Chapter 6: A Miracle—Optimus is Alive!

The next morning, Dracen was ordered to take a shower and freshen up for the Royal Day. The Royal Day is when the Queen and King of the Shadow Dragons announce their heir and what she is capable of doing. "I will not participate in this! In fact I will leave!" Dracen yelled as Megatron was trying to fix her necklace—the Shadow Dragon heirloom, pasted down from her grand-father to Ryu (her real father) and now from Megatron to her. "You will not Dracen, or I will keep you chained to the bed until the day arrives." Megatron whispered in her ear as she struggled to get away from him. "Now, now, now Dracen. Is that any way to treat your mother and father?" Vritra asked as Dracen glared at her.

"You're Majesties; it's time to announce the heir to your throne to all the other Dragon Clans." A messenger said as Vritra looked at her daughter one last time. Then they left the throne room and went to where Megatron placed a gateway to the Dragon Universe. 'Soon I shall have what I desire and Dracen will suffer for the rest of her existence!' thought Megatron as he let Dracen go to her human form until everyone showed up. About thirty minutes later, Dracen was a Dragon again and she saw a very old friend of hers from the Light Clan—the Shadow and Light Clans have been enemies for over five millenniums until her father Ryu made a truce between them. "Hey Blackmoon! How are you?" asked Kendra as she saw the look on her face: horror, pain, and loss of hope.

"Ah, Kendra how are you? I'm sorry about my daughter; she's had a lot of things going on. To say some of them: her acceptance of her destiny, the loss of my late husband Ryu at the hands of humans, and some other things as well." Vritra said as Kendra understood but was confused at why Blackmoon won't talk to her at all. When Vritra left, Kendra was going to get the truth from her friend—even if it means taking her into the human world and far from there. "Blackmoon, please talk to me! How about we go to the human world? You name the place even." Kendra said as Dracen looked very happy. "Alright, let's go! Follow me Kendra." Dracen replied as they left the Dragon City and went back to Earth.

But when they got back Dracen was treated like Royalty at the Decepticon Base and Kendra was very surprised about it, about two hours later they arrived at a human city and changed into humans—to blend right in. "Hello there sweetheart! How about you come with me tonight?" a man requested to Kendra as Dracen growled at him. "She's with me, so back off!" Dracen yelled to all males as she glared at them all. Then a familiar person walked into the room. "Dracen?! Is that really you?!" Josh asked as she nodded to him. "Dracen? Blackmoon, what is going on here?" Kendra asked as she saw other human come their way, with their vehicles. "It's a long story, but first I want you to meet my friends—and also kinship to me." Dracen spoke as Jack, Miko, and Raf all came up to her.

"Dracen, I thought Megatron killed you or did something worse to you!" Miko cried as Kendra did not understand any of this. "Dracen, I thought Megatron became your father after Ryu was killed by humans." Kendra stated as everyone looked at her with hatred in their eyes. "That's not true Kendra, I was captured by him at first then my real father came to save me. Megatron killed him, and then my mother came to Earth and married him to have me as their daughter. Now Megatron whishes me to share my power with him—and you know what that means by our standard as Dragons." Dracen explained as Kendra felt so horrible for her that she embraced her in a hug.

"Oh Dracen, that is so horrible! Why did you have to endure all of this pain? Why?" Kendra asked as she saw Dracen go up to the red and white vehicle. "Ratchet, please scan me. I want to make sure that Megatron didn't leave anything on or in me." Dracen requested as Ratchet did as she asked and found nothing wrong with her. "Hey Dracen, will you stay with us? Will your friend stay too?" asked Raf as she looked at him and nodded to him. Then they went home to the new base and got plenty of rest and caught up with each other.

Meanwhile Megatron couldn't find his daughter anywhere, and neither could Darius—the Light Clan King. "Hello there Megatron, how are you doing today?" asked Darius as Megatron just walked on. Then Vritra came up to him with awful news: their daughter is missing! "We will find her my dear and when we do, I will torture her so bad that she'll wish that she never did this!" Megatron firmly stated to her as she just smiled at him. They both know that if Dracen were to tell any other Clan about their true plans, that will be exiled to the farthest part of the Dragon Universe and they will be human forever! Then the announcement of Dracen to be the heir to the Shadow Clan and her destiny was cancelled.

"We did what was best my dear, besides it can't get any worse. Right?" Megatron cooed as he was about to kiss his wife when a Decepticon came up to him. "Lord Megatron, Dracen was seen and requested to show her friend Kendra around on Earth. But there's more, it seems that the former Autobot base is haunted: we saw movement down there. We were about to check it out when you arrived." the Decepticon said as Megatron was in a panic. "Are you sure you saw movement?!" Megatron asked as the Decepticon nodded. Megatron knew what this means: Optimus is back! "I must find Dracen now, tell me where she is." Megatron ordered as the Decepticon answered him.

Back to Dracen, the Autobots and humans were enjoying themselves when the alarm went off. "There's an unidentified Autobot signal coming this way! Wait a minutes, I think it's…no it can't be! It's Optimus!" Ratchet declared as the others were very excited and happy. "Are you sure Ratchet?!" asked Arcee as he nodded to her and opened the door. About ten minutes later, Optimus Prime himself came through the doorway to the base and transformed to greet everyone. "OPTIMUS! It's really you!" Jack said as he came up to him. "Yes Jack it's really me, there is one person you must thank for bringing me back to life: Dracen." Optimus said as he gestured toward her.

Then there was an attack on the base, and Megatron was heard very clearly. "Dracen! It's time to come home right now! Your mother and I were very worried about you." Megatron ordered as Optimus saw Dracen shiver with pure fear. Optimus then went up to Megatron to confront him once and for all. "So it's true then, you're alive Optimus. But not for long." Megatron laughed as he knew his real plan: distract him while the other Shadow Dragons capture Dracen again. "Megatron, what do you mean by what you said?" Optimus ordered as Megatron just laughed at him. "You're so clueless Optimus Prime! Dracen is my daughter and it's time for her to come home with me. Good-bye Optimus!" Megatron replied as he took off with the other dragons and Dracen.

"Oh no! Dracen!" Optimus yelled as he saw her struggle to escape but to no avail. "Ratchet, we must mount a rescue party for her." Optimus said as Ratchet understood what he meant. Then when he got back in the base, Optimus saw the children's faces: very sad and loss of hope for Dracen to return alive. "We will find her and bring her home safely Jack, Miko, and Rafael. I promise." Optimus whispered to them as they were very doubtful. But they had a very good reason to be that way: for Megatron plans to do the ultimate to Dracen, he plans to make her suffer with her own powers of Life and Death.

Meanwhile Megatron was punishing Dracen for running away from home. "Now Dracen do you understand the consequences of your actions?! Do you?!" Megatron yelled at her as he grabbed her by the neck in his robot form at threw her into the wall multiple times. Dracen was so injured that she could barley breath right, and then Megatron grabbed her yet again and kissed her as her body went limp in his grasp. "Now my dear, it's time to have some fun with you. Don't you agree?" Megatron cooed as he took her into the bedroom to have fun with her. Dracen was too weak to fight him, which she even just laid still and let him do whatever he wanted to her.

When Megatron was finished with her he then moved on to Kendra and smirked at her. "I know that I can't do anything to you my dear Kendra, but you will watch as I take the very thing that keeps Dracen together: her very SOUL!" Megatron shouted as Kendra was too horrified at him to do anything. Kendra watched in pure horror as Megatron continued to beat Dracen and enjoy himself with her, and then something came out of Dracen's body: her soul! "Megatron my dear, you achieved the impossible! You have her soul now: it means that you can have the power and she will not be able to disobey you ever again!" Vritra said triumphantly as they laughed together.

Just then Darius showed up with the Elders from each Clan. "Kendra! Arrest them!" Darius ordered as the other Light Dragons arrested Megatron and Vritra and took them to their trial. But Dracen was not moving nor was she breathing very well, then it hit Darius: her Dragon soul is gone! "Don't kill them! He took her soul from her!" Darius yelled as the other dragons gasped in pure shock and terror—for her. Kendra feared the worst for her friend that she told her father that someone named Optimus could help them get her back. "Are you sure about this Kendra?" asked her father as they left with Dracen to the Autobot base.

When they got there, Optimus was horrified to see Dracen limp in a man's arms. "Who are you and what did you do to her?!" Optimus ordered as the man stepped forward. "I'm Darius, King of the Light Dragon Clan. Dracen is a friend of my daughter's. Megatron had done the worst thing to a dragon: he took her soul, meaning she belongs to him for all eternity unless you can do something to change that." Darius explained as Optimus understood that Dracen's very existence hangs in the balance.