Fallout Equestria: Mountain Mystery.

"And so they say... crack."

200 years ago they say? I was there you could say. I am known as Smoke Pipe... Yes my mother wasn't a smart mare... She slept with whatever stallion would give her the time of day. Every stallion that walked into my life was father to me... Never cared for me. I watched her ruin her life with drugs and endless sexual intercourse. It's something that I wasn't happy about to learn..That I am a bastard you could say. But eh that is life it seems. I live in what is known as Wymareinc. I lived in Buffalo's hoof. A small part of Equestria in the mountain's that just had five little cities some big one's some smaller ones. When I got older 20 you could say... I became a private eye. I was 50 years old when the war started... I had a lot of mysteries under my belt. A lot of ponies here were starving it was already kind of wasteland out here... Kind of hard to grow things out here.

So the one known as Fluttershy and Applejack even though they didn't normally help... They would try to bring us food. Since we never ate the meat around here... and flower's and many other veggies are very very scarce out here. We had to rely on the government to bring us food... So each month... We would see the two mares.

I waited in line to the store to get our monthly food store. I wore a trench coat with a brown hat yes... I had the cliche outfit and the little pistol at my side. Being a unicorn it was pretty simple to carry the damn thing. But lucky for most of us. The food was free I stood with other ponies near the farmer's market. There were many soldiers and the law that protected the two mare's and only allowed us to take what we could. I was behind a mother and her young foal. I calmly heard Fluttershy speak.

Oh... hello... little one... are you hungry?" The filly nodded with a smile as she giggled. " I love you miss Fluttershy."

Fluttershy giggles and a doped up stallion cut in front of me and pushed the two out of the way and the mare was pushed into the wall and the filly sobbed softly.

"Oh... dear... that wasn't nice sir.." I looked up from the brim of my hat staring at the stallion. His eyes bloodshot. As it was easy to tell the soldiers didn't care about the little ole us... we were too backwards to them... But these two mares cared... The law here was more like you pay them they will help you. He pulled out a knife.

"Give me it all.."

I rolled my eyes and spoke in a deep voice. "Hey... Punk.. there were two in front of you before." I just kept looking down like I didn't even see the stallion and he turned to me.

"Who the fuck are you?! Are you some cop or something?"

I chuckled softly and shook my head.

"No... I am much worse... punk... I am somepony that cares. Now how about you sit your little ass down... Let the Mare and the filly get their share and then you go after the rest."

Of course, he attacked me and I used my magic to stop the knife that was in his mouth. I pulled it out of his mouth and smiled pushing my hat up with a hoof... Showing my yellow eyes. "Now punk... are you willing to wait in line?" Then the stupid stallion attacked me and I moved out of the way... he was so doped up it was easy to fight him.

I walked over him as I took one hoof and smacked it across his face and he spun and table shattered from his body and he was knocked out. I brought hoof cuffs out of my pocket and cuffed him and then looked to the Cops. "All yours." I helped the mare up and her filly

"Thank you... Smoke Pipe." She smiled at me... I could see that she was poor her teeth were bad and her clothing ripped. "Not a problem miss." I gave a nod and got back in line and they did too. Fluttershy was hiding behind the table shaking and Applejack sighed.

"I'm sorry about that..." She lowers to her friend and tries to coax her back up.

"Sugercube... we need to help these ponies." Fluttershy shakes, nodding and stand back up and smiles.

"Here... little one... " She gives a large box of food to the filly and the mare and they look back to me and smile. They walk out and I just watch them. I walked to the next in line.

"Oh hello, again Detective..." Applejack said with a gentle smile. "Hello, Miss Apple, Miss Flutter's." I bowed my head in respect. "After you two get out of here for the night how about some cider hmm, on me?"

Applejack smiled and nodded Fluttershy smiled. "We would love to Detective... besides... I don't... like hurting ponies." I nodded carrying my box of food out of the store and looked up to the sky the sun was high up. I went back to my home more like an apartment. I went in and placed the food on the stand...

Made myself some dinner. I removed my hat and coat. My mane was a light blue same with my tale my body dark grey. My cutie mark an old Detective hat. I ate an apple and heard a knock on my door.

"We are closed..." Of course, this when she would walk in... A mare a purple mare with large wings in a dress of beauty and hat with a feather. Her eyelashes long the beauty to me... was normal for one in my line of work. I noticed that she was one of the rich from Sherlidan. One of the big rich cities in our little area of Equestria. She came up to me her left hoof limping just a bit... her movement's like music, though. The muscles in her body seeming to have been used for many a run. She removes her hat, her eyelids a darker colour than normal... She sat in front of me... Those eyes staring into my soul... I just stared back... As she spoke in a soft melody like voice.

"I need your help, Detective..." I stared at her waiting for her to speak.

"Go on..." She smiled and leaned against me putting her right leg over me that had fishnet stockings.

"I have a job... for you... my sister was kidnapped by this stallion." She placed a photo of the stallion. I looked down seeing him... one I have been chasing for the past 20 years. I get him he gets away...He gets me I get away. His name... oh what a name. A Pegasus that runs all the gangs in this little part of Equestria... He had... one of those mustaches that would be called a wife beater one... He was brown and wore a tux all the time... His name...

"Rolex... The owner of the casino in rocky pass..." She nodded with a sweet smile. "Hmm, I shall head down there tomorrow and try to bring him to justice."

I tried to stand and she pushed me back down in my chair.

"Oh, Detective it would make me very happy that you're doing this for me..." She started kissing my face and I just sat there not caring. I pulled a pipe from my desk and lit it and took a few breaths deeply and blew out smoke.

"Of course... miss..." I looked at the time and I gently got her off me and I smiled at her.

"I shall see you tomorrow then." She pouted and I smiled at her and winked. She chuckled as I walked out it's always an interesting job. Some mares think they could be all over you. I went to the local jazz bar. There on a table were the two mares I was going to meet. I set down my hat and sat at the table.

"Ladies." Applejack smiled softly.

"Detective... I see you're still well known here..." I chuckled softly. It was a calm smoky night... The smell of smoke all over it was so black and white..that as the music played I sat with my two friends drinking Cider. I smiled at the two I knew these two for most of my life... Since they came here all the time to help this little part of Equestria that was forgotten.

"So....Detective....I... I am wondering..." I looked at Fluttershy with a gentle smile.

"Would you like... to join the Ministry of peace?" I sighed and smiled softly.

"Fluttershy I am sorry but I don't care about this war... It hasn't come to our areas of Equestria. We wish to just live..." Fluttershy nodded and Applejack smiled.

"I agree I wish I wasn't part of what I was..." She blinked and her beeper went off and she sighed.

"It seems they need me to return." I chuckled.

"Be careful with Elevators." I winked at her and she snorted at me with a smirk and I stood up giving her a hug. She walked away and It would be the last I ever saw my friend. I looked down to Fluttershy and smiled sitting back down.

"I am sorry Fluttershy that I don't wish to become part of your ministry , I don't trust them... I just trust you two." She blushed softly and smiled. She helped me through so much pain... When my mother killed herself... She helped me become what I am today... A pony that you can count on. Fluttershy drank from the cider and I smiled gently at her and we hugged.

"I sadly need to go..." I frowned and gave her a hug. As she yellow mare smiled to me and she slowly left as well. I drank the rest of my cider and Got off the chair leaving some money and heard the jazz playing... Oh it was amazing looking towards them and smiled. Then I went home to get ready to take on Rolex.

It was the next morning and I was at the Rocky pass. I went inside the casino and soft music played. I walked into the back smoking as I was making sure I could find this sister I got in the middle of a large group and many guns were cocked and the mare that gave me the job stood up there with him and I chuckled.

"Hmm bringing one of your whores now mister Rolex you know better ways to get me here than sex appeal." Rolex flew down and chuckled and he had a tommy-like gun strapped to his side.

"Ah... but Detective... if you have the money... why not use it? Maybe this game between us will finally end. Back and forth for all these years." I chuckled and just stood there not even getting my gun...

"Hmm but I always had fun chasing you Rolex." He chuckled and lifted his wing for ponies to get ready to aim. But the area began to shake and groan like a giant earth-shattering Quake... Most of the ponies fell off the side's and fell down. The mare flew away quickly and Rolex and I stood there we heard the warning alarms We both looked at each other. He lifted his gun and started running away firing at me. I got out of the way and fired at him with my pistol as I chased after him.

We ran into the sewer's firing at each other and he was trying to find a way out. I rushed far after him. My old bones still able to chase him. As we got in the middle of a large sewer and he laughed.

"We will be doing this for all our lives, Detective... I can do it all my life... Can you?!" Suddenly there was another explosion and I was engulfed in radiation. He vanished in the smoke. I followed him and I was in the middle of it all I started to breathe hard seeing my home burning around me ponies screaming. I coughed I was dying and my world went black.

I woke up many days later my body changed... A lot of the ponies around me changed. It was the end of the world you could say.

I spent the last 200 years in this little hole. I am what ponies call a ghoul... But I am a respected one... I made a name for myself as a Detective my skills are still needed in this day and age... I haven't seen Rolex in 200 years... I doubt I ever would... But saving ponies from raider's and watching the gangs build up from the lawlessness of our land... The only spot not taken over by gangs... My home...

Apparently, there are old stables that opened up here... The lucky ponies got into them. I walk along the road of Buffalo Hoof to help these ponies... For it's even harder now to find food. But I do what I can for them. I am Smoke Pipe... I am dead... I am a walking Zombie walking the wasteland... That's what they called it yes...

I am walking the wasteland... not understanding why it all went wrong. We were never in the war... We stayed out of it. Welcome to my story...

Calm jazz music played.

Fallout Equestria: Mystery Mountain

Writer: Megaskullmon

Editor: rainbowscoots1