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[quilloleander]

It is the ambiguous ending which I interpreted D-16 is now being reunited with his creators after he’s been accidentally removed from the lake, but I’m looking forward for the next story chapter where Dee will realize they’re actually his creators. Because I like the Primes as Eldritches but I hope when Orion Pax and D-16 will might travel around the areas where the other Primes will be awaken Orion and D-16 need to avoid dangers and including the locations where the Primes are,

Here’s the gift.

This is the egg where Megatron/D-16 as the protoform merformer and after hatching from the egg he’s now the merformer sleeping peacefully.

Gift to @quilloleander

Ahhh thank you again for the art hehe.

And yeah, hopefully I'll write another chapter for that but I'll see cause I have way too many ideas and too many things to still write skskks.

Honestly, I do want to write this other scenario for the Primes as Eldritches AU but more of an apocalyptic setting sksksks but I shall see. I really ought to make a list of things I want to write but I'll get to that eventually skksks.

[quilloleander]

I also have draw the artwork before Megatron is “kidnapped” he is once the protoform in the egg. Along with his creators Megatronus and Prima,

Because I respected your awesome story work since you’re now starting to redo the work in your other account. So I want to give you as the gift because that can make you feel better.

Gift to @quilloleander

Oh my god ;-; He's just a little guy in his little egg ;-;

Thank you for the art again. I really appreciate them huehuehue.

Also thank you, yeah I'm just trying to repost my stuff in the old account then I'll get back to writing more fanfics. Thank you for the art again!

[quilloleander]

"I implore you, by the power of Primus: let me witness Megatron Sparkling soaring through the skies in his tank mode... as if he were a helicopter." 🚁😭💖

Hi Kate!!

Here's the one for your prompt! Posting this here cause even though I moved accounts, the ask was here so skskks

https://archiveofourown.org/works/65467561/chapters/175131076

[quilloleander]

Hey, I have draw the artwork as the gift for you and respect for your awesome story,

This is Megatron/D-16 as the sparkling before he is taken, I draw Megatron sleeping there is music notes which implies Megatronus is singing him the lullaby to get to sleep.

gift to @quilloleander

Oh my god!!! CUTEEEEEEE. He's just a little merformer 😔

He's just a sleepy little bab.

Thank you so much, this made me smile when I saw it. Also yes, Megatronus would have loved to sing him little lullabies if he'd actually stayed with his creators and if they were allowed to remain awake.

[quilloleander]

I read entire Primes as Eldritches beneath the surface and call of the deep story it was great! It has the great writing and D-16/Megatron getting submerged in the lake where the melody is sung then he fall asleep, now I wonder about Micronus Prime, Quintus Prime, Amalgamous Prime, Vector Prime and Onyx Prime as eldritches what they going to be. Onyx will be like the griffin who lives in the nest if any cybertronians would try trespassing the territory Onyx would likely attack the intruders or trespassers if they dared to go to his territory unless the cybertronians have to leave his territory and areas. But happy birthday to you I know your birthday is finished, but that’s okay mistake happens.

Hi!! Sorry for the late response skskks I moved accounts so I haven't been checking up on this one for a while. But I'm glad you liked the Primes as Eldritches AU!

So in terms of what the other Primes are, I'll keep this brief cause I am no longer using this account so I'll be transferring most info of my AUs to the other account.

Micronus Prime in this AU is sort of like a sandworm-like creature. I know his whole schtick is that he's the precursor to minibots and I wanted to incorporate that as him being an eldritch monster that lurks within the depths of the planet. He's currently sleeping underneath Iacon and can very much emerge whenever he wants - and Primus can't get rid of it him no matter how much he tries.

Quintus Prime, and this one is my favorite cause Quintus is one of my favorite Primes, he's actually the sky. The sky over Cybertron is fake. That's just Quintus. He's a giant mecha-squid like creature, think Cthulhu. The "stars" you see aren't actually stars, those are actually his sleeping Quintesson babies (cause I'm pretty sure he was the one who made the Quintessons).

Amalgamous Prime has no distinct shape, sometimes he acts as the surface of the planet (cause somebody in the OPMeg server I'm in said that the surface of the planet shifts a lot, and Amalgamous is the precursor I think to transformation in itself). Though sometimes he also just shapeshifts into other Cybertronian bots. He's one of the few Primes that are awake.

Vector Prime is honestly difficult and I haven't figured out what he is. Cause he's the Prime of Space and Time - which in themselves are already kinda eldritch like concepts if you think about it. All I know is that he's the second monstrous looking Prime next to Prima. I don't think I'm smart enough to write it, but I'd like to think Eldritch Vector breaks the fourth wall skskkks.

As for Onyx, you're actually very close. The thing with Onyx, it's very much canon in Covenant of Primus that he was the most beast-like Prime so I didn't have to do much to make him an Eldritch. He's just more animalistic here and much more gigantic. He did actually hunt down Cybertronians in the past, though in the modern times, he's just sleeping on a giant mechanical floating island in the sky.

Also thank you for the late birthday greeting haha.

[quilloleander]

Was reading the latest primes as eldritch fic, and the part where Prima was ready to destroy the cities when he saw his sparkling missing makes me wonder what will actually happen if Megatron nor Orion wasn't actually there lol. Like, Megatronus just suddenly woke up and went to see his sparkling only for him to realize that Megatron was missing, and prima, being the cool dad that he is, went ahead and covered cities with his rust storm, and probably offlined a bunch of mechs, until he finds Megatron.. Who wasn't even in Cybertron, and is currently exploring a different planet with his amica. He's gonna have a huge surprise if they ever came back to Cybertron.

That's a nice thought.

Great stories as always! Love the new flying fic of little megatron with Dadscream. Midway, I honestly thought that it will end up like that one scene in hotel Transylvania 2.

Oh honestly if Prima gets so distressed, it would actually wake up the other Primes. That's why in the original Primes as Eldritches fanfic, Pax was so happy cause with Prima being awake there was a strong chance the other Primes would wake up because of him.

So if Prima was so distressed that he couldn't find his and Megatronus' sparkling? He would absolutely cause the other Primes to wake up. This would then lead into an apocalypse scenario cause really the only thing holding the Primes back from causing an apocalypse is their agreement with Primus and the Senate not to do any of that. If Prima feels the agreement was violated - and in this case with his sparkling going missing, it may as well have been violated - he is going back on his word.

But yeah I'm glad you liked the stories.

Also thank you for reminding me of that scene lmao. Just for that, if baseline Megatron was also a flier then that's 100% what happened in that scenario lmao.

[quilloleander]

Help me decide on what to write because god knows I am extremely indecisive.

I put One-Shot Collections because I seem to have a problem writing full on chaptered fanfic so I may as well just write them all as one-shot collections cause then at least they get finished SKSKSK.

[quilloleander]

Yes this is a new account, no do not ask me why I made a new one SKSKSK

Shattered Glass Transformers Discord Server

Hello! I made a Shattered Glass Transformers Discord Server (for adults only!) because I love this specific continuity/content so now there's a server for one hehe.

[quilloleander]

Shattered Glass Discord Server

Hello! Just checking to see if there’s an interest on a Shattered Glass discord server (for adults). SG is my favorite continuity so I wanted to see if there’s a (not need, per say, but like I suppose) want for a Shattered Glass dedicated discord server since some continuities have their own dedicated servers so I just wanted to check.

Though if there’s any existing Shattered Glass discord servers (for adults)… maybe… share link? 👉👈

[quilloleander]

Just a silly question (not really but let's pretend it is), what flower would y'all associate with SG Megatron?

[quilloleander]

Read the new addition to Shattered Reflections omg,, OP come get your boy he is being TORTURED!!! I do think this cements that Normal Megs wouldn't actually work with SG OP because. Torture and tyranty is a game he has experienced before and not one he wants to be the one winning. Thank you for adding more I love this series

Sadly, baseline OP doesn't know that Megatron is there.

Don't worry, he will soon hahaha.

And yeah, I personally never see SG OP x Baseline Megatron ever working cause their goals tend to not be the same at all. Like at least for TF:One, I don't think Megatron would ever want to work with a tyrannical Prime considering what Sentinel was like. He would never agree to work with SG OP, especially since this is a fucked up version of his Optimus who at least isn't being tyrannical (even if he still hates and distrusts him).

As for SG OP, he's a bit more difficult. There's always been the issue of Shattered Glass!Optimus being a bit removed from his baseline because in both SG FunPub and SG IDW, his motivations literally just range from "I want history to remember me" to "I want power." Which in itself is not a bad motivation, though it definitely lack the interesting motivation that most baseline Megatrons have.

Luckily for SG TF:One, he does have the same motivation as baseline OP as wanting to prove the cogless are more than what they are as well as "equality." Though, he goes about it the wrong way. Unlike baseline Megatron, he's more willing to work with him so long as their goals are aligned - cause really for me, an SG TF:One OP wouldn't be as tyrannical (like as in, he just goes crazy for no reason) - he wants to keep peace and order, but he's willing to torture and kill for the sake of it. He never wants to lose control because the last time he had no control under Sentinel's rule, he was powerless to do anything. He wants to keep power so that he'd never be that weak and helpless again. So, even if it's wrong, he'll do it anyway for the sake of a good end.

But yeah that's just my interpretation cause I never did like SG OP's motivation being "he's just crazy" cause I feel SG OP deserves a good motivation in the same way some baseline Megatron's motivations start of as not wanting to be oppressed skskks.

Though there is something to be said about SG IDW OP wanting power because he's never been in a position of being oppressed so he wants to keep holding onto the status quo he's used to, but that's a whole other discussion that will have me rambling and putting my polsci diploma to use and we don't want that right now skksksks.

[quilloleander]

i love your work and i'm so glad that somebody else sees parental starscream/high guard too because their dynamics with megs are sooo interesting i really wish there would be a tfone 2 so we could see more with them but for now i'll be content with your excellent writing 😄

Hi!

Thank you! I'm glad you like my work and yeah, I really love parental Starscream/High Guard. I know it's unconventional but like I've never been the type to ship characters a lot (honestly surprised I somehow got into OPMeg, toxic doomed yaoi so good it broke my personal bias towards more platonic relationships) and when I watched TF:One my first thought was just "oh they'd be such fucked up mentors to him."

I didn't have any prior knowledge to Transformers so I didn't know any of the previous dynamics so I was really surprised to find out that Starscream (as well as the High Guard who will eventually become the Decepticons, I imagine) was older than Megatron in TF:One but that wasn't the case in other continuities. By this point, my mind had already settled with the "fucked-up mentor" dynamic so I always saw it as platonic - and in a nicer context, maybe Starscream (and the other High Guard) might be somewhat parental.

God, I would love it if there was a discord server for just platonic stuff since I adore platonic relationships so much and I feel TF:One just gave Megatron a whole lot of opportunity for that since the rest of the more important Decepticons are older than him. Like they can make him so much worse hahaha.

Anyway, yeah, a bit of a shame there's no sequel in the works. Although, I personally am one of the few who didn't want a sequel (cause I don't want more heartbreak and I'm a bit skeptical if they can truly address some of the more serious aspects that the movie implied such as the cogless vs. cogged caste and the sudden power vacuum with Sentinel's death - sorry the political science major in me is analyzing lmao). So now, I can cope that the war and all the bad things that will obviously happen never happened because there's no sequel.

OPMeg got together after a week of being separated and there won't be a societal collapse. Trust. /copium

[quilloleander]

“And everything was fine, and this definitely does not lead to the events of the movie :). Sentinel definitely does not still kill the Primes and somehow manage to spirit Megatron away :). Dee definitely does not get surprised later on to find out he's not an only child and his creators did not die during the war in the Quintessons and he's actually related to Primatronus and the High Guard :).”

know you said one-shots…. But is it possible you’d ever… continue this 🥲

Hi! Due to the nature of the one-shot I can't really continue it since that would mean having to write with Megatron being grown-up skskks. Like unless you want more High Guard Siblings AU but just before Sentinel's betrayal I am also good to write about that, though anything that happens in the future I can't write since it doesn't fit the one-shot theme sksksk.

However, I can write more details about the AU in this ask since you're not the first to ask if I'll be continuing skskksks. So I'll just write some of the details down here.

Also sorry for the late response, I haven't been feeling well.

Starscream is the eldest, but he's triplets with Skywarp and Thundercracker, but he emerged first by a few seconds and he holds it over them.

Soundwave is a middle child, no specific placement cause there's a lot of High Guards lmao. He is one of the few who is currently conjunxed and has sparklings.

Shockwave is the second youngest. He actually has his face since he hasn't been empurata'd yet. He's also much larger than canon Shockwave cause he appears the most like Megatronus.

Since I recently discovered more High Guard members, specifically Slipstream and Redwing. I would place Slipstream somewhere among the eldests and Redwing as one of the youngests.

Okay, so, uh please don't crucify me and yes this one is entirely on me because I was the one who proposed it for this AU. Um... SenStar is actually a thing in this AU HAHAHAHA.

But yeah anyway, Sentinel still does his whole schtick (don't worry he and Starscream broke up a long time before he did his betrayal lmao).

He manages to spirit Megatron away - he was supposed to be killed but was saved and instead decogged. He grows up not knowing his relations.

Skywarp actually feels a lot of guilt cause Starscream assigned him to warp and grab Megatron before they left for the surface - but he was too slow.

Anyway, Shockwave actually does commit empurata to himself once they're on the surface because he can't stand to look at his face - which in this AU, looks similar to Megatronus' - and was close to shadowplaying himself too but was eventually stopped. His head is currently missing - though we joked in the OPMeg server that it somehow ended up in Sub-Level 50 with Bee.

Skipping to the current events, same thing happens in the movie and it deviates when they end up meeting the High Guard. Also, for this AU we went with the storyboard version of the main four getting electrocuted by the High Guard... except everyone but Dee gets electrocuted. They immediately recognized him and so they didn't electrocute him.

There's two scenarios I think. The first scenario is that the main three wake up in the base to find Dee already arguing with Starscream who already told him who he was.

The second scenario was the funny one where Shockwave (who is much bigger in this case as he took after Megatronus) is just carrying Dee while Dee angrily shouts at him.

But yeah, same thing in the movie where the main four are held captive by the High Guard - except in this scenario, they don't immediately get ambushed so they stay with the High Guard for a bit to plan on what to do about Sentinel. Dee manages to calm down a little because it's offset by the fact he suddenly has to deal with annoying older siblings.

But they still get ambushed. Starscream, Dee, and Bee along with some other High Guard members still get captured and dragged all the way to Iacon.

Starscream and Sentinel have a much longer argument because their exes that lowkey Dee is kinda grossed out cause... Starscream... your taste in mechs is... not great.

Sentinel does turn his attention to Dee, realizing he is Megatron and well threatens to brand him with Megatronus' decal so he'd never forget the life he lost.

And this is a bit more self-indulgent, but Starscream somehow breaks out of his restraints here and beats the hell out of Sentinel - this is because you don't threaten a younger sibling in front of their older sibling, okay? (<- said by an actual older sibling). So because of that Dee is never actually branded, and Sentinel still gets hit with a train because fuck that guy he deserves it.

He also gets beaten up by the High Guard because you know what, they deserved to get to do that in the actual movie so they get to do it in this AU.

Eventually, they expose Sentinel for his lies. Here, instead of Dee killing Sentinel, it's actually Starscream. No one stops this because to be fair I don't think Pax gave a damn about Sentinel dying - I just think he didn't want Dee to do it. Like he doesn't care if Starscream does it. Also in this scenario, Sentinel personally killed his creators so Starscream should absolutely kill him lmao.

And well, because somebody needed to become Prime and Pax didn't fall into the Well, we decided to make Starscream the Prime skskks - so more paperwork for him lmao.

And everything ends happy - well the Quintessons are still around but for happiness sake, they get dealt with and PaxD can have their little courting much to the annoyance of Starscream lmao.

There's also some deviations I think from the AU, like I'm pretty sure we had another version where it was the main four as sparklings who end up going to the surface (because Sentinel is not above child labor) - and like Megatron when he's transformed as a little tank just gets grabbed by one of the seekers and flown away skskks.

There's also the scenario where it's Soundwave who finds them and he just... puts Megatron inside his chassis while the other three keep slamming at his legs to release Dee.

There's also an SG version of this - because any AU that is made in that server immediately gets an SG version because I exist and I have a problem.

But that one is so convoluted that I am not even going to explain - just know that in that SG version, SG OP isn't actually that awful and doesn't become a tyrant.

Also in that SG version, instead of getting nearly branded, Dee gets nearly shadowplayed. He still retains some glitches afterwards because of that.

[quilloleander]

OPMeg Sparklings

I should be writing but my brain has decided to lock itself behind a wall and ideas are hard sksksk but I will finish that damn one-shot book I swear sksksk

For now I was bored today so the entire afternoon I was just going through picrew and neka.cc so I can make the OPMeg fankids I have to better visualize.

So like ignore me as I yap about them because I love my OPMeg fankids very much skskks no matter how much I torture them in their respective backstories.

A little note, the SG versions of them actually came first because Shattered Glass is my favorite continuity (however the SG continuity they come from is mostly my personal continuity soup). But, if I were to put them in baseline, it would be baseline IDW cause my SG continuity soup is primarily based off of SG IDW ideas. So yeah, there's some similarities there.

Picrew I used (for the robot designs): https://picrew.me/en/image_maker/2418542

Neka I used (for the human designs because I wanted to make human designs): https://www.neka.cc/composer/14057 and https://www.neka.cc/composer/13703

I tried my best to make them look like Optimus or Megatron but obviously the picrew doesn't have all the details that I can use to do that. Also if you're wondering about the optic colors not matching the factions, it's cause I personally don't care about the whole Autobot = blue and Decepticon = red, I think that's kinda meh since just because a robot has red optics doesn't automatically mean they're bad and I find it ridiculous to keep that for my opmeg fankids lmao.

Also sorry I am not good with color matching or design so if they look bad, I know SKSKSK I wish I was good with colors but I am not good with colors skskks.

Baseline Orionis

So for baseline Orionis, he was a very loyal Autobot and even was a high-ranking Autobot so he's seen plenty of action on the battlefield. While he did his job well and with pride, the stress of living up to his sire's name wore down on him. It didn't help that Optimus expected a lot from him. Of course, he isn't perfect so he made his own mistakes during his time as an Autobot - which he took to spark.

Eventually sometime in the future, he and Optimus have a huge argument due to an incident that Optimus kinda lowkey blamed him for. Some harsh words were said and Orionis decided to leave the Autobots to become a neutral instead. He's currently a detective and is not afraid to use underhanded methods to gain a lead in whatever it is he's currently investigating.

SG Orionis

So for SG Orionis, he was still very much a loyal Autobot and was in fact considered one of the more ruthless ones. He didn't see much of the battlefield though since he was more on espionage. It didn't help that he used his looks to be a bit deceiving so most bots were caught off-guard. Unlike baseline, he has a good relationship with his sire and desires to have his entire family back together.

He actually knows who his carrier is in SG and the only reason he defects from the Autobots is cause he saw no reason to linger around anymore. He decides to become a detective. He is completely unapologetic for the crimes he committed in the past (at least that's what he claims) and says he can just atone by trying to help others in the present instead of lingering in the past.

Baseline Theta

She was a medic for the Autobots, being placed within a neutral planet for the duration of the war. She was very dedicated to her job as a medic - so much so that she actually secretly helped Decepticons because to her it didn't matter what a patient did, so long as they were her patient, she will do her best to help heal them. She eventually grows to resent both factions.

Her helping Decepticons was eventually reported to Optimus and they both fought over this, with him deciding to pull her out of the planet she was stationed in. During the flight that was meant to take her back to the main Autobot base, she sabotaged it before disappearing. She was considered MIA for the rest of the war, but she became a wandering neutral medic.

SG Theta

She was also a medic but she was tasked to lure in Decepticons under the guise that she was a neutral medic running a neutral medical base. She would then kill any Decepticon that entered the medical base looking for help. She didn't enjoy her job as she felt it went against her code as a medic but felt she had no choice because both OP and Orionis were encouraging her to do her job.

After there was peace, she does defect since she found the opportunity to escape the planet when OP sent a ship for her to return home to Cybertron. She couldn't bring herself to stay with the Autobots any longer and decided to fully become a neutral, wanting to seek atonement by offering her medical services as she wandered from planet to planet.

Baseline Iota

While Megatron was extremely ruthless during the war (and realistically he would make any sparkling of his join the war once they were old enough), Iota was actually kept from joining the war as he let her do whatever she wanted. It was her choice whether she joined the war or not. She didn't participate in any of the actions of the Decepticons but she wasn't ignorant to how horrible they were.

When Megatron is captured during Chaos Theory, she manages to leave and defect to the Autobots. However, since she left the Decepticons during peacetime, she doesn't ever actually get to see a battlefield - a fact that Orionis and Theta kind of resent. She doesn't have a good relationship with any of her siblings, and only has a good relationship with OP.

SG Iota

Due to Megatron wanting to keep her away from the war, as the only sparkling he was able to actually keep cause OP took the other two, she mostly lived pretty much away from the war. This left her a bit naive from the ways of the world. This especially backfires when Megatron dies and comes back as... someone who she has a hard time recognizing as her carrier.

Since the Decepticons went back to Cybertron after Earth was destroyed, OP eventually met Iota and managed to convince her that Megatron was possessed by an evil god (Unicron). Since she wasn't aware of much, she took him for his word cause why would her sire lie to her? So she defects to the Autobots - unaware that they're not really the good guys.

Baseline Messier

Messier is very young actually as they emerged only after Chaos Theory, that they're still considered a sparkling. Due to Megatron still not surrendering by this point, OP kinda had to cut Messier's spark out of Megatron cause Megatron was going to do something dangerous and so Messier had to grow within an incubator instead of orbiting their carrier's spark.

Later on, OP left Orionis in charge of Messier but Orionis left Messier (to investigate who their carrier was) on a neutral planet that got bombed because the war started up again. It was a bad coincidence that the DJD were passing by and Tarn picked Messier up because of their outlier ability that could track anyone so long as they had a picture of them. Also because Messier is Megatron's sparkling.

SG Messier

How Messier came to be is different here in that Optimus had no choice but to cut their spark out of Megatron's spark chamber because Cyclonus shot Megatron for dead - and Optimus did it so Messier wouldn't die. They still developed within an incubator but Optimus told them who their carrier was and what happened to Megatron - trying to make them dislike the Decepticons too.

However, Messier could see that the Autobots and OP weren't in the right either. Here, it really was just bad timing that Messier went to visit a neutral planet when the Autobots decided to bomb it. They were also picked up by the SG DJD - but their goal is to help any bots in need, serving real justice. Messier decided to stay with them because they wanted to make a good difference.

[quilloleander]

Strange Phenomenon #2

Translated Prompt: How about one where Sparkling Megatron becomes very attached to Shockwave and constantly wants to be with him? This causes some problems when separating Megatron from Shockwave, or Megatron becomes jealous of the others because they steal Shockwave's attention. Or he gets lost in the base, trying to find Shockwave and causing a huge scare for the others. Original Prompt: ¿Que tal uno en donde el Sparkling Megatron se encariñe mucho con shockwave y no deja de querer estar junto a él? lo que ocasiona algunos problemas al momento de separar a megatron de shockwave, o que megatron se ponga celoso de los demás, porque le roban la atención de shockwave. O que se pierda en la base, tratando de encontrar a shockwave y causando un gran susto a los demás.

This is part of the High Guard + Sparkling Megatron One-Shot Book I promised to make.

Hi!! First of all thank you to senator_shockwave for the request! I apologize if my understanding of the request is wrong cause I had to use a google translator to understand the original comment. Unfortunately, I cannot speak Spanish so hopefully I got it right. Also, I do hope that you're able to properly read this too and that there's no weird discrepancy on your end cause I wrote this entirely in English.

So, a bit of a deviation from the original prompt, this is sort of a continuation of the "Strange Phenomenon #1" one-shot except this time Shockwave is the one suffering lmao. I just thought it would be funny if he freaked out that Megatron has become clingy to him and he's just lowkey wondering what to do. So yes… apologies but this is written in first person POV again because I lied and decided to write a second part to "Strange Phenomenon #1" skskkss.

Ao3 Link:

https://archiveofourown.org/works/65467561/chapters/171658489

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Note before Proceeding:

File contains personal observation logs made throughout the course of the previous astroweek. It contains confidential information, therefore, anyone caught accessing these files without explicit permission shall forfeit their rights to Shockwave and be considered a volunteer for his next experiment. If you wish to proceed without clearance, then you have been made aware of the consequences and any injuries or fatalities incurred during experimentation shall entirely be your fault.

This is your final warning.

FILE CONFIDENTIAL TO ALL BUT SHOCKWAVE. DO NOT OPEN.

THAT MEANS YOU, SKYWARP.

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Strange Phenomenon #2 - Log #1

Main Overseer of Phenomenon: Shockwave

Main Observation:

Since the terrible “Seeker Incident,” I have grown wary of the possible negative side effects sparklings could impose upon vulnerable and sensitive mechs. It is unfortunate that the High Guard only has one specimen, for I would like to conduct a few tests, yet I know that Commander Starscream would not grant approval for my recent study of interest.

I am not sparkless, I simply wish to conduct a few minor experiments that would cause no harm to the small sparkling known as Megatron, yet it is to be expected that caretakers hold illogical codes of overprotectiveness.

It is rather unfortunate for it appears Megatron, hereby dubbed as “the contagion,” has set about bringing my very destruction. During the “Seeker Incident,” he had sought out Colonel Slipstream as his primary caretaker in the absence of Commander Starscream. However, it appears the contagion has mutated for now he has chosen to seek another victim despite the presence of Commander Starscream in the base.

He has chosen me as his second victim of choice.

I came to this conclusion this solar cycle.

I was in the midst of experimentation when the door to my laboratory had slid open.

I had turned off my audials, expecting Commander Starscream or, Primus forbid, General Skywarp. It was the protocol in the case that anyone enters my laboratory while I was in the middle of conducting an experiment. Unless they wish for the entire High Guard base to take damage in an explosion, they know well not to interrupt me when I was in my laboratory.

However, my assumption will be my undoing.

After approximately thirty kliks, I felt a small servo pat at my leg struts. I must admit it took me a long time to respond to the unwarranted touch.

I thought it would be another one of Commander Soundwave’s underlings, either one of them would have been preferable to the contagion that had clung to my leg struts. I had ripped my attention away from my experiment, glancing down to find the contagion smiling up at me. 

It took approximately one breem before I screamed, alerting Commander Starscream who had been in the hallway looking for the contagion. 

Yet I saw that glint in the contagion’s optics as Commander Starscream carried him out.

I must prepare for the worst case scenario.

End of Observation. To be Continued if More Data is Gathered.

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Strange Phenomenon #2 - Log #2

Main Overseer of Phenomenon: Shockwave

Main Observation:

The contagion has chosen to strike during my most vulnerable time.

Refueling.

This is not an admission that I have difficulty refueling.

It is not a difficult action to commit to. One consumes the energon and allow the frame to process. Cybertronian biology is complicated yet even the most simple of processors can comprehend the action of refueling.

Energon enters intake. Simple.

However, it is the social aspect that renders one vulnerable. Within the base, it is only logical that there are other bots in the refueling station.

Therefore, it was not possible for me to retaliate when the contagion chose to wander over to where I had chosen to refuel. Those beady yellow optics must have noticed me enter the room immediately for he had wasted no time at all to approach me the moment I had sat down. He had quickly climbed the metal bench before climbing over to sit on my lap, his own cube of energon in his servos. Many of my colleagues will deem me paranoid, but it is an undeniable that the contagion looked downright smug when he had finally settled down.

It would have been impossible for me to remove him, unless I wanted to alert everyone with the assumption that I hate sparklings for I knew the little contagion would begin his loud wailing if I were to attempt it.

Which I do not.

I am simply concerned about their possibility of carrying viruses the likes of which no Cybertronian can ever recover from lest the inevitable stage of growing up begins, and even then…

Therefore, it was necessary that I hold onto the sparkling until he finished refueling.

End of Observation. To be Continued if More Data is Gathered.

—

Strange Phenomenon #2 - Log #3

Main Overseer of Phenomenon: Shockwave

Main Observation:

It appears the contagion has chosen it was not enough to invade my time during refuel, for he has decided to infect the rest of my laboratory with his little presence. 

I am not one to criticize the work of others. However, I find Commander Starscream’s continued allowance of this behavior to be concerning. Still, it is to be expected, for the Commander is heavily infected by the contagion and therefore cannot help but follow his whims.

That is to say, I cannot bar Megatron from my laboratory.

An unfortunate order as Megatron has chosen to remain in the laboratory at the times where I am there. Due to the unpredictability of a sparkling, I have had to focus on much tamer experiments as I do not wish for the sparkling to witness the ones that Skywarp deems “nightmare-inducing.” As such, I have had to return to my base roots of chemistry, yet even that is difficult for I cannot create any pathogens that could potentially release toxins in the air. I may survive for I have no need to cycle air anymore, yet the sparkling may not.

It was necessary to find a perfect balance, yet I found myself unable to indulge in any of my experiments as the contagion is extremely needy. If I take my optic away from him for approximately ten kliks, he becomes agitated and starts to climb my frame. If I do not pay any attention, he then proceeds to bite me which is an effective strategy that perhaps the High Guard should implement in their fighting style. I will recommend this to Commander Starscream.

Therefore, for a few solar cycles, I was in my laboratory holding the contagion in my arms.

My berth in the laboratory was a mere medical slab, for I do not require much recharge nor do I wish to waste a single joor on such unnecessary activities. Which was unfortunate as Megatron would stay in my arms until he fell into a small nap, continuing to cuddle into me and I was not sparkless to place a sparkling on a cold piece of metal. Yet I knew if I attempted to return him to his habsuite, he would throw a fit and cause further problems for me.

Therefore, I made him a smaller berth in my laboratory.

It was the only logical action to be taken. 

Megatron could have his naps, and I can return to my experiments in peace.

However, it cannot be helped that there are moments that I need to stand guard by the berth since I need to observe that Megatron is perfectly in recharge and getting the sufficient energy he needs. At times, I may even carry him back in my arms if he looks restless.

This is merely part of my scientific observation.

Nothing more should be interpreted from this.

End of Observation. To be Continued if More Data is Gathered.

—

Strange Phenomenon #2 - Log #4

Main Overseer of Phenomenon: Shockwave

Main Observation:

I fear I have been thoroughly infected and though I have attempted to find a cure for the seekers, I was unable to do so. Now my incompetence has ruined me for I too have become an unwilling victim of the contagion. 

In the past solar cycles that I have been forced to care for the contagion known as Megatron, I have found it difficult to part with him now that he has seemingly moved onto his primary target, Commander Starscream.

I find that I miss his presence.

Megatron has no longer needed to come to me to refuel, though he has never needed assistance in such a simple matter. However, I write with absolutely no illogical envy or jealousy that he has chosen other High Guard members to sit next to while he is in the refueling station. 

I much prefer it if he refueled in my company so I can deduce and assess if he is receiving the proper amount of energon needed for a sparkling his size. It only assures me that he mostly does sit next to Commander Soundwave during these moments.

He has at least retained his need to be carried. However, I have come to the conclusion that it does not matter who it is that holds him, he simply enjoys the process of being held. I find it within my duties as the former Science Commander and overseer of this phenomenon to be in a position in which he demands to be carried by me. It is the only way I can assure the limitation of the spread of the contagion to other High Guard members.

Additionally, there is one last observation that I find to be entirely illogical…

Aside from the beeping of machinery within the laboratory, it has become silent in a way that I have never noticed before. It is illogical for I know that this was the previous state of the laboratory before the contagion infected me, yet I find the silence to be unnerving. No longer is my concentration broken by a shrill beep or little servos hitting at my leg struts to garner my attention.

It has become almost too difficult to stay in the laboratory these days under such conditions.

Yet I persist… for science.

End of Observation.

I am perfectly stable.

—

Strange Phenomenon #2 - Conclusion

I see no reason for why I need to remove the small berth in my laboratory. The contagion is known to recharge in “interesting” locations around the High Guard base. It would only be logical that the berth remains within my laboratory in the case that Megatron chooses to stay there in the foreseeable future. 

I shall also implement a new part into my daily schedule and that is to gather more observation on the contagion known as Megatron.

This is not to be interpreted as a desperate attempt to spend more time with the sparkling.

[quilloleander]

Hide and Seek Gone Wrong

Prompt: Maybe something where baby Megatron gets lost and the high guard panics to find him?

This is part of the High Guard + Sparkling Megatron One-Shot Book I promised to make.

In which the seekers can't seek shit /j

No, I'm joking sorry this is actually kinda angsty because after writing the last chapter my mind decided "okay, no more crack, time to write pain lmao."

But yeah, I only used the Trine Seekers for this one because I like them and wanted to write about them skskks

Soundwave does make a little appearance though at the end

Thank you to Stupid_creature for the request!

Ao3 Link:

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Starscream tries not to put the blame on any of the High Guard whenever a mission goes awry. As a commander, he has learned that even if it were not his fault, it still fell on him as the leader and that it did not matter who had caused the problem. 

His army, his responsibility.

It was a lesson he had to painfully learn when he had risen through the ranks of the High Guard. The former commander and Megatronus Prime had drilled it into his stubborn processor until he was certain that it was part of his code now.

Still, it was solar cycles such as these where he wished to blame Skywarp because it WAS Skywarp’s fault and it only took the power of their bond for Starscream NOT to strangle the purple seeker for losing Megatron somewhere outside the High Guard base.

He wanted to scream at Skywarp, yet that could wait until they found the sparkling.

Besides, he could tell from the bad jokes that Skywarp was spouting that he already felt bad. Starscream had warned him it was dangerous to take the sparkling out of the base, yet in classic Skywarp fashion, he didn’t listen.

It took all his training to restrain the part of his coding that wanted to tear the entire base apart and instead put all his processing power into delegating the rest of the High Guard into search teams, as was the procedure when one of their members was lost somewhere on Cybertron’s surface.

He tried not to think of the deadline that was part of the procedure. They could not afford to spend their resources searching for one mech - if a High Guard was lost for more than one solar cycle, then they had to be considered missing in action.

Starscream wasn’t sure if that applied to a sparkling, yet he’ll cross that bridge when it came to it - he could be diplomatic, if the rest of the High Guard wanted to find Megatron, they could put in their vote. Starscream absolutely did not care. It would be a waste of resources, after all, which they cannot afford to do during an energon drought. 

He still wanted to strangle Skywarp but that had nothing to do with his non-existent worry over where Megatron could have ended up.

The surface was dangerous, even for a military mech… much less a sparkling.

Still, he had a duty to uphold as the leader. They needed to dethrone Sentinel and free Iacon from his rule. If they lost the sparkling on the surface and they couldn’t find him within the solar cycle, then that was that. He can’t put more attention to it. 

If Megatron was lost, then he was lost. Another soldier that the High Guard would have lost to the cruelties of the surface of Cybertron. 

It happens.

It was their way of life now.

He was not worried.

This wouldn’t be the first life weighing heavily against his spark, after all.

—

“I think he’s going to actually offline you after this.” Thundercracker murmured softly, turning his helm left to right as he watched Starscream repeatedly fly overhead in his alt form. He’d been down the same route for the past joor or so, and he could tell from how fast the other mech was going, that he was extremely frantic even if he had tried to keep his face from showing his panic when he had delegated them their tasks. “I haven’t seen him this frantic since the time we tried out for the High Guard. Skywarp, you really shouldn’t have—”

“I know!” The purple seeker yelled out, attracting the attention of a few High Guard members nearby. Thundercracker waved them off, pulling Skywarp aside until they were both near the base again. “I don’t think, I know! I know! He was in my arms, I swear! One moment he was there and the next he was gone!”

Despite the dumb cheerfulness that Skywarp usually displayed, Thundercracker of all mechs knew how serious the purple seeker could be. He enjoyed his silly pranks and tricks, but he didn’t actually want to cause harm. That’s what made this whole situation even worse.

He was worried.

Yet when it came to his trinemates, Thundercracker knew better than to lose his processor. Starscream would bottle his emotions until he inevitably self-destructed from it, which meant Thundercracker had to keep an optic on him. Skywarp, on the other servo, would try to joke his way out of the problem until the guilt consumed him which never ended well.

He needed to keep calm, because if he didn’t, their trine would fall apart.

They couldn’t afford that.

He couldn’t afford that.

“I know you didn’t mean for this to happen, Sky. I know.” He said kindly.

“It was a game! It was always meant to be a game! I didn’t think there would be consequences!” Skywarp waved his arms around, his voice displaying the growing panic that had already been there since he’d had no choice but to admit what had happened. Thundercracker couldn’t even begin to think of how long Skywarp must have spent on his own combing around the outside of the base trying to look for the sparkling before he’d finally given up and confessed to Starscream. “My warping abilities… it’s… I should have just gone to Shockwave. This can’t happen again, I—”

“It won’t be like last time, Sky.” He placed a servo on his trine mate’s shoulder pad. Once Skywarp starts to panic, it would be difficult to get him to calm down again. “We’ll keep searching, he couldn’t have disappeared too far from the base.”

“Y-yeah.” He heard the other let out a quick series of vents, gripping at his chassis. Even underneath the yellow visors, he could almost see the other’s frantic optics as he looked around, as if somehow the sparkling would appear.

For the sake of his trine’s sanity, he did hope they find the sparkling soon.

—

Skywarp kicked a pebble away from him, unsure if he should transform and search in the skies or continue his search on the ground. If Thundercracker could hear the thoughts in his processor, he’d probably make fun of him for even thinking that searching on the ground was an option. 

‘Why search like a grounder when we can fly?’

He could hear his voice even if the other seeker wasn’t there. 

But he didn’t want to keep searching in the skies. 

And he didn’t want to run into Starscream while he was up there.

The blame would be too much.

—

The moon had already risen over the surface of Cybertron by the time they found Megatron… who hadn’t been outside the base.

It took Soundwave having to wrangle Starscream back inside and point out Megatron sitting near the throne with an energon cube in his servos for everyone to calm down as they realized the sparkling had never been in danger at all. 

When Skywarp had warped back inside his quarters, Megatron had teleported with him, he just didn’t realize because the sparkling had quickly jumped out of his arms and hidden underneath one of the berths to hide again.

Starscream hadn’t wasted another klik before he walked over to the unassuming sparkling, yellow optics blinking up at him innocently as if he hadn’t just removed cycles from Starscream’s lifespan.

If Megatron had been another lost soldier, he would have sent him immediately to Shockwave for repairs and assessment while also following so he could lecture them for getting lost.

As many of the High Guard would claim, this was how Starscream showed his worry and gratefulness that you had returned alive.

Instead, he broke the usual protocol and only kneeled down so he was staring directly into Megatron’s optics.

“You brat.” Starscream placed a servo against his optics, keeping them hidden from everyone in case they thought he was going soft. Blindly, he grabbed the sparkling and dragged him into his arms.

The little nuisance had the gall to beep happily at him as if he hadn’t been missing for an entire solar cycle.

Starscream didn’t cry.

No, that would be too much to ask of him.

But both Thundercracker and Skywarp knew how deeply relieved Starscream was from the way his wings curled up around himself and Megatron.

His wings always did show his truest self to them.

[quilloleander]

Feeling a little silly today, so I wanted to share like one headcanon I have for each of the Thirteen Primes. Some of these have basis off of the Covenant of Primus, others are just personal headcanons:

Prima Prime - I'd like to think that Primus carefully crafted each of the Primes in TF:One, and that they were made one by one instead of altogether. So, as the first Prime, Primus crafted him out of the fallen stars that fell on Cybertron. So, Prima is crafted from the stars and for a good while he did rule over Iacon on his own before Primus thought he was lonely and made the others.

Vector Prime - He's the more level-headed one (compared to Prima) as he has to be more objective in comparison to the other Primes (as he literally rules over space and time). However, he is also very petty and may sometimes just disagree with you not because you're wrong, but because he thinks it's funny to disagree (Prima is usually the one he disagrees with the most for the lolz).

Alpha Trion - Has a tendency to exhibit cat beastformer traits such as lying around in a patch of sunlight, sometimes lying down on the other Primes, or just lowkey disappearing and nobody knows where he has disappeared to. He also purrs, though when he's angry he has some dignity and does not scratch or hiss. He rarely gets angry though.

Solus Prime - Aside from creating weapons for the High Guard, she actually does most of Iacon's architectural design. I'd like to think she's one of the more artistic Primes in that she is also very passionate about architecture. She also has her own school of architectural design and forging since she wants other bots to be able to design buildings and weapons.

Micronus Prime - It's stated in the Covenant of Primus that he was the smallest but also the fastest, so I'd like to think Micronus was actually a speedster. Also his TF:One design is so round that I imagine that he can transform into a ball and just start zipping around the place like a ping-pong ball. Sometimes he gets Onyx to just yeet him as fast as possible lmao.

Alchemist Prime - He can't actually get drunk even though he's the one who invented the concept of alcoholic energon. He's the type of guy who prepares the alcohol and then proceeds to watch everyone get wasted while he remains sober. However, he does make sure everyone actually manages to get back to their habsuites and that nobody feels sick the next solar cycle.

Nexus Prime - Nexus is a combiner, however all of the five pieces of himself consider themselves to be Nexus. They are all Nexus. They each have their own personality but they don't really consider themselves as individual bots but just individual pieces of a whole Nexus. While Nexus does occasionally separate, he's usually combined together cause he enjoys feeling whole.

Onyx Prime - He is the original beastformer in the Covenant of Primus so he's the more beastlike among the Primes because he should keep that trait of his. He doesn't actually talk - like he can but he just prefers not to - though he can understand what the other Primes are saying. He prefers to spend his free time just flying around on the surface of Cybertron.

Amalgamous Prime - He's a little special in comparison to other transformers in that he has the ability to actually transform into looking like other bots. He does have his own separate actual form and alt form, but he can mimic the frames of others. The only way to tell is that his optics are a little different and it's the one thing he cannot replicate from other bots.

Quintus Prime - I'd like to think he's a deadbeat creator. Mostly cause in Covenant of Primus he created the Quintessons. Obviously in TF:One, I think the Quintessons are a whole other alien race, but with the idea that Quintus still made them, I do think Quintus is the type of scientist to create life because he can and he's curious... he just doesn't think of the consequences. He's a daydreamer, not a planner.

Liege Maximo - Even though he's known as the "Prime of Lies" in the Covenant of Primus, in TF:One he's actually a skilled diplomat because he uses his talent for good. He's capable of outwitting people with just words alone, and can passive aggressively insult you without you even noticing. He's actually the main diplomat of the Primes, though he still loves to prank the other Primes.

Megatronus Prime - Actually a gifted painter aside from being one of the strongest Primes. When he isn't sparring or training, he prefers to keep to his own company though he doesn't mind it if any other Prime wants to hang out with him. He's the reason why a lot of the old art of the Primes still exist even during Sentinel's reign because he painted a lot of portraits (most of them were Prima though).

Zeta Prime - He is drowning in so much paperwork. Most of the other Primes have their own respective jobs and unfortunately for Zeta he's the one in charge of the laws, so that means there's a lot of paperwork for him to go through every single day. Despite that though, he's the most level-headed and calm one of the Primes since he's the holder of the Matrix.