Just an Old Ponytale...
Chapter 6-
'Rarity looked to the nusre. "How is she? Is she going to be alright?" The nurse glanced back at her.
"It's a good thing you got here here when you did. She is truely lucky to be alive and much more to be untouched by those monsters." Nurse Redheart put a hoof on Rarity's shoulder. "If you had not found her when you did, she might not would've made it." Rarity turned her head and looked at the bruised and battered unicorn...'
Twilight gasped and bit her tounge as to not scream. She could only watch in horror as her friend was being sought by a sightless "infected" only mere hooves away from her. Twilight didn't know what to do. 'If I use my magic, he might sense the aura and attack. If I move any closer it might hear my movements. Oh Celestia, what do I do?' Twilight was thinking faster than her brain could process. All the things that could go wrong were playing through her mind as she could do nothing but behold Pinkie trying her very best not to move one single muscle. Pinkie was only just short of complete and utter halt of breathing.
She could see the fear in Pinkie's eyes. How Twilight wanted so bad to tell her friend to run, to get away from the horrid creature, but knew that she couldn't. The wrong move could cost her best friend's her life. 'Think Twilight,think!' she kept telling herself. The "infected" was slowly picking up Pinkie's faint scent as it started to edge closer and closer to the fear-frozen party pony. 'Oh no, it's only a matter of time before it finds her.' Twilight was running out of options. The monstrosity was literally at the heel of Pinkie's back hoof. Twilight couldn't stand it anymore. She screamed.
"Run Pinkie Pie, run!" Twilight yelled at the fear stuck pony. The yell itself nearly made Pinkie jump right out of her skin, but she remained unmoved. The zombie instantaneously directed its full attention towards the purple unicorn with a raucous snarl. Twilight recoiled. The fiendish beast took a few paces in her direction as Pinkie remained completely stationary. "Pinkie, RUN!" The vexatious scurge launched itself at the screaming unicorn. Twilight threw a hoof in front of her eyes. A moment passed, but nothing happened. What she saw when she put her hoof down left her shellshocked.
"Pinkie, what are you doing!?" Twilight asked in bewilderment as she watched the pink pony wrestle on the "infected" pony's back.
"Go Twilight! I'll hold 'em back!" Pinkie screamed as she was avoiding the zombie's constant bite attempts. Twilight was the one frozen at this point. "GO! I will catch up, pinkie promise." That was all Twilight required to get her moving. She turned from her friend and dashed back up the flight of stairs. There was a loud screech from behind. Twilight wanted to turn around, to see if what she feared had happened, but couldn't bring herself to. When she reached the top of the cellar, she turned and called for her brave friend. "Come on Pinkie! I'm safe! You can let it go now!"
The ever heart stopping silence of anticipation set over Twilight. There was no answer. "Pinkie!" she screamed into the dark abyss. There was still no response. Twilight bowed her head in sorrow. "Pinkie..." she softly said. Twilight shut her eyes tightly as she let a single tear fall from her eyes. Suddenly, she heard a commotion coming from inside basement. She looked up to see her pink friend darting up the stairs with a most terrified facial expression.
"We have to keep moving!" Pinkie said as she reached the top of the stairs where Twilight was standing. When she did, she slammed the cellar door behind her and locked it from the outside. Twilight was baffled.
"Wait. Pinkie, what happened?" the unicorn asked in astonishment.
"It called for its friends to come help him." Pinkie told Twilight, who was still in utter disbelief. "We have to move before they get here." Pinkie started for the front door.
"Wait, I still don't understand." There was a loud slamming at the door Pinkie was running to. The party pony gave a very timid look to her friend.
"Oh no, this isn't good. Quickly, let's see if there's any around back." Pinkie rushed off to the window they had entered through only to find a mob of at least five trying to climb up from below. "Shoot." Pinkie said under her breath. The front door was giving in and fast. Twilight was finally able to grasp the situation at hand and hastefully started to inspect the surrounding rooms.
"Twilight!" Pinkie called from down a hall waving a hoof in the air. "Over here! There are some stairs!" Twilight reached into her saddle bag and pulled out her frying pan. The door crashed and in flowed a great multitude of "infected" ponies. Twilight raced down the hallway to the origin of Pinkie's call. When she had reached the stairs, her pink friend was already at top bidding her to hurry up. Twilight was basically flying up the stairs she was so scared. nearly missing every stair step she took.
Pinkie was waiting at the top, her own pan in her hoof, when she quickly realized that the only room was Lyra's bedroom. The room was small with only one window and a small closet. It was just big enough to hold a bed, deask, and lamp table along with the two ponies. Twilight managed to make it to Pinkie with only a minute to spare before the zombies would be right behind them again and locked the door behind her. She too quickly realized the predicament that they were in as soon as she reached the bedroom. "Oh great, now what do we do?" It only took Pinkie a second of thought before she formulated an idea.
"Say Twilight, let's just say that you were hidden in a pretty good, well secluded area and didn't move at all. Would the creatures still be able to find you?" Twilight thought real hard for a moment.
"I would guess not, why?" Pinkie looked at her friend and faked a smile.
"Take the bedsheets and wrap yourself up as much as you can. Then, hide in the closet until you absolutely know they're all gone." Twilight peered at Pinkie with a perplexed look.
"Wait a minute, what about you?" Twilight asked with great concern for her friend. Pinkie Pie set her hoof to Twilight's shoulder.
"I'll be fine, pinkie promise." The pink party pony then proceeded to take the sheets off Lyra's bed. The magic unicorn shook her head in disapproval.
"I can't let you do this." she pleaded with Pinkie as she grabbed Pinkie by her shoulder. The pink pony turned to Twilight and smiled.
"I know you can't silly. I didn't expect you to."
"Huh?" Twilight said with even greater confusion. Suddenly, there was a loud bang at the door. The unicorn turned her head towards the door.
BANG
Twilight's eyes grew wide. She felt a very sharp pain in the back of her head. She fell to her knees as sheets of a bed wrapped around her. Twilight heard the door slowly breaking under the constant bangs. She tried to speak, but quickly lost all feeling. She blacked out.
Pinkie quickly cloaked the purple unicorn with the sheets and carefully stuck her unconscience body in the closet. It pained her to do what she did, but she knew it was for the best. "I hope the hit from the pan didn't hurt her too much" Pinkie said to heslef. A hoof broke through the door. Pinkie turned to the window and grinned. "I know how to handle myself Twilight. Don't worry, I pinkie promised that I would be fine... and I plan not to break that promise." The door gave way...