A/N: Here's another filler from Cybertron about Sparkling!Will to take a bit of a break for the heavy stuff going on in the main story.

I chuckled to myself as I watched Will stare up at 'Warp and I from Starscream's arms as we lifted ourselves into the sky. "Are you ready for your first flying lesson?" I questioned and Will began chirping excitedly.

"Use your words; that's why you can speak after all." Starscream chastised.

And Will did look chastised.

"Come on 'Screamer, he's just excited," Skywarp said and our trine leader scowled at him for the nickname, "weren't we all at that stage?"

"Yes, but I was using words by then." Starscream retorted haughtily.

Skywarp looked over at me imploringly. "Come on TC, back me up on this."

I looked between the both of them, knowing whichever side I took would just lead to more sulking on both ends. So I steered them back to what really mattered at the moment to distract them both. "Aren't we forgetting about teaching Will how to fly?" I questioned pointedly.

Skywarp looked sheepish but Starscream just scowled at me for avoiding the question before he looked down at the sparkling and for a second his features looked a little less angry. "Are you ready, Will?"

Will nodded and thrilled, which turned into a screech as he was suddenly tossed into the air and Skywarp caught him. "Wow 'Screamer, if I didn't know any better I'd think he was your sparkling." He chuckled and that certainly was an interesting thought.

But it couldn't really be true, Megatron had made it clear that the sparkling was All-spark born and had only given Will to Starscream to look after because he was a seeker. 'To better prepare him' was the explanation. Starscream wasn't a Carrier; no matter how many times Will said it and I'd simply thought it was a term of endearment.

Yes, it was an interesting thought if Starscream turned out to be a Carrier.

"Helm's up TC!" Skywarp shouted and I reflexively caught the sparkling and stared into his gray optics, a mix of fearful exhilaration in them.

"Just think Will, one of these orns you'll be able to fly all on your own." I said and the fear started to turn into excitement and he fluttered his wings. I let out a chuckle of my own and tossed him to Starscream.

Once Will was caught, he looked down at the ground and let out a chirp and started pointing with his tiny claws. "Sire! Sire! Sire!"

I looked down and saw Megatron staring up at us with an odd focus in his optics as he looked at Starscream. Sure, we'd all heard the rumors about them, and the fact it was Starscream who got to take care of the seeker sparkling only added to them. Still, though 'Warp and I mocked Starscream for it, neither of was willing to have our afts blasted out of the sky by saying it in front of the boss.

There was a time and place for everything after all.

Starscream let out a strange sort of huffing sound and gently tipped Will's chin to look up at him. "Behave." He said sternly and Will's insistent chirping settled down.

"Wow 'Screamer, you can scare sparklings, you must be really proud of that." Skywarp said sarcastically and Starscream glowered at him before he tossed Will at him.

The glower turned into a smirk as Will seemed to dig his tiny claws into Skywarp's arm a little too hard. "What were you saying about who sparklings didn't like again?"

"Shut it." Skywarp scowled over at our trine leader and tossed Will over to me next.

I caught the seekerling and I thought maybe Will had scratched Skywarp on purpose. It also spoke about the parental connection he had with Starscream even though they weren't related. "You're a sneaky thing, aren't you?"

Will merely chirped and tilted his head innocently like he didn't know what I was saying.

I shook my helm and tossed him back to Starscream, who grinned down at him and patted him on his tiny helm. "Yes, yes he is. Aren't you?"

This time the sparkling cooed and nodded in agreement.

The only saving grace was that this sparkling wasn't actually related to Starscream, 'cause one of them was enough to last a life cycle.