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// S1E05: No More Running 
// Story: My Little Zombie: Friendship is Dead Season 1 
// by Nortes432 ft Spitfire 
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	Rainbow Dash waved to her friends as she prepared for her departure. "Thanks for tagging along, Spitfire." She said to her former hero.
"It's nothing." She said. "Anything for one of my favorite flyers." She said with a smirk.
Rainbow smiled and looked back at her friends.
Applejack handed Dash a hoofgun. "You know how to use this, right?" She asked her.
"Of course." Rainbow said. "I love these!" She took the hoofgun and twirled it on her hoof, showing off.
"Careful with that!" Twilight exclaimed. Rainbow Dash stopped and smiled. AJ handed another to Spitfire.
"Don't y'all go and get lost now, ya here?" AJ told the two.
"You have nothing to worry about." Spitfire told the country mare. "We know what we're doing."
Rainbow looked at Spitfire. "Ready?" Spitfire nodded. "Let's go save a fan." The two turned and trotted away from the farm.


Intro


"C'mon y'all!" Applejack called to the working ponies. "If y'all keep slacking, we'll be zombie food by morn!" She told them. The ponies glanced at her with disgust, but continued to move faster. Applejack quickly turned and took a wagon from a worn-out stallion, setting to work.
Twilight watched over the farm from the safety of the barn's second floor, a checklist in front of her and a hunting rifle at her feet. Pinkie sat behind her, watching the foals.
Twilight's gaze fixed on a single pony. The stallion wearing the cloak, who was he? She thought as she stared at him. He held up his grey hoof and slowly took a bite out of an apple.

Rainbow stepped lightly as she traveled across the almost barren wasteland that used to be Ponyville. Buildings were destroyed, bodies scattered the ground, and belongings were spread from Ponyville to Canterlot. Spitfire followed beside her, looking around with disgust.
Rainbow Dash sighed. She spread her wings and bent over, ready to shoot into the air. Spitfire quickly stopped her. "You remember what happened to Fleetfoot, do you?" She asked the pegasus. Rainbow trembled at the thought, but quickly regathered her confidence. 
"I remember." Rainbow said softly. Spitfire patted her back. 
"Let's keep moving, Dash." She said. She looked up as a zombie flew bye. Flyers. She thought. And I always felt safer in the air.

Soarin' flew up to Twilight's post with a smile. "There's not many flyers around this place. It's like pegasus paradise!" He exclaimed happily.
"It's practically the only paradise we have." Twilight said. "Hopefully, there's more than this." She added, thinking about what it's like in other towns and cities.
Soarin' took off once more for another patrol through the air.
Twilight sighed, but something else caught her attention.
"What's your name, mister?" Pinkie asked the mysterious pony. Twilight turned and saw that the stallion was playing with the foals once more, and that Pinkie was sitting next to him, watching curiously. The stallion said nothing. "Are you ignoring me?" Pinkie asked. The stallion still said nothing again.
Before Pinkie could bother the stallion any more, Applejack called her down to help. She bounded up and stared at the stallion. "I'm not done with you!" She told him as she skipped down to Applejack. Twilight rolled her eyes and watched the stallion for a few minutes, before turning and overseeing the construction of the defense.

Rainbow stopped. "That's it!" She exclaimed, pointing a hoof at Berry Punch's house. The house was obvious. Wine was able to be spotted through the window, and the smell of fresh wine littered the surrounding area. Some ponies would just stand nearby and breath the wine for a minute or two. Berry Punch once tried to charge ponies for smelling the wine.
Rainbow rushed forward quickly and banged her hoof on the cellar door. There was no reply, so she took the board that held it shut and dragged it out with all her might. After Rainbow completed her quick workout, Spitfire slowly opened the cellar door.
Rainbow stuck her head into the opening. "Scootaloo?" She called. "You down here, Kid?" She heard nothing but the echo of her own voice. She slowly made her way inside, as Spitfire backed into the cellar with caution.

Twilight quickly checked off everything that has been completed so far.
"I would like to ask something, if you'd care." Twilight was startled by the sudden appearance of the stallion.
"Yeah...sure. Go ahead." Twilight said to him, dropping the checklist and looking at him.
"Shouldn't we head into town sometime, in a big group, and recover some supplies? Maybe even some dead, so they could be buried in peace?" He asked the alicorn. Twilight thought about it. It didn't seem like a bad idea.
"That's a great idea." She told the stallion. "We shall organize some ponies to set out on a scavenge and corpse recovery." She added. The stallion smiled, and picked up the sniper. 
"If I may?" He asked with a smirk. The alicorn nodded, and he trotted off with the rifle on his back.

Rainbow Dash took slow steps, watching her surroundings with a sharp eye. The smell of fine wine filled the cellar. "Scootaloo?" Rainbow called.
"Scootaloo?" Spitfire joined in. She walked down the opposite isle. "I don't see anypony!" She called.
"She's here!" Rainbow called back stubbornly. "I know it! She has to be!" Spitfire sighed and kept trotting along. Spitfire fell silent, and Rainbow called again. "Scootaloo!"
Right after she said that, Spitfire screamed from the other isle. "SPITFIRE!"

Bam! A single shot rang out as a can flew off it's stand, a bullet hole on each side. Twilight looked over at the stallion. He seemed to enjoy playing with the rifle. Twilight put the list down and trotted over to the stallion as he fired another round into a rotten apple.
"You seem to love shooting that thing." She said, trying to strike up a conversation.
He nodded. "It's relaxing." He told the alicorn, a smirk growing across his face.
"You ever shot a gun before?" She asked.
"All the time." He answered, cocking the rifle and taking aim once more.
"That seems like f-" Twilight was cut off by sudden gunfire. "What was that?!" She cried, running back to the other window.
Near the outer edge of the farm, three ponies were firing at a small group of zombies that have gotten a little too close to the barrier. Big Mac took the lead, holding a shotgun in his hooves as he fired away at the zombies, tearing them down with every blast. The stallion got up and quickly moved over to Twilight's side, holding the rifle up in his hands. He fired a shot, heading a zombie dead in the head. He quickly cocked the rifle and took fire at zombie after zombie, taking them out in a swift and almost immortal speed.
Big Mac turned his head and shot a glance at Twilight and the stallion. Twilight turned her head to the stallion, and opened her mouth to speak.
"It is fun." He answered her question from before, forcing her to close her mouth and accept the response. He turned around and went back over to his window.

Rainbow rushed around the corner, almost sliding. She took out her hoofgun and aimed around. "Spitfire?!" She called. She was answered by another scream, and she took off again in search of her friend. As soon as she turned the corner, something grabbed her face. She screamed, and tugged at the attacker, but to no avail. Her hoofgun slid away from her grasp, and she was hit across the face by something small. She looked up, and made out a figure over her as the light glared in her face. It was small, purple mane, brown coat...She gasped. "Scoots!" She cried. 
The filly dropped the knife she was holding, and looked at the pegasus in shock. "R-rainbow Dash?!" She asked softly. "You came back for me!" Tears streamed down the filly's face. 
Rainbow Dash smiled too. "Of course I did, kid."
Scootaloo quickly got off of Rainbow, and Rainbow sat up and hugged the fan. "I'm so glad you're safe, Scootaloo..." She whispered, holding her close. Scootaloo smiled through the tears and hugged back.
"You two done with the tea party?" Spitfire asked. Rainbow and Scootaloo looked at her, and noticed a scar on her face. "You're gonna pay for this, kid. You know that?" She asked Scootaloo.
Scootaloo lowered her head. "Yeah...sorry 'bout that."
Rainbow gave the kid a little noggie. "C'mon. Let's head back to the farm."