(NOTE: NO EXPLICIT SEX. References, and semi-detailed moments, never too lengthy.)

Years before Littlepip stepped from Stable 02, the Wasteland greeted all ponies with its usual contempt. Tome Tale and his silent partner, Stranger, live day to day on their next bag of caps, until they stumble into something bigger than themselves. Something where morality rears its ugly head. But Tome Tale does not like morality.

Tome Tale is not a hero.

Tome Tale is an asshole.

In his adventures, he is joined by an Enclave pegasus, a filly with a strange and unusual power, an old friend with some quirks of his own, and a zebra who's never left her village and really needs to get out more.

Their adventures uncover the truth about the start of the war, the ancient myths and legends of the zebras laid bare, and it just may prove true, that sometimes a hero is not what the wasteland needs. Sometimes it needs a monster.

Based on Fallout: Equestria by Kkat.

NOTE 1: I originally had plans not to cross over with any of the large fics like PH, until I stopped enjoying the large fics. So only the main story of Kkat's is considered canon to this book. PH will not be considered canon. However, due to its roots and previous attempts to work my story around PH, you'll find my storyline, while not mentioning PH aspects directly, will conform nicely with everything in PH from chapter 51 and below, as that is as far as I'd read to in PH while planning my story. I don’t plan to read further, so if my story turns out to cross PH in other ways, then oh well, deal with it.

NOTE 2: Tome Tale is an Earth Pony in the Wasteland. Too many stories follow unicorns from Stables, or other things like that. I wanted to write this story different from other ones. Tome Tale grew up in the Wasteland and he has already become hardened. Too often, we are faced with an innocent character fighting the corruption of the Wasteland both internally and externally. Such storylines are very well written and received, but they ARE overused. Tome’s Tale is not such a story. His is a story not of fighting corruption in himself, but of redemption that can never be found. A heart which is cold, becoming warm again, and a pony such as him, learning what it means to be alive.

I hope you enjoy the story, and please, leave a comment. Your attentions will fuel me. :3

NOTE 3: Tags and things will be changed as the story progresses.