Chapter 1. A Different Time
Prologue: After everything he had done for them and for her. The lone wanderer felt betrayed by everything and by everyone. He had gained a reputation among the wastes. They called him a paragon some even called him a saint sent from heaven to cleanse the wasteland of evil. But something changed in him after he went back to that vault something snapped. He had never wished harm on anyone not even the overseer after he had Jonas killed. Even going as far as sparing his life. But that was a different time before it all happened.
The lone wanderer sat in his home in Megaton. A gift from the local sheriff for disarming a atomic bomb that was located in the middle of the town. A stupid mistake he thought to himself letting this pathetic town continue to exist. A man named burke had offered him 500 caps more than what the sheriff was paying and a home in tenpenny tower. "i should have taken it" he thought to himself. A stupid mistake that he made back when he was ignorant to the world. back when he thought the wasteland could be fixed by good deeds and happiness. Then i made the mistake of helping that bitch Amata he thought to himself.
He had always loved her. ever since his birthday party when he was ten years old. By the time he was nineteen they had been dating for 9 years. Their relationship a secret due to her father's position as overseer. And because of the overseers strange distrust of the wanderer and his father James. When he was forced to leave the vault Amata had even helped him escape defying her own father. But yet again that was a different time. After that he wandered the wasteland seeking out his father and helping people across the wastes. Then he received a signal on his pip boy as he awoke one morning in his house in Megaton.
It was from Amata. he was shocked he had thought he would never hear or see her again. She requested his help in setting the vault straight. "And like a fool" he thought "i rushed right to their rescue". Maybe it was because of the lose of his dog Dog meat his only true friend in this wasteland. killed in a super mutant ambush when they were exploring the ruins of dc and he let his guard down. Or maybe because he had let his emotions get the better of him. He went back to that vault and did everything Amata asked of him. he convinced the overseer to step down and open the vault and named Amata as the new overseer. The lone wanderer thought he could finally return to his home. This was not the case Amata quickly told him about how grateful she was for all the help he had been. but then she said something that shook the wanderer to his very core. "you're a hero…. and you have to leave".