It Isn't Written in Stone

by The Floss of the Wings


Chapter 1
"A Rolling Stone"

"Dreams are true while they last, and do we not live in dreams?"
-Alfred Lord Tennyson


There was mud in my hands, the mire ruined my already old boots and continued up to my ripped jeans where it was dry on both of my knees and shamelessly on my butt from when I slipped and fell to the ground a couple of times. I was tired and needed a bath like I've never had. Luckily, I spotted my grandma's house and felt a smile forming on my lips, I was close, just a little more steps-

"Oof"

I fell flat on my stomach.

"Oh, come on" I muttered irritated. I've tripped over a stone. I rolled over my back and turned to my feet, not even bothering in shaking the dust off my clothes, they were dirty already.

I glared at the rock that made me fall and made my turn to leave when a glint catched my eyes causing me to do a double take. Aside the dumb rock was another one but more sharp and brownish-looking, sorta like cooper with some rare symbols on it, it looked pretty and uncommon, I reached for it to pick it up. My friend's brother was studying geology so maybe he'd like to take a look at it, he liked these kind of things, so.

When I made contact with the stone I felt a mild electric shock. "What the hell?" I hissed pulling back and shaking my offended hand, then tried reaching for it again, this time nothing happened.

I tested it, it was heavier than I thought it would be, I put the stone on my back jean pocket and continued walking towards the house.

And walked.

And walked...

"Alana, look at you! what happened?" My grandma asked me when I approached her pink house.

"Uh…"

That was embarrassing.

"Well… when I was feeding the chickens, one of them kind of escaped and got into the pigs barn's, so I had to run behind it in the mud to return it to the roost". I shrugged embarrassed, and looked around to distract myself, still impressed that the house was exactly how I remembered it, the only differences was the wood now painted pink instead of light yellow, but the white dreamcatcher and the flowers that adorned the lovely house were in the same places and I loved it.

Her carefree laugh pulled me out of my little trance. "Oh Alana, you haven't change at all". She patted my back a little too strong for an old woman and pulled me inside the house still laughing at me.

My grandma left me on the living room saying she was going to get something, I used that time to take a look at the photos that were by the house. Examining them, I saw pictures of a very young grandma and grandpa in some kind of carnaval smiling and hugging each other; there was another photo of my grandma with a huge belly and my grandpa kissing her pregnant stomach looking happier than ever, the juvenile brown hair free from tinted gray hairs; other ones were of my mother and uncles when they were kids- all of them with the brown characteristic hair of the family, same color I had-, and even one of my parents in a park holding a baby-me sight alone made me smile.

The squeaks of the old wooden floor alerted me that my grandma -Lillian- came back "Look at you" she passed a damp cloth in my face to clean it up, you'd think she'd stop doing those kind of things a long time ago, I was 21 after all, but grandmas weren't like that, at least not mine, she still said I was a baby, a big one, but her baby anyway. "You really had a round with that chicken" she joked, "You'd have to wash that hair too, there's mud on it"

I touched my hair and felt it stiff, I groaned. Excusing myself I made my way towards my room, gathered some clothes and headed to the bathroom.

I removed my clothes and felt the stone still on my jeans but left it there, I was too tired to do anything, I'd take care of it later.

I stepped into the warm water and began the cleaning.


I opened my eyes and found a metallic blue-ish glow that had me closing my eyes numerous times to adjust my sight, once my eyes found it okay to look again I took on my surrenders. Giant metallic structures were standing in front of me, and turning my head they were also by my sides and behind me and I couldn't see where they ended, but they were - in a word- simply majestic. I felt a cold breeze that had me shivering and hugging my arms around myself, even the smell was somehow... cold, it was odd to say the least, and difficult to explain, the closest thing I could think of was a combination of metal with mint... if that was even possible (?).

"Hello?" my voice echoed on the vast metallic land. Looking down to my feet I saw the dark grey ground that had slight small lines all over it, I was sure everything'd be dark if it weren't for the now faint blue glow that was emanating from somewhere that I couldn't place.

"Hello?" I repeated, rambling in the metal maze.

How did I even got here?

"Alana Collins" a booming voice called. I stopped and looked around to see the person that spoke but found no one. "I believe you have something of importance within you"

Instantly my hand moved to my jean pocket, feeling the stone. Why did I do that was beyond me. What did the rock had to do with all this?

"Ah, yes, that. You have a shard of the allspark"

A what?

"See, We understand that you may be confused, but fear us not. You will be of great importance, you are now provided with great power and you shall protect it"

What power? And important... me?

Wait, we?

I put myself together and dared to ask "Why am I here?, I don't understand what are you talking about... and where are you?" I had hundred one more questions rambling in my head but decided to keep them back.

"It is not time for you to know, not yet" The voice said as calm as ever. I resisted the urge of screaming: Why not? or a: For which question did you say that?

A 'ding' pierced the cool air. I looked around but again I saw nothing else.

"You must return now" The strong yet gentle voice spoke again. "We will meet again, child".

What-?

I was suddenly absorbed by a foreign force, there wasn't blue anymore, it was black, pure black, then...

Light.


Disclaimer: I don't own Transformers universe or any of the characters you already know.

A/N: Welcome everybody ! I had this idea bugging at the back of my head and I finally decided to put it into words. About the story the chapters will get longer and more interesting. This was just a little introduction of my OC but don't worry our beloved characters will appear soon.

For now the rating will be T but it can get M on later chapters, I'm still thinking about it.

Tell me what you think of it, I'm open to constructive critisism and suggestions.