Bursting through the air at incredibly high speeds Starscream continued to grumble and scream at himself or whoever was currently taking up his mind. “I’ll show you to treat me in such a manner! I’ll tear your faceplate off and ram it up your-“ He was cut short by slamming into a cloud. Something was not right, clouds were not solid like this. “You dare mock me?!” He screamed, detaching his pegasus wing with his mouth and swinging wildly at it until it was nothing but pieces. “I’ll kill you! I’ll kill you! I’LL KILL YOU, MEGATRON!!!” The enraged cybernetic pegasus shouted through his full mouth at the remains of the cloud.
Coming to his senses he forgot the mission at hand for the brief moments he was busy attacking a cloud, sighing content at letting out his frustration he inspected a lump of the cloud closely. It was solid, and malleable. Starscream began to mould it using his hooves, hoping he knew how to use those things right. Before long he was finished with a masterpiece, a cloud sculpture of him standing over a lump he imagined as his tyrannical leader. Content and with a smirk the Decepticon continued his flight a little more slowly this time, but still fast enough to cause a few shockwaves here and there.
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“Sugarcube, ah think you should start clearin’ them clouds about now!” Called up Applejack, element of honesty and current owner of Sweet Apple Acres to one of he rest friends, Rianbow Dash who was laying back on a cloud. “If mah orchard don’t get enough sunshine ah’m holdin’ you responsible.” She warned, pulling up her Stetson hat to get a clear view, her orange coated body sweating from a hard days work as well as her blonde mane and tail looking much more unruly than usual.
“Alright alright AJ I’ll do it, y’know I’m just letting it all pile up so I can be done with my daily quota.”
“There’s a big surprise.” The farm pony rolled her eyes. “Just be quick about it, no telling what would happen to the orchard if-“ A cloud got sliced in two by a red blur, exploding into vapour. “What the hay?!” Another cloud hurts into vapour, followed by mad laughter and whooping.
“This is amazing!” Starscream cheered, swiping at the clouds all around the small town while ignoring all eyes watching him.
Applejack gawked at the massacre of the clouds, Rainbow dash could not believe what was going on as well. “Hey! Stop!” She called out, but to no avail as the figure sped off in the direction of the Everfree toward some clouds. “Oh it is on!” Flaring her wings up Rainbow Dash shot after the red pegasus.
Glancing behind him he saw the rainbow mane of another pegasus shooting at him, Starscream quickly placed his wing in it’s rightful place. “Well scrap, a local organic. I’ll play along I guess, information is better than none.” He grumbled, transforming his hind legs back into hooves he skidded to a halt midair to talk as the cyan blue pegasus crashed into him.
Two voices were speaking over him, barely audible with some traces of static and blurry vision from the impact. "What in tarnation where *fizzt* ya thinkin' Dash?!
"I'm *crackle* sorry!"
Starscream felt like he was being lifted.
"I'll take him to Fluttershy's, the hospital is currently under renovations." A deeper masculine voice replied.
"Alright *fizzt*, thank you Big Mac. *Fzzzzzzzzzz*
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What a headache, wait. How long had he been knocked out? Scanning his data banks he found no data on how long, typical. Shifting in a small bed he felt a wet rag upon his head, a yellow pegasus with a long pink mane smiling kindly down at him. “Now now, don’t move too much. You took a real big blow to the head… Rainbow please apologise.” The one known as Rainbow Dash stared at the ground and snorted. “Rainbow!” She sternly commanded, still containing that kind vibe.
Snorting again the cyan blue pegasus trotted over to Starscream. “Sorry… I kinda went too fast… but you were going way too fast for me to stop when you did!” She added defensively.
“Whatever…” Grunted Starscream, avoiding eye contact with both of the organic life forms.
“Aww somepony’s grumpy.” Cooed the pegasus with a smile, raising a hoof to give Starscream a comforting stroke on his mane. Instinctively he swatted it away, earning a glare from Rainbow Dash.
“Hey! Nopony treats Fluttershy like that!” Glaring in his face now, this actually surprised him to how fast she was for an organic.
“Rainbow, you of all ponies should know that if some pony’s tired you just leave them be.” Rainbow Dash seemingly floated to the ground, staring apologetically at her kinder friend. "I’m sorry mister..uhm..”
“Star-…” Their names were odd, yet they matched their appearances. This could be harder than he thought to blend in, humans usually had simple names. He couldn’t copy humans yet those equines were easier for some reason, maybe the pegasi matched his design a lot closer. But this was a case where his creativity and silver tongue was a guaranteed survival. “Shooting Star.” He blurted, hoping that would work.
“What a nice name, are you hungry?” He shook his head, he had no way of copying their internal anatomy and even then he would need to convert it into energon. Yet something told him their food would be less than satisfactory judging by their race even if he could eat. “Well that’s alright, just let me know if you need anything.” Now that this Fluttershy creature mentions it, his servos and internal structure needed coolant.
“Water.”
Nodding with another kindly smile she left the room to what he could assume was the kitchen as Rainbow Dash eyed him carefully. “Y’know, that was awesome back there. With the clouds.” She complimented, also avoiding eye contact. “Where did you learn that?”
“Uh, special training.” He half-lied.
“Must be special, you were goin’ around faster than any pony aside from yours truly.” Rainbow Dash held her head high with a cocky grin, obviously modesty was not her finest attribute.
Fluttershy returned with a cup of water. “Here you go, oh, I hope it’s not too cold or too warm…” It did not matter regardless, coolant was coolant. He took a gulp of it, it tasted…good. Were his sensors malfunctioning or was it a result of the crash? Regardless his servos felt looser and something else felt better, he had never been shown kindness like this before. His deep thoughts were interrupted by Flutterhsy placing another wet rag on his forehead. “Now just rest here for a while, are you new to town by the way?”
Excellent, I can blend in even easier if I simply lie I live near town.
“Yes.” He replied with a fake smile, something Fluttershy frowned at. She was coming closer and he Starscream did not know why, had she found out his lie? Is she aware he is a Cybertronian?
“Something you’re not telling me, you’re not happy aren’t you…? Was it something I did wrong?” Her wide gentle eyes showing deep regret over something she had no control of, it was honestly surprising to how seriously she took things and would take the blame for it. Reminded him of a certain Autobot leader’s kindness to his troops.
“No no,” He replied. “I’m just..I’m just dealing with so many things at once here, please leave me to my stas- I mean, rest.”
“Ok, if you need anything just let me know. Ok?” there it was again, that kind smile that sent uncomfortable shivers down his metal spine. This had to take some getting used to.
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Land found, awaiting return of Starscream.
Floating at a beach Tidal Wave rested his bow against the wet sand, understandably tired from landing and having to find land he settled in for status until alerted.