Born from the Void (Spider-Shimmer)

>You are Anon
>And if great power came with great responsibility, your better be getting some more compensation for this shit
>You blasted at the red and blue bitch with your purple bolts, and every fucking time
>EVERY
>FUCKING
>TIME
>she dodged them
>Fucking spiders
>You decided now would be the time to pull out the big guns, and brought your hands together, charging a great orb of energy
>Naturally, they would think it's a bomb and get close, trying to knock your hands apart
>that's where the trap came in
>You held your hands high, orb growing in your palms as the building crumbled around you, your wild shots having knocked out supports.
>A web was slung at your wrists, tying them together, then your ankles, sticking you to the ground
>It didn't matter, all she had to do was get close...
>THERE!
>you swung your hands down in a great arc, the orb unspooling, revealing it was in fact a Tether, and this shot didn't miss
>The pulsating purple line was attached directly to Spider-Woman's chest, freezing her in place and opening a gate to the Void Between Worlds beneath her, which began clawing at her ankles, slowly dragging her down
>You grinned, victory at last in hand!
"How does it feel to have a hole ripped in your chest, Spider-Woman!? HOW DOES IT FEEL TO DIE!?"
>Spider-Woman's eyes widened.
>Oh shit
>That was your normal voice, wasn't it
>"Anon?"
>Oh for fucks sake, she knew you
>You played it off, giggling, still giddy as the portal and the tether tore at her body, her suit slowly dissolving into the Void, revealing tanned skin... wait
>Spider-Woman's mask was torn away, revealing flowing red and yellow locks of hair and bright green eyes that glistened with tears of pain and sadness
>Sunset Shimmer
>Your girlfriend
>Void damn it all, it was too late to try and save her, she was almost all the way into the portal!
>Under your mask, your own tears began to flow, and you recalled what brought you to this place...

>Six Months Earlier...
>You are Anon, average student extraordinaire
>And you are currently dying
>Who knew that purple girl's magic demon portal power thing hurt when it hit you directly?
>As it was, there was currently a portal to some other world in your chest, and at it's edges was a bright purple line, slowly widening as it dissolved you
>You lie on the ground, writhing in pain, as that bright purple identified itself:
>The Void Between Worlds, where nothing from mortal realms is allowed to exist.
>It called out for your soul, something new to devour, even if it was minuscule
>The bright, searing line that spread across your chest intensified, and you knew, right then and there, you were going to die.
>If it didn't hurt so much, you would contemplate what that meant
>No more school
>No more crazy shit happening to you
>No more friends.
>No more family.
>No more Happiness, or emotion at all
>Just Non-Existence
>Under normal conditions, your will to live wouldn't really matter
>This time alone though, you fought with all your might, pulling yourself up through the pain, so at the very least you might die standing.
>And the Void noticed
>The voice with no voice rang in your head, giving you an offer:
>It would spare you, grant you power even, but only if you repaid the debt, with interest.
>Interest with the Void accumulated quickly.
>In your desperation, you accepted, not even realizing what that meant.
>The hole in your chest was sealed in an instant, filled instead with raw energy, straight from the depths of the Void
>As Sunset Shimmer gathered the power of her friends and defeated the purple girl, you stood on the sidelines, watching the portals close. The Void Between Worlds had sealed them, but it had left something of itself behind.
>You held it inside yourself.
>Around you, the people cheered, the girl had returned to her normal form, and the school was a mess.
>You just stared ahead, your mind filled with knowledge of what your choice meant.
>You stood in that courtyard for a few hours, your mind whirling as the Void filled your mind with knowledge accumulated by another who had made such a deal, or perhaps had been born in the Void, you didn't quite get that, how could something be BORN in the Void?
>Regardless, now you were technically Voidborn as well, which meant a few things.
>Firstly, as promised, the Void had granted you power, you would have to figure out what that power did on your own, but with the knowledge that had been consumed by the Void it shouldn't be hard
>Second, in order to avoid the Void consuming YOU, you had to consume for it. You had been "assigned" something to consume. Some Voidborn assimilated knowledge into the void, others simple matter, you on the other hand...
>You had to consume Souls.
>You would have to kill people to survive
>It was too late to change your mind about it now though, if you did, you would die, simple as that.
>The third, somewhat important thing imparted to you was simple: the more you consumed in the Void's name, the more power it would grant you, in a constant feedback loop of consumption until you could summon other Voidborn into this world and consume it whole
>That was... not a pleasant thing to think about
>But it would keep you alive, and it's not like it was asking you to kill people you knew, just people in general.
>These facts in mind, you looked up, realizing the moon was high in the sky
>Then you looked down, and realized your fingers were emitting purple lights
>You had thankfully gone unnoticed in the chaos following the attack, otherwise that would be an awkward interrogation
>You shook your hands, trying to get the purple stuff to go away so you could head home, your parents were probably worried about you.
>Then you almost shot your foot off, a purple plasma launching out of your palm and landing next to it.
"Holy shit!"
>You jumped into the air, falling flat on your ass and staring at your hand.
'Okay', you thought, 'that's freaky, that is freaky as all fuck, how do I do it again'
>You noticed the purple wisps of energy that had come from your fingertips were gone
>You tried to recreate that feeling of the purple magic firing from your palm, but there was nothing.
>You'd have to figure this out later, for now, you had to get home.
>You pulled your phone out of your pocket, realizing it was almost midnight
>Your stomach growled.
>Shit, you hadn't eaten anything since before the magic thing went down.
>You chuckled morbidly to yourself, here you were with the understanding that you would have to murder people frequently from now on, and all you could think of was getting some grub and falling into bed
>God damn you're a sociopath
>Regardless of your new responsibilities, you picked yourself up off the ground, and walked over to your car, which had thankfully not been torn apart by that magic girl's portals
>Seriously you could see several cars in the part of the lot that was closer to the courtyard were cut into pieces cleanly
>fucking crazy, but then, maybe you'd be able to do that later
>You didn't know, apparently you were wrong about getting anything extra from the Void
>Oh well
>You fished your keys out of your pocket, pressing the unlock button and smiling at that familiar "Ker-thunk" of the locks opening
>You opened the door on your shitty 1999 blue sedan, sliding into the driver's seat
>sure, it wasn't much to look at, but it had decent mileage and you took decent care of it.
>you pulled out of the lot, asking Google to find you the nearest open fast food place
>Only McDonalds
>Fuck, better than nothing
>A quick drive through town later and you were munching on delicious salty fries on your ride back home.
>You pulled into your gravel driveway, not surprised to see the house was quiet and there were no other cars.
>Your parents weren't around very often.
>You stepped through your front door, pulling the key out of the knob and greeting your cat, Cake
>Your parents had chosen the name because you took too long to come up with one and he was a birthday present.
>Not that his name mattered much to you, he was still your best friend, and leaped up onto your shoulder like he always did, curling his tail around your neck and nuzzling you
"Hey there Cake, catch any mice?"
>The cat purred in your ear, and you noticed a corpse lying against the trash can, where he always put them when he was done
"Good boy! You get some treats"
>You tossed the dead mouse into the trash, washing your hands, then you poured some treats onto the kitchen counter, smiling as your cat jumped off your shoulder and ate them all up
>You set your bag of food on the coffee table in the living room and collapsed onto the couch, grabbing the remote and switching over to Netflix
>A few hours later, the TV was off, the food was gone, and you were fast asleep on the couch, tears gently streaking down your cheeks from whatever nightmare you were experiencing.

>You woke up to the sound of your phone blaring an alarm
>Fuck you hated that they hadn't even had the decency to hold the games on a Friday
>you blindly reached your hand out onto the table, eventually finding your phone and shutting it off, taking a quick stretch and feeling your back pop
"Hnnnnnng"
>You eventually opened your eyes, checking the time
>6:31
>Time to get ready for school
>thankfully today was in fact Friday, after this you could come home and really relax...
>Looking down at your hands as you stood up, you almost fell back down
>They were glowing bright purple, tendrils of energy flowing around them, seeming to taste the air.
>So that wasn't a dream
>You're an indentured servant of the Void now
>Fuck
>you had to get rid of this, and you didn't want to destroy your house
>Carefully, keeping your hands out in front of you and making sure not to shake them, you stepped into your backyard and pointed them up into the sky
>You imagined that pulsating purple bolt firing from your hands, and the energy... complied?
>With a sound straight out of a science fiction movie, something fast and purple burst from your hands, taking the glow with it, straight into the air.
>It dissipated after a few seconds of travel, but it flew pretty damn far
>Nice!
>You giggled a bit, because who wouldn't get a little excited at using superpowers!
>Granted, this seemed like a pretty shitty super power
>It seemed to take at least a few hours to charge up
>and it didn't seem to do much
>...then you looked at your hands again
"God damnit"
>the purple glow was back, way faster now
>Maybe it showed up when you wanted it to, now that you had fired something intentionally?
>You thought about making the energy fade, and a few seconds later it did, though you could feel a strange tingling under your skin
>Good enough.
>You returned to your home, making sure Cake had food and water, then making preparations for school
>Shit
>Shower
>You didn't have a beard
>And off you went
>You arrived at school a little early, like always
>6:58
>You stepped through the wreckage from the previous day's events, occasionally scratching at your hands to try and get rid of that tingling
>It didn't help much, but you couldn't walk around school with glowing hands!
>You headed to the cafeteria and picked up your breakfast, same as every school day
>Trio of chocolate muffins and a cup of apple juice
>You finished that shit off before Seven
>In the back of your head, you could still feel that Voice with no Voice, calling you to take the souls of everyone around you
>but you couldn't do that, one, you didn't know if you had the power, two, these were people you knew, some of them were even your friends
>You stood up, it was time to get to class.
>A few minutes of walking through the halls, listening to students talk about what had happened yesterday, and you arrived at your first class of the day
>Chemistry
>God you hated this class
>You didn't have the best grasp of concepts like Moles, and pretty much all your labwork was "measure this water, now measure it with salt inside of it" and so on and so forth, boring shit
>You sat down at your table, and a few moments later Sunset Shimmer joined you
>"Hey, you okay after yesterday? I thought I saw you get hit with Twilight's laser things"
>Sunset shimmer, one of your friends
>You had been one of the few to actually accept her after she fucked up the school last year
>Mostly because you hadn't been there that day and she didn't mind control you
>Regardless, it turned out you two had a lot in common
>Both kinda outcasts
>Both kinda shy (though pre-demon, she wasn't)
>Both kinda outcasts
>Both want to make up for any mistakes you've made
>Did you mention you were both outcasts?
>She had her little circle of friends, but the school at large still didn't trust her.
>You just didn't talk to people often enough to gain trust and friendship
>Okay maybe you didn't have that much in common
>But you were friends.
"Yeah, I'm fine, it didn't hit me or anything, scared my pants off though"
>It hurt a bit to lie like that, but you didn't want to tell her you were being forced to become a murderer
>Even if you hadn't actually killed anyone yet
>At that thought, the Void calls you once more, urging you to kill SOMEONE, take their soul and claim it for the Void
>You ignore it, though you don't know how long it will wait before it decides to just kill you
>The tingling was growing stronger with each passing minute, now that you thought about using it on anything at all.
>You checked your hands, making sure they didn't glow
>Nothing, thankfully
>You let out a sigh
>"What's wrong then? You look kinda down"
>You look up
"Nothing, I'm fine, just, you know, almost died falling into a magic portal to another world, kinda trying to get over that is all"
>She scoots her chair closer wrapping an arm around you.
>"Hugs make everything better, learned that one in Equestria"
>You chuckle
"You know, most of the time I forget you're actually a horse trapped in a human body"
>By now the whole school probably knew about Sunset's past, Pinkie had a big mouth after all
>"Pony, actually, but I understand why it's so easy to forget. A few years in a new body will make it feel more natural"
>you pause, wondering if that applied to murder, then shake your head, double checking your hands for that glow
"That's so weird to think about, I don't know if I could handle it the other way around"
>"I imagine you could, you seem like you could adapt to stuff pretty easy"
"Well I'm not a crying mess over almost dying, I guess that means I'm at least a bit adaptable?"
>You lean into the hug, she was just a friend, but if society thought it was unacceptable to lean on a friend in a time like this, society could go fuck itself
>At that moment, the bell rang, signaling class was about to start
>You push away from the hug, pulling out your homework
"Ready for hell?"
>"Already here"
>The hour passed by slowly
>It was getting close to a big test, so your teacher was doing review shit
>You payed attention as best you could, but every now and again you had to make sure your hands weren't glowing as the tingling intensified
>Was that your power growing?
>You didn't know, and wouldn't be able to find out until you had some relative privacy
>But the only reason you even noticed it at this point was the fact that it was still growing.
>You wondered if there was an upper limit to it
>Probably not, it would probably only get worse until you unleashed it
"Hey, Sunny?"
>You poked her with the eraser side of your pencil, making her look at you
>"Yeah?"
"What did it feel like, when you became that angel thing?"
>"I... I felt all tingly, full of energy, you know?"
>You nod
"Yeah, I think I do, like you can run forever, right?"
>"...that's it exactly!... why are you asking?"
"No reason, I just saw you do that and wanted to know how it felt to be an angel. Seriously, you had the wings and everything from what little I saw"
>She chuckles
>"Laying it on thick there, comparing me to an angel"
>You smile
"When it's a literal comparison, it's not really that special, I mean, you were literally glowing and flying and stuff, and I think there was a halo over your head, might be remembering that wrong though"
>"That was probably my horn"
>You're about to say something, but you notice a faint purple glow below your table and quickly sit on your hands, hiding it
>"What are you doing?"
"Umm"
>you're saved by the bell, kinda
>Now you have to make sure your hands aren't glowing
"I'll uh, see you at lunch"
She gives you a strange look
>"...Okay, see you then!"
>you breathe out a sigh as you're the last one left in the room
>you have maybe four minutes to get to your next class
>you pull out your hands
>they're glowing a lot less than normal, but you can see it getting stronger
>shit
>you have no fucking clue what to do about this right now.
>The Voice without a Voice was calling you out right now, urging you to do something with the power you were bottling up inside you
>At this rate you're going to have to suck it up and kill someone here in the school like it's fucking Yandere simulator
>You really don't want to do that though
>You're having a hard enough time grappling with your morality on killing a stranger in a dark alley
>But you got the feeling if you didn't do this soon, you'd be eaten by the Void
>You had to suck it up
>Kill or be killed, isn't that how the saying goes?
>Not like you could hate yourself less for killing a stranger
>You stared at your hands, feeling that tingling in the palms, almost like there was a video game controller vibrating at max speed in your hands
>You sighed, packing up your belongings, you didn't have long left to get to class.
>You went through the halls, there weren't as many people here now.
>In fact, it was almost empty
>You look up, watching the security cameras as you went
'could I blind those with my powers?'
>Ducking around a corner, you found a hallway completely empty, except for one person
>Flash Sentry
>You hated him and his dudebro ways
>it was almost like the Void was giving you an opportunity
>You checked the hall, there were two security cameras, one at each end, and a broom closet
>hmm
>You put your hands in your pockets, hoping this worked the way you needed it to
>Focusing your mind, you thought about making those cameras simply... stop working.
>at one end of the hallway, two deep purple portals appeared, firing a pair of light pink projectiles that collided with the camera, causing a bit of smoke to come out of it
>behind you, you focused your energy once more, though it took a few seconds this time for the same thing to happen
>Both cameras were knocked out, you didn't have much time before someone came running, and you had to get to class
>it was now or never
>kill Flash Sentry
>or die to the Void
>Only one choice to make here...
>Flash still hasn't noticed anything
>You could still back down, go with your original plan of finding someone random to kill first
>But Flash was a royal Douchebag, if you had to kill someone you know, it would be him.
"Hey Flash!"
>He turned, and you stopped thinking about anything, so you couldn't think yourself out of it.
>It was too late to change course now, the adrenaline was pumping, your stomach had butterflies, your hands were glowing as you pulled them out of your pockets
>"woooah dude, what's with the glowy stuff! Am I high again?"
>His reaction made you angry for reasons you couldn't explain
>He was about to die, and his last words would be "Am I high again?"
>What kind of memory is that?
"See you in the Void, asshole"
>You brought your hands up to your eyes and then back down again in a quick motion, purple void energy launching from your hands in a bolt, directly into his heart
>He gasped, clutching his chest, where his shirt began to dissolve, being eaten by the powers of the Void
>He wasn't dead though
>You threw another missile, grimacing
>This one struck him in the hand that was covering his chest, splashing over it and making it vanish into the Void Between Worlds, slowly crawling down his arm
>He opened his mouth, about to scream
>you shut that up with a third bolt directly to the face, causing his head to dissolve into the Void
>His throat began to bleed profusely as the body slumped to the ground
>You summoned more energy from the Void, throwing it down onto the corpse to properly dispose of it
>You couldn't fire very fast, maybe once every few seconds for the energy to gather properly, but it was enough, the body vanished, all traces of Flash Sentry were no more
>Your hands stopped glowing, and you frowned, walking away quickly, keeping your hands in the pockets of your hoodie once more as you made your way to your next class, the bell ringing above you
>You were late.
>You passed by a few security guards on your way
>Fortunately, they didn't stop you, they probably thought you just came from the bathroom or something
>The adrenaline rush was calming down, your palms were getting sweaty from nervousness
>What if they had seen the glow before the cameras were cut out?
>What if they figured out Flash was dead?
>Did you clean up all the blood?
>Oh god if there was blood left behind you were screwed the last image those cameras got was of you and Flash alone in the hallway and now Flash is missing you made it too obvious!
>You continued to panic like that as you stepped into your next class, Civics
>Fortunately an easy class, so you had more mental capacity to put towards panicking
>"Anon? Where have you been, you're not normally one for tardiness!"
>Your teacher, Ms. Mare, was pretty chill about things, kept it relaxed, fun even, despite having you memorize all Forty Three presidents in order
>Seriously, who needed to know that, sure it was history and all, bu-
>The speaker crackled to life
>"Flash Sentry please report to the front office, Flash Sentry to the front office"
>You held your breath through the message, then let out a sigh of relief, it wasn't a call for you, they probably assumed Flash was trying to skip again or something.
>Time passed by slowly once more, but this time you had no friends to keep you company.
>You spent your time doing the classwork and keeping your ears peeled for any announcement to come down to the office
>The Void seemed pleased with you, the buzzing in had vanished, in it's place was some... thing in the back of your head, giving you a rough idea of how much Void energy you had, much less aggravating, and far less pushy.
>Now that you were a murderer, it wouldn't take as much convincing to kill again.
>You had killed Flash Sentry
>Yeah he was an asshole and a stoner
>But you killed him.
>You tried to justify it to yourself like that until the bell rang
>It didn't work very well, at all.
>You stood up, keeping your hands in your pockets as you headed out the door.
>A hand grabbed your arm, and you stopped, suddenly very afraid.
>"Anon, are you alright?"
>You sighed with relief, it was just Ms. Mare checking on you
"I'm fine, thanks, just a little off from what happened yesterday is all"
>She nodded
>"I imagine we all are a bit shaken up, but if you need to talk to someone about it, my door is always open!"
>You smiled a bit, guilt still weighing heavy on your chest
"Thanks, Ms. Mare, I'll uh, keep that in mind"
>You gently pulled yourself out of her grip, and headed out the door once more, making your way to the Cafeteria, where Sunset would be waiting and you could pretend your problems amounted to being shaken up by the laser blasts that girl put out.
>You still don't know her name, but if you did, you'd curse it
>She was the reason you were like this, and even if she wasn't under her own control, if she hadn't hit you with that laser, the Void wouldn't have done anything to you, you'd have lived a normal life.
>Now you were a murderer
>You stepped into line at the cafeteria, grabbing a plate of popcorn chicken and potato wedges
>Standard fare for a school lunch, thanks Obama
>You moved quickly to the Rainboom's table, plopping your tray down next to Sunset
"Hey, Sunny"
>"Hey, Anon. Say, did you hear about those cameras that got busted? the whole school is talking about it!"
>You blinked, sitting frozen for a second or two
"Nope, not really, maybe a whisper or something, why?"
>Applejack piped up
>"Cause some people are saying there was magic involved!"
>You groan, feigning annoyance, when instead your gut was full of the evil butterflies known simply as "Fear"
"Didn't we just get done with a magic problem?"
>Pinkie pipes of next
"Well yeah, but there could be more magic hanging around and maybe Twilight shot someone and gave them super cool powers or something!"
>God damnit Pinkie not now.
>Fortunately, the others ignore it.
>Lucky you
>"That's a dumb thing to say Pinkie, Twilight's powers ripped a hole to equestria! It's not like that would give you super powers!... Though if I knew it did I'd have jumped right in front of one, because super powers would be AWESOME!"
>Most of the others
"So what about the Cameras? Like, I know they got taken out, but does anyone know what happened to them?"
>Rarity spoke up
>"Well Dear, they should be looking through the footage now! I do hope they catch the ruffian responsible, our school is dangerous enough as it is, what with the incidents that keep cropping up!"
>Oh shit
>Oh fuck
>What if you're on those tapes right before they go off
>They'll know it was either you or Flash so they'll bring you in
>Fuck shit dick
>You fucked up
>You shake your head to try and free yourself from the fear, blinking a bit
>"Hey, you sure you're okay?"
>You not at Sunset
"Yeah, just, still a little shaky I guess. Almost falling into another world will do that"
>You shiver, remembering how cold it was when the Void ate at you, how painful it was to have parts of your torso be consumed like that.
"...not being a fan of heights doesn't help either"
>"This sounds like a call for a "You didn't die!" party!"
>Pinkie pls
>"That actually sounds like a good idea, it would probably help a lot of students cope after such a traumatic experience"
You look up, finding the purple eyes of Princess Celestia looking down at you all past her boobs
>Ohhh SHIT
>"Oh, hi Principal Celestia!"
>God dammit
>"So would you let me host the party at the school?"
>Celestia nodded
>"You'll have to talk to Luna about scheduling it, but I'm sure next weekend would be available for such an event"
>Pinkie jumped out of her chair, fists pumping in excitement "HEY EVERYONE! THERE'S GONNA BE A "YOU DIDN'T DIE!" PARTY NEXT WEEKEND!"
>You covered your ears
>Jesus she was loud
>"Oh, before I forget, Anonymous, please come with me, Luna would like to ask you a few questions"
>FUCK
>FUUUUUUUCK
>YOU ARE SCREWED
>You stand up, just a bit of fear showing
"Did she say what she was going to be asking me about?"
>"No, but I assure you that you're in no trouble"
>You let out a sigh of relief, this didn't mean you were off the hook, but they probably wanted to know if you saw anything about the cameras
>You take your last bite of lunch and grab your backpack, putting your hands back in your pockets
"See you guys later, I guess"
>They said their goodbyes, and you were led to the VP's office
>Celestia opened the door
>"Anonymous is here for you, sister"
>"Good, let him in"
>Luna's room was really dark, just a single desk lamp and the pale glow of a monitor, both directed away from you.
>"Hello, Anon, have a seat please"
>God damn this was intimidating
>you blinked, realizing that even though it was dark, you could see perfectly, so you didn't even fumble when you grabbed the chair
>"And there's the proof I needed"
>You froze
>Proof?
"Proof?"
>"The Void has many servants, Anonymous"
>Oh shit
>OH SHIT
>INITIATE PANIC MODE
"What's the Void?"
>Also known as "play dumb"
>Not that it was hard, you still didn't know that much
>She laughed
>"The Void is what grants you your powers, of course!"
"Powers?"
>"Oh, I see, you're trying play dumb, please, do relax, we won't punish you for anything you've done, we are on the same team, after all!"
>you slowly sank into the chair
"...My Vice Principal works for the Void Between Worlds, that's not something I was expecting"
>She broke out into a fit of giggles, evidently she had seen the look on your face
>it was probably a really stupid look
>Either that or the Void had driven her insane.
>You didn't know which option was better here
>She calmed down after a few moments, her short light blue hair bouncing a bit as she sat forward, now serious once more
>"What do you consume for the Void?"
>You paused for a second, the weight of your responsibility heavy on your chest once more.
"I consume Souls."
>She nodded
>"That means you've already killed, the Void is not patient"
>You sighed, there was no hiding it
"Yes"
>She smiled faintly, her lips turning up just at the corners
>"And, pray tell, who was unfortunate enough to be sent to the Void?"
>Might as well be honest, if she worked with the Void, she'd understand, right?
>But you paused
>What if she didn't like you killing her students and used whatever powers she had on you?
>What if she simply had you arrested?
>What if what if what if, there were too many things to think about here
>So you just let your mouth take over, and get a piece of that weight off your chest
"...Flash Sentry, I killed Flash Sentry"
>She frowned now, her eyes narrowing
>"I understand if you were pressured by the Void, but I would rather you not take your souls during the school day, the students are fearful enough as it is, even if they hide it through their 'unity'"
>You nodded, slowly relaxing
>She hadn't killed you or anything
>Today was your lucky fucking day
"I'll try to avoid that, but... if the Void tells me to do something I'll probably have to do it"
>She sighed
>"Well yes, of course, but my own goals require this school remain relatively intact"
>Her own goals?
>Did that mean what she consumed for the Void or something else?
"...If you don't mind me asking, what do you destroy for the Void?"
>That faint smile returned
>"I am entitled to my secrets, little Voidborn, I may tell you at a later date, but for now... we must discuss how we will keep you a secret"
"I'm already doing that though, there's not even a body!"
>"Not from the world at large, that is quite simple, no, we need to ensure your identity is not discovered by those who directly oppose the Void's consumption of worlds"
>There are people who know about the Voidborn?
>That actually think they can fight it?
>You would laugh if she didn't sound so serious
"What's so dangerous about them? I mean, they're just normal humans, right?"
>"No, Anon, they are not.."
"So, the Void isn't the only source of crazy superpowers?"
>"No, there are other sources of magic and strength, Egypt in particular has some rather irritating powers at it's command..."
>She drew off, muttering something about alligators and jackals
>Wait
"So hold up, there are entire countries with magic powers?"
>She scoffed
>"Of course not, that would be ridiculous, it is simply that certain powers can only be found in certain locations!"
>Oh
>That made much more sense
"So you say there are people out there who want to stop the Void... are they working together?
>"No, thankfully, it would be much harder to claim this world if they were. Most work in small groups that do not know of each other's existence, but there's one in particular who worries us, for he carries the powers of the Void within him, and uses them to halt it's progress."
>wat
>no seriously wat
>you could have taken the deal AND NOT KILLED ANYONE?
"It's possible to do that?"
>"This man appears to be a very... special case, he did not accept an offer from the Void, like most, instead, he stole the power from another, and the Void is not happy about that"
>You sighed
>Good to know you really didn't have a choice
>Not that it made you feel any better.
>"I imagine, given what the Void has tasked you with, you will eventually be forced to face him yourself. I wish you luck in that quest, and will help in any way I can, but for now, I do believe it is time for you to return to classes, I will give you a pass, do not worry"
>you blinked, she had gone from "Senior Voidborn" to "Vice Principal" in less than an instant
>That was fucking spooky
>You stood, slinging your backpack over your shoulder once more and taking the small slip of paper from Luna
"Thank you... say, can I ask you something?"
>"hmm? Of course"
"Well, I'm still trying to figure out my powers, I imagine I won't be able to do my job too well until I know what I can do, and I was wondering if you could help with that"
>She nodded "I've been expecting a Voidborn to be in the student body for quite a while, I have a room prepared for just that, come back here after school and we will discover what you're capable of"
>That made you pause
>She'd been planning for something like this to happen?
>That was... odd, how could she be so certain?
>Or was she just the type of person who prepared for everything
>You didn't know, but having a place to train your powers would be really useful
>You smiled a bit, nodding "Alright, sounds good, I'll uh, see you then I guess"
>She smiled back, returning to her normal work, whatever that was.
>This was so fucking surreal
>You stepped back out of the dark room, wincing as your eyes adjusted
>You almost wanted to go back in that nice, cool, dark room
>But you had to get to class
>You walked quickly through the halls, making your way to your Geometry class
>Mr. Discord was fun, even if he seemed to not care about his students on a personal level
>You started to wonder how many other staff members were Voidborn
>Was Ms. Mare?
>Was Celestia?
>What if Celestia wasn't Voidborn and didn't even know about Luna?
>That'd be a trip
>You made it to class
>There was still Guilt.
>As you sat down next to Applejack and pulled out your homework, the guilt weighed heavy on your chest
>You had killed someone, even if it was to survive
>You were going to have to kill again
>If the Void was impatient as you thought, you would probably have to murder someone either tonight or Tomorrow
>"Hey sugarcube, what'd Luna want to talk about?"
>You blinked
>If you lie, AJ will sniff it out like a fucking dog
>If you told the full truth, well, that would be bad
>So you went the middle way
"She wanted to talk about what happened to me when that purple girl shot portals everywhere"
>She frowned
>"I thought you said nothing happened to ya"
>shit
>now you fucked up
"I lied, because I didn't want anyone worrying about me"
>She frowned harder
>"Lying isn't the way to go, now tell me what happened"
>You sighed
>You still obviously couldn't tell her the full truth
>So you gave another half truth
"I got hit directly by one of her lasers, there was a hole in my chest leading to another world, okay? It hurt a lot is all"
>Her eyes went wide as apples
>"Yer telling me you almost became a portal to Equestria, and you're just fine with it?"
"Well what else am I supposed to do!? Cry about it like some child? It hurt, yeah, it was traumatic, yeah, but I lived, in fact, there's not a scratch on me, so why should I be upset about it!?"
>She shrunk back at your outburst
>Shit, the stress was getting to you
"Sorry, I just, I already talked about this with Luna and then y-"
>She put a finger to your lips, shutting you up
"Ah understand, sorry for pushing so hard, I just wanted to know if you was okay is all"
>You sighed
"Still, sorry, let's just get this work done, unless you've got something else to talk about while we do it?"
>She nodded, a slight smile creeping up onto her tanned, freckled face
"Well of course, there's always the topic of your thing for Sunset..."
>Oh god dammit
>You still regretted telling her about that
>Yeah, you wanted to be more than friends.
>But after recent events, you knew it wouldn't happen
>You had several secrets to keep now
>You were a servant of a fucking world spanning... entity? you honestly didn't know what the Void Between Worlds WAS, maybe you could ask Luna about that
>You were a murderer
>You would have to kill again
>You shook your head slightly, trying to get yourself out of that guilt loop, making AJ stare
>"It was just a joke, Anon, I know you don't like ta talk about that"
>You sighed
"I don't, but that's not why I'm shaking my head, just, bad thoughts is all"
>She nodded sagely
>"Alright then, I'll leave ya alone, you look like you've had enough today"
>You chuckled, thinking of how lucky you were today, how many close calls you had
>Almost got caught with glowing hands
>Almost got caught murdering someone
>Thought you were going to be questioned by Luna
>It's been a rough day.
"You could say that"
>The hour past by quicker than you realized, and soon, you left AJ and moved on to your final class of the day:
>Gym
>Oh how you hated it
>Fucking mandated classes
>At least now you wouldn't have to deal with Flash in there
>Because you killed him
>You probably wouldn't get over that for a while
>Maybe you never would
>A part of you hoped you never would
>Regardless, you dressed out in the locker room, listening to the gossip around you
>Flash had gotten arrested
>Flash had quit school
>Flash had fucked up those cameras for a senior prank and got expelled
>Seemed like the only thing everyone could talk about was that blue haired asshole.
>It only made the guilt hurt more, knowing the truth
"Flash is dead"
>You hadn't even realized you said it, but it happened at the exact moment everyone shut the fuck up for .5 seconds, like they always did with gossip like this
>As one, their heads turned your way
>God dammit
>Your big mouth just fucked you over hard.
>The questions came
>"How do you know?"
>"Is he really dead?"
>"Did you kill him?"
>"Yeah, did you?"
>You blink, those questions weren't what you expected
>I mean, you knew stereotypical jocks were stupid
>But this was a whole new level
"No, no, I didn't fucking kill him, what would make you think that?"
>"You're the one who said he was dead, asshole!"
>You sigh, pushing down your guilt and hoping it didn't show on your face
"I heard he got into some shit with the cops and pulled out a gun on them"
>The crowd seemed placated by that
>"Shit dude, you for real?"
>You nodded, and so the conversation went, you pretended you had only heard this, not saw it for yourself, they ate it up, pretty soon the whole school would think Flash Sentry was a case of suicide by cop and the reason they didn't hear about it was Flash's father was on the corp, and wanted it kept hidden.
>You hated how easy it was to lie to them
>You were eventually called out of the locker room by your coach and put through your warm ups, and afterwards, a game of dodgeball
>Surprisingly, you weren't decked in the face the second the whistle blew
>Apparently Flash was the one who went after you like that
>But as the game progressed and balls flew all around you, something happened
>A ball was about to hit you directly in the face, there was no dodging it, you couldn't even get your arm up to block
>Time seemed to slow, and you saw a purple miasma appear from nowhere, blocking the ball a little over a foot away from your face, letting it drop neatly into your outstretched palm, a second later it was gone, and you were left standing with it in your hand, wondering what just happened as you threw the ball back at the other team.
>Your group won the game, and you attributed that to your void-shield, as you had decided to call it
>Every time you had thought you were about to be hit, which, thankfully, wasn't often, the purple miasma appeared, blocking the shot, sometimes even two, before vanishing.
>No one else seemed to notice this.
>They honestly thought you were using your hands
>Impressive...
>You had finished getting dressed again
>You were worried your hands would glow in the public showers, where you couldn't hide them, but it seems you now had much more control over that
>Only took murdering someone
>The final bell rings and you head out to your car, noting that now that you were in the sunlight, you could still faintly see the miasma around you.
>That reminds you of something
>you're staying after school today idiot
>You turn around, heading back inside and making your way to Luna's office
>You wandered through the empty halls, thinking about what you did, what you COULD do, with these powers
>Your shield especially
>Could you stop bullets? other magic?
>How strong was it? it seemed to flicker away after getting hit once, but while it was up it seemed to block everything...
>You knocked on Luna's door, maybe she could help you figure it out...
END CHAPTER ONE

CHAPTER 2: Insects of two kinds

>Luna opened the door at your knocking
>"Oh hello, Anonymous! You're here for your training, correct?"
"Yeah, I guess"
>"Come in, the room is connected to this one, there, we can figure out what you're capa- what is that thing around you?"
>She blinked
"Oh, this thing?"
>you put your hand up against the miasma, which had no solidity to it, it felt more like a strange gas that constantly moved
"It's a shield, it popped up during gym class, it seems to work without me having to think about it, and it's almost invisible, and that's good because I don't know how to turn it off"
>She looked for a moment, blinking
>"This is... curious, come come, we'll test it's limits inside"
>You stepped into the dark room, your eyes quickly adjusting to the lack of light as she took you to a side door, and from there down a short hallway to a room that didn't look like it should have been able to fit inside the school, let alone in this tucked away corner!
"...wow, it's uh, it's big"
>She chuckled
"Well, this door /is/ a portal to a piece of the Void, I imagine you will eventually get your own pocket plane from it as well, it seems most Voidborn do"
>now it was your turn to stare at her
"You're serious? I could have a room the size of the school to put stuff in just like that?"
>"perhaps not quite so large as mine, but yes, in time, I imagine the Void will grant you that gift"
>She led you towards one corner in particular, which was loaded with training dummies, targets, weights, and other such things you would typically find in a gym
>"Here we are, please, stand in the center over there"
>She pointed towards an area with a large circle of dummies, several circles actually, ranging from five feet to fifty feet away from the center
>you nodded, and stood where she pointed
>"Now, please, vent your power, I wish to see what you're capable of"
>You nodded again, calling forth the power and making your hands faintly glow
>"Stop"
>why?
>what's her deal here?
>she points at your hands
>"What is that"
>you blink
"Just my power, I guess?"
>"Wrong, it's a Tell"
"A tell?"
>she facepalms, great, now you feel stupid
>"It signals that you are about to do something with your power"
"oooooh, okay... I don't know how to get rid of it though"
>She nodded
>"I imagine you can't, it is simply part of you. however, I can hide it... and your identity as a whole, but we can get to that later, for now, please continue with whatever you were planning to do"
>You turned back to the dummies, throwing a purple bolt out at them
>It melted an arm clean off
>"hmm, single target, not the most effective thing, very basic, do you have anything else?"
>you looked back
"I just melted an arm off and you say it's not very effective?"
>She chuckled
>"You'll understand soon, I imagine, now, is there anything else you can currently do?"
>You sighed, focusing on making the twin orbs from before, your hands thrusting out of their own accord as they appeared, causing a head to implode on itself as the waves collided on it
>"small area of effect, does damage... is this what you used to disable the cameras?"
"Yes"
>She pulled a clipboard from... somewhere, now scribbling on it lightly, muttering to herself
>"silencing... deals damage... how long does it take to recharge it?"
"Uhh, few seconds?"
>"Do it again, and time how long it takes for you to create a second one"
>you nodded, following her instructions
>six seconds to make a new one, that's rather fast in your mind
"Six seconds, wow"
>she scribbled the number down, nodding to herself
>"Is there anything else?"
>You shook your head
>"hmm, no, I do believe there is, you have taken a life, you will have something extra from the Void, and you say you do not focus to create your shield, so I do not believe that is it..."
>you had something else?
>you felt inside yourself, inside the Void... and something felt back
"I think I may have something..."
>She smirked
>"Use it"
>You called to the Void...
>and the Void listened
>next to you, an... insect of some sort appeared
>it was purple, with three glowing yellow eyes, and before you could even react, it started skittering towards the nearest dummy, starting to eat at it.
>The more it destroyed the dummy, the more of it's friends showed up
>you quickly found yourself surrounded in at least ten of the creatures
"JESUS CHRIST!"
>You jumped up into the air... and didn't come back down
>you looked down
>you were kinda just hanging in the air
>you were less worried about that
>more worried about the army you were currently summoning
>...and they were gone
>twelve seconds later every single one of them vanished, presumably back into the Void
>they had decimated the dummies around you, and Luna had been forced to back away, lest they potentially target her
>"Well... that was certainly interesting, it seems you can summon Voidlings!"
>you were curious now
"Voidlings?"
>you turned in mid air, not even realizing it until you remembered your feet weren't touching the ground
"...slightly less important, but is floating normal for Voidborn?"
>Luna giggled
>"Not all of us, but yes, there are many who do not touch the ground, though I suggest you avoid doing that in public"
"That's great, I would if I knew how"
>the giggling turned into full on laughter
>god damn you're a fool
>"Oh Anonymous, that is quite entertaining, it's... quite simple really, just wish to be back on the ground"
>you facepalmed, and then you were set back on your own two feet
"Alright, now that... that's dealt with, mind explaining the Voidlings?"
>"Ah, yes, they're... primitive creatures of the Void, comparable to ants here, of course, they are quite a bit stronger than such insects"
>you nodded, looking at the destruction around you
"So, swarm mentality, I take it? they all kinda went after the same target"
>"Oh, you weren't directing them?"
"Nope, kinda scared me when it popped up"
>"hmm, very interesting..."
>That's one word for it.