Title: Escape Artist
Prompt: Violin
Disclaimer: I don't own Transformers, of course.
Galaxy had emerged nearly a quinton too early, slight framed and delicate, and instantly instilled the fear of Primus in everybot aboard the Nemesis. You see, Galaxy was the light of her mother's life, the apple of her father's eye, a spark of hope for a dying race - the firstborn Seeker in vorns. Starscream had never been all that frightening, not in the shadow of Megatron's rule, but if anyone so much as scuffed his little femme's paint, they would meet a fate worse than an eternity in the pit. And his mate . . . well, a Carrier's wrath was legendary for a reason.
Sparkling sitting was widely considered the most dangerous job one could be given, because from the moment she emerged, Galaxy was an escape artist. She had proven so just a few breems ago, by slipping out of the nursery the moment her sitter blinked his optics. Half the Nemesis was now in a desperate panic, because if Starscream and Nova returned home to find their one and only sparkling missing they could kiss their afts goodbye.
Galaxy didn't care what everyone was up to, because she was on a mission, and if someone else was going to get scuffed up because of it, well, that was a sacrifice she was willing to make. She toddled down the massive hallways on barely formed stabilizing servos, driven by sheer determination. Yesterday, "Uncle" Score had shown her something fun, and she wanted it. One way or another, Galaxy always got what she wanted. She made her way towards the recharge hall, and was pleased to find the door she was after cracked open, as it usually was.
Galaxy slipped through the partially open door - an easy feat for someone of her minute frame - and looked around Uncle Score's room with glee. Shoved in the corner was a small berth, barely larger than a human bed, connected to the doorway by a slim path. Every other inch of space was covered with noise makers, both Cybertronian and human. They had another name, but it was too long for Galaxy to remember, so she thought of them as pretty noisemakers. They were all interesting, but she had come here specifically for the . . . what was it called? Vialyn? Her optics, still a pale lavender from her young age, zeroed in on the instrument, propped up against the berth.
Her developing wings fluttered in excitement as she scrambled towards it, dropping to all fours because she could crawl faster than she could walk, and yanked it down to lay in flat on the ground. It had made such pretty sounds for Uncle Score, she wanted to make them herself. He had used some sort of stick, but he didn't use them for the other pretty noise makers with strings, so she didn't think she needed to have one. All she had to do was pull at the strings. Galaxy reached out with one little finger and gingerly plucked it. The vialyn made a sound, and she giggled in delight. It wasn't pretty like Uncle Score's music, but it was a sound! Over excited, she began yanking at the strings roughly. It took less than a klick for them to snap. Galaxy blinked, frowned at her clawed servo, and then leapt up to deliver a swift kick to the already abused instrument. Stupid noise maker! She had come all this way to play with it and it had broken! She turned her attention to the rest of the noise makers, determined to find something to play with. By the time she was found, the sound of instruments in agony having alerted others to her location, she had broken at least four more of them. Score nearly cried. Discord insisted it was his own fault for losing track of the sparkling in the first place, and had been struck upside the helm with the remnants of the poor violin, much to Galaxy's delight.
Galaxy is the precious little terror created by Starscream and Nova, an OC that will be properly introduced in Twists & Turns. They do have a second sparkling, but not yet. She's second oldest of the sparklings, a bit younger than Cloudjumper. Score is a very small bot, and one of Nova's group of misfit pals. He has an obsession with music instruments. Discord is also one of this group, a Vehicon with a bike altmode, and Score's mate.
A delightful series of prompts revolving around sparklings. I only have a handful of sparklings decided on, so if you'd like to throw me some ideas or sparklings, pairings, names, etc, I'm all ears. Starscream/OC, Breakdown/Knockout, and Optimus/Ratchet are established, as is Arcee/Cliffjumper, though he's dead, so she's not really off limits.
Eventually each sparkling will have its own origin story. Twists & Turns is Cloudjumper's. But I love prompts, so I couldn't resist, and I need to flesh out some personalities anyways.