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Optimus continued to head for his home, with precious little Emerald in his arms. She had snuggled into his chest and had fallen into recharge. Optimus smiled as he continued to carry her home. He still hoped that Megatron would not reject the little one, as she badly needed love and a place to belong. Optimus was first greeted by one of his almost fully grown sons, Orion. "Hey mom, who's that?" Orion asked, curious.
"This is your new sister, Emerald. She never had a family before and I firmly believe Primus led her to us, and so I brought her home. Be gentle with her" Optimus answered softly, explaining things a little bit.
"She is so pretty. I can't believe that she was unwanted" Orion replied softly, careful not to rouse the sleeping little femme.
"She told me her story. It was sad, but I told her it didn't have to stay that way. Did you know she didn't even have a name?" Optimus asked as he spoke with his son.
"Wow, I feel bad for her. She deserves to have a name that fits her" Orion stated.
"I asked her to pick one. She chose Emerald. So, like I said, meet your new sister, Emerald" Optimus replied. Orion smiled and softly called his two other triplet brothers who were also happy to meet the little femme. Optimus was glad that his children were so accepting. He just hoped his sparked mate would be just as accepting of the precious little femme. And so, hoping it was the right thing to do, Optimus thanked his sons for their support and headed to where his mate was resting with the sleeping little femme in his hands.
Megatron was lazing in bed, still too low on energon to get up. He had a drip going and was just rousing when Optimus made his way into the room, the sleeping Emerald in Optimus' arms. Megatron smiled softly when he saw his mate, but the smile seemed to change to a questioning look when Megatron noticed the sleeping sparkling. "Where did you find her?" Megatron asked softly, a little worried as he wasn't sure about this whole thing.
"She found me" Optimus explained and then informed his mate of what the little femme had told Optimus about her short and tragic past. "I told her she would always have love and a family with us."
Megatron studied the little one, curious. Optimus didn't show it, but he feared Megatron would reject the precious little femme who had nowhere else to go. "What is her name?" Megatron asked.
"She wasn't initially given a name. She always thought she was a reject. I told her she is more than that as Primus doesn't make junk. He makes each bot special. After that, she picked out the name Emerald for herself" Optimus explained, still hoping his mate would accept the little one.
And at that time, Emerald decided to rouse before Megatron could answer. Emerald was nervous at seeing the bot. "Who…who is this?" Emerald asked, a bit scared.
Optimus was going to answer, but Megatron beat Optimus to the punch. "I am your father, dear one" Megatron explained softly with a warm smile. Optimus relaxed at seeing that. Emerald looked to Optimus who nodded. Then and only then did Emerald reach out for the older bot. Optimus carefully placed Emerald into Megatron's arms. Emerald, sensing the love, snuggled into Megatron's chest, careful of the sparkling bump Megatron had. Megatron smiled, happy to welcome the sweet little femme into the family. Emerald fell back into recharge.
"Thank you for accepting her" Optimus said softly and sweetly to his mate before kissing his mate's forehead.
"It's my pleasure to accept such a wonderful little one into our brood. All I ask is that next time you don't just spring one on me, but we talk about this" Megatron answered.
"I understand, love. Next time I will tell you if something like this happens" Optimus replied and then climbed into the berth with his mate and their new daughter. All seemed happy and well.