Chapter 1

A/N: I don't own TFP or The Exiled Queen. Just my plot changes and my OCs. I recommend reading The Fallenbefore this otherwise you may be very confused.

Bumblebee gently reigned in Nightmare, as they reached a peak on the Serpent's Pass. He gazed out over the unfamiliar mountains named after Primes and Iaconian Queens he'd never heard of, clouds slowly moved around the mountains, covering some areas in fog.

"It's cold," Luna said pulling her snow-white mare, Ghost, to a stop next to him. The girl was bundled up in thick layers of clothing, her black cloak tightly wrapped around her; a result of not being as used to the crisp mountain air as her brother was.

"It'll get warmer as we start going down," Knockout reassured stopping Finish to enjoy the view.

"Your Highness," Barricade said riding around to the front of the group, his black pinto stallion, Enforcer, snorting angrily, "we really shouldn't stop. The sooner we get to Kaon the better, less chance of assassins attacking."

Bumblebee sighed as he nodded in agreement. He was secretly crowned king of Cybertron's most powerful nation a few days ago in the North Woods Camp of the Clans. On top of that he and his sister learned they were descendants of the Fallen himself. They left the camp two days ago, and were steadily making their way through what would be a normally crowded trail bustling with trade…now they only ran into a few occasional refugees from Vos.

"Optimus said that before the war that the wagon lines for trade ran nearly at every time of day during the season. The wars swallowed those goods up, much of the cropland in Vos has been burned so it's out of production, and the Great War between Iacon and Kaon certainly didn't help," Knockout said.

"Looks like another hungry winter back home…err-I mean back in Iacon," Luna stuttered.

"Most likely," her older brother replied. Bee touched his amulet to let power seep in. He should've gotten rid of it after all the death, trouble, and misery the damn thing caused…but he couldn't. The piece belonged to his ancestor, the last king of Kaon, and the only Prime ever known to fall to darkness, Megatronus Redfire Darkell-Prime, aka the Fallen. It also served as a powerful reminder of all the Morgensterns have done.

"You alright?" Knockout asked. "You seem distracted."

"I'm fine," 'Bee said after a moment, "just not enjoying the wind."

"Good news is that the border isn't too far," one of their guards, Sideswipe, said.

"And we should be able to reach the town of Delphi by tonight," the redhead's blonde twin Sunstreaker said. "Actually have a roof over our heads."

As they made their way down the mountain cottages and houses began to appear. As they continued signs of the Vosian civil war were starting to show. Items were haphazardly tossed along the side of the road; empty saddlebags, uniforms of deserters, valuables that became too difficult to carry. Bumblebee saw a straw doll in the mud, he started to reign in Nightmare to grab it, when he remembered that he and Lu didn't need to scrounge for things anymore, they were royalty and now had the money to buy whatever they wanted. It was honestly a strange concept for him to grasp. They passed several torched homesteads, then an entire burnt village.

"Mercenaries," Barricade said.

"There's a keep a little ways back, but the Strikers can't be everywhere," Knockout said with a nod. "The wizard council claims they could pick up the slack. Even if they were allowed I doubt we'd see any wizards out here in the rough."

"Hey, we're wizards in the rough," 'Bee joked. The two laughed at the joke; they couldn't let go of their habit of making fun of wizards; despite the fact both now were the things they made fun of and despised passionately.

They reached the area where trails from the east and west merged and traffic got thicker as refugees made their way towards Iacon. There were men, women, and children. They were loaded down by supplies and personal valuables. All were silent, even the youngest children, and it seemed to take everything they had to just keep putting one foot in front of the other. Some didn't have any shoes, and by the pace they were going, 'Bee could guess they left Delphi at daybreak.

"They're never going to make it through the pass at that pace, they'll freeze!" 'Bee said. "What are they thinking?!"

"Their feet will be shredded on the rocks," Knockout said with a nod of agreement. "How do they expect the kids to make the climb?"

A four-year-old boy was crying in the middle of the trail. "Mamma! I'm hungry!" he cried…but there wasn't a mother in sight.

Bumblebee felt a mix of guilt and sympathy stab and twist at his heart as he watched. Reaching into his bag he pulled out an apple. "Here," he said stopping next to the boy and held it out.

The child stumbled back with a cry. "NO! GO AWAY!" he cried falling back screaming bloody murder shocking the young ruler.

A girl of an indeterminate age raced up and snatched the fruit from his hand and raced away as if the Fallen himself was chasing after her. Bumblebee stared after feeling shocked, confused, and helpless.

"I'm sorry your highness," Barricade said stopping next to him, "but you can't save everyone."

"Seems I can't save anyone," 'Bee growled darkly as he felt the wound of his mother's murder reopen as well as the deaths of many members of the Maximal gang that died because of Megatron trying to hunt him down. His guard seemed to recognize this, because he winced.

They went around the bend to see the border fortifications, the massive wall extending to either side of the pass. 'Bee froze in his saddle as he saw the uniform of the Elite Guard checking on those who were leaving the kingdom.

"Checking refugees coming in I get," Sideswipe commented, confusion evident on his face.

"But why check those who are leaving?" Sunstreaker asked.

"They must be looking for someone," Barricade said with a frown.

"'Bee, what did you do?" Knockout and Luna asked.

"I doubt the Queen would get so worked up over a few dead Maximals—who I didn't kill by the way! Especially since the murders have stopped…though maybe it has to do with the fact I stabbed the high wizard," he shrugged.

"You what?!" Barricade gasped. "Did you kill him?"

"I didn't stay long enough to find out," he confessed. "But in my experience the good die while the evil live. It's possible that he convinced the Queen I was a serious enough threat to hunt me down."

"Wish he did die…Alright, put up your cloak hoods and let me do the talking," Barricade said. "I'm from one of the most powerful families in Kaon, and with the treaty they'll assume you're my guard as we signed the Iaconian copy. My father is waiting for us with more guards on the other side of the gate. If something goes wrong, they'll help us."

"Works for me," Luna said as the siblings tossed their hoods up.

"Your names," the guard said whom 'Bee recognized as Biohazard.

"Lord Barricade Converse of the Beta House, Corporal in the Kaonian Royal Guard," he said straightening in his saddle taking on an air of authority.

"And we're Lords Sideswipe and Sunstreaker Wilds of the Chaos House, also Corporals in the Guard," they said.

"We're returning from the dual treaty signing," Barricade said.

"And those three?" Biohazard gestured to Luna, Bumblebee, and Knockout.

"Our back up in case we're attacked," Barricade growled. "Now let us through! I have to be back to the Academy in two days, an important meeting in the capital tomorrow, and you're wasting my valuable time!"

"I'm sorry Lord Converse but we need to check for the Crown Princess, especially since you're Kaonians," the guard sneered.

"The crown princess?" Sideswipe questioned. "We haven't heard anything, what happened?"

"She's disappeared. Some say she's run off, but I think she was taken against her will," Biohazard said. "That's why we're checking everyone."

"Well, the only woman in this company is a guard so…what's the hold-up?" Sunstreaker asked sounding annoyed.

"Have your guards drop the hoods of their cloaks!" a feminine voice demanded.

Bumblebee looked up to see a girl around his age riding towards them on a grey stallion. Her waist-length raven hair was braided, her red-violet eyes glinting in anger. She had a violet glow around her, a sign of uncontained power.

"I'm sorry Lady Morgenstern," Biohazard said. "I was just about to have them do just that!"

Bumblebee frowned as he heard the name which meant only one thing: Soundwave's sister and Megatron's daughter…he was screwed.

"My King and Lord Pax, concentrate on your amulets, it should keep her from seeing your auras," Barricade hissed quietly.

"Well…what are you waiting for!" she snapped. Luna lowered her hood and the girl examined her. "She looks like the crown princess, but is obviously younger than her. How old are you girl?"

"I-I just turned thirteen," Luna said.

"A little young for a guard, but too young to be the princess," she growled. "And you two?"

Knockout removed his hood and frowned at her. "Well, the other two guards are guys so you don't want us," he said with a shrug.

"Remove your hood!" she demanded stopping in front of 'Bee. "Look, I know you're a wizard, you have an aura that is nearly blinding. Now remove it!"

"I don't answer to you," 'Bee said.

"Well, who do you answer to? Obviously not a king or queen," she sneered a cruel smirk forming on her face.

"As a matter a fact Midnight Morgenstern," a man with brown hair and an eyepatch over his right eye said riding up on a grey stallion from Kaon's side of the border. "You're speaking to the king."

"W-What do you mean?!" she gasped, completely flabbergasted.

"I mean we found the bloodline and you're disrespecting the new King," Shockwave said coldly. Behind him several guards had their hands on amulets and/or their weapons. At this point everyone in line leaving and arriving had stopped to watch the scene unfold.

The Elite Guards and Midnight stepped back as 'Bee gave up trying to hide his power his aura glowing brighter than before. He pushed back his hood and glared down at the wizard girl. "Morgenstern," he snarled, practically spitting the name. "Are you trying to start another war?!"

"Cuffs!" Biohazard exclaims in shock. "Y-You aren't a wizard!"

"Well, I'm a wizard king actually, big surprise for both of us," 'Bee smirked his hand grip his amulet sticking one out a slight blue-violet glow enveloped his eyes and two predacons, about the size of Great Danes, were in front of the party growling at Midnight and Biohazard. Startled he ripped his hand away from the piece. The predacons looked at him making mewling sounds as they walked over to him. 'Bee looked at his company who looked just as surprised as he was. "Just stay out of my way, or your whole family pays the price!" With a kick to Nightmare's side he rode into Kaon, the others fallowing.

"Since when did you learn to fling jinxes?" Knockout asked.

"It was my ancestor's…so there might've been a bit of his power left over," 'Bee confessed.

"True," the twins nodded.

Barricade grinned. "What I find impressive is that you've already learned how to bond with predacons," he said gesturing to the black and white ones trotting on either side of Nightmare.

"What do you mean?" Luna asked.

"You know how it's rumored the Iaconian Queens are bound to wolves?" Sideswipe asked.

"Yea," the royal siblings and Knockout said.

"Well, it's the same thing with the Darkell line, but you're bound to predacons," Sunstreaker said. "And that's the fastest a Darkell wizard has bonded to them."

"Oh…" 'Bee said looking at the pair standing on either side of him. The white one cocked her head, her blue eyes glinting, the black one gave a growl as Enforcer started trotting too close for her liking her bright orange eyes gleaming as she bared her fangs.

"So what are you gonna call them?" Luna asked as she had Ghost wedge her way next to her brother.

"Don't know, what do you think?" 'Bee asked.

"How about Ira and Frost?" she suggested and he nodded with a grin.

"My King," Shockwave said as he and several guards rode up next to them, "it is an honor."

"The honor is mine General," 'Bee said. "We should probably get moving before Morgenstern remembers I tried to murder her father."

A/N: Alright, first chapter! Please review!