"Daniel, I'm leaving to go get some groceries." said Fluttershy, grabbing her scarf. "I'll be back in a few hours."

I sat down on the couch reading one of the books I kept in my pack. I looked up at her. "Alright, I'll be here. Stay safe."

She walked out of the house and shut the door, I walked over to the window and peered through it, watching Fluttershy cross the small bridge out front. I turned back and saw the barrel of my rifle sticking out from behind the couch. It had acquired much dust from sitting there the past week. The last time I used it was when we were attacked by timber wolves, That was a hard fight. I tried different combinations of guns, but only the 50. was enough to wound them, what made them go away was the sheer sound of the gun being discharged. I decided to keep it as a noise maker just in case the wolves came back.

Looking back out the window, I waited for her to cross the hill to Ponyville. Once she was gone, I grabbed my M82A1 from behind the couch and took it outside. The air felt nice on my skin as I walked outside. I grabbed some old cans and an old barrel from the trash and set them at varying lengths. I filled the barrel with water and green dye so that I could see it when I hit it. I walked back to the house and climbed onto the roof, nearly slipping off. I made my way to the top window and looked out and around me, checking to make sure I was clear. I had a clear vantage point from the house to Ponyville and the field where I layed the cans. I was amazed by how beautiful Ponyville was. I setup the bipod and layed down. I grabbed the magazine from my pocket and loaded the rifle, pulled the slide, and let it rock back. The gun vibrated, signifying it now having ammo. I aimed down the sight at one of the cans. I then picked up and aimed my range finder at it. It was about 500 meters away. I aimed and pulled the trigger.

Click

Click

"What the hell?" I looked down and pulled the trigger again.

Click

"Oh christ."I said under my breath as I pulled the magazine out and checked it. "No, still got ammo." I pulled the slide back, the round popping out. I grabbed it and put the bullet back in before letting the slide rock back. "Nope that ain't it, either" I looked down and saw my mistake. "Aww god dammit." I layed my head down in the snow. Embarrassed of my self, I flicked the safety off and proceeded to take aim again. The wind slowed down, allowing me to take a less angled shot. I aimed and pulled the trigger.

BOOM

The rifle kicked against my shoulder. The flash from the muzzle blew snow off the roof. The sound could be heard bouncing off the hills. I saw the can fly off the stand, accompanied by a poof of dirt behind it where the bullet hit the ground.

I took aim at the next can, this one was 750 meters away from me. I put my finger to the trigger and began slowly squeezing the trigger before I saw a magenta eye in my scope.

"What are you doing?"

"Oh shit!" I fell backwards, slid off the roof and hit the snow.

"Woah, are you o.k.?" Said the blue pony as she hovered down to me.

My ass end sticking out of the snow, I pushed my way up until I flew out of the snow, falling on my ass. "What the hell, Rainbow?" I looked up at her, a confused look on her face. "I almost shot you!" I gave her an angry look before getting up and brushing my self off.

"Sorry, I was flying overhead and saw you on the roof." she explained, crossing her hooves and some how flying on her back. "I saw a light come out of the end of that stick of yours, accompanied by a loud noise." She stopped in mid air, hovering. "I wanted to see what all the excitement was."

I looked up at her, my head pounding. "First of all," I was gonna let her have it. I raised my index finger. "That 'Stick' just happens to be an M82A1 sniper rifle. Second," I raised two fingers. "That 'light' that came out of my rifle is actually called a Muzzle Flash." She interrupted.

"Oh I know Muzzle Flash, he happens to be the Pony who captures pictures of me for when I'm famous." She said, holding out a picture of her flying.

"I don't care. And third." She looked very offended. I then held up a third finger and continued my rant. "That sound is the byproduct of what happens when you shoot a 700 grain piece of death out of a 50. cal."

Her face turned from anger to one of curiosity. "Death?" She lifted a hoof to her chin. "I didn't know about that."

"Let me show you just how devastating it can be." I got up and climbed back up the roof, almost falling off again. Rainbow Dash hovered just above me with her hoof to her chin. I got back up and grabbed the magazine and inserted it. I pulled the slide back and let it rock back, the gun vibrating. I aimed down at another one of the cans. "See those cans and barrel?"

"Yeah?" She squinted her eyes at the can.

I pulled the trigger.

BOOM

The rifle gloriously kicked back into my shoulder, the spent shell gracefully flying out of the slide. The muzzle flash was beautiful and the sound was like a symphony. The can split in half, flying into the air before falling back to the ground. I looked at Rainbow Dash who had an unimpressed look on her face.

"I could do that with my eyes closed."

"Bull shit," I retorted. "last time you used my gun, you ended up flying into the wall and blowing out one of the windows." I turned over and faced her. "It took me four hours to fix that window!"

"I didn't even see it." she stuck her nose up at me. "because I was too busy being awesome!" She put a pair of shades on her face.

"Fine," I turned back over adjusting my rifle to my new position. "You wanna see what this thing can really do?" I looked through the sight and aimed for the barrel. I was going to show her why you shouldn't get in my way. The range finder read 1500 meters. I slowed my breathing and put my finger on the trigger. I slowly squeezed and...

BOOM

The 700 grain bullet made it's way out of the rifle, flying past tree after tree, bird after bird, before hitting the barrel with pinpoint accuracy. The barrel exploded in a fountain of green liquid and splintered wood. The shot was heard for miles. Ponies looked up, wondering what that noise was. Little did they know, it was a point being made.

Rainbow Dash lowered herself to the roof and landed. Her mouth wide open, she lifted her shades. "That...was... AWESOME!!" She leaped into the air, raising a hoof above her head. "Wait until I tell everypony about this!" She flew off towards Ponyville.

"Heh."

I picked up my rifle and made my way down to the ground. I looked at my gun and blew on the barrel, making a whistling noise. I opened the door and walked inside.

"Still got it."

Author's Note

Please notify me about any errors in spelling that I may have missed.

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