Chapter 7: Megatron's Victory over Dracen
Five months went by with no luck of helping Dracen, and Death has arrived to greet his new successor and to give the power to her. But when he arrived at the home of Vritra and Megatron he noticed that a Light Dragon left him a massage: "Death I'm sorry to inform you that both of Dracen's parents are on trial for disobeying the oldest law of our kind. Dracen is with friends at the moment, the Autobots. You might remember someone named Optimus Prime, he is currently helping Dracen get her soul back. Meet us there at his base. Signed, Darius King of the Light Dragon Clan." So Death went to the Autobot base to find his successor Dracen and to help her out of the situation.
When he arrived there, the children looked very afraid of him. "Optimus, there is someone here that looks very familiar. He looks like the Grim Reaper, oh no! He is!" Miko shouted as everyone else came into the room. "What do you mean Miko?" Optimus asked as he saw Death and recognized him. "Ah hello there Optimus Prime. How are you doing since you came back?" asked Death as Optimus calmed the children down. "Not so good Death, Dracen is…" Optimus whispered as Death understood completely. Then Darius came into the room with a look of pure sadness. "It's too late to save her, Megatron took her body as well." Darius explained as Death realized that the one named Megatron is trying to take the power for himself and with Dracen's soul out of her body it just might happen.
Meanwhile Megatron and Vritra were with Dracen alone in their new home. But how did they escape their trials you ask? Simple: the judge let them go if they shared the power together, so they were able to cause even more damage to Dracen and the Autobots. "Darling, why don't you eat her soul rather than keep it like this." Vritra asked as she saw Megatron toying with her daughter, but very harshly. "No…please… don't! Please…" Dracen pleaded weakly as she saw that her mother enjoyed every second of her torture. Dracen was too weak to resist any form of torture from both of them, even the worst one of all: Megatron eating her soul. It is said though, that if someone eats a Dragon's soul, that Dragon will be erased from existence.
But this case is different: Death chose Dracen to be his successor and if her soul dose get devoured by anyone, she will revert back to an egg and will wait about another thousand years to hatch again. As for the one whom did such a horrible thing will become the owner of the Dragon for all time—whether the person is a Transformer, a human, or even another Dragon. Dracen watched in pure horror as Megatron was about to eat her soul when a Light Dragon spotted them and alerted the others in his search party. "Do it now Megatron! Hurry!" Vritra shouted as he opened his mouth to eat it.
Just then Optimus crashed into Megatron and spared Dracen's soul from be devoured—for now though. "Optimus Prime! How dare you interfere with my plans!" Megatron yelled as he saw this wife being confronted by the Grim Reaper himself. "Vritra, we meet again. Why do you wish to harm your fifth child? Is it because I chose her and not the other four that came before her? You did heed my warning though: the next five children you have, one of them will take my place and have the power of Life and Death. So you killed the others thinking that if you kill them all you will be safe. But Dracen—or shall I say Backmoon—was born and you fell in love with her. In fact you even made her the heir to the throne of Shadow Dragons!" Death explained as everyone heard that, even Megatron.
As he smirked evilly towards Dracen, he thought of a brilliant plan: take over as Death and destroy all who dares to oppose only him. Jack and Miko were trying to get Dracen out of there when they saw Megatron come and grab for her. "Optimus!" they both yelled as he saw what Megatron was doing and rammed into him yet again. Death was fed up with Vritra so he just killed her with his scythe, ending her very existence. But when her turned around what he saw shocked him: Optimus and Megatron fighting over Dracen, while two human children were leaving with her—but they were struggling since Dracen is in her Dragon form.
"Allow me to help you two out with this." Death requested as he carried her body to a safe place. "She should be alright now, in fact how about I do this." Death said as he placed her soul back into her body. Dracen took in a deep breath as she sat up and saw where she was. "Jack, Miko. What's going on? Where are we?" asked Dracen as Death greeted her as well. "Hello there my successor, we meet at last." Death bowed as he looked at her eyes—they were a very sparkly light blue. When the other Autobots arrived at their location, Bulkhead was very happy to see Dracen alive and almost fully recovered. "Hey Dracen! Are you alright now?" asked Bulkhead as she smiled and nodded to him.
Everyone was so happy that they forgot about Megatron and Optimus fighting, until Optimus landed next to them injured. "I win Optimus Prime! Now I will be taking my prize, you belong to me now Dracen!" Megatron laughed as he grabbed for her and caught her in his clutches again. "Optimus help!" Dracen shouted as Megatron continued to laugh at her predicament. "Your mine now, no one can save you! Soon I will devour your soul and I will get the power, while you become my slave as a mere hatchling!" Megatron said as he took off with her to the Dragon Universe. "Is that true Death?' asked Optimus as he saw Death shook his head at him.
"It's not true yet, I can give the power to someone else. That person will be my successor, and I will choose you Optimus Prime." Death responded as Optimus agreed to take the power. Just then a scream was heard, a Dragon scream: Dracen's soul was just devoured by Megatron! "Does that think what I think it means Optimus?" asked a scared and sad Raf as Optimus nodded to him. "It does Rafael, Dracen is gone for good. Megatron devoured her soul. I'm so sorry that I failed her." Optimus whispered as Death also went away for good—he's gone and now Optimus is in charge of Life and Death.
Meanwhile Megatron was waiting for the power to come to him, but it never came. Then Dracen's egg hatched and a dark shaded purple Dragon came out of the egg. "Ah my little girl, I will call you Lamia. Now rest up for the night my little one." Megatron cooed to her as she snuggled up to her father. Just ten she let out a little roar and he smiled down at her—she will be just like him when she's older, but for now Lamia is too vulnerable to be left alone. "We must rest my dear, in the morning we will hut for food." Megatron said as he went to sleep with his daughter safe in his hands. She was having nightmares of her past life though that night, and Lamia was terrified of them.
But this one in particular will not go away at all: she was a dragon yet a human as well; her name was Dracen and not Lamia. As the nightmare progressed, she noticed that the one called Megatron—her father—was the one who tried to kill her and take something away from her. But morning came all too quickly for her as her father woke her up. "Come Lamia it's time to hunt, we will hunt humans today. I'll let you pick out your meal." Megatron stated as they went to the human world. About three months had passed since Megatron and Dracen were never heard from again, until now. "Optimus I'm picking up a Decepticon/Dragon life form as well as a very young Dragon life form coming this way!" Ratchet yelled as everyone got ready to fight.
Lamia was hunting away from her father when she spotted her meal: Jack Darby. As she went quietly towards him, she saw another potential meal—Miko. "Hey Jack, do you miss Dracen?" asked Miko as Lamia heard than name again. "Yes I do. But now Megatron probably has her as a pet Dragon by now or worse." Jack said as he was feeling depressed. Then Lamia went in for the kill, she jumped onto Jack trying to bite his neck—aiming for his jugular vein. "Get Optimus! Hurry Miko!" Jack yelled as he was trying to fight off the Dragon. But then Megatron came and saw his daughter about to kill off one of the Autobots' human ally.
"Ah there you are Lamia. Good girl, let's take your meal away from here so you can eat in peace." Megatron said as they left with Jack in her mouth. Miko then ran to base to get Optimus and the others. "Optimus! Jack has been taken by Megatron and a new Dragon named Lamia! She's going to eat him; we have to stop them before it's too late!" Miko declared as Optimus grew worried. For Optimus knew who Lamia really was, and it will be very hard to convince her that she was a sweet and kind Dragon that can change into a human as well. But right now he must save Jack before it's too late and Jack falls victim to Megatron as well—and gets devoured by their former friend Dracen.
