Over the course of the next week since Wheeljack departed from the base, Azura became very focused on learning Cybertronian. She not only played Five Minute Letter Scramble, she and Jack also managed to create a scrabble game with the Cybertronian letters. They made up little blocks with just the Cybertronian letters and no English letter, and they would make words with them, and then check to see if they spelled them right by checking the English letters. It was becoming extremely fun for Azura and the humans to learn the language as it was much easier to learn. In fact, Miko even used the idea for her schoolwork, which seemed to help her a lot. Ratchet and Optimus were both very happy that Azura found a way to learn the language in a way that was fun for her. They both did sometimes sit down to have her write out a few words, but they never made her do anything intense. Having her have fun and learn was the main thing.
The only thing that they did make her concentrate on seriously was her abilities. Azura and Optimus returned to the island a few times during the week, and she was slowly improving. Azura was happy she was getting better at her abilities, though she was sad because she no longer seemed to have a dream world to go to anymore. She was having normal dreams now, and it seemed maybe her training in her dream world was done. Or maybe it was not necessary now that Optimus was training her. She missed speaking to Alpha Trion, but there was not much she could do right now.
And her appetite had also remained the same since Wheeljack's departure as well. Ratchet confirmed with Optimus she is having a growth spurt. She had actually grown several inches already during this week, and she was visibly taller than Jack now. Optimus himself was having to ingest more high-grade to keep up with her appetite, and Ratchet has considered having Optimus mixed his low-grade with mid-grade energon as the mid-grade would be richer in nutrients, but Optimus refused as he did not want to cause Azura to have an upset tank. Even if it was low risk, he still did not wish to do it.
Right now, it was early morning on a Saturday and Azura woke up from her recharge. She had been dreaming about sitting in a large pine forest, and she could communicate with the trees themselves. In the dream, she was rejuvenating it as well, bringing back trees that had been cut down by humans. It was a wonderful dream that she had. But she was now awake. She yawned and stretched out her arms, gathering the plush toys around her and hugging them happily. She was still keeping the metal Stitch toy close to her and she almost never left it alone.
She rubbed her optics and looked around, noticing that Optimus was not in her room. She thought about waiting, but her bladder told her otherwise. She sighed as she wished she could be like the other autobots and not have to worry about using the bathroom, but she had no choice but to deal with it. She grabbed Stitch and made her way down the stairs to get to the bathroom. She was also looking forward to today. She had asked Jack earlier in the week about getting her a couple bumble bee catfish from the aquarium after they posted that they had some in, and he said he would get her some today. She was excited about it as she thought they were really cute, and she knew that Bumblebee would appreciate it and enjoy seeing fish that were of his colors.
Once she finished using the toilet, Azura walked over to her tanks to feed the fish and check the tanks themselves. She hummed softly to herself as she was looking forward to adding another fish to her tank, even if it was just a catfish. She cleaned some algae that was growing on the tank glass and added a millilitre of ammonia detoxifying chemical to each tank. She knew she would be testing the water on Sunday too so she would make sure that the environment in the way was still healthy for her fish.
With that done, she began wondering where Optimus was. It felt like it was unusual for him to not come in when she wakes up. Plus, Azura was feeling hungry, so she was feeling a bit impatient. She figured she would go and check Optimus's room to see if he was there. If he was still in recharge, so he would definitely understand. But she knew she wanted to fed, and she didn't think she could get low-grade without him being awake. She would at least see it was possible.
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When All Lights Go Out I (TFP)
Fantasy***First Book in Series*** A seemingly orphaned girl who has misfortune for the majority of her life, with only a special crystal as the only connection her birthparents, learns that she is not all as normal as she thinks. And when she tries to find...
