? POV

All I could see was darkness, darkness and warmth. I felt heavy and I couldn't move, I could only peer into the darkness and think. The thing I was in shock a little but whatever it was doing I knew it was moving. Where? I don't know, but I still can remember how I got here. I remember my whole life before this, I remember my mentors, my 'friends', my….. Everything, I remember everything and it makes me resentful of myself. How could I end up here? One minute I was sleeping the next I heard a noise only to see a man dressed in black with a dark feathered mantel with a knife over me. To feeling the blade strike my heart, and for him to whisper 'You betrayed our Queen, now you shall die for your crimes against her and humanity.' Those words, they haunt me in this darkness, all my thoughts are clouded with what ifs or what I could have done.

Suddenly I hit something, hard. I cringe as the vessel I am contained comes to a rough stop, digging into the ground I presume. Soon all is quiet, the metal, relaxes as if stressed from the crash and the possible heat settles. I stay there, stuck in that dark vessel. I grow tired, I grow tired of thinking, I wish to forgot them. So I fall into a dreamless slumber, for once in peace.

Optimus Prime's POV

As I look over a report recently on the events of Megatron's death and the destruction of the Space Bridge I hear a beep coming from the computers, Ratchet, who was not to far from them rushes to the screens and pulls up a map with a signal coming from it.

I walk over to him, "Did you find another Energon signal, old friend?"

He shook his helm, "No, but something just entered the atmosphere and landed here, in the dense forest of Northern Canada. It seems to be emitting a beacon but not a Decepticon or Autobot one, just a beacon."

I looked at the strange beacon and suddenly felt a pulse in my spark chamber, more specifically both the Matrix of Leadership and my own Spark. It felt as if it was trying to tell me something, but whatever it was, that object was important and need to be retrieved.

"Ratchet," I looked to him, "Lock onto those coordinates, since we are the only ones here we will investigate this. If it's sending out a signal like this, than the Decepticons maybe en route for it." The groundbridge opened up and we transformed into our alt modes and sped through the bridge.

We came out into a dense forest with high trees, since it was so dense we transformed into our bipedal modes and traverse by foot. We weren't to far from the crash sight but we stayed alert for any humans or Decepticons, the latter most unlikely due to the area. We finally came to a clearing of fallen trees, they were snapped in half and toppled on each other, a grove was dug into the brown earth and led all the way to the object. Said object was no larger than maybe Arcee, it was silver with a blackened window on the top and some lights on the side with a control panel next to them. It was clearly Cybertronian make by the metals used and the symbols on the control panel.

We approached with caution, Ratchet was the first to get a good look at the pod, "It seems to be a stasis pod but it's been tampered with, something's not right."

"Do you know what is wrong with it?" I asked while looking out for trouble.

He tapped on the panel a little only for a another panel to come out with a hand print. "It seems it needs a hand print in order to open, wait," He looked at the panel closely than back at me, "Prime, give me you're servo."

I looked at him with a curious look, but trusting his judgement I let him guide me to the pod and place my servo on it. It fit perfectly and a scanner ran over it before a confirming ding sound came. The pods lid shifted and a bunch of steam and gases come out in a bellowing of white smoke and the lid lifted out of the way. Inside was the most surprising thing I have ever seen, it was a human women. Maybe no older than her early twenties with shoulder length red hair, crimson red. She was maybe a head taller than Jack and was a lithe yet toned women, there was almost a elegance to her. She wore a jumpsuit made out of black material with the symbol of Primus above her heart and around her was some weaponry, an elegantly made bow and a quiver with only one arrow, a battleaxe that looks like it's seen better days. A silver shield and armor though not complete and a sword that has a black blade with a hilt made of silver and a large blue stone and a skull on the pommel.

Ratchet was so shocked that he finally snapped out of it, "What in the name of Primus?!"

I controlled my reaction of shock as I answered, "I agree Ratchet, how is this possible?"

Ratchet got a ding on the scanner he carried, he looked at it before his optics widened, "Prime, we have Decepticon's approaching, we need to move!"

"Understood." I quickly gathered the women and the items around her while Ratchet summoned a Groundbridge and we headed through towards the base as the portal closed behind us.

Later that Day

As me and Ratchet scanned her to make sure she was okay and making sure all her items were put in a safe place where the kids couldn't get at, which is my subspace, said kids and their guardians rolled in after from there day at school. As they jumped out or off they were laughing from something that I don't know what from but is good to hear in the Base.

Ratchet drew into a scowl, "Will you keep it down, I am trying to see if there is anything wrong with my new patient."

Miko, Jack and Raf along with Bee, Arcee and Bulkhead looked at each other with confusion before Miko pipped up, "New patient, is there a new Bot here?!"

"No Miko," I grabbed her and the rests attention, "A human female, we found her in a pod that is of Cybertronian make and had just recently crashed on Earth."

The others looked at each other in shock before making there ways to the small cot that held the female on one of the Medical Berths, each guardian placed there charge on top of the table to get a good look at her. Miko was about to prod her when Jack slapped her hand away, a scowl on his face and getting the point across not to touch her. Suddenly a beeping sound came from Ratchet's computers and read over the results of his scan only to read it once again before turning to us all with a look of worry and confusion.

"Optimus," He begun, "She isn't human."

Silence echoed through the room before a shout broke through the silence, "COOL!" Miko shouted. As she yelled a groan came from the female, quickly the Bots grabbed their human companions and put them on the elevated human area as the female stirred from her sleep. She slowly moved her head side to side and letting the hair fall slightly off her head to reveal very long pointed ears, unnatural to humans, confirming even more that she wasn't human. Her eyes slowly opened to reveal a dull blue hue to her almond shaped eyes. They seemed unfocused until they finally did, her eyes snapped to use and she simple stared with a slightly shocked expression that soon turned into a neutral face. Her gaze flickered from each unavailable until it they landed on me and our eyes locked.

I could read somewhat of her eyes due to how much they held, the dull blue eyes held some much pain, sorrow, regret and horror. Much of what I see in Bots who have been through the War and them some. But for such a young face and young eyes to hold some much pain and want that it was looking into my own Spark as it felt the burden of leadership and all these years of War. Finally she broke our locked gaze and lazily watched everyone now.

A few more seconds of silence held before she broke it, "Well, you're not the first beings I have seen at some of you're heights. I must say, I am impressed and intimidated and that coming from should be taken as a compliment." Her voice was elegant yet held a tone of authority and pride, much like my own as others have told me.

Arcee broke the silence that had held after her statement, "Who or what are you?"

The women pondered for a moment, than replied, "I am Cortana Galanadel and I am a High Elf."

Bee looked confused before using his unique language said, "A High Elf, I have never heard of it."

Cortana laughed and to our surprise responded, "Well that's a new one, but I guess since I haven't seen or heard of you before the feeling you have is the same."

"Wait," Raf spoke up, "You understand him?"

She looked at him confused, "Not everyone can understand him?" Raf pointed to his two friends who were gaping at the elf, suddenly Miko jumped up and down before yelling.

"No way! A real Elf! That is so cool!" Everyone but the two boys stared at her.

"Miko," Bulkhead said, "You know what a Elf is?"

"Well yeah everyone who has ever read fantasy novels knows about Elves, they are elegant creatures of the Fae or the so called Faire world. They are known for there pointed ears, elegant, lithe yet strong forms, long hair, almond shape eyes and there skills in archery," Raf pulled up a picture drawn of a Elven women shooting a bow and arrow in elegant armor, "They are also known for their beautiful architecture, crafts in all forms and their great hatred of Dwarves who are seen as their rivals in most form of fantasy worlds as well as their long life spans living upwards a thousand years or more."

"So," Ratchet began, "Elves are fiction?" Miko nodded her head.

"Well until she showed up!" She said cheerily. We all looked to the elf who was examining her jumpsuit with a frown while looking at the symbol of Primus, she looked up to see us all staring and gave a small smile.

"Most of that stuff you got right, but we aren't really reality to the Fae, not much, we just have a small benefit from it but we haven't been to the Faewilds in centuries," She said as she stood a little wobbly.

I stepped up to her and bent down to her level, "Well since we know most it not all about you I guess it is only fair we tell you our side."

She smiled, though the more I looked at her the kind smiles she has been showing look fake, almost forced. "I would love that uh….."

"Optimus Prime," I finished for her, "Leader of the Autobots and Last of the Primes."