A Courier Aid

Chapter 6: What’s this? More backstory? Stop with the feels!

I was taught that you should never disobey your Master or Mistress, never question them, never say a word against them, not even to harm them of the wrong they done to you. We were the slaves of the ponies, and that’s all we were ever be, from the day we arrive to the day of our death we will be their slaves and only theirs.

We Changelings been serving the Ponies for a long time now, way back when the Unification start, I don’t know what the exact date or year it was but we were found by some Ponies explorers who found the first Hive.

The first Changelings were taken as slaves to work for the Ponies, and we accept, we didn't knew any better.

For a long time we were used by the Ponies for entertainment and work, in exchange we get emotions to eat, this work for a long time. But over the years the Ponies began to become crueler and nastier when it comes to us Changelings. I was born with my Hive home out by Trottingham.

Each Hive is ‘rule’ by a ‘Queen’ who watch over us all and direct us, above the Queen is our owner, they say that if the owner fucks with a Queen then their DNA will be in the slaves and will always be loyal to their owner. It’s always a false tale, yet almost all the owners do this.

I was born like the rest, came from the Queen as a egg, went out from said egg and thrust into with the others newborns until we all can walk and speak. From there we all go to a small ‘school’ to learn how to be a good Changeling slave from a bad Changeling slave. Even taught how to fly, but for some reason never on our horns though.

Then I learn how to speak the language, and soon to the unspoken rules of Changelings.

***

“Now then Changelings, what are the rules of the Serving Changelings?” ask the mentor Changeling, some of our hooves went up as some of us spoke in ‘oohs’ and ‘me! Me! Me!’ finally one of us gotten to say.

“Never disobey our owner, never question, never speak out against them, and never, EVER harm our owners.” The mentor nod her head, with a smile on her face. “Good, now then,” The bell’s began to ring as the mentor look back toward the door and spoke out. “Little ones! move against toward the wall, straight position! Our Mistress is coming in!”

Our bodies move straight to the wall and stood our backs straight as our rumps sit on the cold stone. The doors open as an Earth pony mare walks in, her hooves move as our heads bowed with our eyes looking down to the floor.

The Mistress moves and stop at a random Changeling, she moves and stop giving a ‘hmm’ as she finally stops to me. After what feels like hours the Mistress spoke out. “She will do, as well the others. Move slaves, you all just been bought to your new Mistress.” As she moved back to allowed us to move our hooves, my eyes look to the mentor with a sad look on her face.

That was the last time I ever saw her, she moved on to another owner before being beaten to death. Why I didn't know, it didn't occurred to me for a simple reason. We never ask what happen to ‘defect’ slaves.

***

Changelings were always move around in different Hives as we were constantly sold to different Masters and Mistress. I was move toward Prance when I began to speak and understand Prench. We Changelings were everywhere around Equestria, we were even outside of the nation, our Masters and Mistress tend to move around the world, it really depend on the Pony. After staying in Prance for a few years I was sold and moved back to Equestria, right to the capital.

***

My hooves move with the many others as our collars connects to one another with a simple chain, my Mistress is riding in the carriage as we were moving behind the connect carriage with our chain collars. My eyes look down on the ground as it was disrespectful to look at other ponies or anything at all without the owner approval.

I didn't know how long I or the others were going to stay here in Canterlot for, only thing I hope is that I get a good owner, not like the others I seen in my years of serving.

I hope that I can be good slave Changeling for them.

***

We were staying in the slave’s pen in Canterlot Castle, and there we meet our Queen, the one who change the winds of fate herself, Queen Chrysalis. I still remembered every detail of her when my eyes first saw her. Dark Green hair down to her neck, holes in all of areas of a Queen as they should be, her somewhat green eyes look down before somepony.

Her color like all the rest was black, her large insect wings shuffle as she nodded her head. My ears heard the words that were spoken. “Yes I understand Mistress. It will be done.” Her voice of two was different, unlike many Queens she was the only one that had this uniqueness. My eyes glance to see a pony of the same size as her, however her hair wave like a rainbow, her coat was white, jewelry on her shown of her power, her purple eyes squint toward the Queen.

Her tone was harsh and filled with coldness of the night. “See that you do slave.”

As she moved away from the Queen and walk towards the rest of us, my eyes move down to the ground in fear of being punished for looking. She moved past us without a single notice, my eyes move to see some Changelings like us cleaning the floors, but their stomach were small, ribs could be seen with a look of starvation in their eyes.

My ears heard a voice shout out. “You slave!” Another voice spoke out. “Y-Yes Master?” said a slave, my eyes quickly move to see a Master of white coat, armor on him as he look down a nymph with a rag on the ground, her eyes look up to the stallion

“Go between my legs and suck me off, now!” She gulped as she looked away. “B-But Master, I,” his hoof slam against her face as she cried out in pain. “Don’t you question me slave! Use that mouth to suck me now, I need a bitch and you’ll do just fine! Now get sucking, otherwise you’ll get no food!”

Tears shown on the nymph as she moves between his legs as my ears heard a sucking sound, and a groan from the stallion. “That’s right, keep sucking like a good bitch that you are.” My eyes look down again as my ears heard the crack of a whip. “Keep moving slaves!”

***

I recently founded out that all the Changelings here were undernourished and had no choice but to comply to the desires of our owners, which means it was common to see nymphs and drones bending down to suck or be ride on.

I had to suck few of my own when I cleaned the floors. However a few weeks later I saw something that will never be removed of my mind. I always had to move around but never did I witness rape, it was usually an agreement between the owners and us slaves, but rape was another thing entirely.

And it was horrible, to this day I can still hear her screams.

After that event things gone to worse as Changelings were getting abuse on sight, one night Queen Chrysalis had enough with all of this and form a meeting with all of us Changelings. It was a huge event that night, one that brought me hope.

***

“I had enough of all of this, do you my fellow Changelings?” a few shouts of approval rang out in the room that held all of us in this large room. Chrysalis stood before us on a large soap box with green fires as torch as she look at each of us with a determined but caring look. “For too long we Changelings had serve our Ponies owners for countless years, and what have they shown for it? Abuse, pain, torture, sadness, and brutality against us all! We allowed them to do these to us, but no more!”

“We will show them that we will not be their slaves anymore!”

A Changeling spoke out. “But how will we do this Queen?” Chrysalis spoke with a smirk on her face. “In a weeks time a mare by the name of Princess Cadence will appear for her wedding with the ‘beloved’ Captain of the Guard, Shining Armor. We will take her when her guard is down and I will disguise myself as her until the time is right to rise up!”

“But how! We only just fly around and have these horns on our head as decorations, how will we fight back Queen?” She shook her head as a sad sigh escaped from her muzzle.

“I expected this, you see long ago our ancestors once learn how to shape-shift into other beings. Even more that we once had magic, but due to generations of neglect we haven’t use these abilities, until today.”

Her horn glowed as green fire moved around her entire body, soon Queen Chrysalis was gone, and Princess Cadence stood there. Some of us gasp as the fires move once again as Chrysalis return. “This was a gift we once pride ourselves, something that we can do at will, and shall do once more. We can disguise ourselves into anypony if we have the energy to do so.”

“For our magic it is quite simple, we have the abilities as of the unicorns, but only simple things. But with these things we shall rise, who shall stand by me?”

My mouth open as I spoke. “I will.”

“So will I, my Queen.”

As we all swore on our Queen her smile only gotten bigger and bigger. “Excellent my Changelings, now we shall learn of how to shape-shift and be prepare to strike back against our oppressors!”

“Be prepare to fight for not only our freedom, but for all Changelings!”

***

It took us weeks to succeeded in the shapeshift art, however we done it. We would of worked on our horns, but not many learn how to do so, but the rare few like me learned how to elevated items.

However we learned that Princess Cadence just arrived and was in her room for the time being, Queen Chrysalis took this chance to put her to sleep and away deep in a place the unfortunate were placed in.

The Crystals Mines.

Most slaves there who were ‘defect’ or a ‘uniqueness’ was place there to mines for crystals for the Ponies, most never survive from the lack of food and water, it was a place of death. Queen Chrysalis turned to Princess Cadence for a time being and watch for her wedding, I and many others was ordered to wait until the signal went out, which was a shout saying ‘Changelings! Now is the time!’

Not only would it tell us, but many others who I founded out that were apart of this. Many Changelings were coming all over for this one moment.

But there was a problem, Captain Shining Armor place a shield around the capital, many of our brethren was forced to wait, Queen Chrysalis assured us that she had a back up plan, we asked how, she told us that she knows a way to make sure Shining will do as she said.

So after a few day’s we assumed that we would be ready, ready to fight for our freedom. Oh how wrong we were, and it all happen because of six mares that enter into the capital.

***

My eyes look down as six mares pass me by, a white unicorn, a orange earth pony, a pink jumping earth pony, a blue pegasi, a yellow pegasi walking for some reason, and a purple unicorn. I didn’t look at them all due to the fact that if I look without being order I would be punish.

I was place by Queen Chrysalis side as her ‘personal slave’ but in truth as one of her messengers to spread the word of the need to know, which is a huge honor to me. They spoke briefly as I try my best to not listen.

We moved to different places as we stop at a kitchen, a room of cloths, and the party room. My eyes quickly glance to see the purple one looking at Queen Chrysalis strangely, I only pray that she didn’t put her on the spot.

Thankfully she didn’t say anything, I followed the Queen until the next day where she picked me up in the slaves pens, where me and three others stood in our waiting position for the Mistress to call us, I glance at Queen Chrysalis who tried her best to act normal with her owner before her. We were in the hall where the wedding will take place, however the purple one came in accusing the Queen to be an impostor.

I held my breath as my eyes quickly glance to see Queen Chrysalis in a shock expression, but she start to cry as she ran from the whole thing, I followed her as she smirks at me. “Just watch my follower, just wait and see.”

***

After that the purple one apologize to the Queen, but in a quick move Queen Chrysalis used her magic to subdue the purple one and ask me to take her to the mines.

The next day we were all prepare as the wedding almost finished as the Queen and Shining Armor stood together, then everything went downhill after that. The purple one escaped somehow and with her the real Princess Cadence, and what’s worse is that we went ahead on schedule.

That’s when things got even more worse.

***

As Chrysalis fired her horn against her owner in a battle of struggle she shouted out to the rest of us. “Now my Changelings! Now is the time to fight back! RISE! RISE AGAINST OUR OPPRESSORS!”

My head raise up as so does many others as we all cried out together as one. “RAH!” We moved toward against any Ponies, those that were closer to us, those that were marked as targets, and those that done harmed to us.

My horn glowed to a Pony as my magic pushed her to the wall, I wasn’t strong enough to lift Ponies but pushing them is another thing that I could do.

Chrysalis pushed back against her owner as she slowly was winning with her beam overcoming against her owners own, finally she went down on her side, her horn blacken from the smoking coming out on the top. Chrysalis look down as she begins to laugh and laugh as she shouts out. “I did it! I actually defeated Celestia! Take that bitch! Now we shall take back our people pride! Our hopes! AND OUR FREEDOM!”

Both of our heads move to the six mares running out of the doors, Chrysalis shouted out to us all. “STOP THOSE MARES! I WILL DEAL WITH CADENCE! MOVE!”

“LET’S GO!” I shouted out as our wings begin to buzz, we took flight in the sky chasing after the mares, we would won but the first and harsh lesson I learned is that superior numbers mean nothing if you don’t have the experience.

Which means we got our tails kicked pretty badly, thankfully we manage to overtake them and brought them before Chrysalis. Her owner is stuck in a green cocoon with Cadence being going through the same thing with two Changelings by her using their horns, Chrysalis look at her and the six mares we capture.

“We have won this day, we are free, free to chose what we wish, to look at others, to live our own lives.” Her head turn to glare at Cadence her eyes burn with anger. “Now then, I want you to write down this letter,” Her horn glowed as a letter appear and floated toward Cadence muzzle. “Equal rights to Changelings and all rights privileges? Are you serious?”

“I AM SERIOUS! WE SHALL BE FREE, FREE FROM YOU PONIES WHO HAVE ABUSE US AS SO!” Her hooves slammed down on the ground as cracks appear under her hooves.

This was it, the final moment of our freedom, only to be harshly taken away as the doors slam open to reveal somepony new. A blue color mare of the same looks of Celestia, except of her color and size. Her eyes glared at us all, her body is covered in dried green, oh no.

“WE SEE THAT THE DISOBEDIENT SLAVES ARE REVOLTING! NEVER FEAR WE ARE HERE TO END THIS FOALISH CAMPAIGN!”

Her horn glowed as she fired her magic at Cadence hooves as she is freed, she turn her head to Shining Armor who is still standing there after this whole thing, he shakes his head and their horns connected to reveal a burst of energy out of pure love in a shape of a dome, the closest Changeling that was near them was disintegrated.

It shocked me that something that love could do such a thing.

I was just twenty steps away from them as the blast hit me, my ears heard the screams from Chrysalis as the rest of us were pushed away, my eyes see some crash onto the wall, I was pushed out of the window, others were being pushed out as the city was slowly getting smaller and smaller as I was pushed back by the dome of love.

Suddenly everything went light.

***

(meddler) Present.

My hand’s hold onto Loyal as my left arm is around her back holding her close to me, while the other is slowly petting her, as much as it could pet since she still has her helmet on. My eye’s look to Wavy as her helmet hides her emotions or expression on her face? Muzzle? Fuck it, muzzle.

Feathers has a face of shock all over her, the open mouth and wide eyes give me that idea, as for Psycho herself I have no clue, but I’m going to make her wish that she will never get the idea that Loyal will be a slave to anyone ever again. Even me.

Loyal head move up as she push me back to look me in the face. “Then I fell upon you Master, and well chosen to follow you,” She nuzzle on my face, or as much as she tries since she got the helmet on her. “Even to death.”

A long sigh went from me as my head shakes.

“You don’t need to call me that, I am no one master, you’re a free, um woman, er mare, ah free person.” I said after trying to find the correct word to say, she rubs her head on my chest, showing affection.

“I don’t care, you are my Master, always and forever. What you command will be answered my Master."

Fuck, getting her to stop calling me that is going to be hard, which begs the question on why she is calling me master?

“Loyal, why are you calling me master? Because if I remember correctly I beat the shit out of you in my ‘mood’, and probably giving you mental scars from what you experience.”

And if remember correctly if she can feel emotions and ‘feed’ on them then what she felt when we first met must of been horrifying.

“Because you are right, you made me afraid when we first met Master, your anger was hot and red, big and terrifying, but when you left and return you change, change into something so sad, guilt. It was so large and so painful to feel, then I feel sympathy, it felt so wonderful.”

“I never felt sympathy from anyone to me, never felt any concern or anything good in all my life. That is why I decided to follow you, and make you my Master.”

If I follow right then because she feel my guilt from me, realize that I care about her, and then decide to follow me and call me master, honestly I can’t decide if I should mark this off on the ‘crazy shit moment’, or get Arcade with me so we can figure out how to get her out of ‘calling me master’ thing.

Which reminds me, time to have a talk with Psycho that owning someone is not a good thing.

My hands remove from Loyal side as they gently push her off of me. “Now then Wavy, I’m going to need you real quick to translate to Psycho for me okay?” Wavy push herself off the ground as she moves in front of me and speaks.

“Meddler wait! There something you need to know.” My eyes look at her, anger show on my face, she moves her head back from my expression, she moves her head back to look at me and speaks.

“We know you are angry, angry at hearing of a species being like the Legion, however hear us out,” My nose breath in as it went out from my mouth, my arms cross together as an impatient look went on my face.

“You have a minute.” She nod her head and went on.

“We know that Loyal life was hard, but there is some confusion of her story. You see, from what we remember Changelings were never slave’s where we were from, we heard of them yes, but they were never slaves where we were from.”

My eye raise up, my face turn into a ‘are you fucking kidding me?’ look.

“We are speaking the truth, we know that they were around from our home, but we never made them slaves, we are speaking the honest and only truth to you.”

The honest truth eh? Well I have to admit that she is being honest to me, but that don’t explain that Loyal is telling one thing, but Wavy is telling another.

Fuck, this is so damn confusing, how the fuck am I suppose to handle this situation?

My attention, and so did the others turn our heads to the door as a knock went onto the wooden barrier between us and outside. “Yeah? Who is it?” The door open to reveal Raul as he stick his head into the room. “Hey Boss, just to let you know that you really are needed out, it’s rather important.”

My right hand went up to rub the upper part of my nose as a sigh escape from my lips. “Raul I know that we’re friends and all, but what in the name of all that is Holy, would want you to stick your head in here while I’m having a heated discussion with all these girls?”

Raul speak only one sentence. “NCR.” A touch of breath enter inside my lungs as they’re forcefully out of my mouth. “Who’s the fucking moron that think that going to my base of operations is a bloody good idea?” Raul only speak a name, with the rank. “Colonel Hsu.” Another air of breath went out from me.

“Well looks like they send someone who I actually respect. Got to give them credit where it’s due, at least they haven’t send an asshole to me, alright Raul, give me five minutes and I’ll speak to him, where is he anyway?”

“Front of the doors, he’s still waiting there, I’ll tell him that you’ll be coming down.” My head nods to him. “Thanks Raul.”

“No problem Boss.” as he shuts the door my head turn to Wavy. “So you’re saying that Changelings are known but were never slaves?” she nod her head, Feathers decide to put her two caps in. “Yeah, even back in my home, Changelings were known, but they were never slaves, I know for a fact during my stay in Cloudsdale and my visit to Ponyville I haven’t seen a single Changeling around, I’m pretty sure that Princess Celestia herself banned anything with slavery.”

A snerk escape from my mouth.

Feathers arch an eyebrow, my hand wave back as my body tried it’s best to hold back the laughter. “S-Sorry, it just that the words you just said, Cloudsdale, Ponyville, Princess Celestia, I just can’t take them so, so,” My body shakes as my mouth begins to laugh and laugh. My body drop to the ground as my entire backside roll back and forth as my legs kick in the air, my arms hold on my stomach as the laughter still escapes from me.

“C-Celestia? BWAHAHAHAHA! Who names their child that? BWAHAHAHAHA! Next you’ll be saying that they solve their problems by hugs and friendship!” Feathers reply. “They sorta do actually.” More laughter escape from me as after five minutes I catch my breath as my body slowly gets up.

“Ahaha, ah man, I needed that, thanks Feathers. Although now that I think about it I got a crazy idea.”

They all look at me as my ass settle on the end part of the bed as my hands wipe the tears away from my face. “Okay, just bear with me, what if you all came from different places?” That got them the ‘are you fucking crazy?’ look, well except Loyal though, not to sure about Wavy.

“Look it sorta makes sense, I mean you all came from the said location of,” My voice whispers quickly. “Can’t believe I’m saying this,” My throat clear as I continue. “The magical land of Equestria,” Another snerk escape from me again. “Nope sorry, couldn’t keep a straight face, still thinks it’s a bit strange for the namings and all.”

“You weren’t this cheery when we first met, and you look all serious.” told Feathers, my hand wave back to her. “That’s because I was trying to keep up the serious look back then, I swear I was trying to hold it all back in from all the magic shit you told me, I believe you guys when you said you can do magic, but that’s only because I seen strange shit in my time and just chalk that up in my ‘strange shit list’.”

“But honestly can you not blame me of laughing? I mean half of your names are so damn funny to mock, especially Wavy full name, I just can’t take you all seriously with those types of names, plus they’re so easy to mock.”

Wavy nod her head.

“He has a point there Gilda, they’re are easy to be mock.”

My head nod. “See? Still getting back to topic, you all came from the same ‘land’ but what if, and remember this is just me thinking here, what if you all came a different ‘zone’ of the same land?” this got them to think for a moment. “What do you mean Meddler?”ask Wavy, my left hand rub my chin.

“You see a couple of months back just before the Second battle I was traveling with Arcade and ED-E, we enter in a place called Vault 3 which was filled with Fiend bastards, and we’re were scavenging until I found a book, something about parallel universe or something, honestly it didn't look all that great to me, but Arcade took an interest in it and ask if he could keep it, I just said go ahead, and he began reading.”

“After we killed all those bastards there we left, however after Arcade finish the damn thing he began telling me all about that a universe could be the same, but a choice could be made that can cause different universe’s base on that choice that as made.”

“I listen to it somewhat, but I didn't care for it earlier since I had other things on my mind, but now that I look back, maybe there was something useful from all that talk. So what if you all came from the same ‘Equestria’ but came from different universe’s of it?” They didn't say single thing until Feather speak back.

“Meddler, that is some serious fucked up shit you just said.” My head nod back to her. “Honestly, I’m agreeing with you, but we can all agree that today has been a serious fucked up ever since I found you all.” And with that Wavy and Feathers nod their head, Loyal just place her head on my lap.

“Now then, Wavy can you bring Psycho up to speed? I got a important meeting right now, see you all soon.” My legs are moving upward as my body move toward the door. Loyal almost beings to follow me until I speak to her. “Loyal I’m not mad at you, but I need you to stay
here for a little while, only reason is because the man I am about to meet needs to not to be scared as fuck. Okay hun?”

She looks down and move her forehoof on the ground, but she nods her head at me. A smile form on my face. “Good girl.” My left hand open the door as it opens, Loyal buzz her wings to my helmet as she pick it up and went toward to me and present it to me. My right hand grab it as it settle in the arm pit of my right arm.

“Thanks, see you all soon.” And with that I took my leave.

I really hope that Hsu is here for a damn good reason, I really don’t want to have more stress on my plate.

***
(meddler)

Annnd stress just came to me.

After getting Hsu and his two body guards in former Brotherhood armor, honestly I just got a little tick of from not knowing he would bring his posse with him. So I lead them from the front door and leading him to the Casino floor and just sit on the stairs. “No offense Hsu, while I do respect you, it doesn’t mean I fully trust you in my place, even with your bodyguards.”

He nod his head to me as he look at my Securitrons standing guard. “I don’t blame you, ever since you took control of New Vegas some NCR feel rather angry of your decision and what you done to Oliver.”

My shoulder shrug, as my eyes look at him behind my helmet covers. “To be fair Oliver was an asshole who deserve to be thrown over the Hoover. Seems fitting after what he did to other troops in the NCR.” He settle down in the stairs, his two guards just stand with their weapons ready, Laser Rifles shown in their hands.

“Still I don’t hate you Meddler, after all if it wasn’t for you then I would of lost good men from Curtis betrayal, not to mention you help save Ander’s from the Fiends former base.” My head nod as I reply. “And I don’t hate NCR, there are good people in it, I just hate your pussy leaders. Speaking of which how is Kimball these day’s? I heard that good Chief Hanlon is a senator now and giving Kimball hell.”

Hsu chuckle as he reply.

“He was, until Kimball step down after the Second Battle,” his facial expression change on his face as he continue on. “Unfortunately there is a problem, and that problem is Kimball.” My hand slap on my helm face. “Fuck,” my response came out in a hissing manner, a long sigh went from the hiss as a word finish my sentence. “Continue.”

“You see Kimball is pissed that not only did you took Hoover Dam, all of the Mojave, but killed Oliver, he tried to get a campaign to strike back to get the Mojave back, but the people didn’t see it the way he did. All they saw was a man who is so obsessed with a place and will get it even if the bodys starts to pile up.”

“So when he got off the seat of presidential power he decide to take manners in his own hands, decide to gather those with the same feelings of others who feel that you should be taken down, thankfully not many joined up in his little ‘crusade’,” as he use his two fingers together to show how the word is use carefully.

“But those who do are veterans and some soldiers who are going to do everything they can to get Vegas, I heard rumors that some have a personal grudge against you,” My hand wave back and forth.

“Them and everyone else, hell I can’t remember half the people who try to kill me get killed themselves.”

In my mind is a whole different response.

Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuckkity, fuck, FUCK! Oh this isn’t good at all! FUCK!

Guess my decisions back home are starting to return to me with an advance of putting a Fat Man straight up my ass and firing straight through me up to my mouth.

“Guess I was right in being paranoid, I knew that someone from NCR would try to get after me, since the Legion is doing the damn same.” His facial expression turn into shock as the bodyguards finally said something, or one of them did anyway. “What the fuck?” My head nod of confirmation of what I just said.

“Oh yeah, I been getting assassins after me since the Battle, usually I just killed them all and move on, or until a freaking score went up and ambush me. Thankfully I wasn’t alone in that time, but that attack got me thinking, if someone is getting more people to attack me, that means someone is leading the Legion, and soon someone would try to get me from the West.”

“You mean you thinking that someone back in NCR territories someone would attack you just from an Legion attack?” ask Hsu.

“No offense dude, but if one big group attack someone, pretty sure other groups will notice and try to do the same. I wasn’t one-hundred percent sure, but it’s good to be paranoid as hell than be wrong and get stab in the back.”

Hsu still got that shock on him, but he slowly nod his head. “I see, well at least we know that the Legion is acting up. Still we are going to have heads knocking when we get back home, but the question is who are leading the Legion?” My shoulders shrug as my head shakes.

“Hell if I know Hsu, hell if I know. Still it’s nice to know Kimball is after my head, any other surprise I should need to know?” He nod his head, a small smile form on his face. “Actually there is some good news, while some dislike you from taking Vegas, other’s remember the good you done for NCR, if you need our assistance, don’t hesitate to call us up.” My head nod as we both get up and shook hands. “Thanks Hsu, you better get back, hopefully you’ll have a safe passage.”

He nod his head. “Thanks, and I hope that you’ll show those Legion bastards what happen you mess with a legend.” My head shakes. “I’m just a guy trying to make Vegas independent.” I said with modesty. A chuckle escapes from him. “As if, stories are spread about you Meddler, most of them outweigh the bad. Take care.”

And so we part as he and his troops left the door, while I went to the elevator, as my body enter in and the door close behind my mind only thought of one sentence.

Well this fucking sucks.

***

(meddler)

“Okay, almost done, and finish!” As my hands pick up the Combat Helmet reinforced mark 2 that has been altered for Psycho sake, for one there’s a hole in the helmet for her horn, second the parts for the translator has been add.

My hand place it on the Pimp-Boy as it disappear, on the screen it said that it’s in my appearance inventory, it’s nice to have this thing be of use beside telling me how much rads I got, but I would of enjoy it if I had my suit have pocket space thing, I can imagine how much damage I can bring to anyone who piss me off.

My body move away from the workbench as I exit out of the dining room, its been about an hour or two since my last conversation with Hsu, I decide to tell Yes-man that there are some renegades NCR troops and be on the look out with the Securitrons all around.

The same goes to watching out for the Legion, I also relay the message to the Boomers, the Brotherhood, and the Strip. Better be paranoid as hell than be kill by a small mistake.

I hear Arcade talking to Loyal in the pool room, earlier I order one of the Securitrons to head to the Mormon Fort and bring Arcade, when he came I ask him to help figure out how we can make Loyal stop calling me master, I reassure him that she been like this for a long time back where she’s from.

And mention my theory to him, he seems to understand that they could be from different ‘Equestria’s’ and should be careful when speaking about them and their homes. My head poke in to see Wavy speaking to Psycho and what appears to wrapping up something, probably what happen earlier.

My head turn to see Arcade sitting by Loyal speaking to her, Feather isn’t to be seen around, my head turn to hear the water running. “Wait, is she still taking a long ass shower?” My ears hear Cass asking the question, my head turn to her walking by me with a whisky bottle in her left hand.

“It appears so Boozy, how can she take a damn long time washing herself I got no damn clue.” I reply.

My hands begin to take off my helmet off as it now rest in the crook of my right arm, a sigh escape from my lips as Cass notice my distress. “Something up Meddler?” A small smile appear on my mouth. “Well Cass, not only I found out that some NCR rejects are after me, but some Legion who are beginning to form from whoever is now leading them, but that Loyal been a slave since birthed.”

My body lean on the wall by the door as I continue on. “So yeah, you can say something is up with me, and that is stress.”

She shrug as she lean on the opposite side of me on the wall. “As long you don’t decide to drink all the booze,” a small laugh came out from me. “Not to worry, unlike you, I rather drink when my mind feel like to drink.”

She took a small drink as she continue on. “Still I don’t blame you with all the stuff you got to deal with Meddler, so what you’re going to do?” My left began rubbing my eyes as a long sigh escape once more.

“Honestly I’m going to try to help the girls to survive as much as I can try, also try to find out how to deal with the problems, hopefully I can figure out a plan by the time the Legion leader will be known and figure out where Kimball is going to strike.”

“Hey Meddler, can I talk with you?” My head turn to see Arcade walking up to me, Rex pass by me as he walk up to Loyal and sniff at her leg, my eye’s turn to Arcade with a nod from me, he went out as he place his hand under his chin with his arm under the other.

“So did you figure out how we can help Loyal stop being a slave?” I hope he found a way, but the sad look on his face, with the frown on his mouth, and the shaking of the head tell me something else.

“I’m sorry Meddler, but if she been to a shrink in a few years ago perhaps, if she got out a few months ago, maybe. But Meddler, she been a slave her entire life. There no way I can help her break the mentality of a slave. She going to call you Master for the rest of her life, there nothing I can do to mend the damage.”

My head shakes as my eyes plead to him.

“Doctor Mad, there just got to be something, anything, that can help her be free,” I said, but he shakes his head as a sigh escape. “Meddler, I know you’re hoping that I can do something, but there is nothing that I can do, I can’t fix someone who been born a slave. Only thing you can do is to let her stay by your side.”

My eyes close as they are rub again as a long sigh went out from me.

“Well, thanks for trying Arcade, I appreciate you doing this for me.” My right shoulder is gently pat on as he walks by me. “You are a good friend Meddler, no way I’m going to just let you handle this by yourself, see you later Meddler.” As he walks away to the elevator my eyes are rub again.

“Well hopefully you’ll have less trouble, right Meddler?” said Cass, who is trying to cheer poor me up. A small smile form on me. “Yeah, hopefully,” My head move to Psycho as she is finish speaking to Wavy. “Now if you excuse me, I’m off to see to girls, talk to you later Boozy.” As I enter in the room, my ears hear her scoff as she walks away.

My arm move with my helmet as it touch the golden tool on my arm, as it disappear my hands click on the switch’s as my eyes look for Psycho own helmet. It appears in my right hand as I step Wavy and Psycho.

“Excuse me ladies, don’t mean to interrupt but I got something for Psycho.”

Wavy turn her head to me as Psycho begins to speak. Wavy then translate. “We request that you do not call us ‘Psycho’, we wish that you will call us by our name.”

My hands place the helmet on her head as it fit quite nice, I put the straps on the bottom so the helmet won’t be blown away or force off. “Well Psycho, if you didn’t look at me with a crazy look and began killing those Legion bastards with the shotgun and the Grenade Rifle then I would’ve of call you something else.”

A snort came from her as she reply. “I still think that, wait did I just understand what you just said?” My head nod as I explain. “Yeah, that helmet is not only protection, but it works as a translator to make you understand and speak our language.”

She looks at me as her head nod, then turn her attention to Wavy. “You were right, he is ‘special’ indeed.” My eyebrows raise as a snort came from my nose. “And the fuck is that suppose to mean Psycho?”

Wavy answer for her. “Oh nothing, anyway we should get some weapons for her, right?”

My right eyebrow give a quick twitch as a long sigh escape from me. “Fine, fine, if you gal’s want to keep damn secrets from me, that’s all right. As long they don’t involved backstabbing me or shit I don’t give a fuck.”

My hand wave at Loyal and the two others. “Follow me, unlike last time we are going somewhere a bit more awesomer than my room for weapons.” As the buzzing of wings are moving, so the moving of hooves.

The two still talk in that language of Psycho and from the giggling of the two I have to say they’re just doing girl talk or something.

We stand before the elevator as my thumb press on the button. “Master, where are we going?” Loyal ask, my head turns to her looking at me, it’s a bit hard to know if she looking at my face or somewhere else due to the helmet. “Like I said, we are going somewhere a bit more awesomer than my room.”

***
(Psycho)

The elevator us took us down somewhere, at first I thought it’s the large area that leads outside, but the moment the elevator stop and open it’s door made me rethink on that thought.

A large light blind me for a moment, thankfully my new helmet manage to stop the light hurting somewhat. Meddler voice fill my ears as he speaks out in pride. “Welcome to my room of awesomeness and nostalgic!” My eyes blink as he walks out of the elevator, one by one the three of us walk out to see weapons on each side of us, there are signs on the top showing what type of weapons they are.

On my left are ‘Pistols’, each has a title under each weapon, a regular pistol shown a ‘9mm Pistol’ sign underneath it, a pistol with a strange design with the title ‘Mysterious Magnum’ under it shown by it, however around the weapons are armor, each standing tall.

“Meddler, what is this place?” ask Nightmoon, he turn his head with a smile on his expression. “Why Wavy, I said this is my room of awesomeness and nostalgic,” he point his finger, still think it’s a bit strange of what they call it. Fingers.

“Right by us are the guns of sidearms I have collect and upgrade, sometime I find weapons or things that deserve to be mount on the wall or shown,” My head look to see a suit of armor with the title ‘Remnants Powerarmor’ on the bottom of the boots, behind it are a large sorts of weapons with the words ‘Energy Weapons’ behind it.

“But, how do you manage to collect such things?” I ask, he answer as he turn his head and wave his right hand. “Caps, I gotten quite good at finding money for a long time, sometime in places people least expect, or sometime random jobs.”

Seeing all of these weapons around make feel, giddy as a foal, why? My mind thought as my hoove’s keep walking with the others.

We move past the ‘Rifles’ showing all the different rifles on the walls, then pass strange armor’s here and there. A yellow sort of armor with the word ‘Sierra Armor’, we then stop before a desk of sort showing on the top a book of sort, and as my head turn a head mount on a wall.

A scream came from me as he quickly turn to face what appears, only to give a small laugh as he seen what my eye’s just witness. “Oh that, don’t worry the real head ain’t on it, it would of rot the moment I took it, no that’s just the helmet of the bastard who was Caesar right hand man,”

“Lanius.”

He moves around the desk as my head turn to see a wall with many holes on it, before it is a table with different items on it. “Now then, Psycho it is time to see what weapon you choose, and judging from your massacure earlier I got a pretty good idea on what you like.”

He moves around us as he went to the wall with the word’s ‘Shotguns’ and ‘Explosions of DOOM!’, after moving around he return with two things in his hands, one was a black weapon of sort, the other a weapon I once use but in a different form.

“In my left,” He raise his left arm up. “Is the Riot Shotgun, this thing can hold up to twelve rounds and is a semi-automatic shotgun with a high damage per-second. However this thing use rare ammo which is a twelve gauge slug ammo, so use it wisely. This other beauty,” he lower his left to raise his right.

“Is the 25mm grenade anti-personnel weapon. This thing can fire up to six shots, each can deal a blow of explosions of death,” his arm lower as he look at me, a smirk on his face. “Happy are we?” My mind didn’t notice, but some slavia is out and down on my chin, my hoof wipe it away.

What is wrong with me? Why did I drool over these two weapons?

“Now then, I trust that you’ll be able to use these two weapons to kill any enemy, which is why we are going to do some target practice on that wall over there.” My horn glow as they quickly take the weapons away from his hands and move to the table before the wall, my ears hear the conversation between Meddler and Nightmoon.

“Meddler, how did you construct this entire place? And better yet why?” As my new Shotgun fire he answer back. “Well after killing House I decide to make this room when Yes-man came in, took a while but this place as created. And the reasons for the weapons and armor is quite simple. Because I can.”

“Also because I was running out of space in my room. Best to leave the good stuff where no one least expect it.”

“We see the reason why you would need space, but why the mounting?” My horn switch to the 25mm grenade APW, their conversation went on. “Because I don’t give a fuck, also Lanius held a special place on the wall, a place where I can throw shit at him.”

He shouts out at me. “Okay Psycho, you can stop now. Now come over here so I can show you what the ammo look like okay?” My body turn to walk up to him. He lean down as we are both eye level. “Alright, ready to learn more?”

My head nod as my mouth speaks. “Go right ahead.”

Owner and Slave-With the bond between the two grow stronger when you fight together, her Nerve will raise one point whenever she is by your side with your admiration feeding her, but if she is discourage of your opinion of her she will lose Nerve.

(Fleur)Destructive Training- With the teachings of Meddler you’ll be more effective with your Explosions and Guns skills, both skills are automatically raise by two points, damage is raise by twenty-five percent.