Legacy Of The Friendship

As Kerrigan got back into the Leviathan's mouth, she started walking towards her main assistant right away.

"I'm afraid we have bad news, my queen," Izsha said before Kerrigan could open her mouth.

"Does this have something to do with the dimensional jump the Leviathan made?"

Izsha did not answer right away, but her silence was a better answer than any other form of confirmation. "May I suggest that you visit Abathur in the evolution pit? He will provide you with a more detailed explanation."

Kerrigan nodded and walked past Izsha. She had no reason to stop on the way, and before long, she was already being greeted by a creature no less unique than herself. Abathur had already crawled out from his hole and was waiting for the queen of blades with his sharp-edged hands put one against another.

"I take it you have something to say to me," Kerrigan began a conversation with the worm-like beast that had several long, claw-shaped limbs sticking out from it's body.

"Correct," Abathur confirmed.

"Well, then don't keep me waiting!"

"Interdimensional space jump successful, but not without temporary damage," the creature explained while waving it's arms around.

"Skip the details!" Kerrigan retorted. "How bad is it and how long will it last?"

"Damage to swarm not noticeable. Swarm fighting capabilities not affected."

"Then what's the problem?" Kerrigan interrupted before Abathur could continue.

"Swarm strength not affected. Hive mind temporarily damaged. Swarm able to move, able to fight, unable to adapt."

"It's a candy-colored haven down there! What's there to adapt to?" Kerrigan impatiently shouted. "Send my swarms down!"

"Problem..." Abathur quietly said and put his hands together again.

"What problem?"

"Dimension - Equestria, simple, yet complicated. Weak, yet strong."

"What are you babbling on about?"

"Prolonged analysis of land confirms - Equestria not like homeworld Char. Unlike any world. Magically shielded, prevents creep from spreading. Swarm unable to recognize land. Adaptation currently impossible."

"I see..." Kerrigan calmed her tone after figuring out what Abathur was trying to say. "How long will the swarm be affected?"

"Equestria magically strong, aura slowing down swarm recovery process, interfering with adaptation sequence...Swarm recovery take long time, Days, if not weeks."

"Days!? We don't have days!" Kerrigan furiously shouted and spread her wings, forcing Abathur to slightly lean backwards.

"Waiting for swarm recovery not optional. Will find alternate solution, will continue analysis of land."

"Make it quick!" Kerrigan walked away looking even more displeased than before she arrived. She wasn't about to sit and wait for Abathur to come up with something. She figured this would be a good a time as any to consult her military advisers.

***

The first one in line was a creature that looked like a perfectly normal human if looked upon from the right angle, but when he turned around he suddenly changed into a fear-inspiring abomination with flames burning inside his eyes and on one side of his face, as well as an arm completely consumed by the zerg infestation.

He was a former vice admiral of the United Earth Directorate - Alexei Stukov. Just like Kerrigan, he was once a human who had undergone an infestation, only his was a different type of infestation.

"This has got to be a joke..." Alexei quietly spoke up as he turned his head towards Kerrigan. He had been staring down at the town under the Leviathan until she arrived.

"What? You don't like the view?" Kerrigan answered in a sarcastic tone.

"This is where Amon has gone?" the vice admiral asked in disbelief.

"You better believe it." Kerrigan joined her crewmate by the edge of the Leviathan's mouth.

"I wonder if he made some sort of mistake by coming here...Some slight miscalculation perhaps? There's no possible way he could have intentionally come here..." Alexei turned his head downwards again. "What sort of creatures even live here? Gnomes? Magical fairies?"

"Ponies," Kerrigan answered with a smile on her face.

"Hah!" Stukov laughed out loud. "Even better." He turned around and walked away.

Realizing that Alexei would have no advice to give, Kerrigan turned towards the brood mother Zagara, one of the creatures on her crew that didn't seem too bothered by the way this plane looked.

"Enjoying the view?"

"I would much rather enjoy seeing it covered in a red veil," Zagara replied.

"Why so serious, Zagara? What has this world done to you to deserve such a negative attitude from you?" Kerrigan asked a serious sounding question that was clearly intended as a joke.

"I do not like it here...Too bright, too colorful...too harmonic..." Unable to bear the sight any longer, Zagara walked away from the Leviathan's mouth.

"Well, then lets hope we don't have to stay here for much longer."

"Yes..." Zagara replied. Her answer seemed to be missing something, and yet she didn't seem to have any intention of saying anything else, so Kerrigan moved on.

Kerrigan was about ready to leave the Leviathan again, when the one crewmate she neglected spoke up.

"Strange..."

"What's strange?" Kerrigan asked turned her attention towards the primal zerg with the crippled arm and broken outer fang.

"This place...I cannot see any strong essence here...but I feel it...There is strong essence here and I will collect it!"

If Kerrigan hadn't met the inhabitants of this plane face-to-face, she probably would have though that Dehaka's mind had taken a stronger blow than the rest of the creatures aboard the Leviathan. "You know, Dehaka, I think you may be right. There is more to these ponies than meets the eye."

"Pou-knees?" Dehaka repeated the word that he seemed unfamiliar with.

"Yes, ponies," Kerrigan confirmed.

"What do these ponies look like? What is their role in all this? How strong is their essence?"

How in the blazes am i supposed to answer something like that... Kerrigan wondered. "Umm..."

"Dehaka will go with you," Dehaka interrupted, luckily for Kerrigan. "I will be the first one to taste their essence! Dehaka will be strongest among primal zerg! Essence that cannot be acquired in our dimension, I must have it!"

"Hold that thought, Dehaka," Kerrigan calmed the over enthusiastic creature. "Let me go down there and see if I can find out if these ponies can be of any use to us first."

"And if they are not?"

"Then you shall have your essence...and a lot of it!" Kerrigan happily replied.

"Excellent..." Without a doubt, if the primal zerg could smile, then Dehaka would have a wide grin on his face right now.

Sadly for him, Kerrigan wasn't planning on harming the creatures that called themselves ponies. However, she kept Dehaka's words in mind, just in case.. If by any chance they somehow angered her, then she would gladly send Dehaka down there to say hello.