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// Chapter 8: A Chance 
// Story: The Trotting Dead 
// by ZombieBrony22 
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CHARLES'S P.O.V

"There's a traitor, one of us is giving them our supplies." Twilight said grabbing a bag full of medical supplies, ammo, and food inside.

"We'll have to look into it..." I said.

Let's hope we catch the culprit...


FLUTTERSHY'S P.O.V

I think I've been gone for a few hours. A few hours and I'm already injured and seeing things. I hope I can find my way back. First, I need to take care of my wing wound. It looks pretty bad, a tear right through. So flying's out of the table.

"Eh, you were never good anyway, Klutzershy!" A voice said in my head.

"I know you aren't there. It's just me and my head." I said as I moved forward towards a small town.

Appleoosa.

Maybe there're survivors there. It looks pretty boarded up.

"Looks can lie, Klutzershy." A voice said as a figure walked towards me.

Alright. So my mind gave me a 'companion'. Not too weird. That is, if I can call Hoops someone I can think about let alone a hallucination.

"Alright, what's your plan?" I asked.

"What? Didn't hear ya." Hoops said.

"If I speak up, the Trotter's will hear me." I said.

"Huh? Can you repeat it?"

"Fine then, I'll move in myself." I said.

I moved forward to see a horde of Trotter's and a few Runners inside.

"See, what did I say?" Hoops said.

"Okay, so you're right. Now, how do I move in."

"Jeez, I don't know! I'm just a figment of your imagination."

Of course he is.

"Okay then. I'll need to find a weapon. The bag!" I forgot I lost it to a cloaked figure moving towards New Canterlot.

I looked until I found a big stick, a horn from Trotter, and some rope.

"Don't think it as homicide, don't think it as homicide." I told myself as I secured the dismembered horn into the branch.

As I walked towards the horde, I heard Hoops say

"Hey, don't go INTO the horde, fly thr- oh, right. You can't!"

"Go find some Trotters to kill." I mocked back. It's hard to forget that it was just a hallucination, a figment of my fear and anger.

I kept on walking until I got one's attention. The first swing was a miss, the second swing got stuck in the cheek. I was backed into a tree, the Trotter inches from my neck, but then, an arrow went clean through.

"Daryl! I found her!" I heard a familiar voice say.

That was the last thing I heard before going unconscious.


RAINBOW DASH'S P.O.V

Me and Daryl were dragging Fluttershy back to Ponyville with a trail of blood faintly following us.

"Dash, can you fly her back?"

"How about you carry a bleeding pony on your back in mid-air? It won't work out." I said back.

We were out searching when Daryl was teaching me how to shoot a crossbow. I heard Fluttershy argue with somepony in the distance, but we found her alone. We were at the gates when we finally placed her down.

"Let's hope she has the supplies." Daryl said.

"I doubt it. She didn't even have the gun bag!" I said back.

We brought Fluttershy to the hospital for treatment.

"Well? Will she be okay?" I asked Nurse Redheart.

"Her wing tissue is torn, as if it was shot clean. She lost a fine amount of blood, but she'll be flying again in a few weeks."

"Sweet Celestia..." I muttered to myself as I left.


CARL'S P.O.V

When we found the missing supplies, I just had to help investigate on who did it.

"Dad, it's not the prison anymore. I need to help out. We need to, we owe these people." I told the old man as I walked towards the investigation building, A.K.A, "Ponyville Theater".

"We need to run names. I'll add Twilight, sorry Twilight, but you were just insane ever since this all started." Mayor Mare said.

"It's okay, I understand the confusion... Well, I'll add Rarity. She's just been... weird lately." Twilight said as she wrote Rarity to the list of suspects.

"I'll add Charles. He's just been acting suspicious lately." I said.

As we ran names, I agreed with Rarity. She HAS been weird since the run. Going on and on about Spike and Fluttershy. Me and dad have seen them together, but not like THAT. We'll just have to see. 


FLUTTERSHY'S P.O.V

As I came to, I saw me in the hospital with a cast on my wing.

"Easy darling, you've been out for quite some time..." Rarity said.

"Yeah, you really scared us when we found you." Rainbow Dash said.

"So, who were you talkin' to, Sugarcube?" AJ asked.

"I knew he wasn't there, but that didn't stop me." I replied.

"Wait, HE?" Rainbow Dash said.

"Remember Hoops? That guy from Cloudsdale?" I asked.

"Yeah, what made your mind see HIM?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"I'm not sure." I replied.

"Well, when I was lookin' for Sophia, I saw my brother who I thought was dead. So seeing someone when you're injured isn't no surprise." Daryl said.

"So, who's Hoops?" Twilight asked.

"A real jerk." Rainbow Dash said.

Rarity also just stood there... glaring at me...


BACK ON EARTH

******'S P.O.V

I was closing in on him. I felt it, I managed to make it to Virginia in a school called CHS.

"Have you seen someone named Rick?" I asked.

"Rick? Rick Grimes? Yeah. He's in t-" The student was interrupted by three figures behind me.

"Get inside. NOW." The student said.

I heard voices behind me. Singing, I was given directions to Rick and his people. I didn't beleive it. He was in another world...

"What's goin' on?" I asked.

"Come on, we're going in!" The student said as we went through the gateway to find guards ready to fire.

I felt... different...