His entire life Optimus Prime, Leader of the Autobots and Last of the Primes had known one thing, some legends were not mere myth but fact.
It was proven to him many times over, by his teachers and the historical records of his home. And there was one such legend, about a group of legendary femme warriors who had the been gifted the power of flight without an alt mode. As just to happen, when the Autobot Leader had stumbled upon another ancient legend by humans who also had femme warriors of legend.
But what made his stop his reading was the name the humans gave them.
Valkyries.
He had heard that name before, in old texts and legends back on Cybertron. They were the same as in the humans myth but were betrayed with human features instead of Cybertronian, but the resemblance was uncanny.
In the legends back home, the Valkyries were created by Primus himself and were tasked with protecting the planet from threats that the Primes couldn't deal with and at times of peace, to guard the Well of the Allsparks. It was said that any femme deemed worth by Primus himself would become a Valkyrie, though it may not have occurred right away, it was written into their fates.
Here, on Earth, the Valkyries are of Norse myths. They are women adorned in fine armor and weapons with feathered wings on their backs. They were the elite force of Odin and had many tasks throughout the mythos.
But it seemed to match together two legends from both worlds.
In the Cybertronian one, the Valkyries were sent by Primus to find and destroy Unicron, the Chaos Bringer. But they never returned and it is said that the Primes had visions of their deaths.
In the Earth version, the Valkyries came to the mortal realm on a fallen star. When they were brought in by the local chief they thanked his kindness with there sworn loyalty to him and his descendants. And had been protecting that family even when the family past on, they guarded the tombs of the lost family.
This seemed as though when the Valkyries came looking for Unicron they crashed landed on Earth and sworn their loyalty to there salvation.
Now Optimus wondered something, could they still be alive?
If possible they would greatly aid there cause and maybe even help end this piety war. But where, where could they be?
He looked through the legends of the Norse again, trying to find any possible sites to where the Valkyries were last seen, apparently protecting a tomb of a family they had sworn themselves too.
He then came across what he was looking for, according to legend they were hidden underneath a mountain called Mt. Redflow, odd name but nonetheless it was something at least.
He got up from his desk in his personal chambers and headed out to the main area to see everything was dark. He looked at his internal clock to realize it was the middle of the night, guess old habits die hard it seemed.
Looking up the coordinates to the mountain he activated the Groundbridge and headed out.
He landed at the base of the mountain, near a dense forest with a river flowing with rapids close by. He looked up to the mountain and pondered to himself on just how he was gonna find the entrance to a old tomb on the side of this very, very steep mountain.
4 hours later, Sunrise…
He had been climbing the mountain for a long stretch of time now, and exhaustion was gripping him. Not only the lack of recharge, but the fact he was low on Energon due to having little to give out back home and the constant literally uphill battle to find this hidden tomb.
The sun was cresting over the sea as he could now see for miles around.
He found a large enough ledge and sat down, venting rapidly to cool his systems.
Where, where could they be?
He leaned back but the wall of stone gave way behind him making him tumble head over heel down a set of staircases large enough to be usable in Cybertronian standards. He finally came to rest at the bottom of the stair, scratched, dented and dusted as he was.
With a grunt of pain he lifted himself back up to see he was in a large chamber with two branches going off in separate directions into darkness. In the center of the room was a stone table with carvings on the side and ruins.
Laid down on top of the stone table was a large femme, she was as tall as him with gold and white armor that was dulled, dented and filthy. Red spots coated her entire frame like some of her was dipped in red paint and in her hand she held a battle axe with unique engravings on the blade.
She was covered in a layer of dust, meaning she had laid here a long time.
Despite the dirt and grime Optimus had never laid a optic on such a beautiful creature, power and might was evident in her. She was to be praised and feared.
He touched the stone table and suddenly gave off a blackish glow, he stepped back in fright as suddenly the femme moved. She sat up from her resting place, some of the dust scattering off her in the sudden motion. Slowly she turned her head towards the wary Prime.
And they locked optics.
His glowing blues met bloody red optics, they remained motionless, the other sensing the others small movements, studying and waiting. To either attack or defend from one another.
Then a commanding voice rang out, "Who are you?" She asked.
"I am Optimus Prime, Leader of the Autobots and the Last of the Primes, who are you?" She seemed shocked at his statement but responded to his question.
"I am Hildr….." She seemed to trail off wanting to say more but stopping. "You say you're are the Last of the Primes, how has that come to pass?"
He walked a little closer to her, "How about I tell you outside of this." He gestured around him, she looked around before nodding. She went to get up but collapsed to the floor.
"It seems my peds have not awakened yet." She frowned to herself, he lent out his hand and after a moment of hesitation grabbed it and together they headed out into the rising sun.