Chapter 3

Megatron kneeled down in front of the large skittish group of organics, making sure his faceplate wasn’t fierce as it was when he first met Fluttershy a few minutes ago.

" I hear that you’ve been having a... Pest problem?” He said with a raised optic ridge.

The mare, Tempest Shadow, stared up into his faceplate for a moment, before clearing her face of any expression; taking on a cold mask.

" Indeed we are, Titan. But we seem to be handling them just fine.” She said with a voice that basically said ' Get out, if you don’t know what’s good for you!’

Megatron chuckled, causing some that was surrounding him to shudder and shift uncomfortably at the sound and sight of the menacing glint of his razor sharp denta that was shown in his evil smile.

" I believe you underestimate those… CREATURES,” He sneered, “You call Caribou.”

Tempest’s eyebrow rose at the snarl that was said at the mention of said Caribou, but didn’t say anything else, contemplating the situation before her…

Megatron then felt his proximity sensors, that were set to enemies, ping and his optics looked up behind Tempest as a male organic, a stallion, came running at her from behind, a look of utter hatred and bloodlust on his scowling face as he pulled out a dagger similar to the Caribou that he killed in the forest.

He didn’t hesitate on his next decision…

Activating a resizer that he acquired recently, again, thanks to Unicron, and met the stallion head on with a full out sprint, ignoring the small gasps from the mares surrounding him as he changed to their size.

Tempest was suddenly snapped out of her thoughts as a metal hand pushed her aside and made her go flying a couple feet before she flipped and landed on the ground expertly without any pain as she hit the ground with the tip of her boots, using her hand to stop the momentum.

Her narrowed eyes took in the seven foot tall form of the Titan that she just saw standing before he grabbed the knife by the blade that the corrupted stallion was holding up into a stab position before the mech interfered, his eyes glowing more red as his mouth pulled into an animalistic snarl.

With an angry growl, Megatron snapped the small blade in half and threw it away as the glowing-eyed stallion stared at him in shock as the tip of the broken blade embedded itself into the ground.

The organic then tried to stab him with the remaining half of the blade…

Which was blocked by an even more menacing looking blade, coming out of Megatron’s arm, under where the cannon was on.

With a glare of distaste, the stallion backed away a little bit before the two began circling each other, blades at the ready with their bodies tense.

Then, the gangly and dirty stallion charged with an ugly sneer, jumping high into the air with the broken dagger...

Megatron then parried the stallion’s attack, pushing against the organic as he foolishly tried to put pressure on the mech’s blade.

But he was stronger…

With slight grunt and a tiny bit of effort, he threw the stallion back and activated his new weapon arsenal; his normal blade disappearing under his Fusion Cannon.

His left on the other hand, glowed glowed an evil dark purple for a few moments, before a wicked looking scythe appeared over his servo.

Twilight and Fluttershy, as well as several others of the female guards mares gulped at how frightening the shrunken Titan looked…

The blank-faced stallion didn’t care about his mission anymore, this freak of scrap metal was going down!

So, he foolishly charged at the mech with the blade, his expression turning angry and deranged…

SLICE!!!

The equine’s eyes shot wide open, gasping as he looked down at the puncture in his chest, blood spewing out of the wound as Megatron pulled out the scythe’s blade he had swung without thinking.

The stallion was dead before he finished hitting the ground, his eyes devoid of life and breathed his last.

*POV Change (Megatron 3rd person)*

Megatron looked down at the defeated equine with purple glowing optics, before venting harshly as his spark pulsed with guilt.

He took a life, despite trying to turn a new leaf; but apparently that won’t be happening as long as he stayed on this slowly dying planet…

The area was quiet as more and more ponies gathered around to see what was going on.

Megatron’s eyes turned from a deep evil purple to his signature blood red, as he deactivated his weapons and turned to the small group he had gotten to know in the past ten Earth Minutes.

They were staring at him, not in fear like he expected, but a different emotion he couldn’t figure out.

Was that admiration?...

Megatron vented lightly, not wanting to deal with the fallout of what his gladiatorial reflexes made him do in the heat of combat.

His thought process was interrupted by Tempest asking, her voice light in slight surprise.

" Where in Tartarus did you learn how to fight like that? I have never seen that kind of strength except for the Storm King!” She lightly demanded, wanting to know his answer.

After a little bit of hesitation, Megatron simply replied,

" I was a gladiator, we earn a few tricks after a long amount of stellar-cycles.” He said, his voice low as he was sinking into his memories of The Pit.

Fluttershy, who had gotten down before the confrontation, walked up to him and he felt his spark chamber tighten at the concern in her eyes.

" Why were you fighting for so long?” She asked, her tone peaceful and calm.

Megatron hesitated once again, but decided the truth was the best way to go…

" Survival…” He said, then nothing more.

Tempest came up to him, her eyes calculatingly roaming over his body with cold eyes.

It was quiet for a few nano-cycles, before the dark mare smiled…

" Welcome to the Equestrian Alliance, Megatron.” She said, her hand out for a handshake.

After staring down at the small armored and delicate servo that he could easily crush if he wasn’t careful, Megatron put his right servo in hers and shook it down a bit.

Good thing he remembered to put Earth Customs in his memory banks…

Megatron was sitting down in the most secluded section of the base, watching the stars with his optics blank, recalling memory after memory after memory of his world conquering era…

How could I have been so blind?! He thought to himself as he vented lightly, making sure to not wake up the ponies down below.

He was so deep in his musing of self depreciation and foolishness, that he didn’t know that someone was sitting next to his 7 ft tall body…

“ The night is beautiful, is it not?” Said a voice that commanded respect, yet was gentle, almost motherly.

It sort of reminded him of Optimus...

Megatron snapped out of his thoughts and looked slightly down at the organic next to him, staring up at the night sky with a look of nostalgia on her face.

Her fur was the color of alabaster white, with an even whiter dress that hugged her voluptuous form perfectly, she was also wearing a golden tiara that was slightly tarnished with soot, but was in perfect condition.

The strangest thing about her, was her mane…

It was slightly moving in an unforeseen wind, a mixture of pink, green, and blue, all swimming together in a constant current of hair...

Her magenta eyes then turned from the stars and to his red optics, an unseen power resided inside those sparkling orbs, even more powerful than Unicron himself.

“ I suppose that you have been travelling a long time through the constant night, have you not?” The mare said, her eyes not taking off his optics, which made him slightly uncomfortable.

It is almost as if she could read his Spark with them…

“ In all my time of ruling, I have never seen such a being as you before.” She said, a sparkle of curiosity in her expression as she tilted her head to the side, looking at his form with a beady eye, taking in his every detail.

Megatron turned his head and up into the night filled sky again, contemplating…

“ I have lived a very long time, madam, but I never encountered this planet before, until now.” He said, his optic ridges furrowing as he tried to recall ever visiting this world before, but nothing came up.

The powerful being next to him chuckled, which made his spark warm up slightly for some reason, then she sighed.

“ I think… That the fates of the universe brought you here for a reason.” She said, her cyan eyes turning from their motherly look to a serious one, but she never lost her gentle smile.

Megatron nodded his helm, smirking slightly as he looked to the horizon once more.

“ Yes… Yes I think that the fates are calling to us.” He whispered, his expression almost reverent as he recalled when Unicron took control of his body, and before that, he tried to cyberform Earth into a planet HE could rule.

The powerful mare looked up at him with a confused look for a second, before saying something,

“ Celestia…” She whispered, looking down at the base camp with a warm look, laced with tiredness from the results of a very long cycle of endless tasks.

Megatron turned his head, slightly startled.

“ Pardon, Madam?” He asked, not hearing what she said.

The mare looked into his optics a tired look on her face as she said in a slightly louder voice that he can hear, but no one else can.

“ Call me Celestia. It’s my name, I’ll have you know.” She finished saying the last sentence with a faux posh look before slumping into a small giggle fit.

Megatron blinked a couple of times before smiling softly down at the giggling mare snuggling up into his side.

“ Call me Megatron.” He replied, returning to look outside of the shimmering Safezone barrier at the perimeter to see if he could spot any intruders while everyone else was asleep.

After receiving no response from Celestia, he turned his head back down and to where the mare was, then raised an optic ridge in surprise…

She was asleep snuggling into his side, slightly curled up against his right arm, her face lightly pressed into his fusion cannon with her mane flowing less than a couple of klicks ago, her arms wrapped around herself as she slept on with a light smile on her sleeping face.

Megatron felt himself at a loss on what to do…

Before he realised that he should probably put Celestia to bed…

It was the least he could do for their kind hospitality, despite not knowing what Cybertronians require as sustenance.

Speaking of which…

Megatron found out his Energon levels have not depleted at all ever since he had regained control of his body from Unicron, which made the ex Decepticon Leader curious as to why.

But he’ll deal with that at another time...

After hearing Celestia mumble into his arm, Megatron gently picked her up as he got to his pedes quietly, and carried the 6 ft tall mare in his arms.

He walked down the hall and into an empty guest room, where he was assigned to stay in his shrunken form.

The mech laid the Alicorn down on his berth and put a large blanket over her slumbering form, making her sigh in content.

Megatron stared down at the sleeping organic pony for a few moments, before tilting his glossa up into a smile.

He silently walked over to an empty wall and sat down against it, leaning back as he got himself comfortable.

He stared in the darkness of the room that reminded him of the void as he was resurrected and not one with the Allspark, because of the Dark Energon he foolishly stabbed into his spark chamber, making it run through his veins.

He will not make those mistakes ever again… Not while this world fights to conquer evil...

Megatron’s blank stare turned towards the sleeping Celestia on his berth with a small smile on her face, then shut his optics and initiated some much needed recharge…

Author's Note

A/N: I hope I got Megatron down right after watching the Predacons Rising movie again last night.

I also hope you enjoy the pace on which I'm going at, and the amount in each chapter used!

If you have questions, comments, concerns, or suggestions, just type them down in the comments and I'll take a look. YOU GUYS KEEP ME GOING, ya know?

Anyways, have a great day, and I'll see you soon!