Chapter 8: New Life
POV Neonna
Mega and I have been sparkmates for three years now. I have to admit, it was a bit strange at first to be living in another house with a mech you'd known for a few years, but over time I've gotten used to the change.
Our house was near the gladiatorial arena but at the same time it was also near by my flower shop. Man, Megatronus thought about everything when we bought the house. Speaking about the house, our home was a regular two-story building with a beautiful view on a hilltop. The backyard had an open space with a small patch of forest behind our yard.
I was enjoying the scenery on the porch with Megatronus when I felt woozy. I started to fall backwards until I felt Mega's arms around me to stop me from falling.
He looked at me with concern as he asked, "Neonna, are you alright?"
"Yeah, just felt a bit woozy, that's all" I replied to my mate.
"Maybe you should lie down and rest for a while," he said to me as he guided me back inside our house.
"Yeah, maybe I should lay down and power down for a while" I said as we went into our bedroom. He helped me get into bed and kissed me on the forehead before he left the room so that I could get some rest.
I woke up to see that I slept for nearly two hours. "Ugh, glad that today is a holiday" I said to myself as I slowly got up out of bed. That's when I started to feel a bit low on fuel. "Strange, I swore I already fueled up already. Oh well, I guess a little more energon doesn't hurt" I said to myself as I went into the kitchen to make myself a cup of energon.
For the rest of the day, I felt fine. May be I was woozy because I stayed up too late last night or something. But the same thing happened early the next day.
I was cleaning our house when I felt nauseous. Megatronus noticed and asked worriedly, "Are you sure that you are okay?"
"Ugh, I don't know. I think I caught a bug" I replied to him as I sat on the couch next to him.
He put his servo on my forehead for a while and said, "Hmm, you don't feel warm."
I felt very queasy as I got up off the couch and ran straight into the bathroom.
After I got out of the bathroom, Megatronus came up to me and said, "I don't think you should go to work today."
"But who would watch the shop?" I asked.
"I'll see if I could call my father-in-law if he could put the closed sign up and lock it up for you" he replied.
I shook my head as I replied, "But I have a lot of orders to deliver today."
He pondered for a bit before he asked, "Couldn't some of your workers take care of the shop and the deliver the orders for you?"
I paused for a moment before I replied, "I guess so, but I have to leave instructions for them."
He nodded as he went to grab a hologram cylinder and a digital pen for me to write with. I wrote down all of the instruction for my workers and the times and places for the deliveries before I handed it to him.
He took the cylinder and said, "I'll put this in the shop for them to see it. I'll be back soon, okay honey?"
"Okay" I replied as I went back into our room to power down.
The nausea stopped for a couple of days before it came back again. I finally decided that it was time for me to see a doctor. I made an appointment to see my medic at one o'clock in the afternoon.
I drove to the doctor's office and waited in the waiting room to be called. As I waited, I happen to see a young mother with three sparkling children.
"Mom, why do we have to get our shots today? I feel just fine," said a young male sparkling.
The mother turned to her son and replied, "So that you three don't catch the cold virus that's been going around at school."
"Aw, but I want to miss a couple days of school" said an older male sparkling.
The mother gave her son the look before he folded his arms and pouted a bit.
Then the nurse came and said, "Would Mrs. Neonna come to room 10, please."
I got up and went down the hall to find room 10. I finally found the room and knock on it.
"Come in," said my doctor's voice.
I went in to see my childhood doctor, Dr. Lavalight. She looked at me with a wide smile on her faceplate and said, "Why, you are all grown up, Neonna." She laughed as she said, "I must be getting too old for you."
I giggled a bit before I said, "You'll always be my medic, Dr. Lavalight."
She smiled at me before she said, "Anyway, I got your call that you haven't been feeling too well." I nodded my head as she said, "Could you tell me what is ailing you?"
I told her what happened a few days ago up until today. She nodded her head while writing everything down.
Once I finished my story, she pondered for a bit before she asked, "Looks like I need to run some tests."
"Tests?" I questioned as my eyebrow arched up in confusion.
She nodded her head and said, "Yes, but your symptoms are like some cases of pregnancy."
My optics widened as I said, "Pregnancy!?"
She nodded as she said, "But I must be sure because those symptoms could also be signs of other illnesses. That is why I need perform tests on you so that you don't have any serious viruses in your system."
I nodded my head as she took a small energon sample and transmission fluid sample. She told me that she'd contact me as soon as possible for the results. I went back home and rested for a while.
A few hours had gone by since the appointment when I received the call. I pressed the button on the communications box in the living room and said, "Hello?"
"Hello Neonna, it's me, Dr. Lavalight" said the caller.
My spark skipped a beat as I asked, "What are the results of the tests? Am I infected?"
"Actually Neonna, you are healthy as a cyber horse. You are not positive to any viruses that have those symptoms." she said to me.
I breathed a sigh of relief before I asked, "Then why am I so nauseous?"
She paused for a second before she replied, "You see Neonna...you are positive for something."
My optics widened as I asked nervously, "What am I positive for?"
Dr. Lavalight replied, "Neonna, you are pregnant."
My spark stopped for a split second before I said, "I'm pregnant?"
"Yes" she replied to me.
"How long have I've been pregnant for?" I asked.
"Nearly a year now" she said to me.
I could hardly believe that all this time I was pregnant with a sparkling. I smiled as I replied to my doctor, "Thank you Dr. Lavalight for giving me this information."
"You're welcome. Now for your nausea, I suggest that consume small amounts of energon every couple of days so that you don't feel sick. Also when you power up, slowly get out of bed so that you don't feel light headed" she said to me.
"Will this go away?" I asked.
"It's different for every femme, but usually, the nausea would go away after six more months" she said to me.
I nodded my head as I said, "Okay, well bye for now."
"Good bye Neonna, and take good care of yourself and that sparkling of yours" she said.
"I will" I replied before I hanged up.
I sighed as I waited for Megatronus to return home from the arena. Oo, I wonder how he would take the news that I have for him. I mean yes the two of us want to have sparklings in the future, but I didn't expect to bear children so soon in our marriage.
Then I heard the door unlocked as Mega opened the door and came into the house. He walked into the living room where I was and asked, "So, what did the doctor say?"
I looked nervously at my mate as I replied, "She said that there was nothing wrong with me. I was healthy as a cyber horse."
He looked at me before he said, "Huh, then why do you feel sick and woozy every couple of days?"
I looked to the ground nervously before I sighed and said, "Um Mega, there's...something I need to tell you."
He looked at me with concern as he asked, "What is it?"
I blushed a little as I looked up at him and replied, "I'm pregnant."
Megatronus' optics widened in shock as his jaw dropped. He looked like he was about to faint before he straightened up and asked, "Are...are you sure?"
I nodded my head in reply. He smiled at me before he stepped closer to me and hugged me. I was surprise by this action as I asked, "You're...you're not upset?"
He let go of me, looked at me, and replied sincerely, "Why would I be?"
"Well, I thought that you wouldn't want to have sparklings so soon in our marriage" I replied while I looked down.
He lifted my chin up so that I would look at him. He looked at me lovingly and replied, "I have to admit, I was surprise that we are going to have a child. But I am very happy that we are going to have a sparkling coming into our life soon."
My eyes started to fill with tears. Mega gently stroke my cheek as he bent down and kissed me for a couple of seconds.
He then asked, "When are you due?"
"About nine years" I replied.
He nodded as he said, "Plenty of time to be prepared for our child to come into our life."
I nodded as I buried my head in his chest.
*Flash forward: nine years later*
POV Megatronus
Today is the day that Neonna was due with our sparkling. I waited in the waiting room of the hospital. I paced back and forth as I waited for the news from the doctors. My father-in-law was standing by the door and watched me pace back and forth.
"Megatronus my son, don't be so nervous. She'll be fine" he said to me.
I turned to look at him as I replied, "I just can't help it, Father. I'm worried that something bad will happen to Neonna, our sparkling, or even to the both of them!"
He shook his head as he replied, "Nothing bad is going to happen to them."
"How do you know for sure?" I asked.
He came up to me, placed his huge servo on my shoulders, and replied, "My daughter is just too stubborn to let anything happen to her and her sparkling. Besides, I've been through this kind of thing and do you know what I did?"
"What?" I asked while I looked up at him.
He smiled at me and said, "I kept my cool and waited patiently for the doctors to come get me when they were done."
I looked at him with awe as I said, "Did it really work?"
He laughed jollily as he said, "You bet your lucky horse powered jets it did!"
"I guess I could give it a shot" I said out loud.
"You better listen to your old man because I'm sick and tired of seeing you pacing already!" said Thunderdash.
My father-in-law narrowed his optics as he retorted, "Who are you calling old man, young whippersnapper!"
Thunderdash was about to walk towards him when Shadowwave intervened and stopped him.
Then the door opened as a young nurse came out. I walked up to her and asked, "How is she?"
The nurse smiled at me before she said, "Why don't you see for yourself. She's in room 104."
She stepped to the side so that I could enter. I looked for room 104 until I found it. I opened the door and saw Neonna on the bed holding our sparkling. She heard me come in, looked up at me, and smiled lovingly. I walked over to her side and saw our sparkling.
The newborn was a plane mercury colored robotic looking baby, which was completely normal because their bodies start out very delicate and soft before they could develop their armor. The sparkling's optics opened to reveal beautiful lilac irises with a heliotrope purple outline of the rim of the iris as well as the pupils.
It smiled at me as it tried to reach its little servos up at me. I smiled as I turned to my mate and asked, "Boy or girl?"
She turned to me and replied, "Girl. Our beautiful baby girl." She nuzzled our girl motherly as the sparkling giggled. I couldn't help but smile as I wrapped my arm around Neonna.
Neonna's father and my friends came into the room to see our sparkling.
Neonna then said, "What should we call her?"
"May be Gemstone or Celestia or…" said Thunderdash before he was cut off by Shadowwave.
"Let them decide, Thunderdash" Shadowwave said.
Thunderdash crossed his arms as he retorted, "I was only just making some suggestions on the sparkling's name."
I looked at our daughter for a long time before I said, "How about Harmony."
My mate smiled at the name as she said, "Harmony. It's perfect for her, Mega." I smiled as we continue to watch Harmony looking up at all of us.
Oh little does our baby daughter know now how special she really is at this moment in life. Her life has yet to unfold, but I will swear on this day that I will protect my baby girl, until the day that I can no longer protect her anymore.