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Darkryt Orbinautz presents...
For months, the azure, silver-haired unicorn had been waiting for this moment.
From the instant she had been exiled, from the very second she was banished, from that very first day she had arrived in Ponyville, she had been waiting for this. This was it.
Miles away, in Canterlot, ponies were enjoying a nighttime stroll, having no idea of the monsters that were about to be unleashed upon their world.
A high-pitched whistle recoiled through all of Equestria, alerting ponies to the disturbance, but not telling them what it was.
In Canterlot, its building erected on top of such high rocky mountains, had the clearest view anywhere as a blinding white flash appeared in the sky, much too big to be a star, yet too small to be a planet. An object descended down from the flash, falling down like a shooting star. Rather distinctively UN-like a shooting star, however, it split in two, a purple off-shoot flying off into a totally different direction as the original object. Both the off-shoot and the original object eventually crashed landed, causing a thunderous thump.
Most ponies dismissed, either having more distressing things to worry about, or thinking the Royal Guard would deal with it.
But they weren't, put bluntly.
Certainly not with her brother at the helm.
Azure-coated, silver-maned, purple-eyed Twilight Sparkle clapped her hooves together. She had been waiting for this moment.
She was going to get there first. It was funny, really. If any of these ponies had just a read book from a thousand years ago, they'd know what was going on, but they dismissed it all as the ramblings of a madmare.
She didn't dismiss it, though.
And she was rewarded with the knowledge of the titans they she would be able to make serve her.
Feeling a thrill from the thought of her upcoming victory, Twilight Sparkle laughed.
Enmity: Tron
Episode 1
Transform and Rise Up! (Part 1)
Episode Synopsis: Twilight Sparkle's plans for revenge go awry when she mistakenly resurrects the calculating Megatron instead of the sociopathic Optimus Prime.
Twilight threw open her library door, causing the disused door to fall off its hinges onto the grass. As he had done many, many, many times by now, her lowly assistant, Spike, came out behind and propped door back up, knowing full well it would only be thrown off again the future. The stoic blue dragon never gave any of Twilight's any answers about this behavior of his.
"Oh, and Spike?" Twilight asked him as they were walking along. "This is the day I get my revenge. Try to pretend you're happy, at the very least."
"Very well." Spike pulled out a set of fake plastic teeth from hammer space and shoved it into his mouth, giving the appearance of a wide, forced smile.
"Come! We must gather the girls...ah, there's two of them now!"
Some feet away, an orange unicorn, was wrestling an white earth pony mare into a pile of mud.
"Oh, how atrocious!" The white mare exclaimed. "Shoving me into the mud like this! That's no way to treat a lady, Rarity!"
"Ah'm a la-die, too, Applejack." The orange unicorn responded.
"You're no lady, you're a pig." Applejack retorted.
"Both of you!" Twilight shouted at them, "Shut it! Today's the day!"
"The day for y'all's revenge?" Rarity questioned. Twilight had told all of them- herself, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, and Fluttershy- at length of her plans for revenge and how one day, the instruments of her divergence would arrive in a some kind of titanium ark. But they never really took her seriously...
"Yes! I know where the ark landed! I saw it last night! We're going to get there before anypony else and rebuild the living weapons within!"
Rarity and Applejack looked at each other before turning back to Twilight and shrugging.
"O'kay then." Rarity drawled.
"Before any revenge is had by anypony, I demand this mud be washed off me!" Applejack exclaimed.
"Nopony cares, Applejack." Twilight responded viciously before galloping off to get the rest of their friends. Spike came up behind with a brush and a bucket of water to clean Applejack. He was such a good butler, the way he just did what everypony asked without asking anything back and silently suffering through their all their quirks. It was almost like he was waiting for something, but he couldn't possibly be a spy or something, could he? (Glaring, obvious not-at-all-subtle hint, hint.)
Twilight eventually found all the rest of their troupe. Rainbow Dash, a grey pegasus whose talent of planning and calculation had propelled her to be the captain of the local weather team. Pinkie Pie, a doctor and the most psychologically stable of the group. As well as Fluttershy, a flight-loving pegasus with an intense phobia of small critters.
Together, the group marched behind Twilight Sparkle as the unicorn led them out of town.
"Twilight, not that we don't want to help y'all none with this here revenge scheme, but where are y'all taking us?" Rarity questioned, not sure why they had to go all the way out of town for it.
"To that mountain!" Twilight pointed at the mountain in the distance. "It's there we'll find the ark, and the weapons inside!"
They continued down the rocky path, eventually arriving at the crash site of the fabled ark. It was a majestic thing in its construction, and it wowed them all. For even is lay there, smoking, with piece of it sheared off from the crash, it still looked like a mighty vessel in it's brilliant red hue.
"Well, everypony...crawl in!"
The group did just that, skillfully climbing up and leaping off the rocks around in order to enter the hatch bay, left hanging from the impact.
Once inside, Twilight's friends were stunned at the ship's contents.
Littered across the floor, scattered by the dozens, were huge robots almost as tall as dragons, with tires and glass panels and afterburners sticking out of them in various places.
Everypony but Twilight gasped.
"You never said they were all robots!" Applejack gasped.
"Cool!" Fluttershy applauded. She flew around, admiring the awesome mechs around, until she saw a tiny one that was almost pony-size in the shape of a orange wolf, which sent her reeling behind Pinkie, cowering due to her phobia.
"Reaction: Predictable." Rainbow Dash said, emotionless.
"Rainbow Dash, come help me figure out which one of these robots to energize first." Twilight demanded, gesturing for Rainbow Dash to come over.
"Hmm..." Rainbow Dash flew into the air and took a scan of the room. "All of them have either one logo or another on them...either purple and stoic or red and angry."
"Hey!" Rarity shouted, pointing at a red and black robot on the far edge of the room. "That one has a red logo, but one of the st-st wutever y'all said!"
"So it does." Dash agreed.
"What d'yall think it means, R.D?"
"Well, being that have I only circumstantial information, I would conclude it is a unique hybrid of the two."
"Yeah, yeah, fascinating." Twilight scoffed. "Now, which one do I resurrect first for my revenge?"
"Hmm..." Dash noticed two particulars more or less in the center of the room. "Those two's increased height suggests higher positions in the hierarchy."
So, Dash narrowed down Twilight's choices to either a red-logo white and black robot with a huge black cannon on it's arm that was almost like a tank unto itself, or a purple and grey-blue robot with a faceplate and the purple logo.
"Which one, then?"
"Observe the white one. The battery on it's back clearly conceals weapons, and the broad wings suggest a flight capability. It's clearly the better one for combat."
"The white one it is, then!" Twilight declared, affixing her gaze on it.
Her horn began to shimmer and, well, sparkle, with a purple light, rotating around and around itself before turning into a mace of energy that shot out and into the white body, causing the until-now dim insignia on its chest to light up. A barely-visible L.E.D went from zero percent to one hundred percent in the blink of an eye.
His eyes flashed purple from the magic before righting their original blue. It took him a moment to gather his bearing.
"Ohhh..." He rubbed his head sorely before seeing the tiny, strange creatures gathered around his feet. His first thought was to throw his arms up in in the air to show he meant no harm.
"Hello, tiny creatures! I am Megatron, commander of the Decepticons. I mean you no harm!"
"That's always what the aliens say in movies!" Fluttershy informed her fellows.
"Silence!" Twilight snapped before composing herself. She bowed at Megatron. "Commander Megatron, is it? Well, I am Twilight Sparkle. I have given you energy- I have given you a new life! So, so I've done that, I'm going to request a little...favor of you."
"A favor?" Megatron questioned, his optics shifting, obliviously more concerned for his men than what this pony wanted.
"Yes. There's these ponies, you see." Twilight said. "Ponies who have wronged me in indescribable ways. I want revenge on them!"
Megatron frowned. "Surely...we could talk to them, first? Offer them a chance to explain?"
"Sadly, they've had that chance." Twilight explained. "Now, the only way for them to make up for it...is death!"
Megatron let out a deep, tired exhale. "Must it always end in killing?"
"Yes!"
That just made Megatron even more depressed.
"Really?"
"Yes!"
Megatron sighed. "Fine." He stood on his knees before drawing to his full height. "But may I request you return this favor?"
"What?" Twilight growled, lips swerved to the side of her mouth.
"That you restore my soldiers." Megatron gestured to the red-logo robots across the room.
Twilight stroked her chin and thought about it for a moment. "Okay! But not until after you kill this pony I know."
Megatron sighed. "Fine. Who needs to die?"
"Queen Mi Amora Cadenza!" Twilight exclaimed. "She rules Canterlot in stead of Queen Celestia with my brother, Shining Armor."
Everypony else shivered at Celestia's name, but Twilight seemed unfazed.
"Shining Armor...?" Megatron tried, but couldn't withhold a snicker. "What kind of names do you creatures give your young?"
"Whatever kind of name we want!" Twilight growled at him, stomping a hoof. "Now, let's get out of here. We have a long march if we want to make it to Canterlot by nightfall."
"Fine, fine." Megatron walked around the room, taking long strides to avoid stepping on any of the various deactivated Decepticons in the room. "Let me just make a note here..."
Megatron waddled over to the walls of the room, filled with computers and buttons and screens. He opened a drawer, pulled out what could be best described as a huge floppy disk, and inserted into a slot before typing a message on the screen in alien characters no pony in the room could read.
"Okay!" Megatron declared with determination. "Lead the way, my little comrades!"
The mismatched group made their way out of the ship, hopping their way off the various rocks. Megatron landed with a thump after the rest of them had already got out.
Once they had their bearings, Twilight pointed at a mountain the distance. Mounted on the mountain's side was a huge castle-like area, outfitted with dozens of towers and a baker's dozen of terraces.
"That's Canterlot, where Cadenza awaits." Twilight's voice took a disturbing hiss at the Queen's name. "We'll need to..."
"Ah!" Megatron raised his hand. "No need. Transform!"
Megatron jumped and stretched his arms out. His hands folded into blocks that furled into his arms. His legs bent over in ways that shouldn't have been possible and turn into an block that attached to his waist. An extended tower rose up over his back and slammed onto his shoulders, concealing his head. When he was done, the ponies were staring at a one-hundred percent bon-a-fied Cybetronian jet.
"Whoa." Fluttershy droned. "Awesome."
Megatron lowered himself and opened his cockpit. The room was more than large enough to seat the six of them comfortably.
"Hop in!"
The group jumped their way in and took their seats. Megatron closed the window and took off, headed straight for Canterlot in the distance. The rumble of his engines was oddly soothing to the ponies.
"So, Twilight Sparkle..." Megatron's voice came out through a control panel. "What did Queen Cadenza do to you, exactly?"
Twilight raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean?"
"What do I mean? I mean, what did she do that's just so horrible that you can't find it in your heart to forgive her? What did she do the the only thing to do is kill her?"
Twilight's perky demeanor, which she been keeping all throughout the day, seem to break for the first time. "She...stole my brother from me."
"I thought you said she ruled with your brother?"
"Yes...and, she killed my best friend."
"Oh. Oh my..."
Megatron became unsure about helping Twilight now. When she said the only way for Cadenza to make up was death, he was certain she must have done something horrible. Something that called for some serious justice. But now that Twilight let him in on some of the details... it seemed more like he was helping with a plot for revenge than to serve a sentence.
But still...he had an agreement with her that she'd heal his troops if he took care of her problem. And it may seem bad to go and kill someone just to get what he wanted, but...Cadenza had killed, too. So, it was all fair in the end.
...Wasn't it?
Faced with all this doubts, Megatron attempted to reflect on how he got here to start with...
Cybertron was once a beautiful planet. But now, in a short time, the ravages of war had reduced it to little more than a floating pile of scrap in outer space.
Beneath the surface, the Decepticons- a collection of scientists, mathematicians, and scholars united to the defend their home against the Autobots- were huddled in their underground bunkers.
Megaton, their leader, stood tall over a table with a variety of battle maps placed on it. He drew the tip of Rumbler, his cannon across one, then to another.
He turned to his head to his trusty lieutenant, Starscream.
"Sir?" Starscream questioned.
Megatron frowned. "I'm sorry, Starscream, but there aren't any ways we can salvage this."
"You mean...?"
"Yes. The only to get more energy is to leave the planet and find somewhere else out there."
Starscream looked at the maps. "You realize, sir, that wherever we find will eventually run out of energy as well?"
"Yes..." Megatron sighed. "All we can really do is hope that we defeat the Autobots before that happens."
"Hmm..." Starscream placed his hand against his chin.
Megatron leered, not liking that his lieutenant wouldn't speak his mind. "Do you have an idea, Starscream?"
"Well...we don't know whether this will work or not."
"And how, exactly, do you intend to address that, Starscream?"
Starscream clapped his hands and pumped his fist in the air. "Why not ask someone who's already been through this?"
"Who?"
"Cliffjumper!"
"...Of course! You're a genius, Starscream!"
"Oh..it's nothing." Starscream put on a nervous grin and carefully stepped away, uncomfortable with receiving any kind of praise. He was but a solider, after all.
"We're almost there!" Twilight exclaimed, jumping up and down, clapping her hooves in joy. "At last! After all this time, I will have my re- um-um-um, I mean, my friend will have justice!"
Megatron was unconvinced.
All right... Megatron tried to think of what he could do to salvage this situation while still saving his troops. What can I do? I'll explain what's going on to the Queen, and hopefully, she'll have pity of me and resurrect my troops instead of Crazy here.
Canterlot up-close was much more foreboding and menacing than it was from a distance. Every building was topped with a roof as black as night, and every brick a cold, dead, grey.
"We're here! We're here!" Twilight giggled, unable to contain her excitement.
"Twilight Sparkle, if you do not calm down, then statistics suggests you will make an error in your excitement that will cost you your vengeance." Rainbow Dash tried to warn. Twilight rebuked her.
"Whaaatever!"
Megatron steadily lowered himself to the ground, unfolding his landing gear for touchdown.
"All right, ladies..." Megatron said, trying to hide his doubts of their intentions. "Here we are."
The girls all climbed out of his cockpit. The residents of the city all stopped and stared, beginning to murmur amongst themselves.
"Isn't that Twilight Sparkle?"
"Wasn't she exiled?"
"I heard she's the only pony to see the original Queen in person, and went crazy because of it!"
"SILENCE!" Twilight shouted at the whispering crowds. "I am not here to listen to your rumors and whispers! I am here to see Queen Mi Amora Cadenza with the aid of my new weapon here!"
"Weapon?" A pony questioned.
Weapon... Megatron repeated in his head. I know I need to get out of this, somehow...but I can't help but feel like she's right on that much.
"Yes!" Twilight bucked Megatron's engine. "Come on out, Megs!"
Megatron transformed back to his robot mode. Everypony gasped, and the more fearful of them bowed down on their front hooves and started murmuring phrases of their submission.
"H-hello!" Megatron stuttered, waving a hand at them, trying to be friendly. "It's okay! I'm not going to hurt any of you!"
Twilight seemed surprised and whipped around, disappointed. "You're not?"
"No." Megatron whispered. "Why would I do that? I mean, unless every single of them killed your best friend, too!"
Twilight seemed mollified by Megatron's retort. "Very well. Onwards!" Twilight pointed down the road. "To the castle!"
The group made their way down the road towards the extremely terrifying Canterlot 'castle'. It was more of a fortress, really.
They stopped just short of the castle's drawbridge gate. Twilight rounded her friends and stomped her hoof.
"Ehh..." Pinkie said. "Megatron, you might want to cover your ears...or whatever you have."
"Why?"
"MI AMORAAAAAAA!" Twilight screamed at the top of her lungs. The entire earth around her shook from the force. "COME OUT, COME OUT, WHEREVER YOU ARE!"
Two ponies approached from a balcony. One was a tall mare with a lavender coat and purple mane with a pink stripe. The other was a proud-looking stallion with a grey coat and black mane.
"Twiley!" The stallion greeted. "It's good to see you again, kiddo!"
"I would say that I wish I could say the same, but I really don't wish I could."
The stallion seemed to not notice Twilight's hissing tone. "How's life been for ya?"
"Fairly good, all things considered..." Twilight's pout slowly turned into a grin. "But it's about to get better! Megatron, dearie..."
Megatron nodded and took a step forward. "Queen Mi Amora Cadenza and King Shining Armor, I presume?"
"You presume correct." The lavender mare growled. "Now, what kind of metal aberration are you, that addresses me so confidently?"
Megatron got on his knees and bowed.
"...What are you doing?" Twilight hissed. "Don't- don't bow to her!"
"I am Megatron, commanding officer of the Decepticon resistance." Megaton introduced himself. "I was the captain of a vehicle that crashed in your lands, and now all my soldiers, troops, and friends lie deactivated in my ship."
Cadenza seemed interested. "...Go on."
"Twilight Sparkle, in her quest for revenge against you, reactivated me- and only me- with the intent of having me kill you in revenge for you having killed her friend, and it was my only option if I wanted to restore my friends" Tell me, Your Majesty, about this friend."
Twilight's jaw dropped at the unraveling of her 'perfect' plan.
Cadenza sniggered. "Killed her best friend? Killed her best friend? Hahahah! Only if you count a STUFFED DOLL as a friend!"
"AND I DO!" Twilight screamed, shaking a hoof at the Queen.
"Now, tell me, Megatron...what do you want me to do about it?" Cadenza flicked her hoof through her hair condescendingly.
Megatron threw his open hands to his sides in pleading. "Please, Your Majesty. I do not have the means to resurrect my friends on my own, and my only other option would be to kill you and hope that Twilight keeps her end of the agreement. Have pity."
Please, please have pity, and tell me I didn't just completely mess everything up for the Decepticons by doing this. Megatron added to himself in his head.
"You-you!" Twilight shook her hoof at him. "You- I can't believe this! GIRLS! It's time for a tactical withdrawal!"
"What's that?" Rarity questioned.
"It's like running away, except you're not a pansy if you do it."
"Oh."
"Sounds good to me!" Fluttershy exclaimed.
The six of them went blazing back the way they came, pushing any and everypony in their way out of it. Twilight, in particular, shoved a very tall pony in a brown traveling robe to the ground, ("Out of my way!") revealing a slender pink hoof with an awkward bend to it...
The crazed unicorn didn't notice how the cloaked traveler kept their gaze on her for as long as she was visible.
Megatron turned his back to watch her go before turning back to Cadenza's balcony. "Ehh...your ruling, Your Majesty?"
"I feel sorry for you. Really, I do." Cadenza said, though her tone didn't offer much in the way of sympathy. "But you brought Twilight Sparkle and her friends here. Twilight's an exile, so her coming back is here is against the rules, you see. And since you brought her here, you broke the rules too. See?"
Megatron closed his eyes, lamenting to himself that he wasn't really closer to restoring the Decepticons now then he had been while with Twilight.
"Yes...I understand, Your Majesty."
"Good." Cadenza said. "Megatron...you are under arrest."
Guards started flying from the castle's windows, and Megatron threw his arms up in the air in surrender.
As he sat there on the bench of his cold, iron cell, Megatron dropped his head into his hand and started to wonder how he could've messed things up so badly. Apparently, the cell was once used to hold a dragon, which was how he could fit in it.
He briefly thought of before the War, when he was studying under the tutelage of an old Cybertronian...one much wiser than himself.
The Fallen.
Iacon University...
A young Megatron waddled his through the halls, looking for his mentor and master.
"Master Fallen? Master Fallen?" Megatron exclaimed, trying to summon him up to him.
Megatron concluded that he must've have been in his office. So he went there, but just before he could knock on the door, another student -a purple 'bot with a faceplate named Perceptor- came rushing out of the room and knocked him down.
"Oh, Megatron!" Perceptor knelt down and helped Megatron up. "Sorry. I didn't see you there."
"It's all right." Megatron said airily, even though his vision was spinning. "What's got you so excited?"
"I failed a test, but The Fallen said he would let me re-take it!"
"Didn't you already...re-take that test?" Megatron grasped his hand on the wall, trying not to fall over.
"Yes, but he said he would let me try one more time! Speaking of which, I better go study! He DID say this is my last chance!"
Perceptor ran off. How that bumbling klutz got into Iacon University, Megatron would never know. Probably had connections.
Megatron knocked on the door to his tutor's office.
"Come in." Answer The Fallen's old voice. Megatron creaked the door open. "Ah! Megatron, my faithful student. What brings you here?"
The Fallen was a strange bot. His appearance suggested he was built in an older time, with vents and furnaces all around him, and he was exhuding this bizarre aura of blue flames that gave off an oddly soothing cold.
"Well, I had a question..." Megatron held a clipboard in his hand. "But now I have another one.
"I am happy to answer as many questions as you have for me, Megatron."
"Perceptor told me you were giving a third chance at a test?"
"Yes."
"Well...isn't that against school rules?"
"Perhaps...but I believe Perceptor has potential, though he lacks guidance. It wouldn't be right not to at least try to help him."
"But..."
"I know what you are going to say, Megatron." The Fallen said. "But sometimes we must break the rules in order to do what we think is right. You'll understand one day, I'm sure. Now, what was your question before Perceptor sidetracked you?"
Megatron looked out the window of his cell, at the Sun's oddly dim rays. He sighed, his flashback having not helped him any.
Back at the crashed Decepticon ship, the pink-hooved traveler Twilight knocked over earlier approached. She looked up at the ship for a while before flexing her wings beneath her cloak and flying inside.
She pulled her hood off, revealing a twisting, pointed horn that was curved curved like a lightning bolt. Pink energy swirled around it before blasting off in the form of a huge spark towards one of the inactive Decepticons. Before the Decepticon's systems could absorb her magic and reactivate, she jumped ship.
The lucky Decepticon to receiver her energies was none other than Starscream.
"Eeeh...what happened?" Starscream rubbed his head. He looked around the room and noticed the active, on-line screen.
"What's this now?" Starscream wondered, approaching the computer. It was a note from Megatron!
Dear Decepticons,
I write this note in the hopes one of you will be somehow reactivated while I'm out.
I have been reactivated by a local of the native planet we've crashed on. Our Energon supplies are only really sufficient to activate three of you, and I cannot make any decision about which of you to reactivate until I can ensure that we will be able to resurrect all of you.
Starscream curled his fist, torn. He appreciated Megatron's concern, but not at least trying to resurrect someone who could have his back seem something of a logical error to Starscream. Why go it alone when you could have three extra sets of hands to help on the quest?
The lieutenant then noticed something bizarre...the Energon readings were enough to energize three, but he was up and active. So, since the Energon was untouched, how was he pulled back online?
He shook his head. He would investigate that later. Right now, there were a few Decepticons he wanted to revive...
Drapping the limp forms of his fellows from end of the room to another, Starscream switched on the trigger for the ship's automated repair systems, bringing back, in order..
Soundwave, their communications officer.
Side Swipe, a former Autobot who abandoned his team when they double-crossed his squad leader and left the rest of them to die.
Cliffjumper...Cliffjumper was an interesting case. Most definitely an Autobot, but one from an alternate reality where the heroic Autobots waged their battle to destroy the evil forces of the Decepticons.
"All right, Decepticons!" Starscream shouted, fist in the air, taking immediate charge in Megatron's absence. "I know you all just came back online, but Megatron is A.W.O.L, and we need to find Energon!"
"Right-O, Screamer!" Soundwave agreed. "Can't get our nap-time in when our leader isn't with the jamboree, am I right?"
"I would say yes, if I could understand what you're saying." Side Swipe retorted.
Cliffjumper gave Soundwave a thumbs-up. "Right-O, man!"
Side Swipe sighed. "I'm surrounded by weirdoes."
"Enough!" Starscream slammed his fist. "Decepticons!...And Autobots, Transform and Rise Up!"
The quadruplet of Decepticon (...allied 'bots) all transformed and flew (or drove) out the ship's entrance.
"Heey!" Soundwave trilled. "Anyone else see that mega-castle up on that mountain?"
"Yeah...looks evil." Cliffjumper said. Then again, given his origin, what looked evil to him could very well look good to other people.
"It's a building, at least." Side Swipe motioned.
"So that means civilized creatures. Perhaps we can ask them for aid." Starscream reasoned. "Decepticons, head for that castle!"
They drove off. Starscream followed closely behind, even though he could've easily flew up there without him, but it would do them no good to split up.
A fair while after they left, though, Twilight and her gang returned to the ship and made their way inside. Twilight fumed and fumed and fumed.
"Statement: Do not be upset with me, Twilight Sparkle." Rainbow Dash said. "My conclusions had been based solely on visual-"
Twilight struck her across the cheek, not caring. "YOU HAVE FAILED ME! But I forgive you...after all, it was your idea to come back and try the other robot..."
Twilight approached the robot with the purple logo on it's shoulders, her manic grin reflected in his chest-windows...
It took them awhile, but the Decepticons managed to struggle and flail their way into Canterlot. Once there, they made sure to regroup before transforming.
Cliffjumper hesitated, remaining in his buggy mode.
"Aw...what's wrong, Cliff?" Soundwave asked.
"Optimus- MY Optimus always has us remain in vehicle mode before revealing ourselves to the public at large."
"Aww, it'll be fine! Watch." Soundwave tromped over and made his way into the street, where the crowd from earlier immediately reformed at the sight of Megatron's kin.
"How's it going, tin-eh dudes!?" Soundwave greeted. "I'm Soundwave! I'm with the Decepticons, and I'm looking for our boss-mech, Megatron! You seen him?"
"Yeah!" One crowd-goer was brave enough to answer. "He went towards the castle and didn't come back."
Cliffjumper transformed, seeing that the little organics were fleeing in abject terror at Soundwave, and turned to Starscream. "Didn't come back? That doesn't sound good."
Starscream raised his hand. "Let's not jump to any conclusions." He waddled towards the crowd. "Where is this castle?"
"Just keep going down this road, and you'll find it. Good luck!"
Cliffjumper and Side Swipe exchanged glances, not encouraged by the pony's tone. They walked their way to the castle, where Cadenza and Shining were already on the balcony, having heard their metal footsteps.
"Urrgh! More of you?" Cadenza grunted. "What do you want?"
"We would to locate our missing leader, Megatron." Starscream said. "Would you happen to know where he went?" Starscream only now noticed the crown on Cadenza's head. "Your Majesty?"
Cadenza laid across the balcony's rail. "I do know where she is...but why should I tell you?"
"Because he's our boss-mech, Your Queenliness!" Soundwave exclaimed.
"Queenliness?" Cadenza questioned, before deciding she liked the word. "Shining Armor, file that away for future use!"
Shining saluted and scampered off, presumably to do just that.
"Now, Megatron's safely tucked away in one of my prison cells." Cadenza informed them. "Give me one good reason why I should let him out."
Starscream raised his hand to answer, but he was cut off by a purple laser blast streaking it's way past him and blowing a hole in the ground.
"So I can have fun with my old playmate again!" A booming, nigh-demonic voice shouted.
Cadenza turned around to see who had intruded, and was enraged to see Twilight Sparkle and her friends having the gall to come back again so soon.
The Decepticons, however, were a bit more concerned about the fact Twilight was riding the shoulder of one, shotgun-holding, optics glowing, very much functional Optimus Prime, with some of the nastiest Autobots around beside him.
"Awww...scrap." Cliffjumper swore. Starscream would've scolded him on his language, but in this case, it was completely justified.
Author's Notes for "Transform and Rise Up Part 1"
The mountain the Nemesis (not the Ark, as Star Swirl the Crazed's book led Twilight to believe) crashed into is the one seen in use by the dragon in "Dragonshy", and mirrors how the G1 Ark crashed into a random volcano. (Or Mt. St Hillary, depending on whether you go by comic or cartoon.)
This chapter had an unused first draft in which SG Baby Heart Throb and the Ice Cream Dwarves from G1 My Little Pony would've made an appearance. The Decepticons would've saved innocents from Dwarves' out of control ice cream tank thingies. (I didn't make that up, those are from the actual cartoon.)
The creators of Shattered Glass have said that Optimus Prime sounds like Venger, a villain from a Dungeons and Dragons cartoon...who was voiced by Peter Cullen.
Now, SG Optimus is a redeco of a toy of G1 Optimus.
SG Megatron is a redeco of a toy of Energon Megatron, who was voiced by David Kaye.
Considering the above, does SG Megatron sound like Animated Optimus Prime, who was voiced by David Kaye?
Oh, and it's because of the above "sounding like Venger" comment that Optimus's dialog is in bold. When I use bold in my stories, it (...usually) means the character has some demonic/magic tone in their voice.
I should mention this fic has been a long time coming. I, like...thought of it when FIM:P was still in Act 1, or like, halfway through Act II, or so, but only recently I have gained the fire to make it.
The relationship between the Fallen and Megatron is meant as a compare/contrast of their own relationship in Movie continuity and Optimus Prime's relationship with Alpha Trion in the Aligned continuity.
Here's a Color Chart for you
The Fallen- Titanium/War Within Fallen with the colors of the 2010 Fallen's blue deco.
Twilight Sparkle- Twilight's body with Trixie's colors
Rainbow Dash- Rainbow's body with Silver Spoon's colors and glasses.
Pinkie Pie- Pinkimenia with a dark blue, yellow rimmed coat (think Napoleonic Era)
Fluttershy- Rainbow Dash's colors on Fluttershy's body
Rarity and Applejack- each other's colors: Normal Applejack's gala dress on SG Applejack
Shining Armor- King Sombra's colors on Shining's body
Cadenza- Normal Twilight's colors on Cadence's body
Briefly thought about calling Shining Armor "Dark Armor" since there's at least one SG Character with a different name from his counterpart (Omega Doom) but decided against it.