> My Little Pony: Gunslinging is Magic (A RDR2 crossover)
>  by WilleAutist
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> Prologue
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Year: 1899
 
We have been on the run for weeks, since Blackwater. It would have all been fine and dandy, but then Micah had to get all giddy about that ferry. Such a shame.

Atleast we found some shelter in an old abandoned mining town, resting here while we wait the thaw.

It's been a bad few weeks. Dutch says he has a plan. But Dutch being Dutch those plans involve robbery and dreams.

Sometimes i think, 'what if things were diffrent'. Like, what if we where in a different place, of a different time, or if we did someting diffrent.

Still, what we have, is what we have. And at least we have one another.



"Are you gonna spend your whole life with your face in that journal or what?" asked Lenny, jokingly. 
Lenny Summers was one of the guns in the Van Der Linde gang. As a black man, he was often mistreated by others so he sought refuge in the gang.


"Shut up Lenny." said Arthur, with a half smile. 
Arthur Morgan was one of the founding members of the Van Der Linde gang, behind Dutch Van Der Linde and Hosea Matthews. As a young and wild delinquent, he was brought in by Dutch and Hosea as their first protégé.


Then there was a creak at the door when Abigail came in. Abigail Roberts was the girlfriend of John Marston, one of the main guns in the gang. She walked over to Arthur to great him. Arthur noticed that she looked worried. 


"Hello Arthur." greated Abigail.

"Abigail." 

"Arthur... how you doing?" 

"Just fine, Abigail... And you?"

"I need you to…" started Abigail before being interrupted by Arthur sighing, already knowing what she was going to ask.

"I-I’m sorry, I’m sorry to ask but…" tried Abigail before being interrupted by Arthur again.

"It’s little John," said Arthur, finishing her question "He’s got himself caught into a scrape again."

"He ain’t been seen in two…" began Abigail firmly before backing off a bit "two days."

"Your John’ll be fine." said Arthur "I mean… he may be as dumb as rocks and as dull as rusted iron, but that ain’t changing because he got caught in some snowstorm." 

"At least go take a look." said Hosea, entering the conversation. "Javier?" 


"Yes?" answered Javier. 
Javier Escuella was a notorious bounty hunter and mexican revolutionary. He joined the Van Der Linde gang after he tried to steal som chickens at the same time as Dutch.


"Javier, will you ride out with Arthur to take a look for John?" asked Hosea "You’re the two best fit men we’ve got."

"Now?" asked Javier back.

"We're all pretty worried about him" answered Hosea. 

"I know if the situation were reversed, he’d look for me." said Javier as he stood up and handed Arthur a revolver. 


"Thank you." said Abigail to Arthur and Javier as they headed out to look for Arthur. They went to their horses and mounted them, taking a second to double check if they had everything. After confirming that, the pair headed into the relenting weather of the mountain.


"This way." said Javier, guiding the pair "Last I know, John was headed up the river."

"For all we know, he kept riding north and never looked back." said Arthur grimly.

"He wouldn’t leave." said Javier "Not like that."

"Well, wouldn’t be the first time." retorted Arthur.

Javier and Arthur kept on riding through the snowstorm. The cold weather chilling them to the bone. After some time they saw smoke. 

"Hey, I see some smoke." said Javier, pointing at the smoke "Come on, let’s take a look."

"Let’s hope it ain’t more of O’Driscoll’s boys." said Arthur.


When they got to the fire they could see that it came from a make shift campfire. It was still warm, meaning it was pretty recent. Javier got off the horse to get a closer look. 


"Well," began Javier "seems somebody left recently" Javier looked around for any tracks. Pretty quickely he found some.

"And... that way." said Javier, pointing up the mountain "There’s some tracks leading up the mountain." 

"Do you think it’s John?" asked Arthur. 

"You tell me." said Javier, not knowing "These are horse tracks for sure, but… could be anyone. Let’s just see where they lead."


The pair kept following the tracks up the mountain, when suddenly they started feeling dizzy and their visions started going dark. 

"I'm starting to feel dizzy" said Javier.

"Me too" said Arthur "Maybe it was that whiskey Micah gave us." 

"I don't know" said Javier "Let's try and keep riding."

Arthur and Javier kept on riding up the mountain, trying to ignore the dizziness and darkening of vision getting worse by the minute. They got a break from the relentless snowstorm when they got close to the side of a rock formation. But it still didn't stop their visions from becoming worse.

"We... gotta keep... riding" said Arthur, trying not to slip into unconsciousness "We... gotta...  find... John.

"We...  need to...  stay... awake"  said Javier.

They tried to keep on riding and stay awake but their efforts ware futile. The dizzines got to them and they both fell of their horses, unconscious. But what they didn't know was that this moment was gonna change, not only them, but the whole gangs' lives forever. The whole Van Der Linde gang had disappeared from this world. On to another, much stranger world. Where they could thrive once again.

> Chapter 1: A weird new world
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'What the hell did i drink last night?' was the first thing that came to mind when Arthur came to. His vision still adjusting to the glare of the sun. He took up his hand to wipe his eyes in hope that it would improve his eyesight. But when he did so something felt wrong. Very, very wrong.

'I don't remember wearing fur gloves.' thought Arthur after feeling his face. Now that he could see properly, he looked down at his hand. And what he saw, was something he was not prepared for.

"WHAT THE HELL!?" screamed Arthur in shock. His hand was made out of fur, a tan fur. It felt just like horse fur. Trying not to panic, he took his hands to feel around his face. What he felt made him panic more.

"WHAT THE FUCK, MY FACE IS ALL WEIRD!! WHAT'S HAPPENING?!" screamed Arthur again, not knowing if the situation he was in was real or not. He scrambled to his feet to try and find something he could see his reflection in. He quickly found a nearby river he could take a look at himself with.

He walked over to the river and look at his reflection. And there, staring right back at him was a humanoid horse creature. It was tan in color, with a brown mane and was wearing a blue button up shirt, tan leather jacket and Arthur's signature hat. He also had a brown satchel bag around him. Staring back at Arthur, was himself in a new, horse like form. 

"What in god's name happened to me?" asked Arthur himself "Is this hell?" He then took a look around him and saw that he was not in the mountains no more. He was in some kind of dark oak forrest. After looking around a bit, he saw his revolver in his holster on the ground. Right next to it, he saw his trusty reapeater with a sling.

He walked up to his items on the ground and picked them upp, putting on his holster, on his hip and his reapeter around his shoulder. After retreving his trusty weapons, he heard a rustling from a bush behind him. Acting on instinct, he took out his revolver and pointed it at the bush. 

"Come out there, who ever you are." Arthur demanded.

"Arthur? Is that you?" asked a familiar voice to Arthur. 

"Dutch, Is that you?" asked Arthur, holstering his revolver "Come out, let me see you."

Out of the bush, came out a stallion with a pure white coat and a black mane and styled facial hair. He wore a white undershirt, with a black vest on top with a gold pocket watch and chain. On top of this he had a long, black overcoat and a black homburg hat. This was with no question, Dutch. 

"Dutch, by god your a sight for sore eyes" said Arthur, thankfully while chuckling slightly.

"I could say the same thing about you, son" said Dutch "It's good to see a familiar face around here. Or hear a familiar voice." 

"Yeah, you could say that twice." said Arthur "You wouldn't happen to know where we are? or more what the hell we are?"

"I haven't got the slightest clue." said Dutch "But what i do know is we need to find the others."

"If they're even here that is." said Arthur.

"Let's hope." said Dutch.

"What's all that blabbering about?!" asked a new voice, in another accent. 

"Is that you Sean?!" asked Arthur. 

"Of course it's me, English." responded Sean "What other Irishmen do you know?"

"Shut up Sean and come out before i shot you." said Arthur.

Behind a tree, was a beige pegasus with a ginger orange mane. He was wearing a white undershirt with a flanel vest and a grey jacket. On top of this he had a pair of brown boots, blue jeans and a green bowler hat. This was Sean Macguire. An irish theif who comes from a long line of criminals. He joined the Van Der Linde gang after trying to rob Dutch out of a expensive pocket watch. 

"Good to see you lads." said Sean "Was a wee bit scared when i woke up in a forest as a huminoid horse with wings."

"You have wings!?" asked Dutch, thinking Sean was joking. 

"Yeah, look." said Sean as he spun around showing the other two his pair of new wings. As he said, there was indeed a pair of wings on Sean's back.

"Well, that is definitely... something." said Arthur.

"Trust me, i was as suprised as you two lads when i first woke up." said Sean. 

"Well, it's good to see you survived Blackwater, Sean." said Arthur.

"Anyway Gentlemen, i think we should go and look for the others." said Dutch. 

"Agreed." said Arthur.

"Aye Aye captain." said Sean. 

"Good, then let's go." said Dutch, as they all went on their way.

 After about 30 minutes of walking through the dense dark oak forest they were now in, Sean decided to ask some questions to Dutch and Arthur.

"So how did you boys end up here?" asked Sean, curiously.

"Me and Javier was out looking for John when we started feeling dizzy and lightheaded. Then i lost consciousness woke up here." aswered Arthur "What about you, Dutch?"

"I was looking at the plans we 'borrowed' from the O'Driscolls. It was a plan to rob a train beloning to Leviticus Cornwall." said Dutch "But it looks like those plans are in the dust now."

"Ok so, how did you get here Sean?" asked Arthur.

"I was still on the run after Blackwater, just trying to avoid the Pinkertons. Then out of no where one night, i just started blacking out. At first i thought that it was that homemade whiskey that i bought. But it looks like it was something else." said Sean. 

"You boys have any idea why we ended up here?" asked Dutch. 

"Maybe this is punishment for riding horses all of our lives." joked Arthur, causing the whole group to laugh.

The group then heard a voice call out not that far head of them.

"Jack! Abigail! Where are you?!" said the voice.

"That must be John." said Arthur "John! You there?!"

"Arthur!? Is that you?!" said John "Boy i'm glad to hear you."

"I'm not the only one here." said Arthur "I ran into Dutch and Sean."

"Sean's alive?!" asked John, surprised.

"Of course i'm alive you eejit!" said Sean "Now come out so we can take a look at ya."

"Ok, but you boys have promise not to shot me when i come out." said John

"Let me guess, you're a horse thing." said Arthur.

"How in the hell did you know!?" asked John. 

"Because we're all that." said Dutch "Now come out so we can look for the others."

"Okay..." said John hesitantly. 

John Marston walk out to the group. He was a stallion with an all grey coat and black mane. He had multiple scars on his face and wore a white undershirt, black denim jacket with the sleeves cut of, black pants and boots, and a black hat with a feather on it. 

"See, there was nothing to worry about." said Arthur.

"Nothing to worry about!?" asked John slightly angry "What the hell is my wife and son gonna think?"

"Look at it this way, if you're a horse, they're probably horses too." retorted Arthur. 

"Alright..." said John, calming slightly "But i still want to find my wife and son. We don't know what could be lurking in these woods."

"We will find your wife and son, John, i promise you that." said Dutch.

"Okay." said John, trusting his leader. 

"Are you lads coming or what?" asked Sean.

"We're coming!" said John and Dutch in unison. 

 After a while of walking, the small group of outlaws had not found anyone. And to pass the time, Dutch was telling one of his signature stories.

"... let me tell you, his mouth was so full of blood, he couldn't tell me where the stash was hidden." said Dutch.

"What ever you say, Dutch." said Arthur, half listening.

Suddenly there was some rustling to the right of the group. 

"Maybe that's someone from the gang." said Sean, hopefully. This was then denied when the group heard a wolf like growl from the same bush.

"Boys! Get your guns ready!" said Dutch, pulling out his trusty white revolver. The others did the same. 

"Be prepared, it could be anything." said Arthur.

Out of the bush came something no one in the group expected. It was a large wolf, only it was completely made out of wood. Needless to say the group was surprised. 

"WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?!" shouted Arthur.

"DOESN'T MATTER, JUST SHOOT IT!" said Dutch.

The group unloaded their revolvers into the wooden wolf, the bullets ripping through its body, spilling its green, sap like blood on the grass. After a few seconds and many bullets, the creature was dead. A awkward silence induced.

"Well... that was unexpected." said Sean after a little bit of time. 

"You don't gotta tell me twice." said Arthur.

"Anyway, should we get going?" said Dutch. 

"Yeah sure, Dutch." said John. 

 After an 1 hour minutes of walking (and listening to Dutch's stories) the group still had not found anymore of their gang members, and the sun was going down. 

"Uh, Dutch, we gotta set up camp if we don't find someone soon." said Arthur. 

"I know Arthur." said Dutch "Just a couple more minutes of looking."

Then they heard some talking in distance. It sounded like multiple peo- err horses. 

"I think i hear some blabbering not far from us lads." said Sean.

"Do you think it's the gang, Dutch?" asked Arthur. 

"Probably, but be ready just in case." said Dutch "Hello, is anyone there?"

"Dutch, Are you there?" asked a very familiar voice.

"Hosea, is that you?" asked Dutch. 

"Yes that's right." said Hosea "Now come over here so i can slap you for scaring me." The whole group laughed at Hoseas joke. 

Out of some bushes came out a dark blue unicorn with a gray, slicked back mane. He had a white undershirt, brown vest, black pants, brown boots and a dark grey overcoat with fur on it. He also had a dark blue stetson hat on. 

"By god it's good to see you." said Hosea, hugging his best friend.

"The same to you." said Dutch "We heard some talking, how many are with you?"

"Everyone, except for you boys and Micah." said Hosea.

"That's good to hear." said John, now knowing his wife and son would be there.

"Susan and Simon have set up a temporary camp on the account of the sun going down." said Hosea "They have also cooked some food for everyone." 

"Thank Jesus for that." said Sean "I'm fucking starving." 

"Then let's get everyone in." said Hosea "Everyone! Look who i found!"

Arthur smiled. Knowing the gang was back together. No matter how weird the place may be, they still had eachother. And to make things better, Micah was gone. Arthur ate, talked and laughed with his gang, a group of people he considered to be his family. After eating a good meal, he went to bed with the feeling that, even if they were all now in a weird place, good things were to come.
> Chapter 2: New town, new friends (Pt 1)
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Year: ????

To be honest, i don't have a clue of where the hell we are. One minute i was riding with Javier looking for John, and the next i'm some kind of horse-thing.

At least the rest of gang also followed me here, wherever we are. Miss Grimshaw and Mister Pearson has maneged to set up a temporary camp for us to sleep and eat. And to make things better, Micah is nowhere to be seen. Maybe getting placed here was a stroke of luck.

Hopefully, good things are coming. We need that after Blackwater.



"Come on everyone, gather round." said Dutch, interrupting Arthur's journal writing. Everyone on camp droped what they were doing to listen to what Dutch had to say.

"Now, i know that we find ourselves in an... unusual situation." said Dutch, pausing to find the right word "But we will make sense of this."

"And i think everyone can agree when i say that it is a relief that we haven't lost anyone." said Dutch, with everyone agreeing  "Well, apart from Micah." 

"So not a huge loss then?" said Lenny, jokingly making everyone laugh. Lenny was now a unicorn with a brown coat and black hair. He was wearing a white undershirt, dark blue vest, grey jacket, black pants and boots.

"Anyway." said Dutch "We need to find ourselves a town where we can buy supplies. Tents, food, ammunition and such." said Dutch. 

"Hosea, John and Sean, you stay behind to watch over the camp." said Dutch "We don't know what could be out here."

"Of course." said Hosea.

"Sure." said John.

"Aye Aye captain." said Sean, half jokingly. 

"Arthur, Javier, Lenny, Charles, and Bill, you boys follow me to look for a town." said Dutch "And Bill?" 

"Yeah?" asked Bill. 

Bill Williamson was a Us Army veteran who had been dishonorably discharged on the grounds of deviancy. He later joined the Van Der Linde gang after trying to rob Dutch while drunk. He was now a fat earth pony with a lightly red coat and brown mane and big beard. He was wearing a white undershirt, green flannel shirt, brown overcoat, grey pants and black boots. With a beige infantry hardee hat to top it off.

"Try not get us in trouble." said Dutch.

"Do you have to remind me everytime we go into a town?" asked Bill. 

"Well, you're the one that keeps on getting us into trouble." said Charles. "With your temper and all." 

Charles Smith is one the guns in the gang. Born to a African American father and Native American mother, he ran away at a young age when his father became an alcoholic. He ran into the gang after many years of living in the wild and decided to join. He was now a pegasus with a light brown coat and black mane. He was wearing a blue shirt with white dots, Native American style necklace, brown pants and black boots. The sleeves on his shirt were also cuffed up.

"Shut your trap Charles, or do i have to do it myself." said Bill.

"If you're not lazy enough to get off your ass first." said Arthur.

"Gentlemen, we have a town to find, remember?" said Dutch, getting the groups attention.

"Alright Dutch, let's find this town of yours shall we?" said Arthur. And with that the group went on their way. 

 After 2 hours, the group still hadn't found an end to the forest. To the group, it felt like the forest was endless, with no town in sight. 

"Dutch i think this town that your where talking about doesn't exist." said Arthur.

"Don't say that." said Dutch "Let's keep looking until we find something."

The group kept on looking. Until...

"I think i found the end!" said Lenny, pointing to a point where the trees stopped. 

"Good job Lenny. I just might not shoot you." joked Arthur. 

"Shut up old man and let's see what we can find." said Lenny. 

The group walked out of the forrest to see a town. The town in question consisted mainly of timber-framed houses with thatched roofs. The exceptions where a town hall in the town squere, a train station, a bell tower and most surprisingly, a huge crystal castle that the group could see from the other side of town. They looked at a sign near the town that said 'Ponyville'. To the relief of the group, the residents of Ponyville consisted of earth ponies, pegasi and unicorns.

"What the hell kinda name is 'Ponyville' anyway?" asked Arthur.

"Well, it is a town consisting of horses or in this case ponies." said Charles. 

"Well, at least we won't scare'em of with our looks." said Dutch. 

The group headed into town, where they got a lot of look from other ponies. It was not everyday a group of 6 tough looking stallions, armed to the teeth walked into town. Some of them where surprised, some didn't care and most of them where scared. 

"You have any idea where we're going, Dutch?" asked Arthur. 

"Not a clue." said Dutch. 

"Maybe you should try asking someone." said Javier. He was now a earth pony with a light brown coat and black mane and mustache. He was wearing a white undershirt with a red tie, grey waistcoat, blue jacket, black trousers and boots and a black bowler hat. 

"Alright, let's ask this pink one over here." said Dutch, walking over to a mare with a pink coat and pink mane. She was wearing a sleeveless white shirt with blue outlining and a 3 ballon symbol on the front. On top of this she had a three layered skirt with 3 different colors of pink, white thigh-highs, blue and pink sandles and a blue ribbon in here hair. 

"Excuse me Miss, could you maybe tell us-" tried Dutch, but was cut of by the pink mare turning around, gasping loudly and running away. 

"Maybe it's the guns." said Arthur. 

"Don't mind her." said another voice. The group turned to see who was talking. It was a lavender mare with both wings and horn. Her mane was dark indigo with stripes of purple and pink. She was wearing some kind of school unifrom, consisting of a white shirt, pinkish red vest, purple flannel skirt and purple boots. 

"Do you know her Miss?" asked Dutch. 

"You could say that." said the mare, giggling "My name is Twilight Sparkle." 

The group had to suppress laughter, trying desperately not to burst out at what they thought was a ridiculous name. 

"What's so funny?" asked Twilight.

"Nothing, Miss." said Charles "Just some old joke."

"Alright..." said Twilight "What's your name?"

"Name's Dutch Van Der Linde, and this is Arthur, Javier, Lenny, Bill and Charles." said Dutch, pointing at each respective member of the gang.

"Nice to meet you all." said Twilight.

"Can say the same thing to you Miss." said Arthur. 

"You don't mind answering a few questions Miss Sparkle?" asked Dutch. 

"Sure, what do you want to know." said Twilight.

"Do you perhaps have a map?" asked Dutch "We're quite unfamiliar with the land."

"Sure, here" said Twilight handing the group a map. 



The group of outlaws were stunned. The land that they now found themselves in was quite vast, and had large variety of different ecosystems. From small towns and big cities, to sandy deserts and snow covered mountains, it had pretty much everything. 

"Why, thank you Miss." said Dutch.

"No problem." said Twilight. 

"Could you also give us directions to a gunsmith and a general store if possible?" asked Dutch "We need food and supplies."

"Sure." said Twilight "Both stores are at the other end of town, the general store to the right and the gunsmith to the left."

"Thank you Miss Sparkle." said Dutch.

"Just make sure to have the bits for it." said Twilight.

The whole group cringed slightly, having forgotten the fact that they didn't have any money, at least money that worked in this world. 

"About that, we're not really flush with coin right now." said Dutch "So if you could generously lend us some money, we'll happily pay you back later." 

"Alright, here are some bits for you to use." said Twilight, handing Dutch a bag of bits "It looks like you boys could use it."

"Thank you so much Miss Sparkle." said Arthur.

"Please, just call me Twilight." said Twilight.

"Alright." said Arthur.

"Anyway thank you for everything Miss Twilight." said Dutch "We'll pay you back as soon as we have the money."

"No need to." said Twilight "Call it a gift from a princess."

"In any way, thank you Miss Twilight." said Dutch.

"No Problem." said Twilight "If you need anything else just look for me at the castle of friendship." said Twilight, pointing at the huge crystal palace across town.

"You live there?!" asked Lenny, shocked.

"Yes i do." said Twilight "Can i ask you all a question?" 

"Of course, go right ahead." said Dutch.

"Where are all from?" asked Twilight. 

The group paniked slightly. They knew they couldn't exactly just say that they came from another world filled with humans. Thinking quickly, Dutch took out the map and pointed at a town in a desert south of Ponyville.

"We travelled from here." said Dutch.

"You travelled from Klugetown?!" asked Twilight, concerned "But that town is big trouble!" 

"Nothing that we can't handle Miss." said Arthur.

"That would explain the weapons." said Twilight "Anyway, hope to see you all around."

"Yeah, us too." said Dutch.

"Bye!" said Twilight.

"Goodbye." said Dutch.

After their conversation, the group of outlaws started to walk to the other side of town to get the supplies they needed. They where all very impressed by the generosity of the stranger named Twilight. 

"Well, wasn't that mighty generous of her?" said Arthur.

"Do you actually think she's a princess like she said?" asked Javier, curiously.

"I don't know." said Lenny "I mean she wasn't dressed like one." 

 After about 5 minutes of walking, the group had the stores in their sights.

"Alright, Lenny, Charles and Javier, you go take the general store." said Dutch "Myself, Arthur and Bill will take the gunsmith." 

Charles, Javier and Lenny all nodded their heads in agreement as they splitted the money and seperated into the rest of the group. 
Dutch, Arthur and Bill were now standing outside of a quaint little building with a sign that said 'Ponyville Gunsmith' on it. As they walked in, they saw a unicorn. He had a light green coat and dark green hair with a stylized mustache. He was wearing a grey plaid shirt, grey pants, black suspenders and a black bowler hat to top it all off. He was standing behind a glass desk filled with the latest and greatest weaponry on offer. Behind him was a cabinet filled with diffrent kind of rifles, rom bolt action to repeaters to shotguns. 

"Ah, welcome gentlecolts to my most humble store." said the unicorn "My name is Sharp Shoot. What can i do for you all today?"

"We would like to fill up on some ammunition." said Dutch. 

"Ah ha, alright." said Sharp Shoot "Which calibers do you need?"

"Uh, i don't know if you have our type of bullets here." said Arthur. 

"Can i take a look at your weapons so i can find something suitable?" asked Sharp Shoot. 

"Yeah, sure." said Arthur, handing over his revolver and repeater.

"Hmm..." said Sharp Shoot, inspecting the rifle and gun "The markings of the weapons are not familiar to me. Are these custom made?"

"Yeah, sure." said Dutch.

"From what i can gather, the revolver is chambered in .45 Colt and the repeater in .45-75 Winneighster." said Sharp Shoot.

Dutch, Bill and Arthur had to surpress laughs for the second time that day because of the name 'Winneighster'. 

"What's so funny?" asked Sharp Shoot.

"Oh, nothing." said Arthur "Just old memories."

"Oh Alright." said Sharp Shoot "Say, could one of you gentlecolts try out shooting your weapons to see if the calibers work?" 

"Sure, i'll try out." said Bill "What should i shoot?" 

"let me just hang up a target real quick." said Sharp Shoot, walking swiftly from behind the counter to set up a dart board on the wall. Then he loaded Arthurs revolver with a bullet and handed it to Bill. 

"Now, you just aim at the target and-" tried Sharp Shoot but instead got cut off my Bill.

"I know how this works!" said Bill, confidently "Now you boys watch and learn from an Army veteran."

Bill aimed his weapon at the target and fired. But instead of hitting like he suspected, the bullet missed and instead hit one of the windows of the shop. Arthur and Dutch immediately started laughing hard.

"Yeah, you're a real expert shooter alright." said Dutch, still laughing

"Yeah, you couldn't hit the broadside of a barn with your aim." said Arthur, also still laughing.

"Shut up." said Bill, annoyed "If you two are so high and mighty, why don't you have a go?"

"Sure." said Arthur, still slightly laughing. Sharp Shoot handed him another bullet and Arthur loaded it in. He aimed and shoot true to target, hitting a bullseye. 

"Well, atleast we know there's nothing wrong with the gun." said Sharp Shoot "Let's try the repeater." 

Sharp Shoot handed Arthur his repeater, now loaded with a bullet. He aimed it at the target and hit another bullseye, this time leaving a bigger hole in the dart board. 

"Well, now that we know that the calibers are working well, how much do you gentlecolts wanna buy?" asked Sharp Shoot.

"Enough for nine peo- ponies i mean." said Dutch, almost slipping his tounge. 

"Sure, i think 6 dozen boxes each should be good to start with." said Sharp Shoot. 

"Alright." said Dutch. Sharp Shoot rang him up for 6 dozen boxes of each ammo, and Dutch payed. 

"And remember gentlecolts, if you need your more ammunition, new weapons or your guns cleaned, you come to me." said Sharp Shoot.

"We'll make sure to remember that. Take care." said Dutch, the group leaving the store. Dutch, Arthur and Bill went outside just in time to meet Javier, Charles and Lenny leaving the general store. 

"Gentlemen, do we have everything?" asked Dutch.

"We got the tents, food, table and chairs." said Charles "We where looking to buy new bandanas cause it looks like everyone is missing theirs but they didn't have them."

"But the shop owner told us if we wanted clothes, we should look for the 'Carousel Boutique'." said Javier 

"Then what are we doing here?" asked Dutch "Let's go gentlemen."
> Chapter 3: New town, new friends (Pt 2)
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The group of outlaws were now nearly at the Carousel Boutique. After asking some locals, the group found out that is was a fancy looking building with the appearance of a Carousel, hence the name, and that is was run by a mare by name of 'Rarity'. When the group finally got to the store, they saw a sign on the door that said 'open' so decided to walk in. A bell at the door rang as they walked into the store.

The group saw the inside of the store and thought it looked like a store from Saint Denis. It was fancy and had some mirrors, changing rooms and mannequins. Suddenly there came a voice from upstairs. 

"Coming!" said the voice, with a distictly rich and posh accent to it. Down the stairs came a mare unicorn with a pure white coat and styled dark purple mane. She was wearing a white blouse, a short black leather skirt, black high heels and had a hair clip with a diamond design on it. The group were certain that this was Rarity.

"Welcome to Carousel Boutique where every garment is chic, unique and magnifique." said Rarity, with her eyes closed. Opon opening them, her eyes widened at the sight of 6 rough and tumble looking stallions with weapons. 

"My name is Rarity, how can i-i help you gentlecolts?" asked Rarity, sounding slightly nervous.

"Don't worry Miss Rarity, we ain't gonna hurt you." said Arthur "We're just looking to buy some clothes."

"Alright..." said Rarity, calming down. 

"We're looking to buy some bandanas." said Dutch "Do you sell that here?"

"Yes, i have some in stock." said Rarity "Why do you need them?"

"One of us in our camp is coughing badly and the rest of us don't wanna get sick." said Dutch. 

"Okay, follow me." said Rarity. She and the group walked to a cabinet where she had bandanas in every color imagenable. The group started picking their choises. Dutch took a red flannel bandana, Lenny took a orange bandana and the rest took black bandanas. The group also took a dark green bandana for Sean and two more black ones for John and Hosea. After having made their choises, Rarity and the group walked over to the counter and she rang them up for 9 bandanas. 

"One of you mentioned a camp. Are you all new to Ponyville?" asked Rarity.  

"Yes, we are." said Dutch "We're currently camping in the woods outside of town."

"You're camping in the Everfree forest?!" asked Rarity "But it's all icky and dangerous! Why would you want to camp out there?!"

"Don't worry Miss Rarity. It's nothing we can't handle." said Dutch "We're all pretty used to camping out in different places."

"Oh alright, here are you bandanas." said Rarity "Do come again!" 

"Bye" said Arthur, him and the group leaving the store. 

 The group were walking through the streets of Ponyville, going back to the camp, when suddenly, Twilight came running up to them.

"Hi guys!" said Twilight. 

"Hey Twilight." said Arthur "You want something?"

"Can you all follow me?" asked Twilight "I have something to show."

"Alright, show us the way." said Dutch, as the group started to follow Twilight. 

"Do you think it's trouble?" asked Javier.

"Don't know." said Dutch "Be ready for anything." 

The group followed Twilight to what seemed like a big candy house. It had same basic structure as most buldings in Ponyville. But instead of a normal roof, it had a chocolate looking roof with a kind of icing outlining and a big watch tower that looked like a cupcake on the top. 

"It's in there." said Twilight, pointing at the building. 

"Thanks Twilight." said Charles. 

The group started approaching the building, with their guns at the ready. Maybe it was another gang, maybe it was lawmen or maybe it was nothing at all. In anyway, the group couldn't take any chances. 

"Alright, Arthur you take the left side of the door, Lenny you take the right. Bill, Charles, Javier, y'all stay right behind me." said Dutch, with every one nodding in agreement.

"Okay, let's do this!" said Dutch as he kicked down the door of the building and went into a fully dark room. The rest of the group followed swiftly with their revolvers out and ready for any trouble. As soon as all of them went into the dark room of the building, the light switched on.

"SURPRISE!" said a big group of ponies, trying the greet the group but stopped as soon as they saw the guns. The stunned group of outlaws looked around the now lit room and saw a banner behind the ponies that said 'WELCOME TO PONYVILLE!' (WHO EVER YOU ALL ARE!)

The group then realized that this was a welcome party for them. The group all put their revolvers back in their holsters and pretended like nothing happened. Well, atleast they did so until a voice shouted.

"HI!" asked the pink mare that ran away.

"Uhh...hi?" said Lenny, slightly confused, like the rest of the gang. 

"Hi i'm Pinkie Pie! I saw you all in town ealiear and i had never seen you before so of course i had to go and throw you all a surprise party!" said Pinkie Pie fast.

"Oh so that's what this is? A shindig." said Arthur.

"DUH! Of course!" said Pinkie "What're your names?!"

"Dutch Van Der Linde." said Dutch.

"Arthur Morgan Miss." said Arthur.

"Lenny Summers, how are ya?" said Lenny.

"Charles Smith." said Charles.

"Javier Escuella, nice to meet you."

"Bill Williamson." said Bill.

"Okie doki loki!" said Pinkie "Now let's get this party STARTED!" 

As soon as Pinkie Pie said that, loud music unknown to the group started blaring and ponies all around them started partying, drinking and dancing. 

"What the fuck is that racket?!" asked Bill loudly, trying to be heard over the music. 

"I think it's music." said Javier.

"Y'all call this music!?" said Arthur "I call it a headache!" 

"Lenny!" said Dutch.

"Yes boss?!" asked Lenny.

"Go get everyone from camp to this here shindig!" said Dutch. 

"Alright!" said Lenny, sprinting out of the building.

"Can we go outside and wait?!" asked Bill "This 'music' is giving me head pain!" 

The group of now 5 all went outside to wait for the others. After a couple of minutes, the group saw Pinkie Pie come out with 3 other ponies. The first was a earth pony mare with a light orange coat and yellow mane. She was wearing a white undershirt with a red flannel over it, blue work jeans, brown work boots and a brown stetson hat.

The second was a pegasus mare with a cyan coat and flashy rainbow mane. She was wearing a white t-shirt with a blue hoodie over it, black sweatpants with rainbow lightning on it, white and blue sport shoes and rainbow wristbands. 

The third was also a pegasus mare, this one had a light yellow coat and light pink mane. She was wearing a light green oversized sweater, white skirt and brown and green sandles. 

"Hi guys!" said Pinkie Pie "I brought some of my bestest friends for you to meet." 

"Howdy, i'm Applejack. I work at the sweet apple acres farm outside of of town." said Applejack, clearly having a heavy southern accent. 

"Yo, what's up? I'm Rainbow Dash! The fastest and most awesome pony in Ponyville!" said Rainbow Dash, cockily.

"Hi, i'm Fluttershy." said the yellow mare too quietly for anyone in the gang to hear. 

"Pardon me but what did you say?" asked Arthur.

"Umm...my name is Fluttershy." said the yellow mare again, still too quietly.

"Could you repeat that one more time?" asked Javier.

"MynameisFluttershy!" bursted Fluttershy out, nervously. 

"Uhh...okay" said Arthur "Nice to meet you all. Name's Arthur Morgan."

"Dutch Van Der Linde." said Dutch.

"Charles Smith." said Charles.

"Javier Escuella, amigos." said Javier.

"Bill Williamson." said Bill.

"Where did you get those cool weapons?!" asked Rainbow Dash, in awe.

"We bought'em, long time ago." said Arthur.

"Can i try them?" asked Rainbow.

"No, you'll blow your head off." said Bill.

"Aww, come on please?!" begged Rainbow.

"No." said Arthur "Like Bill said, you'll hurt someone, or yourself."

"Uhh, fine." pouted Rainbow Dash in defeat. 

 After about 3 hours of talking to the 6 girls they met, Lenny came back from camp with the rest the of the gang. By the time they got there, the sun was already setting. 

"Ahh, there they are." said Dutch.

"Took'em long enough." said Arthur.

"Girls, this is the rest of our 'family'." said Dutch, half lying about the fact that they were a gang.

"*GASP* So many new ponies to meet!" said Pinkie, happily. 

Lenny, Sean, John and Hosea were the first to step over.

"This here is Hosea Matthews, co-founder of the family, and Sean Macguire and John Marston, two more of its' 'protectors'." said Dutch.

"Nice too meet you all." said Hosea.

"Howdy." said John. 

"Top O' the morning to ya, ladies." said Sean.

"My name is Twilight Sparkle." said Twilight.

"Rarity, a pleasure." said Rarity.

"Name's Applejack." said Applejack. 

"Hi! I'm Pinkie Pie." said Pinkie.

"What's up? I'm Rainbow Dash." said Rainbow.

"Hi, i-i'm Fluttershy." said Fluttershy.

"Susan Grimshaw and Simon Pearson, they're responsible for setting up camp and cooking food." said Dutch, pointing at them.

"Hi, how are y'all." said Susan.

Simon didn't say anything and instead just nodded his head.

Susan Grimshaw was one of the first members of the Van Der Linde gang. Her job was not just to set up camp but also to keep order and justice on it. She was now a unicorn with a jet black coat and dark brown mane with streaks of white in it. She was wearing a wine red blouse, long black skirt, black boots and a gold necklace. 

Simon Pearson was a former US navy cook who had joined the gang after getting rescued from loan sharks and became the gangs cook. He was now a fat earth pony with a light brown coat and a brown, thinning mane and bushy mustache. He was wearing a white undershirt, black sweater, gray pants, black boots and a black top hat. 

"Tilly Jackson, Mary-Beth and Karen Jones, they're always looking for work." said Dutch.

"Hi." said Tilly.

"How are y'all?" said Karen.

"Hello." said Mary.

Tilly jackson was an outlaw for nearly her whole life, first running with a gang called the Forman Brothers. After she killed one of the members cousin and finding out her mother was dead, she joined the Van Der Linde gang. She was now a pegasus with a light brown coat and black mane. She wore a yellow and white dress with a blue jacket on top, black high heels and a red neckercheif.

Karen Jones was a prolific scam artist. She joined the gang out of whim, yearning for a life of danger and debauchery. She was now a earth pony with a beige coat and blonde mane tied up in a bun. She was wearing a white blouse, purple dress with a brown belt and a dark grey overcoat. 

Mary-Beth was a effective and skillful pickpocketer. She joined the Van Der Linde gang after being rescued by them while being chased by people she stole watches and wallets from. She was now a unicorn with a tan coat, freckles on her face and a brown mane. She was wearing a purple blouse with a white collar, maroon skirt, black shoes and a grey shawl.

"Oh, i wouldn't mind an extra pair of hands." said Rarity "Would one of you girls like to work at my boutique."

"Sure, i'll give it a try." said Tilly.

"Excellent!" said Rarity "Let's speak about our business arrangements in private shall we."

"Alright." said Tilly, being led away from the rest of the group by Rarity.

"Anyway, this is Uncle." said Dutch, pointing at Uncle "Don't bother asking him for his real name, he ain't even told us yet."

"Sometimes i wonder why Dutch even keeps him around." said Arthur "Lazy basterd." 

"Hey!" said Uncle "I have terminal lumbago. It's very serious."

'Uncle' was a very mysterious man to the gang. Just showing up randomly one day, Dutch decided to let him stay due to his stories and personality. He was now a fat and old earth pony with a dark tan caot and grey mane and beard. He was wearing a orange union shirt, brown suspenders, grey pants, black boots, dark brown hat and a blue bandana. 

"Whatever old man." said Arthur. 

"Last but not least we have Herr Strauss, Abigail and Jack Marston." 

"Pleasure to meet you all." said Strauss, politely.

"Hello." said Abigail.

Leopold Strauss was a man of Austrian nationality but later was forced to move to the US by his father because of his health condition. After running illegitimate scams for years, he joined the Van Der Linde as their accountant and loan sharker. He was now a unicorn with a light gray coat and gray mane slicked back. He was wearing a white stripped undershirt, dark green waistcoat, gray hat and gold glasses.

Abigail Roberts was a now retired prostitute who got introduced to the gang by Uncle. After having multiple 'relations' with the gang, she eventually had a son with John named Jack. She was now a pegasus with a blue coat and black mane in a bun. She was wearing a white undershirt, light brown blouse, a brown belt, black boots and a dark blue long skirt.

A small pegasus colt with a dark blue coat and brown hair was hiding behind Abigail's leg. He was wearing a greyish-blue overcoat, red scarf, dark beige pants and black shoes and socks. 

"It's okay Jack." said Abigail "You can step forward, the girls are not gonna hurt you."

Jack stepped out to the girls and introduced himself.

"Hi, i-i'm Jack. I like to play." said Jack nervously. 

"Ohh, aren't you just the cutest thing." said Rarity, coming back with Tilly after talking about employment "My name is Rarity."

"Name's Rainbow Dash." said Rainbow.

"I'm Fluttershy." said Fluttershy.

"Howdy, name's Applejack." said Applejack.

"My name is Twilight Sparkle." said Twilight.

"And i'm Pinkie Pie!" said Pinkie.

"Say, don't you think he could play with Sweetie Belle and her friends?" asked Rarity.

"Sound's good to me." said Applejack.

"Sure, why not?" said Rainbow.

"Okay." said Rarity "Sweetie Belle! Could you and your friends come out here?"

Out of Sugercube corner came 3 girls a couple of years older then Jack. One was a earth pony with a yellow coat and a red mane. She was wearing a green t-shirt, blue jeans shorts, orange and red work boots and a big pink bow in her mane. 
The other was a unicorn with a pure white coat and pink and purple mane. She was wearing a yellow dress with a white and pink stripped undershirt and pink jacket on top, pink and yellow high-boots and a pink hair band in her mane. 
The last one was a pegasus with an light orange coat and redish-purple mane. she was wearing a zip-up black hoodie, dark green cargo shorts and black boots.

"What is it sis?" asked the white one.

"I would like you to meet someone." said Rarity.

"H-Hi i'm Jack." said Jack to the 3 new girls.

"Hey." said the yellow one in a southern accent "I'm Apple Bloom."

"I'm Sweetie Belle." said the white one.

"And i'm Scootaloo!" said the orange one.

"And together, we're the Cutie Mark Crusaders!" said all 3 of them at once.

"Jack, would you like to play with these girls tommorow?" asked Abigail.

"Mhm." said Jack, nodding his head.

"Would y'all like to invite him tommorow?" asked Applejack.

"Sure, we're always down to have new members." said Scootaloo.

"Yeah, it's always nice to have new friends." said Apple Bloom.

"Then it's settled." said Applejack.

"YAY NEW CUTIE MARK CRUSADER MEMBER!!!" screamed the girls as they ran of.

"In anyway, it was nice meeting you ladies." said Dutch "But we should really be getting back to camp." 

"Wait, don't you want somewhere else to sleep?" asked Twilight "You could all stay at my castle if you want."

"Thanks Miss Twilight but we kinda like camping in the woods." said Arthur "We're all pretty used to it." 

"Oh alright." said Twilight "But if you change your mind you can always say." 

"Sure thing, Miss Twilight." said Hosea.

Everybody said their goodbyes to eachother and the gang started making their way to the everfree forest to set up camp for the night.

"Miss Grimshaw and Mister Pearson, could y'all set up a new camp a little closer to town?" asked Dutch.

"Alright Dutch." said Susan.

"Okay." said Simon.

"Good." said Dutch

"So what's the plan Dutch?" asked Arthur.

"I don't know yet, son." said Dutch "Let me think about it until tomorrow." 

"Alright." Arthur.

The gang walked back to the everfree forest to set up camp. When they got there and found a good spot, Susan and Simon set up the camp with the new tents Javier, Charles and Lenny bought and they all headed to bed. Before falling asleep, Arthur thought about where Micah was. Maybe he was here, maybe he was back in the mountains. To Arthur, all that mattered was that he was miserable.
> Chapter 4: The Plan
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Arthur awoke the next morning by the sun shining through his tent opening. Squinting his eyes at first, the outlaw quickly forced himself to get up and get ready for the day. After putting on his signature outfit, this time with his tan jacket abcent and his sleeves rolled up, he walked out to get some coffee. Opon walking out his tent, he saw the camp buzzing with activity. Dutch was smoking a cigar, Hosea was eating breakfest with some others, Grimshaw was making sure people were doing their chores and Javier was playing his guitar.

Arthur walked over to the campfire to get some warm water for his coffee when he was noticed by the group at the table eating breakfest.

"Well, well, well, look who finally decided to wake up." said Sean.

"Shut up." said Arthur.

"You know you're getting old, Arthur Morgan." said Sean "Maybe you should start taking naps."

"Me?" asked Arthur "Nah, that's more Uncle's thing." 

"Ha ha, fair enough." laughed Sean.

"Do you know what Dutch is planning, Hosea?" asked Arthur, turning his attention to Hosea.

"Haven't got the slightest clue." said Hosea "Dutch's probably thinking about it over his cigar." 

"Alright." said Arthur "Anyway, i'm gonna go get coffee." 

Arthur walked over to camps water supply, which was just a barrel of water, and filled his metal cup with water. After retrieving his water, he then walked over to the campfire and heated up the liquid. After getting it up to temperature, Arthur poured in some instant coffee mix he had in his satchel and started drinking his coffee in peace. That was until a voice roared through out camp...

"Listen up everyone!" said Dutch firmly "Stop what you're doing for a moment!"

"It is time to get to work." said Dutch firmly "And now with the Pinkertons and O'driscoll's not a problem anymore, we can get back to making money the way we know best."

"So get out there and see what you can find." said Dutch with authority.

"And remember, what ever you find out there, the camp gets its slice." said Dutch, pulling out a box and placing it on a barrel at his tent. "So be sensible." 

"Also, one of you has to go hunting each and every day." said Pearson "Look for vegetables. Carrots, tomatos, celery, that kind of stuff." 

"Why can't we hunt for meat?" asked Arthur.

"We're horses, Arthur." said Pearson "From what i know horses don't eat meat." 

"Oh, i'm supposed to become a vegetable eater now?" asked Arthur jokingly.

"Gentlemen!" said Dutch sternly, shutting up the pair arguing "It is time for everyone to earn their keep."

Everyone sensed that Dutch had finished his speech and promptly got back to work. Dutch then approached Arthur to speak with him.

"Arthur, i need you to take the girls into town and find them work." said Dutch "I know Tilly already has employment at Miss Rarity's, so find something for Karen and Mary."

"Whatever you say Dutch." said Arthur. 

"Ponyville seems like a very pass through kind of town." said Hosea "So look for work where people come and go from different places."

"So like saloons or bars?" asked Arthur.

"Exactly." said Hosea "Hopefully we'll find something good." 

"What about Tilly?" asked Arthur.

"Miss Rarity seemed like the type to gossip, wouldn't you agree?" asked Dutch.

"Fair enough." said Arthur "Well, i'll go get the girls and head into town."

"Wait Arthur." said Hosea, stopping Arthur in his tracks "Do take little Jack with you. He seemed excited to play with his new friends."

"Sure, Hosea." said Arthur as he walked away to get the girls and Jack. 
He decided to look for Jack first, and after walking around camp for a bit, he found him drawing on the ground with a stick.

"Whatchu up to?" asked Arthur.

"Drawing." said Jack.

"Is it fun?" asked Arthur.

"I guess." said Jack.

"Do you want to come with me and the girls into town?" asked Arthur.

"Why?" asked Jack.

"To play with your new friends!" said Arthur enthusiastically.

"Sure!" said Jack gleefully. 

"Alright!" said Arthur enthusiastically "But first i need to go get the girls alright? So you just stay here for now."

"Okay Uncle Arthur." said Jack. 

Arthur then walked away from Jack to look for the girls. After looking around for a bit, he found them all doing chores for Miss Grimshaw. Karen and Mary-Beth where washing clothes and Tilly was washing dishes, all of them had bored expressions on their faces.

"Girls, we're heading into town to find y'all work." said Arthur.

"Finally!" said Karen with much excitement and relief "We don't have to do Miss Grimshaw's chores anymore!" 

"Woo hoo!" said Mary-Beth.

"For now." said Arthur. 

"Oh Shut up Arthur, and take us into town already." said Karen.

"Fine." said Arthur "Oh, and we're taking Jack with us, to go see his new friends."

"At last." said Tilly "That boy has been cooped up for so long and has no one to play with."

"Well, it's kinda hard to find him others to play with, on the account of our lifestyle." said Arthur.

"True." said Tilly "But still."

"Jack!" shouted Arthur "Come now, we're going."

"Coming Uncle Arthur!" said Jack, running over to the group. After Jack arrived, the group started walking to Ponyville.

"Alright let's go." said Arthur. 

 After about 15 minutes of walking, Arthur, Jack and the girls had arrived in Ponyville.

"Arthur, how are we supposed to find Jacks friends?" asked Mary-Beth "They didn't exactly give us a time or place."

"Why don't we ask Miss Rarity." said Arthur "We're  already going there to drop off Tilly."

"Yeah i suppose." said Mary-Beth.

"Are you excited to play with your new friends?" asked Tilly sweetly to Jack.

"Yeah!" said Jack excitingly.

"What are you gonna do Arthur?" asked Karen.

"I'm gonna walk around town." said Arthur "See if can find anything."

"Alright." said Karen.

"We're here." said Arthur, as him, Jack and the girls arrived at the Carousel Boutique. The group walked up to the door and Arthur knocked. 

"Coming~" said the distinctive voice of Rarity from the inside of the store, as rustling was also heard as she made her way to open the door. 

"Oh, hello Mister Morgan." said Rarity opon opening the door "What can i do for you?"

"I've come to drop off Miss Tilly, for work." said Arthur.

"Oh good." said Rarity "I actually do need a pair of extra hands today. I'm kind of back up on orders."

"Well, ain't it good that we came over then?" asked Arthur, with a grin on his face.

"We where also wondering where we could find Sweetie Belle and her friends." said Mary-Beth "You promised that her and her friends would play with little Jack here today but you didn't give us a time or place."

"Oh i do apologize for that." said Rarity "Sweetie Belle and her friends are upstairs, i'll call them down."

"Girls! Jack is here." shouted Rarity to the CMC upstairs. The girls quickly came running down the stairs, but there was another creature with them. It was a purple and green scaled creature with a spikey green mohawk-like hair on top of its head and a short tail on its behind. The mysterious creature was wearing blue jeans, green t-shirt, purple hoodie and black sneakers.

"Hiya Jack!" said Apple Bloom "You ready to do some crusading?" 

"Sure!" aswered Jack.

"Uh, who's the new kid?" asked Arthur. 

"Oh, i'm Spike! Spike the dragon!" said the creature proudly "Number one assistant to Twilight."

"Oh, alright." said Arthur, slightly stunned "Never seen a dragon before."

"Don't worry, that's pretty common." said Spike "Dragons aren't exactly native to Equestria." 

"Come on girls! Let's go crusading already!" said Scootaloo, she and the rest of the crusaders pulling Jack and Spike with them and running away. 

"Hey!" shouted Arthur "Y'all be careful with Jack now, ya hear?"

"Don't worry mister, we will." said Sweetie Belle, as her and the rest ran away to start on their adventures. 

"*sigh* foals and their antics." said Rarity "Anyway, shall we get to work Miss Jackson?"

"Alright." said Tilly, walking inside.

"Tilly, meet us back at camp after work, alright?" said Arthur.

"Of course." said Tilly, inside the building. 

"Well, i'll catch you both later." said Arthur.

"Of course." said Rarity "And remember, if you need any new garmets, you come to me."

"Yeah, i'll remember." said Arthur "Goodbye." 

"Ta-ta~" said Rarity, closing the door. 

"Well, of to find you two work." said Arthur, starting to walk from the boutique and into town.

"You know, she really reminds me of one of those rich girls from Saint Denis." said Karen.

"Yeah, only difference is she's actually nice to us." joked Arthur, causing the other two to laugh. 

 After about 5 minutes of more walking, Arthur, Karen and Mary-Beth had made it to the town squere. 
After looking around a bit, the group saw a building that stood out. It had a brick foundation with the typical ponyville style timber frames and thatched windows, albeit with a darker color of wood. The thing that made it really stand out was the roof. It looked like a piece of a curved hill, with grass and everything. The building had a sign with a bottle of wine and a glass, with the text 'The Dizzy Weasel' under it. 

"I think i found my new place of work." said Karen, pointing at the building. 

"There?" asked Arthur "Why, you want free drinks?"

"Shut up" giggled Karen, pushing Arthur jokingly "I reckon i could dig up something good there."

"Fair enough, off you go." said Arthur, as Karen made her way into The Dizzy Weasel.

"Ok, what now for me?" asked Mary-Beth.

"What about that jewelry store over there." said Arthur, ponting at a typical ponyville building with a sign that said 'Ponyville Jewely Shop' "Bet a bunch of rich folk go there."

"Mmm..." said Mary-Beth "Good idea, Arthur. Maybe the first one you've had."

"Ahh, shut up." said Arthur "You think you could steal something there?"

"I think so." said Mary-Beth.

"Good. Well, whatchu waiting for?" said Arthur, making Mary-Beth start walking to the store. But then she suddenly stopped and turned around.

"What are you going to do, Arthur?" asked Mary Beth.

"I'm gonna walk around town." said Arthur "Haven't got a proper look around yet."

"Oh, alright." said Mary-Beth, resuming her walk to the store and leaving Arthur all alone. He decided to pick a direction in town and started walking. 

 After walking around town for a bit, Arthur started to noticed that many ponies were looking at him. He reckoned this was because he was one of the only ones in town carry a gun on him. To reconcile this, he tipped his hat to as many as he could walking by, to show that he was friendly, if he wasn't messed that is.

Arthur had also noticed a couple of similar looking ponies in town. They had either white or grey coats with blue or white manes respectively. They all wore gold roman-style metal armor with blue cloth for the fabrics. They were all either unicorns or pegasi, with earth ponies absent. The thing that made Arthur a little on edge was the fact they all had guns, a revolver and a reapeter each. Arthur assumed that these were the lawmen of this world, and so decided to keep his cool.

So Arthur decided to ignore the lawmen and keep on walking. That was until a familiar pink mare came up to him...

"Hi Arty!" said Pinkie cheerfully. 

"Hey there, Pinkie." said Arthur "You need something?"

"I need to give you these." said Pinkie, quickly handing over a bag of jelly beans to Arthur.

"Hmm, what are these?" asked Arthur. 

"They're jelly beans!" said Pinkie "It's destiny for you to eat these!"

"Excuse me?" asked Arthur confused.

"Listen, there's no time to explain but the internet wants you to eat these!" said Pinkie in a quick manner, as if she was in a hurry.

"The what?" asked Arthur, again confused "What the hell are you talking about?"

"NO TIME TO EXPLAIN BYE!" shouted Pinkie, as she ran away quickly.

"*sigh* she sure is a strange one." said Arthur defeated. He rummaged through the bag and took a handful of jelly beans and ate them. 

"Hmm, at least they're pretty good." said Arthur, eating as he started to walk again. 

 The sun had started going down in Ponyville as Arthur was fast asleep on a bench. After he walked around town some, Arthur had sat down on a bench to take a quick nap while waiting for the girls.

"There you are Arthur. Wake up!" said Karen, walking up to wake up Arthur with Tilly, Mary-Beth and Jack. 

"Huh? What?" said Arthur, rubbing his eyes to see who it was "Oh, it's you girls."

"It sure is." said Mary-Beth.

"So, did you find anything good?" asked Arthur.

"I think so." said Tilly "So there's this thing called the 'Ring Around Equestria Tour' that is apperently a tour of Equestria a bunch of upper class ponies from Canterlot are taking."

"What the hell is a 'Canterlot'?" asked Arthur.

"It's the name of the capital of this place." said Tilly.

"God, these names." said Arthur "Anyway, go on."

"So right now it's on its way to a city called Vanhoover and after that, it's gonna pass through a place called the 'Smokey Mountain's'." said Tilly

"Okay, and?." asked Arthur.

"The Smokey Mountain's are in the middle of nowhere!" said Tilly, excited.

"With no one in sight to help if someone were to rob it." said Arthur, finishing what Tilly was gonna say.

"Exactly!" said Tilly.

"You think the take is good?" asked Arthur.

"Should be." said Tilly "A bunch of rich folk and their baggage? Sounds like a good take to me." 

"Fair enough." said Arthur "Did you get anything good Miss Karen?"

"I heard about a bank in this little town on the coast called 'Marina Shores'." said Karen "I know small town banks are usually not worth it but it's a shipping town, a bunch of people trade there all the time."

"Okay, sounds good." said Arthur "Mary-Beth?"

"I didn't get any information yet. But i did steal this necklace." said Mary-Beth, pulling down her coller to show the necklace.

"HA HA, played them like a fiddle like usual. Anyway, we should get back to camp." laughed Arthur, getting up from the bench.

"Uncle Arthur! Do you know what i did today?" said Jack.

"No, what did you do?" asked Arthur.

"Me and my friends did a bunch of things." said Jack "We climbed, we drew, we played." 

"Sounds like you had fun." said Arthur "You did have fun right?"

"Yes we did." said Jack.

"Good." said Arthur. 

"Okay." said Jack, then noticing the bag of jelly beans on the bench "What's that?"

"Oh, those are jelly beans." said Arthur "You want some?" 

"Sure!" said Jack, excitedly taking the bag of jelly beans from Arthur.

"Mmm, these are really tasty." said Jack.

"I know right?" said Arthur "Okay, now let's actually head back to camp."

The group made their way back to camp to turn in for the night. Arthur had a good feeling about this world before, but it was being strengthened with each moment in this world. 

'Maybe everything will be alright.' thought Arthur before succumbing to sleep by the night.