The forest was silent as the stars glinted and shined in the dark blue sky.

A red and blue male dragon stood on top of the cliff edge, staring at the stars solemnly. An orange and white dragon walked over to him, flicking his tail. "Optimus? Why are you still up? It's late," he said in a gentle tone.

Optimus Prime sighed softly, "I know, Ratchet. I cannot sleep." "Nightmares again?" Ratchet asked in a concerned yet knowing tone. Optimus looked away from him, giving the healer his answer.

Ratchet looked back at the stars. "All will be fine, old friend," he said, giving the Prime dragon a gentle nudge.

Optimus smiled slightly and he gave a small nod. "Come on then," Ratchet said with a small chuckle and he got up, "last thing we need is the others fussing about you oversleeping."

Optimus chuckled softly as he got up and walked after the healer.

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The sun rose up into the air. Bumblebee and Smokescreen leapt from the undergrowth, laughing.

Primrose giggled as she scurried after the two young males. The three were currently playing a game of keep away and Bumblebee had a shiny grey crystal in his mouth.

"You don't play fair, Bee!" Primrose laughed. "All's fair in love and war!" Smokescreen said with a playful wink and he and Bumblebee ran ahead of the young flier.

Primrose giggled softly as she skidded to a halt, stopping to catch her breath. When she was born, she was small and premature.

Her Carrier, Skylight Prime, gave her everything she could ever need with Ratchet doing checkups and making sure she ate right.

The little Prime wasn't like the others. She was a bit reserved in a way and always went to her favorite hiding spot whenever she needed space. Speaking of which, the little Prime spread her wings and flew up into the air.

She made sure to fly from the mountains as she flew through the clouds. She closed her eyes with delight as the cool air made her relax. She landed in the middle of a forest and in the center of it was a tree covered with pink petals.

A cherry blossom tree, so-to-speak. There was something peculiar about the tree that made Primrose come to it every now and again. It was her Carrier's burial grounds. And she had grown to care for the tree itself.

She smiled softly before she spread her wings and flew back into the air. She sniffed the air before she caught the scent of energon. Without hesitation, she dived down and made her way towards a cave.

Once she landed, the smell of energon grew thicker and she walked into the cave. A few crystals were embedded into the walls while some were sticking out of the ground.

"Might as well try to get this out by myself," Primrose sighed before she walked over to the energon that was in the ground. She dug her claws into the ground before she started digging.

She froze when she heard the sounds of wing-flaps and she quickly scurried to a pillar. Climbing up onto the top, she stayed still as Knockout, Breakdown and Starscream walked into the cave with some omega troops.

Knockout let out a whistle, "that's a lot of energon. This could feed a lot of dragons."

"Of course it could," Starscream muttered before he gave the troops a glare, "what are you waiting for? Get moving!"

The troops hurriedly rushed over to the energon and started to dig at it. Primrose watched them, her tail silently flicking sideways. She needed to find a way out of here and quickly.

"Hey," Breakdown said to Knockout, "do you smell that?"

Knockout looked at his friend curiously and he sniffed the air before a smirk appeared on his face. "Indeed I do," he said, "a little Autobot away from home."

'Scrap!' Primrose thought and before she could react, a blast of fire hit the pillar, the force of the blast sending her flying back. She yelped as she hit the ground, scraping her wings and back.

She groaned as she turned on her side. Shifting her gaze upwards, she saw Starscream standing a few feet away from her, his eyes narrowed.

"So it's the new little Prime, is it?" Knockout said. Primrose glared at him and hissed, her tail lashing sideways.

She quickly whirled around and hit Knockout away with her tail, sending the grounder flying into Starscream.

Breakdown pinned Primrose down and dug his claws into her back and shoulder. Primrose snarled before she bit Breakdown on the arm. The grounder yelped and Primrose took a chance to headbutt him in the chest hard, sending him stumbling back.

Primrose scrambled to her feet before she leapt over Breakdown's head and ran out of the cave.

"After her!" Starscream shouted at the air. The omega troops ran after Primrose. Primrose gritted her teeth and slid down a hill.

The omega troops paused in surprise. Primrose spread her wings and she flew up into the air. A shocking pain rushed through her wing but she ignored it as she continued to fly.

Not knowing whether are not the omega troops were behind her, she took a deep breath, flew down and dived into a lake.

She looked up at the surface as she watched the omega troops run past the lake. Primrose held her breath for at least ten seconds before she resurfaced from the lake, taking in a deep breath.

Breathing heavily, she looked around and quickly jumped out of the lake and ran from the lake to another location in the forest.

"Primrose!" Smokescreen called out as he, Bumblebee and Cliffjumper hurried over to her.

"Are you okay? You're hurt." Cliffjumper said worriedly. "I'll be fine," Primrose said quickly, "I ran into some trouble at a mine. A bit bruised but I'll be fine."

"Decepticons?" Cliffjumper asked. "Yep," Primrose said.

"Let's get you to Ratchet," Bumblebee said. Primrose nodded and she glanced back over her shoulder before she and the other males left.