Marie Summers & The War of Darkness

The Beginning of Something Glorious

Some say that anything is possible. Especially if you believe it is. Others say some things are impossible. That nothing you do will change that fact. Most people believe just one or the other, that either anything is possible or some things are not. However, some people find that both can be true. Sometimes anything can be possible. Other times some things can't. This is such a story…..

15 years ago, in the small town of Jasper, Nevada, the Esquivel family was celebrating the birth of a third daughter. She had been born only a few days ago. She was given the name Marie Summers Esquivel. She had a mother and father, two older brothers, and two older sisters to help love and raise her. Everything was perfect.

However it couldn't last forever. Fate had other ideas. While this joyous occasion was being celebrated, something far more somber and sad was occurring. A war. A long, tragic war. A war that was not of this world. A war between members of an alien race. Intelligent robots that could think and feel were the soldiers. They came from a planet far from Earth. A planet called Cybertron. This war had lasted for eons and left Cybertron a dead world. The survivors fled Cybertron and some had escaped to Earth.

The remaining Cybertronians were split into two factions. Autobots and Decepticons. The Autobots, led by Optimus Prime, now fought to protect our world from the Decepticons. The Decepticons, led by Megatron, wanted to take over this planet, as well as the rest of the universe. Both factions were a United States government secret. The Autobots had allied themselves with the government and lived as robots in disguise, possessing the ability to transform into earth-based vehicle modes. The battle remained at a bitter stalemate. Neither side winning or losing. However the Decepticons did outnumber the Autobots vastly.

Both sides were hoping something would turn the tide in their favor. Anything, anything at all. Some bots and cons thought turning to clues from the past might point to something in the future. Which brings us to the twist of fate thrown into Marie's life before she was even a week old. It started on the Nemesis, the warship, of the Decepticons.

The Communications Chief, Soundwave, had been researching old texts from Cybertron. One particular file contained an old prophecy. It said that, by the will of Primus, who was the cybertronian creator and life giver, something would change the tide of a great conflict that would cost the robots the planet of Cybertron. A small being from a world far from their own would be granted a special power. A power from Primus, one greater than the leader of the evil faction. Soundwave wondered if that meant someone on this world was more powerful than Megatron. The prophecy claimed that this being would side with the good faction and change the tide in their favor, and eventually help that side win the war.

Soundwave signaled Megatron to come and see the file. Megatron read the foretelling and was filled with fear. If someone did exist on this world with a power greater than his, the chances of the Cons winning the war were very slim. He resolved to find out who this person was and prevent them from ever meeting the Autobots. Using the warship's main computer, he deduced that this person was a baby girl called Marie Esquivel. He knew he had to get that baby out of the nation the Autobots were hiding in.

Megatron had once made a deal with a cruel and traitorous human man. That man had promised to do anything Megatron ordered. Megatron ordered Soundwave to sneak into the Esquivel residence and kidnap the baby. Soundwave did as he was told.

That night, the Esquivel family was sleeping peacefully. The new baby was fast asleep in her crib, with a teddy bear that had a gold heart-shaped locket around it's neck that had a special message inside. A creepy tentacle opened the window into the infant's room. Mr. & Mrs. Esquivel and their other children were woken by a baby crying fearfully. They all ran into Marie's room. They saw a strange figure snatch the baby girl with her blanket and teddy and leap out of the window with her. They all ran out to find the figure and Marie, but they were long gone. The police were called, but couldn't find any trace of the figure or the infant. The family was heartbroken, sure that they would never see Marie again.

Megatron, having taken the infant from Soundwave, went to the home of the wicked man in Ireland. He told him to keep the infant from ever finding out about the Autobots. Megatron did not care how Marie was treated as long as she was forever kept from finding out about the Autobots, or even the war for that matter. That was how Marie was landed here, 15 years later.

And now, the story begins….