//------------------------------// // the beginning or is it the end? // Story: T.i.e (tyranid in equestria) // by d3rpy //------------------------------// Monster. That was the only word people described him as. He had many other names over the years, friend, victim, king, prisoner, savor, Devil, Discord, and on one strange day, Mr. Nom Noms. But what defined him the most was monster. He was currently standing on a hill overlooking the town where six of his latest genetic projects where living through some clever manipulating. He has invested many years making sure these " projects" reach maturity so he can harvest them and start on the next one. As such the cycle repeats, and has for many years, standing back from his "projects" he watches them go on to be leaders or great scholars, their mutation helping them achieve greatly and prosper their race, but as always he took them. It might be soon, it might be on their deathbed, when ever he deemed the trait to be fully manifested. The poor thing is never heard from again. But later on creatures all across the world are born with such a trait. It is funny really, he's been at it for so long, they assume it to be natural and call it evolution. Thus was his ties with the world and only a few know the truth, even less are alive to tell. Quietly, he noticed a pink pony bouncing her way up the hill towards him. He quietly cursed in his native tongue and scurried away his scales silently sliding past each other as their camelon pattern splayed over then masking him from view. For you see, his chosen form and the one he preferred was that of a lictor, it chameleon scales let him easily sneak past the unassuming ponies and the versatile limb choice let get around almost too easily, of course he had made a few adjustments, flexing his tail reflexly. It was with this he " collected" samples and completed his important job to the hive mind. The experimenting to optimize the DNA configuration for new forms. " Hello? I thought I sensed a new pony coming to town but you felt different like you been here before but I never met you, which is weird cause I meet all the ponies that come but I never met you so where are you ? come on out it just your bestest friend Pinky to welcome you " "Ah yes this test subject named " Pinky", the test of synapse mixed with the greenskin logic defiance genes. This one, was one of the special six with the most promising genetic material. It was a dear of Celestia to send them all to one town, that makes them so much easier to check up on them. I should get going Pinkie is one of the only few who might be able to find me" he thought before slinking off towards the town leaving a confuse Pinky sitting there. " I know I felt somepony, I just have to find out who this mysterious some pony is. " She turned a merrily hopped back into town. Nearly running into a very surprised lictor on his way into town. " I have got to be more careful around that specimen" he trugged more carefully to town to check on the other specimens. ---------Mean While----------- Meet Twilight Sparkle, she is known to most as Celestia's personal student, and the element of magic. She is know to her friends as a loyal yet sometimes neurotic friend. And to the group in the treehouse right now she was a concerned citizen claiming a carnivores creature crept creeply in to her comfortable cottage and committed crimes. The cops conspired that the mare was the only c word she didn't use " crazy". She was swearing that last night a creature was lurking outside her house. She knew she saw it, the way the moonlight reflected, except it reflected twice. Almost as if something was trying to imitate the terrain. She swore it was big, almost the size of Princess Celestia herself. She swore it had limbs coming out of it's back like wings yet was not used for flying, almost like a praying mantis in form. She swore she heard the sound of many sharp teeth sliding pass one another. But most of all she swore she heard a voice, the voice of something long dead and yet living. Yet the cops where skeptical, something about staying up all night with " H.P. Foalcraft" and just seeing things. So afterwards she had a nice picnic except, for Pinkie who kept saying shes looking for a new pony in town. Everypony just left it for Pinkie just being random like always. They played games, sang songs and for once had a normal afternoon for the most part. So Twilight that night for save of anything else to put wrote about her whole day and how good friends can help you get your mind out of the strange things and show you the important things in life. As she was walking down the stairs to spike who was busy cooking dinner for the two of them. She idly glanced out the window and saw it. Plastered to the sky by the smoke coming from a home was the outline of the beast, a massive creature, huge for lack of a better term, talons were on it's upper arms, while on it's lower a set of claws, not unlike the ones on Spike. But unlike his, these wicked talons had only one purpose, cutting flesh. His tail, by Celestia the tail ,it was like that of a scorpion except it ended in a point so sharp it could probably cut thru the layers in a spell. But the worse image of all was the eyes. They looked right back at her, and in that moment, she was sure it knew she saw it. Then in lept into the night. " O no you don't" she scribbled the lasts words on the note then threw it at spike as she left. Who huffed and sent it then sat down to eat dinner alone. Again. I mean seriously like every night SOMEthing would go on and his dinner after working so hard on was interrupted. ------------ Canterlot -------------- Princess Celestia felt a distinctive sudder as the message poofed into existence in front of her. It read Dear princess Celestia, Today I thought I saw something while looking out my window last night. It looked like something I saw in the " foalcraft" book you sent me. I tried to tell the authorities but they assumed I was crazy. Maybe their right . well that me and the girls had a great picnic except Pinky. She keep looking for somepony. Meh she's random. Some times friends teach you what's really important in life and what to look over. Your faithful student, Twilight Sparkle Then hastily scrawed on the bottom in a very rushed and messy handwriting was " I knew I wasn't crazy, I'm chasing the beast princess, don't worry, I will prove I'm not crazy." Celestia turned to one of the ever-present guards, " Tell Luna he's back. " " Who your majesty?" "Yermgal, my student has no idea who's she's messing with. Then with a quick spell she open the window and flew to ponyville, guards to this day swear they heard the very first " sonic royalty boom"