ASH OF THE MACHINE {TRANSFORMERS AU}

Since 1985, Earth has lived under the shadow of a war - a conflict between two alien factions from planet named Cybertron: the Autobots and the Decepticons.
One claims to protect humanity. The other seeks control.
But for the people trapped in the middle, both sides feel the same: distant, destructive, and devastating.

In the quiet city of Sendai (Japan)- far from the headlines and the front lines - seventeen-year-old Yuuma Kazuki just wants to be left alone.
His days are spent walking to school, ignoring the sirens, dodging political noise, and pretending everything is fine.
But it's not.
He lost his grandparents in the Tokyo blast last year. He hates the Decepticons for it.
He resents the Autobots for staying.
He resents everyone.

Beside him is his younger sister, Mio, a 13-year-old outcast who spends her days sketching robotic monsters and whispering strange conspiracy theories to herself.
Everyone thinks she's just weird or maybe a psycho.
Yuuma thinks so too - until the things she draws start to look a little too real.

What begins as a slow, silent school morning starts to shift.
Small details feel... off.
Lights flicker strangely.
Devices hum when no one's near.
People vanish.
Something is watching - and for the first time in years, Yuuma might have to open his eyes.

In a world desensitized to war and numb to fear, it's the quiet ones you should really be afraid of.