A Courier Aid

Chapter 7: A wild masochistic mare appear!

(meddler)
Journal entry
Day Seven: week four

It’s been four weeks since the girls came to the Mojave Wasteland.

I’ll be honest, teaching them the tricks are harder than it looks, especially due to three of them have hooves, and Feathers need to sit on her ass to shoot things. Still we manage.

I haven’t heard anything from both the Legion and the NCR Rejects, on one hand that’s good, but on the other that makes me paranoid as hell. I asked King and the others around in Freeside and the Families to keep an eye out and an ear open.

I told them that we might be seeing some Legion’s or Rejects around the Mojave, and they might try to take Vegas. Thankfully the agreed with me and promise to keep an eye out. Hopefully we might manage to figure out who’s leading the Legion so I can go over to whatever hole they’re hiding and bring out an massacre.

As for the girls they seem to have a knack for favorite hobbies. Wavy seem to collect case’s for bullets or lasers and plasma, she told me during our trip at Gun Runners she learn many things, and one of these things are finding ways to make other types of ammo.

She seem to have a knack of finding case’s better than me.

Feathers, ah she been doing good so far, since I ask Mad Doc to be her shrink for a while she seem to improve, she’s not shaking from shooting someone, or thing. Still can’t stop crying for a while, I been trying my best to help her but she decide to have a tight beak. Won’t step in until she feels like I should know what she is thinking in that head of hers.

However she tends to fly over New Vegas from time to time, same with Wavy and Loyal. I hear that it help improve their mood a bit. I merely remind others who see them that if they shoot them then I will shoot back with my Red Glare.

Psycho have improved since traveling with us, she give us bit's and pieces of her home time to time, but nothing major, I won’t pry until she is ready to tell me. However whenever she use her new toy’s she tend to go on a rampage of mass destruction whenever she get’s that look.

She almost remind me of Lily.

Still it’s nice to see her not breaking down like Feathers, but she tends to have her moments in private. Which reminds me about the wings, one time I accidentally stumble in on Feathers as she was ‘cleaning’ her wings, let just say my jaw went in pain for a bloody week, despite having awesome healing implants.

Or that hard skin implant.

Wavy explain that whenever one ‘preen’ a wing, it’s a private moment for themselves or close lovers. I apologize the next day after that, she seem to take it well.

Now for Loyal, I have accept the fact I am her, ‘master’ I try all my best to make her say something less...Bitter to my ears. Sadly that isn't the case, she still’s call me master no matter what. Thankfully the guys spread the word of her ‘condition’ and whenever I pass by the streets of the Strip and Freeside people give me a sympathetic look.

Which helps me, despite the way I look.

But for some reason she began to be a bit more, affectionate to say the least, always rubbing on my leg or hugging me, hell even snuggling close to me. I give affection back to her as best I can, only explanation I can come up with is that since I been ‘feeding’ her with my emotions she feel happy or some shit, hell if I know anything about another species.

Still she’s damn good at being a sneak, I swear I didn't even hear her when I went sleeping one time, then she just land on my chest without me noticing. She scare the shit out of me, she apologize but still.

As for me?

Well ever since Wavy been in my dreams the nightmares been going on less, they still come time to time, but the effect’s are lessen.

Wavy try to help me speak more of my life, usually the little stuff, my hobbies, some bit’s and pieces. But whenever I try to speak of the heart of my problems I freeze up, my heart clench of the pain that I can never try to repeat inside of my mind.

Thankfully she doesn't push, she knows it’s hard to say things of your pass you still can’t get over so easily.

The girls seem less of students and more of very close friends to me, probably even more closer than my ‘Courier Companions’, probably because they’re not that busy as the others. And thankfully the guys seem okay the fact I spend most of my time with the girls.

Yet I hear rumors that they're beginning to be called ‘Meddler’s Girls.’ Don’t know if I should be laughing my ass off or go hunt down the idiots who name that title.

Nevertheless, I have a pretty good feeling about,

Journal entry interrupt.

***

My fingers stop typing as my head move down as my left leg is clung on by a familiar shape. Loyal rub her helmet head on the leg, my left hand automatic pat her head as she look up to me. “So Loyal, what’s the occasion?” I ask.

My eyes look down to myself as I had my armor off and decide to wear a pre-war clothing's since there isn't much to do in my place, my armor is standing in a mannequin, I decide to get one for my armor and place it my room just for the hell of it. Beside I like the way it look as it just stand watching out for any intruders.

Getting a mannequin, is another thing altogether, let just say hunting Geckos and using their skin are a chore to do, especially for specific one as well.

“Master, there is someone who want’s to speak to you.” My eyebrow raise up as my hand move down to her neck to give a little scratch, she gives a chirp of pleasure of being scratch. “So who’s the person?”

“Hey Meddler, how are you doing?” My head turn to see Boone standing by the door. “Hey there, how are you doing Sniper?” A small smile form on his face. “Doing good, you?” My shoulder shrug as my right hand click at the save screen and turn off my diary computer as my legs gather the rest of my body up.

“Well beside figuring out about those NCR Rejects, the Legion’s, and trying to help the girls out with adapting to life here in the Mojave I’m doing fine.”

A frown form on his mouth as he gently shakes his head. “Still can’t believe that NCR is doing this,” My finger of the right hand point up. “Well they’re not NCR anymore, there just Kimball band of idiots.”

“Point, anyway there something I need to talk to you about.” My head nod as my legs move to the door, Loyal buzz her wings and follow me like a dog. “What’s up?”

He gives a small sigh as he speaks. “I heard rumors on the road that something there’s something scaring off Prospectors at the NCR Correctional Facility.” My eyebrow raise up in surprise, as my expression give off the same look. “That place? I thought nothing went on over there since I killed those Powder Gangers."

He nod his head to me. “Exactly, now it may be nothing but there been some odd noise’s in the building’s there.” My right hand begin to rub my chin. “So you think it could be the Legion?”

“Perhaps, or maybe some of the Rejects, who can say?” A small smile form on my face. “Well if it’s either them or not it’s worth checking out. Feel like traveling with me my old Sniper?” A smirk form on his face.

“Never miss it, it’ll be good to cover your ass again.” he said.

“Ha! More like I cover you ass Sniper.” I reply.

“Keep dreaming Meddler, so who else is going?” He ask.

Hmm, good point, let see...Can’t be Feathers, she and Psycho are out shopping with Victor to watch their tails, Wavy is off by Gun Runners with Rex last I hear, and Cass is handling something somewhere.

“Hmm, I know.” My voice raise up. “ED-E, let’s go on an adventure!” A beep reply back, my head turn to Loyal. “Let’s go, we might need your ‘expertise’.” She nod her head and rub against my leg.

My head turn to Boone. “Give me a moment to get my gear,” he nod his head as my body turn to the weapon trunk as my hands move to grab my AMR, only reason I bring it around with me as a precaution. My right hand place it on my Pimp-Boy as it disappears in it, next my Super Heat Saturnite Fist, then my Mercenary's Grenade Rifle, and finally my Survivalist's.

And out of caution I put my ‘precaution grenade’ in my pocket and as well as two flash-bangs. You never know when you need a flash-bang.

I decide to pick up the Hunting Rifle and place it on my back for the time being, my eyes check my supplies, ever since Wavy place that spell on my Pimp-Boy I been experimenting on what I can use and see if anything change about it.

Food went first as they went out just fine, same with ammo, stims went in through perfect. But when it came to armor my body feel so heavy, I notice my Pimp-Boy weight meter said that I went over the limit. I talk with Wavy about this and she warn me that I have to be cautious when getting armor, since they would add more weight than the other things.

Thankfully ammo don’t weigh a damn thing so I took all my ammo as I wish for and out of precaution I decide to take two Doctor’s bag in case I get cripple, there is only so much a Stimpak can do to you. When I discover that my caps can be place in and taken out easily, well let just say many manly tears shed that very day.

Right now my weight said that I’m no where near my limit, which is good in my book. My hands push the lid down as they push on my knees as my body went up, my head turn to see a surprise Boone.

“I ask Wavy to do magic shit on my armor, didn’t work but for some reason my Pimp-Boy decide to be given a gift of it, sadly it’s not unlimited so I have to watch my weight.” I explain to him, he then nods his head as he reply. “I see, well at least you won’t carry everything like you use to do,” My eyes roll with a pfft sound coming from my mouth.

“Please Sniper! You know very well how much shit cost back then.” A smirk came off from him. “Yeah, about half a cap as ever today.”

We both give a small chuckle from old joke we remember.

“Now then give me a moment to change up and I’ll be ready, Loyal?” She moves upward with her wings buzzing looking at me. “Get your armor on sweetie, we need to be ready.” with a nod of her head she move to get her things in the wardrobe across on the left side of the bed. Ever since she decide to stay by my side, I decide to let her place her stuff in a wardrobe so that she won’t have to travel back and forth where the other girls sleep in.

Which is the ‘Guest’ room.

“Um dude, mind shutting the door real quick? Privacy and all that?” He nod his head as I ask, with a quick shut my point of view went to my armor. “Alright, out from firefight and into the cave of Deathclaws.”

***

(Boone)

At the NCR Correctional Facility…

My eye look through the scope of my rifle, my head pull back as my eye see a dead body just by abandon trailers. “You see it?” I ask, as my ears hear Meddler take out his rifle to see what I just saw.

The night cover us as the stars shown in the sky, with a full moon looking down, honestly it feels nice to be with Meddler again, he needs an old friend to travel with time to time.

“Yeah, I see it, let’s get a tad bit closer to figure out how recent it is.” my head nod as my hands place my rifle on my back, my head turn to see Meddler in his regular suit which is the Advance Riot Gear, Loyal stand by him as our knees push up as we stand.

We move down from the cliff on the left side, my eyes give a quick glance as he takes the lead, been a while since I travel with him, but I can see the effect’s of improvement. The way he walks, looks around, and the occasional petting of Loyal.

Loyal still got her Pistol and her Caravan Shotgun on her back and hip, both seem a bit worn from much use, I hear that she use to have another weapon but from the lack of usage Meddler decide to take it back since she seems fit with her two weapons already.

I remember about two weeks back when I came back to the Lucky 38 to see more girls there, especially Loyal, after talking with Meddler and an almost beat down from me, he and Arcade explain that she been a slave all her life, that they tried to make her not be a slave, but fail. And after thinking for a while and apologizing to Meddler I try to get to know her and the others.

When they explain about their ‘magic’ I was skeptical, until they prove it to me by Nightmare using her horn and made Meddler float in the air. I may believe that they all came from a whole different place but there are a few things that I have doubt about their ‘home’.

Still, I hear from Arcade and Cass that ever since these girls shown up in his life, he’s been getting better from whatever he is dealing with. Anyone who just see him time to time may not notice, but traveling with him for long period of time has let me see things that aren't notice before.

Ever since he return from the Divide he been getting constant nightmares whenever he get over his ‘mood’s’, some are just twitching fingers, or mumbling. The worst ones came with moving his entire body, sometimes we had to use Lily to hold him down, before she left.

Other times he just stay silent and just isolate himself in his room, or just go alone in his ‘walk’s’, sometimes on rare occasions he take’s alcohol and drinks until he became a crying mess, but he always close the door on that occasion.

Now ever since the girls show up he became more social, he goes out of his room, talk with them on subjects of surviving the Wasteland, even letting them travel with him on his ‘walk’s’.

Don’t know much about these girls beside the fact they all come different places, but maybe that’s why they get along so well. Or at least how I see from it. Who knows, maybe one day he’ll tell the tale of the Divide to them, and possibly to us, but that will be a long time.

We stop before the body as we see the identification, Meddler give out a whistle as we all see who it is. “Damn, a Legion scout,” he kneel down to see the wounds and check for anything. My hands take out the rifle to look around the area, can’t hurt to be cautious since from first glance it’s a fresh kill.

Meddler went back up, wiping his hands. “Well, it’s fresh kill alright, probably about maybe half an hour, tops. Holes in the chest and what appears to be bite marks on the neck, question though, is it the only corpse?”

Both of our heads turn when Loyal speak up. “Master, I smell more up ahead in the buildings.” A nod went to her from Meddler. “Good job, let’s see if we can find more bodies to see what the hell is going on here.”

My head nod in agreement. “Yeah, somethings up, if a fight happen then there should be more bodies around, or at least graves around so we know who’s dead or not.” Meddler look around, he turn his head left, then to right as he speaks. “And no crucifixion as well, somethings really up.”

We move toward the Facility as we enter in it’s only passage, however more bodies are shown around, and blood everywhere. “Damn, I didn’t expect a massacre to be in here, I don’t need to check to know their all dead, and it looks like they all got the same wounds as well, Loyal, ED-E, stay with Sniper. I’m going to see what they got.” as he went to the bodies and check them through my head turn down to the standing Changeling.

Honestly the mask hide her expression but her head moves away from the sounds of dead bodies being move. Even if she travel with Meddler there are things that she just can’t get use to, I don’t blame her, at times there are things that I’m not use to, especially his ‘episodes’.

Meddler came back after searching the bodies. “I found something, a holotape, hopefully we can figure out what happen.” he play the tape as we all hear the recording.

“We secure this building for the glory of the Legion, right now we are awaiting orders to,”

“Sir something just moved!”

“What is it?”

“Some sort of creature,”

SLASH

*Sounds of blood being spilled out by force.*

“AUGH!”

“DAMN YOU DEMON!”

“ROAR!”

The recording end as me and Meddler just look at each other. “There is no fucking way that’s a Deathclaw, they would of seen it on first glance, and no Nightstalker can make holes as that, so only one fucking explanation that I can think of is that whatever they faced was something new, and it’s still around.” told Meddler.

“Question is, where?” at once our question is answer as we hear a large roar outside the room. “When in doubt,” Meddler start’s, our bodies move toward the door that leads to the inside of the Facility.

“Go where the former boss lives at.” I finish as he opens the door, with Hunting Rifle in hand. He charge out as he aim to the left, then the right. “Okay, no bad guys that I can,” Then something grab him as he shouts out in surprise. “SON OF A FUCKING BITCH!”

My legs move with speed as I exit out first to see something black and large holding on Meddler right leg as he dangling in the sky, my eyes look down to see something before the shadow thing, glowing green eyes with red iris glaring at me, nothing else can be seen due to the thing around it.

My ears hear ED-E sounding his alarm of an enemy attacking.

“FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, WILL SOMEONE GET ME DOWN FROM HERE?” Meddler shout’s out as he try to aim at the creature, but the limb that is holding his leg moves him around, my body quickly change as my eye look through the scope to fire at the large limb.

It hit but nothing change as Meddler is thrown around more. “OH FOR FUCKS SAKE!” As he press his weapon his Pimp-Boy and shouts at us. “BOONE! LOYAL! ED-E! DISTRACT IT FOR TWO SECONDS!”

My head nod as my aim move to the creature hiding in it’s shadows as my finger press as my rifle hit around the eyes, my ears hear Loyal shooting her pistol, and ED-E laser as we manage to get the creature attention, Meddler shouts at the thing. “HOPE YOU LOVE GETTING BLOWN UP YOU SHADOW USING ASSHOLE!”

A small projectile went from up above us as it hit by the thing, the eyes change to surprise as we hear Meddler shouts. “FUUUCK!” he hit the ground a few steps from us as the shadows disappears, my attention turn to Meddler as he takes a Doctor Bag and slowly patch himself up.

He get’s up as he crack his neck. “Alright, now it’s on!” he said as he took out his Saturnite Fist and a flash-bang. “Here’s the plan, I’m going to charge ahead getting it’s attention,” He turn to Loyal. “Loyal I want you to pull this pin when I charge and throw it as far as you can toward whatever we are facing,” He turn to me. “Boone if I get caught I want you to get a head-shot.” My head nod.

“ED-E you’re just going to help Boone with the kill.” ED-E give a beep, my head turn to Loyal took the flash-bang with her ‘magic’ and wait for Meddler as he turn toward it.

“GUESS WHAT TIME IT IS?” Roar Meddler as he charge at the creature, it’s attention turn on him as Loyal soon pull the pin and thrown over Meddler as he stops before the creature and cover his eyes, as my head turn away as out of the corner of my eye saw a flash.

My ears hear a female scream, then a hit on something, and another as my head turn to see Meddler using his Fist beating down on the thing, the shadow’s behind it disappear as Meddler stop hitting it as he lower his right arm as he kneel down to inspect it.

He put his left hand up and wave at us to come over, my hands still hold my rifle as the three of us get close to see what we just fought against, he took out a Stim as he press it on the thing, my ears hear him speaking softly to it as we went closer. “It’s okay, I know that,” He quickly jump up and away as it went on him. “Oh fuck!” he shouts as he try to shake his leg as it grab his left leg.

He moves his head toward us. “Uh mind helping me?” A sigh escape from me as my hands place my rifle back on my back, however something surprise me as he began nudging it with his foot and sighs. “Hey guys, hope you don’t think wrong of me but she ain’t letting go, which means I got to force her off.”

As we went even close he begins to force it off with a light kick on it, but it doesn't let go. Which means Meddler have no choice but to force it off harder, that’s when it moan, he slowly turn his head toward me as I’m five steps away. “Did you just hear that? Please tell me I was just hearing things.”

As my eyes look down to see the creature on his leg it resemble a unicorn like Fleur, except this one have dark gray fur, long black mane down the side, a black helmet on the head, the horn is curve smooth point of red. My eyes went down to see some form of armor on the front part, with a red cape down on its back, my eyes went to the tail of the same long black length as Fleur tail.

Metal cover the hooves of both front and back, my eyes finally see the shape of a muzzle which is nuzzling with Meddler left leg. Red eyes look up to him as the head went back to nuzzling the leg. “Meddler you sure it’s a girl?” I ask, he nod his head as he give another gentle kick on the side.

“Oh yeah, I got a sneak peak when she went on her back when I punch her,” When he kick a little harder she give a small moan as she look up with a strange look on her face with a fork tongue hanging out, her teeth are sharp, only the front part it seems, unlike Nightmoon whose teeth are all sharp.

“If I’m thinking right, and sometime I hate being smart, she takes pleasure of being in pain,” My head turn to him as he try to nudge her off. “You mean she loves taking pain?” He nod his head. “Strange I know, if I remember my conversation with Arcade when we meet a ‘special’ guy who wanted to be ‘punish’ with pain and enjoy it. He had something call masochistic.”

“And if I think right, she got the same thing. But that begs the question, why did she killed all the Legions bastard here?” he made a point, my head look back at the building we exit out. “Maybe she was in some form of defense mindset, and the only way to get out is to beaten up.” He shrug.

“That could be it, but that also raise another question, how the hell did she came here in the first place? Why, of fuck!” she jump on his chest rubbing his armor front with her face. “GET. OFF!” he shouts as he push her off, she jump up again as he use his left hand to punch her in the gut, she went down as she on her back showing her stomach.

Meddler slap his armor face. “I just made this fucking worse did I?”

My eyes turn to him with a nod of my head. “Yeah.” He groan as he turn to Loyal. “Can you translate whatever the hell she is speaking?” Loyal went by the unicorn speaking in another language, the mare turn her head to Loyal as they both made small talk.

“Master, I can barely understand her a bit, except for a small Prench, but anything other than that I have nothing, I try to understand what she is saying but I can’t understand all of it. However she does view you as a ‘possible handler’, and something about ‘beating in a domination fight’?”

She went up at him again as he dodge and gives a groan. “Oh fuck me, I have no choice do I? I have to do this, otherwise this is going to haunt me.” He wave his hand toward the wall of a building. “Guys I take no pleasure in this, just...Just wait over there while I try to make this quick.”

As we all move to the wall we see Meddler beating her with no problem, however he looks at me as I know he takes nothing good from this whole thing, my nod reassure him that I won’t think him any less, it’s either this or let him feel guilty of leaving her here. And we both know that he hates doing anything that reminds him of the Legion, and this is one of them.

***
(Wavy)

We return to Lucky 38 in the Suites as the training at Gun Runners went well, we met up with Gilda with Fleur and Victor and return to our temporary home, Victor depart from us as he went up at the Penthouse. We had a good time learning how we can use simple things to make dangerous ammo.

We discuss the events that happen during our travel around New Vegas, Gilda and Fleur told us that they discuss articles of clothing's with a woman name Sarah of Vault 21, they told us that they purchase some clothing's and armor that would be wonderful to have.

We ask them what, Gilda simply said she thinks her armor needs to be check on and possibly repair, Fleur merely said some of the clothing's would be wonderful to wear on a special occasions.

We heard that she was once a ‘supermodel’ back where she use to live, but never hint on anything else. However Cass return with a large bottle call Moonshine which is like all the other alcohol, but is quite stronger.

We decide to enter our room and look at the different ammunition we produce and made at Runners, Gilda and Fleur are across from me talking about the clothing's, then to armor, and finally weapons. However before we decide to join in the conversation, we hear the elevator door’s open as we hear the voices of Meddler speaking.

“God I need a stiff drink. A big one, hey Cass, you’re here?” Our ears flick as our hooves move as our body went to the door and look through to see Meddler, Boone walk by him, he notice us as he sigh’s.

”What is wrong?” we ask, our ears hear more movement as we see Loyal buzzing by him, ED-E moving to another room, and then some pony jumping on Meddler left leg and nuzzling it.

Boone point his thumb as our head turn to him. “That’s wrong. We heard talk about something strange going on at the NCR Correctional Facility, we discovered Legion were trying to set up shop, but when we got there they were all killed. All by her.”

Our eyes widen as we turn to see Meddler forcing her off with his other leg. Before we said anything he interrupt. “She’s a masochistic.”

Our mind thinks on the word as we try to remember where we first hear the word in our time before our banishment, sadly we can’t remember. Thankfully Boone explain to us. “She’s someone who love to have pain inflicted on them.”

Our eyes widen behind our helmet, our head turn to see Meddler explaining to Cass as he kick the mare on the ground, her stomach shown to him as he press his leg on her chest, a small moan went out from her.

”Is she crazy?” We ask, Boone only shrug. “Honestly I have no idea, Meddler seem to think so as she force him to fight him in a battle of dominance. You can see he won that battle.” Our head moves back to Boone. ”We see Meddler isn't taking this well.” Boone slowly shakes his head.

“No, because it remind him of,”

We finish for him. ”The Legion.” he nod his head.

“Yeah, anyway if you excuse me I’m going to get some shut eye, take care Nightmoon.” Our head nod to him as he went in the guest room, our head turn to see Meddler rushing to us, getting to his knees as he place his hands on our side as he try to shake us with his head looking up to us.

“Please, oh please, oh PLEASE you can translate what she is saying because I’m losing my damn mind of her wanting me to ‘punishing’ her!” This cause us to be shock of the way he is asking us, he usually don’t ask in a position like this.

Unless he is desperate.

We breath in and breath out as we reply.”We will try to communicate with her,” We move around him as he lift himself up as we move toward to the mare, when we went closer she seem almost familiar. A pony from our memory from our counterpart Luna, when her head move up to meet our face, her red eyes look at us, her armor and red cape made us think back.

Back when our ‘sister’ and us travel to a place call the,

Oh fuck. She’s Sombra, well at least we know why she looks familiar. But if we remember correctly, isn't Sombra a male? Maybe she came from an ‘Equestria’ like the rest of us, but the gender swaps? It makes sense.

We clear our voice as we speak to her, we hope that our dialect of Crystal can get her to understand us. [”Greetings, we are Nightmoon, will you kindly say to thee of thy calling?”] We realize that we are rusty with the language, hopefully she’ll be able to, [“Greetings to thee, we are Umbra, former Queen of the Crystal Empire. We see that you are some form of royalty, or perhaps former like us thou?”]

Well at least we can speak to each other, now comes the difficult part, trying to speak to her, while trying to understanding her. Hopefully we can figure out what her world is like.

[“Indeed thou are right, we use to be a ruler, until we came to these lands, would thou kindly allow us to hear thee tale of what thou lands were like, before thine came these lands?”]

Her head nods to us as she reply. [“Yes, you see we ruled the Crystal Empire, our lands filled with many stallions with not many mares, so it’s hard to find a good mare when so many are getting lovers left and right, we had to protect ourselves from many males, thought of dark magic we done. Though we may take it thine much of our mind when we dabble in such things.”]

[“We control the Empire with dark magic, and fought against thou Solaire and Artemis, sadly thine were defeated and banish, but before we left we cursed our entire lands so thee brothers did not take it from thou.”]

Our ears try to understand much of her dialect, but it tends to go back and forth of of present speech and past speech. We then ask the heart of our question about her, ‘questionable ideals’.

[“We wish to ask thee on of thou motives when meeting Meddler,” she look confuse as we clarify to her. “The tall one wearing the mask,”] she nod her head as we continue. [“We hear thine desire to fight a stallion in a ‘game’ of domination and thou lost. We wish to understand thee why? If what thou said is truest, then you would have easily defeated him when you encounter him.”]

She look away with what appears a blush on her face, she answer back as she barely look at us.

[“We were release during our banishment's, sadly thine mind was filled with dark magic, we couldn't think straight at all, all we could think of was the crystals. After thine forced exit we came to a building of sort by flash of light, our mind still addle by dark magic we destroy anything that came upon thine sights.”]

[“We were then knocked back into sense by thee tall one when thy use a flash of light and a hit upon us to gain our sense. We then felt more than one hit and we, enjoyed it.”] The blush on her face came heavily on more than usual.

[“We admit that during our reign we never, found a suitable being to be equal to us, we focus on the magic more than finding a being to be with, sadly we never encounter anyone with a set of steel between their legs when we query. Before thine studies we always wonder of being ruled over felt like, and of how much we can enjoy it.”]

[“We tested a few things in our alone time and found it to be enjoyable, but we couldn't take thine risk of showing anypony of our enjoyment, nor could we find a pony of our needs, the crown of responsibilities wear heavily on our brow. But now,”]

She turn her head to Meddler who is currently hitting his uncover helmet head to a wall mumbling to himself.

[“We are free of thou troubles, when we gain strength when he stood over us we took thine chance of getting more, we admit we were affected by the side effects of dark magic, manly gathering thine wits.”]

[“However we spoken to his Changeling, sadly the poor thing couldn’t understand all of our speech, thankfully she manage to get the point across to him and we battle for dominance, to see if he is worth to take me, to make me all his.”]

Her fork tongue hang out as her eye look upward, her face show of a daydream of naughty things as the blush and giggling tell us this much. She return to the land of reality as she look at us and went on.

[“Suffice to say, he proved more than we originally thought. He taken us down on more than one occasion, and shown that he is clearly more than we are, thus we have submit to him and allow us to be with him. We have not been taken by him yet, but we will when he is ready to be the dominant toward us.”]

Our head turn to Meddler as he finish slamming his head on the wall and just laying his head on the wall with a sigh coming from him.

And now we understand why he has been in such a mood, dealing with someone as this can be quite...hard to be patience with. Hopefully we can try ease his anger and let him stay calm, with the word being ‘try’.

[“We will be right back.”] We said as we move toward Meddler, he turn his head to us as his forehead is read with the amount of hitting on the wall, his eyes look at us with hope. “Please tell me that you found a way to talk to her or something? Please tell me her wanting me to punish her is all a bad dream?”

The way he look at us show stress that will explode if we don’t consider wording our sentence carefully, we took our right wing and gently press him to our side. “We try to do what we can, we can understand her somewhat and the talk went as well as it could, but it is clearly seen that she wants you to lead her, to be dominate toward her. If we may make a suggestion?” He look up at us with despair slowly coming in, the hint of madness almost taking him.

“Perhaps you can take this to your advantage, we all know that you are sometime unreasonable when you are highly stress. And you have a need of beating something up, but cannot inflict pain to those you care for. Even if you went out and fight against the Legion assassins, or animals, or even ghouls, it is not enough.”

“She wish to be control, and we know how much that unsettle you, but think from her perspective. She has rule for a long time and been banished twice, when she discover her ‘passion’ there aren’t many who could go up to her and call her bluffs when she wish to fights.”

“We know that she demand a fight from you and lost, we can see that you need a way to destress, so we think you should use her as you see fit.”

“WHAT?” Meddler shouts to me. We flinch back from his response but we went on. “We know this may seem like a thing from the Legion, which we know you despise so, but think for a moment, she doesn’t know how to live a normal life, all she ever know is having an isolated life with many males around her, all she had to ease her loneliness was her ‘ideals’.”

“This will help her feel special, feel like someone cares for her, and in return you can find a way to destress when trouble comes. Beside there are a few perks of having someone submitting to you,” We stop as Meddler took out his Survival Rifle from his Pimp-Boy and pointing it up under my head when we realize our mistake of our last sentence.

“Wavy, if you weren’t my friend and the fact like you I would’ve blown your fucking brains OUT!!!” We slowly move back as he aim his weapon straight at us. “Who the fuck do you think you are?” He said as he slowly walk to us, his voice getting loud as kept on talking.

“Wavy I put up with shit from every single one of you all since fucking day one!. I put up with Feathers being a pussy, I put up with your speech and fucking fatass body. I put up with Loyal fucking shit of serving me when she should be fucking free, and I even put up with the shit of Psycho when she ask for fucking money when she wants to go fucking shopping!”

Our head turn to see Boone slowly walk to Meddler with a cautious look on his face, our head turn to see Gilda and Fleur putting their heads out on the door, our eyes see Loyal trying go to Meddler, but Cass stop her hand shakes her head. “Meddler, calm down, there’s no need to do this.”

Meddler swung his weapon at Boone as he shouts.

”STAY THE FUCK OUT OF THIS BOONE! JUST STAY THE FUCK OUT! ME AND NIGHTMARE MOON ARE HAVING A FUCKING CONVERSATION!”

We flinch as he speaks our full name, we now realize he is beyond angry, he is full of rage and fury that his tone alone can kill a radroach by making them explode in a billion pieces. Boone however try to keep peace between the two of us as he slowly get between him and us.

“Meddler, I know you’re angry, and having to face all of this stress isn’t good for you. But you can’t put on the blame on Nightmoon, she’s just trying to help.” he said as he try to sooth Meddler anger by reasoning with him.

"HELP? SHE’S TRYING TO FUCKED WITH ME BOONE! YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I HATE BEING FUCKED WITH!”

“Meddler take deep breaths, try to remember that she doesn’t understand you,” start Boone, Meddler interrupt as he move close to him with his rifle point at Boone chest. “GET THE FUCK OUT OF THE WAY BOONE! GET THE FUCK OUT OR I WILL SHOOT YOU STRAIGHT IN THE CHEST!”

Boone shakes his head, he look at us and mouth ‘Move back, slowly.’ Our head nod as our body slowly moves back as Boone turn his head to Meddler. “Meddler you won’t shoot me, even in this state you won’t shoot me. It’s not your nature Meddler, just try to think for a moment, if you do shoot me and shoot Nightmoon you’ll just have more trouble, and we both know you already have enough of that from your travels at the Divide.”

Our body moves back to Gilda and Fleur as we see the surprise of Meddler face and after what seems like an eternity he breaths in a long breath and slowly breaths out. After closing his eyes repeating the breathing process he open them as he look at Boone, a dark look shown on his face as he speaks in a cold and emotionless tone.

“I’ll be in my room.” He put his weapon away on his back as he move to the dinner room, went back out with two bottles of Moonshine and shuts the door behind him. We hear a lock as Loyal moves to the door and knock on the door.

We all hear him shout from his room.

“LEAVE ME ALONE!”

We see Loyal flinch and whine as she leaves the door and into our room’s.

Boone sighs as he turn to us as he speaks in a harsh tone. “What were you thinking Nightmoon? Didn’t you see that he was stress already? You should’ve just went to either me or Cass to talk to him.” We turn our head away as Gilda speaks up for us.

“Hey, Nightmoon was just trying to ease whatever the fuck happen!” Boone turn his head to her. “Well she failed, and now we have to wait for him to leave the room when he’s finish brooding and drinking.” He turn to us, we see the harsh look in his eyes behind those glasses of his. “If I didn’t step in when I did, you would be having a new hole in you to breath in.” The shock went on the two girls by me as my eyes quickly turn to them.

“You’re kidding!” exclaim Gilda, Fleur just speaks out in Prench. {‘By Celestia mercy!”}

Boone nod his head as he look to us. “Trying to persuade Meddler when he’s stress is a really bad move, I thought you knew that when you all stay here for four weeks, guess I was wrong.” He turn his head away as a sigh escape from him. “But I can hardly blame you since this is one of the rare times anyone of us seen him like this.” add Boone.

Gilda facial expression turns to surprise. “Wait, you mean this happen before?” Boone nod his head. “Yeah, it happen just sometime after he return from the Divide, he was talking to Arcade at the Mormon Fort, I was with him at the time with Rex, then all of a sudden a Legion lover walk up to him claiming that Meddler is the bane of all things.”

“Meddler told him to piss off, but he went talking and talking, then a Follower try to make him stop, sadly it was a woman and he slapped her, but when she went down something change in Meddler, he just took out his Plasma pistol and shot him in the head as he kept beating and shooting at him.”

“Shouting in the same tone we all saw earlier, he kept saying ‘Fuck off you Legion swine, you’ll never harm her, none of you will!’ It took all of us at the Fort to make him stop, after we got him to calm down he just left, I try to follow him, but he went to the Lucky, took booze and shut the door.”

He turn his head at Meddlers door.

“At first I thought he meant that woman, but the more that I thought about it, the more I think he was talking about someone in his life, someone close to him.” Gilda ask as she gulp. “Who?” That’s when Boone shrug. “I don’t know, like I said he never tell us his life before, so it could be anyone.”

We know it’s not his wife, perhaps it could be a family member? One way to find out. We move to the door as Boone look at us and speaks. “Are you trying to get shot at?” We turn our head to him. “We only wish to try to speak to him.”He shakes his head. “Not a good idea, just wait till he blow steam and try tomorrow.”

And by the time the day pass he will be tight lip. Perhaps we will have a better chance in his dreams.

“We shall rest, hopefully we can try to make things better.” We turn our body to the rooms and rest on our bed on our belly, the first time we try this the bed almost break, so Meddler request a stone bottom from the Quarry Junction, after placing the stone under the bed we had an easier time sleeping on the bed.

We took our helmet off and our armor, with a flash of our horn, thankfully some magic spells doesn’t twist when it comes somewhat simpler things, like teleporting things.

We close our eyes as we rest our head and dream, and hopefully we would be entering in Meddlers dreams soon enough.

***
(meddler)

My armor is on the ground, my helmet? Fuck if I know, my mind is fuzzy as the booze went down in my mouth, my back is laying at the end of my bed, my body is right next to the trunk. My left hand lift the Moonshine once more as my mouth drain the rest, right after my hand thrown the bottle right at the wall.

“Fucking horses, thinking they can solve all of their problems by talking shit,” my mouth mumble, damn my mind can’t even think straight. My body slowly raise itself up as my body turn to the bed, after a few movement toward the side my body falls as the darkness of sleep promise me bliss of all that happen today.

Finally my eyes close as my dreams take form.

(meddler)
My mind pass through some very strange things, honestly my mind felt fuck up, especially with that song in the background. It finally stop as I stop at a door, my mind stilling the effects of the Moonshine as everything still feel and look blurry.

My left hand opens the door as there is darkness within the doorway, my eyes look up to see one word. ‘Sister’, my eyes turn as my ears hear a familiar voice.“Hello Meddler, how are you?”

My eyes see Wavy, all in her original armor and her mane waving around as if the air is pushing it, she look down on the ground when our eyes meet. Her head turn as she sighs and look back to me. “We wish to apologize, we didn't mean to make you angry Meddler, we just trying to,” My hand raise up as a sigh escape me. “Wavy look, I know you’re just trying to help earlier, but the way you sound it was terrible.” I said, she wince and looks away as I reply to her.

She moves her head up as she slowly speak out. “We wish to ask you, what happen? We know you were stress but it wasn't from the nightmares, we been dealing with those since we enter in your dreams.” My head turn as a sigh escape from me. “Normally I would be ignoring your question or telling you to fuck off…”

My eyes look upward as another sigh escape from me.

“But what happen didn't happen from the Divide. It was from my earlier life.” my head turn to hear as she look at me with surprise on her face. “That pony, she made me remember a sour spot in my life. My sister.”

The background change as we’re in a park, a bench form behind me as my ass sit down, Wavy move by me as she sit down as well, we both look at the old playground before us as my hands are holding together.

We see a girl, about twelve year old, chasing a boy of ten all around the swing-set. My eyes look at the girl, her light amber hair dance down to her neck as her light tan skin move in a small dress, her brown eyes look at the boy. Wavy then speaks to me as she see this entire scene.

“Meddler, who are those two?” It feels like an eternity as my mouth slowly opens and answer to her. “This is from my memories, during the time I lived in California, the boy is me, and the girl that is chasing me is my sister.”

My head turns to her as my eyes begin to water, it’s been so long since I remember something good like this. My mouth continue to speak. “There is a reason why I despise the Legion Wavy, why I hate the leaders of NCR beside being total dicks. It all began with my sister.”

My right side turn to see the two happy children as my eyes close, the tears slowly coming down. “My sister was a huge supporter of NCR, so big that she joined when she was of age. I decided to join after her when I went of age.”

As the memory fade away Wavy speaks in surprise. “You were part of NCR?” My head nods as time fast forward to an older pair of the two. “Yeah, I was a Private, my sister became a Sergeant when I finished boot camp. Old man was damned proud of us when we became part of NCR.”

“My sister was the strongest out of the two of us, she was always damned stubborn when she wants to be, hell she would never give up without a fight going down. I looked up to her as a model you can say, someone to believe in.” A small chuckle escape from my lips.

“I loved her so fucking much that we would write each other’s letters, even though it was against the rules since we had to limit paper uses I didn’t give a damn, we were siblings to the end.” My eyes see a familiar old face greeting the two as they all walk with each other.

Wavy whisper his name.

“Henry?”

My head nod once more as my tongue lick my lips to get the moisture around them. “Yeah, we were best buds in boot camp, he transfer to another unit while I stayed behind in a camp around in The Glow, and Blooming Field.”

“I was station there for at least four months, during that time me and my sister letter to each other, she went on ahead on the action, then the letters stop. At first I thought she just got caught by her superior officers. So I didn’t pay much attention, then days turn to weeks with nothing from her.”

My head turn to Wavy as the scene change once more.

“That’s when I got worried.”

My eyes turn to a scene where a younger version of me with NCR uniform move through the landscape with Henry by his side. “I heard that my sister group move somewhere close to Legion territory, No one heard from her and I intended to find out why, I asked Henry to come with me, and thankfully he did.”

“We went on for maybe weeks till we met up with Rangers, and by God was I thankful that we did. We found out that they were ordered to find her group. I told her them that she was my sister and allowed me to joined up.”

“I thought it was against the rules to leave your post and join with another group without permission.” Wavy ask, my head nod in confirmation. “Yeah, it was against the rules. Me and Henry left our post without a single word from command, they already knew that, but I don’t know how the hell they allowed us to continued. Maybe they felt pity or sympathy that I wanted to find my sister, or hell maybe they wanted a kick of seeing a greenhorn fighting with them.”

“Either way I was determined to find her and take down anything that stands in my way.”

“We went northward to their camp, then we did the usual thing Rangers do, recon, snipe, and kill anything that looks a threat. They made short works with bastards since there were only a small bunch of them, but…” My eyes look down to see the younger me look around, then move to the slave pens, a Ranger move past the me as they unlock the door, they undid the bomb collars on them all, until they all look at one.

A woman.

Wavy gasp as she see the damage on lone woman curl up in a ball shape. The younger me move to see the woman, he slowly moves down as he moves back in shock. Wavy speak to me as the scene slowly disappear, her tone is shaken of such cruelty.

“Meddler, was that woman, y-your sister?” My head shakes as the tears came down gently again on my face. “Yeah, they broke her will, shaved her head, beaten her down until her ribs are broken, bruises on all over her body, not to mention the whips marks on her back and body, not to mention being rape over and over.”

Finally the scene disappear as I add another sentence. “And that’s only the physical, the mental was far worse.”

We move through crazy shit without even moving ourselves, Wavy look around as she notice my head doesn't even turn a single bit as my eyes look on ahead. We then are shown a small room of my sister on a bed, her body all bandage up, a blanket is over her as we hear my father voice speaking to a medic in the hall outside of the room.

“How’s the damage doc?” My head moves to see the doctor shaking his head. “Terrible, we manage to aid her physical wounds, but whatever the Legion did to her mental mind is far worse. When I first diagnose her she called me ‘Master’.” My eyes see dad cringe as he slowly speaks back.

“Can you help her?” The medic shakes his head. “It’s too soon to do anything, what I can say that she needs time off from the military life and be stick to home, preferably with someone she can trust.” The old man nod his head. “My boy can do it, he quit NCR life.”

“What?” said the doctor. He went on. “Yeah, turns out the reason she was in there because some fucker in command order her group to hold a position no matter what, and her group paid the price as they were killed, well except a few.”

“Anyway when my boy found out he was pissed as I was, he went to find the fucker and did me a favor of punching that smug shit right in the face, he got discharge for punching an officer but he said and I quote. ‘Fuck you all I quit you Legion fuckers!’”

The doctor laugh a bit as he turn serious. “While I was checking her I discover something, she’s with a child.”

Everything change as Wavy speaks to me. “What happen next?" My shoulder shrug. “ I don’t know, after I quit when I punch that asshole he was detain to some shitty job after that whole thing, his name wasn’t worth remembering.” My head turn to Wavy as she want to ask, but feel bad for even saying a word about it.

“Yeah, after my sister was raped and got a kid in her when we got her out, early to know if it was a girl or boy, but finding out of it’s gender wasn’t my problem. It was taking care of my sister, I won’t even tell you how heartbreaking it was seeing her like the way she was. All my life I look up to her, now I have to look down because how fallen she went.”

“I tried to be patient with her, but it was hard to get her to stop calling master, and asking for…” My head turn as Wavy went close to me, pulling her wing around me as she gently nuzzle her head to mine. “We understand now Meddler, you don’t need to say anything more.” My head shakes as my left arm gently push her off.

“That’s not the worse part, after weeks of treating her and taking care of her guess what?” The scene change as a young version of me went to the bathroom as the me scream in shock as the body of my sister is laying down on the floor, a fresh cut on her throat show with red coming down her body.

My tears slowly stop as my mouth speaks. “After three weeks she slit her throat the moment she took the chance. All because she couldn’t have a ‘master’ to guide her,” My head turn to her as my anger rise up, the tone of my voice change itself, from sadness to righteous fury. “She was a strong woman and the Legion put her down, made her weak and pitiful.”

“This one memory, this one thing made me despise the Legions, made me hunt them down whenever I get the chance. Give them a reason to kill them, to make them pay for all the pain,” My head turn as my voice whisper.

“Made me not set the rockets down on them all.”

My head shakes as the scene disappear, my body turns to Wavy as we both return to the park once more. “You see why I didn’t want Loyal to call me master, why I don’t want that pony to make me ‘punish’ her and dominate her. Because it makes me bitter, bitter all the way down to my heart. Because whenever they call me that title or wants me to punish them,”

“I look at the mirror to check if I’m a fucking Legion, because this is as close as I can get to be one of those fuckers. Do you finally understand Wavy? Why I don’t want to do this? Why I don’t want to rule them?” My body sit down on the bench as a chuckle drip in remorse settle in deep in me.

“And the irony is that if I don’t do it, then they might slit their throats, or worse go to the Legion or some fucker who’s going to make their lives a living hell. And we have enough of that just by living in the fucking Wasteland.”

My right side begins to feel a set of feathers on it, on my left is Wavy pressing her side to mine, her head gently nuzzling while tears fall down on her muzzle, after a few minutes of nuzzling me she croak out her words.

“We understand, we finally get the point you are trying to make to us Meddler, and we wish to apologize for asking you such a thing, to make you more bitter of the fact that there is no way to save them but to take them in, to be cautious around them. Because you have to remind yourself over and over that you are not Legion.”

“But remember Meddler, you have friends with you, people who know you than everyone else, and that they will stand by you no matter what.” She moves back as she wipes the tears away from her eyes with her wings. “Meddler, we thank you for putting in so much trust to us, of revealing things about your sister, we will never forget such an act. But we must know if you will accept Umbra, if not then,”

My hand went up as my head shakes. “Don’t worry, I know it will be hard but I have no choice, because if I don’t then who will care for them? Who’s going to care for you all?” She look down on me with a surprise look on her, then a small smile.

She bent down her head as she gives me a light kiss. My eyes widen in shock as she moves her head away from me with a small smile on her muzzle. Before one word came from me light appear around us. “Time to wake up Meddler.”

My mouth open as I manage to speak to her. “Wavy you son of a,”

And everything went white.

***

Level up! (Wavy, Loyal)

The burden of a ruler-You’ll defend your ‘property’ with no bars holding back, your endurance raise one point when they’re around you.

Protector of Dreams(2)-With your heart slowly opening toward Nightmoon things are slowly growing stronger between the two of you, your V.A.T.S. have increase by twenty with Nightmoon by your side.