Fallout Equestria: Rat Paws in the sand.

Cannonball had been placed in intensive care. He lay there his entire body turning from strong like it used to be too weak. He was growing older. Kip just stood there sobbing softly she was older then he was. But she could still move like a normal mare. She felt so awful for him. He reached up to her with his weak paw stroking her cheek.

"Shhhh, Kip. I welcome this. Whisper knew I was going to die. I just need to tell snow the rest of my story."

Kip sobbed softly "I know...Cannon, I know.. Just I'm watching someone else I know to die.."

Bulwark slowly walked into talk to her old friend. She gently wrapped her hoof around the old mare. She gives a nod to Cannon.

"Come with me Kip Silver wants you to rest."

"No...I need to be here. I need.." Kip tried to fight the hold from Bulwark but she was stronger than the old mare. Bulwark gently pulled her way. Bulwark looked back to Cannon with a weak smile. The two gently left the room coming in a doctor a Rat Creeper doctor.

"Pink nose...Do you know if my granddaughter is coming?" Pink nose looked down at him. He smiled weakly.

"Yes, she is coming my king.." He bowed.

Cannon chuckles softly. "I'm no longer your king laying on my death bed Pink nose. If this is my kingdom this bed of death. Then I don't wish to be king anymore."

Pink nose frowned lowering his head soft sobs came from him.

"Oh Oh Pink nose not you too. I have been trying to be happy with the fact that I will be joining the former kings. Justin..." He looked away frowning. "I still don't think he should have given me the crown. But I think its because I found a way to get us here."

Pink tried to regain himself and he sighed. "Sorry, Cannon but you have been king for us. For so long. You have done so much for us."

Cannon tried to stand.

"Cannon?"

"I need to tell the entire camp the story. The true story... The true end of how we got there.."

Pink nose frowned. "The truth of what happens the truth of why you became king? The truth You know what that would do to us?"

"I know what it will do Pink nose. Get me to the DJ booth."

Pink nose sighed grabbing a wheelchair. He helped the King onto the chair. Cannon sat there closing his eyes feeling the pain fill him from moving to groan softly. Pink Nose pushed Cannon through the hospital many of the doctors stood there watching. Even some of the sick watched him go. When they came out the guards stopped every one stopped watching the king.

He was pushed to the Dj Booth and inside Iron Claw was teaching his daughter to take up after him and they both looked up and they both frowned.

"let me use that please Iron Claw..." Iron Claw nods and he was pushed to the desk and he spoke into the mic.

"Everyone... This is Cannon Ball. No...Not Cannonball. I am Whiskers the king of the Rat Creepers. Since I don't have much time left. It would be time to tell you what happened. You all deserve to know."

In the school Deep Thought held the class so they could listen. Snow listened to her grandfather. Some of the conversations made it to Manehatten and was piggybacked to other places as well. It seems many wish to listen to learn to understand what happened at that time.

"It’s going to be a while before I fully get into the story. But I need to explain some things. Wheel tread did so much to my kind."

Hearing these words in Widow Maker Desert is a Bug named Ruby along with her friends. How it made it all the way there is surprising. In another part of Equestria Wymarnic, a Detective ghoul sits in his chair drink some scotch listening to the story. So many seem to be listening even the enemy. It's gotten to the point that many are trying to understand who this is.

"250 years ago. In the magical land of Equestria. Some experiments were placed on many creatures including my kind. But what happened to us wasn't as bad as what happened to the others. Thanks to Fluttershy we were saved. But the damage was already done."

He sighed. "I learned who did this to us. Who created the rat creepers. I learned this after I spoke to him personally when he was begging for his life. Wheel Tread. Wheel tread created us to be part of his Project Storm watch. Storm watch was meant to do so much for him."

He sighed softly. "Many of my species are weapons. Many aren't for mine we are the weapons. But to many of us were breaded out. So many of us haven't returned. for me. It was removed from me when the doctor that gave me my new leg. Gave me the potion."

He coughed deeply trying to breathe but he was able to after a while. "I am slowly dying the truth needed to be told. The truth is that many things were set up and I failed at first. The fact that Wheel tread tried so hard to buy us. He tried so hard to even do the storm watch project. The fact that so many have fought him.."

He sighed looking out to the statue of Tiria. "Because of him, many lost a friend. Tiria he lied to her. About how he got the howling dance. The elders gave it to a lizard merchant. Then he sold it to him. Then the elders sent her mother into a trap To so call get it back. So they could be rid of what they called a worthless trash warrior. So many stories... But allow me to finally get deeper into the story. We finally left the burning nest to go to what was called Reaper Fields."

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70 years ago Reaper Fields.

The ponies left us after we finally got rid of the bugs. The Rats all came to the outskirts of the reaper fields. We all stared at the ruin and the war. But that's not what amazed me there are more rats here then anything. Lily and I are the only ones that are left from the sewers the king stood like a leader in front of the area. All the rats look to be following him. It amazed me He lifted his sword.

"We shall clean this land to make it for our kind Rats. But for now, we must deal with politics of the matter." I had no idea what he meant by that but. After a while, we all sat listening to a group of rats wanting to have power.

"I feel that we need to clean this land my king but never allow ponies within our ranks. Unlike that rat from Manehatten, we don't welcome those species." The rat that was speaking is known as a Snow runner. He came from up north with another group. They lived in the snowy area of the land. Apranttly a group called Yaks chased them out up there.

Justin sighed shaking his head. "All species are welcomed here. If we wish to live we need to live together and not allow ourselves to just focus on one race of rats. We all have been chased out from our lands by the various species. Whiskers group from what he explained to me has been ponies."

The rats around started whispering ponies. From what I could hear the ponies didn't seem very welcomed among any of our kind. I can tell that Jenner wasn't very happy about the fact that I'm courting but I have also been told by Whisper that Jenner has been trying to find a way...

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Cannon Ball started breathing heavy coughing. He was dying he couldn’t go on any longer. Whisper walked in and looked at Pink nose.

"Cannon let me tell the rest of the story.." Cannon was taken out of the room Whisper knew that he would die before she can tell the whole story. She sighed and started to speak into the mic.

"I'm sorry for my husband he has been slowly dying and he has been wanting to explain about our kind to our granddaughter for so long. But he waited for too long. So much has stopped him from telling the story. I was there in fact.. parts of my story are the same. We were chased out of whitetail woods by ponies and wolves."

"After everything was said and done. Jenner came up to me to talk to me. I didn't like the look on his face."

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The rest of the story through the eyes of Whisper.

Jenner came up to me. He has been my father’s right ear for many years. But I never trusted him. But he has been jealous since I wished to be courted by Whiskers.

"Princess. I have come to warn you that Whiskers is not worthy of you." I have grown tired of this I am my rat. I can say who will be with me or not.

"Listen I'm not a prize for either of you to demand anything from me. I wish to go along with this because I'm my own rat. Now are you going to keep bugging me about this or are we going to have a little trouble?" I stared at him like he was a thing a pile of vomit from the stomach of a creature.

"Very well. Princess." He walked away I didn't know it at first. But he had plans to get me by force. There is a thing that all we rat even those from other lands. Know that if we challenge one to a battle to the death then they gain everything. But Since we just started living out here I didn't expect it.

In the middle of the night, I woke up to a guard rushing inside. "Princess, Jenner has challenged the King and whiskers to a battle to the death."

I didn't know what to think but he has wanted the throne for so long that I have known him. Whiskers are just a new soul. I came out of the tent and in the middle around a group of many rats they cheered as Whiskers and my father started to fight Jenner.

A large group such as this would cause a stir and bring the unwanted to this. But I had to find a way to put a stop to it. But I knew while this was on I couldn't just force it to stop. So I sat there and watch.

Jenner and Justine were the first to fight I had to watch in horror but. A guard spotted something and I knew I would need to see. I asked what was wrong.

"Ponies are coming.." The guard told me... "its the pony that Whiskers told us about.. he is coming and he wishes to talk to the winner of this battle."

I was about to say something when the pony in the wheelchair came to me and smiled. "Well, I see he found more of his species. But I never thought I would find so many of them. I think you better go return to watch. I think that is the king on the ground." Wheel tread just dripped with so much of something from him. That I turned to watch my father get stabbed and he lay there panting and wounded.

"Ha, now time for you Whiskers I will be king and his daughter will be mine." Quickly I ran through the crowd and looked towards the ponies.

"The ponies are here!!" They all turned but Jenner didn't care. He grabbed me and tossed me aside.

"I will deal with them when I am done with Whiskers." I watched in horror as the two fought their swords met with great force. I knew Whiskers wasn't trained like he was. But I watched my father who slowly lifted up and when Whiskers was about to get stabbed before this happens. My father had the strength left to grab a knife and with a toss, the knife stabbed right into Jenners back.

Jenner just stood there fell dead. Whiskers stood up he was now our king. He looked at all the rats and then to the ponies. Wheel tread slowly came over.

"I will speak to your king." The crowd parted showing Whiskers he stood up.

"I speak for the Rat Creepers. I will say my words to your pony. Leave us never bother us again. Go your way. Wheel tread you have caused us enough pain."

Wheel Tread smirked. "Of course my king. I shall return someday to claim you. But for now, I will let you enjoy your little blind time of playing King."

The ponies left and it was time for us to build. I remember his speech that he told us.

"Here we will build in this wasteland of death. Even though most of our land is broken. The ponies will never heal it. If they do then we will watch as they do on the sidelines we will never gain peace with them."

I sighed and the story goes ahead many years and in the middle of a circle and a table, a wolf sits there.

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"I watched from an afar as a wolf named Tiria untied the reaper fields. Not much happened over the years other than that. She brought hope to us. She helped us fight the Enclave. The fact that we have lost so much and she is one of those we have lost. Soon my husband will join her in death. Along with so many warriors of this world."

After it was all done Whisper slowly went into the bed that Cannon lay in. His breathing was slow. She held his hand. She had tears streaming down her face. Kip was there Silver Gunner as well. They all watched him.

"I ...I see her..." Whiskers softly said. "She is asking me to come with her... to a wonderful land."

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The spirits.

I stood there watching as Whiskers stood beside me. I looked to him my friend but that's not all who stood beside me. The ghoul from my nightmares Misty moon all those that had died. I wish I could go see Crow as well. But he left ages ago. To that new town, Scootaloo made. I offered my paw to my mate Sand.

"The future is what we all make of it." Whiskers said beside me.

"Maybe they can hear me." I weakly said.

"They know you're there watching them Tiria. I feel that its time that we follow our path to the next life." Sand said with a nod.

"But... Our daughter. She is so lost without us.”

"Lost without us Tiria? No, she is not. She will join the future. She will join us later along the line. We must go to our destiny."

I watched as Whiskers and the others slowly walked back to the land of the dead. I saw some pony friends that I knew from the past. But I looked back knowing that I would never be at peace without my daughter knowing I love her.

"You do know she loves you.." I turned to look at the former ghoul pony. Misty Moon stood there beside him a smile formed on my face. I didn't know what to think or what to do.

"Yes, she does love you Tiria." I looked at Misty Moon they held their daughter in her hooves. She will grow from what I was told in this land of spirits. But she wouldn't have much of a life.

"Like I do Tiria." Looking over to Sand. We started to walk to the afterlife. To ponies known as something else. but I looked back seeing a mare watching Silver Gunner. I allowed others to go along. I went to the mare. A purple mare with flowers as her Cutie mark she just stared at Silver tears had been in her eyes.

"Hello miss." The mare turned to look at me with gentle eyes.

"Greetings Tiria.. I see you followed my creation."

I blinked staring at Silver. "You're his creator?"

She nodded. "Yes I created him and he helped my former student Scootaloo in her mission but he also helps you. Come. I shall tell you the story of how the world used to be."

I blinked nodded following the mare to the afterlife. I looked back to Silver and smiled going into the portal. But he watched us like he knew we are there.

"Silver what are you looking at?" Kip asked.

"Those of the past are watching over us. The past wishes to speak to us if they could.”

Kip just stared at him. “Then we know she is watching us.” Kip’s eyes well up with tears.