Chapter 2

Fluttershy stared up at the titanic metal being that is named Megatron, her wide eyes taking in his intimidating body and spiked shoulders to the large cannon on his right arm that was used against the single Caribou.

It, no HE, saved her life…

But for what purpose?

Her thoughts went thousands of miles per second as she took in this monstrous giant kneeling before her.

She whimpered as Megatron walked over to where she was, standing over her like a wrathful god to judge upon her soul…

Then… He kneeled down, making sure to keep a safe distance from her, as if he was cautious of her.

Then, he spoke with the same menacing voice he spoke to the Caribou he incinerated.

“ Greetings Young One, I am Megatron. I am here to help.” He said, his eyes the ever so glowing blood red in the lighting inside the Everfree Forest.

She shook even more as he spoke, but Fluttershy felt herself calm down as he finished his sentence.

He’s here? To help US? She thought as she took in his gentle concerned look in Megatron’s eyes, and the way he was looming over her, was not that of a wrathful god, but a caring one.

“ I… I’m Fluttershy.” She whispered, cowering a little bit more as she feared that the titan couldn’t hear her.

But apparently he has good hearing…

“ It is a… pleasure to meet you, Young Fluttershy.” He said, almost trying to make the sentence placatable, as if he didn’t know how to speak with kindness before.

Fluttershy blinked at the giant’s hesitation, then lightly shrieked as they both heard more branches breaking and boots clanging on the ground indicating that they were not alone anymore.

Megatron’s gentle face took on a fierce one, his eyes glowing with malicious intent as he heard the mare shriek in fright.

Without asking for permission, he gently picked the butterscotch yellow Pegasus off the dirty ground, and set her on a thick tree branch…

Fluttershy watched as Megatron placed his silver titanic body in front of her, keeping her from view as he aimed his cannon arm towards the direction of the sounds.

*POV Change (Megatron)*

Then the brushery in the clearing was broken and in flew another equine humanoid that had wings like Fluttershy, though this one is l a different color and had a horn on her head.

The color of the pony was a light lavender, with a dark blue mane with a couple stripes of light red streaking in it.

Megatron watched as her determined expression change to one of absolute shock as her eyes took in his towering form.

“ TWILIGHT!” Shouted Fluttershy with a grin as she spotted who is he presumed to be her friend, or at least knew each other.

Megatron took in the flying lavender Unicorn’s clothing, a light pink dress with gold frills on the bottom clinging to her body, but it was damaged with small holes and cuts that bled from her lavender skin, yet her eyes never changed from their determined glint.

She reminded him of himself, back when he was a young mech with a thirst for spilt Energon…

“ I assume you know this organic, Ms. Fluttershy?” Megatron asked politely, turning his head over to the young mare now hovering by his head with the assistance of her wings.

She nodded and with a nod from him, Fluttershy shot off to her best friend, tackling her to the ground and wrapping her up in a hug.

Megatron watched the scene as the two cried their hearts out in relief, tears of lubricant sliding down their cheeks as they never let go of each other.

He kept an eye out around the small clearing, making sure there wasn’t any danger to the two organics...

They pulled away and Twilight then stared up into the mech’s optics, and smiled.

" You must be the one that saved Fluttershy!” She exclaimed, causing one of Megatron’s optic ridges to rise in confusion.

How does she--? He thought, but was answered by Twilight continuing.

" She told me what just happened and… and you have my gratitude.” She finished with a watery smile, her eyes watering again with unshed tears.

Megatron kneeled down, his left servo on his knee as he examined the unique mare before him, and inclined his head, replying,

" No gratitude is needed, Miss Twilight, just… did what needed to be done.” He finished reluctantly, not knowing in his CPU processor if he said it right.

His answer was a full blown smile and a small squee seemed to come from the lavender winged Unicorn, causing Megatron, for the first time in eons, to be perplexed.

Then a buzzing came from her ear and she pressed a button on a small earpiece that Megatron somehow missed, listening intently for a few moments, before sighing and said,

" Call off the search, I found Fluttershy, and a… guest.” She finished the last part as she looked up at the Titanic being staring down at her with those red eyes of his.

After the reply came from inside the earpiece, Twilight made a small humming noise before replying,

" Copy, I am coming back to base as well as our new friend.” She said, her eyes lighting up slightly at the thought of a new Ally in this war.

Megatron was lost in his thoughts of Twilight’s authoritative tone…

It brought back memories of the time Orion Pax became Optimus Prime through his passion and way of courage only HE seemed to possess in front of the counselors…

He was brought out of his thoughts by the sound of Twilight saying to him,

" I’m sorry, but we need to get home since this forest has a lot of dangers, we definitely don’t want to stick around at night.” She said, a mask on her face that screamed royalty, Albeit young royalty.

Megatron thought for a moment, weighing the pros and cons of doing something that might get him offlined, or worse, experimented on like Breakdown.

Then he nodded to himself, ignoring the look of worry on Fluttershy’s face as she landed on his shoulder plating, careful to avoid the spikes.

" I can get you to where you need to go.” Megatron said, deciding that if he can help this peaceful species against these, CARIBOU, then he’ll take the risk of getting dismantled if it means to bring the two ponies home.

Twilight cocked her head to the side, a look of utter confusion on her face as she replied with reluctance,

"Our base is 5 miles north of us, deep in the forest inside a safezone barrier to keep out the creatures… Why?” She finished the sentence with narrow eyes and suspicion lacing her tone.

Megatron didn’t answer, but rather grabbed Twilight and Fluttershy and clutched them gently in his servoes.

Ignoring the small struggling and protest of both of the ponies in his clutches, He took a small vent, then transformed…

With the sound of shifting metal and gears, he went from his robot mode, to his newly acquired vehicle mode that he had gotten from Unicron’s “upgrade”.

His transformation was a bit complicated, but he managed to get the two equine humanoids to the cockpit of his vehicle mode and slid small pieces of metal over their torsos so that they won’t move around in him.

Megatron didn’t say anything, just activated his slipspace engines and took off high above the forest in a barrel roll maneuver.

His sensors pinged as he detected the energy field that Twilight was mentioning, glowing strongly as he sent a message through Twilight’s comm.

" Attention organics, This is Megatron, do you read?” He said as he flew towards the location of the pony’s base of operations.

" Who is this, how did you get on this channel?!” Said a cold femme’s voice through the earpiece.

Twilight was confused on how the metal Titan hijacked her communique, but after what happened to her and Fluttershy just now, she let Megatron use her earpiece to contact HQ…

Besides, she could use the small break from the constant running and fighting for her life…

" There’s no need for unnecessary violence. I am the guest that your friend told you about. I am using her signal wavelength to broadcast that I am enroute to your location, and I have passengers.” The mech replied, his raspy voice calm as always.

" You have TWILIGHT?! What about Fluttershy, are they alright--” Said the voice, her cold tone taking on a more worried one.

Megatron chuckled, thinking back to how he could’ve used such a weakness to exploit, back when he was the Decepticon Leader.

But he was not that kind of mech anymore…

" They are perfectly fine, ma’am. They may be a little injured from being on the run from the creatures you call Caribou, but I... Took care of their problem with extreme pleasure.” He said this with a hiss of elation in his voice.

The mare on the other end must’ve heard that as well, because she was silent for a couple of moments, before responding, her voice more calm,

" Are you implying that you saved them?” A sense of hesitance was in her voice.

Megatron replied back, catching sight of the see-through dome surrounding the ruins of an old castle surrounded by hundreds of large tents in a circular pattern.

" I am not implying that I saved them from their demise. We’ll talk face to face since I am arriving.” He said as his jet engines broke through the sound barrier at Mach 1.

Megatron slowed down enough till he was hovering outside of the barrier, watching as a bunch of armored femme organics came rampaging out of the castle with weapons that are similar to Humanity’s.

Primitive weapons. Such annoying pests... He thought with slight annoyance.

Leading the group was a dark furred mare with a red mohawk for a mane and a scar across her right eye, wearing a leather and metal body armor that covered everything except her joints, and her head.

She stopped at the other side of the barrier and looked up at the flying jet with a small sense of surprise, before pressing the button on a copy of the headset Twilight was wearing.

" Unidentified aircraft, land or we will open fire!” She ordered, her stance taking on that of a mech he used to vaguely recall so long ago.

She has the stance of a trained soldier. Intriguing... He thought as he decided to keep his disguise up for a little bit longer.

Megatron silently complied with that order, lowering the landing pedes and let go of the two mare’s clinging to the seats for dear life.

He opened a small hatch of his cockpit and the two jumped out, greeting the red maned mare, silently watching the pony organics surrounding him with caution, weapons slightly raised, but not directly aiming at him.

Clever… They don’t know if I am a threat or not. Megatron mused with a small hmm of approval.

" It’s ok, he’s a friend. Alright Megatron, show them who you are that saved us!” Twilight ecstatically said with a grin on her muzzle.

Megatron hesitated, feeling the small lingering shards of doubt in his spark.

But then decided it was best to get this over with…

*POV Change (Tempest Shadow)*

I was looking at my friend like she was crazy when she shouted at the strange looking ship, and opened my mouth to question her mental health from being on the run from the Caribou for the past 3 months with Fluttershy.

Then it happened…

The sound of shifting metal, the sound of gears and cogs whirling, and my eyes immediately turned towards the ship, which looked like it was breaking apart into tiny pieces and rearrange themselves to form something else…

After the sound finished, my eyes shot wide and placed a hand on my Python Revolver as an intimidating form loomed over all of us.

It was about 30 feet tall and had a body that looked to be built for brute strength with a menacing silver color mixed with dark blue and earthly orange, it also had menacing spikes on its shoulders.

It- no, HIS, eyes looked to be the color of glowing blood as his scarred lips turned downwards in a very small frown as everypony took in his form.

There was a small strange purple glowing symbol embedded on the center of his chest, but it didn’t stand for anything, not that I could tell…

Fluttershy flew up to the Titan and landed close to his face, making the red eyes turn their attention to the butterscotch yellow mare sitting on his shoulder plating.

" Like I said, he’s a friend.” Twilight said, eager to have her friends meet a new potential Ally of Equestria…

“Tempest Shadow, meet Megatron. The one who saved Fluttershy and I both from certain death.”

Author's Note

A/N: How was this chapter?! Hope it was better than the last one with a bit more Cybertronian linguistics added and a couple of pictures.

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Anyways, hope you enjoyed the chapter, and I'll see you next time!!!