A Lone Rifleman in Equestria

[A few hours after the events of chapter 5]

“This is insane Twilight, we cannot let that freak go free after what it did to Pinkie.” Rainbow Dash plead to Twilight, while the others catered to a shakened and frightened Pinkie Pie.

“If we do that, then there’s a good chance that he would return and cause a lot more damage than ever. The best that we can do at this point is to forget all about him and move onto more important matters, such as focusing on our enemies of the changelings and Sombra.” explained Twilight while sitting in her throne and reading over and signing agreements for a plan of action to deal with the now many homeless ponies whose houses were destroyed in the attack.

 “That creep is our enemy Twilight, we need to get him first before he gets us.”

“There’s nothing that we can do right now. We’re already stretched thin with Sombra and Chrysalis running a muck, and we can’t risk any ponies in tracking him and bringing him in.”

“I’ll do it then, I really don’t care who does it! As long as that creep isn’t around to pose a threat to anypony else, then I’ll be relieved. Equestria has enough problems as is and the sooner we start actually doing something to these problems that can permanently get resolved, the safer and better will Equestria and it’s ponies will be when creeps like Wolf are dealt with.” preached the heated Rainbow Dash who was mad about the whole situation.

“No Dash, we need you here in case another attack happens. We were just barely able to fend them off the first time they attacked us, but another could prove to be our demise. That why the elements of harmony needs to stay in close proximity to each other until this issue is resolved.”

“Listen sugar cube, I don’t like it any much as you do right now but you need to listen to Twilight. She knows what’s best for us right now, and it would be wise obey her, she is the one who got us out in worser things in the past” said AppleJack who with Fluttershy, Rarity, and Pinkie Pie joined into the conversation after Pinkie calmed down.

“Either of you don’t understand, we need to deal with all of our enemies at the moment, including Wolf that you all of a sudden know so well, Twilight.”

“We will, but now is not the time. Ponyville needs us and we’re ordered to stay in Equestria by Celestia and Luna, we’ll speak to them in the morning about this when they arrive, but until then, here in Ponyville is where we’re all gonna stay.” preached Twilight

“Wolf did apologize to me before he took off.” added Pinkie with a quiet voice that could match Fluttershy’s usual tone.

“I think you’re just angry about everything that has happened, maybe you should just sleep it off. Ponies tend to not think when they’re furious, and I think that is the case for you. I’m okay Dash, Wolf didn’t hurt me and like I said, he did apologize for what he did to me.” explained Pinkie.

“He did say that he would take such action if he was provoked, and I believe that is what happened when Pinkie jumped on him. He got startled and well, we all know the rest.” added Twilight.

“You guys are delusional! This could be a life and death thing that if we don’t take action, somepony could get hurt or killed. That blood being on our hooves!” preached a frustrated Rainbow Dash

“Look! We’ll speak with Celestia and Luna when they come tomorrow, but right now I can’t do anything to track down Wolf or put a bounty on his head, my role as princess of friendship doesn’t have me do those things, nor am I allowed to do any of those things. Although I am one of the alicorns of Equestria, the only way I could do something like that is to have condolences from a pony with actual political say in it such as the mayor of ponyville or Celestia, Luna, or Cadence. ”

“This is ridiculous Twilight! The minutes that we waste waiting for Celestia and Luna is a minute of potential danger that could be coming for all of us. Who knows what Wolf could be doing now, and if nopony else will go out and find out as well as deal with him so that he’s no longer a threat, then as I said I’ll go look for him and see to it that he wouldn’t be able to harm anypony.”

“I already told you that ponyville needs us, we’re already stretched thin with everything that has happened and all hooves need to be on deck, right now, in order to clean up the mess that the changelings and Sombra left us. These are Celestia and Luna’s orders, and those are the orders that we must follow until further notice.”

“Always loyal to those who are above you and can’t think for yourself, eh Twilight? How will the likes of you ever take control of Equestria when the time comes?” angrily snarled Rainbow Dash.

“.............I think you should get out of here Rainbow Dash.” said Twilight with a tone of sorrow.

“Oh so now you want us to split up? What happened to staying together and~~” responded Rainbow Dash before she was caught off guard by Twilight.

“I SAID GET OUT!!!!!!!!!!” angrily shouted Twilight.

“....................As you wish, your highness.” said Rainbow Dash who flew away in disgust and with a sense of disappointment.

[Meanwhile elsewhere in the Everfree Forest]

“~~So after nearly killing a small horse by the name of Pinkie Pie, and making an enemy with the locals of this strange world, I am now looking for someplace to set up. I don’t know how long I’ll actually be here, but I need to find some way to get back home. If I fail in doing that, then maybe one day someone will find these field reports, or recordings, or whatever the hell you want to call these things, it won’t matter to me anyways.” said Wolf with ending the recording from the recorder that he remembered he had in one of his pockets that has him required to explain his missions and the things that he sees in those missions.

Wolf continued to walk for quite sometime, until he spotted a cave on the side of a rocky hill. After climbing up to the cave, Wolf took a moment to look at the newly gained view of the landscape.

“Hmm….This will do for now.” Wolf thought to himself while turning his attention the cave, behind him.

Wolf turns on his flashlight that he had equiped with him on the right strap of his backpack. He cautiously enters the cave, M1911 in one hand and the flashlight in the other. After discovering that the cave was empty and the area was secure, Wolf relaxed and took his backpack off and took a quick breath before kneeling down to his backpack. After searching through his equipment, he retrieved a small and portable axe. Wolf gets up and exits the cave with leaving his rifle and backpack, with all his equipment in it, to set out to get firewood. Armed only with a loaded M1911 in it’s holster and the small axe in his left hand, Wolf descends from the rocky hill, wolf proceeds to start chopping at a couple of trees and logs for the remainder of the night.

[Rainbow Dash's Cloud House]

A frustrated Rainbow Dash pours herself another drink of cider, drinks it, but throws it against the wall that results in the glass cup getting smashed to small pieces.

“Ahh, that son of a bitch! Who the hell does he think he is with doing that to Pinkie Pie?! She didn’t know any better, and practically does it to everypony that she ever meets.” Rainbow Dash said out loud to no pony but herself, angered about everything to do with what Wolf did to Pinkie Pie.

Rainbow Dash takes a few minutes to calm down, and managing to do so. She realized the mess she had made in her frustrated stance, and grabs a broom from a closet that she uses to clean up the shattered glass. She cleans up her mess, and puts away her cider in the refrigerator to keep it and many of her other favourite foods/drinks cool or saved for her to use at her disposal. Rainbow Dash trots over to her room, and looks out one of the world to the greeting of Luna's night. She ponders and thinks things over for a while till she feels a small nudge at her back hooves. She looks down at Tank who is looking at her with a sign of happiness and satisfaction that his owner was there Rainbow Dash smiles and picks up Tank to join her in looking out at the window, petting his head as they both look out the window together.

“You know Tank, why is it that in a land full of friendship and love, their are plenty of dirt bags running a muck and causing everypony else grief?” Rainbow Dash asked Tank, even though she knew that he couldn’t answer and probably had no idea what she was talking about.

Rainbow Dash kissed Tank on the forehead before putting him down on the floor, and commanding him to go to his bed at the foot of his owners queen sized bed. He obeyed and started to make his way to his bed, as Rainbow Dash went over to her bathroom to clean herself up for bed.

After getting herself ready for a good night's rest, she noticed Tank already asleep in his shell but having his head poked out for his face to be visible. Rainbow Dash smiled at this before getting into her own bed, she got herself comfortable and attempted to doze off to sleep. Unfortunately for her, the image of seeing Pinkie Pie in total fear and look of anger on Wolfs face as he held a knife to her friends throat was still fresh in her mind that she couldn’t get out.

After what felt like an eternity of tossing and turning, Rainbow Dash got up and sat the edge of her bed, thinking about Wolf, Pinkie Pie, and the argument she had with her friends. She grew angry again and started thinking about that thing she said about going out to deal with Wolf and eliminate the new danger that Equestria now has on it’s hoods.

She quietly caught up to not awake Tank, and made her way to the bathroom to mix her mane and clean herself up. After she finished up in the bathroom, she quietly makes her way to her closet and retrieves a holster for a knife that she attaches to her left hoof. After that, she retrieves a baseball bat with a strap on it so that she can carry it on her back as she moves around with it at her disposal. She then trots to her mirrored cabinet where a case was placed at the foot of the mirror. Rainbow Dash opens the case to reveal a dagger and a photograph. She carefully picks it up and checks it over if it was sharp enough, with it being very sharp that it nearly cuts her hoof as she checks it over. After holstering the dagger, she picked up the photograph that was also in the case with the dagger. The photograph was of Rainbow Dash with her father and mother, she looked at it with showing a small amount of sorrow, but quickly shook it off and put the photo back in the case and closed it. She quietly leaves her room, heads outside of her house, and takes to the air.

“I’ll show that creep that nopony screws around with Rainbow Dash or her friends.” Rainbow Dash thought to herself as she flew off to find Wolf and get some payback for Pinkie Pie.