Alicorn is leaning over her desk and coughing hard into her hand. She nearly falls over, but catches herself on the desk and takes a few heavy breaths.
"What's happening to me?" Alicorn questions as sweat falls from her head.
Alicorn pulls a chair out and sits down and starts taking deep breaths as sweet falls from her head.
"I feel so weak. I need to get to Vestal." Alicorn grabs a handkerchief from a drawer on her desk and she wipes the sweat off her head.
Suddenly a knock is heard on her door. She groans and stands up and smooths out her dress and fixes her hair. Alicorn walks over to the door and lets out one more cough, before opening it.
"Hey Alicorn!" Team Destoyers greet.
Alicorn clears her throat. "Hello girls." She says in her regur monotone voice.
"Come with us, there's a meeting going on in the Cafeteria." Belchan informs.
"Really?" Alicorn raises an eyebrow.
Echo nods. "Yup."
"What's it about?"
Kalk fps her arms and smiles. "We have no idea!"
"They just told us to come fetch you~" Hobby informs.
Alicorn hums and she straightens her tiara. "Fine, let's go."
"Right!" The four kid ships smile and lead Alicorn down a hallway.
As they travel Alicorn lets out a few coughs, a few turn raspy and hard.
"You okay, Miss Alicorn?" Belchan asks in worry.
Alicorn waves her hand as she clears her throat. "Yeah, I think I'm just getting sick."
"You should go see Vestal." Echo says.
"I'm gonna after this meeting."
They continue walking and Alicorn rubs her head as a small headache forms. Alicorn huffs to herself. 'This is just getting annoying.'
The five ship girls reach the cafeteria and it's all dark. "Why is it dark?" Alicorn questions.
Suddenly all the lights turn on and Alicorn sees most of the base personnel and ship girls present. Yorktown is at the front of the group with a cake has a 13 on it.
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!" Everyone shouts.
Team Destroys smile at Alicorn. "Happy birthday Alicorn!"
"It's my... Birthday?" Alicorn's eye start to glow and a pain shoots through her head and she grabs it.
"It's been a while since we've celebrated, so I thought you'd like to have a party." Yorktown smiles.
"You've done well, my little successor. Oh, you'll be perfect for our pns."
"Yeah, we manage to convince almost everyone to come!" Belchan cheers. Alicorn's eyes fsh a few times and she starts to take heavy breaths.
"Oh it was worth the 7 year wait."
"Yeah, you've done so much for us!" Kalk jumps up and down. "So we thought we'd do something nice for you!"
"YES! A bigger war, it'll be so elegant! But first, I shall bring Salvation!"
"Yeah, you worked real hard for this!" Hornet smiles.
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Alicorn grips the sides of her head.
"I guess you do deserve this." Enterprise crosses her arms. "You work just as hard as I do."
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"So happy birhtday, Alicorn!" Clevend smiles.
Alicorn starts to take rapid and deep breathes.
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Alicorn then freezes.
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3 years ago
Alicorn walks down a long white hallway as her Siren Yellow eyes shine and she has a smile on her face. Blood covers her clothing as Arms ring out and red light shine.
Alicorn is holding a sword in her hand and blood drips off it. She looks at the ground and sees a specks of a blood leading around a corner at the end of the hallway.
Alicorn smile grows rger. "Found you~" She giggles
A door nearby opens and several scientists run out and spot Alicorn.
"Alicorn." One of them sighs in relief. "We need to get you back to your room." He walks towards her. "Where's Erik?"
"Wait!" One of the other scientists yells out.
"What-" He coughs up blood and looks back to see Alicorn smiling up at him with her sword through his chest.
Alicorn ughs and kicks his body away.
"Run-!" The second scientist's head gets cut off.
"Wait, Alicorn-!" The third scientists get cut in half.
Alicorn giggles as she steps on a body as she walks over it. "Humans are such fun py things~"
Alicorn walks around the corner and spots her room along with Erik, who is coughing up some blood just outside her room.
Suddenly a hand is pced onto Alicorn's shoulder. "Such a good little girl~" Purifier's voice rings out. "Now kill him."
Erik looks back to see Alicorn and Purifier. "A-Alicorn." He pants. "D-Don't listen... to her. Don't let her control you!"
Alicorn just smiles and walks toward Erik. "Oh, I'm the one in control, 'Father'"
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"NO!" Alicorn yells in anger and swipes her hand out as she stumbles back.
Everyone quiets down.
"No Birthday parties!" Alicorn yells and lets out a couple coughs. "NO BIRTHDAYS!"
"Alicorn?" Yorktown says in worry.
Team Destroyer backs up in fear and a few of the ship-girls get into battle stances. Enterprise suddnly has her bow in hands and readies an arrow.
"NO!" Alicorn stumbles back more as her eyes shine. "I didn't want to do it!" She groans in pain. "No birthdays, never! they only bring death!"
"Alicorn, sweety, calm down." Yorktown calls out.
"NO! I don't need cm!" Alicorn grips the sides of her head and coughs a few times as sweat falls from her head. "I just need the pain and memories to stop! They won't go away! They won't leave me alone!"
Alicorn stumbles back towards the door. "The voices won't go away!"
"Alicorn, tell us what's going on." Clevend calls out.
"JUST LEAVE ME ALONE!" Alicorn yells as she runs out of the room.
Yorktown picks up the cake and sets it on a table, then she stands up and walks after Alicorn, with the help of her cane. "Everyone stay calm, I'll check on her."
Enterprise steps forward. "Sister, I don't think that's a good idea."
"She's my daughter and I won't just leave her to suffer!"
Most of the people in the room gasp.
"Alicorn's her daughter?" A ship girl asks.
"So much makes sense now!" Another ship-girl expins.
"But why is her daughter a Siren?" A ship girl asks.
Yorktown exits the room.
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Alicorn stumbles into her room as she coughs heavily into her hand. She then falls down in the middle of her room and continues to cough as she falls onto her back.
Alicorn then finally stops coughing and her vision starts to blur. "Huh?" She then brings up her right hand, which she was coughing into, and sees blood. "Oh, that's not good."
Her hand falls down as her vision starts to darkness and she sees a figure suddenly appear above her and starts to shake her. She then sees multiple more figures appear above her, before her vision goes dark.
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05-29-2023
1130 words