Prologue part 1 (Rewritten)
Time N/A
Tartarus
With a thud the great guardian Cerberus was brought to down to a whimpering mess, although it had not sustained any physical wounds, the physiological damage would take it out of commission for a short while to recover, as it large beast lay shaken and whimpering, a tall cloaked figure simply strode past it towards the inner most working of the nether plain to find his objective. He wondered for several days, passing demons and monsters alike which seemed to avoid the figure at all costs, the figure ignored the inhabitants as he searched until stumbling upon a worn chained cage. The cage held a seal which the hooded man didn’t recognise but it didn’t matter as he simply obliterated the chains and seal in a swift blast of sickening green magic.
Upon destroying the seal, the shadows which dwelled within began to shift and groan as they were awoken by the commotion, even in the darkness, the hooded man could see a pair of black eyes observe him with confusion and slight annoyance.
“Lord Tirek I presume?.... a little shorter than I expected” the hooded man questioned with a slight chuckle, his voice deep, echoed and unsettling, his features hidden by his hood
“Well you try and look good after being drained of all your magic, betrayed by your brother and then locked away from several millennia” Tirek stated with a strained voice as he stepped forward into the light showing his frail and aged form, his eyes focused on the figure to try and see who dared confront him “Who are you?” he quizzed curiously
“Your ticket to freedom” he replied which caused Tirek to raise an eyebrow
“And why would you desire to help me.... why should I even trust you when I can simply take your magic for myself?” he asked with a smirk which resulted in a eerie chuckle from his company
“By all means.... Try” he challenged which caused the aged centaur to smirk before he opened his mouth and inhaled some of the figure’s magic, moments later Tirek was coughing and wheezing on the floor of his cell
“What? I-I don’t get it. Why is your magic so revolting? What in Tartarus are you?” he demanded in between coughs
“As I said... your freedom” he said as he opened the cell door “Although it comes at a price” he stated
“What kind of price?” he asked feeling nervous and slighting scared of the figure
“Simple, you must take the most powerful beings out of commission long enough for me to complete part one of my plan” he said turning and waving his hand as a contract formed out of thin air
“Is that all?” he asked smirking “Should be simple enough” he confidently said as he strode out of his cell “if it makes it easier I could end the – “he was saying before he was cut off
“No I need them alive for my plan to work” he said handing the contract to the prisoner which he signed without reading “Good now go cause havoc” he stated before teleporting Tirek away before he could respond. A scroll appeared in front of the hooded man and he smirked “Part one... Complete, now to set up my wild card” he muttered before ripping open the very space in front of him and stepping through before sealing it behind him
3:45AM – Two years after the Great Vault 101 Opened
Capital wasteland -Tenpenny Tower Basement
The gurgle of the guard was muffled as a masked man held his hand over the guard’s mouth as the blade finished its deep run across the young man’s throat, the noise was heard for a few more moments before only silence was present and the masked man dropped the corpse to the cold floor before stepping into the control room. The man wore a cracked Hockey mask, a old faded brown duster which had a few bullet holes around the chest and stomach, a set of worn and faded Combat armour was slightly hidden underneath the duster, Blood splattered black combat boots with a switch blade hidden in the left boot, a set of Brotherhood holo tags around his neck and a old rucksack strapped to his back.
He walked to the control panel after cleaning the blood off his combat knife and sheathing it in a sheath on his right leg, he looked up at the grated window and saw the blast door and smirked before pulling out a heavy metal revolver which had a scope, unlike other .44 magnum’s, this .44 was jet black with a small hawk insignia on the wooden handle. After inspecting his firearm, the man placed it on a flat part of the panel, knowing he may have company as soon as he opened the door.
“Dog-Meat get behind something, ‘cause the Guards won’t be happy that we just let a horde of Ghouls in” the man said to his dog that was tugging on a rifle which the man recognized as a Chinese assault rifle was slung around the dead guard, resulting in a snap as the strap broke, the dog heard his master and proceeded to hide after grabbing the rifle and carrying it over to the masked man “Ahh good find boy” he said as he crouched and scratched Dog-meat’s ear with his left hand, resulting in a whine of happiness, while his right hand retrieved the drooled on rifle “Thanks Boy get cover” he said as the dog ran and crouched next to the entrance to the room.
The masked man turned on the console and proceeded to get his job done, moments later the blast door opened and a couple dozen feral ghouls ran in, a few glowing ones and a armoured ghoul that moved to the window with a smile on his rotting lips
“Great job kid, meet me around front, I got something to keep the feral from gnawing on your ass” Roy said in a gravelly voice which the masked man nodded before turning to grab his revolver and rifle. He waited a few moments for company which he expected but got nothing which gave him a bad feeling. He holster the revolver on his left hip before raising the rifle and began to move up the stairs slowly, he whistled for his dog that ran up and stayed slightly behind him as they exited the chamber. They made their way to the front door and noticed that the sleeping guards were missing, most likely inside dealing with the threat, so the masked man shrugged and made his way over to Roy who was standing by the door.
“Great job kid. Here, take this mask. It’ll keep you safe from the Ferals. Just don’t get to close to them, or they’ll sniff you out. Don’t forget to PUT IT On” Roy said emphasising the last part before passing the makeshift mask and running back inside the tower. The man sighed and discarded the mask which he used to hide his identity, revealing his facial features which consisted of bright green eyes, two long clean scars running down over his left eye and cheek, a shaggy goatee and short black hair. The wanderer looked down at the mask with his green eyes and tried to figure out what it was before doing something he immediately regretted, he sniffed it.
“Holy shit this thing stinks like decay.... waits is this..... Oh god” he said turning almost as green as his eyes at the thought of the mask being actual human flesh “No... there is no way he would.... would he?” he asked himself before looking at his dog who simply tilted his head with his tongue out, seeing Dog-meat’s reaction, he sighed and bit the bullet and pulled the mask on, which almost made him hurl as it smelt worse on the inside, he then proceeded to pull up the sleave on his left arm and looked at his Pip-Boy 3000, the screen was cracked from an unfortunate encounter with a Super mutant master, the paint was heavily worn and the knobs were rusted to all hell which simply caused him to smile before he started fiddling with it. He noticed that his .44 supply was running low, which was a pain as it was at times difficult and expensive to replace in comparison to his other favourite firearm, he had a decent supply of stimpacks and Banana yucca, the latter he had no idea why he kept finding more in his pack. He then checked his status and noticed that it was glitching with his name again so he just gave it a light smack and the name Kale popped up which made him smile.
“I guess the 3000 are not designed to be smacked around and sand blasted almost 24/7” Kale said with a light chuckle before gagging as he managed to inhale a piece of the foul mask ‘okay let’s just get this done’ he thought to himself before checking the Data tab to have a look at his active missions.
After dealing with the Enclave a few weeks back, there wasn’t much left for him in the region ‘ Guess it’s almost time to move on after I drop this last Nuka-Cola Quantum off to Ron’ he thought with a sigh before looking up at the door and raised the rifle just in case before moving to go inside. The moment he entered the lobby, he was hit with the screams and faint gun fire from the upper level as the Ghouls rushed the guards and residents of the tower, he sighed as he tried his best to convince these people to let the ghouls in but to no avail, although, there were two individuals in the building that he wanted dead more than anything. Kale walked towards the elevator ignoring the ferals running around, hissing and gnawing on the corpses of Tenpenny’s residents, fortunately or unfortunately this wasn’t the most sicking scene he had seen in Capital Wasteland.
“Hey kid wait up, you going up to see Tenpenny?” Roy called from behind him, which in response, kale nodded without turning as he pressed the button for the lift “Well what do you plan on doing kid?” he asked curious which simply made the human smirk under the mask
“Oh well I was thinking that I bring him down here to our level” Kale stated as the lift doors opened and he stepped inside with Dog-Meat “so back in a bit” he said as he turned and pressed the button for the top floor. As the Lift slowly ascended, Kale couldn’t help but hum a song that was now constantly stuck in his head thanks to his friend Three Dogs “I don’t wa..... FUCK” he said head butting the wall as few times until he felt the lift stop “What the heck?” he asked before looking at his dog and turning pale, he wasn’t moving, not breathing or anything just standing there motionless
“Relax, you companion is safe, I have simply created a pocket in which to speak to you” a eerie dark voice stated
“What? How the hell did you do that” Kale said as he noticed a figure in the corner of his eye but whenever he looked the figure was gone
“well in short I made a pocket dimension in which time moves a lot faster, so it basically freezes time for everyone inside it” he stated avoiding direct eye contact with the Vault Dweller
“What wouldn’t that take a bucket load, which would be near impossible for someone to do on the fly. So I ask again, who the fuck are you?” he demanded the figure whom replied with a light but intimidating chuckle.
“We have met, although I erased the encounter from your memory so you would not come for me, although to save my energy I shall repair the memory so have fun” he said coming into view of kale and pushed his hand into kale’s head, which seemed to faze into his mind causing Kale to scream out in pain
12:30 pm Two years prior
Capital Wasteland – Vault 101
“Holy shit you actually did it kale” a young black haired woman said surprised causing him to turn from the door controls and smile at her
“Yea I guess I did, didn’t I Amata” he chuckled nervously as he approached his best friend “how is your father?” he asked her
“He is out cold after you smacked him, even though I don’t like that you hurt him... “ she wraps her arms around him and smiles “I am happy that you didn’t kill him and that you saved me” she said sweetly, he was about to say something when a loud banging from the door to the main vault area was heard “looks like you have to get out of here” she said sadly
“Come with me please” kale asked which made her look at him before she shook her head
“I want to but I can’t, someone has to keep an eye on my father” she said removing her arms from him and removed the locket from around her neck and gave it to kale “Here to remember me by” she said before turning and quickly dashing into the secret entrance that led to her father’s office
He looked down at the locket and opened it to see a picture of Amata and himself which made him sigh before putting it on and drawing his 10mm pistol. He ran towards the exit as the Vault security breached the entrance and open fired on him for a few moments before stopping once he passed the door.
“Yea you better run, and don’t think about coming back Kale, you and your fucking father are both traito..... AHHHH” Officer wolf screamed out in pain as a round tore through his shoulder blade as the door rolled close and sealed itself shut. Kale was shaking, he had only fired the gun twice, once was when Officer Mac caused it to misfire and it went through his skull, killing him instantly
‘How dare he.... my father isn’t a traitor.... is he? No no he isn’t I’ll prove it to them’ he thought before holstering the pistol and inspecting his gear, he had the typical blue skin tight Vault 101 jumpsuit which left nothing to the imagination, he had black work boots and Butch’s tunnel snake jacket that he received for saving his mum. He made sure to give butch his bb gun in order to protect him and his mum from radroaches. He then looked at the belt that he took from the armory that had a place for his pistol and also had a baton for just in case.
“Okay I guess it’s time to face reality” he muttered as he approached the old wooden door, he passed skeletons that obviously had died trying to get inside, the sight made him feel sick at the thought of them being rejected by the overseer. Upon reaching the door he suddenly felt the hairs on the back of his neck stand up which caused him to turn to see a hooded figure standing behind him, his hand’s glowing a sickening, bile green.
“Kale, it is time” the man stated which set off alarm bells in Kale’s head, how did the guy know his name, why were his hands glowing, better yet how the fuck did he get behind him.
“How do you kn- “ Kale started but suddenly the aura surround him and lifted him from the ground which in turn muffled any sound that kale could make as the man approached him, he removed a syringe from his cloak which had a dark purple fluid in it, to make matters worse it was glowing brightly
“Just relax Kale it will be over soon enough” he said which caused kale to panic more at the thought of dying without knowing what happened to his father, he began to struggle until something that the hooded figure didn’t expect. The aura broke, dropping kale to the ground. “How did you do that?” he demanded but kale responded by drawing his pistol and unloading into the man’s chest.
Once the clip was empty, kale’s eyes widened to see that the figure simply shrugged it off “Pitiful, I guess we have to do this the hard way” he said before pushing his hand into the young man’s head causing him scream before blacking out.
4:30 – Present day
Capital wasteland – Tenpenny tower elevator
Kale lay on the floor of the lift groaning in pain as the hooded man shook his head before producing a syringe with a glowing golden liquid and injected it into the vault dweller’s vein before teleporting away and retuning kale to his normal plain.
7:30 pm – Two years after Tirek’s Campaign
Equestria - Golden Oak Library
A soft snoring was heard in main room of the library, emanating from a six foot tall purple and green, spined dragon, who was wearing green shorts and a yellow t shirt, who was at the time, out cold on a large sofa with a half filled bucket of hay fries next to the sofa. It was peaceful in library, which had been rebuilt after being annihilated by Lord Tirek just over two years prior, as nothing threatened to intrude until the door burst open and a loud feminie voice called out “SPIKE!!!!” the intruder called causing the young dragon to have a momentary heart attack and fall off the couch, crushing the bucket of food.
“Yes Twilight?” he said in an unamused tone “You know it is really rude to just burst in to someone’s home unannounced and scream at the top of your lungs” he stated as he got up and brushed the fries from his top and groaned at the mess on the carpet
Twilight frowned and gave an apologetic glance “ Sorry spike, also just because I live in the castle doesn’t mean I don’t live here” she stated which caused spike to face palm “Anyway I need you help with looking through the castle’s library, I think we have a problem” she said nervously which caused Spike to look up towards her curious.
“What is the matter?” he asked her, before noticing that she was in a odd attire, she wore a dark purple jacket that matched her mane and tail, which at this time were a mess, she had violet leggings which but no shoes. “Um Twilight did you just wake up?” he asked her
“Um well... I was running a experiment with Princess Luna to see if she could enter the dreams over Creatures from other worlds and....”She said before noticing that spike raised his eyebrow “Oh Luna is fine... it’s just that.... well we managed to connect with somepony” she said
“But” the drake intervened before something clicked in his head “WAIT YOU WHAT!!!!!” he shouted surprised “Does Princess Celestia know about this?” he asked which caused her to nervously giggle
“Of course she did but that’s not the problem.... I managed to connect with a Stallion and I may have... slightly accidently got him hurt” she said looking down at her hands.
“Okay Twilight... tell me what happened” Spike said walking over to the couch, he patted the spot next to him for her to and come sit which she hesitantly did.
“Um I don’t know where to start” she said, her mind going a million miles an hour
Spike rubbed the sleep from his eyes carefully, as to not poke his eyes out “Okay Twilight, just start from the start would you please” he asked her calmly which made her look forward for a moment before inhaling softly
“Okay well let’s start from the beginning” she said as she got comfortable
4:00am that morning
Equestria - Castle of Friendship, Laboratory
Twilight was checking through her notes and data as she waited for the Princess of the Night’s arrival. She wore a white lab coat that ran down to her knees and a pair of black closed shoes also, she was nervous and excited as they finally got permission to run their experiment which they had been working on for the past month, a month earlier they discovered that their world had received various cracks that linked it to Tartarus and mysterious new world. These cracks seemed to have formed during Tirek’s campaign, but they weren’t caused by him, as it appears that he was simply a distraction, but the real question was who did it. So both Princess Twilight and Princess Luna have been working on making a connection with an entity from the mysterious world, so far the results have shown that the world has zero to barely any magic. A connection is possible even though it can only be done by connect to an entity’s mind but that gives a prime chance to learn about the world through the host.
“Twilight?,” a voice called from behind her that made her tense up briefly before recognizing the regal tone.
“Luna! You are finally here” she said to the dark blue Alicorn that was easily a foot and a half taller than her 6 foot 7 tall form, she was slightly dumbstruck at what the Alicorn, she wore a large royal blue hoodie which had her crescent moon cutie mark over her left breast, she also had a pair of look black pants. “Um that is interesting attire for somepony like you” she said smiling weakly
“What? You don’t think I will sleep in one of my dresses even though they are pleasant to wear? “She asked which made the Purple Alicorn slightly confused
“You Sleep? Why are you going to sleep?” she asked before connecting the dots “Oh no Luna I am the one who is going in instead of you” she said to Luna which made her frown and cross her arms
“And why is that Twilight Sparkles” she said
“Well it’s just that I need you to watch over me and pull me out if things get too hectic” she said smiling sheepishly which made Luna huff
“Fine we.... I shall watch over you” she said pouting as she moved to a hospital bed that was at the back of the room and turned to her fellow princess who walked over and removed her lab coat moments before climbing under the sheets in a loose top and underwear, then lifting her arms so Luna could connect the iv and some cables to keep track of her vitals “Okay no just relax as I guide your mind to the subject’s, he won’t be able to see you or sense you unless you show yourself.... you magic will be limited as his world has no magic, and when you run out of magic you will be awoken, whether you like it or not” she said which twilight nodded
“I know Luna we have been over this a few times” she said smiling before yawning as Luna’s horn began to glow.
