//------------------------------// // Companion... Sure // Story: Zombie Equestria // by JimmyBen //------------------------------// So after that near death experience, i meet a survivor, and she looks terrified. "Oh my gosh, are you ok" i exclaim, i soon regretted my decision, cause i should have looked around a little better. A zombie shambles up behind me, it grabbed my right arm, and in seconds it was dead, but not by me. I look at the girl, still sitting there, her arm extended, and i look at the zombie. She nailed it right in the head with a normal kitchen, "thanks for that" i say more quietly, "are you here to save me, or..." she goes quiet before finishing, but it was obvious what she meant. Even in the middle of an apocalypse, people lose themselves to dumb need, like sex. My mind races with thoughts of what might of happened before she took refuge, "they came in, grabbed me and" *oh god no* i thought, "took all my muffins"... well alright, as soon as she finished her sentence, she burt out crying. "hey hey hey, its ok, I'm not here to take anything or hurt you, I'm here to help i guess" i try to reassure, "you guess" she says, she looks at me with her eyes, her cute little eyes, she looked so innocent, and... UHHHHH, i couldn't leave herrrr. "i mean", i pause to think, she was adorable, i couldn't leave to fend for herself, possibly killing her if i leave, "... I'm here to help anyway i can". She smiles and slowly stands up, she doesn't look that weak now that she's standing, in fact, she was only a little shorter, and looked like she could swing a bat pretty damn hard. "So how long have you been here alone" i ask, "maybe, a day, or two, i forgot" she says weakly. She collapses, i instinctually stick my arms out just to barely catch her, she was breathing hard, she was near unconscious. Quickly looking at her it was clear, she was extremely dehydrated. I drag her to the nearest sink as fast as i could, "you are not dyeing after i just met you" i say kinda jokingly, but still serious, i tilt her head over the sink and then shoved her head under the faucet, probably very comfortable, but im trying to save a life, not pamper her. Lucky for us the faucets are just fine, thought water stops in an apocalypse, anyway, the water pours into her mouth, luckily she was still conscious to still drink. After a few hours of tending to her, feeding her some apples and other food, and giving her plenty of water, i move her to the bed already laid out upstairs, after locking all the doors, i finally look at the time. It was about 1:15 am, time to catch some shuteye, i go to a chair on the other side of the room, and i start to look at Derpy, thinking if she'll be fine, or if she needs more water, food, maybe another blanket. She looked peaceful and was sleeping fine, thats the last thing i remember, before passing out... Not sure how long i slept, i was pretty well rested when i woke up, and i felt good, never slept that good, well the feeling went out of the window and i sat up to see the bed, empty. My body froze, i looked around the room, and then i jumped to my feet, i hurried down the stairs, a bit to fast actually. I stumbled more than halfway up, and wiped out, after regaining myself, i jump up to see derpy, eating a muffin, fresh out of the oven. "Oh no, you fell, your nose is bleeding, come over here, ill look at that" she says sympathetically, "no no, Im fine, just a little clumsy", i finally breathe in a relieved breath of air. I made my way over to the chair across from her, he slid a plate in front of me with a freshly made muffin lathered with butter, it looked amazing. "You know how to cook" i asked, "Oh yeah, i took cooking in school, i mainly studied muffins, cause i love them so ugh, but i know how to cook different things if you don't want that" she says cheery, "oh no, it looks amazing, i was just asking, anyway, are you okay anything wrong with you" i asked worriedly. "Im okay i suppose, i feel alright and Im no longer tired, thanks to you" she says with a wink, I slightly blushed, but i tried to stay focused on what to do next, *grumble*, after breakfast. I looked at the muffin, it looked really good, so i wasn't worried, i picked it up casually, and took a decent sized bite. After i stopped reeling in shock, i looked at the muffin, and scarfed it down, it was by far, the tastiest thing i have ever had the pleasure of eating. "that was the best damn thing i have ever eaten, in my entire life, no lie", she blushes, she tries to hide it, but i could see it. I start to get up when i looked out the window, i could see someone across the street, looks like there living due to stature and skin, i finally stood up fully and make my way to the window. "whats wrong, er, i never got your name", i look at her and hastily say "My name is Chase", she looks puzzled and asks again, "Whats wrong", "i think i see someone or something across the street, the building over there", i point to a eggshell colored house, it had three floors, and i swear i could see something moving on the second floor. It walks into the shadow were i couldn't see it, i wait a few moments to see if it would come back, but it wasn't, "Ok, false alarm, probably a zombie" i say reassuringly, she smiles and hands me a muffin, i grab it and eat it, thinking of whatever that was. We took our time to gather supplies and rest up a little more before i finally pull out a map, "ok, here i have a map of canter lot, we need to decide right now where we should head" i start to explain places that may be okay, and some that would have them crawling all over the place, of course, i had no idea if my hunches were close. "Why don't we just head for the princesses castle, its big, secure, and probably has a ton of supplies", i look at her and she already knows what I'm gonna say, "and if everyone did head there to scavenge, then maybe they took shelter in there instead, it was the most guarded place in all of equestria, the guards there might have set up a shelter for survivors", before i can respond, i thought of what she said. She had a very good point, it would be the best bet at the moment, whats the harm in checking it out. After a little bit of chatting and planning, we decided on a route to use to get to the castle, it mainly insisted of roof tops and balconies. We made our way to the roof, we wanted to cover as much ground as possible until sundown, i think we jumped a good 10 houses before we took a break. "geez, this is exhausting, its getting dark, might as well take shelter here tonight", we lowered ourselves into the top windows of the house. Once we were in, i made my way through the house checking for anyone, anything or zombies, luckily just some cans of beans. We barricaded the door best we could, packed up the cans, and took shelter upstairs. Now there was a big issue, what about sleeping arrangements. There was only one bed, no couches or chairs to sleep in, "i guess i'll sleep on the ground" i offer, "oh i couldn't possibly do that", she pauses and surveys the bed for a few moments until she finally chimed, "we could share", I hid my face from her, it was red as a beet, i could tell she was trying not to. "it looks big enough for two i guess, we just stay on our sides" i said kinda nervously, we slowly settled into the beds, after a few minutes of lying there, i started to drift into sleep, but right before i did, i felt Derpy cuddle up to me. I just kept quiet and dozed off, i dreamt of a giant castle, and a giant zombie, it was huge, and i was scared as fu- anyway, it chased me, it was catching up, but then as soon as it was on me. "AHHHHHHHH", i woke up immediately to see Derpy being held by her hair by some guy, with him were two others, "yo, you guys aren't that clever are you" they say snootily, we tracked you here, "now me and my friends are gonna kill you, and have fun with your girlfriend here. We both blush a deep crimson, i reach for my bat, they were snickering, they had it right behind them, "this thing is a beauty, mind if i hold on to it, i bet when i play baseball, i'll always get a home run", he swings the bat in a wide arc toward me, i ducked and with all my strength hit the guy right in the jaw. He falls to the ground and the bat lands on the bed behind me. Before i even had a chance to grab it the two were on me, they threw Derpy on the ground, hitting her head on the wall. I was furious, no one hurts my friend, the first one takes out a knife and stabs at me, i took a quick side step dodging the blade, i grabbed his collar and pushed him right through the drywall, the other throws a punch to my face, i block it with my forearm and deliver a blow to his stomach. As he doubles over in pain, i deliver a knee to his nose, knocked him out instantly, i quickly take a stance ready for the others. After i look around, everyone is on the ground, i make my way to Derpy, she's fine but still shook from what just happened, i help her gather herself, we grab our bags, and get to the roof, we needed to get out of there.