Episode 9

TFWire presents War Stories, a fan fiction podcast.

Hello everyone and welcome to another edition

of TFWire's War Stories. I'm your host, Steve

Slash Megatron. Today I'll be reading a story

by Magnus Prime. And his story is called The

Dark Past of Optimus Prime. Optimus Prime narration.

What defines a hero? Is it his drive to never

quit? Or his courage in facing the impossible?

Or maybe it's his will. His will that gets everyone

out alive. I am not a hero. I am simply someone

who has been thrown into the darkness of war.

And in that I have saved lives. But I will never

forget the lives lost that made me who I am.

Long ago... My family was considered royalty

on Cybertron, on account of one of my ancestor

beings, Primus, the first great, and perhaps

most powerful of Autobots. The line continued,

Sentinel Prime, Alpha Prime, Vector Prime, Leo

Prime, Maximus Prime, and now me, Optimus Prime.

The name became a target, a deadly and dangerous

one, that got Maximus Prime and Vector Prime

killed. and leo prime lost forever the decepticons

sought the power of the matrix and the location

of the allspark lost in history thousands of

years ago when i was young my name was changed

to optronix and i was relocated to a moon colony

there i befriended a young and perhaps impulsive

autobot sentryon he and i were the best of friends

until that day The day that shook the heavens

and millions died. The Decepticons had breached

our defenses and secretly polluted the young

minds of so many. One being, Centrion. He bore

a new name, Megatron, and sought power over all.

I can still remember the fire, the endless fire

that never ended. There I was, trying to protect

the colony and the woman I loved, Elita One.

And there I found myself battling my best friend.

With death on the line and no help to spare,

everyone died. The whole colony was wiped out

and Elita dead. I fought long and hard, busting

every gear in my body, but I was overwhelmed

and thrown to a defeating death. The bastards

threw Elita on me. After she died, I tried so

hard, but it was too late. I'd failed and my

name had killed them all. And soon... they would

have the power over me and everything but at

last hope came in the form of a great and powerful

warrior who became a father to me he dug me out

of that bog and took me in it was with him he

taught me the ways of combat and how to be a

soldier and a leader he said that i had the potential

to end the war forever It was there I joined

the Academy and became part of the Autobot Elite

and swore that I would avenge those deaths and

protect life wherever it may be, because freedom

is the right of all sentient beings, no matter

the cost. And that's the end of the fanfic. If

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it on a future episode of War Stories. This is

Steve slash Megatron, signing off. The preceding

story was not endorsed by Hasbro and is meant

for entertainment purposes only. All fan fiction

stories are copyrighted to their respective authors,

and all fan fiction stories used within this

podcast are used with permission from the author.

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