Fallout Equestria: Don't Fear The Reaper

Fallout Equestria: Don’t Fear The Reaper

By: The Zealot

Chapter 4

Would you like a blanket? It looks like you’re cold. No? Alright, but if you need one  I have one lying about somewhere. Well sorry but the last thing we need is another pony getting sick from the cold, medical supplies aren't exactly easy to get you know. Alright, alright, I’ll stop stalling. So, back to the story I suppose.

I walked for about two hours, nothing happened, honestly I was a bit disappointed. I mean, we were always told how the outside was this horrible place filled with death and whatnot, but when you go out really it isn’t too bad, other than those corpses by the entrance. Other than the heat and the occasional giant bug, it was a rather calm place, would be nice if the sun was out, but I suppose I would have to wait and see. Anyway, I eventually reached a small village, there was a sign along the road marking the village as ‘Goodsprings’. As I entered the town I took in the sites, there wasn’t much: a small building marked as a ‘General Store’, a larger building called a saloon and then a hooffull of houses along with some pens holding in strange animals. It was the middle of the night so nopony was out, it looked like the saloon was closed, as was the general store. I decided to lie down in the small alley between the saloon and the store, using my coat as a blanket and my fore leg as a pillow. I was awoken by somepony nudging me in the face with their hoof, I opened my eyes to see the silhouette of a pony wearing a hat.

“Now, I ain’t never seen you ‘round here before, who are ‘ya?” Said the pony, the voice marked it as a stallion, he had an accent that I had only hear before in holotapes of Applejack, the Ministry Mare for the Ministry of Wartime Technology.

“Yeah, um, not from around here, name’s Nevermore.” I said, getting up from the ground and using my magic to flap about my coat, getting the dust that had covered it off. I also brushed my mane out of my eye, getting a better look at the stallion I saw that he was a tan color, not unlike the desert around us, his mane and tail were a darker brown color, his eyes were a bright blue, kind of like I imagined the sky would be. He wore a black hat made of, well, I didn’t know what it was.

“Well Nevermore, it’s nice to meet ya, names Shady Sands, I’m the sheriff of this little town. Now, you wouldn’t happen to be from that stable up in the mountains, would ya?” He asked, looking down at my pipbuck.

“Yeah, Stable 42, these crazy ponies opened it up and killed everyone, I think I’m the only one left. When I got out of the stable I hid behind this rock and there was this cream stallion with a red and green mane wearing a suit, he looked like he was leading them.” I said, my eyes watering as I remembered what had happened, all of the ponies I knew dead, in a little less than an hour.

“Crazy ponies you say? Lead by a stallion with a suit; green and red hair? Yeah, sounds like Coin Toss and his gang, we’ve had trouble with them before. They usually work out of the Strip though, wonder why they’re coming out here?” He said, putting a hoof under his chin in contemplation.

“I don’t know, I was hoping somepony in this village might know anything about him and why he attacked my stable.” I said, determined to find out more about the bastard that killed of everypony I had ever known.

“Well, I’m sure we could point you in the right direction, but if you’re fresh out of the stable you probably don’t know much about the wastes, go talk to Sunny Smiles in the saloon, she’ll teach you how to survive out here.” He said, nodding his head towards the saloon behind him, I gave a quick thanks before passing him and moving around to the front of the saloon.

As I entered the saloon I looked around for this ‘Sunny Smiles’-

*BARK* “Cheyenne, stay. Don’t worry, she won’t bite, unless I tell her to.” Said an earth pony mare, she was slightly shorter than myself and was wearing some black armor, made of the same stuff as the sheriff’s hat. She had a red mane that was held into a tail using an old length of rubber, her cutie mark was what looked like a rifle above the skull of a… Lizard? “Anyway, I’ve never seen you around here before, where ya from, stranger?” She asked, tilting her head to the side a tad.

“Well, I’m from the stable that was up in the mountains and the sheriff here told me you could teach me about surviving out in the wastes?” I asked her, curious to see what I could learn to help me survive in these wastes.

“Hm, well ,if the sheriff sent you to me I guess that means you’re alright, meet me out behind the saloon and we’ll see how you are in the marksmareship department.” She said before turning and leaving out a back door in the building

I turned around myself and made my leave by way of the front door, eager to learn all I could about surviving in this new environment I found myself in.

Hoofnote: Level Up (Level 2): Under the (Unseen) Stars: You enjoy the cool nights air on your fur and can now sleep anywhere outside in any settlement with all the bonuses of an owned bed. + Well Rested Bonus for 2 hours after waking.