Do you believe in magic?

Chapter 10

Fortunately for Nitro-x and Electric Storm, Optimus needed all the Autobots for talking with the ponies about their situation. "When our home planet, Cybertron, ran out of energon, we left to find a new planet to live on. We came across Earth, a planet inhabited by humans. After almost ten years of fighting there, we sent the Decepticons out into the stars, hoping to never hear from them again." Optimus explained.

"But now they're here," Twilight concluded.

"Correct, this is why we are here to help," Sentinel told them.

"But the question is, why here?" Prowl asked.

"Maybe just a crash landing, ran out of fuel?" Nitro-x thought aloud.

"Hmm, I wonder…" Ratchet mused, "Princess Celestia, does this planet have any petroleum?"

"Petr- petro, um?" Celestia tried to repeat.

"Petroleum: a black liquid that comes from the ground."

"No, why?"

"How about electricity, like lightning?"

"Yes, on occasion."

"Hmm, but this planet's too small to provide enough electricity for energon."

"Energon?" Twilight asked.

"Yes, energon is the life source of both Autobots and Decepticons, without it we are nothing more than large meaningless chunks of metal," Prowl explained.

"But the question still remains, why are they here?" Ratchet asked.

"They like rainbows!" Electric Storm piped up.

*CLANK!*

"Ow! Hey! He asked and I answered!"

"Take over the universe?" Nitro-x suggested.

"Definitely a possibility, but, again, why here?" Ratchet thought aloud, "There's not enough energy to make energon for their troops."

Electric Storm sighed, trying to take a step forward, but slipped on the slick floor. "Whoa, whoa, whoa, HOLD IT!" She screamed and flew towards the ponies, about to squish them. Celestia, Luna, and Twilight (Rarity had fainted) used their horn power to make the giant robot stop, only a few inches from them. All the other 'bots in the room gasped, before murmurs and whispers broke out among them.

Electric Storm shook her helm. "I'm too young for this stuff."

"Astonishing!" Ratchet said what everyone else was thinking.

"What?" Twilight asked, unsure about the large robots murmuring.

"How did you do that? Keep Electric Storm from falling I mean."

"Oh, we used our magic."

"Magic?"

"Yeah, all unicorn's have it."

"Remarkable, and perhaps…" Ratchet wandered off into the hallway, then after a few microcycles, returned with a large clear container. "Is it possible for you to fill this container with 'magic'?"

"Um, I don't know, Princess Celestia?" Twilight looked to her teacher for an answer. Celestia stood in front of the container, she then closed her eyes and her horn began to glow a bright yellow. The container was soon filled to the top with a pink liquid. "As I feared, these creatures can produce energon at will, which means…"

Optimus' optics narrowed as he finished Ratchet's sentence. "That the Decepticons will enslave them all."

The ponies gasped, and then began babbling about all their opinions. "Calm down," Princess Celestia ordered, then turned to Optimus, "If this threat is really true, then we must find someone to protect us for the time being."

Prowl nodded and began assigning jobs. "Sentinel Prime and Optimus Prime, you protect Princess Celestia."

"Understood, old friend."

"Jazz and Mirage, you will guard Princess Luna."

"Cool."

"Affirmative."

"Bluestreak and Ratchet, you watch Canterlot."

"Eh, I'll do it."

"You want me to protect Canterlot? Wow that's a real honor sir, a real honor. You know it reminds me of the time I-" A glare from Prowl caused Bluestreak to snap his mouth shut.

"As I was saying, Bumblebee and Nitro-x will protect Cloudsdale."

"Sweet."

"I'm ready to go!"

"And Electric Storm and I will watch over Ponyville," he added in a lower tone, "Because I need to keep an optic on her."

"Awwww, but Prowler-."

"No buts."

"Nitro-x gets to go with Bumblebee!"

"He's older than you."

"Just because he's older doesn't mean he's more mature!"

"In this case, it does."

Electric Storm fell silent with a scowl. Rarity then chose to speak up. "Wait, no disrespect meant or anything, but why does Princess Celestia and Luna get their own guards?" Optimus knelt down to be eye-to-optic with the young pony. "Because the Princess' would be a higher source of power to gain their energon. As would you and your friends."

"Then why don't we have protection?" Rainbow dash demanded. Jazz gave a shrug. "We're all outta 'bots."

"But we can't go defenseless," Fluttershy pointed out, "If the Decepticons captured us they would use our magic to become more powerful and then all of Equestria would become enslaved because of us."

Twilight Sparkle appeared deep in thought, before a light bulb appeared over her head. "I got it!"

"What?!" Everybody asked in unison.

"I just need to contact a little friend of mine."