Your Human and You: Virulent Downfall

by Lord Shaxx

Rating: mature
Tags: Original Character, Tragedy, Shining Armor, Crossover, Gore, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Dark, Alternate Universe, Sad, Other
Length: 2478

Humans have always been unintelligent creatures, used to help with everyday tasks. But the society that ponykind has built upon them comes crashing down with one disease...

The character tags are more of a technicality, as the story does not focus on one character for a long time.

Humans have always been unintelligent creatures, used to help with everyday tasks. But the society that ponykind has built upon them comes crashing down with one disease...

Winner of The Sorcerer's Contest of Two Worlds as of 8/19/15! Link to reading will be posted when possible!

Published 2015-04-27 03:10:01 UTC
Last updated 2015-08-21 21:47:51 UTC

Infected

Author's Note

And here's that new story I promised you guys a while ago. Feedback appreciated, thanks for reading!
P.S. Play this while reading.

Infected

Golden Shadow stood outside the compound, listening in on the humans. He was hidden in the dark, just out of range of the flickering torches that lit the cage. He couldn’t see anything, but he heard… Something. It was a strange shuffling, accompanied with low moans and gurgles. Earlier there had been a multitude of piercing screams, which cut off as quickly as they began. He had slunk over to the pen, fully prepared to knock some sense into the humans, when everything went silent. A minute later, the noises started, and here he was now.

“Well, only one way to find out what just hap-” Golden reassured himself, before being interrupted with a deep growl. He peered between the metal fences, immediately coming face-to-face with something. Golden panicked, thrusting a hoof ahead while jumping back. A loud snap was heard, and the creature fell back. “W-what was that?!”

He stepped forward, eyes darting about the shadows, before a pair of claws clamped around his head, and pulled it. He screamed in agony, fire flowing through his nerves, before razor-teeth ripped his throat out. All Golden Shadow managed to do before he died was gurgle, and look into the face of what once was a human…

Lotus Petal trotted home, humming a tuneless tune as she carried a bag of groceries in her mouth. She stopped, seeing a figure that looked like her friend Golden Shadow in the road. But there was something… Off, about him. She shook off her unease, and continued onwards. As she got closer and closer to Golden, her unease turned to anxiety, anxiety to fear, and then fear to outright terror. She slowed with each step, until she was standing right behind him.

“Ummm… Golden? Are you al-” Her words died in her throat, as Golden Shadow turned to face her. His throat was all but gone, tattered rags remaining. His forehead had a massive bite taken out of it, stripping flesh from the bone. His cheeks had rotted in parts, revealing blackened and sharpened teeth in a swollen gumline. And his eyes… His eyes were bloodshot, and the irises had vanished into the pupils. The monster that used to be her friend snarled, before rushing forward with impossible speed. Lotus cried out in terror, turning to run, and felt something sink into her rump. Spurred by the pain, she bucked out, unknowingly stunning the abomination. As soon as the pressure vanished, she bolted.

Her pace was admirable at first, but quickly dwindled to a crawl, then a standstill. Lotus simply stood there, her eyes slowly changing, before she collapsed. Blood leaked from every available orifice, that trickling away as well. Then, the corpse of the earth pony named Lotus Petal stirred, rising unsteadily to its hooves. The brain sparked, a few synapses firing, before that faded out. And yet the body still stood, slowly adjusting, before it shambled off in search of a meal…

Shining Armor shifted uneasily, as a cloud of apprehension gathered about the squad of guards. There had been word of some sort of invasion, with monsters wiping out towns. Rumour had it that they were zomponies, but Shining didn’t share that belief. Zomponies were a myth, and one shouldn’t trust rumours anyway. They spread like weeds. He was shaken from his thoughts as a train came barreling towards the Canterlot station, black smoke pouring from the stack. As it showed no signs of slowing, he and the other unicorns attempted to force the brakes on. At first it appeared to be failing, then sparks began to fly as the locomotive screeched to a halt. The doors to a passenger cart hung halfway open, with some kind of greenish mucus dripping from the floor.

Shining Armor hesitantly strode forward, while signalling the rest of the unit to follow, and be ready for an attack. He cast a simple light spell, and found what looked suspiciously like a large changeling cocoon on the floor. Sickly light emanated from it, and the cocoon looked to be beating eerily similar to a heart. They left the scene, and checked the engine. In there lay an even larger cocoon, with green veins anchoring it to the floor. A broken tube lay near the brake controls, with a viscous fluid pumping out with every pulse of the cocoon. Shining Armor cast a life detection spell, and found what seemed to be multiple ponies inside the shell.

He began to tear away the covering with his magic, pieces of chitin and padding ripping with the sound of wet tissue. Just as he removed what appeared to be the last layer, the cocoon inexplicably burst open in an explosion of flesh and shells. He and his squad were flung against the walls and out of the car, as an abomination stood before them. The creature bore a minor resemblance to the humans, as it had two legs, two feet, two arms, two hands, and a head. That was where the similarities ended. The monstrosity easily stood eight feet tall, and looked to be twelve or thirteen feet in length. Then the sound of bursting pods entered his ears as more of the cocoons shattered, revealing ever more creatures. The one in front of him crouched, seemed to inflate, then rapidly spewed globules of acid, flaming tissue, and shards of bone in a radius. The last thing to run through Shining Armor’s head as a particularly sharp fragment shattered the shield he had hastily erected and came spinning to his skull was “I should have left with Cadance when I had the chance.” Then he thought never more.

On board the Valkyrie class SAS Ianites Blade

A figure dressed in strange body armor stood before a screen displaying the unfolding horror on the planet below. It watched as equines and humans alike were either torn apart by the infected, or turned into more of the undead. It sighed, sorrow expressing itself only for the humans. The figure held no love of the ponies, when it learned that they had enslaved it’s kind, but it felt sympathy for the apocalypse they were going through. It was still fighting a similar battle against the zombies, albeit with much more success.

A voice spoke from the human’s comms, “Talbot, join up with the rest of your squad. We’ve lost contact with a mining colony on Boreas. HVM has already sent a contingent, assist them in any way possible.”

Talbot sighed, “What about Albion? We just discovered it, and even though the primary species used humans as slaves, they’re facing an infection like ours, sir.”

“We’re already sending in troops. We understand your concern, but that planet is of less concern than the survival of our race. Get to it, soldier.”

“Yes, sir.” Talbot then strode away from the console, before sprinting to the hangar where his squad waited. He hefted his Hornet, felt the weight of his HIKS 5300 on his back, and took pride in the speed he was achieving as he rushed to another mission.

Bonus Chapter: Ebonics'd

Author's Note

This is not required reading, and is just some funny crap my friend and I made with the ebonics translator. Enjoy the load of ridiculous bullshit. :rainbowkiss: And if you take offense to this, blame this.

Bonus Chapter: Ebonics'd

Yo Golden Shadow stood outside da compound, listening in on da humans. He wuz hidden in da dark, just out o' range o' da flickering torches dat lit da cage. He couldn’t see anythin, but he heard… Somethin. It wuz uh strange shuffling, accompanied wif low moans an' gurgles. Earlier dere had been uh multitude o' piercing screams, which cut off as quickly as dey began. He had slunk ova ta da pen, fully prepared ta knock some sense into da humans, when everything go silent. uh minute later, da noises started, an' here he wuz now.

“Well, only one way ta find out what just hap-” Golden reassured himself, 'bfoe being interrupted wif uh deep growl. He peered between da metal fences, immediately coming face-ta-face wif somethin`. Golden panicked, thrusting uh hoof ahead while jumping back. uh loud snap wuz heard, an' da creature fell back. “W-what wuz dat?!”

He stepped forward, peeps darting 'boutthe shadows, 'bfoe uh pair o' claws clamped around his head, an' pulled it. He screamed in agony, fire flowing through his nerves, 'bfoe razor-teef ripped his throat out. All Golden Shadow managed ta do 'bfoe he died wuz gurgle, an' peep into da face o' what once wuz uh human… with muh beeotch.

Yo Lotus Petal trotted home, humming uh tuneless tune as she carried uh bag o' sheeit in her mouf. She stopped, seeing uh figure dat looked like her nigga Golden Shadow in da road. But dere wuz somethin`… Off, 'bouthim. She shook off her unease, an' continued onwards. As she gots closer an' closer ta Golden, her unease turned ta anxiety, anxiety ta fear, an' then fear ta outright terror. She slowed wif each step, until she wuz standing right behind him ya'll is mad stupid.

“Ummm… Golden? is you al-” Her werdz died in her throat, as Golden Shadow turned ta face her. His throat wuz all but gone, tattered rags remaining. His forehead had uh massive bite taken out o' it, stripping flesh from da bone. His cheeks had rotted in parts, revealing blackened an' sharpened teef in uh swollen gumline. an' his peeps… His peeps wuz bloodshot, an' da irises had vanished into da pupils. da monster dat used ta be her nigga snarled, 'bfoe rushing forward wif impossible speed. Lotus cried out in terror, turning ta run, an' felt somethin` sink into her rump. Spurred by da pain, she bucked out, unknowingly stunning da abomination. As soon as da pressure vanished, she bolted Jus' like Orenthawl James.

Her pace wuz admirable at first, but quickly dwindled ta uh crawl, then uh standstill. Lotus simply stood dere, her peeps slowly changing, 'bfoe she collapsed. Blood leaked from every available orifice, dat trickling away as well. Then, da corpse o' da earf pony named Lotus Petal stirred, rising unsteadily ta its hooves. da brain sparked, uh few synapses firing, 'bfoe dat faded out. an' yet da body still stood, slowly adjusting, 'bfoe it shambled off in search o' uh meal...

Shining Armor shifted uneasily, as uh cloud o' apprehension gathered 'boutthe squad o' guards. dere had been werd o' some sort o' invasion, wif monsters wiping out towns. Rumour had it dat dey wuz zomponies, but Shining didn’t share dat belief. Zomponies wuz uh myf, an' one shouldn’t trust rumours anyway. dey spread like weeds. He wuz shaken from his thoughts as uh train came barreling towards da Canterlot station, black smoke pouring from da stack. As it showed nahh signs o' slowing, he an' da other unicorns attempted ta force da brakes on. At first it appeared ta be failing, then sparks began ta fly as da locomotive screeched ta uh halt. da doors ta uh passenger cart hung halfway open, wif some kind o' greenish mucus dripping from da floor peep this shit!

Shining Armor hesitantly strode forward, while signalling da rest o' da unit ta follow, an' be ready fo' an attack. He cast uh simple light spell, an' found what looked suspiciously like uh large changeling cocoon on da floor. Sickly light emanated from it, an' da cocoon looked ta be beating eerily similar ta uh heart. dey left da scene, an' checked da engine. In dere lay an even larger cocoon, wif green veins anchoring it ta da floor. Uh broken tube lay near da brake controls, wif uh viscous fluid pumping out wif every pulse o' da cocoon. Shining Armor cast uh life detection spell, an' found what seemed ta be multiple ponies inside da shell with muh beeotch.

He began ta tear away da covering wif his magic, pieces o' chitin an' padding ripping wif da sound o' wet tissue. Just as he removed what appeared ta be da last layer, da cocoon inexplicably burst open in an explosion o' flesh an' shells. He an' his squad wuz flung against da walls an' out o' da 64, as an abomination stood 'bfoe dem. ![](https://camo.derpicdn.net/da2d4fd311b73ed2958f497af14694ce5100cc8c?url=https%3A%2F%2Flh4.googleusercontent.com%2F9iGmPYMzG6RuqzRSC6Om_zFTCvD-5rW4M1xYLtlKP5x0EDD73X-6tz0OoVcWTKZ5uEJr_BaZIFXP62Ev7fK6Xk4W__xIHeK5vnfSKH5WdKMg-Y_EqqKSSQ1xgE3g64OS) Da creature bore uh minor resemblance ta da humans, as it had two legs, two feet, two arms, two hands, an' uh head. dat wuz where da similarities ended. Da monstrosity easily stood eight feet tall, an' looked ta be twelve or thirteen feet in lengf. Then da sound o' bursting pods entered his ears as mo' o' da cocoons shattered, revealing ever mo' creatures. Da one in front o' him crouched, seemed ta inflate, then rapidly spewed globules o' acid, flaming tissue, an' shards o' bone in uh radius. Da last thin ta run through Shining Armor’s head as uh particularly sharp fragment shattered da shield he had hastily erected an' came spinning ta his skull wuz “ah should gots left wif Cadance when ah had da chance.” Then he thought never mo' sho 'nuff!

Yo On board da Valkyrie class SAS Ianites Blade Ya' dig?

Yo uh figure dressed in strange body armor stood 'bfoe uh screen displaying da unfolding horror on da planet below. It watched as equines an' humans alike wuz either torn apart by da infected, or turned into mo' o' da undead. It sighed, sorrow expressing itself only fo' da humans. da figure held nahh love o' da ponies, when it learned dat dey had enslaved it’s kind, but it felt sympathy fo' da apocalypse dey wuz going through. It wuz still fighting uh similar battle against da zombies, albeit wif much mo' success otay buh-weet.

Uh voice spoke from da human’s comms, “Talbot, join up wif da rest o' yo' squad. we's’ve lost contact wif uh mining colony on Boreas. HVM has already sent uh contingent, assist dem in any way possible.” all ye damn hood ratz..

Yo Talbot sighed, “What o' da planet Albion? we's just discovered it, an' even though da primary species used humans as slaves, dey’re facing an infection like ours. And git Sheniquah's ass back ova' heeah."

“We's’re already sending in troops. we's dig' yo' concern, but dat planet iz o' less concern than da survival o' our race. git ta it, soldier.”

“Yeea, CENSORED” Talbot then strode away from da console, 'bfoe sprinting ta da hangar where his squad waited. He hefted his Hornet, felt da weight o' his HIKS 5300 on his back, an' took pride in da speed he wuz achieving as he rushed ta another mission an don't make me pull mah gat!