Everything Falls Eventually

Five years ago, everything we knew fell apart...

Our own princesses were trying to revive the dead, to see if they could bring back a very old friend. They believed nothing could go wrong... that everything would be fine...

It wasn't.

During the experiment, they succeeded in bringing him back, with major consequences. The "zombie" went on a rampage during the night, infecting everypony he touched. Soon, Canterlot fell to the clutches of the undead and infected. The infection spread towards every town and city, bringing darkness upon our calm land. After five years of fighting an endless battle, we finally heard word of a safe haven just past Equestrian borders. This was our last chance. My friends and I would give anything to escape from this horror, and we were going to.

"It's a death wish! You'll die on the first day!" warned the cranky old pony who just told us of the safe haven.

"Anything to get away from this hell-hole," replied Rainbow Dash. The elderly pony snickered.

"You'll still be in hell. Trust me," he whispered to her. Applejack sighed.

"Aren't ya'll just a ray of sunshine?" she joked.

"There isn't such thing as sunshine. Only darkness. Get that through your thick cowgirl skull!" the pony replied with anger. Applejack was furious, but we didn't need enemies here.

"C'mon Applejack. Let's get going," I told her. She glared at me before nodding her head. Pinkie giggled. Even after all the things that have happened, she still manages to smile. No pony said a word as we trudged along the path. The wails of the undead sounded through the thickened air. Everything reeked of death, rotting corpses, and blood. I remember when I would down the streets of Ponyville and smell the sweet aroma of baked goods and hear the laughter of young fillies. Guess that's gone.

"Where you going?" shouted a mare from across the cracked street.

"The safe haven just beyond the borders. We're not taking anypony else with us," Fluttershy responded. She had grown cold ever since her animal friends were slaughtered by the zombies. She never shows kindness, just stone-cold, emotionless hate for everything. That's how Rarity became as well when Sweetie Belle became infected. She had to kill her own sister so she could stay alive... it has really taken its toll on her. Applejack also had the same problem, only she watched as they were devoured by a zombie horde. She tried to fight them off, but wasn't successful. Rainbow Dash has killed more zombies than we can count. We asked how she killed so many and she just said that hatred drives you to new heights. Pinkie Pie has probably gone insane, considering she killed the Cupcake Family when they became infected and she still doesn't grief. Maybe she thinks this is all a bad dream... I wish it was... I've had to do my fair-share of dark stuff. Spike died and later rose as an infected, so I had to... get rid of him. God, I hated thinking about these things. They get me unfocused and when that happens, bad things tend to happen.

"Get focused Twilight! I hear the little bastards!" whispered Rainbow Dash loudly. I snapped out of my daze to hear the horrifying sound of hooves dragging on dead grass. We drew our weapons. We had developed automatic firearms so we could get rid of them faster. but Applejack and Rainbow Dash preferred axes and swords. The rest of us had sub-machine guns to assault rifles to death machines. We were prepared for anything... except this one.

"There they are!" shouted Pinkie Pie, pulling out a sub-machine gun from her saddle bag. Dash and Applejack took out their axes and swords. Rainbow liked the axes, Applejack preferred the swords. Rarity had an assault rifle aimed at the horde. Fluttershy... had a death machine standing at the head of the pack. I loved the sub-machine guns and had two of them pointed at the approaching horde of walking hell.

"FIRE!" I shouted. Fluttershy began to unload her machine, blowing open the walking corpses. Rarity was saving her ammo, shooting only at the heads. Pinkie moved through the pack firing at the brutes, which were large and extremely muscular zombies. Applejack was slicing down zombies by the second. Rainbow Dash and her stood back to back on their hind-legs, killing anything that approached them. I looked around for any more approaching zombies, to find the most horrifying sight. Flying pegasi heading our way. Flying shit-heads as Dash called them, considering they swooped down from above, trying to lift you up into their domain of the sky. It was terrifying.

"Uh guys. I think we're surrounded!" I called out to them. Rainbow and Applejack returned to the pack, and we all stood with worried expressions as the largest horde walked towards us. I guess that insane old pony told us. We weren't going to last a single day, and this is where we would die. We awaited the impending end, waiting for everything to go black. But we found out we weren't alone... especially when the first bullet penetrated the zombie pegasus, blowing open it's skull...