Chapter 61-Trade Ya
Sometimes…it was just too delicious to be insane. Insanely right. Insanely powerful. It gave thoughts and dreams ponies could only imagine in their wild fantasies. Not anymore. Those dreams became reality. They became truth and wisdom. Power set the goal for changing the world, and nothing was more delicious than that.
Well, maybe the coffee was up there too.
The leader of the Alliance sat on a nearby park bench, the constant squeaks of the swing set in the distance assaulting his ears alongside the pouring rain. Vanhoover, now under his constant leadership, sat in the distance just as dark and gloomy as the park Noctune sat in. Ever since he was crowned leader of the city, Noctune longed just to be away from it all, the power that is.
What? The Mayor of Vanhoover had to be replaced. Dead ponies don’t scrape themselves out of the office.
He wasn’t just sitting in the abandoned park of Vanhoover enjoying the scenery. No, Noctune was waiting for somepony very special to arrive. Just as the message Shockwave had given, nopony was allowed inside the city unless they were affiliated with the Alliance or pledged their allegiance. That’s why Noctune sat on the outskirts of Vanhoover, not a building for miles, and no annoying little fillies and colts to be bugging him. It was just him, his coffee, and his smile.
He took a nice, long sip, savoring the flavor as it slithered down his throat. Noctune smiled in satisfaction, sighing contently. He looked up when something small had caught his eye. His smile kept on growing after that.
The wheels of Celestia’s carriage impacted the wet grass with a slosh and kept on going until it stopped fifty feet away from the park. Snorts of anger erupted from the Pegasi in golden armor pulling said carriage once their eyes locked with the dark brown pony sitting in solitude. The dark brown pony got off from the park bench, carrying his coffee mug in one hoof as he slowly approached the carriage.
Noctune stared smugly at Celestia’s guard. “Evening,” he gestured, taking another swig from his coffee mug. The Pegasi were nearly inches away from tearing the stallion to shreds, but a cold wind blew down and hit the Pegasi full force, causing them all to flinch back and shiver.
“Should’ve brought a coat,” Noctune commented, smiling down at his black jacket covering his body and forelegs. The stallions all glared at him with eyes that could melt steel.
As much as Noctune wanted to continue mocking Celestia’s joke of a fighting force, the carriage doors opened to reveal the ponies Noctune had been waiting for, plus a few others that he didn’t expect.
It was her. Princess Celestia. Noctune almost chuckled at the way she looked. Tired, worn, sunken, absolutely defeated, that didn’t stop a giggle to escape his muzzle. All silliness aside, behind the solar goddess was the mare of the moon herself, Princess Luna. He hadn’t seen her in a while, but judging from the death stare she sent his way every opportunity she got then they definitely needed some catching up to do.
Then they came.
Princess Twilight.
Noctune’s smile grew ten times bigger.
With her were the six friends Noctune never imagined to meet in his lifetime. The Elements. There was Rainbow Dash, grinding her teeth as if ready to rip his throat out. Rarity, the beautiful unicorn ready to blast him apart with some crazy unicorn spell. Applejack, the country hick who looked to be thinking about how far she could buck him across the county. Fluttershy, who was no threat. Pinkie Pie, the wacko party pony that appeared to be thinking about some sort of Noctune cupcake recipe when she laid eyes on him. And finally there was Spike, who he only noticed from the stained glass window back at Canterlot.
He was crying.
Baby dragon after all.
Noctune didn’t expect much. If anything he expected more.
With a grateful smile strong enough to wow the crowds of Canterlot, the dark brown stallion approached the group of ponies and one lone dragon. They instantly noticed him. He could hear some of them growl.
Noctune ignored it and said, “Greetings, rulers of Equestria, allow me to thank you all for agreeing to our peaceful terms and-”
He was tackled to the wet grass by a rainbow blur.
After getting the air knocked out of him, Noctune looked up to be nose to nose with the one and only Rainbow Dash. She pressed her hooves into his shoulders, restraining him to the ground. Noctune smiled. As if that was going to hold him down. He would amuse her a little bit longer.
She glared at him with eyes of pure fire, shouting right in his face, “Peaceful terms my butt! You’re here to take Twilight away from us you no-good, lying, waste of motherbucking-!”
That's what he expected. Noctune smiled.
Rainbow Dash brought her hoof back in an effort to punch him, but was stopped by a purple aura of energy cascading across her body. The struggling Pegasus was lifted from Noctune’s body, good thing too, because Noctune was slowly retracting the dark blade hidden under his coat.
Noctune looked up from the grass with curious eyes. From a distance he could see that the aura of energy belonged to Twilight, and she settled the enraged Pegasus down onto the wet grass and scolded her as a mother would to a child.
“Rainbow Dash…just…don’t,” Princess Twilight muttered, any hope of life still remaining in her voice completely vanished.
Noctune sat up, groaning in annoyance when he felt the wetness on his back. “This was my favorite jacket,” he stated, turning his cold stare over to the Pegasus. She gladly responded with a hateful one.
He continued, observing his wet backside. “You’re lucky we’re not currently in Vanhoover. Ponies who assault their leader are made an example of.”
He sent a smug smile towards Celestia, almost taunting.
“And by example…I mean public beheadings. Thankfully we’ve only had a few of those over the past few days, now those ponies know their place and we won’t have to result to…‘barbaric’ matters.”
Celestia’s and Luna’s eyes were both wide with horror, but slowly narrowed on the stallion slowly standing back up. Princess Celestia fought the urge to send the stallion straight to the moon right then and there, and the urge to hold in the tears didn’t help ease her stress.
Once the urge was almost too much for Celestia to handle, the princess stopped from charging up her horn and stared up to the cloudy skies. Several, unified gasps escaped from the Elements, including Spike. Something dark…something massive…awakened from the heavens.
Twilight knew what it was.
The Nemesis, the flagship of the Decepticon armada hung over their heads like a dark entity constantly haunting them. At first, it was invisible, unseen for miles on end. The next second, the cloak, the same cloak that Twilight witnessed back at the attack in Ponyville erupted from the skies, and out of its terror came the Nemesis. Noctune spun his head around once he noticed all of their eyes focused upwards.
“We’ll be expecting one more guest!” Noctune shouted over the Nemesis’ roaring engines.
That “guest” flew down from the flagship itself. It was small, so small in fact that the ponies had to squint to see it. Twilight, with her emotionless attitude and complete lack of life in her eyes almost felt a spark. A spark to the flame of fear in her heart.
The ship flew downwards towards them, transforming and revealing it to be Shockwave.
Shockwave skidded to a halt on Noctune’s left, the water being splashed forward and hitting the Pegasi pulling Celestia’s carriage. They all shouted in surprise, glaring up at the titan. Shockwave sent one stare their way, one stare to shut them all up.
His purple eye fell upon all the little ponies that despised his presence. The two princesses, as expected, graced the outskirts of the dark city with their light, their hate-filled eyes never breaking contact with his one. If only they saw what was inside, the horrors the Decepticons had committed. Shockwave wouldn’t have blamed them to attack him right then.
If they could manage, that is.
Beside the two Alicorns, the five mares Shockwave had seen numerous times before and now fully up close once again. Some glared at him, no fear hidden behind their eyes. Others cowered before him, their tiny bodies shaking in the cold wind. Two others. Two. That’s all it was. The two that actually managed to surprise Shockwave was Twilight Sparkle and Spike.
Spike, a young dragon, clutched onto Twilight’s leg, his innocent eyes staring up at the Decepticon with indifference. Shockwave paid little attention to him. His full attention was captured momentarily.
Twilight Sparkle. Princess Twilight Sparkle. There she stood with no look of hate, fear, or sadness flushing passed her eyes. All she did was stare up at him, her purple eyes staring into his purple eye. She did not cower or back down. That’s what surprised Shockwave.
No fear.
He needed to make sure.
“Have you made a decision?” Shockwave asked, his cold tone cutting the silence of the park they resided in half.
Twilight took in a deep breath, looking back towards her closest friends. They all sent a somber look her way, even Rainbow Dash who managed to calm down for the time being. Twilight looked to the two princesses, no longer for help this time, but for certainty. They both nodded, both on the verge of tears.
She released that breath and turned to face Shockwave.
“Yes…I have,” she bitterly stated. Spike clutched her foreleg even tighter. Twilight turned around to embrace her friends, but she stopped. She stopped because she couldn’t move.
Twilight looked down and saw the most painful sight of that fateful day.
Spike crying into her foreleg.
“Oh…Spike,” Twilight whimpered, bringing her foreleg up and wrapping the baby dragon in a hug. For unending, painful, and tear-filled minutes the two cried in each other’s embrace, neither wanting to break it. The cries could be heard over the light rain, and it soon spread like a wildfire.
Spike looked up at Twilight, at his friend, his mother. He whispered, “Please, Twilight…please don’t go. Don’t let them take you.”
Twilight shook her head, struggling to hold anymore tears. “I’m sorry, Spike. I’m not doing this out of surrender. I’m doing this so you can get Optimus back. There’s no turning away from this one chance we get.”
Saying that caused more tears to spill out of the dragon’s eyes, forcing him to shut each one tighter than ever. He felt a soft hoof on his cheek. He looked up to see Twilight smiling down at him, her own tears making rivers down her smile.
“You have to be a big dragon while I’m gone, Spike,” she whispered to him, kissing him on the forehead. “I know you can be brave when you need to. Use that bravery and don’t ever be scared, because you’ll have friends with you wherever you go.”
Twilight let him go, watching as he played with his claws and looked at the ground miserably. She sighed, giving him one more kiss on the forehead.
“Be brave…my number one assistant.”
Spike didn’t even look at her anymore. He couldn’t force himself to. With Twilight’s final words of wisdom, being brave meant he couldn’t allow himself to show fear, to show tears. He would honor it, to the fullest extent of his dragon code he would honor Twilight’s final wish.
Princess Twilight walked over to each of her friends. Her friends, the ponies that were there for her since the beginning, and now together once more for the end. Pinkie Pie, her mane halfway deflated and eyes as sad as a crying child’s. Rarity and Applejack, both of them with eyes chock-full of tears ready to blow. Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy, the two Pegasi who stared at Twilight with mixed emotions. Some of confusion, some of anger, and some of pain. She couldn’t take it. Twilight rushed forward and gave them all a hug.
That’s when the real crying started.
“You’ve been with me since the day I first came to Ponyville, you’ve fought by my side against Discord and Sombra and all the evils that tried to take Equestria, you’ve all been with me through the good times and bad, and now…” she broke the hug and gave each one of them an individual stare, one of determination, “…now I need you all to go on without me.”
“Twilight…” Applejack breathed.
“You need to be the leaders after I’m gone. You need to help Optimus learn why he’s the Autobot leader so he can unite us all once again. You need…”
Twilight’s jaw tightened, even more tears boiling in her eyes.
“You need to save the world.”
“Oh, Twilight!” Fluttershy cried, leaping forward and wrapping her hooves around Twilight’s neck. The rest joined in, crying together and being there for one another in the biggest hardship of their lives, a hardship they would not be facing alone.
After so much longer, Twilight broke apart the hug, noticing the tears of all her friends. Rainbow Dash included, the iron pony herself. She gave them all one last smile before moving on.
She stopped.
Twilight faced the two much older, much wiser, much more powerful Alicorns. She never felt so small against the stare of Princess Celestia and Princess Luna. Whether those stares were for good intensions or for bad, Twilight truly didn’t know. All she really saw, all she really cared about, was seeing Celestia. Her teacher.
The Princess of Friendship waited no longer to hug her, Princess Luna included.
A pair of hooves was wrapped around Twilight’s back. Twilight could’ve sworn she heard whimpers coming from Celestia, maybe even Luna, as they hugged her back.
“I pray you the best of luck, my brave, little pony,” Princess Celestia whispered, nuzzling the top of Twilight’s head. “Know that whatever decision you make…Princess Luna and I…we will support you through it all.”
“Try and kill Noctune whenever you have the chance,” Luna whispered into Twilight’s ear, earning a glare from Celestia and sad chuckle from Twilight. Sadly, the hug had to end all too soon, and Twilight stood in front of them, eyes broken and heart shattered. But her posture never faltered.
She stood straight up and bowed.
“Goodbye…my fellow princesses,” Twilight said. Celestia and Luna both bowed in unison. When they brought their heads back up, she was already gone, headed for Noctune and Shockwave.
Noctune, basically staring off into space at that point, brought his attention back onto the Alicorn making her way to him. He was glad all the sappy junk was over; it only delayed the fun part of the plan. The plan that they needed…her for. That’s why he smiled when she stepped forward, Twilight’s glare locked on to Noctune and Shockwave.
Noctune looked up to Shockwave.
Shockwave looked down to Twilight.
He looked over to Celestia. He nodded.
With one finger, Shockwave pressed a button on his wrist, instantly causing a great commotion to erupt from the Nemesis above everybody’s head. They all looked up, Twilight included, to see a single tow cable drop down and release a massive object ten feet above the ground. It roared in pain when it touched the earth.
It roared in pain.
“Optimus!” all five mares screamed, rushing or flying over to their injured friend. They checked his wounds, caressed his face and whispered words of comfort to him, mostly Fluttershy. Noticing that the large hole in his chest was repaired just as it once was, Fluttershy sent a shocked stare over to the Decepticon.
“Safe and without a scratch, as promised,” Shockwave stated loudly, turning his attention over to the small Alicorn at his feet. He reached down and plucked her gently off the earth like a delicate flower. He and Noctune both chuckled when she yelped in surprise, clearly not expecting the advance.
Once he picked her up, Shockwave could see that faintest bit of worry flash through her eyes. Shockwave chuckled at that, tightening his grip around her tiny body only slightly.
“Were it so easy?” he asked. Twilight did not answer. She shivered against his cold skin and the rain pelting her coat.
“Perhaps…a new accommodation to suit your needs instead of that eyesore of a castle?” Shockwave asked, turning back to show Twilight the place she’ll be staying for a long, long time. Her ears fell, her heart dropped, she gasped the tiniest of gasps.
The Nemesis touched down on Equestrian soil, the underbelly opening up to reveal a doorway inside of its darkness. Without a word, Shockwave stomped through the wet grass, closer and closer towards the Nemesis with Twilight shaking in his fist.
All Spike could do was stare as they took her away. The liquid on his cheeks was not from the rain.
He didn’t want to leave just yet. No, Noctune watched the five mares try and get Optimus Prime to his feet and fail horribly, nearly crushing the pink one in the process. He brought his attention over to the two princesses, the princesses he swore to slaughter one day to the whole world. They glared at him with more hatred then they ever had for anyone, let alone a pony.
He was not their little pony anymore. All three of them knew that.
And they were all perfectly fine with that.
Noctune said no words, because words were not needed for the damage he has already caused. He gave the princesses one last thing before he turned around and left. A smile. A lone, haunting, killer’s smile.
He spun around and followed Shockwave inside the Nemesis.
All according to plan. Noctune thought as he left the ponies shivering in the rain.
All according to plan.
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Kill them... I don't care HOW I don't care WHEN I just want these bastards dead. Buried with nothing to remember them by. Burn their ashes into particles and scatter them into a black hole. Or better yet have them be devoured by Unicron.
We all want Lockdown! Lockdown! Lockdown! Lockdown!
Matrix: Check.
Dark Spark: Check.
Crystal Heart: Check.
T-Cog: Check.
Twilight Sparkle: Check.
What the L does this all mean? And when the L is Lockdown going to show up? And when the L are the boys going to regain their true memories?
i wonder whats going to happen to spike since his mother figure was taken away
5709788 Spike the hero of the story if wasn't why would we know what's going on with Spike in the first place?
This is Shockwave's endgame. No surprises, nothing left chance. He will harvest every and anything he needs...and he will rebuild Cybertron atop the Autobots' bodies and at the cost of Equestria if he must.
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if their is one thing I agree with shockwave is that Twilights castle is an eyesore
Must not cry...
MUST... NOT...
.......Oh, fuck it.
5709816 ya
5710395 the writer told me that Spike is going to have a big role in the story.
5710412 awesome!!!! thats really cool since spike was more a side character and barely showed in the last stories
Where is Lockdown when you need him?!
Noctune is creeping me out now!
Meanwhile behind some nearby bushes sat a green figure watching the events that had just taken place, once the Nemesis had left the hidden Autobot stood up and he sighed.
"Great...Leadfoot died for this?" said Tapout as he turned his head and watched the mourning group of Equestrians with sadness and disappointment, although he was glad Twilight was able to get Optimus back he knew that she was key to the Decepticon's plan with her aboard the Nemesis the Decepticons were at an advantage, despite the fact that the ex-con Drift was training the rest of the amnesic Autobots in combat Tapout couldn't help but doubt that they and the Equestrians would be ready to defeat the Cons in time.
Tapout wanted to go up to them and help but he knew it would only cause more panic since the Equestrians didn't know him and the Autobots wouldn't remember who he was but something had to be done soon...he needed to buy them some time even though he was seriously outnumbered and outgunned, before he left to pursue the Decepticon's ship he gazed at the group one last time and said
"Good luck you guys and Drift I'm counting on you."
He then transformed and drove away from the scene.
5710586 He's also my favorite character.
5710668 ya hes awesome
5710668 lol spike is best pony/dragon.....exept the generation 3 mlp
5710786 I agree with that.
The villain part of me was thinking the exact same thing.
Even a bot of no taste can tell that Twicorn's castle is ugly, why he didn't destroy, we'll never know.
I'm a little disappointed from the lack of dialogue from Shockwave and Nocturne.
Not even a little bragging or monologuing about how they won and they should all just kneel before them.(or even a maniacal laugh.
) Again why Shockwave doesn't finish them right then and there? We know he has something big planned for later, but is it even necessary? He's already shown multiple times that he has the means to conquer Equestria, so why not do it already? Why make it more complicated? Also can get more screen time from other Decepticons? While Shockwave is in my Top 5 Decepticons, I would like to see the others and what they're doing and whats going through their minds?
5711245 You clearly have no idea how Shockwave works do you?
While Shockwave is a cold ruthless scientist the keyword here is Scientist not a brute like Megatron.
In Shockwave's view killing them is just giving them mercy so they won't suffer from watching their planet burn and giving his enemy the easy way out is illogical.
But I'm sure Shockwave will regret it to bite him in the afterburner.
plus it would be a shatty ending if everyone died however I could see JD making a spinoff chapter that shows an alternate route if that happened once he finishes the main story.
Ever the villain, are you, Noctune?
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Decepticons have no concept of mercy. Shockwave has shown that he can be more cruel than Megatron. You might as well compare him to a Dalek or a evil Spock. He wouldn't waste an opportunity to end this sooner just to make others suffer, he's above that.(unless it's on a medical slab.) that would be Megatrons M.O.. He has to see the logic in that.
5709668 ...Damn.
I agree. 
5709722 He's coming soon! Soon! Soon! Soon!
5709758 All will be answered soon. What the L does L mean?
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5710588 LOL everyone's relying on Lockdown to save the day now.
5711245 I think the complications for the Decepticons are over now that they have Twilight. And don't worry, I'll get more screen time for the others.
5711483 WHAT?! I...I would never use Twilight for that reason!
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5712207 Yeah exactly the reason why Shockwave is letting them live now.
I never said Shockwave was sparing them now did I?
Shockwave has a better weapon to cause trauma into their souls before he kills them.
5712427 The L means-*Rereads the sentence*..........
What the L JD you clever glitch.
5712483
5712427
It mean what the hell. If you remove the h it sounds like L.
'This a bad idea, but I am all about bad ideas!'
Poor Twilight... we got one back, just to lose another... and With Optimus missing his T-cog (or is it Key-cog? whenever I watch TF:P, I keep hearing both. please tell me Im not the only one) and the Matrix, what hope does he have in learning from Drift?
5712950 I think you have re read what we both said to get it.
JDPrime22, I do hope you have a plan to get Optimus Prime's memories and Matrix back... because he'll return with such rage and hatred for the Decepticons that it would come from Hell itself. As if Primus' wrath would be unleashed upon them.
Remember that scene during Age of Extinction when the Dinobots joined the fray in Hong Kong and all those Cons got blown to bits? Well how about the Bots get their memories back, infiltrate Vanhoover, kill every Decepticon and AAA servants and then participate in an awesome battle between Optimus and Twilight against Shockwave and Noctune.
"Optimus, what are my orders with these ponies? Can I squish the rainbow one?"
5719007 And that would make the Autobots no better then the Decepticons if they slaughtered the Decepticons and Especially the AAA even if Noctune is a donkey-butt it doesn't mean the rest of them are so bad.
This isn't the Bay movies and would you really want Twi and friends to witness such blood lust from the Autobot heroes?
Well played. Maybe from the Decepticon soldiers. They did see The Constructicons, Demolisher, and Makeshift get torn to pieces along with multitudes of soldiers, leapers, Scorponok, and the Predacons. Besides, Shockwave, Soundwave, Starscream, Onslaught, Brawl, Vortex, Blast Off, Swindle, Sharpshot, Kickback, Hardshell and Noctune deserve it.
5729697 Ehh you should scratch Swindle off of that because he actually is not that bad even if he has killed a few Bots himself he has still made deals with them.
I'm pretty sure that only Shockwave and maybe the Insecticons are going to be killed in this story.
Swindle could just kill off the other Combaticons and then sell their parts to Noctune like how he sold the Combaticons in the G1 cartoon. Maybe then he decides that helping conquer Equestria won't be worth it anymore and leave.
Noctune you damn traitor! You will die like the rest of the Decepticons!
This was pure tearjerker the whole way through. Twilight was very brave to give herself up, but this is clearly hard on everyone. The princesses and the Mane 6 are losing their friend, but Spike is losing his mother.