Hope is the faith of the young. Losing everything she holds dear, Puppysmiles embarks on the adventure of her life to find her mother, her hopes of meeting her again driving her through the horrors of a world not of her making. Too bad the Wastelands doesn't care about hope.

As Fen Runner dutifully worked on the ancestral farm, he glanced at the southern edge of his field with a feeling of unease. He wondered when that had started; that odd gut feeling that down there, in those caves, something horrible happened.

He gazed at the ancient wartime complex in the far distance, and hoped this didn't mean he would be the next victim of its curse.

This fanfiction is based on Fallout: Equestria by Kkat; a familiarity with the source material may aid your understanding. You can find Fallout: Equestria here on Equestria Daily, or here on FimFic.

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