Before beginning this chapter, a bit of Transformers News to share. See, I downloaded a game on my phone that is called 'Transformers: Forged to Fight'. From what I could understand, it is a Mortal Kombat like fighting game where you journey throughout an unknown planet and fight a variety of Autobots and Decepticons across many universes. From what I saw is that they have characters from G1, Beast Wars, and the movieverse. Looks pretty cool and shows a lot of potential. Course I'm using an old phone from my family so it could get a little choppy for me. But I can get the use of it. Still, I wonder what type of characters they have in that game. I mean if they have the G1, Beast Wars and Movieverse versions, will there be characters from other series such as in Armada, Energon, Prime, or the two Robots in Disguise shows? The possibilities are quite endless. I might have to look this one up and see what other characters they have. Still, big recommendation for those that want to give this game a try.

The last chapter was pretty fair from the previous one. Despite the two reviews, I have almost 250 hits. So I am happy that everyone would enjoy this story, even thought it is a small batch. Here's to more viewers reading this chapter.

Speaking of which, in this chapter of Madoka Prime, the secret is out and Homura now knows of the existence of the Autobots. Because of that, Arcee and Jack must take her to the Autobot base so that Optimus explains of what transpired. How will she react with the existence of these Cybertronians? Will she accept this new kind of experience? And what of Kyubey? Does he know of the existence of these Autobots and Decepticons? So many questions, and all will be answered.

Disclaimer: I don't own Transformers Prime or Madoka Magica.


Chapter Seven: The New 'New' Normal

The sun was slowly starting to set, as the night sky would slowly take over. In a barren road that goes to Jasper, a custom blue and pink motorcycle was riding by with a teenage boy and a preteen girl was on it. That was Arcee as she was taking Jack and Homura to the Autobot base. The reason why is that they were attacked by two Vehicons and she had no choice but to reveal her secret to the young magical girl. Though she wanted to explain some things of what happened, she believes it is best that Optimus do the explaining. So that's where they were, on a barren road heading straight to the base. During the drive though, Arcee wanted to know what has happened when she witnessed Homura doing some questionable things. Such as have her clothes changed into different attire, taking weapons out of her mysterious shield, and stopping time on a dime to help with their escape. Knowing this, Homura decided to let her in on the secret as well; since it was her fault she revealed it when she thought that Arcee was just a normal bike. She explained everything to her with what she said to Jack, Raf, and Miko. From the Incubators, how they 'help' the human race, to how magical girls were created, the contracts and wishes, the consequences from being magical girls, and the Law of Cycles. Listening to the whole story, the femme was very intrigued by it all.

Arcee: "So let me get this straight. You are a magical girl, and they actually exist in this world."

Homura nodded as she responded to her.

Homura: "That is correct."

Arcee: "And these Incubators are the ones that recruited these magical girls by offering them contracts that will grant theses girls one wish."

Homura: "Indeed. These Incubators, like Kyubey, came to this planet to find the specific energy to help balance the universe. They found it with girls in their teenage years. Once they offer them the contract, the girls have one wish to make. Whatever wish they say, it would be granted. And in exchange, they would get a soul gem that will turn them into magical girls."

Arcee thought of the creature that came to the house when Homura arrived and realized what it was.

Arcee: "So that creature that came to the house was an Incubator. I didn't know there were other aliens before we arrived."

Homura heard that and blinked in surprise.

Homura: "So you can see Kyubey?"

The two-wheeler turned her review mirrors to her and answered her back.

Arcee: "Of course! Does anyone else?"

Homura turned her head away and answered truthfully.

Homura: "No… To be truthful, only us Magical Girls can see Incubators, while normal humans won't see them."

Cee soon turned her mirror to Jack and asked if that was true.

Arcee: "Is it true Jack? You didn't see that Incubator when Homura arrived to your house?"

Jack rolled his eyes around and explained about what happened.

Jack Darby: "Well… I didn't see Kyubey when Homura came to Jasper. But two days later, when we were attacked by the Witch, Homura saved us and Kyubey was with her. So, yeah… Guess the secret was spilled out before yours came into fruition."

The femme sighed through her speakers and would have to accept it.

Arcee: "Guess I can't blame you. Getting dragged into battle is sort of your experience."

Jack groaned and remembered when he was dragged into one war when he mistaken his partner as a normal motorcycle. That of course led to many adventures with her after that near death experience.

Jack Darby: "Please… You don't have to remind me…"

Arcee though got serious and decided to speak of these said consequences.

Arcee: "Still, these Incubators have certainly tricked these girls. Giving them wishes to become Magical Girls without giving them the fine print of their contracts. I mean its one thing of not having your soul gem over a thousand meters from you, but continuously purify that gem or it will blacken to the point that the Magical Girl would become a witch. And I thought Megatron was a real manipulator."

Homura sighed and didn't have a clue who she was talking about. But brushed it aside and wait until they get to where she is taking her. But she could explain about the situation.

Homura: "To be fair, Incubators like Kyubey didn't really trick them. They are just doing their job in maintaining the universe, let alone this planet. Though trying to purify our soul gems to prevent ourselves to become witches was a recurring nightmare for us. It all changed when the Law of Cycles was created. Now us Magical Girls would leave this world without having any pain or misery on a day to day basis, and would never have to become witches to curse anyone anymore."

Arcee: "Still, that doesn't give him the excuse to treat these girls like some kind energy conductor. When I get back to the Jack's house, I need to speak with him of this matter."

Homura heard that and sighed, knowing that she now has one more person, or alien, that knows of her secret. Looking towards the review mirrors, she asked for something.

Homura: "Say, Arcee… Can you do me a quick favor?"

She positioned her mirrors to her and asked of that.

Arcee: "Sure thing. What is it?"

She soon turned away and wondered if she can keep this promise. But she sucked it up and spoke to her about it anyways.

Homura: "Can you keep what happened a secret? You know, the whole Magical Girls thing. I can't have anyone else know of my existence."

The two-wheeler was silent about this and was a little unsure of it.

Arcee: "I don't know… Giving what transpired, Optimus might know of what happened."

Jack though looked to his friend and explained that it would be best to keep one secret.

Jack Darby: "Arcee, please… Homura doesn't want anyone involved in her work. That could lead to some serious trouble. I do believe that if we keep Homura's line of work a secret, then she and the other Magical Girls won't be harmed. I mean, they already have their handful with the Wraiths and Nightmares. They can't have Decepticons to deal with."

Cee looked to her partner and wasn't sure of the idea. Sure, Homura saved her from the two drones, but would it be risky in exposing Magical Girls to Team Prime. Seems like Homura is insisted that she wants the team to be in the dark. And giving what she saw, she can't blame her. Sighing through the speakers, she decided to listen to Homura, but with one note.

Arcee: "All right, fine. I'll keep you and your Magical Girl society a secret. But under one condition. If any of my teammates witness anything of your doing, or on times when you have to reveal yourself, then you will have to do the explaining. Got it?"

Homura heard that and could tell that she was getting serious. But she nodded and responded very honestly.

Homura: "Of course. I'll speak about it when things get bleak. Though I don't think you won't have a problem with that."

Arcee: "Let's hope not."

Looking on ahead, she could see the mountain like cliff in front of her and knew that they were at the right place.

Arcee: "Here we are. Hang on!"

She revved her engine and popped a wheelie, causing the two humans to hang on tightly. She raced to the fork in the road and took the middle of it, straight to the mountain. Homura saw it and was in a bit of a panic.

Homura: "Are you nuts! You're going to plow us into a wall!"

Jack looked to her and told her that it's all right.

Jack Darby: "Don't panic! It's cool. She sort of scared me out the day after we met, accidentally anyways."

Homura turned to him and was a bit surprised by that.

Homura: "What?!"

The two drove straight to the wall and Homura thought that she would use her time shield to stop time and save everyone. But when she looked ahead, she could see the rocky wall lowering and two metal doors appeared before they opened sideways. The Magical Girl blinked and was in a bit of a shock by the site of it.

Homura: "What the…"

Jack and Arcee gave it a bit of a chuckle as the guardian told her that they are at the base.

Arcee: "Caught you by surprise, did I? Welcome to Autobot Outpost Omega One."

Homura looked on to see them coming into the base and through the lit tunnel. They took a bit of a curve right at the end of the tunnel. What she saw made her completely speechless. The three were in what looked like some kind of command center with a command console with advance screening that is scanning the planet and has the most bizarre alien language, some sort of medical chamber for something big, a tunnel on her left side that led to nowhere and had rings around it and a glass floor, and there was a small human like living area for humans to hang out. But what she saw next caught her off guard entirely. There were three aliens like robots that is like Arcee, but male and far bigger then her. There was one that was mending the control console that turned to see Arcee coming in with Jack and Homura who had white and red armor and looked broader with two front doors acting as his chest plate. The second one is a yellow and black bot that is a bit smaller then that of the previous one with wing like doors on his back. And the third one had green armor with headlights on his chest and is more bulkier then the other two. All three of them looked to the femme and saw Jack and Homura on her. The two dismounted on her as she transformed into her bipedal form looking to each of the three that had some shocking faces.

Ratchet: "Arcee, what's the meaning of this?! Did you bring another young human in our base?! Three is bad enough, but a forth one is too much!"

The femme looked to the medic and told her that she can't help it.

Arcee: "It's not my fault, Ratchet. Two Cons saw us and were pursuing us. I had no choice but to reveal my secret to her. What other choice do I have?"

Ratchet: "Well, not revealing yourself is far better then what you did. The last thing I want is to have more humans getting dragged into this war."

Homura heard all of this and was getting annoyed by this bot. So she looked to him and decided to speak about it.

Homura: "Don't put the blame on her! She didn't know those two bots were going to be after us. She had a right to protect us!"

The doc looked down to her and was a little aggravated by her.

Ratchet: "Don't back talk to me young girl! You have no right to argue with your elders. Exactly, who are you to judge?"

Homura crossed her arms and didn't take that threat likely.

Homura: "It's Homura Akemi. And if you think that you can speak to me like that, you got another thing-"

Before she could even finish with what she said, she could hear a familiar voice from not far.

Miko: "Homura?!"

She heard that voice and made her cringe a little. Looking towards a set of steps that lead up to the human lounge she saw two familiar faces running down them. Those faces where that of Miko and Raf as they reached the lower level and rushed to them. All Homura could do was lowered her head and groaned in defeat.

Homura: "Oh no… Not her again…"

The two approached her and was surprised by her sudden appearance.

Raf: "Homura? What are you doing here? I thought Jack was going to show you around the desert."

She tilted her eyes to the side and was a little sheepish about what happened.

Homura: "I was, until we all has a misadventure and dragged into a robot fight. You two know of this?"

Miko just smiled and was happy to see her at the base.

Miko: "Of course we know. We hang out with these guys all the time. And now that you're finally here, our hangouts would be more awesome then before!"

She soon embraced Homura with a big hug, as she was very embarrassed by the whole thing. She quickly pushed herself off of Miko and turned to Jack about something.

Homura: "How long have you three been with these… robots?"

Jack rubbed the back of his head and spoke to her truthfully.

Jack Darby: "Oh… About a couple of months. Such a short time, yes, but we've been through a lot together."

She lowered her head and groaned over the whole thing.

Homura: "Well thank you for sharing this to me! It would've been helpful if you would of told me about this sooner. At least your mom isn't involved in the whole thing, right?"

She turned to see him with his face a little white in hearing that part. Tracing his foot around the floor, he answered back the best way he can.

Jack Darby: "Well… Yeah. But that was after we become friends with them. Course how she found out was a little nightmarish. Funny story, don't want talk about it."

Homura blinked and was shocked that Jack's own mother knows of these aliens, yet never mentioned anything Rubbing the temples of her forehead, she gave a very deep sigh and was about to blow a gasket.

Homura: "Okay… I'm not going to panic over all of this… But this is just plain insane! What's going on? Who are these things? Why were they fighting? And how come you three are involved somehow?!"

Jack heard her questions and knew hat the cat is out of the bag for quite a while and would like to answer her. But as he was going to do that, everyone heard footsteps coming from close by. Everyone turned to one of the hallways that connect to the command center as Homura did the same. Just like that, her eyes were wide in fascination. Entering the area is a huge bot with red and blue armor and a helmet with two prods sticking out on the top and a body shape that resembles something of a truck. She was surprised that this bot is bigger then the others around her. And giving his stature, he could be the leader of the group. Looking down to her, the big bot decided to give his introduction without reacting at her sudden appearance, let alone how she got here.

Optimus Prime: "We are Autonomous life forms from the planet Cybertron. But you can refer to us as Autobots."

Homura raised her eyebrow and was hesitant on that name.

Homura: "Autobots…?"

Miko leaned on her shoulder and decided to spice the introduction a bit.

Miko: "A.K.A. Team Prime. A.A.K.A. the coolest, badass team you will love to hang out with!"

Homura turned to her and didn't like the sound of it.

Homura: "And why do I get the feeling you're sugarcoating something underneath this."

He soon introduced himself and the team.

Optimus Prime: "I'm Optimus Prime, leader of the Autobots. This is my scout, Bumblebee."

He then pointed to Bee as he looked down and greeted her with his series of beeps and boops.

Bumblebee: (Hello there. Welcome to the team.)

The Magical Girl looked to him and was a little confused about what he said. Thankfully, Raf was next to her and explained what he means.

Raf: "He said hi and is welcoming you to the base."

She soon turned to the hacker and was amazed that he can understand him.

Homura: "You know what he said? But how?"

Bulkhead then approached her and told her that they were baffled by this as well.

Bulkhead: "Hey, the kid is special in his own way. I mean, besides us, Rafael here can understand all noises coming from Bee's damaged voice box."

Optimus then continued to introduce the rest of the team.

Optimus Prime: "That is Bulkhead, a member of the Wreckers that would take any mission no one else would. Over there is our field medic, Ratchet."

She looked up to the doc as he grumbled something under his breath, mostly aggravated that they now have another human to take care of. She looked to Jack for and explanation as he shrugged his shoulders.

Jack Darby: "Ah, don't mind him. He's always a little grumpy. You'll get use to it."

The leader then finished it off with Arcee as he knew this girl met her before.

Optimus Prime: "I assume you already met Arcee."

Homura turned to Cee as she shrugged her shoulder and smiled to the Magical Girl. Homura though wasn't in the mood and turned to the Prime to decide to ask away.

Homura: "Oh, we have met before. But that was when she was just a motorcycle by the time I came to the house. Now though… I don't know what to believe anymore. So tell me, Optimus, why is it that you and this team of yours, are on this planet? And why were those two bots attacked us?"

Optimus heard this and could tell that she is a bit desperate for answers. Giving out a bit of a sigh, he decided to let her know everything about their existence.

Optimus Prime: "Ms. Akemi, I can understand your concern about us and want to know more. So if you can come up to the lounge near our command console, we can explain everything to you."

Homura looked to him and was quiet for a moment. But she trusted him as she and the others approach the command console to begin explaining everything she needs to know.


Fifteen minutes later, Optimus told of the story of the Autobot/Decepticon war that plunged their planet of Cyberton to eternal darkness, where the remaining population had to leave their home world and scattered across the stars, and when the Autobots and Decepticons approach this world in hopes to salvage energon and protect humanity from the Cons. The human teens were at the lounge area as Homura listened intently to the story of the history of the Great War. Miko though lay back on the sofa and was resting lazily.

Optimus Prime: "And because of this war, it is vital that this planet doesn't fall to the Cons and Megatron's terrine. And now that you are involved in this war, it is essential that you remain in this base for your own protection. Do you understand, Homura?"

She listened to everything he said and was trying to summarize on a few things.

Homura: "I guess so… From what I can understand, you're telling me that there's a galactic war between you and these Decepticons and have been going on for generations. And now you're on Earth and humanity is in danger, yet they don't know you all existed except for these three and Jack's mom. Still, are there any more humans that know of your existence?"

Optimus was quiet over the whole thing, as he needs to let her know everything.

Optimus Prime: "Only a few know of our existence, and in order to protect them, they need to keep our identity a secret."

Jack though decided to let her know of one of those that knew the Autobot's existence.

Jack Darby: "Yeah, mom is a big example to all of this."

She turned to Darby and asked about this.

Homura: "And how, pray tell, did she find out about their existence?"

Jack shrugged it off and explained as much as he could.

Jack Darby: "Well… Let's just say that mom had a complication with some underground terrorist group and a Con that killed Arcee's partner a long time ago. She was captured and Cee and I had to come and rescue her. I don't want to get into the details on how it happened, but we managed to save her and we had to let her in on the secret."

Homura turned away from him and looked up to the ceiling, giving a deep sigh.

Homura: "Of course you did. Does anyone else know of this, like Raf's family and Miko's host parents?"

He turned back to Jack for an answer and gave a quick shake as a response.

Jack Darby: "No, thank goodness. The less anyone knows, the better."

Homura: "That's a relief. So… What happens now?"

He looked to Optimus for an answer as he respectably responded.

Optimus: "Right now, you have seen two Decepticons. But if one of them slips by, he will let Megatron know of you being a witness. To that end, you must remain with us until we know for sure that you are safe."

Homura nodded and understood the situation she's in, especially since she's talking to a bunch of huge alien robots. Miko though rolled her eyes around and decided to let them in on something.

Miko: "Oh please… She doesn't need much protection when she does the protecting herself."

The group looked to Miko and was wondering what she meant by that.

Optimus Prime: "I'm sorry, Miko. But what exactly are you saying?"

Jack looked back to her and wondered what she's up to. But when he turned to Homura, his eyes were wide and knew what she's going to say.

Miko: "Because Homura here is a-"

He quickly grabbed Miko from behind and placed his hand over her mouth, preventing her from saying anything. All Miko could get out of it is a muffle, as she was trying to say Homura's secret. Optimus and the others looked at that and was a little confused by that. Jack though quickly recovered that by asking for a quick favor.

Jack Darby: "Uh… Optimus? Think it's all right if we speak to Homura about all of this in private. She is still a little shaken up on the whole experience today and needs some humans to comfort her."

Homura turned to him and wondered what he's trying to do. Optimus and the others heard his plea and wondered why he wants to speak to Homura in private, giving that the Prime already spoken to her of everything. But giving that Homura resides in Jack's house; he decided to let him do whatever he wants to do.

Optimus Prime: "Of course, Jack. Just don't take too long."

Jack nodded as he and the others left the lounge and exits the command center, with Miko still covered and dragged from behind. The group blinked their optics and wondered about that sudden reaction.

Bumblebee: (What was that about?)

Bulk shrugged his shoulders and wondered about that too.

Bulkhead: "No slagging clue."


Back at one of the long and huge corridors, the four humans was walking down it, trying to find a place where the Autobots couldn't find them, let alone hear them. Jack was still backing up as he was still covering Miko's mouth, as he was trying to find a perfect place to speak about it. Looking around, he found a public restroom that used to have been used when the previous occupants had the missile silo. Now it was rarely used unless one of the kids wanted to use the bathroom. And since that no Autobot goes there at all, it is a perfect place to talk about Homura's secret.

Jack Darby: "This way, guys."

The group quickly went into the restroom just so they could be alone for just now. By the time they were in that restroom, the Jack finally let go of Miko as she took a breather and was a little upset over what just happened. She soon turned to Jack and complained about what he did.

Miko: "Yo, Jack! What's the deal?! I was going to tell Optimus and the others that Homura is a Magical Girl and that she could be of good use to the team."

Jack sighed and decided to tell her that it wasn't a wise idea.

Jack Darby: "No, Miko! You just don't get it. We can't have the team know of Homura's secret!"

She crossed her arms and wasn't happy about that part.

Miko: "Why not? You saw what she did when she took on that Witch by herself. We know what she's capable of. She should join the fight against the Decepticons and Megatron. I'm telling you those creeps wouldn't stand a chance."

Jack rolled his eyes around and didn't like what she was saying.

Jack Darby: "And I'm telling you that it is a terrible idea. If any of the Decepticons found out about Homura's secret, not only will she be in grave danger, but all of the Magical Girls as well! I mean it's bad enough they have to face these Wraiths and Nightmares. Do you expect them to have the Decepticons involved as well?"

Miko: "But-"

Jack Darby: "No buts, Miko! We cannot tell the Autobots about Homura's secret. They shouldn't know about the existence of Magical Girls!"

Miko then quirked her lip and thought of the only femme of the team.

Miko: "What about your partner? I'm sure she knows of her existence. Am I right?"

Jack just stood there in silence and realized that she made a really good point. Arcee saw the whole Magical Girl thing while being chased by two Vehicons. So she was the only Autobot witness in the whole thing. Rubbing the back of his head, he decided to make an exception.

Jack Darby: "Okay… Arcee is the only one that saw Homura's secret. But it is because that we were being chased by the Decepticons in the first place and Homura didn't know that Arcee existed until after the chase. Regardless, she's keeping Homura's secret from the Autobots, and we should too."

Miko turned her head away and grunted in disapproval.

Miko: "Fine… Whatever… And I thought that a Autobot/Magical Girl team up could be so boss."

Homura and Raf looked to each other and could tell that Jack was serious in keeping the whole Magical Girl thing a secret. But there is still concern on how they could talk about them without the Autobots knowing it. So Raf stepped in and spoke about it.

Raf: "Uh… Jack…? If we cannot speak to the rest of the team of Homura and the Magical Girls, how are we going to speak about it to ourselves?"

Jack looked to him and knew the perfect answer.

Jack Darby: "Simple, we speak about it in here."

Everyone looked around and noticed the toilet stalls and sinks and all that, coming to a simple conclusion.

Miko: "Jack, this is the men's restroom. You know, the one place that no women can go through."

Jack turned to her and explained why he would choose this location.

Jack Darby: "It is also the only place that doesn't have any surveillance around this base. So the Autobots won't find us. It is the only placed we can go without them seeing us."

Miko rubbed her shoulder and was a little iffy about that.

Miko: "Sure… Let's hope none of you decided to take a quick whiz or something."

Homura then approached him and was worried about something else.

Homura: "Jackson Darby… As much as I appreciate you keeping me and the Magical Girls a secret, there will be some consequences."

Darby looked to the Magical Girl and wondered about that.

Jack Darby: "What do you mean, Homura?"

Homura looked down and was worried what she would say next. After all, her experience is what Jack is trying to do. Sighing, she looked up and explained without the whole story.

Homura: "Months ago, I kept a secret from a friend of mine. It had something to do with my… line of work. That secret of mine cost me that said friend. A part of me know that she's gone to a better place, but another part of me which I would've told her sooner. Those months felt like an eternity for me. So, be careful of keeping secrets like this, for there will be some serious repercussions."

Jack heard that and could tell that there was hurt in her eyes. Though he didn't know what really happened, he could feel sorry for her.

Jack Darby: "I'm… I'm sorry… I didn't know that you had a friend that never knew of your existence until those months ago."

Homura looked to him and told him that it was nothing.

Homura: "Don't be… It is the burden I had to live with every day, not yours. Just remember that keeping a secret like this could lead to disaster. Now come, let's leave here before your friends get suspicious and look for us."

She soon walked away and left the restroom, leaving the others starring at her and wondered about that.

Miko: "Dude… Homura lost a friend because of her Magical Girl status. No wonder why she's so emotionless."

Raf: "I know… To know someone for so long, but lost em' in the end could drive someone like her in grief. Wonder what her friend is like?"

Jack thought of that too and decided to leave it at that.

Jack Darby: "Who knows… Right now, it's best not to discuss about this. Let's get going."

Soon enough, the other three left the restroom and returned to the Autobots before any of them start to question their disappearance.


For hours, Homura was getting use to living with the Autobots and got to know them better. Thought it was a little weird speaking to alien robots, but she got use to it when she was speaking to Kyubey. But as the time was winding down, it was getting late and the kids need to head back home for curfew. So the three bots took their human companions to their homes just to keep them safe. Arcee was taking Jack and Homura back to his house, as the ride was smoother then the last one. As they were driving down the street, Jack looked to Homura from behind and would like to say something about today. Sighing, he decided to say it while he can.

Jack Darby: "Look, Homura… About today… I didn't want any of that to happen. If those Cons didn't find us, you would've lived a normal- well… semi normal life."

Homura looked to him and told him that he couldn't put himself to blame.

Homura: "Don't push yourself, Darby. It was just a freak accident. Completely unavoidable. Even if it didn't happen, there would still be the chance that it would happen in the future."

Jack Darby: "Still, it should've been avoidable! Those two Cons saw you and one of them got away. Who knows if he tells Megatron about you? I might have doomed all the Magical Girls in the world. I-"

Arcee heard him getting upset over what happened and tried to reason with him.

Arcee: "Deep breaths, Jack. Homura is right that it was unavoidable. Even if they didn't come, it would still be a matter of time. So it was going to be obvious that it was bound to happen."

Jack sighed and knew that the two have a point.

Jack Darby: "Guess you're right about that one, Arcee. I suppose today was the right time, giving that I don't want to know what happen if those Cons attacked us with Homura by our side. Still, there's the fact that the Drone will speak to Megatron about it."

Arcee sighed and explained that he didn't see much.

Arcee: "I'm certain that the Vehicon didn't see much, and even if Homura was with us, he won't be able to show any evidence about it. I'm certain he didn't even know that Homura did most of those things. So I'm pretty sure her secret if safe."

Jack heard that and decided to take a breather from that. Still, there is doubt that the Con saw her or not. He just hopes that it's not the case. After driving down the suburban area of the town, they approached Jack's house and is heading to the garage. From there, they noticed a June's red car parked at the driveway of the garage. Jack saw this and made a stop, dismounting off of Arcee with Homura following his moves. The two blinked and didn't think that the mother would come.

Homura: "Huh… Looks like your mother came home early today. Didn't think she would come at this time."

Jack nodded and didn't think of that as well.

Jack Darby: "No kidding… I never think that she would come this soon. I just hope she's ready for when we tell her about what happened today."

The magical girl sighed and knew what he meant.

Homura: "Right… Cause she knows about these Autobots as well. This will be fun…"

The two walked down to the garage with Jack pushing Arcee's vehicle form into the garage. As the door to the garage opened, the two entered the garage as Jack hit the kickstand on Acree to keep her up.

Jack Darby: "Let's find mom and explained what happened. I'm sure she's not going to be happy."

Homura nodded and the two headed to the door that goes back to the main house. Just as they were leaving, Arcee looked to them with the headlights and asked Homura for something.

Arcee: "Homura, can you do me a favor and send Kyubey over here. I need to speak to him of the whole 'Magical Girl' thing."

She looked to the femme and wondered what she has plan with that little Incubator.

Homura: "Sure… I'll take care of that."

The two soon left the garage and entered the main hall, where Jack called his mom out.

Jack: "Mom! Homura and I are home! Where are you?"

He waited until he heard her voice.

June: "I'm in the kitchen, honey!"

The two heard her and hurried to the kitchen, once they were in, they could see June finishing up with cooking. Once they saw her, Jack approached her and was a bit surprised.

Jack Darby: "Mom! You're home early today. Saw your car at the driveway just now."

June heard him and turned around to explain about it.

June: "Just finished with my shift a bit early and I thought I give my son and Homura a special dinner, chicken marinara, your favorite."

Jack was surprised that she was cooking a special meal.

Jack Darby: "Wow, mom. You shouldn't have. I was kind of hoping for meals in the fridge to microwave."

June placed the meal on the table explained about it.

June: "Yes, well giving that I haven't spend quality time with you two when Homura came, I thought I told the doctors that I should spend a night with them today. Course, I need to get back to the hospital for another late shift."

Jack sighed and understood she's a busy mother.

Jack Darby: "You and these late shifts you have… Sometimes I wish you have none at all."

June rolled her eyes around and could tell that he was worried about her.

June Darby: "Well, I need to keep the chicken marinara on the table. Speaking of which, you two take your seats, otherwise the food will get cold."

The two heard her and decided to take that said seats. As June started to serve the food, Jack decided now is the time to speak about that.

Jack Darby: "So I decided to introduce Homura to my friends after a nice ride."

June nodded as she continued to serve the food.

June Darby: "Uh-huh… That's nice… She should spend time with Miko and Raf as they are the closet friends you have."

Jack sighed and could tell that she was oblivious.

Jack Darby: "No, mom… Not Raf and Miko. I showed her my 'other' friends. The friends from 'out of town'."

June heard this and immediately dropped the serving spoon after hearing this news. Her eyes were wide and looked to Jack with a bit a shock.

June: "Oh… I see… You took her to see the Autobots, huh?"

Jack nodded as a quick response. June soon sat down on the chair and tried to process what happened.

June Darby: "Let me guess… Decepticons?"

Jack nodded again and explained a little bit.

Jack Darby: "Just two of them. They found us when I was showing Homura the desert sand. Arcee had no choice but to reveal her existence in front of her."

June quickly sighed and knew that it would be inevitable.

June Darby: "Well… It was going to be a matter of time, anyways. At first, I thought there wouldn't be any problems with those Cons. Guess I was wrong."

Homura could see this and decided to calm her down.

Homura: "To be fair, Ms. Darby, I'm all right with this. See, I always expect the unexpected when I'm in Mitakihara. Guess I should've been more prepared about alien robots."

June looked to her and told her that this wasn't what she wanted.

June: "Still, I only wanted you to have a normal life here and not get involve in the Autobot's war."

Jack heard that and couldn't help but to silently chuckle. If only June knew that she didn't have a normal life at all. And it's best that he keeps it that way. He looked to her and decided to calm things down.

Jack Darby: "Well, it was going to happen, no matter what. I mean, if the Cons did find them and no one was around, then she would've been angry to begin with."

June nodded and knew it would've been bad from the start.

June: "I suppose you're right. Guess we have no choice but to live with it."

Homura heard all of this and decided to change the subject.

Homura: "So, June… Now that I know of the Autobots, care to explain to me about how you know of the Autbots? I mean Jack explained a bit about what happened. Perhaps you would shed some light in the whole thing."

June sat back and was a little concerned about it.

June: "Oh, I don't know… It wasn't a comforting time for me back then."

The magical girl decided to keep speaking about it.

Homura: "Oh, but I assist. I would like to know about it as much as possible."

June sighed and knew she would like to know more.

June: "Well, since you put it that way…"

So June explained the story of how she knew of the Autobots while they were having dinner. Course; there was the time that Jack cringed at the fact that he was grounded before hand. But he calmed down and continued with the story. They soon had a good time together as the three can now accept the existence of the Autobot/Decepticon war. Course, June doesn't know of Homura as a magical girl, and Jack would like to keep it that way.


Back at Homura's room, Kyubey was sleeping peacefully on the bed as he was waiting for Homura to come in. Though it was strange that she had been spending more time with Jack, at least she has some time to go and hunt Wraiths in Jasper. Suddenly, the door opened that caused the Incubator to wake up and saw Homura entering the room. He could see her come in and was completely relieved.

Kyubey: "Homura Akemi! Thank goodness! I haven't heard from you for a while and you haven't returned after school. What happened?"

Homura closed the door and took a deep breather before looking right at him.

Homura: "It's a long story. Kyubey, can I ask you something?"

The Incubator blinked and was wondering what she wants to say to him.

Kyubey: "Of course! What is it you which to speak about?"

Homura turned away and wondered how she would approach this. Turning back to him, she asks the one question that's been in her head for sometime.

Homura: "Answer me this. Were there any aliens that came before or after you?"

The Incubator blinked and was confused about that.

Kyubey: "I'm sorry. What did you just say? Any aliens on this planet besides us. Homura, do you think I know things like that?"

Homura tilted her head and was a little confused by that statement. So she asked as simple as possible.

Homura: "Just answer my question. Were there any other aliens on this planet besides you? Yes or no?"

Kyubey sighed and told her as much as he could.

Kyubey: "It is a possibility. Believe it or not, other aliens would've come before or after us depending on how long they've been here, or if they visited. But to be truthful, our existence tended to help human kind. I'm certain that other alien races were involved in a small part of it either way. Still, why ask such a question as that?"

Homura sighed and decided to let him see for himself.

Homura: "It's a complicated one. But I do believe that your answer is waiting at the garage. I suggest that you head down there and find it out yourself."

He heard her and wondered what she's really up to. Taking a deep sigh, he decided to listen to her and jumped off the bed.

Kyubey: "I suppose there's no way out of this, huh? Very well. I'll go and see your answer to my question. But I don't want any surprises."

He walked beside Homura with his little legs and left the room. Homura looked back to him leaving and told him that it is a surprise.

Homura: "Trust me, Kyubey. There are a lot of surprises in store."

She soon close the door from behind and took a breather from it.

Homura: "After what went on today, I fathom what Arcee will say to the Incubator when he come to the garage. Let's just hope it's nothing too drastic."

By the time she thought about it, the computer was chiming and Homura looked to see what looks like a video conference call. Starring at the screen, she knew what it was about approached the desk to respond. Sitting on her chair, she clicked on the 'call' icon and the window popped up of a live feed coming from Mitakihara, where she sees, Mami trying to stop another scuffle between Kyoko and Bebe.

Kyoko: "You no good quilted doll. You took my favorite cookie! I was gunning for that one and you took it from me!"

Bebe was speaking in gibberish, as the girls only know of it.

Kyoko: "You saw it first? You weren't even near the plate! How could you saw it if you nowhere near it?!"

Mami looked to the whole fight and sighed in complete defeat.

Mami: "Kyoko, Bebe, stop fighting! There's no need for this. There's plenty of cookies to share. Now stop acting like children."

Kyoko turned to her and told her to speak to her pet.

Kyoko: "Hey! Tell your pet! It started it!"

Mami: "I don't care! I will not have my home get turned into a battlefield! Now apologize to each other, this instance!"

Homura just watched it and couldn't help but to chuckle silently.

Homura: "Sounds like you were busy while I was here, huh?"

Mami heard that and turned to see Homura smiling at the scene. Keeping her composure, she decided apologize to her while to two was still fighting.

Mami: "Homura! Sorry about that. Kyoko and Bebe do tend to fight all day when they're here. I swear their fights are never ending."

Homura tilted her head and told her that it was all right.

Homura: "It's okay. I get use to their fights too. Besides, I need some form of entertainment from the day I had."

Mami looked to her and wondered what she meant.

Mami: "Really? Whatever do you mean? Did something happen?"

Homura rubbed the back of her head and wondered what to do. She can't explain to them that she was involved in an alien fight with transforming robots. They will think that she would be crazy or something far worse. So she decided to keep it a secret until the time is right to explain.

Homura: "It's a bit… complicated. I really don't want to speak about it. However, I did meet more of Jack's friends."

Kyoko soon heard that and rushed to the computer to speak with her.

Kyoko: "Really?! You made more friends over there? Man, that town is that small when you have nothing to do. Besides the Wraith hunts and all, that is."

Mami looked to her and told her something.

Mami: "Shouldn't you be apologizing to Bebe by now?"

Kyoko looked to her and shrugged her shoulder.

Kyoko: "What? Can I just speak to Homura too? You always have all the fun in doing that."

Mami rolled her eyes around and decided to speak about Jack's friends.

Mami: "So these friends that Jack introduced to you. Who are they? Do they know about our line of work like the others?"

Homura rolled her eyes around and decided to keep the one answer a secret.

Homura: "I'm certain that they don't know about my secret. As far as who they are… Well… Let's just say that they are from out of town and are more to them then meets the eyes."


Meanwhile, Kyubey was scampering down the hall until he reached the doorway to the garage, which was opened partly. Curious, he slowly head down the crack to see what Homura wanted him to see. Entering the garage, he looked around and saw nothing but Jack's motorcycle in the middle of the garage. Looking around, he didn't notice anything out of the ordinary.

Kyubey: "How odd… Homura told me that the answer is in this garage. Wonder what she wanted me to see?"

He was standing behind the bike, not oblivious to what is about to happen. That's when he heard a feminine voice from behind.

Arcee: "Look behind you…"

That causes him to get startled as his body was shivering from the sound of that voice.

Kyubey: "What the… You said that?! Where are you?!"

He kept looking around, wondering where the voice came from. That's when the same voice called him out.

Arcee: "I'm right here… Turn around."

He heard the voice and turned around to just see Jack's bike standing there. Kyubey was still confused, but decided to play along anyways.

Kyubey: "Were you talking to me?"

There was a bit of silence until the bike spoke up with the speakers.

Arcee: "Yes… It was me."

Kyubey tilted his head and wasn't sure about this.

Kyubey: "Hmm… Interesting… Jackson Darby never mentioned that his motorcycle could talk."

Arcee: "That's because I'm not a motorcycle."

She soon transformed into her bipedal form and was kneeling down, giving how small the garage is.

Arcee: "I'm an Autobot."

Kyubey jumped at the sight of it was a caught by surprise.

Kyubey: "Whoa! Incredible! So Homura was right that there are other aliens on planet besides us Incubators. What a fascinating find."

Arcee just glared at him and decided to cut the chatter.

Arcee: "Don't waste my time in talk. Homura told me all about your kind and how you force female younglings in becoming magical girls to gather up energy."

Kyubey tilted his head and didn't expect Homura in telling this one everything. Still, he remained cool and asked about that.

Kyubey: "Exactly how much she has told you?"

Arcee: "Enough to make my fuel tanks turn. That fact that your kind manipulate innocent girls just for your own agenda in maintaining the universe sickens me to my very spark!"

The Incubator sighed and could tell where this was going.

Kyubey: "I figured much. Listen, um…"

Arcee: "Arcee. Call me Arcee."

He blinked and continued.

Kyubey: "Arcee. Right. Whether you agree of our strategy or not, please understand that we have no need in harming them. We are in need of an abundant amount of energy, which would not only maintain this world, but the entire universe as a whole. The discovery of these girls on this planet has the type of emotional energy we needed to help maintain it all. And as Incubators, our goal is to store that energy so we can help keep this universe in tact."

Arcee listened to his reasons and still didn't buy it.

Arcee: "And you think that forcing girls to be your energy conduit and grab hold of that energy when they are spent is the logical way in handling it? Do you even thought for one second that what you were doing is wrong?!"

Kyubey heard her and reasoned with her.

Kyubey: "Well, when you put it that way, it does sound bad. But think of the positives. If we do not harness the energy needed, this universe will be destroyed if unbalanced and all kind would be wiped out. That would include your own. Anyways, back then, our motives were clear and we had to use all our power to keep the universe in harmony. Sacrifice needed to be made and all Magical Girls knew that when they sign our contracts. Even if the Law of Cycles was created and our way in storing energy changed, our motives are still the same. At least the girls are now living happier lives then before."

Arcee listened to his side of the coin and was still upset over all of this.

Arcee: "Still, that doesn't mean you have to manipulate these girls in forming contracts with them and make them throw away their futures. It still feels wrong!"

Kyubey remained silent and could tell that she was upset about the whole thing.

Kyubey: "Whether it be right or wrong under your own personal opinion, we did what we can to protect this universe. You should understand that. After all, you wanted to protect the universe yourself from whatever evils you are defending against. And how's that going along?"

Arcee looked to him and was seething about it. How does he know about the Autobot and Decepticon war? Maybe it was a lucky guess…? Regardless, she has to do something, and fast. But what was it? So she decided to ask him one more thing.

Arcee: Well me something, Kyubey, is it? Homura told me that your kind is immortal is immortal. Is it true?"

Kyubey: "Pretty much… Why ask that question?"

Arcee responded, but not in the way the Incubator wanted. She immediately armed and aimed her blaster to Kyubey and fired a quick shot. That said shot got him in the body and he exploded in a white and red mesh and sprinkled on the floor. Arcee looked on and was shocked that one shot would ultimately kill him. But as she was shocked by it, she could hear a voice from close by.

Kyubey: "Was that really necessary."

The femme heard it and looked to her right to see Kyubey standing there, with that Cheshire grin that he always have.

Kyubey: "I really don't get on why you would kill me when you know that it was impossible?"

Arcee smirked and knew that she was right on one thing.

Arcee: "Just conducting a theory Homura explained to me. Mainly that you can make more of yourself as back up incase the precious body gets destroyed. Now it looks like what she said is true."

Kyubey sighed and jumped down the high shelf he was on, approaching the discarded body and nibble it up to hide the evidence. Once it was fully clean, he looked to the two-wheeler and reminded her of this action she did.

Kyubey: "Regardless, why did you shot at me?"

She soon has a grin that a Decepticon would love and explained it.

Arcee: "That was for tricking every girl and using them to gather energy for your own personal amusements. Oh, and by the way, you and I are going to live together under this same roof. So you have to be nice to me, otherwise, I will do more then blasting you."

Kyubey was mentally deadpanned by what she said. Not only that he discovered another alien race living on this planet, but also he is staying with her in this household. And if this transfer program Homura is in is long, that will be absolute hell for him.

Kyubey: "Oh dear…"


And that ends chapter seven. Would've finished it sooner if I weren't too distracted. Regardless, at least I got this one out of the way so I could move on to the next. Speaking of which, the next one will take place in one of the Season Two's episode of TFP. I won't be explaining about it yet, so I'll let you guess what episode it is. All you need to know that it takes place in the middle and would make a good enough segue in letting Homura be a part of the Prime series. Stay tune for the next chapter to let you know what I mean. Please Review. #WherearetheGoodCartoons?