Chapter 9: The Day

Morning. Derpy slowly opened her eyes and felt the warmth of the sun beaming down on the tent. She looked over to her right and Rainbow was gone. Derpy slowly stood up and stretched her wingspan. She looked to her left and noticed that Dinky and Scootaloo were gone. Derpy unzipped the entrance of the tent and poked her head outside. Film was on top of the RV with a pair of binoculars around his neck. Rainbow was flying around in the sky. Rarity was cleaning clothes with Fluttershy. Night Striker was talking with Sugar Rush and Shadowblaze. Saints was emptying Pinkiepie's duffle bag while Pinkiepie was standing right next to him. Applejack and Spike were watching Apple Bloom, Babs Seed, Scootaloo, Sweetie Belle, and Dinky playing. Derpy didn't see Twilight so she assumed that she was still sleeping. Derpy walked up to Night.

"Morning." Derpy said.

Night looked at Derpy. "Good morning Derpy. Sleep well?" Night asked.

"I slept fine." Derpy replied.

"We were just talking about our roles in the group." Shadowblaze joined on the small conversation.

"Yes. We were talking about them being scavengers." Night said.

"Well I guess I'm part of this conversation as well." Derpy smiled.

Night looked at Sugar. "Sugar your gonna have to be a gatherer. You'll go with Pinkiepie and gather wood for the group." Night said.

"What about me?" Shadowblaze asked.

"You and Derpy can be scavengers." Night replied.

"What exactly do we do?" Derpy asked.

"You guys walk out on the highway and look for water, clothes, food or anything that can be useful for the group. Definitely weapons because all we have now is guns and we need something more quiet." Night replied.

"We'll keep that in mind." Derpy said.

"What if we do find more guns?" Shadowblaze asked.

"Take the gun and give it to Saints." Night looked over at Saints. "He's responsible for the ammunition and weapons. He'll know what to do." Night looked at Shadowblaze. "Got it?"

"Yes." Shadowblaze replied.

"What do we use to carry the scavenged equipment?" Derpy asked.

"Once Saints has emptied out both yours and Pinkiepie's duffle bags. You'll be sent out to the highway to scavenge." Night replied.

"Got it."

"Speaking of which." Night looked over at Saints. "Saints how much longer will it take?"

"Just wait a moment, I have to load these guns before they go out there." Saints was holding the same .44 magnum that Derpy had last night. He pushed the cylinder clip back inside the gun. "Okay they're good to go." Saints walked over towards Derpy and handed her the .44 and walked back to the table and took out the M1911 that Rainbow had last night. He walked back over to Shadowblaze and handed him the small armed pistol.

Night looked over at Derpy and Shadowblaze. Saints levitated the two duffle bags over towards Derpy and Shadowblaze. Shadowblaze and Derpy put on the duffle bags and looked back at Night.

"I need you two to be careful. Don't worry, Film will keep an eye on you two. No matter how far you go." Night looked up at Film.

Film nodded. "But make sure to look back at the RV every once in a while. Just in case if somethings wrong and we can't warn you." Film said.

"Got it." Shadowblaze said.

"What do we do if we find more survivors?" Derpy asked.

"Bring then here of they want to. Don't force them into anything." Night replied.

"Understood." Derpy said.

"We should get going. We're wasting daylight." Shadowblaze said.

"Be careful out there." Night said.

Dinky walked up to Derpy and hugged her tightly. "You promised that you wouldn't leave."

Derpy lowered her head to make eye contact with Dinky. "I'm not leaving. I just have to grab a couple things. Okay."

"Okay."

"I love you muffin."

"I love you too mommy." Dinky squeezed tighter and then slowly released Derpy from the hug.

Derpy gave Dinky a kiss on the forehead and used her right hoof to lift Dinky's chin to make eye contact with. "I won't be gone for long." Derpy gave Dinky a reassuring smile. "Alright my muffin?"

Dinky acknowledged the smile that Derpy has given. "Okay mommy."

Derpy slowly rises her head to make eye contact with Shadowblaze. "Let's go. After all, we are killing daylight."

Shadowblaze nodded and both pegasi started moving towards the field of flipped and damaged cars.

..........

Five hours later. The duffle bags were both half full and the sun was still in the sky but soon it was bound to be night. The duffle bags were filled with water, food, and very, very few yieldable weapons. Derpy walked up towards a car with open doors and cracked windows. She peaked her head inside only to see a dead foal unicorn. It's stomach was wide open with bite marks and a tooth stuck in one of the marks. The foal's eye sockets were empty, even the eyelids were gone. The arms had scratches starting from the shoulders, all the way down the very tip of the hoof. The color of crimson stained the floor of the car and the backseats. The smell of the dead foal was horrid. Derpy gazed at the dead foal with the expression of complete horror. The image of the foal slowly being eaten by the walkers crept its way into Derpy's mind. Derpy imagined it all from the beginning. From the screams of terror. To the screams of pain and death. Derpy quickly pulled her head out of the car and backed into a car on its side. The car gave away a small thud when Derpy backed into the car. She turned around and gazed at the car.

"Damn. I think I'm going to have to climb up to get inside." Derpy looked at her left wing. "Or we can fly inside."

Derpy stretched our her wings and slowly started to flap her wings. Then, she made her wings go faster and soon she was floating above the ground. Then, she started to fly to the top. She landed herself on the car door. She started to examine the the inside of the car. There was a unicorn in the form of a mare inside the car. Derpy gasped at the sight of the unicorn. Derpy looked down st the right of the unicorn and it's left back hoof was stuck in between the gas pedal and the brake. There were empty water bottles and empty boxes that said "Meal Ready To Eat."

"Is she alive?" Derpy asked herself. Derpy moved so she could open the car door. "Are you okay?"

The unicorn did react to Derpy. Derpy started to scan the wasteland for Shadowblaze. Shadowblaze was walking over towards Derpy.

"Derpy what are you doing?"

"Somepony is in here and she seems to be alive."

"Are you sure?"

"Well not exactly. She didn't respond to me but I'm certain that she's alive."

"Here let me help you." Shadowblaze flew up next to Derpy and poked his head inside the car. "Excuse me. Are you okay?"

The unicorn slowly opened her eyes and gazed at Shadowblaze. "H-Help me."

"Don't worry I'm coming down." Shadowblaze looked at Derpy. "I need you to hold onto my tail while I reach for her."

"But her hoof is caught in between the gas pedal and the brake."

Shadowblaze looked down at the car and saw the unicorn's hoof stuck in between the gas pedal and the brake. "Fuck...Okay I got another idea." Shadowblaze put his right hoof in his duffle bag and pulled out a big knife. "We're going to have to try and get her hoof unstuck and if that doesn't work. We're gonna have to cut it off."

"Are you fucking crazy. She'll lose a lot of blood."

"Either she stays here and dies or she can escape and die."

"I....I..We."

"Trust me." Shadowblaze interrupted Derpy's stuttering.

"O...Okay."

"Good. Now hold my tail while I try to get her hoof unstuck."

Shadowblaze started to climb into the car and Derpy bit Shadowblaze's tail to hold onto him. Shadowblaze was close enough to the gas pedal. He started to jerk the gas pedal towards him with all his strength. The gas pedal barely moved.

"Come on you fucker.....Move dammit." Shadowblaze grunted.

"What do I do?" The unicorn asked.

Shadowblaze looked up at the unicorn. "If I can't get this gas pedal off we're gon..." Shadowblaze was interrupted when the gas pedal broke off and hit him in the nose. "Fuck....oh that hurt."

"Thank you thank you. I've been stuck here for months and I.." The unicorn was interrupted by Shadowblaze.

"Wait months.....on MREs?"

"Well Yeah I didn't want to eat them. I only had them because my buddy wanted these things. So I bought a whole bunch of them for his bunker that he was working on." The unicorn looked down at the MREs.

"Okay Derpy pull me out. Here grab onto my hooves."

The unicorn grabbed both of Shadowblaze's hooves and Derpy started pulling Shadowblaze and the unicorn up. Once they were out of the car, Derpy looked at the sun which was so far away at the horizon. The sun was going to set sooner than earlier.

"We better get back to the campsite."

The unicorn's ears perked up once she heard that word. "Campsite?"

"Yeah. We have food and water if you want to come join us."

"Who's there?"

"I can't tell you that. Nor can I tell you how many are there either."

"Can you take me there?"

"Of course we can. If you want to."

"Yes. I would like that."

The three ponies started making their way back to the campsite and the sun started to get lower every minute of their little walk.

.................

Campsite. Film is sitting on top of the RV with his binoculars on Derpy and Shadowblaze. He saw Derpy and Shadowblaze pull out a unicorn and Film lowered the binoculars and started looking for Night Striker.

"Night we got survivors."

There was a sudden thud behind Film and Film quickly reacted by turning around and facing whomever was behind him. It was Night Striker.

"How many?" Night asked.

"One and it's a unicorn." Film replied.

Night picked up Film's sniper rifle and used the scope to look for Derpy and Shadowblaze. Night spotted Derpy and Shadowblaze and the unicorn walking towards the campsite.

"They're coming back with the survivor." Night said.

"Yeah but look at their bags. They found a lot of shit." Film said.

"I'll go get Saints and Sugar Rush in case if this pony tries something funny."

"Alright. I'll stay up here and let you know if something happens."

Night hopped off of the RV and walked inside. Night came back out with Sugar Rush and Saints. Film looked into his binoculars and put his attention to the three ponies walking towards the campsite.

..........

Thirty minutes later. The three ponies finally made it back to the campsite. Derpy and Shadowblaze walked up to Saints and handed over their duffle bags. Saints took the duffle bags out of their hooves and went inside the RV. Dinky ran up to Derpy and hugged her tightly. Rainbow Dash landed a few feet away from Derpy and Derpy walked up to Rainbow Dash with Dinky. Night walked up to the unicorn that stayed a few feet away from Shadowblaze.

"Hello I am Night Striker and you are?" Night asked.

"Oh hello. I'm Vinyl Scratch." Vinyl replied.

"No fucking way." Saints jumped out of the RV and ran up towards Vinyl and started hopping in place. "Vinyl Scratch you mean like DJ-PON3?" Saints asked.

"Uh yeah. Why were you a fan?" Vinyl asked.

"Every single album." Saints replied.

"Awesome."

Night smiled at the site of his brother being happy. Saints and Vinyl's conversation went on and on for a real long time. It still continued when Saints invited Vinyl inside the RV.

Film hopped off of the RV and started to walk towards Fluttershy's tent. Fluttershy met Film halfway and gave him a kiss on the cheek. Film smiled and they both went inside the tent. Night walked out of the RV and hopped on top on the roof of the RV with an energy drink in his hoof. Everypony else was inside their tent except for Derpy and Rainbow Dash.

"Has Dinky ever came close to being bitten?" Derpy asked.

"No of course not." Rainbow replied.

"Why's that?"

"It's because I kept her close. I thought you were dead and Dinky was the only memory left of you. I couldn't just let her go."

"Thank you so much for that." Derpy kissed Rainbow and Rainbow's ears perked up. "One more question before we go inside."

"Sure what is it?"

"Why are you flying around every hour? While I was grabbing some parts. I noticed that you were up in the sky just flying around. What do you do?"

"I make sure to alert everypony in case if there is a herd on the way that is really far away. Like out of Film's sight far."

"Okay *yawn* I think I'm ready to hit the hay. How about you?"

"Yeah I'm *yawn* ready whenever you're ready."

Rainbow got up and went inside the tent. Derpy walked up to the tent but stopped herself to look up at the sky. The moon shined through the night and the stars were high in the sky, very few twinkled.

"Hey are you coming in?" Rainbow asked.

Derpy chuckled. "Yeah I'm coming." Derpy walked inside the tent and zipped up the entrance.

Author's Note

Another Chapter is done. I'm very happy that I actually put time into this and you guys have been so patient with me. I'm glad I have people like you who support me to do these kind of things. I have some unfortunate news for your night or day. My parents are thinking about getting me a psychiatrist. They think that my isolation and quiet is "unnatural." They don't like the idea of me being by myself for long periods of time and they don't like that I don't want to express my feelings to them. I know how psychiatrists are. They're supposed to be someone you can trust and you tell them not to inform you parents about something specific and they end up doing it anyway. That's their job is trust breaking. I don't want this. I don't want them to know about my suicide. I don't want them to know about my drinking problems. I don't think I can handle it. Anyway you guys let me know what you thought about this Chapter and if you are or have been to a psychiatrist. A few tips would be appreciated. Have a good day or night and stick around for Chapter 10.