A/N: Okay... This has been sitting in my stash on DA for years. But finally my TF Fairy Tales will continue. I'm so sorry it took so long. Life happened and I also procrastinated. But I intend to see this series of stories through to the end. Thanks so much for being patient.

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The Dinobots returned to the cabin that evening. They were startled to see Sunriser lying on the floor, not moving. "You, Sunriser," Swoop said. "Get up! Us Dinobots back!" No response. "You Sunriser get up!" Still no answer. "This not funny!"

"Me Grimlock say you wake up!" Grimlock demanded. No response. They tried everything they could think of to wake her for ten minutes, but there was no change. Swoop started to cry.

"What wrong with her, Sunriser?" he sobbed. She still had her colors, so she wasn't dead. But why wasn't she waking up?

Snarl noticed the piece of energon fruit on the ground and picked it up. There was a bite in it. "Evil queen..." he said.

The Dinobots realized that they didn't know how to help Sunriser. They were very sad. Not wanting anything else to happen to their friend, they made a nest out of tree branches and set it near the cabin. The Dinos decided to stand watch, and protect their friend from any more harm, hoping she'd wake up one day.

~3~

Nearby, Silverbolt had returned to Sunriser's kingdom to look for her. Before he got to the castle, he ran into Ironhide and his family. He noticed that they seemed to be fleeing from something. "Excuse me," he said, walking up to them. "I won't harm you, I promise. But if I may ask, what are you running from?"

"Queen Darklight," Ironhide answered. Then he explained the situation.

Silverbolt was shocked. He couldn't believe what he had heard. "I'm so sorry. I hate to ask this of you, but do you have any idea where Sunriser went? I really want to find her again." Ironhide pointed him in the general direction in which Sunriser had gone and wished him luck in finding her. With that, Silverbolt started off into the forest. Eventually, he reached the mountain. He noticed some tracks. "It's a long shot, but..." He started to climb the mountain, never looking down.

After what felt like hours, he heard some voices. "Poor, her Sunriser..." That was all he needed to hear before he rushed toward the sounds. Silverbolt's optics went wide at the sight before him.

"Sunriser?" The Dino's turn toward his voice, before standing protectively in front of the aforementioned femme. "What happened?"

"Who you?" asked Slag, growling.

"How you know her Sunriser?" asked Swoop, curiously.

"I'm Silverbolt, and I met her at the castle. What happened to her?"

"Evil queen happened," said Sludge. "Put spell on fruit her Sunriser eat."

"Oh no..." Silverbolt's spark sank. He had no idea that Darklight had it in for Sunriser. If he had stayed around, maybe he could have kept her safe. There had to be a way to break the spell. "May I take her back to my kingdom, please? Someone, there might know how to break the spell she's under."

"NO!" all the Dinos yelled.

"You no take Sunriser away from us!" Slag said, growling threateningly.

"Please! You can come too, but if there is a chance we can save her, I want to take it! Don't you?"

The Dinobots all looked at each other. Silverbolt had a point. Plus, they could protect Sunriser if they went with him. "Okay, we go," said Grimlock. Silverbolt sighed, relieved.

"Thank you." He gently picked Sunriser up out of the nest. They left the cabin and started heading down the mountain. On the way down, Sliverbolt stumbled a bit. The piece of poisoned fruit fell out of Sunriser's mouth and she began to stir. The group watched as her optics slowly fluttered open.

"What? What happened?" she murmured. She blushed fiercely when she saw who was holding her. "Silverbolt?"

The Dinos started cheering. "Sunriser awake! Sunriser awake!"

Silverbolt held Sunriser close. "The Evil Queen poisoned the fruit she gave you. But everything is okay now."

Sunriser smiled and hugged Silverbolt.

~3~

However, not everything was okay, and Sunriser knew this. Darklight was far too dangerous. She'd have to take the throne back from her to save the people and rebuild the kingdom. Not only that, she had to release Ratchet and Wheeljack so the Dinobots could be reunited with them. She couldn't do this alone, however. Fortunately, Silverbolt and the Dinobots were on her side. That was a comforting thought. Now, to form a plan.

"We have to stop the Queen. But it will be very dangerous. Are you all sure you want to go through with this?" She asked.

A resounding "Yes!" came from the group. Sunriser smiled.

"Thank you. Now, to stop Darklight, we need to destroy the source of her power. Unfortunately, she guards her secrets well and I do not know what that is. Someone will have to sneak into the castle to find out what it is and then we will be able to decide what to do. Since I know the castle best, I think I should do it."

"Are you sure, Sunriser?" Silverbolt asked worriedly. "Will you be safe?"

"I will be careful, Silverbolt. I have to do this. None of you know your way around the castle. I can't keep running, and she has to be stopped."

"Alright. But please be careful."

"I will, I promise."

With that, they went to the castle. Silverbolt and the Dinos hid nearby, outside of the castle. Sunriser was wearing a cloak to hide her paint colors and had her wings tucked away. Silverbolt(also being a flier), had noticed the lock on her wings and removed it. As for the cloak? Was left in a closet in the Dinos' cabin. Time had worn it ragged, so with it, Sunriser would look like a servant.

No one looked twice when they saw Sunriser enter the castle through the servants' entrance. She still kept her helm down just in case. Once inside, she grabbed a bucket and mop, before entering the halls of the palace. Bots should think she was just heading to mop a room.

No one paid her any mind. "Okay. So if I were Darklight, where would I hide my secrets?" the fire-colored femme thought. "I know she never allowed anyone in her quarters. But would that be too obvious? Still... I should probably try to get in there and see if there are any clues at least." The princess slowly made her way to the Queen's quarters. She hid behind a corner when she saw the wicked Queen leaving. Fortunately, Darklight went in the opposite direction. When she was out of sight, Sunriser slipped into the room.

The Queen's vanity and selfishness were reflected in the room. The room was elaborately furnished and there were paintings of her on the walls. Everything was made of such luxurious materials. Sunriser frowned. She got all this and all the servants and most definitely the people got miserable shacks? "If I only I hadn't let her treat me like a shut-in. I should have done something sooner... But at least I'm doing something now!" She looked around the room for clues. Then she noticed a pair of curtains on the far wall. But there would be no window there.

Sunriser pulled the cord. "A mirror?" she whispered. But why would such a vain femme hide a mere behind curtains? Then, a face appeared the mirror that was not her own.

"Greetings, Princess Sunriser," an unnatural voice said.

Sunriser jumped back. "Who on Cybertron are you?"

"The slave in the magic mirror."

"You're a slave?" Sunriser frowned. A slave to Darklight then?

"Yes. Bound to serve her for eternity."

"I'm so sorry..."

"I know why you have come. You have come seeking the source of Darklight's power."

"How did you...?"

"I am a spirit. I see things with mortals cannot. That is all you need to know about me."

"Okay..." To be honest, Sunriser wasn't sure what to think of this. "Well then, do you think you could tell me what I need to know? Or at least point me in the right direction?"

"I can," replied the slave in the mirror. The mirror spirit could reveal almost anything, past, present or future. It knew that Darklight's time was running out. It was Sunriser's time now.

"Okay. I need to destroy Darklight's source power to free the kingdom. But I don't know what that is or how to find it. Do you know?"

"I can tell you what you need to know. You need to get into her secret laboratory."

"And where is that?"

"Go to the end of the northwestern hall. Feel on the wall until it moves. A stairwell will be revealed. That will take you where you need to go. As for the source, you will know it when you see it. Be careful. Darklight will protect it fiercely."

"I will. Thank you so much." Sunriser smiled at the mirror spirit and rushed away. The mirror spirit smiled after her.

Sunriser managed to stay hidden long enough to get into the northwestern hall. She felt around on the wall for a few minutes until she felt something begin to shift behind it. She stepped back and the wall moved, revealing the stairwell. Sunriser started down the stairs without hesitation. The stairwell was lit only by some torches on the wall. Spooky shadows were cast on the walls. Sunriser gulped but kept on taking one step after the other. I've come too far to get scared off now, she thought.

Soon she came to a door. Thankfully, it was not locked. Darklight probably felt no need to lock it as she had assumed only she knew about this place. Sunriser slowly opened the creaky door and looked around. Seeing no one, the princess walked inside. "Ugh, could it be any creepier in here?"

There were no windows, and only a few candles lit by eerie greenish flames lit the room. "Okay, now I need to find what her source of power is." She didn't see anything that struck her outright as a source of magical power asides from a bookshelf with potion and spell books and scroll cases on it. "Poisons? Spells of Control? Memory Wipe?" She read the spines of the books and the sides of the scroll cases. "These sound awful! Even if these aren't what I'm looking for they should be destroyed anyway! They're too dangerous!"

Sunriser pushed the cauldron off of the wood it was placed on. She took a match from the table and lit a fire. She started throwing the evil books and scrolls into the flames. She couldn't let Darklight or anyone else get a hold of these. The princess had almost destroyed them all when she heard a scream.

She turned and saw Darklight. The wicked Queen's face held an expression of shock and horror, as her enemy was in front of her and very much alive. "You! How did you-?!"

"This is the end of the road, Darklight! I'm done running and hiding! I'm going to stop you from hurting any else, ever again!" Sunriser proclaimed, pointing at the femme in an accusatory manner.

"Oh, you think so, dearie?" Darklight smirked. Sunriser did not like that look. Before the younger femme could react, Darklight pulled a staff out of the cauldron. Sunriser's optics went wide. She had thought it was merely a stirring stick. This was not good. It had to be a magic staff.

"You really didn't think that I could make a poisoned magical fruit without any magic, did you?" Darklight sneered.

Sunriser glared. I need to break that staff! But first I need to get it away from her! "Aah!" Sunriser jumped to the side as a bolt of magical energy went past her. It hit the wall and burst, leaving a burn scar. "Not good!"

The evil queen cackled and fired more magical bolts, Sunriser barely dodging each of them. Sunriser made a break for the exit, knowing she would need more room to fight. Darklight chased after her. Sunriser ducked out the door and began to rush back up the stairs, trying to duck every time she heard a bolt of magic. Sunriser ran into the hall at the top of the stairs.

"Aah!" Sunriser screamed in pain as one of the bolts hit her shoulder. It burned like she had been touched by fire. It really hurt, but she pushed herself back up.

Darklight cackled. "It's going to get a lot worse, Sunriser!"

"It will, for you!" came another voice. Silverbolt appeared from behind Darklight and swung his sword at her. The Evil Queen dodged the attack, but it was close.

"Why you little!" She began to fire magical bolts at Silverbolt.

Sunriser tried to rush Darklight while she was distracted. Silverbolt's surprise attack had allowed her to get her bearings again. Sunriser grabbed the staff, but Darklight didn't let go. "You little wretch, let go!" Darklight yelled.

"I won't!" cried Sunriser.

The two femmes wrestled for the staff. The commotion was beginning to attract attention. Silverbolt ran to stop the servants from coming in. They couldn't risk them getting caught in the crossfire.

The femmes fell over and started rolling, but Sunriser would not let go. Darklight was getting angrier. Sunriser was growing more worried. Using the floor as leverage, she used all her strength to throw Darklight off of her. Darklight shrieked. Sunriser still held the staff. She struck the staff against a stone pillar in the hall, causing it to shatter into pieces.

Darklight screamed. "What have you done?! You've not only destroyed my powers, you've destroyed me!" The wicked femme began to fade away into dust. Within moments, the Evil Queen was gone forever.

Sunriser stood in silence. Free... She was free... The Dinos, her people... They were all free. At long last.

"Sunriser!" Silverbolt ran over to her. "You're hurt!"

"It's okay, Silverbolt. Just a burn. I'm fine... and we're free," she said, her red lips turning up in a smile. Silverbolt smiled too. He hugged her gently and pressed a soft kiss to her forehead. Sunriser felt her faceplates heat up. That might take some getting used to but it was still nice...

Sunriser freed Ratchet, Wheeljack, and everyone else who had been wrongly imprisoned by Darklight. The Kingdom rejoiced upon being freed from the wicked queen's rule and the people were all too happy to crown Sunriser as the new Queen. Sunriser did not rest on her new throne, however. She threw herself headlong into repairing the damage that Darklight's tyrannical rule had brought to her kingdom, creating new policies and using the treasury to jumpstart the economy. Of course, she had some help. Silverbolt remained by her side for advice and the Dinobots were happy to do some heavy lifting. Ratchet and Wheeljack's ideas were a huge help too. The people loved their new Queen and knew her reign would be a peaceful one. Soon, she was joined by a King. Sunriser and Silverbolt bonded, and their two kingdoms were united. Finally, Sunriser's homeland was back on it's feet, protected by the Dinobots and lead by a Queen who put others first, proving that it was her spark that truly made her the Fairest of Them All.

The End

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