(A/N Hey, guys I found this picture and decided to post it. I did edit the color abit to help you understand what she looks. It's where Nova unlocks or rather given a new form. Hope you enjoy it.)

After she explained everything to Smokescreen which she was tired of telling story all over again. He was amazed that about her origin which was the result in asking many question, much to NOva's annoyance. Luckily, Optimus managed to distract him by asking Bumblebee to go with Smokescreen on a patrol, much too Nova's relief. The next day, Nova was still searching for the key, wondering where it went. She sighed in defeat that she wasn't able to find it. "Oh man I'm so dead if Alpha Trion could see me lose it." Nova said.

Arcee entered her room and asked if she would ask to spar with her which Nova oblige since it might clear head until she hoped to find the key again. Arcee and NOva are training as both of them block their moves, despite the sizes yet Nova manage to dodge it. Even she didn't used her weapons, it would be necessary if she ever to learn in close combat. While she was fighting, she began to notice her body became heavy all of a sudden, even though she started training.

As both of them were far apart, Nova's breaths were labored and it was all she could do to stay standing. Arcee said, placing her hand on her hip, "Your alright? You seem weary......"

"I think so... For some reason, my body feels heavy....and tired all of a sudden." She answered, fighting to draw in enough air that seemed to have been lost. Arcee stared at her with concerned look before she ordered, "Maybe you should take rest."

Nova took her advice as she head back to her room. By the time she had reached there, her body feels heavier and heavier. Nova was about to head to the stairs instead she just dropped herself on the ground in exhaustion.

Nova turned her body into the celing while breathing heavily, Campy skittered towards her when she saw her tired master. Nova looked over her scraplet, "Sorry Campy, It's just my body feels tired. I think I'm going to lie here on the ground for awhile." as she slowly closed her eyes and drifted to sleep.

Dreamscape

Nova opened her eyes only to see she was floating in an empty space. She noticed she clutched something in her hand as she opened them, revealing tiny little lights began to spread around the room as though they were fireflies. She was stunned by beauty of the many lights around her. Then, she  began to realized that her body was no longer heavy. As she looked around, wondering where she was.

"The Key."

Nova whirled around, only to see it was the female robot from before and was now in front of her. "Wh-what?" She said. The female robot floated close to her as she lifted her finger and gently touched her chest and it began to glow, revealing a transparent key. Nova's eyes widened that the key was Really inside her.

"W-what are you doing?" She asked. THe female robot looked up and respond, "Activating..."

"Activating what...." before she asked when she saw the light started to engulf her from the legs and had reach to her knees and getting up and from her hips to chest. Nova looked up to see the female robot was also engulfing her as well. As the light reached to her face, the female robot said her final words.

"Our new mode...." Until everything went white.

End of Dreamscape

Nova slowly opened her eyes with a shock, she realize she was back in the base. She sighed in relief that the dream was so intense and was glad that she was back in reality. To her relief she no longer felt any tiredness in her body from being heavy. 'I wonder if I've been out long enough to fully rest.' She thought, but then she noticed that something else was different.

Her body felt odd, she couldn't feel her long wavy locks of blue hair resting on her shoulders, nor could she feel the flesh on the side of her mouth, or anywhere else on her body. What she felt instead was something cold, like metal. She slowly went to sit up only to find out that everything around her seem big. 'Did everything shrunk or am I in high place?'

She looked down to see Campy who seems to be staring at her. "Woah Campy....When did I...?" she was about to flopped her arm when she noticed her hand were metal. In fear, she brought her hand to her waist then to her face. She struggle to stand up but her legs feel wobbly, as she searched for something to see for herself until she saw her reflection in a mirror.

She stood there for a few minutes, dumbfounded looking at her reflection. Then slowly she made her way towards the mirror. When she got there she stretched her arm out to touch the reflection. It was defiantly her that was looking back. She was not in her human form or her battle armor mode.

She gasped.

The new figure that stood in her place was a new female robot, bearing no mark. Her color was a stunning sky blue. Two thin black lines ran parallel to each other down the side of both of her legs to her knees. The color from her feet almost to her knees were blue, her wrists to her elbow were also blue. The new body had beautiful curves, her abdomen was shown and above where her collarbone would be, faded into a lighter shade of turquoise compared to the rest of her body. Her face had a delicate, flawless shape to it, but at the same time showed toughness. Her helm resembled that of Optimus' though her antenna isn't the same, yet more like resemble to a Valkyrie helmet. A bright, neon blue heart shaped symbol adorned her fore-helm and blue trident-like on the bottom.

Above her shoulders she saw the tip of something on her back. Turning around she saw that she had two bright blue metal wing-like things stuck out from her back, which twitched at her shock. Her wings however were not like other seekers, more like angel wings.

"Wh-what happen to me? Campy show me the visual of what you saw." Nova ordered. Campy nodded before his optics shoot out a screen, showing Nova laying down on the ground. Then, Nova's eyes widened when she saw herself being encased by the light until she was turned into a giant robot. As Campy ended the visual, NOva was shocked that she transformed into a giant robot.

But How?

Then she recalled the dream she had about the key and the mysterious robot. A realization struck her that the mysterious fembot was actually herself and the key somehow inserted into her which made her transformed. NOva staggered back which made her stumbled and slumped on the wall with a loud thud. She looked her hands over as she kept moving them and swatting them about in disbelief. She said in a panic, "This can't be happening.....Is that what Alpha Trion meant I won't be the same when I accepted the key?....No way....What did the key do to me?!"

Nova tried to stand up until she heard footstep coming towards her room. "I swear Nova....If it's your power blowing up again, I would personally....." Ratchet said frustration until he stopped in mid-sentence when he saw a mysterious femme in the room. Ratchet brought out his blades and got into his defense stance. "Who are you?! How did you get into our base?!" He said suspiciously.

Nova raised her hand while standing as she said, "Wait, Ratchet It's me, Nova."

"You expect me to believe that. She's a technoroganic, there was no way you are her"

"I'm telling you Ratchet. It's really Me, I'll prove it to you."

Ratchet stared at her suspiciously yet her voice sounded familiar and she even convince him that she is NOva. "I don't believe you...."

Nova groaned before she retorted, "What? You expect me to call you Grumpy face or.....Hatchet. Plus, whose an idot to inject a Synthentic Energon into the system and go crazy?"

Ratchet blinked at her attitude and the statement she just said, the only person who knows that or even called those stupid nicknames. He lowered his blade and said deadpanned "N-Nova....Is that you?"

"What do you think? Ahh---" Nova said, trying to standing but failed miserably when she stumbled on the ground while Ratchet just stood there with a disbelief look.

Later

Ratchet was scanning Nova's body, fascinated by her form while Campy watching her on the sideline. "Can you touch your fingers together?" He asked.

"Huh? Uh right." Nova said, snapping out of her thought as she did so. "whoa, that's weird, my hands are so solid and parallel in shape, how do you describe something feeling so dense and so light at the same time?"

"Reflexes are good as expected." He said checking her vital stats. "According to my scan, It shows that you've unlock some kind of new mod in your system. Somehow your body seems fully Cybertronian. What I couldn't figure it out was....how you were transformed in this form." He said, typing his scanner.

Nova couldn't explained about the key that Alpha Trion entrusted which was now inserted into her, even the dream she had. While he finished scanning, Nova began to sit up though which Ratchet held out his arms due to her unsteadiness. "Easy Nova, you're in a new form after all, you need to allow yourself to adjust. This was only meant to see if it worked for the time being." He said to her.

NOva rubbed her legs together, it was a similar feeling to if you were wearing two leg casts...Kind of. She twisted and turned and ducked as she looked her new metallic body over, then she looked down at her chest as she knocked on them. "Chest armor plating. This feels weird."

"Nova, please." Ratchet said.

"Oh, sorry ratchet. It's just feels....unbelievable."

Moving past the subject she was rearing to go, "Can...Can I stand?" She asked.

"You want to stand? Do you want to proceed further with this body?" he asked

"Yeah, I mean this is...so cool, so great." She said starting to feel her face as well as the top of her helm which was weird thing to say. Basically she was poking herself left, right and center, even the cracks between her armor, it felt like she was reaching into herself and messing about inside, she wanted to see how far she could reach in, further and...

"Urgh gross!" Nova then exclaimed pulling back her hand. "What was that?"

"That might be your spark,  stop poking around your vital organs." He scolded lightly though she could tell he was amused by her fascination. "Now, let's start off slow after all you're scale is near enough the same as mine." He said lightly chuckling.

"hahaha very amusing." She replied, not understanding what he meant. "Okay, now give me your hand." He said as she grabbed his hand until she became curious of his touch . Once again she got distracted by this and started rubbing his fingers between hers, "Wow your hand feels rough, a sign of age and experience." She said, stating it as fact.

Though ratchet puffed out a huff to her comment, "I know you are exploring new things in this form but would you mind stop caressing my hand?"

"Huh oh sorry about that."

As she prepared myself to stand up, Ratchet pulled her by the hand slightly as he helped her lift herself up, "Easy now." He said as she found her feet, she did stumble and used her free hand to balance against the table.

"I've got this, you can let go." NOva said.

"I'm not risking you falling all over the place and destroying my quarters." He said.

"Okay, left, right...l-left... right wow this is harder than I thought." She said as stumbled as though she was  skating for the first time. Nova then fell forward onto Ratchet as he caught her, but he was struggling to keep himself on his feet. "Sorry about that, still working on my legs. " She said apologethically. 

"T-That's okay." He wheezed as he set her upright again, he brushed himself down and suggested, "It's your first try though I suggest we try to walk in a straight line first, let's practice down the hall." as he took a hold of her arm with both his hands

"UH Okay." She said as we exited out his door.

"Turn right." Ratchet said still keeping a firm hold on her arm.

She placed a free hand on the wall as she felt her legs become stronger, "okay can you let me try this now?" She asked.

He sighed and said in defeat, "Just baby steps okay?" She nodded as he let go of her, hesitant at first but he finally released her.

Nova was learning to walk again, "left, right, left, right." She kept repeating but then one side became unbalanced as she fell against the wall, Ratchet was close behind her. Campy skittered beside her( A/N he is climbing on the wall) with a concerned look. Nova assured to Campy, "It's alright. I'm fine."

She continued on as she made it to the main hall her destination, and so she reached her arms in front of her like a needy toddler as she stumbled toward it.

"Not so fast." Ratchet scolded.

"I can do this, I can do this. I can-----" Nova said but her stumbling speed up as her walking became unsteady and fast... and she couldn't stop...

"Stubborn child! Stop!" Ratchet called from behind.

"I can't!" She called back, then inevitably she fell forward and the floor came up fast. She braced herself about to meet the floor but then she stopped suddenly as she was metres away from the floor, much to her confusion.

Nova was lifted up to a straightened height as Optimus' face came into view, he had both his hands around her waist. He looked at Nova and there was a slight confusion to his expression, did he know it was Nova?

"Er hi." Nova waved.

"It is you...i was unsure...but I saw your face then..." he said slightly worried then turned his tone just as fast, "I hope you both have an explanation for this." He sternly stated.

Ratchet came up to her as he took a hold of her arm, "its fine, I can stand." She said.

"I know i'm just worried what he's going to do to us." He said.

"I do not know which question to ask first, mainly because i am finding it partially hard to keep a certain 'feeling' at bay, so I will merely say this...explain." Optimus simply said. 

"Uh..." Nova knew she can't hide anything from him, it's like having a parent scolding a child.

She huffed in defeat, "Ok fine. When I went to Cybertron A-3 said there was something he wanted me to watch for him. He said it would change me in some way but he wasn't positive in what, I accepted and a little later this happened." She rattled off rather quickly.

Ratchet and Optimus, just stared at her blankly. 

"What?" Ratchet finally ask.

"I ain't repeating it, Sorry." She shrugged. "I know you wanted to know more but I just can't....."

Optimus stared at her in optics before letting out a sigh. "I understand."

Nova was surprised that he understand what she just said, even she spoke fast. As she said in relief and excitement, "REally? Uh gee I'm glad....Also, Isn't this great? That I only found out recently...a few hours ago actually but the opportunity was ...so exciting. And this can change everything. With this form, I can help out."

 OPtimus let his expression fall slightly, "Nova?" he asked.  

She noticed the distress in his expression as she explained, "Look, at first thought alone for the experience, I don't know why I was given this form I mean this is amazing! But I also thought that now I can go on the field, able to withstand heavy fire power and...You know being able to do that with you, and the others."

"You can barely walk in your new form." He stated. His expression had fallen but it wasn't disappointment it was sadness.

"With little practice, I can adapt to it in no time."

His expression is still remained as she added, " Optimus, Remember I said I wanted to help out, even I was in human form or battle mode. Well, I still want to help you, no matter what."

"I am still uncomfortable with this sudden change." He said still in a saddened tone.

"Even I'm in different form, I'm still me." Nova said gently, trying to reassure him.

  "It is just unusual to see you like this and at this height. You are not...little anymore." 

 'The day comes for every parent.' She mentally laughed. "But you are okay aren't you? You look sad. Is it my appearance? I mean what?" She said.

  "No, it is just that...i prefer you for who you are, human."  

  "And that hasn't changed, as far as I'm concerned this is just a new mode." Nova said taking a hold of his hand. "Huh, What do you know? my hand fits in yours, instead of myself fitting in there."

  "This is...unusual." He said but then put his other hand on top of my hand and nursed it, "but it is extraordinary, but temporal." He said his smile perking up. "I personality like these." He said poking her antennas. 

  "I suit them so much better." Nova jested. It was not her choice of appearance but whatever Alpha Trion did must have some reason to it. Ratchet began to asked if she can still have accessed to her powers. Nova shrugged as she demonstrated by forming an energy sphere on her hand before it dissipate. 

"Huh, I still have my lightning powers." Nova stated.

"What about your weapons?"

Nova focus her thoughts before her left arm shifted slightly as plate by plate her hand retracted and swapped out with an armblade. "Woah, I guess I still got it." Nova said before it reverted back into her arm. 

"Quickly aware of what your doing aren't you." Ratchet said.

"Just don't overdo it." Optimus said. Nova blushed sheepishly, although she was still not yet adjusting to her body. She said, "Well, I guess I better get myself shaped up." as she head to the hallway before turning to her guardian.

'I can't believe I'm saying this.' Nova asked shyly, "Hey, Optimus.....Will you...train with me?"

He looked at her for a long while as if thinking, "If you are really willing to try in this form, i do not see why i cannot aid you in your training." He said as he turned to ratchet, "Ratchet has there been any signs of decepticon activity? Iacon signal beacons? Any required assistance from Agent Fowler?" he checked.

Ratchet shook his head, "None that i know of, but i will inform you of the slightest change."

Nova said with smile, "Great, I'll meet you in the training room." as she struggle to walk into the hallway, using the wall as a support along with Campy following after her.

Ratchet walked beside him and said, "I may not understand how she gained a new mode....I believe Alpha Trion has something to with it. The problem is, she refused to say it."

Optimus gazed in the direction she left, "If it has something to do with Alpha Trion then there may be more than she lets on, something he may not want us to know as of yet."

"But why?" Ratchet asked, "If it's something that could help us then why would she hide it?"

"It may be because the ending is worth keeping the knowledge unknown to us. She will tell us when she's ready."

Ratchet grunted unhappily, "Yippie."

"Hey, Are you coming or what?! Woah Ooofff!!" NOva shouted before you can hear the sound of crashing in the hallway. Much to OPtimus' amusement and Ratchet's disappointment.

In the training room, Both of them were great, hand to hand combat, though he went easy on Nova since she was able to beat him down a few times, "Come on Sire be serious." Nova moaned. It's good thing no one was at base since they are all in patrol, except Ratchet and Bulkhead which he was staying in his room resting so that no one knows about their father and daughter moment. 

"You are able to perform your usual style of fighting in this form flawlessly, however..." he started before he sweeped her legs as she went down.

"I'm not a warrior yet?" Nova guessed as her held a hand out for her. "Man, I'm alright being human or in my armor mode but this....is taking long to get used to."

"Indeed, however you still lack experience, but you are combat ready in this area, but we need to see how well your sword play is." He said retracting both his swords out.

"And you told me not to overdo it." Nova said just about finding her feet.

"Am i going too fast for you?" he teased.

"Not exactly." Nova said lightly. "It will be different seeing how we would normally wield a sword with our hands." before bringing out both her blades.

"The night is still long." 

"I can deal with it and this time try not go easy on me." 

"What difficulty shall i set my level to?" he asked.

"Hmm.......Megatron's level?" Nova said

He then stood there stiff, he lowered his head slightly then in a quick manner he threw back his sworded arms then he charged at her! "ye-argh!" he yelled.

She smirked at her guardian before she let out a battle cry as well. "Argh!" 

Minutes later, She was sitting on the floor, feeling tired that how to put it bluntly.....she was beaten. "Woah That was intense..... plus it's kinda weird doing all this and not sweating." She stated

"You have been improving, I can see that you were able to master your blades." Optimus said. 

"Well, I had Arcee, Bulkhead and Bee have been training me a lot since when I'm in my small form, They are the best teachers. Unfortunately, In this form...... Not my best strength huh?"

"Not true, you did land a hit below my chest." He said pointing to a scratched surface.

"Eh hehe Sorry." NOva said in a small voice.

"Do not be, I want you to attack me as though your life depended on it, which it will." He said as he helped me up again.

She yawned much to her surprise, "oh." She said confused.

"An instinctive reaction, after all this is not your usual time of awaken you would still be resting, you still perform the action of breathing, do you not?" 

"I guess so....." 

"It would be best to keep up that habit; I do not want you to forget to breathe in your human form." He said in a light jest. Nova chuckled at his joke, which it was the first time seeing him being amusing.

"What time is it?" She asked.

"0200 hours." He said.

"Huh.....Well, How about target practice now?" 

"Of course." He said, he then put two hands behind his back as he paced, "I am still uneasy about this...change, however it would be beneficial to have another warrior on the field."

Her expression turned stunned, "Really?"

"Another thing, seeing how you are able to join us on the field and so quickly, you do know what I expect?" He said.

"Of course but you..."

"And you will be emergency back up or if it is absolutely necessary, I do not want you to become accustomed to this form." He said pointing a finger in her face.

"Accustomed?" She questioned, even she didn't know how to change back into her human form. At least, Optimus managed to change the subject but she know for sure he called her a 'warrior'; well she is the Herald of Primus whose duty was to aid them in the war.

"Get so caught up in all this that you forget what is so engaging to be human, for example jack, miko and Raphael. The social conversations, the video entertainment, the 'hang outs', your time of education." He said.

"Don't worry, Sire....I maybe a Herald but I would never look past them." She assured.

"Good, I just wanted to make sure." he said looking to his side, and then he shot his vision to her once again, "now about that target practice." He said.

They were up top on the cliff, Nova may not have blasters but she still have her lightning power. She watched as Optimus bend down, plucking up a pebble, then threw it to the sky. She saw it and aim at it. Guessing his intention.

"Fast reflexes, perfect shot however like with your swords you haven't adjusted to having artillery as well and your aim is wobbly, in conclusion a 'lucky shot'." He stated.

"Hey, I'll practice getting used to them, but that......there is no way was that a lucky shot, that was a perfect shot." She argued.

Then his expression changed to that of concern, and his optics widened slightly, "what's wrong?" Nova asked.

"I need to carry on decoding the iacon data base...i lost track of time." He said sounding slight shame from his error, before swiftly turning and heading back down fixed on his forgotten objective. He was about to leave before Nova spoke, "You know I like doing this." 

He halted in his track. "What?" he asked.

"Training with you. After training with you, It was amazing when I first found out I was a technoroganic. Beside, this training is nothing compared to......" Nova trailed off, as her expression changed to depression.

He felt the distress through their bond as he asked, "Is something wrong, Nova?" Nova seems to noticed since she forgotten that both of them can feel each other's bond. "Well, It's just...... It's much better than training under Silas before I didn't have emotion." Nova said regretful. 

Optimus understood what she meant, she has been in MEch for a long time that Silas trained her into becoming a weapon. Even she tried to forget, her past still haunts her gravely. Optimus placed his hand on her shoulder and said, "We should not dwell in the past what can't be done, what matter is the future. THere is nothing to worry about it, NOva."

She looked up to her guardian and gave a genuine smile, "Thx Sire." He removed his hand from her shoulder and was about to head back.

"Are you not coming?" he asked.

"I think I like to practice for a while if you don't mind." Nova said.

"Very well, but do not linger in this form for long, I am still wary of the effects it may have." 

"Worry not, Sire. I may not be able to know how to turned back into a human but I'll figure something out.

He nodded as he turned his back to her but then stopped, "Nova?"

"Yes, Sire."

"Our training together has been...enjoyable." he said before leaving. Nova's eyebrow raised before a smile formed on her face until she knew he was gone. She hate to admit she does enjoy training with Optimus. It was not like back Mech when she was training under Silas, it was a warm feeling, training with the autobots and their leader. Where she was not restricted in her empty room, but get to go freely wherever she want.

Nova then a thought had came to mind as she continued to shoot at pebbles, it was a thought of why did the key merged with her and gave her this new mode. If it has something to do with Alpha Trion, perhaps he might have an answer. Until then, She needs to learned to adapt to her titan form if she could ever be able to aid them in battle. Since, she has a new mode she received, she come up a special name to what to call her form. With her thought ended, she finally have a name for it based on its appearance.

'TITAN' Mode