The Galloping Dead

“So how far exactly is Pinkie’s place?” Asked Twilight. She keeps asking that. Why? She won’t shut up. She’s asked that about three times now. It takes time to walk.

“Not too long…” I’ve used that response for two of the three times she’s asked now. But this time I was serious. It was right around the corner.

“Well everyone, we’re here. Watch out for any self firing turrets.” I warned. Who knows if Pinkie had set them up yet.

“Why?” Asked the knife boy.

“She sets them up at night so no Remnants get by.” I said.

“What’s a Remnant? Some kind of super zombie?”

“No. Just a regular zombie.” I responded.

Twilight spoke to the knife boy. “Remember, Death Wing, we agreed to call them Creeps for easy explanations about them.”

I knocked on the door. “Hello? Anypony home? Pinkie?”

The door slammed open. “Who’s that!? I give you shelter and food and you bring a gang to my doorsteps!? How dare you!” Pinkie’s mother yelled and scowled at me until Pinkie Pie came to the door and stopped her.

“Mom! Don’t yell at them! This is my friend, Twilight Sparkle!” Thank god Pinkie Pie stopped her mother, or else I would

probably be without a shelter.

Twilight ran and gave Pinkie a hug. “Pinkie Pie! I’m so glad you’re okay! Have you met up with the others?” Disregarding everyone else’s needs, they continued to talk back and forth.

“Well, Twilight, FireBurst and Dashie came by one day and now they live here.” Pinkie stated, about to continue until Twilight interrupted her.

“Rainbow’s here, too!?” Twilight was surprised.

“Well, yeah, and Rarity’s dead.”

“She’s… Dead!?” All this must’ve been news to Twilight. I didn’t even know they all knew each other.

“Yeah… Sorry you’re now just hearing.”

Twilight was tearing up. “How… How did she die…?”

“A quick explanation, a bullet to the head from FireBurst… But she was bitten by Sweetie Belle, so she didn’t get killed alive…”

“Oh… it makes me feel better to know she died trying… Have you come in contact with Apple Jack?”

“No, not yet. Not Fluttershy either. How about you?”

“Oh don’t worry, Fluttershy’s alive. In fact, she’s in my groups HQ.”

At this time I sort of walked away. So did everyone else, for all they talked about was their pasts. I go into the living room where Dash was and sat down in an empty seat. Shining Heart and Death Wing (the knife boy) did the same. All was quiet. There was electricity, but only one channel on the television, and all that the channel did was complain about the Remnants, or Undead Things as they called it.

“Sooo… How has it been, Heart?” I asked, trying to break the awkward silence and tension in the room.

“Fine.” She quickly responded.

“Well, me too?” I said. How stupid was I? I just said a statement in a question form.

“I’m just going to leave. I’ll be in the kitchen if needed.” She got up and left.

Dash Spoke up. “What’s up with her? She’s acting as if she lived here, and I can feel tension between you two.”

“It’s… a long story. But she has the right to be mad…”

“Tell me about it.” Dash said, possibly trying to get a solution to our problem.

“You see, a while back I was kept at a facility. She was there. She was my best friend there. When we had free time, we would always see each other. We were held there against our will… But it wasn’t prison, It was a volunteered to go, not knowing what it was, multiple Ponies signed up. Me and her were one of them. She said whenever we were to be let out we would go and live in a nice town and buy a nice house together,  and that was our plan! The day they let us out we didn’t lose sight of each other until we reached a nice town where we got a job. One day we won a simple little prize draw that got us a nice house. Just lucky I guess. We lived together, and I even asked her hoof in marriage! But I heard about the CADP and had to go… It was part of my medical job. It was until I got there I realized that I probably wasn’t going home…”

“Wow… That’s a deep story…” Death Wing said. “I might be able to help.”

“How could you help me?” I asked in disgust, for he did butt in.

“Oh, come on. I’ve worked with her ever since the facility got back together for the Creep breakout. I know a few things about her.”

“The facility got back together, and didn’t inform me…?”

“I guess not. But do you want my help or not? The only thing I require would be shelter for a few days.”

“I would love your help…”

“Good. Now go get us some permission to stay here for a few days, and I can make it happen.”

“Okay.” Why not? What do I have to lose?

I walked around the house trying to find Pinkie’s mother. Where on earth could she be? A few minutes of searching and I finally found her, in the kitchen, talking to Shining Heart. I think I’ll just wait.

“So did you get us some shelter?” Death Wing said as I sat down.

I let out a sigh. “No, not yet.”

“Well, no shelter, no deal.” Stubborn brat.

Right after he said that crashes were heard from the outside. I go to look out the window and to my surprise it was the worst thing I have ever seen! Remnants… All over the place, breaking through the fences towards the house…