Hunter was eating breakfast with Twilight and Spike. He had a bowl a cereal and was digging in until asked a question. "Hunter, why did you become a hunter?"

He froze immediately. "For my own interests."

Twilight was confused. He never answered like that. "Uh...okay. Other then that, how do you hunters fight?"

Hunter smiled under his bandanna. "I can't fight like them, because I don't have any blood within me. But they can zoom around the battlefield like a wasp on crack."

"Crack?"

"Addictive drug. Anyways, we can tank a lot of damage without slowing down before we die, except me. And usually they wake up in the Hunter's Dream after dying, with me yet again as the exception. I woke up in the Elder Realm...or that's what I'm gonna fuckin' call it."

Twilight was writing it down on a scroll she got from who fucking knows. "Why are you named Hunter? I thought that, based on what I've been told by you, that humans are just....named."

"Well, I got my name when I signed up."

"Wait, so humans are nameless until they get a job or become something?"

"Nah, we're named from birth?"

"Then why didn't your parents name you?"

Hunter stopped and glared at her. "I don't talk about those beasts."

"...Sorry.." At that moment, the dining room door swung open, the opener a blue pony. With only wings.

"Hey Twi!" She noticed Hunter. "WOAH, who the hell are you?!" Her tone wasn't hostile, more amazed and confused.

He decidedly answered as straight as possible. "I'm Hunter, a hunter of beasts, a human, male, age 25, and I don't wear clothes for formal reasons because my big ol' dick has no sheath."

The pony's face exploded with a blush, and so she grew a bit harsh. "Well, I'm Rainbow Dash, the manager of the Rainbow Factory, a pegasus pony, 26 years old, and I'm the faster pegasus in Equestria!"

Hunter grinned. He was going to answer with a polite response. "Well I'm the fastest human in this fucking reality, so I think I'm a few steps above your cloudy ass."

Rainbow Dash spluttered. "Well, I'm faster then you!"

"Cool. Not that impressive."

Rainbow Dash thought for a moment, then grinned. "Fine! I'll show you around the Rainbow Factory! That'll impress you!"

"Alright, let's go then."

"Manager Designate: Rainbow Dash?" A robotic voice called out to Rainbow. The voice came from from a grey-coated pony with metal wings. "Is it wise to allow Designate: Hunter into the Rainbow Factory complex?"

Rainbow sighed. "I'm showing him that I am, in fact, better then he is!" The pony blinked and muttered 'Affirmative' before walking away with heavy metallic hoofsteps.

Hunter jerked a thumb in the pony's direction. "Who's that asshole?"

Rainbow looked at him while putting on her jacket, which was covered in blood. "The pony in charge of running the Pegasus Device, the thing that produces raw Spectra."

Hunter snapped her a finger gun. "Rainbow cum, right?"

Rainbow scoffed. "No, Spectra, not...that."

"Close enough. Anyways, where is this gloryhole?"

"It is NOT a GLORYHOLE!!"

"Well, then what the fuck is it? It gets Rainbow cum-"

"SPECTRA!"

"-Rainbow cum from pegasi! What the fuck else is it supposed to be a fucking meat grinder?!"

Rainbow tossed a coat at him. "'Meat grinder' is a pretty good description, yeah."

He tossed the coat back at her. "I've already got protective gear, dipshit."

"How am I supposed to know?!"

"I hunt beasts! What did you think these clothes were for?! What, did you think that every time I kill a beast, I go home and deep clean this shit!!??"

Rainbow threw her hooves up. "I DON'T FUCKING KNOW!!"

Hunter gestured towards her. "Well then, get moving! Show me this murder machine!" Rainbow smiled, and lead him along the corridors, screams of death and pain echoing from everywhere. "Your soundproofing is dogshit." Rainbow rolled her eyes and continued along. Eventually they came to a door, and she opened it.

"Welcome to the Pegasus Device!" Hunter looked at the scene. A pony with his wings bound had been dropped into a giant meat grinder, and a few colours of the rainbow (Hunter assumed that Rainbow's mane was all the colours of the rainbow) were flowing through various tubes along the machine. There were some more ponies below, all probably soon to be ground. "Impressed now?"

Hunter shrugged. "Yeah, it's pretty cool." Rainbow counted that as a victory and grinned. "Hey, is there lunch room in this place?"

Rainbow nodded and waved a wing down the catwalk. "Follow the signs." Hunter began to walk away. "Oh, the employees in there may be acting weird."

Hunter gave her a thumbs-up and left. The screams never stopped being heard, they were everywhere. 'Jackasses. Don't they know that a sane employee is usually better?' Rather then musing to himself the low, low intelligence of the architects, he decided to focus on hit path. Which was interrupted by that pony from earlier. "Yo, wassup?"

The pony's voice was still weird as hell, and...his? Tone unreadable. "What is your destination?"

"Always the charmer, eh? I'm headed to the mess hall, or whatever you call the fuckin' place."

"Why?"

"Because I have to eat as well. You guys need better soundproofing. You know what? I'm gonna ask someone where the HR department is."

"We do not have a...." The pony stopped for a few seconds. "Pony Resources department in the Rainbow Factory."

Hunter rubbed his chin in thought. "Yeah, that makes sense. Anyways, bye." The pony blocked his path. "Excuse me?"

"I cannot let you leave."

Hunter groaned. "Not this shit." Suddenly, he was punched in the chest. It was metal. The pony's hooves were METAL. Before he could dodge, he was bucked in the chest, sent flying down the corridor, and he slid along the floor, impacting the wall. "Ow..." So much shit was broken. 'All of his ribs' was on that list. The pony was flying towards him, and extended a hoof, probably to cave in his skull. Hunter reached in his coat and pulled out a derringer he got from some homeless dude 15 years ago. He fired it at the pony's eye, causing it to stagger and land, sliding to a stop. Hunter lunged towards him with newfound strength and punched through it's metal hide. He grabbed something that felt important, braced, and ripping it out, the pony jerking hard backing and falling over, twitching. Hunter looked at his hand. "Holy SHIT!" He had a beast hand, but it was only slightly bigger than his. He was holding something that was glowing. He looked back towards the pony to see it dash backwards, and stand on all fours. Holding the weird device, his hand turned to normal, and he was healed. So he had a beast within? And it only came out at certain times? Hunter drew his sword and took a stance, pointing his sword forward while resting the blade on his other arm. The pony leaned forward, it's wings flexing, the feathers now sharp. "Let's do this."

The pony charged at him, and jumped, his hoof splitting, a blade extending from it. Hunter spun, sliding past him and transforming his weapon. The pony whipped around and met Hunter's hammer, which said 'hi' to him with a gentle 270 pounds moving at 50 kmph. (The peak speed of the average sword blade during a swing is 77 kmph based on a Google search.) The pony's head twisted and his neck broke. The pony hit the ground. "....How the FUCK did I do that?" Looking down, the pendant was glowing. "Huh. Well, that's overpowered as shit. Wonder what he had on him.." Hunter searched through the corpse and pulled out a gauntlet-thing. He read the description. Where it came from, he had no fucking idea.

The ARC Projector is a ranged weapon used by the Rainbow Factory's mechanics officer, an android.

It fires electric charges that cause a small electrical explosion, which stuns nearby foes...or friends.

It can hold a max of five charged, each one taking approximately 10 minutes to recharge.

"A lightning gun. Fuckin' sweet!" He strapped it to his arm, then looking up, saw Rainbow looking at him like he just murdered her entire family. "What?"

"How the FUCK did you kill him?! He's a fucking ROBOT with swords and reflexes faster then me in bed!" Hunter shrugged and pointed at his pendant.

"Something to do with this pendant." Rainbow pointed at it with a hoof.

"Where'd you get that?"

"It was a gift from a Great One, or as I call it, an eldritch god, named Ellie." Rainbow took a few steps back. Hunter picked up the corpse, needing both hands. "Don't worry, I won't kill you, you didn't attack me. Now, where does this heavy bitch go?"

Author's Note

If there is something wrong with this story, please tell me so I can try to improve it!