Two hundred years after a nuclear apocalypse devastated the world, Emma Swan escapes Vault 101, a survival shelter designed to protect up to 1,000 humans from the nuclear fallout. She travels the Capital Wasteland to find the parents who abandoned her when she was just a baby. Her singular focus shifts, however, when she sets foot in a small town called Storybrooke, and meets its dazzling Mayor.
This work is a Fallout 3 AU written for Once Upon a Time's Swan Queen pairing. It was written in such a way that someone who has never played the game will still be able to follow along with the world and its characters. For non-players, this is a post-apocalyptic AU. Fallout 3 enthusiasts will find a lot in this fic that they will specifically recognise.
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Well-worn but sturdy boots scoffed through the dust and sand blown onto the crumbling highway Emma Swan was following. Next to her, tongue dangling from his mouth in a combination of thirst, exhaustion, and excitement, jogged her canine companion Pongo. Ever since picking him up at a scrapyard about a week back, he hadn’t been farther from her side than the necessary distance to modestly relieve himself. He was an added worry—caring about someone, even an animal, made you do stupid things to keep them alive—but Emma would be lying if she said the Dalmatian had not added a joy to her life that she had been sorely missing.
“I think it’s time we find a place to hole up for the night, what’cha say, boy?” Emma softly spoke to the dog, whose head lifted merrily at the sound of her voice. Tail wagging, he barked once—softly—but still Emma’s eyes darted about to scan the area around her, making sure his enthusiasm had not drawn the attention of anything hell-bent on killing her.
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(Graphic by the amazing after-world-chronicles)
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