Well, I'm kind of blocked on my other stories...can't get past that hurdle for now so I guess they're on hold.

I decided to try a funny story of What Not To Do Around Autobots: On Halloween.

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Pie Pumpkins and Jack O Lanterns aren't the same.

Many of the Autobots were starting to notice these huge pumpkins out in front people's homes. Most of them carved with gruesome faces with the pumpkin's guts sticking out of mouths and when lit they glowed eerily in the night-time air. So what harm would it be to go ahead and use the bases' credit cards to buy a whole pallet of pumpkins to carve for their base?

Each Autobot held a drawing and one Mech had to go shopping for a bunch of pumpkins at a local retailer. Since Ironhide knew about the different choices between pumpkins, they chose an Autobot who didn't know the difference. Ironhide would mess it up and pick out the correct pumpkins.

Optimus Prime decided to collect the pumpkins and went promptly to a store. His holoform asked for a pallet of pumpkins from the store. The store's manager looked at him and asked, "Pie Pumpkin? Or Jack O Lanterns?"

Optimus blinked at that. "What's the difference? Pie pumpkins and Jack O Lanterns are the same, aren't they?"

"You've never been shopping, have you, sir?" The store's manager asked.

"Not very often." Optimus said.

"A pie pumpkin's used for making pumpkin pie and a Jack O Lantern's used for collecting the seeds and carving them."

"Then I guess I'll take two pallets. One of pie pumpkins and the other Jack O Lanterns."

"But sir, that's taking all of my stock!" The manager answered.

"Well, I guess we'll take the Jack O Lanterns. We would love to have some carving pumpkins."

The manager nodded. "And how would you be able to take the whole entire pallet?"

"Oh. That does present a problem." Optimus said in an amused voice as he walked to the door and the manager followed him. Out front, near the door, sat his alt, and millions of kids and adults were standing there, admiring his truck mode. "Here we go. I'm all ready for my pick up of Jack O Lanterns."

"Drive to the back." The manager said, shaking his head as he walked back into the store. One of the cashiers looked at him and asked, "Are you all right, sir?"

"I swear I just met one of the most interesting characters today. I think I just met Optimus Prime. And you won't believe what he ordered. The whole entire pallet of Jack O Lanterns."

The cashier's eyes widened. "The Optimus Prime?"

"Yes."

"Wow. The Autobot Leader came here! Why'd he want a whole entire pallet of Jack O Lanterns?"

"Maybe to throw them at the Decepticons."