Back on Earth, the day was nearly over and the sun was setting off into the end of the day. But it wasn't the end of the day for some people. Sunset Shimmer still wanted to lend a hand to the Autobots for a bit. So once the rest of the girls had gone home, Smallfoot offered to give Sunset a ride back to the Ark where they Autobots were based. And Smallfoot wasted no time getting on the road. She and the Guardians had much to discuss about what they had witnessed.

In the desert of Nevada, a single red pickup truck was driving along the paved pathway leading to the Ark. No lights were on since there was still plenty of sunlight guiding them on their way. But on the entire drive, Smallfoot had been completely silent. She never said a word, or even a grunt. 100% silent.

"Um... Smallfoot, are you going to tell me about what you've said?"

"Soon... Actually you know what, here's an okay spot. The Autobots can see us perfectly fine. Besides, I need to stretch my legs."

Smallfoot came to a stop and opened her door. Sunset climbed out and watched as Smallfoot converted back into her robot form stretching her legs and her arms, moving about. Her head tilted side to side, and Sunset cringed hearing the cracking noise her neck had made. It sounded like she had just about snapped her neck.

"Doesn't that hurt?", Sunset winced.

Smallfoot shook her head, "If you do it too much, then there's a chance you'll be paralyzed."

Sunset nodded. She turned to the left and stared off into the bright flaming orange sunset that was off into the distance, covered by a few clouds. The sky filled with only the shades of orange and red as the end of the day was slowly descending. The sounds of the wind, and the screech of crows filled the air.

Smallfoot crouched down as she stood next to Sunset. Her red hand dug into the sand, digging up some up and holding it in her hand as she stared down on it as it blew away into the wind.

"Sunset... what you said about a monster destroying your planet... is something that happened to all of us Gobots a long time ago," Smallfoot said.

"W-What?" Sunset croaked.

Smallfoot nodded.

"A long time ago, back when we still were lively, we had a home planet far from Cybertron. But we were also caught in an endless war. The world was split into Guardians and Renegades, both wanting control of our world. However the war between Guardians and Renegades came to an end when... that, came to our world. I don't know what it was, but... it devoured our world. It just blew right through, devouring it whole and it didn't spare anyone. It just went on through, sucking up everything up like your tornadoes here on Earth."

Sunset's expression turned to a frown as she looked at Smallfoot who was staring off into the distance.

"But... you guys are still here, right?", Sunset asked.

Smallfoot just nodded, still not looking at Sunset.

"There were only a few Guardians who escaped, me being one of them. As for our leaders, well... they never escaped. Only us soldiers made it out while everyone else perished. Leader-1, Turbo, Scooter, Zeemon, they're long gone..."

Sunset gulped, "I'm sorry to hear that. And I'm sorry about your home."

Smallfoot just gave a sincere nod.

"But you know, I'm willing to bet if they could see the Gobot that you've become... they would be proud of you," Sunset smiled.

Smallfoot looked back to Sunset, and gave a weak smile. She may had lost her home, but she at least was given a new one, and at least she made some new friends in the process.

"Thanks Sunset," Smallfoot replied.

Sunset nodded, and this time she looked towards the ending sunset. None of them said a word after. But what thing did start to wander in Sunset's head. What Smallfoot described was real. But if that thing was out there, where was it? What was it doing now?

Sunset walked inside of the base with Smallfoot and she was met with some more greetings and hellos from some of the other Autobots. All of them were busy with their work.

"Hello Ratchet," Sunset said.

Ratchet looked to the fiery haired girl and gave a nod and friendly smile.

"Do you know where Optimus is?," Sunset asked, "I kind of need to talk to him."

"He's up on the roof, been there for quite a while now."

Sunset looked towards the left, staring at the elevator that led to the top of the base. She walked forward, and stepped inside of the elevator. Her finger pressed against a button, the elevator dinged, and the doors closed, pulling her on up.

On the roof, Optimus Prime had been standing, with his hands behind his back, staring off into the sunset signalling the end of the day. He was too deep in thought. Something about Sunset's dream was a little startling, and it didn't sound like it was any ordinary dream. Something seemed incredibly wrong.

The Autobot leader stopped his train of thought when he heard the sound of an elevator dinging, and heard the voice of a friend.

"Optimus? Why are you up here?"

Optimus turned himself around to see Sunset coming off the elevator.

"I apologize, Sunset. But ever since you've told me about what you saw in your nightmare, I have been having some... concerns."

"About what?"

Optimus's optics turned back to the sky, "I felt like... a dire threat may return to cause more catastrophic events on Cybertron, and on your planet. But I am not sure as to what..."

Sunset nodded, "did you get a vision?"

Optimus shook his head, "The Matrix within me... Alpha Trion, gave me a warning, saying that a great evil would return."

Sunset tilted her head, "What's the Matrix of Leadership?"

Optimus moved his hands to open up the insides of his chest, and inside it revealed something Sunset had never seen before. A strange object was in the middle of his chest. It was like a sphere-shaped crystal ball held in place by a hollow metal shell, and there were handles on the sides with holes in them, like fingers could go right through to get a tighter grip.

"The Matrix of Leadership, is an ancient artifact that is passed down to the leader of the Autobots, and it bares the wisdom of our ancestors. If the Decepticons were to get ahold of this, it would create a new age of chaos and tyranny across our galaxy," Optimus said.

Sunset nodded.

Optimus gazed back to Sunset, after closing his chest again sealing up the Matrix inside of him.

"You wanted to see me, Sunset?" Optimus asked.

"Yes, I did. I spoke with Smallfoot and... and..." Sunset's voice was getting a little shaken up, "she told me, what happened to Gobotron. And just from thinking about with what I saw I... I don't want to lose Equestria to that...that thing that ate Smallfoot's home."

Optimus walked over and took a knee down to look at Sunset in the eye.

"I promise you we will not allow the same fate of Gobotron to happen to your home. Nor here on Earth," Optimus said.

"But... what if it does? What if that monster is still out there? I don't even know what that thing is! I... I..."

Optimus pulled Sunset in for a hug and gave her a pat on the back, letting her try and calm herself down. She was stressed, she was scared, and now she had something else clouding her mind that gave her fear other than Megatron.

After she managed to calm down, Optimus pulled back to look at Sunset.

"Our Autobots searched across the galaxy, looking for that being that had ate their home. But no one has seen any sign of its existence. However, should something happen, we will be the first to know, and we'll do what we can to keep your home safe, to save it from the fate that endured Gobotron."

Sunset wasn't too sure. If that thing Smallfoot described ate Gobotron, who knows how much it will do to Equestria. But there wasn't anything she could do about it for now. She had her friends with her, and some wise words from Optimus Prime to calm her down. At least with him by his side, she had some comfort knowing she'd be safe.

"Thanks Optimus."

Optimus gave a smile back to Sunset, and Sunset moved closer for another hug. Optimus continued to pat her back. At least she was calming down. But hopefully they wouldn't have to deal with that monster any time soon...

Meanwhile in space, the monstrous planet that had devoured Gobotron was floating about. Not moving towards any planet to destroy, not moving towards a moon to devour, it just sat there. The outside appeared to have no activity, but there was much activity on the inside.

On several video monitors, connected to a core like substance, footage displayed of Sunset Shimmer and Optimus Prime on the screens. The videos showed her and Optimus talking to one another, about the monsterous planet that Sunset had witnessed in her dream. But the screens heavily made close-ups on the artifact that Optimus had in his chest. The monitors were zoomed in, observing the object.

While no one could see the activity going on inside of the planet, anyone within a few miles would have seen the monster's mouth open up and let out an earpiercing scream that blasted as far as it could. No one around to hear it, no one around to witness its anger.

Back on Earth the very next morning, over far beyond Canterlot, the sun was shining nice and bright over a gleaming lake. And surrounding that lake was a little dock with a few boats tied to it, and the dock was connected to a bit of land that was mostly covered in nature. There was a spot for several picnic tables that were underneath a roof, and near that there was a big log cabin for people to check into, and there were several other log cabins with numbers on the front of them. And surrounding the log cabins were tons of trees as far as the eye could see. This big place was the Everfree forest, outside of the camping grounds of Camp Everfree. While no one was currently living in any of the cabins or working at the Everfree at this time of day, there was one lone life form living at the Everfree forest.

This life form however wasn't a person, this was a Cybertronian. But this wasn't any of the Autobots, for this figure was a Decepticon. But unlike the other Decepticons, the logos on his shoulders were clawed out. His head was in the shape of a wolf, with yellow eyes and retaining wolf ears, his hands were claws, the cabin for the car was his chest, wheels on his back, car doors on his arms, and he had a long metallic tail that was moving side to side.

The Decepticon crouched down and looked into the crystal clear water, watching it sparkle in the sun. He put his hand into the water and swashed some of the water around, feeling it against his metallic skin. He gave a small smile.

"Just the right temperature..."

The Decepticon made a dive into the water, splashing the water onto the dock and on the boats. He swam, kicking the back of his feet, and moving his arms in a synchronized motion. He swiftly moved past some fish, and a few other creatures that were down and swimming in the lake. But the Decepticon's swimming relaxation came to a stop. Something was down in the water with him...

He swam down further, and with the help of the sun, he could see something in the water that didn't look like it belonged there. Two gigantic space cruisers were dug into the lake, and they were covered in tons of barnacles and seaweed. How long was these ships crashed here?

The Decepticon swam back up to the surface, and poked his head out of the water. He swam towards the docks, and grabbed ahold of the edge and pulled himself up to climb back on.

"The Autobots must know about this at once..."

Some time had passed and the Decepticon just sat on the edge of the dock, relaxing and listening to the noises of nature. He had already called the Autobots to let them of his find, and now all he had to do was just wait for them to arrive. So until then, why not relax a little more?

He kicked his feet against the water as he splashed some more off into the middle of the lake, listening to the sounds of the water clashing against his feet and making its splash out onto the lake center. In the middle, the sun was shining on it, making it gleam and sparkle. The sight was absolutely beautiful to look at. So relaxing and so calm...

"Weirdwolf?", a voice interrupted.

The Decepticon looked back to see Sunset was standing on the dock, and right behind her were a few Autobots.

"You called us?", Sunset asked.

Weirdwolf nodded, "I was doing some swimming in the lake but when I dove to the bottom I think I found something you Autobots might be highly interested in."

Sunset nodded. She looked back to some of the Autobots that were with her.

"Dive Dive, Seaspray. Can you two take a look to see what's down there?"

"Not a problem Phoenix!", Dive Dive saluted.

The Guardian and the Autobot jumped off into the lake, leaving the others to watch as the two robots sunk down as they began their dive.

The two robots kicked their feet with speed as they swam down to the bottom, several bubbles being blown right past them. Their arms swayed, their legs kicked, and their diving equipment continued to make several beeps and noise as they swam down.

"See anything yet?" Seaspray asked.

"Nothing yet, I... wait a minute..."

Dive Dive paused to take a look at what he saw. Dug into the sand were two giant spaceships that looked like they had been there for a long time. One spaceship had a red cockpit and there was tons of barnacles covering the sides of the hull. It was also colored in bits of white and red that was connected to it. The other spaceship that they could see was covered in seaweed and dents, and surrounding the ship was several rocks that were covering parts of the wings and the top of the ship.

"A Guardian Command Center and a Renegade Thruster... I think we just found our way off this planet..." Dive Dive said.

Author's Notes:

As a side note, I went back to the last chapter and made another change. To make sure that Autobot City doesn't come in to this story as forced and out of nowhere.

I tried to sum up the Matrix of Leadership from what I remember, but I could still be wrong on some parts. Reading the definition on Transformers.wiki was difficult.

And yes I do know Weirdwolf wouldn't be like this, but I only remember him having a few scenes in Headmasters (the Rebirth opening) and I don't remember him having a personality. Besides this is an alternate universe of the Transformers, so many different variations of characters are clashing. Plus some of the characters have different personalities in the show so this is the one I decided to give Weirdwolf.

Also this was probably too short a chapter, along with it being rushed. Don't worry, I'll be back to my long ones soon enough.