So, I wasn't really satisfied with the way this fit into the last chapter, so I removed it and made it an alternate ending instead. This is more of a little crossover with Transformers Animated

(Alternate Ending to "The Pledge". This may or may not have happened, depending on if I'm satisfied with it or not).

A small band of Autobots stood in quiet reverence before the Well of Allsparks as their young leader paid his last respects to a beloved mentor. The smallest Autobot of all leaned against his foot sympathetically. "I'm so sorry, Boss," Sari whispered, "Did you know him for a long time?" Optimus smiled softly at her. "You could say that." "Geez, how old was this guy?" Bumblebee muttered behind them. The ringing clang and shrill shriek of pain that followed needed no translation. Ratchet scowled at the yellow mech. "Show some respect! Rodimus the Warrior was a hero!"

Sari levitated to hover near Optimus's helm. "Prowl told me stories about the Servant of the Primes when I was little, you know," she said. Her optics were wide. "Was he really 90 feet tall with a faceplate that could freeze magma?" Optimus looked confused. "Wha-? No! Where did you hear-" He was interrupted by a chorus of other questions about the folk hero from the other young Autobots.

"Did he really eat carbon?" "Well, as far as I know, he did," the Prime answered.

"I heard he took down Trypticon, single-servo'd!" "Uh, no, Bulkhead. That didn't happen."

"I heard he fell in love with an alien warrior princess when he was a youngling!" Bumblebee said importantly. Optimus snickered slightly. "Well, that's one way of putting it."

Jazz spoke up with the most outlandish sounding tale of all: "I hear that he fought his way through a nest of Scraplets with a sword in one hand and a Sparkling in the other!" His proclamation was met with scoffs and snorts of derision until they saw Optimus nod. "Yeah, that one actually happened." He shuddered. "That was a horrible day..." The Autobots gathered around their friend as he began to tell them stories of their folk hero that had never been heard before. As he spoke, the Well began to hum, and with a sound like singing, a golden ball of light was launched into the air. Sari noticed it first and flew up to greet it.

"Hi there, Little Guy...or Girl. Could be a Girl," she cooed, waving her servos at it. It made a noise similar to a baby's gurgle and moved to bounce up and down in front of Optimus's faceplate. He smiled and reached out to grasp it, only for it to dance out of his reach with a playful squeal. "Oh, alright!" Optimus laughed. He shouldered the Magnus hammer and shook his helm in mock seriousness. "Let's go home, Old Friend." The Spark flitted out across the Hydrax Plateau, followed by the Prime. Ancient Ratchet felt his processor begin to ache with a feeling of deja vu. "Prime! Where are you going?!" he asked, feeling sure he already knew the answer. Optimus raised the hammer in a salute and called back, "I follow Rodimus!"

I know most of you probably have already read this when it was in the old chapter, but I wanted the first two chapters to retain their gravity, and this one can be a little more lighthearted.

So, what happened in between chapter one and two? You tell me! If you have an idea, send it to me in a private message (in narrative style, pretty please with an adorable baby Starscream on top?). I think it'd be fun to post a list of "what-if's" from you guys!