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Disclaimer: This story is the work of Colibri. The canon characters belong to Hasbro, but the plot and non-canon characters are entirely Colibri's creation. The story is presented as closely to the original - this means any errors in spelling, etc., made by the writer have stayed - and as FFN formatting restrictions allow. Some scene breaks and other miscellaneous replaced with or modified to something FFN won't strip.

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Author's Notes: Some of the words in this story, and the few that come next, are spanish. Some of them I will give you the meaning of them, others I won't, it's suppose to be mysterious, hehehehe . . . This story is taken place right after the Beast Wars are over, and I mean to the day, hour, minute, second, etc.

Shadows of Darkness:

New Beginnings

By: Colibri

Part 1:

The Beginning of a War

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Prologue:

"So, the Beast Wars are over?"

Taká looked up at the shadowed figure in the chair in the middle of the room. "Yes, my lord. And He's leaving the planet." The Shadow Demon smiled.

"You please me, Taká. You have done well."

"Well, sir. I only live to please you." Even as she said this she moaned inside. Her blue and gold face frowned. Her delicate shoulders drooped a little, she could almost feel her gold and blue femm bot parts fall to pieces.. She could believe that she was betraying Him. But she had too. 'It's the only way . . .' "You want for me to send a message to Cybertron and warn the others?"

"No need, He won't be going far. He can't leave now."

"What do you mean?" Taká asked. "Can't leave?" The Demon laughed.

"He has a bond with the Earth that he can not leave behind. You will see." Taká just nodded and looked at the image before her. It was a Transmetal 2 bot, yellowish orange color with big claws and a mean looking jetpack on his back that can be turned into a gun. His face was cat-like. She looked down in pity. She didn't want to think what was going to happen to Him . . .

A dark figure watched as the two talked about the plans of the near future. He narrowed his eyes as he turned away and walked down the hall. He exited the building and entered his ship, the Hyperbird. He sat down and thought. He was angry as hell. 'How could she!! To help kill . . .Okay, Stinger, calm down. You are never like this . . .' Stinger shook his head.

This was his third year looking for Starchaser. The young bot had joined the crew led by Optimus Primal to go deep space exploring, not knowing that Stinger was about to come back to get him. Starchaser and Stinger grew up on the streets together after 'Chaser's guardian, Starhopper, died. With Stinger being a few years older, he watched over Starchaser until he had gotten into a fight with another bot and ended up in an orphanage. Stinger, in fact, had called the police. When he did, he promised he would bail him out when he get the money to adopt him.

It just so happen that the day that the Axalon took off, Stinger had gotten the last credit. Of cource, he spent every last penny trying to find him again. Stinger sighed. He remebered the past year when he found out exatly what he was . . .and that his best bud was the samething. "A Seer . . ." He didn't want to think about the details now. He had to head back to Cybertron before The Overlord Demon could . . .