“And of course nopony blames Discord for planting those seeds, the same seeds that captured Princess Celestia and Princess Luna! Gosh…sometimes that guy gets off too easily,” Rainbow Dash muttered as she stared above at the roof of the barn. She lay on top of Optimus Prime, her hooves resting behind her head.
Optimus didn’t acknowledge the rambling Pegasus lying on top of him. He didn’t acknowledge anything. That, of course, didn’t stop Rainbow Dash.
“I don’t know. Discord can still mess around sometimes, but he’s not gonna betray us again. Even though he’s annoying…okay, even though he’s really annoying, he’s still our friend…” she closed her eyes and took a deep breath, “and I guess he’s my friend too.”
Optimus agreed by saying nothing.
“Well,” Rainbow groaned as she turned over to lay on her stomach, “after the thing with the Tree of Harmony, we found ourselves getting trapped in Celestia’s and Luna’s old castle where we met the ‘Pony of Shadows’,” she chuckled at the memory. “Yeah, turns out it was Pinkie Pie the whole time.”
Rainbow Dash tapped her chin. “Hmm…what else…? Oh yeah! I met Daring Do! You don’t know her but she was a character in my favorite book series! Turns out…she was real all along! What else…what else…um…we got sent to a comic book world and had to defeat an evil villain named the Mane-iac… We also had to save Fluttershy from turning into a bat… Yeah that was a pretty weird week.”
The Pegasus continued to squirm to try and find a comfortable position on Prime’s roof. Optimus couldn’t really interject or add anything to the conversation. She continued to tell the story of everything that had happened since he left. Everything.
“After the tryouts, Ponyville qualified for the Equestria Games, and Spitfire even gave me a Wonderbolt badge! Yeah, I was pretty awesome. Anyways, after Discord came back pretending to be sick, it was that time of year again, and this time it was gonna be the biggest bash of the year. My birthaversary, hosted by none other than Pinkie Pie and Cheese Sandwich! Hehe…that was a crazy night.
“Then we met Maud Pie, Pinkie Pie’s older sister, and I’ll tell ya…that pony is a tough rock to crack. But she’s pretty cool once you get to know her. Oh, I almost forgot about the time where I had to take that test to get into the Wonderbolts Reserves! I honestly didn’t have the perfect studying method, in case you didn’t know I’m not really egghead material. I still aced the exam, though.”
Rainbow Dash found herself giggling to herself. A fond and almost humorous memory came back to her. She had to control it so she didn’t break out into full out laughter.
“And then…then there was the time where I almost traded Fluttershy for a Daring Do book! It’s really stupid but…kinda funny when you think about it. After all that jazz, the Equestria Games finally showed up! And guess what…”
Optimus didn’t guess.
Rainbow Dash lay on her stomach again and shouted with glee, “Ponyville won the medal count! We won the Equestria Games!”
The rainbow Pegasus did a few flips in the air before softly landing on Prime’s roof again. Her smile quickly faded away, and a look of pure dread remained stitched upon her face. She lay down on her stomach again.
“Then…then that’s where it all started.”
Rainbow Dash shook her head and closed her eyes.
“Tirek.”
That name has scorched the land of Equestria and has spread fear wherever it travels. Out of all the villains they’ve faced, Tirek had to be the greatest threat, stacking up neatly next to Megatron. Tirek was the one who nearly brought Equestria to its knees…and he would’ve done it too…if it wasn’t for her.
“After Tirek escaped Tartarus, Princess Celestia made the mistake of sending Discord to capture him. Back then I knew not to fully trust Discord…and my guesses were right all along. He betrayed us, and joined forces with Tirek to help him grow stronger and suck the magic out of everypony in the country. Twilight eventually stopped him in the end…but he almost did it. Tirek sent Celestia, Luna, and Cadance to Tartarus. He was basically ruling Equestria at that moment.”
Rainbow Dash shivered on top of Optimus.
“Jeez…I can’t imagine a tyrant ruling over us…It’d have to be the worst feeling in the world. I’m sorry…I guess you knew that feeling, huh Prime?” she gentled patted his roof with her hoof.
She sighed again. “We stopped Tirek with the Rainbow Power, and after Celestia dubbed Twilight the Princess of Friendship we all agreed that the power we held was far too dangerous. We could only use it in cases of extreme emergencies…” Rainbow looked down into Optimus’ windshield, seeing her own reflection in the black glass smile back at her. “That’s where you came in.”
Rainbow saw her reflection cock its head, an eyebrow raised. “You know…ever since we tried to use the Rainbow Power on you…I’ve been wondering… Is the Rainbow Power really the strongest power in the world? If it is…then why didn’t you come back alive?”
Optimus didn’t say anything.
Rainbow brought her head back up, an unamused look on her face. She simply shrugged and spread her wings.
“Well, I’m pooped. I guess I’ll see ya another time, Optimus,” Rainbow Dash said. She waited a few seconds, hearing nothing in response. Rainbow Dash frowned. She shook her head in annoyance and scoffed.
“Yeah…see ya.”
A rainbow trail was all that was left blasting through the creaking barn doors…and once again Optimus Prime was left alone.
I guess Rainbow Dash was bored. Optimus learned how to answer like Batman.
4857026 Oh so half done
was not sure if that one before AJ's was Twilights chapter or not.
Wow 3 chapters in one day
Your really milking this cybercow!
4857156 It can be 4 chapters in day because the day is not done yet.
4857226 its 10:02 pm where i am so yeah i doubt we are getting another tonight but we will probably get the next three tomorrow and quite possibly our first action scene.
4857950 I sent you that at 8:00pm.
You gotta wonder how Optimus fares in conversations. It's rare to find him interacting with his Autobots. You'd find him out on the battlefront most of the time, or coordinating defenses. Still, his wisdom, humbleness, and nobility makes him a one-of-a-kind Prime.
Rainbow is awesomely characterized. <3
This has got to be the stupidest thing I've heard of. With that logic, if Ponyville had 50 bronze medals while Cloudsdale has 49 gold medals then by that logic the victory goes to Ponyville because it doesn't matter about the quality of the medal, it's the quantity.(I don't watch the Olympics but I'm pretty sure it doesn't go like that. SERIOUSLY IT'S FUCKING STUPID!)
So it wasn't bad enough with Rarity having a tea party with a corpse, we have Rainbow Dash lying on top of one. At this point why hasn't somepony buried Optimus? Are they goes gonna keep him the barn for all eternity?
4858628 Here's an idea: stop complaining and enjoy the story.
WAKE DE GALVATRON UP!
Up next is pinkie, and its going to be sad.
4859714 .......wat?
4858628 It truly is confusing. I'm just going by what the show said. And they won't have to worry about Prime for much longer.
4859699 BUT DE STORY NEED CONTINUED!
4860139 Truly, truly.
4860366
I know, I was making the comment about the episode not what you wrote.
4860366 "And they won't have to worry about Prime for much longer."
Soooooooo Hot Rod shows up and kills Optimus, the Princess and mane 6 while trying to help Optimus and becomes Primecess Hot Rodsideburnashotimus and the Rebel Alliance kills the other transformers and rules the galaxy?
Am i correct?
4860782 Hit it right on the nail.
4861638 But i don't have a hammer
That’s both a hilarious thing for Rainbow to think in this situation, and at the same time a bit sad too.