This rule list is the creation of me and Autobot Guardian (AirStrikeTF) We only own ourselves, our characters Pixie (Who belongs to me) and the Winged Guardian Airstrike (who belongs to Autobot Guardian) and the rules themselves.
Everything else belongs to the people who created them.
"So, ChaosDancer12, what did you learn today about trying to do 'Jet Judo' on Sliverbolt?" AirStrikeTF was tapping her foot while her friend looked reasonably ashamed.
"Not to." ChaosDancer12 said, looking very ashamed of herself as she stared at the floor.
"Very good, Chaos. Now, I believe that we may have to compile a list of rules for all of those future Dimensional-Walkers to come, shouldn't we?"
Chaos nodded her head and brought out a pad of lined paper and a pen from her subspace. She could type up the rules later, once she had access to a keyboard.
"Rule number 1: Always know what time it would be in your home dimension if you hadn't become a Dimension-walker."
(This rule is more important then it sounds, you now have the ability to travel through time and space so you can't go back to being a normal human so having the ability to know what time it would have been gives you back a little bit of your normality and makes it a bit easier to adjust to the time traveling part of the gig.)
(Indeed. I learned this the hard way and I had to figure out what my age was based on what a scanner said my exact age was. That's why I gave you the device that tells you the exact date and time.)
(Yep, which is why you should wear it all the time or keep it safe in your subspace or on yourself if you can't wear it.)
"Rule number 2: Try not to end up on a battlefield if you are not prepared for it!"
(This happened to me on the day that I became a Dimensional Walker and let me tell you, it was quite stressful. I nearly got stepped on, like, ten times! However, I DID get to electrocute Megatron with a car battery. That was fun.)
(Yours was fun, I ended up in the Shattered Glass dimension on the day that I became a Dimensional Walker, right in the middle of a battle between Autobots and Decepticons. It was not fun but Shattered Glass Starscream was nice enough to get me out of their.)
(I still find the Shattered Glass universe creepy because of the 'Bots being bad and the 'Cons being friendly. It weirds me out SO much.)
(It's not that bad. Shattered Glass Megatron is pretty cool, in fact, I spend so much time their that Shattered Glass Starscream is my guardian, like how Prime!Bumblebee, Bulkhead and Acree are for Jack, Miko and Raf.)
(Well, in G1, I spend so much time there that I ended up getting BOTH of the twins as guardians. They claimed me as 'their squishy' right after the battle that I popped into after becoming a dimensional walker.)
(Yeah, I saw how they reacted when Starscream mentioned when he captured you. It was not pretty.)
"Rule number 3: Avoid being caught by scientists at ALL COSTS!"
(I was caught by Starscream at one point and he tried to figure out how I was able to travel through dimensions. All he got was an energy whip to the face.)
(I got caught by the Fallen in the Bayverse and we know how that ended.)
"Rule number 4: Get on good terms with the governments of as many dimensions as possible. You don't know when you may need help."
(But do help the pranksters prank Galloway in Bayverse, he deserves it and it's fun to prank him.)
(Yep. Galloway completely deserves it, since he's always trying to get the Autobots shipped off.)
(And he tried to have me imprisoned in a research facility when he found out about the Cybertronian shrapnel in my left arm.)
"Rule Number 5: Always know the specific rules for EACH universe you got to! I promise you, each of them will have something different!
(This is true and breaking those specific rules will make it a lot harder to get on good terms with the governments their.)
(Yep. Did it once, and only recently got my relations with them patched up in the TFP Universe.)
(I had a lot of problems with the government in TFP too.)
"Rule number 6: No matter what universe you're in (apart from Shattered Glass) NEVER avoid a check-up with Ratchet!"
(It's not worth it.)
(Nope. I keep track of the time and date on my time-if-I-hadn't-started-travelling-through-time device [yeah, I need a better name for it] so that I know exactly when I need a check-up with the Ratchet of the dimension I'm in. I tend to avoid the Shattered Glass dimension because my habits of talking with the Autobots would probably get me killed. I've made it clear to all of the Ratchets that I know and love that I'm going to be relying on my home dimension time to tell when I need a check-up and that I'd only trust them as my doctor. Unless I'm in my home dimension, because then I go to my family doctor, who is a human women. She's nice.)
(I have a habit of skipping these check-ups, Ratchet has to bribe one of the twins or Jazz or another Autobot to bring me in when it's time.)
(Wait, wait, WHAT?! You've been SKIPPING?!)
(I got caught by SG!Ratchet once, he tried to slash open my chest and now, normal Ratchet in full blown medic mode scares me. The only check-ups I go to now are the ones done by SG!Knock Out or SG!Hook, their check-ups don't give me nightmares.)
(Wow. Well, how about you come and talk to my family doctor sometime? She's a nice lady.)
(We'll see about that AirStrikeTF but right now, I gotta go and hide from Ratchet again!)
"Rule number 7: If you don't have the equipment, knowledge or ability to do something, DON'T DO IT!"
(A good example of this is when I tried to copy Jack's idea from TFP to use a small flame to blow something up that was filled with energon. All I had were two rocks. I failed. Miserably. Remember that?)
(Oh, I remember that but Jack was running from a deadly spider and she had a lot more energon then what you had in those two rocks so, I guess that you didn't have enough energon to create the explosion that you was looking for.)
(Um... I was trying to set an energon cube on fire. I was having a moment where I just HAD to blow something up. And I will say that I suck at trying to make fire with rocks.)
(Oh... that type of explosion...)
"Rule number 8: If you are new to traveling between dimensions, ALWAYS HAVE SOMEONE MORE EXPERIENCED WITH YOU! This might just save your life."
(I'm a walking example of this!)
(Indeed. I think that I'm the first human Dimensional-Walker, which is why I took you 'under my wing,' so to speak.)
(And don't forget how many times you had to save me!)
(Yep. And you're older then I am! It's a bit embarrassing, isn't it?)
(Yes, it is... so, how many times did you have to save me?)
(I lost count.)
(I have as well.)
"Rule number 9: Be prepared for literally ANYTHING!"
(Because anything can and will happen.)
(Yep. Think that you won't turn into a pony when you enter a MLP universe? You will. Believe me, you will.)
(It was the first time that I went to another dimension that didn't involve the Transformers and believe me, you'll never get over the shock of seeing your fellow Walker transform into a pony right in front of you.)
(Hey, but I made a pretty awesome Unicorn, didn't I?)
(Yes, you did but it's a pity that we ended up in the Crystal Empire, seeing Sombra trying to court you while I ended up helping Twilight and the others find the real Crystal Heart was weird...
And don't even start with my wings, how was I supposed to know that the Cybertronian shrapnel in my left arm as a human would transfer over to my left wing as a pegasus?!)
(Well, I must admit that Sombra WAS a bit charming... besides, don't you remember that his mother is the MLP version of the Winged Guardian Airstrike? I mean, come ON, what are the chances? Besides, he wasn't ALWAYS evil. Also, was I really pretty enough to catch the attention of both the tyrant and the shadow-monster possessing him? I was just a black Unicorn with a 6+ coloured mane and tail and blue-green eyes. And my cutie mark was one of our inter-dimensional portals. Go figure, right?)
(Yeah, you was pretty enough to catch his eye but I think that it was the inter-dimensional portal that we came out of that caught the shadow monster's eye and compared to you, I was normal, I mean, I was a black Pegaus with a 3+ coloured mane and tail with blue eyes and I didn't have a cutie mark, the only thing special about me was the shrapnel in my left wing and the piece in my left hoof.
Of course, the stained glass window was epic, the shadow monster did summon a hoard of underlings and we did have a lot of fun beating them up, complete with epic music and a chase scene for the one that tried to get away with the Crystal Heart.)
(I know, right? Maybe we should tell the others about that particular adventure another time. Anyway, it was pretty cool when I managed to use my magic to create a crystal cage around that particular underling, wasn't it?)
(Yeah, we should and it was pretty cool to see you use your magic, I'm still dizzy from accidentally doing my version of the Sonic Rainboom to knock down a legion of those underlings like bowling ball pins.)
(But you gotta admit that it was pretty awesome when you created a Sonic Voltboom, eh?)
(It WAS awesome AirStrike!)
Chaos yawned as she pulled out her datapad to review some of the rules that they had written, only to pause when she saw the extra rules that she or AirStrike had not written.
"AirStrike, I think our Cybertronian friends have added a few rules of their own."
"Cybertronian Rule Number 1: If ChaosDancer12 has to get a job, she is not allowed to work in a beauty parlour." -TFA Prowl.
(Haha! I totally agree with that, TFA Prowl! Chaos, remember when you did that awful makeup job on TFA Sentinal Prime? That was PRICELESS!)
(And a lot of fun, and I got pictures of it too!)
(Well, that's cool!)
"So, any other rules from our Cybertronian friends?" AirStrikeTF looked up from where she had been typing in her comments to the computer and looked over at her apprentice.
"Yeah, one from G1 Sunny and Sides."
"Cybertronian Rule Number 2: No one is allowed to hurt our squishy! If you do, we will find you and we will teach you a lesson on why you should leave her alone!" - G1 Sunstreaker and Sideswipe.
"And their's a comment from SG!Starscream."
"And it's the same for me! No-one is allowed to hurt my charge!" - SG!Starscream
(OK, gestalt. Seriously, guys? You're seriously still calling me your squishy? Sunny, Sides, I though I got you to stop calling me that!)
(I think that they won't stop calling you that when you've not around, besides, be glad that they didn't find out about Sombra, you do not want to know what they did to the last guy that tried to date you when you was in the G1 universe.)
(Actually, I already know what happened to him. Sunstreaker threw him into a trash compactor.)
(And Prowl had to get him out, the twins refused to do it and they ended up in the brig for a few hours.)
(Yep. The guy's still in a mental health facility to deal with the trauma.)
(Optimus was not happy, although, the way that the twins act when it comes to you, reminds me of overprotective brothers...)
(I know, right? Well, at least a few good things come out of this... such as the Decepticons doing their best to avoid targeting me.)
(Yep, they learned that if they mess with you, they'll have to deal with a angry Sides and Sunny and nobody likes dealing with an angry Sides and Sunny.)
(Yep.)
"It looks like there are no more Cybertronian rules but we should keep an eye out, they may pop up again." Chaos said before she read the next rule on the Dimensional Walker list.
"Rule number 10: If you come across something unfamiliar, DON'T poke it!"
(And you should know about that one, eh?)
(Most of the times that you had to save me came from when I poked something that I shouldn't have poked.)
(Like that time you poked G1 Steeljaw when he was taking a nap. I say, let sleeping cyber-lions lie, okay?)
(I almost lost a hand... and I didn't go near G1 Steeljaw for a week.)
(Well, at least you learned your lesson, am I correct?)
(Yes, but what about the time that you touched the shirking ray that Prime!Ratchet made?)
(Yeah... that was actually pretty fun. I shrank Smokescreen down to our size and we ran around pranking everyone!)
(And you two ended up in the brig for a few hours when they caught you. I wasn't in the mood to prank that day, but I still ended up in the brig because I didn't try to stop you.)
(Yeah, well, what about that time you poked one of G1 Sunstreaker's few inventions? You know, the prismatic projector?)
(Oh yeah, that incident... what happened? I seem to have suppressed those memories for some really strange reason?)
(You don't wanna know. Trust me, you don't.)
"Rule number 11: Try to remember everyone's names!"
(Yeah, some mechs look a lot like each other but they have different names and getting them mixed up can be very embarrassing...)
(Yeah, like RB Boulder and TFP Bulkhead and Bayverse Hound. It was really embarrassing when I accidentally called Bayverse Hound Bulkhead.)
(And when I accidentally called G1Skyfire, SGStarscream...)
(HOW do you mistake Skyfire for Starscream?! Skyfire is over twice Starscream's height!)
(SGStarscream and G1Skyfire have the same colours for their paintjobs...)
(Size difference, Chaos. Size difference.)
(Well, it was from a distance and it's not my fault that they had the same paintjob.)
(Heh. I think it's pretty easy to tell the difference. Skyfire's wings look like butterfly wings when he's in his 'Bot mode.)
(I didn't know that, so if you're unsure about somebody's identity, check for any distinctive markings or patterns before you say their name?)
(Yep! For instance, I was a bit confused between TFP Bulkhead and Bayverse Hound, until I saw that Hound had a beard.)
(Transformers can grow breads?!)
(I know, weird, right? Also, didn't you know that TFP Alpha Trion has a really LONG beard?)
Chaos' right eyelid twitched before she shut down her datapad. "Alright." She said. "That's it. I'm done. Goodnight AirStrike, I'll be back to work on it tomorrow!"
AirStrikeTF nodded, with her eyelids drooping a bit. "Yeah, same here. I've still got Nutcracker performances to do, anyway, and I need a nap before I can go to the last practice."
"Goodnight AirStrike."