//------------------------------// // Fall of Canterlot (Unicron Saga Part 3) // Story: Transformers Prime: Magic of the Dinobots // by Metroid Prime //------------------------------// The Moon. Thunderwing had finally delivered the last batches of dark energon and was awaiting further instructions. "Master! I have done what you asked, is their anything else thou requires of me?" A hazing image of the Chaos bringer came out of a moon crater. "Thunderwing my most loyal servant, i am pleased with this dark energon you have brought me, you have done well" "I live to serve master" "Despite this resources you have brought me I lack the necessary spark to ignite it" "Where shall i find such a source of spark master" The chaos bringer chuckled "Their is one thing capable of producing such a spark" ____________________________________________________________________________ 10 minutes later. Canterlot Castle Shockwave pulled the trigger that contorted his arm cannon, but nothing happened. Shockwave could not move. "Whats happening!?" Shockwave said Suddenly the Decepticon was covered in a red light the was engulfing his body. Twilight recognized this as telekinesis magic, the only question is was who was doing it "I am happening" Shockwave knew that voice "Grimlock" he said Shockwave was turned around to face his once great experiment. The Dinobot was using magic to keep Shockwave in a frozen positron, he wasn't going anywhere. "I see you have fully master magic just as Twilight here has, let me guess you cast a spell that temporally disabled me" "Ha! no one close to a magic wiz as Twilight here" Spike said "Silence" Shockwave said The dragon piped down in fear "Lets take this outside" Grimlock said He motion his hand to the door, and Shockwave followed. ______________________________________________________________________ Outside. Shockwave was sent spiraling outside to a group of waiting Autobots. Still unable to use his weapon, the least he could do was get up. Grimlock came out to look down at his enemy. Inside the tension was to much for Twilight, she wanted to know what was going on out their. She then bolted for the door. "Twilight wait!" Spike said But the Alicorn keep trotting to the gates. "Come on!" Applejack said The rest of the gang followed after her. Twilight came outside to see Grimlock standing over a Shockwave, watching from a safe distance she was dying what was going to know what happened next, she was then joined by her friends "Shockwave I will give you one last chance to surrender, for the sake of you own life I suggest you take it" This didn't make sense, why was Grimlock giving a chance for him to live, weren't they all evil? Shockwave got to his feet, he had a look of evil in his eyes. "I believe you have more pressing matters to deal with Grimlock" "Like what?" "OH why don't you try looking above you?" What was Shockwave talking about? Grimlock looked up to see what he was talking about. And saw the Driller hovering above the castle with its main cannon already charging. The ponies looked up and saw the ship too, they where in deep trouble. "Everybody run!" Swoop said Forgetting about Shockwave the Autobots jumped to the left side of the field while the Deceptiocns jumped to the right. while the ponies just went for the center. the ship fired its powerful laser which burned trough the castle, destroying it from the inside out. When the dust settled the bots checked themselves for any wounds, they where alright. The same could not be said for the castle. Twilight looked trough the smoke and saw the Canterlot castle in ruins, burning This was all to much for the ponies to take, first Twilight's coronation was ruined, then guards died protecting her, now the prized symbol of Equestria was no more. Rage was running trough he veins as she turned to the Decepticons. "You MONSTERS! you just destroyed the castle" Luna said "And do you #@$%ing ponies think we give a @#$%!" Brawl said "Ugh such language" Rarity said "That's it! you cons have gone to far" Swoop said "And wast do you do goody Autobots plan to do about it!" "Use your head as door steps" Trailcutter said "Lets kick tailpipe!" Springer said The Autobots and Decepticons where about to fire at each other, only to be interrupted by a screaming Luna. "AAAAHHHH" the lunar princess wailed in agony. "Will you pip down pony!" Vortex said "Sister whats wrong?!" Celestia said Luna looked up at the sky. "The Moon!" "What about it?" Scraper said All eyes and optics where on the Moon, at first it looked fine. But then a rumbling was heard an it looked as if the Moon was shaking all by itself. ______________________________________________________________________ Space The Moon made an ominous sound as it rumbled some more. Then cracks began to appear on its surface, and a purple glow was shining through these wedges. The cracks began to appear more and more with each passing second, the rumblings became louder and louder, the cracks became bigger and bigger. Then two giant horns came out of its sides and the moon exploded in a burst of purple light. _______________________________________________________________________ From the surface of Arion all eyes fro Equestria watched as lunas moon exploded before their very eyes, shards flew in all directions as pieces floated off into space. From Canterlot all three fractions where in shock, but Luna was in a state of pure terror and sadness, then home she knew for a 1,000 years was gone. She knelt down, she felt like crying. "Luna look!" But the princess did not want to look at what remained at her Moon. "Are those horns?" Applejack said Now she wanted to look. "What horns? The Moon never had horns" But that wasn't the moon they where staring at. What they where staring at was roughly the size of the Moon but smaller, it had two horns on its side and a hole in the middle. The next thing that happened was even more shocking. (Play this, he's here!) The planet moon thing began to shift certain parts of its body, the horns outstretched, a section of its surface moved to bring out a pair of limbs, they stretched outward and turned into......legs! Two arms cam from its sides which the right one grew spikes until its entire right arm was covered in spikes, the left one went a different transformation its left grew into a long thin scythe like arm. The two horns that where one the surface of the once planet where mounted on its shoulders, then finally a giant ominous head rose bearing two smaller horns. At first this giant seemed lifeless, until the wedges in its body began to glow purple. Then its eyes lit up purple. _________________________________________________________________________________________ The ponies of Equestria could not believe this giant, he was planet sized! "Who is that?" Brawl said Shockwave stepped forward. "I believe we all know" For once Grimlock hoped he was wrong. "He who was at the beginning when the universe was new" "By the Allspark" Ultra Magnus said "He who battled Primus at the beginning of time, he who is said to contain unmatched power only by his brother it can be no other" "Its really him" Alchemist Prime said "This is-" "Unicron!" All eyes where on Celestia said when she spoke those words. "Unicron? as in the Unicron?" Luna asked "Yes I recognized the ancient drawings, they match this being perfectly" "So it is" Twilight said The sound of a gun being charged was heard, Celestia looked to see Shockwave pointing his cannon at her. "How do you know about Unicron?" "Yeah I would like to know too!" Grimlcok said "How do we know? How could we not know?" Celestia gave herself some room. "Unicron is our creator" The entire Autobot and Decepticon army was completely silent for a whole minute. "Your joking" Swoop said "Tell me Orion, shes joking right?" "No Unicron made us" Swoop was now in even more shock. "Allow me to explain, weapons down if you please" Celestia said Reluctantly the cybertronians put down their guns. "That's better" Twilight said "At the beginning of out world the Bringer of Peace an Harmony, a god named Unicron came and birthed the first Unicorn, he then made the rest of the pony race and teached us the values of friendship and harmony, he showed us how to build and to make friends, then he left promising to return to bring peace throughout the universe" "And from the looks of it he arrived just in time" Luna said The robots where quiet for 10 seconds this time. Before all breaking out into a laugh that lasted for 30 seconds. "Why are they laughing?" Twilight said "Who cares as long as its laughter!" Pinkie Pie said Shockwave, who didn't laugh at all was the first to speak. "I think your story might be a little off" He said "How so?" Luna said Before Shockwave could say anything, the ground started to move and rumble and to the right of Grimlock an face was made in the ground. The face of Unicron. "Do you know me follower of Primus?" "Follower of Primus?" Celestia said "Unicron, the Chaos Bringer" Grimlock said "Chaos Bringer!?" Twilight said "Good" The head rose from the ground and what stood before them a s a bot sized Unicron. "Now know me as Unicron you destroyer!" The gaia unicron charged at Grimlock and swung his right arm to which Grimlock easily dodged, the chaos bringer swung his left sword only to be met with Grimlocks own. Grimlock then put away his weapon. "I humbly request your ear lord Unicron" The stone incarnation lowered his weapon. "And what would you be so compelled to say to me?" "Did you create these ponies?" Unicron turned to see the group of ponies who stood to Grimlocks left. After getting a good look Unicron spoke/ "Yes, I birthed their first ancestors" "Ha told ya!" Twilight said "Lord Unicron" Celestia began "It is truly an honor to meet you!" "At ease subject" Unicron said "And what purpose did you create them for?" Unicron turned to face Grimlock "Why the very things I taught their forefathers" Twilight beemed a bright smile. "To spread Chaos and Destruction" Unicron said in a loud voice. The ponies smile melted, Rainbow stopped flying, Pinkies mane deflated, and their was a dark expression on Celestia's face. "I made them so that they could join me in destroying the Universe, it is their destiny!" Celestia tried very hard to process all the words coming out of Unicrons mouth. "So are you all ready to join me in universal destruction?" Unicron asked the ponies. Non of them spoke, non of them even stirred. But Shockwave did. "If I may Lord Unicron" "Yes, what is it?" These ponies haven't been exactly been doing any chaos in the last time you where here" "What do you mean?" "They have learned to embrace friendship and Harmony and most of all love" Unicron turned to the group of ponies. "Is this true?" Unicron asked They would eventually have to tell him, so Celestia spoke first. "It is true, we ponies have use the Magic of friendship and Harmony to help each other out, we have been have a good life and made a great civilization, we hoped you would be pleased" Unicron just stood their for a second. "So everything you have said is true?" "Indeed" Twilight said "......TRAITORS!" Now the ponies where sacred. "You have forsaken the teachings you forefathers have taught you, you don't deserve my blessings!" Now Celestia felt like she was gonna cry. "but don't worry, you shall all be reformed to serve my will" Unicron turned to face Grimlock. "Once I am finished with you!" A bolt of energy shot Grimlock sending him to the ground. "The line of Primes has grown weak in my absence, and thus you shall fall! "That outcome is inevitable, but not on this day!" Grimlocks hands turned into guns and shot Unicron down. all of them watched as the rest of the stone golem crumbled. Grimlock then turned to face the group. "What do we do now?" Brawl said Shockwave thought for a moment. "Decepticons retreat!" The Decepticons entered a groundbridge and all disappeared into it. "Autobots we must also retreat" Grimlock said "Right!" "Preceptor groundbridge!" Nothing happened. "Preceptor!" "Grimlock the groundbridge is malfunctioning! I can't get it to work!" "What!" "You'll just have to walk from there" "Yo heard the man, transform and roll out!" "Yes sir!" The Autobots transformed and drove to the edge, driving of and landing on the ground below they went to the direction of the Ark. Grimock then looked at the ponies, who where still shocked from the event. "Aren't you girls gonna get out of here? Its not safe" Celestia was still in a sate of turmoil, everything she knew about their creator was a lie, a complete lie. "Celestia we gotta move now!" "Wait what!" The ground was a shaking for some strange reason. "The city is crumbling" Applejack said "Earthquake!" Spike said "Move now!" The ponies including Grimlock teleported out of Canterlot and onto the ground below. "Look!" Twilight said All eyes from nearby settlement look as the city of Canterlot began to fall from the mountain, the buildings and foundation that was laid began to crumble to the ground. "Everypony run!" The gang ran west to try and escape the falling rock, ruffianly the castle came down which sen a shockwave that was heard throughout the land. And Canterlot, the City that stood since Equestria's beginning was gone. Twilight couldn't look at what remained of her former home, she couldn't believe it was gone. "Hey whats that?" Spike said Twilight looked at where Canterlot once was an her mouth hung open. What stood their was a giant while metal fortress. "What is that?" Celestia said Then the sound of shifting gears was heard, and the fortress began to.. move" "Get ready ponies" The ponies all looked at Grimlock. "Your about to meet the thing that brought us here. The fortress began to shift the parts of its body, rocks and wreckage began to fall into holes and of the sides, parts of it began to close together and form what looked like a shoulder a hole opened to reveal two giant cannons, more parts of the structure began to rise as the fortress transformed, two giant red cannon towers rose from the left of the top and light up, more parts of the thing closed together and out came a giant HAND! which clenched into a fist, finally two black cannons came out of the side and out from the middle of the top rose a giant HEAD when it came out its eyes lit up red along with a red Autobots symbol on the black side of its chest, the giant being stepped on what remained of the throne room it moved and looked down at the ponies of Equestria (Play this for audio or visual effect) The ponies of Equestria couldn't relive their eyes! this guy was bigger then anything they had ever seen other than Unicron. Twilight was lost for words, all this time underneath Canterlot was a giant sleeping titan, she sat their waiting to see what happened next. Then giant meat being that once slept below Canterlot spoke. "METROPLEX HEADS THE CALL OF THE NEXT PRIME!"