You'll Find Your Ark (2015 TFPrime Version)
*Beware of a Little MLP Spoilers*
A/N: Background story first. When I first heard "You'll Play Your Part" (©Daniel Ingram) in part 1 of the MLP-FIM season 4 finale, I loved how it sounded and the voices. As I heard this again and again I thought about How Bumblebee would feel if he was given the Matrix of Leadership. Now I know what happened to it in TFP Rise of the Predacons, but this is a little different, Optimus would still be one with Allspark unfortunately, but what if a new kind of Matrix came after the planet rebirth, based on the future series coming to the Hub Network in 2015? No one can confirm or deny if Bumblebee might be a leader of Cybertron, (less that as a Prime), to my knowledge but I liked the story aspect to it and how funny it would be to cross it with the song.
Based on MY Fan Fiction story, Bumblebee is having trouble coming to terms as the new Prime Leader of Cybertron and coordinating a mission to rescue the lost refugee ship, the Ark. When he finally becomes frustrated enough he takes time to himself on a secluded balcony with a view of the rising sun, second moon, and stars above. Alone with his thoughts, he feels he will not live up to his predecessor, his leader… his friend, Optimus Prime. He's so distressed that he didn't notice the matrix glow from his chest-plates until he wakes up in a dark void with the spirits of Optimus and two other previous Primes around him. (Not canon TFP Primes, Just other known ones that would fit the song solos.) They ask Bumblebee their own questions of why he is denying the guidance of the new matrix, and Bumblebee explains in song. ^-^ Hehe. Pick your own singers for the characters.
Listen to the original song first.
You'll Find Your Ark
Bumblebee walks away from the three powerful figures, the scene from his balcony emerges and he looks out to the horizon with a servo on his center chest-plate.
It isn't that I'm ungrateful,
For this gift I seem to have earned.
For all the journeys I have taken,
All the lessons that I have learned.
But how could I possibly lead,
All the people who now follow me.
I don't know how to travel,
To a future that I can't see.
He closes his optics in sadness and walks back to face each of the other Primes, he looks to them; his gaze stood longer at Optimus's kind blues. The new Prime took off the crown he was forced to wear and presented it to the others.
I've grown a bit, this new crown on me,
I'm now the Prime, this is true.
But it's still unclear to me,
Why it chose me out of the blue.
I know of others more able,
To lead better than I can,
I am just a simple scout,
With no bigger part to the plan.
He lowers his helm and tossed the crown, then looks up at the soft hand servo on his shoulder.
[Optimus Prime]
Your destiny's uncertain,
And that's sometimes hard to take,
The Matrix's choice will become clear,
It hardly makes a mistake.
[Rodimus Prime]
The burden is always heavy,
I understood this once before.
I know how hard it is to take
The wheel as your engines roar.
Big Convoy stood by with a soft smile on his faceplate.
[Big Convoy Prime]
But you stand here for a reason,
You're compassionate and you're strong.
The Matrix has chosen you,
Because you belong!
Bumblebee finds himself before all three, the void swirls in pale aurora colors.
[Primes]
Know that your time is coming soon,
As the sun rises with the second moon.
As courage is found in every spark,
You are the Prime now, you'll find your Ark/arc.
[Rodimus]
We understand why you hesitate,
But there's no better candidate.
[Convoy]
Soon will come the orn you'll realize.
[Primes]
Know that your time is coming soon,
As the sun rises with the second moon.
As courage is found in every spark,
You are the Prime now, you'll find your Ark/arc.
Optimus's reassuring hand found Bumblebee's shoulder again.
You are the Prime now, you'll find your Ark/arc.
Optimus picks up the crown then hands it to Bumblebee, then smiles radiantly.
"Your time will come, Bumblebee. Just find the courage and believe in yourself."
Bumblebee flickered his optics open to find himself alone on the real balcony, the sun was rising with the second moon.
He looked to the crown in his hand, then crushed it. Optimus never wore a crown and neither will he.
The yellow bot stood up with a grateful smile as he looked back out to the dawn. When Ultra Magnus called his comm. to inform him of the new plans for the rescue mission, he walked out of the balcony with his spark and new responsibility much lighter than before.
A/N: First of all, sorry to anyone who thinks I butchered the song, I really love the original, this was just for giggles.
Second, NO RODIMUS OR BUMBLEBEE 2015 BASHING! Good grief I see it enough when I'm on tumblr and deviant art. Rodimus was the only choice close to matching Luna's solo, plus I don't care what those bashers say about them or other transformer characters.
I don't know much of Big Convoy, I've only watched the Eng. Version of his shows growing up when he was named Optimus Prime; I only heard of his given Japanese name only last year.
That's another thing, I've grown up on the cartoons of both Transformers and MLP since I was little in the 1990's. I'm not a big comic book fan of their franchises so don't expect me to know everything about them, I only know from what I've watched since then to today and from my other resources. And I enjoy every one.
I also don't know much of the orbiting moons of Cybertron if one does rise with the sun or if there is a sun at all; TFP has a sun rising in the movie so I'm sticking with that for now.
Plus Ark/arc has two meanings: "Ark" is for the missing Ark ship, while "arc" is from the meaning in a novel, play, or movie, the development or resolution of the narrative or principal theme. Showing that Bumblebee would be starting his own arc story apart from the other Primes.
Hoped you liked it! SCHOOL'S OVER!
Transformers + MLP (c) Hasbro
"You'll Play Your Part" (c) Daniel Ingram