Grimlock: Age of Equestria

The sound of a sigh met the ear fins of a young dragon. He looked up to see his adoptive sister, Twilight sparkle, a bipedal mammal called a 'human', staring at a book.

The title, not seen, read "Legends of Warriors", though she was searching for one chapter in particular. Her black hair had a purple highlight in it, her skin white from staying in and reading who knows how many hours of the day, her eyes purple, busy reading a book. The strangest thing about her was the large, lavender angel wings on her back.

"Twilight, I'm getting really worried about you. You've been looking in that book for two hours now." The young, warm blooded reptile replied. His scales were a dark purple, emerald green eyes with slitted pupils were full of worry. His spinal plates were the same light green as his underbelly scales.

"Well, reports of giant metal men are flooding into my castle and I don't know anything about them." Twilight rasped, growling under her breath. "The only story I can find is about a "metal knight" who protected the innocent thousands of years ago, it's said he can transform into a metallic dragon with no magic at all."

"A metal dragon? That's impossible!" Spike commented, making Twilight smile.

"That's what I thought too! And get this; he was supposedly strong enough to take Celestia, Discord, and Luna on in a battle." Twilight said, giggling, before rolling her eyes. "That's impossible..."

She stopped her giggling when saw a picture, drawn by the author; the picture had a giant, bipedal, metal creature. It had a massive staff in one hand, it's helmet looking like an ancient knight. It was massive, towering over a statue of Discord and Celestia herself. It's eyes were glowing red, the metal grey on it's body. on its shoulders were the upper and lower jaws of, what appeared to be, a dragon.

In the background, the carcass of a dragon met her eyes, limbs torn off, leaving blood all over. Half of it's skull was torn off, its eyes were lifeless. One of its wings was burned, and it wasn't easy to burn a dragon. They usually use lava as baths, believe it or not.

She started to read over what the story said, each word subtracting her previous doubt, before gaining a grim look. On the story, the chapter was called, "Me Grimlock-KING!"

When we first met this "Grimlock", he was at first identified as a unintelligent brute. He had no manners at all, thought every creature was weak, even our Goddess, Celestia. He, as stupid as he seemed, spoke Equish easily, as if it were a second language for him. He proclaimed himself as a King, as unbelievable as it is, and challenged others rule constantly.

As it turns out, behind the scenes, this creature was very intelligent, despite his brute attitude, and had a fondness for the Goddesses, Celestia and Luna, seeing them as allies, friends even. That all changed when a dragon attacked Canterlot.

The two titans clashed for what seemed eternity, but as Grimlock was seemingly beat, he...changed. His body made a strange sound as it morphed into something else. Grinding parts slammed into each other as a shadow loomed over everyone. Flames erupted from this new monster's jaws, it giving a metallic roar as it stomped towards the dragon. Its head was rounded, smoke billowing from its nostrils, two horns at the back of its skull.

A orange glow was shown every time it opened its jaws, the many rows of teeth terrifying uncountable citizens. His arms were gigantic compared to ours, but looked laughably small compared to the rest of his body, but no one dared laughed. His legs held three toed feet with talons, the untold power propelling him forward.

Unprepared, was the dragon, that the flames burned its wing, making an unearthly howl escape it's jaws. The two clashed again, however, the beast once known as Grimlock overpowered the dragon, almost as if he was playing cat and mouse with the poor, century old reptile.

As the dust cleared, the creatures, Grimlock, stood victorious, but at a cost. He showed everyone he may be an ally, but, he was still a monster on the inside. He disappeared, not seen for many years. Soon, centuries passed by, and a statue was dedicated to him in the castle, though, everyone would rather see it burn at that time.

Legends say he shall awaken again when Equestria is in danger. The legendary warrior shall return when a new princess is in ruling, and the land is threatened by a force of pure destruction. They shall be prepared for Equestria's Extinction.

Twilight was sick to her stomach after reading, barely able to contain her bile from the picture, promptly closed the book. "Whatever, it's an old tale, probably exaggerated. C'mon Spike, we've got to meet Celestia for the plans."

Spike waddled off to her, unaware that he too, was part of this new story. As they wandered off, the trees in the Everfree forest shook from impact tremors, birds taking flight to avoid being destroyed by the creature.

"Interesting..." A metallic voice muttered, a large bipedal walking through the trees. "These organics are just like the small creatures on Terra...This requires more data and research. Perhaps some new test subjects to see if they feel pain like the ones back on the dirt covered planet."

A single, yellow eye observed the area, before it gave a gruff sigh. "These new creatures give a strange energy reading. Hmm..." It started to walk again, a large cannon for its right arm knocking a tree down. "I think I should pay them a visit."