This is my first Fan fiction of any kind. Please feel free to comment, feedback, and share your love for the game as well. SPOILER ALERT ** this does have spoilers from Fallout 4. So if you haven't completed the main story line or the side quest, turn away now. You have been warned. **

~ I do not own these characters and come dialog is citied from Fallout 4 (If I did, this wouldn't be a fan fic) ~

Edited: I had to go back correct a few things. (sorry!) I didn't realize how many typos I did.

The Birth of the Accidental Hero

Gracie stood there feeling the sting of the air filling her lungs, as she shielded her eyes from the brightness of the sun. It took a few minutes to adjust to the natural light and took even longer for her to grasp the magnitude of the situation of what she was looking at. Her breath caught up in her throat as she look down at her once thriving little community, a strong body neighborhood with a collective of different people. Most of them she knew very well and every so often would go over to play cards or have dinner with them.

Now they were gone, everyone, everything and left was the remains of ruins of homes, dead trees and later she would discover more skeletons. The echoes of the past gut punching her and a flood of harsh reality drowning her to the point of suffocation. The air was stuck in her throat of a very long time and tears races down her pale cold cheek. "Everything is gone. Nate, Shaun. Everyone." She whispered to herself.

The survivor tried to have a glimmer of hope that maybe she would wake up, but her body that was still warming up from a frozen slumber felt like thousands of needles were pricking her as she took step. She hissed slightly and then clenched her teeth down. "Nate." Her slender fingers brushed her golden copper hair back behind her ear and squinted her eyes scanning the area carefully before descending down to the ruins below to see if there was any clues or other survivors.

The walk down made her feel like there was no possible way there was anyone here. All that was left was scorched skeletons lying where once stood people she had ran past with Nate and Shaun. The earth was dry and looked like the nutrients was drained out of it a long time ago. This was hell on earth, her personal hell and she had to travel through it alone, or that is was she assumed as she mentally prepared herself when she started to make a turn towards her former home.

Something silver was gliding over the front of the yard, mimicking gardening. It was a Mr. Handy that was slightly dented, rusted in some areas but still functioning. "C... Codsworth?" the very name made the metallic loner turn around. "Mum?" His oculars adjusted and whizzed over to her, if he could I am sure he would had attempted to hug her. "As I breathe and live!" he stated floating there gazing at his mistress. She couldn't help but breath in a sigh of relief feeling some link now to this reality.

Gracie talked to Codsworth, he informed her in best way possible with humor that it 210 years in the future. It wasn't enough she lost her husband and child. But now there was a new factor to consider that her son maybe gone forever. Codsworth however gave her a hope and made her realize if this rust bucket can have determination and optimism about finding her son in this neighborhood, then she should suck it up and do the same. After a day of realizing things were not as normal as her past, such as giant roaches, flies and ill tasting water. She had to come up with a plan before venturing out unprepared.

She rummaged around Sanctuary Hills and gathered everything to one location to inventory. Codsworth helped as well with collecting things and helping her patch up part of a roof and dragging a mattress so she could get rest. Gracie was still shaken up though and needed to focus as much as possible on her goals. "If only Dad could see me know." she laughed to herself as she was remind how her father kept taking her out on camping trips with her mother and doing the hardcore survival tactics, like foraging for food, to making a makeshift home, even her mother would get into it with first aid stuff and teach her about certain plants and barks and how they can help infections, heart attack and hygiene for teeth. Well at least she would have the healthiest teeth in the commonwealth she thought.

"Mum, perhaps you should lay down for a little while. I will watch over you. I may not be a Mr. Gutsy but I can certainly hold my own." Gracie looked up at him and offered him a sluggish smile and rubbed her eyes slightly. "Yeah, I think you might be right Codsworth. Just wish… "She paused and looked at her Pip Boy and looked to see if there was a radio frequency. "Mum? What are you doing?" Codworth moved closer wondering if something was amiss." She shook her head and saw an active radio station. She fumbled with her finger and tuned in and it was as if magic happened. An insecure voice came in clear. "Since this station doesn't make any money... Well... Ah... My good friends in Diamond city have helped by donating." She felt anxious and looked at her metal friend and held up her wrist with her pip boy on it. "Looks like Diamond City is a good lead!" Her hazel eyes gleamed with hope and a few tears slipped past her cheek. "Let me see what we have for clothing and weapons. I really don't want to run into more of those bugs unprepared. "Codsworth only bobbed and turned around, if he had shoulders I am sure they would have slumped or shrugged after his failed attempt in convincing her to sleep.

It was several hours later, maybe even a day later, who knew at this point because everything started to blur together. She had managed to collect things from all over the place. Even finding stashed of caps which confused her a lot until she realized from the radio that maybe this was currency? Which kind of disappointed her since she found a huge stash of money as well. She reached out for the brewed drink that Codsworth made her and wrinkled her nose slightly from the taste. She hoped this was safe for her to drink, but she trusted that he would have been aware what is safe and what wasn't. She had 4 guns on her now, cleaned, oiled and full of ammo, just in case she didn't have time to reload the first one. She worn a smug smile on her face remembering how Nate tried to impress her with his skills around guns, "Now I just need to field strip and put it back and I can go.." she had taking the gun apart quickly and start to inspect to make sure it was clean and no live ammo rounds. "I am not sure if I should be in Love or terrified that you know how to do that" Is what Nate told her giving her a sheepish smile. "Daddy's little girl has to be ready for anything." She snicker while rolling her eyes with a smirk. Nate knew her father was a retired Vet and was very much about his daughter understanding things and how to hold her own. But didn't realize the extent it went until they started to date. The best dates were on the gun range with his other friends and holding up Gracie's target and showing everything her tight cluster. "Yup this is my gal!" Well maybe second dot best dates. Besides the whole parking and pulling the top back and watching the stars and wondering if her father will kill her or him first.

She must had fallen asleep because suddenly she was back in her house with Nate sitting on the couch reading the paper. She slipped down next to him holding Shaun and cuddling next to him while they talked about Shaun's future. "I think he will be a Doctor. " Nate started stroking the top of Shaun's little noggin. "Oh you do?" She chuckled and nudged him lightly. Then outside the window a flash of light and then windows shattered. Without thought she threw herself over her Shaun and watched in terror as everything degenerated around her. "NO! OH GODS! NATE! SHAUN!?" Dripping with sweat, her heart was slamming into her rib cage as she started to scramble around. She stopped and as she heard Codsworth approaching her and trying to plead with her to calm down." Mum! Ms. Gracie! Please!" She looked at Codsworth and shook her head and held up a hand showing him she was ok. "So sorry, Codsworth. I guess it will be a while before I can sleep right again." Codsworth hovered around

She now understood how Nate and her father felt when they woke up in the middle of the night. The realization that what they must have gone through was now what she was facing. How long will this last? Shaking her head and running her fingers through her thick copper hair. "I think I am ready to head out and see if there are others out there that can help." And with that she started her way across the neighborhood and waving back to Codsworth. She would have asked him to come along but she felt he needed to start with the sight with all other things to make sure if there wasn't anyone she could go back and restock. What she didn't know is she would have to come back with more mouths to feed sans her son.