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There was a village that every 100 years would sacrifice a young woman to a dragon. The woman would be behind a curtain with embroidery. And the dragon would open it and the woman would be blindfolded. And the dragon would take her away. That was what it was always. The town would spread rumors about the dragon. How he was an evil beast, would kill the women when he got bored and how he was the only one who could do it. Then the day came to choose a young woman but there was a problem: most of them were pregnant or having illnesses and many other issues. The mayor was panicking. His fat self didn’t know what to do.

Then a nun from the orphanage mentioned a small girl that no one cared about who was 4. The mayor immediately said “Yes!! She will be the perfect candidate and I think the dragon will still make her his wife when she is an adult!” The nun then said “I shall have her present and ready, the town will breathe easily with that abomination gone”.

The girl they were talking about was a small girl who had dark blond hair that would shine in the sun and blue eyes that would sparkle. She was abandoned by her family who died and no one wanted her. They called her unwanted. The orphanage would give her scraps while the other children ate full meals. Then one day the nuns gave her their full attention, they bathed her, and clothed her in a white dress that was too big for her. She wanted to ask but didn’t want them to get mad.

They led her to a forest where they tied rope and her to a tree and put a veil over her, then the new embroidered curtain that was only covered in symbols of dragons. She was scared.

Meanwhile the dragon in his machine form was looking down at the scene below him. He was a gorgeous dragon with wings made of metal and his whole body made of metal with blue and red. A glowing spot that was his heart. And the bright blue eyes that made him powerful. He flew down the ground rumbling under him. The normal praise of the humans, and the normal sacrifice in one of their own females. He didn’t like it but it got them to leave him alone and in peace. He would as soon as the townspeople left he would release her to a village far away and go back home to his cave and rest. He turned into his human form. His human skin was a light tan, hair was navy blue in a hair long but in a ponytail, the same bright blue eyes, a white tunic you would see a pirate captain wear with black pants and black boots that were bent at the top.

He walked over to the tapestry curtain embroidered with dragons and other symbols. He took the tapestry down and he was shocked. The woman that he was expecting in the place was a small child in a white dress that was too big for her small body. He then looked over at the townspeople. The mayor immediately said “ we were running low on youngon young women so we thought that a young child should do it! She will grow up and you can make love to her and- " the dragon interrupted him “Why…” the mayor looked stunned but then said “Well… the women were running low and no cares about her so it’s fine right?”. The dragon looked at the small girl. With a flick of his wrist the ropes came off her. The dragon picked up the child that looked into his bright blue eyes with her own blue eyes. The dragon ripped the veil off and held her in silence close to his chest.

He then looked at the mayor along with the townspeople, a look that made them fear him. “You have about a few hours to say your goodbyes, then monsters will come to break your walls down and I will burn your entire city to ash”. When the dragon finished speaking a pair of mechanical dragon wings came from his back and he flew away. The small girl fell asleep in his arms by the time he came to his cottage that had two floors. He opened the door and placed her on the couch. He got a blanket and pillows. Placed the pillows under her head and the blanket tucked in around her. He smiled a soft smile as the small child snuggled deeper into the blanket. He then talked to a shadow deer in the woods about the village that tried to sacrifice a child. Even the deer said “Me and my shadow people have done some evil things but that is too far even for us”. The deer then sent the message and told the many monsters and creatures about the village that had tried to sacrifice a child. The monsters immediately teamed up and marched to the village.

The dragon then told them he would get the child in good health and while she was put to sleep he would help destroy the village. He walked back to the house and looked in the kitchen for any food for a young child. He was able to find bread, some dried fruit, honey and milk. Then the sound of stirring from the small girl made him look and he got the food and walked over and placed the food on a table. He then said “You are safe, please eat. I saw your body through the dress and it’s very not healthy for a child to be skin and bones”. The girl sniffed the bread and only ate little bites. But then she began eating it fast. the bread and dried fruit even the cup of milk all gone. She let out a little sigh. He let out a chuckle. And then ask “Do you have a name? My name is Optimus Prime.” She replied “Unwanted.” He was taken back at that and said “That’s not a name, I shall give you a name.” He thought hard about what to call her then he said “Lyra. That will be your new name.”

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Lyra liked the name. She smiles. Optimus’s spark then got a warm feeling seeing her smile. He then looked at her and realized that she was only washed with water and no soap. He then asked her “When did you last have a bath?” She thought and said “Only with water.” He nodded, then went to the washroom and got a big tub full of water that was warm and at a safe temperature, he got some soaps in it too that made it bubble and a few bath toys of a wooden duck, a small boat and a water dragon.

She looked at it with curiosity. But Optimus picked her up and carried her to the tub. He then went to take off the oversized dress that swallowed her whole body when she flinched and he saw a scar and finger bruises when one of the sleeves slipped off her shoulder. She was shocked but he took the rest off and saw many more scars and bruises. He then said in a calm but keeping the anger down voice “Who did this to you?” She then answered “Everybody. The nuns, children, adults and the mayor.” She practically whispered. His knuckles turned white when he clenched his hands on the tub. The humans who were supposed to protect a little girl instead hurt her. What else have they done to her? He took a shaking breath and looked back at Lyra. He brushed a strand of her greasy, dirty hair. He will help destroy the village after the small child was bathed and had clothes and was asleep in her own bed.

He helped her out of the rest of the dress seeing more scars and bruises that made him more angry on the inside. He put her in the bath and she looked at the bubbles on top of the water. She poked at the duck that wobbled and went back up. She giggled a little. He smiled. He then got a soft cloth and cleaned her small frail body and was careful of the scars and bruises all over her body. There were small red lines, purple and yellow bruises, and a large scar on her back. He cleaned her hair until it showed a beautiful shine of gold. When he finished the tub turned a dark color from the dirt and grime. She was playing with the bubbles and toys. He then got a soft towel and wrapped her in it, dried her, then picked her up.

He then used his magic to make a nightgown for her. It was made of a soft white silk with embroidered flowers of lavender, geraniums, borage at the hems and in the front was a dragon curled around a small fawn both with closed eyes and sleeping. He put it over her head with her arms up, careful of her injuries and skinny body. It fit her perfectly. The sleeves at the right length the dress covered over her knees but still showed her feet. He even made socks with his magic that were her exact size. She looked at her fresh nightgown that was different from the rags she wore. She then yawned.

He then picked her up, she looked so sleepy. He walked up the flight of stairs to the second floor and to a room. The room wasn’t too small but it was big enough for a child. The bed was against the wall with soft sheets and pillows, and a quit. There was a window with a window seat with cushions and curtains. A chest was against a wall. A wardrobe and a soft carpet. Her eyes were looking all over the room. Then she saw it. It was a stuffed dragon with blue and red with some grey but blue buttons as the eyes.

She looked at the dragon while sleepy but confused. Optimus then put her on the bed and showed the toy. “This will protect you from any nightmares you may have.” She held her knees close to her chest. She then whispered “I never had a toy.” He stopped. Never had a toy? He then asked why. “I was told by the nuns and other children at the orphanage that I didn’t need a toy, not even a stick or rock. Not even a rat.” she said. Gosh he wanted to burn that village down and take anything that those spoiled orphans had and leave them to fend for themselves like Lyra.

But he held it in and told her “Don’t worry. You're with me now and you will get to have anything you want and need.”

He then kissed her on her forehead and then told her to lay down so she could get some sleep. She held the stuffed dragon tight like someone was going to take it. She fell asleep as soon as he tucked her in. He sat on the bed by her for a few minutes thinking about how a 4 year old must suffer just for living. He then got up and got to the doorway and looked back at her sleeping. He then swore to himself that she wouldn’t suffer anymore. He finally closed her door.

He then walked to the front door and opened it. And walked out into the cool night air. He looked up to the night sky, full of stars. He then stepped on the grass and changed from his human form to his real form. His light tanned skin changed to a silvery metal, blue and red metal plates, and metal dragon horns, tail and wings. He wasn’t in his true dragon form, only his true form that was a connection to his true self. His even brighter, more mechanical eyes looked at the village. He heard them partying because they didn’t take his threat seriously and they were glad that the child was gone. He decided enough was enough.

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Optimus then flew to where all the monsters had gathered. The shadow people and animals were all there. All kinds of monsters were there like imps with their mischievous grins, goblins with their beating weapons, golems with their huge, strong and stone bodies, fairies with their wings beating as fast, and many others including the monsters that rarely come out, like griffins and large wolves.

He landed on a big rock and faced all the monsters. He then made a speech. “These people have crossed a line. They tried to trick me into thinking that a child would be the sacrifice but I am tired of them. We will take what they took from us and make their lives worse. You all can torment, kill and terrorize them all. The orphans shall have any of their toys, comfort and food taken from them so they could suffer like her. The nuns that tormented her shall pray as they may but will die. The mayor shall be last punished and make it slow. All the others shall be burned or buried. They may send a message to a nearby kingdom but by the time it arrives the village will be burned down to ash and overgrown with nature.” The monsters cheered and then he talked with the fairies, “Make sure Lyra is asleep and send a message to them.” The fairies nodded and they split in different directions, one group to Lyra, one to send a message, and the others stayed in the monster group.

The monsters then charged to the village’s walls and the destruction began. The villagers then began packing, the mayor was already packing all his money and riches to run and leave the villagers to fend for themselves. The nuns barricaded themselves in the church. The orphans were locked in the orphanage. But the monsters started their reign of destroying the village for hurting a child that was no older than 4. Optimus flew over the village looking at the poorly constructed guards that were half drunk and in fear that one peed in his armour. A stone golem raised his hand and moved all the guards to the side that’d let more monsters through.

The griffins and harpies were picking up adults and dropping them 100 feet above. Golems were destroying walls and houses with single punches. The goblins and imps began stealing gold and coins from the villagers and the orphans' toys, food and comfort while they laughed at the screams and fear of the villagers and orphans. Some of the orphans tried to fight the monsters but when they tried some of the monsters took them away. The nuns were mulled to death by monstrous wolves. And when the mayor tried to escape a shadow creature caught him and dragged him to the town square where the village used to hang and burn witches. The goblins then helped the shadow creature tie the mayor to the pole and when they finished the mayor panicked and said “It’s too late for all you freaks!!!! I have sent a letter to the kingdom and the king will send his knights to kill all of you!!!!”

Silence awoke in the air. Then the sound of high pitched laughter from the goblins and Imps. They kept laughing when one goblin said “Really? The king’s knights? You know by the time that letter arrives it would take the knights a week to get here and by the time that happens this village will be burned to ash, your bones gone and all will be replaced with a forest and nature!” The rest of the monsters laughed. Optimus looked at the mayor with hatred but not laughing. He then opened his jaw and blue flames came out and burned the mayor that screamed from the top of his lungs from the burns and pain that the flames were doing to him. The flames spread to the houses, church and orphanage. Everything was in a blue flame.

The monsters took the orphans outside and to a hill so they could watch their place of home burn to the ground. Once the village was turned to smock and ash Optimus tells the nymphs to make this place a forest full of trees, grass, flowers and wild animals. The nymphs do as he says. While that is happening the monsters were taking some orphans for themselves because they can’t kill children. The griffins took the disabled ones, goblins and imps with spoiled brats, golems with ones who want to explore the world, fairies with kids who want to be in another world, and the rest were sent to another village or walked alone.

After the nymphs made the once vile village into a beautiful forest, the sun peaked from the hill that meant it was over. The monsters went their own separate ways. A witch had helped remove the memory from the orphans so they would never remember it. After all that Optimus flew home. The fairies had placed a spell on Lyra so she would dream good dreams and wouldn’t hear the sounds of the village burning or the sound of the screams.

He was exhausted by the time he went in his human form and got in the house and closed the door. He flopped on the couch face down, exhausted from destroying an entire village, he then thought of what to do next. He then went on to think of a lot of thoughts. Gosh I am so tired. I should go upstairs to my bed but I want to sleep in my cave on my pile of gold, but what if Lyra gets scared and I’m not there? makes me remember when I was exhausted and Megatron yelled at me to take care of myself more or I would die faster. Hah. The good old days. When war was a long forgotten memory. My team must have heard my story from the fairies that are telling them. I hope I don’t get an ultimatum. I don’t want Lyra curling up in a corner and not trusting them. That would only not help her fragile mind still adjusting. I hope that they won’t come here early, I need sleep and Lyra needs to adjust her surroundings. The flight is a few days long. As long as they don’t take the short cuts it should be fine. I’m going to bed.

Optimus got off the couch and walked upstairs to his bedroom, got under the covers and by the time his head hit the pillow he was out cold in sleep.

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The sun was already showing as Optimus opened his eyes. He still felt groggy even if he couldn’t get why, so he got up and walked to Lyra’s bedroom. He opened the door and saw Lyra still asleep, hugging her stuffed dragon tightly, and under the covers. He smiled. He then walked to the kitchen to make some food for her that is soft for her stomach since she is young and if she ate a lot she would throw up easily.

He made a simple oatmeal and berry. But then the door was banged on hard. He was confused when he heard “OPTIMUS PRIME!!! OPEN THIS DOOR RIGHT NOW!!!!!!” Optimus sighed. It was Ratchet. Optimus peered through the door hole to see all of them.

Ratchet in his lab coat with an orange shirt and brown pants, hair wild, skin with some tan lines, and face lines on him because he is old. Arcee had her indigo hair in a braid with her pink strand to the side of her face, normal white skin, she was wearing a crop top and baggy pants. Bulkhead was big with a green jacket, and army green pants, hair short and black, and skin brown. Bumblebee was in his normal yellow attire, skin really tan, eyes big and blue as always, and hair in a cute way because he is innocent. Wheeljack was in his mix match clothes with a few ashes from his creations and a pair of goggles on his head of hair. Smokescreen (the youngest) looked so out of place with his modern attire. (Even though they all looked out of place but Smokescreen was the most out of place).

They were all looking at him with a look in their eyes of “What have you done?” Optimus bit his tongue and was about to say something when they all talked at the same time. Arcee on how after everything the team did he would cause this. Bulkhead asking why he would do it. Ratchet yelling on how he was irresponsible on how he used his true form for power. Bee looking between Optimus and the group stressed on what to do. Smokescreen wanting to be somewhere else that included fighting. Wheeljack looking down at the new forest that was once a village.

Then the little sound of “Optimus?” Made the team that was yelling stop. They looked down to see and their brains immediately went from focus to looking for the internet. It was a little girl with dark blonde hair and blue eyes, dressed in a night gown with embroidered flowers and a dragon curled protecting a little fawn. She held a dragon plushie that looked like Optimus’s dragon form. She peaked from behind Optimus’s leg scared of the people yelling. Ratchet then said “Scrap.”

Optimus looked down and said “Lyra, you should stay in your room.” She shook her head and said in a quiet voice “I got scared”.

Arcee then knelt to Lyra’s level. Arcee looked into the little girl's eyes and saw the truth. The girl was hurt by her own people and was treated as a piece of trash. Optimus then asked “Arcee can you do a check on Lyra? I want to make sure if the life I will give her will be enough.” Arcee nodded and took Lyra’s hand and walked her to Lyra’s bedroom to ask simple questions.

Optimus then looked at the rest of the team. “I have a lot to explain so let's talk inside now.” By the time the team sat down Optimus began to say everything that happened yesterday. How the village gave him a young harmed child as a sacrifice, how she told him her name was unwanted, how the amount of scars and bruises she had made him want to harm everyone in the village, how the monsters agreed because child harm/abuse was was to mean on there level, how the people partied for get rid of a child, how he felt the anger he held in go all over the village and how he felt that he had done something right. The team was shock the Ratched said “I get why but still after 100 years after we put the deceptions in their own universe and you deciding to leave the team because you felt that you were not complete and that the war wasn’t over.”

Optimus nodded. “I know what I saw, the matrix of leadership showed me a vision of Megatron escaping and causing havoc again, I just don’t want to be with the thought that I have failed everyone that sacrificed there lives for this war.”

Ratchet nodded and Bulkhead then said “So what are you going to do now?” Optimus replied “Wait and raise Lyra till she is an adult.” The team nodded when footsteps came down the stairs and Arcee said “Optimus, I think you need to see this.” Optimus got up and followed Arcee to Lyra’s room where there are dolls in a pile. Arcee then said “Show him what the village does to you.” Lyra picked a doll that looked like her then used different dolls that she used to hit the doll that looked like her. Then one of the doll’s she used began to really hit the doll that looked like her. Optimus then thought It’s good that village with its villagers will never harm her again. Arcee then thanked Lyra and made the dolls disappear. Arcee then left. And the team went too. Optimus took a huge sigh.

Lyra looked up at him and said “The indigo lady was nice and pretty, when can I see her again?” Optimus smiled “One day.” He then picked Lyra up and took her to the kitchen for a late breakfast of oatmeal and berries. She ate slowly. When she finished she was full. He then helped her into a dress that was the color of lilies with leaves embroidered on the sleeves. The day passed with him checking her wounds that were slowly healing and playing with her toys but she would sometimes hesitate still but he knew she wouldn’t hesitate after a few days or weeks.

After the day ended Lyra was fast asleep on the couch holding a stick of charcoal. Optimus looked at the drawing and saw that it was him and her both smiling. For once he let himself smile. But a thought and feeling remained, what about Megatron?

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Starscream sighed loudly and said “I’m soooooo bored!!!” His silver hair was slicked back, with a red strand poking out in the middle, pale skin, skinny, pointed ears, red eyes, and a suit made with grey, silver and black and white fabrics. The universe that all the deceptions were in was a realm that would still make Starscream throw up inside his mouth.

“You are so complainy Starscream.” Said Knockout. Knockout was also pale but glowing at the same time. He always chooses being beautiful and sexy over fighting. Knockout had red hair slicked back and styled, pointed ears, a suit only a gay man would dream of, and dress shoes that shine. Starscream rolled his eyes, “It has been sooooo long since the decepticons have last conquered a realm and where we were banished too has been conquered by us but it's so boring now.” Starscream replied. Knockout only smirked out of amusement. Starscream kept complaining “Megatron hasn't come out of his quarters since last month, soundwaves are more silent than ever, and our armies are getting lazy!!! Someone should take megatrons place, someone like me!” Knockout only snorted “You leading the decepticons? When has that ever gone right?” Starscream gave a look of confusion, “What do you mean?” Knockout then listed everything that happens when Starscream leads the decepticons, “Remember that time you crashed our soldiers into a mountain? Or when you accidentally left the comms on for the autobots that listened in? Or how about that time when you tried to overthrow Megatron but got a broken hip? Or-” “ALL RIGHT I GET IT!!!!” Starscream yelled.

Knockout was about to say something when a door slammed open. It was Megatron. He was very tall, muscular, tanned hard, ears sharp and pointy and looked like shit. His silver, gray hair was messed up, his dark purple robe looked like it was put on in a hurry with his chest showing, legs and feet bare. But his red eyes looked like he had seen something shocking.

And he did.

Knockout was the first to say something, “Lord Megatron, how are you doin-” “I have found a weakness!!!” Megatron interrupted. His eyes almost bulging out of his eye sockets. “Soundwave!!!” The door on the right opened with Soundwave walking in. He wore a mask of no emotion or expression, only black. His skin was hidden under dark clothing. Hands gloved. He was a silent being that would give anyone the creeps. Then Megatron talked about what he found out on a quote on quote “weakness”.

“It happened while I was just lying down and the old mark me and Orion had done that I thought was just a normal tattoo is apparently a connection! I saw so much and his weakness. Yes, his weakness. And how have I never connected the dots!” Megatron was going on a rant that Starscream said “Can you just get to the point?” Megatron stopped and stared but walked to the crystal mirror that the village had offered.

“I saw that village that gives up young women as sacrifices burned up and in flames, and in its place a forest, full of trees and wildlife. But it was impossible for that to happen unless it was Prime’s doing. And of course it was him!!! Who else!? He has the matrix!!!” Megatron said.

Starscream made an annoyed sigh. Here he goes talking about Prime like they had a falling out or got divorced. The rant was as long as always until the mirror finally turned on and showed the Cottage’s living room with Optimus in his human form reading a book while sitting on a sofa. Megatron smirked, Of course Optimus would be reading, such a human thing, he’s gotten soft. Then a small voice in the cottage and the pitter patter of footsteps, “Optimus?” Optimus looked up and a little girl with dark brown hair braided with daisies and lavender flowers, and blue eyes. She was dressed in a tunic that fit her and a pair of trousers that were both embroidered with floral and animal paws.

Optimus looked at her as she helped herself on the couch and she leaned on him with a little sigh and closed her eyes. Optimus smiled and put his arm around her and kept reading his book.

The mirror went black with only the reflection of Megatron’s shocked face saying nothing. The air in the room was awkward. Starscream was the first to talk upon the new info, “The powerful prime has taken in a child? How funny considering he looks soft now. Maybe we should take advantage of this.” Megatron immediately slammed his fist onto the table and yelled “NO!” And he rants but this time on the kid Prime has in his care. “Why out of all these long cycles would he take in a child? If he is taking her in, I want her too!! We should at least talk about it!! We were supposed to be even!!!!” The decepticons looked at their leader and Starscream asked the question just to be cocky. “You sure you haven't gone crazy over these many years?” Megatron looked dead into starscreams eyes and yelled “DO YOU WANT ME TO BREAK YOUR LEGS!?!?” Starscream bit his tongue for being an idiot.

Megatron looked at Soundwave and said “Send spies and soldiers to find where he is and research who that child with him is!!!!” He then looked at Starscream and Knockout and said “You two are going to lead the soldiers and I better not see you two messing it up. That mainly includes you, Starscream.” Of course the blame would be on Strascream even if he is the second in command he is the only one of the decepticons who messes everything up no matter how it will happen.

Knockout, Starscream and Soundwave left the room leaving Megatron alone. Megatron thought about how long it had been, 1000 years maybe longer the time in this dimension goes by fast. Megatron smirked, finally once that girl was in his hands he could make Optimus do his bidding. He couldent wait to get his revenge and payback in child support.