The Lost Stranger

" Dear Princess Celestia

Astounding news! I have just made contact with a alien being and turns out, he's friendly! The rest of his race though called humans or homo sapiens, I'm not so sure. On our way to a near-by settlement know as 'Megaton', we told each other all about the history of each others species. What he told me about his race amazed me as much as it horrified me! He told me about how humanity was once a great and powerful people and how a war for dwindling resources caused humanity to enter this 'Great war'. In the Great war , that lasted less than two hours, humanity wiped itself out by using these terrible weapons of mass destruction called bombs. When they fell, near all the human race went extinct! Shocking right! I mean, couldn't the humans have found a way to talk it out peacefully?

Anyway moving on, Albert, that's the name of the human I was talking about earlier and befriended, told me next that thousands of humans mange to escape the destruction of the world by taking refuge in huge underground shelters called vaults. It was like a paradise underground, made to give humans a second chance, Albert told me that he lived in one, Vault 101 he said. It was nice for a while until he told me that his father had left the vault! You see, he told me that the biggest rule down there in vault 101 was that when it closed, no one was allowed to leave or enter. He said that the Overseer said that it was for the protection of the vault dwellers and to leave the vault was not only to defy orders but suicide in itself. But Albert left anyway for when news got out that his father had escaped, their leader ordered his soldiers to track him down and bring him before the overseer. Dead or alive! So Albert escaped his home and is now searching for his father.

He told me that he had to fight his way out and that he had to do things that he wasn't proud of, but he had to do it. I was scared of him at first, finding out that he killed others, but calmed down after understanding he only did it in self defense and that he had no intention of killing anybody, he just had the unfounate luck of having done it.

Albert seems nice enough, I know what he did was wrong but, he doesn't look like a murderer. So I've been traveling alongside him, leaning all I can about human civilization. . . . what ever is left of it that is.

I'll be writing all my findings into letters so that when you and my friends come get me,(you are coming to get me right? Of course you are!) I can show you them all and all that I've learned about humans! Gotta go now. We reached Megaton, it looks like a junkyard with giant walls surrounding it, at least I think it's a junkyard?

Your always faithful student Twilight Sparkle

P.S . . . . . . . . . . They have two headed cow's and giant ants here!!! Plus, we just conversed with a few other humans. One of them, a male by the name of Crazy Wolfgang said that he was selling crap. Who in anypony's right mind would want to buy droppings! Let alone the best of crap!?"

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As Albert and Twilight walked past the twin doors of Megaton, the sight before was to say the least . . bizarre. Megaton was a city built from scrap, made from scrap and is a lovely little town where you can sell and buy, you guessed it, scrap metal. The buildings rose above as high as the walls surrounding the town, the houses looked old and rusted and yet new and had fresh new scent. The hill before them went downwards into a crater, so it was right to assume this town was built around a large crater from the bottom up. Pipes and walkways were seen all over town, connecting houses to other houses and went from high structures to ground floor. The town in the least was . . interesting? That much, Albert and Twilight were sure of.

"So this is Megaton?" Asked Twilight befuddled.

"I'm just going to nod and say yes." He gave a soft chuckle as he looked around.

"At least there's people here. And from the looks of it, their civilized."

" Would you look at that. Another one of them folks from vault 101. Haven't seen one of them in a while."

Both Albert and Twilight looked down to see a man walking up the stairs towards them. He wore brown trench coat and a hat that was similar to Applejack's stenson hat. The man was also dark skinned and had a rugged beard, he carried a weapon on his back and the way he walked gave off a sense of authority.

"And you are?" Asked Albert.

"Names Lucas Simms. I'm the town's sheriff and mayor if the need ever arises." The man named Lucas then looked down towards Twilight and smiled.

"Well lookie there. Nice pet."

"Excuse me sir, But I'm not a pet. My name is Twilight Sparkle."

" Aww, ain't that cute. You even taught it to talk. Can you say hi little fella?" He said petting Twilight's head.

If Twilight had not been taught proper manners and not to use her magic for her own personal gain, she would have teleported this human to a cliff or leave him hanging by a flag pole. But sense she knew better, she held her anger in and remembered her teachings of friendship.

"Once again sir, I'm not a pet. My name is Twilight Sparkle and I'm a unicorn. And as for your question, yes I can say hi. I can also do mathematical equations and read entire books in less than 10 mins but I take my time because I want to enjoy the book instead of rushing." She said this last part with a smile. Albert could have sworn that he heard a squeak.

" Whatever you say, I don't care as long as you-" He pointed at Albert. "Clean up after her."

Twilight looked as though as she was boiling in a pot of water or about to catch fire in a furnace. A tiny spark could be seen on her mane. Wanting to intervene and prevent trouble, Albert spoke up.

"Err, anyway. Have you seen my father? Middle aged man. Maybe you seen him?"

"Nope. Sorry, I got enough fires to put out around here to keep tabs on everyone that comes though here. You should ask around town."

"Aww. Well thanks anyway. Do you know where the nearest medical clinic is? Where we can buy supplies or get some weapons. And if possiable, a place to stay."

Lucas just looked at him with raised eyebrows.

"Please?" He said with best friendly expression he could muster.

" Hmm. Nice, smart and well-mannered. I think we will get along nicely. If your looking for the nearest clinic, Doc chuch runs one down by the crater, the man is rough around the edges but is good enough."

"Thank you, where can we get fresh supplies?" Asked Twilight, her anger now simmering down.

"Talk to Moira. She runs a shop called Crater-side supplies. You can restock and purchase good weapons and gear there, take a gander with it is." He said with a chuckle.

"As for a place to stay, you should talk to Nova up in Moriarty's saloon. She can help you out."

"Thanks. Oh and if you don't mind me asking, who could I ask for information about my father?"

"I would ask Moriarty up in his saloon. Word of advice, no matter what he says Moriarty is not your friend. So for gods sake, don't trust the dammed guy." He emphazied the last part with a glare.

"Why not?" Asked Twilight.

"Why, my little purple friend? The man would sell you out for a handful of caps than to be your friend. He is not to be trusted."

"That's horrible! Why would you let such a terrible person live here!?!" She exclaimed.

"I ask myself that question every day." Said Lucas looking up at a passing cloud.

" Oh and one other thing." Said Albert.

" Yes?"

"Is that a bomb in the center of Megaton?" He pointed down at the center of the town where a large nuclear bomb was visible.

" Yes. Yes it is. Why do you ask?"

Twilight immediately spoke up. "A BOMB!! I THOUGHT THEY WERE DANGEROUS!! WHY DO YOU HAVE ONE IN THE CENTER OF YOUR CITY!?!"

Lucas staggered back from Twilight's outburst.

"What she means to say is, don't you think you should get it disarmed or something?" Asked Albert as Lucas regained his composure.

"I don't trust any of the local's enough to tinker with it. Not many folk around here realize that the bomb is still a threat. Heck, the people from the church worship the dammed thing." This only made Twilight and Albert feel more uneasy. But then a light bulb went up in her head.

" Wait, Mr. Simm's."

"Hmm."

" What if we could disarm it for you?" She said with a smile.

"Say what now?" Asked Albert in alarm. Lucas on the other hand, seemed interested.

" Do you think you can do it?"

"Yes sir, back where I'm from, my friend Pinkie Pie taught me a bit about explosives. And my friend Albert here know quite a bit as well on the subject. Together, we can defuse the bomb with no problem at all."

Albert quickly grabbed Twilight and pulled her behind him.

"Just what do you think your doing! We don't anything about disarming a nuclear bomb!"

"We could try! You told me about how you like to test out explosives in the vault remember? That you once set up a series of self made fire-crackers in the boys restroom? So you at least have the basic and intermediate knowledge on explosives skills right?"

"That doesn't guarantee us that we can disarm it at all! Worst case scenario, we set the thing off and get our asses fried along with all of Megaton!"

Twilight frowned. "That's why we won't fail. Come on, these ponies, I mean people are in danger. Can you see it in your heart to help them out?"

Albert shook his head. "I want to help, but if we mess up then you know what happens to all the people here. There's just to much at risk here to-"

Lucas, who was still standing a few feet away, spoke up. "There is also a reward of one hundred caps if you can disarm it."

Albert froze and turned around. He then put on his war face. "Make it five hundred caps and you have a deal. After all, this is very delicate work, and it requires gentle care and sensitivity."

"That price is very steep. But if it gets the bomb disarmed then alright. Five hundred caps it is."

Albert struck a heroic pose. "We will do it. But only for the safety of the citizens of Megaton!"

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Albert and Twilight now stood right next to the Megaton bomb that now lay in a puddle of radioactive water within the crater. The people who worshiped the bomb, the church of Atom they called themselves, were standing only a few feet away from the bomb. Their leader, Confessor Cromwell was standing in the puddle making speeches. The bomb itself was was quite large, but rusted and old looking. At a glance, it was hard to imagine that this large blunt object could wipe them all out in a instant if they did even one mistake. It sent shivers up Albert's spine and made Twilight gulp.

"Well. . . . . This is it." Albert said as he approached the bomb.

" Hold on, let me finish this."

"What are you talking about-" He saw Twilight had pulled out a book of some kind, and was sitting on her haunches reading it.

"Twilight! This is no time to read a book!! I need you over here now!" He emphazied the last part by banging his fist on the bomb. The bomb made a click noise and began to tick.

Albert spun his head back around towards the bomb.

"Oops. Not good, not good, not good!!" He then opened a hatch on the side of the bomb and began to work, reattaching some wires and removing others. The countdown continued despite his best efforts to stop it, Twilight on the other hand, was still reading her book.

"Twilight!" He yelled as he tinkered with the bomb.

"So if I did this then-"

"Twilight! I need your help!" He began waving his arms in frustration.

" But would it be better if I-"

"Twilight! Hope I'm not interrupting anything but, there's a doomsday device here ticking away! In short WE ARE ALL GOING TO DIE!!!"

"And there's the authors final notes." Twilight closed her book and lifted her head up. "All done."

"Good for you. Quick question, can your magic teleport this bomb away from here?" Albert had was literally trying to pull out a large cable to stop the bomb, his face a mixture of anger, frustration and fear.

"Don't have to." She said with a grin. She casually walked over to the device and with a simple gesture, kicked the nuke with her foreleg. The bomb's ticking died down and a series of clicks were heard.

Albert fell backward onto the ground with a thud. "Are we dead?"

"Nope. The bomb has been disarmed!" Said Twilight with a smile. Once again, Albert could have sworn he heard a squeak.

"Well I'a be dammed. You two actually did it." Lucas Simms came down the steps of of the hill and walked up to Twilight.

"To be honest, I didn't think you two could actually do it. Shame on me for thinking bad of ya."

"Oh it's quite all right Mr.Simms. I didn't think I could do it either until I read this." She used her magic to lift the book she had been reading the entire time.
Pinkie Pie's Cookbook, the most explosive recipes at your hooves. Egghead edition.
[Level Up] Welcome to Level 2 Level Up theme

Explosives: 35
Perk selected : Comprehension

" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . What?" Said Albert, staring in disbelief at the book Twilight was holding.

"Ha ha ha. Well thanks anyway. This town can rest at ease now, knowing that the bomb will never go off when they least expect it. Here." He handed a large bag to Twilight. She levitated it up and down, the bag jiggled with sounds of clicking.

"There's your reward of five hundred caps and this-" He handed a key and paper to Albert.

"Is the key to your new Megaton house. Deed and everything."

Twilight and Albert looked at each other in disbelief, they saved the town and now they got not only money to live on but a home to stay at as well. They both rushed and hugged Lucas Simms as hard as they could.

"Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!" They both muttered.

"It's - ugh. Quite -alright. Just please let go-." They did as he said and let him go. They asked him for directions to their new home and sped off.

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"So this is our new home?" Asked Twilight as she put her things down by the lockers.

Their new megaton house was a run-down unclean sort of building. The walls had the tiniest holes in them, there was machinery that was old but still worked in the place and a floating robot butler who went by the name of Wadsworth.

As they looked around, they argued a bit over who would get to sleep where and and how they would change the place up.
Albert won in the way that he would get the bed and Twilight would would sleep anywhere eles. Twilight won in the way that they would decorate the place to have a science theme. After that fiasco was over, they tallied up their money on the floor.

"Wait. They use bottle caps here as a currency?" Asked Twilight as she looked over the caps.

"Yeah, I talked it over with Crazy Wolfgang-"

"You mean the Crap-selling guy?"

"Yeah him. Apparently since the world ended, bottle caps became the new currency of the wasteland since their pletiful and easy to find. Well, depends where you look anyway."

"That sounds strange. . . but very interesting! I can't wait to write this down for Princess Celestia."

Albert stood up.

"You really look up to her don't you? This Princess of yours." Twilight looked up at him.

"Of course! She's my mentor and is like a second mother to me. She has me and my friends most deepest concerns in her heart and cares for everyone in Equestria." As Twilight said this, tears began to well up in her eyes.

"And thats how I know that she's probably working on a way to get me home. She just wouldn't leave her most faithful to-"

"Hey, don't cry." Albert knelt down next to her and gave her a hug.

"What's the matter anyway. Why are you so upset? You've only been here for only a day and a half."

Twilight moved her head down.

"Well its. . . its just . ."

"Come on. You can tell me." He said with a smile.

"I'm scared. From everything you told me and seen, this place is horrible. I still want to learn all about humans. But I'm not sure if finding out more about your kind and world . . . . What I mean is, I might not like what I find."

"Nothing is ever what we expect when we look for something. I mean look at me. I lived my entire life in a safe vault underground and I never did imagined what the outside world would look like. And meeting you, only pushed me to believe more unthinkable things. But I guess, is when we ourselves look for answers, we just keep going. Even if we don't like what we find, we do it because sometimes, knowing the truth, is better than not knowing at all and spending the rest of your life wondering." Twilight looked up at Albert, her face still covered in dry tears but no longer crying.

"Do you really believe that?" She asked.

"Hey, its one the only reasons why scientists do the crazy things they do. If for nothing eles, just to find answers." He said with a smile, while stroking Twilight's mane.

" But now your looking for your father and for the answers as in to why he left the vault."

"Yeah. Thats one reason I look for him. The other reason. To make sure he's safe."

Twilight nodded and smiled as she got up.

"Hey." Said Albert.

"What?"

" If it makes you feel any better, there was a passage from the bible that my father always told me, it was my mothers favorite. Let me tell you it."

"Okay." She sat back down on her haunches and listened. Albert cleared his throat and spoke.

" I'm am alpha and omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is a thirst of the fountain of the water of life freely." He said with a gentle voice.

"Thats beautiful." Said Twilight.

" Thanks. Well time to rest up, We got a busy day ahead of us. Tomorrow, we restocked on supplies, I have to train you how to defend yourself from danger and we got to go talk to Moriarty in his saloon."

"Alrighty, I'a make a check list of everything we need then I'm off to bed." The two of them went off in different directions, going to take care of their task then to bed.

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"I still don't like using these things." Twilight said as she levitated assault rifle on to her back.
They had awoken early in the morning around six am to get a head start on Twilight's survival training. The training in itself went . . . . okay. The other megaton citizens talked and whispered among themselves when news on how Twilight and Albert disarmed the bomb came around, so most of the talk were good things. Excluding the fact that no one other than Albert knew what Twilight was. Most of them believe that she was some sort of pre-war robot that had a mind of it's own, others were saying she was some sort of mutant creature from the wastes and that it was some mish mash of different creatures put together. And other rumors just plumed didn't make sense.

As for the training, Twilight had nearly blown her head right off when she held the barrel of a pistol towards her face with her magic. Albert had pulled the gun away just in the nick of time before she pulled the trigger, unfortunately they were unable to save the patch of hair that got blown off when she did pull the trigger. Since she did not posses hands, she used her magic to hold up weapons and shoot them. It was slow learning at first, but she quickly got the hang of it, she only agreed to the training on two conditions. One, was she would only use these weapons as a last resort and the second was she write this stuff down for further study. They had also visited the other locations in Megaton. They went to Crater side supplies and talked to Moira. Albert found that she might have had a few screws loose, while Twilight on the other hand agreed with near about everything she said. Thats how they ended up not only getting new weapons and armored gear, but a new job to take with them, to help her write the wasteland survival guide.

During this time in Megaton, Twilight had mange to help Leo Stahl with his addiction, Albert helped repair the pipe's around Megaton and made some extra caps selling scrap metal to Walter, the water plant operator and they got a quick meal at the Brass lantern. Twilight had made a huge fuss on Albert eating meat and decided that the two would only purchase food that had no trace of meat in them. And finally, as of now they were heading up to Moriarty's saloon to talk to him about the whereabouts of Albert's father, James.

"Yes, I know. But you have to keep with you at all times all right. As long as we don't cause trouble, we won't have to use them." Said Albert as he adjusted part of the armor on his new vault 101 jumpsuit. Twilight wore a similar one except her's was a different number. They arrived at the saloon and entered. The inside of the saloon didn't vary in appearance compared to the Brass Lantern. There were tables in the large room, glasses of wine and other alcoholic drinks could be seen all around. There were also a few patrons in the bar walking about sitting or drinking.

Albert and Twilight waked up to the counter. The man he assumed to be the bartender was cleaning a glass and had his head down.

"Excuse me sir." The bartender turned around.

"Yeah, what is it? Both Twilight let out a sheik while Albert let out a gasp at their glance of the bartender's face. He had a fleshly face with skin peeling off at places. He or it, barely had any hair and his voice sounded disoriented.

"Gah fuck! What are you." Exclaimed Albert.

"What? Ain't you ever seen a ghoul before?" He asked in annoyance. Both Twilight and Albert shook their heads. This apparently caught him by surprise.

"Really, what rock have you been living under?" The ghoul then looked at Twilight.

"And what are you supposed to be?"

"I'm T-t-twilight S-s-sparkle. I'm a unicorn." She said, obviously still scared of the being before her.

"Never heard of one. So you two gonna order a drink or what?"

"Well, sir. I'm here looking for Moriarty. Do you know where I can find him?" Asked Albert. The ghoul pointed him to the back of the shop.

"Thank you. Be right back Twilight. Wait here." Albert walked off towards the back of the saloon. The ghoul returned to cleaning his glass when he saw Twilight still staring at him.

"What?"

"If you don't mind me asking sir. What's a ghoul?" She asked innocently enough.

"What you don't know. Well heres the thing. When the bombs fell, not everyone got to take shelter in a nice cozy vault. Some of us that were unlucky enough to live got exposed to a lot of radiation and became ghouls."

"Thats terrible! Does it hurt to be how you are?" She asked.

"Well aside from the fact that I will probably live longer than the average human and radiation doesn't affect me, . . no, it doesn't hurt at all except for the fact that humans don't take kindly towards ghouls."

"But thats not fair. Your technically still human aren't you? I mean, you almost look the same, you eat like them and can do the same things they can. They shouldn't treat you like this." The ghoul smiled, this 'unicorn' was actually very nice.

"You know, I like you. You and your friend are the first two people who haven't tried to insult, hurt or yell at me. When ever you want, there's a discount just for you two." He said with a smile. Twilight smiled back.

"Thank you. What's your name by the way?" Twilight asked, she no longer feared the being before her.

"Gob. My name is Gob."

Albert soon returned and motioned Twilight to leave.

"Thanks again, it was nice meeting you." Said Twilight as she proceeded towards the exit.

"Thanks! You too." Said Gob.

Right before Twilight could exit the saloon, she saw a human girl sitting alone in a corner of the saloon. She approached her and asked her what was wrong.

"Excuse me, miss. What are you doing here."

"Oh. Hello there. My name's Lucy West. What's yours?"

"Twilight Sparkle. Are you okay? You seemed distressed."

"Do I? Sorry. I'm fine, I'm just looking for someone to deliver a letter of mine to a town called Arefu."

"I could deliver the letter for you." Twilight said happily. This brought a smile to the girls face.

"Can you? That would be great. I need it delievred to my family." She then told Twilight where the town was located, she in turn recorded the location in her pip-boy. She had been getting the hang of it since meeting Albert, he had taught her all about the device.

"Don't worry Lucy. I'a get this letter to your family. This I promise."

"Thank you Twilight Sparkle, I owe you one." Twilight then excused herself towards the exit, only to be called by another person in the bar. It was a human male, a man. He looked like the business ponies of Manehattan and Canterlot by the way he was dressed. He kept his eyes hidden behind a dark pair of glasses and wore a business hat on his head.

"*Pssh* Over here." Twilight came over to him slowly.

"Good. Thought I never spot a good fellow worth talking business with. My name is Mr. Burke." He said extending his right hand. Twilight shook it with her left foreleg and responded.

" My name is Twilight Sparkle."

"Charming name I'm sure. Anyway, I'm here to discuss important business matters here. Such as the nature of demolition, the removal of blight objects and taking care of certain problems."

". . . . . I'm sorry sir, you lost me. What exactly do you want?" She asked.

"You know the bomb in the center of Megaton?" He said.

"Yes. Yes I do."

"My employer wants me to remove Megaton from the Capital wasteland by oh say, detonating the nuke?" He said with a slight chuckle. Twilight stepped back in horror.

"You want to destroy Megaton!?!" She exclaimed. Mr.Burke only laughed in response.

"No, no. The fun part is up to you. I'm just the one who hires you and reports back to my employer. Once you done your job, I'a pay you a generous reward." Twilight could not believe what she was hearing, this human didn't care for the innocent lives here and only wanted to destroy Megaton because he was being paid to. It made her sick.

"No. I'm sorry Mr.Burke. But what your asking me to do is wrong and unthinkable in so many ways. I'm horrified that you would even ask me to do such a thing! Your nothing more than an evil crook who doesn't care for the lives of others. You can forget about destroying Megaton though the bomb, because I already disarmed it." This cased Mr.Burke to raise his eyebrows in surprise.

"You mean, the nuke is no longer a hazard here? Well, all I can say now is that I'm very dissapointed in you. First for rejecting my offer and second for actually caring for the worthless inhabintants here. Now if you don't mind, I have other business to attend to." He turned away from Twilight and motioned for her to leave him.

"Good day Mr.Burke. I hope you get what you deserve later in your life." With that, Twilight turned around and trotted away. As soon as she was gone, Mr. Burke pulled out a holotape and made a quick recorded message.

"Note to self, put out a bounty on the one know as Twilight Sparkle. Small, Lavender colored, a star mark on her flank and has a horn coming out of her forehead. The reward? 1000 caps, extra if they bring her head."

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"So where are we going?" Asked Twilight as she and Albert walked though a road in Springvale, a town only a couple of yards away from Megaton. The town was deserted and empty of any life whatsoever, the buildings were old and rusted and the roads were cracked and the paint on them was fading. Much of the houses that were seen were barely standing and surrounded by dead trees. Albert kept an eye on his pip-boy as they passed several structures.

"Were heading to this house, owned by a woman called Silver. Moriarty says that if I bring the caps she owes him back to him. He will tell me where he last saw my father heading."

"So the guy saw your father?" She asked as she trotted alongside him.

"Yeah. But he won't tell me shit, unless I do this errand for him. Were here." He stopped at a house in the middle of town. Unlike the others, it appeared to be stable enough to live in.

"What makes you think you can trust the guy? For all you know, he probably just wants to use you for his dirty work." She said with a frown. Albert looked down at Twilight in surprise.

"Woh. Where did that come from? What happened to friendship is magic?" He said with a grin.

"Nothing. I . . just . . I just remembered what sheriff Simms said. The man is not to be trusted."

"I know. But the guy is my only lead on where my father is." He then turned to the door and opened it.

"Let's go inside and pay this 'Silver' a visit."

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As Twilight and Albert walked inside, they took note of the inner workings of the house. It was old, the paper on the wall was worn out and coming off. There was jet and psycho all over the place. Twilight had learn that Psycho,jet,hydra and med-x were all drugs that had all kinds of different effects on people, she wondered at all why humans would do that to themselves at all. As the two were about to walk into the next room, they stopped in their steps at the sound of a click. They both turned to see a woman with blonde hair, wearing a pink sweater and white pants, holding them at gunpoint.

"Who the hell are you too? Did Moriarty sent you here!" She said angrily. Both Twilight and Albert held up their hands in peace. . . (well, hooves in Twilight's case.)

" No, no. Well I mean yes. But were not here to hurt you!" Shouted Twilight.

"Yeah, were just here to collect the caps you owe him. He said you ran off with his loot." Said Albert. This seemed to only make Silver angrier.

"Oh he did, did he? Well forget it. I earned those caps fair and square and he knows it!" She shouted.

"Really. Then why did he tell us other wise. Let me hear your side of the story." Silver looked at Albert and Twilight for a second and then lowered her weapon.

"All right. Here it is. I used to work for Moriarty, doing him 'favors', for him and his men. One day, I decide to leave, so I go up to the bastard and tell him that I'm going and that I'm taking my share of the caps I earned. Hell, I even slept with the guy to seal the deal. But turns out, come next morning, he starts telling everyone lies about me and tries to keep me from leaving. So I instead, cut my losses, took my caps and bolted. I've been hiding out here ever since." She finished her story on a sad note. Twilight as usual was having a hard time believing this. Albert on the other hand, had a different idea.

" Well, here's an idea. How about you give me half your caps. And I'a bring the half to him and tell him that you were killed and that you won't be a problem anymore. How's that?" Said Albert. Silver looked at him with surprise.

"You- you really do that for me? Well . . . . alright. Here-
[Speech Success
200 caps obtained.

"There are the caps. Thanks you for this. Means a lot."

Albert only nodded and waved as he began to leave.

"No problem. Always happy to help. Come on Twilight." Twilight began to follow him but stopped midway.

"Hey Silver."

"Hmm. Yeah what?"

"Why do you hurt yourself with these drugs?" Silver only laughed in response.

" Who knows? Maybe I just do it to myself because I want to shoot myself up 'till I forget who I am. The wasteland sucks kid, unicorn or whatever the hell you are. You better get used to it."

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"Sooo. You put that bitch down didn't ya. Good riddance." Said Moriarty as he collected the caps from Albert. Twilight was only disgusted by the man that had done terrible things. He was as ugly looking as the things he did. They were back in the saloon, making good on what they told Silver.

"Alright kiddo, heres the deal. Your father was here, now he's not. Said something about meeting someone in GNR down in the D.C ruins." He then told Twilight and Albert where that was located.

"Hmm. You look just like your father you know. Didn't think anyone would come after him from the vault. Especially you. Tell me, is your father the only reason you left the vault and came back to the wasteland?" Albert looked at him in confusion.

"What do you mean, come back? This is the first time I've been out here." Said Albert.

"Don't you remember? No, of course you don't. You were just a baby when I first saw you. Your father brought you in, him and that brotherhood of steel chick. It was sad really."

"What are talking about? Me and my father were born in the vault. We never came from the wasteland!" Said Albert, banging his fist on the counter.

"Oooh. Is that what what your father told you. I've heard about the brainwashing that goes on down there. 'All hail the Overseer!' and such. And it looks like you fallen for a big white lie." Albert couldn't stand hearing anymore. He bolted out of there, leaving Twilight behind.

"Wait, Albert! Where you going?! What's Wrong!?!" She yelled galloping after him.

'It couldn't be true! It can't be true!' He ran ran towards the entrance of Megaton, his mind ablaze.

'What secrets was my father hiding!? How much of my life is a lie!?!'

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Author's Notes: Damn! This chapter came out longer than I intended. But the good thing was it showed me that I can write extremely long chapters on end. So let me know what you guys think in the comments. I'm in need of a pre-reader, to help me revise my work and check for errors. Plus thank you all who have favourited and and liked my fic so far, your comments and likings are the fuel that keeps me typing. So thank you all again. And as for the colored dialogue, I have thrown that out, since many ponies agree that it is unnecessary for reading. Even though it is too early, I want to ask you all who read this, that I'm going to be doing a vote on which of the fallout dlc should I do first. Let me know which one you think I should do first in the comments, I don't plan on doing anything on it soon, but I will incorparate it in to the fic. That's enough talking from me, CIAO!