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Ultra Magnus sighed as he entered his room on the steelhaven. The small room was the biggest on the ship but still felt two small for the large autobot who commanded the craft. He longed for his large berth in his room at autobot HQ with his privet washrack and energon that wasn’t sealed cubes. The large bot huffed and moved further into the room placing his hammer by the door encase of emergency. The blue bot sat on his berth and placed his head in his hands. Coming to earth he had hoped that the situation would be better than It was. The allspark was in pieces and the decepticons were here on earth. It was a worst case scenario the worst of the worst. The old bot slowly lowered himself to the berth and closed his eyes Maybe an idea would strike him in his recharge. The Magnus onlined his optics to a Crystal forest the likes of which he had not seen since before the war. He gazed in wonder at the colors and basked in the sound of the crystals chiming together and the sounds of the mechanimals that lived in the forest. Magnus looked at a clump of small crystal shoots and froze at the sight of a snarling turbofox. It’s body was covered in scars oral solvent dripped from is bared fangs red optics glinted in the light of the crystals as it slowly stalked forward. The Magnus watched with wide eyes as the beast began to circle him its eyes never leaving his own. There was the sound of a snapping growth and the Magnus glanced to the side only to see a cougar raider stalking towards him its fangs and claws bared. The two mechanimals slowly circled the Magnus snarling and lashing their tails. Ultra Magnus took in a shuddering vent and closed his eyes bracing for and attack as he heard the two beasts leap twards him. The Magnus was surprised when instead of the pain of fangs and claws riping into his plating he felt two larger frames land on top of him the Magnus huffed and wiggled under the two letting out a yip of displeasure. He froze as he registered the sound. He hasn't sounded like that since the mech looked down at himself and felt his plating clamp to his protoform he was- he was small again and green. He was once again minimus ambus. The nobody the beastformer everything the modern autobots fought against. He wasn't stuck in that primus damned armor. He felt. He sighed and reluctantly admitted to himself that it actually felt good to be minimus again to be small to be- he squeaked as he felt a paw step on his tail he gave a small growl and nipped at the frame on top of him. He squinted as light suddenly flooded into his little space he heard two voices chuckle and turned to see his brother as he remembered him his plating gleaming and eyes full of life. Unlike that thing the DJD had turned him into later in life. He felt a tail caress his back and he turned to see none other then his dear friend ravage. His eyes glinting mischievously tail slowly swishing along the ground. A purr pried itself out of minimus’s chest as he looked between them. Oh how me missed them both. Two mechs deactivated two soon by war minimus shook his head to clear it of those kinds of thoughts he yipped and let his chest hit the ground his aft in the air tail swishing playfully. The other two beastformers tensed and followed as minimus took off happily yipping and barking as the other two gave chase. Oh OH how he has missed this the wind in his fur the crystals crunching beneath his paws his family behind him no worry of war or faction. No being a leader just him and his family happily frolicking in the feilds. The small minibot yelped as he felt something clamp onto his paw he jerked to a stop and was thrown to his side by the momentum his plating struck the ground hard and he winced in pain as he struggled to his paws he looked down and saw his paw caught us a hunters trap. Like the ones they installed around autobot HQ when the pests get two bad and some culling is needed. The turbofox wined and looked around for his brother and friend hoping that they would help. Instead he shivered as a large sharia fell over him he glanced behind him and howled.Standing above him was the council there cold optics gleaming in the shadows. He heard there whispers of doubt. Questioning his loyalty to the cause his ability to act like a civilized mech. Then he heard it. the howls and cries of his friends and then more joined in. all in pain all blaming him HE betrayed them he was two blame. The green and white turbofox pressed himself to the ground they didn't understand! he had two. He was finally given a purpose! his life had meaning. “Minimus” the minibot lifted his head and looked into the optics of his best friend and his brother “h-help me please” he begged giving a soft tug against the trap on his leg. The two standing before him regarded him with cold optics and frowns adorning there muzzles. “Why” said ravage his voice lacking the warmth it used to hold. “You abandoned us” accused his brother. Minimus watched in horror as his brothers plating split and sparked in places his eyes losing there intelligence the scar that had doomed him appearing in his helm plating a souvenir of domestication. Minimus sobbed as the plating of his best friend burned away revealing the metal struts that were all that was left after the explosion that had deactivated him and the decepticons top spy Soundwave. He gasped as he felt something coil around his neck he screeched and trashed like the animal he was to get free he heaved and bit and tore at his plating but it kept getting tighter he looked to his family and saw them watching with cold regard. There optics gleaming unnaturally minimus looked to them and wined in pain a pure animalistic sound. He watched as the two tensed then lept for him their fangs and claws catching his plating….. ultra Magnus woke with a gasp he sat up straight and grabbed his plating that was rattling as it was held tight to his protoform he gave a silent sob and curled up on the recharge slab. There would be no more sleep tonight.