The sun hit the sleeping couple's eyes. Unlike the last month, where they seemingly woke up feeling exhausted without their daughter, they both woke up with a smile on their face, happy to see their daughter back, even if it changed. They walked out of their room, prepared to get ready for the day, even if it was just listening to Diamond Tiara's tale. Upon exiting their room, they saw Silver Spoon outside, listening to the door.

"What are you doing here, Silver Spoon?" Filthy Rich asked

"I slept over, remember?" The filly replied "I just woke up, but I hear Diamond inside, seemingly muttering to herself."

"She's probably sleep talking." Spoiled Rich replied with a yawn. Silver opened the door, but the room was littered with paper everywhere. On each of the papers were drawing of various machines, all looking the same, yet different in one or another. Inside, Diamond Tiara was quickly sketching one of the machines, muttering things to herself.

"And, the reloading should require you to hand crank it! ...No! Too long! Simple huge magazine going in then? But, this is a sniper rifle, not an SMG. Maybe it should be an assault rifle? OOH!!! Shotgun!!!"

"Diamond?" Silver asked. Her older friend shook herself out, back to reality.

"Oh, sorry about that." Her mother picked up one of the papers.

"What is this?"

"That is a design for a sniper rifle with a scope that can reach 1000 Meters and has built in explosions within each round. Takes 3 bullets." They stared awkwardly. Jack appeared next to Diamond.

"I don't think they know what guns are." He spoke "I mean, no offense, but they don't have hands, nor fingers."

"Oh. So... give them the basics?"

"Yeah. We'll go into detail later, for them." He disappeared. Diamond clapped and rubbed her hooves together.

"Okay! Who wants breakfast!?"

"That would sound nice, Diamond." Filthy Rich spoke "I'm pretty sure our maids and butlers are-"

"Ah! Please, I'm going to give you the Hyperion V.I.P. treatment for breakfast." She pulled the same device from her metal hand. "Yo! I'm gonna need some breakfast, V.I.P. with three other guests... I doubt they eat meat, so make sure it's Vegan. And bring in the most basic gun designs for each type... Hm, that sounds good. Those target things, not robots or living people; I need a break from hearing something scream. Thanks, Sweet Cheeks." She hung the phone "Before our story TRULY begins, it's best if you see this for yourself."

In less than 15 minutes, more of the machines that occupied Diamond came down, all wearing aprons and toques. They quickly prepared a vegan-esque breakfast for the family, all with ingredients that were never heard in Equestria, and, as Diamond explained, were really hard to come by, extremely rare to fine. Then, in their backyard, Diamond had set up many targets, with the weapons she talked about. She stood and walked on her hind legs with seven different weapons.

"Okay, this is going to be a bit frightening, but you're going to be fine." She reassured, picking up the first weapon with her robotic hand, which grew metal fingers. "This right here is a Pistol. There are many types of it, including Revolvers, Repeaters, and Machine Pistols, but all of them are pretty common. They tend to have a low recoil, (The thing brings your arms back with each shot) are used for close to medium range enemies (though long range is pretty rare), and deal medium damage. They are pretty much the easiest thing to produce and use. Watch." She turned to the target and fired, pulling the trigger with her metal finger. It let out a loud 'BANG!', which made them jump. She pulled the trigger multiple times, empty shells falling around her back hooves, but the results were shown; the target had a fair amount of holes in it, each around 2 inches in diameter. One of the moving machines came and took the target away while another took the pistol away. "Loud? Don't worry, this will help." She picked up the next weapon "The is an SMG, short for sub machine gun. Like the pistol, it's meant for short to medium ranged enemies, but has almost no recoil and does little damage. But, all you do is hold the trigger and fire away; it has a larger magazine, so you have a higher chance for the bullets to hit something, and trust me, it's like getting stung like multiple bees, so it's gonna hurt!" Again, she fired away, the gun making 'Pat-pat-pat' sound, though she held the trigger. The holes were really small, at least half an inch in diameter, and were all over the target. "This is an Assault rifle. It's mostly used for medium ranged targets, has a bit of a punch for recoil, but it also does a bit more damage than a pistol. Just like pistols, however, they come in many varieties themselves, but for now, we're going to use the semi-auto version." She fired the rifle, which had a 3 round burst after pulling the trigger, and let out a 'ca-ca-ca' sound. The holes left in the targets approximately had 3 inches in diameter. "And, for the cousin, The sniper rifle: high recoil, single shot, usually silent, but always deadly. This is the weapon you'd use to take out some guys from a long distance, usually with the loved-hated headshot." She looked through it's scope and fired, the rifle making a 'pop' noise. The target was a good mile away, and a perfect headshot was left in the 'head'. "But if being up close and personal is your thing, then you'll love the shotgun! High damaging, massive recoil, but effective when at close range, though some mediums are made. This will be loud, though." She cocked the shotgun and fired at the close target with a loud 'Phu' sound. The target was seemingly nowhere anymore, only it's bottom was left. "Oh! That makes me happy! But I've been saving the best for last! This is a rocket launcher; perfect for getting rid of a huge group of bandits with a badass explosion! Never use it close, not unless you're an idiot or wish to commit suicide, though that's what cliffs are for." She fired the rocket launcher at the last target. 'KABOOM!!!' was what it made, and with it, a smoldering crate with the target disintegrated. Diamond laughed like a schoolfilly, though with a hint of insanity. Her family and friend's jaws dropped at what happened. "THAT WAS AWESOME!!!" Jack appeared next to her.

"What about the lasers?" he asked

"...Lasers?"

"Yeah, you know? The other guns with the techno babble?"

"Aw, well... no offense, but lasers... they're pretty crappy."

"WHAT!? How can you say that!? You use lasers!!!"

"Only to make new guns, dad! Besides, the Eridian gun, with the first vault hunters, they knew it sucked! And the lasers used by those other Vault hunters!? Used only 1!!! And God knows how much things would've changed if Marcus hadn't lost that shipment of laser weapons!" They stared at each other for a bit.

"...Touche."

"Uh, Diamond?" Silver Spoon spoke. Diamond Tiara turned to her friend.

"Yes, my little pony?" she replied

"What are the different things used in these... guns?"

"Ah! Glad you asked! See, there are many different guns, but the major difference is the elements and manufacturers."

"Elements?" Spoiled Rich asked, pointing the maids & butlers to put out the small fire happening in the crater.

"And you had competition?" Filthy Rich added.

"Yes, mom. Elements. Basically, we have the following elements with what they're useful for: Fire for flesh, Electricity for shields, Corrosive for Metal, Cryo to freeze, Slag to make everything hurt more, and explosions to be a badass. And as for competition, other dad, there are different companies that too, produce their weapons with a twist."

"Well, what are they and what do they do?"

"Hm... well, I'm a bit tired of talking, so I'll let this video explain." She opened a hologram in her metal leg again, opening a video straight from the echonet

Skip to 0:44 and please, ignore 'Borderlands' mentioned through the video.

"Ignoring that guy's last comment about us being evil," Diamond Tiara spoke, closing the window from the Echonet "yes, those are all the companies that we're against, though, I have a soft soft for the Torgue company. Ooh... those explosions."

"What about those Tediore guys?" Silver Spoon asked.

"...Eh, they're pretty cool, but I feel like I'm forgetting two other things. Hm... AH-HA!!! SHIELDS AND GRENADES!!!"

"Shields!?" Spoiled Rich asked

"Grenades!?" Filthy added.

"Shields and Grenades." Diamond spoke. "Allow me to demonstrate." She pulled out a device and placed it on her metal leg. An aura of blue surrounded her for a few moments, then disappeared. "This is a shield. It protects it's wearer, in this case, me, from any damage."

"So you're invincible!?" Silver Spoon asked enthusiastically.

"No, I'm not, sadly. This shield has a limited capacity, meaning it has a certain amount of damage it can take before depleting. When it's depleted, I'll need to take cover and hide until my shield comes back. Of course, this is where two other elements come in: the recharge rate and recharge delay. The rate is how much energy come back with each second, and delay is approximately how long it will take my shields to back up. Of course, some shields have special abilities when depleted, but for now, this is a simple one. I'll give you a test." She walked to one of the machines. "Robot! When I say 'Fire', you shoot a single bullet at my chest! Got it?"

"Yes Ma'am!" The machine replied.

"Fire!" The machine fired a single bullet at Diamond Tiara. The shield went down.

"Diamond!" Her parents yelled

"Give me a sec." She was fine; no damage was done, and the shield glowed back, turning back to normal. She walked back to her family and friend. "See? No harm done. Now, for grenades... just watch." She pulled out a small, plastic ball and threw it at the robot that shot her. A small explosion was seen, and the robot's legs feel off from the explosion. It began to drag itself. "Bam! It explodes! Plus, like guns, they come in variations themselves! So many ideas now!"

"And all of these were in your adventures!?" Spoiled Rich asked.

"...Eh, kinda. The first didn't have this much variation, but it was my first step into this wonderful career and business empire. Now, where was I?"

"You were at the part of the 4 vault hunters at the bus." Filthy answered

"Ah! Thank you. Well, those 4 vault hunters arrived at Fyrestone..."   Next Chapter: Okay, NOW the story begins! Estimated time remaining: 12 Minutes