"What is the meaning of this?" Ultra Magnus asked, admiring the oval thing in his hands.
"It's called a hat, Magnus," Jack smiled as he handed out the cowboy hats to every bot. "It's what the cowboys used in the old days. It protects your face from the sun."
Optimus admired the hat carefully, and searched the term cowboy on the human internet. He smiled in amusement at the term, and placed the hat on his head. He adjusted it slightly so it fit just above his eyebrows. When he looked up again, he saw that all eyes had turned to him.
"What?" he asked.
"So rad, Optimus!" Miko said, giving the Prime a thumbs up.
Jack continued to pass the hats out as he explained the term horseback riding to the team.
"You climb on, and hold onto the reigns," he moved over to a horse and exposed to rope connected to the brittle in the horse's mouth. "This is how you lead him. Pull to the right to go right, the left to go left, and towards you to slow down or stop."
"And why would someone ever want to get onto one of these things?" Arcee asked, glancing at the beasts. "They're so...big."
"Like you are too us?" Raf asked, smiling at the woman.
Arcee shrugged at that remark and looked to the beast before her. "Let's try it."
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After Jack had gotten each autobot a horse, he climbed on to his own horse.
Optimus, who had been watching Jack immensely, copied the boy's movements. He climbed aboard his white horse, and grabbed a hold of the reigns. Seeing their Prime do it, the others started to follow suit.
"Ready?" Jack asked glancing behind him and seeing that all autobots were aboard their horse. "Let's go."
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"Why is this so hard!?" Bulkhead asked, gripping the reigns as tightly as he could.
"It's not that hard, Bulk," Miko laughed, hanging onto her own reigns, practically running her horse in circles around Bulkhead's.
"As much as I despise human and their….features," Ratchet said. "This is actually, pretty entertaining."
The autobots admired the forest trail that Jack was taking them on, with Optimus bringing up the rear. Most of the autobots had picked up on riding as soon as they started moving. But Bulkhead was struggling for balance.
"Maybe if you paid more attention in ballet class, Bulk," Wheeljack teased him as he trotted up behind him.
"Slag you to the pit, Jackie," Bulkhead muttered under his breath at the ease his friend was having.
"You'll get a hang of it," Raf smiled to the bot behind him. "It just takes practice."
"I'll be happy when I'm walking on my own two feet."
Optimus watched his family closely. Whatever it was that had changed them into humans, it wasn't all that bad. Sure, he wanted his old body back as soon as he could. There was still no telling if Megatron and the decepticons had changed form as well. But, it was nice to spend time with their human allies and learn more of their culture and history. He was also enjoying this time on the horse. He could see why humans love it so much. It was so peaceful, the gentle rock of the horse's hips at it moved forward into the lovely sunset. He closed his eyes and let the moment take over him. At this moment, he was at peace. He wanted to savor the memory, for as long as he could.
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