AUTHORS NOTE:
Well here goes people, my first proper foray in actual writing! Please enjoy!
DISCLAIMER:
I own nothing except the new ideas... that credit goes to Hasbro & the Bayverse! Tho what I wouldn't give to have my own 'Bee *sigh*
CHAPTER 1 - Beginnings
"Welcome everyone to Tranquility Kindergarten, I'm your teacher Miss Kimble, and I'm really hoping you are all going to love it here. Now if you'd all like to find a seat and we'll call the register". A much younger Mikaela watched as all the other children paired off with the kids they already knew, leaving just her and an equally unsure dark-haired boy standing alone by a desk.
"You want to sit with me". The dark-haired boy turned to look at her, and as he answered "Yeah sure" with a smile, Mikaela giggled as she saw one of his front teeth was missing. Instantly the smile faded, and Mikaela somehow knew that the missing tooth had already made life awkward for him. Even at five years old, Mikaela knew life wasn't always the easiest and if she could make it better for someone else as she wished someone would do for her, then she would. Nudging the dark-haired boy in the side as they sat down, Mikaela whispered to him, "You wanna know a secret?".
The dark-haired boy looked at her curiously, "Yeah what?".
"I have a tooth missing too, see". As Mikaela grinned widely at him, the dark-haired boy who she would soon find out was called Sam felt a little of the unease in his stomach unravel. As Mikaela poked her tongue through the gap, Sam could only look at her in admiration, "Cool. Hey you wanna be my friend?".
Mikaela nodded, her dark pigtails bouncing, as she felt her own unease settle slightly at Sam's steady gaze, "Sure".
From that day on, Mikaela and Sam had been best friends. They may not have always let the world know it, as despite their best efforts over the years, Sam was never ever going to lose his shyness or his inner nerd and Mikaela always found it easier to make friends, therefore making her more popular... "It's because you have breasts, yup that's what it is" was Sam's philosophy on the subject; much to Mikaela's amusement.
Oh sure they thought they had secrets from each other; Mikaela so knew Sam had had a major crush on her, likewise Sam was pretty sure he knew Mikaela was lying every time she said things were just fine at home, but despite everything they were always there for each other when it was needed.
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"Mikaela listen to me, I have to get a A on this or Dad will blow out of the car deal. How am I gonna get a A with some crazy relative ?"
Over the years, Mikaela Banes had wished on more than one occasion that she had decided to sit next to any other child but Sam Witwicky when she had started Tranquility Kindergarten School, but she had wished it all the more frequently over the past few days. Sam needed at least a A on his family geneology report, which was due tomorrow, otherwise the car dream Sam had been nurturing was over before it had begun; and the pressure was beginning to get to him, and had been for several days.
Mikaela sighed as she listened to Sam's babbling, before finally getting the chance to speak when he had to stop for breath. "Sam, listen to me. You will be fine, you've got an interesting, not crazy, family member to talk about, you've got some prop's...".
"But what if they sell over night?".
"Sam, they've been on eBay for weeks and there's been absolutely no interest... who in their right mind is gonna want to buy some scratched glasses? Really? Anyway if they sell, whoever buys them will just have to wait til you've finished school and been and got that car you've been banging on about for like the last year". As Mikaela heard Sam chuckle, she found herself smiling back in response. Yes Sam Witwicky was a klutz, and a bit of a geek, but he was her best friend and right now, he was the nearest thing she had to family as well. Maybe that fateful day at Kindergarten wasn't so bad after all.
"Earth to Mikaela". Coming out of her daydream, Mikaela apologised, "Sorry Sam. I wasn't listening, what did you say".
"I said it's a sign". Frowning at the phone, Mikaela wondered if this was the day Sam had finally lost his marbles, either that or she'd missed more of the conversation than she'd originally thought; "What sign? Sign of what Sam?". From the other end of the phone Mikaela heard Sam's impatient intake of breath, "Are you not watching the news, Mile's has just sent me a text me to tell me to watch it, there's been an asteroid type thing crash nearby apparently. I'm telling you it's a sign. Great Grandpa Witwicky discovers something in the middle of the Arctic which might have been linked to an asteroid crash, then on the eve of my family project about him there's another one". Mikaela actually took the phone away from her ear, looking at it in disbelief for a second as she tried to digest the logic Sam had just confronted her with, before placing it back at her ear, "Yeah okay Sam, here's the deal. You give your project tomorrow that level of enthusiasm and you're gonna ace it. You don't need any damn signs from above, and didn't your great grandaddy find a giant Ice Man, not an asteroid? You aren't going to be finding one of those anytime soon, so chill out, relax and I'll see you at school tomorrow". As Sam reluctantly agreed with Mikaela's far more rational thinking, before saying goodbye and hanging up, Mikaela found herself chuckling as she placed the phone back in its cradle. "Giant Ice Men and asteroids... Jeez Sam you really need to get out of your comic books. Asteroids I'll give you, but giant Ice Men... In your dreams Witwicky". As Mikaela continued to chuckle to herself, little did she know Sam had been more right than either of them could have dreamed.
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'That wasn't one of the softer landings I've ever had', thought Bumblebee to himself as he somewhat awkwardly climbed out from the metal pod. Before he could allow himself to stretch to his full height and ease some of the aches, Bumblebee scanned the surrounding area for any life. When it came back as a negative, well apart from a few small earth creatures, he stretched to his full height feeling the relief as all his working parts settled into their correct positions. When he eventually felt comfortable, Bumblebee turned to look at the pod, a frown settling over his bright blue optics, 'Not sure how Optimus and Ironhide are gonna feel when they get here'. As he pondered the mechanics of how the larger 'bots were going to fair, his receptors picked up the distant noise of sirens. Quickly putting his mind back to the task at hand, Bumblebee scanned round the deserted wasteland for any kind of vehicle he could trans-scan for his alt-mode. As his optics fell on the slightly rusted '77 Camaro, Bumblebee felt a smile forming, 'Perfect'.
When the emergency services finally reached the crash site, all they found was the remains of some melted metal in the crater that had been left, along with some tyre marks in the soft earth.
"Probably scared the hell out of some local kids and they made a run for it", shouted one of the fire crew back to his captain, who nodded his agreement; "Yeah probably, look there's not much else to do here, its burnt itself out, just hose down to make sure and head back to the station". Nodding their agreement the firefighters let loose a powerful spray of water on the crater, steam billowing up as they did so.
Concentrated on their job as they were, and watching the clouds of steam, none of the fire crew noticed a rusted Camaro starting up in the shadows and driving away, also focused on the job in hand.
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A/N: Well what do you think? I'm sorry it's so short, but trying to write this starting scene has given me real problems and I'm as happy as I'm gonna get with it. The other chapters are coming along a treat though! Please be kind as this is my first attempt at actually being brave enough to commit any of my scribblings to other people's eyes :) Please read and review, I will do my best to reply!