Here's my next fanfiction! By the way, this story is not in any way tied to my other stories, except for the fact that I may use OCs from other fanfics! In this fanfic, Elita, currently Ariel, has decided to keep a journal of her experiences in "high school." This whole fanfic should take place through Ariel's point of view!

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Here is the first chapter! I hope you enjoy it!

Chapter 1

My first day of the 9th grade! I have been looking forward to this moment ever since I, well, started school!

I suppose I should introduce myself; my name is Ariel, and I am about to attend the 9th grade! I have wanted to keep a journal ever since I was young, but I figured that none of my experiences in the younger grades were as exciting as high school is going to be!

More about myself: I live in Iacon, one of the most developed cities in all of Cybertron! I have two sisters names Chromia and Arcee, Arcee the youngest, Chromia the second youngest, and me the oldest.

My dad is a manager of one of the divisions in the factory he works in, although I can't quite remember which one. His name is Commander. (Yes, that's his full name. My mom usually just calls him Comm.) I look nothing like my dad, and I mean nothing! Chromia resembles him more than anyone but just barely. The only similarity is the green-colored armor.

My mom, Selene, is the one that we all get our good looks from! She has pale, pink armor along with dark blue accents. Her armor has sharp but smooth edges, and her optics are the most brilliant shade of blue! We all got the blue optics, but Arcee has a violet-blue tint to hers from our dad's optics.

I shall now describe the school that I am about to enter! I now attend Iacon High School along with my friends Bumblebee and Moonracer! I have known them even before we went to school, since our parents are all great friends.

The school is grand and inviting! From the outside, you can see crystal-blue window panes lined with dark gray poles. The front lawn is beautiful, with energon crystals of all colors growing and benches to hang out on. There are a few benches next to some metal shrubbery that seem to be placed just perfectly for a place to study!

The inside is even more grand! When you first enter, there is a huge dome-shaped room with large energon crystals hanging on rods from the ceiling. There are exits all around the walls to different parts of the school.

I don't know a terrible amount about the school, since I haven't had much time to tour around. According to my schedule, I have my first class through exit B and down at the end of the hallway, where I turn right and come to a stop at the end of that hallway. There is a biology classroom right beside it, my history class, where I go next.

The history room seems rather dull, with few decorations and a teacher's desk pushed way to the back. I see a few strange switches that are off, and there is nothing that they could go to from my line of sight! I am very tempted to flip one and see what happens, but I am afraid of setting off some sort of strange alarm, so I simply try to find a seat so I can set down my heavy books.

I search the room, but there are no desks or chairs to sit down in, only cushions arranged neatly in rows on the ground. I don't pay attention to where I'm sitting and plop down on a simple, blue cushion.

"Ariel!" a voice calls out to me. I turn around and spot Moonracer sitting on a cushion behind me. I can't believe I didn't notice her!

"What classes do you have?" I asked as I turned around to face her, grabbing my projector from my bag and pulling up my schedule.

She does the same, and we both compare our schedules. "We have physical education and astronomy together!" I exclaimed. It was not uncommon, from my recent experience, to have more than one science subject in the same year.

"What about lunch?" Moonracer asked frantically as she noticed that she had the second lunch and I had the third.

"What lunch does Bumblebee have?"

"Third," a voice replied, and we both turned our helms to spot our black-and-yellow friend sitting beside me.

"Bumblebee!" we both cried as we embraced our old friend.

"If you and Ariel have lunch together, then who am I going to sit with?' Moonracer cried.

"You could sit with me," a new voice replied, and we all turned our helms backwards and spotted a scarlet mech with dark blue optics eyeing Moonracer.

Moonracer slowly swayed back and forth at the sight of the handsome mech and drealily replied, "Uh huh, sure! That sounds wonderful! Oh…"

Bumblebee crossed his arms with a slight look of jealously. "Aw, is someone jealous?" I pouted playfully as Bumblebee elbowed me and chuckled.

"No! It's just that, well, I just checked your schedule while you weren't looking, and we don't have any other classes together besides this and if you count lunch."

That made me jump for a moment, since the three of us had always stuck together. None of us were really good at making new friends.

"I don't know anyone, though! Who am I supposed to talk to?"

"I have a friend who has all of your classes."

"Who? You never told us about your friend!" I demanded.

"His name is—oh, he just arrived now!"

I turned to the doorway to spot a blue and red mech with strong-looking armor plating. He had blue optics that were even more brilliant than my mother's, and he had a strong but soft look. I couldn't help but quickly look down as he turned to face us.

"Ariel, this is Orion. Orion, this is Ariel."

I didn't look up. I had always been on the shy side, but I had never felt this shy before! Was this something new that only happened in high school?

Bumblebee tapped on my shoulder and forced me to gaze upwards. I almost melted at the sight of him, just like Moonracer had with the other mech!

Orion was about to take a seat beside me, but another mech quickly rushed over and sat beside me. I inched away and towards Bumblebee at the sight of this stranger.

"Orion, are you trying to steal my femme again?"

I carefully turned my helm towards the other mech. He was handsome but not as much as Orion. He had dark blue armor with yellow accents and one of those phony smiles that you saw on TV.

I scoffed at him. "Uh, excuse me? Do I know you?"

"You should! We've gone to the same school since our first school year!"

It took me a moment, but I finally realized who I was looking at. "Sentinel?" I asked in astonishment.

"You bet!"

I groaned. Sentinel had liked me since the first school year, but I never paid any attention to him. "Sentinel," I sighed, "you know that Orion was going to sit there. Give him back his spot."

"Then Bumblebee will have to move!"

"No, no one will have to move but you, Sentinel."

"Ariel, please!" he begged, keeping his phony smile but trying to act cool for the other femmes.

I stared him down until he finally moved to the cushion behind him, allowing Orion to take a seat next to me.

We sat quietly for a few moments until I asked, when Sentinel wasn't looking, "So, what's the history with you and SentineL?"

"I'm…not certain. Sentinel, I believe, has a feeling of jealousy towards me. And I never 'stole his femme.' I guess that just talking to another femme is an offense on Sentinel's behalf."

I chuckled at this, and Orion and I went into a conversation about Sentinel's past and all of the goofy things he's done to get my attention that even I didn't know about!

A boring-looking teacher stepped to the front of the room. I have to stop writing now. Until later!

~Ariel

What do you think of the first chapter? If you have any ideas for funny moments with Sentinel or anything like that, please share in the reviews!

Thanks for reading! Hope you liked it!

Signing off, theautobotprincess.