Rachel woke up the next morning at seven to get ready for school. She got dressed, grabbed her bag and walked out of her room. She went to where the fridge is and grabbed some juice and poured herself a bowl of cereal. After she was done she walked out of the base with Sideburn and turned to him and said,

"You got that device from Red Alert so people will think that you're a skateboard?" she asked

"Yep, he installed last night, I'll activate it when we get close to town." He said then transformed

"Sounds like a plan to me. Lets go Alexis said that they'll meet us outside the school."

She then hopped on and they took off for the school. When they got there they met Rad, Carlos, and Alexis in the front.

"Hey Rachel, how you feeling?" asked Carlos

"Ask me that when I'm mentally here." She muttered

Everyone laughed, and they showed her to the office where she would pick up her schedule. When she got it she showed it to them, and realized that she had at least one of them in each of her classes. In gym she ran into Billy and Fred while shooting a basketball during their free time.

"Hey what's your name?" asked Billy

"Rachel."

"I'm Billy and this is Fred. I'm the best basketball player, so if you want to get some pointers I'm the guy to talk to."

Rachel just stared at him,

Oh my god he is even more of a showoff then I thought he was.

"Don't you guys have anything better to do then to bug people." Asked Rad

"Why don't you mind your business? I was just offering her some pointers in basketball."

"Yeah, you're the best man for the job." Said Carlos coming over as well

"You wanna start something?" asked Billy glaring at them

"Whoa calm down there, look thanks for the offer, but I don't need any pointers at basketball." She said and shot the ball and made it nothing but net

"Lucky shot." Said Billy as he went to go get the ball

"Oh really, well how about a little one on one? First one to score five points wins." She said

"Alright. And I'll be nice and let you have the ball first" Said Billy as they got ready for check since they were playing half court

"Thanks." She said grinning as she passed it to him

When he passed it back he got into a defense position and Rachel just stood there dribbling. She then faked going left, and when he leaned to the left she dribbled around him and made a lay up. She grabbed the ball and passed it to him, and said

"You're ball."

About ten minutes later, Billy was walking away sulking with Fred, while Rad and Carlos were congratulating her.

"Nice game, where did you learn to play?" asked Carlos

"I use to play on a team."

"Hey you should try out for the school's team." Said Rad

"Thanks, but I don't think I will. I'm not good enough to be on a school team." She said and headed off to the locker room

"What's she talking about? I thought she was pretty good." Said Carlos

"I don't know, maybe she just likes playing for fun." Said Rad and then they headed to the guys locker room

After school they waited for Alexis since she had to stay after for a few minutes to talk to the teacher. When she came out they headed off to the base. When they got there they ran into Hot Shot who asked,

"So how was your first day of school?"

"It was alright, boring mostly." She said shrugging her shoulders

Just then the Minicon Alarm went off and everyone went to the control room to see where it was located.

"Where's the minicon Optimus?" asked Hot Shot

"The South Pole. Lets roll everyone." Said Optimus as they headed for the warp gate

When they got there Optimus realized that he couldn't go anywhere. So they waited while Red Alert checked out what was wrong with him. The kids were sitting inside of Optimus' trailer while Rachel was standing next to Hot Shot.

"Aren't you cold?" asked Hot Shot

"Yeah, but I'm used to cold, so it doesn't really bother me all that much. Plus this suit is helping."

"There that should do it sir." Said Red Alert

"What was the problem Red Alert?" asked Optimus

While Red Alert told him the problem Hot Shot was saying how he's tired of waiting and that he's going to head out. Carlos ran over to him and said,

"Hey wait up, I'm coming with ya!"

Rachel ran after him and said,

"Don't forget about me! I'm going too!" she said hopping into the passenger seat as Hot Shot took off

After awhile they hit a dead end over looking the ocean and decided to head back. As they were driving back Rachel was looking out the window wondering if they would have time for her to have a couple runs down some of the hills on Sideburn. She then spotted Starscream flying over a crevice and noticed him flying towards them.

"Uh Hot Shot, we got company!" she exclaimed as Starscream started firing on them

"Hang on you guys!" he said as he started swerving to avoid being hit

"Hot Shot be careful, your traction isn't going to be very good on all this snow and ice!" said Rachel

Just then Hot Shot slid over the edge and started falling to the bottom of the ravine. Jolt however managed to stop them from falling and slowly lowered them to the ground.

"Thanks Jolt. That was too close for comfort. I owe ya one." Said Hot Shot as he drove back up to the top

When they got to the top Cyclonus and Demolisher started firing on them. Hot Shot headed for the edge again as he tried to avoid them. But this time he transformed but when he did Carlos went flying out of the drivers side door, and Rachel fell off onto the ground. And managed to catch the edge before totaling rolling off. Jolt caught him in mid air and set him down on a ledge. She looked down and saw Carlos beneath her and reached for him.

"Come on Carlos! Give me your hand!"

Carlos grabbed it just as the ledge gave way.

"What do we do now? We can't hang like this forever." Said Carlos

"I know, don't worry we'll think of something." She said as she looked up to see if anyone could help and she saw Red Alert and Hot Shot were still battling the Decepticons

"Hot Shot look out!" she yelled once she saw Megatron heading towards him

Hot Shot turned around too late and Megatron held him hostage. Rachel didn't have time to worry about him since her hand was starting to freeze.

"Carlos, can you get a grip on the wall? I need my other hand."

"No problem." He said and he managed to get a good hold on the ledge

Rad and Alexis showed up and Rad reached down for one of them to grab his hand. Carlos grabbed it and Alexis helped pull Rachel up since she was hanging onto the top edge and was easy to pull up.

"What about the minicon?" Carlos asked

"Hey one thing at a time bud." Said Rad as he grabbed Carlos's hand

Starscream meanwhile was punching the wall trying to get to the minicon buried under the ice. Just as Rad was about to pull Carlos up, the ice that he had his footing on gave way and Carlos fell backward pulling Rad with him and Alexis and Rachel who had grabbed on to Rad to try and keep them from falling. Red Alert sent a multicolored disk at them that caught them before they fell to their deaths. Then he sent a rocket to Starscream that snatched the minicon from him. Starscream retaliated by firing at the ice under his feet, but Red Alert jumped out of the way and the ice fell and hit Starscream causing him to fall. When the kids were back on solid ground Optimus asked them if they were alright. They said that they were and Optimus said that it was time to head back to the base.

"Hey Optimus, I have a quick question." Said Rachel

"Yes what is it?"

"Well, I was just wondering, if before we left if it would be alright for me to hop on Sideburn and go snowboarding. It just be one run, please?"

Optimus looked down at her and laughed at the pleading look in her face.

"I guess one quick run won't hurt."

"Alright!" she exclaimed jumping up and punching her fist into the air

The others watched as she hopped onto Sideburn and came down the slope. When she got to the bottom she said,

"Thanks Optimus, I haven't been snowboarding in a really long time. The last few winters back home had been pretty mild, so I wasn't able to get out to the slopes."

"Alright team lets head back." Said Optimus and they warped back to the base

When they were back at the base they were all standing around the minicon waiting for it to activate.

"I wonder what this minicon will look like." Said Alexis

"Yeah me too." Said Carlos

Just then it began glowing and they saw an image appear in the pillar of light. Then suddenly it faded away.

"What happened?" asked Rad

"I don't know, maybe its not ready to wake up yet." Said Hot Shot

One down, two to go. thought Rachel as she stared at it