Night of the Living Ponies

As the six of us stood there, hopelessly trapped and watching hordes of zombies rise from the ground, I could tell we were all thinking the same thing, that we were doomed. To all our surprise, the princess showed up out of nowhere, likely through teleportation, and she approached Nightmare Moon and said,"Let them go!", then she hesitated and said,"Take me instead.". Nightmare Moon was just as surprised as we were, as she questioned what the princess had said, as if she was hearing things, and the princess repeated,"I said take me instead. I offer my life to trade theirs.". Nightmare Moon laughed again and said,"I accept your offer, however I will not kill you just yet. I will torture you and put through excruciating pain that will likely kill you before I do." The princess sighed and responded,"Fine, but let them go first." Nightmare Moon coughed and then said,"Very well.", as she released the restraining spell. The others ran away, most likely to think of a retaliation plan, but i stared in disbelief at the princess. I almost could not believe what just happened, it was likely that she wouldn't have done if she didn't think we could beat Nightmare Moon, so i then turned and followed the others. I followed them to a hollow hidden under a tree that belonged to one of Fluttershy's woodland critters. Once we were all in, I asked if anypony had a plan. None of the plans made any sense or were too dumb or risky, except Rainbow Dash's. She suggested that we split up and make our way to our respective elements in our houses, taking out as many zombies as we could on our way. She also said since Fluttershy was so cowardly and shy that she would go with her to Fluttershy's cottage, then to her mansion, and then send Fluttershy to the hollow while she went to help out anypony in trouble. We all agreed. As I made my way to the library I was stopped by Lyra, who was fighting of a large group of zombies. I went to assist her, but as I got close enough to one of the zombies, I could hear it saying something. It sounded like it was saying, in umbra luna est, which was latin for, In the shadow of the moon. I also heard, Nocte, again, latin, for night. I don't know why it was saying this, but it definitely had something to do with Nightmare Moon. As we cleared out the area of the horde, I said to Lyra,"Follow me.", and she did. We bolted for the library, but were again stopped by another horde of zombies. We tried fighting them off, but Lyra was getting overwhelmed. I ran over to try and help her, but it was too late. The zombies were already tearing into her flesh, ripping her to shreds as they feasted like a pack of wild dogs. As I cleared out the last of the zombies, I ran over to Lyra's corpse. In just a matter of seconds, she was reduced to nothing but bone and a pool of blood. I was horrified. Then something strange happened, her bones started coming back together almost like timberwolves. As the bones were put back together she said,moriere, latin for, you will die. I started backing away as she walked toward me. I didn't want to do it, she was my friend. I knew i had to though, that moment I made a decision that will haunt forever. I charged up a powerful spell and blew her to smitherines. I already regretted it. I started running for the library again. Thankfully, not being interrupted on the way. I made my way through the doorway, barricading it behind me. I went to the secret room where i kept the element, opened it and retrieved it. As I un-barricaded the door, i was greeted by more zombies. Luckily, I had the element and defeated them easily. When i reached the hollow beneath the tree, I was glad to see Fluttershy, safe and sound."Did you get the element?", I asked her. She replied yes and I placed mine next to hers. I didn't want to go back outside, in fear of having to kill another friend, but I knew i had to. As i ran out, I stopped dead in my tracks as I saw Bon Bon get swarmed by zombies. She was already a pile of bones, which, again reconstructed and chased after me. Again, I regretted killing her, even if it was her skeleton. It was going to be a long, painful night.