Whoa! Where have been? D: Many many apologies for staying away from and shame on me for not updating like I should. To make up for that, I wrote a mini drabble while waiting for my laptop to get repaired (it died on me because the fan inside broke), but I haven't lost any work thankfully so everything should be up and running pretty soon. Though I'm definitely going to get a new laptop, I think my poor 'Gatsby' needs to retire. ^^; In this drabble I wanted to explore the relationship between Optimus and Maggie. Not a romantic one (though it's kind of hinted at times) but through their relationship with Megatron. Since well...if Mag ever married Megs, Optimus would be her brother in law.
Read, review and enjoy! 3
It was late that night, near the only large body of water in Tranquility. Optimus was lost in his memory banks again. Remembering the more peaceful and quiet days of his youth. He barely even noticed a familiar blond haired woman approaching him.
" Hey tall, dark and handsome." she said teasingly
Snapping out of it, he turned toward her voice." Ms. Madson...I didn't notice you there. How did you find me though?"
" Mm Ironhide was a little worried, so he sent me to check up on you on at the lake." she smiled
" Ironhide sent you?"
" Well...sorta..okay well..." she giggled " It was my idea. But he agreed that you shouldn't be all alone out here. He thought maybe you should have someone to talk to. Someone who isn't with you 24/7 at least. So here I am."
" And here you are. I appreciate your concern but..."
" Uh uh, I'm not going anywhere. Not until you spill."
" I'm sorry?"
" Oh, it's a figure of speech. I meant, not until you tell me what your thinking about. I can tell it's troubling you and I have a good idea what it is." she said knowingly. " It's about Megatron."
" That's why I rather not discuss it with you. I know how you feel about him...what he means to you. My thoughts might end up changing your mind about him and I don't want to do that."
" If knowing what a tyrant he was before hasn't changed my mind yet, I don't think anything will. And it's not who he was that I fell for, it's who he is now. Even if I don't really know if he loves me back in that way."
" I think he does, he just has a hard time showing that side to him. He always has."
" Really?" asked curiously.
" Since we were young he always thought love was something of a weakness."
" I feel a story behind that." she said as she sat down next to the Autobot leader.
" There is."
" Care to tell?" she ribbed
" I have a feeling you're not going to leave until I do."
" You better believe it, big guy."
" Alright. Well..." he began.
Closing his optics and letting the memories of long ago flow back from his processor. He was a youngling again, sitting on the floor of the training room of his mentor's home on the North side of Cybertron. Wide blue optics taking in his older brother's fierce form as he sparred with their mentor and older guardian, Sentinel Prime. Megatron let out a growl of frustration as he lay on the ground under Sentinel's feet before the old Prime offered a hand up to the young prince.
" You're distracted, m'lord. Your attention needs to be on the fight not anywhere else. Now rise and try again."
" I'm tired." said Megatron
" Nonsense, get up. I know your limits and you haven't even begun to reach them today."
Megatron sighed and reached for Sentinel's hand and was pulled up and resumed a fighting stance. Though it was clear his spark just wasn't in it for sparring today. This was an unusual thing for both Optimus and Sentinel Prime, as they've seen before, Megatron was usually always eager to train, since he was hoping at a chance for the title of Lord High Protector.
Sentinel made the first move. " What exactly is on your mind that is more important than training today?"
" Nothing." replied Megatron, easily dodging the blow.
" Come now..." smiled Sentinel as he struck again. " I've taken care of you and Optimus since your were sparklings, I know when you lie."
" It's honestly nothing." avoiding the attack and making one himself.
" Must be a very important 'nothing'. This nothing wouldn't involve...a certain femme from yesterday, right?"
Megatron was sent to the ground again. Not just by the blow, but also by his mentor's spot-on guess. He turned away slightly from embarrassment as Sentinel smiled. So, it finally happened. After all these centuries, ever since the king died and watching Optimus and Megatron grow into fine young princes, the eldest's spark had been smitten.
My, where did the time go?
" She's a friend, nothing more." he shot.
" You have many friends, and yet they haven't been distractions to you before."
" She is a special friend."
" I'm sure she is. Do I know her?"
Megatron decided not to answer that question, but he didn't have to either. His younger brother did it for him.
" Her name is Solaria!"
" Optimus!" shouted Megatron in anger as Optimus beamed from across the room.
" M'lord, there is nothing wrong with having special feelings for someone. It's normal for everyone to feel that way at some point in their lives. It's nothing to be shameful over."
" But...I'm supposed to train to be the Lord High Protector! Those feelings have no place there with me."
" And why is that?"
" Because they are...they promote weakness. The opposite of what I strive to be."
" I see. But in that I would have to disagree with you, Prince." said Sentinel, sitting next to his wards. " It's true that the Lord High Protector must be strong, must be brave and must never show fear, but their real strength lies not with the physical or even mental...but from those they have sworn to protect."
" What do you mean?" asked Optimus
" It's love from the people and love for the people that gives you real strength. Do you remember your father and how hard he fought to protect Cybertron from invasion, and how he died to make sure that you two and everyone will have a future? Do you know what gave him strength to carry on to the bitter end despite losing his life?"
" What?" asked both younglings
" Love." he said " He did it out of love, and in that he was and still is fondly remembered by everyone. That's why the people look up to you two, as young as you are. They see him in you, that same love. So don't be too quick to dismiss love as something so fragile. In the right circumstances, it can be the pivotal point between life and death. Understand?"
" Yes sir...I think so." said Megatron
" Think of it this way. You're training, not just to protect the people of this world, but the ones you care for the most. If one day you find someone who has stolen your spark, the one you couldn't imagine life without...you will be protecting them, and their love for you will give you the power to defeat whatever comes your way."
" Like a brother?" said Optimus
" No you bolt brain, he means a sparkmate!" shot Megatron
" Oh..." said Optimus, looking down bashfully. "I don't have one."
Sentinel Prime chuckled. " You will someday my young prince, but for now you need not worry about that just yet."
" Sentinel Prime sir." said Megatron rising up suddenly, gaining the attention of his mentor.
" Yes?"
" I...I want to train harder! I want to be able to protect those I love!" he blurted out quickly.
" Me too!" chimed Optimus
" Wonderful! Now that's what I want to hear!" smiled Sentinel.
'Such fond memories.'
Optimus smiled forlornly and opened his optics.
" During that time when we were at war with each other, that memory would come back and I'd wonder where the brother I knew had gone to. They one who wanted to the know that power that our mentor had spoken of. Why had he chosen to harm instead of protect? Why he choose fear to rule, and not love. And then...you came."
" Me?" asked Maggie " What about me?"
" I never really got to tell you something that I believe is long over due."
" And what's that?"
" Thank you."
" Huh? For what?"
" For giving him back his strength."
Author's notes:
Well what do you think folks? Like this? I have three more little stories to post after this before I update my main story, Cosmic Joke. So keep an eye out for that! Thanks for reading!