A Dinobot in Equestria

"How does this look on me, darling? Is this dress a little too flashy or is it not flashy enough?" A white, purple-maned unicorn draped in a elegant turquoise dress decorated with yellow highlights and a dazzling display of rubies and sapphires sewn together in a perfect blend of blue and red.

"Well, I think it's beautiful. You did a wonderful job bringing out the dress' colors without overdoing it. Though I think the tip of the skirt is a tad bit too long." Twilight replied.

"Ah, yes, I just noticed that too. It would be quite frustrating to have everypony constantly stepping on the skirt during a party, wouldn't it?" Rarity replied with a smile. "You have an eye for fashion, my dear. You should take a part-time job as a fashionista whenever you're not doing princess duties."

"Hahaha, I just might." Twilight said, laughing along with her white-coated friend. Their bout of laughter was interrupted when Twilight heard a knock on Rarity's door.

"I'll get it, dear." Rarity said, walking towards the door.

"Why, hello, Rainb- WHAT IN THE NAME OF CELESTIA IS THAT?!" Rarity shouted the very second she laid eyes on Grimlock. Twilight and Spike rushed to the unicorn's side, looking up and gawking at the Dinobot.

"This guy is a newcomer to Equestria, apparently. He needs some help and I thought Twilight could help him out." Rainbow said. Twilight stared at Grimlock for a few moments before snapping out of her bewilderment and clearing her throat.

"U-Uh, y-yeah. Um, I'm Princess Twilight Sparkle of Ponyville. M-May I kn-kn-know y-your name, sir?" Twilight stammered.

"Grimlock." Grimlock gruffly replied.

"Ah, of course. Well, welcome Grimlock. We're happy to-"

"I just want a way off this stupid planet and your friend told me you are a princess and you can help me with my problem. So can you help me find a way off this rock or what?"

Twilight tilted her head at the very rude tone in Grimlock's voice. From what she could tell, the metal being in front of her must have little respect for authority or royalty. Despite this, she wasn't actually bothered by Grimlock’s mannerism in the slightest.

"Well, I am a princess but I'm afraid I'm not in charge of.... foreign visitors from distant lands or even worlds. Princess Celestia would be the one to help you." Twilight replied. Grimlock uttered a disgruntled growl as he peered down and glared at Rainbow Dash as if she just tossed an insult at him.

"You told me that this princess could help me." Grimlock growled.

"I said she could help you, I never said how." Rainbow retorted, crossing her arms. Grimlock just grumbled in disgust as he began walking off.

"Unbelievable. Everybody here is totally useless!" Grimlock said, storming towards the exit of the town.

"Where are you going?!" Twilight asked.

"I'm going to find the other princess. I hope she's more useful than you." Grimlock replied. Twilight rolled her eyes at the blatant insult before stepping out of the castle's doorframes.

"You don't even know where Canterlot is!"

"I'll find it eventually."

Grimlock stormed out of Ponyville, whacking a tree aside as he disappeared into the Everfree forest. Twilight, Rarity, Spike, and Rainbow Dash stopped in their tracks right at the mouth of the forest.

"Grimlock just walked into the Everfree forest! We gotta go after him!" Rainbow shouted.

"You're expecting us to go in there, with all the filth and horrifying creatures in that forest?!" Rarity exclaimed.

"But what if Grimlock gets hurt in that forest, or worse? He has no idea where he's even going." Spike said.

"Spike's right. We need to make sure Grimlock doesn't get himself into trouble." Twilight said.

"HIYA!"

"AHHH!"

Everyone screamed and spun around quickly, now facing a smiling pink pony with a poofy, brilliant raspberry-colored mane that was standing before them.

"Pinkie!" Twilight exclaimed.

"Sorry, girls, I guess I should've given ya a warning! Whatcha all doing on the outskirts of the Everfree? Are ya hunting for bug bears?! Are ya, are ya, are ya, are ya, are ya, are ya?!" Pinkie excitedly droned, bouncing around the group.

"We're going to look for a big metal creature called Grimlock." Twilight explained as she began walking into the forest.

"WHAAAAAAAAAT?! OH BOY, OH BOY, OH BOY, OH BOY, I TOTALLY WANNA COME! WHAT ARE WE WAIITNG FOR?! LET'S GO, GO, GO, GO, GO, GO!" Pinkie shouted, running into the Everfree with the rest of the group.

***

"Stupid quadrupedal fleshies and their stupid town. Why did I even bother asking for help?" Grimlock bemoaned to himself as he stomped down the beaten dirt road. Animals of all kinds scurried out of the way as the metal goliath walked past them. As Grimlock turned a corner, he growled to himself at the sight of more huge, twisted trees lining the pathway.

"How many more trees does this stupid forest have?!" Grimlock yelled.

"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!"

Grimlock immediately whipped around at the sound of the high-pitched shrieked. It wasn't long before several deep growls and snarls followed the shriek, the growls travelling far into the forest. Without hesitation, Grimlock charged through the trees, following the growls. After a little bit, Grimlock finally found the source of the noise: Three dragons had been aggressively harassing something small and clearly unable to defend itself against the reptilian assailants. The dragons had managed to corner the creature into a large tree during the prolonged chase. Grimlock quietly got closer, immediately discovering the "creature" was a yellowish-beige pegasus sporting a pink mane. She was shuddering violently in terror while tears streamed down her cheeks. She had been holding what appeared to be a equally terrified snow-white rabbit in her arms.

"G-Go away! Y-Y-You c-c-can't have Angel...!" The beyond terrified pegasus stammered. The supposed leader of the dragon trio, a crimson-scaled dragon with large leathery wings, a golden underbelly, a vivid gambodge-colored webbed crest that lined his head and upper neck, and spines lining down from his lower neck all the way to his tail just laughed as he walked closer to the pegasus with a sinister grin on his face.

“Tough break, pony! You stumbled on dragon territory and we don't like ponies on our turf! Besides, I’m hungry and you just so happen to be carrying around a little snack with you. I am Garble, and I always get what I want, and I want your little fuzzball, so fork it over!" Garble demanded. The pegasus just shrunk back even more into the tree.

"I said n-no! Leave us a-alone!" The pegasus shot back in a slightly firmer tone. Garble simply snarled as he signaled his two cronies to block off any possible chance of escape for the pegasus.

"Did you just deny me? Did you DENY ME, GARBLE?! NOBODY SAYS NO TO ME!!!” Garble roared, grabbing the now loudly weeping pegasus by her mane. “Looks like I’m gonna add torched pony on the menu!”

“HEY!”

Everyone stopped what they were doing as they turn their sights to a angered Grimlock. Garble stepped back while his cronies backed up towards the trees, nervously glancing at the metal giant before them.

“You heard the lady. Drop the bird-horse and beat it before I decide to use all three of you as punching bags.” Grimlock threatened, casting a dark glare on Garble. After a moment, Garble regained his arrogance and dropped the pegasus on the ground, sneering at Grimlock.

“I don’t know what you are, but you’re incredibly stupid if you think you can take on me, Clump, and Fume all at once. If you wanna protect this pony, then you’re just as weak as her!” Garble growled.

"Clump, Fume, let's teach this joker what happens when you mess with a dragon."

Grimlock simply chuckled, cracking his knuckles in preparation for the inevitable fight. He approached Garble with a confidence that had unnerved the cocky dragon.

"You know what I hate more than annoying fleshlings? Observing someone like you using your strength to abuse others. That makes me sick to my core. Now, I don’t care about any of the inhabitants here, but I sure as hell won’t tolerate you aftholes harassing somebody weaker than you." Grimlock growled. Garble finally shook off the sudden feeling of anxiousness that briefly overwhelmed his body, growling as his jaws began fuming with smoke.

"Don't worry, I won't stop with the pony. Once I'm done tearing you apart, I'm gonna head down to Ponyville and scorch it until it's nothing but ashes!" Garble roared, swinging his fist straight towards Grimlock. Grimlock immediately caught the dragon's fist just before it could reach his faceplate, his visor narrowing as he glanced down on the surprised dragon.

"What was that you said? You wanted to "tear me apart"? That's cute. I'm going to enjoy kicking your aft into next week." Grimlock chided, winding his free arm all the way back. With the force of a bullet train, Grimlock propelled his fist forward and punched Garble in the gut, knocking the wind out of the dragon and sending him flying through several thick trees. Clump and Fume gawked at the area where their incapacitated leader lay with their jaws agape.

“He just punched Garble into the trees like it was nothing...” Clump gasped.

“We can’t let this joker get away with punching Garble!” Fume exclaimed angrily.

“Yeah! Let’s tear him apart!” Clump snarled. The two dragons roared as they charged at the Dinobot. Grimlock snarled as he pounded his fists together, roaring out a reverberating war cry as he charged at the two drakes as well.

"BRING IT ON!!!!!!" Grimlock roared.

***

Twilight and the others ran down the beaten path, trying desperately to look for the foul-mouthed Dinobot. The trees rose high into the sky, keeping the grounded equines (except for Rainbow and Twilight) from getting a better view. But even they were having a hard time keeping a good lookout while dodging the abnormally long branches of the constantly twisting trees.

“We can’t see anything in this stupid forest! The trees are too high, even for me!” Rainbow complained. As if on cue, a tree smashed into the ground next to the ponies, startling them. Well, except for Pinkie.

“Over there!” Twilight shouted. The four ponies and dragon ran behind a large rock, peeking from behind to witness the massive fight before them. Grimlock grabbed Clump in a headlock, punching the brown and beige dragon in the gut several times. Clump roared as he began shoving the Dinobot back, smashing him into a wall of trees. Clump opened his jaws, feeling immense heat rising in his throat before wafts of orange-red flame licked the corners of his jaws. Grimlock took hold of Clump by his jaws and upper-cutted him hard, causing the mud-colored dragon to shoot a blast of fire into the air. Grimlock lifted Clump in the air and smashed the large dragon into the ground before Garble and Fume rammed him. Grimlock snarled as he grappled with the two dragons, his peds digging into the ground as he was pushed back. Garble and Fume opened their jaws and shot out blasts of fire at the Dinobot, sending him flying into the ground. Garble snarled as he cracked his neck, glaring at Grimlock.

“Serves him right to mess with us.” Garble muttered. To his surprise, Grimlock stood up without bearing any significant damage whatsoever.

“Nice try, but it takes more than a little bit of fire to take me down.” Grimlock said, lifting a tree from its roots and swinging it at a full 360 degree angle, knocking Garble and Fume into the ground hard. Clump had recovered from his daze, snarling angrily as he charged Grimlock on all fours. Grimlock caught the dragon by his thick, almost rounded horns, lifting the winged reptile into the air.

"AAAAGGHHH!!" Clump exclaimed painfully as Grimlock began violently knee-kicked the dragon in the face several times. Grimlock once again smashed Clump on the ground, lifting his foot as he stomped on the dragon's left arm with all his might. Clump uttered a wail of agony as he felt every single bone in his arm shatter at the weight of the Dinobot's pedes. Garble and Fume tackled Grimlock from behind, both dragons violently clawing and biting at the Cybertronian. Clump had finally managed to stand up, joining in on the dogpile as he jumped on Grimlock and began wildling landing punches on the Dinobot's faceplate.

"Grimlock's getting the lights beaten out of him! We gotta do something now!" Rainbow exclaimed, jumping to aid Grimlock. Twilight's horn ignited in a brilliant raspberry glow as the colorful aura entangled itself around Rainbow's tail.

"Rainbow, are you crazy?! You're going to get yourself killed!" Twilight exclaimed. In the corner of their eyes, Twilight, Rainbow, and the others immediately recognized the terrified pink-maned pegasus silently watching the fight while clutching Angel.

"FLUTTERSHY?!" The ponies exclaimed. Upon hearing her friends' voices, Fluttershy snapped out of her shock and turned to look at the group hiding nearby.

"Twilight!" Fluttershy exclaimed, flying towards her friends in a hurry.

"What the heck are you doing out here?! You're terrified of the Everfree forest!" Rainbow exclaimed.

"Well, I was on my way home from buying supplies from Zecora when Garble and his posse attacked me and Angel. And then that big scary metal monster just came out of nowhere and... he actually saved me...." Fluttershy replied.

"RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGH!!!!"

Everypony immediately whipped around to watch as Grimlock rose up from the pile of angry dragons, forcing himself to stand up as he carried the still attacking dragons on his arms.

"NOBODY'S STRONGER THAN GRIMLOCK!!!!" He roared. Grimlock grabbed Fume by the neck and threw him aside before disorienting Garble with a hard punch. Grimlock then roared out angrily, kicking Clump off his leg as he smashed his fists into the ground and converting into his T-Rex mode.

"ROOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!"

"WHAT... IN THE NAME... OF CELESTIA....?!" Rarity gasped as her pupils shrank and her eyes widened to the size of extraterrestrial saucers. Twilight and the other ponies wore equally baffled and terrified expressions as they witnessed the hulking Cybertronian Tyrannosaurus before them storming towards the three dragons. Garble, being the over-confident idiot he is, made the fatal mistake of charging at Grimlock.

"I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU TURN INTO, I'M STILL GONNA TEAR YOU TO PIECES!!" Garble roared. Right as he lunged at the T-Rex, Grimlock opened his jaws and clamped them down on Garble's right arm. With Grimlock's razor-sharp teeth sinking into Garble's scaly skin, the dragon began screaming in excruciating pain as he felt like sixty massive swords were constantly stabbing into his arm. Grimlock swung Garble around before smashing him into a large boulder, a animalistic snarl escaping his jaws. Grimlock lifted a clawed foot and stomped right on Garble's back, forcing the dragon to howl in pain as the Dinobot kept stomping on his back. Clump and Fume managed to tackle Grimlock and throw him on the ground, the two dragons bombarding the T-Rex with a relentless barrage of punches. Grimlock bit down on Clump's left arm and swung the brown dragon at Fume, sending them sprawling into the ground. Grimlock stood up and lifted his tail, burying Fume three feet into the ground after landing a powerful downward blow with it.

"I gotta get outta here, this ain't worth dying!" Clump exclaimed, unfolding his wings and taking off into the sky.

"YOU'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE!!" Grimlock roared. He opened his jaws and managed to bite down on Clump's tail before he could get clear, earning a terrified shriek from the plump dragon as he smashed Clump into the ground before swinging him into a few trees. Before Clump could recover, Grimlock bit down on the dragon's neck and began dragging him through the soil before throwing him into a large boulder. Clump stood up, charging towards Grimlock once more. With another roar, Grimlock rammed into Clump's gut as he sank his teeth into the dragon's arm. With a impressive display of strength, Grimlock lifted up the three-ton dragon and began smashing Clump on the ground before tossing him into another boulder. Grimlock glared at the broken, loudly weeping brown dragon before turning his sights to Garble, whom had very weakly managed to stand up. His body was mangled and torn, his left arm dangling lifelessly. It was clearly broken.

"I'm... going to... melt you down... AGH.... for that...!" Garble wheezed, holding onto the branch of a nearby tree to keep himself from falling over. Grimlock snarled, his optics gleaming with anger.

"Not if I do it first." Grimlock growled, feeling steam rising out of his jaws as overwhelming heat began wafting inside of his throat cables. Wisps of fiery-hot plasma licked the corners of the Dinobot's jaws as he opened his maw and fired a massive, super-charged beam of fiery plasma at Garble. The poor dragon was violently thrown back into a wad of trees as the flaming beam scorched through his rock-like scales, burning through the dragon's chest like it was butter. Grimlock prematurely cut off the plasma beam, letting out a snarl. Garble groaned in pain as he was lying on the ground while his chest sustained a serious burning wound. The plasma had burned through his flesh easily, but Grimlock made sure it didn't burn straight through Garble and kill him. It was no use killing a arrogant weakling like Garble. Garble groaned once more before going unconscious, his body completely going limp. Clump grabbed Garble and dragged him away with a equally broken Fume, disappearing into the depths of the forest as quickly as possible.