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It was Darcy’s 16th birthday today, and Andrias was out in his ship flying through space to get Darcy her gift while she was out on a mission. He’s kind of noticed how Darcy doesn’t have very many friends, as most people fear her because 1. She’s like. Heir to the throne of the newtopian empire and 2. She's scary as shit.
So he’s starting to notice how lonely Darcy is, and kind of fears that she may become severely depressed because of her isolated social life. So one day while he was looking up stuff to get for Darcy’s birthday, he discovers this article that’s like a study about humans.
Basically it was about humans making good companions and are like the new trendy exotic pet that very few people have. He thinks about it, and decides that maybe a pet is the perfect thing for Darcy and that maybe having a pet would help Darcy feel less alone.
So he arrives on earth and puts his ship on stealth mode, so none of the humans could see him. He sends out a small drone and uses it to scan around to see if he can find a suitable pet for Darcy. He happens to find Marcy, who just so happens to have ran away from her home after she found out her parents were moving.
So he moves his ship over to the location of the drone, and uses the tractor beam to bring Marcy onto his ship. After she is brought on board, Andrias goes to pick her up in his huge hand. Marcy is terrified, screaming and crying to be let go.
But unfortunately, Andrias doesn't understand Marcy and puts her in a small animal crate that is decorated with a bow on top. He takes her back to his home planet while Marcy is being stored in her small crate. She’s shaking and crying because of how terrified she is, as she doesn’t know or understand what the fuck is going on.
All she knows is that she got abducted by aliens and is currently on a spaceship going who knows where. Eventually the ship lands, and Andrias takes the little crate with him back to the castle. He puts it with all the other birthday gifts he got for Darcy, now waiting for her to come home.
So Darcy comes home from another one of her successful missions, Andrias wishes her a happy birthday and they have a nice dinner before they eat red velvet cake with ube frosting. Then Darcy goes to open her presents, and she receives gifts (mainly from relatives) like this poisonous dagger along with a flaming scythe and a few other things.
While Darcy is thanking Andrias for the gifts she notices her last gift slightly moved. Curious, she opens it slowly and peaks inside to see poor little Marcy crying her eyes out and shaking because all she sees is this strangely humanoid creature with glowing orange eyes and black horns. Darcy looks back wide eyed and looks back at Andrias who smiles widely.
“surprise! I got you a pet!” Darcy looks at him curiously.
“ok but why is it crying and shaking??”
Andrias looks at Marcy, who is still crying in the small decorated crate.
“I believe she’s a stray. I found her on the streets of her planet crying and she kinda reminded me of you when you were little and I thought you’d might like to keep her as a pet. The internet says humans make good companions and are intelligent enough so that you can train them and teach them tricks!” Darcy looks back at Marcy, staring into her wet brown eyes.
“Well, she is pretty cute. And some companionship would be appreciated…very well then. I’ll keep her.”
Darcy thanks Andrias again for all the kind gifts, and gets one of her robo arms to carry Marcy into her room, so she can get her cleaned up and properly dressed.
Marcy is still terrified because she doesn’t understand anything these aliens are saying, so she thinks she’s going to be experimented on. She starts screaming and begging with Darcy to not hurt her only to stop when Darcy brings her into what looks like a huge fancy bathroom.
Marcy just looks at Darcy in confusion as she begins to draw a bath, and then it slowly clicks in that the bath is for her. But before she can say anything the robo arms tear off her clothing and gently lower Marcy into the bubble filled bath.
Darcy grabs a bath sponge and squirts some body wash into it, moving her arm over to Marcy who flinches away. Darcy notices this and goes slower this time, gently washing Marcy’s body which is still shaking slightly from both fear and adrenaline. After Marcy’s bath, Darcy lifts her out and dries her off with a fluffy red towel, and then carries her to her vanity just off to the side of the big bathtub.
She sits Marcy down in the seat, removes her green hair clip and uses her blow dryer to dry Marcy’s hair. She then gently brushes her hair and puts the green hair clip back in its place.
Darcy then carries her back to her bedroom and sits Marcy on her bed. One of the robo arms comes back with this black suit that looks sort of like a onesie, but is a lot more skin tight. She turns back to Marcy and removes her towel, then helps dress her into the suit.
Marcy looks at it in surprise, it’s so warm and comforting and soft, despite it looking like an uncomfortable wetsuit. Then a frobot comes in, and hands Darcy this little black box with a note on it before walking away. Darcy reads it and it’s a note from Andrias saying it’s one last present from him, and that he hopes her new pet likes it too.
She opens the box, and inside is a little black studded collar with a golden tame tag that has the symbol of her empire’s crown on the back of it. Darcy smiles and turns back around to face Marcy, whose
eyes widen at the sight of the collar. Before she could run, the robo arms come back around her to make sure she stays still while Darcy puts on her new collar. Darcy gently fastens the collar around her neck, making sure it’s not too tight, before saying
“I hope you like your new home, my little pet.”