The three ponies were outside, satisfied about Pinkie feeling better from that depression she had earlier. Then, a dark wind blew through the town. Confused every pony in the town was. It started to get darker as the clouds formed overhead by themselves, but the ponies didn't realize that they were the only ponies on that block. The cake family was on vacation at the time, so they were safe from what was to occur.
"Wha... What's going on?" Fluttershy asked frightened. She was shaking vigorously from fear.
"I don't know." Twilight replied also afraid. "But I feel a dark energy behind this."
"I feel it too." Pinkie Pie explained. "I recognize this energy."
"Who is behind this?"
"Mareaxe." Pinkie Pie whispered emotionless; the other two were very frightened by this. The dark green lightning began to strike various places across the town causing panic to whatever ponies were left in the streets. The ground shook as a horde of the dead, both stallions and mares alike, began to rise from their graves. All of them, shown signs of decay and had a rancid stench. Fluttershy was extremely scared from the zombies.
"What is this?" Fluttershy asked.
"I recognize that magic." Twilight added. "We just saw necromancy; a very dark and sinister type of magic which resurrects the dead. The results of this include zombies, vampires, and other undead.
"I'm scared."
"I'm prepared for this." Pinkie went behind a tree, although she was afraid she had to be brave against the undead summoned by Mareaxe.
"Wait, you are prepared for a zombie emergency too?" Twilight asked.
"Yep." Pinkie tossed Twilight Sparkle a pistol and Fluttershy a chainsaw. Pinkie came out with two shotguns, one in each hoof.
"What are those things, Pinkie?"
"THESE ARE MY BOOMSTICKS!" She turned her attention to the zombies. "HEY ZOMBIES, COME AND GET SOME!" The zombies came toward her. Pinkie started shooting them. Twilight Sparkle started firing her pistol at the zombies. Fluttershy was scared as she was forced to turn the chainsaw on. A zombie stallion came up.
"Hello darling, you look rather gorgeous." the zombie said. "I'm looking fabulous today." Fluttershy frowned. Then, she cut its head off and the rest of the body collapsed.
"I wouldn't hurt you if you were alive." Fluttershy stated to the now dead corpse. Twilight Sparkle used her magic to blast at the various zombies coming her way. Much of the magic punching holes in those bodies, literally. I would continue on to the fight against the undead but it would take way too long and bloody. There were rotting bodies all over the place. Pinkie was exhausted and tired, but she was not the only one. Twilight Sparkle and Fluttershy fell down from fatigue as well. As she landed a sharp pain came from her shoulder, she flinched and began to tear up from the pain.
"Fluttershy, what's wrong?" Twilight asked. Of course, her question without Fluttershy saying anything. She saw that she was stabbed in the shoulder with a sharp object it was still embedded in her. "It's okay, I'll get rid of the object and heal that wound." Twilight leaned down to heal Fluttershy's wound but nothing happened. "What the… how come I can't do magic?" Pinkie Pie looked up.
"Twilight?" Pinkie Pie asked with concern. "What happened to your horn?" Twilight looked up and saw a majority of her horn was broken off leaving a stub.
"WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO MY HORN!" She shouted in a fury. Pinkie walked over to Fluttershy to look at the sharp object, and with Pinkie seeing it. She saw it was Twilight's horn.
"What?" Twilight went over.
"Damn it. I can't believe this."
"I think a zombie broke your horn off and used it to stab Fluttershy."
"It appears that way." Twilight replied feeling sad between her horn being gone and Fluttershy's stab wound. The two ponies tried to bandage the wound as best as they could without causing more damage to Fluttershy. They were focused on the task as Derpy came again.
"Hey, Twilight." Derpy said. "I have a question."
"What is it?" Twilight asked.
"Have you noticed that the town is a little empty?" The four looked around and found that the town was abandoned. And for Downtown Ponyville, it was a lot of ponies disappearing.
"Hello?" Twilight shouted. Her voice echoed across the scenery. The four listened for some sort of response, but their efforts were in vain.
"Twilight!" Spike came running toward Twilight with a scroll.
"Spike." Twilight looked seeing that Spike was okay. She hugged her little dragon whom was sweating out of fear from what happened. "Spike, what's going on?"
"Twilight, I have a letter from the princess, it is of urgent importance." Spike handed the scroll to Twilight. She used her hooves to unroll the scroll since she couldn't use her magic. "What happened to your horn?"
"An undead ripped it off and stabbed Flutterfly." Spike was shocked to hear about this and he dashed over to Fluttershy.
"Fluttershy, are you okay?" he asked in concern. Fluttershy turned her head toward Spike, several jolts of pain shot from the shoulder where her wound was. A pony was able to tell her breathing was labored, it was required and it still hurt.
"I'll hopefully be okay." She coughed very hard.
"Spike head back to my house and fetch some medical supplies." Twilight replied.
"Everything is going to be fine, Fluttershy." Spike stated to her as he went off. Pinkie Pie was nearby, so to help stop any ponies from getting too close. Not like there were any there to begin with. In addition, Pinkie helped Fluttershy prevent any more bleeding from occurring.
"Dear Twilight,
Just recently, Canterlot has been hit with a swarm of the living dead. We have taken casualties in the defense force. Fortunately, Shining Armor and Cadance are okay. They were not here at the time of the attack. I want to know the status of Ponyville and if you have any knowledge that might help with the situation please let me know.
Sincerely, Princess Celestia"
Twilight pulled out a scroll and a quill to begin writing the reply. She had to use her mouth to write, the quill tasted horrible in her mouth but now what not the time to complain but the taste. Her writing was a little sloppy but it was at least comprehensible like if a right-handed person wrote with their left.
"Dear Princess Celestia,
Ponyville has been hit with an attack from the undead as well. The zombies were destroyed but the town is completely abandoned as far as I'm able to tell. One of the undead broke off my horn and used it to stab Fluttershy; we need some medical assistance. Pinkie stated that there was some pony named 'Mareaxe' involved in this dilemma. Derpy and Pinkie will look around town to look for some more ponies. I'll stay and help guard Fluttershy until recovered.
Sincerely your faithful student, Twilight Sparkle."
Spike soon return with medical supplies. After the letter was written, Spike inhaled and then blew out sending the letter to the princess. Twilight and Spike stayed to protect Fluttershy. While Derpy and Pinkie went to search for ponies, despite their huge efforts, they only found Big Mac, Braeburn, Granny Smith, Doctor Tempus (aka Doctor Hooves for the fans), Dinky Hooves, Cranky and Matilda were on vacation, and that's pretty much it. No one else was found.
Derpy and Pinkie came back with these ponies as Princess Celestia, herself, came from Canterlot. She had some medics, a field hospital, and a unicorn stallion with her. He was a blue stallion with a violet mane, tail and moustache. His brown eyes reflected seriousness but kindness as well. He wore a violet robe and carried a crosier and paper talismans used from blessings and exorcisms. Pinkie was starting to recognize him and they talking as Princess Celestia and the medics began to heal Fluttershy from the stab wound.
"Mantrika?" Pinkie asked. "Is that really you?" The stallion turned to her.
"Pinkie?" the stallion replied. "I am Mantrika." He paused. "It's been a long time."
"It has been." Celestia was slightly confused.
"You know him?" She asked.
"Yes, m'lady." he replied. "We have known each other for a long time even before she got her cutie mark."
"Mantrika?" Pinkie asked. "What are you doing here?"
"I have come here to exorcise this town. Since my sister perished, I focused on becoming one of the most powerful cleric in the entire world. After hearing about Mareaxe's involvement, I rushed to this area with Princess Celestia."
"But I don't understand." Twilight Sparkle stated confused. "Who is Mareaxe?" Princess Celestia had a cold look after hearing that question from Twilight's mouth.
"I remembered him." The princess replied. "A wicked pony from my court 500 years ago, whom had many problems. After his indulgences went too far, he was exiled from the country. But we did not realize until later, that he would sell his soul to the beast in order to become a demon." The ponies were scared from her story. "As he attacked the castle, I and eleven other clerics had sealed away Mareaxe in the book that he always carried with him. Then, it was buried in the forest."
"Where was it at?"
"It was buried in a section of a forest but I didn't realize that Sweet Apple Acres would have been built near the burial place."
"I guess that explains why Applebloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo were possessed and not some other random pony." Pinkie said breaking the forth wall.
"So, what do we do now?" Twilight asked.
"We need to banish Mareaxe into his book again, and this time, destroy the book he is sealed inside." The princess replied. "Only then would he be banished to hell for good."
"How do we do that?"
"Mareaxe has a tendency to kidnap ponies and weaken their wills, so his demon minions can possess them." Mantrika added. "So, it is a good idea to be given a blessing first." Celestia lifted up a bucket of holy water. He lit up his horn and began to cast divine magic to protect every pony present from demons possessing them. Twilight's horn was reattached but it will take come time before she could use magic again. But a more important situation was with Fluttershy.
Fluttershy's wound was a stab wound to the chest which fractured two of her ribs and was poking at one of her lungs. Fortunately, the horn didn't break open the tissue of such area. It still hurts like hell but she is at least going to be okay as the pain and labored breathing will stop in about a week. She was going to need rest as the doctors finished the treatment on Fluttershy. In essence, she would be the most vulnerable and her protection is paramount.