Stable 17. The only of its kind, not for what it was built to do but for whom it was built for.

This unique stable housed the only remaining population of ponies who resided in the lush forests of Transylvania:

Thestrals – more commonly known as 'bat ponies' by the other races of Equestria – were a nocturnal race of ponies who sported fangs, leathery wings, and yellow cat-like eyes. Historically these ponies were shunned by their daytime-loving neighbors and forced to keep to themselves. This all changed under the reign of Princess Luna and a brief chance was given for them to preserve their future. They were given one Stable to protect themselves from the inevitable.

Transylvania was blissfully spared by the balefire that consumed Equestria. Though no bomb fell in the region, the destructive magical radiation from the bombings still seeped across the mountains and tainted the forests, leaving few alive and bathing the once teaming forests with a haunting silence. Those who survived holed themselves within their protective ring of mountains, never daring to explore the wastes that lay beyond.

My name is Midnight Wind. I grew up within the confines of Stable 17 where I was certain I would live peacefully and die peacefully, all alone as an outcast among my people. See, I was born among my thestral kind but for some reason or another, I popped out of the womb as half a pegasus. Maybe it was genetics, maybe it was destiny, all it did was make my life miserable.

Things got worse when the Overmare learned that I was elected to take her position. I was forced to leave the stable, finding myself stuck in Transylvania. I had no supplies, no friends, and no knowledge of the new world around me. With a grievous wound received upon my escape, my life was sure to end quickly.

Well, my life would have ended if it wasn't for another pony who was exiled with me; none other than the Overmare's own sister, Scarlet Rose. A mare who seemed to blame all of her woes on me.

Things would only continue to spiral for me as I became plagued with visions and dreams of another era. Stories of alicorns, wars, and the fate of thestrals on the brink of disaster.

Night by night, secrets tucked away within the forested overgrowth of Transylvania reveal themselves. Scarlet and I not only had to overcome our own differences, but together we would soon be tasked to protect the sovereignty of Transylvania. Maybe even the very existence of our dying thestral race.

Huge-normous thanks to Kkat for creating the world of Fallout Equestria!

Thanks to all of you crazies who stuck around for this story to revive itself. Seriously.

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