I Promise

"So, they're not alive?" Galaxy Moon asks Moonlight Bliss as the gallop back to Moonlight's camp outside of Ponyville. "They were," Moonlight replies, "But after a while they come back to eat everypony." Galaxy shivers. Creepy. Moonlight continues, "You have to kill the brain. That's what makes them keep going, their survival instincts." The two mares stop when they see another zombified pony. "That's a trotter, Galaxy. take this," Moonlight says, holding an axe out to the gray mare on her wing. "And kill it." Slowly, Galaxy uses her magic to lift the axe into the air. "Just hit the head, right?" She asks shakily, looking at her friend, then back at the trotter that was starting to notice the living ponies. "Yeah," Moonlight urges, "and fast, before he feeds on us!" The unicorn trots toward the trotter and swings the axe through the air, slicing its head off. She drops the axe and watches as the body falls limply and the head, now helplessly on the ground. Galaxy uses her hoof to wipe a drop of blood that had splattered onto her face. The trotter's head opens it's eyes and starts to snap its jaws open and shut, and Galaxy turns to face her friend. "Nasty!" She exclaims. Moonlight Bliss picks up the axe and whacks it into the trotter's head, making it stop moving altogether. "You have to hit the brain to actually kill it, Galaxy." The mare says, slipping the bloody axe back into her bag. "I got it," the unicorn responds, and the mares continue walking.

When the two ponies finally reach the camp, Galaxy looks around. Everypony had to share tents, and the tents were tiny! They had a table with food on it, but there was barely anything left. Everypony in the camp was very excited when Moonlight put the food and medical supplies from her backpack onto the table. Suddenly, an orange filly with a wild purple mane trots up to Moonlight Bliss, with an incredible smile on her face. Galaxy remembers that filly to be Scootaloo! Scootaloo is so much older than she was when Galaxy knew her. The young pegasus had bigger wings, a longer mane, and longer legs. Her face looked far more grown up than so many months ago. "Moonlight you're back!" Scootaloo yelps, jumping and flapping her wings to stay in the air for a few more seconds. "Yeah!" Moonlight says back, smiling at the younger pony, "I also brought Galaxy Moon back with me." Shocked, Scootaloo turns her head and looks at Galaxy. "Galaxy, we thought you were dead." the young mare says, turning her whole body to face the unicorn. "Well, welcome to our group of 10 ponies!" She says happily, gesturing to the camp with her hooves. "We're survivors!"