The Queen's Awakening
Stars and Crafters
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TIME: 16:34 EARTH STANDARD
"Ugh... Boring..." Peter muttered to himself, flipping through the Open Server list on StarCraft 2. "It's like no one even plays multiplayer now," he grumbled. Peter opened a new server and created some A.I to fill the slots. He chose Zerg, his favorite race out of the three, and began playing. Glancing out his window into the summer day, he looked at the kids playing at the playground, the cars parked in their driveway, the people screaming, the inter-dimensional wormhole heading straight for-
"What the what?! he screamed mentally, jumping out of his chair and dashing for the door to his room, before adding his voice to the cacophony of screaming below, as he was swallowed by the giant tear in space and time.
LOCATION: MILKY WAY GALAXY; KOPRULU SECTOR; KORHAL
TIME: 16:34 EARTH STANDARD
Sarah Kerrigan, Queen of Blades, urged the Zerg swarm further.
"To victory, my brood!" she mentally ordered her swarm, as they pushed further and further into Mengsk's defenses, destroying Dominion forces without hesitation. Kerrigan knew that Jim was doing the same with his Raiders, and with a mental push, she crushed marines in an imploding field of psionic energy. As victory drew closer, a buzzing sound was heard. Turning towards the source, Kerrigan saw a faint blue orb hovering in space.
The orb exploded, for lack of better term, and Kerrigan, and a scant few Zerg troops compared to the mass of the Swarm, were soon enveloped, a clone of Kerrigan standing in her place, continuing the assault.
LOCATION: [REDACTED]; ARTEMIS SYSTEM; EQUUS
TIME: 16:34 EARTH STANDARD
Kerrigan awoke to grass and sunlight. Feeling around for a brief moment, she registered that yes, she was in a field. No, she was not on Korhal. Yes, there were a few Zerg around her. Sitting upright, she cast her psionic aura outwards, taking the mental reigns of the Zerg around her. She noticed, however, that some remained out of her reach. Trying once again to grasp them, their psionic energy stayed the same.
"Strange," She thought to herself. "Something seems to be dampening my powers, and my aura is much smaller than before..."
"Grurgh..." A voice said, surprising her. "Where can I get the number of that train..." It sounded like a young Terran, telepathically communicating with her.
"Who is this?" She asked, straining at her weakened powers to converse with the Terran. "Why are you contacting me?"
"What in the name of- WHAT?! The voice screamed, causing her to flinch in pain, "Where am I? Who are you?! What are you doing inside my head?!
"Calm yourself!" Kerrigan ordered, silencing the voice. "I wish to know your name and where you are."
"Uh, my name is Peter, and I am currently floating above this weird looking woman that looks like Sarah Kerrigan from StarCraft surrounded by Zerg." The voice explained. She looked up, trying to find him, but to no avail. "I can't feel my anything-bone, so care to tell me who you are Strange Voice of Insanity?
"Tell me, Peter," Kerrigan began slowly, hoping beyond hope it wasn't true. "Can you reach with your mind and grasp some of the Zerg around m-Kerrigan?" She stumbled on her name, not wanting to alarm the Terran.
"I swear to God if I'm... I'll try, okay? Just tell me who you are afterwards." Kerrigan looked towards the sounds of rustling and noticed a few Drones standing up, wobbling on their legs. "My brain hurts, unsurprisingly." Peter said in a stoic, almost robotic manner. "Now would you mind telling me who you are?"
Preparing for as much as possible, Kerrigan answered him. "I am Sarah Kerrigan, Queen of Blades and the Zerg Swarm. You, Peter, have apparently taken host in my mind." As she answered, the Drones that were standing up before started trembling more than ever, before falling flat on the ground. "...Peter?"
Peter couldn't believe it. Not only was he in the mind of the Queen of Blades, he could also control the Zerg. He felt his mental sanity slipping inch by inch, eating at his very soul.
"Peter." He couldn't handle this! He dreamed of becoming the Overmind, but never thought it would happen! "Peter..." No, it isn't true! This is all a dream! He was in a coma! He- "Peter!
"What is it?!" Peter screamed, the Drones around who he now knew as Kerrigan screeching with him. They all stood, trembling, a testament to how he felt as well.
Scared and confused.
"If we want to get out of this, we must work together, however much you want to curl up into a mental ball and cry." Kerrigan said, her voice like a powerful wave. "I can only control the Swarm around me. You, however, have access to it in full. We must cooperate if we want to find a way out of this mess." She explained. Peter was then resolute. He'd find his way back into his body, and back onto his world.
"You're right... He said, finally. "Since I have the most control of the swarm, I'm going to start mutating the beginnings of a base. Can you use a few Zerglings we have around and scout the area?"
"Alright," She replied curtly. "This base had better be up when I get back." She threatened, before rushing off, Zerglings in tow.
LOCATION: [REDACTED]; ARTEMIS SYSTEM; EQUUS
TIME: 17:56 EARTH STANDARD
Twilight Sparkle, Protogé of Princess Celestia and Element of Magic, looked around Ponyville, seeing nopony in sight. "Where has everypony gone?" She wondered aloud. Spike, trembling on her back, looked around fearfully.
"You don't think," He began, "It could be ZOMBIE PONIES?" He said with a shout, looking everywhere for a reason that the usually busy town was silent and desolate.
"No," A voice behind them said, reverberating with power. Unicorn and dragon froze, before craning their necks towards the source. What they beheld shocked both of them.
It was a tall, bipedal insectoid creature, with wings made of bone and a brown carapace. The face, flat with glowing violet eyes, spoke of power. More creatures stood at the biped's feet, almost like they were waiting for a command.
"It's much worse.
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