In case you don't recognize it Death Scythe; I threw "you" in so that it'll make sense when… well, I won't give it away. Tomorrow is an former friend of mine's birthday; and even though she hates me now, I hold no grudge. But I'm not making the mistake of being her friend again. Anyway; happy birthday Sabrina. I don't care if you won't recognize it, but life sucks, that's just how it is,and you of all people should've known that enough to realize that that's why we've gotta stick together. All well. too late now.

Not who you think I am

Human

Aurora searched high and low, running frantically around the entire sector of Iacon, searching for the lost sparkling. "Ariel? Ariel Pax! Oh where are you!"

Ariel wasn't even thinking that she would be missed by the guardian 'bot. She had long before found a passage that would seemingly lead to Cybertron's core. Ariel eventually found the room she was looking for. It seemed to go both down and up infinitely. A small pathway crossed to a stairwell on the other side of the crevice. The path was barely wide enough for an adult Cybertronian to cross; but a sparkling could cross without any trouble. Once about halfway across; Ariel bent over the edge and peered down, a light glowing far below: it was the all-spark, Primus.

"Ariel? Ariel? Answer me! Oh… Where are you? Arie-ah!" Something blasted the side of the building, knocking the femme clear on her aft. The tremor was so powerful it felt as if it could shake it to the lowest levels. Aurora suddenly worried that the shaking had harmed the sparkling. "Oh my Primus! Ariel? Ariel please, where are you?"

The battle outside was nearly over before she tracked the pink sparkling down. "Ariel? Ariel?"

The sparkling crawled out of a strange door, running toward Aurora. "Aurora!" She chirped quietly, jumping in her arms.

"Oh Ariel! Are you alright?"

"Yes." She whispered gently, a strange mark on her chest armor that looked like a 'P' suddenly turned into an Autobot insignia.

The battle continued to rage outside, and Aurora brought Ariel back to the protection chamber, putting her with the other sparklings. Her friends asked her where she's been, especially a particularly feisty femme, who was only about half Ariel's age, named Scythe, "Well? Where were you? Huh-huh-huh? Is it okay? Where-"

Ariel waved her hand and looked sadly down at little Scythe. She won't understand… No one will ever understand… I was just trying to help… And now… I… I'm not me… "I don't want to talk about it Scythy. Okay?"

The little femme looked up at her sadly, "Okay…"

Ariel Pax woke up, she couldn't move, she felt cold metal against her side, and a warm flesh-hand on her shoulder. But something was strange… the hand was flesh, but the sensation was totally new to her; and the hand seemed disproportionate. She heard Alexis' voice in her ear, louder than it should've been, and softer too. "Ariel? Ariel open your eyes. Just try. Please?"

Everything came flooding back to her, and she bolted upright, forcing her eyes to open. Alexis was sitting next to her, looking slightly surprised at the sudden movement, a pink helmet in her hands. She touched her throat, a little scared of what might come out when she tried to talk, "Uh…" it sounded like her voice, only non-metallic.

"Do you know what's going on?"

"Yeah Alexis… but… the last thing I remember was… I couldn't get down any energon… then…"

Alexis smiled, "Red Alert! She's okay! She's awake!"

Red Alert stumbled over dizzily, and Ariel noticed a blond boy with cloths that matched Hotshot's armor, in color patterns anyway, and a red visor in his hair on another med-bunk. He was unconscious. He was Hotshot. "That's good Alexis. Let's see if she can move yet."

Alexis smiled at her offering Ariel her hand, "Your eyes are really pretty as a human Ariel. They're a really nice blue-green color!" Ariel grinned, and took Alexis' hand.

It suddenly occurred to Ariel that Red Alert didn't seem well, like he was having trouble staying on his feet. Not that she was doing much better; she needed to get used to being human. "A-are you okay? Reddy?"

He looked at her in surprise, he was fine, but would soon be in the same situation as her. He smiled, "I'm fine; I haven't gotten to the stage you and Hotshot got at that caused you the most pain."

With Alexis studying her, she lumbered over to him, "Is there anything I can do to help you and Hotshot?"

"Well… chances are I'm going to turn into a… human… before he wakes up… so he might need some explanation-"

"Got it covered. Don't worry about a thing Reddy! Oh… what do I do if something's wrong with him? Or you when you wake up?"

Red Alert was silent for a long while, finally whispering to her, "Let's just hope it doesn't come to that, Ariel."

Her eyes widened in surprise, then bit her lip, nodding hopelessly, "Okay Reddy. But… okay… now I'm worried about you guys…"

"Now you know how we felt for the past four hours." Alexis chuckled.

"Wait… I was out for four hours?" Ariel whispered in disbelief.

"Yes you were. It startled us at first but-" Red Alert's explanation was disrupted by Alexis.

"We were also startled that it took your armor into organic form too!"

"Oh… is that what that weird sensation is?" even Red Alert couldn't resist laughing a small bit at Ariel.

"Yep. Cloths. You look like a… a sixteen, seventeen, eighteen year old girl. You look like one of those popular high-schooler girls." Alexis teased, grinning at Ariel like no tomorrow.

Optimus entered, putting his hand on Red Alert's shoulder, turning him slightly toward the med-bay recharge berth. Even the gentle touch of the leader had nearly knocked the over-worked medic off his feet. "Save up your energy alright Red Alert? Don't make me make that an order."

He nodded, stumbling over to the "bunk", half falling into it. He eventually managed to get in a semi-comfortable position, and slipped into recharge within a few moments due to the stress from the serum and just overall every-day stress. Ariel turned to Alexis, "Where are the boys?"

"They're hanging out with the Minicons." Alexis and Ariel both heard a strange sound come from Ariel's stomach, once Alexis realized what it was she smiled, "I think it's time to introduce you to food. Common Ariel!" Alexis dragged her cheerily to eat.

Alexis ran into the control room ahead of Ariel; knowing full well she wouldn't be able to keep up, and wanted to give her a sly welcome. "Boy's, 'bots, and Rad of course; I'd like to introduce you all to the new, organic, Ariel Pax!" she chirped, timing it perfectly with Ariel walking around the corner, her cheeks slightly pink with the new sensations barraging her.

"Whoa, is that really you Ariel? You look… different…" Jetfire gaped; he had never seen her so flustered, except for the first day it had been legal for her to drink high grade energon.

Scavenger also was surprised about how different she looked from normal, holding out his hand, picking her up gingerly, "I don't believe it Ariel. I didn't think you'd ever be small enough to fit in an adult's hand again. You were itty bitty-thing…"

"Uh… Uncle Scavenger? Can you put me down? This seems kind of high up…"

"Plus she's hungry… we think…" Alexis butted in, and Scavenger put Ariel down gingerly, shaking his head.

"She's hungry? Are you sure?" Carlos asked, confused.

"Only one way to find out!" Alexis chirped, grabbing hold of Ariel's wrist and dragging her to the refrigerator. Blurr, Smokescreen, Rad, Fred, and Billy all seemed dumbstruck. Ariel looked very strange for a human; most humans didn't have blue-purple hair. "Ariel; what do you want to try first?" Alexis chirped.

Fred shook his head, and ran over to the girls near the fridge. "I suggest potato chips. Or ice cream. Ice cream is always good."

Alexis put her hands on her hips. "Fred; we want her to ear healthy food. We don't want to do something that might cause problems for her health. Here Ariel! This is Celery, a vegetable." Ariel cautiously nibbled on the celery, cautiously doing everything she could to eat properly; following the children's instructions of course.

It wasn't more than an hour before Red Alert's transformation was complete. He had dark, bluish-black hair, and a red visor with a blue cross on top. And like with both Ariel and Hotshot, his cloths mimicked his armor. It was a good three hours before Hotshot awoke, and took nearly twenty minutes to calm him down. Then they had to teach him to eat as well. By the time Red Alert woke and had the basics explained to him; everyone was exhausted (and everyone had to learn more than eating).

Ariel seemed the most tired of the 'bots turned human, and was dozing off in her chair. Alexis grabbed her arm, moving her to her feet, "I think it's time someone got to bed. Optimus? Where can they sleep? I don't know if a recharge thingy's going to be comfortable for them; at least until they get used to their new bodies. Hey! My parents aren't going to be home for a few days- business trip. You three can stay at my house!"

"Are you sure that's a good idea? What if your parents come home early? They'll wonder why a teenage boy, a twenty-something looking guy and a teenage girl are all in your house." Rad pointed out.

"Thank you Mr. Positive." Alexis growled. "Well Optimus? Can they? Just for a few days mind you but…" She looked up to him hopefully.

"Well… What do you three think?" He asked, turning to his now-human team members.

"It seems like a good idea to me!" Hotshot chirped.

"Huh? Uh… sure… just don't wake me up." Ariel mumbled.

"It makes sense I suppose. So long as we don't stay more than a day or two…"

"Yes! Sleepover! Common guys!" she noticed the boys glancing around sheepishly at her, she smiled, and asked them; "You guys want ta come too? It'd be fun!"

"Okay!"

To be continued…

Done-done-done! Whew! Never type for a full hour while watching the news, a movie, or reality TV; just-… just don't do it! It takes way too much time to do anything… RnR if you want! If you don't… meh. I'll probably be too busy writing the next chappie to notice who does and doesn't review. Adios amigos y no amigos! Laptops are good… I can watch AFV and type! It's heaven!