Through Ash and Dust (ROTB)

Chapter 22

Saphira had not expected to be suddenly awakened by the Transit incident, but she was. She found herself having nightmares of Transit kidnapping her and holding her hostage, and in some of her nightmares, she was forced to watch Transit kill the autobots. Though more specifically, Optimus Prime. All this happened over the week since the incident. She has been struggling to sleep very well due to it. It has made Saphira paranoid, flinching whenever she would see a bus, even if she is with an autobot. She knew not every bus was the decepticon, but she had to keep reminding herself of that fact to try and stay relaxed. Especially as the autobots have had to reassure her that the buses they pass was not Transit.

At the very least, now that they know that Transit will actively target Saphira, the autobots were glad that Saphira was sticking close to them. More like glue than anything else at the moment, as she was terrified of being kidnapped by Transit. He was certainly also a lot smarter than Saphira first thought, which was her mistake. She would never underestimate Transit again.

Saphira had also begun to spend a lot of time with Bumblebee. The autobot had indeed been okay despite the fight he had with Transit. He did need some repair, but not a great lot. It still made her feel guilty to know she might have been the reason for him to be attacked. Bumblebee might have brought her to that mansion, but she still felt guilty that he had to protect her, and it caused him to get injured.

Saphira was staring out the window currently of the camaro. It was the evening, and Saphira had suggested to Bumblebee to drive around to see the Christmas lights that have already been put up. And right now, there was a light fall of snow happening, and she was smiling a little as she watched the snowflakes fall from the sky. It might not fully cover the ground tonight, but it was beautiful.

"I'll never get over seeing the first snowfall," Saphira said as she stared out the window. "It is beautiful. Especially with the moon shining down on us. It is making the snow glitter like crystals as they fall to the ground." She looked at the houses as Bumblebee drove down the street. There were houses already lit with Christmas lights, and it was beautiful. "It makes me wish that I could celebrate Christmas with someone. I've never celebrated it."

"You could celebrate with us," Bumblebee suggested quickly as he rolled slowly down the street. "We could try and find a tree to decorate."

Saphira smiled and shook her head. "There's no need. There are plenty of large Christmas trees adorned with decorations around the city. We don't need to have one in order to admire. But I would definitely like celebrating Christmas with you guys. I think it would be very magical."

Saphira did not know what a Christmas day with the autobots would look like, but she at least would not be alone on Christmas. Even Arthur didn't do anything with her around Christmas, but she was glad that he did not. She didn't need that extra pain. Regardless, Saphira was actually looking forward to Christmas this year for a change. She didn't need presents to be happy, she was happy that they were here.

"I guess I should really be happy that you guys showed up in my life," Saphira said dreamily as she stared out the window. "I know that we got off to a rocky start, but I think now things are much better. You are my friends, and I hope to believe we will always be friends, even if you were to return to Cybertron. I know I will never forget you if that was to happen."

"I feel the same about you," Bumblebee responded, finding gentle words to form the sentence, which made Saphira's smile widen. "You are special to us. Even the boss. He might hide that fact, but he cares about you. Make a Christmas wish this year."

"A Christmas wish? I haven't done that in a long time." It also sounded like a really good idea. She did try to picture what Christmas would look like, but she honestly just saw herself sitting inside Optimus's cab for the whole day. After all, it will still be cold and snowing. "As far as I am concerned, I don't really need to make one." She chuckled a little and winds the window down to stick her arm out and cup her hand to catch the snowflakes. "I am glad you agreed to come with me, Bumblebee. The lights are beautiful, even if we aren't quite in December just yet."