends followed and were obviously intrigued now. Twilight pressed the screen and another Dinobot popped up. This one was not one of the ponies’ favorites due to his bad attitude.

“Early diagnostics show this carbon design would make an acceptable ramming device. The three horns atop the head would also allow the creature to skewer his opponents with relative ease.”

Rarity shuddered when Shockwave’s voice had said ‘skewering opponents’. Pinkie Pie giggled and said, “Oh Slug, he doesn’t have to be such a bad boy all the time.”

“And what makes you say that?” Rainbow Dash asked.

Pinkie smiled and answered, “First of all, we can change his name to Slag and then-“

“Girls, I think we should keep going.” Twilight interrupted and moved onto the next computer. The rest of her friends followed and watched as Twilight pressed the screen and the next Dinobot flapped his wings on the hologram.

“This particular carbon design is very different from the others. Its wing-span grants it impressive flight capability, not unlike some designs I’ve seen in ancient Cybertronian Archives.”

Rainbow Dash chuckled and said, “Impressive flight? I could beat Swoop any day of the week!”

The rest of her friends groaned and came across the last computer, the only one they didn’t check. Twilight sighed when she knew which Dinobot would be next. Touching the screen, the mares grew wide eyes when they saw the creature that had once been their enemy.

“Though physically powerful, this form lacks any intelligence to pose a threat to Decepticons. However, it has proven to be among the most vicious of those that I’ve researched. My aim is to merge its design with one of my Autobot test subjects."

Rainbow Dash grinned and shouted, “There’s Grimlock!”

Twilight rubbed her chin and thought out loud, “Grimlock lacks any intelligence? That can’t be right because he sounded smart when we….uhh fought him.”

“Well, Twilight,” Fluttershy quietly said, “He was VERY vicious when he protected us from the dragon. So I guess Shockwave was right about that.”

Rainbow Dash nodded and asked, “Yeah! Oh and Twilight, where do we go now?”

Twilight stopped in mid-thought, they had no idea where the Space Bridge was and no idea if Metroplex was okay or not. All they could do now was wait and hopefully something would happen.

And to Twilight’s great surprise…she was right.

A faint glow caught Twilight’s attention as she looked up to see her tiara glowing softly like last time. The last time it glowed bright was when they had resurrected Metroplex. Something wasn’t right here.

Just before Twilight could do anything else to solve this strange predicament, the most amazing thing happened. A powerful feeling overcame the little unicorn as her knees buckled and she almost face planted. Whatever that feeling was, it was gone now…and replaced by warmth in her chest.

Rarity caught her friend before she could fall and asked, “Twilight, is everything okay, darling?!”

Twilight shook her head and began to speak, “I….I don’t-“

But the most incredible thing happened to that little unicorn obviously struggling to stand up. Her ears perked up as a deep and powerful voice filled her ears only.

‘Twilight Sparkle….you must listen to me.’

The lavender unicorn spun around quickly as her elegant friend backed away. Twilight continued to look around the room frantically while the rest of her friends were looking at her and each other in confusion.

“Who said that?” Twilight asked the room around her.

Applejack rose and eyebrow and spoke out, “Twilight, what that hay is wrong with you girl?” Applejack moved in only to be stopped by Rainbow Dash placing a hoof on her chest.

“Just let her go, AJ, I think this world has already gotten to her.” Rainbow Dash frowned and stared at her unicorn friend that kept walking in a circle and talking to no one.

Twilight gulped and asked, “Who are you?”

The voice returned.

‘I……am Primus.’

“Primus?” Twilight thought out loud and turned to her friends who hadn’t moved a muscle. She frowned at them and asked, “Did any of you hear that?!”

“Hear what?” Pinkie Pie asked and spun her head around the room. Before Twilight could explain, the voice came back.

‘They cannot hear me, Twilight; I have focused my energy on your mind and yours only. You must listen to me or you will surely parish.’

Twilight nodded and asked, “What do you want us to do?”

Primus spoke in her mind again, ‘You must listen to me and do exactly as I say, for if you don’t, you will never leave Cybertron.’

Twilight gulped when the thought of never returning home came rushing back, she put on a stern face and answered, “Okay, we’ll listen to you.”

“Wait, WHAT?!”

Twilight spun around to see Rarity glaring at her. She walked forward and shouted at her, “What are you talking about, Twilight?! We’re not listening to anypony unless they’re Autobots!”

Twilight simply nodded and said, “It is an Autobot…I think.”

Applejack shook her head and asked, “Jus’ what exactly happened, Twi?”

The unicorn looked at all of her closest friends that were obviously waiting for an explanation to befall them. Twilight just wished that all her friends would believe her when she began.

“I heard a voice in my….head. It said that if we do exactly as it says, then it will get us all to the Space Bridge and back home.” Twilight cringed and waited for her friends to flip out.

Rainbow Dash was the first.

“Okay, COME ON TWILIGHT! Even YOU would know that it wasn’t real and just your mind playing tricks on you!”

“That’s just it, Rainbow,” Twilight shouted back equally confused, “I think we should listen to it at least this once! Since Metroplex is gone and we have no idea where the Space Bridge is, this could be our only hope!”

“But…I mean that’s so….stupid!” Rainbow shouted.

Twilight looked at the rest of her friends when she knew that Rainbow Dash wasn’t going to believe her. Applejack shook her head and frowned, “Ya know, Twilight, Ah thought for sure that we were really gonna get off this world. But now that you’re tellin’ us that this voice in yer head is going ta order us around here, what if it tells us ta jump off the ledge of a cliff, would ya listen to it then, Twi?!”

The unicorn knew that Applejack was just the same as Rainbow Dash and moved onto her next friend. Rarity scowled and faced the other way, “No, Twilight, I have been through so much on this horrid world, and I have had enough from this point forward! This world has gotten to you, darling, and there is nothing we can do to help you.”

The tears had already been forming in her eyes after Rarity had said that. Why won’t they believe her?! But Twilight knew that her next friend would believe her, she in fact was the craziest and knew this wouldn’t be any different.

Pinkie Pie nervously rubbed the back of her head and began, “Ummmm….sorry, Twilight but….I kinda have to agree with Rarity.”

“Oh I knew you would come around Pink-WHAT?!” Twilight shouted in disbelief.

Pinkie gave her a sad expression and explained, “Sorry, Twilight, but I DO think this world has gotten to you just a tiny bit.”

“But…but…” Twilight stammered and looked at her last friend. The tears had already been falling down her face when her friends weren’t going to believe her, and she knew Fluttershy wasn’t going to either. She always joined the crowd and never thought for herself.

Fluttershy pawed at the ground and softly said, “I believe you, Twilight.”

Now the other mares turned their heads to their shy little friend with pure disbelief in their eyes, even Twilight’s. Fluttershy squeaked in fear when all eyes were on her, but she quietly sighed and explained.

“Twilight….you’re my friend and…..even though you are acting a bit…crazy, I already learned from you that we should always listen to our friends’ needs…no matter how weird or crazy they are.”

The six friends stood in silence. Did Fluttershy really just remind all of them about their past experiences? Never the less, Twilight walked forward and hugged her timid friend.

“Thank you, Fluttershy, I knew you….okay I didn’t really expect you to do it but thank you.” Twilight whispered.

Fluttershy smiled and watched as Twilight broke the embrace and looked at the rest of their friends. Rainbow Dash was rubbing the back of her head and trying her best to look somewhere else.

Finally she gave up and groaned, “Why did you have to mention that, Fluttershy?”

The yellow pegasus giggled softly and eyed the rest of her friends that had already looked embarrassed. Applejack pawed at the ground, Pinkie Pie shook her head while closing her eyes, and Rarity looked as if she was going to start crying.

Applejack nodded and quietly admitted it, “Fine….jus’ because yer mah friend, Twilight, ah believe ya. But if that voice in yer head is gonna tell us to jump off a cliff then Ah’m done listenin’ to ya!”

Pinkie Pie smiled again with teary eyes and sighed, “Yeah….I guess I forgot about episode 29 “Lesson Zero” huh?”

Twilight decided to skip asking whatever Pinkie was talking about and looked over to Rarity who had already been crying. Her tears were wiped away with her forehoof as she looked at Twilight with a quivering lip.

She breathed in deeply and began her apology, “Twilight, I am so sorry….but you are my best friend and…..I can never leave you or any of you behind. No matter what…like you said, Twilight, we will always be friends….together.”

The two unicorns exchanged hugs as did the rest of her friends. Twilight smiled through the tears when she found out they were in a big group hug, even on another world they could never be broken up.

When Twilight broke it, the rest of her friends circled around her while Applejack smiled and asked, “Well Twi, what do we do now?”

Just when Twilight had wanted it to happen, the voice of Primus came into her mind again, ‘Your friends trust you know, Twilight, as do I. Your friendship is truly something powerful, something I have not seen on Cybertron for many eons.’

Twilight calmly smiled, but her smile when deathly serious when Primus spoke in an urgent tone.

‘Now, Twilight Sparkle, the Space Bridge will be destroyed in one hour. There will be a console in the front of Shockwave’s Observation Deck, press it.’

Twilight nodded and looked over to the console that she had somehow passed by mistake. The unicorn looked at her friends and motioned her head towards the console, “This way, girls.”

As Twilight made her way to the console, her other friends exchanged looks one more time before they followed her to the largest machine they had seen in this room. When Twilight looked back she saw her friends all smiling and waiting for her to press the console.

Sighing deeply, the violet unicorn raised her hoof and gently tapped the console in front of her.

Just as immediately as she did that, the entire room began to rumble with several strange beeping noises appearing suddenly. To all of the equines’ great amazement, the wall in front of them slid open to the right and sunlight poured in like rushing water.

They cringed at the sudden exposure to light, but Pinkie Pie was the first to open her eyes and when she did….she gasped so loud that her lungs would explode if any more air would enter.

Several miles away was the same spiked tower they had seen when they arrived to Cybertron.

The other Elements slowly opened their eyes when they had heard their energetic friend gasp loudly. They gasped too but not as loud as Pinkie’s when they saw the Space Bridge tower not too far away. They could easily get to it now but…..they had one hour.

“Would ya look at that.” Applejack said in astonishment.

Twilight rubbed her head and was trying to think of some way to get there in time when an idea popped in her head. Focusing her hardest, Twilight bit her bottom lip when she asked out loud, “How do we get across in time, Primus?”

Nothing.

Twilight focused harder and shouted in her mind, ‘Primus, answer me please!’ Twilight’s pleas were answered by an even deeper voice than before.

‘Metroplex….awaken.’

Twilight opened her eyes as her breathing began to increase. Primus had just ordered Metroplex to wake up, but would Metroplex really listen to-

“WHOA SWEET NEELY!” Applejack shouted and galloped away from the front of the window. Twilight spun around and gawked when she saw Metroplex look inside the window; the light was trapped by the giant bringing his hand in forward.

The sound of glass shattering echoed through the room as Metroplex opened up his palm for his new masters to climb on. Rarity, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, and Rainbow Dash came out of their hiding spots when Metroplex was eagerly waiting for them.

Twilight and Applejack slowly approached when Metroplex began speaking.

“WE DO NOT HAVE MUCH TIME.”

That was all they needed to hear for each mare to slowly climb onto Metroplex’s hand with ease. Bringing his fingers inwards to protect the mares in his hand, Metroplex brought his entire hand out of Shockwave’s Observation Deck and stared at the shivering ponies.

When Twilight realized Metroplex was waiting for something, she was about to speak when Primus spoke to her again…but this time was different.

The Element of Magic felt her horn glow softly as did her tiara. Twilight began panicking when she didn’t know what was going on…but it soon made sense.

A bright light overcame her vision as Twilight fell face first on Metroplex’s gentle palm. Her friends came to her side and brought her back to her hooves. With s gentle shake of her head, Twilight looked around and saw it.

The being of Primus.

None of her closest friends had paid attention to it; they were too worried to see if their lavender friend was okay. But Twilight didn’t look at them; she was still staring at the awesome being floating but a few feet away from her.

It was obviously a ‘he’ from the face structure and male dominance that glowed out of his magnificent armor. Speaking of the armor, it was multicolored with black, grey, blue, and red spread across every bump and pillar spreading out of the body of this great being. The glowing yellow eyes made her cower with fear, but a strange kind of fear, like how a mother would scold her children, that’s how Twilight felt as she stared at this god-like Transformer. Twilight had suddenly remembered, all the Autobots she had ever seen had said Primus’ at least once, referring to prayer or simply fear. This is what the Transformers believed in and worshiped, no matter what, this being made Celestia look like nothing.

Primus glowed in a soft light that shimmered across the cowering equines’ body, how did her friends not see this?! She didn’t have time to find out when he pointed left and began to speak.

‘The Space Bridge is that way, Twilight Sparkle; you do not have much time left so I will lead you there.’

Suddenly, Primus shrunk down into a glowing white ball of energy and flew away towards the massive tower several miles away. Twilight breathed in again as if wondering if she just saw that. She shook her head and shouted, “Metroplex, go to the Space Bridge!”

“ON MY WAY.”
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The Autobot dropships slowly descended onto the platforms surrounding the Space Bridge, ever since Grimlock destroyed it they have added more structures, more defenses, and sure as Primus more Decepticons.

It was no longer a simple passageway to the command center of the Space Bridge, but now there were several turns and shields that there was no way the Autobots were breaking through without Metroplex’s help.

That’s all Ultra Magnus was thinking about when he stepped out of the dropship and landed on the closest platform. Following him was Arcee, Kup, Hot Rod, Blurr, Springer, Bumblebee, Scattershot, and the Protectobots.

Ultra Magnus looked back and didn’t see Metroplex anywhere.

“Where is he?!” The Autobot leader shouted over the gunfire echoing over the floating grounds. Kup watched in horror as the Warp Cannons shot down several Autobot ships trying to cover fire.

“Magnus,” Kup shouted, “we can’t stay here anymore! Either we move up and take out the defenses, or we stay here like sittin’ protoforms!”

Ultra Magnus looked around frantically and still no sight of any type of equine or Autobot city. He sighed and activated his photon burst rifle, he knew he had to push forward with the ponies or not. With a single cock of his weapon, Magnus stared down the grounds that floated ahead which showed the first Warp Cannon.

The Autobot leader pointed at a group of Autobots and shouted, “Protectobots, merge into Defensor! You’re mission is to take out that Warp Cannon!”

Hot Spot cracked his knuckles and yelled, “You heard him, Protectobots, let’s do this!”

As the leader of the Protectobots had given the orders, Streetwise and Groove ran forward and transformed into the legs. They crashed to the ground and almost buckled the knees when Hot Spot landed on top of them, forming the head and torso. Blades flew in from above and transformed into the arm. Hot Spot caught him and placed him in the right arm socket. Finally, First Aid jumped up as high as he could and was caught by Blades who placed him in the left arm socket. Transforming to make it complete, Defensor stomped forward and destroyed the barrier in front of Magnus and several Autobots.

The Autobot soldiers yelled victory cries and ran forward while Magnus and his group stayed behind to watch Defensor stomp on several Decepticon soldiers.

“We got our heavy artillery huh Magnus?” Springer smiled at his friend.

Magnus shook his head and pointed forward, “Oh no….what have I done?”

Just as he said that, his team looked forward to see the Warp Cannon charging up and firing one blast at the Autobot colossus. Arcee screamed when Defensor fell to one knee and at the mercy of the cannon.

Right before the cannon could finish off Defensor, the Warp Cannon exploded from several missiles coming from behind.
Defensor stood back up and turned towards Ultra Magnus, he almost laughed when he saw Magnus’ expression. Instead he just smiled and chuckled, “LOOKS LIKE MY MISSION IS COMPLETE, MAGNUS. I’LL JUST MOVE ONTO THE NEXT CANNON.”

While Defensor stomped away to fight off the Decepticons, Ultra Magnus looked behind him and wondered what had saved Defensor’s life.

It wasn’t hard to find out when the black fist rose up on the platform.
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Driving and swerving to dodge Autobot fire was the Decepticon Quake in all his glory. Now in his tank form, Quake shot and actually destroyed an Autobot dropship while on his way to find the Terrorcons.

Now that all the defenses were activated, Quake had one objective left.

Driving up a ramp and transforming in mid-air, Quake crashed to the platform where the Decepticons he was looking for were.

Quake cracked his neck and shouted loud enough for each of them to hear, “Terrorcons, Octane has ordered you to form Abominus at once! The Autobots have brought out Defensor and-“

“No!” Hun-Gurrr yelled and jumped in front of Quake. The other Terrorcons growled with hatred and began to move in on the Decepticon.

Quake put up his hands to show he wasn’t a threat and spoke, “I am not your enemy, Terrorcons, but-“

“We know you are not our enemy!” Cutthroat shrieked from a high perch.

“Yessss,” Sinnertwin hissed, “Octane is the one we hate the most.”

Quake smiled and explained, “Then we are on the same page, tell you what, if you take out the remaining Autobots here, we will overthrow Octane once and for all!”

The Terrorcons exchanged looks while Blot shouted, “And what do we get out of this?!”

Quake gave the Terrorcon an odd look and asked, “Did you not just hear me? I said-“ Quake couldn’t finish when Hun-Gurrr interrupted him.

“Do not ask, Quake, Blot is not right in the head.” Hun-Gurrr growled and tapped his forehead. Quake slightly nodded, he could agree with that.

When Quake suddenly realized that all the Terrorcons finally understood, he raised a fist and yelled, “Terrorcons, are you ready to rule the Decepticons?!”

“YEAHHHH!!!!”

“Then form Abominus!”

Hun-Gurrr stepped forward and shouted, “Yes, Quake is right, we shall consume on these invading Autobots and then Octane will be desert!”

“Let’s do it!” Rippersnapper shrieked.

All of a sudden, each Terrorcon joined together to form this massive beast, and also the strongest of all the combiners, Abominus. Quake’s smile turned to sheer terror when Abominus began stomping around looking for something to smash.

He looked down at Quake.

“ABOMINUS HUNGRY!”

The Decepticon smiled and transformed into his tank form, he took off down the platforms and shouted from behind, “Dinner is this way, Abominus!”
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“Twilight!” Ultra Magnus shouted completely relieved to see that the ponies had lived. As the six mares stumbled out, they were instantly surrounded by several familiar Autobots.

“I thought I’d never say this but…. I’m so happy to see you ponies!” Kup smiled.

The mares gave confused smiles back at Kup but stopped when Magnus had begun to speak.

“Hear is the battle plan, Metroplex will-“

Ultra Magnus stopped in mid-sentence when he saw Metroplex look over them. The mighty titan brought his head down to the six ponies and spoke, “I CANNOT FIGHT THIS WAY. I WILL FIND A HIGHER PLATFORM TO STAND ON, UNTIL THEN BE SAFE.”

“Got it, Metroplex!” Twilight shouted and watched as the Autobot titan walked away from their position and closer to the Space Bridge tower itself.

Magnus shrugged and quickly said, “Okay new plan. Kup, Scattershot, and I will lead the way while Springer, Bumblebee, Hot Rod, and Arcee will stay behind us. You ponies will be in-between our shield so none of you get hurt.”

Blurr sped forward and flipped his hands to the side, “What about me, Magnus? What about me? I can help, I wanna help! What about me?!”

Magnus frowned and flatly ordered, “Blurr you can stay with Hot Rod and the others.”

Blurr put his hands on his sides and smiled, “Absolutely positively! Need a job done, I’m the bot for it, no other bot can out beat me, nobody, nobody, nobody!”

“Then let’s roll out!” Ultra Magnus shouted and took off to the left which led to several more platforms. It seemed like a perfect place to go since there were no Decepticons there. So the Element Bearers, Bumblebee, Arcee, Hot Rod, Springer, and Blurr followed the leaders of the Autobot assault.

But the spirit of Primus said otherwise.

The glowing orb of Primus himself appeared in front of the purple equine; stopping her in her tracks. Twilight stared at the orb for several seconds until spoke to her again.

‘No, Twilight Sparkle, this way.’

The orb then took off towards the right, the area filled with Decepticons and several ways that could kill even the strongest stallion. Twilight shuddered when she stared down the platforms that Primus’ orb had already passed. Her friends stopped and looked back at their whimpering friend.

“Twilight, wait are ya waitin’ for?!” Applejack screamed and came by her side. After the rest of mares went to Twilight, Hot Rod stopped and turned back to see the ponies haven’t moved at all.

“Kid, where ya going?!” Springer yelled and saw Hot Rod turn back and run in the opposite direction. Hot Rod turned back to tell Springer what he was doing when he saw something that was far more important.

“Springer, get outta there!”

The green Autobot turned around to see an Autobot dropship literally on fire and heading straight for them! Hot Rod ran back and grabbed Arcee’s hand to pull her out of the way while Springer, Bumblebee, and Blurr dodged the dropship just in time.

“You better stay close to me!” Hot Rod yelled while holding Arcee’s hand. A sudden explosion from the dropship caused Hot Rod to fall on his back with Arcee on top of him.

Hot Rod looked up to see Arcee smiling softly and chuckling at their position.

“No, you better stay close to me.” Arcee jokingly said and gave Hot Rod a seductive look.

Right before Hot Rod could move, Springer pulled Arcee up and then him. Springer chuckled and said, “So you and Arcee huh?”

“Shut up, Springer!” Arcee and Hot Rod shouted in unison.

“Ummm…excuse me but….I think we have bigger problems.”

Springer, Hot Rod, and Arcee looked down to see Fluttershy pointing passed them. They followed her hoof and almost screamed in panic when they saw what happened.

The dropship blocked their escape.
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Ultra Magnus, Scattershot, and Kup turned around in shock to see the Autobot dropship crash right in between them, their fellow Autobots, and the six ponies.

“NOOOO!!!!” Magnus shouted and tried to find a wedge between the ships, but the fires were too powerful and caused him to back away with his hands in front of his face. Kup came up and gave a horrified expression to whatever happened to those sweet little ponies beyond there…..it had to be horrible.

Scattershot looked back and saw the Decepticons beginning to defend again; he looked at Magnus and shouted over the fire, “Ultra Magnus, the Decepticons are coming our way! It was trap the entire time!”

Kup sighed with relief and assured the group, “So the ponies are safe now.”

Ultra Magnus looked directly and Kup and muttered, “I wouldn’t say that.”
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All the angry glares got passed to the little unicorn, Bumblebee, Hot Rod, Springer, Arcee, and Blurr stared at Twilight accusingly while her friends were busy yelling at her.

“What the hay, Twilight, we were going to right way!”

“Why ever would you stop?!”

“Twilight…I’m not mad but…please don’t try and kill us like that again.”

“Yeah that flying boat almost crushed us!”

“Twi, does this have somethin’ ta do with that voice in yer head?!”

Twilight was lost in both thought and confusion, her friends were yelling at her while she was still wondering why Primus would do that to them.

Her answer came shortly.

Twilight stopped breathing when Primus’ voice came back in her head, all her friends’ was drowned out and all she heard was the god of Cybertron.

‘Twilight, you didn’t listen to me. You have to go exactly where I tell you to go or else you will perish. You must go right; its path will lead you directly to the Space Bridge controls….exactly where Octane is trying to destroy it.’

‘But…but there are Decepticons everywhere over there and-‘ Twilight began only to be interrupted yet again.

‘You or none of your friends will be harmed…the Autobots will protect you. Now tell them where to go.’

Twilight nodded once and turned back to her friends who were obviously waiting for an explanation to their almost demise. Twilight gulped.

‘Oh please let them believe me!’ Twilight begged in her mind.

Twilight nervously began, “Ummm….girls….I know this sounds crazy but…we have to go right…it will lead us to the Space Bridge controls where Octane is right now.”

Applejack growled and shouted, “ARE YOU CRA-“

“Wait, let me get a reading!” Blurr interrupted and checked his sonar. Applejack calmed back down and watched intently as Blurr kept looking at his arm.

He finally looked back up and explained, “Sonars indicate that the Space Bridge controls are directly right, passed the third column, left, and finally straight down where Octane is trying to destroy the Space Bridge with the self-destruct protocol as we speak! He will be finished in exactly 45.9 cycles and counting down!”

Now the five mares were surprised, even the Autobots looked down at Twilight who shuffled nervously when all eyes were on her again. Hot Rod tilted his head and asked, “How…how did you know?”

Twilight didn’t have time to answer when Primus spoke to her again.

‘Time is short, Element of Magic, go right and follow me.’

The little unicorn nodded and looked at each of her closest friends and Autobots staring at her. She grew a stern face and shouted over another explosion, “Follow me, I know where to go!” Twilight took off towards the right where several Decepticons were waiting to kill.

“I don’t know about you guys, but I’m following her!” Springer shouted and transformed into his helicopter form. He took to the skies but kept close to the unicorn below.

“Let’s go, follow us!” Hot Rod shouted and ran forward. Arcee and Blurr took off behind Hot Rod while Bumblebee stayed with the ponies he swore to protect.

Fluttershy looked back and saw Bee’s familiar face staring straight ahead. No emotion was found on his face. But he did look down when he heard a slight whimper escape Fluttershy’s trembling form.

“Bumblebee….” Fluttershy began, “if we don’t make it out of this…I just want to tell you that I lo-“

Bumblebee placed a finger on her lips which silenced her; he stood back up and activated his gun. Bee looked down at each of the five ponies below him and motioned his head forward.

“Come on, girls; let’s follow our crazy friend Twilight.” Rarity muttered and galloped down the platforms with the rest of her friends and Bumblebee following close behind.

Speaking of the crazy friend, Twilight stopped and stared straight ahead at the strange wall in front of her. It was entirely blue and there was no other way across. The other Autobots had stopped right by Twilight as did her closest friends.

“How do we get across this here wall?” Applejack asked glaring at the strange blue obstacle. Springer hovered above in his helicopter form and spoke loud enough for all of them to hear.

“I’ll destroy the wall! All of you have to keep going and I’ll provide covering fire!” Springer shouted and shot away at the one thing keeping the shield together.

As the shield disintegrated, Twilight, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Applejack, Rarity, Arcee, Bumblebee, Hot Rod, and Blurr prepared to charge forward….

….but couldn’t move when they saw what was but a few feet in front of them.

They saw a massive Decepticon colossus grab a dropship and chuck it to the ground in a fiery explosion. The colossus stomped away to find something else to play with.

“BRING ME A REAL CHALLENGE!” The colossus yelled before he stomped away.

Unknown to what it was, the mares were frozen in their tracks and unable to move when Springer flew passed them.

“Oh scrap they got Abominus now?!” Springer yelled.

‘Abominus?’ Twilight thought to herself, ‘That does NOT sound good!’

Her sudden thoughts were interrupted by the shining orb floating passed her and down the platform to even more Decepticon filled areas.

‘This way, Twilight.’ Primus spoke to her as the orb floated away.

“Follow me, everyone!” The violet unicorn screamed and galloped down the platforms. Hot Rod watched as the little pony ran as fast as she could down Decepticon territory. But something was off…..none of the Decepticons paid her any heed as she simply ran passed them.

“You heard your friend, let’s go!” Hot Rod shouted at the ponies beneath him and took off; firing at any Decepticon in his path and soon out of their line of sight. Arcee, Blurr, and Springer followed behind and assisted Hot Rod while Bumblebee stayed close to his little ponies.

This time he wouldn’t lose them.
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“Till all are one GAHHH!!!”

The Autobots were in deep turmoil from the defending Decepticons. As Ultra Magnus, Kup, and Scattershot led the Autobot forces forward closer to where Octane was. Magnus shot away with his photon burst rifle and killed a Decepticon shot gunner just a few feet away.

“Great shot, Magnus,” Kup shouted over the fire of his assault rifle, “I can see the next Warp Cannon just a few pillars ahead!”

Scattershot came to their side and shouted, “How many cannons are left?!”

“This is the last one, Scattershot, we can’t back away now!” Ultra Magnus shouted and fired away.

Kup smiled and shouted, “That’s the Magnus I know!”

As Kup said that, a Decepticon Leaper landed right in between causing Ultra Magnus and Scattershot to fall on their backs while Kup landed back a few feet. The Leaper glared at Magnus and shouted, “You’re no Prime, but I guess I can make an exception!”

Just before the Leaper could strike, Kup jumped on the back of the Decepticon and planted a charge on its back.

“What the?! NOOOOO!!!” The Leaper screamed his last words before his explosion cut him off. Kup jumped down by Magnus and Scattershot where Scattershot kept smiling.

“Not bad for an old timer.” Scattershot chuckled.

Kup glared back at the young soldier and growled, “Old timer?! That’s something you’ll never be if we don’t take out this Warp Cannon!” Scattershot shrugged and moved forward with Magnus and Kup.

“Forward, Autobots!” Ultra Magnus shouted with his gun high in the air. With the Autobot armies on their tail, Ultra Magnus could see the final Warp Cannon getting nearer.

Until they stopped in complete horror when the Decepticon colossus walked right from behind it.
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“We got Decepticons to the right; we got Decepticons to the left, Decepticons by the walls! Decepticons, Decepticons, Decepticons! If we shoot them in front of us, then we just got Decepticons coming from the sides! Decepticons, Decepticons, Decepticons!”

Blurr shouted repeated words as he rapidly shot from his scatter blaster at all the Decepticons in front of him. Meanwhile, the six cowering ponies hid behind some rubble as Blurr was clearing them a path. Arcee, Hot Rod, and Bumblebee stayed with the equines and fired whenever they got a chance.

Not only was Twilight terrified out of her mind, but she had lost sight of Primus.

Springer hovered above the ground and shot a volley of missiles at a small group of Decepticons thus clearing a path. Suddenly a Decepticon Leaper jumped right in front of Blurr and prepared to attack.

But Springer had other ideas when he transformed back and landed right behind the Leaper. While shooting it several times in the back and soon killing the Leaper, Springer smiled and yelled, “I got better things to do tonight then die!”

Springer couldn’t do anything else when a missile struck him in the back.

Arcee looked up to see Springer fall face first. The one person Arcee didn’t want it to be….

“Arcee, long time no see!”

The female Autobot looked up to see a yet another female…but not an Autobot.

“Slipstream!” Arcee shouted in a mixture of hatred and disgust.

The Decepticon Seeker named Slipstream transformed into her jet form and took off straight for her old nemesis. Arcee didn’t think and jumped up to grab Slipstream in her jet form. Both female Autobot and Decepticon flew away with Arcee not letting go.

“What was that all about?!” Rainbow Dash screamed.

Hot Rod couldn’t see where Arcee and Slipstream had gone but knew one thing for sure.

“We just lost a soldier.”
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Arcee wouldn’t break off as Slipstream twisted and turned to get this Autobot off of her. Arcee looked downwards and witnessed them about to crash safely on a platform. Whipping out her blaster, Arcee shot Slipstream straight in the thruster causing them both to fall to the ground.

Slipstream transformed back and lunged at her nemesis while screaming, “Die like your sisters!”

But Arcee was too quick and shot Slipstream straight in the chest, sending her crashing into the side of a wall connecting to the outer platform.

“They were your sisters too!”

Arcee then charged forward and battled Slipstream hand to hand. Slipstream grabbed Arcee and threw her against a pillar sending it and her crashing to the ground. Struggling to get back up, Arcee felt herself being lifted and thrown against a set of boxes.

“I thought you would put up more of a fight, unlike your friend Tailgate!” Slipstream laughed.

“ERRRAAAAHH!!!!”

Arcee had enough of this and attacked as hard as her spark could take it. She and Slipstream battled like their lives depended on it, and it was true. Even though she dodged perfectly and attacked with pure trained agility, it still wasn’t enough.

Slipstream grabbed Arcee’s left arm and shot her in the back. Arcee crumbled to the ground with her now open wound and completely helpless to the Decepticon Seeker standing above her.

Pulling out her blade, Slipstream smirked and raised it above her head.

“I would have waited an eternity for this moment!”

BANG!

Slipstream’s face exploded and sent Energon and shrapnel all over Arcee. When Slipstream’s dead body fell backwards, Arcee looked up to see the person who saved her life.

“Us female Autobots gotta stick together.”
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“LOOK AT ALL THE AUTOBUGS!”

Abominus stomped from behind the Warp Cannon and punched, kicked, and shot several Autobot soldiers, killing them with ease. Ultra Magnus, Kup, and Scattershot fired away with their weapons which did little damage to Abominus.

“Don’t fall back, Autobots!” Ultra Magnus charged forward and shot from his burst rifle. Kup and Scattershot followed with several Autobots behind them.

“Whoa, Abominus man you are even uglier up close!” Scattershot yelled causing Abominus to turn his way.

“I’LL TAKE THAT AS AN INSULT!”

With that said, Abominus shot several missiles from his back at the surrounding Autobots. When the missiles collided, it sent several Autobots to their deaths but only a couple dozen survived. Ultra Magnus looked up from whatever cover he had and gasped when he saw the Autobot shuttle heading right for the Decepticon colossus.

“Abominus won’t stand a chance to Sky Lynx!”

When the shuttle transformed into the familiar winged Autobot, Abominus turned around to be pelted in the face with sharp talons. Sky Lynx scratched and bit at Abominus’ head and chest while the combiner tried to rip the Autobot off of him.

Ultra Magnus stood back up and pointed straight at the Warp Cannon, “This is our chance!”

But before the Autobot could move a single step, a purple blur landed right in front of him causing him to cover his face from the debris. When Magnus looked at what had landed just a few feet away from him, all he heard were the chuckles.

“Magnus…..hehehe…oh how long have I waited for this.”
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Twilight Sparkle began to tear up when Arcee had left them to fight on alone.

And with Springer injured and out of the battle, all she had to do now was to listen to Primus leading her to Octane. With Blurr, Hot Rod, and Bumblebee covering the sides as the Element Bearers moved forward closer to the Space Bridge controls, Twilight didn’t pay any attention to her friends constant screaming and shouting, but her focus was on the white orb right in front of her.

‘Never give up, trust your Element.’ Primus spoke to her as they pushed forward.

The orb made a sharp left which Twilight followed perfectly, Hot Rod watched as Twilight began to break up from the group. He wanted to tell her to stay closer but stopped.

‘No…she knows where she’s going.’ Hot Rod thought.

“This way, everyone!” Hot Rod shouted and ran after the unicorn. Blurr made a quick turn and led the five equines behind him right on Hot Rod’s track. Bumblebee covered the rear and shot at the Decepticons to attack them from behind.

Twilight didn’t look at anything else except the orb in front of her. She knew that this Primus being was here to help her….and she would listen to whatever he had to say.

Looking slightly left, Twilight saw several Decepticons charging at her but suddenly getting shot from unknown blasts. This made the unicorn feel more secure when she finally realized it…

Primus was protecting her.

She was so focused on Primus’ orb that she almost ignored the screams from her friends: both Autobots and equines.
“No, Twilight, don’t go in there!” Hot Rod yelled but it was already too late.

Twilight stopped in her tracks and observed her surroundings; the fingers of the Space Bridge were towering above her in an awesome sight. This new area she was in was much larger than the others and had another blue shield at the entrance to the Space Bridge controls.

Twilight knew it was the control station when she saw the orb sail down the platform and float right by the shield.

“Pony, get back here please there are Leapers heading right for you!” Blurr shouted and ran forward.

“LEAPERS?!” Twilight screamed and looked up to see a Leaper land right on top of her.

“Twilight!!!”

The unicorn lazily looked up to see a blurry vision of a Decepticon Leaper standing right above her. The next thing that happened was just too fast for her mind to process.

The Leaper lifted up his pointed fist and brought it down on the cowering pony between his legs. But instead of striking soft flesh, he struck the hard ground when the pony had disappeared. But he did catch something….a white bandage.

Twilight opened her eyes and witnessed herself above ground. She looked up to see that rainbow mane and magenta eyes watching her with concern.

“Rainbow Dash, you’re flying!” Twilight squealed with joy.

The cyan mare looked at her once wounded wing now pumping her up and down. Her smile grew when she ignored the pain and risked her life to save one of her closest friends.

“I guess I’m a fast healer!” Rainbow Dash chuckled and lowered herself to the ground. The Leaper looked over to see the two ponies smiling and without a care in the world…

…not for long.

“I’ll wipe that smile off your faces!” The Leaper yelled and charged forward only to be stopped by several shots to his side. The Leaper turned to see three Autobots and the other ponies running forward. He knew that the Autobots were trying to get the six of those ponies to take out Octane! He knew what to do.

“Decepticons!” The Leaper yelled loud enough for his team to come to his aide. Now with two other Leapers by his side, nothing could get passed them.

“Excuse me!”

A pink flash darted between their legs followed by an orange, white, yellow, purple, and blue one. The Leapers turned around to see the six ponies had made it to the end of the shield.

“NO, STOP THEM!” One Leaper yelled before his entire body exploded. The two others turned back to see the three Autobots charging forward with guns blazing.

“Cover your backs and kill them!” One Leaper screamed and darted for the closest Autobot. The other Leaper joined and soon it was an all-out battle between Hot Rod, Blurr, Bumblebee, and the two Leapers.

Twilight faced the shield again and screamed, “How do we get passed this thing?!”

Applejack turned to her right and saw the glowing red object, she pointed at it and yelled over the constant explosions that rocked the platform, “Remember what Springer did?! We have ta destroy them glowin’ boxes!”

“Oh yeah!” Twilight remembered and charged up her horn. With a single blow, the first box exploded and the shield began to disintegrate.

“Just one more!” Rarity screamed with delight and stomped her hooves on the ground.

With one final charge, Twilight turned left and shot an energy beam directly at the glowing red box, thus, destroying the shield. Twilight rubbed her head to regain whatever energy she had lost. But her friends’ gasps and expressions caused her to look down.

Down the long path, was a small dot typing away at a massive machine right in front of it. This new area was bright purple and the center was one giant circle. Twilight squinted and found out the dot had wings…..it was Octane!

“Let’s finish this, girls.” Twilight muttered and prepared to take a step.

“Twilight, wait!” Fluttershy squeaked causing all eyes to be focused on her. Twilight looked back to see her friend obviously afraid for her life.

Fluttershy shivered when she looked down the path that led to Octane, she gulped and began to speak in a high whisper, “What if….we don’t make it? We can’t fight against these Decepticons and….there’s no way we can do this without the Autobots’ help.”

At this point, Fluttershy began to cry. Twilight knew that they had been through so much together these past few days. Meeting an alien race, getting involved in their war, and now on another world just fighting to survive.

Twilight knew what to do and trotted in closer to her trembling friends, she put a forehoof on Fluttershy’s shoulder and spoke in a calming voice.

“Fluttershy…all of you, we have been through SO much and…if we die…I’m glad I died with my best friends by my side. But I know for sure now…that we can do this!”

Rarity, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, and Fluttershy were surprised to hear Twilight say this, “We can do this, girls! It’s just one Decepticon….we survived an entire ARMY of Decepticons so this is nothing to us!”

She put her hoof on the ground and stared at each of them deeply into their eyes, “Are you with me, girls?”

It was a short moment before Pinkie hopped in and shouted, “I’m with ya, Twilight, just like you said, we’ll do this together until the end!”

“Ah’m with Pinkie Pie on this one.” Applejack smiled at her unicorn friend.

“Yeah, that Decepti-creep is goin’ down!” Rainbow Dash punched her hooves together.

“Well….yes you are very right, Twilight, we’ll teach that brute a lesson!” Rarity yelled.

“okay.” Fluttershy smiled with now more confidence then she had before.

Twilight Sparkle nodded and looked down the path that led to their only chance to get home. Before she could take a step, the orb appeared in front of her and spoke again.

‘This is it, Twilight Sparkle, I have done my job and it is time for all of you to finish yours. Use the Space Bridge to return to your true home….goodbye….Element of Magic.’

And with that, the orb disappeared.
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“Quake, do you realize what is about to happen? This entire Space Bridge is going down and you with it if we don’t stop Octane!” Ultra Magnus shouted.

The Decepticon tank slightly chuckled before pulling out a long sword, “Oh I know what Octane is doing right now. And he will be finished any cycle now, but I have a plan. The Terrorcons and I will escape this exploding Bridge just in time to watch all of you burn to death! And when Octane rendezvous with us, we shall crush him once and for all!”

Quake held the sword in front of him and growled, “But first….I wish to challenge the Autobot Leader.”

Ultra Magnus looked passed Quake and at the battle taking place. Sky Lynx and Abominus were still going at it with Sky Lynx breathing fire all over his head. Kup and Scattershot had already moved forward with the rest of the Autobots to finish off the remaining Decepticons and the Warp Cannon.

He had nothing else to do.

Whipping out a sword of his own, Ultra Magnus glared at the Decepticon tank watching his every move. They had a stare down to see who was weaker; neither of them betrayed any emotion. Quake looked deep in Magnus’ blue optics to look for the slightest bit of fear.

He could find none.

Then they struck. With gears grinding and swords slashing, Ultra Magnus and Quake went at it like two animals fighting each other in a cage. Magnus ducked Quake’s slash and delivered an uppercut to his face. With Quake disoriented, Ultra Magnus lifted up his sword and jabbed it directly in Quake’s abdomen.

To Magnus’ great surprise, Quake brought him and the sword in closer to him. Now with the sword even deeper inside Quake, the Decepticon punched Magnus several times in the face with his free hand. Now with Magnus disoriented, Quake whipped out his riot cannon and shot him straight in the chest.

Ultra Magnus fell backwards and released his sword that still impaled in Quake’s abdomen. The Autobot Leader looked up from the smoke to see Quake rip out the sword and walk closer to him. Ultra Magnus gasped when Quake lifted up the sword and yelled.

“Till all are one?! More like till all are none!”

When he brought the sword down, Magnus shifted quickly and dodged the attack. Quake was slow to respond when Magnus jumped on his back and snapped his neck.

Quake’s dead form landed on the ground with a hard thud.

Ultra Magnus sighed happily and brought his attention to the same battle. The Autobots hadn’t destroyed the Warp Cannon and Abominus had grabbed Sky Lynx’s tail and smashed him against the ground several times.

As Sky Lynx laid on the ground out cold, Abominus looked over and saw the Autobots trying to shoot at the Warp Cannon.

“AUTOBUGS, PREPARE FOR OBLIVION!”

Kup and Scattershot turned around to see the Decepticon colossus lift up his foot and prepare to crush him and his team. Ultra Magnus couldn’t bear to watch his closest friends die by this beast….and he wasn’t close enough to do anything.

Quake was distracting him!

But to Kup’s and Scattershot’s great amazement, several missiles pelted Abominus in the back that was just enough for the Decepticon to lose his balance. Now at the edge of the platform, Abominus looked up one last time to see a missile explode in his face.

“NOOOOOO!!!!!”

Abominus screamed as he fell to his death below.

Ultra Magnus looked back to see what had just happened, and to HIS great amazement, he had never thought they would actually come to help them win this battle.

Standing above several upper platforms was Elita One and her elite team of female Autobots. Magnus couldn’t see for sure but….he thought he saw Arcee standing next to Elita. The female Autobot looked back at her team: Chromia, Firestar, Greenlight, Lancer, and Moonracer.

Pointing at the last Warp Cannon, Ultra Magnus couldn’t help but smile when he heard Elita One shout these words.

“Autobots, assist our boys!”
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The six Elements of Harmony galloped as hard as they could down the long pathway in front of them. This was their time to prove to all these Decepticons that they were going to fight for their right, and never give up!

When the six mares finally reached their destination, Twilight almost couldn’t believe where she was. The four fingers of the Space Bridge were above her, they were all standing on this circular platform where Octane kept typing away.

Which reminded her…

“You’re finished, Octane!” Twilight screamed when she came to a complete stop only a few feet from the Decepticon leader.

Octane stopped typing for a brief second to look back at the little colorful aliens. He smiled manically and hissed, “Hello again, my little ponies.”

Rarity stomped her hoof on the ground and shouted, her rage already boiling up from the last time they had met this Decepticon, “It’s over you ruffian!”

Octane narrowed his red optics and growled, “Is it….really?”

Pinkie Pie jumped forward and yelled, “We’re not afraid of you! Well maybe I am a little and Fluttershy might be but-“

Octane chuckled and faced the console again, “You ponies are so adorable, and too bad you never could make it back to your precious world.”

Applejack pawed at the ground and snorted, “An’ what makes ya say that?!”

Octane turned his head back and smiled.

“You will shortly see.”

Fluttershy’s ear twitched when a slight growl from behind her came. She quivered when the growls were no loud enough for everypony to hear.

“W-what is that?!” Rainbow screamed and looked around but saw nothing. Octane was enjoying every second of this and knew that it was time.

With a snap of his fingers, Octane shouted so loud that the beasts hiding below could hear.

“Predacons, assemble!”

The growls from before now intensified as a giant beast came crawling from the side of the platform. The mares gasped when this new creature came into view, it was a multicolored robotic lion!

As the lion growled and moved closer, the mares brought their attention to another group of beasts. Three more multicolored animals came in on all fours while one flew from the air and hovered above the ponies’ only escape.

The first one was a horned bull and pawed at the ground just waiting to ram his new targets. The second one was a red panther and hissed when he caught view of the shivering equines. The third one was a rhinoceros that snorted and growled when he began to feel hungry again. The fourth one was far different than the others; it had wings and a large beak that he used to squawk at the six equines below him.

Octane laughed when the Predacons began to surround the precious little ponies, he lifted up his hand and they backed off. Now that Twilight’s bravery had left her, all she could do was shake with fear when Octane began to speak.

“Allow me to introduce Razorclaw, Divebomb, Headstrong, Rampage, and Tantrum! The Predacons! And unlike the Terrorcons, they are completely loyal to me.”

When Octane faced the console again, Fluttershy almost had a heart attack when he said these words.

“Predacons, enjoy your meal.”

Razorclaw growled with hunger and moved closer with Tantrum, Headstrong, and Rampage while Divebomb stayed behind. Now that all the courage was extinguished, the ponies couldn’t do anything now but hold each other tight and wait for the pain to come.

“STAY BACK!”

Twilight opened her eyes to see the least likely pony to stand up to these beasts: Fluttershy.

The butter pegasus spread her wings and ignored the pain that shot through her injured wing to glare at these Decepticons. And to Octane’s and the Predacons’ great surprise, they backed away in total fear.

“Fl-Fluttershy?” Rarity gasped in astonishment when she nearly bumped heads with the one with horns.

Fluttershy glared right into the red optics of Tantrum as she bellowed, “YOU OR NONE OF YOUR PREDACONS WILL HURT MY FRIENDS! DO YOU UNDERSTAND?!”

Tantrum cowered underneath her with this unknown power overtaking him. Fluttershy then faced the other Predacons who backed away from this frightening alien.

“YOU ALL BETTER STAY AWAY OR ELSE!!!” Fluttershy screamed at them as she intensified “The Stare”.

“Razorclaw, what are you waiting for? Destroy them!” Octane shouted and typed away faster.

Razorclaw looked over at Headstrong and growled, “It is time, Predacons, merge for the kill!”

Fluttershy’s stare left her when something even more terrifying than her stare had happened. Tantrum and Headstrong ran forward and transformed in front of the only escape the ponies had, they formed legs.

“OH NO NOT AGAIN!” Applejack screamed.

The leader Razorclaw transformed in mid-air and landed on top of the two Predacons to form a torso. Next, Divebomb broke apart and his body transformed into an arm while his wings flew straight for the back. Rampage jumped up and formed another arm to lock in the left arm socket while Divebomb formed the right arm. Finally, the wings of Divebomb locked into the back as yet another Decepticon colossus was formed.

This new colossus stepped forward and clenched its spiked fists when he caught view of the tiny little ponies in front of him. Octane turned back around and yelled, “Predaking, finish this once and for all!”

“FEEL THE AWESOME MIGHT OF PREDAKING!”

With that, Predaking raised his fist in the air and brought it down on the little equines. Twilight yelped and used a teleporting spell to get her and all her friends out of the way just in time. They appeared at the edge on the far right of the platform where Predaking was ready for them.

“Oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no!” Twilight panicked when Predaking stomped forward blocking out their only escape. She was wrong….Primus was wrong! They were going to die here and never make it back to-

“ALERT. SPACE BRIDGE DETINATION WILL BEGIN IN 1 CYCLE.”

“Excellent, time for me to take my leave.” Octane smiled and looked over to the Decepticon colossus, “Predaking, after you finish off the ponies return to base!”

Predaking nodded and looked down to see the ponies trapped, he laughed manically and lifted up his foot to crush these aliens for the good of Cybertron!

Twilight felt more than afraid. She felt guilty. The guilt coming from Primus telling her what to do, it was all her fault that her friends were brought into the voices in her head. And now they were going to suffer from it.

Predaking brought his foot down as the mares closed their eyes.





“No, it’s not possible!!!”

The sudden scream caused Twilight Sparkle to open her eyes and see the mighty Predaking backing away. Along with Octane, the six Element Bearers turned around to see what the commotion was about.

“DECEPTICON DEACTIVATION IN PROGRESS.”

“Metroplex…” Twilight whispered.

The Autobot titan lifted up his right fist and smashed it against the hard platform where Predaking was standing but a few seconds ago. Metroplex’s fist barely missed the ponies but it did hit something…..

….the Space Bridge console.

Octane fell backwards and looked up to see the console destroyed.

“NOOO!!!” Octane screamed before he transformed and flew away.

Metroplex lifted up his fist and saw Predaking lying on his back. Bringing it down again, several hundred cracks appeared where Predaking had met Metroplex’s fist. The Autobot titan then proceeded to crush Predaking with all his might until nothing remained.

And nothing did.

As Metroplex finished decimating Predaking, he lifted up his fist and heard Twilight breathe again. This time she knew it for a fact…

Primus had protected her….and her friends.

“ELEMENT BEARERS ARE SAFE.” Metroplex said and kept staring down at them. Twilight blushed and faced her friends. Their faces only made the unicorn shed tears of joy.

They were smiling.

“We sure are.”
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Ultra Magnus, Kup, Scattershot, The Protectobots, Sky Lynx, Arcee, Elita One and her team had all arrived to the main Space Bridge controls to find them destroyed and not a Decepticon in sight. They had found Springer, Bumblebee, Hot Rod, and Blurr on the way as they slowly made their way down the pathway.

The Autobot Leader gasped when he saw them.

The Element Bearers.

Ultra Magnus, Kup, Bumblebee, and Elita One ran forward while the other Autobots kept slowly making their way down. Twilight, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, and Applejack kept smiling proudly after what they had accomplished.

Ultra Magnus and Kup smiled down at the equines while Bumblebee and Elita One stared at the Metroplex above. Kup chuckled, “You got a lot of bravery, ponies. I would have never thought you six would’ve made it this far.”

“Gee thanks.” Applejack frowned.

As the other Autobots had made their way to the circular platform, Ultra Magnus bent down to meet Twilight’s eye level. He smiled and looked at what remained of the Space Bridge.

“Let’s get you ponies back home.”
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The sunset was beautiful. The Autobot victory over the Space Bridge just made that moment so much better as Hot Rod and Rarity stared sat at the edge and stared at the beauty of war-torn Cybertron.

“Magnificent…isn’t it?” Hot Rod asked the uptight unicorn who simply sighed with enough dread to create tears in anypony’s eyes.

“Hey what’s the matter?” Hot Rod asked her.

Rarity sighed and wiped her tears away, “Hot Rod darling, it’s just that being on this other world and all has made me quite….oh how should I say it…attached to it.”

“I thought you missed your family on Equestria?” Hot Rod asked.

Rarity turned towards him and quickly said, “OH I do it’s just that….I made so many friends here…including you and…I just don’t know how it will be now that I’ll never see you again.”

At this point, Rarity began to tear up again. Hot Rod did what he had to do; he scooped her up and placed the unicorn in his lap while softly rubbing her mane. This clear fact proved to Rarity that they were more than friends with these Autobots.

Hot Rod smiled down at her. Rarity looked up to see the sun’s rays reflect off his magnificent armor. She couldn’t help but smile back.

“Hot Rod, get over here kid! Say your goodbyes because it’s time!” Kup yelled from the console.

Hot Rod sighed and picked Rarity up while standing. He walked over to the console and placed Rarity down with the rest of her friends. The white unicorn trotted over to see Twilight smiling and staring straight ahead at the Autobot space shuttle.
Ultra Magnus watched as Kup finished the final touches and pulled the last lever.

“That should do it.” Kup said and backed away from the controls, “Everyone stand back.”

The warning was merely nothing when the bright light erupted from the console and shot into the air where the massive robotic fingers were waiting. Now that the beam had reacted, the fingers began to spin until enough power was launched.

And what an amazing sight it was.

The fingers shot out an even stronger beam that shot itself into the skies. Pinkie Pie fell on her back just looking up at how high the beam had gone. Finally, everything was stable as the fingers stopped spinning but the beam still shooting upwards.

Kup faced Magnus and shouted, “We don’t have much time before the portal out in space closes! This is their only chance to leave Cybertron!”

Ultra Magnus suddenly realized it; he looked down to see the ponies watching the beam like an amazing light show. This was his last chance….to say goodbye.

“Twilight Sparkle….”

The violet unicorn turned back to see Ultra Magnus bend down to her eye level. His glorious armor was shining brightly when the sun hit it. The Autobot leader of Cybertron smiled down at the pony he thought to be the best as he began his long speech.

“Twilight Sparkle….words cannot describe how much we will miss you and your friends. You came to our world and with no way possible on how to survive. And in the end….you helped the Autobots so much that we cannot thank you enough. Maybe our paths will cross again one day, and when that day comes, it will be glorious. So with shorter words…thank you and your friends, Twilight Sparkle, for everything.”

The little unicorn was tearing up again as Magnus held out his hand wanting to shake her hoof. But Twilight knew that he didn’t deserve a hoof shake.

She ran forward and hugged his hand.

Ultra Magnus had never felt this kind of affection before. So….to not make things that strange, he softly rubbed her mane as he heard Twilight speaking.

“No…thank YOU, Ultra Magnus; you helped us survive on Cybertron. If you hadn’t saved us when we first got here none of this would have ever happened and Metroplex wouldn’t be alive.”

This caused both pony and Autobot to turn towards Metroplex who stood but a few hundred feet away from the Space Bridge; his shadow blocking out most of the sun’s rays. All Twilight could see was the glowing red eyes and Autobot symbol.

Twilight looked back at Magnus and gently kissed his finger.

“Thank you, Magnus, I’ll never forget you.”

With that, Twilight made her way to her friends where they had begun saying their goodbyes to several Autobots.

“There, there, you don’t have to be sad, Sky Lynx, I’ll miss you just as much as you’ll miss me.” Fluttershy gently stroked Sky Lynx’s snout as she sat on the ground.

Sky Lynx sighed and said, “Even a powerful Autobot like myself must feel sad once in a while. Saying goodbye to you is this one time, Fluttershy, which I can be shown to be weak.”

“You’re not weak, Sky Lynx,” Fluttershy reminded him, “you helped us throughout our entire ordeal and I thank you for that.”

Fluttershy finished by kissing him on his snout, “Goodbye, Sky Lynx.”

Twilight sighed happily and looked over to her other friend Applejack. She was busy saying goodbye to two Autobots which was Kup and Scattershot. Kup smiled at Applejack and said, “See ya around sometime, pony.”

Applejack smiled and corrected him, “Call me AJ.”

“Okay, AJ, I guess….this is goodbye huh?” Kup frowned and looked to the side.

“Hey, don’t ya go now an’ feelin’ all glum.” Applejack assured him, “Ah sure am gonna miss ya!”

With that, Kup bent down and held out his hand for Applejack to shake. After they had said their goodbyes, Applejack turned towards Scattershot.

Scattershot smiled and said, “Goodbye miss Applejack, we had a lot of adventures together huh?”

“Ah don’t even know yer name ya dolt!” Applejack laughed.

He chuckled and held out his hand, “My name is Scattershot, AJ, and this is goodbye.” Applejack happily shrugged and shook his hand with her hoof.

Twilight giggled and looked over to her next friend hovering above ground to reach the eye levels of Springer, Arcee, and Elita One. Rainbow Dash smirked and gave each one a hoofbump.

“I’ll see all around sometime huh?” Rainbow asked.

Springer smiled and said, “Yeah, just don’t go racing without me, Dash.”

Rainbow Dash smiled and said, “Oh yeah I wouldn’t because I would totally save my race for you and me! And I would SO kick your butt!”

Elita One chuckled and admitted it, “You got a lot of spunk, kid, and even though I never got the time to know you, I’m glad I met you.”

“Thanks, Elita.” Rainbow smiled and looked over to Arcee.

Arcee shuffled on her feet and looked at Rainbow Dash straight in her eyes, she began, “You are one crazy pony, Rainbow, but I’m glad that we met because I never would have known a more trustworthy companion in all my life.”

Springer was about to talk until Arcee shouted, “Shut up, Springer!”

Rainbow laughed and finished with giving Arcee a hoofbump.

Twilight Sparkle smiled when she knew that even Rainbow Dash could make friends with these Autobots. She looked over at an overactive pony and Autobot as well.

“Okay on three ready? One… Two…. THREE!”

"Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!!!” Blurr and Pinkie Pie shouted in unison but Pinkie finished just before Blurr could.

“WOW Pinkie Pie you are one fast talking pony! Even I was amazed at how fast you can say that word before I could and listen to me speaking right now!”

Pinkie Pie giggled and put her hoof in the air, “Hee, hee, hee! Oh Blurr you’re so funny!” Her mane suddenly deflated as she looked up at him with sad eyes, “So….I guess we have to say goodbye now?”

Blurr gently smiled and patted Pinkie Pie on the head 27 times.

“It’s okay, Pinkie Pie, hopefully we can meet each other again one day!” Blurr assured her. Pinkie just smiled and hugged Blurr’s hand in a tight embrace.

Twilight almost cried when she saw Pinkie Pie do this but forced the tears to stay in. But the next goodbye was the real tearjerker.

Rarity’s tear stained face almost made her elegance leave her when Hot Rod bent down to see her off. Hot Rod placed a finger under her chin and smiled calmly.

“Listen, Rarity, I know this will be hard for you, heck I didn’t even go with Optimus Prime so I wouldn’t know what leaving a planet would be like. But I want you to be strong when you go back to your home and defeat the Decepticons for good.”

Hot Rod lifted up her head and smiled, “Be tough, girl.”

Rarity couldn’t help it anymore and hugged the side of Hot Rod’s face while slightly whimpering. She gently kissed his metal cheek as Rarity broke the embrace and plopped on the ground.

She blew her nose with a bandage and stuttered, “G-goodbye, Hot Rod dear, I’ll miss you most of all.”

Twilight almost didn’t realize it but she almost ran into Bumblebee who kept staring at the space shuttle that was prepared for them. A polite cough made Twilight turn around to see her closest friends.

Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Rarity, and Applejack, each of their necklaces on and a smile to go with that. Rainbow Dash stepped forward and looked at the ship, “Well we don’t have much time, and I suggest we go now.”

“Wait, Rainbow!” Twilight interrupted and looked to her left. Each of their friends looked that way as well to see Metroplex.

“We forgot to say goodbye to one person.” Twilight smiled and trotted towards the Autobot titan. Her friends followed as they reached the end of the platform.

“Metroplex!” Twilight shouted.

Metroplex lowered his head down to where he could closely hear what his masters had to say. Now the sun was blocked out as the red eyes pierced their very souls.

Twilight smiled and began, “We just want to say thank you….for everything. We chose us and not even knowing what our true intentions were you still helped us get this far. We owe you our very lives, Metroplex, but now it’s time for us to go to our true home. So this is goodbye.”

Metroplex narrowed his optics and spoke, “I WILL ACCOMPANY YOU ON YOUR JOURENY TO THE NEW WORLD.”

But to his great surprise, the Element of Magic shook her head.

“No, Metroplex, you have to stay here on Cybertron and help the Autobots from now on.” Twilight sternly told him.

“I ONLY TAKE ORDERS FROM YOU.”

‘Geez this guy’s stubborn.’ Twilight thought to herself. Suddenly she got an idea.

“Girls, group huddle.” Twilight said and turned back to her friends to discuss what must be done. After a few seconds of discussing, each of them nodded and turned back to their guardian.

Twilight began, “This is our final order to you, Metroplex!”

Applejack stepped forward and continued, “You are ta stay here on Cybertron and be with the Autobots!”

Rainbow Dash stepped forward to continue for them, “And you’re gonna kick some MAJOR-err just defend the Autobots and their home cities.” The sudden thought of Rainbow Dash standing over the ledge of the destroyed city almost made her cry.

When this came to be, Fluttershy came in to help her friend finish, “Oh and umm…you have to take orders from the Autobots from now on. If that’s okay with you I mean.”

Rarity stood tall and put her stern face on to look at this monster Autobot, she cleared her throat and continued for her timid friend, “The Autobots will be your new commanders; you will do whatever they say as we have!”

Pinkie Pie hopped forward and finished their final order, “Oh and don’t forget to smile, smile, smile!”

“PINKIE PIE!” The five mares yelled in unison.

“Hee, hee, hee, sorry.”

Twilight and the others looked back up to see what Metroplex would do. He did nothing. He simply stared at them making each of them feel like nothing. All the while, Twilight was screaming in her head.

‘Please, please, please, please, pleeeease!’

Finally, after several seconds of silence, Metroplex answered.

“ORDER….ACKNOWLEDGED. I WILL STAY ON CYBERTRON AND DEFEND IT FROM THE DECEPTICONS. FROM NOW ON I SHALL TAKE ORDERS FROM THE AUTOBOTS.”

Standing back to full height, Metroplex looked down and spoke, “GOODBYE….ELEMENT BEARERS.”

The six mares nodded back at Metroplex with tears in their eyes. When Twilight turned back around, she saw all the Autobots cheering….for them! As they made their way to the space shuttle where Bumblebee was waiting, Ultra Magnus smiled at the violet unicorn and nodded.

“Thank you, Twilight Sparkle…… Thank you....and goodbye.”

The Elements of Harmony stopped at the door of the space shuttle, it was a big ship, not too big though, it was just big enough. Bumblebee stood by the open door waiting for his pony friends to get inside.

Turning back one final time, Twilight Sparkle, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Rarity, and Fluttershy waved to the group of Autobots. Sky Lynx roared to the heavens above as the female Autobots cheered for them. The Protectobots waved back with Ultra Magnus, Hot Rod, Kup, Blurr, Springer, and Arcee.

Each Element Bearer took one last look at Metroplex before they entered the spaceship. Bumblebee watched as each one passed him and finally Fluttershy was the last to enter. Before Bumblebee walked inside, he took one last look at his home.

Ultra Magnus saluted, “Good luck, Bumblebee.”

Bee saluted back and walked inside the space shuttle, the door closing behind him.
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Once inside, Bumblebee found it to be quite cramped, but he soon made his way to the cockpit where his pony friends were waiting. As Bumblebee passed them sitting on the floor, he could hear each of them chatting about their home.

He only caught these words.

“I sure am gonna miss Cybertron.”

“Ohmygoshohmygoshohmygosh! We’re going home!”

“YAY!”

“There is nothin’ but smooth sailin’ from here on out!”

“I really hope so, dear.”

Bumblebee hadn’t realized it but he was grabbing onto the steering wheel by the time he stopped listening. Hopefully those years at training camp paid off.

Ignition started, back thrusters active, Energon levels full, countdown.

Suddenly, Twilight looked up to hear the computer speaking, “IGNITION BEGINS IN 10…..9….8…”

‘This is it.’

“7….6….5…”

‘We’re going home.’

“4….3….2…”

‘We’re coming, Optimus.’

“1…”

The engines roared to life as the space shuttle lifted itself off the Space Bridge platform an into the Cybertronian air. Bumblebee activated the windows so they could at least see Cybertron as they left.

The mares seemed to take kindly to that.

With adorable faces scrunched up against the windows, Pinkie Pie looked down and saw the mighty Autobot Metroplex for the last time. He is getting smaller by the second as Pinkie Pie waved goodbye.

And to her great amazement……Metroplex waved back.

Twilight Sparkle took this time to observe the landscape of Cybertron. She had never been this high before as the ground was getting smaller by the second. The smoking buildings and raging fires almost made her ignore the shining being in the sky.

Twilight gasped and pressed her nose against the window to see if she was seeing this right.

She was.

There he was again, the spirit of Primus floating above the Cybertronian skies and watching the small ship with glowing eyes. As Twilight continued to stare at Primus’, she didn’t have enough time when the sky went dark along with Primus.

But to the small filly’s honor, she heard Primus speak to her one last time in her mind.

‘Till all are one.’
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Now in open space, the shuttle had successfully made it out of the atmosphere of Cybertron and heading for the space portal. The equines had taken this time to go to the front window and stare in awe as they passed Cybertron’s moons and were closing in on the portal.

The vortex seemed so powerful with its whirlpool like motion and dark center; it almost made the ponies fear it. But they knew it was their only way home.

Bumblebee pointed back with his thumb so the ponies could see what was behind them. Turning around, the mares gasped when Bumblebee another set of windows for them to gape in amazement.

It was planet Cybertron.

But nothing like they had seen before, this wasn’t a horrible planet….it was beautiful. Since the war was over, they could see all the amazing lights dancing around on the surface and the sun setting on the high northeast.

It was so glorious that the six Elements almost lost their balance when the ship began to rock.

They brought their attention back to the main window where the space portal was growing unstable. The ship began to lose control as it continued to rock back and forth. With the portal shocking with intense electricity, the ship began to explode from the intense gravitational pull the vortex had.

As the mares hung on close to each other, Bumblebee was trying his best to keep the ship straight from this monstrous portal sucking them in.

The last thing Twilight Sparkle saw……was the black void of the portal sucking them inside.

The portal closed with its chosen now inside and a bright explosion erupted into space as was the result of it closing last time. The light dimmed down to a small bright dot until the smoke in space faded out……

Space was quiet yet again.