As the sun wound down that day, Starscream (AKA North Star) was heading back to the Everfree forest, from which he emerged from this morning. Turns out he would talk to starlight longer than he'd care to admit.
The Decpticons did not know of Starscream's undercover plan, which only made the outcome better for him.
As he was nearing the edge of Ponyville, he realized that he had only been walking around this whole time. He glanced back at his wings. The middle of his wings were red, with a blue outline the outside of the red. The grey of his wings as the first layer, and the tips of his wings a dipped gold. 'Let's try these out.'
Starscream spread his wings open, and started to flap them. Unexpectedly, it was a little difficult getting off the ground. He had never realized how much mass flesh creatures actually had. He grunted, slowly lifting himself up to a normal pegisi flying height. (relative to the ground.) He suddenly herd a laugh.
"Haven't been flying for a while, huh?"
Starscream turned around to see a sky blue pegasus, with a striking rainbow mane. She was smirking, but not in an unfriendly way.
North Star grumbled. "I can fly extremely well, thank you very much."
The other pegasus flew over next to him.
"How about a race to see you prove it?"
Starscream's cocky side couldn't help but leak through.
"I could beat you easily, with little effort."
The female pegasus scoffed.
"How about 10 seconds flat?"
She got into a racing position. North Star took the challenge, and also took position.
She counted down.
"3..., 2..., 1..., GO!"
The two zoomed off at a blistering speed. Starscream was amazed at such speed his pegasus body was going. He noticed however the rainbow-haired mare was steadily advancing forward, leaving him behind.
Starscream smirked.
'Let's see how fast you can go...'
He quickly flew forward, passing her. She, like the competitive spirit she is, overtook him once again.
The race consisted of tight-neck racing, one trying to outdo the other. The world was a blur around them, only blue and green, with the mix of colors from Ponyville.
As the two reached to where they started, the rainbow mare gave one last push, rocketing herself in front of North. Starscream was enjoying himself so much that he didn't realize the blue pegasus had passed him until it was too late.
The two suddenly screeched to a halt, a little tired. They both flew down to the ground.
The pegasus talked in between breaths. "Not bad, dude."
"You weren't too bad yourself." North Star replied, out of breath.
The rainbow-mane colored pegasus held out her hoof for a hoofbump.
"The name's Rainbow Dash."
Starscream looked at her for a moment, before returning the gesture.
"North Star."
Rainbow looked to the sunset. "Well I guess I better be heading back home."
She flew up to the sky, and looked at him.
"Later Star!" Rainbow Dash called, flying away in one particular direction.
Starscream just stood there for a few seconds.
"...That was interesting."
He turned, and flew towards the Everfree.
Starcscream finally reached his destination, but not before stealing a very specific cure from a certain zebra.
He had hid the mixture in a tree's hole, next to the field of poison joke.
This, is what turned Megatron into a pony. And if he could turn into a pony, so could Starscream.
Starscream decided to lay down on the opposite side of the tree, farthest away from the poison joke. He took one of the cures, and dumped it on himself.
He would drift off to a cold, wet sleep soon after.
When he was asleep, the change happened. He went from pony, to robot. His natural form.
But, it would only take one day to blow his cover.
Zecora had found a trail of the leaking poison joke cure. She followed it from early morning till the morning was in full swing. And what the tracks ended with, Zecora could only gasp with disbelief.
Starscream was just starting to get up. He awoke, and stretched out slowly. Being in a small body for a while could make you feel squished.
"What do my eyes should appear?"
Starscream's head jolted up. He stared forward, so see Zecora staring at him with disbelief.
"But a Decepticon, camping here?"
His eyes widened.
They both where silent for a minute.
"..."
"Why are you here? To.. instill fear?"
Starscream didn't stand. He just sat there, staring the the zebra. He knew that he should probably be getting up to seize the witness, yet something in him was telling him otherwise.
And, he actually thought about the zebra's words.
Starscream finally responded.
"No. I'm not. I just need to get away from... the others."
Zecora looked behind the deception. A field of poison joke had been disturbed recently by something huge.
"Surely you know of the poison joke's toll? Wasn't it your leader who turned into a foal?"
Starscream glanced back at the field.
"I know. But it didn't turn me into a foal... I was normal age..."
"You were exposed to Poison joke?"
He turned back to face Zecora.
"Then, you must be the one of which my vision spoke."
"What? What do you mean?"
Zecora turned, and walked back to her hut.
"Follow me, and I will help you see."
Starscream had no reason to. It didn't look like she was going to rat him out to twilight. He didn't need to follow her. Yet he did.
When Zecora and Starscream reached her hut, Zecora held out her hoof telling him to wait.
Zecora entered her hut, and grabbed an elixir from her top shelf. She came back out to Starscream, and showed him the potion.
"This poison joke elixir is a more effective mixture."
Starscream was skeptical. Was she really telling him the truth? Was this a trap?
He gently took the small bottle out of Zecora's hoof with two fingers. he stared at it.
"I also have its cure, if one believes it's pure."
He pondered the mixture.
'If what she says is true, then, this would turn me instantly. I would never have to waste a day laying in the poison joke.'
He looked down at Zecora. She nodded, telling him to drink it.
Starscream sighed mentally.
'I can't believe I'm doing this...'
He took a swig, and swallowed.
Within a matter of moments, he felt himself change. He was shrinking, his plane wings disappeared, and he was turning into a pony. Just like that.
The transformation had been done. He looked over himself. It really did happen that fast. He looked at the bottle in his hoof, and stared with wonder.
"I'm glad to see it work so fast. Better than any of my previous attempts past."
Starscream put down the potion, and grunted slightly. He had grown weary of her language.
"Do you always thyme when you talk?"
Zecora chuckled, and nodded in response. Starscream sighed, a little annoyed.
He then hovered in the air.
"So, that's it? There's no catch? You're not going to send any Autobots after me?"
"I only have but one condition."
She looked at him, dead in the eyes.
"Do not interfere with an Autobot's mission."
'Is she being serious right now?!' He thought.
Well, as much as he wanted to, there was probably not a high chance of him actually being able to do so. He could only relay information, if he even wanted to.
'Which was halted by this zebra this morning.'
Starscream pondered more. She wouldn't tell anypony else his secret if he agreed do this, so it wasn't like he had a choice.
"Alright."
Zecora smiled, and strolled back into her house.
"I will be here, whenever you are near."
"Okay, I'll see you later then."
Starsceam flew off, out of the Everfree, and into Ponyville.
...
Starscream knocked on the big castle door.
Twilight's castle was big, but not that big, according to Starscream. He couldn't really remember the story of how it got there. Something to do about a tree and and a box.
When the door opened, a purple alicorn greeted him.
"Yes?"
"Um, I was told that Starlight Glimmer lives here?"
Twilight turned her head, calling out to the other. "Starlight! Somepony's here to see you!"
Starlight, whom was in her room, quietly gasped with excitement. The purple unicorn levitated the two kites she had near her bed, trotted out of her room, and down to the main hall.
"Come in." Twilight smiled, and motioned North Star to come inside, to which he obliged.
He was a little surprised at the spacious size. " She wasn't kidding when she said it was huge."
Starlight trotted down the stairs as North Star was looking around the room. Her smile was radiant.
"Hi North Star!"
He looked to her, and smiled back.
"Hi Starlight."
She handed him a kite with her magic, North taking it.
"I think you might like kite flying, it can be very therapeutic."
"Sure."
Twilight suddenly gasped with happiness. She turned to Starlight.
"You made a friend all on your own?"
Starlight smiled smugly.
"Yes Twilight, I did."
She walked past Twilight to walk with Starscream.
"This time it's a pony you don't hold a grudge against."
Twilight made noises of disbelief, making Starlight giggle.
"Hey, I said I was sorry for that!"
Starlight and North Star walked out the open door.
"I know, I know. Never going to let you live it down though."
Twilight couldn't help but smile, and waved the duo goodbye.
"Have fun, you two!"
She closed the door with her magic, leaving starlight and Starscream to walk though the town, towards the park.
"What was that about?" North asked.
"What was what about?" Starlight questioned back.
"The whole "pony you don't hold a grudge against" comment?"
Starlight laughed.
"It's quite a tale."
Thus, Starlight told him all about her friend Trixie, and Trixie's past. As they flew their designated kites, they talked even more.
Starscream told of his life on Cybertron, embellishing it with pony words, without revealing anything about his true self. He also told of his deception brethren, joking and sneering along the way.
Starlight told him about her first friendship lesson, and her reunion with Sunburst, along with the other problems she had gone through recently.
It was a pleasant, warm atmosphere between the two.
Later on, they were wrapping up their kites, when a passing by Rainbow Dash noticed them.
"Hey, Star!"
Starlight and North Star glanced up at her.
"Did you enjoy that wing warm up yesterday?"
North Star smiled.
"Yeah, I did. And I think I'm ready for a rematch."
Rainbow Dash flew down to the ground.
"You guys know each other?" Starlight asked.
"We ran into each other yesterday, and raced." North answered.
"Yeah, and I totally wiped the floor with him!" Rainbow Dash teased.
North Star smirked. "I was only going easy on you."
Rainbow Dash turned to Starlight.
"Hey Starlight, how 'bout you watch us, to make sure Star isn't cheating?"
North Star rolled his eyes, a smirk stuck on his face.
Starlight beamed. "Sure guys!"
"I'm going to beat you this time." Starscream flew up to the sky.
"In your dreams!" Rainbow Dash followed, Starlight watching the two.
"Ready, set, go!"
...
And... that's how he mostly spent his days in Ponyville. Hang out with Starlight, race with Rainbow Dash, go to Zecora's to get the poison joke elixir and cure. Over some time, he eventually met and befriended Twilight's friends, along with Starlight's. He even was around enough to regularly see and actually speak to some Autobots with said friends.
Friends.
That was something new, yet, he felt completely at home.
He even forgot to go back to the Decepticon's secret base to check in.
Soon, some grew curious to where he went.
And, a bond deeper than friendship would spark.
And.. That was chapter 2! Write you later!