Oh goodness! I was so mean to Celestia last time… and I'm sure Firestarter would kill me if she could. (Sorry Kagalei.)

So, new OC this chapter! And, I am proud to say, it isn't my OC. As a special thanks to Luna Prime- Awesomeness, I have added an OC created by her!

Thanks again Luna, you've been a great help!

Disclaimer: I do NOT own Transformers in any way shape or fashion. (This disclaimer will continue on for the rest of the chapters… so no sue.)

And, without further ado… Chapter Six of TSOT: Afterwords.

Celestia woke to the sound of machines monitoring her systems. She knew, without a doubt, that she had been out for days. With a glance around she could tell that Ratchet had overworked himself. He was slumped over his desk, in deep recharge. Firestarter was on a berth to Celestia's right, lying on her stomach. The young prime flinched when she saw the weld marks that barley held the gash together. Deep regret filled her and increased when she saw Sunstreaker, who was lying on one of his sides. The yellow warrior had a gash so deep that not even a weld mark could hold it together; it had to heal on its own.

But the real pain in her spark came from when she looked at Sideswipe. The red twin's arm was re-attached, but where the jet-pack had been disabled there was a deep cut. She had almost severed his back strut. He was also lying on his stomach… all three were heavily sedated to stop the pain.

The young prime shuttered her optics to hide the way her regret made her optics flash with emotion. She slowly reached over and shut off the machines that she was hooked to, then stood and left the room after removing them from her systems.

She wasn't going to return until she forgave herself.

Two weeks later.

A young girl was walking home from school. She had just successfully finished ninth grade and summer break stretched out in front of her, calling for the youth of her city to spend their time at the pool or the park. She hummed happily as she took the shortcut through the alley. This shortcut made sure that she got home at least ten minutes earlier than if she had taken the normal, more approved route.

When she was almost at the end of the alley, two rather large, rather stupid looking thugs stood in her way. And the girl wished that she had taken the other route.

"You, girlie, are gonna help me pay my debts to the boss."

The girl rolled her eyes and sighed in annoyance. This was the fifth time in the same week that someone had tried to take her in order to get her parents to pay a ransom.

Not that her parents cared.

"You do realize that you won't get your money. The other four didn't." The girl stated coldly.

"I'll get my money, or you'll die Emma Daley."

The girl rolled her eyes. "Yeah, you'll probably get your money…in Hell."

"Why you…" The thug that had been speaking motioned for the other two to grab her and for three others to appear from the shadows. "You're comin' with us girlie."

"Enjoy trying to even get to talk to my parents…" The girl, Emma, stated dryly. "They probably won't pick up."

"Shut up you little wench!" The first thug snarled and slapped her across the face.

"Wow, is that how you make yourself feel better dude?"

Everything froze and the thugs turned to look at the owner of the voice. She was just stepping out of what appeared to be a silvery Lamborghini Galado with black wing decals on the sides. Her midnight black hair was pulled back into a high pony tail and her azure eyes gave the thugs a bored look. She wore jeans, black tennis shoes, and a black tank top. On her right shoulder was a red tattoo. Emma couldn't see the tattoo design very well, so she had no idea what it was.

"Who are you?" Thug one snarled at her.

"Just a traveler that was looking for a quiet alley to sleep in, and then I found you people here picking on a girl that is half your size. And you outnumber her, so I thought I'd even the odds a bit." The woman stated, almost boredly. "It's a bit amusing though… you're so weak and pitiful that you pick on a girl, instead of someone that might be able to take you on."

"Why you…" The first thug started, and then glanced at the others around him. "Don't just stand there! Get her!"

"Wow…" The woman laughed as she fell into a fighting stance. "You're so weak that you don't even do your own dirty work. And I suppose the rest of you are too stupid to see this?"

Four of the five other thugs charged the woman. She smirked and took them down so quickly the other two didn't even think she moved.

"Who's next?"

The one thug that had been holding Emma fled with a whimper. The first thug stared at her.

"I'll take you out by myself then." He growled, and then pulled a switch blade from his pocket.

"Oh, is that all you can do?" The woman laughed. "Then I get to throw you for a loop human."

Emma's brow furrowed when she heard this woman refer to the thug as a 'human' almost as if…

The woman suddenly disappeared completely, and the car that she had stepped out of changed forms right in front of them. A transformer was soon standing in front of the thug, who stared up at her with obvious fear in his eyes.

"What are you going to do now human?"

The thug whimpered, and then turned to run, only to run into a wall and knock himself out cold. The transformer laughed outright.

"That has got to be the funniest thing I have ever seen…" It looked down at Emma and smiled. "I am Celestia… and you are?"

"Emma… Emma Daley." Emma muttered her olive green eyes wide with awe.

"Nice to meet you Emma Daley, though it would have probably been better if I hadn't done that..." Celestia grimaced. "When he wakes up it will be all over the news, and then they'll send someone to find me…"

"Why, aren't you supposed to be here?" Emma asked with sudden curiosity.

"Well… no. I'm supposed to be at the base still." Celestia shrugged. "Hey, do you want to get out of this alley? It's kinda cramped in here."

Emma grinned. "Sure, but where are you gonna take me?"

"Home?" Celestia offered, and then raised an eyeridge when Emma made a face. "I take it you don't want to go home just yet."

"Considering the fact that my parents probably don't even realize that I'm not there, nope, I can stay out a while longer."

Celestia tilted her head to the side, curiosity flashing through her optics for a split second. Then she shrugged, transformed, and popped open her door.

"Climb in then, Emma."

Emma smiled, and did just that.

~~ At the base. ~~

"What do you mean we still haven't located her!" Firestarter fumed. "She still has her tracer, doesn't she?"

Prowl sighed, and held up said device. "It was thrown in a lake in the state of Utah."

Firestarter's scowl deepened. She was the only one of the assassins that could leave the med bay, and Celestia was blocking the bond from her side. Making it impossible for Firestarter to locate her twin sister, not even Sideswipe could contact the missing prime.

"Soundwave!" Firestarter spun around to face the Decepticon TIC. "Can't your cassettes find her?"

"Negative: Cassettes cannot find a trace of missing Autobot Celestia."

Firestarter let out a frustrated growl. When Celestia didn't want to be found, she couldn't be found.

"I'll kick her aft from here to Cybertron's moon!"

"Uh… which one?"

Firestarter fixed her angry glare on the science bot known as Wheeljack. "Does it really matter?"

Wheeljack shook his head quickly.

"I thought so."

"Hey, I'm getting a transmission from North Carolina." Red Alert said from the main computer. "It sounds like a very amused cop…"

"Put him through." Firestarter stated in confusion. "Hello?"

"Is this the Autobots?"

"Yes… can we help you?"

The cop sounded very much like he was holding back laughter.

"A thug we've been trying to bring in just came in on his own, says that he was trying to kidnap a girl to get a ransom… and then this Cybertronian stopped him."

Everything in the base went still and quiet.

"What did the Cybertronian look like?"

"Well, Devon says that she started out as a Lambo, but then she transformed into a silver female with black wings." The cop was really trying to hold back his laughter. "We figured we'd give ya'll a holler, and let you know that we appreciate that ones help."

"Where did you say you were sir?"

"We're in Greenville North Carolina ma'am."

"Thank you officer, we appreciate this."

"No problem ma'am, we appreciate the other ones help getting this guy to come in." The officer stated seriously.

"Her name is Celestia, and if you run into her can you tell her that she isn't to go anywhere until we get there."

"We sure can ma'am."

"Thank you officer."

"Thank you miss." And the officer hung up.

Firestarter turned to the others. "Let's go get her."

~~In North Carolina~~

"So, let me get this straight." Emma stated from her seat on Celestia's shoulder. "You ran off because of something that you couldn't stop."

Celestia nodded. Not sure how this human had gotten her to tell what had happened.

"The other one took control of your body, and used it to hurt your comrades… and you blame yourself, even though you didn't hurt them."

Celestia nodded again, realizing how stupid it sounded now that it was said back to her.

"I don't see the problem here." Emma blinked over at the femme.

Celestia stared at the sun as it set. She had taken them to a park that was pretty much deserted. They had sat and talked for at least five hours.

"Well, when you say it… it does sound kind of stupid…" The young prime sighed after a few minutes. "But I just can't let it go… I let her take control of me, and then she almost killed my sister…"

"Sometimes bad things happen, Celestia…" Emma sighed as she looked at the setting sun. "Night falls, but the sun will always rise. You can't let what happened weigh you down; you can't blame yourself for something that you didn't know would happen. Running isn't always the answer."

Celestia gave Emma a glance out of the corner of her optic. This human was far too wise in her young age.

"You just need to let it go… you can't control every aspect of your life. No matter how much you want to." Emma stared at the sky. "Look at the stars."

Celestia's optics moved from the sun to the sky. She stared up at the stars in wonder.

"Which one is your home planet?"

Celestia's vents hitched and she found herself searching for the right one. In a matter of minutes she had pinpointed the star that Cybertron was near.

"That one…" The young prime pointed out the star, and Emma's head tilted to the side.

"You guys weren't all that far away… Tell me what Cybertron was like."

Celestia's optics flickered as she fell into memory. "It was beautiful… There was nothing organic, but the colors were there. Our cities were huge, your largest populated area would not even take up the space that a single residential area took.

But everything was sculpted… we took pride in our gathering areas. There were gardens and parks… even what could be considered a sea. The animal life resembled the life here… only metal like we are. We loved… still love our home planet...

We can't go back though… Cybertron needs to recover from the war. We devastated our planet with war, it can rebuild itself, but it cannot support very many of us."

"Wait…" Emma interrupted. "Your planet can 'rebuild' itself… is it alive?"

Celestia paused before she answered. "Yes, Cybertron is alive, just as we transformers are alive."

"Then… your planet would be a transformer to… wouldn't it?"

Celestia froze, she had never even considered the possibility.

"If Cybertron was a transformer… it could only be one transformer."

Now utter fear, surprise, and dread filled the young prime… the thought was almost too horrible.

"Which one?"

"Our deity… Primus."

The two were suddenly enveloped in white light.

"Congratulations, Celestial Prime… you have figured it out."

Celestia stood and turned to the Cybertronian that had spoken. He was grey with golden optics… and now she could tell what he actually transformed into.

"Primus…"

"This human is very intelligent." Primus stated warmly, nodding to the human on Celestia's shoulder. "You would have figured it out later, but this human seems to have sped up the process. Thank you, Emma Daley; you have just given Celestia a way to save your planet."

The young prime looked over at the human on her shoulder. Emma was staring at Primus with widened eyes.

"Celestia…"

"Emma, meet Primus, our version of 'god'." Celestia stated calmly. "I am Celestial Prime."

"The co-leader of the Autobots!" Emma stated excitedly. "Oh. My. God!"

"You can see why I told you my nickname… correct?"

Emma nodded enthusiastically.

"Alright…"

"Celestia, your sister is looking for you. And she was tipped off by one of the officers in this town that you are here."

Celestia flinched. "She's gonna kill me."

"I'll let you go now." Primus stated warmly. "Emma Daley, I ask that you stay with Celestia and help her through the times ahead… you would be the best teacher for her at this moment."

With another nod to Emma, the world faded back in.

"That was… interesting." Emma stated, and then looked over at the young prime.

When she saw that Celestia was staring at the road with fear etched on her faceplates, however, she knew that sitting on the femme's shoulder wasn't the best idea in the world. Driving up the road at a very fast pace was a purple Lamborghini Galado, it didn't even slow down as it got closer.

"Don't attack me!" Celestia suddenly shouted. "I have a human on my shoulder!"

That was probably the only reason why the car screeched to a stop. It transformed and femme with a similar build as, but smaller than, Celestia stood in front of the young prime and glared at her.

"Put the human down Celestia… I need to beat some sense into you."

Celestia sighed, and looked over at anther bot. This one was a mech, and had yellow and black paint job.

"I'm not going to stop her, Celestia… but I will take the human."

"Emma, her name is Emma." Celestia sighed, and then handed Emma over to the mech. "Don't drop her Bumblebee."

Bumblebee gave Celestia one of those annoyed glances. "I know better than you about how to handle a human."

Celestia rolled her optics, and then took a couple of steps away from the yellow mech named Bumblebee. She gave a heavy sigh and nodded to the other femme.

"Alright 'starter… go ahead."

And the other femme attacked Celestia.

"I take it that's Celestia's sister." Emma stated from Bee's shoulder.

"Her twin sister to be exact… Just wait until Sunstreaker and Sideswipe get ahold of her…"

Emma winced, Celestia had told her about the other set of twins.

"That's going to be fun." She stated with intense sarcasm.

For several minutes Celestia only blocked the attacks from the other femme. Then she finally seemed to have had enough.

"Firestarter!" Celestia barked. "Enough!"

The smaller femme paused and glared at Celestia.

"Are you gonna run off again?"

Celestia sighed. "I can only say that I won't run off for a while… no promises."

Firestarter gave a right hook and caught the larger femme in the jaw. "I'm done."

Celestia stared up at Firestarter from where she had fallen to the ground.

"Nice to see you too 'starter." Celestia muttered as she stood.

The other femme tackle hugged Celestia to the ground, causing the young prime to let out an 'oof' of surprise. Her arms wrapped around her twin and she sighed deeply.

"I'm sorry 'starter… I just needed to clear my head."

"You could have at least let us know where you were going." Firestarter muttered, her voice sounded surprisingly close to tears.

"I couldn't… because I didn't even know where I was going sis." Celestia sighed again.

"Sideswipe was frantic when he finally woke up… but Ratchet magnetized him to the berth because it would be dangerous for him to move around…" Firestarter stated as she stood and helped Celestia up. "He needs your help to finish repairing the damage."

Celestia nodded slowly. "I can't use pit fire any more… Darksong was the reason why I could. The matrix flame is stronger now though… almost as if that dark femme was hindering its power."

Firestarter stared at her sister, and then nodded. "Ratchet is going to kill you."

"Well, he can wait until after I get Sunny and Sides functioning again." Celestia stated. "Then he can do whatever he wants."

"He'll hold you to that Celestia."

"I know he's going to, he did teach me after all…" Celestia turned to Bumblebee and Emma. "Emma, would your parents mind if I took you on a cross country trip to California?"

"They don't care enough to even make sure I stay home at night. So I highly doubt it."

Celestia nodded. "You need to tell them at least."

"I will."

With another sigh, Celestia looked back at her sister. "Let's go home 'starter."

~~ AN

Well, this is a long chapter! There was so much I needed to introduce in this chapter, and I couldn't just keep it at three pages. So I gave you guys six.

I know for a fact that the purple button at the bottom of the screen is hungry; can you feed it for me please? (Review please!)

Till all are one,

~Chistarpax