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Chapter 8

Hermione stared wide eyed at the robots, as Sam asked what a Deceptacon was doing there. That caught her attention. She'd been told that the Deceptacon's were the bad guys. She frowned as she looked at the Police car. On its side was the inscription, 'To punish and enslave'. That didn't sound good.

"If it wasn't for Barricade then Halo would have perished in the fire." Optimus said.

"He saved her?" Mikayla asked, incredulous, and Hermione's eyebrow's shot up.

"He did, because she saved him from off lining, much like she did with Jazz. She was working on repairing him. That was before the fire though."

"How is she?" Sam asked.

"Resting, but she will be fine." Ratchet said. "I managed to stabilise her. My sensors indicate she will make a full recovery."

"Now, onto other matters, who are you lot, and what do you know about what happened?" Optimus asked.

"It's all part of a very long story." Hermione told them. "My name is Hermione Granger, these are Fred, George, Charlie and Bill Weasley." Each brother nodded as she said their names. "And Luna Lovegood, Neville Longbottom, Fleur Delacour and Draco Malfoy, who has been going by Drake Lewis these last couple of weeks. I think I should start by saying that we are all from a parallel universe."

"A parallel universe?" Optimus asked.

"Yes. And in that universe, on earth, there are two worlds, the known one, and the secret one. The known one is like this one, though I never heard of giant alien robots before. The other, is the magical world, existing alongside the mundane world, but secretly, with its own communities, hospitals and schools. In the magical world, live all kinds of magical creatures such as goblins, vampires, werewolves, centaurs, dragons, unicorns, witches, wizards and more. We are witches and wizards. But there is a war going on in our world. A war over blood supremacy. In wizarding society, there are different 'levels' of social standing. The purebloods are the highest, they have no non magical blood in them, and they think that makes them important, or at least, some do. Then, the lowest, supposedly, there are the muggleborns. A muggle is a non magical person, so a muggleborn is a witch or wizard born to non magical parentage. Then, in-between, are the half bloods. They have one pureblood parent, and one muggle or muggleborn parent. A man called Tom Riddle believed that pureblood's should reign supreme, hypocritical, seeing as he was a half blood, his father being a muggle. He fashioned himself a new name, and used his heritage as the heir and descendent of a powerful and famous blood supremacist, Salazar Slytherin, and he began his reign of terror. He became known to the magical world as Lord Voldemort, though many feared to speak his name, calling him things like You-Know-Who, and He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named. He and his Death Eaters spread terror through our world, using any means possible to try and take over, and make anyone they saw as less than them subservient to them.

"But then a prophecy was made to the supposed 'Leader of the light' Albus Dumbledore. It said that the one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord was approaching. That the child would be born to those who had thrice defied him, born as the seventh month dies. The prophecy said that the Dark Lord would mark the child as his equal and the child would have a power the Dark Lord knew not. Somehow, part of the prophecy reached Voldemort, and then he knew the one who could defeat him was soon to be born. The prophecy could have referred to two different children, so two different families went into hiding. Voldemort chose the half blood child, instead of the pureblood. The home the child was in was under the Fidilius charm, which meant that only the Secret Keeper could let anyone know where the family were, but the family placed their trust in the wrong man, and he betrayed them to Voldemort. It happened on the Halloween after the first birthday of each child. Voldemort went to Godrics Hollow, with the intent of destroying the threat the child posed to him. He killed James Potter first, followed by Lilly, who begged him for mercy, but received none. Then, Voldemort turned his wand on their daughter, Halo. He uttered the killing curse, but it rebounded, tearing Voldemort from his body.

"Halo was heralded as the girl who lived in the wizarding world, but was left with her mother's magic hating sister and brother in law, who were determined to beat and work the magic out of her, beating her into thinking she was a freak."

"So the wizards never checked up on the child who'd saved them?" Optimus asked. He and the others were seething. Ironhide wanted nothing more than to go to the other universe, and blast those incompetent wizards apart. As well as her relatives.

"No, they didn't. All because Dumbledore said not too. Most of the 'light' wizards treat him as if the sun shines from his arse." Fred said.

"Anyway, skipping over the appalling childhood, to her re-entry to the wizarding world." Hermione said. "She had no idea of her heritage until the grounds keeper of Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry came and told her. She had even been told that her parents had been drunk and died in a car crash. So, imagine her shock when she found out she was a witch, and a famous one at that who was supposed to be very powerful. She thought she'd found a place to be accepted, but she was wrong. Especially since Voldemort wasn't truly gone. But, she went anyway, and Hogwarts School became her first home. But she didn't have peace. Voldemort was trying to get the Philosophers stone to regain a body. So, Halo, our friend Ron Weasley and I went to stop him. She faced him alone, though, as Ron had been knocked out along the way, and there was an obstacle stopping me, as it required a potion, and there was only enough for one. Voldemort was sharing a body with Quirrell, our defence against the dark arts teacher, and ordered him to kill Halo, but whenever he touched Halo, he'd burn. Her mother's sacrifice still lingered, protecting her. But he still tried, and Halo made sure to grab hold of Quirrell as much as possible. It killed him, and Halo ended up wounded and in the Hospital wing. In the summer, she was sent back to the Dursleys until Fred, George and Ron stole their father's flying Ford Anglia and flew it all the way to Surry and rescued her near the end of the summer. That year, the Chamber of secrets was opened. The chamber was rumoured to hold a legendary beast that Salazar Slytherin had placed there to rid the school of all he had deemed unworthy of practicing magic. The monster began petrifying muggleborn students, and I was one of them, but not before I had discovered that it was a Basilisk, a giant serpent with the ability to kill if you meet its glare, and petrify if you see its gaze in a reflection. It would explain why Halo could hear the thing, seeing as she could talk to snakes. That ability made people believe she was the one attacking students, until I was attacked that is. And then, Ginny Weasley was taken down to the chamber. It turned out she was being possessed by Voldemorts old School diary, which was using her energy, to gain strength, so Voldemort could return. As Ginny died, he would come back. He'd been using her to set the Basilisk on muggleborns. Down in the chamber, Halo had been separated from Ron. She faced Tom Riddle, who she found out was the teenage Voldemort, and then she, with the help of Fawkes, a phoenix, and the Sword of Godric Gryffindor, another founder of Hogwarts, like Slytherin, she managed to kill the Basilisk, but not before being poisoned. She took the fang that had pierced her, and stabbed the diary, stopping Voldemort again, and saving Ginny. But it almost cost her her life.

"Had it not been for the fact that phoenix's have healing tears, she would have died. But she didn't. The summer before third year was when Sirius Black, mass murdering psychopath, broke out of the Wizard prison Azkaban. Everyone believed he had been the Potter's Secret Keeper, because in school, he had been James Potter's best friend, and later on, his best man. He was the logical choice. We discovered at the end of the year, that it wasn't the case. It had been Peter Pettigrew, another friend of James and Sirius, who they had made their Secret Keeper. It was Peter who betrayed them, who had faked his death, and killed thirteen others, before transforming into a rat, and escaping. He hid out as the Weasley's pet rat Scabbers. Sirius and our D.A.D.A teacher for that year, the last two either being dead or fully amnesiac, was the fourth member of James' group, the Marauders. He and Sirius were about to kill Pettigrew for his betrayal when Halo stopped them on the grounds that he could be handed to the Dementors, the guards of Azkaban that suck out all happiness, and will, given the chance, suck out a person's soul. If Pettigrew was handed over, then Sirius could be proven innocent, and Halo wouldn't have to go back to the Dursleys. But, that didn't happen. Lupin was a werewolf, and that night was a full moon. When he transformed, Pettigrew got away, and Sirius had to go on the run again. But, before the end of the school year, I went to Dumbledore, the protection the Blood wards gave Halo when with her relatives from Voldemort be damned. But Dumbledore wouldn't listen to me about the Dursleys, and she was once again forced to go back for the summer. The first sign that Voldemort was coming back were her dreams. Halo saw him planning to use her somehow, to come back. Something about having a faithful servant in Hogwarts. That year, the school would hold a tournament, between Hogwarts, Baubatons and Durmstrang. The triwizard tournament. There would be three champions, one from each school. The goblet of fire, a magical artefact, would choose a champion from each school. Three champions were chosen, Fleur being one, for Baubatons. But then, Halo's name came out too. Most believed she'd done it herself for attention, but that wasn't the case. Voldemort's servant had done it. She was forced to compete, facing a dragon, to get the clue to the second task, rescuing Ron from the merpeople of the black lake, and then a maze to the triwizard cup. She and Cedric Diggory, the other Hogwarts champion took the cup together. But it was a portkey, a transport if you will. And it took them straight to Pettigrew and Voldemort, who ordered Voldemort to 'kill the spare', meaning Cedric. He was killed, and Pettigrew preformed a ritual, which used his left hand and Halo's blood, to bring back Voldemort. In short, he and Halo duelled, Halo saw echo's of who Voldemort had killed in reverse, up to and including her parents, and she barely got away, bringing Cedric's body back home. The majority of the wizarding community refused to believe Voldemort had returned, and Halo had a hard year in our fifth year. She always had headaches from her scar, and visions from Voldemort, and she was constantly ridiculed. Then, she believed that Voldemort had captured Sirius, and taken him to the Department of Mysteries in the Ministry of Magic. He was the only father she'd ever known, so she went after him with me, Ron, Luna, Neville and Ginny. We found out that it was a trap laid by Voldemort to get the prophecy, as only those the prophecy is about can pick it off the shelf. Sirius wasn't really there, but Voldemort had used the connection to lure her to the Ministry. We fought with the Death Eaters, and would have lost had it not been for the Order of the Phoenix, a group set up by Dumbledore to fight Voldemort. The Marauders plus Lily had all been a part of it in the first war, and in the second, Sirius and Remus Lupin were still a part. The fight had gone from the hall of prophecies in the department of Mysteries to the veil room. The veil was known as the veil of Death. That was because it led to death. It had been used as a means of execution. Anyway, Sirius' insane cousin, Bellatrix LeStrange, hit him with a stunning spell, and he fell right through. Remus was barely able to stop Halo from going after him. She then chased after Bellatrix, and once again fought Voldemort and survived. Dumbledore told her about the Prophecy, and she smashed up his office. It wasn't a smart move to burden her with that, right after the death of the man she saw as a father figure. Then, in the summer, Draco, Halo and I took a trip into London, so they could get more acquainted with the muggle world. Halo told us to go on ahead. She must have known. The next thing we know, aurors are swarming the streets after a huge explosion."

"What are Aurors?" Jazz asked her.

"Magical Law enforcement." Draco answered. "But the thing was, Voldemort had attacked, and Halo's magic had acted out, causing a magical backlash, the explosion. Hermione and I saw them taking Halo away."

"I went back to the Dursleys house, grabbed Halo's Invisibility cloak and snuck into the Ministry to find that she'd been sentenced to death." Hermione said.

"WHAT!" The Autobots, Barricade, Sam, Mikayla, Lennox and Epps yelled. How could they do that? WHat was wrong with these people?

Ironhide looked down at the sparkling he was holding, and was relieved that she hadn't woken up. That would be the last thing they needed right now, as they had no idea how she'd react to the change.

"I followed what was being said down to the veil room. I got there just in time to see Halo stand up, call the minister an idiot in the back pockets of Voldemort's Death Eaters, and walk into the veil. Just as she stepped through, an Unspeakable, those who work in the Department of Mysteries came in, saying that the veil didn't lead to death, but to another universe, that was on a different time line to us. Sirius went through a couple of months ago, when Halo arrived in this world, she arrived ten years later. But they'd found out how to control when they landed, to an extent. They could land a few weeks after Halo, and then come back at will. That's how we got here. I nicked the spell, or a copy of the notes."

"But we aren't the only ones." Bill said gravely. "Ministry officials ready to complete Halo's execution, Voldemort and his Death Eaters, and Dumbledore and his Order. They all want her to end up dead. In a way, the Order is the worst. They pretend they're on Halo's side, but really they just want her to defeat Voldemort. If she doesn't die in the attempt, they'll kill her and make it look like an 'accident'. All to get a hold on her money and political influence. But the fire was set by a Death Eater who'd found her. Lucius Malfoy."

Draco felt all eyes on him. "He's my father, but I don't follow his or my mothers, beliefs. I follow my cousin, Sirius' beliefs. He came from a similar, blood supremacist background, but he became a major player for the light, instead of the Dark. The same for one of my mother's two sisters."

"So, those were those people who turned up at the shed?" Sam asked.

"Yeah. Voldemort was the one with the snake face, and the red eyes." Hermione said. "The others were some of his closest, and most trusted, well Pettigrew, only because of his betrayal of the Potters, and helping Voldemort come back." Charlie said.

"When was this?" Optimus asked.

"When we were looking for an explanation as to what could have happened, they turned up, but Bee hid Mikayla and I in the tree, and hid behind it. They were under some sort of invisibility spell." Sam said. "We didn't realise fully who they were."

"How did they find her?" Ironhide asked.

"There's a tracking spell- it takes ages to perform and is extremely difficult." Hermione said. "But Voldemort knows her magical signature, so he could track her, and so could his Death Eaters."

"That is a problem." Optimus said.

"Yes, but so could Dumbledore, the Order and some in the Ministry, as there are records in the Department of Mysteries of magical signatures of all who've entered there." Bill said.

"We need to see her." Fleur said.

"I don't think that now is the best time." Ratchet said.

"I thought she was alright!" Hermione said.

"She is… but she needs to rest."

Hermione's eyes narrowed. "What is it? What. Is. Wrong. With. Halo?" Hermione demanded through her teeth.

The Autobot's exchanged looks, before Optimus began talking. "Well, while Ratchet was treating her, she changed."

"Changed?" Fred asked.

"How?" George continued.

"I know." Luna said.

"Luna." Hermione groaned, but the younger girl just rolled her eyes.

"Just because you can't see, Hermione. Her magic reacted to a new energy in her body, and when the two combined energies were triggered by her nearly dying, she changed, into the younger version of them." Luna gestured to the Autobots.

"Hermione, Luna is a true seer. I'm inclined to believe her." Neville said, though he was shocked at what his girlfriend had just revealed.

"And you were going to tell us when?" Hermione asked Luna.

"After you'd told them what was going on. And anyway, you'd be more likely to believe me if you could see proof." Luna looked up at Ironhide, her dreamy gaze was slightly unnerving, if he admitted, which he wouldn't.

Reluctantly, Ironhide lowered himself down so he was kneeling, and adjusted his arm, so they could see the sparkling Halo. Draco moved forward towards her, staring at her. He reached out; Luna opened her mouth to warn him, but was too late. Draco's fingers brushed Halo's arm, a small amount of energy arced between them, but it was enough, and Draco fell backwards to the floor, convulsing, Ironhide rocketed to his feet, recovering Halo in an attempt to protect her, not knowing what was happening. She didn't seem to be effected, but Draco was fitting on the floor.

Ratchet was immediately scanning him. "He's- he's changing too!" Even as Ratchet said it, Draco's skin began to change, and became panelled and wires were seen under the panelling.

"Ok, no one with magic touch Halo!" Fred said.

"Don't worry! It was only because energy from the all spark shot through the veil, and hit Draco when he was a baby and Lilly when she was pregnant with Halo. The energy was absorbed into Halo's body." Luna said.

Everyone there just decided to accept Luna's words at that point. Soon, Draco was a sparkling, and his panelling was silver and green, unlike Halo's silver and red. Both of them were mostly silver, but they did have some coloured panels.

Ratchet picked up the now sparkling Draco, and began scanning him, to make sure he was fine. "Nothing seems wrong with him, but he seems to have slipped into a recharge, to adapt to the change. Ironhide, let me scan Halo to make sure she's alright."

The weapons master allowed the medic to scan the tiny sparkling, worried that something could be wrong.

"Everything is fine, her recovery from her near death experience hasn't even been effected." Ratchet declared.

Ironhide nodded, glad.

"Ah, that's our Halo." Fred said.

"Always almost dying," George continued.

"Never actually moving on." They continued together. "Lucky, that one."

Jazz grinned. He could tell he was going to get on with these two.

"So, the threat to her life is greater than we originally thought." Optimus said, gravely. "We'll have to tell her."

"Tell her what?" Sam asked.

"She has the power of the All Spark." Luna said.

"What is this All Spark?" Hermione asked.

"It was the cube that brought life to our planet. The war over the cube tore our world apart. It was destroyed, but its power transferred to Halo." He said. He was wary of Barricade, but Luna had come out and said it, so he may as well explain to the others who didn't understand.

"Bloody hell." Epps said. "Thank God Megatron's gone, or there would be hell to pay! I mean, we can't just connect her to a spark, can we? That'd kill her."

"Yes, but that's not the problem right now." Optimus said. "The problem is that we have a very vulnerable sparkling, in the beginning of her first frame, with the power of the All Spark, that three groups, who seem to be quite powerful, want to see dead, one way or another. We can't allow that to happen."

"Well, there goes her chance for a normal life for the time being." Jazz muttered.

The witches and wizards present felt their respect for the Autobots rise then. They had tried to let Halo have an ordinary life, something she'd always wanted.

"If it makes you feel better, her chance at a normal life went out the window on that Halloween night." Neville said. "She's not had a moment's peace since."

"Yes she has. Here, she has." Hermione said. "Draco told us she was happy here. And everyone couldn't leave well enough alone, could they?"

Just as she said it, there were a couple of very audible 'cracks!', like gunshots, causing everyone who was awake to go on high alert, especially the Autobots and Barricade (who wished he could switch from his Alt mode) who had a very precious sparkling to protect.

"That sounded like apparition." Fleur stated.

A/N: So, good or bad? Who do you think will turn up? Please tell me what you think in a review! It doesn't even have to be long!