Shout out _Ajadya_ :) Thanks for being my first request!! I hope you and others enjoy!! :D
On Cybertron, even before the Great War, it was rare for there to be a femme seeker born into the High Guards.
So imagine the shock of the entire planet when you came online.
The mechs used to tease you growing up. When you were a sparkling, they would ask you if you were a mistake, or an accident, and say you were wasted Energon. "No one needs to waste their time and energy training you." One mech rolled his orange optics at you.
However, there was one Mech who always had your back - Starscream.
You two were best friends growing up. When you entered the "teenage years", Starscream got into a lot of fights because of mechs teasing you even worse, stating, "Eh, Y/N is meant to be a carrier at most! She can't fight nor fly in the sky!"
It was true at first, you couldn't fight. You were very weak and thin for your size. Then again, there wasn't any other female High Guard, so how would you know what one would look like?
Your home life wasn't easy, either. Your Carrier hid your gender from your Sire for many stellar cycles, but once he found out, the bullying at home was worse.
"Worthless piece of junk!" He kicked you into a wall one day, leaving a dent on your side. Your carrier tried defending you, but only got the Primus beaten out of herself as well.
You ran away from home and found Starscream in an alleyway, kicking an old crate. He had a small dent on his chin. "Starscream?" You muttered with tears in your optics. You saw him glance up at you and angrily clenched his cervos into fists. "Why do bad things always happen to us?" You croaked out.
"Listen to me!" Starscream came over to you, his cervos on your shoulders. "We need to start thinking about ourselves! To prove to these idiots that we are more than wasted Energon! And we need to start defending each other and ourselves! The way I see it - it's us versus everyone else. What do you say?"
You gulped nervously. "But what if I can't? Part of being a High Guard is to fight back, and there aren't many female fighters-"
"Then let me teach you." Starscream offered with a sincere smile.
"But I don't want to hurt you!" You pouted. "You're my best friend."
"Best friends have to stick up for each other, but we can't do that if we can't stick up for ourselves first." He assured you. "After all - if you can hurt me, just know you're a strong Bot!" he smiled wide as he jumped back and flexed his arm, earning a giggle from you. He felt his body relax seeing you smile again before saying, "Come on. The sooner we start, the better off we are."
You nodded and took his outstretched cervo before running after him through the alleyway.
As cycles passed through and went, you and Starscream trained every day after academy to nighttime. You either trained on racing, obstacle courses, or fighting. Starscream was always faster than you at flight, but overtime you got really strong with fighting. The both of you were about the same for agility.
Then the Final Exam day was coming. If you passed, you were High Guard Official. If not... you failed and would be demoted to Waste Management.
A lot of the mechs still teased you, insisting you and Starscream were going to fail. "Hey, let me know how Waste management goes next year, alright?" One shouted towards you, earning some laughter and high fives from the other mechs.
You growled and clenched your fists, staring daggers at the back of their helms. "Not yet," Starscream assured you with a gentle cervo on your shoulder. This action caused you to relax. "Save your energy for the fighting. You'll have to fight one of the mechs for sure, but I know you can whoop their aft."
