Prowl was the one to find me. It had been several hours and I had heard them searching for me.

"Go away," I mumbled as he kneeled beside me.

"You've never seen your father like that," said Prowl gently. I shook my head.

"He hates you guys so much but your almost family to me," I mumbled.

"Everyone is looking for you," said Prowl sitting beside me. He was in holoform.

"I know," I mumbled. Prowl pulled me to my feet. "Lousy Christmas," I grumbled as he led me out. Luckily we didn't run into my dad when we reached the hanger. He headed back to his bi-pedal form as Barricade appeared and scooped me up.

"Don't scare me like that," he growled.

"I'm sorry," I whispered sadly. Barricade immediately softened holding me close to his Spark.

"You need to talk to your father," said Prowl.

"I don't want to," I mumbled.

"Give her a break," said Sides sliding in with Sunny and snatching me from Cade. They sped off outside with me. I spent the rest of the day with the twins avoiding everyone else. I fell asleep in Sides hand at the end of the day.

I woke in Optimus's office. He was reading some papers. He sighed as I sat up.

"Dad's mad," I mumbled.

"Yes," he replied. I sighed and got to my feet. Optimus offered his hand which I climbed on to. He set me down in the hanger and transformed activating his holoform. I followed him to a private sitting room. I sat on the couch nervous. I didn't want to talk to my dad. Optimus left and my dad came in. For the first time in my life I didn't jump up and hug him. I studied the floor and my shoes.

"Lizzie bear," he said quietly crouching in front of me. I didn't look up.

"Why are you mean to them?" I asked.

"Their the reason I'm never home," he said quietly.

"I know, but their still my friends," I replied looking up at him, "They were giving

me a proper Christmas because you couldn't."

"They need to tell me before they take you anywhere," he replied. He had a serious tone and I didn't argue. He hugged me and I hugged him back. Things would go back to normal soon. I hope.

I fell asleep in dads arms and woke in the car. It wasn't Cade. It was dad's vehicle. We pulled up to the house and I didn't see Cade anywhere.

"Where's Cade?" I asked rubbing sleep from my eyes. Dad lifted me up into his arms.

"I'll explain in the morning," he said. I fell back asleep trusting him.

In the morning I went downstairs and dad swung me into the air. I giggled as he sat in his chair resting me in his lap.

"Now Elizabeth I have something very important to tell you," he said. I looked up at him curious.

"What is it daddy?" I asked.

"Barricade will not be coming back here. Ever. You will not be seeing any of the robots ever again. They don't need you getting in their way," he explained. I stared at him shocked.

"They would never abandon me," I said quietly.

"They don't want you around sweetie. None of them," he said.

"Cade," I whispered tearfully.

"Especially Barricade," said my dad. I sobbed and he held me close until my tears ran dry.

Dad spent the next few days with me but had to go back to work when school started. I was still friends with Anne. I planned to confront Ironhide. After school I followed Anne back to Ironhide. I was shocked when his holoform hugged me.

"Lizzie are you ok?" he asked kneeling to my level.

"Dad said you didn't want to see me ever again," I said confused. Ironhide stared at me shocked.

"No Lizzie no," he said.

"He said everyone thought I always got in the way," I said.

"Lizzie your not," he replied.

"Especially Cade," I said on the verge of tears.

"Barricades been frantic. We didn't know where you were," he said, "Lizzie we will always care about you." I couldn't believe this, I wouldn't believe this. My dad wouldn't lie to me. I pulled away from Ironhide and ran. I just ran as fast as I could. Nothing made sense anymore. I quickly ran out of breath and just walked along the country road. The snow was knee deep. I wondered if dad realized how far the school was from home. I had caught a bus this morning but all buses had closed because of the quickly building snow. I dropped my bag. It was so heavy. I kept going but it was getting colder by the second.

I tripped and fell. I was so cold I couldn't get up. I curled up trying to stay warm. I forced myself to stand and keep going. I saw headlights in the distance. I waved my arms. The vehicle came closer and stopped in front of me. A man climbed out and I instantly knew it was Cade. I could barely see in this weather but the shape of the vehicle was obvious. He scooped me up.

"Lizzie what are you doing out here?" he asked setting me in the passenger seat before deactivating his holoform and taking off. I could only cry as the heat blasted and the seatbelt tucked around me. We pulled into the garage of the house and Cade's holoform pulled me out and held me close. "Lizzie don't ever do that to me again. You're my little sister I can't lose you," he said. I sobbed into him scared and not understanding what was happening.

"But dad he…" I hiccupped unable to finish. I sneezed my tears stopping.

"Lizzie we all care," said Prowl kneeling in holoform beside Cade. I closed my eyes.

"Why would he lie?" I mumbled before coughing, "I don't feel good."

"She's not well," said Prowl.

"I can see that," snarled Cade.

"Brothers shouldn't fight," I mumbled. They were quiet for a long time.

"Lizzie needs rest," said Prowl quietly. Cade nodded. I fell asleep in Cade's arms as he carried me into the house.
When I woke I was wrapped in a blanket on the couch. I sat up and Cade was at my side in seconds.

"Wow, I hardly recognize you," I mumbled.

"How are you feeling?" asked Prowl handing me a cup of smelly tea.

"What is this?" I asked staring into the cup.

"Rachet sent the recipe, it'll help," replied Prowl. I sighed but drank it. It didn't taste all that bad.

"Can you tell Hide I'm sorry?" I asked setting down the cup.

"Actually you can," said Cade.

"What do you mean?" I asked. CRASH, the door was broken down and Hide entered the room in holoform with Anne and Sarah.

"It was unlocked," said Prowl annoyed.

"I'm sorry Hide," I said quietly.

"What happened?" asked Sarah instantly cooing over me. It made me wish my mother was still around.

"Got lost in a blizzard," I replied.

"What!?" exclaimed both Ironhide and Sarah. Anne plopped on the couch next to me.

"Well looks like a yelling match is about to begin," whispered Anne.

"LIZZIE!" yelled a loud voice I recognized. Dad burst into the room eyes worried. They quickly turned to hatred. "What are you doing here?!" he demanded glaring at the extra people. I grabbed Anne's hand and fled to my room slamming the door.

"Dads going to forbid me from seeing the Autobots," I cried out. Anne calmly took out a barrette and put it in my hair.

"Hide makes me always wear this and he always knows where I am," replied Anne. I smiled.

"Elizabeth come on we're moving pack your things," my dad yelled. I grabbed my already packed suitcase.

"I never got a chance to unpack. We move too much," I said sadly. Anne wrapped one arm around my shoulders and led me downstairs. I held my suitcase in one hand. I stared at the floor only looking up when Anne left my side.

"If any of you ever come near my daughter again I will either have you arrested or kicked off this planet for harassment," yelled my dad. He grabbed my hand and led me out of the house.

Two months later we were in a new house. It was just across the street from the school. I still hadn't spoken to my dad and he had to leave again. All our stuff had been moved here and I was relentlessly bullied. I cried quietly on the field after school. I couldn't bear to go home to an empty house and it was mild outside.

I missed my mom, my dad but most of all the Autobots. I wanted Cade to show up and take me home but he couldn't. Dad had taken both the watch and the barrette Anne had given me. I was alone. I finally went home. I went to bed still miserable.

The next day at school their was two new kids. They were twins. They had black hair and wore jeans. One had a t-shirt that said "Bad Boy". The others said "Law" and had a police car on it. I smiled. The bully crew moved on to them after school. I found them facing the bully crew getting taunted. I stepped in front of the two boys.

"Leave them alone," I growled clenching my fist.

"What you going to do about it?" asked Billy, the leader. I planted my feet. He smirked.

"Run," I yelled to the boys as the group charged. I fought back for the first time since moving here. The boys looked like they wanted to fight but didn't. I sighed turned and grabbed their arms and fled pulling them with me. I led them to my house the bully crew still following. I quickly unlocked the door, pulled them in, closed the door and locked it. I leaned against the door as the crew cursed and banged on the door before checking every lock in the house. Then I remembered the two boys.

I found them in the living room.

"You ok?" I asked. They nodded. "I'm Lizzie and I'm pretty sure you can sneak out the back door," I replied.

"Thank you," said the boy with the "law" shirt. I recognized his voice but couldn't place it.

"It's fine, I'm used to it," I replied leading them to the back door. They left and I sighed wondering why I recognized his voice.

The next day we were put into groups. I was with the two brothers. We were brainstorming ideas of what an aliens would look like. I wrote down random things. The boys looked annoyed with the whole thing.

"What would you do if you met aliens and they were your friends but your dad wouldn't let you ever see them?" I asked quietly. As I suspected I got weird looks.

"Never mind," I said quietly.

After school I saw that the bully crew were staked out at my house. I sat in the field and sobbed. I couldn't help it I missed my family. It wasn't fair that no one was ever around. I understand my dad's need to keep me safe but I needed someone. The two brothers came over and sat on either side of me.

"Their cruel," replied Law. I still hadn't learned their names.

"Aren't most?" asked Bad Boy. I giggled at thinking of him as Bad boy. They looked at me curious.

"Do you guys have names cause it's kind of funny to think of you as Law and Bad Boy," I explained. Bad boy chuckled and Law smiled.

"I'm Peter he's Benjamin, Ben for short," replied Law. I nodded.

"See you tomorrow," I said getting up and heading back to my house. The bully crew was gone. I noticed my dad's vehicle in the drive way and ran in.

Dad lifted me up into the air and I smiled.

"Sweetie. It's so good to be home," he laughed. When dad was like this it was easy to forget when he had yelled.

"How long are you home daddy?" I asked.

"A whole week!" he exclaimed. I laughed in joy.

The next day my dad came and found me playing tag with Peter and Ben after school. He smiled as he watched us. I accidentally ran into Ben and all three of us ended up in a pile of tangled limbs. I laughed as we got up.

The week went by too quickly. Dad liked Ben and Peter and I was happy with them as my friends. Summer was fast approaching. Dad was trying to find someone to take care of me but he wasn't having any luck.

I sat with Ben and Peter on the last day of school.

"Almost every summer we move," I said sadly.

"We'll still be around," replied Peter.

"Not in school," I grumbled.

"She is more and more like you everyday," commented Peter. I stared at him finally figuring out why I recognized their voices.

"Prowl, Barricade," I whispered.

"Told you she'd figure it out. You owe me some high grade," said Barricade. He wasn't prepared when I tackled him hugging him tightly.

"You jerk! You could have told me!" I exclaimed. Prowl was laughing at us. I got off Cade and they pulled me up and led me to their alt forms. Their child forms disappeared and their adult forms appeared. I hugged Prowl then Cade.

"Lizzie you will never lose us," said Prowl kneeling to my level. I nodded happily. I went home. They couldn't come because my dad was home. He looked unhappy when I walked in so I hugged him.

"What's wrong daddy?" I asked.

"I can't find someone to take care of you," he grumbled. I crossed my arms. Enough was enough I was done with his hate for the Autobots.

"Why can't I just stay with the Autobots?" I asked taking on his own deadly tone. He raised his eyebrows surprised at my anger.

"You know I don't want you spending time with them," replied Dad. I frowned ended up in a glaring match with him. I refused to back down.

"Their my friends. They saved my life," I replied.

"Their ALIENS for pete sake!" exclaimed my dad.

"Does that mean I should only hang out with children my own age like Peter and Ben?" I asked.

"You see their some acceptable boys," replied my dad thinking he had won this conversation. I shook my head sadly.

"Dad, their nice, you just don't like them because their the reason your never home," I replied.

"Elizabeth," he said as a warning.

"Think about it this way dad, at least you'll see me more if I'm on the base and not here alone," I replied. Dad sighed. He knew I was right and he hated it.

"I don't care your never staying with them ever," yelled my dad before leaving. I fell to my knees and sobbed. No one came to comfort me.