Fallout Equestria: Homeby Grape CrushChaptersPrologue: TakenChapter 1: RelaxingChapter 2: Time TravelPrologue: TakenMy name is Black Bullet. I have been living in this hell for 16 years (Basically my entire life). Well you might want to know what I look like. I'm like most normal mares. I have white skin and my mane is black and purple. My eyes are a dark blue. I'm not the most beautiful mare in the wasteland but who needs looks when everyone kills each other in the wasteland. My family and I have been living as peacefully as possible. My mom my brother and I. Dad died in the war. Enough with my life, that's boring. "Hey Bullet what are you looking at," my brother asked. "Nothing," I replied. I was looking at the barren wasteland which was indeed nothing. Although the raider's do come in from time to time there really isn't much else exciting. "Hey Fire, how much caps do you have?" "Uh, like 200," Wow my family is broke, I really never realized it until now. Even though my brother does random jobs for people in the neighborhood it really is not enough to make a living. "Hey Bullet I'm going to find my friends and maybe we can find some jobs". "Okay have fun, just don't bring them back with you". "Why not?" "I caught one of them staring at my ass last time they were here,". Damn, you would think that guys older then me would be more mature. Around here, they are no where close to it. My brother is older then me but the way he acts you could mistake him for a young colt. If only he wasn't built like a tank I could literally pass as being older then him. I watched him go to his friends house. I was tired from the day before so I laid down on the rock behind me and tried to get a nap in. *BEEP* *BEEP* "What, what?" *BEEP* I woke up to the sound of my pipbuck going off. Damn I need to figure out a way to change the alarm. BANG "What the hell? That gunshot sounded like a .357. One thought raced through my mind. "No, FIRE!". I galloped as fast as I could in the direction of the gunshot. I made sure my pistol was in its holster. I went over a hill and quickly flattened myself on the ground so I wouldn't be seen. "Hey! Everypony put their guns down!" Of all the people who could be yelling that, it had to be a raider. My brother and his friends are in some deep shit this time. I was just glad that he was not dead. His friend, however, did not have the same luck. He got shot through the head and his corpse was laying dead on the ground. "Poor bastard". The 5 raiders were pointing their guns at my brother and his friends. I wanted to yell but I would probably get shot myself. To bad my brother didn't have mare in his group to charm the raiders. Well time to put my charm to the test. I silently slid down the hill while to raiders were arguing with my brothers group. I was 20 feet from the groups and I hid behind a rock. I took off holster and used my magic to get a dress out of my backpack. Don't judge me, every mare should pack an extra change of clothes. Well I guess pack clothes because normally I don't wear any. I put the dress on loosely and came out from behind the rock. "Hellooo babe, how are you doing?" one of the raiders asked. Raiders are complete idiots. They all fall for some slut looking mare. I guess I needed to play along. "Well, well, well, what are you boys fighting about?" I had to keep down my laughter. The raiders were no longer paying any attention to my brother and his friends. "Awe us? We aren't fighting we were just messing around with these kids." Right after he said that all of the raiders lowered their guns. My plan was working. When I was 3 feet from them the leader tried to grab my dress. I kindly took his arm and put him to the ground. "Any other takers?" The raiders just stared at me stunned. Which really isn't that big of a surprise to me. If raiders were this attracted to me I wonder what they would do if someone slightly better looking then me was here. One of them gained his dignity and raised his gun. "You may be beautiful but I will shoot you,". "Oh really?" My brother raised his pistol and put a bullet through the raiders side. He yelled in pain and fell to the ground. I tried to warn my brothers group but it was to late the remaining of my brothers friends got shot. This was one of those times that I was glad my brother was the leader. He was saved for last. The remaining raiders pointed their guns at me. "Let him up or we shoot you,". I let the raider up and he spit in my direction and walked away. I would trade anything to snap his neck right now. They turned to my brother. "Come with us or we shoot you,". "No!" I couldn't think of anything else to yell. I put a reflective shield around my brother. Now I know what you are thinking. Why didn't I do it for his friends? I didn't have enough time to make one. "Well babe there's nothing you can do". "Quit calling me babe, fucker". "Feisty, I like it. I may have to bring you along". "I swear to Celestia, if you touch me I will end you". Raiders have no idea what personal space is. Probably because they molest little fillies for sport, I wouldn't doubt they would do the same to a mare. I'm one of the lucky mares that wasn't in slavery. Today hopefully wouldn't be the day I became one. "Ok we won't touch you but your friend over there is coming with us". "Bullet its ok just let them take me". "Great mare great name," the raider commented. I was so close to marching over there and shooting him. If only I didn't leave my gun behind that rock. The raiders bound my brother in ropes and took him away. Once they were out of sight I tore off my dress and grabbed my gun and backpack. I stuffed the dress back into the bag and I went in the direction they took my brother. I took one last look at Fillydalphia. I didn't want to bother telling my mother, she wouldn't have let me go. I may be young but my brother taught me most everything I need to know to survive in the wasteland. *BEEP* "Fuck". *BEEP* "Dammit..." I shut off my pipbucks alarm and willed myself to get up. I had been following what I thought was the raiders footstep's for 2 hours. Then I took a quick nap in a cave. "Ewww". I spit my tail out of my mouth. I always wake up to my tail curled around my body and for some reason its in my mouth. I really need to clean myself. I don't have time forget about that. I walked outside to find that it was still dark. I kept following the path that hopefully would lead to the raiders. When I find them all hell is going to break loose. I walked in silence for 15 minutes without anything out of the ordinary. I found an abandoned town, well mostly abandoned. I went to the first house and knocked. Silence. I knocked again, no answer. I tried to knob and it was open so I walked inside. I wasn't much of a fan of what I found inside. A male pegasus had his head severed off and a small filly was hiding under the table. "P-Please d-do-don't h-hurt me". I ignored her and went in the other rooms of the house. A mare had been shot and dumped face down on a bed. This wasn't new to me, murder was what ponies did to survive. Survive... That word was the only word that everypony tried to do. I went to another room and found a .50 Caliber Sniper Rifle with 30 rounds. I took it with my magic and slid it into my back pack, well most of the gun anyway. I went back out to the main room. "Please, help me. They said they are going to sell me when they get back". I honestly felt bad for her, so why ignore the request. "Ok, come with me. Who were these ponies that came?" "I don't know but the pony in charge was green and had a yellow and white mane". That was exactly what the leader of the little raiders looked like. I knew that my brother wouldn't come back with them, they probably have him locked up at their base. "Ok come out from under the table". She obeyed and she was wiping back tears. She looked really fucked up. Her blue and white mane was all over the place. She had white skin like me, however, she looked like she had not eaten in 3 days. "Do you have any food?" "Yeah I think," I gave her an apple. She took a big bite out of it savoring the taste. After she had finished she gave me a big smile. She walked up and gave me a hug. I have not had a hug from anypony since I was a little filly and I was not about to pass up this moment. I hugged her back tightly. I made a promise to myself I would take care of her. She deserved it, after what she had just seen. "Hey, my name is Black Bullet what is yours?" "I'm Diamond Dagger". Well hopefully she will be good at combat. "I like your name, is it ok if I just call you Diamond?" "Yeah". She began to tear up again. I'm not good with sad fillies. I just wrapped her in another hug. "It's just that my parents called me that". Well now I feel terrible. I have no idea what else to do. I led her outside so she didn't have to look at her dead parents. "I'm glad to see you took daddy's gun". I stopped in my tracks. I forgot that she was bound to notice I basically robbed her house. "No, no, I'm not mad. Thank you for taking it, he would be glad to see somepony using it". I breathed a sigh of relief. I was dearly hoping she wouldn't abandon me. I really could use a companion. "How old are you Diamond?" "13". Well she is older than I thought, honestly she looked only 10. I haven't seen a foal in a very long time so I guess my way to guess age is off. "How old are you Bullet?" "I'm 16". "What are you doing out here then? Without anypony to look after you?" "My dad died and my mother didn't want to come, the raiders who did this to your parents took my brother away from me". I knew the thing about my mother was a lie but that's not important. "Bullet you look like your at least 20, mean people might kill you". Unfortunately I did look older because of my muscular build. Don't get me wrong, I don't look like a huge oaf. I'm just more muscular then most 16 year olds. "Don't worry I'm not afraid of death. Its the wasteland, death is a normal thing now". I really didn't fear death but now I promised I would protect Diamond. I'm her last hope for happiness. Even if I made that promise to myself, I will still keep it. "Bullet please don't die, you are like my sister now. I've lost my parents and you took me with you, your my only family left". She began to cry again. Well that is just great, now she thinks I'm family. Now I can't die. I wrapped her in another big hug. "Diamond lets stay here until the raiders come back, when they realize you left maybe we can follow them back to their base". "B-but what if they hurt you?" "I will try not to get hurt, I promise," I smiled. "Is there a store around here?" "Yeah follow me". I followed her through deserted street down into the more populated part of town. I saw a bar, a general store, and a hotel. I was thinking of going to the bar, maybe for a drink. I walked into the general store and looked around. It wasn't much. That's a shame but it had most of what I needed. I bought some food, health potions, bullets, a new pistol, a holster, and a new knife. That was 800 caps. So now I was broke but I'm sure I will get money when I get back to Fillydalphia, if I ever get back. Diamond led me to another empty house. "The raiders said they would come back in a week. So we can settle here". I looked around, I found 200 caps and food. I have a feeling my good luck will soon come to an end. "Diamond I have some stuff for you". She walked over to me. "What do you have?" I used my magic to slide the new gun and a holster onto her leg. "Only use that in emergencies, ok?" She nodded in response. "Thank you, thank you, thank you!" She licked my cheek and my face quickly turned red. Dammit why did I have to be a fillyfooler. Before you get the wrong idea, the only reason I like mares is because I have been deprived of stallions in my life. So I have every right reason to be a fillyfooler. Not to say its right, but stallions these days molest mares so I really wouldn't want to be with one. "Bullet are you ok?" I realized that I was still blushing and quickly turned away to get myself together. "Yes I am fine. Why do you ask?" "Well your face got really re-". She looked away from me. Fuck, now what does she think of me. "Um, forget I said anything". I gave her a playful smile. "I was planning on not doing that". Great now she knows I like mares. To be honest she isn't to bad looking herself. Dammit why am I thinking like this. Oh yeah I'm a fillyfooler. "Bullet, its ok to like mares, stallions these days..." She trailed off. Glad to know she has the same logic I have. I went to the second room of the small house to find one bed and a nightstand. "Diamond, are you tired?" "Yeah, are you?" "Yeah I walked for 3 hours to get here". I laid down on the floor next to the bed. "Why are you down there?" "Don't you want the bed?" "I'm sure there is room for you up here". I blushed and laid down on one of the two pillows. Instead of Diamond sleeping on the other pillow she curled herself into a ball and laid on my stomach. "She isn't making this easy," I thought to myself. I curled myself up into a ball around her and fell asleep. "Bullet! Bullet!" My brother was calling for me. I ran in his direction only to find that his skin was on inside out and his eyes were just black holes. "Join me Bullet". "No way fucker. Fire what the fuck happened?" He grinned at me with a sick smile. He pulled out a knife and lunged at me. *BEEP* I jolted my head up realizing I just had a nightmare. I turned off my pipbuck. I also spit out my tail from my mouth. Why does that keep happening. I felt something warm against my body. I looked down to see Diamond looking at me concerned. "Bullet are you ok?" "Yeah, why?" "You were screaming in your sleep". "I had a nightmare that's all, nothing to worry about". "On the bright side you eating your tail was funny". She giggled. "I don't know why I do that, it happens every time I wake up". I looked at my pipbuck, I only slept for 5 hours. Well in my case that's a lot. "Diamond are you hungry?" "Yeah a little". I gave her another apple. Even though I hardly am able to make it with the provisions by myself let alone with Diamond, it was still nice to have her around. I went outside for a second to get some fresh air. I heard a noise come from the outside of the back of the house. I went around to investigate to be met with a pistol bullet to my leg. "Fuck!" I turned to see a raider spy holding a smoking pistol pointed at me. "You know what you son of a bitch". Before he could react I leaped on him and started to choke him. He tried to throw me off but I kept my grip and he slipped into unconsciousness. I pulled out my pistol as Diamond walked out and stared at the scene in horror. "Diamond! Look away!". She did as she was told and I shot the raider in the head twice for good measure. I limped over to Diamond to see if she was alright. I led her back inside. My wound was bleeding and showed no signs of stopping. "Diamond, please get me a healing potion and the medical kit". She came over crying. "What's wrong?" She hugged me tight. "You got shot, you promised me you wouldn't get hurt". "Well give me a second and I will be as good as new". I took the medical kit and set the healing potion on the ground beside me. I took the surgical knife out of the bag. The bullet was still lodged in my leg so I had to dig it out. I scraped at the wound making more blood flow out and I screamed in pain but finally the bullet dropped to the ground. "Fuck... Hollow Points". I drank the healing potion and bandaged my leg up as much as I could. It stung like a bitch but I was patched up now. Diamond watched the entire ordeal in terror when I was done she burst out crying more. "Diamond I'm going to be fine, no reason to cry". I grabbed her and hugged as tight as I could without choking her. "Bullet please don't die on me... Please," she whispered in my ear. "Don't worry I don't plan on going anywhere". The window shattered when I heard another gun shot. I brought the .50 Caliber to me and looked down the scope. I saw one raider and I shot. His head exploded from the blast of the .50 Caliber round. None of them seemed to match the group leaders description. Diamond was cowering in fear under the table. "Hey its ok, we got both the spies". "How do you know there is only two?" "I stole the pony in the back's radio. I heard someone ask if both the spies were still alive". I wondered what else I would need to have when the raiders finally come in 6 days. I had enough ammo but could I kill all of them? I will have to ask the locals for help. If they indeed do not leave and try to kill me. I just wanted another nap and I slowly fell asleep thinking about Diamond. Chapter 1: Relaxing*COUGH* "God I need to tie down my tail". Diamond was giggling to herself corner. It really doesn't surprise me in the least. I really do look like an idiot practically eating my tail. That was the longest 15 minute nap I've ever taken. I got up and I felt a sharp pain shoot up my leg. I winced and laid back down on the bed. The healing potion wasn't done closing the wound so over abusing it wouldn't help in the least. Diamond was lost in thought so I just sat there, thinking of life before the wasteland. My mother used to read me and my brother stories that her ancestors passed to her. Telling of all the happiness before the nukes went off. It would be great to be able to go back, just for a day. To maybe not have to worry about getting shot or blown up. Maybe sold as a slave or molested and dumped on the street. Unfortunately, nopony can change the past but there is always the chance to change the future. The way the world acts, betrayal, murder, slaves, radiation, and raiders. The world can't go back. Nopony could change the minds of all the ponies left. I knew that, but I couldn't help but wonder... How somepony would go about doing it. Maybe start a revolution or maybe gather together an army great enough to put fear in everypony. Nopony had the resources to find such ponies or had the resources to build the infamous "Power" armor. If I could get myself power armor maybe I could change the world. I know that sounds selfish but I would rather have a peaceful world controlled by me, then the way the world is now. My thoughts were interrupted by Diamond. "Bullet, what do you want to do?" "Well I am stuck here until the healing potion finishes with the wound". "Yeah... I am bored though". "Well you can do whatever you want inside the house, I don't want you to go outside though. You probably won't want to get captured by raiders". "Wow Bullet way to sound like your mom," I thought. I remembered all the times she forced me to stay inside because of dangers that I now fully understand. Good thing she did, I would probably be dead or worse. Yes, there is fate worse than death. Diamond walked into the only other room in the house. I couldn't get up to see what she was doing so I just laid in bed. Then I heard a knock on the door. I summoned all the strength I could to get up. I would have gotten Diamond to open it but the person could be dangerous. The pain seemed to be lessened but it still hurt quite bad. I cautiously opened the door with my pistol hidden on my leg. When I opened the door I saw two pegasus mares. Both had dark grey skin and brown eyes. One had a neon green mane and the other had a neon pink mane. The green maned pegasus had a nuclear symbol cutie mark similar to the ones on nuclear warheads. The other didn't have one. "Are you Black Bullet?" The Green maned one asked. "So what if I am?" "Then we would help you find your brother". "How do you know about that?" "We are from Fillydalphia and your mother was posting around that you and your brother were missing. So we figured we would come help. Your mom said that your brother had told her that he was going to find work and pointed us in the direction he took. So we followed the hoofprints to here". "So, your telling me your not here to kill me?" "Yeah, we would have nothing to gain from that anyway". Diamond came out of the room to see what was going on. "Who's that?" The pink maned pegasus asked me. "She-," Diamond interrupted me. "I'm Diamond Dagger". "May we come in?" "Yeah, sorry," I said with a nervous smile. I still wasn't convinced that they were who they said they were. We all walked into the house. I motioned for them to sit on the three chairs by the table. Diamond decided to sit on my lap. "So," I said, "we have found out that the raiders will be back in 5 days or less". "Hmm, so we have 2 days to get ready". The green maned pegasus remarked. "Why 2 days?" "So if they come early we will be ready. Raiders rarely come on time. Its either late or early". "Good point... I never got both of your names". "I'm Nuclear Ballistics, most ponies call me Nuclear," the green maned pony said with a smile. "That's a very different name. I've never heard anypony have something that... different. Why did you get it?" "Anything that deals with nukes or something that gives off radiation, I can defuse or detonate it. No matter what the condition or damage. I am also very good with explosives," she frowned. "Sorry". "Don't worry about it, everypony says the same thing," she smiled. For some reason I was worried that she was going to kill me. That's my biggest fear in the wasteland, death. To be honest I did fear death, I just try not to show it. I don't want them to see fear in me. They would probably abandon me. I was happy that these pegasi came. My mom told me that the number one rule in the wasteland was to have friends. Now I did. I motioned to the other pony. "What's your name?" "I'm Deadeye," the pink maned pegasus said looking away blushing. "Are you good with a rifle?" "Yeah," she said shyly. I thought about the oddities of their names for a minute. I have never heard such names given to anypony. Although I like these names better than what they gave ponies 200 years ago. Thinking about them just makes me sick. My head started to hurt but I thought it was just a headache and it would pass. So I thought nothing of it. My vision began to lessen and I felt myself being pulled into an infinite blackness. I suddenly slumped to the floor unconscious. I woke up in an all white room. "Hello!" I shouted. I didn't really expect an answer but who knows maybe I would get one. I sat in silence for a few minutes. I wasn't sure what I was supposed to do in a situation like this. To be honest, I'm not even sure if I am awake. A pony walked in, well that's what I thought. He walked closer and I noticed his skin was rotting off his mostly skeletal frame. He sat in front of me studying me. "Uh... What do you want?" He didn't answer but instead stared at me silently. I just sat there with my eyes staring at the ground. What else was I supposed to do... "You are in trouble Bullet". I lifted my head up. "How do you know my name?" "I am a part of your conscience. I know what you know." I wouldn't have thought that my conscience was a half rotten pony but you get what you get. "So, why am I in trouble?" "Well for starters you slipped into unconsciousness. Your bullet wound was not properly treated and your surgical knife was infected by radiation. Unless your friends somehow find some Rad-Away you can consider yourself dead". That last statement hit me like a ton of bricks. How am I supposed to protect Diamond if I'm dead? That's right, I'm not. Shit... "So, I am stuck in my own mind until they either revive me or I die, right?" "Yeah basically..." "How will I know if I'm close to death? "You will know". He said with a terrifying smile. I looked away, he looked like he was looking straight into my soul. I just sat there for a while hoping and waiting. A thousand thoughts raced through my mind. Will I live? What happens if I die? What will happen to Diamond? Those were my top three thoughts. I couldn't seem to think straight. Granted I was inside my own head, so why couldn't I think? "Bullet what are you doing?" The pony broke the silence. "Thinking". "Be careful you might strain your few brain cells left," he said laughing. "Shut up!" "Whoa, I didn't mean to bother you, just trying to have some fun while we wait to see if you die". "You are great at cheering me up," I said sarcastically. "Really?" "No dipshit, stop talking". "Fine, I guess talking to a girl that just adores a filly wasn't getting me anywhere anyway". "Just because I like her doesn't mean you have to be a dick". "Maybe instead of being embarrassed about it, you should ask her to be more than a friend". "I don't have it in me". "Sure you do, let's make a deal. You make it out alive, you ask her. You die, well you know what happens there". "Ok deal but I will ask her when I think it's right". He thought about it for a second. "Fine but you get a week that's it". "Deal". He smiled but this time is wasn't evil it was normal. I guess he helped me realize that all I need to do is ask her. The worst thing that could happen is if she says no. I thought of how I would react if she said no. I wouldn't be mad I would just continue normally, hopefully it wouldn't be to awkward for to long. What would she think of me though? I would just kill myself if she hated me. I just get that feeling that if she doesn't like me then what's the point of being alive? "Seems like somepony found some Rad-Away". "Why do you say that?" "Your heart is beginning to pump normal again". I breathed a sigh of relief but then I realized my deal I had made. I have to keep it. I was never a pony to go back on deals or promises... "Bullet? Bullet!" Diamond started yelling at me. I felt shaken back into reality. I began to breath again but I couldn't bring myself to open my eyes. I felt like everypony was staring at me. I slowly opened my left eye. I noticed that I was indeed being stared at and Diamond was crying on top of me. She is a very emotional filly. "Hey Bullet?" Nuclear asked, "Are you ok?" "I've been better," I managed to say with obvious difficulty. "Glad to hear it". "Bullet, don't do that to me!" Diamond said on the verge of bawling her eyes out. "Well how was I supposed to know the knife I used was infected with radiation?" "Well I don't know..." I had a terrible taste in my mouth. I wasn't sure what it was from. "Why do I have this terrible taste in my mouth?" "It's Rad-Away, it has an awful taste," Nuclear replied. "Thanks for saving me, I truly mean it". "Hey, what are friends for?" I thought about that for a minute. Friends are truly the biggest thing you need to have in the Wasteland. Now I know why first hand, they are here, to have your back. "I guess they are for a lot of things. Most important was you saved my ass back there". "Well, I am here to help you right? So I guess I would start by not letting you get fucked over the minute we walk in the door". "Thanks again... Diamond please get off of me, I can hardly breath". She got off after hugging me. I sat up and realized my legs were open showing off my slit. "Shit," I thought. I got up quickly and sat at the table. Everypony in the room was staring at me. "What?" Diamond was giggling and Nuclear and Deadeye just shrugged and looked away. I used my magic to get the sniper rifle off the ground. I looked it over, it was in perfect condition. From what I could tell I was the first to shoot it. I studied it more and noticed an engraving on the gun. Diamond, this gun is for you. If you shall ever find me dead from raiders please take this. I gulped at the message. This gun was for Diamond, not for some random stranger. "Diamond come here". She came over and I pointed at the message. She read it and began to tear up... Again. "Diamond this is your gun, I am very sorry I didn't notice the message until now. Please... Take it". She shook her head. "Bullet, my daddy knew I wasn't good with guns. He only was going to give me this when I was ready. He died much quicker than he originally intended". She whipped out a knife in seemingly from no where. "However, give me one of these and the bad guys day will turn ugly very, very fast," she said with a devilish smile. I shuddered at her turn of personality. The way she smiled sent a chill all the way to my core. "Well how are we going to sleep?" Nuclear asked. "Well Diamond sleeps on me..." I stopped when I noticed Nuclear staring at me. "Not like that she just likes to be near me". "Bullet may I ask? How old are you?" "16, why?" "Oh I'm 15, and I was just wondering. Diamond how old are you?" "13". "Ok, Deadeye over there is 14". She smiled shyly. I didn't understand why she was so secretive and shy. We were all friends, or at least as close of friends we could get. "Anyway, you can sleep on the other side of the bed, its rather large. Besides its getting late I'm going to bed. Diamond come on if your tired". "Ok!" She came in after me happy as most people could get in the wasteland. Her ability to be happy at the most random times confused me. She could have had a great life without many troubles but even then it should have hit her like a sack of bricks. Life in the wasteland is shit. Everything is out to rape or kill you, at all times. Especially when your a good looking filly... Fuck I'm doing it again, I need to ask her now or else I won't get the chance to later. I slammed into the bed post not noticing I wasn't even slightly paying attention to what I was doing. Wow captain of the idiots right here. I've got to be the stupidest pony alive. Diamond burst out laughing when I held my head in a desperate attempt to make the pain go away. "Diamond go curl up and I'll curl up around you again if you want". "Ok, thanks! You are very warm and you feel like a blanket". Her face turned red and she jumped on the bed. I smiled at the innocence of her remark. I jumped up after her and curled up around her. "Diamond," I whispered, "I have an important question to ask you..." "Yeah Bullet?" "Would you uh..." I coughed to clear my throat, "would you like to be more than friends?" She looked stunned for a second and then she leaned closer to my face and kissed me on the cheek. That was the best thing I have ever felt. I was even more relieved to get that out of the way. I moved my head and leaned in to kiss her lips. She moved her head back unsure of what to do. I smiled and moved closer and I touched her lips with mine. She gasped at the sudden move. She gladly returned the kiss after the shock of being kissed by a mare. I pushed past her lips and explored her mouth with my tongue. I allowed her to do the same. We explored each others mouths until we ran out of breath. I looked at her and smiled. She smiled back with a huge smile. "So Diamond do you want to be my marefriend?" "Yes! I've waited for you to ask me that ever since I found out you like mares!" "Well why didn't you say something? I've been scared to ask you!" "I don't know... I didn't know what you would think of me..." "Diamond, even if you admitted to liking me and I didn't like mares. We would still be friends". "Oh... Well I was worried for nothing!" Her sheer amount of excitement at all times had to be one of the most amusing things about her. Granted she was always happy, (except when I was hurt) loving, and caring for just about everything. Now I have to worry about preserving that. Who said a little hope is bad? Nuclear walked in and I quickly closed my eyes and laid down. She just shrugged and went to the far side of the bed and laid down. Deadeye came in and slept between Nuclear and I. If any stallion were to come in and see us, he probably would have had the biggest, "I want to rape you all," moments of his life. Wow, good thing we weren't near any stallions (or colts for that matter). I fell asleep within 15 minutes of lying down. I wasn't the greatest sleeper in the world. I was also a very light sleeper, so if you have both those traits like me. You hardly get any sleep at all. Sometimes that is a bad thing, most of the time that is a good thing. Sleep can be as dangerous as a gun or grenade. I felt myself being sucked into the dream world. I looked around, it was a forest. Well I thought it was a forest, the only time I ever saw anything similar to this was when I walked through the burnt stumps of trees. These weren't just any burnt stumps though. They were actual tree's. I never though I would have seen such beauty in my life. I know this is only a dream but it still touches my heart to see something that wasn't annihilated by nukes. I walked around getting a feel for myself in the forest. I walked in a single direction for what felt like hours. Finally it opened to a little town. I honestly could not believe what I saw. All my mothers stories about this town, were now right in front of me. I wanted to scream in joy but I did not want to cause chaos because after all it was dark. I knew this was a dream but I didn't want to believe it was. It seemed so...Real. So lifelike, almost like I could reach out my hoof and be sucked into its beauty. I slowly trotted towards the town. When I had reached the outskirts I had my suspicions confirmed. This was indeed the famous Ponyville. Standing before me in all its glory. It wasn't a smoking husk of broken buildings, it was how it was before the nukes dropped. I walked around in the town and I felt like a little filly getting her cutie mark. I was so excited that even in the dream world I couldn't hold back my excitement. I wanted to meet a unicorn named Twilight Sparkle. From what my mom told me, she was purple. That's all I knew but I didn't expect to find a lot of purple unicorns. I remembered she said something about she lives in a library. I trotted around to see if I could find anything that resembles a library. Nothing... When I was about to give up searching I saw a tree that had been converted to a house. I went up and looked through the window. I almost screamed with glee. (Before you think I'm immature, how would you feel if all you saw was the dark expanse of grey for all your life?) I squinted my eyes to make out the books sitting on the shelves. This was indeed a library. I knocked on the door. I really didn't expect in my dream that anypony would answer but I heard somepony yell "One second!". I was so excited to meet Twilight Sparkle even if she was a figment of my imagination (or whatever's left of it). The door opened and there she was right in front of me. The famous Twilight Sparkle. She looked really tired and somewhat surprised to see me. "Who are you?" "I am Black Bullet," I said hardly holding back my excitement. She went wide eyed and motioned for me to come in. Her reaction seemed almost, real. Another thing that nagged me was that her body seemed so real even though I only knew she was purple and a unicorn. I walked inside and admired the amount of organization she had. Her shelves were lined with books seemingly in alphabetical order. While I was busy admiring the books she came over and was studying me. I gulped at the way she looked at me. "Black Bullet, what were you doing before you were here?" The question strikes me as odd but I didn't want to not answer her. "Well I was sleeping and I just dreamed this world I guess and now I'm here". Twilight's face went from curious to horror. "You are not dreaming, this is real life," she said with horror. "Ok, what the fuck? I'm supposed to be sleeping, I'm peaceful in dream land and now I'm actually in the real Ponyville that was blown up by nukes like 200 years ago. So would you like to explain what the fuck happened?" "Dear Celestia... What language," she said wincing at my words. "You going to answer my question?" I said on the verge of tears. "So your from 200 years in the future?" "Yes, why?" "Celestia said she was summoning somepony from the future to help with a problem. I didn't expect that pony to show up at my library". "How is this even remotely possible? Like what the hell... I am battling for 3 ponies lives from my time and your great princess summons me from my only job that matters? This is really fucked up. I would like to see your princess this second!" "I can't send you to her now, it is still night. Tomorrow we can send her a letter to see what she needs". "You don't understand... I have ponies I have to protect! Raiders have taken my brother and they could be killing him right now! I need to get back NOW!" "I don't fully understand what your situation is, however, when somepony is summoned from the future, or past for that matter, Princess Celestia makes sure that the time the pony came from is frozen so there is no paradoxes". "Ok, I guess that makes me feel a bit better. Still, I need to know why she summoned me so I can get back as soon as possible". "I want to know more about your time, would you mind telling me?" "Won't that cause some crazy fucked up warp in time or some shit?" I wanted to not cuss, however, my anger was taking over my emotions right now. "No, the only way that could happen is if you change something here that could possibly end terribly later". "Ok then I guess I don't mind telling you. Take a seat this could take awhile". I told Twilight of my early foalhood and how I was still technically in terms a filly. I was a couple inches shorter than Twilight so she obviously was surprised to hear I was only 16. Anyway, I told her how a few days ago in my time my brother had been captured. I had found Diamond after her parent's were brutally murdered. Then I told her how I had gotten shot and my conscience and I talked while I waited to see if I would die from radiation. Then I told her how I had woken up from that traumatic experience. I told her about the pegasi I met Nuclear Ballistics and Deadeye. Then I told her about how I had fell asleep and all of a sudden I was here. She listened intently to the whole story and from no where she had gotten a notepad and a feather and was writing away with her magic. When I had finished she looked over her notes. "So, your telling me that our Celestia used bombs, or nukes as you call them, to kill off everyone?" "Yeah basically, so I'm not really too happy to be here right now". "I honestly refuse to believe she did that out of her own mind. Discord probably had something to do with it". I didn't push it forward because Twilight was Celestia's student, her chance in believing me was basically zero. I leaned my head back and felt something cold and metal hit the back of my head. I looked back and noticed my backpack was with me and the sniper rifle was still sticking out the back. "What's that?" "Oh, this?" I pointed towards the gun. "Yeah what is it?" "This is how most ponies of my time kill each other, sad to say". I pulled it out with my magic and showed Twilight, she looked at it with curiosity. I cocked it and the last bullet I shot's casing fell out. She picked it up with her magic and studied it. "How does something like this kill somepony?" "Do you have a target? "Yeah over there on the wall". She pointed at a target that looked like she practiced magic on. "Well this gun is very, very loud. Is anyone else in the house?" "Yes, my assistant Spike is but he should be fine". "Ok here goes". I pulled the gun scope up to my eye and aimed, when I was sure I was locked on my target. I pulled the trigger with my magic. *BANG* The shot echoed very loud inside her house and I'm sure anyone within a mile radius probably heard it. The bullet went through the inch thick target and went through the wall behind it. I didn't think it would go right through so much. I looked over at Twilight who was holding her hooves to her ears. She opened her eyes and saw I was staring at her. She pulled her hooves down right as her assistant came down to survey what happened. "Twilight stop practicing your-". He stopped in his tracks when he saw me. "Hey," I said while I waved with embarrassment. "It was not Twilights fault that you were woken up, I'm sorry it was mine". "Don't worry about it Bullet. He will be fine". He went back upstairs and I couldn't help but feel bad that I woke him up. I turned back to Twilight, "So about that sleep, I think I will just sleep on this floor it's quite comfy". "No you can sleep in the spare bed I have. Then tomorrow we will send a letter to Princess Celestia". "Ok, thanks for letting me stay here even after I shot a hole in your wall". "Don't worry about it I can get it fixed". I followed her up the steps to her spare bed. I relished in how comfy the bed was and quickly fell asleep thinking about my new marefriend. Chapter 2: Time TravelThe sun shown through the curtains at intensifying light, I tried to cover my eyes with the sheets but to no avail. As much as it delighted me to see the sun, it could be quite fucking annoying. I got out of the bed and sat on the floor. I grabbed my backpack and slung it on my back. I made sure the gun was safe and I went to open the door. *BANG* "YOU MOTHER FUCKER!" Twilight opened the door and smashed me in the face. I fell backwards and held my muzzle. A few drops of blood splattered on the ground when I tried to cover it with my hoof. "Oh my gosh! I'm so sorry Bullet! I didn't see you...". She winced again at my vulgar language. I was so close to saying "No shit dumbass, there's a fucking door there," but I kept it in my mind. No need to make her even more uncomfortable then she is now. "It's fine..." I said rubbing my muzzle. "Just please knock first". "Got it, anyway, I took it upon myself to send the letter. The Princess requests to see you at once". One word came to my head. Shit!! I gulped but found I had nothing to gulp with. I put on a nervous smile. "Uh... What did you happen to tell her in the letter?" "I'm glad you asked! I told her how your from the future and I told her all about your life. Also I didn't forget to tell her all about your... Gun... Yeah that's what you called it". I felt like fainting or galloping away. I did not want to face this Princess because she annihilated my home. What would she do to me? Then I had a ray of hope. Maybe she doesn't know about what happened in my time. Dammit, she probably does because why else would she need me? I didn't realize that I still had my stupid smile on my face the entire time I was thinking. "Bullet?" She waved a hoof in front of my face. "Yeah, sorry... I'm worried that either I'm going to end up killing your Princess or she will kill me". "She probably won't kill you, without good reason. Even then, killing is not a common punishment. Most of the time you will be sent to the dungeons". "Good to know". Suddenly I felt a weird sensation around my body. I found myself and Twilight standing in front of Princess Celestia. I almost wet myself. "My faithful student, is this the pony you found?" "Yes, Princess," she said kneeling. I don't care if it's proper etiquette I'm not kneeling for this bitch. Not after what she did. "What is your name?" "Take a fucking guess, you'll figure it out. Besides from what Twilight tells me you brought me here. You should know who I am before you trap me in this hell I want nothing to do with". "So a lot has changed in 200 years?" "Yeah no shit!" "My, please stop with your terrible language". "I was never one to listen to authority. So no I will not fucking stop". I was walking straight into death but I didn't care. I was angry and I couldn't control what I was saying. "You are wondering why I brought you here?" "Yeah that'd be a good fucking start". "I know that by accident I end up killing almost everypony in your time". "From what I heard that was no accident!" "Ever heard of Discord?" "No". "He is one of the most evil beings of our time. Luckily we have him turned to stone right now. From the prophecy he returns again and forces me to use the most deadly weapons we have in that era". "So you are familiar with the term weapons? What a fucking surprise! I thought it was all hugs and friendship here". "Our royal guards have swords, yes I am familiar with the term weapons". "How about ones that actually kill?" When I said that I used my magic and pulled out my sniper rifle. I aimed it at the closest pillar and shot. It shattered the stone and lodged itself halfway through the pillar. The sound of the gun was deafening from the echoes the room created. "No, in our time we do not have such deadly technology". I thought I saw fear in her eyes. That can't be right though, she's a god. "Well it's about time you guys accepted that in 200 years all of you will be deprived of anything remotely nice. Friendship replaced by backstabbing fuckers who sell you out in an instant. Hugs replaced by shot's to the head. The colors replaced by a nice shade of brown and grey. I am one of the lucky ones to have friends that care about me and I care about them right back. I even worked up the courage to ask a filly named Diamond Dagger out and you just had to fuck that up for me". I winced at what I had just said. Dammit now these two and whatever guards are listening know that I'm a fillyfooler. I thought I saw Twilight blush. Wow this just got weird really fucking fast. "On a totally different note," I said trying hard to not blush, "my brother was captured by raiders and I was in the process of saving him. I need to go back as soon as possible". "Don't worry little one, once you have done your job then you may return". "Just fucking great," I said rolling my eyes, "you want me to do a job for you? Why did I expect this to be easy? Why didn't you pick someone else from my time to fuck with their life?" "You may not see it, however, you are special. I have a feeling you can help us figure out why your world was destroyed and reverse it". "I know why its destroyed, you fucking bombed it. Plain and simple. Now if you think someone was behind it and it wasn't you, then I'm all ears". "I believe Discord was behind this, not just because he seems to be the most logical person to do it but because before we stoned him I heard him say he would have his revenge and destroy us all". "Hmm, you have a point I guess. One problem, if he is in stone how would it be possible for him to get out and use the nukes?" "That's just it, prophecy states he will get out of the stone. Not for awhile but it must have happened between now and your time". "I think I can narrow it down. I am 16 and it has been destroyed since I was born. My mom is 37 and it was also destroyed when she was born. My grandma, however, is a different story. She was 76 but she died. I remember my mom telling me my grandma's stories. She was alive before the bombs dropped. That's all I remember". Celestia was deep in thought. I stood in silence for a couple of minutes then she finally broke it. "So we have about 110 years that he must have gotten out". "Yeah about..." "Thank you Black Bullet you have been a great help. If there is anything I can do for you until I need you again just ask. I will send you back with Twilight until then. Goodbye". I suddenly felt that sensation around my body again, I found myself in the middle of Twilight's library. "I think that went well". I said nervously. "Well she didn't imprison you, that's a plus," Twilight said with a smile. "Yeah great," I said sarcastically. I heard a knock on the door and out of instinct I pulled out my gun. "Whoa, Bullet put that away, I'm sure its just a friend," she nodded towards my gun fearfully. "Sorry it's just automatic, I don't think about pulling it out, it just happens," I said as I put it back in my backpack. "It's ok," she smiled as she walked to the door. She opened it and it seemed like she was having a conversation with the ponies outside. She pointed inside with her hoof and 5 mares walked in. I had that feeling of wetting myself again. The first that walked in couldn't be anything other than Pinkie Pie. The second was Applejack I think. Third was Rainbow Dash. Fourth I believe was Rarity. Lastly had to be Fluttershy. She seemed to be trying to hide behind Rarity. They all stood in front of me staring. I just wanted to jump into a hole so I didn't have to be in this uncomfortable position. Pinkie of course was the first to speak up. "Omygoshomygoshomygosh! I was right! There is a new pony! See girls I told you my Pinkie Sense never fails!" Everypony just rolled their eyes. I just stood there trying to hold back the urge to pull out my gun. Too late... I used my magic and forcefully pulled my gun out of the bag. "Everypony stop fucking staring at me!" I said pointing my gun at nopony in particular. "Whoa what is that! Can I touch it! PLEASE!!!" Pinkie started to move closer towards it. "No stop right now! Get near me i'll blow your head off!" I cocked the gun to get my message through, the casing of the bullet I shot in the castle fell out. Pinkie was forced back by Rainbow Dash. "Bullet! Stop these are my friends!". Twilight came running and tried to lower the gun with her own magic which she successfully did. Dammit I wish I could get good magic training at my home. She pushed the gun back into my bag. I mentally cursed myself for pulling my gun on them. "I am truly sorry about my outburst, I am not sure if I am still sane. So first off, the reason I'm here is because your Princess teleported me from 200 years in the future". I continued to explain to them about my life and how old I was and why I wanted to get back so fast. I accidently mentioned I was dating a filly but I don't even care anymore. I'm a fillyfooler why hold it back? "So yeah that's my life. It's pretty fucked up". Everypony in the room had their jaw hanging. Even Pinkie was surprised by my story. "Bullet, it's ok, now they know". Every time I tell the story I try to hold back tears but this time a dam broke. I just fell to the ground bawling my eyes out. I curled into a ball and cried for what felt like hours. I felt something touch my shoulder, I just looked up. Twilight was standing over me and offered her hoof to help me up telling me it was ok. I didn't feel like I wanted to stop crying ever, I had held back a lifetime of tears. "Go away!" I screamed. She backed away with a frown. I felt bad but I couldn't show that. Not now... Why is my life fucked up to the point I have to hurt others? It hurts me, mentally of course, but it still hurts. I shakily got up tears flowing freely out of my eyes and smacking against the floor. I looked really fucked up. My mane and tail were a mess. I walked past the mares staring at me. They reached for me but I shrugged them off. "Bullet you have to find some good from it, that's what keeps you going," Twilight said. "Maybe that good left, maybe I wasn't supposed to have a good life. Maybe Celestia brought me in this world to display what pain looks like. If that's the case you know what I say? Fuck you Celestia, fuck everyone in this room, and most of all fuck my life!" I pulled my pistol out from my holster. I noticed I still had the bandage on my leg from the previous shot. I didn't care. "Alright, you might want to back up unless you want to be covered in my blood!" I couldn't control myself, was I really about to commit suicide? Hell is probably better than this anyway. "No Bullet!" Twilight ran by my side and pushed the gun down. I shot but it missed my head and went through my leg. Blood started flowing out like a river. "Why? Why Twilight! You understand my life is an example of hell! Let me end it...". "No Bullet you have a better purpose, don't end it". She looked like she was about to cry. "You better not fucking cry. I don't want your pity". Twilight cast a spell on my gun and it fell out of my hand. I tried to pick it up with my good hoof, it just slipped out of my hand. I got angry and then the pain sunk in. Why did I just do that? Fuck... I tried futilely to cover my bad foreleg with my good one. Blood still flowed freely. I felt that same feeling I felt last time. I was being pulled into infinite blackness again. I sunk to the ground with a *thump*. I woke up in the same damned white room as last time. "Bullet, you must be lacking brain cells. You just shot yourself in the leg". "No shit!" "You realize you just have to do something for Princess Celestia and you can return right?" "Yeah but I can't continue to live like this without Diamond". "I understand but alas I have a solution. Go ask Twilight if Celestia can bring Diamond to you". I pondered this for a minute. "Yeah I guess so, now we fucking wait again". "It isn't so bad, it's like a break from life". "Well when you give me solutions like that then I want to go out and act upon it". "Yeah, I'm great aren't I?" "Don't get your hopes up". "Awe..." I waited for awhile just twiddling my hoofs waiting. I was pulled out of the white room and smacked back into reality. I opened my eyes and looked around. I must be in a hospital of some type. I looked down and notices now both my forehoofs are bandaged. I have now taken a shot in both of them. I rolled my eyes at the sight. I tried to get up but I was quickly pushed down by magic. "The doctor said to rest," Twilight walked in. "Fuck rest," I said rubbing my head. I attempted to get up again but I felt pain in my left leg. I powered through it and got out of bed. Twilight looked at me surprised. ` "How can you go through pain like that?" "When your me this is nothing". I said through clenched teeth. I walked towards the door and asked Twilight to open it. I walked out into the main hall followed closely by Twilight. I was about to walk through the doors to outside when Twilight said I needed to see the Doctor for a bill of health. "Yeah whatever," I mumbled. "Excuse me? My friend here would like to see the doctor to see if she is free to go". "Yes right this way," the nurse said. I rolled my eyes and followed them. The pain in my leg was still painstakingly high. The doctor instructed me to sit on a chair, I nodded and sat. She ran some blood tests and other normal check-up things. "Besides the fact the wound still is bad, I'd say she is fine just make sure she gets rest". "Ok I will, thank you," Twilight told me to follow her. I followed her back to her house, I hadn't realize I'd been out that long, it was now dark. "Twilight, I am sorry that I had a meltdown, I would like to meet your friends again tomorrow. Also forgive me for well uh...shooting myself". "It's ok Bullet, I guess you had a point but I still don't see why you had to use such drastic measures". "I guess you can blame it on my life and I'm young". "It's fine, the Princess said she wanted to see you once more tonight, be ready she is teleporting you when we get inside". "Aw buck... Wait did I just say buck?" "Yeah you did, use that from now on. Your language is just to much to handle". "I'll try," I said rolling my eyes. I walked into the house and prepared to be teleported. I felt the sensation and I was in front of the Princess again. "Seems you have gotten hurt again?" She said eyeing my bandage. "Yeah, it's a long story, I should be fine". "Ok, anyway, you are wondering why I brought you here, no?" I just nodded my head in response. "Ok, seems as I did more digging and it was in fact Discord who bombed your home. I just wanted to tell you that. I will send you back now". "Wait!" "Yes?" "I have to ask you a favor. I had a friend back there in my time. Is there anyway you can bring her here?" "Yes, if you promise you will follow my instructions when given". "I do". "Ok, Diamond right?" "Yeah," I nodded nervously. "Ok she will be here in a second". She closed her eyes. A few seconds later I noticed her lips moving, chanting something. There was a blast of light and I swore it sounded like an earthquake. 3 hoofs in front of my was Diamond laying curled up in a ball just like I left her. I walked over to her side and tapped her. She smiled and opened her eyes a little and noticed I was staring down at her. She leaned up and made out with me. Yep this just got that much more embarrassing. I didn't care I closed my eyes and invited her tongue into my mouth. We made out for a minute, then Celestia cleared her throat. Diamond opened her eyes and looked over and screamed. "Fuck, Diamond, it's ok no need to be afraid". "Bullet is that Princess Celestia?" She said with fear creeping in her voice. "Yes, it is". I turned over to Celestia. "Could you send us back to Twilight's? I would like to explain things to her at Twilight's house". "Of course". I felt that feeling again and we were standing in Twilight's house again. "Hey, Bullet whose your friend?" "Oh I'm not just Bullet's friend, if you know what I mean," Diamond said with a wink. I just stood there with a shocked expression on my face. "Oh, sorry Bullet! I didn't realize you didn't tell her about us! By the way, who are you?" Diamond said turning to Twilight. "My name is Twilight Sparkle, and what might yours be?" She said forcing down an obvious blush. "I am Diamond Dagger," Diamond said striking a pose. I facehoofed at the sight. Although she did look pretty uh... sexy... in that pose, I had to do whatever I could to block my view of her. "Bullet is this your fillyfriend you were talking about?" "Yes, this is her". I was caught off guard by Diamonds kiss right after I said that. She invaded my mouth with her tongue. Where this girl gets her urges I am still yet to find out. Twilight looked away and I melted into the kiss. When she kisses me I can't seem to control myself. I was happy to have her with me by my side. Diamond broke the kiss and smiled and me then noticed my other bandage on my leg. "Bullet what did you do?" "Oh it-" "She shot herself with those things you guys call guns". Twilight interrupted. Diamond glared at me. I couldn't tell if she was angry or sad. It was most likely a little bit of both. I was still weighing my options when she fell into my forelegs and started crying. Dammit Twilight... I glared at Twilight who gave me an innocent look back. I just sighed and hugged Diamond as hard as I could without crushing her. She continued to say words that I didn't fully understand but I really didn't care. She got up and glared at me once again and turned to Twilight. "Twilight, promise you will help me keep Bullet from getting hurt or hurting herself?" "I will try with the best of my abilities". I just rolled my eyes, I wasn't 5 anymore. I wasn't really an adult yet either so that didn't help my argument. "Hey, Twilight? Anywhere I can get some whiskey or beer?" "Yes, however, you are to young for it". "Really? Your going to tell me I'm young? Don't humor me. I've been through more shit in my life then anyone around here will ever endure". "That may as well be true. I'm not letting you get a drink though". "Fine," I figured there was no use arguing with her. I trudged up to bed followed by Diamond. I said goodnight to Twilight before slamming the door. Diamond walked in front of me and turned to look at me. She had been acting strange since she got here and I couldn't put my hoof on why. "Bullet?" Diamond asked quietly. "Yes?" "I think I'm in heat," she trailed off slowly. "Uh, what do you want me to do about it?" "It's my first one," she said looking away shyly. "Oh... So you want advice?" She nodded her head furiously clenching her hind legs together. I noticed and smiled at her lack of experience. Then I felt like I got hit with a shit load of bricks. "Um, Diamond... Slight problem". "What?" "My mom used to cast a spell that would make my heat go away instantly. I've never actually been in heat". She just stared at me with her jaw dropped. "You mean to tell me... You've never felt the urge to have sex with anypony just because of urges?" "There is a lot more to heat than sex". I stopped, there really wasn't much more to heat than sex. "No, there really isn't," she said. "Yeah, yeah..." I sighed giving in to the fact she was right. "This was going to be a long night," I thought with a smile.
Prologue: TakenMy name is Black Bullet. I have been living in this hell for 16 years (Basically my entire life). Well you might want to know what I look like. I'm like most normal mares. I have white skin and my mane is black and purple. My eyes are a dark blue. I'm not the most beautiful mare in the wasteland but who needs looks when everyone kills each other in the wasteland. My family and I have been living as peacefully as possible. My mom my brother and I. Dad died in the war. Enough with my life, that's boring. "Hey Bullet what are you looking at," my brother asked. "Nothing," I replied. I was looking at the barren wasteland which was indeed nothing. Although the raider's do come in from time to time there really isn't much else exciting. "Hey Fire, how much caps do you have?" "Uh, like 200," Wow my family is broke, I really never realized it until now. Even though my brother does random jobs for people in the neighborhood it really is not enough to make a living. "Hey Bullet I'm going to find my friends and maybe we can find some jobs". "Okay have fun, just don't bring them back with you". "Why not?" "I caught one of them staring at my ass last time they were here,". Damn, you would think that guys older then me would be more mature. Around here, they are no where close to it. My brother is older then me but the way he acts you could mistake him for a young colt. If only he wasn't built like a tank I could literally pass as being older then him. I watched him go to his friends house. I was tired from the day before so I laid down on the rock behind me and tried to get a nap in. *BEEP* *BEEP* "What, what?" *BEEP* I woke up to the sound of my pipbuck going off. Damn I need to figure out a way to change the alarm. BANG "What the hell? That gunshot sounded like a .357. One thought raced through my mind. "No, FIRE!". I galloped as fast as I could in the direction of the gunshot. I made sure my pistol was in its holster. I went over a hill and quickly flattened myself on the ground so I wouldn't be seen. "Hey! Everypony put their guns down!" Of all the people who could be yelling that, it had to be a raider. My brother and his friends are in some deep shit this time. I was just glad that he was not dead. His friend, however, did not have the same luck. He got shot through the head and his corpse was laying dead on the ground. "Poor bastard". The 5 raiders were pointing their guns at my brother and his friends. I wanted to yell but I would probably get shot myself. To bad my brother didn't have mare in his group to charm the raiders. Well time to put my charm to the test. I silently slid down the hill while to raiders were arguing with my brothers group. I was 20 feet from the groups and I hid behind a rock. I took off holster and used my magic to get a dress out of my backpack. Don't judge me, every mare should pack an extra change of clothes. Well I guess pack clothes because normally I don't wear any. I put the dress on loosely and came out from behind the rock. "Hellooo babe, how are you doing?" one of the raiders asked. Raiders are complete idiots. They all fall for some slut looking mare. I guess I needed to play along. "Well, well, well, what are you boys fighting about?" I had to keep down my laughter. The raiders were no longer paying any attention to my brother and his friends. "Awe us? We aren't fighting we were just messing around with these kids." Right after he said that all of the raiders lowered their guns. My plan was working. When I was 3 feet from them the leader tried to grab my dress. I kindly took his arm and put him to the ground. "Any other takers?" The raiders just stared at me stunned. Which really isn't that big of a surprise to me. If raiders were this attracted to me I wonder what they would do if someone slightly better looking then me was here. One of them gained his dignity and raised his gun. "You may be beautiful but I will shoot you,". "Oh really?" My brother raised his pistol and put a bullet through the raiders side. He yelled in pain and fell to the ground. I tried to warn my brothers group but it was to late the remaining of my brothers friends got shot. This was one of those times that I was glad my brother was the leader. He was saved for last. The remaining raiders pointed their guns at me. "Let him up or we shoot you,". I let the raider up and he spit in my direction and walked away. I would trade anything to snap his neck right now. They turned to my brother. "Come with us or we shoot you,". "No!" I couldn't think of anything else to yell. I put a reflective shield around my brother. Now I know what you are thinking. Why didn't I do it for his friends? I didn't have enough time to make one. "Well babe there's nothing you can do". "Quit calling me babe, fucker". "Feisty, I like it. I may have to bring you along". "I swear to Celestia, if you touch me I will end you". Raiders have no idea what personal space is. Probably because they molest little fillies for sport, I wouldn't doubt they would do the same to a mare. I'm one of the lucky mares that wasn't in slavery. Today hopefully wouldn't be the day I became one. "Ok we won't touch you but your friend over there is coming with us". "Bullet its ok just let them take me". "Great mare great name," the raider commented. I was so close to marching over there and shooting him. If only I didn't leave my gun behind that rock. The raiders bound my brother in ropes and took him away. Once they were out of sight I tore off my dress and grabbed my gun and backpack. I stuffed the dress back into the bag and I went in the direction they took my brother. I took one last look at Fillydalphia. I didn't want to bother telling my mother, she wouldn't have let me go. I may be young but my brother taught me most everything I need to know to survive in the wasteland. *BEEP* "Fuck". *BEEP* "Dammit..." I shut off my pipbucks alarm and willed myself to get up. I had been following what I thought was the raiders footstep's for 2 hours. Then I took a quick nap in a cave. "Ewww". I spit my tail out of my mouth. I always wake up to my tail curled around my body and for some reason its in my mouth. I really need to clean myself. I don't have time forget about that. I walked outside to find that it was still dark. I kept following the path that hopefully would lead to the raiders. When I find them all hell is going to break loose. I walked in silence for 15 minutes without anything out of the ordinary. I found an abandoned town, well mostly abandoned. I went to the first house and knocked. Silence. I knocked again, no answer. I tried to knob and it was open so I walked inside. I wasn't much of a fan of what I found inside. A male pegasus had his head severed off and a small filly was hiding under the table. "P-Please d-do-don't h-hurt me". I ignored her and went in the other rooms of the house. A mare had been shot and dumped face down on a bed. This wasn't new to me, murder was what ponies did to survive. Survive... That word was the only word that everypony tried to do. I went to another room and found a .50 Caliber Sniper Rifle with 30 rounds. I took it with my magic and slid it into my back pack, well most of the gun anyway. I went back out to the main room. "Please, help me. They said they are going to sell me when they get back". I honestly felt bad for her, so why ignore the request. "Ok, come with me. Who were these ponies that came?" "I don't know but the pony in charge was green and had a yellow and white mane". That was exactly what the leader of the little raiders looked like. I knew that my brother wouldn't come back with them, they probably have him locked up at their base. "Ok come out from under the table". She obeyed and she was wiping back tears. She looked really fucked up. Her blue and white mane was all over the place. She had white skin like me, however, she looked like she had not eaten in 3 days. "Do you have any food?" "Yeah I think," I gave her an apple. She took a big bite out of it savoring the taste. After she had finished she gave me a big smile. She walked up and gave me a hug. I have not had a hug from anypony since I was a little filly and I was not about to pass up this moment. I hugged her back tightly. I made a promise to myself I would take care of her. She deserved it, after what she had just seen. "Hey, my name is Black Bullet what is yours?" "I'm Diamond Dagger". Well hopefully she will be good at combat. "I like your name, is it ok if I just call you Diamond?" "Yeah". She began to tear up again. I'm not good with sad fillies. I just wrapped her in another hug. "It's just that my parents called me that". Well now I feel terrible. I have no idea what else to do. I led her outside so she didn't have to look at her dead parents. "I'm glad to see you took daddy's gun". I stopped in my tracks. I forgot that she was bound to notice I basically robbed her house. "No, no, I'm not mad. Thank you for taking it, he would be glad to see somepony using it". I breathed a sigh of relief. I was dearly hoping she wouldn't abandon me. I really could use a companion. "How old are you Diamond?" "13". Well she is older than I thought, honestly she looked only 10. I haven't seen a foal in a very long time so I guess my way to guess age is off. "How old are you Bullet?" "I'm 16". "What are you doing out here then? Without anypony to look after you?" "My dad died and my mother didn't want to come, the raiders who did this to your parents took my brother away from me". I knew the thing about my mother was a lie but that's not important. "Bullet you look like your at least 20, mean people might kill you". Unfortunately I did look older because of my muscular build. Don't get me wrong, I don't look like a huge oaf. I'm just more muscular then most 16 year olds. "Don't worry I'm not afraid of death. Its the wasteland, death is a normal thing now". I really didn't fear death but now I promised I would protect Diamond. I'm her last hope for happiness. Even if I made that promise to myself, I will still keep it. "Bullet please don't die, you are like my sister now. I've lost my parents and you took me with you, your my only family left". She began to cry again. Well that is just great, now she thinks I'm family. Now I can't die. I wrapped her in another big hug. "Diamond lets stay here until the raiders come back, when they realize you left maybe we can follow them back to their base". "B-but what if they hurt you?" "I will try not to get hurt, I promise," I smiled. "Is there a store around here?" "Yeah follow me". I followed her through deserted street down into the more populated part of town. I saw a bar, a general store, and a hotel. I was thinking of going to the bar, maybe for a drink. I walked into the general store and looked around. It wasn't much. That's a shame but it had most of what I needed. I bought some food, health potions, bullets, a new pistol, a holster, and a new knife. That was 800 caps. So now I was broke but I'm sure I will get money when I get back to Fillydalphia, if I ever get back. Diamond led me to another empty house. "The raiders said they would come back in a week. So we can settle here". I looked around, I found 200 caps and food. I have a feeling my good luck will soon come to an end. "Diamond I have some stuff for you". She walked over to me. "What do you have?" I used my magic to slide the new gun and a holster onto her leg. "Only use that in emergencies, ok?" She nodded in response. "Thank you, thank you, thank you!" She licked my cheek and my face quickly turned red. Dammit why did I have to be a fillyfooler. Before you get the wrong idea, the only reason I like mares is because I have been deprived of stallions in my life. So I have every right reason to be a fillyfooler. Not to say its right, but stallions these days molest mares so I really wouldn't want to be with one. "Bullet are you ok?" I realized that I was still blushing and quickly turned away to get myself together. "Yes I am fine. Why do you ask?" "Well your face got really re-". She looked away from me. Fuck, now what does she think of me. "Um, forget I said anything". I gave her a playful smile. "I was planning on not doing that". Great now she knows I like mares. To be honest she isn't to bad looking herself. Dammit why am I thinking like this. Oh yeah I'm a fillyfooler. "Bullet, its ok to like mares, stallions these days..." She trailed off. Glad to know she has the same logic I have. I went to the second room of the small house to find one bed and a nightstand. "Diamond, are you tired?" "Yeah, are you?" "Yeah I walked for 3 hours to get here". I laid down on the floor next to the bed. "Why are you down there?" "Don't you want the bed?" "I'm sure there is room for you up here". I blushed and laid down on one of the two pillows. Instead of Diamond sleeping on the other pillow she curled herself into a ball and laid on my stomach. "She isn't making this easy," I thought to myself. I curled myself up into a ball around her and fell asleep. "Bullet! Bullet!" My brother was calling for me. I ran in his direction only to find that his skin was on inside out and his eyes were just black holes. "Join me Bullet". "No way fucker. Fire what the fuck happened?" He grinned at me with a sick smile. He pulled out a knife and lunged at me. *BEEP* I jolted my head up realizing I just had a nightmare. I turned off my pipbuck. I also spit out my tail from my mouth. Why does that keep happening. I felt something warm against my body. I looked down to see Diamond looking at me concerned. "Bullet are you ok?" "Yeah, why?" "You were screaming in your sleep". "I had a nightmare that's all, nothing to worry about". "On the bright side you eating your tail was funny". She giggled. "I don't know why I do that, it happens every time I wake up". I looked at my pipbuck, I only slept for 5 hours. Well in my case that's a lot. "Diamond are you hungry?" "Yeah a little". I gave her another apple. Even though I hardly am able to make it with the provisions by myself let alone with Diamond, it was still nice to have her around. I went outside for a second to get some fresh air. I heard a noise come from the outside of the back of the house. I went around to investigate to be met with a pistol bullet to my leg. "Fuck!" I turned to see a raider spy holding a smoking pistol pointed at me. "You know what you son of a bitch". Before he could react I leaped on him and started to choke him. He tried to throw me off but I kept my grip and he slipped into unconsciousness. I pulled out my pistol as Diamond walked out and stared at the scene in horror. "Diamond! Look away!". She did as she was told and I shot the raider in the head twice for good measure. I limped over to Diamond to see if she was alright. I led her back inside. My wound was bleeding and showed no signs of stopping. "Diamond, please get me a healing potion and the medical kit". She came over crying. "What's wrong?" She hugged me tight. "You got shot, you promised me you wouldn't get hurt". "Well give me a second and I will be as good as new". I took the medical kit and set the healing potion on the ground beside me. I took the surgical knife out of the bag. The bullet was still lodged in my leg so I had to dig it out. I scraped at the wound making more blood flow out and I screamed in pain but finally the bullet dropped to the ground. "Fuck... Hollow Points". I drank the healing potion and bandaged my leg up as much as I could. It stung like a bitch but I was patched up now. Diamond watched the entire ordeal in terror when I was done she burst out crying more. "Diamond I'm going to be fine, no reason to cry". I grabbed her and hugged as tight as I could without choking her. "Bullet please don't die on me... Please," she whispered in my ear. "Don't worry I don't plan on going anywhere". The window shattered when I heard another gun shot. I brought the .50 Caliber to me and looked down the scope. I saw one raider and I shot. His head exploded from the blast of the .50 Caliber round. None of them seemed to match the group leaders description. Diamond was cowering in fear under the table. "Hey its ok, we got both the spies". "How do you know there is only two?" "I stole the pony in the back's radio. I heard someone ask if both the spies were still alive". I wondered what else I would need to have when the raiders finally come in 6 days. I had enough ammo but could I kill all of them? I will have to ask the locals for help. If they indeed do not leave and try to kill me. I just wanted another nap and I slowly fell asleep thinking about Diamond.
Chapter 1: Relaxing*COUGH* "God I need to tie down my tail". Diamond was giggling to herself corner. It really doesn't surprise me in the least. I really do look like an idiot practically eating my tail. That was the longest 15 minute nap I've ever taken. I got up and I felt a sharp pain shoot up my leg. I winced and laid back down on the bed. The healing potion wasn't done closing the wound so over abusing it wouldn't help in the least. Diamond was lost in thought so I just sat there, thinking of life before the wasteland. My mother used to read me and my brother stories that her ancestors passed to her. Telling of all the happiness before the nukes went off. It would be great to be able to go back, just for a day. To maybe not have to worry about getting shot or blown up. Maybe sold as a slave or molested and dumped on the street. Unfortunately, nopony can change the past but there is always the chance to change the future. The way the world acts, betrayal, murder, slaves, radiation, and raiders. The world can't go back. Nopony could change the minds of all the ponies left. I knew that, but I couldn't help but wonder... How somepony would go about doing it. Maybe start a revolution or maybe gather together an army great enough to put fear in everypony. Nopony had the resources to find such ponies or had the resources to build the infamous "Power" armor. If I could get myself power armor maybe I could change the world. I know that sounds selfish but I would rather have a peaceful world controlled by me, then the way the world is now. My thoughts were interrupted by Diamond. "Bullet, what do you want to do?" "Well I am stuck here until the healing potion finishes with the wound". "Yeah... I am bored though". "Well you can do whatever you want inside the house, I don't want you to go outside though. You probably won't want to get captured by raiders". "Wow Bullet way to sound like your mom," I thought. I remembered all the times she forced me to stay inside because of dangers that I now fully understand. Good thing she did, I would probably be dead or worse. Yes, there is fate worse than death. Diamond walked into the only other room in the house. I couldn't get up to see what she was doing so I just laid in bed. Then I heard a knock on the door. I summoned all the strength I could to get up. I would have gotten Diamond to open it but the person could be dangerous. The pain seemed to be lessened but it still hurt quite bad. I cautiously opened the door with my pistol hidden on my leg. When I opened the door I saw two pegasus mares. Both had dark grey skin and brown eyes. One had a neon green mane and the other had a neon pink mane. The green maned pegasus had a nuclear symbol cutie mark similar to the ones on nuclear warheads. The other didn't have one. "Are you Black Bullet?" The Green maned one asked. "So what if I am?" "Then we would help you find your brother". "How do you know about that?" "We are from Fillydalphia and your mother was posting around that you and your brother were missing. So we figured we would come help. Your mom said that your brother had told her that he was going to find work and pointed us in the direction he took. So we followed the hoofprints to here". "So, your telling me your not here to kill me?" "Yeah, we would have nothing to gain from that anyway". Diamond came out of the room to see what was going on. "Who's that?" The pink maned pegasus asked me. "She-," Diamond interrupted me. "I'm Diamond Dagger". "May we come in?" "Yeah, sorry," I said with a nervous smile. I still wasn't convinced that they were who they said they were. We all walked into the house. I motioned for them to sit on the three chairs by the table. Diamond decided to sit on my lap. "So," I said, "we have found out that the raiders will be back in 5 days or less". "Hmm, so we have 2 days to get ready". The green maned pegasus remarked. "Why 2 days?" "So if they come early we will be ready. Raiders rarely come on time. Its either late or early". "Good point... I never got both of your names". "I'm Nuclear Ballistics, most ponies call me Nuclear," the green maned pony said with a smile. "That's a very different name. I've never heard anypony have something that... different. Why did you get it?" "Anything that deals with nukes or something that gives off radiation, I can defuse or detonate it. No matter what the condition or damage. I am also very good with explosives," she frowned. "Sorry". "Don't worry about it, everypony says the same thing," she smiled. For some reason I was worried that she was going to kill me. That's my biggest fear in the wasteland, death. To be honest I did fear death, I just try not to show it. I don't want them to see fear in me. They would probably abandon me. I was happy that these pegasi came. My mom told me that the number one rule in the wasteland was to have friends. Now I did. I motioned to the other pony. "What's your name?" "I'm Deadeye," the pink maned pegasus said looking away blushing. "Are you good with a rifle?" "Yeah," she said shyly. I thought about the oddities of their names for a minute. I have never heard such names given to anypony. Although I like these names better than what they gave ponies 200 years ago. Thinking about them just makes me sick. My head started to hurt but I thought it was just a headache and it would pass. So I thought nothing of it. My vision began to lessen and I felt myself being pulled into an infinite blackness. I suddenly slumped to the floor unconscious. I woke up in an all white room. "Hello!" I shouted. I didn't really expect an answer but who knows maybe I would get one. I sat in silence for a few minutes. I wasn't sure what I was supposed to do in a situation like this. To be honest, I'm not even sure if I am awake. A pony walked in, well that's what I thought. He walked closer and I noticed his skin was rotting off his mostly skeletal frame. He sat in front of me studying me. "Uh... What do you want?" He didn't answer but instead stared at me silently. I just sat there with my eyes staring at the ground. What else was I supposed to do... "You are in trouble Bullet". I lifted my head up. "How do you know my name?" "I am a part of your conscience. I know what you know." I wouldn't have thought that my conscience was a half rotten pony but you get what you get. "So, why am I in trouble?" "Well for starters you slipped into unconsciousness. Your bullet wound was not properly treated and your surgical knife was infected by radiation. Unless your friends somehow find some Rad-Away you can consider yourself dead". That last statement hit me like a ton of bricks. How am I supposed to protect Diamond if I'm dead? That's right, I'm not. Shit... "So, I am stuck in my own mind until they either revive me or I die, right?" "Yeah basically..." "How will I know if I'm close to death? "You will know". He said with a terrifying smile. I looked away, he looked like he was looking straight into my soul. I just sat there for a while hoping and waiting. A thousand thoughts raced through my mind. Will I live? What happens if I die? What will happen to Diamond? Those were my top three thoughts. I couldn't seem to think straight. Granted I was inside my own head, so why couldn't I think? "Bullet what are you doing?" The pony broke the silence. "Thinking". "Be careful you might strain your few brain cells left," he said laughing. "Shut up!" "Whoa, I didn't mean to bother you, just trying to have some fun while we wait to see if you die". "You are great at cheering me up," I said sarcastically. "Really?" "No dipshit, stop talking". "Fine, I guess talking to a girl that just adores a filly wasn't getting me anywhere anyway". "Just because I like her doesn't mean you have to be a dick". "Maybe instead of being embarrassed about it, you should ask her to be more than a friend". "I don't have it in me". "Sure you do, let's make a deal. You make it out alive, you ask her. You die, well you know what happens there". "Ok deal but I will ask her when I think it's right". He thought about it for a second. "Fine but you get a week that's it". "Deal". He smiled but this time is wasn't evil it was normal. I guess he helped me realize that all I need to do is ask her. The worst thing that could happen is if she says no. I thought of how I would react if she said no. I wouldn't be mad I would just continue normally, hopefully it wouldn't be to awkward for to long. What would she think of me though? I would just kill myself if she hated me. I just get that feeling that if she doesn't like me then what's the point of being alive? "Seems like somepony found some Rad-Away". "Why do you say that?" "Your heart is beginning to pump normal again". I breathed a sigh of relief but then I realized my deal I had made. I have to keep it. I was never a pony to go back on deals or promises... "Bullet? Bullet!" Diamond started yelling at me. I felt shaken back into reality. I began to breath again but I couldn't bring myself to open my eyes. I felt like everypony was staring at me. I slowly opened my left eye. I noticed that I was indeed being stared at and Diamond was crying on top of me. She is a very emotional filly. "Hey Bullet?" Nuclear asked, "Are you ok?" "I've been better," I managed to say with obvious difficulty. "Glad to hear it". "Bullet, don't do that to me!" Diamond said on the verge of bawling her eyes out. "Well how was I supposed to know the knife I used was infected with radiation?" "Well I don't know..." I had a terrible taste in my mouth. I wasn't sure what it was from. "Why do I have this terrible taste in my mouth?" "It's Rad-Away, it has an awful taste," Nuclear replied. "Thanks for saving me, I truly mean it". "Hey, what are friends for?" I thought about that for a minute. Friends are truly the biggest thing you need to have in the Wasteland. Now I know why first hand, they are here, to have your back. "I guess they are for a lot of things. Most important was you saved my ass back there". "Well, I am here to help you right? So I guess I would start by not letting you get fucked over the minute we walk in the door". "Thanks again... Diamond please get off of me, I can hardly breath". She got off after hugging me. I sat up and realized my legs were open showing off my slit. "Shit," I thought. I got up quickly and sat at the table. Everypony in the room was staring at me. "What?" Diamond was giggling and Nuclear and Deadeye just shrugged and looked away. I used my magic to get the sniper rifle off the ground. I looked it over, it was in perfect condition. From what I could tell I was the first to shoot it. I studied it more and noticed an engraving on the gun. Diamond, this gun is for you. If you shall ever find me dead from raiders please take this. I gulped at the message. This gun was for Diamond, not for some random stranger. "Diamond come here". She came over and I pointed at the message. She read it and began to tear up... Again. "Diamond this is your gun, I am very sorry I didn't notice the message until now. Please... Take it". She shook her head. "Bullet, my daddy knew I wasn't good with guns. He only was going to give me this when I was ready. He died much quicker than he originally intended". She whipped out a knife in seemingly from no where. "However, give me one of these and the bad guys day will turn ugly very, very fast," she said with a devilish smile. I shuddered at her turn of personality. The way she smiled sent a chill all the way to my core. "Well how are we going to sleep?" Nuclear asked. "Well Diamond sleeps on me..." I stopped when I noticed Nuclear staring at me. "Not like that she just likes to be near me". "Bullet may I ask? How old are you?" "16, why?" "Oh I'm 15, and I was just wondering. Diamond how old are you?" "13". "Ok, Deadeye over there is 14". She smiled shyly. I didn't understand why she was so secretive and shy. We were all friends, or at least as close of friends we could get. "Anyway, you can sleep on the other side of the bed, its rather large. Besides its getting late I'm going to bed. Diamond come on if your tired". "Ok!" She came in after me happy as most people could get in the wasteland. Her ability to be happy at the most random times confused me. She could have had a great life without many troubles but even then it should have hit her like a sack of bricks. Life in the wasteland is shit. Everything is out to rape or kill you, at all times. Especially when your a good looking filly... Fuck I'm doing it again, I need to ask her now or else I won't get the chance to later. I slammed into the bed post not noticing I wasn't even slightly paying attention to what I was doing. Wow captain of the idiots right here. I've got to be the stupidest pony alive. Diamond burst out laughing when I held my head in a desperate attempt to make the pain go away. "Diamond go curl up and I'll curl up around you again if you want". "Ok, thanks! You are very warm and you feel like a blanket". Her face turned red and she jumped on the bed. I smiled at the innocence of her remark. I jumped up after her and curled up around her. "Diamond," I whispered, "I have an important question to ask you..." "Yeah Bullet?" "Would you uh..." I coughed to clear my throat, "would you like to be more than friends?" She looked stunned for a second and then she leaned closer to my face and kissed me on the cheek. That was the best thing I have ever felt. I was even more relieved to get that out of the way. I moved my head and leaned in to kiss her lips. She moved her head back unsure of what to do. I smiled and moved closer and I touched her lips with mine. She gasped at the sudden move. She gladly returned the kiss after the shock of being kissed by a mare. I pushed past her lips and explored her mouth with my tongue. I allowed her to do the same. We explored each others mouths until we ran out of breath. I looked at her and smiled. She smiled back with a huge smile. "So Diamond do you want to be my marefriend?" "Yes! I've waited for you to ask me that ever since I found out you like mares!" "Well why didn't you say something? I've been scared to ask you!" "I don't know... I didn't know what you would think of me..." "Diamond, even if you admitted to liking me and I didn't like mares. We would still be friends". "Oh... Well I was worried for nothing!" Her sheer amount of excitement at all times had to be one of the most amusing things about her. Granted she was always happy, (except when I was hurt) loving, and caring for just about everything. Now I have to worry about preserving that. Who said a little hope is bad? Nuclear walked in and I quickly closed my eyes and laid down. She just shrugged and went to the far side of the bed and laid down. Deadeye came in and slept between Nuclear and I. If any stallion were to come in and see us, he probably would have had the biggest, "I want to rape you all," moments of his life. Wow, good thing we weren't near any stallions (or colts for that matter). I fell asleep within 15 minutes of lying down. I wasn't the greatest sleeper in the world. I was also a very light sleeper, so if you have both those traits like me. You hardly get any sleep at all. Sometimes that is a bad thing, most of the time that is a good thing. Sleep can be as dangerous as a gun or grenade. I felt myself being sucked into the dream world. I looked around, it was a forest. Well I thought it was a forest, the only time I ever saw anything similar to this was when I walked through the burnt stumps of trees. These weren't just any burnt stumps though. They were actual tree's. I never though I would have seen such beauty in my life. I know this is only a dream but it still touches my heart to see something that wasn't annihilated by nukes. I walked around getting a feel for myself in the forest. I walked in a single direction for what felt like hours. Finally it opened to a little town. I honestly could not believe what I saw. All my mothers stories about this town, were now right in front of me. I wanted to scream in joy but I did not want to cause chaos because after all it was dark. I knew this was a dream but I didn't want to believe it was. It seemed so...Real. So lifelike, almost like I could reach out my hoof and be sucked into its beauty. I slowly trotted towards the town. When I had reached the outskirts I had my suspicions confirmed. This was indeed the famous Ponyville. Standing before me in all its glory. It wasn't a smoking husk of broken buildings, it was how it was before the nukes dropped. I walked around in the town and I felt like a little filly getting her cutie mark. I was so excited that even in the dream world I couldn't hold back my excitement. I wanted to meet a unicorn named Twilight Sparkle. From what my mom told me, she was purple. That's all I knew but I didn't expect to find a lot of purple unicorns. I remembered she said something about she lives in a library. I trotted around to see if I could find anything that resembles a library. Nothing... When I was about to give up searching I saw a tree that had been converted to a house. I went up and looked through the window. I almost screamed with glee. (Before you think I'm immature, how would you feel if all you saw was the dark expanse of grey for all your life?) I squinted my eyes to make out the books sitting on the shelves. This was indeed a library. I knocked on the door. I really didn't expect in my dream that anypony would answer but I heard somepony yell "One second!". I was so excited to meet Twilight Sparkle even if she was a figment of my imagination (or whatever's left of it). The door opened and there she was right in front of me. The famous Twilight Sparkle. She looked really tired and somewhat surprised to see me. "Who are you?" "I am Black Bullet," I said hardly holding back my excitement. She went wide eyed and motioned for me to come in. Her reaction seemed almost, real. Another thing that nagged me was that her body seemed so real even though I only knew she was purple and a unicorn. I walked inside and admired the amount of organization she had. Her shelves were lined with books seemingly in alphabetical order. While I was busy admiring the books she came over and was studying me. I gulped at the way she looked at me. "Black Bullet, what were you doing before you were here?" The question strikes me as odd but I didn't want to not answer her. "Well I was sleeping and I just dreamed this world I guess and now I'm here". Twilight's face went from curious to horror. "You are not dreaming, this is real life," she said with horror. "Ok, what the fuck? I'm supposed to be sleeping, I'm peaceful in dream land and now I'm actually in the real Ponyville that was blown up by nukes like 200 years ago. So would you like to explain what the fuck happened?" "Dear Celestia... What language," she said wincing at my words. "You going to answer my question?" I said on the verge of tears. "So your from 200 years in the future?" "Yes, why?" "Celestia said she was summoning somepony from the future to help with a problem. I didn't expect that pony to show up at my library". "How is this even remotely possible? Like what the hell... I am battling for 3 ponies lives from my time and your great princess summons me from my only job that matters? This is really fucked up. I would like to see your princess this second!" "I can't send you to her now, it is still night. Tomorrow we can send her a letter to see what she needs". "You don't understand... I have ponies I have to protect! Raiders have taken my brother and they could be killing him right now! I need to get back NOW!" "I don't fully understand what your situation is, however, when somepony is summoned from the future, or past for that matter, Princess Celestia makes sure that the time the pony came from is frozen so there is no paradoxes". "Ok, I guess that makes me feel a bit better. Still, I need to know why she summoned me so I can get back as soon as possible". "I want to know more about your time, would you mind telling me?" "Won't that cause some crazy fucked up warp in time or some shit?" I wanted to not cuss, however, my anger was taking over my emotions right now. "No, the only way that could happen is if you change something here that could possibly end terribly later". "Ok then I guess I don't mind telling you. Take a seat this could take awhile". I told Twilight of my early foalhood and how I was still technically in terms a filly. I was a couple inches shorter than Twilight so she obviously was surprised to hear I was only 16. Anyway, I told her how a few days ago in my time my brother had been captured. I had found Diamond after her parent's were brutally murdered. Then I told her how I had gotten shot and my conscience and I talked while I waited to see if I would die from radiation. Then I told her how I had woken up from that traumatic experience. I told her about the pegasi I met Nuclear Ballistics and Deadeye. Then I told her about how I had fell asleep and all of a sudden I was here. She listened intently to the whole story and from no where she had gotten a notepad and a feather and was writing away with her magic. When I had finished she looked over her notes. "So, your telling me that our Celestia used bombs, or nukes as you call them, to kill off everyone?" "Yeah basically, so I'm not really too happy to be here right now". "I honestly refuse to believe she did that out of her own mind. Discord probably had something to do with it". I didn't push it forward because Twilight was Celestia's student, her chance in believing me was basically zero. I leaned my head back and felt something cold and metal hit the back of my head. I looked back and noticed my backpack was with me and the sniper rifle was still sticking out the back. "What's that?" "Oh, this?" I pointed towards the gun. "Yeah what is it?" "This is how most ponies of my time kill each other, sad to say". I pulled it out with my magic and showed Twilight, she looked at it with curiosity. I cocked it and the last bullet I shot's casing fell out. She picked it up with her magic and studied it. "How does something like this kill somepony?" "Do you have a target? "Yeah over there on the wall". She pointed at a target that looked like she practiced magic on. "Well this gun is very, very loud. Is anyone else in the house?" "Yes, my assistant Spike is but he should be fine". "Ok here goes". I pulled the gun scope up to my eye and aimed, when I was sure I was locked on my target. I pulled the trigger with my magic. *BANG* The shot echoed very loud inside her house and I'm sure anyone within a mile radius probably heard it. The bullet went through the inch thick target and went through the wall behind it. I didn't think it would go right through so much. I looked over at Twilight who was holding her hooves to her ears. She opened her eyes and saw I was staring at her. She pulled her hooves down right as her assistant came down to survey what happened. "Twilight stop practicing your-". He stopped in his tracks when he saw me. "Hey," I said while I waved with embarrassment. "It was not Twilights fault that you were woken up, I'm sorry it was mine". "Don't worry about it Bullet. He will be fine". He went back upstairs and I couldn't help but feel bad that I woke him up. I turned back to Twilight, "So about that sleep, I think I will just sleep on this floor it's quite comfy". "No you can sleep in the spare bed I have. Then tomorrow we will send a letter to Princess Celestia". "Ok, thanks for letting me stay here even after I shot a hole in your wall". "Don't worry about it I can get it fixed". I followed her up the steps to her spare bed. I relished in how comfy the bed was and quickly fell asleep thinking about my new marefriend.
Chapter 2: Time TravelThe sun shown through the curtains at intensifying light, I tried to cover my eyes with the sheets but to no avail. As much as it delighted me to see the sun, it could be quite fucking annoying. I got out of the bed and sat on the floor. I grabbed my backpack and slung it on my back. I made sure the gun was safe and I went to open the door. *BANG* "YOU MOTHER FUCKER!" Twilight opened the door and smashed me in the face. I fell backwards and held my muzzle. A few drops of blood splattered on the ground when I tried to cover it with my hoof. "Oh my gosh! I'm so sorry Bullet! I didn't see you...". She winced again at my vulgar language. I was so close to saying "No shit dumbass, there's a fucking door there," but I kept it in my mind. No need to make her even more uncomfortable then she is now. "It's fine..." I said rubbing my muzzle. "Just please knock first". "Got it, anyway, I took it upon myself to send the letter. The Princess requests to see you at once". One word came to my head. Shit!! I gulped but found I had nothing to gulp with. I put on a nervous smile. "Uh... What did you happen to tell her in the letter?" "I'm glad you asked! I told her how your from the future and I told her all about your life. Also I didn't forget to tell her all about your... Gun... Yeah that's what you called it". I felt like fainting or galloping away. I did not want to face this Princess because she annihilated my home. What would she do to me? Then I had a ray of hope. Maybe she doesn't know about what happened in my time. Dammit, she probably does because why else would she need me? I didn't realize that I still had my stupid smile on my face the entire time I was thinking. "Bullet?" She waved a hoof in front of my face. "Yeah, sorry... I'm worried that either I'm going to end up killing your Princess or she will kill me". "She probably won't kill you, without good reason. Even then, killing is not a common punishment. Most of the time you will be sent to the dungeons". "Good to know". Suddenly I felt a weird sensation around my body. I found myself and Twilight standing in front of Princess Celestia. I almost wet myself. "My faithful student, is this the pony you found?" "Yes, Princess," she said kneeling. I don't care if it's proper etiquette I'm not kneeling for this bitch. Not after what she did. "What is your name?" "Take a fucking guess, you'll figure it out. Besides from what Twilight tells me you brought me here. You should know who I am before you trap me in this hell I want nothing to do with". "So a lot has changed in 200 years?" "Yeah no shit!" "My, please stop with your terrible language". "I was never one to listen to authority. So no I will not fucking stop". I was walking straight into death but I didn't care. I was angry and I couldn't control what I was saying. "You are wondering why I brought you here?" "Yeah that'd be a good fucking start". "I know that by accident I end up killing almost everypony in your time". "From what I heard that was no accident!" "Ever heard of Discord?" "No". "He is one of the most evil beings of our time. Luckily we have him turned to stone right now. From the prophecy he returns again and forces me to use the most deadly weapons we have in that era". "So you are familiar with the term weapons? What a fucking surprise! I thought it was all hugs and friendship here". "Our royal guards have swords, yes I am familiar with the term weapons". "How about ones that actually kill?" When I said that I used my magic and pulled out my sniper rifle. I aimed it at the closest pillar and shot. It shattered the stone and lodged itself halfway through the pillar. The sound of the gun was deafening from the echoes the room created. "No, in our time we do not have such deadly technology". I thought I saw fear in her eyes. That can't be right though, she's a god. "Well it's about time you guys accepted that in 200 years all of you will be deprived of anything remotely nice. Friendship replaced by backstabbing fuckers who sell you out in an instant. Hugs replaced by shot's to the head. The colors replaced by a nice shade of brown and grey. I am one of the lucky ones to have friends that care about me and I care about them right back. I even worked up the courage to ask a filly named Diamond Dagger out and you just had to fuck that up for me". I winced at what I had just said. Dammit now these two and whatever guards are listening know that I'm a fillyfooler. I thought I saw Twilight blush. Wow this just got weird really fucking fast. "On a totally different note," I said trying hard to not blush, "my brother was captured by raiders and I was in the process of saving him. I need to go back as soon as possible". "Don't worry little one, once you have done your job then you may return". "Just fucking great," I said rolling my eyes, "you want me to do a job for you? Why did I expect this to be easy? Why didn't you pick someone else from my time to fuck with their life?" "You may not see it, however, you are special. I have a feeling you can help us figure out why your world was destroyed and reverse it". "I know why its destroyed, you fucking bombed it. Plain and simple. Now if you think someone was behind it and it wasn't you, then I'm all ears". "I believe Discord was behind this, not just because he seems to be the most logical person to do it but because before we stoned him I heard him say he would have his revenge and destroy us all". "Hmm, you have a point I guess. One problem, if he is in stone how would it be possible for him to get out and use the nukes?" "That's just it, prophecy states he will get out of the stone. Not for awhile but it must have happened between now and your time". "I think I can narrow it down. I am 16 and it has been destroyed since I was born. My mom is 37 and it was also destroyed when she was born. My grandma, however, is a different story. She was 76 but she died. I remember my mom telling me my grandma's stories. She was alive before the bombs dropped. That's all I remember". Celestia was deep in thought. I stood in silence for a couple of minutes then she finally broke it. "So we have about 110 years that he must have gotten out". "Yeah about..." "Thank you Black Bullet you have been a great help. If there is anything I can do for you until I need you again just ask. I will send you back with Twilight until then. Goodbye". I suddenly felt that sensation around my body again, I found myself in the middle of Twilight's library. "I think that went well". I said nervously. "Well she didn't imprison you, that's a plus," Twilight said with a smile. "Yeah great," I said sarcastically. I heard a knock on the door and out of instinct I pulled out my gun. "Whoa, Bullet put that away, I'm sure its just a friend," she nodded towards my gun fearfully. "Sorry it's just automatic, I don't think about pulling it out, it just happens," I said as I put it back in my backpack. "It's ok," she smiled as she walked to the door. She opened it and it seemed like she was having a conversation with the ponies outside. She pointed inside with her hoof and 5 mares walked in. I had that feeling of wetting myself again. The first that walked in couldn't be anything other than Pinkie Pie. The second was Applejack I think. Third was Rainbow Dash. Fourth I believe was Rarity. Lastly had to be Fluttershy. She seemed to be trying to hide behind Rarity. They all stood in front of me staring. I just wanted to jump into a hole so I didn't have to be in this uncomfortable position. Pinkie of course was the first to speak up. "Omygoshomygoshomygosh! I was right! There is a new pony! See girls I told you my Pinkie Sense never fails!" Everypony just rolled their eyes. I just stood there trying to hold back the urge to pull out my gun. Too late... I used my magic and forcefully pulled my gun out of the bag. "Everypony stop fucking staring at me!" I said pointing my gun at nopony in particular. "Whoa what is that! Can I touch it! PLEASE!!!" Pinkie started to move closer towards it. "No stop right now! Get near me i'll blow your head off!" I cocked the gun to get my message through, the casing of the bullet I shot in the castle fell out. Pinkie was forced back by Rainbow Dash. "Bullet! Stop these are my friends!". Twilight came running and tried to lower the gun with her own magic which she successfully did. Dammit I wish I could get good magic training at my home. She pushed the gun back into my bag. I mentally cursed myself for pulling my gun on them. "I am truly sorry about my outburst, I am not sure if I am still sane. So first off, the reason I'm here is because your Princess teleported me from 200 years in the future". I continued to explain to them about my life and how old I was and why I wanted to get back so fast. I accidently mentioned I was dating a filly but I don't even care anymore. I'm a fillyfooler why hold it back? "So yeah that's my life. It's pretty fucked up". Everypony in the room had their jaw hanging. Even Pinkie was surprised by my story. "Bullet, it's ok, now they know". Every time I tell the story I try to hold back tears but this time a dam broke. I just fell to the ground bawling my eyes out. I curled into a ball and cried for what felt like hours. I felt something touch my shoulder, I just looked up. Twilight was standing over me and offered her hoof to help me up telling me it was ok. I didn't feel like I wanted to stop crying ever, I had held back a lifetime of tears. "Go away!" I screamed. She backed away with a frown. I felt bad but I couldn't show that. Not now... Why is my life fucked up to the point I have to hurt others? It hurts me, mentally of course, but it still hurts. I shakily got up tears flowing freely out of my eyes and smacking against the floor. I looked really fucked up. My mane and tail were a mess. I walked past the mares staring at me. They reached for me but I shrugged them off. "Bullet you have to find some good from it, that's what keeps you going," Twilight said. "Maybe that good left, maybe I wasn't supposed to have a good life. Maybe Celestia brought me in this world to display what pain looks like. If that's the case you know what I say? Fuck you Celestia, fuck everyone in this room, and most of all fuck my life!" I pulled my pistol out from my holster. I noticed I still had the bandage on my leg from the previous shot. I didn't care. "Alright, you might want to back up unless you want to be covered in my blood!" I couldn't control myself, was I really about to commit suicide? Hell is probably better than this anyway. "No Bullet!" Twilight ran by my side and pushed the gun down. I shot but it missed my head and went through my leg. Blood started flowing out like a river. "Why? Why Twilight! You understand my life is an example of hell! Let me end it...". "No Bullet you have a better purpose, don't end it". She looked like she was about to cry. "You better not fucking cry. I don't want your pity". Twilight cast a spell on my gun and it fell out of my hand. I tried to pick it up with my good hoof, it just slipped out of my hand. I got angry and then the pain sunk in. Why did I just do that? Fuck... I tried futilely to cover my bad foreleg with my good one. Blood still flowed freely. I felt that same feeling I felt last time. I was being pulled into infinite blackness again. I sunk to the ground with a *thump*. I woke up in the same damned white room as last time. "Bullet, you must be lacking brain cells. You just shot yourself in the leg". "No shit!" "You realize you just have to do something for Princess Celestia and you can return right?" "Yeah but I can't continue to live like this without Diamond". "I understand but alas I have a solution. Go ask Twilight if Celestia can bring Diamond to you". I pondered this for a minute. "Yeah I guess so, now we fucking wait again". "It isn't so bad, it's like a break from life". "Well when you give me solutions like that then I want to go out and act upon it". "Yeah, I'm great aren't I?" "Don't get your hopes up". "Awe..." I waited for awhile just twiddling my hoofs waiting. I was pulled out of the white room and smacked back into reality. I opened my eyes and looked around. I must be in a hospital of some type. I looked down and notices now both my forehoofs are bandaged. I have now taken a shot in both of them. I rolled my eyes at the sight. I tried to get up but I was quickly pushed down by magic. "The doctor said to rest," Twilight walked in. "Fuck rest," I said rubbing my head. I attempted to get up again but I felt pain in my left leg. I powered through it and got out of bed. Twilight looked at me surprised. ` "How can you go through pain like that?" "When your me this is nothing". I said through clenched teeth. I walked towards the door and asked Twilight to open it. I walked out into the main hall followed closely by Twilight. I was about to walk through the doors to outside when Twilight said I needed to see the Doctor for a bill of health. "Yeah whatever," I mumbled. "Excuse me? My friend here would like to see the doctor to see if she is free to go". "Yes right this way," the nurse said. I rolled my eyes and followed them. The pain in my leg was still painstakingly high. The doctor instructed me to sit on a chair, I nodded and sat. She ran some blood tests and other normal check-up things. "Besides the fact the wound still is bad, I'd say she is fine just make sure she gets rest". "Ok I will, thank you," Twilight told me to follow her. I followed her back to her house, I hadn't realize I'd been out that long, it was now dark. "Twilight, I am sorry that I had a meltdown, I would like to meet your friends again tomorrow. Also forgive me for well uh...shooting myself". "It's ok Bullet, I guess you had a point but I still don't see why you had to use such drastic measures". "I guess you can blame it on my life and I'm young". "It's fine, the Princess said she wanted to see you once more tonight, be ready she is teleporting you when we get inside". "Aw buck... Wait did I just say buck?" "Yeah you did, use that from now on. Your language is just to much to handle". "I'll try," I said rolling my eyes. I walked into the house and prepared to be teleported. I felt the sensation and I was in front of the Princess again. "Seems you have gotten hurt again?" She said eyeing my bandage. "Yeah, it's a long story, I should be fine". "Ok, anyway, you are wondering why I brought you here, no?" I just nodded my head in response. "Ok, seems as I did more digging and it was in fact Discord who bombed your home. I just wanted to tell you that. I will send you back now". "Wait!" "Yes?" "I have to ask you a favor. I had a friend back there in my time. Is there anyway you can bring her here?" "Yes, if you promise you will follow my instructions when given". "I do". "Ok, Diamond right?" "Yeah," I nodded nervously. "Ok she will be here in a second". She closed her eyes. A few seconds later I noticed her lips moving, chanting something. There was a blast of light and I swore it sounded like an earthquake. 3 hoofs in front of my was Diamond laying curled up in a ball just like I left her. I walked over to her side and tapped her. She smiled and opened her eyes a little and noticed I was staring down at her. She leaned up and made out with me. Yep this just got that much more embarrassing. I didn't care I closed my eyes and invited her tongue into my mouth. We made out for a minute, then Celestia cleared her throat. Diamond opened her eyes and looked over and screamed. "Fuck, Diamond, it's ok no need to be afraid". "Bullet is that Princess Celestia?" She said with fear creeping in her voice. "Yes, it is". I turned over to Celestia. "Could you send us back to Twilight's? I would like to explain things to her at Twilight's house". "Of course". I felt that feeling again and we were standing in Twilight's house again. "Hey, Bullet whose your friend?" "Oh I'm not just Bullet's friend, if you know what I mean," Diamond said with a wink. I just stood there with a shocked expression on my face. "Oh, sorry Bullet! I didn't realize you didn't tell her about us! By the way, who are you?" Diamond said turning to Twilight. "My name is Twilight Sparkle, and what might yours be?" She said forcing down an obvious blush. "I am Diamond Dagger," Diamond said striking a pose. I facehoofed at the sight. Although she did look pretty uh... sexy... in that pose, I had to do whatever I could to block my view of her. "Bullet is this your fillyfriend you were talking about?" "Yes, this is her". I was caught off guard by Diamonds kiss right after I said that. She invaded my mouth with her tongue. Where this girl gets her urges I am still yet to find out. Twilight looked away and I melted into the kiss. When she kisses me I can't seem to control myself. I was happy to have her with me by my side. Diamond broke the kiss and smiled and me then noticed my other bandage on my leg. "Bullet what did you do?" "Oh it-" "She shot herself with those things you guys call guns". Twilight interrupted. Diamond glared at me. I couldn't tell if she was angry or sad. It was most likely a little bit of both. I was still weighing my options when she fell into my forelegs and started crying. Dammit Twilight... I glared at Twilight who gave me an innocent look back. I just sighed and hugged Diamond as hard as I could without crushing her. She continued to say words that I didn't fully understand but I really didn't care. She got up and glared at me once again and turned to Twilight. "Twilight, promise you will help me keep Bullet from getting hurt or hurting herself?" "I will try with the best of my abilities". I just rolled my eyes, I wasn't 5 anymore. I wasn't really an adult yet either so that didn't help my argument. "Hey, Twilight? Anywhere I can get some whiskey or beer?" "Yes, however, you are to young for it". "Really? Your going to tell me I'm young? Don't humor me. I've been through more shit in my life then anyone around here will ever endure". "That may as well be true. I'm not letting you get a drink though". "Fine," I figured there was no use arguing with her. I trudged up to bed followed by Diamond. I said goodnight to Twilight before slamming the door. Diamond walked in front of me and turned to look at me. She had been acting strange since she got here and I couldn't put my hoof on why. "Bullet?" Diamond asked quietly. "Yes?" "I think I'm in heat," she trailed off slowly. "Uh, what do you want me to do about it?" "It's my first one," she said looking away shyly. "Oh... So you want advice?" She nodded her head furiously clenching her hind legs together. I noticed and smiled at her lack of experience. Then I felt like I got hit with a shit load of bricks. "Um, Diamond... Slight problem". "What?" "My mom used to cast a spell that would make my heat go away instantly. I've never actually been in heat". She just stared at me with her jaw dropped. "You mean to tell me... You've never felt the urge to have sex with anypony just because of urges?" "There is a lot more to heat than sex". I stopped, there really wasn't much more to heat than sex. "No, there really isn't," she said. "Yeah, yeah..." I sighed giving in to the fact she was right. "This was going to be a long night," I thought with a smile.
