Transformers Prime: Outcasts and Autobots Chapter 11: Family and Auditions, a transformers/beast wars fanfic

Whaddup? I'm back with another chapter! This chapter has nothing to do with Speed Metal on TFP because most of this chapter will be for the Outcasts' audition for Glee Club and Wendy having some heart to heart chats.

I own: my OCs

Zaqn123 owns: Sapphire and Snow

Hasbro owns: Transformers

I also don't own Scream by Usher or Because of You by Kelly Clarkson.

Wendy POV

I woke up feeling someone watching me. I yawned and then turned my head to see my new father staring at me like as if he were waiting for me to wake up. Well this is awkward!

"Um...morning?" I greeted in a confused manner, wondering why the hell he was staring at me like that. It was starting to freak me out.

"Good morning, Wendy." Optimus said and he carefully scooped me up into his hand and kept staring at me. Yep, definitely freaked out.

"Um, is there any reason why you're staring at me like that?" I asked. "It's starting to scare me a little." Optimus gave me an apologetic look.

"I am sorry. I do not mean to scare you. I was just waiting for you to wake up." Optimus admitted with shame.

"It's ok." I said and then had a thought. "How long were you waiting for me to wake up?"

"Almost an Earth hour." he answered. "It is 6:30 AM." I stared at him as if he were crazy.

"Ok, I'm gonna not find that creepy at all." I said with a sarcastic tone. "You didn't have to wait for me to wake up. You could've just set me down here and went on your way."

"If I were to leave you alone here while you were sleeping and you woke up with no one in here, you would have no way to get down from my berth." Optimus said. I peered over his hand and saw a long way down. Well, looks like jumping was off the list.

"Oh." I said and smiled sheepishly. "Or you could've brought me along with you."

"I would possibly need both of my servos if I had brought you along." Optimus said before standing up. "We should be heading out, don't you think?" I nodded.

"Ok. Onward!" I say as I hold a fist in the air. I could've swore I saw Optimus smile a little bit. I have a new mission: get my father to smile a lot more often. Now I know I still call him Optimus, but I find it respectful to call him by his first name. I will still call him Dad, but I want today to be over with before I do. We entered the main room and Optimus set me down so I could get breakfast. I really need to stop forgetting to eat.

"Hey, girl!" Kathy said as she hugged me. "Congrats on the adoption! I can't believe Boss Bot himself wants to adopt you." I hugged her back.

"I know, I can't believe it, either." I said and we let go. "What do you want, Froot Loops or Honey Nut Cheerios?"

"Cheerios, please." We both made a bowl and sat down on the couch to watch TV.

"So, you ready for that Glee Club audition?" I asked Kathy. She nodded, vigorously.

"Oh, yeah!" Kathy said. "We are going to blow them away!"

"Got that right!" I said and we high fived. We ate our cereal and watched an episode of Spongebob. It was the Krusty Krab pizza episode and I smirked, thinking of the day we encountered the scraplets. I found it funny when we all gasped and said 'Squidward!' I wish we could do that again.

"Hey, girls." Michael greeted and he put his arms around us. "Whatcha doing?" Me and Kathy gave him a deadpanned look and he took his arms off of us.

"Eating and watching Spongebob." We said simultaneously.

"Oh, cool!" Michael said and sat down in between us. "Which episode?"

"Krusty Krab pizza." We both say again.

"Sweet, I love this one!" he said and put an arm around me. I gave Michael an 'Are you serious?' look, but he was busy concentrating on the TV. I decided to leave his arm around me, but I didn't snuggle with him. It was just to keep him satisfied.

"Hey, Wendy, what's up?" William asked as he approached. He seemed to stiffen when he saw Michael's arm around me. I waved at him and decided to be obvious around him.

"Hey, nothing much, just watching Spongebob." I said.

"Which one?" William asked, his eyes looking at me and then to Michael's arm around me.

"Krusty Krab pizza." Kathy answered without taking her eyes off the TV.

"Yes, I love that one!" William said. "Mind if I sit down?"

"Sit." I said and made room on the other side of me. William sat down and we were all crammed together on the couch. William put an arm around me and Michael's arm twitched, making them both remove their arms. They both put a hand by my hands as if they were hoping to have me hold one. I glanced at their hands and kept my hands on my lap.

"William, Michael, what are you two doing?" Ratchet's voice came from behind us. I looked at Michael and William and they seemed to be staring each other down. Once Ratchet spoke, they both stared at him, back to each other and then to me. Kathy looked at them both in confusion and then she rolled her eyes, knowing what was with them both. I looked to Ratchet, who had a slight glare at the two boys. Either he was just trying to help me get them off my back or he was jealous that they were trying to make a move on me.

'Wait, why would Ratchet be jealous?' I thought. 'He doesn't like me. Who would like someone as broken as me?' I was broken from my thoughts as Michael stood up.

"I'm getting something to eat." he said and walked away, sulking. I closed my eyes and sighed. They just don't give up whenever I say I don't want to date them.

"Is something wrong, Wendy?" Ratchet asked and I shook my head.

"No, I'm fine." I lied. Ratchet sensed my lie, but he let it go and resumed to his work. He gave me another look before starting on his work. I blushed. Damn my hormones! They never acted like this before my depression. Spongebob went off and the rest of the Autobots and Outcasts arrived in the main room. Kathy and I walked down the stairs with William tagging along behind me. Jazz and Ironhide walked up to me at the end of the stairs.

"Hey, girly! Congrats on you and Boss Bot!" Jazz said and I smiled at him.

"Yeah, congrats. I never thought the mech would do this sorta thing." Ironhide said. I was going to take that as a compliment. I smiled at him.

"Thanks, guys." I said and patted their large feet. "I never saw it coming."

"What are you guys talking about?" Arcee asked. Oh yeah, they never heard the news.

"Optimus has decided to adopt Wendy like Jazz did for Sapphire." Ironhide said. Arcee, Bulkhead and Bumblebee had shocked looks on their faces and I giggled at their reactions.

"It's true!" I said and did jazz hands. "He's my new dad!"

"Congratulations, Wendy." Arcee said with a smile. I smiled at her and Bulkhead pumped his first in the air. "Alright Optimus!" he said.

Bumblebee was beeping something I couldn't understand.

"Bumblebee says that he views Optimus as his father figure and that you two are like siblings now." Arcee explained to me. I looked at Bee and smiled.

"Thanks, Bee. I'd be glad to be called your sister!" I hugged his hand and he pet my back.

"What do you view me as?" Bulkhead asked. I thought about that for a second.

"You're like a brother, Bee, too. Ironhide and Jazz are like my crazy uncles, and Arcee is like a mom to me." They all smiled at me. Ironhide and Jazz shared a confused look.

"Crazy uncles?" Ironhide asked. "What makes us crazy?"

"You mess with guns. That's all I'm gonna say about you. Jazz...I have no idea. It's better than being called a monkey's uncle." I said and that last part had the Outcasts cracking up laughing.

"What's a monkey's uncle?" Ironhide asked and I giggled.

"Look it up on the Internet." I said. After a second or two, Ironhide gave me a glare.

"That's not very funny." he said and I giggled.

"Dude, you wouldn't have been called that, Jazz would've been called that." I said. "But no, Jazz, you're a crazy uncle." The Outcasts drug me away so we could practice one last time for the audition. We managed to get the bots to come and watch us since the auditions were open in the school's auditorium. Anyone could watch if they wanted to. Ratchet wasn't really interested in going, he wanted to stay and work. But I managed to use my puppy eyes and he agreed to go.

"Hey, Wendy. Can we talk for a minute?" Arcee asked and I nodded. I literally had to be torn away from Michael, because he wouldn't let go of my arm. Arcee and I walked into the hallway towards their berth rooms and stopped there.

"Whatcha wanna talk about?" I asked.

"Did you really mean it when you viewed me as your mother?" Arcee asked in disbelief. I nearly let a frown show. Did she not want to be like a mom? Arcee must read minds because her eyes widened. "It's not because I don't want to be a mother, but I can't believe you would want me as a mother." I smiled at her.

"Of course I meant it." I said. "You're awesome and can kick ass like no tomorrow!" Arcee smiled and she picked me up.

"Thank you. It's just, I had too many friends and family taken from me and I was thinking that it would be the same with you. And that I was the only female." Arcee explained. "I've never really been a mother, even though I helped my sisters take care of sparklings back on Cybertron." My eyes lit up.

"You won't lose me, I'm too easy to find. Wait, you have sisters?" I asked and she nodded.

"Yes. Chromia and Elita-1." Arcee said. "They're still alive out there, I can feel it. I used to help them at their sparkling daycare center in Iacon." I nodded at that.

"Are sparklings the equivalent of a human baby?" I asked. Arcee nodded.

"Yes. I wanted to have a sparkmate and a sparkling of my own, but then the war happened." Arcee said.

"Haven't you had any feelings for one of the guys here?" I asked. Arcee gave me a look that said, 'You didn't just go there.'

"No. And having a sparkmate or a sparkling during this war is a no-go." Arcee said. But I could tell she liked someone here and I was going to get to the bottom of it.

"Aw, c'mon, you can tell me!" I said and poked her hand. "Who else do you have to tell other than me?" Arcee smirked at me.

"I'll tell you when you're 30." She said and I frowned.

"You no fair!" I pouted and then turned serious. "Are you sure? Or are you a little embarrassed that I will call you 'mom' and Optimus as 'dad?' Is that it?" Arcee's eyes widened and I smirked.

"N-no." she stuttered and I giggled. "That's absurd! I don't want Optimus to think of me like that. And he's a Prime. He has no time for that." I rolled my eyes.

"I have a mission to make him smile more, there's no rule that says he can't smile. Is there?" I asked and tilted my head in thought. "Well, either way, you have no worries about that. You can be my mom no matter what anyone else thinks."

"Thanks." Arcee said and smiled. "But is there another reason why I'm like your mother?"

"Yeah, my real mom was like you and she didn't let anyone push her down. She could stand up for herself and can do anything she set her mind to. She could also sing pretty and I decided to follow in her footsteps with singing. She also had long hair like me and wanted mine to grow long and pretty like hers. I also decided to let my hair grow like hers." I explained and sighed. I missed Mama. Arcee noticed and she pet my head.

"You miss her don't you?" She asked and I nodded.

"It wasn't fair what he did." I said. "He robbed me of my mother when I really needed her." Acree had a look of sorrow on her face.

"I'm sorry, Wendy." She apologized. "I know she must've meant a lot to you. I know how you feel with losing a loved one. On that first night you new humans stayed here and they explained your past, I couldn't believe your monster of a father would do that. And right in front of you." I nodded.

"After he killed her, he noticed me and told me to keep quiet or he would do the same to Prim." I said and shivered at the memory.

"Primrose was the name of your sister?" Arcee asked and I nodded. "It's a pretty name."

"Mama picked it out because she always loved that flower. He wanted to pick my name, so it was fair to let Mama pick hers." I said. "I had to tell Prim a lie. That Mama had tripped over the coffee table and hit her head on the glass. But the truth slipped when we had to go to court and it was explained to us all. She wasn't mad at me, but sad that Mama was dead."

"You did it to save her from suffering the same fate." Arcee said. "You did the right thing, Wendy."

"Thanks, Arcee." I said and hugged her. She hugged me back. Just then, I heard a noise and saw my dad looking at us from behind his berth room door. Arcee followed my gaze to him and he seemed nervous.

"I-I'm sorry for intruding on your conversation." Optimus apologized. "I never should have been listening on your conversation."

"How much did you hear?" Arcee asked and I leaned in, waiting for an answer. Optimus looked like a kid who was caught with his hand in a cookie jar. It was actually pretty cute.

"Only some of it." He admitted and scratched the back of his head. "I will go check for any Decepticon activity." Nice excuse, Dad. He quickly walked past us and turned his head to the other side.

"Hello, Ratchet." Optimus said and walked off. Wait, did he say Ratchet? My question was answered when said Bot came out from the end of the hallway, looking pissed at my father. His gaze went apologetic when he looked at us.

"I'm sorry to listen in on your conversation." Ratchet apologized.

"How much did you hear?" I asked. He looked to the ground and back to me.

"Only the end." he admitted. I shrugged and looked to Arcee.

"Their punishment can be them going to our audition." I said and Arcee smiled.

"I think that will be a good punishment for them." she said and Ratchet groaned. He walked away in a sulking manner and I snickered. Arcee put me down and we walked back into the main room. For the next few hours, we Outcasts watched TV and hummed a tune.

"It's time to go, guys." William said and we all walked down the stairs to our rides. Ratchet was grumbling as I got inside.

"Hey, don't blame this on me, you were the one listening to mine and Arcee's conversation." I told him and Ratchet sighed.

"I never meant to, really." Ratchet said. "But I don't see why we all have to go."

"You guys have holoforms, right?" I asked. "The smaller human version of you?"

"Yes, we all have one. I had to work on Jazz and Ironhide to get them a holoform." Ratchet said. "What song are you singing?"

"It's a secret." I said and ran my fingers along the dashboard. I could've sworn I felt him shiver at my touch and I blushed. It was a silent drive and we arrived at the school. Jack, Miko, and Raf were waiting for us at the entrance. As we got out, I noticed that other kids were looking at us.

We all stared in awe at the Bot's holoforms. Optimus looked like a badass biker. His coat was leather and red while his jeans were blue and he was wearing red boots with the Autobot symbol. His hair was jet black and he had blue eyes. He has a handsome holoform. Ironhide looked a lot like Optimus, but he was wearing all black and had the symbol tattooed on his arm. Now I could say he was my uncle. Jazz was the same way, but he was an inch shorter and wore silver clothes and had the symbol on his necklace.

Bulkhead had brown hair and wore green and was pretty chuncky around the middle. He had blue eyes and had the symbol on his shirt. Bumblebee had blonde hair, pretty muscular under the yellow shirt, blue eyes and had the symbol on his shoes. Arcee was skinny, black hair with a streak of pink in it, blue eyes and wore blue clothing. She had the symbol on her ring. Ratchet didn't look as old as I thought he would be. He had orange hair, pretty muscular, orange shirt and white pants. He wore the symbol on a bracelet while his shirt had an emergency cross on the arm. His aquamarine eyes nearly made me faint.

'Wow.' was the only thing that popped into my mind. Ratchet looked handsome! Well, his holoform did. I blushed when I realized he noticed me staring at him. I turned away and we all walked into the building. The Bots were talking to the principal while Sapphire stayed with them. They were hoping that they would let Sapphire in with Snow so she could get an education here like Raf did. He skipped a few grades and it looked like Sapphire could since she was so smart.

"Wow, I can't believe the Bots look that good in their holoforms." Miko said. "They look AWESOME!" I shook my head in agreement.

"They should be in their holoforms a lot more often." I said. The Autobots came towards us as the principal led us to the auditorium. There, we saw two female teachers sitting in the front of the stage. They both looked at us as we came in.

"The ones auditioning for Glee Club sit on this side of the auditorium. Friends and family sit in this section of the auditorium." One of them said as she pointed to both sides. We all went our separate ways. I noticed a group of teenagers at the other side of the auditorium. Some looked like preps who were bored and there were some who looked different. They didn't look as bored, in fact, they were staring at us with interest and curiosity.

"Ok, who's up first?" A teacher asked. We all stood up and walked onto the stage. I didn't feel nervous, but some of those preps were looking at us with hatred. It was like they didn't want us around. I just gave them a blank stare and they looked away, bored.

"What will you be singing?" asked the other teacher.

"We will be singing Scream by Usher." Zach answered. He was always the pack leader, as we called him, but Ethan was really the leader. Zach was 'second' in line. "It's all 6 of us."

"You may start." The teachers say together. The music started and we got ready.

Scream

(William)

I see you over there so hypnotic, thinking 'bout what I'd do to that body. I'd get you like (girls) ooh baby baby, ooh baby baby. Ah-ooh baby baby, ooh baby baby.

(Zach)

Got no drink in my hand but I'm wasted. Getting drunk of the thought of you naked. I'd get you like (girls) ooh baby baby, ooh baby baby. Ah-ooh baby baby, ooh baby baby.

(William and Michael)

And I've tried to fight it, to fight it. But you're so magnetic, magnetic. Got one life just live it, just live it. Now relax and get on your back.

(All)

If you wanna scream, yeah! Let me know and I'll take you there. Get you going like, ah-ooh baby baby, ooh baby baby. Ah-ooh baby baby, ooh baby baby. If you wanna turn right! Hope you're ready to go all night! Get you going like, ah-ooh baby baby, ooh baby baby. Ah-ooh baby baby, ooh baby baby. If you wanna scream.

(Michael)

Kill the lights, shut em off, you're electric. Devil eyes telling me, 'Come and get it.' I have you like (girls) ooh baby baby, ooh baby baby. Ah-ooh baby baby, ooh baby baby.

(William)

Girl tonight you're the prey, I'm the hunter. Take you here, take you there, take you under. Imagine me whispering in your ear that I wanna take off all your clothes and put something on ya.

(Michael and Zach)

And I've tried to fight it, to fight it. But you're so magnetic, magnetic. Got one life just live it, just live it. Now relax and get on your back.

(All chorus, got lazy to type it)

(William) Louder, louder, louder! Hey, someone scream loud with me!

(Wendy) whoa! Yeeeaaaaahhhhh!

(All)

We looked to see the two teachers staring at us in awe and most of the other teenagers on the other side of the staring at us with amazement. The preps were like that for a second before they glared, like as if we were going to steal their spotlight. The Autobots were astounded and speechless, even the humans. They had their mouths to the floor.

"You kids are amazing!" The first teacher said and she stood up. "We need a few more voices in the Glee Club and I would like to offer you all a spot."

"Really?" Kathy asked, her voice echoing in the room. We were all surprised.

"Yes, really." She said. "I'm Mrs. Bennett, the drama teacher and that's my sister, Mrs. Shover, the music teacher. And yes, we're both married, so we have different last names. And if you could please tell us what position in Glee Club you would like to be in. Starting with you, young man."

"I'm Zach and I sing bass." Zach answered.

"William and I sing tenor." "Michael, I can be both tenor and bass, but mostly bass."

"Ok, you girls." Mrs. Bennett said and pointed to Anna.

"Anna, strictly alto." she answered. "Kathy, I can sing soprano or alto, mostly alto."

"I'm Wendy and I can sing alto and soprano." I said. "I don't really know which."

"Hm, how about you choose something else to sing and then I can decide for you." Mrs. Bennett said. I was surprised.

"Ok." I say as the Outcasts left me on the stage. Kathy managed to slip me a high five as she stepped off the stage. I knew the perfect song to sing. It fit perfectly because of my life and that it's his birthday.

Because of You

Yooouuuu, yoouuu. I will not make the same mistakes that you did. I will not let myself cause my heart so much misery. I will not break the way that you did, you fell so hard. I've learned the hard way to never let it get that far.

Because of you I never stray too far from the sidewalk. Because of you I learned to play on the safe side so I don't get hurt. Because of you, I find it hard to trust not only me, but everyone around me. Because of you I am afraid.

I lose my way and it's not too long before you point it out. I cannot cry because I know that's weakness in your eyes. I'm forced to fake a smile, a laugh everyday of my life. My heart can't possibly break when it wasn't even whole to start with.

I watched you die, I heard you cry every night in your sleep. I was so young, you should have known better than to lean on me. You never thought of anyone else, you just saw your pain. And now I cry in the middle of the night for the same damn thing!

Because of you I never stray too far from the sidewalk. Because of you I learned to play on the safe side so I don't get hurt. Because of you I try my hardest just to forget everything. Because of you I don't know how to let anyone else in. Because of you I'm ashamed of my life because it's empty! Because of you I am afraid.

Because of you. Because of you. Yoouuu. Yooooouuuuuuu.

I finished the song and noticed that the two teachers were hard in thought. The teenagers were staring at me with sympathy, like they knew what I went through. The preps there gave me a look and then turned away. The Autobots and Outcasts were stunned. They knew what the song meant and who it was for.

"Wendy, you can be a soprano." Mrs. Bennett said I made my exit off the stage. I saw the other teenagers leaving and the preps were giving us all glares. Zach took notice.

"What the hell is their problem?" I asked and pointed my gaze to them. Everyone looked to the preps and they seemed to back off once they noticed the 3 biggest guys. The preps left and the different people started to leave. They looked at us and one of them waved. I waved back and they were gone. "At least they're friendly."

"I wonder what's their problem?" Kathy asked. "We haven't even started school yet and they already seemed to hate us."

"Kathy, most preps are mean in any universe." William said.

"Yeah, and everyone here judges too quickly." Miko butted in. "They took one look at me and I was immediately unpopular and dangerous to be around. These people are jerks when they wanna be. And I think some of the talented people here don't want their spotlight taken from newcomers."

"Not like we care." Zach scoffed. "And if they dare try to bully us, they get a mouth full of my fist!" He pumped his fist in the air and I smirked.

"Yeah, and I kick em where it hurts!" I said and did a horrible karate kick.

"Defense. I like it!" Miko said and we all went back to base. I was back with Ratchet in his vehicle mode. I didn't want his holoform to go away, it was too handsome! Wait, urgh, what the hell, mind? Why are you acting this way? Sure the holoform was sexy in all ways possible, but it was a holoform, not a real human. Where am I going with this? You know what, never mind!

"Wendy, why did you chose that song?" Ratchet got me out of my thinking. I shook my head a little and thought for a second.

"It reminds me of my life and the fact that I curse the day he was born." I say and Ratchet nearly stopped on the road.

"Wendy, if he wasn't born, then you never would have existed or met us or have great friends that care about you." Ratchet said and I was taken by surprise. He really thought I was important to be born? He said that I was a mistake along with her. We were never meant to exist. I let go of my breath and had to calm myself down. I couldn't break down on the road.

"Thank you for caring, Ratchet." I said in the best cheery voice I could manage. "It means a lot to me. But I also wanted you guys to know a little about what I have to do to get on with my life. Can we talk about something different?" I was hoping that he would change the subject and not poke into my personal bubble.

"Uh...how's the weather?" Ratchet asked and I giggled. That was the best he could come up with?

"It's all good and dandy." I said as I looked out the window. "I like the warmth. It's the hell of a lot better than the cold. I'm more of a summer and beach person." We made it back to base and we all piled back into Bumblebee and Jazz. We had to go back shopping for school clothes and for Sapphire. We got done shopping at around 11, maybe midnight and my feet were SORE from all of that walking! Seriously, I think I lost about 10 pounds. And who says shopping isn't a real workout? Not a workout my ass!

I was on the edge of passing out when we got back to base. Ironhide, Ratchet and Optimus were the only ones awake by this point. The boys had decided to take the stuff in the other room and I walked over to Optimus with sleepy eyes and held my hands up. He managed to catch me when I fell from exhaustion. I could see Ratchet starting to freak out when I fell, but Optimus reassured him that I was fine, just tired. That was the last thing I remember before blacking out.

So, you didn't think I would update that fast, did ya? Haha, I proved you wrong! The only reason why this didn't take as long is because this chapter was entirely made up of my own experience. I didn't have to make sure I got lots of words down from the original show.

From what I've heard, we nearly beat SOPA and we need to keep voting! DOWN WITH SOPA, LONG LIVE FANFICTION AND ALL THOSE OTHER SITES!

And I have asked for suggestions as who to bring in new Autobots. I asked for at least 3 and I have picked them: Chromia, Elita-1, and Prowl. Those are the only ones. I chose Chromia so Ironhide won't get too lonely in his room. ;) I chose Prowl because he's British and I haven't seen many stories with him in it. And I chose Elita so the motorcycle sisters could be together. And no, Elita and Optimus won't be together, I never liked that pairing. I think I may hook her up with Jazz because Sapphire needs a mother in her time of need. Optimus will get together with Arcee. If you guys don't like it, then too bad, it's happening anyway!

Enough with my rambling, please R&R and no flames! Peace out, guys! ;)