(Chapter 1: New World, Old Vault)

(Vault 111)

(6:00 A.M)

Vault 111... It was never meant to be a special vault. It had its own task, like all the other vaults. Vault 111‘s task is to study the capability of cryo-pods. Unfortunately the studies didn’t go anywhere, And vault 111 suffered the same fate many other vault’s have. No one was left to tell the tale besides the computer monitors known as terminals.

Until today…

Two rows of cryo-pods lined each other up. All of the occupants were dead inside…

A loud hiss ran through the room. Two cryo-pods, that were lined up with each other, began to shake and come to life. A light flashed inside the pods, causing the rooms lights to flicker on and off repeatedly. Finally... everything became still as the lights turned off and all sounds ceased…

Suddenly a voice ran through the room as the lights slowly began to turn on. “Cryo-pod A6 and B6, have completed the test. Record now stands 2/49 have survived the cryo-stasis.”

With that another Hiss came from the two pods. Cold air burst from the pods quickly. Air Particles touching in an area they haven’t in 200 years.

(Pod B2: Luna’s pod)

The first thing that came to Luna’s mind was the freezing pain. Her muscles felt tense, her eyes stung with freezing pain every time she tried to open them. Eventually she realized she was wearing something other than her usual close. It felt like it was up against her body, like she was wearing another coat.

Next came the sounds. Sirens and the voice could be heard. Unfortunately she couldn’t make out what the voice was saying and didn’t understand what the sirens meant.

She also felt off. It was clear to her that she wasn’t in her bed. For one thing she was standing up parallel in a very uncomfortable position. It felt like something was meant to lay here, but whatever it was, it wasn’t meant for Luna.

She opened her eyes again only to meet the same result. Thankfully she did catch that there was something in front of her. For a second it looked like a door, but she wasn’t sure.

Trusting her feelings and wanting to get out of the cold. she pushed her way out of whatever she was in.

Only for the Full weight of gravity to slam her forward on the ground. The force of gravity, freezing, aching, temperatures, and a horrible, horrible, smell in the air. Her guts decided they wanted to include their opinion.

She turned her head, hopefully in a safe direction, and threw up.

(Pod A6: Eric’s pod)
(A few minutes before)

Eric began to wake up. ‘The fuck, did I sleep outside again.’ He thought to himself disappointed. The cold was an unwelcoming touch, especially when... ‘no... wait…’ he tried opening his eyes only for the pain to increase tenfold. He quickly shut his eyes and began to think.

‘Where am I? Why am I not in my gaming chair?’ Eric asked himself. ‘And why is it so freaking cold?’ Eric moved around uncomfortably.

After a few seconds he began to hear noises around him. A familiar, yet faint voice broke through the silence. He couldn’t quite make it out but then he heard something familiar again.

He heard and felt the Air move. Whatever he was in, the air also wanted to get out. As if it was compressed in a small box.

That’s when a small, Terrifying idea formed in his head. He needed to know for sure and his body moved instantly. His hands pushed on the door keeping him in the pod. The cold air hissed at its freedom.

He fell down, but caught himself in time having anticipated the fall. What he didn’t anticipate was the pain still going through him. He’s freezing body entered instantly into a pretty warm place, causing his muscles to burn as the heat and cold battled.

Again, he tried opening his eyes to some success. His eyes were only blurry because of his own tears, and the aftermath of cryo-stasis.

“Blaaaaa…..” The sound came from another person!... And a weird stench.

“Hello?” Eric quickly tried to call out.

It wasn’t long for him to receive an answer. “Hello?” Came the voice of what sounded like a beautiful female. Eric couldn’t place it, but something felt off. “Who art thou! Where are we?” Eric was confused with the wording, and the tone of the voice. ‘She’s scared, so I don’t think she would be with Tony. Unless this is some sick fucking game he’s playing.’ He thought only to himself… or…

Eric quickly tried to help himself up, giving up only to a sitting position. He continued to let his eyes rest, but answered her. “Well, you can call me Eric. As for where we are I don’t really know…”

“Eric...” Luna said to herself. She slowly tried to sit up straight and succeeded partially. “Thou has a strange name…”

inside of Luna’s mind, her thoughts slightly battled. ‘Eric, he definitely doesn’t sound like a king Sombra or a Discord… but can we truly trust him... We can’t even see…’ Deciding that’s where she still will start. She asked her questions. “Why can’t We see? Did you do this to us? We demand an explanation!” Luna yelled in frustration.

Eric was taken a bit back by the yell, not expecting her to use such force. “Geez lady, like I said I don’t know… but…” Slowly he opened his eyes to no pain.

Looking up to what he feared the most... he saw the cryo-pod…

“We’ve been exposed to Cryo freeze burn. It just takes a few minutes to go away as long as you relax.” He said out loud.

Luna, still recovering but slowly making progress with her eyes, tried to look around on her side seeing the exact same box that she came out of. “Why were we exposed to such a weapon?” She questioned the other stallion she heard.

Eric looked back up to the cryo-pod. It was the exact same one that the player would go into in the game. ‘In a way this makes sense!’ He said only to himself. ‘Either I’m having the most realistic dream in my life… or I pulled the trigger and I’m dead.’ He thought darkly. He expected himself to be… A bit happier…

“Hey, did thou not just hear what We said?” Luna said, irritated at not getting a response. She began to turn her head into the direction still he thought the voice came from.

Eric quickly realized it was a woman he was talking to. And if he was in the Cryo-pod, that means Nora has to be in the other one.

Both of them turn their heads at once, to the other.

…

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...

“AAAAHHHHH!!!”
“FUUCCCKKKK!!!”

Both of them looked at each other as if an alien appeared suddenly in the room.

Luna was the first to react…

A scythe appeared above her and Eric‘s heart fell.

“Life just hates me.” In a quick movement Eric found his escape gone. The long blade reached close to his neck, and one wrong move, could cost him his life.

“Monster! Why have you taken us from our home! What did thou, plan to do to us!” Luna was panicking. She had no idea what this creature was, or what it’s capable of. It had the ability to blind its opponents and can weaken them significantly. In fact she was still on wobbly legs.

Eric has been through a lot. He lost his parents, got addicted to drugs, and was betrayed by his best friend and girlfriend. He was called a douchebag, weak, pathetic, a loser, a freak, A pothead… but never a monster. “Monster... really…” slowly he laughed creepily, taking a page out of Angela’s book.

The laugh frightened Luna out for a second. It reminded her of Nightmare moon’s laugh. Still she holds her death glare.

“Is that the best you can do? I will say monsters is a new name to the list… But when you insult someone, you want to be truthful in your words… or else you’re just a hypocrite.” Eric moved fast, he had to. He quickly grabbed the wood of the scythe.

Luna was shocked by his actions. She only wanted to appear threatening, but now she was fighting a battle over the scythe. Until she realized he wasn’t trying to take her scythe away… instead he held it up to his throat.

Eric didn’t know what the hell was going on, but he wasn’t gonna be talking to her like some bitch. He had to deal with Tony for years, and if this... blue horse was going to kill him then so be it. Only a part of him hoped this creature had a sense of humanity in her.

“Who truly is the Monster.” he said to her. “A guy who is trying to mind his own goddamn business. Or life for causing me so many fucking problems.”

Luna took a step back, not expecting an outburst. Yet Eric still held the scythe close to his neck. “What’s wrong… can’t kill me now… come on prove me right. My life has been a living hell. In fact I would consider you a saviour for killing me. My monstrous saviour…”

Luna tensed up. ‘Does... he know... about our past’ she thought to herself. Before her very eyes the spell started dissipating. ‘Why wouldn’t he know, everypony knows the story or at least the myth.

Eric saw the instant deflate. ‘I guess I struck a good nerve.’ “That’s what I thought.” he said as he walked away.

Luna saw him go away and was going to protest, but decided against it. If he was going to hurt her, then she could stop him. If not... then she was just going to let him go.

Then Luna thought back to the moment when Celestial got angry. She was too brash. She didn’t do all the research she needed, and didn’t look over the investigation personally. She wondered what went wrong with her that day.

Eric made his way to the front, where he could find a terminal and get all the answers he needed. It was next to the entrance so it was a bit of a walk. His pod was the sixth Cryo-pod out of seven for his side.

As he made his way to the terminal, he looked back. Sitting on her haunches was the horse like being. She hadn’t moved from the spot they were in just a few moments ago.

Finally after looking at her from a distance, he realized he missed something he should’ve seen a while ago. He criticized himself for not seeing the vault suit she wore.

He proceeded to look down at himself and noticed that he was wearing the same vault suit she was. He didn’t need to see the numbers, he already knew he was in vault 111. The only question is, how?

He turned on the terminal and it came to life.

Test deemed: critical failed

The cryo-stasis test has been deemed a critical fail. After 200 years, only two test subjects have remained alive. A6, and B6.

After reading the first paragraph, Eric looked at the test subjects codes.

“A6 and B6.” He read aloud. If he was the sixth one on his side.

He looked back to where Luna was sitting seeing another Cryo-door Open that was opposite to his. And now that he’s looking around, he also noticed the fresh puke on the ground.

‘We both just woke up…’ if he had to guess. After all, they both couldn’t see at the start.

If this was a dream it was clearly the most realistic thing he’s ever felt. The pain from the cryo-pod proved to suck more than a game described. ‘I know everyone dead inside these Cryo-pods are frozen icicles, but Fuck did it hurt.’ He still felt like a frozen icicle that just came out of a 200 year old freezer box. Perhaps Nate was more worried about his wife… Who was right across from him.

Eric looked back at the blue creature, and her pod. If he killed himself… is this supposed to be some sort of heaven or hell. Was he legit in the game, with some kind of glitch? Were their rules to this world? Would he have to survive in a real Apocalyptic world… of course life will throw him that ball… Life ain’t ever going to make it easy.

He looked at the blue creature again, she still refused to move from her spot. Eric begins to worry a little bit-Slap! Eric slapped himself in the face. ‘I can’t be serious, she tried to kill me!’

Eric looked at the blue horse one last time, only to notice that it was more than a horse. There are a pair of wings on her back, and a horn that protrudes from her head. She also had a… ‘mane? Yeah I believe that’s right’ he quickly reassured himself. That looked like it had a whole Star system.

Yet she still looks miserable…

Eric slapped himself one last time, making sure he was doing this before proceeding to walk towards Luna.

Meanwhile Luna was in her... Own World…

‘He’s gone. Good... run… run from the Big, Bad, Nightmare Moon.’ She thought to herself. Unfortunately the creature only seems to stop at the end of the room. He was touching something, and noises were coming from a machine. Luna looked over for a second seeing the creature play with the machine.

‘He’s going to set some kind of trap!’ She thought to herself angrily. Quickly she snapped her head back to the floor. ‘Stop it! you’re being too brash again!’ She argued with herself. ‘He’s probably just gonna leave… I can handle myself if he decides to come close.’

She could hear footsteps coming closer.

‘Buck! OK don’t panic we can handle ourselves, if I need to.’ Luna readied another spell if she needed to. ‘You’re being too brash’ The thought slipped in. She felt her face go darker, as the magic wore down. ‘Your nightmare moon after all, don’t you deserve this.’ The Voice was her own, but A hint of a demonic voice slipped through.

‘you’ve caused so much damage to your Sister, and your Nation! A pointless Civil War at the deaths of Thousands! Your only punishment was being Banished to the Moon! Imagine The Pain Your Sister Felt! She had to Suffer all alone by Herself. Was it worth it… LU-‘ “HEY!” A voice broke through the darkness.

Luna looked straight in front of her, only to see the creature's face. Shocked, she activated her Scythe spell. Unfortunately, since she didn’t prepare the spell at all, so it became weak and unstable.

Eric had just made his way to the horse creature and saw that it was not paying any attention to anything. “Hey!” he called out. No response.

Eric slowly made his way in front of the creature. Still she didn’t move a muscle. “Hey!” he called out again even louder. Still. no response. Eric wouldn’t have ever admitted it at that moment, but he was feeling a little bit worried for her... Aww how cute… Ahem…

Eric placed one hand on each of her shoulders, unsurprisingly he still didn’t get a response. And with one big breath. “HEY!”

Luna’s reaction was immediate. She shot her head up looking at him, before summoning another Scythe above her. “Oh crap…” Eric had to react fast. He pushed himself against her, lifting her front hooves off the ground. While lifting her up, he reached out his hand and snagged the scythe. There was a small tug-of-war for the floating scythe, but Eric used his weight to his advantage. He continued to push Luna until she was falling backwards. With the momentum he brought them both down and threw away the scythe.

‘OW!’ Luna yelped, as she hit the back of her head off the ground.

Quickly seeing an opportunity, Eric pinned her down.

Luna, now seeing the situation she was in, struggled. “Let go of us!” She demanded, And continued to give Eric a good fight. Eric only had one advantage, his weight, and gravity or else he might be losing this.

“Not if you keep acting like a bitch, and keep trying to kill me.” Eric shot back. Eric then suddenly felt a sensation go over his body. It didn’t last long but it confused Eric.

Luna couldn’t believe what was happening to her. ‘Drat, We only distracted ourselves.’ Luna began to activate her telekinesis magic, to try to lift Eric off of her. But to her shock, it wasn’t long until it completely dissipated, and she felt her Magic reserves completely deplete. ‘Impossible! We should have more magic than this. I didn’t even cast that big of a spell. Not to include my magic regeneration, but I don’t feel it regenerating, like it was supposed to… my magic levels feel closer to a regular unicorn…’ Luna waited for the worst, closing her eyes, waiting for the blow. Being unable to do anything... how ironic...

“HEY!” Luna opened her eyes, being shaken awake. “I’m not going to hurt you!” The voice came from Eric, and he was shaking her. “You need to Control yourself! WE! Are still in a dangerous area!”

Luna was shocked seeing him yell at her. Eventually the words sunk in with her. “What does thou mean?” She asked Hesitant.

To Luna's surprise, Eric slowly got off of her, since he finally got to her. “Just follow me, it’ll be much easier to explain.” Slowly Eric began to make his way towards the entrance, and towards the machine.

Hesitantly, luna followed. Surprisingly the horrible stench from before only grew stronger as she moved. But not too much.

After walking away from her own pod and stomach fluid. She made her way beside Eric. “Can you read this?” Eric said to her.

Slowly Luna looked at the machine. Surprisingly she could read the writing. “Yes?” she answered.

“Then I’ll let you read it.” he said to her.

Luna hesitated... But slowly took a deep breath and before reading.

Test deemed: critical failed

The cryo-stasis test has been deemed a critical fail. After 200 years, only two test subjects have remained alive. A6, and B6.

Luna didn’t know what much of this meant, But she was afraid what she was going to find out.

Previous Analysis deemed the whole test a complete fail. (0/49). But thanks to these new records it is possible with further studying to keep someone cryo-stasis for over 200 years. (2/49)

Luna felt worried, has someone been testing on her for 200 years. What would her sister think? She must’ve gone through so much. “No. 200 years. It can’t be.”

Eric Heard what Luna said. “Hey.” Eric said, trying to get to her. The creature slowly turned her head around, and Eric was met with her sad eyes. “I don’t know how you’re taking all of this in, but let me explain to you the more complicated part… this isn’t real.”

Luna looked at Eric confused and then a twitch of anger. “If thou is playing some kind of... Prank! On us. We would be most displeased.”

To Luna's annoyance Eric‘s response was at first laughter. “No No, you see this isn’t supposed to be real. You see I play what’s called a video game. And we are in the starting of Fallout 4. I haven’t figured out how much of a game it’s like and how much Realism there is to this world.”

Everything Eric said... only made Luna more confused. “Game…?” Was her first question.

Eric let out a small sigh, before explaining the concept of a video game. “Well a ‘Video Game’ is kind of like a board game, except it can be more realistic. Not as realistic as us, but we’ve been able to re-create several different scenarios into games. From a Bank heist, to an adventure about exploration. Even a game where you jump on turtles and weird looking mushrooms.”

Luna liked the concept of a video game. “So, thou are saying. These so-called video games allow you to do many different activities.”

Eric chuckled a little bit, to Luna’s annoyance. “Yeah I guess you could say that only it’s on much more of a grander scale. A video game can be literally anything. Your only limit is your imagination.”

“Like a dream?!” Luna blurred out quickly.

“Uhh… I never really thought of it like that.” Eric said, causing Luna to straight up. “I guess in a way it is like dreaming. Only without the sleep and rules of the game…. And that’s what fallout is, One of the Best games there is… unless it’s more realistic…”

Luna loved the concept of the video game, but looked worried at Eric‘s long face. “What is Fallout, exactly?” She asked worriedly.

Eric let out a sigh before telling her. “We are in a Post nuclear apocalyptic world… The game takes place after the world leaders decide to say fuck the world, and kill mostly everyone.”

Luna looked at Eric horrified “What… but…”

“Those people were the lucky ones.” Eric continued. “Those who survived found themselves in the world that could kill them in an instant. Mutated animals with multiple heads, uncontrollable robots that go on a killing spree, mutants… eating you alive. A world where man is no longer the Apex predator.”

Luna couldn’t imagine the world that Eric pictured to her. She had so many questions, she didn’t even know where to start. “Why… Why did this happen to this world.”

“Simple.” Eric said. “If someone wants to destroy their enemy, they will use anything they can find, whatever can do the biggest hit. For a long time it was guns... Weapons that can kill from any distance… but explosions were the way to go... When they first created the nuke they used it on two cities to end the war. Neither city survived…. There are a lot of justifications whether the bombs were necessary or not. Unfortunately that doesn’t matter, as soon as those bombs were dropped. The world just became a ticking time bomb…. The whole point of fallout is to experience the world after the bombs. Something no one in my lifetime will ever get to experience because most of us will probably die.”

Luna proceeded to let that sink in. It took her a few minutes to absorb all the information, before she asked her next question. “Where are we?”

“That depends on who you ask.” Eric told her with a grim lock. “We are currently in the Vault, One of hundreds. The sad thing about the bombs is that everyone’s waiting for them. In this world an organization was put together to build the vaults. While many were saved from the nuclear explosions, others like this vault, are meant for an experiment. such as Cryo-stasis.”

Luna didn’t like the sound of these vaults. “OK, thou are saying we managed to transport ourselves into, this... game… Full of death and destruction.” Luna couldn’t believe how anyone could think this was a game. “Why... Why have you creatures built such destruction!”

“First of all, it’s humans.” Eric Intervene. “Second, that just depends on how you look at it. We didn’t create this destruction... we just found out how to use it... How to turn it into a weapon. Nuclear energy has so much potential, but our leaders are easily corruptible. We have to balance on a thin line to get to the next age. If we don’t, we get sent back, like in this game.”

Luna wanted to argue, but she also knew that there was some sense. During the age of the Civil War she had taken down a city by herself, with the power of Nightmare Moon. A decision that will Haunt her and the bat pony kind forever.

In a funny way, Luna and Celestia were like a ticking nuclear bomb. With much control and practice, the power can be used to benefit a lot of pony’s. But if the power falls in the wrong hands…

“We believe…’ we understand, although still not fully.” says Luna a little bit sad.

“OK, it’s my turn.” said Eric.

Luna looked at him quizzically, wondering what he meant. “What?” Eric said seeing her look. “You got the chance to ask me questions, so now I want you to answer a few of mine.”

Luna looked at the human dumbfounded, before shaking her head. “Very well, ask away…”

“My first question is, who and what exactly are you?” He asked.

“We are a pony. To be more specific an alicorn. A mixture of the three pony tribe races, Earth, unicorn, and Pegasus” Luna said to Eric. “And you can call us… Luna.” Luna purposefully left out her title.

Eric shook his head up and down and had a small smile to himself. “OK, for my next question. Do you know how to fight, and what do you remember before coming here?”

Luna remembers the events that led the previous day before coming here. “I went to sleep. And I know how to take care of myself.” she said

Eric nodded to that. “The same is for me.” Eric also remembered the events that led up yesterday. “OK, two last questions. Where did you get the scythe?”

Luna looked at him confused before she realized what he meant. “Oh it’s not an actual scythe. We just conjure it up in our magic. It’s my strongest Melee attack!” She finished with a bit of pride… before deflating realizing that she lost a lot of her strength.

Eric was fascinated by the idea of magic, but noticed the sudden deflation. “Hey, what’s the matter… it was pretty cool… you trying to kill me…” he said trying to laugh it off.

To Eric‘s shock, Luna didn’t laugh but deflate even more. ‘Does she feel guilty about that?... fuck, now I feel guilty…’

“H-Hey listen.” Eric stuttered a bit. “We got off on the wrong… hoof?”

Luna nodded a little bit, curious about what he was going to say next.

“We have no idea what we’re going to get into, this could be the adventure of a lifetime, or the worst days of our life. Thankfully, I think if we were to work together. With your magic, strength, and flight. Along with my knowledge about this world, I think we can survive…” Eric paused letting her take it all in.

Luna hesitated, she had no idea what she was going to do. She was in an unknown world that might be very dangerous, yet this human has all if not most The answers. At the same time, could she put her faith in this human and trust everything he says to her. “How do I know what you’re saying is true…” She was afraid of his response.

Eric looked at her and saw that she was a bit worried. “Well... I can guide you through this vault and you can take a look at the outside world for yourself. If my words can’t convince you maybe my actions will.”

Luna liked the response. It was simple and she could see the evidence herself. “Very well then… We would like to vacate this vault.”

Eric let out a small smile. “Thank you…. The rest of the vault isn’t going to be pretty. We will quickly go by it, and I will explain any questions you have… oh boy…”

Eric proceeded to take the lead and Luna followed him. They both made their way towards the door, as it instantly opened. The automatic door shocked Luna, her head followed the door as it rose from the ground. Then that horrible smell that she smelled so long ago instantly flared.

Finally she recognized the smell, death. The smell brought painful memories of the Civil War. There was also a carcass of a human right outside the door.

Her stomach almost gave away again. “Oh… is there more...” She hesitantly said.

Eric gave her a sad look before simply saying. “You’ll have to get used to it.”

They proceeded to make their way down the hall. Objects of the past, littered about having never been touched in years. Objects such as mechanical tools to simple coffee cups. Then there were the corpses that smelled awful.

Eric proceeded to tell Luna the story of Vault 111 “Before I explain anything.” He began. “I just want to say I never found out the true answer, so the best I can do is give guesses… at the very start of it all, there were three main groups in the vault. You had us who were frozen in Cryo-stasis. Then you had the people who knew what was going on and those who didn’t… The vault was poorly supplied, only able to last about 180 days of food. Those who didn’t fully understand grew restless and tried to open the vault… I think they succeeded… and I think everyone died from the radiation…”

Luna looked around. Noticing a lot of beds bunch together in one of the rooms. “Are we going to have to worry about the radiation?”

Eric shook his head. “We will, but it won’t instantly kill us. It’s been over 200 years since the bombs dropped. We will have to be mindful of how much radiation we take in. It doesn’t help that most of the food we grow and the water supply are contaminated, but we’ll have to make do with what we have.”

They made their way into a different room, and on the far end. Luna could see a table of a cafeteria. Her stomach growled as the Luna made her way closer to the kitchen.

“Wait!” Eric tried to call out.

Luna turned her head to the left, to see her companion. When she noticed the window. It wasn’t the window that intrigued her, rather the black spot that she saw that took up a good portion of the window.

Suddenly the black spot moved and revealed itself to be a huge bug. It spread its wings and hopped off the window into the other room. which itself had blue lights flare inside.

Luna took a step back, not expecting such a creature. To the left, Eric caught up with her and spoke. “I tried to warn you, it's called a radroach. Basically a big mutated cockroach… don’t be surprised to see other bugs like it… and we haven’t even gotten to the Regular animals.”

The more Luna walked with Eric, the more she saw that he was right.

Eric made his way over to the window, and there sitting on a table he saw what he needed. A simple baton. He pocketed the baton and looked at Luna again.

Suddenly Luna’s stomach let out a much bigger growl for food. Luna couldn’t help but blush. “Pardon us, but could we perhaps get some food?”

Eric gave a small smile. “Of course there should be some food in the cafeteria. Our first real contact with an enemy will be inside the next room. From here on out, things only get harder.”

Eric and Luna proceeded to head to the cafeteria, away from the blue sparking room. She wasn’t worried about giant roaches. Not after all the killing spree she’s been a part of. It’s different when you look somepony in the eye when you do it.

As they made their way in, Eric remembered an important task he needed to do. Quickly he scooped out all the beer bottles he could and rushed over to the sink.

Luna looked at him puzzled “What art thou doing?” She asked him.

“Well...” he replied “In the game, depending how realistic it gets, we need to eat and drink. Unfortunately most of the world is contaminated with radiation. Now I have no idea what radiation tastes like, but I can tell you if you ingest too much of it, it will kill you.” He proceeded to place water into one of the beer bottles. “However…”

Suddenly the beer bottle shocked and lightened up with a blue glow around it. Then it morphed into the shape of a cylinder. Finally it turned back into a regular object, except it had the words purified water written onto them.

Eric was both amazed and horrified while Luna was completely shocked.

To Eric prove that there were some game mechanics. If Eric plays with this more, he can find easier ways for him and Luna to survive. However this also proves the Setting of the game… Survival…

Luna was shocked because she just witness magic. It’s familiar essence was all there. It definitely came from her world. ‘Eric Just did magic… unfortunately We don’t sense an inch of magic in him…’ she thought to herself. “How did thou do that?” she asked him Astonished.

Eric began. “The game has a feature, where if you grab a bottle, or something similar, and put purified water in it. Then…” he trailed off, leaving the room. He made his way to a back room, from the cafeteria. Once he emerged, he brought back several more cans of purified water. “You create the purest beverage in the waste land.”

Luna smiled, but was still confused. “That’s amazing, truly it is… but…” Luna hesitated questioning Eric about his knowledge about the world.

Eric was leaning over the sink, refilling more beer bottles. It’s still amazed him how it transformed in his hand every time it was done filling up. “But?” He said as he finished the last of the water purification. He made his way back over to the table, and placed the rest of the purified water on it.

“Uhh.” Luna began as Eric made his way over the counter. “Well... it didn’t look-or feel like it was just game mechanics. I felt a bit of my people's magic in the equation… I don’t mean to question you on your knowledge of Magic of course!”

“Actually my people don’t have magic,'' he said, as he took a box from one of the counters. “Everything you see around you is built by human ingenuity and creativity.”

Luna looked at him in shock. “how is that possible without the basics of magic school principles, how would thou ever get past the Bronze Age.”

“I will say, it wasn’t easy.” Eric began as he found a few sources of food. A cereal box known as sugar bombs, and two cans of pork and beans. He sat down at the table, offering the cereal box to Luna. “We constantly had setbacks, due to war, diseases or something else that tried to take down humanity. But ever so slowly, we managed to climb our way to this point… well... technically almost to this point… we are either going to end up here or we will advance further than we ever have.”

Luna took the cereal box and thought about what he meant. “If... your world doesn’t drop any bombs… where will you go?”

Eric smiled a little bit. “Where else but Space! We already managed to send a man on the moon! We-“ “Thou made it to the Moon!” Luna interrupted. She looked at him with a sad look. “But… The moon has nothing on it. Why did your people go? There's nothing there but rocks… nothing… was it... a punishment…” she said a bit sad.

Eric looked at her confused. “First of all, not many people can make it to the moon. It’s extremely dangerous, not including expensive. It’s an honour going to the moon not a punishment.”

Luna looked at Eric with wide eyes and a small smile.

“And second.” Eric continued. “Even if the moon is just a barren wasteland full of rocks… it’s still one of the most beautiful things about our planet, Especially now.

Luna almost couldn’t believe what she was hearing, almost. If Eric hadn’t told her straight to her face, without knowing her at all. She would’ve never believed it.

Luna felt her eyes water, and suddenly her joy turned to panic. She began to fight off the happy tears and lowered her head a bit to not make eye contact with Eric. “Of course…” she said, trying to divert her attention to the conversation. “humans are amazing, in their own way. Even if you manage to create such, destruction.” She said with a laugh, trying to joke it off.

Eric saw her simple reactions, and reminded him of himself. Reactions of someone trying to hide something. Unfortunately Eric had no idea what she was hiding. For all he knows, she’s some ancient evil creature ready to take over the universe, or some bullshit like that. But she gave him a look that reminded him of a time with him and his parents.

“Hey I think I left some things in the back room, I'm gonna go double check.” He said giving her some space.

Luna saw Eric leave into the other room and took a moment to herself. ‘What have we gotten ourselves into… Tia… I miss you dearly. I wish we didn’t have such a rough last encounter. We promise to make it up to you dear sister…’ Luna thought to herself. She proceeded to rest her head on the cafeteria table.

Slowly Luna found herself drifting her thoughts towards Eric. She remembers their first encounter just a few minutes ago. She scolded herself again for acting brash. She remembered how generous and kind he treated her, and how unfriendly and malicious she treated him. She then recalled two quotes from Eric, that puzzle her.

“My Monstrous Saviour!” Why would he call her a Saviour And. “OK, two last questions.” She recalls he only asked one. ‘Perhaps we should find more information about dear Eric.’ Quickly she thought of a few questions she would ask him when he returned.

Eric made his way to the back room where he got the purified water, and to his shock he did forget something. A simple stimpak. One of the best healing items. He quickly picked it up as his thoughts began to drift. ‘I can tell when someone was hiding something painful. It’s always impossible to tell when you just met them. The best I can do is... take it slow… perhaps she’s home sick and I could ask a few more questions about her home... and magic…’ he said with a small chuckle to himself. He could not wait to find out more about magic.

Eric made his way back into the room, after giving Luna some time.

“Pardon us? But-” Luna said.

“If I could ask?-” Eric began.

They both talked over each other, wanting to be the first to ask their question.

“Oh excuse us, thou can go first!” Luna quickly said.

“No I’m sorry, if you have any important questions, i’ll be glad to answer them.” Eric said with a smile.

“Well… it’s a couple of things…” Luna began. “But… The thing we were going to ask was…” ‘by our sisters imaginary beard, what do We say! We wouldn’t want to make things awkward out of nowhere!’ Luna panicked in her mind. “Thou had Two questions… and we specifically only remember thou asking one.”

Eric looked at Luna confused and then his eyes widened in shock. “Oh that, uhh… Right. Yes, see I was going to ask… perhaps something personal.” Eric said looking at Luna red while rubbing the back of his head.

Luna thought for a moment before looking at him. “You may ask your question, but we will have the right to deny it.”

Eric smiles and nodded at Luna. “Perfect, wouldn’t have it any other way. Now… I was going to ask about the whole ‘we’ and ‘our’ stuff you say.”

Luna’s smile dropped. “Oh, We- No I didn’t realize it bothered you. We- I… am used to speaking like this…”

Eric looked at Luna shocked that she didn’t just deny the question. It looked painful enough to her.

“I can stop if it will help our journey throughout-“ “I prefer the other way.” Eric quickly cut in, interrupting Luna. Luna looked up shocked and confused.

“I mean…” Eric continued. “Throughout the Commonwealth we will run into a whole bunch of bad people, and someone who has more of an authoritarian voice, might be more intimidating if you know how to play it… also I think it suits you better.”

Eric looked at Luna a little bit worried, wondering if he said the right thing.

Luna looked at Eric… after everything that has happened in the last, maybe half an hour. And she has already met some… one… Who has shown her respect, after she gave none in return. Along with complementing her night and not throwing shade at her speech. Only a percent of the canterlot nobles, besides the ones who lied straight to her face, could do that.

“Yes.” Luna said finally. “I- we mean WE! Couldn’t agree more!” She said with excitement and enthusiasm.

Luna’s excitement and smile was contagious to Eric. He was glad that he said the right thing.

“Anyways.” Eric said. “Thank you for reminding me about that. I just have a couple more questions and we can truly start this adventure.”

Luna nodded her head, ready to move on. “Thou is correct. If thou truly means the dangers of this place presents. It might be best to face them full force, head on.”

Eric agreed and ready his final questions. “But First, let’s get away from this world for a second. By your description, your world must sound lovely compared. And the actual possibility of magic. Please tell me what you can.”

LunaI thought back to her home, Equestria. A range of emotions went through her. Joy and pride mixed with sadness and a bit of hate. “Equestria… my home… Equestria has always been, for at least 1000 years, a world superpower. But before that, there were just five pony tribes. The three we mentioned before that created the alicorn. And a sub race, The bat pony tribe…. We do agree with you that Equestria is a far better place than what you’ve described of this world…. But We would be blind if we did not say that It has its faults…. As for our magic!” Luna said, perking up. “Only the unicorns and alicorns can cast such spells. As for the earth ponies in Pegasus, their magic retains in their body, either giving them physical strength or increased speed of flight. But when thou actually cast magic, the spells cast can range in, one in a 1000 different spells. Each one having their own unique abilities and specialties.”

Luna wasn’t much of a speaker, but whenever she started going, it was hard for her to stop.

“There are five classes of specialized magic. The first class is the multi class, elemental. It houses several different sub classes. And is also the one that has the most Basic spells for any pony to learn from. Not many unicorns go past this stage unless they are the upper class or a soldier. The second and third class is known as the diplomat and the combat class. While the combat class has some of the best spells for any situation of combat the diplomat class was completely created for nobles. Before the diplomat class it was once known as the enchanting class. They are masters of body language and reading emotions.”

Suddenly Luna looked down as she remembered her recent teachings with her tutor a few days ago. About the fourth class. “Finally there is the fourth class… unfortunately it’s been separated into two different ones… The fourth class is the Sun, The Light, The way and power. And the fifth class is the moon, The dark, The deceitful and sacrifice…”

Luna thought back to over 1000 years ago. When she and Celestia first made these classes. She was quite surprised at the fourth class that only her and her sister were in, separated.

Eric looked at her and saw her defeated form. “What was it called before that?” Eric Asked her.

Luna looked back at Eric and snapped back into focus. “It was known as balance. The way of a leader…. Over 1000 years ago there was a duel against... two very powerful beings… A Battle to see who would decide the fate of the world... And the sun won… and everypony was happy... but the moon… its ways and teachings have been banned ever cents.”

Eric didn’t know what to say or do. It’s clear that she has some history with the sun and moon magic classes. Especially a bit of guilt and grief for the Moon. “Hey…” he called out to her. “I think I’ve had enough magic knowledge for today. Why don’t we go onto the games first test? The next room we’re going to be in will actually be surprisingly important. Let’s finish up eating and we can head in.” Eric said, trying to distract her.

Eric and Luna both looked at their untouched meals and dug in. Luna believes that the cereal might be delicious, but the stinging in her mouth cancelled her from expressing any joy. Eric also felt the radiation along with the taste of the cold pork and beans. ‘Man I wish I had a hit of something.’ Eric thought to himself. ‘I don’t care what brand, size or taste! Anything to get rid of this awful taste. If I don’t find some weed in this godforsaken wasteland I am a way to go nuts… I might try other things…” Eventually they both sat up and made their way to the door.

They both downed a cup of purified water just to get rid of the awful taste in their mouth.

Finally getting ready to enter the next sparking room. Both Eric and Luna made their way to the front of the door. Luna felt her heartbeat. Eric was letting it sink in. Once they walk through the doors, the test of survival begins.

Stepping just a little bit closer, the doors automatically opened to reveal the damaged generator room. Blue lightning sparked around the floor, causing Luna to look back up at Eric. “Art thou sure this is safe?” She asked him hopefully.

“Since when did I say this would be safe?” Eric replied with his own question. “Believe it or not this room describes Fallout perfectly.”

Luna was about to reply, but saw a radroach approach Eric. Without hesitation Eric extended his baton and smashed in the bugs head.

Instantly her eyes flashed, as Time slowed down. Her eyes begin to picture a different scene. She was in Eric‘s position… She was Nightmare moon, an insane smile plastered on her face… there was no longer a baton, rather a Sun Mace… there was no longer a radroach… just a dead Sun guard pony.

Luna’s eyes slowly came back to reality… but her mind was racing faster. ‘I have to survive… in order to do that I have to kill… Kill… Kill! KILL!!! KILL!!! NO!!! No! No… We are princess Luna… we can control the blood lust...

“Observation number one.” Eric said, jotting Luna's attention towards him. He lowered himself down to the corpse of the bug. He began to do something, but Luna had no idea what he was doing. Eric was just trying to figure out how he was going to loot bodies. “Beware your enemies.” Eric continued, and succeeding in getting a piece of the bug in his hand. He can only hope he was supposed to eat this part

“Observation Number two.” Eric said. “Beware of your surroundings.” As he said this, a radroach tried to avenge his fallen comrade and ran straight towards Eric. Only for a lightning bolt to strike him dead on the spot. Eric proceeded to quickly loot the bug and make his way back.

Finally Eric made his way back to Luna and looked at him annoyed. “We have already known these lessons for a very long time.” Luna said to him. “Thou are a little late.”

Luna proceeded to walk past him to the lower floor. She didn’t get too close to the machine, but she was trying to time how she was going to make it through. That was until she felt a hand on her shoulder. Looking back, she saw Eric.

“Observation number three, sometimes there’s an easier way.” Then he proceeded to show her a small pathway right to the left of them. It was a thin walkway but it seemed to go around the machine instead of through it like Luna Had thought.

“Oh... right…” Luna said sheepishly before getting off the lower floor. Just in time to as a lightning bolt struck the spot she just stood in causing her to jump a bit. “Yep! Yes! Let us take the side way!

Eric and Luna proceeded to make their way around the generator. Eric had to squish and loot another radroach but there were No other problems at the time.

They made their way to the other side of the room to another set of automatic doors. Luna and Eric had to step over a few corpses, but still they proceeded through the automatic doors. This led them to a couple more radroaches. “Do you want to give it a shot?” Eric asked Luna, handing her the baton. Luna stared at the weapon, and her blood lust boiled

“Oh no no, as an equestrian, we must retain a peaceful present to not dishonour our homeland-“ she was interrupted with a screech from a radroach that tried to fly at her face. Luna snapped, grabbing the baton in her telekinesis, before beating the absolute shit out of the radroach.

The other, smaller radroach. Saw its friend and companion die and decided that it wanted to live from this crazy bitch. Unfortunately a certain Moon alicorn had other plans. “Oh no you don’t.” Luna said with a malicious smile. Using her wings she leapt forward to the radroach before whaling on it like it’s brother.

Eric saw all this and chalked it up to a gamer going psycho. I mean we all did it. You kill one too many weaklings and suddenly you kill the entire world... it happens…

Eric began to Pull Luna off of her beating. “Wait! We aren't finished! Let us at least send a message to the rest of their kind! No pony shall threaten a princess like that!”

Threaten? Princess? All right it’s official, all of this has gone to her head.

Eric proceeded to turn Luna around, she still had a creepy smile on her face. So Eric knew what to do and slapped her as hard as he could across the face.

Luna’s face went back to normal, as she looked around confused wondering where the pain came from. “Hey!” Eric shouted out to her. Causing her to snap out of it a bit. “Are you going to be OK, because We don’t need a psychopath.”

Suddenly Luna remembered what happened and instantly recoiled. “We apologize, it’s nothing We assure thou-“ “bullshit!” Eric said, interrupting her. “You were just talking about honour, being a princess, stuff like that, then went into complete psycho mode. That’s one hell of an 180… so what is it really…”

Luna thought of lying to Eric again, but decided against it. “We are sorry... We told you before We could handle Ourselves… We've been in a lot of battles… We've taken a life… many lives… We adopted a bloodlust... to keep us sane... through all of it… We can’t help but reactivate it every time we… killed something… unfortunately the memories always return afterwards...”

Luna looked away from Eric, not wanting to be seen weak.

Eric thought back to how crazy she reacted “Can you control this bloodlust?” he asked. Wondering if they were going to have more incidents like this.

Luna looked back at him and then thought for a moment. “We haven’t had much practice… although We can handle ourselves in most situations… it’s just with everything added on top... I went a little crazy…” she chuckled sheepishly.

“Yeah, a little!” Eric said, rolling his eyes. “Every Radroach we see, it’s your job to take care of them until you prove to me that you can handle yourself mentally.” Luna couldn’t believe it. Eric was giving her an order, her a princess. She would remember this day.

Unable to argue... for now… they continued on into the overseer's office. The automatic door slid open as they came closer, Luna noticed a different style in the room. Of course there was still a corpse in the room, but the room itself was more proper and organized; there was even a back room big enough to allow someone to be comfortable instead of the small beds she saw.

The desk itself looked strange. There was another machine on it that Luna had somewhat of an idea of what it could do, but even then her knowledge was illuminated.

Eric made his way into the room and instantly grabbed two objects that caught his interest instantly. A couple of 10 mm pistols and another baton. Not to mention all the ammunition and stimpaks in the room. Quickly he gathered everything he could and passed Luna a 10 mm pistol with 50 extra bullets and kept the rest for himself. “Do you know how to use this thing?” he asked her.

Luna looked at the 10 mm pistol and Innoway, it almost resembles one of the guns she saw. It wasn’t as long as a musket but it had the same concept. “We believe We understand the basics. Although we still have several questions.”

“Well just keep it on you in case you need it,'' said Eric. I'll teach you later, I have the perfect spot in mind, so we need to save every shot that we have For Training.” he said as he finished looting the area. Finally he made his way towards the machine.

He looked back at Luna for a second and get a good view of her.

Luna looked back at Eric and saw that he was looking at her. With a raise of her brow she asked “Is something wrong?”

“Nope.” was Eric‘s simple reply, before heading back to the terminal.

Luna looked around the room, seeing how messy it has gotten over the years. There was a twinge of sadness to Luna but she didn’t really understand why. In a way, she sees the loss potential this vault had. The way she lost her potential… her purpose…

It took a second for Eric to find the controls for the door but eventually he found the automatic door Control, and opening it to the next room. “It’s not much longer from here.” Eric said to Luna. “we just had to go down this hallway with a few more bugs and then will be in the main vault room.”

Luna nodded to Eric, but then noticed the frozen casing attached to the wall, it seem to have a big weapon inside. “Umm… art thou forgetting something?” She said pointing over to the casing.

Eric turned his head and saw the cryo-gun. He looked at Luna sad. “Unfortunately we will have to come back for that later; both of us wouldn’t even be even close to the skill needed to unlock it. Don’t worry, we’ll come back for it eventually.”

With that said and done, they continue to make their way towards the exit of the vault.

Like Eric said, the hallway was filled with radroaches, and this time Luna killed them in a much nicer way… if that’s even possible…..

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But finally, after making it this far into the entrance of the vault, they made their way to the door. After the automatic doors got out of Luna’s Way she saw the vault door. Her eyes widened seeing the massive size of the door and the Device that operated it. This has been the biggest machine she has seen so far. She had to sit down and at that moment, everything finally clicked in. She was in a completely different world that had Technology that could doom it…. A sad question popped up in her head… could this be the future of pony kind… 500 years or maybe even a millennia from now…. Would she be here again?

Eric made his way to the controls. It was right beside the rail that would lead out of the Vault, as soon as he opened it. He looked to the ground and saw a scientist's body with the Pip boy. The man who introduced him to The layout of the vault and lied straight to his face. laid on the floor dead and untouched for 200 years. But to Eric‘s shock, there was another scientist. He or she also had a Pip boy but it was different. It was a bit longer than The regular one, but he could also tell it was Thinner. Removing the Pip boys from their skeletal partners, He didn’t see the radroach behind him.

The radroach sprung into action, not wanting to miss his prey. all of his fallen brothers are counting on him to avenge them. With a leap in a screech, the radroach unleashed it’s radioactive fangs…. onto poor Eric‘s ankle.

“Fuck!” Eric reeled his leg back and squished the bug with his foot.

Luna looked over to Eric, seeing the bug he squished and the devices in his hands. “Art thou alright?” She asked him worriedly.

“Yeah.” he replied. He just bit me. “I might have a little limp, but I’ll be fine. Besides, I found us a few new Pip boys!” Eric said lifting up the devices. He walked over to Luna and handed her the longer, thinner one. Luna only looked at him confused but watched him put it on. She was about to ask what a Pip boy was, but decided to ask him later. Following Eric‘s lead, she followed his exact movements through her telekinesis. Strapping the Pip boy To her Hoof.

As soon as they both got their Pip Boys on, both screens let up. Both Eric and Luna eyes were drawn to their own screen reading the Message that came with it.

Greetings Eric Morningstar and Princess Luna.

You may be wondering where you are, or you’ve already figured it out and working your way through it. If you have no idea I’m sure Eric could explain the wonderful world of fallout. If you already understand what’s going on then congratulations. You can go onto reading the message below.

Greetings again, my dear friends

You have been given an opportunity to partake in an old ritual spell. The details of said spell is not important at the moment, What I will say is this world will look as recognizable as ever, and completely different at the exact same time. The decisions you make in this world will have dire consequences for the people around you.

I’ve also given you seven bonus “Easter eggs” around the world. Have fun with them as you please, all of them are quite beneficial.

Also, your so called “stats” no longer operate like a game. You will have to learn each skill individually. I’ve given you some bonuses, and the first star is always the easiest to get.

If you wish to return home, then all you have to do is beat the game. I believe it’s pretty simple, choose one of the factions that will rule over the commonwealth and then we can have a personal one on one chat.

Signed your amazing friend Discord.

Suddenly both snap back to reality, and both thought of the message one last time, As both of their emotions flared.

Erica thought back to the message Angrily. ‘How did this… Discord... get my family name… And did I read that correctly, ‘Princess Luna!’

Luna’s thoughts are much darker. “If you wish to return home, then all you have to do is beat the game.” Reading discord’s message made Luna furious. “Discord!” Luna said out loud. “This is the last Straw!”

“Wait, you know this guy?” Eric asked her. “Also that whole princess shit… Are you actually a princess?” He asked her, confused.

Luna looked at Eric shocked and then looked back at the message. She then realized in the writing, Discord used her title. Luna was mad but now she was pissed. “Indeed we know of ‘this guy’ Discord. He is a spirit of chaos and now that we realize it, it all makes sense. The magic we felt from before, must be whatever this ancient spell is. We vow to make discord pay for his actions…” she said mostly to herself.

Eric raised his brow at her. “And???”

Luna looked down a bit saddened. “Yes we are a Princess... Apologies for not telling thou… it’s just…” Luna stumped, unable to formulate her words. It’s true that she kept the truth from him. but now she likes him more than most ponies and people she’s met… she wants to trust him… but how can she in a world of Discord.

“You don’t trust me…” Eric finished for her, With a sad look.

Luna wanted to say something but... she didn’t know what to say… “i’m sorry…” was all that she could say.

“Don’t be.” Eric replied with a sad smile. “I get it. Really I do…. And besides, don't act like I give you my full trust.” He said, confusing Luna. “What. A man has his secrets… besides... we already promised to stick with each other… this world isn’t gonna be easy for one person to handle by themselves…. so are you still with me princess…” he finished by extending his hand out.

Luna looked at his hand. A small smile came to her face. Slowly she raised her hoof and shook his hand. She will be wary, but for now. ”Please, just call us Luna.” she said to him.

he nodded before continuing “Are you ready to see something amazing!” he said to her. She can only smile as she follows him back to the controls.

Once they were at the controls he showed Luna a plug that was attached into her device. To Eric’s shock, the controls needed two Pit Boys to activate it. Then he chalked it up to Magic after reading the message.

Innoway Eric thought that this was destiny. He still questioned how he ended up here by blowing his brains out, but he would save that question for another time.

They each placed the plug into the controls. Suddenly both of their screens popped up with a flash of purple.

Both Eric and Luna looked at their stats. Unfortunately for Luna she had no idea what any of these meant, but she could guess. She also proceeded to stare at that one intelligence. ‘Is this discord way of telling us that we are stupid?‘ she thought to herself

They didn’t get much time to process this, as the room began to light up and make noises. Soon Luna saw how the Vault opened. A cylinder device connected itself to the entrance of the vault slowly rolling it to the side. A simple walkway, that seemed to be built just before the vault entrance, extended past it as soon as there was an opening.

Slowly they both made their way to the entrance of the walkway. They both stood there in silence, letting the machine finish the job.

After the vault was finally open after 200 years, Eric began to make his first steps. He never thought he could actually be in the world of fallout. He fantasized running his empire and stuff like that… but to be actually here, was different… he could feel his heartbeat in his chest.

Luna began to follow, wondering where this world would take her next. She also wondered how she was going to beat this game. Unfortunately for her, she’s completely reliant upon Eric giving her the information she needs to get home. Thankfully he seems to be willing to help her.

Luna still had thoughts about this world of fallout. But before she wanted anything answered, she wanted to see the truth of the world.

They made their way out of the vault only to find an elevator. Luna was confused by the device, but decided to follow Eric‘s lead. Automatically the two continued, not saying a word. This world would challenge them, and they both know that… but will they be prepared.

that was their last thought before entering the elevator, and slowly rising to their New Start.

Author's Note

This is officially my longest chapter I’ve ever written in my life... at the same time I put as much work as I could into it. I’m probably not gonna do many chapters this long. They might be around 6-8 Thousand words each. But I am really passionate about this story and hope to continue it.