CONTENT WARNINGS: Xenomorphs, facehuggers, mentions of invasive face-hugging, identity crisis, general emotional distress
The following story contains no named character deaths, and no scenes of chestbursting. This story is intended to be a more light-hearted AU. Proceed with caution.
Xenomorph.
A creature designed by nature for one thing: Hunting.
A creature meant to adapt to its host, infiltrate under cover of darkness, replicate and breed and swarm, until a planet is no more. The perfect organism.
Yet... what would happen if one were to experience independent thought, empathy, and self doubt?
What if indeed.
Chapters (3)
This is interesting, both in concept and in trying to piece together the history of this AU.
Twilight isn't ascended, and is living in Golden Oaks with Chryssalis. The Element bearers are still a group, but they seem older and their personalities are different, especially Fluttershy (Canon Flutters would never wear leather). Also the world in general seems more rugged and adventurous, what with the scars mentions of temple diving.
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Thank you, that's exactly what I'm going for! :D
What's the slice of life tag?
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Ahh, I figured that would fit the more mundane aspects of the story- Scratch learning to eat, cook, etc, as well as the more ground level interactions like making friends and such u vu
This seems pretty cool so far. Chrissy is a thing and a much less dark story then other xenomorph stories
I must say that this is one of those crossovers that I could never expect that it could end well.
it always seemed to me that the Mlp universe is practically defenseless against aggressive creatures or warlike civilizations from other franchises.
if there were no such omnipotent beings as Discord or alicorns capable of moving celestial bodies, then one more or less powerful hit would be enough to exterminate half of the population of this world.
And creatures from the "Alien" universe, theoretically, may well arrange an apocalypse. Who would have thought that in even one story, "friendship magic" would work effectively against them?
if possible, then I would like a more detailed explanation of how magic affected aliens.
I liked the comparison and parallels between Alien and Changeling. :)
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Ahh, thank you! Don't worry, there'll be more explanations of how things work as the story goes on :)
A natural programmer. *wipes tear*
the third chapter raises even more questions.
Is there a Spike in this universe?
Where is the Chrysalis swarm located? does she have a hive?
Where did Rarity's scars come from? (For some reason, the presence of Fluttershy's scars did not even bother me, given her more fighting appearance and the habit of walking in the ever-growing forest.)
how much is this universe different from the canon?
although on reflection I have a theory that answers the first two questions. According to her, the Twilight entrance exam had a Chrysalis egg instead of Spike's egg. Thus Chrysalis was raised and raised to become Twilight's assistant, taking Spike's place.
There is really one fact that does not give me confidence in this theory. This is the high rise of Chrysalis. If they were at least one height, then I would be sure that this theory is 100% correct.
P.S. sorry for my English.
interesting thus far, but i'm not too sure about the hints of shipping
also, sidenote, but i keep imagining my OC getting his own friendly Xenomorph
Every mane six gets a xenopony and they become the new elements. That's my guess.
All in all. Nice
This is looking to be a very nice story
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I got 40 like on this story
A fic about a Xenomorph gaining self awareness in mlp? I'm interested. Curious to see if you'll be referencing any of the comics too.
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Now there's an alternate universe setting I've never heard. I like it.
This is an interesting take on the Xenomorph in MLP route then I am used to. I quite enjoyed it so far.
Now there are a few things, this is very different from any Xeno story I've read before, and that's a great many. I suggest reading some of the comics and stories where they had a Xeno that acted differently then others.
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They grow so fast
Thing's are going to get awkward when Scratch starts building her own Hive
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there is no confirmation yet and everything that I have composed can easily be refuted in the next chapter, and this story in its concept will be close to the blog "Fluffle Puff"
The premise is interesting, but its the worldbuilding that has given this story something truly interesting, and worth sticking around to get a better look at.
Keep it up freindo.
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I can agree with all this.
What the hell am I reading?
That said I'm enjoying this a lot more than I thought I would.
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On one hand, it's a clever idea to show a new AU through the eyes of a new creature such as Scratch, who has the same experience as the reader of this new AU. On the other hand, it's maybe too much to handle, it may sink the character development. Of course, it's only my opinion, as long as it will not come to "Oh btw I'm this" or "Oh btw I did that" in the middle of the story I'm fine with it.
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I just saw this and Jesus Christ an Alicorn Xenomorph? Thank god Twilight isn't an Alicorn because one that has magic is bad enough.
The story was good till this chapter. You made changes, some very big changes without explanation at this time minus AU tag.
You need more world building to justify the changes a simple slap of an AU tag is not enough. You hot to sell why they are different then canon.
Besides that Scratch is very interesting.
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Or any creature that live in Equestria.
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Dude, combine your observations into a single comment for a single chapter.
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Hello, I'm glad you like my story! But if possible, could you please try and put your thoughts into one comment? You're spamming a little and it can be hard to read with all your thoughts so spaced out :'D
Heh, experiencing complex thought and immediately demanding it be shut off. Congratulations Scratch, you're officially a person.
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Figured that would be the best way to humanise her ;D
... horse-ize? Equanise? Whatever term works.
I need to know how that sentence was supposed to end
Okay, you need, NEED, to do more world-building to set up this alternate universe you have going. Also please explain to me the logic of how Twilight got face hugged, survived, brought Scratch into the world, the first Xenomorph with a conscience, and now suddenly is all on board with making more of her?
Now, we pray this wasn't a clutch seeded for hunting. Predators know little of friendship.
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Don't worry, things are just getting started :)
As for the logic of Twilight's decision, that's going to get a little more of a spotlight in future chapters. Suffice to say, she's just excited at the prospect of a new lifeform to study.
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Agreed. Well this isn't a crossover I expected to work well.
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I think she teleported scratch out
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Definitely needs more explaining like YTF Fluttershy is a brawler?
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Thing's are already going too fast, though.
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How so? I actually thought I showed quite a bit of restraint in how much I exposited :D
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The characters of this alternate universe are dramatically different than the characters we know from MLPFIM. We do not know how or why they are the way they are, and we haven't been sold that they're really the same ponies on the inside. For Fluttershy, you could have replaced her with an OC named Crud Bonemeal, and it wouldn't have made a difference to the direction of the story we've seen so far.
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The whole point of the AU tag is to tell people that stuff be different, yo, and reassure them that there's actually a method to it instead of just people being out of character, without having to spend three times as much time on setup than the actual canon ever had on its own first season.
I know the author and I know she usually has whole novels' worth of worldbuilding, backstory and characterization for her AUs. But I also don't think you would have liked the story any more if it had started with a 50k introduction to the AU's political landscape, the local geography, the Mane Six' backstories, cutie marks, jobs, first meetings and relationships with each other not to mention the presumed can of worms that is the Changelings in this AU, all before even getting into the prologue and introducing or mentioning the story's protagonist.
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No such introduction is needed. Simple things like "Twilight was glad for her Changeling assistant. Ever since [whatever caused it to happen; specifics aren't important, just some idea what happened], [impact she's had on Twilight's life]" and other short summaries sprinkled throughout the narrative that inform the audience into the hows and whys of this universe would go a very long way to ameliorating the confusion.
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I mean she did wrestle a bear
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In my defense, this story isn't from Twilight's point of view :D
So far, Scratch has been trying to figure out what words like "love" and "friendship" mean, she doesn't have the context needed to ask why Chrysalis is living with Twilight. Give it time, the story is still young :3
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Exactly my thinking!
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Couldn't be more accurate. I've put a lot of years worth of thinking into this and my other MLP AUs, and I find it best to sprinkle details a little more dynamically than a Star Wars text crawl at the start
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You mean almost like how the G4 characters are so radically different from the previous G3, G2, and G1incarnations?
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I just wanted to pop in and say that I am very intrigued. On the AU front I feel its fine no your sprinkling differences part of the fun is discovering why things are different. At least that's what I think, I mean what's the fun of feting an info dump when we can be intrigued.
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Ahh, thank you so much for your thoughts, that means a lot! :D
I absolutely agree (although I may be slightly biased) that letting a reader think more critically instead of just narrating to them is far more fun, both as a writer and reader, so it's how I try to write.
Oh my. This universe is a bit more alternate than I was anticipating.
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Heh heh heh heh heh! I like it! [/LoWangClassic]
The perfect organism is actually the Andromeda Strain, able to metabolize anything carbon-based with maximum efficiency, and a simple self-replicating organic crystalline structure composed of only 4 elements which is arranged in such a way to facilitate the use of most forms of radiation as an energy source. It can survive forever on a carbonaceous asteroid or comet in deep space.
A case can also be made for "The Thing", since it not only takes over its host, but gains access to all their knowledge, which it can store apparently genetically, as it appears even a single cell can convert an entire organism into itself and once reaching a certain size to construct a functioning brain has access to the sum of all the original's experiences, as evidence by Doc constructing a UFO with parts of various machines after merely being infected by a few droplets of goo. It's able to hide in plain sight, and so long as it's not caught in the process of converting another life form, it can spread silently, taking over every niche, adding to and improving itself with countless traits, until every life form is Thing, and Thing can perform every possible function and possess the entirety of existing knowledge on the planet.
In both these cases, humans lucked out. The Andromeda strain mutated into a non-infectious form all by itself and stopped insta-killing almost everyone it infected (and it's very narrow pH tolerance helped). The Thing fortunately crashed in the most remote and lifeless place on the planet, and froze in place for however many ages. Had it crashed anywhere else, anywhere else at all... Earth would have been 100% Thing in a matter of a few years, just as Doc calculated. The contrivance of it crashing in the center of the Antarctic continent HAD to happen (there is a partial-canon explanation that the lone alien uninfected or only just infected seized control of the ship at the last second and deliberately crashed there to try and avoid infesting the whole planet), otherwise the story would have been over before it began. Thing would have been completely unstoppable.
Xenomorphs are kinda imperfect and inefficient. They wipe out their food source, have no means to travel between planets on their own, depend on the host being stupid enough to look into the opening of a creep, weird giant egg, and are hardly subtle about their presence. They can also get killed by being shot in the head, a weakness shared by humans and every other higher life form. Thing and Andromeda have no such weaknesses. Andromeda has no body, and splattering Thing all over the place just spreads it faster. Xenomorphs look cool and are creepy and unearthly, and made a fantastic antagonist for the claustrophobic and dark moon LV-426 and Nostromo, but they're hardly perfect.
And then there's Saitama... absolute perfection!
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