All I Ever Wanted
*Primrose runs through Iacon and she bumps into an old mech who gasps in fear. Other bots, upon seeing her, comment.*
Mech: Did you see her? It's Primrose.
*Primrose quickly gets to her pedes and continues to run towards the palace.*
Primrose: [singing] Gleaming in the moonlight. Cool and clean and all I've ever wanted. Sweet perfumes of incense and graceful rooms of alabaster stone. All I ever wanted!
*She braces herself against a stone pillar and she looks at the statues of her father, mother, herself and her sister.*
Primrose: [singing] this is my home. With my father, mother, sister. Oh so noble, oh so strong. Now I am home. Here among my trappings and belongings, I belong. And if anybody doubts it, they couldn't be more wrong!
*She picks up a curved blade and holds it up.*
Primrose: [singing] I am a sovereign princess of Cybertron. A daughter of the proud of history that's shown. Etched on every wall. Surely, this is all I ever wanted.
*She sits down against a stone pillar and she looks at the blade before she leans her helm back.*
Primrose: [singing] All I ever wanted. All I ever... wanted.
*She closed her optics, breathing deeply. Then she opens them and she finds herself on the wall and looks around before she sees the Pharaoh pointing at her. The guards run towards Primrose who quickly runs and hides in the bushes. The guards continue running along the walls before they run into Iacon, towards Predacons. One by one, guards are grabbing Predacon sparklings from their cradles and ripping the Predacon sparklings from their mothers' arms.*
*Primrose gasped as the screams and cries echo in her ears and she sees Solus, Elita and Rodimus hiding and running. Primrose chases after them. They make it to the river and Primrose watches as Solus gently places her sparkling in the basket. Primrose widened her optics in realization as the Predacon sparkling lets go of Solus' finger and Solus closes the lid before she sets the basket adrift. A tear rolls down Primrose's cheek and she turns around to see guards marching towards her. She starts running again only to fall off a cliff and the Predacon sparklings fall with her into the water that's filled with Cyber-Crocodiles. Everything goes dark.*
Primrose: *gasps as she wakes up, panting. She rubs her face as she leans against the wall. Her optics widen slightly before she closes her fist.*
*She runs through the dark room with a torch being her only light as she looks at the numerous hieroglyphics. When she finds the one she's desperately searching, her optics widen and she gasps. She slowly drops the torch by her pedes and she presses her helm and servos against the wall, her breaths trembling.*
*The pharaoh places a servo on her helm.*
Pharaoh: The Predacons grew too numerous. They might have risen against us.
Primrose: Father, tell me you didn't do this.
Pharaoh: Primrose, sometimes, for the greater good, sacrifices must be made.
Primrose: *gets up and she places a servo on the baby before she turns to Pharaoh* Sacrifices?
Pharaoh: oh, my dear. *hugs her* they were only slaves.
*Primrose widened her optics and she moves away from Pharoah, shaking her helm. She walks backwards before she turns and runs into the darkness.*
*The following morning, Primrose sits by the river, staring at the geese.*
Queen: Primrose?
Primrose: is this where you found me?
Queen: Primrose, please try to understand.
Primrose: *looks at her* so... so everything I thought. Everything I am... is a lie?
Queen: *sits beside her, placing her servos on her shoulders* No. You are our daughter. And we love you.
Primrose: *looks at her* why did you choose me?
Queen: *smiles softly* we didn't, Primrose. The gods did.
Queen: [singing] This is your home, my dear. Here the river brought you, and it's here the river meant. To be your home. Now you know the truth, love. Now forget and be content. When the gods send you a blessing, you don't ask why it was sent.
*Primrose smiled a little and she and the Queen hug.*
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