//------------------------------// // Chapter 14 Fluttershy Smash // Story: Transformares Fall of Ponytron // by Hairy Konquerer //------------------------------// Fluttershy slammed down into the hole of the floor and started to walk forward. Scootaloo flew past her down the corridor. “Looks like this is Apple Bloom’s trail, I’ll scout ahead.” Fluttershy ran after her, as she may have been different from before the war, that didn’t mean she didn’t care for the well being of her teammates. “Scootaloo wait!” the floor under Fluttershy gave out and she landed on a floor under Scootaloo. “Go on without me, we’ll find Apple Bloom Faster.” “But Fluttershy-” “Go!” Scootaloo obliged and moved on while Fluttershy followed the way her path went. She came upon a collapsed room and found several Insecticon corpses strewn around the room with a green liquid. On the other side she saw three Kul’asepticons with their flashlights out. “Keep searching, that thing couldn’t have gotten fair.” They moved deeper into the room by walking into the hallway on the far end. Fluttershy walked into the room and found an audio log under the corpse of a large Insecticon. “Lab Report 1165. Able to hear sounds from a large distance away, the front protected by a single spike and hard head as a shield, and from the rear by a spiked whip-like tail camouflaged under a furry cover, make for an excellent defensive design used in serious consideration. Steps are being taken to alter source code Autopony Apple Bloom to work flawlessly with naturally occurring specimen.” Fluttershy deduced that the rabbit was the species Mirrorlestia combined Apple Bloom with. She moved in deeper and found the three Cons up ahead. “There’s the prisoner, Open fire!” Fluttershy brought up her shield and marched forward… only for several bugs to burst from the ground and drag the three Cons down screaming. Fluttershy walked into the hole and found herself in a hive like corridor, than the pods around her started letting out steam and bugs burst out and advanced to Fluttershy. She remembered them as Insecticons. She tried peaceful teams the last time she encountered them, but they proved peaceful wasn’t in their vocabulary. So this time Fluttershy went with option 2: slice them up. They were a lot tougher to break than the Kul’asepticons but they stayed down after becoming broken limbs and severed heads. She proceeded onward and saw a few Kul’asepticons desperately try to hold their own against the Insecticons and failing. She saw a few and threw them at the electrical wires that stuck out, so those ones got a quick but agony filled death. She sliced up a few and uncovered a hidden hole with one more electrical wire. After shorting that one out the locked door blew open, but an Insecticon jumped on Fluttershy’s back, to which she responded by throwing it on the ground than stomped on it. A hologram of Mirrorlestia appeared in front of the door on the higher level. “Fluttershy. I see you’ve made your way to the lower depths of my tower. But your combat efficiency has only marginally improved. Your failure to change form hinders your progress.” “Than show me how.” “The Insecticon Mane-iac has volunteered in assisting you in unlocking your full potential.” Fluttershy pushed the pillar on her right down to make a way up to the door. The hologram faded and coming out the door before running away was a purple earth pony with a green tentacle like mane in a purple jumpsuit. “I remember you--Fluttershy. Do you remember me? Me? Me?” as she ran away the Earth Pony gave out an insane chuckle. Fluttershy growled “Mane-Iac…” Fluttershy turned to the hole destroying the circuits made and found a table with a waiter’s bid and a tray with drinks on it with a card saying ‘for the giant bozo.’ “Catch me ya Bozo! If you can! Can! Can!” Mane-iac gave out an insane laugh after. Fluttershy retorted feeling as she said it before. “Me Fluttershy no Bozo, Me queen!” She smashed the tray than ran up the stairs she made. And ran through coming to jumping down a hole in the floor. She found Mane-iac there who dodged the sword coming and stuck to the walls on jumping to the tower in the center of an arena like pit. “Too slow! Slow! Slow!” Fluttershy jumped down and readied her sword to chop the pillar down. “Once again we need to put you in your place. Place. Place.” A large scarab like Insecticon busted from the ground and grabbed Fluttershy, than through her a few feet away. “Look Fluttershy, it’s as big and tough as you are, I wish it went the same for ugly.” Fluttershy new from the throw a frontal assault was useless, so when it rammed for her, she dodged and began to hit it in it’s back nonstop and jumped back when it turned around to face her. She repeated her trick and killed the bug than looked up at Mane-iac who only smiled and laughed. “You’re pathetic, We’ll tear you apart, just like Nightmare Moon tore apart your animal friends and your hope. Hope. Hope. And like we tore apart Spike in the Sea of Rust! Rust! Rust!” Mane-iac than bursted into full laughter. Fluttershy growled and looked at her hooves, the lines in the metal glowed a firey orange in her anger, she saw the same thing all over her body, and her eyes glowed a bright red she felt something build up inside of her and in her anger, let out a loud yell of pure rage. Mane-iac stopped and looked at her surprised and a little worried. Fluttershy just looked at her and twitched every so now and than, snarling menacingly. Fluttershy could only do one thing in her anger, and slammed first her right hoof than her left hoof down to the ground and something unexpected happened. Her body began to shift like a puzzle, but much differently than other Autoponies, first her Front hooves shifted around and stayed in the spot they were slammed in becoming a pair of legs with claws sticking out. Her back legs shifted than became a large tail with spikes over it. Her head disappeared in the transformation and on her sides, two large arms came out with razor sharp talons, and rising form the new neck area was a large wirewolf head that roared at the sky with two large bat wings unfurling on her back. The transformation was complete and in her place was a colossal anger filled female wirewolf. Mane-iac was awestruck at this. “Impossible, she override Mirrorlestia’s programming!” several Insecticons came out in an attempt to at least slow her down, but Fluttershy just smack a few with her Right claw, than stomped a few with her left foot, and swung her tail around knocking several of them into the air. Mane-iac did not care and continued to mock Fluttershy. “You’re weak. Give up. Up! UP!” “Never! Never give up!” a Bruiser rose from the ground and prepared to charge Fluttershy. “You’re not so tough. Tough. Tough.” “NO ONE’S TOUGHER THAN ME!” the Bruiser charged only for Fluttershy to catch it in her mouth by the neck than chomped down on it, instantly decapitating the Bruiser. Fluttershy felt something else build up inside her, and when she let it out, fire cam raging out of her move setting all the other Insecticons ablaze and melted them. Mane-iac managed to fling herself over to the door on the other side of the room as Fluttershy transformed back and chuckled nervously. “Time for me to take my leave. Leave. Leave.” She ran to the door when it began to tip over towards her and she tried to jump out of the way, only for to get trapped under it. Her head stuck out so she could see the large Rabbit hop over but stop near her to say something. “Excuse me.” Fluttershy looked up and for a second thought it was her old friend Angel, but than remembered this was him rebuilt. “Apple Bloom. You look great.” “Ah feel otherwise. Mirrorlestia really messed me up inside but I’ll be ok.” “Me too.” “Grab mah hand, I’ll help you up.” Fluttershy walked up and grabbed Apple Bloom’s hand, and used her sword to her help pull her up, and Apple Bloom took point. Fluttershy than spoke to Apple Bloom. “Where’s Spike?” Apple Bloom transformed and hopped forward through the hole she made through which Fluttershy followed. “He didn’t even make it out of the caves.” “Sweetie Belle?” “Last I heard Mirrorlestia took her off for extensive testing.” “Mirrorlestia…” The found themselves outside of the hive and Scootaloo waiting for them who looked happy to see Apple Bloom. “Apple Bloom!” They walked along and saw something in the distance. Scootaloo spoke when they saw it. “That looks like the tower from The Sea of Rust.” “It is.” It blasted more of the laser it emitted into the air, creating a shockwave in which it reached the three mares that braced themselves as the shockwave came to them and destroyed the path forcing her to take the other path. Apple Bloom spoke. “Then you were right, the Kul’asepticons were after it the whole time.” “And Celestia was wrong.” “You all right Fluttershy? You don’t seem like you.” “Never,” Fluttershy pushed the pillar in front of her down to meet up with the others. “Better. We need to find Sweetie Belle. Let’s move.” “I might have an idea where they’ve taken her. Fluttershy, Follow me.” Apple bloom rammed through the door in front of her but than the floor behind her gave out. But it opened a path for Fluttershy to follow. She looked to her right and found another audio log behind two orange pods she smashed than played it. “Lab Report 1166. This strangely sleek armored spiked creature might inspire a second heavily armored defense weapon. Attempts are underway at present time to fashion a true beast of burden through the extensive manipulation of the Autopony Sweetie Belle’s source code.” Fluttershy moved forward, making note to watch out for a white spiked creature, as that could be Sweetie Belle. She walked through and saw Apple Bloom on top facing a Bruiser. “Apple Bloom watch out those things are tough!” Apple Bloom rammed it the same time it rammed her and with her strength tossed it into the air destroying it. “You were saying?” “Never mind.” Fluttershy moved forward and found herself outside and several flying Insecticons targeting her and firing projectiles similar to the Corrosive Slime Cannon that Fluttershy dodged. She found Apple Bloom reach dead end on her platform and those things began to target her. Fluttershy walked up and found a cave entrance on Apple Bloom’s level but the path in between was blocked. Fluttershy found a fuel pod on her right and threw it at the spitters, taking out all the spitters attacking Apple Bloom. She found a pillar and pushed it down lowering the platform allowing Apple Bloom to advance by the cave entrance. Swarmers burst out of the ground on both mare’s levels and advance toward them. Fluttershy killed a few and saw she was starting to glow again; she slammed her fists into the ground, allowing her to transform and kill the Swarmers with relative ease. She used her flamethrower sending several of them scurrying around before they exploded from the flames created, Apple Bloom smashed the last one on her level than tuned to Fluttershy. “Heh. Ya cut through those guys like Beryllium Baloney.” “You mean Cesium Salami?” “No. Beryllium Baloney!” “Cesium Salami!” Both mares saw this argument would get nowhere and transformed back, so Apple Bloom could pull Fluttershy up and both of them walked into the cave. Apple Bloom Transformed and charged through taking out a large group of Insecticons ahead but causing the entrance to be covered by rubble after Apple Bloom rammed through. Fluttershy found a door on her left and rammed through it. She walked through and found two Kul’asepticons behind a dented door than heard a scream of pain that squeaked a little which caused Fluttershy to automatically recognized who it was, remembering the nights she slept when the filly asked if Fluttershy would stay with her when she got scared. A new fire of anger ignited inside her, powered by motherly instinct. “Don’t worry Sweetie Belle, I’m Coming!!!!” She punched the door smashing the two Cons on the other side and Sprinted through the other Cons coming into view shield raised and smashed through them to get to her. She saw a power generator shielding some vines covering the entrance on the other side. She heard Sweetie Belle scream again and found it was on the other side of the vines and she couldn’t get through them. Her anger became great enough for her to transform, and smashed the power core, than set the vines on fire, allowing her through after she transformed back. She found her self on another ground floor and on a level above in front of her was a white alligator between two electrical arcs. “Sweetie Belle is that you?” “Fluttershy help!” “I’ll get you out don’t worry!” she looked up and saw MirrorJack on a platform way above both mares with two electrical rods between her smirking. “How cute, the Autopony came to save her friend.” Fluttershy looked around her and found several Insecticons bursting out of the ground and out of pods and came at her, she found a fuel pod, made the calculations, and tricked them into huddling together chasing after her to which she responded with throwing a fuel pod at them taking all the Swarmers out quickly. Scootaloo flew by laughing at how good it felt to fly but noticed Fluttershy in trouble, and flew down helping take out some of the Swarmers; both of them could hear MirrorJack’s voice but it echoed and no words left her mouth. “Feed. Feed. Feed.” They finished off the Swarmers and a Bruiser bursted in through the door under Sweetie Belle and advanced toward them only to meets it’s end by the jaws of Fluttershy’s Wolf Mode’s jaws. “Starving. Starving. Starving!” “Is that all you got MirrorJack?” MirrorJack growled. “You…Maximares are in for it now!” she than took in the electricity that blasted into the Insecticon, and it also zapped Sweetie Belle who screamed in pain before falling down in pain. Apple Bloom burst through a wall attempting to destroy the pillars only for her attempt to be useless. Fluttershy knew exactly what to do and using her Alt Mode to smash the generators that popped up around the area. She destroyed the last one causing saving Sweetie Belle, MirrorJack to fall off the platform as the rods exploded and she landed on the ground, and found herself looking at an angry Flutterwolf advancing towards her. “Get away. Away. Away!” Fluttershy grabbed MirrorJack who screamed in her jaws and threw her out than stomped on her. Apple Bloom still in her alt mode and looked at Scootaloo who held a weak Sweetie Belle than looked at Fluttershy. “Sweetie Belle is hurt very bad, we need to patch her up.” The three of them looked at the door at the entrance of where the bruiser came out. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fluttershy pulled the door apart than walked in, the girls following her and Scootaloo and laid Sweetie Belle down near a terminal and her energy levels began to reach normal levels again, Fluttershy looked at a large table with a terminal and pressed a button on it. A hologram popped up from the table of a large purple wingless dragon with green spikes. Scootaloo looked at it curiously. “Who is that?” “Data has it labeled as ‘Spike’. Must have been Mirrorlestia’s design for him.” “Guess we all have new forms, we need a new name.” Apple Bloom than thought of something. “What did MirrorJack call us? Maximares?” “Maximare? What’s a Maximare?” “Quiet. Keep searching.” Fluttershy pressed another button on the terminal and Mirrorlestia’s voice was heard. “Lab Report 1167. This specimen is almost the largest out of all the inhabitants of the target world. Attempts at design were dropped after new data that the Autopony Spike did not survive the encounter with the Insecticons.” “Spike never made it…” Fluttershy walked to the front and pressed a button on the main console at the front and it opened large windows giving them a view of the tower shooting a beam into the air as It did before. Apple Bloom was looking at a terminal than looked to Fluttershy. “Fluttershy you better take a look at this.” Fluttershy walked over to the terminal and saw what she was looking at. “Power’s off the scale…” “Fluttershy, we gotta tell Celestia.” “No! I can do this myself.” “But I already-” Apple Bloom was interrupted as a familiar voice came from a table in the center of the room. “Fluttershy, is that you?” Fluttershy walked to the table and saw a hologram of Celestia come up with a look of relief on her face. “Thank the Matrix, we feared the worst.” “Nightmare is opening a portal to another world, rich with energy.” “We cannot allow Nightmare to plunder another world the way she did Ponytron. ” “For once, we agree.” “You stay there, I’ll come with a few others and-” “You’re weak Celestia, you run when you should fight. I’m taking the Space Bridge down.” “Fluttershy wait-” Celestia was cut off as another seismic wave bursted from the tower reaching the observation deck and knocking out the transmission. Fluttershy turned to the others. “Girls, you transmit the audio logs and blueprints I found to Celestia, she’ll need it to win this.” “But Fluttershy--” “GO!” Fluttershy made her way to the panel attempting to close down the shield but the controls tore out, and the vacuum pulled Fluttershy out of the room, causing her to scream as her wings froze up and she fell than Scootaloo swooped down and grabbed her. “Thanks.” “We Maximares gotta stick together.” She flew through the canyon laying a bit of mortar fire down on the troopers below them, she flew up and towards the tower and dodged shots from the dropship and managed to take it down, then flew up to the tower but another shockwave hit, disorienting her and causing her to smack into a wall and toss Fluttershy. Fluttershy landed crushing a Kul’asepticon under her. She shook her head than ran through the Cons in front of her, not wanting to waste any time stopping Mirrorlestia’s plan. She almost got to the ramp going down to the control panel of the tower when she was stopped by 2 Dogs’o War. She dodged one of them and sliced that one to piece in the back, than transformed and grabbed the other one skewering him on her tail, than set him on fire, than flung him to the control of the shield, destroying both and allowing Fluttershy to reach the controls, which Mirrorlestia was monitoring. “Mirrorlestia, you’re finished!” she swung her sword when a bolt of orange electricity hit her causing her to scream a little. The bolt disappeared and to Energon chains appeared at her sides holding her down. Mirrorlestia then walked to her. “You didn’t think I would make something as powerful as you, and not have a way to control you? Now, sit there like a good pet while your master finishes her work.” She gave Fluttershy a pat on the head like a dog and walked back to the console as a hologram of Nightmare Moon came up. “Lady Nightmare, the portal to the target world is stable, and energy levels of the tower are saving more resources than originally thought.” Mirrorlestia did not see Fluttershy glow a firey orange or hear her say. “Kill…you…” Nightmare responded smiling. “Excellent Mirrorlestia, Saddle Rager’s conversion into the Nemesis is now Complete, you are to stay and managed things on this end, I entrust Ponytron to you Mirrorlestia.” “Fear not Nightmare, Ponytron shall remain as you leave it.” The hologram faded and Fluttershy broke out of her chains and transformed. “NO ONE, CONTROLS FLUTTERSHY!!” She roared at Mirrorlestia who looked in shock. “Impossible.” Fluttershy went for Mirrorlestia’s left arm tearing it off, earning a scream of pain from her than threw it up in the air, than swallowed it. She swung her tail smashing the machine and sending Mirrorlestia flying off the tower. Fluttershy ran away to escape the blast zone, smashing through Several Kul’asepticons, big and small, but then found herself at the place she stated but it was a dead-end. “Footing loose. NOOOOOO!!!” ------------------------------------------------------------------------- The tower blew up, collapsing and Apple Bloom, Scootaloo, and a now conscious Sweetie Belle looked in sadness as they worried about the fate of Fluttershy. Up in space the beams end reach the portal causing it to take in an orangey appearance. On the Ark, Luna looked at the portal’s new energy readings. “Sister the portal’s energy reading’s are becoming unstable.” Celestia felt a great worry, as there was no Energon left. She than looked to the screen with Cadenza on it who began to speak. “Celestia, take whatever’s in me to power you way to the stars.” “Cadenza, there’s no guarantee we’ll even reach the portal.” “This is my choice, I will not forget the gift of a brief new life you gave me.” She grabbed the fuel line of the Ark and plunged it into her chest. Firefly, Dash, and Daring directed the Autoponies into the Ark, not knowing that a certain red minotaur dragged himself with all his remaining strength into one of the cargo holes. When the ship wall full, the ship’s thrusters roared to life and flew up, and Cadenza struggled to stay up but fell. Celestia let one tear leave her eye. “Your sacrifice will not be forgotten.” Cadenza looked up at the ship and one tear left her eye as she spoke her final words. “Til' All are One.”