Hello, everyone, and happy Fourth of July for 2024. Today, I bring to you one of the contributions that I have for the 40th anniversary of the Transformers franchise, because this here is a special movie chapter for my Ever After High and Transformers story, Transformation of Ever After High! I'm so glad that despite all that has been getting in the way, you have continued to stand by my side on this story and all others. It really means a lot, especially with the support I get from friends like Cloud4012, kival737101 and Doc Fossil. It all means so much. Now, this was teased a few months back, but now, I present it officially to you. So please sit back and read along! Please be sure to review, rate, and as always, please be sure to enjoy!

Chapter 20: Transformation of Ever After High: Broken Mirror

In another dimension, where Earth has become a barren wasteland, the Decepticon are struggling to push through against Autobot forces. But unlike the universe you have been experiencing before, the sides here are turned. Not all is what it seems. To these heroic Decepticons… there is more than meets the eye

"So, that's all there is to it? Recon?" a Decepticon asked, a British accent in his voice. He was short and had a head with a visor over his eyes. On his chassis were two silver stripe and a red Decepticon insignia, not purple. His main color was a purplish-blue, and there were stereo blasters behind his door wings. This Decepticon scout was known as Treadshot.

"Yes, Treadshot. Investigate the Seekers' reports, and report back with your findings." A hologram said. In the hologram was a Decepticon that resembled Megatron, only with white and blue colors, as well as a barrel-shaped Fusion Cannon, wings on the back, and just like Treadshot, he wore a red Decepticon insignia.

"What if I'm compromised?" Treadshot asked.

"The Constructicons should be on standby to give you assistance should you require it," Megatron replied back. "But I have complete faith in you, Treadshot. You're one of my best scouts. Are you up for this mission?"

Treadshot only grinned, pressing the coordinates into the systems of his ship. "You never had to ask."

Treadshot flew his ship from the moon to Earth. Unlike the more familiar Earth, however, this one seemed to be a barren wasteland.

Buildings and other structures were toppled over, craters of all sizes were left everywhere in the ground, random places were left abandoned and vandalized, and above all, the ground was littered with broken crowns and swords, rusted shields, and torn book pages.

Treadshot felt his ship start to shake, and started to stabilize everything calmly. He looked to all of Earth with a face full of discomfort, but steeled it and pressed on with his mission, making his way to a clearing away from a heavily-damaged Ever After High, the castle broken apart and covered in overgrown grass all over.

Once he landed, Treadshot cloaked his ship before transforming into a blue sports car. Driving towards the castle, he dimmed his lights at every building he passed. As he passed them, other vehicles were nearby. All of them were damaged, overturned, broken up, or in pieces. Almost nearing the school, Treadshot swerved as two hovering speeder bikes went past him.

"Too close." Treadshot said to himself before spotting a large structure. He made his way behind a wall and transformed, scanning the area. Once he had that scan, he took out his comlink.

"Treadshot to Megatron, come in."

"Receiving your transmission."

"The Seekers' reports are correct, Sir," Treadshot said. "The Autobots are definitely up to something. I can see the construct directly in front of me, but I don't see any activity," he reported. "I'm going to go and investigate, and I'll report my findings within an hour's time."

"Good work as usual, Treadshot. Megatron out."

Treadshot made his way to the construct and noticed the door. Quietly, he placed his hand onto the panel, causing a brief short-circuit to happen. Once it did, the door opened, allowing him to enter. He drew his blaster into his left hand and looked around.

"Alright, Prime, what are you up to?" Treadshot asked before spotting several tombstones. Each of them had the names of students from Ever After High, and in respect, he placed his hand to his chest. "First Jetfire, and now innocent kids? I'm gonna make sure you do no more damage here," he swore before making his way down the hall. As soon as he did, he heard something approaching and made his way into the nearest room. "Phew." He sighed just as the door closed.

Suddenly, Treadshot noticed something in the room. At the very end was a body chamber that held a human inside of it. The human was male, and had brown hair with fair skin. He was unable to make out the rest of the features, for the human seemed to be unconscious.

Walking a bit closer, Treadshot took a quick scan.

"Regular heartbeat… no brainwave activity, though," Treadshot analyzed before spotting something on a table nearby. "What's this?" he walked towards it and touched it.

Once Treadshot touched the device, a blinding flash of light came out from it, causing him to stumble back. Falling to the ground, everything started to go dark.

When Treadshot opened his eyes, the light was gone. However, that was not the only thing that had suddenly gone missing. The body was no longer there, just an empty chamber where it once was.

Before Treadshot could even speak, the door behind him opened. There, standing in shock, was a black Autobot with yellow accents, a blue helm, and an insignia that was not a heroic red, but a rather menacing purple shade. This was Goldbug.

(Play Omenesque by Warner/Chappell Productions, start at 0:49)

"Intruder!" Goldbug yelled, taking out a multi-barrel blaster, shooting immediately as Treadshot.

Treadshot dodged the blasts and dove for his own blaster, shooting Goldbug several times. He grunted as he covered his body from the gunfire before getting hit by him, now transformed, and rammed by the front bumper.

"Don't let him get to the Transversal Bridge!" Goldbug called out as more evil Autobots arrived, alerted to what was happening.

Outside, several other Autobots noticed Treadshot making his way out of the complex, and fired on him immediately. Letting cannons appear from his hood, Treadshot shot them down before making his way further out.

"Treadshot to Megatron, I'm compromised!" Treadshot called through his transmitter. "Requesting assistance immediately!"

Suddenly, Treadshot felt something approaching him, and transformed. Making a three-point landing, he saw Goldbug approaching with more Autobot troops, all opening fire on him immediately.

Treadshot fired back before dodging a stray blast, which hit the console of the construct behind him. He turned around and stood aghast as the entire construct started to activate. A portal appeared in the Transversal Bridge, just as an alarm started to blare. Looking back to the increasing number of Autobot forces, he made a dive into the Bridge, disappearing into it.

The Transversal Bridge soon deactivated, leaving Goldbug with his troops alone. Angrily, he turned to the remaining trooper who shot the Transversal Bridge and shot him right through his torso. Putting his blaster away, he walked towards the broken Ever After High, activating his comlink.

"Wheeljack, gather Magnus and the others!" Goldbug called as his shadow was seen changing from a large Autobot to a human, who kicked the tombstone of Humphrey Dumpty. "We've got a problem."

(End Music)

Meanwhile, in the sealed-off realm of Wonderland, two individuals were walking around near a palace, looking at a green chaotic cloud circling around the land. One wore white clothing with a black hat, and had pink skin with bunny ears, and slightly dark-blue eyes. The other had fair skin, blonde hair, light-blue eyes, wore a blue coat over a beige shirt, grey pants, brown boots, and a necklace with a bishop hanging from it.

"I don't like the looks of that, Alistair," the bunny girl said. "The more the Wonderland Curse spreads, the more uneasy everyone gets, especially the Queen."

"Which is why we have to try and find a way to fix this, Bunny," Alistair Wonderland said. "For Lizzie, Maddie and Kitty. I'm sure they miss us, just as much as we miss them. I just hope we can find a way to speed things along before—"

"Halt in the name of the Queen of Hearts!"

Alistair and Bunny gasped as they turned to see several Card guards approaching them. They tried to run, but all of a sudden, a breeze started to blow from the side. They covered themselves and turned to see the Transversal Bridge opening, with Treadshot falling through it. Seeing the two about to be captured, he grabbed them before another portal took all three of them away back into the Transversal Bridge's path.

"Well, I didn't think Wonderland was still safe," Treadshot said as he looked to Alistair and Bunny. "Nice to see some familiar faces."

"Treadshot!" Bunny smiled.

"What's going on?" Alistair asked. "Did Prime take down Megatron or something?"

"It's complicated, and I hope we can stop soon," Treadshot replied before they fell through another portal, this time in the air and over a forest. "Scrap." He swore before tucking the two Wonderlandians inside of him, moments just before hitting first a rock, then a few trees, and finally the ground, where he rolled down a hill until landing on the grass below.

Not too far away, a girl woke up to the sudden noise. She had orange hair, fair skin, and green eyes. She wore a crimson shirt with violet cufflinks, the shoulders left exposed, denim shorts, long striped socks and sneakers. This was Grace Allen.

Grace ran all the way to the park where she heard the noise, and stopped upon seeing Treadshot. He groaned and slowly got up, letting Alistair and Bunny out as he did so.

"Quite the landing there, Tread." Alistair groaned.

"Good thing I was transformed the whole time." Bunny giggled.

"Yeah," Treadshot said as he looked up before noticing Grace. "Oh. Hello," he greeted, causing her to back away slowly. "No, it's okay," he assured. "We won't hurt you."

"What… what are you?" Grace asked.

"I'm an alien… an alien robot," Treadshot explained before taking a closer look at Grace. "You're human." He realized.

"Yeah…?" Grace confirmed.

"So, wait… this is Earth?" Alistair asked.

"Yeah." Grace repeated.

"No way," Treadshot turned and looked to the moon, fully intact compared to how he saw it before. "Earth is supposed to be a barren, uninhabited wasteland… but there's trees, and grass… and humans," he said, turning back to Grace. "What's your name?"

"I'm Grace, Grace Allen," Grace said before smiling a little. "Sorry, but it's not every day I meet a giant metal man and two people who look like they should be going to Ever After High."

"That must be where Kitty and the others are!" Bunny deducted.

"Where exactly on Earth are we, Grace?" Treadshot asked.

"Four hours away from Ever After High, about a fifteen-minute walk away from Bitter End Park." Grace answered.

"But everything's alive," Treadshot said. "Aside from Wonderland, nothing's dying away… unless…"

"You don't think…?" Alistair asked.

"I do," Treadshot replied. "This is a parallel world. A parallel universe," he realized before turning to Grace, who seemed to be confused. "Okay, so I'm from a different reality, one where my people are at war over Energon, our life force," he explained. "Earth got caught up in the war, and, well… it didn't turn out pretty, to say the least."

"Some of Treadshot's survivors made it to Wonderland, where they settled in and became part of our kingdom," Bunny went on. "But while some of our friends managed to go into hiding… others weren't so fortunate."

"We've been hearing word from our friends and what they've been up to, but I think I get it now," Alistair said. "We're connected to both worlds! Our main friends are Treadshot and his Decepticon allies, while our old friends before the Wonderland Curse spread were still Lizzie, Maddie and Kitty. The Curse allows us to pass through different realities, merging them together. It only takes a miracle to be able to reach the right world where our real friends are, and not the ones who've gone into hiding."

"That would be my guess," Treadshot nodded before seeing Grace listening intently on the entire conversation. "You seem to be taking this well." He commented.

"A twenty-foot robot and two Wonderlandian kids fell from the sky within walking distance of my house," Grace said. "My day can't really get much more surreal than this."

"What exactly did we travel through when you found us?" Bunny asked.

"Transversal Bridge," Treadshot uttered. "That's what I heard Goldbug say. I need to get back to Megatron, report what has happened."

"Then let's go!" Alistair agreed.

"Right." Treadshot said before transforming back into his car form.

"How did you do that?!" Grace asked in shock.

"That's a good question, Grace," Treadshot said as his left door opened up. "Because I'm asking myself the very same question."

At that moment, the same human Treadshot found came out of him. Alistair and Bunny's jaws dropped in complete shock as the human looked to himself in even more surprise.

"This… this isn't normal." The human teen said, with Treadshot's voice.

"Treadshot?!" Grace exclaimed. "Okay, I'm freaking out!"

"You're freaking out?! I'm freaking out!" Treadshot exclaimed as Alistair and Bunny walked closer carefully. "Usually, I become the car, not this!" he said before looking to his vehicle mode. "Okay, let me try something."

Treadshot walked back to himself and closed the door, transforming back into his robot mode. He transformed back into vehicle mode, where his human self popped out. He went back in and transformed again before transforming back, and repeating the process over and over again, causing Grace to chuckle while Alistair and Bunny still remained surprised.

"Okay, this is really weird now," Treadshot said. "Wait… this is the same guy I found, the one in that Cryo-Chamber. Some sort of psychic transfer."

"Um, Treadshot?" Bunny asked. "How are you doing this?"

"Usually, I become the vehicle, but something caused my mind to split," Treadshot explained as he looked to his vehicle mode. "Now my car mode's just… a car."

"Okay, we should probably go," Grace said. "I have some extra sheets and beds at my house, so you can all stay there for the time being," she said. "Think you can drive… you?"

"I can try," Treadshot said, walking to the driver's seat. "It's new, but I'll try."

"So, how do you know about Ever After High?" Alistair asked Grace, walking to the back seat area.

"They're promoting the Spring Fairest to happen in six months from now," Grace explained. "I read newspapers a lot, and the blogs as well, so I know some of what happens there. Though I think I read something about alien robots elsewhere too."

"Well, there's always more than meets the eye." Bunny shrugged as everyone set in, with Treadshot looking out front with a stern look on his face.

"What's wrong?" Grace asked.

"My day can't get any more surreal than this," Treadshot echoed back what Grace said before driving off. "You think you're having a weird day?"

Alternate Universe

(Play Where Shall We Start? by Tines Sensahthe)

In the world where Treadshot came from, two figures entered a room, one with a large table in the middle. One of them resembled Ashlynn Ella while the other shared a resemblance to Daring Charming. The only differences from the main versions of them were that they had scars on their faces, markings across their bodies, and some parts of their bodies seeming to look deteriorated as they walked in diametrically from different halls.

"Muertaflare…" the lookalike of Daring greeted without glancing aside.

"Toxitron…" the Ashlynn lookalike replied back. "I see Goldbug wasn't bluffing when he had Magnus and Wheeljack gather everyone for this meeting. You know what he's gonna announce this time?"

"No, I didn't get word from Prime," the alternate Daring said as the two walked towards the table. "You hear my faction caught Jetfire a few weeks back?"

"That traitor got what he deserved."

The alternate versions of Daring and Ashlynn turned to see someone who looked like Holly O'Hair leaning against the bottom support of one of the table chairs. She had shoes that revealed her feet, with blood-red nail polish, a tailcoat that had flaming decals on it, and a crop top with tally marks nearly reaching up to a hundred, with more across her arms as cuts over her skin.

"Flamewar, always the one to get here first, even though she came last in the line, I see. Some things never change." The lookalike of Ashlynn said.

"Ugh," Holly's doppelgänger scoffed. "Just tell me why we were called here. I almost had the surviving O'Hair twin before I was called by that Femme Fatale of a swords-woman."

"Wheeljack knows what she's doing," said another figure, this time shown to be a lookalike of Jillian Beanstalk with vines wrapped around her arms and legs, though some looked as if they were holding some limbs together, while she wore a torn gown decorated with poison oak. "I'm just surprised you were all called here, knowing what Forager and I can do."

"Is that right, Jace?" a lookalike of Cedar Wood asked as she approached, only with metal patching up some of her and a cannon over her back.

Jace did not respond, only taking out one of the two katanas on his back. He wore a red and black uniform with cut marks all over his body, as well as one eye missing and a slash mark over his neck.

"Don't mind Mr. I-cut-off-this-man's-tongue here," the false Jillian said. "He knows his place as our top mercenary, and if anyone tries to cross me, you'll answer to the two of us."

"Why is Magnus's faction here?" a lookalike of Sparrow Hood asked, making his way to the table. This version of him was muscular, had an axe stained with blood, holes in his left arm and some of his right fingers replaced with metal ones, as well as a futuristic bow on his back with glowing arrows in a quiver by his side. "Last I checked, he's not exactly on good speaking terms with Prime due to what he did to his face."

"Now… if the pleasantries are out of the way…"

Everyone turned to see a red and blue version of Ultra Magnus walk in. However, aside from the vastly different color scheme, his face was also deranged to resemble that of a skull, and he had a sword on his back. With him in front were the lookalike of Humphrey Dumpty and a lookalike of Rosabella Beauty, albeit with cracked glasses, dual swords at her sides, sets of necklaces from every known Ever After High student, and a coat made of different kinds of fur.

Everyone nodded and made their ways to the chairs, where they lowered so they could walk on them. They raised back up again, leaving everyone to close their eyes once they were up on the tables. Within moments, the faces of different Autobots, albeit with red eyes, appeared over them, as they turned their attention to the three leaders walking in.

"Start talking, Goldbug," Holly said. "What was so important for Prime to call us all together and halt our hunts for the rest of the remaining humans?"

"He didn't, Flamewar. I did," Humphrey, with the face of Goldbug over him, said. "Three hours ago, the Transversal Bridge was infiltrated. As you all know, that information was confidential to all our factions, and someone leaked it out to the Decepticons. To add to that, the last body in our possession was stolen by the infiltrator, someone Ultra Magnus here is all too familiar with."

"Treadshot." Ultra Magnus said in a guttural growl.

"The scout who murdered my sister?! He infiltrated the key to our invasion?!" Ashlynn exclaimed in fury.

"We have been interrogating all personnel if the Transversal Bridge on who leaked the information of this project to our enemies," Rosabella said with a hint of sadism in her voice before pulling up a screen showing a red jet flying away from the school. "Surveillance from Skids and Muflap shows that the Seekers investigated the overhead of our operation just a few hours before the intrusion, and, well, after they supposedly delivered the Intel to Megatron, I'm guessing that he sent his number one scout to see all the ruckus for himself."

"Does Prime know?" Sparrow asked.

"Yes… he does," a voice said, getting everyone to turn to a hall larger than the others, with red glowing eyes approaching closer and closer. "Remember, in my presence, you would be wise to shed those corpses you use as disguises. Humans disgust us all."

Everyone closed their eyes yet again, and with a series of cracking sounds, different versions of Autobots, all with the same red eyes and purple Autobot insignias, appeared at the table, with their human shells standing like statues next to them before being placed in glass chambers.

In place of Ashlynn was a spiked Autobot holding a lance and a dual claw. On her shoulders protruded horse heads, armor over her legs, and a gladiator-like mask over her face.

Taking the place of Daring was an Autobot nearly the same height as Ultra Magnus, but with green armor, and an axe in one hand and a sword in the other. He had tires across his legs and his thighs, and the appearance of him gave the hint that he transformed into a truck.

Holly's true form was an Autobot who resembled Arcee, but with flame details all over her in red, and her main color black. She had a bladed pincer on her right hand and a blaster over her left.

Jace seemed to now resemble the original Deadlock. However, he was red and black, had two short swords at sheaths at his sides, and wielded a large sword, which he placed onto his back. This was Forager.

In Jillian's place was an Autobot that resembled a Seeker's body, only with claws over her arms and chain-whips in her hands. Her head also had many spikes across the chevron, and blasters mounted into her shoulders. This was Powerglide.

Sparrow's twisted Autobot form was purple and seemed to resemble Soundwave, but grey, black and blue, and had a head that had a covered mouth, with a cannon over his shoulder and two flying mechanical birds that resembled LaserBeak. This was Blaster.

In Cedar's place was now an Autobot with cannons over her arms, almost resembling Perceptor, but with grey colors and an eye missing, as well as treads on the back of her legs and a targeting reticle monocle over her good eye. This was Magnificus.

Finally, standing where Rosabella once stood was a blue and black version of Wheeljack, only with a more feminine head and eye features. Next to her was now a red Autobot with blasters as two of his arms while his other two had blades on them. In addition to the two blasters on her shoulders, she also had two swords on her back. She was now known as Wheeljack, while her drone was known as Roritchi.

(End Song)

Walking out from the shadows was a purple and navy version of Optimus Prime, with yellow windows on his chest, one of which was cracked. Around his neck was an inactive Matrix of Leadership, he had dual cannons over his arms, and a large sword on his back, the blade with a dark shade of purple to it and glowing violently.

"He looks different," Flamewar whispered to Muertaflare. "Does this have to do with that torture he was doing to Jetfire for turning on us?"

"Unless you want to be in his place, you'd better keep quiet." Muertaflare whispered back.

"I was alerted to the situation by Goldbug, who proceeded to execute the soldier who activated the Transversal Bridge without hesitance," the shattered Optimus Prime said. "Treadshot did indeed infiltrate our base, and stole the human who was the key to ensuring a flawless invasion of the world we have discovered. As such, our plan has changed."

"When Megatron hears of this, he will surely use this opportunity to strike at us and end our occupation over the kingdom." Magnificus pointed out.

"By the time he realizes what has happened, it will be too late," the shattered Optimus Prime remarked. "I have already set up the Energon Harbinger in the other realm, ready to use when activated, and will be heading there to see to the overall work myself. As for the rest of you, you are to find Treadshot, sever the link he has made with that human body, and kill him once and for all." He ordered.

"So we get to hide among actual living humans?" Goldbug asked before scoffing. "Gonna be hard to do without smashing them together like we've been doing."

"Self-control, old friend," shattered Optimus Prime said. "Soon, we will emerge on top as the true victors of the war, not just on this front, but the next… 'till all are none."

Six Months Later, Ever After High

Much later, at Ever After High, as the Decepticons of this world were overlooking the school from the Nemesis, everyone at the school grounds were setting up game stands, food stands and rides, with the Autobots helping to make sure each structure was being set up carefully.

"Alright, we're looking good," Sideswipe said as he walked with another Autobot, overlooking everything while Wheelie and Brains rolled about, checking on everything as well. "Remember, Milton wants no scam games, and all trolling it kept to a minimum! We'll be watching!"

"Don't get too strict there, Sideswipe," the new Autobot said. "Remember, with the Decepticons busy, we get to lay off for a while."

The new Autobot was blue with red arms and legs, had a yellow visor over his face, and while a blaster was at his left side, a sword was on his back. This was Hotshot.

"Just making sure we're ready for anything, Hotshot," Sideswipe said. "Besides, I'm more excited for the fact that we're gonna be playing Cube again, this time modified to have humans involved!"

"We're gonna beat you at that for sure!"

Sideswipe and Hotshot turned to see Rowan approaching with Bumblebee. Now, he had a smoother look to him, with the roll-cage on his front tucked away. Rowan, on the other hand, had a badge on him as he looked to everyone getting ready.

"Go through a Reformatting Chamber twice, and you feel ready for anything, as usual," Hotshot smirked. "Remember, you had Hot Rod on your team. Now, to keep things fair, we don't have any Primes on any side. Who's your fall-back member?"

"Easy," Arcee said, walking up with a hand to her hip. "Me."

"Okay, Bots. Let's keep the competitiveness at a low so we don't lose focus on what's important, and that is to have fun," Rowan said, getting everyone to ease up. "We're all gonna have a great time, so let's keep it that way."

Elsewhere, Duchess was setting up several decorations on the trees with some other students. As they were, Mirage drove over, now as a silver and blue Porsche. He transformed, showing that his robot mode now changed as well. His doors were at his sides, almost resembling sword sheaths, his blades were gone, and his overall appearance was now much slimmer.

"Wow, that Reformatting Chamber sure is popular," Duchess smiled. "Really liking the new you, Mirage."

"Glad you do. I feel it really fits me better," Mirage spread out his arms as he showed himself off. "So glad that you like it, Duchess."

"Well, I can't deny whenever someone has good style," Duchess teased before noticing that Mirage's focus was now on something else. "What's wrong?" she asked before turning to see him looking at a mountain. "You interested in the Legacy Orchard there?"

"When we arrived here, other than the school, there was also an energy fluctuation coming from that mountain," Mirage pointed to the Legacy Orchard. "You know of anything there that the Decepticons could be after?"

Duchess cupped her chin. "Hmm, nothing that I know of," she admitted. "But while we all know about the Legacy Orchard itself, we don't know much about the mountain it was built on. It's said to have formed some time after the school was built."

"Ever since we got here, I've been getting bad vibes from that, and it's not just me," Mirage said. "Even others like…" he started out, only to stop himself.

"Like who?" Duchess asked, turning around in concern.

"Nothing, let's not let bad news get in the way of this occasion," Mirage shrugged off. "By the way, where's Miko and Lizzie?"

"Well, Lizzie went to find the Well of Wonder for inspiration to create some new dresses for the Spring Fairest," Duchess said. "Marylyn went to help her pin its location. As for Miko, I heard she wanted to spend some time with that Decepticon prisoner you captured back when Snow White visited."

"Oh yeah, I remember him," Mirage recalled. "He gave himself up willingly. I guess there are just some good 'Cons out there."

"What do you think made this one turn on Megatron and surrender?" Duchess pondered as Ashlynn came over with Prowl. "Deadlock, I think his name was?"

"Whatever the reason, Miko seems to be the only one he likes to talk to," Ashlynn said. "We haven't questioned it, though. If Optimus gave her permission to be with him from time to time, we know it's for a good reason."

"Keep the Energon Grid's Anti-Decepticon Repulsor Tech at a minimum," Miko told Ratchet at the Autobot base as she made her way to the cells. "This time, I think I might get somewhere with Deadlock."

"If anything happens, let me know immediately." Ratchet told Miko, who nodded before turning off her comlink. Soon, she made her way to the cell where Deadlock was being held in.

"You have returned." Deadlock said, looking up as Miko walked in. "I have heard that a great lot has happened ever since I turned myself in. I am pleased to see you have come out unscathed from all that has transpired."

"Thank you," Miko said. "Deadlock, I've looked some more into your background. You were the right hand to a Decepticon sergeant named Turmoil, and when his hold over a planet was falling apart, you not only disobeyed his ordered to kill Ratchet and Bumblebee at the time before the arrival to Earth, but you also turned yourself in at the time without a fight, just like today. Out of all the Autobots whose lives you had claimed, I only caught the names of Bluestreak and Spin-Out. All others you allowed to get away. Do you know what I can tell from a history like that?"

"Enlighten me, Ms. Long." Deadlock replied back.

"You have actual honor," Miko said. "The very same that Megatron himself follows and instills among his own forces. I'm guessing… that after so many years of killing, you don't want to kill anymore. You want to find a new way to fully embrace honor," she said, getting him to look at her intently. "Not just Megatron's sense of honor, but the honor that makes you a morally good person."

Deadlock sighed. "What good will true honor do me when my past is checkered with sin?" he asked. "How would I know if anyone can accept me?"

"You have to go ahead and not let your past deeds define who you are," Miko replied. "Don't stay locked on what you have done. Drift away from the killer you deceive yourself as. Become the one you know you are meant to become. It's no different from what we do at the school. We choose our own destinies. We have the freedom to choose for ourselves."

Deadlock smiled. "Wiser words have never been heard in my life," he said. "Perhaps… I can have a chance to… drift… away, after all."

Alternate Universe | Decepticon Moon Base

Back in the universe where Treadshot had come from, several colorful Decepticons, each with the red insignias like the scout, were checking on others who were injured, while some human survivors were being guided to medical aid. A red and white version of Starscream, only with two swords on his back and his blasters on his shoulders instead of his forearms, walked into the hangar bay, where a yellow version of Shockwave and a white and blue version of Soundwave were with two air-based Decepticons, one colored grey and the other colored white, and both with visors over their eyes to give off the impression of pilot helmets. These were Runamuck and Runabout. All four were watching as Treadshot's ship flew in and landed.

"What is the status?" Starscream asked.

"No scorch marks or indication of empty ammunition, and the ship was on autopilot," Runamuck said. "The last transmission we received from Treadshot, he said he was compromised."

"He is not an easy one to snuff out, not even by Prime," Shockwave said. "Logically, he would have either ended up as a prisoner or have gone dark to keep himself safe."

"But his signature is nowhere to be found." Soundwave added on.

"Don't dismiss Treadshot just yet."

All the Decepticons at Treadshot's ship turned to see Megatron arrive. Unlike the original, he was white with a blue Fusion Cannon, sword at his back, blue wings, and had a black helm with a shield over his left arm, as well as a harness over his chest.

"Treadshot is tougher than any of us know," Megatron said. "I have faith that, despite the facts presented to us, he is alive, but not unscathed."

"It has been six months since we have last heard from him, and Skywarp and Nova Storm were lucky enough to find the ship before it could wander into Ultra Magnus's territory," Runabout said. "Fortunately, his ship's recording systems were active, and from what I can tell, was close enough to the base he was investigating to have seen everything that had happened."

"Download the footage and play it immediately," Megatron ordered. "Treadshot never abandoned us, and we will not abandon him. Whatever Prime thinks he can do to him, we will make sure he will regret doing tenfold."

"There is a possibility where he could have ended up, if I may say so," Shockwave spoke up, getting Megatron's attention. "Jetfire had been sending in coded transmissions before Treadshot was sent to investigate. He spoke of something called a Transversal Bridge. I have developed something of my own on top of the base, perfectly camouflaged from any Autobot forces trying to spy on us. If we can get it working, we might very well be able to go to where Treadshot might have ended up."

"Make haste with that, old friend," Megatron ordered. "Treadshot goes back a long way with all of us. We must find him by any means necessary."

Main Universe | Location Unknown

The evil counterpart of Optimus Prime walked out from a Transversal Bridge inside of a dark cave. He looked around as several Autobot soldiers were already laid out, setting up turrets and other defense measures. He made his way to a large structure in the center, where a black Autobot with purple flames, and resembling Hot Rod, was waiting for him to arrive.

"Rodimus," the evil Optimus Prime greeted as Rodimus walked up. "I see all is nearly ready for the next phase of our plan. Years of creating this massive Transversal Bridge, and with only one small hiccup, we have remained on top as always."

"What shall we do about Treadshot, Optimus?" Rodimus asked. "He's here, and he has our tech. There's no telling if he could have gotten in contact with the Autobots of this world to convince him that he's on their side and told them about our plans."

The negative Optimus Prime clenched his fist and glanced behind him. "First off, never call me that name. I am now known as Oblivion Prime," he reprimanded. "And second, the threat Treadshot poses has not been ignored. With the past few months we have used to prepare, we have gathered enough power to launch our next attack, an attack that will kill Treadshot and anyone he has allied himself with," he said before feeling his spark, forcing him to look to the Matrix chained around his neck. "I have waited ten centuries to fully harness this power. I will not wait another ten or more to claim it again." He vowed before walking off.

As this was going on, back at the outskirts of Bitter End Park, Grace was riding to her house on a moped, carrying some bags on the sides. She stopped at a traffic light and placed on an earpiece, syncing it up with her scroll.

"Call Alistair," Grace said, still waiting for the light to turn to green. "Hey, Alistair. I'm on my way back. And I've got groceries and medicine for everyone. I'm about fifteen minutes out, waiting for the traffic to ease up. Think you can get Treadshot and Bunny ready to help unload?"

"Sure thing, Grace," Alistair's voice said as nearby, a black and navy car and a blue and grey muscle car drove out from an alley. "Drive home safely."

"And be sure to clean up the mess this time," Grace joked. "I don't want to see any buffalo wings on the tables again."

"Hey, that was a fun night," Bunny's voice chuckled as the blue and gray muscle car let out an antenna. "You should know, you came back and joined in for the rest of it, and you clearly dominated us at Twister too."

"True, but seriously, make sure the place is at least good to walk through," Grace chuckled before the light turned green. "Be home soon!"

"Look at all these humans. So squishy like back home," the muscle car said, revealed to be the alternate Wheeljack. "I want to stain my swords with their blood so bad."

"We have our orders," the black and navy car, now revealed as Goldbug, said. "End Treadshot and his accomplices. We have everyone else on standby in case things go south."

"Way to end the fun," the evil Wheeljack lamented before nearby, a red six-wheeled buggy tank rolled out from hiding. "Now let's kill that 'Con."

Soon, Grace arrived home, pulling up in front of the garage. She got her bags and walked to the front door, where Alistair and Treadshot, in his human form, were waiting for her. Immediately, they ran to help her with the bags while Bunny came and kept the door open.

"Anything good happen while I was gone?" Grace asked.

"Let's see, I got a few more security installations completed thirty minutes ago," Treadshot said. "Bunny planted some more stuff in your garden, and Alistair was putting together another thousand-piece puzzle right as you pulled up."

"Wow, when you settle in, you really settle in," Grace said as all four of them made their way to the kitchen, which was now fixed up, with the walls having photos of all of them at different times during the six months since they arrived. "Okay, how are we feeling about having some ramen tonight with a side of ratatouille? I even got us that blue moon ice cream to mix in with the confetti cake!"

"Ooh, I do like some ice cream cake," Bunny said with a wide grin as Alistair laughed. "I'll help make it!"

"Everyone will, or they won't get any at all," Alistair chuckled as Treadshot turned to the window, feeling something. "Count me in too."

"Then get the layers and the whipped cream ready, and lower the freezer temperature," Grace said as Treadshot walked to the window, narrowing his eyes out through the blinds. "Tread can help me with the ratatouille. When you're done prepping the freezer, try to get a head start on the ramen, and we can handle the re—"

"We're not safe anymore."

"What?" Bunny asked as she, Alistair and Grace turned, almost ready to put the ice cream into the cake mix.

"Something just tripped the sensors, and it's not the dog walker," Treadshot said, walking back. "Energon sensors sounded off too. Energon from my universe."

"The Autobots from your world found us?" Alistair asked, surprised.

"Can we still save the ice cream cake?" Bunny asked hopefully.

"How far out are they?" Alistair asked.

"In order, I have a feeling they did. Yes, we still can, I installed a freezer in my vehicle mode three months ago, and the sensors were tripped just now," Treadshot replied, answering all of the questions. "Get in the garage, but don't reach the car, I mean my alt mode. I mean, me, I… you get what I'm saying," he ordered. "I'll hold them off as long as I can, then we can get away."

"I know where we can go," Grace said, showing off a flier of the Spring Fairest at Ever After High. "The number one place where the strongest Autobots are. We get there, we get help. They're bound to want to help us out with what you know."

"I hope so," Treadshot said before pulling a knife handle from a drawer. Tilting it, it activated a secret stash of blasters, one of which he pulled out while handing some others to Grace, Bunny and Alistair. "Be ready. I'll give you the signal and come around to pick you up for quick getaway."

Back at Ever After High, at the Autobot Base, Ratchet was looking at the scanners, suddenly coming across an energy surge.

"Glitches again," Ratchet mumbled as he typed away, just as Optimus Prime walked over. "What keeps happening at that hill?"

"Are you not coming to monitor the Spring Fairest, Ratchet?" Optimus Prime asked.

"Festivities are not a place where my attitude would mix well in," Ratchet said. "The Knights and the students need this. You, on the other hand, you need this too. We've had so much going on that we don't even have time for recreation."

"Will Miko be alright with Deadlock?" Ironhide asked as he walked over, with Sandstorm beside him. "He's got a good record, but it's best to make sure she's safe."

"She will be," Ratchet said. "Go. Have fun. I'll watch over things from here."

Optimus Prime turned to Ironhide and nodded, who nodded back. The two transformed, with Ironhide turning into a red military van with a small trailer behind him. Both drove out and towards the festival grounds, just as Ravenicus Prime flew overhead with Apple, Faybelle and Poppy alongside her.

"There they are!" Kitty yelled to some of the other students at the fair, getting everyone to look up as the four flyers created an air show, making signs from the trails they left. Everyone cheered at the display before all four of them landed at the bake-off stage, all striking a pose as they landed, getting more cheers, especially from Marylyn, Edmund and Giles.

"We late for anything?" Raven grinned as Rowan walked up, grasping hands with her and pulling her into a friendly hug before bumping fists with Apple.

"Nah, we just started ten minutes ago," Rowan said. "Everything is set up, some of the Autobots are ready for the first ever Cube tournament on Earth, and Lizzie is about to show off some new designs after a visit from the Well of Wonder."

"And here we are!"

Everyone turned to see Lizzie approaching with Cedar, Briar, Cerise and Holly, all showing off white and black dresses decorated with flowers to celebrate the spring season.

Lizzie's dress consisted of a corset-style strapless dress which was black and red with some gold with a black and white skirt. A longer red ruffled waist cape hung from her hips, giving a bright splash of color. A ruffled collar was around her neck, large enough to drape onto her shoulders. She styled her hair, letting it be pulled back while a crown-like ornament made of red roses and gold hearts was perch lopsided on her head.

Cedar sported pink leggings with crisscrossing straps on her lower legs. The main coat portion of the outfit had the same patterns as tree rings, only in black and white which suited the puppet girl. Pink flowers were perched on her waist and shoulders and she wore pink suspenders which was more for show, and a spot to stick the flowers. Her hair was styled, courtesy of Poppy, with streaks of pink draped in front of her shoulder and a headband of pink flowers on top.

Cerise strutted forth, wearing a checkerboard jacket inspired by a picnic blanket with red edges and red fur on her shoulders. Naturally, she kept her hood up, but it was sprinkled with white. Her long hair was on display with a braid that hung in front of her and she had purple streaks set next to her natural white one in her hair. Her leggings were covered mostly in dark branches which faded as they went down, reminiscent of her mother's sense of style. Topping it all off was a bundle of small white flowers which was made part of her hood.

Finally, Holly stepped forward, wearing a jacket that was similar in construction to Cerise's, but the design was mainly white with black ivy. She sported an elaborate gold belt and her leggings started as black but then turned white around her knees before fading to a rich purple. She wore a gold necklace with purple flowers on her shoulders, although it was slightly obscured by her hair, modestly dyed with a single streak of purple. For a hair ornament, she wore a headband of purple flowers, but with small artificial butterflies in it as well.

Finally, there was Briar, whose outfit consisted of darker colors for the most part with a black rose motif. Her top consisted of magenta and white, but with black rose lace overtop. Her skirt was black and white with the rose thorn designs replaced by chains, but still having thorns on them. She also sported maroon leggings which turned to black with more of the rose vine pattern. As always, her hair was expertly styled, draping over her shoulders with gentle curves and new blue streaks in it. As a hair ornament, she wore what seemed almost like a crown made of roses with various shades of red, white, pink, and black.

"Look, we're on the jumbo screen!" Holly pointed to a large screen showing across all of the fairgrounds, with everyone cheering at the new dresses they had.

"You all look hexcellent!" Blondie complimented as she stepped forward, recording as Wheelie and Brains helped with a camera. "Tell me, what was your muse, Lizzie?"

"Well, we don't have the Spring Fairest back home, but with the Well of Wonder, I was able to put some Wonderland charm into these dresses." Lizzie replied.

"And no lie, but we can pull these off!" Cedar added on.

"I don't normally change my look, but these designs are big, bad, and bold!" Cerise grinned, striking a pose as she did so.

"Wow! Well, take it from this reporter, the Fairest Five make this festival just right!" Blondie declared, earning cheers of approval from the audience around them.

"Gotta hand it to Briar and Cerise," Poppy said as she noticed that Marylyn and Maddie were making their way towards them until they joined them on the stage, with Duchess and Mirage walking in afterwards. "They really know how to help Lizzie put on a show."

"How are things with Miko and the Decepticon prisoner, by the way?" Apple asked.

"She's making good progress with him," Rowan said. "There's never such a thing as a pure evil villain, as I like to say."

"Which was why we all agreed he be given the freedom to decide what he wants to be," Raven added on. "We looked through his records, and from what we can tell, he's a nice guy at spark. I saw him hesitating a bit when we were saving Snow White."

"Well, the more we help, the more hope there is for others," Marylyn said before seeing Smokescreen approaching, now sporting dark-blue colors with yellow stripes, and with two swords on his back, one blue and the other green, with his blaster by his side. As he walked over, he looked to the Legacy Orchard and narrowed his optics. "You too, huh, Smokey?"

"Yeah, when I look there, something feels really off," Smokescreen admitted. "Even Kup and Grimlock have felt something odd about that place."

"Well, the Dinobot King better have his head on straight when we win the bake-off," Ginger grinned as she made her presence known, leaning against the side of the bleachers with Grimlock flexing his muscles. "Thanks to his extra practice, we're gonna show off the best pastry of all time. No offense to your victory last year, Apple."

"Oh, I'm not entering, so good luck," Apple said. "Someone needs to help Optimus be on alert." She said, eyeing Optimus Prime pulling up with his two trailers behind him while Ironhide transformed and approached Kup.

"Wait, is Kup actually…?" Rowan narrowed his eyes in concern.

"Come on, Kup!" Duchess complained as the group stormed over.

"We talked about this, Kup!" Ironhide reprimanded as Kup now had a metal cigar in his mouth, ready to light it.

"Not here, and you know it!" Raven scolded as she entered her Cybertronian form. "Why are you even smoking anyways?!"

"You be through a lot of battles and see a lot of strange stuff, and you need to get some stress off," Kup said as Rodimus Prime, Bumblebee and Jazz approached as well. "I laid off it in the classes. With everyone focused on the rides and the games, they won't even notice me with a Cy-Gar."

"We've been over this, Kup," Edmund said as he and Giles came over. "You can't smoke on school grounds."

"It sends a bad message to the students," Giles said. "Even all of the teachers agreed to give over their stashes so that we could set an example for the children."

"And can we please point out that those things can kill you?!" Duchess added on angrily.

"Not if I don't have lungs," Kup rolled his optics before taking the Cy-Gar out of his mouth. "But I get what you're saying. I'll stop, but just for the kids. If I need to lay off some stress, you'll be the firsts to know."

"Please, just make sure the air's breathable for the day," Rowan said. "After Miko is done with Deadlock, she's gonna perform before the festivities end."

"Alright, I get it," Kup said before walking away, putting the Cy-Gar down and extinguishing it. "I do like that Miko girl, so I'll lay off of these until we're done. After that, if anything chaotic happens, I'll be having my Cy-Gar, and no one can stop me."

"Better than nothing," Ironhide sighed before turning back to everyone else. "Optimus and I will make sure the air stays good, and don't worry about any of the Decepticreeps tryin' to take the AllSpark and ruin this day. Our Energon Grid will keep them all out."

"Yeah, that's all well and good," Smokescreen said before turning back to the Legacy Orchard hill. "But do you notice anything strange coming from there too, Ironhide?"

"Hmm, well, I have noticed some strange energy spikes from there when investigating with Perceptor," Ironhide admitted. "But it might just be minerals. Ratchet thinks otherwise, but better to be safe than sorry, as he's been looking more into what's happening there every day."

"I hope he can at least take a break to see a few festivities," Apple said. "He hasn't been out on the field for some time now."

"Hey, guys!"

Rowan and his friends turned to see Lizzie and her friends making their way towards the Fairest Wheel, with Kitty nearby on a call on her scroll.

"We're about to board this thing, and there's another box available!" Briar called out. "Wanna join in?"

"Yeah, sure thing," Rowan said as he walked over before noticing Raven and Apple did not come along. "Good luck against Ginger and Holly in the bake-off!" he called out before continuing to make his way forward.

"Come on, pick up," Kitty said, hitting her scroll a few times just as Rowan passed by her. "There should be a good signal."

"What's wrong?" Rowan asked.

"I'm trying to get in touch with my Mom. You know, the original Cheshire Cat," Kitty explained. "I'm supposed to get a good signal with calling her, but something's interfering with the reception."

"I thought you stopped with the pranks." Cerise asked, walking over with Marylyn and Lizzie.

"Yeah, I did," Kitty replied. "Which is why I'm gonna tell her that I'm stopping that. She always expects me to pull off the next big prank, but after what happened recently, and us getting involved in the war, I don't want that anymore. And she needs to accept that."

"I'll ask Perceptor to look into that later," Rowan said. "Just enjoy yourself for the time being." He said before boarding his car, just as Melody ran over to join him.

"So, Mr. Twain," Melody said. "Having a good time so far?"

"Yeah, I am," Rowan said before Hopper ran into the car with Lizzie and the other girls. "And I plan to enjoy every moment that's to come."

Back at Bitter Ends Park, Alistair and Bunny were getting the last of the belongings into the garage. All three of them readied their blasters as they watched Treadshot make his way into his vehicle mode, just as Negative Wheeljack and Goldbug arrived.

Without warning, Goldbug let out a revolving blaster from the back of his car mode and shot it at the front of the house, getting the ground to shake.

"Treadshot! We know you're there!" Goldbug yelled as he and Wheeljack came closer. "We're gonna bring your lifeless corpse back though the bridge and hang it on the walls of Autobot City!"

Both Goldbug and Wheeljack transformed, looking around. They noticed Treadshot in front of them and prepared to shoot, but he transformed and spun around, punching Goldbug away.

"Sorry, I don't hang." Treadshot said as Wheeljack pulled out two serrated katanas. In response, Treadshot pulled out a sword and charged at her, clashing with her immediately before Goldbug got back up. He regained his blaster and started to strafe Treadshot down, only for him to roll out of the way.

Treadshot took out his blaster in his left hand and shot back at Goldbug, shooting his own weapon out of his hand. As he turned around, Wheeljack appeared before him and slammed her swords down, causing the two to lock again before Roritchi arrived, transforming and forming a powered armor for Wheeljack. With the now-added strength, she sheathed one of her swords and punched him back, where Goldbug readied his blaster to fire again.

"He's in trouble!" Grace exclaimed.

"I've got this," Bunny stepped up and punched the window, allowing for her to aim her blaster out until she had Wheeljack in her viewfinder. "Fire in the rabbit hole."

With that, Bunny pulled the trigger, causing Wheeljack to stagger forward. With this distraction, Treadshot transformed to get out of the way of Goldbug's blast, causing him to hit Wheeljack instead.

Treadshot rammed himself into Wheeljack before swerving around, running at Goldbug's legs and knocking him down. Letting out two cannons from his back, he fired at the two, forcing them to take cover, before sending a grenade at Roritchi. With all three of them distracted, Treadshot raced to the garage as it opened and used one of his arms to pull everything inside as everyone else boarded him.

"Destination set!" Treadshot called as he downloaded the directions to Ever After High. "Let's burn rubber!"

Putting an extra boost into his afterburners, Treadshot raced off down the road just as Goldbug, Wheeljack and Roritchi picked themselves up.

Goldbug snarled as he watched Treadshot, Alistair, Grace and Bunny get away, before letting out a roar. "All Autobots! After Treadshot!" he ordered as they transformed again. "No more hiding! We slaughter this Decepticon now!" he yelled before chasing after the quartet.

(Play You Have The Power (Part 1) by Trevor Jones)

Soon, Treadshot was tearing down the road, with other civilians and vehicles scrambling out of the way of his path. They scrambled and panicked again when Wheeljack, Roritchi and Goldbug raced after them, crashing into several vehicles, stands and the sides of buildings as they tried to speed up. Soon, they passed every stoplight until they reached the main road leading to the forest path, where a mechanical chariot suddenly crashed through the farm nearby, with an armored female figure at the reins.

"You can run, Treadshot…" Muertaflare called out as Treadshot raced faster, only for a flaming version of Arcee in bike mode to zoom up closer.

"But you can't hide!" Flamewar finished up, activating laser turrets from the sides of her wheels.

"Wanna bet?" Treadshot asked, releasing some cannons. He fired back at the incoming Autobots before almost getting slammed by Toxitron. He snarled and transformed into his oil tanker truck mode, racing after them with a claw coming from the top of his cab, while Forager, shown to be a red Bugatti, raced on ahead, firing crazily and laughing maniacally.

"Powerglide, you'd better be ready for the bombing run!" Toxitron called out as he opened his claw, sending forth rocket blasts at Treadshot, who narrowly dodged them all.

"I'm right over him!" Powerglide called in the air, now as a fighter jet. She released grenades on top of Treadshot, but he sped up, instead destroying the part of the path behind him, which the other reverse Autobots did their best to go around. "He's turning east!" she reported. "Magnificus, Blaster, Ratchet! Get him!"

Soon, Magnificus, now as a tank, Blaster, as a ship, and a white and green version of Ratchet raced out from a nearby clearing, all with blasters on their hoods just as Treadshot approached. They all fired at him while Muertaflare started to close in, readying a jagged sword in her hand.

"At this speed, we'll reach Ever After High in the next thirty minutes!" Grace exclaimed, looking to the GPS. "Could be more if we don't lose these guys!"

"We've got an unwelcome visitor!" Bunny pointed just as Muertaflare leapt on.

"I've got this." Alistair said, swinging himself on top while avoiding more blaster fire. He sent a kick at Muertaflare, who blocked it before trying to chop off his head. He ducked and tossed his blaster until he was holding it by the barrel. Slamming the makeshift melee weapon, he hit Muertaflare behind her knee, forcing her down, where he kicked her back onto her chariot before shooting at the reins.

"Human germ!" Muertaflare cursed as she summoned laser whips to keep her chariot together. As she did, Goldbug, Wheeljack and Flamewar raced on ahead, continuing to fire, taking down trees and other forest obstacles before Treadshot burst through a wall of thick leaves, now approaching Ever After High.

"Stay on him!" Powerglide ordered as from the Nemesis, Soundwave and Nightbird watched what was going on with interest, Nightbird now with a sheathed sword on her back that was letting out flames.

"Now this looks like a party." Nightbird smirked as Soundwave started to record everything once the alternate Autobots passed.

(End Song)

"So far, everything seems to be going well," Ironhide said as Sideswipe came up next to him. "But you know what Optimus always says. There's always more to this than meets the eye."

"Among other things," Sideswipe rolled his optics before hearing distant explosions. He, Ironhide, Edmund and Cogman all turned to see several trees shaking by the forest, with the people in Book End noticing as well. "What's that?"

"Ratchet, have Decepticons breached the Energon Grid?" Ironhide asked over the Comms.

"What?" Ratchet asked, surprised. He checked the monitor, seeing the status of the active Energon Grid. "No Decepticon signals in sight, but… oh my," he said as his optics went wide. "All Autobots, we have an unusual Decepticon signal approaching the grid, with several unidentified Autobot signatures inbound!" he reported. "Same alert goes to all Knights and our Allies."

"What?" Rowan asked as he and Melody looked to each other after the Knights and the Allies received the same message. From the top of the Fairest Wheel, they looked to the forest to see Treadshot approaching. Narrowing his eyes, Rowan suddenly saw a difference in his Decepticon insignia and the Autobot insignia on Forager as he closed in. "Those aren't normal Autobots, and that's not the kind of Decepticon that we're used to."

"Hang on!" Treadshot called, racing through the Energon Grid. As soon as he did, he felt a surge go through him, one that seemed to cause Grace, Alistair and Bunny to vibrate from once they felt it. The same did not happen for the shattered Autobots, however, once they too passed through.

"What was that?!" Bunny exclaimed. "I feel so weird!"

"Need to catch my breath! Gonna let you all out, but it'll be a rough stop!" Treadshot called.

"Now we've got him!" Wheeljack exclaimed as Forager drove up alongside her.

"Let's squash him!" Forager yelled as the two then sped up.

Everyone watched on before Treadshot transformed, letting out Grace, Alistair and Bunny, with all of the items they brought with them too, all in one piece.

"Alistair? Bunny?" Kitty asked, putting her scroll away.

"He's a good guy! Stand down!" Alistair yelled as the Autobots only watched with surprise.

"And those Autobots are not the good guys!" Bunny pointed as Forager and Wheeljack approached closer.

Narrowing his eyes, Ironhide ran on ahead past Treadshot and transformed, racing right at the two alternate Autobots. Immediately, he let out his arms and slammed into them, knocking them out of vehicle mode and to the ground, causing them to groan in pain and revert back to their human shells before the rest of the corrupt Autobot legion stopped at what had happened.

"What's going on?!" Apple asked as Rowan, Melody, Lizzie, Briar, Cerise and Marylyn ran to join the rest of the Knights, letting out their weapons while other students took out their own to join in, with several others taking cover.

"That's me!" Rosabella gasped upon seeing what the alternate Wheeljack turned into.

"They all are versions of you! Corpses brought back to life!" Treadshot yelled, surprising everyone before getting back up. "Long story short, alternate universe. Good guy Decepticon, bad guy Autobots."

"Well, now that we know who is who in this…" Ratchet said back at base before pressing a few buttons. As soon as he did, he transformed, just as Miko and Deadlock ran over.

"What's going on?" Miko asked.

"I'll explain on the way!" Ratchet replied as Deadlock nodded and transformed, letting Miko get inside of him. "Perceptor, take over! We need to get out there!"

Treadshot looked to himself and felt the tingling pain fade away. "That's better." He smirked.

Optimus Prime drove over and transformed, letting his two trailers transform as well. One transformed into a battle station to let Roller out while the other turned into a weapons platform, where he grabbed a blaster from while letting an Energon Axe appear over his right arm.

"Stand down!" Optimus Prime ordered, aiming his blaster as the corrupt Autobots transformed as well. "I won't ask a second time."

"We don't take orders from you, Optimus Prime," Goldbug spat. "Hand over the Decepticon, and we'll let everyone live."

"How about never?!" Briar yelled, letting loose her cannons to fire, commencing the fight.

(Play Riot (Instrumental) by Three Days Grace)

Quickly, the shattered Autobots converted into their human shells while the alternate version of Ratchet stayed the way he was, with Forager drawing a rifle.

"Take them!" Rowan called before the Knights of Iacon and their allies charged into the fight.

Nearby, Jillian Beanstalk noticed what was going on and narrowed her eyes at the alternate version of her. "Interesting," she said as she looked to her Autobot Guardian as he drove up to her. "Let's get in there… Cliffjumper."

The muscle car soon transformed into a red Autobot with horns, a hammer at his right side, a blaster pistol at his left, and two arm cannons at the ready. This was Cliffjumper.

"Ready when you are, Jillian." Cliffjumper smirked.

Jillian grinned and took out her blaster, attaching a red cassette player to the bottom as a cartridge. Aiming it out, she shot her alternate counterpart out of the air, getting her attention before the two engaged in a firefight down the street.

Ashlynn leapt in and slashed down at her evil self, but Muertaflare transformed back into her evil Autobot form and slashed back at her. Calmly, Ashlynn blocked her blade and swung back, eventually leaping up to get onto the offensive and force her back.

"How dare you use our bodies for your disguises!" Ashlynn yelled, eventually locking with Muertaflare.

"Not like we want to use these dead disgusting forms." Muertaflare spat before getting slashed away, where she aimed a shoulder blaster out to fire on Ashlynn, who deflected her blasts with ease.

Forager growled as he shot everywhere, with Dexter and Duchess taking cover. The two nodded and came out, firing back at him and disarming him of his rifle before he took out a long sword, slashing them away. Dexter quickly took out his sword and tossed it at Duchess, who caught it and slashed back before being forced down from the excessive force put into the evil Autobot's attack.

"Now you die." Forager grinned before suddenly getting hit by Miko using Scorch to fly in and knee him away.

"Hold that thought." Miko said before helping Duchess back up, just as Deadlock ran in and punched his counterpart down as he tried to slash again.

"So… you're the good version of me," Forager scowled before taking out a short sword, slashing Deadlock away before slashing out his Decepticon insignia. "I'd offer you a chance to join us, just like I strayed away from the Decepticons to join the Autobots back in my universe, but I have to say…" he went on, eventually pinning Deadlock against a building with his swords crossing his neck. "That you're not the same Deadlock I once was."

"That name has no honor to me now," Deadlock said, reaching for one of his blasters. Breaking it so that it was now a jagged Shiv, he stabbed Forager and sent him back, grabbing his great sword as he did so to wield for himself, causing it to glow while his insignias shone, starting to change from purple to red. "Deadlock is no more. Now… I am Drift!" he proclaimed.

With that, the great sword now gained a golden handle with a silver guard, with the Japanese katakana for Peerless Under Heavenetched on it. Looking to it with wonder, Drift aimed the sword out at Forager, who snarled as he took out another short sword to replace his stolen weapon.

"I will not be cowed by an inferior version of me!" Forager yelled, running at Drift and slashing at him wildly.

While Miko was tending to Duchess, Dexter came over to cover them. All three then watched as Drift deflected each strike with elegance before reversing the grip on his new weapon.

"Look out!" Prowl raced in and slashed at one of Forager's arms, cutting it off. He sent Drift a nod, to which he nodded back, before spinning forward to cut off his other arm.

Following this, Drift swung his sword upwards, ending his evil counterpart by slashing his head in half. Forager yelled as he felt his head split before being sent back, his Cybertronian form exploding as he reverted back into Jace.

"Nice move." Drift said.

"Same to you too." Prowl acknowledged.

"Jason!" Powerglide yelled, only for Jillian to shoot her down while Cliffjumper sent forth several blasts. Each of them created energy chains that held her down as she roared angrily from what had happened to Forager.

"It would seem that when we defeat these twisted Autobots, they will revert back to the human shells they have taken on," Drift said, looking to Jason as he lay unconscious, before spotting Ratchet backing away from his counterpart. "Ratchet, we have a way to subdue them!"

"Good to know!" Ratchet replied as he used his saw blade to block an incoming drill arm from his alternate self. Pulling his sword back, he cut off his arm and formed a blade from his left hand, slashing at the shield over his left hand, before sheathing it and taking out his blaster. First shooting with his EMP blaster, he caused all of his evil self's limbs to hang lifelessly before shooting him in the chest, killing him immediately. "They don't all have human hosts," he realized. "Optimus, don't hold back on these disgraces!" he called over the Comms. "We take their Cybertronian modes out, and they're left as humans."

"Kill them all!" Wheeljack laughed, shooting missiles everywhere as students started to take cover. Edmund ducked from several blasts before aiming his cane out, shooting back at her before Rosabella herself ran in, grabbing her counterpart by the wrists.

"You're a disgrace to the name Beauty!" Rosabella spat before Briar tried to attack from behind.

"And you're just a pathetic pacifist!" Wheeljack spat back. "No wonder I took pleasure in killing your other self!"

"Word of advice…" Briar said before slashing the evil Rosabella at the waist, knocking her back and causing a sword to fly into the air, which Rosabella herself caught. "Never mess with the Beauties."

Evil Rosabella snarled and used her gun to shoot at her alternate self, but she picked up a damaged metal sign and held it like a shield before swinging her sword down. She charged and clashed with her evil counterpart, eventually ramming her back, where Briar managed to slam a wrecking ball against her, sending her back to her cousin. Once she reached her, Rosabella slammed her shield against her, sending her flying back to the road.

"Mind if I cut in?" the real Wheeljack asked, rolling in as a van with his original colors. Transforming into a blockier robot mode, he put his two katanas together to create a naginata before locking with his alternate self, transforming back into her true form.

"Well, I suppose a new name is in order for me," the evil Wheeljack snarled. "Keep your name, Wheeljack. I am Slicer now!"

"Whatever you say." Wheeljack grinned before leaping up. Slicer looked to him in surprise before he spin-kicked her, knocking her back down onto the ground where she groaned weakly.

Ravenicus Prime flew around as both of Blaster's birds chased after her. Sparrow placed an arrow on his guitar and shot it at one of them, sending them crashing down before his alternate self slammed his own guitar at him, which had an axe blade on it.

"Don't mess with the Hood!" Sparrow yelled, playing a loud note that sent his alternate self back while Cedar was backflipping from knife strikes from her own evil counterpart. Landing, she aimed a blaster pistol out and fired at her just as she let out a shoulder cannon, firing back. The two ran at each other and continued to fire before Cedar eventually punched her in the face. As she was about to shoot at her, her alternate self grabbed her by the neck and lifted her up before tossing her into the nearby fountain.

However, instead of drowning when her head was forced down, Cedar floated back up to the surface and grinned.

"I'm wood, remember?" Cedar smirked before kicking her alternate self in the face.

"Nice work, everyone!" Ravenicus Prime called out before thrusting back as the mechanical bird of Blaster tried to grab her. She fired on it, destroying it, before transforming and landed to send Flamewar back as she tried to kill several students.

"Wanna try me too?" Arcee rolled in and transformed, letting out two blasters as Ravenicus Prime let out an Energon Sword.

"Come on!" Flamewar called, running forward and turning into her Cybertronian form. Arming herself with her pincer blade, she slammed down, forcing Ravenicus Prime and Arcee to the sides. With them now clear, Poppy and Holly themselves ran in and kneed Flamewar back, where Arcee shot at her.

Flamewar summoned an energy shield over her left hand to block the blasts before slashing back at Arcee, who held up one of her swords with ease. Knocking the pincer blade away, she kicked her towards Ravenicus Prime, who transformed into her limo mode and felled her to the ground before transforming back, slashing down with her Energon sword.

"Can't believe this one is a different version of me." Holly remarked as Flamewar looked up, holding out her hand to Poppy.

"Good… you're still alive here… Sis…" Flamewar said weakly before falling unconscious, reverting back to her Holly disguise.

Humphrey fired at his own alternate counterpart before Alistair and Bunny fired as well, with Lizzie, Kitty and Maddie joining them. As he staggered back, Bumblebee ran forward and slashed down at him with Rodimus Prime joining afterwards. He side-spun away and reverted to his real form to shoot the two, but Bumblebee slashed at his repeating blaster before Rodimus Prime shot him forward, where Treadshot was still recovering.

"Payback time!" Goldbug yelled, running at Treadshot while nearby, Optimus Prime was clashing with Toxitron.

"How I've always wanted to tear you apart!" Toxitron spat as he tried shooting at Optimus Prime, only for him to form a shield before slashing his blaster apart with his Energon Axe.

"Keep dreaming!" Rowan exclaimed, dashing forward and slashing Toxitron back as Optimus Prime pressed on with the attack.

"You bring dishonor to the name of the Autobots!" Optimus Prime spat before Rowan charged in again, this time with Daring and Darling as the three slashed the evil Daring back.

"And dishonor to all Charmings!" Daring remarked before Optimus Prime sheathed his axe, allowing him to put his strength into his blaster. Charging the Ion Blaster up, he shot Toxitron away, destroying his body and causing him to turn back into the evil version of Daring Charming.

(End Song)

"Treadshot, are you okay?" Grace asked, racing through the chaos as she tried to find Treadshot, only to come across Slicer instead, gasping as she took out her blaster to attack.

Slicer got back up and watched everything happen. Growling, she turned back into her Cybertronian form and prepared to fire at Ravenicus Prime, but was punched away by Treadshot, now fully recovered as Poppy's dreadlocks appeared to him before retreating back to where she was standing.

"Ready for round two?" Treadshot asked, pulling out his blaster.

"This is payback for ruining our plans six months back!" Slicer spat, slashing at Treadshot as he fired at her.

Treadshot continued to fire before seeing Goldbug lunging at him. He grabbed one of Slicer's discarded swords and used it to keep Goldbug at bay before he reached for the good Decepticon's neck, trying to strangle him.

"No one can help you now, Decepticon!" Goldbug yelled.

All of a sudden, a Space Bridge opened in the air, and out from it came three jets. Treadshot looked to them and grinned, just Hotshot, Sideswipe and Ironhide rolled in as well.

"Wanna bet?" Treadshot smirked, getting Goldbug and the rest of the evil Autobot forces to turn to see what was happening.

(Play Cycle of Time from Transformers Energon OST)

The jets soon transformed into the good counterparts of Megatron, Starscream and Shockwave, all firing on the rest of the remaining shattered Autobot forces before landing, where Megatron let out two shoulder cannons to fire away at some of them charging in to attack. As he did, Shockwave fired away as well before Starscream ran at Wheeljack, letting out two swords and slashing her away, just as Bumblebee shot Goldbug in the side, allowing for Treadshot to kick him back.

"Fall back!" Goldbug yelled. "Remember the real plan!"

The rest of the shattered Autobots complied and transformed, all getting away as the real Autobots and shattered Decepticons tried to fire on them as they made their escape.

"Megatron, good to see you again," Treadshot said, walking up to his leader while Kup and Sandstorm helped to tend to the other students and fix the damages, which were surprisingly non-existent from the fight. "I was beginning to think that no one was looking for me."

"Treadshot, my old friend. I could never forget about you," Megatron smiled. He turned to Optimus Prime as he approached, sheathing his weapons. He held out his hand. "You must be the heroic Optimus Prime of this universe. It is an honor."

"And you must be a heroic version of my brother," Optimus Prime shook shattered Megatron's hand. "I have always dreamt of fighting alongside my brother once again."

"Wait, Grace," Treadshot turned to see Grace putting away her blaster while helping a few students back up. "You okay?"

"In all honesty, better than okay," Grace smiled. "I haven't had a good thrill like that in a long time."

"At least you're safe." Treadshot smiled.

(End Song)

"Hey, are you okay?" Rowan asked, walking over with Lizzie, Maddie and Kitty towards Alistair and Bunny, who had been helping to make sure everyone else was safe.

"A little banged up, but we're fine." Alistair nodded.

"That's good. Rowan said before Lizzie stepped up.

"When did you even get here?" Lizzie asked.

"We've been out of Wonderland for six months," Bunny said. "It's a long story, though."

"One that I hope we can share with you all," Megatron said. "It took us a week for Shockwave to create a functioning Space Bridge to cross dimensions, and in that time, we discovered what the Prime leading those evil Autobots was planning."

"Back to base," Optimus Prime ordered everyone before turning to Ironhide, Kup and Sandstorm. "Stay here and protect everyone while the festivities go on. We will drive out this new threat to protect them all."

"Optimus Prime is right," Edmund said, addressing the rest of the students as Smokescreen and Ironhide started to take away the captured shattered Autobots. "Know that despite all we had been through, nothing can ruin this day of fun. In the end, we will prevail!"

All of the students cheered as the Autobots, the heroic Decepticons, the Knights, their allies, Treadshot and Grace started to roll on out back to the Autobot base.

Within the alcove, Oblivion Prime growled and slammed his fist against the cave wall. The remaining shattered Autobot forces winced at the anger shown before their leader turned to them.

"Treadshot not only made it here, but Megatron and his cronies as well?!" Oblivion Prime yelled.

"Prime, with all due respect, he was luring us into a trap," Muertaflare spoke up. "They've taken down Toxitron, Magnificus, Powerglide, Flamewar, Forager and Ratchet easily. Pulling out was the best choice we had to ensure your victory."

"Well, it doesn't matter now," Rodimus said as he walked forward. "The Energon Harbinger is almost at full capacity. We'll wipe out all life here just like we did back home. This world will be as good as dead before the day ends."

Oblivion Prime scowled as he leaned towards Goldbug. "Set yourselves for the fight, because the heroes have no doubt figured out our plan," he ordered. "Prove your worth, or you will end up just like Jetfire."

"Wait, you mean…?" Goldbug gulped as wings shot out from Oblivion Prime's back.

"Corpses have uses." Oblivion Prime said darkly before walking away.

"Your counterpart, just like your history, was known as Orion Pax."

Everyone looked to Megatron as he started to explain the story while pulling up visuals on the monitor.

"While he was an archivist with a good spark, it was in the wrong place. Through reading the historical records, he sought to bring down the autocracy of Cybertron, with many agreeing to his ideals. And so, the Autobots of our universe were born," Megatron said. "He murdered Zeta Prime, the dictator of the planet, and took the power for himself, ironically becoming worse than him. He had a goal of bringing peace and prosperity to all, but by then, it had been all but forgotten."

"There was never a Zeta Prime dictating our Cybertron," Ratchet said. "It seems the world you all come from is a shattered reality to what we have experienced."

"In a way, it is," Treadshot said as he stepped up. "Megatron was what sparked hope for those oppressed. A young mathematician from Polyhex, he sought to change the Cybertronian society to make it a fairer and more just system. He recruited many to the cause, which was dubbed as the Decepticons by derogatory term of the Autobots, of which I am one."

"We tried to keep the war on Cybertron, but over time, it spread to the galaxy," Megatron went on. "Eventually, it reached Earth, and we allied ourselves with the humans willing to fight back. But Prime, discarding his namesake of Optimus Prime and becoming Oblivion Prime, was dead-set on power through any means necessary. He created a weapon that wiped out almost all the life of Earth, all in the hopes of draining their resources to create Energon. He drained the planet dry, and when it no longer served him a purpose, he ordered his forces to murder any surviving humans. In a sick way, he used the corpses from the school he turned into a base, Ever After High, to create human disguises to weed out the survivors and slaughter them. We only have a few dozen left that are still fighting back, but that isn't even the worse of what's to come to this world."

"What do you mean?" Raven asked.

"We learned from our inside spy, a Decepticon pretending to betray our ranks to join the Autobots, Jetfire, that Oblivion Prime was planning to recreate the Energon Harbinger he used to kill Earth, but on a grander scale, and had acquired access to another world to create it in, years before Treadshot was sent to investigate it," Shockwave said. "He spent fifty years hiding in this universe, using a still-forming mountain to rebuild the Energon Harbinger. Now, that device is hidden underneath all that sediment right near the school, and he will do anything to drain this planet and the galaxy of this universe dry of its resources to dominate our own."

"That's what we kept feeling whenever we saw the Legacy Orchard!" Mirage realized. "That Harbinger had been built over the ages where the mountain was, and because of what I think were test runs each time going off, we were able to feel them!"

"This is bad." Grace said.

"Yeah," Rowan agreed. "If that goes off, we could be looking at mass extermination of life of all living beings, and I think Oblivion Prime knows this."

"He just doesn't care that millions will die. Just as long as it serves his cause." Miko remarked.

"That doesn't explain the body I found," Treadshot transformed and walked out as his human form, surprising the students of Ever After High, as well as the Autobots. "When I was investigating, this body was in perfect health. No deteriorations, no signs of illness or death. And from the way they were trying to capture me after I escaped, it seemed they really needed this."

"Based on further Intel, it would seem that the body you found was one of many kept in stasis to keep up this human façade," Shockwave said. "It was to be cloned for an army for the rest of the Autobots awaiting an invasion once the device goes off, but since you took it, they have increased killing."

"We don't blame you for it though, Treadshot," Megatron said. "We have managed to save all of those they attempted to slaughter before focusing on the main doomsday."

"How do we stop Oblivion Prime?" Optimus Prime asked.

"He doesn't know it, but when he killed Zeta Prime, he took his Matrix of Leadership," Megatron said. "He's unaware that because he's unworthy, he can't use it, and because of its pure energy signature, the same as the one you bear, we can track him."

"Which gives us the chance to bridge right into his base," Ratchet finished up. "That way, we can shut down the device before it can activate!"

"They've also lost the element of surprise," Grace pointed out. "We'd need to get to that thing quickly if we're to save everyone."

"Wait," Treadshot paced until he looked to his vehicle mode. "The others were able to turn into their Cybertronian forms at will. I can only turn human when transforming. If I can gain control over that same ability, we could sneak aboard through a Ground Bridge, destroy the device before it launches, and then take down Oblivion Prime once and for all!"

"It's risky, but… I don't really see any other choice," Alistair said. "But if you're on their most wanted list, you'll be outnumbered when boarding."

"I have to ask," Lizzie spoke up. "How did Wonderland get connected to this… Shattered Glass universe?"

"The river leads to many mysterious paths, but can never leave Wonderland," Bunny replied. "We followed one of them one day, and thought we came across the one you were at, but instead found the Decepticons. We visited them frequently and became friends with Treadshot. When he came through the Transversal Bridge that took him through, he saved us from your mother's guards."

Lizzie smiled before turning to Treadshot. "You have my eternal thanks." She said.

"Ooh, this is mad!" Maddie exclaimed. "Now it's time to shut down Oblivion's plans!"

"You won't go in alone," Raven stepped up to Treadshot. "As a techno-organic, I can use my form at will too. We can take down the Autobots inside together, and then let our own forces inside to even the playing field."

"Again, as Alistair said, it's a risk," Rodimus Prime said. "We're gonna have to divide our forces if the remaining shattered Autobots are there already."

"Just to be safe, I will join the main party in taking on Oblivion Prime." Megatron spoke up.

"It will consist of Megatron, Rodimus and I, and Ravenicus Prime and Treadshot once the systems have been deactivated," Optimus Prime went on. "We must stop Oblivion Prime at all costs."

Treadshot nodded before closing his eyes. "Come on…" he said, holding his hand out to his vehicle mode. "If the Autobots could do it, then so can you…" he said, trying to transfer his soul to his robot form like the shattered Autobots did. After a while, nothing happened. "What am I doing wrong?"

"Maybe it's like this," Rowan said, stepping up. "Those knockoff Autobots are able to do it through a power they were forced to master over the past few years. A power that relies on their strength alone, not any special bond," he said while glancing at his girls, who smiled at what he was saying. "Don't just think of the mission and what needs to be done… think of those you love… like Grace."

"Treadshot…" Grace said with hope in her eyes.

Treadshot nodded. "For Grace…" he said, clenching his fists. Now starting to strain, he began to glow until his vehicle mode transformed into robot mode on its own, just as he disappeared into it. "I… I did it!" he exclaimed. He closed his eyes and soon enough, he was back as a human again. "I think we're all set."

At the Legacy Orchard, several of the Shattered Autobot troopers were inside of the base, keeping an eye out for any intruders. Quietly, a Ground Bridge opened up around the corner, and out from it came Rowan, Raven and Treadshot, the latter in his human form again.

"Where to, Shockwave?" Raven asked before sharing a strange look with Rowan. "Never in a million years or a million lifetimes did I ever think I'd ever say that."

"I am transmitting the schematics of the base from Treadshot's ship to you," Shockwave said as he and the Autobots, with the Knights and their Allies, stood outside of the cave entrance underneath the Legacy Orchard. "You should be able to deactivate all of the systems, including the turret defenses that are keeping us from going in."

"We will be ready for you once you do the deed." Drift said as Miko rode on his shoulder.

"Be careful, Rowan." Miko said.

"I'm seeing a lot of evil Autobots here," Rowan said, looking around. "We're gonna try and cause some ruckus inside here so you can get a head start. With any luck, we'll be able to take out the systems so you can get in further."

"That's mad… I love it!" Maddie giggled.

"Go for it, guys!" Apple nodded.

Rowan summoned his main sword and his knight sword, handing the second weapon to Treadshot while he took out a blaster. All three nodded at each other just as Slicer passed by. Without hesitation, they ran out, with Treadshot stabbing her in the foot.

"Ah! What the—?!" Slicer groaned before turning to see the trio. "Intruders!"

"Here we go again!" Goldbug complained as several soldiers ran inside. As they did, Rodimus and Ultra Magnus walked out. "They're here." He reported.

"Don't scramble just yet," Ultra Magnus ordered. "When it comes to humans working with Cybertronians, there's always a bigger picture."

"Hey, I think we got their attention!" Raven called as she turned to fly and fire back at some of the incoming soldiers. Quickly summoning her helmet, she pulled the visor down to see the schematics of the base. "Turn left up ahead!" she called out to Rowan and Treadshot. "There should be a control room there!"

"On it!" Rowan called before Treadshot spun around, aiming his blaster out. Both he and Raven shot together, taking out more soldiers before shooting at the fuel canisters nearby, creating an explosion that rocked the ship.

"Okay, we should get there in…" Rowan said as he, Raven and Treadshot entered a room, only to stop when they saw someone already waiting for them inside. It was none other than…

"Oblivion Prime." Treadshot glared.

(Play The Endless Battle from Transformers Energon OST)

"It has been too long, Treadshot," Oblivion Prime said, now revealing himself with extra armaments, cannons on his shoulders, forearms and legs, and with wings protruding from his back. "Have I ever told you what I did with Jetfire once I realized his deception?"

"You mutilated him!" Treadshot yelled. "He's Cybertronian, we all are!"

"If he were truly loyal, then he wouldn't have attempted to assassinate me, nor would he have sent out that information to you or Megatron," Oblivion Prime remarked. "But his body remained useful to me even after I snuffed out his spark."

"You're wearing the corpse of another Transformer," Rowan accused. "Don't even try to justify what you did."

"You have no right to speak to me. You know not what I'm capable of," Oblivion Prime spat before taking out a red and black sword with a silver blade. "I know why you have come here. Nothing will stop me from activating the Energon Harbinger. I shall save our worlds by sacrificing another, just as I have done in our war across the galaxy."

"If you think we're actually gonna let you destroy another school of legacy…" Raven stepped up and closed her eyes, summoning her Transformer form while Treadshot transformed into his own form, both completing simultaneously. "Then you've got another thing coming."

"Perhaps slaying a few more Primes will make me worthy of this." Oblivion Prime smirked. He aimed out his left arm cannons and fired, getting Ravenicus Prime and Treadshot to dodge out of the way while Rowan ran forward, blasting several pulse shots from his Talisman. Oblivion Prime growled and slammed his sword down at him, but Ravenicus Prime quickly blocked it with her Skybreaker before slashing him back, where Treadshot started to open fire on him.

"Get to the controls!" Treadshot called out to Rowan, who wasted no time making his way to the main console.

(End Song)

Outside, the rest of the evil Autobots started to open fire on the frontal assault team as they made their way forward. Drift, Ashlynn, Prowl and Miko started to slash away at the turrets, destroying some of them while Bulkhead was using his shield to protect everyone else from the blasts coming from the others before launching his wrecking ball to destroy them. As soon as he did, Wheeljack ran and tossed one of his grenades at three more turrets, taking them out.

"Step aside!" Hound called, taking out his machine gun. "I'm gonna ice these fools!" he proclaimed before opening fire, taking down more Shattered Autobot soldiers right as Rodimus advanced, forming an arm cannon from his left hand and firing forward.

"Hound, incoming!" Prowl called out as he and Drift started to clash with Slicer.

"Look out for Not Rod!" Sideswipe called out, slashing forward to deflect the blasts before several rockets were sent their way.

"Incoming!" Megatron called out, shielding several of the Knights and Allies before Ultra Magnus approached as well, launching missiles and rockets from his body. As he continued to fire, Shockwave fired a shot from his double rail-gun cannons and wiped out more forces, allowing Jazz and Bumblebee to fire ahead.

Inside, Oblivion Prime kicked away Treadshot as he tried to shoot him again. Before he could send another kick, he transformed and reversed before transforming back, now with two boom boxes mounted on the tops of his door wings. Blasting forward, he sent Oblivion Prime back, but only a little bit, where Ravenicus Prime punched at his face, only for her fist to be caught easily.

"Your strength is a joke," Oblivion Prime remarked as he threw Ravenicus Prime back, where she took out a minigun to blast him, only for it to have little effect on him. "A Decepticon and a Prime, and you're still no match for me."

"That's a Decepticon, a Prime and a human."

Oblivion Prime turned to Rowan, now at the controls and with Excalibur aimed out at him, glaring daggers dangerously.

"Step away from those controls, human germ," Oblivion Prime snarled, advancing at Rowan while readying one of his forearm blasters. "You will not get in the way of my plan."

"Come and try me then." Rowan challenged.

Oblivion Prime shot at Rowan, who deflected his blasts with his shield before holding up his sword to block an incoming strike. Spinning out of the way, he shot at him, but it did little to affect him, before he redirected the barrel under his shield at the console, causing sparks to fly as the weapons outside started to glitch.

"No!" Oblivion Prime yelled, only for Treadshot to slash at him from behind.

Back outside, Hotshot raced in and transformed, taking out his sword as he made his way towards Rodimus. He slashed back with a sword that had a purple blade, pressing against his sword just as Ultra Magnus took out a large red sword, slashing down at Starscream's blades.

Starscream held the blades as long as he could before Ali and Atem charged forward, shooting Ultra Magnus back. As he prepared to shoot them down, Mirage raced in, creating seven clones of himself while Duchess sent forth blasts from her ballet shoes.

"Hold the line!" Ultra Magnus ordered as he shot away one clone, only for it to burst into holographic bytes. Turning to punch another, the same thing happened, before getting punched by the real Mirage, right as he pulled out a sword of his own.

"Take cover!" Briar yelled to Darling as the cannon turrets started to charge back up again. However, they suddenly sparked before shutting down completely, as did the rest of the security defense weapons around the base.

"What's happening?!" Muertaflare demanded as she tried to get breathing room away from Ashlynn.

"Rowan and the others did it! They got the weapons down!" Apple exclaimed before looking to Goldbug with a grin. "It won't be long now!" she called before lunging at him. "Prime Armor: Ravenicus Prime!"

Entering her Prime Armor form, Apple fired at Goldbug, who fired back right as Bumblebee slashed at one of his legs. As he staggered back, the rest of the Autobot forces were about to charge in until Apple launched missiles at them all. She flew down and slashed Goldbug back again before twirling around, revealing Optimus Prime and Rodimus Prime approaching, the former now with a flat-nosed truck form with a roll-cage on the front. Honking loudly, he rammed into several of the evil Autobots before Rodimus Prime unleashed several cannons from his own trailer, taking out even more.

"Push on!" Bumblebee called out, leading the rest of the Autobots and the good Decepticons with the Knights and Allies towards the base.

Optimus Prime continued to ram forward before launching himself into the air. Transforming into robot mode, he armed himself with his Mega Striker Blaster and shot down, raining fire on more evil Autobot forces before shooting off of the ground to get back into the air, using that time to shoot even more down. Once he landed, he grabbed an incoming shattered Autobot soldier and kicked him behind him, where Rodimus Prime transformed and let out a blade of black flames from his left arm, slashing the soldier apart. Megatron flew over after firing down on Blaster and Muertaflare before transforming alongside him, arming himself with a gladiator sword and a shield.

"We've got them!" Miko called out as she and Drift slashed away the Slider to allow for Wheeljack to clash with her. "Go on and help Rowan, Raven and Treadshot!"

Optimus Prime nodded before he, Rodimus Prime and Megatron charged in, taking out more of the evil Autobots as they did so.

However, before Rodimus Prime could advance further on, his evil self lunged at him, forcing Optimus Prime and Megatron to stop.

"Rodimus, no!" Optimus Prime called out.

"Rodimus, yes!" the evil Rodimus smirked as he took out his sword again, preparing to stab at his good self.

"Alistair, Bunny! Now!" Rodimus Prime called out before kicking his evil self to the side. "Optimus, Megatron! Go ahead! We've got this!"

Optimus Prime and Megatron both nodded before they ran in, just as Rodimus Prime's trailer opened up into a battle station, with Alistair and Bunny at the turrets.

"You're done for!" Alistair called out, firing at the evil Rodimus before Bunny charged in, firing at more evil Autobots right as Alistair grabbed a sword and joined the fray as Rodimus Prime now locked blades with his evil self, all while Grace poked her head out from the cave entrance.

"Make sure he comes back, Prime." Grace said from the cave entrance, watching carefully from the distance.

"Your army's done for, Oblivion!" Rowan called as Treadshot and Ravenicus Prime glanced to one another, nodding before advancing at Oblivion Prime. "And your Energon Harbinger's gone too!"

"Your corpse will hang on my wall for what you have done, human!" Oblivion Prime declared, only to get slashed from behind. He turned and slashed back as Ravenicus Prime readied her Skybreaker for another go, only for Treadshot to shoot his sword out of his hand. The two tried to tackle him, but he let out two shoulder cannons and fired them back while swatting Rowan towards them as well. "And now… it is time to put an end to this annoying resistance." He proclaimed, charging up both of his forearm blasters.

All of a sudden, Optimus Prime used his roll-cage truck mode to ram into Oblivion Prime, knocking him back, just as Megatron rolled up alongside him in tank mode to give an extra push. Oblivion Prime slid along the ground from the impact before seeing the duo transform, helping Rowan, Ravenicus Prime and Treadshot back up.

"I have waited two worlds for this moment, Oblivion!" Megatron proclaimed, aiming out his gladiator sword.

"No more will you terrorize this world!" Optimus Prime proclaimed as he took out the Star Saber while Rodimus Prime unsheathed the Flame Calibur. "We shall rise… you shall fall."

"No… you will be the ones to fall!" Oblivion Prime bellowed, taking out a massive gold sword with a purple blade. Slamming it down, he used the exhaust pipes on his shoulders to fire on everyone, but Megatron held up his shield before running in, blade first to slash him down.

"Don't think we're gonna let you get away with this!" Treadshot proclaimed before Oblivion Prime slammed him towards the controls, creating more sparks and explosions. Running back in, he aimed his blaster out and fired at him as Optimus Prime slammed the Star Saber at Oblivion Prime.

Oblivion Prime yelled as he parried away the Blade of the Primes, slamming his massive sword onto him. He tried to hold it, but soon found the purple glowing blade to near his head. Quickly, Megatron supported him with his own sword before Ravenicus Prime flew over and slashed at him from behind. Oblivion Prime scowled as he tried to grab her, but she leapt up and grabbed onto the ventilation shaft above, using her new height advantage to kick him down before Rowan slashed one of his leg cannons off.

"This here's your end!" Rowan proclaimed, going to slash off the other leg cannon, only for Oblivion Prime to try and shoot him, forcing him to take cover. As he leapt back, he entered his own Prime Armor and fired back just as Treadshot ran in with his own sword, slashing at him.

Oblivion Prime roared as he broke off with Optimus Prime and Megatron, slashing Treadshot away. Treadshot gasped as he held his ground, trying to use his sword to fend off against the endless enraged barrage. He swung back while using his boom box blasters from his door wings to disorient Oblivion Prime, but he slashed at them as well before slamming his sword onto him at full force, destroying it. Now backing away, Treadshot took out his blaster, but was grabbed by the neck before he could get the chance to even fire.

"For years, I planned the ultimate extinction event!" Oblivion Prime yelled as he pressed his hands on Treadshot's neck, trying to crush his head off. "And I will wait no longer!" he yelled, slamming the remaining controls.

"No!" Treadshot yelled as an energy surge went throughout the land around the Legacy Orchard and Ever After High itself.

Outside, the remaining Autobots were making sure the students at the Spring Fairest were safe, before the surge hit them. They fell to their knees while everything around them started to slowly fade into grey.

"Hang in there!" Ironhide called out as Kup tried to stand, only to fall back down.

"Come on…" Perceptor said as he fell onto his own knees in the Autobot Base.

"We need to shut that thing down!" Ravenicus Prime yelled before taking out her Zenith Blaster, firing at Oblivion Prime. He cackled as he deflected the shots before Treadshot ran in, punching him back. He continued to do so before freeing himself from his grasp. As soon as he was free, Megatron took out his own sword.

"Treadshot, here!" Megatron tossed his sword at Treadshot, who caught it and stabbed Oblivion Prime in the side.

Oblivion Prime yelled before slamming back, locking with Treadshot for a few moments before kicking him away. However, Treadshot spun around and aimed his boom box blasters at him, giving one final blast from them before they exploded. In a rage, Oblivion Prime grabbed Treadshot by the neck again, slowly crushing it.

"No more shall you stand in our way, Treadshot!" Oblivion Prime snarled. "This land shall be drained completely and become our new wasteland to prosper from the Energon gathered, and in seconds, you will die for ruining my plans time and time again!" he ranted. "Forget the human on my walls! Your body will be an example to all Decepticons who try to cross me! And when I'm done with you, your disgusting human girlfriend will pay the price too!"

"Stay… away… from Grace!" Treadshot choked, trying to free himself, but as he did, he noticed the Matrix starting to glow when reaching his hand to it.

"You can't beat me with what little power you have, Decepticon scum!" Oblivion Prime yelled, putting more pressure so that he could fully crush Treadshot's neck. "This was a valiant effort, but like all of your kind in the end… you must die."

"Not… today!" Treadshot yelled, fully grabbing the Matrix, now glowing more brightly than ever.

(Play A Power Bestowed by PR Unreleased)

"What's this?!" Oblivion Prime yelled, only to get thrown back while the Matrix broke from the chains and sent off a surge of its own, canceling out the one sent by the Energon Harbinger.

Treadshot fell and looked to the Matrix in his hands. He looked into the core of it and held it into the sky with newfound confidence.

"Light our darkest hour!" Treadshot called out, negating the effects of the Energon Harbinger with the Matrix before his whole body started to change.

"Is he…?" Megatron asked in surprise.

"He is," Optimus Prime nodded. "Arise, our new Prime."

Outside, as the main Autobots, shattered Decepticons, Knights and Allies were getting pushed back, the surge from the Matrix spread, blinding the evil Autobots before Alistair and Bunny's arms started to glow.

"No! Impossible!" Goldbug yelled right as Bumblebee and Hotshot slashed him apart, destroying his body.

The rest of the shattered Autobots looked on in shock before the glowing from Alistair and Bunny started to get brighter.

"Treadshot?" Bunny asked hopefully as she and Alistair started to glow.

"Whatever's happening, Treadshot is making it possible," Alistair said as Grace ran forward, grabbing a blaster from Rodimus Prime's trailer. "Let's put this power to good use!"

In their respective locations, Treadshot, Alistair and Bunny all spread their arms out, the power going through them now surging tremendously.

(End Song)

Oblivion Prime recovered just in time to see what had happened. No longer was Treadshot the same as before. Now, he was the same size as him, only with wing fins along his arms and thighs, a more noble-looking head that still resembled his old one, the red Decepticon insignia placed on the bottom of his center chest, and the Matrix now inside of him as his chest closed up.

"What?!" Oblivion Prime yelled in anger before several security turrets popped out from around the room. "Augh, KILL HIM!"

(Play On My Soul by Tobe Ngiwe and NAS ft. Jacob Banks)

The turrets all fired, but their blasts just bounced off of Treadshot before he took out his old blaster, now reformatting itself until it turned into a larger version with a triple barrel. He aimed it out and fired, taking out the turrets with ease, much to the amazement of everyone else, before Oblivion Prime tried to punch him, only for his fist to be caught easily.

Outside, the lights from Alistair and Bunny died down. Both now had regal armor plating with the Autobot and red Decepticon insignias on them, as well as new Talismans on their arms. For Alistair, he was now armed with blue and silver twin claymores while Bunny wielded two bladed Chakram rings.

"You're Knights now!" Apple realized.

"Way to go!" Lizzie cheered.

"And here we go now!" Alistair called out as he lunged at Ultra Magnus, slicing off both of his shoulder blocks before cutting his head clean off, causing his lifeless body to fall to the ground.

"My turn!" Bunny yelled, spinning around her bladed Chakram Rings. She tossed them forward, taking out as many Shattered Autobot Soldiers as she could before jumping through one of her Rings as they passed in front of her. Disappearing through it, she reappeared from another one and used her Talisman to fire on Blaster. Disappearing through the original one she went through, she grabbed it and cut apart one of Muertaflare's cyber horses before tossing the Ring at Muertaflare herself.

Muertaflare grunted as she was sent tumbling from her uneven chariot, reverting into her robot mode. She got up and prepared to attack back, only for Prowl and Drift to first slash apart her remaining steed before Ashlynn and Miko leapt in, slashing her legs off, followed by stabbing her in the chest.

"That's for every one of our friends you murdered in your own universe." Ashlynn spat before she and Miko pulled their blades out, forcing Muertaflare to revert into her human disguise.

"This is the end of the road for you all!" Rodimus Prime proclaimed to the rest of the Shattered Autobots before everyone pressed on with their attack.

"The Matrix of Leadership could not have chosen you!" Oblivion Prime snapped.

"The Matrix did choose me, and I have accepted its calling!" Treadshot spat as he clenched Oblivion Prime's fist tightly. "Know my name, Oblivion! I am Treadshot Prime!" he yelled before punching him back.

"Hope has come at last." Optimus Prime proclaimed before spreading his arms out. His trailer opened and flew to him, giving him wings with cannons angled on top of them, forearm armor with dual blasters on them, and lower leg plating.

"Let's get in there!" Ravenicus Prime called as she helped Rowan recover. As soon as the two were ready, they, with Optimus Prime and Megatron, charged in and slashed through Oblivion Prime, who struggled to fight back.

Treadshot Prime pulled his hand back, a new weapon forming. Now in his right hand was a sword that had a hilt resembling that of the Dark Star Saber, only in the colors of the hilt of the Star Saber itself. The blade was that of the Star Saber as well, but had purple energy lines on it from the Dark Star Saber. Now pulling it forward after Rowan made his hit, he slashed Oblivion Prime out of the room and into the cave, where several of the Shattered Autobots were getting taken out with ease.

"Prime! We're losing ground!" Rodimus called as he tried to fend off against Alistair, Bunny, Drift, Hotshot, and Rodimus Prime, only to get pushed back and his sword to get destroyed.

"And I'm about to lose everything I've done. I'm sure that matters more… sucker." Oblivion Prime spat before flying out of the cave.

"Rowan, get on!" Treadshot Prime called out to Rowan before transforming into a VTOL Jet with the cockpit open. Rowan immediately got on before Treadshot Prime flew out, with Megatron transforming into his jet mode, followed by Optimus Prime and Ravenicus Prime, all making their way after Oblivion Prime. "Come on, Grace!"

Grace smiled on the ground before jumping up, where Rowan caught her and placed her into the cockpit. Treadshot Prime closed it before the chase after Oblivion Prime began.

"He's abandoning us?!" Blaster yelled before Cliffjumper ran in and fired on him. Jillian joined in on the firing before destroying him before he could let out his cassette minions, reverting him into his human disguise.

"Pure ones, with me!" Rodimus yelled, transforming as he fired at his opponents to get more cover. "If Oblivion won't save us, we have no loyalty to him!"

"Good luck leaving! You're not going anywhere!" Alistair exclaimed as he and Bunny leapt into the air.

All of the remaining Shattered Autobots looked up as Alistair and Bunny slammed their Talisman hands against each other. Spreading their arms out, they let out a wave of green energy, which strengthened their friends and the true Autobots while the Shattered Autobots all reeled in pain. Within minutes, their bodies exploded, leaving them in only their human shell disguise. While Rodimus and Slicer were the only ones to drive out in time, everyone else lay weakly on the ground unconscious as Alistair and Bunny floated back down.

"Checkmate." Bunny quipped as she and Alistair snapped their fingers.

Back at the fairgrounds, everyone was recovering after the Energon Harbinger got shut down. As Ironhide and Sideswipe were helping Edmund, Giles, Marylyn and Cogman with making sure everyone was okay, they suddenly heard a whirring in the air. Looking up, they saw Oblivion Prime flying past, followed by Treadshot Prime and Ravenicus Prime, with Optimus Prime and Megatron following right after them.

"Go get 'em, Optimus!" Ironhide called out as everyone else cheered on.

(End Song)

(Play All Things Must Die by Casey Lee Williams)

Optimus Prime flew by Treadshot Prime and Ravenicus Prime, using his shoulder cannons to fire at Oblivion Prime. Grace followed suit with Rowan, all making sure to hit Oblivion Prime as he turned around, taking out his rifle to shoot back. As he was, Ravenicus Prime flew overhead and slashed at him, causing him to raise his sword up and lock with her.

"Don't think you're getting away just like that!" Treadshot Prime called out, letting out Megatron's sword on top of his cockpit. The blades folded back, revealing a smaller blaster, before shooting at Oblivion Prime. He fired back right as Megatron transformed and slashed at one of his wings, but even when hindered, he still did his best to stay flying before landing by the school, where an Energon Grid quickly set itself up in defense as everyone else landed.

"This ends now!" Optimus Prime yelled, spinning around with the Star Saber. Letting out a yell, he sent forth a sonic boom that sent Oblivion Prime back before Rowan flew forward, slashing through him as he was flung forward. As he stumbled forward, he readied his forearm and shoulder blasters, firing them at the group.

However, Optimus Prime just took out the SkyBoom Shield and held his ground alongside Megatron using his own shield. Finding an opening, Megatron shot at Oblivion Prime, knocking off his shoulder cannons before Rowan summoned his own Star Saber, slashing at his left arm and cutting it off. Still undeterred, Oblivion Prime continued to fire, just as Treadshot ran in with Megatron's sword, slashing the remaining cannon off. He slashed again, but Oblivion Prime held up his own sword, pushing back as best as he could.

"You can't defeat me!" Oblivion Prime remarked.

"Wanna bet?" Treadshot Prime asked, pushing harder. He then pulled out his new Starbreak Saber and slammed it at the top of the blade, destroying Oblivion Prime's sword. Oblivion Prime gasped before Grace fired on him, disorienting him enough for Treadshot Prime to slash his remaining arm off before shoving the Starbreak Saber through his chest.

"That was for Jetfire," Treadshot Prime declared before pulling his sword out. "I expected more." He remarked as Oblivion Prime fell to the ground, his body now turning grey.

(End Song)

Soon, Oblivion Prime's eyes started to dim until they eventually faded out. Everyone else approached as Treadshot Prime turned him over, seeing his chest doors now opened, but nothing was in there.

"It's finally done," Megatron said. "At the cost of many lives, human and Cybertronian alike… he's gone."

"He was never truly Optimus Prime," Optimus Prime himself said. "In the end, his ambition was what truly made him into the monster he became… Oblivion Prime."

Treadshot Prime nodded before looking to Rowan and Grace. "Rowan, thank you for trusting me, despite the badge I wear," he thanked, to which Rowan gave a thumbs-up to before turning his attention to Grace. "And Grace… thank you for taking me, Alistair and Bunny in. You truly are a special person."

"I could say the same about you… Treadshot Prime." Grace smiled.

Afterwards, an Autobot Prison ship arrived, taking with them the remaining Shattered Autobots, now stuck with their human shells while the others were restrained.

"Rodimus and Slicer are still at large," Ratchet said as he came over. "I've put an alert for them to all fronts, and to all of our allies. If they so much breathe in the direction of our forces, we will know immediately."

"It was a long battle, but I am glad that we were able to help you bring an end to your war," Optimus Prime said, holding his hand out to Megatron. "Even if you are not the same Megatron as I once knew, it was an honor to fight alongside you… Megatron."

"Of course. Even across different universes, you are still my brother… Optimus Prime." Megatron smiled, shaking Optimus Prime's hand in return.

"You all did well to fight off this threat," Edmund said to all of the Knights and Allies as they lined up together, Grace among them. "Your valor this day will never be forgotten. I wish I had medals to hand out to each of you, but… I was not expecting a festival to double as a near-invasion," he joked. "Live the fortune this day has brought. Your ceremony shall be held tomorrow."

"Well… I do have a song to perform," Miko said before turning to Drift. "And I need a partner… Drift."

Drift smiled. "It shall be my honor." He said.

Later on that day, everyone had gathered together once the sunset came. Holly had in her hands a third place ribbon, Grimlock and Ginger with second place ribbons, and finally, Grace with Alistair and Holly with a first place trophy, showing off the ice cream cake they still managed to make following the chaos. As celebrity Not-So-Little Jack Horner was sampling each of the presented desserts, everyone watched Drift kneel down with Miko, both with microphones in their hands. While the Autobots watched together, Treadshot Prime, Megatron, Starscream and Shockwave soon joined them, all sharing smiles with each other before Melody played some music for their song.

(Play Breakaway by Kelly Clarkson and Sam Smith (with Original Verses from Avril Lavigne)

Da-da-da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da-da-da
Da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da
Da-da-da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da-da-da
Da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da

Drift smiled to Miko as she started to sing the first lines.

Grew up in a small town, and when the snow would fall down
I'd just stare out my window
Dreamin' of what could be, and if I'd end up happy
I would pray

Miko closed her eyes at the last three words before turning to Drift, clearing his voice to sing.

Tryin' hard to reach out, but when I tried to speak out
Felt like no one could hear me
Wanted to belong here, but somethin' felt so wrong here
So I prayed I could break away

Everyone now started to cheer as Miko and Drift started to sing the chorus together.

I'll spread my wings, and I'll learn how to fly
I'll do what it takes 'til I touch the sky
And I'll make a wish, take a chance, make a change
And break away

Out of the darkness and into the sun
I won't forget all the ones that I love
I gotta take a risk, take a chance, make a change
And break away

At this, Treadshot Prime watched proudly and with a sense of inspiration as Drift and Miko alternated with the rest of the song.

Buildings with a hundred floors, swingin' 'round revolvin' doors
Maybe I don't know where they'll take me
But gotta keep movin' on, movin' on
Fly away, break away

And I'll spread my wings, and I'll learn how to fly
Though it's not easy to tell you goodbye

I gotta take a risk, take a chance, make a change
And break away

Break away
And break away

(End Song)

As soon as the song came to a close, everyone cheered, with the Autobots applauding as well. Even Treadshot Prime gave a few claps before turning to Megatron, sending him a smile. As he smiled back, his leader nudged his head to the side. Treadshot Prime seemed to understand as the good Decepticons walked away, where they were silently joined by Optimus Prime, Rowan, Grace and Raven.

"What's the matter, Sir?" Treadshot Prime asked.

"Treadshot, or rather, Treadshot Prime. On this day, you have done what I nor any other Decepticon has managed to do since our universe was ravaged," Megatron began. "You ascended to the power of a Prime, saved humanity, and destroyed Oblivion Prime. You are no longer the scout you once were. You are something greater now… a true warrior."

"I am honored to hear that," Treadshot Prime nodded. "But I feel there's more to this."

"No one, not even I, could have predicted that you would be chosen by the Matrix of Leadership," Shockwave said. "You have exceeded all of our expectations and more."

"Which brings us to the main point," Megatron went on. "The war in our universe is as good as over with the death of Oblivion Prime. We can go back and take in the remnants of his army, but you have a different calling here in this universe."

"Wait, you don't mean…?"

"The Matrix of Leadership you have came from our universe, but Optimus told me that it stood for a calling greater here," Megatron said. "Treadshot Prime, I have seen how you are with Grace, especially in your human form. It would be cruel of me to separate you two."

"Megatron… thank you." Grace said with tears of joy in her eyes.

"As for you, Treadshot Prime," Optimus Prime said, walking over with Raven as she turned into Ravenicus Prime, carrying Rowan on her shoulder. "It would be an honor if you would join our cause. The Megatron of this universe is nothing like the one I proudly fought alongside today, so I cannot guarantee much comfort when you face him and his Decepticon army."

"But we can promise that you will be welcomed by all Autobots, and be recognized for what you have accomplished here," Ravenicus Prime went on. "You will not even have to change your symbol. Wear that Decepticon insignia with pride. It is a symbol of heroism where you come from, I'm sure, and it can still be one for here."

"The choice is ultimately yours, old friend," Starscream said. "We won't force it onto you."

Treadshot Prime looked to his comrades before turning to his new friends. With a confident smile, he turned back to Megatron and saluted him.

"I will never forget you, Professor." Treadshot Prime declared.

Megatron smiled and saluted back. "Oh, and I think you should have this…" he said, handing his sword over once again. "Just something to always remember us by… Treadshot Prime."

Treadshot Prime looked to Megatron's gladiatorial sword with surprise before eventually taking it. Placing it onto his back, he and Megatron clasped hands firmly.

"'Till all are one, Commander Megatron." Treadshot Prime bid.

"'To light our darkest hours, Treadshot Prime." Megatron bid back.

"The return Transversal Bridge is set, Sir." Shockwave reported as he inputted some commands into his monitor.

Soon, a Space Bridge opened, and the three Decepticons sent Treadshot Prime one final salute. Saluting back with Optimus Prime, Ravenicus Prime and Rowan, with Grace waving, they watched as the Decepticons returned back to their home universe.

"So, Treadshot Prime, reporting for duty… today at least." Treadshot Prime said to both Optimus Prime and Ravenicus Prime before transforming into a Cybertruck, where he walked out as his human form, making his way to Grace and Rowan. "But for now, I'd like to enjoy the time I have with my new friends."

"Permission granted," Optimus Prime smiled as Ravenicus Prime reverted back into Raven Queen, joining the three. "You shall have all the time you need as a human and as a Transformer. For now, this is a time for you all to celebrate."

"Thank you," Treadshot Prime said before all four walked away. "So, when should I expect a school syllabus?"

"I can work something out, young man," Edmund said, walking over with Cogman. "But as Optimus Prime said, we celebrate the rest of the day."

"As for me… I'm sure I can find some work here, just to keep you in check." Grace teased.

"Welcome to the team, Tread!" Rowan hollered as everyone else cheered for their newest members.

"We're gonna have a great time here!" Alistair said to Lizzie as he and the rest of the Wonderlandian kids cheered.

"You'll absolutely love it." Lizzie promised.

Watching everything happen from atop a cliff was a large gorilla. He let out a soft growl of approval before transforming into a large robot and walking away.

Author's Notes: I hope you all liked my newest special. This took me a long time to do, as it's a standalone from the crossover. Still, with all I have put into this, I hope you like what I've done. Please review, rate, and as always if you can, PM me for anything on the story. I'm always keen to hear from you, so long as it is positive. For now, this is SuperHeroTimeFan wishing you all a happy Fourth of July! See you soon!