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// Chapter 6: Don't be the midget 
// Story: Golden-O-Seven, Double Eye 
// by Trigger_Finger 
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  Applejack picked up a DD44 and began her search for the others. Suddenly she saw Natalya (Dash’s character) run past. Applejack began to fire frantically and the pistol auto aimed but only managed to clip Dash’s character.

Rainbow Dash, who had an RC-P90, spun around and hosed down Applejack. The iconic death music played while Applejack’s character died and fell to the ground. “Aw shucks” Applejack said as she spawned back to life.

Twilight rushed down a ramp where she spotted Applejack’s character and began to fire her automatic shotgun at her southern friend who became seriously wounded from the pellets of buckshot that struck her character. Applejack quickly galloped her character into the basement and hid behind a pillar.

Twilight zipped past without even noticing. “Hey…where’d you go?” Twilight asked curiously but then Applejack shot Twilight’s character in the back of the head with a Cougar Magnum, killing her instantly.

Rainbow Dash continued on her search for some-pony to blast when suddenly Oddjob (Pinkie Pie’s character) burst out from behind a corner and blasted Dash at point blank with the auto shotgun. 

Blood rolled down Dash’s screen as her character died. “ARR Pinkie… I’m so getting you for that” Rainbow Dash said competitively. Se respawned and quickly grabbed an RC-P90 then began to look around for her rival but couldn’t seem to find her.

Twilight searched the basement. She had recently seen some-pony rush passed her but hadn’t been able to find them. Applejack hid in a shallow crevice between two wall posts. Twilight rushed passed her, not noticing her hiding spot, and Applejack burst out from the shadows (Figuratively speaking) then blasted her unicorn friend away with a stream of automatic fire from her RC-P90 she had recently picked up.

Meanwhile Rainbow Dash was on the hunt for Pinkie who had managed to elude her this entire time. Finally she spotted some-pony dash around a corner. Dash’s face went wide with a grin as she took the corner. 

She saw Pinkie Pie and began to fire but for some reason the pistol she had didn’t auto aim for her like it did with Applejack. Pinkie noticed the shots from behind her and spun around then blasted Dash at point blank with two loads of buckshot, killing Dash on the second discharge.

Dash scoffed to herself, figuring that she must’ve just had bad luck. Dash quickly respawned and grabbed a Magnum revolver then began to look for Pinkie Pie. It would’ve been easier if it was only Pinkie and her because then the radar would only show Pinkie’s location.

She spotted Pinkie’s character and began to fire but once again she missed terribly. As Pinkie Pie spun around Rainbow Dash took cover and dodged the shotgun blast. She popped out from the corner and fired but still she missed. Pinkie fired back but soon ran out of ammo. 

Taking notice of this, Rainbow Dash took the advantage and rushed Pinkie. But as she tried to gun down her friend she found it impossible to even get a shot near her, let alone hit her.

“Hey! What’s going on, I can’t hit Pinkie” Rainbow Dash complained as her character reloaded. She was nearly point blank and still the gun wouldn’t auto aim. Twilight looked over to her frustrated friend. 

“Well it’s supposed to” Twilight replied and Rainbow Dash continued to chase down Pinkie while firing, still failing to hit the midget character.

Pinkie picked up shotgun ammo then spun and fired at Rainbow Dash who died nearly instantly from the blast of deadly buckshot. “Wait… that’s not fair! Pinkie’s too small to hit” Rainbow Dash complained as she respawned.

Applejack smirked. “Well that can’t be. If it was impossible tah kill ‘er then they wouldn’t a put that character in the game” Applejack told her frustrated friend then suddenly her character was shot in the head by Twilight. “Darn it… ah died again” Applejack said with a snap.

Rainbow Dash picked up an RC-P90 and quickly found her midget competitor. This time she let loose, holding down the trigger button and spraying the area with a hail of lead. Rounds put holes into the walls and ramps but only two shots managed to hit Pinkie’s character, not really fazing her since she had body armour. 

Pinkie immediately spun around and blasted her friend in the chest three times, the second blast killing her but the third blast just being put in for the sake of it. “ARRRG!” Rainbow Dash groaned as she once again respawned.

Applejack traversed through the upper level and bumped into Pinkie Pie. She too tried to fire upon the midget character but missed terribly. Pinkie subdued Applejack with a twin blast from the shotgun, blasting Applejack’s character away with a wall of buckshot.

“Hey! What in tarnation, I couldn’t hit ‘er” Applejack commented, taking notice on how her guns wouldn’t auto aim like they usually would. Rainbow Dash face-hoofed.

“I tried telling you that. Pinkie’s character is too small for our auto aim to” Dash began but was cut off by the iconic death sound as she died again from Pinkie’s wrath. “GAHHH” Dash scowled in frustration from not being able to shoot the small character.

The match continued on for another few minutes. Dash got two kills, one on Applejack and the other on Twilight, before being cut down by the midget character. “Ugh… we really have to choose different characters to make this an even match” Dash muttered.

Twilight accidently bumped into Pinkie while she was ascending up a ramp. In her shock she pulled the trigger several times on her shotgun, blasting Pinkie’s character more than enough times.

Pinkie’s character finally died after her long reign of midget terror. Suddenly an alarm started blaring in the game. Twilight recognized this as the warning alarm.

Applejack looked to her friend who knew more about the game then her. “Twilight, what’s going on?” she asked and Twilight looked over to her friend.

“Oh that’s the ten second warning” Twilight replied and almost as soon as she said that, the match ended. Rainbow Dash let out a sigh as they all looked at the results of the match.

Twilight had gotten six kills, Applejack had gotten eight, Rainbow Dash had a measly four kills but Pinkie Pie had a colossal twenty seven kills. “Yeah… definitely gotta change the characters” Dash muttered.

They chose character select and they reselected their characters but this time Pinkie chose a different character. Though it was fun to have a ridiculous advantage, she knew it was really unfair. She instead chose Muskin (Mus-kin).

Twilight selected a new map named ‘Archives’ but this time they chose a new scenario ‘2vs2’. The match began and the group began to search for one another with their team member assisting them. Twilight was paired with Rainbow Dash while Pinkie was hooked assisted by Applejack.

Twilight burst from the cover of a book shelf and began to fire at Pinkie. Pinkie and Applejack both spun around while Twilight hid back behind cover. Pinkie continued to spray shots wildly at Twilight’s cover while both she and Applejack both advanced. 

Suddenly Rainbow Dash flanked them from behind and hosed them both down with a spray from her RC-P90, killing them both before they could respond to her assault. Both Applejack’s and Pinkie’s character died and Twilight regrouped with her friend then they continued on.

Applejack and Pinkie regrouped then began to look for their rivals. Twilight spotted Applejack and fired at her. Applejack spun around and fired off a lone round with her revolver which ended up clipping Rainbow Dash instead of her intended target. Rainbow Dash joined in and fired several round from her sub-machinegun, fatally injuring Applejack.

Pinkie pivoted and joined in the fight just as Applejack died. Pinkie fired blast after blast with her shotgun. Twilight ducked behind cover and Rainbow Dash went to do the same but a lone pellet from one of the blasts caught her in the head, killing her.

Blood rolled down Dash’s screen as she died and she muttered a quiet mild curse. As Pinkie went to reload Twilight burst from behind her cover and blew away Pinkie’s character, avenging her fallen comrade. 

Twilight soon regrouped with Rainbow Dash while Pinkie and Applejack did the same. As the group looked for each other Pinkie accidently opened a secret door revealing a hidden corridor. She led Applejack down the secret corridor to the other end and opened it, revealing both Twilight and Dash trotting the other way.

The duo opened fire on the somewhat unsuspecting group, killing them before they could return fire. Applejack and Pinkie hoof clapped from the great teamwork then began to hunt down their enemies again.

The match continued on for the twenty minute duration and in the end it was a very close match but Applejack and Pinkie came out victorious in the end but just barely. Applejack had managed to break the tie when she fired her Cougar Magnum which penetrated through a door and killed Twilight just seconds before the match ended.

Applejack looked to the time. It was getting late and she had to be up early tomorrow for work. “Well Twi, thanks fer havin us over but I gotta be goin” Applejack informed her friend then gave a nod before proceeding to leave.

Pinkie also noticed the time and let out a yawn. “Usually I’d be happy to stay longer but I have to foal-sit the Cake twins tomorrow. Thanks for the party Twi” Pinkie informed her friends then got up and hopped away in a happy bouncing motion.

Only Twilight and Rainbow Dash were left. “Well good work their partner. We make a pretty good team” Twilight said and they both bro-hoofed. (Or would it be called something else?)

Rainbow Dash let out a sinister smile. “But now two allies must do battle to the death” Rainbow Dash challenged. Twilight raised an eyebrow.

“What did you have in mind?” Twilight asked curiously and Dash thought about it for a minute.

“Only live twice with pistols as weapons” Dash suggested and Twilight nodded. She went back to the multiplayer option screen and chose the options for their little challenge.

She also selected ‘Health’ and they both raised their health to ‘+10 novice’. Twilight looked to her cyan coloured friend and she nodded. Twilight clicked Start and with that their little competition began.