The next day after the cutie mark incident, Danny was in his transformer form and testing out its capabilities. His riot cannon was very powerful. He transformed into his vehicle form and looked like an alien tank. He shot a nearby tree and destroyed it completely. He returned to his normal form grinned at the smoking ashes of the tree. He sees Charming Thunder approaching and he was awestruck from the destroyed tree. "How can you transform and I can’t?" Charming Thunder asked in confusion and anger.
"Well, I don’t know how to…but I think you need to establish a connection to Primus," Danny explained. "Time for some meditation, Charming Thunder." Charming Thunder nodded and they began to walk towards outskirts of Ponyville.
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Charming Thunder and Danny arrived at the outskirts and Danny laid a blanket down on the ground along with two cushions. H sat on one cushion while Charming Thunder sat on the other cushion. "Now, the objective here today is to look into the medallion and establish a connection to Primus’ power," Danny said. "To achieve the power, you must look through the knowledge of the primes and speak with Primus directly. Knowing Primus from Unicron, he will be willing to offer you some power but there are times when you take the power by force. I know you aren’t the violent type when power is needed but you must take the power by force and combined it to your very being. If you have to, fight Primus, face-to-face. I’ll be there to help you when you most need it." Charming Thunder nods as Danny puts his hoof on the medallion. Charming Thunder closed his eyes and began to focus on the medallion in his mind.
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Charming Thunder appeared next to Danny as they opened their eyes. They found themselves in a magical place. They began to walk forward, passing all types of words, memories, etc. They arrived at a giant chamber with Primus himself in the center. Behind him was the Matrix of Leadership, on the wall with all of its glory. "Remember; you must fight Primus if he doesn’t give you direct connection to his very might," Danny said. "Hopefully, we won’t need to fight. But if we must, then you will know that I will have your back." Charming Thunder nodded and began to walk towards Primus. He found some sort of hovercraft and managed to get on it to talk to Primus, face-to-face.
"Hello my champion," Primus greeted. "What can I do for you today?"
"Primus, I need to establish a direct link with your power," Charming Thunder requested. "You are holding me back and I demand to know why."
"I fear that you will misuse my power and you will use it for your own self desires. I’ve already seen your dark side and I feared that you will fall for that again. That’s why I refuse to give you the power required."
"But Danny has unlocked his power and he hasn’t misused it yet. Besides, I’ve shown you countless times that I won’t fall for selfish desires."
"Still…I can’t let you have this power." Charming Thunder was angry. Not only did Primus not trust him but Primus won’t even allow him to further his grip on the power. Charming Thunder wasn’t power hungry but if Primus won’t allow him to access the power of Level 3 and transformation, he knew he would have to take if by force. He looked towards Danny and nods. He nodded back and flew up to him. Primus was surprised to see Danny in the medallion. "What is the meaning of this!?"
"If you won’t give the power willingly, then we shall take it by force, Primus," Danny said. "Charming WILL have access to that power if you like it or not!" Primus laughed at the empty threat. However, he regretted it when he summoned the Dark Star Saber, jumped at him, and slashed at him. Primus was pushed back slightly. Charming Thunder summons the Star Saber and the two of us ready ourselves for battle.
"You think you can come here to take whatever you like!?"
"You refused to allow access so our only way to control it is by enforcing restrains on you. We tried to be diplomatic but if you allow access then we will have to MAKE access. Charming, get to the Matrix of Leadership. I’ll handle Primus with Unicron." Charming Thunder nods as Danny transformed to his robot form. He jumped and landed on a platform. He fired his riot cannon at Primus, which hit him square. Primus growled with rage and attacks him. He dodged the attack and noticed that Charming was running to the Matrix while Primus was distracted. Primus was about to attack again until Danny began to radiate with dark energy. Primus attacks as Danny summons a Dark Energy Mace and managed to hit the massive hand, cracking the metal on it. Primus roared with rage and Danny jumped down and landed on Primus’ shoulder. He began to run up to his head and Primus was trying to grab him. He evaded the hands and his hands began to glow purple as the purple energy formed into Hammers. Charming Thunder approached the Matrix's core and it grabbed him. He was being pulled by the center of the core. Charming Thunder came out after a few seconds, the power fused into his very being. Blue markings were all over Charming Thunder and he erupted into a blue light. When the light dimmed, standing there was a new Charming Thunder. He was now a transformer. He looked like a combination of a truck and tank transformer. He was red with some yellow streaks on him. The Autobot logo was on his chest and Danny grinned at his appearance. Charming Thunder gave out a roar of power and saw his blue energy markings light up to that roar. Charming Thunder looks at us and Danny nods to his direction. Primus began to get up, angry clear on his face. Danny jumped to Charming Thunder's side and Primus stared at the both of them.
"You arrogant fools!!" Primus shouted. "I’ll destroy you here and now!!" Primus looked ready to squish them but both Danny and Charming Thunder had different ideas. Danny transformed into his vehicle form and fired his cannon at Primus’ foot, cracking it and making him fall backwards. Charming Thunder's right arm transformed into a Neutron Assault Rifle and he jumped up. He began to open fire at Primus’ head and Danny returned to his robot form. Danny jumped up and landed on a platform. He shot Primus' chest again and hit him again, cracking the wound more. They stopped and looked at the exhausted Primus.
"We beat you on fair ground," Danny said. "You know the rules Primus and now you must follow them."
"What rules?" Charming Thunder asked.
"Of course Primus never told you. Unicron told me AFTER I beat him in fair game." When Charming Thunder was about to reply, they heard Primus chuckling and they looked at him.
"I knew he wouldn’t give you the power willingly. You took it by force, didn’t you?"
"Yes. You see, Charming, there is a pair of rules that Gods must follow. If the god loses to his Champion, the god has to offer complete and total support to their champion against their will. Primus still helps you, but now he is at your mercy. Primus is forced to give you the power you require. Now, we must continue our training to expand our power. And they can’t hold us back anymore. Come now, let us leave. The portal is back where we came from." Charming Thunder nodded and they went into vehicle form. Charming Thunder's look like a truck combined with a tank. They made it to the portal and entered.
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Danny and Charming Thunder opened their eyes to see that they are still in their normal forms. Danny smiled and said, "Now that we got that out of the way. Ready for some training?"
"You know it, brother," Charming Thunder replied.
