Author's Note

Yes, Yes, I know this is a new story while I should be focusing on continuing my other ones. But I couldn't help but make this one as it had been in my head for awhile. I really hope you all like it.

Saving Ponyville (Part 1)

I stood on top of Canterlot Mountain, a smile on my face. It wasn't one of joy or anything like that, no. No it was fueled by a desire. A desire for the consumption of rapists, terrorists, and evil. It was a smile fuelled by bloodlust.

My name is Alexander James Mercer. And I am a Displaced. Before I tell you what I do next, let me tell you how I got here. It all started a few days ago, before the invasion of the Caribou even happened. Before I even arrived in this world.

I walked around Comic Con, looking for anything that might catch my eye. I had dressed up as Alex Mercer from the two Prototype games but I was unable to make any of his weapons due to time. But as I was walking, I was called out to by a familiar sounding voice. Turning, I saw a man dressed up as the Merchant from the Resident Evil games. "Hello Zeus, or should I say, Alex Mercer?" He greeted cryptically.

"Alex, please. And who might you be?" I asked him right back, crossing my arms in mock anger.

"Peace Alex, I am the Merchant. Might you take a look at my wares and see what might interest you?" He offered as he waved a hand over the cloth covered table between us. I looked over it and I was surprised to see one of the arm length blades from the Prototype games. I picked it up and asked him.

"How much for the arm blade?" He looked it over before nodding.

"$60 dollars. Is that all you wish to get?" I shook my head and looked over the table once more. Then I saw a large feather among a pile of them that I couldn't tell where it was from.

"What's this feather?" I asked, picking it up.

"Ah, you have quite the eye. That is the tertiary feather of an alicorn. Quite rare if I do say so." I had no idea what an 'alicorn' is but I did enjoy the feel and look of the feather.

"I'll take it as well. How much?"

"In total? $80 dollars." I decided to get one last item so I continued to look around. I spied a small box on the table and picked it up.

"What's in this?" I asked the Merchant as I held up the box.

"That contains an exact replica of the spider that turned Miles Morales into Spiderman." I smiled and asked how much it was. "Hmm, Let's say 15 dollars." I nodded and placed it along with all of the other items I was getting. "All of that will be 95 dollars." He said holding out his hand.

I gave him a solid 100 dollar bill and told him to keep the change. He smiled and took the money and put it inside his cloak. I took the arm blade and put it on, the blade itself actually pretty big as it was able to touch the top of my head to the floor. I then put the box in my pocket and put the feather behind my ear. "Enjoy your purchases my viral friend." The Merchant once again said creepily before a wave of nausea passed over me.

Somewhere in the Everfree Forest

Slowly I woke up to the feeling of something trying to bite me but was not successful in the slightest. I got up and saw that a group of large wooden wolves were trying to bite my legs off but had little to no success. I panicked and moved my arm across my chest before backhanding the wolves with a massive, club like appendage that was covered in spikes.

The wolves were demolished and their pieces scattered around the clearing I was in. I breathed heavily as I watched the club turn back into my hand in a swirl of black and red tendrils. The transformation looked exactly as it did in Prototype. After a few minutes of freaking out, I finally calmed down and noticed a note in one of my pockets. Taking it out, I began to read.

Good morning Mr. Mercer. This note is a run down of all your powers and where you are. Welcome to the magical world of Equus, a world filled with all sorts of mystical and magical creatures. The land you currently reside in is called Equestria. This land is ruled by three alicorn princesses with a fourth ruling over another kingdom. The rest are generally called ponies but have three different races, and a fourth being the alicorns.

Number one is the Earth Ponies, they are very strong and have a strong connection to the world around them. Number two is the Pegasi, they have large, strong wings which help them fly. They can also interact with clouds and use they to create the weather. And Number three is the Unicorns, they can always be identified by the horn protruding from their foreheads. They can use and control magic. What they can do with that magic? Just wait and find out.

Now then, onto your powers. Obviously you have the powers of both Alex Mercer and James Heller, the two protagonists of the two Prototype games. You can also choose which of them you wish to be as you have both of their DNA alongside yours. You also have the DNA of an Alicorn from the feather you bought. And finally you have the powers of Spiderman. Webs included. You also have invisibility and electrical venom.

But you'll have to learn how to use those, can't make it too easy after all. Oh, and one last thing, your about to be in the middle of a war.

Signed; The Merchant.

Re-reading the letter a few times, I ran my hand through my hair as I wondered what to do next. I then heard yelling and shouting in the distance as I sighed. "Guess it's time to play hero." I began running in that direction as I then noticed something. I was fast, faster than most cars in fact. And I could just run into a tree and smash right through it like it was paper. I began to smile as I pushed myself to go faster.

Fluttershy tried her hardest to run to Zecora's hut, trying to seek refuge from the three Caribou chasing her down. "Come on you little bitch, just stop so we can fuck your tight little cunt." One of them shouted as he prepared to throw something. It was three rocks attached to three pieces of rope that were tied together.

Before he could though, all four of them heard a loud crashing noise as something was running through the trees. The three Caribou stopped, and tried to find the origin of the noise. Just then, A large black and red knife made of some kind of material pierced the stomach of one of the three who was then pulled into the forest. The other two heard the screams of their companion before it was silenced with a sickening crunch.

All were quiet as they waited for the one responsible for the noise. Just then, the same Caribou ran back to them, fear in its eyes before it collapsed in front of the other two. "Something's out there, we have to get out here, forget the girl and run!" The two went to hoist the fallen Caribou when suddenly four large claws ripped through each of their stomachs as they were lifted in the air.

"Heh, that was almost too easy." The Caribou said as it was wrapped in a plethora of tentacles. When they were absorbed into the body, it revealed a man in a black leather jacket with a red design on the back, a hood covering his head to hide his face and head. He also had a pair of blue pants with black shoes covering his feet.

Fluttershy watched in horror as the other two Caribou were wrapped in the same tentacles and were seemingly absorbed by the man, but to her, the stallion. After the tentacles were gone, he slowly turned to face her. Fluttershy felt the color drain from her body as the 'stallion' began to walk closer. She could do nothing but close her eyes as she waited for the end to come.

What she didn't expect was the kind voice and warm hand on her shoulder. "Hey now, I'm not going to hurt you. I only did what I did to protect you. Please, open your eyes. I'm not going to hurt you, promise." Despite her fear, Fluttershy did so and looked into the crystal like blue of his eyes. "There we go. Can I have your name please?" He asked as he knelt down to make himself seem smaller.

"Oh, um. M- my name is Fluttershy." She spoke as she was helped to her hooves.

"That's a nice name. My name is Alexander James Mercer, but most just call me Mercer. I know what those Caribou did and I am so sorry you had to go through that. I also know what they are planning. You have a friend in these woods?" Fluttershy could only nod. "Good, go to them. The Caribou are afraid of this forest so they probably won't come in here. The farther in you go, the safer you'll be. Try to head as deep in as possible and hide there until I can come back and give the all clear, okay?"

Fluttershy understood most of what the stallion said as she nodded once more. The stallion smiled and turned before kneeling down. Then, he was gone with a cloud of dust as the ground deformed underneath him. Fluttershy could only watch as the stallion began to head towards Ponyville. Deciding to follow his words, she began to run to Zecora's home, knowing exactly where to go afterwards.

After I had consumed the three Caribou, I knew of the invasion, what they did to Fluttershy's home, and where they came from. Their end goals sickened me, leaving me with no remorse for their deaths. In fact, I almost enjoyed the feeling of my biomass sliding into their bones, the crunch of them as I consumed the skull and brain. I shook the thought off as I began to glide over the forest towards the small town of Ponyville and already I could see numerous fires in the distance.

"Damn, this isn't war, this is a massacre. Where is the army of this nation? The police, marines, or whatever they have here? First things first though, I need to consume a Commander or some kind of higher up." I said to myself as I approached the edge of the Everfree forest. Landing outside of it, I looked at the burning rubble that was once the home of Fluttershy. The Caribou had set it ablaze to draw her out but didn't expect her to be so fast when she ran from them.

Heading towards town, I noticed more burning buildings as a great amount of Caribou were going up a mountain that held a large city on the side of it. 'That might be the capital.' I thought with dread. I needed to make a decision, save this town of save the capital. But if I stopped the army from invading the capital, then the rest should disperse. At least, they should. But if that was the capital, at least some military will be there, buying it some time.

This town didn't have time though. Making a decision I jumped towards the center of town and began to glide towards the center. Oddly enough, the main body of Caribou was at the edge of town, surrounding a large crystal like castle. Noting that, I landed in the center of town, crushing a Caribou in the process.

All attention turned to me as I picked up one of the pieces of brain that were still on my shoe. Seeing all attention on me, I consumed what was left of the body, blood and all. While the ponies looked like they were going to be sick or shit their pants, the Caribou were a mix of the latter and being furious with the death of one of their friends. As they began to charge at me, I smiled as I let their spears run into and through my body.

The Caribou grinned as they thought they had killed me but were shocked as I only yawned. "Is that all you can do? Pity." I turned my body into a mass of tendrils and went beneath the spears. I then sprung back up and pushed them all away from me. I turned one arm into the Whipfist while the other turned into a large blade, a bit longer than my body. "Now, my turn."

I spun in a circle, cutting through a small group of three Caribou like they were butter. I consumed their bodies and went to the next few. I saw one trying to run but a quick thwip of the Whipfist and he was impaled. I him brought back to me where I punched his face with enough force to fell a tree. His head exploded in a shower of red mist, small chunks of bone, and gray matter. The remains were quickly consumed after that. "Mmm, the blood from that one was delicious, anyone else feel like running?" I said as I made my eyes glow red.

I didn't actually taste the beings I consumed, but they didn't know that. Several ran at me as a few Caribou began to run towards the castle. Worried about the ones coming at me, I jumped into the air, turning the Whipfist and arm blade into the Hammerfists. The density of them made me fall faster towards the ground as I smashed into it, as well as a few reckless Caribou. I instantly began to consume them as I looked for my next target.

Seeing a single Caribou left, holding a dagger against the throat of a white mare with what must have been a once stylish indigo mane that now had burn marks and was a complete mess. Beside the Caribou was a small filly who was reaching out for the mare as an orange mare held her back, tears in her own eyes as she stared up fearfully at what was happening.

I growled as I slowly lowered my stance, and in minutes I was surrounded by a good chunk of the force that had been attacking the castle. But this only made me smile. I cried out in false pain as I began to curl in on myself, tendrils surrounding my body as I prepared to unleash an attack. All the ponies and caribou stared at me wearily as they all started to back away.

Then, I exploded. Hundreds of tendrils shooting out and piercing the bodies and heads of all the caribou. I made sure to only aim for the Caribou, making sure to not hurt the ponies. I then absorbed them into my body, feeling their bodies be turned into biomass as I did so.

Once I had consumed them all, I stood up and breathed a sigh of relief. I looked around, seeing all the ponies starting to back away from me more fearfully. It stung as I knew that after all of this, I would be seen as a monster. But I didn't care. I would still save them. I was about to run towards the crystal castle when I felt a small furry hand tug on mine.

Looking down, I saw the same filly from before. She had a small smile as she held my hand. I knelt down, holding her hand in mine. "Thank you for saving us mister, I don't know what I would have done if you hadn't saved my sister." Looking up, I saw the orange mare from before hugging the white mare as they cried into each other's shoulders.

I smiled and nodded, standing up once more. "Come on, your sister must be worried about you as well." I walked the small filly over to the pair, the sound of my footsteps causing them to turn towards me. They gasped in fear as they started to back away but stopped when they saw that I was holding the hand of the small filly.

"Go on, I don't think they want me any closer." I said to the filly who nodded and ran to her sister. I watched as the two embraced each other, hugging each other tightly which brought a smile to my face. I turned to leave when I heard a voice call out to me.

"Wait! Please." I looked back to see the white mare looking at me. "Thank you for saving me, as well as the rest of the town. But who are you?" She asked me as she held onto her sister.

"My name is Alex Mercer. But most just call me Mercer. Oh, and I ran into a pony called Fluttershy in the Everfree forest. There is going to be a camp somewhere deep in the forest. Find her, and you find the camp."

"Fluttershy?! Is she safe?!" Asked the orange pony. I nodded.

"She was about to be caught by those monsters. But I stopped them. For now, the Everfree is the safest place to be. Until I get rid of every last one of these monsters, that is the safest place to be. Gather as many supplies as you can and head there." I said before I lept away. As I traveled towards the castle, I killed as many Caribou as possible with the Whipfist.

When I finally landed in front of the castle, the large golden doors were opened. I growled as I raced into the castle, the virus giving me a boost in speed. As I got deeper inside, I began to notice that I didn't even know where to go. Stopping, I tried to use my thermal vision but seeing nothing I used my hunter vision.

This time, I did see something. A group of Caribou surrounding an alicorn mare. They were all right above me. Grinning, I changed my hands into the Hammerfists and prepared to jump.

Twilight cried as she tried to cover up her naked body, her magic unavailable thanks to the anti-magic ring on her horn. Her clothes had been ripped off by Caribou who were now looking at her hungrily. But just as one of them began to approach her, the floor erupted behind her. She closed her eyes and covered her head as screams of pain and the sound of crunching bones and splattering of blood surrounded her.

In minutes, all was silent until she heard a voice. "Hey, are you alright?" Looking up, she saw a stallion looking down at her while offering her a hand. Slowly, she reached up and grasped it.

"Uh, umm. Yeah. Thank you sir. But who are you?" Twilight asked the strange looking stallion.

"My name is Alex, Alex Mercer. But you can call me Mercer. We need to head to the Everfree Forest. I'm going to clear out the rest of the town and then I'll join you in the forest. I'll also make sure we aren't followed." The stallion said as he opened a large window. "Oh, and uh, sorry about the floor." He then jumped out the window, the force behind said jump was enough to fracture the floor and some of the wall of her bedroom.

She could only stare at the spot the stallion had launched himself from, fearful awe on her face. After a bit, she shook her head and tore off the anti-magic ring as she made a new set of clothes appear on her body. She could study the super stallion later, right now she needed to gather some supplies. Right now though, she could only hope that Spike was alright in Canterlot.