Beast Wars: Battle for Equestria

"Rodimus Primal, Maximize!"

Silverbolt and Blackarachnia could only watch with astonishment as the lion that had emerged from one of the stasis pods the Maximals had recovered transformed from beast to robot. Without another thought, both of them knew that this Maximal was anything but ordinary.

"What are you looking at me like that for?" asked the newly born maximal. "Do you see something in me that bothers you?"

"N-n-no," said Silverbolt, nervously. "It's just that…well…the word 'Primal' is in your name and we were wondering if maybe…you were related to our leader, Optimus Primal."

"I am related," replied Rodimus. "I am Optimus Primal's brother, having been destroyed in the war for Cybertron, but thanks to all of you, my spark was saved from Megatron and I have been reborn."

Rodimus then walked around to see the surroundings that he was in.

"If you are wondering where we are," said Blackarachnia. "We are on the planet Earth. As for the land we are on, we aren't sure."

"Hmm, so you say," remarked Rodimus. "But, I must ask you something. Where is Optimus Primal?"

"There was an attack not far from here," answered Silverbolt. "He and several of our comrades left to deal with the situation. Megatron might have had something to do with it."

Knowing that his brother was more than likely in danger, Rodimus stepped towards the castle's doors and flung them wide open.

"We must find him," said Rodiums. "If Megatron is out there, then may the heavens help him. Come on!"

"But, what about the rest of the pods?" asked Blackarachnia to Silverbolt. "They'll be left unguarded. I will stay and guard them. You go with the king kitty."

Although Silverbolt was uneasy in letting his loved one stay alone, he had to go with Rodimus, despite the fact he still had a busted wing.

"If you say so," he sighed and went over to Rodimus. Nodding his head, Rodimus went back to beast mode and went out to find his brother and the rest of the Maximals.

Blackarachnia then went back to guarding the remaining stasis pods, but she had no idea that a creature was hiding at the edge of the Everfree Forest, growling quietly and waiting for a moment to strike.

…

Meanwhile, back in Canterlot, the two Wonderbolts that had seen the fight between the Maximals and the Predacons were reporting to Celestia and Luna as well as Twilight and her friends about what had happened.

"Are you certain that this is connected to that dragon that attacked Princess Ember?" asked Celestia as she read the report.

"We don't know about any dragon," said one of the Wonderbolts. "All we know is that a pony was attacked by these creatures that supposedly were not born nor from Equestria."

"Well, we now believe that what you are saying," remarked Luna. "Is connected to what has been transpiring over the past few days. There is more to this than meets the eye, I can assure you all. Were there any ponies that were involved in this fight?"

"One," answered the Wonderbolt. "He was a big red stallion."

Applejack's heart sank upon hearing the words 'big red stallion' for in her mind, that could only mean one thing.

"Did you say 'big red stallion'"? asked Applejack, nervously darting over to the Wonderbolt, clutching the cadet's uniform with her hooves. "Did you? Because if you are, then that big red stallion happens to be my big brother."

"I can assure you," said the Wonderbolt, pushing Applejack away. "That your brother is fine. The other group of creatures defended the stallion and managed to scare off the offending parties."

"Thank Celestia," gasped Applajack, taking off her hat in relief. "Where is he now?"

"He was being led by the group that had saved him away from the forest," said the other Wonderbolt. "Supposedly, they were heading to where the stallion lives."

Realizing that her brother was heading for Sweet Apple Acres, Applejack immediately darted from the throne room.

"Sorry y'all, I need to get back to my brother," she cried, turning around to face them.

"Then go to him, Applejack," advised Celestia and Applejack bowed respectfully before leaving the throne room. Once the farm pony was gone, Celestia knew that this recent attack was a sign that something was happening. "Waspinator."

The former Predacon was summoned to the throne room and transformed before his protectors.

"Yes, what do you want Waspinator to do?" he asked.

"Follow Applejack and provide her protection," answered Celestia, motioning for the two Wonderbolts to join him. "If there are more of you out there who are bent on attacking ponies, then I want to be on our guard. Understand?"

"Waspinator understands," he replied and flanked by the two Wonderbolts, Waspinator left the throne room.

"Something tells me," said Rainbow Dash, nervously. "That this is something that not even the Magic of Friendship is going to help us defeat so easily. I have a feeling that this means that a war has started."

"I have to agree with you, Rainbow Dash," added Twilight, before turning to her fellow princesses. "We need to send a warning to all of Equestria that everypony needs to be on their guard at all times. I will send a message to Cadence and Shining Armor to be on their guard."

"Leave that to us, Twilight," ordered Celestia. "All that matters is that you spread the message to Ponyville. If Applejack's brother was targeted at random, who knows who could be next?"

…

At the same time, Big MacIntosh led the Maximals towards the edge of his home, Sweet Apple Acres.

"Is this where you live?" asked Rhinox.

"Eeyup," answered Big MacIntosh, who was also disappointed that he had lost his entire order in the attack. "This is my home, Sweet Apple Acres. I don't know how Granny is going to react when I tell her that the order was lost."

"Eh, just be thankful you are alive and kicking, Big Red," chuckled Rattrap. "Go on, we'll cover you as you head home. Go on! Get lost!"

"Rattrap!"

"What?"

Big MacIntosh didn't seem to care about what was being said. He needed to be here at Sweet Apple Acres, he needed to be home where he belonged. Just then, they all heard the sounds of buzzing coming towards them and Optimus looked to find out the source of what it was.

"What in the…?" he remarked when he saw Waspinator and the two Wonderbolts flying overhead. "Waspinator? How did…?"

"I don't know what bug boy is up to," said Cheetor, taking out his gun and pointing it right at Waspinator. "But, I think we need to take him out."

"Hold it, Cheetor!" cried Optimus, ordering Cheetor to lower his weapon. "Waspinator's being escorted by those ponies. Something tells me that Waspinator isn't with the Predacons."

"How could you be so sure, big bot?" asked Cheetor. "It might just be a ploy to get us to attack those ponies."

Optimus stood his ground and it was at that moment, he saw Applejack running right towards them. But, Applejack was going so fast that she ignored the Maximals altogether.

"Guess we'd better get going," suggested Rattrap.

"Wait," said Optimus. "I want to talk to these Ponies and get answers about where we are and why Waspinator is here too."

Transforming into Beast mode, the Maximals made their way up to Sweet Apple Acres to get some answers about where they were.

…

Back in the Everfree Forest, Rodimus Prime and Silverbolt were making their way through the forest when they began to hear the sounds of growling.

"What is that noise?" asked Silverbolt. "I don't know where its coming from, and yet, I know the creature that is making that noise. If only I could transform when at the ready. But, Rodimus, how did your spark evade Megatron's capture?"

"It was by luck, Silverbolt," answered Rodimus. "Ever since I was killed in the Great War on Cybertron, I always thought that I would never rest in peace as long as Megatron was still alive."

"Well, he is still alive," said Silverbolt. "As a matter of fact, we were bringing him back to Cybertron so he could face charges for his crimes. But, he escaped to this strange land and well, he's on the loose again."

Then, the sounds of growling were heard again and before either one of them could react, the creature, revealing himself to be a Velociraptor, leapt from the bushes and stared down at Silverbolt. Silverbolt let out a sharp gasp upon realizing that the creature staring on top of him was very familiar to him.

"Impossible," gasped Silverbolt as Rodimus transformed to robot mode to try and aid Silverbolt from the Velociraptor's wrath and fury. "Rodimus, don't hurt him! He's one of ours!"

"It's a trick!" cried Rodimus who attempted to fire, but the creature swung his gun away and headbutted Rodimus in the chest.

"It's no trick," said the Velociraptor, growling loudly and roaring loudly. "Dinobot, Maximize!"

And the velociraptor transformed into a robot and Silverbolt could hardly believe what he was seeing in front of him: Dinobot, who was born a Predacon, lived a warrior and died a Maximal hero…was alive.

END OF CHAPTER 5