Title: Transformers First Christmas

Catagories: Transformers

Genre: Family/Humor

Rating: K for mild language, crude humor, sexual humor.

Summary:
Somewhat a partner story to No World for Tommorow; On Cybertron, there really were never any holidays for the Transformers to celebrate due to the million year old war going on between Autobots and Decepticons. But what would happen if the Autobots were introduced to Christmas?

Chapter One

First Snow

If it wasn't the chill in the air that got to the three young Autobots, making them shiver while waiting for their humans, it was the whole idea of why their humans would be shopping on a day like this.

Bumblebee, Arcee and Hot Rod had not asked Sam, Mikaela and Trent about why the day after Thanksgiving was called Black Friday in the first place, after all, they hadn't thought much about Thanksgiving Day very much. But a day called Black Friday, that made them feel a little uneasy about even going outside the Autobot Base. Bumblebee's best friend, Spitfire had reassured them that they might not want to miss this because it was going to hilarious to watch and participate in. So they were curious about it and they didn't question it.

But now......they were definitely questioning their humans about why they wanted to go shopping on Black Friday when there were nearly raids going on in the store that they were at. They couldn't believe their humans had actually thought about getting up so early in the morning just to go shopping. It was almost 3:30 in the morning when they got up and told their Guardians that they needed to get to the store.

Of course, Arcee had been the first to point out that the stores wouldn't be open at that time yet. But Mikaela made it very clear that they needed to get to the store at that time before anyone else showed up.

When they got to the stores, there was already a small crowd sitting outside the doors. It bothered Bumblebee, Arcee and Hot Rod that their humans actually wanted to get out and stand with the crowd, if not fall asleep standing up, and in the cold weather. They didn't understand and even asked what they were doing there. Sam simply said that it was Black Friday and he forbad them to look it up on the internet because they needed to learn about it on their own.

So, in their holographic molecular images; their human forms, the three met up with Elena and Spitfire and stood outside the stores and waited. Several times their humans fell asleep while leaning against their vehicle friends, letting the warm metal of their robotic alien friends keep them warm enough. Sam and Mikaela had shared his large winter coat while leaning against Bumblebee's hood while Trent allowed his younger cousin share a thick fleece and wool blanket with him to keep them warm. All four; Bumblebee, Spitfire, Arcee and Hot Rod were in their human forms so they pretty much did the same, though it didn't matter too much to them about how cold it was. Their human forms didn't feel too much but their real bodies sure did. If they didn't keep their Energon flowing constantly, they knew that they would freeze quite a bit.

When daylight finally approached, people were starting to get very restless and there were a lot of them now. Spitfire warned all three of her comrades to be ready. It was almost time.

That definitely had all three on high alert as they watched the other humans with warning looks in their eyes but it didn't seem to faze the other humans at all. The four teens and Spitfire were trying not to laugh.

And when the store finally opened; the Autobots were starting to wish that they were on the battle field with the Decepticons instead. Because all hell broke loose.

People were shoving others as they rushed into the stores, and it took a lot of effort for the three Autobots to not transform immediately and stop the fights starting to break out. They especially had to shove other people away from their young humans; who were laughing and having a good time as they joined in with the shoving and pushing to get into the store. Soon, it just became a comical situation as Bumblebee, Hot Rod and Arcee started to help their humans and Spitfire and Elena as they tried to do their shopping.

The fights that were going on in the store over merchandise were so ridiculous that the Autobots just had to stare with wide mouths open and their human eyes bugging out of their head. Several times, they saw people fighting over an X-Box or a Playstation 3. It was so ridiculous. They had to scoff and laugh as they watched two men actually pick up plastic swords and have a sword fight for a giant stuffed panda bear. It didn't help too much when a lady nearly ran them over with a Go Kart and stole the toy before speeding off with the two men chasing after her.

Eventually, both Bumblebee's and Hot Rod's eyes started twitching as they tried to figure out what the Pit was going on.

Laughing, Sam, Mikaela, Trent, Elena and Spitfire finally decided to tell them about why Black Friday was called Black Friday. They explained that the day after Thanksgiving was the day that people started buying gifts for Christmas.

They got blank stares from Bumblebee, Arcee and Hot Rod, while Spitfire was laughing behind her hand as she watched her comrades.

"Oh come on!! You can't tell me you don't know what Christmas is! It's the greatest Holiday of the year!" Sam laughed as he watched Bee, Arcee and Rod. But they kept staring at him. His face fell and he returned the look right back at them, almost in disbelief.

Spitfire just laughed as she folded her arms and shook her head, letting her human form's red curls bounce on her shoulders. "Sorry, Sam. But they don't. On our home, we don't have any holidays to celebrate. So we don't know what Christmas is. Well.....I do. After being here for years, I've seen my share of Christmas'." She said, smiling at Elena, who smiled right back.

Arcee's bright blue eyes narrowed a little as she looked thoughtful and it didn't take a genius to figure out that she was looking it up on the Web. Her eyes then brightened and she looked at him in astonishment. "Wow. So colorful is this holiday. So Christmas is just a celebration in the winter where you give gifts and spend time with loved ones." She said.

Mikaela nudged her, but still smile. "Hey. Arcee. That's cheating. No looking it up on the Web." She playfully scolded, earning a smile and a nudge back from her Guardian.

However, Bumblebee and Hot Rod decided to cheat too because their eyes dimmed a little as they looked it up on the internet. That earned a few eye rolls and impatient sighs from Sam, Trent and Mikaela and a snort of laughter from Spitfire and Elena. They waited for a moment as they watched the boys look up Christmas and they knew when they found it because their eyes brightened and they actually looked a little excited.

"Cool! This looks like fun!!" Bumblebee piped up, brightly smiling sheepishly when Sam lightly punched his shoulder. "Sorry, Sam. I know. I know. You want us to learn naturally and not looking it up on the Web."

Sam just laughed before he let out a startled cry when he saw someone try to take off with one of his presents. He gave chase immediately while everyone was laughing.

Of course, when the Autobots decided to jump in and help him get it back, that was the most amusing. All four Autobots looked at one another and smiled slyly before they seemed to have a silent conversation with each other before they launched into their plan. They got it back by cornering the guy and tripping him with a jump rope. Everyone else who saw that decided to try with them again but they all lost because the four always managed to block them off. It didn't always help when they could sense the humans coming and they would immediately put up a guard around their humans, giving any the most evil smiles they could manage.

No one really messed with them again after that.

So once their shopping was done, the four humans and their guardians were making their way out when the three newest on Earth Autobots froze, as if they sensed something not good. Sam, Mikaela, Trent, Elena and Spitfire frowned as they looked at Bee, Rod and Arcee. "Hey. What's wrong?" Trent asked, suddenly alert. "Decepticons?"

Hot Rod shook his head as his eyes grew wider before he was hurrying towards the doors with everyone following after. "No. I don't think so. But this is strange." He said before bursting outside and looking up in the sky.

It became very clear to the four human teens and Spitfire when they saw white flakes falling from the sky and they all had to laugh when they saw the expressions on their friends' faces. The looks on Bumblebee, Arcee, and Hot Rod's faces were complete alarm and confusion. So it was obvious that they had never seen snow before. They looked as if they were ready to return to their vehicle forms and get ready for a battle.

"A trick from the Decepticons?! What is this?!" Arcee asked, her teeth clenched as she glared up at the sky.

Mikaela groaned a little though as she looked at the snow falling. "Oh, god. It's snowing. I can't ride Arcee in this." She groaned. She earned a few confused looks from her intergalactic friends.

Spitfire just laughed and shook her head as she decided to explain again. "It's not a trick, Arcee. It's just snow." She earned a puzzled look from the other three.

"What, you guys don't have snow either on.....you know?" Trent asked, smiling.

Bumblebee, Hot Rod and Arcee glanced at one another before they shook their heads and looked back at their humans. They had made it a point to not look it up on the internet due to their promise to their humans. "No. What's snow?" Hot Rod asked, earning a very alarmed look from a passerby. By they ignored those who had heard.

Laughing, the four teens and Spitfire shook their heads as they glanced at each other. Sam just started walking towards Bumblebee to put his purchases into the trunk. "Snow is like......frozen rain. Only softer. It happens during the winter. Especially around this time. Here." He held out his gloved hand and caught a flake, holding it out to the three Autobots. "Take a close look at it. I mean, really close. Look at what they look like." He told them.

Frowning, the three leaned in closer to his hand to look at the slowly melting flake before each one of their eyes widened in wonder. They could see the ice crystals after magnifying their vision to see it closely. And to be honest, it was pretty to them.

"Oh." Arcee sighed in wonder as a smile grew on her face. "It's so beautiful."

The four human teens and Spitfire only smiled as they watched the other three Autobots admire the snow flake before it completely melted away. It was pretty fascinating to watch their reactions.

But something dawned on Mikaela, making her frown. If their guardians reacted like that towards snow, then how would.......? "Um....guys?" She asked, looking around at everyone, making them all frown at her. "If none of you have ever seen snow before, has Optimus or the others?" She asked, almost uneasily.

At the same time, realization dawned on each and every one of them. They looked as if they thought of the same thing at the same time. And rightfully so, the four Autobots winced as they thought about it. "Uh....no. I don't think so. No. They've never seen snow either. Jazz might've been the only one who looked it up on the Web before....ya know?" Hot Rod remarked. "But Optimus and the others, I don't think so. There's a good chance that Hound might know about it. Since he's the IT and all. But snow really isn't technical."

Mikaela grimaced at that thought. "Oh....damn. I'd hate to see how Ironhide's reacting to it now." She told them.

All four Autobots' human forms blanched at the very idea and they couldn't help but let out several Cybertronian curses.

The Lennox Residence-

It was easy to say that Will knew very well what day it was and he'd be damned that he would be going shopping and face a different war than he usually faced as an American Soldier. He and Sarah had had a little bit of an argument about the issue but it was quickly resolved by him telling her that they would do their Christmas shopping earlier in the year, so that they didn't have to face a raging mob of shoppers. Sarah agreed to that after thinking about it.

So it was easy enough for them to just sleep in.

BOOOM!! KA-BLAMM!!

The entire house shook violently, jolting Will and Sarah out of their sleep and start their hearts going nearly a hundred mph. They found their selves gripping one another as they looked wildly around their bedroom and then listened to as their one-year old daughter, Annabelle started screaming and crying from her room next to theirs. So obviously she was awake.

The house shook again as another explosion erupted outside, almost ear shattering close. It sounded like a war had just broke right outside the Lennox Residence. And it didn't help when they heard the familiar roar of their big, bad, Guardian.

"DAMN YOU, TREACHEROUS DECEPTICONS!! WHAT TRICKS ARE YOU TRYING TO PULL NOW?!!" Ironhide roared from outside. "SHOW YOURSELVES!! I'LL TAKE YOU ALL ON!!"

Will Lennox was immediately jumping out of his bed and getting under the mattress, pulling out his large gun case he kept under it for protection. He had had arguments with Sarah about having a gun under the bed but now he was glad that she had caved in and let him keep it there. Still it surprised him that the Decepticons were actually dumb enough to come out all the way to his house to start a fight with the most violent and gruff Autobot of the bunch.

It probably didn't help the fact that Ironhide's equally violent mate, Chromia, was staying with them.

"BRING IT ON, DECEPTI-SCUMS!!"

Ahhh. There was her voice. Will had been waiting to hear that one before he heard the familiar sounds of hers and Ironhide's cannons were blasting out.

Quickly standing up, Will looked at a frantic Sarah before pointing at her. "Sarah! Get Annie and get down to the safe room!! Hide, Mia and I will take care of this!!" He called to her before he was running as fast as he could through his house and nearly jumping down the stairs to the ground floor. He was outside on the porch faster than he had ever imagined that he could go.

And it was there he halted and his jaw fell in shock.

There, Ironhide and Chromia were both in front of the house, in their robot modes, cannons and blasters aiming at the sky, shooting them off like fireworks when there were no Decepticons in sight. There wasn't even a sign of them. But there were small white flakes falling from the dark clouds hovering from above and it didn't take long to realize what they were.

Will's face fell a little as he watched the two couples continuing to blast the sky before he dropped the gun at his side and shook his head as he took a moment to study the sky, grimacing a little as a few snow flakes hit him in the eye but he brushed them away from his face. He didn't see or hear any Decepticons at all. All he heard was the blasts coming from Ironhide's Cannons and Chromia's blasters. That was it.

"Ironhide! Chromia!" Will called up to them, as he kept a safe distance away from the two trigger happy Autobots. "Hey!! What are you two doing?! There isn't any Decepticons around!!"

Ironhide's head jerked around and his burning blue gaze fell onto his human partner before he waved him back towards the house, bouncing a little on his large feet. "Lennox!! Get back inside!! It's some kind of trap that the Decepticons are pulling! I don't know what these strange white parasites are but I won't let them hurt you, Sarah or Annabelle!!" He roared before raising his cannons and trying to blast the swirling white flakes out of the air. He nearly had a fit when he saw some landing on the rooftops. He let out an outraged yell before stomping over Will and starting to wave his cannons at the white flakes falling onto the shingles, trying to brush them away. "Back!! Back I say, you parasites!" He snapped.

It couldn't be helped. Will burst out with laughter, doubling over and trying not to set off his gun while watching Ironhide's reaction. He was very sure that his family's Guardian and his mate were staring at him in surprise. He could almost feel their optics on him.

And they were. They were now staring at Will as he doubled over, laughing. They didn't understand but they kept waving at the white flakes, trying to shove them away from the house. However, as Will laughed even harder, they stopped and gave him confused, annoyed looks. "What's so funny, Lennox?! Is it the parasites?! Are they making you laugh?! What are they doing to you?!" The Weapons Officer demanded as he started to glare at the 'parasites' and tried to smack them out of the air. He growled in frustration when all it did was make the flakes swirl away from his large hand.

Still laughing, Will shook his head as he reached down and put his automatic rifle on safety. He didn't want to accidentally shoot himself because of this hilarious scene. It took him a minute to finally gulp for air and stop himself from laughing. "Oh, my god, Ironhide!" He bubbled with a little laughter again before shaking his head. "They're not parasites. Are you telling me you've never seen snow before?"

Ironhide and Chromia both gave Will a blank look, their arms lowering.

That was all that Will needed as he laughed and shook his head. He turned towards the house and let out a laughing sigh. "Sarah!!" He called. "It's alright!! False Alarm!!"

It took about five minutes for Sarah to have heard him calling to her from outside before she was carefully coming outside with a crying Annabelle in her arms. She was looking rather cautiously around before she let out a sigh in disbelief when she saw that it was snowing. She knew exactly what happened as she looked up at Ironhide, who looked like he was going to have a spark attack. "Are you kidding me?" She asked almost dully.

"Sarah!! The parasites will get Anna!! Don't bring her out here!!" The Weapons Specialist cried already stepping forward.

Sarah drew back in alarm for a moment before looking at her laughing husband as he shook his head and motioned to the snow. "Snow. They think it's parasites." He told her before looking up at his guardian. "Ironhide, snow is not a parasite. At ease, soldier. It's just apart of the weather. Look. See?" He then held up his hand letting snow fall into his palm. He could have laughed when Ironhide and Chromia both tensed, watching the snow as it just sat on Will's hand before starting to melt. "It's not hurting me, guys. Relax. It's just frozen.....rain but softer than ice. It comes down during the winter."

Finally, Ironhide and Chromia relaxed as they decided to take his words cautiously and look it up on the Web. Then they totally relaxed, though Ironhide was growling, probably out of humiliation. His mate had started to laugh though as she realized that she and her husband had made total fools out of their selves.

"Don't tell the others." Ironhide growled at the laughing Will, while Sarah was rolling her eyes and rocking Annabelle, trying to calm her down.

"Shhh. It's okay, Anna. It was just your foolish, big, bad robot making himself look like an idiot over snow. There's nothing to cry about." Sarah told Annabelle softly, who slowly stopped crying. She knew very well that Ironhide was glaring dryly at her as she took her one year old back into the house to start some breakfast.

Will laughed, shaking his head before looking up at Ironhide. "So you've never seen snow before, huh? Well, this is definitely a first for you then. Because this is just one of those fun times of the year" He told him before shouldering his gun. "Did you send a transmission to Optimus and the others that we were under attack?" He asked, though he already knew the answer.

Ironhide just glared at the human Soldier before he folded his cannons back into his arms and then reached up and pressed a button along side his head, activating his Communications. "Ironhide to Optimus Prime. False alarm. There's no Decepticons." He grumbled, shooting Will and Chromia both a dark look for when they both started to laugh hard.

"Optimus Prime to Ironhide. I can see that." Optimus' voice echoed right out of Ironhide's comlink and it sounded like he was chuckling.

Ironhide just groaned, causing Will and Chromia just to laugh even harder.

Grand Canyon, Wyoming
The new Autobot Base

The hangar door to the new hidden Autobot base was wide open and every single Autobot that were still at the base were looking out at the falling white flakes with some alarm but fascination. They had never seen anything like this and had been a little on edge when they saw this strange phenomenon happening. In truth, some of the Autobots started up their cannons and blasters, thinking that the Decepticons had found out where their new base was. But then Hound was the one to tell them to relax. He had quickly looked up information falling white flakes and came up with snow flakes. With a laugh, he explained it to everyone, letting them know it was just the change of the season. Just like what happened with the fall, which everyone had thought that the trees were dying and the Earth was decaying. That reaction had been pretty funny too.

So now, the Autobots and the humans stationed at the Autobot Base were standing in the door way, watching as the snow fell.

Optimus was standing with his sparkmate, Elita One, looking out with wonder and chuckling a little when he got the transmission from Ironhide. He had tensed up a little at first but then realized that it was the snow that had Ironhide go off on. So all he could do was smile and shake his head before watching the snow fall. He found it funny how some of his Autobots braved their selves to walking to the edge and start touching the snow that was on the ground, looking at it in fascination. They were almost like kids experiencing it for the first time.

In a way, they were.

It was only a few hours before Bumblebee, Arcee, Spitfire and Hot Rod returned to the base with their humans, after dropping off their gifts they had bought at home. Not long after, Ironhide and Chromia had arrived, though the femme was riding in the back of her mate. And it didn't take long for everyone to realize she was in a foul mood. Acree wasn't any happier but she was still a little fascinated. They had both learned a hard lesson that driving on snow was a big no-no for motorcycles.

Arcee had nearly slipped a few times on the snow and probably would have crashed if Bumblebee and Hot Rod hadn't decided to drive along side her, making sure that if she did slip, she could land against them. So they did have a few scratches on their sides, though they didn't care too much. They could repaint over them.

Once the four teenagers were out of their Guardians or standing around with the others, Optimus Prime looked down at them. "Sam." He said, catching the boy's attention. "Bumblebee has told me about your.....shopping today. I haven't looked it up on the Web but I'm curious about this....holiday called Christmas."

Sam, Mikaela, Trent and Elena all had to smile when they heard him say that and they shared a smile with each other and every human that was standing around the hangar. This was going to be amusing. "Yeah. Spitfire said that you guys don't have Christmas on Cybertron. Which is really sad, big guy. Because you've missed out." Sam told him before folding his hands together and tried to think about how to explain it. "Okay! Christmas is a huge holiday that happens all around the world. It's a winter celebration that we do to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, who is kind of a religious figure in the world. Which, I'm not going to go into the whole details about it. Basically, Christmas is all about family and friends being together, celebrating one of the last holidays of the year. People buy and give gifts to their loved ones, kind of a thing to show how much you appreciate and love one another." He explained.

Mikaela nodded with a smile. "Christmas is the best time of the year. There's so much to do for this season. And snow," She motioned to outside, to the white flakes, "Snow is kind of like a symbol of Christmas. It's really not Christmas without snow." She added.

Elena smiled as she wrapped her arms around herself, though her smile was a little faint. "Christmas is a great holiday to spend time with everyone that you care about. Like Mikaela said, there's so much to do. You can make snowmen, have snowball fights, pick out and decorate a Christmas tree, lights, Eggnog, everything! It's a tradition that most of the world celebrates." She piped up.

Will gave a light huff of amusement as he wrapped his arm around Sarah's waist, smiling up at the Autobots. "You know, I missed out on Annabelle's first Christmas because I was across the sea but this year, it's your guys' first Christmas." He glanced around at everyone, who were all slowly starting to smile with bright eyes. They were all starting to think the same thing, while the Autobots were looking curious. "I say, we should make this the best first Christmas these guys have ever had." He suggested.

All in unison, the four teenagers, the American soldiers and anyone else threw their fists up, cheering out their approval. They were all looking forward to this.

Optimus and the Autobots looked around at everyone, wonder-eyed before they all smiled and nodded. They weren't sure what the whole deal with Christmas might be, but a first time experience might be just what they need to learn about Earth and its customs.

"And what better way to start out their first Holiday season than playing in the snow?" Sam asked, grinning around at everyone. That brought a lot of smiles on everyone's faces.

"Very well, my friends." Optimus said, smiling as he looked around at all of the delighted looks on everyone's faces before looking at all of his Autobots, who were starting to look just as excited as the humans were. "Autobots, we shall give this Christmas Holiday a try. If it is apart of Earth's traditions, we should try new things. So therefore, let our first Christmas experience begin."

Author's Note: Thank you for reading this first chapter of Transformers First Christmas. I meant to have this story up before Christmas but there was a lot of things going on so it's late. The funny thing about this story was, how I even first came up with this idea was when it started snowing. Then I got thinking of what the Transformers first reaction would be if they had never seen snow before and I couldn't stop laughing when I thought about how Ironhide might start shooting up at the snow, thinking it was some kind of Decepticon trick. I thought about just doing a One-shot of that happening but then I thought about how Cybertron probably doesn't have holidays on their planet so I came up with this idea. Give the Autobots and the Decepticons their very first Christmas on Earth.

I hope you enjoyed this first chapter, because we're not done just yet.

Merry Christmas, Everyone, and enjoy.

~Serin Darkwolf~

P.S. For the end of this chapter and for the next chapter, I would suggest putting some music on; Try listening to Trans-Siberian Orchestra's First Snow. It helped me a lot writing these two chapters and come up with the ideas that you're about to read.