There was a sad sigh as Corrosion Abyss floated through the air on his back.

“So many years have passed by, and so many creatures’ adventures have come to an end,” said the void creature in a sad tone.

So far, less than six years have passed by, and Corrosion Abyss has spent them in the void, alone. He has continued watching universes and has even checked up on the human-based Equestrian universes too, some of which have their own forms of magic. There was even one that appeared out of nowhere and was connected to the Prime Universe through a magic mirror, but it could not keep Abyss’ attention. Some of the universes that Corrosion Abyss were watching either they had lost connection to or the adventures in that universe had ended completely. It had saddened the void creature/

“Even the Prime Universe is going through the same thing. Twilight and her friends’ adventures are over, and they’ve lived out their lives,” he lamented.

The void creature has been watching the Prime Universe even after Twilight had become ruler of Equestria. Time was progressing by fast in that universe as many, many years had passed by every time Corrosion Abyss had checked for some strange reason. Like the universe itself was trying to reach some point in time in the future.

They sat right up and opened up a portal, which was now currently viewing the non-pony mare’s universe. “Emerald Gleaner is so lucky. She’s not a pony, yet she has friends, a marefriend, a family, you name it,” said the void creature to itself. Corrosion Abyss sighed sadly. “It wouldn’t hurt to ask her for some advice on what to do about this.”

The void creature headed for the portal and went right through it.

Meanwhile-On the Other Side of the Portal

Emerald was having a conversation with Twilight about something, while Spike was reading a comic book, and some pegasus filly was drawing. The non-pony mare was in the middle of talking before her eyes shot wide open as, suddenly, the air behind the alicorn opened up as a hole that contained a void of darkness appeared, and out came Corrosion Abyss.

Emerald got into a battle stance. “Twilight! Behind you!” warned the non-pony mare.

She turned around and saw the void creature. “Aah!” shouted Twilight, jumping back. The alicorn quickly galloped over to Emerald’s side.

“Spike, protect Navi, and Navi, stay put,” ordered the non-pony mare.

Hearing that, the dragon kid stood protectively in front of Navi. “You got it, Emerald,” he confirmed.

The pegasus filly wanted to help out the two mares but decided to wait and see. “Okay, mama,” she said.

Emerald looked at the void creature as her form changed into that of a human girl. Not only that, but the now human’s hands turned into sharp claws. Emerald was prepared to fight if Corrosion Abyss tried to harm the others. “Who are you, and what do you want?” she demanded.

“I…NEED…” said the void creature, trailing off.

They waited for him to finish, wondering what the void creature wanted.

“...Advice,” finished Corrosion Abyss.

They were left speechless.

A Few Minutes Later

The void creature was now floating above a chair while the non-pony mare and Twilight were sitting on the couch, while Navi and Spike were by their sides.

Corrosion Abyss was currently explaining everything, while keeping out the human part, to the two while keeping an eye on Emerald as the non-pony mare was also keeping an eye on them. From what the two had told the void creature, apparently appearing from another universe, a zombie stallion and his pet zombie bunny, and some sort of differently-acting Pinkie Pie with straight hair had visited them a few months ago. It seems that the three’s presence had scared the four. With the event that happened a few weeks ago, they didn’t want to leave it up to chance that Corrosion Abyss was an enemy or some sort of terrifying creature bent on destroying them all or something in line with that concept. At least the misunderstanding was cleared up.

“So you see, I don’t know what else I should do. I tried gardening by creating and growing some new kinds of fruits and vegetables that grow in the void, and I read some new books I got from other universes, but neither helps anymore,” said the void creature, finishing. “What do you think I should do?”

Emerald was silent for a while, so the alicorn decided to answer his question.

“Well, you could try and make friends the old-fashioned way: Walking up to and talking with others. After all, there must be some ponies from those other universes you were talking about that might become friends with you,” advised Twilight.

“I’m a creature of the void. Who’d want to be friends with me?” said Corrosion Abyss.

“We would,” answered the alicorn, truthfully. She was afraid of them, but was feeling bad for the void creature.

That did make him feel slightly happy. “Thanks, but I’m talking about ponies from other universes. I bet anyone would either run in fear of me or try and fight me,” said Corrosion Abyss. “Finding a pony who wants to be friends with me is going to be hard.” The void creature sighed. “You two are lucky to have a family. If I had a family of my own, I’d…”

Suddenly, Corrosion Abyss had an idea. One that’d just might work.

“Wait, that’s it,” said the void creature.

Now the non-pony mare was confused. “What’s it?” she asked.

“I’ll just create my own family from the void itself. After all, I created my home in the void, so I should be able to do that too,” responded Corrosion Abyss.

Corrosion Abyss now feeling both optimistic and determined, opened up a portal back to the void.

“I’ll let you two know if it worked. Thanks for advice,” said the void creature.

Before anyone could ask them, Corrosion Abyss went through the portal with it closing behind him. Now that the void creature was back home, it was time to get to work on creating the first member of his family.

Some Time Later

Corrosion Abyss was working hard as he was currently using the very essence of the void itself to shape into being some sort of being. Right now, the void creature was putting on the finishing touches for the design.

“There. She’s finished,” said Corrosion Abyss. The void creature felt relieved as Corrosion Abyss was finally finished with creating their child who was standing right in front of the void creature.

The filly looked around, confused, wondering where she was. Eventually, the filly’s eyes landed on Corrosion Abyss, staring up at him, not scared of the way the void creature looked.

“Hello there, my name is Corrosion Abyss, your creator. Your name is ‘Little Fraise’,” the void creature informed. “You’re the first of my creations, but since we’re a family and you’re my daughter, you can call me ‘dad’ or ‘father’.”

Corrosion Abyss floated down to Little Fraise and carefully picked her up in his claws. Then, the void creature hugged the filly, but not a full hug.

“Even though I can’t hug you because of my current form, I’d like you to know that I’m so glad that you were born, my daughter. This day will be your birthday,” said Corrosion Abyss. “Happy birthday, Little Fraise.”

Little Fraise didn’t say anything, preferring instead to attempt to hug her ‘father’ with a smile on her face.

Author's Note

It's June 2023 for Corrosion Abyss now. Corrosion Abyss and Emerald Gleaner meeting happened some point after some event that happened during the current Emerald Gleaner story. I'm not telling you because it'd spoil their story. Emerald Gleaner, Navi, and their AU belongs to Legionary.

Little Fraise is an OC made by pippobank, who I adopted her from. I had commissioned lumiere-angel-90 to make the drawing of Little Fraise.

The Psychopath proofread this chapter.

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