Hello there readers. Welcome to my new story. I have one story in the Starcraft universe so why don't I have two? It will be a similar story, but also different. Also the story will begin before StarCraft 1.
If anyone is wondering, why this will begin in Poland again, simple. If we talk about American writers, the story always begins in America. Or other countries, if the author is of another nationality. And I don't have problem with that. So you, as the readers, should not have a problem.
But that's just my point of view. I won't say anymore, there is no need for that. I just hope you like the story.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything from the StarCraft Universe, no plot, characters or units. All I own are my OC's and my own units, buildings, ships I created. The place of action is based on a real place, but it's not the same place. Every character which reassembles real people or things is a coincidence.
"My life for Aiur"- Protoss Khalani.(Khalani is official Protoss language)
"My life for Aiur"- Protoss Khalani through mental link or thought.
Chapter 1
Crystal and Vision
North Poland, Pomerania, early day
The sun was moving higher in the sky. The sky was clear and its blue color was similar to the color of deep ocean water. The wind was blowing outside, making the air colder than it had been earlier. The trees were waving on the sides at a high angle. Days of early spring in Poland, especially on Pomerania, were cold. There was a high chance the sun would not come out because of clouds blocking the sky, or it would start raining.
The house on the edge of the city was a simple house with white paint on it, and dark-red roof tiles. A few small fir trees were growing in front of the house. Next to it was a garage built in the same pattern, but with a flat roof. The entrance to it was one big door made from brown wood. Outside it, stood a car, big enough to take 7 people.
Inside the house were a few minor rooms; a big saloon, a simple kitchen and a small bathroom. On the first floor were bedrooms. One was for guests which stopped by. The other, in front of the guest one, was owned by the elders in the house, but right now it was empty. It contained only a big bed made from solid wood and two chest of drawers also made from wood but a different type, each of a different color. One was in a deep brown color and the second one was white.
The room next to this room was slightly smaller, but probably because of more wardrobes. One was next to the entrance and was standing all along the wall. The bookshelf was also next to the entrance and next to it was a table with a few books on it, uncleaned, like it had been used not too long ago. In the center was a bed, long but big enough to contain one person. Next to it was another table, slightly cleaner with a computer on it, and a plasma TV on the wall.
The windows were hidden behind the backdrop, making the room brown in color. But the room was painted in a grey color with a blue shade.
A noise came from the bed. A person inside was rolling in it. The person moaned with fear in their voice. Unreadable words were leaving their mouth.
"Guah!" the person shouted and awoke abruptly The person was sweating uncontrollably, their whole face covered in sweat. Their breathing was rapid and unstable. Their skin was pale. The person's eyes were wide open.
The person had long, black hair which reached her hips. She had a slender body and smooth skin. She had deep blue eyes and a small, almost invisible scar coming down her left eye. She had a healthy C, border D cup breast. The girl was in her early eighteens.
She caught her face in her hands to calm down. She took a few deep breaths.
"Another weird dream," she muttered with anger. She took a deep breath and slowly released air from her lungs. She shook her head to forget the weird dream and got up from bed. She slowly moved to the bathroom which was next to her room. She did her daily routine of morning cleaning and returned to her room. She looked at the clock and sighed. She decided to wear black pants and a bra. Over it she put on a white T-shirt with long sleeves, short jeans reaching to halfway down her thighs, and a black shirt. She also decided to wear a red bow tie with green zirconium and small earrings.
She walk down to the kitchen and prepared a fast breakfast which consisted of bread, meat, salad and green tea. She quickly ate breakfast and ran to her room to grab her backpack with different kinds of books and notebooks. She also grabbed keys and ran down to take a black jacket and wore black boots reaching to her calves.
She quickly looked at the clock and moved out of the house. She closed the door and started walking down the road. Her face was serious the whole time. She didn't care about the dream she had seen today. All she cared about were grades, to find well-payed job and live how she wanted. She didn't care about religion, politics or anything which didn't include her. She was straightforward; she kept both feet on the ground.
People usually stayed away from her, but she didn't care. In fact, she was glad that they didn't bother her. She thought about people as obstacles to her goal. She had a cold heart and didn't bother to help people if it wasn't helping her. But she also wouldn't break the law to reach her goal. She was cunning, patient, intelligent, wise, strong willed and determined.
Soon she reached the main road and she saw how people of her age were talking with smiles on their faces. She ignored them. She kept walking with a straight face, unbothered by what was happening around her. The cold wind was blowing firmly. The people around her tried to cover the places where the cold wind had found holes in their clothes. She, on the other hand, didn't even flinch. She keep walking like the wind wasn't even there.
Some looked at her and whispered.
"Isn't she cold?"
"Are you talking about her?"
"Looks like the Ice Queen brought coldness with her."
"Don't be so cold towards her."
"What? Isn't that the truth?"
She ignored the comments. It's not like she would gain something from caring about such words. She kept walking until she reached a crossroad. The cars were driving here and there. When the green light was on, the people started walking. The girl soon reached her destination.
It was a big school built from red bricks. It had three floors and three entrances at the front, where before the doors were steps. It had two wings moving forward. The roof was made from black roof tiles. The entrance lead to a straight pathway made of dark and pale granite blocks. The girl kept walking until someone jumped on her.
She managed to keep balance and she looked at person who had jumped on her. The girl had small brown eyes which were behind brown glasses, an upturned nose, a small forehead, and brown uncombed hair. The girl's look soften slightly.
"Marry, get off of me..." she said.
Marry pouted but jumped off of her. She smiled brightly. Marry was wearing blue trousers, white T-shirt and, on it, a blue shirt with a potion on it with an explosion and saying "Science is Boom!". But what attracted the attention of other people was the long white scientist coat. She had briefcase which she was holding in her right hand, right now on her back and with her other hand on her hips. Compared to the girl standing in front of her, she was about ¼ of her height shorter. Her breasts were also small; A border B cup but it looked like she didn't care about such a thing.
"Come on Anastasia, don't be so serious all the time. You need to relax from time to time," Marry said. Anastasia raised her eyebrows at this and walked away. Marry looked at her walking away and, slightly shocked, ran after her. She reached her and started walking beside her. She looked at Anastasia.
"Oh, come on. With your attitude, you will never find boyfriend," she said.
"I don't need one. All I need are my ambition and myself. I don't need others," she said without hesitation. Marry stopped in her tracks. Anastasia looked at her after a few steps wondering what had happened.
"So… you don't need me?" Marry asked quietly. Anastasia raised an eyebrow.
"You don't need me then?" she asked louder so Anastasia could hear. The girl looked slightly shocked, seeing the red face of Marry which could explode into tears at any moment. Confused, Anastasia sighed.
"Fine. I need you as well..." she said quietly. But Marry could hear that. She jumped at Anastasia who wasn't prepared for this. Marry started rubbing her face against Anastasia.
"Ohoho~. How warm of you," she said.
"Re-Release me, idiot! I'm taking back what I said!" Anastasia said with an angry glare. She tried to pull Marry off her, but Marry didn't want to release Anastasia. After five minutes of Marry fooling around, they reached the school. They walked past the students and down the corridor. They reached a small hall where three doors lead to the classrooms. On respective doors were the class numbers, so students could easily find their classroom.
The steps leading to the first floor was an entrance to the bottom level of school. Anastasia and Marry walked there. Comparing the corridors to this part of the school above was like comparing Heaven to Earth. The walls were destroyed and painted with pens, showing some 'creations' and other stuff. There were pipes everywhere. They were old and rusty, covered poorly with foam or something similar to it, closed in a tube.
There was an entrance where students could leave their jackets. On the old hangers were also other 'creations' of students. The school building was old. It was built probably 50 years ago and the school just didn't have the money to repair this part of the school. But nobody complained. Or couldn't complain. The school was ruled by three people; the headmistress and two vice-headmistresses.
'School friendly to students? Friendly my ass' Anastasia thought while looking at Marry who was happily humming. She looked at Anastasia.
"Don't stare at me so intensely you pervert," Marry said and grinned. On Anastasia's forehead, a vein popped out. She clenched her fist and threw it at Marry's head. Marry winced from pain and grabbed her now pulsating bump at the top of her head. She looked at Anastasia and whined.
"Marry~! You meanie~!"
"Look who is talking," Anastasia responded and left the basement to walk to her classroom. Marry pouted but quickly followed her. The corridors were getting tight because more students were arriving at school; some of them were breathing heavily, probably because they had ran to school. Marry pulled out a mobile phone.
"Hmmm. Looks like the first lesson is Physics," Marry grinned. Anastasia ignored her only friend's behavior and kept walking forward. Marry, noticing Anastasia leave, ran after her. When they reached the hall, similar to the previous one, Marry opened her briefcase and pulled out a small portable computer. She sat down on the steps to first floor and started doing something.
Anastasia didn't care what she was doing but she knew what Marry could do. Her title 'Mad Scientist' wasn't for show. When she was fifteen she had built her first computer without ANYONE'S help. It wasn't fast or with super memory but it was her. Soon after that, she started building more and more crazy things. Her last device was… strange at least. It's still in 'Alpha' stage as Marry referred to it. It was spider like machine, as big as full-grow German shepherd. The government had tried to convince her to sell her plan but she refused, saying 'Build your own one!' Or at least so Anastasia thought, because Marry had told her that. On her account were also more… explosive projects like explosive chewing gum, a teddy bear with a high pitch sound which could paralyze everyone in a 15 meters radius, even if someone was behind a wall with their ears covered.
It was 2034. People were getting richer, technology was going forward. So many things, like old processors or memories which weren't in use, were readily accessible. Marry was buying this for a very cheap price. Then she took that to her workstation in her house and turned cheap piece of metal into machines. Anastasia was surprised at how clever, intelligent and probably crazy Marry was. Probably this was what made them friends.
Marry pulled out a small metal ball from her pocket. She looked at the ball and then again at the computer. The ball was the size of a tennis ball, maybe slightly bigger.
"Grrrr… How to do it… Maybe if I change this line… and add this..." Marry was muttering under her nose. Anastasia stop bothering with what Marry was doing and pulled out a notebook to prepare for the lesson. Mr. Black was a very nice person but he demanded a lot from the students. Soon the bell rang, but students didn't stop their chatting. The teacher still hadn't come. Not that it was surprise. It was always like this. And no one complained.
After five minute or less, Mr. Black came and opened the door to the classroom. Anastasia walked into the class. Mr. Black noticed Marry who was unfazed by his presence and called her.
"Marry the class started. Get into the class." Marry looked surprised at him.
"I will be there shortly! Just a few seconds!" she responded. She quickly returned to her computer. Mr Black sighed and entered the classroom, closing the door behind him. He was a teacher who was about forty-two years, maybe more, because his clothes looked like they were from theprevious century. Black pullover made from wool, dark-grey trousers which looked like they were at least ten years old, but in reality were new. Elegant shoes which had the same problem as the trousers. He sat on the chair and turned on the computer.
He looked at the classroom.
"Except Marry I see everyone is present," he said. Soon after that, the doors opened revealing Marry.
"Sorry about it," she said, embarrassed. Mr. Black sighed and ordered her to sit down. After Marry had settled down Mr Black, started lesson.
The lesson was boring but Anastasia was paying attention. She needed to get a high score in the exam which would be happening soon. Marry, on the other hand, was doing something on her computer again. Mr Black didn't care about that. Or he was carrying on until he decided to stop. He tried to make her stop doing it but without success. Soon, 40 minutes of the lesson had passed and the bell rang. Everyone got their things and moved out of the class to the next one.
Anastasia looked at her plan and sighed. She walked to the first floor and sat on a bench next to the math class. Marry sat beside her, still doing her thing.
"On what are you working on this time?" Anastasia finally asked. Marry looked surprised because she hadn't expected someone to bother her. She replaced her glasses and looked at the ball in her hand.
"Ahhh… it's the core of my spider machine. It will be the place where most important the data is stored. But I always have a problem with the code. But I can deal with it," Marry assured. Anastasia nodded.
"Fine. Wake me up when the teacher comes. I will take a quick nap," she said. Marry nodded. Anastasia closed her eyes and quickly fell asleep.
In dream
Anastasia saw buildings before her. But they wasn't anything she could recognize. She didn't recognize the style or the materials that had been used to build them. Moreover, she couldn't recognize the place. It wasn't anywhere on Earth. At least she thought so.
The buildings were simply too elegant and too expensive in their appearance to be on Earth. They were high, some probably even higher than most buildings on Earth. She tried to move but she couldn't. Like an unseen force was counteracting her ability to move. All she could do was watch. Watch what was going to happen.
Soon massive clouds covered the entire area. The sun was no more and only darkness could be seen. She saw then, how the clouds were ripped apart by flying fire. But it was blue fire that was falling on the ground. She couldn't recognize what was falling. Suddenly, she heard massive shouts of many people from the city. She wondered how she could hear that.
The wind was blowing hard, which made Anastasia cover her eyes. Soon, more blue fire was falling on the ground, destroying buildings, killing people. She heard cries of pain and shouts of fear. Soon something appeared in the clouded, ripped sky. First it was a small dot. Then it was more dots. Soon those dots turned into a massive swarm of dots, like black rain of oil falling on the city.
A loud squeal could be heard. Anastasia covered her ears, because the squeal was so horrifying, it made Anastasia's blood stop running in her veins. She couldn't breathe, a cold sweat was on her face and back. Soon, the sky turned red and Anastasia eyes widened when she saw meteors falling on the city. Anastasia tried to run but she couldn't. Suddenly, she saw how a meteor fell on the city.
The explosion ripped the city apart, and sent everything flying everywhere. Buildings fell on the ground or were sent flying. A wall of fire was spreading a high speed. The ball of fire was close to her. She wanted to run, but she couldn't. Soon the fire embraced her. She felt how her skin was melting, her blood boiling, her bones turning into ashes. But it was slow process, making her feel greater pain in every passing second. She felt everything.
Soon she also heard voices. She couldn't understand them. It was a foreign language to her.
"Where are our forces!?"
"Zergs attacked us!"
"May Khala help us!"
Soon the pain was too much to handle and she awakened.
Back to reality
Anastasia jumped with sweat all over her face. She looked scared and terrified after what she had seen. She looked around, only to see Marry next to her. She caught her face and tried to calm down. Marry gently patted Anastasia on her back.
"Shh, Shh. It's alright. Calm down. Everything is fine," she said.
"Wha-Where… Am I?" Anastasia asked. Marry looked at her with worry.
"We're still in front of the class. I tried to wake you up, but I couldn't. You was like in a trance. You didn't move, your breath was calm, too calm you could say. The teacher informed the educator about it. After a short while, she came here and informed me to take you to home," Marry explained. Anastasia was shocked.
"Wait… I-I was calm… that's impossible… My dreams… weren't one… yo-you could… sleep peace...fully," Anastasia said. Marry looked at her friend with worry.
"I'm saying what I saw and everyone else. I wouldn't lie to you without a good reason. The educator said you are free for the rest of the day. How nice of her," Marry said with sarcasm at the end. Anastasia took a few deep breaths and nodded.
"You-You're right. Maybe I'm… just tired. I-I should probably… just go home and… and rest," Anastasia said, still remembering what she had seen and pain she had felt. She touched her arms like she expect to feel burned flesh. But she understood that it was just a dream. But it was the first time that the dream had been so realistic. She didn't believe in God or supernatural things. She didn't care about something which couldn't be touched, seen or tasted.
It was the first time she had felt like this. But she needed to get a hold of herself. She probably was just tired and that's all. She slowly rose from her seat.
"OK, I can go home alone. I will be fine," she said to Marry. Marry stood as well.
"You're forcing yourself too much already. Let me help you," Marry begged, but Anastasia turned to Marry with an angry glare.
"I will be fine," she said empathizing every word. Marry took one step back because of Anastasia's expression but she quickly recovered with a frown.
"Fine. Go then," Marry said and got back to class. Anastasia looked at Marry walking away but didn't say anything. She looked back forward and went to the basement for her jacket and then left the school grounds.
Marry walked inside the class and closed the door. She stood there for a few seconds with an angry expression.
"Marry? Is everything alright?" the teacher asked. But Marry didn't respond and just sat down on her place, still angry. Not at Anastasia but at herself. Because she couldn't convince Anastasia. Because she was too weak, she pulled back every time when Anastasia was using that voice. Because she lacked confidence.
"Dammit. Dammit all," Marry muttered under her nose.
With Anastasia
Anastasia was walking down the road with her head down. She was tired and she wanted to just lie in a soft bed. It was one of those rare moments when she was so tired. She couldn't remember a time when she had been tired as she was today. Normally, she would be full of energy to use in abetter way, like preparing for the future by studying.
But today was different. For the past month, she hadn't been getting normal sleep. She would wake up in the middle of the night with a shout and cold sweat all over her body. The hours when she was waking up changed from a standard 6.30 am to 1 am. After that sudden wake up, she wasn't able to fall asleep again. At the beginning, she consumed this time for study. At the beginning, this was helping her, but right now, not so much. Furthermore, she was getting more and more tired.
She shook her head from unnecessary thoughts which were floating about that dream. Or maybe she should say vision. She snorted at this thought. As if something like that was possible. She kept walking until something caught her eye. She stopped and looked at a small hole in the still cold ground. This hole looked like something had hit this place.
She saw what had probably made this hole in the ground. She saw a blue, shinning crystal which was emanating small blue light. She looked around, but nobody was around her. She looked back at the hole and crouched. She looked more careful at the small crystal. It was no bigger than 1/3 ofher small finger, maybe less.
The light wasn't affecting her in any way. She didn't felt dizzy or tired. Tired? She looked at her hands. She felt stronger, like a heavy burden had been lifted from her shoulders. She looked back at the crystal and slowly moved her hand forward. She hesitated. Should she grab it? Or leave it here? In the end, she grabbed it.
She stood up and again looked at the crystal. Its shapes and corners suggested that it was part of a bigger crystal. She looked around but she didn't notice more holes similar to this before her. She looked carefully at it and moved it higher into the sun to see its shape better.
"Quite a nice crystal. Wonder how expensive this could be?" she muttered to herself. She then hid the crystal in her pocket and started walking forward to her house. When she reached it, she opened the door and walked inside. She pulled out her jacket and placed it on a hanger. She pulled off her shoes but didn't bother to place them in their place.
She grabbed her backpack and walked to her room. She then dropped her backpack without care and opened the door to one of the drawers. From it, she pulled a small golden stand. She then placed it on the table, away from the window and then she pulled the crystal out. It was warm to touch, probably because it had been in her pocket. She then placed it on the stand and was shocked.
It was levitating. Slightly above the stand, but Anastasia could clearly see it was levitating. She moved a finger under it and above it, looking for strings. But she didn't find any. She looked carefully at it, looking for some kind of engine which would make it levitate. But it was too small to hide something inside it. And it was transparent. Anastasia sat down on the chair and crossed her arms.
She couldn't think of anything right now. She pulled out her phone and took a picture of it. She then decided to send a picture to Marry but she stopped. Wouldn't be Marry angry at her? Probably not. She didn't know what to do. She was confused. For the first time in her life she didn't know what to do. She then put away the phone and looked at the crystal, which was lazily floating above the stand.
"From what are you made of? What was your destiny before I found you?" Anastasia muttered, wondering. She couldn't explain how this crystal could levitate. If it was lighter than air, it would be caught by the wind and thrown, God knows where. It didn't have anything which could give it energy to make it float. She touched it again and felt cold. She removed her finger from it. It didn't make any energy or it would be warm at least.
Scratching her head with frustration, she decided she would worry about it later. She covered the windows and pulled off her trousers and shirt, leaving only her pants and bra. She gave a final look at the crystal and decided to sleep. Maybe after a good rest, she would be able think about something.
When she closed her eyes, she quickly fall asleep. The bright light didn't wake her. The crystal quickly flashed with bright blue light, sending a small wave of energy which covered the whole world. Other crystals which were all around the world lost their energy and slowly turned into dust, which wind threw into the air. The dust was flying towards the source of the wave. Through the window and small gaps in the wall, which were so small, a human eye wouldn't be able to see, the dust entered the room and gathered on the crystal, making it bigger.
Soon the crystal was big like a basketball. The crystal gave another quick flash of light before a column of light shot at Anastasia, making her body shine in blue light. Suddenly, the light moved back to the crystal. A faint voice could be heard.
"Crystal recovered, stabilized. Proceeding with instructions..."
"…"
"…"
"No objection found..."
"Body physically and mentally meets the requirements..."
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"Not enough Psionic energy..."
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"Receiving instructions..."
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"Order received. Preparing to gather Psionic Energy from environment and slowly transfer it to Host..."
"…"
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"Unable to start gathering. Awaiting new orders..."
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"…"
"Order received. Preparing to transfer all gathered Psionic Energy..."
"…"
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"Requirements meets. Proceeding with order..."
The crystal shined brightly and with a beam of light, it transferred energy to Anastasia. She didn't feel anything. She only turned around in bed and continued with her sleep. Soon the crystal transferred all of its energy.
"Order accomplished..."
"…"
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"Proceeding with shut down until Psionic Energy from matrix detected…"
"…"
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"Preparation complete. Starting procedure of hibernation..."
"System shut down..."
"…"
"…"
The crystal light faded completely and slowly it stopped levitating, quietly falling onto the stand. Right now, it was just a white crystal, which looked like decoration.
Ok here you go. A chapter ready. I hope you like it. Anyway I will replace this chapter later with a chapter checked by Beta but right now he is away. I don't know on what business and, telling the true, I don't care. He should be back this week, so to this time stay tuned for checked chapters. Also write down if you like the chapter.
Anyway see you soon. NerDeath Out.