Epilogue

The sun shone down on the harmonious world of Equestria, the once decimated cities and towns that were invaded were now rebuilt and flourishing with life.

Ponyville was bright and full of mares and stallions mingling happily with each other, almost forgetting the long five year war against the Caribou…

It was a couple years later since King Dainn’s demise…

And the one that ended him was coming to visit later today…

Twilight Sparkle, sitting amongst her group of friends, lightly reading a book, looking up at the other five mares chatting happily about their days and what was going on.

“ I can’t believe Lord Megatron is coming to visit the town after SO long!” Exclaimed Pinkie Pie, the pink bubbly earth pony bouncing the spot, “ I SO wanted to thank him for freeing us!”

Rarity, the white aristocratic unicorn, sipped her tea daintily, listening to her friend’s fast paced conversation.

“ I believe that thanks should be passed to Soundwave, the Princesses chief intel advisor. He was the one that found us in that dreadful cell.” She said, shuddering in disgust at the thought of the dark and dirty cell.

Fluttershy, who was brushing Angel Bunny’s fur with her blue hairbrush, smiled softly.

“ Indeed… If Megatron hadn’t helped us win the war…” She trailed off, her lips turning down at the memories of first meeting the imposing mech that saved her life.

Applejack didn’t say anything, not wanting to make her friend upset at her blunt honesty of the outcome if Megatron hadn’t arrived on Equis, only patting her friend on the shoulder, smiling reassuringly.

“ I heard that Lord Megatron is gonna travel the rest of Equis soon… Maybe he can tell us of his travels once he returns?” Rainbow Dash commented from her cloud, lying on her stomach as she stared down at her friends, her rainbow-colored hair wild as ever.

Twilight giggled lightly, gaining the attention of her friends,

“ I can’t wait to see him again, after all he’s done for us… Almost… dying for someone that should be beneath him with ease… It shows how much Megatron changed than from the ancient texts that prescribed him.” She said, smiling brightly.

“ Words like that make me wonder if you’re Orion Pax reincarnated in pony form, Miss Sparkle.” Said a raspy voice behind the group, causing Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Pinkie Pie, and Fluttershy to jump and whirl around.

The mech in question towered over them in his 30 ft tall form, his armor gleaming and menacing as always, disarmed by the smile lifting the tips of his scarred glossa…

“ MEGGSY!” Shouted Pinkie Pie, glomping his now shrunken form of 7 ft without hesitation, with a large happy grin on her face.

Megatron chuckled, returning the hug from the pink mare gently, his red optics glowing with warmth.

“ It is good to see you all after the last time we met, I see that you all have been well?” The mech asked, a look of curiosity gleaming in his optics as he sat down on the same tree where Twilight resided, the lavender mare scooching over for more room.

Rarity replied as she sipped her tea again,

“ We are doing tremendously with communications affairs with the does and calves of the Caribou nation. The treaty is holding up well enough with trades among other nations just as well, from what I heard in the news.”

The mech nodded his helm, and looked back towards the rebuilding town of Ponyville, buildings covered in scaffolding and sheets of plastic as the constructions’ ponies built homes and businesses.

It was silent for the moment, the entire group enjoying the peace that filled the air…

Until Fluttershy broke it, by asking,

" Megatron…” She said, getting his attention, " What are you gonna do, now that Equestria is peaceful again?”

The mech blinked his optics, slight surprise on his face as his processor mulled over that question.

Then, his glossa lifted into a smile, his scarred faceplate softening as he answered,

" I might travel this world, see what’s to offer… Who knows, there might be others who need assistance?”

The group of mares looked at him with smiles, some showing gratitude, some joy…

But there was one that was sad…

Megatron noticed this and leaned his chassis forward, bringing a servo under Fluttershy’s chin, causing her to lock eyes with him.

The two stared at each other for a few seconds, before he said,

" I will not be gone forever, I will come back, like a promise…” His voice was low, gentle, the raspiness faint.

It was quiet for a moment, before...

" Swear on it…” The butterscotch yellow mare said, her eyes turning stern and her lips down in a frown, " Swear that you’ll come back in one piece and unharmed.”

Even though the rest of her friends stared at her in surprise at Fluttershy’s shockingly courageous demand, Megatron simply nodded, his faceplate serious and his optics showing sincerity.

" I promise, young Fluttershy that I will return home, to all of you,” He then looked towards the rest of the group he was sitting with, then out towards the horizon.

He smiled again, looking at his friends.

" I think I should do, what an old friend of mine once did…”

*At Canterlot*

Megatron walked to the extra large balcony that was built for him, looking out over the city that shined in Celestia’s sunlight, watching the stallions and mares go about their day, once remembering the times when both genders were at each other’s throats.

But now, none of it was shown here, he noted with approval, satisfied that despite all the hardships the Caribou had given them before he came into the picture…

They persevered…

The mech’s audio receptors picked up a couple pairs of footsteps behind him and he turned his helm.

Walking out from behind him, was Celestia and Luna, their armor replaced with flowing dresses that complimented their coat colors, white and blue, day and night, light and dark.

The two were cleaned up from dirt and grime and blood as soon as they had the chance to, and they felt relaxed after the years of war they faced…

They smiled at him, light shining brilliantly in their eyes at the sight of him.

" I suppose that you art leaving?” Luna said, her smile fading as a sadness weighed down on her shoulders, like the armor she was wearing for protection and decorated like Megatron’s old shoulder plates.

The mech solemnly nodded, a small frown on his glossa as he then looked back out to the city, enjoying the way the sun shone and the air filled with light music coming from a couple of the open businesses.

" I am, Luna. I am… Not meant for settling down for too long, I wasn’t created like that.” He said, looking to his right where Luna stood next to him, " However, It doesn’t mean I’m leaving forever..”

This time, Celestia was the one that asked the question,

" What do you plan to do then?” She said, her eyes lit in curiosity.

He smiled once again, his optics shining...

The mech walked up to a large open area of marble, sculpted from the remains of decimated buildings, made into a sort of runway for Megatron.

" I will not rest until I find out how I can live on in this peaceful world without harming any organics.”

He stopped walking staring out into the open air that led to the Badlands, his optics gleaming with determination.

" For my first objective, I am gonna take Chrysalis with me to see if there isn’t a place she calls home, and maybe along the way… get some answers.”

The mech looked around himself, looking at the large crowd of mares and small groups of stallions staring out at him with sad smiles and unwept tears.

Celestia, Luna, Twilight, and Cadence were watching him from the balcony, their stances straight and shoulders back in regal poses, the four faces were sad, but smiling nonetheless…

" I will return, no matter how long it takes; I will come straight back to these ponies I care about and hold dear to my Spark.”

Megatron turned around on the spot and lightly smiled back at them, then clearing his faceplate, standing rigidly for a moment, before bending his upper chassis a little bit at the waist in a bow, his right servo clenched into a fist on his chest…

" If you need my assistance in anything, anything at all no matter how small…”

He straightened up from his bow and turned around again to the runway…

He then activated his T-Cog, transforming into his jet mode, opening the cockpit ramp for the small Changeling drone to run up, shutting it afterwards when she was fully in and secured…

" I’ll answer the call…”

Megatron activated his sublight engines, a loud whine echoing throughout the air as he lifted into the air from the ground, his landing pedes retreating into himself as he ascended into the air…

" If anyone receives this message, know this…”

He shot forward into the air, accelerating at breakneck speeds, enjoying the small shrieks of delight from Chrysalis, beginning his journey…

" My name is Megatron… and this planet, Equis, is my Home…”

His jet mode shrunk into the horizon, until he disappeared…

*Elsewhere On Equis*

The city of Griffinstone Capital was burning, the once perfectly crafted and smoothed over stones of large buildings crumbled into ruins and rubble, small fires created from large explosions of cannonfire and bomb drops.

A female griffin ran through the decrepit streets, panting as her golden eyes looked around her surroundings as she ran, her clothes were a white shirt and brown vest, black slacks that had holes all over them, and blown out crocks that were slightly fraying.

In her claws was a double barreled shotgun, it’s metal scratched and slightly rusted with use and age, the metal grip was wrapped around with a white cloth that was dirty and worn.

The griffin looked over her shoulder, looking back on herself, then cursed as she saw the large horde of trained Timberwolves rounding the corner and chasing full sprint after her.

She ran as fast as she could,, going left, right, left, left, every street just as decrepit and ruined as the last, passing by a couple of corpses along the way…

She spotted as mall alleyway and hoped that it was one that could make her lose the wolves…

The female griffin ran in, not looking back at the growing hordes of the Timberwolves behind her.

But stopped at the sight of a brick wall standing in her way, causing her to yell,

“ SHIT!” She snarled, before whirling around, holding her shotgun to bear, gritting her beak.

A few Timberwolves stalked through the entrance of the alleyway, snarling and growling, their glowing green eyes dark with hunger and bloodlust.

The one in the middle began walking towards her, baring its teeth as its legs tensed for a charge…

The griffin aimed at the one in the middle, and pulled the trigger…

BANG!

The hundred metal pellets shot out of the barrel, directly hitting the wolf that charged towards her, causing it to fly back with large chunks of wood splitting off its body from the shot.

The griffin aimed at the wolf closest to her and fired at it while it was distracted with the demise of its comrade…

BANG!

The buckshot directly impacted the head of the wolf, causing it to explode in wood and sap, covering the broken stone ground and walls.

She unlatched the front half of her shotgun, ejecting the two shells and shoved her claws into her pocket, trying to fish out the last shell she had.

She was distracted by the sound of wood hitting stone, and looked up, her eyes widening in fear at the Timberwolf pouncing at her…

The large wolf landed on her, causing the griffin to slam onto her back, her shotgun pressed against the wolf’s neck as its jaws tried to get at her neck, sap and blood dripping off the teeth.

“ GAH!, GET THE FUCK OFF ME!” The griffin yelled out, her arms aching and straining from the large wolf’s weight and pressure it was putting on her.

The Timberwolf’s jaws got closer and closer to her trachea, intent on killing and feasting on the anthropomorphic bird…

Then a high pitched whine pierced through the air, causing the wolf to look up, enraged at the interruption of its next meal…

Only to see a blast of light purple coming at its face…

POW!

The wolf, now headless, flew back away from the fallen griffin, impacting the other dead members of the wolf army…

The air of the city was quiet except for the fires, the howling of the hundred Timberwolves decimating the city at their Caribou masters’ orders interrupted the silence…

The female griffin panted, slowly getting up into a sitting position to see what happened…

Her eyes looked deeper into the alleyway, only to see a large metal being standing in front of her, its right arm raised with a fist curled and a large cannon looking device with a glowing end that looked like the blast that hit the Timberwolf’s head.

Its red eyes stared at the entrance of the alleyway, the white irises gleaming with determination and fierceness that made her heart flutter…

Then the being’s red eyes fell onto her, lowering its right arm and begin walking towards her, the footsteps it made caused the griffin’s spine to shudder a little bit.

The metal 7 ft biped was now looming over her sitting body, staring down at her with a fierce glare that made her gulp a little bit in fright and awe.

It raised its right arm again and the female griffin flinched at the sight of the large cannon like device aiming at her face, the end glowing brighter with the same whine she heard before.

It was tense for a few moments, her shuddering breath interrupting it every few seconds…

Then the cannon tilted away, and a metal clawed hand lowered down at her.

The griffin blinked at the clawed appendage for a few moments, before reluctantly taking her left claw into the metal being’s and had help getting up.

After a few moments of looking at each other, taking in their appearances, before the metal being spoke.

“ I assume that these wolves of wood are not a common thing around here?” It-he, said, the voice raspy and menacing.

The griffin frowned, ignoring the way her feathers ruffled up a bit as she took in the titan’s form,

“ I… No, no they aren’t.” She replied, looking back at the entrance of the alley, then looking back at the double barrel shotgun lying on the ground a few feet away from her.

The metal being simply went ‘ hmmm’, contemplating something as it stared down at her 6 ft form.

“ I don’t suppose you can give me your designation?” He said, a metal plate above the left eye raised slightly in curiosity.

The griffin snapped out of her daze from the day’s events and turned back to the intimidating metal titan.

“ Gilda… My name is Gilda. Yours?” She asked, crossing her arms her chest, wondering who the new being before her was called, to remember her saviour.

The Metal titan’s scarred lips turned up into a small smile, his posture changing into a small bow with his left arm across his chest and his right metal hand on the chest.

“ I am Megatron… And I am here to help you from your perdition!” He said, his eyes glowing bright in the dark alley.

Gilda blinked, her face in one of shock, her beak open.

“ Megatron… THE Megatron?!” She said, her tone of surprise and awe catching the mech’s attention.

Megatron leaned towards her, his optics narrowed in suspicion.

“ That is my designation. Why? Perhaps you’ve heard of me?” He inquired, his browplates furrowed in curiosity.

Gilda shut her beak, her stance immediately changing into one of a soldier at attention, her claw clenching into a fist and placed where her heart is, her other arm behind her wings.

“ Lt. Gilda Stormfeather of the Decepticon Griffin Brigade, reporting for duty sir!” She saluted, catching the mech off guard.

“ Decepticon Griffin Brigade?” Megatron asked, his glossa turned in a confused frown, his body stiff with surprise at the name of his old legion from his ‘Warlord-Cycles’.

Gilda relaxed, her body untensed slightly, but her eyes still drifting back to the entrance of the alley, her earholes sharp for any more signs of more Timberwolves.

“ We don’t know where the name or cause came from, but we knew one name that was prominent over the centuries of Griffinstone’s history of the military brigade, and that is Megatron, prominent leader of the Decepticons.” She explained, a look of exhaustion on her face.

She opened her mouth to say more, before the sound of wood cracking and snapping apart brought her and Megatron’s attention to the three fallen Timberwolves.

The two watched with a mixture of shock, and awe as the remains of the wooden wolves gathered together, creating a wolf that was bigger than the others.

Gilda practically flew towards her shotgun and slammed the shell she still had into the left barrel, snapping it closed and aimed at the larger Timberwolf, claw on the trigger…

Before a metal servo gently pushed down her barrel, causing Gilda to look towards Megatron, who was staring at the Alpha Timberwolf, his red optics filled with a sense of glee.

" Let me handle this.” He said, his tone said ‘no questions’, which Gilda reluctantly nodded her head and lowered her weapon.

Megatron stepped forward and stared at the snarling beast’s eyes, which glowed an even brighter green with bloodlust than before when the three smaller wolves were chasing Gilda…

“ Gilda,” He said, catching her attention, " On this day, begins the journey of a lifetime.” He declared, activating his blade.

The menacing blade shot out from under his fusion cannon, causing Gilda to lightly gasp.

By the Goddess of the Sun and Moon… She thought, as the griffin stood in shock and watched the posture of the 7ft mech change into a fighting position with his legs spread apart slightly and knee joints bent, the left pede slightly more forward than the right one, the sharp gleaming blade next to his faceplate, pointed in the direction of the Alpha Timberwolf.

The wolf saw this as a challenge and bared its teeth even more at the mech, wooden legs tensed and prepared for running.

This is gonna be the day my life changed. Gilda finished her thought as the two titanic beings charged at each other with war cries and snarls, intent on killing the other.

Author's Note

A/N: AND THERE YOU HAVE IT! I hope you enjoyed this story as much as I did making it? If so, what would you like next in what could possibly, a series?

One day I might read this on YouTube, so you can visualize the events that go on this story, or maybe make a comic! I DON'T KNOW!

Anyways, I want to say thank you all for sticking with me during this story and giving me such GREAT suggestions on how the story should progress and I hope that you guys can continue doing so in my other stories.

Than k you all so much for reading, folks!

~WhalenJPOnline