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)
