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// Fear (Cleaned) 
// Story: Taste Their Fear 
// by BalloFur 
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To some it is known as the Outside, to others it is the Unknown. To most, however, it is called the Void. It is a timeless place inhabited by various seemingly intelligent entities who, for reasons beyond human understanding, have the desire to gain entrance to and vitiate the worlds outside their realm. 

These creatures are called "Voidborn". Some Voidborn however, can be summoned from the Void or from somewhere else entirely.

“My Queen! Please reconsider!” shouted a changeling as it pleaded, lying in a stone pedestal surrounded by various enchantments.

“Silence! Your sacrifice is for the greater good of the Hive!” shouted Queen Chrysalis as she glared at the Drone sacrifice.

“It is for that exact reason that I implore you to reconsider, my Queen! The creature you are about to summon is an unknown force that may cause the further Downfall of the Hive! The Enchanting Chains are not yet ready, there is only a 20% chance that it’ll work!” pleaded the Drone.

“Then we wait for more of our kind to die?! Day by day, more of our people, more of MY children die of disease and starvation! I have waited long enough. I've pleaded, begged and lowered myself to dirt just so my children could feed, but that stuck-up Harlot of a Princess would not listen to reason. She has pushed me too far and I would pay any price” wiping the tears on her eyes “Any loving Mother would do everything in her power for her children, even if it meant getting their hands dirty” ended Queen Chrysalis as tears from her eyes continued to flow, thus silencing his sacrificial lamb.

Noticing that her sacrifice conceded to her words, Queen Chrysalis recomposed herself and continued the ritual. The Ritual that would either save her hive or the final driving force to their inevitable extinction, either way this is their last chance.

Reciting Incantation after incantation, Queen Chrysalis poured every last energy she had left to the sacrificial circle, where the sacrificial drone was located. As beads and strings of magic swirled and engulfed the Sacrificial Drone, a black and endless void engulfed the frame of the Changeling Drone; Working its way from the Changeling’s hooves, up to its horns. The Changeling Drone was now as black as the Night Sky complete with little dots of light that can be mistaken for stars.

Seeing this as a sign; Chrysalis continued to utter the final phrases of the enchantments and channeled the last of her magic onto the Changeling Sacrifice. As the last of the Incantation spoken, the sacrificial Changeling fired its black void of a shell in front of him, creating a Void-like portal that swirled in circle.




“A Summoner has been Disconnected”




As the flow of Magic stopped and dissipates into thin air, the sacrificial Changeling slowly floated back down to the stone pedestal, panting heavily with closed eyes and so did Queen Chrysalis due to her Magic also being drained from her. Not only did she need magic to make the portal, she also needed enough stamina to enchant the seals just next to the portal in front of them.

Swirling and swiveling, the Void Portal was in constant motion, emanating large masses of Magic, looking with a satisfied smile; Chrysalis stood from her position and wobbled slowly to the portal as she trotted ever so closer to the portal, anticipating for her Trump card. The sacrificial Changeling much to his relief, attempted to join his Queen, Only for him to be beheaded within a second as two violet colored saw-like blades erupted from the portal and scissor cutting the unexpected victim.

With Eyes full of shock and a tinge of fear, Chrysalis couldn't believe her eyes, as the two saw-like appendages planted themselves in the stone floor with a loud crack seemingly pulling itself from the portal. As a shell-like violet head complete with antennae, slowly reveals itself from the void portal.

Shivering from where she stood, not letting her eyes dart away from the portal, as the blood of her child that lay lifeless on the floor crept to her hooves. Chrysalis stared at the sight before her; An insect-like creature emerging from the portal with insect like wings resembling their own, its shell covered with scratches and traces of wounds, its purple shell glistening in the light that the portal is emitting, A creature that resembles a praying mantis in form and shape but a million fold more frightening and deadly, stared at the dead Changeling in front of it, eye’s glowing a bright white, like a singular star in the endless dark sky of the night.

In Chrysalis eyes, she saw upon Fear incarnate as her legs finally broke out from the creature in front of her. Backing herself ever so slowly to the stone cold walls of the dark room, the creature approached its prize and gorily started to devour it.

As Chrysalis’s mind finally started to work, she realized that the one and only trump card is in place, recomposing herself she activated the Enchantment Seal, trapping the creature of the void in a bubble like sphere together with her dead child. Smiling with her work but disgusted with herself, Chrysalis approached the sphere of the creature and gazed upon it as it continued to devour her child mercilessly, not even caring for the sphere in which it is trapped in.

Mildly irritated and fear still creeping in her heart. Chrysalis pounded her hoof onto the enchanted sphere prison trying to get the attention of the creature.

“Y-y-you! Abomination! Stop what you are doing and look at me!” Chrysalis commanded as she glared at the creature with whatever façade she could conjure. But the creature did not comply; it only devoured her child mercilessly as if not caring for the Queen just beside it.

“I know you can hear me you foul and primitive beast! Look at me or face the wrath of the changeling Queen!” bellowed Chrysalis, her irritation rising up.



*HaH! Hahahaha!*



Laughed the creature with a slight gurgling sound due to the blood of the dead Changeling, it was both demonic and fearful, as the Creature slowly turned to Chrysalis with its sharp fangs drenched in Changeling blood and a seemingly demonic smile plastered in its face.

Chrysalis façade faltered and stepped back a little, but she found her courage as she was reminded of the Prison the creature was in. The power of the enchanted prison was so strong that it could even trap Celestia or Luna for as much as Chrysalis wanted.

“What’s so funny creature!?” asked Chrysalis with a scowl in her face. The creature did not answer though; it only stood to its full height and continued to look at Chrysalis with its demonic smile never leaving its face.

“Answer me!” shouted Chrysalis, her anger reaching a boiling point. But something ominous tugged at her heart. An unseen threat, it was like she was staring at her own demise.

“Your fear tastes…….Delicious!” cooed the Creature as the spikes on its shoulders shot out with a purple void-like magic, shattering the Enchanted Sphere like a broken glass.

With her façade utterly broken in an instant, Chrysalis fell on her posterior as the dread on her heart resurfaced as she babbled in both disbelief and in terror. Slowly backing herself onto a wall, she could not find her voice, as fear chocked the very two letter words she wanted to scream.(Help.... Me....)

Slowly approaching the Changeling Queen, the creature who fed onto the dead Changeling grunted and the dark purple shell it wore started to crack, and in a few more grunts, its shell fell onto the floor and his new carapace now replaced with a bright and blood red colored shell.

Seeing the sudden change of the creature, Chrysalis darted her eyes for the nearest exit and in that split second, the creature disappeared. Rubbing her eyes, Chrysalis looked left and right searching for the creature.

“Was it all a dream? A hallucination?” asked Chrysalis to herself slightly relaxing, but the fear in her heart still remained like a sword piercing her heart. 


She looks up.


“Consume…..and Adapt…..” whispered the creature as it clung to wall that chrysalis was on. It's face mere inches from hers, its two claws positioned at her neck.