Fallout Equestria: Eclipse

Oh, how my poor child cries. Calm her stormy heart with a song straight from heaven.

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Sprite awoke in a hard, stone floor. Her sides hurt from laying on some stray gravel. She nearly called for her mother, but remembered the events of last night. She rubbed her eye with a black-tipped hoof.

"She was right... that alicorn was right. Why was she right?!" She howled in pain. "Why are you right?!"

Her chest hurt, weighted down with the heaviness of her heart. All she wanted was her mother... just a piece of her. Then she remembered the PipBuck on her hoof. She pulled the hoof it resided on close and looked at it, flipping through it. It was pretty much empty, except for something, something that intrigued Sprite. There was a note loaded onto it.

Dearest daughter Sprite,

if I have given this to you, know you are ready to go on your own. I don't want to give it to you, but every mother must let her children go sometime.

This was once my PipBuck, and it is now yours. It was tradition in the Stable I grew up in to give one to a foal when they gain their cutie mark. Fret not, dearest, as I am sure you shall your cutie mark by the time you receive this.

No matter where you go, know that I love you, my dearest one. My little Sprite.

Forever yours,

Mother.

Sprite really did cry. This... this was meant for when she was older, when she had a cutie mark. Now her mother would never see what it would be. She bit her lower lip in an effort

not to cry. She took a deep breath, she knew she'd die if she stayed here moping. She stood up shakily, she took nervous steps towards the cave's exit.

"Be brave, little Sprite. You are stronger than you think." Her mother's calm voice echoing in her ear. She stood tall and galloped outside. The sun burned her eyes, which had been accustomed to the dark. She squeezed them shut and kept running. Not home, no, they may still be there. The ones who killed her mother. Rage spread through her like wildfire. It took everything she had not to run back and avenge her mother. No, she'd wait. She'd know who they were, she'd know...

She skidded to a stop, suddenly realizing the seriousness of her situation. She was a lone foal with literally nothing on her but her mother's PipBuck. No bottlecaps, no water, no food, no means of defending herself. She cursed under her breath and she consulted her PipBuck once more. Her mom must have had maps on here somewhere...

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Eclipse looked around, thoroughly confused. She looked at her hoof as if it was the most fascinating thing in the world. When she averted her gaze, looking around again, she realized she was in the middle of a desert, a brown cloak beside her as if she had kicked it off. She stood up, desperately trying to remember something, anything. Let's see... breathing, check. Basic grammar,

"Check," So is walking. What was she forgetting? Herself... something about herself. She looked at her sides. She had wings, and by touching her head, she learned she also had a horn. She looked farther down to her flank. There was a lunar eclipse... a picture of a lunar eclipse on her flank...

No, something was still missing. What was it? She shook her head, a small headache coming on. Eclipse shook herself out like a dog and started trotting in no general direction. She'd be bound to meet up with somepony soon, correct? On normal circumstances, she would die, but what would be the point of writing this she died? No, our Eclipse doesn't die here, her journey has only just begun.

Her mouth opened, and a calming song came out. She sang it, making up her own lyrics, unaware if it was really a song, or had lyrics of it's own. Somepony heard her song, though. She turned around slowly as she felt somepony behind her.

"My name is Sprite. Are YOU my guardian angel?"