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S4 was now at home, cleaning as per her usual duties, hoping against all hope that the family who owned her, especially felicity, would not discover that she had been at the ball the night before. Thankfully, she had arrived home long before her master and his family and things were very clean when they did get home. The master and his wife thought little of it, as their mind was elsewhere, but felicity suspected something, thought Felicity couldn't find anything to confirm her suspicions.

S4 worked hard, having hid the special energon slipper in a very special place that Felicity would never find. S4 had no idea what was going to happen now as she started hoping that the night in the garden was not just a teaser to her. Felicity did her darndest to figure things out, but was unable to thanks to Primus. She finally gave up, though she would still keep a close eye on S4.

Meanwhile, in the library, Felicity's parents were discussing this recent event. "I have a bad feeling" the mother said. She didn't say things like that often and it caught her husband's attention immediately.

"Why is that my dear?"

"I fear our beloved Prince has made his choice and it is not our daughter."

"Who then?" He wondered, confused that anyone could possibly chosen over their "wonderful" daughter.

"I am not sure but we must securely guard all our female slaves in case one has caught the prince's optic – especially that brat we got as a debt slave. Her being chosen would ruin us utterly and completely"

"He wouldn't want that brat…she isn't worth his time. She's hardly worth ours. If not for the fact that she is distant kin, I would have had her….disappear long ago."

"What good was that kin anyway….they were poor and disgusting wretches" The mother said, never having met them and only having heard her husband complain about how "bad" they were because of them being "disgustingly" poor in monetary terms. He never told her that they were actually a good loving family who had helped him out when he needed it long, long ago. He would never say that either. He was too calloused and full of himself now that he was "successful" and very high ranking.

Meanwhile, at the main castle, Optimus was having an important discussion with Prowl, Jazz, as well as a few other bots. "We must proceed with caution" Optimus said. HE looked at each and every bot he spoke to as he spoke. "This could be a tricky operation"

"yes, sire. But what is it you wish us to do?" a bot asked. It was rare that Optimus gathered this bunch of bots unless something really, really important was involved and this bunch of bots knew it.

Optimus revealed a special slipper. "This was left in the special garden that our beloved Prince had taken his selected maiden into. This will help us identify who was chosen for him by Primus. You must try this special energon slipper on every maiden. On whose foot this fit is the young female that has been chosen. But be cautious, as there are those who will try and trap you as well as lie in hopes that they are chosen" Optimus said and the bots all nodded.

"We best get started, bots" Jazz said and soon the troop headed out, attempting to find the special female. Jazz and Prowl shared a look, hoping nothing had happened as they had a bad feeling about how all of this would go down. Optimus would join them later, but for now they headed out. Optimus had his own feeling, hence he waited until they were headed to a certain area to join them. He sent them out in hopes that the girl wearing these was not who he thought it might be, but something told him it was.

In his own room, Bug prayed that Primus would keep the special female safe, as he knew that when her owner family found out, that they would be livid and were capable of doing or trying anything to get to the prince. This was starting to get dicey and the ball was now in Primus' court and his court alone, as far as Bug was concerned.

Back in her tiny private room, S4 waiting, hoping that all would be well. She thought back to the night of the ball. She thought of all the wonderful people she met, especially the Prince himself. He was so handsome and caring, and he even took her into that beautiful garden. She had no idea the significance of that, but hoped that it was a good sign, as she was almost to the point of giving up hope of being saved from her current predicament though not quite there just yet. And with that pleasant thought, she dozed off for a short bit before she had to start her daily chores all over again. She could only hope that the Primus really was going to change her situation and soon, or she knew she might not last much longer.