Mind over Matter

The sun began to rise upon Equestria and so did the ponies all around, including Soundwave and Shockwave. They stretched their hooves and rose out of bed to await Twilight who was willing to aid them in their mission without knowing. The two decepticons waited for her at the door for nearly six minutes before she came down the stair with a yawn.

"Good morning, Twilight -" Shockwave watched her as she stood in front of them, her mane a mess, eyes drooped and tail tangled in knots. "- I see that you have just woke up from your sleep."

Twilight blinked once. "Yeah, don't worry because this is normal for me now that I'm a *yawn* princess."

Soundwave and Shockwave turned their heads towards each other and then back to her. They watched her yawn again before stretching her wings out as another yawn came out.

"Are we still on for the trip around Ponyville?"

“Yup, we’ll leave right when my friends get here. But while we’re waiting you want some breakfast?”

“What's that?” Soundwave bluntly questioned. Twilight nearly chuckled at the question as but kept her composure as Shockwave elbowed Soundwave. “It’s what you need to survive so to speak.”

“Then why give it a dumb name...Why not call it rations of survival, I find that confusing?

“We’re not in a war and there’s no need to be that… formal on a simple word -” Twilight walked into the kitchen as Soundwave and Shockwave looked at each other “- So are you guys hungry or not?”

Before Soundwave could ask another question about hunger, Shockwave stepped in front of him. “We Might as well since we’ll be waiting, don't you agree Soundwave?”

Soundwave didn’t respond with an answer but with a simple nod.

Twilight opened the refrigerator and pulled out a carton of milk with her magic. She levitated three cups from from the cabinets onto the table and pulled out the coffee maker from underneath the kitchen counter.

“You ponies use technology to make this breakfast?” Soundwave scratched his head as Shockwave examined the machine.

“There’s no plug or energo- um batteries in it.”

“Yea and I thought we are having breakfast not -”. Soundwave squinted at the white carton that Twilight was holding “- Milk, is that another word for rations?”

Twilight facehoofed herself at their use of the ration word again. “It’s not rations guys, it’s food or more importantly a drink. It’s coffee.” She watched the two both scratch their heads out of confusion, Shockwave having more difficulty thanks to his horn. “Perhaps I should show you guys how we make coffee here in Ponyville.”

Her horn lit up again, engulfing the coffee maker in a purple aura. The two decepticons observed the coffee maker as it heated up with signs of a bright red hue on the underside. Soundwave leaned closer to Shockwave and whispered, “Could energon do that?”

“Only if the device makes it but the coffee maker looks like it is being heated by her energy, I find it fascinating.” Shockwave whispered back.

“So guys how do you like your coffee or how Soundwave’s likes to call it, Rations?”

Soundwave spoke up first, “Blue -” Shockwave nudged him on the shoulder “- Red?”

“I think what my partner here is trying to say is how do you usually take your coffee?”

“Ummm Yeah that’s what I meant to say...Sorry.” Soundwave said as he tried to smile….but failed yet again as he gave a demented looking grin as Shockwave sighed.

Twilight faked a smile to hide her uneasiness and began pouring the coffee into the cups. “It’s okay, you’re not the first pony around here to have an awkward smile.”

“Really...Worse than his” Shockwave stated.

“You haven’t been around here long enough, there is a pony with a grin weirder than his and her name is Pinkie Pie.” Twilight levitated a picture onto the table and pointed towards the pink pony floating by balloons.

“These are your friends?”

“Yup. I meet them three years ago when Spike and I moved here and they became my bestest of friends in the whole wide world.”

Twilight poured the milk into the coffee and began to swirl it around with her magic. After a few seconds of stirring, she pushed the cups towards the decepticons and cleaned up the counter. “They can be a handful sometimes but they do mean alot.”

Soundwave took a small sniff at the coffee but refused to pick it up. Instead he decided to see if Shockwave would try it out first before he risked his circuits on the liquid.

“So this Pinkie Pie in the picture, how is she doing that?” Shockwave levitated the cup to his mouth and gulped half of it down in one go. He removed the cup from his mouth and placed it back onto the counter. “How is it that she is floating by balloons?”

Twilight was completely shocked, “How did you, but it was, you couldn’t have without. How did you do that without reacting?!”

“Reacting to what?”

“ You’re tongue should be scorched from the hot coffee you just gulped down!”

“Wait….That was hot? To me that was warm..Interesting.”

“Are you two related to Pinkie Pie and just forgot her or something because there’s no way you could do that and just say it was warm like that.” She then turns to Soundwave who hasn't even taken a sip of his coffee as he was just staring at it. “Soundwave why are you staring at it?”

“Analyzing.”

“Um, is Soundwave okay? I know I asked you before but….” She asked Shockwave.

“Hold on-” Shockwave turns to Soundwave “Why are you staring at your cup. You know thats rude.”

“I’m trying to see how I can pick it up since I don’t have a horn.”

Twilight cupped her chin, “Well my friends Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash could grip things with their wings. Why don’t you give it a try?”

“Okay I’ll give it a try..’ Soundwave then moves his right wing over the cup and focused on trying to gripped the cup. He failed a few times before finally gripping the cup and slowly bringing it to his face. “Scanning… coffee is seventy-two percent warm.”

As he gets ready to take a sip, a loud banging sound on the door shocks him and causes him to drop the cup onto the counter. It breaks into pieces and the coffee spread out on the counter.

The banging continues for a few seconds before Twilight yells out, “ALRIGHT ALREADY!” She walks out of the kitchen and towards the door as Shockwave cleans up the mess.

“Such rude beings around here and their loud too.”

“My cup of coffee” Soundwave mumbled under his breath.

Twilight was ready to open the door when it was forced open by a pony covered in pink fur with three balloons on her flank. “HI TWILIGHT!” she yelled out as loud as she could.

“I do hope we didn’t come too early, I wouldn’t want to intrude while you were waking up Twilight.” said the white mare with the elegant violet hair curled to the side.

“Yeah, I had to leave the farm to Big Mac for awhile,” the orange mare slightly lifted her weird looking hat to allow some of her ruffled yellow hair to dangle around her face. “Celestia knows that he might try to outdo me in Apple bucking again.”

“You’re on time girls, I was actually going to meet you all at your homes.”

:Um… well Pinkie was talking about her senses telling her about something… unexpected” the yellow mare said as she hid her face behind her long pink hair.

The pink mare stuck out her chest like a soldier, “My twitchy-twitch senses told me that we’ll be meeting somepony new, they have to be around here!”

“Pinkie, I don’t think we’ll find them here in the library. It’s just Twilight and books, a lot of them.” The rainbow haired, blue mare crossed her hooves as she flapped her wings in the air. “Besides if they were here then they might be hiding from Twilight and her let’s talk about history and stuff.”

“Actually Dash you're wrong and Pinkie is right, there are two new ponies here.”

“REALLY?!” Pinkie exclaimed happily as she came right up in Twilight’s face while hopping up and down

“Yeah they just came into ponyville yesterday, hold on I’ll get them. Soundwave, Shockwave! Could you two come out here for a moment?” Twilight shouted into the kitchen.

Back in the kitchen, the two decepticons prepare to leave but Shockwave taps Soundwave’s shoulder. “Now listen Soundwave. When we leave this kitchen, you must act normal. No computer talk and no complaining about the coffee.”

“But I didn't get to taste it,” Soundwave pointed out.

“You will not ruin this mission for us Soundwave. Megatron is expecting us to deliver a world to him and I refuse to go back to him empty hoo- I mean empty handed. Get your act together and stop acting like an Autobot.” Shockwave dusted Soundwave’s shoulder off. “You are a proud Decepticon, an elite. Now show it!”

Soundwave puffed out his chest, “I am not a weak Autobot. I am a proud Decepticon, Soundwave superior, ponies inferior!”

“Then let’s get out there and show them weaklings we’re better. For the glory of the Decepticons!” Shockwave advanced out of the kitchen with Soundwave following after.

They entered the main room to see the mane six awaiting them with smiles across their faces.

“Girls, these are the two ponies I was telling you about.”

“Hello, my name is Shockwave. Please to meet your acquaintance.” Shockwave bowed his head, catching Rarity off guard.

“Oh my what a gentlecolt.” She said while fanning herself with a hoof.

Rainbow Dash sighed, “Cool it Rarity, he’s just some prissy stallion from, from… where are they from again?”

Soundwave looked at each of Twilight’s friends individually. He observed their features like Rainbow’s magenta eyes, Rarity’s three diamond cutie mark, and Fluttershy’s heart rate. “Scanning… collecting info on pony lifeforms.”

Twilight’s friends gasped at the same time.

“What was that all about and whats up with his voice, it sounds wierd?” Rainbow Dash asked Twilight.

Shockwave quickly spoke up, “My friend is just shy. He tends to do this whenever we meet new ponies.”

“Seems rather lame if you ask me -” Rainbow landed in front of the pegasus “- Guess his nervousness also affects his flying too.”

“Big talk from skittles”

“What did you call me?!”

“I called you skittles, I thought it would be appropriate since you commented on my voice. Like the terms says “whats goes around, comes around.”

“Listen here you monotone jerk, I am NOT skittles!”

“Correction… you are a bag of skittles. Taste the rainbow or in this case….Listen to the rainbows great comebacks…..Oh wait they're not great comebacks.”

“Huh, even I could come up with better insults than that and since you talk like a robot, I’ll just simply call you one. Robot!”

“Umm..Soundwave-” Shockwave tried to intervene but was cut off.

“Well I may sound a bit like a robot but at least my mane is not stupid I mean seriously, your mane is all over the damn place. Did a bunch of paint cans fall on you or something LOL.”

“Okay that’s enou-” Twilight tried but failed too.

“A bunch of paint cans, your insults are as weak as those wings of yours. Heh, I bet I could leave you in the dust. Probably as a mess on the ground!”

“Wait those were wings….I didn't realize they were due to their size.”

Rainbow flares her wings proudly. “These babies have electrified crowds and made me the fastest pony in ponyville. Do you even know how to use your wings?”

“Wings are inferior to Soundwave’s superiority!”

Soundwave and Rainbow Dash stood their ground, staring angrily at each other. The others were ready to intervene when suddenly they heard laughing from the two.

“Whaaaa?!” the ponies collectively yelled out.

Rainbow had her hoof on his shoulder, as his hoof was on her’s “You're awesome Soundwave.”

“No No….You’re awesome, I mean you bested every insult I could dish out.”

“Yeah but you got me good with that skittles insult.”

“Yeah but all jokes aside, I love you mane though, I think its really cool.”

“And I think you’re 20% cooler.”

“Thanks.”

“No prob. Hey later on do you want to go flying with me?”

“I would love to. Perhaps you can show me how to actually work these wings.”

“You mean you don’t know how to fly?” Dash asked with a worried look.

“Not yet but I’m sure an awesome flyer such as yourself can show me how.”

“I would love to Soundwave.”

The two stopped their admiration for each other once they saw both Shockwave and Twilight giving them angry looks.

“You two are something else, especially you Dash.”

“Soundwave, you’re actions are illogical at best. I dont get it, you two were insulting each other and now your friends!”

“Why are you biting my head off!”

“You should have finished what you started but instead you gave up and laughed it off.”

“Not all my battles have to end badly! We were having fun!”

“Yeah Like Soundwave said, we were just having fun, we didn't mean anything we said. I dont know why you guys are mad about it.”

“Well I’m mad because you two decided to argue in the morning. Not only that but all of this could have been avoided if you two hugged it out earlier.”

“Oh come on Twilight. It’s how pegasus have fun y’know despite being an alicorn now, you’re still the same old no fun unicorn that I use to call an egghead.”

“Wait...Whats an egghead, is that another word for ration?” Soundwave blurted out.

“Nope. It’s someone who doesn’t know how to have fun and always have their nose stuck in the books.”

Before Shockwave could protest, Twilight cleared her throat. “Okay that’s enough! We should’ve been halfway done with the tour by now but instead, we spent nearly most of our time here arguing.”

“I have to agree to some degree that staying here was a complete waste of time.” Shockwave added on.

“Then what are we waiting for -”Rainbow flew past Soundwave and behind Shockwave”-Then lets go then Egghead!”

“I can walk you know” Shockwave tried to protest but Rainbow continued shoving him closer to the door. “Twilight is she always like this?”

“You have no idea.”

Rainbow successfully made her way through the door with an annoyed Shockwave. “I’m starting to regret this mission already. I cant wait for us to harvest this planet.” he thought to himself. He thought until his thought were interrupted by Pinkie Pie jumping in front of his face.

“We should first go to the Sugarcube corner, I have a whole batch of cupcakes I want you guys to try out. Ooh ooh ooh, there’s also this humongous cake I’ve been working on that I hope you guys will like and -” Shockwave closes her mouth before she finishes.

“Please for the love of anything, just shut up.”

“Guess we should go to this Sugarcube Corner Shockwave.” Soundwave said as he stepped out of the library.

“Oh really, I thought you would you like to go fly with Dash over there.” Shockwave growled.

Soundwave pulled Shockwave to the side. “If we split up, I believe that we will collect more data this way. ” Soundwave grinned.

Shockwave sighed, “Fine but make sure that you are collecting data and NOT playing with the rainbow colored creature. I hope you’re not starting to make friends with organics Soundwave.”

“Negative, I will use her to acquire more data on this new land, nothing more. I will report back once I have completed this task.”

“Ok then but remember we can not raise any suspicions while we are here.”

“You guys coming or what?!” Rainbow yelled out.

The two decepticons returned to the group. “Ok then Soundwave, you can go fly with Dash while the rest of us goes to Sugarcube corner but I don't want you to cause any trouble.”

“Ok Mom.” Soundwave and Rainbow snickered under their breath to the annoyance of Shockwave. “I am not your mother, I am your boss for the time being Soundwave. Try to remember that, so do be careful.”

“Affirmative. Come on Dash lets go before Shockwave gives me a kiss on the cheek for luck.” Soundwave grinned as Dash snickered at his comment.

“I am not your mother. Now go before I change my mind.”

“Race ya!” Rainbow Dash quickly took to the skies with a rainbow trail behind her. Soundwave flapped his wings and took to the sky awkwardly. “Wait for me!”

Shockwave watched as Soundwave awkwardly flew into the sky with Rainbow Dash as he sighed. “Perhaps I should have made his an Earth type.” he mumbled under his breath as he felt a hoof on his shoulder. He looked over to see it was Applejack and her hoof.

“You okay sugarcube?”

“Humph…..I’m alright, lets just go.”

Written by: blackmaskthebrony1256 and Ryuku the Forlorn