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"Beast Wars: Battle for Equestria"

By TwilightSparkle3562

Chapter 1

"Escape to Equestria"

"The Beast Wars are over…for now," declared Optimus Primal and once transwarp sequence was in place, the time had come. "Let's go home."

The Autobot Shuttle lifted off from Prehistoric Earth where for the past few months, a war had taken place between the Maximals and the Predacons. Now, the war was over and the Maximals were heading home to their home planet, Cybertron.

"In the spark of an enemy," he said, turning around towards his fellow Maximals: Rhinox, Cheetor, Rattrap, Blackarachnia and Silverbolt. "There will be salvation and in the darkest hour, there will be a light."

"Yeah, from an unexpected source," remarked Rattrap, the Maximals' demolition expert. "Old Chopper face's clone. Who would've thunk it?"

"And let us never forget those other brave bots," continued Optimus, as the autoboot shuttle headed farther and farther away from Earth. "Whose sacrifice safeguarded past, present and future."

"And you know what the best part is?" finished Rattrap, kicking up his legs in relaxation. "We don't have to see Mega Butt's ugly mug again till we get back to Cybertron."

Of course, the Maximals did have a prisoner tied to the top of the Autobot Shuttle: the leader of the Predacons, Megatron, who was being taken to Cybertron to face justice for his crimes.

As they entered transwarp space, however, the Autobot shuttle was engulfed in a turbulent storm of transwarp turbulence. From his bonds on the roof of the shuttle, Megatron realized that if there was ever a time to escape captivity, it was now.

"They think that the Beast Wars are over?" he said to himself. "I…think…not. Oh, no, not a chance."

Back inside the main cockpit, the Maximals were beginning to feel the full effect of the turbulence.

"Hey, what's going on? Having trouble steering?" cried Rattrap, being knocked from his laid back position.

"Optimus, look!" shouted Rhinox, looking at a monitor. "It's Megatron!"

"He's trying to break free!" added Optimus and they could only watch as Megatron broke free of his bonds and was sent flying into the hurdles of outer space.

"Well, that's the end of him," remarked Rattrap, but before he could say anything else, the transwarp turbulence got more and more intense. "And us!"

For the next few moments, the ride was anything but bumpy and soon, the shuttle got out of transwarp space and the Maximals found themselves staring down at their home planet.

"We did it," cried Cheetor, getting back up and looking out the shuttle window. "We're out of transwarp space."

"And what's even better, Spots," added Rattrap. "That's Cybertron! We're home!"

But, Optimus had other far more urgent ideas.

"Megatron's still out there somewhere," he said, getting back to his feet, much to Rattrap's disappointment. "We have to find him."

"Am I missing something here, fearless leader?" he asked. "Megatron's long gone! We should just forget him and go home!"

"Yeah, Optimus," added Cheetor. "Who knows where could he have gone?"

"Chances are he could have been destroyed in the turbulence," suggested Blackarachnia, freeing herself from the protection of her lover, Silverbolt. "But, I sort of agree with Optimus. Who knows what he could do on another planet?"

"Come on, Rhinox, say something here," whined Rattrap. "Megatron's gone, isn't he?"

The Maximals' second-in-command looked at the disappointed Rattrap and Cheetor, then turned over to his superior.

"Optimus, I'll reset a course for Earth," he said, much to the shock of Rattrap and Cheetor. "There is a good chance he might have returned there."

"Very well," replied Optimus. "Rattrap, turn on scanners. Cheetor, you and Silverbolt monitor the screens. If you spot Megatron, then activate the notifications and we will take the next phase of action."

"Optimus…" whined Rattrap, only to be met with a glare from the Maximal leader. "I know, I know. Shut up, Rattrap."

…

Turning the shuttle around away from Cybertron, the Maximals went out in search of their escaped enemy. After going through another round of transwarp turbulence, they found themselves back in view of the planet where they had fought the Beast Wars on.

"No sign of him anywhere, Optimus," said Silverbolt. "Could he maybe have gone to a different part of Earth."

"It's likely, but we can't take any chances," suggested Optimus. "Rattrap, did you find anything of Megatron?"

Although he was still bitter about not being able to go home to Cybertron, the transmetal rat did as he was asked and reluctantly gave in to his leader's question.

"Nothing," he sighed. "I just…I just think he might have gone to pieces when he tried to escape. Can't we just go home now?"

"No," Optimus said, firmly. "Not until we find Megatron alive or dead."

"Hey, I'm picking up something on here," cried Cheetor, motioning for Optimus and the other Maximals to a screen where several floating electric orbs were being shown. "They're sparks, sparks of possible allies. But, why are they here?"

"I don't know," said Rhinox. "But, we can't be sure if they are either Maximal or Predacon sparks. Furthermore, I think there should be more than several, Optimus, given that many of the transformers who died in the Beast Wars still have their sparks floating around here."

A sinking feeling befell upon Optimus and realized that seeing these sparks made him realize that Megatron was already hard at work on obtaining the sparks of those that were still floating around Earth's atmosphere.

"If Megatron is thinking what I think he's thinking," thought Optimus, hastily turning up to the screen in front of him. "Set a course for the land on Earth that the sparks are possibly being dragged to. Wherever there are sparks, there is Megatron."

Turning its engines onto full power, the Autobot shuttle headed towards the land that Megatron was thought to have gone to. Optimus sat down in the captain's chair looking down at the land that stood in front of him, thinking that it was part of the land where they fought the Beast Wars. However, just as they re-entered the atmosphere, the shuttle began to shake violently again.

"Oh, no, not again!" cried Rattrap being thrown from his position. "We just barely got through this! Oh, man!"

"Pieces are starting to break loose!" shouted Silverbolt. "This ship's coming apart, Optimus! What do we do?"

"Brace for impact!" cried Optimus as the shuttle began to burn up rapidly and then began to spin around. With the Maximals crying out, the shuttle continued down and down at a rapid pace as the Maximals began to lose consciousness.

…

Meanwhile, in the Dragon Lands of Equestria, Ember, the recently appointed Dragon Lord was out on her rounds when she noticed a dragon that did not live among the other dragons, climbing out of the lava.

"Hey you!" she called to the dragon as he climbed onto a rock. "You in the lava! Who are you and where do you come from?"

The dragon silently looked at Ember and let out a low growl as he moved his yellow wings about.

"I am not from this land," he said, looking up to Ember. "But, I have come for something of great importance. But, I must ask you, yesss…., what is this land that I have landed on?"

Ember couldn't figure out how to address the dragon that was looking up at her. In fact, she was amazed at how the dragon looked to her.

"Before I answer your question," she said. "You look far different than any other dragon that I have met before. Your scales look different."

"That's because, my dear," snickered the dragon. "I am not born of dragon, nor of any other creature of whatever this land is."

Ember had a sneaky suspicion and pointed the Dragon Lord scepter right at the strange dragon.

"I don't know who you are or where you came from, but I've got a strange feeling about you," she shouted. "So answer my question, who are you?"

"Since you've asked," said the dragon, crossing his eyes and talking in a sarcastic voice. "Megatron, terrorize!"

Ember watched in disbelief as the dragon transformed in front of her from a metallic dragon into a robot that stood on two legs. With the dragon head in his right arm, Megatron grabbed Ember and tightened his grip on her.

"I am Megatron," he barked. "Leader of the Predacons and your soon to be ruler of this land you live in! Now tell me, what is the name of this land?"

As Megatron tightened his grip on Ember, the Dragon Land struggled even more and more to breathe.

"E…E…Equestria," she gasped, struggling to breathe as she felt her bones crack. "This is Equestria."

"Equestria," remarked Megatron, chuckling slightly as he released Ember from his grip. "Such an interesting name for a land that is unfamiliar to me or any other transformer, Maximal or Predacon. However, there is no better way to start my conquest than now."

Megatron looked down at several stasis pods next to the edge of cliff that led down to a pool of lava. Then, he looked at several of the orbs that he was carrying in his chest.

"Beast mode!" he called and transformed back into a dragon, taking to the air and collecting the stasis pods in the process. As he flew away, Ember weakly looked up at the flying dragon that wasn't even a dragon at all.

"Must warn…Spike and the ponies…." Ember gasped as she got up to her feet, before collapsing in pain. "A new…threat… has…come…to…Equestria."

Meanwhile, as Megatron flew away from the Dragon Lands, the Autobot Shuttle carrying the Maximals had crash landed in the Everfree Forest and who knew if they had even survived the crash…

END OF CHAPTER 1