Sparks of Magic
I do not own Harry Potter, Transformers Bayverse or any of their characters
Pairings: Remus/Sirius, Harry/Optimus, Fred/Sideswipe, George/Sunstreaker, Jazz/Prowl, Ironhide/Chromia.
[Updated: 13/05/2021]
::Comms/Calls::
"Talking"
"Thinking"
Writing
~Radio~
Flashback
$Parseltongue$
Chapter 14: Revelations
Harry's POV
Heavy and tired eyelids prevented him from opening his eyes but even with them closed, he could tell that it was dark and that there was a source of heat coming from the side of him. It felt like a fire but why was there a need for a fire in the first place and where was he?
"I feel like I've been run over by a mountain troll" the pain in his head was increasing, his brain trying to remember anything before this. When his mind finally remembered why he was unconscious in the first place, his eyes shot open and stared up at the glittering stars sadly.
"I can't believe that he's actually gone. Why is that everyone I care for dies? That damn prophecy is the reason why Voldemort came after mum and dad to kill them. I was the one to say for both of us to grab the cup that caused Cedric to die. Now Optimus is dead because of me as well"
His eyes closed for a minute but opened again when he heard a familiar male voice say "Bee, if you hate me, I understand" after which an electronic squeal came from the yellow and black mech. Or at least, he assumed so since he wasn't looking in their direction.
Now that he was a bit more awake, he noticed that he could sense something else. He didn't know what it was, but there was eight of them and some of them felt slightly different. Five of them were like warm balls of light, with a slight electrical tinge running over them. Another two felt similar to the previous five, but wilder. As if whatever it was, was hard to contain. The final one was sort of dim unlike the ones before it, like it was there but definitely a weaker presence compared to the others.
The male voice spoke again and this time, Harry recognised that it was Sam "I messed up. I'm sorry"
~Young fella, you are the person I care about most in my life. If there's anything you need, I won't be far away~ Bumblebee answered.
"He's dead because of me. He came here to protect me and he's dead"
Harry finally sat up to interrupt Sam "It's not your fault Sam, it's mine" now that he was partially up, he could see that wherever they were was clearly deserted. Sam, Mikaela and Bumblebee were next to a small bonfire while Skids and Mudflap were off to the side, leaning against a broken down wall. The humans were covered in dirt, but looked relieved to see that he was awake while the Cybertronians had scratches and dents littering their frames.
Mikaela moved closer when she saw that he was attempting to get to his feet, pulling him up as she firmly stated "It's not your fault either"
"Yes it is" he said, his head down so that they couldn't see the tears in his eyes that wanted to spill out "It was me that shoved the Cube into Megatron's spark. It's me that has the Allspark's energy merged with my Magical core and I did nothing to help him when he was fighting four Cons alone" none of the Autobots looked surprised that the Allspark was inside of him. Sam had probably told them about what happened while he was asleep.
Harry didn't jump when he felt two hands descend upon his shoulders. Those spheres of almost untamed energy had been making their way towards him so he hadn't been surprised by it. What was peculiar was that when he turned to look at who it was, he was shocked to see Fred and George. Harry had gathered that what he was feeling was somehow related to the Cybertronians as he could see that each Autobot matched with where one of where the balls of lights were, giving them a sort of inner glow. He could only assume it had to be the twin's Magic he was sensing. It was the only logical conclusion Harry could think of.
"Harry, it's not your fault" Fred said next to him.
"If you hadn't have shoved the Allspark into his spark chamber, then Optimus would have shoved it in his own and there wouldn't have been anyone to stop the Con leader in Mission City" George continued.
"Optimus wouldn't have blamed you or Sam so don't try and put it all on yourself" they finished together, moving to stand in front of him. Sensing the last two orbs getting closer, he looked over his shoulder to see that Sideswipe and Sunstreaker were also there. The two of them looking much cleaner than the other Cybertronians.
Turning back to the red headed twins, he asked them "Why are you here?" It seemed like a stupid question to ask but they knew what he was really asking.
Both gave him a deadpan look "Really Hare-bear, as if we would leave our brother all alone in your time of need" George pointed out.
"We may not have seen what happened but Sam told us the details and we saw the aftermath of the battle, including your Magic getting out of control. I had to Stupefy you before it exploded and your core took damage or it attacked one of the Bots" Fred paused when he looked like he was thinking about something "Although now that I think about it, it might have been worse than that considering the fact that the Allspark is merged with your core" he added but got a cuff to the head from George for it.
"Not helping!" George hissed at him.
Bumblebee decided to pipe in ~There's some things you just can't change… So, his sacrifice for us would not have been in vain. Hallelujah~
"I'm gonna make it right. I'm going to turn myself in" Sam blurted out suddenly. He yelped and jumped in the air a moment later when both Fred and George hit him with a Stinging jinx. Thankfully, there wouldn't be any swelling since they both had hit a leg each. He was still rubbing them to try and get rid of the stinging sensation when he yelled "What the hell was that for!"
It wasn't the Wizard twins that answered but Sunstreaker, who replied in a rhetorical tone "Are you malfunctioning fleshie?"
"I am not" Sam denied angrily, knowing that the yellow mech was actually asking him if he was stupid. The anger soon wilted underneath Sunstreaker's own anger filled gaze and Sam took a step back in fear, the yellow and black mech looking ready to blast him until not even dust remained.
"Well you must be if you're saying stuff like that. For one thing, you'll just be giving the Cons what they want if you hand yourself in. And for another, they also want Harry and he thinks that this is his fault so are you trying to say that he should give himself over to the Cons?" Sunstreaker questioned the teen, who was growing more scared as the Front-Liner got even closer to him. The only thing separating the two was Bee in his alt-mode, his engine roaring at the other yellow mech to back off.
"No, no, no, no! I wasn't suggesting that at all! Please don't kill me" Sam whimpered with his hands out in front of him in a vain attempt to protect himself against the larger being.
"Then I suggest that you do not speak again unless it is something useful" Sunstreaker advised Sam, moving back to stand next to his brother. Sideswipe, Fred and George had been quiet throughout the conversation, but looked like they agreed on everything that the he had said. Even Mikaela seemed to agree as well, looking ready to explain why it was a bad idea before Sunstreaker had jumped in. Skids and Mudflap were silent for the obvious reason of wanting to stay well away from Sunstreaker's ire.
Sam looked like he was sweating bullets after the little confrontation, practically jumping out of his skin when Bumblebee's radio crackled to life ~Everything we worked for will be wiped out. In one day!~
That appeared to have started something in Sam's head because he whirled on Skids and Mudflap and began to talk, despite Sunstreaker's warning only seconds ago "You two"
"Mm?" Skids replied the same time as Mudflap said "Huh?"
"Hey, you know the glyphs?" Sam asked them. He wondered why he was asking them that sort of question but realised he couldn't get a clear answer from Bee and the Lambo twins (Or more specifically Sunstreaker) had scared him enough that he was afraid to ask which left only those two.
"Uh..." the green mech looked very unsure on how to answer the question.
"These? The symbols that have been rattling around in mine and Harry's head?" he said while showing him one of the symbols that managed to get onto his arm. Harry raised an eyebrow, wondering when that had happened but decided to ask later.
"Whoo, that's, that's old school, yo. That's, that's like... that's Ancient Cybertronian" Skids muttered.
"Oh, that's some serious stuff, right there" Mudflap confirmed.
Sam looked excited now "They gotta mean something, like a message or like a map. Like a map to an Energon source! Can you read this?"
Skids himself was fidgeting at that last part, not looking directly at Sam or Harry who had moved next to the other teen "Read? Uh-"
"You see that? You see that?"
"We... No. We don't really do much reading of the Cybertronian now, much less the Ancient stuff" Mudflap admitted awkwardly, scratching the back of his neck cables in embarrassment.
Sam frowned at that but Harry turned his attention towards the Lambo twins, seeing as Sam was too afraid to ask them "Can you guys read it?" he asked.
They looked at each other before Sideswipe answered for them "Sorry but we can't either. We can read the new Cybertronian but Ancient Cybertronian was way before we even came online. The only ones who would be able to read it would be a really old Cybertronian, some serious history buff or… a Prime"
Another sharp pain shot through him but he squashed it down. They needed to focus on stopping the Decepticons' plans. There was no time for grief at the moment.
"If none of you can't read it, then we gotta find somebody who can"
Sunstreaker scoffed at that "Good luck with that squishy. We only know one Mech who could be old enough to know Ancient Cybertronian and no one has seen Kup for decades"
"Look who came sashaying back" Skids suddenly announced. Everyone looked over to him to see that Leo was standing by Skids and Mudflap. Harry hadn't realised that he was still with them and he wondered where the other male had been since he had woken up.
"Hair growing like a Chia Pet. Look at him. Look at that" the red mech stated.
"What in Merlin's name is he talking about now?" Harry thought in confusion.
"I had a bit of a mild panic attack earlier, right?" Now Harry understood what had happened. Obviously the teen had freaked out (No surprise really) and had decided to leave but if that was true, why did he come back?
"That's 'cause you're a pussy" Mudflap jibed, causing him and his brother to chuckle as they fist bumped.
"I think I'm allowed that, considering what I've been through. I heard you have a problem. I think I know someone who can help"
The two stopped laughing and everything was silent at that. Sunstreaker actually raised an optic ridge in surprise, more than likely because he was sceptical of a human knowing anything about Cybertronian history. Finally, Sam broke the silence by asking "Who?"
"Robo-Warrior"
"That's very enlightening" Harry thought sarcastically. He didn't know if Leo was going to add on more to that because George cut off Leo's explanation "Alright, I hate to break up this conversation but we need to go. We've spent too much time here and we need to keep moving so that we're not found. You can explain on the way. Sam, Mikaela and Leo, you are all going to get into Bee and Leo will be directing us on where we need to go" all three teens gave a nod in agreement, Leo getting his phone back out to presumably get the address for this Robo-Warrior. George then tuned his gaze on to Sunstreaker, Skids and Mudflap.
"You three will follow behind but keep a little distance from each other. We don't want anyone getting suspicious and drawing attention to us by grouping together. I'll be with Sunny but I want you two have your holoforms up" with that said, all three Bots transformed into their alternative modes and the other set of twins activated their holoforms. Up until this point, Harry had yet to see what the other twins' human disguises looked like. Both seemed almost exactly the same, even wearing the same clothes on their heavy set bodies. They were wearing matching denim jeans that were held up by black belts, white trainers and a white, short sleeved t-shirt. Their jackets were the same design but in different colours; neon green and black for Skids while Mudflap's was a red-orange. On their right arms and above two black lines was the Autobot emblem, also in black. Their faces appeared very alike but like with his bipedal form, Skids had a gold tooth at the front. While both their hair was a light brown, Skids was spiked and tipped with neon green highlights whilst Mudflap's was straight, red highlights mixed into the strands. Both stood at 5 foot 6, had tanned skin and looked to be from 19 to 21 years old. Like the rest of the Bots, they also had the bright blue eyes of an Autobot.
"Fred and Harry, you'll be with Sides bringing up the rear. I only want short radio contact and that will mostly be for directions. Alright, let's go then" George commanded, his tone nothing but serious. It was moments like this that truly made the twins seem deadly. When they stopped joking around, which didn't happen often or for very long, all hell broke loose and everyone had better hope they were on their side.
Fred's hands gripped his shoulders and gently pushed him towards Sideswipe, directing him into the passenger side before he got into the driver's seat. The belts snaked around their bodies and they followed the rest of the Bots out of the abandoned area. Soon enough, they were on the road and heading to wherever this Robo-Warrior was, the only noise coming from Sideswipe's engine and the occasional command through the comms on where to head.
Harry was leaned up against the window, staring up at the stars when George's voice came across the comms ::Alright little Hare-bear. We need to have a talk about some of the stuff said earlier::
"There is nothing to talk about" Harry replied, drawing his legs up so that his arms could encircle them and placing his head on top of his knees.
"Now see, that is where you are wrong. We know that despite all that we said earlier, you still blame yourself for Optimus' death and we need to clarify that up before you even think about trying to stop some Cons" Fred stated, staring at him with a knowing look.
"We may not have known you as long as Fred and George, but my brother and I can see the same thing. We know enough about you and you can't blame yourself for anything that has happened"
::As Sides said, we haven't known you as long as Fred and George. But we have known Prime for a couple a centuries and what he did, was just a part of who he was. It's just not in Optimus' nature to not help others. He would do the same thing over and over again if it meant protecting someone he cares about:: Sunstreaker put in. While it did remind Harry of Optimus' personality and lightened his mood slightly at the thought, he still had a black cloud hanging over his head.
"I know that is who Optimus is-was" Harry quickly corrected himself "But the fact of the matter is that he died protecting me and Sam. I could have helped and yet I stayed out of the fight"
::We heard exactly what happened from Sam. You protected him from being squished or recaptured by a Con! Optimus would not have been able to fend off four Cons and protect Sam at the same time:: George practically shouted across the Comms ::Not to mention that they're after you as much as, or even more than, Sam because of the Allspark so you had to stay out of their reach::
"And old Megsy has been gunning for Prime since the beginning of the war. There was always a risk that any of us could be offlined at any time, Optimus more so than anyone, but all of us knew this before we joined. It's the way war is" Sideswipe remarked.
"I know that! Everything your saying is clear to see. I need to be ready, especially with the Cons after us. But it's just so hard for me to accept he's gone and I don't even know why!" Harry screamed in frustration, his hands fisting against his trouser bottoms.
Harry looked over to Fred when he realised that it had been quiet for some time, only to see that he was staring off into the distance with unfocused eyes. The raven haired Wizard knew that look, having seen it on both red headed twins when they were some distance apart. With the silence from Sides and the comms as well, he would bet that both sets of twins were speaking to their counterparts over their bonds. But what about was a mystery.
The conversation seemed to have ended between them all because Fred finally spoke again "We may have some idea on why that is" he said slowly.
He stared at Fred, who didn't look like he wanted to tell him whatever it was but Harry needed to know. If they could clear up a few thing then he might be able to put his mind at ease, even if it was only a little bit. After having to wait for a response, Fred finally said "Harrykins, I want you to answer this honestly. What was Optimus to you?"
The question confused him slightly, but he answered anyway "Optimus was my friend and my partner but I don't see what this has to do with anything"
A sigh came across the comms from the other red headed Wizard ::Actually, it has everything to do with it. We think you were developing feelings for Optimus. The romantic kind::
Shock coursed through his body at the revelation. He didn't really know what to think of the declaration but he had to know where they had gotten it from "What makes you think that?"
"No offense Harry, but when it comes to romance, your about as smart as Crabbe and Goyle" Fred joked. Harry couldn't argue with that since he had no experience with relationships, unless he counted that small crush he had on Cedric. Most had thought that he had a crush on Cho, but it was actually Cedric he had feelings for. He had kept this a secret because of the stigma associated with being gay in the Muggle world, let alone how people would react in the Magical one. But with his dad and papa being together, he had no need to hide who he was.
Sunstreaker began to list off the reasons why they thought this ::For one thing, you trust him more than anyone. We know you tell him things that not even Sirius or Remus knows of. You sleep in his quarters most nights because it's usually the only time you could sleep without nightmares and you always seek him out first if you have a problem::
"But that doesn't necessarily mean that I have those types of feelings for him" Harry interjected.
"No, it doesn't, but the fact that you show some of the signs that we did with Sunny and Sides does" Fred added.
It took a moment for that piece of information to click in his head but when it did, his eyes widened in surprise as he looked back and forth between Sideswipe's radio and Fred "What?"
"Well-"
::You see-::
"I've been dating Sideswipe-"
::And I've been dating Sunstreaker for a while now::
"How have you managed to keep this a secret?" Harry asked incredulously. Thinking back on their previous interactions, he wondered how he and everyone else in Diego Garcia had missed the signs. The overprotectiveness of Sunstreaker with George, the fact that they were hardly ever apart and now that he thought about it, they were always heading out into both the Magical and non-Magical world together. The perfect opportunity to get to know each other, or go on a date, without anyone interfering.
"We haven't been trying to keep it a secret-"
::We just haven't mentioned it to anyone:: George continued. He could hear the amusement in his voice when he said that.
"I think we're moving away from the main reason of this conversation" Sideswipe cut in "The point we're trying to make is that some of the things you do remind us of how we used to act. There's this look in your eyes that, while you haven't noticed it, we have and it's exactly like the ones we used to get. Think about most of your interactions with Prime and you'll see what we mean"
Recalling some of his memories about Optimus, he could see where they were getting at but now Harry didn't know what to do. Admit that he had these feelings and spiral further into a depressed state, or repress them until he could sort them out without the Cons on their tails.
"You might be right but at this moment in time, I'd rather not deal with this until after Megatron has been dealt with"
Fred did not look happy with that and he bet that the other three wouldn't be either, but this was his decision. Harry couldn't deal with the depressing thoughts and feelings right now. They would just get in his way and then someone else would get hurt because of him.
::If you're sure but please don't try and bottle this up. Talk to one of us, or even Sirius and Remus. We're not letting you go into another state like what happened after the tournament:: George insisted but it was more like a demand. He should have known that they wouldn't leave the matter alone, but he'd deal with that when he came to it.
Reminded that he hadn't managed to talk to anyone in Diego Garcia since they left, Harry did wonder what the rest were up to. He hoped that his papa and dad weren't panicking too much but Harry was sure that they at the very least, they were safe. They did have a majority of the Autobots with them.
A few hours earlier
Temporary N.E.S.T base
The area where Optimus body was going to be dropped off was a mixture of sadness and worry. Sadness because a great leader and friend had died, while the worry was for their missing family members and comrades. Each human and Cybertronian had heard how Harry had killed Barricade and that his control on his Magic had slipped. It likely would have exploded outwards had it not been for the quick thinking of the Weasley twins. After one of them had knocked him unconscious, the other one had caught him as he was falling and carried him over to the waiting Lambo twins, Sam heading towards Bumblebee instead. The only problem now was that Sam, Mikaela, another human called Leonardo, Fred, George and Harry were missing from the human side and Bumblebee, Sunstreaker, Sideswipe, Skids and Mudflap were missing from the Cybertronian side. They could all understand the need to remain hidden with Megatron after Sam and Harry so trying to contact them over the comms was useless as Megatron and the Fallen were most likely hacking into all communications. It didn't stop them all from worrying though.
Poor Remus had to be restrained by Sirius when he had heard that his cub was missing, eyes flashing gold when Moony wanted to surface and search for his missing pack. It was only due to Sirius reassuring him, along with a few drops of Calming Draught, they would find him and the twins that the Werewolf was finally able to be let go. Once he was calmer, they Portkeyed with the rest of the Bots to a nearby base so that they could get Optimus' remains back to Diego Garcia safely.
"We'll find them Moony" Sirius promised his twitching fiancé. It was obvious that he wanted to go and look for Harry and the twins, but they had nothing to even suggest where they could be.
Remus let out a deep sigh, watching the approaching helicopter that was carrying Optimus' frame beneath it "It's not just about finding them Padfoot. It's when we find them that worries me. You saw what happened earlier; the whole world is looking for him and Sam specifically" the Werewolf exclaimed, fidgeting even more.
The Grimm Animagus had nothing to say to that. Earlier in the day, any and all electronical devices with a screen had been taken over by some Cybertronian called the Fallen. The mech was unknown by everyone and there was absolutely nothing on the Autobot database about him. With just a few sentences, he had revealed the Cybertronian race and now the whole world was looking for the two boys. Luckily, the Goblins had dealt with their papers so everyone thought that they were going after Harrison Orion instead of Harry Potter but now his face was plastered everywhere. Who's to say that someone allied with Dumbledore hasn't noticed the uncanny resemblance between the two? Even with his glasses gone, there was no disguising the scar that managed to peak out from behind his hair. There was also the risk of Voldemort seeing it as well. The majority of the Death Eaters may be ignorant of non-Magical going ons, but even they could have noticed or heard about it.
Sirius shook himself out of those thoughts when he noticed that Optimus' body had finally arrived, wincing when it was unceremoniously dropped and sending up a cloud of dirt from the impact. All the Autobots (Bar the two pairs of twins and Bumblebee) and a majority of the N.E.S.T soldiers were surrounding the deceased mech, most not really comprehending or believing that he was gone.
Their grieving had to be put on hold because they were suddenly surrounded by unknown military vehicles and soldiers who had their weapons aimed at the Bots, even though they would be useless against Cybertronian metal.
"What is the meaning of this?" Prowl demanded, showing a small spark of anger at having weapons trained on them when they were mourning. The N.E.S.T soldiers also made sounds of protests, their own guns out and pointed at the other soldiers who were quickly surrounding the Autobots and their allies. The most vocal being Ironhide as he pointed his cannons and shouted "You dare point a gun at me? You want a piece of me? I will tear you apart!" Steam was actually coming from his olfactory sensors due to how mad he was. The other Bots had various weapons deployed, like Jazz's magnets, and even Remus and Sirius had positioned themselves in a way where they could draw their wands at a moment's notice.
"Drop your weapons! Drop your weapons!" the other soldiers were demanding. Both sides were not letting up and the protesting was just getting louder from each side. Epps had his hands up in a peaceful gesture, trying to calm the Autobots, N.E.S.T and other soldiers down by saying "Whoa, whoa, whoa! Drop your weapons!"
Lennox banged his fists against one of the military vehicles where a military Officer was getting out of. Ponting towards the Officer's men, Lennox commanded "Tell them to lower their weapons!"
"Tell them first" the other man said, walking around Lennox.
"Tell them to lower their weap-" Lennox began again, but he was cut off by the same military Officer who had turned to speak to him "Major, there's nothing I can do. Talk to him"
Sirius quickly grabbed a hold of Remus, the Werewolf having begun to growl when he noticed Galloway get out of one of the vehicles. Sirius couldn't be completely sure, but he thought he saw a small smirk on the bespectacled man's lips when he informed them "Your N.E.S.T team is deactivated, Major. You are to cease anti-Decepticon operations and return to Diego Garcia pending further orders"
Lennox was ready to wring the man's neck but kept it suppressed when he angrily stated "No. We take our orders directly from Chairman Morshower, sir"
Galloway's face attempted to not show anything but almost all could see the small twitches of his facial features, telling them that he wanted to sneer. They could also hear the smugness in his voice as he said "Well, I'll see your Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and I will raise you a President of the United States. I have operational command now. An alien blood feud has been brought to our shores for which our soldiers are paying the price" he pointed towards the Autobots who had deactivated their weapons even if some *cough* Ironhide *cough* did not look happy with it "The secret is out! This is our war now. And we will win it as we always have, with a coordinated military strategy"
"This fool is terribly misinformed" Ratchet declared from above.
"You're gonna need every asset that you've got" Lennox tried to explain. Only the Autobots and Wizards had the firepower to take down the Decepticons and only N.E.S.T soldiers knew all the weak spots of the Cons. Soldiers who have never fought against a Cybertronian before are liable to get killed and yet Galloway was ignoring this!
"What we need is to draw up battle plans while we explore every possible diplomatic solution" the bespectacled man told them. Everyone besides Galloway and the soldiers he brought stilled, not liking the sound of that.
It was Lennox who angrily questioned "Like what, handing over the kids?" There was no way he was just going to sit by quietly as they were handed over. He would never do that to anyone, especially someone he had fought with and consider part of this weird family.
"All options are being considered"
This time, Sirius made no attempt to hold Remus back as his fiancé darted forward. He was ready to hex the man himself. Remus was so fast that the other soldiers hadn't seen him move until he had Galloway held up by his shirt, growling menacingly at the terrified man who struggled to escape the Werewolf's hold. The Liaison could do nothing as he watched the Wizard's eyes bleed to a gold colour.
"That is my pup you are talking about!" Remus snarled out, which only increased when the other soldiers finally got out of their stunned daze and pointed their guns at the enraged Werewolf. The man who had been talking to Lennox earlier made them hold their fire but demanded "Put the Director down now!"
As much as Sirius would love to see Remus get rid of the annoying man, he knew that it would just cause problems for them later and his fiancé would only be angry at himself for letting his wolf side take over. Knowing that, even in his near feral state, Remus would be able to tell that it was him, he walked up to him. Unafraid as he placed a hand on the arm that was holding Galloway up. Those gold eyes darted towards Sirius before returning back to the whimpering man in front of him "Moony, he's not worth it. If you hurt him you'll only regret it later and we have more urgent things to deal with. Like finding the rest of our family"
He knew mentioning the kids would snap him out of it, which is why he wasn't surprised that Remus dropped Galloway and his eyes returned to their normal colour. Galloway quickly stood back up and, for once, wisely kept quiet as he backed away slightly. When he was back far enough, the soldiers lowered their weapons and so did the N.E.S.T soldiers and Cybertronians who had directed them at the other humans as soon as they had aimed at Remus.
A N.E.S.T soldier, one from England called Graham, spoke up "Whatever the Decepticons are after, this is just the start"
"There is no negotiating with them" Lennox contributed to the conversation but despite his obvious fear towards the Wizard that had threatened him, the fear did not extend enough for Galloway to listen to the sound reasoning that Lennox was making.
"I'm ordering you to stand down. You won't be needing this anymore" he said as he got into Will's face and tore off his N.E.S.T insignia from his uniform "Get your assets back to base! And take that pile of scrap metal back to Diego Garcia. Let's go!"
When he was sure that Galloway could no longer hear them, Epps walked up beside his friend and calmly stated "I really don't like that dude. He's an asshole"
"I agree wholeheartedly" Sirius affirmed, still keeping a firm hold on Remus who still looked ready to attack Galloway even though he was gone now.
"Autobots, report to hangar for transport" someone ordered. Seeing that the Autobots had listened to him, the rest of N.E.S.T and the Wizards followed.
"Ironhide, we should leave this planet" Ratchet told one of his oldest friends quietly. With Optimus gone though, he technically was his oldest friend that he knew was still online. The Medic did not think that any of the humans had overheard him, but there was a possibility that Remus had with his advanced hearing. The rest of the Autobots likely heard but had kept quiet, even if some (More like all) of them were looking at him in incredulity.
Ironhide looked at his friend in disappointment "That's not what Optimus would want. Would you rather we leave the children to fight our battles? Let Harry, Fred and George risk their lives"
The silence from the Medic told Ironhide what he already knew.
Harry's POV
Harry blinked in surprise when Sideswipe came to a stop outside a deli but decided to not dwell on the exterior, considering the entrance to the Wizarding world in Britain was a run down pub, and quickly woke Fred up. The other Wizard having decided to catch some sleep before they met this fella. For all Harry knew, this guy (Or girl for that matter) could have just stumbled upon the runes. This was more of a long shot than anything else but it was the only thing they had at the moment.
"Right, we don't know how much about Cybertronian's this person knows or where he/she got this information from so for now, I think it would be best if only the humans make an appearance. This Robo-Warrior might know how to tell the differences between a holoform and a human" Fred advised. It was some good advice. They didn't want the person to freak out before they could explain what was going on.
"Alright, but we'll be listening in on the conversation through your earpieces. Just in case anything happens" Sideswipe informed, sounding very reluctant in letting them do it but seeing the logic.
"Wouldn't have it any other way Sides" Fred grinned.
George was already out of Sunstreaker and had placed a Notice-Me-Not charm on Sam by the time Harry and Fred had gotten out of Sideswipe. Harry did the same to himself, making sure that no humans noticed him doing it, but made it so that the others in their group could still see him. They didn't have to worry so much with putting the charm on all of them since the Cons had only shown clear pictures of himself and Sam. Despite knowing that the charm was on him, and knowing what it was for, Sam still put on a red and yellow baseball cap and pulled his hoodie up.
They all grouped together in front of the deli's entrance where Leo said "This is it. Yep. Deli. Good front! All right, wait here. I'll give you the go no-go. All right?"
No one objected to the idea so Leo headed inside, a little bell ringing as he opened the door and leaving the rest of them in an awkward silence.
"You know, you don't have to bother hiding your face. No one can notice you while the charm is in place. Only those who are keyed into them" Harry reminded the fidgeting teen, seeing how he kept pulling his hat down to shadow his face every time someone got close to them.
He stopped messing with his hoodie and hat but his fingers were still twitching at his sides "Yeah, I remember, just a bit nervous. Hey, you think Leo is done yet? We should probably go in, I don't even know what the go no-go is so I'm just going to head in" Sam babbled out, following his own advice and heading into the deli. Harry glanced at Mikaela who gave a shrug and walked into the deli after him, Harry and the twins not far behind her.
Harry walked through the door in time for Leo to proclaim to Sam "Robo-Warrior. It's him! It's him! That's the guy right there! That's him!" Pointing to a man that Harry thought he would never see again. He was sure that the Fates were laughing at him. Seeing the man looked confused at Leo talking to no one, he took off the charms from both of them and watched as the man looked at all of them in shock.
"No" Simmons almost whispered. Looking distressed as he looked between Sam and himself.
"This cannot be happening" Harry thought as he stared at the ex-sector 7 agent. This was just too much of a coincidence, even for him.
"You've got to be kidding me" Sam said, finally taking off his hood but leaving the baseball cap on.
"All right, meat store's closed! Everybody out!" Simmons shouted at his customers while an older woman backed him up by saying "When he says to go, you go"
"Out! Right now. That means you, lady, right now" Simmons continued to rant, leading to most of his customers to argue with or just shout at him for the sudden closure.
Leo was momentarily quiet at the fact that they had already met "Wait a minute. You know this guy?" He asked in scepticism.
Sam was still staring at Simmons in disbelief "We're old friends"
Simmons turned to face them with frustration clear on his face "Old friends? You're the case that shut down Sector Seven, got the kibosh disbanded. No more security clearance, no retirement, no nothing. All because of them and their mystic mumbo jumbo powers-" he ranted, pointing towards him and his brothers, who were failing to look innocent. The ex-agent soon turned his attention back onto Sam "And you and your little criminal girlfriend. Look at her now, so mature"
"Good thing to know that he doesn't hold a grudge" Fred whispered into his ear, making him smile slightly but nowhere near his usual ones.
He zoned out a bit when the conversation went to something about fish and teeth, but focused back in on the chatting just in time to hear Mikaela say "You live with your mama?"
Simmons was looking more ticked off the longer they stayed there, Mikaela's comment only making him seem more annoyed "No, my mama lives with me. It's a big difference. They've got your faces all over the news, alien boys" he said, pointing towards a TV on the shelf behind him. It was not just showing pictures of himself and Sam, but of the Fallen as well. He looked exactly like that Cybertronian he had seen in those visions after the Shanghai Op.
"Yeah, I know" Sam admitted. Not like he could have missed it. If what Sideswipe said on the way over here were true, then their faces were plastered all over the world.
"And N.B.E.-one. Still kicking, huh? How did that happen? Don't answer. I don't know what you're hiding, but I don't want anything to do with it. So, good-bye. You never saw me. I got bagels to smear. Vanish" the ex-agent finished, ready to leave them until Sam got his attention.
"Can you give us five seconds? Look, hold on, we need your help" Sam pleaded.
Simmons did not look impressed as he drawled out sarcastically "Reaaaally? You need my help?"
"We need... Look, I am slowly losing my mind. Okay. I had a little crab-bot plunge a device deep into the soft tissues of my brain and started projecting little alien symbols like a freaking home movie! The same thing almost happened to Harry but instead, we found out that he is literally carrying the Cube's energy within him! And on top of that, we're wanted fugitives. So, you think you got it rough?"
Simmons actually looked a bit stunned and not in his usual patronising way. He pointed a finger at Sam and questioned "You said it projected images off your brain?" After getting a confirming "Right" from the teen, that finger then pointed towards Harry "And you're containing the Cube's energy inside of you?"
Harry gave a reluctant nod, wishing that Sam had kept that information to himself but it was too late now. At least it seemed to motivate the man in to helping them because in the next instance, he demanded "Meat locker, now!" And turned to walk in the direction of said meat locker, obviously expecting them to follow. A quick glance at the others showed that they were a bit confused by the request but soon followed Simmons.
They ended up in a freezer room full of dead pigs and both Sam and Mikaela let their displeasure of the situation show. Harry himself was so far not impressed but there was most likely a good reason why the older man had brought them here. He just couldn't see it yet.
"What you're about to see is top secret... Do not tell my mother" Simmons warned. Harry wasn't sure if the last bit was a joke or not seeing as the man didn't seem the type for such humour. He ignored that thought when the man lifted a square hatch in the floor, the smoke from the cold obscuring his vision a bit until he saw what must have been a secret basement.
"Swine flu. Not good" Sam commented. He must really not like dead animals. Not that he did either but he was less vocal about it.
"Now you know. Next time you eat a goat or a pig, there's a story behind it. Saaad little story" Simmons told them as he walked down the ladder, followed by the little entourage. When Harry got to the bottom, it was to see that the room was stacked full of boxes, files and other assortment of things. Fred came down after him and looked around with some interest as he waited for his brother.
"We have enter the land of the hoarder. Beware, for you might never return" George teased as he surveyed the room.
"Okay, files, files. We're talking about symbols" Simmons mumbled but seeing that Leo was about to touch something in a jar (Something that looked suspiciously like the detached head of the Deception Frenzy) he hit his hand with one of the files he had picked up "Ey! Still radioactive. Hands off. Okay, you two. Any of these look like the symbols you saw?" holding out another file that he opened and showed some of the very symbols that had been plaguing their minds.
Taking the file from Simmons hands, Sam looked through the pictures with the Wizard standing beside the brown haired teen "Where did you get these?" Sam asked.
"Before I got fired, I poached S-7's crown jewel. Over seventy five years of alien research, which points to one inescapable fact. The Transformers, they've been here a long, long time" He said all this while climbing up a cabinet, using the pulled out draws as steps until he got to the top where he chucked a box down towards Leo "How do I know? Archaeologists found these unexplained markings in ancient ruins all over the world" He made his way back down and when his feet were firmly on the ground, taking the box back off of Leo. Pulling out some pictures as he named a different country with each picture he threw on the table "China. Egypt. Greece"
While the rest of them where looking through the photos, Simmons pulled out a roll of film that he placed into an old projector. When it turned on, it show a bunch of archaeologists standing in front of some ruins that, once again, had those exact symbols "Shot in 1932. These the symbols you're seeing in your head?"
"Yeah" Sam answered while Harry said "Definitely"
"Same ones over here, right? So, tell me. How did they end up all drawing the same things? Aliens. And I think some of them stayed. Check this out" picking up a grey file that he had placed in the middle of the table earlier, he pulled out some more pictures. However, this time they were of different machines, from cars to planes "Project: Black Knife. Robots. In disguise. Hiding here all along. We detected radioactive signatures all across the country. I pleaded. On my knees with S-7 to investigate it, but they said the readings were infinitesimal, that I... was... obsessed! Me. Can you imagine that?"
"I can definitely believe that" George concurred with crossed arms and a smirk on his face.
"I think he's a bit more than obsessed" Fred continued, a matching grin on his own face. Harry nudged the both of them when he noticed that they were both about to begin snickering.
"Behave you two"
"Megatron said that there was another Energon source here" Sam recounted.
"On Earth"
"On Earth" Sam parroted.
"Another source?" Simmons added on, needing the information clarified since it looked like he couldn't believe there was a source that Sector 7 didn't know about.
"Okay? And that these symbols, the maps in my head, would lead him there" Sam continued, trying to remember everything that Megatron had said.
"Why didn't they just use him? If he has the Cube's energy then why not just try and get it from him?" the ex-agent questioned, looking at Harry.
Placing a hand over where his Magical core was, and thus the Allspark's energy, he explained "We knew about the Allspark being there the same time as the Decepticons, so I don't exactly know what it means to have it in me. But this Energon source, it must be needed for a specific purpose otherwise they wouldn't have tried to remove Sam's brain from his body"
Nodding his head at the explanation, the elder human asked Sam "You talked to your Autobot friends about this?"
"No, no, no, the source is before them. Whatever the Energon source is, it predates them. It's before them"
Simmons repeated the obvious fact in that sentence "So it comes before them"
"It's definitely before them since they can't even read the writing. Apparently, the few Autobots that they think would know how to read it are missing… Or offline" Harry informed. If Simmons noticed his morose tone when he said that last part, he didn't mention it.
"Well, then we're porked, unless we can talk to a Decepticon. I mean, I'm not on speaking terms with them" Simmons chuckled out humourlessly.
Mikaela surprised them all when she said "Actually, I am"
"What?" Sam exclaimed in surprise.
"Remember that box I had you pick up when we were at the college. Well, it had a small Decepticon in it and I'm pretty sure that it's not a baby one. He tried to steal something from me and I caught him. He's in Bee's trunk at the moment"
"So you're telling us that you've been carting around a Minicon since you left your garage?" Fred questioned, receiving a nod from the only female there "But you flew to Sam! How in Merlin's name did you manage to get him on the plane?"
Harry quickly interjected before she could answer "That's not important right now. What is important is that we have a way to find out what these symbols mean and we shouldn't be wasting anymore time"
"I'll go get him"
"And I'll come with" Sam insisted, leaving the rest of them in an uncomfortable silence while they waited for the two to return.
"Sooo… go from tracking aliens to serving meat. That's a big difference" Fred commented, trying to attempt at some conversation but it only earned a cuff on the head from Harry.
"Didn't I tell you to behave?" Harry remarked. He loved the twins' sense of humour but he rather they didn't mock the guy who was helping them. No matter how much of a jerk the man used to be or still is.
"Sorry, just couldn't help myself"
Harry could hear Simmons mumble under his breath "At least my hair didn't turn pink this time"
It was at that moment that Mikaela and Sam returned, a shaking box held in her hand that had a male voice scream "Let me out!" when the box was placed on the table.
"This is going to be a little bit sad" Mikaela notified.
Walking around the table, Sam wasted no time in saying "Open it" which Mikaela did. Revealing a small Cybertronian that jumped out with a pathetic imitation of a roar, but it still managed to cause Leo to let out a girlish shriek while Sam said "Whoop" and Simmons shouted "Whoa"
"I will have so many Decepticons on your butt!" the small Decepticon forewarned but the fact that he had been chained and was missing an optic meant that his threat was ignored by most of them there. His size didn't matter to Harry, knowing that even the smallest of things could be a pain in the arse. But since the Cons hadn't come yet, it caused Harry to believe that the Minicon couldn't contact them.
"But what could have caused his communications to break?"
He soon got his answer when out of nowhere, Mikaela pulled out a blowtorch and aimed it at the Con, dangerously close to his remaining optic "Hey, behave!" The Wizard got the feeling that she more than likely fried his communications when she torched his other optic.
The Minicon limited his moving, clearly afraid of the dark haired woman and her tool. He even went as far as to apprehensively plead "Easy!"
"Mikaela is very devious when she wants to be" George commented.
"Agreed dear brother. Perhaps we should recruit her into the prankster ranks" Fred suggested.
A shiver ran down Harry's spine at the thought of another prankster war "Don't even joke about that. The Autobots wouldn't be able to survive anymore and Prowl will make you do paperwork for the rest of your lives. Not to mention the things Ironhide would do to any of the pranksters involved" Harry was glad to see them pale at the thought. Ironhide's last punishment had involved them being his targets for a taser like Cybertronian weapon. Harry probably bought them a few weeks of safety before they thought about finding more pranksters to help them. He loved their pranks but there was only so much of Harry could take. The Wizard vividly remembered the Spongebob Squarepants incident with great reluctance.
"What is it, a Decepticon?" Sam queried dubiously. He probably thought that he didn't look like he was part of the Decepticons but they were the only Cybertronians with red optics.
"More like Minicon. Really small Cybertronians that would probably only be as big as a human. Anything our size or smaller are usually considered Minicons"
Mikaela continued on from George's statement "Yeah. And he is absolutely a Decepticon"
"And you're training him?" Sam questioned, disbelief clear in both his tone and when he looked at Mikaela for the answer.
"I'm trying to" she replied.
"They're making him sound like he's a dog and not an intelligent lifeform that could badly hurt or kill them"
Simmons watched the Minicon's struggles with wide eyes "I spent my whole adult life combing the planet for aliens…"
"Got to get me off this leash" the Minicon grunts as he pulls on the chain around his neck cables before deciding that biting the chain was the better option.
"And you're carrying around one in your purse like a little Chihuahua" Simmons finished incredulously.
The Minicon certainly seemed offended by that as he ceased biting the chain to stare at the ex-agent "Huh? Do you want a throw down, you pubic fro-head?"
Mikaela's voice suddenly became soft, with a tiny amount of belittlement as she talked to the small Cybertronian, luckily stopping the inevitable fight between the human and Decepticon before it could start "I'm sorry. I'm so sorry about your eye, you know, but, if you're a good boy..."
The little Cybertronian was listening with rapt attention "Uh-huh? Uh-huh?"
"Then I'm not gonna torch your other eye. Okay? I'm not gonna torch it. Just tell me what these symbols are. Please"
The Minicon was shaking his head in disagreement "No way, if the rest of the Decepticons find out I helped in any way then I'm dead. Dead I tell you!" He shouted and tugged on the chain again, trying to get away from Mikaela and her blow torch.
Before she could persuade or threaten the Con any more, Harry's hands slammed down on the table. Effectively drawing the attention of the Con who was looking at him in slight fear. The Decepticon could see that the human's green eyes were glowing with power. It was really freaking him out because he was pretty sure that humans could not do that.
"We don't have time to be waste trying to get you to agree. You will tell us otherwise I'm using you as a chew toy" Harry told him darkly, not even a hint of a lie was on his face.
Everyone (Apart from Fred and George) looked at Harry in shock, not having expected for the raven haired Wizard to threaten someone. The other Wizards however, knew that Optimus' death was hitting him hard and if these symbols could help them stop the Cons, then they needed the information as soon as possible. Before anyone else got hurt.
The Minicon gulped but tried to mask his fear behind a confident facade "I doubt your blunt denta could do anything to metal. What do you take me for, a sparkling?"
Instead of answering, Harry backed away from the table and before anyone could question what he was doing, they were all shocked into silence. They watched in awe as black fur sprouted from all over Harry's body. His clothes disappeared as he fell on all fours while his arms and legs twisted until he had four paws instead of his previous appendages. His face pushed outwards a bit so that he ended up with a feline face, full of large and deadly white teeth that were below emerald green cat eyes. They contained slitted pupils and above them was a small amount of silver fur that resembled a lightning bolt. By the time the transformation ended, the rest of the occupants were left with a sleek panther whose ears were twitching at the noises it could hear. Its tail was moving lazily back and forth behind the creature, all the while its lithe muscles were bunched and ready to pounce.
Simmons and Leo shrieked at the appearance of a deadly animal, even going so far as to grab each other in fear while Sam and Mikaela only froze. They may have not expected Harry to be able to do that but they remembered that Sirius had been able to turn into a type of dog so they weren't as surprised as the other two humans.
"So can you guys do that too?" Leo gulped out as he asked the twin Wizards, moving away from Simmons but his eyes never straying from the deadly feline. He was in both awe and a little bit of fear of being so close to such a dangerous animal, even if he knew it was just Harry.
"We can but ours are different from our little brother. Mine's a Black-back Jackal" Fred answered first, quickly shifting into a dog like animal but with a fox like appearance. It stood at about 48 cm with a black back that had some strands of silver and went all the way to his long bushy tail. The silver only going to the base of the tail while his sides were a same red as Fred's hair, instead of the usual tan or reddish brown than they were supposed to be. The colour was pronounced more on the outside of his legs and flanks. His lips, throat, chest and inner surface of his limbs were white on his slender body and large ears adorned his head along with very sharp incisors on his vulpine head. Intelligent brown eyes looked them all over before he changed back into his human form.
"While mine is a red fox" George continued, also changing into his Animagus form. Like Fred's form, George also stood at 48 cm but his coat was a rusty red with yellowish tints. There was a stripe of brown hairs going along the spine with two additional stripes going down the shoulder blades to form a cross. The lower part of his back had a bunch of silvery fur while the chin, lower lips, throat and front of the chest were white. The remaining lower surface being red and his paws black. The backs of the ears were also black while the inner surface was a whitish colour. The top of his sleek tail is also a reddish colour, but lighter in colour than the rest of him with a white tip. His distinguishing feature was the small orangeish spots under his own brown eyes.
"What in Pits name are you!?" The Minicon squeaked in horror. No one had told him that the humans could turn into other organics that could bite his head off! He was definitely dead now.
Harry growled again at the Minicon, only stopping when Fred placed a hand on his head, scratching it a bit as he did but Harry's fangs were still on display. If the Minicon could, he would have been sweating bullets.
Fred gave the Minicon a dark grin that was matched by his twin "We're just your average Wizards who hate waiting so if I was you, I'd tell us what we want to know before our dear Hare-bear decides to uphold his promise"
Another growl prompted the Minicon to hurriedly speak, as he looked over the pictures on the table again "All right, all right I'll do it just keep him away from me" when he saw that Harry had made no more moves towards him, he continued his inspection "Uh. Oh, I know that. That's the language of the Primes. I don't read it, but these guys... where the frick did you find photos of these guys?"
"Who are they and can they translate those things in Harry and Sam's head?" George questioned.
"These are some of the older Seekers, pal. Nothing like Starscream and the rest of the currant Seekers in the Decepticon ranks. In fact, they're probably the oldest of the old. They've been here thousands of years, looking for something. I don't know what. Nobody tells me nothing, but they'll translate those symbols for you. And I know where to find them"
"Show us" Simmons demanded. He looked ecstatic to finally figure out what all of these pictures mean.
"Yeah" with that said, the Minicon turned towards the giant map of America and multiple green lights projected from him, landing on different locations.
Simmons pointed to one of them, saying "Closest one's in Washington"
"Then that's where we go" Harry said after he had changed back into his human form. He was up and out of the basement before anyone could stop him.
POV Change
"Professor!" an excited voice shouted followed by a bang as the owner of the voice fell out of the Floo and face planted the floor. The other occupant of the room doing nothing to help the person back up.
"What is it Mundungus?" an older voice asked.
"We've found him! We've found Harry Potter!" the man rushed out. So excited that he did not notice the dark smile that flashed across Dumbledore's face before it vanished, replaced by his worried grandfather façade.
"Everything will be back on track soon" he thought to himself as he listened to Mundungus' tale while sucking on one of his many lemon drops.
POV Change
The Dark Lord smiled maliciously after he pulled back from one of his follower's mind. Not caring that he had torn through his mind the moment his minion came forward with news of the boy's whereabouts.
"So, the boy has hidden himself among the Muggles. And yet, even amongst them he has managed to be turned against" Voldemort found it very ironic that no matter where the boy went, he always managed to get himself in trouble. The Dark Lord did wonder what manner of creature that thing had been on one of those Muggle contraptions. The Death Eater having been out in Muggle London and passing by a shop full of the contraptions when they had shown the metal being with red eyes and then the Potter brat's image. He deal with the boy soon but right now, he had plans to put in place.
"I believe now would be the perfect opportunity to get rid of Dumbledore and his Order of the Phoenix" the Dark Lord declared from his throne, causing an excited uproar amongst his followers.
The halls echoed with their dark laughter and cheers. His followers couldn't wait to finally be able to get what they've always wanted; to get rid of the light with their Muggle loving ways and to take back Magical Britain. None noticed that two specific Death Eaters wasn't celebrating as much as the others or the fact that they both literally ran out of the meeting as soon as possible.
So you got to see what everyone's Animagus form was and a miniscule glimpse at some things in Britain. I hope you all like this chapter and again, I'll update as soon as possible.
Thank you all for the lovely reviews, I appreciate them all so much!
-CD