Fallout Equestria: A New Hope (On Hiatus)

Chapter Five

Bang! The sound of a pistol echoed throughout the wastes. "Great job!" I cheered. Sweetie was blown back on her haunches. Lead and I laughed. She got back up. "It's not funny!" She whined. Still holding the pistol in her pink magical field. I smiled. "Now, what you just felt was called 'Recoil.' It's what blew you back. Now to stay on your hooves, stand the way you were standing before." Lead said. The filly did as she was told, and stood the way she was just before she fired the gun. I went ahead and adjusted her. "This is a good way. You need to have a leg back here so you can stay on your hooves. This one little detail could mean the difference between life or death." I said. She looked to me, then back down the sights of the gun. "Now pull the trigger." Lead said. Bang! Another shot. This time, she wasn't blown back. She stayed on her hooves. Lead and I cheered. "Again." I said. Bang! "Again." Lead said. Bang! "One more time." I said. Click. The gun is out of ammo. "Good. Now, you'll learn to reload your weapon." I said sitting down next to her. "What you want to do is take the clip out." I said. She looked to me curiously. "How?" She asked handing the gun over to me. Her pink glow fading, and my green glow taking control. I rotated the gun at a 45 degree angle, and pointed with a hoof to a small switch. "This is the clip release." I said as I lay the gun on the ground. Her pink glow took back control of the pistol. She then flipped the switch, and the clip fell out. I smiled. "Good." Lead began. She looked to him.

He picked the clip up. His magic aura black this time. "Now what you want to do, is find a box of ammo like that one over there." He said pointing to a small box no less than a few feet from us. "Go pick it up." He said. Sweetie, with the gun still in her magic's grip, trotted over to the small ammo box, and waited there. Lead and I trotted over to her. She opened the small box with her magic, and took out a bullet. "Alright. Good. Now that you've got a bullet, insert it into the clip." Lead said with a smile on his face. Sweetie looked to the clip, then back to the bullet, then back to the clip. The bullet then started floating toward the clip which slid into place. "Great job!" Lead and I cheered. She smiled, and continued to load the clip until it was full. She then slid the clip back into the gun, but it was facing the wrong way so it didn't go in. She turned it around, and it slid in. "And finally, you have to cock it like this." Lead said as his now red magic aura took control. The top portion of the gun slid back with a click. Then, it shot forward, and remained there, and let Sweetie regain control of the pistol. "Hold on. I'll set up some targets." I said as I looked to my Pipbuck's inventory screen to see if I had some empty Sparkle-Cola bottles. I had three. I smiled as I dug into my saddlebag for the bottles to use as targets. They floated out of my saddlebag. I then began trotting further from Sweetie and Lead. "Point it in the air so you don't shoot him." He told her.

I looked back as I was trotting further away to see the gun tilting 90 degrees. I looked forward again, and set the three bottles down side by side, and finally made my way back to them. Standing behind Sweetie to make sure she didn't shoot me. "Good. Now, aim it at the bottles, and pull the trigger." Lead said with a smile. She aimed the gun toward the bottles, and looked down the sights to get a more accurate shot. A few moments go by, and, Bang! She fired the gun, and bottle on the far left exploded. Bang! Another shot fired from the pistol, and another bottle exploded. Only one bottle left. Bang! A third shot was fired, and the third and final bottle exploded. Lead and I stood speechless at how fast and accurate she was. "Wow." Was all Lead said. "You're a fast learner. And an excellent shot, kiddo." I input. He looked to me, then back to her. "Great job." Lead replied. "Your stance was correct the whole time, and your accuracy was 100 percent." Lead smiled ruffling her mane. She giggled. "I did good?" She asked. He nodded. "Yay!" She exclaimed jumping up and down. "Come on." I said turning back to the pillbox, and trotting toward it. Sweetie, and Lead followed behind me. I opened the thick titanium door, and was about to go inside, when the crack of a rifle cut through the air. "Sniper pony!" Lead yelled and covered Sweetie in a shield with his magic. We all made it inside, and shut the large door. "What the hay was that?!" I asked shocked. "A sniper pony." Lead replied. A second shot was then fired from the unknown sniper. But this one sounded different. A minute goes by, and then, silence.