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Your little body trembled under the force surging through the ground. Streaks of pink boomed from the ground, causing the ground to shake.
Your sister Stephanie - you blinked back in horror was about to go corrupt. Her hands were fidgeting as she was barely keeping her eyes open. Pink essence began to leak from her body encapsulating her.
“B-Blood- you're bleeding…” she growled. You took a step back, trying to cover your injuries. “ It's fi-fine!” You said, trying to smile. Your baby fingers twitched as her dazed eyes scanned over you.
Unknowingly, a drop of blood crippled down and fell.
She stilled causing you to press your finger harder - she took a step forward and let out a gut wrenching shriek , the surroundings bulged and pushed you back.
“ Steph !” you voiced getting up, before sounds of screams from the back made you flinch. Just as you had looked back, liquid splashed over your face.
Your pupils looked down.
Then up.
You let out a distorted scream.
This..
Couldn't be happening-
You shrieked back when one of the maids - she'd been so nice and caring to you - looked at you, begging for you to save her. You brought your hand closer only for hers to be ripped off.
Before she could even let another word escape her lips, pink winds had her body slashed into two. Both parts fell away from each other.
You fell over your feet, only to be caught by Tim who was behind you. He picked you up and brought his finger closer to your teary cheeks. He wiped the blood, and smiled at you soothingly.
“ Brother T—” you gasped as pink dust began to fill the air. The ground is filled with the essence of pink while pink dust covers every part of the garden.
The flowers bloomed and explosions followed, the servants screamed.
Tim embraced you tight while he dodge the pink blade coming towards you. You body hit the ground and you both recoiled hard with the plants.
Before you even opened your eyes, you could hear Tim hissing. You saw him shouting into an ear piece. “ Steph is near corruption! Get some backup- Y/n's with me! I can't protect her alone!”
His brows furrowed and eyes glowed yellow, patterns began to appear on his skin. He looked down at the trembling you, “ Brother- Steph she's-” You choked in between.
His strained eyes - which glowed - softened as he ruffled your hair. He gave you a smile - wiping your tears.
“ Run as fast as you can and take cover-” He couldn't even finish the words before pink blades threw him far away. He grunted as his pink blades strode past him, causing his arms to bleed.
Blood came out, and he dodged and stepped back and turned round - trying to avoid the blades. His eyes kept on looking at you, telling you to run.
You remained frozen.
And when Steph's body which was blackened due to Corruption teleported and appeared in front of Tim and hit him hard and brutal over the face - you could only look and wish that this was a big bad dream.
And then
Tim's eyes glowed with intent to kill and you had no doubt in your mind, things were going to end in blood.
Why was this going so terribly wrong?
You gasped and pulled back your frozen foot when another body fell to your feet. A butler you'd talk to once - when would this nightmare end?
You were barely holding on to your body, wondering what wrong did you commit for this to happen.
Your two siblings - you never wished for this to happen, even when they sometimes (almost everyday) made you feel suffocated and made even the servants look at you like a monster - were going at each other with such strength that the surroundings were getting ruined with the darkness of the corrupted core.
From the looks of it, Tim was using his full power and if he kept on using it, there would be two fully corrupted espers that could wipe out the whole capital.
A shiver ran to the back of your spine.
You saw the servants dropping to the ground - they were merely normies - and your siblings didn't look like they were stopping anytime soon.
You hoped your older brothers and father got the signal and were heading their way.
Your skin was damp and sticky with the liquid of blood surrounding you, pink dust had turned poisonous causing the flowers to degenerate.
You never questioned why it didn't harm you.
You were only five after all.
You were pulled out of your thoughts when you felt dark energy coarse through the ground. Looking up, you were reminded of how helpless you felt
Your eyes fell.
“ B-..” You choked in your tears.
There he was with a blade of pink essence going through his chest, he vomited out a mouthful of blood. His yellow blurry eyes met yours. His lips were twisted and brows furrowed and struggled to hold on.
Stephanie stood above him, her eyes having turned completely black and she looked seconds away from losing her sanity.
You didn't know why, but your body moved and you ran to his side. Your tiny hands hit Stephanie, trying to push her away from Tim.
“ Y/n! Run!” Tim screamed at you, his voice dipped down, he looked exhausted. Stephanie on the other hand was barely holding on. Her golden locks have changed to black due to the core's stage of corruption.
“ I-I’m not leaving you alone- besides..” you gulped, water dripping down. You baby cheeks felt the roughness of his skin as you brought it closer to you.
“ You're barely handing on Brother.. Daddy and Big brother will be here-just hang on and don't make me leave!”
Your sparkly eyes met his.
He looked like he was about to day something.
He opened his mouth but stopped.
“ Y/n.” You heard, your sister said using every bit of love and strength in her body to try and make you understand. “ Don't do this.”
“ Steph-”
“ L..ea..ve now.” she said, strain in her voice.
You heard Tim cough and looked to see more blood on his shirt, “T-Tim!” You said, gasping his hands. He looked at you one more time before his head hit the ground. “Y-”
Why were they getting cold? You swallowed.
Why was he not opening his eyes.
You shook his body.
No response.
No
No
No
And then Steph growled and she fell back too.
Looking closely, there was blood dripping down her neck. Tim had tried to permanently disarmed her and from the looks of it, he had almost succeeded.
And then Steph gave you a pushed smile, the dark marks on her skin making her look more pale then usual. She tried to cover your eyes by using the last bit of her strength but failed miserably.
“ Close your eye-” Her body recoiled with the floor.
You screamed.
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A figure made way to your body who was in the arms of two espers. Both of them had a fond look in their eyes. The blood surrounding them almost appeared to be invisible if not for the smile etched on their face.
“-The first stage was successful-”