Months. It had been months since Emberstar was born. She was a slow grower, and still needed some nurturing before she would be able to walk. You were currently holding her as you spoke to her.

"Your father is- was an amazing mech. He was so funny, and a bit childish, but I loved him anyway", you whisper. "He would have loved you the moment he laid optics on you, just like I love you. I know that he is watching us from the Well of Allsparks, and I know that he will protect us. They all will. Your aunts, Sunflower, Goldburst, and Arcee. Your uncles, Bulkhead, Smokescreen, and Ratchet. And your grandsire, Optimus Prime. They'll all protect you, no matter what. I know they will."

Emberstar only grins and says one word.

"Mama!" she exclaims, grabbing at your face. You smile softly, teads appearing in your optics.

"You said your first word!" you exclaim. You weren't able to say anything else due to the door opening and closing quickly. You stared at the familiar orange and white paint.

"Ratchet?" you breathed out. Ratchet whips around, tense before relaxing.

"(Y/N)", he says, a hand on his chest, obviously relieved. Then he notices the small bundle in your arms. He's instantly by your side, looking at your sparkling. He smiles.

"She's a cutie", he says, before glancing at your shocked face.

"What, don't tell me you thought we were all dead", he says. At your next expression, he groans.

"We're smarter than that! Even Optimus is alive and he stayed behind in the base!" he snapped. You flinch, before shaking your head softly.

"Sorry, Ratch. I... Bumblebee and my sisters must have closed off the bond. I haven't been able to feel them at all", you say. Ratchet frowns.

"Bumblebee, you idiot", he mutters.

"What are you doing here, Ratchet?", you ask, getting straight to the point.

Ratchet sighs. "Well, I was on my way to fight Shockwave, but I had to hide quickly due to Starscream coming down this way."

You laugh. "Yeah, cuz you don't stand a chance against him."

"The other Autobots should be here soon", Ratchet changes the subject.

"Including Bumblebee?" you ask hopefully. Ratchet smiles and you knew it was the truth.

"Come on", Ratchet says. You shake your head.

"I'll stay in here, where it's safe for my sparkling", you say. Ratchet nods, and runs out again.

Several minutes later, however, you suddenly got the urge that you were needed somewhere. So you walked out carefully, and followed the sounds of fighting. You found yourself in a large open room, where you saw several Autobots and Decepticons. And where you saw your sparkmate leaping towards Optimus and Megatron over a large creation on the bottom of the warship. You watched as Megatron shot four times at Bumblebee, each one hitting their mark. You watched as Bumblebee fell into this blue liquid and then disappeared.

You heard screaming, and soon realized that it was from you. But you couldn't stop. Your spark hurt so much as you felt the bond be cut off. You sank to your knees and heard your sparklings cries. You pulled her closer and hugged her tight.

You opened your optics when you heard Megatron's name be yelled. You gasped when you saw Bumblebee, holding the star saber which went through Megatron's chest.

"You took my voice", Bumblebee growled. "You took my sparkmates family from her. You will never rob anyone of anything ever again."

Megatron fell over the edge and into Earth's atmosphere.

You shakily stood up and walked over to Starscream.

"He's dead", Starscream whispered. "He's actually dead."

"Our brothers have finally been avenged", you whisper. Starscream nods. You watch as Bumblebee helps Optimus up, before they both climb up to where everyone else was. You stay back, letting everyone talk to Bumblebee first.

While they did that, you studied Bumblebee's new paint job. He was mainly black now, and your sparkling matched him even more now. You couldn't help but feel slightly amused. You could feel love pouring through the bond from Bumblebee as it reconnected, and you sent the same amount of love back to him, and that is what caught his attention.

Bumblebee turned to look at you, and you smiled softly, walking forward until you stood in front of your sparkmate.

"Bug..." you whisper. "Meet your femmeling, Emberstar."

Bumblebee looked down the sparkling in your arms, and smiled happily, his mouth guard no longer covering his mouth. The femme reached out to him, and he gently took her.

"Dada!" she cried out, causing you to laugh happily, gaining the sparklings attention.

"Mama!" she grinned and you smiled as you took the sparkling back. Bumblebee pulled you into a hug and you let your tears drip down your faceplate. Primus, you missed this. Bumblebee leaned down and kissed you, and it was after that that you turned to face your sisters, who were instantly cooing over your little sparkling.

You could faintly hear Optimus speaking, and turned to look at him.

"Optimus Prime to all units. Megatron is no more", Optimus spoke. You could faintly hear the cheers over the com-link. "And (Y/N) is with us as well as her sparkling."

That was all it took for me to walk over to Emberstars grandsire, and over for him to hold her. He gently took her and held her in two servos. She giggled up at him, and he smiled the largest smile you had ever seen.

"Hello, little Emberstar", Optimus whispered. Emberstar spoke sparkling  at him, causing him to chuckle, before handing your sparkling back to you.

"Hey, Raf, if you can tear yourself away from your laptop for two seconds, bridge yourself up here so we can get to Cybertron already", Bumblebee says. You grin before walking over to Bumblebee, and speaking softly.

"Never block the bond again, because I have seriously thought you were dead until now. And then you nearly did die!" you growl.

Bumblebee laughs, before going serious.

"I'm really sorry, sweetspark. Your sisters and I figured it was necessary in case Megatron was keeping track of everything we told you", he explains. You smile softly.

"I understand, I just wish it hadn't happened", you say. Bumblebee nods, and together, you walk to the bridge, where two familiar wreckers were waiting, as well as a couple familiar humans. There was one unfamiliar Autobot but you figured introductions could come later.

Miko was instantly in front of you, in the apex armor. "Can I see you sparkling?"

You laugh and show her the small femme. She grins.

"Aw, she's so cute!!" Miko grins. You smile softly, and allow Miko to continue gushing over your sparkling.

Soon, you were going through a space bridge and were flying to the Well of Allsparks.

Your sparkling suddenly started to cry and with a few realizations, you realized she wanted to held by her sire. You walk over to Bumblebee, who had Raf sitting on his shoulder. Raf immediately smiled when he saw you, and the smile grew when he saw your sparkling.

"Is this Emberstar?" Raf asks. You nod, before handing her over to Bumblebee, who immediately began cooing at her. Emberstar giggled, but was distracted when the sun rose over the horizon as the planet came back to life. You couldn't help but smile.

"Ah, such luster", Knockout says. When everyone gives him a strange look, he continues. "What? I'm joining the winning team!"

Miko punched him using the apex and turned around just as a large shadow covered the screen that showed the outside.

"The predacon", the unfamiliar bot said. You all watched as the predacon flew away, though you couldn't help but laugh quietly when Emberstar gurgled up at you.

You followed everyone through the space bridge that led to Earth, and found yourself in what you presumed was the new base. The humans immediately went to a platform so they could see you and the team better.

You could feel overwhelming sadness coming through your sparkmates bond, and gently maneuvered Ember so you could take Bumblebee's servo in one of yours. He gave you a sad smile and you couldn't help but give one back.

"Though our home world is once again capable of supporting life, we have much rebuilding to do", Optimus says. "Alas, we will miss our home away from home, and the family that we've made here."

"If the cons are still out there, won't Earth still be on their radar?" Raf asks.

Bumblebee speaks up. "Raf, if you ever need me, need us, we're just a space bridge away."

"Besides, we'll be in good hands with you, Jack, and Miko continuing to serve Unit E, in a semi-official capacity", Agent Fowler tells them.

"Woah! We're agents?!" Miko exclaims.

"Consultants", Nurse Darby steps forward, sending a glare in Agent Fowler's direction. "Until you're of age."

"I trust that Unit E doesn't have any rules forbidding the enlisment of rusty, old Autobot consultants?"

Everyone stares at Rstchet, including you. Archer was about to speak up but Goldburst cut her off.

"And I hope that there's nothing forbidding a second Autobot staying with the one she loves..." Goldburst says, looking at Ratchet, whose optics widen. You stare between them in shock, though everyone else was amused. You look at Bumblebee, who explains quietly.

"For the past several months, it's been kind of obvious that there's been something between the two, though I think Goldburst only just admitted her feelings now."

You laugh quietly, and watch the interaction between Ratchet and Goldburst, both of whom where now blushing like crazy, and not looking at each other.

Raf had walked away from the group, and we follow him to say goodbye.

"Raf", Bee starts, but couldn't finish, and let his head fall.

"I know, Bee. You don't have to say anything", Raf says. You could feel overwhelming sadness come from Bee as he looks back up, and gives Raf a small smile.

"I never did", he says.  You smile softly, before handing Emberstar over to Bumblebee, and letting Raf climb onto your servo. You hug him gently.

"Raf, you will always hold a place in our sparks. If we ever come back to Earth, know that we will visit you, even if you are on the other side of the world", you say, trying not to cry as you thought of the young boy who had helped you get over the death of your sparkling. While he hadn't helped completely, he did remind you of your little Stardust and that was enough.

"Thank you, for watching over me,
(Y/N), Bumblebee", Raf says.

"And thank you, Raf, for being like a son to me", you whisper to him. You felt your spark clench painfully as you realized just how much you didn't want to leave him. But you had to, for the sake of your sparkling. And for your sparkmate, who was going to need you in the coming times.

You gently take your sparkling back, after setting Raf down, and walking over to where Goldburst and Ratchet were.

"Goldburst, I'm going to miss you", you say. Goldburst smiles.

"And I'm going to miss you", she replies. "As well your little sparkling. I'm so glad she doesn't have to grow up with this war."

You smile. "Me too. But she'll probably never know you."

"I'm sure you'll make sure she's at least heard of me", Goldburst says.

You smile, before looking down at your sparkling.

"Ember, say goodbye to Aunt Goldburst", you whisper.

"Bah, Gogo!!" Goldburst giggled slightly at the sparkling talk.

"She learns quickly", Ratchet cuts in.

You nod. "She's only started speaking today, so I'm rather surprised at how fast she's been learning to speak."

"Well, it all depends in how much you talk around her, so I assume you've been talking to your quite a bit", Ratchet says. You nod again, before smiling at them once more.

"Well, looks like it's almost time for me to be leaving", you whisper, noticing that most everyone had said their goodbyes. You could see your three young human friends were either crying or were definitely sad. You smile at them, though it was a sad smile.

Ratchet opens a space bridge, and you rejoin with Bumblebee, and walk through the space bridge, with you sending one last glance back to Raf, who was watching you, tears forming in his eyes.

You looked away, holding back tears as you found yourself back on the ship that was your prison for the longest time. After a few minutes, you couldn't take it anymore, and you just started crying quietly, and Bumblebee didn't hesitate to hug you, being careful of the sparkling.

You were home, so why didn't it feel like home...?