Fallout Equestria: In The Beginning

        I instantly jumped from my bed and fell onto the floor, oh thank Celestia, it was all a dream! These dreams have to mean something, they seem so realistic, I looked at the clock in the room and it read at four thirteen.

        Where was I supposed to be? Crap! I need to get to the commons right now! I sped down the hallways of the school in an attempt to make it without being too late. As I arrived I saw Mr. Royal sitting at one of the desks in the commons.

        “Late again are we Viren? Sit, sit, I have so many questions to ask you!” I sat down next to him and started to retrace my dream, I had to write it down, fast. He was about to say something as I grabbed a piece of paper and a pen and wrote down furiously, he could only stare in amazement as the scene unfolded before him.

        As I put the pen down and looked at him ready to speak, his jaw was slack, he had his eyes locked on the piece of paper.

        After a few moments of silence he finally said, “How did you do that?”

        I looked straight at him with the most serious face I could muster, “That’s what I dreamed about with my free time.” He picked up the paper with his red aurora of magic and started to peck through it.

        “This, this work, it seems so real, how could you even muster the thought to even think of this?” He had his eyes locked on the new piece of paper, its detail was just as exact, if not more, than the last piece of paper.

        I looked and mumbled, “I’ve been having these weird dreams, I don’t know what they mean, but they seem so realistic, I just don’t understand anymore.”

He looked directly at me with a concerned face put on and said, “Now Viren, you realize that if that is the truth this is nothing to joke about. What is going on inside of that head of yours recently?”

I looked down and started to think, it only took me a second to figure out where these dreams originated.

I slowly looked up and answered, “Well, I guess it all started when the war did, I’ve been thinking a lot more recently, more than I should have. That’s not the worst part, it's not getting better.”

He looked at me deeply and eventually spoke up, “What are these thoughts you’ve been having then?”

I took a moment to prepare myself, “Well, it started off just being something simple as knowing my dad’s in the guard, but it's progressed much more than that now. I am starting to think more about the outcomes of the war, why were under protection, the...” I stopped there, I didn’t want him to know about the hatches yet.

He changed his posture after absorbing all that I had let out to a much more upright attitude and said, “Well, I suppose you should just try clear your mind. Why don’t I schedule a short vacation for you? The mind of a student is much more than just a couple weeks of class, you seem to be in no condition to go to class. Would you be alright with this?”

I shrugged and looked up, “I don’t know, what would I do during this time?”

He smiled and replied, “I dunno, why not see your family? We are only a few weeks into the quarter, it won’t make a big difference?”

I nodded and in a happier mood than before replied, “I think I just might take you up on that offer.”

He confirmed, “I don’t see why you wouldn’t! Now let me see, I’ll be right back, don’t hold tight while I’m gone, have some fun!” He trotted off towards the office on the other side of the school.

I slowly pulled out a pen and pencil and tried to think of something to do. As I was tapping the pencil I slowly started to fade back into the thoughts that I should be avoiding. Where am I heading in this world. How can I just sit and let it happen. How can they all just sit and let it happen.

It makes no sense, we don’t have to be doing this, and to think everypony in Equestria probably doesn’t even care about this war anyways, it probably won’t affect them until it’s too late.

I started to hear rushing steps in my direction, Mr. Royal was sweating and as he arrived to the table he dropped a few papers on the desk.

“This is what you will have to study if you do decide to go on vacation, I talked to your dad and he is arranging a chariot for you, fancy one he is. Ok, about the vacation, you will have two weeks off starting tomorrow, I want you to try to clear your mind, immerse yourself in familiar surroundings, don’t let this junk about the war disrupt your life. If I were you I would get a good night sleep, long trip ahead of you!”

He quickly left the commons leaving me stumped with a stack of papers. What is all this? They expect me to self learn this in two weeks? Well, it can’t be that hard, it beats being stuck in a classroom all day long, now what is this, mathematics seems easy, all you have to do is just... Hrm, I may be in a bit of a rough spot, oh well.

I sat up and started to slowly trot to my room. As I started down the hallway it occurred to me I should go tell Shrew where I’m going, he is going to be wondering after all. I guess I have been kind of an ass to him lately.

I took a right instead of a left turn to the rec room, I saw him in the corner alone, he seemed to not be enjoying anything at the moment. I slowly trotted up to him and he looked at me with a bit of a pained look on his face.

I asked him cautiously, “What’s wrong?” He only shook his head slowly, I wouldn’t take that for an answer.

I nudged him and asked again, “What’s wrong Shrew?” He proceeded with the same response. I wasn’t getting nowhere with him.

I asked him with a bit more sympathy, “This about earlier?” He started to tense up after I said that, he didn’t even shake his head this time. This is getting nowhere.

I told him with even more sympathy, “I’m sorry dude, I’ve just been goin through a bit, I’m gonna be headin home tomorrow, I got a two week vacation, supposed to help me clear up my mind, just wanted you to know.” After I said that he gave a slow but thankful look on his face, he still refused to say anything.

I slowly started to trot back to my room as I heard a loud, “Wait!” from behind me and then trotting. I turned around and as I did, he was right behind me.

He was panting a little bit, he wasn’t the best runner, and said, “Take this before you go.” He opened one of his bags and held out a small but unique marble.

“It was my grandpa’s, he said it helped him concentrate, take it.” I could tell that it meant a lot to him, you could tell it hurt him to give it to me, he dropped it in my bag and gave me a nudge, his equivalent of saying he’ll miss me.

I nodded back to him and trotted back to my bed, as I entered the room I noticed that I decided that I might as well get some extra rest like Mr. Royal suggested.

I slowly trotted to the bed and jumped right in, I fell quickly asleep.

I awoke instantly to a large blast. I sat up rubbing my head and realized I was dreaming again. I saw zebras all around me, I was in, a cage? What the hell? How did I end up here? This has to mean something.

I wonder if, yep, I can move. I slowly got up and tapped on the cage. The zebras looked at me and one of them smiled, it was something to fear, it wasn’t a happy smile, nor a sad smile, this was a smile of pure evil.

The zebra slowly trotted up to me, I couldn’t tell if it was a boy or a girl, how should I know, I have never seen a zebra before!

The zebra looked right at my eyes and said, “What was your mission?”

As if by instincts I said, “None of your knowledge to know.” I didn’t mean to say that! Wh- AGHH that hurt! What the hell! Dreams aren't supposed to hurt! I immediately sat up again, I was losing control again, the pain didn’t fade with the control.

The zebra looked with a smirk, “Now I said again, what was your mission?” I looked at him and spat, I didn’t mean to do that! I was sent flying across the cage and felt an agonizing amount of pain, how could anypony live like this!

As I got up I noticed the coat of the pony I was, it was me, but, older. This couldn’t be, this just can’t be! I slowly trotted up to the zebra again without control and said two words, “Fuck. You.” I was screwed, he turned around and bucked me in the face. The world around me started to dissolve into nothingness.

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Sorry for the delay on this chapter, I might start writing them a bit slower, I am the only one reviewing and editing them currently so that doesn’t help at all, if you have Skype add BronySinc, I need a few people to help me fix errors before I release since I can only do so much. I also make PMV’s and Music so I may not release chapters on other days and I might just be taking a day off and playing games or dealing with the plugins on my Minecraft server, as you can see I’m usually loaded to the top, so sorry if it takes a day per chapter to release but thats all I think I can muster for now unless I can get a few editors that are good at what they do.