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Chapter 14

Halo groaned as she woke up with a splitting headache. She put a hand on her head, and tried to open her eyes only to find that the light hurt them, and made her headache worse.

"Ugh." She groaned, as she rolled over, trying to bury her face on the mattress she was lying on, only for her stomach to drop as she fell off the bed. She opened her eyes to see that she was in the back seat of a pick up truck's cab- Ironhide's cab, she remembered.

"Are you alright, sparkling?" Ironhide asked her.

"Fine." She groaned, as she closed her eyes again. "Just a headache, papa. I don't remember going to sleep."

"That would be partially my fault." He said.

"What do you mean?"

"You seemed determined not to go to sleep. So, I had Epps slip you a sedative in your drink."

Halo just groaned. That was probably why she felt so bad. "Next time, make it a mild one if you're going to do it again. But please don't do it again. Or I will ask Fred and George for help getting my own back. I have a thumping headache. Probably my first bloody hangover and I didn't even get drunk!"

"Think of it as a delayed hangover from Prom." Ironhide told her, chuckling. "Bumblebee told us how drunk you all were. So drunk that had he been a normal car it would have crashed."

"Sweet Merlin that feels like an age ago. And that was all Sam's fault." She said, as she pulled herself up, and slowly let her eyes open, adjusting to the light. When she had opened her eyes fully, the headache had subsided somewhat. "Now, I'm going to find someone with a bloody good painkiller, a strong cup of tea, and then I'm going to un-jumble my memories, because nothing is in any semblance of order. It's all there, but not in the right pattern."

Ironhide opened his cab door, and Halo pulled herself out. When she was standing on her own two feet, the world span for a moment, and she had to wait for the world to spin, as she leant on Ironhide for support. When she was standing on her own, Ironhide switched from his alt mode.

Halo then set off towards where she remembered Fig, she thought his name was, saying where the Medical Bay had been set up, and it would be equipped to deal with both humans and Cybertronian's. When there, the two saw that Ratchet was already there, getting things sorted out to suit him.

"Morning." He said, without looking up.

"Morning Ratchet. Any idea where they keep the pain meds for humans?"

"That cupboard there, third shelf." Ratchet pointed.

"Thanks." Halo said. She looked through the several boxes of painkillers, and grabbed the Ibuprofen, taking two, and swallowing them dry. She was about to leave when Ratchet said;

"Where do you think you're going?"

Halo looked up at Ironhide, silently begging for his help getting away. He just shook his head, she was on her own. "To go sort my memories out?"

"Not yet. I need to check you over again. Just to make sure that nothing is wrong."

"I'm fine!"

"Then why are you taking painkillers?"

"To counter the hangover like effects of the sedative I was slipped." She tried to slip out the door, but Ironhide picked her up, and put her on the large metal examination table that could easily accommodate Optimus. "Papa!" She complained. "You're supposed to help me!"

"I am. If something was wrong, it would be better to catch it now."

"I'm sure something would have shown up yesterday in the multiple scans preformed." She grumbled. "Even in this universe I can't escape healers."

Ironhide and Ratchet laughed, and Ratchet began running scans. "All memories seem to be there, none of the block is present, but you need to put your memories in order."

"See, all fine! Sweet Merlin you're as bad as Pomfrey!" Halo said, getting down. She really was getting frustrated with being examined.

"I'll continue to fuss until I know for certain there are no lasting effects after what happened." Ratchet said, grinning. "You can go now, but I'll want to see you later for another check up."

Halo rolled her eyes and was about to jump from the table, but noticed the height she was from the ground. "Ah. May need a bit of help." She said. If she jumped, she knew she'd break a bone, and then she'd never get out of the Med Bay until the bone healed.

Ironhide held out a hand and she stepped on to it, and he lowered her to the floor. She hurried from the Med Bay, muttering about manic doctors and healers all conspiring against her.

"'Alo!" She heard someone call. She looked up and saw Fleur.

"Oh, hey Fleur." She said.

"'Ow are your memories?"

"All there, just muddled."

"I think I know how I can help you with that." Fleur said, hooking her arm with Halo's.

"How?"

"Meditation. A clear mind helps you to organise. My mother taught me and Gabrielle. I can teach you, if you want?"

"I'd appreciate that, Fleur. Thanks. I really didn't know where to start."

"Let's go outside then. Fresh air is usually the best thing for meditating."

Ironhide followed the two outside, but stopped a distance away from where they stopped, to give them space. He saw Fleur talking Halo through it, as Barricade approached him.

"How is she?"

"She's fine apparently. Her memories are just a bit muddled. She had a headache, but took a few painkillers. Ratchet wants to perform another check up later, but I think that she's getting very fed up with all these scans."

"I bet she is." Barricade laughed. "But it's best we make sure that she's fine. I checked on Dumbledore, he's getting closer to death. I ran as many scans as I could, his pain increases as he nears death."

"Good. He hurt her beyond belief. He's one of the two main reasons that Halo's life has been mostly awful."

"I agree. But he won't bother her anymore. His order on the other hand…"

"I don't know how big the Order was, but there were quite a few at the tip yesterday, and we took most of who were there out." Ironhide said. "I doubt we'll be seeing much more of them. But the other two groups will still be out there."

"Yes. Voldemort and the Ministry, minus a handful." Barricade noted. "When they come along, we'll just do the same as what we did to the Order."

"Count on it. I won't let anymore harm come to her."

"Neither will I." Barricade agreed with him, before they both turned their attention back to the sparkling they'd adopted, and the part Veela who was attempting to help her.

Halo was desperately trying to put things back into order, but her memories after her eleventh birthday were like books from five and a half full book cases that had been strewn all over the room, their pages torn out, and thrown everywhere. The meditative techniques helped a little, but not much. It was frustrating. That frustration broke her out of her meditative state and she frowned.

"What ees wrong, 'Alo?" Fleur asked.

"It's not helping all that much." Halo admitted to the older witch.

Fleur thought for a moment, before clicking her fingers. "Try it when you shift! You said that everything was clearer when you were a sparkling."

Halo nodded. Fleur was right. Everything was clearer for her as a sparkling, so she closed her eyes and changed, finding it far easier than changing from a sparkling to a human. When she had completed the change, Halo closed her optics, and began to meditate again, and began sorting through her hectic memories. First, she sorted the memories into year groups, and then into months, then weeks and finally days. It took her a while, but soon, everything was done. Halo opened her eyes to see that the sun had reached its highest point. It was noon!

"Fleur, I'm done." She said.

The part Veela snapped out of her meditation and smiled at her. "Well, that's good. Everything's in order?"

"Perfect order." Halo said. "Thanks for your help." She said, standing, she noticed Fleur's eyes were focused on something behind her. "What is it?"

"'Alo, your form has changed slightly."

"How so?"

"Wings."

Halo looked over her shoulder, and saw, that her sparkling form had now developed wings.

She reached up, and touched them, and they snapped down, into her back. She willed her wings back out and they appeared again. Her eyes immediately sought out Ironhide, and saw both him and Barricade quickly approaching them.

Barricade scooped her up, and stroked a finger across her wing span. "So these were the patterns on your back."

"There were patterns, daddy?" Halo asked.

"Yes, there were. Close your wings up for me, sparkling."

She willed her wings to close up and felt Barricade trace something on her back. "There's the patterns. You're a seeker."

"I knew that. It's the position I played on the Quidditch team since first year. What's that got to do with my wings?"

"The term means something different to us, Halo." Ironhide said. "It mean's you're a flyer."

"Oh." She said. "So, I won't change into a car?"

"No, those are grounders." Ironhide chuckled. "But you're definitely a seeker. The only thing is, they fly in trines. And all the other Seeker's are Deceptacon's."

"I'm used to being the only Seeker on a team. That's how it's played in Quidditch. So the others fly in threes? I'm used to flying solo."

"Well, that's a good way to look at it sparkling. We should probably find the others, and tell them." Barricade said.

Ironhide nodded, and Barricade moved Halo to his shoulder. Ironhide offered Fleur his hand, and she stepped on, and allowed herself to be deposited on Ironhide's shoulder. The two bots walked to the main hanger, where they were met by Jazz, who was frowning.

"What's up Jazz?" Ironhide asked.

"There's a diplomat here. Name of Galloway." Jazz said. "And he doesn't like us one bit."

"Right." Ironhide said nodding. "Make sure Halo's not let out of any of our sights while he's here. One of us watches her the whole time." He said.

"I can protect myself, you know." Halo said.

"Yeah, but we don't know this guy." Ironhide said. "I'm not willing to take any chances."

"Neither am I." Barricade said. "Can we avoid him?"

Jazz shook his head. "Optimus wants us all there."

"Then he's going to see Halo."

"He already knows we have two sparklings, and he's already seen Draco. He turned into his sparkling self just before the guy arrived."

"How did he react?" Ironhide asked, as they headed for the main meeting room.

"He looked at him like he was a piece of meet man. I think he wants to use Draco as an experiment."

Both Barricade and Ironhide stopped.

"And we're supposed to let this human near Halo?" Barricade asked.

"Near, yes. Near enough to touch, no." Jazz said. "But he aint leaving till he's met everyone."

Barricade picked Halo off his shoulder, and held her against his chest plates, his hand acting as a shield, and they set off again.

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