So this was a random idea that I came up with! I'm gonna be writing backstories for the characters in Transformers Prime and you get to pick who! It can be a human, autobot, or decepticon! :)

First up is Arcee! Hope you like it!

Arcee leaned back against the wall and sighed. Memories flooded through her processor and she couldn't help but smile at them. They were the ones she never shared with anyone, not even Jack. She was sitting in her room thinking about the past events. The war was calm for now, something she was thankful for. She pulled a picture out of her subspace and stared at it for a moment, tears filling her optics. It was of her and her twin brother when they were younger. She sighed and shuttered her optics.

"Where are you, Nightshade?" she whispered. She allowed darkness to consume her as she fell into a deep recharge.

**Arcee's dream**

Arcee grinned as she walked down the small Cybertronian village she grew up in on Cybertron. Rumors of the war between autobots and decepticons had reached the town but they thought nothing of it. Well, not everyone there. The orphan twins were always talking about it. Arcee dreamed of being the best soldier serving under Megatron. By what little they'd heard of the war, they assumed the decepticons were the right way to go.

Arcee sat behind a small building and drank a cube of energon, waiting for Nightshade to arrive. The black mech finally came up and sat next to her. They made idle chat before there was an explosion nearby. Arcee screamed as fire began to surround them. Nightshade grabbed her servo and they began to run. They had to continuously dodge fire and finally ducked into their secret hideout. Arcee was crying by now, especially when she saw that it was only the decepticons attacking. She had been all wrong about which side they should trust. Nightshade seemed to come to the same realization because he had a look of guilt planted across his faceplate.

"Nightshade," Arcee whispered. "What are we going to do?" Nightshade remained silent as he watched the scene. She knew he was contemplating their options so she didn't press further for an answer. Arcee gasped in horror as her old friend Flareup was shot in the spark by a decepticon. Nightshade looked mortified.

"We need to find the autobots, and fast." Nightshade growled. He'd become close to Flareup and he too saw her fate. Arcee nodded and narrowed her optics, her battle computer kicking on.

"Follow me." She crawled out and found a new hiding spot nearby with Nightshade on her tail. She heard a Cybertronian engine approaching and ducked down. When she peaked out from her position she was grabbed and thrown into the street. Arcee stared up in terror at Soundwave, the TIC of the decepticons. "Scrap!" Her voice was barely above a squeak as the mech approached with a snarl (A/N yes this is before Soundwave has a visor, you'll find out why soon!). Arcee didn't have any weapons so she had to rely on what little hand-to-hand combat she knew. Everything was a blur as she fought the black and purple con. In the end she was beaten badly and Soundwave was stepping on her chassis hard. Arcee managed to claw him just right in the faceplate so that he could never see or talk again without a full visor. Soundwave was about to finish her off when a blur of red passed her optics and knocked off the mech. Nightshade ran up and helped his sister stand. She'd sent him a private comm. to not engage her battle. The red mech who'd saved her turned at looked at her with his piercing blue eyes.

"Are you okay?" he asked. Soundwave transformed and flew away. "Coward…"

"I'm fine, thanks." Arcee muttered. But when Nightshade let go of her she collapsed again. She heard engines and feared that more decepticons had arrived. She looked up to see the autobots transforming. A red and white one immediately walked up to her.

"No you're not, your condition says otherwise." The mech growled. Arcee winced and tried to slink away from him as Nightshade helped her stand.

"Relax, Ratchet's a grump but he's the best medic on Cybertron." the bot from before said as he walked up. Ratchet glared at him but turned to the frightened twins. "Uh bossbot, I think they're scared of us."

"Who are you? And why was our village attacked?" Arcee demanded, though her voice was weak. The red and blue autobot walked up behind Ratchet and the one who saved her.

"Allow Ratchet to attend to your wounds, and I will explain everything." His voice was deep and Arcee knew she heard it from somewhere, but couldn't remember. Nightshade sat her down with a sigh.

"Might as well considering our medic is most likely gone." Nightshade said. He turned to autobots with a stern look. "My name's Nightshade, and this is my twin sister-"

"Arcee." The familiar bot finished with a small smile. Arcee's optics widened. She couldn't believe it! Nightshade had a similar expression as they gaped up at him.

"Orion? Orion Pax?" Nightshade asked. Orion nodded. Nightshade grew angry and even pushed him. "We thought you were dead! And what's going on here? You promised you'd return but you never did!"

"Nightshade stop!" Arcee growled. The autobot standing next to Ratchet looked completely lost.

"What's going on? Optimus, what are they talking about?" he asked. Arcee's spark sunk. Her old friend Orion was really Optimus Prime? He's the leader of the autobots?

"I do not go by that name anymore, Nightshade. After I received the Matrix I became Optimus Prime." Optimus sighed. Arcee hissed in pain when Ratchet nicked a sensitive wire. "This is Tailgate, my second-in-command."

Arcee's dream skipped and she was training with Tailgate in Iacon, after the mess had been cleared up. Arcee was eager to learn how to fight while Nightshade settled on becoming a medic. Ratchet tried to get the femme to learn, considering she had the perfect servos for it, but Arcee said that she wanted to be a soldier. After failing a scenario for the fifteenth time Arcee finally sat down and leaned against the wall in despair. She pulled her legs up to her chassis and sighed. She'd never become an autobot warrior, not even a scout.

"Come on, Arcee. You're doing fine." Tailgate said as he walked up. Arcee shook her helm and put it in her servos. Tailgate kneeled down next to his student and examined her. "Look, nobody gets it the first few tries, not even Optimus. What's gotten you so down?"

"Can I trust you with a secret?" Arcee whispered. Tailgate smiled and nodded. "I only knew about the war through stories that travelers would tell us. By what we heard, Nightshade and I believed that the decepticons were the 'good side' and I had dreamed about being the highest ranking warrior. But when they attacked my village it tore everything apart. I can't even make scout class, how am I supposed to be a warrior? I barely survived Soundwave's attack, but that's only because you came. I…I just don't want to be thought of as a weak femme." To Arcee's surprise he hugged her close.

"You know, a wise bot once said 'keep on dreaming, even if it breaks your spark'. You can't give up on your dream, 'Cee. I'm a hundred percent sure that you have what it takes to become a high class warrior. It's not going to be easy but I will train you so long as you chase that dream." Tailgate murmured in her audio receptor.

**End dream**

"Arcee wake up!" Jack's voice yelled. Arcee jerked awake and saw her charge standing in the doorway to her room. "Optimus needs you right now! He said that another autobot's about to land and that you know him!" Arcee jumped up and ran into the main hanger with Jack hot on her heels. When she walked up to everyone they were staring at the monitor. Optimus turned to her with a small smile.

"Nightshade is landing." Was all he said. Arcee's optics brightened and she held back a squeal of glee. She grinned and looked up at the monitor.

"When is he landing?" she asked quickly. The humans, Bumblebee, and Bulkhead gave her a confused look.

"Who's Nightshade?" Miko asked. Arcee turned to the humans, optics glowing brighter than ever.

"Nightshade's my twin brother! I can't believe he's landing!" Arcee exclaimed. Jack was surprised by how excited she was and that she had a twin brother. Her spark was thumping in her chassis so hard that she thought it might go out.

"He should be landing in about an hour." Ratchet said with a faint smile. Optimus turned to Arcee with a stern look.

"That gives you time to explain your real story to the children." Optimus stated. Arcee's optics widened and she shrunk back in slight fear. Her past wasn't one she wished to tell her partner. "They deserve to know, Arcee."

"But Optimus, they wouldn't understand." Arcee said. The humans would've been offended if they hadn't heard the real fear in her voice. "I-I can't! It's bad enough that I relive the memories in my dreams, I can't tell it to someone who won't be able to understand. Please, Orion." Everyone except Ratchet and Optimus looked shocked at what she called him.

"Arcee, what's going on? You can trust me." Jack said. Arcee looked close to breaking down from everything. Optimus put a servo on her shoulder and that's when she snapped. She slapped his arm away and ran into her room. "Optimus, what's wrong with Arcee?" Jack's voice was demanding, showing his worry for his partner. Optimus sighed and looked off in the direction Arcee ran off in.

"Arcee's had a rough past, even before the war affected her." Optimus said. Ratchet nodded in agreement sadly. Jack bolted down the stairs and headed for the hall when a foot was placed in front of him. "Jack, if Arcee is unable to tell you then leave it be for now."

"I'm sorry Optimus, but Arcee's my friend and I can't stand seeing her like this." Jack said. He went around him and ran until he found Arcee's room. He looked up at the massive door and sighed, there was no way he could open it on his own. "Arcee, please let me in!"

"Go away!" Arcee yelled back. Jack frowned and crossed his arms.

"Arcee come on, you can tell me anything. I promise I won't think any different of you." Jack called gently. There was a moment of silence and Jack bit his lip in worry. "It hurts to see you like this 'Cee." The door opened and Arcee knelt down to face him.

"Jack, my past is not a fun one. Not even Optimus understands what happened to Nightshade and I back on Cybertron." Arcee stated. Jack sighed and shook his head.

"You're right, I won't understand perfectly. But that doesn't mean I don't want to help you Arcee. The others are worried too, including Optimus and Ratchet." Jack said. Arcee smiled and hugged him close to her chassis.

"Thanks, Jack." she whispered. Jack grinned and shrugged as she carried him to the main hanger. She hesitated when she saw the looks she received but put Jack on the deck and leaned against the wall. "I'm sorry for doing that, guys. It's just hard to tell my story."

"Would it help if we waited until Nightshade lands?" Ratchet asked. Arcee let out a shaky breath and shook her helm.

"No, you can hear his side later if you want." Arcee said. She looked at the humans, but quickly looked back at the ground. "Before and during the early stages of the war Nightshade and I were orphans in a small Cybertronian village. We only knew about the war through stories from travelers who's seen battles. Due to the information the decepticons were made out to be the 'good guys'. "

"You were a decepticon?" Bulkhead demanded. Arcee winced and shrank back. Optimus gave him a stern look that silenced him.

"I wasn't a decepticon, but I had wanted to be the best decepticon warrior. Before Optimus became a Prime he was a friend of ours known as Orion Pax. He'd actually grown up in our village and helped raise Nightshade and I after our sparkparents were offlined." Arcee smiled at the memory. "We thought the war would blow over and wouldn't reach us."

"But it did," Jack said in realization. Arcee nodded and shuttered her optics again.

"My village was attacked by decepticons. Nightshade and I were able to hide, but we had to watch all our friends die in front of our optics. What made it worse was that Nightshade was going to propose to Flareup, but that plan got torn to bits when a con decided to shoot her in the spark." Arcee's shoulders were shaking as she held back tears. "I had to sit there until we were able to jump out and try to find the autobots. Soundwave caught me and…" she started crying again. "I'm the real reason why Bumblebee can't talk."

"What do you mean? Megatron damaged his voice box, not you." Raf said. Arcee shook her helm and refused to look up at the scout.

"I'm also the reason why Soundwave wears that visor. I had clawed him with my servos in the perfect angle so that he wouldn't be able to talk or see ever again without a visor. Megatron got the idea from my attack. I'm so sorry Bee." Arcee sat the ground while crying. Bee ran up and hugged her. He whirred something and Raf smiled.

"He says he doesn't blame her." the boy translated. When Bee backed away from the femme Arcee had stopped crying but she still looked guilty.

"Soundwave was about to kill me when Tailgate tackled him and the decepticons fled. That when I found out that Orion had become Optimus and I also met Ratchet." Arcee smiled a little up at Optimus and Ratchet who returned the gesture.

"So that's how you met Tailgate?" Miko asked. Arcee nodded and looked down again.

"We were the only survivors of the massacre. I decided to be trained to be a warrior while Nightshade worked with Ratchet to become a medic. I was terrible, I couldn't get anything right. Tailgate knew I was about to give up but he told me to keep going for it. Truth is…we weren't just partners. He was my sparkmate." Arcee admitted. The humans, Bulkhead, and Bee gave out a surprised gasp.

"How are you still alive?" Bulkhead asked, looking as though if he touched her she'd fall apart. Arcee sighed and shook her helm.

"I don't know honestly." Arcee mumbled.

"Wait, Arcee's dying?" Jack squeaked. "How?"

"I'm not dying, just close to it. Basically, I'm missing literally half my spark because half of it belonged to Tailgate and vice versa." Arcee explained. "I'm surprised I'm still allowed on missions, though I was on leave when I was carrying our sparkling." And for the first time during the story, Arcee gave a genuine smile.

"What's a sparkling?" Miko asked. June seemed to understand and shook her head.

"Miko, I think it means that Arcee's a mother." June said. Arcee nodded at the woman, still smiling.

"What?!" Jack, Miko, and Raf gasped.

"Her name was Solarflare, I sent her with Nightshade when we fled Cybertron so…" Arcee's optics widened and she jumped up. "Solarflare's landing too! I get to see my little sparkling again!"

"It must be hard raising a child in a war." June said with a frown. Arcee's smile faltered and she looked over at the woman and sighed.

"You have no idea. I doesn't help that every night Solar would ask when Tailgate would come home. I told her he's at the Well of Sparks. She's too young to understand that he's offline, she only thinks he's on a mission or vacation right now." Arcee said sadly. Bulkhead gave her a confused look.

"Why not just tell her the truth?" the green mech asked. Arcee shot him a deadly glare.

"You try telling a sparkling that her Creator will never come home because he was offlined by a sadistic spiderbot!" Arcee growled, her voice full of venom. Bulkhead raised his servos and backed off.

"Optimus," Ratchet, who had turned back to the computer, started. "Nightshade and Solarflare have landed and are ready for pickup." Optimus nodded and turned to the humans.

"Jack, you're in charge of the ground bridge." Optimus said. Jack nodded and opened the bridge. Arcee ran through with the others and immediately froze at the scene before her. Decepticons were dragging Nightshade and Solarflare, who was screaming for help, out of the ship with Megatron nearby. "Autobots, do not harm Nightshade or Solarflare, but get them to safety."

"Right," the team responded. Arcee let out a low growl as they watched Megatron walk up to the two captured autobots. He had his normal sadistic grin on his face and Arcee could only imagine how scared her sparkling was.

"Well, well, well, if it isn't Nightshade and Solarflare. Where's Arcee?" the warlord asked. Solarflare whimpered and hid behind her uncle. Arcee wanted to run up and save them but Optimus held her back with a servo.

"Leave her alone, she's only a sparkling." Nightshade growled. Megatron scowled and grabbed him by the neck.

"If you want to live, autobot, I suggest you answer my questions. You're only a medic in training, not even a challenge for a vehicon." Megatron snarled. Arcee growled at the insult to her twin. Optimus advanced forward without the others following.

"Megatron, release him!" Optimus demanded. Megatron threw Nightshade to the ground and faced his enemy. Nightshade grunted in pain as he slowly stood up and got into a defensive stance.

"Optimus, I don't know if you've noticed, but there's only one of you and many decepticons." Megatron sneered. Arcee jumped out and aimed her blasters at Megatron, the other autobots following suit.

"Think again, decepticreep!" Arcee growled. Nightshade smirked at his twin while Solarflare grinned and tried to run up to Arcee. A vehicon kicked her back towards Nightshade hard. Arcee growled for the third time and shot the head off of the vehicon. "DON'T TOUCH HER!" That was all the two teams needed to jump into action. Arcee went straight for her family, killing any con that tried to get near her. When she made it to then Arcee wrapped Solarflare in a hug.

"Carrier!" the youngling sobbed. The poor thing was frightened and she didn't know what was going on or why her Carrier and uncle were killing decepticons.

"Shh, it's okay sweetspark. Let's get you home, 'kay?" Arcee whispered. Solarflare nodded and was carried by Arcee as she ran through the ground bridge with the others. On the way through Arcee was shot in the back. She curled around Solarflare and tumbled into the base. She ended up on her knees holding her femmeling close. When she looked up she sighed in relief when she saw the familiar base.

"Arcee?" Jack asked. She stood and turned to the humans, still holding Solarflare. Arcee looked down at her daughter who was staring at the children in wonder.

"Solar, these are Jack, Raf, Miko, June, and Agent Fowler. Guys, this is my daughter Solarflare." Arcee introduced. Fowler, who had arrived shortly after the autobots left, was staring open mouthed at the family.

"You…have…a…daughter. Is that even possible?" Fowler asked. Arcee shot him a glare.

"Is it possible for humans to have a daughter?" she retorted. Fowler closed his mouth and looked over at Nightshade who was talking to Optimus.

"Is he the dad or something?" he muttered. Arcee gave him a disgusted look.

"Nightshade's my twin brother!" she hissed. She put Solarflare down so she could play with Bumblebee, considering he was the youngest of the bots. Jack could now see how Nightshade and Arcee were related. They were the same height but Nightshade had a manlier build than Arcee and was black. His optics were a soft blue and he was a two-wheeler as well. "Hey Nightshade, come over here a sec."

"What is it 'Cee?" he asked as he walked up. Arcee motioned to Jack.

"'Shade, this is my partner Jack. That's his mom June, our liaison Agent Fowler, Miko, and Raf." Arcee introduced. Nightshade grinned at the humans.

"Hey fleshies, name's Nightshade." The black mech said. Jack noted one difference between the twins: Nightshade seemed more easy going. "So Jack, have you been keeping my sis out of trouble?" Arcee sent him a glare.

"I'm his guardian, Shade. Not the other way around" she faked being offended but the smirk said otherwise.

"Carrier!" a small voice sounded. Miko let out an "aw" when Arcee picked up Solarflare happily. It was weird for Jack to know that his guardian was a mom of a little girl. Arcee seemed a lot more relaxed to him now that she was with her family. He smiled as Miko asked Solarflare questions about her life. Solarflare let out a yawn and Miko let out another "aw" as the femmeling fought to stay awake.

"Come on Solar, I think it's time for you to go to recharge." Arcee whispered. She looked over at Nightshade with a sigh. "I have to take Jack home. Will you-"

"Arcee I'll catch a ride with mom, you should stay with Solarflare and Nightshade since they just got here." Jack said. Arcee gave him a thankful smile before heading off to her room with her sleeping sparkling in her arms.

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