[Robots and Magic] Between Claws

1. 𝘎𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵

Sunset cleared her throat, "Are you-- doing okay? You know, after... what happened between you and Timber?"

The element of magic's movements stopped and her gaze fell on the screen again, "Oh... Oh yeah!" she waved off with a smile, although it looked like a forced one, "We agreed on staying as friends at least. Which is good, right? Besides, it was obvious things weren't going to work the way we wanted to, not when he is so far away, busy at the camp and I'm occupied with studies while hiding the entire existence of alien species we just met."

"Hey, if you ever want to talk to someone, I can always lend an ear." offered Sunset.

"Yeah, I know. Thank you." Twilight smiled at her, "Waiting for Bumblebee, I presume?"

"We agreed to meet at the park in an hour, so I decided to go for a walk and clear my mind for a bit."

A few weeks have passed since Optimus and Arcee went back to Cybertron to retrieve the Decepticon scientist who was put in stasis.

Shockwave.

A sad feeling appeared in Sunset's chest again at the thought of her guardian's missing presence. She knew they would be occupied with important duties once they arrive on their planet. The Prime promised her they would return shortly. Still, it was a bit hard for Sunset to watch him leave.

The old leader assigned Bumblebee as her guardian until he returned, although Fluttershy was already his charge, the lieutenant had no problem watching over the two of them, he did have previous experiences with watching over humans after all.

"By the way, who is picking you up?" Sunset curiously asked.

"Strongarm! She will probably be here in a few minutes." just when the purple teenager answered, a siren of a police car was heard outside of her home, Twilight took a glance at her clock, "Oh, it's 9 am! Right on time as always." she got up and took her stuff, "Gotta go, later!"

"See ya." Sunset waved and the call ended.

Twilight put the device in her backpack and kneeled next to her dog who was sleeping next to Smartypants, her childhood plush toy, "C'mon, Spike. We have to go." she whispered and gently nudged him.

The canine slowly opened his eyes and blinked, he yawned and made a big stretch. The girl waited for her pet to walk out of the bedroom first, "I was dreaming about chasing a bone, it was so close!" Spike informed enthusiastically as he hopped off her bed and passed by his owner.

Twilight rolled her eyes and let out a chuckle, "Of course it was." once they got outside of the house, she locked the door, but she could feel Spike's tiny paw pocking her leg.

She turned to her pet who was pointing at something, she looked up and froze once noticing how her neighbors were staring suspiciously at the police automobile. Twilight laughed nervously as she approached the car, "It's just one of my father's close friends! They are picking me up for uh-- a school report! About... police officers! Yep, that's right!" the door of the patrol vehicle opened, Spike quickly hopped in, the girl waved before entering as well, "Nothing to see here! Bye, have a nice day!" the small crowd kept looking at her in a weird way and the door closed as she sat on the driver's seat.

"Nice escape." Spike snickered next to her.

Twilight let out a deep exhale and held her forehead, "I have to come up with better excuses than this..."

"Thank you for the cover, Twilight. I'm sorry I had to turn the sirens on, otherwise we would have been late for the other's arrival." Strongarm apologized through the dashboard while departing.

"No problem at all. You sound excited about them, they must be very important individuals." responded the human as she buckled up her seatbelt and put the backpack on her lap.