Author's Note

I know the start was not the best, but I am still trying to work out my errors, and I hope you would stick around to see it end.

Also sorry for talking so long.

Thank you for reading my story.

Chapter 2: The first step takes the most courage. Part 2

Chapter 2: The first step takes the most courage, Part 2.

War. War never changes.

The Romans waged war to gather slaves and wealth.

Spain built an empire from its lust for gold and territory.

Hitler shaped a battered Germany into an economic superpower.

But war never changes.

When the end of the world occurred, it was pretty much as we had predicted. Too many humans, and not enough space or resources to go around. The details are trivial and pointless, the reasons, as always, purely human ones.

On October 23rd, of 2077 atomic fire rained from the heavens, but like all things, it was not the end as everyone thought. Over a hundred underground shelters called Vaults were made before the great war and thousands were spared. Only to find when they returned the great world had been turned into a hellish wasteland, but again like everything, humanity managed to survive.

But this story is about someone else, someone who was ripped from their peace-filled home and where the morals would be put to the test to survive.

Because in all things one truth still stands, even in the most peaceful of times. Even when it would only be thought of a myth, or a concept never to see the light of day, that being, is War.

War never changes.

Lyra's head was pounding like a drum, everything to the mint pony was a blur, and her senses started to come back. Lyra knew she was on the ground, but it felt off for her, it was hard like rock but smooth like dirt and yet it was not normal earth.

Trying to open her eyes she soon realized the sun was out and it seemed more lively as if Celestia allowed it to shine brighter with more heat. After a minute or two Lyra got on her hooves and looked around. The ground looked like the roads from Manehaten only left with no care, and around her were strange-looking carts, they didn't look like they could be pulled by ponies. At one end was a large movie screen, and on the opposite was a town, at first she was hoping to see if there was anypony, but the pillars of black smoke gave her a bad feeling.

"Well, I hope Bonnie is not too mad at me," Lyra thought to herself.

Picking a path she walked down hoping to find anyone that could help her, she was going to do a lot of walking to get back to ponyville. Though she was in an unknown place, Lyra was not going to give up anytime soon, she even felt like singing and one song popped into her head.

"My name is pinky pie, hello and I am here to--"

~~30 Minutes later~~

The sun was high in the sky at its apex, and would soon make its slow descent allowing the night to take over. But Lyra was more focused on the oppressive heat, she had never remembered the sun being this hot before. Not even in Saddle Arabia did the heat get this bad.

"How. (Pant), Can. (Gasp), ANYPONY LIVE HERE?!" Lyra yelled to the sky in anger.

The sun was beating the land with heat, it made Lyra see a mirage or two, the road was not safe to walk on. It felt like she would melt if she stood on it anymore, thankfully the sand was more kind than the asphalt.

"(Sigh), It's no wonder there is no pony around, this heat is killing me. It feels like the badlands," Lyra Thought with annoyance.

Looking around she was hoping to find some shade so she could rest and cool down, to her luck there was an abandoned gas station not too far. After walking inside, the heat didn't leave, but the sun was no longer able to continue its assault on the poor mare. Taking time to rest, Lyra went through the last moments in her mind before coming here.

Lyra began to speak to herself, "Ok, I was in the park near the train station, and an odd ship crashed almost hitting me, I climbed inside to get proof that humans did exist. And... And... I guess my memory still hasn't come back to me yet."

Getting a feel for the building she was in, it was clear the place was dilapidated, a small layer of dust covered almost everything, and on her leg was an odd device of some sort. Bringing it up closer Lyra wondered what it was, and when it turned on she backed her head away accidentally hitting the wall she was sitting by.

There was a lot of text she could not read because it went by too fast and it was in a language she didn't know. After the text passed by, a unicorn wearing some sort of odd jumpsuit appeared, it had a smile and seemed happy to be healthy.

"It doesn't seem to cause pain, so... It can't be all that bed... Right?" Lyra said to no one.

It was all so alien to her, what was she supposed to do with all this, the more Lyra learned the more questions popped up.

"Hopefully I will be home before anything gets worse... I hope," Lyra said trying not to break down.

Looking around Lyra saw a dirty bed, after doing some thorough test poking it was decided the bed was not going to kill her.

"I think it would be best to continue this at night when the heat wouldn't kill me. And besides, I can find my way home with the stars," Lyra stated with a smile.

After getting ready she got in bed and with difficulty going to sleep, she fell into the realm of dreams, though she had no dreams or nightmares.

After waking up Lyra looked out the dirty window and saw the sun had set and the night had taken over. Stretching like a cat, Lyra left the gas station and got ready to read the stars. One of the classes Lyra was good at was, map and star reading, she prided herself that no matter where she was on Equis she could always find home. It was going to be a cakewalk for the mare, but what she didn't know was it would take more than star reading to get home. Walking outside she got ready to find her home, but what she found shocked her to her core.

"W-wait, w-w-where is it, they're gone, it's all gone," Lyra whispered to herself in pure fear.

Looking to the right, looking to the left, everywhere she looked in the foreign sky was the same. Three options came to the frightened unicorn, 1 she was in the far past, 2 she was dead, and 3 she was in a whole other world. No matter which one it was Lyra knew she would never be able to get back home, all the hope she had carried crumbled into dust. With the revelation that it was her fault for getting into the mess she was in, Lyra fell to the ground and started to cry.

Down the road came three giant radscorpions on the hunt, after getting close to the gas station the crying got their attention. Walking over the scorpions saw the pony, seeing a chance to get something to eat the scorpions charged the mare.

Lyra was still in shock she was in this predicament, and all the hope she had of getting home seemed lost. As Lyra got up she heard clicking from behind her, turning around she saw there were three very large scorpions charging her with stingers poised to strike. With the fear of death starting to kick in her mind, she ran the opposite way, and the scorpions gave chase. Lyra was more scared in her life than she had been before, first being teleported to a whole new world was hard enough, but now she was being hunted like an animal.

It was hard for the mare to tell how long she ran but a few minutes passed and she had never run this much before.

"I can't... Keep this up... I need... A place to hide!" Lyra thought in panic.

In the distance was a wooden shack, it seemed to be on its last days but Lyra didn't care. Grabbing the door Lyra nearly ripped the door off the hinges when she opened it. Slamming the door she looked around and grabbed metal shelves with her magic and stacked them against the door. After hiding behind a counter Lyra heard the sound of something trying to bash the door down, closing her eyes she hoped it would be enough to keep the scorpions out. After a minute of the door bashing it stopped, Lyra opened her eyes hoping the scorpions got bored and left.

Taking time to slow her breathing she calmed down the chase made her work up a sweat, and her coat felt dirty. Seeing a window above the door she made her way over climbing on her makeshift barricade, Lyra looked out, and to her shock and horror, the scorpions were waiting outside.

"Why don't they just leave, are they really going to wait for me to come out?" Lyra said to herself.

Walking back to the counter she saw a bed mattress that she didn't notice before, it was a shock to the pony.

"Why is this here? This place looks like a store, so why is this here?" Lyra asked no one.

And as more questions made their way out the rush of adrenaline wore off and Lyra had to put in a good amount of concentration just to stand and not fall. The run with using a good amount of her magic in a short time had put a large strain on her stamina. Walking over to the bed she lay down ready for sleep.

Lyra was walking through a field of something, she could not tell due to there being dense fog covering everything. It was almost pitch black, the moon being the only light source in the realm of the unknown.

Water was clinging to Lyra's coat, and for some reason, she could hear somepony talking but it was as if they tried to talk underwater.

Looking around she found nopony and yet she had the feeling something was watching her. Up in the sky on the moon was the outline of Princess Luna, only after hours of looking in the dream realm she found the lost pony. When she tried to enter something stopped her, and all her magic meant nothing to the barrier.

"At least I was able to find her, I need to inform sister of this... That is if Bon Bon hasn't already beaten her to a pulp," Luna thought.

~~Flashback~~

When Bon Bon was told of what happened she was in such an angry state when Celestia tried to give words of comfort to the mare it went wrong. Let's just say If it was not for the others, Celestia would have been sent to the hospital on a stretcher. For multiple broken bones and other things, the only thing that happened was the eldest alicorn getting a broken muzzle.

Luna was angry at Bon Bon but understood where the anger came from, and was disappointed Celestia had let her fighting skills fall so much.

~~End of flashback~~

It seemed whatever it was keeping her out would not yield to her so she would have to try other methods another time.

Waking from the night Lyra saw she was again in the strange world, it was starting to get bright out showing the pony the night was ending and soon. Taking a chance she walked over to the window over the door and to her relief, the scorpions had left.

It was dangerous to walk at night, and it was the same at day in many ways it was like the Everfree forest. But At least she could see better if she was attacked better in the day. Taking a deep breath she left the building/house to find Ponykind.

[End of part 2]

Smack.

Crack.

Crash!

Wack!

BOOM!

Flenching from the sound of something crashing through the wall behind him the Writer turned to find a mass of pink in his face with two big blue eyes looking back.

"Oh oh oh, hello Mister Auther, is this a story where I and my friends go to earth and fight bad guys off and save the day?!" Pinky Pie asked with excitement.

The Writer confused that Pinky Pie was there asked, "Uh, Pinky how are you here?"

"Silly filly I walked through that door over there," Pinky answered while pointing at a destroyed wall and a poorly hidden sledgehammer.

"First... That is a hole, and no this is not a main six story," The Writer answered.

"Aww, well ok, But here's a cupcake, I hope we can be the best of friends!" Pinky said with her iconic smile.

Zooming out the wall, it reformed and it said fourth wall, Taking a bite of the treat the Writer continued to write this story.

"Pinky is really the best cake maker ever," said the Writer eating the lemon cupcake with a smile of his own.