So this is my rewrite on my previous story 'Life As A Shadow'. I simply did not know how to continue the story with my two OCs, and kept on getting writers block after writer's block. But I will have them in parts of this first chapter just like I did with my other story, only they will be sorta background characters. So again I apologize. Though like I said before, this story will continue on with Shadows adventures with Team Prime. And please, no flame, but ideas and suggestions are welcomed. Please leave a comment on what you think.

UPDATE(6/14/24): I am going back through the first 10 chapters and fixing some mistakes that I have noticed and was bothering me, don't worry it's nothing major. ;)

Disclaimer: I do not own Transformers Prime, Only my OCs.

Enjoy the chapter!

Chapter One: Beginning

"I just love the smell of a campfire." I said as I put another good size branch on the large pile of burning wood. We were currently burning a large pile of sticks and tree branches that have fallen in the half wooded field that we owned by my house.

"Same here, even though this is supposed to be hard work, it's still a lot of fun." My 15 year old cousin said as she threw a couple sticks into the fire before turning to me with a smirk. "And we also get to roast some jumbo marshmallows while we're at it. And it's so much better doing this at night so it's not too hot."

"Yeah Anna, but we are also getting bit by a ton of ants on the back side of the pit." I turned towards Beth, my other cousin, and raised an eyebrow.

"I thought I said that I'll take care of the back side so ya'll won't have to worry about all the ants."

The two girls turned to look at me as Beth rubbed the back of her head sheepishly. "Yeah, sorry I forgot about that."

"It's alright, I'm more used to getting attacked by the little bastards." The three of us chuckled at that.

My name is Cassie but everyone calls me Cass, or Shadow. I am 21 years old. 5'10. Long wavy brown hair and Hazel green eyes. Live in a small town East of Dallas, Texas.

"Hey Shadow, when we finish with this pile, can we watch Transformers Prime on your laptop?" Beth asked with puppy dog eyes and I laughed at the ever growing excitement that is obviously starting to show through. "Well of course Shortout, right after we put in the rest of those fallen limbs." I smirked when she ran to the small pile of said limbs before picking up as many as she could.

"Come on Titanium, help me with these." She said eagerly to Anna before turning to me. "You too Shadowstalker." Laughing we went and picked up the last remaining limbs before taking them to the fire pit and throwing them on.

And if you haven't figured it out yet, we are big fans of Transformers, mainly Transformers Prime, to which I got them interested in. Sometimes feels like one of those #NoRegrets moments.

We even came up with our own Cybertronian names, usually it would take a bit of thinking to come up with the perfect names, but unlike theirs, mine came to me in a pinch. Anna is Titanium. Beth is Shortout. And I'm Shadowstalker.

But strangely, when I came up with my name, a symbol similar to the Autobot insignia started flashing through my mind as well as a name of a group of bots. Shadowhunters. I had been a bit confused about that but the only thing I could do was draw out the symbol. Might have just been part of my crazy and wild imagination.

I was drawn from my thoughts when Shorts spoke. "Think it's gonna rain tonight?"

Sniffing the air I could smell the rain that has yet to come as the wind started to pick up some. "Yeah, most likely. I can smell it. " I said as I walked to the water hose that we had pulled out to where we were in case the fire got out of control.

"What are you doing?" T.T. asked me confused.

"It's gonna rain any time now, I'm just gonna put out most of the flames so we can go in. The rain will put out the rest." I sprayed the flames until I only saw the red hot coals before turning off the water and placed it away from the pit. "There, that should do it for now. Now let's go, we got ourselves a date with Team Prime." And with that we raced each other to my house, I won of course.

"Hey girls, you finished with the fire?" My mom asked when we walked in. "Pretty much, there's a couple limbs that haven't completely burned yet, but the wind started to pick up and it's about to rain so I put the flames out and we came in here. We're about to go watch some Transformers Prime in my room." I said as I went and gave her a quick hug. "Alright, well y'all have fun then, but don't stay up too late, it's already 8:45."

Me and the girls replied. "Yes Ma'am." before going into my room. I grabbed my laptop from my desk, and Shorts grabbed the first season of Transformers Prime from the shelf that had all my movies before we all got settled on my bunk bed/futon. I had the futon up as a couch this time as I sat in the middle with the laptop on my lap, Shorts on my left and T.T. on my right.

Soon enough we were settled, I pushed play and the first episode began.

Now the thing that pisses me off so much is what happened to Cliffjumper. Within the first minute of watching this episode, he had been my favorite Autobot... ONLY FOR HIM TO OFFLINE NOT EVEN FIVE FRAGGING MINUTES INTO THE BEGINNING OF THE FIRST EPISODE!

That wasn't even fair, like why did they have to kill him off? I hated the creators for that... but not as much as I hate Screamer for being the one that killed him. Forget Megatron, that fragging creation of a glitch is lucky that I'm not there, cause I would personally make his life a living Pit.

I smirked evilly at all the wonderful pranks that I could pull on him, especially the one where I cover him with feathers, weld a cone and beak on him, and make it where instead of talking normally he ends up clucking just like a chicken. Ohhhh, yeah baby, and maybe, just maybe I could get Knockout and Breakdown to help me with that.

Or fill Starscream's berthroom with fake remote control scraplets and lock the seeker in there. Pit, I just might do that at base. Muahahahahhaha!

"Thinking about those pranks again Shadow?" I laughed when Shorts asked me that. "Whaaat? Did my face happen to give that away?" I smirked as they both laughed.

It was just after 11:30 when we finished watching all the Darkness Rising episodes. I noticed that both girls were fast asleep next to me. I paused the show and turned off my computer, but kept it on my lap cause I didn't want to move and wake up my sisters. Sighing quietly I leaned my head back and closed my eyes as I felt exhaustion wash over me.

It didn't take long before I too fell asleep, unbeknownst that my phone screen had lit up... and a familiar Cybertronian insignia started blinking.

*Dreamscape*

When I opened my eyes I seemed to be standing in space with a billion stars twinkling around me.

What in the Pit? I thought before looking down. It felt like I was standing on solid ground but the ground seemed transparent as I could see the same starry blackness as was around me. "Where am I?" I wondered out loud before taking a cautious step forward, then another, and another.

But before I could take another step a bright blue sphere appeared in front of me. Gasping in surprise I had to bring my arms up to shield my eyes from the growing brightness before I saw the light dim down a lot, only then did I lower my arms.

And my eyes widened when I saw the figure that was standing right in front of me. Someone that I recognized from my favorite TV show Transformers Prime.

A-Alpha T-Trion?" I stammered in shock. This is too good to be true.

He chuckled lightly at my reaction. "I see you know who I am, young one." He said in a deep but gentle voice.

"Y-Yes Sir, From a TV show in my world." I said and he seemed to frown at that.

"So, you do not remember?" He asked, a bit saddened as I blinked up at him confused. What was he talking about?

"Remember? Remember what?". I asked him. He seemed to be thinking for a couple seconds before bending down closer to my height (he's a bit taller than Optimus after he got the new upgrade in season 3).

"Do you not remember being Shadowstalker?"

My eyes widened at his question. How did he-? Remember being Shadowstalker? But that can't be right, I was born a human, I even saw my Birth Certificate. July 30, 1998, 21 years old.

I stared at the large bot in front of me before I was finally able to find my voice. "But there's no way-. I mean, I'm human. I was born human. Shadowstalker was a name that I created for myself because I was a huge fan of Transformers Prime. So how could I possibly be Shadowstalker?" I asked Alpha Trion. And I swear that last sentence almost sounded like Optimus When he suffered amnesia while on the Nemesis.

He hummed in thought before his lips twitched up slightly. "You may not remember much, but there is one memory that you do in factremember."

I tilted my head in confusion. "Remember something about being Shadowstalker? But the only thing that comes to mind is..." I trailed off when realization dawned upon me. The strange symbol that came with the name. The Shadowhunters.

Suddenly something flashes through my mind. Blurred images. A memory...

"We are Shadowhunters, we hunt down and destroy what we call 'Kieshans'. Kieshans are Cybertronians that have been tainted by what is referred to as The Blood of Unicron and are mutants. Highly dangerous to the public and we are the only ones trained well enough to deal with them, and now we shall train you all to do the same. The training is long and intensive, if you do not feel like you are unable to take an oath, you may leave, the rest stay. " A mech that was probably the Commander or something said, Slash I believe is his name. He was mostly white with purple on his pedes, servos, and helm, and looked like he might transform into a jet of some sorts. He had yellow optics. I also saw the same Shadowhunter insignia on his chestplate. Looking around I saw that all us recruits (22 to be exact) including me stayed where we were at. We stayed.

We will become Shadowhunters.

I gasped out in shock before looking up at Alpha Trion in disbelief. "Am I- really Shadowstalker?" I asked him quietly and he nodded once.

"How? I mean what happened? W-Why can't I remember?" My voice quacked towards the end. I had so many questions running through my head that I started to feel a migraine forming.

"All I know is that you were kidnapped. I'm afraid that I do not know who and for what purpose , but I have been searching for you for a long time, and now I find you at last. I know you have many questions but unfortunately we do not have the time, but don't fret young one, you will slowly regain your memories." He said to me.

"So what's going to happen to me now? Do I stay in the world that I am in now?" I asked curiously. And I swear till the day I die that I saw a small smirk on that fragger's face.

"I should have known you would inquire about that. I am hoping to send you back to that dimension, the one that you referred to as Transformers Prime. I have already alerted Optimus Prime that I will be sending you to Jasper, he will find you and take you back to his base." No fragging way, I'm gonna meet the bots! Even the cons! And I can help with the war. But...

"What will happen to my friends and family? Will they know I'm gone?" I asked as he smiled sadly.

"No, they will not notice your absence, for it will be as if you were never in their world. It would be all but a dream to them." I gasped at that. No one will remember me? My family. All my friends. A tear slid down my face when I thought about Jason and Renee. My best friends and they won't even remember who I am.

I guess this is the price I'm gonna have to pay.

Glancing at the master archivist I decided on what I want to do. "Alright, I'll go, but before I do can I bring a few things from home with me?"

He hummed in thought before the space around me changed and I seemed to be back in my room. I didn't see Alpha Trion but I had a feeling that he was still there watching me. Looking towards my bed I saw that it was vacant and it was only me in my room.

I jumped when I heard the big A's voice by me. "Gather all that you need, but remember, we do not have that much time."

I nodded before grabbing my dark green duffel bag and stuffed it with clothes I wear more often, and enough undergarments to last a week. I don't know when I will be able to go to the store. Since I still had some room left I was able to shove my laptop, charger, and USB drive in it. As well as my small DVD album that contained the TFP series.

I placed my phone in my pocket and the charger in the side pocket of the duffel.

After I was finished with that I grabbed my backpack- which already had my wallet (with over $520 in it), pencil case, journal, Mp4, and earbuds. Making my way to my bathroom I grabbed my toothbrush/toothpaste, hairbrush, Shampoo/conditioner, and a couple face care products.

Returning to my room there was one last thing that I grabbed, a small photo album with pictures of me,my family, and some of my friends. Shoving that in my backpack I put it on my back and grabbed my duffel bag. I took one last look around my room, knowing that this would be the last I will be seeing it, before looking up.

"Alright. I'm ready."

"Very well then. I bid you Farewell until the next time we meet, Shadowstalker."

And with that I was suddenly surrounded by light then everything went dark.

*End Dreamscape*

I moaned as I stirred from my slumber. The first thing I noticed was the birds chirping and the slightly cooled breeze that kissed my skin. When I opened my eyes I saw that I was laying on a bench underneath a oak tree.

"Ugh, where am I?" I groaned as I sat up. It wasn't that comfortable of a bench.

"A park?" I muttered to myself as I glanced around. I saw a concrete path around the park and a fairly large playground.

But that's not really caught my attention. No. It was the large sign that said Jasper's Wade Park did I fully realize where I'm at.

Holy slag, I'm actually in the Jasper, Nevada. That means that I get to meet the bots. But, how do I get to them? I mean, I highly doubt that walking through the desert and literally knocking on their front door will go over very well.

"I have already alerted Optimus Prime that I will be sending you to Jasper, he will find you and take you back to his base." The big A's words echoed in my mind and I started glancing around until I spotted a parking lot.

Then my heart seemed to skip a beat before speeding up in excitement when I spotted a familiar red and blue Semi. Oh my Primus, it's Optimus Prime! I now felt like Smokescreen when he first met the Prime. I almost couldn't control my fangirling.

He must have seen me looking his way because he suddenly flashed his headlights at me. Well I guess this is it. Time to get this show on the road. I thought as I slung my backpack over my shoulder and grabbed my duffel bag before I started towards the waiting truck. All the while my heart was beating faster and faster with each step.

I stopped right in front of the truck as I stared at the Autobot insignia of the grill.

"Optimus Prime?" There was a couple seconds of silence before he spoke.

"Is it really you Shadowstalker?"

I smiled sadly at him. "I am, but I'm afraid that I don't remember much of anything other than my name and that I was part of a group called the Shadowhunters." I looked down at the ground. "I'm hoping that more of my memories will come back to me."

"I am sorry to hear that. I hope your memories will return as well, but I believe that it will be best to head back to our base." He said before I heard his passenger door click open. Nodding I walked over to the open door and put my duffel bag in before climbing into the seat.

The door closed and I jumped slightly when the seat belt snaked around me, clicking into place. He started the engine and pulled out of the parking lot and towards the base. Still very awed that I'm actually here.

It was silent for several minutes before I spoke. "So, the big A told you about me?" I asked as I looked out the window at the passing buildings.

"He did. As well as mentioning how you already know me and my team from a fictional story in your other world." He said and I turned so that I was looking at the bot insignia on his steering wheel. Glancing down I responded with an "Oh" before looking back at the steering wheel. "Do the others know about me? And who I am?" I asked nervously. What would they think of me? Would they even know me?

"I did not give out that information to them, only the fact that Alpha Trion is sending a human from another dimension to be with us... However, I do believe that it would not take long for them to recognize you."

I tilted my head in slight confusion. "How come?"

"Though you appear human, your facial features and voice are identical to the Cybertronian Shadowstalker." He said before I went back to looking out the window.

A small sad sad smile etched its way on my face. "If only I could remember who I was and what I looked like." I muttered quietly. I wasn't sure if Optimus heard me or not, but the way the seat belt tightened slightly around me like a comforting hug told me otherwise.

It was then and there that began to sink in that my life will never be the same again. And, because of that, I'm kind of...glad. It's time to aid the Cybertronians in ending this war and restoring Cybertron to its former glory...

And to also hopefully save those here that weren't supposed to offline like they did in the show.

And there we have it.

So it ain't that much different than the first story, just that Shadow was the only human that was born a Cybertronian and not the other two OCs of mine. I'll get the second chapter up as soon as I can.

Until then, Shadowstalker, Out!