Fallout Equestria: Mountain Mystery.

The rain slowly fell from the sky. It's like this area of Equestria knew what was going on. I heard stories from outsiders that came in to get away from a war that is spreading here. I heard stories about the hero’s fighting back what they could. I also heard stories of the Enclave returning fully. When I told Blossom this and what they were doing she broke radio because she didn't care for what they were doing. She was just sent to get these devices and learn about the Blue Hats.

More and more of the outsiders have told the gangs what is going on in the outside of Equestria. In fact, this has gotten to the point that the meeting has been pushed to sooner. More stories that these outsiders are coming to find way's to defend themselves from the enclave and from the steel rangers. But non of them have found this town yet. I'm sure that they will find a way here. I hope we are all ready for it. The ponies and zebras of the town have been getting ready they have been joining the guards in defending the new wooden fence. Later today the meeting will happen and I have been told the Blue hats open their tunnels to allow the gangs to get here peacefully.

In fact, I was in one of these tunnels it was under my home that made me feel they did this to keep an eye on me. The first gang that came in was The black Aces. The leader Ace had a smile on his face beside him were two followers of his a mare and a stallion. A stallion I met on my journey to the hoof. He called himself Flame Thrower and He helped me with a case that lead me to take out a slavering.

The mare a mountain mare she was named Sugar I have known her very well since I used to have to deal with her before she became part of the gangs. She smirked at me.

"Detective."

Ace stared at me with a great deal of anger in his eyes.

"You shot and killed some of my ponies. But we will talk about that later Smoke Pipe. I heard that this war on the outside is getting worse I don't wish it to end up here."

I nodded.

"It might end up here. But I talked with the Blue hats to allow us to sneak past the outsiders. "

Sugar chuckled her horn glowed holding a rope on the other end of the rope a stallion.

"Why sugar did you find a toy again?" I asked with a smirk.

"No he's an outsider he found his way in here and we brought him to you. Maybe you could get something out of him. Of course, he has been calling me beautiful and everything to try to get in my heart to make me feel sorry for him."

I looked back at the stallion. I didn't know this stallion he had no features of the others on them.

"Take him to my room and I will talk to him. I need to wait down here for the others. Will you stay with me Flame Thrower and humor this old ghoul?"

Flamethrower nodded.

Ace and Sugar left taking the stallion up the tunnels. It was amazing how I felt I felt my world was falling apart again. It was the start of the war all over again in the past. I'm starting to see why so many of us are worrying that another war would start.

"So I take it you have been called to go back home again Flame Thrower?"

Flame laughed.

"Yes, I have been asked to come back and deal with some crazy white mare that has been doing some crazy crap there. I just said yeah no thank you enjoying the peace here. Of course, I have a feeling the peace won't last if the Enclave finds it's way out here you would think they would already be here because of how much it rains."

I sighed nodding.

"So how did the rest of the town take it when they learned that the Blue hats are the reason why the land here is dead and not able to grow anything?"

"They didn't take it well. But when they learned the real reason why they did it to try to start a coup during war times. I doubt it would have been wise to even try that. Many of the zebras wanted to deal with the Blue hats even if most of them showed up as ghouls lately. They have been explaining why they did what they did."

I sighed softly nodding.

"I understand the strange ways of learning. Most of the time I don't know what to think of all that. I even had a personal talk to one of the Blue hats that found their way into my home. I was pretty upset with her and she wasn't happy that I started to remember what they did to me. I got to thank Dr. Slice for hiding the memory orbs along with the many areas. I am sure I will find more so I can finally learn what I will be able to find."

We heard hooves coming towards us and we saw the Lavender crew Lavender had heavy armor and she smiled sweetly at Flame Thrower.

"Well, there is a Handsome buck." She winked at him. "Hello, Flame Thrower are you here to welcome me?"

The others behind her rolled her eyes these two always hit on each other and sometimes slept together I should know the smell from them got pretty strong.

"Ahem.."

Lavender turned to look at me a smile formed on her face.

"Hello, Smoke pipe I hope all of them are here?"

"Just you and Ace right now."

Lavender sighed shaking her head.

"I hope he still is not upset at you for saving that Enclave mare. The stories I have been hearing lately has been getting worse there. If there is a Lightbringer out there. Then why did it take us so long to hear about her? Well since we are so closed off here It’s understandable."

I gave a nod.

"Well, I feel we deserve what we get. You know how it seems we brought most of this upon ourselves. I feel that this is karma telling us we failed."

Lavender smiled weakly. Looking away sighing.

"I will talk to both you and Flame Thrower later." Lavender with the rest of her guards left. Heading up into my apartment the fact that they found a way to make these tunnels under my apartment bothers me a lot. I will have to talk to the leader of the Blue hats to ask why did they do put tunnels in a place like this? I doubt there would be many threats that come from here. Since It's Buffalo hoof of course with it being Buffalo Hoof they didn't trust the zebras we had here. It's something I knew that sooner or later would... I heard chains.

A large yak walked through the halls with chains strapped to her horns. Beside her other yaks with chain weapons strapped to them but on behind her with a giant chain machine gun.

"Greetings Vona." Flame Thrower smiled at the Yak.

The yak just snorted.

"Detective... this better be worth my time.." I forgot about the fact that Vona and the other yaks were raised by ponies so they didn't speak like normal Yaks and they were a bit smarter and didn't smash everything if it wasn't perfect. A weak smile formed along my decayed face.

"It is yes.. outsiders wish to bring their war to us. I know you learned about the outside world in the Yak stable."

Vona rolled her eyes.

"Yes yes. I remember now are the rest here or you waiting for more?"

Flamethrower sighed.

"We are waiting for the Black Stripes."

Yona's face turned from a smile to horror the black stripes the gang that protects the borders and when they protect the borders they tend to kill with no remorse. But if my name is said they allow them in if they know me or about me they let them in. Now as of late from what I have learned many of them have been killed by the outsiders. I heard hooves walking down the hall. Coming down the hall is a large zebra mare wearing a Roman armor and helm of her people beside her. A bunch of zebras with spears and guns attached to them.

Vona backed away along with her guards they all looked scared and worried. When the mare got to me she removed her helm with her hooves and smiled at me. I could tell she was old older than most of us. No one ever asked what tribe she is from or part of. Most are too scared to even talk to her. But for me? No she and I are very close friends I'm the reason she is even the leader of the black stripes.

"Hello Diamond."

Diamond smiled putting her head on my back.

"Hmm hello, grandfather... I'm sorry for being late. We had to deal with another group of refugees running away from the battle."

Vona and her guards quickly left Diamond smirked she loved that the other gangs feared her and her minions. She looked to Flamethrower who winked at her and she rolled her eyes.

"Flame Thrower, can you please leave along with the others so I can talk privately to grandfather?"

Flamethrower gave a nod. He looked to me smirking leaving the tunnel and the large old mare sat beside me while I sat down beside her as well the rest went on ahead. Her smile vanished then I could see her old age has been getting to her. She didn't hide her weakness of age to me at all. I have been there for her so much I watched her being born I was there when she became leader. I was there when she even got married.

"Grandfather. I don't know what is going to happen after my children take over. This war outside of our land is getting worse from what I am told. I don't know what I will do if this Enclave comes. We may need to convince the Blue hats to give us their weapons so we can counter all this."

I sighed nodding. I didn't know what to think the fact that the Blue Hats allowed us to use their tunnels took awhile. I'm happy though that the tunnels will be hard for the outsiders to find unless they have read up on what the blue hats used to do in the past. I know too well that they used to do.

"Well, Diamond I understand that you feel weak from the age but do you think your foals well older now could take over for you?"

Diamond smirks.

"My daughter Gem wants to take over she is just as large as I am and she put her brothers in their place since they wanted leadership to. All she has to do is impress her father by being able to make the brews for the gardens. If she can do that she will fully be a leader."

I gave a quick nod. The fact that zebras rely on their brews to help the rest of the land to grow their gardens is what makes them the most valuable part of our land. The fact that they even are started to teach ponies to make it just in case a threat comes that tries to cleanse the zebras from our lands. I do fear to see that myself there is still hate for what happened in the war.

"I have met some of them but...I feel it's time the meeting will start soon and then we will see who will protect my home while I and my friends go search the mountains for the rest of the orbs that will tell us what in the world is going on here in our wonderful land. Most would look at us like my new friend Blossom is from the so-called Enclave."

Diamond stared at me with a bit of an unhappy glare. But then she smiled and shook her head. I could tell she wasn't happy with me but she never could stay angry at me.

"You care too much about those that come here, grandfather. But I did learn how to lead from you and didn't try to be too much of an evil mare. I wish those around us could understand that. I know they're all scared of my gang but that is a good reason for that. But I agree with the time of the meeting."

Diamond slowly moved out of the tunnel and then I looked back down the hall seeing Blue hats decked out with armor and guns. I gave them a nod they started to trust me again. But I saw their weapons one of them has an experimental shotgun that focuses only on outsiders of the area. How that works I have no idea.

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The meeting

The building we are in is an old office building. Thankfully the walls are all well kept and thanks to the ponies that have been living here for so long they helped rebuild what they could. But that's not what I'm worried about these gangs don't always get along. But when it comes to outsiders the outsiders come first before the battle between each other. Now only the gangs were allowed in this meeting but they wish me to be here too. Since I have been a thorn in their sides for years and they grew to respect me.

The first one to stand up was Lavender since she dealt and lost one of the zebras that worked on the brews because of the outsiders. She stood up there sighing looking away a moment not sure what to say. She looked to me and I gave her a nod.

"The outsiders came into the town looking for the secrets of the Blue Hats. I have a feeling sooner or later when the Enclave learns about the blue hats they will come and try to find the weapons that they created. But that's not what we had to deal with. We had to deal with a group of anti zebra fighters running under the name of the Black hoof. They came in and killed our zebra that worked on the brews. Thankfully she was able to teach another. But it's getting harder to protect them. What they wanted though is to find a way to this town. To get up into the mountains to find the secret base."

Lavender didn't seem to want to be up there I could tell. But I knew she was going to tell the others that Blossom is an Enclave.

"I learned though that not all the Enclave is evil." She looks to Blossom with her hoof asked Blossom to come up to the podium. Blossom gulped walking up and Lavender backed up letting her speak.

"I may be part of the Enclave and bought everything they said about the ground level. But I started to learn that it wasn't real. I was asked to come down here to find the secrets of the Blue hats and these orbs that have been found in the minds. The enclave wants the power to fight the land. They never knew this area was still around. All the clouds above there are non of us up there. I wish we could help you remove them but it would be hard for you to trust us."

"How can we trust you now?" I looked over to Ace who had a good question asked.

"Yak agrees...I mean sorry I agree." Vona said with a chuckle. "Eh hate my kind sometimes. But yes we agree."

Diamond stayed silent I could tell she was waiting for something to happen.

"You have to choose to trust me or not. I disassembled my armor and gave it to the blue hats. I am sure I am not a traitor to them because I haven't even called in. So if I will be a target. There is something worse though I was able to get one last thing about the outside. More refugees are heading to the Hoof here and other areas. I'm sure you understand that it will bring ponies you don't want. But there is one more thing." She looked over to me and I gave a nod.

She closed her eyes sighing.

"There is an attack force on their way here right now. They will be here in a few months they don't know the short cuts and they don't know how strong you're. They wish to take over this town because it's the middle of the entire land. They feel if they do they can control the rest of you."

Diamond laughed loudly.

"Ah just like back in the war my kind tried the same thing. They learned trying to take over a town like this was the worst idea. I'm from the young that survived the slaughter. Then they were placed in one of the vaults."

Blossom sighed.

"I wasn't there or understood the war. I have learned about it from Smoke Pipe from what I learned I hate the princess now. I understand it's not fully their fault. It's mostly the fault of the rich ponies that wanted to use their greed to get what they wanted but caused more problems than they even thought. I do hope we all learn from this mistake in the future and that future will not be pleasant."

She sighed looking over to me and Root. She closed her eyes tightly looking away a moment thinking of what to say. Then she looks back to the group of ponies and other creatures.

"When I was young I was told stories of the surface of how crazy it was. I came here myself to this land and they never even thought this area was even around. When I came here thanks to the strange elements in the ground. I couldn't even contact them again. Something ruined my ability to use the suit. Then I was told by the Blue hats it was something they have turned on since the war. It was used to try to stop an attack but it didn't work after what happen to Smoke Pipe there.."

Blossom looked to the others

"What I am saying is.. The enclave will come to your land and try to clean it out thinking your gangs are a problem here. Like I did at first when I caused the Black aces to attack me. Smoke Pipe had to save me from them he told me that the Black aces won't miss some of their ponies."

Ace looked to me he had an angry look on his face. But he sighed he knew I wasn't part of either gang and I am what most call the law in this land. Well, most think of me as the law. I don't of course but I am always called the one that. She was about to speak when a mare rushed in panting.

"A balefire bomb was set off in Equestria a large group of Enclave is unaccounted for and thanks to this they will step up their attack. They will be here in a month. If we don't get ready we will be wiped out!!"

Fear filled the crowd.

"There will be a large battle between all the ponies trying to get here. From what I learned a commander that told Blossom to come here is coming here himself to find the secrets of the blue hats. We need to get some pony to go up into the mountains and find these weapons. Before they do!!"

All the creatures looked to me I blinked looking at them.

"Um, why are you all staring at me?"

"Grandfather I think they wish you to go find this place. So we can find out what they're hiding up there and what this fifty-year count down is."

Fifty-year countdown to what? I read what it said. ‘In 50 years project, Stormwatch will take effect. The Stormking Shall rise!’ After a while, it finally changed from that too. ‘The one with red eyes shall return the father of monsters.’

"What Fifty year count down. Also ain’t the Storm king kind of dead?”

Diamond sighed.

"After you put in those orbs a strange single pip-buck started to play.” She turned on her pip buck a voice came over.

"To those in the Wymarnic area, there is a warning for you. Something we Blue hats has known all along. This war was going to end badly. But that's not the worse thing. Something is going to happen in fifty years. Something bad we have left secrets behind so you could find a place to be safe while this happens. How do we know all this? Allow me to explain the best I can. Many things are coming into place that most never would have seen. Heroes fighting creatures devices projects. All these are tied to one thing."

As the recording goes on the voice sounds more and more scared.

"I wish I could...tell you more. But he is ..he is.." There is a roar and then the sound of the recording ends.

I sighed there is more to this mystery then I thought there would be. I'm not proud of the fact that this is going on. But if we don't do something we will be overrun by outsiders some I need to speak to that outsider that Sugar brought into the cell she and Flame are at.

"I need to learn more about these outsiders before I head up in the mountains. "I said with a soft sigh. "Root Blossom stay here and finish the meeting. I need to take care of this"

I slowly walk out but before I do I turn to look at Diamond she is worried about me. She knows I have been alive longer then she is but when we talk she normally always worries for me. So I know before I leave she will talk to me again. Going outside I watched as the zebras and ponies trotting around getting ready for the battle ahead. They had reinforced wood coming to the Steel rangers did what they go to help when I ended up in the prison I saw Sugar kissing the stallion.

"Soooo what happened to want to kill him?”

Flame shrugged.

Sugar pulled away and smirked.

"Well, It seems I am married now since well." I sighed I knew this would happen I thought it would happen better then it did. He was injected with a brew from one of the zebras that I wouldn't have the heart to tell her he wouldn't be left alive very long. So I had to tell them.

"Sugar Flame.. leave this land find a place or a stable to be there forever be happy away from here."

Sugar sighed nodding.

"I have been thinking of leaving ever since all this with the Blue hats has been found.." She pulls the stallion out of the cell and they waited till it was dark to leave. I watched them leave under the cover of night. I didn't know what to think but it was time for me to go finish this Mystery.

I sat there watching them go into the tunnels of the Blue hats I do hope they find happiness where ever they end up.

"So when have you been a romantic grandfather?"

I turned to look to Diamond who watched everything but she just had a smile on her face.

"Diamond. I don't know what to do so much is going on... I worry that my land and home will be gone in a month."

Diamond sighed nodding.

"Who knows I know I might not live through this battle but grandfather. Get going your friends have all the gear they need and all the food they need. They all want you to leave now. Because you might not be back in a month since we all know searching those mountains take forever."

I nodded I stood up knowing that I am going to need to relax before all this. I need to think before I head up to my home I turned back to Diamond.

"Promise me Diamond if things get bad you will leave with your family and find a new home."

Diamond stared at me and smirked.

"Sorry Grandfather but this is our home we will die for it."

I sighed heading home I felt that is what will be what happens here everypony dying.