#june is megatronus au

[witchofthesouls]

So apparently, because there's still a couple of Primes still kicking around in the Aligned verse...

What would happen if the still living siblings met a June-is-Megatronus?

I want Alpha Trion to also have an escape pod that the Autobots fetched on Earth, and they need to deal with Optimus' old mentor being weird around cyber!June and the sparklings.

While this has a lot of potential to be shrugged off as "old-ass respectable elite being shocked over outsider flouting social conventions," it has much hurt/no comfort and angst as well.

Not only did the civilization Alpha Trion had a direct hand (as one of the major pillars in Prima's Guiding Hand) in laying a foundation that had been corrupted and came crashing in a hot wildfire, but his attempts to step away and separate his Primal influence did not help at all. (Look, he's a living member of the original Primes who was either active or at least on the periphery of politics. Like what happened? Why did he let the Council get away with so much? What made him limit his presence? Did he trust Prima's Matrix that much? And now there are implications if he took the feral Orion Pax under his wing.)

The last image Alpha had of Megatronus was his grief-stricken face at the resulting carnage and his immediate judgment of self-exile away from everything. (They thought he was in the wilderness, and Prima spent the rest of his life establishing city-states, bringing the nomadics to heel, and laying the groundwork to convert nature. The Predacons gone. The seas dried. The forests cut. The mountains excavated. The wetlands rerouted. The volcanoes harvested. Megatronus was never found -not even when the Quintessons Quintus why messed with the Well of Allsparks.)

He can't help but feel sucker-punched and exhausted over his diminished sibling, especially on a thriving world, and the once Megatronus has buried everything so deep, June doesn't truly recognize him anymore.

You're nothing but an echo of yourself, Megatronus. Prima was a beacon of the future, but when you walked, the world stilled beneath your steps. Where Prima went, you followed him, and now... Our siblings are either dead or scattered, and our people have fled to distant, uncaring stars, and our Creator has not spoken to anyone in a very long time. "Tell me, do you have oceans where you're from?" June interrupted Alpha Trion's dark thoughts. "No." He couldn't help the sharp dig. "Not anymore." June didn't turn to look at him, still gazing into the horizon of the desert, into the sea of sand and stars. "That's a pity then. There's something beautiful about the vastness. How small we really are." Is that why you ventured into the wilds, sister, he didn't ask. Did you steal Liege's glossa or were we never close enough for these thoughts, left unsaid. I missed you, Megatronus, Alpha Trion refused to speak those damning words.

[dat-lil-shark]

If you got other ones please put it in the comment. Chances are I got a WIP for that. I got TOO MANY WIPS. Like PIXIE AU Fowler and June maybe?

[fuckyeahtransformersfanfic]

TFP FICS

Some of my favorites that take place in Transformers: Prime!

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Primacy (yelling all the way down) Series by towards_morning (@decepti-thots), harperuth, stiction

Ratchet follows his naive friend Orion into his and Megatronus' attempt to reason with the council. It ends poorly, at least by his measure.

Dratchte, Megatron/Orion Pax/Starscream, Deathsaurus/Tarn, Multiple With A Side of Everyone is Hot for Prime Ratchet | TFP | G-E | Ongoing | 70k+ | 16 Works

Contact by auri_mynonys

Orion Pax knows there's a word for what Megatronus means to him. He just can't quite put his finger on what it is.

Which is probably how he missed the moment where he asked Megatronus to marry him.

MegOP | TFP | E | Complete | 98k | 11/11

I'm All Full Up on Yesterdays, Don't Sing Me No More Blues by DesdemonaKaylose (@desdemonafictional)

Jazz turned in his seat, cube at his lips, just in time to spot the white pursuit vehicle steaming and panting in the doorway. “Jazz of Staniz,” the enforcer shouted, “surrender the matrix and come quietly!”

Jazz knocked back his drink. “Well!” he said to the open-mouthed bartender, “time to split!”

JazzProwl, MegOP | TFP | M | Complete | 40k+ | 8/8

Come in, Roswell by cassette (@cassettemoon)

They said that the aliens hadn’t hit Roswell.

They said that the aliens had hit Jasper.

(There's something different about Jasper, and Jack Darby ends up right in the middle of it)

KOBD, June Darby/Arcee | TFP | G | Complete | 18k+ | 1/1

Life in Glass Houses by blueskyscribe (@blueskyscribeupdates)

No one would have thought Bumblebee and Knock Out were capable of getting along, but when they're stuck in a strange new world and their only hope of survival is cooperation . . . Yeah, they're probably doomed.

KOBD | TFP, TFP: Shattered Glass | T | Ongoing | 119k+ | 33/?

If I Could Just Know What You Wanted by dropout_ninja (@dropout-ninja)

Knock Out wanted to give his old partner another chance. If only he felt (he first came to realize when he was already looking over Autobot Outpost Omega One and the glares of its inhabitants) more confident that this was what Breakdown would have wanted. AU after S2 Episode: Crossfire.

In which Knock Out tries his best to listen, Breakdown tries to enjoy neutrality, Bulkhead tries his best to adjust, Dreadwing tries to be the officer the vehicons deserve, a vehicon with a grudge fills Knock Out's old role, the decepticons fall into chaos, the autobot base gets far too crowded, and a few forgotten enemies rear their ugly heads.

Or: it’s all Brainstorm’s fault for encouraging this madness, but what else is new?

KOBD, RatchJack, MegOP (Past) | TFP | T | Complete | 390k+ | 107/107

[primergon]

TFP X GAME OF THRONES AU

A/N : This AU have been stuck in my head for ages now ! I might be writing several fantasy ficlets off these , so I’m just going to post them here + The bots stay bots here ! Only they are not titan-sized, but nearly as big as us !! Don’t hesitate to correct me if you see any mistakes <3 

A SONG OF METAL AND FIRE

ONCE, Earth was ruled under one kingdom. Under the reign of House Prime, the Thirteen ruled benevolently. Yet, the age of peace and prosperity came to a bitter end when Megatronus forced his Starsaber upon Prima. Conflict tore the once powerful House apart, leaving the Iron Throne to the hands of House Megatronus, while the rest formed their own factions. Years have passed, and Megatron, son of Megatronus, has done nothing but wage war upon both Humans and Cybertronians. 

Just as the people of Earth were about to succumb to their wretched fate, word of a savior arise from the North. He is coming, they say, the last Prime is coming for the Iron Throne. He has formed his own allegiance, and is on his way to usurp the merciless monarch.

And so it begins : A Game of Thrones.

Decepticons

House Megatronus of Kaon

“PEACE THROUGH TYRANNY”

Megatron, Soundwave, Dreadwing, Shockwave, Starscream, Knockout, Breakdown

With Megatron as king, House Megatronus have ruled the Earth with an iron fist. In the heart of Kaon lay Drakmount Tower, guarded by Vehicons and swarming with Seekers, the castle was impenetrable. The capital city was overflowing with riches, popular for its thriving community. Yet, even the sun casts a shadow - and Kaon has its own dirty secrets. Up in the highest point, sat Megatron on his Iron Throne, waiting for the young prince to come and challenge him.

House Seeker of Vos

“ AS HIGH AS HONOR ”

Dreadwing, Skyquake , Starscream ( but he left to align himself formally with house Megatronus)

House Seeker have dutifully aligned themselves with the Decepticon cause, swearing legacy upon House Megatronus. Located in Vos, a city that lies deep within Decepticon territory, it is known for having the tallest towers and buildings anywhere on Earth, giant silver towers that end in needle points. In this stretch of Sahara, they will offer their valuable armada to the King, doubling the size of his military. Dreadwing and his brother, Skyquake, equally ruled the Southern territory. While the youngest brother, Starscream, has successfully tied himself to House Megatronus. In secret, the prince felt robbed of his throne, seeking to claim his own within Megatron’s ranks.

House Black of Altihex

“ TOGETHER WE HUNT”

Airachnid & her Insecticons

House Black is situated in the darkest forests of the South. Altihex borders west of Vos, dwelling where the sun cannot touch them. It is said that the path would become deepest brown and the moonlight would bleach the stones leading up to her nest. Only those overcome with madness would dare to venture into forest alone, and hope to make it out alive. It is told that Airachnid aligns herself with no one but her Insections. Yet, she was last seen offering House Megatronus allegiance.

House Predacon of Kalis

“ FIRE AND BLOOD ”

Predaking, Darksteel and Skylynx

House Predacon of Kalis is an exiled Great House of Earth and the former royal house of the Kingdom. House Predacon conquered and unified the realm before it was deposed during Prima’s reign, making them an ancient enemy of House Prime. No one has heard of them after their exile to the Sea of Rust , until recently, the two surviving royals, Darksteel and Skylynx , have announced the return of  Predaking. Gripped with vengeance, The Last Sons of Fire offer their loyalty to House Megatronus, swearing to kill the Last Prime and end his bloodline.

Autobots

House Prime of Iacon

Optimus, Arcee, Bumblebee, Ratchet, Smokescreen ( once of House Magnus )

“ TIL ALL ARE ONE “

As an act of resistance, the once noble House have taken arms to fight against Megatron’s cruel and violent regime, spearheading the Autobot movement. Yet, unfortunately, they are still vastly outnumbered. The Autobots' capital city is located far in the North, where the days are short to make way for longer nights. Gripped by eternal Winter, House Prime have adapted to living in such harsh conditions, using the brutal cold as a shield against outsiders. This has largely decreased the numbers of Decepticon spies moving in and out of the city, and only the most competent enemies can infiltrate the town undetected.

Here, the Last of the Primes swore to reclaim his birthright, and they chant his name into the night ; symbol of hope, a symbol of unity. Optimus Prime is here to reclaim his throne.

House Magnus of Praxus

Ultra Magnus, Wheeljack, Bulkhead, Seaspray , Cliffjumper

“ BROTHERS IN ARMS  “

House Magnus is a force to be reckoned with. The legendary warriors built their stronghold East of Iacon, and in Praxus, the storms were violent and the tides are high. The laws of this city are fair and just, and those who dare to threaten its people are quickly found and brought to a swift justice. Bordering the sea of rust, these Praxian Soldiers have earned their fearsome reputation through their victory over the Battle for Tyger Pax. With Ultra Magnus acting as second in command to the Autobot cause, Megatron has every right to be concerned - for the commander and his team are coming his way.

THE RACE OF MEN

Following the fall of Prima and the Thirteen, the connection between Humans and Cybetronians was deeply wounded. For centuries, humans were ostracized by the children of Primus. They are deemed as the spawn of Unciron, harbringers of death, children of destruction. Promised to bring nothing but chaos, humans were exiled to the far west.

Here, they have split into two factions. 

House Darby of Winterfell

June,  Jack, Miko & Raf, Fowler

“ WINTER IS COMING “

June Darby knew they couldn’t run from this war the moment Ratchet showed up by the gates of their castle with an injured Optimus Prime. House Darby of Winterfell is known for their fierce loyalty. Their queen knew better than to turn them away, but at what cost ? This will be a declaration of war against House Megatronus, and she was not prepared to put her children on the line for a century-old war. Yet, it has been decided, the moment the wolf prince came to Prime’s aid during the Siege of Vector Sigma. In return, the Lord of House Bishop was sent to attack Winterfell under the warmonger’s orders, and the Darby children were separated ; Miko was heard to be last seen within the ranks of the Praxian Soldiers, while Raf was spotted wandering the borders of Iacon.

With her family scattered to the winds, Her Highness has no choice but to join forces with the Autobots. Tell them the North remembers. They say. Tell them winter is coming for House Megatronus.

House Bishop of Castlery Rock

“ HEAR US ROAR ”

Silas, Sierra, Vince and Amanda ( OC )

The Bishops rule over the Westerlands. Their seat is Casterly Rock, a massive rocky promontory overlooking the Sunset Sea. The Wardens of the West are akin to nobility, yet darkness plagued the halls of their castle. Having severed their alliance with House Darby, they aim to unite themselves with the Decepticons, by offering their eldest princess to the warlord himself. The Red Rose knew she was just as good as dead within the lion’s den, following the Decepticon’s obvious distaste for mankind. Not wanting to die in their metal claws, Amanda of House Bishop and her sister, Sierra, have planned an escape. However, they were separated in their journey, with only a promise to meet by the gates of Winterfell Castle.

In the middle of her perilous journey, Amanda was aided by the Knight of Praxus. With the promise of safely delivering her to House Darby, Ultra Magnus pledged himself to the princess. Together, they brace themselves for the oncoming war.

A/N : hehehe I hope you guys like this AU ! It took a while for me to piece this together, so enjoy ( peace sign ) <3

[adalhied-prime]

June/Optimus (for the drabble meme)

[ Ship Scenario Memes (Accepting) ]

Fake dating/married: This actually happens not long after June officially meets the ‘Bots. A man who does deliveries for the hospital has been hitting on June almost every time they cross paths, and he’s making her very uncomfortable. She ends up bringing this up while visiting the base (away from Jack’s hearing), and Optimus offers his assistance in the matter. Using his holoavatar, he pretends to be June’s boyfriend, in the hopes that the creeper will back off. 

Since the only person who really needs to be convinced is the delivery guy, things don’t change too much between the two at first. Optimus would take June to work and later pick her up a couple nights a week, they’d share small kisses on the cheek, and they come up with a backstory to tell June’s coworkers when they notice the attractive. Then one night, Optimus lets June vent about a rough week before taking her home, and next thing they know, they’re spending a couple hours a night just talking, either in the hospital parking lot, or outside the Darby house. And the affections seem to become easier and a bit more romantic. Optimus starts kissing the back of June’s hand, and sends her a bouquet of flowers to her nursing station. June picks up a book in the store because she thinks Optimus would like it, and leans into his side more often.

The delivery guy eventually backs off, but June and Optimus find they don’t want this to end and, after some discussion, decide to make their relationship official.

Bodyswap: Well, to say this is awkward is an understatement. A simple swap between species or gender would be odd enough, both at once being caused by a cybertronian relic is almost overkill. Optimus quickly calls for a leave of absence from the hospital, and stays at base to avoid anything that could cause an incident for June. June, on the other hand, can’t hide out in base for however long it takes to switch them back, so she gets a crash course in fighting, which she ends up being surprisingly good at it, if using a quite different style than Optimus’s. She’s not good enough to take on Megatron, but they luckily don’t have to fight him in that time. Optimus ends up spending most of his time helping Ratchet debug the computer systems and decrypt the Iacon database, as well as figuring out how to switch back. Optimus also has to deal with a period while in June’s body. He gains much personal respect for June and other human females. 

Telepathy: It’s a very odd, and not entirely welcome development. Both Optimus and June have high-stress jobs, and sometimes the only way to cope is to rant in their heads, which could be distracting for the other. That aside, when the other is feeling down, they will try be send encouraging thoughts to them. And the occasional naughty ones, as couples do.

OH NO only one bed at the hotel: Well, OP can’t exactly fit in a human hotel, and a cybertronian one would have plenty of room for June, but where the fun in that? AU where Optimus got turned human by whatever macguffen you want. He, of course, does the noble thing and sleeps on the floor, even at June’s insistence that they can share the bed like reasonable adults.

Accidental time-travel: They travel back to before the War and Optimus has to decide if he wants to warn Orion Pax of what’s to come or not. They do visit Alpha Trion, and he leaves some clues for past!Optimus to find to help lessen the War’s devastation, if not stop it.

Sexpollen/fuck or die/aliens made them do it: So, apparently cybertronian interface nanites act as an aphrodisiac in humans if breathed in. Who knew. Luckily, the outbreak happened while the children were at school and the team out scouting and Ratchet was able to contain it quickly. But that still left June to be taken care of, and Optimus volunteered to do so. Even using his holo, he tried to go slowly and gently, but June hadn’t been with a man since Jack’s dad, and she could tell it had been a while for Optimus too, so she quickly convinces him to let loose for the few hours they have. Afterwards, both are quite embarrassed and no one mentions it, but both do wonder how much of it was the nanites, and how much was something more.  

Dark!fic: June is a great ally to the Autobots, always listening and taking thorough notes when Ratchet teaches her about cybertronian medical science, and of course June promises to never reveal the information to someone who doesn’t know of their existence. So when she emails her notes out through an encrypted email, she’s obviously sending them to someone who does know. And Silas is very appreciative of the files, which greatly advanced Project Chimera’s progress beyond what could have been accomplished on their own.

June was telling the truth that it had just been her and Jack since his dad left. She just didn’t tell anyone that she had just been reunited with him. It was short, only a twenty minute van ride before she had to be knocked out, but it was enough to Silas to reaffirm to her that yes, he still loved her, and he was doing everything to make a better world for her and Jack, one where they could live as  royalty if they wished. He assured her she would be perfectly safe throughout the night, that his own men were ready to kill Airachnid if Jack couldn’t reach her, and that the Autobot would assist if she got free. And then he laid the plan for her help when Arcee did. 

Silas encouraged June to integrate herself into the bot’s lives, to learn everything she could about the Autobots. When June noticed Optimus seemed to have taken a liking to her, he pushed her to take advantage of it, for a leader in love is often a distracted leader. And when the time came, he would give the signal, and she would open the groundbridge, and when the children protested the deaths of the ‘Bots, she assured them it was for a better future, where they would all be happy. She felt a twinge of remorse when Optimus’s optics, filled with shock and betrayal, landed on her as he fell to Silas piloting Nemesis, but she pushed it down, confident in the knowledge this was the right thing, for her and her love.

It’s too bad she both overestimated Silas’s feelings for her, and underestimated the anger that could fill up a twelve year old when you murder the people he considers family right in front of him.

Their first kiss: It was an impulse, truly. June had been helping Ratchet give Optimus a check up, and they were just finishing up when they heard a crash in the main atrium and Ratchet went to investigate, leaving June to finish unhooking Optimus from the medical apparatus. The last one was on Optimus’s helm, so he lifted her up to get it. Then, as he started lowering her down, she kissed his faceplate, just off from his lips. He froze, and she turned away embarrassed, but he gently turned her back to him and carefully gave her a proper kiss in return. It was lucky they’d already unhooked the scanner, otherwise Ratchet would have gotten some odd readings that would have raised a few questions the two weren’t quite able to answer yet.

Meeting the parents: The closest thing Optimus had to a parent was Alpha Trion, who has been in the least MIA for millennia. Still, Optimus does show June holopics of him, and tells her stories, and if Alpha happened to leave a message about June in the Star Saber, well, Optimus isn’t going to say anything.

June’s mom and stepdad live in Boulder City, and first meet Optimus through a holoavatar. Gloria and Thomas Darby are ecstatic that their girl has a man in her life again, especially one as gentlemanly and handsome as Optimus. Even after finding out the truth, they fully support the couple, since after all, they were a mixed-race couple in the 70s, what’s an alien-human relationship to them?

Moving in together: This doesn’t happen until after the destruction of Outpost Omega One, and the subsequent fight against the Decepticons. Given her and Jack’s relationship with the ‘Bots, it was easy to get them quarters in the new base. Even with that, June often spends her nights in Optimus’s room. A sturdy scaffold was set up to hold a bedroom set and kitchenette, as well as a bathroom plumbed in. It’s a fairly easy transition to cohabitation, each of them understanding when the other needs company and when they need quiet. Most nights, she goes to sleep resting on Optimus’s (newly expanded) chestplate, listening to his sparkbeat. She has a much harder time falling asleep after the team returns to Cybertron.

Marriage and children: Take your choice of Human OP/Cybertronian June/Technorganic babies for this prompt! They have a sweet ceremony, getting it as close to just close friends and family as they can (Optimus is a dignitary after all, some bureaucrats are gonna find their way in). 

For children, they have anywhere between one and three. Roselight/Rose Alina is their oldest, who looks like a younger version of June as a human/holo, but with her father’s ears. As a cybertronian, she’s a seeker like her mother but with her father’s helm shape, and colored rosey-red with green and yellow highlights. She would be very interested in medicine, and want to be a nurse/medic when she grew up.

Their second child would be Mayflower/May, who is the opposite of Rose in appearance and temperment. She looks like Optimus as a bot and human, but has her mother’s skin tone, and her colors as a bot are green and white, with some red and blue accents. She turns into a truck, and is very much a fighter. She’d spend a lot of time with “Auntie” Miko and her Wrecker “Uncles”, and is always ready to defend her sibs, especially her brother.

Their third child would be a son, who, after some debate, they decide to name Megatronus/Michael. He looks just like Optimus as a human, and as a bot, he’s a seeker, but has a heavier build and Optimus’s colors. In a way though, this makes the weight of his name worse, as he knows what Megatron was, and doesn’t want that to come down on him. He’s very shy, does all he can to never lose his temper, and while he learns to fight with his sisters and is skilled, he is the most hesitent to use his abilities, always looking for a peaceful solution. 

A crossover of my choice: Inspired by skype convos with @crazyfanatic97, crossover with Five Night’s At Freddy’s, where Jack’s father was William Afton, who took their second son Michael with him when they divorced. Optimus and June get together, but drama and plot emerge when William tries to come back into their lives to get his hands on Jack for nefarious purposes. Possible appearances of Springtrap and other animatronics might also occur.

An AU of my choice: Post-Apocalypse AU, June is leading a band of women and children who just recently lost all the men to their “protectors” after refusing to hand over their “gifted” children. Optimus and Team Prime land on this version of Earth and June’s group is the first they come across. They make a deal to help each other, Optimus and the ‘Bots providing protection for the band, while June and the others of the band help the bots retrieve the cybertronian artifacts that drew the ‘Bots and ‘Cons to Earth. And along the way, between all the fighting, running the band, training the gifted children and whatnot, they happen to fall in love.

If you like, another trope/scenario of your choice: Soulmates AU where June and the kids are actually reincarnated cybertronians and find out their romantic and platonic soulmates are among the bots and cons. June would be reunited with her Platonic Ratchet, her Sparkmate Optimus, and their daughter Roselight after a relic is found that converts the humans back to their proper forms (though still allowing them to change back, like pretenders). (I am working on this AU, but the main focus of the fic is more on Miko/Megatron, so June/OP is more a background ship. but shush, my meme.)

[witchofthesouls]

Can we pretty please have a little snippet featuring Unfathomable-humanformer!June who was once Megatronus, the Fallen Star? Who dreams the endless dream but ever so slowly is starting to wake up?

They who were of Primus but have dug down deep and found a place to belong in a wild, chaotic and savage world?

Can we hear of Jack, the last gift Solus ever gave?

(Ohhh, Unfathomable!June that was once Megatronus Prime would fuck up the bayverse, and it wouldn't be surprising if a child of Solus had a gift of prescience.)

_____

“They don’t like them,” Mikaela murmurs low in his ear, hiding it as a kiss. They’re pressed side-to-side and no one comments on the teenage lovebirds. “Watch close. Don’t be obvious.”

After the initial panicking and screaming, the company picnic is in full swing as the entire base was transported Elsewhere. There’s no difference between the sky and the leaves of the trees: so enormous that they dwarfed the aliens, the inky-black foliage is dotted by lanterns of starlight.

Mrs. Darby and Pilar are present along with the Foundation personnel. Some are human. Some are humanoid. Shadows not matching and shifting features, the subtle flicker of limbs in the corners of his eyes. Sam’s wholeheartedly sure that the other contractor’s cloth face is not a mask. The stitched smile and gleaming buttoned eyes are too unnerving with the yarn hair piled high.

A few of the personnel don’t care. A speaker that rivals the Optimuses’ height that moves as if gravity has no hold on their body, layers and layers of beautiful, rich robes with a veiled face, and the smell of license and decaying flowers. A living automaton, a self-declared Clockwork, taller than humans but shorter than Bumblebee, with several sets of multi-jointed arms and a gilded bird cage for a torso with live birds, gears clicking and chimes softly twinkling with birdsong from every movement.

Sam sees it, or he feels it. The lines are drawn in the sand. The tension beneath the calm picture. He thinks Agent Fowler knows it, too. 

(They’re so careful, Pilar and Mrs. Darby with a more human, softer face upon their metal bodies, but neither of them leaves the area, nor lets the kids out of sight.)

To a future of cooperation and security, the Head Speaker had said, and the buffet tables appeared without warning. Food for everyone, regardless of species.

But to secure what, he thinks.

________

Sam jumps out of his skin when he sees a sparkling -dark-framed and dark wings, it can only be Jack -in his designated space in the base. 

Blackbirds tilt their heads in his direction and there's an uncanny awareness in those beady eyes. The sparkling whistles and clicks like a bird and a few flap over to perch on his shoulders, chittering and croaking with affectionate pecks on the metal. 

"I like how you sound," answers Jack. “I like the songs.”

Sam has no idea what he’s talking about, but he isn’t surprised at this point. Their “new” arrivals aren’t as straightforward 

He peeks over a wing to see what the kid is drawing and it’s a mashup of things. Serpentine bodies and massive tentacles from a half-unfinished page with massive hands, different ones, rising between them. Bright armor with a burning sword. A black dog with burning coal for eyes. White trees full of eyes and porcelain masks upon feathered faces and bejeweled beaks. A girl set aflame in a yellow-red wash with a white-blue heart. A cross between monster and man, spider body taking several pages with limp hair pooling on piles of skulls and a wide jaw dripping venomously green.

“Jeez… You’ve been seeking to watch horror movies, haven’t you?”

The boy doesn’t answer for a beat, humming a tuneless song and those birds stare too closely at Sam. Jack sighs and turns to look at him with a mild expression, audials flicking.

"One day," Jack intones slow and sure, and Sam sees strange shapes flickering across his optics. "They will all wake up."

His hair raises and he's beyond unsettled, but the sparkling goes back to coloring the fantastical creatures and makes no mention of Sam leaving him.

__________

“Why are you here?” He asks Mrs. Darby, who’s puttering around in his kitchen.

“Visiting,” she replies airily. A pot boils on the stove and it smells delicious. His stomach growls, and her optics soften as she turns to ladle him a bowl. “Besides, your Bumblebee is getting worried. You haven’t returned for some time.”

It’s a stew and it’s brightly purple. He tucks into it because the Foundation will immune anyone to stranger things. “I’ve been busy with school.”

It’s not a lie. The words don’t sound hollow.

“Of course,” she hums and her words are gentle. “Education is very important.”

_____

“Parents worry. It’s their nature to fret over their children.” Mrs. Darby says, looming over his shoulder as he does math homework. “And they’re afraid.”

His skin pricks with goosebumps and he can hear his parents through the open window with their usual arguments over the garden. Sam looks up and stares into that knowing face for a long moment.

She hums and he feels rattled by her words, “That answer is wrong, Sam. Look here…”

His heart stops racing as she goes over formulas in an easier method to understand and she stays until he nearly finishes the last question.

“Are you afraid, too?” She breathes.

__________

(Mr. and Mrs. Witwicky have reasons why the Autobots should stay away. Some legacies are far too heavy to carry down.)

__________

(Some things change, but some remain the same.)

__________

Hanging in his peripheral vision is the indistinct form of Mrs. Darby. Her gaze is heavy and pitiless as he writhes in agony and terror beneath Megatron's and Scapel's hands.

< Here lies a choice. > The words vibrant in his head clearly, rattling his bones and his organs quiver. < What will you give to the fire to change this? >

He chokes on his tongue, words faltering, as the probe slithers its way down his throat and up his sinuses. The sinuous, metal feelers leave an icy-hot trail of its pathway within his body. Sam watches the very same sigils that haunted his waking moments flicker and sear over her frame and time simply stops-

Her jaw drops to the floor and within the chasm of her throat is the sharp cold of the ocean, the massive pressure squeezing his chest. Sam's plunged into the fathomless abyss and down in its depths, he sees life-

He sees the inevitable shifts of the world: the byplay between magma and lava on the mantle and forming the new crust, ocean currents cycling and cycling as it breathes and breaks across landmasses, and he's swept away in the flow of water, carried away and submerged into the patient rivers that carved down mountains. He seeps into the sand, melts across a hot sidewalk, and freezes in the massive hailstorm. He's the clouds and the rain and the steam that condenses on a mirror plane during a hot shower, the snowfall that sublimes in the desert, the nourishment of root systems, the glide over gills, the vapor on a living creature's exhale, the blood that pumps through hearts and muscles and sinew and coats teeth when a maw breaks flesh, and the groundwater that finds its way to geysers and hot springs.

Sam is everywhere and nowhere, and he can only drift farther  a-way  f-

              rom       him-      

self

-and he's cast into the ocean of deep space, the void entwined in the very fabric of the cosmos. He's the ice and gas and clay and dust and dust and dust and dust-

(-and the cycle restarts.)

He sees the death of countless stars, beyond beautiful in dying throes, and the birth of new galaxies between breaths; consuming black holes, the return to nothingness, and the ignition of raw power that sparks life; undiscovered, distant constellations so far, yet so close, their entire stories played in front of him in a bittersweet symphony; the origin of them all spanning across eons and the bizarre, untold connection between Cybertron and Earth, even in this dimension-

Sam is suddenly slammed back into his body, small and definite and contained in a physical form, weeping between the return of bodily agony as the music of the universe croons in his head and beckons him back into its never-ending dance of Eternity. A cool voice weaves into the tattered, leaking edges of his mind, buffering it against the cosmos, the sporadic jumps of the Allspark are made far tamer-

< I am the Shadow to the Light. The Void that walks upon this earth. The Madness that is within All. I touch everyone and everything and none can deny me and mine own. >

(and through his eyes, the Ancient Primes watch the alternative counterpart of their brother, the Fallen- a twice-fold god in another universe, the Shadow of the Thirteen and closest to the Unmaker by Primus; the Tempest, Typhoon, and Tsunami by Earth, champions a mortal with the bloody blessings of Daughter).

&lt; Behold, little fragment, an act of sacrifice and salvation. >

Sam witnesses a firestorm bloom before him, raging bright and furiously consuming, and he knows nothing else but the songs of the Allspark.

______

(Mikaela Banes screams to an uncaring world and a Primordial beyond her universe is the one that listens.

Mikaela Banes dies as she swallows the storm of a starseed and is reborn to match the soft fury burning in her mouth, the star-forge of her bruised, aching heart, and the brutality of a god that was hailed as the Undefeated.

Fate sunders and the future falls apart and resets.)

_______

Far away on a sandy beach, a boy hums a new song as birds whisper at his feet that a new Dragon walks upon this Earth once more. 

[witchofthesouls]

Your "June Darby is Megatronus AU" is really neat! Do you have any new thoughts about/for it?

Oh God, I have so many thoughts about the concept of "June Darby is Megatronus Prime."

Honestly, this idea boils down to this thought : What are other Aspects and traits of Megatronus Prime that could have been explored?

I have talked about Megatronus Prime and his possible roles and Aspects: Chaos, Wild, Instincts, Passion, Ritual Madness, and Death. The Thirteen Primes seem to pull a lot of inspiration from the Age of Antiquity and creation myths.

In the canon information, these Primes would form triads amongst each other to complete a mission or goal. The curious thing is there isn't much about Megatronus and his triads, besides the hints of him, Solus, and Liege Maximo.

I bring this up because by the same information, he's viciously ruthless, delusional, paranoid, and incredibly hot-tempered. But yet he was once trusted by Prima (his dark counterpart) and the lover of Solus (the tragedy that surrounds the two lovers)?

History is formed by its victors, so after Megatronus' self-exile, Liege Maximo's death, and Solus' transformation into the Well of Allsparks as well as the death or travels of other friendly Primes, there aren't any to vocally oppose his characterization.

(Prima did not trust Solus either. Read into that as you will.)

I am a proponent that there was something else behind the scenes of the Death of Solus. I think she had something in her mind and Megatronus was key to making it come true...

And then he was gone and everything was off the rails.

Why was he the only confidant of her plan? Because he was ruthless to carry out everything and anything if he was convinced it was the only way.

When Megatronus Fell and became a Primordial deity of Earth, the old chains and broken perceptions of the old pantheon were gone. The once Megatronus could follow their own instincts without anyone deriding their placement. Earth sings of Conflict and Chaos, so its inhabitants follow its call.

The process of Megatronus to June would be a slow one over eons in the making.

In one world where "Megatronus is June," she had forgotten who and what she was. I'm thinking of a cataclysmic event caused by Quintesson invasion that stripped much of herself as a way to defend the planet from them: think of it as a pyrrhic victory. Hiding the planet at the cost of the decline/sealant of magically-inclined Others.

They are still essentially a War deity of the ocean, and War takes on many Aspects. That June is active in the medical field would make sense since it's still her Calling, medicine finds a lot of progress when it comes to warfare: innovation and advancements, both good and terrible. Plus, medical practice tends to be highly chaotic: case-by-case as each patient can show a variety of symptoms and behaviors depending on health and conditions.

In addition, it gives her a form of comfort since Solus and Liege Maximo would have been active in the works of medicine and alchemy as well as her old devout followers.

As for being in the middle of the desert, I think something deeply regrets how everything turned out. That's why she's so fussy, overprotective, and agitated over her son. Deities are territorial creatures. When he was a child, she had far more control and Jack loved spending more time in her lap and by her side. As a teenager, he chafes over restriction and her smothering and needs more space to grow into himself.

Here, she can explore other parts of herself, softer ones, gentler ones. Cybertronians will always remember the bloody wrath of Megatronus, but none of the records will ever describe his laugh, nor his fondness towards bitlets.

I was thinking to make Jack the son of Solus and Liege, but I scrapped that and made him a child of Earth, like another tether binding the once Megatronus to his new home, another separation between him and Cybertron.

Until Jack gets involved with the Autobots...

[witchofthesouls]

I got way too many ideas, and now they're performing crossovers:

Like Do as the Romans had Done getting zapped into G1.

June: There is no such thing as the perfect man.

G1 Optimus making puns and being sweet with the kids when their Optimus and Smokescreen are handling new active hotspots that may be their ticket home.

June: Dammit.

June's internal struggle with G1 OP because she's has to deal the intimate knowledge she banged his alternative self and knows the sight, taste, and feeling of his dick as well as how sensitive his audials are.

Cyber!Earth inhabitants - newly transformed, acquired, and/or conquered - appearing in the Bayverse!AU where Mikaela is a Dragon.

Bayverse (Autobots, United States military, and the Foundation) is flipping out because of the active Titan. But said Titan refuses to budge away from the shores of Diego Garcia base, much less let anyone else into its space of its city-mode.

It's gonna be awkward for Bayverse!Optimus since he's a Prime of Prima's spark-lineage, and Titan doesn't like that particular Prime.

Diego Garcia will become quite a hotspot because not only does it host space alien refugees and the first Dragon in several ages, but a living city and quite a few active practitioners and alchemists.

The confusion by Cyber!Earth inhabitants have with Bayverse since their Earth is terrifyingly different: these oceans have limits? There are no catastrophic storms or immense whirlpools? Where are the towering forests of semi-sentient trees and the deserts filled with ghostly spirits? The cities here are bustling alive with millions and not empty hellscapes of metal and winter? Plus, them trying to hash out the existing agreements by the other Primes with the Bayverse!Autobots.

More Other!TFP!Humanformers and G1 because I totally imagine Miko, the tiny War-Forged Seeker sparkling she is, would try her damn best to take a huge bite out of a Quintesson if it ever showed its tentacles and five-faces in that verse.

The June-is-Megatronus!AU meets Bayverse: a moment where she accidentally transports herself, injured Optimus, and Smokescreen to Diego Garcia.

The Hammer is still functional because June picked up some things Ratchet... and then through caution to wind by hooking up her own systems and cabling into Optimus and basically jumpstarted him like a living battery, spark to spark. (TFP!Ratchet would be yelling at her. Bayverse! definitely done so)

TFP!Optimus is having some weird visions by the Matrix, June goes into a trance and walks into the sea with no notice, and Smokescreen is Smokescreen.

Optimus vomits salt water and cockles and aquatic life as June hauls out a revived Jazz... who then stabs her out of reflex and she freezes the mech out of defense.

Now, there are multiple people having a meltdown or a crisis, but June has an idea (a dangerous and ridiculous one) on how to get back to their universe.

[witchofthesouls]

In the Cyber!Earth au, what happened to the kids? idk if this au can overlap with the other-kids to other-sparkling au, but I assume they are currently with their guardians. Will they reunite with their families? What is the difference between a dragon and a Dragon? June is a fae? She gives me Queen Titania vibes, a lot actually, cause her influence seems like a bit too much for a regular fae (or whatever she is). These aus are fire, please keep this series (it needs to be made into fanfic)

(I’m getting fond of this Cyber!Earth AU, so I’m thinking to explore the Darbys being the direct descendants of Megatronus Prime that Fell to younger, hungrier Earth.)

Oh, yes, the Fallen would have been snatched up by Earth. Megatronus Prime, the dark shadow to Prima, the Undefeated, the very Prime closest to Unicron’s own nature by Primus’ own decree. Earth/Gaea would have been very interested in such a being.

Earth was born of Unicron’s own frame. Like calls to Like. So, of course, it catches the Fallen star with its inescapable grip, madness and grief and power echo in that metal frame.

Of course, it will claim because-

Cyclical and cycles. It, them, and everyone. All interconnected; separate and whole. It calls and calls and calls-

In a far younger Earth, Megatronus cleaves his way across the terrain as he’s unable to escape the atmosphere. No; Gaea is Unicron is Primus. It refuses to allow the Prime, its own Primordial, to leave. Gaea will keep this one; this bright soul that burns like itself and its creator/twin/reflection.

The world is a pitiless being. Beyond mortal comprehension and morals. It is curious and acquisitive. It will provide and break its inhabitants.

It sings a lullaby of Chaos and Conflict; breathing life into extreme environments to watch them struggle. Thrive or die. Only those that adapt shall be able to survive and flourish. Crooning over the newest creations that spring forth. Humming at those that triumphed.

Its bounty does not come without costs. Adaptability is its demand. Earth’s immense biodiversity and resources come with the very sediment, oceans, and atmosphere being tempestuous and violent. 

From the results of catastrophic destruction springs forth more nutrients and riches and the possibility of reshaping the environment.

June, like many of the humans that were converted, is “sleeping.” In her dreams, reality and imagination have blended. Her days go on and on and in her dreams and nightmares, she’s hunting under the moonlight and tastes the spicy thrum of prey.

She didn’t grow up with her parents. June can't even remember what they look or sound like. She went under her grandmother’s care…

She hasn’t thought of that home in years. They haven’t been in each other’s presence for a long time... Just calls and thoughtful gifts over the years seem to be the extent of their once close relationship.

June had forgotten many things. She will remember…

Others had stepped forward to claim their lost brethren and kin. Hush, little dreamers, one day you shall awaken < but do you wish to? > 

Many will never wake up. Stepping into a new life easily with the wisps of their old flesh set deep inside. Much like a whale that swims but dreams of walking upon the land.

Some do wake up. In increments. In persistence.  Following the tug of bonds even with suppressed memories. (In the once Pacific ocean, Miko’s parents are hunting for their wayward daughter. Her mother descended from the sea and it called her back. Miko’s father is a tenacious soul; where they go so shall he…)

Some wish they never had, and in the emptiness of their hearts something calls and it breaks them… Justice. Vengeance. It matters not what happens, only that they are able to eradicate the ones that razed their world.

Agent Fowler is one of the very, very few who wakes up immediately. Not only does he needs to come to terms with a place that is not home, but he also needs to figure out his newfound body and how to get into touch with anyone else that has their head on straight.

The kids are sparklings: chirping, wailing forms, and unable to speak in proper words. June is some sort of predator trace; snapping and snarling and howling in the woods.

Chickadee is his damn lifeline because the half-fae with the bone mask and the wide, sharp smile is the only one that actually speaks English and knows how to cook whatever June drags back to the camp.

He’s leery of Chickadee, the always smiling similarly metal man. Not Cybertronian. Something isn’t registering as distinctly Cybertronian. The way he hums in a dual overlay scratches the edges of Fowler’s mind. The way he walks, far too fluid for machinery, the robes seem to glide across the ground. The way he speaks: so lyrical and off-putting at times. Knows far too much of the Darbys to be a mere stranger…

Agent Fowler doesn’t know who though? When the kids became a constant presence, they and their families were vetted. Who is this man? How did they miss him?

Some dragons are born. Long-lived as people of fire and air. Destructive yet wise. The older ones tend to be far more merciful for they had lived to a point to be able to afford it. But others are chosen. Pilar is one such mortal. She was born in the desert. She died in one as well. Elsewhere.

There are reasons why many human cultures have many brutal superstitions about the dead and the condemned. Demons. Witches. Spirits. Undead.

There are reasons why humanity was once loved and feared by Others.

Such Dragons are holy symbols. Something between monster and god-kin. Such chosen individuals had given everything to the pyre and then resurrected by the Sun's flames.

Even the Courts will bow to the might of a Dragon for the Moon is the reflection of the Sun.

Such sublime mortals are fiercely coveted for they are pillars of conviction and faith. To hold a Dragon's Allegiance is beyond anything. The power of the Sun, willingly given and willingly taken, embedded in a mortal soul.

Zealous. Vehement. Relentless. 

They are the greatest defenders of their chosen liege lord, but such sovereigns are held to the high standard of the Aspect they take. 

Dragons demand the same level of dedication and devotion to the Cause.

To break faith with such a fervent being with such a ferocious soul is certain death.

< Sacrifice and salvation. A curse and a blessing rolled together. To take one is to have a volcano at your neck, an inferno dogging your steps, the wrath of the stars judging everything you shall do… >

< They are living acts of theurgy. Embodiments of the mortal and divine. Who are you to deny the work of the gods? Who are you to demand retribution when you destroyed your own and attempted to cleanse ours? >

[witchofthesouls]

Man, something tell me Jack Darby would be terrified by potential past life memories from Megatronus Prime? How would Team Prime and June Darby handle that mess?

Oh, no. The Darbys wouldn't even know they're descendants of Megatronus "the Undefeated" Prime and bonafide alien-fucker unless some really buck wild events happened, such as:

Ingestion of Dark Energon which may awaken some superpowers that are reminiscent of said Prime and/or a direct link to Unicron (the God that their ancestor was created to destroy and was a reflection of said god)

Earth got cyberformed by either the Decepticons (they were really close) or the Quintessons (a planet with Cybertronian relics, Cybertronians, Energon, and a workforce where a majority could survive the massive upgrade: insert It's Free Real Estate meme), and now they are integral to the Cult of Megatronus within the worshippers of the fractions.

Cyberformed Earth with the Cult of Megatronus, but now Earth has reverted to its primal, savage state of ancient mythos. The Decepticons fucked up. Earth isn't ready to move in. The Quintessons are salivating, but Grandpappy Prime's Titan is sleeping under the unfathomable depths of the sea and reawakes to kick ass, mentor, and help these knuckleheads.

(I imagine this Titan would be absolutely upset by Megatron's audacity to take their Prime's name, bastardize it, and fucking drag in all the melted, crumbled slag; and by Optimus, because it's another Prime and ancient Grandpappy didn't have a good relationship with other Primes. They will shut the gates at the Cybertron's Cybertronians and seethe at them until June coaxes them to begrudgingly let others in.)

If anyone is going to be the direct Prime of Chaos, it will be June Darby. This would be a fucking roller-coaster because it's not a reincarnation, it's actually the Goat himself.

Unicron is a petty SOB, he would remake his brother's distorted image of Unicron's nature and keep the Prime/Primordial deity on Earth.

AU where Magic Exists but it's limited to past events that wiped out a lot and/or holey separation of the physical and the Other lands.

Perhaps June had been deep asleep in the Abyssal zone for millennia and finally woke up in the latter half of the 20th century.

Cue a half-feral, very tired mother that's trying to remember human tongue, needs to play catch up, and keeps a low profile with a full-feral, magical toddler.

If anyone checked her rental history and cross-referenced it with local news, ohhh the things that happened for June to keep her boy safe.

June would keep it to herself, especially with Prima's revisionist history of what really happened...

The very few things would change her stance: Jack's living status, the Decepticon Omega Keys plan, and the return of the Quintessons

[witchofthesouls]

Uhhhhhhh... hi!

I know you're pin post says that you're open to requests, but I just wanted to double check, since sometimes people just ain't feeling it, y'know?

Alsoooooo... I was just curious if you wrote for the female transformers characters as well as the male ones? It's just genuinely so hard to find any active blogs that do, so just figured I'd ask since there's no harm in it.

Yep. Still open.

Surprisingly, no one asked for canon/established femmes, and I'm buried under 200+ asks of a wide variety. 🤣🤷‍♀️😅

The closest are Camien!nurse from The Donor Clause AU, June-is-Megatronus AU, Seeker!Lennox family, and the assortment of TFP!Other!AUs with cyberformed humans.

Go for it!

(If anyone did send in an ask about a femme, then Tumblr ate it because I haven't seen it, even diving into the abyss of my inbox. Feel free to resend.)

[witchofthesouls]

Ash and Rust

Ohhhhh, a fic about the aftermath of the Other!Humanformer!TFP!AU within the Bayverse after they've been sent home.

Mikaela Banes has become a Dragon herself when an Unfathomable!June (who was once Megatronus Prime that Fell to Earth. ) selects a Champion in that universe, much to everyone's surprise.

_____

Mikaela must navigate her new life as an Earth-born, not-quite Cybertronian, and learns what it truly means to have a War God's blessing.