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// Chapter 3: The Battle 
// Story: Fallout Equestria: Lost Friends Make War Harder 
// by Beatboxing Brony 
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 I wake to the sound of gunshots.
It hurts my eardrums to listen. Then, I hear....
"Beatboxing get down! It's the raiders!" Black Monsoon yells.
With out thinking I duck under a nearby table. Then I hear yelling. A shotgun falls next to me. I cringe when it lands, half expecting it to go off when it hit the ground. Then, I realize if I take it, I'll be able to help Black. Then, I jump out from under the table and grab the gun and blast the pony next to me away. Thank Celestia it wasn't Black. It was a pony I had never seen before. His mane was matted to his neck with blood and sweat. His coat was filthy and his cutie mark was a shotgun dispensing a bullet after reloading. I was horrified when I saw the scene. This gut was burst with his blood poring onto the floor. I gagged.
"How did you do that?!?! My first kill was a day after I arrived! Even then, I hesitated before pulling the trigger!" He asks.
"I-I-I d-don't know," I say still in shock.
"Well, thanks for saving my plot. I owe you one," He says, "But I think it's time we leave this castle. Don't you?".
"Hell yeah!" I say as we start to trot out of the castle. When we get outside I turn around I get a good look at it. It had a light blue base that had the design of a tree. At the top it was mostly purple yet damaged. It seemed at least 200 years old. When we looked ahead we saw a exploded tree. We couldn't tell if had exploded before the war or during it. We had encountered a few raiders along the way but nothing serious enough to hurt us much. Nothing but scrapes and bruises. We've made it out okay and are ready to look a home. But, before we can get ready to camp for the day, we see another pony. He seems to be in distress.
"Hey! Need any help!?" I ask.
"Run! The bots are coming!" the mysterious pony says running between us.
"We look the way the pony was coming from. There were robots running toward us. Oh shit.