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- >You are Anon, a mercenary
- >And you just accepted one of the most dangerous jobs there are
- >You need to get a pastel colored unicorn horn for a collector
- >Why that s such a hard job you may ask? Simple
- >All mercenary friends you ve had died trying to get one for themselves, as a way to raise their reputation
- >Of course you cant have a reputation if you re not even alive so you decided to not go after it
- >You did spy some of your friends death though, having info on possible targets is never too bad
- >But on every failure it was just like a rehersal
- >The bullets they shot quickly lost their momentum as they got close to the unicorn and dropped to the ground
- >You have no idea how it worked, the bullets simply slowed down as they got closer to the unicorn
- >And on every one of the deaths the unicorns did the same thing
- >As soon the human got out of ammo they'd nod once and then they'd take a look at the dead human
- >Dead because somehow as they lowered their heads one bullet would levitate and later speed up after the human
- >Always killing the target in one shot
- >You always waited the unicorn to leave before getting away since seeing that sent a chill to your bones, no matter how many times you had seen it
- >Still you never refused a contract and you're not letting this one be the first
- >Sadly 'a unicorn horn' is too specific so you cant change the terms to make things easier on your contract either
- >Expecting the worst you get your most prized gun
- >A M82A2, factory new that you never shot it even once before
- >You loved that gun so much you couldn’t bring it to a mission
- >But since this will probably be your last mission you may as well use it
- >You were keen on sniper rifles so the knockback mustn't be any problem
- >The extra AP pack you got for it was also closed neatly inside a drawer
- >You've got it as an extra for a job before even thinking on getting this gun
- >Well both are going to be put on a good use tomorrow
- >And you hope that this physics bullshit doesn’t happen with you when you go against whatever unicorn you face
- >Today is the day
- >You wish you had a silencer because you heard this gun is quite noisy and noisy definitively doesn’t fit your style
- >So you also grabbed your M16A1, if you re not lucky to find one alone and need to be quiet
- >Still you will need to recover the corpse, but you will worry about that when the time comes
- >After some hours driving towards one of these pony villages you decide to hide in a bush and wait there for a lucky pick
- >After only a few minutes you hear hooves coming and ready your M16
- >Putting on the silencer you take aim for the mint unicorn
- >Man she s a beauty…
- >Fuck that, you have a job to do
- >Hesitantly you send a single burst at the non-suspecting unicorn
- >And just what you worried happened … well … happened
- >The bullets just lost their momentuum and dropped to the ground
- >You freeze on your spot waiting for the imminent death, never taking your eyes out of the unicorn
- >Time to join your comrades
- >Wait the unicorn is running away?
- >You try to recall what happened while you panicked
- >All that you remember was the unicorn's grin and the bullets floating on her side while running back
- >No one will believe you, that's for sure
- >Still you're not sure you should go on with the mission, the M16 was definitively useless
- >The M82 is far more powerful though and you have the AP rounds for it as well
- >In the end you decide to take your chances and a second shot, hoping those odds to change anything in the end
- >You keep listening someone say that lighting never strikes a spot twice on your mind
- >But the fear on failing the mission is far greater and you keep moving
- >You decided to hide somewhere very far from the road this time since you will be making quite some noise
- >Still this voice on your head is driving you crazy since everytime you stop it says its not far enough
- >You ve been driving your bike for many minutes when you finally reach enough distance to feel safe enough
- >Just about 1,5 kilometers (about 1 mile) away from the road
- >You dont waste time to get yourself ready and look at the scope, immediatelly seeing a lavander dot in it
- >After increasing the scope zoom you see that its a winged unicorn trotting down the pathway, certainly wary of her surroundings
- >Seems like you hit a hotspot on this road
- >Or maybe it was the mint unicorn fault
- >All you know is that winged unicorns are way too rare to pass the opportunity, you may even ask for a bonus for it
- >You take note of the wind to make sure you will get the right trajectory before finally taking the shot
- >The noise was even greater than what you expected and no wonder it alerted the alicorn, who stopped on its tracks and looked directly at your position
- >After what seemed like a full minute looking at the alicorn's eyes and it looking back the AP round you fired finally made contact with the side of her chest and she dropped instantly
- >You cant believe you actually fucking did it
- >Even though you actually missed where you actually aimed the shot, she stopped on the perfect place to get hit
- >Not wasting any time you hurry up to where you shot her, hoping no other pony comes by and see the body
- >This time the drive didn’t took half as long it took you to get up the hill
- >As you begin to approach the place you finally notice that she actually got blown away a fair distance by the shot by the marks on the ground
- >You knew this gun was strong but damn
- >You finally arrive the area and notice that the alicorn is still alive, since she s slowly beating her wings as if trying to flee
- >You also take note that its possible to see a small translucent purple dome around her
- >She s on the ground seemingly unable to move any of her forelegs
- >Her backlegs on other hand are visibly shaking, and as you approach she stops moving her wings and closes her eyes on fear
- >The dome gets brighter and you ready your M82 to make the killing blow, not taking any chances of retaliation
- >As soon the pellet makes countact with the shield it explodes in many pieces and shatters everywhere
- >Including you
- >The pieces are small so you don’t take any major damage, yet now you re bleeding pretty much everywere
- >The alicorn still there, now with her eyes open looking at you pleadingly
- >The first unicorn was a beauty, this one looks cute as fuck now on a closer look
- >What are you doing with your life
- >You grab a twig from a nearby tree and try to bypass her shield
- >Nothing happens to it so you re confident your next idea wont result on you losing an arm
- >Slowly you advance inside the dome and grab her
- >Her wings flutter a bit but besides that there's pretty much no resistance
- >Goddam her fur is so soft you just want to stay here and pet her
- >But you have a job to do so you put her on the back of your bike and ride back home
- >The purple-ish aura that was around you two starts fading and curiousity takes the better of you, making you slow down and look back
- >She has her eyes closed and no sign of movement either as far you can tell
- >The guilt is too big and you stop and check if she s breathing
- >Yea she seems alright, even if her breathing is uneven…
- >...you start questioning why you did this
- >Finally you take her out of the bike and place her on the ground to give her some first aid, removing the bullet and bandaging the spot
- >Its better to bring her to your home instead of returning to the collector who asked for the horn until you clear your mind
- >Its been one week
- >Twilight, the alicorn you caught, is also able to speak which made things much easier to do around her
- >She also has made a full recovery in mere 3 days, but you asked her to stay longer to get better
- >Not only because she was fun to talk too, but you were honestly worried for her
- >You cant deny you loved petting her too
- >And by the sounds she made she probably also loved it
- >You didn’t even had to enforce it with a gun or anything, just talking and reasoning with her was enough
- >That was what hit you harder, remembering of putting a bullet in her some days ago
- >You wouldn’t have pointed a gun at a pony nowadays after having twilight by your side for all this time
- >About that, you ended canceling a contract for the first time
- >The collector sure wasn’t happy but you were not going to turn Twilight in
- >You wish you could keep her as pet but she is sapient so she probably would want to get back to her home
- >You wonder if you could stay with her there if that s the case…
- >You just finished eating lunch when darkness rolls by the city
- >Many ponies, earth ponies, pegasi, unicorns and even the legendary alicorn sisters attacked your town
- >Being just a village and not having any defensive sistems it was quickly devastated
- >You and Twilight snuggled on the sofa scared before a royal guard peeked from the window
- >Well only you were scared really, but Twilight stayed there trying to tranquilize you
- >After a few seconds the guard went away and a golden explosion blew away the wall just to the side of your door
- >After the dust settled you finally saw a white alicorn standing there on the other side
- >Celestia, the one whose stories were the craziest you ve ever heard
- >She just stood there, judging you while having some sort of a staring contest
- >You were so scared you held on Twilight as firmly as you could, knowing no matter what you did your fate was sealed
- >The white alicorn finally acted, sending a bright golden beam directly at you, only to ricochet on nothingness and fly to the ceiling
- >The beam was straight and continuous so you were quick to assume that was Twilight’s doing, somehow
- >But after seeing the scene unfold your mind decided you had enough and you passed out
- >You wake up with your head on Twilight’s belly, with her petting your head like you did many times with her
- >You vision is blurry but you can notice another being on the other side of the sofa
- >After rubbing your eyes you notice it’s the regal alicorn from before
- >Surely she wanted you to feel the pain and waited you to wake up before killing you
- >The petting you re receiving from Twilight sure calmed you down though, like nothing could harm you now
- >Besides that one alicorn
- >”Anon I just wanted to thank you from saving my student from the other human who shoot her, I don’t know what could happened if you weren’t there for her”
- >What?
- >But you re the one who shoot her
- >Unless Twilight though you fought and defeated the bloody guy, which was also yourself
- >Not hearing any answer from you the white alicorn continues, interrupting your thoughts
- >”As a token of gratitude … and apology … you re more than welcome to live with us in equestria for as long as you like”
- >Wait what?
- >”You can live with me if you want, I could take care of you while you get used to it”
- >This last one was definitively Twilight talking, yet you have no idea what the two are on about
- >”I left -my- magical signature in you, so you can bypass the human shield the princessess set up"
- >"Also whenever you want to go there I ll be able to track you and escort you, i assure you nopony or guard will harm you either“
- >The way twilight said ‘my’ was a bit unsettling, being able to track you at will didnt seem like a good idea to you either, being a hunter and all
- >Meanwhile the white alicorn was just giggling on her side of the sofa, immediately changing to a poker face when you looked at her
- >Before you can understand the situation both of them started waking to the door
- >Or rather the hole to the side of it
- >You notice a dark blue alicorn also go to that way, which you didn’t even noticed was there in the first place
- >And she keep staring at you all the way there
- >All the 3 of them said their good byes and flied away after getting outside
- >After some time has passed you go outside and look around
- >The village was no more, not a single human soul to be seen
- >You look at your own house, before a 2 floor building, now the 2nd floor is no more and the only space that remains untouched is the way from the door to the sofa
- >You fall to your knees and start whimpering, thinking what to do with your life
- >You hear heavy flapping from wings and look back to see Twilight descending
- >She notices your distress and looks around before saying with a smug:
- >”This is what you get for shotting and kidnapping a princess…”
- >Your brain took a while but you recognize that smug
- >Its same one from when she decided to stay with you
- >She planned it all throughout
- >Worst of all, she actually knows the truth and don’t think you saved her from a bloody evil twin brother of yourself
- >You feel the need to say something to save yourself, but before you can interject she locks her eyes with your own
- >”…and this is what you get for saving her”
- >Not giving you time to think she leaps foward and gives you the most sincere and warmest hug you ever received
- >You meanwhile just stand there, shocked
- >After a good while, noticing she wouldn't get her hug back she releases you
- >She still keeps a hoof on your sholder and look at you direct on your eyes
- >"I hope that even though we had a rough beggining we can get to become friends someday"
- >"Also you probably know how to get there and i can track you if you get lost, but here s a map on how to get to my castle"
- >She levitates a piece of paper to the ground in front of you and start flying away again
- >"Until then Anon" - She says before speeding up
- >You could just plot revenge and go there to show how much you enjoyed this 'time' she decided to stay with you
- >But then again you truly did enjoy it
- >There was also some part of you that wanted to live there, wanting more of the pleasant chat you two had at the sofa
- >No rent or expenses would be good too
- >But you re not sure you want to live with the ones responsible to the destruction of your village
- >But then again you re the only one to be blamed
- >You take your guns, the map and start to walk away
- >Its not like you can restart here so may as well go somewhere, maybe you could restart there
- >Even though you re not sure what to do when you do get there
- >You sigh, unknowlingly leaving your hunter ways behind and starting to tread the hard path of friendship
- The end
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