Fallout Equestria [Parody]: Legend of the Earthbound (Rebooted)

Fallout Equestria [Parody]: Legend of the Earthbound

By: Plot Twist of Neighpon

Chapter 06: Traction

August 12th
Canterlot

Lyra awoke in her hospital bed with a headache from Tartarus. She groaned as looked around but no one was in the room with her. She tested her limbs and found them still attached to her body which was good. Then she tried using her magic which caused her to yell out due to the increased pain from the headache. Looking to a nearby window, it seemed to be late morning. She noticed suddenly that she was kinda hungry and was about to ring for a nurse when her room door opened.

"Oh! You're awake," said the nurse who just happened to be bringing breakfast in for Lyra. "I should get the doctor and have him take a look at you again." The light brown earth mare was about to turn for the door before Lyra called to her.

"Um, how long have I been here?" Lyra asked, afraid to hear the answer.

"Well, your friend from the school... Moondancer, was it? She brought you here last night saying you had a magic incident. The doctor noticed you were suffering from light magic burnout. Other than that, you had some bruises on your body and a huge lump on your head. Do you remember hitting your head on anything?"

"Remember... hitting my... head... Argh!" Lyra cried out again as the pain hit her. But she couldn't remember anything from last night other than being in the library.

"Oh my. You should just try to eat a little something, take some medicine, and get some rest. I'll get the doctor to check you out again."

Lyra breathed a sigh of relief once the pain lessened. "Thank you, nurse... um..." She strained to look at the name tag.

"Elaina. Nurse Elaina. I normally work with the pediatricians on another floor. I'm just covering for another nurse while she's on break."

"Nurse Elaina?" Lyra replied. "But your name tag says 'Milan--"

"It's Elaina," the nurse interrupted with a strained smile. "I'll go get the doctor now." With that, the nurse turned and left the room, leaving Lyra alone again.

'What happened? Why can't I remember anything? What magical accident did I have? Well, I'm glad Moonie was there to help me. Celestia knows what would have happened to me. I wonder how I got magic burnout?" Lyra pushed the questions out of her head for now as she picked at her breakfast. Fifteen minutes later, the doctor, a brown male donkey of rather older age and greyish mane, arrived with a chart laid across his back. The donkey trotted up to Lyra's bed and introduced himself.

"Well, hello there little filly. I'm Doctor Smartass. I know, I know, the name is funny. My mother hated me. But enough about that. Let's take a look at you. Shall we?" The doctor checked her limbs again for any fractures or dislocations. "How are you feeling this morning, hmm?"

"I've got a huge headache, Doc. And it seems I still can't use magic yet. Other than that, I think I'm okay. But for the life of me, I can't seem to remember what happened last night that caused all of this.

"Hmm?" The old donkey looked up past his reading glasses at her with a neutral stare. "It could be possible that the blunt force trauma you received may have caused some amnesia." He took Lyra's head in his hooves and checked the bandage wrapping as well as looking for evidence of concussion. "Perhaps with some rest over time, your memories will come back to you. In any case, it seems the medicine is doing it's job. I expect you to be out of here in about three days. Maybe sooner if you eat. You're still a growing girl," he commented as he looked at Lyra's half-eaten breakfast.

Lyra closed her eyes and sighed. "Great. Three days cooped up inside. Looks like I'm gonna be behind in my school work. I remember I was working on a thesis to turn in soon. But I can't remember what the subject or topic was. It just makes my head hurt."

"Then try not to think about it too much," the doctor chuckled. " Just focus on getting healed up and you'll be out of here in no time." Smartass walked to the door to exit. "I'll let the nurses know you can has visitors after 3PM today. So get some sleep for now." He then left the room with a short laugh.

'Huh? What was "can has visitors" all about?' Lyra pondered but pushed it to the side as she decided to try and sleep. She didn't wake up until almost 4:30PM when dinner was brought in by another nurse. This one being a large red unicorn wearing a white apron and nurses cap. She had a short cut, jet black mane, and wore a glass beaker filled with a green liquid as a cutie mark. Lyra also saw that she didn't look too happy to be here.

"Here ya go," said Nurse Tox, Lyra noticed from the name tag, as she dumped the dinner onto the table unceremoniously before turning for the door. Before leaving, Tox called out without looking back, "You got a visitor." Tox then left without another word.

Lyra looked at the door with a deadpan expression. 'How rude. But then again, I wouldn't want to be stuck in a place like this either.' She then looked at her dinner that was fit for a queen. But since Equestria didn't have a queen, no one knew how to make food for one. And this was the result of the effort. Half a hay-burger, mashed potatoes, apple juice, and cubed cherry gelatin. 'Yummy.' Just then, the door opened and Lyra's visitor trotted in. Moondancer looked as if she didn't sleep at all. Bags were showing under her eyes. Her mane was a mess. Well, messier than usual. She also seemed to be walking funny. Lyra knew Moonie had always been a hard worker when it came to school work. But perhaps the events of last night had pushed Moonie to her limits. "Moonie, are... you alright? You look..."

"What? Oh. Yes. I'm fine," Moonie said with a tired smile. "I was... just worried... about you. That's all." Moondancer eyes shifted left and right before she sat on a stool near Lyra's bed. "That's why I haven't slept. Yeah, that's it. I was worried."

Lyra smiled. "Sorry for worrying you so much. I'm better now thanks to you. I guess you kinda saved my life. What happened to me last night? I can't remember anything other than being in the library."

Moondancer's ears perked up as her eyes widened. "You don't remember!? You say you don't remember anything!?" Moonie had somehow closed the distance between herself and Lyra. Which made the other mare a little uncomfortable.

"Um, no." Lyra answered as she leaned away slightly. "All I know is that I was working on my thesis, and then I woke up in here," she said, gesturing to the hospital room. "The doctor says it may be a form of amnesia."

"Amnesia!?" Moondancer was mentally sweating bullets as her mind was racing a mile a minute. 'If she can't remember where she went and what she's done, could I use this to my advantage?' Moonie slid back down to the stool. "That's terrible, Lyra. I hope you get better soon. As for what happened...," again Moonie's mind went into overdrive, "...I was closing up the library when I found you against the wall unconscious. It looked like it was an explosion went off. Maybe it was a failed spell? You should know better than to try new spells on your own, Lyra." Moondancer held her breath to see if her version of the story was accepted.

Lyra thought hard, but not hard enough to make her head hurt again. She had a fuzzy memory of some old books. Did she try to learn a spell or something? Whatever happened, it went very wrong. "Ugh. You're right, Moonie. I should have had somepony there to help. What was I thinking?" Lyra facehoofed, then regretted it as she remembered the huge lump on her head. She winced at the pain before sighing. "The doctor said I'll be here for another three days or so to heal up. If you can, please let me know if there's anything else you can find on what happened." Lyra then scooped up her gelatin bowl with a hoof and downed it in one gulp. "I swear... The hospital is the only place I know that has cherry gelatin that doesn't have any kind of cherry flavor. Bleh."

Moondancer finally began to breathe again. Seeing that her lie worked, she wouldn't have to worry about Lyra getting in the way. Now she needed to think of a way to recreate the portal. But Lyra did it by accident by anchoring to a passing meteor. Moonie couldn't chance doing the same, thinking the same hunk of rock wouldn’t still be there or possibly under watchful eyes. What she needed was a link to John Stone, himself. Something of his to be able to make the connection. But Lyra didn't bring anything of his back in her hooves. She decided to take her leave then. "Alright. I'll let you know if anything else comes up. I'll also send word to your folks if you want me to. Um, do you want me to tell anyone else you're here? I'm sure Minuette and the rest would like to see you."

"Yeah. That would be great. Thanks Moonie."

Moonie smiled and looked at Lyra one last time before leaving. She took in Lyra's size and mentally imagined the size and length of the alien John Stone's huge member deep inside of her. 'That's... that's incredibly big. Maybe more than twice the size of Sparky,' Moonie thought. But then her eyes lit up as the answer she was looking for came to her. 'By Celestia! That's it! I could use that for the signature location spell!' "No problem. I'll get on it," she stifled a yawn, "right after I get some rest. See you soon." Moondancer had just left the room when she was stopped by one of the nurses.

"Excuse me, are you Moondancer, the friend of Lyra Heartstrings?" the nurse asked.

Moondancer looked left and right before nervously turning back to the brown mare. "Um, yes. Is there a problem?" She shifted her weight from hoof to hoof as she noticed the nurse with serious a expression on her face.

"I'm Nurse Elaina. I heard from the early shift that you brought in the patient to have her treated. I had just gotten updated news of Ms. Heartstrings' condition but wasn't sure if I should tell her. It might be a bit much for her."

'Elaina? But her name tag says... Oh, forget it. I don't have time for this.' "Lyra said she had amnesia, but may clear up after some time."

The nurse looked saddened. "I'm sorry. But it seems after getting back last night's test results, it seems the amnesia is permanent. Whatever memories she has forgotten, she will never recover."

Moondancer couldn't decide if she wanted to cheer or cry. It was truly devastating news to hear. But in reality, this information would help her tremendously. She began to tap her hoof to a four-count beat as she looked back to the nurse to give her opinion. "I think it may be best to have Lyra believe her memories will come back over time. But because only a couple of hours were lost, she may just not worry about it too much and forget the issue all together."

Elaina seemed to ponder the idea. "Yes. I believe you're right. You seem to know your friend well. Alright then. We'll go with that story. It's for the best."

Moondancer couldn't believe her luck. This was working way too well in her favor. So much that she thought she could push that luck a little further. "Another thing you should do is give Lyra a nice sedative to help her sleep since she has a hard time sleeping. Then while she's asleep, you could use that time to gather semen samples from her womb and put it into a glass vial for me to study. Because... reasons."

Elaina seemed to ponder the idea. "Yes. I believe you're right. I should get on that right away. It's for the best.

"Oh, one other thing. I believe you should pose in Milf Mares Magazine. With a flank like that, all the stallions, as well as some mares, would go wild for you. You would be rich and famous," Moondancer said with a grin.

Elaina seemed to ponder the idea. "Yes. I believe you're right. I should get on that right away. It's for the best." The nurse then walked away to Lyra's room, humming to herself.

Moondancer laughed to herself. 'Ha! Those NPC's (Nurse Pony Characters) are way too easy. All you have to do is pretend you're about to go into a 'heart song' and they run on autopilot. Now to get some rest before I get to work.'

(To Be Continued)