Damn, it has been a long time since I had my beauty sleep. After I left Vault 13, I had always nightmares, from what happened. Cathedral.....Master....Super Mutants......these things were inside of my head, haunting me. Overseer....throwing me out....."Being too different." he says......
But now, I wasn't there anymore. I wasn't at the wasteland. The all changed in one night, like the blink of the eye.
I slept that night in a rundown, abandoned house. Now, I was standing in the middle of some small arc; and you wouldn't believe it, but the trees were full of leaves. I stood up and took a closer look, and the trees had apples hanging from their branches. I grabbed one and took a bite. It was fresh and juicy; best of all it didn't have any rads in it. I smiled, but then started to think about what I'd do. I was in the middle of nowhere; it would be impossible for me to find my way back to Southern California.
Then I was startled when I heard someone's footsteps echoing nearby. Immediately, I grabbed my 10mm pistol and pointed to the barrel at the source of the sound. When the creature stepped out from the shadows, it didn't appear to be hostile. I sheated my pistol and took a closer look to the creature.
It looked like a baby horse, but it was too small to be even that. It had a light-yellow coat and light-red mane; and strangely enough, it had a large pink ribbon in its mane. After it saw me, it started to back away, staring me like I had the first time I saw the super mutants.
"M-monster!" It screamed and ran away.
Okay, this was strange. It'd just talked. I mean she; she had a voice of a little girl. Regardless of her gender, I quickly ran towards her. If she would yell to the others of her kind that I'm a monster, they all would immediately become hostile towards me.
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Applebloom ran fast as her hooves could carry her. She had never seen any kind of monster like that. It was walking on 2 hooves and was wearing so many clothes, and that metal thing that it pointed at her... She couldn't even think about what it would do. She needed get to her big sister to tell her about it. She turned her head and saw that it was running towards her. Applebloom increased her speed, making sure that she would get to safety before it could capture her. As she ran to the left side of the barn, she crashed into her sister.
"Watch it there, Applebloom. Ya'll look like yer tail's on fire." Applejack said.
"Applejack! There's a big scary monster just around that corner." Applebloom cried.
Applejack took a careful look and saw it running towards towards them. Applejack readied her hooves to give it a big kick on its chest.
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I saw her disappear behind the barn. Oddly enough, the barn wasn't abandoned or destroyed. It was just a normal barn. I wondered how this species has avoided the Great War. Anyways, I walked around the corner, and-
THUMP!
I went flying back a few meters before I impacted the ground. The pain in my stomach was horrifying. It was same as getting hit with a sledgehammer. I tried to stand up, but the pain made me stay on the ground. Luckily no crippling limbs this time. The one who kicked me put its front legs on my chest and stared into my eyes.
It was another horse (I still don't think that "horse" is the right word, their heads are too big) and it was wearing a cowboy hat! It had a yellow mane and an orange coat; and like the first one, she was feminine. I wonder where all the males are? Or better yet, any humans?
"Did ya tried to take mah little sister?" She asked me. Now was my a chance to speak to someone.
"First of all, I wasn't trying to do that and second, i-"
"So ya can speak after all! Who are ya and what are ya doing here?"
"I could ask the same about you, too."
It was an awkward silence between us, but when I tried to speak first, she started talking.
"Applebloom. Get back inside the house." She said to her sister who willingly went inside the house near the barn.
"And as for ya ah gotta bring ya to Twilight Sparkle." She said, offering her front leg which I used to pull myself up. After that, she demanded that I follow her, and I did. I wouldn't want to make her angry at me, 'cause no one else would listen to me.
After a moment of walking, my stomach started hurt again. The mare looked at me as I struggled along while attempting to ease the pain.
"Hope ah didn't broke any of ya'll limbs" She said awkwardly.
"No, it's not that. Hurts a lot, though."
"A'hm sorry, mister. Mah sister said you're a monster and well ah had to protect the little fella." While she was saying this, I took a Stimpak to heal my wounds.
"What the hay is that?!" She asked, really confused.
"Relax. This is Stimpak and to tell it simple; it heals the wounds."
"Ok.........so, what are ya?"
"I'm human. Haven't seen any other humans? Cause you sure seem to talk like us."
"Nope. A'hm Applejack, by the way." She said and offered a hoof. I grabbed to it and she shook it.
"So what's yer name?" She asked after she let go of my hand.
"Vault Dweller, Wanderer, just pick which one you'll use." I informed her.
"That ain't a real name for anypony." She replied.
So they're ponies. But that's great; the entire land must be full of ponies.
"But that is your choice; either call me Vault Dweller or Wanderer." I said to her.
"Ah choose Wanderer." Applejack smiled. I smiled too.
We arrived to the edge of a little town. When I entered the town, it kinda reminded me of Necropolis: 'The City of the Dead', except not every building was broken. I wondered where everybody was, but, then again, I couldn't care less. I wanted information, not friends.
"Ah hope ya don't bring a trouble here. Everypony seems to scare ya already." Applejack stated.
"Don't worry. I'll prove them, that i'm not a threath. But you said something about a pony called Twilight."
"Ah yes! She would love to know more about ya. Follow mah trail." she started to walk a little faster and i followed her.
A few buildings later we came to a house, that was a tree. I'm not kidding. The treehouse. I felt little uneasy, but i stepped toward the door.