Chapter 10

Standing there with her arms hung around both Twilight and Tempest, was Celestia, wearing nothing but a buttoned-up coat to keep her decency.

She unslung her arms from the two mares holding her up and slowly walked towards the 7ft mech…

Her legs were shaking and was gritting her teeth in effort…

She made it halfway before falling to her knees, panting from exhaustion…

The dark magic in her blood would take days, if not weeks to full siphon through her bloodstream and magic reserves…

Megatron stepped off of Dainn’s shuddering body and walked over to the kneeling Alicorn, his optics holding an emotion he had never felt before in his lifecycle.

He held out a servo for her to take, and Celestia lifted her head as she spotted it.

She smiled, before weakly taking it and lifting herself up with his assistance, stumbling a couple of times before readjusting herself so that she was straight.

Megatron felt a small smile lift his glossa for a moment, before his optics detected movement…

A large broken stick of wood that he recalled was once the sturdy shaft of Dainn’s MaceWarhammer, hurtling toward them with a deadly precision an experienced archer has.

He turned his helm, shock filling him at the large broken shaft being thrown through the air towards them.

Then he caught sight of Dainn’s bloodied and mashed face grinning at them as he slowly struggled to his bare feet, seeing that his makeshift spear was aimed at Celestia.

Gritting his denta, he grabbed Celestia and pulled her towards his chassis, moving her out of the spear’s deadly end, moving himself in place.

SLICE!

It was still, the air filled with a shocked silence at the frozen form of Megatron.

The large spear was lodged in his lower chassis, causing his damaged systems to spark and crackle as it buried in…

Celestia’s, Twilight’s and Tempest’s eyes were wide as Megatron fell to his knees, his servos clutching the spear embedded in his side, an expression of pain on his faceplate.

Megatron grunted in pain, trying to get the spear out of his chassis, to no avail.

He fell to his back, his optics growing dim as he watched the world around him turn dark.

The last thing he saw was Celestia and Twilight staring down at him with concern and fear...

The last thing he heard was someone screaming his name…

“ MEGATROOOONNNN!!!”

He felt… cold, as if his internal heating systems malfunctioned and was stuck in Earth’s Antarctic climate.

But he didn’t feel that the cold was draining him, slowly killing him, it was almost as if…

As if he was being embraced by an old friend…

Megatron’s auditory sensors heard whispering coming from the endless black abyss, then a voice spoke in his ears.

“ Your time is not yet up, my child... “ Said a booming voice that filled the void with its presence, almost similar to Unicron, but… different.

Megatron listened as his optics stayed offline, his Spark pounding…

“ You have just begun on your journey of self reflection and healing, making amendments that will take courage, honor, and selfless acts that you have already done.”

“ You shall go through trying times, facing challenges that may seem impossible, but I know that you can overcome them in time.” The voice said, echoing throughout the black expanse.

Then Megatron felt a growing pressure on his chestplate, right where his Spark Chamber was located, but he didn’t feel like he was in danger, despite the thought process that he was dead…

“ You have my Blessings of Redemption.”

Megatron then felt as if he couldn’t hold in his silence any longer…

“ But why me? Why do I get this chance, if I am unworthy for it?!” He demanded to the open black expanse surrounding him, all but demanding to know who it was that’s speaking to him.

But apparently the voice ignored his question, continuing as if the mech never even spoke...

“ Megatron, go forth and claim your right as protector of Equis, protect the one you consider a Spark Sister, and slay the ones you call an enemy!” The voice boomed, causing Megatron to clutch his helm in pain at the power it exudes.

Then the expanse began glowing bright, nearly blinding his optics as he felt a new energy surge through his systems, giving him a strength that brought him back into his Kaon Gladiator days.

Then he onlined again...

Dainn loomed over Celestia’s weak body as he raised a large piece of broken rebar, panting as he prepared to kill the Solar Diarch and rid the ponies of a leader.

What he didn’t notice was the rising form of the Cybertronian Mech behind him, his optics glowing a blazing red with a determined grimace on his faceplate…

Dainn raised the rebar higher above his head, ready to end this waste of life…

“ I once considered you to be my personal trophy, Celestia.” Dainn said, sneering down at the glaring Alicorn, “ But considering the fact that you decided to rebel against your true lord and master, I am now going to take pleasure in killing you an agonising death!”

He didn’t see the 7ft metal form standing menacingly behind him, his optics glaring at the back of the taller Caribou in unadulterated hatred…

Just as when Dainn raised the rebar more above his head, ready to plunge it into the weak Alicorn’s heart…

When the sound of metal sliding behind him, causing the Caribou King to whirl around…

SHING!

Dainn’s eyes widened as he froze, a small gurgling groan escaping his throat as he looked down.

A large silver blade was embedded into his chest, blood leaking around the blade and down his torso, coating the ground in a small puddle of red…

Megatron glared up into the Caribou’s eyes, a sneer on his glossa as he hissed,

“ You shouldn’t have turned your back on me.” he said, his optics blazing as he swiftly pulled his blade out of the King’s chest.

Dainn clutched the wound that bled profusely, choking on his own blood as he fell onto his back, away from the coughing form of Celestia.

Megatron glared down at the Caribou’s corpse, noticing the various Caribou raising their hands in a form of surrender, a look of defeat on their faces as they witnessed the fall of their King.

He placed his right pede on the still chest of Dainn, took a vent and bellowed a shout of triumph to the open skies, his blade still out as he raised his right arm above his head, blood still dripping down the gleaming blade that was Dainn’s lifeblood; A hole in the dark storm clouds shining sunlight down on top of him as he relished in his victory…

After venting in relief, Megatron stepped off the dead corpse and walked over to the fallen form of Celestia, staring up at him with a sense of awe and delirium on her face.

He didn’t say anything, just bent down and carefully picked his Spark Sister up from the ground and walked through the slowly filling streets of the city.

Soundwave looked on from the tallest spire of Canterlot Castle, recording the whole event as he watched his friend walk out of the Castle’s front courtyard and placed the exhausted Alicorn onto a tarnished white and gold chariot that a few remaining guards mares were hooked up to, making sure that she was secure before the two Pegasi back towards the base in the middle of the Everfree Forest…

Megatron transformed into his jet mode and flew up after the chariot
The silent mech arrived at the city when Megatron battled King Dainn, and he felt that he should be an observer, not wanting to get into a fight with the once honorable mech turned Warlord.

He saw what happened in the castle he is standing on and felt it necessary to send Lazerbeak in and make the noise in the cell outside of Celestia’s to get the attention of Twilight Sparkle and Tempest Shadow.

Because according to his extensive scans, Soundwave picked up five other life signatures besides Celestia’s, Twilight’s, and Tempest’s.

What was inside the cell that Lazerbeak discovered, was a group of four mares, a little bit bruised and ragged, but otherwise alright and still wearing their everyday clothes that were dirty…

Twilight and Tempest recognised them immediately as their best friends Rarity, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Spike the dragon, also known as Twilight’s adoptive little brother/ assistant, and Applejack…

The rest of the Elements of Harmony that got captured at the beginning of the Caribou’s Invasion.

The mares were encased in a spell bubble that drained all of their magic to the barest minimum, the two Unicorns harboring magical inhibitor rings as a precaution, and the pegasus’s and earth pony’s wings and legs were bound respectively.

Soundwave felt himself relax his chassis slightly, and transformed into his jet mode, flying through the air on the same route that his former Lord and Master turned friend was going…

The ponies inside Canterlot cheered in victory as the defeated Caribou were killed with no mercy, years of revenge being paid in full…

The sun was shining with a bright gleam of power as Equestria celebrated…

Author's Note

Almost Done... Just Gotta Work On The Epilogue...