The H̶i̶l̶a̶r̶i̶o̶u̶s̶ Adventures of Knockout and Breakdown
Daycare
It was a bright day on the planet Cybertron, and if you took a right on the Iacon highway and turned the first right, you would arrived upon Flarelight's Sparkling Care, a small daycare run by a stern, but kind femme. Inside resided a small sparkling, sitting at a small table and nibbling happily on an energon treat that he won in a color game.
His name was Knockout.
Though he was only one vorn old, he could read and write at an astonishingly high level, with intelligence beyond the normal sparkling. He had red plating, yellow shoulder plates,
and... he was alone.
No one dared to go near the overly friendly sparkling for fear of being bullied by the local younglings and mechs, most envying his intelligence and making it their personal goal to make his life miserable. So, Knockout avoided all attention most of the time to avoid the jeers and insults of the kids. Then, a new sparkling enrolled at the daycare.
"Children! Can I have your attention please?" Flarelight shouted over the noise.
All of them turned towards the direction of their teacher's voice, completely silent. She smiled in satisfaction.
"Thank you. Now as I was saying, we have a new child with us today and I'm sure you will all welcome him warmly to our daycare. Okay everyone?" She announced to the class.
"Yes, Ma'am." The student's voices chorused around the room.
The small, forgotten sparkling perked up from the corner of the room in intrest.
"Come on, don't be shy." She goaded to something behind her. A small, orange eye peered out from behind her leg, then walked out slowly, staring at the floor. He had dark blue, bulky plating and nervous orange optics.
"What's your name sweety?" Flarelight questions.
He glances up at her, then back at the floor and mumbles something quietly.
"What was that?" She asks kindly, trying to persuade him to give his name. He glances up at the class.
"B-Breakdown." He whimpered in his nervousness. A snort was heard from the middle of the room, but Knockout's eyes brightened as he heard the name.
It was almost like his! Maybe they could be friends? A thought occured to him. Who would want to be his friend?
He was a freak after all, right?
In his sadness, he sunk down low in his seat, though he kept an eye on Breakdown while still nibbling on his energon treat.
The new sparkling was allowed to wander the room, so he searched for a table, and possibly a friend. The sparkling would go around, asking for a place to sit at every table, getting rude no's or "Um, sorry, someone's sitting there."
The youngling known as Bulkhead stuck out his foot and tripped Breakdown. "Whoops! Sorry rookie!" He jeered.
Breakdown got up and sulked away, feeling like an outcast.
Then, he spotted Knockout.
Knockout bit his lip in fear as their eyes met and Breakdown lumbered towards him. I hope he likes me. He thought to himself. Breakdown reached his table, blushing for fear of being rejected.
"C-can I sit here?"
A wide and bright smile took the place of Knockout's solemn frown.
"Sure!" He pulled out a chair for the new kid and Breakdown sat, smiling at the dicovery of a friendly face. He pulled out an energon cube and started to sip out of it.
"So," Knockout began, "What kind of energon do you like to drink? Blue or green?"
Breakdown shrugged his bulky shoulders.
"Either one works." He eyed the treat in Knockout's hand and gasped.
"Where did you get that?!" He questioned in excitment.
Knockout directed his gaze downward at his own hand. "Oh, this? I won it in a color game."
Breakdown's eyes were filled with envy. "My sire won't buy me any. He says they're to good for sparklings, but my brother says it's supposed to taste like pure sweetness!"
Knockout pursed his lips in thought as Breakdown continued to sip at his energon cube.
Well, if he was going to do this right, then he was going to do this right.
He took a deep breath and offered to split it. The new kid's eyes started sparkling in excitement.
"Really?! Thanks! Say, what's your name?"
"Knockout." He answered, splitting the piece of energon in half.
"That's a cool name! I'm Breakdown!"
Needless to say, that day they made a pact. That they would be friends 'till the very end.
