A New World

In The End

𝓔𝓹𝓲𝓵𝓸𝓰𝓾𝓮

War. Such a simple yet still complicated word. A word filled with pain, trial, hardship, tests, and worst of all, death. War is a period of uncertainty, where hope is a luxury and faith is a must. The last thing anyone expects to find in the middle of a war, is love. Of course, it's not as bad when one of the people that fall in love is completely oblivious to said war. That was me, I was a girl who didn't know half the things that went on in her own world let alone the universe. Now I do, now my spark hurts with the incalculable losses this amazing race has suffered from. Now, I know too much to feel like a girl.

My innocence was ripped from me. Then again, I don't really think I had any to begin with. 

From the year they touched down to now, it's been 15 years. 5 years since the final battle in England, and oh how far we've come. We've suffered great loss, the only ones remaining from the beginning are Ratchet, Optimus and Bumblebee. Ironhide was gone, Jazz, Sideswipe, Mudflap, Skids... all of them ripped away. I lost my mate for a while too, but he was more fortunate than the others. He came back. No one else got that privilege. I wasn't going to complain, not when he meant the universe to me, not when I couldn't live without him. It was bittersweet I suppose, that I somehow drew the lucky straw, that I got my happy ending. It didn't change the fact that I felt terrible about it.

Although, not everything went so smoothly for us. Not with the loss of a sparkling to my own negligence. One I lost when my mate went to space for 3-4 years... I didn't even tell him I had been sparked, not when I didn't want to keep him from what he had to do. We had Katie, our first little femling who lit up our world like the mood does the night sky. And then Orion, our happy little mech. 

And then disaster struck, and we were forced to separate. In that time, Ratchet and Katie became mates once she was old enough, it helping that she was taken and experimented on along with her brother. It took everything in me not to kill those vile humans.

But enough about the past, I tried my hardest to push past the darkness, tried to focus on the now. It was hard, for all of us.

"Sweetspark?" The gentle timbre of my mate's voice brought me from my stupor as I turned from the balcony, his bright frame lighting up with the lowering suns of Cybertron. A smile lit my dermas as I stalked towards him, the both of us embracing tightly. 

"You're home." I whispered, hearing him hum as peace flooded our bond. 

"For now at least. We finally wrapped up negotiations and rebuilding today. I am all yours." He replied and I perked, gazing up at him. 

"Oh Optimus..." I whispered, leaning up to kiss him softly. He pressed himself into me, holding me close and tight as we relished in the love between us.

'No matter what, you are never alone.' He assured, a single tear falling from my optic as I kissed him more desperately.

'I'm with you no matter what. You're the love of my life and I refuse to lose you.' I replied, the both of us finally pulling apart. I nuzzled into his palm when he raised a servo to cradle my cheekplate, a soft vent leaving me. "When you came to Earth, and scared Sam and I, I never would've expected this as my future. I didn't think I'd ever want to be with a male after what I went through, and how much of an alien I felt.  But, you changed that. You opened an entre new world to me and I've never felt like I belonged more. I will do whatever it takes to keep you. To prove you how much I love you. Every second of every cycle." I swallowed thickly, Optimus resting his forehelm against mine.

He vented deeply, optics filled with love as my audials flicked. "I now understand why we have sparkmates, there truly is no one else for me. Only you. I am eternally grateful our travels led us together." He murmured softly and I pecked his dermas.

There was a knock on the door, the both of us separating as I went to the door and opened it to reveal Katie and her mate with their son. Quick pedes ran from the hallway towards us, a smile lighting my faceplate as I gazed behind me to see the triplets running for their older sister. "Wha- sire here too!!" The lone fem chirped, Optimus kneeling to hug them while I welcomed my oldest in.

"Wait-! I'm here too!" Orion's shout echoed and I chuckled, allowing him in before closing the door.

"Always so punctual Orion, it's a wonder you manage to go past a first date." I grinned, hearing him huff and scowl at me. I rubbed his helm before turning to the rest of my family, venting happily in peace.

This was what it was all for. 

This right here.

It was so worth it.

~𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓔𝓷𝓭~