Fallout Equestria: The Tale of the Soldier

Chapter 7: Interrupted

"This ain't the time or place for talking.”

“So, we are going to see this ‘Watcher’ guy face to face?” I asked from the bench I was on the the Sky Bandit.

“That would be correct.” Littlepip confirmed. We had been in the sky about a day now, and we had come to the deal that I could be untied, if I hoofed over my weapons to SteelHooves, easier said than done to say the least.

I looked at the group in the Sky Bandit, there was Littlepip, SteelHooves, Velvet Remedy, Velvet’s balefire phoenix Pyrelight (There was some concern about the name among us, but we dared not voice them), and then Calamity outside pulling us. Right now, all of us but Velvet was awake, keeping an eye for anything, but so far, nothing had attacked us. Off in the distance, a huge mountain that was our destination towered over even the cloud bank.

As I stared off, I could hear a quiet conversation going on between Littlepip and SteelHooves, but I could tell it was private so I didn’t barge in, no need to ruin the extremely thin amount of ‘trust’ they had for me. The occasional word would drift over giving me a general idea of what they were talking about.

Apparently, it was something about the memory orb Velvet would disappear into constantly, I’ve already seen her do it twice, and how it was not a good memory at all. But one phrase did catch my attention, “Fluttershy killed us all.”

<=======Present Day=======>

I was about to continue with the meeting of Watcher when I heard a small voice in the crowd say, "Um, excuse me, Mister Soldier, Trupa, sir..." a young, shy colt said from the crowd.

I leaned forward to the colt, “Yes? What is it?” I asked annoyed.

“Um, I’ve...I know...” he tried to speak over some pretty major stuttering.

“What is it?” I asked, eager to get past this interruption.

The colt leaned to the stallion next to him, who I guessed was his father and whispered into his father’s ear. The stallion cleared his throat and said, “My son just finished reading the book of the Light Bringer, and he said that he didn’t really want to hear the whole story over again, he said that he can get a pretty good idea now from you now.” this was followed by a general murmur of agreement from the rest of the crowd.

I sighed, “Alright fine, I guess I will type a book on this some time in the future.” I walked through a small path in the crowd, “But I guess you ponies don’t want to hear what all I have to say, so I won’t torture you, but I will give a general summary.” I continued as I reached the end of the crowd, turning around.

“Let’s see here, after meeting Watcher, we went through all the adventures you all have read about together, and then some. Oh, interesting fact about what I did during the Friendship City attack, while Littlepip, Calamity, and Ditzy were taking down the Enclave attacking from their ships, I was on the ground, protecting as many civilians as I could.” I told them, “Then at the final battle with the Enclave, I lead the Commandos as a whole for the first time. And before that battle was when I asked Littlepip, Calamity, and Velvet Remedy to leave me out of any account that they made until I did so myself.”

With that, I turned away from the crowd and walked home, leaving them to imagine what had happened with me in the Light Bringer’s party.

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I sat in my small, modest house in Junction Town, which had become pretty much the unofficial headquarters of the Commandos, or as they were often times called now due to their defensive role, the Elite Guards.

I floated Head Hunter out in front of me, thinking back to the time I once killed a hell hound with it. It was after the first meeting with the Goddess, and we had gone to the nearest town (Whose name I no longer remember) for supplies and such. Sadly, said town was overrun with hell hounds.

This was the first time I realized Head Hunter’s full capabilities, a hell hound had gotten a little too close for me to use Silent Death, I had desperately held up Head Hunter in a feeble attempt to block those accursed claws. There was a loud clang, and when I looked up, Head Hunter had actually stopped the claws, more than that, it cut clean through them! Then, taking advantage of the hound’s shock, I swung Head Hunter at the hell hound’s head, and it literally grew! Into a whole sword! It cut clean through the hell hound’s head, and ever since, I have been all the more awe-inspired by this family heirloom.

I sat Head Hunter down and went over to my terminal, which after quickly unlocking it, I searched through the messages, most of which were reports, and then went to my entries. Scrolling down, I reached one so locked tight, not even a hacker as skilled as Littlepip would be able to break it. After going through the long and tedious process of unlocking it, these words popped up on the screen Cheating the Single Pegasus Project.

I smiled and reviewed all my notes in it, “Don’t worry ‘Pip, when your birthday rolls around, I’m gonna give you the best birthday present that one could ever give to a friend.”

Author's note

Can you guys guess what Julion has planned for Littlepip and Celestia? I'll give you a hint, the name of the entry Julion last looked at.