The Galloping Dead

Photo Finish's body turned. I saw the Remnant get to her. So we ran. I didn’t shoot. I needed to preserve ammo. We we’re pretty low on ammo. The mechanical house was way across town. And there were a few Remnants in the way. We were running to the opposite side of the town of the house. The town was bigger than I expected it to be. I expected to run maybe a few minutes or so, but we ended up running for like, thirty minutes. And tons of Remnants are behind us…

Gun shots are heard… “I told you guys not to shoot! We’re running low on ammunition!” I shouted

“We’re not! It’s them!” Rarity pointed to a large tower at the end of the town. Who is in there?

We ran towards the tower as a trench gun from a Pony war between the Dragons was firing down all the Remnants that were chasing us. We finally made it towards the tower. There was no way up, and the Remnants had attracted other Remnants around the town. We were surrounded. What do we do? Then all the sudden a ladder fell down from the tower. “Climb up the ladder. NOW!” The voice was deep, like scratchy and muffled. I didn’t want to trust the voice. But we had no choice. We climbed up the ladder, and when we got up there, a grenade was dropped out of the tower, and killed the Remnants.

We looked around. No one was there. It was bigger on the inside than it looked on the out. There were multiple floors of the tower. Three to be more precise. “Hello?” Dash said. The voice came out. It was small. It also had bed sheets over it, hiding itself. “Who are you?” I asked. “I don’t think that is important right at this moment-ent-ent-ent-ent-ententententent…” The voice was flipping out. It was fake. It took off its disguise. It was just a little Filly. “Applebloom?” Rarity was confused. “Hai there Rarity! Nice seein’ you here! It’s safe to come out Scootaloo!” A small Pegasus Pony walked out from the shadow in the corner. “Rainbow Dash! I’m so happy to see you here! You wouldn’t believe the adventure we’ve been through!” After a while of listening to Scootaloo and Applebloom, I learned about them a bit. They called themselves ‘The Killer Mark Crusaders’ and Applebloom is Apple Jacks little sister, and Scootaloo loves Rainbow Dash and stuff like that. But something was missing. They kept mention a third named Sweetie Belle. But I only see two Fillies. Not three. I had to ask.

Before I could talk, I was spoken too. “Who the heck are you?” Scootaloo seemed furious for some reason.

“I’m Fire Burst. I’ve been traveling with Rainbow Dash and Rarity to find Princess Luna.” I responded.

“Oh.” Applebloom looked at Rarity when I mentioned her name. Rarity was confused and a bit sad…

“Um… Applebloom Darling, where’s  Sweetie Belle?” Rarity was concerned. See, Sweetie Belle was Rarity’s younger sister. She cared deeply for her sister. “Maybe you should just take a look at Sweetie Belle.” Scootaloo and Applebloom took us to the second floor of the tower. They turned on a light, and in a cage, was a white little Unicorn Filly with light purple hair. That was obviously who Sweetie Belle was…

Rarity just watched… No tears fell. No emotion was seen in her eyes or any part of her that is. She was heartbroken… I didn’t even know who Sweetie Belle was and I felt terrible. I wanted to cry. But I would be the only one. Dash and Rarity just stood there and looked. Sweetie Belle was a Remnant.

“We feed her the dead Ponies that die from the Freaks! We do what we can! She’s much nicer then when she first got bit! Honest!” Applebloom was trying to cheer Rarity up. But there was no reaction from Rarity. So I spoke up…

“Unlock the cage, and open it up.” I said. I noticed Sweetie Belle never moved. She just looked.

“But why should I? She might bite us like she did before!” Applebloom was scared of her once good friend. I cocked my gun and aimed it at Sweetie Belle. The cage opened up, and Sweetie Belle just walked out and stood there.

“Sweetie Belle isn’t biting at us!” Rarity ran and gave Sweetie Belle a hug, and that’s when she snapped. Rarity fell. I looked. She was bit… Rarity was bit. Sweetie Belle looked at us. She ran towards Dash. I shot. Rarity was lost… and I knew it. Rarity was screaming with anger and pain. She was mad at me. Dash gave me a look of hatred, and the Fillies were crying with sorrow. What have I done? I had done something I had thought was good. I thought that Remnant was sane. What a stupid thought. I could of just let them keep feeding the caged Remnant. But I had to get the cage opened. I had to get Rarity killed, and get everyone’s hatred.

I left the room. I couldn’t stand to see Rarity in pain, to Fillies crying, and Dash about ready to kill me. I let down the slanted ladder and walked out of the tower. I walked out of the town. I’m so stupid. I just killed an innocent Pony. I may as well be a Remnant myself. I’m leaving. I’ll find Luna on my own. If anyone goes with me I’ll probably kill them too. But something stopped me. I couldn’t just leave Rarity in a room with Ponies who probably didn’t have the guts to kill her when she turned. I had to do it. So I went back.

I walked into the room and they had thrown Sweetie Belle out the window and Rarity still lay on the ground. “Go away.” Dash had a knife in her mouth and was ready to slit my throat. “Stop! I didn’t know Rarity would try to actually hug a Remnant! Now put the knife down.” Dash dropped the knife when I told her to. I picked up my gun just in case. I looked at Rarity’s bite. It was deep. There was a huge gash in her front right hoof. You can tell she was starting to turn. She was twitching, burning up, and making grunting noises. I know this because my mother turned the same way.

“What is she doing!? She’s twitching like crazy! What’s happening!?” Dash was freaking out. Her friend was turning. I held the gun to Rarity’s head. She looked at me with terror, but also with a look like this was the best. She closed her eyes. She was ready to die. I spoke. “I’m so sorry…” I shot. Rarity was dead. We all stared at her dead body. That was the end of Rarity.

A few minutes have past. Applebloom and Scootaloo had stopped crying and we were all just standing there.

“I honor the dead. I think you should do the same.” I said, as I picked up Rarity’s dead body.

“How?” Dash responded

“Burying them. Go and start digging, I’ll bring the body.” I was already climbing down the ladder from the third floor to the second. They ran ahead and started digging. I got down there and the hole was half dug, so I helped. After about ten minutes I dropped Rarity in the hole, and we filled the hole up. No one said anything. We just walked away. Dash and I continued, and Applebloom and Scootaloo went back to the tower.

We walked out of the other side of the town onto a pathway to take us to Pinkie Pie’s place. That’s what we did next. We walked once again. Just me and Dash… and a sense of loneliness without Rarity…