Author's Notes:

Sentinel will only be up to this chapter and he'll be gone. And as for continuity issues, I've made changes to previous fic. Also, remembering the cosmic rust from the TFA episode in Season 3, it didn't really kill any of them since Rodimus seems to be fine and alive in later episodes in the background. So don't worry about Rodimus Prime being there, nothing to worry about.

And no, I couldn't find a song to fit the montage. I was so messed up when trying to find something to fit with it.

Hopefully we'll get to some action soon, and until then thank you all for your patience and I am happy you all are continuing to read this trilogy. You all are da best!

Sunset Shimmer, the rest of the girls, and the Dinobots all stood bored. They had been standing in a court-like room, listening to Sentinel Prime rant and rave for half an hour. The Dinobots were annoyed, and the girls all shared bored faces.

Rainbow groaned, "How long have we been listening to him yell at us?"

Applejack raised a watch to her face, "Half an hour."

The girls continued to stand bored out of their minds seeing Sentinel rant and rave some more which was tiresome to listen to. Why were they even here? They could just walk out of the court room and no one would even care.

Twilight looked around the court room, seeing if there was anything interesting. So far all she saw were some glass displays of Transformers, there were some other Autobots sitting in other chairs around the room, and there was only the door right behind her. Okay, nothing interesting there. Maybe there was a bot she recognized in the room?

She turned her head to the left, no one. Just some Guardians and another Prime, Rodimus. She turned her head to the right, there she saw an Autobot with a long beard and on his left was... wait. She knew who that Autobot was. This Autobot had a black head piece, red on his upper torso, and blue arms. This Autobot also had what looked like a giant microscope lenses on the side of his shoulder.

Twilight was so shocked she let out a gasp. She knew who this bot was. She met him when she was being rebuilt in Fortress Maximus. But would he remember her?

Twilight immediately stopped looking when she saw him stare at her for a moment, making her blush. Some of the other girls saw and they let out a giggle.

Sunset continued staring at Sentinel, staying silent just hearing him rant and rave more. But Sentinel's ranting came to a halt, and he stared at her with some anger.

"Were you even paying attention to me!?" Sentinel yelled.

Sunset waved a few hands. "I think I got it... but just in case... tell me everything again, I wasn't listening."

Sentinel growled and his armor began rattling and shaking just from the sheer anger he was filled with. Sunset just shook his head as he stared at the Autobot.

"That is enough!" A voice interrupted. "Sunset, is it? We appreciate you taking the risk for Optimus Prime's crew and coming here with the Decepticon fugitives. You have our eternal thanks."

Sunset gave a nod, and a few of her allies with her gave some smiles.

"Thank you, Rodimus Prime. I appreciate your support."

Rodimus just gave another smile.

"But there's something you forgot Sentinel. You forgot I am a representative of all life on planet Earth. And I've worked Optimus Prime and his crew for a while now, and we've been handling the situation fine."

"I didn't haul you or your skidplates in for your opinion!"

Sunset huffed, "No, we hauled our own skidplates onto your almost dead world to drop off prisoners and get some help. And need I remind you we've been handling things fine?"

Sentinel's eyebrows furled, "Fine? FINE!? If you can even believe that recruiting Cybertronians who left Cybertron without warrants, or even allowing Decepticons to roam free on your planet is fine!"

Sunset snarled and gritted her teeth. Sentinel was beginning to push her buttons and he was crossing the line. Sunset was about to make a move, but Twilight patted Sunset's shoulder to get her attention. Sunset turned to look at Twilight who had some concern, letting Sunset take a moment to breathe and calm down.

"First of all, our new recruits have proved to us that they are more than worthy of staying with Optimus Prime. Second, we've actually caught Decepticon prisoners in a few days which compared to your standards took several months. And not to mention we've actually reformed some of these Decepticons from a life of crime who are happily living on Earth in peace. I say that is a lot more than anything you have done, Sentinel Prime," Sunset boasted.

Sentinel was about to leap out of his seat but he stopped himself.

"Do you expect me to drop any of those charges on those Cybertronians? Half of them committed who knows how many crimes on Cybertron, and they need to be brought down. And I still refuse to believe an organic like you can lead a team. Especially ones consisting of idiotic Dinobots and Guardians," Sentinel huffed.

The Dinobots snarled and growled.

"Ergh, stupid Elite Guard Autobot, make fun of our leader!", Snarl snarled.

"Sludge no like Sentinel, lets stomp Sentinel!"

"Me Slag say we stomp Sentinel down!"

"Me Swoop say Dinobots swat Sentinel down!"

"No insult Sunset Shimmer, Grimlock insult you!"

"ENOUGH!" Sunset's voice shouted, sending echoes all throughout the room. The Dinobots immediately stopped, and they slowly backed away from Sunset. They were a little worried about what she was gonna say.

"Okay, that's it. I've had it with you Sentinel. I can take your insults to me, but no one, NO ONE, insults my team! I don't care if they're different than all of you, I don't care if they don't always have enough brains, I don't care if they were Decepticons who did horrible things in the past, everyone is worthy of deserving redemption, and with the bots I've met, they've redeemed themselves!"

The Autobot council stayed silent, listening to what Sunset had to say.

"You don't get a say in what goes around here organic, you have no rights--"

"I am Sunset Shimmer, the second-in-command to Optimus Prime. OPTIMUS PRIME. The Autobot that Alpha Trion made a Prime in the first place, the one who taught me to value every ounce of life around me, and that everyone has a chance of redeeming themselves. Autobot, or Decepticon. So you can stick your old laws, and your propaganda up your exhaust port! And guess what, I never wanted to come here in the first place! I only came here to see if I can get some help in fighting and capturing Decepticon fugitives! But I guess it looks like coming here was just a waste of time."

Sunset's breathing was heavy, and it sounded like she was about to unleash a beast on Sentinel.

"You have no place among us, you are not a Prime! You're a filthy organic!" Sentinel yelled.

"I HAVE MY PLACE WITH OPTIMUS PRIME!" Sunset yelled back. She had just about lost her temper with him. "My orders come strictly from Optimus Prime and no one else. He is the one who gives me the orders, he is the one I go to seek permission, and he is the only one who leads me. You have no authority over me. Not over me, not over Optimus, or my teammates. So I suggest you back off... or I will make you back off," Sunset said, stomping her foot into the ground.

Sentinel immediately backed away, not wanting to deal with her any more.

"Everyone. We're going home. And we'll capture more Decepticon fugitives, and we'll defeat Starscream our way."

Sunset began stomping away, but stopped one last time to give Sentinel a glare.

"Oh and by the way, I defeated Megatron for you Autobots. You've been fighting them for years, and it only took me one battle to stop him," Sunset snarled.

Once Sunset was finished with her boasting, she stomped out and the rest of the girls were the first to follow. The Dinobots were about to follow her, but not without a few last words to Sentinel.

"Dinobots no listen to Elite Guard, Dinobots only listen to Sunset." Grimlock boomed.

Grimlock stomped off, and the rest of the Dinobots stomped off as well, followed by the rest of the Guardians. They just left the council room, leaving a surprised Sentinel and Autobot Elite Guard members. They walked out of the room without being allowed to, and they weren't afraid one bit. But one Autobot in particular looking at them, scratched his chin, thinking. Maybe it wouldn't be so bad to join them?

"My my Sunset, I didn't expect you to flip out to Sentinel," Rarity said.

Sunset sighed, "I don't like it when someone tries to act like they're better and superior to my friends."

The Dinobots let out agreeing roars and calls.

"Swoop no like Elite Guard," Swoop huffed.

"That's why Dinobots leave Cybertron with Optimus Prime," Slag replied.

Sunset stopped for a moment. She turned around to look at the Dinobots who all stood in their robot modes, instead of their dinosaur forms.

"You left Cybertron because of them?", Sunset asked.

The Dinobots nodded.

"Grimlock and Dinobots no like being insulted. Sentinel call Dinobots dumb, Sentinel no believe Dinobots can function," Grimlock said stomping his foot into the ground.

Sunset gave Grimlock a bit of a smile, but Grimlock couldn't tell since she wore a mask on her face, and she was in the Headmaster unit, making it hard to tell what faces she was making in there.

"Grimlock, you know that's not true. So you guys have rough edges, the fact that you fight Decepticons and protect everyone on Earth from them is enough in my book," Sunset replied, patting Grimlock's shoulder, "Now what do you say we go home?"

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, wait!" Pinkie interrupted, "You're not gonna make us leave just yet are you? We just got here! Come on, lets see what they have here!"

"I'm with Pinkie on this, I'm interested to see what Cybertron has to offer," Applejack said.

"Uh, me too," Fluttershy replied.

Sunset wanted to say no, but how could she? They did just arrive on their friend's homeworld. Maybe it wouldn't be too bad an idea to look around?

"I suppose we could look hang out for a bit... we did come miles away from Earth. But we can't stay too long, we do have to return to Earth," Sunset said. "What do you guys think?"

The Dinobots all looked to one another, pondering Sunset's offer.

"Dinobots will follow Sunset, and only Sunset.."

Sunset gave a smile, "Okay, sweet. But what to do first?"

"Perhaps I can offer some expertise?"

The group looked around for the mystery voice that called. That wasn't belonging to any of them. But who? Their heads turned, and Twilight's eyes widened. That same Autobot she saw watching from the council room.

"P-Perceptor?" Twilight asked.

The Autobot blinked for a few moments as he looked at Twilight, "Sparkplug?"

A big grin formed on Twilight's face, "Perceptor!"

Perceptor was caught by surprise when Twilight leaped at him, and gave him a big hug. Perceptor just gave a bit of a shocked expression, and he just stood there unsure of what she was doing. He looked and he saw her friends giggling and chuckling.

Twilight pulled back from the hug, letting Perceptor move his limbs.

"Its so great to see you again! I wasn't sure when I would see you!"

Perceptor gave a friendly smile, "And I'm glad to see you're alright Sparkplug. I wasn't sure if you made it back to Earth with Punch and Blurr."

Twilight gave a small giggle. "You don't need to call me Sparkplug. My name is actually Twilight."

Twilight turned her attention back to the others, "Sunset, girls. This is Perceptor, Autobot scientist. He fixed my body when I was still in a Cybertronian state back when we first met the Autobots."

"Pleasure to meet you Perceptor," Sunset said as she shook hands with the scientist.

"Pleasure to meet you too," Perceptor replied.

"So if you don't mind my asking, how come you're just showing up now?"

"I listened to your words in that council room, and after I've heard of the success with Optimus Prime and how well you and the rest of the Autobots on Earth were doing, I was wondering if by any chance I could come with you. That is if you Autobots require any of my, assistance."

Sunset looked at the girls for a moment, exchanging different looks with one another. Eventually their faces came to agreeing smiles, and Sunset looked back to Perceptor.

"You're in. Welcome aboard," Sunset replied.

"Really? Just like that?", Flip Top asked.

"We can always use some more Autobots. Besides they've got tons of Autobots on here on this planet, I'm sure they won't mind if we recruit another," Sunset said.

"Oh, well, thank you. Sunset," Perceptor replied with a smile.

"Anyways, what were you going to say before I interrupted you?", Sunset asked.

Perceptor tilted his head, wondering what she meant. A light clicked in his head, remembering what.

"Oh, right. I know a place around here that might be worthy for a few tourists to visit. Follow me!"

Perceptor led the way, and the rest of the group followed behind. Twilight in particular ran up closer to walk next to Perceptor.

"Its so great to see you again Perceptor. I'm glad you're coming with us, I'm willing to bet Optimus is going to appreciate your help," Twilight replied.

Perceptor blushed a bit, "I-I suppose so. Oh, I wanted to ask. How did the battle with Megatron go? I didn't hear from you or any of the other Autobots ever since you've left."

"Oh, right I know. Okay, so it was right after we've assembled a ship. We began working our way to leave..."

During the walk, Perceptor and Twilight were still in deep discussion about what happened during Twilight's return back to Earth. Sunset who watched the two of them speak and walk had a smile on her face. She was glad Twilight had made a new friend even after being insulted by high authority members.

"So I made my final move, and with everyone's help, Scorponok was blown to bits!", Twilight exclaimed.

Perceptor gave a grin, "I congratulate you for your victory. I do wish I was there to see it myself."

"Its okay. With you coming out of the laboratory and coming with us, you'll be able to see more. Oh, and where exactly are we going?"

Perceptor came to a halt and pointed in front of him. There stood an old building, but the inside of it looked lively and from the sounds coming from inside it sounded like there were Autobots inside. From the looks of it, it was like a restaurant/bar place. There were big lights coming from the windows, a few shadows of what looked like people sitting in booth chairs eating meals and drinking, and there was a sign written in Cybertronian that said 'Open'.

"I believed the Guardians and the Autobots are in need of some... refreshments?", Perceptor asked, extending a hand to the restaurant.

Agreeing murmurs broke out among the group, and some grins came onto them as well.

"I could go for a drink," Smallfoot said.

"Me too, lets fill er up!" Royal T called.

The Guardians were the first to charge into the restaurant, following behind were the Dinobots leaving the girls and Perceptor by themselves to just stand.

Sunset chuckled, "Shall we go in?"

The rest of them began walking into the restaurant and they were astounded by the sights around them. The place was like a regular diner on Earth. There were dozens of booths with several Autobots eating and conversing at, there were bots working behind the counter as bartenders, and there were tons of drink bottles and cans on the shelves behind the bartender. This place must have been really busy.

Sunset walked in, and the rest of the girls walked in too, but once they entered in they were met with stares from the other Autobots. All of them were giving them strange looks to them, they had never seen these Autobots before.

"Whaaaaat?", Pinkie asked.

The Autobots just looked at one another and shrugged before going back to their own business. The girls all gave small gulps and continued to walk into the diner. Looking around the diner, they found a spot where the Guardians and Dinobots had parked in, and there were chairs for all of them available.

All of them took their seats.

"So this is your equivalent of a diner?", Sunset asked.

Smallfoot nodded. "There used to be dozens of these diners on Cybertron, but now with the war, most of them have been reduced to rubble. The fact that this one is still standing amazes me though. And its in Autobot possession."

Everyone smirked.

"What do you think the Decepticons are up to?", Fluttershy asked.

"I'm not sure. And I don't think even the Autobots on Cybertron know. During Sentinel's rant, I could hear him yelling about not hearing any activity from the Decepticons in some time. I'm not even sure if they had been planning their assault yet," Sunset replied.

"Sunset, maybe they just don't know what to do. I'm positive we'll find out soon enough, and we'll put Starscream's new leadership to shame," Applejack replied, patting Sunset's shoulder.

Sunset sighed, "I hope so. I just want this war to be over and done with by now."

The girls and the Autobots all exchanged agreeing nods. They knew how stressed she was with the recent events, but they didn't know how they could help her come over her problem.

--

Over the course of time, Perceptor took the time to give the girls a tour of Cybertron. While they didn't go to a lot of places what with most of them closed off during the way, Perceptor managed to find a few places to show off to them. And he and Twilight talked a little more as they moved on.

During a walk, Twilight accidentally tripped over some debris, but Perceptor walked back to help her back on her feet. Twilight gave a smile and she got back up, continuing to walk with Perceptor.

When the group went to help load Perceptor's belongings into the shuttle, Twilight and Perceptor did most of the lifting, while everyone else was just watching the two of them continue to talk some more. A smile came onto their faces when they saw Twilight getting along with her new friend.

Another time that the girls saw Twilight and Perceptor interacting well together was seeing the two of them discuss science and experiments on their walk. But the group wasn't just focused on them, they did get to see some things they wanted to see. The girls managed to get some photos together as they walked around Cybertron.

Pinkie snapped a photo of her and Rarity taking a selfie of them and the sky, Pinkie snapped a photo of Fluttershy in the palm of Fortress Maximus in his robot mode, and Pinkie got a few photos of Perceptor and Twilight interacting. But the photos didn't stop there, they got even more photos to take with them.

Rarity took some shots of all of them riding on the backs of the Dinobots, while acting like cowboys. Applejack was taken in a photo of riding on the back of Sludge who made a movement of his front legs up in the air, acting like a horse. Rainbow Dash got a shot of her raising a sword on the back of Grimlock, and Fluttershy got a photo of being carried in the arms of Swoop bridal style.

Smallfoot even took a photo with some of the Guardians on their trip, and in one of them, she photo-bombed one, making rabbit ears behind Flip Top's head.

--

Little did they know that outside, someone had been keeping a close eye on them. A Renegade with a black and red colored body, with yellow eyes, and a blue cockpit on the back of his head. He gave an evil smirk as he watched them. He backed from the building, and zoomed off into the sky, flying over the destroyed city, going to his base. His finger hit the side of his head, and he bean speaking into a com unit.

"Fitor to Cy-Kill, I believe I've found the one called... Sunset Shimmer. And she's brought some Guardians with her..."

"Excellent Fitor. Return to base at once. We'll assemble the Renegades for an assault."

Fitor gave an evil grin, and continued to soar off into the distance, undetected by the Autobots.