//------------------------------// // 9 Radioactive // Story: Hard Landing // by Flash_Game //------------------------------// Chapter 9 Radioactive I woke up feeling better, as I open my eyes and look around, I notice I'm in the library. I look at my status on the pip-boy, "84 out of 120 HP, that's not good. I should be at 100%, I slept!" I get up and walk out the door, and down the stairs into the main room. I walk out the library and look at the dark sky, as I look down I see the wall where I got flung to after fighting with-Shit, where's Rick? But what about Nightmare Moon? I look at the time on the pip-boy, 6:09 AM, they should be in the forest now. OK, I've got time I turn back and enter the library and start looking for Rick. I head to the upstairs area first, looking in the main room, bathroom, Hey, you never know, kitchen and guest room, I get the feeling this place might be a tardis. It's just too big for how it looks outside, Rick was not up here, I go downstairs and look around for a basement door. I find a door under the stairs, assuming that's the basement, I try to open it, Locked, damn, I look at the time again, 6:23 AM, I need to go, fuck! I head out the door, directing myself towards the Everfree. Running for almost an hour, without stoping, through a forest is bad enough when you almost fall of a cliff, but even worse when you realise you should've had a gun drawn while being chased by a freaking manticore. Anyways, in case you couldn't tell, I got away. "This better be safe," Thinking back now, the six of them got over it, right? So, with one of me... I take the first step, and then another. Too Many Baby Steps Later I'm half way now, don't slip- "Twilight!!" Oh shit! Don't scare me like that!! ... Wait, that means Nightmare Moon has the elements and Twilight! I start to go as fast as I can across the bridge (still pretty slow as the thing fucking swings so much) As I step on solid ground, I catch a glimpse of orange going into a tower to my 1 o'clock, so I follow it. I climb the steps, slowing down as to not give away my position. near the top I hear the echoed voice of Twilight "...when those elements are ignited by the...the spark..." I'm missing it!! "...that resides in the hearts of us all. It creates the sixth element..." Come on!! Almost there "The Element of..." Pause for dramatic effect "...MAGIC" I hear the energy charging up, I'll use that as cover. I really want to see what Nightmare Moon looks like, I reach the door way and the geiger counter on the pip-boy distracts me for a second. When I look back the rainbow is already on it's way to Nightmare Moon. Six figures floating within the source of the rainbow. Nightmare Moon looks awesome, if I'm being honest. A 'light' version of a fantasy black knight armour, minus the face plate, with the creasent moon crest on the chestplate really complementing the look. Very much an epic look "NOOOOOOOOOO!!" That wasn't as loud as I expected it to be... Nightmare Moon then follows with what appears to be... pained wailing? I guess? Then the mane six start to glow white really brightly. I take this chance and move closer, hiding behind a broken pillar to the right. The light starts to subside, You know what? I'mma change history As I get closer, I finally get a good look at the ponies. Rainbow Dash rocking some sweat pants and a light blue sports shirt. Rarity styling it up with a white, sparkly blouse and balck jeans. Pinkie Pie going casual with a pink t-shirt and blue jeans. Applejack ready for work with a plaid shirt and some worn jeans. Fluttershy adorably wearing a yellow summer dress "Nice light show. Worthy of a rave," I walk out of my hiding spot, This is going to be interesting, all their heads turn to face me "Who the hay are you?" Applejack glaring directly at me "What are you?" Rainbow Dash looks at me confused "Luis, how long have you been following us?" Twilight is quizzical "Well, not that long actually. I mean like I only got to see the rainbow magic," That activated the geiger counter... maybe it was Nightmare Moon's dark magic... "Oh thank goodness!" And that's Rarity looking at her tail in pleasure. Of course... "Oh why Rarity it's so lovely" "I'll never part with it again!" Right. Stephen Magnet... "No. You're necklace" "How about we stop worring about fashion and take care of the important stuff?" I wait for a response, but they're all looking are their new apparel "Like, you know, where you Princess is?" I try to sound as condesending as possible, Nothing??? Really? "Gee, Twilight, Ah though' your were jus' spoutin' alotta hooey. But Ah reckon we really do represent the elements of friendship" You. Have. To. Be. Kidding... They're ignoring me! "Indeed, you do," we all look to where the celestial voice of Celestia came from, out the window at the rising sun. A shimmer comes from the sun and materializes in front of us. In a flash of white light my mom, I'l call her Celestia outside my speech or thought, just for you readers I guess, appears, chin held high Twilight gasps, "Princess Celestia!" she says as she walks to her "Twilight Sparkle, my faithful student," Celestia then gives Twilight a hug Now I want a hug. Weird I just get closer and with a wave go like, "Hi mom!" Celestia extends her arm towards me as in saying 'come here', so I do "MOM??!" That was everyone else just shouting in surprise ...thought it'd be louder... "Luis, my loving son," She tightens her hug around me, This is getting awkward... "Stop it, you're embarrassing me," My face becomes warm with an evident blush, adorned with a stupid grin "I knew you could do it," Celestia says at Twilight, then looks at me, "Both of you" "But you told me it was just an old pony tale" "I told you that you needed to make some friends" "And I didn't exactly do anything, if at all" "You did find your friend, did you not?" "Well, yeah but-" At this point Celestia lets go of both me and Twilight. Then she spins me around, hand on my shoulders, and stares into my eyes "No but's," she lets go of my shoulders, allowing me to look at everyone. But soon Celestia places her hand on my furthest-from-her shoulder in a psudo hug. She then glances to everyone else, who appear to be vowing since Celestia appeared but are now standing upright, and then back to Twilight, "I knew it was you who had the magic inside to defeat Nightmare Moon. But you could not unleashe it alone," She turns her gaze to everyone, "You needed true friendship enter you heart," The six ponies, now the elements of harmony, exchange glances. "Now if another will, as well..." Celestia turns to face where Nightmare Moon was, letting go of me, and starts to walk toward the other alicorn Where Nightmare Moon was, now lies pieces of broken armour as well as Princess Luna lying on the floor. She appears to be waking up. Luna didn't quite look powerful at the moment. She was small, even shorter than me, but still very much above average. Still, the blue-ish onyx bracelets, neckpiece and crown complemented her... dress?Royal gown maybe? Nope, definitely a dress. Her regalia complemented her blue dress very nicely "Princess Luna," Luna basically jumps awake with a gasp with fear in her gaze to Celestia, "It's been a thousand years since I have seen you like this," Celstia kneels infront of Luna, who now lowers her head and closes her eyes, "Time to put our differences behind us," Luna then looks at Celestia, "We were meant to rule together, little sister" "SISTER?!" I can believe everyone else not knowing, but Twilight? She should have at least read something of the sort... Why am I surprised? I watched this happen already! "Will you accept my friendship?" Celestia Stands up as Luna looks away again Right now they want to hear a response so badly that Fluttershy is flying and Rainbow Dash is on the ground... wow... "Whoa!" And Pinkie leaned too much and- I know this!! "I'm so sorry," Luna immediately stands up and hugs Celestia, "I missed you so much, big sister," Can we just skip this? I'm just re-telling the ending of the pilot Apparently we can... Cool! Anyways, after the whole reunion thing Pinkie was just like 'party this' and 'party that' the whole way back, ughh. Celestia introduced me to Luna, who's all like 'thou' and ancient-y in her speach patterns. We exited the forrest and I was feeling like I was forgetting something, then Twilight questioned why we didn't just teleport to town. This caused me to remember the geiger counter activating so I looked at my pip-boy, specifically at the rad meter it has beside the screen and saw the needle bouncing somewhere in between 2 and 4. I then looked at my health and it was at 80 now, even thought I never took damage and it hit me, in the later fallout games your max health is reduced by radion damage. But this world has no nuclear weapons. Yet, the magic did activate the geiger counter, so radiation is magic... and I got hit when fighting- "Rick!!" I sart to run as fast as my legs can take me to the library in the other side of town, I know everyone is calling for me but I don't care right now Rick... don't die