Zero & Prime chapter 02: Life in Tristain
BW: The Second chapter of Zero & Prime. We're going to see how good a familiar Optimus is.
(I don't own Familiar of Zero or the Transformers franchise)
"Are you… certain of this, Professor Colbert?" asked the Headmaster of the Academy, Old Osmond, who had just been informed of Louise's summoned familiar, by Colbert himself.
"Believe me, Headmaster, I know it sounds crazy, but yes. Miss Valliere summoned an incredible sentient being. The likes of which we've never seen or heard of before." said Colbert.
"But, you said this Optimus Prime is a giant completely made of metal. How do you know he's sentient?" asked the Headmaster's secretary, Miss Longville.
"I saw it. The life in his eyes." Colbert answered. Longville saw the truth in his eyes.
"This news is… astonishing to say the least." said Osmond in deep thought. As long as he's known the third daughter of Valliere family, he only knows of her ability to cause explosion with her wand and her equally explosive temper. Various attempts have been made to help her control it, but nothing worth praise happened. To hear that she summoned an intelligent metal giant is shocking. At the same time, it's impressive for a girl with long running failures to correctly cast a summoning spell, and this Optimus Prime fellow is the result. But, there's something nagging at the old mage's mind. Optimus Prime? That sounds familiar.
"It must be seen to be believed." said Colbert.
"Then why don't we sate my curiosity?" Osmond stood in from his seat in the office and walked to the door.
"You mean you wish to meet Optimus?" asked Colbert.
"Of course. Miss Longville?" Osmond called to his secretary, Miss Longville.
"Unfortunately, you still have paperwork to finish, and they cannot wait." said Longville, signing paperwork of her own at her desk. Actually, she was curious about this Prime character herself, but she has to keep the geezer busy, since it's her job.
"Oh, too bad. Perhaps tomorrow then?" Osmond sighed.
(-Meanwhile: Louise's room-)
Louise sat at her desk, contemplating everything that just happened. How she summoned Prime, the surge in body the moment she kissed him and sealed their contract. None of it made sense. It has been hours since she summoned the giant, yet she couldn't explain what happened.
Plus, where did Prime come from? She already got the impression that he's not from here, because she had never heard of anything like him.
One thing's for sure, though, she summoned him, and he doesn't appear to have any issue with been a familiar. For that, she's proud of. She smiles happily knowing she summoned Optimus and made him her familiar.
"Miss Valliere." her thoughts were interrupted when Louise heard Optimus' voice call to her. She turned and saw Prime standing in front of her balcony. Given his immense size, he was easily able to climb over the walk way walls and meet Louise at the building her room is located in. From then on, he remained stationed there while Louise was busy contemplating about him.
"Yes, what is it?" Louise asked. She no longer feels intimidated by Optimus' appearance, having been shown that he means no harm, and she's grown used to him already.
"It is late, so I was going to suggest you should turn in for the night." Optimus said, "Lack of sleep is bad for your health."
"I-I don't need you tell that." Louise retorted.
"I was just making sure."
"That's nice of you." Louise smirk proudly, making no admit to hide the smugness in her voice, "I praise you for your consideration."
"Hmm…" Optimus nodded. He did a good job of hiding his disapproval of his new found master acting smugly. He would reproach this, but as her familiar spirit, he must remain obedient to her, even if he doesn't like it.
"Well, I'm going to bed. Goodnight." said Louise as she walked back into her room.
"Yes. Goodnight." Optimus bid before stepping away from the balcony.
As she undressed herself, taking off her cape and shirt, Louise noticed something as she looked at her reflection in her mirror. Some kind of insignia on her right shoulder. It looks like a slanted humanoid face, including slanted eyes, slanted top, and a hole in the forehead. "What the... how did this...?" as Louise touched, she remembered seeing the exact same insignia on Optimus, in the same spot. Is this the symbol of her contract with him? No, that can't be possible. It's unheard of for the master to have runes or strange symbols like this imprinted on their person.
Decidedly too tired to make sense of it at the moment, she finished changing and began putting on her nightgown, before going to bed.
Meanwhile, Optimus, now having a moment to himself, stares up at the night sky. He stared up at the starry night sky, and found the two moons above. One was bigger than the other, and they glowed blue and pink respectively.
The Earth he was original on had one moon, and his home world had two moons but they weren't as beautiful and illuminate as these two moons.
He soon began remembering the last moments of his life in his world, saying goodbye to his comrade and sacrificing his life to preserve and bring about new life on his home world. The next thing he knew, as he entered the Well of All Sparks, he heard a voice calling to him as he faded from consciousness, beckoning him to answer her guidance. Now that he thought about it, that voice sounded like Louise, and it most likely was her who was calling to him. That must have been the moment she summoned him.
Now he is here, in this strange new world, and in his previous form before he was upgraded by the Forge of Solus Prime. He also found an odd pentagram like symbol below his Autobot brand. This could be the symbol of his contract with Louise.
"Primus, for what purpose did you send me here?" he asked. He couldn't help wondering what his true purpose here was. His time on Cybertron was finished yes, but did Primus have more for Optimus to do? Or was it really Louise's doing? Unwittingly pulling him from the Well of All Sparks? None of these questions would go answered.
For now at least, Optimus decided to its time to scan the surrounding area. Now that he's on a new world, and he'll be staying here for quite some time, it might be a good idea to get information on this new world's surroundings. Things were a bit rushed earlier, so he didn't have much of a chance to get much info about this world and its culture.
His eyes lite up, and a faint streams of light emits from them, scanning around and beyond the Academy walls. The outside seems quite like the forests and fields of Earth, but to his surprise, there's actually Energon deposits here in this world, just a few miles away from this institution. It seems Cybertronians may have visited this world long before he was summoned here at one point or another. How else would Energon be some here, unless it grew naturally here. But when did they come here, and who could it have been? Those questions are a mystery to the former Autobot Leader.
He finished his scan and allowed himself to ponder these things.
"Ah!" a gasped caught his attention away from his thoughts.
He turned to the source and found a young female human with short black hair and blue eyes, carrying a basket of clothes. She wasn't dressed as any of the students of this academy. He recognized her clothes as a maid's uniform. He made the proper assumption that she is not a noble but perhaps a humble maidservant. She must've seen the light from his scan and came to check it out, but did not expect to find a giant metal man standing next to one of the dorm towers in the Academy.
"I-I'm sorry, I wasn't expecting anyone, o-or anything like you…" the maid said, albeit nervously.
"I apologize for startle you, miss." Optimus said, bending down on one knee to check on her. Optimus paused for a moment, as the image of a human he knew appeared in place of the maid. "Miko…?"
"I'm sorry, who…?" the maid asked, as the image faded, and there maid stood again. She was surprised that Optimus can speak, intelligently at that.
"Again, my apologizes, miss." Prime apologized, "You resemble someone I know."
"O-Oh no, it's alright." the maid said, still somewhat nervous. However, upon noticing how calm and kind he seems, she relaxed, "And please don't be so formal. My name is Siesta. I'm a maidservant with the honor and privilege to work at this academy. It's a pleasure to meet you." Siesta bowed her head with the utmost respect to Optimus.
"I see. Well then, Siesta, it is a pleasure to meet you as well. I am Optimus Prime."
"Optimus… Prime…?" Siesta gasped in confusion. Where has she heard that name before? Oh that's right, "You're the familiar Miss Valliere summoned." Siesta smiled excited.
"Yes." Optimus answered.
"Oh, I'm so happy for her." Siesta sighed with happiness, "You see, I've known Miss Valliere since her first year. She always messed up her spells and got scolded and ridiculed for it. To hear she summoned a familiar successfully, and to see it with my own eyes, it makes me really happy for her. I knew she could do it. I had every faith in her."
"Hmm…" Optimus remained silent, thinking that she must think highly of Louise to praise her so.
"But, I doubt she even remembers me. Or how we met..." Siesta mumbled, with a sad smile. She shakes her head, clearing the sadness away, and looks up at the metal giant, with a gentler smile "Anyway, I'll talk to you later, Mister Prime. I still work that needs to be done."
"Of course. I would not want to keep you." Optimus nodded.
Relieved to hear that, Siesta bowed her head again and bid the Autobot Leader goodnight and left to continue her duties.
Optimus traced her with his eyes. Yes, she did in fact resemble Miko to an extent, but he doubts that she's a relative of hers. Miko is from Earth, and Siesta was undoubtedly born in this world. He saw a lot of Miko in Siesta too, but there are key differences between them, such as her shorter hair with no hair dye or pigtails, and her calmer blue eyes. Also her personality is most certainly different, being much more mature, likely due to her being a few years older than Miko. It must be Siesta's ethnics that resemble Miko, as she came from an Eastern country called Japan. Perhaps there is a country similar to Japan in this world as well. There's no true way of knowing.
With that, Optimus returns to his moon gazing.
At the same time, Siesta takes a moment to look at Optimus one last time. She remembered that she heard his name elsewhere too, but couldn't remember where. Deciding to ponder about it later, the maid went back to her duties so she finally turn in for the night.
After that, the rest of the night continued without incident. With the exception of a large blue creature resembling a Predacon flying around the Academy. However, it is an organic creature, and it seemed much more friendly.
The Predacon lookalike spotted Optimus and flew down to get a closer look. It landed on top of one of towers of the Academy, looking curiously at the Cybertronian. Optimus stood by, watching the creature in turn. After a brief staring contest where neither side seen to give, the creature stretched its wings and flew away.
With the Predacon lookalike gone, Optimus decide transform into his vehicle mode to converse energy. He has no need for Energon at the moment, though he seems to be somewhat low since his arrival here, so he'll probably need to get some later.
(-The Next Morning-)
And so, the morning sun rose, shining on the academy.
Louise is still asleep in her bed.
"Miss Valliere." the calm baritone voice of Optimus called to the sleeping noble.
"Hrmm…" Louise grumbled in annoyance in her sleep.
"Miss Valliere, it is morning. You will be late for your classes."
"Hrrmm… Huh?" Louise finally woke up. She sat up in a daze, and turned to see Optimus standing in front of the balcony again. At first She didn't recognize him, before remembering yesterday. "Oh, the familiar…"
"I believe I stated my name to you the moment we met yesterday." Optimus gently retorted.
"Yes, yes, I heard you." said Louise, getting out of bed and already taking her nightgown off. However, she stopped midway passed her waist, when she felt Optimus eyes on her. She turned and found he had blank expression. "Would you mind not looking this way…"
"Why?" Optimus naively asked. It didn't take long for Louise to lose her temper and scowl at the Autobot.
"There's a little something called privacy!" Louise angrily yelled, dropping her gown back in place, marching forth and closing the curtain in Optimus' face.
Optimus, while slightly taken aback, remained stationed to where he was, quietly waiting for Louise to finish dressing herself.
He remembered that humans have a thing called modesty, where it is socially unacceptable for someone to make others undress or be seen nude, unless for organic mating purposes. The concept is most likely the same here. He'll have to remember that from now on.
After a few minutes, a now calmer Louise opens the curtain, now dressed in her uniform. "I'm going down to breakfast, so wait for me in the courtyard."
"Understood." complied Optimus.
(-Courtyard-)
After a begrudgingly quiet breakfast, Louise came outside to meet Optimus, who as instructed, waited for her in the courtyard.
"Miss Valliere, how was breakfast?" Optimus asked.
"Fine." Louise said, "Did you have any trouble getting here?"
"No. But, it appears that some of your classmates are here as well." Optimus said. Just as he said, several students, most of which are her classmates, are sitting at tables with their familiars.
"All second years students, the ones wearing the black mantles like myself, have the day off, so we can learn to communicate with our familiars." said Louise.
"I see." replied Optimus, observing the young nobles interact with their familiars. They seem quite indulged with their summoned partners, they didn't seem to notice him, except for one second year.
"Well, hello Mr. Optimus." cued a flirtatious voice to Optimus. The giant turned to see the extremely well endowed red haired Kirche sitting at a table near the tower, with her familiar, a red lizard like organic creature with a flaming tail at her side, who she named Flame. He noticed Louise scowling at the sound of Kirche's voice.
"Yes, hello. And who might you be?" Optimus asked, selectively ignorant of the flirtatious nature of the girl saying "hello".
"Me? My name is Kirche Augusta Frederica von Anhalt Zerbst. You can just call me Kirche."
"It is nice to meet you, Miss Kirche." said Optimus, soon taking notice of Kirche's salamander. He kneeled down to her and her cautious familiar, "I take it this red organic creature is your familiar."
"You catch on quick." Kirche smiled, petting her familiar's head as it stood on its two rear legs. "Yes, this my familiar. And don't worry, he's perfectly tamed. Under the contract, all familiars become obedient to their masters. Yet you obviously have free will, so why choose to serve a girl like Louise? "
Before Optimus could answer, Louise interrupts, "Kirche, stop flirting with my familiar!"
"Me? Flirting with your familiar? I'm just engaging in casual conversation. Is that not allowed?"
"Whatever your planning to do, of course I won't allow it! Optimus is my familiar!"
"You know, I honestly still can't believe you summoned him." Kirche turned to Optimus, who stayed quiet to obverse the two's interaction, and it didn't take him long to see the open hostility between them.
"Well, it's just like I told you. I'd summon a familiar!" Louise bragged.
"Hmm… he's not beautiful per say, but he is handsome in his own way. And there's definitely a powerful air about him." Kirche smiled, examining Optimus' body. Of course, she's not really attracted to him, just remarking on his features.
"Zerbst, stop being rude!" Louise yelled.
"Rude. I mean nothing but the highest respect." Kirche joked, further enraging Louise. A heated argument would ensue afterward.
Here Optimus was, wondering if he should break it up or let them fight it out. Just then, he finally noticed a girl with light blue hair and glasses, smaller than Louise sitting on the other side of Kirche's table. Her attention directly at him and ignoring the bickering between her friend Kirche and Louise. She held a noticeable staff in contrast the wands other students use.
"Do you need something, miss?" asked Optimus asked the small girl.
"No." the girl replied quietly. She continued to stare. From the quiet and near emotionless tone of her voice, the Autobot Leader could tell she suppressed her emotions to degree that she seemed almost utterly emotionless. Something in her past is likely the cause, but he can't pry into it, and it isn't any of his business.
"Oh, Tabitha. You're interest in Optimus as well?" asked Kirche. No response on Tabitha's part.
"Don't ignore me!" Louise barked.
"Haha, I'm sorry. I didn't know you were so desperate for attention, Louise." Kirche smirked, "Sadly, I don't have time to babysit you. I have some communing to do with my little Flame here." she said, bending down to one knee and patting her familiar tenderly on the head. She looked at Optimus. "I'd love it if we talked again some time. With no intrusions on your master's part, of course."
"Actually, I would find it more acceptable of we all exchanged words peacefully, Miss Kirche." Optimus said to Kirche, earning a surprised look from her. It faded away and soon began chuckling, as if amused.
"You really are interesting, Optimus."
"Miss Zerbst." called a maid as she approached with a trey with a tea. "I brought the tea s you requested." a familiar voice caught Optimus' hearing receptors.
He turned, and found Siesta, the maid he met the prior night, approaching Kirche and Tabitha's table, carrying a round tray, with a teapot and two tea cubs.
"Oh, good timing. I was getting thirsty talking to Louise." joked Kirche, to Louise's annoyance.
Siesta gently set the tea set down on the table and poured the warm tea into the cubs for Kirche and Tabitha to enjoy.
"Please enjoy your tea." said a bowing Siesta, before she noticed Optimus, "Oh, Mister Prime, good morning." smiled Siesta, tilting her head to the side a little.
"Yes. Good morning, Siesta." replied Optimus.
"Oh, you know Optimus?" asked Louise, somewhat confused.
"Yes, we talked a little bit last night." Siesta answered, somewhat nervously.
"Last night? Really?" Louise asked Optimus.
"Yes, we did briefly."
"Looks like he's pretty popular with the ladies." said Kirche, "A mere maid was fraternizing with him last night under your nose. What're you going to do, Valliere?"
"Why should I care? She's just a petty servant." answered Louise, with an indifferent tone.
Siesta didn't show it, but it seems that comment got her. Optimus noticed this right away, remembering what she said about not remembering her. What has just transpired confirms last night's statement.
"That was harsh. Even I'm not that callous." said Kirche, with a disapproving look.
"Problem?" Louise asked, annoyed.
"Just stating my opinion." Kirche shrugged.
Louise scowled at her rival/bully, "When I want your opinion, I'll ask for it, you trollop!"
"Well, excuse me." Kirche smirked, knowing that Louise is riled up, and enjoying every second of it.
"U-Um… Miss Valliere, Miss Zerbst, please, calm down. It's alright. I'm just commoner working as a maid at this wonderful academy, after all. I'm more than happy to do my job." said Siesta with a smile. Clearly it was forced. Siesta didn't want to be caught in the middle of an argument between these two. It would cause a scene, and she'd be troubling everyone.
"Stay out of this! This is just between us!" the two noble girls shout at the maid, causing her the shudder.
Tabitha remained quiet, simply reading to pass the time while Kirche argues with Louise, as they do every day.
"That is quite enough you two." said the stern voice of Optimus, making the two noble teenage girls turn to him. "Siesta was simply doing her job when she bumped into me last night. We engaged in small conversation before she returned to her duties. Last night's events should not serve culminate into a petty argument. And Siesta surely would not want to be the center of such attention."
"M-Mister Prime…" Siesta found herself making a small smile, thankful that Optimus is so kind, despite his immense size.
"Petty?!" Louise snapped, soon pointing her finger at Kirche. "But she's the one who started it!"
Kirche made no attempt to comment.
"Regardless of who is at fault, I cannot allow this quarrel to continue over an irrelevant matter."
"But…" Louise would continue to argue, but she stopped herself when she noticed the stern expression on Optimus's face. Seeing this, Louise relented. Somehow, he wasn't being intimidating. Optimus just said to stop fighting over something irrelevant. It's almost like a parent scolding his child. It's definitely different from the scolding she received from her elder sister Eleanor, and her birth parents. It's so strange, this effect he has.
Kirche didn't show it, but she was very surprised to see Louise so docile around Optimus. She usually gets on Louise's nerves just for some fun, since seeing Louise looking all sullen is dull on that pretty face of hers, and seeing explode in anger almost amused her. With Optimus around now, the fun times might be a bit challenging now.
"You handled that quite nicely." the voice of Colbert called out to the five. They turned and saw her approaching him with Colbert and two new comers. One of them a old man with a gray beard long enough to compete with Alpha Trion's, and the other a woman with green hair.
"Mr. Colbert? Headmaster?" Louise blinked in shock.
The old man takes a step forward towards the metal giant. "So, you must be this "Optimus Prime" I heard such so much about. I am Osmond, the Headmaster of this Academy." the old man introduced himself, now turning to the woman, "This is my lovely secretary, Miss Longville."
"It's pleasure to meet you." Longville introduced herself, calmly, bowing respectfully.
"You are the Headmaster of this facility?" Optimus asked in a polite manner. From the look of him, he seemed like a wise old man, much like Alpha Trion, who also had much wisdom. Therefore, Optimus showed the same amount of respect he would show to his mentor.
"Yes. Mr. Colbert sang so much praise about you, I had to talk to you in person as soon as I could." Osmond said to Optimus.
"U-Um, I'll be talking my leave now." Siesta said, bowing her head respectfully to the nobles in front of her, about to leave and attend her other duties.
"Wait. There's no need to rush off. Stay and take a load off." said Osmond to Siesta.
"Eh? B-But my work load…"
"Someone will take over for you, so don't worry. Besides, you already seem acquainted with our new guest here." Osmond assured. With that, Siesta decided to stay.
"Now then…" Old Osmond turns back to Optimus, "I must say, your frame is quite striking. When I heard that Miss Valliere summoned you, it was quite a shock."
"I am equally shocked that she summoned me here, but I will fulfill my duties as her familiar." said Optimus.
Louise looks at Optimus, a bit shocked. She appreciated that he had no issue with being her servant, but she didn't know he'd taken it so seriously. She smiled to this, happy he's so willing.
"I see. I'm glad you're taking this in stride, but if I may be so bold, Optimus, where exactly did you come from?" the old mage asked, "A number of questions about you come to mind. Would you care to share with us a bit about yourself?"
"If it isn't too much trouble, I would like to hear of your origins as well. A being such as yourself is unheard in this day and age." requested Colbert. Truth be told, his curiosity as a researcher is simply killing him.
"Very well." Optimus nodded, seeing no harm in sharing his origin with them, "As I stated before, my name is Optimus Prime. I am a Autonomous Robotic Organism from the Planet Cybertron. Or an Autobot, for short."
"Autobot? Are you telling us that you come from another world? Life existed totally beyond our own?" asked Osmond, shocked by his revelation.
Louise didn't hid her shock either. She had no idea she summoned a familiar so unbelievably amazing.
"Yes. I believe my planet is light years away from your planet, or perhaps in a different world entirely." said Optimus, "In place of magic, there is advance technology. My race has the ability to create using said technology. We have even developed ways of traveling beyond our world."
"Extraordinary!" Colbert exclaimed, "Please, what else is your race capable of? It not magic, what other abilities do you possess?"
"My race has the ability to transform."
"Transform?" Longville asked.
"Allow me to demonstrate." Optimus' body soon began to change shape, transforming from humanoid giant form into his alternate vehicle mode.
To the humans bearing witness, he looked like he changed into a metal caravan that required no horse to pull, and it certainly proved shocking to them.
"Incredible! Such beings are capable of this?! How amazing!" an ecstatic Colbert exclaimed. He soon found himself marveling at Optimus' alt mode, examining every inch and angle of the vehicle. His curious mind took over in an instant.
"Indeed! One moment you're metal giant, now you're a caravan." said Osmond, wide eyed. Standing behind him was Longville, whose glasses nearly fell from her face.
Louise look at if she was about to wet herself. She began to wonder what exactly she summoned to be her familiar.
The students who present in the courtyard heard the sound of Optimus transforming and turned to see his caravan form. Shock over cam all of them as the gaze in awe of Louise's familiar.
"Is there anything else you wish to know?" asked Optimus while still in vehicle mode, surprising the eight humans in front of him.
"Um, how are able to do that transforming thing?" Louise asked, with a stunned expression.
"I can transform thanks the bio-mechanism known as the T-Cog. An organ that allows me to scan and optimize an alternate vehicle mode." explained Optimus.
"So this metal caravan is your alternate form?" asked Colbert.
"Yes." Optimus replied.
"Incredible…!" Colbert exclaimed, now writing down what he has learn on a note pad. This is so exciting, he was barely able to contain himself. Optimus's people are fascinating. He hoped he would get to meet more of them one day.
"Alright, now I have a question." said Longville, pulling herself together, and adjusting her glasses with her figures, "Optimus, are you a warrior?"
Optimus remained silent to the question. This came as a surprise to him, and the other seven humans.
"I'm sorry. I was under the impression that you are a soldier of some kind." Longville said, with a small smile.
Optimus transformed back into his bipedal form. "How did you get that impression?" asked Optimus, bending down one knee to the humans on eye level.
"You give the image of a seasoned warrior. That and the symbol on your arm. It doesn't look like it's there for decoration." she pointed to the symbol located on Optimus' utter arm.
"This is the symbol of the faction I was once in command of. The Autobots as I just mentioned."
"So, the Autobots are a faction in your military." Colbert guessed, his excitement died down some. For some reason, he knew that this faction was a part of a war of some kind. He couldn't be more right.
Meanwhile, the curious students and their familiar gather around Optimus, interested in hearing his story.
"…There was a time when my world was peaceful and just. We lived in harmony. But then, there was a war for Cybertron. A war that ravaged it until it was rendered uninhabitable. I led the Autobots in battle against our foes, the Decepticons. The war lasted tens of thousands of years, and many perished in the conflict, and our battle soon raged across many other worlds as well." Optimus explained, with some reluctance to share this bit of information, given the amount of young listeners there are.
"War you say? That is a shame." Old Osmond downcast, clearly giving his condolences to Prime. War in this world are means for a noble to gain honor in battle, whether they live or die. The old mage has never been fond of war himself, and he knew Optimus must have had quite a few hard times during this so called war. Losing an entire planet must have the same effect as losing a country, or perhaps far worse in Prime's case. And he said tens of thousands of years. He's fought what could long millions of years of war. He wasn't really surprise that Optimus had a longer lifespan then human beings, being a sentient machine of a titan, but to have fought for such a long time is quite a frightening and saddening thought.
Colbert felt his heart break the moment Optimus spoke those words. War, sadness, death, it all must be unavoidable in any world.
Louise, on the other hand, was amazed. Not only has she summoned a being from an entirely different world, but seasoned leader of a war faction. Now she has more reason to be proud of herself.
Siesta, meanwhile, felt sorry for Prime. To have to through a conflict that destroyed his world. It must be heart breaking for the big guy.
"Do not grieve for my planet. Things are looking up as they say. We were able to defeat the Decepticons and restore Cybertron to its former glory." said Optimus.
"That's good to hear, but, are you not needed there, rather than here?" Siesta asked. Now that this war is over, rebuilding his planet should come first, right?
Louise turned to see Siesta was about to say something, but Optimus beats her to it.
"My duties on Cybertron are finished. I know my comrades, my friends can attend to things in my stead. I am now needed here, to protect and serve Miss Valliere, as her familiar."
To this, Louise can only smile, knowing that Optimus is content with being here. She decided to let the commoner's question slide.
The students meanwhile talk among themselves.
"So, Optimus is a being from an entirely different world from ours. I can't believe it…" Momorency said.
"What I can't believe is how Louise managed to summon him." said Guiche, "A soldier, and a leader at that. There's much we can talk about." he added with his trademark flamboyant smirk. Being the son of a famous general in the royal army, Guiche seemed confident he'd be able connect with Prime.
"I don't think he'd be the same as you though." said an obese student named Malicorne, chuckling at the end.
"Well, I thought he was interesting, but this is just too amazing. Don't you think so, Tabitha?" Kirche asked Tabitha. She hadn't said anything, only intent on listening to Prime's story.
Osmond cleared this throat, "Alright, I think that'll be enough chatter. You should be getting back to communicating with your own familiar." he said to his pupils. As ordered, the students reluctantly went back to their own business.
"Now then, Optimus, I'm willing to bet you run on a certain power source, considering your abilities and this advanced technology you speak so much of."
"Yes. I run on Energon, an energy source native to my world." Optimus answered.
"Well, that poses a problem for you then." Osmond said, stroking his long beard. He has never heard of this Energon before. Chance are, he won't find it here.
"Not to worry. Last night, I discovered Energon some miles from the Academy." said Optimus.
"So, that light from last night was you?" asked Siesta. Last night, as she was attending her duties, Siesta saw a strange light emitting from the girl's dormitory, which drew her to Optimus.
"I was scanning the area last night. And it would seem that there is an Energon deposit northwest of this institution." Optimus explained, "I have no need at the moment, but my Energon reserves are somewhat low."
"Then go and get some." said Louise, crossing her arms "I can't have you low on this "Energon" stuff. As your master, I have to take care of you. So I say go and get it."
Optimus sighed, "I was planning to go should the need arise." he replied, "But, if you deem it necessary, so be it." Optimus transformed into his metal alt mode, and revved up his engine. "I will return shortly." Optimus spoke.
"Wait a moment, please!" called Colbert, "If you don't mind, I would like to come with you. I want know more about this Energon, and if it isn't too much trouble, I wish to know more of your biology as well."
"Very well." Optimus opened one of the doors to allow the professor inside of his vehicle form. One thing Prime is thankful for is that Colbert's curiosity is of good will, and nothing like Cylas. "The ride will be long, so this would be a good opportunity to explain to me more about your society, since I am new here."
"Yes, of course. Thank you." smiled an excited Colbert, striding over to Optimus's vehicle form.
"I-I'll come too! I'm your master, you're my familiar, so where you go, I go too!" Louise said.
"Miss Valliere, I believe it would be simpler to honestly state that you wish to come." said Optimus. Even in his alt mode, he could see through the haughty act she was displaying. She may no know it, but she simply wants to stick close to her familiar's side.
Louise blushed a little bit before regaining her composure and strolling inside her metal caravan familiar, followed by Professor Colbert.
"Well then, I suppose we'll be off campus for a bit. We shall return, Headmaster."
"Yes of course. Have a safe trip." nodded Osmond to his staff member, now turning his attention to Prime, "Optimus, bring them back safely."
"Understood, Headmaster." with that, Optimus drove his way to and out of the Academy's main gate, to the surprise of everyone present. "So this metal caravan form of his does work without a horse. And he's even faster than a horse too." Osmond muttered. Still, there's somewhat of a foreboding feeling the old mage has. He just hopes its his imagination.
(-Northwest forest area: Cave-)
There's Energon here. He could smell it. He was in desperate need of it. This cave has what he needs, and he'll rust in lava before he allow any Transformer to get to it first. He'll blast them to bits, and no Autobot, or Decepticon will stop him. And one blast is all he needs to get into the deposit and have his fill.
BLAAM!
KA-BOOM!
With a point of his cannon, he fired a powerful blast of particles and blow a even bigger hole in the cliff to make room for himself. With that out of the way, he casually strolls right in.
He does not know how he came to be here, but he is not in a pleasant mood, and any dares cross his path, they will die.
BW: So, that ends chapter 02. Hopefully, this answer a few questions everyone had from the previous chapter. Then again, it also raises more, doesn't it? There's a lot ways to describe this new surprise character at the end. Well, he certainly can't wait to "blast" everyone in the next chapter.
