Emily adjusted her boot before going out to her garage and got on her newly repaired motorcycle that Ratchet was able to fix a few days ago.

She fiddled with her necklace. That's right. It has already been a few days since she was saved and met the Autobots and she can clearly say that they were family to her.

Emily had to agree with her onscreen self. The Autobots felt like a missing part of her life completed and she's grateful to meet them.

She smiled as she remembered how Ratchet made a fuss over her when she scraped her knee and she saw him as an overprotective father. Bulkhead was the uncle figure she always had a laugh with. Bumblebee was like a little brother to her. Arcee was the motherly figure for her.

"Looks like we have some parental figures with the bots." Jack said as Miko grinned up to TFP Bulkhead who smiled back.

She ignited the engine and drove off to the base to visit them again as she felt her heart flutter that maybe she can get to know them more, especially Optimus. She stopped by the red light as she felt her face heat up. Damn, what's with her today? She started to stutter and a little shy around the Autobot Leader as Arcee, Bulkhead, Ratchet, Bumblebee and Jack knew what she was feeling.

"You're in love!" Miko and Sari shouted and Emily shushed the two.

She let out a sigh from her helmet as the light turned green and she then ignited her bike and drove to the base. She has a bag of clothes since she wanted to sleep over where the bots are. She felt more at home with the Autobots and she couldn't waste a minute without spending a week with them. She arrived a few more minutes later and parked her bike somewhere so it wouldn't be stepped on.

"Hi, Ratchet." She greeted the medic bot who nodded her way as Arcee wasn't around with Bumblebee as well as Optimus but Jack, Miko and Raf as well as Bulkhead.

"How come Doc Bot greets her back?" Miko pouted.

"No idea." Smokescreen said since he wasn't present at that.

"Hey, guys." She set her bag down next to the couch as she noticed that Raf and Jack were playing a video game.

"So... what do you do for fun, Emily?" Miko looked at her curiously as Jack whooped as he beat Raf at the game as they looked at her.

She rubbed her arm sheepishly as she knelt down and took out her 300 paged sketchbook.

"Let's see!" TFA Bumblebee said excitedly.

"You draw? Cool!" Raf made a gesture since he wanted to check them out. She complied and gave the sketch book as they went through it all and were amazed at how detailed it all looked.

"At least we'll see what she has in it." Cliffjumper said.

"Whoa! You could totally beat the artists back on Cybertron. Your work is really good." Bulkhead complimented her which caused her to smile shyly.

"I don't know, Uncle Bulk. Not really confident showing others my work." Emily said sheepishly.

"I took private classes." She shrugged sheepishly. Raf wasn't moving the page as they stared at the art in awe.

It was a drawing of Ratchet in fine detail and the drawing was of Ratchet by the ground bridge. They checked the other page and it showed Miko and Bulkhead goofing off and it made the 15 year old and the bot smile at how detailed it was. It even has colors.

"Wow, I really need to ask you for drawing tips, Emily." Miko said.

"Takes time and patience, young Padawan." Emily said which got a snicker from Lucia and Sam.

The next one was Bumblebee and Raf by each other's side as Raf was doing something with the laptop as Bumblebee watches.

"Hey, it's Bee and Raf!" Sari pointed excitedly.

The next was Arcee and Jack driving back to base and it was really detailed too with the color.

"Nice touch with the colors, Emily." Arcee mentioned as she just smiled before she blushed as she remembered the next drawing.

They flipped to the last page and had knowing smiles since it was a still progressing picture of Optimus and it seemed that it was when Optimus offered her a lift.

As they observed the drawing closer, they could see the warmth of Optimus Prime's optics with the subtle hint of a smile as he offered his servo for her to get on.

"Ooh. Emily and OP sitting in a tree! K-I-S-S-I-N-G!" Both TFA Jetfire and Jetstorm teased and it made Emily blushed while giving them a glare to shut up.

"No way! Yuck! Why does an organic being have feelings for Optimus?!" Sentinel exclaimed in disgust but was hit by a newspaper by Sophia who was floating above him.

"Oh, shut it, sweeper head. At least she has good taste." She said while Emily just blush even more and avoiding the curious look her Optimus is giving.

When TFP Optimus saw the drawing, his spark couldn't help but pulsed happily and was calling out to Emily. When he looked towards her, she was averting her eyes in a shy and timid matter and he didn't missed the shy smile she was giving him.

Maybe... Just maybe.

"Wow... Your works are beautiful, Emily. And the way you drew us is amazing!" Miko took out her phone and took pictures of the drawings.

She smiled as she accepted her sketchbook back.

"Thank you. I always draw if something or someone always catches my interest. And I couldn't just stop myself." She smiled softly as she put the sketch book back in her bag.

The sound of the ground bridge was heard and they all looked towards it and smiled happily when Optimus, Bumblebee and Arcee came back but she instantly grew worried when she noticed that they have slight dents to their armor and she went down quickly and went to Optimus.

"Optimus, are you okay? What happened?" She looked up to him worriedly as he looked down before kneeling as he smiled softly at her.

For the past couple of days, Optimus always felt his Spark warm at the sight of Emily. Something about her just makes him want to protect her from harm. And right now she was looking up to him with worry in her optic-eye.

"Is it just me or is Optimus really has feelings for this Emily girl?" Ironhide ask as Lucia thought on her sudden crush for her Optimus.

"I am well, Emily. We fought a few Decepticons earlier but rest assured that everything is alright." He reassured her as he watched when she let out a sigh and nodded before smiling up to him.

"Alright. Just be careful next time." She told him with a slightly scolding look which made him chuckle slightly before Miko's voice was heard.

"Hey, Emily! I didn't know you could play guitar." She tensed slightly as she turned to Miko who had her blue electric guitar with flame design to it much like Optimus' color.

"I do play the guitar, Miko. Just practicing a new song, that's all." She climbed up to them and Miko handed her guitar back as she tuned it a little before putting it back.

"Really?! What kind of song? Do you play rock and roll? Extreme shreds?" Miko started firing question after question. She just laughs before answering that she only likes to play something from her heart.

After a few hours, the kids were sent home as she stayed behind which confused Ratchet a little since Optimus was somewhere in the base.

"Aren't you going to go home, Emily?" She looked up from her notebook and smiled slightly.

"I know I should but this place feels like home to me and I wanna stay for a bit longer if that's okay with you and Optimus." She closed her notebook back and put it in her bag.

"Well, it seems okay to me but make sure that-"

"Not to touch anything without your permission, Ratchet." She grin playfully at him as he couldn't help but smile at her.

"Wait! Did Ratchet actually smiled?!" Miko yelled as she rubbed her eyes.

"Haha! Who knew the Doc could smile?" Wheeljack smirked as TFP Ratchet gave give a warning look.

She really is special since he kept seeing that Optimus was starting to open up more just like before with Elita-1.

That confused everyone aside from the three Optimus Primes.

TFA Optimus just look down while holding his servos together as he thought on what happened to his Elita-1. That certain incident in Archa-7 is forever engraved in his processor and he kept blaming himself.

Bayverse Optimus just held a solemn look as he knew for a long time that Elita-1 is somewhere but there wasn't that spark that always gets him happy when he thought about it.

TFP Optimus just closed his optics and vented deeply and slowly. That one is a very painful memory even for him to remember. He remembered it all, Elita-1's dying scream, when he saw res for the first time, the grief and pain he felt when she died in his arms before he received the Matrix.

Emily watched how TFP Optimus is acting and couldn't help a sting in her heart at the thought of Optimus already having someone but she can't just claim someone if they have someone else. She'll just get in the way. Plus she's just human... right?

TFP Ratchet sympathetized TFP Optimus and couldn't help but feel sorry that he couldn't save her. He just wish that Emily could help heal his ailing and broken spark.

Emily gave TFP Ratchet a confused look and knew she wanted answers.

"Elita-1 is one of our comrades that died during the war on Cybertron before the Exodus but... she couldn't make it." He said as Emily felt horrible and pitied TFP Optimus.

He thought of how devastated Optimus was when she perished at the war back on Cybertron. But it seemed that Emily was able to make him open up more.

"I'm... really sorry for your loss..." Emily said to the three Primes from three universes.

"Ratchet... Can I ask you something?" She asked meekly as she fiddled with her hair.

"Sure."

"What's... your home like?" She looked up to him as he was a little surprised as he didn't expect such a curious question from someone.

"Well, Cybertron is like Earth. But it has technology. But war broke out and Cybertron was lost. We came here to try and find a way to return Cybertron back to the way it was but it's difficult since the Decepticons are always trying to make it difficult to do so." He explained to her as he went back to what he was doing while he explained how Cybertron was a lot different.

She thought about what he said and figured that the Decepticons were just power hungry and bad news.

"Pathetic. The girl clearly is misguided by the Autobots." TFA Starscream said while crossing his arms.

"Hey, back off! TFP Ratchet was just telling the truth about what happened to their world! And I'm your Cybertron is flourishing!" Sam defended the medic who looked ready to snapped.

TFP Ratchet was surprised but was thankful as he sat back down.

She then let out a soft yawn and lay down on the couch with a blanket over her and fell asleep quickly. Ratchet turned around to ask her something but stopped when he noticed that she was asleep. He walked over and smiled at how peaceful she looked while sleeping. Optimus came back and was confused as to what Ratchet was doing but the medic motioned for him to be quiet as Emily stirred slightly. He nodded and walked over as Ratchet went back to do some research as Optimus watched over her as he thought about how she looks almost like Elita-1 when she recharges.

"Why are you comparing her to the femme, Prime? Did you miss watching her sleep before you recharge?" TFP Starscream gloated but was silenced by a glare TFP Megatron.

TFP Megatron knows when not to gloat about the death of a Sparkmate especially a Prime's Sparkmate. He remembered the raw fury, anger and hatred in the punches TFP Optimus did on him back then but also sensed the grief and pain and sorrow in his EM field. He glared at his claws and clenched them. He should have stopped but... It was already too late... Nothing could bring the dead back...

The next day, she was waiting outside the school where Jack, Miko and Raf went while having a small chat with Arcee, Bumblebee and Bulkhead. She giggled when Bumblebee and Bulkhead told her the time scraplets invaded the base by accident but grew concerned when Arcee told her that she and Optimus were trapped in the Arctic but reassured her that they both were fine. The bell rang and the three Cybertronian-turn-vehicles went silent as their friends came out. She forgot her bike back at base but Bumblebee offered her a ride and she couldn't say no to someone she considered a brother.

She then smiled and waved to her three friends. Before the sound of a wolf whistle was heard and they looked as the Autobots used their side mirrors and Arcee and Bulkhead even Bumblebee had to fight the urge to transform as Vince walked up to Emily.

"Oh gods, this nut-job again?" Lucia groaned.

"You have no idea how persistent that guy is." Emily shuddered in disgust.

"Hey, gorgeous, not attending the school? I might even let you come to my house for some homework." Emily gagged internally at how grossed it was. Jack and Miko were seething with anger as Raf made a gagging motion.

She glanced at her friends and winked at them as if telling them that she knew what to do.

"Vince, was it? How old do you think I am?" She put her hands on her hips as she looked at him pointedly with an unreadable look in her optic-eye which sent shivers down his spine in a bad way.

"Um, 16?" He guesses, looking unsure. This only made her roll her eyes and gave him a small glare.

"Oof! Bad call." Miko giggled mischievously.

"Listen here, kid. I'm 18 and you can't even guess the hell I've been through for 18 years. All guys like you are just all talk with no bite. Good looks won't get you anywhere with that bad attitude of yours, brat. You might as well as forget the idea of me ever considering having you around me like a love sick puppy." He took a step back in surprise and shock as students were recording what was happening while some snickered in amusement at how he got rejected.

He just growled and was about to grab her wrist but she saw that coming and quickly twisted it behind his back.

Sam and Lucia burst out laughing while the male Cybertronians from three dimensions winced collectively.

"Remind me not to get on her bad side." TFA Jazz reminded the Jettwins who are trying to stop themselves from laughing.

"Ha! He got him good!" TFA Bumblebee wheezed out.

"You guys ain't see nothing yet. Lucia here once told me that he beat the crap out of her ex boyfriend when she caught him cheating on her with Mikaela." Sam said as Jack starts to laugh.

"How bad was it?" He asked.

"Bad enough that he came back to class with bruises and after getting sent to the hospital." Lucia smirked as crossed her arms.

"Dang, girl. You're just as feisty as Miko and me." Emily said as Sari was wheezing from laughing.

"Looks Prime got himself a fiesty one."  Smokescreen teased TFP Optimus who couldn't help but shake his helm but has a small smile.

"Try anything and I'll break your arm. Got it?" He nodded fearfully and she let him go as he ran to his car.

Jack, Miko and Raf went to her and started to ask questions about how she did it as she only shrugged it off.

"Sometimes, you gotta take your own stand to do something you know is right and I already know how guys like him act." She shrugged as she got on her hover board that Ratchet had made her and she was really happy that he did.

"I so wish I have that type of board..." TFA Bumblebee whined.

"Hey, dad, can you make me one of those one day?" Sari asked her dad who nodded.

"Cool! Did you make that?" Miko looked surprised as she stared at the hoverboard.

"Yeah. I made it. I'm kinda a little genius with my family and it has a ground mode too."

"No way! You made that?!" Miko asked excitedly.

They smiled and got on their respective guardians and drove off to the base. On the way, Emily started humming as the Autobots and Jack were able to hear it and was curious and intrigued on what it was. They arrived at the base after a few minutes and they got off before Jack went to Emily.

"Hey, Emily, what was the song you were humming?" He asked curiously.

She looked at him in surprise as everyone was looking at her curiously. She rubs the back of her head as she answers.

"Well, it's a song I've been working on called The Past Is Not Today. I'm trying to see if I can find the right tune for it."

Miko grinned and got her guitar as she motioned for Raf to set some tunes and gave Emily her guitar as she looked at Miko in surprise as she held her guitar.

"Well, why don't we start? I wanna see how your song sounds. Hey, Bee, think you can record?" Bumblebee made a sound as if saying that he will.

"Wait, you sing?" Sam and Sari asked curiously as she nodded.

Miko started to play her guitar as Raf started to make some small beats from his laptop. She closed her eyes and let the music guide her as she started to play. She smiled softly as she started to sing.

Emily: Power
Was all I desired
But all that grew inside me
Was the darkness I acquired
When I began to fall
And lost the path ahead
That's when your love found me
And it lifted me instead

Like a comet burning bright in the night
I'll show there's another side to me
You can't find
We may not know what our future holds
But hear me when I say
That the past does not define us
Cause the past is not today

Jack was surprised that he found himself with Miko and Raf dancing to it as Bulkhead was dancing to the beat even Bumblebee. Ratchet was really blown away at how great she is singing.

Ambition
Is what I believed
Would be the only way to set me free
But when it disappeared
And I found myself alone
That's when you came and got me
And felt like I was home

Optimus came out after hearing music and was surprised to see his team and the kids having fun and he was shocked to hear Emily singing and it seemed that she put her heart and soul to it.

Like a comet burning bright
In the night
I'll show there's another side to me
You can't deny

The Autobot logo on her shoulder started to glow brightly as her hair turned into a metallic color as her eye was even more impressive as her human eye turned fire orange.

We may not know what our future holds
But hear me when I say
That the past does not define us
Cause the past is not
TODAY

A round of applause was heard as Sari, TFA Bumblebee and some mechs all cheered loudly.

"That was awesome!" TFA Bulkhead exclaimed.

The music ended as she panted slightly.

"That... was... AWESOME!" Miko hugged her tightly as she was a little surprised but hugged back.

"Thanks, Miko." She looked up and blushed lightly to see Optimus smiling down at her as the other clapped and complimented her on her song.

"That was a beautiful song, Emily. Did you make it?" Optimus asked curiously as she nodded after pulling back from the hug.

"I did, Optimus." She fiddled with the strand of her hair shyly as Optimus chuckled softly and used his digit to ruffle her hair gently as it caused her to giggle. So far so good and she was really getting happy with her new life and there was nothing that could destroy it.

"But alas. All good things have to come to an end." Sophia said as the next part started.