WBY: [patiently waiting in interview room doing various things. Weiss's looking over something on her Scroll, Blake's reading, and Yang's just tapping her foot]

Blake: [glances up from her book to the clock before turning to her partner] Alright Yang, what did you do?

Yang: Why are you asking if I did something?

Weiss: Probably because it's been a few hours now, lyoko still hasn't shown up for the big unveiling of his birthday present for Ruby, and the last time most of us checked, or at least last most of us checked over at Remnant of the Key, you were one of the last people in our franchise that he had ticked off.

Yang: Not true! That was Uncle Qrow, and they're cool now, just like me and him are.

WB: Uh-huh.

Yang: I'm serious! Lyoko and I are all good! I really don't know where he could be.

AN: [suddenly bursts into the room before slamming the door shut behind him and barricading it with everything that he can. Various construction noises are heard as he's doing so before he finally stops and pants] Jeez! Talk about relentless. [turns to see the girls] Hey, whatever you three do, do not, I repeat, NOT open that door!

Weiss: Uh...why not?

[something begins banging against the door]

AN: Oh no! No! No, no, NO, NO, NO! I'M TOO YOUNG TO DIE! [prepares to make a run for it]

[door gets blown open as something charges into lyokoMARVELanime]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! SHE'S GOT ME!

Ruby: Hush! You deserve to get this massive hug, and I will be darned if I don't hug you for this present!

AN: It's not the hug I have a problem with, Ruby! [face starts turning blue while breath begins to run short] It's the fact that it's cutting off circulation to most of my body!

Yang: Ruby, sweetie, I know it's your birthday, but we can't see what present lyoko wrote for you if he's dead.

Ruby: Trust me, Yang, you'll want to give him just as big of a hug as me by the time this little short story is done.

Blake: Well, maybe you should let us see why that is the case before you continue at least, or consider lightening up so that he can breathe. I don't think he's kidding about that part.

Ruby: [looks to author to see he is starting to run out of air] Oops! Sorry! [immediately lets go letting lyoko drop as he gets some air back in his lungs] But I'm just so happy about this gift of yours.

AN: I...I know you are...I got that, Ruby, thanks. But...Oh...*pants*...But let's at least...let everyone know why...before you start suffocating me again with anymore hugs, okay?

Ruby: Yeah, okay. That's fair.

AN: Okay...Ahem, now then, Happy Halloween everyone, and let's give a big Happy Birthday to our favorite huntress of Remnant!

[audience applause]

Ruby: Aw, stop it! You guys are too nice!

AN: Pft! Please. There's no such thing as "too nice".

Yang: Well...

AN: No such thing!...That said, before we get into it, there is actually a review or two from the last short story that I would like to answer really quick.

"Dragon Rider 66", in regards to your question about the Twilight Trio's Faunus traits (first off, let me correct you and say that Roxas was a cheetah, not a leopard), consider Roxas and Xion's are basically a teaser for what forms they'll take when they visit the Pride Lands in Keyblade Legion. As for Lea's...well, I just looked up a list of animals that were typically associated with fire and chose something from that. More and more, it is looking like I might get an account on deviantart at some point in the future to do as you say, or at the very least, so people can find the full-sized/fledged versions of the cover art for my stories, so keep your eyes pealed for that in the future, assuming I don't announce it on here at some point in the future. As for what you said about the parody opening, well...I get not liking the new lyrics, but the pre-existing ones for the actual song just didn't really work for it, ya know?

Other than that, "CT7567Rules", I don't know about the ones you suggested, but I may try and do some future parody intros for other stories in the Keyblades Unleashed Series at some point in the future, so eyes open for that. Then again, maybe I could try and think of something that would work with those other songs for one of my other stories. You never really know.

Blake: Anything else?

AN: Nope, that's it. Now then, today's meeting is an AU where our special guests do exist in the same universe as the RWBY series, obviously. They're just from another world, and their presence does have quite the AU creating impact on Remnant. It's basically a rough draft for a crossover idea I have in mind, and I think that what you'll see in this one may very well be something a lot of you will like. I mean, it's obvious that Ruby certainly does, since she got too eager and snuck a peek at it early.

Ruby: Hehe! [smiles cheekily while flashing a peace sign]

AN: [chuckles in amusement at Ruby's antics] Just can't stay mad at that girl. Anyways, while this is a birthday present for Ruby, it also doubles as a kind of late five year anniversary present for yours truly. Yeah, that's right, it's been a little over five years since I started posting here on fanfiction, and what better way to help celebrate that fact by having this little number play onto the scene. A crossover idea that has the heroes of RWBY meeting the heroic champions that starred in one of my very first crossovers, and the stars of my first completed series! Blake, if you would be so kind as to make the big reveal?

Blake: I feel like Ruby should be the one to do it, since it's her birthday.

AN: I know, but we're kinda establishing a pattern here, in case you haven't noticed with the last two meetings, so...

Blake: Yeah, okay, I get it. Ahem...Today RWBY meets the Transformers!

AN: Yeah, you heard her! Roll it! Or as good old Optimus Prime would say...Roll out!

I do not own anything from any of the RWBY franchise or any other franchise mentioned in this story.


The Transformers

In all honesty, Ruby probably should not have been too surprised that there was nothing all that exciting going on right now. At least nothing as exciting as the incident at the docks when she, Blake, Sun, and Penny stopped Torchwick and the White Fang from stealing a massive amount of Dust, or more accurately, when Penny stopped the White Fang from stealing said Dust. She was still trying to find the odd girl so she could ask Penny some questions about how she had done all those amazing things, but Ruby had not managed to find any sign of the odd girl since that night, or at any point throughout the entirety of their two weeks off from classes. Still, Ruby was not one to let anything get her down for long, and the proof was certainly in the pudding when she put together a massive list of things she and her team could do on their last day before classes started back. The epic food fight to end all food fights had not been part of the original plan, but there was no denying that it was a lot of fun, even if they did get a scolding from Professor Goodwitch as a result.

Now all that was left to do was figure out how to spend the rest of their day, but somehow, most of the original plans that Ruby came up with had started to seem like they paled in comparison to their face off with Team JNPR earlier, so she was left a little unsure on what to do. When she admitted this to the rest of her team, she was glad to see that they were all very understanding of the fact, but was also a little let down when they admitted to not having many ideas on what else they could do either. Even after brainstorming the entire way back to their room, the girls could not come up with any ideas, and they were just about ready to give up when one actually presented itself to them in the form of a familiar face. Or at least, a face that was familiar to Ruby and Yang.

"Dad," Yang exclaimed at the sight of hers and Ruby's father waiting for them outside their dorm room.

"Hey! There they are! My two all-star girls and Vale's future best huntresses," Taiyang Xiao Long cheered as he scooped up his daughters in the tightest hug he could manage.

"Yeah, hi Dad," Ruby groaned out as best as she could, suddenly reminded of where Yang got her tendency for bone-crushing hugs from. "Please let go. I can't breathe!"

"Aw c'mon, Ruby! Let a man hug his daughters for a few more minutes. I mean, it has been a while since I last saw you two," Taiyang protested.

"Dad! Seriously! Our friends are right there," Yang whined, hoping that informing her father that they had an audience would get him to stop before this got embarrassing for her and Ruby.

Turning to the other two members of Team RWBY, Taiyang immediately released his daughters and said, "Oh, sorry about that. I guess I got caught up in the moment."

"Don't worry. There's nothing wrong with missing your family," Blake excused, though she did look like she was miles away after seeing the family moment from just now.

Weiss was not much better than Blake, but her expression seemed to be decidedly much sadder until she straightened up into her usual stature. "All the same, it's a pleasure to meet you Mister…Uh, is it Xiao Long or Rose?"

"Xiao Long. Taiyang Xiao Long, but most people call me Tai," the Xiao Long patriarch filled in with a two-fingered salute.

"If you don't mind my asking, Mister Xiao Long, why is it that Ruby uses her mother's last name instead of yours," Blake questioned.

"Uh…That's a…That's a long story," Tai replied, looking rather nervous all of a sudden. It was washed away as quickly as it came though, as he turned to face his girls again. One of them, more so than the other. "But that can wait for another time. I was actually coming up here because I recently realized that I never got something for you as a congratulatory present for making it into Beacon like we did for Yang, Ruby."

"Dad, you didn't need to do that," Ruby tried to wave off, but when it came to giving praise to family, her dad was just like her sister, if not worse at times.

"Oh yes I did! And, since your sixteenth birthday is practically just around the corner, there was only one thing I could think of to get my little rose," Tai insisted. He then waved a hand for the girls to follow them, and the next thing they knew, Team RWBY was down in Beacon's parking garage where the students kept their personal methods of travel if they had them, like Yang's motorcycle. It was not until they came upon one particular vehicle thought that Taiyang finally stopped and presented his daughter's gift to her with a proud, "Ta-da!"

There, sitting in one of the many parking spots, was a rather dirty-looking, slightly beat-up, yellow Volkswagen bug, and while most of the girls were left a little bewildered by the sight of the vehicle, Ruby was gasping in wonder and excitement. "Dad, is this…Did you really…" Ruby stuttered before she finally managed to get out the question she was aiming for. "You got me my own car?!"

"Yep," Tai confirmed as he watched Ruby continue looking at the car with excitement dancing in her eyes. "Found it at one of the old, used car shops, and despite the way it looks, it does in fact run really well. Heck, it runs so good that I'd say that it was still new and made to look like something from a scrap yard. It does need some work on it though, to make sure it stays in one piece and keeps running as good as it does, and you're still going to need to at least have your sister with you if you want to go driving in it before you turn sixteen, but aside from that, it is all yours to do with as you please."

Hearing all of that from her father seemed to make Ruby's day, and she immediately raced over to get a closer look, already going over the vehicle and making notes of things she would need to fix up and/or adjust so that it would be safe to drive and look good as new. After watching Yang work on her motorcycle for so long, even to the point where she would go to get parts that Yang would need for the bike now and then, Ruby had picked up quite a few things about auto mechanics, and that was without the fact that there was very little difference between that and the work she had to do when she was building Crescent Rose. The other girls on the other hand were a bit more hesitant to approach the vehicle, thinking that it was likely to collapse at any second if too many people got close to it, but only Weiss was brave enough to voice her exact thought on Tai's gift to his youngest daughter.

"This thing looks like a piece of junk," the Schnee heiress said.

"Ha! If you think this looks bad, you should've seen Yang's motorcycle when she first got it," Tai shot back, none of them noticing how the headlights on the bug seemed to flicker a little after Weiss's comment.

"It's true. Bumblebee was a total wreck when I first got it, but a little elbow grease and some hard work later, and look at her now," Yang confirmed as she waved a hand in the direction of said bike, taking a little pride in how she had left both Blake and Weiss more than a little astonished, judging by the looks on the two girls' faces. The blonde then turned to her sister's car and added, "And I'm sure that we can get this thing turned into a gold bug before you know it with the same kind of effort."

"Yeah," Ruby agreed as she petted the hood of the car. "Don't you worry little bug. We'll have you good as new in no time."

As she was petting the car, the radio suddenly sprang to life and began playing the chorus of the song "Friends Are Family" through its speakers, startling everyone a little. After a minute though, Yang could not help but smirk and say, "Wow, either that's one crazy coincidence, or someone set that up perfectly."

"Don't look at me. I didn't set anything up, so I'm afraid that was just a random coincidence," Tai insisted.

"Well, it's better than hearing the annoying beeping of a car alarm going off at the slightest touch," Blake lightly joked with a shrug. "But we probably should try to make sure that it doesn't happen too much, just to be safe."

Seeing as everyone agreed with her on that, and that no one had many better ideas, the girls spent the rest of that day working on Ruby's "new" car, with Taiyang helping out as much as he could before he had to fly back to Patch again. As they were working, Ruby could not help but take notice of an odd symbol on the car's doors, and on the middle of the steering wheel. The best way to describe it would be to say that it looked like a face with a kind, peaceful expression, but more than that, there was something relaxing about the emblem in Ruby's eyes, and at the same time, oddly familiar, like she had seen it somewhere before. Unfortunately, she could not quite place where that might have been, so she just shrugged it off and focused on helping her sister and teammates with their little project. It was not like it was all that important anyway; for all Ruby knew, it was probably just the logo of whatever company made the car, so why worry about it?


Not even that much later into their second semester, and Team RWBY was on a mission of their own: investigating Torchwick and the White Fang in an effort to bring down both them and whoever they were working for in a shared conspiracy against the Kingdom of Vale, and if you were to ask Ruby, it was going pretty well. Sure, she may have gotten a little sidetracked after a surprise run-in with Penny, during which she learned that Penny was a robot, and sure, they may have eventually ended up in another fight with Roman Torchwick that saw him piloting a stolen Atlesian mech suit, but it could still be worse. At least they were fighting it together, and it was not like Roman was going to be getting any kind of last minute assistance from anyone any time soon. The very moment Ruby had thought that to herself was the moment when the universe decided that she had jinxed her and her teammates, because Roman did end up getting some unexpected backup, and it was certainly not the kind that any of them were expecting.

Ruby and Weiss had taken notice a little while earlier that they were being followed by a pair of black and dark purple cars, but they had waved it off as just a mere coincidence that the vehicles were going down the same route as them. When those same cars suddenly raced into the middle of their battleground, however, it became clear that was not the case. That was not the most surprising part though. No, that honored belonged to the fact that just after they appeared, both cars suddenly changed into massive, mean looking robots that seemed just as big, if not bigger than the Atlas mech that Torchwick was driving. Both the young huntresses and their foe were left frozen in shock at the sight of this new development, so much so that Team RWBY almost ended up flattened when the robots suddenly lunged at them in an attack.

"Did not see this coming," Roman could be heard muttering through the speakers of his mech, ultimately drawing the robots' attention to him. The next thing anyone knew, the robots had opened fire on the mech, making Torchwick scramble for the emergency eject in order to avoid getting blown to bits with the machine. He only just barely escaped with his life, thanks in no small part to one of his most loyal henchmen, but he had no intention of letting on as to how freaked out he was by this whole thing. "Ladies. Ice Queen," Torchwick bade in farewell.

"Hey!" Weiss snapped, knowing that last one was directed at her.

"I'm afraid that this is where we part ways," Torchwick finished before turning to his rescuer. "Neo, if you would."

The next thing anyone knew, Torchwick and his small companion had vanished in a flash of light that was accompanied with what sounded and looked like shattering glass. Not that Team RWBY had time to really think about it too much, as the massive robots were still coming after them, and they had to do a lot to stay away from their attacks. Not the easiest thing to do when your opponents can turn their arms into laser blasters, but that was not what scared the girls most. What really scared them was when they realized that the robots were targeting Ruby more than anyone else for some reason, and it seemed like they were barely able to do much of anything to keep them away from their young leader. Yang was blasting the massive machines with her gauntlets, Weiss was blasting them with every kind of Dust she had on hand, and Blake was trying to tie them up in her ribbons while slashing at them with both of her blades, but no matter what any of them tried, they just could not seem to faze these mechanical monsters.

Eventually, Ruby ended up tripping over out of exhaustion, having been forced to use her Semblance so she could stay clear of these things, and then next thing she knew, one of the robots was standing over her with weapons ready and pointed right at her. At any other time, Ruby probably would be gazing in awe at the massive laser canons that these things had, but considering that they were about to be used to kill her, all the excitement was made nonexistent. Just when she was starting to brace herself for the incoming blast, the sound of an engine roaring along with a horn being blared as loudly as possible reached her ears, and she could not help but turn towards the source with the two robots to find a very surprising sight.

There, racing towards them, was the beat up bug that her father had given her as her first car, and to make matters even more surprising, the little yellow car actually started changing much like these other two robots had, until it had become a robot as well. A robot that tackled Ruby's attackers away from her, and then tossed them further back after they had rolled along the ground for a brief time, much to Ruby and her teammates' shock. When the robot that had once been Ruby's car stood up straight again, it raised both fists up to show that it was ready for a fight, while glaring at the two mean looking robots with bright blue optics.

Seeing that their surprise attackers had been cowed into a pause for their attack, the rest of Team RWBY quickly made their way over to their leader, with only Blake being able to say anything right now. "Ruby, is that…your car," the cat Faunus questioned, not really able to think of anything else to say right now.

"I'm now insanely jealous," Yang joked.

Before Ruby or Weiss could get on Yang for joking at a time like this, they all picked up on the sound a radio buzzing, and realized that it was coming from the yellow robot that had once been Ruby's car right when it seemed to speak using recordings of two different voices, the first one being that of a young woman's, while the other sounded like a very gruff man's. "Leave them alone…Decepticon punks!"

At that point, an all-out battle royale had commenced between the three massive machines, with the first two robots doing their best to destroy the yellow robot that had just saved the girls' lives, but the Beacon students were all bit preoccupied with trying to place the voices that they had heard coming through the yellow robot's radio. At least, Weiss and Blake were, despite the fact that the voices were completely unfamiliar to the two of them, but as for Ruby and Yang, they had both adopted looks that would make you think that they had just seen a ghost. When Blake noticed this, she had a feeling that something was wrong, and was quick to check on her partner so she could make sure that she was alright. "Yang," Blake called out as she tapped the blonde's shoulder, only to get very little response from her. "What is it?"

"Ruby, why are you looking at that thing like that," Weiss questioned, having noticed her own partner's state as well.

"It…It can't be," Yang eventually muttered, her voice far from any state of being even.

Ruby was not much better off, but unlike her sister, she was better able to explain why she and her sister were so surprised with just one sentence that left Blake and Weiss almost just as shocked. "Th-that…That's my…That was my mom's voice."

When they heard Ruby say that, the sisters' shock quickly became understandable. Weiss and Blake may not have known too much about their respective partners, but they did at least know that their mother had been a huntress who had died on a mission when they were younger. Hearing the voice of a loved one again from one of the strangest places imaginable would be quite the shock for anyone, but in this case, neither the black nor white members of Team RWBY were sure who between the two sisters was finding this harder to believe. If they were betting girls though, they would have to put their money on Ruby, because it was even less of a secret that her mother was one of Ruby's greatest inspirations as a huntress. Add that in with the surprise of her car apparently being able to turn into a giant robot, or a giant robot that could turn into a car, and all three of the other girls were surprised that Ruby was still able to think straight at all right now.

Speaking of said robot, their yellow savior had just blasted apart one of the mean-looking machines that it had called Decepticons, and had now turned its hand into some kind of energy dagger of some kind as it lunged at the remaining enemy. As it charged, the robot seemed to use its radio to loudly shout, "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee!" When the dagger made contact, the Decepticon froze up in some kind of electrical field, like it had suffered from a total system shut down all of a sudden, and that was all that the yellow robot needed to draw its blaster again and fire a single shot right through the frozen robot's head. Seeing his opponent down, the robot spun its blaster around in its fingers like an action hero from a movie would, while the radio played out a recording that said, "And that's the match! Flawless victory!"

The girls could not really do anything more than stare at this strange machine, and apparently, it felt their stares on it, because upon holstering its weapons again, the robot slowly turned to them with a concerned look on its face, and then waved to them in a manner that seemed almost shy. Seeing him act like that was what brought Ruby back to the here and now, and she slowly started making her way forward, keeping a good hold on her scythe as she approached, just in case. This seemed like a bad idea, as the robot immediately flinched away when it saw that she was still armed, so Ruby quickly folded up stowed Crescent Rose into its holster to show she meant no harm. "Easy," Ruby soothed as gently as she could. "I don't want to hurt you, assuming you don't want to hurt any of us. Do you?"

The robot just shook its head in the negative and that got the girls to relax a little bit more as they followed Ruby's lead in storing their own weapons away. Still, that did not keep them from scrutinizing the big machine that acted more like a human being than a robot. "Where did you come from? Atlas? Vacuo," Weiss asked.

"Ha! You wish sister," the robot replied through his radio once again.

All of the girls seemed like they were starting to get annoyed by this, but only Blake ended up being the one to ask, "Can't you talk like a normal person? Assuming you can talk at all."

The robot's face then seemed to turn a lot sadder at the question, as it shook its head no again, before letting its radio play various different recordings. "Latest in all audio entertainment…Bringing you all the latest updates…Tune in at anytime, anywhere."

The girls were a bit more confused by that, since none of it really seemed to make sense or flow together like some the last few things did, but Yang managed to catch on to what he was saying. "You can't use your normal voice, so you talk through the radio?"

In answer to Yang's guess, the robot used its radio to play the sound of a loud, audience applause, while it clapped its hands to confirm that Yang was right, much to the girls' amusement. "So then, if you're not from any of the kingdoms, where are you from," Ruby then asked.

"Planet Cybertron," the robot replied through its radio, this time using the recording of a deep, brave-sounding voice that all the girls could not help but think was suited for a great hero, even if the answer was shocking.

"You're…You're an alien," Ruby gasped in awe, earning her a simple nod from the big guy. As shocking as that was, Ruby was still able to compose herself after a moment or two and ask another question that they probably should have asked a little bit sooner. "So…what do we call you? Do you have a name or some kind of number?"

This time, the robot responded using multiple recordings, and though there was a slight pause in between some of the words, and most of the voices did not match up the entire time, it did still form a complete sentence for them. "My name…is…Bumblebee."

"Oh! No foolin'," Yang grinned happily. "That's what I call my motorcycle, and what one of our team attacks is called."

Blake and Ruby could not help but snicker a bit at Yang's excitement over that little detail, but Weiss on the other hand was a lot less amused, mainly because she was concerned with another matter entirely. "If you really are an alien, what are you doing here, and why were those things after us just now?"

Bumblebee was silent at that question for a minute, before he finally said, "It's a long story…But…the short version is…they were here because…Cybertron is lost…And our war…has now come to this world."

"War," Blake gasped in disbelief. Like they did not have enough to deal with just by investigating Torchwick and the White Fang; now they were apparently getting dragged into an alien war of some kind.

"Yeah, you heard me," Bumblebee replied with a recording of a gangster-sounding voice. "But…The Decepticons…were not after you…They were only targeting…her."

The other members of Team RWBY had already figured out that these Decepticons were interested in one of them more than any other, but hearing Bumblebee confirm that the person he indicated was their primary target was still very shocking. For none more so than the person he was pointing to herself. "Me," Ruby questioned. "But why?"

"Because you…are…Summer's daughter," Bumblebee replied, surprising Yang and Ruby when they heard that.

"Did…Did you just say…" Yang stuttered in surprise.

"You knew my mother," Ruby asked.

"Correction: I know your…mother," Bumblebee replied. "Summer Rose…is…my first…human…friend."

Hearing him say that brought Ruby and Yang's spirits down quite a bit, as they figured that this must mean that Bumblebee had not heard about what had happened to Summer Rose. They did not want to be the ones to give him the bad news, especially given what he just told them regarding his relationship to their mom, but if they figured that it was probably better to hear it from them rather than someone else. "We hate to tell you this, Bumblebee, but…" Yang started to say, only to feel herself getting choked up a little before she could finish.

"She died on a mission. A long time ago," Ruby finished for her sister.

Bumblebee looked between the sisters for a minute, as if trying to gauge how serious they were about this, and if it were possible for him to cry, the girls were all sure that he was going to at any second now. Much to their surprise, his reaction was very different, because instead, he answered with just one word, and it was through a recording of Summer Rose's voice. "Nope."

"What," Ruby asked, feeling a little weird to be on the receiving end of something she had said to Jaune not that long ago.

"Nope," Bumblebee repeated with the same recording. "Summer…is…alive."

Neither sister could believe what they were hearing, and though they did not know as much about Ruby and Yang's parents, Weiss and Blake were almost just as shocked. Yang's surprise was quickly traded out for anger, as she growled, "That's not funny."

"Not trying to be," Bumblebee replied. "It's all the honest truth."

"How would you know?! You weren't there," Yang snapped, her eyes already turning red to show just how angry she was getting.

"Actually…I was," Bumblebee replied through two sets of recordings, surprising all the girls. They then heard his radio whirring around a lot; almost as if he was looking for some specific recording, until finally, he came to a stop on the one he was looking for. This time around though, it was clear he was not using it to talk, but rather, to relay a memory from some time in the past, and despite the fact that they did not recognize all the voices, there was only one voice that mattered to Ruby and Yang, and they identified it very easily.

"Do you realize how lucky you were to get away alive at all, let alone in the condition you're in. Aura or not, the injuries you suffered could have been incredibly fatal to the point where they had ended you for good had it not been for Bumblebee's last minute intervention," a gruff, older sounding voice asked, making them think that it belonged to a doctor with the way he talked.

"Believe me, I get doing whatever it takes to get a job done, Summer, but those were odds that even the Wreckers or Grimlock's team wouldn't want to take on," another voice reasoned, this one sounding like it belonged to a very big individual that was likely a strong warrior.

"Now let's not get too ahead of ourselves," another voice cautioned with a faint hint of a growl in his voice.

"Be that as it may, there is no doubt that the Decepticons consider you a target now more than ever, Summer Rose, which puts you in grave danger," the deep, brave-sounding voice from before then played out, this time with a hint of respectful command in his tone, but it was the next voice that spoke up that got the sisters' attention.

"I'd hate to keep bringing this up, Optimus, but danger's part of the job when you're a huntress," Summer Rose's voice replied, much to Ruby and Yang's surprise. She sounded weak, but not to the point where she was likely on her deathbed, so they were quick to start paying even closer attention to what she said in this recording. "Although, I have to admit, you might have a point. Aside from the Decepticons, those other people that attacked were definitely targeting me because they knew of what I could do, which means that they likely know the kind of threat I pose to their leader, so maybe…Maybe it's time to consider taking some drastic measures."

"Hey, now. Let's not go crazy here," cautioned a voice that sounded like it was coming from over a radio, and they had a good hunch as to who that was.

"I don't exactly have many other options, Bumblebee," Summer replied. "If I leave now, I'll be putting a lot of people in unnecessary danger, especially in the case of the people I care about most. Besides, you guys could use a lot of help when it comes to blending in on Remnant if you want to maintain your whole robots in disguise thing for as long as possible, so why not take me on as a new member for your crew?"

"You must realize, Summer, that doing what you are suggesting would mean that you may likely never see your loved ones again," the voice that Summer had called Optimus cautioned.

"…I know," Summer hesitantly replied. "But if I want my family and my world to be kept safe from the things that I've seen…it may be for the best." There was another pause in the recording before Summer could be heard speaking again, this time to another woman. "Raven, I know this is probably asking for a lot, but I need you to do me a huge favor."

Hearing that name alone drew a quiet, surprised gasp from Yang, and despite the fact her next one was not as quiet, the others were still too wrapped up in the recording to take notice. "If you were anyone else, I'd more than likely say no," replied the woman that Summer identified as Raven. "What is it, Sum?"

"Go to Ozpin and the others, and tell them that you saw me die in the field. You can spin it around however you want, whether it be succumbing to injuries after slaying hundreds of Grimm, being overrun by the monsters, or even as much of the truth as possible, so long as you make sure that it ends the same way: that Summer Rose is dead. The only one who should know the truth about what's happened is Ozpin, understand," Summer ordered, though it almost sounded like she was pleading with Raven as she gave that order.

The recording was silent again, indicating that Raven must have been mulling the request over, until she finally said, "Like I said, if you were anyone else, I'd more than likely say no, but for you, Summer, I guess I can try to stomach going back to Ozpin for this."

"Hey, while you're at it, maybe you could consider stopping to say hi to Yang and Tai," Summer added on, and no one missed how much she sounded like Ruby when she was trying to get someone to do something for her.

A short snort of laughter could be heard from Raven before she replied, "Now you're pushing it…But I suppose I could at least stop in to have a look at how they're doing."

"I'll take that," Summer accepted. The girls all thought that was the end of the recording, but apparently, Summer still had one last request to make, and this one was directed at the robot standing in front of them. "Bee, there's one thing that I want you to do for me in exchange for all of this. I know that I probably shouldn't be asking too many favors of you guys, or making you feel like any of us owe one another…"

"Whatever it is you wish to ask of any of us, we will do everything in our power to help, Summer. We owe you that much at the very least for what you have done for us thus far, and what you are about to do for us now," Optimus's voice stated.

The next thing that the girls heard almost brought them to tears with how touching it was. "Alright then. Bee, please, promise me that you'll look after my girls, and keep them safe. They're both brave and strong in their own rights, and I'm sure that they're going to choose to become huntresses like my team and I, but they're still really young, and they have no idea what kind of things will be waiting out there for them. More importantly, my youngest daughter, Ruby…she's special, like me, and I'm afraid that people may come after her for the same reason that those people from a moment ago came after me. Please Bumblebee, do whatever you can to keep my little rose and my sunny little dragon safe."

"You do remember that you're not biologically related to the older child, don't you," the gruff-sounding doctor questioned, drawing a surprise gasp from Ruby, Weiss, and Blake afterwards. Yang could not bring herself to face Ruby at that point, since she had known for a while that she and Ruby were only half sisters. She had meant to tell her younger sister, but it was not like there was an easy way to bring up that topic with a girl like Ruby. Thankfully, the next thing that Summer said was a good enough distraction for the moment.

"I don't care about that. Yang's just as much my daughter as Ruby is, and I will do whatever I can to keep them safe. That's all the more reason why I need to ask this of you, Bee. Please…please keep my little girls safe," Summer could be heard pleading.

"You have my word…I swear by the spark of Primus," two different voice recordings said in reply, indicating that Bumblebee had accepted his new mission.

The next sound that followed could only have been crying, and they could hear a very tearful Summer saying, "Thank you, Bumblebee."

That was the moment when Bumblebee's recording finally ended, and even with the stunning revelation that they had gotten near the end, Ruby was still smiling a little as she let some happy tears fall from her eyes. She did not care whether or not if that recording was recent or accurate, or if Bumblebee's claim about her mother still being alive even after all this time was still true; she was just happy that she got to hear her mother's voice again and that she had chosen to disappear to keep her and her sister safe. Sure, she was a little stunned by the revelation that she and Yang were not full-fledged sisters, but that did not make a bit of difference in Ruby's eyes, and from the way that she allowed Yang to wrap an arm around her in a side-hug, it certainly showed that the feeling was very mutual.

Seeing the sisterly moment that was being shared, along with just how happy Ruby seemed to be brought bright smiles to Weiss and Blake's faces too, right to the point where they were sure that they were likely to let a few happy tears fall as well. That whole thing had to have been hard to listen to at some points, but that speech at the end was definitely one of the most heartfelt things that they had ever heard. It was not just the words though, as even through a recording, they could feel every ounce of emotion and love that Summer held for her daughters. A part of them actually felt a little envious for Ruby right now, getting to hear such a caring thing from her mother like that, but at this moment, any envy was squashed down deep into the backs of their minds to be forgotten about before it could begin to manifest even a little bit.

When all the emotion of the moment had finally passed, Ruby turned back to Bumblebee, who looked to be smiling down at them a little bit, happy that he was able to give them such a gift, but there was still at least one more thing that he could do for Ruby right now. "Can you take me to her," Ruby requested, much to Bumblebee's surprise. "I don't want to get you in trouble or anything, but…I just…I need to see her for myself."

"And it would probably make learning about you and your kind a little easier for us if we heard it from someone that didn't speak through a car radio," Blake added on. "No offense."

"None taken, darlin'," Bumblebee replied with a smile, and if that was not an indication of how little convincing he needed to fulfill their request, the way that he quickly changed back into the old looking bug and held open one of his doors for them to climb inside certainly did.

Unlike the rest of her teammates, who were all immediately beginning to get ready and climb into the transforming robot's car mode, Weiss remained where she was, a curious look on her face as she asked, "You know, if you really are an advanced, alien robot, why do you choose to change into such an old, rundown car like this?"

Bumblebee's door instantly slammed closed at that, and the girls barely heard the next thing he said through the radio before he raced off as fast as possible. "Oh, nice going, Ice Queen! Now you made him mad," Yang scolded.

"How was I supposed to know he would take offense to that," Weiss questioned. "I was just curious if he could turn into anything else!"

"You probably could have phrased it a little better though," Blake informed the heiress almost right after that.

Ruby was about to add her own two cents to the matter, when they all heard a car horn blaring at them, and they turned to see a very surprising sight. Pulling up to them was a very nice-looking sports car, one of the latest models if they had to guess, sporting the same color scheme as Bumblebee, only with the addition of some black racing stripes, and blue lining on the wheel spokes, while the paint of the car itself was all shinny and new, like it had just come fresh off the assembly line. When the car pulled to a stop, the girls were a little cautious, until they heard the familiar sound of a radio spinning between channels, before ultimately coming to a stop on one or two different phrases. "Hey ladies…Check this out…Like what you see," Bumblebee asked through his radio.

The girls could only stare in disbelief and awe, unable to really say much of anything, until Ruby finally whispered, "…What?!"

"Now that is what I call a sweet ride," Yang complimented with a grin. "I'll bet your going to get all the ladies no problem looking like that, Bumblebee."

If the alien robot could laugh or blush right now, or at all, the girls were sure that Yang's compliment would definitely have drawn just such a response. Given that his engine seemed to purr a little more than usual for a car, they had to figure that he was doing one or both of those things, but they decided to leave it alone for now. They had something that was far more important to attend to at the moment, so they all quickly climbed in, liking the feel of the comfy seats that Bumblebee's new car mode sported, along with how smoothly he moved along the road when he rocketed forward again at his new top speed.


A few hours later, the girls found themselves well outside the kingdom with little ideas on where Bumblebee was taking them, but given that they had not seen any Grimm so far, they figured that he knew where he was going, or at the very least, how to avoid the soulless abominations, so that did help to relax them a little bit. Still, they would have liked to have been given a bit more of a clue on where they were going, but all Bumblebee had said when they asked was that they were heading for his home. Eventually, they came to see a large mountain, which Weiss quickly realized was a dormant volcano, but they were a little more worried that Bumblebee did not seem like he was going to slow down as he drew closer and closer to the side of the mountain.

"Uh Bumblebee? You are going to stop right," Ruby asked, but only received silence in answer. "Bumblebee, we're getting really close to that mountain. You should probably consider stopping. Bumblebee?! BUMBLEBEE!"

The girls all ducked their heads when Ruby let out that last scream, shutting their eyes tight in anticipation of the end, but much to their surprise, it never came. The only thing that they heard was an odd sound that made them think they had passed through something, but they were still afraid to look and see what it could have been. Eventually, Ruby found the courage to open her eyes again, and ended up gasping at the sight before her. "Whoa! You guys have gotta see this," Ruby informed her team.

Following their leader's advice, the other girls all looked to see that they had apparently passed through the mountain side, indicating that it was just some kind of camouflage, and hidden behind that camouflage was what looked to be a ship that was bigger than any vessel that any of them had ever seen in their lives. Sure, it seemed like it was wedged into the mountain side, but it was still very impressive how it looked to be so well intact despite the obvious signs of having crash-landed. The only thing that actually scared the girls was the fact that they were only looking at one part of the ship from the outside.

Their state of awe held up so well that when Bumblebee finally came to a stop and allowed them to climb out, they did so a bit more robotically, not registering that Bumblebee was doing anything else until after he had transformed again and started working his radio around so that he could introduce them to their location. "Ladies…Welcome to…The Ark," Bumblebee declared with a proud wave of his hand.

None of the girls got the chance to comment on this massive vessel, because someone else had just joined their little party. "Bumblebee? Is that you," a female voice question, prompting everyone to turn to the speaker.

This new arrival definitely looked as female as her voice did, and was about the same size as Bumblebee, but that was where the similarities between them ended. Unlike Bumblebee, the girls could not see any sure signs of what kind of vehicle she turned into, and she sported a red and black paint job on her armor, with some blue highlights here and there. Her face was colored white with red lining around her eyes and mouth, almost like eye shadow or a similar type of makeup, while atop her head was a set of black fins that was styled in a way that almost seemed similar to hair adorned with gold accessories. It was hard for Team RWBY to really get a read on this lady robot, aside from the fact that she seemed surprised to see their rescuer and chauffer, but Bumblebee had no problem recognizing her.

"BESTIE," Bumblebee's radio blared loudly as he raced over and scooped the lady robot in a tight hug, much to her amusement.

"Easy there, Bee. I'm glad to see you too, but try not to put anymore dents in me than the 'Cons already have," the lady robot chuckled. When the two released each other, she then asked, "What're you doing here though? I thought you were on an important mission." Instead of answering with his radio, the girls then listened as Bumblebee let out a series of beeps and whirs that almost sounded like Morse Code in an odd way. "I see. Tell me you gave those 'Cons a good thrashing for picking on kids like that," the lady robot requested, having apparently been able to understand all of that. Bumblebee's reply was another series of beeps and whirs, and it drew a grin from the lady robot. "Yeah, that definitely sounds like the Autobots' best and bravest scout alright. Nice to know you haven't lost your touch, Bee."

"Um, excuse me, but what just happened? I thought Bumblebee only talked through his radio. What was all of that just now," Yang interrupted.

"Cybertronian silent speak. It's a special kind of language that's commonly used among all 'Bots whose voice boxes were damaged in one way or another. Bumblebee really only uses his radio to talk when he's addressing someone who can't understand it or when he's talking to a larger group," the lady robot explained. She then drew a little closer to the girls, looked them over until her optics rested on Ruby, and said, "So judging by the silver eyes and that cloak, I'm guessing you're Ruby Rose, right?"

"Uh-um…Yes," Ruby nervously replied.

Her nervousness seemed to be either amusing or charming to the lady robot, as she chuckled a bit before saying, "Relax, I don't bite. I'm one of the good guys like Bumblebee, after all."

"Sooo…I'm guessing you and Bumblebee are close," Blake guessed.

"Best friends since before the war, actually," the lady robot confirmed. "Oh, but where are my manners? My name's Windblade."

"Nice to meet you, Windblade. I'm Weiss," the heiress of the group replied with a bow.

"Blake."

"I'm Yang, and you've obviously already figured out my little sister's name."

"Pleasure's all mine," Windblade nodded to the girls. "But I'm guessing you all would rather meet a few other individuals than just stand around outside our door."

"You've guessed correctly," Bumblebee informed his friend on the girls' behalf, this time using the recording of what sounded like a random game show host, and with that, they all began making their way into and through the massive spaceship.

As they walked through the ship, they continued to chat with Windblade, and learned that she was not part of the Ark's original crew. Instead, she had remained on Cybertron along with a good majority of the other Autobots so that they could hold and even retake some bit of ground against the Decepticons who had also remained behind, but when Optimus and his team failed to return after so long, she was sent along with a handful of others to try and help the Autobots of the Ark in their mission. The idea was that having a few extra hands would help speed things up for the team here on Remnant, but it was hard for anyone to really tell if it had worked.

Another thing to note in their journey through the massive ship was that they ended up one of the Autobots whose voice they had heard in Bumblebee's recording as well; a really big, army green 'Bot named Bulkhead. Despite his size, Bulkhead came off as a very gentle soul with a big heart, at least until Yang asked him how many Decepticons he had taken down on his own. His response was to slam a fist into his open palm and say, "There was this one time when I took down an entire platoon of sixteen 'Cons with nothing more than my bare servos."

"Still not as impressive as Grimlock's record, big guy," Windblade teasingly pointed out, despite how Yang thought it was really cool.

Eventually, they all finally reached their destination: the ship's bridge, which had obviously been repurposed to be used as a central command center and it was there that they came face-to-face with more Autobots than ever. Among them was another female Autobot with pink and white armor, a white and red, older looking 'Bot who wore a medical sign on some parts of his armor, indicating he was most likely the medic of the unit, a particularly big 'Bot that wore grey and gold armor and had some animalistic-looking features on his body, and finally, a red and blue 'Bot that, while not quite the biggest of the bunch, still seemed to command the most presence out of everyone in the room, indicating that he was more than likely the leader. From the sound of what they were all saying though, the girls got the impression that they came in at a bad time.

"We know where they're currently hiding; we may never get another chance like this again. I say we go out there, attack in full force, and not stop until we've brought back Megatron's head on a platter," the large 'Bot with animalistic features to his armor growled; his voice being another one that the girls recognized from Bee's recording.

"No Grimlock. Even if it is a relatively remote location, the Decepticons are still located too close to a human settlement for us to safely engage them without giving ourselves away," the red and blue leader denied, his voice confirming that he was the one that the girls had heard being called Optimus. "As good as their ship's cloaking systems are, it is not impervious to damage, nor is it able to prevent us from being seen at all."

"But we could end this whole war right now, and then locate the AllSpark without having to worry about our enemies finding it first," Grimlock protested.

"And how many Autobots do you think we'll lose in such an assault," questioned the old Autobot with the medical signs on his body, his voice being another one from the recording. "We don't have the energon to mount an attack like that, never mind treating the injuries that our soldiers are likely to sustain even if we do succeed. Engaging them right now would be akin to suicide. At best, it could land some of our troops in another scenario similar to the one that led to you and your team being remade into the Dinobots, and there's a good chance that none of them would make it back this time around."

Grimlock merely growled, clearly upset at that reminder, but it did seem to calm him down a little bit. It looked like the female 'Bot of the group was going to say something, when her optics turned to when they were, and she immediately smiled. "I think we may have to put this on hold, gentlemen. Our brave scout has just made a triumphant return," she commented.

Everyone immediately turned to where Team RWBY and their guides were, and when he saw that he had the room's attention, Bumblebee tapped into his radio to say, "Honey, I'm home!"

"Welcome back, Bee. It's been way too long," the female 'Bot stated.

"Arcee is correct, old friend. We have all missed you a great deal," Optimus stated as he stepped forward, identifying the female 'Bot for the girls. Speaking of which, they were all quickly noticed by the Autobot leader, as soon as he was close enough, and he then added, "And it would seem that your mission had a few complications."

"That's one way to put it," Bumblebee replied. "The Decepticons attacked…and…I was…forced…to break cover."

"I see," Optimus nodded in understanding. He then knelt down so that he was a little closer to face-level with the girls, and looked to the leader of their team when he next spoke. "Are you Ruby Rose, daughter of Summer Rose?"

"Y-yes sir," Ruby replied, a little nervous at first, as something about standing near this Autobot just seemed to command respect. "And from the recording that Bumblebee played for us a little while ago, I'm guessing that you're Optimus?"

"Indeed. I am Optimus Prime, leader of the Autobots," Optimus confirmed before he waved to the other 'Bots that were in the room. "This is one of our bravest soldiers, Arcee, our medical specialist, Ratchet, and one of our strongest warriors and the leader of the Dinobots, Grimlock. I'm sure you've already been well acquainted with Windblade, Bulkhead, and your guardian, Bumblebee."

"Yeah, his whole moment of racing in to save us from those Decepticons definitely left a good first impression," Yang quipped as best as she could, drawing attention to her. "Oh, I'm Yang, by the way. Ruby's older sister."

"Half-sister would probably be more accurate," Ratchet disputed from where he was.

"Yeah, thanks for dropping that little bombshell, by the way," Yang retorted, giving the doctor an even look.

When Ratchet saw the look and took notice of how awkward things seemed to suddenly become between the two sisters, he had the decency to look apologetic and quickly tried to apologize for speaking without thinking, but the others waved him off quickly enough so that they could get through the other introductions. "I'm Weiss Schnee, heiress of the Schnee Dust Company and Ruby's partner."

"And I'm Blake. Blake Belladonna," the cat Faunus finished.

"Belladonna," Grimlock repeated before casting a side glance to Arcee. "Isn't that the name of…"

"Shh," Arcee quickly hushed, not wanting to risk spilling anymore secrets between the girls than Ratchet already had, just in case.

"I take it that since you are here, you are all curious about us," Optimus guessed.

"Among other things," Ruby confirmed. "But we would like to know why you are here as a start."

"To protect your world from Megatron and his forces, the Decepticons, and ensure that Remnant does not suffer the same fate as Cybertron had in our long war," Optimus replied. He then waved to one of the large screens that were on the bridge, which began displaying a few images to better help with his explanation as he continued with a basic summary of their story. "For many ages, the Autobots and Decepticons have been at war with each other, fighting for various reasons, but the chief amongst them was a clash of ideals and control of our world's supply of energon."

"What's energon," Blake asked.

"It is our lifeblood, our fuel, our ammunition, and many other things," Optimus simplified as best as he could. "No Transformer can survive without it, and unfortunately, all the fighting between the two sides had resulted in Cybertron being forced to shut down most of its ability to produce anymore."

"So why can't you guys just try and work something out? Maybe find a way so that you can all share it with each other," Ruby asked.

"It's not as simple as that. Megatron and his forces have goals that span far beyond controlling the energon of our world. Megatron believes that the only way to restore Cybertron to the paradise it had once been even before the war is through tyranny and conquest. As such, Megatron will not rest until he has secured rule over Cybertron and the rest of the known universe, and he will not hesitate to destroy anyone or anything that dares to oppose him," Optimus explained as gently as he could. He then started to look a little more somber as he quietly added, "Even if those people were once close to him in some manner or another."

"So why come to Remnant? I highly doubt that you would find any of this energon here," Weiss reasoned.

"You'd be surprised just how much energon is actually buried beneath your planet's surface," Ratchet disputed. "Ages ago, even before our war, ancient Cybertronians had scattered special pockets of energon in preparation for a day when Cybertron could no longer produce the substance, or if there ever came a day when the planet was overpopulated and needed to expand outwards to other worlds. Those pockets grew over time, and allowed various worlds to become rich with life and energy in various forms. Even your Dust crystals hold some similarities to energon, and if refined correctly could be used to create a small supply of energon cubes."

"More than that, we believe that the AllSpark is hidden somewhere on your world," Optimus revealed.

"The what," Yang asked.

"The AllSpark. An ancient and powerful artifact that grants new life to all Transformers, and which provided Cybertron with most of its power and ability to produce energon. The Decepticons had once tried to seize it for themselves so that they could ensure that all future generations of Transformers would be born Decepticons," Windblade explained.

"We were able to secure the AllSpark before that could happen, but in order to prevent any further risk of this from happening, I was forced to send the AllSpark off of Cybertron, and out into the vast reaches of space. Now, we must locate it, or Cybertron may be forever lost to us all," Optimus explained.

Hearing that an entire world was likely to perish if the Autobots failed in their mission was one thing, but given all that Optimus had just told them, the girls had gotten the impression that their world was in just as much danger as Cybertron. It did not matter what school they were from, what kingdom they lived in, or what country they were from; the Decepticons would not let anything stop them from getting what they wanted, and this Megatron sounded even worse. So, after hearing all of this, none of them were surprised with Ruby's next question for Optimus, nor did any of them object to it.

"What can we do to help," the young scythe wielder asked.

Hearing that question made the Autobots all pause for a moment of silence, until Optimus said, "I appreciate what you are offering, Ruby, but this matter is not something you and your friends should concern yourselves with."

"Some of those Decepticons you're fighting just attacked us because Ruby's mom worked with you guys in the past, and there may even be a chance that they're working with the White Fang and Roman Torchwick, or whoever it is that he's working for. I'd say that we have plenty of reason to be concerned," Blake protested.

"I agree, and besides, from what you've told us, these Decepticons won't care about what happens to our world so long as they get what they want, even if they weren't involved with those ne'er-do-wells," Weiss argued along with Blake.

"Uh…who," Ruby questioned. She was no more aware of what ne'er-do-well meant than she was the last time Weiss used the term.

"It just wouldn't be right for us to ignore all of this when we know there's something we can do to help," Weiss finished.

"Yeah, Ice Queen's got the right idea," Yang nodded.

"Hey!"

"Besides, I wanna fight me some evil alien robots!"

Hearing that last comment from the blonde, made Grimlock let out an impressed sounding huff and say, "I like that one."

"You would," Ratchet grumbled.

Optimus on the other hand, could only smile down at Ruby when he saw a familiar sense of determination and courage in her eyes, and eventually said, "I believe that your people having a saying that states like mother, like daughter."

Hearing Optimus mention her mom reminded Ruby of the other reason why they were here, and she lost a lot of her courage and determination in an instant. No longer did she look like a brave, selfless huntress determined to save the world from any and all evil; now, she just looked like a scared girl who was afraid of the answer to one burning question. "Is…Is she here," Ruby just barely managed to stutter out. "My mom, I mean. Bumblebee said that she was still…and I want to believe him, but…"

Hearing the girl's question brought a gentle smile to all the Autobots' faces, and Optimus happily answered, "Your mother has been helping us in our fight for many years now, Ruby Rose, and she is in fact here at the base even now."

"She's helping Wheeljack in his lab right now, but I can easily call her up so that you can…" Arcee started to say, only to stop short when another door into the room opened, and they all heard the most recent arrival speaking up with a voice that made Ruby and Yang both freeze up the instant they heard it, the former more so than the latter.

"I'm sorry to bother you with this, Optimus, but Wheeljack insisted that I come and get you right away. Said that he'd had a breakthrough on a new invention that could help a great deal in our next offensive against the 'Cons. I think this one may even make it possible for Grimlock and his team to tag along without worrying about blowing the secret," reported a woman whose features were mostly hidden by her long, white cloak, while her eyes were fixed on the Scroll in her hand. At least they were until she heard the first reaction to her arrival.

"Hey, hey! Summer's here," Bumblebee's radio sang out, making the white-cloaked woman turn from her Scroll to the Autobot in question.

"Bee? What're you doing here? I thought you weren't going to be visiting to stock up on energon for another few…"

That was as far as the woman got in her question, as the Autobots had chosen that moment to stand aside, allowing her to see their four visitors, and when her eyes found Ruby and Yang, she instantly let out a gasp and dropped her Scroll out of shock. The entirety of Team RWBY was almost just as shocked as her, because there, standing before them, was a woman that appeared to be almost the spitting image of Ruby, from her fair complexion, to her graduating black-to-red hair, and right down to her silver eyes. Unlike Ruby, the woman had her hair tied back in a half-up/half-down style, and when she raised an arm up, her cloak parted just enough for the girls to see that said cloak was red on the inside, while the rest of her outfit was very similar to Ruby's. At the moment though, no one was more focused on her than Ruby, and the others could only watch as the two stared at each other in shared, silent surprise for a few moments, even as Ruby slowly walked closer to the woman.

"R…Ruby," the white cloaked woman whispered, her voice heavy with emotion and signs that she was seconds away from shedding tears.

Before she could say anything more than that, Ruby had suddenly covered the rest of the distance between the two of them, and wrapped her in the tightest hug she could manage right now. It was not like the kind of hugs she would normally give out to her friends and family, but it seemed like it showed even more love than any of those. "Hey Mom," Ruby finally choked out with a smile as the first few tears began to fall from her eyes. "I've missed you so much."

Hearing that, Summer Rose could no longer hold herself back, and before anyone knew it, she was crying out of happiness with her daughter as she held Ruby to her as tightly as possible. "I missed you, too, my little rose," Summer replied. When she finally found the strength to pull back, she noticed that there was one other person in the room that she had not seen in a while, trying to hold back tears, and she immediately called out, "Yang."

When she heard Summer call her name, Yang instantly perked up and saw that Summer was holding one arm out in a silent invitation to the blonde, and Yang happily accepted as she rushed over to join the two in a group hug. "I'm so glad you're okay," Yang admitted, no longer trying to hold back her tears.

"I'm happy to see you too, Little Dragon," Summer stated as she held both girls in her arms for a few more minutes. When she finally released them both, she took a minute to look them over, unable to really believe that her daughters were standing before her or think of anything to say, until she finally said, "Look at you two…You're both so big!"

That got a little bit of laughter from both Ruby and Yang before they pulled their mother back in for another hug, none of them caring that Weiss, Blake, and the Autobots were all watching this little moment with happy smiles on their faces. Right now, they could not care about anything regarding Torchwick, the White Fang, or even the Decepticons. The two sisters just wanted to enjoy this unexpected but very welcome family reunion that they had been presented with, and no one had any intention of letting them do any less than that.


AN: Aaaaaaannnnnd scene! Great job everybody. Brilliant work! Yeah, you all read that right. In this little number, Ruby's mom did not die on her last mission, but instead faked her death so that she could help the Autobots with their mission in secret. And-Oof! [looks down to see what tackled him and sighs a bit] Really Ruby? You couldn't wait a few more seconds?

Ruby: Just shut up and take the hug. You wrote a story that let me get my mom back. You deserve it. [hugs a little tighter, but thankfully not to suffocation levels this time, and smiles happily]

AN: [looks at Ruby before finally just smiling and returning the hug] Okay, you win. Happy birthday, Ruby. [suddenly gets tackled with another hug and looks to see responsible party] Really Yang?

Yang: Hey, like Ruby said, you deserve it. Raven may have given birth to me, but Summer was the one who raised me, and I've always considered her as my real mom, so of course I'm gonna give you a hug too.

AN: Fair enough. [wraps an arm around Yang to complete the group hug for a few minutes before they all finally let go] Okay, we've all gotten all the hugs out there now, right?

RY: Yeah, we're good.

AN: Good. Now, let's go over the details that would be behind this meeting, should I ever decide to push forward and make this into a bigger story.

First off, I'm sure you all noticed more than a few references to various different Transformers media, be they the shows or the movies. In terms of the overall aesthetic design of the 'Bots, I'll simply say that they hold the designs we see them using in the newest Transformers series, Transformers Cyberverse. Just to be clear though, Optimus's voice is the one done by Peter Cullen, at least in my mind when I was writing this, so no worries there. In the case of character personalities, Grimlock is a bit more like is more iconic self in that he doesn't get along with Optimus too well most of the time, but he doesn't talk in the old "Me, Grimlock..." stuff unless he's in Dino-mode, same with the rest of the Dinobots. The transformers may have the Cyberverse design, along with a few elements that have been added to their story like the AllSpark search and other matters, but the idea behind how this would work (or at least what I would be going for here) would be something that is extremely similar to the G1 Transformers, hence why their base is the Ark, and its stuck in the side of a dormant volcano/mountain.

Just to be clear, the actual story would not start in the time frame of the main RWBY series. It'd be a little while before that. As in at a time before Summer Rose had gone on that last mission of hers, so you would get to see my interpretation of how that went down, or at least one that includes the Transformers in it. That section of the story would be pretty similar to the story of the Bumblebee movie, with the obvious difference being the addition of more 'Bots. I know that may seem like it would slow the story down a little, but trust me, it'd be so worth it.

While we're on the topic of Summer Rose, yes, I did basically bring her back from the dead, or more accurately, make it so that her death had never been a real thing. My reasoning: because we need a few more RWBY stories like that. Just about every time I've looked for a story with Summer Rose actually in it without being in the usual canon capacity, it usually falls under one of three categories: 1) She's brought back as some horrible Grimm-like monster under Salem's control. I mean, does anyone else think that makes no sense, considering that Summer's one of the few people who can literally destroy Grimm with just a look? I mean come on! Besides, what kid would want to see their dead parent being brought back as a horrible monster? 2) It takes place sometime before the main story of RWBY and doesn't go beyond that. Sure, that's mostly applicable to fan comics or something, but still. It'd be nice to see something that's a little closer to the RWBY present day, even if that does mean talking about Summer's final fate. Not all of their wackier adventures could've happened while they were in Beacon. 3) Raven grows a conscience and saves Summer at the last second. Now I know that I basically did the same thing here in this Meeting, but in my defense, I will go ahead and say right now that Bumblebee did most of the work in saving Summer's life. Raven just gave them an exit and was asked to be the messenger about what had happened to Summer.

Weiss: So, would this mean that Ruby's mom would likely be able to teach Ruby about a few things in the future, like about how to use her silver eyes? Or that she would get involved when the Fall of Beacon happens?

AN: I will say that Summer's death would be revealed to be faked some time around that point of this particular story's version of those events, but I can't go further than that.

Ruby: Either way, I'd really like to see how that would play out, and see how you believe me and mom fighting side-by-side with each other would be like.

AN: Well, don't get too excited. Remember, this is still just a rough draft for the actual story, and an idea for now. Whether or not I expand on it is up to everyone else who's reading it and what they think of this Meeting. Seriously guys, this is one of the ones where you need to let me know if you think I should push forward with expanding it into a full-fledged story in the future, so don't be afraid to tell me what you think about that in your reviews, please.

Yang: Any other reason why we shouldn't get excited?

AN: You mean aside from the fact that, as of this moment, we still have no confirmation on what Summer's weapon actually was so I'd have a hard time writing out any fight scenes for her? No, nothing in particular comes to mind right now.

Ruby: Either way, this was a great birthday present just for the fact that you let me reunite with my mom, so thanks again, lyokoMARVELanime. [hugs lyoko again]

AN: Yeah, this is clearly going to be a thing for a while.

WBY: Are you complaining?

AN: So long as don't start losing the ability to breathe again...[looks between WBY and Ruby for a minute before just returning the hug with a smile] Not that much. And with that all said...

Please read and review, Happy Halloween, Happy birthday to Ruby, and I'll see you again in the next colorful adventure!