The Start of Something

Terra:Pleasant Hills

In the once beautiful city of Pleasant Hills there was a man crawling through the air vents of a brocken down office complex. He wore a faded orange jacket, brown cargo pants, and he had a brown gas mask draped around his neck.

Felix, for the ninth time that day found himself wondering what he could have possibly done to deserve his luck.

"Oh Felix you should come with us to Pleasant Hills they said, there's lots of valuable stuff there they said, its only a couple of mutants they said, there's no harm in just a quick look they said, well now everyone's dead." He grunted out as he trudged along.  "This is definitely not my greatest moment. Well at least now I can say I survived a trip into a mutant city, although it would be overshadowed by the fact that I was actually stupid enough to go into a mutant city. It's a good thing that these vents are so big, I don't think I could survive if I tried to get out of the building any other way. But why would an above ground office complex need vents like this?"

As Felix continued to crawl through the vents he found a small hole in the vent leading outside, and he noticed the sun was going down and the mutants were starting to leave. He waited for about 30 minutes and then he quietly lowered himself to the ground. Looking around and, seeing no mutants he slowly inched his way towards the stairs of the building. He was a mere two feet from the door when it swung open and right on the other side was a mutant.

For a moment all was silent as the two stared at each other. Then the mutant let out a growl and charged towards Felix who had already pulled out his gun, but a moment too late. The mutant tackled him to the ground, knocking his gun away, and pulled out a knife, then plunged it down towards Felix who grabbed the knife and pushed it back towards the mutant but with its superior strength the mutant was having little trouble. Felix then placed his foot on the mutants chest and kicked it away while he kept his grip on the knife, surprised the mutant lost its grip on the knife and was kicked away. Felix with the knife in hand lunged at the mutant and brought the knife down at the monsters head, but it caught the knife and twisted it. Felix dropped the knife and then the mutant tried to stab Felix in the heart, but he blocked it and got a large cut on his arm. Finally Felix grabbed the knife out of its hand and stabbed it in the arm, the mutant jumped back and clutched its wounded arm. Felix turned, located his gun and retrieved it. As he turned he saw the mutant charging him, with no hope of blocking it he shot twice, to his fortune one of the bullets hit the mutant in the head killing it. The sound of gunfire spread through the building.

Suddenly the whole building was filled with inhuman screams as more mutants, awakened by the gun shot converged on Felix's location, their cries serving to alert more and more of their brethren to to their next would be meal. Thinking fast Felix retreated back into the vents, the one place mutants would never be smart enough to check. As he continued on his way the vents he was in started to lead down, seeing no other choice he went down with them. He eventually found himself in the lobby, and then outside. After a few minutes he was in a suburban area where he found an empty house to stay the night, after tearing up some clean bed sheets to use as gauze he found a dark corner and laid down, the last thing he said was.

"This day could not possibly get worse."

Equestria: Outskirts of Tall Tale

It was night in the beautiful city of Tall Tale and all the ponies were up to witness the Summer Sun Celebration, from inside because of a heavy rain. For most it was a time of happiness and celebration with their families. But in the outskirts of the city there was one pegasus pony foal who sat on a park bench.

Her coat was a dark shade of blue and her mane was a lighter shade of the same color. She was alone outside but it didn't bother her, she had been going outside at this time for the week. She had stopped crying and simply sat there staring at a small trinket necklace flipping it open and closed. Inside was a picture of herself and two older ponies, her parents. Engraved on one side of the locket were the words.

Even though we're far apart we love you dearly with all our hearts.

A small smile appeared  across her face but quickly vanished. Why won't they come back home? For a moment her mind flashed back to one thing her father once said to her.

"Lightning Gem, you remember that little trinket me and your mother gave you?" He asked.

"Yes I still have it see?" She said holding it up to her father.

"Good now listen this is a very special necklace. If you ever feel like something is wrong and you need help just use it to make a wish, alright?" He said.

"Okay dad." She said smiling up at him. "I'll be sure to save it."

Her mind then snapped forward to just a week ago.

Lightning Gem had been sitting at home on the day her parents were to arrive waiting for them, when she heard a knock she bolted to the door, threw it open and tackled the leg of the pony at the door. When she looked up she was shocked to find that the leg belonged to neither of her parents but to some pony she didn't know. After realizing her mistake she jumped off his leg and grinned nervously while rubbing the back of her head with her hoof.

"Um heh sorry about that. I thought you were my parents." Lightning Gem said.

"It's no problem." Said the older pony. "Actually that's why I'm here, you see your parents will not be returning home for a little while."

Lightning Gem looked back at him and asked. "Why? Where are they? When will they be back? Did they send a letter?" Her barrage of questions was stopped when the older pony shushed her.

"Don't worry you'll see them again you just have to wait, in the meantime I can arrange for you to stay at new home with lots of other little colts and fillies while you wait. Doesn't that sound fun?" The stallion asked.

"But Mom and Dad said to never leave the house with strangers." Lightning Gem said.

"Then can I at least arrange for you to stay with your grand parent for the time being?" The stallion asked in a pleading manner.

"Well all right but just until mom and dad get back." Lightning Gem.

Lightning Gem stopped and sighed, she suddenly felt tired and didn't feel like she was going to make it home. So she walked under a nearby tree, laid down, and went to sleep...