Fallout Equestria: New Beginnings

My life was perfect, In this little town that I woke up in everyday. I had friends, a home and the most gorgeous sun rising in the sky. I enjoy the sun, It's warmth, it's gleaming gift on the grass giving it life to grow. I can't say that I enjoy the starry night filled sky as much because here, there are no stars. No moon, I don't know why but it feels like this town skips that part of the day entirely. I try to stay up to watch the stars but the only thing that happens is a waking up in bed by a nightmare the next day.

Get the fuck off me! I hear myself say every night in the same nightmare before waking up gasping for air.

Celestia's light comes through my window every morning letting me know that everything was going to be alright, like saying: hey it's a new day enjoy it while it lasts.

I got up, heading for the front door.

Okay so I don't know if this is good or bad but I ran out of food in the fridge about a week ago and there is no shopping center anywhere in this town. I'm still alive, I don't know how this is possible but I'm fine with it, I haven't died yet so I must be okay.

Opening the front door, the entire neighborhood was outside and walking around as always. Greeting each other, and some talking to each other. all except Speedchaser who was leaning on the Celestia statue in the center of town, Speedchaser turned her head as if she had the feeling of somepony watching her from afar. Her eyes connected with mine through the open door almost instantly, and even though we're good friends I don't know how she does it, I thought of walking away with a smile on my face. I chuckled a little as I walked over to her with a smile on my face, no I couldn't do that.

"Well, its about time you walked over to me, I saw you looking at me from your front door," Speedchaser played as she got off the statue.

"Are we going to do some cool stuff today?" I asked as I looked at Speedchaser's smirk of a smile.

"Yeah yeah, but for right now I need you to do something for me, alright" Speedchaser asked flying up into the air.

It's probably another one of her silly pranks I rolled my eyes giggling "Okay, what is it?"

"How would you like to help me pull the ultimate prank on those two?" Speedchaser invited pointing at the only couple in our town.

I turned my head to see who Speedchaser was pointing at, Cyan and Gold Flair.

"Yes, that's them."

"What did you have in mind?" I asked hoping it wasn't going to be to bad.

"Lightning" Speedchaser quickly spoke.

Okay, this was going to be good. If there was anything I have learned about Speedchaser it would have to be that she knows how to handle a good prank, nothing could go wrong.

Where do you want to do this? I asked letting the dastardly smile grow on my face.

Oh, right where they are is fine, it's just, I need someone to make sure they stay there.

"So, i'm the distraction, okay I can do that."

"Great! oh, don't move yet I need to get a thundercloud," Speedchaser said racing off into the distance.

This is going to be a good scare, and they wont see it coming. I still had a large smile on my face.

"Get ready." Speedchaser said interrupting my thoughts.

She already had the cloud above the Flairs.

Walking up to them, I greeted them with a big hello just as Speedchaser zapped them both with lightning that burned them both to death.

My mouth dropped to the ground.

Speedchaser was laughing as hard as she could, "you should see your face."

I was shocked, and could barely move, I just don't know what went wrong, did Speedchaser just killed two ponies? "Speedchaser you think death is funny" I asked throwing my gaze at her.

"Well, take a look for yourself" Speedchaser responded landing on the ground.

No, I don't want to look at a dead body, your just sick! I said looking back at the bodies that were staring back at us, alive.
Wait, what?

Like I said you should have taken another look, Speedchaser explained exploding into more laughter.

"But, what, how?" I asked practically ripping my mane out. "This is impossible."

"It's not when your me," Speedchaser explained glitching in and out.

"And before long your going to be set free, I can just feel it, and when you are, I can't say what your going to find out there, all i can do is prepare you for the worst. This little prank only revealed to you a small piece of what still might be out there"

Listening to Speedchaser explain this to me made me want to crawl into the darkest corner I could find and stay there, I felt numb, falling to the ground I closed my eyes drifting off into the darkness.

I groaned awake, realizing that I was being held upright in a chair inside some kind of metallic, oval-windowed shell. noting the sound of a stale, feminine, mono toned voice.

“Warning: preservation relaxation pod two has malfunctioned, Running diagnostics, Pod systems are online, Warning pod program connection link two is offline, Warning Pod Two connection screen has imploded, Warning Pod Two occupant is awake, Vitals signs are normal, Heartbeat and pulse are elevated” The monotone voice stopped with a large crackling pop.

My surroundings were gray as the pod I found myself in, focusing on the red button on my left I could see that it was blinking, reaching out for it, I found a strange device that had been attached to my right forehoof.

Detaching the cord from the port in the strange new device that was around my right foreleg, I took a closer look at it. Bringing it closer to my muzzle, I noticed it was glowing a soft green light from its screen. Looking up, the monotoned voice surprised me.

“Warning Pod Two occupant 'Hazy Daisy' disconnected from personal uplink.” The monotone voice cracked again.

What, Is that MY name? Why can't I remember.
Looking out the pod’s windows on both sides, I saw the other closed pods in the same room.
I appear to be the only one awake in this place so it must be my name.

Regaining my concentration, I went back to staring at the strange, new device that I found attached to my right foreleg, studying the device, I noticed quite a few things protruding from its interface. A green, glowing screen in the middle, a gauge at the top left that was labeled “Radiation Gauge”, a dial at the bottom left which had been labeled S.A.T.S., and three buttons in the middle at the bottom. The left button had been labeled “Stats”. The middle button was labeled “Items”, and the button on the right had been labeled “Data”. I familiarized myself with the machine attached to my foreleg by pressing the labeled buttons. I pushed the red button that I had seen previously on my left.

“Warning opening preservation relaxation Pod Two, please stand by,” The machine I was in began to spark as the glass lid of the preservation relaxation pod slid up, allowing me to get out of the pod itself.

The floor of the room was covered in a low fog that kicked up in the air as I waled around exploring the gray room I woke up in, it was circular in structure and had two doors, one door revealed stairs, the other door across the room revealed a gray maintenance room that held a few objects: a green metal cabinet, a gray metal desk, and two boxes that emitted a low, greenish light.

I tried to open the metal cabinet, but it was locked, turning to the desk, it had two drawers on the right side and a journal centered in the middle of the desk between the two green-screened, glowing boxes. I opened the top drawer and found a clip board, nails and a bottle cap.

Opening the bottom drawer, I found ten bottle caps and a knife. I didn’t know what I would need a knife for but it thought that it could be useful. closing the drawer my gaze fell back to the journal on the desk, it had the symbol of a cloud with a colorful lightning bolt coming out of it at the bottom in the middle of the cover. I put a hoof on it, sliding it down the cover of the book, Speedchaser came to mind. Picking it up after a long, motionless pause, I read from its pages.

Closing the journal, I put it down in even more stunning shock and awe.

We had been in a war, for how long?

Frozen, I couldn't move my hoof off the cover of that journal for what seemed like an eternity.

Snapping myself back into reality, I slid my hoof down the cover of the journal and back to the floor.

I walked back into the preservation relaxation chamber.

"Have I really been in that thing for two centuries?" I questioned walking back through the doorway. The large column of metallic, blue machinery hanging from the ceiling with twelve gray, glass-windowed pods on the ground around it.

I searched around for Pod One, as logically, that would be the master pod. I looked at each pod until I got the order they were in, clockwise, Speedchaser, and I are going to have a little chat.

Peering inside, I saw a cyan-colored mare with a rainbow colored tail and mane, sitting in the chair.

My mind began to fill with all sorts of new questions as I stared at her in that pod. Who is she, should I wake her, will she try to kill me if I do so?

*Click*

"Oops" I exclaimed backing up in fear of what I had just done.“Warning opening preservation relaxation pod one. Please stand by”.

The pod's hatch opened, waking up the sleeping cyan mare that blinked herself awake to find me starring at her with bewilderment, she returned my stare with a look of surprise.

"Uh. You know, I was using that." she said pointing a hoof.

"I know that you’re Speedchaser but, who are you really," I questioned in a serious tone.

"I am Rainbow Dash." she said carefully, while still looking at me.