Twilight awakens in a mysterious underground nightclub to a throbbing headache, with absolutely no memories of how she got there. After investigating her surroundings for a while, she accidentally stumbles into a game of great risk and an even greater reward against a merciless (and bouncy) dealer.

A light-hearted crossover with Mike Klubnika's Buckshot Roulette. No ponies were harmed in the writing of this fic.

Edited by Equimorto.

"All you have to do is look into the gem, and the test will be over before you know it!”

How far would you go for the right price? And would the end justify the means?

After a botched experiment, Silver Sterling finds herself thrust into a grim new existence in the Equestrian Wastes. Simultaneously robbed of her old life and given a chance to live anew, she must learn to adapt, survive, and thrive to ever have a chance of making it out alive in this harsh new world.

Saved from certain death by a local scavenger, she becomes entangled on a quest to find a long lost musical relic for a reward most ponies would kill for. And to save her own skin. It's a wild, wild wasteland out there.

_{Based on the original Fallout: Equestria by Kkat. Reading the original is recommended but not required.}

_{The prologue through to the first couple of paragraphs of Chapter Five were written in 2018. I've not written anything since, but this story has been living in my head for almost 10 years now, so it's well past time I get it out of there. Hopefully anyway. We'll see how it goes. In case you couldn't tell I tend to dip in and out. More out than in.}

This story did not explode! What a relief and/or letdown.

Part of OPERATION CRACKFIC STORM 2024 ( group | stories ).

Thanks to Silk Rose for coming up with the idea, writing chapters 22 and 9, and developing the code; thanks also to Meadowsys for general code help.

Thanks to IrradiatedPirateBooty ( tumblr ) for the awesome character art.

And thanks to everyone in the comments who stuck around for the final countdown!

In the magical land of Equestria, there are no ponies.
In the sleepy town of Ponyville, there are no ponies.
In the glittering Castle of Friendship, there are no ponies.

So who are all these colorful quadrupeds?

In a few desperate days of worldwide crisis and catastrophe, Twilight might have to betray her first and truest love.

To save the world, it might be worth it.

Content Warning: Alternate universe follows somewhat different laws of physics, alternate universe astronomy.

Opaline had stolen the cutie marks from half of Equestria and was rapidly conquering the rest. Even the fake alicorn Sunny Starscout and her minions were faltering before her. One more push would bring Opaline to her final victory.

Then she surrendered.

And even Opaline doesn’t know why.

The sea holds many wonders. So does the night sky. Twilight experiences the mysteries of the twilight on a pier with her best friend, on her lonesome.

Based on a story idea someone suggested

Queen Novo banishes Twilight and her friends to the deepest reaches of the ocean. In this dark and desolate place of water and silence, giving in to one's animal instincts seems like the obvious course of action.

Thus Spike awakens, trapped and alone in an unfamiliar place. But as he quickly learns, it's a lot worse than that.

Twilight discovers, as ruler of Equestria, she is the one that makes the law and the one that is the last word of what the existing ones mean. Their wording feels a bit outmoded as cases come before her.

Done as a random challenge from the fine folks on the FimFiction Discord.