Fallout Equestria: A Heart Full of Bullets

I awoke to the sound of a cackling pony,

"Wakey wakey ghosty, oh how pleased the king will be hehehaheh!" The voice howled with laughter,

I groaned and tried to stand, that is until I felt the leather straps holding me to whatever it was I was on. I pushed through my head to the last memory I had, gun shots, Appleseed calling my name, me blacking, wait...my eyes widened, Appleseed, I looked for the filly but I could only make out the raider pony and the small fire in the room plus a few chairs, cages, and a small table with my cloak and weapons on it,

"I must get the king and tell him that our guest is awake," the raider said, his voice a rough, high pitched sound,

I watched the raider leave before I started to squirm, trying to rip the straps off. As I pulled and stretched, I couldn't help but worry,

"Oh please be ok," I told myself, still struggling for freedom,

"Leaving, unnoticed is very rude, you know," I froze and turned my head to a faded, royal purple pony, a makeshift crown on his head,

"WHERE IS SHE," I yelled at what I was guessing, was the king, he looked at me confused,

"Who are you-" he froze, a smile forming on his face,

"-Do you mean the little filly who was beside you," my eyes widened, they knew about her which meant they had her,

"I swear if you laid a hoof on her I'll-"

"You'll what, kill me, you are in a very bad position to be threatening me ghost, but you should relax, she hasn't been found...yet-" what did he mean, yet, was she around here, did she escape,

"She will turn up...eventually, and it seems the only way to do that,"

-he picked up what looked like a branding tool in his mouth and slowly made his way to the fire-

"Is to bring pain to the one who took care of her," he placed the head into the fire, the metal turning a bright orange,

"Am I right Mr. The ghost," he started his way toward me, an evil grin forming on his face, indicating that he was a raider and not some civilized earth pony,

I struggled harder, my strength at its limit. I stopped struggling when his hoofsteps stopped,

"Now let's see how much this will-"

"KING, KING, KING," we both turned our heads to see two ponies gasping for breath,

"I thought I told you not interrupt my MEETINGS," he growled at the ponies, his voice no longer fancy,

"Yes, we know, but it's an emergency," the left one said, drool starting to leak from his mouth,

"Well, what is it then?" He asked, raising an eyebrow,

"Somepony has let all the prisoners out, they are heading this way as we speak," he dropped the brand,

"Well what are you standing around here for, go block up the entrance," he said, and charged through the two ponies, running for what was probably the blockades,

it took the two ponies to realize what had just happened before they charged after their leader. I took a sigh of relief and started my struggle,

Appleseed must have let the prisoners go, good thinking kid, I smirked as I heard a ripping sound and looked at the strap, raising an eyebrow in confusion,

The strap wasn't damaged, so what was it that-

"Psst, Bulletmoon, is that you," I turned my head to the voice,

"Appleseed?" I whispered back,

The filly appeared from the shadows, her fur and mane covered in soot and what looked like dirt,

"Yes, ah found you, thank Celestia you're ok, ah thought ah would have to reveal mahself if it wasn't for those prisoners escaping," she said before working on the straps, trying to get them undone,

"Yah know these straps aren't enchanted right, you could have easily undid them with magic," she said ripping off the last strap,

"Hey, he would've seen it and probably would have killed me, and what do you mean, I thought you let the prisoners free," I said and rolled off the table and on to my hooves,

"Nope, never did, and you say you would've been killed, but you took down ten raiders, unarmed,"

"How did you-" she held a hoof up and interrupted,

"Mah sister told me while you were outside in a pissy mood,"

"So that's what you talked about while I was outside," I said,

"Yep, now let's go before-"

"You aren't going any where," we turned our heads to see the king and the two raiders from before beside him, they all looked pissed, which meant they were going to attack us most likely,

"Let us go king, um whatever your name is, before somepony gets hurt," I told him trying to keep whatever monster inside of me from breaking free,

"NO, I'm tired of dealing with damn ponies getting away all the time, I am going to die tonight, and I will be taking that filly with me," he cackled before diving at Appleseed, I tried to jump in the way, but his two henchponies grabbed me and pushed me into the wall, holding me against it like shackles,

I watched as the king took hold of Appleseed and held her in a choke hold that in one move, he could snap her neck. He cackled furiously,

"Your lucky I don't have my knife or else, HAHAHA, I'D TEAR HER APART LIMB FROM LIMB, AHAHAHA," he stared me in the eyes, as if he was daring me to do something,

"What's your name little filly," he asked, still staring into my eyes,

I looked at Appleseed, she was shaking, tears were streaming down her face. I felt my blood start to boil again, I knew I was about to explode, I knew what was coming and there was no way I would be able to stop it, and I wasn't going to try,

"WHAT'S YOUR NAME," the raider yelled,

"A...Appleseed," and finally I snapped.