//------------------------------// // (15) Predacons Terrorize // Story: Transformares (Not So) Animated // by neorenamon //------------------------------// by neorenamon So after returning to the others and orienting themselves towards the elderly pony's map, they started out once more for the Castle of the Two Sisters. But to get there, they had to enter the deepest, darkest and spookiest part of the Everfree Forest yet. "Autoponies transform!" ordered Twilight Prime, so they shifted back to their robot forms. "This woodland just gets nastier and grosser!" whined Rare Seeker, "I wanna go home, Dahling!" "We can't go back without the Elements of Harmony. Not until we've rescued Princess Celestia." "We gotta do all we can for our Princess!" agreed Rainbow Bolt. "But we should remain close to each other. There's no telling what we might run into in there." "That goes for us as well," agreed Optimus Prime. "Well nothing scares me," boasted Bumblebee. "Not even Megatron?" asked Ratchet. "Oh, not even him!" he retorted, "We beat his backplate, an Omega Supreme controlled by Starscream, and three more Omega Supreme knockoffs. It can't get much worse than that. I'm not sure there's anything left for me to be afraid of." "I'll believe that when I see it," he muttered back. "Uh... you were there with us too." "Yeah, and I had to change my oil pan after a couple of those battles!" "That's just because you're really really old, Doc," said Bumblebee as he waved his hand dismissively. "Yeah, well you aren't gonna be any better after as many solar cycles as I've been around!" "Whatevs." The trees grew darker and more twisted as they moved along. It was starting to creep them out. Soon, they heard a noise coming towards them through the trees. "What is that?!" asked Rare Seeker. "Oh, it can't be so bad," replied Pinkie Maximus. "Whatever it is..." said Flutterstorm, "It's something big." The large creature lumbered ever closer. "Well whatever it is, we'll just beat it up and take it down like those Decepticons!" said Rainbow Bolt. "What is that fashion disaster?!" screamed Rare Seeker as she saw it. "What is that, Prime?!" asked Ratchet. "I have no idea," replied Prime. "I AM MEGATRON, LEADER OF THE PREDACONS!" it bellowed. "I never heard of anybot like that," said Bulkhead. "Me neither," added Bumblebee. "I WILL DESTROY YOU ALL!" he yelled as lightning like beams shot from his forehead at them, "CUTTER BEAM!" Autobots and Autoponies alike dove for cover to avoid the powerful wide beam. "There's more than one of him?!" yelled Bumblebee, "What the heck is that noise!!" "Well Megatron or no," replied Prime, "We have to take him down!" "MEGATRON TERRORIZE!" he yelled as he changed into a twin-headed dragon. The two heads breathed a massive blast of flame together at all of them. Twilight stepped up to make the glowing shield with her hands, but found she was blasted back a few dozen yards. "TWILLIE!" called Apple Buster, "That tears it! Give'em everything we got!" All but Twilight and Pinkie opened fire on the Megatron-beast. But their fire had no effect on the raging monster. "It's not working Prime!" called Bulkhead. "Bumblebee!" called Ratchet, "Help me blast that thing with some EMP!" "You got it!" he replied as he rushed over to Doc's side. The two combined their electric and magnetic weapons to blast the monster, but again had no effect on him. He still seemed pristine, in fact. "I AM INVINCIBLE!" he called as he changed to bat mode. He unleashed a horrible scream that none could avoid and none could shield themselves against. They all fell to their knees as they covered their audio receptors. "I'm starting to think he's right about that!!" yelled Bumblebee. "No one's invincible!" replied Prime. But to the surprise of all, Pinkie Maximus began laughing. "Ah think Pinkie's mind has snapped!" yelled Apple Buster. But Pinkie stood and walked towards the monster just laughing louder. "PERISH, YOU FOOL!" called Megatron as he changed back to robot mode, "CUTTER BEAM!" They all gasp as Pinkie was blasted at point blank range and there was a huge explosion. "PINKIE!!" cried the Autoponies. But when the smoke cleared, Pinkie was unharmed. "What the hay?!" asked Apple Buster. She simply reached up, grabbed Megatron's head, and pulled him down to kiss him on the forehead. "Okay... that all is just kinda creepy." But Megatron staggered back as he yelled, "BUT I'M MEGATRON!! I'M INVINCIBLE!! YOU CAN'T DEFEAT ME!!" "You're just something I'm not afraid of any more," laughed Pinkie, and then Megatron popped like a soap bubble. "Huh?" asked Rainbow. "Well just look around," she giggled, "No one got hurt. Nothing got destroyed by his attacks. It just felt like it was a nightmare or something." "So you destroyed it with laughter?" asked Twilight. "I guess so." "I wonder if Nightmaretron is somehow behind all this?" she asked as she looked into the sky. The moon looked down on them emotionlessly. ... A gypsy wagon pulled into the Canterlot Gardens pulled by a unicorn and a pegasus of odd colors. They pulled the wagon around as they moved from one statue to the next. The place was empty except for them. But then they stopped as the pegasus said, "Lord Megatron! I think I see an AllSpark fragment just laying on the grass!" Princess Megatron climbed out of the back of the wagon followed by Nightmare Moon. "Ah, and I see our target: The Discord statue!" she said as she pointed. "Well release yourself from the harness and fetch it for me, Lugnut," said Megatron. "As you command, Mighty Megatron." As Lugnut went to retrieve the AllSpark fragment, the others went to the Discord statue. "Hmm, this does look like an odd creature." "I assure you he's more dangerous than he looks. That's why he's stone instead of destroyed. We couldn't get rid of him permanently." Lugnut returned with the fragment. Then Megatron shifted back to robot mode. "Change to your robot mode and will your spark chamber to open," he said as he took the fragment from Lugnut's mouth. So she changed to Nightmaretron as her chest opened, and they could see the glowing sphere that was her spark. Megatron simply stuck the fragment into the spark, and stepped back as it closed. Nightmaretron's eyes glowed brightly as she shined twin beams of light at Discord. She screamed as the surface of the statue began to crack like an eggshell. "It appears to be working." Discord began to roar and raise his upper legs menacingly as lightning burst from the sky around them. "Ahh..." moaned Nightmaretron, "I feel this power coursing through my body! It feels... feels... I don't know what it feels like!" Oh, Discord was just stretching. He wasn't going to attack. "Well, that was a real nice nap," said Discord as he looked around, "So who or what might you be?" "I am Nightmaretron!" she said, "I have freed you from your thousand year imprisonment to get revenge on those who did this to you!" "I thought he was supposed to help Nightmare Moon take over Equestria," replied Lugnut. She turned to glare at him as she yelled, "DO YOU MIND?!" "Well it's nice that at least one of you is being honest with me," replied Discord, "but seriously, who might you be?" "I am Megatron, Leader of the Decepticons," said Megatron, "and I have allied myself with Nightmare Moon to help her take Equestria for herself." "Interesting. And what do you get from this deal?" "She helps me get back the AllSpark that was lost when my ship crashed on this planet." "And what do you want me to do about it?" "We need allies to overcome the resistance of my enemies, the Autobots, and their Autopony allies." "Well since you freed me, I suppose I can help you that much." "Excellent."