Transformers: War for Friendship

Transformers: War for Friendship

Chapter 2: Friendship is Magic Part 2

“And to think, not one of you anticipated my return,” continued Nightmare Moon. Just as Twilight Sparkle had predicted, the Mare of Darkness had made her return, and was ready to plunge Equestria into eternal darkness. It seemed not even Princess Celestia had been able to stop her, as the bringer of the sun was gone.

“I did,” declared the faithful student of the now vanished princess, stepping forward. “I read the signs!”

“Clever girl…” said Nightmare Moon, “Too clever!” With that, the villain unleashed a bolt of deadly magic at Twilight Sparkle. Time seemed to slow as the bolt approached.

Suddenly, a roaring sound, followed by a crash heralded the arrival of a strange yellow vehicle with black stripes, which shifted into its bipedal form and dived in front of the would-be victim, taking the shot right to the chest, but still managing to turn himself onto his feet in a crouching position as he skidded back, his heel s stopping inches from Twilight’s face. A double barreled blaster deployed from his wrist, and he fired at Nightmare Moon, who managed to turn herself into a purple mist and disappear before the Energon bolts could injure her.

“Another one???” wondered Nightmare Moon aloud. Her train of thought was interrupted by a blue motorcycle* rolling up and shifting into a lean, blue and silver female Autobot. Nightmare Moon bared her teeth, but when she saw a green SUV* roll up and transform into a bulky, powerful looking robot with fists the size of full grown ponies.

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Twilight simply gaped up at her saviors as the turned to face her. She then looked at his friends in astonishment.

“Hey, ‘Bee, is that the one you were talking about? The purple one with the star on her but?” the bulky one asked, to which Bumblebee nodded.

“Again, Bumblebee?” chastised the blue and silver one, “you should have learned from what happened on Earth!”

“Hey, ease up on the kid, Arcee! You broke protocol back on Earth first, remember?” said Bulkhead.

“You’re right. I’m sorry, ‘Bee,” said Arcee.

“Excuse me,” interrupted Twilight, “but is Bumblebee going to be okay?” She pointed to the burning hole in his chest to emphasize her question. She could see a strange, glowing blue liquid leaking from it.

“He’ll be fine. He’s had worse,” reassured Bulkhead.

“That dark horse, she mentioned another one. That means she may have found Optimus or Ratchet,” pointed out Arcee.

“Or a ‘Con…” pointed out Bulkhead.

“Beep-beep-bip-bip-beep-beep,” pointed out Bumblebee.

“You’re right, ‘Bee. No way we’re gonna find out standing here talking. Let’s roll!” said Bulkhead, as the three Autobots transformed into their alternate modes and drove out of the Town Hall.

Twilight stood there a while, but shook her head, and bolted through the door back to the library, unaware of five ponies following her…

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“So, the thing I don’t understand is, what were those things that saved you from Nightmare Moon?” interrogated Rainbow Dash, as the six ponies trotted toward the Everfree Forest.

“The yellow one, Bumblebee, said he came from another world… to stop this really bad member of his race, who wants to overthrow the universe,” explained Twilight.

“Hahaha! That sounds like something out of some lame science fiction comic!” laughed Rainbow Dash.

“Fine, be scornful if you want, but something about him seemed… honest, I guess,” said Twilight.

Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes and continued flying. Twilight thought about the pegasus’s words until they came to the entrance of the Everfree Forest…

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“Let go.”

“What?!” screamed Twilight. Their venture had gone wrong, and now she was hanging off the edge of a cliff, with only Applejack’s hoof for support.

“Let go! You won’t hit the ground!” encouraged Applejack.

“That’s not going to happen!” said Twilight.

“Look into my eyes, Twilight,” said Applejack. “Trust me, and let go.”

Twilight looked and saw the honesty in the country pony’s eyes. She let go, and fell screaming… for less than a second. She opened her eyes to see she had landed on a massive hand that was just big enough for her to stand on. She looked  forward and saw two windows on what appeared to be a chest, then up into blue optics, belonging to a red, silver, and blue Autobot* even taller than Bulkhead. She noticed that while he had a powerful frame, he wasn’t as chubby looking as Bulkhead.

*

“Are you alright, little one?” asked the titan in a deep, powerful, but also gentle voice.

Twilight Sparkle stood up on the hands and looked up to see her savior looking at her with concern. “Thank you, um, what’s your name?”

“I am Optimus Prime,” answered the giant. “I am searching for my comrades. Have you seen any beings like me?”

“I’m fine,” replied the unicorn, “and I have! There was a yellow one called Bumblebee who told me about you, and his green and blue friends who helped save me from Nightmare Moon.”

“You met Bulkhead, Bumblebee, and Arcee? They’re safe… good… Who is Nightmare Moon?” asked Optimus Prime.

“Well…” Twilight told Optimus about Nightmare Moon’s plans to bring about eternal darkness, and how she and the five ponies accompanying her were going to help her find the Elements of Harmony to defeat her.

“It does my spark good to see that this world is not without its heroes. I wish you luck on your quest. Perhaps I may join you. I may find some of my friends on our way, and I could assist you if danger presents itself,” suggested Optimus Prime.

“Hey! We can handle a little danger!” snapped Rainbow Dash, flying up in Optimus Prime’s face, “right, girls?!”

“YEAH!” shouted Pinkie Pie, Rarity, and Applejack.

“Um, maybe?” whispered Fluttershy meekly.

“I apologize. I did not mean to offend,” said Optimus Prime, “However, I hope I might be a valuable ally to you, if you’ll allow me.”

“I don’t see any reason why you can’t,” stated Twilight.

“Well, well, look what we have here!” sneered an unfamiliar voice. The company turned to see three identical black, purple, and silver figures*, each slightly taller than Bumblebee, but with faceless heads, wheels on their shoulders, and more slender designs.

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“Vehicon troopers,  I advise you to stand down,” said Optimus Prime, “I have no desire to stain this world with Energon from our overly prolonged conflict.”

“Uh, guys, I think this might not be a good idea… this is Optimus Prime…” spoke one of the Vehicons nervously.

“Ah, quit your whining!” spoke up the third one, “There’s three of us, and one of him!”

“He’s right!” said the first one, “Vehicons, attack!”

“Remember that what happens now was your own doing,” spoke Optimus Prime, as a mask slid over the lower half of his face, and a blaster folded out of his right arm to cover his hand. He blasted the first Vehicon down, and grabbed the second one as it charged, grabbing it by the head and slamming it into the ground. The third one made his move by blasting Optimus Prime, who shrugged off the blasts and returned fire, transforming a second blaster from his left hand and firing with both blasters until the Vehicon fell down and didn’t get up. The first one began to get up and eyed the six ponies.

“Don’t move, Prime!” said the first Vehicon, aiming his blaster at the six ponies, who gasped in shock and fear. “One move,” said the Vehicon, “and I blast them to the other side of the Matrix! Now, you wouldn’t want to be the cause of any innocent deaths, would you?”

Optimus’s optics narrowed furiously in response, transforming his blasters away. “You dare?!” hissed Optimus Prime. “You dare threaten an innocent in my presence?!” roared the Prime in fury.

“Now, Prime, uh, don’t come closer… I’ll let them live if you-“ the unfortunate trooper never got to finish his sentence, Faster than he could blink, the leader of the Autobots punched him back, and a sword as long as the trooper’s arm slid out of Prime’s wrist, and he impaled the Vehicon through the chest.

Optimus Prime glared at the fallen Vehicon, before turning to the second Vehicon, who had now made it to his knees. “Leave,” spoke the Autobot leader, “Now…”

The Vehicon observed his dead comrades and wisely reverted to his black sports car mode, and rolled away.

With the threat dealt with, Optimus turned to the ponies. “Are you all alright?” asked Optimus, withdrawing his blade and mask.

“That was really, really scary…” whimpered Fluttershy, only to feel a gentle hand on her back.

“It is over now. They are gone, and as long as I am here, I shall protect you,” reassured Optimus Prime, prompting a small smile from Flutershy.

“What beastly monsters those Decepticons were!” noted Rarity.

“Yeah! Those guys acted like a bunch of meanies!” declared Pinkie Pie.

“Sadly, my race has as great a capacity for evil as it has for good,” Optimus Prime spoke.

“Wow! You’re the toughest thing I’ve ever seen! The way they were coming at you, and you were blasting them with those horns, and then when the other one tried to shoot us, you went with the sword, and POW!” said Rainbow Dash, excitedly, prompting a soft chuckle from Optimus Prime.

“Girls, we have to get moving. We need to stop Nightmare Moon, and fast,” pointed out Twilight Sparkle.

“Twilight’s right,” reasoned Applejack, “We can’t sit here talkin’. That one Decepticreep might come back with more unfriendly company.”

“Indeed,” agreed Optimus Prime, before shifting and changing into a red, long-nosed truck stood before them, its doors open. The ponies blinked in astonishment, before climbing into his cab.

“This is the coolest. Thing. Ever!” remarked Rainbow Dash.

With that, the mighty leader of the Autobots rolled out with his six passengers, all of them completely unaware of the purple mist trailing them…

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There had been many dangers and distractions, from a manticore which Optimus had held while Fluttershy tamed it, frightening trees that the Autobot leader nearly blasted until Pinkie Pie encouraged the company to laugh away their fears, a mournful sea serpent weeping for his damaged mustache who Rarity helped by sacrificing her tail, and Rainbow Dash overcoming her ambition to help her friends across the bridge (Optimus, though, had to jump across), the six ponies managed to make it to their destination. The castle looked ominous in the distance. However, the really concerning thing was, not only the army of Vehicon troopers, the two distinct looking Decepticons** standing together with the slender, winged one instructing them, but also the massive, sharp, deadly looking warship between them and the castle.

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“How are we gonna get past ‘em?” asked Applejack.

“So big! So many guns! So scary!” squeaked a panicking Fluttershy.

“Shhh! They’ll hear us!” whispered Rainbow Dash.

“Wait,” said Pinkie Pie, “Look over there!”

The others looked over to where she was pointing, and they saw Bumblebee, Arcee, and Bulkhead huddled behind a rock. The company quietly made there way over to them, and the three Autobots turned around to see Optimus and the ponies.

“Beep-do-weep,” buzzed Bumblebee, shaking the hand of his leader. He then looked down at Twilight and smiled at her, and she in turned smiled and waved at him.

“Welcome back, boss-bot,” greeted Bulkhead.

“Good to see you, sir,” smiled Arcee.

“And you as well, all of you,” smiled Optimus Prime, “Have any of you seen Ratchet?”

“’Fraid not,” said Bulkhead. “None of us could pick up his energy signature, which means he’s either he’s in stasis or…”

“Hold up a moment, who’s Ratchet?” asked Applejack.

“He’s our medic, and one of Prime’s oldest friends,” said Arcee.

“Oh my gosh… You must be really sad right now! I can’t even think about not knowing where my best friend is, or what happened to him!” exclaimed Pinkie sadly, before being shushed by Rainbow Dash, who glanced over at the Decepticons cautiously.

“All we can do is hope Ratchet is alive,” said Optimus Prime, “Right now, we must listen to what the Decepticons are up to.”

The six ponies and four Autobots listened to the Decepticons speak.

“You know, Soundwave, it is possible that Megatron was destroyed in the explosion, or sent off to parts away from here, and we’re simply wasting resources,” sneered the slender, silver Decepticons with clawed fingers and wings jutting out of his back.

Soundwave simply stared at him in response, the expression on his face (if he even had one) unseen beneath his black visor.

“You’re right, of course!” gulped Starscream. “We must make sure our precious leader survived!”

“Commander Starscream, I’m reading a powerful Dark Energon signature, approaching fast,” said one of the Vehicon troopers to the winged ‘Con.

“Excellent,” hissed Starscream, barely containing his frustration at the news. His ambitions, it seemed, would be put on hold, all thanks to that overrated pile of-

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“Slag,” said Bulkhead, “Megatron is alive, and on his way here!”

“Shhh!” hissed Arcee. “Do you want them to hear us???”

“We must form a plan…” said Optimus, thinking.

“Hmm… Compared to them, we’re really small. If we’re careful and quiet, we might be able to sneak past them,” reasoned Twilight.

“It is too dangerous,” said Optimus Prime. “We cannot allow you to risk your lives for us.”

“It seems,” spoke a deep, gravelly voice, “That your lives are already in danger!”

The Autobots turned to see a Decepticon the size of Optimus standing before them, glowering at them menacingly.

“Megatron…” Optimus Prime narrowed his optics and engaged his battle mask at the sight of his old foe.

“Optimus Prime!” snarled Megatron, baring a menacing grin on his face.

“Girls, run,” ordered Optimus Prime, prompting the ponies to scatter.

“Don’t worry, Prime, I’ll be sure to say ‘Hello’ to your new pets once I’m finished with you!” sneered Megatron, blasting Optimus Prime into the rock they were crouching behind. He opened fire, prompting the four Autobots to transform and withdraw, catching the attention of Starscream and the other Decepticons.

“Megatron! You are alive!” said Starscream, feigning a convincing elated tone in his voice.

“Spare me the theatrics, Starscream, and start fighting!” roared Megatron, who chased after the Autobots, tackling Optimus Prime, who transformed to robot mode as the two leaders tumbled forward.

“Decepticons, attack!” ordered Starscream, firing a missile at Arcee, who swerved to avoid it. The femme then sped through a group of Vehicon troopers, quickly transforming to robot mode and leaping into the air, using her arm blades to slice them down before transforming again to vehicle mode and running down Starscream, burning his face by spinning her front wheel, only for Starscream to flip her over, prompting her to transform. The seeker seized her with both hands around her throat and began to squeeze. “I’m going to crush you just as I crushed Cliffjumper! Die, Autobot!” he snarled, tightening his grip.

Bumblebee sped through and transformed, launching himself into the air from his momentum and blasting down two Vehicons, then delivering a flying into Soundwave’s visor, causing the communications ‘Con to stagger back as his visor cracked. Soundwave looked up at Bumblebee and the two began trading blows, matching each other until Soundwave knocked Bumblebee down, and then kicked him in the side. The young Autobot refused to stay down and lept up at his opponent, ready to face him once more.

Bulkhead plowed through Vehicons and transformed, maces folding over his hands, and he used those maces to pound charging Vehicons left and right. The Vehicons began to pile up on him, but the big green giant kept pounding and kicking his aggressors, refusing to be brought down.

Optimus Prime kicked Megatron off of him and lept to his feet, punching the Lord of the Decepticons in the jaw, in the arm, in the side, and in the jaw again. Megatron backhanded the Autobot leader across the face, causing him to stagger back, and then firing at him with his fusion cannon. Optimus jumped to the side, dodging the blast, and retaliated with a blast of his own, that sent Megatron smashing through the castle wall, with Optimus Prime charging after him.

“So… awesome!” squeed Rainbow Dash.

“Come on, girls! We have a task to do, too!” reminded Twilight, and the six ponies charged into the castle, leaving the battle outside.

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“NNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!” screamed Nightmare Moon as the Elements of Harmony blasted her dark powers away, restoring her to being Princess Luna.

The six ponies awoke, excited to find the new forms of the Elements of Harmony accessorizing them. Princess Celestia suddenly

appeared from a beam of sunlight. She landed gracefully on her hooves, and gazed at her subjects with pride.

However, just as she opened her mouth to speak, she was interrupted by the sounds of roars of battle, and Optimus was sent crashing through the wall.

“Optimus! Are you alright?” asked Twilight Sparkle.

“Get out of here! Hide!” Optimus commanded, rolling onto his feet.

It was too late, though, as a Cybertronian jet flew down the hall, destroying walls and then the doorway with its great wingspan. It then shifted and changed into the furious, scowling face of Megatron.

“Well, well,” smirked Megatron chillingly… “It seems I am in a position to kill two birds with one stone, in a very literal sense!”

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Back outside, Bulkhead managed to shrug off the Vehicons trying to overpower him and transformed, driving his way to where Arcee was still having the life choked out of her by Starscream.

“You… killed… Cliff…” Arcee gasped, her optics widening in shock as she gazed upon her partner’s killer.

“Yes,” smirked Starscream, “and now, I shall do the same to you!”

“Not on my watch!” said Bulkhead, rolling up and punching the Seeker off of her.

“Thanks for the save, ‘Bulk!” said Arcee, before turning to glare at Starscream as the Decepticon rose to his feet. “I can take things from here,” she said, glaring with fury at Starscream, who looked into the window of the castle, and then smirked at the Autobots.

“I’d stick around, but I have more interesting matters to look into. Give my regards to Cliffjumper!” gloated the Air Commander, transforming into jet mode and speeding toward the castle, as Vehicons began to swarm the two Autobots.

Bumblebee was managing to get a few good hits in, but Soundwave was still blocking most of his blows, and the silent Decepticon was managing to get more hits in than the scout was. Bumblebee was knocked on his back for the third time, but instead of getting up, he fired his wrist-mounted blasters at Soundwave, knocking the Decepticon back until he fell over. However, as Bumblebee glanced at his enemy’s chest, he could see something was missing… and then it hit him.

Soundwave’s surveillance drone, Laserbeak, had been deployed, and was now firing at the scout, who tried to shield the blasts and fire at Laserbeak. By the time he managed to shoot the bird-like ‘Con out of the sky, Soundwave grabbed him by the back of his throat, and aimed his blaster right at the scout’s neck…

Suddenly, Soundwave turned, only to get backhanded in the visor, which widened the crack. A red and white Autobot* with a crest over his eyes stood protectively in front of the yellow scout.

*

“Beep!” exclaimed Bumblebee with joy, “Bip-bip-beep-beep-do-weep?”

“Don’t worry about that now,” said the red and white Autobot, pointing to the castle, where they could see the grave scene inside. “Go. Help Optimus. I’ll hold off Soundwave and Laserbeak,” he said.

Bumblebee nodded and transformed, driving after his leader.

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“Even if you kill me, Megatron, others will rise to defeat your tyranny,” warned Optimus Prime.

“Your fools can martyr themselves all they want! I’ll simply destroy you all!” declared Megatron, firing at Optimus and the ponies.

However, the blast never met its mark. A yellow muscle car sped through and transformed into the familiar shape of Bumblebee, who leapt in front of Megatron, taking the full force of the blast to center of his torso, knocking the scout back into Optimus, who kneeled on one knee, cradling his fallen comrade in his arms.

“BUMBLEBEE!” screamed the ponies.

Megatron snarled in rage as he approached Optimus, gazing upon the fallen Autobot in the Prime’s arm. “What a waste of Energon!” he hissed angrily, prompting angry glares from Optimus and Celestia.

“Is that how you react to the loss of life?!” cried out Celestia furiously. “He stepped into save his leader, and you lack the honor to respect that?!?” Her eyes glowed a heavenly white, and she blasted Megatron in his chest, knocking the Decepticon leader backward. Megatron raised his arm cannon, only for another blast to hit him, from a distant source.

“As horrible as I was, thou art twice the monster I ever was!” growled Princess Luna, standing beside her sister, ready for a fight.

“Oh, woe is me! I am faced with a pair of pint-sized pony princesses! How ever shall I survive?” exclaimed Megatron sarcastically.

“You face all of us, Megatron! Do the wise thing, and surrender!” proclaimed Optimus Prime as he rose to his feet, aiming his blaster at Megatron, who snarled and then lunged at them. He was rewarded with three blasts to his chest, which sent him toppling out the window.

“Is he… gone?” asked Fluttershy, nervously.

“He’s survived worse,” said Princess Celestia.

“You’ve met him before?” asked Optimus Prime.

“Well…” began Celestia, but for the second time that day, Megatron interrupted her.

“You think you’ve defeated ME?!” snarled the Lord of the Decepticons, as he hovered outside the hole where the window used to be, another hole visible in his chest armor. “You think you could defeat MEGATRON?!” he roared.

“Maybe not them,” spoke a familiar, raspy voice. Suddenly, Starscream crashed in from the far window and landed in front of Optimus Prime and the ponies. “But I can!” he smirked, firing his missiles into the open wound on Megatron’s chest.

“STAAARRRRSSCRRREEEEAAAAAMMMM!!!” roared Megatron in rage, attempting to power through the missiles.

“Like you didn’t see it coming,” sneered Starscream, “All those years of pain and humiliation! You’ve had this coming for a long time! And now,” he grinned menacingly, “it’s your turn to suffer for every indignity you’ve ever caused me!”

Optimus Prime picked up his ion blaster and joined Starscream in blasting Megatron, and Princess Celestia and even Twilight Sparkle joined in, blasting the Decepticon tyrant with their unicorn and alicorn magic.

“You…! cannot…! destroy…! me…! I am… MEGATROOOOONNNN!!!” screamed Megatron as he finally fell, his chest torn apart by the combined firepower.

Optimus turned to Starscream. “Thank you, Starscream. It astonishes me to say that we owe you our lives.”

“He had it coming to him,” sneered Starscream.

“You know, you can lead the Decepticons toward peace. Stray from Megatron’s path, and together, we can lead our race to peace on a restored Cybertron,” he proposed.

“That’s absolutely-!” began Starscream, but he lowered his head in thought. “Actually… hmm… An alliance…” he mused aloud. The ponies and the leader of the Autobots looked at the Decepticon Seeker with hope. “No…” he said at last. “It just wouldn’t work. At least, it wouldn’t for long. We’ve gone too far, and… some of us… myself, among them… have done too much. Too much has happened between our races for us to have a lasting peace.”

Optimus sighed heavily. “I understand. I suppose that is the greatest tragedy of this war,” he said, mournfully. “Know this, though. We will stay and defend this planet and its people.”

“I’d expect no less from an Autobot,” smirked Starscream. “I shall try to leave the ponies out of it for now, but if they get in my way, I will not be merciful,” he warned. With that he transformed, and flew off into the sky, toward the Decepticon warship.

Optimus sighed and lowered his gaze. Twilight looked up at him with concern. “Are you alright, Optimus?” she asked.

“Please, reserve your concern for Bumblebee,” said Optimus, walking over to the scout and cradling him in his arms, then carrying him outside. The ponies looked at each other and followed him.

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Ratchet finished his repairs on Bumblebee. “His wound is severe, but not beyond repair. I should be able to save him.”

“Thank you, old friend,” said Optimus Prime, as Celestia and Luna stepped forward.

“I have interviewed Princess Luna thoroughly, and the Elements of Harmony seem to have purged her of all traces of Nightmare Moon. She should be able to return to her royal duties,” said Princess Celestia.

“Are you certain I deserve such responsibilities, after all I’ve done?” asked Luna, looking up at her sister, ashamed of herself.

“We’ll see how you do,” said Celestia, smiling at her little sister.

Pinkie Pie bounced forward. “Yay! We have two princesses now, Bumblebee’s still gonna be with us, and we have new Autobot friends! Do you know what this calls for?”

While the Autobots glanced at her in confusion, the other five Bearers of the Elements of Harmony looked at each other with knowing smiles.

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Much later, Princess Celestia and Optimus Prime stood together at the celebration Ponyville was holding for, not only the Summer Sun Celebration, but also the return of Princess Luna.

“It has been a while since I’ve seen such a peaceful sight,” remarked Optimus Prime.

“I presume you have no way of getting back to your planet?” asked Celestia.

“We cannot,” sighed Optimus, “Even if we had a Space Bridge or a ship, we could not leave your world at the mercy of the Decepticons.”

“Thank you, Optimus. You’d be allowed to stay, anyway, but we do appreciate your help,” said Celestia. “Besides,” she continued with a smile, as she turned her gaze on the ponies, “it seems our people are getting along nicely.”

Optimus turned his gaze on them as well, smiling as Applejack sat down on Bumblebee’s shoulder and put her hat on his head as the young Autobot leaned on his temporary crutches. Bulkhead entertained Pinkie Pie and some foals as he described a previous adventure during his adventures with the Wreckers. Arcee and Rainbow Dash seemed to be entertaining themselves by racing each other, while Fluttershy and Ratchet discussed the differences of healing wounded animals and healing wounded Autobots.

“Princess Celestia,” said Optimus Prime, “I would like to propose an alliance between our species. You are a brave, but peaceful race, and I admire you for those qualities.”

“It would be an honor, Mr. Prime,” smiled Celestia.

“You may address me as Optimus,” said Optimus Prime, as he kneeled before the Princess.

“If that’s so, then you don’t need to be so formal with me,” said Celestia. She and the Prime smiled at each other, and turned to join the rest of the party. They walked up to Twilight Sparkle.

“So, will you be coming back to Canterlot with Luna and I after the party?” asked the Princess.

“That’s just it,” sighed Twilight, “just as I realize how wonderful it is to have friends, I have to say goodbye.”

“Hmm…” considered Celestia, “In that case, you may stay in Ponyville, and report to me your discoveries about the Magic of Friendship. Besides, I think Optimus and the others will need friends of their own to help them to live among ponies while they live here on our world.”

“R-Really?” beamed Twilight, “YES!”

Both leaders smiled as the unicorn mare jumped up and down in an excited circle around them, with shouts of “YES!”

Optimus chuckled. “It seems this is the beginning of a new adventure,” he mused, as the screen closed… until a certain pink pony popped up through the closing hole, causing it to stop.

“Oh my gosh!” squeed Pinkie Pie, turning to you and I, “Are you excited? I’m excited! I’ve never been so excited! Well, except for the time I went *GAAASP*! But really, what could top that?”