This is just a quick timeline of events/refresher as some people have contacted me to tell me they were a little bit confused when certain events happen in the Suitorsā Trials AU. So I hope this overview clears some stuff up :3
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Strongarm shouldnāt be here, kissing her superior officerā¦Then again, Bumblebee was pulling her closer, so it couldnāt be that bad.
Bumblebee tries to get Strongarm to have fun more. She accepts a race, if only for the training opportunity and to appease Bumblebee.
Birdwatching together. Of course it gets interrupted by an actual, living, mythical basilisk making an appearance to try and eat them, but the birdwatching was quite romantic.
So my first post for this AU focused largely on the actual trials, the second one focused on Beeās family and some sweet childhood stories of him and his brothers
So it is time to give a more ādetailedā post about the suitors themselves and what lead them to pursuing Bee and why they wanna marry him so badly they willingly participate in these trials.
Windblade: Windblade met Bee when they were both in their late Teens (or whatever the cybertronian equivalent of that might be). Windblade came to visit the court of Kaon as her āfirst ambassadorā mission for Caminus. That is how she got to meet Bee and grew rather fond of him .She'd even go as far and say they are friends. When Windblade heard about Bee getting run over by Suitors she joined them specifically to make sure no one with "darker intentions" could become Bee's conjunx. If you prefer to see Windblade and Bee as platonic friends you can stop basically here and just see Windblade as a concerned friend ready to get married to her bestie simply to make sure no one could hurt him. But I am a Windbee shipper so of course this slowly but surely turns into a friends to lovers.
Blurr: A messenger from Velocitron, Blurr entered the trials purely on accident. He was only supposed to meet King Megatron and tell him that the Velocitron federation would like to offer an alliance between their nations. Too bad just that Megatron could not understand a single word of the message due to how fast Blurr speaks. So Megatron just assumes he is another suitor and the next thing Blurr knows: He is in the middle of some Arena and told to gather some sort of key. Of course as the days and trials progress Blurr actually gets a chance to talk to Bee and also grow closer to him and is for once excited to meet someone who is able to keep up with his speed.
Blitzwing: Blitzwing is one of the knights at the court of Kaon but he has known Bee for quite a while as he and the Prince had been trained in combat together, after Megatron saw potential in the triple changerās abilities. Blitzwing and Bee throughout their years of training have kept a rather intense rivalry with Blitzwing growing easily irritated by the smaller botās evasion skills and āobnoxious personalityā. However he also cannot help but develop a deep respect towards Beeās fighting abilities and that Bee is seemingly the only bot who can handle his three personalities. He would rather be disassembled than openly admit to anyone or himself that he has a crush on the prince. Or at least that used to be the case until suitors from far and wide came to the court just to ask for Beeās hand in marriage and he felt pressured into confessing to Bee. But Blitzwing being Blitzwing could not confess normally and instead Bee now thinks Blitzwing is only partaking in the trials as another rivalry scheme to one-up the prince, by proving his superior strength to the Bee by defeating all the other suitors.
Blades: Blades first met Bee when they were still Sparklings. It began when Optimus took the young Prince with him to a state visit to Griffin Rocks, hoping that if the rescue bots' sparkling Blades and his son get along it might strenghten the two factions' ties once the boys grow up. Luckily for Optimus the plan worked and Blades and Bee did in fact end up as childhood friends (With Blades developing a deep cursh on Bee). They'd usually keep in touch via letters or calls, given Blades is not really able to leave the island of Griffin Rocks and Bee can't just leave the castle to travel to Griffin Rocks on a whim. When Blades hears about Bee getting proposed to left and right, Blades feels "FOMO" kicking in and he finally confesses to Bee... by sending a formal letter of request to Megatron and Optimus to please let him marry their son! Megatron simply replies by letting Blades know about the upcoming trials and for the first time Blades sneaks off of Griffin Rocks to take part in the trials.
Steeljaw: Steeljaw admired Megatron growing up, thinking of him as a hero who freed Kaon from their oppressors but as he grew up he could not help but view Megatron as a hypocrite who just became a King living in his cushy palace like the previous corrupt leaders of Kaon (comfortably ignoring the part of history where the people of Kaon had voted for Megatron to become their new king and that he had been actively working on rebuilding Kaon since the revolution). Not to mention the fact he married and sired several sparklings with some posh Prime from Iacon. So now years later Steeljaw formed his own āDecepticonā group with the single cause of taking down Kaonās new royal family and get revenge on Megatron for āabandoning everything he once stood forā. And the best way to do that is by taking the thing Megatron holds the most dear: His precious youngest son. Killing Bee would have been the easiest way for sure but making Bee join him and his faction would hurt Megatron all the more. So leading up to the trials Steeljaw first attempted to sneak into the princeās bedroom at night through the balcony and ask him to become his conjunx (Bee responded by throwing him off the very balcony soon after). After that heād attempt to talk to Bee and poison the Princeās mind against his own sire with varying success. After a while Steeljaw begins to becomes infatuated with Bee as he starts to see something in the prince that reminds him of all the reasons he used to admire Megatron and he starts to become obsessed with the idea of making Bee is conjunx both to still get revenge on the king of Kaon and to have a more āperfect versionā of Megatron at his side. Long story short Steeljaw in this AU is obsessed with Bee to a rather unhealthy degree but he hides it rather well on the outside.
Starscream: Starscream is of course none other but Megatron's untrusted chief advisor. Of course joining the suitors in pursuing the young prince, is just yet another one in a long list of Starscream's schemes to overthrow Megatron and become the King of Kaon himself. Because clearly poisoning and backstabbing King Megatron does not work. So why not go the legal route and become the King's son-in-law. But of course though over the course of the trials, Starscream cannot help but fall ernestly for Bumblebee and even considers dropping out of the trials because "Bee deserves someone who did not want to just use him as a pawn in their own game"
Swindle: Swindle, similarly to Blurr did not intend at first to join the suitorsā trials. He actually was trying to steal some valuables from the royal palace when he suddenly heard crept past the grand hall and overheard Megatronās announcement of the trials. Needless to say Swindle figured that if he entered the trials he could sneak in and out of the palace and no one would question why heās there. And in all the hectic of the trials, no one would notice the odd vase or piece of jewellery going missing. Needless to say as he actually got to know Bumblebee over the course of the trials, his motivations of trying to stay in the competition changed rather drastically.
Mirage: Mirage is, just like the princes of Kaon themselves, a mixed frame. Meaning his parents were a flier and a war frame, leading to Mirage always feeling like he was stuck between two worlds. Never truly belonging anywhere, always drifting from place to place. One day he arrived at the court of Kaon and offered his services to the king. Megatron put the young seeker in charge of any spy missions due to his cloaking abilities. These spy missions usually included following certain individuals whom the king suspected of being in contact to or even supporters of the old Functionalist leaders of Kaon. When heās not out on a mission, Mirage has taking a liking to pranking and teasing people around the palace - especially the youngest prince. But he also couldnāt help but begin to admire and develop a, in mirageās opinion rather embarrassing, crush on Bumblebee and so he secretly signed up for the trials. Too bad for Mirage that Bumblebee assumes the only reason he joined the trials is to keep on annoying the yellow prince.
Grimlock: The king of the Dinobots met Bumblebee under not so rosey circumstances. While Grimlock was visiting Kaon and its royal family he got accused of a heinous crime and dragged to court in shackles. Everyone present, judge and jury, were convinced Grimlock was the culprit until Kaonās prince Bumblebee stood up and decided to defend Grimlock and proof his innocence. Ever since then the brute Dinobot king had been infatuated with the prince and also felt like he owed the yellow bot his life and thus was one if the first mechs to ask for Beeās hand in marriage.
Breakdown: Breakdown is not a knight of Kaon or even a council member. Breakdown is the humble (?) royal gardener. He is also the princeās only friend thatās directly and permanently present at the court of Kaon, hence why the two have a rather close bond. Breakdown joined the court when he was in his early teens as a simple helper for the gardener. In fact, it had been in the palace gardens where he first met and befriended the prince, the two of them boding over a love for racing every time Breakdown was able to sneak away from his gardening duties. As theyād grown older Breakdown would occasionally sneak into Beeās room through the balcony facing the lush garden and either spend time with the prince or leave him a small gift if Bee was currently not there or being tutored by Perceptor with his brothers. When the suitors started flooding into the castle, Breakdown (similar to Blitzwing) felt pressured into confessing his real feelings for the prince. But unfortunately this man has INTENSE commitment issues so the best he could muster was to leave anonymous bouquet of flowers with a small love confession note on the princeās berth. So how did he end up joining the trials if he has such commitment issues? Well you got the Queen of Kaon, Optimus Prime, to thank for that. For vorns now he has witnessed the gardnerās not so subtle crush on his sparkling. So Optimus sneakily entered Breakdownās name into the list of participants for the trials. This is Breakdownās one and only chance to lock in and committ or to lose everything.
Prowl: Prowl belongs neither to the court of Kaon nor that of Iacon. Prowl is a Cyber-Ninja trained by Master Yoketron. But after an unknown assailant killed Yoketron, Prowl left his home to go on a āpilgrimageā. That pilgrimage was however a mere front. In actuality Prowl began roaming the lands of Cybertron in search of his masterās killer and to train his Cyber-Ninja abilities. Eventually is journey takes him to Kaon where he hears about the trials King Megatron has set up. So Prowl joins the trials not to win Beeās hands in marriage but because 1) Big events like that attract big crowds of people which in turn offers a great opportunity to Prowl to gather information on his teacherās assassin 2) even if no new information comes to light trials of this kind are a great opportunity to improve on his ninja skills and techniques. I am not entirely certain yet if Prowl stays in the trials purely for these reasons or if he will develop an actual bond towards Bee as the trials go on and he gets to know the prince better. So iāll let you fight it out in the comments.
Wasp: Wasp I think would at first join just to mess with Bee, having essentially the polar opposite motivations from Grimlock. In his case he blames Bumblebee for being accused of a crime he did not commit and now that he has been released from Prison he wishes to mess with Bee as revenge by joining the trials his father had set up. He has no real intention (at first) to win. He just wants to get under Bee's skin and these trials are the easiest way to get as close as possible to Bumblebee without committing any crimes. But Wasp over the course of the trials does end up catching feelings for Bee and now has to wrestle with conflicting feelings that were not part of the initial equation.
Smokescreen: I imagine Smokescreen as another knight from Iacon. He is still rather fresh faced, as in he just graduated and had entered knighthood not too long ago. But shortly after attaining Knighthood and arriving at the court of Iacon, he was pulled aside by Alpha Trion. Alpha Trion essentially ordered him to go to Kaon and join the court of Megatron. Because Alpha Trion, no matter how much Optimus claims that his conjunx's army is competent , cannot help but be worried about Optimus and his grandsparklings' safety. And having a knight he had personally trained at their side would bring him some peace of mind. It's also at Alpha Trion's request that Smokescreen enters the trials because again Alpha Trion knows Smokescreen's a capable knight and his precious grandsparkling would be safe and taken care off with Smokescreen as his conjunx. Smokescreen, from the way Alpha Trion had described his grandsparkling, expected Bumblebee to be some whimpy prince and ended up pleasantly surprised when he caught a glimpse of Bumblebee training and realised just how fierce the prince truly was. Ever since then Smokescreen admired the yellow prince from afar but only started to actively talk to him once the trials had started.
Strongarm: Strongarm is a royal high guard at the court of Kaon and thus outranks Blitzwing, Breakdown and Smokescreen. She was also the one to capture and arrest Grimlock when he got accused of committing a crime. But just like Grimlock she ended up highly respecting Bumblebee when she saw him defend the dinobot king in court. So similarly to Windblade she joins to keep Bee from having to marry someone he is not into. Wether or not romantic feelings end up blossoming between them Iāll leave that up to you to decide.
As always: If you have thoughts or ideas for this AU let me know. Or heck you can post your own version (and if you do please tag me in it, I would love to see more Transformers Fairy Tale AUs)
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The suitors have gathered. The first trial is about to begin. But who is that mysterious cloaked stranger amongst their midst?
WHOO! After 9! Fucking! Posts! About Worldbuilding I am finally talking about the first trial for this AU!
Thanks y'all for being so patient with me. Anyways on we go!
Megatron was seated on a modest throne in the arena's grandstand with his conjunx Optimus at his side, his dearest queen holding himself with the grace and dignity only a Prime could bring to the table. The royal couple were flanked on each side by some their most trusted guards and soldiers. Their sons Cheetor and Hot Rod, the former accompanied by his own conjunx Soundwave, sat on their own humble thrones at their creators' side. The 'main prize' of the event however, Bumblebee, was nowhere in sight.
Megatron had one leg thrusted out and rested his helm against his propped up servo by the chin. The king's forehelm marked a deep frown as his other servo's digits tapped in irritation against his throne's armrest, his glowing red optics glued piercingly at the arena below.
"Megatron? What is wrong?" Optimus asked him, his brow ridges furrowed with worry. He hated seeing his dearest queen like this.
"Nothing you must concern yourself with, sweetspark." Megatron sighed dismissively.
"If it has you sighing like the weight of Cybertron itself is resting on your shoulders, I must concern myself with it." Optimus reprimanded.
Another sigh left the king's lips. No use in arguing with his queen. Especially now as eager citizens were starting to enter the stadium.
"Where do I even start, my dear sweetspark?" Megatron grumbled, rubbing his temples as if he were trying to avert a headache "The first trial is just about to start and yet the reason these trials are being held in the first place is a no-show."
"Do not hold it against Bumblebee. He had told you before how he felt about this idea. About the trials. Can you blame him for locking himself up in his own bedchambers instead?"
"I know I know." Megatron waved his conjunx off, having had this conversation numerous times prior "The very least he could do is at least try and pretend to be interested in seeing who his future conjunx might become."
Optimus simply put his servos in his lap, staring downwards at the arena below as servants ran across the court, busy setting up the last finishing touches.
"There is more on your mind still, though. Is there not?" Optimus continued, turning to look at the grey king.
"You've always been able to read me like an open book, haven't you?" Megatron let out an amused chuckle "But yes. There is... Your brother had offered to pay for the event's organisation and construction. Everything you see before you... the arena, the pavillions, the seating rows - even this balcony for us - it has all been funded by Sentinel!"
"My brother knew you would never wish to use your people's taxes to cremet these trials. So he offered to help. What is so terrible about that?"
"Your brother's gifts always come with strings attached... I just cannot figure out which ones... The fact he had basically paid for everything upfront before I could even properly reply to his offer does not sit right with me... He wants to cash in a favour from me in the future. Something big. I just know it. But whatever could he plausibly want or even need from me? From Kaon?"
"You are still this suspicious of my brother? Even after all these years?" Optimus questioned, sounding genuinly astonished.
"You are still not suspicious enough of him, my sweetspark. Even after all these years." Megatron mumbled into his non existing beard. He observed as the spectator seats below slowly filled themselves with Kaonites, keen to witness such public displays of strength to win their princeās affection. Megatron could even spot a few Iaconians amongst the crowd - easily distinguishable by their smaller frames - and what appeared to be seekers from Vox. They must have travelled all the way to Kaon just witness the event.
Just in that moment a servo grabbed Megatron by the shoulder and the king could feel every fighting instinct from his years in the pits of Kaon kick in at once. Ready to suplex whoever had dared to sneak up on him from behind like a coward, the grey mech could stop himself just in time when he heard that voice rustle in his audials. His adrenaline and anger nearly instantly replaced by disgust and exasperation.
"Ah, Optimus! Megatron! Dearest brother-in-law, how's life been treating you? I hope the shanix I sent sufficed for this tournament of yours?" The pompous acting Prime cackled haughtely, patting Megatron on the back as if they had been friends for ages. Megatron looked over his shoulder to see his remaining in-laws, the original 13 Primes join Kaon's royal family on their reserved box-like balcony within the spectator stands. Hot Rod and Cheetor instantly jumped off their chairs to greet their grandsires and grandcarrier with warm embraces.
"The money was sufficient. Shockwave oversaw that it would be spent wisely while setting up the trials.", Megatron replied flatly, watching as the 13 took their own seats on the royal grandstand.
"Ah! So Shockwave is the one who came up with the different ideas for the trials then?" Sentinel quizzed.
"No. I came up with the upcoming trials. Shockwave was in charge of putting those ideas into reality... with your funds." Megatron hissed between gritted teeth. If there was one part he hated about being a royal it had got to be exchanging these fake pleasantries with pretentious bots he would have ripped to shreds back in his gladiator days.
"Ah, I see!" Sentinel theatrically smacked himself on the forehelm "Of course how silly of me. Speaking of silly... Optimus. Where is the little nephew I parted with all those shanix for? This event is being held for him and his future, afterall."
Megatron was barely able to hold back an annoyed groan. Sentinel had truly mastered the art of pressing every single one of his buttons.
"He... did not feel too well. But he might join us for tomorrow's trial", Optimus took over the conversation. Thank Primus.
"Ah, What a shame. Truly a shame." Sentinel exhaled dramatically, as he sunk down on his own designated seat behind Kaon's king and queen "Give Bumblebee my regards, in that case. I'll unfortunately only be able to join you today. I'm still the acting Prime after all. Can't just leave the throne of Iacon unattended for too long. You know how it is." Sentinel chatted in a carefree manner away.
"Thank Primus" Megatron uttered under his breath.
"Pardon?" Sentinel leaned in closer to Megatron, urging his brother-in-law to repeat himself when suddenly the deafening sounds of trumpets echoed through the stadium.
The first trial was about to begin.
Megatron gazed at the arena as Shockwave strutted to its centre, kicking up sand with each heavy step. The purple mech cleared his throat before adressing the audience.
"Dear citizens of Kaon! Dearest visitors from near and afar! And not to forget our dearest King Megatron and Queen Optimus and their family," Shockwave pointed with a grand gesture at the crammed spectator gallery and the royal family's private grandstand, gaining a resounding set of cheers and applause from the viewers.
"We are gathered here today to bare witness to brave mechs and femmes proving their prowess, vigor and aptitude to determine which one among them is most 'suited' to receive our king's blessings for his son's, prince Bumblebee, hand in marriage." Hot Rod had to hide his giggles behind his servo. He could practically hear the ireful groan stuck in Shockwave's throat at the 'suited' pun. It had been his requested addition to the speech.
"That being said, I present to you: The suitors!" Shockwave declared, his arm stretched out to a grand gate within the arena's surrounding walls. The gate slowly opened and one after another, in a perfect queue, the suitor's entered the amphitheatre. To the onlookers their march must have resembled a parade.
The suitors lined themselved up in a row before Shockwave, facing towards the royal grandstand. The row reached from the gate they had come out of all the way to the opposite wall of the elongated arena. If Megatron had to take a guess the number of his beloved youngest son's suitors must have reached at the very least the 100 mark.
The one eyed mech in the meantime pulled out a datapad from his subspace.
"Introducing: Princess Windblade of Caminus!" Shockwave shouted and a young jet femme stepped forward from the row of suitors, bowing in a deep curtsy before the spectators and royal family.
"I promise to fight honorably." She proclaimed.
"Sir Blitzwing of Kaon!" Shockwave continued and a large triple changer stepped forward from the crowd, kneeling down before the king he served.
"I shall proof my worth before all of Kaon." He announced before standing back up.
"Blurr of Velocitron!"
A blue speeder slowly crept up from the crowd, his bulging eyes darting across the arena. One could almost think he did not know where he was or why. Still just as those before him he bowed, though in a rather jagged, almost unsettled fashion. No one present was able to understand the blue bot's rapidly stammered announcement.
"King Grimlock of the Dinobots!"
"Prince Blades of Griffin Rock!"
"Marquise Frostbite of Crystal City!"
"Steeljaw of Kaon"
"Wasp of Iacon"
"Sir Starscream of Vox"
"Lady Blaze of Harmonex"
"Breakdown of Kaon"
"Sir Smokescreen of Iacon"
āViscount Neutroline of Crystal Cityā
"Sir Supernova of Vox"
"Prowl of Praxus"
"Duchesse Aurora of Iacon"
"Mirage of Vox"
"Sir Swindle of ... oh wait no... that's it. It just says Swindle"
"Lady Strongarm of Iacon"
The introduction of the suitors went on like this for a near endless time, to the point Shockwave's poor voice box began to crack from sheer exertion. Even the most patient of spectators had begun to grow antsy and while some would still cheer if their own hometown was mentioned in the name of a suitor, the deafening applause had begun to die out after the 50th or so suitor had been introduced. Regardless one after another each suitor had stepped forward and given their bite-sized declaration before the king.
All except for one. One short bot, shorter than even the average Iaconian civilianframe who's frame lay hidden beneath a thick black cloak he had wrapped tightly around himself. His helm and facial plate lay concealed under the cloak's hood but one could still discern the vague outline of a set of horns underneath them.
Shockwave glanced between the mysterious bot and the list of participants in his servo in confusion. Had he missed a name? He skimmed over the list repeatedly but he could not find one he may have missed.
"Shockwave? What's the hold up?" Megatron shouted from the balcony, noticing that the audience was starting to grow bored.
"Forgive me, Lord Megatron but... something seems to be amiss." Shockwave excused the delay, frantically rereading the entire list.
"What do you mean by amiss?"
"Well... The last suitor... he is not on the roster." Shockwave explained while pointing towards the cloaked stranger. All eyes in the optics fell onto the mysterious bot.
"Just what I needed." Megatron mumbled to himself before speaking up, adressing the stranger directly "The registration for the suitors' trials has ended several weeks ago! So tell us who you are and retreat to the spectator benches!"
Everyone held their breath in anticipation as the cloaked stranger stepped forward and lifted his servos to reach the hem of his hood. The stranger ripped off the mantle in one fell swoop, the shroud being blown off by the wind. Gasped and agitated whispers filled the amphitheater upon witnessing the revelation of a bright yellow frame and the stranger's true identity
Prince Bumblebee of Kaon in the frame.
"Bee?" Optimus breathed in astonishment, a servo shooting up to his mouth.
"Bumblebee! What in Primus' name are you doing?!" Megatron shot up from his seat, gripping the balcony's railing so tightly the metal was left with two servo-shaped dents "Is this another one of your pranks? Did Hot Rod put this idea into your helm? I swear-. No matter. Bee, get up here and let the actual trials take pla-"
"No!" Bumblebee stood his ground, glaring straight at his sire.
"'No'? What do you mean 'no'?"
"It means I'm participating in the trials myself! I'm gonna fight for my own hand!" the prince announced with a strength he did not know his voice even possessed.
Before Megatron could utter a single word his two other sons raised from their own seats and ran past their sire and jumped over the balcony to the arena below. Hot Rod landed with a loud thud on his two peds, whincing slightly from the impact, while his younger brother Cheetor, in his beast altmode, had landed elegantly on four feet beside him. The two of them stomped over to Bumblebee's side with their helm held up high.
"May I ask what the meaning of this is?" Megatron yelled, not out of anger but genuine confusion and concern. Did his sons all have a screw lose? Did they think these trials were mere games?
"I already told you, sire." Bumblebee retorted balling his servos into fists "I'm gonna fight for my own hand. Sire, I know that to you I'm nothing more than the helpless little sparkling you gotta protect at all costs. But open your optics! Iām an adult! A fully grown adult! Yet you don't trust me that I can look out for myself! You're so scared for my safety you won't even let me chose my own conjunx cuz 'oh what might happen if Bee choses the wrong bot. What if he choses someone who cannot protect him? What if he choses someone who won't treat him like the glass doll he his?'"
"So you wish to prove yourself by participating in the trials I set up for your suitors?" Megatron raised a brow ridge as if he wanted to assure he understood Bee's intention correctly.
"Exactly. If I can win the trials you'll have to finally acknowledge that I can look out for myself and can make my own choices!"
"I see... And what about you two?" Megatron adressed his two oldest sons "Are you just bored or why are you standing in the arena?"
"We'll be joining the trials too. On Bee's side!" Hot Rod professed, his servos resting on his hips confidently.
"Sire, like Bee said earlier I know you just worry about him. About all of us, but your worries keeps Bee from spreading his own wings. So we will fight for Bee's independence - his freedom too." Cheetor explained calmly.
Megatron laughed heartedly, not in amusement, but pride, at his sons' determination.
"Very well. You may participate in the trials. But!" Megatron slumped back down on his throne "Don't think even for a moment that you will get special treatment just because you are my sparklings. You wish to prove yourselves? Than do it on the same terms and conditions as everyone else."
"We will!" the brothers shouted in unison.
"Then let the trials begin!"
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Alrighty enough prose for now!
So this is how the first trial happens. I already explained in the very first post I had ever created for this AU what the actual first trial is about so I did not include it in the one shot, but for the first time readers amongst you here quick refresher: The first trial asks the suitors to reach the peak of a glass hill and grab one of the keys at the top within a certain time limit. The glass hill was constructed by Shockwave and his teleported into the arena itself. Of course fliers such as Starscream, Windblade, Blitzwing, Mirage, Wasp and Blades simply fly up to the peak of the mountain and grab a set of keys as the objective simply said 'reach the peak' not 'climb to the peak'.
While Bee starts out with over a hundred suitors a LARGE majority of them fail at the first trial already leaving us with the core set of suitors making their way onto round two. That core set of suitors of course being:
Of course Bee and his two brothers also manage to win this round. Hot Rod reaches the peak by literally catapulting himself up the hill with his fire-axhilirator in his altmode. Cheetor basically jumps onto Starscream to reach the top (Leading to Starscream calling him cheater for the rest of the day) and Bumblebee reaches the top by getting a lift from Windblade.
Thank you so much for reading! I hope you enjoyed it! You may have noticed a few unfamiliar names in Shockwave's list of suitors. These are the my OCs and those of some of my mutuals. I added them as a little easter egg :3
Frostbite and Blaze belong to me.
Aurora belongs to @zephania-star
Supernova belongs to @catcake24
Neutroline belongs to @sassycandypoetry
And as always I hope you enjoyed this post mine. If you have ideas of your own for this AU feel free to send them to me. Or heck if my take on this AU is not up to your satisfaction/doesn't go in the direction you want you can write your own version of it (just by god don't use AI to do it that is my one and only request). And if you do: Tag me in it, I would love to see your version <3
I really really really want to write some posts detailing the different trials in the Suitors Trials AU and maybe some scenes of Bumblebee growing closer to some of his suitors in between the different or even during the trials but I am hesitant for two reasons:
People (or at least the ones actively invested and interested in this AU) will want me to include which suitors pass each trial. Problem is: I still have not decided on who the final suitor should be and which suitors should be eliminated during which trial
No matter who I chose as the final suitor for this AU people WILL get mad at me and will want to see me publicly executed for ānot letting the correct ship be endgameā. And I do not have the mental capacity to deal with that type of stress.