Fallout Equestria: The Ink, and The Cherry

      Kind Heart was kind enough to let us stay at her motel free of charge. Which was good because the usual price for staying here was 500 caps. Heart showed me and Flaming to our rooms it was a simple one bed, a couch,and one bath apartment. That was when I recognized the place it was my old apartment! I must've had a sad look in my eyes because Flaming asked what was wrong "Oh nothing really...just some memories." was my answer it was a lie, but it was an answer non the less.

      I layed my things down on the couch I slept on in those few weeks is lived in the Ponyville area, and just sat there for many an hour just thinking. When I grew bored of thinking I lied down, and closed my eyes entering the dream world.

      In my dream I was back in Ponyville. Not the after the war Ponyville, but regular kind, happy Ponyville. I was sitting at a cafe table outside Sugar Cube corner enjoying a nice cupcake watching the sun set. Cherry walked up to me and said "Murderer..." I raised my eyebrow "Those ghouls were just trying to survive just as you are now, and YOU KILLED THEM!" she lunged at me and suddenly the town was in ruins with corpses littering the streets. Suddenly I wasn't holding a cupcake no I was now holding a assault rifle.

      Cherry slammed into me knocking me off my seat, and onto the ground which was now stained with blood. I kept squirming trying to get up, but Cherry held me down. She reared her hoof...and nothing happened? Cherry's form was surrounded in a blue glow, and before I knew it she was ripped in two and flung in two different directions. I was trembling with fear until a gentle soothing voice said "No need to be scared any longer my little pony."

      I got to my hooves shakily and faced my savior. What I saw I almost couldn't comprehend Princess Luna was standing before me "But you're dead..." was all I could say. The Wasteland Survival guide said that the two princesses were indeed dead having sacrificed themselves to keep the pink cloud (which I had found out was very corrosive and deadly) from spreading over Equestria.

"That I may be my little pony, but my spirit lives on protecting the dream relm as it always has since even before the war." answered the blue alicorn. She looked back to me and smiled "Now is time to wake young one, but do not fret I will protect you." and like that my eyes closed, and I blacked out.

      When I opened my eyes I was met by Redemption shaking me "Wake up wake...oh your awake.".

"Yes I'm awake, but I must ask what's wrong?" I asked a little grumpy at the intrusion.

      "Kind Heart is what's wrong! She tried to kill me!" she whispered/ yelled. She quickly ran to the other side of the room, and brought my bags to me "Get equipped were running!" she didn't need to tell me twice. I quickly put my saddle bags on, and levitated my assault rifle. Flaming was ready as well his .44 at the ready a look of determination on his face.

       "Where's Cherry Berry?" I asked as we ran to the doors. She told me that she was already sometime down the road, and waiting at a buss stop for us. I nodded, and aimed my rifle I'm front of me as I continued my run. We rounded the corner the door was in sight we were home free! As if the wasteland wanted to prove it always wanted to fuck your shit up there was a loud bang, and the floor in front of us exploded. We skidded to a stop, and turned around to see Kind Heart wearing some combat armor, and a battle saddle with two large sniper rifle looking guns attached to the side...fuck those are anti-machine rifles!

      "Well fuck me with a cannon those are anti-machine rifles!" stated Redemption aiming her rifle. Flaming, and I did likewise but we were horribly out armored, and armed. We were absolutely trembling.

       "Were are you going?" she asked in her southern accent "Why ah was just about to make some Redemption steak with a side of Mutifruit!"

I clenched my teeth, and pulled the bolt on my rifle back, and lined up the sights on her forehead, and...BANG! I jumped as one of Kind Hearts rifles fired, and completely destroyed my rifle. I had grown very attached to that rifle, but those big guns were overriding my anger at the moment. I gulped loudly, and started to slowly back away "Ahm rather famished chasing you three around so how's bout this. I'll kill the small one, and the mare and then the black one and I can eat. I'm thinking Redemption dogs topped with sliced colt!" okay this canibalistic fuck was getting on my nerves a little.

      "I don't even eat meat, but even if I did I wouldn't eat any you cooked you bitch!" I shouted back. Sure my comeback was cheesy, but it was a spur of the moment so I'd say I did rather well all things considered. This caused her to snarl, and reload her rifles. She aimed them at me...fuck. She placed her mouth on the battle saddles trigger, and went to bite down...the shot never came because Redemption beat her to it. A flurry if 5.56 rounds slammed into our attacker ripping holes in her armor in various places she even broke one of the rifles. Woohoo!

      "Why you little cunt you broke mah favorite gun!" exclaimed...no that's putting it lightly more like yelled with a furious passion aiming the second gun ignoring the several dozen holes adorning her hide. I used my magic, and pried the other rifle off much to Kind Hearts dismay, and floated it over to me.

      "Any last words bitch!" Flaming spat at the now unarmed mare. My new gun was pointed right in her direction, my magic gently caressed the trigger, but didn't pull it. While everything else about me was calm my mind, and physical form weren't. "Ink shoot her." I gawked at him.

      "But she's unarmed! On another note I'm no killer!" I spat back "Were leaving, and were taking half of her supplies, and that's that!" Redemption looked angry for a moment, but just sighed.

      "Fine" she shot Kind Heart in the leg causing the mare to yell out in pain as she fell to the floor holding her now wounded leg Redemption stuck her tounge out at the crippled mare, and I glared at her "What? I didn't kill her did I?" I just groaned in annoyance and started going around the apartment gathering up supplies, and ammo. I even found a new assault rifle! Yay! I even found a decent amount of 50mg rounds for the AMR (anti-machine rifle).

      "Alright were headed out, and Kind Heart" she looked up at me eyes full of anger, pain, and misery "Change your life style, or I won't let you live like I did this time." I looked at my Pip-buck, and somehow (I have no clue how) it gave me Cherry's exact location. "Were headed out." I announced trotting out the door my gang right behind me. First step get Cherry, last step give DJ-Pon3 that visit he was asking for. I'd really like to talk to sompony who wast trying to eat me, shoot me, or otherwise harm me. If the DJ tried any of that...well I have a new gun.

      We met up with Cherry about twenty minutes later, and continued our little journey. We only found out later that Redemption had been stabbed so we were forced strey away from our path. A quick look at my Pip-buck stated that there was a small town nearby hopefully there would be a doctor, or at least a guy with a couple of healing potions! If he didn't I was going to scream so hard...is that a pony?

      Sure enough ahead of us was a group of ponies one had a duster the other was wearing a lab coat a doctor perhaps? "Hey!" I called trying to get their attention "My friend is hurt, and we are in need of assistance!"

      The one in the lab coat stood up, and shouted back "Well stop yelling, and bring him/ her over here then!" judging by the voice she was a mare, and rather young too maybe 16? 15? Who knows. Redemption was drapped over my back half asleep from blood loss. I wasted no time getting over there. One thing that surprised me was that they were both pegasi! Also their lack of cutiemark which in its place was a brand of Rainbow Dashes cutiemark labeled them dashites. As for what a dashite is children I'll enlighten you. A dashite is a pegasus that has abandoned the Enclave in favor of trying to help those of us that live in the wasteland.

      The doctor was a white pegasus mare with a light blue mane. The other one was a buck, and his fur was red except his hooves which were black, and his mane was purple. "Lay your friend down on my bedroll I'm going to get my supplies." so I put Redemption down on the ratty bedroll. The wound in her side was still bleeding though not as bad as before still bad! Not a minute later the pegasus mare returned "Give me some room please." she asked of us. I nodded, and took a few steps back.

      "Is she going to be okay?" Cherry asked a bit concerned.

"Of course she is. I haven't lost a patient yet have I?" the mare reassured.

      "You've actually lost quite a few." her companion retorted making Cherry worried.

"Don't listen to Darkened he's a dick. I'm Winter Rose, and this is my traveling hospital!"

Footnote

Level up!

Perk gained- Wasteland Knowledge- After reading the Wasteland Survival guide, and living in the wastes yourself your no longer some innocent stallion form the past. Your a wastelander. +15 to survival, and all combat skills. Also +1 intelligence.