I Promise

After many tiring and silent traveling hours, Moonlight Bliss and Galaxy Moon stop to rest. "Moonlight-" Galaxy chokes, holding back tears. "Everypony's dead... Even Scootaloo," The mare looks down at her hooves, which still had the younger mare's blood on them. The other mare frowns, but stands up and tries to look tough. "That's just the world we're living in, Galaxy." The unicorn nods, and they continue moving away from the old camp, away from the city, and away from their friends' corpses. Galaxy Moon lifelessly follows her pegasus friend through the forest, onto an open road. The mares continue following the road, looking for shelter and food. Moonlight stops Galaxy with her wing when she spots a house on the right side of the road, opposite of the side they came from. "Galaxy, lets check that place. It looks like it's in good condition." The unicorn nods her head in agreement, and the two ponies walk to the house. Moonlight, with her axe in her hooves, knocks on the door with her wing. "Hello?" The mare calls, knocking loudly. Galaxy tries twisting the doorknob, but it doesn't budge. "It's locked, Moonlight," Galaxy reports. Just as the mares turn around to leave, they hear the lock click, and the door open. Moonlight and Galaxy turn around and see a green and yellow stallion holding the door open. "Come in," he says, stepping aside to make room. The mares step inside cautiously, and the stallion shuts and locks the door. "You're safe here, for a few hours. My name is Crystal Clear." He says, looking at the mare's weapons. "I'll let you hold onto those, because you look like good ponies." Crystal Clear says, motioning to their knives and Moonlight's axe. "Thank you," Galaxy says, "I'm Galaxy Moon, and we really appreciate it." The stallion just nods in response. "You'll find food in the kitchen, take whatever. There's plenty." And with that, the stallion walks down the set of stairs to a small workshop where he works on building a new weapon. Galaxy and Moonlight go to the kitchen to eat, and focus more on the food than each other. Finally, Moonlight stops eating and looks at Galaxy seriously. "He said we're safe here, for a few hours. Just so you know, don't plan on staying." Moonlight Bliss tells her friend, and Galaxy's responds, "I know. But at least we're safe here."