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Rusty mountains, lush green plants, and vast plains, Earus was not too unlike Earth, but it was so much more in many ways. Did you know you’ve seen this planet before? You’ve watched countless hours of wars raging, and even its own revival. This planet, in many eons, would become Cybertron. This story teaches you about its history and follows the story of a very special beast.
Predacons were not always all metal, in fact, they were biomechanical. Protoforms and scaley bodies protected by metallic armor. Some of the strongest to ever exist. They were also not as feral as you would think.
We start our story off with the beginning of a new age. Those beastly Predacons had appointed their own leader. The species the fire fury was so powerful, no one would ever challenge them. And with their power, came great kindness. They never ruled with an iron fist, never punished anyone severely nor ever hurt anyone who didn’t want a fight. Now enough on their history, because a new era is about to begin.
Sharp spikes stand over the plains, a mountain range, with one single mountain in the center of the land. This place is Skyfall. My future kingdom. My birthplace. My home. My father was a massive metallic gunmetal grey fire fury, he’s covered in spikes and looks quite intimidating for his size, but he’s a gentle giant. He’s strict, but he does it out of love. His named was Glock. My mother was a beautiful fire fury, Her color, although a pearly white, is iridescent. When the light hits it at the right angle, she glows in rainbow hues. Her name was Amethyst. My siblings were all older than me, an older brother named Clyde, my oldest sister named Marina, and the youngest sister, but older than me, Melody.
Now, who am I you may be asking? Fair question. Let me start from the beginning. *Crack* A mysterious sound fills the air. Such a sound causing a sleeping pale white beast to twitch her ear in the direction, but she doesn’t stir. *Crack Split* The sound fills the air yet again, now the beasts form begins to move. A gentle rumble from her as she snorts and begins to wake up, giant wings stretching up towards the rocky ceiling. Her pale white glowing with gentle accents of color from the blue Energon lighting of the cave. Her violet eyes now open slowly, with quiet wonder as to the source of the sound. She snorts and sits up, glancing at her nest where one single egg lay. A small egg, but not too dangerously small, now had the smallest of cracks in its shell. It was hatching.
The female fire fury Queen now jumped up in excitement, “Glock, Glock honey get up! It’s happening!” She cheered, bounding away from their sleeping spot to the nest. King Glock jolted awake in worry when he was suddenly aroused by his mate. “My dear Amethyst, what are you going on about?” He asked sleepily.
“It’s hatching!” She grinned. Now Glock was awake, jumping up to run beside his mate to watch the small black egg.
“It’s a bit early, isn’t it?” He asked her. “Yeah… it is.” She spoke softly, a bit worried, “That’s why I’m watching.”
The pair of Predacons sat in silence for a few minutes, only the sounds of the egg cracking open. Eventually, after 5 minutes, a small squeak came from the egg as a black nose started to reveal itself through the crack. “Come on baby, you can do it,” Amethyst spoke softly, beginning to lean closer to the egg. After a bit more moments, the small black and red sparkling revealed itself, falling out of the eggshell and rolling to land in front of its parents. Ever so slightly covered in the fluid from the egg, the newborn fire fury glanced up, slowly opening its eyes only to close them again. Being only the size of a small kitten compared to its parents. Amethyst smiled and licked the sparklings head, “Our little Princess…” She almost wanted to cry. “She’s beautiful… What should we call her?” Glock asked. “Blaze…” She suggested, “Her wings have a little red, she’s our little flame.” “I think Blaze is perfect.”
A few days later, the sun was shining brightly over the fields outside of the king’s mountain. Beasts of all kinds were flying around the mountain and fields. Creating quite the spectacle with the sunlight peeking through their leathery metallic wings and colors hitting the ground like a field in spring.
It was just after breakfast, the Predacon family ready to get going in the morning. The king had already left for his morning routine, leaving the queen and the new princess to their own daily needs.
Blaze chirped happily at her mother, but also in a questioning tone. “We are going to meet your brother and sisters,” Amethyst spoke happily. As they approached the new cave, she hadn’t been in before. Inside were three fire furies, a maroon one with golden accents spoke up first, “Hello Amethyst. How is the princess?” He asked softly. “The princess is here to see you all,” Amethyst responded, as Blaze had hidden behind her mother’s paw. “Say hello to Clyde, Marina, and Melody. Your brother and sisters.” Blaze looked over her family before her face formed a smile and she chirped and ran over to them. Sending the family into laughter at her antics. They played for a while before it became time to go back home for food and bedtime.
A few years later, Blaze was old enough to speak and almost fly. She was racing around the field outside the mountain. Chasing a butterfly-like microbot, jumping around after it, eventually running into her brother Clyde. He chuckled, “Be careful, a little spark. Besides, that’s not how to hunt.” He smiled. “Really?” Blaze asked, “Can you teach me?” She asked suddenly, her tail wagging. Clyde lowered his body to the ground, “Now listen closely, you must be quiet to ever catch prey because they can sense you as much as you can sense them.” She listened to him explain things, as she lowered herself and joined him in the grass. Both in cat-like stalking positions, Clyde began to creep forward, towards a small lizard-like Predacon. He moved so silently, that the little creature didn’t move at all. He paused, looking back at her to follow his lead.
Blaze crawled after him, being as quiet as she could make herself be, which currently wasn’t that quiet. But she managed to get beside him without causing the prey to move. “Well done, now… what you have to do from here is get as close as you can, then jump up and pounce on them.” Clyde explained quietly. Blaze smiled, then turned her attention back to the lizard, lowering her form again, and shaking her rear like a cat getting ready to attack. She crept a bit closer, the lizard still paid no mind. But just as she was getting close enough, the prey noticed and began to try and run away. Blaze gave chase, racing after it. Landing on the ground where the lizard disappeared hard, once she regained her composure, she looked around. And that little lizard was gone. “Awww…” She sighed. “Don’t worry, you’ll get it in time.” Clyde smiled, walking up beside her.
He looked up to the sky, noticing the fading light and turned to her, “Come on, let’s get home.” Opening his wings and awaiting Blaze to follow him, he jumped up and glided slowly over the ground while Blaze ran underneath him. “When will I get to fly?” “I don’t know… We will have to ask mom and dad that.” He smiled at her. On the run home, Blaze tried jumping up into the air a few times, opening her small but long wings to catch some air. Once they reached the mountain and asked her parents about it, they led them over to the edge of the cliff. The mountain was named Skyfall for a reason, on its back wall was a giant cliff edge that dove to the core of the planet, and with it came thermal vents which made for the best place to train.
Blaze excitedly jumped out to try, only to slightly fall and get blown back to the ground. Her mother caught her, “Easy now, you can’t run until you can walk.” She chuckled, then opened her wings, looking to Blaze to do the same. Blaze followed, standing on the edge of the cliff. “Now make sure your tail is open, and… there, very good!” Amethyst praised her daughter, who smiled excitedly. Only the size of the average horse, she was still quite the baby. She jumped again, managing a gentle glide for a few minutes until she got tired and lost her balance in the sky. Amethyst caught Blaze gently, “Very good!” She smiled. Her father walked over, “Come along now, we should get to bed.” He motioned for them all to follow.
What they didn’t know, is that would be their last night together. After settling into bed, an unexpected event began to occur in the middle of the night. They all jumped awake as they heard a massive rumble through the sky, but it was no storm. Clyde and Glock ran outside, looking to the heavens where thousands of candles of comets were falling from the sky. A moon was gone, all that was left was countless dust and rocks in the sky. And as the storm continued, many broke through the sky’s protective cover. Crashing into the ground and ripping the metal ground to shreds. Cracks filled the plains like glass, grass, and life burned instantly and died in milliseconds.
Now the world was bustling with Predacons in the sky, blasting the rocks before they hit their homes, to almost no avail. Glock ran inside the cave, “You all stay! We have to stop these before our world is gone!” He growled, then he and Clyde took to the sky. Blaze ran to the cave’s opening, looking up just in time to watch as her brother was hit by a meteor, and burned into the ground. All around, this was happening. Her father then fell, hit by a meteor in the wing, and after he safely landed, he was crushed by another. As their defenses grew thin, Amethyst, Marina, and Melody ran out to try and stop them. They all befell the same fate. And Blaze watched it all. The planet Earus was now gone. A world of fire, smoke, ash, and metal. Blaze ran deeper into Skyfall to hide, afraid of the terror outside. Roaring thunder slammed the mountainside, crash after crash came. It didn’t take too much longer for one large meteor to hit Skyfall, and for Blaze, everything went white, then faded to black.