Author's Note

I wanted to warn you and say that I have a cold. Therefore, the quality of this chapter may be significantly inferior to the prologue. I also wanted to say that the ponies are anthropomorphic. This was done to make it easier to describe the battles. If you find grammatical errors, please mark them in the comments.

Chapter 1: Not a pleasant transformation

Apple Bloom ran through the evergreen forest in the hope of hiding from the dragons pursuing her. After the capture of Equestria, Tirek began the complete colonization of lands outside the country. Dragons became the second after ponies to suffer the wrath of the centaur. As a result of a short fight, the dragon king was defeated, which automatically made Tirek the new leader for the flying lizards.

As for the ponies themselves, they were turned into slaves, destined to work in the mines and farmers' fields under the supervision of dragons.

"Where did you go, little trash?!"

Garpple's angry cry was heard behind her, causing the mare to involuntarily turn back. Distracted from the road, Apple Bloom did not notice the root protruding from the ground. She stumbled, rolled a couple of meters through the mud, and crashed her head into a large cobblestone.

Whining in pain, the mare tried to get up. However, she was immediately pressed back into the ground by the red leg of a dragon who stepped on her back.

“Do you have any idea what problems you’ve created for us?!”

Grapple pressed harder on the mare, causing her to let out a painful cry.

"I'm tired of constantly chasing you!"

The pressure was increasing. It was clear that the dragon did not plan to leave her alive. Closing her eyes, Apple Bloom began to remember the time spent with her family and friends. She was sad to realize that they were all destined to be slaves of the evil centaur. She especially felt sorry for her older sister Apple Jack. Which, along with the rest of the Elements of Harmony, were imprisoned in the dungeon of Canterlot Castle, where they were tortured to this day. She was angry at the princesses and their weaknesses. Why didn't they kill Tirek during their first meeting? Why did they free Discord, who betrayed them? Why should ordinary ponies be responsible for all their mistakes?

"What will your...?!"

The dragon's voice stopped abruptly.

Much to Apple Bloom's surprise, there was no further blow. She shuddered, feeling something dripping on her. Gathering her courage, the mare turned around and looked up at the dragon. Her eyes then widened in shock and horror.

From Garpple's head an incredibly large angular sword was thrust out, from the tip of which blood dripped onto her head.

"Are you okay child?"

The dragon's body was thrown aside, revealing her savior and the owner of the new voice.

A broad-shouldered pony stallion, with a thick gray beard on a red muzzle and blue irises. His body was covered in red armor with strange mechanisms in it. But that wasn't the only thing that shocked Apple Bloom. On the pony's forehead was a long unicorn horn, and large folded black wings looked out behind its back. An alicorn stood in front of her.

Managing to rise to her legs shaking from exhaustion, Apple Bloom silently stared at the stallion. Her head ached from the questions. Alicorn stallion? Didn't Miss Cheerilee say that only mares can be alicorns?

"Are you still going to shoot at me?"

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Sentinel Prime was angry. One of the reasons was his transformation into an anthropomorphic horse with wings and a horn. Just the description of his new appearance disgusted the former Autobot leader. The horse was a more pitiful animal than people. In Sentinel's opinion, they were nothing more than dirty, stinking cattle who lacked the very concept of intelligence.

The second reason was the small mare in front of him, who looked at him in horror for more than twenty seconds. Maybe organic beings liked to waste time pointlessly, but not him.

“Are you just going to stare at me?”

His voice finally brought the mare out of her stupor.

"Alicorn?!"

Great, he came across a mentally retarded cub.

“Is this how they thank you for saving a life?”

Sentinel asked rhetorically.

Hearing this, the mare froze, and realization appeared on her face.

"Thank you so much!"

She immediately grabbed Sentinel's waist in her arms, and tears of happiness flowed from her eyes. However, this behavior did not greatly please the modified Cybertronian, who already began to regret saving the little mare.

"Boss! Where are you?!"

The crunching of leaves was heard behind him. Turning around, Sentinel saw five dragons of different colors and sizes coming out of the bushes.

"Hey! Who are you?!"

One of the dragons pointed at Sentinel.

But before anyone could respond, all five of them noticed Garpple's dead body. Everyone was horrified by the sight before them. A sword was sticking out of the corpse's head, and a dying expression of shock was displayed on its face.

"What did you do to our boss?!"

Breaking free from Apple Bloom's embrace, Sentinel turned fully towards the five dragons.

"Your boss fell victim to my sword. The same thing awaits the five of you."

Hearing this, the reptiles shuddered. Did the pony in front of them kill the dragon? This is absurd! No pony can match the strength of a dragon! It is so?

Growling, one of them, with its mouth open, rushed at the former leader of the Autobots. However, this was the last thing he would do in his life.

Grabbing the hilt of the second sword behind his back, Sentinel cut the dragon's throat with a quick swing.

Everyone present watched as the attacker froze in shock with his eyes wide open. After a second of silence, red liquid gushed out from the cut. The dragon immediately fell to the ground, clutching his throat in an attempt to stop the bleeding. It did not help. He spent the last minute in convulsions under the looks of horror from those present.

The only one who looked at the dragon’s torment with an indifferent gaze was Sentinel himself.

"Child, I recommend that you step aside and not interfere."

Realizing that they were addressing her, Apple Bloom quickly nodded and ran to the side behind one of the trees.

Making sure that the mare was at a safe distance from the battlefield, Sentinel looked back at the dragons. Which in turn answered him with angry glances. The former Autobot leader smirked. These reptiles do not understand who they have met.

"Behold the power of the Prime!"

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Megatronus sighed irritably, tearing the spine out of another monster. Now he was found in a cave surrounded by open cells and monsters who wanted him dead. Dodging the sting of the wasp-bear hybrid, Megatronus grabbed the creature with his telekinesis and slammed the creature into the floor. The blow was strong enough to break the chitin and bones of the monster, causing it to howl in pain.

Jumping up and grabbing the bear by the head, Megatronus quickly twists its neck.

Rising to his full height, Prime looked at the corpses lying around him with an indifferent gaze. After making sure that the monster was the last one, he prepared to teleport and go in search of his brothers.

"Hey! We're here!"

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Celestia, Luna, and Cadance watched in horror at the carnage below the platform. The stranger pony, a unicorn, was able to single-handedly deal with every creature from Tartarus. The battle was so bloody that after five minutes the floor in the cave was already completely red and the limbs and organs of monsters lay around.

"Is an ordinary pony capable of this?"

Luna whispered quietly, afraid to attract the stranger's attention.

"I don't know."

Celestia couldn't give an exact answer. The unicorn was superior in physical strength to Queen Chrysalis and Cadence combined. However, in the depths of her consciousness, the white alicorn realized that this was not the limit of the stranger’s capabilities.

The battle outside was coming to an end.

Each of the three princesses became nervous. The unicorn did not notice their presence. Should they announce themselves?

"We need to get his attention before he leaves."

Celestia said decisively.

"This is madness, sister. In our condition, this pony could kill us in an instant. We can't risk it."

"Luna. He's a pony, he could have been sent here to rescue us."

Cadence decided to support Celestia's decision.

The two princesses continued to argue while the white alicorn looked thoughtfully at the stranger below. She has already decided everything.

"Hey! We're here!"