Truth Behind Harmony: A Broken Nation

by Fuedra

Rating: mature
Tags: Dark, Alternate Universe, Romance, Mystery, Science Fiction, Adventure
Length: 3286

A nation of secrets, and two mares caught in the middle.

(Part of the Truth Behind Harmony Universe)
(Currently Unable to Post Cover, Reasons Unknown)
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The Adeptes Republic, a land of innovation, technology, and secrets, and surrounded on all sides by the by products of misplaced ambition, trying to breach the walls and lay waste to all who live inside. For those who live within the safety of the walls, life is relatively peaceful, save for two individuals.

Lyra Heartstrings, daughter of the President of the Republic, and a veteran of many wars. Currently sealing companionship after six lifetimes worth of loneliness.

Bon-Bon Sweetdrops, failed Umbrella Labs bio weapon who is just trying to live a normal life, while also trying to find a little love in her life.

But life is never easy, and as these two will soon learn, sometimes ones home holds secrets that when being uncovered, can cause a backlash that will shake the very foundations of the land they call home.
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Rated Mature for the following:
Violence
Sex
Gore
Cyber-ponies
Eldritch Horrors.

Also contains the following:
Pony Sub-Species Known as Gorgans (Not to be confused with the Greek Legend).
Technology and Magic used side by side.
Mecha
Guns…..lots of guns

Published 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
Last updated 2016-05-05 02:50:02 UTC

Mothers Worry

Mercury sighed as she kept looking over the latest group of personnel files, for she had just received a report from the outer reaches defense division that her youngest daughter, Lyra Heartstrings, was once again without a full time partner.

She knew what the problem was of course, Lyra had been complaining about it for years, though Mercury didn’t know what she could do about it. The O.R.D.D. was classified as one of the worst assignments by anypony outside the division, and in a lot of ways it was. But for the ponies who worked it, it was one of the best jobs around, especially when it came to the many perks.

A lot of the ponies who worked with the O.R.D.D. didn’t have time to form personal relationships, but like any sentient creature, they had needs and desires that had to be taken care of. So, out of both necessity, and also partly for the thrill of it, the members of O.R.D.D. started to sleep with their assigned partners, figuring they might as well get their rocks off with somepony other than themselves.

However, when it came to her daughter Lyra, it seemed that any partner she ever got assigned had a deathly fear of sleeping with her, fearing both the mare herself and what Mercury might do if she found out they were sleeping with her daughter.

“Give them a fucking raise, that’s what I would do,” growled Mercury, who was frankly tiered of her daughters incessant wining about not getting any every dam time she called. It wasn’t her dam fault half the dam nation feared her, Mercury was after all death itself, and was also responsible for making some of the most horrific decisions in the history of her great nation.

She was brought out of her musings however by the one of the files catching her eye, stopping herself from heading onto the next one and giving it a more thorough look. “Hm…Agent Bon-Bon Sweetdrops, daughter of Director Umbrella and Doctor Shin-Ra, recently transferred to O.R.D.D. at personal request. Currently without partner due to incompatibility with other members, Alicorn class siren, strong protective instincts.”

There were sub files attached to the main one, but from what she could tell all of them were encrypted, and she could tell by the level of encryption it would take her several days, even if she used her little pets to crack them open. But despite this, this Bon-Bon was a good candidate; she just had to make sure of one thing.

She quickly looked up the mare’s number, grabbing her phone and dialing the number, waiting patiently as the line opened and a groggy voice spoke.

“Who the fuck is this?”

“This is President Mercury Ordea Waters,” said Mercury with a grin, knowing that just by her voice the pony would recognize her, but she felt like rubbing it in just a tad bit more who was calling, and was rewarded by the sound of the mare springing up to attention.

“Madame President,” said Bon-Bon, “wha…what do I owe the pleasure of your call?”

“You can relax soldier, you’re not in trouble, I just wanted to talk to you about your recent transfer to O.R.D.D. two days ago.”

“You wouldn’t happen to be calling on behalf of my father would you,” Bon-Bon said, Mercury noting the slight amount of hostility in her voice.

“And why would you think that,” said Mercury, having her suspicions but deciding to let the younger mare confirm them for her.

“My dad is very overprotective of me, has been ever since I was a child.”

“Yes, Umbrella tends to get that way with his lab rats.”

She let the words hang in the air for a long while, waiting for the inevitable pin to drop which would start this conversation again.

“I don’t know what you’re…”

“Don’t bullshit me Bon-Bon,” said Mercury; cutting her off as she attempted to lie, “I have been through your file and your father’s signature encryptions are all over it, especially around the files pertaining to your time in Umbrella Labs.”

She thought she heard the phone slip from Bon-Bon’s grasp and smiled to herself, it was obvious that Bon-Bon hadn’t expected her to know about that. “Ok mam you got me, but what does this have to do with your call.”

“Well you see I have a special assignment for you Miss Bon-Bon, but I just want to make sure you don’t have any behavioral conditioning or modifiers placed inside your mind before giving you this assignment.”

“You don’t have to worry about that mam, my mother is a better scientist then my father, and confirmed much to his anger that I am incompatible with any kind of behavioral modification or tampering.”

“Good,” said Mercury, “very good.”

“And what’s my assignment mam, if I may ask?”

“You will be assigned as my daughter Lyra, which lead me to my next set of questions, first of which being do you know of her?”

“Why of course,” said Bon-Bon excitedly, much to Mercury’s surprise. “Lyra is over five hundred years old, hero of the A.I. War, the Naturalist Rebellion, and survivor of the mutant outbreak in the ruins of Old Cerberus.”

“And what do you think of her?”

“I think she is a fine mare with a level head and a good sense of military discipline.”

“Mhmm, and what do you really think of her, no holding back now.”

“…If I could mam I would pin her to a bed, mount her and then proceed to rut her till she could no longer see straight.”

Mercury smiled at that, “That is exactly what I wanted to hear Bon-Bon, for that is exactly what I want you to do to my daughter.”

She could have sworn she heard choking, followed by coughing as the mare on the other end tried to get a hold of herself, “You want me to what?”

“I what you to fuck my daughter silly,” said Mercury, “was I not clear enough?”

“I…I am sorry mam, it’s just I was not expecting the mother of a mare I find very fuckable to ask me to fuck her brains out, no offense.”

“None taken dear,  but I have to do this, you would not believe the calls I get because of the many partners before you saying no to copulation.”

“...there were ponies who said no to her?”

“Too many to count sadly, all because they for some reason think I would kill them if they so much as touched her, even though they seem to forget that I myself have dabbled here and there.”

“I see...um...when do you want to...”

“At once dear girl, for I must say, she is quite needy, and I already have your travel documents printing out of your fax machine as we speak, so make haste.”

there was a moments pause, and then she heard the call drop, placing the phone down with a smile as she looked toward a picture of her smiling daughter, shaking her head as she spoke. “The things we do for our children.”

Meeting of The Two Strange Ones

Lyra looked up from the stove at the sound of a knock on the door, her face turning into one of confusion as she shut turned away from the stove and headed for the door, opening it to find a pony standing outside.

The mare in question was of tan coat, had a bubble gum pink and blue mane and tail, and had gorgeous dark blue eyes, and was currently panting heavily in front of her door.

“Um...can I help you?” asked Lyra.

“I...I am agent Bon-Bon Sweetdrops, just transferred from Overwatch Patrol two days ago to O.R.D.D., I'm your new partner.”

“I see...would you like to come in?”

“Yes please,” said Bon-Bon excitedly, following Lyra into the apartment before closing the door, and while Lyra wasn't looking, locking it for good measure.

“So, what qualifications do you have that makes the head of the O.R.D.D. think you would be a good fit for me?”

Bon-Bon reached into her saddle bags and pulled out a file, handing it to Lyra and watching as she riffled through it before speaking. “You have pretty eyes, you know that.”

Lyra nearly jumped out of her skin, fumbling with the file before looking up at Bon-Bon in shock, “wha...what?”

“You have pretty eyes,” said Bon-Bon, “you also have a nice ass...not that I was staring or anything...”

The mare gave her a sheepish grin, at which point Lyra's horn lit up, the mare using her magic to comb over ever inch of her apartment.

“Um, what are you doing?”

“Checking for camera's to see if this is some kind of prank,” said Lyra.

Bon-Bon stood there for a moment, then chuckled, before walking up to the mare and kissing her full on the lips, freezing her in place.

After holding the kiss for a little while longer, Bon-Bon pulled away, smiling as she heard a faint wine escape Lyra's lips before giving the mare a look as she spoke. “This ain't a prank honey, I do indeed find you cute.”

“Bu...bu...but what about...?”

“Your mom?” asked Bon-Bon, receiving a nod from the mare and chuckling once more, “don't give a dam, cause if I can be frank, I have wanted to pound your ass ever since I heard about you.”

“I...I see,” said Lyra, “so...what do you want to do then.”

Bon-Bon smiled, “Actually, if you don't mind waiting, I kinda skipped dinner to come over here, and I wouldn't mind some grub before we um...take care of other matters.”

“That actually sounds like a good idea,” said Lyra, I was just about to make dinner for myself when you knocked.”

“Then how bout I cook, that way I can show you I'm more then just a pretty face.”

Lyra nodded, watching as the mare waltzed her way into the kitchen and began to work some magic, literal magic in this case as  things began to move on their own, and before Lyra could wonder what the hell was going on, she heard Bon-Bon humming, and immediately went back to her file to a particular part she had only glanced over.

Alicorn Class Siren, Grand Master of both the Arts of Silence as well as The Way of the Voice.

Well that explained it, after all she had heard Sirens could do pretty crazy things if they were strong enough, like the shit the voice corpse could do with their combined voices. However, as far as she knew, nopony in the history of the Republic had ever managed to become a grand master in both Siren disciplines, so she was mighty curious how this mare could possibly claim both.

“So, your a dual grand master Siren?”

“Yep,” said Bon-Bon, before continuing to hum as she whipped up dinner for the two of them.

“Well not that I doubt you or anything, but I find it hard to believe that a mare so young could be a grand-master of one, let alone both siren disciplines.”

“Your not the first to say that,” said Bon-Bon cheerfully, “I've had many ponies challenge my claims, though all my feats are in my file if you want to look.”

Lyra did, flipping to the list of combat reports, and began scrolling through. A lot of her feats were ones expected of members of Overwatch Patrol, but then she got to one, and if she had been drinking, she would have spat out whatever liquid was in her mouth.

Survived sample retrieval mission to ground zero in Red District, only survivor.

Lyra new of Red District, originally called Haven District, was where The Republic had tried to tap into the lifeblood of Equis, trying to utilize it as an alternative power source so that they could get of the spectra standard. But it had failed, for the moment they taped into a vein the energies had come pouring out, sweeping through the entire district and turning all the citizens into horrible monsters.

Ground Zero was the site of the attempted tapping, and it was where the worst monsters lived. Nopony who had gone in there had lived, so to find out this mare had.

“You know the hollow vids don't do Red District justice, though that's mostly because they haven't stayed up to date.”

Lyra looked up to see Bon-Bon standing near her, the mare looking at the line before sighing and looking at Lyra. “If you stay long enough, you get the feeling that it's alive, like the entire place wants to kill you.”

“I remember thinking the same, but that was before all the...well, before it became consumed by whatever that shit is that covers the place.”

“That's right,” said Bon-Bon with a smile, “You were part of the first responders, the founders of O.R.D.D.”

That got her a look from Lyra, “And just how much do you know about me?”

“...History of the Daughter of Mercury, I read the entire book cover to cover.”

Now Lyra was truly impressed, “You don't say, I don't think I've heard of anybody reading that book that thoroughly in ages.”

“I wanted to learn every thing I could about you,” said Bon-Bon with a smile, “For the longest time you have been my hero...and I have to admit, I have been containing the urge to squeal like a filly just being in this room with you right now.”

“Well if you really do plan to fuck me later, I can guaranty you'll be squealing, as well as screaming.”

“Well let's eat first, bad to fuck on a empty stomach, or so my sensei used to say.”

That got a laugh from Lyra, who followed her into the dining room, where they sat down and began to eat, though soon Lyra spoke up. “So, seeing as how you know so much about me, why don't you tell me a little bit about yourself.”

“...Do you mind if we talk about something else, I...I don't really like talking about myself if I can help it.”

“Well if you want in my bed after this, you better tell me about yourself, cause your file was very vague when it came to your early life, though I'm not surprised, ponies connected to Umbrella Labs usually have shady pasts.”

Bon-Bon hesitated for a long moment, then sighed as she spoke, “I was born in Umbrella Labs.”

Lyra, who had been taking a drink of juice at the time, spat it out as she looked at the mare before her, “You were what!”

Bon-Bon sighed again, “I was born in Umbrella Labs, I was one of their projects.”

“Ok, now this I have to hear.”

Lyra moved so she was sitting next to her, causing Bon-Bon to look nervous as she spoke. “Well, do you know the owners of Shin-Ra Corporation and Umbrella Labs?”

“Yep, Doctor Shin-Ra Strife and Director Umbrella Ouroboros, though I don't see why...”

“There my parents.”

Lyra choked, “Wha...what, there your...wait a moment, you just said you were born in the labs, how the hell can they be your parents.”

Bon-Bon sighed, “My father has this...obsession, an obsession of creating the perfect being. Eventually, he met my mother, who shared his obsession, and they decided they would work on it together. They started with small things, looking into growing the perfect being, and then my dad got a crazy idea.”

“He figured that Alicorns like...well like your mom, were as close to perfect as could be possible, so he thought, what if they tried to prefect on it, and to make sure it would go smoothly, they would do it all naturally. So, he got mom pregnant, and then using Umbrella Labs best equipment, manipulated her body in order and insuring that she was pregnant with three fillies, and earth pony, a pegasus, and a unicorn.”

“Wait, so your part of a set of triplets...can I fuck them?”

Bon-Bon gave her a look, “Do you mind if I finish my story first?”

“Fine...”

Bon-Bon chuckled, “Well, we grew at a raid rate, and were born after a couple of months. Then after we reached maturity...Dad got to work on making me into the perfect being.”

“Um...don't you mean you and your sisters?”

“No,” said Bon-Bon, “just me...for my father figured that an earth pony was the best template to start with, and my sisters...they were just needed for the energies they could provide.”

“So wait, your saying...?”

“My father took what he needed from my sisters, put then in cryo tubes to keep them alive in case he...he needed more from them, and then he began his work on me.”

“Wait, what about your mother?”

Bon-Bon smirked, “Once we were born dad showed his true colors, cutting mom out of the project entirely, which infuriated her. She spent the next few years trying to worm her way back into the project, meanwhile my dad started doing all sorts of tests, combat drills, magic experiments, everything to try and turn his perfect being into an ultimate weapon.”

She chuckled darkly, “Then, after two years and not getting any head way, mom woke up one day to the sound of crying, and when she opened her door to look outside, she found me abandoned  outside her door with the words “You ruined everything!” carved into my flesh.”

“What....why!?”

“Because,” said Bon-Bon, “before my mom devoted herself to the industry, she was part of the infiltration corpse, which as you know are enhanced so they can endure any sort of magical coercion or interrogation in case they get caught, and this enhancement also makes one immune to methods used to condition sleeper agents to turn them into ultimate killing machines. What no one knew, because no one bothered to check the children of retired agents, is that they pass this immunity onto their kids, which pissed dad off, because he wanted to make me into Umbrella Labs ultimate boogie mare.”

Lyra heard her fridge open, looking over to see a bottle of bear floating over to Bon-Bon, the mare grabbing it and popping it open, taking a swig before belching and continuing to speak. “Well, after that mom took me in, cleaned me up, and helped me get into Overwatch, though we nearly hit a snag when it came to paper work, at least till we received word that my background check was cleared up and I was free to join, which we later found out only happened thanks to dad creating a whole background for me to use. So until today, I worked with Overwatch till I got board and put in for a transfer to O.R.D.D.”

“...That fucking sucks.”

Bon-Bon nodded, “nothing a good fuck wont cure.”

That got a blush from Lyra, “goddesses this is weird.”

“How so?” asked Bon-Bon.

“I'm not used to anypony hitting on me, let alone this hard. Usually it was me trying to hit on ponies and take them to my place, only for them to say they had other things to do, or in the worst cases they would scream and flee in terror.”

“Oh you poor thing,” said Bon-Bon sweetly, before getting up and walking up to the mare, giving her a peck on the lips before speaking. “Well I'm full now, so why don't we take this to the bedroom, that way I can relieve some of that pent up sexual frustration you no doubt have.”

Lyra squeaked then got up and lead the mare to the bedroom, which was soon filled with the sounds of heavy moaning and cute squeaks from a very very satisfied mare.