This is told from Megatron's point of view. Enjoy.
'Blah.' Whitesilence thought.
Chapter 6: Growing Up
I woke up and looked down at Whitesilence and smiled as she rubbed her head against my chest as she slept. I sat up and pulled her closer against me, still not believing that she was still his. He half expected Landmine to come after the child of his best friend, though young Optimus Prime would have come after Whitesilence just to prove that he could take whatever he wanted from the Decepticon's leader. Whitesilence shifted in my arms and he looked down at her. Her light blue optics slowly came on as she stared up at me. She smiled and rubbed her head against me.
'Morning father.'
"Hello little one." I replied gently.
She yawned her incredible quite yawn and tried to turn around in my arms. I smiled as I flipped her onto the bed on her back. She looked up at me in fear, knowing all to well what I was planning.
'Mercy.'
"I don't think so." I stated as I began to tickle her side.
I could hear her squealing in my head with laughter and tickled her all the harder. She had her arms and legs pulled up to her body and she was rolling over trying to throw me off. I laughed gently as I stopped and picked her back up. She glared up at me and frowned.
'Why do you and Starscream insist on tickling the slag out of me?'
"Where did you learn to say that word?" I asked, my tone suddenly serious.
'Um, you, Starscream and just about everyone else in the base.'
I frowned. We would have to watch what we said from now on when she was present. I sighed as I cradled her in my arms, even though she was slowly getting too big for this. I looked her over carefully, noting subtle differences in her. She was starting to grow horns much like my own, though they were a soft cream colour instead of her usual white. Small spikes were beginning to grow beside her knees that were silver. I smiled, knowing that when she matured she would look like me.
What are you looking at?'
"I'm just seeing how much you've grown." I replied.
She looked up at him and smiled. She closed her optic shutters and began to breathe deeply. I frowned.
"Oh, no. You are not going back to sleep young lady!" I stated, giving her a small shake.
She opened her optic shutters and glared at me. Then she pulled herself up and sat on my leg. I placed her gently on the ground as I stood up, knowing that she preferred to walk around now rather than being carried everywhere.
'What are you doing today?'
"I'm going to try to convince Starscream to start training you, since you spend most of your time with him anyway." I stated gently. I smiled at her one last time before leaving my room and heading towards the rec room, knowing that Starscream would be there reading.
When I entered I backed up just in time to avoid being hit by Thundercraker as he was thrown across the room. I looked in the direction that he had come from and saw an enraged Starscream panting hard, his purple optics seemed to have a flame burning behind them. I shook my head, what did Thundercraker take from Starscream this time.
"Jeez Starscream, I didn't insult you! I just said that the femme was a waste of metal. What good is a Decepticon that can't talk and report what they find?" Thundercraker snapped, standing up.
"Excuse me Thundercraker? Do you mind repeating that for me?" I asked coldly.
Thundercraker froze and turned towards me. "Megatron, when did you get here?"
"When you were oh so graciously thrown across the room." I replied.
Whitesilence walked over to Starscream and looked up at him. Starscream nodded and picked her up. She must have asked him something about what happened and she had been right. She didn't mind being picked up but she preferred to walk around now. Starscream held her to his chest and patted the back of her head. I fought back the urge to smile. I knew that I could trust Starscream with my daughter; after all, she seemed to fill a void in his spark somewhat after we lost his little brother to the Autobots. I didn't bother telling him that he was on the way to being the second in command of the Autobot forces.
"Starscream, I need to have a word with you." I stated. I glared at Thundercraker. "If I hear you say that Whitesilence is a waste of metal, I will turn you into scrape." I stated very coldly.
Thundercraker walked backwards towards the door and slipped out quickly. I almost laughed at the action, finding the young seeker's action highly amusing.
'Dad, what did you want to ask Starscream?'
I turned towards Whitesilence and Starscream. I glared at Starscream, knowing all too well that he had asked her to get his attention.
"I wanted to ask you if you would be interested in training Whitesilence. You do spend most of your spare time with her to begin with." I stated.
"Are you sure sir? I'm sure that you would do a much better job at training her than I would." Starscream said simple.
I lifted an optic ridge. "I am more than aware that I would be a much better teacher, Starscream, but I am busy most of the day with the war to find time to train her." I replied.
"Of course sir. I wouldn't mind at all in training Silence." Starscream replied.
I saw the happy glint in his optics and knew that I had just found the perfect teacher for her. She would need her own room now so that she wouldn't have to wait for me to get up to start her training. I didn't want to let her go just yet but I knew that it had to be done. After all, she couldn't be dependant on me forever or else she wouldn't grow up properly. She needed to grow up in order to help the Decepticons and I wanted her to help us. I needed a telepathic Decepticon to help me attack the Autobots and know what they were planning.
"Good. Start her training tomorrow. I'll give her one last day of freedom." I stated as I turned and walked out of the room.
'You make that sound like training is a bad thing.'
"Who ever said it wasn't." I thought gently.
Author's Note: Ok, bad place to leave off, but I need something to work off of later. So review and tell me what you think.