Fallout Equestria: Life Goes On

Prologue - Stable 12

"Sabre! Come and play with me! Please?"

I sighed loudly and rubbed my hoof on my temple in frustration.

"Please, Loli. I need to get this done by tommorow otherwise Iron will have a go at me."

"Who cares if Iron Sight has a little temper tantrum?"

"Me. I'll get in trouble with him."

"You could probably beat him up easily, big brother!"

I laughed at that.

Hehe. Kids.

"I know I can. But that doesn't help the fact that he's higher ranked then me."

Loli was a small unicorn with a maroon coat and a curly pink mane. Her tail was curled, making her look more adorable then she already was. Combined with her high pitched voice, she can give a hardened soldier a heart attack. She hadn't gotten her cutie mark yet, which means she also hasn't got her PipBuck yet.

Me? Well, I'm a pegasus with a shaggy orange mane and brown coat. My tail is a mixture of spiky and poofy. Yeah, it looks weird. My voice is extremely rough. Anyway, my cutie mark is a crosshair. Take a guess at what I specialize in.

I was sitting at a workbench in a room somewhere deep within Stable 12, working on the weapons for the security ponies. Most I needed to do was either clean some guns or fix 'em up. Today I was assigned to fix six pistols the security team broke after a 'rough night of training'.

Training my left nut! These pistols are lucky to even still have pieces!

"Sabre, why do you even need to fix these pistols? The only one who uses them is you."

I chuckle and nod in agreement. Loli continued talking.

"You can use each of the feathers on your wing to hold them, to! I don't know anypony else who can do that besides Dad when he was teaching you!"

I wince slightly at the mention of our Dad, but nod. True. I didn't train my wings to fly, I trained 'em to hold guns and fire. It's so much better then using your mouth. Unicorns have it better, to be honest, they can just use their magic. Of course right now I can't hold guns with all my feathers, just the primary feathers right now. But I'm trainin'.

I heard Loli yawn and walk up to my side, poking my folded wings with a hoof.

"C'mon, Sabre. It's time for bed."

"Loli, I've told you before-"

"Sabre, wake up."

I paused. My hoof was holding a barrel of a pistol.

What did she say?

I turn around to face Loli. She wore a deadpan look on her face.

"I said wake up, big brother."

I blink before she jumps up and slams her hoofs into my chest.

"WAKE UP!"

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My eyes snapped open, then quickly closed due to the sunlight burning them. I groaned and rolled onto my back, remembering where I was.

Right, I'm not in Stable 12 anymore. I'm out in the wasteland.

I rolled over and get off the bed I was currently sharing with the charred remains of a pony skeleton. I stood on my hind legs and stretch, looking over towards the unicorn with a smirk.

"Thanks for the great night, darlin'."

I barked a laugh at my little joke when the unicorn didn't respond.

Well, of course I know it's dead. I'm not stupid. I just needed the laugh.

I walked outside of the house to be invited into the sunlight of the wasteland. Slightly blinding, but I manage. I glanced around, checking if anyone is around or not. I look down to my PipBuck and notice I'm in a town called 'Ponyville'.

Okay, not creepy at all.

I check where North is and turn myself in the direction, moving straight ahead.

Remember last time I described myself? Well, this time imagine dirt. Like, lots of dirt. I am covered in it. I am wearing a barding with the six pistol holsters down near my chest, three on each side. A dirty hat still adorns my head.

Time in the wastes makes you do what you can to survive, so I sped up and began training my wings as fast as I could. 'Course I still can't handle more than two guns but it's better than nothing.

Hearing a shuffling and rustle of the dead bush a few meters ahead of me I sighed, grabbed out the first pistol with my right primary and shot the bush. As I deposited my pistol I heard a blood curdling scream and some sobbing. Moving towards the crying, I reached the pony responsible.

Celestia damned Raiders.

Without hesitation I grabbed my pistol and shot him, point blank between the eyes. He fell limp as his body lost life. I reached over his corpse and began looting.

Nothing but the clothes on his back.

I kicked the body and continue on my way North. If you asked me where I was going, I would probably ignore you. But the real answer is, I don't really know. I'm just walking. I've been doing that for a while. I'd say it's been a year since....that day.

I ain't gunna think about that day right now.

Well, truth be told I'm not walking towards anything. I'm walking away from my past.

Very, very, very, very far down South from where I am, lay the ruins of Stable 12.

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I woke up to the sounds of alarms and screaming. Bolting from my bed into a standing position I see and hear that the Stable is in a state of chaos. I see Iron Sight rush into my bedroom with sweat and blood all over his face along with a worried expression.

"The Raiders finally broke into the Stable! Grab a gun, Sabre!"

With that he bolts out of my room, cocking his shotgun he held in a telepathic field.

Did he say Raiders?! Oh, shit!

I rushed over to my desk and grabbed the barding my father gave to me, gazing down at it with sorrow in my chest.

Rest in Peace you magnificent bastard.

II was about to turn and race into the Stable, but the sight of my fathers hat stopped me for a moment. I reached over and slammed it upon my head, and charged into the corridors of the out of control Stable.

Ponies were running around screaming like headless chickens. Red lights flashing and siren noises blaring everywhere. I rushed down the corridor in the opposite direction the ponies were running away from. I was greeted with the sight of four Raiders. One of 'em spotted me and cracked a dark grin.

"Lookie what we got here, boys! A-"

His smack talk was cut off by a piece of lead smashing him in the forehead, making his body flop dead onto the floor in a bloody mess. His friends looked down in shock at the corpse and then looked back at me to see my left wing supporting a single pistol, smoking from the barrel. The Raider to the left raised his head to the skies and screamed a rage filled battle cry, turning to his comrades.

"GET 'IM! GET 'IM AND GUT 'IM!"

The other two Raiders nodded and ran towards me, one holding a machete in a telekinetic field and the other wielding a piece of wood with a nail driven through the end.

Melee weapons? Seriously?

With a grunt and an eye roll I shot the machete wielding one in the chest, causing him to tumble over and slam his own head into his own weapon, blood gushing from the massive injury. The other one managed to trip over the body of his ally, giving me a window of time to shot him in the head as his body lay limp across the dead body. I looked over to the remaining Raider and gave him a smug grin.

"Best three outta four?"

The Raider stood frozen in fear. I walked casually up to him, pushing past the bodies of his friends. At this point he was sweating bullets. His legs were shaking as I leaned my head closer towards him, gun pointed at his head with an evil smile in my face.

"Boo."

Said Raider proceeds to whimper before bolting off in the opposite direction of me. I holstered the used pistol with a groan, rubbing my wing with a hoof.

Celestia's left teat, that hurts.

To this day it still takes a lot of energy for me to even fire a single bullet or support even one gun with my wings. I charged down the corridor towards the Stable door. I was gunna close that door before more could come in, and hopefully exterminate the ones inside. When I reached it however, I was greeted with a shocking scene.

With a shotgun held to her head sat Loli, the Raider holding said gun looking me dead in the eyes. Surrounding him were three more Raiders, all aiming guns at other ponies I knew. I saw Iron Sight, head of security. There was Kimmy, a teenage Technician. And lastly I saw Prof. Numero, take a guess at what he did. The Raider with Loli looked to me and smirked.

"Don't move or the bitch dies, asshole!"

To make his point clear he dragged Loli closer to his chest. Her wide magenta eyes boring into my own with tears.

"...Sabre..."

By Celestia and Luna's rumored and fantasized incestual relationship, I *will** save you!*

"Now, drop your guns or-"

He was cut off by my bullet shooting him in the leg. He staggered and regained his footing, keeping the gun in his hold.

Sometimes I hate unicorns.

"Die, asshole!"

He lifted the shotgun from Loli and pointed it at me, firing off two rounds. One scuffed my sides, causing me to keel over in pain. The other, missed me. Loli had managed to kick the Raider in his balls, causing him to fire to my right. He groaned and looked down at Loli in anger. I looked up just in time to see what happened next.

"You little bitch!"

I heard the bang before the shot reached her. I watched in slow motion as Loli's body slowly and gracefully fell to the side, blood coating her chest. In a fit of adrenaline fueled anger, I roared as I raised both my wings, holding two pistols, and began raining down hell upon the Raiders in the room. Bullets flew everywhere and managed to massacre the Raiders and the hostages. After a few seconds of non-stop firing, the pistols ran out of ammo. I continued to pull the trigger, lost in my thoughts. The room was coated with blood and bodies.

I looked up from my position, my eyes locked upon Loli's limp body.

"...Loli..."

I walked over to her body and flipped it over. Her beautiful and bright magenta eyes now clouded over. Her coat stained with her own blood. All I could do was stare in shock at what remained of my sister.

"N-no...no...I promised Dad I would take care of you....."

I felt a hoof touch my shoulder and looked over to see the Overmare herself. She had a saddened look on her face.

"Get out of here while you still can, Sabre. The Stable is done for. Just go."

Unable to do anything but comply in my shattered state of mind I merely nodded and began running out the now opened Stable door. Along the cold and dark path of a cave system I found a wooden door that was now smashed down. Outside I could clearly see the wasteland of Equestria. Behind me I heard loud laughter and gun shots. Without looking back, I ran out into the wasteland, using my PipBuck to tell me where I was.

All I ever did was run.

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That day was probably the worst day of my life. That day was the day my life was changed forever. That, Celestia damned day was the day I had to buck up and be tougher. That day was the day I learned an important lesson.

No matter what happens to you, no matter what happens to the ponies around, no matter what happens...life goes on.