The setting of this AU is a pre-war (and predominantly G1) Cybertron, when actions still determined friendships and rivalries rather than faction. The story is mostly told through the eyes of a young Skyfire as he enters his senior year at Cybertron High, watching as his friendship with a certain tetrajet slowly deteriorates.

But of course the shuttle has to deal with everyone else on the hard road to college (and freedom). Though these interactions may lead to trouble or some other misadventure, Skyfire might learn that not everyone at a public school is as bad as he likes to think.