Turning a corner, I found myself face to face with a pony in leather armor wielding a magical energy lance.  I couldn’t tell which side she had been on, but it didn’t matter; she immediately dropped into a combative stance.

“Wait…”

She thrust the glowing tip of the lance at me.  I tried to dodge, my side slamming into the cave wall.  A line of stinging agony swept across the side of my neck, my flesh bubbling and melting.  “AAaaaugh!”

The pony backed up, swinging the tip of the magic lance towards my head.  I dropped to my belly, the lance passing over me, and flung my saddlebags into her face.   The pony stumbled back.

Fallout: Equestria Chapter 12