The morning breeze blew through the streets of Manehattan. Even though it was early in the morning the town was very busy. Some were out shopping, others were walking to work and some were just taking a stroll.
Down at the docks the workers were loading crates with all sorts of things. Things were looking towards being a normal and peaceful day. That didn't last though.

A loud sound of a horn of some type was heard coming from the ocean towards the docks.
The sound gained a lot of attention and it didn't take long before huge crowds were gathered at the docks. Soon a figure appeared on the horizon. It was a ship. As it came closer the structure became visible. Though this ship was different. It was made of metal, had no sails, had four chimneys for some reason and was moving without wind. The horn blew a few more times as it began to slow down.
Up in a radio station a beeping came through the telegraph receiver. The stallion sitting in the office almost literally flew over to the thing and listened to the Morse code.

The ship began to swing towards it's assigned dock and a few minutes later it stood by the moorings. Ropes where thrown from the bow of the ship just out of sight and landed on the dock. A few stallions came out of the crowd and fastened the ropes to the mooring anchors. Everyone there began to ask questions about the ship. Although there were no answers to them. This quickly reached the post office and they wasted no time sending a letter about this to princess Celestia.

All was quiet in the office of princess Celestia the only sound being made were the sounds of a quill writing on paper and the occasional sigh from the thoroughly bored alicorn.

"Your majesty! Urgent mail from Manehattan." a guard said walking into the room with an envelope.

'Urgent mail from Manehattan? That's not very often.' she thought and opened it.

I hope we're not interrupting anything, but what looks to be a hospital ship has made port here in Manehattan. So far nopony has come out of the ship and nopony has dared to go onboard. The ship is unlike anything we've seen here. Please if you have the time, take a look at it.

Manehattan's post office.

'Hmm. My royal duties will get in the way here. I'll have to ask Twilight and her friends to do this.' Celestia thought and began writing in a scroll. When she finished she used her magic to send it.

The mane 6 were sitting on a small plane. Everything was the usual. Pinkie brought cupcakes, Rainbow Dash was lying down with her shades on, Applejack and Fluttershy were talking about different things, Rarity was lying on her couch having completely overreacted to forgetting the cup plates and Twilight was reading a book. Then Spike came flying at full speed with a scroll in his hand.

Upon hearing this Twilight almost threw her book and quickly grabbed the scroll. She almost literally ripped the seal off and unfolded the scroll.

Dear Twilight Sparkle

Earlier today a unidentified hospital ship made port in Manehattan. Due to my duties getting in the way, I ask for you and your friends to investigate.
Use the spell written at the bottom of the scroll to instantly teleport to Manehattan.

Your former teacher
Princess Celestia

"An unidentified hospital ship?! Really?! That's soooo boring!" Rainbow Dash whined.

"Oh come on. It can't be THAT bad. Hospital ships are not that big. This will be over quick." Twilight said as she charged up the spell.

They appeared at the docks and were immediately faced by a huge crowd that started asking more questions than they could answer.

"Please calm down. Were here to investigate the hospital ship and nothing more." Twilight said to them. It took a few moments, but eventually they fell silent and let the mane 6 walk to the docks.

"Um, girls? You remember the moment I said that hospital ships aren't that big?" Twilight said with hesitation in her voice.

All of the mane 5's mouths hung open when they saw the gigantic ship in front of them.

The mane 6 made their way to the right side of the ship where it had been tide to the docks. They looked up to the bow and noticed the writing on it.

They then heard the sound of creaking metal and saw that a door on the side had been opened and a collapsible staircase had been attached. They made their way up the staircase carefully and slowly due to noticable rust on it. Once they made their way inside they heard metal snap and break. Looking out the door they had just entered they saw that the staircase had completely fallen apart and detached from the door frame. They gave a shudder and walked inside again, not noticing the door slowly and carefully closing behind them.

They walked though the empty corridors of the ship looking for anyone to make contact with, but so far it was in vain. The corridors were empty and even the smallest of sounds would make an echo. They walked up several staircases and eventually found a door which they opened to find themselves on the bow of the ship.

Then as if out nowhere the horn blew, the sound of the engines came from under the deck and the ship began to move backwards. The ropes holding the ship in place snapped and whitered away in a few seconds. The ship backed away from the docks and then slowly turned around before it moved towards the open ocean. The horn blew a few more times as it began moving faster.

The mane 6 was absolutely dumbstruck. They hadn't found anyone onboard yet, but the ship just left port.

"We need to find the captain. NOW." Twilight said as she moved towards the door they came through with the rest on her trail.

HMHS The Hospital Ship of Mystery

by Northguard

Morning