From Hooves to Hands; the Dust Remains

Twilight watched as Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash loaded the man's body into the stretcher. "I wonder what happened to him. Why is he wearing that armor?" She asked to no one in-particular.

"I dunno Twi," Rainbow started. "But he sure is heavy!" She complained.

Applejack cut in. "If it's to heavy for ya Ah could take the reigns. Though Fluttershy seems to be having no problems." She laughed at the girl with the rainbow hair.

"Shh... keep it down. Don't you remember where we are? The Everfree forest! Filled with monsters and bandits an-" She looked down at the mud she just stepped in. "Mud!" She cried out.

Rolling her eyes Twilight spoke again. "We should keep going, I think this guy needs to get to a hospital ASAP." All the girls nodded.

After a few minutes of walking a Manticore appeared from behind a tree. Without warning the man on the stretcher jumped up and charged at the monster. Pulling a pistol from a holster beneath his duster he released a torrent of bullets at it.

Recoiling from the projectiles it didn't see as he ran at it with a machete in hand. Holstering the pistol he jumped and held the handle with both hands. Plunging the machete down it the beast skull.

Pulling the broad machete from it's skull he fell back onto the ground once more. All the girls starred at him; none could form a coherent word to say anything.

Eventually Twilight broke the silence. "Perhaps we should um... hurry and get him to the hospital." All the girls nodded and grabbed the man, taking special care to grab the machete and not get blood on themselves.

Walker awoke to a feeling he hadn't felt in a long time, something soft. Opening his eyes from the unfamiliar sensation he looked around.

He discovered he was in what looked to be a clean place; was he in the Sink? No, the walls were to white and bed to soft.

"H-hello sir." A voice said from beside him. Turning he could see a girl with pink hair sitting in a chair; considering all the colors of hair he had seen in the waste it wasn't shocking.

"Hello, where am I?" That's when he realized he was still wearing his helmet. Pulling the releases on each side he pulled the helmet off.

Sighing Fluttershy realized she wan't talking to a cyborg. None of the girls, or doctors could figure out how to remove the armor from the man. "Y-you're in Ponyville hospital. I-I'm Fluttershy."

"Couldn't catch that."

"[Fluttershy." She repeated a little louder. He gave her a look to show he still couldn't understand her. "F-fluttersy."

"Oh, well nice to meet you. I'm Walker... wait... where is Ponyville? Is it in the Common Wealth?" He asked her.

She wasn't doing so well, the girls had agreed they'd take shifts so that when he awoke they could talk to him, she didn't expect to be the one who was there when he woke up. "N-no, it's in Equestria."

He still had never heard of such a place but figured it to be outside of his range of knowledge, maybe it was in old world Mexico or something. "Never heard of it. Pleased to meet you though!" he said extending his hand, he was always taught to make a good first impression; unless the person was an asshole.

She recoiled when his hand came at her. For a moment he was shocked before realizing how shy she was and apologizing. Gingerly she loosened up and extended her hand to shake, he had a strong grip.

"Um... if you think you can I think we should go and meet the others... if that's okay with you." SHe told him before standing up.

Standing and popping what seemed like every bone in his body he nodded and followed her.

Walker had seen trees, he had found Oasis in the capitol and even became close friends with Harold the man who became a tree. But never in his life had he seen anything like this.

Exiting the hospital and looking to the right he could see fields and fields of tall trees with blobs of red in them. Reaching back to grab the binoculars from his bag he noticed it wasn't there. "Where is my bag?! Was it stolen?! I have to find it!" He yelled taking off his duster and looking at it.

Before Fluttershy could say anything he began to spin in circles like a dog chasing it's tail. Removing the duster she could see how toned his muscles were through the black shirt he wore under his armor. She blushed at the fact that she noticed that.

"Um... Twilight has it at the library." She told him.

Stopping trying to reach down the back of his shirt he looked at her. "Oh, well lead on." He said motioning forward and putting his duster back on.

After about ten minutes of walking in silence they arrived at a tree that had windows. "Holy shit!" Was all he managed to say before running up and looking at it. She looked at him with amusement; never had she seen anyone react so strangely to a tree.

"Hello sir." Twilight said from the entrance to the tree. "You act as though you've never seen a tree before." SHe laughed.

"Not many, just a few. Though I did kill a man who grew a tree from his head, name was Harold. I miss him, though Bob can be fun to talk to, as much of dick he is." He said to her scratching his beard slightly.

Fluttershy and Twilight gave him a strange look. "Um... well anyway we had some questions for you." Twilight said.

Nodding he extended his arm to shake. "Sounds okay. Name's Walker."

"Twilight Sparkle." She said shaking his large hand.

So many questions! He was on question 203 by now at least. "So one last question... Who are you?"

"The million cap question... How about this." He said bringing up his wrist and the strange device attached.

After a few seconds of clicking buttons and such he found the right file. "Walker Sulfridge, has been in numerous battles. Currently is wearing Elite Riot Gear. Primary weapon is the .45 caliber 1911 more commonly know as "The Light Shining In Darkness." Home: Originally Vault 101, currently Lucky 38 in Nevada. Affiliations: Is a Knight in the Washington D.C Cell  of the Brotherhood Of Steel, a member of the Regulators, Captain of Mothership Zeta, Captain of the Duchess Gambit, Liberator of the Pitt, Hero of New Vegas, High Priority Civilian Asset of the NCR, Prophet of Zion, Burner of the Divide, Head of Scientific research at Big Mountain, Paladin in the Mojave branch of the Brotherhood of Steel, etc. Mental Status: Degrading, has shown signs of PTSD and many other physiological disorders. Physical Health: Has maintained good health though is slightly malnourished, dehydrated, and irradiated. Side note, has been depressed since he left the Capital Wasteland and the Sentinel :Sarah Lyons, depression also stems from the death of his father and many other family members and friends, as well as being cast out from his home Vault 101 by former friend Amata."

"Stupid thing... must be talking to the Auto-Doc again." He said clicking off the device.

The girls gave him a sad look. "You were cast out of your home?" Asked Twilight.

"Your father died?" asked Fluttershy. Before he could respond the girls were attached to his midsection.

He tried prying them off. "W-what are you doing! Let go of me!" He yelled. Last time he had been hugged was by his father when he was 10 years old, when they had taken a picture together after he killed that rad-roach with his BB gun.

Thinking of the moment brought back the memory of his father and everything that had happened. Jumping up he ran out of the library. He needed to kill something, now.

The girls watched him run out. "Oh goodness what have we done?!" Fluttershy asked Twilight.

She frowned. "I don't know, but I think we should give him some space." She told the shy girl next to her. "I believe I should write a letter to the princess about this, as well as try and find out what half of the things he said are."

Walker was running through the town at full speed. Running eventually into the forest.

After a minute he heard a noise. "I'm telling ya man, we rob that library we's done! The princesses student lives there!" Said a feminine voice to his left. Crouching and making his way over he looked at the small group of five, many had assorted firearms and the others had knives or some form of melee weapon.

Standing he stepped forward and coughed to announce himself. The closest person to him, a man with a combat knife jumped at him. When he cam e in reach he brought his fist forward and punched him in the jaw. With the stun manned in grasp he grabbed his arm and pulled him close.

Using the body as a shield when the first bullets left the guns he grabbed the knife and jumped at the woman to his left, in her hands were a .357 magnum with, from what he heard, 3 shots still in the chamber.

Jumping at her he planted the knife into her throat and flipped around her just in time for the body to catch the bullets. Grabbing the gun and still using her body as a shield he entered vats and marked his targets. BANG BANG BANG! Echoed through the forest as he pulled the trigger and tree of the people died.

Pulling the knife he threw the body on the ground and looked at them all, to easy. Dropping the knife he turned to see a blonde woman behind him. "Wow, ya are very deadly. Ya jus' wiped out the bandits that 'ave been harassing the town fer almost a year now." She said looking at his work.

Scoffing he began to walk away. "Hay wait! Ah'm Applejack, I reckon yer Walker? I just saw Twilight and she told me about you."

"Did she tell you how I ran out of her house? Or that I'm crazy?" He said still walking away.

She followed him. "No but ah just found out that you can fight, and that if you collect that bounty that was on them bandit's ye'll have 500 bits in yer pocket." He just sighed. No true person in the waste had bounties on them, just groups as a whole.

"Don't need your money. I'm just gonna go back and apologize to Twilight and Fluttershy for storming out." He said entering the town limits.

"Well Twilight's at the Library, and Fluttershy is at her cottage outside of town." She said still following. Stopping she watched him go. "Ah don't trust him." She said to herself.

Walker had just left Twilight's after telling her how sorry he was and that he wished to tell Fluttershy how sorry he was. She told him it was okay and gave him back his things before giving him directions to her cottage.

He followed her directions to the dot and arrived at a house, that also appeared to have a tree growing out of it. Knocking he noticed how late it had become. When the door opened he didn't see anyone, till he looked down to see a creature starring at him. "The fuck you looking at?" he spat at it before kicking it away and walking in. "Fluttershy? You here?" He called out.

A small squeaking noise was heard from his left along with the clattering of many pots. Looking at the heads up display given to him by his Pip-Boy he saw only one signature. Pulling his .45 he walked in and looked around, no one.

Walking closer he looked at the signature, it was not in sight, but still on his display. Walking closer he saw Fluttershy on the ground in the middle of some pan. "You okay?" He asked her, holstering his side arm.

Another squeak. "Oh y-yes I'm fine." Se said collecting the pan and piling them on the nearby counter. Reaching down he grabbed her hand and helped her up. Then she realized who was there. "Oh Walker you had us so worried!" She squealed attaching herself to his mid-section.

No matter how much he pried she wouldn't seem to come off. "Yeah, I just wanted to apologize for storming out earlier." He said still trying to remove her. "And that it wasn't right for me to do that."

Finally she released him. "Oh, well it's okay; as long as you don't do it again." She smiled, not as shy it seemed when they met upon his awakening.

He smiled back and started walking toward the door. "Well I'll see you, gotta find a place to camp before it gets to late." He told her.

When he reached the door she called out. "W-wait! Um... I was just um... wondering if you'd like to stay for dinner... if that's okay with you of course." There's her being shy again he thought.

"I'd love too." He told her turning and taking off his thick duster.

Never in his life had he such a delicious meal, nothing in the vault compared to that meal; let alone the waste. After sitting for a moment to pull himself together from the meal he stood and grabbed his duster and bag. "Thank you for the meal Miss Shy, I think I'll take my leave now."

"Oh but it's dark out, I insist you stay here for the night. You can take the couch, angel won't mind giving up his spot will you angel?" She asked the little creature.

It looked at Walker and huffed. "Ma'am that's alright, I can just camp out in the was- I mean forest." He corrected himself.

"I insist you stay here, just for tonight please." She commanded. The way she spoke reminded him of Sarah in many ways.

Sighing he admitted to defeat. "Alright, but only for tonight. You may just be too kind Miss Shy."

Giggling she just waved it off. "Kindness is my element." And with that they both went to their respective sleeping places and laid down for the night. It had been a long day.