War for Ponytron

Prologue: A Prelude to War

Long ago, the planet Cybertron was a place of peace, but also corruption. The champion of Kaon, the gladiator Megatronus, was unhappy with the goings on of Cybertronian politics. Then, there was the archivist, Orion Pax. He took an interest in the beliefs of Megatronus. The two began a student-teacher relationship. Megatronus, now desiring to change Cybertron, donned the name Megatron. The two worked towards a casteless Cybertron, where all could be free. Together, they spoke with the Council of Ancients, in hopes that Megatron would become a Prime.

        It was at this time, that Megatron’s true intentions came to light, and was denied the title of Prime. The war for Cybertron began. When Zeta Prime fell at the hands of Megatron during the war, a Prime was needed. Orion Pax became that Prime. Now, with the name Optimus Prime, he would lead the Autobots against the tyranny of Megatron and his Decepticons.

        For eons, this war for Cybertron and its energon, the lifeblood of all Cybertronians, would continue to be waged. After countless loses on both sides, the time for the war to close arrived. The core of Cybertron, now corrupted with dark energon at the hands of Megatron, could no longer sustain life for those who inhabited the planet. There was only one option left for the Autobots, The Ark.

        The Ark, the last hope and salvation for the Autobots, was defended by Metroplex until his end. In order to pursue The Ark, Megatron transformed the now defeated Trypticon into a powerful warship, the Nemesis. Using the Nemesis, Megatron followed The Ark into space. There, they waged a battle that both sides hoped would be the last.

        Sadly, they were wrong, and both The Ark and the Nemesis fell back to Cybertron and crashed upon its surface. Only two Cybertronians survived the incident: Optimus Prime and Megatron. The two rivals battled to the death upon the wreckage of their fallen comrades. In the end, the one to stand was Optimus. Megatron fell that day, and with him, the hope for Decepticon victory. However, with no way of treating his wounds from the battle, Optimus Prime too fell that day.

        In the following years, all remaining Cybertronians slowly died out. With no energon to sustain their lives, they had no choice but to use dark energon, if they wished to live. Those whose bodies did not reject the dark energon, lived. The chaotic power of dark energon was too strong for them to handle, and transformed them, giving birth to the Terrorcons.

        Primus saw what had become of his creations. As millennia passed, Primus slowly purged the dark energon from Cybertron’s core. When the purge was completed, the Terrorcons could no longer sustain themselves, unable to rely upon the energon which flowed through Cybertron once again.

        Primus decided to save what he could of the Cybertronians. He took the bodies of those who were not beyond repair, and brought them into the depths of Cybertron. There, he repaired their bodies and placed them in The Vault. This final resting place of the Cybertronians was sealed by Primus, making it impossible to open for anyone but a Prime.

        With the planet now uninhabited, Primus felt that a new era could begin. He created from the Well of All Sparks, a hybrid race, mixing the structure of his Cybertronians with that of equine creatures from a distant planet. Primus called this race, Ponytronians. He watched, with great pleasure, as his new creations rebuilt Cybertron to its former glory. Believing this race would usher in a new era of peace, Primus renamed the planet, Ponytron, after this new race.

        A new Council of Ancients was formed and the Ponytronians lived in peace for a thousand decades. As was inevitable, dissent began to arise amongst certain individuals. One, known as Luna, believed that the Council was unnecessary and that the people should be the ones to decide what was best for Ponytron. She, along with a historian, known as Celestia, rallied under one banner and fought a war of politics so that all Ponytronians could be able to decide the future of Ponytron.

        The Council knew of Luna’s ill intentions and attempted to persuade Celestia to leave her cause, and join their side. Celestia refused, claiming that Luna had the best interest of the Ponytronians in mind. It wasn’t until, during a meeting of negotiations with the Council at the capital city of Canteon, that Celestia realized the error of Luna’s ways. At that meeting, Luna executed the Council Leader, and attempted to escape the city with Celestia.

        Celestia refused Luna’s choice, and the two went their separate ways. Luna fled to the ruins of Kaon, the former Decepticon city. With the help of those who rallied to her cause, she established the city of Lunus Omega. The possibility of a war began to stir amongst the remainder of the Council of Ancients. They feared that a war not unlike that of the Cybertronians would erupt, for Primus had told them of the demise of their ancestors.

        The Council sealed the gates of Canteon, and refused to let anyone enter or exit. They attempted to find one suitable for the title of Prime, so that they may have a leader for their army, should Luna choose to fight. Their search was in vain. Not a single Ponytronian possessed the qualities of a Prime.

        As the Council had feared, Luna, who now went by Nightmare Moon, stormed the gates of Canteon. She did not come alone. Those who believed her cause to be just, rallied under her. She gave them the title of Lunarcons, and became their leader. With her army of Lunarcons, she hoped to take Canteon and take her place as ruler of Ponytron.

        The Council’s army, known as Solarbots, began fighting Nightmare Moon’s forces. Their coordination and teamwork was nonexistent. Without a leader, they could not hope to force out the Lunarcons. The battle continued for many hours, with the victory slowing falling into the grasp of the Lunarcons. The Council believed all hope to be lost.

        In their darkest hour, Celestia, the very one who once supported Luna with her entire being, approached the Council. She asked for their forgiveness for not seeing Luna’s true colors earlier, and for not extinguishing her spark when she fled Canteon. She, despite the past events, chose to trust the Council of Ancients now and swear loyalty to them. Above all, she swore to do all that she could to protect Canteon.

        Seeing that there was nothing she could do for Canteon, as she was, the Council decided that she would be their leader. She possessed the same qualities as Orion Pax did, so many years ago. Upon hearing the Council’s decision, Celestia agreed to become a Prime. She could not stand by while her former teacher wrought such atrocities. That day, at the Battle of Canteon, a new Prime was born. The last Prime, Celestion Prime, leader of the Solarbots.