Optimus was ready for this event. He had prepared for this ever since he became a prime. The autobot slowly walked down the halls of his base, towards a door. It was time to take…THE TEST. A super duper important test in fact. One that decided whether Optimus got to keep his job as prime or not. He had to do well on this and beat whoever challenged his leadership, even if it is his own teammates (which it was).

The autobot opened the door, seeing everybody in the room. He gave them a nod and sat down next to Miko and Jack. After a few good silent moments, Ratchet cleared his voice and took a step forward.

"Optimus, I'm sure you're aware of what you're taking today? If you fail, you will be stripped of being prime and a new leader will be elected. Are you prepared?" The autobot leader nodded.

"Who am I up against Ratchet?" The medic pulled out a little sticky note and put on huge glasses to read it.

"Hhhhmmm…Miko, Jack, and….apparently a lamp" Ratchet pointed to a little stylish lamp sitting next to Jack. Optimus glared at the tiny thing. Arcee handed out papers and pencils to the four.

"…You may begin!" With that, they all started!

*One strange montage of insanity later*

Everyone sat still, wondering who would be victorious. Ratchet was about to return with the test results. Miko waved at Bulky and he waved back. The door creaked open and Ratchet walked in. He stood in the middle to get everyone's attention.

Putting on his glasses, Ratchet held up the results to read them out loud.

"Optimus, you received a score of….-12"

"Aaawwwwww…." Optimus pouted.

"Lamp, you received a score of…-7. Miko you got a score of -6 an-"

"WOO-HOO! I'm smarter than a lamp!" Miko chirped. Bulkhead did a thumbs up while Bumblebee had a sad face; he was rooting for that little lamp. Ratchet rolled his eyes and look back at the results.

"Jack, you received a score of…149. Jack is victorious and shall now be declared prime!" The autobots cheered Jack on as they got out balloons and other party thingies to celebrate. Optimus, meanwhile, was packing his bags and heading out of the base. He had failed and now he had to make his leave. He made sure to pack his favorite giant moustaches. So out of it, Optimus tripped over a rock and fell down flat on his face. Although Jack had leadership material, maybe he wouldn't be a good prime. They'd probably ask him to come back pretty soon. Ya, probably just a few days or so…

*ONE YEAR LATER*

Optimus still laid in the same position he did a whole year ago, flat on his face after tripping over a rock. The autobot suddenly heard footsteps approaching. Looking up, he saw…Lord Megatron and his decepticons!

"Oh, hello Optimus. How's it goin'?" Megatron greeted Optimus with a friendly wave of his hand.

"Megatron!? What are you doing here?" The autobot got to his feet and got out his blasters.

"Hey, hold on there! No need for violence! We're just here for the poker game celebrating the end of the war!" Optimus looked dumbfounded.

"W-w-what?"

"Yeah, ever since little Jack became prime they've been winning left and right. Then Jack gave this really emotional speech towards us and it REALLY got us all in the spark. Right guys?" Airachnid chirped in and everyone nodded.

"So, we decided to end the war for eternal love and peace!" Megatron added. With that, Optimus fainted.

Optimus slowly awoken to see Arcee trying to wake him up.

"Arcee? Is that you?"

"Yeah, I can't believe you're still here! Any who, I have great news! The test results got mixed up!"

"REALLY!? What are the true results?"

"Turns out the lamp really was smarter than Miko!"

"Oooohhh…." Optimus then had a sad face.

THE END

(Did this to get back into writing. Simple and crazy. Stuff happened and meh)