Cagalli: Hey what gives Mr. Author?!

AN: What the-? How did you get in here?!

Cagalli: Never mind that now! I want an explanation on a few things!

AN: Like...?

Cagalli: Like why I can understand Bumblebee for one thing. Or how about why according to what I've seen of your little plans for what happens later in this story you decided to-

AN: HEY! WHOA! SPOILER ALERT! And the readers are here, you want to give something away?!

Cagalli: I don't care! I'm not leaving till I get an explanation, and I will reveal everything you have planned to them.

AN: I'll let you do the disclaimer and give you a small side adventure with one of the Autobots if you don't.

Cagalli: ...Fine. lyokoMARVELanime does not own anything in the Gundam or Transformers franchises. Now can you tell me which Autobot I'll be working with on this side adventure?

AN: Uh no.

Chapter 5: The Legend of Cybertron

Though the image that Optimus was projecting from his optics was the same electric blue as said optics, the gathered crowd of the Archangel crew and the Desert Dawn could all tell that the holographic image of the Autobots' home planet was entirely metal, and given the size of the Transformers they could only guess that to them or any other humans this metal world would be just massive enough for the large robotic life forms to consider it normal sized. Despite knowing all this, they still thought that this world was beautiful in its own way.

"To understand our tale I must tell you as much as I can of our world's history, including the legends and stories of how both Cybertron and all those who once walked upon it came to be," Optimus began getting everyone's attention. "In the beginning, like in all things, there were two forces that balanced each other out. One was known to be the embodiment of light, order, and creation, Primus the creator. The other was known as the Chaos Bringer, the embodiment of darkness, and it was said that his very blood could revive the dead into horrid monsters known as Terrorcons, Unicron the Chaos Bringer."

"Wait a minute," Cagalli's friend, Ahmed interrupted. "What's so scary about a unicorn?"

When the Autobots all looked at him in confusion Cagalli elaborated saying, "You know, white horse with a horn on its head that dances around all sparkly?"

"Not unicorn," Arcee corrected. "Unicron."

Optimus then took this moment to continue his story. "Primus and Unicron often clashed as they fought against one another time and again, neither one willing to yield. However, for a time it seemed as though the Chaos Bringer would triumph, until Primus brought to life his disciples, the very first Transformers."

"They were known as the Original Thirteen Primes: Prima, the first of all Transformers, and the warrior of light who wielded the mighty blade known as the Star Saber; Vector Prime, the guardian of time and space, and interdimensional traveler; Alpha Trion, the archivist, keeper of the Covenant of the Primes, my mentor, and the only known member that still functions to this day as far as we know; Solus Prime, the only female member and the weapon-smith of the Primes who was said to be able to forge anything be it weaponry or even Transformer body parts from the simplest of materials or machinery with her mystical forge; Micronus Prime, the first Mini-Con, known as 'the Catalyst'; Alchemist Prime, known as 'the Elemental', and who was said to have overseen the early development of early Cybertronian civilization; Nexus Prime, the first combiner who was capable of separating his body into several smaller Transformers who could function individually from each other; Onyx Prime, the spirit warrior and the first to ever assume the ability to take on the alt mode of a beast; Quintus Prime, the 'Experimental Dreamer' and creator of the beings known as the Quintessons; Liege Maximo, also known as 'the Manipulator', who would later come to be considered as the ultimate evil among the Primes and a natural counterforce to the heroic Prima; Megatronus, who later come to be known as 'the Fallen', the one who would often be described as the guardian of entropy, and a warrior of darkness; and finally, my ancestor Optimus Prime, who was known to be a great motivational speaker and Visionary, who kept the Thirteen together as a group and settled internal disputes until the end of his life cycle."

At the news that Optimus was actually a reincarnation of one of the original Transformers, every human present had a look that could only be described as shock and amazement. Optimus seemed to take no notice as he continued his tale. "With the aid of the Original Thirteen, Primus was able to defeat Unicron, casting the weakened Chaos Bringer off into the far reaches of the darkness of space. However, the battle and the creation of the Primes had cost Primus a great amount of energy, and thus he used what was left of his great power to transform his body into a world where his new children could live and grow. Primus himself not only gave birth to, but became planet Cybertron."

"Hold on a moment," Natarle interrupted. "Are you telling me that we're supposed to believe your home world is supposedly some massive god like robot or something?"

"Whether you believe this or not does not matter Natarle Badgiruel," Optimus replied in his usual calm, soothing, deep voice. "In fact today not many Transformers truly believe this legend to be true. However I know it to be true since I carry the Matrix of Leadership within me, which contains the wisdom of all the previous Primes before me as well as a piece of Primus himself. How I came to possess this great relic will be made clear later on in my tale."

That was enough to shut the lieutenant up for the moment, as Optimus then went on from there. "Over time, new Transformers were born and raised on Cybertron; however, with the end of my ancestor and Megatronus's defection to becoming The Fallen, the Original Thirteen Primes soon began to find their lives ending and eventually became divided as they went their separate ways. Over the years, the legacy of the Primes was passed down to those who proved themselves worthy as the golden age of Cybertron reigned on, but nothing was meant to last forever."

"Overtime, the golden age came to an end, and by the time I and my fellow Transformers of today came into existence, a caste system had come into our world. This caste system made things so that no one possessed the freedom that all sentient beings had the right to, going so far that those of lowest castes did not even have proper names. At that time I myself was a simple data archivist in the Iacon Hall of Records, or what you would call a librarian, known as Orion Pax, and I served under the guidance of my mentor, Alpha Trion."

While the idea of a system that did not even allow certain people to have a real name was horrifying to all of them, some of the humans present could not help but snigger a little at the fact that the large Autobot warrior in front of the was once a simple librarian. Optimus ignored this, though he would not deny that he did find it a little insulting as he was quite proud of the job he once held, and pressed on as though nothing had happened. "Though I did enjoy the life I led, I could not help but feel that we were not meant to live in a society where everything in our very lives were determined from the moment our spark first gained light. Though I wished to change the ways of our world, I was certain that I was alone in my beliefs until I heard people speak of a member in the lower caste, a gladiator in what would become the Decepticon capital city, Kaon, who had defied the ways of our world and taken on a name for himself that he chose, and who triumphed in all his battles in the gladiatorial arena as he promised to one day restore Cybertron to its golden age. His name, the one he had chosen for himself, was that of the same Transformer who came to be known as the Fallen, Megatronus."

"Intrigued by this gladiator, and after seeking advice from Alpha Trion, I journeyed to Kaon to meet with this 'Megatronus'. Once we had met that day, we began to meet more and more, and talk about our ideals and hopes to restore Cybertron to a world where none would have to suffer under the caste system, like in Cybertron's golden age. The more the two of us talked of our ideals, the stronger we found our bond becoming until we realized that we had become more than simple friends to one and other. Megatronus and I had become brothers."

The Autobots, who knew this story all too well, could not help but let out sad smiles at the thoughts of those days when Optimus and Megatron were still brothers, and known as Orion Pax and Megatronus. Elita in particular remembered those days fondly, as it was thanks in no small part to Megatronus that she and Optimus had their first date, something she was still thankful for to this day despite what had happened between the two. Kira and Cagalli both noticed that Optimus had taken on a nostalgic, yet sad smile on his face when he paused in his story and both wondered why that was when Optimus continued his tale to the part that had answered their unasked question.

"Eventually, the High Council had come to hear of these efforts the two of us had begun, and soon, given the reputation that Megatronus had built for himself in the gladiator pits of Kaon and my own connections to the High Council through both Alpha Trion and my predecessors, Zeta and Sentinel Prime, we gained an audience with the High Council. Before he went to stand before them however, Megatronus felt the need to shorten his name. Thus on the day that we came into the Council Chambers, Megatron was born and stood before them."

"Megatron then revealed his true intentions to the High Council, and thus revealed his true nature. In that one meeting, he threatened to overthrow the High Council and declare himself the next Prime. In his speech he spoke of leading Cybertron back to its golden age, but the method he spoke of to carry it out was one that would be through force, destruction and tyranny. As I listened on to all of this, I could not believe that these words, these atrocious plans were being spoken of by the one who I called brother."

"Though I was shocked by this revelation, I could not simply stand idly by as I let him speak of such terrible things, and thus I moved to stand before the council and gave my own speech. I spoke to them that it was true that our world had begun to fall from what it once was, and spoke of a Cybertron not ruled by tyranny or fear, but of autonomy and peace, a world that truly understood once more that freedom is the right of all sentient beings. To this day I am not certain what it was, but as I spoke to them the High Council had seen something in me, or so I was told by Alpha Trion and Sentinel and Zeta, and they were intrigued by the ideals that I spoke of. Though this was good news for the efforts of restoring the old Cybertron in a new age, not all things in that meeting had good results. Feeling as though I had betrayed him, Megatron stormed out of the Council Chamber, infuriated at what had happened. I tried to call out to him, to appeal to his better nature, but Megatron would not heed my words as he now only saw betrayal and felt hatred and anger building up and consuming his very being. After that day, Megatron and I ceased to be brothers and became bitter enemies."

"Shortly after this had occurred, Megatron had assembled all those who believed in his ideals for Cybertron as greatly as he did as well as those who were fiercely loyal to him no matter what and launched an attack against many of Cybertron's most populated areas, declaring war on all those who stood in their way, declaring themselves as the force that would follow through with the plans Megatron spoke of to the High Council, the Decepticons. Seeing that we had now been dragged into war, the High Council and Zeta and Sentinel Prime had no choice but to assemble a force to oppose Megatron, one that believed in the ideals I had spoke of who became known as the Autobots. Thus the war began."

"Though we had hoped to end it quickly, we soon learned that this war would last for far too long for anyone's liking, and we soon faced great casualties on both sides. None much greater than when we lost Sentinel Prime as he led a ship of Autobots to the stars in order to save a precious cargo that would have meant the end of the war for all of us should it have fallen into the Decepticons' hands. Sometime during the war, I found myself reluctantly fighting on the battle field for the Autobot cause, and I soon gained a new name for myself, that name being Optimus. Though I was not a warrior, I soon had to quickly learn the ways of battle and became a force that many Autobots found inspiring, as I continued to fight for the ideals I believed in."

"Though sadly, it did not matter what ideals any of us fought for in the end. As the fighting continued to rage across our world, we soon began to face a terrible power that Megatron had somehow come to wield. A power that was known to many as the Blood of Unicron; Dark Energon. Unlike the pure Energon that courses through all Transformers and is known to be our life blood, Dark Energon held vast and terrible power, even going so far as to resurrect the dead as vile and mindless monstrosities. Somehow Megatron came have it imbued in his very being, and learned to control it enough to launch massive amounts of it into the core of Cybertron, greatly corrupting it."

"Knowing what was happening, Zeta Prime sought out Megatron in an attempt to prevent this, but it only resulted in his capture and eventual demise. After learning of Zeta's fate, I assumed what I had hoped to be temporary command, and led a small team of Autobots to Cybertron's core in an attempt to save it. Sadly we were too late. The Dark Energon had corrupted Cybertron's very core so much that the only way for it to be saved was for the core to be shut down in an attempt to at least save what was left of its pure energy. However in doing so, it meant that the core had to halt its processes of life giving Energon, which was catastrophic for all Transformers, for as I stated, Energon is our very life blood, and without enough of it we would surely perish."

"Though this saddened me, there seemed to still be some hope. As I approached the core, Primus himself looked out at me and saw whatever it was the High Council once saw, and proclaimed that I was worthy not only of the title of Prime, but to carry the one thing that would truly show I was worthy, the Matrix of Leadership. Though normally it only stored the wisdom of the previous Primes, Primus was able to also store a small piece of his being within the Matrix to help guide us and keep the hope of reviving our world one day as a means to light our way across the stars. At long last, I humbly accepted the burden and thus was entrusted with the Matrix, and from that day on, I was now known as Optimus Prime, the Last Prime."

"Though a new Prime gave hope to the Autobots, there was little we could do to save Cybertron. So it was with a heavy spark that I ordered my Autobots to leave our home world, and seek refuge and a way to restore Cybertron among the stars. I do not know how many of our Autobot brothers and sisters had made it safely past Megatron's blockade, but eventually it did not matter as there was only one ship remaining. Taking command of the Autobot ship, the Ark, I myself led a group of my finest Autobot soldiers to an unstable Space Bridge portal that was the result of the Decepticon Scientist Shockwave's experiments, for at that point, whatever lied beyond that portal was our best and last hope."

"As we traveled to the portal though, we came under attack by Megatron's new warship, the Nemesis. We fought bravely to defend the Ark long enough to reach the portal, but like myself, Megatron had assembled some of his finest warriors aboard the Nemesis along with many other Decepticon troops, and we were vastly outnumbered. Eventually I found myself facing off in a battle to the death against Megatron near the Ark's engines, and we were both evenly matched in skill and combat prowess. Whether that battle would have resulted in one of our ends, we will never know, for at that moment the vortex began tearing the ship apart. Eventually both ships were sucked into the vortex and thrown across the galaxy before vanishing from space. That was the last thing I remembered before awakening from stasis here on Earth just a short ways from where last night's attack had taken place."

With his tale completed, everyone who was not an Autobot was shocked and amazed at what they had heard. Centuries of war amongst their own kind had resulted in these large, metal titans losing the very world they were fighting for. It raised the question in many of their minds: if the war between Earth and the PLANTs continued, would it result in the same thing if not something similar? Even Natarle Badgiruel found herself feeling saddened by the story and sympathetic to the Autobots. True she thought that Optimus's ideals were idealistic, but she would never condone what Megatron had planned for Cybertron. Kira and his friends, with the exception of Flay who did not really care either way, found themselves speechless at what had happened to the Bots, and Kira himself was now able to see just how much Bumblebee's statement about the likeness between Kira and Optimus seemed so true. They were both reluctant to fight in their respective wars, and both now faced an important friend of theirs as an enemy. Kira began to hope and pray that what happened between Optimus and Megatron would not repeat with himself and Athrun.

Optimus's story gave everyone a lot to think about, both in terms of how to help the Autobots and in terms of how similar their current situation was to the one the Autobots faced back on Cybertron, but they were not given much time to think on it as soon enough someone in the camp had sounded an alarm. Sahib quickly grabbed a radio and demanded to know what was wrong. The response he got shook everyone to their core. "The sky is burning! It's in the direction of Tassil!"

Everyone in the Desert Dawn was alarmed at this news, as many of their families were there. Everyone in the Desert Dawn rushed to a vehicle as fast as they could, while the Archangel crew hurried to the ship and Optimus rose from the position he was in as the Autobots moved towards him. The Autobot leader gave an order that all Autobots were all too familiar with and were more than ready to follow as they raced off after the Desert Dawn. "Autobots transform and roll out!"

AN: Okay now that Cagalli seems to be able to keep quite...(Looks around to somewhere off screen) I will start by saying that I wanted Megatron to have Dark Energon in him since his time on Cybertron, but it will have similar effects to the ones it had on Transformers in Transformers Prime. As for those of you who do not like any Flay bashing I've done thus far, I don't care because in case you hadn't noticed the girl was a total witch, and that's putting it nicely, which is really all I can do since I'm usually a very nice guy. With that said, I may or may not have the next chapter up by tomorrow as it is still being written. It may be a couple of days or so before that happens but in the meantime, I encourage you to look at some of my other stories please. I think you might like them just as much as this one. Now then onto the preview.

Next time...A town is lost overnight, and the Archangel's crew provides relief to the survivors, though some of these officers are better suited to this kind of job than others. Starscream and his forces along with the Desert Tiger have made their marks once again, but this time Kira and Cliffjumper join the resistance fighters in a spectacular battle of revenge. Who will survive, who will be the next casualty, and can the other Autobots arrive to save their comrade in time? Next on Mobile Suit Gundam SEED: Prime...Starscream's Vengeance. Roll out and show just what your combined forces can accomplish Cliffjumper and Gundam!

(Door bursts open) Cagalli: HEY WHAT'S THE BIG IDEA TYING ME UP IN THE CLOSET?!

AN: EEP! Gotta go!

Cagalli: YOU GET BACK HERE RIGHT NOW AND TAKE YOUR BEATING LIKE A MAN!

AN: NO THANKS I CHOOSE LIFE! By the way Please read and review.