#what if optimus appeared during founder ymir's time aka the peaceful timeline

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I've read the main story and now I'm going through some of the Ao3 one-shots and tumblr lore of the AOP timelines. My favorites so far are the Peaceful Timeline and Dark Timeline.

However in regard to the Peaceful Timeline. I know that technically a brunt of the focus on Ymir's story, Optimus and Megatron raising Ymir from scared young woman to married mother or two children. Megatron learning to love a human as his own daughter, etc.

However, the recent few posts in the Peaceful Timeline are 2,000 years in the future where Eren, Armin, and Mikasa are in high school and it's more Modern AU. And at this point we know Megatron and Optimus have lived together for 2,000 years watching the world evolve, and even evolving with it (aka able to put their brains together to make a groundbridge, which is impressive considering Optimus struggled with a tracker) but hiding in the shadows.

Anyways, Optimus and Megatron are probably at least friends at this point. Maybe they have that 'brothers' bond back from Cybertron. They are not hostile to each other in front of others anymore, probably. Which was the whole reason in the main story that Connie, Jean, Sasha, and Levi called Megatron "Prime's Ex".

But if Jean, Connie, and Sasha were to meet Megatron and Optimus in this timeline....would they just call Megatron "Prime's anti-social boyfriend/husband"?

Also did the village ever ask if Matthew and Orion were married?

Anyways, that was stuck in my brain.

Previous Episode of the Peaceful Timeline

So first of all, thank you for enjoying my work. I really appreciate it. Now let's get into this.

So I didn't have any real intentions to get Jean, Connie, and Sasha involved with Optimus and Megatron in the 2,000 year time skip. Those three don't share the same interests Eren, Armin, and Mikasa have, so they never get caught up into the chaos until way after the fact. It would be hard to have an opinion on them with no prior interaction.

In regards to the dynamic between Optimus and Megatron from the perspective of other people, for example the villagers, they really just saw Optimus and Megatron as brothers the minute they started arguing with each other. There's is arguing as a couple and then arguing as siblings. There is a stark difference between the two. That didn't mean they didn't have questions about the family dynamic. Like Maria was clearly Ymir's child, but she called both Optimus and Megatron 'Papa'.

And yes, they started to reconnect when taking care of Ymir and Maria, but that didn't go away after they passed on. They were both grieving, and Rose told them to go back home and leave her behind in her old age. They only had each other during those 2,000 years. They're going to spend that time trying to further repair their relationship while also trying to keep their sanity. They do this by keeping the cabin intact, keeping track of Ymir's descendants, and repairing that groundbridge together. They reforged their bond as brothers.

And now since I'm here talking about that 2,000 year time skip, Optimus and Megatron have definitely been up to some shenanigans. For example, Optimus and Megatron are technically rich. They do have money saved up that they have gotten over the past 2,000 years and they use it to either A: give to Ymir's descendants in the event they are in financial trouble, or B: when they need to find a way to use human supplies of their own.

They also visit places to have fun. National land monuments, museums, libraries, theatres, plays, movies, the zoo, they have to find ways to occupy their time. I have also brought up in conversation with @justawannabearchaeologist and @echoblaze5 that Optimus and Megatron might have been the cause of one or two revolutions. Like one of Ymir's descendants is the equivalent of Robespierre and they started the equivalent of the French Revolution. They had to quickly swoop in and save this descendant from getting decapitated via guillotine. But that didn't stop Megatron from helping out with the mob.

Megatron waving the country's flag: DO YOU HEAR THE PEOPLE SING-!

Optimus tackling him out of sight

They have also gone out of their way to steal plans to create atomic bombs in order to stall major cataclysmic events. They steal the schematics for it, burn down the lab, and bolt.

Megatron as the two of them are running in holoforms: By the Allspark, why are we stealing this?!

Optimus: To prevent Hiroshima and Nagasaki!

Megatron: I don't know what those words mean!

Any time that the government has tried to catch onto them, Megatron quickly has to take a page from Soundwave and scramble any and all information about them. They've had years to prepare for the government trying to track them once they got technology.

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in the recent post at the latter part I can’t help but imagine it looked like this

Lol, like it’ll be funny if they went in there holo-forms

Previous episode of the Peaceful Timeline

Oh yeah, half of the missions they do, Optimus and Megatron are either sneak in with their holoforms and pull it off without detection. Other times, they do leave an explosion and destruction in their wake. Very rarely would they pull out their bipedal modes to cause massive damage because they don't want any eyewitness accounts and recorded evidence of their existence.

When they return to the ship they call home, sometimes they might be covered in ash, dust, and explosives, tired as all hell and immediately collapsing and falling asleep in a pile on the floor.

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For the Future Peaceful Timeline, how are Eren, Mikasa, and Armin's families? They should still be alive and well since there are no titans, but are there any changes to their characters or situations?

Frieda and Historia in the Modern Day

So a lot of the stuff for the Peaceful Timeline 2,000 years later is based off of the Attack on Titan High School AU Isayama made:

Armin is a nerd, Mikasa's a goth, and Eren is a nobody who got into that whole altercation with Historia and wants something exciting to happen in his mundane life.

But the high school au doesn't really talk about their family life, so I'll just take some civil liberties with that.

Firstly, all of their parents are alive. Armin has his grandfather and parents and both parents are engineers (they were the ones who made the hot air balloon in the actual story). Mikasa's parents are alive and are a little concerned with Mikasa's obsession with the supernatural, but they don't want to impose on their daughter's way of expressing herself.

Eren's life is fairly normal and uneventful. He's mainly just dealing with the bullies like Historia, but there's no real trauma like seeing his mom get eaten. Carla and Grisha are alive and well. However, I wasn't exactly happy with how Zeke was shunted to the side in the high school au. They basically made him part of a cult that kidnapped Eren because he could see Founder Ymir.

So I would like to think that Grisha and Dina had a divorce, he married Carla, and Zeke harbors some resentment towards Grisha for the divorce, but he still treasures Eren. But, Eren being in his teen years, just doesn't want to have that kind of relationship with him. It makes the older brother sad.

When Optimus does see all three of them and ultimately has to watch over them, he's reminded of Jack, Miko, and Rafael, with a few differences. It brings him both comfort and sadness. The sadness coming from the fact that Jack, Miko, and Rafael have no doubt been dead for years, and Optimus kind of figures that out about 1,000 years later. But there's also comfort in the fact that history is echoing, and he can make up for his lack of connection with Jack, Miko, and Rafael, by spending more time with Armin, Eren, and Mikasa.

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This is something that I've been wanting to animate for a while. For those that don't know, I have an alternative timeline where Optimus gets dropped off during Founder Ymir's timeline and saves her, preventing all of the events from Attack on Titan from ever happening and Ymir gets to live an normal and peaceful life.

I have the pilot for this timeline here. And if you want to know more about the timeline, I do have majority of it posted on my masterlist pinned to my blog. If you can, please check it out.

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Optimus telling modern day Eren, Armin, and Mikasa what happened 2,000 years ago in the Peaceful Timeline. Here's Part 23: Modern Day AU for more context.

The humans watched as Optimus' holoform opened the door to a small cabin up in the mountains that they had groundbridged to. The Prime wordlessly walked inside, forcing the humans to follow. Eren looked behind him to see Megatron standing outside in his bipedal mode. Eren could tell that he looked reluctant to even be here.

Or...to have the three of them here.

Eren jolted when he had heard the door shut behind him, realizing that it must have been Megatron, but he still didn't see a human form. Eren turned his attention to the inside of the cabin. He saw a living room on his left with a fireplace, and a kitchen on his right. Dead ahead, was a hallway with multiple rooms, but he didn't ask to see what was there. However, Eren did notice that the cabin looked so well maintained. There was great care in keeping it clean and tidy, but...somehow, it felt like something was missing.

"What do you three know of Marley's oldest tale?" Optimus questioned them.

"The Savior and the Devil?" Armin asked, earning a nod from the Prime.

"Legend says that the humans worked with a devil to conquer the lands," Mikasa began, "Marley prayed to the heavens for a savior, and adorned in red, it had slain the devil and had restored peace in the world."

"Although, historians say that they have no real evidence besides word of mouth and drawings of the events happening," Armin retorted.

"But it's one of Marley's oldest tales," Mikasa reminded, "And it's been consistently passed down."

"So were other mythical gods, but they were all considered fake," Armin proclaimed with a smirk.

"The Marleyan tale was incorrect," Optimus spoke up, ending the conversation then and there. Armin looked at Mikasa with smugness while the goth girl rolled her eyes.

"So...what really happened?" Eren stepped forward.

Optimus took a deep breath before turning his attention to the hallway. "2,000 years ago, I had sacrificed myself in order to protect my home planet from destruction. I thought I would be dead in that moment, but I somehow found myself on this planet. When I had awakened, I was alerted to the sight of a massive creature transforming on a battlefield. It was as tall as some of your buildings in the downtown area, and could crush me if it wanted to. I drove towards it, and on instinct, I attacked the massive creature, which you refer to as the 'devil' in the story. As a result, I had made an ally to the Marleyan forces adorned in red, and made an enemy out of the Eldian Empire adorned in blue."

"What?" Eren mumbled.

"The Eldian Empire then ordered the creature to attack me and the Marleyan army, so I replied in kind in order to protect the ones who were defenseless," Optimus continued, "Throughout the battle, the Marleyans and the Eldians continued to battle one another, and I struggled to stay alive. But then I heard someone bark out orders towards the creature. Demeaning it, insulting it, threatening to abandon it. As a result, it behaved more erratically and fearfully. It behaved like it desperately wanted to correct a mistake. It had me in a deadlock, ready to crush me with its massive hand, but even then, tears streamed down its face and it cried out in frustration."

"Why would it do that?" Armin asked, "Why not defend itself or attack the people saying those cruel words?"

"Because it was conditioned, brainwashed, and abused into staying with the Eldian Empire," Optimus answered, "It knew nothing else, only the cruelty of the world. So...I appealed to it. I told the creature it wasn't a slave. That I understood her pain, and I begged her to let me save her."

"Her?" Eren questioned.

"...initially, I had no clue what she was," Optimus explained, "And when she stopped attacking me, the Eldians had turned on her, climbing on her massive back to kill her. I jumped onto her back to protect her, but...then her human body emerged from the nape of the neck."

"The devil...was a human that had powers?" Mikasa asked.

"She was no devil," Optimus declared, "She was just a human girl, no older than the three of you. Before she acquired her power, she was captured as a slave for the Eldian Empire and conditioned to stay even after she got her powers. But when she emerged from the massive form she had created, she only mouthed three words to me."

Optimus turned to face the trio. "Please, save me."

"...Then what happened?" Eren asked.

"I took her," Optimus answered, "I shot the titan body she created and used it as a cover to drive as far away as possible. Years later, we had learned that the Marleyan general known as Helos, had slain the leader of the Eldian Empire, bringing his reign to an end and creating an era of peace."

"So...then what's this place?" Armin asked.

Optimus walked over to the kitchen table, and let his fingers glide across the old wood. "This is our home."

"What?" Mikasa gasped as she felt tears forming in her eyes.

"This is where I had kept her safe," Optimus explained, "This is where we raised her daughters and where she had found love once more. This is the place where she was allowed to live a peaceful life in obscurity, free from the cruelty and hardships of the world. I did not come here to slay some devil as depicted in Marleyan folklore. I came here to save the life of someone who had desperately cried out for help."

Mikasa found herself covering her face as she continued to sob while Armin just looked dumbstruck as silent tears streamed down his face. Eren could feel his throat swelling, but he refused to let himself cry. He still had questions to ask.

"But..." he hated how offensive this question was going to no doubt sound like, "...she's gone, right? The person you saved. So...why have you stayed for 2,000 years here?"

Optimus turned to Eren, and the teen could see just how emotional and sorrowful he looked. His emotions were laid bare before him and Eren just felt terrible for pushing too far.

"There is only so much we can do to keep her memory alive," Optimus explained, "Megatron and I have maintained the condition of this cabin, but....this was not enough. Even though we had returned to hiding, we made a vow to protect her descendants for as long as possible. Our sightings on this world, our interference, was because we were trying to protect her legacy, and have her live on in her children. Everything we have ever done and continue to do now is for her, and the family we were once part of so long ago."

Eren couldn't believe it. All this time he had questioned why Optimus and Megatron were even here. They weren't here for some grand purpose of protecting the world. They continued to stay here out of love, out of a promise to protect someone that hasn't existed for years. That was it.

Eren hugged the Prime out of comfort, causing him to grunt in surprise. The teen finally let himself cry as his body continued to tremble.

"You must have loved her so much," Eren whimpered.

"...I did." Eren could hear the way Optimus' voice trembled, "Eren, I loved my daughter so much."

Eren felt Armin and Mikasa wrap their arms around Optimus, and in turn, him. Optimus had broken down into tears, but the humans still provided their own comfort while also crying themselves. This was all the trio could provide to such an old soul, and they could only hope it provided him with some relief.

(So #95 has been asked but the rest is free game.)

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Wait so I know it's not possible but can't they use holovision to Freeze imagine of ymir and her family and copy the image and store it or that's too scientific?

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The ship that Optimus and Megatron have used when Ymir was alive and have lived in after Ymir’s death, didn’t have that equipment. The ship has been there for eons and has been damaged beyond repair.

They still have items that belonged to the family long ago. Optimus made sure to keep every single notebook that Ymir has ever used. Reading it is the closest he can get to speaking to her, even as he forgets her face over time. Additionally, he will also see the words of others that have written in Ymir’s notebook, including Oshern, Solveig, and the villagers. He also holds onto Maria and Rose’s writing. Maria did have lessons and homework to further her knowledge, even though she ultimately traveled the path of a warrior like Megatron. Meanwhile, Rose was the artist. She drew and created music that transcended her time, and even though Optimus has kept the original lyrics, the two have managed to hear rewrites and renditions of her music over time. Optimus has even managed to hold onto Oshern’s recipe book, the baker actually finding a place in their family.

Meanwhile, Megatron has held onto Maria’s weaponry, the tools that he had trained her with personally. He’s held onto some of the jewelry and clothing from Maria’s nomadic wife. He managed to keep some of Oshern’s cooking tools and Rose’s lyre. There wasn’t much to hold onto for Ymir for him. Optimus was the one who catalogued Ymir’s belongings.

But…they had no way to record their faces and keep it to memory. No cortical psychic patch to record, no recorder, nothing. It’s made tracking Ymir’s descendants rather difficult at times to make comparisons, but they do their best.

However, after Optimus tells the modern day trio about Ymir, they can’t help but ask about the family they had stayed with for so long. They ask their names and what they even looked like. Megatron has limited interaction with the modern day trio out of fear of gaining a connection with them and ultimately going through the same loss he had with Maria. But when they ask about the family, he refuses to give anything because he’s afraid of how much he might have actually forgotten.

Optimus does give what he can, but he grows solemn at the fact that some of the faces he knew in the past are practically a faded memory. He can describe simple details to them, but he apologizes for not giving accurate descriptions.

And Optimus’ solemn expression at the loss caused the trio to talk one night, and determine they need to find a way to recreate what Ymir, Maria, and Rose looked like. They were certain they couldn’t get Oshern and Maria’s wife, but if Ymir, Maria, and Rose were all related and Optimus kept track of Ymir’s descendants, some similarities have to come up. They knew it was a risk, and they knew if they got it wrong or right, they could get in trouble for sticking their nose into things they shouldn’t be in. But they wanted to make Optimus and Megatron happy somehow, so they do it.

Eren, Armin, and Mikasa end up doing so much research with what they can get their hands on. Optimus did tell them that Historia was the latest in the line of Ymir’s descendants, much to Eren’s dismay. And they work backwards from there. Historia’s family is rich and come from a long line of wealth and success, no doubt due to Optimus and Megatron’s interference to keep them alive. They compare Historia’s ancestors with each other and make a list of Optimus’ descriptions of Ymir, Maria, and Rose. Once they have that, they end up going to Moblit, who is a part time sketch artist for the police and a friend of Hanji. They give what they know, and while Moblit is baffled at the amount of research they conducted, the kids were paying quite a lot of money, so Moblit wouldn’t question it for now.

He provides a detailed sketch of all three woman. And while Armin and Mikasa are obviously nervous about whether or not they got this right, Eren feels deep down in his gut, that this was correct. After all their research, this is what they have and Eren believed it was right.

The next time Optimus picks them up and takes them to the ship, all three are obviously nervous when they say they have a gift for Optimus.

Optimus drinking energon: A gift?

Armin nervously: Well….maybe not a gift….it’s definitely not the best gift.

Mikasa: Just please don’t be mad at us!

Optimus: Why would I be mad at you?

Eren bringing out the papers: It’s…we really worked hard to figure it out and we don’t know if we got it right.

Eren asks if they could somehow upload what they have to the server, and Optimus manages to pull up the equivalent of a fax machine. Eren sets the papers down to scan and upload it. And when it’s done:

The three flinched when they heard something shatter on the floor. They look back from the elevated keypad to see Optimus’ battle mask on, and the liquid energon in his servo on the floor, the glass shattered to pieces.

“Eren I think we messed up,” Armin proclaimed nervously.

Eren noticed the way Optimus approached the screen, ignoring all three of them completely. He placed his servo against the screen, right next to the image of Ymir. He stared at that image with shock and nostalgia. Eren then grew fearful when tears began to form in Optimus’ optics.

“Optimus-!”

Optimus didn’t say a word as he quickly opened the groundbridge.

“But-!”

“Please return home.” Optimus could barely keep his voice steady when giving that request. The trio relented and slowly walked through the groundbridge. When it closes behind them, Optimus crumples to the floor and sobs in sorrow.

Megatron returns way later and finds Optimus on the floor a complete mess. Megatron runs to his side and demands what happened, but Optimus can only point to the screen and continue crying. Megatron stares at the screen and sees all three women, and breaks down at the sight. The two titans end up hugging each other and grieving over what they had lost and gained.

Meanwhile, it’s been a week since Eren, Mikasa, and Armin gave those drawings and they are afraid. Because they are expecting the worst! They really did some digging which in hindsight, they shouldn’t have done, and made a really bold assumption. They don’t know how Optimus really felt about it since he told them to leave. They are scared of how Megatron is going to act because he’s always been rather combative around them, refusing to interact with them besides a scowl and maybe a hello. So when Optimus goes back to get them, they immediately start apologizing and start coming up with explanations to try and soften the blow. But the Prime hugs all three of them in human form and tells them how grateful he truly is to them.

They end up going back to their home and Optimus asks how they’ve even managed to figure it out. He’s in disbelief. They all explain that they had to do some research on Historia’s ancestors while also making guesses on what they would have looked liked before commissioning a sketch artist to do so. They really had to dig into their allowance and pay extra just so Mobilt wouldn’t question them further. But they couldn’t get Oshern or Maria’s wife since there was no blood relation for obvious reasons. Optimus is amazed and explains how they didn’t have the technology to really take pictures of their family before their passing. They have tokens and items that they’ve used when they were alive but that was it.

Optimus: I am forever grateful to the three of you.

Eren can’t help but ask how Megatron felt, and Optimus explains that Megatron has taken a copy of the picture and hasn’t really come out of his room. The trio are initially scared, but Optimus quickly reassured them that Megatron is also grateful to them too.

Optimus: Please understand that the loss of Maria was…difficult for Megatron to accept. He just needs time.

The trio do stay for a while, and before Optimus sends them home, Megatron finally makes himself known to them. They are practically sweating bullets and even though Optimus reassured them that Megatron was grateful, they can’t help but apologize for overstepping. Megatron approaches them, and they can’t help but shut their eyes as he approached. They heard noises but didn’t know what it was…

Until Eren felt a hand on his head. He slowly opened his eyes and gasped at the sight of Megatron’s human form. Again, they’ve seen Optimus’ holoform, but never Megatron. The fact that Megatron was showing it all to them showed that Megatron was grateful to them.

Mikasa and Armin couldn’t help but gawk as Megatron gently ruffled Eren’s hair. Eren touched his head as Megatron released his head.

“You-!”

“Thank you,” Megatron spoke, “For giving us back our memories.”

The trio’s act of kindness gets to Megatron and he allows himself to open his spark again to the humans, and he allows himself to be kinder to them as a result.

(Later Optimus asks for Moblit’s place of work in order to ask him to draw Oshern and Maria’s wife. Oshern is a lot more accurate considering Rose was already drawn, but Maria's wife was much more difficult and not completely accurate. Still Optimus appreciates Moblit's time.

-Additionally, Megatron and Eren don't have the same hostility they usually do in the other timeline.)

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As Megatron learns to be a better person in the Peaceful Timeline, where Optimus was sent to the Founder Ymir's time in Attack on Titan, he opens up more to Maria, the human to look at him without fear.

If you're curious about the Peaceful Timeline, you can check out the masterlist pinned to my page.

If you haven't already, please vote in the new pilot poll for my Attack on Prime AU's.

And here's Megatron's holoform design.

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Number 42?

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asked so far.

Pfft. Oshern turning full Gordon Ramsey teaching Optimus and Megatron how to make bread.

Oshern glared at Optimus and Megatron's human forms in suspicion from behind the counter of his shop. His arms were crossed, tapping his left finger on his right arm. Oshern could tell that Optimus looked rather tense while Megatron was just apathetic.

"So...let me get this straight," Oshern began, "The two of you, want to learn from me how to make bread?" Oshern pointed to the bread that was still in his oven.

"Yes," Optimus answered while Megatron grunted in response.

"...No," Oshern shut them down.

"Well, we tried. Let's go." Megatron started to walk away.

"Megatron," Optimus hissed as he grabbed his friend's cloak, "Oshern, please let us learn from you."

"No." Oshern was more affirmative in his answer.

"Well this is certainly a new emotion from you if I've ever seen it," Megatron remarked.

"Look, I know that the three of us might be in a better place since I married Ymir, but I can't help but feel there's still some hostility between us," Oshern proclaimed, "Not to mention, you two are not human, so I have no idea if you would burn my shop and living quarters for the winter!" Oshern pointed upwards to his living space above his shop. "Out of ignorance!" Oshern snapped his head to Optimus. "Or spite!" Oshern snapped his head towards Megatron.

"Probably spite," Megatron confessed.

"Megatron!" Optimus scolded.

"Leave," Oshern ordered.

"Oshern, please," Optimus addressed the baker, "I know we haven't gotten along in the past, but I do want to make that up to you by learning more about your lively hood."

Oshern raised an eyebrow before turning to Megatron. "That true?"

"Optimus insisted," Megatron declared.

"And Ymir wasn't involved?" Oshern asked.

"Surprisingly no," Megatron replied.

"And you don't care either way?"

"I would much rather go home."

Oshern took a deep breath, contemplating his options. He was actually considering teaching Optimus and Megatron about how to make bread. There were more downsides than upsides, but...damn it, if this would help them get along better than fine.

"You listen to everything I do. You don't fuck with my supplies!" Oshern pointed to the bags of flour and yeast, "You destroy it; you pay for it! And if you two idiots so much as burn my shop and house down, you are going to spend every single day trying to fix it and will compensate for all the profit I will lose! And my household items!"

Optimus and Megatron stared in shock at Oshern's significant change in demeanor. It was more demanding, in control, angry.

"Now get your asses over the counter and let's get to work!" Oshern shouted at them.

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Later

Ymir had just finished helping Solveig sell her items today, practically handling all transactions while Solveig quietly watched on. It felt strange, completely taking over the shop for the day, but Solveig had been saying she wasn't feeling well. Ymir gripped the strap of her bag. She was getting older. She was decaying, falling away. Ymir knew it was only a matter of time before she passed on. And there was so much she wanted to tell her-!

"Mama!" Ymir snapped out of her thoughts when Maria came running up to her, "C'mon! It's papa!"

Maria pointed over to Oshern's bakery and Ymir was stunned when she heard Oshern yelling, and a small crowd forming. Ymir ran over to the shop with Maria close behind and wormed her way to the counter before gasping at the sight before her.

There was fire spitting out of Oshern's oven that Megatron was putting out with buckets of water he got from the river. The countertops were a mess of either undercooked or overcooked bread. Optimus was on the floor, face first, covered in flour and yeast. Oshern, her kind, sweet, gentle, husband, was screaming at Optimus in a different language, no doubt screaming profanities at the titan.

Ymir covered her mouth while little sounds of confusion came out of her mouth, earning the attention of Idunn standing next to her.

"Yeah, apparently, they had asked to learn how to bake bread from Oshern, and Oshern just lost it," Idunn explained.

Maria managed to worm her way to the front of the crowd and see the sight before her. "Wow, it got worse."

Worse?! Ymir almost screamed. Oshern stopped screaming when he noticed Ymir in the crowd and walked over to her and grabbed her shoulder. He looked excited to see her, but Ymir couldn't help but notice how manic he looked.

"Ymir! My darling wife! Love of my life!" Oshern yelled before screaming, "Your guardians are disasters! Especially that one!"

Oshern pointed at Optimus before stomping over to him. "Can wield a sword and cut through bodies like butter, but you can't follow simple instructions on how to fucking mix flour and yeast! And flour is fucking flammable! How could you not know that after shoving your face in all your scrolls and books?!"

Ymir heard Optimus say something muffled in response, but he refused to lift his head.

"Don't talk back to me!" Oshern shouted at him.

"The fire's out!" Megatron informed as he set the last bucket down.

"He barely managed to actually produce something edible!" Oshern pointed to Megatron, "For someone who's tongue is practically fried the only mistake you did was overcook the bread! But give it a few hours, the bread will become so hard it could be used as a weapon! You just made a weapon! That's what you did!"

"These compliments are backhanded," Megatron remarked. Megatron yelped when Oshern grabbed his shirt and looked him in the eye.

"Take the fucking compliment you sack of shit!" Oshern yelled.

"By the Allspark, fine!" Megatron managed to pull Oshern off of him.

"Can I try your bread?" Maria asked Megatron.

"Here." Megatron grabbed the overcooked loaf from the countertop and handed it to Maria. Maria ripped some bread off and began to chew.

"It's crunchy," Maria commented with a full mouth.

"Get up!" Oshern ordered Optimus.

"No." Ymir managed to hear Optimus' muffled reply.

"Get up you fucking donkey!" Oshern ordered.

Megatron couldn't help it, and he started laughing in response, leaning against the countertop for support, stunning Ymir.

"You should have seen him laughing when Orion spilled the flour and yeast," Idunn commented.

"Stop being such a fucking coward and get your ass up to fix your mess!" Oshern yelled at up.

"No," Optimus replied.

"That's it!" Oshern grabbed Optimus by the back of his jacket and yanked him upright, stunning the Prime and making Megatron laugh even harder.

"There aren't enough words in this language that can express my disdain at your incompetence!" Oshern looked Optimus dead in the eye, "You are going to fix your mess and buy me new supplies or I'm going to make you wish you were never born! You fucking donkey! You pile of shit!"

Megatron was now on the floor, holding his side as he continued laughing while Optimus continued getting berated by Oshern. Ymir could only continue to watch, shellshocked at how things managed to spiral this much.

(For what's left, we have: 51, 52, 55, 57, 62, 63, 65-69, 74, 76, 84, and 85)

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In the Peaceful Timeline, how's Hanji going to find out about the alien robots? There's no way she hadn't noticed anything going on with Eren, Mikasa, and Armin.

Previous Episode of the Peaceful Timeline

Oh Hanji's absolutely been suspicious about Eren, Mikasa, and Armin in the Peaceful Timeline.

See, because the Modern Day Trio come up to them and ask them questions about the Ghost Car (Optimus Prime) and the Demon Plane (Megatron). They've been talking about it for weeks. And they suddenly just...drop it. They stop talking about it. They stop asking about it. It's suspicious. Hanji notices the truck still coming into town, but nothing else.

Hanji knows for a fact that they found something. They are hiding something. So who better to employ in their mission than a former criminal?

Levi deadpanning as Hanji is grinning at them:...No.

Hanji: Yes!

Hanji asks Levi to plant a recording device on one of them to figure out what's going on, which is a huge risk for the both of them. Levi is trying to recover from a life of crime and start off fresh with Erwin's help. Doing this will violate his parole and all of his progress. Meanwhile, planting a bug and spying on the students will look bad for Hanji, who is a teacher at the school with an already outlandish reputation. Hanji's on their knees begging Levi, stating they will do anything for Levi for the next week.

Levi pointing at the hell storm that is their desk: Keep your shit clean.

Hanji: Except for that!

Levi gets paid extra, and he gets better cleaning products. Device is on Armin for about a day before Levi manages to snag it back from him without knowing. Erwin finds out and is obviously mad at the both of them, but Hanji insists that they listen to the recording first. If there's nothing important on them, Hanji will take full blame for it and will resign from their job. Hanji, Levi, and Erwin listen to the recording and are completely shook at the sounds of two new voices and the fact that there is a confession that the Ghost Car and the Demon Plane are actually aliens!

Hanji: ALIENS!!!!!! THERE ARE ALIENS!!!! THE GHOST CAR IS AN ALIEN!!!!!

Erwin:....you owe Mike so much money.

Levi: You don't tell him shit.

This ultimately turns into that Friends Episode where everyone knows about Monica and Chandler excluding Ross and they're trying to get it out of the other side. Like "They know that we know" and "They know that we know what they know" Erwin and Hanji definitely see a benefit. Like discovering alien life? That's the biggest accomplishment you could ever achieve. Levi's thinking of their safety, especially one of them sounds like the biggest fucking asshole of the year.

The teachers aren't able to get a confession, not without exposing themselves for spying on students, but they do keep a close eye on the trio, waiting for one of them to slip up. They do end up getting involved when Starscream comes into the picture because they've been keeping a close eye on them. And Hanji gets really excited to test something completely unsanctioned that Erwin had to lock away in storage.

(I would have spoiled some stuff regarding that final confrontation, but I've decided to hold off on that for now. Lol.)

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Oh wow, you really are typing like there's no tomorrow. 🤣 Number 52?

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asked so far.

A four day weekend and being almost done with this list will give you that motivation!

Optimus and Ymir finding the cabin in the Peaceful Timeline.

Ymir didn't like how uneven the ground was as Optimus continued to drive up the mountain. She wasn't sure what had compelled the titan to go up the mountain. Maybe he believed that it would be safer to go up the mountain to avoid people. Even so, everything kept on shaking and it made her feel sick to her stomach. It didn't help that her stomach was continuing to grow from the preganancy.

Ymir decided to press the button that lowered the window on the passenger side. She leaned her head forward and out the window, breathing in the crisp air and sighing a little, the nausea she was feeling had eased just a little bit.

"I apologize, Ymir," Optimus addressed the woman through the radio, "I figured it would be easier to cut through the mountain instead of going around it. We should reach more even ground soon enough."

Ymir nodded her head in response, trying to distract herself by remembering what Optimus had been teaching her. She imagined how to loop her letters, how to count numbers. She started counting as high as she could in her head to pass the time. And after some time, everything slowly stopped shaking. Ymir quietly sighed with relief as the ground was no longer riddled with rocks, roots, and branches. It was just dirt and grass, and...a cabin?

Ymir raised her head to the sight of a cabin in the middle of an open field, surrounded by large pine trees. Optimus seemed to notice the cabin too as he turned and drove towards it. Optimus slowed to a stop right at the entrance of the cabin, and Ymir grew tense at the sight of the cabin. She saw cobwebs, damaged wood, and a broken front door.

Ymir jolted when Optimus activated the holoform on the passenger side of his alt mode. "I will investigate the cabin further."

Ymir watched as Optimus walked up the steps of the cabin, hearing the floorboards creak with each step he took. Ymir saw Optimus slowly push the door to step inside, and Ymir couldn't help but get worried. She didn't want to leave Optimus alone.

Ymir opened the passenger door and ignored the weight of her growing child in her belly as she followed Optimus inside. She flinched when she heard the floorboards creak under her weight, but she ignored it as she stepped inside. On her left, she saw a furnace and a place that was no doubt meant to be a living room of some kind. To her right, she saw cabinets, a table, abandoned plates and utensils, with a bunch of cabinet drawers. Maybe this was a kitchen? But with all the dust and cobwebs, she really couldn't tell if it was.

She walked further throughout the cabin, entering a small hallway. To her left, she saw one room with an old bed and a window. She heard something hissing in that room and immediately fled as fast as she could away from it. To her right, she ended up covering her mouth to the smell of something rancid and horrid. It was no doubt the bathroom, abandoned and festering with waste. She ran forward again, ignoring a door to a limited space in the wall, filled with old and tattered clothes and sheets. She noticed another room on her left. She peered her head inside and saw Optimus examining the room to see what was inside. Optimus peered under the bed, and jumped back when a snake popped out from under the bed and tried to bite him. Ymir yelped while Optimus sprang into action and snatched the reptile by its neck. It squirmed and struggled in his grip, but Optimus held onto it tight as Optimus ran out the room and back to the front of the door.

Ymir ran close behind, covering her nose again as they both made it outside. Optimus set the snake on the ground before shoving it away hastily. The snake slithered off, hissing all the while. The Prime then dusted himself off before turning his attention to Ymir, but she was stunned to see that, Optimus looked elated. He then looked back at the cabin and a hopeful expression adorned his face.

"This can be your new home," Optimus declared, causing Ymir to stare in surprise, "This is more than enough space for you and your child. High up in the mountains and away from people. I will be able to transform into my bipedal mode more freely. No prying eyes in the event you use your powers to heal your injuries. I can remodel the cabin, but it will take time, but the two of us will not have to travel from place to place. You will have a place to rest your head under, free to do whatever you so please."

Ymir couldn't help but feel...excited at the thought. A sanctuary. A place to call home. A place to rest her head. A place to do mundane activities. A place where she could raise her child safely and freely. And this place looked so nice and green. Sure, it would get cold in the winter, but...Ymir felt her mouth turn upward just a little.

Home...they actually have a home now.

(9 left!: 51, 57, 66-69, 74, and 76)

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Peaceful Timeline. Megatron and Maria bonding.

He didn't understand why this human had a fascination with him. But...she did. Every time he stepped into the cabin, the three year old cried out with excitement. She constantly toddled over to him. Followed him around until she couldn't walk anymore or until Optimus or Ymir came to get her. Honestly, the walking scared him for a moment. She wanted to run wherever her feet could take her, so they had to keep an eye on her.

But today was different. He was tasked with watching her while Optimus and Ymir went down to the village once again. They took shifts. The shifts were necessary. It gave all of them breaks. It allowed equal share of the work and split time between them taking care of Maria. The child...this frail little thing that continued to look at him without fear.

"Mama?" Megatron shot up from the chair when he heard a whimper from Maria's room. He walked over to the child's room and opened the door to see Maria awake from her nap, eyes full of tears and lips softly trembling.

"Your mother isn't here right now," Megatron informed her, "She's down in the village with Optimus."

"...oh," Maria could only let out, "But I had a bad dream."

"Did you now?" Megatron asked as he walked into the room, "I doubt someone like you should have anything to fear."

"...I don't like the dark," Maria confessed.

"The dark?" Megatron couldn't help but be annoyed. It was something so simple. How could he not be annoyed? But his annoyance showed on his face, and it made Maria cry more.

"It's scary!" Maria yelled at him. "It's cold! I can't see!"

Megatron thought it over. "I see. This is about the fear of the unknown."

Maria stared in confusion.

"You cannot see or hear, and as a result, you are afraid," Megatron explained, "Simple in theory. People fear what is not understood."

"...I don't like it. I want it to stop," Maria pleaded.

"I can't make it stop," Megatron told her truthfully, "But I can teach you to be brave to overcome it."

Maria whimpered at that. Nervous at the thought of being brave. Megatron noticed this and sighed to himself before sitting on the bed.

"I suppose you are fairly young for something like that," Megatron remarked, "I can stay-!"

Megatron yelped when Maria tackled him into a hug. He wanted her to let go. He was going to try, but she was so clingy. Her small chubby hands were snagged around his waist, and she cried in his chest.

"I don't understand you child," Megatron confessed to her, "You fear the dark, but you do not fear me? Don't I look scary to you?"

Maria shook her head. "Meg is safe."

Those words made Megatron's undead spark stop. Safe? He had so much death on his servos but this human called him safe? Being believed to be safe...he never imagined such a thing from something so frail. Megatron adjusted his seating on the bed, allowing Maria to cling to him tighter. He had no idea how long he was going to sit there.

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Optimus didn't know how to properly respond to the sight before him when he and Ymir had returned to the cabin. His processors...couldn't properly compute it. Megatron was resting next to Maria on her bed. She was clinging to the side of the former warlord's holoform and snoring softly while Megatron was resting against the wall with his eyes closed. By the Allspark, he wished he had a camera!

(So I'm working on #5 now, but everything else is free game)

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for the 2000 years later peaceful timeline, will there be a chance that historia meet either Megatron or Optimus or their holo-forms?

Previous Ask about the Peaceful Timeline

So Historia doesn't really meet Optimus or Megatron until the very end of the story.

I've stated before that Starscream does get involved in the story because he's been hunting down Megatron for years and finally finds him on the AOT world because of Armin, Eren, and Mikasa. The idea for the end of the story was that Starscream finds the trio and captures one of them or Historia gets capture. Historia would be less likely because Optimus and Megatron have been extremely careful in keeping their distance from Ymir's bloodline. But Historia does get involved in the end of the story.

I don't want to talk about it too much right now because there are still a few things I wanted to address, like Optimus and Megatron bonding with the modern day trio a little bit more. Hanji, Levi, and Erwin ultimately getting involved. Optimus and Megatron seeing echoes of Ymir's descendants through the daily lives of Armin, Eren, and Mikasa. That kind of thing.

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Number 55?

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asked so far.

Peaceful Timeline. 2000 years later. Part 23: Modern Day AU

Eren thought it was all a daydream. A fantasy he made up in his head in order to escape the boring, mundane, routine that was his life.

Armin and Mikasa wouldn't stop obsessing over the 'Ghost Car' and 'Demon Plane', and constantly brought him into their rambles and theories, either about them being aliens or actual ghosts. Eren didn't believe it until he saw a person standing next to the 'Ghost Car' one day, disappear before the truck started driving by itself.

After Eren ran to his friends in a panic, they managed to gain some information about the 'Ghost Car' from Hanji, one thing led to another, and Eren, Armin, and Mikasa ended up getting chased by another ghost car. The truck spoke to them, told them to get inside, and it drove away with them to the outskirts of the city, and all three of them bore witness to both cars transforming into massive titans. Both titans fought, and the first titan forced the second titan to flee.

Eren, Armin, and Mikasa were taken by the first titan, Optimus Prime, to his home, where he and a monstrous titan under the name of Megatron started to argue about their presence. Megatron wanted nothing to do with them, and immediately stormed off, telling Optimus he was on his own. But Optimus promised to protect all three of them until the threat was taken care of.

The next few hours were a blur. Eren had gone back home. He woke up the next day. Ate breakfast, passively said by to his parents as he went to school. He tried to proceed as normal, and tried to listen to the lesson.

But his attention was immediately drawn to the same red and blue truck that was driving around the school. Eren screamed in surprise, causing everyone to laugh at him and for him to be given detention. When he finished, he saw Armin and Mikasa waiting for him outside with worry on their faces. The nerd and goth respectively quickly grabbed Eren and pulled him to hide in the janitor's closest.

"You guys say it too?!" Armin hissed as Mikasa flipped the switch to the light.

"Yeah, it's why I got detention," Eren sighed.

"Look, I'm all for the supernatural, but this is way above what I'm normally used to!" Mikasa fretted, "What if they decide to dissect us?! Or what if we get kidnapped?! Or worse! What if we become ghosts and our spirits aren't at rest because our killers can never truly be found?!"

"Get a hold of yourself!" Armin shook Mikasa by her shirt, "What we need to do is tell someone!"

"Tell who?! The government?!" Mikasa screeched.

"Mikasa, we don't have any better options!" Armin reminded, "I'm a wimpy nerd! You're a goth! Eren's a nobody! I don't want to push stereotypes, but who the hell is going to help us nobodies at this school?!"

"No!" Eren finally shouted at them.

"No?!" Armin and Mikasa exclaimed.

"Hell, no! We are not going to tell anyone about this!" Eren declared.

"Eren, aliens are real!" Armin hissed.

"Exactly! Aliens are real!" Eren emphasized, "Straight out of science fiction and every fantasy novel we've ever read or dreamt about! This is probably going to be the coolest things that ever happen to us in our known lives! And we're just going to pass up this opportunity to be among aliens because we're scared?!"

Eren placed his hand out in front of his friends. "Fifty years from now, I'm not going to look back on my life and say that I didn't take the first step. That I didn't take the once in a lifetime chance to be part of something bigger. I don't care if I do this alone. I'm jumping in the deep end. What say you?"

Armin and Mikasa looked at each other with concern before looking back at the animated expression on Eren. They've never seen him this excited about anything before. It was impulsive to even agree, but both raised their right hands and placed it on top of Eren's making the teen even more giddy.

"What the fuck are you three doing in here?!" The trio screamed when they saw Levi standing at the entrance to the janitor's closest with a mop in his hand, forcing them to run out.

(For what's left, we have: 51, 52, 57, 62, 63, 65-69, 74, 76, and 85)

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I know you’re doing the prompts but what are Optimus and megatron thought on frieda and historia in the modern day UA?

Previous ask in the Peaceful Timeline

Disclaimer before I begin: I don't mind people asking me other things regarding the other timelines besides the prompts. It's just going to take me time to answer them because I'm busy with work and other things. As long as you follow the ground rules, we're fine.

Also, a side note, I don't like spoiling future chapters of my work. It's just a general rule of thumb for myself when I'm asked about what will happen next. I did tell someone once about Azula showing up in my old TFPxATLA fanfic (which no longer exists), and they decided to be a dick and spoil it in the comments section when it was up on fanfiction.net. Thankfully, there were some people who didn't see it, but the fact that someone was willing to spoil the whole experience for someone else just goes to shows that no one online is respectful and I cannot trust anyone.

So you wait like everyone else.

That being said:

With the Peaceful Timeline 2,000 years later, I tend to take a lot of inspiration from Isayama's AOT modern day AU. Mikasa being goth, Armin being a nerd, Eren being rather apathetic in a peaceful world, etc.

That being said, because Historia is a bitch, Optimus is internally annoyed at Historia's behavior while Megatron absolutely hates her guts!

Megatron: How in the Allspark did Ironspark's descendants turn into that?!

Optimus: Megatron, we cannot control how Historia was raised-!

Megatron: Control my aft! I'm fully ready to interfere to teach this girl some fragging manners!

When Optimus tells the modern day trio that Historia is the most recent line in Ymir's descendants, they can't help but complain and feel bad for Optimus. Armin and Mikasa talk about how she's a snobby cheerleader with more money than she'll ever need, with people following her around like servants. Eren explains that Historia had accused him of doing something wrong when he didn't and harassed him for it. Eren ended up biting Historia's head and the video ending up going viral, humiliating the girl.

Megatron patting Eren on the back: Good job.

Optimus: Megatron!

Megatron: She deserved it and you know it!

Even though Eren explains that he apologized because he felt bad for Historia, Megatron still has more respect for the teen because he managed to make a fool out of that brat. Optimus relents that protecting the family and allowing them pathways to earn more money than they need has caused them some problems. He just wanted them to be safe!

Eren: You made monsters.

Megatron: The boy is right.

Mikasa: Aren't you technically an accomplice in making Historia mean?

Megatron: The difference between me and the Prime is that the bar is on the floor. Any good thing I do will exceed expectations. Optimus preaches about morals even though he's just as annoyed with Historia as I am!

Optimus looks away in embarrassment.

Freida is still kind in the Peaceful Timeline; however, there was a lot of expectations and demands for her, being part of the Reiss family. There have been a few times where she has acted out in the past and ran away, one of which resulted in her getting kidnapped. Both Optimus and Megatron had to rescue her from her captors (Optimus ordered Megatron to not kill them because that would cause more problems for them, and Megatron relents). Optimus quietly reassures her that she would be safe and tells her not to tell the police about the two of them. Freida can't help but ask if she'll see them again, and Optimus says that might be possible, but in the late future.

After that incident, Freida learns to behave and better herself for the sake of the Reiss family. She gets older, studies and exceeds expectations to make her family proud. Uri, the previous head of the Reiss family, ends up dying from cancer, and he lists Freida as the heir to the family, skipping Rod altogether. It stuns Freida, even as they prepare the funeral arrangements. At the funeral, she spots a middle aged man in a hat and a black coat in the crowd before he disappears in an instant. However, in the distance, she spots Optimus and Megatron watching from afar in human form. Optimus had an umbrella over him while Megatron hid under the leaves and branches of a tree.

Freida has taken on a lot of responsibility, and her already thin relationship with Historia is practically non-existent. She has tried to bond with her sister, but interactions have usually amounted to nothing. She was given the family's heirloom ring and gave it to Historia (Ymir and Oshern's wedding rings), telling her to give it to someone she loved, but Historia didn't seem to care about their priceless ring. Her reaction was non-existent. Just apathy. It bothered her. It made her feel upset. Historia had little expectations and was given everything she wanted, but still seemed to want something more. Freida did end up seeing the viral video of Eren biting Historia, and Historia coming home in tears. She tries to comfort Historia, but she tells her to go away.

Freida does still push and ultimately comforts Historia as she cries her heart out. She states her fears of being bullied at school and being alone. She hates how selfish and horrible she's been, and Freida asks her if it's because her selfishness and apathy came back to bite her. Historia is offended, but Freida explains her behavior from her perspective. And tells her that she needed to be kinder, because one day, the world could be ripped out from under her and there might be no one there to protect her.

"If you're always so cruel to other people, they won't be by your side when you need help," Freida warned her, "This is a result of your cruelty, and now you have to learn to live with it."

It ultimately blows over later, but Freida does notice a slight change in Historia's behavior. There is some improvement, but not that much.

Meanwhile, Optimus and Megatron continue to keep tabs on Freida, and are content with the way that she's turned out to be all things considered. They still don't interfere with Frieda's life unless she's in actual danger.

(There's a lot that I have for the modern AU for the Peaceful Timeline, so if you want to ask, go ahead. Also, thought it would be fun to reference Kenny for reasons. Lol.)

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Am I getting predictable?

Number 22?

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I mean, you could always go in reverse. I have an idea for #98.

But we'll just cut to the Peaceful Timeline for right now.

Optimus was quietly reading to himself in his human form under a tree outside the cabin. He flipped a page before looking up to see frizzy, red, hair sticking up from out of the tall grass. The Prime then returned to his book without a care.

It has been quite some time since Ymir and Oshern had gotten married, and a lot had happened since then. The family had become more accepted by the village, Ymir had gotten pregnant, Solveig had passed on, and Ymir had taken her place as the new herbalist. Ymir taking on Solveig's role was more of an accident if anything, but it was something Ymir had cried happily over.

But right now, Oshern had to take care of some business out of the village. Ymir, Maria, and Megatron were accompanying him, and it was now the Prime's turn to watch over-!

"Papa, I'm bored." Optimus raised his head to see a six-year-old girl with frizzy, wavy, red hair staring at him. Her beige dress was still pretty clean and not caked with dirt compared to Maria when she was the girl's age.

"Why are you bored, Rose?" Optimus asked her, earning a small shrug from the girl, "There is much to do."

"I don't want to do it." Rose merely kicked some dirt at her feet.

Optimus hummed in response. He supposed that Rose wouldn't hold the same interests as Maria did. Still he wanted her to be engaged with something. "What would you like to do?"

Rose's gaze fell to the book in Optimus' hand. "Can you read to me?"

Optimus smiled at that. "Of course."

Rose's face lit up at Optimus' response, and she immediately crawled into Optimus' lap, startling the Prime. She snuggled up close to him before looking up to him expectantly, waiting for Optimus to read aloud.

"Quite eager, aren't we?" Optimus commented before he began to read aloud to her. As he did, he felt Rose adjust her seated position, clinging to his arm and reading along intently with the book in front of the both of them.

(It's short and simple. I didn't really have anything for this one. Anyway the rest is free game.)

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Number 9?

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Optimus and Megatron talking after Ymir reveals her titan form to save Maria's life. Part 5:Maria learning the truth

Optimus arrived at the Cybertronian ship late at night before transforming into his bipedal mode. He stared at the entrance before venting a little and walking inside. The titan walked down and searched the halls for Megatron, and after some time, had found the former warlord sitting on the berth. His back was hunched over and facing the Prime.

Today was a difficult day, arguably, it was no doubt his fault it all started. Maria had spotted Optimus in his bipedal mode instead of his holoform during the day, and all three of them had played dumb to deter Maria from asking questions. However they didn't expect her to go searching for him in the rain. Ymir had bolted after her and transformed into her titan form to save her from falling off a cliff she was climbing. However, emotions were running high, and Megatron became...angry. He didn't strike Maria, but he did grab her dress and pull her in the air, yelling at her for her stupidity. The damage was done, and Optimus had to console Ymir and tell Maria the truth about Ymir and ultimately himself. At it had been so long since he felt afraid of rejection in that moment. He was afraid of what Maria would say, even though he argued that she deserved to know. But, the girl had hugged him and told him that she loved him. It was a weight that was instantly released from his shoulders.

Optimus had to leave the cabin in order to check on Megatron after he told Maria to rest. Still...the argument that Optimus, Megatron, and Ymir had prior to Maria's escape rang in his processors.

"Megatron..." Optimus took a step forward, but paused, recognizing that Megatron would no doubt still need space, "I...I understand why you and Ymir did not want to tell Maria the truth. I understand that you and Ymir have had more negative reactions when revealing your forms to humans. I should have acknowledged your concerns when we discussed the matter earlier today."

Megatron didn't reply to that, so Optimus continued. "I...understand that you need time. But...I am sorry for acting so careless today. And I am sorry for not taking your concerns into account."

"...it was a human," Megatron mumbled, just as Optimus was about to leave him alone.

"What?" Optimus turned back to Megatron.

"It was...It was a human," Megatron reluctantly confessed, "A tiny, frail, little, human that looked at me with admiration instead of fear. I never realized how much I missed that...and I know that when she sees me, she will look at me in fear. Just like everyone else has. Just like you have....I don't want to lose that."

Megatron raised a servo and covered his face in shame. "But I'm certain I did...when I scared her."

Optimus slowly approached Megatron before placing his own servo on Megatron's shoulder, avoiding the spikes in his armor. "We won't lose what we've built. It will take time to adjust to this change, but Maria's feelings for all three of us have not changed. She still loves us."

"She's a child," Megatron retorted, "An impressionable one at that. How can you be so certain that her feelings won't change once she sees who we are?"

"Because she is our child," Optimus declared with no hesitation, "And we raised her to be kind. And because she told me that herself."

"...Do you really have that much faith in her words?" Megatron asked him.

"...Do you possess that much doubt in her words?" Optimus challenged him.

"...I don't...I..." It looked like Megatron wanted to say more, but...he couldn't bring himself to confess his feelings. Optimus decided to sit down next to Megatron before rubbing his back.

"We will go to the cabin tomorrow," Optimus declared, "And we will get through this together. I only ask that you trust me."

Megatron finally glanced over Optimus' way, and Optimus could see the fear and uncertainty in his red optic. "I..." Megatron stared at the floor. "...fine."

(Alright, everything else is free game.)