Well, I recently listened to the entirety of the original Fallout: Equestria fanfic, and it was really good, so I thought I'd throw my proverbial hat into the ring.

So, lets see what happens when war comes to the Equestrian Wasteland once again.

Disclaimer: I don't own Fallout or My Little Pony: Friendship is magic.

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PROLOGUE:

THE END

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"Good morning Equestria, this is today's update on the war situation from your friends in the Ministry of Morale!"

In the magical land of Equestria, an age of peace and tranquility gave way to war over the dwindling resources between Equestria and the Zebra Empire. Princess Luna placed the six most trusted Mares in Equestria in charge of the six Ministries in order to keep the nation safe.

"The Zebras are on the run from our superior Pony forces, we have assurances from the highest levels of the Equestrian government that the war will soon be over. The Zebras won't stand a chance against the might of our Megaspells!"

Some Ponies who chose to believe that the war could be ended peacefully designed Megaspells, the strongest magic ever developed, it was believed that they would end the war once and for all. After all, we where the only side that could use them, so the war would end soon.

How little we knew...

"What's this... I'm getting a new report in now... by Celestia, there's been a detonation in Cloudsdale. More reports are coming in from the cities of Fillydelphia, Manehattan Neigh Orleans, and the outskirts of Splendid Valley. We're going to stay on the air long enough to... what's that, something's coming in... Cough, cough..."

The end of the world had come like we feared it would, the Zebras had built Megaspells and detonated them over our cities. But it was not, as so many had feared, the end of the world.

The Pegasi escaped into the skies and cut the ponies off from the sun. Many more Ponies and others survived in underground Stables, and over 200 years many Stables opened, revealing their secrets to the world.

The day of Sunshine and Rainbows came, ending the Enclave's grip on the sky, but not all scars can be healed so easily. Even today, war can come back to the land of Equestria easily.

And war, war never changes.

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FALLOUT EQUESTRIA:

WASTELAND JEWEL

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A FALLOUT/MY LITTLE PONY

CROSSOVER FANFICTION BY

RUIN QUEEN OF OBLIVION

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CHAPTER ONE:

JOURNEY

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Well, this is different, I admit I've never written before, let alone to everyone in Equestria, but Midnight suggested that my story should be told to everyone. After all, the history of Equestria needs to be preserved.

I might as well start by introducing myself, my name is Ruby Starlight, I'm a Unicorn Pony from Stable 26. If you're not familiar with the Stables, I'll elaborate.

200 years ago, during the Great War, Stable-tec built the Stables in order to keep Ponies safe from the coming apocalypse from megaspells. Stable 26 was one of the last to be inhabited, my ancestors barely avoiding the megaspell that hit their home city.

I was the first Pony to leave Stable 26, and this is the story of my adventure.

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I woke up one morning in Stable 26, it was the 205th year since the Stable Door was first closed, and today was one of the most important days in the Stable.

I looked in the mirror as I used my telekenesis to lift a brush and run it through my white mane as I examined myself in the mirror. My eye fell on my Cutie Mark, a short ended red cross with gold inlays and a white star in its center.

Like everpony else, I was born in Stable 26, which meant I was trained in many different skills, but it wasn't until my medical studies that I had excelled and received my cutie mark. I slid my Stable 26 jumpsuit and Pipbuck on and trotted out the door.

"Hey Ruby, are you on your way to work?" A pink furred Mare named Candy Cane who was my neighbor across the hall asked as she stepped outside.

"Yeah, well, you know how it is, the council wants everything running smoothly so we're all ready for the Choosing," I reply as we continue down the hallway. "What about you Candy, is the store going to be open today?"

"That's the plan," Candy says with a nod, she ran the Stable's candy store, obviously her parents weren't exactly the most creative ponies. "At least until this afternoon, you know how Councilmare Jade wants everyone there on time."

"We've been waiting 205 years, you'd think they could wait a few extra minutes," I said with a chuckle as we stepped into the Atrium. "See you at the Choosing?"

"Wouldn't miss it," Candy said as she trotted off and I headed to the clinic.

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"Is she going to be okay?" A little filly asked me as I worked the needle and thread with my telekenesis. "Please tell me she'll be okay."

"Don't worry, she'll be okay," I say with a smile to the filly as I continue the stiching. "Just promise me you'll be more careful okay?"

"I promise, Dr. Starlight," the filly says.

"Please, you can just call me Ruby," I say as I finish the stiching and hand the stuffed dragon to the filly.

"Thanks Ruby!" She said and galloped off happily with the dragon on her back.

I had to smile at that, I had always loved foals, and was always happy to help them out. Besides, today was a slow day in the clinic, so it was fine.

"That was nice of you, Ruby," the head medical pony Nightingale said with a smile as I trotted over to her. "You're the best assistant I've ever had."

"I'm the only assistant you've ever had," I say with a giggle as Nightingale rolls her eyes. "And it was nothing, heck she was probably the most cooperative patient I've had this week."

"So true," Nightingale chuckled. "Are you nervous about the Choosing?"

"Nah, the odds of being chosen are 1 in 500," I said as I shook my head. The Choosing was an event that the Stable had been preparing for, but no one had really thought the day would come until the Councilmares announced it.

Stable 26 was an unusual Stable when compared to the others, instead of having an Overmare, the first Stable Dwellers had been left to their own devices to decide how to govern. The Stable Council was elected by the Stable Dwellers once every few years, unless somepony was to die. The Choosing was a unique event that could only be called by the Council, and only when the time was right, exactly what it was no one was really sure, just that only one Stable Dweller was chosen.

"Well, I'm sure it'll be okay," Nightingale said with a smile. "Besides, what's the worst that could happen?"

In retrospect, maybe skipping the Choosing may have been a good idea, but I didn't know that at the time. My life was about to change, and I had no idea.

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"Inhabitants of Stable 26, report to the Atrium for the Choosing," the soft voice of the Councilmare Jade Skywing echoes over the PA system. It was 1400 hours and I trotted out of the clinic with Nightingale close behind me. The Atrium was crowded with the other ponies of Stable 26 who where talking amongst themselves.

"Hey Ruby, Ruby over here!" Candy called out to me as I trotted over to her. "What do you think is going on?"

"I don't know," I said with a shrug. "And I had Councilmare Creamy in the clinic just the other day, she wouldn't tell me and lots of ponies open up to their Doctors."

"That's weird," Candy said as she tilted her head in thought. "I just wish they'd tell us already, I hate the suspense!"

"Calm down Candy," I say, facehooving as the pink pony jumps in excitement. "You need to stop eating your own candy, you get way too hyper."

"Yeah, yeah, but I just want to know what's happening!" Candy said.

"Attention, attention everypony," a voice from the front of the room called out over speakers as the room goes quiet. Councilmare Jade Willow was an aging green furred mare who still commanded respect. "Is everyone here? Good, okay, you're probably all wondering what the Choosing is."

There was a whisper among the ponies, the feeling of anticipation was incredible, we had been wondering what was going on since it was first announced the previous week.

"The Choosing is something that this Stable has been working towards for over 200 years," Jade continued. "Stable 26 was built to see if Ponies not only could govern without the influence of Stable-tec, but also to see if such a society could thrive after the event of a Megaspell apocalypse."

Me and Candy exchanged glances, the fact that the Stable was built to self govern wasn't news, and we knew about the apocalypse, but we had always assumed we'd never leave the Stable.

"One pony will be chosen in order to leave the Stable for one year," Jade continued. "After the year is over, he or she will return to the Stable with a report of the outside world. If the report is good, then the rest of the Stable will leave to make a new home in Equestria. If the report is bad, or the one who is chosen does not return, then the Stable will remain closed for a further period of time until it is decided that the time is right to make another attempt."

I had to pause at that, this sounded dangerous, why was this happening? Who was going to be picked?

"The computer will now select which Pony will leave the Stable," Jade continued as she turned to look at the terminal screen next to her. The entire Atrium went quiet, it was a strange moment, 500 ponies in one room and not one spoke a word. The silence was finally broken when Jade spoke up again. "And the Pony who will be leaving Stable 26 will be... Ruby Starlight."

A collective gasp went up around the ponies as the crowd parted and everypony stared at me.

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The next few hours where a blur, Jade Willow and the other Councilmares spent the time briefing me on everything we knew about the outside world, but I only caught bits and pieces.

"Its probably going to be scarred from the war..."

"Monsters mutated by the megaspell magic..."

"No telling what happened to the ponies on the outside..."

Finally they let me go back to my quarters to rest before I had to leave in the morning, but I didn't feel much like resting. I paced back and forth in my quarters, the sound of my hooves echoing.

Goddesses above, why me? Why was I of all the ponies in Stable 26 picked? I was just a medical pony, I was nopony particularly special, it didn't make sense to send me at all. What I could gather was that the Choosing picked a Pony who had the highest probability of surviving outside the Stable, but then wouldn't one of the Security Ponies have made more sense?

I snapped out of my musing when I heard the sound of a hoof knocking against the door. My horn glowed red as I used my telekenisis to open the door as Nightingale and Candy trotted in.

"Hey Ruby, are you okay?" Nightingale asked as she looked down at the scuff marks in the floor. "Are you trying to wear a hole in the floor?"

"Maybe," I say with a shrug as I sat back on my haunches with a sigh. "Its just still kind of sinking in that I'll be leaving the Stable."

"Yeah, I can't believe it either, its crazy!" Candy exclaimed "I mean I wouldn't have wanted to go either, but you're so important to the Stable, everyone loves you and you're great with the foals and everyone, what will happen while you're gone? We could all die, I don't want to die, please don't go!"

"Geez Candy, melodramatic much?" Nightingale said as she shook her head at the overdramatic pony. "Look, Ruby, we can try and talk to the Council, maybe they'll pick someone else."

"I tried that already, they where very clear about it," I said with a sigh. "The Choosing isn't up to them, its up to the Stable's computer, and it won't let anyone else out of the Stable."

"That's a dumb system," Candy said. "What if it picked a foal?"

"Candy, calm down, I'm sure that wouldn't happen," I said with a sigh and turned to Nightingale. "Are you going to be okay without me?"

"Ruby, don't worry about me," Nightingale said reassuringly. "You're one of the best ponies I know, you'll do fine out there, I believe in you."

"Thanks Nightingale," I said, but I still was nervous about this whole thing.

The three of us talked up until curfew, as the two trotted out I couldn't help but be sad. I had spent my whole life in Stable 26, everypony I knew was here, and now I was expected to just leave it all behind for a year? By Celestia, why me? I mean I wasn't indisposable, but they where expecting me to be able to survive in the wasteland for an entire year.

I sighed as I layed down in bed and pulled the covers up, tomorrow was going to be a long day.

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"Good morning Ponies of Stable 26, this is Councilmare Neon coming at you on this fine morning," the voice of Neon Radiance sounded over my Pipbuck's radio to wake me up. I groaned a little as I got out of bed, every morning Neon would make announcements, and I was dreading today's. "The day everypony in the Stable has been working for is finally here, and a special shout out to Miss. Ruby Starlight for her bravery and selflessness in accepting this task."

Laying it on a bit thick aren't we? I thought as I rubbed my forehead, I had barely been able to sleep last night with dreams of being devoured by horrible creatures or worse.

"Now for your morning announcements," Neon continued as I slipped on my Stable Jumpsuit. "Following the Choosing, the Council has decided that all non-essential stores and activities will be closed for the day, so you little fillies and colts can rest easy knowing you get a day off from school. The Stable Door will be opening at 0900 hours, so if anyone wants to see Ruby off, don't be late, because you won't get another chance. That is all for announcements, now for a special treat, I decided to brush off an old record for everypony, so enjoy the stylings of the lovely Octavia."

The sound of string music filled the room as I shut off the radio and slipped the Pipbuck onto my foreleg, followed by a pair of plain brown saddlebags that I had packed the night before. I looked at myself in the mirror one last time as I brushed my hair back.

When I was just a filly, the idea of leaving the Stable on some grand adventure had appealed to me, but as I grew up and matured I left them behind, thinking of them as just foalish fantasies. But here I was, getting ready to leave the Stable, I might not even be able to see it again if things didn't work out just right.

I couldn't help but think of my parents and what they would think. Celestia I missed them, they had died in an accident before I had gotten my cutie mark. Maybe that was why I had poured myself into my medical studies, so that nopony would ever have to go through what I had again.

I checked the time, it was 0840 hours, almost time to leave. I sighed and took one last look around my room before trotting out the door.

It was time to face my destiny, whether I liked it or not.

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It was a short walk to the Stable Door, I went past a few ponies, some of them wished me luck, others just stared at me while I passed them. I couldn't help but wonder what was going through their minds, where they maybe jealous? Did they feel sorry for me? Or maybe they expected me to chicken out, goddesses, I wish they'd stop staring at me!

"Ruby, are you okay?" Jade asked me, I turned to look at her, she was at a podium that was set up by the Stable door.

Am I okay? What kind of dumb question was that? I was about to leave my home for a year, knowing full well that I might never come back. I knew what was expected of me, and there was nothing else I could say, so I just nodded, "I'm okay Councilmare Willow."

"Very good, now come up here next to me please," Jade said and I nodded and walked up next to her.

I looked around the entrance room, a small crowd had gathered, and I recognized many of the ponies that where there. Nightingale and Candy where at the front, I recognized the filly from the day before and other patients that I had helped treat over the years.

"Today is an important day for Stable 26," Jade started. "205 years ago, when our ancestors came here they where sealed up behind this great door and left to create a whole new society by Stable-Tec after the destruction of Equestria. Today, we will prove that our society can survive outside of this Stable, the greatest of us has been chosen to journey out into what lies beyond that door."

A cheer rose up from the crowd as they stomped their forehooves in applause. I felt my face turn hot as I turned even redder than usual, I really wished that they wouldn't make such a big deal about all this.

"Ruby, would you like to say anything?" Jade asked, and everyone looked at me.

"Umm, sure," I said nervously as I took the podium. "I'm, not really usually one for public speaking... but I wanted to say that... that I'm going to give this my best. Everypony here is putting a lot of faith in me, and, umm... I won't let you down. Stable 26 will have a place to live in a year, and I know that we can do this."

There is a brief silence as I step down from the podium before there is another cheer from the ponies gathered. I smile a little to myself, they believed I could do this, now I just had to believe in myself. Jade placed a hoof on my shoulder reassuringly, and I nodded.

The great Stable Door, that had remained closed for over 200 years, creaked as it opened up. I trotted out the door, stopping as I passed its threshold, looking back to get one more look at my home before the door closed once again.

I was all alone, for the first time in my life, I was completely alone in the world.

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I shivered as I looked around the room just beyond the Stable Door, it was dark and it took me a moment to remember that I could use my Pipbuck to light it up. When I turned on the flashlight option, I found myself in an underground room that looked like it had been abandoned for years, which it probably had been.

I trotted along the wall as I looked for a door, I passed by an old poster that said "Pinkie Pie is Watching you, FOREVER" with a pink mare with wild curly hair staring out at me. That was, unnerving, it was like she was staring right into my very soul, I shook my head and kept going until I finally found a staircase going up.

I finally pushed open a door and got my first real look at the world outside the Stable. It was a barren wasteland with frightening clouds overhead, I was in the middle of what seemed to be the ruins of an ancient building.

"Okay Ruby... stay calm, you can do this..." I mutter to myself as I trot through the ruins of the old building. There was a sudden sound from the distance, like a loud whistling as an explosion rocked the ground. "What in Celestia's name was that?"

I managed to climb a hill and took out a pair of binoculars that I had been given by the Council. I scanned the distance, I didn't see any monsters, what I did see was ponies, they seemed to be in the middle of a fight. I lowered the binoculars and sat back on the hard ground.

That's when I heard it, a rousing tune coming from, somewhere. I reached for my pipbuck to turn off the radio when I realized that it wasn't on, and couldn't be picking up anything from Stable 26, so where was that music coming from? Then suddenly in front of me, some sort of, mechanical flying thing rose up, the music was playing from it.

I of course did what any rational pony faced with an unusual thing would do in my position, I screamed.

"Calm down, I'm not going to hurt you," a voice from the machine said in an accent like nothing I had ever heard before, as the music cut off abruptly. "Sorry for scaring you like that, these Spritebots are hard to take control of."

"Who in Celestia's name are you?" I asked, still unnerved by the floating machine, Spritebot? "What, is that thing?"

"Well, like I said this is a Spritebot, the Crimson Empire managed to hijack a bunch of these and are using them to spread their propaganda, I can control them for a short time," the voice said. "As for who I am, well, that's not really important, but you can call me the Doctor."

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I had finally calmed down after taking a small sip from the canteen that I had brought with me. I turned back to look at the Spritebot, I had to get some answers, and only the Doctor seemed to be around.

"What exactly happened here?" I asked him. "What's going on in Equestria?"

"Right now you're on the outskirts of the port city of Neigh Orleans," the Doctor answered. "At the end of the Great War, this area was hit... differently than the rest of Equestria. The Megaspell that hit it did something to the weather, its left this part of Equestria a scorched wasteland even after the Day of Sunshine and Rainbows and Gardens of Equestria."

I blinked at that, those terms meant nothing to me, but clearly they where important somehow. "Exactly, what are the, Day of Sunshine and Rainbows and the Gardens of Equestria?"

"Oh of course, you're a Stable Dweller so you wouldn't know about those, let me explain," the Doctor said. "The Day of Sunshine and Rainbows was about 5 years ago, when a Pony named Littlepip removed the cloud cover from above the Equestrian Wasteland, bringing back the sun and moon for ponykind to enjoy. Gardens of Equestria was a Megaspell that restored most of Equestria to its former glory and allowed farming again, removing the radiation and taint, for the most part."

I looked up at the sky, it was still covered with clouds for miles around and the ground still remained burnt and cracked. Was he lying to me? If these events had changed Equestria so radically, then why was this part still a wasteland covered in clouds.

"Uh, Doctor I hate to point out the obvious, but it doesn't seem like it reached this area of Equestria," I point out.

"Like I said, the Megaspell that hit this area of Equestria was different," the Doctor said. "No one's quite sure why, but it changed the area around Neigh Orleans radically, it surprised the New Canterlot Republic too when they came this far south."

"The, what?" I asked.

"Oh, you'll meet them soon enough, I'm about to lose this signal, so I suggest you seek them out," the Doctor said. "There's an NCR camp to the west, you might want to head there, you'll have better luck there than the Crimson Empire. And set your Pipbuck to NCR radio."

"Wait, how do I get there?" I asked, but its too late, the music starts up again and the spritebot starts back up. "That was weird."

I was curious though, he suggested I should check out something called NCR Radio, so I levitated an earbud into my ear and went through my Pipbuck's options until I found what I was looking for. The sound of a mare singing filled my ears as I started walking down the hill towards the west, I kept an eye on my EFS to make sure I was going the right way.

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"That was Velvet Remedy singing her latest song, just arrived on the Supply Trains from Junction Town," the accented voice of the mare said over the NCR Radio frequency. It was weird hearing a voice other than Neon Radiance's over radio. "This is your host Melody, coming at you from the New Canterlot Republic's broadcast center, how are all of you doing out there in Pony Post-Apocalyptia?"

I had to chuckle a little, Melody was certainly an interesting Pony to listen to. I had tried some of the other radio frequencies, but all I got was static, or the same music that I had heard from the spritebot.

"Now for the news," Melody continued. "I've got reports of Burning Pony Ghouls moving along the Eastern Ridge, they don't seem to have gone fully zombie, but they don't seem too friendly to anypony that gets too close to their camp."

I stopped when lights suddenly started flashing on my EFS, two ponies where somewhere ahead of me. I spotted a ruined house, there was what seemed to be two ponies lying prone on the ground. The Medical Pony in me screamed that they where going to need help, and I should go help them, so I galloped forward towards them.

"I've also got a report here from an NCR Ranger that the standoff in the Northern Fields has continued for the third month," Melody's voice continued, it took me a moment to remember that's where I was currently. "The Ranger Colonel hopes that the standoff can be broken soon enough. That's all for the news, now I've got some Sweetie Bell singing..."

I shut off the radio as I reached the ruined house. By this point there was only one light flashing on my EFS, I checked the first pony I reached, a tan furred Pegasus stallion dressed in red leather with crossed swords as a cutie mark, and a crimson colored bird carved into his outfit. I shook my head sadly, there was nothing more I could do for this Pony, so I turned to the other one who was trying to crawl towards the ruined house. I ran over to her, but stopped short when I saw the barrel of a gun pointed at me.

"Who the hell are you?" She demanded, she was a blue Pegasus mare with a short darker blue mane that hung over the side of her head and a pair of goggles hanging lopsided over her neck. "No raider will steal from me without a fight, I'd run if I where you!"

"Calm down, my name is Ruby Starlight, I'm not a Raider," I manage to stammer out. "I'm a medical pony."

"Really, which side do you work for, NCR or Crimson Empire?" The Pegasus growls, I notice that she's bleeding in several places and her right wing is badly injured.

"I'm with the..." I start to say, then realize that I didn't have an answer. "Listen, miss..."

"My name's none of your buisness," the Pegasus growled.

"Fine then, I don't work for either side, I'm from Stable 26, I just arrived in the Wasteland less than an hour ago," I said. "I've got some medical supplies, I can heal you up really quick."

The Pegasus frowned at me, but relented after a moment. "Stable Dweller huh? Well, you're going to need those supplies more than me," she said, trying to lift her wing before cringing. "But if you're going to insist on helping me, I have some supplies in my saddlebags over in the old schoolhouse."

"Okay, here, let me give you a hoof," I say and help the blue Pegasus up as we trot towards the ruined building.

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"So, you're from Stable 26 huh?" The Pegasus asked as my healing magic worked on her wounded wing.

"Yeah, born and raised," I replied, my horn glowing as I kept working. "I just left today actually."

"Oh, what happened, did a mare you had a crush on escape the Stable and you chased after her?" The Pegasus said with a chuckle.

"Uh, no," I replied, trying not to blush. Actually I had never really found myself romantically interested in anyone in Stable 26, instead I had focused on my duties as a medic pony. "I was chosen to leave the Stable and live out here for a whole year."

"Wow, bummer," the Pegasus said. "I've met a few Stable Dwellers in my day, but that's a new one."

"Oh, you're not from a Stable?" I asked.

"Nope, my mom's an Honest to Celestia Dashite, or at least she was," the Pegasus said with an odd mixture of pride and sorrow. "Fled the Enclave when she was pregnant with me."

"The Enclave?" I asked, finishing her wing.

"Oh, they ran the Pegasi for a long time, but they fell a few years back thanks to Littlepip," the Pegasus said, there was that name again, Littlepip. The Blue Pegasus got to her hooves again and stretched her wing out, flapping it carefully. "Thanks doc, I should repay you somehow."

"Oh no, you don't have to do anything of the sort," I said, but the Pegasus was hearing nothing of it.

"Oh, I know the perfect thing," she said, opening her saddlebag and pulling out a pistol followed by a bunch of bullets with her teeth. "This here is a genuine Junction Town Revolver, customized and outfitted by Ditzy Doo herself, if you're going to be traveling the wastelands, you shouldn't be unarmed."

"Well, umm, thanks," I said as I took it with my telekenisis. "You should be okay, just don't strain that wing too much, okay?"

"Will do, Doc," the Pegasus said. "Look me up in the NCR Forward Base out west sometime."

She flapped her wings and flew off before I could say anything else. I smiled a little and shook my head as I slid the revolver and bullets into my saddlebag. I wondered what her name was and who that other Pegasus was as I trotted back outside and continued on my journey.

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It took the better part of two hours to get close to the NCR Forward Base, and it was under attack. I hid behind a rock, levitating the pistol out of my pack and loading it as I tried to decide whether or not to get involved.

I was a medical pony, I wasn't supposed to kill, I was supposed to heal, but if I was going to get into the base the NCR might need help. The idea of killing another pony terrified me, and...

"Well, well, what do we have here?" A voice speaks up and I look up to see an Earth pony dressed like the Pegasus from before looking at me with a leer on his face. "A pretty little mare out all alone..."

As he advanced on me, I screamed and instinctively pointed the pistol at the pony and pulled the trigger repeatedly until I had unloaded all the bullets in the gun into him. I looked in shock as I realized what I had done, I had killed another Pony... Goddesses, what had I done?

I hadn't even been in the Wasteland one day and it had already made me a murderer. And there he was, still staring at me as the blood dripped from his bullet wounds. I tried to close my eyes, to get the image of the dead pony out of my mind but the image of what happened kept replaying in my mind.

I had spent the years since I got my cutie mark learning how to help Ponies, and I had just killed one. I didn't even mean to kill him, why had I done it? What had clicked in me that caused me to kill him? I didn't have much time to dwell on it though as I heard the sound of ponies galloping towards me.

Oh how I wished I could disappear right that minute, like the old stories of Zebras during the war. I did the only thing I could do, I dropped the pistol and curled up, hoping the end would come soon.

I deserved it, I was a monster, I had killed a fellow Pony in cold blood. Could I ever even face my friends back home again?

"Goddesses, how many bullets did she put in that guy?" I heard one voice ask.

"Looks like she unloaded a full clip, poor bastard didn't know what hit him," another, gruffer voice replied. "What do we do with her?"

"You know the Colonel's standing orders as well as I do, Firerain is coming," the first voice said. "We bring her into camp and sort things out later."

All I could remember from the next few minutes was being picked up and carried. When I finally dared to open my eyes, I found myself laying on a cot under a metal roof. Two ponies dressed in brown and black uniforms where standing on either side of a door.

Before I could even say a word, the door opened and a new pony entered. I had to stop myself from staring, it was an elegant mare with dark blue fur and a black mane and tail with a cutie mark of two crossed arrows. Something about her in a strange way relaxed me, it was like she exuded an aura of calm and confidence.

I tried to open my muzzle to say something, but she spoke first.

"So, you're the Stable Dweller that killed Necro Shot," she said, her voice was calm, almost cold as she looked me over. "I am Colonel Midnight, Commander of New Canterlot Republic Ranger Unit 4. Welcome to the warzone, Stable Dweller."

Days Left: 365

LEVEL UP!

New Perk: Follower of the Apocalypse Rank 1.

You have a skill with medicine that few in the Wasteland can match. Healing Potions and Bandages restore an extra 20% health.

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Well, there we go, the first chapter of my Fallout: Equestria fanfic, read and review, but be kind, I'm still getting used to writing this kind of fanfic.

Next chapter, Ruby's journey through the Wasteland continues as she learns more about the situation from Colonel Midnight, as well as runs into a familiar face. See you soon in chapter 2, "The Truth."

See you then.