Chapter 1 – Happy Birthday!
Hey guys, this is my first fanfiction that I'm writing! I'm so excited! Hope you guys like the first chapter! (In case you're wondering, I don't stop in the middle of a story. I could never live with myself if I did! I would always be wondering about how it could've ended! I say this because I (no offence to anyone who did) really don't like discontinued stories being ignored after a few chapters because it always leaves me wondering :P) Anyway, please read and review!
No one's POV
"HELLOO!" Victoria Maddox yelled in her twin sister's ear, "Anybody home? Can you hear me?"
"Oww…I swear, your voice could match Starscream's, there is really NO NEED to scream so loudly, you know. Plus, it's Saturday, so..." Alexandra moaned groggily into her pillow, "Plus, I was again, you know, off to Dreamland…"
"Dreaming about what? Ohhh, I know, it's Sunstreaker, isn't it?" Victoria smirked inwardly as Alexandra put her head back under her pillow. "Oh, come on, wake up! It is our 17th birthday after all. I have a right to be preppy today."
As soon as that sentence left Victoria's mouth, their stepmom, Stacy came in and grinned excitedly, "Who's ready for their birthday presents?"
Victoria and Alexandra immediately jumped up, eager to see what their stepparents had gotten for them this year. After all, their stepparents always, somehow, always, knew what the twins wanted.
Victoria went to the bathroom to get cleaned up while Alexandra went to the closet she and her sister shared, attempting to find an outfit that she liked. Humming to herself as she shimmied out of the oversized t-shirt she wore to bed, she put on her favourite gold Autobot shirt which she had customized so it looked like a crop top, showing off her abs, and her also, favourite, dark jean, slightly distressed short-shorts. She and Victoria swapped places as Alexandra went to the bathroom and Victoria went to their closet, curling her red, slightly longer than chest-length hair to perfection so it rested on her shoulders in soft, subtle waves and then inserting a skinny, silver headband behind her side bangs and some of her hair. She took out her own favourites, which consisted of her silver, also customized but into a tank top tunic instead Autobot shirt and her dark metallic leggings. She put some mascara on her baby blue eyes as well as some clear lipgloss on her lips, which was already more than their usual makeup routine, which was basically, nothing. Alexander soon came out of the bathroom, her waist-length, blonde to the point where it almost looked yellow hair brushed and tied up in a high, cheerleader-like ponytail with her favourite gold scrunchie, her own side-bangs bobby-pinned back. She was more into makeup than her sister, wearing mascara, a little eyeliner as well as a light pink lipgloss and a clear nail polish with yellow and gold sparkles sprinkled over them. Paired together with their identical combat boots and even in the mere 15 minutes they spent on their looks, they looked like models ready to walk the runaway.
Meanwhile, in the house next to them was Alexandra and Victoria's best friend Vanessa, who despite being a year younger than them, was in the same grade and was pampering herself just as quickly and immaculately. Her dark, chocolate-brown hair was straightened so it reached just over her chest, her wide, innocent, also baby blue eyes like the twins, were covered with mascara and her lips with a shimmery gloss. She wore a black Autobot babydoll t-shirt fitted with a dark blue jean bolero jacket tied together at the front and a pair of dark blue skinny jeans with a pair of her favourite combat boots, also identical to the ones the twins were wearing as they bought them together. She smiled as she realized, how much of a coincidence it was that the twins and her birthday were on the same day, that they were all orphans and that they were very close best friends.
As she went down the stairs, her stepmom and stepdad both smiled happily, "Happy 16th birthday, sweetie!" as they gave her a big hug.
"Hey…" Vanessa protested weakly and she was lifted up for a big hug by her stepparents as she was petite.
"Ok, sweetheart, here's your birthday present!" her stepmom jiggled excitedly as she watched her stepdaughter unwrap the gift she had put so much thought into. As Vanessa slid the gift gently out of its packaging, she noticed that there were two boxes, which one said the words "Customized Hair Extensions – 100% Real Human Hair", as soon as she saw the brand name, she knew that the gift was expensive as she had seen the same brand being used by popular celebrities. The other box said simply, "Transformers – Exclusive Product".
"Oh! You didn't have to!" Vanessa said but grinned so much that it felt like her face would split. Her stepparents wrapped her yet into another hug.
"We knew you wanted them, sweetie. Come on, open them and see what's inside!" her parents smiled as she slowly opened the boxes. She stared in them, not believing what she was seeing.
"Do you like them?" her parents asked, now a little uncertain as they looked at the stepdaughter's reaction. Vanessa flew at them, hugging them as tight as she could. She grinned even wider if that were possible.
In the boxes were exactly two of the three things she wanted for her birthday, the Transformers Allspark shard necklace and the black and yellow hair extensions. It might seem strange, weird or bizarre to some people but the hair extensions meant much more than just "hair extensions" to her. For her, they were a symbol of Bumblebee, the sweet, fun mech on Transformers that had captured her heart as soon as she had watched the movie "Transformers". Now "Revenge of the Fallen" and "Dark of the Moon" were out, she had a Transformers marathon every Friday night just to see the one and only she would ever fall in love with, if he were real, that is.
Back in Victoria and Alexandra's household, their family too, was celebrating the twins' birthdays. Victoria had received a new iPhone 4G and an exclusive Transformers Allspark shard necklace, which she began putting her family's and best friend's phone numbers in as soon as she was done thanking her parents, while Alexandra had gotten a $300 shopping spree for any Victoria Secrets' store, a $200 shopping spree for any Mac store and like her sister, an Allspark shard necklace from Transformers, which she was very, very thrilled about.
Vanessa rushed into her best friends' house, her newly inserted black and yellow hair extensions braided with her own straight, brown hair into a side fishtail braid and her Allspark shard necklaces flapping against her chest. When Alexandra and Victoria turned around, they all noticed that they all had Allspark shard necklaces given to them for their birthdays but the shards with slightly varying shapes.
They decided to go to the local mall for a stroll around, with their saved-up pocket money, which added up to almost $1000, which all three were satisfied with as they had been saving for this day for a very long time, 6 months, to be exact.
Four hours later…
"HEY! HEY! YOU! YOU! I DON'T LIKE YOUR GIRLFRIEND! NO WAY NO…" Alexandra's phone rang shrilly as she hastily reached for her phone in her grey metallic hobo handbag.
"Hi Mom! Yeah, we're fine…no, we haven't bought a lot, only a few bottles of nail polish and some makeup and identical summer scarves. Also some books and movies. We sat at Starbucks and chatted for around an hour, I think? We still have, like, about $800…Oh, really? Oh, sorry, we didn't see the time! We'll be home in a few. Bye, mom, love you too!" Alex talked over the phone with her mother.
"Oh, slag…we forgot to watch the time, did we? Let's go home now." Victoria said, "You know, knowing Van's and our parents, they probably have a whole mini party set up with just our two families."
"Yeah…and I believe we all know what we're going to be wishing for when we blow our candles." Vanessa smiled widely.
Alexandra and Victoria both nodded vigorously, hoping that their wish would actually come true this time.
When Alexandra, Victoria and Vanessa finally came back to the twins' place, they discovered exactly what they had expected: a mini party sort of thing. There were streamers, cakes, cookies, snacks and such…but the one thing that the girls were most focused on was the customized Transformers cake, sitting smack in the centre of the dining table. The creamy cake had a Transformers logo printed on white chocolate in the middle with chocolate sprinkles and little slices of strawberries around it. "Happy Birthday" and the three girls' names written in chocolate icing below it in cursive script. It was marvellous and looked so delicious that Vanessa almost dug her finger into the cream if it weren't for Victoria's hand clutching her hand tightly.
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY, GIRLS!" the stepparents yelled, all grinning in anticipation as the girls widened their own grins and started hugging their stepparents as soon as they dropped their bags and shopping in the twins' rooms.
As the families finished eating, it was time to eat the birthday cake. As usual, the families insisted on singing "Happy Birthday" to the girls, which they accepted, used to the tradition.
As they got ready to blow out the three birthday candles, they wished for what they wanted most. For the transformers to be real and for them to help the robots in any way they could.
As they blew out the candles all in one go, neither of the families noticed the strange glint of light that shined upon the twins and Vanessa for a moment.
The cake was as delicious as it looked. "Mmmmm…" Vanessa moaned, putting a hand on her stomach, "I could have had so much more of this but I've already ate so much that I could explode right now."
"I know, right?" Alexandra closed her eyes, "I'm so fragging full already."
Victoria grinned, "You know what I'm thinking?"
Vanessa and Alexandra both caught on quickly. "Totally!" Vanessa cheered, "Birthday sleepovers are THE BEST!"
"We could have a really cliché girls' sleepover! Like doing each other's hair and makeup and dressing up…without the Transformers then I guess…oh, well, it's just for a night anyways. We can sleep at, like, I don't know, 4 or something." Alexandra widened her eyes hopefully.
"Let's ask our parents! AND we can totally have s'mores and typical sleepover food!" Vanessa babbled on.
After their parents confirmed the sleepover, the girls were both hyper and ecstatic. They showered and changed into their pyjamas, which consisted of shorts and a red T-shirt for Victoria, the same outfit except with a yellow T-shirt for Alexandra and a short, black nightdress for Vanessa.
Alexandra and Victoria both put out all of their makeup and hair products while Vanessa brought out what she had in her bag. Mascaras, lipglosses, eyeliner, lipsticks, bronzers, blushes, eyeshadows, a curling and straightening iron, hairspray, elastics and such were scattered all over the floor of the twins' bedroom as they each grabbed a product happily and headed over to the mirror beside the closet. Little did they know about what was about to come.