The girls were whispering excitingly to themselves as they followed Rainbow Dash to a secure place to learn how to use a gun.
“I can’t believe this is happening!” Sweetie Bell exclaimed.
“Ah’ hope we get to shoot some hoofers!” Apple Bloom whispered
“I know the ropes, I’ll teach you guys what to do!” Scootaloo said matter-of-factly.
“If I let you teach, you’ll end up killing all of us” Rainbow responded to Scootaloo, and the young foal returned a sheepish grin.
As they were walking, a lot ran through Rainbow’s mind. Was this the right choice? Should I really teach them how to use a gun? Will they end up shooting themselves or herself? Why was Pinkie so-?
Wait a minute. Pinkie died 20 years ago. This stopped Rainbow in her tracks. Pinkie Pie died 20 years ago when all this started. She turned into a hoofer, and Rainbow killed her. Then why did she see Pinkie in the camp? Surely Applejack saw her too; she stuffed her hoof in her mouth!
“Uh, Rainbow Dash?” Scootaloo asked, confused. “Raaaaaainbow Daaaaaash!” She poked the Pegasus with her hoof.
“Oh! Uh, sorry girls. I got lost in thought.” She said briefly before continuing to move on again. The three foals shrugged and followed her.
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The group walked into an abandoned shop at the edge of town, and Rainbow shut and barricaded the door behind them.
“Before we start, I need you girls to promise me something. Promise me you will do EVERYTHING I say while we're here, and you WILL NOT argue or question me, do you understand?
The foals gave their heads a nod.
“Good, now let’s get started.”
Rainbow Dash taught (and re-taught Scootaloo) the Crusaders how to handle, aim, reload, and clean a handgun and assault rifle
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“Now, we’re going to shoot a few hoofers, It will be Scoots first, then Applebloom, and then Sweetie Bell.” Rainbow grabbed a smaller version of the grappler and attached it too Scootaloo. This version, however, had a small cord sticking out of it, which, when pulled, would fire the gun.
Scootaloo walked up to the window and looked out. “Rainbow, there are no-“A hoofer came from the bottom of the window and grabbed the foal. She was pinned to the wall as she screamed at the top of her lungs.
“RAINBOW!” She shouted. “HELP ME!”
Rainbow turned to see the hoofer attacking Scootaloo. In a rage, Rainbow charged to rescue Scoots, but before she could reach her, the infected sunk its teeth into the foal’s neck. She cried out in pain, and escaped from the hoofer, trying to crawl away, tears pouring from her eyes. Rainbow was almost there, when a Pegasus hoofer came in through the window and tackled her. She held back the ravenous pony, as she looked over to see that the dead pony had picked up Scootaloo by her head.
“RAINBOW, PLEASE H-“The hoofer dug into the back of her head with its teeth. Scootaloo screamed, and her eyes rolled into the back of her head. Rainbow watched her body go limp as the hoofer feasted on her body.
“NOOOOO!” Rainbow bellowed as she kicked off the hoofer and put a bullet through it, running to check on the orange foal. She bucked the hoofer’s head, decapitating it. She knelt down next to Scootaloo, and checked her body. She was dead.
“AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!” Rainbow heard from across the shop. She looked, and saw Applebloom’s legs sticking out from behind a shelf, and saw the flank of a hoofer. Applebloom’s legs kicked as she screamed, and then stopped. Rainbow watched as the infected ripped off the foal’s head and ate it in a few bites. It turned to Sweetie Bell, who was sobbing in the corner. The hoofer screamed, and sprinted towards Sweetie Bell. Before it could reach her, Rainbow shot it in the head, killing it.
“Are you ok?” She asked, running over to the young unicorn.
“S-scoot-a-aloo and a-a-a-pplebloo-m are dead!” She wailed, crying into Rainbow’s forelegs.
“It’s ok, I got you” She said as she bolted out of the door, head straight back for camp.