"You will rest now Beat."

Prowl sat on the edge of Beat's berth, watching her as she laid down in a position not normal for the average Cybertronian. Beat would turn on her side and rest her helm on top of her servos. Much like a human. He supposed that this was due to her hatching on her home planet. Which made him wonder why her femme creator decided to hatch Beat on a foreign planet. Was it the war that caused her to flee? No, couldn't have been. The creator returned but left Beat behind. He would contact Beat's creator with further inquiry.

"Mentor?"

Prowl looked up at Beat with tired optics. "Yes?"

"The humans are coming."

It wasn't a question. Magnolia had asked Prime if the children could spend the night at the base with her since Sam and his girlfriend would be out of town and could not be with them. Naturally, Optimus would not refuse, especially when Magnolia would stay anyway. She could never say No to those children, one of her greatest faults. He forbid Beat from joining due to her experiment being performed in the morning. '

"Yes, the humans are sleeping here tonight."

Beat sat up with delight, "Really? How wonderful! Could I join them?"

"No."

"No? Why not?"

"You know exactly why….You have training in the morning."

The clumsy femme sighed in defeat and laid back down. "Which humans will be here? I only know if the beautiful Magnolia angel."

Prowl raised an optic ridge, "Angel?"

"Yes. I heard Ironhide talking about it with Jazz. Angels are majestic creatures who live in the sky and are known to be the most beautiful of beings. Magnolia is beautiful and she told me she loves to be in the air. She is an angel."

Prowl chuckled, clearly Beat would have to remain away from all that nonsense. Humans have created their own beliefs of deities since they could never know the truth of their actual origin. Unicron.

"Well you aren't you a kind femme to consider Magnolia so highly."

"I like her. She is nice and never calls me names."

"Did others used to call you names?"

"All the time hehe!"

The Cyber Ninja master was not surprised they did. Beat probably caused her fellow trainees much more punishment then anybot in history. Even Bumblebee. The look in her optics as she said that had him utterly confused. It seemed as if Beat did not care or if she was debating on whether the mean words were true. "You laugh but does that not hurt you?"

"Can't hurt me if all they say is true mentor. I am clumsy, foolish, slow, not graceful, hideous to gaze upon and useless. I know this."

"That is not true Beat! I do not want to hear yo-"

"But I also know that as soon as I find out why I am like this, all will change."

Beat settled into her comfortable position and smiled, "And I am not a youngling Mentor, I am a fully upgraded femme. Words like the ones I am told hardly affect me anymore."

"You are not there yet, trainee. You have many more upgrades to go."

Beat blinked for a second, "Can I go see the humans?"

"No."

"Please?"

"No Beat."

"….Now can I go see?"

"Did you not hear me when I said no?"

"I heard you mentor."

"Good. Now recharge, you have a long session tomorrow."

"Yes mentor."

With that Prowl smiled as her optics closed and he stood up, leaving the femme in her quarters alone. He hoped that this experiment would finally reveal the answers to his many questions. "Hmph to think Music may be the key to all of this."

Reaching the rec room, Prowl noticed the humans set up their materials but were nowhere to be found. Most likely, gone off with their charges to cause trouble. That's all they ever did. "Kids…."

"Sing it to me again Magnolia!"

"Now Miko, you know I do not like singing tales of woe….I'm one for uplifting music."

"But the way you sing it is just AWESOME! Sing it!"

Magnolia sighed as she lightly smacked the rocker's forehead that rested on her lap. It was already dark outside but instead of the children going home like they usually did, they convinced their parents to allow them to stay over with Magnolia.

After all, she was the only official human adult on the team.

After speaking with each of the mothers then Sari's genius father and getting the ok, she took them straight to the Autobot base for a sleepover. After playing many games with the Autobots and eating too much junk food; they settled into their sleeping bags. Magnolia sat on her bottom, allowing Miko to lay her head upon her lap while Sari rested her back on her own.

As the only member that was actually able to sing, they asked her so sing songs that would make them laugh.

And she did.

She could never deny them.

The metallic members that demanded more songs didn't help either. This wasn't the first time they slept over at the base, each time they did….most of the bots decided to join them in on the fun. On the ground next to them sat Bumblebee, Bulkhead, Wheeljack Sideswipe, Sunstreaker, Jazz, Blaster and surprisingly Ironhide.

Ratchet denied going to prepare for some sort of experiment being held in the morning. Prowl said the exact same and Optimus….well he just wasn't one for gatherings or festivities. Like the wreckers said, Primes don't party. Sideswipe did ask for Beat a couple times but was told that she needed rest for her training tomorrow.

Magnolia frowned when they were told this; they kept the poor dear away from everyone. Half of them haven't even met her. This was the perfect opportunity for all of them to meet her! So afraid for her to greet the other members, why? What could possibly go wrong? Not like they would attack her.

"Mag!"

Jumping from the sudden deep voice, she snapped her voice up to look at Ironhide. "You're drifting off. You going to sing that song Miko keeps blabbing about or what?"

"Right….sorry guys. My mind just drifted."

"Everything alright?"

The beautiful ebony smiled at the weapon's specialist for his concern. "I'm just fine, just thinking about work tomorrow."

Jack raised an eyebrow as Sari elbowed her back, "This is not the time to be thinking of work Magnolia! We're here to have fun and forget all the worries!"

"Right, alright I've got my head in the clouds! Now Miko are you sure you want them to really hear this lullaby?"

"Uh duh! It's awesome!"

Bumblebee made a few whirls that had everyone agreeing, Raf nodded and turned to his human friends. "Bee says that after you face the dead rising because of Unicron's evil…nothing will surprise you."

Magnolia nodded, she couldn't argue with that. "Alright here we go, get comfy."

Wolves asleep amidst the trees,

Bats aswayin' in the breeze,

But one soul lies anxious, wide, awake,

Frearin' all manner of ghouls, hags, or wraiths,

Miko's eyes closed as she enjoyed the deeper and darker tone of her good friend. Soothing yet terrifying, beautiful and yet so sad. She loved it! With the lights dimmed and the eerie cool of the air, it felt as if a dark story was being told.

For your dolly, polly, sleep has flown,

Don't dare let her tremble alone.

For the witcher

Heartless cold,

Paid in coin of gold,

He comes, he'll go,

Leave naught behind,

But heartache alone.

Dee dee ohh.

Magnolia quickly looking for signs of fear from Raf and after finding no expression but curiosity, she continued.

Birds are silent for the night,

Cows turned in as daylight dies,

But one soul lies anxious wide awake,

Frearin' all manner of ghouls, hags or wraiths.

My dear dolly, polly shut your eyes,

Lie still, lie silent, utter no cries.

As the witcher,

Brave and bold,

Paid in coin of gold.

He'll chop and slice you,

Gut and dice you,

Eat you up whole.

Eat you whole.

Her eyes fluttered open as she finished singing her childhood lullaby. Magnolia normally never sang that song to anyone but Miko caught her singing it to herself and begged her to utter the legend again.

She did not say no.

The ebony could never deny them.

The faces that gazed upon her caused Magnolia to rub the back of her neck. It wasn't that bad, was it? "Was it that bad guys?"

Jazz shook his helm at his charge, "No doll…just never knew ya sang songs like that."

Miko clapped her hands together in glee, "It was beautiful! The great Magnolia has a darker side."

The ebony scoffed and adjusted the bunny ears of her onesie pajamas. "I certainly do not have a darker side. That was just a lullaby my mother used to sing to me as a kid. She still sings it sometimes when I go see her."

"Wait! I have a question."

"Yes, Sideswipe?"

"So if you're a babe when you're happy…how are you when you're feeling dark and naughty?"

Sunstreaker rolled his optics and smacked his twin brother; Magnolia shook her head and proceeded to stand up. "That Sides is irrelevant. I have no darker and naughty side….sorry to disappoint."

"I've got a question…Your lullaby mentioned a witcher. What is a witcher?"

That was a good question, Magnolia thought for a moment and decided telling them could do no harm. "Well Hide, Witchers are monster hunters. People used to pay them straight up gold to kill creatures like vampires, ghouls, werewolves, goblins….stuff like that. The more dangerous the creature, the more costly they would charge."

"But things like that don't exist."

"Who knows? That lullaby is sung by vampires to their children before bedtime."

Blaster thought for a second, Magnolia's mother sang that to her and she sang it to the human kids who she basically thought of as her own. That could only mean…

"Mag, you're a vampire!"

"Don't be stupid. I am not a vampire. It's just a lullaby….besides vampires are only myths. Now enough with the questions. Time for bed."

Groans were heard throughout the room causing her to giggle. Raf yawned and the ebony tucked him in while giving him kiss on the forehead. She couldn't help it when it came to that, her motherly instincts just kicked in.

After tucking in the rest except Jack and Miko who insisted they were practically grown, Magnolia bid all her Autobot friends a goodnight. "Mag Doll ya gonna sleep in ma quarters tonight?"

"Not tonight, I want to stay with the kids. See ya in the morning Jazz."

"Night Mag."

Jazz smiled and walked away, guess the new furniture he got his charge would be cold for tonight.

Looking to make sure that everyone was asleep (Taking Miko's phone away as she looked at the countless selfies she took throughout the night in the process.) Magnolia finally yawned and prepared to let sleep take over until a light whisper was heard.

"Magnolia?"

The ebony looked up and peered into the dark hallway, on the ground sat a small figure. "Beat? What are you doing here? Thought you were recharging?"

Beat winced at the thought of her mentor catching her online but something woke her up during her cycle. Something cold and mysterious pulled at her spark almost painfully, demanding that she follow whatever was making her feel such a way. It was then that she heard Magnolia sing that song, or lullaby as she put it.

It shocked the clumsy femme how out of it she was when following, as if nothing else mattered except getting to the sounds. Funny thing was she couldn't even remember how she got here without falling over or tripping. Did she even use the wall for support?

"That song you were singing woke me up."

Magnolia quietly gasped, "What? I was that loud?"

Beat shook her helm; "No? I heard it inside my helm and I wanted to see what it was. Your voice is amazing."

"Wait, wait, wait….You heard my voice inside your helm? Did you follow my song all the way here?"

"Yes….I am sorry for disturbing you but I couldn't help it."

"Don't be silly, I am so glad you told me this Beat. Now I need you to tell me everything you felt and how you got here, were you conscious, did you realize you were walking….everything."

Beat nodded and looked at the humans to make sure she did not wake them and proceeded to explain.

Magnolia smiled as she listened, Prowl was going to want to hear this in the morning.

Lullaby used: Lullaby of Woe (A night to remember)

That is from the Witcher 3.