Freedom, Peace, And Honor

Swirling around, and around in the lung bursting water until everything went white despite my darkening vision. In an instant the crushing weight of the water was lifted as my body felt it was falling out of the sky.

Did I die? Why do I feel like if I was flying?

Whack, my body hits something that close lines my stomach which makes me wish I was dead. My vision was black at the edges and below my I could see the ground but it was spinning.

How the hell did I get up here? Are they still after me? So many questions…

I closed my eyes, because of how dizzy I was and I didn't want to vomit. A sudden snap of a twig catches my attention

A pony?

He looked frighten and took a step back when we meet eye’s. He was wearing a black button up shirt with a silk red tie. His hair looked to be dark brown and his fur looked to be golden brown.

That mark. This can't be a quintessence.

Crack, snap, the tree branch I was on fell under my weight and I hit the ground with a solid thump.

“Ow.” I said after the fall to the floor witch hurt a bitch ton. “Are you in need of assistance monster?” The pony asked . “Maybe, but from your prospective how is my concision?” I said in a smart ass tone.

He stood there for a moment of hesitation. He came next to me on my left side. I was too weak to move, plus there was some dizziness still spinning the floor that.

“What happened to you monster?” He asked looking down at my bloody shoulder in disgust. “I’m a human and I have a name it’s Neil, nice to meet you to.” I said with a ragged breath’s as I strained myself when I tried to sit up.

“Can you get up Neil?” he asked as he trotted around me offering a hoof. “I’m kind of exhausted... Just give me a moment.” I said, taking a moment to stop shaking.. It then took a lot of energy to get up with moving my right arm which could heal, but the bone has scattered around. It will take about a week to fully recover with medical attention. I took his helping hoof with my right hand and got up slipping do to the pain.

I grunted with pain as I stood next to the pony. “That was harder than expected,” I said aloud. I lean my body agented to tree taking in deep breaths trying to catch my breath. “Pony what’s your name... Also wares the nearest town from here?” I asked as the ground slowed to a stop from the spinning.

A massive headache was coming my way as I tried to keep myself from passing out. He looked worried at my constant gasping for air. “My name is Fallout and there’s a town called Ponyville close by.” He said coming to my side. “All right Fallout, let’s get going.” I said placing my left hand on his back and walked as the headache settled in witched obscured my vision with large colors dots. '"Can you help me find my stuff?" I asked.

We looked around for my one strap backpack and briefcase. I pointed to where they were at. So I leaned next to a tree as Fallout pied up my stuff. He carried my backpack and I healed on my brief case. “Thanks’ Fallout.” I told him as we walked. At first the pace whet from slow to I was feeling better. Walking with Fallout was something out of a movie or something it was nice to finally get away from it all latterly.

***

We walked about 7 minutes when Fallout stopped and moved his ears like radio dishes. We were still in the light shuffling tree's. “It’s going to rain.” He said looking around.

We walked further into the woods when Fallout saw something that he pulled me to walk faster. “Come on I can see a cave we can stay at until it calms down.” Fallout said, leading me to a large cave that looked uninhabited.

The sound of thunder roars through the air as the very heavy rain came pouring down soddenly after. “Dam.” I said almost jogging after Fallout to the big cave. We stopped inside and the sky was getting darker from the black clouds covering the evening sky. “Nile you should take it easy.” Fallout said worriedly looking at my wound. “Don’t worry, I had worse done to me… Fallout, since we are going to stay here for a while let’s take a look.” I told him as I walked into the dark cave.

“What? Hay wait it might be dangerous!” Fallout said, with caution while trotting after me. I skimmed my hand on the side of the wall as we walked past the cave entrance. “There might be something we can use.” I told him bluntly, and I then took my lead off into the dark cave that to me I could see fine, because of my eyes reflected the darkness so I could see perfectly.

“Ok, but if we die I’m not taking you to Ponyville.” He scoffed at me while he tailed in behind. “Now that would be a dilemma don’t you think?” I said jokingly deep in the dark cave where.

I kept moving on further into the cave until I could see light. “What’s that over their Neil?” Fallout asked while passing me up.

This guy is a fool.

I finely made it to the light sores was at and well I’m now pretty sour I have loosed a lot of blood, because in the cave was a lite torch next to a wooden door with a 'welcome' mat in front.

I sighed, “Fallout am I dead or this is what I think it is.” I asked very unsure of what life is taking at this moment. “Neil, you’re defiantly not dead. And this looks welcoming. Let’s see whose inside.” Fallout said, before I could protest in taking a different approach to this strange door.

Click the door opened and Fallout walked in. “Anypony home?” He asked waiting for a reply as he stepped in. “Whoa… look at this place it’s like a library.” He said walking in.

I waited before I walked in, because I kind of have a bad feeling about this. I shrugged and walked in the cave door. Inside where tones of book shelves and a few lab equipment for some chemistry experiments. And in the far front of the room there was another room that looked strange.

“This place is amazing!.” Fallout said; he was apparently stoked. I walked over to a closet and in side was potions of some kind. Well I figured that out from a lab that said 'potion of some kind.' I know the pony who did this is a real genus. “Is there anything helpful?” I asked Fallout who diapered…

“I found peaches!” Fallout yells coming out of a door labeled 'kitchen.' I looked at the door we came in from 'exit' it read. This pony must be OCD.

“Judging the look at this place it must be about a 1000 years old or so.” I said to Fallout as I took the jar away and examined it. “So this is old and that what I just ate might be expired.” He said thinking this through. “The restroom is on the left.”  I said pointing in the direction of Fallouts safe haven.

He ran off and I decided to have a look at the strange room that had writing on the edges. Before I got there a book on the table that caught my attention. Sole fusion it read on the books its spine.

Je I wonder what this is about.

I opened the book to the first page and saw some relatively hard to read writing.

I have hypothesis that we are linked in some way; therefore all living species are solely the same. For instance a pony and a zebra, what if I can mix there soles together to make a smarter being that can learn more then one pony could ever do. Also I could possibly make the best solders for Princess Luna. I have already and take action to further my studies. And so for its quite stunning in the results.

I looked away and say Fallout go inside the strange room and it lite up with blue and white lights. “Look Neil I can see a tunnel at the end of the rode.” Fallout said aloud, His legs gave way and he fell down.

Shit, this is very bad.

I ran over and the room became distant as I tried to get Fallout but I fell down as well and I lost all feeling.

***

Some time has passed bye until I woke up. I awake in medieval looking room that was the size of a gymnasium. Fallout was asleep next to me and well, the room was a bit dark but there was a fire place that had blue fire.

My wound is not here anymore…

“Ah… it seems I have gests.” A voice said somewhere from the right of us. I looked around and saw a lone figure with a wooden pipe looking towards our way. “Where are we sir?” I asked trying to get a better look at this pony. “You are in my prison and you are just gusts passing through.” He said with his voice sounding old and rugged. “Are you the one who made the room we went into?” I asked knowingly of the answer.

“Well of cores. If it wasn’t me you wouldn’t be here.” The old stallion said waving his hoof. “By the way what are you? How did you so happen to come in a portal?” He asked as he set down his pipe.

Portal? Yup, that makes sense but how are we going to get out of here?

I took a moment and replied, “My name is Neil I’m a human, and I did come through a door in a cave in the middle of no ware.” Fallout just woke up and stretched. “Coffee, I need coffee…” He said sitting up and a cup of coffee was levitated to him.

"Thank you.” He said to no one in general. “Who’s this friend of yours Neil?” The old pony asked getting up and headed to the wall.

“I’m Fallout… Ummm, this coffee is the best I ever had.” He said as he gulped it down. “It’s nice to meet you, and I have some news for both of you.

Clack, the room lite up with crystals and I could see the stallion now he had a long white beard and a wizard hat along with a cape. He reminds me of Mickey Mouse from Fantasia 2000.

“But first I have to introduce myself. My name is Star Swirl, I was imprisoned here because of my ignorance of learning to do something that the world was never meant to be exposed of.” Swirl said while he sat down in a big chair and waved us over. “Well Star this quite a nice prison you have here.” Said Fallout looking around in amazement.

“Star Swirl, how do we get out of here? And where is here exactly?” I asked a bit worriedly. “In time boy, I have to explain myself first.” He said taking his pipe and placing in it, what is I assume is Tabaco. “I’m here, because of an experiment that killed me.” He said very calmly as he took in a huff of his smocking pipe.

“What!? Dose that me we are DEAD?!” Fallout said dramatically.

“I was experimenting with sole transfusion before I had die. The third time I transfused I expecting a different result when I had combined 2 deer’s together. The spell was too weak still, so it tour them apart. So I made several amusements and cleaned up the mess in the room. The spell activated without warning and my body was transported into this room that is like limbo.” Swirl said remembering the events. “You said you had died but your body transported?” I asked him.

“Indeed I did, my body was no longer with me I was turning into dust when I woke up. Princes Celestia’s, mother told me why and what my punishment was so I’m here and now that leaves the question. Not how but what; happens to us.” He said like if he solved a riddle, but in fact he had started a new one. I looked at Fallout he was sweeting with fear witch was actually his sole.

That means we are like in a matrix type of world…

“Swirl I have a feeling that only one of us will walk out of this place alive, but there’s a part of me that also knows that in fact both of us will walk out but something life changing will effect one or the other.” I stated to Swirl as I pulled out an Arizona tea and opened it. “It seems you have figured it out on your own and knows the rules of this place. My Gorge, you are the smart cookie aren’t you?” He said chuckling at my observation.

Fallout remained silent and was interested in what I was drinking. “I can imagine how terrible that must have been for you.” I said siting down in a chair that appeared behind me. I gulped some tea down the very refreshing tea. “Why are you acting this way? Aren’t you worried at all?” Fallout asked pulling a jelly donut from the side of his chair.

“When you lived for a long time you know not to fret over predicaments no matter how large and just go with the flow.” I said to Fallout while he scarfed down his donut. “Well said Neil.” Swirl praised. A few moments passed as I enjoyed the company of a wizard and a random pony with a cool name. “I’m not to sure what will happen, But what I can say is that… Neil, Fallout your bodies have combined into one.” He said a little slowly to help us proses this.

Fallout didn’t take this to well as to sort of speak, well if he could. “So you’re saying there’s on body and 2 soles in one head. Kind of sounds like something like a movie plot to me…” I said. I wasn’t sure how that would work. Swirl looks at a grandfather clock and sees the time. “It’s time for you to leave, there is time to say. If you don’t you will both die and disappear so some other place that is out of anypony’s control.” He said getting up and opening a closet and wrote something with chalk on the doors with his magic.

“Come on and step in the wardrobe.” He ordered. We both went over and got in. I was surprised there was a lot of room for an elephant to fit in. “Once I close this door you will wake up into on or the other’s body and when you do the only way to separate you is until death dues you apart I think”. He said after he closed it shut casing us to black out.

***

It would be exactly 2 hours until I had woken up from the room. I was laying in the cave entrance when my eye’s shot open. “Fallout… Where are you?” I said while slowly getting up, but I was stopped by something.

It was information being shoved onto my brain. ‘Aaaagmmm” I screamed as I felt like hot metal hitting my body. The pain was so intense my eye’s nose and mouth were leaking dark blood. Images then shot into my red world around me. It was Fallout his sole is mixing with mine…

No I need to stay who I am no matter what!!!

“Son of Unnn!” More pain hit my nerves literally as arm spammed and my legs locked. I don’t think I’m going to live through this. My mind was racing with thoughts and voices. My memoirs where being scrambled to oblivion. At this rate my mind will become scrambled eggs.

There, what I can see in my head. The day I resaved my mom’s gun a cult 9. It's real name was the widows hammer. Gus was there, bloody and full of holes .Fallout was me and I was on the floor braking down. "Keep it together!" Fallout yelled staring right at me.

Another memory passes into my view it’s when I have my fifth birth day. My dad was dressed up as a cowboy and I was replaced with Fallout as a filly I was watching from a window from outside. They took out a cake and I blew out the candles. "Stop this NEIL!" Fallout yelled in is young voce.

"I’m losing it." I told myself to never go that far. Now I believe it can’t be stopped. It was inevitable I knew living this long would make me crack. I laid on the grown quietly, there was lots of blood on the ground that came out of my shoulder, but it seemed I was laying here for a long time.

The blood was dry, my body has been relaxed, and in my mind; it was settled down.

It's morning

I took things slow as I got up. The first thing I noticed was the wound on my arm, it had reopened. “This is such a lovely day.” I mumbled to myself. I then stumbled to my things and took them. Now I was headed out to get help at Ponyville. “I wonder who long the walk is.” I asked myself.

***

I was walking in the direction that we were walking earlier ‘before’… Whatever you can call that what happened back in the cave. So, suddenly I was feeling somewhat heavier. I didn’t think a sole would weigh anything or it’s emotionally ‘heavy’ as to say. “Man… I miss my tea.” I said to myself feeling parched. I wasn’t caring any refreshments, so this dam forest is now hell. It reminds me when I walked the desert for 3 days without food but I at least had a bottled water.

“Why me? O, that’s right I’m what the U.S needed a hero to 'save' the world from the other evil around it. Like bull shit! The government is corrupted to the point they could do anything that want. And they will abuse the power of 'free will' as something we don’t actually have.” I said if I was contemplating with someone else. “Jesus, why dose life hate me? Am I something that was supposed to have never been created?" I mumbled to myself. I then gave up on any logical reasoning to myself.

***

It had been 10 minutes of walking and rambling on about random things. When I stopped and listened for a moment.

I can smell something. It’s like molded food along with burnt plastic. “Dam, it’s really unbearable. I should probably run right now.” I said starting up a jog to where I assume Ponyville is. My attention was then focused to the yellow glowing eyes in the tree and in boshes. That caught me as I started to run.

“Crappy toast crunch, what a surprise!” I once again mumbled to myself with gritted teeth. I took a quick look behind my back well I’m not sure if it was Mother Nature had done, but there were 3 wolf looking wooden like things chasing me.

why are they chasing me?

“How would it benefit the wooden wolfs it had ate me? It’s wood! Where’s the god dam LOGIC!” I yelled hearing one of them gaining on my tail. “Bad dog!” I told the wolf thing dog.

Chomp, snap, the dam thing tried biting me, but I grabbed a low tree branch and sling shot it in the wolf’s face. The wooden wolf tumbled to a dead stop as the other 2 where looking at each other.

Ok this situation is getting brighter. I only hope there could be a canon blast after I die maybe. Hay I wonder if these thing can morph into one big wolf; that would kick ass.

The other two wolfs where now on both sides of me and they were getting closer by the second. The smart thing to do would be is to stop and run in a ‘U’ shape to keep them behind me; therefore I show run faster and go to the left slightly and take on the wolf by hitting it. "With what I asked myself?" I said huffing.

I will find out as soon I prepare myself.

I then did what I told myself to run faster so one wood wolf dog thing would behind me and now I have the advantage with speed. If I slip it be like Gorge of the jungle.

Whoop, boom, the sounds of the wolf exploding against the log as I slide underneath a large log. “Take that T-Pain as in Timber pain.” I yelled to the decimated wolf which was out of sight. Such pounds but too much wow.

What, that was a bad pun. Why am I saying thing like that? Was it Fallout…?

The snaky wolf bastard scratched my back and ripped my 'new' one strap back pack off. I tumbled and rolled on the forest floor as the wolf tried to stop but hit a tree. It had only dazed it for a while. I quickly got up and picked up my ruined back pack and my brief case. I took off in a faster sprint.

I could feel the blood dripping off my back and I could smell poison it smelled of burnt rope, hay and pine. “This sucks.” I said to myself.

My wound wasn’t that deep but the claw did scratch my spine. This is a exciting day with an adventure that can be enough for a week in my book.

Whoa, is that flat lands ahead?

I saw the end of this hell that made my happy as a kid in Disney world quite the ride.

My legs are feeling like jelly now and my heart is now racing faster than my eyes flash red as my breath became raged. The poison was spreading. There’s nothing I can do about it. I continued on running until I tripped over a tree root and fell in the grass field with a thud.

My body was parsley paralyzed and I felt stiff as a board. I slowly flipped myself over and I was taking short breaths from the stain. Looking up at the morning sky there where a few clouds roaming around. I wonder how long this will last.

I will probably die again. Why is it too hard to have a quick death not one that takes an hour to a day. That is just cruel to do to me.

I just want to be alone…

“There’s a Charley in the bushes.” I said moving to a more comfortable position to prepare for the attack I was going to receive from the wolf that was getting closer to me. I have to say the smell is absolutely terrible I wonder why it smells that way.

“I can see you.” I told it as it peeked from the bushes. I got up despite my condition. It took a moment before it lunged out to me. Crack, I sucker punched the wolf right on the snout it dazed the wolf again. Whack, Smack, I cracked the wooden wolfs neck and caved in its wooden barrel type of a chest. It wasn’t too happy about that and it tried to bit my head, but I moved my arm in the way.

The wolf’s sharp wooden teeth tour through my arm’s flesh. “Aaguufuck YOU!”  I yelled putting my other hand at its chest.  The explosive sound of a cannon shook the ground violently underneath me as passed out after a blinding gray explosion obliterated the wolf into ashes.

***

I awoke leaning against a tree on top of a hill in a grass plain with mountains in the distance. I saw Fallout walk up the hill and sat down next to me with a bag in his mouth. He puts it down and says, “Welcome Neil I can see you had a rough time out there.”

“No shit, it was nothing but kittens, and rainbows.” I said sarcastically taking another look around. “Fallout did we die? Or we are in my head right now?” I asked as he took out 2 glazed donuts and hoofed one to me. “I’m as clueless as you are. I have been walking in these plains for a while and the strangest thing is that I could hear you faintly.” He told me nibbling his donut. I nodded for no reason and thought about some Arizona tea and in an instant a blue cooler appeared next to me.

“Awwww Yeeeaaa! I said with excitement. I opened it up and pulled on out. “What’s that Neil?” Fallout asked taking one in his hoofs. “It’s my only favorite type of tea in a can.” I said opening his can with my fingers. “I’m guessing this is something I can’t open with my mouth?” Fallout asked smelling its contents.

“You can but you will probably loss some teeth doing so.” I told him as he took a sip. “Not bad but it test’s kind of strange.”  He said putting the can of tea down and fell to his side. “You don’t understand the way of the artificial flavors young one.” I told Fallout but I was interrupted by the evening sun get brighter and it became blinding until there was only white.

“Neil! What’s happening!?” Fallout screamed as he vanished into nothing. “Don’t GO! Waite, I still need to help you…” I yelled as my body was then was blown away like golden ashes off of a blazing inferno. At the same time I was at peace for what lays ahead when I wake up…