This could be an interesting idea, though I'll admit flat out I am not the person to be writing it (as a sheltered white girl from the Midwest). For Human Megatron to really feel like Megatron instead of a name slap, it would need to touch on themes of racism, classism, and other heavy topics I'm not versed enough in to write in any way that's not a stereotype.

That said, I think I have a couple base ideas that could work as a starting point.

IDW flavor, Megatron is a struggling med student with a philosophy minor, who has people trying to get his scholarship revoked for [insert reasons here]

TFP flavor, Megatron is an up and coming local politician, who has a past of poverty and criminal activity due to said poverty. However people also believe he's directly connected to the gang that recently started taking over his district.

Bayverse, Megatron is the illegitimate child of some wealthy socialite family, the result of an affair, and while raised by them, was always kept othered, except by one great-uncle who takes him under his wing, but might not have the best intentions regarding the rest of the family.

... I'll be honest, I think most other Megatrons are some kind of crime leader, just based on his canon characterization. As well, they're probably older than your suggested mid-20s, just to get his presence right.

Rating: T for Teen Fandom: Transformers - All Media Types Characters: Megatron, Alpha Trion, Orion Pax, Soundwave, (Mentions of...), Megatronus Prime | The Fallen Relationships: Megatron & Orion Pax, Megatron & Alpha Trion, Megatron & Soundwave Additional Tags: Accidental Baby Acquisition, Accidental Child Acquisition, Light Angst, Alternate Universe, Small Acts of Resistance, Last Meetings, Double Agent Megatron Summary: Liege Megatron is The Arisen's right hand. He goes where ordered, and kills those he's sent to kill, even if they are his old mentor. The last thing he expected to find with Alpha Trion was a sparkling, and even less what Alpha's last request would be.

Despite the villagers' best efforts, the battle was over almost before it had begun.

Liege Megatron walked through the devastation of what was once a quaint little village, for all it was hidden in the great caverns of Cybertron’s lower levels. Soundwave was at his back as always, and his mental touch kept the roiling of his tanks low, though he could not stop Megatron’s scowl at the memory of what he once would have felt looking over it all.

Mecha lay in the street, most in energon pools and with some type of crude or ancient weapon near them. All were dead, or would be soon enough, once Scalpel’s drones came through. Around him, he could hear the sounds of his mechs looting, cheers and squabbles over particularly valuable items, mixed with the cries and sobs of their captives. The lucky ones would be put to work in the public services, the unlucky in the brothels and mines. He ignored the dark irony of just who was sentencing them to those fates.

He finally reached his destination, a small hut in the back of the village, almost touching the wall of the cavern. Onslaught had expressed concern that there might be an escape tunnel, but Megatron was familiar with the metal of the cavern walls, and it was near impossible to crack through without industrial equipment, equipment a settlement of rebel scholars and mid-caste labourers would not have.

Outside the hut’s door, he stopped for a moment and vented deeply, refocusing on his mission. “Remain here, Soundwave. Send your team to collect as many datapads as they can.”

“Acknowledged,” Soundwave said, taking position to the left of the door, so he could be on Megatron’s right when he reemerged. He sent out his deployers, as Megatron stepped into the hut.

Rating: G Fandoms: Transformers: Prime Relationships: Megatron/Orion Pax, Megatron & Soundwave, Megatron & Original Cybertronian Character(s) Characters: Megatron (Transformers), Soundwave (Transformers), Libertas (OMC), Drift | Deadlock, Unnamed Medic Character, Orion Pax (Flashbacks) Additional Tags: Implied/Referenced Mech Preg, Implied/Referenced Childbirth, Inspired by Mordred's Lullaby by Heather Dale, Minor Character Death, Flashbacks

Summary: "...And one day, when you can defeat me, I will send you after your traitor sire. And you will rip the Matrix from his chest, and you will be Libertas Prime, and lead Cybertron to freedom, for that is your name.”

This was not a wish. It was a vow, a promise.

[Part 1 of the Liberty & Light series]

~~~

The emergence was the hardest and most painful thing Megatron had ever experienced, and at the same time, was the most fulfilling.

The secluded medbay, soundproofed and blast shielded, had been prepared for this day, and as soon as he has felt the first signs of it, he had been rushed there with all haste. The process itself, when it finally started, had been over quickly, but it had hurt worse than any injury he’d had in the Pits, and the pain still lingered. But when Soundwave placed the silvercloth-wrapped sparkling on his chest, all of that, all motion and life in the room faded away. All his attention was focused on his son.

He had been cold constructed, and even his first frame of the mines had been large; it was hard to comprehend that something so small had come from him. Barely larger than both his servos, the sparkling was shiny silver and purple protoform, with just the barest hintings of armor currently, but it would harden and form in the next few orn. On the top of his helm were little sensory panels, like the ones tucked away under Megatron’s own helm, and one day he’d forge a matching one for his sparkling. Any Decepticon who saw the two would be hard pressed to not claim Megatron hadn’t just had Shockwave clone him an heir.

But, for all the similarities, the sparkling still carried signs of his sire. After all, Megatron did not have blue optics with telescopic lenses, and the sparkling’s spark had been a bright blue, very different from his own verdant green. No, those traits belonged to the one mecha who Megatron swore would never know of the sparkling’s existence. Or at least, not until the very end, when the Matrix was ripped out of his chest.

Looking down, Megatron found himself falling into memories, of a time that seemed long ago, and yet was not long at all….

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Rating: M Fandoms: Transformers - All Media Types, Transformers (Bay Movies), Jennifer's Body (2009) Relationships: Original Female Character(s)/Bumblebee/Mikaela Banes, Alison Witwicky (OFC)/Bumblebee/Mikaela Banes, Megatron (Transformers)/Original Female Character(s), Asami Stark (OFC)/Megatron Characters: Alison Witwicky (OFC), Mikaela Banes, Bumblebee (Transformers), Asami Stark (OFC), Megatron (Transformers), Low Shoulder (Jennifer's Body), Optimus Prime, Trent DeMarco Additional Tags: Demonic Possession, Rituals, satanic rituals gone wrong, Canon-Typical Violence, (( but the canon is Jennifer's Body not TF )), Succubi & Incubi, Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con, Implied Sexual Content, (( Mikaela becomes a demon and with Megatron's help becomes a predator for predators )), Humanized Transformers, Cannibalism

Summary: We weren’t always like this; three bloodthirsty teens ready to horrifically kill a beloved rock band in front of a gym full of people. Used to be, not that long ago, we were our yearbook photos and myspace pages, and nothing more.

Alison, Mikaela and Bee's lives changed forever when Mikaela became possessed by a demon. Cursed with an insatiable hunger and powers not fully under her control, the triad's search for a way to free her of the demon, leads them to uncovering a dark secret about their town.

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Prologue: Prom’s Surprise

Devil's Kettle High School Senior Prom, April 2009

They say Prom is supposed to be one of the best - if not the best - night of your high school career. All the lights, the music, dancing with your friends or your hot date, getting drunk on smuggled beers or spiked punch, all are supposed to make a memorable experience.

I don't know if I'd call my prom my "best night", but it was certainly one none of us would ever forget….

I grinned as I pulled on Mikaela and Bee's arms, leading them into the gym. Under the disco light, my light blue halter mermaid dress sparkled, while Bee's black suit absorbed it and Mikaela's light pink and silver strapless dress seemed to defuse it, giving her a softer, ethereal look accompanied by a glow to her skin that wasn't just the highlighter on her face. It was such a dazzling sight, I couldn't help leaning in to give her a kiss.

"Alison!" Mikaela giggled as she pulled back. "Don't ruin my makeup yet, we just got here."

"Sorry, I couldn't resist, you're so pretty." I leaned in again, only for Bee to intercept.

"Am I not pretty too?" he asked.

"You are handsome as fuck." And I planted one on him to prove it, before looking around the room. "Well, despite the theme, it's not too bad in here."

And the prom was, indeed beautifully set up, with several fake trees lining edges of the dancefloor, banners of woodland landscapes on the walls, and balloon arches in white, blue and green overhead. A banner over the stage declared the theme as "Through The Trees", and if it weren't for the fact this was our Senior prom, we might have skipped it just because of that.

Rating: G Fandoms: Transformers: Prime Relationships: Megatron/Orion Pax, Optimus Prime/Original Female Character(s), Optimus Prime & Original Female Character(s), Orion Pax & Original Female Character(s) Characters: Optimus Prime, Orion Pax, Ratchet, Alpha Trion, Megatron, Original Femme Character(s) (Transformers), Nightingale (OFC), Roselight (OFC) Additional Tags: Implied/Referenced Pregnancy, Flashbacks, Multiple Personalities, Shadowplay, Inspired By "Dear Theodosia" from Hamilton, (( and a hint of "Children Will Listen/Finale" from Into The Woods ))

Summary: "...But I will do my best, for both you and Cybertron. I will find a way to end this war, and do everything I can to have you grow up knowing peace.”

This was not a wish. It was a vow, a promise.

[Part 2 of the Liberty & Light series]

~~~

Optimus Prime was not built for warm, tender moments.

He was the Council's answer to Megatron, the Prime of Cybertron with all the duties that fell with it. Duty he always put first, before just about anything else. Only when he was with Nightingale did he ever put it aside, and even then it had taken a lot of effort on her part to convince him to.

But now, looking down at the sparkling sleeping peacefully in the cradle next to Nightingale's medical berth, he could almost reach that tenderness. Her creation was an accident - war was no time to raise a sparkling - but neither wished to terminate, and with Ratchet's help they managed to maintain a healthy carrying cycle, and now carrier and newspark were resting peacefully, while Optimus stood guard over the crib.

The sparkling was actually a bit large for her frame, a seeker like her carrier, but Ratchet assured them it was fine, and just meant she took on some more of Optimus’s coding in that regard. She’d also gotten the code for his helm, with little nubs where finals and antennae would grow in, and his bright blue telescopic optics and spark. Her protoform was silver, and time would tell whether her armor would grown in closer to his or Nightingale’s colors, as well as if she had inherited her carrier’s medical servos.

His mind wandered back to the first time he had ever felt those servos on his frame, just after his ascension to be Prime…

Stealing from @fandomn00blr, cause I’m procrastinating and I want to do this. 

Rules: List the first lines of your last 20 stories (if you have less than 20, just list them all!). See if there are any patterns. Choose your favorite opening line. Then tag 10 of your favorite authors!

Tagging: @catsafarithewriter, @tcrmommabear, @galpalaven, @crazyfanatic97, @chez-pezeater, @ladystarks​, @samwpmarleau​, and whoever else wants to cause I don’t more authors. 

I’m gonna put the line, then after it I’ll put the fic it’s from and what fandom it’s for (though most of these will be Transformers, cause that’s my brand).

1.  Optimus Prime was not built for warm, tender moments. (Dear Roselight; Transformers Prime)

2.  They say Prom is supposed to be one of the best - if not the best - night of your high school career. All the lights, the music, dancing with your friends or your hot date, getting drunk on smuggled beers or spiked punch, all are supposed to make a memorable experience. (Mikaela’s Body: An AllSpark AU; Transformers (Bay Movies)/Jennifer’s Body)

3.  The emergence was the hardest and most painful thing Megatron had ever experienced, and at the same time, was the most fulfilling. (Libertas’s Lullaby; Transformers Prime)

4.  Thank you for purchasing season one of "Spring and Wesley", the hit spinoff of "Games of the Warrior Princess". Included with your download is several behind the scenes featurettes, including a blooper reel. Enjoy the show! (Spring and Wesley: Blooper Reel; The Cat Returns)

5.  Cliffstar rumbled down a quiet country road, speeding over a rise after deftly avoiding yet another pothole. “The county commission needs to get some people out here,” the red Challenger muttered to herself. “Now, where was I?” (Watch The Queens Conquer; Transformers Prime)

6.  I was woken up by something jumping on the bed and climbing over me. I assumed it was one of the cats, so I just ignored it and snuggled back under the covers, trying to get some more sleep. Then the “cat” started to bark in my ear. (The AllSpark Changed My Life; Transformers (Bay Movies))

7.  Optimus knew just what he was giving up when he opened the Matrix to Unicron's core. The concentrated light of Primus, added to by the Sparks of the Thirteen minus one, and by every Prime who held it, would take everything he had given it to hold against the Unmaker. He would live, but he would forget who he was. He did not know how far back it would go, to the day he received the Matrix, the day of the Council meeting, or earlier, possibly even to his activation day. But Jack had the Key, and his team was resourceful. They would restore the Matrix, and thus himself. He just wondered if he would know what happened between now and then. (Father of the Spark; Transformers Prime)

8.  Haru didn't quite burst through the door of the cafe, but she did push it harder than she usually would and was through it before it open all the way. She swiveled her head and spotted Hiromi sitting at a table by the cafe's fake fireplace, a mug of hot chocolate cradled in her hands. The strawberry blonde looked up as Haru approached and smiled. "Thanks for coming so quickly." (So, You Summoned The Ghosts of Your Ancestors...; The Cat Returns)

9.  "Leli! Are you here?" (Tales of Fantasia: The Gryffon Order; Dragon Age) 

10.  Alison would not jump. Or scream. Or attract any attention to herself. (Tales of Fantasia: The Prime’s Court; Transformers)

11.  "I- I'm not sure if we should do this," Arista said, blue-grey eyes looking around nervously. (Tales of Fantasia: Dragonsblood; Star Wars)

12.  For as long as anyone can remember, the land of Fantasia has been home to a multitude of fantastic creatures. The most numerous and, some would say, mundane species is that of the humans. And they are not so mundane as they may say, with mages being quite common among their people. Others who inhabit this world include elves, seraphim, demons, dragons, sirens, nymphs, raiju, arachne, oni, and so many more it would take near an hour to list them all. Each has their own customs and ways, some more aligned to the ambiguous classification of Light, some to the Dark, and many to the shades in between. (Tales of Fantasia: The World of Fantasia; Multi-Fandom)

13.  Baron struggled in his bonds as he was brought from the dungeon to where Roland and his mother, the Lady Nix, held court. While the Bureau had succeeded in helping Princess Marianne and King Bog free their parents from the witch’s castle, Baron and Haru had remained behind to ensure the others would get away. They had initially been held together, but then Haru had been taken away to who knew where. And now it was his turn. (Come What May; The Cat Returns/Strange Magic)

14.  So what were the odds of getting a shoulder angel and devil that were siblings? (Brother Angel, Sister Devil; The Cat Returns)

15.  The Spring Wind sailed through the night. In the distance, stars and nebulae make beautiful light shows, and the quiet of space enveloped the ship in its embrace. (A Sea of Stars; The Cat Returns)

16.  June had thought she’d had a pretty good idea on which of her Names was her enemy, and which was her soulmate. I mean, Optimus Prime (on her right wrist) meant “best first” and if that didn’t sound like a villain name, or at least a very egotistical person, she didn’t know what did. Leland Bishop (on her left), however, now that was a respectable name, and she just felt the man behind it would be like that. (Assumptions; Transformers Prime)

17.  “How did you convince me of this again?” Starscream asked as Knockout led him closer to the doors of the club. (Just Relax; Transformers Prime)

18.  There was a new batch of toys in the shop. Haru could hear the others softly chattering about it from her perch in the Tree near the front of the shop. Hiromi, her oldest friend who always stood at the base of the tree facing into the shop, was able to see and hear the gossip much better than Haru's position in the branches facing the window with a book in her hands. (Toyshop Creations; The Cat Returns)

19.  Mikoto's mind had stopped. From the moment she saw Anders light up with Vengeance, everything seemed to be happening on the other side of a glass cage. She heard Meredith call for the Right of Annulment and Orsino’s protest. She gave her side on instinct, declaring her intent to help her fellow mages. Meredith ordered her Templars to hold them back while she gave the order. Jackson and Bethany went to warn the mages in the Gallows. The short fight afterwards was a sweep up, and then Orsino left, making her decide Anders’s fate. (The Hardest Decision; Dragon Age)

20.  “The stars are beautiful tonight,” Haru said, gazing up at the deep blue expanse overhead. Millions of stars shone out of the dark, filling the sky with just enough light to see, even without the little light set up nearby. Sitting out here, her knees pulled up so she could wrap her arms around them made her feel so insignificant. (Starlight; The Cat Returns/Star Wars)

Rating: T for Teen Fandom: Transformers: Prime Characters: Miko Nakadai, Optimus Prime, Arcee (Transformers), Starscream (Transformers), Rafael "Raf" Esquivel, Jack Darby, June Darby, William Fowler, Soundwave (Transformers), Megatron (Transformers), Ratchet (Transformers), Bulkhead (Transformers), Bumblebee (Transformers), Cliffjumper (Transformers), Breakdown (Transformers), Knock Out (Transformers), Airachnid (Transformers) Tags: Alternate Universe - Always a Different Sex, Genderbend AU, Age Swap, Alternate Universe - Character Swap, (( We've got the badass Femme 'Bots and 'Cons (and Arc) )), (( And the humans are shuffled so there's more variety )), (( Also a reason you won't find out until later. ))

Summary: After three years of silence and low activity, the Decepticons resurface on Earth to continue their fight with the Autobots over the planet's supply of energon, led by their recently returned leader, Megtrona. After one of these first skirmishes brings Mikoto Nakadai and two others into the crossfire, Optima Prime decides to bring the children under Autobot protection. Little did she know how this decision would affect not only her team, but the entire War.

Chapter 1: Darkness Rising Pt 1

Cliffstar rumbled down a quiet country road, speeding over a rise after deftly avoiding yet another pothole. “The county commission needs to get some people out here,” the red Challenger muttered to herself. “Now, where was I?”

“You reached the top of the cliff,” her partner Arc said on the other end of the comm line.

“Right! Okay, so there I was on the lookout, scanning, checking out the view, when out of nowhere, these high beams light up my rearview. I have no idea what’s going on, then it hits me. I’m illegally parked.”

“Another parking ticket?” The question was flat and dry, like he had expected it.

“Better. The boot.”

“Big metal tire clamp, impossible to remove.”

Cliffstar internally grinned. “Bingo! So the local police do their thing, and I let them get a block away. That’s when I kick off my new shiny shoe and… Ba-bam!”

“New York’s finest soil themselves.”

“You know me Arc. You mess with the Cliffstar-“

“And you get the horns,” Arc finished for her, as Cliffstar laughed.

Rating: T for Teen Fandom: Transformers (Bay Movies) Characters: Alison Witwicky (OFC), Bumblebee, Mikaela Banes, Optimus Prime, Megatron, Asami Stark (OFC), Miles Lancaster, Barricade, Arcee, Seymour Simmons, Other Autobots, Other Decepticons, Other Humans, Ships: Alison Witwicky (OFC)/Mikaela Banes, Other Minor Ships Tags: Self-Insert, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, [[ Basically Ro saying “Fuck Canon!” ]], [[ But not a magic fix fic cause Alison makes mistakes ]], [[ And some will bite her in the ass eventually ]], Eventual Polyamory, Eventual Xeno

Summary: When I woke up with a chihuahua barking in my face, I knew things were not as they should be, but waking up in the place of Sam Witwicky at the start of the Transformers movie? Completely insane. But, I’m here, and I know the bad route things will take if I stick to the canon. So let’s see if I can change things for the better with some help from a certain magical cube.

Chapter 44: Mute Agreement

In which Alison wakes up and makes a plan of action.

I woke up to the sound of machines beeping, the feeling of someone holding my hand, and that there was something in my throat and mouth.

I blinked my eyes open, and looked around. I was in the infirmary, laying in bed. I could just make out a tube sticking out of my mouth as I looked down. My left hand was bandaged, with an IV in the elbow above it, while my right was gripped by Mikaela and Bee. She was laying her head on the edge of the bed against my arm, hair in her face and fast asleep. Bumblebee was awake, and smiled when he saw I was too.

"Thank Primus, Alison." He whispered, but sounded so relieved to see me up. "We were so worried about you."

I wanted to ask how I got there, but with the tube down my throat - a ventilator, I realized - I couldn't make a sound. I couldn't. Luckily, he seemed to know just what I wanted to ask, and started explaining.

"Will, Ella and Josephine responded first to your panic button, and found you passed out, not breathing, next to a mangled 'Con and a bloody position cube. Ella called for the medics while Will and Josephine started CPR. The medics got you here, hooked you up, and a scan of your blood showed you had a synthetic drug in your system. Ratchet said it was closest to tubocurarine, and is basically paralyzed your chest muscles so you couldn't breath. You also managed to cut up your hand pretty badly, your office carpet is ruined." The joke would have been more appreciated if I could actually laugh at it, but the jostling of my arm was enough to wake up Mikaela.

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