//------------------------------// // Wait For Official Instructions // Story: Grounds for the Dead: A L4D2 Story // by SCP Pinkamena //------------------------------// Grounds For The Dead: Chapter Nine Remember Rodney, be careful out there. They say the dead walk the Earth and shit. Don't worry Abby, I got this nothing bad is gonna happen to me, or you. I promise. I know you were always a strong one... you're like my Tank... Tank shook his head and let out a primal snort. Even though he had nothing to say, the others looked at him expecting something. Being the strongest infected made him the prime. The leader of the pack if you would, and that made anything he did official and permanent. He could destroy anything in his path if provoked and now the fact that he was pony and having Charger and Smoker educate the lavender pony was proof that his leadership over the other was wavering. How could the King of the Dead (nickname by the way) rule if his authority was beginning to crumble? Simple. He's alive now and he's in a living world. He can feel his heart beat every second, and muscles strain from lack of water. His eyes sometimes watered when they dried, and something he couldn't do back on Earth. So many different things... At least Witch is coping with the new environment. Tank thought. His mind was sometimes his only escapes from the world around him. Here he could talk normally, act calmly, and never had to be bothered unless it was dire. Witch always had a problem one way or another, and she loved to cling to those she trusted. So when she found (or in this case they) found the others, she clung to them happy to see that she wasn't alone. Why must the living be so lucky... She thought to herself. She was always jealous of the living because they could die from old age, or natural causes, but herself and the others they had to be killed by guns. She was in every aspect an innocent soul, only to be dangerous if one came to close. That was her curse. She wanted to be near everything but everything wanted to be away from her. She looked at her wings and gave a small sigh. Even in a new body I'm still a freak... She lamented, and looked away from herself and looked at the others. Besides Tank and Charger, they all looked the normal. No boils or scars. No Mutations. Almost perfectly normal. She and Tank sighed with out knowing it and they both thought the same thing. I want to be more like them... Twilight shook off her sadness and revelation and looked at the rest of them and nodded to herself. "Ok, here's the plan!" She announced getting the special's attention. "I'm going to go to my other friends and see if they can help you in your... predicament," She said getting an approving nod from Smoker and Boomer. She picked Spike up from the floor and stood him up. "Spike, I need you watch Pinkie and make sure she's Ok, you got that?" She asked as Spike saluted her and walked up the stairs. As Twilight was making sure the others stayed at the library, a certain cyan pegasus had just made her way to an apple orchard not far from the library... ______ Rainbow Dash landed by the door and started knocking furiously. "Applejack! Hey Applejack, open up!" She yelled as the door was bound to be knocked off its hinges if she didn't open up. When Dash backed up to buck the door down, an angry orange mare threw the door open. Applejack calmly walked out of the house and slapped Rainbow upside the head. "What in tarnation is darn important that you practically beat mah door down!" She yelled at her friend who was still recovering from the blow. Rainbow Dash picked herself up and stared at Applejack. "You didn't hear?! Where's Applebloom?" She asked flying in her house looking for the filly. Applejack rolled her eyes. "Probly at the club house like she normally is? Dash what in Sam Hill has gotten into you?" Applejack asked as she felt Rainbows forehead. Rainbow Dash only sighed and started explaining the new ponies that entered Ponyville and that the Cutie Mark Crusaders were leading them around town and she left out the part where she collapsed at Twilight's. Applejack listened wide eyed and made way to get to Twilight's home. Oddly enough they happen to run into each other. Twilight and Applejack both flew back a couple of feet before they both got up and stared at each other. "....You did it again Twilight..." Twilight said? "That I have Applejack... That I have..." Applejack responded? Rainbow Dash stood there idly before asking the question. "....What in Equestria is going on?!" Applejack and Twilight looked back at Rainbow Dash before Applejack sighed. "Listen Dash... I know you're confused but let me explain," Applejack said. Twilight came up next to Applejack before sitting down. She whispered something in her ear before Applejack nodded. "Ok, I know this looks weird, but you have to trust me on this. Applejack you know how to use my magic right?" She asked to which Twilight nodded. Twilight focused her magic before it enveloped both herself and Applejack. Both of their eyes went white before two wisps came from their mouths. A dark purple came from Applejack and a light orange came from Twilight before they each went in their respective colored bodies. Twilight and Applejack shook violently before they opened their eyes. Applejack went first to speak. "Are you you, and I'm me?" She asked before sighing in relief. Twilight nodded and turned to a shell shocked Rainbow Dash. "Uh... Twi' we might have broke 'er..." She said as Rainbow Dash fell to the ground for the second time today.