The Zerg of Equestriaby Elite SupremeChaptersI'm The "King" Of The Swarm... For Now...The Zerging of ZergThe Shadows of ZergInterlude: Shadows come in many sizes...And so we Toss them inDon't leave her...PrologueI'm The "King" Of The Swarm... For Now... Paranoid stomped through the new cave he had set up for Marsara’s Swarm. She’d been turned to stone, and there was little he could do. Celestia seemed to believe Marsara would be forever imprisoned. And Paranoid wasn’t sure she was wrong. Marsara didn’t speak to him anymore, so the ex-pegasus lost hope. He would keep the Swarm running just barely, to honor her memory. Oh how he wished he could kill that witch! The unicorn’s did a better job with the sun anyway… He sighed… If there was a chance she had at coming back, he’d make sure he’d prepare. Year one was hard. Paranoid had trouble controlling the Swarm, and the Hivemind was annoying him with how most of the Zerg just growled. Imagine that. Continuous growling for a year. It was never a problem when Marsara was around, he could just listen to her and not hear the moronic chatter from the Sprinters. They were starting to get a bit restless to. They even attacked Paranoid, thinking he was food. He’d have to alter his form a bit. He ended up having to put them down. He also sent all the stronger Zerg to attack that Ursa Major pack. Needless to say, they failed killing all, but it secured the location. Plus, now all he needed to control was the Sprinters. Year twenty seven was harder. Paranoid’s hope was back, but loneliness consumed him. He hasn’t aged, and his form prevented him from socializing. He’d have to solve that, and soon. He ended up stealing Marsara’s statue. She still didn’t talk, and Paranoid was starting to grow restless himself. He found himself killing the Sprinters that remained. The silence only lasted a day, and he replaced them. The Hivemind wasn’t going strong though. And he found himself passing out and waking up in a pool of his own blood. The Swarm seemed to be rejecting him as the… King? What was he even supposed to be? He needed to find what it didn’t accept soon. Year one hundred. Was it that long? Paranoid didn’t care. He hadn't had too many problems with the Swarm, but the Sprinters were getting violent. He also started making a new kind of Zerg! This one was hard to make, and even harder to breed. It looked just like a pony, and was modeled after himself. It didn’t have a normal mind like most Zerg, but it could be controlled by a higher up. Meaning “he” could go into town. It still needed some things to complete it, but it was almost perfect. Year one hundred and thirty seven. And the saga continues! Paranoid finished the Para-Clone Zerg. It couldn’t speak, so Paranoid thought of the excuse. Mute. That would explain that, and he’d use writing to communicate. He was so excited! Whenever the statue of Marsara had overgrowth, or dirty, Paranoid would clean it. Other than that, nothing happened. Year one hundred and forty nine. Paranoid was ready to send out his first Para-Clone. He’d been practicing using the Para-Clone unit, and it felt like second nature to him. Paranoid went to “Canterlot”. It was the new capital of Equestria, and the nearest place to the Everfree Forest. Gosh it was embarrassing. Turns out they stopped using the Royal “we”. Paranoid never liked using ‘we’ when Celestia started it, but it turned into how he spoke… He was glad Marsara wasn’t there to see his epic failure with society. He did get information. Like Luna getting sent to the moon. He guessed Celestia was an even bigger jerk than before. The Para-Clone started failing, so Paranoid pulled it back to the Hive. Three hundred and ninety years later. That year, Celestia found the Hive and overrun it. Paranoid was barely able to escape with two Sin’s. They rebuild the Hive on the other end of the forest, and started to build up the Swarm again. This time, he went all out. He made every kind of Zerg unit he knew of, and as many as he could at that. Celestia underestimated the Swarm, and lost two cities before Paranoid retrieved the statue. The Zerg were, unfortunately, destroyed by Celestia. Paranoid retreated with Marsara back into hiding. Celestia didn’t give chase though. Year five hundred. Paranoid was visited by a weird bipedal. He said that there was a war, and that we were almost asked to join it, even though it wasn’t going to happen. Paranoid was confused, but the meeting wasn’t long. Year eight hundred and thirty two. Paranoid was stunned. All he was doing was going into a town through a Para-Clone, and then he was bombarded by a white and yellow pegasus. It wasn’t long until she stopped talking, and Paranoid looked into those eyes! Those… Beautiful… Paranoid slapped himself. Whatever he was thinking, it wasn’t something he liked. Year eight hundred and thirty three. Paranoid found himself going to the town(something like Darksville, of Endsville) more often. He’d go there, and meet up with that mare. Her name was Surprise, and her special talent was making ponies smile. Paranoid, as said before, couldn’t talk to her other than writing responses to her stories and questions. They played games, their favorite was twenty questions… Paranoid always lost, to say the least. He started to neglect his duties to the Hive, and in turn, Marsara. But that would soon change… Year eight hundred and thirty five… Surprise was gone… Darksville was gone… Celestia thought Paranoid was there and froze the town in a space/time lock… Almost like the Crystal Empire. Paranoid went back to his duties shortly after. All though, whenever he was near the statue, he felt better. He started sensing Marsara again, and he almost forgot about Surprise… Keyword being almost. {Present Day: First PoV} “No pony hurts my children… NO PONY!!!” I screamed. As I said this I sliced through the nearest Guard with a talon, unleashing all the anger that had built up while I was in stone. “Paranoid get the others too the back of the cave. Now!” He seemed surprised, but stood up, placing no weight on the injured leg. “Y-yes!” He lead the two remaining Sprinters into the cave, while the Sin was still inside. Good. Now to show these Guards what happens when you mess with my children. I thought while smirking on the inside(Can’t smirk with pincers for a mouth). “Now. You either leave, or DIE!” I told the Guards, while my adrenalin was going back down. While some of the newer guards started backing away the Commander and more experienced ones stayed put. Seeing this, I knew they chose to die. I started killing them one by one starting with the with more experienced, if I could help it I would let the newer ones leave. Three did so, but the remaining stood their ground. The Commander ordered the remaining Guards to attack at once. “I need assistance!” Paranoid came back out and screeched. The guards recoiled, and the two Sprinters leaped at three Earth Ponies who didn’t see it coming. Paranoid attacked one of the unicorns, biting and clawing. There were only five left, one Unicorn, three Pegasi, and the Commander(who was also a unicorn). One of the Pegasi turned and sped away as fast as she could. It seemed to dawn on the Unicorn that the Pegasi was right, and followed. The remaining ponies stood their ground and growled. They seemed to be stubborn to the point of stupidity. “Oh well, three more to needlessly die.” I stated, hoping to scare them so no more blood would need to be shed. I may be angry with the ponies for doing this to me but I still cared for them. When they still stood their ground I had enough. “We need to end this.” “I’ll take care of them if you want.” “You need to fix your leg. Do that and begin construction on a Hatchery. Me and the Sprinters will finish this.” I told him in a motherly tone. “Okay… You’ve got this.” He limped back into the cave, and the Sprinters rushed to my side. They charged the remaining Pegasi while I went for what seemed to be their Commander. The Sprinters killing the last two Pegasi easily enough, the challenge was in the Commander. Talon met magic cutting it clean off, while he seemed to smirk. While he was distracted a Sprinter jumped him and bit off his horn, strangely no blood came out. I walked up to him and asked. “Any last words?” He glared up at me, and tried to spit, but it backfired, landing in his eye. Rolling my eyes I ended his life quickly by putting a talon through his skull. “It is over... And we are probably at war now.” “Crap…” Paranoid grumbled. “Indeed.” I wish it never had to come to this… But there was no other choice. “We need to find another place for our base.” “Let me heal and get a small unit ready.” Paranoid said giddily. “What is this unit?” “Just something other than Sprinters. I don’t care, I’ve been saving up resources!” Oh Paranoid… What have you being making this time? I thought to myself while internally smirking. The Zerging of Zerg The Nydus worm erupted from the ground, creep already beginning to emerge around it. The moment it opened its mouth, four ultralisks came out. They were quickly followed by Dahaka, who assessed the situation quickly. Zerglings, roaches, and hydralisks came quickly behind. They were followed by about a dozen drones. By this time, the troops had become quite cramped, and some were outside the cave. Dahaka quickly ordered one of the drones to morph into a hatchery. “This seems off.” Prime Directive said in the back of Dahaka’s head. “I know what you mean. As far as I’ve seen, this place is inhabited. I don’t think Auric would agree to fight here. There would probably be collateral damage. Any ideas?” Prime Directive was silent for a moment before replying. “None currently. But I will begin processing the situation.” Dahaka nodded slightly, and got on with the base management. More on reflex than anything else, he reached out with his mind until it encompassed the mountain. He could tell that there were a few things residing there, but nothing of consequence. He sent a single Zergling out to investigate what the lay of the land was. It seemed similar to his world, but there must be something different about it if Auric wanted to fight here. “Perhaps a plague happened, and everyone’s dead?” He hypothesised. “Extremely unlikely.” Prime Directive interjected. “If they were, there would be some sign. If it happened a while ago, the building would be run down. If it happened recently, then there would be at least some obvious signs, even from this distance.” “Also, where IS Auric?” Dahaka wondered. “We should have contact with him, another ally of his, or an enemy by now.” Dahaka sent another five Zerglings scouting in different directions. They were all directed to not be detected by any means necessary. “We need to find a way to build a Hive without Tia finding out about its location.” Marsara told Paranoid through the Hivemind. “Why don’t we set up two? On different ends of the forest.” Paranoid suggested mentally. “I’ll try and set one up near that Castle, and you build one in a cave to avoid obvious detection.” “This is why I put you in charge before I was put in that stone prison.” Doing this could negate the chance of Tia finding them. Wait… Marsara could feel something, like a Sprinter not under her control. “Do you sense a Sprinter not under our control Paranoid?” He stopped. “I thought that was an anomaly. A Zerg not under our control? I thought only we could control them… mostly you.” “Let me see if I can.”So Marsara tried touching it with her mind. As soon as she did, a voice rang out through the connection. “Who are you?” Marsara couldn’t believe it… Another Hivemind? Here? She tried to find this Hivemind center location. “Let me ask you again, and if you don’t answer I’ll assume you’re some sort of conglomerate. Who are you?” Paranoid tilted his head, “Conglo-what?” He asked out loud. “I am Broodmother Marsara. Who are you?” “I am Dahaka. The leader of the Zerg Swarm. Tell me, have you heard of one called Auric? I am searching for him.” Paranoid growled. “How could you be the leader of the Zerg? Marsara is!” “Settle down Paranoid. I am the leader of A Swarm.” Marsara said hoping it would calm Paranoid down before he did something brash. He sighed, and kept quiet. “Sorry…” He mumbled. “I’m liking both of you.” He said with a hint of humor. “And you are correct, Broodmother. We are leaders of different swarms. Tell me, where you once human?” Hesitantly Marara told him. “Yes… How did you know that?” “I used to be human as well. Along with others that I have met. Still, do you know Auric? And if so, do you know where he is?” Thinking back, Marsara couldn’t think of anyone named Auric. “Sorry I have never heard of him before.” “Tch, you offer to help someone, and they don’t even meet you at the door... What do you think, Prime?” Before either of them could ask who Prime was, a new voice spoke. It seemed disturbingly synthetic and organic at the same time. “Most likely answer is that this isn’t the right universe. I don’t know how, but I will look into the failure.” Wondering who this ‘Auric’ was, so Marsara asked. “Who is this ‘Auric’ anyways?”Paranoid was in a corner, rubbing his head as if trying to remember something. “He is a being that is on par with gods. He is currently in a war with another that is just as powerful as himself, and has been gathering allies. And when I was called, I ended up here for some strange reason.” Paranoid slapped himself, then blurted, “Wait, I think I heard something about a war!” “Did you get Auric’s message? He did send it across the multiverse. Still, Prime, do you have a way for us to get to the right world?” “No.” Prime Directive responded. “We do not have the coordinates for the correct world. We were following the trail made by his call.” Dahaka sighed before falling silent. Paranoid cut in, “... I wasn’t contacted by Auric, but some… thing, called himself a ‘Displacer’. He said if Marsara got something from a ‘War of Understanding’ to leave it. It did some major flop. Don’t know all the details though, but he said something about making a new one…” “Well, that’s just great. I wonder what happened to cancel it? Hmm, thats one thing to keep an ear open for. Still, this is your world. So do you want me to return to my own world, or can I keep a small base here?” Seeing no harm in it Marsara told him. “As long as you don’t try too kill me or the ponies I’m fine with it.” “Thank you. We could also exchange some strains if you want. I have some interesting ones.” “What are these strains like?” She asked, curious as to what another Swarm could have. “I have a structure that completely covers a cave mouth, making it so that only friendlys can come through. And if worst comes to worst, it can petrify. I have aquatic versions of all the Zerg. I have the Encroacher, which specializes in theft and sabotage. I have the Blightling, which can infest units with their attack, so when they die they leave unmatured Blightlings behind. The unmatured Blightlings grow in a day into full Blightlings. I have Banes, which can subtly infect an enemy unit ahead of time, and detonate it later in a Baneling burst. And I have others as well. In fact... I’ll give you one of them now, as sort of a gift. Alright?” “That sounds reasonable. But the only strains I have as of right now is the Harvester of Sin meant for harvesting materials, and the Spawner of Sin that can lay eggs like a Broodmother. I made them so I don’t have to worry about Larva or Drones. “I… Um… Designed some new breads of Zerg myself… If that’s what you two are talking about. More than a thousand years without anything else to do means I’ve got free time...” “What are these strains Paranoid?” “Well, just some things… I’ve got what I call Flies, which are smaller than real flies. They infect Ponies with a stun agent. Suicider's, which are big balls of acid that explode. Don’t worry, they don’t have a mind of their own. Shy Swats, which can camouflage to their environment. Skale’s, which can take a lot of damage, while infecting melee attackers with something worse than the flu. And Clone’s, which were the hardest to design. They can copy the shape of anything, mostly ponies, to become like a spy controlled by stronger minds in the Hivemind. They can switch between the form you choose them to take, and a Zerg/Pony hybrid like me.” Paranoid finished with pride. Marsara was proud of Paranoid but confused as to why they would need a Zerg that can mostly just copy the shape of the ponies. “Paranoid. Why would we need a Strain that can copy the ponies?” Paranoid coughed physically. “Information. I needed to keep up with the times. With more than a thousand years waiting for your return, I wanted to prepare information to tell you. Things like how Luna got banished, where new towns were settled, and who the new bearers of the Element are. They’re fun to watch...” “SOMEPONY BANISHED LULU?!?! I will find and kill who ever did this to poor Lulu!” Marsara was starting to feel the anger from before rise back up. It was making the Sprinters all riled up. Paranoid laughed nervously, “Actually, Celestia banished her after Luna was infected with some kind of parasite. She’s back on Equis now, and free of it…” Marsara knew almost instantly what said parasite was. “Nightmare. I will end you like I should have when I found you.” Marsara stated with venom. She was starting to feel the anger caused by the Nightmare… And she was enjoying it. “I like to call it ‘Blacklight’ for some reason… I also think it’s gone.” “Still, we must be alert. But on to other matters. You said something about the Elements getting new bearers.” “Oh, yeah. After Luna’s banishment, Celestia lost the connection with them, and hid them. Fast forward to a couple years ago, the Princess sends her personal student: Twilight Sparkle, to a small town called Ponyville. I know, stupid. Where they came up with that crap, I have no idea. Anyway, Nightmare Moonreturned, and Celestia was nowhere to be seen. This Twilight Sparkle went into the Everfree Forest- you know, where we are- with five other ponies. Rarity, a Unicorn fashion designer. Applejack, a country farmer who picks, get this, apples. Crazy, I know. Rainbow Dash, weather manager, wannabe “Wonderbolt”, and self proclaimed Fastest Flyer in Equestria. Fluttershy, a timid-hard to believe, right?-animal caretaker who can stare down a dragon and make ‘em cry- I’m kinda scared about her. And Pinkie Pie… A party planner, impossible, and overall scary pony… I don’t even want to even thinkabout half the stuff she can do.” “Which Element went to which pony?” “Pinkie Pie, the Element of Laughter. Fluttershy, the Element of Kindness. Rainbow Dash, the Element of Loyalty. Applejack, the Element of Honesty. Rarity, the Element of Generosity. And Twilight Sparkle, the Element of The Magic of Friendship… Or just Magic. I don’t know…” “This is most interesting… But back to what were talking about. Why would we need to spy on the ponies when we can just ask them? We are their protectors aft-” Marsara was cut off as Paranoid pointed at the dead guards. “I just assumed they were rouge. It has happened before.” Paranoid pointed at the remains of Marsara’s prison, and shook his head. As much as Marsara didn’t want to admit it… He was right. “Just what happened to cause me being in stone? It had to be the Elements, but I would have had to have a darkness in my heart.” Now that Marsara thought about the past she couldn’t remember much after she found the parasite. “Let’s just say Nightmare did some bad things as you, and leave it at that.” “This is not good… Wait… Why can’t I feel any other Zerg Hiveminds besides ours and Dahaka’s? Why can’t I feel any of the three million of my children?” Paranoid gave Marsara a sad look. “Marsara… You… I don’t know what happened to the others, and I tried to save as many of them, but… They kept getting out of control… I couldn’t keep control as well as you…” “Do not worry Para… You tried your best. But I can not feel the other Mothers… Please tell me Tia didn’t come for you.” Marsara asked the last bit hoping she was wrong. “I think the dead Royal Guards are the answer.” For the first time since she was first sent here she snapped. “I will kill that bitch for killing my children… She is too blame alone. Not Lulu or Disy… No harm shall come to any who don’t try to stop me… All who do shall be killed along with Celestia.” Dahaka, who was staying silent up until that point, interjected at this point. “So you’re going on a crusade against Celestia then?” “Yes. She will pay for killing my children.” “Don’t you think you’re being a little rash here? I mean, I never had that sort of relationship with any of my zerg, but still.” “When I started making my Swarm, my mind started changing into that of a human turned Zerg. Having the feelings of a human but looking and acting more like a Zerg. So, I see my Swarm as my children… All three million of them… If they were still alive.” “I never got that change. The worst I got was Prime. When he was in control... well, xenocide happened. Still, are you sure you want to go on the war path? You won’t be able to avoid casualties. You will have to make mothers go through the grief you’re going through just to get revenge.” “If she is willing to give herself over, then none shall be harmed… But if she doesn't… Think of the time when you had something very important in life that meant everything to you, then someone that you have protected comes along and kills it even when it only wanted what it thought of as its mother. I looked into the memories of Paranoid and found Tia attacked because Paranoid wanted to get my statue back.” “I was encased in a statue for about one thousand, five hundred years. I was conscious for all of it. Still, if this is what you want to do... Your world, your rules. Just don’t expect me to attack them.” “I do not expect you to help. And I am sorry to hear you were encased in stone like I was except I wasn’t conscious for the 1,132 years I was encased.” “Still, I promised to give you a free zerg strain. Which do you want?” “I think the wall type structure would be useful. If you would like I can give you one of my strains.” “That strain was a gift. I insist on trading for any you give me. Still, Prime? If you would?” “Very well.” Prime Directive sent a tendril of thought to Marsara, gently touching her mental barriers. Then the tendril was severed from Prime Directives mind, and began dispersing. Marsara’s mind absorbed the tendril and suddenly gained the knowledge of how to make the structure. “Thank you. What shall you do now?” “Go back to my world. There’s a big war going on there that I need to win.” “Then I wish you a good journey back. Also, what are you at war with?” “We just call them Slitherers.” He then sent over mental pictures of the enemy. “I think I remember these from a game I played back on earth. Anyways if you like I can send a Sin back with you too help.” Amusement could be clearly felt from Dahaka as he sent her a picture of a huge battlefield with Zerg and Slitherers fighting. “I don’t think that would really make a difference, but thanks for the offer.” “I see. You’re still welcome to make a base here if you want.” “Yes, I’ll be keeping this base. Honestly, I’m wondering if I should lend you an Ultralisk...” “No thank you I do not want to cause collateral damage if possible.” “I’ll be going then. The base here will be semiautomated, but won’t go outside the cave it’s in. It will be able to contact me if you need help. But until then, goodbye.” “Goodbye then.” Dahaka’s mental impression then vanished as he went back to his world via Nydus Network. “... Well, that was… Entertaining…?” Paranoid shrugged, “I’ll go get the structure for the Castle ready. If you want, I’ll send the Sin to find a new cave to set up in.” Paranoid trotted towards the exit, then stopped. “When you saw my memories, you didn’t see my… Um…” “No, Paranoid.” Marsara told him, while internally smirking. Marsara actually knew about Surprise but decided not to embarrass him. The Shadows of Zerg“I’m sorry Paranoid but I can’t maintain the Hivemind with you from this distance until I regain more of my strength.” “Just rest. I’ll stay in control of the Hive until you are ready, Marsara.” ‘Now to get those Sprinters back here… I wish I had more strength.’ With that I let the Sprinter’s go into homing mode, bringing them back to me. ’Oh shoot! I forgot to ask Dahaka what Displaced were. Oh well.’ Now back to getting this Hive back into shape for another attack. I don’t think Tia would attack knowing I’m free but you always need to be sure. “Marsara. Can you hear me?” Said a voice in the Hivemind I knew all too well. “Karshra! You're ok!” Oh the joy I felt knowing Karshra’s still alive. “Get here as soon as you can!” “As you wish Marsara. Also, while you were imprisoned in stone. I made the Infestor strain.” I was surprised to say the least that she made Infestors. I didn’t have much time to ponder this as a vortex appeared. a see-through sphere the size of a ponies head. What seemed to be a floating Lightsaber and Scythe sparked with lighting. A male voice spoke out: “Hello! You have been selected to join the War of Shadows! My name is Time Spinner, and two fellow human/Displaced are having at it. Crush the orb, and one or more of my assistants will explain everything you ask.” ‘Hm… Why not?’ I crushed the orb. As soon as I did, another vortex appeared, and a human stepped out. He had black hair, brown eyes, and tan skin. He wore a black trench coat, and black jeans, with black and white sneakers. He smirked. “Who are you?” I asked. “My name is Gabriel. But everyone calls me Sylar.” He said in a cold voice. “And you?” “I am Broodmother Marsara. But you may call me Marsara.” I told him. “So what brings you here ‘Displaced’?” Sylar chuckled. “I’m just a messenger… A guide, if you will… About the War of Shadows…” He tilted his head. “When you said Displaced, you acted like you’re not one yourself. Are you?” I chuckled. “I am a Displaced, its just my brain is now half Broodmother half human. So I have the wit and skill to lead the Zerg like a Broodmother, but the feelings of a human. That was just my Broodmother side.” I told him, giving the short version. “But I am very limited when it comes to Displaced.” “Knowledge wise?” He chuckled, “I can help with that...” Sylar turned to look around the area he was in. “Displaced are people who were tricked into taking an object by something called a Displacer. They are turned into whatever they’re dressed as, and sent to an Equestria. From Elements of Harmony, to Power Ponies, to… really, anything. They use things called tokens, or totems to call each others help… or… something else…” “Can you tell me more about these ‘tokens’?” “What’s there to tell? A Displaced uses an object that represents them, puts a message it it- not like a bottle. More like a text message, or a voice mail. Say what you want them to hear, and concentrate. Course you can always give it to me, and I’ll drop it into the multiverse. Then, it’ll just sail through world after world, replicating. Anything else?” “Nothing that I can think of.” I turned towards a cocoon that died before it could hatch, picked it up and spoke my message. “To any who fight for family or against Celestia. I will aid you for I am Broodmother Marsara! Queen of the Zerg!” With that, I concentrated and a small portal opened up, I dropped the token into the portal as it closed. “You’re a natural~” Sylar smirked. “I couldn’t do that for months… Guess full Displaced get an advantage… Anymore questions?” “None to do with Displaced. But what is this ‘War of Shadows’?” Sylar lightly slapped his face like he forgot something. “Right, the reason I came here. Two Displaced are rugging it out… I think that’s how you say that. Anyway, they are Lee Connors, Venom the Symbiote who fights for the innocent, and Folteren Johnson, Darth Revan the Sith Lord who fights for revenge… Summoning Displaced of both good and evil -though Lee gets all the good guys while Folteren gets the bad guys- to fight each other. You can bring your… Hive into it without endangering it, or yourself. It’s a harmless war, more of a game than anything else. I myself am joining Folteren’s side.” He paused. “The whole thing started after Lee attacked and injured Folteren’s daughter….” “What your telling me is… Lee, protecting the innocent… Started a war after injuring Folteren’s daughter…” My brain went into a third personality, Family over-protection. My vision turned to that of blood red, the other Zerg started going beastly, and it felt like I was giving off an aura of hate. “I will gladly join Folteren against Lee.” Sylar raised an eyebrow, “This is unexpected… But not unwelcomed… You’ll be the first I’ve met to join him. He’ll need all the help you can give him… Will that be all? Or is there something I can help with? I’m really good at doing dirty jobs...” His smile started to unnerve me. “There is nothing unless you can intimidate Celestia” I fought with myself as I said the next bit. “Without hurting anypony else.” He smirked again. “I think I can handle that, Marsara. Any specific messages?” “Just that I will avenge my children… Even if it means killing thousands of her guards.” “I thought you didn’t want me to hurt anypony… It’d make more of a statement if I killed at least a couple guards…” My personality’s fought a war to see what the answer would be… The third won. “You may kill no more than forty guards. And no innocents.” He bowed, “As you wish, Displaced Marsara.” He clicked his fingers, and disappeared in a puff of helium. A mirror stood in his place, and I saw inside a castle. Two guards stood outside the throne room… How I knew that confused me, but I didn’t have time to think, and Sylar reappeared. He was walking down the hallway to the throne room, with what I think was a butler. One of the surprised guards asked, “What is that!? Why didn’t the guards stop him!?” The butler stepped forward. “I’m sorry sir, I tried to stop him! And when I asked him to vacate the premises, he told me: fuck the police.” He paused for a second. “He then proceeded to tilt every painting on the way here.” Sylar giggled, before announcing. “Hello, I’m here to see the Princess… It’s about a threat to Equestria…” He was hovering just above the floor, hands behind his back. His arms whipped his arms towards the surprised guards, and to my horror, the tops of their heads fell off with a shrill noise. “Me…” There were a few other guards, but Sylar was already gone. The image on the screen changed to inside the throne room. “What in Equestria!?” Celestia yelped. The guards at her sides jumped forward in a defensive position. I saw Luna sitting at her sister's side, eyes wide with shock. “WHO ART THEE!?” Luna shouted. “I’m Sylar… Gabriel Sylar… Though Sylar’s just fine…” Celestia narrowed her eyes, “Why are you here Sylar?” Sylar chuckled. “I’m here with a message from an old friend. Her name’s Marsara, I believe you’ve heard of her…” He clicked his fingers and a cup of pins materialized in his hand. He tipped it, causing a dinning noise. “Huh… It was so quiet, I heard pins drop.” The sister’s glared, and Celestia gasped, “How- That’s Discord’s power!” “I… got them awhile ago… But don’t worry, this Discord isn’t going to die...” “Guards! Seize him!” Luna ordered. The two guards that stood as a barrier charged at Sylar. They rammed their spears into him, and he grunted. The guard to Sylar’s rights head snapped, and the other one looked up at the human in horror. “I hear your heart… It’s beating faster than a-” He stopped. Then rubbed his temples. “I don’t have a joke for that… Well… I could say you’re screwed, but we both know that.” A wicked grin spread across Sylar’s face as the guard started coughing up blood. The Unicorn fell to the ground, hacking and wheezing. “Now, where was I? Oh yes, I’ve come with a message from Broodmother Marsara… She’ll get her revenge for all the Zerg you killed… And I’m the start!” Sylar floated higher until he was halfway to the ceiling. “Oh, and you’re fat...” He pointed to Celestia. Royal guards ran through the door, and Sylar teleported right next to them. The nearest guard yelled, “What’s wrong Princesses!?” Sylar waved, “I believe there’s an infestation in your brain,” His hands sparked with a glowing light. “Trust me… I’ll take it out!” He placed his hand at the top of the poor guards head, then screams rang throughout Equestria. Sylar winced, “Geez… I thought he was male… Must have been one of those transgenders… Oh well!” I saw the guards in the rooms faces mixed with fear, anger, and disgust at what Sylar did to their comrade, whose head had melted around his brain, which flopped to the floor with a sickening ‘sloop’. I saw several guards turn tail and run, which Sylar ignored. “Princess, your guards are supposed to be piles of steel… Why are they running? I thought they were supposed to not show emotion… You know what? I’ll have to teach them a lesson… Welcome to standing up school!” A burst of energy sent every guard toppling over. “And… You all fail… You are the worst sacks of trainees I’ve ever seen… I don’t think they’re breathing...” I could see on the princesses faces that they were disgusted by what happened. Other then that I couldn’t see any emotion. “What are you? How do you have Discord's powers?” Asked Celestia, trying to keep a calm attitude. “I don’t know what I am anymore… I guess human, but I don’t think I’m on that level of existence anymore. And I killed Dissy in an alternate world, looked at his brain, and copied his powers… I’ve done that with a lot of people…” A purple glow appeared around his hand, “Even your student… what was her name? Twilight Darkle? Sparkle! Ah, I never forget a face… I think I’ve gotten each of them Elements, it’s always fun messing with Sonic Rainbooms and the Stare…” “Y- You said you had a message from Marsara?” Luna asked, looking like she was on the brink of trying to vaporize him. Sylar seemed busy ripping out the spears, causing them to heal completely. He mumbled, “Uh-oh… That’s more than forty…” He shook his head, “Sorry, I was told to not kill too many… I think I might have killed more than sixty… You have way too many guards around here… Anyway, I said it, but you weren’t listening…” He then spoke slowly, as if to a naughty child. “Marsara. Will. Get. Her. Revenge. For. You. Killing. Her. Hive. There, got that? Or was I stuttering? I used to stutter…” He grumbled. “Tia… Is there something I don’t know about the Zerg after We were banished?” Luna asked her sister. Celestia sighed. “After you were banished, I took my anger out on the Zerg, thinking of them as mere animals after Marsara was imprisoned.” “Oh~ I think she’ll want to have a word about that.” Sylar clicked his fingers again, and the sister’s seemed to see me. “Two way mirror anyone?” Seeing that Celestia could see me and probably hear me, I let out all the anger, and letting my third personality take over. “YOU SELF CENTERED LITTLE BITCH!!! NOT EVEN TARTARUS WILL BE WORSE THAN WHAT I WILL DO!!! FOR I WILL SEE TO IT THAT MY CHILDREN ARE AVENGED!!!” My vision went red again and the other Zerg went even more crazy than before. “ALL THREE MILLION OF MY CHILDREN KILLED BECAUSE YOU WERE ANGRY ABOUT LULU’S BANISHMENT!!! I WAS STARTING TO THINK I SHOULD SHOW MERCY!!! BUT WITH THIS TRUTH I WILL SEE THAT YOU’RE KINGDOM LIES IN SHAMBLES!!!” “You are so screwed…” Sylar sighed, shaking his head. “Even animals deserve a chance… All my respect for royalty is gone…” “WHAT HAPPENED TO THE FILLIES WHO CAME TO SEE ME JUST BECAUSE I WAS DIFFERENT, BECAUSE I SHOWED THEM COMPASSION, BECAUSE I TOOK CARE OF THEM WHEN THEIR PARENTS DIED?!?!?! GONE!!! I WAS GOING TO SPARE INNOCENTS BUT NOW?! NOW ALL OF EQUESTRIA SHALL KNOW WHAT TRUE FEAR IS!!!” “KARSHRA! GET HERE IMMEDIATELY AND SHOW ME THE INFESTOR STRAIN!” “As you wish Marsara.” “Marsara.” Celestia began. “I am so, so sorry about what I did. I know now that it was the selfish and cruel route. I beg for forgiveness.” “Forgiveness??? FORGIVENESS?!?!?! THE ONLY FORGIVENESS I WILL GIVE WILL BE TO DISCORD!!! HE WAS RIGHT ALL ALONG ABOUT HOW YOU WOULD BE THE ZERG’S DEMISE!!! I WILL FREE HIM!!! AND WHEN I KILL YOU HE WILL BE THE RULER FOR ANY PONIES LEFT ALIVE!!!” “Marsara, I can hear you from the castle, what’s going on?” I heard Paranoid ask. ‘It seems my anger sped up the Hivemind’s range.’ “We are going to war!!! Complete extermination of Equestria!!! Do you remember the Omegalisks?” “O-of course, Marsara… As you command. The Castle of the Two Sisters base is near complete. Will be awaiting further orders!” “Hate to break up this… interesting, reunion, but I must finish here and take my leave. Any last words to each other?” Sylar said from the other side of the mirror. “I have no more words for this tyrant…” “Please Marsara.” Celestia began again. “It isn’t too late to stop and turn back from this path.” I wasn’t having any of it. “I WILL STOP WHEN YOU ARE DEAD!!!” And the two way mirror ended. On the other side, Sylar was chuckling. “Wow… Just… Wow… I actually expected a lie to cover it up… you don’t have to worry about me anymore Tia… I’ll be out of this war, but I do have one thing to say… This isn’t the first world I’ve seen Celly mess up someone's life. In Folteren’s, you did pretty much the same way… Killed a friend, and he went mad with revenge… The scary thing for you, is that he was the one who won. You will regret this… the ‘good’ side doesn't always win… Light falls, and darkness takes over…” Sylar turned to the mirror, “See you at the War, Marsara! I can’t wait to work with you.” He glowed white, and the mirror disappeared. Instead, a photo of an eclipse. I heard Sylar’s echoed voice. “If you need a psychopathic murderer who steals powers by examining the brains of my victims, then, sure, summon me… But… Iwouldn’t trust me…” I internally smirked. ‘I will avenge my children if it’s the last thing I do.’ Out of the corner of my eye I see a shadowy ball floating near the Hive. But when I turned to look at it, it was gone. ‘Must have just been my imagination.’ {??? POV} I thought I saved you from your fate… But it seems you were meant to go down this path. We will meet in the future… I just hope I can still detour you from this route... Interlude: Shadows come in many sizes...Something has gone wrong. We don't seem to have an archived copy of that chapter.And so we Toss them inSomething has gone wrong. We don't seem to have an archived copy of that chapter.Don't leave her...Something has gone wrong. We don't seem to have an archived copy of that chapter.PrologueIt was a beautiful day today, we finally had a day without rain and I was going to make the best of it. So I drive down to the store to buy the last of the materials for my costume for Blizzcon, it’s gonna be a Zerg Broodmother with a little Queen plushie. Oh that reminds me, I haven't told you my name. It's Marsara, I'm 21 years old but my friends say I act like a child, I have blue eyes, blond hair, and LOVE the Zerg. Anyways I get to the store park my car and walk in grab a cart and start looking. After looking for a bit I see a pair of Broodmother talons, the last thing I need for my costume. I see what looks like a shadowy ball out of the corner of my eye, but when I turn around I can't see anything, 'Must of just been my imagination.' Anyways I buy them then leave the store get into my car and drive home. Not thinking about why a pair of Broodmother talons were being sold at a store. *A few days later* Finally time for Blizzcon and I’m excited. I get there put on my costume and… Start glowing? Then I felt the ground beneath me vanish and I started falling not knowing what was happening. Then it all stopped. 'My head.' I opened my eyes and looked around and saw a beautiful grassy plan, a dark forest next to it, and a tall, beautiful mountain with a waterfall . “Where am I?” “You still haven’t named it yet Marsara.”Said a female sounding voice. “Who’s there?!” I yelled. “I’m am Karshra. And you must name this land.”She said. I turned around and there was a Zerg Queen about two or three feet taller then me. “Why am I here?!” I asked. “You were sent here to control this world for the Zerg”She... Thought? “Why does it sound like you're talking in my head?” I asked. “I am using the Hivemind.” I decided to try it by thinking too her. “Can you hear me?” “Very good Marsara.” “So I have to name this place?” “Yes.” I tried thinking of a name for this place. “How about… Vailscar.” Why? Because of its appearance... And because it sounded cool. “A good choice Marsara. Now we must begin morphing a Hatchery.” Wait… Why can I speak to her with this ‘Hivemind’? I look at my hand only to find a talon had replaced it. Upon further exploration of my body I had found I had turned into a Zerg Broodmother. “WHY AM I A BROODMOTHER?!?!” I yelled. “What do you mean? You were always a Broodmother.” She stated calmly. Ok, I’m probably dreaming this. Just close my eyes count to three and I will wake up in my bed. I did this and found that the Queen and everything else was still here. “This isn’t a dream…” I said coming to realize it was real… It was all real. “Of course it isn’t a dream.” She stated. “Why would it be?” “Because I’m meant to be a Human. Not a Broodmother.” I told her as I started to cry. “You mean a Terran? Why would you ever want to be a Terran?” She asked. Which made me snap. “BECAUSE THAT’S WHAT I WAS BORN AS!!!” I screamed at her. “Well… Now you're a Broodmother and nothing is going to change that.” She told me, seaming to start to gain the feelings I had. “This isn’t right.” I started thinking about my family and friends. How I was never going too see them again. How they would never accept me if I did find them. Finally accepting the fact I was never going back I decided too take up the mantel of the this Brood of two. I heard rustling coming from behind me. I whipped my head around, only to see a small grey Pegasus with black hair. Clear blue eyes that looked comically big stared at me wide. “The hay…?” He asked himself(voice gave away his gender). He backed up a bit. “Intruder!” The Queen said. “No wait!” I said before it was too late. “What is it Marsara?” She asked. “We can’t just kill him!” I mentally yelled at her. “But it is an intruder.” She stated. "Still, we shouldn’t just kill him… He might be useful.”I told her, hoping she wouldn’t attack him. “Very well Marsara.” She said. “Don’t worry little one. We won’t hurt you.” I told him. He seemed uncertain, and cautiously trotted towards them. I saw a weird tattoo on his... flank, of a black cloud. “Whats your name little one?” I asked him. He spoke in a slightly raspy voice, “Paranoid Sittings. And I’m not little! I’m a teenager!” “My apologies.” I told him. “Do you live around here?” I asked. “N-no… I was separated from my people during a storm. I don’t even know where we are…” He said. “So wh- who are you?” “I am Broodmother Marsara.” I told him, since I was gonna be a Broodmother, it only fitted. “But you may call me Marsara.” “I- uh… Guess it’s nice to… meet you?” He asked more than stated. He seemed a bit nervous, and scuffed his hoof across the ground. “Well you can stay with me if you like.” I told him as motherly as I could. He seemed to calm down a bit, and sat down. “O-okay… S-sure…” He replied. “This is going to be the start of a great friendship.” I internally smirked. {Present Day: Third PoV} The Everfree was quiet… To quiet… A squad of Royal Guard’s slowly made their way towards a cave that was rumored to be the hiding place for statue thieves. Princess Celestia sent twenty-four guards to investigate these ‘sittings’ of weird creatures that went everywhere with the rumors. When they were near, they heard a strange growling from inside the cave. Inside said cave was non other than the Zerg. Hidden away, and forgotten. The lieutenant whispered. “What in Equestria are those!?” The commander shuddered, but responded. “I have no bucking idea!” He continued. “Their some sort of monsters.” He looked over the Zerg(which were about seven Zerglings renamed as Sprinters, two constructions, and what was called a Queen, but renamed as a Sin), and saw their goal: Marsara’s statue prison. The Commander smiled, and ordered his men to surround the cave. Before he could continue orders, a creature he hadn’t seen before came out. It almost looked pony, and made the commander sick. A grey… Pegasus? It was hard to tell, the wings were bug-like, two talons came out of it’s back, its eyes were yellow, its teeth were sharp, and blood covered it. It looked at them with its glowing eyes, which widened. The Commander had enough. “Attack!” With that, all of the guards swarmed the cave. The pony monster lunged, and was followed by the rest of the monsters. Both sides slammed into each other, and blood went flying through the air. Paranoid(The Zerg Pony) bit into a guard's neck, and pulled. A sickening sound graced his and everypony else's ears. At that, the Commander yelled and threw a spear that rammed into Paranoid, who screamed and fell to the grassy floor. The spear had penetrated the Zerg Ponies left hind leg. Half the pony guard were dead or injured at this point, and all but two Sprinters were killed. The statue started to crack and broke, surprising everypony in the cave. A creature that looked like a bigger version of a Sin stepped onto the ground and announced. “No pony hurts my children… NO PONY!!!” It screamed.
I'm The "King" Of The Swarm... For Now... Paranoid stomped through the new cave he had set up for Marsara’s Swarm. She’d been turned to stone, and there was little he could do. Celestia seemed to believe Marsara would be forever imprisoned. And Paranoid wasn’t sure she was wrong. Marsara didn’t speak to him anymore, so the ex-pegasus lost hope. He would keep the Swarm running just barely, to honor her memory. Oh how he wished he could kill that witch! The unicorn’s did a better job with the sun anyway… He sighed… If there was a chance she had at coming back, he’d make sure he’d prepare. Year one was hard. Paranoid had trouble controlling the Swarm, and the Hivemind was annoying him with how most of the Zerg just growled. Imagine that. Continuous growling for a year. It was never a problem when Marsara was around, he could just listen to her and not hear the moronic chatter from the Sprinters. They were starting to get a bit restless to. They even attacked Paranoid, thinking he was food. He’d have to alter his form a bit. He ended up having to put them down. He also sent all the stronger Zerg to attack that Ursa Major pack. Needless to say, they failed killing all, but it secured the location. Plus, now all he needed to control was the Sprinters. Year twenty seven was harder. Paranoid’s hope was back, but loneliness consumed him. He hasn’t aged, and his form prevented him from socializing. He’d have to solve that, and soon. He ended up stealing Marsara’s statue. She still didn’t talk, and Paranoid was starting to grow restless himself. He found himself killing the Sprinters that remained. The silence only lasted a day, and he replaced them. The Hivemind wasn’t going strong though. And he found himself passing out and waking up in a pool of his own blood. The Swarm seemed to be rejecting him as the… King? What was he even supposed to be? He needed to find what it didn’t accept soon. Year one hundred. Was it that long? Paranoid didn’t care. He hadn't had too many problems with the Swarm, but the Sprinters were getting violent. He also started making a new kind of Zerg! This one was hard to make, and even harder to breed. It looked just like a pony, and was modeled after himself. It didn’t have a normal mind like most Zerg, but it could be controlled by a higher up. Meaning “he” could go into town. It still needed some things to complete it, but it was almost perfect. Year one hundred and thirty seven. And the saga continues! Paranoid finished the Para-Clone Zerg. It couldn’t speak, so Paranoid thought of the excuse. Mute. That would explain that, and he’d use writing to communicate. He was so excited! Whenever the statue of Marsara had overgrowth, or dirty, Paranoid would clean it. Other than that, nothing happened. Year one hundred and forty nine. Paranoid was ready to send out his first Para-Clone. He’d been practicing using the Para-Clone unit, and it felt like second nature to him. Paranoid went to “Canterlot”. It was the new capital of Equestria, and the nearest place to the Everfree Forest. Gosh it was embarrassing. Turns out they stopped using the Royal “we”. Paranoid never liked using ‘we’ when Celestia started it, but it turned into how he spoke… He was glad Marsara wasn’t there to see his epic failure with society. He did get information. Like Luna getting sent to the moon. He guessed Celestia was an even bigger jerk than before. The Para-Clone started failing, so Paranoid pulled it back to the Hive. Three hundred and ninety years later. That year, Celestia found the Hive and overrun it. Paranoid was barely able to escape with two Sin’s. They rebuild the Hive on the other end of the forest, and started to build up the Swarm again. This time, he went all out. He made every kind of Zerg unit he knew of, and as many as he could at that. Celestia underestimated the Swarm, and lost two cities before Paranoid retrieved the statue. The Zerg were, unfortunately, destroyed by Celestia. Paranoid retreated with Marsara back into hiding. Celestia didn’t give chase though. Year five hundred. Paranoid was visited by a weird bipedal. He said that there was a war, and that we were almost asked to join it, even though it wasn’t going to happen. Paranoid was confused, but the meeting wasn’t long. Year eight hundred and thirty two. Paranoid was stunned. All he was doing was going into a town through a Para-Clone, and then he was bombarded by a white and yellow pegasus. It wasn’t long until she stopped talking, and Paranoid looked into those eyes! Those… Beautiful… Paranoid slapped himself. Whatever he was thinking, it wasn’t something he liked. Year eight hundred and thirty three. Paranoid found himself going to the town(something like Darksville, of Endsville) more often. He’d go there, and meet up with that mare. Her name was Surprise, and her special talent was making ponies smile. Paranoid, as said before, couldn’t talk to her other than writing responses to her stories and questions. They played games, their favorite was twenty questions… Paranoid always lost, to say the least. He started to neglect his duties to the Hive, and in turn, Marsara. But that would soon change… Year eight hundred and thirty five… Surprise was gone… Darksville was gone… Celestia thought Paranoid was there and froze the town in a space/time lock… Almost like the Crystal Empire. Paranoid went back to his duties shortly after. All though, whenever he was near the statue, he felt better. He started sensing Marsara again, and he almost forgot about Surprise… Keyword being almost. {Present Day: First PoV} “No pony hurts my children… NO PONY!!!” I screamed. As I said this I sliced through the nearest Guard with a talon, unleashing all the anger that had built up while I was in stone. “Paranoid get the others too the back of the cave. Now!” He seemed surprised, but stood up, placing no weight on the injured leg. “Y-yes!” He lead the two remaining Sprinters into the cave, while the Sin was still inside. Good. Now to show these Guards what happens when you mess with my children. I thought while smirking on the inside(Can’t smirk with pincers for a mouth). “Now. You either leave, or DIE!” I told the Guards, while my adrenalin was going back down. While some of the newer guards started backing away the Commander and more experienced ones stayed put. Seeing this, I knew they chose to die. I started killing them one by one starting with the with more experienced, if I could help it I would let the newer ones leave. Three did so, but the remaining stood their ground. The Commander ordered the remaining Guards to attack at once. “I need assistance!” Paranoid came back out and screeched. The guards recoiled, and the two Sprinters leaped at three Earth Ponies who didn’t see it coming. Paranoid attacked one of the unicorns, biting and clawing. There were only five left, one Unicorn, three Pegasi, and the Commander(who was also a unicorn). One of the Pegasi turned and sped away as fast as she could. It seemed to dawn on the Unicorn that the Pegasi was right, and followed. The remaining ponies stood their ground and growled. They seemed to be stubborn to the point of stupidity. “Oh well, three more to needlessly die.” I stated, hoping to scare them so no more blood would need to be shed. I may be angry with the ponies for doing this to me but I still cared for them. When they still stood their ground I had enough. “We need to end this.” “I’ll take care of them if you want.” “You need to fix your leg. Do that and begin construction on a Hatchery. Me and the Sprinters will finish this.” I told him in a motherly tone. “Okay… You’ve got this.” He limped back into the cave, and the Sprinters rushed to my side. They charged the remaining Pegasi while I went for what seemed to be their Commander. The Sprinters killing the last two Pegasi easily enough, the challenge was in the Commander. Talon met magic cutting it clean off, while he seemed to smirk. While he was distracted a Sprinter jumped him and bit off his horn, strangely no blood came out. I walked up to him and asked. “Any last words?” He glared up at me, and tried to spit, but it backfired, landing in his eye. Rolling my eyes I ended his life quickly by putting a talon through his skull. “It is over... And we are probably at war now.” “Crap…” Paranoid grumbled. “Indeed.” I wish it never had to come to this… But there was no other choice. “We need to find another place for our base.” “Let me heal and get a small unit ready.” Paranoid said giddily. “What is this unit?” “Just something other than Sprinters. I don’t care, I’ve been saving up resources!” Oh Paranoid… What have you being making this time? I thought to myself while internally smirking.
The Zerging of Zerg The Nydus worm erupted from the ground, creep already beginning to emerge around it. The moment it opened its mouth, four ultralisks came out. They were quickly followed by Dahaka, who assessed the situation quickly. Zerglings, roaches, and hydralisks came quickly behind. They were followed by about a dozen drones. By this time, the troops had become quite cramped, and some were outside the cave. Dahaka quickly ordered one of the drones to morph into a hatchery. “This seems off.” Prime Directive said in the back of Dahaka’s head. “I know what you mean. As far as I’ve seen, this place is inhabited. I don’t think Auric would agree to fight here. There would probably be collateral damage. Any ideas?” Prime Directive was silent for a moment before replying. “None currently. But I will begin processing the situation.” Dahaka nodded slightly, and got on with the base management. More on reflex than anything else, he reached out with his mind until it encompassed the mountain. He could tell that there were a few things residing there, but nothing of consequence. He sent a single Zergling out to investigate what the lay of the land was. It seemed similar to his world, but there must be something different about it if Auric wanted to fight here. “Perhaps a plague happened, and everyone’s dead?” He hypothesised. “Extremely unlikely.” Prime Directive interjected. “If they were, there would be some sign. If it happened a while ago, the building would be run down. If it happened recently, then there would be at least some obvious signs, even from this distance.” “Also, where IS Auric?” Dahaka wondered. “We should have contact with him, another ally of his, or an enemy by now.” Dahaka sent another five Zerglings scouting in different directions. They were all directed to not be detected by any means necessary. “We need to find a way to build a Hive without Tia finding out about its location.” Marsara told Paranoid through the Hivemind. “Why don’t we set up two? On different ends of the forest.” Paranoid suggested mentally. “I’ll try and set one up near that Castle, and you build one in a cave to avoid obvious detection.” “This is why I put you in charge before I was put in that stone prison.” Doing this could negate the chance of Tia finding them. Wait… Marsara could feel something, like a Sprinter not under her control. “Do you sense a Sprinter not under our control Paranoid?” He stopped. “I thought that was an anomaly. A Zerg not under our control? I thought only we could control them… mostly you.” “Let me see if I can.”So Marsara tried touching it with her mind. As soon as she did, a voice rang out through the connection. “Who are you?” Marsara couldn’t believe it… Another Hivemind? Here? She tried to find this Hivemind center location. “Let me ask you again, and if you don’t answer I’ll assume you’re some sort of conglomerate. Who are you?” Paranoid tilted his head, “Conglo-what?” He asked out loud. “I am Broodmother Marsara. Who are you?” “I am Dahaka. The leader of the Zerg Swarm. Tell me, have you heard of one called Auric? I am searching for him.” Paranoid growled. “How could you be the leader of the Zerg? Marsara is!” “Settle down Paranoid. I am the leader of A Swarm.” Marsara said hoping it would calm Paranoid down before he did something brash. He sighed, and kept quiet. “Sorry…” He mumbled. “I’m liking both of you.” He said with a hint of humor. “And you are correct, Broodmother. We are leaders of different swarms. Tell me, where you once human?” Hesitantly Marara told him. “Yes… How did you know that?” “I used to be human as well. Along with others that I have met. Still, do you know Auric? And if so, do you know where he is?” Thinking back, Marsara couldn’t think of anyone named Auric. “Sorry I have never heard of him before.” “Tch, you offer to help someone, and they don’t even meet you at the door... What do you think, Prime?” Before either of them could ask who Prime was, a new voice spoke. It seemed disturbingly synthetic and organic at the same time. “Most likely answer is that this isn’t the right universe. I don’t know how, but I will look into the failure.” Wondering who this ‘Auric’ was, so Marsara asked. “Who is this ‘Auric’ anyways?”Paranoid was in a corner, rubbing his head as if trying to remember something. “He is a being that is on par with gods. He is currently in a war with another that is just as powerful as himself, and has been gathering allies. And when I was called, I ended up here for some strange reason.” Paranoid slapped himself, then blurted, “Wait, I think I heard something about a war!” “Did you get Auric’s message? He did send it across the multiverse. Still, Prime, do you have a way for us to get to the right world?” “No.” Prime Directive responded. “We do not have the coordinates for the correct world. We were following the trail made by his call.” Dahaka sighed before falling silent. Paranoid cut in, “... I wasn’t contacted by Auric, but some… thing, called himself a ‘Displacer’. He said if Marsara got something from a ‘War of Understanding’ to leave it. It did some major flop. Don’t know all the details though, but he said something about making a new one…” “Well, that’s just great. I wonder what happened to cancel it? Hmm, thats one thing to keep an ear open for. Still, this is your world. So do you want me to return to my own world, or can I keep a small base here?” Seeing no harm in it Marsara told him. “As long as you don’t try too kill me or the ponies I’m fine with it.” “Thank you. We could also exchange some strains if you want. I have some interesting ones.” “What are these strains like?” She asked, curious as to what another Swarm could have. “I have a structure that completely covers a cave mouth, making it so that only friendlys can come through. And if worst comes to worst, it can petrify. I have aquatic versions of all the Zerg. I have the Encroacher, which specializes in theft and sabotage. I have the Blightling, which can infest units with their attack, so when they die they leave unmatured Blightlings behind. The unmatured Blightlings grow in a day into full Blightlings. I have Banes, which can subtly infect an enemy unit ahead of time, and detonate it later in a Baneling burst. And I have others as well. In fact... I’ll give you one of them now, as sort of a gift. Alright?” “That sounds reasonable. But the only strains I have as of right now is the Harvester of Sin meant for harvesting materials, and the Spawner of Sin that can lay eggs like a Broodmother. I made them so I don’t have to worry about Larva or Drones. “I… Um… Designed some new breads of Zerg myself… If that’s what you two are talking about. More than a thousand years without anything else to do means I’ve got free time...” “What are these strains Paranoid?” “Well, just some things… I’ve got what I call Flies, which are smaller than real flies. They infect Ponies with a stun agent. Suicider's, which are big balls of acid that explode. Don’t worry, they don’t have a mind of their own. Shy Swats, which can camouflage to their environment. Skale’s, which can take a lot of damage, while infecting melee attackers with something worse than the flu. And Clone’s, which were the hardest to design. They can copy the shape of anything, mostly ponies, to become like a spy controlled by stronger minds in the Hivemind. They can switch between the form you choose them to take, and a Zerg/Pony hybrid like me.” Paranoid finished with pride. Marsara was proud of Paranoid but confused as to why they would need a Zerg that can mostly just copy the shape of the ponies. “Paranoid. Why would we need a Strain that can copy the ponies?” Paranoid coughed physically. “Information. I needed to keep up with the times. With more than a thousand years waiting for your return, I wanted to prepare information to tell you. Things like how Luna got banished, where new towns were settled, and who the new bearers of the Element are. They’re fun to watch...” “SOMEPONY BANISHED LULU?!?! I will find and kill who ever did this to poor Lulu!” Marsara was starting to feel the anger from before rise back up. It was making the Sprinters all riled up. Paranoid laughed nervously, “Actually, Celestia banished her after Luna was infected with some kind of parasite. She’s back on Equis now, and free of it…” Marsara knew almost instantly what said parasite was. “Nightmare. I will end you like I should have when I found you.” Marsara stated with venom. She was starting to feel the anger caused by the Nightmare… And she was enjoying it. “I like to call it ‘Blacklight’ for some reason… I also think it’s gone.” “Still, we must be alert. But on to other matters. You said something about the Elements getting new bearers.” “Oh, yeah. After Luna’s banishment, Celestia lost the connection with them, and hid them. Fast forward to a couple years ago, the Princess sends her personal student: Twilight Sparkle, to a small town called Ponyville. I know, stupid. Where they came up with that crap, I have no idea. Anyway, Nightmare Moonreturned, and Celestia was nowhere to be seen. This Twilight Sparkle went into the Everfree Forest- you know, where we are- with five other ponies. Rarity, a Unicorn fashion designer. Applejack, a country farmer who picks, get this, apples. Crazy, I know. Rainbow Dash, weather manager, wannabe “Wonderbolt”, and self proclaimed Fastest Flyer in Equestria. Fluttershy, a timid-hard to believe, right?-animal caretaker who can stare down a dragon and make ‘em cry- I’m kinda scared about her. And Pinkie Pie… A party planner, impossible, and overall scary pony… I don’t even want to even thinkabout half the stuff she can do.” “Which Element went to which pony?” “Pinkie Pie, the Element of Laughter. Fluttershy, the Element of Kindness. Rainbow Dash, the Element of Loyalty. Applejack, the Element of Honesty. Rarity, the Element of Generosity. And Twilight Sparkle, the Element of The Magic of Friendship… Or just Magic. I don’t know…” “This is most interesting… But back to what were talking about. Why would we need to spy on the ponies when we can just ask them? We are their protectors aft-” Marsara was cut off as Paranoid pointed at the dead guards. “I just assumed they were rouge. It has happened before.” Paranoid pointed at the remains of Marsara’s prison, and shook his head. As much as Marsara didn’t want to admit it… He was right. “Just what happened to cause me being in stone? It had to be the Elements, but I would have had to have a darkness in my heart.” Now that Marsara thought about the past she couldn’t remember much after she found the parasite. “Let’s just say Nightmare did some bad things as you, and leave it at that.” “This is not good… Wait… Why can’t I feel any other Zerg Hiveminds besides ours and Dahaka’s? Why can’t I feel any of the three million of my children?” Paranoid gave Marsara a sad look. “Marsara… You… I don’t know what happened to the others, and I tried to save as many of them, but… They kept getting out of control… I couldn’t keep control as well as you…” “Do not worry Para… You tried your best. But I can not feel the other Mothers… Please tell me Tia didn’t come for you.” Marsara asked the last bit hoping she was wrong. “I think the dead Royal Guards are the answer.” For the first time since she was first sent here she snapped. “I will kill that bitch for killing my children… She is too blame alone. Not Lulu or Disy… No harm shall come to any who don’t try to stop me… All who do shall be killed along with Celestia.” Dahaka, who was staying silent up until that point, interjected at this point. “So you’re going on a crusade against Celestia then?” “Yes. She will pay for killing my children.” “Don’t you think you’re being a little rash here? I mean, I never had that sort of relationship with any of my zerg, but still.” “When I started making my Swarm, my mind started changing into that of a human turned Zerg. Having the feelings of a human but looking and acting more like a Zerg. So, I see my Swarm as my children… All three million of them… If they were still alive.” “I never got that change. The worst I got was Prime. When he was in control... well, xenocide happened. Still, are you sure you want to go on the war path? You won’t be able to avoid casualties. You will have to make mothers go through the grief you’re going through just to get revenge.” “If she is willing to give herself over, then none shall be harmed… But if she doesn't… Think of the time when you had something very important in life that meant everything to you, then someone that you have protected comes along and kills it even when it only wanted what it thought of as its mother. I looked into the memories of Paranoid and found Tia attacked because Paranoid wanted to get my statue back.” “I was encased in a statue for about one thousand, five hundred years. I was conscious for all of it. Still, if this is what you want to do... Your world, your rules. Just don’t expect me to attack them.” “I do not expect you to help. And I am sorry to hear you were encased in stone like I was except I wasn’t conscious for the 1,132 years I was encased.” “Still, I promised to give you a free zerg strain. Which do you want?” “I think the wall type structure would be useful. If you would like I can give you one of my strains.” “That strain was a gift. I insist on trading for any you give me. Still, Prime? If you would?” “Very well.” Prime Directive sent a tendril of thought to Marsara, gently touching her mental barriers. Then the tendril was severed from Prime Directives mind, and began dispersing. Marsara’s mind absorbed the tendril and suddenly gained the knowledge of how to make the structure. “Thank you. What shall you do now?” “Go back to my world. There’s a big war going on there that I need to win.” “Then I wish you a good journey back. Also, what are you at war with?” “We just call them Slitherers.” He then sent over mental pictures of the enemy. “I think I remember these from a game I played back on earth. Anyways if you like I can send a Sin back with you too help.” Amusement could be clearly felt from Dahaka as he sent her a picture of a huge battlefield with Zerg and Slitherers fighting. “I don’t think that would really make a difference, but thanks for the offer.” “I see. You’re still welcome to make a base here if you want.” “Yes, I’ll be keeping this base. Honestly, I’m wondering if I should lend you an Ultralisk...” “No thank you I do not want to cause collateral damage if possible.” “I’ll be going then. The base here will be semiautomated, but won’t go outside the cave it’s in. It will be able to contact me if you need help. But until then, goodbye.” “Goodbye then.” Dahaka’s mental impression then vanished as he went back to his world via Nydus Network. “... Well, that was… Entertaining…?” Paranoid shrugged, “I’ll go get the structure for the Castle ready. If you want, I’ll send the Sin to find a new cave to set up in.” Paranoid trotted towards the exit, then stopped. “When you saw my memories, you didn’t see my… Um…” “No, Paranoid.” Marsara told him, while internally smirking. Marsara actually knew about Surprise but decided not to embarrass him.
The Shadows of Zerg“I’m sorry Paranoid but I can’t maintain the Hivemind with you from this distance until I regain more of my strength.” “Just rest. I’ll stay in control of the Hive until you are ready, Marsara.” ‘Now to get those Sprinters back here… I wish I had more strength.’ With that I let the Sprinter’s go into homing mode, bringing them back to me. ’Oh shoot! I forgot to ask Dahaka what Displaced were. Oh well.’ Now back to getting this Hive back into shape for another attack. I don’t think Tia would attack knowing I’m free but you always need to be sure. “Marsara. Can you hear me?” Said a voice in the Hivemind I knew all too well. “Karshra! You're ok!” Oh the joy I felt knowing Karshra’s still alive. “Get here as soon as you can!” “As you wish Marsara. Also, while you were imprisoned in stone. I made the Infestor strain.” I was surprised to say the least that she made Infestors. I didn’t have much time to ponder this as a vortex appeared. a see-through sphere the size of a ponies head. What seemed to be a floating Lightsaber and Scythe sparked with lighting. A male voice spoke out: “Hello! You have been selected to join the War of Shadows! My name is Time Spinner, and two fellow human/Displaced are having at it. Crush the orb, and one or more of my assistants will explain everything you ask.” ‘Hm… Why not?’ I crushed the orb. As soon as I did, another vortex appeared, and a human stepped out. He had black hair, brown eyes, and tan skin. He wore a black trench coat, and black jeans, with black and white sneakers. He smirked. “Who are you?” I asked. “My name is Gabriel. But everyone calls me Sylar.” He said in a cold voice. “And you?” “I am Broodmother Marsara. But you may call me Marsara.” I told him. “So what brings you here ‘Displaced’?” Sylar chuckled. “I’m just a messenger… A guide, if you will… About the War of Shadows…” He tilted his head. “When you said Displaced, you acted like you’re not one yourself. Are you?” I chuckled. “I am a Displaced, its just my brain is now half Broodmother half human. So I have the wit and skill to lead the Zerg like a Broodmother, but the feelings of a human. That was just my Broodmother side.” I told him, giving the short version. “But I am very limited when it comes to Displaced.” “Knowledge wise?” He chuckled, “I can help with that...” Sylar turned to look around the area he was in. “Displaced are people who were tricked into taking an object by something called a Displacer. They are turned into whatever they’re dressed as, and sent to an Equestria. From Elements of Harmony, to Power Ponies, to… really, anything. They use things called tokens, or totems to call each others help… or… something else…” “Can you tell me more about these ‘tokens’?” “What’s there to tell? A Displaced uses an object that represents them, puts a message it it- not like a bottle. More like a text message, or a voice mail. Say what you want them to hear, and concentrate. Course you can always give it to me, and I’ll drop it into the multiverse. Then, it’ll just sail through world after world, replicating. Anything else?” “Nothing that I can think of.” I turned towards a cocoon that died before it could hatch, picked it up and spoke my message. “To any who fight for family or against Celestia. I will aid you for I am Broodmother Marsara! Queen of the Zerg!” With that, I concentrated and a small portal opened up, I dropped the token into the portal as it closed. “You’re a natural~” Sylar smirked. “I couldn’t do that for months… Guess full Displaced get an advantage… Anymore questions?” “None to do with Displaced. But what is this ‘War of Shadows’?” Sylar lightly slapped his face like he forgot something. “Right, the reason I came here. Two Displaced are rugging it out… I think that’s how you say that. Anyway, they are Lee Connors, Venom the Symbiote who fights for the innocent, and Folteren Johnson, Darth Revan the Sith Lord who fights for revenge… Summoning Displaced of both good and evil -though Lee gets all the good guys while Folteren gets the bad guys- to fight each other. You can bring your… Hive into it without endangering it, or yourself. It’s a harmless war, more of a game than anything else. I myself am joining Folteren’s side.” He paused. “The whole thing started after Lee attacked and injured Folteren’s daughter….” “What your telling me is… Lee, protecting the innocent… Started a war after injuring Folteren’s daughter…” My brain went into a third personality, Family over-protection. My vision turned to that of blood red, the other Zerg started going beastly, and it felt like I was giving off an aura of hate. “I will gladly join Folteren against Lee.” Sylar raised an eyebrow, “This is unexpected… But not unwelcomed… You’ll be the first I’ve met to join him. He’ll need all the help you can give him… Will that be all? Or is there something I can help with? I’m really good at doing dirty jobs...” His smile started to unnerve me. “There is nothing unless you can intimidate Celestia” I fought with myself as I said the next bit. “Without hurting anypony else.” He smirked again. “I think I can handle that, Marsara. Any specific messages?” “Just that I will avenge my children… Even if it means killing thousands of her guards.” “I thought you didn’t want me to hurt anypony… It’d make more of a statement if I killed at least a couple guards…” My personality’s fought a war to see what the answer would be… The third won. “You may kill no more than forty guards. And no innocents.” He bowed, “As you wish, Displaced Marsara.” He clicked his fingers, and disappeared in a puff of helium. A mirror stood in his place, and I saw inside a castle. Two guards stood outside the throne room… How I knew that confused me, but I didn’t have time to think, and Sylar reappeared. He was walking down the hallway to the throne room, with what I think was a butler. One of the surprised guards asked, “What is that!? Why didn’t the guards stop him!?” The butler stepped forward. “I’m sorry sir, I tried to stop him! And when I asked him to vacate the premises, he told me: fuck the police.” He paused for a second. “He then proceeded to tilt every painting on the way here.” Sylar giggled, before announcing. “Hello, I’m here to see the Princess… It’s about a threat to Equestria…” He was hovering just above the floor, hands behind his back. His arms whipped his arms towards the surprised guards, and to my horror, the tops of their heads fell off with a shrill noise. “Me…” There were a few other guards, but Sylar was already gone. The image on the screen changed to inside the throne room. “What in Equestria!?” Celestia yelped. The guards at her sides jumped forward in a defensive position. I saw Luna sitting at her sister's side, eyes wide with shock. “WHO ART THEE!?” Luna shouted. “I’m Sylar… Gabriel Sylar… Though Sylar’s just fine…” Celestia narrowed her eyes, “Why are you here Sylar?” Sylar chuckled. “I’m here with a message from an old friend. Her name’s Marsara, I believe you’ve heard of her…” He clicked his fingers and a cup of pins materialized in his hand. He tipped it, causing a dinning noise. “Huh… It was so quiet, I heard pins drop.” The sister’s glared, and Celestia gasped, “How- That’s Discord’s power!” “I… got them awhile ago… But don’t worry, this Discord isn’t going to die...” “Guards! Seize him!” Luna ordered. The two guards that stood as a barrier charged at Sylar. They rammed their spears into him, and he grunted. The guard to Sylar’s rights head snapped, and the other one looked up at the human in horror. “I hear your heart… It’s beating faster than a-” He stopped. Then rubbed his temples. “I don’t have a joke for that… Well… I could say you’re screwed, but we both know that.” A wicked grin spread across Sylar’s face as the guard started coughing up blood. The Unicorn fell to the ground, hacking and wheezing. “Now, where was I? Oh yes, I’ve come with a message from Broodmother Marsara… She’ll get her revenge for all the Zerg you killed… And I’m the start!” Sylar floated higher until he was halfway to the ceiling. “Oh, and you’re fat...” He pointed to Celestia. Royal guards ran through the door, and Sylar teleported right next to them. The nearest guard yelled, “What’s wrong Princesses!?” Sylar waved, “I believe there’s an infestation in your brain,” His hands sparked with a glowing light. “Trust me… I’ll take it out!” He placed his hand at the top of the poor guards head, then screams rang throughout Equestria. Sylar winced, “Geez… I thought he was male… Must have been one of those transgenders… Oh well!” I saw the guards in the rooms faces mixed with fear, anger, and disgust at what Sylar did to their comrade, whose head had melted around his brain, which flopped to the floor with a sickening ‘sloop’. I saw several guards turn tail and run, which Sylar ignored. “Princess, your guards are supposed to be piles of steel… Why are they running? I thought they were supposed to not show emotion… You know what? I’ll have to teach them a lesson… Welcome to standing up school!” A burst of energy sent every guard toppling over. “And… You all fail… You are the worst sacks of trainees I’ve ever seen… I don’t think they’re breathing...” I could see on the princesses faces that they were disgusted by what happened. Other then that I couldn’t see any emotion. “What are you? How do you have Discord's powers?” Asked Celestia, trying to keep a calm attitude. “I don’t know what I am anymore… I guess human, but I don’t think I’m on that level of existence anymore. And I killed Dissy in an alternate world, looked at his brain, and copied his powers… I’ve done that with a lot of people…” A purple glow appeared around his hand, “Even your student… what was her name? Twilight Darkle? Sparkle! Ah, I never forget a face… I think I’ve gotten each of them Elements, it’s always fun messing with Sonic Rainbooms and the Stare…” “Y- You said you had a message from Marsara?” Luna asked, looking like she was on the brink of trying to vaporize him. Sylar seemed busy ripping out the spears, causing them to heal completely. He mumbled, “Uh-oh… That’s more than forty…” He shook his head, “Sorry, I was told to not kill too many… I think I might have killed more than sixty… You have way too many guards around here… Anyway, I said it, but you weren’t listening…” He then spoke slowly, as if to a naughty child. “Marsara. Will. Get. Her. Revenge. For. You. Killing. Her. Hive. There, got that? Or was I stuttering? I used to stutter…” He grumbled. “Tia… Is there something I don’t know about the Zerg after We were banished?” Luna asked her sister. Celestia sighed. “After you were banished, I took my anger out on the Zerg, thinking of them as mere animals after Marsara was imprisoned.” “Oh~ I think she’ll want to have a word about that.” Sylar clicked his fingers again, and the sister’s seemed to see me. “Two way mirror anyone?” Seeing that Celestia could see me and probably hear me, I let out all the anger, and letting my third personality take over. “YOU SELF CENTERED LITTLE BITCH!!! NOT EVEN TARTARUS WILL BE WORSE THAN WHAT I WILL DO!!! FOR I WILL SEE TO IT THAT MY CHILDREN ARE AVENGED!!!” My vision went red again and the other Zerg went even more crazy than before. “ALL THREE MILLION OF MY CHILDREN KILLED BECAUSE YOU WERE ANGRY ABOUT LULU’S BANISHMENT!!! I WAS STARTING TO THINK I SHOULD SHOW MERCY!!! BUT WITH THIS TRUTH I WILL SEE THAT YOU’RE KINGDOM LIES IN SHAMBLES!!!” “You are so screwed…” Sylar sighed, shaking his head. “Even animals deserve a chance… All my respect for royalty is gone…” “WHAT HAPPENED TO THE FILLIES WHO CAME TO SEE ME JUST BECAUSE I WAS DIFFERENT, BECAUSE I SHOWED THEM COMPASSION, BECAUSE I TOOK CARE OF THEM WHEN THEIR PARENTS DIED?!?!?! GONE!!! I WAS GOING TO SPARE INNOCENTS BUT NOW?! NOW ALL OF EQUESTRIA SHALL KNOW WHAT TRUE FEAR IS!!!” “KARSHRA! GET HERE IMMEDIATELY AND SHOW ME THE INFESTOR STRAIN!” “As you wish Marsara.” “Marsara.” Celestia began. “I am so, so sorry about what I did. I know now that it was the selfish and cruel route. I beg for forgiveness.” “Forgiveness??? FORGIVENESS?!?!?! THE ONLY FORGIVENESS I WILL GIVE WILL BE TO DISCORD!!! HE WAS RIGHT ALL ALONG ABOUT HOW YOU WOULD BE THE ZERG’S DEMISE!!! I WILL FREE HIM!!! AND WHEN I KILL YOU HE WILL BE THE RULER FOR ANY PONIES LEFT ALIVE!!!” “Marsara, I can hear you from the castle, what’s going on?” I heard Paranoid ask. ‘It seems my anger sped up the Hivemind’s range.’ “We are going to war!!! Complete extermination of Equestria!!! Do you remember the Omegalisks?” “O-of course, Marsara… As you command. The Castle of the Two Sisters base is near complete. Will be awaiting further orders!” “Hate to break up this… interesting, reunion, but I must finish here and take my leave. Any last words to each other?” Sylar said from the other side of the mirror. “I have no more words for this tyrant…” “Please Marsara.” Celestia began again. “It isn’t too late to stop and turn back from this path.” I wasn’t having any of it. “I WILL STOP WHEN YOU ARE DEAD!!!” And the two way mirror ended. On the other side, Sylar was chuckling. “Wow… Just… Wow… I actually expected a lie to cover it up… you don’t have to worry about me anymore Tia… I’ll be out of this war, but I do have one thing to say… This isn’t the first world I’ve seen Celly mess up someone's life. In Folteren’s, you did pretty much the same way… Killed a friend, and he went mad with revenge… The scary thing for you, is that he was the one who won. You will regret this… the ‘good’ side doesn't always win… Light falls, and darkness takes over…” Sylar turned to the mirror, “See you at the War, Marsara! I can’t wait to work with you.” He glowed white, and the mirror disappeared. Instead, a photo of an eclipse. I heard Sylar’s echoed voice. “If you need a psychopathic murderer who steals powers by examining the brains of my victims, then, sure, summon me… But… Iwouldn’t trust me…” I internally smirked. ‘I will avenge my children if it’s the last thing I do.’ Out of the corner of my eye I see a shadowy ball floating near the Hive. But when I turned to look at it, it was gone. ‘Must have just been my imagination.’ {??? POV} I thought I saved you from your fate… But it seems you were meant to go down this path. We will meet in the future… I just hope I can still detour you from this route...
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PrologueIt was a beautiful day today, we finally had a day without rain and I was going to make the best of it. So I drive down to the store to buy the last of the materials for my costume for Blizzcon, it’s gonna be a Zerg Broodmother with a little Queen plushie. Oh that reminds me, I haven't told you my name. It's Marsara, I'm 21 years old but my friends say I act like a child, I have blue eyes, blond hair, and LOVE the Zerg. Anyways I get to the store park my car and walk in grab a cart and start looking. After looking for a bit I see a pair of Broodmother talons, the last thing I need for my costume. I see what looks like a shadowy ball out of the corner of my eye, but when I turn around I can't see anything, 'Must of just been my imagination.' Anyways I buy them then leave the store get into my car and drive home. Not thinking about why a pair of Broodmother talons were being sold at a store. *A few days later* Finally time for Blizzcon and I’m excited. I get there put on my costume and… Start glowing? Then I felt the ground beneath me vanish and I started falling not knowing what was happening. Then it all stopped. 'My head.' I opened my eyes and looked around and saw a beautiful grassy plan, a dark forest next to it, and a tall, beautiful mountain with a waterfall . “Where am I?” “You still haven’t named it yet Marsara.”Said a female sounding voice. “Who’s there?!” I yelled. “I’m am Karshra. And you must name this land.”She said. I turned around and there was a Zerg Queen about two or three feet taller then me. “Why am I here?!” I asked. “You were sent here to control this world for the Zerg”She... Thought? “Why does it sound like you're talking in my head?” I asked. “I am using the Hivemind.” I decided to try it by thinking too her. “Can you hear me?” “Very good Marsara.” “So I have to name this place?” “Yes.” I tried thinking of a name for this place. “How about… Vailscar.” Why? Because of its appearance... And because it sounded cool. “A good choice Marsara. Now we must begin morphing a Hatchery.” Wait… Why can I speak to her with this ‘Hivemind’? I look at my hand only to find a talon had replaced it. Upon further exploration of my body I had found I had turned into a Zerg Broodmother. “WHY AM I A BROODMOTHER?!?!” I yelled. “What do you mean? You were always a Broodmother.” She stated calmly. Ok, I’m probably dreaming this. Just close my eyes count to three and I will wake up in my bed. I did this and found that the Queen and everything else was still here. “This isn’t a dream…” I said coming to realize it was real… It was all real. “Of course it isn’t a dream.” She stated. “Why would it be?” “Because I’m meant to be a Human. Not a Broodmother.” I told her as I started to cry. “You mean a Terran? Why would you ever want to be a Terran?” She asked. Which made me snap. “BECAUSE THAT’S WHAT I WAS BORN AS!!!” I screamed at her. “Well… Now you're a Broodmother and nothing is going to change that.” She told me, seaming to start to gain the feelings I had. “This isn’t right.” I started thinking about my family and friends. How I was never going too see them again. How they would never accept me if I did find them. Finally accepting the fact I was never going back I decided too take up the mantel of the this Brood of two. I heard rustling coming from behind me. I whipped my head around, only to see a small grey Pegasus with black hair. Clear blue eyes that looked comically big stared at me wide. “The hay…?” He asked himself(voice gave away his gender). He backed up a bit. “Intruder!” The Queen said. “No wait!” I said before it was too late. “What is it Marsara?” She asked. “We can’t just kill him!” I mentally yelled at her. “But it is an intruder.” She stated. "Still, we shouldn’t just kill him… He might be useful.”I told her, hoping she wouldn’t attack him. “Very well Marsara.” She said. “Don’t worry little one. We won’t hurt you.” I told him. He seemed uncertain, and cautiously trotted towards them. I saw a weird tattoo on his... flank, of a black cloud. “Whats your name little one?” I asked him. He spoke in a slightly raspy voice, “Paranoid Sittings. And I’m not little! I’m a teenager!” “My apologies.” I told him. “Do you live around here?” I asked. “N-no… I was separated from my people during a storm. I don’t even know where we are…” He said. “So wh- who are you?” “I am Broodmother Marsara.” I told him, since I was gonna be a Broodmother, it only fitted. “But you may call me Marsara.” “I- uh… Guess it’s nice to… meet you?” He asked more than stated. He seemed a bit nervous, and scuffed his hoof across the ground. “Well you can stay with me if you like.” I told him as motherly as I could. He seemed to calm down a bit, and sat down. “O-okay… S-sure…” He replied. “This is going to be the start of a great friendship.” I internally smirked. {Present Day: Third PoV} The Everfree was quiet… To quiet… A squad of Royal Guard’s slowly made their way towards a cave that was rumored to be the hiding place for statue thieves. Princess Celestia sent twenty-four guards to investigate these ‘sittings’ of weird creatures that went everywhere with the rumors. When they were near, they heard a strange growling from inside the cave. Inside said cave was non other than the Zerg. Hidden away, and forgotten. The lieutenant whispered. “What in Equestria are those!?” The commander shuddered, but responded. “I have no bucking idea!” He continued. “Their some sort of monsters.” He looked over the Zerg(which were about seven Zerglings renamed as Sprinters, two constructions, and what was called a Queen, but renamed as a Sin), and saw their goal: Marsara’s statue prison. The Commander smiled, and ordered his men to surround the cave. Before he could continue orders, a creature he hadn’t seen before came out. It almost looked pony, and made the commander sick. A grey… Pegasus? It was hard to tell, the wings were bug-like, two talons came out of it’s back, its eyes were yellow, its teeth were sharp, and blood covered it. It looked at them with its glowing eyes, which widened. The Commander had enough. “Attack!” With that, all of the guards swarmed the cave. The pony monster lunged, and was followed by the rest of the monsters. Both sides slammed into each other, and blood went flying through the air. Paranoid(The Zerg Pony) bit into a guard's neck, and pulled. A sickening sound graced his and everypony else's ears. At that, the Commander yelled and threw a spear that rammed into Paranoid, who screamed and fell to the grassy floor. The spear had penetrated the Zerg Ponies left hind leg. Half the pony guard were dead or injured at this point, and all but two Sprinters were killed. The statue started to crack and broke, surprising everypony in the cave. A creature that looked like a bigger version of a Sin stepped onto the ground and announced. “No pony hurts my children… NO PONY!!!” It screamed.
