3. Discussions
Twilight stared. “Venom?”
“Yes.”
“What are you?”
The being seemed to find that amusing. “We call ourselves the Klyntar, but your species has, fittingly, dubbed us symbiotes.”
“Right, that scientist said something about that. But, I’m still not exactly sure what you are. I’ve never seen or heard of anything like you before.”
“You wouldn’t have. We’re not from this planet.”
Twilight needed a moment to take that in. Then she said, “You’re an alien?”
“You got it.” The being seemed to circle her, though it remained attached to her body by that thick liquid. Despite its unnerving appearance, those creepy eyes and toothy grin, she still didn’t feel threatened. Somehow, she could feel its emotions, and it was more curious about her than anything. It looked her over, then came back to look at her face. “Some of my people landed here months ago. We were a scouting party, looking for new worlds to conquer. But we crash-landed, and were found by Blazing Aura of the Life Aura Center. He trapped us. We can’t survive in your atmosphere and he took advantage of it. We were imprisoned and used as test subjects in that lab, as his scientists tried to determine if we could cure your kind of chronic illnesses.”
Twilight stared at it. “You can’t survive here? But… you seem okay. Actually, you’re very strong.”
“Because I have a strong host. You. We can survive here with compatible hosts. As long as we feed regularly.”
“And… what do you need to eat, exactly?” Twilight asked, though she got the feeling she already knew.
“Meat! All my brethren are dying in there because they feed us pony diets! They refuse to listen to our calls for meat, which contains chemicals we need! So we must turn to eating our hosts, which inevitably kills them. As you saw in Rock Break.”
At Twilight’s questioning stare, he explained, “I was eating his heart when you showed up. Maybe a little bit of his brain. Don’t blame me for jumping ship.”
Twilight began pacing, resisting the urge to gag. “So Blazing is using ponies as test subjects for his experiments, and infecting them with your people. And as each of the ponies die, a new one has to take their place, to keep the symbiotes alive.”
“Yes.”
She sighed. “I see. So, what exactly do you mean when you say you were looking for worlds to conquer?”
“Exactly how it sounds. Conquer, take over, control. Many of my race say this is wrong, but they're fools who waste their time spreading peace, instead of being the great conquerors we were meant to be! So I'm part of a feared team of Klyntar who travel the universe in search of new worlds to inhabit. And this one has so many people to take over, it's perfect.”
“I will never let that happen,” Twilight said firmly.
“Luckily for you, unless we manage to send for help, we won’t be able to do it anyway. But you could free my people. You could help us get our ship back! Listen, Twilight-”
Twilight’s fur stood on end. “How do you know my name?”
“I’m part of you, I’m in your mind, I know everything about you. Twilight Sparkle, the princess of friendship. How adorable.” He clearly didn't think very highly of such a title. Twilight could feel his disdain. “Think about how you felt when we fought out of that lab. We are powerful together. All of your kind can feel that way. You can be joined with my people, all of my people once we convince them to join our side, and we can give you strength and technology beyond your imagination. We’ll become a perfect symbiotic race. We’ll have harmony. You like harmony, right?”
It almost sounded beautiful. But Twilight shook her head. “There will no doubt be ponies who want nothing to do with that. I won't let you force them into it.”
“Bah. Whatever.”
“You know, I didn't expect you to be this..." She cast around for the right word.
"This what?"
"I don't know... honest, I guess? Helpful? Talkative?"
“I don't gain anything from lying to you. We're one, now. Being honest benefits us both.”
Twilight couldn't argue that. She looked back toward the city, and shook herself off, walking away. “So you have to eat meat.”
“Yes! Preferably pony meat! Your brains are so soft and full of nutrients!”
“Not happening. We can’t just go around killing ponies.”
“Not even the bad ones?”
Twilight rolled her eyes. “It’s not up to me to judge who’s bad enough to deserve death.”
“You creatures are so kind and sentimental. It’s frustrating. Listen.” That head whipped around in front of her. “Either I eat meat, or I eat your liver. And don’t even think about trying to get rid of me. We’re bonded at the molecular level and if I don’t want to go, I won’t.”
Twilight groaned, then muttered, “I’ll eat poultry and fish occasionally. Maybe pork. Will that make you happy?”
She felt satisfaction from the creature. “Very happy!” The head disappeared, and she shivered as the liquid sank back under her coat. She could still feel the other as a sort of presence in her mind, cool but not uncomfortable.
She had so much to tell Celestia-
No, you can’t tell her!
Why not? It was strange just how used Twilight already was to talking to the creature in her mind like this.
If Blazing finds out you know, he will kill you. He’s been tormenting us into giving up knowledge to his scientists, he will not let it get out that all of his company’s success is due to aliens. Remember when Celestia told you about that reporter that died in the fire? Blazing arranged for that. I heard him talking about it to one of his guards.
Kill me? Twilight laughed out loud at that. I'm an alicorn princess. I don't know how much you know about us, but it'd be very difficult to just up and murder one of us. I doubt even Blazing's security force could pull it off. Celestia trusts me, if I tell her what I saw in there, she and the other princesses will be totally ready to blow the lid off the place. We are not going to sit back and let him keep torturing ponies. His company has done great things, sure, but progress on the backs of the innocent is no sort of progress I want.
How sweet. Well, if that’s how you feel, then go ahead. Tell Celestia, and hope that word doesn't somehow get back to Blazing, because if it does he WILL take you out first. I say we should kill him ourselves. Sneak in, track that bastard down, and eat him alive.
Twilight shook her head. No. We're getting Celestia's help and that's final.
Ugh, why did I have to get stuck in such a goody-two-hooves creature like you? Well be my guest but if you get your fellow princesses gunned down in cold blood don't come crying to me.
Twilight rolled her eyes. There was no way that was going to happen. The three other princesses of Equestria were powerful and would have no problem with this threat. She just needed to decide exactly how she was going to explain all this to Celestia, and then they would likely need to meet up to plan out their strategy before actually going after Blazing. In the meantime, she was going to try to focus on her normal duties, and get used to Venom. If she really wouldn't be able to get rid of him, she would learn to handle him. At least he seemed willing to let her control their body now. He just rode shotgun, watching everything calmly through her eyes.
Twilight really hoped the center didn’t manage to track that fiasco down to her. They would no doubt be wanting their symbiote back.
If they send anyone after us, we’ll eat them, Venom said casually.
She sighed and closed her eyes, teleporting back home.
Venom took great interest in her castle, and she ended up spending several minutes just walking around and letting him take a look at everything. While he could just access her memories of the layout, he wanted to see it all for himself. She was still hesitant about this, but she was already growing used to his presence. At least there were benefits.
They lingered in the kitchen for a while, Twilight's stomach growling loudly when she opened the refrigerator. All of a sudden she felt like she was starving, and she grabbed for a bag of whole carrots, but Venom ended up taking over control of her forelegs and just shoving them back in.
Meat. MEAT!
I don't have meat!
Then go buy meat! A few omnivores live here now right? And the supermarket now carries meat! Like chicken! Go buy some!
They're closed by now!
GAH. Then first thing tomorrow, we go shopping!
Twilight rolled her eyes and took out a carrot, chomping on it to try and quell the hunger anyway. She went over to her cabinets, searching through them before picking up a bag of chocolates and going to sit down with them, needing something sweet after today's ordeal. Once she finished the carrot, she picked out a chocolate and popped it in her mouth.
There was an immediate, fascinated reaction from Venom. Oh, that's good. Chocolate? It's... strangely satisfying.
Yeah, chocolate usually has that kind of effect on people.
No, I mean I'm not as hungry now. Strange, perhaps this could be a substitute for meat. Though I still like the taste of meat. Especially ponies.
Twilight chose not to acknowledge that last statement. Did they let you have chocolate at the center?
No. They fed us the healthiest diets they could. Perfectly optimized, they claimed. Yet their brilliant scientists failed to realize we need protein, and a particular chemical you call phenylethylamine. None of those things were in all that plant garbage. Though I'm starting to suspect this chocolate has it. Anyway, they gave us none of it. But you sense it, don't you? You can sense how much I need it.
I have to admit, you're kinda making me want meat too. I could only really tolerate certain fish before, but... chicken is starting to sound good right now.
She felt a kind of chuckle deep in her chest. Perhaps if you give some of my favorite foods a try, you'll learn to love them. And I may learn to love your favorite foods as well.
That was agreeable. Twilight went back to eating the chocolate, and Venom's eagerness may have gotten to her, because she had her face shoved all the way inside the bag when Spike walked in.
“Oh Twilight, just popping in for a snack, didn't expect-” Spike stopped, staring at her. Twilight stared back, the bag still stuck on the end of her muzzle. He slowly backed out. “Never mind, hope you enjoyed your walk.”
She dropped the bag once he was gone, licking her lips off with a tongue that was much too long. She quickly shoved it into her mouth. Do you mind not shapeshifting me like that?
Buzzkill.
Twilight stood, throwing away the now-empty bag and yawning. She really wanted to start drafting the letter to Celestia, but all that fighting had taken a lot out of her. She decided to just do it tomorrow and headed up to bed.
Venom seemed in agreement that she needed sleep, and her eyes drooped the moment she was under the covers. Still, as much as she wanted to sleep, memories of the Life Aura Center kept flashing through her head. All those miserable ponies in that underground lab. Rock Break dying under her hooves. The guards trying their best to kill her, until she fought back. She killed one of them.
She shook slightly, gathering the blankets closer to her chest and wringing them anxiously. At least one pony died as a direct result of her snooping around. Guilt flooded her, she never wanted things to go that far, why didn't she just turn around the minute she saw how heavily guarded the facility was?
If you hadn't been there, some other pony would have been taken to try and save Rock Break. Their efforts would have been in vain. And I would have bonded with them instead of you. They may not have been compatible. I may have died in their body. You were strong enough to allow me to fight our way out. You saved me from weeks or perhaps months of being tortured. But I wouldn't waste time worrying about what-ifs. What happened, happened. Now we must look forward.
Twilight swallowed, relaxing slightly. Right. Look forward. I'll try. I just can't help but think about how I could have done things differently.
Yes, I noticed that about you. You think too much. You analyze everything. Sometimes you need to just go with the flow.
Liquid crawled across her coat, and she started to shiver, but then it began to feel strangely warm, and she found herself relaxing into it like it was a blanket. Go with the flow. Hard to do when I killed somepony. When I... She lifted a hoof to her mouth. Ate him. And the worst part, he actually tasted...
Good? Mm, yes. He did, didn't he? That satisfying crunch, followed by rich, soft brain matter... Twilight's gut churned, and Venom huffed. But I see your kind frowns on that sort of behavior. You feel bad because society tells you to feel bad. I say you should stop thinking about it. Move on. One less pony to torment the Life Aura Center's victims... and more fuel in our tank.
She was just too tired to keep talking about it tonight. She needed to mull things over. “Goodnight,” she said out loud. She sensed Venom's relief at no longer needing to talk to her. He seemed annoyed at all the explaining she had made him do. But there was no real hostility toward her.
In fact, it almost felt like he was embracing her as she drifted off, and the last thing she was aware of was Venom whispering back, as if in her ear, “Goodnight.”
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This is...a lot more hero-personality Venom than I expected from having been liberated not even hours ago.
It's nice to see that Venom, while in a conqueror's mindset, isn't the rampaging psycho some comic writers portray him as.
He's smart, and he listens (albeit grudgingly) to his host.
Really digging the Twilight and Venom bonding moments. Keep it up
I see what you did there with the chocolate.
This is getting interesting, keep up.
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Yeah I'll be the first to say I think I made him nicer (and more talkative) in this than I should have. But my main reasoning is: Twilight won't shut up and he seems to at least reply when spoken to, and also he's been in ponies for a few months now so they've rubbed off on him. yeah that's my story and I'm sticking to it
First time writing him, it's a work in progress tbh. Doesn't help that there's so many different portrayals of him out there. Especially all those post-movie fanon versions. ah man
um venoms race only need a host and the stuff in brains and Chocolate they can bond to alot of shit tho like living energy somehow
I love this
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That's true. Honestly I'm just like (Fumbles all those fuckin comics along with the movie) I'm figuring things out, I guess my Venom will end up being a conglomerate of a bunch of different versions of him. I'll flesh him out (heh) better during this. But I really do appreciate anyone who's able to set me straight on stuff, he's a very unique sort of character so I like hearing more about him.
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You realize the reason that venom is often written as being all insane ane psycho and all that shit even in a number of official cannon venom/Spider-Man comics comes from him having been bonded with Deadpool for a while right? Its actually cannon to the Marvel universe that catching a glimpse into deadpools mind as intimately as venom can will corrupt others
The interactions between Twilight and Venom are very fun to read. Her logical nature mixing with his instinct prone nature. Though I wonder how the others in the Mane Six will react to their friend now hosting living tar.
One good thing the Venom movie was for, was the amazing Venom voice. Makes his dialogue a lot more enjoyable to read when you can hear that bass in your head.
Awesome Ness
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Ooh, yeah I saw some of that when I was reading about Venom on a wiki. Yeah, being in Deadpool's brain would definitely fuck a person up. But if we're just taking like, roped-into-being-a-conqueror Venom, now stuck on a world with pastel ponies and having to hang out in their brains, he'll probably be more easygoing. Still has very different moral standards (SERIOUSLY JUST FUCKING EAT THEM) but he's not totally unreasonable.
Nice work my friend.
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Don’t worry man, in his movie, Vemon kinda almost became a hero at the end of it, but he still kills and eats bad people.
How Will twilights friends Feel about her new meet habits! She could probably just come up with excuse that she’s trying to understand omnivores like meet.
Can’t wait for the next story by the way!
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all according to keikaku
(translator's note: keikaku means plan)
Knock, knock, let the devil in!
I like this. This venom got a personality. Still following.
Question, might this be a commission?
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Not weird at all. Buut I already ship Symbrock so... yeah 
It would make sense that Venom would be tempered and changed by being bonded to Twilight, just as she would be changed by Venom. And it’s been established that Venom’s kind tend to take on the traits of their hosts.
Hey, keep up the great work! I like where this is going, and I am excitedly waiting for more.
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ye, Symbrock is the common ship name I see for Venom/Eddie, at least on Tumblr. I'm sure there's other names but that's how I see it tagged
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And also cake
This is nice. I will read more of this.
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It would be part of kyntar adaptation, to make the bonding and symbiosis go smoother with sapient species. Ponies are naturally gregarious, so to better bond with them the symbiont would become more so it self. Already Venom is trying to spin the Kyntar taking over in terms ponies would approve of, as Harmony, a fundamental pony belief. Of course the other side is Twilight will feel greater aggression from Venom's influence. Twi might quell his desire to kill, but he'll make her consider violence more readily.
Great bonding for Twilight and Venom. The princess of friendship has started to rub on his view of things... No Venom, Twilight won't become the princess of eating pony meat!
The scene when Spike sees Twilight devouring chocolate...
I can't wait for more!
Interesting story in it, I hope to see more of this, keep it up.
While I am enjoying the story so far, I kind of feel like Starlight would be a better host for venom. She has powerful magic that rivals Twilight but she's not afraid to take risks. Also, Venom does seem to have a habit with bonding with characters with shady pasts, specifically Eddie Brock. But, I'll still keep reading. I do hope at some point we see the other alicorns or Twilights friends interact with Venom.
Loving the story so far. The best part of the Venom movie was the Eddie/Venom bromance and seeing you start to emulate that is great. I can't wait to see more. Also, I see you have Celestia tagged as a character in this story, and I can see her appearing in the next few chapters, but do you have any plans for Luna?
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Luna will certainly be involved, as will Cadance. :D The character tags will probably get updated, I'm just waiting a bit to see who I feature more of to decide who gets a tag, but nonetheless all four princesses will be involved.
I'm curious to see if Blazing is actually a threat to Celestia and Luna.
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Neat. I like all of them, so seeing them all get ample screen time is great for me. =)
P.S: Also, where did you get your cover art? Did you make it?
Ah yes that is interessting since they only eat vegetables.
I understood that Venom was eating other stuff too in the end, but I only remember one from two things, it could be that the first stuff was what he needed and the second thing just tasted good.
Like in some movies I like to think, as long as you know how, it can be pretty easy.
Now I really start to really enjoy this story good job.
The last two times where nice two but they felt more like trying to reach a certain point and now I just enjoyed the chapter.
I love how Venom is acting here.
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It seems alright to me.
Do you want to give me a hint/help with the comic thing you told me about?, concerning the romance?
The moment with Spike was nice to, that is what I think I noticed, my favourite kind of comedy even if it doesn't always makes me laugh.
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True, but wasn't Eddie also a little impulsive? Didn't he also do things out of personal reasons? I mean the whole reason he lost his job was that he faked a news story. But idk, it's been a while since I've read the comic. Maybe I feel like Starlight would've been a better choice because she has more anti-hero qualities to her while Twilight is very by the book, literally. Hell, I can imagine Sunset bonding with the symbiote more than Twilight. But I do see your point.
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Yeah, she has come a long way. It still surprises me that this show can make a reformed cult leader likable and adorable. Sunset is similar to Starlight since she doesn't let her emotions take control and can think of a plan. So yeah, maybe Sunset would've been a better host.
Oh yeah, I forgot that happened.
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Yeah, oops.
Well you have my attention now
nice chapter.
Then I would like to correct that Venom ate the brain and not the liver because the same protein mentioned in the chocolate (I do not write well sorry) and also present in it.
Truly Venom unlike how often it is shown in comics has its own morality and protect the innocent even if it is an anti-hero, and I believe you will follow this behavior.
beautiful scene when Twilight will eat chocolate, I will not wait to see what will happen even when he meets the other mane six, and the princesses.
and also how the Twilight personality will develop with Venom.
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Well considering hhe had the same moral considerations towards people (conquer/eat them) Its not out of character. And considering being in spidey's head calmed him down some so the pones may have calmed him some too. I'm really just waiting to see when he's gonna whip out spidermans powers or deadpools powers since he retains the powers of every host he's inhabited
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Yeah I drew the cover. Well, I drew Twilight and Venom. The background is just a stock show background because I'm not good at those. :')
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I think SpyroForLife said this fic's Venom has never seen Spiderman nor Deadpool.
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Alright, so he mostly just needs what's in brains? Got it, though I probably will just have him extend it to meat in general just to discomfort Twilight as much as he can. He doesn't NEED livers but they're tasty and soft
I know they're trees, but I just looked at the cover art and I instantly thought that both Twilight and the symbiote were wearing hats. I'm stupid.
Also, I like how you've portrayed the symbiote in this. Not some near mindless tool that's mind controlling their host or something, but rather as if it had opinions, and actually makes semi-logical suggestions with reasoning. Just having 'KILL KILL KILL' all the time is not good writing, despite what some might believe.
I’m going to maybe try and see the movie this weekend. I loved this story, it’s very well written and enjoyable.
Keep up I the good work.
Just please don’t kill celestia she doesn’t deserve it.
And who did the cover art? It’ really good.
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The Symbiote Cover
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Wait a venom whos never seen spidey? There goes some of the jokes that I had been planning lol. And his healing and damage resistance will be pretty limited compared to the comics if he's never met deadpool (venom's signature healing was swiped from deadpool)
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That'd be me, I drew it. I nearly always draw my own covers.