Fallout Equestria: Mountain Mystery.

A sign said to join the future join the Blue hats. Join a group of ponies that wish to protect our land from the outsiders that wish to harm it. How could they protect the future? Maybe the future will never become the right thing in the ending. The ending of our world. It's not what most would see at first. The fact this first tunnel I was brought into shows a training room. It has so many webs all over it like no pony has been here for years. I was pulled into this training room by the mare I met in the park.

"I wish I could be more helpful with this but I doubt our leader will be happy that you are in here. I have to make sure it's alright for me to open up the tunnel." I watched the poor mare leave to talk to her leader. Looking through this old room. I could see the same type of training I went through to be able to become a Detective. Now since there are no longer any cops. I feel I am the only law around here these days. Maybe someday when the world is back to normal we will have the law back. I doubt I will live long enough to see it. Maybe I will be. I am sure sooner or later my brain will turn me feral.

Finally, after an hour of being down in this room, a large ghoul stallion stood in front of me. I knew him he was the leader of the Blue hats, well one of them. Not the main leader I think the main leader died too long ago. But I stood there while he had a team with us. I could tell all of them didn't seem happy that I was here.

"Detective." The large stallion spoke out as a large creature does. "I'm unhappy that you have been showing all the gangs our tunnels. But these days it's badly needed. I have seen the force that is coming down on your home. It's bigger than I thought it would be. To the point that all the Blue hats are coming out of retirement to help. Meaning you will see us at the battle. But now you have something else you need to talk care of. Going into old Antler and finally killing that creature that harmed many mares and females."

I nodded. "I was told just getting that tunnel open is not going to be easy. I guess you all did something to it that caused the door to stay shut forever?"

He nodded.

"Yes, we had to make sure that nothing could come out of there. The creature had some strange ghouls follow him. He is not like any other ghoul we have seen. The experiment that was placed on him causes many things to decay that he touches and half of them are just bones along with half of his family. He can breed with mares and females that's why we have such issues with him. If he ever gained an army of his family then we wouldn't be able to stop him."

I sighed greatly this experiment that was placed on that poor mare is nothing I ever thought would happen. I respected Dr. Slice. I didn't want to lose that respect for him. He was a great pony when it came down to it. But there are times when we can't just keep how they're. I do hope sooner or later I will see him again. Maybe I won't but I am sure there is something going on that he has to take care of. I am not sure what that would be but it's a sad thing. It's very sad.

"I know the experiment well, it's what Dr. Slice used on a mare. and it's not going to be easy for anyone to understand the fact that a mare gave birth to the poor child that turned this land into that. It's just one creature if he could come out and destroy the rest of the land. He would have had a battle on two fronts. We need to take care of him here and now am I going to be alone in this?"

I watched the Blue hats look at each other, they looked at their leader or the one that called himself leader. It's not going to be easy for either of us. I can go to it alone. I think I can at least fight this creature. But how would I? I wonder if I do know that the army started heading there now. I need to get to the tunnels and open the gates for them so they can storm in.

"I need to get there before the army does both sides. I was asked to open the very gates that haven't been open for 200 years. Somehow they find a way out of the land. I have been told they think they use the tunnels that you blocked off from them to get out. Maybe you missed one or you have a Blue hat that is working for them."

The leader sighed looking away. "That is our fault. We thought we could get help from this creature and we offered one of our mares for him to mate with. But instead, he turned her into his personal helper and she never forgave us. She is now no longer a pony but a monster that still has a hatred for us. I do wish I could help you with this. But I doubt it will be very easy for any of us to stop her. But I do think she is the one that found your friends and then made sure they didn't want to leave. She would have found a way to scare them into following her. Maybe she threatened to kill you and maybe you're lucky that these two mares care for you."

I sighed. I knew they had been wanting to get to me before the creature got them. But why would they give this creature a mare? The mare must have a great amount of hatred for them. if she is willing to help this creature with her own life. I'm starting to wonder if I should even trust the Blue hats. Maybe I should ask should I even trust them?

"How can I trust you? You Blue hats did so much to me in the past. You stole my memories you tried so hard to hide everything even from me. I started to learn what you were doing to the kidnapped creatures. Making a weapon to focus on the DNA of only these types of creatures. Again how can I trust you?"

The large stallion looked to the others and then to me. I knew it would be hard for them to even talk to me about it. So I knew I would never get the answer I wanted. All of them left even the stallion. I could hear them talking but I think they were trying to find a way to lie to me or find ways to say they're sorry for what happened. They did so much to me and my friends in the past. The stallion returned.

"That's the thing you can't trust us. We can't even trust you, Detective. You have told everypony and creature about the tunnels again though the war is happening the tunnels are needed for that fact. The fact our land will end in war or thrive after the battle. Might as well get going Detective after this we will lead you to the bunker. So you can find out what is going to happen fifty years from now."

Fifty years from what is happening then? I have no idea what would happen. It's not something I want to know. I'm worried about it too. But why are folks so worried about what would happen 50 years from now? I haven't ever wondered this myself. I'm starting to feel I should ask.

"What is going to happen in Fifty years?"

The stallion turned to me "Come along we will tell you along the way." I nodded and followed them through the tunnels to get to the one that sealed. "The so-called Heroes that have been showing up are going into areas where the princess put up seals. The seals are slowly being broken. You broke one of them recently Detective."

Did I break a seal recently? "When did I break a seal?"

"You broke a seal when you connected the first black orb to the machine to read the orb. Don't ask me how some of the seals work. Some of the seals have been in place for years and some absorbed into whatever was built on top of it. I wish I could tell you more but when all the seals have gone. ... Shall return."

My eyes went wide. There is that name again. I never thought I would hear that name again. I don't understand what is so wrong about him. But maybe if I find the old books I could learn more about him. But that would mean I need to go to Canterlot and find the old books. Finally, we make it to the sealed tunnel, and the looks like it have roots and all kinds of spells in place to keep it from being open. The Door is rusted shut the spells are strong and even deadly from the spikes on it and the roots are deep in the metal.

"This may take a day or so Detective we will be taking you to a cleaned up area of the tunnels so we can get you ready for the battle ahead. The creatures in these tunnels will not be the creatures that you have faced in the wasteland. I do wish I could help you but I don't wish to go in there myself."

I sighed and felt upset that the one leading me is a chicken. Then who would go with me? When I went into the room that I was led to, two mares that I have met before are getting dressed in some strange power armor that the blue hats created. Now, this armor is nothing like the steel ranger armor. It doesn't have the heavy armor as they do. It looks more like a scout armor than swords and small pistols they can use.

"Ah, Detective." I turned to look at the Blue mare who knocked me out and Fluttershy back in the day I never got her name. But I also saw her during the zebra weapon. Her name is BumbleBee I could tell that she used to have a striped body of Yellow and black.
"It's nice to see that you mares have guts to follow me."

Bumblebee laughed. "OH come on Detective you and I used to date. I know you don't remember but of course, I would help my old colt friend." She smirked. I started to remember that. I forgot I was dating one of the leaders of the Blue hats. But I did love her in the past but she used me before the world ended. She is the one that helped me find Rolex and wished me to harm him and capture him. I knew sooner or later that I would remember.

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Memory

It wasn't much of a memory but I do remember the fact that I loved this mare. I wanted to marry her even. But I have a feeling she was using me during the times we dated to make sure I stayed out of the way of the Blue hats. I don't blame them for that really. I did do a lot and got in the way a bit too much. I went to go pick up my date for the ball since It was a ball that Dr. Slice wished to hold. I just started my training to become a detective. I have been dating this mare for years now. I didn't know a lot about her other than she was in some secret thing.

I wanted to marry her even from the memory but I am not sure how that went when I asked. Most of this memory is kind of broken. I just remember picking her up in a pegasus drawn machine and we went to the ball. The memory is so jumbled that I don't remember much and then... I scream waking up from the memory in my mind.

0000

The memory ended and I looked at Bumblebee. Who looked at me with a weak smile. She knew that I didn't care for who was anymore. I stared down at her sighing, looking away with a great amount of anger on my face. I had a chance to be with some pony and all I remember is the pain and heartbroken ideas. I could tell that she wished to speak to me. I don't know what to think after all she did to me.

"D...I mean Smoke Pipe-we need to talk." I looked at Bumblebee nodding. She led me to another room and she sighed. I could tell she didn't want to talk about this. But she brought out an orb, a memory orb. "We need to talk about this Memory a memory that I wish I never took from you. But I sadly had to. I will never wish to do it again.. But I want you to know that Smoke Pipe you made me happy. I still want you to know that I want to be happy with you again if we live through this."

I had no idea what she meant by all this. I looked at the orb and I put it down with my mouth and looked at her with a great deal of anger in my heart. But I wished to calm my mind for a second looking down at the orb. Then looked back at her. Why do I still feel like I have nothing to say to her or want to?

"We must have had a wonderful life together. I don't even remember half of it. I do wish that I would remember it. Maybe this orb will tell me all about it. But I wish to know why you do this to me? Why did you Blue hats try every time to Destroy my life? I was trying to learn why you kidnapped Zebras and other creatures even children."

Bumblebee closed the door with her hoof locking it. "I don't want to talk about Smoke Pipe. It's hard to talk about to somepony I was deeply in love with and...who I still love. I don't want you to hate me for the fact you feel that I used you in the past."

Finally, my temper after all this time was about to break. Turning back to the former mare that I think I had a marriage with and a wonderful life. I stood over her staring right into her eyes. I started to remember one thing. I remember I loved looking into her eyes and all I see now is fear. Fear that I am going to hurt her. I remember that fear. It's not the type of fear I wish to bring onto others. But these Blue hats did so much to me hell maybe I will learn that one of them even poisoned my mother and then I will really go all out on them.

"Smoke Pipe you're not this hateful stallion you used to be a loving stallion that cared so much about others and why I fell in love with you and why you became a detective at the start. So you could protect me and our.... foal." Foal? I had a foal with her? Then how come I don't even remember that I had a foal with her. Now I started to lose it. The room was full of clean chairs and tables.

"You.... removed my memories of a happier life?! You didn't know how I would act towards this?!" My anger started to really get to me. With my magic, I ripped apart a chair and took my gun firing into a couch. Bumblebee backing up I could see she was scared to death. I could still see the beauty in her ghoul-like body shaking. The door was wide open and the others looked in. I turned to them. "You.. told her to remove my memory of my happy life."

The stallion blinked backing away with the others closing the door. I tossed my gun away growing even angrier. I sighed, falling on my butt and sobbing softly my mind finally broke and all the stress of the fact I might never see my friends again and I am not sure what type of tears are coming out of my ghoul’s eyes if any. Just the sobs make me feel ruined and empty. Bumblebee didn't even come close to me and she allowed me to empty all this pain. But after a while, she nuzzled into me.

"Oh Smoke Pipe-we are still married I would never remove that from you. Just... I wished I could have never been part of the Blue hats. Our little one had a wonderful life. She even had a family and the family still lives today. Just I can't tell who they're. I know you turned into the grandfather for a zebra family. Please keep that in your heart that you still have a family still. Please find it in your heart that you can love me and trust me again please."

I sighed weakly looking at her with a weak smile. "I don't know if I can Bumblebee. I want to trust you but I need to know.. Why did you do it all to me?"

She looked away from me. I could tell she wasn't happy about what she did to me at all. "I had to Smoke Pipe you would have learned all the evil things I have done in the name of the war. I didn't want you to forget the love and happiness we had but the spell caused you to lose everything. I wanted to give it back to you and be with you. But my leaders refused."

I sighed nodding. "I see so much pain knowing I had more in my heart. That I can blame the Blue hats for taking everything from me. I didn't even think I would find any life at all. Now that you tell me that we got married."

Bumblebee smiled. "Please take back your memories. Smoke pipe. Please. I want you to remember me as the one you loved. Not a mare that you hate. I need you to remember me and the life we had. The life that I took from you."

I had a question that I need to ask. I need to know how they removed the fact the foal and the marriage even existed.

"I have one question. How did you remove the Marriage and the fact I had a foal from the outside world?"

Bumblebee Frowned I could tell she didn't want to talk about it. But she had to, to understand why. She got on her broken hooves and she went into the light. Her ghoul-like body glowing even I could find beauty in her decaying body even to her that I still deeply was in love with her.

"It was hard to do it. But you really didn't have many friends or family left alive or family at all back in the day and my family was mostly Blue hats so they kept it all secret. We had to kill the one that did the wedding since we had no idea how a memory orb didn't work on the mare that married us so yes and it happened while the foal was very young. So she didn't know about her father. I told her that her father died a heroic death as a detective."

I sighed and stared at Bumblebee.

"If we live through this and well I remember the memories I still feel in my heart that I am in love with you. Do you wish to remarry?" Bumblebee looked at me with a weak smile.

"Oh, Smoke Pipe I would love that. Without the war.. I no longer feel that I will steal your life away from you. Maybe I can show you our decedents. Just we can't tell them who we are. If we told them who we are they would wish to know and have questions for a long time and I doubt you want to deal with all that."

I nodded and looked to the orb. Before I did I looked back to BumbleBee. "Do you still have the ring I gave you?"

Bumblebee chuckled, nodding. "It's in my tunnel home. Since we don't want to be seen, most of us live in these Tunnels so I have a tunnel home not far from the story. It's a house that I was born in. I have left everything that you had in there. Maybe after all this, we can go there and enjoy our lives." I could tell she wanted to continue along with our lives. I don't blame her at all for what happened. She had her orders and if she had to destroy my life for the orders then she had to.

I looked back at the orb and sighed I knew I had to learn what would be the next of memories. I don't wish to know. But maybe I am forced to. The fact that these orbs can sometimes cause too much pain for others to know. The pain will destroy my mind if I allow it. My pain never will come forward. I blinked hearing myself in my own mind. Damn, I sound like I am an edgy pony for what I am saying. All the darkness all the evil all the craziness in my life. I must be Edgy. I laughed softly to myself.

Bumble smirked. "Talking to yourself again Smoke Pipe? You did that for hours to just find a way to do your cases. It was the only way you could keep your mind from losing it. It's what I loved most about you Smoke Pipe. You always learned how to make sure you loved me with all your golden heart. I just wish I didn't ruin it all by forcing you to lose it. The silly war caused so much to happen. This war ruined so many lives. It's not what I hoped and I always hoped that the war would have ended with families alive. Then we learned what happened and we knew what was going to happen."

I sighed, shaking my head so many knew how the war would end. Looking at the orb these orbs are all that remains of the old world along with buildings and old stories that ponies wrote down when they could. It's what is coming and what will happen. I am never going to have that happy life again. I do wish to have it. But there are times when I wish I could go back in time and fix everything that happens. But that is hoping too much and the fact the zebras I knew never wanted this war either. It's never going to be easy to tell others of the past if you did go back to never fight this war. The war wasn't something any of us wanted. The war is only something that the elite wanted to prove themselves.

Finally, after much thought, I looked down at the orb lifting up into my magic. Putting it to my horn and I felt it starting to work but I screamed loud enough that BumbleBee got very worried. I screamed feeling so much pain as the memory was forced back into my mind.

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The memory of the past.

I was in my early 20's and just got out of school. My mother had set out a set of clothing for me. She wanted me to go to something called a job fair day at the fair. I put on a suit and went to the fair. Looking through and I have seen so many jobs. Backing up I ran into a mare turning around seeing the earth pony mare. She looked so beautiful as she stared back at me. Her cheeks glowed bright red. As she pawed her left front hoof on the ground.

"Um... hello sir.. I'm Bumblebee I am here.. to join the Blue hats." She said with a shy smile. The Blue hats I thought were a group of Military that was formed years ago in this land. Of course, it was normal for it to be formed in this land. Since this land had always kind of been ready for war. Even though a lot of ponies war was strange to them. But not to this area. It's kind of broken off from the rest of Equestria hell its normal for the army to be here. Of course, this army did much behind the scenes in fact. They didn't like the Princess and tried much to break ourselves off from them. We don't even worship or bow to them.

"Hello, I'm In love...With you... Wait no I mean..I am Smoke Pipe." Bumblebee laughed looking away blushing deep red. Damn, I thought to myself I just ruined my ability to ask this mare out. But I should take it slow. Since I wished to be a detective, I have been wishing to be one for years. Slowly I looked over to the stand for Detectives and then back to the lovely mare.

"Ahem, I am sorry miss Bumblebee lets go get a smoothie later." I smiled at her. "Then we can get to know each other." Bumblebee nodded her cheeks still bright red. We went our own ways and the memory vanished to us a few years ahead of our lives. She and I have been dating for five years so far. I was almost a full-fledged Detective a few more days of training and she was already a full Blue hat. She couldn't tell me what she was doing. It was the time I was going to ask her to marry me. It wouldn't be easy for me to ask this. Since I didn't know how much time she had to get married to me.

"I have been sent to Antler many times for Smoke Pipe. I have learned some amazing things from them. That they have more than one lover. That they don't stay with their lover even after the child is born. They seem to be a race that cares more about making sure the race is up to snuff. Now smoke pipe are you listening?" I was looking at the ring box in my pocket and I looked up to her with a weak smile.

"Yes, my dear. Just thinking of my first case. I have to find a missing mare that vanished without a trace recently. A zebra mare of course. It seems she is connected to many other zebra mares vanishing. I don't really get it. So I am trying to wonder what is wrong."

The memory went forward again. It seems we have already gotten married. It seems some of the memory is corrupted so I won't remember everything. Not even our wedding. But I am holding my love BumbleBee close stroking her swollen stomach.

"Hmm, Smoke Pipe thank you for all you did for me. I love you so much."

I was about to say the same but the memory has been corrupted beyond anything. It went back so quickly that my memory was destroyed by what happened. The memory finally ended

000

I woke up after a day and Bumblebee nuzzled into me. I looked at her weakly smiling. The memory orb was corrupted. I didn't have the heart to tell her. But I could only remember some things. But it's a good thing that I didn't learn what happened fully.

"I am sorry BumbleBee the memory was corrupted. So I think putting a lifetime worth of memories in the orb caused it to fall apart. I am not really sure about it. But I will maybe learn what happens. But I realize I still love you. If we all live through this my dear I will remarry you and the fact we are ghouls. We don't need to worry about much. Unless we somehow find a way to end ourselves."

She chuckled. "Good good now the door is almost open. I will come with you even the other mare will maybe you could learn about her. Maybe you like her just like you liked me."

I sighed. "I know her well."I stood on my hooves. "She is the one that was kidnapping the zebras to make that DNA weapon. I am not sure what to think anymore about it. Now I am sure I can trust her since you told me I can. Now let's go get going."

Bumble Nodded and we both walked out to the door that was slowly opening and inside the tunnel looked destroyed and rotted many bones all over the place seem to be littering the ground. Me and Bumble along with the other mare. I forgot her name sadly. Slowly we walk into the tunnel.

"We will close the door behind you. We will join the army and make sure you get to the door as fast as you can. Good luck."

The door was closed up behind us as we started to go through the tunnel. I never would have thought it would be like this. But we have a trek ahead of us and that's all we can do.