Prologue
Welcome to Hoofington land of the suck,the gardens of equestria had limited range namely equestria proper. Sure it’s not as bad as it was when my mother roamed around as security,sure the innervation is mostly gone,crazed raiders no longer roam freely as they once did however some still consider the reapers raiders.
Then theres the society Prince Splendid wants to take over the hoof, so far his sister Princess Grace and mom have firmly put his plans on hold. Guess Splendid will have to make do scuffling with the reapers,making ill fated passes and Princess Solitaire.
Oh I forgot to mention thats me Princess Solitaire daughter of Queen Blackjack of the society, not that mother really uses that title or considers herself Queen mother leaves all that to Princess Grace.
Now you might think we live the high life of royalty don’t you? well you're wrong I live in chapel it’s a modest place to live. Mostly fillies and foals well not any more most of them have grown up and stayed on as crusaders or left to meet their own ends. Once and awhile they take the walk but thankfully pilgrims are becoming less common
All that said chapel is a nice place to grow up but it’s gotten BORING, mom won’t let me go out, aside the odd trips with her and company to megamart or to attend social function at the society the latter she tries to avoid like the raider plague!
The biggest highlights is when the seapony pull into dock or when a once a year or so caravan pulls in from junction 7. Seems mom plays cards cards and drinks wild pegasus with both the captain of the sea pony and the rather handsome brown pegasus caravan leader never did pay attention to his name one of few thats a better shot than mom,
I just want to get the buck out of chapel,out of my mothers shadow and everyponies expectations of me. Look I love my mom but I tired of ponies expecting me to be the next security I want to be my own pony!
After mother teaching me maksponyship,dads explosives expertise,learning to pick locks and hack just made my head hur. Glory’s medical teaching stuck Iearned how to treat my wouns and such so hey thats something/
That so much to ask? I’ve gather up nearly 500 caps to may name with luck I can get some gear from charity a rathe ironic name for a cap monger. Sneak out to mega mart and head for the black mountains north, I know there’s a pass that leads to other unexplored places, I don’t want to leave forever just enough to get a break from being securities kid.
Wasteland here I come!
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I would like thank Somber for some of the best reading and writing and inspiring me to write this, Fuzzy murky and all the great, Mimezinga for the light hearted pink eyes I will have used inserts and character reference and even direct descendants in this fiction. Last but least KKat for the wonderful setting and inspiration as well, also a special thank you to #Fallout Equestria
Chapter One
All in
“Know when to hold'em,Know when fold `em,Know when to walk away, Know to run”
Kenny Rogers
Morning in hoofington greeted me yawning as I arose, I stared at the starry ceiling for a moment she told me this was Rampages room when she was here. Mother never fully explained that bit save she was a friend since passed,walking to view myself in the mirror yep same white coat with a blue and black striped mane and two purple eyes peering back at me. Looking back to my side to see the same ace of spades adorning my flanks.
Licking my hoof to smooth over my wild made before grabbing the crusaders cloak in my magic and draping it over me, all dressed up to go nowhere. I Trotted down the stairs ready for more training and hoping dad was cooking.
Reaching the downstairs I could smell it my other mother was cooking, maybe I could sneak out? I lowered to crawl across the living room hoping to escape taste bud torture, really somepony needs to get that mare a cook book!
No such luck for me mother was already eating that..stuff I don’t want to call food, the only one that DID enjoy my other mothers cooking was mom. Father without turning called “Solitaire come eat breakfast with the rest of us, we aren’t going to suffer alone”. Giving a groan as a cantered over and sat at the table,giving a huff to see what my other mother was burning this time.
Smoke started to rise from the stove that of course means breakfast was almost ready,normally my other mother would start serving about now. However this morning my tastebuds were spare as horrific BOOM filled the air,all of us raced to the window to see a sickly black pillar of smoke rising from chapel.
Mom,my other morning and father quickly snatched up their gear and started racing towards it. I began to follow as mom turned worriedly ordering me “Solitaire you stay here until one of us comes for you”
I sighed dejectedly replying “Yes mom”, then she rushed out the door slamming it behind her. THEY always did this leave behind to face danger, I mean I am a big mare I’ve had a lifetime of training from the best the hoof can offer!
Being the reasonable daughter I rushed out after them,as I got closer I could make out a caravan wagon had exploded. Something was off why were caravaners attacking?,all questions that could wait as a moved ever faster unarmed and unarmored into a skirmish.
The din of battle filled my ears as I stalked around the post office,watching my parents fight and shout commands. This was like watching a ballet in a way,mom blasting the raiders with her guns,my airborne mother raining beams of death. Father of course made the bad ponies go BOOM.
I was so entranced by it all I missed the one sneaking up on me,I let out a ouff as he bowled me over. The skinny dirty brown earth pony buck pinning me down, his yellow eyes were pinpricks as he held the rusted knife in his teeth. I felt something firm trying to press into my nether bits!
Scream “oh no you don’t!”,as I kicked up toss him clear off as he was much lighter I was and I had martial training behind me. Rolling to my hoofs giving him time to recover his footing, her laughed at charged me again.
I was ready for him and much stronger as our bodies collided, kicking him away hitting him square in the muzzle. I heard a wet crunch as blood started to run down his nostrils, that didn’t stop him from giggling in a disturbing way and licking his own blood seemingly enjoying the taste.
That gave me time my horn flared now I couldn’t toss magical bullets like mom did, I could however use my magic to heighten my own combat awareness something I should have done racing here. Time slowed somewhat nothing close to the zen of sats but enough.
I could see the weakness in his stance as I charge moving shiftly enough to take him off guard,watching him fall over. Our places were reversed as I stood over him,feeling him struggle, I was too strong for him to overpower.
I shouted at him asking “What the hell are you doing, who the hell are you?”, he just giggled and chittered incoherently. I put my hoof down knocking him on the side of the head as he went limp. Not dead but not getting up for awhile,I thought there was a cure for that?
Looking over to the battle as I carefully tried to hid coming over a dead raider searching him quickly a 9mm pistol not in bad shape with 2 clips of ammo. Well better than nothing at least rushing to the next hot spot
There I saw mom in the center of town fighting off raiders by celestia thats lot of corpses.yelling “Why don’t you just bucking give up already, I don’t want to kill all of you but I will if you make me!”, she was looking down five raiders.
This was my chance to prove to mom I was a big mare now! I rushed to her leveling my eye with the pistols sights,firing two shots at the lead raider the first one hitting his right foreleg the second deep into his chest spurting blood as he fell over, I felt so proud of myself, I had helped mom and saved ponies right?
Mom looked over at me the source of shots, I’d never seen mom make a face of terror like that before. Why wasn’t she happy to see me? ,I was helping her as she would right?, I mean I am securities daughter and security saves ponies right?
Father was in time to pulp the group with a grenade, mother yelling at me “Solitaire go home NOW!’, Why was mother mad?, I had just helped he after all.
Allegro offered “Uh Solitaire let me get you home they can handle it from here”, casting my eyes to the ground as my ears dropped following Allegro home. What was going on I was just helping,doing what I was expected to do some day right?.
As I got to the door Allegro offer “look I know you meant well, your mother was just worried about you, I am sure she understands. Look if you're not grounded for the rest of your life, I’ll be happy to hear all about it over a sparkle cola”
I solemnly replied “Thank you Allegro, I just don’t understand mom, I was only doing what she would have done. why was she so angry?”
To which Allegro answered ‘I rightly don’t know but I suppose she’ll tell you, don’t worry I am sure it’ll all work out alright”. pausing to add “Normal time this weekend?”.
I blushed and dumbly nodded before ducking into the house, heading up to my room placing the pistol on the night stand. This time removing the clip and emptying the chamber, last thing I needed was a lecture on firearm safety from mom.
Time dragged on as I waited in my room,watching from my window as the flaming wagon was put out and cleanup started. I saw my mothers trotting up to the door they were talking but I couldn’t make out what. They entered but I only heard one coming up, I knew it was mom I know those hoof steps anywhere.
The door creaked open mom stepped to the nightstand checking the pistol before setting it back down. giving a sigh she stated “you forgot to put the safety on”. Making her way over to the window next to me, sitting hard.
Taking a breath to gather her thoughts, softly speaking “I am sorry I yelled you, I know you wanted to help but you should have stayed here. I don’t know what I would do if you were hurt or killed, what you did was reckless something I would have done in my younger days I expected you to do better’ She then nuzzled me great she was going to gush motherly concern.
she whimpered “Just please don’t do that again, I did all that stuff back then so you didn’t have to, I am security you don’t have follow after me. I didn’t have a choice..you do and I want it to be your choice not just because you want to follow in my footsteps alright?”. she sniffed trying to hold back her tears.
I could only answer “Alright mom”, she sat there holding me for what seemed the longest time
. Finally she let go kissed me just below my horn. Before looking me over with a smile before leaving me to my own thoughts. My thoughts were I need to go out and have a drink, putting the pistol in one of the pockets of my crusaders cloak I slipped out the back door.
Meeting Allegro behind the charity’s as always, she greetings “Ah you mom didn’t ground you forever I see?” adding a good layer of tease in her voice as she held the six pack of sparkle cola in her magic, her favorite drink of all time. Floating one over to me as she took a draw off of hers.
I nodded ‘yea she went all gushy on me, she still sees me as her little blank flank, I am almost a mare dammit. I tried to help..and it’s like...she tries to keep me safe from EVERYTHING”. I complained taking the offered drink, sighing as I took a chug enjoying the carroty taste.
Allegro huffed with annoyance “you should feel lucky, many of us would trade limbs to have our parents back. you have it easy your mom is famous I mean there isn’t a foal in the wasteland that wouldn’t mind missing something for you mom”. Glugging her drink down before adding “So off to our little spot today?”
I nodded goddesses knew I need to feel good about now, finishing my drink as we arrived. Just a small clearing not too deep into the woods, tossing the empty behind me. Allegro put down the picnic cloth and invitingly waved me over, the removal of my cloak and peeling off her barding followed. The soft sounds we made I hope went unnoticed I really didn’t need mom,dad or my other mother walking in on us..
We laid in that small clear both of us glowing with smiles, a buttery warmth swept through me,yawning as I stretched out. Then I heard a slide being pulled back. Looking over Allegro had found my new pistol.
She cooed “Oh not bad equestrian arms inc, nine millimeter thirteen round mag. I thought your mom would have given you something more substantial like a ten millimeter”. She sate the pistol back where she found it.
I sighed “She didn’t give it me I found it, Allegro I think I need to figure out what I need to do I said rolling to me hooves. Gripping my cloak and slinging it over my back once more. Smiling back “Thank you again I am heading home”.
She smiled and replied “Sure thing Solitaire, just remember we all need to think about that once and awhile”. ass he laid back down.
I headed home I knew what I had to do, I had to get out of chapel and make my own way, I’ve anted up and I am going all in!
Level up
Perk gained: Cherez La Filly, you do extra damage to ponies of the same gender also you gain a bonus to speech and seduction if their barn door swings that way. You REALLY take after your mother don’t you Solitaire?.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Once again I would like thank Somber for some of the best reading and writing and inspiring me to write this, Fuzzy murky and all the great, Mimezinga for the light hearted pink eyes I will have used inserts and character reference and even direct descendants in this fiction. Last but least KKat for the wonderful setting and inspiration as well, also a special thank you to #Fallout Equestria for all your support.
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