The Lone Wanderer's Journey

         Jason, best known as "The Lone Wanderer", opened the rusty metro gates, returning to surface after helping helping Three Dog with Galaxy News Radio signal in exchange for information where his father went. Followed by his faithful and friendly dog, Dogmeat, Jason went upstairs, being greeted by the Sun's heat and the Wasteland's vastness. He let out a long sigh.

"That was a big adventure, wasn't it, Dogmeat?" The Wanderer said while stroking his dog's head.

The dog barked happily at its owner gesture, and sat down near the stair leading to the metro, starting to pant calmly.

"A hell of an adventure..." he completed as memories from his journey in the Super-Mutant infested Washington D.C went through his head.

         Jason was starting to look as a typical wastelander. Wearing his signature dirty armored Vault 101 Jumpsuit and wielding his rusty but deadly hunting rifle together with his trench knife attached at his waist. Jason was an athletic (though losing weight daily because the lack of food), 6 feet tall, 19 years-old youth with dark brown hair and eyes. The Lone Wanderer was getting famous in the Wasteland because of his actions, from disarming Megaton's atomic bomb to improving GNR's signal, and being involved as a volunteer in the "Wasteland Survival Guide".

          He looked at his Pipboy-3000 map, remembering that Three Dog instructed him to head south as soon as he gets out of the metro in order to reach Rivet City. But when Jason looked back, there was just a big pile of wreckage blocking the path. Jason whispered to himself:

"Judging by this, I'll need to contour the entire Washington D.C." Jason began to feel tired "But I don't think I'm ready for another 3-hour walk. Maybe I'll just try to find somewhere to sleep."

          The Sun was starting to set in the horizon, illuminating the Wasteland with a bright orange light. Jason started to walk, trying to find somewhere safe to sleep. Already far from the metro station, he examined his surroundings: no sign of a house or abandoned campsite (not military ones. Jason thought it was dangerous to spend a night at those, simply because they were one of the most raided places in the Wasteland). Frustrated, Jason thought "I will stop by Megaton instead." But his attention was caught by a flash of light in the distance. A flash of light that would change his life forever.

          Intrigued by the strange sight, The Lone Wanderer started walking towards the location where the flash of light was last seen. When he neared the location, Jason crouched almost immediately after noticing that there was a group. Hiding behind a small rock formation, and signaling Dogmeat not to growl, Jason tried not to give away his location.

"Is everypony okay?" A feminine voice said, sounding a little worried.

"Everypony? What are they talking about?" Jason returned his attention to the weird conversation:

"What the hay is going on?" Another voice spoke, sounding even more worried "And why my body is like this?"

          Jason's curiosity took over him. 'I need to take a look at this' he thought as he slowly raised his head. But when Jason was able to actually see who were talking, his eye met with one of the women that looked suspiciously at him. Jason immediately returned to cover, but the woman already alerted the rest of the group:

"Hey! Who are you?" Jason held his breath, and tried not to move.

"Why are you hiding? Are you scared?" Another voice provoked.

         Infuriated by the provocation, The Wanderer angrily took his rifle of his back, stood up and aimed at the group.

"Who do you think you are..." his voice lowered as he noticed something that made him blush: they were naked.

"What the fuck is this?" Jason whispered to himself in confusion. In front of him, stood six girls with strange hair colors, completely naked. Judging by their hair colors, and the way they were speaking to each other, Jason could only think that they were just a bunch of weirdos lost in the Wasteland.

"Who are you? And where we are?" One of the girls asked him. Her hair was sapphire blue with brilliant rose streaks on it. Thinking that they posed no threat, The Lone Wanderer answered:

"Name's Jason Miller. And you guys are in the Capital Wasteland" He said while trying not to look at the girl's bodies. They examined their surroundings, that shared no similarity from where they came from. " And who are you people?"

"My name is Twilight Sparkle, and these are my friends Applejack, Rarity, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy" All the girls began to look at him except for Fluttershy, who tried to hide her face with her light pink hair. Jason asked them, blushing slightly: "Soooo... what are you guys doing naked in the middle of nowhere?"

"Well, I don't know to be honest, but can you bring us back home?" Twilight asked full of hope.

         The Lone Wanderer wasn't a stranger to escorting situations, having escorted more than 5 captives from Super-Mutant campsites. But this one was going to be totally different. "Yes, I can help. Just tell me where you need to go." Jason said, obviously offering them help. "We need to go to Ponyville." Twilight responded. "Ponyville?" Jason asked, even more confused. "And where in the world is Ponyville?"

         Jason's last question made Twilight worries grow even bigger. "Are you sure you don't know where its is?" Twilight couldn't hold herself and showed how worried she was in her question's tone. Jason nodded his head in a negative way. "Nope, and to be honest, I think this place you told me about doesn't even exist." This was enough to make Twilight and her friends realize that they were no longer in Equestria, but in some kind of alternate dimension.

"Aren't you lying to us?" Rainbow asked with a tone of distrust.

"No, I ain't lying. I don't know any city or village called 'Ponyville'." Jason answered. Applejack reassured her friends:

"He's not lying, everypony" The girls felt the honesty in her words. "S-so what are we going to do?" Fluttershy asked timidly.

"Don't worry girls, I'll won't leave you guys alone." Jason thought that he couldn't just leave them alone in the Wasteland. It was weird for him though, offering protection to 6 naked girls. "Stay here. I will try to find something for you girls to wear. Dogmeat, stay here with them, okay boy?" The dog sat down and put itself on high alert.

         At this point, the Moon started to rise in the night sky, covering the Wasteland with its pale and weak light. Jason looked around at his surroundings trying to find somewhere worth a scavenging run. Luckily, his eyes met with a military campsite not far from where he was. Jason looked at Rainbow and Applejack. "Hey, you two, Applejack and Rainbow Dash, isn't?" Applejack and Rainbow responded with a quick nod while Jason pointed at the mentioned location. "Could you help me carry some things from that camp?" The two girls looked at each other. "Whatever ya say, sugarcube." The Wanderer furrowed his eyebrows in confusion at the way she called him.

         During the short walk to the camp, Rainbow questioned Jason:

"I can't understand why you are helping us." While she stared at a collapsed bridge.

"Umm... I like to help people in need, as long as they don't try to shoot or stab me in the back." He responded calmly, while Rainbow and Applejack got a little shocked by his comment.

         When they reached the camp, there was two tents. "I'll search in this one and you two go search on that one." Jason said while pointing at the other tent, that was mere meters away. Jason entered the tent and found numerous ammo boxes, 2 leather armors and 2 merc outfits. "Perfect" He thought before he started to loot the ammo boxes. Much to his frustration, he only found 10mm and .308 caliber cartridges and some frag mines. After putting the loot in his Pipboy, Jason began to carry the armor in his hands.

"Jason? Are you still there?" Rainbow asked The Wanderer, almost shouting at him.

"Yes, I'm still here. What is it?" He answered a bit irritated (Their questions were getting on his nerves), putting his head out of the tent.

"Does this count as armor?" She showed him a full set of combat armor in her left hand and a combat helmet with a bullet-proof visor in her right hand. Applejack appeared by her side with the same equipment.

"Yes it does. Now, wear it." Jason replied.

"Seriously?"

"Yeah, seriously. Consider it yours." His voice was beginning to sound angry. He let out a long sigh. 'Calm down, Jason. They're a bunch of girls that don't even know where the heck they are.' After leaving the tent, the two girls were already dressed up in their armors, moving their arms side to side in order to feel comfortable.

"I have to admit it feels pretty awesome to wear this thing!" Rainbow commented in excitement. But Applejack replied more negatively:

"Sorry if Ah am being a mood-killer Dash, but it feels like we stole this from somepony." She said staring at her armored feet.

"There is no problem at all." Jason replied at her comment. "I felt the same way when I looted for the first time." Jason tucked his head inside the tent AJ and Rainbow looted to be sure if they didn't left nothing behind. While looking inside, Jason saw something that caught his attention: Sleeping bags. There was 7, the perfect quantity for him and the girls. When he stepped out of the tent, Applejack questioned him:

"Why are ya carryin' this?"

"To give you girls a good night sleep" He answered as two of the sleeping bags fell to the ground. "And as you can see, I need some help."

"No problem, Jason." Rainbow said while taking two of the sleeping bags, and Applejack also help him by taking other two.

         But before they could return to the rest of the group, Rainbow asked:

"Jason, isn't it easier to just call the girls and spend this night here?"

"No, because these are one of the most scavenged places in this Wasteland. So I'm not taking any risks. And could I ask you something?"

"Yes?"

"Stop asking me questions. I'm getting irritated."

"Okay then." She replied feeling a little bit scared.

         Back at where the rest of the girls were, Jason began to give them the armors. Fluttershy and Twilight received the leather armors. When Jason was giving Rarity one of the merc outfits she complained:

"I won't dress up in these ruffian clothes." As she immediately looked back.

"What did you expect? A fancy dress? For God's sake, just take it!" She stared daggers at him, while he walked towards Pinkie Pie. "Thanks, Jason! It's a pleasure to meet you!" She said quickly, grabbed the clothing from Jason's right hand and began to shake his left hand at a incredible speed. " It's been a pleasure to meet you too, PInkie." The Wanderer held his own hand, that was still shaking from her exaggerated compliment.

         The Lone Wanderer ripped a branch off from a dead tree, and broke it in smaller pieces, putting them on the ground resembling a campfire. He then picked two nearby rocks and began to bang them together, creating several sparks, and finally lighting up the fire. "A primitive but effective way to create fire." He said to himself, staring blankly at the orange flames that danced in the air. "Could someone explain how the hell you girls got here?" He asked, looking at Twilight, as if he expected an answer from her. "I can. But you promise not to call us crazy?" His guess was right. "Yep, I won't call you girls weirdos." Jason replied, letting out a small chuckle.

         After an explanation that lasted nothing more than 15 minutes, Twilight looked back at The Wanderer. "So, let me see if I got this right. You told me that you came from a magical and peaceful land, filled with pegasi, unicorns and ponies and ruled by 2 god-like sisters?" Twilight only response was a short nod. "Yeah, I believe you. And before you ask me why, I've got 4 reasons. First: your names; Second: Your hair colors; Third: the way you talk to each other and Fourth: you told your story in a very serious way." Twilight sighed in relief.

"I bet you girls are hungry, aren't you?" Jason asked them. "Umm... yes. At least I am." Rainbow replied solely.

         Jason then took a piece of brahmin meat out off his Pipboy and a metal stick ( He didn't know why he carried that though), that suddenly appeared in his hands. The girls, noticing this action, stared at him astonished.

"Okay, okay, I'll explain what the heck is this thing on my wrist. It's a Pipboy, kind of a personal computer. It shows my body's condition, radiation level, and all the items stored in God knows where." He replied at the girl shocked expressions, and took his remarkable BB gun out of the invisible Pipboy storage, that appeared leaving some digital particles flying through the air. "And if I want to put it back in there, I just need to do this." He finished explaining about the Pipboy while he released his old gun above the small computer screen, causing it to vanish, leaving again some digital particles. "How does this work?" Twilight asked him, wanting to know more about that incredible piece of technology. "I don't know. But as long as it works, I don't care."

         Jason began to roast the brahmin meat while holding the metal stick above the campfire."What is this thing you are cooking? It looks tasty!" Pinkie commented happily. Again their questions were driving Jason crazy, but he felt that this one was okay. "It's Brahmin meat. Pretty much the only thing I eat in this damned Wasteland." Twilight gave Jason a suspicious look. "Is this flesh from a dead animal?" Jason closed his eyes and gave a long sigh, trying to remain calm. He nodded at Twilight in response. Suddenly, Fluttershy said timidly:

"W-why did you do this to the poor creature ?"

         The Lone Wanderer closed his eyes once more. "Let me guess. At this point, you must think that I'm a heartless killer, don't you? But I am not. This is how I survive. And it was not a poor creature, Fluttershy. It nearly knocked me out!" Now, the brahmin meat was grilled at a satisfying point. Believing Pinkie would eat without puking or complaining, he passed the stick to her. After a bite she almost yelled:

"It's delicious!!" And gave it another bite. "Applejack! You should prove it!" And passed the stick to her friend. Applejack bit it hesitantly, but smiled at it's good taste. "This thing is really good!"

         After everyone got a bite off from the steak, Jason ate a small bit and gave what was left for Dogmeat. Rarity asked him:

"Darling, are you okay eating just a little bit? It doesn't seem healthy."

"I am not healthy at all, to be honest. But I'm getting used to it. Don't worry." He replied,

         Jason looked at his Pipboy watch: 11:00 p.m. Strangely, this made him feel tired like he never felt before. "I think I will call this a day and get some sleep." The girls replied by getting themselves into their sleeping bags. Jason put out the fire by throwing dirty water at the campfire. Before he went to sleep, he armed some mines at his surroundings and sat down near his faithful dog. "In what I just got myself into?" He whispered to himself. After laying down inside his sleeping bag, he closed his eyes, hoping to rest. Because the next day, was going to be a LONG day...