Fallout Equestria: A Heart Full of Bullets

"Alright, Appleseed you ready to go," I called Into my bedroom where she was grabbing my battle saddle.

I should have went in there to help, but she insisted. I heard hoofsteps and something being dragged across the wood floor. The door finally opened and Appleseed appeared with the handle of the saddle in her mouth, a makeshift smile on her face,

"Took you long enough," I said jokingly, she said something back but it was too muffled to make out,

I took the saddle from her and threw it onto my back, the weight would have been unbearable if it weren't for how many times I had used it. I remembered back to the conversation with Rosepetal, luckily Appleseed hadn't told her about what had happened those few hours ago. She just wanted us to leave early, I wished I could've known why. Finally, after a good hour or two, I had decided we would leave early, so Appleseed wouldn't see me like that again. I pushed the thought to the back of my head as Appleseed jumped under my hood and onto my saddle, where she would once again be the lump.

"The Journey is about four days, give or take with what could happen, so you will be walking from time to time, alright," she nodded in agreement, her cream colored head and brown mane sticking out of the hood,

She grinned,

"Ah can't wait to get home and see mah sister, she will be so happy," I smirked and stared ahead,

hopefully we can avoid any trouble, especially all of the bounty hunters after my ads, not to mention that alicorn,

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"Hey kid, wake up," I whispered as I nuzzled a sleeping Appleseed awake,

"Ah don't wanna get up Rosepetal, leave me alone," I pulled back and sighed,

Appleseed had been on my back all day,

talk about a pony that makes a commitment, I snickered at the thought,

But hey, she was only a filly, couldn't really blame her. We had been walking with no breaks, meaning I had to pass water and food back to her and I didn't get any, so not only was I tired, I was hungry. The sun was also setting, so I had to find a semi-safe place to camp, which happened to be a small, abandoned cave. It was safe as in I wouldn't be sleeping, I didn't sleep much anyways, so no biggie, but other than that, it was unsafe. I pushed my muzzle into Appleseed's side again,

"Wake up kid," she groaned and tried to roll over in response,

I moved in the opposite direction of her roll, sending her to the hard rock below,

SMACK

"HEY, why didn't you catch me!" She glared at me as she stood up,

"I tried to wake you up but you wouldn't so when you rolled, I let you fall," I told her, a small smirk on my face,

"Well that was mean," she said, rubbing her side,

"You're going to learn that I'm not patient when it comes to a long trip, especially when I'm carrying another pony's weight," I glared at her before turning towards the cave entrance,

"Get some more sleep kid, because tomorrow, you're walking," I started towards the entrance,

She yawned,

"What about you, aren't you gonna sleep," I stopped,

"I don't sleep, I...I haven't since I left my stable," I shivered at the thought of that day with the raiders,

"You...you lived in a stable,"

"Why are you so surprised, every pony with skin on 'em lived in a stable, some just couldn't keep control of themselves after they left,"

"Its just...I thought that because the raiders had been out here for so long they became crazy," I turned,

"Everypony had to start somewhere even the raiders," I shook the thoughtlessly before turning to the outside,

"Just get some sl-"

"Why aren't you with your stable folk," I froze,

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"YOU LIKE SEEING YOUR MOTHER GETTING RAPED, HUH BOY, HUH,"

"MOM!"

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I shook my head,

"We won't be discussing that, now get some sl-"

"Bu-" she interrupted,

"NO..." I sighed and looked at the ground

"Look...just get some sleep okay, we have a long day tomorrow," and with that I turned and sat at the entrance of the cave,

thinking, why was I taking this filly home, all I had to do before was care for myself and now I was promising that I would protect the filly.

I sighed, this was going to be a long night.

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I stood outside the cave entrance, watching the sun rise into the sky. I yawned and turned my head to see Appleseed shaking the dust out of her coat,

"Ah need a bath, do you think we have any-"

"We aren't wasting water, you can take a bath when you're home," I interrupted sending a small glare in her direction,

"Well somepony's in a bad mood" she mumbled, trying to be quiet,

"Just pack up and put it on my back, you are walking today,"

"Yeah, yeah, Ah know, just give me a sec," I rolled my eyes and turned my attention to the outside world,

I sighed, why was I doing this again. I jumped at the sudden weight on my shoulders,

"Ah'm ready, but it doesn't look like you are," she looked me up and down,

"I'm fine now let's go," she looked at me one more time before shrugging,

I started forward, focusing on the path ahead. The first day we were lucky to have not run into trouble, but today we would be in raider territory, which meant we would most likely run into a patrol.

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I looked at the clock on my Pipbuck, it was about, three P.M. we had started walking around seven, which meant we would be coming up on the markers that meant raider territory. I looked at Appleseed, who had a smile on her face as she trot along side me,

"Hey we are about to hit raider territory, so jump under my cloak and don't, I repeat, don't bring your head out of my cloak until I say got it," she understood and immediately pushed her self on my back and under my cloak,

"Are you hanging on tight," the lump moved up and down,

I nodded and Sprint forward, if there was one thing we had to do, it was get out of there before nightfall.

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I slowed to a walk as the first marker came into view, an earth pony head mounted to a wooden spear, the sharp tip coming out of the head making it resemble a unicorn. I shuddered at the sight, I had seen them before but it still made uneasy. I walked up to the spear, the smell making me and Appleseed gag, I stood beside it and looked left and right, there were no figures, unless you count the dead trees and other markers, but no moving figures, not even a red beep on my EFS. I checked the the clock, three fifteen, I looked at what this place was called before the war, it didn't have one, instead the name sent a chill down my spine, Bloody Gulch. Raiders weren't the only things here, couldn't forget about hell hounds, that was one thing I didn't want to run in to. Hopefully, this would be like a stroll in the-

BANG BANG,

Two bullets flew to the ground behind,

SNIPER, I jumped for the nearest tree as another bullet hit the ground where I had been standing moments ago,

The lump moved around,

"KID, STAY DOWN AND DON'T MOVE," I jumped from behind the tree and bit the bit on my battle saddle, the assault rifles spraying bullets toward the source of the SNIPER, which happened to be one of the only buildings in the area, a small shack with most of the roof torn off,

Another bullet flew towards us, I tried to jump out of the way but I was to slow. I felt pain rip through my body as the bullet struck my knee. I fell to the ground, dazed, I soon felt something trying to push through me, but it couldn't. I slowly began to slip into unconsciousness, I felt my head throb and everything went black, the last thing I heard was a filly's voice calling my name.