Fallout Equestria: A Gamer's Wasteland
Welcome to Ponyville, Raiders
Previous ChapterNext Chapter'Ok, calm down chaos old boy you're surrounded by pony skeletons, okay in hindsight I should be freaking the Taurus out but am not, I guess gamer's mind is kicking in, all those stories about outside the stable were bad but i didn't think it was this bad these ponies died trying to get in before the blast or they were survivors looking for shelter after and we did nothing'.
I feel guilt but shake it off.
'Theirs nothing I could've done my mom would have stopped me before I tried while I'm here I might as well check the info on ace and pathbringer'. I use observe.
Ace
Weapon type: Handcannon
Item grade: Legendary
Durability: unbreakable
Special skill: sunburst; this skill will be unlocked at LVL: 10; once you get a headshot enemy will explode, if enemies are close will receive burn damage for one minute
Pathbringer
Weapon type: Handcannon
Item grade: Legendary
Durability: unbreakable
Special skill: Elemental shots; this skill allows user to ask for element type ammo then have to wait one hour before next use of said element
'Well these are interesting no wonder dad told me never to play with these, well time to move out'. I holster both my guns and head out what looks like a dark tunnel good thing my pip-buck illuminates my surroundings so i don't trip over my own hooves or the skeletons, i mange to reach the end and the door was open guess pip didn't close it when getting out so i know I'm on the right track.
I head out and the whole world is dark as tartarus but there's some light, i look up and see then there seems to be a constant cloud cover.
"What the hell that's not how those books me and velvet described the sky, sure we thought it would most likely be different cause the detonation of the mega-spells but the constant cloud cover is strange".
I start looking around my surroundings and notice a barn and start heading towards it, when i finally got close my pip-buck goes off.
{Alert,Alert stable-tech cache in close proximity}
'Huh a stable-tech cache was the pony that use to live here affiliated with them'.
Then my pip-bucks screen turned into compass dial and pointed southwest of the barn, i follow it, it looked like it was leading to the back of the barn, i get to the back and the dials pointing due west, i look and see what looks like a cellar door.
"That must be it or where it's hiding" . I head towards it cautiously, i go for the handle with one hand and the other on ace's grip and in one swift motion i open the cellar and also take out ace aiming inside looking around inside to make sure theirs no pony hiding, i also check my pip-buck's detection spell and used detection to make sure nothing in there and i see on blip and the blip was just in range of detection.
I take a breath calming myself even though I have gamer's mind it only mildly calms my nerves and is primarily used to stop mental attacks and mind control so i need to go in to situations with a level head, with that thought do let's head in.
I decent the stairs slowly and quietly as i can, with ace cocked i reach the bottom and my pip-buck's light spell goes off and the cellar lights up, i slowly proceed down the slight long corrade of the cellar and see a turn but also hear rattling at the end of it, i slow my pace and turn the conor and are met with something i didn't expect something that looked like a canine but looked mutated it had a brown coat and white under belly (think of a mutated version of winona) it looks scrawny and malnourished and it has some cuts on its body, then it spots me and growls, it doesn't seem to be a threat so i put away ace and cautiously approached with my hand out stretched to it, it growls still but doesn't attack, it maybe cautious as well because of its weakened state, it was about to bark to scare me away but before it could i put my hand on it's head and start to pet it, it stops growling and looks at me then something happened i didn't expect tears flowed down it's face and it tackles me whimpering and crying, i look down at it and then i understand.
"You've been alone for so long haven't you, no one to keep you company to care for you, to show you love and give you love".
It continues to whine and nuzzles me.
"Shh it's alright you don't have to be alone anymore I'll take you with me if you want".
It looks at me as if seeing if I'm lying after a few minutes it starts licking my face.
"Haha down i get it your excited you'll drown me in love before we leave".
It barks and i hear it's stomach growl then whimpers to me.
"I don't have any meat on me do you want to eat a apple".
It nods, i quickly get one out of my inventory and hold it out, which they devoured it, then i pet their head.
"Hehe don't worry as soon as we get on the road I'll try to get enough meat for you, by the way do you have a name".
It walks away for a few seconds, then came back with and collar and name tag on it, i look at it to read what it says.
"W-W-Winona" .
They bark happily and nuzzles me i chuckle.
"Hehe so your names winona a perfect name for a handsome b-". They start to growl. "Alright Alright a beautiful girl such as yourself". She lifts her snout in the air in pride and recognition.
"Hey girl is there are their any boxes down here with these words on them". I lift up my pip-buck to show the stable-tech logo on it.
She looks away for a sec with her eyes closed as to think, then turns back to me and barks, before getting behind me and pushing me off the ground and pushing me to what I'm looking for.
"Ok ok I'm going" .
She keeps pushing me forward until i see.
"So this is it" . I crouched down and open it and it open in a crazy way, once opened two mechanical platforms that shows two boxes of ammo and a giant staff on the bottom i first put the ammo in my inventory and i found out that the inventory put them automatically in their ammo type and i believe if i press on the type it pops out which would help a lot, then i grab the handle from what I see is it has a handle with s trigger, once i take it out of the box i feel my hand getting pricked.
"Ow buck me" .
-100
Why'd this one take off a hundred.
{New user found, magic matrix reinitializing, magi axe online}
"Huh" . Then it starts to glows blue and then the tip pops out a axe curve.

(For all us rvb fans out there you know where this is from)
'Buck me this is crazy'. I then use observe on it.
Magi Axe
Durability: 240000\240000
Item class: legendary
Weapon type: Melee
Special trait: Magic slam{locked}; this attack takes 1000 mana to create a powerful shockwave to stagger or kill an area of enemies, caution:will harm allies as well make sure they are clear; unlocked steps: reach level 40, STR:150
"Holy shit that's crazy I can't use ace's ability until i hit level ten i can understand but forty and strength a hundred and fifty jeez*sigh* well I'm in this waste land now might as well grind my levels on skills and myself speaking of skills i have magic but i doubt i have enough to make a familiar pack with winona, i believe that's what they're called cause i only saw a brief instance of mentioning in the concept in a book i saw when i was younger".
I look back into the box and it looks like there's a holster go the axe, i pick it up and strap it on then i look at the axe which was still on.
"Um deactivate" .
{Deactivating}
Then it shuts off. "Oh thank the sisters it worked" . I then put it in the holster, i turn back to winona and she's laying there waiting for me to finish, i look at he cuts on her body some look old and have healed but some look like they were made a few days ago.
"Let's get you treated okay girl" . I take out some healing bandages, a low grade healing potion, cotton balls and tweezers luckily when sis wanted to be a medical pony i read some of her books so i know somewhat of what I'm doing.
I go over set the items down and use the tweezers to grab a cotton ball then i pop the cork on the healing potion and dab it the cotton ball in the potion then look at winona.
"This may sting bare with me ok" .
She whimpers but nods.
"Alright here we go". I started slowly dragging the potion drenched cotton ball against one of the wounds and I can hear Winona's pained whimpers. "Shh it's alright, I'm here girl". I keep the process going for a while until i got all the wounds and they started to heal then i tell her to stand, then i wrap the healing bandages around her body tightly to keep the healing process going.
"Feeling better girl" .
She barks and licks my face.
"Hehe good to hear". The i see a notification.
First aid LVL: 1 EXP:0.00 %
You are adept in the basics of first aid to clean, disinfect wounds to keep your allies and yourself healthy
Efficiency: 5 %
'Sweet well at least I'll get better at it and it seems the experience bar changed hmm i should check my stats'.
Status🔻
Chaos Crimson
Species: earth pony
Title: Handyman of the stable
LVL: 5 XP:0.00
HP: 400|500 MP:500
STR:42
PER:32
END:40
CHR:36
INT:46
AGI:35
LUC:25
CAPS:1 SP:0
'Still the same not surprising cause i didn't kill anything now let's find that idiot of a friend i have and maybe my sis to see if she's alright'. Those two are gonna give me a grey coat at this point. I look at winona, who looks like she's feeling better, the i decide to use observe on her.
Winona
Species: mutant hound
Title: apple families pup
Lvl: 35
HP: 1560|3000 MP:0
Observe lvl up
Can see name, species, title,level,hp ,and mp
'Sweet'. I dismiss the screen. "Come on girl we got some traveling too do".
She barks happily jumping around making me chuckle
"Hehe come on pup lets move" .
We proceed out of the cellar then i just thought of something.
"Ugh I'm an idiot why'd I not think of this before". I bring up my pip-buck. "Bring up the map" .
{Acknowledged}
Then instead of it being on the screen of my pip-buck two mechanical panels extend from it and shot out light when they collided a holo map.
"Who in the buck designed this pip-buck this is way more advanced than any back in the old world and who was it's previous owner".
I look at the holo map and it marked this area as the sweet apple acres and through those dead trees there's a town called ponyville.
"Alright we have a destination let's move shall we".
She barks in agreement.
We start heading out, but when we get to the edge of the forest i start smelling something. Huh was there a fire earlier before i came out. Winona seems to have picked up the same smell and starts going towards it, pull out ace and pathbringer and follow behind keeping my eyes open cause there are to many places for ponies to pop out of, then we come upon what we assume where the smells coming from, i see and circle of rocks.
"Huh" . I go over and kneel down and put my hand in the circle and scoop up some of the black substance." Soot this must have been a campsite but if it was where the ponies go the stable's the other way interesting". I get up and wipe of the soot on my jumpsuit.
We continue walking following the map but then i see Winona stop and start growling, i go over and pet her back and her hairs are standing on end which could mean enemies.
"Let's proceed with caution" .
She nods.
I ready my guns and we keep going after a while i see what she's so cautious about there were bodies all over the ground.
"Shit i guess there was a battle not to long ago and from the looks of it must've been yesterday".
(A\N: Chaos is one day behind pip and they'll meet in new applosa before they go to the stable)
"Well let's see what i can salvage from them might be some food and ammo on them". Then i notice something round and metallic near the bodies furthest from the bridge, and go over while it looks like Winona was looking around the body's, i reach it and kneel down then use observe.

Sprite bot (broken)
'Huh i think i saw one of these in an old magazine the stable had in the library they were made by the ministry of moral i believe it was called, hmm maybe i can bring it with me i could use it to grind my mechanic skill and if I'm lucky enough fix it but definitely going to deactivate it's song protocols I'm all about up lifting music but i can only take so much'. I grab it and place it in my inventory and get up then i hear a crunching sound,i quickly spin around guns pointed but see it's just Winona munching on one of the bodies.
*Trying not to barf* "Well that's gross" .
I walk back over and pat her back signaling it's time to go,she lift her head her muzzle covered in blood and still chewing on that ponies intestines, which prompts me to go behind a tree to barf, after that we head for the bridge to ponyville but then i see Winona go after something that was in the river. 'By the sisters don't let it be another dead body'. Then she comes back with something in her mouth.
"Huh whatcha got there girl". I take it from her mouth and it's a flask with the logo for stable 2 on it, then i hug and ruffle her fur. "Great work girl now we know we're on the right track". She growls happily at the praise, i start looting the bodies on the bridge but then i see something that doesn't sit right well two things, one; if everyponies dead how did these parts of the bridge get blasted away, and two; these shackles and it worries me more that there are two sets but it somewhat puts my mind at ease that they're here instead of not being there.
"Looks like pip ran into some trouble out here but it's good to see she handled herself let's hope she can handle herself until i find her".
We keep going over the bridge while collect what i can, from the bodies a total of three hundred and fifty caps which i put in my inventory and i picked up some leg and arm guards that looked somewhat intact, probably not sturdy enough to block bullets but good enough, we proceed and make it into town and my pip-buck beeps and i look at it and it pulls up the map but instead of the surrounding area it shows the streets and towns layout.
"Okay I'm liking this pip-buck more and more".
I see on the map it shows the names of some of the buildings the closest to me is the ponyville library but it has a strange symbol next to the name on the map, i follow the road and map and get there and it looks like the bridge like a battle took place, i look it over and see the balcony.
"Well that explains the holes in the bridge sniper nest but I'm assuming pip killed all the ponies or else I'd had my head blown off before i reach the town." Then a notification pops up.
Historical landmark discovered
Ponyville library
Reward: 300 XP, 300 caps
'Woah sick looks like i get rewards based on the importance of the landmark was to history'. I look at Winona and she looks really sad. "What's wrong girl". She whimpers as she looks at the building. "Wait do you know this place" . She nods.
"Wait how old are you girl were you alive back during the war". She nods tears flowing, i hug her. "I'm so sorry Winona you must miss them dearly, i bet they didn't mean to leave you behind if they made it to the stable but know that i will keep you company as long as i live". She licks my face happily.
"Alright let's go inside see if we can't find anything to A; loot or b; figure out where pip went". She nods, and we proceed to find a way inside, we would have used the front door but it's heavily boarded up, we swing around back and see the back door open and we head inside, with me having ace out of course, and what i see is a complete battlefield in this place there's bullet holes everywhere and dead ponies in the same makeshift armor as the ones on the bridge go to loot the bodies but they're already been picked clean and i smile.
"That a girl pip getting what you can to survive I'm proud of ya, but you could have at least save some for me". I say jokingly and continue through the library while hearing munching and sigh. "Guess she found another body" . I keep going and find the libraries main area and find something truly unsettling there was the remains of cages and in looks like an explosive or explosives went off in here and there was a pony still one.
"By the sisters" . I kneel down and touch the body it seems to have cooled down. "Don't worry I'll give you a proper burial once I'm done no one should be left like this and i would wish this on my worst enemies*sigh*i shouldn't say that it maybe my worst enemy who does something like this but it's a nice though that I'd be that merciful". I turn around and notice a door, i do a quick whistle call for Winona who scurries over.
"Hang back a little and follow just in case". She nods.
I open it and there's nothing behind it but there are a set of stairs and i slowly start to descend but the my detection skill and pip-buck go off, i quickly look at my pip-buck and it shows the lay out of the library and I'm going to the basement and it shows a green and red dot on my map, i lightly quicken my pace but slow my pace once i reach the bottom of the stairs, i hear the crys of a mare and then a stallions voice rings out.
"Shut up bitch" . The mare seems to quiet down and whimpers. "Bucking finally you've been crying for hours hoping that bucking cunt that killed the rest of my people would hear your stupid ass well guess what they left and ain't coming back now, i need to get back all the caps i lost from those escaped slaves that cunt even let our pleasure toy go upstairs young thing too i hadn't even gotten my turn yet". I start gripping ace's handle in rage. "But i guess you'll do and maybe I'll turn you into a pleasure hole for other raider tribes we happen to come across to either pay the toll of for entering their territory or for caps". He chuckles darkly. "I hope they don't mind you being pre used". Then i hear zip, I've had enough.
As he was about to have his way and the mare was crying out for help i combat roll out of cover aiming ace.
"Not another step shit stain".He Quickly turns around seeing me. "Now put that thing away before i shoot it off and trust me you'll be lucky enough that'll be the only bullet in your body". He quickly does so and looks back up but then gets super scared when he looks at my pistol.
"N-no your supposed to be dead you haven't been seen in years they said you were dead". I look slightly confused but i quickly roll with it to hopefully get some information out of him.
"Well that's what I wanted you shitheads to believe give you a false sense of hope now remind me what am i that strikes fear into you raider scumbags".
"The courier, the bane of slavers, enemy of the enclave, plague of the steel rangers, the destroyer".
'This pony sounds dangerous as hell'. But quickly respond. "Good to hear my resume again and to see you lot still piss yourselves at the site of my gun so what's been going on since my absences anything new I've been out of the loop for a good while".
"Well mister courier there is someone rallying the slavers under his banner".
"Does anyone know why or the name of the pony or is that a mystery".
"No he's pretty well known called red-eye he fancies himself the leader of the wasteland but more like just king of the slavers and rumors say he has powerful backing nobody knows from what or who and if they found out they're mostly dead".
'Good to know let's see of this courier had any allies'. I start talking again." What about my allies any of them still kicking".
"Yeah you're biggest backer DJ pon-3 is still alive and kicking".
"And where can i find them".
"Only a select few know rumors say that they're held up at ten pony tower in the ruins of Manehattan".
"Good to know might check up on them for old time sake anyone else".
"Some of the steel rangers still hold you in high regards even though your against their policy of hording and controlling old world tech".
"Also good to know, since you've been so sporting I'll give you till the count of three to leave".
He starts scrambling, going past me and trying to go up the stairs but the last thing he hears before a bullet goes through his skull.
"Three" . Then the shot rings out the bullet going through his skull killing him instantly. "Bucking shit stain" . Then a small notification pops up.
Defeated common raider; 300 XP
'Well go to know'. I hurry over to the mare and start breaking the locks on her chains as soon as i finish i get look at her she's a purple unicorn mare with a light violet mane and it looks like her horn was broken but not by the raiders but by something else and she's wearing armor which she probably new to being enslaved and was sold with the armor hoping to get a better price but i can only speculate I'd rather not try to understand the mind of slavers or the people who by slaves.

"Sorry to ask the obvious question but are you alright"? I ask while untying her.
"Well I've been captured,sold and nearly raped what do you think". She says in a clearly annoyed voice.
I sigh. "Yeah i know dumb question but had to start the conversation somehow even though I'm doing poorly".
She sighs as well. "Look I'm sorry i just didn't expect this to happen you see I'm a guard pony for ten pony tower in the ruins of Manehattan those bucking slaver scumbags caught me off guard on my usual perimeter check".
"Damn that does suck." I say as i finish untying her.
She rubs her wrists.
"So what's your name" .
"Rude not giving yours first even though the whole wasteland knows your legends".
"Yeah i know but i thought I'd ask and um yeah about that I'm not this courier that guy was so scared of".
She looks at me in shock. "Wait you were talking out your flank but you were so convincing".
"Well thanks but that was from the absolute rage i was feeling towards him for attempting to rape you but was able to control it somewhat before putting a bullet in him, which made me feel a bit better".
"Well that still doesn't explain why you have his weapons minus what you have on your back".
"Yeah I'm just as confused cause these weapons belonged to me and my sister's dad and he was a stable pony like me".
"Wait you came from a stable but you just shot that pony without flinching".
"Yeah not going to lie I'm not going to be sleeping well for a while but the bastard had it coming".
"But there's no way you came from a stable the courier disappeared thirty years ago".
"Hey that's when my mom said...she...met...him, holy shit".
"Yep apparently your the son of the most feared pony in the equestrian wastelands".
"No that can't be then who let my dad in and also why'd they let him stay and let him become head of security... okay that last ones self explanatory, buck my whole life's been I've been lied too dear celestia and luna".
"Wait you still praise those two why" .
"Before the war they were great rulers they just got put in a difficult situation with the zebra, i personally think the war happened out of ignorance on both sides".
She surprised by my answers but accepts it.
"Oh by the way names chaos crimson and since i gave you my name can i have yours".
"Fine i guess i can give you it as a thanks for saving me names Tempest Shadow".
"Nice to meet you tempest, oh right you should meet someone, Winona come down girl".
"You have a pony with you and you treat her like a pet". She says angry.
"Not exactly a pony".
Then she hears foot steps and the sees a big mutant hound coming towards us and starts lick me.
"Ah come on girl down meet our new friend".
She stops licking me and looks to tempest and walks over and starts circling her while sniffing her, when she finishes she licks her face causing tempest to laugh but the my pip-buck goes off snd my detection skill as well, i quickly bring up my map but it's still just showing the libraries lay out then i get an idea. "Show town map" .
{Acknowledged}
Then it shows the towns layout and it shows ten red dots.
"It's official i love this thing and shit".
I take out pathbringer and i look at tempest.
"Stay here snd if you can find a weapon defend yourself". Then i look at Winona. "Watch her back girl" .
I hurry up stairs and head out the way me and Winona came in and slide my back against the building to keep cover, i look to see the enemy, good news they don't look to heavy armed or armored so it shouldn't be hard but some of those weapons look to be semi-auto gun and i have cocked pistols which have six bullets at best and I'm not that well trained in firearms just yet, i look down and see a good sized rock, i holster path real quick and pick up the rock and toss it and luckily it hits a intact window shattering it getting one of them to shoot at the noise i quickly action roll out of cover and shot that pony in the head while hurrying to a house for cover while the others shoot at me, i shoot back hitting two in the shoulders and another in the leg before getting to cover i did get grazed by three of their bullets
-50×3
"Well at least it's just grazes but damn that's smarts". I quickly unholstered path. "Let's see how good this elemental bullet skill is, let's see um flame". Pathbringer starts glowing a reddish orange. "Alright let's test this out" . I circle the house to the back and see one of them and shot path and the results were more then i wished as this pony was set on fire and burned alive. "Okay I'm starting to think if my dad was this courier pony he was sadistic as buck before coming to the stable". I shake the feeling off real quick as i see another pony and they see me first and start shooting and i duck into a alley in-between the house i was behind. "Buck that was close i wish that was one of the ponies i grazed but they must've separated from the group to heal". Then notice one of them in front of the alley I'm in and shoot the mare in the head with the last bullet in ace." Or they're still fighting cause they're dumb as tartarus". Then ace speaks.
{Reloading in progress;one minute and fifty seconds}
"Alright the hell" . I holster ace the i turn around and see the stallion that was shooting at me earlier and started again but i guess he didn't reload cause only three bullets came out but one embedded itself in my shoulder. "Buck me" . And quickly shoot him with path which i forgot was still shooting flame bullets and torches the stallion. "Well better remember when those are enabled". I look at my shoulder. "By the sun and the moon that hurts" .
-85
"Well that was four i believe so six left and four bullets left in path and one big ass axe, let's do this".
'Luckily all the ponies I've shot at have been earth ponies and not unicorns but i have no idea what kind of spells they have out here'. I quickly look out in the main street the pony i shoot in the leg is still there guess they're using them as bait to give my position away, i look around and see two ponies in a house through the broken window, get an idea and shot at the house setting it on fire the two scramble out of the house and i take two more shots catching them on fire. "One shot left'. Then my detection skill goes off and i quickly action roll to the left and turn around taking a shot at the pony killing the pony. 'Thank you detection skill'. I say then holster path and take out the magi axe." Alright let's do this, Activate" .
{Acknowledged}
It comes to life. 'Well time to see if you're just for show, alright there should be three left minus the one on the ground which that makes two and i don't know if they have have guns i only saw their numbers and some having guns'. Then i hear a battle cry or more of idiotic yell.
"You bucking cunt your so dead"!
He comes out ready to shoot but i had thrown my axe cutting off his head. "Oh gods gonna be sick" . I swallow it back down and retrieve my axe then i hear the last pony i turn around and one thought went through my head. Of course they're a unicorn.
They're standing in the middle of the road and scream.
"Time to die you bucking shit stain"! And then he shoots a magical blast from his horn.
In a desperate act i swing the axe at the beam and to both or surprises once the axes blade made contact with the beam it was destroyed, i quickly shock off the shock and charged the pony before he came back to his senses, once he did the last thing he saw was me bringing down my axe and them i split him in half.
I let out some pants of exhaustion. "Well al-" . I don't finish my thought and start puking for a good minute. "Oh good gods that was awful but i saw the numbers above them they were raiders and pretty high levels eleven and fifteens". Then a bunch of notifications pop up.
You defeated common raider×10; 300 XP×10
You've leveled up×2
You've discovered the magi axe's special skill: Magic smasher; this skill allows the axe to smash through almost any magic weather it be offensive or defensive
Detcetion has leveled up×2
Firearm proficiency lvl×4
You've cleared the surrounding area of raiders, area may now be populated by settlers and merchants
Rewards:1100 caps, magi axe attachment, pip-buck attachment, mission tab available
Rewards sent to inventory
'Well that makes me feel a little better not by much but enough, and i get missions now and those attachments sound promising let's check them real quick'. I open my inventory and pull them out and use observe and it levels again.
Magi axe form attachment: sword
Pip-buck attachment: grappling hook/chain spear
'Oh now that's promising'. Look around and see the death i caused and let out a sigh. "I know i shouldn't feel bad but I can't help it they were still ponies no matter how evil but i will own up to my sins when the time comes but that time will come later i need to find my friend then smack her in the head for being so damn dumb'. I quickly put the attachments on and head back to the library on thought kept coming.
'What will this new land of equestria throw at me next i wonder'.
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