Tiberian Maelstrom

The house was void of life except for a mint green unicorn slowly sipping away at a cup of Joe’s and flicking the local newspapers at a snail-like pace.

She sighed, it was just another regular day in Ponyville. Her name? Lyra Heartstrings.

And she’s completely obsessed with the beings that has existed for a brief stint in time with ponykind. Humans.

Her roommate, Bon Bon, had gone out to the market to buy goods for them, leaving her lazy rump behind to rot at the boringness of the day. Little did she know, that was going to change.

She sighed again, the papers didn’t offer her any chance of excitement. Well, Twilight Sparkle’s alicornation was something but who cared? In fact, there were rumors of a group who planned to overthrow this new event.

The cup of Joe’s eventually finished, and she got up from her chair to wash it. It was going to be one heck of a day.

“Why? Why in Celestia’s beard can’t she just give me a human in the name of science?”

At that moment, she heard the loudest crash in her living room. She dropped the cup, shattering it and looked behind quivering.

“Wh-who’s there?”

She didn’t expect an answer, but she got one.

“Bloody hell! Where did you bring us to now?!”

The trio was once again on the floor of a rural house, as it seemed.

“Ugh… I don’t usually make teleports that far… Too tiring…”  They groaned as they stood up, rubbing their heads in dismay.

“How far did you bring us away from that hive?”

“Pretty darn far, let’s say about a rough estimation of ten miles,” Six replied, as his luminous eye scanned the surroundings, still a little dizzy.

“Teleporting must suck for you guys if this is what happens!” Fullerton responded as he lunged for the carbine before anything could happen. He picked up a life form nearby, hoping it was not a changeling.

“What do you see? More of these damned insects?”

“Nope! I see a… pony?” he responded as he gazed at the outline of the being he had detected.

“Wait, say that again?”

“A pony! And by the looks of it, it’s pretty damned scared of us crashin’ into wherever this is!”

They didn’t expect a respond from this pony who now stepped out into the open, looking at them with the most frightened and curious eyes ever.

“Umm…. I’m a unicorn…. And this is my, I mean our, house…”

Fullerton and Norma’s face were of shock. This unicorn can actually converse in English, pure unaltered English!

“Well, smack me in the face with a cold fish and burn me with a Purifier! It just talked!”

“Shut it! I will negotiate with this one, hopefully it will not attempt to boot us out of its residence.” Norma snarled, her time in Nod was not just limited to covert operations. She also made deals with the unwilling and the heads of many business corporations to gain funds for Nod’s many projects.

She cleared her throat as she straightened herself, her laser pistols back in their holsters. “Ahem, as we have rudely forced ourselves into your quaint residence. We would like to apologize for that.”

“N-no worries…” it replied, Norma remained still.

“My name is Norma Yanakovic, and these,” she pointed out to the recovering GDI commando and the sprawled out Scrin mastermind. “Are my allies, for now.”

The armored figure glanced at the unicorn and immediately sprung up and saluted even though it was clear she was not military.

“Lieutenant Samuel K. Fullerton here! Sorry about the house, buddy!”

“Th-that’s fine… Sam,” she responded as the figure looked back at the thing that was sprawled out in its living room, now gaining a little ground.

“That is Six, a Scrin Mastermind. He was the one who brought us here so blame him if you want to.”

“Hey! I didn’t intend to come here!”

“Shut it, Six. I don’t want to be talking to empty air while I converse with the unicorn,” Norma replied, as the unicorn continued observing them.

“M-my name is Lyra H-heartstrings…”

“That’s a fine name you got there, missy!” It was then she stopped looking at them, rather she just switched her view to their hands.

“Are… those hands…?”

“Yes, they are,” the Nod commando replied, not sure where this was going.

“…Just as I suspected… Humans…” Lyra suddenly started going deep toned, causing Norma to pull her hands back towards the pistols. She suddenly jumped towards Norma.

“HANDS! HANDS! I WAS NOT CRAZY AFTER ALL!”

“Whoa there! Simmer down, missy! You’re gonna cause a helluva commotion out there!”

“It doesn’t matter! I knew it! Humans did exist!” she jumped out into the air, causing the three soldiers to look at her with the feeling that she was mentally disturbed.

“They were all wrong! I was right!” At that moment, she heard the clicking of something, and felt something jab her in the sides. She mumbled more incomprehensible words before she fell asleep.

“What did you do Fullerton!?”

“Relax, tranquilizer rounds! I don’t even know why I have them!”

“Will you two shut up? You just shot a sentient being of this world! With a sleep dart!”

“She was psycho! Cuckoo in the head!” Fullerton complained, he was no better. Looking back the sleeping unicorn, he started to feel a little bad for shooting her.

“Well, I do suppose I feel a little bad…”

“You should be, you armored dickbag!”

“Weeeell, excuse me Princess! I’m sorry that I shot your pet unicorn in the side with a tranq round! What am I suppose to do now? Wake her up with my boot in her face?” Fullerton responded defiantly.

“…Alright, you win. Now what do we do?”

“We’re in Lyra’s residence. She just stated that she lives with someone else, I’m guessing that roommate of hers must’ve gone out if she hasn’t noticed all of the ruckus. So our best bet is to either stay hidden in her residence until she comes back or wait for my Blink pack to recharge and warp us outta here.”

“I think I’ll choose the second one!” Fullerton boomed as he swapped magazines again, back to the incendiary rounds.

“Where are these accursed beings?!” cursed Chrysalis as she travelled further away from the hive.

“Maybe if you looked farther rather then circling like a few kilometers from your hive, you can find them!” responded Discord, while facepalming miles away.

“That’s a good idea, Discord…”

“Wanna know why? Because I can think!”

“You dare insult my intelligence?” spat out Chrysalis at this remark.

“I do, ‘cause I’m the Spirit of Disharmony and I can do whatever I want!” Discord replied, not caring a single bit as he sent chocolate rain heading for the hive.

“Shut your insignificant trap!”

“Nuh-uh!”

“Grr….” She snarled. “After I am done with these creatures, I’m coming after you next!”