I got the writing bug again! Let's see how long it lasts. Two chapters up and coming. Here's the first.


Starlit's view:

It had been a few days since Jazz left the base. Prowl went back to being what Bumblebee called a 'mopey, boring ninja bot.' I knew he just missed Jazz.

I was currently in his room, meditating with him. I had asked him not long after I had mistaken him as our Creator's killer, if he would teach me the ways of metalikato. I hoped it would bring us closer together and strengthen our bond as siblings. Of course he agreed and told me as long as I was willing to learn, he'd teach me. So far he had taught me some basic moves and was currently teaching me to get in touch with my inner self. I didn't get it, but I wasn't giving up.

Prowl was humming softly as he meditated and I tried to focus mostly on that and the few birds around us. With those focus sounds, I was starting to get it and relaxing when Bumblebee burst in.

"Hey Prowl!" He called out, causing me to jump and Prowl growled softly. "Teletran One picked up a Decepticon signal and Prime wants us to check it out." I looked over to my brother with expectant optics.

He gave a heavy sigh. "Guess training will have to wait, Starlit." Was all he said before he got up and started walking towards the door. I pouted for a moment before getting up.

"Can I come with you?" I asked when I caught up with him and Bee in the hall. Prowl looked down at me with a frown.

"No, you may not. It's too dangerous and you don't have an Alt. mode." I knew he'd say that.

"But on my last check up, Ratchet said my age was miss read and I'll be a hundred and sixteen tomorrow..." He cut me off.

"And until tomorrow you don't have an Alt. mode. Starlit I've talked to you about this. Until you get your upgrades and have more training, you cannot leave the base." I rolled my optics and sighed.

"How am I supposed to get any training if I stay here all day?!" I argued. "I..."

"I said no. Now stop complaining." Prowl said shortly and walked off, leaving me with Bumblebee.

"Hey, how about tomorrow you and I go driving." The yellow mech smiled and put a hand on my shoulder. "It'll be fun!"

I smiled back and nodded. "Ok!" I beamed while he and I walked towards the living room.

"Alright, Bumblebee, Bulkhead and Prowl will take the west while Ratchet and I go in towards the east. Hopefully we can cut this guy off before he gets too close to the city." Optimus said as we walked in. I looked up to the monitor and saw a flashing purple insignia that Prime had told me was the Decepticon sign. It was in fact heading towards the city, and quite fast.

"Alright, transform and roll out!" He called out and everyone went on their way except Optimus himself. "Starlit, you can be our eyes here, alright? I heard your argument with Prowl. He is right. It's too dangerous, but you can help by calling us if more trouble appears, ok?" I was elated that I was being included and said yes. "Atta girl." He smiled before driving off to catch up to Ratchet.

I ran to the front of the monitor and sat down, watching it carefully to make sure noting came up.


For hours nothing happened except everyone's signal showed up around the 'Con. I was getting bored and sunk down in the chair a bit. Suddenly, a new signal showed up. It was just a red blip on the screen near the forest. It was there for only a second but I know I saw it. I sat up and told the computer to search the area.

"No signal found." The computer's voice told me. I told it to scan again but got the same results.

"Strange..." I told myself and figured it was a glitch, but decided to report to Prime any way. "Optimus, it's Starlit." I said, pressing my fingers to my audio receptor.

"Optimus...grrr...w-what is it Starlit?" He sounded like he was fighting. A bot in the back ground was laughing at them and taunting them in a German accent.

"There was a weird blip on the screen near the forest. It's gone now but...I thought I should report it." The connection was silent for a moment.

"Thank you Star, we'll check it out. Over and out." He said hanging up. I wondered who it was that they were fighting.


When they came back they looked a little worst for wear. Apparently Blitswing, the Decepticon, was tracking an All Spark shard signal. Prime had to explain to me what that meant. Apparently not long before I came here, the All Spark was shattered into thousands of pieces by him in order to keep it away from the 'Cons.

"Yeah, and we've been running around busting our tail pipes trying to recover the pieces before the Decepticons can get their greasy hands on them!" Bumblebee added.

"Any way, about that signal you said you saw, I scanned the area out there but there seemed to be nothing there." Optimus told me. "Where exactly did you see it?" He motioned for me to show him on the computer screen. I walked over and typed in the coordinates I had written down.

"Here!" I pointed to where the computer locked on to. But as Prime said, there was nothing. "It was only there for a nano click but I know I saw it." I looked at glanced at everyone but only Prime, Prowl and Bumblebee seemed to believe me.

"Are you sure it wasn't a glitch? "Bulkhead asked me. "It's not that I don't believe you its just...well...there's nothing there."

"I know that, but it was right there. I swear!" I wanted them to believe me.

"I believe you, but where did the signal go?" Prowl asked aloud. Everyone looked just as dumbfounded as me.

"Let's check it out tomorrow morning. Until then, let's rest up. Today was a long day." Optimus dismissed us to do whatever we wanted.

"Starlit, shall we?" Prowl smiled softly, signaling he was going to train me a bit more before the day was over. I smiled and followed him back to his room. For now, I wouldn't worry about the weird red blip.


I woke up the next morning to Prowl sitting on the edge of my berth.

"Mmm..." I groaned and rubbed my optics. "What's wrong?" He only did this when I was sick or if he was worried about something.

"Nothing." He smiled and held out his hand. "Come on, the little bird you helped is ready to be set free." I took his hand and allowed him to help me up and lead me to his room.


The bird was chirping in its cage and flapping its wings, wanting be free. I opened the little door and carefully took the bird into my hands. Prowl motioned for me to come over to a low branch to set the little yellow bird on. Once it was on the branch, it looked at us for a second before taking off, chirping and tweeting happily. I smiled as I watched it fly. Deep down, I wished I could fly with it.

"Starlit." I turned to Prowl who now had his hands behind his back. When he had moved to retrieve whatever it was was beyond me. "Close your optics and hold out your hands." I tilted my head to the side in confusion but did as he told me. I felt something being set inside my stretched out palms. "Ok, you may open your optics." I did and gasped. He had given me the prettiest purple and white flower I had ever seen.

"It's called an orchid. They're very fragile but are quite pretty. I thought you'd like it." He smile and put an arm around my shoulder, giving me a half hug. "Happy spark day." He said and kissed my helm. I set the little potted plant on the ground and hugged him fully, nearly knocking him down.

"Thank you, Prowl. I love it!" I was very happy that Prowl cared enough to remember what today was. It was even more special to me because I didn't remember ever celebrating a spark day.

"You're very welcome." He said softly and hugged me back.

Prowl then told me the others were waiting in the living room for me and he wasn't kidding. Everyone, including Sari, was there and they had hung a banner with crudely paining letters that spelled 'Happy Spark Day!' I beamed.

"Happy Spark Day!" Everyone, but Sari who had said Birthday, cheered.

"Thank you!" I was so excited. Today I turned one hundred and sixteen, which on Cybertron meant you got your Alt. mode.


We had celebrated almost all day with games, music and towards the end, presents and something called cake. Sari and Bee attempted to make an energon and oil cake. It was ok; it was the thought that counted. The presents were awesome! Bee gave me purple fuzzy dice that I had no idea what to do with. He said they hung from your review mirror but I didn't know if I had one yet. Bulkhead gave me one of his nature paintings. It was blobby pink flowers but I could tell he put a lot of effort into it, and contrary to what Bee said, I actually liked it. Ratchet gave me a starter tool set since I had shown an interest in making little gadgets. That and the orchid were my favorites. Optimus surprisingly gave me a really nice gift. He got me authorized to use weapons early, as long as I was under supervision, Ratchet overrode my safety protocol and allowed me to use a pair of swords I had embedded in my wrists. Ok, maybe that was my favorite. I thanked him so many times he got tired of it and told me to just be careful. Sari's gift was another potted flower, a rose. It was yellow, the color of friendship she told me. Alright, all the presents were great! I can't decide on a favorite.

It had been a great day and when the party was winding down, Ratchet came back out from the medical bay, where he had disappeared to for a while, and announced he was ready for me. It took me a moment to understand what he meant, but when I got it I beamed.

"Ready for what?" Sari asked.

"For her Alt. mode upgrade of course!" The old medi-bot barked and lead the way. Prowl motioned for me to go first.


Once in the medical bay, I saw what looked like a giant booth. I wasn't sure what it was and looked to Ratchet.

"Step on in kid. This thing will scan you and down load the upgrade. Teletran One is in the sky waiting to scan a vehicle mode depending on your build." I swallowed hard at his words. I wanted to ask if it hurt but decided against it and stepped inside.

The door slid shut and a blue light shined down on me, blinding me for a moment.

"Scanning..." A little voice said. "Upgrade available. Please hold out arm." I did and a device came out and plugged itself into a small port in my wrist.

"Ow!" I flinched and felt a surge go through me. I felt and heard parts of my body moving and shifting. I felt a little weird when the device popped out.

"Upgrade complete. Prepare for Alt. mode download." The voice said again. The blue light came from all directions this time and I felt a tingling sensation go through me. "Alt. mode downloaded. Process complete." The door opened with a small cloud of mist. I stepped out and everyone gasped.

I looked at them, confused. "What?"

"You...look..." Sari trailed off.

"Awesome!" Bee finished

Ratchet pointed behind me to a mirror. "Take a look kid." I turned and gasped myself.

I looked very similar to Prowl. I even had boosters like him! The difference between us was I had a very feminine body shape, my face was more heart shaped and my coloring was much different. Where he was beige I was white, where he was black I was aqua and where he was gold I was purple. I also did not have a visor so my green optic showed while his blue ones were hidden. As I had said, my body was now very femme and no longer boxy. My chest plating was a more triangular shape now, my waist was hour glass shaped and...my aft was rounded out. I blushed a bit as I noticed that. I was also now tall enough that the top of my helm came to Prowl's visor. This was now my max height and I wouldn't grow any more. I was a bit disappointed but at least I was taller than Bee, but not by much.

"Wow! So what's your new form?!"Sari asked. The others seemed to want to ask the same thing.

I shrugged. "I'm not sure." I said turning back around to them.

"Well, try it out kid!" Ratchet smiled. I smiled back and gave it a shot. It didn't hurt at all, just felt weird the first time.

"You're a motorcycle too!?" Bulkhead gasped. I looked back in the mirror and saw I was in fact a motorcycle. My wheels were a light grey and my front had the same triangular shape my chest plating had.

"Cool!" I revved a bit in excitement.

"Alright now, none of that in here." Ratchet glared.

"Sorry." I said and transformed back. "Guess I got excited." I scratched the back of my helm.

"Come on! Let's try it out! You gotta drive!" Bumblebee motioned for me to follow as he and Sari ran out towards the front of the base. I happily followed, the others no far behind me.


Bumblebee transformed quickly and speed around the old parking lot.

"Come on Starlit! Let's take your wheels for a test drive!" He revved.

I laughed and transformed. I drove around the parking lot with him, all be it a little slower than him.

"Take it easy Starlit." Prowl said as he transformed and drove around towards me. "You don't have to be good at it from the start. No matter what Bee says." I smiled at my brother, even if he couldn't see it and let my thanks flow through our bond.

"Hey! I never said she had to be!" Bee shouted, made a U-turn and speed towards us, stopping just inches from me making me back up and tip onto Prowl. He nudged me a bit to help me back up.

"Cut it out Bumblebee! I don't want to have to bang dents out of her already!" Ratchet yelled at the yellow car. Sari was by the medic's feet.

"Yeah Bee, don't scare her!" She crossed her arms.

"Oh, I won't." He huffed and backed off. "Come on! Let get on the road!" He opened his door to let Sari in, who gleefully jumped in, before he speed off down the road. "Last one around the block has a rusted axel!"

I looked at Prowl to gauge what to do. He sighed.

"I'll be right behind you, just...be careful." He gave me a small push from behind, encouraging me to go. I revved and speed off as fast as I dared, which was apparently fast, because I heard Ratchet curse under his breath as I turned and chased after Bee.


We must have raced around for at least an hour. I was getting the hang of it finally. Prowl taught me about turn signals over our com-links and what stop signs and stop lights were and what color meant what. Eventually he deemed it ok for us to go into the city and the whole group of us were out driving down town. Bumblebee was happily racing with me around the empty side streets. I was laughing and giving chase. The other stayed a ways behind to give us some room.

"Woooohooooooo!" Sari cheered from the open windows of Bee's car form. I speed up and had finally caught up when something flew through the air.

"Woh!" Bee hit the brakes and I did not long after him, both of us screeching to a halt. "What was that!?"

I looked around the sky but saw nothing. "I'm not sure..." the others pulled up to us and looked about too.

"Bumblebee, take Sari and Starlit home. The rest, fan out." Optimus said, backing up.

"Aww man..." Sari pouted.

"Sorry Sari, but there's always next time." Prowl said going to opposite way of Prime.

"Come on," Bee said sadly. "Let's go home..." He pulled forward and led the way back. I followed silently. Something about that blur was familiar. I couldn't figure it out, but I knew something was very wrong.


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