//------------------------------// // [13] Misunderstood B̧̲͙͔̫̗͙̾̈̑̽̄̌͊̂ę̙͔̬̟̂̔͂̾͋͋͘͟͞a̢̜͇̞̺̰͐̔̇̿̌̈̊͠͠ͅû̶̲͕̤̤͍̭̳̽͐͆̑̇̀͋͘͜ţ̮̤̳̟̣͈̟̠̒̑͊̽͗͑͟y̵̧̢̡͔̪͍̘̳̾̀͛͆̑͒͐̇͠ // Story: The Chronicles of a Lost Angel [Refined Edition] // by Nova Borealis //------------------------------// Necra Twilight and Luna look at the projection before them of Necra in the cockpit of the Sirus, she gets increasingly uncomfortable. "P-please don't hate me...I-I was just looking around and I found this thing and it did this when I fell in." said Necra in an increasingly desperate tone as if she just killed some one. "Ok, just calm down...and give use the story of how you got there." said Twilight in an attempt to see reason in this strange situation. "When I got back to my hive in southern jungle my general tried to assassinate me, I escaped my hive and made it to Ponyville in an attempt to find a small chance of survival..." said Necra, as she explains the two princesses before her look worried yet skeptical. "My hive managed to gash my leg before I escaped, so I came here barely alive...I saw Alpha Base and...I don't know...from what I've been told I was found passed out at the front door and was taken to the medical bay, they patched me up and I asked Serena to be her assistant since I have no where to go." said Necra in a descending tone. Part of Twilight thinks she's lying but given her behavior at the meeting she decided to give her the benefit of the doubt. "...So what happened to your hive? Won't they try and take you back if their's no queen?" asked Twilight. "Yes, but the likelihood of an attack on Ponyville with Alpha Base being so close is unlikely...plus I-I know what they'll do to me if they find me..." she said as that last part gives her the shudders. "And, just what WILL they do to you?" asked Luna still skeptical giving Twilight feel uneasy as she has read enough books to know that happens in Necra's situation should she be captured. "...A-a changeling hive has two leaders, the Queen who is in charge of the over all the hive and the king who is charge of strategic planing of the security or activities during wartime...If...their is no queen then the hive will surely die unless she gives birth to a new queen...a-and in order for that to happen...I must be impregnated by the king..." said Necra as feels slightly insulted and embarrassed as well as a bit of fear can be heard in her voice. "So?" said Luna not getting a straight answer. "I'll be raped ok!" said Necra a bit annoyed by the night princess, she recoils back a bit at the sudden bust of negative emotion. "...Well we got a changeling queen on our side now, thats good right?" suggested Starlight walking over to the scene. "I'm just here to do research...in fact Serena herself is the most fascinating thing I've seen..." said Necra thinking back to the readings she got on her when she scanned her for love emotions. "I'm sure...but I advise not trying to pose a threat to her, she is the one who did this to me...you...don't want to know." said Luna looking at her foreleg noticing the burn scars. "I...suppose your right about that...But I'm not your enemy, I've wanted nothing but peace with your kind...clearly my children did not have the same goals...soon or a later they will come for me so I think it would be best to put up some defenses around the town, I'll help in any way I can should you require it." said Necra regaining her composure. "I'll keep you updated." said Twilight. "Me as well." said Luna, Twilight terminates the call. Necra flaps her wings to try and get out of the cockpit but finds she can't, after a few moments she gives up. "Agh...how do I get out of here...isn't their en eject button or something?" she said to no one in particular, but 3 seconds after she said eject the controls and HUD vanish as the rings move back into the platform, Necra is slowly lifted back up as a hard light floor materializes under her to give her footing. Necra smirks and says "I'm going to like it here..." Necra wanders the Sirus, she ends up in the hanger, she begins to think about Serena, she must be confused...maybe some social contact will comfort her. Necra takes note of her surroundings, some the objects stored in here must be vehicles. She notices the large open hanger bay door and flies towards it, she sees a few ponies look at her in fear. Necra lands softly on the ground with a nervous smile, she approaches them very slowly. One of the ponies is a unicorn mare with a mint green coat, yellow eyes and harp cutie mark, while the other is a beige earth pony mare with blue eyes and a blue and pink mane. The earth pony take a defensive stance, ready to attack. (Lyra and Bon Bon) "Oh uh...s-sorry for bothering you...I'll let you two do your thing..." said Necra as she begins to walk away. "Wait...so your not here to invade?" asked the earth pony. "No, that's Chrysalis's deal, my hive tried to kill me so escaped and came here, now I'm Serena's new assistant." explained Necra. "Why did they do that?" asked the unicorn. "I tried to make friends with you ponies and tried to find alternative ways for harvesting love with out damaging the host so both of us benefit and not just one...and they apparently tried to steal one of Serena's ships while we were suppose to be having a peaceful meeting between nations." said Necra to the two ponies. "Oh yeah I heard of that, didn't she kill a few changelings?" said the unicorn. "I told my general to only guard me and supply input if needed...as it turns out he's the one who ordered to steal her ship, and surprise surprise, he tried to assassinate me in my sleep...honestly they can burn in Tartarus for all I care now..." said Necra as she says that last part with disgust. "So your not going to try and steal our love?" said the earth pony. "I should last at least a month...but I suppose I'll need to figure that out eventually...but I mean you no harm!" said Necra, adding that last part as to not scare the ponies. "Oh, well I'm Bon Bon and this is Lyra." said Bon Bon as she gets more relaxed. "My name is Necra." said Necra. After a few minutes of talking I tell them I'm looking for the Aperture Labs they say they don't know and leave but Bon Bon comes back. "One of the sentinels told me that their's a gravity lift in those towers, they should lead you to the labs." and with that said she leaves. Necra flies over to the east watch tower and lands at the base of it. Before her is a large tower built into the wall. She sees a door and approaches it only to slide open for her to walk in. The room is tall and reaches up to the top of the tower, 15 feet above the floor built into the wall is a large assortment of wires and circuitry a few bright white lights. The well is covered with large quantum converters big enough to form and launch small missiles inside them however they are higher up, everything inside the tower doesn't seem to be finished as their are still many worker sentinels working on the machinery. The floor is black with a hole in the center and a hard light floor covering it. Necra walks over to it and stands on it. Thinking back to the Sirus's cockpit when she said eject this might be voice activated as well. "Down." said Necra, in response the hard light disappears and Necra gets suspended in a controlled fall down to the Aperture Labs. After falling for 1 minute Necra gracefully lands in a large cavern like room, on the other side is what looks like an office building. The building has white walls and windows, inside the building are a few offices with the bottom floor being a lobby. Necra flies over to it and enters the lobby. The floor is a brown carpet with the walls being pale yellow, to the right Necra sees a counter with no one there, no one to answer when you ring that little bell. To the left are a few couches and chairs surrounding an oak coffee table along with a black monitor built in the wall. At the end of the room she sees another door with a monitor on it, with the words "WELCOME" on it. Necra walks over to the door for it to open, to her surprise its a small white room with another identical door on the other side but with no monitor. She enters the small room in confusion, only for the door behind her to close. "Beginning decontamination sequence." said an automated male like voice, after it says this the air becomes tingly as small sparks of light are seen everywhere, Necra shivers at this as she feels both warm and cold in an uncomfortable fashion. When the process is over she feels a million times cleaner, as if every single spec of dirt and microscopic organism has been vaporized from every inch of her skin. The door opens and Necra slowly walks out of the room. The room before her is much larger then she thought, so large that its mostly shrouded in darkness. A few lights can be seen on the very large cubic frame fills the room. Necra soon notices some parts of the frame are covered with white panels that are attached to rails that cover the frame. Necra notices she is standing on one of these white panels now. She notices a large collection of panels coming from the frame and even small wormholes are arranged in to form a room off in the distance. Necra flies over to it, she then looks for an opening, to find one in the ceiling. After that she flies in to find the room is well lit and composed by white panels, with the only thing in the cubular room is red couch, with Serena laying on it. She doesn't seem to notice her even though she is looking at the ceiling motionless. Necra lands next to her and notices her eyes are open but her irises seem to be changing in shape slightly as many small symbols can be seen. Necra leans in to get a closer look but is careful not to touch her. Serena's eyes are still indeed blue but now that she gets a closer look she notices her pupils are like a hyper advanced camera with built in sensors with complexity beyond that of her comprehension. Looking towards her iris she sees many the small symbols are actually numbers and circular lines all are moving in a circular pattern an such a way that Necra can only assume she must be processing a massive amount of information right now, given that her face is slightly red she must be hot. Serena blinks and her eyes return to normal as her vents push out steam, her face return to normal. ====== Serena CONCLUSION: Artificial souls are one of the most advanced technological creations in the Empire, I am the Angel Class Sentinel Type Alpha Serena, I am a weapon built for long range and high speed combat, the only magical abilities I am currently aware of are self regeneration, G force control and Sky Queen mode. It would be illogical for my creator to install an MEAI instead of an AI as MEAIs generate power, and do not use power. ERROR: Multiple factors still remain unknown due to memory corruption. TASK: activating cooling system NOTE: Why do I feel unknown emotions about this information... ALERT: A life form has been detected. I wake up from data processing to see Necra inches from my face, she recoils back to give me some space. "S-sorry I just thought you had some questions...Are you...ok" Said Necra with a hint of shyness. "Y-yes...thank for your concern." I say to her. I begin to feel a small spark of happiness...as if I'm relived that some one came to see me. Necra gives me a small smile and says "You always seem so sad...I thought you could use some company...Or you know...some one to relate too." said Necra. I feel that strange feeling from before in my chest at her gesture...I...don't think I've been treated this way before. I begin to notice her appearance with greater detail then before. Necra's eyes are icy blue as her mane is black with a few streaks of pink in it, her horn is slightly jagged with a few holes in it, these holes must have been caused by lack of nutrition. "T-thank you..." I say to her. ====== The Crystal Empire Cadence is enjoying an afternoon walk through the town after a long day of paperwork. Waving to a few ponies who greet her. Soon all the ponies go indoors to enjoy their dinners so Cadence decides to go home as well. Being alone in the streets near her castle she suddenly feels a powerful chill blow through her, she turns around in surprise. What she sees is an angel like Serena...but this one is about half her size, as if she's a child. Her hair is pitch black with a few streaks of deep glowing violate and blood stained red, with her eyes being dark violate as well. Her outfit appears to be a black cloak reminiscent to that of a nun's outfit, except drenched with blood and torn in multiple places. Her wings are thin but razor sharp sword like spikes that curve down at a slight angle that have rings that seem to give off a dark power in their gap near the base of each spike, the wings are all dark violate but yet she gives off a black aura that would even make Nightmare Moon no even Sombra afraid of the dark. It is the single most unnatural thing Cadence has ever seen. The very light around her seems avoid her out of fear as she is sarounded by her unnaturally large shadow. She smiles in such a way that make Discord look sane and simply says. "Hello little horsy....c-could you tell me what is love is?" Her voice sounds like that of a child but yet a demented and soulless child that was so twisted that not even Saten would dare touch her, the tone her voice is curious yet genuine. Cadence steps back as she looks at this strange being, she notices that the angel is holding a severed unicorn horn leaking blood.