“Wha…what are Reapers.”asked Fluttershy while cowering behind Rainbow Dash.

“I’ll explain later because right now we need to leave. NOW!” I yelled, sprinting back towards the creek. The ponies immediately follow, keeping very close to me. I glanced over my shoulder to see a lone Reaper in hot pursuit. It looked exactly like a Deathclaw from the Fallout games, but twice as deadly.

“Fuck! We got one on our tail. I need you ponies to keep running in this direction and then follow a creek until you reach the edge of the forest. Don’t stop running no matter what you hear! I’m gonna handle this guy!” I shouted, stopping and crouching to aim at the Reaper.

“No way! We’re not leaving you!” cried Twilight Sparkle, stopping with the rest of the group. “YES.YOU.ARE! Trust me, I can handle him.” I said to them. Realizing that it’s a lost cause, Twilight takes off with the others following close behind. Once they were out of sight, I opened fire.

BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!

The six shots hit their intended target, causing it to slow down and giving me a chance to make a break for it. I stand up and sprint towards the creek and then followed it till I reached the edge of the forest. As I exit the woods, I see the six ponies huddled together in fear. I quickly make my way over to them.

“Are you all okay?” I asked, standing over them.

“Yeah we… LOOK OUT!” yelled Rainbow Dash.

I turn around to see the Reaper charging, but I couldn’t react fast enough as it was already on top of me. Smashing into me, I am knocked to the ground and my rifle is tossed a few feet from me. As I try to crawl to it, the Reaper grabbed me with its hand and picked me up. I see its free hand unleash its sharp claws ready to cut me into pieces. I reach down and unholstered my 1911 and let loose a barrage of bullets into its face. The Reaper roars in pain and drops me. I drop and rolled as I hit the ground, then sprinted to my rifle. I pick it up shoulder the rifle, and unleashed a storm of 5.56x45 at the ugly bastard. It tries to swipe at me, hoping to kill me. I just dodge or roll out of the way. I burn through another whole magazine before it finally drops dead. Sweat beads down my face and my lungs feel like they’re on fire. I walk up to the corpse with my rifle still readied and fire three shots into its head just to be safe. With the deed done, I turn back to see them huddled together and looking at me in complete horror. It’s like I committed a act of evil in their eyes.

“Why did you have to kill.” asked Fluttershy, looking at me with fear in her eyes.

“What do you mean, why did I kill it. The bastard was trying to kill us.” I replied, completely dumbfounded by her logic. But that answer didn’t fly with them as they still looked unconvinced.

“That doesn’t give you the right to kill it in such brutish manner.” said Rarity.

“I have to agree with Rarity. You should’ve tried talking to it and…” Rainbow Dash stops mid-sentence as she notices that I was getting extreme pissed off. I gripped my M4A1 tighter as I tried to contain my rising anger. I took a deep breath before I spoke.

“If you want to know why I killed it then you have to follow me to my place. You have no say in the matter because you won’t last out here and you won’t be able to get home if y’all are dead.” They were about to protest the idea, but one look from me quickly shut them up.

“Ok, we will go to your place. But we want answers as soon as we get there.” Twilight said with a bit of concern.

“Very well. Lets get going.”

With the ponies in tow, we begin to make the journey back to my place that is 2 miles away in the middle of the suburbs.
***
“Here we are,” I say while opening the front door to my house. My house is a single story with four bedrooms and three baths. The layout is an open floor plan. Three of the bedrooms are in the back of along with two bathrooms. Right off the entry way near the front door is my room with a small bathroom next to it.

“This is a gorgeous home you have here,” Rarity said, examining the décor in the entry way and living room.

“You should thank my parents really. This was there home before the war.” I replied, placing my M4A1 on the coffee table in the living room.

“And where might they be at?” Rarity asked.

I don't speak for a few moments I try to suppress the memory of their death. “They're dead,” I replied with sadness. Rarity’s ears fold down as she realizes that she hit a sore topic.

“I'm sorry.” Rarity replied as she holds back tears. Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie rush over to comfort Rarity. Twilight, Rainbow Dash, and Applejack stare at me with shock and sadness at the revelation.

“It's alright, you didn't know.” I said, trying to reassure her before she started balling her eyes out. If there's one thing I can't stand, it would be girls getting upset over the stupidest of things. While they deal with their crap, I take off my vest and placed it with my rifle. I also take off my top and threw it with the rest of my stuff. I have a camo shirt on underneath so I don't have to worry about things getting awkward. I keep my M1911 on me just in case something happens. As I finish up, I notice Twilight waking over to me.

"What you need?" I asked while picking my M4A1.

"I think it's time for you to answer some questions." She said sternly.

Author's Note

Boom chapter done.