Route 116

I was alone on Route 116, walking and hoping to find a safe place soon. I've never been the kind of social person, but I do miss the others. Crazy how everything went to shit so quickly. I have been attacked, shot at, and even my right wing is torn to shreds. After a while of endless walking in the scorching heat, unable to fly in the cool wind current above, I finally found a small town with a billboard that portrayed neon letters, spelling "Pleasentvill". Looked safe, no one seemed to be in there from where i could see, so I decided to make my way in. I jump over a rugged fence to get to the other side, but then I noticed there were barbs all along the other side of the fence when i landed. I heard some groaning noises coming from different places and I knew I made a mistake by coming here. I started to walk again and look around. All the buildings seemed abandoned, but there was ponies here for sure.

There was a house on the right which seemed to be a nice place to stay. The windows were all boarded up and the door seemed blocked. I wanted to make sure no one was in there so I decided to knock on the door first. During a few seconds, I didn't hear anything. Then I heard some hoofsteps coming closer to the door quickly. I heard banging noises and groans. I slowly started to walk back but then the door exploded into pieces and two creatures came out. Dammit! All I had is a military combat knife which was attached to my hoof. I swung it in the air and I hit the first zombie pony right in the neck and killed him. Then the second one came to attack me, but I fought back and pierced him right in his chest. He fell on the ground and died. I never ever thought I would have to kill someday to survive.

A smell of rotten flesh slowly started to get to my nose. Ugh! That makes you want to throw up all of your guts. I decided to get in the house and look for supplies. The smell was still there, but I was slowly getting used to it. I got lucky and found a few good things inside this place. There was a energy bar left in a shelf inside the kitchen and a cleaver on the table inside the living room. I left what I had in my backpack here but I kept my knife on me. I knew I would come back because I would make refuge here and stay for the night. I went outside and I saw a seafood restaurant across from this house on the other side of the street. The windows were broken and I could see there was nopony inside. I decided to go in and look for something to eat and maybe other types of supplies. I found nothing at first, but when I went in the kitchen, I found 4 fillets of salmon and a 2Lt bottle of milk. I have to admit that I smiled. I looked around even more and found a blender and a portable electric stove. I didn't really know if it would be useful but I took it with me anyway.

When I got out of the restaurant, I saw something...just...horrible. There was a bunch of zombie ponies over what seemed to be another restaurant. They were eating other ponies, I could tell by the screams and all the noises they were making. I felt so...weak because I knew I couldn't help them. All I could do is...watch them being eaten alive. I didn't stay any longer and went back to the house quickly. I knew I still had some time before night so I decided to fortify the house more to be safer. Especially with that horde of zombies outside. I went upstairs and discovered a bed. It didn't take too long until I decide to jump on it. Ahh! I was finally able to relax after all I've been through today. I fell asleep quickly and slept for the night.

I woke up early in the morning, feeling stronger than yesterday. I heard my belly growling for food, but I didn't listen to it. I knew I had to try my best to save my supplies for when I really need them. I carefully opened the door and looked outside. No sound, no movement, nothing. The place really seemed deserted this time. I decided to grab my backpack, fill it up with all my stuff and went out.

I went to what seemed to be a Ponydex building. As I looked through a window, I saw two zombie ponies inside the place. I decided to go in the back of the building and I saw a door opened. I sneaked in and went behind one of the zombie ponies. I tried to stab him in the back but I missed and fell down on some dusty shelves. The noises alerted the second zombie pony who came right away. I cut the first one in the face with my knife and he fell on the floor, groaning in pain. The second came to attack me. He used his right hoof and whacked it in my face. Oh, that bastard was not going to get away with this! I swung my knife in his neck and decapitated him. AH! He got what he deserved! After all of this, I look around to find stuff. I successfully found 3 rolls of duct tape, 1 box of nails and a glow stick. As I went outside the building, the first zombie pony grabbed me by the hind leg and tried to bite me. I tried to push him away and I fell down, knocking my head on the ground during the shock. It hurt, but I was feeling good enough swing my hoof in the air and stab the zombie pony right in the neck as he tried to attack me again.

I slowly got up, still feeling a bit knocked out and slowly walked over to the other restaurant across the street and next to the sea food restaurant. On my way there, I saw those two ponies from yesterday...well, what used to be ponies. All that was left of them on the ground was bones, flesh and a lot of blood...Damn. I didn't look at them any longer and went to the restaurant. The windows were broken on that building and I saw that there was a zombie inside. He was just standing there, looking up at the ceiling. I don't know why, but I didn't trust that zombie. I mean, why would he just stay there? I don't know. I didn't take any risks and decided to go around the restaurant to sneak in from behind. When I went there, I heard a huge machine noise. The typical "Katchik!" noise. I slowly turned around to see that there was a pony in a military suit on the other side of the river. He was on top of a big fence and he had his weapon aimed at me. I was really scared and I didn't want him to shoot, so I raised my right hoof in the air and said "I'm not a zombie, please don't shoot!" He still flipped the cap of the firing mechanism and got ready to shoot.

Without hesitation, I ran away to be out of reach. All I heard after is a big explosion noise. I saw the restaurant being destroyed and falling apart into the river. I decided to go to the gun store. On my way over there, I saw that one of the two devoured ponies on the ground was holding a Henry rifle which had 6 rounds out of 12 left. I decided to take it with me and get inside the gun store. As I looked inside from a window, I saw two more zombie ponies. This time though, they saw me. They started to walk fast toward me and I decided to use the rifle I just found. I took it with both of my hooves as I leaned against the door way. I looked down my sight and shot two bullets into the zombies' heads. Before they started to smell too much, I pull their rotting bodies away from the store.

Then I entered the gun store and looked around for supplies. I discovered a workbench and I decide to leave the duct tape rolls and the box of nails on it. I looked around a bit more and found a medium sized military backpack which contained 4 empty water bottles in it and some Henry rifle ammo. I then filled the 4 empty bottles I found with the 2Lt bottle of milk that I had. After, I plugged the blender and the portable electric stove in an outlet. luckily, there was still electricity in this town. I fortified the store so I would be able to stay there for the night, since it was now too late to go back in the other house. Good thing I had all my stuff in my bag. There was no bed, but I used my backpack as a pillow and fell asleep quite quickly.