The Lone Wanderer's Journey

         Another day began in the Wasteland. The Sun was starting to raise on the horizon. Jason opened his eyes, and snapped his back, giving a satisfying 'crack' sound. After he got out of his sleeping bag, Jason woke up Dogmeat. His companion slowly opened its eyes, and started to pant as usual. The Lone Wanderer sat down staring at the sunrise. He admired the sunshine beauty for moments, and scanned his surroundings for any possible threat.

"Oh, good morning, Jason." Twilight greeted him and began to rub her eyes before yawning.

"Good morning, Twilight. Did you sleep well?" Jason replied, looking at her over his shoulder.

"Yeah, kinda." Twilight sat down at Jason's side. "Okay, I know that yesterday our questions were driving you crazy, but can I ..." She was interrupted by Jason "No, problem, I'm okay with it now."

"Why is everything so... destroyed and desert-like?" He was ready for that question. "Umm... that's a long story. Well, two hundred years ago, the world was engaged in a big war: The Resources War. It was, obviously, a war between various nations that were fighting over Earth's remaining resources. The most notable ones were the United States Of America, Russia and China. Then, near the end of the war, China tried to invade the USA through Alaska. The USA successfully repelled their attack and began to march in Chinese territory. China, in a desperate attempt, launched nuclear attacks, hitting various places in the world. After this, Earth was thrown into a nuclear fallout." Twilight looked at him impressed and shocked at the same time.

         Jason then began to think about all those events that changed the world, slowly drifting apart from reality.

"Jason? Jason!" Twilight snapped her fingers in order to get his attention.

"Huh? What is it?" Jason asked her, confused, and shook his head.

"Are you alright? You started to stare at that dead tree over there" She pointed at the mentioned object " and just stood still." Jason remembered about what he was doing. "I think I daydreamed for a moment there."

         Dogmeat approached them and stood at his owner side, who stroked it's head. "Oh, I forgot to tell about the vaults. Vaults are enormous fallout shelters constructed by Vault-Tec as a request from the US government to protect their people from a nuclear war. The suits they use in there are really ridiculous, like mine." A strange silence filled the air. Jason looked around trying to find something interesting. But one question echoed in Twilight's head : 'Will I ever go back home?'. She couldn't help herself. "Jason, can I ask you something?"

"Yeah?" The Wanderer looked at her awaiting her question.

"Do you know anything I could use to go back to Equestria? Like a portal?"

"A portal? Really?" Twilight lowered her head, losing hope "Look. I don't know anything about dimensional portals, but the city I am headed is said to have a great scientist team. Maybe they could help you. And just remember that I try my best to keep you girls alive." His words reassured Twilight. "Thanks Jason! This means a lot to me!" And hugged him strongly. Jason blushed at her overly fond act "It's okay... Twilight. Now just... let me go... I can't breathe..." She released him from her strong grasp in seconds. "Sorry."

         Jason began to wake up the rest of the girls. Several minutes, and they were already awakened. "Good morning everyone. Today were going to Rivet City. It' s a 4-hour long walk so prepare yourselves." Jason collected the sleeping bags for further use, and started to walk towards his objective.

          Silence predominated in the group, only broken by Rarity's exaggerated complaints about how the Wasteland was dirty. Fluttershy kept up Jason's pace and asked him;

" I-I'm sorry if this will get you angry, but why are we going to this place?"

"To find my father." Jason answered without even looking at her.

"Di-Did you lost him?" She asked again, this time more timidly.

"No, he left me without a reason. Let me tell you my story already."

          Jason repeated his explanation about the vaults again, just using some different words."So there's were my story begins. Well, I was born in Vault 101. It wasn't the best life ever down there. I lived 19 years without problem, until my father disappeared and I went after him. After that, I looked for him in Megaton, a friendly makeshift town not far from here. Getting information from a bar owner, I ventured through Washington D.C, met up with Three Dog, a cool radio operator, helped him with his radio signal and got even more information. Then, I was going to Rivet City, but I found you girls first. So here I am."

The Wanderer's quick explanation made the group understand him better.

         During their trip, the girls saw the Wasteland typical scenario: dead trees, rock formations, decaying roads and houses, radioactive pools and collapsed bridges. Everything was alright at that point. But Jason's eyes detected a small raider outpost not far from his position. 'Great. That is exactly something that I don't need right now. But c'mon Jason, what's wrong with popping some heads today?' Jason thought before saying to the girls:

"Could you girls stay here for a moment? I'm gonna take care of some business right there." Their only response were short nods. " Let's go, boy." Dogmeat began to follow him as they approached the outpost. When he neared the location, Jason crouched, and saw a raider in the front gate. "Look who's going to be the first victim?" And aimed his rifle at the unaware raider.

         Jason pulled the trigger. The bullet hit the unsuspecting man in the head, splattering blood through the air while his body fell lifelessly to the ground. "HOLY SHIT WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?!?" A voice shouted from inside the outpost. Jason ran and took cover at the gate's left side while Dogmeat covered itself on the right. Jason got out of his cover, and shoot another raider, this time nearly destroying his head, sending more blood flying through the air. "YOU SON OF A BITCH!! GO TO HELL!!" Another raider shouted angrily and began to open fire at Jason, that quickly returned to cover. "Dogmeat, when he stops shooting, attack him on the neck, boy!" Dogmeat growled in response. "NOW!" Jason shouted, and shot the raider in the leg, who cried in pain. Dogmeat jumped on the wounded men's neck, pulling him to the ground, and viciously bit his neck. " DIE YOU USELESS MUTT!" Other raider came from the outpost's inner area, armed with a shotgun.

"Hey! Don't you guys ever give up?" Jason said ironically. He fired his last shot, hitting the raider's arm before he could take Dogmeat's life. However, the bullet ripped off the raider's arm. The man fell on the ground yelling in pain. "C'mon, Dogmeat. Finish him." The dog obeyed, and killed the man with a strong bite in the neck. "Nothing special in here. I'll just loot them and return to the..." The Lone Wanderer was interrupted by a raider armed with a knife rushing at him. Before Jason could take any action, the raider stabbed him in the shoulder. Jason screamed in pain, and headbutted the raider, repeatedly punching him in the stomach with his left arm. The raider fell to the ground, while Jason painfully removed the offending knife from his shoulder, and stabbed his opponent in the head.

         The Wanderer slowly got up, and looked at his wound. The bleeding dyed his right shoulder red. "Oh God, That hurts. "I'll use a stimpak and just return to the... Oh God." He looked back and saw the girls staring shocked at the small carnage. "Great. What now?" Jason whispered to himself. However, the girls just stood still, not saying a word.

"What did you do here?" Rainbow asked Jason, trembling in fear.

"I did what was meant to be done." He replied, clearly showing no emotions for the dead raiders.

"YOU HEARTLESS MONSTER! YOU KILLED THEM WITHOUT A REASON!" Rainbow shouted at him, but was interrupted by The Wanderer:

"You think I'm the heartless monster here? Look girl, I'm trying to protect you! And you think that they are the good guys? For God's sake, they torture, rape, mutilate and kill! FUCKING KILL! And you girls are lucky that I found you first!" The group stared down. "And before you say something like 'they wouldn't hurt a fly' can you see this wound over here? Can you see that guy over there?" He pointed at a mutilated corpse impaled by a wooden stake. Jason then used a stimpak in his wound, that miraculously healed, not even leaving a scar. "Now, let's just keep walking, please."

         During the walk, no one muttered a word. The girls were still in shock after seeing such gruesome sight. Jason was thinking about what he said earlier. "Hey, I see that being in this damned Wasteland is difficult, but I can't be considered guilty just because I'm trying to stay alive. I'm sorry if this shocks you girls, but that's the way I survive." The group walked some kilometers in total silence. "Applejack and Rainbow. Please, carry this with you. To defend yourselves." They received two pistols and ammo from Jason. The Wanderer was met with more silence.

         At that point their surroundings were beginning to change from desert to a decaying city. Noticing this, Jason realized that he was nearing Rivet City. They walked through the destroyed city, surprisingly not being attacked by Super-Mutants. After nothing more than 20 minutes, the group saw the giant aircraft carrier. "My God this thing is enormous." Jason whispered to himself. "This is a city?!?" Twilight asked, amused. Jason nodded at her in response. "C'mon, Let's get inside."

         The group neared a intercom, but before Jason could say something, a voice greeted them:

"Welcome to Rivet City. Please wait as the bridges extents."

         After the said bridge was extended, The Lone Wanderer and his group reached Rivet City. "You're welcome, as long as you don't cause any trouble." A guard reminded them, looking awkwardly at the girl's hair colors. They entered the city, hot air surrounded them. "So, where we going?" Rainbow asked. "We're going to the science lab, find Dr. Li." Jason replied while looking at a sign pointing where the lab was.

         When the group entered the lab, almost every scientist glanced at them. An awkward silence filled the air.  When The Wanderer went downstairs, a scientist that looked exactly like Madison Li commented:

"Who are you?"

"Name's Jason Miller, and you are...?" Jason asked confused. The other scientists continued to work and argue about advanced subjects.

"I'm Madison Li, head of this scientist team." Li stopped for a second " Wait, your name is Jason Miller? Are you son of James Miller?"

"Yes, ma'am. But how do you know my father's name? "

"Your father and your mother were working with us in the 'Project Purity", that would purify Potomac River water. Your mother gave birth to you at the Jefferson Memorial, where the purifier is, but died of cardiac arrest. James then abandoned the project and fled to Vault 101." Her explanation made Jason thought that his father lied to him. However, he asked:

"So you were at my birth?" Li answered with a quick nod. "Okay but do you know where my father went?" Jason asked eagerly waiting for her response.

"He didn't told me, but he said that he was looking for someone named Stanislaus Braun. If I were you, I would look at Jefferson Memorial, northeast of here. There maybe contain some clues about where he went."

"Look, I know this is ridiculous, but my friends say that they are from a alternate dimension. Is there anyway they could get back to their universe?" Madison stared at Jason weirdly. "I don't make a freaking idea, Jason. Now, go search for your father." Jason called the girls. While walking through the city, Twilight asked Jason:

"So, what did she told you?"

"That my father was a scientist trying to purify a entire river. And that she didn't know how you guys are going back to your land, I'm sorry." His words worried Twilight. The Wanderer opened the metal door leading to the outside. "Oh God, dad, where are you now?" Jason whispered to himself while he walked with his group towards the Memorial.