(Merry Christmas, everyone! As I have promised I have completed the entire story and here is the final chapter. I hope you all enjoy it. I do not own the song, A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes. All credit for the song goes to the Walt Disney Animation Studios.)

The Triumph of Faith and Hope


The birds came flying over to an open doorway from the back of the Chateau and landed down onto the ground and allowed Hidey and Jazzy to dismount. However, before any of them could make a sound the sound of approaching footsteps made the mice bots run for cover and the birds flew off. Jazzy peaked from behind the table leg he and Hidey hid behind and saw that it was Lord Megatron, and to their shook he closed the door and locked it. "Why can't everyone keep the doors and windows locked?" he asked himself. "I hate it when there is a draft."

After watching Lord Megatron turned around a corner and disappeared from view, Jazzy and Hidey came out. "Oh no. How are we going to get back to Elitarella?" Hidey asked Jazzy, starting to panic a little since the door was going to be their means of escape.

"Calm down, Hidey. We can use the stairs that go up the tower instead." Jazzy said, but Hidey was not too keen on that idea. Being a little over-weight as he was he wasn't sure that he could make it.

"But I can't walk up all those steps. I'll pass out before we even reach the top."

"No you won't. I am join to be right beside you as we go up the stairs." Jazzy reassured his red buddy and soon they ran out from the room and suddenly stopped in their tracks. The sounds of a blaring horn was heard from outside. "It's the Duke! Come on! We go tot find that key and fast!" Jazzy exclaimed and he and Hidey went into the parlor room to begin the search, but the search was cut short when they saw that Starscream and Nightbird were inside, putting on their last minute make up before the Duke arrived.

"Uh oh, here comes Lord Megatron." Hidey whispered and the two mice bots quickly ran behind a large grandfather clock, watching from the corner of the clock and they suddenly caught sight of the key. It was being held in Lord Megatrons hand and he had deposited into his pocket. "How are we suppose to get it now?" Hidey asked once more, and Jazzy, for the first time in his life, had no idea what to do. How were they suppose to get the key without having the Lord spotting them? As he was thinking very hard in his mind, the Lord spoke.

"Now, I have locked away that tramp for good. She will forever remain here while one of you is to become the Prince's bride. This is your last chance.." He then lowered his voice and said in a warning and low tone. "Do not fail me."

"We won't, father." Nightbird said with a nod of her head.

"I will make you proud, father." Starscream said.

"Good. Now, remain here while I fetch the Duke." the Lord returned as he turned and went out to the door and opened it, only to be greeted by a blast from a horn being played by a small mech of orange and grey armor, wearing royal attire. It was another herald, but much younger as it appeared, and it was confirmed as he announced in a high-pitched voice.

"Announcing his imperial grace; the Grand Duke!"

The herald then moved to the side to allow Duke Trion to enter the home, and Lord Megatron bowed in respect. "It is indeed great pleasure to have you here, your grace." he said in courtesy as the Duke came in with the herald following behind. Duke Trion, as you might have guessed form the long morning of fitting the glass slipper on every foot in the kingdom, was very tired and his optics were barely open.

"Thank you, sir. Now, you have any daughters?" the Duke yawned and the Lord led him to the parlor room, where the two step sisters sat up and bowed before the Duke. "Oh, yes. Before the fitting, I must read the decree before we continue with the fitting." Duke Trion spoke as he signaled the herald to present a scroll to the Duke for him to read. I have to say that this decree was a rather long one, but it's length of time was just about enough for Jazzy to finally come up with a plan.

"I got it."

"What is the plan, Jazzy?" Hidey asked.

"It's going to be very difficult to do, but if we work together we will succeed. Now, while the Duke is speaking, you and I will climb up the table next to Lord Megatron, then you will toss me into the pocket when the pocket is opened at a specific angle so that he will not feel me enter in it. After I get the key up and out, I will leap back over to the table, and then we will get off the table and climb up the stairs and after we climb up the tower steps we will free Elitarella. You got it?" Jazzy finished. The plan was quite long and tedious, but Hidey said that he got it. "Good. Now, lets get up the table and begin."


Back at the palace, King Magnus was very busy with all of the preparations for the wedding that was to occur as soon as the mystery femme was brought to the castled, when Prince Optimus walked in. "Father, I must talk with you."

"I am very busy as the moment, son. I have to make sure that everything will go according to plan. Once your bride arrives the wedding shall begin today."

"What? Father, you are going mad. I need to speak with you, not have you start the wedding all ready." Prince Optimus returned as he went over to the King, who was looking over a scroll which listed all of the necessities fro the wedding. "Father, please listen.."

"Optimus, please let me work. It is your job as a Prince to leave the King alone so that he can do his business." King Magnus sternly told his son, but then the scroll was taken away by the Prince as he retorted.

"And it is my job as your son, to tell you that you are going crazy. Please, take your time to listen to me and calm down." The King could see that his son as not going to give up so easily and he sighed and he and his son sat by the throne to talk.

"Now, what is it that you want to tell me?" King Magnus asked.

"It's my concerns of your plan to bring my love back. I must agree with Duke Trion that the slipper could fit any number of femmes, and one of them I am certain will not include my true love." Prince Optimus answered. "

"Have faith, my son." said the King. "I am doing everything in my power to help you, but you have to wait here. It is tradition, my son."

"Tradition has nothing to do with love, or faith. I want to show you that I am independent, and I cannot do that if you are join to let me sit and wait like a younliing. I am adult now, and I want you allow me to do as I please." Prince Optimus said, and he saw that his father was quiet for a second and he held his hand. "Father?"

"You are just like your mother. A femme who was never a damsel in distress. A femme with a strong willed spark. She was like a mountain that no one could budge. A strong femme with a fee spirit, and I see that her traits have been passed on to you. Oh, how I miss those days before she died giving birth to you. She had given me a new perspective of life. She taught me how to be free." King Magnus sadly explained and Optimus smiled sadly as he hugged his father. "And there is nothing that plains me more than keeping a free spirit locked up. But, I was so afraid that as you were growing up that I might lose you like your mother."

"But father, you won't lose me. True I have inherited my mothers free spirit, but I have also inherited your strong spirit as well." Prince Optimus said with such sincerity that King Magnus saw that his son was right. He had been worrying about his son too much and had been taking things a little too much. King Magnus hugged his son and stood up.

"I am sorry my son about how I have condescended you. I shall never do it ever again."

"Thank you father." the Prince tanked his father and King Magnus then asked him what he wishes to do to help find his true love. "Well, I was meaning to tell you about this. I think that can find her."

"How can you?"

"I remember what she looks like. If you let me go out, I promise you I shall bring her home." Prince Optmus explained, and his father allowed him to go, only if he was accompanied by three guards. The Prince agreed to his fathers request and after a few minutes he was mounted upon a large stallion and he along with three guards set out from the castle to find the mystery femme, and the King watched from his window, wishing his son good luck as well as promising that he will have faith in his son succeeding in finding his true love.


Back at the Chateau, the Duke was still reciting the scroll while the mice bots took the opportunity to climb up the table that was next to Lord Megatron. "Okay, Hidey. Grab onto my tail. When I give the signal, you swing me over tot he pocket." Jazzy said and Hidey nodded, but then gasped when Jazzy leapt off the table but he was quick to grab his friends tail in time and held on to him. It didn't take long for the Lord to turn his body sight that it caused his pocket to open up at the perfect angle for Jazzy to enter and he made the signal, and Hidey tossed him over with all his strength.

Jazzy made it inside and saw he was next to the key and was about ready to lift it up when Lord Megatron felt a tiny itch and scratched at the pocket, unaware that his fingers were actually tickling Jazzy's stomach and the mouse bot had to hold his mouth tightly shit to prevent his giggles to be heard. After the torture stopped, Jazzy went right to work on taking the key in his hands and waited for the Lord to turn slightly and open the pocket slightly. The pocket did open, and Jazzy had to quickly scramble up the pocket and caught sight of Hidey as he popped his head out. Carefully standing on the hinges of the pocket and jumped back over to the table, but he managed to jump a few feet short and nearly fell to the ground when Hidey grabbed the top of the key, and lifted it and Jazzy back on the table.

"Jazzy, you okay?" he asked.

"Whew! We almost got caught had you not caught me in time. Now, lets go free Elitarella." Jazzy exclaimed as he and Hidey carefully slide down the table leg and began running over to the stairs and soon began the long and tedious process of climbing up each of the steps.

While the mice bots were doing this, the Duke had finished up the decree and gave the scroll back to the young herald."Now, we can begin the fitting. Who is to be the first one?"

"My daughter; Nightbird. My dear, please take your seat and have your foot presented." Lord Megatron gestured to his daughter and she took a seat and watched as the herald presented the glass slipper, which was being held on a soft pillow. The grey femme was squealing with excitement as she lifted her foot up and the herald removed her present shoe and tried on the slipper...and it fit.

"Ahh! It fits! I knew it would! It's my size after all! I knew it! As soon as I saw I said to myself..." She could have continued but when the herald lifted her foot to show the Duke, the slipper, and the rest of the foot was shown. Only Nightbirds toes fitted inside of it, and the sole stuck out. "Oh! Oh, that. Well, I sometimes get flat feet after I dace a lot. You know what its like? Dancing all night and your feet get so flat you can barely feel them?"

"Sorry, my dear, but your foot does not fit the slipper. The next lady please?" Duke Trion spoke, and fromup the staircase Jazzy heard him and told Hidey to hurry. Hidey, as you might have guessed, was all worn out from climbing up every step and was gasping for air.

"Did you hear that?" Jazzy said.

"Yeah...Whew!...I did..." Hidey gasped, wiping the sweat off his forehead, but then Jazzy urged him to help him carry the key and run quickly to the door that would take them to the tower steps. Jazzy was already sprinting down the hallway, while Hidey was dragging behind. They were very lucky to find that the door was still open and they rushed inside, and after they went in Hidey dropped his half of the key to lie down and take a break, but Jazzy told him to get up and hurry. Hidey looked at his mouse bot buddy, but then he looked up at the staircase, his optics doubling in size and he started to stutter uncontrollably until he fainted.

"Hidey!" Jazzy gasped as he went to the red mouse bots side and shook him, waking him u from his black out. "Look, its just up the stairs. You will be alright."

"I can't! I can't climb another step anymore!' Hidey whined but Jazzy was not going to give up on him.

"If you can't, then Elitarella won't get to the Prince. She will be sad forever."

The thought of Elitarella suffering from sadness stirred a new strength in Hidey, and he suddenly stood up, no longer feeling any sore stabilizing servos, and no longer feeling any cramps.

"I'll do it for Elitarella! Lets go!" Hidey shouted and she and Jazzy grabbed the key and began the long process of climbing up the winding steps, but with Hidey's spirits lifted, he made the process go a lot faster.


Back in her room Elitarella was still crying but much softly and calmly, stroking Powerglide the owl bot as she did. She was very worried and scared for Jazzy and Hidey, and was afraid that they would not make it. Just then, a tiny voice from the outside called out, and Elitarella smiled for she knew who it was.

"Elitarella! We go the key! We got it!" Jazzy and Hidey sounded as they made it to the final step and were making their way to the door.

Just then, a flash of blue and yellow metal, whiskers and tail jumped right in front of Jazzy and Hidey, and before them stood Soundwave the cat. He had been spying on the mice bots and had been waiting for the perfect opportunity to ruin their plan to rescue Elitarella. With a swipe of his paw hit slapped at Hidey and held him down, along with the key.

"Help! Help me!" Hidey cried.

"No! Soundwave, let him go! Leave them alone!" Elitarella cried from behind the door, but the cruel cat just hissed at her and grinned evilly at Hidey, his mouth wide open and ready to take a bite. All of a sudden, Jazzy yelled out a battle cry and slammed himself onto the cats face plate and began kicking and punching at the cat.

"You leave my friend alone, you big bully!" Jazzy shouted as he then began pulling at the cats ear appendages, making Soundwave yowl and swat at him, unknowingly freeing Hidey in the process. "Go, Hidey! Unlock the door!"

Soundwave then turned his head and saw the red mouse bot trying to jump up to the keyhole and he shook his head violently and Jazzy was thrown off. Soundwave saw his chance and seated the mouse bot away and took the key in his mouth, but the two mice bots were not going down without fight. They charged and jumped onto Soundwave and started fighting him, doing everything they could to make the cat open his jaws.

Elitarella could hear the scuffle and told Swipey, Streaky, Moonracer, Chromia, and Firestar to help them out, and then turned to Powerglide and told him to get Hound the dog. They both nodded their heads, and the group of mice and birds flew out the window and into another window that was located at the tower staircase and they joined in the fight against Soundwave, while Powerglide flew down tot he farmyard to find Hound.

Soundwave was not having the best of days; the mice bots and bird bots were hitting him, kicking him, biting him, pulling his ear appendages, plucking his whiskers off, and pulling his tail, just so he could open his mouth. Well, he was not going to do that, and to the mice bots and bird bots surprise he managed to shake them off of him and swatted them against the door, growling and taking on a pouncing stance, and was about ready to pounce when a loud growing sound came form behind. The cat turned and screamed with fright. It was Hound the dog.

Soundwave tried to run quickly pas by the dog but the canine Cybertronian snapped his jaws onto the cats tail and began to swing him in circles in the air, and then with a thrust of his head he let go of Soundwave and the blue and yellow cat bot crashed through the tower wall and was sent flying out, never to be seen again.

The mice bots and bird bots cheered for Hound, as did Elitarella as the dog heaped hoist Jazzy and Hidey to the key hole and they placed the key inside, unlocking it.


"Me, Grimlock, no see any sign of the Duke." said the first guard.

"Me, Sludge, think he took the tun at Albuquerquecom." said the second guard.

"Have faith, men. We will find the Duke and I will have him return to he castle. He deserves to have a brea after gong through all of this." Prince Optimus said to the three guards.

"Me, Slag, think we won't find the Duke until it starts raining cats and dogs" said the third guard, but then felt a pair of claws dug into his face plate and he screamed in both surprise and pain. Soundwave had found a landing spot, but had missed the spot of ground since it was taken up by the third guard and his horse, so he accidentally landed onto the guards face plate instead. "Ahh! Get it off!"

"We coming, Slag." cried the second and first hard as they tried to unlatch the cat from their partners face plate. The Prince was about to join in when he saw a swarm of tiny bee bots appear form the forest and flew over to him, but they did not attack him like normal swarms of bee bots would do. He watched and was stunned to find that they were making a path that led to a hidden road in the forest.

"Look, they are making a path. I know it might look strange, but I have a feeling that it will get us to the Duke. Come, we must follow it." The Prince led the guards along the bee bot path, almost approaching to the destination.


"What is taking you so long?" Starscream scowled as she watched the herald tying to fit the slipper on her foot, but he was having a very hard time due to the fact that the foot was much too big. Starscream was losing her patience and finally decided to take matters into her own hands and slapped the herald away. "Get away from me! I'll do this myself." she shouted and started to force the slipper onto her foot, grunting hard as she did it. She then presented it, saying that it fitted her, but then she began shrieking and crying, because the glass edges of the slipper were cutting into her foot."Ah! Ow! Get it off me! it's cutting my foot off!"

"Herald, pull it off of her." Duke Trion ordered and the herald went over and pulled hard and good and managed to free the foot from the slipper, but the foot was left with a small cut on Starscreams ankle. "Lord Megatron, I regret to inform you that neither of your daughters fit the slipper, and therefore I must leave. A good day to you." Duke Trion said sadly and was about to leave when...

"Your grace? Wait, please. May I try on the slipper?"

Looking up at the top of the stairs, the Duke saw the mostly beautiful femme he had ever seen, and he smiled knowing that hopefully that this was the one to whom the slipper belonged to. The step father and step sisters tried to intervene but the Duke said that his orders were to fit the slipper on EVERY maiden, no excuses. "Come, my dear." Duke Trion said kindly and took Elitarella's hand and led her to a chair for her to sit down. He then turned to the herald who had the slipper and gestured him to come over, but while the Duke wasn't looking Lord Megatron used his cane to trip the herald and the slip fell out of the heralds grasp and shattered to pieces.

"Oh no! the slipper! it's broken. This is terrible. The King. What will he say? What will he do?" the Duke stammered as he looked at the shattered pieces and started to panic.

"But, look. Maybe this will help." Elitarella spoke and reached into her apron and pulled out...the other slipper. Lord Megatron gasped, the step sisters gawked, and the Duke smiled in relief. Seeing that Elitarella had the other slipper, he saw that this was the one the Prince was searching for. So, he took the slipper, slipped it onto her foot...and it fit.

"My dear, it is you! Oh, you fit the slipper. You are to be the Prince's bride!" Duke Trion exclaimed happily as he led the femme out the door, but Lord Megatron was not going to let his plan go to waste. As they were heading out, the Lord quickly ran into the kitchen and pulled out a utensil and hid it in his pocket and ran out after them. As he got outside and saw Elitarella was being led to the coach, he grabbed at her and held her to him, holding a knife to her throat.

"She is not going anywhere!" he roared. "You are to take my daughters to the castle, now!"

"Sir, please, let her go!" the Duke pleaded, but it was no use. The white, mad mech was not listening.

"Never! I won't have this tramp ruining everything. If you do not take my daughters to the castle, I will kill her, just like I killed her mother."

Elitarella felt her energon run cold, her spark almost stopped. Her step father was the one that poisoned her mother? "How dare you? You murderer! Let me go! I will not be your slave to you or your daughters anymore!" Elitarella struggled to free herself, despite the fact that the knife was at her throat. Lord Megatron hissed at her and stomped her foot.

"Be silent, you tramp! I will not have you interfere with my plan to rule the kingdom any longer. I shall see to it that you are put in the dungeon and rot in it forever!"

"UNHAND MY BRIDE!" shouted a loud, stoic, and heroic voice, and the Lord turned and saw a large horse rear up angrily, whinnying loudly which caused the Lord to scream fearfully and drop the knife, giving Elitarella time to run behind the stallion. Mounted upon the stallion was none other than Prince Optimus himself.

The Lord, and his daughters were shocked at the Prince's sudden arrival and they tried to explain everything, but the Prince had seen enough. "So, you are the family that has brought my future wife so much cruelty and misery? Your lies are of no use to save either one of you from your sins. And, as for punishment of your vicious crime and abusive actions against this fair maiden, I hearby sentence you and your daughters to lifetime in the Palace dungeon. Duke Trion, see to it that they are taken to the castle." he ordered.

"Yes, Sire." Duke Trion saluted and he and two of the guards had Lord Megatron, Starscream, and Nightbird cuffed and placed in the coach, and as soon as the three villains were inside, the coach left the Chateau.

After the coach had vanished from sight, Prince Optimus dismounted his steed and went to Elitarella, and she ran to him and hugged him tight, thankful that he had come to her rescue. "Oh, thank you! Thank you! I thought I would never see you again."

"Hush now, my love. Hush, it is all over. He will no longer harm you." Prince Optimus cooed as he held her close to him, keeping her warm as his arms shielded her in their embrace. "I knew that I would find you."

"I am glad you have. The slipper fits me." Elitarella smiled, but he Prince just chuckled.

"I never needed the slipper to find you. I remembered your face plate, your lips, and your optics. They are the most lovely of all." Optimus cooed as he caressed Elitarella's cheek. "Now, your name. I have given you mine the first night, now I wish to know your name so that I can remember the angel of my life."

"My name is Elitarella, my Prince." Elitarella answered, and the two lovers drew close to each other, and sealed their love with a kiss. A kiss of true love. AS their lips came together and their optics closed, the swarm of bee bots that had led the Prince to the Chateau congregated together and the bee bots turned into the Fairy God Bot, who smiled upon the happy couple and did one last magical spell. With a wave of his hand, the wand shot sparkles and glitter upon Elitarella's clothing and they turned into the gown she had worn at the ball, so that she would be properly presented to her new royal family.


Wedding bells rung through out the kingdom, and all of the civilians had gathered to the church and cheered with great joy as Prince Optimus and Elitarella emerged from the doors and proceeded down the staircase to reach their wedding Carriage, which was being pulled by Ratchet the horse, who was very happy to be used again as well as seeing Elitarella so happy. The mice bots and bird bots were also present, throwing flowers and rice bolts upon the happy couple as a sign of good luck, and Hound was now the official royal pet of the couple. Elitarella was glad that the Prince had allowed her animal friends to live with them, and was even more happy to know that the King had decided to make the Chateau into a vacation cottage for them as a gift when they returned from the honeymoon. However, Elitarella was happy to be with the one mech who would love her for many years to come. Faith had brought her to her Prince, and faith was the one that made them one. And the same should be said to us. Faith will always bring our dreams and wishes into reality, as long as we believe.

Have faith in your dreams, and someday

Your rainbow will come smiling through.

No matter how your spark is grieving,

If you keep on believing,

The dream that you wish will come true.


*Authors Note*

(And so we come to the end. I do hope that you all enjoyed my fairy tale retelling of Cinderella. I would like to thank newbienovelistRD, GoldGuardian2418, BBPRIMEFAN101, EmeraldMoonGem, and most of all...G1Bumblebeegirl101,for making this all possible. I thank you all once again, and Merry Christmas!)