I sat on the hood of the Camaro. Gazing out into the sunset. I wasn't expecting things to end up like this. I breathed a sigh of disappointment. Completely ignoring the cyan blue pony that had landed next to my car.

      "Hey." Rainbow Dash said

      "Go away." I said

      "Hey ease up! I'm here to say thanks."

      "Why? I mean after all that you've done-"

      "Thanks for keeping me alive."

I thought about it. There was a number of times where I could have just left Dash on the side of the road and just let her die from dehydration. And if I was still the same as I was a couple of months ago, I probably would've. But I guess something inside me changed somewhere along this wacky journey.

      "No prob I guess."

      "What about Travis?"

I gulped. This was quite a touchy subject for me.

      "I dunno. Things ain't gonna be the same anymore. I'm gonna miss his stupid little dancing. His creepy SCP-173 like nature, and his comical character. I dunno, I honestly don't know."

      "Goddammit stop making it sound like I'm dead."

HA! You thought he was dead didn't you?

I looked to my side to see Jackson limping to the front of the car. Yea, huge shocker. He didn't die! As soon as I got sontrol of myself, I carried him to the Camaro and drove him to the hospital and ended up with a huge bill. But at least he was okay-ish.

      "You looked pretty dead to me." I smirked

      "Haha very funny." Jackson snapped

      "How are you not dead anyways?"

      "The bullet never hit any organs. Only went through like, the tip of my hip, so, only flesh."

      "How did it feel like getting shot?" I asked

      "It felt like nothing for like, 5 milliseconds, then you're gonna feel pain like never before."

I shrugged. Jackson managed to leap onto the hood of the Camaro.

      "Ow!"

      "Slow down gramps, don't want to displace your hip now don't you?"

      "Screw you."

Under Jackson's Avenged Sevenfold shirt was a bandage around his hip. It was barely noticeable, but I could barely make out the small ridges.

      "So anyways, I feel kinda bad for, y'know ruining your life so I'm gonna give you this." Rainbow Dash said

Dash turned around and picked up her ruby collar. She placed it on the hood of the car and stared at me with her saucer-panned magenta eyes.

      "But, you need this." I said

      "Yea." RD responded

      "If you don't take this Discharge-"

      "Discord."

      "Whatever, is gonna take over Ponyland."

      "Ponyville."

      "WHATEVER. But still, without this..."

      "It's okay. I mean, if it wasn't for me, you guys would still be in Chicane-"

      "Chicago."

      "Living your life as usual."

I took the collar and stared right into the ruby thunder bolt. It was worth at LEAST $200,000. I looked up and at RD who had a sincere smile on her face.

      "Y'know what? This collar belongs to someone who's loyal, willing to shove his own health aside to make sure that his or her friends make it out in the best condition possible. Someone who is willing to sacrifice their time to help their friends in need, if there's anyone who deserves this, it's you." I said pressing the collar into Dash's hooves.

Dash stared back at me with a face of shock.

      "But..." She stuttured

      "I'll be fine. I mean, if we survived a road trip as crazy as this, we can survive anything."

Dash nodded. I ruffled her mane.

      "Good girl." I smirked

      "I think I gotta get back to Twilight and the others. See ya I guess."

I hugged her one more time. A soft, warm hug that lasted for a total of half a minute. The only reason we stopped was because Jackson spoke up.

      "Can't forget your uncle Jackson can ya?"

Jackson hugged RD and gave her a small noogie.

      "See ya guys later. Hope to see you soon."

Dash gave a salute. I gave a wink and she flew off. I sniffled a bit and looked back at the falling sun along with Jackson.

      "So, what we gonna doin' now?" Jackson asked

I had my eyes fixed on the sun.

      "I dunno. Why don't we go to Miami? Heard the girls there are awesome. Curvy, tanned." I said

      "Screw you. I've already got a girlfriend." Jackson said

      "And where is she?"

      "I dunno, somewhere around California?"

      "You don't even know where she lives?" I said while trying to hold in the laugh

      "We met online!" Jackson snapped

      "And?"

      "She said something about being North of the Californian border or something."

      "I dunno. How's about we move to Santa Monica?" Jackson asked

      "Well, our lives just got 20 percent cooler." I said as I laid down on the car, my hands behind my head as my new favorite song played.

THE END