Fallout Equestria: The Metal Ring.

It took us a few days in the middle of the water. MoonGlow held her weapons tightly to her. She had a large spear and one pistol. Root beer has been able to sleep unlike me. I am worried about the core back home. I try to ignore the feeling.

“You should get some sleep.”

I turn my head just enough to look at the griffin. I didn’t want to piss off the female griffin. I was told female griffins are a lot more respectful than the others. But I can’t sleep worried about the core.

“Hard to sleep… when your entire life is to work on that core. What about you what do you do on your ship?”

The griffin stares at me looking at her spear. Stabbing into the moving water and brings out a fish offering it to me.

“I am not only a fisher I am also one that repairs the hull. The hull of our fishing trawlers gets bad after a while. My reason for coming to the shore is to find a bigger boat to get enough metal and wood back.”

I inhale the wonderful sea salt air. Calming down after a second of breathing it in then letting the air out. I felt my nerves at least relax just a second. I didn’t want to panic and cause these two to backstab me from over-panicking.

“I don’t know why the zebra is with us. I am sure it has something to do with the troop transports. I am sure she will either tell us or not. I could care less what she tells us. I just want to get back home as quick as we can.”

Moonglow laughs.

“Yes, I agree I am just hoping I don’t get badly sick from my immune system. Just be prepared we don’t know how bad things are on the shore. Heck for all I know nothing is alive on the mainland. We had many scouts come back and say there is nothing but empty land.”

I chuckled weakly at the feeling that something the scouts forgot to tell us. I spread my wings a bit to relax even more. I am not happy I had to bring a gun. I am a pacifist and I know full well I may have to use it. I was even trained to use a weapon.

Then I notice the fish again on the end of the spear finally with my wings using them as hands to eat the fish. I never understood how we trained our wings to be used like this. It’s pretty impressive how we can do so much with our wings.

“I see land.. “
I lift my head I see the land as well. I am told this is the Hoof at least I was told it’s the Hoof. I am sure there is more to this land than just being called after a hoof. I take in the sea air again since we may have to go deeper into the land to find what we need.

“I hope we are ready for what is ahead. Do we have some booster shots just in case?’

MoonGlow stares at me tilting her head.

“You do know right those shots won’t protect us at all from what could be out here.”

I nod getting us to the docks tying the rope to the dock post. Root Beer opens her eyes and the three of us get out of the boat. MoonGlow takes the booster shots and she jabs the needles into my ass and Root Beers ass. I take the other and do the same to her. Of course, we don’t know if this will work.

“Alright, they asked us to stick together. So what we are looking for could be at the docks here.”

The three of us don’t even have our weapons they’re back in the boat when we left. I put the empty needles back into my bag. The docks are so badly kept together the buildings are rotted but still kept together.

“Alright, pony did they tell you what building it might be in?”

I just shrug my shoulders. I had no idea I know these two are here with me to try to find the ability to start the cores of their vessels again. The cargo ships are the only cores that stayed working all these years.

“I don’t know really. I look at my ancestor’s journal and it didn’t talk about anything about living on land. All I can think of it would be in one of these buildings.”

It took us a while to notice that Root Beer is missing. We look around for her and notice a zebra tail not too far from us. I shrug my shoulders and went to the zebra.

“Root Beer come on..”

I pull the tail and there is no movement. I tilt my head looking back at MoonGlow and standing beside her is Root Beer. She must have found something because she is holding a stripped shotgun.

“Well, I found… her but is that a corpse?”

A corpse I turn my head to finally see the decaying body I quickly back away. I finally see many bodies around us. How in the world did I miss this? I took a deep breath trying not to panic. Then my stomach lurched and I quickly hid behind a box to vomit. Root Beer sets the shotgun down stroking my back.

“I think we got here after a battle.”

It didn’t take me long to regain myself. When I stood back on my hooves I had to try to ignore everything. Before we could move on through loud buzzing sounds throughout the area. We hide and see a strange bug-like creature. The creature looks like a large bug with wings and the creature’s body has a deep blue look.

“I am sorry I couldn’t get here sooner to try to save the others.”

A tired zebra smiles at the bug nodding. She hugs the creature they know each other. We hear the name of the zebra.

“Zranth you should head back to the island. I feel it might be safer for you than trying to take a dead expedition back to your homeland.”

The zebra nods quickly.

“Yes I have a feeling I should but why did you change how you look. I heard stories about what you did. I also heard what happened to you. Why won’t you tell the others?”

The bug weakly smiles.

“I can’t both of the choices so I picked what I am now. I had to change how I look even my name. I don’t even exist as the old me anymore. So please Zranth either head back home or find a group that will protect you.”

Zranth sighs looking at her followers.

“I should have listened to the warden on the island. I should have never taken a group of us and tried to find our way back home. This would never happen.”

The bug nods she quickly grabs one of her swords from her strange armor hearing a sound and it was just four figures.

“They’re gone.”

I stare at one of them it’s a Steel Ranger I know that armor the other from what I have learned is of the Enclave. The third is a zebra wearing old zebra roman armor. The last is a strange creature wearing strange armor with a red star on its head.

“We can take it from here and take her back to the desert. Then we can get a ship to take her back to the island. I wish we could have helped more my old friend.”

An armored claw pats the shoulder of the bug and she nods. The one who is known as Zranth leaving soon after with the four. Left behind is the strange bug creature. The bug creature takes time looking at the bodies.

The bug soon leaves I don’t think it noticed we are here. We finally got out of the hiding place unsure what to think.

“Do you think this thing is the cause of all the deaths here?”

I look back at Root Beer shrugging my shoulders.

“I don’t know I have never seen a creature like this before.”

Moonglow laughs weakly

“Well, whatever it was I don’t want to meet it in a dark ally.”

I sigh and turn around after looking at my friends and I come face to face with the bug and quickly back up. How in the world did this creature do that so easily? I took a deep breath unsure what to say and I finally exhale.

“You know spying is not a wise idea little pony. Whatever you’re spying on could take an issue with you. Now explain why are you here?”

I quickly regain myself.

“We are from a community deep in the middle of the sea. We are here to find the manual of every ship in our community to bring all our homes back to land.”

The bug listens nodding quickly.

“Well, I have nothing to do anymore right now I don’t mind helping you. But I warn you to tell no one you saw me without my helm on. If you do I will have to kill you.”

The creature smiles at me putting her helm back on. I look at the name on the helm. I notice the armor finally she has heavy swords and a railgun rifle on her side. I finally got a good look at the name. The name from what I see is Topaz.

“Do you have a name miss bug?”

It took a while for the creature to say its name.

“I am Rub..”

The creature stops itself from saying its name. I took a while to answer again like it was remembering a past life that it would never be able to tell us.

“I am Topaz welcome to Equestria.”

Footnote: Level up

Perk added: Weak: Stomach: You will be unable to handle most of the foods of this land. It will lead to your downfall but there is also a light at the end of the tunnel. It could be used to help you as well to gain a stronger stomach it depends on how you use it.