Beast Wars: Battle for Equestria

"Idiots! I am surrounded by complete idiots!" cried Megatron, angrily as he stormed in front of his Predacon warriors. "Unable to destroy an inhabitant of this land to make our prescense known!"

"But, royalty," protested Inferno. "The Maximals…"

"…have come for me. That is obvious, Inferno," interrupted Megatron. "What we need to do is to increase our forces. When I escaped from the Maximals' captivity, I managed to recover a dozen sparks from the Earth's atmosphere."

Megatron then showed off the dozen sparks that were contained inside a dozen spheres.

"And what you are about to see my loyal warriors," explained Megatron. "Is that an army of Predacons will defeat the Maximals once and for all as well as give us this land as a Predacon colony. Why with these sparks, I can resurrect the Predacons that fought alongside us in the war for Cybertron. But, there is one Predacon that I must bring back."

Megatron then turned over towards a spark that was in a black sphere. All of the Predacons could see that it was a spark that was hungry for life, hungry to be reborn.

"Yes," chuckled Megatron, evilly. "Hungry again for life, aren't we?"

The rest of the Predacons watched as Megatron removed the cap of the sphere and the spark flew out, hastily flying out of the container, nearly flying into Quickstrike, who managed to get out of the way. The spark then proceeded to form into a creature made entirely of skeleton, a skeleton of a velociraptor.

"Hopefully this time, Transmetal 2 Dinobot," said Megatron. "You remember whom you serve."

The Dinobot clone let out a loud roar as he transformed from beast to robot, his one laser eye moving around the cave.

"And I am sure that you remember the rest of your comrades," remarked Megatron. "Surely you remember Inferno and Quickstrike."

"Yeah, the bot that incinerated us," muttered Quickstrike, but his mutters did not go unnoticed.

"What did you say?" asked Megatron, glaring at the scorpion/cobra fuzor, which caused him to back away nervously.

"Uh, nothing," whimpered Quickstrike. "Nothing, just saying something to myself, boss."

"Furthermore," sighed Megatron. "You have two new comrades to work with, Dinobot II. Meet Shockwave and Soundwave."

"I like you," chuckled Soundwave, his broken screen taking a picture of the diabolical monster clone of Dinobot. "You share the same desire as me."

Hearing this, Dinobot II laughed at the remark that Soundwave had made.

"Now then, Dinobot II," said Megatron, getting back to the business at hand. "What you are on is a land that is quite different from the land the Beast Wars were fought on. What we are here for is…how should I say it… something of tremendous value in an effort to restore Cybertron according to our vision. But, in order to do that, we need slaves and these four legged creatures seem like the perfect choice. But in order to gain the work of these creatures, we need to collect them, every single one of them. I know that there are stasis pods around this land. I need you to track them down, Dinobot II."

Dinobot II smiled at this order as he listened.

"Furthermore, there is one other thing to keep in mind," continued Megatron. "If the Maximals attack you, don't let them intimidate you for their Transmetal bodies are gone and thus, they are nothing more than weak animals. So, slag them if necessary. And if you see any of these four legged creatures, bring them back here to me. Now go!"

"As you command," snarled Dinobot II and he darted out of the cave and into the Everfree Forest.

"Royalty, someone should accompany him," cautioned Inferno. "Send me with him."

"Not quite, Inferno," replied Megatron, looking over towards another black sphere containing half of a spark. "I have Dinobot II's half-brother just waiting to come back to life, but this time, he will learn just who is in charge here."

…

Meanwhile, Optimus and the rest of the Maximals spent the rest of the night following the royal guardsponies and Waspinator back towards Canterlot Castle. Once dawn had come up, they passed through the gates of Canterlot Castle.

"What a magnificent place!" gasped Silverbolt, taking in all that they were seeing. "A place similar to Cybertron…isn't it?"

"Eh, we're nothing more than houseguests, Bird Dog," yawned Rattrap. "And this houseguest needs some shuteye."

"Not until we find out what is going on," said Optimus. "Perhaps whoever we are being led to knows of Megatron's whereabouts."

Stepping up to the doors leading to the throne room, Optimus took a deep breath, not knowing what to expect. The doors then opened, revealing the hallway with the stained glass windows depicting some of the most important events in Equestria's history.

"Check it out!" gasped Cheetor, taking in the sights of the hallway. "Talk about living it large!"

"Nothing more basic than this," remarked Nightscream. "We had nothing like this back on Cybertron. If only the Preds didn't poison Cybertron into what it is now."

"Once we recapture Megatron," said Rhinox. "I am sure that the Maximal elders will want to do something about giving a place of honor for Cybertron's accomplishments."

"Wonder who this weirdo is."

The Maximals then turned to see Rattrap looking up at a stained glass window depicting one of the two defeats of the former enemy of Equestria, Discord.

"Seems to me like he got his beast modes screwed up or something," he laughed.

"Rattrap, come on," said Optimus, a hint of impatience in his voice. "Let's just focus on the task at hand, all right?"

Standing at the doors of the throne room, the Maximals watched as the guards opened the doors and there standing at her throne was Princess Celestia along with her sister, Princess Luna along with Twilight Sparkle and her friends as well as Princess Ember.

"Waspinator brought Maximals to you, Princess," said Waspinator as he flew over to the princesses' side.

"Um, they look like ordinary animals," whispered Fluttershy to Rainbow Dash. "I think they just got displaced or something."

"Let's just wait and see," replied Rainbow Dash to her fellow Pegasi.

Stepping forward, the Maximals looked up at the Princesses and saying their activation codes, they all went from their Beast modes to their Robot modes. Optimus then stepped forward and bowed towards the princesses.

"I am Princess Celestia," said Celestia, stepping down towards Optimus. "Benevolent and supreme ruler of the Kingdom of Equestria. This is my sister and co-ruler, Princess Luna and my most faithful student, Princess Twilight Sparkle. You may rise."

"Princesses," said Optimus, acknowledging Celestia as well as Luna and Twilight. "I am Optimus Primal, leader of the Maximals, a race of robotic warriors from the planet Cybertron and descendants of the Autobots. We have come seeking Megatron, the leader of our enemies, the Predacons, who was seen on this land."

"Yes, that is what I summoned you," said Celestia. "Recently, Equestria's Dragon Lord, Princess Ember was attacked by a creature that transformed from Dragon to a creature similar to yours."

"Yeah," added Pinkie Pie. "A dragon that was quite the party popper, wasn't he, Ember?"

"If you say so," she muttered, folding her arms and looking away. "He nearly killed me."

"Then, where is he?" asked Rhinox.

"How should I know?" remarked Ember, looking over towards the Maximals. "He knocked me out cold when I tried to find out who he was?"

"Uh, don't your scales in a bunch," said Rattrap, walking over to Ember. "Name's Rattrap, demolition expert for the Maximals, by the way."

"Excuse him, Princesses," said Optimus, trying to ignore Rattrap's inappropriate behavior. "This is Rhinox, second-in-command of our group as well as our technical advisor."

"Hello, nice to meet you."

"My Patrol scout, Cheetor."

"Ever need a problem, I am on it quick, Princesses," said Cheetor, respectfully. "You can certainly trust this cat."

"Our combat specialists, Dinobot and Blackarachina, who are also former Predacons."

Both Dinobot and Blackarachnia gave each other looks as this was the first time after all, that they were working together. Still, Optimus continued introducing his troops to the rulers of Equestria.

"Our Aerial Assault officers, Silverbolt and Nightscream."

"Hmm, this place certainly smells different than the castle we have been staying in," remarked Silverbolt, who was taking a liking to Canterlot Castle.

"And I am sure you know who Waspinator is," finished Optimus. "Clearly he no longer works for Megatron."

"I do not, Optimus Primal," he replied as he flew between Celestia and Luna. "Waspinator is finding himself quite content with Princess sisters."

Knowing that it was possible Waspinator was really spying for Megatron, Optimus remained on the task at hand.

"Well, you must be the strange folks that saved my brother, Big MacIntosh," said Applejack, walking up to Optimus. "Thanks for doing so."

"The honor is ours," said Optimus, who then beckoned for his brother to come forward. "Furthermore, this is my brother, Rodimus Primal, co-leader of the Maximals and hero of the war on Cybertron."

Almost immediately, Celestia and Luna took careful notice of the two Maximal brothers. Both of them knew that they had a connection, but it wouldn't be revealed now.

"It seems to me, Optimus Primal," said Celestia. "That there is so much we need to understand about each other. What happened in the Everfree Forest was a sign that we must join forces to defeat the one who attacked Princess Ember."

"Indeed," replied Optimus. "We must join forces to defeat Megatron and bring him to justice once and for all."

"And so we shall," added Luna as she and Celestia began to activate a large map of Equestria, preparing to draw up the plans for the continuation of the Beast Wars…in Equestria.

…

Elsewhere, a klutzy gray Pegasus pony with a blonde mane and tail was making her way out of Ponyville, but was being carefully watched by Dinobot II. Before the Pegasus pony could react however, Dinobot II leapt towards the Pegasus pony and tackled her to the ground, knocking her unconscious at the same time.