Alone

A few months had passed since the girls came to this world. It was now summer time, and it was a little hot. Jack, Rainbow dash and Applejack were walking down an empty major road. They walked by shops, gas stations and even hardware stores, gathering supplies as they went. Jack decided to stop at a gas station to use the diesel fuel pumps. The tank jack had gotten ran off of diesel, and the house they lived in was also had gas heating. He just finished pumping the gas when he glanced at the shop across the street, he looked back at it when he realized what the sign said. In bold letters it said 'gun shop.' Jason knew that there could be more ammo inside, but that's not what drew him to it. He always wanted to own one particular gun, he wrapped up what he was doing and called the girls over.

"Girls! I found a gun shop across the street!" Jack shouted at the open gas station door. Applejack stepped out with her shotgun resting against her shoulder. She had a curious look on her face.

"Why do we need more guns? Don't we have plenty?" She asked.

"Yes but there could be ammo inside, and it's always better to have to much ammo then to not have enough." Jack said. Rainbow dash walked out, she was wondering what was going on.

"Hey, what's up?" She said.

"We're going into the shop across the street, Don't ask why." Jack said.

"Alright, well let's get moving!" She said. Jack led the way they started to cross the street. The pavement was cracked and there was grass starting to grow in the cracks. Jack checked the shop door, it was locked.

"Dam, I'm gonna have to pick the lock." Jack said. He heard Applejack crank her shotgun.

"Stand aside." She said. Jack stood aside and she placed the shotgun to the lock. With a loud bang the lock was blown off and the door was open.

"That works too." Jack said. They stepped inside, scanning the walls for any new guns they hadn't seen yet. Jack's jaw dropped when he saw what he was looking for. He walked toward the gun and lifted it off the wrack. He started stuffing the ammo for it into his duffel bag. Applejack looked at him with a raised eyebrow.

"Huh, what's that?" She asked.

"It's the gun I've always wanted, it's a Winchester 1894 lever action rifle." Jack said. "Grab all the ammo you see, and grab any guns we don't already have. Rainbow, because I'm in such a good mood right now, you'll get my rifle at home. I won't be needing it now that I have this baby." Rainbow dash smiled, she let out a 'yes!' Jack looked at his newly acquired weapon. "I'm gonna have a blast with this thing." He gave the gun a kiss, this prompted Applejack to raise an eyebrow at him.

"I've never seen someone love a gun so much." She said.

"I'll tell you the story of why I love this gun when we leave. Besides, I'm pretty sure you fell in love with that model 1887 shotgun I gave you. You even named it." Jack said. "What was the name again."

"I call it deathstick. So I can say thing like 'I'll just use my deathstick'." She replied.

"Well, I'm gonna name my gun Steve. Steve the Winchester. Nah, how about.... Big peace." Jack said.

"I like it." Rainbow said from the other side of the store. "I've cleared this side of ammo and there were only two guns over here that we didn't have already. How's it comin over there?" She asked.

"This side is almost cleared out. We found three guns over here that we don't have at home. Well, four if you count jacks Winchester." Applejack said. "So, what is the story with you and that gun?" Jack looked at Applejack, he grew a big smile.

"When I was ten, my dad bought me a Winchester 1894 lever action rifle. He would always take me hunting, so he decided that I should have my own gun instead of using one of his all the time. I had it for four years, something in the lever system broke so it needed to be fixed. Unfortunately, it wasn't fixed before all this happened. So that my friends, is why I love this gun." Jack said.

"If it broke then why do you still like it?" Rainbow asked.

"Because I did some research, and I found out that these guns are normally very reliable and they tend to last a long time." Jack said. They started walking out of the door to the shop. "The best part is, most gun shops have them newly made. They rarely let you buy an antique." They started walking towards home.

"Well, I hope you enjoy your gun." Applejack said.

"Thank you Applejack." Jack said. They walked for about a half a mile when they spotted a bear in the road. It looked thin, and desperate. It seemed to notice the group and started rushing at them. The girls were readying their guns when they heard a 'click click, BANG!'. They turned to see Jack, still holding this gun to his arm. The barrel was still smoking, he pumped the lever again and placed it over his shoulder. They looked back to see the bear, lying on the ground with a hole in the top of its head.

"How did you do that? You didn't put any ammo in it when we left the shop." Applejack said.

"I became so good at reloading this thing, that I won a couple of competitions for fast reloading. All I did was slide one round in, pump the lever and shoot. I also won a few sharp shooting competitions." Jack said.

"Well you saved our tails! Thanks man!" Rainbow said. Jack started reloading the rifle.

"Well, it looks like Big Peace settled the score." Jack said pointing at the dead bear.

"Ok, now that name sounds cool." Applejack said. Jack laughed a bit and they continued walking. Jack held the gun, point the barrel off to his left. He could get away with this because he was walking on the left side of the three person group. Jack didn't say it, but he felt like 'the man' holding this gun. He felt like he could rule the world, he even walked around as if he owned everything. 'Man, i just realized we also need more food.' Jack thought to himself.

"Hey guys, did any of you pick up any food?" Jack asked.

"I picked up a few unopened bags of potato chips." Rainbow said. Jack sighed and looked a head, he saw a buck crossing the road.

"Well that makes this justified." He clicked the gun again, aimed down his sights and fired the gun. The deer fell to the ground and jack started walking toward the carcus.

"Well why in the hay did you kill it?!" Applejack said.

"Because we're running out of food at home, I just gave us a weeks worth of food." Jack said. "If we're lucky it will last two weeks." He picked up the carcus and carried it on his shoulder. The dear had a hole right in its forehead. He walked back towards the girls with the deer. He turned down their street and the girls followed. They saw the hole in its head and they cringed.

"Dang, remind me not to get in a gun fight with you. You weren't kidding when you said you were a good shot." Rainbow said. Jack shifted the deer carcus a bit so it was more comfortable to hold, he was starting to sweat a bit. The deer was heavy, but this was the fastest way to get it home.

"Thank you." He said, he turned and walked up the concrete path leading to the house. "Well, we made it home." He said, he pushed the door open and walked in with the deer carcus. "I'm back!" He shouted, Fluttershy was sitting on the couch and she fainted when she saw the dead deer. Danny ran down the stairs and laughed when he saw Jack.

"I see you got the food! What else did you get while you were out?" Danny asked. Jack put the carcus down in the kitchen.

"Well, I got this Winchester 1894 lever action rifle. Which is mine by the way. We found a bunch of ammo and five new guns." Jack said. "Oh, and I got some gas and diesel. Diesel for the tank, gas for the heating system next winter. Other then that, Rainbow found some unopened bags of potato chips." Jack said. Danny laughed and gave Jack a pat on the shoulder.

"And this is why you are the supply man. You always have better luck then I do at finding supplies." Danny said.

"Not to mention I'm better at starting fires then you are. Speaking of which, I'm gonna get a fire started out back so we can cook dinner." Jack said.

~three hours later~

Everyone was sitting around the fire eating the freshly made food. The sun had gone down an hour ago so the only light source for miles was the fire. The glowing band of stars going across the sky were that of our galaxy, they normally aren't visible due to light pollution. But tonight, the MilkyWay was clearly visible. They ate and told stories under the gorgeous night sky.