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         Fallout Equestria: Rat Paws in the sand.          
                     -by Megaskullmon-                     
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              Introduction: Path to the sand               
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Introduction: Path to the sand
"The sand is but another way to see the past. Just with the hooves claws and dance of the past."
Once upon a time in the Magical land of Equestria. It all started way before any war's before even the war started. It started for most would say with us... The rats. For us, rats were part of the world with the ponies. Most would say that we are a threat to them. We would carry fleas that bring sickness. We even brought the stank of death to most. But most of us were just a plain pest. We broke into ponies home's just to live to find food. Through the wood or if a door was left open. But again it was like we were a threat to them and we were too stupid to even notice.
The one known as Fluttershy helped take care of us a lot. Did we deserve it? Maybe? I doubt it fully but think of it from our point of view. We are always hungry little critters. Maybe we deserved to be killed by the thousands... Maybe we are a threat to the world. But I think many of our species didn't care. There are normally more of us than the ponies. But our simple little brains didn't focus on that. Food, breed, food, breed, feeding and breeding every time. Some time or another they would call somepony..to gas us and murder us by the 100's... But of course, we didn't care the rats again simple little brains no one understood us... But the yellow one.
Ah yes the yellow one her and her five friends... That seemed to be heroes of the world. The orange one, known as Applejack the farmer. We never had issues with her. We lived on her farm and our home was then destroyed when Stable Tech ripped it apart to make a Stable. But yes how would some of us know this? If we are just stupid? That will be explained in time. But again way before the war even happen. Strange machines were started to be created. We never could find a way onto the clouds why would we? Rainbow Dash hmm. She was close to the Yellow pegasus one of her close friends. Rainbow Dash, I don't know much about her really. Just the fact it seems she started some Pegasus project.
Again how do Rat's know so much? That shall be said when my thoughts get there of course. I am old after all so you youngins want stories now...now!!
A voice spoke up. "Um, grandpa...you're getting a bit nuts again."
I blinked a moment "OH, sorry. Ahem." I looked back to the little ones of many different races that wished to hear this story. It's been 50 years since the Lightbringer did so much for us. "Ah, yes...let me get back to the story."
Rainbow Dash did many things for her friends. She was very loyal and some of us when we read about her. Wanted to follow her path the idea of following the path of the Loyal one was the idea of most of us. Being loyal is something I loved to see and loved to learn. But again, the idea of how most of us learned this is to come. Pinkie Pie.....her ideas of how to help fix Equestria didn't help us one bit..her so-called Moral helped murder a lot of us and did a lot to her own kind. We never understood why she was given these powers. Her robotic creations haunted us, even then.
Rarity an interesting creature of beauty. Never took kindly to our kind. She tried to always have us killed even though she was friends with the yellow one. It's always interesting to see how the world took to her. A creator of fine dresses that you could never find again in the wasteland unless another with the skills find their way into the world. It's a peaceful way of learning and understanding. But she had the generous heart and soul that was meant give to those that barely had any. Those ideas would never be seen again in this world. but until the next bearer of that element was found. But that would take a long time. But that is another story of course.
Twilight Sparkle, a mare that we never could understand. A creature of weirdness to most of us. When we read up on her... It was like interesting. Her ideas and what she did in the world was very interesting. Twilight Sparkle did so much for her friends. She loved her friends so much they even saved Equestria together from Nightmare Moon and Discord. Discord, a creature, an interesting creature that caused more harm than good. But these six ponies didn't only save the world. I am sure they also destroyed it.
Bring it to the start of the war. Most of us went to the bodies of the dead to eat what we could along with the crows and another pest. More pest that could have come to the endless way of how things came to pass. Scootaloo, the founder we think of Stable tech, of course, we never really learned much about them. But the rats normally everyday pest in the land of Equestria the war was just starting and we always enjoyed the dead and the food we found in the camps.
But sadly some of us got ran over by the battles that did happen we did get into the middle and some had to eat us to live. It was an awful sight for the ponies of the past. I felt sorry for them I really did when I learned about them and what they had to do to live. I know it's not a simple thing to learn. But most of what comes is what happens. The battles we got in the middle of, we got stomped on and sometimes got burned. It was odd to see this happen but the path of a rat was something we always found pain or death when it came to the end of it. The idea of this is to understand why we became like this.
But still we always just ran around like normal then it was a calm every normal day. It was a strange sound the ground shook and suddenly Boom. The world went red and green and screams filled the air. In one day the world ended. Some of our kind got contained by the radiation and the taint that came from it... But some just got the normal rads. They went from pack to pack spreading the rads. A few months it was getting very nasty for some of them.
Some died awful nasty ways. Then we started growing larger and larger. We grew to the point of pony size. But we weren't as smart as the ponies yet anyway. One of the pack leader's went closer to the sight of the bomb. Soaking up more rads and then went back to the pack. The brain inside the rat's started to become a bit bigger and after another set of months. The rats started to stand on their hind legs and with a bend in their backs. They could walk normally on them. But they then started becoming pack rats gathering whatever they can read. First was a book of stories at the time young stories. For young fouls. But they went through more raids finding more stuff to read. That is where they learned more about the world. The Ministries were talked about in some of the books. But they didn't become that smart till one of them met a ghoul that could speak. But this was a year later, the ghoul taught this one how to speak and to learn.
He went back to teach the others we started to become more like we are now... But it would take time. We found books on how to build and we found old ruined crap and started to build a small city in the sewer's made from old shakes and old parts of buildings. We built a community started to learn how to write and make laws. We wrote history books of what some remembered before the bombs fell. But of course, it was hard to read most of them. It took a long time for that to become normal. But we started to use junk trash cans and even ruined weapons. Most of them were remade but turned into more worthless crap. It got to the point we had to be tough again... But we had to learn how to make armour and weapons. At first down the line, the years slowly went by... But the above world was still pretty deadly. But we had to go out to find food.
Finding food was never easy. But we did have to fight smaller creature's to get their meat for food. The idea of this wasn't something we wanted. But again becoming a race of the wasteland you had to do things you didn't care for. The idea of this was going to be hard. We didn't find any ponies again for awhile like that ghoul. We just heard gunshots and screaming sometimes. But it was a normal thing in this world now. The world was so far gone we didn't even try to think of a way to protect it. We just wanted to live and survive the pain of that was going to be very hard for us. The point of the idea of this was something that we needed.
A voice spoke up. "Um, grandfather? Grandfather!!"
Cannon ball the speaker of the story seemed to pass out and doctors came in and put him in his bed. Then a pony doctor came in it, was Kipkipe.
"Little ones, let him rest. Let us take care of him." She smiled sweetly as the other doctors pushed the little ones out and the door closed. The young Rat Creeper, Cannons Grandaughter wanted to hear the rest of the story. But she won't be able to tell Grandpa woke again. But she wanted to read and learn. She went to the library that was in part of the city and she looked at the graves. She seen these so many times but never read this.
"Here lies Softpaw, a hero that gave her life to fight the Enclave." She looked to the next one
"Pot head guard and my best friend. Cannon ball."
"Wheel tread, I wish I said I wasn't happy that he was dead... Tiria."  
She couldn't make out the last one but then walked to the pedestal in the middle of the city. It had a glowing orb inside. She wasn't sure what is was... But ever since she lived here... She saw this thing and finally saw two more graves in front of it. She didn't wish to read them. Because she had no idea who these two were... But she looked at the glass case that held a Pip-buck and a bunch of weapons and armour and also a journal.
It's been 50 year's since the Lightbringer helped this world. She was born in a world of green and not as many dangers. She watched as a large robot known as Ra Proto walking around the town guarding it. She looked up at the gate seeing an old blue mare with a shield on her flank. Along with a Griffin watching with her. She walked away running into a large metal pony. He seemed to be turned off. But she has seen this pony here ever since she was born. She kicked him hating running into this pony. The eyes turning on and stared at the little creature.
Walking away staring at the graves looking at it with great sadness. Then started to do a patrol like the other robot.
She sighed and walked into the building she shared with many other creatures but her family had their own room. She was the daughter of a princess but...she didn't like it... She was treated so differently. The Reaper fields no longer needed him since it was fully protected without him. The only part that is still full of danger is the bog on the way. But she sighed walking to the school since she could learn something and went inside. Seeing Deep thought the changeling he was already had a school session going on. He was teaching much different. Races he was a kind gentle soul that loved to teach young minds. He taught her every day along with her friends. She walked back to check on her grandfather noticing something.
Her paws in the sand looking at them blinking. She never knew that her kind had these type of paws. The hunch in her back was starting to hurt so she got on all fours to look closer at the paws. They meant something to her it seems and she looked up seeing Ra Proto staring at her.
"...I...um..not doing anything wrong am I?"
Proto spoke. "Scanning....scanning....scanning... Error...error...." Just sparked a bit and walked back along its path. She blinked and sighed walking back to see her Grandfather. She heard the pony and him arguing.
"You can't just stay awake Cannon... You need to rest!!"
Cannon laughs. "Oh come on did you say the same to when you asked...her....oops." He covered his mouth and Kip walked out of the room tears falling from her eyes.
"Kip!" He yelled. "I am sorry... I keep forgetting how painful it is to you all." He sighed and leaned in his bed. "Damn it... Cannon."
She walked into the room and Cannon smiled.
"Grandfather.... I wish for the rest of the story."
He blinked and sighed.
"Alright, little one."
He sat up and sighed a bit.
Well, let's see if I remember correctly. Ah yes, our species. It was ten years after the world ended. We found a group of ponies... That seemed friendly enough at first they gave us enough food to live and some books that they found. But these ponies didn't care what we looked like... But there would be time's we would meet those that didn't care for us. But at this time it was before it became that... We ate and read the books they gave us. We learned more of the world we were in but we couldn't use the magic. it was something we didn't care to learn really. But the idea of magic in this world was something we stayed near. A book that some read was how to build weapons. We built them and found made sure we made enough to protect the pack and the little town we formed. But as it went on. Some strange monsters started showing up in the world above so it was going to be harder to learn of the city above.
Some of our kind didn't return it was starting to become more known... That if we were going to live we needed to sneak through the city by using the very sewers. So every now and then they went above to find more way's to get out of the city and in the city. But some of us started to die because...not all of us could handle the changes to our bodies. So it would take many generations to fix that. But of course, it's was something we had to deal with. But it wasn't the only thing we had to deal with. Some of the ponies started becoming what is known raiders.
Very very nasty ponies that wished to harm us. But we took out a lot of them as well. More years have past and we started getting very paranoid of the ponies above us. We didn't trust them unless they wanted to trade with us. We also gave ourselves a name the Pack Rats. Because we took everything we found. But the problem with the ponies they even started attacking the ones we traded with. So at times, we found the ones we traded with were dead... But not always from raiders. Some of the creatures of the city got pretty nasty even. It got to the point we didn't even leave to look for ponies. But that happen when above got very nasty. We would sometimes find dead bodies in the sewers and take whatever we could from them. Then to live we took the bodies and cooked them. But again we are rats we had to find a way to live.
So every time we went into the buildings we made sure it was basements. Some basements had protection in them and ponies. But we head some our kind that could sneak through the basements that helped us find the endless food and weapons that were left behind but the ponies of old. But the issues for us were becoming even worse. But our time for the worst would be so long after. But a lot of ponies started to trade a bit along manehatten we tried to trade again. They started shooting us. So we had to stay in the sewers even more.
Cannon ball started coughing couldn't speak anymore and laid back.
"I can't tell you anymore tonight... My little granddaughter." He coughs more and Kip rushed back in with water and helped him drink with her magic.
"Snow paw..please let him rest."
She sighed and nodded.
250 years ago. A war broke out in Equestria that would change Equestria forever. The Lightbringer brought back peace. Ten years after the Gardens of Equestria were started up and brought life back to Equestria. Most were alive to see this. Cannon Ball is one of the few only Rat Creepers along with his daughter being the only remaining Rat Creepers that were alive during that time. 40 years after he is now slowly dying like the rest of the old that brought back peace to their new home. He is the only Rat Creeper that remembers how it was before..he became King..now he has little time to explain the story before he passes away.
Written by: Megaskullmon
Editor: rainbowscoots1 (https://www.fimfiction.net/user/252387/rainbowscoots1)
Fallout Equestria: Rat paws in the sand.

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               Chapter one: Sewer's of Blood               
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Chapter one: Sewer's of Blood
"Why is the water so red in the sewers? It's blood... Yes, it's blood... It's blood!!!"
It was morning in the small city that Tiria saved 50 years ago. But of course, this young Rat Creeper didn't care about learning anything about it. All she cared about was her grandfather's stories. She never understood the crying that came... When they stared at the graves near the stone that has that odd orb in it. She was just either too young to care or back to the world of how Equestria was... Some just didn't care about the world around them. They just cared about what they wanted. She was meant to go to school and she tried to sneak outside... To get to her grandfather... But of course, the large Robot RA Proto stopped in front of her.
"Little creature should be in school." The large robotic being stares at her, it's one eye scanning her. "Stay here I shall raise the alarm. Of school." Of course, when Proto meant raise the alarm he really raised the alarm. A lot of ponies and griffins came out of their homes with guns and rushing to the gate. Bulwark the one who runs the gate blinked staring at all them.
"If this is a drill... I am impressed." She said staring at all the ponies and Griffins staring over the gates
Snow paw face paw's, sighing softly. Proto speaks up.
"Alarm... was meant for the little one that wished to skip school." The ponies and Griffins stared at Proto and groaned, walking back into their homes. Bulwark climbed down from the gate and walked over to Snow Paw and stared at her. She had many scars on her blue furred body. Her face had many scars But even so she had a gentle smile.
"I got her Proto, go back to patrolling." The robot just stared at Bulwark and then sparked a bit walking away to go back on its patrol. The unicorn calmly gave Snow Paw a nuzzle and smiled.
"Now... why aren't you in school hmm?" She sat on her haunches watching Snow paw.
"I.... wish to speak to Grandfather about how he became King." She looked up to Bulwark who just had a soft smile. After 50 years she became the defender of so many young... Her heart that used to be stone... Turned so soft Bulwark looked over to Tiny who was watching outside on the top of the gate.
"Tiny... I need to take this little one to school, do you mind if I go do that?" She asked with a gentle smile.
Tiny looked over. "Yes... tell Cannon Ball hello from me and that he owes me caps. I will be on the search for Shadow and his caravan."
Bulwark rolled her blue eyes looking down to the little one.
"I will make sure to tell Deep Thought you wish to be there for your grandfather... But I won't be doing this all the time for you Snow paw." She sounds stern but still has her gentle smile. Snow gave a smile and Bulwark calmly lead the little creature through the city to the cave... That held the hospital. It's a safe little town. But the little ones were precious to all the guards of this town. Their gems to them and they will drop everything to help one of them. Just to honour the soul of the one that rescued them... from Wheel tread.
Little Snow paw never understood why everything in this town even raiders was so kind to the little ones. If one is crying and alone the guards just rush to them and hold them close. A jewel a guard said she was... Bulwark the leader of them has no young of her own. She treats all the children of the town as her own. She lead Snow paw through the little city in the cave. Leading her to the arena that was turned from performing justice to a hospital. It was turned this way just for Cannon Ball.
Bulwark calmly brought Snow Paw inside and Kipkipe looked towards the two her eyes stern but had a gentle smile. She gave Bulwark a tight hug.
"Hello....my dear friend..." Kip said with a gentle purr and Bulwark nuzzled her friend.
"Heh, hello Kip... I brought Snow Paw... she wanted to skip school to see Cannon Ball."
Kip's face turned to a bit of anger but sighed she knew... She wouldn't ever be able to keep Snow from her Grandfather.
"Come with me Snow Paw." Then Bulwark speaks.
"Kip, have you been crying again?"
Kip turns, her eyes a bit red, nodding.
"Every time... I see her... I see her... I cry... I wish... she could have lived to see what we did here."
Snow blinked was wondering who they were talking about. Bulwark sighed.
"After you're off, you, me, the bar and we will talk about this again."
Kip nodded calmly leading Snow paw to her Grandfather who was yelling at a nurse.
"If I wanted you to tell when to sleep I would sleep myself, child!!" The nurse just stared at him looking to Kip with eyes of 'get me out of here'. She nodded and the nurse trotted out quickly.
"Oh... Kip sorry ahem... I didn't mean to yell at your staff." Kip gave him an angry look.
"We will talk about that...later... Here is your granddaughter. Please speak to her... I need to check on the other sick." Cannon looked to Snow Paw and he sighed shaking his head, looking at his granddaughter. He sat up on the bed and got out of the blankets that kept him from getting cold at night. She would see the leg that is strapped to a machine gun.
"Now... why aren't you in school Snow Paw?"
Snow paw smiled softly trying to ignore that.
"I just wish to know more of your story grandfather." He sighed and shook his head.
"Alright. Let's see ah, it's been 150 years since the world ended."
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50 years before the Lightbringer
It's been 150 years since the world ended... 50 years before the Lightbringer comes out from her stable to rise up and fight for the freedom of all creatures in the waste. But during this time it was live or die like every other day. Down the line the little town we created. It turned into a bigger town. But we didn't drink or do most of what the ponies did. But we did listen to DJPone3 it was most of the way to deal with the loneliness of the sewers. 20 years I was born but I wasn't the king you see now. No, no little Snow paw. I was just an everyday rat looking for my way of becoming another part of the world.
I walked up to a vendor since we all had jobs in the little town. I brought what I found from the deeper parts of the sewers that still held some ghouls... Of the former pony, workers of the city.
"Hey, boss I got all I could find." Younger me said.
The boss looked at me... That was his name the Boss... He was a nasty rat his left eye was ripped out of its socket just because. He looked at all I brought and gave a laugh.
"Humph good job... worthless maybe you will get your food for tonight. Now open the bag and give me the shiny and toss the worthless stuff away." I rolled my eyes and grabbed the bag from the stand and I started to remove all the shiny put it on the floor. It was just a simple day like every other day in the sewers breeding eating so forth... That's all we did and built our defenses to get ready for the ponies that tried to murder us. Of course, that hasn't happened at all... None are brave enough to even come in these sewers to even try to kill us.
I brought out a Pot that was very shiny and I looked up seeing a female friend of mine walk up. A very good friend of mine. She was named Lilly, she picked up the Pot and put it on her head as a joke.
"Oh look I am a Pot head... But hmm I am going to pay for this." Yes, this is the one known as Pothead... she became very odd down the line... A lot of smashes in the head... I just rolled my eyes as she went to pay for the pot and kept pulling out the trash with the shiny and gave all the shiny to my boss.
"Is that enough Boss rat?" The boss looked up to me with a scoff and gave me my cut of the food.
"Good luck tomorrow I might give you your food." He smirked and took all the shiny stuff and I picked up the worthless junk. Heading to my little hovel. My parents died because well every rat for themselves of course... I ate my food relaxing for the night reading a book calmly. I felt this was going to be another one of those years. Oh yes, we must allow our leaders to control us. I ate my food sighing, looking through the junk. Finding some old weapons and sighing. I wanted to go on an adventure instead of just sitting here being nothing. But of course, the world above us full of danger. The boss came to my hovel.
"Hey Whisker's, you want more food?" I blinked looked up to mister boss.
"Go with the guards and wait for the traders that normally stop near our home."
I sighed, closing the book and grabbed my trash made armour and weapons. I went up seeing one of our over muscled kind. They're rats that stood too close to were to the bombs fell off. Now they are used like mules.
"Come you big Oaf lets go." Said one of the guards and the large rat said.
"Duh... okay Ringo..."
I chuckled and followed them through the sewers. Being a trader, being the voice of our species? Something I wasn't really wanting but eh I followed the idea. We found the ladder that lead us up to the above world. It would be the second time I was up here... The smells that hit my nose, the decay the death around us. We stood with our large rat mule by the intersection that leads to Tennpony tower. Normally they went through this way. Unless something was causing an issue.
We waited for close to 30 minutes. The trader walked the path and stopped in front of us and he smirked.
"I see my best friends are here." The blue stallion smirked and we always traded with or a few mares that came this way.
"Yeah, yeah, hello again." Ringo our trade leader said with snark.
"You big oaf let down your bags and lets them look through them."
The big rat sets down the bags.
"Hmm, interesting you creatures find so many interesting things."
The stallion looked through the bags pulling out some large things of strange metals. Some junk that doesn't even seem to be worth anything. But of course, to us, it's worth it. He put down some caps and food and water. Mostly just food and water.
I calmly spoke up.
"I think that's fair sir... Do you want anything else?" The stallion looked to me and thought a moment.
"Hmm, what do you have in your bag?"
I blinked and sat down my bag opening it up and in it was some old food. A weapon and a lot of books.
"Hmm, I wouldn't mind taking this."
He reaches into the bag and brings out some clothing I found awhile ago. It's dirty but could be used for a lot of things.
"Hmm, interesting that is fair." The large mule rat picked up what we traded it seemed to be getting more and more strange.... That we got less for all we gave him.
"Oh wait I got something else to give you." He set down more water and more food and then packed up what he got. He nodded and walked off.
"Alright thank you?" The rat grabbed the rest and we waited. We waited for another hour. We saw a group of ponies walking back to us. Staring at us one in a Wheelchair. A Griffin and an orange pony with an eye patch. They looked to us a moment and then started to whisper to each other. The one in the Wheelchair came over to us. He offered his hoof with a smile.
"Greetings, I am wheel tread." I shook the hoof of the pony staring at him. The Ringo and the large rat mule looked around they felt something was off.
"May we help you, sir?" I asked calmly staring at the pony.
"I am forming a troop to help protect my city. Would you like to join?" Wheel tread smiled.
I looked to the others and they shook their heads.
"No... sir, we are fine on our own." Then the pony with the eye patch came up to me and started stabbing her hoof in my chest.
"If you had brains rat you would listen to Wheel Tread... He doesn't take no for an answer, you belong to him." Wheel Tread's chair makes a snapping sound to silence the mare.
"Now, now Patch... everypony can be bought with a price..." Smirked at me...
"I could offer you wealth and money along with all the caps and food you could dream of."
The three of us looked at each other not sure about this guy. I looked back to the pony and stared at him.
"No sir... we can't be bought... We lived a perfect life. So please go on your way, sir." Wheel Tread frowns but then smiles. Patch snorting. Walking away she mumbles as she does.
"Bad move... rat bad move."
Wheel tread chuckles and I noticed that he dropped something on the ground that looked like a cap. But I paid no mind to it.
"All deals come all deals go. if you change your mind... just come and find me..." He gave a smile. Wheeling his chair back to the two and he started whispering to them... I watched as the Griffin flew away in the other direction and the mare left to go the other way. But wait that's a steel ranger base in that direction. I watched as the pony in the Wheelchair went off to Tenn pony tower. We waited a little longer for more traders.
But it was getting late and we headed back to our way in. I looked to the cap before we fully left. But I didn't pay mind to it. But we went back underground and the guards on the way home waved to us and we came back setting everything on the ground... For the Bosses to take their share and then give us little rat's our share. I just went back to my home and noticed my food was eaten and my chair was taken. It was my brother.
"Brother...." I stared at him. He looked at me, he was larger than me...
"Runt..." He just kept sitting in my chair... I was sighing shaking my head. I went to our shit stain of a bar. it was called Shit I... That's because the rat that owned it rolls in it every day. Oh, goddess the smell. I sat the old nasty stools. The fly-ridden rat came over to me and smiled, showing his broken tooth.
"Name your poison Whisker's." I calmly looked at him and sighed.
"Just water..." He went over to the sewers, dumping a glass in there and put it in front of me the water so gross looking. But you do what you have to when living in a sewer. I drank it gagging a bit but just kept drinking. I sighed Djpone3 started to talk on the radio
"Good Evening Children. It seems to be a crazy night out in Manehatten. Raider's and Steel rangers have been fighting a lot in the city to try to take parts of it over. They seem to be searching for something in the city... But I say it's best to protect yourselves. Now children enjoy a song from Sweetie Belle."
The song started to go and I sighed drinking the water gagging.
"Hey got any food here?" The tender looked to me and nodded and sat down some mouldy magoity meat and I stared at it sighing.
"Thank you." Set down some caps and started eating. Ah, the life of a rat how sweet it was. HA HA... yeah no... it wasn't sweet at all...it was a shit hole. But little did I know...i would soon be going on an adventure. I was sitting there for about three hours drinking the water and looked towards the sewer water that just kept going down. I stared at the water as I drank the water and then I saw a body of one of us going down it.
"Huh?" It was one of the guards, his head was missing. There was screaming and shooting outside. I rushed out, grabbing my caps back... Rushing back home to gather everything again. Then I realised I had it all with me... But I had to see if everything was okay. My home was on fire... I hear screaming and our guards and large pack mule rats fighting back. I grabbed my gun, firing at whatever it was... It was...ponies? Raiders how did they find us?
"HA HA! Keep some alive!!! So we can have our fun." I growled and then we were trying to let the non-fighters get out and a group of Steel ranger's rushed in killing them and they started a three-way battle between us and the raider's attacking the Rangers. Why did they come down here... Why? I looked over, remembering I saw that we had a lot of our camp made from very old parts of tech of the past.
A rocket launcher came my way and then blew the protection in front of me and I went flying but I didn't land I hit the water and got out quick. Lily came to me with her pot on her head and a large machine gun firing at them. "This way!!"
I shouted the guards keep fighting all they could and I rushed after the one's that could make it out and we had to find our way back... But the battle stopped outside.
"Keep going..." Then I heard a voice on the blow horn.
"I told you... there is always a price." I stopped in my tracks and got on all fours with the gun by my side and looked over the side of the wall. It was that wheel tread pony with his minions.
"He told you rat... He gets what he wants even if it means death. Accept it Rat." The one with the eye patch said.
"You creatures I have been told been living here for years. It seems you have angered some ponies in Tenn pony tower. Also, the Steel Ranger's have been told you had pre war...tech it seems... Now... I can chase you all over Equestria... But you will be the last of your species. Now...what to call you...to make it sting...for how useless you are now... Till you become my toys. Oh yes, you creep around...and you are rats." Patch spoke up with a laugh.
"Rat Creepers boss... Rat Creepers. They stink and their worthless like every non-pony and griffin in this world."
Wheel thread chuckles.
"Keep running rat. I will find you... You can't beat me... I will make sure every last race of yours dies or till they join me... Again a price... What is your species?"
I watched as he shot my brother. I just growled holding my tongue and rushed through the way out. Seeing the sewer waters filled with blood. Our blood we trust the ponies we trusted them with all our hearts. Would we trust them again... But we had to find a way out of the sewers most of the ladder's lead to the road... We would have to find ones that were in buildings and sneak through them to get out of the city. I didn't hear any hooves behind me. They seemed to not be chasing after us... At least not yet...it was proof that we weren't ready in case...an attack was coming.
I ran oh did I run.. All I could think of I wanted an adventure oh I would get one now. I found the others that came with me they stopped. It was just five... Only five of us made out... Maybe we would find more... But at the moment only five. One of them was my friend Lilly. The other was a female named Soft paw. She was young and scared... But she held a machine gun. Another was a male named Two steps. He always made two step's as he walked. He was just a store owner.
The last two guards... Ringo and a female named pink eyes.
"What do we do?!" Two steps said while his paws were two-stepping like a dance.
"I don't know!!" Soft paw looked around scared her nose making nervous twitches.
I sighed listening to those around me lose it even the guards. They had no idea what to do. I didn't either but we would be caught dead down here if we didn't move now. I spoke up.
"Listen... we got to survive we can't just stay down here... They know we are down here... We need to... I hate to say this... Find a new home... That means leaving the city...heading out into the waste... I know we probably won't live very long if we do head out there. But we have to... We can't stay here and wait for them to find us. We would be sitting ducks."
The five stared at me as I spoke.
"I don't want this any more than you do... But we had it lucky for years down here... It was bound to happen. Someday they would have had their racist parties and then attack us. We all know who destroyed the world... Ponies. Ponies are a threat to us... But we won't shoot them on sight unless they do that to us. Now come...let's go... I think one of the basement is this way..."
We walked away from our former home. The blood started to fade from the water. As we tried to find a basement to get into. It wouldn't be easy not all of these buildings had basements. It was going to be hard we didn't even have our found... But being rats we ate anything even corpses... So we kind of had to do this... If I could I would pray to the pony Goddess to please help us get through this alive... But they didn't listen to non-ponies. Like the books always said they only listened to who they wished.
Now, what is the horror to a rat... Being lost without a home? Yes how about learning there are cats above us. I looked up seeing from the gate seeing a Manticore, of course, lucky for me... I got out of the way before a yellow stream came down.
"Well...not going out there..." I said calmly I kept leading them through the area. It was going to be awhile so I sat and rested and sighed.
"I need to think... You two please stand guard."
I looked at the guards and they nodded as I just relaxed thinking a moment. How was I to find the way out? There are many basements. But what ones are safe? Then I remembered one... There is a hospital a days walk from here. It would take us a full day to get there. I remember we lost a scout part in there a few years ago to something... But if we went through there... What do we have to lose I thought.
"I know what we can do. The hospital." They just stared at me...
"Okay, Whisker's did you hit your head running out? Because why would we even think of running to a place like that?" Lily said sighing.
"Listen I doubt if they are going to find us again... We have to think outside the sewers. We have been to laxed in our ways. We need to stop and think like a pony."
"We need to have sex all day and drink all kinds of beer and complain because the world is not fair to us?" Soft paw asked. I didn't know if she was being serious or sarcastic. I stared at her and sighed shaking my head.
"Right... we already think like ponies...then in that department." Face paws, sighing.
"Look we need to do this or we can just sit here and wait for them to kill us. Well then, if you won't come with me I will go on my own." Two Steps looked at me stepping his paws over and over. I sighed knowing if they didn't follow me they would die.
"Do you guys have any other ideas? Should we go back and let them shoot us? Oh let's go back and wave to them... Then say 'Oh please don't shoot us... We are just cowards'. That's not how this world works... We again have been far to laxed." I stood up and grabbed my gun.
"Now come...let's get going before they start looking for us..."
The others just stared at me as they looked to each other. I went on ahead as they followed me. It started to rain... Oh, lovely it started to rain. How wonderful great wonderful as the rain went through the storm drains. We just accept it...since we got used to the fact that...our kind lives in the filth. For we are rat's and now we are on the run. The place we need to get to... To get outside...will be such an interesting time.
I {Cough Cough}
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The present
The story ended and Cannon ball started coughing and grabbed his water and Kip rushed in to make sure he was alright.
"No...no I am fine..."
Kip shook her head and pushed him back in bed with her magic. "No, you aren't. You need to rest." She kept him in bed with her teal like magic her eyes full of determination not to let him go.
"Now Snow Paw...let your grandfather rest... I will call you when he is better. Now get to school."
Snow Paw sighed and walked out of the hospital and a guard pony stood beside her acting like her guard. Again she noticed how the guards of the town protected the young and walked with them everywhere. She looked around as the teens had guards with them... But not to invade their privacy but more to protect them. She looked up to the mare who had an eye patch. It was the mare Patch. Patch looks down her with a hard stare. But even though behind it there is kindness.
"Where do you need to go kiddo?" Patch tried to say without cussing.
"I um...I need to get to school. Can you help me get there please?" Paw said with puppy like eyes...hard to do with rat eyes.
Patch groaned and nodded leading her to the school. She helped her into the class that was already started it seems they were talking about History but Deep Thought the changeling spoke up.
"Ah... princess... I see that you wished to grace us with your presence." He said with a calm gentle tone. But it was easy to tell that he was not happy with her. Snow sat in her desk sighing and she didn't have many friends... But they loved her grandfather's story she grabbed a pencil with her mouth.
"Now what are learning today... Is Nightmare Moon. Open your history books to the time of the night." She sighed and looked to the pegasus that seems to be here... Oh, she forgot a lot of the leaders changed their stance on pegasi after the former saviour died. She hopes to learn someday of what this saviour did for them. A half blind unicorn walked in that had a crystal ball on her flank. She is basically the other teacher.
"Hmm? Oh alright, kids read the entire history of nightmare moon and write it down. I need to speak to Seeker."
The pony he meant a pure white unicorn in a strange gypsy look. She had a pure blind eye that looked like a full moon. The other eye that was pure white with a black pupil. Snow was able to hear them speak in the back of the room as she wrote and read the history.
"She is on her way back... But a heavy load is on her shoulders. She will never be her mother. She needs to follow the future of the crystal that is in her heart." Said Seeker that seemed like a strange future seeker.
"We can't say her name around Kip... Shadow or Silver Gunner...or they just go in their own places to mourn why... I know...they cared for her... But it's been fifty years... They need to let it go..." Deep Thought said with a buggy winged flap.
Seeker chuckles and shakes her head. "They barely knew her. Helped them she lost her home... Lost her family, her mate murdered. Then she grew around the year... They knew her for a year... But still, she kept to herself... But death... like it did... hit everyone in this little town hard... It's the fate of things... Fate chose to take her to Celestia and Luna on their little journey."
Deep Thought just stares at Seeker sighing shaking his head.
"I never will understand you when you get like this."
Snow wanted to know who this was. She kept writing and the time was already close to the end of school anyway. It was about three hours for her grade. But for the later grades longer.
"Okay kids... close your books keep your work on your desk... No homework this weekend... Now go enjoy your weekend...if you need anything remember to ask a guard or your parents." The kids stormed out and Seeker just stood there.
"Snow... paw..." Snow paw blinks and stops looking to Deep Thought. "Come here."
Snow paw gulps and stands at his desk. "Yes?"
Deep, thought seems to give her a stern look but then his expression softened. "One of the leaders of the town is out there to escort you back to your grandfather. Also no it's not Kipkipe... She is busy with Bulwark it seems Bulwark wanted her to get out for awhile and just drink. So please be respectful to him."
Snow left the school and standing outside was a black Griffin she blinks haveing a large smile on her face.
"Shadow!!" She rushed up to him and got on her hind legs and hugged the Griffin tightly.
"Hello, there little Snow..." He smiled. Snow looked up to her favourite Griffin. She loved him and his wife... But his wife was mostly a sniper on the guard post.
"Let's get something to eat and then go back to your grandfather..."
Snow nodded with a gentle smile. Shadow lead her to the bar were Bulwark and Kip were seen drinking and laughing. Silver Gunner was guarding the door. Since it was his time to do so. He stared at Shadow.
"Shadow... I see you're babysitting again." It was hard to tell if Silver Gunner was being sarcastic or just normal after all he had no lips to read. When he spoke the grill glowed. Shadow smirked and gave his best robot buddy a hug. Silver just stood there.
"It's almost the anniversary of when we met.. Her...." Shadow trailed off and Silver looked away, nodding. Shadow lead Snow paw inside and Shadow Sat beside Kip who was very happy and giggling. She then wrapped around Shadow and hugged him tightly. Snow sat beside Shadow.
"Heh hey, Kip Hey Bulwark." The two chuckle and go back to chatting. "So what do you want to eat and drink Snow?"
"Um....water and um...meat." Shadow nods and looks to the Tender who is as pegasus in a tux.
"Ah, little Snow wants water and meat? Alright." He flys off and puts in the order.
Snow stays silent and watches Shadow look to Kip.
"It's almost the anniversary of when...we met..." He trails off and Kip's ears droop and Bulwark looked to Shadow with a lot of anger in her eyes.
"I..." Kip finally said it. "We need to move on... Shadow...we all do... But I miss her... It's not fair...that she was taken from us like that. I know her daughter...feels that she is a mistake and feels that if she wasn't born she would still be alive. But we can't let her think like that." She blinks looking down tears falling but then ignores the pain of hurt. Going back to talking to with Bulwark.
The food finally came and Snow slowly started to eat and drink. Shadow stayed silent. Snow softly spoke.
"Um... Shadow...why is my grandfather so sick?"
Shadow blinks and looks over at her and sighed.
"I am sure he will explain that to you in his story. Let's just say he wasn't always a healthy creature."
Snow nods and finished her water and finished the food.
"Come kiddo lets get you back to your grandfather."
Snow nodded and smiled as she followed Shadow... But before she did... She rushed to Kip and hugged her and then Bulwark... The two looked to her and Kip's soft motherly eyes show her motherly smile... Bulwark strokes her hoof over the head of the young creature. As they go back to speaking and Snow following Shadow.
Shadow lead her through the cave area again and to the hospital. Shadow just let her go in and Cannon looked to her and smiled.
"Ah, there she is...back for more of the story then?"
" Let's see where was I? Where was I? Ah yes."
"There we were in the sewers trying to get to our destination."
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70 years ago - The sewers
I was trying hard to find a way to the place we needed to go. But it wasn't going to be easy... I remember that the path to that... Was through raider parts of the sewers. So even if it would take a day to get us there. A day that will take every time to move on you could say. Even in the sewers, we saw old propaganda signs why would they be down here? The pink mare scared me to death... Why did she have to watch us forever?
Now I just had to keep those with me from going crazy. it wasn't going to be very easy because... They didn't deal with this... Stuff but wait neither did I. We were getting closer to the raider part of the sewers the how do you say lovely decor of their works. Sometimes they did wander into our home and we had to take care of them. But as we got in... It seems this place had been already removed of raiders. A lot of dead bodies on the ground full of bullet holes. Maybe a traveller walked in here to search for crap and cleansed this area a bit.
The way was deep in their territory down here... But we went down... Finding a lot of their ahem interesting gore art. I'd rather not go into it but it's a lovely thing to see oh yes. Now the path to get there was going to be easy... Who ever came here first just killed them and left. It was not going to be easy to make sure their all dead... But I kept the five with me close, whispering to them.
"Shh make no sounds...stay close, keep your weapons primed and ready."
They nodded while they followed me through the bloody sewers. It was called sewers of Blood to us... But it wasn't going to be easy for most that wanted to get out of her quick. But it seems all the traps were set off already as well. I wished to find whoever did this and give them a hug. But we stopped seeing it finally that took them out... Another Rat Creature like us? This one seemed to not be of the sewer. A female... A female... A good....looking female...
"Grandpa!!"
"Huh, what? Oh yes sorry about that... Ahem."
The female was a warrior that used melee weapons. She turned to see us. She was wearing heavy armour and seemed to know what she was doing. "Oi friends... Don't worry I am a friend... I'm Jewl." She said showing her brown fur with oddly green eyes I walked over to Jewl with the others.
"Hi... I am Whisker's we're on the run from a pony named Wheel tread. He brought in raider's and Steel ranger's to destroy our home." Jewl blinks and frowns.
"Well, then I sadly can't help you. But I cleared the way for you if you need to get away from here."
I nodded and when she walked away... I stared at her... I stared at her ass... Oh if i could just hold that ass...
"GRANDPA!!!"
"Huh what is wrong... Oh sorry...again... Heh heh. Ahem."
We followed the path to the hospital from what we learned of this place... It was an area for the mentally insane... Oh, wonderful I thought I just remembered I want to stay sane. But I had to get us there and we couldn't just keep standing... It would be a full day before we got there. A lot of us were already getting tired... But I had to keep them moving. We had no idea how far away the cronies of that pony is.
It was becoming very apparent if I wanted to keep us going... I had to keep going and they wouldn't want to stay behind. It was starting to rain harder and the sewers were starting to get a little flooded which is always an unlucky thing for us trying to get there. A wave of water come from behind us and swept us up a bit of the way we tried to stay above water... So we didn't drown but it tossed us on the right path...oh thank Goddess for fate I guess. But still, we had more time to go...
"Oh....great." Soft paw said, shaking herself dry growling at the water dripping from her... It angered her that she was wet and in armour. But she did her best to keep moving the rain hitting us and the path of our way's getting stopped by water but...we wadded our ways into it... To get to the other side.
"Come on you can do it. We aren't far now let's just keep moving." I had to grab Two steps from just standing there. It was getting on my nerves that he was becoming such a child. But sadly we had to keep moving even though... I was scared myself. We again can't let this crazy pony catch us.
it was going to be a long day. We went deeper through the bloody sewers more and more gore and raiders loved this shit it seemed. I never understood their love for making stuff like this. It was getting to the point. I feel that's all we were going to see with them. We heard some voices it was raiders. But we tried to make sure we didn't run into them. Helped the others through we made sure they didn't see it.
Then the voices faded. We started getting tired and we finally made it past part of the raider sewers. The idea of this was going to be hard. So we found a door that lead to a small room that had pumps in it and we went inside.
"We are going to rest here for the night. I want you two guards to guard the door but one of you sleep and the other watch. Then wake the other."
I went to a corner to get some rest. The other found their own spots to sleep. I fell right to sleep I had some interesting dreams but I don't really wish to talk about them. But yes I woke up a few hours later but I noticed something was off. I looked towards to see the two guards awake but I just remember we lost our home. It was time to move on. I woke the others up and smiled.
"Come on let's go..." I opened the door and there stood a raider. He just stared at us and we stared at him. I was thinking maybe this would work.
"OH, pony you're dreaming you should go back to sleep!!" I waved my paws around to try to make think he was asleep.
"You didn't see anything go back to sleep!!" I said in a strange voice.
The door closed back up and we listened to the raider.
"....Yeah...no more buck and shit for me...." Heard his hoof steps as he walked away.
"Come...let's go..."
Walking out of the room we had to make it. I doubt the raiders would even care to be near this basement it was another half day tread. Why did ponies have to make this city so damn big? It seems very unessential. The five survivors followed me. Hoping that we get to the way soon. Because I was getting tired of this. Thanks to the scent it was easy to find. Looking around calmly. Using my ears to see if I could hear anymore. But all I heard was the rain above and the water coming into the sewers.
We stopped in another closet type room and I opened my bag to bring out the food I was given. "I hope I have enough till we find more." I drank from the water and calmly ate. As while we ate... I sectioned the food to ration it. Along with the water.
"I will keep our food and water... But eat and then we will get moving again." Ever since what happen to our home. No one spoke they just seemed so sure... That it was a dream... But now to tell in their eyes full of fear. Some of them have never been in the above world. Most have only lived in the sewers. It wasn't something that was going to be easy to control.
"Listen..." I spoke very softly. "I know this ain't going to be easy... Look at me I know I have no right to even be a leader. But it's better than sitting around waiting for those ponies to harm us. We need to get to this basement and then we can...rest for a few days. Then head out of the city... We should head south. I heard there is not much out there..."
We all finished eating and we all took our weapons and got them ready and primed. Looking out the door and I said it's fine. We slowly walked along the path in the sewers. Coming to another flooded tunnel... But we had to wade through it.
"Almost there..."
We got to the ladder to get higher up and followed along the path that lead us to the hospital. It started to stink worse since... we passed old tanks that made the water stink. But I tried to find a way to break it... Because we needed to drink... We never cared about the effect of rads on us... But we have to drink. I brought a hole into it. As we drank from it... The water tasted awful... But it sadly was going to happen. Most of the time... I didn't get sick when I drank water like that... But I have been told drinking too much and eating too much of that awful crap.
Will harm your body down the line to the point that you will die... But hopefully, for me, it wouldn't have been anytime soon. The others drank and we waited, looking around calmly. I made sure that we were getting closer. I climbed with my claws and look through a drain. I mostly saw ruins but then I saw the hospital it was oddly still standing... But a lot of the windows shattered. Came back down and nodded to them.
"Almost there. Just a few more hours."
Soon we came up to one of the ladders that head into the basements. It was a few hours later during this time. But it got to the point that this one was locked. But of course, it looked old. I looked through my bag and found a bobby pin and a screwdriver. I never trained myself to do this... Some I saw that did this used their magic or mouth. I would have to use my claws.
I placed the bobby pin and screwdriver in my mouth and slowly climbed up, my tail behind me swishing. The guards kept an eye on the tunnels hoping never to see any raiders. I got to the top and removed the bobby pin and the screwdriver from my mouth. I tried my best to break the lock on it. It was old and rusted... So I had no idea how it would work. But there was a snap and I broke the bobby pin through anger.
I stabbed inside the lock so many times I sighed and the Goddess must have heard me because the lock fell down with a thunk on the ground. I opened the gate and a long dead pony body fell to the ground with a shatter. I chuckled.
"It's raining bones...come..." I went up into the hospital oh boy this was going to be a pleasant time. I was the first up in the basement... it seems a lot of the supplies were still here. Like someone didn't even come this way as of yet. Maybe they did but didn't find their way to the basement. The other came up and I looked through some of the boxes. Finding just one Medkit and some old food. But that was about it. The rest was just junk... I placed it all in my bags. I looked to the others noticing they needed to rest...it was going to be awhile before we fully brave this place.
I brought out more of our rationed food and water. We started eating and drinking. It was deathly silent... I never thought for creatures that loved to speak... That we would be this silent... At least Two steps. stopped his stepping. But it was going to be awhile before anything.
"Get some rest I will take care of this." I stood up to let them eat the remaining food I put down after I placed the rest in the bag and I stood guard. They all slept... But I stayed in the basement. It was calm in here the sound of the rain didn't really do much. But when lighting flashed. It flashed up the dark room and there I saw something in the flash. I was able to see upstairs on the way to the door... There was another platform. On the top of the next floor to get to the basement door... Were ghouls...I calmly sneaked back to the others and let them sleep but watched.
If we didn't make any sounds they wouldn't find us. I stood there calmly and tried to make sure I made no sounds at all. But I found a terminal in the darkness... I turned it on to look through it... But I had to find a code to hack it. I did a few tries learned from trader's on how to hack... You need to back out to let it reset. When I broke through I got the name... It was a mental hospital full of crazy insane nuts. But this one was bound to close before the war's end.
They were going to release the mentally impaired because they showed signs of change. I looked more most of it but what I found...is that the doctors in this hospital weren't very kind to the ponies in here. Some were forced in here because they didn't hate Zebras. They didn't care for the war.
Why would ponies do this to their own species? My trust for ponies fell, even more, that day. Because they even did it to foals. I looked at the outside to see some of the ruins. Then back to the terminal and sighed. Saying to myself. {I see why the Goddess forsake this world... The ponies in it became so evil... It took bombs to cleanse their evil.}
Looking back to the terminal I looked through more of the files. Finding myself more and more upset at the fact... They even did this to the elders. It was starting to anger...me I wanted to kill someone...But all those that did this...are long gone... Are we going to be dealing with the failings of the ponies of the past all our lives? Could this have been stopped?
Could this war between the Zebra's and ponies be stopped in a peaceful way? I doubt it... I can't judge for the ponies of the now. Because of what their forefather and mothers gave them. But if this is the world that we are going to give to our children and grandchildren... Why aren't their hero's out there to clean it up? Are we going to be this way forever? Why would we be how is it fair to us? To creatures who weren't even part of this war in the past. Why are we punished because of their plunder's?
So our world is now this...just because ponies and Zebra's had issues with each other. I had no idea at the time..what caused the war and why it was started... I would understand soon why the war even started. I went through more of it and noticed that some of the species... Were captured Zebra's that... What....they were....friends...with some of the ponies... They were just given to these ponies... To harm...them?! I grew angry but I realised I need to calm down.
Sighing softly and moved from the terminal not wishing to see any more of this world... I just wanted to see the world I heard about that Equestria used to be. I looked back to the terminal and sighing softly again. I feel that we will have to change. Am I going to have to use the tactics of the ponies to stay alive? Looking at my friends with me. I can't allow them to die... I can't just run away like the ponies of old did...and allowed the world to get like this. I have to rise and fight for them. The lighting went off again I looked up and knew the first part of this was to become part of this waste.
I opened my bag and grabbed my extra ammo. Waited for the lighting to go off again. Seeing that there is just four... I went up the stairs. I would become one with the waste... I wouldn't allow it to win and beat me. I had a misson to save my kind. I wasn't going to allow some pony war of the past to stop me. The ghouls saw me and I fired on them and I was able to get three down and I dodged the other grabbing a knife from my side trying to stab them but I was knocked back by hooves and fell to the ground...
I got out of the way quickly and suddenly picked up the knife and stabbed into their head between the eyes. I panted and felt pain in my body now... But I needed to prove that I can do it. But I was going to have to learn... That I need to take on the creatures of this land. I went back down the stairs and noticed my friends didn't even wake up. I sat down watching the outside. I knew sooner or later... I would have to learn.
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Present day.
"I knew sooner or later I would have to learn. Welp time to get some sleep kiddo."
Snow blinks and looks at her Grandfather.
"I am not tired..." Snow's mother calmly walked in and picked her up and put her on her back.
"There you are...listening to your grandfather's stories again?" Snow nodded yawning and seemed to fall asleep on her mother back.
"Father...you need to rest...instead of telling her stories..."
Cannon chuckled and seemed to give her a soft gentle smile.
"If I didn't tell her the story now... I would never get the chance... Let's face it.., I am going to die... This is the last chance...of these times I have to explain how our kind is what it's like now."
She shook her head.
"It's the weekend so there is no school. So you can tell her the story."
Cannon nodded and watched his daughter and Grandaughter walk out. He looked out the window. Seeing the inside of the cave city. But saw the grass outside of the cave. He thought back to the one that convinced him to join with the ponies to take this community of slaver's raider's and so on and turn it into a calm lively community.
Granted in his mind he knew there was going to be times that communities are tested. But their dead friend leader...that so many miss... Wasn't as tested as The Lightbringer and Security. He sat there watching is she with the Goddess now...watching down on her friends? Is there a place after this shell of a body? He watched the ponies Zebra's Griffin's and other beings...of Equestria that came together with all these hero's of the wastelands. For he knows there are more heroes out there... That may never be mentioned... He and the others will be remembered for the small things they did.
For every hero out there may do big things. But it takes the acts of all hero's to add up... To make the world great... He wasn't a pony so he knew he didn't deserve to be remembered. All he had was a story... No hero stories... Like the one he met fifty years ago... Along with Kip, Silver gunner and Shadow. He knew he would be with her soon in death. Hopefully, he can see her again... Maybe he will see those that died along the path...to get here.
Maybe he would see Pot head again. So much is in his mind... What if? The war again never happen. Would The Lightbringer still have been born if the war never happen? How much would Equestria be changed if the war didn't happen and peace won in the end? It would be interesting if that was ever thought... But of course, the past is gone now.
He kept watching and saw the happiness of the ponies and other creature's most had scar's and some had deformities from the rads in the waste. Now that is all taken care of. Could they raise the new generation that is part of this world now... Not to go into a war that ends the world and causes the pain that it did before?
He heads to his bed and calmly gets into it and puts his head on the bed. He starts to remember the promise he made to her... Before she passed. That he would pass on knowledge and wisdom to her daughter. He wanted to fulfil that promise when she came back. It was time to rest like the rest of Equestria because down the line... Worrying too much about the future is what probably caused the war. Looking back on what he learned about why the Reaper Fields battle happen... Is why it's time move on and have a good time to enjoy the life that The Lightbringer brought them. As well as the other hero's who's names probably would never be spoken... But history might remember in favour.
He closed his eyes and dreamed of his past..the story he would tell his granddaughter. This land is still full of pain to some..Cannon Ball did all he could to help the ponies that he wished to help. But the land is full of peace for a time..He feels something will happen soon..

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                Chapter two: Walking Crazy.                
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Chapter two: Walking Crazy.
" Some..try to find how to fix the insane minded. But those that do. Never understand they are crazy themselves why it's harder to do so."
It was early morning there have been rumors of unicorn's suddenly just vanishing from places and many areas getting attacked. The security has been doubled. It's gotten to the point that some old friends of Silver Gunner have shown back up after all these years. That Kip even knows. Cannon sighed. He knew that he was going to be leaving his family to a new war. But he had to finish his story to his granddaughter before everything was said and done. He was getting weaker but he could pace around. Looking outside the window seeing more guards and them making sure the young ones are fully protected.
He kept pacing while he noticed many Rat Creeper's from the Reaper Fields. Along with Junk Reaper's and Dumbbell raider's, they rushed in. One of the guard Creepers. Walked up to him and looked to the others.
" We are taking you back Cannon. Reaper Field's going into lockdown. So please come with us CannonBall.." The king of them paced looking to them and then back to the Guards. This was new for them. He shook his head.
" No, go back to the Fields if you move me to much I could die. The only reason I am not dead now from moving like this..Is because the sickness is not fully set in my body. So go lock down the fields keep the trade roads open. But make sure no one will harm the ponies here. If needed we need to keep trade going. We can't allow the trade to stop it will keep the former waste alive. Even so someday something will happen that might bring more pain." The Rat Creeper guards bow and then the other's follow them out. It's odd the alliance between the three in the fields has been stronger then most would think.
Sighing his grandaughter walked in and looked up.
" Grandfather...I am here for more of the story."
Cannon blinks and looked to her and he smiled. He sat down on the bed and thought a moment.
" Ah yes...well we fell asleep in the hospital."
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70 years ago.
We woke up the next morning at least I thought it was morning. But I placed my weapons back into the holder's I even found a little knife in one of the cases. It had a name. The Rat Slayer.I was like..wow really? A knife called the rat slayer uh-huh. I woke the others up and with no words pointed my claws up the stairs.
"Let’s go and get out of here." The others nodded and kept silent. They went upstairs and we opened the door looking into the next room. There just seemed to be calm music playing. Music playing after all this time? We slowly made it through the darkened area. Looking around and of course, we stuck together. The other's had their weapons ready as well. I went along as they followed me going through some rooms to make sure everything was going smoothly. But we did find alot of item's around. We found Rad-away Rad-x and many other chem’s. I placed them in my bags. Even though my species didn't get affected much by the rads in this world. But if we stayed near it for too long..We turned into some nasty things..or got sick. But it took longer, Looking around calmly to see what else we could find. Looking at my friends putting a claw to my mouth to tell them to stay silent.
We went to another room seeing bodies. But my tail hit something and made a loud sound. The eyes of the bodies opened up and just stared at us. Soft steps gulped and tried speaking to them.
" I um...your asleep yes you’re asleep!! Go...to sleep...go to sleep close those little eyes!!" The brainless ghouls looked at each other and then back at us. Then lie their heads back down and seemed to just die again. That was strange I never understood why some ghouls or zombie ponies avoided us. But some attacked us it got to the point that it concerned me..But I didn't wish them to suddenly get smarts in their dead brain's and grabbed the knife slicing off their heads and stared at them.
" We can't allow them to call others. We need to get out of here as quickly as we can." The other nodded to me and Pothead. Heh, I called her that alot now.
" Come weaker in the middle. Those ready to fight for their lives right beside me." I didn't wish to tell them I was scared to death. I didn't want them to know this either. It's many things to be brave and happy that we can't just become empty. I wanted to get out of here as quickly as we can. Find us a new home and new land. But it wouldn't be easy. We are in a deadly city. In a hospital meant for the crazy. I also knew some of the ponies are still alive in here with brains and crazy. Looking around calmly. We entered a room and then a screen popped up. A pony spoke.
" Welcome..to Hope Hospital. We welcome the mentally insane and broken here. To clean their minds and to heal them. Sadly the full broken minds would sometime be needed to be removed. The brain would be placed into a new body and then..It would be programmed with no memories of what happened before." It even showed how this worked. I just stared and thought to myself. ' Seriously? These ponies are crazy.'
The tv turned off and I looked at the other's. My eyes stared at them as the others seemed to be crazy. I sighed shaking my head and we head out and I didn't want to see any more pony craziness. Of course knowing that we are a new creature's of this wasteland. We would see the pain this war of the past caused. I looked at Pothead.
" Come with me Potty." She stared at me with an angry look and I looked back to the others. " Stay here..We are going to see what else we can find then we will find a way out. Hopefully we can find a way out." The others nodded and they all backed up into the rooms. I shook my head and then looked to Pothead. " Come."
She nodded and we looked through the lower floor. We had no idea how to get out of here. It's going to be interesting if we ever found out how to get out of here. Looking towards the window's I saw all the rain coming down and I sighed softly. It's getting to the point that I hate the upper lands. It's getting to the point I want to go back to the sewers. The two of us went through many of the room's Then one of the room's had brain's in Jar's I blinked looking at them.
" I....wow.," Pothead exclaimed her eyes wide. As the brains just seem to float in the fluids. I stared calmly at the brain's and with my knife and tapped on them and then I turned around seeing ponytron's and blinked.
" DIe ZE BZZZZT" Pothead just fired as I tossed my knife into the brain and both fell since we didn't wait for them to speak their words and we looked to each other.
" Shall we care about what they wish to do to us?" I said with a smirk. Pot laughed and more jumped down from above us and I just sighed firing at them along with Pothead. This was going to be a crazy day. How come I felt that staying alive was so boring and dull? After we took out the ponytron's. Looking towards Pothead and she took apart the robot's taking whatever still worked. I grabbed my knife from the brain. Then we went on. The lower parts of this hospital seemed so big. Then something hanging above us came smashing down and hit Pot head right in the head. As she was knocked the cleanout. I blinked and looked around my eye's looking around more. As more dropped down and I started at the strange objects. Then heard a growl looking up seeing a large lizard-like being. The creature seemed, to be mutated from something else. I pointed behind him.
" Hey hey...what’s that?!" The creature suddenly turned and went.
" Huh?" I grabbed Pothead and lifted her up and rushed back to the other room. Then I heard a growling " HEY!!" Then the creature chased after me. He jumped up and got in front of me and spoke again. " You didn't need to run from me!!" He hissed and then I set down Pothead and grabbed my knife getting ready to fight him. " Whoa whoa whoa hey hey...I don't want to fight you..." I blinked.
" Then...why are you in here?! We are trying to find a way out." The lizard creature tried to speak he then thought a moment then thought more.
" I don't know...how I got in here..I have been in here...since the end?" He just gave a shrug and then looked to Pothead who was knocked out cold. I sighed softly.
" Listen to creature..or whatever you are.." I sighed oh I was on a roll, wasn't I? " Okay look we are on the run Lizard...whatever can I call you scale's?" The creature just gave one nod. I then went down to Pothead and got her to wake up and she groaned rubbing her head.
" Ow...what hit me..." I gave a smirk. " The roof now come on let’s keep going. Also, come with us Scales. We need to try to find a way out." The lizard creature nodded and had some sharp claws and followed us along. Since we kept looking through the bottom of the hospital. It was going to be hard to. Then again another thing happen. We went into a supplies room and turrets came down from the ceiling and looked at us. They hummed and looked around for the coming insane ponies that wished to invade. But they didn't see us. One did look at us with its scanner but just ignored us and turned back off.
" This is...crazy why don't they see us a threat? We are here like every other creature that wants to live." Of course, me being stupid. Yes, I was stupid. I touched one of the brain's and the turrets came back to life and aimed at us. " Good job whisker's." I lifted my gun and fired. As the alarm's going off and howls and roar's sounded through the entire hospital and dark evil laughing. Whatever was in here knew we are here now.
"Yes.... let’s go." We blew up the turret's and there were alot of sounds now. Whatever it was. I wanted to find us above. We would have to go through it but we stayed below and of course, my other friend's started running past us.
" Hey were.." I looked to see a large robot.
" DIE ZEBRA SCUM!!" I wanted to just get into a hole and hide. But I had to run. The rest of us running and scales followed along. As rockets flew in front of us smashing into the wall's but not blowing up. All of us hid into another room. It was an operating room. Of course, we locked the door. Then a computer turned on. I started to speak as well.
" Ah, we got a new experiment everyone!!" Computer's and whatever else in this room started to clap and cheer. Claws grabbed Pothead. She screamed as I tried to grab her but I couldn't the other's with me are too scared and much like rats to fight. Scales rushed to the computer to try to destroy it. But his claw's refused to go into the screen. Then another set of claws crap him and keep him at bay.
" Now now...you will have your turn." I blinked having no idea why these robots wanted to do this.
" Why are you doing this?!" I suddenly looked at a screen come up and speak.
" Well...allow me to explain call me..X0057. I'm the doctor in charge since..all ponies haven't been seen in many years. Now from what the doctor’s mind sees’s. Well, your friend's brain is not well enough. Don't worry..she will be fine. We will make her better." The screen gave a smile. " Now now she will be fine and better. We haven't seen ponies in 200 year's, Now we see rats? Now please..tell your friend to hold still."
I lifted my gun and tried firing at the arm that was holding Pothead. It sparked and suddenly charged and then started to do a strange dance with the claw's. I thought to myself ' Wow...ponies are crazy!!' Then the claw charged at me and Scales grabbed the claw and ripped it off. I even yelled at it.
" Why is everything ponies make so crazy?!" The computer's looked at us and one started thinking. Blinking a moment and sighed. Scales and I sneaked to get Pot head off the bed. But of course, the arms stopped me and I sighed. But of course, before anything could happen that large robot a sentry I think it was called. The robot spoke
" DIE ZEBRA SCUM!!" It lifted it's weapons and fired at us and we got out of the way quickly. As the weapons smash into the computers. As they all scream and suddenly the doctor that wanted to work on us was..dead I think he was dead. We were trapped and I finally saw a large hole in the wall behind the computer. I grabbed Lilly.
" Come on!!" The robot started firing at us as the rest of us ran into the hole to getaway. We ended up inside a storge room blinking looking around and then opened the door looking through. we are still in the basement. But in this room is alot of brain's Some not even in the cases. We looked around as Two steps just stood there as suddenly his head fell off his shoulders the rest of us just stared at that. As a ponytron with a large sword killed him. The rest of us couldn't do a thing.. I grabbed my knife and charged at the ponytron stabbing into the brain. After the ponytron discharged. I looked down to the dead body grabbing the sword and set the knife on the headless chest.
" Leave him." The others sadly nodded. Scales looked down at the body. I sighed softly one of my friends was dead. I knew that sooner or later we all would be dead maybe. This world back then was a deadly world. We left the room and got into a hall. Finally seeing stair's to get upstairs to get out of here. Rushing to the stair's Again that large robot broke through the wall.
" DIE!!" The robot said is started shooting at us as we rushed the other way. I noticed that Scales got hit by many of the bullets but the bounce off. Then I stood there with my weapons.
" Pothead make a hole in the wall!!" She nodded and with her sharp teeth started to eat into the wall to try to get inside the wall to get the other way out. I fired my gun at the robot some of them bouncing off but some making it into the robot. Sighing looking towards the wall as..'Cough cough cough."
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Present
Cannon started coughing as Kip rushed in and helped him to his bed. She looked towards Snow paw.
"Let him get some rest Snow paw I will let you back in after school is over." She sighed and Kip closed the door and there is now an argument. Snow paw leaned into the door. She could hear them.
" You need to take care of yourself Cannon!!" Cannon didn't talk much.
"I can't she needs to 'Cough' KNow how we got here." Kip sighs. Snow paw slowly left the hospital as a raider pony rushed to her and she smiled. The raider is one of the newest ponies. The raiders tend to protect the town.
" Were to miss Snow paw?" The mare asked. Snow paw just looked down and sighed.
" School please." The mare nodded and brought out a large knife putting it into her teeth. The guard's now kept weapons ready just in case. Snow looked to her and softly spoke.
" Why are you dressed like that?" The mare stopped walking a moment setting the knife down and she smiled.
" I was a bad pony in the past...I am doing what I can to redeem my self..I know a raider has alot to answer for..But Bulwark was looking for guards to protect the young of this little town." She gives a gentle smile. " I know too many little princesses they wouldn't trust me..But I promised Bulwark with all my heart. That I will protect the future of this town. IN the spirit and Name of Tiria for what she did for the town here. She may have not saved the land. Like the Lightbringer along with the other hero's that did more for us. I am sure you can understand." Snow nods calmly as the mare lifts up her knife again. Leading the young Rat Creeper to the school. There is a few guards around the school with heavy gun's and they seem to be Griffin's former Griffin merc's.
The Griffin's looked down at the Rat Creeper. They aimed their gun's at the mare. One of them spoke.
" That's far enough Raider." Snow Paw looked up at the Griffin's who seemed to be from this town as well. Brought here from Shadow. Then the Griffin looked down at Snow paw her feature's softening and then back up at the former raider. " Sorry..habit...I keep forgetting." The raider nodded setting down her knife.
" Don't worry I do...as well..Old habits are hard. but" She was cut off as Fleur walked out of the School staring at them. Fleur was part of the school. She stared at the Griffins and the raider then looked down at Snow Paw. The Griffin's saluted the same with the mare.
Fleur laughed softly. " I am no pony important. I would be worried about Bulwark heard how you all are acting. Now let the Princess past. I need to get back to my inn." They nodded as the Raider helped Snow paw in The raider calmly leaned down to Snow paws and placed the knife down.
" There you go little one. I will see you again.." She pats her head and picks up her knife. As Deep Thought and Seeker stared at Snow paws she sat at her desk and alot of the young ponies, griffins, and Zebra's looked back at her.
" I see the Princes is here." Seeker smiled. " Now to the lesson." Seeker went to the chalkboard and placed the lesson.
" The star's" Some of the Zebra's looked up with fear in their eye's. " Now now relax. We will just explain them." She smiles at them. The Zebra's relaxed. There are just three two mare's and one male.
"Now the Star's to the Zebra's evil stories. But of course to most magic. Now the stars have been around so long. But the thing is almost never understood. I have seen it with my eye. How the future works." The Zebras get out of their chairs and started to bows her. As they say, seer. Seeker looks back to them. " Back in your chair's now." They rushed back in. She stared at all of them with a gentle smile.
" I am no Seer my friend's. I am just one that sees the lines." Then she stops speaking and looks towards the door. Crystal walks in Tiria's daughter.
" Seeker...It's time to leave." Seeker nods and looks to the children.
" Stay protected little one's something evil is coming. " She walks to the door. Deep thought leaves to. A new teacher walks in. She is a Rat Creeper.
" Forgive me children but Deep thought and Seeker will be gone for a while" The children started whispering to each other. Then soon after Class was over. " I will be your teacher for awhile children no homework." Snow Paw's left with the other children as they were all escorted by the Griffins. Snow Paw was escorted by the mare. Snow Paw Stopped watching Kip hug Crystal. She noticed Crystal was leaving.
Cree the son of Shadow and Owl beak. They hugged him tightly. Bear a vulf'van that showed up a year ago just stood there smoking. Kipper Kip and Crossfire's granddaughter. Kip hugged her along with her mother Uzzzy the mare was covered in thick fur. Seeker and Deep thought seemed to be going with them. Then one more Crosscheck. A family member of Kippers. They all calmly left. They seemed ready for some battle. But then she saw Silver Gunner opening the case. Giving Crystal Tiria's bag's her journey and her pistol the Red Dragon Zebra pistol. Crystal nodded placing it into her bags and they headed off. Cannonball was watching as well. The raider mare escorted Snow to Cannon and he looked down. Then up calmly.
" Look at her Snow..The daughter of the long-dead Tiria. Going on an adventure. There is something bad going on." He looks up seeing the turrets being worked on. Seeing the heavy weapons and some Applejack Ranger's who are from here guarding as well. Along with some pegasi in Enclave armor. They all flew above. It was like a heavily protected town. "We are on lockdown Snow. The trading is still going Reaper field’s is in lockdown." Snow looked at everything. As Cannon sighed closing his eyes.
" I knew this peace was too good to be..." He Gasped holding his chest coughing hard and falling on his knees. Coughing hard. As Kip trotted to him. Looked at him calling for help as some Griffin's lifted him up and carried him back into the cave. Snow paw frowned she had a worried look into her eye’s biting her lower lip a bit. She sat down on her haunches swishing her pink tail. She knew what was going on and looked up to the sky to see all the Enclave. It was just a few solderer’s. These are the ones that lived here and became part of the Enclave to protect their home.
One of them landed near Snow paw and she looked up to the black armor and gave a weak smile. The voice from the armor screamed.
“ Land solderer’s protect the young of this town. Protect the young with the guard’s and Griffins. Move!!” The flyer’s flew everywhere to land near children and the other guard’s. Their weapons primed and most of them started to patrol. It’s getting to the point that so many are worried. But the former Raider’s are working on their weapons and looking up at the enclave. One spoke aloud.
“ Hey did you hear? The unicorns vanish first and then others are killed. I heard the Pegasus are taken out first..if whoever is doing. This can get to them.” The Solder gave a nod not speaking back. “ Also I see you got into the enclave. I do hope they know you’re here.”
“Yes alot of them know that we came here. Since they wish us to be with our families. It’s why we are all here to protect the young of this little town. We must protect the future just in case.” The raider nodded and then the soldier started to patrol again. Ra.Proto and Silver Gunner calmly patrolled around the town. Some rangers did the same more like four. The three mares that Tiria made friend’s with 50 years ago are here as well. Their old but they haven’t retired yet. They kept their helms on and stayed near the gate. Their weapons are primed and ready to take on whatever would come. It’s getting to the point that many of the ponies study the new one’s that walk in. Bulwark and Tiny sat on top of the gate. They keep watching. Bulwark had heavy armor on Tiny did as well.
Snow paw calmly walked back into the cave and went to the inn to go to the bar. The former bar was turned into a home. Since the old owner felt it would do better with a bar added to it. She walked in and Fleur was fixing drinks and there are heavy-armed ponies in here. They all looked at Snow paw she looked around fear in her eyes. They all cocked their weapons and ponies stood up looking at Snow paw. The bouncer mare calmly picked up Snow paw and brought her to the stool. The ponies kept their weapons primed. Since a young one is in here. They are ready for anything. The bouncer was a ghoul. One of the crews that were on the ship so long ago. She gave a smile.
“ I know who you are here to see Princess.” The mare went back to the door and gave a nod to the ponies and other races. But the Zebra’s kept their weapons primed and one of them spoke in their exotic voice.
“ No offense to you. But id rather is ready to protect my home then allow anyone to harm the young.” The ponies and Griffins gave a nod. All the ponies and so on that lived here for so long have learned that the young..is what you protect here. The bouncer gave a nod and Fleur got out from behind the bar. The rat creeper looking up to the former high society mare and she wrapped her broken hooves around The little one and hugged. She softly spoke.
“I am sorry about your grandfather...I wish I could help.” She said with a gentle smile. The little rat creeper looked up to Fleur and nodded. Fleur looked up to the bartender.
“ Feather please get a glass of water for this little one. Now.” She walked to the stage and spoke in the mic. “ Ponies all races of our little town. There is a threat going on right now. But please relax the guards will call if they need you. If an anymore young walk in here please stand near them and protect them. Jonon.” One of the large Zebra mare’s who is another bouncer looks up. “ Stay near the Princess even when she goes back to her grandfather. Don’t let her leave your sight.”
The Zebra smiled bowing her head.
“ You honor me Fleur.” The large Zebra mare calmly stood near the little creeper and sat beside her watching her with her gentle green eyes. Snow calmly drank the water looking to the mare. She wore some strange barding. But it seemed to have alot of knife’s ready to take on anything. The little one had some fear in her eye’s. But the large mare stroked her head with a hoof.
“ Shhhh I am not going to hurt you little one. I am now your protector. I am honored to be.” She looked up hearing the Griffin commander gave orders to his solder’s
“ Now Griffins every young pony zebra and so on must be protected. Now get out there and protect them. Walk every road to make sure no little one is left unguarded. In the name of the Lightbringer, we must not allow our future to be ruined. Go now.” The commander leaves with the Griffins and they cheer in a squawk. Snow looked up to Jonon.
“ Um....when did you come to the town?” Jonon smiled gently.
“ I was found...by Star Shooter. A deadly island that had us trapped there for so long. She freed us and I came here with her. But that was 40 years ago.” Her ear’s droop. “ She has been in the hospital for so long. She got so sick and broken. It’s taking so long for her to heal. Whatever happened to her there. She can’t heal from potions and made her so weak. I was told by a doctor that came with us. That it will be along time before she ever walks again. At least she is now able to speak after what happened. We had to carry her here.” She looks over to the Griffin commander who was hearing this and frowning looking down.
“Maybe someday you will be told the story. But we blame ourselves and one of our friend’s refuses to be in the cave’s blaming herself. She is under heavy guard being a unicorn so we hope that she wouldn’t be harmed. But we hope that she is able to stand and fight with us. But something trapped her into her own brain. From what the doctor said’s. It’s like she is watching a lifetime of a memory orb. She is able to come out of it sometimes and then go back into the memory.” Sighed softly Jonon looked to the Griffin who was near them and nods calmly.
Snow looked up to the Griffin and he smiled. “ Greetings little one. I’m commander Black Feather. My troops and I met Star Shooter on that island. I gave her my troops. She did so much for that island to save the ponies and all races there. She saved us all there and made it so we can finally leave. But the cause of how we got to leave...and free the island..It’s sad.”
The Griffin sighed Jonon nodded and Snow calmly listened as she drank. A strange Mr handy robot floated in. A long robotic shy came from him as he floated to his friends.
“ Dr...” Said the commander. “ how is she?” The eye’s of the robot look to Dark Feather and Jonan.
“ No change. She is getting a little better. She at least remembers my name. But then fell back into the memory. But I am angry at the one who did this to her. But to bad their dead.” He hissed and steam came out of his shell and sighed. Then floats to the bartender.
“ I would like some oil and scotch.” Feather nodded and poured scotch and oil into a large glass. A port opened up and the robot drank like a normal living creature. A female salamander creature walked in. The creature looked pure red with red burning spikes along her back. Her eye’s glowed brightly as she walked to her friends. She hissed softly.
“ Dr...Slice...I came to ..this Goddess forsaken cave..Like you asked.” She was like a snake with her tongue slowly hissing out. “ Any change?” She looks up with fear in her eye’s. The robot turned around and sighed.
“ Some...Blaze...Skull Crusher refuses to come into this cave. He refuses to see her like that. He blames himself his troops are very worried about him. She has been this way since the final battle of the island. It’s how it was going to be. But none of us knew when she went in alone She forced herself to fight through the pain and forced herself into an orb of many memories all in one.” Suddenly Slice growled and tossed the glass and ripped up some of the stools and threw over the tables. Growling in anger and torching some of the empty tables.
Blaze blinked Jonon stood up quickly so did Feather. Dr. Slice spoke in anger.
“ She is laying there... I can’t do anything!!” Slices many of the tables Feather rushes to him and grabs him pulling him back Jonon held one of the arms with her mouth.
“ Slice..you can’t blame yourself.” The dr was making weak robotic sobs. Jonon blinks and removed her mouth from the arm and Feather blinked as well and he sighed giving the large robot a hug along with Jonon and blaze.
“ She...will come back to us...Slice..” Jonon said calmly. Blaze nodded and Dr. Slice just kept sobbing robotically and Feather slowly helped him outside and looked back.
“ I will have Skull Crusher talk to him.” Jonon smiled softly nodding and Jonon got some nasty looks from Fleur but then she sighed. As the bouncers pulled the tables out to get more. Then she walked to Jonon.
“ I know how it is...Jonon...I watched Tiria die...I was there...to watch her.” Jonon nodded she gave a smile as Fleur went back to cleaning up her inn and checking the caps. Snow was still drinking the water looking over to Jonon.
“Miss...jonon...I would like to go back to my grandfather soon. So are you ready to take me there yourself?” Jonon gave a nod as she placed some caps down even more caps for what slicer did. Snow calmly jumped off the stool and Jonon followed her along the cave’s and the zebra mare heard some argument outside the cave and she leads her to it and Slicer and Crusher were screaming at each other.
“ I told you Slice I can’t go face her like that. It’s so hard to do so.” Crusher said snorting a large amount of steam from his nose. Slicer’s anger was getting more steam came from his vents. Before a fight could break out Blaze got between them and stared at them with her fiery eyes. Skull Crusher stared at Blaze and then he sighed.
“ Fine...I will go see her” He looked to Slicer and gave a nod calmly walking off to go see Star Shooter. Blaze sighed and nodded to Jonon. The Zebra gave a smile nodding again. Leading Snow back to Cannonball. But when they got there he was strapped to a machine. His body was weak and he looked down to his little granddaughter as he stroked her head with his weak paw.
“ Hello...my little granddaughter. I was hoping to tell you the story before I pass. I got tell you this story before my body fails.” He smiled weakly looking up to the Zebra his eye’s show his kindness to her. Jonon gave a gentle smile. The older creeper lies on his back thinking a moment. His eyes look empty full of pain and his heart beats slowly. The machine beeped and being strapped to what he was. He just seemed so lost.
“ I never thought I would die this way.” He gave a weaker smile and stroked her head again. “Let’s see where were we?” He thought a moment and then smiled. “ Oh, I remember. The sentinel was closing in on us.”
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70 years ago Hospital.
The Sentinel slowly came along firing at me and I kept moving out of the way shooting back at it. Looking at Pothead making a hole for us. I reached into my bag bringing out a glue bomb. Tossing it down as the glue caused the tread’s of the sentry to be stuck and it screamed.
“ ERROR ERROR can’t move!!! Error!!” We get into the hole and we climbed into the wall heading up to the second floor. She started digging into the wall to get to the second floor. She ate the wall as she spite out the plaster. Her teeth seemed to be made for this. Looking back I knew the bomb wouldn’t be lasting then I noticed a robot fixing the wall. There is no way back. It seems there is still something in this building that has things repair. My eyes then turned back to Pothead as she broke through the wall and we finally get to the second floor. We looked around and scales softly spoke.
“ Be careful the Crazies are here..they..” He was cut off when a mine went off and flew us all over the place Scales crashed back into the wall and was knocked out the rest of them flew away from me. I was the only one left. I looked down I didn’t feel my left leg. Then I saw in the smoke a creature hitting me with the butt of a light and I went down.
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The present
After the story was done for the moment Cannon fell asleep. It was night and Kip calmly shooed them out. Before Jonon fully left she looked to Skull crusher talking to the broken mare in the bed.
“ I know you can’t hear me little Star shooter. But we miss you...Star shooter you saved the island. The island..our home your home....your family needs you...We need you...We need you to come back...” He held her hoof and she just lies there. As she blinked a moment and she moved a hoof.
“ Skull Crusher...” She soft said as she sat up and looked around. Skull crusher blinked and looked to Jonon.
“ Get the other’s “ Jonon nods. She gave Snow a little nuzzle and rushed off. A few seconds later she came back with her friends. Slicer laughed and cheered.
“ She is awake!! But....allow me to check you out Star...then we can get you a drink.” Star nodded as Jonon smiled and calmly took Snow along to her home. She had a large smile on her face. It’s been years since they saw Star shooter wake. The snow was taken to her home and Jonon offered the sleepy little Snow to her mother. Snow’s mother calmly carried the little one to her bed and allowed her to sleep.

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                  Chapter three: New leg.                  
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Chapter three: New leg.
"Hope is what there is."
It was early morning in the home of Tiria's heart. But something was wrong. There have been many rumors of a strange thing going on with unicorn's vanishing and then suddenly showing back up hurting their friends. But no pony knows what is going on. It seems it has something to do with a group called The Pact they seem to avoid small towns like Tiria's heart. For the moment of course.
But there is more to fear at the moment. Cannon Ball is on his death bed. he doesn't have much time and his granddaughter is on her way to see him again. The rest of his friends and family. It might not be close to the last time he would tell this story. But It's how it's been going. When she enters the room she sees Kip, Silver, and Shadow. The mare that had fallen asleep a while ago is here to. l.
" Oh, greetings little Snow I am Star Shooter." She was in a wheelchair. But that's because her muscles didn't fully recover after her being trapped in that coma for so long. Blaze her wife was standing right beside the wheelchair. Snow didn't know her well either. But, hopefully, she would down the line.
But she just waved as the paw of her grandfather stroked snow's head.
" Oh, little one...I am so sorry for what happened. I wish I could have lived long enough to see you grow up. But I doubt that is the case now. You will now learn what happen to me to cause this. Now, where was I...Oh yes.
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The past
I woke up in a bed after that explosion. I was strapped down but the doctor wasn't crazy or insane. He saved me. He looked at me with his ghoul’s eyes and smiled.
" I am sorry I did that to you little one. But the crazy minds would have taken you first if I didn't do something. But again I'm very sorry.." He had me strapped down I had no idea why. I tried to move but he used his magic in his horn to stop me. " No don't. You were barely alive when I found you. So I am using a potion to heal you. It will take time."
Sighing softly. " What happened here?"
The unicorn had a look of sadness in his eyes. " The war happen little one. The war ended the pony way of life. You see these creature's most of them gave up their minds Willey to be part of the war. But the problem was it never fully came into being. Since Fluttershy learned of this and tried to stop it."
Sighing again I thought it was the war that was the cause of all this. That very silly war that I knew that would come up a lot. But I looked at my leg. The stump was cleaned but he seemed to be building something that he would attach to my leg. It was a machine gun. That had an ammo belt that would connect to a metal part that would cover my stump.
" I have a feeling that's my leg?" The unicorn nodded.
" Do you have a name?" He asked me than I thought of it Whiskers why would I tell him I am Whiskers. But I softly said it.
"I'm Cannonball."
The unicorn smiled laughing softly. " I see oh and one warning to you. This what I am doing to you. It will only last a few years. I am not sure the exact time it will last. But after a while, your body will break down from what I am doing to you. Because the potion I am giving you is very unstable."
Giving a nod closing my eyes, " Thank you for your help. I am trying to find my friends...Did you see them?" The doctor sighed.
" I think the criminals may have taken them. I can show you where though. Again I am very sorry for what happen to you."
I smirked softly. " Don't worry I will be fine. Now just let me get out of here." The unicorn let me go and I calmly stood up it was going to be hard to walk on the gun. But I had to get used to it. I lost my weapon but looking down seeing the machine gun.
" Here take this." He gave me a sword that looked to be old but I could use it. My kind had hunches in our back so it would be hard to walk like this. But I would have to learn to walk right up. I grabbed the weapon in my paw's slowly walking along trying to get used to the weapon attached to my former leg. It wasn't going to be easy but it's very very painful.
But again no pain no gain. I..Cough cough!!
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Back at the present poor Cannon coughed and couldn't speak anymore. But Kip gave him a drink.
"He needs some rest. So please let him rest."
" No,” The king calmly said. " I need to tell the story. I can't just lay here an do nothing."
Blaze blinked and chuckled. " I see who gave you the stubborn streak Star shooter." The mare's face turned bright red.
" Oh come on...." She covered her face in her hooves.
" I need to continue the story, Kip. I can't just allow my story to vanish in death. Most who were alive are no dead." He said weakly. Kip sighed nodding.
" Go on."
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I walked through the hospital looking for my friends. But I did find that the lizard got out of here somehow but I was looking for my friends. I saw the bodies of two of my friends. They had been killed. Two more dead only one left Lilly or Pothead.
When I found her she had blood draining from a wound in her head. The ghouls bashed her so hard. She looked like she had brain damage.
"Let’s kill this creature." One of the ghouls said. I had to fight them but...how. Looking down at my leg. I found the machine gun lifting it and grabbed it. Clicking the trigger shooting down at them hitting four of the ghouls. The rest scattered scared. I smirked. Made myself look big.
" HEY! Don't ever hurt my friends again. You killed two of them. I am here to kill all of you unless you let her go!!"
" Go ahead take her...We...are sorry." One of the ghouls sobbed.
" Let her go then!!" The ghouls trot over to release Lily I rushed down to get her and looked at the ghouls. " You know you don't have to stay here. I am on my way out of myself. I did open the sewer's so go ahead and leave."
The ghouls stared at each other unsure how to handle this. But they nodded and left. But of course Lily was awake and she looked at me with a weak smile.
" Hello, Whiskers. Thank you." She stood up groaning putting the pot on her head. I have a feeling that sooner or later she will fully turn into that creature pothead. But we had to escape the city. To get away from Wheel tread. But if it was fate that sentry robot that chased us awhile ago found us again.
It aimed at us. " Threat's found!!! Threat..." The robot stopped and died as someone hit it. But what’s very funny the Doctor came out from behind the robot and waved.
" Go hurry. I doubt this would last long." I nodded calmly heading back out. It wasn't going to be easy to get out of here. But we finally found the way out. But we didn't take our dead. Breaking through the locked door and when we got out. We had guns aimed at us by our species.
It was the forest rats. A group of rat's that hated the ones in the sewers. I raised my arms so did Lily. " Please..." I said.." We are trying to escape the city.
" Stop." I saw that female rat again as she came up to me.
" But Princess we can't let a sewer rat go." She looked towards her guard's giving them a look."
" They need our help."
"I'm Whisper.." She softly said.
" I'm Whiskers this is Lilly. We are trying to find a way out of the city and a place to call home."
The rats looked at each other nodding.
" We know a place. But getting there is not going to be easy. " I gave a nod. " Just to get there we have to get out of the city...Now, what is chasing you?"
I sighed. " A pony named Wheel tread." I saw the fear in the rat's eyes. " He came into my home and destroyed it. Now me and Lily here are the only sewer rat's alive."
Lily gave a weak nod.
"Let’s go then...Before they find us here."
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The forest rats and I. Walked through the streets. Many ponies stayed away from us looking at us with scared looks in their eyes. It got to the point I didn't blame them. But this was a time when most of the world hated each other. They had to live somehow. We got close to the outskirts but I was shown where we are going. We are heading deep into the waste.
But of course, it wouldn't be that easy. We had to make camp in the middle of the old road. But when we did it was a calm night. Well, its hard to tell if it was night or not. Since well it was hard to tell with all the clouds above us. But again I didn't know what was going on up there at the time.
But I was placed on watch and well the first time I went on watch something happen. We were followed by Wheel Tread. They had somehow found us. So they started blowing us to hell. He had a group of raiders flanking us. They gave us weapons. Starting to fire on them. Getting the one's that flanked us out of the way moving away while most of the forest rats fell but not all of them. It took time to get going.
But of course, the battle didn't go well for all of us. I got a few bullets in my body. But I didn't allow that to stop me. We were able to get out of Manehatten and we hid in a blown-out apartment building called MIsty moon Apartment's. We had to wait a while before they passed us by. But when they did they headed towards the way we are heading. But they went on ahead of us.
I didn't know what to do any longer. The princess I didn't know her name but she was very kind to me. Helping me with the bullets getting them out of my body. But it wasn't pleasant I knew I was starting to fall for the Princess.
But I wouldn't have been asked to ask her out as of yet. I groaned a bit but...Cough cough.
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" I need to rest," Cannon said he groaned and lay back. Kip nodded and pushed the others out. Star Shooter and Blaze looked at each other. Snow and the others around could hear Blaze.
" I laid my egg's my love...After we mixed our egg cells and added sperm to it" She said with a gentle smile. Star Shooter just blushed a deep red as Blaze pushed her to their place not far from the hospital it was easy to be close for them since Star shooter needed to learn to walk again.
Snow yawned she was tired. But while she walked home with Patch following her. " Patch how come you acted as you did back then?" Snow stopped looking up at the earth pony mare.
" Well....back then It was hard to know what was between good and evil. Now let’s get you home so you can rest." Snow nodded. But before they fully left Kip came to them offering Cannon's gun leg. It was old and rusted.
" He wished you to have this he said you will know why after the story is over." Snow held the gun nodding. Kip rushed back inside to help take care of Cannon. Snow sighed looking up to Patch.
" I wish I knew more about my grandmother. But thank you for being kind Patch. I know it's hard for you to be." Snow smiled up at her Patch chuckled.
" I am trying of course. Come let’s get you home" it was very late the Enclave from this town flew above watching to see what will happen. Bulwark kept an eye on the gate. She was a strong-looking mare but she couldn't' have children of her own. But the entire children of this town were her children.
" Patch!!" She called. Patch stopped a moment as the unicorn mare rushed over. " I will take Snow back. Take care of the gate for me, please. I need to take Kip out for something to eat. She needs a break."
Patch gave a nod and gave Snow a Nuzzle. " Later little Snow." Patch trotted off. Climbing up to the gate to sit there to watch. With the Griffin Tiny. It's an impressive night. But most hope it would stay peaceful. But Bulwark leads Snow back home. Opening the door for her.
" Goodnight little one. I do hope you get to hear the rest of his story...I am sorry that he is dying like he is."
Snow Sighed. “ I already know that is going to die. It’s not something you can sugar coat in this type of world anymore.” Snow lays on her bed closing her eyes to fall asleep.

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Chapter four: Escaping The nest
It has been two days since Cannon Ball has gone into Critical care. Snow has not been able to see him. But she has been busy trying to help get the gardens to grow more smoothly then they have been. But she was carried away from the garden's by Skull Crusher he was leading her away from the gate.
"Skull Crusher what is going on?" She looked up to the Minotaur. He hushed her a moment. She noticed all the young and close to adults were being hidden. She looked at seeing strange creatures at the gate. She could hear them speak.
"We are the pact will you allow us to come in and offer our word's of wisdom?" The creature said he looked like a diamond dog with a pony’s faces sewn to his face. "We offer our wisdom to all those of this humble little town. They would do great in accepting it."
Bulwark snorted taping her hoof tiny and RA Proto lifted their weapons aiming at them. "We have heard of your Wisdom. Where ever the attacks have happened. You have given your wisdom. So now get out of here before I ask them to kill you." Bulwark grew very angry her horn was even glowing that is rare to see of her to do. Snow has never seen her get this angry before.
"Oh but wisdom is the right of all pony folk my dear. All we deserve is to give...His wisdom.."
"Who's?" She asked.
"Why his..wisdom.." He pointed to a symbol on his cloak of large black horn's and Bulwark and Tiny Gasped Ra Proto got ready to shoot.
"FIRE!!" The three fire killing the one's know as the pact with no remorse's and having RA burn the bodies. Then the closed the gate quickly just in case. "Tiny get on the gate. Proto raise the high alert." Proto sounded the alarm. The Steel Rangers, The mercs who live here as well came out with all their weapons and the enclave soldiers they all got onto the wall waiting for the attack.
Patch trotted out of the cave looking to Skull Crusher. " I will take her to her grandfather. I think you better join them Skull." He nodded to patch. As he left Snow to the earth pony. Snow looked Scared but Patch being a kind old mare. Who didn't even look that old? "Come kiddo lets get you something to eat from Fleur's place and then get you to your grandfather."
The two walked into the inn. Thanks to Fleur the old bar that used to be here shut down. But the pony wasn't upset about it. His staff and himself as well went to go work with her. Since she wanted to not force them to shut down. It was just in a better location and closer to the hospital just in case some pony over drank she said.
it was pretty busy in here for the time it was. But most of who were in here were Dr. Slice, Blaze, and Star Shooter still in a wheelchair. Snow calmly walked past them only to see Jonon walk beside her. " I got her patch. I will watch her." Patch smiled.
"You sure you old Zebra." Jonon rolled her eyes.
" I am sure.." Jonon said with a nod. Pat's patted Snow's head with her hoof and trotted out of the inn. Jonon looked down at the little princess of the rat Creeper's lifting her to the table where her friends are. She waved shyly at the three. Blaze smiled she had her tail wrapped tightly around star shooter.
"Oh, a young little one." Dr. Slice sounded so happy. "Hello, Princess Snow how is that grandfather of yours?" Snow blinked a moment thinking of what to say looking to Jonon and then back to him. Snow looked down she looked very sad. "Oh my, I am so sorry.." Dr. Slice said in a sad tone.
Snow lifted her head looking to Star Shooter. "How are you feeling miss Shooter?" Star chuckled and shrugged.
"Like hell. I have been stuck in a coma for 40 year's and now I wake up and my wife can't keep herself off me. Not that I am complaining of course." Blaze chuckles hissing.
"You never do," Blaze smirked. "But everything aside. I do hope your grandfather gets better. He was very kind to me and the others when we first met him. He helped me find a way to help around here. He gave Skull Crusher and Black Feather the alright to help clean up Reaper fields so they could do something. He introduced me to Kip and the others. Then I got to know this Tiria that Star Shooter learned so much from." Star Shooter has a large smile on her face.
"Yes, she helped me learn so much. Of course, she never told me. How wild some females are." Her horn glow's pulling Blaze into a deep kiss. Snow gags a bit seeing the loving display of lovers. Blaze pulls away from a gentle blush on her scaled face. "Oh my, that's a first I got my wife to Blush. Normally it was me blushing." The radio turned on in the bar and a voice came over.
"Hello, souls of Tiria's rest. It's browser woooowser. Anyway for the new's. There have been many rumor's that more large towns have been hit by whatever is causing these ponies to vanish. But the unicorns are the only things that are taken. The rest of the species are left to die. The NCR is looking into this as well as the New Enclave and the Steel rangers. But nothing new at this time. I wish there could be more new's ponies. But sadly I can't get any from my counterpart in the big 52 and DJPone 3 is silent at the moment." The voice sighs. "But enough of that. Time for some music." The music softly played.
"Petals of white
Cover fields flowing in grieving tears,
love can kill."
The music just went on in the background. To Snow, it sounded like a very sad little song. But what Jonon order for the little rat creeper finally came. Snow ate slowly and ladylike trying not to upset those around her. She took a look at Slice. He looks cleaned up, with some new upgrades. She looked at Jonon. Jonon had a smile on her face but it was easy to tell the Zebra was new to being this open and kind. Snow leaned into Jonon nuzzling along her leg.
"Awww she likes you Jonon." Dr. Slice said. Snow ate the rest of her food she got off the seat looking up to them.
"Who will take me to see my grandfather?" Dr. Slice move's from the table.
" I would be happy to. It will get me away from the lover's over there." Star Shooter and Blaze are now making out Jonon face hoofed.
"Um, Fleur are you okay for what these two are doing?" Fleur looked over and laughed softly.
"Oh, I see no harm in this let them enjoy themselves. She just woke up after all it's not like their having fun in public." Jonon chuckles.
"Come on Kiddo..Let’s go before they start doing that..knowing those two." Snow quickly followed Dr. Slice outside of the bar. She sighed following along Dr. Slice. She noticed so many guards and merc's rushing around different parts of the town and the cavern. She watches as a large guard protects the children that just got out of school. "I was hoping never to see something like this again. I was there during the old war. We had no right doing what we did there even. It was harder to do anything then what we have done."
Dr. Slice stopped and floated there. "What did you do during the war?" Dr. Slice looked down with his three eyes stalks. It was hard to tell the emotions on a robot but he looked to be very unsure what to think. "Well, I helped with many projects concerning health care and many other projects. But I gained a nasty sickness that ate my flesh and slowly was killing me. I had to place everything in this body. I miss having my magic. But this body has its uses, Uses of being a robot."
He gave off a sigh. "Come let’s get you to your grandfather." The two slowly walk into the hospital and in critical care is Cannonball he is hooked up to many things trying to keep him alive. He turned his head reaching to stroke his granddaughter's head.
"Thank you, Dr Slice." Dr. Slice bows in his strange way. Dr. Slice floated out of the room. He gave Kip a bow she slowly walked inside. Snow could tell it broke Kip's heart that little Snow had to see her grandfather like this. Snow softly asked as she held her grandfather's paw.
"Why did this potion that doctor gave you weaken you like this?" Cannonball laughed coughing after awhile but kept his smile. Stroking Snow's little paw with his. He tried to think of how he could explain to her how the potion worked. He sighed closing his eyes a moment then opened them again.
"It was more than the potion little one. I went through so much. I got shot stabbed lost my leg. With my old age, my body is finally coming along and breaking down. It happens after you have been through this world for so long." He coughs again. "But it's not the only thing. More things happen to me. But this happens to every creature that fight's for this world. Most never recover again. Some do some never will. I'm sadly one of them. I will follow Tiria into the great beyond."
Snow sighed looking up to Kip who sighed. "Kip.." Cannonball softly said. "Please go get some rest. Don't worry about me. If you're needed I will send Snow to get you." Kip hesitated a bit she didn't want to go but her heart was telling her she needed to. She slowly walked out of the room to head to her home to get some rest. Cannon sighs. "That poor mare she hasn't been the same since I got this bad."
"Can you tell me the rest of the story Grandfather?" Cannon smiled he sat up groaning a bit. He shifted a bit trying to find the best way to tell the story.. Without the pain getting to him. So he leaned on the wall and looked around.
"Give me a moment sweetheart I need to get a little drink and try to keep it down." Snow gave a nod as she watched him reach for a glass of water. He took a small sip. It looked like it was going to be staying down in his stomach. He shifted again getting back into a comfortable position to tell the story. He thought of where he left off then though of how to say.
"Wheel Tread and his minions bypassed us heading for their home. We had to go through the waste. So we went another way to get to the home we wished to get to. But we looked through the apartment's first. But didn't find much of anything. What we did find that the basement was locked. But that the apartment was made for all races" He sighed thinking a moment.
"What do you mean grandfather for all races?"
Cannonball looked back to Snow. "Back during the war Snow, there was a ton of race hating the ponies might have been all peaceful. Most of them also knew how to speak to the creatures of the world. But that failed to save them from their fate. This war is why you see some of the worlds still not fully healed. Even though Sunshine and Rainbow's happen the past caused so many problems."
"But let’s get back. We left the building."
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The past
We just woke up and it was early morning. I had to learn to walk on my new gun leg. It wasn't that odd or strange. But the princess I followed made me happy that I met her. But It was just me and Lily and a few of her guards. She told me before we both fell asleep. That more factions of Rat Creeper's are finding their way to these fields. So we needed to get there alive. But there was a problem.
"The way to get to the fields we go through a large nest of Rad scorpions. It's going to be hard to get through them. But if we went through silently we will pass them. Now I want you two to do what you can are you two willing to go with us?" Lilly looked at me I looked back to Lily
"Whisker's I doubt it's wise."
"Wait Whisker's?" Whisper asked. "Your name is Whiskers? Huh, cute." I blinked she found my name cute. Oh, I was walking on air..in my brain at least. Maybe I could get to know her and maybe we could make little ones. But then Snow scream's
"GRANDFATHER FOCUS!!"
"What wait what? Oh sorry." Snow giggled.
"Come let’s go you two." I sighed Lilly or now known as Pothead followed Whisper she looked back to the two of us. "So did you have any other friends?"
I looked up to Whisper and sighed. "I had an entire home. But of course, ponies killed them all and now it's just me and Pothead. The other's died in that hospital. We also had a lizard with us. But I didn't see him after the explosion." We left the building and looking at the wasteland I sighed it was going to be a long walk. Looking back at the building of Misty Moon apartments.
The building I have seen it before. I have been this far out of Manehatten but it's rare for any of our kind to get out this far. But what's sad that most of us would never know what's going on. Whisker's and the guards went southeast from Manehatten to go through an area of the land called the nesting lands of the Rad Scorpions. I didn't know what to think of it but Whisper gave Lily and I new weapons. A little pistol for me just in case I couldn't aim my gun on my leg. She gave Lily's rifle that she used her entire life. Till she was killed many years later.
The walk was going to take four days. But one day to get into the nesting grounds. I don't know why they wanted to go through there but I had to ask. "Whisper why are we going through the land like this?" Whisper turned her head to look at me a smile forming on her face.
"Well it's simple ponies don't trust our kind. So I felt it's an easy way to get there and we might find the other species heading this way as well. So we might find ourselves more friends. But I wouldn't hope too much." A sigh came from me shaking my head. But I walked beside Whisper I had to know what happen to her home.
"Whisper if I may what happen to your family?" Whisper sighed softly.
"I'm from the Whitetail woods. The fact that we even lived there upset the ponies greatly. I never understood why but they felt that we were a blight on what they called their world. But I don't blame them ponies controlled this world before they lost it to their stupidity. But again it's not our world it was theirs. I do feel though that if they wished to have their world back they should clean it." I gave a quick nod
"I agree. But for me and my kind, we are just sewer rats. We kind of were a problem to the ponies of the city and carried sickness in the past. But it wouldn't have been so bad if they knew what was to come. But again the ponies didn't even care if we were there or not in Manehatten. But then we met Wheel tread and then he gave them something that made them want to feel threatened by us." Closing my eyes but I wished to get to know her. So I had to try to figure out how.
"I do have another question how are you a princess?" Whisper looked toward's me as we walked she just had a smile on her face.
"I well lied about that. My father was the king of our little home. But I didn't want to be a princess. But my guard's feel that's the only way to get others to follow us. Now we were the last ones out. My father and the other's went on ahead. So I am hoping we will meet them." She looked very hopeful well thanks to her father. We do have many of the Rat Creepers here today. But there was an issue. We stopped in front of a sign it said on the sign. The nest turns back.
"So this is the nest. How bad is it in there?" Looking in I saw many burrows that had deep dark tunnels going into the ground and there was one long line through there. I have a feeling that we might trigger something. I could see small little scorpions skittering about they ran away from seeing us. But it didn't bring the big one's to attack us.
"How bad? I don't know. But I have fought one of them before. They can get pretty big. I heard that there are queen's and they’re the most deadly of them all. So maybe we walk around slowly and try to get past this cleanly." Whisper looked at me with a great amount of fear in her eyes. A smile formed across my face I patted her shoulder.
"I'm sure we will be okay. All we have to do is go through some areas full of bugs. So maybe we will find out how to get past them?" I said with a shrug. Our group slowly went into the nest leaving the sign behind.
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The nest
We walked through the nest it was a deadly looking place. The smell of decay everywhere old bodies on the ground of decaying and already fully decayed to bones. There are old broken weapons on the ground and ammo casing. It was best to stay quiet then trying to speak in this trek through this deadly land. Looking around I tried to catch if anything would surprise us.
This nest from what I learned from whisper is the biggest in Equestria. There is more nest but this nest is the one that is normally left alone. Looking down to the ground. I found a metal apple with the pin still in it. But that's not the only one I found. Then we stopped seeing ponies stuck in the wall of the nest. They had eggs laid around them. They looked alive. One of them is awake she looked scared for her life.
"Pl..ease help me." I looked to the other's Lily didn't know what to think and looked to Whisper and the guards. We wanted to help her but would that be a bad idea? I was about to get closer to free her. But the egg's started hatching and many little rad scorpions crawled all over the body of the mare. They started to eat her alive. I watched my eyes fixed on the scene. I couldn't believe what I was seeing. A guard softly said.
"Game over rat's game over." The mare screamed while every inch of her was eaten. I watched in horror as the little bugs eat through her fur. Then through her muscle and then after a while, the mare died from shock. After a while, all that was left were bloody bones and some origins. There are many ponies and other creatures that will get the same fate if we do nothing.
"I think we better save them. But I feel if we do.. it will trigger the nest. So Whiskers are you ready?" I looked at Whisper nodding Lily nodding cocking her gun and I went to another nest I saw a female Rat Creeper. "Hey, I am.." She put a paw over my mouth hushing me. She already cut herself out and stood there she is one of those strong warrior types.
"Softpaw is my name" Nodding and she grabbed her bag she had many weapons. I did wish to get to know her but. I looking at Softpaw I noticed she has been out here longer than any of us. She turned to me shrugging. "I'm from the ghastly Gorge. The eels have taken over most of the area and it's hard to live there now. I'm the only one left. I heard a rumor of a bunch of our race meeting in one spot." I nodded while the other's cut down ponies and hell hounds.
They all got their weapons and the hell hound's stayed with us as well as the ponies. The area started to shake and we heard hissing and screeching the ground around us broke free while many large scorpions came out of the ground. We were surrounded but at first, they didn't attack. It's like they were waiting for something. Our group along with the ponies and hell hound's attacked. We started running down the path to get out of the nest. it wasn't going to be easy since the nest was a long path to get through.
Each time we ran past a tunnel heading down to their nest more came out. Whisper yelled to all the groups. "Stay close to each other don't let them blindside you!!" A pony yells "Fire in the hole!!" We all ducked and this unicorn mare along with a stallion used flamethrower’s burning the entire area way came from while behind them two mare's fired lasers at the creatures. "Get back up!!" We all got back up and the Hell hounds went on again to take care of the rest. The to flame-throwing ponies burned the tunnels to at least try to keep them from coming up after us. At the moment it was pretty easy for us to kill these things. But they just kept coming.
"Were almost there!!" A hellhound said growing and when we got close to getting out the nest the ground started to shake and groan and the Rad Scorpions stopped following us. The way we came I saw a large puff of dirt and dust and a loud angry screech.
The mare that held the Flamethrower yelled. "Thee queen She bee here." I looked we still had all our group but we had been pushed here like a herd. Looking at all the bones and then to the other side of the way out. It's the way out of the nest but we would have to fight this thing.
"Come on!!!" I yelled. "We can't allow ourselves to die because this thing treated us like a herd. Get in position and ready to fire on it. Flamers in front use y our fuel then get behind us to refuel and then gunner's unload on them. Hell Hound's find a way to slow it down and break its legs. Whisper get your guard's and get the weakest and the sickest out of here."
Whisper blinks looking at me. "What about you?" I turned to her smirking.
"Eh, I am just a simple everyday trader rat. I don't see the point of me living but you're needed more. Take Lily with you please." Lily blinks.
"No, I am going..." I cut her off.
"No, you're going. Get going now." Whisper, Lily, Her guard's, and some very sickly ponies and other creatures rush on behind us to the way out. I turn and The flamers slowly stand in front as the gunners get ready the same with the hell hounds. I took a deep breath while the large queen slowly crawled to us. The other's stayed behind to wait for their share of scraps from our bodies. I couldn't ask all these creatures and ponies to stay behind and fight with me.
My heart started to beat sweat poured down my body. I feel the blood running through my veins. I could smell the other's they had feared all over them. hearing the weapons cock hearing the hell hound's growl. The feel felt like the world slowed down just for this moment. I needed to yell the time for the flamers to shoot their fuel out and then refuel. The creature got closer.
"Wait for it.." I calmly said. "Wait for it...Wait for it." The queen went over a line that connected her nest with the normal land. "NOW!!!" The flamer ponies started to release the flame. The heat of the fire created ozen that caused the air to burn. It licked even our bodies but we didn't allow it to stop us. The Queen screamed in pain. The flame's kept firing their fuel. When it ran out they quickly rushed behind us and we let out our bullet's. The Queen burned from the flames. She screamed in pain. But even some of her young were taken down by the flame. The hell hounds rushed in to do their job ignoring the flames. using their sharp claw's break her legs.
Most flew away tossing the leg's aside they get covered in her blood. The queen used its claws to try to get the two hell hounds but instead of picking them up she smashed them back away and they flew hitting the ground hard they groaned and couldn't move. I felt shit.. then the flame's quickly got back in front started to burn the queen again. The Queen had an idea though. She tossed a heavy amount of sand to block the flames. Then she got closer smashing the flamers away making their flame throwers fly away from them and they leaked fuel.
We all have had reloaded and started firing again and she smashed some of the ponies down. But thankfully it didn't kill them. From what I noticed she wanted them alive. But when she came to me and Soft paw she was about to smash me harder then other's. "No..." I couldn't move fast enough but Soft paw pushed me all the way the queen smashing down on Soft Paw's tail she screamed in pain. The tail was completely removed from her. I looked at all the ponies hurt and hell hounds. I was the last standing. The smaller scorpion's started to come towards us. I looked up the Queen ready to do one final strike on me. Then I heard a yell.
"CHARGE!!!" I turned seeing more of my kind even a few steel rangers. Wait they those arent steel.ranger's their armor is made from junk. I saw a larger white rat wearing a cape. He held a sword and another wore a black cape. He had a large sword.
"Justin!!"
"Jenner!! Hurry save them!!" The rat nodded. The grey rat helped get the others. I looked at the large rat who looked like a king. He came over to me with Whisper not far behind him. "Hello there. I'm Justine king Id hate to cut this meeting short of course but I think we must be going."
I shook my head. "Keep this thing busy we need to kill it.. Or more will be killed."
"Are you crazy kid?! "The king asked me.
"If I told you yes would you let me marry your daughter?" I blinked putting a paw to my mouth. "I mean if I said I am would you let me court your daughter," I said with a smirk. Justine blinks looks to me then to Whisper. Then to me again he had the look of surprise on his face.
"I met him in the sewer's father he was crazy enough to make it that far so if he beats this thing..eh why not?" Whisper just shrugged. I smirked and looked at the metal apple I found. Then looked at the rat's using their spear's and other weapons
"Alright if you keep her at bay enough I am going to use this." Lifting the metal apple. "Shove in her mouth that means I have to shove it deep in there." Justin nodded rushing to join his troops. I looked at the metal apple seeing the pin and rushed as fast as I could up to the large Queen. She screeched at me and two of the guard's forced its mouth open. I pulled the pin and shoved the apple deep into the Queen's mouth making her swallow it. I held her mouth shut closing my eyes. I felt I had a good life and then after a while, I heard an explosion and I flew far away from the creature and landed with a hard thud a little farther away from it.
Parts of the large Queen started to rain down from the sky along with its blood. I slowly stood up groaning felt a bit dizzy. But after this Justine slapped me hard into the back and that took a breath out of me. "OH OH!! No one would ever think of doing that my friend. We came here with the junk reapers. They were chased out of their home. So we had to find a way to get to you. I chuckled and slowly walked and then said.
"Your welcome...now if you excuse me the world around is spinning if you could stop it for me. I would gladly walk with you back to were ever your going." I said with a goofy laugh and I shook my head groaning. " Ow. I am happy I could help. That was very painful."
"Well, then you get to court my daughter.." I blinked smiling looking to Whisper who shrugged looking impressed but I looked behind Justin and noticed Jenner was extremely jealous. I had a feeling I would deal with him later. But that was it for the nest and well we went on our way.
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"Then we went on our way. I am sorry Snow. I am very tired. I will tell you more tomorrow." He said to me weakly. He lay back down to rest. Snow sighed. "Goodnight granddaughter." Her grandmother walked in and frowned.
"Oh Whisker's are you telling her stories of your adventure's again?"
"I'm just explaining how we found Reaper fields and made it our home my love.." He reached to her with his paw and she held it.
"Oh Whisker's you can't do this anymore. You need to rest." Snow walked backward's listening to the two lovers ‘arguments.
" I know the love I know.. But you just came back to me after your journey of seeing Equestria. I wish you were here to meet the wolf." Whisper sighed and stroked her husband's paw.
"You know I can't stay in one place long. But I am back and now I am going to help take care of you. I am sure Kip is very overworked." Whisker's laughed he looked weaker and looked to his granddaughter.
"Whisper best to call for the guards to come and take her home to her mother." Whisper looked at Snow with a gentle smile.
"Of course." She was about to head outside when Bulwark walked in.
"Excuse me. Whisper!!" The unicorn mare smiled.
"Oh, my Bulwark you look so beautiful with all those scar's" Bulwark looked over her body shrugging and looked to snow a gentle smile forms on the old mare's face. She has scars all over her face it blocks that beauty she has. But she doesn’t seem to care.
" I can take here home if you two want to talk?" Whisper and Cannon nod. "Come on kiddo." Snow followed Bulwark out of the hospital but they didn't go right to her home they went to Kip’s home. She had a nursery into her home to help the new families raise their children by giving them tips and letting them rest here when they’re at work. Bulwark and Snow walked in and it was empty of kids for the day. Since it was very late. But Kip was sitting in a chair reading a book.
"Still up I see." Kip blinked. "Oh!! did I miss our dinner date?"
"Not at all I am going to take Snow home and then we can go on it." Kip nodded. Bulwark walked out of Kip’s home and walked down the road to get to Snow's home. it was a calm night the guards are out in force since the pact came. Silver Gunner patrolled in his heavy heavy armor. Ra proto patrolled around the gate and Tinny stayed right on the gate like always. The Steel ranger's stood in front of homes the new Enclave watched the sky. Each one waved their hooves at the little Snow.
Snow forgot how kind the steel ranger's and the new enclave are. They always protected her. But now they look to be protecting the entire town. She thought why would they be doing this. But she knew why. Bulwark stood by Snow's door "Goodnight little one." Snow nodded and went inside. Bulwark sighed and looked towards the gate. She climbed up the wall to sit by Tiny.
"How does it look Tiny?" The large Griffin turned to her and smirked.
"Calm like the last 100 times you asked me. Don't worry I am on the top of my game. I won't allow anything to happen to the future. You go have your dinner with Kip." Bulwark had a smile form on her face.
"Thank you Tiny." He gave a nod and she jumped down. Then She saw the three mares that she met after Tiria's death. All three of them were married now she was told. She never got their names. Because they only showed their faces to Tiria. But they stood guard on the gate along with Tiny. They even built a home for themselves here. It made her feel safer to have Apple jack's rangers and the new enclave here. Not all of them of course the ones that live here.
She went back into the cave to meet Kip for the dinner. She sat at her normal table. But she noticed Black Feather, Skull Crusher, and Jonon sitting at the other table. After she walked in Blaze, Star shooter and Dr. Slice came in. She was able to hear them.
"It doesn’t look good he might die soon. "Dr. Slice calmly said.
" I noticed he looks so weak and little snow is so young. She doesn’t deserve to see him die like that." Blaze answered
Skull Crusher snorted in anger. "He's a warrior. A warrior knows when old age will take them. He will be remembered like he always is."
"Do you guys ever miss the island?" Star Shooter asked she got eye's looking at her but they all smile.
" I don't know. I hated having to be there and trying to kill you." Skull Crusher patted her shoulder.
"I loved how we meet Star Shooter you were in my bed running from Cricket. Oh, the things I could have done to you then. I wasn't attracted to you then sadly." Those words made Star Shooter's black fur turn bright red. Jonon laughed and shook her head.
"You two are making Black Feather and Dr. Slice feel not welcomed here."
"What?! "Black feather said jokingly. " I never I don't mind watching these two love birds...I watched them half the time we were on the island. I even remember this." He clicks his recording of the warden and there was the sound of music and moans. Then he turned it off.
"OH ha hah real funny. " Star shooter said blushing even more.
The conversation grew to background noise when kip sat at the table beside her. The two friends started to talk about their life and what is bothering them. But what they don't know there is more to fear out there. A plan has been hatched to get Tiria's heart into the battle to come and it would take a ghoul to do so from The NCR to pull this off.

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Chapter five: Reaper Fields
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.

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The End but a new start
The voice of the DJ of Freedoms heart well Tiria's heart speaks.
"Hello, my friends. Its a sad sad day. Whiskers passed away. We may be in pain of the fact that many of us have lost a good friend. But he is no longer in pain. His funeral is going to be done soon. But the news there has been rumors of a castle forming in Wymarnic. But at this time we can't tell what is happening. So much is going on and we can't tell much."
He sighed. "Unicorns in small towns like ours are being kidnapped and what is left behind is normally death or those that are left to sound the alarm. The pact has been showing up in smaller towns talking about a herald of the end. I'm really not sure what to make of all this. But we seem to be falling into something. But for now, we need to focus on those that we care about."
Snow and Winter along with many of the town followed out to Reaper fields. The very table that was built for the three factions has been turned into the tomb for Whiskers. In the shadow, something watches in the darkness something waits. Eyes stare from the darkness waiting for its time.
A ghoul from the NCR an old friend of Silvers planted something. To get the creatures of this land to act. Something is coming something that shall be known. He remembers the words Crystal told him.
"During the Funereal, if you really want to get my family to do something. Then blow something up. My friends and I are heading to Manehatten to deal with another small threat the pact is causing." He thought to himself about this. he knew how Silver would act since he was there. When he was brought back online after finding him in an area of hell hounds. Something happens that time to cause Silver to forget but not the photo or the shotgun. That was given to him.
They placed the body of Whiskers on the table and made sure to honor him. No one spoke and then as if it was clockwork an explosion happens. The town was under attack but it wasn't an attack. But it brought on that it was. All of them returned to their post. To see that the threat is real. They can't stand by as they did so long ago. They must fight whoever is causing this.
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"So the larger towns will be able to beat me. But the small areas." He looks into his magic seeing Wymarnic Widowmaker desert devils due. The larger places would be able to hold him back. He needs to gain a foothold into the smaller areas first.
A screen comes up. "yes master.." A squid said.
"Head back to your Prison. I shall join you shortly."
"Of course."
"What about me then?" He turned to see Majesty.
"What do you wish me to do?"
He chuckled softly. "Go to Detrot deal with those robotics creatures that are causing so much trouble for me. For me, I am going to go meet your creation."
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The land is peaceful in the eyes of Silver. Even after all that happens. He just stares looking down at a creature named Gem. a Vulf'van like Tiria.
"There are more stories right uncle Silver?”
Silver looked to her and smiled. "Ah yes.. there is." He lifted a book called Journeys end. Beside him were so many books done many other heroes including just the normal first one.
"The past is hard for all to see. But when peace finally comes. it comes with a final journey. That journey. Are Journeys end." he set the book down. "Get some rest and I shall tell this story."
Gem nodded and went to bed.
For Silver its been so long. The future is peaceful the land is finally there. But one more story needs to be told. One more journey is needed. The final journey of the Silver Trail.
Author's Note
To those that have followed this story. It is the start of Journeys end. Journeys end will be collab with Vaaj I wish to thank you all for taking time to wait for me to finish this story.