> My Little Zombie: Friendship is Dead Season 1
>  by Nortes432 ft Spitfire
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> S1E01: Just A Regular Day, Pt. 1
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	Twilight was sitting in her library, reading a book. She turned the page, interested in the information contained inside. Spike hurried up the steps, holding a letter. "Twilight! A letter just came for you!" he called to her.
Twilight looked up from her book. "From the Princess?" she asked. Spike shook his head, and she tilted her head in confusion. "Let me see that," she said as Spike handed her the letter. She opened it and read it. "When one is in trouble, use this item to solve whatever sadness may become of them. Signed, Anonymous." She lowered the letter and looked at Spike. He shrugged. "Who in Equestria sent this?"


Intro


"Spike!" Twilight called to her dragon companion. "I need you to write a letter to the princess immediately! she told him. Spike nodded and pulled out a pen and scroll. Twilight began to speak as he wrote down what she said. "Dear Princess Celestia, I have recently received a letter from-" She was cut off by a high-pitched scream that came from outside.
"What is going on out there?" she wondered aloud as she trotted up to the window and looked outside. She looked outside and saw Sweetie Belle galloping and screaming. Behind her were Scootaloo and Applebloom who were also screaming and laughing. Twilight sighed. "Just little fillies having fun." She mumbled. She turned back to Spike. "Okay, so where was I?" She asked.
"You have recently received a letter from..." Spike told her.
"From an anonymous source."
Spike nodded and wrote it down. "Got it!"
Twilight raised her head to speak again. "Anonymous source. The letter commands me to-" She was cut off by some yelling coming from outside. "What is going on now?!" She complained, going over to the window. She saw Rarity trying to corral the playing fillies.
"Come here now!" Rarity called chasing after the fillies. "Sit still! Stop playing around! Ugh, where is Fluttershy when you need her? FILLIES!"
Twilight sighed and turned back to Spike once more. "I need soundproof walls." She said, flattening her ears. "I can't get any peace and quiet here."
Spike shrugged and went back to the letter. Twilight recapped in her head before continuing. "To use the item when one is upset and to use it on the source of the sadness. This spell seems useful, but I would like to-" She was once again cut off from somepony knocking at her door.
Twilight let out a small growl of rage before storming off towards the door. She swung it open to see AJ standing there before her. "Howdy there, Twilight!" She said in her unmistakable country accent.
"Hello there, Applejack." Twilight said, smiling warmly even though she was getting tired of the interruptions. "Is there something you need?"
"Ah was wondering if you could help me with applebucking season!" She told her, smiling widely, hoping if she will say yes.
Twilight thought about it for a while, then nodded. "Right after I send this letter to the princess."
"A'right." AJ said. "Ah'll be waiting on ya."
Twilight went back upstairs to finish her letter. Spike was relaxing in his bed. "Spike! Get up!" She called. "I need to finish my letter to the princess, and then I will go down to Sweet Apple Acres to help Applejack with applebucking season." She told the baby dragon as he got up and grabbed the letter.
Twilight cleared her throat and recapped once again. "I would like to know who sent this letter to me before trying this item. Signed, your faithful student, Twilight Sparkle."
Spike finished writing the last sentence. "Twilight. Sparkle! There we go!" He walked over to the window and opened it. He rolled up the letter and blew fire onto it, turning it into a sparkling dust that floated into the air and towards Canterlot.
Twilight left the library with Applejack as they trotted through Ponyville to Sweet Apple Acres.
"Thanks for helping me with this." Applejack said to Twilight happily.
"It's nothing." Twilight said. "Anything to help out a friend." She looked around at the town. It was pretty quiet and peaceful. The sun was shining bright. Rain wasn't scheduled today, for Twilight's sake. But Twilight wasn't focused too much on the scenery. She was too worried about the letter that was sent to her. But from who? She wondered.
AJ turned her gaze to her friend. "Ya a'right there, sugar cube?" She asked.
Twilight turned to AJ. "Yes, I am alright." She assured her. "I'm just...confused about...this letter than came for me this morning."
"Who from?" AJ asked curiously.
"I don't know." Twilight answered her. "It was signed Anonymous. Anypony could have signed it."
"Is that what you were writing the letter to the Princess about?"
Twilight nodded. "I was wondering if she knew who wrote it."
Applejack stopped when they reached Sweet Apple Acres. "Well, can ya tell me what it said?" She asked.
Twilight began to recap what the letter said. "When one is in trouble, use this spell to solve whatever sadness may become of them." She told AJ.
"That sounds more like a miracle than something to worry about, Twilight." AJ told her friend. "Ah think ya overreacting."
"I'm not overreacting, Applejack." Twilight said with a rather disgusted look. "I'm being cautious."
AJ turned back to Sweet Apple Acres. "Them trees ain't gonna buck themselves." 
Twilight nodded. "You're right, AJ." She told her. "I can worry about that letter later."
Later that afternoon, Twilight left AJ's farm after finishing their applebucking, and headed back to the library to see if Spike received the letter from Princess Celestia.
She was cut off a few yards away from her house by Rainbow Dash, who crashed into Twilight while flying at high speed. 
"OMPH!" Twilight managed as she was knocked over onto her side. She looked over at the clumsy Pegasus. "Careful Rainbow Dash!"
Rainbow got up and shook off her head. "Sorry, Twilight." She apologized immediately. "I didn't see you there." She reached out a hoof to help her friend up. Twilight accepted the hoof with a sigh.
"Where you going in such a rush?" Twilight asked curiously, tilting her head.
"I was off to see the Wonderbolts!" Rainbow exclaimed, having a short fangasm.
"The Wonderbolts?" Twilight asked curiously.
"Yeah." Rainbow went on to tell her. "I heard that they were in town today and wanted to go visit them!"
"Why would the Wonderbolts visit all of the sudden?" Twilight wondered aloud.
"I don't know." Rainbow told her. "But if they're here, I want to be with them!"
Before Twilight could ask anything else, Rainbow took off into the air in the blink of an eye. Twilight sighed and continued her way to the library, trotting inside and closed the door. "Spike!" She called, looking around for the dragon. "Spike?"
She trotted upstairs and searched left and right, not able to spot the baby dragon. "Spike, where are you?"
Unable to find her companion, she figured he went to help Rarity so she wouldn't freak out. She settled back down and grabbed a random book off her shelf to began reading. "Tales of the Undead." She read, opening the book to read it.	
> S1E02: Just A Regular Day, Pt. 2
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	"Bye Rarity!" Spike called, leaving the Carousel Boutique. He closed the door behind him as he turned to the town of Ponyville, a grin crawling across his face. He happily walked about, heading back to Twilight's house. Before he made it even half-way home, though, he was cut off by a yellow pegasus coming to a halt right in front of him.
"Fluttershy?" Spike asked, staring at the scared pegasus. "What's wrong?"
Fluttershy took a deep breath and said something, but Spike couldn't comprehend it.
"What was that?" He asked again.
"Henry...bear...GONE!" She said in a scared yet quiet tone. 
"What?! He's gone?!" Spike asked. "You mean, missing?!"
Fluttershy shook her head quickly. Her legs were shaking, and she looked palish. Her face was soaked with tears. "I mean...dead..." She said before bursting into tears once more. Spike's eyes widened as she said this.


Intro


An hour later, Twilight rushed towards Fluttershy's cottage, hearing about the loss of her friend. As soon as she arrived, she was presented with her other four friends talking silently to each other, all sad and gloomy. Nearby, Spike and Fluttershy were staring at a makeshift grave, with the words 'R.I.P. Henry The Bear' etched into the stone at the end. Fluttershy was not herself. She was completely broken from head to hooves. She seemed hurt all over, and her entire face was soaked with tears. Spike laid a claw on Fluttershy's side, patting her comfortingly. 
Twilight ducked her head, knowing how Fluttershy felt about the situation. She dared not to ruin things any more, and simply trotted over to her. She patted her friend on the back with her hoof, and Fluttershy immediately threw her hooves around the alicorn. Twilight frowned, and slowly wrapped her hooves around the pegasus, petting her soothingly. 
After what seemed a while, Twilight, along with the others, prepared to disband the funeral before it gets too dark. Twilight suddenly stopped, as things clicked in her mind.
"I will spend the night with Fluttershy." Twilight announced to her friends, turning back to her friend.
Fluttershy was almost speechless. She only looked at Twilight from an angle, her eyes barely visible behind her long mane that was shielding her face. 
The band of four ponies and one dragon slowly dispersed and went their own ways, back to their homes. As soon as it was clear, Twilight turned around and looked at Fluttershy. "I think we can bring Henry back." Twilight whispered. Fluttershy said nothing, but it was evident that she was shocked by the statement.
She summoned the package she received not too long ago. She slowly opened it, slightly curious of what there is to find inside. As the folds were unsealed and flipped open, Twilight's eyes rested on a small flask with a strange, green liquid inside. "What...is this stuff?" She asked herself.
She raised the flask out of the box and in front of her. Examining it thoroughly, she thought about her choices. It can't be that bad... She told herself. Plus, if I walk away and this would have worked, I would not be too proud of myself. It's worth a try, even if it is false hope.
Concluding that she will fall through with her plan, she carried the flask over to the grave. She looked at Fluttershy, awaiting approval. She nodded, and Twilight began to dig up the grave. After what seemed like forever, she hit her mark, and revealed the face of Henry. Fluttershy shielded her face, holding back tears.
Twilight, fighting both emotion and stench, opened the flask and carefully poured the liquid onto the bear. After the last drop of liquid left the flask's opening and splattered onto the bear, she closed the flask and stared long and hard at Henry.
"I-Is he...back?" Fluttershy whispered in an almost incomprehensible manner.
"Not yet..." Twilight muttered. After an hour, Twilight concluded that she should go home. She told Fluttershy that she will return in the morning, and to leave the grave open, just in case Henry comes back in the middle of the night.
First thing, next morning, she returned. To no avail, however, she was presented with the uncovered grave of Henry, now with a terrible stench due to the exposure to the air. She covered the grave slowly, and headed to the cottage. She tapped the door twice with her hoof, and waited patiently for Fluttershy.
Fluttershy slowly opened the door. She looked up at Twilight, still depressed. Twilight shook her head, and Fluttershy looked back down as a tear rolled down her face.
The flask was false hope. But, something was bothering Twilight. What was the flask for? Who sent it? Questions floated in her head, but she pushed them back as she stepped inside, attempting to comfort her friend.
Spike stayed at the library, Twilight's orders. He was tasked to reorganize the library, before he was allowed to visit Rarity. He silently took the books and placed them in alphabetical order, which seemed to take forever. Owlicious helped him to reach the high places that would take forever for him to reach.
After what seemed like days, Spike was finally done, and went off to visit his love interest, Rarity.
Rarity, on the other hand, was ready to throw work to her assistant at anytime. She was on a major mission: To create a new line of clothes for Sapphire Shores. As soon as Spike showed up, he was thrown cloth and jewels and put to work faster than Twilight could ever do.
Twilight had spent almost the whole day at Fluttershy's cottage. It was getting around 2 in the afternoon.
"It's time for me to get food for the animals." Fluttershy told her friend.
"Alright then." Twilight said, looking at Fluttershy. "I'll head back to the library. It's been a while since I read a good book." She added with a smile, trotting off.
Fluttershy took off after he friend, closing the door and flying off to fetch the meals for the many animals she cared for.
Twilight trotted up to the cottage. It was around 6, and things have gone awfully quiet around the cottage, even more so than the chirping of birds, there was no chirping.
She slowly opened the door. "Fluttershy? Are you h-"
At that moment, life in Equestria changed forever.
> S1E03: Chaos, Not Even Discord Could Comprehend
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	"Help!" "Somepony, help me!" "No! NO!" "What's happening?!" "Get it away from me!"
Twilight's hooves stomped on the ground as she rushed through Ponyville.
"They're all over the place!" "Caramel, NO!!!!"
Tears dribbled down her face as she hurried past all of the chaos.
"Get to shelter!" "Annie, get the gun!"
She looked forward, she was nearing the boutique. The windows were broken, and it seemed almost lifeless.
As fighting and chaos ensued behind her, Twilight burst through the doors, and looked around in fear. "Spike? Spike?!"


Intro



5 hours earlier

Twilight stared at the animals. No, they weren't animals. They were green-ish, disgusting, almost lifeless. They smelled of foul oder. It took a bit of observation for her to realize that the animals were dead. She couldn't believe her eyes, but they were there. 
Her head snapped back into reality, and she realized the group of animals were moving in on her. She turned and high-tailed it out, screaming at the top of her lungs as she made her way towards town once more.
She almost bumped into Fluttershy, scaring the life out of the pegasus. She squealed ever so quietly, and hid her face under her tail, dropping all the food she was carrying.
Twilight helped her up. "Fluttershy!" She exclaimed in relief.
"I-I'm sorry Twilight..." She said as she begun to pick up her dropped items. Twilight cut her off.
"We don't have time for that, Fluttershy." Twilight told her friend.
"Why not?" Fluttershy asked, confused. "I have to feed the an-"
Twilight grabbed her friend and dragged her along. "There's a problem, Fluttershy!" She told her.
"O-oh..." Fluttershy was confused, but she went along with Twilight. It wasn't like she had much of a choice.
Twilight made her way to the Town Hall. She had to let the whole town know of what she saw. If what she read was true, the town of Ponyville would succumb to the infection if nothing is done about it. She threw herself onto the stage, leaving Fluttershy to the side. She grabbed a microphone that was so conveniently placed on the podium, and turned it on.
"ATTENTION!" She called loudly into the mic, so that it would reach most of the ponies in town. "Can I have your attention, please?!" She called again as the whole Town Square froze and stared.
"There are..." She gulped, not even believing what she was going to say. "Undead animals at the cottage!" She said in fear and regret. Fluttershy gasped, and almost fainted. She was broke again.
Despise Fluttershy's fear, the ponies simply laughed. They thought that the alicorn went crazy, there were no such things as 'Undead'. They complimented her acting and went back on their merry way.
Twilight called into the mic once more. "I'm not joking! This is an emergency!" She called again.
Fluttershy slowly approached Twilight. "W-what happened to m-my animals?" She asked through tears. Twilight looked at her and frowned. "I...I'm not sure..." Twilight looked back at the crowd. Did I see what I thought I saw?
Twilight seemed unsure for a while. She paced around town, yet did not see any signs of the outbreak spreading. Was I really going crazy? Suddenly, she remembered something. She rushed back to the library. Once inside, she found the flask that she had emptied on Henry the Bear. There was one drop left. She quickly took it and ran over to the podium where she would have Spike write letters. She immediately picked up a quill with her magic and began writing.

Dear Princess Celestia,
I send you a sample of a liquid that was contained in the box. I hope that you can send it back to me as soon as possible, with a result of what it contains. Please be quick, it could provide great importance to what is happening. 
Your faithful student, 
Twilight Sparkle.

She placed the flask back into the box, and sealed it. The only thing she needed was a delivery mare. She was fortunate that a friendly goofy-eyed mare was on her way, and soon would deliver the package to Canterlot in a matter of time.
After she waved the mare goodbye, she went back inside and waited for the letter. She waited...and waited...and waited. She grew impatient as the time passed. Then, something hit her window. She looked, and saw a disturbing sight. It was a bird, with rotten flesh and stone cold eyes. It was a zombie.
Her mind slowly snapped into reality, as she got up and looked out another window. 
It was happening, Ponyville decided to ignore the alicorn, and they went blind of the truth. It was too late when they realized it. The apocalypse has begun, there is no saving them now.
Twilight gasped as a single thought came to her mind. Spike.


One Long Run Through Ponyville Later

Twilight threw open the door and looked around in fear. "Spike?! Spike!" She called. She laid eyes on the dragon, who held a small desk lamp in his claws. He almost charged at Twilight, but stopped as he realized it was Twilight.
"Twilight! Oh my gosh! You're alive!" Spike cried as he ran over and hugged the alicorn. Tears dribbled down her face as she hugged him tightly.
"I'm so glad you're safe..." She whispered. After a long, affectionate hug, Spike let go.
"I need to tell Rarity it's safe." He told her as he made his way upstairs. Twilight followed him. Less than halfway up the staircase, a scream erupted from Rarity's room. Spike headed up the stairs quickly.
Spike threw opened the door, and saw something beyond belief. On the ground was a screaming, almost dead body of Rarity, with a bunch of zombified birds crowding her, eating out her eye sockets, intestines, and everything they could get their beaks on.
:R-Rarity!" Spike managed in horror. Spike growled, clenched his fists, and decided to brave up. "Get your talons off my mare!" He screamed, charging at the birds. Tears ran down his face as he ran aimlessly forward.
Unfortunately, Spike chose to wrong to be brave. He was quickly mutilated by the flock of birds, and laid to cannibalistic rest next to the love of his life...forever...
Twilight watched helplessly as her friends succumbed, and everything that happened after that was a blur...
> S1E04: One Of Those Flashback Episodes
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3 Days Earlier

Twilight stared hopelessly at the corpses of her friends, and slowly backed away. She thought she was safe until one of the birds looked up and took notice of her. Twilight's eyes widened as she ducked and ran from the attacking birds. She high-tailed it out of the boutique.
After a minute of running away from the boutique and through the chaotic streets, she bumped into Rainbow Dash.
"Hey!" Rainbow Dash complained, backing off. "Twilight!"
Twilight looked at Rainbow Dash with tear-stained eyes, and Rainbow Dash immediately got worried. Before any questions were to be asked, the two have to find shelter, and their friends. They quickly went off in search of their friends and shelter.
"Twilight!" The alicorn heard in the back of her head. "Twilight!"


Present Day

Twilight snapped back into reality. She looked around at her friends. Rainbow Dash, Applejack, and Pinkie Pie were in front of her. She sighed. She was not dreaming.


Intro


Rainbow Dash looked at Twilight. "That was when we bumped into each other, right?" She asked, feeling like she didn't even remember what happened to her.
Twilight nodded. "And then we went off to Sugar Cube Corner to find Pinkie..."


3 Days Earlier

Twilight stared at Sugar Cube Corner as the duo rushed to find Pinkie.
They burst into the door, and looked around.


Present Day

"Wait a minute!" Pinkie called, interrupting the story. "Can I tell my story?! Please?!" She begged.
Twilight looked at her and rolled her eyes. "I guess."
"Okay!" Pinkie sat down. "It all started 3 days ago." She began. "Ooooooooooo begin the flashback! Ooooooo..."


3 Days Earlier

"Pinkie, stop playing around and hurry!" Mrs. Cake called to the playful mare as she quickly gathered her stuff. Mr. Cake ran in, carrying the two foals on his back.
"Are we running away?" Pinkie asked, holding a rubber chicken.
"Yes, sweetie!" Mrs. Cake called, running over to Mr. Cake and taking one of the foals. "Help us carry the stuff!" She called.
"Okay!" Pinkie bounded out, and helped pick up some of the Cakes' bags. "Where are we going?"
Mrs. Cake froze and looked at Pinkie. It seemed that the playful party mare didn't fully understand what was happening.
"Pinkie...do you know what's happening?" She asked her.
"The zombie apocalypse has broke out and we are running away from Ponyville for safety?" She asked.
Mrs. Cake sighed and lowered her head. "Of course." She answered, quickly moving to the door. She stopped suddenly as Mr. Cake called for her.
"Honey! We need to get food for the foals!" He reminded her. She nodded, and handed the foals to Pinkie so that she could fetch their baby food.
"I'll check outside..." Mr. Cake said as he peeked out a window. He immediately screamed, as a corpse flew threw the window and left a giant hole for the undead to crawl inside...


Present Day

"Then I took the Cake foals and locked myself in my room. We played lots of fun games while we waited!" She said with glee, looking over at the two playing with a pony that was hiding under a potato sack cloak.
Twilight rolled her eyes. Pinkie's attitude was almost enjoyable in the current situation. "Do you remember what happened yet, Rainbow Dash?" Twilight asked.
Rainbow Dash shook her head, holding it with one hoof. "I still can't remember..."
Twilight sighed. "After we found Pinkie hiding in the room, we came here to Sweet Apple Acres. It was about midnight, wasn't it?"


2 Days Ago

Twilight approached Sweet Apple Acres' front gate. The infection seemed to be rare here. She led the trio inside, and called for Applejack multiple times. Applejack did not answer any of these calls, but the trio pushed on until they reached the barn. As soon as they reached the barn, Twilight looked around at the empty landscape.
"Appleja-!" She began to call before the sound of a gun rang out nearby. The trio ducked and hit the ground, afraid of getting hit by the bullet.
Applejack looked out the window, holding an old hunting rifle in her hooves. She lifted her hat and saw her friends. "Twilight! Pinkie! Rainbow!" She called after her friends. "Mighty sorry, thought y'all were one of them!" She apologized, waving her hat.
Twilight looked up, annoyed.


Present Day

"Ah was lucky that the infection started across town. As soon as ah heard, I locked mah family back in the house and made the farm a fortress." Applejack exclaimed, feeling proud of herself.
"At least you were safe." Twilight said under her breath. "And then we went to check on Fluttershy..." Twilight choked on her own words.
"Don't think about it, Twi." Applejack said, patting her friend on the back.
Rainbow raised her head. "I remember!" She exclaimed.
The three others looked at her, wide eyed. "You do?!" They asked.
Rainbow nodded slowly. "I...I need to find Scootaloo."
The three other ponies rose up, and stared at Dash. Applebloom trotted over and looked at the pegasus too. "Did you say...Scootaloo?" She asked through teary eyes.
Rainbow Dash nodded. She remembered leaving Scootaloo in a safe place. A wine cellar underneath Berry Punch's house.


3 Days Earlier

"Get inside, kid!" Rainbow cried, pushing the young pegasus into the cellar.
"Dash!" She cried. "What are yo-"
Rainbow looked back at her. "Stay here. I'll come back if I find a safe place."
"Promise?" Scootaloo asked, tears soaking her face.
"I promise." Rainbow said, slowly closing the doors and locking the cellar.


Present Day

Rainbow Dash raised her head. "We have to fight back."
"What?!" Twilight asked. "Are you crazy?! You have seen what they could do!"
Rainbow Dash stomped her hoof angrily. "I know what they can do!" She cried. "But I'm not going to sit here and wait to die! I say we kill them all!"
Applejack looked at her. "Are ya sure?"
Rainbow Dash nodded. "This ends now." She said. "There will be no. More. Running."
Twilight sighed. "She's right." She muttered. "We have to wipe out the attack." She said, raising her head.
"For Rarity." Applejack joined in, holding out her hoof.
"For Spike." Twilight placed her hoof on top of Applejack's.
"For Scootaloo." Rainbow placed added her hoof to the pile.
"For the Cakes!" Pinkie exclaimed, topping the pile.
"And Fluttershy..." The four turned their heads to the pony who was wearing the potato sack cloak. He placed his hoof on top of Pinkie's, hiding his face.
The ponies nodded and smiled at each other, ready to fight back.

A single pegasus remained in the middle of a cottage. She was hanging from a noose, lifelessly dangling her hooves. Rabid, zombified animals tore through her yellow coat and ate her flesh.
Fluttershy couldn't handle it anymore. She's in a better place now.
> S1E05: No More Running
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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."
> S1E06: Feels on the Field
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

	Applejack threw a satchel on her back. "Alright then. Is that everypony?" She asked, looking around.
Twilight pulled out a list. "Applejack. Time Turner. Snowflake. Joe. Thunderlane. And..." She looked at the stallion, who was holding a shotgun in one hoof.
The stallion looked back at her. "Present." He called, looking back at his shotgun.
"That's everypony." Twilight said, putting away the checklist and smiling. "Time for you guys to move out!"
"Hold up!" Spitfire pushed through the crowd and walked stubbornly towards the group. "I'm going too!"
"You can't!" Nurse Redheart exclaimed. "You're injured!"
Spitfire held out her broken wing. "Does it look like I care?" She growled. "I've got dead to bury. I'm going whether it kills me or not." She turned and took a hoofgun from a table that was loaded with guns.
Twilight couldn't help but notice the glances that Spitfire and the stallion exchanged. Spitfire nodded at the stallion, and he looked back down.
Applejack smiled. "Well, that's everypony, plus one." She said. "Ready to move?" 
Murmurs of agreement rippled among the group, and Applejack led them out of the safety of the barn, and into the ruins of former Ponyville.
Their goal: to gather supplies remaining from the initial outbreak, and to gather bodies of loved ones for a proper burial.


Intro


The ringing sound of a shotgun rang out, and the severed head of a zombie rolled to Applejack's feet. "Watch your back, cowgirl." The stallion said with a slice of humor. He cocked the shotgun, letting the empty shell fly out and hit the floor, before slinging it onto his back once again. 
Applejack scowled. "Nice shot." She complimented, turning her head and continuing forward.
The group has been traveling for about five minutes, they have found nothing useful except a few canned foods and a couple of guns. Snowflake pulled the cart with ease.
Spitfire stayed awfully close to the mysterious stallion. Spitfire even once approached and talked to him.
"How you holding up?" She asked him.
"I'm doing fine." He would answer.
"That's great to hear." She said. She waited for a reply, but never got one, so she didn't ask.
"First stop is the boutique." Applejack called to the group.

Applebloom trotted up to Scootaloo. "Scootaloo!" She squeaked.
Scootaloo turned around. A bandage wrapped around her forehead. "Applebloom!" She exclaimed happily. Applebloom hugged her, then looked around. 
"Where's Sweetie Belle?" She asked, lowering her ears.
Scootaloo shrugged. "I don't know." She said. "I was hoping she was with you."
"Ah hope she's alright." Applebloom mumbled to herself.

Applejack slowly opened the door to the boutique. "Why can't we just fly up to the window?" Thunderlane asked. 
"The flyers will see you!" Spitfire hissed. "Idiot!" Thunderlane ducked his head in shame, and Spitfire continued on inside the boutique behind Applejack and the stallion.
"Rarity and Spike are here somewhere." Applejack said. "Look around," she ordered. "It shouldn't take long. If they come at ya'll, blast 'em." She added with a growl.
The stallion slipped upstairs during her little command, and was at the top by the time she finished. He opened door after door, peeking into the rooms until he found it. "Found them!" He called.
Rarity's corpse was terrible. Almost half her body was ripped open. Bones, muscles, everything could be seen. Even her eye stuck out of the skull. Spike was even worse. He was everywhere. It seemed that he tried to fight off the attackers, but ended up losing more than his life in the process. It would take hours to completely gather Spike's remains and take them to the wagon.
As soon as Applejack poked her head in, she thought the same thing. "We got some work ahead of us."

Pinkie had been silent for almost two hours now. Twilight began to worry for the Earth pony. She usually was very hyperactive. When Twilight approached her, she noticed nothing but a lying smile that said she was hiding something. But what? Twilight thought.
She feared that her friend may have figured out what was really happening, and she feared of what would happen next.

By the time the scavenge team gathered the remains, they were either sick or tired. However, there was not going home. There still was two more stops before they could go. Sugar Cube Corner would provide great amounts of sweets to comfort and feed the survivors back at Sweet Apple Acres, and Fluttershy's Cottage would have to serve as a sign for the survivors. 
A sign to fight back.
As the group approached Sugar Cube Corner, the place proved to be the opposite of what was expected. Treats were either stolen or rotten. Ponies searched forever, but found nothing to the means of food and survival. 
Giving up, Applejack called out her order. "Gather the Cakes, and let's move on!" Quickly, the stallions picked up the bodies of the Cakes and placed them in the cart.
The stallion trotted upstairs and into Pinkie's room. Spitfire took notice and followed him. When he was distracted by the sight of the room, Spitfire spoke. "What are you doing in here?" She asked, tilting her head and glaring.
The stallion glanced back at her. "I'm making sure that everypony is happy." He said. "That includes Pinkamena, does it not?"
Spitfire nodded. "Of course it does, now what are you really doing?" She asked him.
"I'm taking everything I need." He answered, gathering some interesting toys and trinkets.
"You're stealing from another pony?" She asked angrily.
"No, I'm borrowing from an insane pony." He said, shooting her a side glare. "There's a difference, you know." 
Spitfire rolled her eyes. "You do not have a sense of respect for this mare, do you?" She asked the stallion.
"Spitfire," He began, looking at her. "You know I wouldn't do such a thing if I didn't need to." He turned and started looking around once more.
Spitfire stood, dumbfounded. "You mean that you-"
"Yes." The stallion said, cutting her off. Feeling unsatisfied yet confused, Spitfire shut her mouth and went back downstairs casually, as to not draw attention to herself.
A few minutes later, the stallion walked out of the room. His bag was noticeably larger, but nopony took notice.

"Pinkie?" Twilight called. "Pinkie Pie?!"
She trotted into the calm atmosphere of the apple orchard that made up the most of Sweet Apple Acres. This is where the survivors got their main source of food, picking apples everyday. It would get repetitive and sickening, but there was not much more for them to have anyways. Every once in a while, the Apple family would make treats like apple pie or apple fritters.
Twilight turned the corner and gasped. "Pinkie?!"
Pinkie looked up at her friend with an evil eye. "Hey, Twilight..."

"Fluttershy." The stallion mumbled under his breath. Applejack turned her head and looked at him, puzzled. The group approached Fluttershy's cottage. So far, there has been no casualties, and very few attacks. It seemed that the zombies were starting to clear out of Ponyville for more food.
"Okay, who are y'all?" Applejack asked, staring at the stallion. "Y'all seem to know an awful lot about Fluttershy and Spitfire, what's ya deal?"
The stallion paused and looked at her. "I'm a friend, cowgirl." He said.
"Ah wanna know ya name, city colt!" She said, getting in his face.
"Y'all think I would tell y'all?" He said, mimicking her accent. Applejack scowled and grabbed him by the collar. "Listen here!"
Spitfire grabbed both of them and clashed their heads together hard. "Cut it out!" She shouted. The duo both collapsed to the floor, holding their heads. "You two act like children!"
"Y'all know this city colt?" Applejack asked Spitfire. "Tell me who he is, or Ah'll force it out of 'em!"
"He's a pony, just like you!" Spitfire hissed. "He's surviving, just like you. There's no need for a name!"
"Ah don't trust nopony that knows my friends, and ain't got the guts to tell me their names!" Applejack spat back.
"It's Secret." Spitfire and Applejack both turned their attention to the stallion. He looked back and his eyes seemed to glow a dark red and light green color. The two stared, dumbfounded. 
"Now, can we please get the body?" He asked, trotting up to the front door of the cottage. The two mares quickly followed behind him. 
As soon as he opened the door, a foul stench emitted from the cabin. Thunderlane covered his muzzle. "For Celestia's sake, it smells like rotten flesh!" He cried.
Secret's eyes rested on the hanging corpse of Fluttershy. As expected, there were holes ripped in her body and flesh missing. "It is." Secret called to the pegasus. He slowly trotted in. "Spitfire, get in here and help me get her off the noose."
Spitfire nodded, and flew up to the point where the noose hung from the ceiling. She carefully untied it, and as soon as the knot was loose, she dropped it. Secret quickly caught Fluttershy's corpse.
Secret stared at Fluttershy's face, and he was suddenly still. It took a while, but the others realized that he was crying. He pulled the pegasus close and hugged her body. Applejack frowned as she watched. She removed her hat and placed it over her heart. Spitfire trotted over to Secret and patted his back.
Everything fell silent, but not for long.
Thunderlane screamed from outside. The trio snapped back into reality, and rushed outside. Secret carried Fluttershy on his back.
Thunderlane's leg was being eaten by a zombie. Applejack quickly pulled out her shotgun and shot at the zombie. It's body flew off of Thunderlane, ripping his leg off in the process. Thunderlane screamed in pain.
The group stared. They all knew what had happened. They lost another survivor.
Thunderlane stared back at the group. "End it." He said, lying down and relaxing.
"What?!" A pony cried. "We can't kill him!"
"Are you sure?" Applejack asked. 
Thunderlane nodded, tears soaking his face. "I-I don't want to turn..." He told her.
Spitfire trotted up to Thunderlane. "You've been a good soldier." She said, cocking her hoofgun. "Anything else you'd like to say?"
"Yeah." Thunderlane murmured. "I'd like to say, it's been fun." He raised his right hoof to his brow, saluting. Spitfire closed her eyes and fired one shot dead into the forehead of the pegasus.
Secret sighed. "We can't afford any more loss." He told the group. "We got what we wanted, let's head back to the farm."
> S1E07: Cutie Mark Crusaders Meet Reality
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

	Applebloom and Scootaloo rushed over to the entrance of the farm, watching as the scavenging group returned. Twilight and Rainbow followed close behind. 
Applejack led the group into the safety of the farm barricade, followed by Secret and Spitfire. Snowflake and Time Turner came in behind, carrying the cart. Dead bodies littered the inside. 
The ponies instinctively bowed their heads in respect of the dead. Silence fell over the farm for a good minute, and as the group reached the barn, the silence broke and ponies scattered to get back to their jobs.
Applejack approached Twilight, who was smiling at the presence of her friend. "Where's Pinkie?" She asked. Twilight frowned and ducked her head. "Oh no, is she dead?!"
Twilight shook her head. "She lost her mind while you were gone. She knows what's happening." She cracked the barn door open to reveal a tied up Pinkie, with her mane flat and her skin a darker shade of gray than usual. Actually, it was not Pinkie anymore, it was Pinkamena Diane Pie. Pinkamena was the insane, dark alternate personality of Pinkie. "I'm sorry..." Applejack  frowned.

Applebloom and Scootaloo were told to avoid the disposal of the corpses, and to come back when the amends were to be made. Although, they were obviously not listening, and they watched from afar, on top of a tree.
"Who do you see?" Applebloom asked. 
"I think it's Fluttershy." Scootaloo answered, watching through a pair of binoculars.
"Who else?" Applebloom asked.
"I think it's-" Scootaloo stopped suddenly.
"Who is it?!" Applebloom asked, hopping. "Lemme see!" Scootaloo slowly handed her the binoculars. Appebloom gasped.
It was Sweetie Belle. She was dead.


Intro


Pinkamena hissed through the cloth that covered her mouth. Twilight stared at her, scared. "We lost her." Twilight said.
"Don't blame yaself." Applejack said, patting Twilight's back. "Y'all couldn't do nothing about it." She looked back at Pinkamena, who struggled against the chains.
"Ermer kerl erl fff yer!" Pinkamena managed under the cloth.
"C'mon, Twi." Applejack said. "It's about time we start burying the dead." Twilight nodded and got up, waving to Pinkamena before leaving.

The burial took about an hour. Grave after grave, holes were dug up and bodies were thrown in. Fluttershy, Thunderlane, Rarity, Spike the Dragon, Fleetfoot, Mr. Cake, Mrs. Cake; the bodies were covered with dirt. The ponies all bowed their heads, and Sweetie Belle's body was thrown in last. 
Applebloom and Scootaloo stood in front of Sweetie Belle's grave, Rainbow Dash behind them. The two held back tears, but didn't do a very good job. Tears soaked their eyes and cheeks. Rainbow patted Scootaloo's head. "Stay strong, Scoots." She whispered.
Scootaloo threw herself around Rainbow's leg. The rainbow-haired pegasus sighed and petted her. "Everything is going to be okay..." Rainbow told her.
After the burial, Scootaloo and Applebloom decided to help out by picking apples. They needed something to get Sweetie Belle's passing off their minds. They joined Big Mac and Soarin' at the southern orchard. It was applebuck season, so the apples were to be as fresh as ever.
"You two know what your doing, right?" Soarin' asked the crusaders.
"Yes, sir." Applebloom answered. "We just gotta carry these buckets and catch all the apples. Ah've done this before. It's my farm!"
Soarin' rubbed the back of his head. "Oh yeah." He mumbled, feeling stupid. "We starting?" He called.
"Eeyup." Big Mac called. He bent over, reared his legs, and kicked an apple tree with all his might. The tree shook violently, and soon apples were raining. Applebloom and Scootaloo rushed around and caught the apples. 
Splat. "I missed one!" Scootaloo said, kicking the destroyed apple with anger.
Applebloom put down her bucket. "It's not that hard. Even Sweetie's done it bef-" Applebloom stopped quickly and lowered her head, knowing that she brought up something she shouldn't have. Scootaloo stared at her and frowned. 
Big Mac and Soarin' began to move on, but stopped as they saw the two fillies, noticing the sudden transition to gloominess.
"Why don't you two head back to the barn and rest?" Soarin' asked. "I think we got it from here, fillies."
"Eeyup." Big Mac agreed. The two fillies agreed silently, and headed back to the farm.

Applebloom walked into the barn, Scootaloo following close behind. They avoided Pinkamena, like they have been told. They moved to the second floor, and sat down near the window.
"Ah think we should find somepony else to relate with." Applebloom said. "It's great to talk, ain't it?"
Scootaloo stayed silent. Applebloom sighed and ducked her head.
"How about you two go on a walk with me?" The two fillies turned their heads to look at Secret. "It'd be fun. We won't go to far from the farm." He told them.

Secret landed on the roof of one of the many homes in Ponyville. He lifted Applebloom and Scootaloo of his back, and sat them next to him.
"Why did you take us here, sir?" Applebloom asked.
"I want to tell you a story." He said. "I once was in a situation like you are."
"What?" Scootaloo asked.
"I lost a close friend of mine." Secret told them. "She would always be there for me. We used to work together. She would look after me when I couldn't. I gave her a home and a hobby." Secret ducked his head. "And then the apocalypse broke out. We got separated. I...I abandoned her. She would never forgive me." He placed his face in his hooves. "I-I-I..."
Applebloom stopped him and hugged him. Secret looked at her and smiled a little. "You're a nice kid, both of you." He said. "If I show you something, promise you won't tell anypony?" He asked.
Scootaloo nodded, staying close to Secret. Secret smiled and grabbed his hood with his hoof.
He slowly pulled it off, and revealed his face to the fillies. "This is me."
> S1E08: Does Safe Haven Even Exist?
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

	Screams erupted as the pegasi team approached the farm. There were only three left. They were being chased by a herd of flyers. Twilight rushed to the entrance. "Ponies, get your weapons! We need to help them!" She called.
Ponies rushed and gathered their guns. Unicorns took the front line and fired magic blasts at the flyers. Flyers were knocked out of the air. One of the pegasi were blasted out of the air by a crossfire shot, and the other got ganged up on by a couple of flyers.
The remaining pegasus, Cloudchaser, was bit by a flyer at the last second, and she rolled into the farm barricade with the zombie hanging onto her leg. She screamed in pain, and three hoofguns fired at the zombie, killing it quickly.
Twilight rushed to Cloudchaser's side. She was screaming in pain, but Twilight grabbed her and shook her to attention.
"What's the message?! Please, tell us!" She pleaded the pegasus.
Cloudchaser nodded, tried to fight tears, and clenched her teeth as she calmed herself. "I-It's Canterlot..." She whispered.
"What about Canterlot?!" Twilight asked.
"It's s-safe...Canterlot is Zom F-free..." Cloudchaser passed out, and Applejack and Big Mac gathered her up. They galloped away to Nurse Redheart's tent so they could tend to her injuries.
Canterlot... Twilight thought. Canterlot is safe!


Intro


Twilight took her post on top floor of the barn. "Attention Ponyville!" She called. "I have an announcement to make!" The ponies dropped what they were doing and gathered up to hear the news. 
"Earlier, the pegasi patrol that was sent to find other survivors delivered a message. They lost all but three on the trip their and back, and two were lost near the farm. Cloudchaser is in medical care as we speak. A moment of silence for these brave heroes."
The crowd of ponies bowed their heads in respect as the names of the lost pegasi were etched on the side of the barn.
"The pegasi did not die without success. A message has been delivered. We have hope. We know where we can find a safe haven." Ponies gasped in shock and whispers rose among the crowd. "News is that Canterlot is zombie free, and much more safer than the farm."
Things went out of control. Ponies erupted into arguments left and right. "Attention!" Twilight called. "Hey! Everypony just shut up!" The arguments quieted down.
A pony stepped up. "Why would we leave? What if it's not true?" He called.
"I believe that if the pegasi team saw it for themselves, they are right. Plus, Canterlot was far from the center of the outbreak and they have had more time to prepare, and it is hard to get there, defending it would be easy." She explained.
Applejack stepped up. "What about the injured? What about the children, and the elderly? That won't be able to walk for so long, Twilight!" She said.
Twilight sighed. "I'm unsure of what we are supposed to do for now, but in due time, I decision will be made." She ducked her head. Ponies departed, and Applejack stared at Twilight for the longest time, until she went off to overlook work.
"It's hard to convince people, isn't it?" Twilight was startled by the sudden appearance of Secret. "Did I scare you again?" He asked with a smirk.
Twilight rolled her eyes. "What do you want?"
"I want to know what you're thinking." He said, taking a seat beside her.
Twilight sighed. "If you insist." She said, raising her head. "I believe we would be much safer in Canterlot, obviously. The problem is getting there. We've had too many injuries lately. Children and elders can't go on with too much physical fitness, either."
"Seems like a pickle." Secret said, handing her an apple. 
Twilight took the apple and smiled. "Thanks." She said. "What do you think?"
"I think that a decision should be made in due time." He said. "You're in charge, you know what's best."
Twilight glared at the stallion's failure to give good advice, but he already went over to Pinkamena and gave her an apple. The only way they could feed her is to add blood as a topping. Secret was fine with the blood donations, so long as it's for a good cause. He carefully took off the cloth that covered her mouth and stepped back as she ate the apple. She ate it like an animal, she had no sense of manners anymore. She was hungry for blood, and this is the only way she could get it.
After the mare had finished, Secret held her muzzle shut as he pulled the cloth back over her mouth. She tried to bite and struggle, but she was in no position to get an advantage. Secret soon had the mad mare in her original place, and he looked at Twilight. "I know you got the heart." He added before disappearing down the ramp. Twilight sighed.
We can't stay here forever. She thought.

Applejack handed Granny Smith a slice of apple pie. "Ya need to eat, Granny." Applejack told the old pony. She could tell that Granny has been getting too old. Granny Smith would barely get out of her rocking chair anymore. She spoke very little to none, and her words were getting harder to comprehend. Applejack knew her time was coming, but she didn't want to think about it.
"C'mon Granny." She urged. "Ya need to eat."
"Ah ain't got no appetite." The old mare spat.
"Ya gotta!" Applejack told her.
"Listen kiddo." Granny Smith began. "You and Ah both know Ah ain't got much longer to live. Ah tell ya, Ah'm not gonna be wastin' food that another starving child gonna need." 
Applejack was shocked, and tears clouded her eyes.  "But Granny..." She began.
"No buts, kid." She snapped. "What you need to do, is let me go in peace."
"What do ya mean?" Applejack asked.
"Ah heard what Twilight said. Ah think y'all should head out to Canterlot. Take everything. This farm's but an old treasure." Granny looked outside the window. "Ah'd like to be the last mare to stand guard, if ya may."
Applejack tried to say something, but she wasn't able to make out the words. She sighed. "Alright, Granny." Applejack mumbled. She took the shotgun off the wall and handed it to Granny Smith. 
"Do me a favor, Applejack." Granny said. "Protect ya family. It's all ya got."
Applejack nodded. "Ah will." She turned and trotted out sadly.

"Granny said so. We better do it."  Applejack said, sitting next to Twilight on top of the barn. "And we even got a couple carts. We could use 'em to carry supplies and the injured. Maybe even fit some fillies."
"Could you convince the others?" Twilight asked.
"It'll be too easy." Applejack said.
"I trust you, AJ." Twilight said. 
Secret came up behind Applejack. "I hear a solution, if my ears do not trick me." He said with a smile. 
Twilight nodded. "We're going to Canterlot." She said. "We better rally everybody, we're leaving tomorrow."
"Already on it." Secret said, heading down the ramp. Very soon, Spitfire and Soarin' went flying around the farm, gathering everypony and setting things in motion. Secret went back up the ramp. 
"Ah'm gonna help." Applejack said, rushing out to help the others.
Twilight looked at Secret. "Thanks." She said, smiling.
"Anything to help." Secret said, gathering the rifle. As she watched, Twilight couldn't help to wonder who that stallion really was. 

"Everypony ready?" Rainbow Dash asked, landing near Twilight. Twilight nodded.
"Let's get a moving, everypony!" Applejack called, causing an uproar of cheers as the ponies began to parade out of Sweet Apple Acres.
At that moment, the survivors' odyssey has begun.
> S1E09: Through The Eyes of a Mad Mare
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

	Pinkamena was blood hungry. She was tied up and thrown in a cart for herself. She growled, screamed, cursed, but she was never going to get out so long as the chains stayed on her.
Secret was tasked to watch her as a mule pulled the cart. Secret would stand by the cart or even get in with her, keeping his eye on the mare. Unlike most other ponies, he did not fear the psycho maniac.
Although, on the third day, things got bad.
Secret walked up to Twilight. "How much longer?" He asked the alicorn.
"It's going to be a while." She said. "It'll a while to get there, and that's not counting the stops."
Secret sighed. Then, a scream broke in the crowd. Secret turned and rushed back to Pinkamena's cart. He skidded to a halt as he saw something that shocked him: the mule was dead, and Pinkamena was gone.
Twilight ran up behind him. "What happened?!" She looked at the dead mule. "Oh...Pinkie..." 


Intro


The caravan had to halt. The release of Pinkamena was too much of a dire matter to go unnoticed. Twilight, Rainbow, Spitfire, and Secret were to search for Pinkamena.
"We cannot let her go. If you can capture her alive, that would be great." Twilight said. "But if push comes to shove, you know what you must do." She hated to say it, but it was the best thing to do.
"Trust me, Twilight." Secret said. "All of us want Pinkie back as soon as possible." Rainbow nodded in agreement.
"Me and Secret will go right." Twilight said. "Rainbow and Spitfire, you two go left."
Rainbow and Spitfire nodded and took off towards the upper part of Ponyville. Secret looked at Twilight. "I hope this works." She whispered before heading off. Secret sighed and followed close behind.

Everything was happy. Colors filled the air, ponies pranced around. All she wanted to do is hug all of them. It seemed that they wanted to hug her.
This is what Pinkamena saw, at least.
Pinkamena grabbed a knife from a nearby dead corpse. She walked up to a zombie, who stumbled back at her in turn. Pinkamena got close enough for the zombie to reach her. The zombie launched itself forward to pin it's prey, but Pinkamena stepped to the side and knocked it to the ground, laughing. "You missed!" She said under her breath. The zombie tried to get back up, but Pinkamena hopped on top of it and stabbed it repeatedly, laughing maniacally. 
She got off it and bounced near it. "Aww, he's exhausted! I was having fun!" A smile formed on her face. It was creepy, and covered with blood. She skipped off in search of a new playmate. 
Pinkamena was having fun. It was too bad she lost her friends, she wanted someone to spend it with. Maybe that nice stallion that fed her. His blood tasted good, it was fresh and pure. The stallion would treat her so kindly, and she always wanted to play with him. The only thing that stopped her from getting what she wanted was her "friends" who chained her up and left her there for days.
That has past, though, and now she was free. Free to play with whoever she wanted, free to play any game she liked, and it was fun. She was cut off by a powerful hug from her right, which knocked her to the ground. The zombie bit into her flank.
Pinkamena laughed and grabbed it by the head. She fought against it and pulled on it's mane, laughing like crazy. Before she got up, she quickly kicked it in the face for good measure. She pounced on the zombie and pulled out her knife. "It's my turn to hug!" She said, murdering the zombie carelessly.
Pinkamena was on a rampage. She didn't care what it was, whether it was alive or dead, friendly or hostile, she would kill it, smiling and laughing as her deranged fantasy corrupted her sense of reason. She killed zombie after zombie, with the occasional survivor here and there. The blood of her victims were her friendship gifts, the screams were their laughter, and the struggling was the different ways the ponies danced. It was all a party for Pinkamena, and she didn't want it any other way.
She took no mind of the growing pain in her side where the zombie bit her. She didn't have enough sense to know what was happening.

Rainbow checked around the corner. "Clear." She whispered back to Spitfire, stepping out. Spitfire followed close behind, the hoofgun in her hand.
"There's no way we're going to find her." Spitfire said. "Ponyville is big enough as it is. Plus, she may have even left town by now. Who knows where she could be?"
Rainbow turned to Spitfire. "Don't say that!" She snapped. "Have faith, she's already crazy enough as is!"
Spitfire sighed. Rainbow turned and began walking. She could hear Spitfire talking behind her. "What if-" She was cut off. Rainbow paused, noticing the lack of sound, and turned around. Spitfire was gone.
"Spitfire?" Rainbow called, galloping back to where she was standing no less than a few seconds ago. "Spitfire?! Where'd you go?!" She looked around, and heard a scream. Rainbow spread her wings and dashed towards the sound. Rage filled her eyes as she skidded around the corner.
Pinkamena had a knife to Spitfire's throat. A dark smile formed on her face as she pressed it against the mare's neck. "Rainbow, do you see this?" The pink mare asked.
"Pinkie! Put her down! This isn't you!" Rainbow shouted, landing on the ground.
"What do you mean, Dashie?" Pinkie tilted her head and smiled. "I always have fun with my friends, do I not?"
"Pinkie, put down the knife!" Rainbow ordered, growling.
Pinkamena giggled. "Why should I? I've seen the look in this one's eye. She watches that nice stallion like a hawk. She cares about him." Spitfire's eyes widened. "I wanna know more 'bout him. She's gonna play with me and tell me every little secret."
Pinkamena laughed maniacally once more, and blood started to drip from Spitfire's throat. She gasped in pain. "Pinkie, NO!" Rainbow cried.
Suddenly, everything stopped. Pinkamena dropped the knife and let Spitfire go. The pegasus fell to the ground and gasped for fresh air. Pinkamena held her side in pain.
Rainbow ran over to Spitfire and helped her up. "P-pinkie?" Rainbow asked, staring at the mare.
Pinkamena looked at her friend and smiled. "That one pony loved me a little too much..." She started to laugh, chocking and coughing up blood. She continued for almost a minute before she fell completely silent.
Pinkamena had turned.
Spitfire handed Rainbow her pistol. "You know what to do." She managed in a rasping voice. Rainbow nodded and pointed to the party pony's head. Click, bang. 
> S1E10: Lost in The Everfree
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

	Rainbow and Spitfire approached the caravan, carrying Pinkamena's corpse. A wave of sighs and gasps rippled through the crowd, and Applejack rushed over to help them.
"Poor Pinkie." Applejack mumbled. "Gonna miss that sugar cube."
"Where's Twilight?" Rainbow asked.
"Where's Secret?" Spitfire added.
Applejack turned. "They haven't gotten back yet." She told them.
"Where are they, then?" Rainbow wondered to herself, looking at Spitfire.

Twilight stumbled over a branch. "Oomph!" She spat, getting up. "Where am I?"
"I think it's the Everfree Forest." Secret said, rushing to get beside her. "I think we're lost."
Twilight could barely see. It was too dark. She used her magic to illuminate her horn, creating a small lamp. She could barely see past her own hooves, but it would have to do.
"We are lost." Twilight confirmed. "I think we're in the middle of the forest by now!"


Intro


Time stood still in the Everfree. Every step seemed like an hour. Everything was dark, so telling time was difficult. They might have been lost for days, or lost for a minute. They couldn't tell. Twilight made sure to stay close to the stallion. She didn't know what could happen to her or Secret if one of them got separated.
"We should find Zecora's Hut. She knows her way around the Everfree Forest better than anypony I know." Twilight said.
"Finding a hut in this forest is like finding the exit." Secret said. The two followed the path that has been laid out for many years, but they were unsure which way they were going. "It's either this way, or the other way."
Twilight sighed and looked at him. "Don't have to be negative about it."
"Not negative." Secret protested. "Realistic." He hopped over a fallen tree.
Twilight rolled her eyes and followed him over. Secret stepped forward and froze. Twilight bumped into him. 
"Hey!" Twilight complained. "What are y-"
"Shush." Secret whispered. Twilight stopped talking, and heard a noise. It was getting louder. A crashing noise erupted, and then all sound stopped.
"That's not good." Secret whispered. The ground shook as loud steps hit the ground. Secret reached behind his back and grabbed the shotgun, but before he could get ready, the manticore tore through the trees and whacked Secret to the side. Secret flew into a tree, gasping in pain. "Oomph!" He managed before he hit the ground hard.
"Secret!" Twilight squealed. She turned and jumped back as the manticore attempted to hit her with his massive paw. She looked back up and fired a blast of magic into it's face, knocking it blindly backwards. Angered, she planted her hooves firmly in the ground. Ducking her head, she squinted her eyes and let out a snort of war. Scraping the ground with her front left hoof, she charged forward. Her horn illuminated with a bright glow as she powered her strike. Before the manticore could regain it's balance, Twilight leapt at it and blasted it in the chin with her magic. The powerful blow launched the massive creature back several feet, knocking over trees and the like before it was knocked unconscious by the ground collision.
Panting, Twilight lowered her head and sighed in relief. Quickly, a thought came back to her mind. "Secret!" She quickly remembered. She flickered her magic lamp back on and searched for him. Grunting, Secret stumbled into the reach of the dim lighting.
"Secret!" She rushed to his side. "Are you okay?"
Secret looked forward. "I'm fine, Twilight." He said. "Let's just keep moving." Twilight nodded and continued forward, Secret following behind.
It seemed like another day or two as they walked. They didn't talk once, it was just a long quiet tour through the forest. An object came into view. It was a big tree, and a dim light was illuminating from it. Twilight rushed to get to it.
"Don't leave me behind!" Secret called, struggling to keep up. Twilight slowed down and waited for Secret to get to her side, and she led him to the front door. 
It was Zecora's hut. The tall, twisted tree was littered with her native collection of masks and whatnot. Twilight knocked on the door. "Zecora! It's Twilight!" She called. There was a long pause. Twilight knocked again. "Zecora! We have an injury!"
After a long wait, the door finally swung upon. The zebra witch doctor stood at the door. "Ah, Twilight Sparkle, what a surprise. It's great to see you with my own two eyes!"
Twilight stepped inside, Secret close behind. "Oh dear, it seems that your friend who I do not know the name, has injured himself in the side and is in great pain!" Zecora exclaimed, watching the stallion's struggle. "Please do stay as long as you must, I will be able to heal his wound, I trust."
Secret nodded. "I would very much appreciate it." He said, collapsing on a mat. Zecora went to the back room to get her medical supplies.
Twilight sat next to Secret. "Are you okay?" She asked, tilting her head.
"Never better." He said, clenching his teeth in pain. 
Twilight reached for his cloak, but he grabbed her hoof. "I'd rather you not." He said to the mare. "It's just internal pain. It'll pass." 
Twilight sat next to him. "I'm sorry." She said.
"For what?" He asked. "For running into the Everfree Forest when being chased by the undead?"
"That." Twilight said, rolling her eyes. "And for not saving you earlier." She added.
"No need to apologize for that." Secret said, shaking his hoof. "You still kicked flank, regardless. I would've been manticore food if it wasn't for you." 
Twilight smiled. "Secret, why do you always hide your face?" She asked.
"I have my reasons." He said. Twilight looked at him funny, noticing that he was not looking directly at her.
"Are you lying to me?" She asked.
Secret snapped his eyes onto her chest. "Of course I'm not. What are you talking about?" He asked. She stared at him, but he seemed to not be phased. 
Zecora came back into the room. "If you do not mind me to wonder, but is there a way we could move to a place down yonder? Not to say that I wouldn't miss this place, but there has been too many growing dangers to face." 
Twilight nodded. "If you could lead us out of the forest, we could head back to our caravan and continue our way to Canterlot. We heard that it was a safe heaven."
Secret looked up. It's not like I needed these, anyways. He said, scratching his eye.
> S1E11: The Secrets We Keep
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

	By week 4, the ponies of the caravan have talked about all kinds of subjects. About Canterlot, politics, home, loved ones, and even crushes.
One thing did cause Twilight to fear. Rumors. What if the caravan started to spread rumors about each other? Twilight shivered at the thought. Things could start quickly in such a terrible time.
The next day, her nightmares came true. She heard one name a lot throughout the crowd. "I don't think Secret..." "Secret seems like..." "What is Secret?..."
Twilight decided to approach Secret. Right before she got to him, another pony went over to him and began to bug him. She kept asking about personal questions, and Secret ignored her. She glared at the stallion, and continued.
Twilight decided she had enough, and she trotted over and got in the pony's face. "Leave him alone." She ordered. The pony glared at her, but decided it was for the better to leave. Twilight glared as the pony trotted away.


Intro


Secret spent more time in the cart with the fillies and colts than he did walking ever since the trip to the Everfree Forest. He rarely made eye contact with anypony. Everypony was starting to fear him and despise him. 
Twilight was overwhelmed with pressure. The growing tension was very evident, despite the silence and evasion of mass conversations. 
Twilight moved over to Secret’s cart. He was sitting there, staring into the distance blindly with the Cake foals in his lap. Pound Cake was sitting on top of Pumpkin, laughing. Secret took no mind of anything. 
Twilight hopped in the cart with him. “Secret?” She asked.
Secret jumped in place, looking in her general direction. “Twilight, don’t sneak up on me like that.” He complained. 
Twilight giggled. “Sorry, Secret. Didn't mean to startle you.” She shook off the laughter. “Anyways, I would like to talk.” 
Secret looked back into the distance. “Go ahead.” 
Twilight sighed. “It seems you've become a target of gossip.” She said. “The group is going to go to extremes, you know that.”
“I know.” Secret said. He reached over and grasped something with his hand. “That’s why I carry this.” He picked up a stick.
“A stick?” Twilight asked.
Secret looked at the stick with shock. “No!” He dropped the stick and reached over towards his shotgun. He grabbed it and lifted it up. “This!”
Twilight looked at him weird. “Are you okay, Secret?” She asked with concern.
“I’m perfectly fine.” Secret said, looking at her chest once more.
Twilight glared. “My face is up here.” She told him.
Secret was silent. Twilight then noticed it. Secret couldn't look at her face. He couldn't tell a shotgun from a stick. He couldn't do any of that because he was blind. 
“You've been blind the whole time?” She asked, shocked.
“Ever since that manticore hit me.” He told her, petting Pound. Pound giggled, but fell over as Pumpkin disappeared from under him. Secret laughed, hearing what had happened.
“Why didn't you tell me?” Twilight asked. “This is important!”
“It’s not that important.” Secret argued. “I can live off my other senses. It’s not like my eyesight was always important to me.” He lifted his hoof and wiped one of his eye. “I can still shoot a gun, I’m good.”
Twilight sighed. She had enough talking for now. She hopped out of the cart. She was trying to keep her cool, but between Secret and the rest of the caravan, she was in the middle of a war. One of those wars between fillies in school, seeing which one can make the other’s life worse by spreading rumors. It would seem that Secret would lose, by the stallion didn't care much about the general opinion anyways. Twilight has never seen someone so calm and collected, ignoring all threats like he’s done it everyday.
Which brought the same question that had bugged Twilight since that day in the barn. Who is Secret?
The same thing happened multiple times, a different pony would approach Secret and bug him. Sometimes it was one, sometimes it was two or three. Secret did not complain once, nor did he socialize with the others. He stayed completely silent, and only spoke to the Cake foals.
Although he did not mind it, some did. Rainbow and Applejack both have spent more time in the back of the caravan with him, and they would scare off the ponies that bothered him. Applebloom and Scootaloo also have talked to Secret constantly. The duo have acted like they knew the stallion their whole lives. Then again, they did treat everyone as friends. They were just fillies, and fillies tended to be nosey and naive. Anypony was their friend unless said otherwise. 
“Them folks ain't got no respect.” Applejack said to Twilight one time. “They just gonna bother a stallion whenever they feel like. It ain't right.”
“They’ll get over it.” Twilight said. “Everything is catching up to them. They've lost a lot. Just give them a few days.”
When things continued, Rainbow complained to Twilight next. "Those nosey ponies don't have any sense." She complained. "For the past week, all I ever here is Secret this, Secret that, Secret Secret Secret." She landed next to Twilight. "It's starting to get annoying having to scare off those harassers."
"If it keeps up, I'll step in." Twilight said. "Don't worry too much. I appreciate you looking out for him."
The next day, things went too far. One pony lost his mind, and drew a blade on Secret.
"You best be putting that away." Secret told the guy, looking away from him still.
The pony growled, and did not move. "Very well then." Secret picked up the foals and placed them down on the floor of the cart, then he quickly threw himself at the other stallion, knocking the knife out of his hoof. Secret kicked him to the ground, and placed a hoof on his chest, keeping him down.
"Next time I'll speak a little bit clearer." Secret stared. "Do not threaten me with such small items."
Ponies got up and started to shout at Secret. "You cold blooded!..." "Why would you hurt an innocent stallion?" "Let's show him what we do for our friends!"
Twilight became irritated, and stamped over to the crowd. "That's enough!" She shouted at the top of her lungs. The shouting died out quickly, and everypony turned to Twilight. Twilight made her way through the crowd and took her place next to Secret. "Get off." She told Secret. Secret obeyed, getting off of the stallion. As soon as he was clear, the stallion ran off.
"You all have gone insane!" Twilight shouted at the crowd. "You all are missing home and your loved ones, I know this. But you're not the only ones who have lost things! I too have nearly lost all hope, but this stallion, despite whether we really know him or not, is the first guy to help." Twilight raised her head in disgust. "Despite all he's done, you all have been too nosey and disrespectful to annoy this stallion for a whole week!"
Ponies stared in shock. No words were said, just stares. Slowly, the crowd dissolved. Twilight sighed and turned to Secret.
"Thanks." Secret said, standing right behind her. Twilight jumped a little, then sighed. 
"It's alright." She said. "Let's just keep going. We'll never get to Canterlot if we lag."
Secret kept his gaze in the same direction as she walked away. He looked down to his hooves. I need to get back in shape. He told himself.
> S1E12: Extreme Rehab
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

	"Applejack." The country mare jumped, startled by Secret. 
"Don't sneak up on me like that!" She told the stallion, scowling.
Secret smiled. "Force of habit." It was about midnight, and most of the caravan was asleep. Applejack stayed awake to guard.
"What do ya want?" Applejack asked, sitting down.
"I would like you to help me." Secret said, pulling out his shotgun.
"Help you with what exactly?" Applejack asked, raising an eyebrow and tilting her head.
"My marksmanship." Secret said, showing his eyes. "I've gone blind. I can't tell the difference between a stick and a shotgun." He looked away.
Applejack laid a hoof on his shoulder, and he looked back at her hooves. "Ya came to the right mare, partner." Applejack smiled, and Secret smiled a little too.


Intro


Applejack tossed a stick to Secret. Secret stood still until the stick whacked him in the face. "Oomph!" He stumbled backwards.
"Ya supposed to catch." Applejack said. The sun had come up, and ponies were just starting to wake up.
"Well, last I checked, I couldn't see." Secret argued.
Applejack rolled her eyes. She reached over and grabbed another stick. "Catch." She said, throwing it at him. Secret quickly caught it, twisted it in his hooves and pointed at a pony like he was going to shoot it.
"That was perfect." Applejack said. "How'd ya?-"
"I could hear her munching on something." Sure enough, the pony was eating on a protein bar.
Applejack tilted her head. "Ya sure have a good sense of hearing." She said.
Secret nodded and tossed the stick back to her. Applejack was taken by surprise, and she fumbled trying to catch it. Secret began to laugh. "Haha, real funny." Applejack said, moving to whack him with the stick. 
Secret raised a hoof and grabbed the stick.  "Nice try."
Applejack glared. "Ya really wanna start somethin'?" She said, glaring.
Secret raised his chin. "Just some good exercise."
Applejack rolled her eyes. "Keep practicing." She said, tossing a stick. He caught it and pointed it at AJ.
"Bam. You're dead." He said with a smirk. Applejack glared. 
"How 'bout we try something harder?" Applejack asked.
"I'm up for it." Secret said, stretching. "What you got in mind?"
Applejack reared her legs and knocked Secret over. "Hey!" He shouted, falling onto his back. Applejack took off. 
"Can't catch me!" She called, running circles around the camp. Secret glared, then quickly got up and took after her. The two rushed through the crowd like a filly and a colt. The ponies watched in entertainment as they weaved in and out of crowds, moving left and right, not a single one getting slower or faster.
Twilight stepped out of her tent, only to be rammed by Applejack. Applejack tripped over Twilight, both screaming. AJ rolled onto her back, and looked up as stars encircled her head. Secret stood over her. "I could hear the sound of you falling." He said, poking her with his hoof. "You're it." Applejack narrowed her eyes at the stallion.

After a two hour break, Secret and Applejack went to the top of a nearby hill. Applejack tossed Secret an apple, and he caught it quickly.
"Ya gettin' better." She said, taking a seat beside him. "Although, Ah don't think y'all be able to snipe anymore." She added, patting his back.
Secret shrugged. "I don't really need too. I'm sure one sniper is enough." He said, looking at her.
"Don't ya go playin' the modest game." Applejack said, smirking.
Secret laughed. Everything fell silent for a few moments, then Secret noticed something. Applejack was starting to move away from him. Through the silence, Secret heard something moving. It was getting louder. It was heading straight at him. Secret quickly got up and rolled to the side as Rainbow charged right past him. She quickly turned direction and charged back at him. This time, Secret was ready for it. He raised his hoof and caught her hoof in mid-air. He planted his hooves in the ground and dragged her to the ground. He quickly pulled out his shotgun, sat on her chest, and aimed it right at her face. 
Rainbow's eyes widened, and Applejack trotted up. "That's enough, get offa her." She told Secret.
Secret obeyed, slowly putting away the shotgun and getting off of Rainbow. Rainbow pulled herself up. "He's good." She whispered to Applejack, brushing herself off. 
Secret looked at Applejack. "You planned this?" He asked.
"Of course Ah did." Applejack said. "Ya know as much as Ah do, ya need to know how ta take a surprise hit." She said, nodding her head. "And ya did it alright."
Secret nodded. "Thank you, Applejack." He said. "For the training, for everything. I'd sure be dead if I didn't get more." He said, bowing in respect.
"Aw shucks." Applejack lifted her hoof and smiled. "Ya don't have ta be sincere 'bout it. It's what friends are for."
Secret raised his head. "Let's head back to camp." He said. The two mares nodded in agreement, and off they went.

Back at camp, Twilight greeted them. "Rainbow, you look like a mess." She said, holding back laughter.
Rainbow looked at Secret. "It's his styling." She said with slight humor, trotting off.
Applejack patted Secret's back hard, causing him to stumble forward. "Blind one's got some hard-working horsepower." She said. "Don't need to see to win."
Twilight smiled. "That means we don't have to carry you around in the back of carts much anymore, right?" She giggled.
Secret rolled his eyes. "Of course not." He said. "You could carry me on your back." He strutted off, feeling proud of his comeback.
Twilight watched him go with a smile. "Ya seem to like 'em." Applejack said to Twilight, nudging her. 
Twilight snapped out of the trance. "Of course I do! He's a great addition to our protection. Anyone could see that." She said.
"Uh-huh." Applejack smirked and trotted away.
"Wh-wait!" Twilight called angrily. "What do you mean 'uh-huh'?! Applejack, get back here!" Twilight took off towards the mare.
> S1E13: Grounded Outside The Walls
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

	Rainbow Dash stretched her wings. "Sky's clear." She told Spitfire, smiling. 
Spitfire looked back at her. "Good." She said, cracking her neck.
The duo were prepared to have a playful race to get their minds off things. Rainbow hunched over, sticking her plot into the air, and spreading her wings out. She looked over at Spitfire, who was doing the same thing.
"On the count of three." Rainbow announced.
"Three." Rainbow looked forward and oversaw the short course.
"Two." Spitfire stretched her wings quickly and go back into position.
"One." Secret and Twilight walked over to see what they were doing.
"GO!" Rainbow and Spitfire took off faster than one could blink. The race was on.


Intro


Rainbow rounded the first corner, neck to neck with Spitfire. The duo continued to move at the same pace, neither one gaining the lead or falling behind. Evenly matched, the two kept pushing themselves harder. Rainbow felt as if time sat still, she always felt a moment of relaxation and rush tied into one while in the air. Spitfire was determined slowly on winning, and this pushed her to go as hard as Rainbow.
Secret watched as Secret listened in on her commentating. "It looks like Rainbow's pulli- Nope, they're tied again." Twilight told him. "They're moving onto their second lap."
Secret smiled. Even though he could not see, he could imagine the race in his head. It was all he could do.
When the pegasi were nearing their third lap, Rainbow had begun to take the lead. She started to pull ahead of Spitfire. Spitfire pushed as hard as she could, but she did not gain.
As soon as the tip of Rainbow's tail passed Spitfire, something appeared.
"What is that?" Twilight asked, stopping her commentary of the race. Secret looked up, confused.
The object gained speed and headed right towards Rainbow. Twilight realized what it was.
"Rainbow, look out!" She shouted. Rainbow's eyes widened as she turned to see, but it was too late. The flyer hit Rainbow hard in the side and threw her to the ground. Spitfire stopped in the air and turned back to Rainbow, while Secret hopped up and made his way to the sound. Rainbow grabbed the flyer's head as it tried to bite her. It's bloody teeth snapping back and forth at her face. Spitfire and Secret both pulled out their guns and took a shot at the flyer. The bullet from Spitfire's hoofgun sunk into it's back while Secret's shotgun blast destroyed it's flank. 
Rainbow pulled out her hoofgun. She forced the barrel against the flyer's chin and fired her whole clip into it's cranium. The flyer finally fell, and Rainbow fell back, sighing.
Spitfire landed beside Rainbow and held out her hoof. Twilight rushed over. Rainbow reached up to take it. Spitfire slowly pulled Rainbow up, and Rainbow gasped in pain as she was dragged to her hooves.
"Are you okay?' Spitfire asked Rainbow, tilting her head.
Rainbow shook her head and slowly stretched out a wing. It was crooked in all sorts of ways, and some of her feathers were torn. Rainbow clenched her teeth in pain. 
"Did you break your wing?" Spitfire asked.
Secret went over to her and put his hoof out, feeling for the wing. As soon as he felt it in his grasp, Rainbow gasped in pain once more. "It's broken." Secret said, backing up.
"Let's get you back to Zecora." Twilight said. "She will help you."
Secret took Rainbow by her broken wing and helped her to Zecora's tent.

Zecora stepped out of the tent. Secret, Twilight, and Spitfire were waiting outside. Zecora went from one's gaze to the other, then focused back on Twilight. 
"I'm sorry to say, I tried all I can, but it is a terrible possibility that she may never fly again." The rhyming zebra told her.
Twilight and Spitfire both stood in shock, while Secret ducked his head.
"If you have nowhere else to be, you may go in and see." Zecora stepped to the side and held out a hoof to invite the ponies in.
Twilight went in, and Spitfire followed close behind. Secret denied the request, and trotted away.
Rainbow was lying in a bed, staring at the ceiling. Her eyes were tainted with tears. The broken wing was wrapped with make-do bandage wraps. Twilight looked at Rainbow and frowned. "Don't go hard on yourself." She told her pegasus friend. Rainbow took no response. "It will heal. I know it."
Spitfire stepped up. "You can't give up hope yet." She told her. "You're one of the best flyers in Equestria. You need to wait for your wing to heal and go back out there and continue flying. You're too strong to be permanently grounded."
Rainbow moved her head and looked at both of them. "Did I win?" She asked softly, smirking.
Spitfire smirked and Twilight facehoofed. "Of course you did, Rainbow. You won this round."
Rainbow smirked and relaxed, wiping tears from her face. The two turned and trotted out, both sharing their "Get well soon!" goodbyes. As soon as they left, Secret slipped in.
"Greetings, Rainbow." Secret said, trotting over to her bed.
Rainbow looked back at the stallion. "Hey, Secret." She said. Secret handed her a book. "I found this back at Sweet Apple Acres. Thought you might like it."
Rainbow looked down at the book. She could not believe her eyes. It was her favorite book, Daring Do.Rainbow smiled wide, and through her hooves around Secret's neck. "Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!" She repeated. She dropped the hug and quickly got to work on reading the book.
Secret smiled. "No problem. Get well soon." He said before heading out.
> S1E14: Ending An Odyssey
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

	It has been five weeks. The caravan has gotten tired, hungry, and bored. Fortunately, there was very little loss during the trip. Twilight moved tiredly to the front of the caravan. Secret was already up there, trotting next to the front cart. He has constantly been improving himself, and now he could walk blindly amongst a crowd so long as he had a guide. In this case, his guide was Rainbow Dash, who trotted beside him. Even though her wings was still broken, Rainbow was still determined to push herself past her limits. That kind of strength and endurance is what pleased Spitfire.
Twilight stepped up next to Rainbow. "Greetings to the both of you." She said. 
"Greetings." Secret said, keeping his eyes locked forward. 
"Hey." Rainbow greeted, nodding her head to her friend.
"How is it going?" Twilight asked.
"Tiring." Secret said.
"Couldn't have said it better myself." Rainbow said. She looked up as Spitfire began to approach the group.
"Stop!" The Wonderbolt shouted, landing in front of the caravan. She quickly ran up to Twilight. "Canterlot! It's so close!" She said happily. The whole caravan heard the news, and began to celebrate.


Intro


Everybody was taken up with glee. After five long weeks, they have finally reached Canterlot. They were almost safe, inside the castle walls. The caravan was now fully awake, and they quickly got together and rushed to get to Canterlot faster. The pace was doubled, and the remaining energy was wasted on getting to the walls of Canterlot.
They were so close, but soon, they will realize that they aren't in the safe zone yet.

The caravan quickly halted as it came into sight. Not too far away, there was a giant dragon. It was apparent that it had been turned, but the hard scales showed very little rotten flesh. The beast had no signs of a week spot. 
"How are we going to remove that?" Spitfire asked.
"I'm not too sure." Twilight said. "We can't go around, we're on a mountain." The alicorn and the pegasus floated to the side of the mountain path to get a better view of the dragon without disturbing it. Spitfire looked back through the binoculars.
"I'm not sure if we will be able to kill it easily." Spitfire said.
"Do we have something that will cause a big explosion?" Twilight asked. Spitfire shrugged, and the two flew back to the caravan. 
Twilight, Rainbow, AJ, and Spitfire all searched the caravan for the much needed explosives. Unfortunately, they did not have any. "Are we stuck here?" A pony asked.
Twilight sighed. "For now." She answered. "We should head back some and set up camp." The caravan agreed, and they dragged their carts back to a safe distance and unpacked to set up camp. 
Applejack trotted up to Twilight. "Ah think Big Mac got himself a lil' cough." She told her.
"Take him to Zecora's tent." Twilight told her. "She's got some stuff for him." Applejack obeyed her advice, and went over to fetch Big Mac. She took him and led him to Zecora's tent.
She trotted up to Twilight. "Somepony else have ta take his cart if we ever decide to keep going." Secret stepped forward. "I could try." He said.
Applejack nodded. "Thank ya, Secret." Secret shook his head and walked off. Applejack looked at the dragon. "We ain't got no explosives. All we got is guns, and they won't go through his spikes. How we gonna kill him?" She asked.
Twilight thought back. She thought about Spike, but he was just a baby. He could not compare to this beast.
Secret stepped up and interrupted his thoughts. "I know something." He told them. "Their weak point is in the mouth." He said, opening his mouth and pointing inside. "Any shots to the mouth will cause him to die quickly." 
Applejack looked at him. "Ya tellin' me that we gotta get eaten to kill that thing?" She asked. "Ain't no way we're losing anypony else after we got so close!" 
Secret shook his head. "There's no other way we could kill him with explosives. Somebody needs to make a shot into it's mouth."
"Who's crazy enough to walk up to a dragon and get eaten to kill it?" Rainbow asked, overhearing their conversation. She walked up beside Applejack. "Surely we could get a sniper team or so-"
Twilight shook her head. "It would take forever to get someone to snipe the dragon from here." She said. "And even if we did, it would take more than one bullet to take it out. It will surely shield it's mouth if any more harm."
Applejack sighed. "So there is truly no other way, is there?" She asked. Secret and Twilight shook her heads.
Rainbow stepped up. "I'll do it. I had a good run, but there is no way I'd let someone else go before me." She said, taking hold of a shotgun that was lying in a cart.
Secret stepped forward and took the gun from her. "I'll do it." He said. "You still have potential. I'm a nobody, nobody will miss me."
Applejack pushed Secret away and took the shotgun from his grasp. "Ah'll do it." She said. "Ah've been through worse." She headed towards the dragon's direction. The group fell silent as she trotted off.
Before she could get close to the dragon, a red blur tackled her to the side and took her shotgun. Applejack looked at her attacker. It was Big Mac. He took off towards the dragon. Applejack realized that the stallion was protecting his younger sister. "Big Mac! Don't!" She shouted.
"Nope." He said under his breath as he rammed into the dragon. The dragon looked at him and snorted. It grabbed him and carried him to it's snout. It opened it's mouth widely and threw him in. While inside, Big Mac struggled to gain balance, and as soon as he did, he aimed his shotgun to the roof of it's mouth. "Nope." He grumbled, firing blast after blast into the dragon's cranium.
Outside, Applejack was in tears. The other ponies watched in shock as the dragon was destroyed from the inside. It slowly tumbled to the side, and fell off the cliff of the mountain path. 
Twilight, Secret, and Spitfire quickly gained their conscience. They rushed over to Applejack to comfort her.
Big Mac. Stallion of few words, but a great brother and a hard worker. Applejack will never forget what the stallion did for her that day. Nobody will forget the sacrifice. 
> S1E15: War At The Walls, Pt. 1
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

	The gates were right in front of them. Every square inch of steel was admired. This is what they have spent weeks for. This was the sight that everypony in the caravan dreamed of. 
Twilight approached the gate. A guard stood on the other side. "State your business." He told the alicorn.
"Twilight Sparkle. These are the survivors of Ponyville. We have come here to seek refuge." She said in the most formal way she could.
"You must wait for the Captain to give the order." He said.
Twilight glared. "Hey! The captain is my brother!" She said. "I'm Twilight Sparkle! Student of Celestia! A princess!" She said.
The guard looked at her. "Oh, I'm sorry!" He said. "I did not recognize you! We will get the gate up in just a moment." He turned to the tower and saluted. "Raise the gate!" He shouted. Twilight smiled and waited for the gate to open.


Intro


After an hour, Twilight approached the gate and asked why they were taking so long. "The gate won't move." The guard answered. "We have to repair it. It may take a while."
Twilight sighed. "Please hurry. We have hungry and tired ponies who have spent five weeks getting here."
The guard nodded, and went back to working on the gate. Twilight turned around, only to come face to face with Rainbow.
"What's taking them?" The pegasus asked, tilting her head.
Twilight sighed. "They gate is broken. They have to fix it." She told her.
"Are you kidding me?" Rainbow groaned. "What are we going to do while we wait?"
Twilight shrugged. "Some distractions. I'm going to go read a book." She trotted off to a cart and pulled out a book.

Applejack slept in the back of a cart, tired as ever. Rainbow poked her with a stick, bored. Applejack opened one of her eyes. "Rainbow, cut that out!" She complained, grabbing the stick and throwing it at her. Rainbow jumped off the side of the cart, laughing. Applejack shook her hoof at the pegasus before lying back in the cart and pulling her hat back over her face to sleep.
Secret sat in the other cart, listening to Twilight reading him a book. He has loved how much the ponies have helped him out with everyday things ever since he's gone blind. It was hard to do something that does not involve touch, smell, or hearing. Reading and watching were two things that he needed help with.
Twilight on the other hand, felt in debt to the stallion. He's done brave things, and he's helped her decide things. He was a great adviser, and every good leader needed one.
The duo have gotten close over the trip, and they have proven to work great together.
Spitfire and Soarin' talked about what they have done since then. They wonder if they should have gone to Ponyville in the first place, or they should have stayed in Cloudsdale that day. What would have changed? Surely, Cloudsdale was doomed. The flyers were a deadly force, and they would have infested Cloudsdale very quickly. 
Scootaloo and Applebloom played their little games as they ran around the caravan. They pretended like they took no mind of the deaths of the ponies, including their best friend, Sweetie Belle. The fillies were masters at acting naive. It helped them get things off their minds.
Snowflake wondered off, distracted by a butterfly. He followed it away from the gate and along the path. When he was out of sight of the caravan, he stopped and looked around. He was about to head back, but he something touched his back. He looked behind him, and screamed.
Hearing the scream, Applejack poked her head up. "What in tarnations?" She asked, fixing her hat on her head. The rest of the caravan poked their heads up and looked in that direction. The masculine scream had come and gone so quickly. Secret slowly reached for his shotgun and stood up.
Suddenly, out of the corner, a zombie stumbled out. Ponies stared, until Applejack took out her rifle and shot it in the head. It stumbled backwards and landed on the ground, dead. There was a long silence.
After that, the rest of the herd showed up. 
Zombies littered the pathway, heading straight for the caravan.
"Open fire!" Twilight shouted at the top of her lungs. Quickly, the caravan pulled out their guns and fired at the herd.
Applejack took a high point in one of the carts and fired rounds of sniper rounds into the herd, dropping off zombies. Spitfire and Rainbow shot at the zombies from the front lines with their hoofguns. Twilight fired magic blast after magic blast at the herd, tearing it up. Despite the continued effort, the herd kept coming.

Princess Celestia stood at her throne, reading reports from other cities. She was glad to hear that some of the major cities of Equestria were still intact.
One of the royal guard approached the throne room, galloping like their was no tomorrow. She stopped in front of the throne. "There's an emergency, your highness!" She said, bowing.
Celestia looked up for her letters to the guard. "What is it?"
He looked back at her. "A caravan from Ponyville. They're outside the gate. They're being attacked by a herd of undead!"
Celestia's eyes widened. Twilight! She thought. "Open the gate!" She ordered.
"We can't!" The guard told her. "It's stuck!
Celestia was even more shocked, and she thought. After a quick processing, she finally gave an order. "Blow the gate." She ordered.
"But the zombies will get inside!" The guard protested.
"I said blow the gate!" She ordered once more, angrily. The guard nodded and headed back to the gate.

Dead bodies pilled up the front line as the caravan was pushed back to the gate. They could not hold them off any longer. 
The guard piled up at the gate. They quickly began to line the gate with explosives. "We're going to blow the gate!" One of the guards told Twilight. "After that, everypony must gallop inside as quickly as possible! We will hold off the zombies!"
Twilight nodded, and relayed the plan to the caravan. They held off the zombies for another minute, and then the guard called for them to stand clear.
Everypony watched as the gate was blown to pieces, and a giant, gaping hole was left in the walls of Canterlot.
> S1E16: War At The Walls, Pt. 2
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	The gate of Canterlot has fallen, and the survivors of Ponyville rushed inside to safety. The Royal Guard stood behind, acting as a temporary barrier. They fought off the herd as long as they could stand, but they soon fell one by one to the massive herd. A major portion of the guard crowded the streets, filling in behind the retreating caravan as they rushed towards the castle. The blocked off every street and alleyway to prevent the herd to continue its advance.
Twilight rushed into the castle first, and ran straight towards Celestia's throne room. As soon as the grand doors to the throne room were opened, Celestia stood. She saw her student, and stretched her arms out to receive her. Twilight threw herself into Celestia's arms, teary eyed.
"It's all okay, Twilight." Celestia whispered to her student.
She was wrong, though. Things were not okay.


Intro


A semi-circle boundary was set up around the gate, leaving more room for the herd of zombies to fill in. They did not have to worry about the herd getting far into Canterlot, but they did need to find a way to get them out.
Secret and Applejack volunteered to help the guard drive out the zombie herd. Spitfire, naturally being the leader of the Wonderbolts, was also tasked to drive out the advancing herd.
Applejack took point on the roof of one of the nearby buildings. She laid her sniper rifle on the roof, the bipod keeping it standing. Secret and Spitfire went off to the temporary barricades and prepared to start their counter-assault.

Twilight followed Celestia to through the hallway. "After that, we retreated to Sweet Apple Acres. We stayed their for about a month, then we heard that Canterlot was a safe heaven. We quickly packed our stuff and went on our way."
Celestia frowned. "I'm sorry about your friends, Twilight."
"Don't worry about it." Twilight said, hanging her head. A thought popped in her mind, and she looked back at Celestia. "Did you ever get my letters?" Twilight asked.
Celestia nodded. "Unfortunately, I could not get any letters back. Flyers have taken down every message I've tried to send." She reached into a bag and pulled out the flask. The liquid was still intact. "I still have this." She said.
Twilight looked at it. "Have you ever figured out what it was?" She asked.
Celestia shook her head. "Not even my most skilled scientists could figure out what it was."
Twilight thought about a solution. "Maybe Zecora knows." She told herself. "Could I deliver it to her to see if she can figure it out?" She asked the princess.
Celestia handed her the flask. "Help yourself, Twilight." She said. "I have work to do. You may accompany me, if you'd like."
Twilight nodded, putting the flask away and following the princess.

Secret cocked his shotgun. "You ready?" He asked the guard next to him. 
"Ready." The guard said, levitating an assault rifle in front of him. Secret turned his attention to the barricade.
Spitfire hovered to look over the barricade. The zombies were crowding around the wall, trying to get through. Fortunately, their were no flyers in the herd.
Applejack looked through her rifle. She waited for the right moment to deploy the signal. She moved her rifle through the crowd until it rested on a single turned unicorn. She smirked. Let's start a riot. She pulled the trigger, blasting the zombie square in the head. 
The signal was sounded, and the various soldiers jumped the barricade and charged into the herd of zombies.

Twilight approached Zecora, who was working on Rainbow's wing. Zecora's massaging touch was soft enough to not harm the wing in any way. The witch doctor looked over to Twilight. Twilight handed her the flask. "Could you look at this for me, Zecora?" She asked.
Zecora nodded. "Well since it was you who so nicely asked, I will gladly take a look at this flask." She said,
Twilight smiled and looked at Rainbow. "How you holding up?" She asked her pegasus friend.
Rainbow raised her hoof and moaned. "It feels good..." She mumbled.

Secret twisted and turned, shooting zombies at every angle. The guards were ordered to stand behind him so that he does not accidentally mistake a soldier for an undead creature. Secret was a deadly weapon. Unstoppable and never tired, the blind stallion had speed and agility that would make Rainbow jealous. Zombie parts were flying everywhere. Heads, hooves, and even insides were spilled on the streets of Canterlot. 
Applejack took shots at the zombies that would advance too close to any of the soldiers, making sure that they get out with as little injuries as possible. 
Spitfire flew up to Applejack's post. "Were is fourth squad?" She asked. "I cannot find them."
Applejack searched around with her scope. "Ah don't see 'em." She answered. "Ah think they've gone down."
Spitfire sighed and shook her head. We need to some explosives." She told AJ.
"Another patrol is coming this way with 'em." The country mare said, firing another round into the herd. "We need to hold off for just a few more minutes."
Spitfire nodded and went back to her squad to continue the fight.

After an hour, the patrol arrived with the explosives. A group of pegasi, led by Flash Sentry, raised the crate of explosives over the barricade and hovered above the herd. They went to a spot where a squad made space for them to land and set up the explosives. Once they placed the crate, Flash lit a match and swiftly lit the fuse. 
"Get out of here!" Flash ordered. The squad made its way back to the barricade, while the pegasi team flew back to the rooftops. Flash landed next to Applejack's post. Applejack watched the explosives with her rifle scope. 
"C'mon..." She muttered. She watched as the fuse slowly burned. The box would explode in three...two...one...
Nothing happened. "Tarnations." She cursed under her breath. "The fuse went out!"
"Shoot the crate!" Flash ordered. Applejack pulled the trigger, but all she heard was clicking.
"Ah'm outta bullets." She told him. Flash wiped his forehead.
"Tell Twilight that it was fun." He said, lighting another match.
"What are ya?-" Applejack was cut off as Flash flew off into the herd. He charged straight for the crate, which was now covered with zombies. Once he reached the crate, a zombie grabbed his rear hoof and dragged him to the ground. Screaming in pain, Flash's hind leg was eaten up by a zombie. More started to grab him, but he continued to push himself. He climbed to the top of the crate, and held out his hoof to the fuse. He touched the match to the fuse.
Ka-boom! The sound of the massive explosion erupted throughout Canterlot. Everyone stared in shock as the majority of the herd was wiped out by the explosion. Twilight looked off the balcony with Celestia close behind. Some shining object soared through the sky, and landed right at Twilight's feet. 
It was Flash Sentry's helmet. Twilight hung her head. She was in for a very terrible story.


THE END


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