Dead Equestria Chapter 1

She had the same nightmare every single night. First, she would find herself in a dark abyss. The next, a corridor would form. It wasn't like she could control herself as she began trotting down the corridor. It seem calm, nothing disturbing her.

However, after going down the corridor, the images became more gruesome. She spotted bloodstained walls with pony bodies hanging on hooks supported by chains. Her mind told her that this wasn't real, that this was all just a bad dream, but it just made her situation worse. Soon, the corpses began whispering to her, warning her to leave, but no matter how much she desired to leave, to rather go back to the dark abyss and wait for this nightmare to end, she couldn't.

She just kept on trotting down the halls, but her images became even worse. The ponies hanging soon looked different, their chests cut open, allowing their internal organs to fall out of the support of their body. Now, she knew there was no turning back. She soon regained control over her body and went back to the abyss, but as soon as she turned, she heard a voice that sounded so familiar. "Dash, help.......me." At this she turned around, only to feel a shock of fear, pain, and guilt.

What Dash saw, was her old friend, Fluttershy. Fluttershy was mutilated, her right eye hanging out of it's socket, her organs falling out of support, and her legs were rotting along with her wings. Dash couldn't believe it, Fluttershy's spirit has visited Rainbow in her own mind. It was unbelievable. However, no matter how she never wanted to see her friend in this painful, gruesome state, this is how she appeared.

Suddenly, the walls of the corridor soon fell apart, the gruesome dead pony bodies soon began to fade away in turn, and so did Fluttershy. Soon, there was nothing left but the darkness and the floor Dash was standing on. The floor was the only thing that didn't fade, or at least, that is was Rainbow believed. Then she knew it, she was waking up.

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"Dash? Dash! Come on Dash wake up! We gotta go! The darn creatures found us!" her orange friend stated.

"Wha...what? How did they find us?"

"Well, if not for Rarity's over-reactive self...we'd have been out of this mess before it ever happened!"

"Yeah yeah. Keep you horseshoes on, I'm coming."

"Well hurry! We can't go without a friend!"

Why now? Why of all the moments left in Equestria would it be now? That's what was going on in her head. First, Equestria descended into hell, next her friend dies, later a gruesome nightmare, and of all the moments left in the dying world, why this? They moved around a lot, sure that was proven, but an undead ambush now?

Two weeks earlier.....

"Are you sure this is a good idea Applejack?" the cyan mare questioned.

"Now, ah know y'all are questionin' what ah'm doin', but yah gotta understand that I am doin'. Sweetie, Scoots and Applebloom could be in there." the orange mare stated as she pointed her hoof towards the Cutie Mark Crusaders' clubhouse.

Applejack turned around and walked towards the structure. It looked as if it were going to fall apart, broken corners, lots of missing planks. It wasn't safe for sure, but if Applejack knew what she was doing, it was best not to question her. The cold, unforgiving winds brushed up upon the gang. 'I wish Fluttershy was here.' Rainbow thought to herself.

"AGH!!" a voice screeched from inside the small clubhouse.

"That was Applebloom! C'mon y'all!"

As Applejack began to dash towards the clubhouse, Rainbow clenched her teeth onto the orange mare's tail. She tightened her gripped as Applejack attempted to run faster.

"C'mon! Let me go!"

"NO! I already lost one friend, I'm not going to lose another. We don't even know what is inside there!"

"Y'all know what is in there! It's Applebloom and the others!"

"Applejack, Rainbow is right." the purple unicorn interrupted.

"She IS?!" the orange mare responded.

"I am?! I mean...of course I am! Why wouldn't I be?"

Applejack shot the cyan mare a cold look and yanked her tale out of the mare's grip.

"We can't just leave 'em in there! They're in trouble."

Twilight rested her hoof on Applejack's shoulder and looked into her eyes.

"I know. And you're right as well too, but we don't expect to leave them alone. Your intentions are in the right place, you're just not forcing them in the right direction. If we were to let you go all willy nilly all over the place, we'd lose another friend."

"Ugh. Fine, ah'm calmin' down. Now, ah want to hear what you've got in the bag."

"I'm planning on going in there, slowly, and checking on them."

"Sounds like a plan. Ah'll take the lead."

"That's more like it. Now let's go."

The group slowly trotted towards the clubhouse. The sounds of the screams grew bigger as they got closer. Applejack led the group up the stairs to the front door and slowly creaked it open. The light was on, along with the three fillies being terrorized by an undead upper half of a corpse. The orange farm mare recognized the face of the creature, Babs Seed had died.

"RARITY?! SIS! PLEASE COME HELP US!" exclaimed the young white filly.

"Hold on! I got it!" yelled the cyan mare as she brought her bat down on the corpse's head once.

"I think I got hi- OH HOLY BUCK!!"

The corpse was unaffected. It simply got angrier and jumped on Dash.

"Guys! Please help me!!"

Applejack simply ignored Dash, got the fillies and dragged the rest of the group out of the clubhouse. Rainbow's heart felt like it had been cracked. She had been abandoned by her own friends. Rainbow threw the corpse against the wall and cracked it's head open with the bat. She then turned around and ran out the door.

"What..the..HAY WAS THAT?! YOU JUST THOUGHT YOU COULD ABANDON YOUR OWN FRIEND?!"

"OH... SO YOU THINK THAT WE SHOULD HAVE HELPED YOU FIRST? THERE WAS FOALS IN THERE!" Applejack thundered.

"AND NOT TO MENTION, STILL ENOUGH PONIES TO HELP ME! PERSONALLY, I THINK YOU WANTED ME TO DIE!"

"Exactly what makes you think that again sugar cube?"

"Ooooh! Look at Applejack being so smug! I saw what you did! You dragged the others out and slammed the door shut!" There was nothing but silence. The orange mare turned around, ending the conversation.

"All right y'all, we're heading back to camp. I don't want anymore trouble than we've already stirred up.

"WHAT!? HEY! I'M NOT DONE WITH YOU! APPLEJACK!"