//------------------------------// // Around Every Corner: Savannah // Story: The Mane 6 And Lee Everett // by Can-dees_Murder_Weapon //------------------------------// The large group trailed through the deserted city on full alert. The streets were empty, the roads were littered with trash and debris with soda cans you'd see every now and then. Wind guided specs of paper along from one street to another. The group hadn't encountered any walkers since entering the city, it was if the city was truly deserted; nothing but the silence keeping it company. Some of the buildings were boarded up, some weren't boarded up; their windows would be smashed and the doors would be off their hinges. The group continued through the city without uttering a single word. All on alert, expecting a horde to appear around a corner. Rarity was eyeing the walkie talkie that was attached to Lee's pocket. After hearing the man on the radio, she found that her stress had never left. She was constantly asking questions in her head. Who was that man? How long has he been talking to Clementine? How much does he know? She kept glancing back and forth between buildings, expecting to find someone looking at them. Watching them. Observing, learning their every move, their routine, their names. Does the stranger know her name? That wasn't the problem, the problem was that Clementine had been feeding information to this 'man' for who knows how long. She just hoped that the little girl didn't tell him anything about her. If she did though, the mere thought of that outcome only added more fuel to her anxiety. "How far are these boats?" David asked. Kenny, the one who came up with the idea to get a boat didn't respond. He continued walking whilst David was eagerly waiting for a response, that eagerness soon turned into impatience as time passed. "Yo! Earth to Kenny?" "Just a little further." Kenny called back to him. Ha! A little further he says. David thought to himself. "Feels like we've been walking for hours." He muttered to himself. "Ah wouldn't say hours, more like uh-twenty minutes." Applejack commented, feeling slightly bored herself. David hadn't noticed her walking behind him. "I refuse to believe that." He deadpanned. It felt like hours had gone by in his head. Just walking through the city and not having anything to do. Keeping an eye out for walkers wasn't an issue to him, the issue was that nothing was happening. He was expecting the city to be full of walkers and yet; not a single walker has been sighted. "Believe it or not... we've been walkin' for a long time." A loud bang, like a sledgehammer coming into contact with thick steel had suddenly echoed throughout the street, eliminating the silence that was coating the city. It went on rhythmically and the group was quick to establish that it was a bell. "Is someone ringing the bell?" Twilight asked. "No! It's automatic. Let's just keep movin'," Kenny said after turning around to look at the group. An automatic bell? That could be useful. Back in Equestria, you needed to manually operate a bell. She remembered how Pinkie was asked to ring the Ponyville school bell all week but then ended up only having to do it for five minutes. A scratch of noise suddenly became audible and a voice, seemingly out of nowhere started speaking. "If I were you, I'd get out of the street now." The voice spoke in a ominous and intimidating manner. Lee pulled a device that was attached to his pocket and held it up in front of him. "Who the hell is this? Are you the one ringing those bells?" No response came. The group was in a mix state of confusion and unbeknownst fear. "What the hell was that?" David spurted out. Rarity shrieked, startling the whole group. "Rarity, what is your-" Twilight stopped mid-sentence upon when she caught sight of a large horde of walkers that were headed directly towards them. By then, the bell had stopped ringing and the city that was once deserted became a city that belonged to the dead. Fucking jinx, you goddamn asshole! David angrily thought. "Everybody run! Go!" "Where?! Directly towards them?!" Twilight yelled. She spotted a mansion, over in the distance. Walkers were starting to close in. She made a split-second decision and she teleported the group on the other side of the horde, closer to the mansion. There was a series of shouting and questions demanding to know what had just happened amongst the group. "Everybody there's a mansion over there! Come on!" Not wasting any time, Twilight took off in the direction of the mansion with the group following somewhat off-balance from the effects of the teleportation spell. She followed a path that led into the backyard of the mansion where a shed was structured over by the left corner and dog house on the opposite end. The backyard was secured with a brick wall that had black gothic gates embedded into them. In the middle of the yard, layed an old moldy fountain that was completely devoid of water. Nothing but dust and dead leaves. The rest of the group flooded in, desperately trying to flee from the threat that was the dead. Applejack, who was the last one in the backyard slammed the gate behind them. "Dude..." David leaned against the brick wall. "That teleportation thing... wow that was weird." "Well it got us outta there, so quit complainin'!" Kenny said. "W-wait I wasn't complaining, I was just saying it felt a bit weird. That's all." Kenny ignored him and went on to the door of the house. "Hey, Twilight?" Lee said, looking curious. "Yeah?" "You can teleport, why can't you just teleport us to where the boats are?" That got Kenny's attention but he didn't say anything. "Well one, I've never been here before so I don't know what this place looks like and two the vicinity of my teleportation can only stretch so far." Lee nodded his head, the group was intrigued by the information the lavender pony was giving them. "I can hear the walkers going away." Clementine said, listening to the walker's moans and growls growing more and more distant. "Dude, can you hurry up? My leg is hurtin' like hell." Omid said, gripping his bloodied leg. "The door's locked, gon' have to find another way in." Kenny said, as he turned to face the group. "Or I can take a look at the door?" Twilight said. "Knock yourself out." Kenny stepped aside so the unicorn could work on the door. Mere seconds past, and the door handle was forced off it's socket and the door slowly opened. "...We are invincible," David remarked.