Hello everyone. This is my first fan fiction story, all comments and help is appreciated. This story will be one of Zerg origins. I got my idea from reading "The Zerg Swarm" But it will be almost nothing like that. I will be starting everything from the beginning. A person who has never heard of the Zerg before. Meaning she will have to find out everything and evolve on her own. I will post as I work on the story and don't know how long the chapters will be nor when they will be posted. Anyway, read and enjoy!

The world of Earth wasn't what it once was, now covered in the ruins of civilizations past, filled with crumbling roads and buildings, except for one spot. That was the location of the alien base that had taken over and destroyed everything that was dear. The aliens, who called themselves the protoss, were hostile. Yes very hostile. They came and wiped out the people of earth without mercy. The only survivors were the people who were able to run away and hide in the wilderness.

She had been one of those survivors. Living in one of the outlying towns Rachel and her family had the warning to get away when things started going from bad to worse. The armies of earth were crushed, what was left was sent off world, but the protoss, happy with their win, let them go. Rachel side and prayed each day that they would come back, stronger than ever and destroy the aliens that had taken over her world, though she knew it was just helpless dreaming, but what else was left?

Suddenly she saw one of the trees start moving, and it wasn't just the wind either.

"Mom!" She shouted "There's something moving down there." She said, whimpering with fear. How she loathed this feeling, being weak and helpless, not able to fight back, stuck at the mercy of the elements and the aliens that had taken away her world.

Her parents walked out of the cave they were staying in, she looked up at them and took in their features, happy that she at least had someone to be there for her. Her mom was a little under 5 and a half feet tall, with tangled long brown hair and pale blue eyes. You could tell she was once pretty, but with the way they had been living the past year, she had dirt smudged on her face and tears in the clothes that she wore, shoving off a body that was too thing from lack of food.

She looked to her dad next, He was tall, over 6 feet. He has short red hair and brown eyes that could see into her soul. He had broad shoulders and the remnants of muscles that showed that he used to be lean. But again the days hadn't been kind to the man, he was too thin, and he looked frail, trying to make sure her mom and herself had enough to eat often left him with too little.

She finally looked down at her own frail body. Her hair was a soft red like Her fathers, but She had my mothers blue eyes. She would probably be considered attractive anywhere else, but now there was no one left to look at her that way. Her clothes were dirty and she could only imagine what the rest of herself looked like.

She looked back down at the forest as the moving trees started getting closer. She got up from my spot and got farther away from the edge. A single alien came out of the forest, making her whimper and back up, dashing into the cave and into the small hiding spot in the back, not visible from the outside and covered with rocks.

She then played the waiting game, waiting for the all clear from her parents, saying that this one like the rest had turned back, had ran off. They never came this far out at first, content with just staying around their main base. She could only guess that they had decided to start branching out.

She looked around the cave, or what little she could see of it. It had changed slightly, signs of fire and life were littered around. She had come to think of the place as home, it was all she had anymore.

"What is taking so long" She whispered, taking the chance to peek out of the outcropping. The first thing she noticed was that her parents were gone. She started to panic, and then she heard the screams. She wanted to run to them, to dash out and help, but knew that if she tried she would just die as well.

After a few seconds they stopped, just as suddenly as they started, and Rachel knew that she was alone. She broke down into tears, curling into herself as she cried silently, for the life she had lost, for her parents, for the cruel fate that was the world.

She didn't know how long she cried for, sobbing into her hands as she just waited for what she thought would be the end of her life. Only it never came. She finally stopped, pangs of hunger and thirst wracking through her body, and a need to use the bathroom. She got up and peeked out, seeing that night had fallen, signaling that she had been crying for a few hours. She slowly crawled out of her hideyhole and felt as if she had forgotten how to walk, she felt so wobbly and had trouble keeping her balance.

She sighed and took her first hesitant step forward, knowing that she had to see this with her own eyes. She moved, slowly step after step, until she was standing outside of the cave. Nothing looked any different. The dark forest still stretched on and on, the mountains were high and safe. She looked side to side, until she found it. Blood.

She made her way down the slope, and found the bodies. She let out a sob but was unable to cry. They looked like they had died painlessly, just two holes, one in each. She dropped to her knees and held the bodies, not caring about the blood that was smearing itself over her clothes. She turned to face the mountains, knowing that she couldn't stay any longer. She didn't know where she'd go, just that she wouldn't be staying here.

She made her way into the cave and grabbed what little food and water she had left, before heading out deeper into the mountains. She didn't know how long she walked into the night before she had to stop. She found a place that hid her from the rest of the world before she climbed into it and slept, sleeping through most of the day.

She continued like this for 2 more nights, not moving unless under the cover of darkness, hoping beyond hope that she didn't run into the creatures that habited the world of the night. On the third night she reached the other side of the mountain, out of food and running low on water. She looked at the expanse of forest in front of her and sighed, resigned in her fate.

She made her way through the trees, using up the last of her water as she collapsed near a stream in the forest. Her mind told her to keep going, that she could last a little longer. But that part was being beat down slowly, replaced by a new feeling, a feeling of safety. She looked around and heard something calling to her. She reached down and looked into the water, reaching down to take a sip. It didn't quite taste like water, but before she could think about it, she started getting sleepy. She curled up into a ball on the side of the bank before drifting off to a dreamless sleep. The first one she had had for a while.

When she awoke the next morning, everything was different. The world looked brighter, and she had felt better than she could ever remember except for one small thing, a pang of loneliness so strong, she had never felt anything like it before. She looked around and decided to move again, not knowing just how much her life had changed.