A/N: I am so sorry I haven't updated this in so long. School and personal issues got in the way, but I'm back to updating this and my other TF fics now. I'll also update my Smurfs and Thomas the Tank Engine fics. It might be slow since I'm starting college, but I'll try to update as often as I can. Thanks for being so patient.

I do not own Transformers. They belong to Hasbro. Sunriser, Darklight and my ocs belong to me.

Meanwhile, back at the castle, Ironhide returned. Darklight was waiting for him. "I see you have returned Ironhide. Now did you do as I commanded?"

"Yes, your Majesty." Ironhide did not hide the venom in his voice. He held a satchel up to the Queen with the "evidence."

"Give it to me!" Darklight barked and took the satchel from his servo. She looked in and saw... Well, it gets a bit unpleasant from there. "You have done well Ironhide. You'll receive no punishment. Now get out of here before I change my mind!"

Ironhide left immediately. "Sunriser should be safe now," He said to himself. Now he had to get himself and his family as far away from the castle as possible.

Darklight smirked to herself. "Now with that pest out of the way, I can go back to be the fairest one of all. And there's no threat to my rule over this kingdom either."

~3~

Sunriser wasn't sure what to expect from the Dinobots, but she found out soon enough. The first thing that woke her up in the morning was a loud crash! "Huh? What?" She said, waking up groggily. "What was that?" She rushed downstairs to see what was wrong. A rather messy sight met her optics. The Dinobots were awake and getting some morning Energon, which should not normally be a messy affair. However, Dinobots are not known for their neatness. They were being quite rowdy and spilling Energon EVERYWHERE. "What in the universe?!"

Swoop turned around and smiled when he saw Sunriser. "Hi you Sunriser! Recharge fine?"

Sunriser had to smile a little at Swoop's cheerfulness. "I did, thank you Swoop," she replied. She frowned again when she looked back at the mess. "Um, what is going on in here?"

Swoop didn't seem fazed by the mess at all. "We Dinobots get Energon."

Sunriser sighed. "But it's getting everywhere!"

"That normal." Swoop said, not understanding why Sunriser looked upset.

Sunriser sighed. This would take some getting used to. She carefully walked around the Dinobots to see if she could find some Energon for herself. She wove around the dinos to get to the fuel. It looked like they had a pile of Energon cubes in the corner of the room. She didn't know where they got it, but she hoped it wasn't stolen or anything. "No, they couldn't have stolen it. They may be a bit loud and rough around the edges, but I don't think they are thieves," Sunriser thought as she made it to the stack. She preferred to think the best of people and trusted easily, perhaps too easily. It didn't help that she had had a sheltered upbringing either. "May I have a cube please?" she asked the Dinos.

"Yes!" Swoop replied. "Take what you Sunriser like!"

"Thank you." She took a cube and sat down on a chair in the corner of the room. "This is might take awhile to get used to."

Sunriser stayed with the Dinobots for several days, while at the castle, Darklight was in a very good mood. Whenever she was glad, everyone else was miserable. She had spread the lie that Sunriser was killed by wild animals. Ironhide knew she wouldn't be fooled for long, so he and his family had fled the castle and were getting ready to flee the kingdom. Darklight didn't know where Ironhide had gone or why, but she didn't care. She only cared about her "victory." One day, she decided to ask the mirror the usual question on a whim. "Mirror, mirror, on the wall. Who is the fairest one of all?" she asked. with a smirk.

The answer was not what she was expecting. "You are mostly lovely, O Queen, but Sunriser is still the fairest."

"What?!" The Queen snarled. "She's dead. Ironhide brought me proof of her death!"

"The spark he brought back was that of a titanium moose bot. He lied," the mirror replied.

Darklight roared with rage. "That's why I haven't seen him! The coward fled! Well, good riddance. I'll just have to take care of this myself!" She stormed into a secret room in the castle and began plotting. "I need to get rid of Sunriser for good this time. Something the femme will never suspect. Ah ha!" She exclaimed as she pulled out an old scroll. "An energon fruit. That's so rare now she'll be interested. 'One taste and the victim's optics will close forever in a death-like recharge.' Perfect!" The wicked femme cackled and started work on her evil plan.

~3~

That evening, Sunriser was sitting with the Dinobots inside the cabin. She decided to ask a question that had been nagging at her for awhile. "Um, if it's okay to ask, where did you Dinobots come from originally? I've never seen other bots like you before and I was curious," she asked. The Dinobots went silent. "Oh, did I say something wrong?"

"N-No. You Sunriser not know," said Sludge.

"Us Dinobots built by two bots," said Swoop, deciding to answer Sunriser's question. "Them called Ratchet and Wheeljack. They very nice, but him Ratchet grumpy." Sunriser chuckled a bit at that. Ratchet and Wheeljack sounded wonderful.

Slag's expression darkened. "Queen Darklight not like us! She call us ugly! She banish us!"

"She did what?!" Sunriser cried.

"Me Grimlock would bash her... But her Darklight take them Ratchet and Wheeljack. Locked them up. Would have hurt them," the resident T-Rex said sadly. "We have to leave."

Sunriser felt so bad for the Dinobots. "I am so sorry... I didn't know," she replied with a solemn look on her faceplates. She hadn't thought Darklight was as bad as that. She had always known Darklight was incredibly vain, but she had she was too busy being wrapped up in her looks to even consider something like that. "Somehow, I need to get back to the castle and stop her from doing worse things," she thought. "I'll find a way to free Ratchet and Wheeljack, at the very least. It's the least I can do for the Dinobots after what they've done for me."

"It okay you Sunriser," said Swoop. He smiled, hoping that would make everyone feel better. He didn't like seeing his brothers and their new friend sad. "Things will be okay." Sunriser nodded in response, but still intended to do something about this, once she could think of a plan that would work that is.

~3~

The next day, the Dinos were going out to see if they could find some more energon. Sunriser stayed behind to take care of the cabin. "No open door to anyone but us Dinobots," warned Grimlock. "Don't let anyone in cabin."

"Yeah, evil Queen could be lurking," added Swoop.

"I understand," Sunriser replied. "I won't let any strangers in the cabin. I promise." Then she bid the Dinos goodbye as they lumbered down the mountain. Things remained quiet through the morning. However, in the afternoon, something happened.

A stranger was climbing up the mountain. An old femme wearing a cloak. It was Darklight in disguise. She had used a potion to disguise herself. She knew Sunriser was a trusting sort, but she would not true her in her normal form after her first attempt to get rid of her. "Now all I have to do is trick Sunriser into eating this fruit and then I'll finally be rid of her!" she cackled to herself. She slowly approached the cabin. She knocked on the door.

"Who is it?" Sunriser called from inside.

"Just a femme come to sell her wares," Darklight answered.

Sunriser opened a window near the door and looked out. "I'm sorry Miss, but I'm a guest here and I'm not supposed to let anyone inside."

"Oh, that's alright dear. I don't need to come inside. I can show you my wares here," the strange femme replied. She held up a basket filled with rare energon fruit. "I have some energon fruit. Very good, and very reasonable."

The fruit did look delicious, but Sunriser couldn't pay for it. "It does look good, but I'm afraid I have no credits to pay you."

"Oh, that's alright dear. But, I haven't had a good meal today. Could you spare me some energon?"

"Of course Miss," Sunriser said and she went to get a cube. She gave the cube to the old femme and let her drink.

"You are a kind bot to help a poor old femme," the stranger said gratefully. "How about I give you some of this fruit to thank you? I'll let you taste it first to see what you want."

Not wanting to be rude, Sunriser nodded. "Thank you, Miss."

The femme smiled and picked up a piece of the fruit. She split the fruit in too, giving Sunriser half. "It's delicious, see?" she said and took a bite out of her half.

Seeing the femme take a bite, Sunriser was sure the fruit was safe and took a bite out of her half. It tasted delicious, but then things turned bad. She suddenly felt very weak, and she felt heat leaving her frame. Her optics shut and she collapsed on the ground.

Darklight dropped her disguise and cackled evilly. "Victory is mine!"

To be continued...