The Last of Us

by BlackRainboom

Rating: teen
Tags: Dark, Sad, Gore, Original Character, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
Length: 6745

Four ponies survived after a horrible virus wiped out the pony race either killing them or turning them into mutants who walk the streets at night. But this virus has a dark backstory and everything might not be as it seems.

Four ponies survived the viral outbreak that wiped out the pony race and caused some to come back as mutants that walk the streets at night. But this virus has a dark backstory and everything might not be a it seems.

Published 2013-07-02 22:10:01 UTC
Last updated 2013-08-24 20:03:34 UTC

The Last of Us

Chapter 1: The Last of Us

Thunder Roller walked the streets of Ponyville. Or at least what was left of it. It had been four years since the virus struck Equestria. Everyone she knew had been killed by it, or had turned into one of those things, the things that came out at night. Anyone that had managed to not get the virus was killed by them. She was the last one, she walked the streets alone with not a pony to talk to for four long years. She wished she had gotten the virus as well so this nightmare could end. As far as she knew no pony in all of Equestria had survived. The virus had started somewhere in the Manehattan area and spread like wildfire. Within the week Canterlot had fallen to the virus and the beloved Princess Celestia was killed defending her citizens from the mutants. As for Luna, she was one of first in Canterlot to get it. She died within the hour. The virus then spread all over. Fillydelphia, Cloudsdale, even The Crystal Empire. Six months after the virus had started it ended, having killed everyone. Thunder Roller had luckily been out on a camping trip with Rainbow Dash when the virus hit Ponyville. By the time they had returned all of Ponyville, dead including Princess Twilight Sparkle and the other bearers of the Elements of Harmony. Rainbow Dash could not get over the grief of loosing her friends. The next day Thunder Roller found Dash lying face down on the ground. She had shot herself in the head over losing her best friends. From that moment on Thunder Roller walked alone. She was a scavenger eating whatever food she could find. Always inside in the dark. It wasn't safe at night. She thought she would walk alone. She thought she was the last of us.

Rough Charger galloped through the back alleys of Fillydelphia. The mutants were on his ass, again. He was reckless, he was brave, he would never back down to a fight. But that usually got him into trouble, as in this case. He felt it was his obligation to kill the mutants. He believed that if he did, he might be able to finally live out the rest of his days in peace even if he was alone. So this night was just like any night. He went out to kill as many mutants as possible and it usually ended up with him killing one or two mutants and then being chased all over the city by the rest of them. Sometimes he was forced to run all night before the mutants were forced to go inside due to their intolerance to sunlight. Other nights he would manage to get back to the bunker he called home. It was a bunker that was built many yeas ago during the pony cold war. It could withstand anything making it the perfect place to live in this apocalyptic world. Every day seemed the same since everypony died. He had no one left his family was gone, killed or turned into mutants. So were his friends. He had figured out quite early that he was immune. As everyone else died around him he did not. Some days he wished he had died so he was not so alone. Some nights he stared up at the sky when he was running and wondered if anypony else was out there. But in his heart he knew no one else was there. In his heart he knew he was the last of us.

Cloud Flicker flew through the skies of Cloudsdale. Around an empty city. Not a soul in sight. There hadn't been a soul in sight for four long years. He flew every day desperately hoping to see someone else flying through the skies. For four years he had never seen anypony. They were all dead. Killed by the virus. Or turned into mutants. The weather factory was silent no clouds had come out of it for four years. The weather never changed. For four years the weather had not changed . He had lived these four years scavenging for food among the cloud streets, still living in his house. Except his house didn't feel like his anymore. His house had been lively and full of noise and laughter from the parties he loved to throw. But those parties, happened no more all the people that went to them, dead. He never talked not even to himself. What was the point of talking when there would never be another pony to hear him. The only way he could get away from it all was to fly. So he flew every day it felt great with the wind in his mane and his wings spread out wide. But every time he flew he always ended up looking for another pony. But he never found one. He knew he never would. He thought he was the last of us.

Sky Dreamer gazed out the window of her Manehattan apartment at a destroyed city. Dead bodies lined the streets and mutants stalked the same streets at night. She had nothing to do. For four long years she had nothing to do. All she ever did was stay in her apartment. Occasionally leaving her apartment to go steal food from others apartments. They wouldn't mind it missing they were all dead anyways. She desperately wished she had died too. But she was immune and doomed to live in this living hell. The only joy anything brought her anymore were her books. In her books everyone wasn't dead. People were happy and nothing bad seemed to happen. It was the old Equestria not the cruel world Equestria had become. This Equestria was full of dead bodies and mutants. Never changing weather and not a soul to talk to. It was the Equestria she thought she lived in by herself. She thought she was the last of us.

They were all wrong.

Author's Note

My 2nd fanfic. Once again comments and criticisms welcome.

Cloud Flicker- I'm Tired of Waiting

Cloud Flicker- I'm Tired of Waiting

Cloud Flicker was horrified. People were dying all around him. The screams of agony came from everywhere, from every corner of Equestria it seemed. Soon the dead bodies filled the streets and the stench of death hung in the air. As night fell some of the bodies started to change. They started to spontaneously shake and foam at the mouth. Their eyes appeared to melt out of their sockets and were replaced by a ghostly red flickering light where there eyes used to be. One stood up and let out a blood-curdling scream. It proceed to charge at Cloud Flicker who was frozen in fear. The mutant jumped, coming in for the kill.

"NO!"screamed Cloud Flicker waking up in a cold sweat.

Calm down, calm down. It was only just a dream. The mutants didn't get me.

Cloud Flicker then proceeds to walk downstairs where he is greeted by a cold and empty house as usual. He had a breakfast of some hay and daisies and proceeded to walk outside where he was greeted by a cold and empty Cloudsdale. He started his daily fly over of the city looking for possibly another person that survived. He didn't know why he did this anymore. For four years he had not found anyone why did he think it was going to work now? This city used to be alive and thriving and there was always another pony to talk to and say hello. But these days it was a city full of shadows and memories. He passed the Cloudsdale Colosseum in all its glory. He remembered going to see he Wonderbolts here as a little colt. He remembered the best young flyer competition from five years ago with Rainbow Dash and the Sonic Rainboom and the competition from last year which he entered, but lost. All these memories brought tears to his eyes. Those were the good old days when he threw parties every Friday and invited all his friends, when he went to the racing track and raced other Pegasi, when he would go to the bar and drink with his bros. But those were all memories now. All the people that came to his parties died, all the people he raced with died, and even his bros had died. At that moment Cloud Flicker felt just how alone he really was in this world. As far as he knew there would never be another pony to talk to, to comfort him. Then Cloud Flicker broke down. After four years he finally broke down. He sat in the middle of the street sobbing uncontrollably.

"Why did this happen to me! Why am I one the one who is cursed to live here! It's not fair!!!" Cloud Flicker screamed to the heavens.

"I didn't bucking ask for this! What did I ever do to deserve this! Why! Why! Why!"

Finally after sobbing and screaming for a good half hour he finally went home, but not to stay. He wasn't in Cloudsdale any longer. He was either going to find another pony or die in the attempt. He couldn't live with himself if he didn't try to find someone else. So he packed up his things, but left his memories behind. He waited until the black of night and left the house. He flew away into the crisp night air and before he left he turned around and gave Cloudsdale a salute. Once a proud city now empty and with that he flew away into the crisp night air never to return.

Author's Note

The chapters are going to be split up by individual character until they find each other. So lets say Thunder and Charger find each other then there would be chapters with both Thunder Roller and Rough Charger. So they would each no longer have their own individual chapter. I'll be gone until the 13th so don't expect another chapter until then.

Rough Charger- Ring The Bell

Rough Charger- Ring The Bell

It was food day again. The day Rough Charger had to go to the warehouses and collect his food. Seems easy enough right? Well you would be wrong. The warehouses and other dark buildings are the perfect hideout for mutants during the night. Today there was another problem. Rough Charger had slept in on accident and by the time he woke up it was almost three o'clock. Rough Charger burst out of bed and went to gather his weapons.

Buck! I can't believe I slept in on food day on all days.

So Rough Charger gathered his weapons. It wasn't much of a supply anymore only a crossbow with 5 or 6 bolts and a machete. And so Rough Charger set off to the food warehouses over by the docks with a crossbow in his hooves and a machete on his back. This was a relatively long walk and could take as long as 3 hours to get there as the warehouses were on the other side of Fillydelphia from his bunker. So Rough Charger walked. He passed many famous landmarks such as The Celestial Bell and Independence Hall. As he walked he sung a song.

"And even though I am the last of us!"
"I carry on!"
"With a hope that I am wrong!"
"And maybe somepony else is out there!"
"And their singing the same song!"

After walking for two and half hours or so he reached the food warehouse. The warehouse was full of all sorts of food and enough of it to survive the rest of his lifetime. The key to getting food was stealth. If he slipped once or knocked over a can of something it could wake up the mutants. The door to the warehouse was always barely cracked open just enough to let a pony slip in. And so he slipped in quiet as he could possibly be. He walked through the aisles shoving as much food as he possibly could into the backpack on his back. This took only about 15 minutes before his pack was full and it was time to head out. But as he was walking out he slipped knocking over some cans. Then all of a sudden hundreds of red flickering lights filled the warehouse. The eyes of mutants. Rough Charger was so scared he could hardly move, that is until one of the mutants let out a vicious howl and charged him. So Rough Charger ran like hell. Somehow none of the mutants cut off his path to the exit and he got outside. Only it was already night and the mutants were closing in. So he galloped as fast he possibly could with the howls of the mutants right behind him. He managed to get about a mile before the mutants cut him off from the front. At this point he ran for the nearest door which happened to be the bottom of the Celestial Bell. Rough Charger slammed the door shut and ran to the middle of the room. When suddenly red flickering lights filled the room.

I'm a bucking idiot! How could I forget mutants were in here!

Rough Charger was trapped and there was only one way to go. Up the staircase to the bell. So he galloped up the spiral stairs with mutants right behind him. He made it to the top and slammed the hatch shut behind him and locked it. At this point he knew exactly what he was going to do. Ring the bell. Anypony within a hundred miles will hear it. And if nobody hears it and comes to help he will be dead. And so with the mutants banging on the hatch he rang the bell. The sound filled the night air and the mutants started to howl and one pony who had left Cloudsdale heard the call.

Author's Note

The 3rd chapter! If anyone is willing to do some actual cover art for me it would be a great help.

Cloud Flicker- I Heard The Bells

Cloud Flicker- I Heard The Bells

Cloud Flicker had left Cloudsdale. He left in hopes of maybe finding another pony out there. After four years he was tired of being alone. He vowed he would search every corner of Equestria. But he needed a place to start. He decided on the nations capitol of Canterlot. Even though he knew the chances of finding a person there were slim. He remembered that TV broadcast four and a half years ago. He was with his friends in his house. The virus had come down upon Canterlot. Anyone that survived was brought back into the inner castle. But that night the mutants came. The world watched in horror as the mutants slowly broke down the gates, and when the gates did finally fall how Princess Celestia bravely stepped between the mutants and her people only to be overwhelmed by the mutants. Our last god had fallen. Luna had died weeks before of the disease. Hope was lost. Within a month the virus had reached Cloudsdale and within a month it had left. Everyone in Cloudsdale was either dead or walked the streets at night with flickering red eyes except for the pony with the turquoise mane. Cloud Flicker.

Slowly Canterlot came into view. What was once the proud capitol of a proud nation, was now in shambles. Many of the buildings were burned down in the riots that had started after the virus began. Celestias tower had fallen over and Lunas looked like it would fall any day now. It was deathly quiet in Canterlot. Well of course who would be making noise during the day? So Cloud Flicker walked the streets of an abandoned capitol calling out for someone, anyone. All he got in response was the occasional howl of a mutant. After about four hours he realized this was a lost cause and decided to leave the capitol. His plan was to then go to Manehatten and after that swoop back around and hit Fillydelphia and Baltimare. Cloud Flicker flew onwards through the night flying for Manehattan following the carriage roads. After a few hours Fillydelphias skyline came to view far to the west. And as he flew by he heard a noise. A bell. Ringing through the night. He knew this wasn't just any bell this was The Celestial Bell. And someone was ringing it. Cloud Flicker burst off towards the skyline of the once thriving metropolis with the sounds of bells ringing in his ears. As he got closer his suspicions were confirmed, it was the Celestial Bell that was ringing and somepony was ringing it. He was getting ready to land when he noticed suddenly more people were standing next to the bell. But these ones had ghostly red eyes and they were attacking the pony ringing the bell.

No this isn't how it all ends! I did not come all this way to see possibly the last pony in Equestria besides me die!

With tears in his eyes he burst forward grabbed the pony being attacked by mutants and flew off into the night sky. Suddenly the city was lit up by a turquoise glow and he looked behind him and a turquoise ring was extending out about a mile back and turquoise trail of light was coming out of him.

A sonic rainboom! Never thought I would do that ever.

Cloud Flicker landed on the roof of a nearby building and wept. After four years he had finally found another pony. The other pony appeared to be unconscious probably having been knocked out by the mutants and he appeared to have no wounds. But it did not matter. After four long years with not another pony to talk to he had finally found someone.

He was not alone anymore and determined to be never alone again.

Author's Note

4th Chapter yay! I will be going to Maine on the 18th but I am going to try and do another chapter before then.

Thunder Roller: The Note

Thunder Roller: The Note

Thunder Roller was in an abandoned Ponyville. Everyone had been killed by the virus by the time she and Rainbow had returned from Ponyville. They spent the night in Rainbows cloud house trying to comprehend what had happened. Rainbow was crushed that her friends had died. Eventually Thunder got a few hours of restless sleep before waking up at about seven. Rainbow was nowhere to be seen. She checked the entire house. No Rainbow Dash.

Oh my Celestia! What if something horrible happened!

Thunder Roller burst out the front door of Rainbows house and screamed.

"Rainbow Dash! Where are you?! Are you okay?!"

She got no response. Thunder Roller quickly swooped down into Ponyville and started looking for Rainbow Dash. She searched all day and all night to no avail. She searched in every building but in some she found horrible deformed ponies with flickering red lights for eyes. They would not come out into the sun for some reason. Dead ponies were everywhere. Her former friends. Cloud Kicker she found lying dead inside her house killed by the virus. Same with Vinyl, Octavia, Derpy, Lyra, Applejack, Rarity. All her friends gone. And the last friend she had was missing. Thunder Roller was panicking at this point, something she did not usually do. Rainbow Dash could have been killed by those mutant ponies flown off and gotten lost. Thunder Roller was running out of places to look but then she remembered one last place she hadn't looked.

The lake! Of course!

Thunder Roller flew off toward the lake as fast as her wings could carry her. As she approached she noticed something down on the shore of the lake. It looked like a rock from afar but as she got closer she knew it had to be a pony. It was Rainbow Dash lying face down and unmoving. She tried to tell herself it was something else. Maybe another Cyan Pegasus or just an illusion but as she got even closer there was no mistaking who it was.

Thunder Roller burst towards the ground landing near the Cyan Pegasus. She was obviously dead. A bullet hole through her head and a gun lying next to her. Also lying next to her was a note. Holding back tears Thunder Roller picked up the note and started to read.

Dear Thunder,
I'm sorry that I had to do this. But I just can't live the rest of my life like this. Without my friends. They meant the world to me and I can't live without them. I love you Thunder Roller and I'm sorry it had to end like this. But don't worry one day we will fly together again in pony heaven.

Love,
Rainbow Dash

Thunder Roller was openly crying at this moment the tears streaming down her face. Her last friend in this unforgiving world was gone. She curled up next to Rainbow Dashs body sobbing. And she stayed like this all night almost like a vigil over her friends body.

Thunder Roller suddenly jerked awake and a Turquoise light was shining from outside. And as she looked out in the distance she saw the unmistakable glowing ring of a sonic rainboom.

Either a mutant did a sonic rainboom or some other pony is alive.

Thunder Roller was giddy with excitement as she started packing her bags to go to the source of this rainboom and find possibly the only other pony left alive.

Author's Note

If you can't tell that whole thing was a dream that Thunder Roller had reliving Rainbows death. Hope you like it! :)

Rough Charger- I Found A Friend

Rough Charger: I Found A Friend

Rough Charger slowly opened his eyes. He looked to the left and there was a pony sitting next to him.

"Oh good you're awake." exclaimed the pony.

Rough Charger tried to get up but was hit by a blinding pain in his chest.

"Sorry about that but when I saved you from them mutants I may have accidentally broken some of your ribs." said the pony who put on a cheesy grin.

"So who are you?" asked Rough Charger who was now surging with excitement. He wasn't the last pony alive.

"My name is Cloud Flicker. I'm from Cloudsdale. And you?"

"Hey Cloud Flicker. I'm Rough Charger. I'm from Fillydelphia obviously. By the way thanks for saving my flank from those mutants"

"Oh its no big deal. What was I supposed to do? Let possibly the last pony in Equestria besides me die?"

"That makes sense." said Rough Charger who was grinning. "But wait where exactly are we?"

"Oh. Were just on top of some random building their was nowhere else to go.But now that your awake you can tell me where your house is."

Rough Charger looked over the city determining their location.

"Its about 5 blocks that way. Its and old bunker from the Pony Cold War." said Rough Charger pointing south.

"Okay hop on my back I'll fly us down to the ground." said Cloud Flicker gesturing for Charger to hop on.

Rough Charger grimaced and in immense pain slowly trotted over to Cloud Flicker and sat down on his back.

"You better hold on." said Cloud Flicker as he burst off into the sky making a slow descent toward the ground.

They soon landed and Rough Charger rolled off Clouds back and onto the ground wincing as he stood back up.

"I'm gonna need help walking 5 blocks."

"Don't worry I'll help you. Put your leg around my shoulder for support."

And so Rough Charger and Cloud Flicker set off slowly trotting down the street. They talked about anything and everything. Life before the virus. Their families, hobbies, their ex marefriends, you name it. It was a site to behold. Two stallions walking down an empty street, through an empty city. Vines growing up the once active high rises whose windows were now shattered hollow husks of what had once been one of the proudest cities in Equestria. A moment in time that perfectly captured what this post-apocalyptic world was, a dark and empty place. Their walking came to an end soon enough as they reached Chargers bunker.

"Hey Cloud Flicker will you get the key out of my bag?" said Rough Charger.

"Sure man."

Cloud Flicker took the key and opened the bunker. It was a nice place really. It seemed like Rough Charger had everything he needed really. It even had electricity thanks to the bunker having its own generator. He had a bed in the corner a kitchen. A little reading area. It was a quaint place.

"So Cloud, I guess you can sleep on the couch because the bed is my turf." said Rough Charger grinning

"Okay, that's cool." said Cloud Flicker throwing his stuff on the couch.

"You know what Cloud, I'm really tired i think I'm gonna hit the hay early. We can go get supplies to fix my ribs tomorrow."

"Okay that's fine. I'm gonna hit the day too."

"Goodnight Cloud." said Rough Charger as he went to go turn off the light.

"Night Charger."

Charger turned off the light and got into bed. As he stared up at the ceiling he smiled. He hadn't just found another pony. He'd found a friend.

Sky Dreamer- Dust In The Wind

Sky Dreamer- Dust In The Wind

Sky Dreamer was sitting on her balcony on the 63rd floor of Manehattans premier urban apartment building. Staring out over a city in ruins. It was once a spectacular view, you could even see Celestial Island, where the great Statue of Celestia once sat. It had once been the worlds largest statue. It pictured Celestia holding up the sun in her hooves staring out over the ocean beyond. It had fallen three years before. Bodies lined the streets many feet below her. Casualties of the virus that had swept her nation. They were skeletons now, and among those skeletons were everypony she had come to know and love over the years. All swept away in a matter of days. Like dust in the wind. So for four years she had never left her apartment building. Unable to cope with the apocalyptic world outside. She kept herself sane by reading and writing poetry and staring out over an empty city. As she looked over the ruins she closes her eyes and remembers what this view looked like before the outbreak. A city so full of culture, prosperity, and life. Carriages packed the streets, ponies talking as they walked, restaurants with all sorts of foods lined the streets. And then it all turned to dust and blew away replaced with the ruins of what once had been. Sky had had enough of gazing and decided to go write some poetry, maybe something about Equestria. She walked over to her writing desk and went to work. Writing and erasing and trying again until finally she had finished. The poem said.

I dream of a land
A land of hope and life
A land of peace and joy
Of love and kindness
And of heart and soul
A perfect world in many ways
That we thought would last to the end of days.
We were wrong.
I dream of Equestria
But Equestria is no more.

It was one of her better poems. She nodded in approval and put it in her folder with the hundreds of other poems she had written over these last few years.

Maybe I should read a book.

Sky walked over to her large shelve of books. Their were thousands of them. Books of every shape and size and of every subject. As she was scanning the bookshelf looking for a book to read she came across a photo album. She picked it up. On the front it said.

Sky Dreamer Age 12-22

Sky smiled and decided to look through it. It brought back memories. There she was with her parents at her favorite hotdog stand at the corner of 8th and 14th. There she was meeting Princess Celestia after winning a poetry contest in high school. There she was with her parents on the balcony of the apartment she had grown up in. There she was at the prom with Josh, her boyfriend. She had to stop for moment to wipe away the tears. That last picture really brought back memories.

I love that pony. We were going to get married. He was the greatest I had ever met.

Sky continued on. There she was graduating high school at the top of her class. There she was with Josh on her first day at Manehattan School of The Arts. There she was graduating from The School of Her Arts. There she was at her first day as work as a weather pony, she had been the only unicorn to ever be weather pony in the history of Manehattan. And finally there was Josh proposing to her. The week after the virus hit and Josh and everyone else was blown away. Sky glanced at the clock.

Its getting late. Better hit the hay

As she slept she dreamed of her friends and family but they suddenly blew away. Like dust in the wind.

Author's Note

Heh heh heh. Kansas reference.

Cloud Flicker- Wait, what was that?!

Cloud Flicker slept peacefully for the first time in months. She woke up to the sound of cereal being poured into a bowl. Cloud flipped over onto his side to the sight of Rough Charger gleefully munching on some cereal.

Rough Charger noticed him sitting up "Oh good, you're awake. You want something to eat or drink?" he said.

"I could sure go for some cranberry juice right now. But as for food I'm fine." said Cloud who came to a sudden realization.

"Hey! How are you walking around perfectly?! I though your ribs were broken!"

"Oh about that. I stocked up on medications when I realized I was immune to the virus. I realized I would end up needing them for something like this and I had just the thing. My ribs aren't completely healed but I'll manage." said Rough Charger as he poured Cloud her cranberry juice and handed it to her.

"Thanks for the juice." said Cloud who quickly started chugging it down.

"Today I should probably give you a tour of the city. So you know how to get around when we go out on supply missions and such. Sound good?"

"Yeah that's a good idea. I really don't want to get lost out there after dark."

Rough Charger drank the dregs of milk out of the bottom of his cereal bowl and slammed it down on the table. "Lets get going shall we?"

"Okay lets go!"

"First I want to show you the weapon rack." Rough walked over to a seemingly normal wall and pushed his hoof down on something which caused the wall to flip around displaying a rack of weapons. All that was left was two crossbows and a couple of bolts.

Rough threw a crossbow and one bolt at Cloud.

"It's not much but it is all we got for now. Don't shoot unless you absolutely have to. Got it?"

"Got it."

"Okay then follow me and lets start this tour."

The two ponies walked out into the sunlight. Rough walked over to the nearest street sign.

"As you can see we are on 17th street. Since we will only be going on the north side of the city if you get lost and find 17th street always take a right and you will eventually make it back. Got it?"

"Got it."

So the two ponies walked through the abandoned city. Rough Charger pointing out important landmarks and locations with Cloud Flicker listening intently. After a couple of hours they reached the warehouse district.

"Okay Cloud. This is where we will go to get supplies when needed. The warehouses are filled with plenty of food and water and an assortment of other goods that are helpful to our survival. The bad news is none of these warehouses hold weapons. That is the reason we are painfully low on weapon supplies. This is also where the tour ends. Let us turn around."

So they trotted back to the bunker at a brisk pace. They needed to get back before dark. But on the way back something caught Clouds eye. As the two were crossing an intersection out of the corner of her eye thought she saw a pony wearing a radiation suit. She turned her head suddenly to see an open manhole and a pony quickly jumping into it down the sewers.

"Rough did you see that! Some pony wearing a radiation suit just jumped in that manhole!"

"Okay, that is really weird. Leave the pony alone for now. We will come back tomorrow to take a closer look."

"Okay."

The two got back to the bunker at sunset and ate a dinner of daisy sandwiches. That night Cloud Flickers dream were a haunted by that mysterious pony. He was chasing her and she didn't know why."

Author's Note

Cranberry juice! Are you happy!

Sky Dreamer- An Unpleasant Truth

Sky Dreamer- An Unpleasant Truth

Sky woke up groggily having slept very unpleasantly, her dreams haunted by her dead family and friends.She went over to the mirror and brushed her mane. She wondered why she even bothered anymore. She but down her brush and stared at herself. What she saw was not herself. It was a pony who had given up any hope of success. A pony who had finally accepted defeat. And she didn't like it. She didn't like it one bit.

I can't give up. No I won't give up. I haven't given up for four years and I sure as hell am not giving up now!

And so she went to the cubbard to get a quick breakfast. But when she opened it there was no food.

God dammit! Now I have to find some food.

So she opened the door to her apartment and walked down the hallway. She stopped at room 117. She remembered the pony who lived there. His name was Sparkling Flame or something like that. He was a scientist who was always locked away in his apartment doing something.

Maybe I can find some food in his apartment.

It was one of the few apartments n the building she had not salvaged any food left from, but I guess now was a good a time as ever. The door was lucked so Sky bucked it down with her two hind legs and walked inside. She scavenged the apartment looking in every nook and cranny for any food. She was rewarded with some oats and water she found in a cubbard. As she was walking out the door she knocked over a book on the table. She picked it up and looked at the title.

My personal journal. It read. Obviously Sparklings journal.

I'll take it with me. I need something new to read anyway.

And so Sky read as she walked up the stairs. She started with the first entry.

Sept 1st 2013- Production of KAP117 has begun. We hope to finish in a few months. In which time Equestria will be on it's knees!

What the buck is KAP117!? And how did he know about the virus!?

She continued to read. The journal just seemed to keep going through KAP117 production. But then something was written that really caught her eye.

Sep 28th 2013- Today was the first test of KAP117 on a live pony. The test subject died within an hour but then something happened. The subject rose up again with red flickering eyes and attacked a scientist. Luckily he was the only one killed and we managed to put down the subject once and for all.

Wait that sounds exactly like the....... mutants.

At that moment it hit her. KAP117 was the virus that had killed everyone. And these ponies had produced it with the intent of killing them all. But for what purpose? The now terrified Sky continued to read hoping for more answers. The next post was about a month after the test subject one.

October 22nd 2013- Today was the big day! We released the virus into the Canterlot water supply. Soon all of Equestria will fall! I have locked myself in my apartment to ensure I do not get the virus.

But then there was one more post.

May 16th 2017- My neighbor who somehow survived has just come into my house looking for food. Oh and by the way if you picked this up and are reading this look behind you.

Sky froze and slowly turned around with fear in her eyes. At the end of the hall was a pony wearing a radiation suit who was advancing towards her.

"Well, well, well Sky. You just had to read my journal huh? Everything could have been fine but no, you just had to read!"

Sky starts to panic. "No! It was an accident I'm sorry! Please don't hurt me! Please!?"

"I'm afraid I have no other choice. You will be coming with me."

At that moment she felt an object connect with the back of her head and she hit the floor, unconscious.

Thunder Roller- The Crash

As a turquoise light shined over her face Thunder Roller was packing her things, obviously in a hurry. If she could find the source she could possibly find somepony else and she wasn't going to let that get away from her. She packed only the most essential items such as food,water, medical supplies, a gun, a rescue flare, and Rainbows suicide note. Within ten minutes she was off into the sky heading for the far off ring of light. The flying was easygoing, she saw a few mutant Pegasi flying around and steered well clear of them. Mutant Pegasi are easily the most dangerous type as they are very dangerous in the air. If you're not paying attention while flying one can sneak up on you and knock you right out of the sky. She passed near Canterlot, but not too close. About 3 months after the fall of Canterlot when ponies besides her were still alive a rumor started that Princess Celestia had risen up again as a mutant. She decided not to see if the rumors were true and stayed well clear of Canterlot. Canterlot is very beautiful from a far distance during the night because of something called the Mutant Light Effect. You see, when major cities fell so many mutants filled the city that from far distances during the night it looks like thousands of red twinkling lights cast the city in a beautiful red glow. But under that glow lies a shell of what once was. Nothing is as it seems anymore. Soon Canterlot fell behind her as she continued her quest towards the light. She was flying through the countryside not a care in the world. She let her mind wander and take her away wondering about what she would find at the source of this beautiful light. Would it be another pony, or maybe even a refugee camp. She smiled thinking wiht the wind in her hair of all the endless good possibilities this light could bring. She was getting more and more distracted as time went on, she wasn't paying attention to her altitude or direction at all. She stared up at the stars, they were very beautiful tonight. The sparkled and twinkled almost in a hypnotic fashion. Her stargazing was abruptly halted when her left side slammed into a rock face. She felt bones in her wing shatter and her ribs snap like twigs as she started to plummet out of the sky like a plane with only one engine working.

Oh shit. This isn't going to end well. But maybe I'll be with Rainbow soon.

Thunder slammed into the ground and suddenly everything was dark.

Author's Note

I could really use some cover art if anyone could do that for me. :)