SpiritDreamWriter: "Okay the first chapter was junk but hopefully this one will be better."

Ironhide: "You better stop now while you still have a chance."

Me: (turns into saber tooth tiger transformer and growls)

Ironhide: (shrinks to size of a kitten) "How did you do that?"

Me: This is my story I can do whatever I want whenever I want. Now…who is the authoress here? (Unsheathes claws)

Ironhide: Yyyou …are.

Me: Good boy now go do something while I figure out a way to get rid of this bored ness.

Ironhide: (mumbles) Weirdo. (The sounds of a record scratching and tires screeching goes off)

Me: (glares) "What did you just say?"

Ironhide: Uuh…uh…aw crud.

(Optimus walks in just in time to see me attack Ironhide and start to strangle him while banging his head on the floor in the process)

Optimus: "Yep I knew that mouth of his would get him into trouble one day." "Anyway nothing to see here people just go on and read the story before things get really ugly."

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Just seeing things?

The faint pink line of dawn began to spread its light on the jungle planet making the darkness of the night shift from its place.

Sahara awoke as soon as the first ray of sunlight hit her optics. Gently shifting her head so she wouldn't disturb her sleeping mother, she looked out towards the rising sun.

Shadows retreated into their dark crevices as the sun continued to bathe the land in its light.

The sky began to glow a warm red as the sun continued to rise over the horizon.

Sahara loved to watch the sun rise and set everyday, but the sun wasn't the only thing she had her eyes on this morning.

There, standing a short distance, away a dark maned lion stood gazing at the Terracon. From the way Sahara could tell he almost looked like he was made of the sunlight itself from the way his golden fur shimmered.

'Where have I seen him before?' Sahara thought to herself gently standing up to get a better look.

'Is he the same one from last night?'

Flashback

Sahara looked at the entrance of the cave to see the first ray of moonlight breaking from its stormy barrier.

Something caught her eye as the light planted its feet onto the ground.

A dark furred lion stood there bathed in the silver light gazing at her with sunset colored orbs. Sahara continued to stare at him as if in a trance but yet she was unafraid.

A strange feeling passed over her as the lion continued to stare at her. It was as if there was a connection trying to form.

'Is he trying to read my thoughts?' Sahara thought.

'I believe it's you who's trying to read mine.' a voice said.

Sahara nearly jumped out of her armor. She shook her head a little trying to clear her head then looked back at the lion.

'Who are you?' she asked with her thoughts.

The lion didn't reply but instead simply smiled and faded away.

End of Flashback

Sahara shook her head clearing her mind of the memory.

'No…he's not the same one, yet why do I get the feeling I have seen him before.' She thought puzzled.

Gathering her courage Sahara slowly walked up to the lion never taking her eyes off of him.

She stopped only a few feet away. Again the weird feeling came over her.

'You're a brave one aren't you?' A voice stated.

"Who are you?" she asked a loud surprised. The lion gave a warm smile.

"All shall be revealed to you soon but now is not the right time." He replied.

"When will I know the time is right?" Sahara asked very confused.

"You will know for we shall show you." The lion said.

"We?" Sahara asked.

The lion simply smiled before turning tail and dashing off towards the rising sun.

"Wait!" Sahara called. "You still haven't answered my question!"

She broke out into a run and chased after the golden lion. "Dang this guy is fast." She panted as the lion continued to increase the distance between them.

Determined, Sahara increased her speed trying desperately to keep up.

The lion slowed down and stopped as he reached the hilltop.

Panting, Sahara dropped to the ground at the base of the hill.

The lion gazed down at Sahara again and smiled.

"Nice job with keeping up, but this is where I must leave you for now." "But I assure you our paths shall cross again." He replied. With that the lion broke into a run and leapt into the air disappearing into the horizon.

Sahara dragged herself up the hill and looked for the lion's golden form but he was no where to be found.

"Great that's one way to waste some extra time of sleeping." She said mentally kicking herself.

Once more she looked at the sun as it began to break away from the surface of the planet. Something within seemed to grow from her chest as she stared at the orb of light.

Confused, Sahara looked down at the horizon beyond her. It was breathtaking but yet it seemed to be alone of the life from other animals as well.

Only things there were the calls of strange birds and the buzzing of insects. "I wonder what this place would look like with other animals as well." She wondered the feeling still growing inside.

Then unable to contain herself any longer Sahara let out a roar, welcoming the return of the light.

The sound echoed throughout the land startling birds from their roosts and sending them flying out into the sky making it even more dazzled with bright colors.

Satisfied Sahara sat on her haunches and watched as the birds flew out of sight into the distance.

A sudden rustle from behind caught her attention as she cautiously flicked an ear back.

"My that's quite a voice you have." A feminine voice said.

Sahara whipped around and was immediately on the defensive mode. But what she saw quickly suppressed her growling.

A small silver-ish minicon stood there with her arms in front of her face in a pathetic attempt to defend herself.

"Whoa, calm down." "I'm sorry I didn't mean to startle you." The minicon apologized.

"Uuh…it's okay I guess." Sahara said cautiously still not trusting the minicon.

"You now it might be better if you put your arms down so that way I can see your face." She said matter-of-factly.

The minicon slowly put her arms down. A puzzled look quickly spread across Sahara's face as she stared at the minicon.

The minicon was a silver-ish color with lion like ears. Her small delicate hands clutched her tail which had a small tuft of fur on the end as well while her arms had feathers on them.

The small minicon looked at Sahara with large brown optics that were filled with cautiousness yet they were not afraid.

"I'm sorry I didn't mean to startle you." The minicon apologized again. "It's okay I'm the one who should be apologizing." Sahara stated.

Then she walked over to the minicon and poked her. "Ow…What was that for?" she asked angrily.

"Sorry I just wanted to know if you were real or just another vision." Sahara said. "Of course I'm real!" the minicon screamed jumping up and down obviously insulted.

"Whoa, hold on there's no need to blow a circuit." Sahara stated getting rather annoyed.

The minicon continued to bounce up and down in anger.

"Hey will you just…just…STOP!" Sahara roared.

The minicon immediately stopped and gave an "I'm innocent" smile. "So, what exactly are you?" Sahara asked trying to start a conversation.

"Oh, I am a Nixion, a cross between a phoenix and a lion." The minicon said.

"A Nixion?" "I haven't seen those around here before, do they exist?" Sahara asked once again deeply confused.

The minicon nodded her head repeatedly although she looked a little insulted.

"Of course they exist, I've seen one myself, if you don't believe me then I probably wouldn't be standing here in front of your face telling you this if Nixions didn't exist." The minicon said sticking a finger on Sahara's nose.

"Okay…okay." Sahara stated rubbing her sore nose. "I apologize…I just wasn't sure."

The minicon crossed her arms but gave an amused smile.

"Sahara!" "Sahara, where are you?" Tana yelled.

"Uh-oh." The minicon muttered. She quickly turned tail and ran back into the bushes disappearing from sight.

"Wait, I didn't get your name!" Sahara screamed but the minicon was already gone.

She turned her head just in time to see Tana slowly trotting up to her. "Whew, there you are." Tana stated.

"Where have you been?"

"Uuh…uh…I was just watching the sunrise, you know how I really like to watch it." Sahara gave a sheepish grin.

Tana put on an amused face. "Your hiding something aren't you." She said matter-of-factly.

"No I'm not." Sahara said trying to sound innocent. "Who were you talking to?" "No one.

Tana gave her daughter a hard look but it quickly turned into a smile.

"Nice wake-up call by the way." She said.

Sahara sweat dropped. "Oops." She chuckled nervously. "I didn't mean to, I couldn't help myself."

"It's alright I probably needed to wake up anyway." Tana yawned and stretched a little.

"After all…" she continued. "You are your father's daughter."

Sahara gave a huge grin. "And downright proud of it too." She said holding her head up high proudly.

"There you two are." A voice said tiredly. Tana and Sahara turned just in time to see a bird Terracon fly towards them.

"I've been looking all over for you." She said after landing.

"Good morning Tori, how was your sleep?" Tana asked trying to be polite.

The bird Terracon swayed from side to side tiredly. "It could've been better but thanks for waking me up anyway Sahara." "I'm sure I would've slept the whole day through."

Sahara gave another sheepish grin. "Oops again…how many did I wake up?"

Tori yawned. "Pretty much all of us." Sahara smacked herself. "Darnit, I'm in so much trouble this time."

"Well I'm sure everyone needed to wake up." Tana replied trying to raise the mood.

"Yeah, everyone was exhausted from that display you set last night which by the way was absolutely brilliant and you can take that as a compliment." Tori replied smiling broadly.

"Thanks…I guess." Sahara smiled rubbing the back of her neck in embarrassment.

"Come on, you two we need to get back to the cave for another day of battle awaits us!" Tori exclaimed as she rose into the air to lead the two cat mechs home.

Sahara gave a miserable sigh. Tana nudged her daughter. "Come on, you don't have to fight, you can just get the power source we need to survive."

"Yes I know but I can't help but wonder was that all we were created to do?" Sahara asked.

Tana couldn't reply. Instead she sighed. "I wish I knew." With that she broke into a trot and started to follow Tori.

Sahara watched as her mother's form as it started to grow smaller in the distance.

She was about to follow when the feeling that she was being watched passed over her.

Turning around she saw a pair of brown eyes from a small silver form were staring at her from the top of a tree. The femme minicon smiled and waved shyly as a good-bye.

Sahara smiled warmly then dashed away to follow her mother home.

The minicon watched as the Terracon disappeared into the distance following the other two back to the cave.

She smiled again. "It's just as the golden lion said our paths shall cross again…Sahara."

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Me: (still in saber tooth form) "Hmm…I think it could've been a little better but its okay."

Optimus: "Hey, where's Ironhide?"

Me: (smiles evilly and points to the tied up form of Ironhide with a dirty T-shirt gagging him)

Ironhide: Mmppphdop!

Optimus: "What?"

Ironhide: Mmppphdop! (starts thrashing around)

Me: "Uuh I think he said read and review."