This had to be a dream. It just had to! But, if this isn't, and neither was the plane crash, then...

"Hey. Are you lost or something?" Startled, Kristie turned around quickly as she came face-to-face with someone she never really thought she would ever meet. Jackson Darby. As in, Jack Darby from Transformers: Prime. Human friend of the Autobots and partners with Arcee. Hiding her shock she nodded.

"I'm new to the area. I just moved in." she said meekly. Jack offered her a kind smile.

"So you're the new neighbor. Well, nice to meet you. I'm Jack." Jack greeted as he held out a hand. Kristie accepted the hand shake with a small, shy smile.

"I'm Kristie. Nice to meet you." Jack nodded before letting go.

"So, are you going to the middle school here?" the boy asked. It was then Kristie realized that her age might have changed as well. She remembered that the show started in 2010. Doing the math quickly, she figured she was 11 years old now instead of 16. That meant she was about 4 foot 9 inches. Damn.

"No, I, uh, I'm a Junior." Kristie answered shyly, remembering the school schedule that was on the kitchen counter. Jack's cheeks flushed a light pink color.

"Oh. S-Sorry. I just thought-"

"It's ok." Kristie cut in. "I understand. Not a lot of 11-year-olds are geniuses." Jack nodded.

"So, uh, would you like a ride around town? I could show you the basics." the boy offered. Kristie smiled.

"I'd like that. Thank you." Jack lead her to his house that was next door before opening the garage. Kristie couldn't help but admire Arcee's beauty as a motorcycle. "Wow. She's beautiful." the girl said in awe. Jack chuckled.

"I'm glad you think so too. Hop on. I'll show you around." Grinning, Kristie excitedly grabbed the extra helmet and hopped on.

As Jack and Kristie were riding around town, the girl couldn't help but admire the desert's beauty. At the same time, she started to think of a plan. She knew the future and outcome of the Cybertronian war that was occurring. She didn't want anyone to know that she knows what she knows. It could lead to some unwanted happenings, therefore changing the course of history. Such repercussions could change the end of the war in the Decepticons' favor. That could mean either the world ending, the world cyberformed, or Megatron ruling the world with zombiecons. None would be good. Kristie knew some events that could be altered and have no impact at all to the timeline.

She is going to have to plan a way to get involved. Or not. She doesn't have to. That way there would be no interference at all. But then what would be the point of being in a universe where you know future events to a war that has lasted for centuries? Jasper looks uneventful. It might be dangerous, but might as well make the most of her new life. At least no one close to her can get hurt. Guess there is a plus to her family and friends not existing in this world with her.

Jack soon came up to his drive way and helped Kristie down. Saying their goodbyes, the girl walked into her house, locking the door behind her. Going up the stairs of her split-level house, Kristie went into the kitchen. Looking through the few papers that were on the counter, she learned that she is taking the classes she was going to take in her home world. Though, instead of being stuck with Alg/Geo III, she got Pre-Calculus. She silently cheered at that. Kristie was still in band and marching band. She was glad she could continue her studies in engineering at some vocational technical institute that Jasper has.

Kristie saw that the calendar in the kitchen where her parents would normally fill with their work days was filled with the times she would be at marching band practice and when school started. Well that's nice. At least she won't be scrambling around. Then a thought hit her. She still has all of her Transformers games and merchandise.

The girl quickly went downstairs and grabbed all of her Transformers video games and hid them in the old hidden storage her house has. She then ran up to her room to grab her Transformers hoodie, t-shirt and drawing of Knockout she made and put it in the same place as her games. Luckily, she had been too lazy to draw any Transformers in her sketchbook. She checked her phone and deleted any pictures that were clearly Transformers. She went through her flashdrive that she stored her favorite files for when her school laptops came in and used her new personal one to delete anything Transformers there. She was sad when she had to delete the movies that took her three hours to find through torrents. After deleting and hiding everything in the house that showed anything of Transformers, Kristie sat down on her bed and sighed.

She looked at her phone for the time. It was only 2:00 in the afternoon. Taking a deep breath, Kristie decided to make some lunch and go for a walk. Then a thought came to her. She quickly opened an app on her phone and checked her checking account, only to nearly drop her phone.

Somehow, both her checking AND savings account had $50 million in them. Guess she won't be needing to get a job for a while.

"So," Arcee started as she and Jack entered base. "who's the new girl? Gave up on Sierra?" Jack flushed red.

"N-No! I still like Sierra. I was just becoming friends with the new neighbor. She did move far. Coming from Pennsylvania." the boy said.

"Hm. That is far. Isn't much cooler up north?" the two-wheeler asked. Jack nodded.

"Yeah. It's completely different than here."

It was now 8:00 at night and Kristie got ready for bed since she has band camp tomorrow morning. The girl sat on her bed, going over the day's events. She still couldn't believe it. This was real. So was the plane crash. Her parents...were dead. Anyone she knew in her old world don't exist in her new one. Sighing, Kristie laid down and went to sleep.