A/N: Happy Halloween everyone! To celebrate I'm starting a new story! (Oh god, what was I thinking?) Anyways this is a parody of a fairy tale called The Twin Brothers. The idea for this story came to me in May, but I got so tired of waiting to post this story that I decided to just divide it up into several chapters. I hope you like it.
Warning: There will be an OC pairing in here, but if it makes you feel better, she doesn't want to be here either. Also if you don't like her, well... I don't care, this is my story. :P
Note: Like in Sweetheart Soundwave, everyone is human-sized and doesn't have any special abilities. So no transforming, flying, telepathy, etc. Also, Cybertronians and humans live together.
Thank you to Jesus Luvs Everyone for helping me choose the cast! :D
Disclaimer: I own nothing.
The Twin Brothers
Chapter 1
Once upon a time, there were two brothers: one who was rich and had a wicked spark, the other who was poor and good. The rich brother, Megatron, was a goldsmith and the poor brother, Optimus, was a broom-binder. Optimus had two younglings, Starscream and Sunstorm, who were twins. The young mechs looked so much like each other that it was difficult to tell them apart, despite the fact they had different paint jobs. The twins would sometimes go to their uncle's house to get the scraps of food left on the table because they were usually starving.
Then one day, while Optimus was in the woods, getting rushes for his brooms, he spotted a bird with golden feathers. What a beautiful bird! he thought and, in hopes of catching it, he threw a small stone at it but was only able to knock a feather off (FAIL!).
Optimus took the gold feather to Megatron. When Megatron examined the feather, he cried out, "This is real gold!" and paid Optimus handsomely for it.
On different day, Optimus climbed a tree, hoping to find the golden bird's nest. "Hmm, if I were a golden bird, where would my nest be?" he wondered out loud. Luckily for him, the golden bird flew over his helm and Optimus followed it and soon found its nest. In the nest was two gold eggs. Optimus took the eggs and showed them to Megatron. The goldsmith once again paid Optimus for the eggs and then said, "Optimus, you might as well bring me the bird itself."
"Very well then," said Optimus, determinedly, "I will." and so he set off to the woods again. After searching for a long while, Optimus saw the bird on a tree branch and he threw a stone at it, again. This time, he didn't miss and he was able to take the bird back to Megatron.
"Meggy!" called out Optimus as he entered his brother's house, "I have brought you the bird!"
"Good," said Megatron, "Wait… What did you call me?"
"Nothing," replied Optimus quickly. "So how much do you want for the bird?"
Megatron handed his brother two sacks of gold.
Optimus's optics widened, "Primus! This is enough to support my family for years! Thank you Meggy."
Megatron's optic twitched at "Meggy," but he didn't say a word. Once Optimus left with the sacks of gold, Megatron smirked, for he was clever and cunning (Yeah, right!) and knew the true price of the golden bird.
You see my dears, the bird was very special because (not counting the fact that it was a GOLDEN bird) whoever eats the heart and liver of the bird will wake up with a gold coin under his pillow for the rest of his days.
Now Megatron planned on eating the bird, but he wasn't going to cook it himself, so he called his wife, Soundwave.
"Yes, my husband?," asked Soundwave, who was feeding little Ratbat his bottle.
"I need you to roast this bird and do not let anyone into the kitchen while it's cooking; I want to eat it alone," ordered Megatron.
Behind his mask, Soundwave frowned but nodded.
After preparing the bird and placing it on the spit, Soundwave left it unattended for he had to stop the Coneheads from killing his twin creations, Rumble and Frenzy, for pranking them.
With Soundwave gone, there was no one to keep visitors from the kitchen and it so happened that a certain pair of Seeker younglings entered and saw the bird roasting. They watched it for several minutes when two pieces of the bird fell and Starscream said, "Let's eat those little pieces. No one's going to miss them and I'm starving!"
"I don't know Starscream," said Sunstorm uncertainly.
"Come on Sunstorm, it's not like we're taking the whole thing," urged Starscream, his tanks rumbling.
Finally the golden twin relented and the two ate the little pieces. About a minute later, Soundwave entered the room and noticed that the Seeklets were eating something.
"Query: What are you eating?" asked Soundwave.
"Only little pieces that fell from the bird," said Starscream.
Oh no! thought Soundwave, they must have eaten the heart and liver! Then Soundwave came up with a plan to avoid his husband's anger. He shooed the twins from the kitchen and went out to the chicken coop.
Soundwave peered inside the coop and saw an odd sight: Lazerbeak and Buzzsaw sitting on nests among the chickens.
"Query: What are you doing in there?"
Both Cassettes looked up at their creator's voice. "Nothing…"
Soundwave glared at them and said, "Query: Do you not remember what I said about pretending to be chickens?"
"To stop or else we could accidentally get killed by a dumbaft, like Megatron," answered the red and yellow condors.
With that said, the Cassettes returned to the house and Soundwave killed a chicken and placed its heart and liver in the bird. He hoped Megatron would fall for it.
When the bird was completely cooked, Soundwave took it to Megatron, who ate it all up without sharing. Once he finished, Megatron noticed the odd look Soundwave was giving him. "What is it, Soundwave?"
"Query: Why don't you tell me that you love me anymore?"
Awkward…
Moving on, the next morning Megatron looked under his pillow, giddy with excitement over the gold coins, but saw nothing. Meanwhile with our Seeklets, as they were getting out of bed, saw gold coins fall out from under their pillows. They took the coins to their creator.
"Daddy, Daddy, Daddy!" cried out the pair.
Optimus looked up from his work and gave his creations a smile. "What is it, my little Seeklets?"
"Look!" they exclaimed as they held up their gold coins, "We found them under our pillows!"
"What can this mean?" he wondered. Optimus was truly bemused.
When two more coins were found under the twins' pillows and Optimus, positive that it was a miracle, went to Megatron's house to tell him the incredible news.
"Meggy!" Optimus cried out as he slammed open Megatron's kitchen door while he, Soundwave, and their six creations were eating breakfast.
"Hey, it's the crazy mech Megatron said we can't talk to," Rumble pointed out to his siblings.
Soundwave inwardly sighed, why wouldn't the Cassetticons accept the fact that Megatron was their creator? Oh well.
"You told them I was a crazy mech?" Optimus asked in disbelief.
"And you called me "Meggy" again, so we're even," Megatron retorted. "What do you want, Optimus?"
Reminded of his reason for showing up unannounced, Optimus said, "Meggy, yesterday and today, I found two pieces of gold under my creations' pillows! It must be a miracle from Primus himself!"
It was then when everything clicked in Megatron's processor. The plan didn't work because his wretched nephews ate the heart and liver! Now who's fault was that? He turned to his wife and sent him a glare. Soundwave shuddered. He knew Megatron was going to yell at him later.
A new idea popped into Megatron's clever (again, yeah right!) and cruel (not going to argue with that one) processor. He put on a solemn expression and said to his younger brother, "Optimus, I'm afraid to say that this isn't a miracle. This is a horrible sign that your Seeklets are working for Unicron."
If Megatron couldn't have the gold, then neither would his brother.
Optimus was shocked. No, there was no way his sweet creations could work for such an evil being.
"Meggy, is there something I can do to save their sparks?" Optimus pleaded.
"No, there isn't. The best you can do is have them killed before they can do anything that will send them straight to the Pit," Megatron lied.
The broom-binder gasped. "I could never lay a servo on them!"
"You won't have to," the goldsmith said with an evil glint in his optics.
Later that day, Optimus led Starscream and Sunstorm into the dark woods, but he did not lead down the usual path they took for walks.
"Daddy, where are we going?" Sunstorm asked, frightened by all the gnarled, leafless trees.
"To a special place," Optimus said, spark heavy with guilt.
"Look Daddy!" Starscream cried out. "There's a stream. Can we get some water?"
The broom-binder nodded. As the Seeklets drank their fill, he knew now would be a good time for him to take his leave.
When the twins finished, they turned to their creator but found that he wasn't there. Worried about him, they searched the woods for him but no matter what, they always ended up back at the stream. Finally, after several days, the Seeklets heard someone approaching. Thinking it was a large animal, they grabbed some rocks and were prepared to throw them at the intruder.
"What are you younglings doing here?" asked an annoyed, gruff voice.
Sunstorm relaxed when he saw that the voice belonged to a normal hunter and nudged his twin to drop the rocks.
"We're lost, Sir," Sunstorm explained. "Our creator left us here after learning that gold coins would appear under our pillows every morning."
Starscream nodded in agreement, though he still looked weary of the black mech.
"Now why would he do that?" the hunter asked. "That's a blessing if you ask me. Well since you two seem to have good sparks, how about I take you in? I'll treat you as my own and teach you to be hunters like me."
Sunstorm glanced at Starscream before they both nodded at the hunter. This was the best thing that could've happened to them at this point.
"Good. I'm Ironhide by the way," said the hunter.
"I'm Sunstorm."
"And I'm Starscream."
With that said and done, Ironhide took the Seeklets home and raised them to be hunters like him. Plus with the gold coins that appeared every morning, they never had to worry about being in the poor house. It was a good life.
As soon as the twins were grown into fine young mechs, Ironhide knew it was time that they prove their skills so that they may be able to support themselves and live their own lives. So he took them to a special spot and said, "Alright, it's time to show me if you learned anything. If you pass these two trial, you're free to leave home and be hunters, if you fail, well not only will you have to stay home, but I will also have the right to call you a clay-brained rabbit sucker."
Starscream and Sunstorm gaped at their adoptive creator. Neither wanted to be called a clay-brained rabbit sucker, and for good reason too.
Soon enough, a flock of geese in a triangle formation flew over them and Ironhide instructed them to shoot the geese on the corners. The old hunter smiled when he saw them accomplish the task. Then another flock, in the formation of a figure 2, flew by and once again the Seekers were asked to shoot the corners. Ironhide was impressed and proud of his adopted creations.
After Ironhide congratulated them and went back to the house to get supper ready, Starscream and Sunstorm were left alone to speak with each other.
"You know we can't stay here forever," Starscream said as he cleaned his rifle.
"I know, but I don't want to leave Ironhide, he's been so good to us," Sunstorm replied, putting away the bullets.
"He has," agreed the tri-colored Seeker, "but we're adults now and we need to see the world for ourselves, not hide in the house like glitch-mice."
Sunstorm let out an air intake. He knew what they had to do.
Supper was quiet until Ironhide noticed the Seekers weren't eating their broth.
"What's wrong with you two? You know you need to keep up your strength if you want to be hunters."
"We know Ironhide, but we're not going to eat unless you allow us to leave and be hunters of our own right," Sunstorm said.
"We want to want to travel and see all the different people out there," Starscream added.
"You didn't have to ask. If you were listening, you'd know I already gave you permission to leave," Ironhide scolded. "Slaggin' younglings don't listen. I'll give you proper equipment in the morning."
The twins' faces heated up in embarrassment.
The next morning, Ironhide gave Sunstorm and Starscream new rifles and plenty of gold coins and led them part of way before saying, "Before you go, take these."
He handed them two penknives. "I got these at a wise mech's yard sale. If you two go separate ways, just stick the knife into a tree, but one side has to face east and the other west and the faces need to be pointing at the roads both you will take. If one of you dies, the face will rust, but if you're alright, then it stays bright. Got it?"
"We got it," the twins replied.
"Good, now get before I start missing you."
The Seekers hugged Ironhide and began their journey.
Some time later, the twins made it to a large wood, so large that they knew it would take a long time to pass through it. Fortunately, they had stocked up on supplies. Unfortunately, the supplies lasted only two days and they weren't even halfway there!
"Well, I'm starting to think we shouldn't have taken this route," Sunstorm said.
Starscream glared at his twin in annoyance. "You think?"
"Don't get snippy with me! Look, how about we just shoot some game? We are hunters after all," Sunstorm reasoned.
"Fine," Starscream said. Then he picked up his rifle and aimed at an old hare that just happened to wander by. "We're gonna have rabbit tonight."
The hare saw them and cried out,
"Dearest hunters, let me live;
I will to you my young ones give."
"What. The. Frag?" Starscream asked himself. Not only was this hare speaking, but the Seeker didn't understand what she was trying to say.
"She says that if we let her live, she'll give us her offspring," Sunstorm explained, thanking Primus that Ironhide had so many books in which characters spoke similarly as the hare.
"Oh. Well, I suppose that could work," Starscream conceded.
The hare ran into the bush and returned with two offspring, except, they're weren't exactly normal hares.
"What are you suppose to be?" Starscream demanded.
"We're hares," said a blue Seeker.
"No you're not," argued Sunstorm. "You're Seekers."
"Nuh-huh," said the black Seeker. "We have long ears and cottontails."
The twins look a better look at the "hares" and saw the ears and tails. They were real too.
"What the slag kind of forest is this?" Starscream asked Sunstorm.
"I don't know, but I can't eat them," Sunstorm replied. "They look so cute playing together."
The black "hare" was wrestling with the blue "hare."
Starscream let out an air intake. "Me either."
So the hunters decided to keep the hares, whose names were Skywarp and Thundercracker, respectively, as companions.
"At least things can't get weirder than this," Starscream muttered while Sunstorm nodded.
Skywarp and Thundercracker just kept playing, never minding the twins' conversation.
A/N: The hare's lines are a direct quote from the fairy tale.
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