He lie on a rooftop awaiting for the slightest hint of the predator to come into view. The mane six were down below all scattered around so that I could see which one it would go after. The CMC were there with me on the roof, Applejack and Rarity thought they would be out of harm up there. They all waited for about 30 minutes before looking at me and shook their heads, that's when I saw it. An outline of the cloaked creature was creeping up behind Pinkie Pie. I took action and fired at it, causing the mane six to run to cover. My bullets did nothing to it as they bounced off its armour. I was forced to duck when it fired two plasma shots at me. The CMC ran to their sisters as I jumped down with my reloaded gun and fired. It retreated before I could finish my clip.

"Dammit, how did I hit it last time?" I asked nopony, but Apple Bloom answered.

"You hit its leg." She said looking at me. I thought for a minute and thought that it must have had armour or else I would be able to hit it. I took a step back and looked in the direction of which it retreated and ran that way, the others close behind me.

I turned the corner only to find the predator, without its cloak, standing there, staring at me. I unloaded my clip into its legs, but it jumped and I missed, that was my last clip. I put the gun on my back and took out my shotgun, but the predator fired a plasma shot and I barely dodged it. I heard a gasp as I got to my feet, only to meet the predator with its blades out walking towards me. I lifted my shotgun to react, but it backhanded me with its blades and I was sent flying.

I got back up and felt blood flowing from the cut the blades gave me. I look over to the mane six only to find them in a circle, looking at something. That's when I felt my shoulder got shot by the predator and I fell to my knees in pain, grasping the spot where I was shot. I looked up only to see the predator flee and I got to my feet and sighed. I walked over to the huddle and what I saw left me there, staring at the scene. Lying on the ground was Applejack with her sister crying over her. She was surrounded in a puddle of blood and had a huge hole in her chest.

"Oh my fucking god..." I said in shock. Apple Bloom looked up at me with sad eyes and looked back. Those eyes, they made me angry, angry that this filly was upset. I clenched my fist, which had a handgun in it, and I broke the gun. They all looked up at me except, sadly, for Applejack. I was so mad that I was shaking as I stared at the pony lying in the ground, and eventually threw my gun.

//Three days later\

I stood next to a still sobbing Apple Bloom as she placed flowers on the grave of her sister. She trotted slowly over to her brothers and eventually to one that read 'Granny Smith', brushed the dirt off it and looked up at me. She hadn't said a word to me at all since that incident with her sister and since then, I've been her guardian. She trotted up to me and jumped into my arms and held me tight and I did the same to her. After a few minutes, I started walking over to the farm house. On my way there, I realized something, I was the only person she had left, except for her friends. I couldn't let her down at all and I will go at all costs to protect her.

We reached the farm house and I took her upstairs to her bedroom and tucked her in. I looked at her and smiled.

"Come on Bloom, you can talk to me, you know that." She just looked away. I knew the only way to get her to talk and I did so. I leaned down and kissed her. After a few minutes, I separated from her and she gave a small smile. I pointed at her.

"There she is!" I said and her smile widened and eventually into a laugh as I started to tickle her. It was the first time she smiled in the past few days, and I couldn't help holding back a smile. She sat up in bed and as I got up, she put her hoof on my thigh and she signalled for me to come close.

"Do me a favour, please don't die, for me." She whispered in my ear and I looked at her. She had a serious/sad face and I smiled at her, happy she finally talked.

"You don't have to worry about a thing." I said as I heard the rain slowly start bouncing off the roof.

//Twilight\

"Come on!" I said annoyed that no books had information on anything. I looked back at my friends who were all searching through books. I dropped my head until I heard somepony say something.

"Hey, I think I found something!" It was my number 1 assistant, Spike. He slid down a ladder, holding a book that was titled 'Dangerous Predators of Everfree'. He brought it me and showed me the page which the mysterious creature was on. It was labelled 'Predator' and Pinkie didn't like this.

"That's a boring name!" Everypony shushed her. "Sorry." She said before looking back at the book.

"The original Predator is a dangerous being that hunts ponies and other animals and kills them with its wrist blades and/or shoulder plasma cannon. It collects skulls and skins as treasures and only one has been sighted in all of Equestria. It's location is somewhere in the Everfree forest. Possible genders: unknown. Danger level: highly dangerous. Encounter rate: 3 ponies reported sightings." I read the book aloud.

Everypony looked at each other and then at me. I was confused on what the book had said. If it's location is in Everfree forest, then that's where we have to go.

To avenge my friend...

Author's Note

Here is chapter 9, sorry it took a while and yes, I killed an OC. I'm sorry. Anyway, see you guys next time!!!