Fallout Equestria: Forgotten Relics

Chapter Four: A New Home

Nine hours, that's how long it has been, for nine hours I had to listen to three mares argue with each other. One recent topic was about the creature we encountered when we first met Silverlight, the girls have been arguing about it for just about an hour now.

" No way, I think it should be called a Bloodclaw." a bat pony argued.

" Nuh uh, I think it should be called a Chameleon Drake." a white dragon pony objected.

" Why don't we just call it a Chameleon Blood Drake?" I suggested.

Yup, nine hours of these arguments, and I think if I listened to anymore arguing I'll surely lose my mind.

" Alright, a Chameleon Blood Drake it is." a Zebra mare agreed.

" Thank you." I replied, " any objections?" I asked.

My bat pony and dragon pony companions were dead silent, so I took that as a no.

" Good, now let's not argue anymore." I suggested.

" Are we there yet?" asked the dragon pony, for that I groaned at her, " hey I'm not arguing about anything."

" *sigh* You are kind of acting like a child Sapphyre, but I do not know the answered to that question." I replied.

Then I looked over to Zuri and whispered help very, very quietly. She just smiled and looked over to the Sapphyre .

" Do not worry, we will be there in about another day or so." Zuri replied half smirking.

" AHHH! I CAN'T TAKE ANOTHER HOUR OF THIS!" cried Sapphyre.

" Let me guess, you're hungry." I guessed, lately I have been picking up the way ponies in this era speak, I might be able to fit in a little better.

" YES!" replied Sapphyre, not surprising enough she was starting to cry, " I need foood!"

" Well I guess we should find some food and a place to rest then." I suggested, " Silverlight, I need you to fly up and find some place to get some food, but do not fly too high, I do not want you to be seen."

" *sigh* Alright, Mr. Bossy." Silverlight replied sarcastically, as she rose her right hoof to her forehead.

After waiting a few minutes, Silverlight returned with news of a decent sized settlement a little bit north of our position. Considering that my companions may be very tired from walking for nine hours, and the fact that Sapphyre was hungry, I thounght they deserved a good rest and a decent meal. We followed Silverlight for about an hour and a half, and when we came to a stop all of us were amazed at the sight. A beautiful waterfall that fell down the side of a cliff, and there was a rather large settlement near the falls. When we approached the settlement, I saw a sign that read, Neighagra Falls, such a peculiar name.

" Hold it right there!" a voice shouted.

" Please do not shoot." I quickly interrupted before he could continue.

" Are y'all friend or foe?" the voice asked.

" Just simple travellers, we mean you no harm." I answered.

" So y'all are friendly." the voice replied, the voice paused for a moment but gave his answer, " Alright, but no shootin' in here!"

When the gates opened all five of us were greeted by a caramel brown stallion wearing a cowpony hat, and a very worn out duster.

" Mah name's Rusty, Sheriff Rusty." the caramel stallion greeted, he pointed at a silver six pointed star on his chest, another sheriff. How many sheriffs are there in this wasteland?

" Well it's nice to meet you, do you perhaps know where we can find something to eat and somewhere to rest?" I asked.

" Sure do, just go to the Cliffhanger Saloon and INN." the sheriff directed, " Oh ah almost forgot, welcome to Neighagra Falls."

As we walked towards the Saloon and Inn, Silverlight was walking right next to me.

" So are you up for another drinking match, Spectre?" asked Silverlight.

" No, I need to look for a map to find our current location." I replied, " this way I will know how far we have strayed from our original destination."

Silverlight simply nodded, but she looked kind of down in the dumps.

" Hey are you alright?" I asked Silverlight.

" Yeah, I'm just fine." she replied.

" If there is anything wrong, please, do not be afraid to ask." I assured her. Silverlight simply nodded.

The five of us walked into the saloon, only to find that nopony was there. Since only pony there was who I thought was the manager I walked up to the pony at the front counter, I had to ask for information for why there was just about nopony here.

" Excuse me for asking, but where is everypony?" I asked a bluish grey coated earth pony mare.

" They ain't here no more, sugar cube." the mare replied.

" What does that mean?" Sapphyre asked.

" It means that nopony wants a drink or a place to stay." the mare answered.

" Is there any particular reason why nopony would come here?" I asked.

" Yeah, 'bout a month ago a group that called themselves the Beast Tamers moved in not too far from here." replied the mare.

" Is this it?" Silverlight asked. Silverlight was pointing at a large X on a map.

" Why yes it is, sugar cube." the mare replied. Why does she keep saying sugar cube?

" Perhaps we can get rid of them for you." I offered.

" Sure thing, but how much would it cost?" the mare asked.

" How about some supplies for the road." I suggested.

" Ha, well then y'all got yer selves a deal." agreed the mare," but y'all are gonna have to speak to the sheriff about it."

After eating a little we decided to rest. I told the sheriff that we were going to take down the group causing ponies to avoid this settlement, he also offered a 1,000 caps reward that I was going to decline, but Silverlight somehow made me agree to it. With everything planned out for tomorrow, I laid down on a bed and fell fast asleep.

" SO YOU'VE COME BACK ME." said a demonic voice.

" Oh not you again." I whined, " listen up Lilitu, if you want to talk to me, you should really start with that voice of yours."

" How about this?" the voice replied a little sarcastically in my voice, " look at me I'm Dark Spectre, books books books!"

" HahaHA! very funny, use your own voice and not mine." I demanded.

" Is this better?" Lilitu asked in a feminine voice. Are you trying to trick me?

" What do you want Lilitu?" I asked.

" I want a body, Spec-." Lilitu replied.

" You know that I can not simply give you my body." I interrupted.

" I don't want your body, I just want my own body." Lilitu corrected.

" And how would I give you a body that is your very own?" I asked.

" Simple, there are mares all around you." answered Lilitu. Okay I see where this is going.

" Oh that is not happening." I objected.

" Come on please Spectre, I just want my own life again." Lilitu begged.

" How do I know you won't try to control the world again?" I questioned.

" My memories and powers will be completely erased when I'm born again." Lilitu explained.

" That still doesn't answer my question." I replied, " *sigh* We will talk about this some other time, I need to rest."

With that Lilitu had stopped talking to me. I can not tell if Lilitu really means what he or she says, now that I think of it, is Lilitu a mare or a stallion. Well there is no point in asking myself that question, besides, my dreams is about to start and I really want to know who the mare in my last dream is. I opened my eyes in the dream, and to my surprise, the dream started off in a place I had not expected.

" Where are we going?" a grey and silver unicorn mare asked with my left hoof covering her eyes.

" Somewhere special." my dream self replied. As my dream self uncovered her eyes, the mare opened her eyes to a beautiful fountain.

" Town square?" the mare questioned. The mare looked over to my dreamself, who was fidgeting with his hooves.

" Um...I would like to ask you something, Silverlight." asked my dream self. Impossible, her name was also Silverlight? Was she the current Silverlight's ancestor? Or is she a reincarnation. No, it is impossible for her to be a reincarnation, or is it, maybe her name is just what my mind wants it to be. Yeah, I will assume that as my first choice.

" What would you like to ask?" she questioned.

" Well...I have done many spells on my own now, and I have injured myself on many occasions." my dream self replied.

" Where is this going?" the mare asked.

" Well, it is just that...every time I have been injured you were always there by my side," my dream self continued, " and well..what I am trying to say is, w-will you go on a date with me?" to be honest, looking at myself asking her on a date was very awkward.

" Oh my Solaris, of course I will!" the past Silverlight exclaimed as she tightly hugged my dream self, what a lucky guy. Then the dream ended there. Damn it! That is the worst place for the dream to ended!

" Wake up!" a voice called out to me. Then my face was slapped, hard.

" OW! What was that for!?" I yelled.

" You were sleep talking." a silver bat pony replied.

" And why would you slap me for that!?" I questioned.

" You were talking about dating somepony in your sleep." explained the silver bat pony.

" Whatever, what time is it Silverlight?" I asked.

" What do you mean whatever!?" Silverlight asked, " It's only 10:20a- you're avoiding my question!" I really wish she did not have to yell at me.

" Well I guess we should start heading out." I suggested.

" Why so early?" asked the bat pony.

" Well, we do want to catch them by surprise right?" I asked.

" Uh...point taken." replied Silverlight.

" Is everypony awake?" I asked my silver coated companion.

" Yeah they're downstairs right now." answered the silver mare. And so the two of us made our way down to the main floor. I saw my friends sitting at a table chatting with each other, they were chatting about something rather funny to them.

" Alright, we will need to do a weapons check, and supply check." I directed. The three mares were just snickering at me, " what's so funny?"

" *ppfftt* I-I'm sorry *inhale* but what you said in your sleep was hilarious!" exclaimed my dragon pony friend.

" What did I say?" I asked, I knew I was not going to get answers from her, so I looked over to Silverlight to get answers from her instead, " Do you know what they are talking about?" I asked.

" No not really." replied Silverlight.

" You seriously didn't hear him?" asked Sapphyre. Silverlight just shook her head. Well I guess she doesn't know either.

" Well how should I put this.." my zebra friend paused to think, " you were asking Silverlight on a date while you were asleep."

" WHAT!?" both Silverlight and I shouted. Silverlight and I were looking back and forth at each other, and then to the others, and then back to each other.

" You have no proof!" I objected. Silverlight nodded at my objection.

" Yeah, what he said!"

" Well believe us or not,  you did say that in your sleep. But that is not of importance right now, we still have a task to complete, right?" Zuri asked.

" *ahem* Yes, we need to make sure that we have ammunition, and that our gear is in good condition before we head off."

" We already did that." Mala quickly replied.

" Er...you did?" I asked

" Well of course, you're so predictable!" Sapphyre smiled.

" Well I guess we should be heading off then, let's go team." suggested Silverlight.

" I thought I was leader." I said with my head down.

" Alright then, let's move, onwards to freedom!" shouted Silverlight.

" What freedom?" Mala asked.

" Well aren't we about to fight slavers?"

" No, they are tamers, but we do not know their side of the story. We should go in with the intent to negotiate instead of attacking." I recommended.

" *sigh* Alright fine, but since they're tamer we'll ne-goat-iate with them." Silverlight joked, she said that with large ear to ear smile.

" Solaris damn it, Silver!" I yelled.

" Why to soon?"

" *sigh* No, it is just that I really hate puns." I replied, I was mentally slamming my face against a stone wall, " and what is the purpose of the goat?"

" Well since they're tamers I thought that they may try to tame goats." And so we left the Inn with our equipment packed, and with the goal to negotiate with tamers who may just be another type of slavers. I swear that the only thing I hate more than slavers is a bad pun or a pun in general.

On our way out of the town both the sheriff and the Cliffhanger's manager or boss trotted up to us.

" Wait!" shouted sheriff Rusty.

" Is something the matter sheriff?" I asked.

" Well ah was thinkin' that if you guys don't already have a home base yet. Maybe you guys could stay here if you make it back."

" It would be a pleasure to stay here, but maybe some other time." I replied.

" Well just remember that ya'll got a home here, since ya'll are gonna be helpin' this town of ours big time." said the sheriff, " oh and here's yer caps."

" Should you not wait until after we finished our job?" I asked.

" Yeah, but seein' how busy you are ah thought ah'd give it to you now instead."

" Well we thank you very much, I'll try my best to negotiate with the tamers. But if things do not go as planned I have a plan B." I gestured to Sapphyre.

" If shit goes down I'll burn them to corpses! Hehehe." I never knew Saphhyre was a crazy pyromaniac, but it fits well with my backup plan.

" Well then good luck to you, sugar cube." said the owner of the Cliffhanger saloon and inn.

" And we will make sure that we will visit, that is if we are still alive." I replied.

There was no guarantee that we will come back anytime soon, especially considering that we still had a special destination to get to. But I will be sure that my friends get out alive, since I am the leader their lives were basically in my hooves or claws. So with that thought in mind we headed of to the tamers settlement, but still unsure who or what we are about to face. And now I am getting really, really stressed about all this, so I pulled out a bottle of whiskey that I bought from Hollow Shades.

" Hey I what some of that too, Spectre!" Silverlight shouted.

" Alright here is a bottle, yeesh, you did not need to shout at me."

" Hehe, whiskey, whiskey, whiskey~" Silverlight start humming some kind of song, well she and I had something in common; we both liked whiskey. I hope that it would not be her last.

* In a nearby settlement*

" Alright now you need to train her to attack a specific target." said a white pegasus stallion, " and you've got to be care, Dust."

" I know what I'm doing Flash Freeze."

" I know that you know, but you can never be too careful."

" Besides, Blizzard listens to me more than anypony here."

" I hope so, if you say that you'll be fine then I guess I'll take my leave, but stay safe." Dust was soon surrounded by Flash Freeze's warm embrace.

" Alright Blizzard let's continue." Dust received some sort of purr from Blizzard, " alright let's have lunch first."

* End of Chapter Four *