Fallout Equestria Broken Steel

Chapter 18: Light in the Darkness

Fallout Equestria

Broken Steel

chapter 18: light in the darkness

199 Years Ago in Stable 2

Applejack lay on her bed in her quarters. It had been many months since the end of the world forced the survivors into the underground complexes called Stables built by Stable-Tec. She lay with a small bundle curled up against her belly, her foal. Applejack softly lent over to her end table as not to disturb her child and used her natural earth pony magic to grip the table drawer knob and pulled it open. Inside she reached in and pulled out an old weathered journal and opened it to the latest page. Using her natural magic to grip a pen she began to write.

"It has been nearly a year now since we had to leave our world behind, to live down here, underground, without the sun. Ah have already babbled how much being in the same place for so long has made me feel so Ah won't bother anymore, quite frankly I'm starting to get used to it now"

There was a pause in her writing as she looked down at her little foal.

"At least mah child won't know any different. She'll be able to handle it as she grows up.

Lately Ah'm finding mah thoughts turning to mah unfinished work. The things that might or could have made a difference in the war. The one that always ends up in mah head is the biggest project Ah've ever tried and also the most critical.

K-01 ACM KROGOTH...

Ah don't know why Ah keep thinking of that darn machine. Ah guess it's because of why Ah wanted to build it. For mah friends, mah family, Princess Celestia and Equestria. Well, that's the reason Ah was going to tell everypony at the press conference Ah was going to schedule when Ah got back from Canterlot.

Ah guess Ah shouldn't have been surprised that Celestia told me she knew about the Krogoth when I was in Canterlot. She told me she had a select few ponies who worked inside the ministries to keep her informed and Ah also wouldn't be surprised if Twi told her. Ah can't expect her to keep something like that from Celestia after all. She had told me the ponies of Equestria needed hope and she felt that the Krogoth could give them that hope if Ah went public. Ah could understand that, the war had taken a dark turn and the threat of balefire bombardment became almost certain. If ah told the ponies of Equestria Ah was building a weapon of war that could take a hit from such a bomb and survive as well as wipe out entire battle groups out without so much as taking a hit then it would help raise moral"

Applejack froze and shuddered.

"Yes, telling ponies would have helped to raise they're spirits and at the stage we were at Luna wouldn't be able to stop it and the Zebras wouldn't be able to formulate an effective counter in time. But thinking of the reactions I would get from mah friends.

Rainbow Dash would likely say it was freaking awesome.

Rarity would likely complain about its colour as it would have been military green.

Twilight would be begging to know how her Crusader was coping under its combat programming.

Fluttershy would be terrified of it, bless her.

And Pinkie Pie... Ah don't rightly know. She's a weird one but after seeing how bad she was during that party when Twilight yelled at her about her addiction. Ah just don't know how she would have reacted, she got pretty bad during the war, she wasn't her happy cheerful self. She was down right scary when her hair was all straight and limp"

Applejack shook her head at the horrible memories of how her friend deteriorated.

"Ah know Luna would have thrown a fit since Ah kept it a secret from her for years but gosh darn it she was out of the loop in a lot of things. Ah bet that sneaky bastard Golden Blood kept vital things from her. Ok, that's enough of that garbage.