Transformers: The Lone Star-Prologue

Prologue: Curiosity killed the Cowgirl

It was a bright and sunny day in central Texas. The plains were conquered by intoxicating tranquility, and the tall, ripe hay danced from side to side, bowing to the wind's every movement. The sky was clear of all but a single, fluffy cloud. The sun was directly above, and beaming down, but the temperature was still acceptable nonetheless.

Then, a single rider upon a brilliant bay colored thoroughbred filly galloped across the hay field. East of the center of the field, was a large hill with a single oak tree atop. The rider, a traditional cowgirl in a technologically advancing world, rode towards the hill. She stopped beside the great oak, and dismounted, before tying the reins to a lower branch.

That, of course, was when the cowgirl's fate of a traditional life, happened to take a turn. A turn in which would toss her into an age-old war.

There was a crack, like thunder... it rang over the prairie, but there was not a single stormy cloud. Only the little fluffy one, gazing down at the surface of the earth. Nonetheless, the stetson-hatted girl looked to the sky, expecting a darkening cloud to be approaching. When she confirmed there to be no storm, she walked to the saddle bags, and started to pull out her journal, when light flashed, and a meteorite shot over the field. The ground shook from an impact close enough to see, knocking the girl off her feet, and causing the filly to suddenly begin bucking, and neighing. The girl couldn't get out of range quickly enough, and was kicked in the head... she saw stars, and for how long she did not know. The ability to move eventually came back, but her horse was gone, the field was half singed, her stetson was scuffed, and on top of that a rock-splitting headache had just happened to manifest itself. She growled, managing to get to her feet, and picked up her stetson, dusted it off, and placed it on her head.

With a harrumph, she started towards the crater. Night had fallen, leaving the moon, the stars, and cybertron in the darkened sky. She hesitated when she looked down into the hole made by the impact... curiosity was nagging at her, but for one the crater was steep, and she couldn't even see the bottom except for a light that blinked aver now and again. But in the end she wasn't given a choice in the matter, as the ground beneath the edge gave way. "Meep!" She yelped, tumbling down until she slammed into something. "OW!" It was a strange looking thing, like a giant metal rock from what she could perceive of it. Unfortunately, when she touched it, she received the full brunt of some sort of shock. She couldn't even removed her hand.Once more she saw stars, but this time she lost all consciousness.