Everything Falls Eventually

After taking all we could from the warehouse, we began our trip to the safe haven once again. Everypony kept asking about Silent's life before the apocalypse, but he was good at shoving others away. My mind strayed to other things. What was that mysterious voice that I heard while running from Ponyville? Has Silent told us everything he knew? Who was the voice? These thoughts were pondered on for hours but I never found an answer for any of them.

"Princess Twilight. I'm surprised you're still alive, but you might not be for long if you continue down your current path. Silent Flash isn't who you think he is. He's going to betray you, kill you and your friends, leaving none of you alive just so he can survive. Kill him before he gets the chance..." The voice appeared again. Why was it so familiar?! The question tormented me as we continued down cracked roads, burned dirt paths, and decaying plains. We came upon a river, which Rainbow Dash sprinted for.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you!" warned Silent. Dash turned and gave him a quizzical look.

"Why not?" she asked, obviously annoyed.

"Does that look like water to you?" he responded. Upon closer inspection, we found the water wasn't water... but blood.

"Oh." Dash looked down in disappointment.

"Why is it blood?" asked Applejack. Silent chuckled.

"We've been living in disorder for five years. You think ponies still keep this streams clean?" he asked her. She shrugged and we continued on.

"Where are we going?" Rarity questioned.

"A city that is supposed to have survivors. Although I doubt that now," he replied. Great, he's leading us to another city. This better be good.

After more hours of continuous walking, we found the city. Well, I think it was a city anyways. Tall skyscrapers towered over us but there wasn't any ground supporting them.

"That's not normal..." murmured Rainbow Dash.

"Especially since there aren't any zombies either," added Silent. Applejack sighed.

"Do we go 'round? Or do we jump?" she suggested.

"Neither. We go up!" exclaimed Silent. He sprinted full speed towards the closest building and jumped, crashing through the window.

"That pony's crazy!" shouted Pinkie Pie. Look who's talking...

We leaped towards the open window, landing on shattered glass. As soon as I got up, I expected us to be surrounded by zombies, but there weren't any.

"None inside either," I said. Silent shook his head.

"We're not safe here. There's more than just zombies at work now..." he trailed off. Why does he do that? He started up the rotting staircase to the roof and we followed. Strange noises started to signal as we trudged up the stairs. I swear I heard voices... faint and weak. Something about this place wasn't right. We arrived on the roof, finding that a huge storm has begun. Lightning struck the rooftops.

"No zombies... storm... no grou-SHIT!" A blur of red and white motion swept right in front of Silent, sending him to the ground. Blood splattered the ground. His armor was sliced open and his chest was ripped open.

"Silent!" I shouted worriedly, running to his side. He pushed me aside and got up weakly. He muttered something inaudible. "What?" I asked. He muttered again. "What?" I repeated. I finally heard what he was trying to say...

"Celestia... run... don't let her catch you..." he sputtered out. He took out his axe and looked around. "GO!" he commanded, pushing me towards the others.

"C'mon guys! Let's go!" I told them.

"Not without Silent!" countered Rainbow Dash, cheeks blushing. Did she like him? This wasn't the time for this...

"I'll be fine. Parkour your way to the other side of the city. I'll deal with her..." he ordered. White and red surrounded us again, forming a very familiar mare. Princess Celestia...

"Never thought you would disobey me Twilight. Look what you've made me do! I had to get out of the safe haven just to get rid of this traitor!" she exclaimed. Silent spat at her.

"Look who's talking! You did this! On purpose! You turned this world towards disaster! You're delusional mind brought this end... and I intend to kill you and make it right!" he shouted in anger. We decided it was time to go and began to make our way to the other side. We heard the sounds of battle behind us as Silent fought Celestia. I thought that this apocalypse was a mistake... caused by an error... but it was all on purpose...

Terror filled our hearts as the skyscrapers began to collapse.

"Keep running! We have to get out of here!" I encouraged as we jumped from ledge to ledge. After several minutes of never-ending horror, the worst happened... Rainbow Dash fell.

"RAINBOW!" screamed AJ as we watched her grab onto a small ledge just below our reach.

"Use your wings!" suggested Rarity, but it was obvious she couldn't.

"I'm sorry I couldn't make it all the way guys... make sure to get to safety alright?" whimpered Rainbow Dash. She can't die... not now! I reached further but still couldn't get to her. Just as she was about to lose her grip, Silent came crashing through the window next to her, grabbing and pulling her inside.

"Get going!" he commanded. I can't believe he just suddenly appeared out of no where! We continued towards the end, but we were losing energy.

"TWILIGHT SPARKLE! YOU'RE NOT GETTING OUT OF THIS ONE!" Celestia's voice boomed as I turned to see her barreling down towards me. Her wings were as sharp as razors! I closed my eyes and braced myself for death, but it never came. I opened my eyes and saw Celestia flying away... but after looking around I saw Pinkie was horribly injured on the other building.

"Pinkie!" I shouted, but I was held back by AJ. The building beneath her began to collapse into the endless darkness below. I was thrown onto Silent's back and we neared the end of this nightmare. Tears flooded my eyes as I watched Pinkie's lifeless body fall into the black hole. The storm above us raged on, striking lightning everywhere. All of a sudden, we stopped and I was set down.  We were at the borders of the city.

"Jump! I assure you that you'll survive!" assured Silent. We took a leap of faith off the building, plummeting towards the ground. A blinding flash of white appeared before me as I suddenly appeared on the ground. Silent was besides Rainbow Dash, cleaning her wounds as the rest of us sat in silence. Pinkie was dead... and it was all Celestia's fault!

Rainbow Dash repeatedly thanked Silent for saving her, which ended with her kissing him. AJ and I groaned at the sight, but Silent actually blushed. Rarity giggled. She never laughs or shows sign of joy ever since this started. Perhaps Silent is repairing us bit by bit? I didn't know.

"What do we do next?" I asked. Dash giggled at that, which made me sigh. Sometimes she has the dirtiest mind for the simplest things. I still can't believe she likes him.

"Where else than to the place this started?" Silent replied. I raised an eyebrow. "We're on our way to Hell!" he exclaimed joyfully. God, he was insane!