Blair, from Alone in Unova, walks by Crystalmaiden, noticing the author banging her head against the desk.

Blair: Okay, what's wrong now. I thought you'd be happy being it Christmas Eve.

Kncrystalmaiden: I am but I'm in the middle of putting in a new story on Fanfic.

Blair: Is it that one you've been working with Aerith The Evenstar?

Kncrystalmaiden: Yes, which reminds me.

Disclaimer: I don't own Transformers Armada, the Swan Princess or Swan Lake plot, nor do I own any of the OC characters. The OC characters belong to none other than my good friend Aerith the Evenstar. I've got her approval for this and she's editing this story.

Kncrystalmaiden: To get the story, read Aerith's story To Dance Among the Skies. It's in my favorites. And Merry Christmas and I hope not to have flames in my stocking.

Blair: Wasn't this both your ideas.

Kncrystalmaiden: Yeah, a happy accident but let's get started.

Chapter 1

Once there lived a man and his wife who lived on the Planet Earth. Although they had good lives as well as worked with the government to preserve the peace between their world and those in outer space, they were sad for not having a child of their own. One day however, they were blessed with the birth of a healthy baby girl and they named her Valerie.

Many friends and family visited, wanting to see the new baby their friends have prayed for. Among them was Astera, a widow Transformer from the Planet Cybertron, and her son Jetfire. As Jetfire held the little infant in his servos, his mother realized something. Astera, seeing through her son, could tell that he had found his sparkmate in Valerie. Talking with Valerie's parents, they agreed that if Jetfire and Valerie were to marry, it would unite the two planets in peace. And after discussing this with the members of the peace ambassadors of both worlds they agreed to it as well; wanting to prove Transformers and Humans can become sparkmates. But unknown to them, an evil plot was forming in the mind of Sideways.

An evil transformer who wanted to start a war on the planet Cybertron. Alone, he didn't have much power even with his sidekick, Starscream, who was there thanks to a large debt he owed. Valerie's birth wasn't anything or real importance to him because he acquired a newfound power that could grant his wish of war to come true: the Lost Energon.

This rare yet dangerous Energon had only been legend and had powers to create, change, and destroy. But before he could finish his work on the Energon, his secret was found out and he and Starscream were arrested. Although both human and transformers believed that it would be best to either lock up or execute Sideways, the leaders of Earth and Cybertron agreed to only banish him to the farthest corner of the galaxy, where he could do no harm.

"This isn't the end. I will return and when that happens, I'll make sure both your worlds shall pay dearly." Sideways said darkly before he was sent away.

Everyone thought his punishment was too light for someone who wanted to start a war and now involving another planet in his destructive agenda. But as years passed, people began to forget Sideways and his threat. As for Jetfire and Valerie, she had been spending time with the mech and his mother due to the fact her parents kept traveling for peace meetings. Jetfire, being a transformer, couldn't age the same way as Valerie and was forced to watch her grow, along with her feeling for him. He found it hard not to be able to confess the feelings his spark had for her, seeing as his age was the equivalence to a twenty-seven year old and he wouldn't age for another thousand years. Still, he never tried to leave her side while she stayed with him and she was content with that.

In fact, she loved him too but just felt awkward about it. She was a human and he was a transformer, shortened to the size of a human due to a strange law her parents told her but she never understood. Still, they were very close to the point that Jetfire started calling her Skydancer, after her love for the sky and ballet. She could feel and communicate with Jetfire through their minds; which was the sign they were sparkmates, but they kept it a secret since by the time she was ten, news got out that their being together will result in their two world joining in ultimate peace. Then after fourteen years since Valerie was born, a party was to be held to celebrate the future peace of Earth and Cybertron on Earth. But like Jetfire and Valerie would do during events like this, they flew off somewhere to enjoy looking at the sky, Valerie's favorite pastime next to dancing.

"I just wish they wouldn't make such a big deal about us like this." Valerie said, with a sigh. "It's so suffocating to have all these people pressure us like this. I mean, I like you but I don't want to be forced into this."

"I know." Jetfire agreed, sitting up to get a better look at his blue eyed beauty. "You've noticed that our connection has been getting stronger these last few years."

"Yeah, I know what that means." Valerie said, blushing.

"Then when will you tell me we can bond?" Jetfire asked, causing Valerie to go crimson.

They had talked about this once a year since she turned ten but she didn't give him a straight answer. She knew she'd have to answer him but how she wasn't sure till now.

"Jetfire, I can't fully be your sparkmate yet. I'm only fourteen." She said as calmly as she could before looking at him. "But I promise, I will be your sparkmate when I'm old enough. For now, consider it dating." Jetfire looked shocked for a second but seemed to relax after thinking it over.

"Alright, I can wait a little longer." Jetfire said as Valerie smiled. "Thank you, my Skydancer." He cupped her cheek as she leaned into his touch. "Can you close your eyes for me?"

"Sure." She did so and soon felt lips covering hers. She knew it was Jetfire without even looking but she knew he was sensitive about his face. He always hid behind his mask but Valerie loved him either way.

"You can look now." Jetfire said after the kiss and Valerie looked up at him with the smile he loved so much.

"Thank you, Jetfire."

That night, Valerie had to return home even though her parents weren't there. She insisted that there was cleaning to do seeing as no one had been there in the last month since Valerie stayed with Astera and Jetfire while her parents were away.

"Are you sure you don't want me to come?" Jetfire asked as Valerie entered the car her parents got with two drivers to escort her home. Jetfire, worried for his sparkmate, walked to the car, with his good friend Hoist.

"I told you, I'm just going home for the day to clean. I'll be back tomorrow night." She said before looking to Hoist. "Please stop him from doing anything reckless while I'm gone."

"Sure, he needs to do some training anyway." Hoist said as Valerie nodded.

"Don't worry, I'll be back soon."

Jetfire nodded and Valerie drove away, not knowing what was waiting for her on the road. As she drove down the road, she didn't notice a purple motorcycle coming close behind them.

"Soon, the war shall begin." A familiar voice said, gaining speed and skidding to a halt in front of the car, which had to react fast as to not hit the motorcycle.

"What's wrong?" Valerie asked as one the drivers got out just in time to see the motorcycle transforming into Sideways.

"Valerie, you need to stay inside." One of them said but then there was a scream and the door of the car was flung open and all that could be heard nearby was the sound of Valerie's scream.

A couple of miles away, Jetfire felt something wrong within his spark and told him one thing: Valerie was in trouble. It didn't help that his friends Hoist and Red Alert were there to see his sudden reaction.

"What's wrong?"

"Valerie's in trouble." He said before running off to transform. "Come on Red Alert, we don't have much time!"

"Jetfire, wait!" Red Alert shouted after the shuttle mechs as they transformed into vehicle mode and went off. Jetfire flew as fast as he could but when he saw the car that took Valerie away, it was close to destroyed. Its back doors were pulled off its hinges and the two drivers were on the ground looking very beat up. "What happened here?" Red Alert asked when he arrived.

"I don't know but check on these guys, they're in pretty bad shape." Jetfire ordered as Red Alert went to care for the nearest fallen driver.

"Jetfire..." The shuttle mechs looked down to see the driver near him was conscious but in pain.

"What happened? Where's Valerie?" Jetfire asked, getting to his side.

"She's gone, we were attacked by a giant transformer. Bigger than normal transformers are."

"What do you mean? A giant transformer? Did it take Valerie?" Jetfire asked but the drive lost consciousness. "Get these guys back to the base!"

"But what will you do?" Red Alert asked but Jetfire flew off before the medic mechs could stop him.

That night, Jetfire searched everywhere for his Skydancer but, alas, she was gone. Vanished with just only one hint: the Giant Transformer.

'I'll find you, Valerie.' He thought, feeling within his spark, sensing she was alive. 'I swear I'll find you.'

Meanwhile, hidden from sight, under the trees and behind a cluster of mountains, stood a castle of sorts. It was beautiful to the eye with a lake of crystal blue water and lush trees surrounding it with the castle behind it. Yet, the scene was sad for a single swan sat in the water, with its head held down in utter sadness as Sideways stared at it, smirking under his mask. His assistant, Starscream, wasn't too far off but he only felt a little guilt for the swan. Not far from the evil duo, were four travelers, two transformers and two boys; that had just lost their way.

"Now Valerie, it's not all bad. This reaction to the Energon should be a blessing to you. After all, now you can fly in the sky you've always loved." Sideways said as the swan glared at him. "And you won't be a swan all the time, it'll all change when the moon comes out."

The swan turned, now alert as the moonlight hit the waters of the lake and the water underneath the swan began to shine. Then, the water rose high over the swan in an array of light and color creating a beautiful sight to match the scenery, without Sideways of course. But once the light and water fell, inside wasn't the swan but Valerie dressed in the same simple light blue dress she wore for the party she avoided.

"That's the side effect of the Energon, you have to be on the lake and the moon has to be out. Fitting for someone like you but it has to be on this lake." Sideways finished, as Valerie got out of the water.

"What's the point in all this? I don't get it!" Valerie said both confused and angry.

"Well, what I want is rule over Earth to start a war against Cybertron, as it should have happened fourteen years ago." Sideways replied as Valerie glared at him.

"Then why haven't you? You've got all the Energon you need to start a war for as long as you want. There's no use for me in all this."

"That's the thing about exile, gives you plenty of time for revenge and to hear news about this so called peace agreement." Sideways said as Valerie turned away. "But if I have you by my side, I'll be able to plunge both your worlds into total war."

"I'm not going to let that happen!" Valerie declared, making to leave.

"I've forgotten another thing about your side effect." Sideways said darkly, making Valerie stop. "The lake has a special Energon that reacts to the moon, as well as you. When the moon sets and it's light leaves the lake, you'll turn back into a swan, no matter how far you run or where you hide."

Sideways smirked at the look of utter horror that crossed Valerie's face. She knew she was trapped but had a feeling Jetfire was searching for her; their bond told her and gave her a little comfort.

'Please,' Valerie thought, looking up at the moon, 'find me soon, Jetfire.'

Weeks passed and still Jetfire hadn't stopped looking for his Skydancer. Most of the planet felt that she had died by now or was hiding due to all the pressure on her and Jetfire. Astera tried her best to calm her son but she knew that, like his father, he was stubborn and wouldn't stop till Valerie had returned safe into his arms. Even after all the long searches, the feeling in his spark was strong, Valerie was still alive. He would never give up on her, not when she promised to be his when she became of age. So he worked hard, using every second of his waking moment to practice shooting, looking for the Giant Transformer, and find out more about this mysterious transformer. His good friend and one of the leaders of the transformers armies, Optimus Prime, always helped him during his training (as well as calmed his mother down when he'd be gone for a long time during his searches).

"You do know the soldiers aren't happy about this." Optimus said, loading Jetfire's blaster with color bullets.

"Yeah but I have to practice." Jetfire said as he and Hoist put on their blindfolds over their optics (well at least Jetfire did, Hoist only covered one of his optics).

"I'm not complaining." Optimus said looking into the box of color bullets to see a few stuck to the bottom. "I'm sure you'll have plenty of-" Splat! The color bullets exploded covering him in red powder, "-fun."

"That Giant Transformer isn't going to give Valerie up without a fight and I intend to win."

"You can't possible think she's still alive, Jetfire." Hoist said but got a smack from Optimus.

"No peaking."

"I'm positive that transformer has Valerie, I'll find her." Jetfire said, determined to find his sparkmate.

"Jetfire, we've looked through the kingdom top to bottom. She's gone, the whole kingdom knows it."

"I know I'm right, I can feel it. She's my sparkmate after all." Jetfire said as Hoist gave a sigh.

"You should have known by now that he's too stubborn to listen." Optimus said before turning to the gazebo. "Animals, are you ready?"

"Prime, what is the meaning of this?" Boomed an angry Megatron.

"The Mini-Cons have today off, we needed someone who can handle this." Optimus said as Hoist tried to keep his snickers unheard.

"But I'm a military leader, not a duck!" Megatron yelled as Optimus sighed.

"It'll be all over soon." He said as the rest of the transformers, Demolishor, Cyclonus, Wheeljack, Thrust, Scavenger, and Red Alert came out.

"Don't worry, they don't hurt." Jetfire said, throwing a bullet at his foot, which didn't leave a dent.

"Very much." Hoist added, noticing to look on their faces. Obviously they didn't think this training would be bad, to them the only bad thing about this was dressing up. How very wrong they were.

The transformers:

We're a band of warriors

And not a band of animals

This masquerade

Cyclonus:

Is more that I can bear.

Transformers:

There goes my reputation

It's awful, this humiliation

Red Alert:

And I've the lion's share

"Down on all four and growl with all you've got." Optimus ordered but the effect was ruined by the fact that they were dressed as animals.

Megatron being the duck wasn't at all happy but not as much as his right-hand man, Thrust, who was a rabbit, little white powder puff tail with matching ears. Scavenger was a fox but this didn't seem to bother him, whereas his friend Red Alert looked a little put out. Cyclonus was the bear and he didn't seem to look forward to being shot at. Demolishor was the elephant but seemed to be having fun with his trunk. But Wheeljack looked like he was ready to shoot someone thanks to the enlarged horns he was forced to wear.

"Come on, men. I want you to strike fear into us or at least Hoist." Optimus said.

"Hey!" A loud roar rent the air as Hoist jumped but it didn't come from Megatron who looked ready to kill. It came from Thrust.

"No you Thrust, you're a rabbit for Primus sake." Optimus said as the jet transformer looked annoyed that the one fun thing he could do wasn't his since he was a rabbit. "Men, on your mark." Jetfire and Hoist readied their blasters. "Go!" He removed the blindfolds and all hell broke loose.

Jetfire started shooting left, right, and up. Anywhere he saw the transformers running but he mostly went after the Decepticons since Scavenger and Red Alert were his good friends. Hoist, trying to beat Jetfire, went straight after Thrust who easily dodged all of his bullets.

"Duck!" Demolishor called out as he and Red Alert hid from the shuttle mechs.

"What?" Splat! Megatron got hit full in the face. He really didn't know it was duck season because he got a lot, mostly because he thought when his men and the two Autobots called 'duck' it meant him. Meanwhile, watching all of this Astera and her friends were enjoying a bit of Energon and in some humans case, either wine or Vodka.

Astera and friends:

Day after day

All Jetfire does is

Practice, practice, practice

Astera:

Thinking of her

And the way that it was

Friends:

Practice, practice, practice

A bullet suddenly flew pass her, leaving some red powder on her Energon cube. In a stampede Megatron and Cyclonus ran through the crowd in a panic.

Megatron and Cyclonus:

He's not happy

Till he has attacks us

Now Jetfire was really getting into it. He hit everything with this such a gleam in his optics. It sent the animals running, tripping, or flying over each other and still he hit them. Hoist still hadn't hit Thrust who was now taunting him in the sky. "Fifteen seconds!" Optimus called.

Astera and friends:

Day after day all Jetfire does is

Practice, practice, practice!

Thinking of her and the way that it was

Practice, practice, PRACTICE!

Cyclonus, trying to get away from Jetfire while carrying his fellow bots and flying became a flying target for Jetfire.

Transformers:

If we had refused

He would have smacked us

So we face the life of target practice

Jetfire shot them all down and soon spotted Thrust who tried to fly away but Jetfire shot at him.

Everyone:

Practice, Practice, PRACTICE

"Time!" Optimus called and Jetfire put his blaster down. Needless to say that everyone but Thrust seemed ready to knock out. As Optimus counted Jetfire's score, Hoist fired three shots at Thrust, who looked really put out. "Well done Jetfire, that's 299 points. But it doesn't look like Hoist hit any this time."

"Losing your touch there?" Jetfire joked as Hoist smirked.

"And now, for the hundred point grey rabbit." Optimus stared shocked to see three very visible orange marks.

"Looks like I win this time." Hoist stated.

"Not so fast there." Jetfire said motioning for Thrust to turn around and there on his but was the red mark. "Looks like I win again."

"I guess my aims off today." Hoist said, shaking off his defeat. "But it's gonna take more than aim, you've got to have courage."

"Then you wouldn't mind a little game of Requiem Catch and Fire, then." Jetfire said as Hoist faltered.

"But Jetfire..."

"He's got a point." Optimus said as Hoist gave a sigh of defeat.

"Alright."

They moved further away from the castle, due to the dangers of their next training exercise. Poor Hoist kept a straight face but he was shaking slightly. Hoist already had a bad experience with this game with a different transformer (Cyclonus to be exact) and he wasn't really looking forward to this. Optimus, knowing this fact full well, was worried for the white transformer.

"Are you sure you'll be alright with this, Hoist?" He asked, very concerned.

"Yes, sir. I can take this." He said, his voice shaking slightly as he changed to vehicle mode.

"Alright then." Optimus said, handing him the Requiem Blaster, their ultimate weapon.

"Remember, aim straight at him and don't be afraid. Then transform as quickly as you can."

"Okay." He said as Optimus took out a large target.

"You ready?" Jetfire asked.

"Yes." Hoist answered but his voice seemed high pitched at this.

Jetfire nodded, turning his back to his friend He waited for a second before throwing the Requiem Blaster at the shuttle mechs, quickly transforming back as Optimus placed the target on his head before running. Jetfire quickly grabbed the blaster and fired it straight at Hoist and hit the target above him. The blasters power was so strong, Jetfire had to dig his heels into the ground to keep himself from flying.

"Nice job, Hoist." Jetfire said, lowering the Requiem Blaster and walked over to his friend. "If your timing had been off by a fraction of a second..." But by this time, Hoist glitched and fell to the ground in a heap.

"You weren't helping." Optimus said as Jetfire shrugged.

"Hey, I needed to practice. At least I'm better than Cyclonus." He looked off the mountains, the place he was planning to check the next day. "Don't worry, I'm getting close to finding you. I'm sure of it."

Well, that's the first chapter. I don't know if they allow the whole song thing but I just couldn't resist. Hope you liked it.