Feral World

Everyone knows the tragic event that happened many years ago, but even before that it could hardly be called better.

In the beginning the world was divided between Humans and Equestrians. The Equestrians were beings of different types of ponies ranging from unicorns who had magical abilities, pegasi who could fly and control the weather, and the earth ponies who possessed incredible strength and tended the land, but the most rarest of Equestrian races were Alicorns; ponies with all three Equestrian attributes and abilities. They were so rare very few existed. The humans always felt like a minority compared to the Equestrians with their special abilities, while Equestrians thought less of the humans because they lacked the speed, strength, or magic that they were capable of.

When the two sides were united under one rule, many hoped the bad times would be over, but they were wrong. Even though the two sides tried to live peacefully, there was still much hostility between them. But the hostility the Equestrians held for the humans took a colossal rise on the scale when the pandemic occurred.

No one knows how it started, but a mysterious outbreak occurred creating a pandemic among the humans. The virus created by this pandemic had turned majority of mankind into mindless savage beasts the Equestrians called Ferals. The Ferals numbers started to grow as more humans started transforming, some were devoured by the Ferals before they could have a chance to transform. The two alicorn sisters Celestia and Luna relocated the Equestrians into a secure location they called Canterlot where a great wall was set up around the city to keep the Ferals from entering. However a number of selected humans were unaffected by the outbreak and were taken into the city for safety. Although the humans had shelter, the Equestrians treatment over them had not changed. The Equestrians felt the people only had delayed reactions and would eventually turn feral like all the others. But under Celestia and Luna's rule, the humans were allowed to live with the Equestrians.

As the city of Canterlot remained bright and prosperous, the outside world began to rot and decay. Ferals had pretty much overrun the outside world with their only instincts being hunting and survival. Since then no one was allowed to go out of the city, for they knew once they stepped outside the probability of them coming back were slim.

Many years later in Canterlot, the sun rose over the city, as its citizens were awakening to start their day. Shops started opening up, adults were on their way to their jobs, kids of all ages were heading to school.

While in an abandoned dinky apartment room in a building located in the more seedy side of the city, a teenage boy about the age of sixteen had started waking up to start his day. The boy was Spike Clawson, he was of short height for a teenager his age, and had short green hair that looked unkempt. He woke up from his bed which was basically a bare old mattress on the floor of his one room apartment with a small kitchen area, bathroom, and fridge.

Spike rubbed the sleep out of his eyes before looking over at a framed picture propped up close to his mattress. It was of him as a five year old boy with his parents Rena and Oliver Clawson. Rena was a lovely red haired woman, and Oliver was a handsome green haired man who looked like an adult version of Spike.

“Morning, mom. Morning, dad.” Spike told the picture.

Spike was one of the select survivors of the outbreak years ago, his parents not so much. When he was rescued with the other surviving humans, he was placed in an orphanage among many other surviving children. Over the years Spike had watched as just about every child that survived the outbreak be adopted by other surviving humans, or pony kids who were also orphaned due to their own parents being victims of the Ferals ravage slaughtering. When Spike reached the age of thirteen the orphanage could no longer care for him and just kicked him out. With no other living family, Spike was on his own and managed to set up shop in the apartment he lives in now.

As Spike got up he went to the bathroom to take a shower. As he tried washing up the water pressure was so low the flow was barely coming out which made it harder for him to get clean. After drying up he put on a pair of worn out jeans, a green shirt, and sneakers. He walked to his fridge and opened it to see a carton of expired milk, and leftovers that started growing mold. This kind of diet was definitely not doing his growth any good.

“Fan-fucking-tastic.” Spike grumbled to himself, before grabbing his backpack and left.

Outside the building he started walking down the block of the seedy neighborhood. At every corner he could see Equestrian drug dealers trying to sell their goods, and hookers trying to earn some money. Spike ignored it and kept on walking until he reached the safer part of the city. Though safer as it was compared to the neighborhood he lived in, he still felt unsafe. Spike looked at the various shops and cafes with most of them having big signs in their windows reading 'No Humans Allowed'. Spike frowned at this mistreatment against the dying human race. Though the survivors, especially families tried to repopulate, it wasn't easy when majority of the Equestrians were against them and threatened their lives on a daily basis one way or another.

As Spike was passing a pear stand, he spotted an old earth pony known as Grand Pear. While many Equestrians were against the humans, there were select few who had no problems with them. Grand Pear being one of them.

“Morning, Spike.” the old pony greeted him.

“Hey, Grand Pear.” Spike greeted.

“How're you doing?” Grand Pear asked.

“Oh, same old.” Spike answered dryly.

“I know it ain't easy for ya, but ya gotta hang in there. Things are always bound to get better.”

“I really wish I had your optimism, Grand Pear.” Spike sighed.

“Here, have a pear on the house.” the old pony offered him a fresh pear.

“Thanks. See you around.” Spike said, as he continued on.

He ate his pear, while looking around the city, as some billboards flashed messages advertising rallies against the remaining humans, while another billboard advertised for a human woman named Abacus Cinch who was leader of a human-supremacist activist. While majority of the surviving humans were living lower class lives, some had worked their way up to fight for their rights. Though Spike was glad there were some groups out there to preserve human rights in a pony filled city, Abacus Cinch wasn't the kind of person he'd want to follow, especially with the rumors he heard about her cutting corners and ignoring warnings.

Spike eventually arrived at Canterlot High, where majority of the Equestrian teenage population attended. Unfortunately for him, he was the only teenage human attending, while any other human teenager would rather be home schooled or teach themselves.

As Spike made his way for the entrance, an earth pony boy wearing a letterman's jacket ran over and bumped Spike hard.

“Out of the way, freak!” the letterman jacket boy shouted. Spike frowned at who bumped him on purpose, but just ignored it and went inside.

Spike entered the building seeing other pony students were busy getting stuff from their lockers, heading to their first classes, or hanging in the halls with their friends. As he walked along the halls, every pony student shot him a nasty look or glare that screamed 'I'm gonna kill you'. Spike having endured these looks so much just kept a straight face without trying to make eye contact. Eventually he found his locker which wasn't hard to find considering it was always covered with slanderous graffiti. Spike looked at all the hurtful words the students and possibly faculty painted on his locker. He just brushed it off and opened his locker grabbing his books before heading for his first class.

Inside Spike's first class being history, his teacher was a gray coated unicorn with long black unkempt mane. He was Professor Flintheart, a pony teacher who anyone could tell was a no nonsense type just by looking at him. His cold piercing eyes looked all around the classroom as the students remained silent.

“Now then, class,” Flintheart began, “In the beginning there was both Equestrians, the pony folk as well as several other kinds. And then there were humans...”

Suddenly a snobbish voice spoke up, “The lowly primates that's are pretty much extinct because they turned into monsters!” it belonged to a pegasus boy with a light gray coat. The students laughed, as Spike knew he was directing his insult solely at him.

“That's enough, Mr. Rumble,” Flintheart stopped him, “Yes, though it remains a mystery to this very day, a virus of unknown origin infected the human race turning them into savage beasts we call Ferals. And those that remain unaffected by such outbreak were brought here to the city for their own protection against those that went savage. But it remains a bigger mystery why those who weren't effected didn't turn into Ferals themselves.”

“Maybe they are, and they just don't realize it,” Rumble answered, “They all probably have a delayed reaction. And they could turn into Ferals at any given moment. Best course of action is to just put the humans down while there's still time.” the students laughed once again, while Spike who tried to ignore Rumble's words could no longer keep it to himself.

Spike spun around and screamed in Rumble direction, “Shut your damn mouth, asshole!”

“Mr. Clawson!” Flintheart reprimanded his outburst.

Spike turned back at him, “What, you're just gonna let him say whatever he wants and get away with it?!”

“Look out, everyone, Spike Clawson's gonna turn into a Feral!” another pegasus pony named Hoops said faking fear, making the students laugh some more.

Spike frowned in his direction, “And you'd be the first to go.” he threatened him, as the rest of the classed gasped.

“Mr. Clawson!” Flintheart addressed him, “You will report to the principal's office immediately.”

Spike protested, “Oh, come on, are you ever gonna give me a break when every pony here gangs up on me?!”

“Now!” Flintheart ordered.

Spike frowned at the professor, and grabbed his stuff, before storming off, as the rest of the students laughed, until Flintheart silenced them.

“Lousy fuckin' bigots!” Spike grumbled to himself, as he stormed down the hall towards the Principal's office.

When he knocked on the door, a voice answered from inside, “Come in.”

Spike opened the door and stepped inside. There he was greeted by the school's principal Neighsay, “Mr. Clawson, here for another weekly get together?” the principal asked rhetorically.

“Not of my own accord.” Spike grumbled, as he sat before the principal's desk.

“What was it this time?” the principal asked with a sigh.

“Those pricks Rumble and Hoops bashing humankind in class like I'm not even there. And then going on about how I'm gonna turn into a Feral and that all humans should just be put down for ponies safety.” Spike explained.

Neighsay sighed again, “So what did you do?”

“Like it matters what I did? I stand up for myself and my kind I get in trouble, if I ignore it they just keep getting worse. Either way I lose.”

“Spike, I understand being the only human in this school is hard on you, but for the sake of everything try to make an attempt to not lose your nerve?”

“Why don't you ever tell that to all the other students, because they always start it.” Spike argued.

“And you think that gives you the right to finish it?” Neighsay questioned.

“Well, who else will?” Spike asked rhetorically.

“Believe me, Spike, I don't want you to think I'm your enemy, but you're not making it easy for me.”

“Not my enemy? That's a laugh!” Spike scoffed, “No one in this school is ever on my side. No one ever will be all because I'm a human!”

“Mr. Clawson!”

“Forget it, talking to you does nothing!” Spike got up and left the office with a slam of the door, leaving the principal surprised.

As Spike walked down the hall the bell had already run and everyone piled out of their first period classrooms and were on their way to the next period. Spike just kept on walking down the hall, until he was bumped on both sides by two girl ponies named Surf and Turf.

“Like why don't you watch it, creep.” Surf began.

“If we caught any disease from being close to you, we'll sue.” Turf added.

Spike scowled, “Can't be worse than the diseases you two sluts must have from fucking half the student body.”

“What'd you say?” Surf asked.

“What, hard at hearing?” Spike replied.

“Forget it, Surf,” Turf pulled her along, “Let the filthy human be. Besides, we'll let someone else deal with him.”

Spike watched the two pony girls leave acting with so much superiority they acted like they owned the city. He just ignored them and walked on, but decided not to go to his next class.

As he walked, he ended up passing by a group of eight girls who were gossiping amongst each others. Seven of them were all eighteen, while one was sixteen. The seven older girls racks sized were about the size of an F-Cup, while the youngest girl had a D-cup.

The first girl was an alicorn who had a purple coat, dark bluish purple hair, with pink and purple streaks, in a long ponytail and had glasses over her eyes. She wore a light blue blouse with purple stripes, a purple skirt with pockets, and dark blue dress shoes with pink laces. Her name was Twilight Sparkle, one of the smartest students in school, and one of the rare alicorns in the city.

The second girl was a unicorn who had a coat white as snow, long elegantly curled purple hair, and her clothing was composed of a light blue tutu shirt with a light purple skirt and purple high-heeled shoes. She was Rarity, one of the most gorgeous girls in school and known for her skill in outfit designing and generosity.

The third girl was an earth pony who had an orange coat, blonde hair in a ponytail that was covered by a stetson hat, and was wearing a white t-shirt with green sleeves, a denim skirt, and cowgirl boots. Both her shirt and shoes had apple designs. Her name was Applejack, one of the most honest girls around, and heiress to the Apple Family business. Her family makes some of the best apple based products in the city.

The fourth girl was another earth pony whose coat was pink and had big poofy pink hair. She was wearing a white tank top, a three ruffled skirt in different shades of pink, and blue wedge sandals. Everyone knew her as Pinkie Pie, the most hyperactive girl around who knew everybody around the school and the city. She was known for throwing the best kind of parties and celebrations for any occasion.

The fifth one was a pegasus who had a yellow coat and long pale pink hair. She wore an aquamarine dress with see-through sleeves and pink lace-up sandals. Everyone in school knew her as Fluttershy, the most timid yet kindest of girls there was. She had a reputation for being the animal whisperer having this talent of understanding animals.

The sixth one was another pegasus who had an athletic build, a light blue coat, and her hair was in the colors of the rainbow. Her outfit was a short sleeved blue hoodie, dark blue pants with a rainbow lightning bolt on each leg, and blue high top sneakers. She was Rainbow Dash, the top athlete in the whole school and president of every sports club.

The seventh one was a unicorn who had an amber coat, and her hair was a mix of red and blonde. She wore a black leather vest over an orange shirt, a magenta skirt, and punk-styled boots the same color as her vest. Her name was Sunset Shimmer; head of the school's disciplinary squad, and oldest daughter to Princess Celestia.

Finally the eight girl who was the youngest of them was a unicorn who had a coat colored light cerise, and her hair was a gradient of light vermilion to light amber with streaks of pale, light grayish olive that was done up in a ponytail. Her attire included brownish orange sneakers, an orange skirt, a yellow polo shirt covered by a brown open vest. She was Luster Dawn, little sister to Sunset Shimmer, youngest daughter to Celestia.

“Spike got in trouble again?” Rainbow asked Luster Dawn who had been in Spike's class.

“Yes. Rumble and Hoops talked shit about humans in class again.” Luster sighed.

“Honestly, if I had my disciplinary authority in the classroom, I'd issue both of them detention.” Sunset scowled.

“It's not fair everyone in school treats Spike like a plague, and he's got enough to deal with.” Fluttershy said trying to fight back tears.

“Everyone in school if not half the city has a problem with humans.” Twilight added.

“If humans really did have a delayed reaction you'd think it would've happened by now.” Applejack noted.

“They're just ruled by their own paranoia, Applejack, which I find disgraceful.” Rarity said with a huff.

“Well, I'm tired of doing nothing but ignoring it at school. I suggest we actually do something about it.” Pinkie spoke up.

“I agree,” Twilight agreed, “I don't care if the students here start rejecting us, because watching one student being treated like a pariah because he's different makes them the real Ferals.”

“Let's go see him.” Rarity said, until Fluttershy stopped them.

“But where could he be since he didn't go to class.”

“Don't worry. I know where he goes when he doesn't wanna go to class.” Luster said.

Up on the school's roof, Spike was sitting down looking out into the city seeing the wall that protects them from the Ferals inhabiting the outside world.

“It's out there somewhere,” Spike said to himself, “And I will find it.”

“Spike.”

Spike spun around and saw Luster Dawn approach, “Luster, what're you doing up here?”

“I'm here to see you.” she answered, as she sat beside Spike. Luster was practically the only student in Spike's grade willing to talk to him and treated him with kindness.

“And miss class? Your mom won't like that.” Spike noted.

“One missed class won't destroy my whole academic record, when I can easily bounce back from it,” she replied, “Look, Spike, what happened in class-”

“Don't, Luster,” Spike stopped her, “I can't change anyone's mind about me or my kind. And truth is I don't care anymore.”

“Spike.” Luster gasped.

“Because soon enough I'll be out of this hell hole.” Spike got up and started walking back.

“Spike.”

“Don't trouble yourself with me, Luster. I'm not worth it to anyone here.” Spike answered, as he went back down must to Luster's shock.

Spike loitered in the hallway, until the next bell rang, and the students piled out and proceeded to their next classes. As Spike walked, he was confronted by Hoops, and his two buddies Dumb Bell and Score.

“You three get out of my way.” Spike warned them.

“Or, what, shrimp?” Score pushed Spike.

“Seriously, guys. I'm not in the mood right now.” Spike continued to warn the three.

“Well, tough for you, because we're in the mood to give a beat down, and guess who's the lucky winner?” Hoops smirked.

“It's you.” Dumb Bell answered.

“Three against one? That's awfully fair.” Spike said in sarcasm.

“Shut up!” Hoops slugged Spike in the stomach making his eyes bulge.

Score and Dumb Bell grabbed Spike by the arms and pinned him against the row of lockers, while Hoops started punching Spike's all around from his stomach to his face. The students did nothing but stand around acting like they were watching cable TV.

“You have no right to be here Clawson. You're better off dead like all those other humans that were devoured by the ones that became Ferals!” Hoops berated him, while still slugging him.

“Hey!” a voice screamed, as Applejack, Rainbow Dash, and Sunset Shimmer ran over and pried the trio away from Spike and slammed them against the wall.

“You three just bought yourselves detention!” Sunset ordered, as she made out three detention forms.

“You can't do that!” Dumb Bell called.

“You know I can.” Sunset reminded him.

“It's just the loser human, what do you care?” Hoops asked.

“All students are to be treated equally!” Sunset argued.

“What's going on here?” Principal Neighsay approached.

“Principal Neighsay, these three were ganging up on Spike and look what they did.” Twilight motioned to Spike's bruised condition.

“Is this true?” Neighsay looked to the trio.

“We didn't do it.” Hoops denied.

“Yeah, he probably did it to himself just to frame us.” Score added.

“That's a dirty lie!” Applejack spoke up, “Principal Neighsay, ah saw it happen with my own eyes. These three ganged up on Spike and just mercilessly punched him.”

Neighsay squinted, before turning to the trio, “You three my office now!”

“What? She's lying like Sunset!” Score accused.

“Applejack doesn't lie.” Neighsay reminded them of Applejack's known reputation of being honest.

The three grumbled, as Sunset slyly held out their detention slips, “Don't forget these.” The three just took the slips and tore them in half and dropped them to the floor.

“They can't do that!” Luster frowned.

“Don't worry, Principal Neighsay will handle them.” Sunset assure her.

Meanwhile, after all the students moved onto their next classes, the girls gathered around Spike and helped him up, “Are you ok?” Fluttershy asked.

“Fine.” Spike answered, as he looked away. While he knew the girls from listening to gossips and watching them from afar, he never personally conversed with any of them. Even though a side of him thought they were attractive and too good for so many of the jerks he knew in school, they never really paid him any mind before, except for the occasional look that didn't have hatred like how every other student looked at him.

“Those guys sure got you good.” Pinkie noted.

“Do you need the nurse?” Twilight offered.

“It's fine.” Spike answered, without looking at her.

“Hey, I want you to know you sure took that like a man.” Rainbow commended him.

“I doubt anyone else could've taken that many hits without crying uncle.” Sunset added.

Spike turned to them angry and had tears in his eyes, “I don't need your pity!” he shouted.

“Spike.” Rarity and Luster gasped.

“Just leave me alone, all of you!” Spike turned and bolted.

“Spike!” Twilight called.

“Well, that didn't go well.” Fluttershy sighed.

“He has every right to feel that way.” Rarity noted.

“We shouldn't have started so late with showing we care about him.” Applejack sighed in regret.

“So now what?” Rainbow asked.

“Right now we need to get to class, we'll figure something out later.” Twilight said, as they all reluctantly headed for their next classes.

Spike left the school, and started running back towards his apartment, thinking to himself, 'It's settled, I'm never going back there again.' he kept on running before he finally reached his apartment.

He went inside, dropping his bag to the floor. He walked over to a wall that had maps and graphs stuck to it. The maps were of the world beyond the walled city of Canterlot, where several other cities and towns stood, but were presumably overrun with Ferals, but in the farthest reach across the land was a location marked 'The Garden'.

Spike tapped the spot on the map, “Soon, I'll be there,” Spike then walked over to his closet, and opened it up.

Hanging up was a purple armored chest piece while hidden under a sheet below it was a pair of purple gauntlets, boots, and a helmet shaped like a dragon's head with a visor.

He smiled at the devices, “Yes, after a month of development and setbacks I'm ready to get out of this dump and find the Garden. Then I'll really belong.” he told himself.