Preface Hello. If you are reading this, then I assume you have some interest in reading my Fanfic, "Transformers The Movie, What If Hot Rod had Not Gotten in the Way?" There are a few things you should know before you read it. 1. The character names, and other stuff of that nature are owned by Hasbro (as if I cared). 2. Any similarity to events or characters living or dead, fictional or real, is strictly coincidental. (If I get sued by any living robots I'm going to be a bit annoyed. :) 3. This story is based on the "What If..." Comic series by Marvel Comics. Uatu, the Watcher is owned by Marvel. 4. As you read, you might notice that there are two narrators. There is Uatu, who will appear to make comments to you alone occasionally, and then there is the generic "narrator" who tells the story. Might be a bit confusing. 5. I've never been known as a grammatical wizard, so I am sure there are some mistakes. So sue me. 6. I would appreciate any feedback on my story. Please send it to "OptimusPrime@AWorldTransformed.com". 7. My story is organized in Chapters and in "books". All a book is, is a way of separating a group of related chapters. 8. I have borrowed some names and titles from other places. For Example, "Apocalypse Rising" is the title of a Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Episode, and "Decepticons Forever", is a line from Beast Wars. So, if you read a title, or a line, and say "I know I've heard that before", then you probably did. 9. If you found this on Alt.Toys.Transformers.Fanfic, or any other Newsgroup, and parts of it are missing, they are all available on my Web Page AWorldTransformed.com 10. Enjoy!