Fallout Equestria: Equine War

Emala had looked around to find any zebra around but no sign of anyone "Hello? Anybody home?!" she shouted.

Black Cross was getting antsy and looks down to find a bonfire that was recently put out "No one is here, 'place looks abandoned" he said.

"No, they should've been here, unless they moved somewhere else... but where?" said Emala Jiss.

A zebra forger appears before them, "I found her! She's here! Emala is alive!" he said.

"What's going on? Where is everybody?" asked Emala.

The zebra forger was surprised to see Emala and quickly realized how far they are from the tribe "I will explain everything later, but first let's catch up with the rest of the tribe, everybody's waiting, now hurry!" he said.

Black Cross stopped them and reacted to the situation, "Wait, how can we trust you?" he says before pulling Emala to his side.

The couple thought he was a spy, they wanted to be sure that it was a zebra, as he removes his mask to reveal himself; "Don't worry, I am not a pony, the name's Dmitri Foresight, I was told to keep watch in case if we find Emala Jiss." he says, the two nodded and decided to follow him to their new camp sight.

Emala Jiss was a bit confused, she had wondered where has everyone gone to or perhaps they abandon her because she was thought to be dead, "I'm sorry but why isn't anyone here?" she says with a frowning face.

Dmitri was leading them to the forest, it had appeared he knows where to go as he turns to Emala with a strange look on his face, rather felt disappointed judging by his expression, "We got pushed back, but Zophia told me to stay put in case if her daughter would return, it seemed her predictions were true" - he looks in front of him to think for a moment and turned back to Emala, - "However, I never thought the ponies would find us, but I had my doubts, I'm just glad to see you again." he says before stopping by a bush.

"We made it! Okay, Black Cross, you just wait here" said Emala Jiss.

Emala Jiss passes through a crowd of zebras where they are surrounding their leader Zophia, "Mom!" she cried.

Emala Jiss runs up to Zophia surprised to see her once more as she rubs her face across her mom's chest.

"Thank the gods you are all right, I was so worried about you, I thought I'd never see you again," she says. Zophia is the mother of Emala Jiss, and keeper of the tribe, she is in charge of making sure every creature is safe from the ponies. Although she appears to be nice, but if anyone were to ever upset her then she will go out of her way to control the situation. She notice there are two zebras with her, but one she is not quite familiar with.

"It's okay mom." said Emala Jiss.

"What happened, how did you escape, are you hurt?" asked Zophia.

"I'm fine mom, but first, there is something else..." said Emala Jiss as she turns to Black Cross but Zophia looked confused when she explained.

"What's going on here?" asked Zophia.

Black Cross stood in front of Zophia where she could see him standing next to Emala Jiss.

"You see, I was saved, he was there when I was in trouble" said Emala Jiss.

Zophia had looked back straight at Black Cross.

"I've never seen you before, where are you from and what is your name?" asked Zophia.

Black Cross shudders a bit and tries to answer quickly "I'm... my name is... Bla-" but Black Cross was interrupted.

Emala Jiss had to backup Black Cross with an excuse "He's my fiance!" she shouted.

"What?!" Black Cross shouted.

"Oh? I had no idea" Zophia added.

"Yeah, that's right, we are engaged" said Emala Jiss.

"Well, thank you for saving my daughter Blah, and congratulations on your marriage" said Zophia as she exits to spread the good news to everyone else.

"Uhh... okay" said Black Cross.

Emala had whispered into his ear "I got you covered" she said.

"I hope you know what you're doing" he replied.

"Don't worry about me, but remember why we're here" she added.

Emala Jiss introduces every creature to Black Cross, she leads him to meet all of her family members and tribal allies. Most of which appear to be strong and fierce but Black Cross never tried to interfere with their occupation.

Suddenly a zebra peaks around, Black Cross noticed her presence but could not see where she was while moving around so fast, she taps on his shoulder, "Hi! I'm Atlas," she says excitingly. She turns to Emala with a funny look on her face, "I know what you're thinking and no, he is not my boyfriend" she says before turning away from her distant relative.

The weird zebra smirks, though seemingly she decides not to interfere with their relationship. "I'll leave you two alone" said Atlas smiling and takes her leave to go bother someone else.

Black Cross looks around questioning every creature in the area, he notice another mare zebra came up to them and she wraps badges around Emala's hooves. She looks at Black Cross to inspect him checking every area and genitals for any signs of injures, it appears she must be a professional physician.

"Kole Ingram at your service" she says as Kole shook his hoof "I might look like a enchantress but ever since this war started I became a clinician to help those in need, but if you're looking for technical support then talk to Boma Kai" she said before letting go his hoof.

"Um nice to meet you." he says nervously.

He paces around again, seeking answers about the history and physiology of every creature around, he notice a zebra standing on top of a large boulder which seemed pretty high above ground level, it looked like he appeared to be the chief. "Hey Emala, who's that?" he says pointing at the mysterious figure on a cliff.

"That's our chief, Flare-Bringer, no one knows his actual name or his origin, but legend has it he once killed a unicorn and merged its magic with his, which explains how he has a horn on his head." she explained.

"He seems... tough." said Black Cross, he shrugs it off and tries not to draw so much attention from the chief.

Emala looks at Black Cross noticing his recent attitude, but she wants to make sure he is safe from everyone else, "Yes he is, ever since he got that horn, he became the most powerful zebra in this or any tribe so far." she says.

A zebra with a mask that appears to be a skull of a pony walks up to Flare-Bringer from behind and whispered to him, "They're here" he says, Flare nodded and proceed with caution, "Thank you Nehemiah, you've been a faithful friend" he says exiting the area.

Emala turns to her mother, Zophia. "Now that you're in a good mood, maybe we can go back home and forget about the war?" asked Emala.

"That won't be an option." Zophia replied.

"What are you saying?" asked Black Cross.

Zophia knew she couldn't stop the war as it already has started "This war is not over...yet" she added.

"But mom, you have to stop it." Emala cries.

"There's nothing I can do from here, and besides that, the pony tribe are going to pay for what they did to you, Emala" said Zophia.

"You can still stop this..." Black Cross added.

"I'm really sorry everyone but there is nothing else I can do from here." said Zophia.

Zophia opened up a box that was sitting next to her, she pulls out a supposedly what looks like a custom assault rifle, it had a strange cameo and a tag on it that reads "peacemaker" which could be a reference or affiliation to something else, he thought.

Then Flare Bringer enters with a map he drawn himself, it appears he also can sense where the ponies are near by, "I know where pony are hiding, if we get to them by dawn it will be much difficult for them to spot us, we'll cover ourselves in mud to blend in." he says.

Black Cross quickly interrupts to give them a suggestion, "Excuse me but wouldn't it be best to surrender?" he says, confidently explains that the ponies have superior power and advanced technology that could wipe out the entire zebra race just like in 2062.

Flare scoffs and thinks this is just a major hoax, "That sounds something a pony would say" he implies that Black Cross might have some intel about the ponies, "and these so called ponies have advance weaponry could slain us all?"

"That's basically what it seems" said Black Cross.

"How do you know this?" asked Flare-Bringer, he suspects that Black Cross might be a pony, despite that his name is Blah as the others say.

He pauses for a minute, Black Cross was about to make a run for it but it would make things worse for the two tribes, he knew he just had to make up an excuse to break him out of the situation, "It's because I was there when it happened," he says, scratching his head with his hoof and gulping, "I was spying on them, I tricked the ponies with my zebra magic and pretended I was one of them. I'd say we steal their weapons and use it against them, then we strike." he says.

Emala Jiss just stares at Black Cross. For a second every zebra were confused, but when it hit them it started to make sense, it was the perfect idea, so the zebras cherished his plan and made happy noises but the chief wasn't completely impressed, however the tribe agreed to go along with it. "Silence!" he shouted.

Every creature stopped and looked at Flare, "I agree with Blah here, we should strike the pony-"

"Actually they're called the Equine Society" said Dmitri.

"So that's what they're called?" he reconsidered, correcting his plan "Very well, we will get behind our enemies and use their weapons against this Equine Society," he says throwing his sharp dagger on the map he drew pointing at their location to where the ponies are hiding. The zebras celebrate and get prepared for another war.

Zophia brings out a horn that she stole from the head of a unicorn as she blows into it making an eerie sound of an elk hollering for help, the artifact was used to signal her tribe to prepare for battle, there were hundreds - if not thousands of them, an army of zebras began to march armed with spears and bows getting ready for war, it was like nothing anyone has ever seen, This truly is what war felt like.