TCB: Husks

by LieutenantGarrison

Rating: mature
Tags: Adventure, Dark, Alternate Universe, Human, Sad
Length: 571

Those bastards will pay for what they took from us

Humanity, thought to be extinct survived through the Conversion Wars and fled into the stars.

Ponykind, a race of Equines that see anything that isn't them unpure and needs to be "brought to the light." Setting their sights on other primitive species they begin to coverage them, hundreds of species now lay extinct, giving them new technology and power. They think nothing can stop them, but when humanity resurfaces, will ponykind be ready for the horrors that humanity has done to themselves… just to destroy them?

Published 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
Last updated 2014-05-17 04:20:12 UTC

Chapter 1

I stood upon the ashes of Canterlot. No, not just Canterlot, but Equestria itself! The land below scorched by heavy plasma fire and stained with blood. Creatures ran around, their bodies were skinny and skin of blue. Tubes, wires, and lights glowed underneath their skin as well as mine. My left eye had been completely replaced by a synthetic one that glowed a eerie blue and tubes ran down my neck only to be covered by what I wore.

The sound of a struggle caught my attention, looking towards the disturbance I found a small squad of what was left of the Equestrian Guard. Normal ponies and bat ponies were back to back, trying to fend off my 'soldiers'. My soldiers were once ponies, but their body's organs, skin, and water content had been converted into cybernetic materials.

They charged at the guards without hesitation. One of the unicorn mares in the squad fired a bolt of magic at one of my 'Husks', the bolt collided but had no effect. Fear entered their bodies as they started to hack, slash, and fend odd my Husks, but their attempts failed and they soon where torn to pieces... literally. Cries in pain and/or fear reached my ears as the Husks razor sharp claws dug into their flesh and tore them open. One tried to fly away, but I wasn't having any of that!

Lifting my hand eye level a warping bubble of purple energy appeared around it, the same energy surrounded the bat pony before she was thrown to the ground. She landed on a piece of marble that had the shape of a spike, impaling her. Blood gushed out of the wound was a crimson point stuck out from her chest. She feel limb, looking into my synthetic eyes in pure horror, to which I smiled revealing what mouth that was still organic.

Where did I get these powers? Before I was sent to this hell hole I had studied the possible synthesis between organics and synthetics, and I yielded fruit as I had become the first human (at least in this universe, I think) to bridge the gap. Sadly, before I could start 'experimenting' I was torn from my world along with my sister to this one.

My sister... these ponies took the one thing that mattered to me, and they were paying the price!

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My eyes snapped open as my darted upwards, only to regret it as every mussel in my body burned. Hissing in pain I laid back down in the soft grass, I laid there for a moment, looking into the light blue sky dotted with white puffy clouds. I stared at the new sky, it seemed so... off. My home colony, Corvus had a more... reddish sky. That should have been my first obvious clue, sitting up; slowly this time I looked around what seemed to be a field.

While I was scanning my eyes landed on what seemed to be a purple shirt and blond hair, the only one I know who would wear it like that was...

"Livier!" I yelled out before trying to stand, only for my legs to buckle before I fell. Growling in annoyance I soon crawled to her, rolling her onto her back I placed my ear over her chest; to find her heart was beating. Sighing in relief I could relax knowing my sister was alright.