[Robots and Magic] The First Transformation ✓

7. 𝘞𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘦, 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘦

"Yeah, exactly!" replied the young mech.

"Nothing can stop me from bringing smiles and joy, buddy! And hey, I'm the element of laughter, remember? My duty is to make people happy! Hmm, maybe instead of cupcakes, I can make a cake! Kinda have to figure the size though..." she wondered while tapping her chin.

As she tried to come up with a solution for her party plan, Pinkie quickly thought of a question related to the manner and decided to ask, "Saay, when is your birthday, Smokey? Have to make a note of it on my calendar, definitely will ask the others too later!" she took her phone out of her pink hair, prepared to write it down.

Right at that moment, a red light came on and the automobile slowly stopped.

"Birthday? Like- the day when I was created?" Smokescreen confusingly questioned the human girl.

"Of course, silly! Don't tell me you are not celebrating it!"

"Not... really?" 

"WHAT?!" she shouted so loud that the driver who waited next to them got startled and spat their coffee on the windshield. When Pinkie peeked at the other car, a middle-aged woman with two kids at the back, which seemed to be her children, stared at her with confused expressions and at the same time with worry. In return, Pinkie waved and smiled at them in embarrassment. Thankfully, the uneasy situation was interrupted by the green light and Smokescreen quickly drove off. The girl closed her eyes and exhaled in relief while leaning back on her seat. 

That was a close one.

"I-I mean, we do but- it's not something regular for us!" her guardian justified.

"Nuh-uh, not on my watch, mister. From now on, every year each one of your creation days will be celebrated, or my name is not Pinkie Pie!" stated seriously the female teen.

Smokescreen laughed right after, "Yes ma'am."

A sudden notification sound came from Pinkie's phone, "Oh, it's from AJ! She says they have already arrived at our meeting spot!" she informed as she saw the message from her friend.

"Then you better hang on tight. We're gonna get there before you even know it!" warned the robot, his engine roared and sped up.

"WOOHOO!" Pinkie loudly cheered as the car drove fast towards their assigned destination.

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Without even noticing, a number of cars were hiding in the shadows of the quiet alleys, watching the duo driving away in the far distance. The automobiles' engines quickly turned on and revealed themselves in the daylight. 

"Gotcha." a single voice came out of the group. Soon all of them hit their pedals and followed their targets, leaving behind a big pile of smoke.

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"- and then, we used the staff to absorb the Storm King's remaining magic and got rid of his lightning storm, for good." told Rainbow Dash, flying around her guardian who was sitting on the ground, leaning on one of the forest trees while listening about the past experiences she had with her friends. Both of them decided to await the rest in an unhabituated area and share their stories to pass the time.

"What about the ship?" Sideswipe curiously asked.

In response to that question, she nervously chuckled, "It uh... kinda sank to the bottom of the ocean...? But! We managed to save everyone right on time and got them back home through the pony world and the Crystal Mirror, completely unharmed."

"You sure had a lot of crazy adventures back then, huh? Actually, we kinda had a similar problem to deal with too, like the day when we defeated Megatronus. We had to use several of these bad boys here." the red 'Bot stood up and revealed a strange-looking equipment, half the size of his arm.

"What's that?" questioned Rainbow out of wonderment.

"A Decepticon Hunter, turns to whatever weapon you want." as he explained, he swung the unfamiliar object with his servo and it unexpectedly gave the form of a giant katana.

"Pretty neat, right?"

"This. Is. AWESOME!" she answered in excitement and flew closer to him, "It looks so cool! How did you get that?!"

"It's a standard equipment on Autobot prison ships, like the Alchemor. After the crash, Fixit was able to find some and gave them to us. Since then, I haven't stopped using it."

"Any chance you have them in human size? You definitely have to teach me how to fight with this thing!"

"Eeh— 'prolly not."

"RAINBOW DASH!" a loud female voice was heard from afar, startling both of them. They turned in the direction where the sudden shout was heard and noticed Knock Out's vehicle form approaching them. As soon as he parked, Rarity hopped angrily out of the car.

"Look who finally decided to show up." smirked Rainbow at her friend, as soon as she landed on the ground, her wings and pony ears disappeared out of their sight.

"Optimus clearly stated to not transform into the open!" sternly replied Rarity.

"Chill Rares, we are not in the open, nobody will see us here, that's why we picked up this place as our secret hiding spot. We will be fine." her friend calmly reassured.

"Hmph, I hope you are right, otherwise I will blame you  for this if we get in trouble."

"Jeez, you are even grumpier than Ratchet." involved Sideswipe.

"Yeah, what happened? Did you break one of your heels again?" jokingly asked Rainbow, Rarity glared at her even more in return.

Meanwhile, Knock Out was able to transform into his robot mode and answered her question instead of his charge, "Her sister got a bit too curious this morning."

"She saw you?!" Sideswipe immediately questioned.

"Only in my alt-mode, of course."

"We were about to leave, then Sweetie Belle spotted him and couldn't stop asking these hundreds of annoying questions. She wanted to come with us, eventually, I had to come up with a lie that I'm busy with work or something. In the end, that little missy would not let me go and stop talking unless I give her one of my fabrics for her dolls." explained Rarity about their earlier situation.

Rainbow blinked a few times before responding, "She blackmailed you?"

"Yes! All of my precious expensive fabric is now probably ruined! Ruined I tell you!" the fashionista cried out in agony and despair while shaking her friend.

"At least look at the bright side, it appears the little one has gained a good sense of style and taste, just like yours, my dear. Perhaps she is looking up to you." Knock Out shared his assumption.

"Sometimes I feel that she does these things only to annoy me." Rarity sighed, "But thank you darling, maybe you are right."

"So much drama just for this? No wonder you two got along so fast." added Sideswipe, not looking surprised at all by their reaction to a such minor problem.

"ARE YOU CALLING US DRAMATIC?!" both of them furiously snapped at him, the poor mech backed away slowly and raised his arms in defense.

At that very moment, everyone heard a distant noise coming somewhere from the forest. Both 'Bots and girls went dead silent and steady as they looked around, searching for the source.

But nothing was there.

"W-What was that?" Rarity nervously asked.

"Oh please, did you seriously got scared by a small noise? Probably, an animal nothing to be-"

Before Rainbow could even finish her sentence, the same sound appeared again, louder than before.

"-- worried about..."