Fallout Equestria: Oddities

Equestria was a peaceful land that seemed to be incapable at getting into fights they were friends with all of the species surrounding them except the zebras, the zebras were always the bottom of the barrel they were always ignored if they had a idea that would helps large number of ponies and after the zebras realised that they were being used they decided that enough was enough and broke the peace treaty they had with equestria but not with the other nations as they would not be powerful enough to take on the entire world so they tried to get in the good books of all of the powerful nations and tried to show they could manage without the ponies.

This didn't go well as the ponies started using the other races like the griffins and dragons to funnel supplies back to them and they did this successfully.

Until the murder of a high ranking unicorn called Script Writer and the royal guards he was with were knocked out and seemed to be drugged and a poisoned blade was used and pierced the heart of Script Writer.

This caused an uproar as the Zebras were known for using poison on there weapons and the relationship between them did not help in the slightest as Celestia and Luna were appalled at the news and and threatened to start a war between the two nations this forced the zebras to raise their military power and started to research new weapons and new ways of killing if it did come to a war.

Equestria had the ministries and the zebras had the Senjata Besar who were specially trained to produce weapons as these were zebras who were raised in equestria and worked in factories in the main weapon producing cities like canterlot, hoofington and Manehattan, when this murder happened prejudice started to spread and any zebra or zony was instantly bullied and attacked even if they didn't agree with the leaders of either nation these zebras went back to the zebra lands and tried to help the nation by using what they had learnt to further the technology of the zebras from poisoned dart and daggers to guns and bombs and eventually they had a balefire megaspell and dropped it onto all parts of equestria.

I put the book down as i was sick of reading the same banned material that we were left with in stable 11 we were where all of the stuff that wasn't wanted was placed they only built a few, 1 in every 100 stables and my family were lucky to be one of the first in as we were just out hunting and then the sirens blared and they ran as they knew it was built and ready for habitation they got in and survived the apocalypse.

200 years later here we are in a stable consisting of us Thestrals who are ridiculed for being somewhat pony like but apart from hooves we had next to nothing in common with them as we were carnivores and ponies while they could stomach meat most if not all were off put by the thought of eating meat we could see in the dark they couldn't, we could fly silently compared to pegasi and we were much supior fighters so we were nothing like those ponies.

Changelings were quiet which was good as we rarely ever saw them and ever since I was young I had a deep hatred of them as I was always nervous of them replacing my brother Midnight and my sister Mitternacht or Mitter which none of the changelings knew was her nickname so we would sneak it in to conversations in which it would be ways lf telling if a changeling had replaced her, my nickname was Fanks so she it would say it instead of thanks and people thought it was a lisp so we could switch if I suspected her. But the main reason I hated changelings is they were always watching and it was like they never sleep always walking on all surfaces or just standing stareing at us they would also look at each other and would never communicate which was the creepiest. Uhhh just thinking about it makes me shiver.

Griffins were pure predators but that also came with an ego and a love for possession which having both them and dragons was surprising we had lasted 2 years let alone 200 years but this stable was fitted with a fake field and slaughter house for the animals that 3 of our species had to eat to survive, the dragons quickly asserting dominance over the food and the Griffins took over the security which lead to a lot of fights which if they involved a thestral or a changeling Normally ended bloody but by the time you are 5 You have seen more blood then most ponies see in their lifetime we take it in turns skinning the animals for food as griffins don't enjoy having to clean their feathers 3 times a day.

My name is True Fang my coat is dark blue my mane is black I have yellow eyes but no cutie Mark which is kind of strange for stable 11 thestrals as we are not always going to have a military cutie Mark so i flank is bare.

My family are one of the highest ranking thestral family as my great great great yada yada grandfather was one of Luna's personal guards and had a spot in the princess' vault but he was out hunting with his wife and bad to take shelter in stable 11 and back then it was almost like 4 stables as each species had its own section to sleep in because of different preferences for sleeping so us thestrals slept in pitch black darkness.

Us thestrals were used as the security guards as we were the only species to be nearly entirely raised to be guards for Princess Luna so we were trusted to be fair and unbiased, it was hard to be biased when your species hated all of the other species so we were fair, strict but fair.

I had turned 17 recently and I was happy as today was Luna Appreciation Day which meant we got first dibs on the food so I knew I was going to get a large leg of beef so I woke up looked at the calender and my mouth immediately started to salivate and I had to wipe my mouth with a forehoof and I quickly let go of the bar that I was hanging from as we all slept upside down which was safer as we could hide from other predators in the wild and also we would camouflage when we had are eyes closed as all thestrals have dark coloured coats and some level of echolocation but few were masters of it as my Luna serving great many times grandfather's name was Silent Echo as he could apparently know layouts and positioning of people without even entering buildings.

I had woke as we had no sunlight or moonlight we just woke when we heard the new day chime which signalled 12:00 every morning and every morning it was time for us to switch with the griffins as they roost for the early hours of the day which leads to a few early bird gets the worm jokes from the fathers of the stable because you know dad jokes but those jokes had stopped being actual funny jokes probably when the stable door shut.

I approached the bulliten board which had a timeline for the security guards and I was to guard the reactor, I sunk immediately as this might as well have been a punishment as 2 members of the stable went down their and they were the most boring, nerdy changelings ever they were called Mini and Miney and they were not only twins but both were the girliest creatures I have ever known they rarely ever talk and the only time they use their mouths to speak is to giggle or to ask me a question which is either needlessly sexual or the classic "do I look good" I don't know you barely change very time I see either of you oh Luna they make me so angry.

The walk to the reactor was boring as the dragons remained in their quarters as they were isolationists and few would come out to do the necessary jobs for the whole of the stable. Although I did see the only changelings who seems to talk regularly Antennae or Ant as he liked to be called and he would always walk and try to spend as much time with me while I was on patrol as nobody would really attack because anyone who damaged the stable hurt themselves as much as they hurt the rest of us.

"Hey Fang, reactor patrol?" Ant said with a smug grin that barely showed his fangs, "yeah so I am going to be late to lunch and it is Luna Appreciation Day" I slumped as we walked, Ant looks at me "why do you celebrate that day if Luna isn't around to celebrate?" "Because she is the reason our species amounted to anything, because without her we would probably be savages who fight over each meal like a pack of hungry Manticores" I say looking straight into those solid balls of colour that are his eyes he shrugs and says "Hey I was just asking we don't celebrate like the day chyrsylis nearly took over equestria or the birth of her or anything like that" he says as we approach the staircase that leads down to the reactor level, "Ant what is wrong with your species? Why do they never speak and just stand there watching?" I ask as I just needed to get that question off of my back and Ant quickly replies "All changelings within a certain area are able to talk to each other inside of their head almost like a hivemind without the leader" I look at him clueless "if I say hello in my head other changelings can say hello back if they are close enough" he says as he dumbs it down to my level "thanks we never get taught about your race as they were only ever perceived as the villains who sneak into towns and slowly replace everyone until few are left and they discover the plot and get swarmed by the replaced ponies..." I look at Ant as he looks at me annoyed and I don't realise it at first but then it hits me or by it I mean Ant's chitin covered forehoof, "ow what was that for?" I say as I rub the spot on the back of my neck where he hit me, "you were droning on so I had to put a stop to it because if you had done that while around Mini and Miney you would have never heard the end of it." I laugh nervously as he tells me what I was doing " thanks I need to stop doing that."

The rest of that walk was in relative silence with little bits of conversation about what Ant was doing today as he was usually put in charge of food prep but a thestral was because of Luna Appreciation Day so he wasn't on food so he had no idea so he was going to remain with me until some other security guard came and got him.

When we arrived at the reactor I noticed that both Mini and Miney were not here yet "I wonder where those 2 are?" I ask quickly checking in the control room, nope empty even rubbish from 2 months ago were down here from my last time being on reactor patrol it looked like it had been abandoned and the I noticed something "Hey Ant can you come and look at this for a minute" he slowly trots over and I realise that apart from the occasional spark of electricity and a quiet hum of the reactor itself it was completely silent "what is it Fang?" He asks as he approached the monitor of the terminal eyes going wide as soon as he reads what is on the screen

To: Crimson
I have planted the device in the reactor so it detonate at 12:00pm on Luna Appreciation Day, I really hope what you say will happen after the device detonates does happen I would hate to live in a world like that, that must have been what it was like to live during the great war.

I am shocked but want to see if there is anything else on this conversation between these 2.

To: X
I am happy you trust me because we need all the trust we can get in this wasteland full of its parasitic taint and the invisible fires of radiation.
You need to plant that device it will set off 24 hrs after it is planted and believe me you do not want to be near the stable when it explodes.
Plant it inside the reactor so it is hard to remove if you go just before midnight you will avoid any guards and the reactor will be very lowly powered so you will only receive a minor shock while doing it.

To: Crimson
I trust you and if I can save this world please allow me and tell me what to do.

To: X
If you are having trouble thinking that you need to do this imagine what happens if all of these monsters get out into the wasteland they could form their own army and so would be next to impossible to beat in any sort of fight.
You might be different from the rest of them and that is why I trust you will do the right thing when the time comes you could sacrifice a few hundred so tens of thousands could live full perfect lives without any worries.
But you need to trust me X.

I change to the next one but before I start reading it i look at the time on my pip buck and it is 2am so if the bomb is planted we will still have 10 hours to stop it I notice that their is only a couple of entries left so I download them to my pip buck to read later after we diffuse this bomb, if we diffuse the bomb I gulp hoping this won't be the end of us.

I start to approach the door to the reactor as I see on the EFS or Eyes-Foward Sparkle that a bunch of red blips are nearby so I just stand there in shock as I hear a lot of clip clopping of hooves and the click clacking of claws approaching and my eyes widen as the door opens to see the head of Security a descendant of a prison warden a Griffin called Solitary Confinement.

He quickly orients the guards around so that they are surrounding us completely as he approaches us "You scum ridden disgraces do you really think you could get away with what you are planning" he says pointing a talon at me while 2 more griffins flank me ready to attack if I made a bold move, Confinement resumes "you really thought you could plant a bomb without anyone knowing and you could get away without anyone being any the wiser, that is what I love about you criminals you are always so shocked when we find out your plan and act all surprised and innocent when the bad guys always lose."

He starts to lead us out with the flanking griffins remaining in the same formation. "what are you talking about i just came down here for my patrol check the bulletin board if you don't believe me" i say as i try to stop walking but get budged forward by the griffins behind me Confinement just laughs at me "no i believe you were supposed to do that but you planned for the bomb to go off while you were patrolling making you look non the wiser like you were just an innocent little bystander" he spits in my face while looking directly into my eyes and making me sink back as my ears fold back on my head in fear as Solitary Confinement was always the last person you would want to anger because he woluld always threaten to throw us out into the radioactive crater they he thought the world was but from reading the few of those entries on the terminal it wasn't so if crimson was to be understood and even if they wanted to blow up our stable she had to be telling some truths in them, "no i haven't been down to the reactor level in months" and he pushes me back even further as if he is staring into my soul "you are in such disbelief that you would doom the hope of all of our species on your own selfish beliefs that destroying all of us is the best" i try to find the words but they are pushed out along with a fist to the gut from Confinement as i double over with my legs just giving out from underneath me and i hear Ant behind me "hey that is out of order he has done nothing wrong" any retort they had was hidden behind the fist to the gut to ant and a quick follow through from the batons of the security guards as they beat him he handles it better because of his chitin but multiple blows from a baton and cause damage to anything.

"i am sick of dealing with these terrorists they are wasting time, just throw them out but rough them up a bit because i am want them to be begging for the radiation to put an end to their pathetic lives" Confinement says as he walks off and the griffins who are with us smile darkly at each other and leap at us both i am pinned down by all 4 limbs with the griffins size advantage he manages to keep me pressed to the ground and starts to go wild on my rib cage with his talons and his baton i feel air escape my lungs and the cracking of my ribs i just hope my lungs don't collapse because even though i might not be the smartest thestral or creature in the stable but i know that collapsed lungs are bad news the same with punctured lungs or anything punctured for that matter. i look over at Ant just as the griffin that was 'roughing us up' swing his baton full power right into the eye socket of Ant and i just hear a squelch and a scream of pain as his eye pops i see his body slump as he covers his eye socket with a hoof and as i look at him i start to see red i start to thrash and i look at the griffin holding me down and he goes to punch me in my muzzle and i time my jaw correctly and bite down on his talons and one thing about a thestral is we have one of the strongest bites of all of the species on the whole of planet Equus.

The Griffin tries to force my mouth and fangs off of its talons but all that succeeds in doing is allowing my fangs to sink deeper and I start to get the salty coppery taste blood rush over all of my tastebuds and my preditorial instincts make me want more so I start to pull back and tear off his claws and he takes his paws off of my back legs and I buck him in succeeding to tear of his talons as he stares at his stump and quickly faints from a combination of shock and blood loss.

I lick my lips to get all the remaining blood on my lips off if there is more and can groom myself when we get to somewhere safe but now I need to help Ant so I narrow my eyes and stare him down letting a low growl rise in my throat and I see the Griffin's eyes widen in fear of why happened to his companion as he sees the blood staining my fangs and the torn talons of the other Griffin and he starts to get into a really defensive stance and I just growl and stare right into his eyes as I lower myself into a pouncing stance and he starts to back up I growl at him "let him GO and get out before I have some seconds" I say licking my fangs trying to look as menacingly as possible, it works as the Griffin moves so fast that I see some feathers get left behind him and I quickly go to check up on Ant and his eye.

Oh goddess his eye, his eye looked like a smooshed grape and I realise that it needs to be bandaged I panic and look around for anything to use my vision rests on the severed hand of the Griffin and I notice I tore of most of the lower arm with some of the padding under the boarding exposed so I work quickly as I try to get it to stop the bleeding as I try to wake Ant up nudging at him with my muzzle "Ant, Ant we need to move Confinement will be coming back soon" I see his good non bandaged eye slightly open and he must be weak so I try to give him some emotion "Ant feed you need energy and we need to move now" I say as I start to panic as the adrenaline starts to wear off, I hear a weak chuckle and a slight tugging sensation on my mind in a slight whisper he says "don't panic I don't like the taste of panic" the more he drains he starts to sit up and says sounding a bit stronger with the draining sensation ending "you'll have to carry me I don't want to start walking with one eye and fall" I huff but concede "okay climb up but can you flap your wings to lighten your load so I can keep my speed" i see him nod and climb onto my back and as soon as he slumps over my back i hear a faint buzzing and as soon as i start hearing the buzzing sound i start to run i notice that we are on to the second floor and i know that we just have to have a pipbuck to open the stable door so i make sure that it wasn't broken and after a quick look it turns out it is fine and i cheer quietly and quickly resume running and while i am running up the stairs to the entrance floor i past Mitter and i quickly say to her "Mitter i have to leave the stable i can't explain but keep away from the head of security because he thinks i am a terrorist so me and Ant are going to have to leave." i quickly spit out and nuzzle her and start to run but she says "let me come Fangs please" she says using my nickname "i wish i could but we are leaving the stable and you are too young, please stay here and try to change this stable for the best." i say with tears in my eyes and i start to run to get out fast before the security start trying to get us.

we approach the door as a siren starts and i realise that means that all of the security guards will be coming for us so i quickly rear up and put my forelegs on the door controls and using my mouth unplug the file transfer plug and insert it and i see the screen change with some text appearing

Stable 11 door controls activated

READY TO OPEN

i see the hatch covering the button open and quickly smash the button and as the door opens i see confinement and as I back up to the door of the stable as it opens I see something that I never thought I would see in Confinement's eyes and that was fear as everyone in the stable thought that the outside was certain death with no hopes of surviving so the more I back up his eyes continue to widen as he looks at me with fear in his eyes "you're crazy, no you are batshit insane if you walk out there you are going to die."

I jump out and see Confinement press the door controls and the door begins its long shutting process "better out here then in there" I say as I turn around to take in the wasteland that surrounds me.