"Why are you crying?"

Rhodey snapped her head up, thinking some one was standing in front of her.

I'm sure I heard someone she thought. She felt small shifts in her arms as if something was moving. She looked down to Hotshot in her arms. Nothing new there, just her toy looking at her.

Wait, what?! "Hello?" she asked, not sure if she was just seeing things.

"I asked why you were crying. Are you in distress?"

Rhodey froze the moment she heard his voice, her mouth moving up and down as if trying to say something, but the only sound that came out was a small squeak. She had turned pale and her eyes were wide in disbelief.

"Are you okay? What's wrong, you seem to not be breathing?" Hotshot began to panic, not knowing what was wrong with the girl, "Oh man! What's going on?! I don't know what to do! What do I do, what do I do, what do I do?!"

Hotshot was now really panicking, looking back and forth, up and down, not knowing how to help her. Rhodey still sat in shock until finally-

"AHHH! It's possessed!" she cried. She threw Hotshot to the ground in panic.

"Gah! Ow! What did you do that for?!"

"How are you alive? You shouldn't even be moving!"

"What do you mean?"

"You-you're a toy. You can't be alive!"

"I'm not a toy, I'm an Autobot! And I should be way bigger than you!"

"Well, I know, but only on TV, not in real life."

"TV? Real life? What are you talking about?"

Hotshot was now really confused. What was this human talking about? What did she mean by 'not in real life'? He sat on the ground trying to think of what all was happening.

Rhodey calmed herself down and watched Hotshot, also trying to figure out what happened. Suddenly her wish came to mind, but she wasn't sure if that had anything to do with it.

Nah, couldn't be she thought, could it? Then she remembered exactly what she had said. Wait, I had asked the star for friends and told it they could be anyone or anything. But still, how can this be possible?

She looked back to Hotshot, who seemed a little stressed now. She felt sorry for him, knowing it wasn't easy for him to adjust either. She crawled out from under the clothes rack and went and sat next to him. He looked up and cocked his head.

"I didn't hurt you did I?"

"Nah, just got a little bit of a shock, but otherwise I'm fine"

"Sorry 'bout that. I was just a little surprised"

"A little?" he asked, giving her a face

"Okay, a lot" she smiled shyly and shrugged

"What did you mean about what you said earlier? About 'not in real life'?"

"Well, you're really not supposed to be alive" Rhodey explained, "You see, in my world, you're just a character, fictional. You're a toy that's based on a TV show called Transformers Armada and don't really exist."

"Wait, so I'm some sort of play thing for human younglings? So if I'm not supposed to be real, how am I here in the first place?"

"Well, I don't have any friends. Have you ever heard of 'wishing upon a star'?"

"Yes. I've been told of it before. Why?"

"It's kinda weird, but there was a star last night that was really bright and I asked it for friends. I told it that my friends could be anyone or anything." She said, putting emphasis on 'thing,'

Hotshot took this in. Could it be possible? How could a star do this?

"So you think your wish did this?"

"It's the only explanation I can think of, even though it does sound pretty ridiculous."

Both sat talking for awhile, trying to figure things out or just talking about themselves until a voice sounded behind Rhodey.

"Rhodey! What are you doing here?!"

Uh oh. She knew that voice anywhere. Rhodey turned around to see her mom standing behind her. She bit her lip slightly, knowing that her mom yelling at her was very imminent. She turned back quickly.

"Don't move or make a sound, ok?" she whispered to Hotshot. He nodded and went limp as she picked him up. Rhodey stood up to face her mom.

"I-I got lost and I couldn't find you. I came back here because I figured you guys would come back through here." she said, trying to keep her voice even.

"Well, next time you better keep up! If you ever wonder off again, we'll leave you behind just to teach you a lesson!" her mother yelled back. She really knew how to scream when she wanted to.

Rhodey's lip began to tremble slightly and she turned her head down. She didn't want her mother to see her crying. She hugged Hotshot close to her as tears began to blur her vision.

"Let's go! Your father is waiting in the car."

Hotshot looked up at Rhodey, feeling sorry for her. Primus, her mother wasn't exactly an angel was she? Did this happen all the time? He moved ever so slightly so no one would notice and placed his hand on her chest, trying his best to comfort her any way he could.

Rhodey glanced down at Hotshot and smiled softly, tears still running down her face. She hoped her father wouldn't say or do anything.

They eventually reached the car and Rhodey climbed in silently. Tear trails were on her face.

Ryan looked at his sister and saw that she had been crying. He scoffed. Pathetic.

The rest of the way home, Rhodey stayed quiet. She brought Hotshot up a little closer to her face.

Hotshot wrapped his arms as much as he could around her neck and laid his head on her shoulder. A youngling, Cybertronian or human, didn't need to go through this. They didn't need stress, fear, or sadness. They should be aloud to enjoy their younger years, but this human had none of it. Her family didn't seem to care for her feelings or anything else about her.

--

They were almost home. Rhodey saw the familiar streets of her neighborhood and sighed. She sat with Hotshot close to her just thinking to herself and of the threat her mother had given her earlier. It was nice to have Hotshot comforting her since she never got any comfort from anyone else. But then something hit her.

Wait, so if Hotshot's alive, what about the others? She wondered. She suddenly felt excited at the thought, but then wondered how she would handle the situation if they really were alive. Which ones would be alive though? Her transformers? Her dinosaurs? Both? Yeah, she wasn't sure how she would explain it all to them, but she couldn't help but anticipate her arrival home.

The car turned into the driveway of her home. The moment the car stopped, she opened the door, but slowed herself down so as not to make anyone suspicious.

--

The moment Rhodey's father opened the door she hurried in and ran up the stairs to her room. She stopped just outside the door, afraid yet excited at what could be behind the door. Hotshot looked up at her confused.

"What's got you so excited?" he asked

"If you were brought to life, then what could have happened to my other toys?"

Hotshot knew what she meant and became curious too.

"Who knows? Let's go in and find out!"

Rhodey held her breath and opened the door. She and Hotshot glanced around, looking to see any signs of movement. Rhodey looked to the usual spot she placed her transformers. They were gone. She then looked to the shelf she usually placed her dinosaurs and what she saw made her want to jump up and down.

She smiled a wide smile as she realized that they had come to life as well. She walked up to the dinosaurs to see them moving and looking at her curiously. They looked so real! She became even more excited and then began looking around to see if she could spot any of her transformers. They were most likely hiding.

"Sit right here" she said, placing Hotshot on her bed.

"Well, those creatures are alive. What else do you have in here?"

"More like you. Hello? Is anyone in here? Why don't you guys come out? I promise I won't hurt you." Rhodey said, hoping that the others would reveal themselves.

Nothing happened. She sighed, thinking that they were too afraid to show themselves. She couldn't blame them. She'd be freaked out to wake up in a room where everything was way bigger than her too.

But then suddenly she heard shifting sounds. One by one, her toys hesitantly walked or crawled out from there hiding spaces. She smiled and Hotshot sat on the bed in wonder.

She sat on the floor to make herself a little more level with them, and then leaned back on her bed so that Hotshot could climb onto her shoulder so he could gat a closer look too. The transformers came closer once they saw Hotshot comfortably seated on her shoulder without fear. Rhodey looked at each one of them and counted to make sure that they were all here, just in case. Who knows what they could have done while she was gone?

Okay let's see she thought. She raised her hand to count each one.

1. Masterpiece Optimus

2. Armada Blurr and his mini-con, Incinerator

3. Movie Megatron

4. Movie Bumblebee

5. Movie Arcee

6. Titanium Optimal Optimus

7. Titanium Rodimus Prime

8. Titanium Starscream

9. Movie Thundercracker

10. Movie Landmine

11. Movie Jazz

12. Movie Final Battle Jazz

13. Movie Barricade with Frenzy

14. Hotshot's mini-con, Jolt

15. Primus

16. And of course, Hotshot

All of them were present and ok. Good because I don't know what I would have done if they had shot each other or something she thought. She reached up and allowed Hotshot jump onto her hand and placed him on the floor with the others. Jolt, of course, walked up to him. Optimus was the one to step forward for the rest, Megatron just behind him.

"What is going on?" he asked

"Well, I'm still not entirely sure myself. I explained what I thought happened to Hotshot here, but I don't know if it's even possible." She replied

"Hotshot?"

"Oh, right. Forgot you two are from different timelines or universes or whatever. Okay, let me introduce ya'll to each other and then I'll try my best to answer you guys' questions. How's that?"

"Like we have a choice?" Megatron spoke up sarcastically

Rhodey sighed. She didn't know how she was going to explain everything or how she was even going to take care of them, but she was going to try her best. She looked at them and saw them arguing, more than likely about the current situation, and got a gut feeling that if she didn't intervene the argument it would more than likely turn into an all out brawl.

I hope I can help. If they don't kill each other first she thought as she saw Hotshot and Bumblebee trying to keep Arcee from kicking Barricade's aft. Probably said something wrong to her. Hey, Arcee may be a girl, but she could wipe the floor with this guy if she wanted to, and she did.

Rhodey sighed again. This is going to be a long night.


Sorry I didn't update yesterday like I promised. My mom kicked me off the computer early. Anyway, hears the next chapter. I had a bit of trouble figuring out how to write this at first, but I got it. I typed like crazy today, going as fast as I could so I could get this chapter in by today.

Also, I'm still not entirely sure how each of their personalities are gonna be. If guys know how each character should act, then please inform me so that I don't mess this up. The transformers I listed are actually mine. I've got way more than that, of course, but I am planning on having the others make their appearences later on in the story. So, yeah, anyway, hears chapter five. Enjoy!