Author's Note

Chapter one may not be the best, Just warning ya.

Starting Off With A Whimper

(Chapter 1: Starting Off With A Whimper)

Comic-con was bustling with life. Many people were dressed as characters from movies, TV shows, comic books, and video games. One such person was Josh Thompson, who was dressed as Keramon from the first Digimon movie along with his friends in their various costumes.

“Come on guys we're going to miss the competition if you all move any slower!” Josh complained to his companions.

“Josh, you’re overexcited. We have three weeks here, and it only opened in an hour.” His friend, Ondina Walkin, said. Her costume was of Serana, the Vampire follower from Skyrim. “We’ve got time, time, time to spare and more time!” She was with her little sister, Babette, the youngest of the group, who was dressed as Babette.

“Yeah. Besides, you’re not the one paying for this.” The eldest of the group, Gregory Zephyr said. His costume was Steven Stone from Pokemon.

“Yeah, and thanks for the donation dude.” Salma Saint, the second youngest member said. She was dressed as Lydia from Skyrim, just like Ondina and Olwen.

“Hey guy’s, there’s a photo booth, want to take a picture to commemorate our last Con together?” Sam Thompson, Josh’s older brother, asked as he made a dramatic pose in his Marvel Sandman costume.

“Haha! Sure!” Salma agreed. Her smile then faded into a sorrowful frown. “I’m gonna miss you guys...” At that everyone got into a group hug, Salma being the center.

It was night in Equestria. The city never slept, lights always on and bright. To many, the city was beautiful, a shining symbol of the advancements to humankind…

While others saw it as nothing more than a playground.

An eleven year old girl wearing a light blue tanktop, a red skirt, red and white hat, matching shoes, and long blue socks. Her hair was brown, and her eyes matching her hair. Anyone who looked into those eyes wouldn’t see an eleven year old girl, though… They’d see death themselves in her empty eyes.

She held a red and white sphere in her hand. Tossing it into the air before catching it as she went, a deranged grin on her face as she cornered an injured teenage woman with grey skin, black hair, and purple eyes in an alleyway.

“Heheheh…” The girl chuckled as she walked forward, the teen cowering in terror.

“G-get away from me!” She screamed. The girl ignored her. Instead, she tossed the sphere forward. The red and white halves separated, and spewed out a dark energy that formed into a new being. This one was obviously not human. It was yellow and hunched over, holding a pendant that rocked from side to side.

“Hypno, use Hypnotize.” The girl said, pulling out a kitchen knife. “I don’t want her to give us away~”

The creature was silent, obeying its master. The teen suddenly ceased moving, standing completely still as the creature did as it’s master commanded. The girl walked towards the woman, and when she was one foot away, she stopped in her tracks. She heard a sound she hadn’t heard since in a year. The sound of a portal opening.

“I suppose we’ll just have to reschedule this, ma’am… I have other business to attend to. Hypno, erase her mind of this encounter, we’re leaving.” The girl ordered and began making her way to the sound. When she finally found the source of the sound she found herself in an alleyway with no dead end, and in it was a strange grey egg covered in spikes. “Well, isn’t this a surprise…”

The girl picked the egg up, her dark eyes examining it thoroughly. “Can’t wait to meet you, friend.”

Meanwhile the next morning…

“Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!” The sound of screaming suddenly filled the town, waking everyone as what looked like a bodybuilder wearing a striped green shirt and brown pants fell from the sky… only to crash land in a playground sandbox in the middle of a park. “Ow…”

“... Holy craaaap!” A scratchy voice screamed from the man’s side. She was walking by the sandbox when he fell out of the sky. “A-are you o-okay m-mister?” She asked, shocked.

“...” The strange man didn't respond, having passed out from the emotional shock caused by the fall.

“Ohmygoshohmygoshohmygosh!!! Someone call an ambulance!” She shouted.

Pain surged through Ondina as she woke up. Her glowing eyes radically looking around. She was on top of a building, in broad sunlight. She felt exhausted as she sat up. Looking at her right hand in fear.

“This… Isn’t… My skin tone…” She rasped. She waited a bit, hoping to rest, but after noticing she wasn’t regaining strength, she forced herself to stand. “Where… Are my… Friends…? Where… Is my… Little sister!?” Receiving no answer, Ondina decided to limp towards the hatch that lead inside the building. She forced it open with little difficulty, and entered the dark corridor. Once inside, she felt much better. “What happened to me…?”

Ondina coughed as she continued, regaining her strength quickly. She noticed that her blade was heavier, as well as her clothes. She soon realized she wasn’t human anymore. That she was a monstrous vampire. That she wasn’t herself.

“Noooooooooooooo!!!She screamed in anguish. ‘I’m a monster! My friends will hate me! I… I’ll never eat normal food… I’ll… I’ll…’ Ondina fell to her knees, sobbing. But no tears emerged.

She suddenly heard someone opening the door to her left. A man with an odd skin and hair color walked in.

“Hey, this area is off limits-” He started, but was cut off when Ondina pulled out her vampiric sword and stabbed his hand. The man screamed in pain. But when he looked into Ondina’s eyes, he saw only two things. Fear, and hunger. She then opened her mouth, showing off her fangs. The man screamed as she lunged at him.

“Urgh… what happened?” Sam wondered, putting a hand to his face as he sat up and tried to remember what was going on…

The sound of a door opening caught Sam’s attention. A woman with pale skin and pink hair walked in. “Hello, my name is Nurse Redheart. You took quite a tumble.”

“Uhh… And what kind of tumble would that be?” Sam asked, completely confused and nowhere near thinking of what he should be at the sight of the cute nurse.

“The girl that brought you in said you fell out of the sky.” Redheart giggled.

“... I see… Where is she? I would like to thank her for her help.” Sam said nervously as he snapped back to reality as he remembered having fallen from the sky and started wondering how in the world he wasn't dead.

“She’s in the waiting room.” Redheart stated calmly.

“Thank you.” Sam said as he got up and stretched before realising something. “Um, where’s the waiting room?”

“Take a left out that door, then take the fifth right. There’s a double door at the end of that hallway.” Redheart explained. “Everything checked out. You only had a minor concussion. Be more careful mister…”

Sam nodded and then thanked the nurse before following her directions straight to the waiting room. “Now if I was a little girl who just helped someone who fell from the sky get to a hospital where would I be sitting?” He then thought aloud as he looked for whoever helped him.

Surprisingly there were only a few people in the waiting area. A couple, an elderly green skinned lady, and a little girl with purple hair and orange skin.

“I’m going to guess that’s the girl the nurse was talking about was her.” Sam mused before walking over and sitting down next to the girl with the orange skin and purple hair. “Hey kiddo, how's it going?”

She looked towards Sam, and her eyes widened. “Y-you’re awake!? Already!? They said you’d be out until noo-” She looked at the clock. “Oh… It’s half past noon… Heh…”

“So I hear you're the one who brought me in after falling from the sky? Thanks by the way.” Sam said as he ruffled the kid's hair. “My name’s sam Sam Thompson, what's yours?”

“Scootaloo.”

“Nice to meet you kid.” Sam said as he smiled as Scootaloo. “By the way, where are your parents? I’m sure they're worried about you.”

“I don’t have any. They died when I was little.” Scootaloo said, “What about you? Got anyone looking out for you?”

“Oh, I see... Well I don't know what to say to be honest. I mean, I have my brother and we grew up with our parents around so I probably wouldn't know how you feel…” Sam said as he looked at Scootaloo sadly. “But if I can do anything to help you out, just ask. After all, no one deserves to grow up without someone to look out for them.”

“Thanks, but it’s kinda weird to ask a stranger for anything.” Scootaloo replied.

“Then don't think of me as a stranger, but more like… A friend that owes you one.” Sam said as he smirked at her.

“Okay.” Scootaloo said, smiling. “So… You new around here?”

“Wasn't me falling from the sky clue enough?” Sam joked as he stood up. “Yes, I’m certainly not from around here. And I’m probably going to end up needing you to give me a tour.” He then added with a nervous chuckle as he scratched the back of his head.

“Sure, I’ve got nothing better to do.” Scootaloo shrugged.

“Then shall we?” Sam asked as he dramatically bowed to her while sweeping one of his arms in the direction of the exit sign. Scootaloo giggled at that as she got up.

“Yeah, let’s go!” Scootaloo then ran to the exit, Sam keeping pace behind her.

The mysterious girl cradled the egg in her arms as she entered a seemingly abandoned factory.

“I’m home~” She cooed, her voice echoing through the old building. “I’ve brought us something~!”

“Urgh, what is it this time? Another stray dog?” A static like voice groaned as a teen aged boy with black hair and wearing a black and red outfit stepped out of the shadows. his eyes were completely white except for a symbol shaped like a bullseye with four points coming from it, one up and three down, where his pupils should have been.

“I heard a portal opening! Like the ones that brought us here~” The girl replied. “I don’t think this egg is from our world.”

“I wonder if someone sent it, and if so who? Celestia? Star Swirl?” The boy grumped. “Well, what are you planning to do with it Leaf?”

The girl, Leaf, smiled sinisterly. “I’m planning on turning it into a weapon… Whatever it is.”

“And how do you plan to do that?” The boy deadpanned, having seen her monologue about doing similar stuff before.

“Depends on what it is…” Leaf shrugged with a chuckle. This thouh caused the boy to facepalm.

“So, you're going to roll the dice like that time you found a painted ostrich egg?” The boy asked, sounding unamused.

“Shut up, Xana… I know what I’m doing.” Leaf snapped. “Besides… This time we have a Displaced sibling, and not a mindless bird. There may be more Displaced, so go check.”

“Fine, whatever.” The boy ‘Xana’ muttered before walking out of the ‘abandoned’ factory. Leaf only grinned once he left, and sat the egg on an oddly placed couch.

Leaf giggled, caressing the egg which causing it to twitch for some reason. Leaf poked the egg, narrowing her brown eyes. The egg then wiggled again, this time more violently before falling still again after having successfully jumped out of Leaf’s hands and landed on the ground without a scratch.

Leaf picked the egg back up with one hand. “Are you hatching already~?”

Silence...

“Maybe it needs more than a disturbed girl.” A very strong feminine voice said from behind Leaf. The brunette looked behind her to see a woman in a green and black bodysuit, a mask covering her upper face. Leaf set the egg on a nearby couch and backed away.

“Of course, master.” Leaf said calmly, bowing slightly. The woman then picked the egg up in her hands as gently as she could, yet despite this the egg still didn't respond.

“I think he dislikes you…” The woman laughed vibrantly.

“He?” Leaf asked, confused.

“I can tell his gender… It’s not that hard to see into his lifeforce.” The woman then sat the egg down. “I think he needs to rest. And Leaf, were you hunting last night?”

Leaf crossed her arms. “So what if I did? You may be in charge, but that doesn’t mean I can’t have my fun.”

“You are truly a disturbed child, Leaf Green. I pity the one Loneliness choses to be your suitor.”

“Jeez boss, I’m eleven years old! I don’t care about love…” Leaf twirled her knife. “Point my blade, and I’ll collect another soul…”

The woman sighed. “There’s been some reports of a portal opening north of here. Xana informed me that he’s busy.”

Leaf groaned. “God fucking damn these portals to hell! I was so looking forward to killing, maiming, maybe even try ra-” Leaf froze when she saw the woman's glare. “What, bitch?”

“Leaf… Don’t you dare have sex. And stop swearing. I may let Stein and Xana swear, but they’re not as vulgar as you. Also, you’re grounded.” At this the egg suddenly started shaking again, almost as if it was laughing at Leaf.

Leaf snarled. “He’s laughing at me!”

The woman snickered, “He’s not the only one…”

“You fucking whore! I hope someone shoves their fist up your fucking puss-” The woman slapped Leaf. And at this point the egg stoped shaking as if it was laughing and instead started trembling, sweat dripping down the back of its shell.

“Don’t forget whose family abandoned them at birth.” The woman’s voice turned ice cold. “The only family that adopted you were a couple of whores. Don’t forget, I’m the one who holds your fate in the palm of their hand.”

Leaf sighed. “Fine, I’m… I’m… S-... Sorry…”

“Good, now run along, and no killing. I don’t want you making more of a name for yourself and arousing suspicion. The public are already scared of the Black Petal, they don’t need a face to put that name to.” The woman grumbled. Leaf rolled her eyes, before running off. Once she was gone, the woman turned to the egg. “Don’t worry sweetheart… I won’t hurt you. Leaf is just a pain.”

Silence… Again...

“I’ll be upstairs if you need anything, honey… I know you can hear me.” The woman then began making her way to a staircase.

Once it was certain no one was nearby, the egg suddenly began to crack as a dark light began to pour out of it... until it suddenly exploded… Releasing the small light purple blob with a large orange eye on it from inside.

“Was that hard?” The woman asked from the staircase, leaning against the railing.

The creature immediately broke into a sweat and bolted… straight for the nearest source of sunlight.

“Wait! I don’t want to harm you! I have answers to what’s happened to you!” The woman shouted but to no avail as the creature continued to hover away as fast as it could. But before it got very far, a hand covered with stitches grabbed the creature where it’s eye was.

“Ungrateful little bug, isn’t it?” A calm, male voice said from the man holding the creature. “Maybe showing it it’s insides would help open it’s eye...” The man who owned the voice had stitches all over his body, as well as his clothes, which consisted of a lab coat, and thrown together, somewhat costume clothes that had mismatched fabrics. His hair was grey, while his eyes were yellow. The most noticeable feature, however, was the giant screw in his head. With his free hand, the man twitched the screw by it’s head, which made multiple clicking noises.

Sweat instantly began to pour off of the creature as it tried to struggle out of the strange man’s grip, obviously terrified.

“You will not hurt him, Stein.” The woman said, giving a name to the man's face. “Please, hear us out before you run…” She begged of the creature.

The creature slowly stopped struggling as it realized that it had no escape, still sweating bullets as it listened to what the lady who smelled of death had to say.

“My name is Hela, and this is Franken Stein. We are Displaced, like you.” The woman stated. “Displaced means dimensionally misplaced, basically we were taken from our homes and placed in a parallel universe. Stein?”

Stein let go of the creature and pointed to a crowd of people beyond a fence blocking the factory off from the rest of the city. There were protesters marching down the street about some kind of environmental threat. Their skins and hair were multicolored, and even people outside of the protest were inhuman in color.

The creature stared, then blinked a few times before stareing again... Not long after that the creature began foaming at what would be assumed to be its mouth as it's eye twitched erratically.

“He’s taking it better than Leaf.” Hela said, amused. “She almost fainted, but not before letting loose one of her beast’s on us. Stein, Leaf, Xana and I are in almost the same boat as you. Almost. You see, we’re most likely from the same universe. So, will you give us a chance?”

The creature slowly turned to face Hela, its eye twitching even more erratically now before it started to tilt to the side… and promptly fell to the ground unconscious, the foam that it had been spewing now coated the concrete ground next to it and causing it to corrode.

“Heh, thought he’d pass out from his new form, but multicolored skinned people is what knocks him out.” Stein chuckled.

“Take care of him, Stein… I want him to be comfortable when he wakes up…” Hela ordered

“Yes boss lady. I’ll make sure he’s real comfy…” Stein replied, picking the creature up with a pair of tongs and heading to a room.