The Zerging of Equestria

by Runa

Chapter 14. A filler.

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Broodmothers : Pink

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I awoke in the gut of a nydus worm, going to the hive. Even though I was still hurting from those memories that Johnny had pushed into my brain, I quickly pushed my consciousness out and gained control of the swarm. I was very lucky that no irreversible damage had been done, mostly because there was now a gleaming globe over the embassy. I ordered my troops to retreat and hoped for the best. Then I felt that something was off, so I asked,

"Prime Directive?" No response. I checked it and found that it was recovering from an extremely traumatic experience. I pulled away from it then and hoped for the best. It may be a genocidal maniac, but it was my genocidal maniac. It was then that I was spat out into the hive. It was a mess. Zerg bodies everywhere. It seemed that there was some infighting while I was gone. Something came to mind, and I furtively looked for Johnny. Luckily, he was nowhere to be found. I then relaxed and walked to the embassy to see if I could still fix this.

I had been shouting at the embassy for half an hour now, and the most that I'd received was a barrage of pies that were aimed with pin point accuracy. They were good pies, though. They hadn't even taken the shield down yet. I was settling in for the next half hour of shouting, when my scouts reported that there was a flying chariot coming directly towards us. It was probably the ambassador come at last. I quickly ordered my army to form a gauntlet, that extended into a landing strip. I observed the ambassador's chariot hesitate, then they grudgingly landed. I watched as the chariot went through the corridor formed by my army, to the embassy. I was at the end of the gauntlet, in front of the shield as the ambassador arrived. I noted that two embassy guards poked their heads out to see the ambassador coming. They had a brief conversation, after which they opened a small hole in the shield, one that could probably be closed extremely quickly. I then greeted the ambassador. He was a chubby, red unicorn. He wore what seemed like a robe that covered his cutie mark, and seemed unperturbed by my army. I bowed and said,

"Welcome, ambassador. I am Dahaka." The ambassador turned to look at me, and gave a slightly unnerving chuckle, that seemed to reverberate throwout the hive, as he said,

"Hello Dahaka, my name is Firm Ties. I hope that there will be little need for these formalities in future." He winked as he finished. I was confused by this. He seemed like a good person, but he was most likely a noble. What a rare combination. He glanced up at the worried faces of the embassy guard, and said,

"What's got them all riled up?" I was further confused by the casual tone.

"There was a slight mishap. Zero casualties, as far as I know. But it seemed that some of my, 'subjects' as you would say, got a little out of hand. They're very territorial, you know." Firm Ties gave a wide grin as he said,

"Oh, I know how it can get. There was a riot when I went to Gryphendel. Capital of the Gryphon Empire, you know. But I need to put a little sense into the guards, if you know what I mean." He winked again, and I began to think that perhaps Celestia had sent someone that I could get along with. But I noticed one thing as Firm Ties Chariot began to move.

"By the way Firm Ties, is that a magic mirror that you have with you?" He smiled back at me, and said,

"Why, of course! And you may call me Ties if you want!" His chariot went through the shield, and it closed quickly. I shook my head and walked further into the Hive. I checked on Prime Directive and noted that it was partially recovered. I hoped that it would wake up soon, so that I could interrogate it. I noted a disturbance in the embassy but I dismissed it as none of my business. That is, until I heard the Wilhelm Scream come from the embassy. I looked back in disbelief, and saw a heavily traumitised guard hanging from a stalactite. He was then pulled back into the embassy by a red aura. I quickly turned around and started walking again, knowing now that Firm Ties had hidden depths. It was then that I felt a foreboding feeling. I hoped that what I felt was going to happen wasn't going to happen, not now at least, but I needed to be prepared. I quickly gave the mental equivalent of a slap to the face to Prime Directive. It wasn't very good for it, because it wasn't fully recovered yet.

"Y-yes!" Prime asked. It was like it was glitching.

"Do you have the Brood Mother essence?" It paused, considering.

"Iiinnn ffaact I do!" It said. The sentence starting slow, then regaining normality as it went on.

"Could I please have it?" I hoped that it would comply.

"Indeed you may, ya just have ta say the magic word." It's sentience started out with a British accent, then changed to a horrible western one.

"Please." I sighed.

"Okay, okay. No need to be rude." It said as it 'handed' over the essence. I quickly knocked Prime Directive unconscious, and began making a Brood Mother. I made it go as fast as possible without risking damaging it. I was relieved the moment it burst from the swollen egg. She said,

"I live to serve." She bowed to emphasize this.

"These are your orders," I rattled out everything that she would need to do when I was gone. Her newly formed brain was able to grasp my orders with ease. I quickly ran to the nearest entrance to the nydus network, and jumped in. I commanded it to take me to the lake, the one that I talked to Auric in before. I ran to look in its surface and waited. And waited. Nothing happened. I finally felt Prime Directive wake up.

"What has happened?" It asked.

"I could ask what happened when Johnny took me out."

"........"

"Then you can forget about me telling you anything." I walked back to the nydus worm, and jumped in. While I was going faster than a bullet train, I came up with an idea. We had a nydus worm in another world, so we could establish an outpost. And so once I was back in the Hive, I directed a drone through the multinetwork. I needed to connect the nydus network and the multinetwork. Just something to work on later. I noted a run down shack on the other side. I didn't know if it was of any importance, but this was clearly the Everfree. The Everfree was too close to civilization for my liking. So I directed it to go somewhere that, at least in my world, was far from any ponies. I noticed that the Broodmother was staring at me, probably wondering why I was still here. I told it,

"I will be taking control for now, since I apparently don't have to leave right now." She looked away as she said,

"Very well." She said with a bow. I then had nothing to do, but guide the drone to a possible place to make a hatchery.

Author's Note:

Sorry for the long wait, but there were things. Lots of them. I also hope to have more of John, you know, the second human, in the next chapter. If I can't figure something out to actually do with him, I might just rewrite the story to not have him and his army in it. Perhaps have a gryphon invasion instead? But ether way, I am continuing the crossover with A Nightmare in Equestria in an indirect way. Also, thanks to Imperium Bedlam for editing.

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