Fallout equestria: key of ruin

Fallout equestria: key of ruin

Prologue

War.....war never changes but at the same time, war changes everything. War changed equestria that's for sure. War created the megaspells, war created the balefire bombs, war created the wasteland. War created the many ponies that attempted to change the wasteland. Ponies like little pip, blackjack, hired gun...... And blacklight... This is his tale. A story That started 21 years ago, in stable 37........

It was chaos, the entire stable errupted into panic, but one stallion was calm in the chaos. He was a grey unicorn stallion with a black mane and a police baton for a cutie mark. He wore a stable security uniform. His name was civil protection, and he was looking for his son. He ran down the hallways towards his designated quarters. Praying that his child was safe.

"dear celestia please tell me they haven't got my son...."

He opened the door to his room and to his relief, his infant son, a grey colt with a black mane and green eyes was asleep. His son's name was backlight.

"thank goodness" said civil protection.

Civil protection began packing all his essential belongings into two saddle bags His spare uniforms, baby toys, books, ammo for his gun, and finally his own son.

"it's not safe here anymore, I need to find a new home, for both of us" muttered civil protection.

He ran out of his room and towards the direction of the overmare's office.

Upon entering, Civil quickly found that nobody else was in the room.

"she's not here" said civil protection.

Civil looked at the control terminal that stood behind the overmare's chair.

"I know there's a way out here....."

Civil logged onto the terminal and typed in a code.

"1949, the override code"

Upon entering the code, the overmare's deck lifted up revealing a staircase.

"I knew it" said civil protection. "there's always a back door"

Civil ran down the stairs and came upon a large stable door.

"this is it...." said civil.

Civil pulled the lever that opened the door and the door slowly opened, revealing the wasteland outside. Civil walked out of the stable and into the wasteland as the stable door closed behind him. The loud noise of the door opening caused backlight to peak his head out if the saddlebag.

"well son," began civil protection. "this is our home now....."

Civil looked up into the cloud filled sky.

<---- seven years later ---->

Civil protection walked through the scrapyard that had become his home. He settled into a shack there after leaving the stable. His son, now age seven walked next to him.

"keep an eye out for anything to salvage" said civil.

"you can count on me dad!" replied blacklight cheerfully.

Back scanned the piles of rusted scrap. But something caught his eye.

" what's that dad?" asked blacklight pointing to something sticking out of a pile of scrap.

"let's find out" replied civil as he walked over to the pile.

Civil picked up scrap with his magic and tossed it to the side untill he uncovered what was within. It was a zebra corpse. A fresh one at that. By civil's guess it couldnt have died more that two days ago. It's bags were full and it had something around his neck.

"what is it?" asked backlight.

Civil looked at his son and smiled.

"our lucky break"

Civil took the saddlebags off or the corpse and put them on himself. Then he took a look at what was on his neck. It was a black piece of metal that resembled a key tied to a piece of string. Civil decided to take it as well.

"come on son" said civil.

The two headed back to the shack.

Backlight was awakened in the middle of the night by his father.

"black wake up!"

"what is it dad?" backlight rubbed his eyes.

Civil looked his son in the face.

"you need to listen carefully" instructed civil.

Civil too the key like object that he acquired from the zebra and put it around black's neck.

"you need to take this and run, run as far away as you can from here, take the back door. Go!"

Black ran out through a dog door like exit in the back of the shack but he paused after hearing a loud noise and peaked his head through his exit. Inside 3 zebras were confronting civil while another two were restraining him. They all wore metal armor that covered their front, their front legs, back legs, and they wore metallic masks. They had glowing devices on their backs. One was different however, he wore a green jacket and had a combat knife holstered on his hind leg. One of his eyes had a scar over it.

"sir I will not ask again" said the scarred zebra. "where is the key"

Civil looked directly at him

"the key Is far away from here, your never going to get it!"

The zebra growled and took out his knife.

"you really want to die? Don't you!" yelled the zebra.

"go to hell" said civil

The zebra smiled.

"after you"

The zebra slit civil's throat, killing him.

"clean thus mess up" yelled the zebra. "I want that key!"

Black shocked by what he had just witnessed did just as his father told him, He ran, tears flowing down his cheeks.

Blacklight ran all night long. He began to grow weak however. He was tired and had to sleep.

"so..... Tired....."

Backlight found the wreckage of a carriage.

"thank goodness."

Black hopped inside the carriage, curled up into a ball and fell asleep.

"check that carriage for supplies!"

Those where the first words backlight heard when he awoke. Moments after the door to the carriage was torn off and a menacing creature that was part eagle and part lion wearing black combat armor stood in the doorway.

"what the heck?" said the creature, noticing backlight. "check this out!"

Two more similar creatures walked up next to him.

"what's a foal doing here?" asked one of them.

Black was scarred stiff, he couldn't move his legs and he was shaking.

"move it, your scaring him"

The three were pushed to the side by a fourth one, slightly larger than the others and wearing green recon armor

"done be afraid" said the larger creature.

He extended his claw to blacklight. Blacklight Built up the courage to respond.

"what are you?" asked blacklight.

The creature stood there.

"we are griffins." answered the creature now identified as a griffin." my name is Alvere. Where are your parents?"

Black lowered his ears recalling the events of the previous night.

"they arnt round are they?" asked Alvere.

Black shook his head.

"poor kid......."

"alvere!" called one of the other griffins. "we need to get back! Lero is waiting for us!"

Alvere looked at blacklight.

"come on kid." said Alvere. "it's not safe here."

Blacklight hopped out of the carriage. One of the griffins looked at Alvere.

"you seriously arnt bringing him back, are you?"

Alvere smiled.

"I am."

The griffins had brought Alvere back with them to their camp. Alvere stood in front of a black griffin his size wearing grey combat armor.

"you brought an orphan here?" said the griffin.

"sir, I'm not going to leave him to fend for himself in the wastes" said Alvere. "lero, Im not saying that were going to make him a talon."

The griffin now identified as lero gave Alvere a stern look.

"I'll make you a deal since we are friends." replied lero. "if you want to keep him around, then he is your responsibility. But once he can fend for himself, he's out of here."

Alvere gave his leader and friend a salute.

"thanks lero".

Blacklight sat as he watched two griffins spar.

"wow" said blacklight. "they are good"

"hey kid"

Alvere walked up to blacklight.

"I talked it over with lero," said Alvere. " you can stay here Iif you want. Live with me and my son"

Blacklight's eyes lit up with joy.

"would I!?" beamed blacklight.

Alvere smiled.

"let's show you your new home"

Alvere led black to a large metal storage crate that had been converted into a makeshift home.

"here we are, black was it?"

Blacklight noded.

"this is where you will be staying" said Alvere. "blade! There's someone I want you to meet!"

A small griffin black's age rushed out of the crate. He wore a security helmet that was way too big for him.

"yeah dad?" asked the young griffin.

"blade this is blacklight, he will be living with us. Black, this is my son blade" said Alvere.

Blade slowly walked up to blacklight.

"hiya!" greeted blade.

"hi" replied black.

"I'll let you two get acquainted" said Alvere as he flew off.

Blade offered a claw to black, black stared at it for a few seconds m them shook it with his hoof.

"this is going to be great!" yelled blade. "were going to be like brothers!"

Black smiled.

"brothers"

<----three years layer---->

Blacklight had become accustomed to living with the talons. Most of them enjoyed blacklight's presence but his curiosity got on their nerves every now and then. Blade even Began calling blacklight his brother.

Blade ran out of his shipping crate home with blacklight following.

"can't catch me!" yelled blade.

"yes I can!" replied blacklight.

But the griffin was more athletic than he was and he tired out.

"darn it!" cried black.

"ha ha!" boasted blade. "told ya bro! Only way ya can catch me is if you could teleport!"

That gave blacklight an idea.

"teleport......"

Black concentrated hard on a location in front of blade's path.

"I want to go there....." Whispered blacklight.

Black's horn began to give off a green glow and he vanished in a flash of light.then reappearing in front of the running griffin.

"woah!" yelled blade.

While he was startled, blacklight tackled the griffin just as he was running towards him.

"how did you do that!?" asked blade.

Blacklight looked at his horn.

"magic." replied black with a smile.

Black got off of blade and helped him up.

"guess ya got me this time" said blade, adjusting his still oversized helmet.

"you playing fair?"

The two noticed that Alvere was watching them.

"dad!" yelled blade. "your home!"

Alvere gave his son a quick hug then looked at blacklight.

"I brought you two back something" said Alvere.

"you did!?" said blacklight enthusiastically.

"yes" replied Alvere

Alvere took a pocket knife out of his bag and handed it to blade.

"don't cut yourself" said Alvere.

Blade looked at his knife with awe.

"cool....."

"here's your gift black" said Alvere pulling something from his bag.

It was a grey device with a screen and some dials. A pip-buck

"wow! My own pip buck!" said blacklight, hopping with joy.

Blacklight sliped his left hoof into the device.

"it's damaged a little bit" said Alvere. "you can't use the S.A.T.S, but most of the other features should work."

Blacklight flipped through the different sections of the pip buck.

"this is great!" cheered blacklight. "thanks!"

Alvere smiled.

"glad to see ya like them." said Alvere "I'm gunna be at the range with scrapper if you need me."

Alvere walked away leaving the two children to their gifts.

"hey black" started blade.

"yeah bro?" replied blacklight.

"when did that get there?" said blade pointing to his flank.

Black looked at his flank and froze. A minute ago it was blank, but now his flank displayed an image of a black crescent moon with a star next to it. He had gotten his cutie mark.

"my cutie mark!" squealed blacklight.

The grey unicorn began bouncing up and down yelling "yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes!" while blade watched confused.

"this is the best day ever!" yelled blacklight.

Blade stared at him for a moment before responding.

"what the hay is a cutie mark?"

<----six years later---->

Blacklight had grown into a healthy unicorn. His mane was longer than it was six years ago. He still wore the key around his neck and he had never once parted with it. His magic improved greatly, he was more skilled with magic than most unicorns his age were. Blade had grown as well, he now wore a set if blue-black combat armor and his helmet fit him better that it used to and he had learned to fly.

Blacklight lifted up a rock with his magic and threw it at a target painted on an even bigger rock. The rock shattered upon hitting the center of the target.

"bullseye!" yelled blacklight.

Blade swooped in and landed next to blacklight.

"hey bro, you excited?" asked blade.

"godesses yes!" replied blacklight.

They were both 16, the age where they would begin firearm training.

"well let's go bro!" said blade.

The two ran through the camp, both very excited.

The two arrived at the firing range to find a griffin wearing metal armor waiting for them. His name was scrapper.

"you ready to start shooting?" asked scrapper.

The two replied in unison.

"YES!"

They both smiled.

"enthusiasm, I like that" said scrapper.

Scrapper lead the two to an open area with targets set up.

"alright, choose your weapon"Instructed scrapper, pointing at a nearby table.

The table had two pistols on it. A black 10mm pistol , and a grey 9mm pistol.

"dibs!" yelled blade picking up the 10mm pistol in his claw.

Black lifted up the 9mm pistol with his magic.

"fire when ready!" yelled scrapper.

The two began blind firing, missing almost every shot.

"no no no!" yelled scrapper. "you need to aim down your sights, then you might actually hit something!"

Blade took his advice and looked down the sight, aiming at a pot with a bullseye painted on it. He pulled the trigger and the bullet hit dead on, shattering the pot.

"nice work" said scrapper.

Blacklight looked down the sights of his pistol and aimed it At a dart board hung on the side of a nearly destroyed brick wall. He pulled the trigger and his bullet hit the dart board.

"beautiful" said scrapper "just beautiful".

Blacklight and blade walked towards their abode. Guns in holsters.

"now that was fun." said blade.

"and we get to do it again tomorrow." replied blacklight.

The two smiled, they would always remember is day.

<----four years later---->

Blacklight had matured into a powerful unicorn. He was very skilled with his magic. He was still curious, but he exercised restraint. He now wore a black vest and a black band on his front right leg. They key remained around his neck as it had been for most of his life. Blade still looked the same. Except that his helmet actually fit now.

Black and blade stood in the sparing ring. They were about to spar. A grey griffin in leather armor watched over them.

"go!" yelled the grey griffin appropriately named grey.

Blade rushed towards blacklight and swiped at him with his claws, however blacklight dodged the attack and stepped backwards. Blade responded by lunging at him. However blacklight jumped over blade as he was nearing him, but blade saw it coming. He kicked knocked blacklight down with his hind legs and turned around quickly holding his talons inches away from blacklight's face.

"give up?" snickered blade.

Blacklight smiled.

"you win again bro." he replied.

Blade extended his arm to help blacklight up, but then black made his move. He grabbed blade using magic and slammed him onto the ground.

"hey no fair!" said blade.

Blacklight got up and stood over blade.

"you forgot the number one rule lero taught us" said blacklight, releasing his hold on blade.

"never let your guard down"

Blade got up and dusted himself off.

"it's hardly fair, you can use magic." said blade.

"fighting isn't fair" explained grey, as he approached the two.

"you always need to have your guard up, your enemy wont surrender easily"

"guess your right" said blade.

Alvere sat next to lero in his private tent.

"your son has much promise Alvere" started Lero.

"thank you" replied Alvere.

"he will make a fine talon, just like you" added Lero. "but that isn't why I called you here"

"it's about blacklight isn't it?" said Alvere.

Lero nodded.

"he's almost 21, he has shown much skill in his magic." stated Lero. "he is almost able to fend for himself...."

Alvere looked down at the ground before replying.

"I knew this day would come....... Its just...... I wish he could stay, be a talon like me, like his brother will be."

"you know unicorns can't be talons Alvere" Lero Stated. "and blade isn't his brother...."

"lero, I know I just-"

Lero interrupted him.

"Alvere, we knew each other most of our lives. I was there when you met your wife."

Lero put his claw on alvere's shoulder.

" you did right with him. But he has to leave, he needs to choose his own path."

Alvere looked at lero.

"how long till he's ready?" asked Alvere.

Lero took his claw off of his shoulder and gave him an answer.

"about a year".

<----one year later---->

Blacklight woke up in his bed. Today was the day. He knew it was going to happen sooner or later, today was the day he would leave. Blacklight got out of bed and slipped his vest on. Then he walked out of the crate. It was morning.

"hey bro" he heard a voice.

Blacklight saw blade walk up next to him.

"today is the big day, isnt it?" asked blade.

"yep." answered blacklight.

Blade put his claw on his shoulder.

"I'm getting my first job soon" said blade. "maybe I'll see you out there."

Blacklight smiled.

"I hope so" replied blacklight.

"come on, let's eat" said blade.

The two towards the direction of the mess hall.

After eating his breakfast, his final meal in camp, everyone was called to the front gate.

"today is a sad, yet joyful day" announced lero. "today, blacklight leaves to blaze his own path, to make his own mark, to choose his own destiny!"

Scrapper approached blacklight holding a saddlebag.

"this is a goodbye present from means some of the others here" said scrapper. "stitch from the medical tent put some medical supplies in there, butch the chef put some canned goods and some water in there, and I put in something more personal"

Blacklight picked up the saddle bag with magic, opened it and took out a gun. It was a 9mm pistol, the same kind of gun he used for gun training. There was some extra ammo and magazines for the gun in the bag as well.

"this is very thoughtful scrapper" said blacklight, putting the saddlebag on his back and putting the pistol back in it's pouch. "thank you"

"least we could do for ya boy" replied scrapper as he walked back into the crowd of griffins. The next one to approach him was lero.

"blacklight," said lero "you would have made a damn good talon. On behalf of myself, I give you a parting gift.

Lero took out a knife holster with a combat knife it it and put the holster on his left hind leg.

"you may not have claws or wings like us" began lero, "but that doesn't mean you can't have a good blade."

Lero gave a salute which blacklight returned. Blacklight then saw blade approach him.

"bro" blade started. "no matter what happens, we are always going to be brothers." black saw some tears forming in his adoptive brother's eyes.

"always" replied blacklight.

Blacklight gave him a quick hug. Then turned to see Alvere approaching him.

"blackli-" Alvere stopped himself but then began his sentence again.

"son..... When I first saw you, you were scared and alone....." black could tell this was hard for him. "but now, my godess, your better with magic than any unicorn I ever met, you grew up safe, if your real father could see you now, I'm sure he would be proud of you"

Blacklight saw tears starting to pour from Alvere's eyes.

"I may not have been your biological father.... But you were like a second son to me..... Don't forget me..... I have one final gift for you..."

Alvere took out a book with an image of a pony's head on it and sliped it into blacklight's saddle bag.

"my father used to read me this book when I was a child" said Alvere. "I read it to blade when he was three.....I want you to have it."

Black could feel tears forming in his eyes.

"you shouldn't have......" said blacklight. "I'll treasure it always.... And Alvere"

Alvere looked at blacklight with tears in his eyes and he could see that blacklight was crying now too.

"thank you for being my dad"

Blacklight gave Alvere a hug, tears streaming down his cheeks. Then ended the hug and approached the main gate to the camp.

"open the gates!" commanded lero.

The gates opened revealing the wasteland outside. Blacklight looked one last time at the griffins that saved him, raised him like one of their own, taught him to survive. Blacklight smiled one last time.

"goodbye everyone" said blacklight.

Blacklight walked through the gates that separated him from the wasteland outside. He could hear the gate close behind him. He knew he was ready. Blacklight couldn't stay any longer, he had to blaze his own path, make his own mark, choose his own destiny. And he knew what he was going to do.

He looked at the key that had been with him all those years. Blacklight remembered the sight of his real father being murdered by those zebras, how his father died to give him a future, the one with the scar that in a second, took everything from him. Blacklight was going to find that zebra, and avenge his father.

"I'm going to find you" blacklight told himself. "and I will kill you."

Blacklight trekked into the wide wastes with a goal in mind.

But blacklight did not know that his mission would change the western wastes as everypony knew it........

To be continued.......

NEW TRAITS!

< magical prodigy- your magic is more advanced than most unicorns your age, you gain +10 to magic and and extra 5 points to magic with each level. However your unarmed damage is decreased by 5 points.

< just curious- your very curious, everything interests you. You gain +2 perception, and an extra 5 points to speech. But your intelligence is decreased by 2 points.

MAGIC SPELLS LEARNED

short range teleportation- you can teleport short distances. However the spot you want to teleport to has to be within your field of vision.