As I happily trot over to my room, I checked my Pipbuck for the time. 3:00pm. I smiled. "Time for Cosmic's new song." I said to myself as I tuned my Pipbuck to the Stable's broadcast. "Hello ponies!" A scratchy male voice began. "Its time for a new song from everyponies favorite DJ, Cosmic Wave! I hope you will enjoy it. He put his blood sweat and tears into this new album. And he hopes you all will enjoy it too. Now I'm going to stop rambling. Everypony enjoy." He stopped talking, and a series of wubs began emitting from the device. I smiled and slightly bobbed my head to the beat. "This is fantastic!" I said to myself as I walked back to my room. Which was right next to Paint Pallet. Stable two's skilled artist. "I think I should become an art pony." I said softly looking back to my flank where my cutiemark resides. A pencil crossing a paintbrush. I then stopped, and opened the door to my room. I slightly lowered the volume, and sat on the bed. Still bobbing my head. When the song was over, I smiled. But was sad it had to end.
"That was his new song, Electric Eel." The announcer said. A smile in his voice. "How did everypony enj-" His voice was cut out by me turning off the broadcast. "He sure can come up with good names." I smiled as I sat there. I then heard my door open. It was Pallet. A beautiful unicorn mare with a light pink coat, purple eyes, with matching mane and tail, and a paint pallet for her cutiemark. Hence her name. "Hey, Pallet." I smiled. "Whats up?" I asked hopping off the bed, and trotting happily over to the door. "Nothing much. Whats up with you?" She replied. Her voice as smooth as a hot knife through butter. "Nothing much. Just listened to Cosmic's new song." I smiled. "What do you need?" She asked. "I need your help." She replied. I looked confused. She never came to me for help. "You do?" I asked. She nodded. "Mhm. Follow me." She replied turning around. I followed her, and together, we walked over to the Stables mess hall. Lots of ponies. Some just chilling while others were playing checkers or eating. I looked to the far back wall where there was an unfinished mural.
"Ooh. What is it?" I asked. I really couldn't tell what it was. But I had a feeling knowing her, it would look beautiful when it was done. She looked to me. "What the wastes used to be." She said. My ears perked up. Equestria before the war. "I'll go get something to drink." I said turning and looking to the Sparkle-Cola machine. "Alright." She smiled as she trotted to the mural. I trotted over the the machine, and realized my saddlebags were in my locker in my room. I turned around, and promptly walked to my room to get one. Because thats all the machine needs. One cap for a bottle of ice cold Sparkle-Cola. I opened the locker when I got back in the room, and took a bottle cap out. "Wait. I'll have to carry this cap around with me." I thought. I then decided to take my saddlebags with me. I swung them over my back, and checked my Pipbuck for any caps I might have inside. '100' it read. I smiled, and walked back to the mess hall, and back over to the soda machine while fished a cap out of my saddlebag.
When I got there, I put the cap in the slot, and got a bottle of ice cold Sparkle-Cola in return. I used the bottle opener on the side of the machine to open the bottle. The cap came off with a pop and that familiar fsss rang out from the bottle. I put the cap inside, and got yet another bottle. Using the bottle opener while I chugged mine. It tasted so good. When I was finished, I burped in my mouth. Not wanting Pallet to be grossed out by me. Though, she was probably already grossed out by some of the ponies here already. So she was probably used to it by now. I trotted with the opened bottle of Sparkle-Cola over to the back wall where Pallet was stationed, and the mural resides. "Thank you." She said as I handed her the bottle. "Your welcome." I replied with a smile. "Where's yours?" She asked. "I already drank mine." I smiled. "Oh. Hehe." She giggled. I then looked to the unfinished mural. "My plan is to have it cover the whole wall. And it is too big a project for me to finish alone." She explained.
"And that is why I called you for help. You are practically the only other artist. I saw your work by the way. Its almost as good as mine." She smiled levitating a paintbrush in her magic. I also picked one up with my magic. We both trotted up to the unfinished mural. Pallet did the planning and most of the painting while I did the little details. We had gotten about 1/4th of the way done when I checked my Pipbuck for the time again. '11:26pm' it read. I yawned. "You tire-" Pallet began. But was cut off mid sentence by a yawn. Even her yawns were adorable. I smiled. "Yeah. You ready to go to bed?" I asked setting the paintbrush down. Pallet did the same. We walked together to the rooms but parted ways to go to our separate rooms. When I opened the door, I walked in, and sat on the bed. I looked to the black locker in the room, and heard my stomach growl which made my ears perk up. I slid off the bed and walked over to the locker. Opening it, there were lots of red apples, and purified water.
I had not really smuggled it, just kept it for the future. I smiled as I levitated an apple out of the locker with my magic and closed the locker biting into it. These apples are freshly grown down in the Stable's apple farms on the third floor. This apple was particularly juicy. Sweet apple juice dribbled down my chin. I wiped it off with a hoof and swallowed. Taking another bite after. In a minute, only the core remained. I trotted over to the mess hall and threw it away there. Not wanting to stink up my room when the apple began to decay. I then happily trotted over to Pallet's room knocking on the door which opened. I walked into the room and smiled. Paintings were strewn about the walls. Most of them were hers. I had made some for her on occasion. I smiled as I looked around her art littered room. "All this looks beautiful." I commented. "Thank you." She smiled. "Your welcome." I said as I finally stopped looking around her room and straight at her. Her eyes were a beautiful amethyst purple while mine were emerald green. "Your eyes look beautiful to." I complimented.
She blushed softly, and I smiled. "Thank you. Yours are to." She replied. "Thank you." I replied. "Hang on." I said squinting. Her face twisted into a look of confusion. "What is it?" She asked. I walked closer to her. Luckily she was lying on the bed. She we were eye level. "Theres something on your lip. Let me get it for you." I said raising a hoof and bringing it closer to her lips. I then quickly replaced my hoof with my lips. I pressed firmly against hers in a deep passionate kiss. Her eyes widened, and I felt she was about to push away. "Please don't." I pleaded to myself. Luckily, she gave into the kiss and kissed back. Wrapping her hooves around my neck. "Score!" I exclaimed in my head. I brought a hoof to her cheek, and she moaned softly leaning into my touch. I then broke the kiss. Which left her and I lightly panting. She turned as red as the apple I had ate earlier. She was speechless. "W- wow. your a great k- kisser." I said. Her blush became that of a crimson color. "Th- thank you. You are t- too." She replied.
"But why did you k- kiss me?" She asked starting to regain control of her breathing. I again brought a hoof to her cheek. "I love you, Pallet." I replied. She blushed even harder. "I- I love you to." She replied hugging me tightly. I hugged back, and began running my hoof up and down her back. She then broke the hug and scooted away from me. I looked curious. She then pat the large open spot on the bed she had just made. I smiled as I knew what she was doing. "Sleep with me?" She asked. I nodded blushing hard and climbing in bed. She looked curious. "Why are you blushing?" She asked. "I- I never slept with a mare before. Or anypony for that matter." I replied. She felt sympathy for me. She wrapped her hooves tightly around my waist. "Aww. Don't worry. I'll keep you warm." She cooed. I looked to her and she placed a kiss on my muzzle. I smiled and wrapped my hind legs around her levitating the green sheet on top of us both. She smiled, and nuzzled into my chest. Her ear twitched slightly. She must have found my beating heart.
I stroked her mane and smiled as she lie there listening to my heart. "You find anything?" I asked jokingly. "Yes." She replied yawning. My smile grew wider. "Theres that adorable yawn again." I smiled as I leaned down and kissed her other ear which twitched. "Goodnight." She said falling asleep. "Goodnight." I replied. "What do you want to do in the morning?" She asked. "Eat breakfast, work on the mural some more, and cuddle some more." I smiled. "I'd like that." She smiled as she looked up to me. I looked down to her and smiled kissing her muzzle like she had mine earlier. She giggled which made me smile wider. "Goodnight." I cooed stroking her mane. She looked up to me and closed her eyes lying her head back down on my chset. "Goodnight." She replied. I checked my Pipbuck for the time. '12:01am' already the next morning. "Or goodmorning." I chuckled. "Is it morning already?" She asked. I shook my head. "No. The sun doesn't rise till 6. Its 12:01." I replied kissing her head. She smiled and nuzzled deeper in my coat. "I love you." She cooed. My ears perked up. "Did I just hear that correctly? Did she just say she loved me?" I asked myself looking down to her. "I love you to." I replied. "I can't believe this! The hottest mare in probably the Stable -Maybe even all of the wastes- just said she loved me!" I exclaimed to myself. I began to ponder what this would mean for my future. "Would I marry her? Would I ever get to second base? All the other stallions do. So why should I be any different?" I began to ask myself all these questions. But it was cut short as I fell asleep.
I awoke the next morning to find Pallet was no longer in my arms. I looked at my Pipbuck for the time. '10:00am' it read. "Wow. I sure slept a bit last night." I said as I began to get out bed when I noticed something strange. Pallets Pipbuck was opened on the end of the bed. "Why is her Pipbuck here?" I asked as I walked over to it to examine it. On the blue screen, there was an encrypted message. I tapped the play button. A voice began to emit from the device. "The override code to the door of Stable two is, CAL2SIS. They changed it since the last one. Little Pip. She went out to go find the Stable's musician, Velvet Remedy after she had left the Stable. Rarity out." The recording then stopped there. My eyes widened in shock and disbelief. "The Stable door override code?! How did Pallet get this?!" I asked myself as I levitated her Pipbuck in the air, and into my saddlebag which was sitting next to her Pipbuck. I looked to her locker which had a padlock on it. I searched around for a key or a bobby pin to unlock the locker. I looked in the desk by the door, and low and behold, there was a key. I took said key and unlocked the lock which came undone with a click. I threw the small padlock on the ground, and opened her locker. On the top shelf lie a 10mm pistol with three boxes of 80 rounds in each next to the gun. I did not want to know how Pallet smuggled the gun by the guards, but I took it anyway. Along with the last few items inside. Purified water, a small pouch which I shook.
"Bottle caps." I said as I shoved the pouch into my saddlebag. There were even some rad-X, and stimpacks which I took all of. The left saddlebag was getting full. I picked the lock back up, and put it back on the locker and put the key back in the drawer on the desk incase somepony were to for some reason interrogate her room. I then left her room, and walked over to mine. I opened my locker, and put the contents of said locker into the right saddlebag to distribute the weight. I looked to my Pipbuck for the weight. '5 pounds/20 pounds' it read. I finally was ready to head out. I walked out of the room, and went up to the first floor using an elevator. When the elevator stopped, I got off, and turned to the left to see the large steel door of Stable two. It was probably very thick to keep radiation out. I did a double-take to see if there were any guards. Because I suspected when the last pony left her... Little Pip I think. They should have cracked down security. But thankfully, two Earth pony guards were asleep.
"Sleeping on the job huh?" I chuckled to myself as I quietly made my way to a computer. "OK." I said taking a deep breath. Hoping I remembered the code. I began punching in characters. "C. A. L. 2. S. I. S." I said to myself as I typed the characters into the interface and pressed 'Enter'. I then walked over to a panel with a small switch which I suspected was for the entire door. "Here it goes." I said as I flipped the switch with my magic. A spinning orange light and alarm sounded. The guards' eyes snapped open. "Oh buck!" I said as I ran toward the opening door. A guard was hot on my tail. I rushed through the door, and the guard stopped. I looked back. "Whats a matter? Too chicken?" I taunted the guard who backed away. I grinned. "You will never be let back in." He said with a booming voice emphasizing 'never'. "I'm going to find Pallet." I replied. "She left last night. How do you know you will? She's probably dead by now." The guard said as the door was now almost shut. With a hiss and a bang, it shut.
The door to Sable two shut. Leaving me in complete darkness. I activated my Pipbucks lamp, and gasped. The skeletons of dead ponies littered ground. "What the hell happened?" I asked obviously not knowing an answer. I looked around, and saw a faint glimmer of light. I turned the green light of my Pipbuck off, and trotted toward the light. I went up a flight of stairs, and pushed open a door which looked to be the door to a cellar. Sunlight flooded my eyes. Making it too bright to see. Once my eyes adjusted, I cupped my hooves over my mouth in shock as I saw what had happened. The land of Equestria was now practically nothing. Nothing but flattened land as far as the eye could see. I stepped out of the cellar and shut the doors. "What the buck happened?!" I asked myself angrily as I collapsed and broke down like a young colt. I repeatedly slammed my hoof into the dirt. "Its just a dream. I'll wake up soon in. My bed with Pallet." I said to myself as I opened my eyes and looked back up. It wasn't a dream. "Celestia damnit! Who could have done this?!" I asked as I wiped my tears away and stood back up. "I don't know how Pallet. But I will bring you back." I proclaimed as I began walking into what was now the wastes of Equestria.