When Optimus and I made it to my quarters, he sat behind the large desk that used to hold my living area, but I moved that to the cybertronian berth. I jumped out of his servo and flew over to the data shelf with all the datapads. One was on a shelf by itself. The soft hum of my flight thrusters was the only sound in the room as I picked the device up with a grunt. When I got it to the desk, Optimus turned it on and read the page I had bookmarked. His optics widened and I suddenly felt stupid.

"No one is to know. It could prove deadly to everyone. Including you." I crossed my arms and looked down. "There's one relic left from my dimension, here. It might be with this dimension's parallel relic."

"What relic?" Optimus gently placed the datapad down. Primus, his optics are so mesmerizing.

"The Star Saber is your dimension's, the Sun Saber is my Dimension's. I read about it in one of the Datapads you lent me." I rubbed my arm.

"If what my counterpart says is true, it could also be a turning point for us. But I will honor your request." Optimus stood up and left my quarters. My spark pulsed towards him.

"I can't believe you, Flames. I really, really cant fucking believe you!" I clenched my servos into fist as I clenched my teeth or is it denta now? Who cares anymore.

-Time Lapse: Two days-

"Found it! Old Road Rage didn't waste any time posting it. Raf will scrub it once he's back from house hunting." Jack assured everyone. I was leaning against the railing pinching the bridge of my nose.

"Is this what you learned while serving Alpha Trion?! I highly doubt he would've condoned such irresponsible behavior." Ratchet yelled.

"Blowing your cover is not okay." Arcee scolded the rookie.

"Sorry guys, I know I really messed up." Smokescreen apologized.

"Can I punch the shit out of him again?" I pounded my fist into my palm to make my point.

"No." Ratchet stated.

"Damn." I muttered.

"Although, while Ratchet and Arcee are correct. I believe that we are all responsible for this incident." Optimus looked at everyone, including me.

"US?!" Arcee and I gaped at Prime.

"How?" Ratchet spluttered.

"We weren't even there!" Bulkhead added. Bee whirred something. "Well, Bee was."

The scout elbowed the Wrecker.

"I'm just a human!" I tried to pull hoping it would work. "I can't help him. Even if you asked, he would end up coming back as a metal pretzel... Yum, pretzels."

"Our recent efforts have been so focused on averting crisis, that we have overlooked simple matters. Such as teaching Smokescreen how to best function on this planet. It is an oversight that must be corrected." Optimus said. I groaned and made for the elevator. Smokescreen started to suck up to Optimus.

"KISS ASS!" I shouted pointing to the rookie before flipping the race car off.

"Language!" Bulkhead reminded me.

"Whatever, Captain America!" I called back as the elevator doors closed behind me.

     When I stepped out into the sunlight, I sighed in content at the warmth on my metals. It was still a bit surreal to learn that since I no longer have any flesh; meaning my hair is made of fine metals fibers, I'm practically a full cybertronian now. As well as I am now officially Ratchet and Ironhide's creation, since my metals came from their metals. It was weird. As I sat with my face mask that was part of my combat suit; that Ratchet and I designed, loosely hanging around me neck. I closed my white optics as the breeze blew stray strands of hair around my face. Sunlight glinted off my dark royal blue visor as I soaked up the warmth and prayed for some sort of tan from the Nevada sun.

"Dawn." Optimus' voice broke through the silence making me frown as my faceplates started to heat up. "Your treatment towards Smokescreen is becoming quite harsh."

"If someone took away the only thing that made you feel normal, you would feel the same way. I can't have the dream family I want now!" I looked at the Prime as he saw next to me. "Besides, I'm Ironhide's kid now, remember?"

"But you also have the compassion of Ratchet." Optimus reminded me. So he has read the information background story.

"I sugar coated the parts about Pops. He was one malicious fucker when it came to the Terror Twins dragging me into pranking someone." I smiled at the memories of dodging wrenches. "He's where I learned to throw things with deadly precision." I pulled the silver wrench out of my pocket and held it tenderly. "They were there when the Decepticons took my family from me, and when I was being harassed by our liaisons. Nearly killed one when he had his way with me after drugging my soda."

"You were forced upon?" Optimus looked at me horrified. I nodded with a grim expression.

"Yeah. But when the other members of NEST learned about what happened.... Galloway was sentenced to life in Federal Prison. Then, four months later I have a miscarriage while still healing from losing my arms." I shrugged. "Life back home was not easy for me."

"You lost a sparkling?" Prime had a sympathetic look in his optics.

"No one knew I was pregnant, not even my foster parents. It happened during a skirmish with Blackout and Grindor. Galloway was given even more time upon my guardians' requests. Funny thing is, your counterpart never stopped loving me. He fell in love with me right before the Matrix was found and I had lost my arms." I ran my digits over the engravings on my wrench. "It's all my fault."

"What do you mean?"

"If I had just lied to the Optimus in my dimension, about having the same feelings for him, I would still be home with my friends and family, and Cybertron wouldn't be connected to Earth." I buried my face in my servos and let harsh sobs wrack my body. A large digit gently rubbed my back. Once the sobs stopped, I wiped away the tears. "I'm such a mess. Maybe I should have been offlined for good when Lockdown did the injections."

"He would have been more hurt if you had lied than tell the truth." Optimus said. The sound of an engine racing towards base caught our attention and we saw Smokescreen returning.

"We should probably go back inside." I sighed.

"Ratchet will comm us if we are needed." Optimus stood up, transformed and activated his holoform. He sat next to me and pulled me close. Shuddering breaths shook my body as I tried to calm down. When I finally calmed enough, I became aware of his holoform's chiseled body and blushed while my spark skipped a beat.

.::Optimus, you might want to see this::. Ratchet's voice came through the commlink making me sigh and break the embrace.

"I will be there shortly." Optimus replied.

"You know, this is the first time you've shown some emotion." I tried to tease. "Almost like the ice barrier is breaking."

"Or maybe it is just you who I can show my emotions too, as we are similar." Optimus gently caressed my cheek before disappearing in a shower of blue sparks and transforming. I rose to my feet and made to follow. "Please, stay here. You are still under base rest."

"I've been through worse!" I replied. Optimus picked me up and placed me on the raised outcrop of base before taking the freight lift down. "Real smooth, Prime."

After about an hour of collecting my thoughts and remembering all the bad things that happened to me, only made me stronger, I was called down into base by Ratchet.

"Dawn, as much as I hate to do this as your physician. I need you to go and investigate this new beacon with Smokescreen." the medic handed me a scanner and activated the groundbridge.

"Wait... what are the coordinates." I looked up at the computer and slightly paled; which isn't very noticeable with metal skin. "The Sabers?"

"Possibly." the medic turned to the monitors as I ran through the vortex of light while pulling my mask up. I came out first into a sparse forest then I heard two others exit behind me?

"I... just pulled a Miko." Jack groaned behind me.

"Go back to base. Now!" I ordered. Smokescreen picked up the boy and ran off.

"Who left you in charge?" the rookie mocked.

"Prime did." I growled activating my flight thrusters and flying after the two. The three of us hid behind some boulders.

"They're swords." Jack looked to the rookie.

"I recognize one of them. Not just any sword. It's the Star Saber, legendary weapon forged by Solus Prime. As... lore would have it." Smokescreen replied.

"The other sword is from my dimension. It's the Sun Saber. Same story as the Star Saber, just different colors." I added. "You two stay here. I'm going in."

"Dawn!" Jack whisper shouted as I vaulted over the rocks and slid down the hill, hiding behind some rocks.

     Blaster fire caught my attention and I groaned seeing Smokescreen running for the relics. The dumb ass. Only one with the Matrix of Leadership can hold the damn Sabers. Jumping out of hiding, I transformed my servos into my cannons and fired on the drones as well. Megatron saw me and charged. Remembering Hong Kong, I started mimicking the maneuvers I used then. I became blocked from the relics but Smokescreen made it through. He tried to pull the Star Saber free; the silver bladed relic, but it wouldn't budge. Rolling my pure white optics, I summoned my talisman and it became my double bladed weapon. Quickly I dispatched the drones around me, before making a grab for the relic from my home. Smokescreen jumped back before he was shot and surrounded. The huge chunk of mountain I was on began to rise. Why wasn't the Sun Saber coming out?

"Wait. I haven't accepted who I am full heartedly." I closed my optics and took a deep breath. "I am Dawn Summers. I am the Rising Sun. I. Am. Avalon Prime!"

A golden glow came from the Sun Saber as well as my chest. Slowly the relic slid free from the stone and I fell back towards the ground. I was able to land on the ground, with a loud boom.

"Dawn..." Smokescreen shouted. I looked at him and he was shorter than me... "You're as tall as Optimus."

I looked down and saw that I had red and gold ghost flamed armor, similar to the Optimus' from back home.

"A Knight of Cybertron." Smokescreen breathed.

"Another Prime?!" Megatron yelled. "Bring them to me."

"Get back!" I snarled holding the Sun Saber up. Man, this thing is fucking heavy. A drone saw that, and shot my servo, making me drop it. "Damn it."

A flash of light and I was tiny again.

"Well, we're fucked in three different ways." I groaned as a Drone picked me up and held me tightly.

"So, the Rising Sun is a Prime? And a Minicon." Megatron smiled wickedly towards me.

"MINIBOT! Because I'm and AutoBOT!" I emphasized the bot part of my faction. Megatron roared and went to slap me out of the Drone's servo when blaster fire sounded in the behind him. "Well speak of the devil. Back up has arrived."

"Where is Optimus?!" Megatron looked around frantically. I took that distraction as a chance to escape. Transforming my tiny servos into cannons, I shot the drone holding me, then those who were restraining Smokescreen.

"Help the others." I ordered running towards the fallen Sun Saber. As soon as my tiny servo touched it, I was big again.

"Keep Prime away from the relic!" Megatron shouted as he and some drones transformed and flew after Optimus.

"Oh no you don't." I hissed getting a running start before activating the flight thrusters in me heeled peds. Damn, I'm pretty good looking in this form. Once I was close to the drones, I held the Sun Saber in one servo and transformed the other into an even bigger ion cannon. "BOOM TIME!"

"You let her near the other relic?!" Megatron snarled after I took out the Vehicon seekers.

"They had no choice. I killed them." I sped past the Warlord and dodged his shots so I could give Optimus a boost. When Prime drove off the cliff and was mid air, a shot from a drone hit him and he lost control. I placed the Sun Saber on my back and sped up till my servos pushed on his aft giving him more momentum. "Boost okay, Prime?"

     The light from the Star Saber was blinding. Causing me to lose control and crash to the ground with a groan. When I managed to roll over, I saw the mountain rolling towards Optimus. Quickly, I jumped to my peds and drew the Sun Saber while running to his side. As the stone got closer, Optimus and I swung our weapons; his glowing blue and mine gold, when the mountain neared us. The chunk rolled to a stop in two pieces. I placed the Sun Saber on my back and looked at our handiwork, before a sharp pain and the sound of a blaster knocked me off my peds. I braced for impact with the ground but it never came. I looked up and saw Optimus had wrapped his arms around my waist.

"Who are you?" he asked.

"Ironhide's kid." I gave him a loopy smirk. A faint click from my back and the clang of a sword hitting the ground set off the flash of light before I fell to the ground.... Tiny again. "Could you... carry that for me?"

"There is more to you, than meets the eye." Optimus gave me a quiet chuckle before he looked at the Nemesis and swung the Star Saber, sending a blue beam of light at it. I watched in awe. An all to familiar roar and the orange flames that followed a falling object made me rush after it.

"DAWN!" the other Autobots shouted. Optimus stayed behind and picked up my relic.

"GRIMMY! Where are ya, boy?" I called out stopping by a cloud of dust. Grunts and growls came from in front of me as a massive metal T-rex emerged. When he saw me, he gave off puppy like whines and nudged me. "I'm fine. Just a little toasting from an energon explosion and now I'm a Minibot."

Grimlock growled when the sound of running peds drew close.

"Dawn, back away from the thing." Arcee ordered. I glanced at her before climbing onto Grimlock's face to block his teeth.

"No. He's my puppy!" I shouted childishly. "He's saved my ass numerous times! Besides, he's an ancient Knight of Cybertron."

"This day has provided fruitful in many ways." Optimus approached us with the Sun Saber resting on his back.

"Can we keep him? He's very loyal!" I begged Prime, sliding off my 'pet's' face. Grimlock joined me. "He only eats Decepticons and junk cars. And he's fucking huge in bipedal mode. Besides, you can't resist two sets of cyber puppy optics."

Optimus seemed to be at war with himself internally.

"He can stay in that huge empty garage in the back by my room!" I added.

"Very well. Ratchet, open a groundbridge to our coordinates and keep Miko in your servos." Optimus informed the medic.

.::Why?::. Came the response.

"Dawn's 'pet' from the other world has made an appearance." Came the reluctant reply. A groundbridge opened with no reply. Whelp, there goes my hearing. We walked through with Smokescreen babbling, while I sat on a crouch shuffling Grimlock.

"By the Allspark! Where are we going to keep it?!" Ratchet nearly exploded in anger. Grimlock growled.

"Both of you, shut the fuck up." I shouted jumping from a crouched Grim's back. "Can I have the Sun Saber please?"

"You retrieved both?" Ratchet calmly asked.

"Dawn pulled the golden one out of the mountain." Smokescreen replied. I motioned for Grim to Gibbs him with his tail. A pained shout and crashing metal brought a smirk to my face. "Who did that?"

Grimlock made his throaty chuckle.

"Grimmy, why don't you go bipedal, it'll be easier on your back. Just watch the lights." I ordered the Dinobot leader. He nodded and transformed making everyone take a step back. "Good thing Miko never made it to base."

~Woah! He's huge!~ Bee whirred.

"He's too big." Ratchet huffed.

"He was imprisoned on the Nemesis, and probably beaten since he wouldn't follow Megatron's orders." I whined giving the cyber puppy optics again.

"He can stay in the garage. But I'll have to bridge him in there." the medic caved and I fist pumped the air.

"Dawn." Optimus stopped the merriment by handing my the Sun Saber. Taking a deep breath, I placed my servo on the relic and changed size. Suddenly both relics began to glow and the tips attracted one another.

"What the-." I was cut off when a deep and slightly familiar voice entered my mind.

"Optimus..." Ratchet looked to the elder Prime.

"We are receiving a message. From Alpha Trion." Optimus replied. The glow eventually died down and a wave of dizziness overwhelmed me. I dropped the Sun Saber and darkness consumed me.