Lightning Seven: Flying Sparks

As the Crushers were forced into the throne room of Celestia, they didn't know what to expect.

Even Scalor was surprised to see what Celestia looked like. She was bigger than the ponies; her mane flowed majestically, even though there was no wind. She stared at the beings that entered her throne room.

Shining Armor was standing by her side, looking quite nervous. The Royal Guard were still holding their spears at the Crushers, Celestia saw the monsters with their hands raised and spoke up.

"Royal Guard, you may leave us now, this is a royal discussion only." Celestia raised a hoof.

The Royal Guard were stunned and stayed where they were, until one spoke up, "Uhhh.... Princess.... I think we should... ummm.... stay here and protect..."

"Now, Royal Guards," Celestia said sternly, "that's an order."

The Royal Guard poured out of the room, leaving only the large group of Crushers, Mane six, Spike, Celestia, and Shining Armor. Scalor put his fins down, so did the others. Celestia stood up and announced herself.

"I am Princess Celestia." She said. The Mane 6 and Spike bowed, the Crushers didn't.

Twilight looked up at Prime who had his arms crossed; Scalor heard a sharp 'pssst' from below him. He looked down and saw Twilight bowing. "Oh......do you want us to bow?" he asked. Twilight nodded and eyed the Princess.

With very confused looks Scalor received from his fellow Autobots, he went to one knee and bowed before Princess Celestia. Twilight smiled calmly......that is until the other Crushers didn't bow.

"Scalor...what do you think you're doing?" Jumpstart asked.

Scalor stopped bowing and looked back at him, "It is a sign of respect, men. We want to make a good impression on the ruler of this world, so bow."

Bone Crunch had enough. "NO!!!" he yelled. Scalor looked at him confused and waiting for an explanation.

Bone Crunch looked directly at this so called Princess and said, "I have been through living hell when I arrived! I've fought a strange monster, I battled the MOLLUSK bots, and I did all of this for ponies! But I will NOT bow!"

"Yes! This is going too far!" Lighting Scale agreed as he always does.

"I will never bow to a creature like that!!!" Buzzer shouted and pointed at Celestia.

"Neither will I!!!" Munch-Munch finished for the group.

The ponies gasped at how rudely these creatures were acting, especially in front of the Princess! Twilight turned to Celestia but was confused to see her with a normal calm face.

Scalor placed a hand on his face and had enough of the Primals' ignorance.

"Primals bow to the leader of this world!" Optimus said with sternness in his voice.

"NEVER!!!" Bone Crunch shouted.

"That is an order!" Scalor yelled back.

Bone Crunch was about to give Scalor a piece of his mind when he looked over to the rest of the Crushers who were already bowing. Hawk Eye looked up at Bone Crunch and said, "Just do it, man. Just think, the sooner we bow, the sooner we’ll get back to The Ranger.”

Bone Crunch thought of the offer and rubbed his chin. With a loud and deep groan, Bone Crunch went to a knee and bowed before Princess Celestia. The other Primals had no choice but bowed as well.

"You know...." A very calming voice caught all of the Crushers' attention. They looked to see this Princess speak.

Celestia continued, "You didn't have to bow to me, I wouldn't have forced you to if you didn't."

Bone Crunch immediately placed both hands on his head in regret. Oh he didn't even NEED to bow! The other Primals stood up quickly and looked around the room nervously. Celestia gave a whole hearted chuckle at the embarrassment these aliens were feeling.

After a pregnant pause, Twilight remembered something that bothered her.

Twilight looked at Shining Armor and asked, "What happened, Shiny, you know these Crushers are peaceful, why did the Royal Guard subdue them?"

Shining looked at Celestia who explained, "I sent the Royal Guard to do it, when Shining Armor told me that aliens were here to meet me, I had to take precaution, even if they are peaceful, we can't trust them."

"But... but Celestia..." Twilight stuttered but Scalor held a hand in front of Twilight stopping her.

"I do not blame you for not trusting us, Princess. We are indeed a very violent race, but we believe in peace and prosperity, we need to be violent only when we need to, and that only to protect ourselves or protect someone else." Scalor explained looking down at the ponies.

Celestia thought about this for a moment and said, "Well, that's what we're here to discuss, right Shining Armor?" Celestia looked at him.

Shining coughed and said, "Um, Princess, maybe Twilight should speak first. She was the one who first encountered the alien and could probably tell you more than I could."

"Twilight, please step forward." Twilight shivered when her name was called and slowly trotted towards the Princess, stopping just a few feet away from her throne.

"Now I want you to describe everything that happened after you sent me the letter describing the monster incident in Ponyville." Celestia said.

Twilight gulped and began, "Well, to start, Bone Crunch was the monster that came into Ponyville..."

"Bone Crunch?" Scalor asked looking back at the Dinobot; all the Autobots had their attention on him.

Bone Crunchlooked down and said, "Oh great..."

Twilight cleared her throat and began, she went over everything; how they had found Bone Crunch surrounded by the corpses of the Manticores, how they had tried to capture him only for him to defeat all of them and escape, and how Rainbow Dash had chased after him on her own.

Stopping Twilight at that point, Celestia sent a disapproving gaze towards Rainbow Dash who looked down in shame. The Crushers were very mad at Bone Crunch at what he did.

"Bone Crunch, you hurt the ponies?!" Scalor sternly asked.

"They were attacking me, I was defending myself." Bone Crunch said.

"You threw Rarity, swatted Fluttershy, and attempted to crush Twilight and Rainbow Dash, yeah, that is really defending yourself." Jumpstart said sarcastically.

Celestia looked back at Twilight. "Continue please..." she said.

Twilight continued to the part where Bone Crunch saved their lives from the dragon and ran away from them. Celestia smiled and looked at the mighty leader of the Primals.

"Bone Crunch....is it?" Celestia asked, Bone Crunch nodded once and crossed his arms again, Celestia cleared her throat and began, "Well then, I thank you for saving my pupil and her friends. If it hadn't been for you, they would have been killed by that dragon, thank you once again, good sir."

Bone Crunch nodded again and put his arms down, he looked down at the ponies he had saved and they looked back. Twilight no longer felt frightened when she looked into his blue optics, she felt calm, knowing that this Crusher would not hurt them anymore.

"Well Bone Crunch, you did well. Saving the ponies from a monster after they tried to capture you, I'm proud of you." Scalor told him.

Bone Crunch took his attention off the ponies and onto Scalor, "It was nothing, Scalor."

Celestia was silent as Twilight finished the story; she looked around the room until her eyes settled on what appeared to be the leader of these creatures.

"Well, it seems you have all been through a lot this past day, I will allow each of you to stay in one of our guest rooms and take a long deserved rest." Celestia smiled at each of the ponies, they smiled and nodded with enthusiasm.

Celestia looked at Shining Armor and said, "Okay Shining, I would like you to leave now, and to settle down the ponies outside."

"Bu-but your highness that would mean leaving you with-" Shining began.

"With the aliens, yes. But they aren't dangerous by the looks of them, so just go and calm the city ponies down okay?" Celestia told him.

Shining Armor ran out the door a little faster than normal, looking back at the giant Dinobots, Swoop and Snarl looked at him, which caused Shining to shiver and run out of the room. The mares giggled at the sight of Shining being afraid.

"Well now, I guess we can discuss the matter at hoof now." Celestia said. "What are all of your names?" Celestia asked.

The Crushers groaned, not wanting to spend a longer time introducing all of them. So only Scalor introduced himself. "My name is Scalor Bara-codon, but everyone just calls me Scalor." he said.

"Well Scalor, what are all of you doing in Equestria, when obviously you're not from here?" Celestia said.

"We come from a planet called Terra-glacies, hundreds of years ago; a war ravaged the planet until our race was almost depleted. We got in a ship called The Endurance Ranger, and found a new world to live on until the war was over and we could rebuild. Unfortunately, the Mollusk bots ruled Terra-Glacies after we left years ago. When we arrived on this world, we were separated from our ship. Oh and I apologize for how Bone Crunch here acted with the ponies, he can get angry easily which is why he is one of my best fighters." Scalor finally finished.

Celestia was.....stunned to say the least. These were aliens that fought in a war, and tried their hardest just to survive on a new world. Celestia couldn't bear the thought of leaving Equestria and finding a new world to live on. These Crusher were very brave.

"Is there any way you could get home?" Celestia asked.

"No, we don't have the technology to make a Space Rifter, and this world is far too primitive, we may be stuck here for a long time." Scalor said. The Crushers looked down sadly.

Celestia didn't feel afraid of these aliens anymore, she felt sad for them. There must be some way she could make it up to them. "Well, as long as you stay in Equestria, you may live here with the ponies until we find a solution." Celestia smiled at them.

"That is great news, because the Decepticons are here as well, we have to protect this world from their wrath." Optimus told her.

"Who are the MOLLUSK?" Celestia asked remembering Optimus mention them in his speech a while ago.

Scalor looked straight at her and said, "The MOLLUSK bots are an evil race of Terra-glacians. They destroyed Terra-glacies, which made us have to leave. They were and are still lead by the power hungry leader of the bot; Lord Jaggor."

"Where are they now?" Celestia was concerned about the safety of her kingdom, if these bots destroyed a planet, who knows what could they do to a planet filled with peace loving ponies?

"We do not know, they are on this world though, and we will defend it from them." Scallor told her.

"Thank you Scalor, you would really do that for us?" Celestia asked.

"We will not just stand by and let this world end up like Terra-glacies, we will never let that happen to an innocent race." Scalor said.

Celestia smiled and said, "Well, we will need living arrangements while you are all here. You may all stay at the castle or Ponyville."

"Wait!" Snaggletooth shouted. Celestia looked at the dingodile who was holding someone in his arms. "What about Razor and all of us, we need to be healed!" he said.

"Yeah!" Outlook agreed.

Soon all the Crushers began arguing with unnoticeable words until Scalor yelled, "ENOUGH!" The Crushers stopped instantly and looked at their leader. Scalor turned to Celestia and asked, "We do need to be healed, is there anything you can do for us?"

Celestia thought for a moment and said, "Guards!" At that moment, two Guards busted through the doors, past the Crushers and bowed in front of their Princess. Celestia smiled and said, "Take the Crushers to the medical hut and have them fixed up; it is the least we can do to thank them for saving Twilight and her friends."

The two Guards stepped out the door and said, "Follow us, we will get you fixed." The Crushers walked out the door, Scalor turned back to Celestia and said, "Thank you, your highness." Celestia nodded and watched as his friends left the room, along with the ponies and Spike. The only one left was Twilight.

"Thank you Princess." Twilight smiled.

"You’re welcome, my most faithful student." Celestia said back. Twilight galloped up to her throne and hugged her. Celestia smiled and nuzzled her.

"Thanks for giving them a chance, Princess." Twilight said.

"It was my pleasure, they seem very nice." Celestia cooed. Twilight let go and galloped out of the room. Celestia sighed happily; she had accomplished something great today.

Little did Celestia know, that she had sparked a great war approaching.
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When night fell, Canterlot was silent. The Crushers took refugee there; all of them were resting their parts in a large area specifically for them. All of them rested within the area. The Primals didn't rested, they just laid on the ground staring at the stars.

Bone Crunch stared at those shining stars above. It was funny. Bone Crunch felt……peaceful, on this world of ponies. He shook his head and grumbled. These ponies must be getting to him, making him soft, he wasn’t soft! He was a stone cold warrior!

Bone Crunch sighed and crossed his arms as he stared at the stars…..maybe he could see Terra-glacies from here…..maybe. His thoughts were interrupted by a slight cough.

“Hey…”

Bone Crunch leaned forward and looked to his right side; the soft voice he had heard had come from that same cyan pony with wings. Bone Crunch noticed she had bags under her eyes, probably from the lack of sleep or something; Bone Crunch didn’t know much about these organics.

“Oh….hello again…” Bone Crunch answered and continued to observe her.

Rainbow Dash walked nearer and looked up at him expectantly. Bone Crunch looked back and saw his fellow Primals sleeping. He looked back and still saw Rainbow looking at him with a quizzical look on her face.

“What do you want, pony?” Bone Crunch asked really not in the mood.

Rainbow frowned and asked, “Why are you so mad all the time?”

Bone Crunch growled at her and looked back at the stars. After a few more seconds, Rainbow decided that he wasn’t going to talk. When she was about to leave with her head hung low, Bone Crunch spoke.

“You really want to know?” Rainbow Dash spun her head around and saw Bone Crunch staring at her. She turned back around and nodded once. Bone Crunch sighed and looked back at the stars.

“Hundreds of years ago, I was the leader of the Lightning Fist Fighting Team on Terra-glacies. I was a brave and powerful warrior, until one day, everything turned for the worst.” Bone Crunch explained looking down in sorrow.

“What happened?” Rainbow asked.

Bone Crunch looked directly at her huge magenta eyes, “Me, Lighting Scale, Munch-Munch, Buzzer, and Amoe-brawl were sent to the Rusted Jungles to investigate what a MOLLUSK bot scientist was planning. We were attacked and overrun by Animots. I was captured by the scientist and experimented on; but I escaped and rescued the other Primals. But something horrible happened….”

“Yeah...?” Rainbow said wanting Bone Crunch to continue.

Bone Crunch sighed and said, “My teammate, Amoe-brawl, was killed and we Primals didn’t have enough time to save him….for I am the reason we are on this world.”

Rainbow Dash gasped.

“I destroyed the controls on the Space Rifter, causing us to be sent here. But now, we are nowhere near The Ranger. I know Amoe-brawl lives, his soul is still active……I can feel it.” Bone Crunch finished.

Bone Crunch looked at Rainbow Dash who had wide eyes at what he just told her. Bone Crunch expected this much from a little pony, not knowing the true horrors of war, losing the ones closest to you, and giving up everything for what you believed in.

But what this little pony said confused Bone Crunch.

“Wow…. you’re even cooler than I thought.” Rainbow said and gave him a little smile.

Bone Crunch looked at her confused and asked, “What do you mean?”

Rainbow got closer to him and said, “Well, you fought in this war you guys had on your planet, and even though you lost one of your closest friends, you still won’t give up. That takes guts, dude.”

Bone Crunch absorbed her words and finally nodded.

“Thank you, Rainbow Dash.” Bone Crunch said.

Rainbow smirked and said, “Hehe, anytime, dude.”

With that, Rainbow yawned and started to walk away. She turned around slightly and said, “G’night, Bone Crunch.”

Bone Crunch rubbed his head and said, “Ummm, goodnight, Rainbow Dash.”

Dash chuckled and flew off towards her room she was staying in. Bone Crunch watched her fly and land on top of a balcony and walk inside. Bone Crunch sighed and laid his head back down. And with that, Bone Crunch went to sleep.

All was quiet yet again.

All too quiet until the sound of jets came soaring above.

Blade Wing, Overseer, and a few MOLLUSK flyers, flew quietly above the capitol, not wanting to bring attention to them. Bass buster, Pin-sar, and Rampage had to walk through Canterlot, very quietly.

They all came upon the Elements of Harmony tower. Blade Wing hovered in the air and spoke, "My scanners show the Elements of Harmony are in that structure, we must be very quiet."

Blade Wing said to the jets hovering next to him. "Flyer 1, tell the others below us to follow very quietly." he whispered sharply.

The flyer flew down and met the others. "Blade Wing's orders; follow us inside, make an entrance, but DON'T make noise." he said.

"Affirmative, bots create an entrance." Bass Buster ordered.

Pin-sar rolled over to the wall and sawed a giant circle for them to enter. Blade Wing, Overseer, and the other flyers landed on the ground and got behind Rampage.

Soon the entrance was made and Rampage pushed the piece of wall to the side. "Success…" he whispered.

The nine bots slowly walked inside. Wincing at every step they took as they made noise. They came across a locked door that had a magical seal. "This is it. My scanners show this is the door that holds the Elements of Harmony." Blade Wing said and tried to open the door, it wouldn't budge.

"Blade Wing, the door has a seal that can't be opened normally." Bass Buster explained.

"Then you open it you big nerd!" Blade Wing whispered sharply and stepped away from the door.

Bass Buster's chest opened and out came a long cable; the cable locked on a hole in the door and began making an electric sound. "It is working." he said.

The door slowly opened, Blade Wing pushed Bass Buster out of the way. He looked inside and brought out a small box covered in jewels. "This is it, bots, return to Jaggor at once, time to heal our master." Blade Wing said and flew out.

He took off to the skies, followed by Overseer, and the flyers. Rampage, Pin-sar, and Bass Buster had to walk out of the city.

As they passed a few buildings, Rampage's optics caught something moving on the side of a building. He looked straight at the movement but saw nothing. He shrugged and continued to walk out of Canterlot.
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Kooker had just seen the bots leaving Canterlot. He got to cover as Rampage looked at him. Luckily, he shrugged it off and continued to walk. Kookergot out of hiding and looked at the bots walking away.

"I gotta go tell Scalor." Kooker said and ran straight for the Crushers camp.

Kooker had a feeling deep in his circuitry...

This was not going to end well.