Flames (POV)

As I fell asleep I could feel old memories flooding back, and suddenly, I felt like I must remember everything that made me so close to my charges. Slowly, I drifted off and allowed sleep to take me.

Memories (a little after the Prologue)

I walked out of my commander's office after checking in. It was time. The king had finally declared that the princes needed a guardian. It would go like this: the best possible candidates would be chosen by the king and his advisors. The number of chosen bots for the day would be equal and they will pair off to fight until one was declared the winner. The winners would gather and write their designations down. The next day more bots would come and the process would continue. Until eventually, the champions would fight each other to see who the best fighter was.That one would become the guardian of the princes. Finally, I made it to the palace. I walked down the hallway and stopped in front of the royal guards. I entered my name and stepped into the line to fight. I wasn't afraid, I was the best warrior here.Who could possibly beat a daughter of Primus? Besides, this was a mission, I NEVER fail a mission. Unless somebot was hyped up on Dark Energon, this was going to be a breeze. There was only two bots in front of me, I huffed impatiently, spoiling for the battle to come. I closed my optics and allowed time to speed by. Soon it was my turn. I strode into the arena and watched my opponent. He was big, far taller than me, with a nasty smirk, and big guns, but how could I be afraid when I had fought Unicron and lived? Suddenly I heard a voice calling my name. Looking up,I spotted Megatronus leaning over the railing, waving. I smiled back and nodded. Turning back to my opponent, I vaguely heard him say, "She's so going to dust him!" I just smiled. He didn't even know me and he already knew I was going to win. He had a good taste in fighters. We came up and gave each other a bow. Then the fight began. I spun to the left and kicked out hard, catching him in the torso and throwing him into the wall. He groaned and stood up, aiming long range guns at me. The fight went on without interruption.

(After the Champion fight)

I stood in the arena, winner of all the battlesI had fought. I did it. I was the princes' guardian. Walking out, I waited to be called into the throne room. The king looked at me and spoke.

"I pronounce you guardian to-"

He was cut of by a silver blur racing through the doors and ramming into me. I groaned as Megatronus hugged me excitedly. A less blurred red and blue bot walked out at a slightly slower pace and hugged me as well. The king sighed and finished.

"-these two little spawns of Unicron"

I smiled and gave a bow that was appropriate for one of his rank.

"Come on you two." I said, shaking my head.

They followed me to their room where we sat and got to know each other. I found out that Megatronus liked to sneak into the armory and look at the weapons. I made a mental note to myself to watch out for that one. I also found out that Orion enjoyed new things and was one of the few bots who could talk Megatronus out of doing something crazy.

I told them about myself, and I found myself smiling at how awed they were when I told them I was the first born daughter of Primus. They were young and innocent, too young to be the targets of a mass rebellion that wanted to murder them.

(End of memories)

I woke up with the feeling of something pressed against my side. I quickly looked over to make sure it wasn't dangerous. I almost laughed. There couldn't be a thing less dangerous in the universe than the prime curled up next to me. I smiled gently, remembering the time when he was so small that he had barely reached my knee joint. Now he towered head and shoulders over me. Careful not to wake him I coiled an arm around his shoulders and pulled him closer. Feeling sleep tug my consciousness, I let my helm fall onto his.

Completely allowing myself to forget that I had a charge that I was going to have to confront tomorrow.