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Well hello there! I would like to welcome you personally to your new home, the Equestrian WasteLand! I’m sure you’ll enjoy your time here, this wonderful world of ours is just super!

Of course, that's all a huge lie. As I’m sure you have become very aware by now, Equestria is not the beautiful, happy, safe place it used to be. It doesn’t take a genius to see it’s turned into a very twisted, evil, fucked up land of torture, maim, hunger, desperation, and misery. It’s filled with monsters, radiation, TAINT, fire, famine, slavery, raiders, and just all around sick ponies who would rather kill you, rape you, and blow you up then speak to you. Oh, and to even consider they might help you? HA! That’s funny!

But away from all that- how about I introduce myself?

Name's Flash, I'll be here to lead you through most of the story. Why only most of it? Because even though I'm supposed to be the big 'hero' and the one who saves the day- even I can't be in every place at once all the time. I wish I could, that'd be pretty awesome- but unless I somehow find myself with a horn on my head and some insanely powerful Magic to go with it, I don't see that happening anytime soon. I did find myself in the middle of most everything I had happen, so I expect we'll be getting to know each other really well, hopefully it'll be fun, hmm? (Fun for you anyway, not so much for me..)

So, where do we start? I suppose with this- in the midst of the Great War and the grief and the tension that came along with it- somehow, somewhere, somepony came up with a plan to 'save the world'. It worked out real well as you can see- with everything blown up and dead and all.

But, you see, in accordance with this grand scheme to save Equestria and everypony in it- I somehow woke up with nothing, an empty head, no memory, just my name, and I was suddenly (and very cruelly I might add) thrown into what is known as the WasteLand- trust me, I had no idea what I was getting into. For a very long time I simply found myself walking a very thin line between life and death, I'm fairly sure the only reason I'm still alive and talking is because of plain old good luck.

Part of this plan to save the world, involved me- as you can probably guess. There was somepony, somepony special that lived before and during the war. A pony that hated all the sadness and the anger and the hatred that fighting brought, but mostly I think she just hated seeing what war did to everypony she knew.

War- it seems to have such a profound effect on everypony involved in it, it has the power to turn those who are truly good, selfless, and loving- into hollow shells of their former selves. Ponies can become mere shadows of who they used to be, the things they stood for can become lost to them- they can turn on themselves, they can turn on those they loved the most..... They can be broken, and in some cases…. They become worse than the war itself.

I.... I was one of those ponies. I hate it, and I didn't believe it for a long time. For a very long time, I thought I couldn't be changed, I believed that none of the war- none of the pain and the blood and the death that it brought with it could have any effect on me what so ever. I thought I was fine, I thought I was ok... turns out I really wasn't. I became a hollowed shell, I became somepony else.... and it took two centuries and getting my mind wiped to realize it.

War you see… it never changes, and what it does to change and harm everypony in it? That never changes either.

When I woke up, I didn't know nor realize how much had really changed. Sure, Equestria wasn't green and pretty like it used to be.... but the biggest change, that had been me. When I woke up, I was somepony different than the pony I had been before- and now I'm glad for it. I realize now, that when war hit me- when I kept telling myself I was fine, and denying the effect war had on me- I became something truly and utterly awful. It hurts to think about it now, I don't think I can ever forgive myself for what I did.... for the ponies I hurt, and for the thing that I became.

Now, I'm gonna tell you everything. We'll start from the beginning, I'll lay bare the things I did, the mistakes I made- you'll get to know me, both sides of me. The pony who had once been brave, loyal, kind- and a true friend. And then the other half- the one that turned into a monster, and did so many awful things. I let you in on my dirty little secrets, and Goddesses.... I wish I wasn't going to tell you all of this, but a part of me feels I have to. Maybe by coming clean with all of it, I'll start making up for my mistakes.

And still a part of me knows I can never make them up for anything. But maybe I'll feel a little better once I start telling you...

Now, you've probably seen many stories told about the WasteLand, all different ponies, zebras, ghouls, griffons, etc…. There are heroes, villains, death, love, loss, suffering. All the stories are different, and as I’m sure you’ll find, this one is different too. But it’s not different just because of who was involved or what happened. It's not even different because of what I did myself- though that's still a big part of it. But, up until now all of your stories have been told from the account of one pony, griffon, zebra…. You know what, one person.

There is only usually one side to each story, and for it, you don’t get all the really juicy details that anyone else may have experienced.

This story cannot be told by only one person, otherwise you wouldn’t get the full story or all the details, and you would never know what really happened. There were too many parts to what happened to try and have me tell it all. If left up entirely to me to retell the tale- there'd be huge chunks missing in the story itself. Important things, things other people saw, experienced, felt.

So, fair warning, don’t expect to have me tell you everything- dear old me, I was caught up in the middle of the mess that occurred- the mess that, yes- inevitably I stirred up- but like I mentioned before, I can't be everywhere at once. There were so many factors outside of just me that eventually lead us to the end of the tale. Thinking on it now- I was frequently passed out or the like during all of this. I missed quite a bit... so to make up for it, I'll have some of my friends continue the story for me.

I wonder if I can still call them friends.... they probably hate me just about as much as you're going to by the end of all of this.

Hmm.... anyway, you’ll be plunged into the lives and accounts of all those whom I met, those who I came in contact with, perhaps even briefly. Those who I used to know, those who I grew to, and even those I lost. You may even meet someone you already knew, who’s to say? That's the sort of thing that happens when a prewar pony puts you in the middle of their Grand Scheme to save the world.

You’ll just have to pay extra attention, just so you don’t get too fixated on one point of view, and get confused when the story is taken over by someone else.

Now, since I’ve explained everything to you, let’s jump right into the story. Try to stick with me, this story starts out rather slow, but I promise it’s all important to the core, remember! Every Juicy Detail. I'm thinking I'm gonna start to regret telling you pretty soon....

Oh, and that pony's great plan to save the world? The reason she did all of this, the reason she let herself suffer- and sacrificed everything she had to try and make sure that Equestria was peaceful again? She didn't do it for herself, that's for sure- she did for Us. For Me. For her friends, for the people she cared for. She wanted things to go back to the way they were, she wanted.... she wanted me to be who I was before I came a Monster. It's a true tragedy she never really got what she wanted.... damn it, now I'm starting to tear up... shit. Quit if Flash....

Without further adue- lets start before I change my mind,

It all started with these alarms……

Author's Notes:

Thank you for Reading the 'Fallout Equestria: Ancient Heroes Prologue' !
FoE: AH is my first shot at an FoE FanFic, and it's been a lot of effort in the making- so hopefully you guys enjoy!

FoE: AH will be updated every Friday (unless delayed for some unknown reason) The first Chapter will be updated today, and Chapter 2 on June 3, 2016.

Thank you for reading! It is very much appreciated! :D