//------------------------------// // Answers // Story: Pony Zombie Apocalypse // by Icewind505 //------------------------------// Luna gently turned around and dove towards a dense forest. The other ponies questioned her motives but followed. Soon they were all settled on a soft mossy floor. Luna looked around to make sure no one was looking and sighed. "I'm geussing you are all going to seek answers. Correct?" All the ponies nodded. Luna took a deep breath and pointed a hoof at Twilight. Motioning her to go first. Twilight cleared her throat. "Princess Luna, I'd like to know how Celestia caught the disease." All eyes turned toward Luna expectantly, it seemed that everyone wanted to know that answer. Luna's eyes darted back and forth between ponies, she didn't seem too comfortable with the subject. But eventually she gave in. "If you must know it is an ancient ailment. It has been thousands of years since the disease had infected ponies. My sister had caught it then. Ever since, she has been fighting off the disease. I had no idea she was still ill. I could have helped her, but I was ignorant and foolish. I could not help but notice the subtle signs she dropped that indicated the upcoming result. She would stare hungrily at ponies at times and Tia would often have coughing fits. I let these go, I cared little for them, perhaps she had a cold. But that wasn't the case. Of course, the symptoms had only shown recently, but that is still no excuse." "Um, if ya'll don' mind me askin', how did everypony know about the zombies in Ponyville?" At this Fluttershy shifted uncomfortably and beads of sweat formed on her forehead. Everypony eyed Fluttershy accusingly. Why would she be so uncomfortable with this question? Eventually the yellow pegasus broke under the pressure. "Alright it was me! When Pinkie told me there were zombies, I got scared! She wouldn't let me go back into my house so I panicked and ran screaming through town. I kept yelling that zombies were coming and then Pinkie started screaming and soon everypony was screaming! I told you! Now please stop staring at me! I mean, if you don't mind..." Everypony turned away from the now near to tears Fluttershy. Instead they again turned to Luna who looked about as nervous as Fluttershy. But one thing caught her eye. "Where is Spike?" Everyone looked around, he was nowhere to be seen. They heard a rustle in the trees and saw a little purple and green blur tumble out of it. Spike sat up and shook his head. Everypony laughed at his antics but Spike didn't seem to happy. "What's so funny? It's hard to control dragon wings, I mean you're ponies. I'm a dragon! We're obviously different and I don't appreciate you making fun of me." "We're really sorry Spike, do you want me to throw you an apology party?!" Everypony glared at Pinkie, now wasn't really the time. Pinkie dipped her head but remained cheerful as always. All heads turned toward Spike. The little dragon didn't take the hint but started to explain anyway. "Have you ever controlled dragon wings before? They're not like feathery pony wings. They're really hard to use, in a sense, I mean for me. I'm just a baby dragon and it's not natural to have wings right now. So I tried diving but I didn't close my left wing right so I swerved off to the side and BLAM! Landed right in the tree. I got stuck there for a moment but I got out. By the way, thanks for helping me!" "Spike, I'd like to know how you managed to leave Canterlot and come to our library so fast." Spike shuffled his feet uncomfortably. This was obviously a touchy subject for Spike. Twilight couldn't guess why but pried nonetheless. He would tell them whether he liked it or not. "It's... uh... complicated." "What do you mean, complicated." "*gulp* Complicated as in jumped on some random pegasus's back and told him that if he didn't take me to Ponyville on before noon tomorrow that I would burn him to a fiery ember. Then burned a bit of his mane as an example..." Spike looked away in shame, he knew his actions were rash and uncalled for but necessary. He didn't notice that a certain blue pegasus was biting her lip. Her eyes watered and her upper lip quivered. Soon Rainbow Dash was rolling on the floor laughing. "You and the! Burning! Haha! The mane! Hahaha! Priceless!" After a few minutes the laughing stopped and left an uncomfortable silence. But one question still remained Where will they go?