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

Fallout Equestria [Parody]: Legend of the Earthbound

By: Plot Twist of Neighpon

Chapter 08: A New Land

Inside the portal...

John Stone sat in a kaleidoscope of colors. Not moving one way or the other. He was stuck. He could panic, but he knew panicking was the worse thing he could do in a situation like this. Then another end of the portal opened and closed as he was joined by another individual. "Who's there? Is that you, Lyra?" John called out to the figure. As it got closer, he saw that it was a pony but the colors weren't right for Lyra. And the hair... um... mane style was wrong as well. And... they had... glasses?

"Are you John Stone," the new pony asked as their voice echoed throughout the inner tunnel of the portal.

John took a moment to look at this new unicorn pony. It looked and sounded like a mare, at least. But he didn't think Lyra would have told anyone about him yet. "Yes. I'm John. Who are you?"

"My name is Moondancer. You can call me Moonie if you'd like. I believe you know a classmate of mine. Lyra Heartstrings?" She smiled as she walked closer to John.

"Yes, I do. Where is she? She wasn't suppose to make a portal back to Earth until next week. Unless time flows faster in Equestria..."

"No. As far as I can tell, time flows at the same rate as your own world." Moondancer reached John and gauged his height. "My, aren't you a big one," she giggled and held out a hoof. "Lyra told me quite a bit about you and your world. Especially about your... ahem... special talents."

"Huh? What are you talkin... Ohhhh. She told you about that? Haha." John wore a smirk as he took her hoof to shake in greeting. She had a nice librarian look to her that seemed just right for her. She could probably pull off a 'sexy' librarian look if she wanted to.

"Oh yes. It was a very... heated conversation. If you know what I mean." Moondancer gave a half-lidded look and a smile to John who simply chuckled in response.

"Okay, I get it. So, are we going to stay in here or do you know the way out?" John asked looking around again for a possible exit.

"Simple. We'll be heading back to your world through the opening you came... through..." Her voice trails off as she sees that John's entrance was closed behind him. Her eyes turned to pinpricks as she slowly turned around to see that the entrance back to her own house in Equestria had also closed. They were truly in limbo in more ways than one.

"Uh, yeah, right. My portal entrance was inside a moving toilet around thirty thousand feet in the air. I'm not sure I want to go back through there, even if it was still there. You know what? No. I'm very sure I don't want to go back through a toilet."

Moondancer broke out in a nervous sweat as she began to panic. She didn't expect this to happen. She didn't have a backup plan if the spell was cast wrong. Her eyes went wide as she pranced nervously in place. 'What to do? What to do? What to do? What to do?'

John saw her getting very distraught. That's not something they needed right now. He had to calm her down somehow. He wasn't sure if all mares from Equus were similar, but he remembered what helped Lyra. He then went to his knees and got her attention by holding on to her shoulders and looking into her lavender eyes. "Moondancer! Just calm down. I know nothing about portals other than they start in one place and lead to another. But I do know that you more than likely have the ability to find an exit and get us out of here. You seem to be a very smart pony. So I have a good feeling you know of a way to get us out."

She stopped in place and became calm in almost an instant. 'Huh? How did he do that,' Moondancer asked herself with a tinge of a blush. 'He was right. I'm the only one here that can do this. I need to focus.' She closed her eyes to think. She opened this portal using an item to lock on a target location. If she wanted to go to John's planet, all she should need is another item from him. Her eyes shot open in inspiration. "I got it! I need an item of yours to use a location spell and link to your world! Then I can cast another portal spell to create the exit," she exclaimed in a hurry. She beamed in pride as she seemed to congratulate herself for coming up with such a good plan in a pinch. In her mind she could see Twilight promising a good flank-spank for a job well done.

John smiled. "Now you're talking. Hmm. I have my sword here that I just got a couple of days ago. Will this do?" he asked, bringing the wrapped sword out in front of him to present to Moonie.

Moondancer took the wrapped object in her magic... and felt an overwhelming surge of guilt. Images of the past week flashed through her mind; Lyra coming through the portal, Moonie plotting against Lyra, Moonie lying to Lyra about what really happened, Moonie tricking the nurse into getting what she needed; Moonie wanting to take credit for finding humans; Moonie wanting to use John’s huge member for sex. Moondancer's magic cut off as she dropped the sword and collapsed. Tears began to fall from her eyes as she backed away from it.

John rushed to Moondancer as she looked scared out of her wits. "What's wrong? What happened? Did it work? Talk to me!" He snapped his fingers in front of her eyes but she seemed to pay it no attention. He took her by her shoulders and shook her a little. She seemed to focus again as her eyes trained on him.

"John, I'm..." Moonie was about to say she was so sorry for what she had done but stopped herself in time. Why did she have those thoughts? Why did she feel so guilty? She didn't have time for this. She'll deal with that stuff later. "I'm… I’m alright. S-sorry for worrying you," she finally said with a smile.

"What happened to you? You almost looked like you were getting struck by lightning. Are you really okay? Did the sword do that to you?" John asked, looking her over to see if there were any marks or bruises on her but found none.

"I'm not sure what happened. But I think I made some kind of connection with it. It doesn't matter. I think I got the signature I need for the spell. Stand back a little as I focus my magic," she said as she stood up again and shook herself.

"Okay then. If you think you can do it. Just don't link to a toilet. Or a trash dumpster. Or a falling meteor. Um, just try for a safe place on the ground and we'll go from there," John said finally.

Moondancer's horn began to glow purple as she closed her eyes in concentration. Her brows furrowed as the glow from her horn got brighter. The atmosphere of the inner portal seemed to change as she added the swords information to the spell. Suddenly, appearing fifteen feet away was a new portal. This one was a sphere of purple, but the dim color inside was almost all brown and gray.

"You did it!" John exclaimed. "I knew you could do it. Well, shall we get out of here? I like all the pretty colors but this was a little too much like a mural. This place needs some gray walls," John said to Moonie as he picked up his sword again.

Moondancer looked in amazement. It occurred to her that she may had done the impossible. Creating a portal within a portal. The books say it couldn't be done; that it was impossible to complete. 'Well, I guess those books need a new word in their vocabulary. "Unpossible. -- Something that hasn't been done quite yet."' She smiled smugly to herself as she walked with John to the new portal exit.

They both walked through the sphere at the same time as was pushed through by an unseen force of pressure. They both landed in a large field of short, dying grass as the portal closed behind them. It seemed as if it were early evening and the grey clouds were covering every bit of sky. The air had an odd scent to it as John sniffed it. He thought to himself as to where they might be. 'Pasadena Texas? Naw. It's too quiet and I don’t see any refineries close by.' He look to his side and saw Moonie in an embarrassing face down, flank up position. And her flank just happened to be facing him.

"Ugh. I feel terrible. What was that push for?" Moonie then noticed the position she was in and stood up quickly while covering her flank with her forehooves. "Ah! What are you doing? You didn't see, did you?"

"What!? What are you talking about? Are you trying to say I looked at your butt? Well it's not like I couldn't help it. It was right there in front of me. It was the first thing I saw when I turned to you. "

Moonie blushed as she was about to retort when her ears flicked up at a sudden noise. "What was that sound?"

John looked around but didn't see anything. But he thought he could hear something just over a far hill like the sound of rocks or gravel. John looked at Moonie as she looked back at him. They both silently agreed to go check out the sound. They got up and walked towards the crest of the hill.

What they found was a long stretch of dirt road about two hundred meters away being traveled by at least nine wagons being pulled by ponies wearing round, pointed hats that looked to John like traditional Japanese village style headgear, and small burlap cloaks over their backs. Walking next to the wagons were four or five other ponies in the same garb.

"Well, by the looks of it, we seem to have come back to Equus. But where on Equus are we? I don't recognize this area and I don't see any landmarks," said Moonie as she pulled out her atlas with her magic. "Okay, this is definitely Equus. I have my magic and it's working good. Too bad this book can't really tell me anything about the area."

John kept looking at the trail of wagons. He noticed none of the ponies pulling the wagons had either wings or horns. "They have to be going somewhere or else they wouldn't be traveling. I say we catch up to them and say hello."

Moonie thought to herself for a moment. "Well, it's worth a try. We can't stay here. We can at least find out where we are. But..." Moonie looked up and down at John. "I'm not sure if you wouldn't be seen as a threat. It may be best that you wait up here while I talk to them.

John looked to Moonie and then back to the wagons. Remembering how Lyra reacted on first seeing him, he agreed it would be a good idea. "Alright. But if you run into any kind of problems, you come back here. You understand?"

Moonie smiled confidently. "No problem. I can handle this. I'll be back." She then took off at a gallop down the gentle slope of the hill. It only took her a minute to catch up with the wagons. She yelled out to get their attention. "Excuse me!? Sorry! My friend and I are lost! Can you tell me where we are or where the next town is!?" She was maybe twenty feet from the last wagon when an arrow landed in the ground with a thud just in front of her. She skidded to a stop as she looked around her. Five ponies that weren't pulling wagons were facing her. Two of them had bows in their hooves. Another two pulled out swords with their muzzles while one pulled out a sword with magic. Of course the unicorn’s horn was covered by the hat they were wearing. Duh. "Yikes! I'm sorry! Don't shoot! Did I say something wrong?" Moonie's ears splayed back and fell back on her haunches as she looked from one pony to the other. She noticed they had scars as if they had been in lots of fights. One of the ponies with a bow had a hind leg poorly wrapped in a bandage. Another sword pony had a huge gash across their chest that looked barely healed. 'My Celestia! What happened to these ponies?' She didn't have time to think for long as all of the weapon wielding ponies began to advance on her. She started to backpedal to get away from them. "I- I'm sorry! I didn't mean to..." Another arrow flew past her cheek, barely missing her head. She went into action and threw up a protection shield and began to run back to John. One of the ponies, the one using magic, she guessed, loudly yelled out something she couldn't understand just before all five ponies chased after her up the hill.

John watched in horror as the first arrow was launched. He knew it was a warning shot. But the way those ponies were looking at Moonie he knew it wouldn't just end with a warning. He quickly looked down to his sword still wrapped in cloth from the store. "It seems I get to use you a lot earlier than when I wanted. Funny how things happen like that..." John grimaced as he unwrapped the sword. The piercing blue of the scabbard shone through as the cloth was removed. It gave John a sense of purpose. As the cloth finally came off, he looked to see that Moonie was running top speed back up the hill towards him. He had just fastened the sword to his left side when he heard it...

"< Defend the caravan! >"

(To Be Continued)