(Optimus's POV)
"I want anyplace she can fit into checked-"
"You won't have to, sir."
I turn to the voice that cut my order off. Cliffjumper, and a small lilac femme, stand behind me. My optics swept over the youngling. She was painted a purple lilac shade, with pearly white detailings and royal blue ear finals. I reconize her. She was the little youngling that ran into me. The one I didn't really get a very good look at before she took off again.
I look down.
Primus, she was short, even for a youngling. While I was standing at my full height, she only went up to about my hip.
It took a moment, but I also recognized her for who she really was, my daughter.
Dawn.
She looked up at me, many emotions radiating from her side of the little used and weak creator/creation bond we shared. Curiosity, Terror, Confusion, the list goes on.
An idea struck me.
I knelt down. (Even kneeling I still had to look down.)
I gently prod her spark. She gasped. She looks to her chest, and back up to me.
I offer a smile.
"Did you feel that?" I ask quietly.
She hesitates, but nods none the less.
"That was me."
She cast her optics downward. Silence over took the room, as all of the occupants vaguely wondered what she was going to do next.
(Dawn's POV)
I look down.
How could that...feeling...in my chest be him? Why was this happening now? How was he my father? What did he mean by "heir to Prime?" Why did he abandon me?
I suddenly don't feel so confused. I just feel angry. Angry at the man, mech, whatever, in front of me.
"How could you?" I ask lowly. "How could you?!" I snap my head upwards at him.
"I sat in an orphanage for the first sixteen goddamn years of my life. I sat there, wishing. Hoping. Counting down an unknown amount of day until you'd live up to that promise you made, every year, that "we will come for you" and you wait until I'm fucking twenty? What happened to "we will always love you?!" What happened to that!?"
"Dawn, we do love you-"
"WHY DID YOU DO THIS TO ME!?" I screech, "I GREW UP WITHOUT YOU! YOU WEREN'T THERE WHEN I WAS SICK, YOU WEREN'T THERE WHEN I WAS ALONE! YOU DEFINITELY WEREN'T THERE TO TELL ME EVERYTHING'S GOING TO BE ALRIGHT!" I paused.
"Dawn-" A women, femme, came forward that I could only assume as my mother.
"YOU LEFT ME ON A FUCKING DOORSTEP! OF A FOSTER HOME! WHEN YOU WERE PERFECTLY CAPABLE OF TAKING CARE OF ME!"
"Dawn, you don't understand, we-"
"DID YOU NOT WANT ME?! DID I DO SOMETHING WRONG?! WHY DID-"
In that moment, I my hand hand brushed against my so called "father's" forearm. Everything came rushing to me in visions. Scene followed by scene was brought in my line of sight.
The war, Cybertron, the Golden Age, and something called the Matrix.
I blinked.
I suddenly had a million questions on what I just learned in under a second. What happened to Cybertron? What caused the war? What was the Matrix? So many questions I could ask, but I settled for one.
"What was that?"
"I believe that what you just saw, was the Matrix transferring information directly to your CPU."
"Cybertron, the war. What does this all mean?"
"I promise, I'll explain everything. Just let me talk." He asks, looking me in the optic. I hesitate, and nod.
"Many, many years ago, our home planet, Cybertron, was filled with life. Younglings like yourself played happily, mech and femmes raised families, and all in all, everyone was fairly happy. The Golden Age as we call it, however, was slowly dwindling to an end. The caste system was failing. They introduced a new form of government. The High Council. But soon after, the previous Prime, had passed on unexpectedly from cosmic rust. He didn't have an heir, and the High Proctor was assassinated a week previously.
"The Council searched for a new Prime. My brother, Megatronus, called for a hearing. The Council was getting desperate. They granted the hearing. I went as moral support.
"My brother's speech began fro the spark, inspirational, but quickly, he turned violet. Stating how if he were Prime, he would start to colonize other planets, and grow our empire to be the strongest in the galaxy. I, disagreed. I jumped in and delivered a speech of my own. The Council was moved by my words instead, and quickly made me Prime. I, in turn, wanted to make Megatronus my High Proctor.
"My brother, furious, had turned and left. He disappeared. I went after him. He wouldn't listen to reason. He blamed me and, in his fury, tried to kill me. He didn't succeed.
"Over the vorns, he rose an army, speaking of how I was a traitor, and how I was a false Prime. The Decepticons arose in an uprising. In turn, I rose my own army, the Autobots. One to protect those who couldn't protect themselves. I won't go into detail, but soon after, Tyger Pax fell with the Council. Megatronus, now shortened to "Megatron" started attacking the neutral cities. Crystal City, Praxus, Polyhex and many others. Iacon, the capital of Cybertron, became the capital of Autobot territory. Kaon, the capital of Decepticon's.
"The uprising was then an all out war. Energon was being harvested and stashed off planet, neutrals were joining either side of the war. Or fleeing Cybertron. Soon after, we followed, because Cybertron was unsuitable to support life, of any form.
"We landed here on Earth and continued the war. We protected the natives. In return, the government supplied us a base to call home. I sent a message, beckoning surviving autobots to Earth. Over the years, our ranks grew from five, to almost a hundred, and more recruits landing every so often.
"I reunited with your mother, and she was soon sparked with you. I knew immediately that you'd be my heir. The Matrix confirmed it. But the war was raging harder than ever. If Megatron knew of your existence, then you'd be in so much danger. Once you were born, we gave Ratchet permission to administer an experimental serum, stolen and reformatted from right under the Decepticons. Ratchet was fortunate enough to destroy the remains of the deadly base of treatment.
"After it was administered, we sent you away, so that you'd be away from the war, and it would be next to impossible to locate you if Megatron ever did find out about you.
"While the war raged on, our forces grew from a hundred to a hundred and seventy five total. There were neutral refugees on base that would watch over younglings. Our base was bigger, stronger, and safer.
"Megatron, however, wasn't fairing very well. Not five years after we sent you away, Megatron's true intentions became clear, and what little sanity he had, withered away. Decpticons either fled Earth, or came to us. Those who did come to us, were treated with extreme caution, are still not fully trust by some, today.
"The war went on for another ten years. Until, I finally saw what I should have seen many years ago. My brother didn't exist anymore. He died the day he decide to go down this path.
"I tried to reason with him once more. He once again refused to mend his ways. I made his death swift.
"With Megatron one with the Allspark, a new leader arose, and forcefully took control. His name is Scorpio. He is a brilliant, but mad, scientist. He brainwashed what little remained of his troops. We haven't heard a word from him for five years now. The last battle, however, destroyed our previous base. Some were lost in that battle, but no younglings or sparklings were sacrificed. I made sure of that. But anyway, it took a total of three years to straighten everything out with the government. We provide protection and medical and scientific technology, in return for a place to call home and materials to build with. As long as we are kept a secret from society." He paused as I took a moment to take all of it in.
"Dawn," I looked up to my mother. "Understand, that we only sent you away, for your own good. We'd rather miss half of your childhood, than lose you. But we do love you and we regret every moment not spent with you." My mother said, her eyes, er, optics watering. I looked to my father. To my surprise, his optics lined with tears as well. I felt my own tears welling. I bit my lip.
My father held his hand out to me. I looked at it. I didn't hesitate when I placed my own hand in his much larger one. He pulled me into embrace along with my mother.
I don't know how long we stood there, but I didn't want to leave.
I was finally home.
"Optimus? What are we going to tell her brothers and sisters?"
"Say what now?" I ask, my optics widening in surprise.
Obviously, my little adventure isn't finished yet.
A/N: Surprise! two updates back to back! And lemme make something really clear. THIS ISN'T THE END! THERE ARE MORE CHAPTERS TO COME! And I did make a few changes, you are not going crazy, I decided that Dawn would look more appealing if I switched her White details and Blue secondary color, to Blue details and white secondary color. Hope you enjoyed the chapter! Until next time!.
Kiss, Kiss!
~Saffy
