Author's Notes:

So sorry this took so long to get out. I've been busy left and right that I didn't even pay attention to this. This one deserves the love and planning I've got set out for it. And if you are confused on parts, those are for episodes to explain.

Also this chapter was just fluff. Also sorry about the spacing failing to appear at times. That bothers me a lot whenever it doesn't appear.

The next day came, and a much more bright and sun-shiny day had came. It was Saturday in the town of Canterlot, and that meant time to relax, calm down, and catch up on homework. But for Sunset's friends, there was something else planned for them. Today they were taking their day off to have a nice picnic with their friends, and catch up with each other's lives. And as another note of plan, they were also planning on catching up with the Autobots and seeing how their war with the Decepticons were going.

Over in a house somewhere, with a garage door open, one car sat inside. Colored in blue and red racing stripes, a spoiler on the back, and a number 4 on the doors.

The car sat there waiting, until one girl came out of a door with pink skin and blue eyes, wearing a blue skirt, a pink vest, and pink boots.

"Morning Jazz!" Pinkie squeed.

"Morning Pinkie. Ready to go?"

"Yep!"

Jazz's car door opened, and Pinkie took a seat, fastening her seatbelt. But just before Jazz could move out, he stopped to hear the door open again and watch as a girl in gray skin, blue pajama shorts and a white T-shirt walk out. She lowered her head to the window to gaze at Pinkie.

"Pinkie?" Maud asked.

"Yeah Maud?"

Maud's face stayed deadpan and motionless for a few moments. But it came to a friendly smile.

"Have fun. Tell them I said hi," Maud said, still sounding emotionless.

"Thanks Maud!" Pinkie said before leaning out the car window and giving her older sister a big hug. Maud reciprocated a hug back, patting Pinkie's back.

"Be back by 11," Maud said before backing away. "Oh and tell the Autobots I said hi Jazz."

Jazz stayed silent for a moment. As much as he couldn't tell her emotions, Maud freaked him out to no end mostly for how deadpan she was. Once Pinkie was back into her seat, Jazz just drove off once again.

"Oh, uh... sure. Yeah, of course," Jazz hesitated through the speakers inside.

Once Maud was finished saying her goodbyes, Jazz slowly pulled out of the garage and began to drive on the road, while Maud watched the racing automobile leave.

"Pinkie... Maud kind of creeps me out," Jazz said. "Is she normally like that?"

"Aw don't be scared, that's how she normally is. I know she may not show it, but she does actually care about you too," Pinkie replied.

"You sure?" Jazz asked.

"Absolutely!"

Even though Pinkie couldn't see it, she could feel a smile coming on Jazz's face. Even in car mode.

In another part of town, Rarity was sitting in the driver seat of the new and refurbished Knockout. Ever since their last battle with the Decepticons, Knockout gave himself a brand new look, now colored in bright and friendly baby blue, and his optics were now colored to blue as well. It was like he was a whole new bot.

"Knockout, I didn't say this before, but I absolutely adore this new look of blue. You look very fabulous with it," Rarity said.

"Thank you Rarity. Now what do you say we check in with the others?"

"Not to worry about that, I've already done that." Rarity said.

"Well then, how are my fellow comrades doing?" Knockout asked.

"Bumblebee and Fluttershy are out to observe nature, Rainbow Dash and Sideswipe are doing practice races with some Autobots and Guardians, Twilight and Punch are out running errands, and Applejack and Ironhide are making another cider delivery. As for Sunset... oh..."

Knockout stayed silent. He knew too well what she was saying.

"Is Sunset, alright?" Knockout asked.

Rarity shook her head as her hands rubbed against the steering wheel, "I'm afraid the poor darling is still having nightmares about Megatron."

"Oh... poor Sunset..." Knockout murmured.

Rarity nodded.

"Perhaps we should see how she's doing. Is she still coming to our picnic?" Knockout asked.

"She is, but she said she needed to clear her head, so she's volunteering as team leader for the meantime while Optimus goes out on a scouting mission. She said once she's done with her volunteer work, she'll meet us over at the picnic," Rarity cooed.

"Well hopefully the dear will be able to calm down and not worry about Megatron for a bit," Knockout finished.

On the same day, Twilight was on the road inside of the vehicle mode of Punch/Counterpunch. The two had been running tons of errands and they were eager to get them done before going to meet the others over for their picnic. But this time, they brought someone else with them. Twilight's dog, Spike.

"Groceries, check." Twilight said.

"Check in with Autobots for Decepticon fugitives, check." Punch said.

"And of course, check in with Shining Armor and Cadence to let them know where I'm going..." Twilight trailed off.

"Check," Punch and Spike finished.

Twilight giggled, "How are you able to keep up with me on that?"

"Easy, you've run by your checklist every day. Also Spike kind of told me that's how you keep yourself organized and how you plan your day usually," Punch replied, "Anyways, where do we go to next?"

Twilight pulled out the checklist and began flipping through pages, while Punch's steering wheel continued to move on its own as it guided them on the road.

Spike also fell on the side of the seat, "How are you able to do that?"

"Well I'd ask you how are dogs able to talk when they can't but yet here you are now talking to me," Punch replied.

Spike just gave an unamused look while Twilight kept flipping through her checklist.

"Lets see... We've got the groceries back to the house, Spike's checkup is done, and now all we got to do is claim our spot for our picnic," Twilight replied.

"Sweet, lets roll for it!" Punch said. "Oh and Spike, please don't stick your head out the window again."

"Oh come on! The wind feels amazing!" Spike pleaded.

"I don't care if it does, I don't care for your slobber getting all over me. I love you and Twilight but not that much," Punch said.

"Aw..." Spike slumped back in the seat before turning his attention back onto Twilight, "Twilight, can I ask you something?"

"Sure."

"Have you told Shining about what happened to you when you were one of the Autobots?"

Punch's car came to a screeching halt when it came to the red light which nearly sent Spike flying out of his seat, and Twilight almost hit her face against the steering wheel. Once the two of them calmed down from the screech, they waited for Punch to say something. He was being very quiet. And whenever he was quiet, it was never a good thing.

"Spike. Shining Armor doesn't need to know what happened when she was a Cybertronian," Punch replied.

"Why not?"

"Because if he found out the horrible thing that I did to Twilight and the Autobots, he'd never allow me to stay at the Sparkle household," Punch sighed, "I already feel guilty enough about what I did to you Twilight, I don't want anyone making it any more harder on me. I already receive a hard time from some of the Autobots about it."

Twilight blinked, "Wait what? What do you mean they're giving you a hard time?"

Punch sighed, "I didn't want to say anything since I didn't see it being important, but some of the Autobots have been giving me a hard time about what I did. It's not a lot, but every once in a while I keep getting reminders about what I did to you. And now I'm afraid that's gonna come back into people's heads and they'll completely forget the bot I am now."

Twilight had no idea Punch was hiding this information. She was all too shocked. However, she knew what to say. She patted the sides of the steering wheel, and spoke.

"Punch if you were having problems, you should have told us sooner. I would have said something. And about what you did before," Twilight began, "Its okay. I'm not one to dwell on the past. After what you did to save me and help me get back here, I've forgiven you."

Punch gave a sigh, "Thanks Twilight. I appreciate your support."

Twilight smiled, "Its not an issue Punch."

"Now what do you say we put on some tunes?" Punch asked.

Punch's radio flipped on, and the channel knobs kept on cranking and turning and eventually a station was picked with a song.

Hunger, I want it so bad I can taste it
It drives me mad to see it wasted...

Meanwhile in another part of town, in an open garage, there were to figures inside working out. One was a metallic green Autobot who transformed into a military jeep, and the other was a girl with indigo hair, studs on her ears, and goggles on her forehead. Both of them were in the process of performing push ups.

"Ninety-nine..." Indigo grunted vigorously, "one hundred!"

Both of them got up on their feet and took a seat to calm down from the workout, and both of them had a bunch of sweat build up on their heads. Well, Indigo did.

"Whew... what a workout," Indigo said.

Hound stretched his arms, "Feeling the burn Indigo?"

Indigo chuckled, "I'm fine Hound. I've done more training like this at Crystal Prep."

"I can tell just based on the muscles you're growing there," Hound said pointing to the muscles on her arms.

"Well what about you? All you've been doing is raising yourself up, and then transforming back into a jeep."

"Easy, they're called transform-ups. Its a training exercise all Cybertronians had to perform back at boot camp. Poor Bumblebee collapsed whenever he tried to perform them."

"Ouch... that's gotta suck," Indigo replied.

"Yep."

As the two were taking a breather to calm down, Indigo gave a big sip of water from an open water bottle in one gulp.

"Okay, so what's our agenda for today?" Hound asked.

"Well once I've gotten cleaned up, we're going out to hang with our friends for another get together," Indigo said.

Hound nodded, "Sounds good to me!"

Over at another household, a girl with dark pink skin and green hair came entering into a bed room dressed in a bathrobe. She had recently taken a shower, and now she going to change into her regular clothes. And on a cluttered desk covered in drawings, there was a single radio cassette player with an Autobot symbol on it.

"Enjoy the shower Lemon?" Blaster asked.

Lemon giggled, "Yep. A hot shower hit the spot. Now lets get dressed."

She went over to her closet and tossed out several clothes which turned from nice and neat to strewn all over her bed. She took the robe off and tossed it onto the chair, scratching her chin trying to find out what to wear.

"Huh... Blaster do you have any suggestions?"

"Why not just go in the tank top and short shorts? That's what you prefer anyway," Blaster replied.

Lemon's head jolted up realizing the goof up. For about five seconds. She shrugged it off and began tossing her clothes around, trying to find the ones she was after. She didn't even realize she was tossing some clothes near Blaster.

"Watch where you throw them man," Blaster said.

Lemon wasn't paying attention. She just continued tossing clothes.

"Ahem," Blaster said clearing his throat.

Lemon paused, "Yeah Blaster?"

"Is there any chance you can take the underwear off my speaker?" Blaster huffed.

Lemon blushed, "Sorry."

Lemon removed the article of clothing off of Blaster's speaker and continued to change into her clothes. But Blaster spoke up again.

"Say Lemon? Are you sure you're comfortable changing in front of me?" Blaster asked.

"Well I've changed in front of you many times before and it hasn't bothered me," Lemon said, "Why are you asking that now?"

"Well I was told from the others that its rude to be in the room when one is changing," Blaster replied.

"Blaster, you're fine. Besides I'm almost done, I just got to find my shorts," Lemon said smacking her lips.

In another part of town, a play performance was put on. The play was a classic one as well, and two of the actors performing in it was a girl with blue skin and purple hair, and the other was a Cybertronian with a blue visor for eyes, with tan, brown, and white skin. Both of them were in costume and were performing a final scene in the play which was finishing the last song. The two were in their positions with the other leading actors, and a giant puppet that was a plant was slowly moving right behind them as they were performing the last song.

Outback and Sunny gave each other grins and then turned back to the audience.

Hold your hat and hang onto your soul
something's coming to eat the world whole
if we fight it we still have a chance

But whatever they offer you
They'll be slopping the trough for you
Please whatever they offer you don't feed the plants!

Don't feed the plants...!

The two hit the final note just as the music finished, and they received a big round of applause from the audience they performed in front of. They loved it. They loved their performance. They had aced the play they had worked on for several weeks. Almost a month.

The two smiled to the crowd, and gave a bow with the other actors. They had earned their admiration.

After The Performance

Sunny Flare was helping Outback get out of the costume that was very snug around his metallic body. Sunny had spent a few weeks knitting that costume together specifically for the performance. And since Outback was studying under Sunny's tutelage, he was perfecting his skill to be an actor. You see was fascinated by all of the television shows and films that Earth had possessed, and he was interested to know more about Sunny's acting interest. And so with some negotiation with the person in charge, Outback was allowed in to perform with them.

"Thanks for the assistance with the costume Sunny," Outback said.

"No, thank you for filling in for Tapper's position. I wasn't sure if anyone we would find anyone to play Seymour," Sunny said as she unzipped the back on Outback.

"I'm surprised the manager of this vicinity was flexible and allowed me to assist," Outback said, slipping his arm out of the shirt.

"Well you did help save our world a number of times," Sunny said as she was removing the costume and putting her regular clothes on.

"True, but I'm surprised no one was acting out or surprised to see an Autobot on set," Outback replied.

Sunny giggled, "True as that may be, you did a much better job than the other actor. He wasn't even trying and half of the time he was causing issues on the set."

Outback winced, "Yikes. I can only imagine how well that flew with the others. Oh and Sunny?"

"Yes?"

"When you showed me the film version of that play, I didn't expect there to be giant monstrous plants taking over the world and causing panic and tyranny. That looks like something the Decepticons would do."

Sunny gulped, "Lets just hope they won't stoop so low like that. But enough about that. We better get moving if we're gonna meet up with the others at the picnic."

"Right then, lets go!"

As for Rainbow Dash and Sideswipe, they were out on a race track that was currently occupied by the Autobots to use as a practice to increase their speed and durability.

Just above the race track in the middle where there was space, Guardian Flip Top was flying above watching the race acting as an announcer for the race. And over in the stands, there were a few Autobots watching, along with Smallfoot and Sour, Applejack and Ironhide, and Sugarcoat and Highbrow.

"And in the lead is Rainbow Dash and Sideswipe, going neck and neck with Street Heat, followed by Smokescreen and Sparky, and with Mirage gunning right behind them!" Flip Top announced.

The Autobots in the crowd gave a few cheers as they continued to focus on the racers going round and round. And while the racers were continuing to move round and round, Applejack and her friends continued to talk. But Sugarcoat was distracted by the sight of Sour Sweet lying against Smallfoot who held Sour in her arms.

Sugarcoat raised a brow and lowered her glasses as she gazed towards them. Applejack noticed Sugarcoat's odd look on her bespectacled face.

"Is something wrong Sugar?" Applejack asked.

Sugarcoat shook her head, "I just find it fascinating how Sour Sweet is in a relationship with an alien from outer space."

"Well the two do have a lot in common. They're sweet, they both come from broken homes, and neither one of them like to see each other hurt or harmed, that's a first thing right there," Applejack said. "Besides, Smallfoot's still got the other form so he can take Sour out on dates without being stared at."

Sugarcoat gave Applejack an understanding look, "I can understand that... but I fail to see how anyone approves of this. Does Optimus even know about this?"

"Optimus doesn't need to know about this at all. We're not glad we're keeping this a secret, but he doesn't need to know about Smallfoot's personal life with relationships," Highbrow replied.

"Highbrow's right," Applejack said, "There are some things that people don't need to get involved with and that is one of them."

"If you say so..." Sugarcoat said.

Sour Sweet and Smallfoot weren't paying any attention to them at all. They were too focused on each other to be paying attention to the race.

"I know this isn't your idea of a date but--" Smallfoot began.

"Smallfoot, its okay. I don't mind. I'm just happy I get to spend the day with you," Sour cooed.

Smallfoot blushed and let out a giggle, "I love you Sour."

Sour smiled too and snuggled closer to Smallfoot, rubbing her palm against Smallfoot's hand.

"Oh, how's Road Rage doing now that she's part of us?" Sour asked as she looked back up.

"Road Rage is doing pretty alright, I have to admit. She's adapting to Earth pretty well and she's getting along with all of us pretty well too. I just hope she'll be ready should any of the Decepticons or the Renegades return."

Sour nodded understandably, "I hope so too..."