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// The Rescue 
// Story: The Beginning of the End 
// by Tomo-Domo 
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"What are you doing here, Pinkie? Don't you know what's going on?" I ran up to her and grabbed her in a friendly hug. She was one of my best friends. "I'm just glad you're safe."
"It's good to see you too, Violet, but I need your help."
"Of course, Pinkie, what's wrong? Is somepony in trouble?"
"Yes, but I'm afraid you won't like who it is."
"Just tell me, Pinkie," I placed my hoof under her chin and lifted her head up to look at me. "Hey, it's alright."
"Okay, the pony who's in trouble, is your brother, Orange Sherbert."
I gasped in horror, I was surprised. "Where is he? I have to go save him."
"He's trapped and surrounded in your bakery. We were just hanging out when these insane ponies attacked some of the customers. We were frightened. He told me to run, to find you, because he needed your help. He's still there, in the second story, the other ponies can't reach him. Please, Violet, you have to help him." I could see tears welling up in her eyes.
I was terrified, I had to go, I knew that Pinkie cared for my brother, and he cared for her, although they didn't know this about each other. He told me to keep it a secret, which I did. I  was going, no matter what. "Don't worry, Pinkie, I'll help."
"Me too." Octavia said from behind us, her voice calm as ever.
"Oh, thank you guys so much." She gave us both big hugs.
Just then, Twilight stepped out of Zecora's house, immediately followed by Vinyl. "Pinkie? What are you doing here?"
"We'll explain on the way, but we need your help. Come on." It was me who answered, turning into the forest and starting to run.
Don't worry, brother, I'm coming for you.
Soon we got out of the Everfree Forest, and what we saw frightened us.
There were hundreds of the ponies attacking the bakery my brother was trapped in. I drew my bow, and released an arrow into the side of one of the ponies. It simply turned and let out a earsplitting moan. It sounded like nothing I've ever heard before. 
"Why isn't it hurting them? That arrow would have easily killed a pony." I heard Vinyl shout from behind me.
"It's because these aren't ponies were dealing with Vinyl," it was Twilight who answered, "Zecora said that they are dead ponies, but are alive. They are basically dead bodies which are able to walk."
"Well how do we kill them?"
"Zecora said that the only way to kill them is to either decapitate them, or find a way to pierce or crush their brain, then burn the bodies."
"Well let's get to it then." I said, launching an arrow into the nearest ponies head. "Let's finish this. We have to save Ponyville."
"Sounds like a plan." Twilight answered, slicing through another ponies neck, it's head falling off. 
Vinyl and Octavia were already stabbing into ponies heads, killing them instantly. Pinkie Pie was also helping, but something was different about her, her mane was now straightened out, she had an evil expression on her face. She was also slicing through ponies heads.
"Pinkie, are you okay?" I asked her gently, hoping to get a response from her.
"My name is Pinkamena Diane Pie, not Pinkie. Now don't get in my way."
I was a little afraid by her response. Why was she acting this way? Oh well, better leave her alone. I spread my wings, and with a strong downbeat, took to the skies. I watched the battle from above, shooting my own arrows down into the horde of ponies. There was a group that was surrounding Twilight, I dove down to her and landed just behind her.
"Violet, what are you doing?" She said in a harsh tone.
"If I'm going to die tonight, I want to die beside the one pony I love."
She simply turned and kissed me, for the third and possibly final time. And I was happier than ever. We turned and fought again, knowing we were together. But just before we were completely surrounded, a huge burst of flame engulfed  the attacker's, all of them falling to the ground before completely burning. Twilight put out the fire with her magic and we both walked away from the now burned corpses.
"Did you start that fire?" I asked her gently.
"No, I just put it out."
All of the attacker's were either dead or still being killed by the others. Soon they were all dead.
"Everypony okay?" I asked them all.
"We're fine." Pinkie said, back to her usual energetic self.
"Good, now let's go see if my brother is okay." I walked toward the door, it was barricaded from the inside. "Hey, Sherbert, you in there?"
"Who's that?" He asked, looking out the second story window, "Violet? Is that you?"
"Of course it's me, who else would it be?"
He drew back into the window and, after a few moments, I heard cracking from the inside, then, with a huge break, ripped the door open. He apparently ripped the barricades off the door with ease with his magic.
"Oh, it's so good to see ya, big sis."
"It's good to see you too, little brother." I said, embracing him. We were only a year apart, so nopony could tell I was actually the older sibling.
After we let each other go, he looked around with a worried gaze, "Where's Pinkie, is she okay?"
I smiled a bit, I knew he cared for Pinkie for a long time now, "She's fine, she's with us."
"Sherbert? Are you okay?" I heard Pinkie ask from behind me.
The second she saw him, she sprinted into his hooves, nearly tackling him to the ground. "Oh, Pinkie, I'm fine, don't worry, just as long as you're safe."
"So Sherbert, what happened? How did you get stuck in the bakery?" I asked my brother.
He let go of Pinkie, then turned to face me, "Pinkie Pie and I were hanging out, as usual, when these things attacked," he said motioning to the corpses. "They started to attack the customers. I told Pinkie to run and find you, I ran up the stairs, then destroyed the staircase so they couldn't get to me. I had to stay there, and that's pretty much it."
"Well at least you're safe." I said, hugging him again.
"We're all safe, and we're together, and that's all that matters."