Transformers Prime: A Past Better Forgotten chap 1

This is chapter one ^^. Now keep in mind I have reasons for the OC, which will be somewhat explained in the next chapter


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"And what about this one?"

"I think it's called… chicken of the woods." A young boy with spiky brown hair and red rimmed glasses answered as he looked at a group of mushrooms growing on a tree. The woman beside him, the one that pointed out the mushrooms, smiled in approval.

"Very good, Rafael." She praised, much to the kid's delight. With a large smile of his own, the kid readjusted his glasses back up his face.

Rafael Esquivel, though often addressed as Raf by his friends, was doing a little after school project with his botany teacher. He currently was attending high school but was only a little over twelve years old; a real child genius. His specialty had anything to do with computers; either it be fixing a program or hacking into one. He was even brilliant in many other subjects but when his grades began to slip just slightly in his botany class, he knew he'd have to ask his teacher for help.

"We can stop here for today, Rafael. It's going to be late in a manner of a few hours and it's still a thirty minute drive back to Jasper." The teacher said as she began to walk down to path to her car. Instead of following her however, Raf stayed where he stood with a smile on his face.

"That's OK, Mrs. Wilkins, I'm already expecting a ride. You can go back without me." The boy said, smiling as he thought of the ride that would be coming to pick him up any moment. Well at least once he called for it, that is.

"Are you sure, Rafael? I wouldn't feel right about just leaving you here on your own." Mrs. Wilkins said, feeling uneasiness at the idea of leaving the young boy all by himself. Raf continued to smile and pulled his phone out of his pocket and showed it to her.

"Don't worry, I'll be fine. My ride should be here any minute; I've already let him know where I'd be. I'll see you in class tomorrow, Mrs. Wilkins." Raf waved to his teacher and, before he could be stopped, walked further into the woods. Mrs. Wilkins opened her mouth to reply but let out a sigh instead when the kid was already out of her sights.

Although many young kids would be scared to be left along in the woods or forest, Raf wasn't. Though he could scare easy there weren't many things he was actually scared of; at least, not any more. Not since meeting Bumble Bee and the rest of the Autobots did Rafael fear much more than his mother's anger. For, along with the Autobots came the Decepticons and nothing was scarier than them.

After walking a couple of minutes, the boy looked behind him to make sure his teacher hadn't followed him. When he saw that she was nowhere to be seen Raf brought his phone up to his face and began to dial the number to the Autobot base. Optimus Prime had given all three kids the number in case of emergencies and specially occasions; like whenever they were separated from their Autobot guardians. In addition Bumble Bee had given Raf his own number although he had been told earlier that Bee had a mission to go on today. With that in mind the boy didn't want to interrupt his robotic friend in case he wasn't back yet.

Just as he was about to dial the last two numbers the bush to his left rustled loudly. Startled, Raf flinched and dropped his phone, which shut on impact. Before he could bend down to pick it up, however, the rustling got even louder and the boy's eyes glued to the bush. Though there weren't any large animals in these woods that didn't mean there weren't any dangerous ones either. Snakes, skunks and even the occasional fox were said to have been seen. However, instead of any of those animals, a white, black speckled rabbit jumped out of the bush instead.

"Hah ha, you startled me." Raf laughed, looking down at the rabbit with an embarrassed smile. The rabbit simply stared up at him with its blue eyes and twitching its little nose.

When the boy noticed that the rabbit continued to stand there and look at him, his smile dropped. That was odd; most rabbits were really skittish and ran away when approached by a larger animal or a human. Was it possible that it was a runaway pet? Not likely; the nearest town was miles from here and it was doubtful that kind of rabbit could survive in the wild. Maybe some campers managed to tame it? Possible but also unlikely as there were also no camp grounds around for miles. Whatever the reason it seemed friendly.

"Hey, what's around your neck?" Raf asked as something shiny caught his attention. As the boy bent down to get a better look at the object the rabbit flinched backwards and its ears upwards in alarm.

"It's alright, I won't hurt you." The boy gently said, having thought he had frightened the rabbit. Unknown to the kid he wasn't the one that frightened the rabbit and what really did soon made itself known with a large shadow that covered the both of them.

Craning his head upwards, Rafael gasped in fear and fell onto his butt as he saw a large, purple Decepticon. It was a Vehicon; basically no more than a drone but still extremely dangerous. Raf could recall many memories where a Vehicon had threatened his life; only to barely escape by pure luck or with the help of an Autobot. Although there was no way he could outrun the Con bot and the Autobots were miles away. The only possible thing the kid could do was call for help but, before he could even grab for his phone, the gigantic robot looked down and looked directly at the frightened human.

"Damn it, kid, don't just sit there!" a female voice snapped as a hand forcefully grabbed onto his wrist. Before Raf had any time to react at all or see who had grabbed him, he found himself forced to his feet and pulled through the trees.

"W-wh-What?" The boy stuttered, shock now mixing with his fear as he looked toward his capture. To add onto his shock he saw it was a teenaged girl, probably around Jack's age.

Yet, how was that even possible?! As far as Raf knew he and his teacher had been the only other humans in the woods. He hadn't even heard the girl approach him until she grabbed at his wrist. Although, did it really matter when she was pulling him away from the scary robotic alien? Raf's thoughts were cut short when he heard the loading whirl of the Decepticon's gun behind them.

"It's going to shoot us!" He cried out in fear, desperately trying to match the girl's incredible speed as he was continuingly pulled along. With a glance behind her the girl saw the same thing and grinded her teeth together.

With a loud curse, the girl waved her free hand behind her in the direction of the gigantic robot. Rafael barely had time to notice that something was clenched in her hand before the tree nearest the Vehicon wrapped around it as if it were made of rubber.

"Wha-?"

"Ask questions later! Now get on my back and whatever happens do not let go! Choke me if you have to." The girl demanded, forcefully pulling the kid up before he had a chance to react, and forced him onto her back. Having heard the tree behind them creak and groan, Raf didn't waste any time arguing and wrapped his arms around the girl's neck as tightly as he could and watched as she put something in her mouth.

"Wait, is that my-" The boy didn't get a chance to finish as the girl suddenly sunk lower to the ground. With a yell of surprise, Rafael found himself no longer on the back of a teenage girl, but riding on top of a large, black cat; one that had his cellphone in its mouth.

Crack, snap, thud!

The two didn't even have to look behind them to know that the Con had broken free of the tree. The girl, now in the form of a black panther, raced between the trees even faster; gently gripping the kid's phone between her teeth. Raf, on the other hand, began to question his own sanity and wonder if all of this was a strange dream. It sure felt real enough and the preteen wasn't foolish enough to test if it was reality or a nightmare. Instead he tightened his grip around the cat's neck, and gripped what almost felt like a necklace.

"W-wait, I need m- my phone! I h-have to call Bee!" Raf cried in a stutter, having looked behind him to see that the Decepticon was coming after them. Dream or not, Raf knew he had to call in for help before the Con caught and killed them.

"Call him once I get us further away!" the girl's reply is muffled through the phone, though it was impossible for Raf to understand her since it came out as growls. Never the less, with a turn to the left, the cat darted behind a hill big enough to hide them and stopped running.

Within seconds of stopping, the cat girl dropped the cellphone and Rafael jumped off of her to go grab it. Flipping it open the boy hastily dialed the number that would connect him to Bumble Bee while the girl turned cat scanned the area; ready to take off again once that gigantic purple robot got close to them.

"Bumble Bee, help! We're being followed and attacked by a Decepticon." Raf cried into the phone as the female paid more attention to their surroundings. That giant monster was getting closer; it was only a matter of time until it found the two of them.

Clunk, Clunk, Clunk

With another curse, though this one not understandable to the boy, the female looked up to see the purple robot standing above the hill they hid behind. Worse of all it looked right down at the two with its gun pointed directly at them. Reacting quickly, the cat pushed her paws into the earth and three trees sprouted from the ground in front of the large robot. However, as she turned to the boy to encourage him to run again, a hacked cough escaped her mouth instead.

Raf gasped as he noticed the new trees that blocked the Con's attack. With his phone still held next to his face the boy looked towards the coughing cat, shocked. He had no idea who or exactly what she was, but two things were clear enough. Whoever and whatever this female was she was protecting him from the Con and was now hacking up blood. It was almost hard to see against her black fur but small droplets dripped on the dirt ground beneath them.

"Come on, we need to hide!" He tried to encourage and grasped what looked like a necklace when he heard the trees breaking behind them. That wasn't much of a distraction at all.

"Stop pulling on that." The girl groaned as she returned to human form, once again startling the boy as he quickly let go of her. Paying no attention to his reactions, the teenager wiped the blood from her mouth and looked up to see her trees were being destroyed.

Whatever this giant robot was she doubted she could distract it for much longer. She doubted it would stop following them and her trees made for a little distraction. Not only that but she feared she was over stressing her powers again; proved by the blood that she tasted in her mouth. Although she didn't care about her own health at the moment; all she cared about was getting the kid out of danger. After all she couldn't save the children there but she sure as hell would try her hardest to protect this kid; no matter how weird or dream like the situation seemed.

"Come on, we need to find somewhere to hide; somewhere too small for that thing to find us." The girl said as she pulled herself to her feet. However, just before she could grab his wrist to pull him along again, a loud snapping sound caught their attention.

Looking up, the two barely had enough time to avoid the large, falling tree branch. Only by using her speed and reflexes was the girl able to tackle Rafael out of the way and use her own body as a shield. With a grunt of pain, the teenager began to cough again, trying her hardest not to spit blood onto the boy. She wasn't sure how much longer she could handle things before her body shut down on her. Thankfully a vortex of blue and green opened up; with a yellow and black robot running out of it.

"Bumble Bee!" The preteen happily cried, relief flooding his brown eyes as he sat up once the girl got off of him. The newest robot didn't even seem to notice the little humans as he charged towards the Vehicon and punched it in the head.

Having fallen back onto her knees, the girl coughed into her hand as she watched the dueling robots in shock. When she first saw the purple robot the teenager had believed she had been dreaming; or even hallucinating from the lack of food and water. Although now she wasn't too sure. Everything sure felt real enough and the girl knew for a fact that the world was filled with strange people and creatures. Although it no longer mattered if it was a dream or reality as her vision began to grow darker and darker; up until she fell on her side completely passed out.


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Yay, chapter 1 done. Now the reason to why the girl has powers will somewhat be explained in chapter 2. Just keep these facts listed in the last chapter in mind