Equestria of The Dead

Previously, on Equestria of The Dead...
Bang!

Suddenly, the banging of the wagon ceased. The biters all seemed to stop once they heard the noise. What was that? It sounded like a loud boom.

A few moments later, the biters began to just...pass right by the wagon, like they had completely forgotten about me, like I was invisible to them. Eventually, they were gone from sight, following the noise. I was completely frozen for a few moments. I would've died right there, right then, but that mysterious noise saved me.

"Hey!" a voice rang, which brought me out of my daze. I looked around to see where it came from.

"You! In the sideways wagon! What're you doing? Get out of there, now! Before they come back!" I looked up to see a radio similar to Applejack's radio, placed next to the steering wheel of the wagon. I picked up the communicator, pressed the button, and spoke into it.

"Hello? Who is this?"

"Dumbass, did you hear me?! GET. OUT. NOW!!"

**Equestria of The Dead

Created by: Thunder Ice

Episode 2: Baltimare**

"Let me see that," another voice emerged from the radio. A moment of movement occured, but once the sounds ceased, the voice spoke up again.

"Hey, in the wagon. You okay?"

I was frozen for a minute again, but quickly shook myself out of my daze and replied to the voice in the radio.

"Yeah, hello? Who is this?"

"Not important right now. You need to just focus on getting out of there. Now. The Walkers are only attracted by the noise for a short amount of time. In minutes, they'll be surrounding the place again. Grab whatever you can and go into the alleyway at the left. Got it?"

It took me a moment to get it through my head, but I did what he said and got all of my supplies ready. I grabbed my satchel, Applejack's hat, and I began to climb the wagon to the right side door. It took a few kicks, but with enough force, I managed to open the jammed door. Unfortunately, when I kicked it, I slipped downward, but caught my hoofing...on the horn of the wheel.

Upon landing on the horn, I caused it to generate a noise that echoed in the air. I quickly took it off and froze. I then looked to the area where the Walkers had left. I stared at the area a few seconds. Then I continued what I was doing before. I grabbed the sides with my hooves, then slowly made my way out. I rolled on my back and rested there for a moment.

The radio crackled again, and the voice spoke.

"Hey, this isn't the time to relax! With the noise of that horn, Walkers will be swarming the place. You need to keep moving!"

I listened to him. Slowly, I rolled my way to the edge of the side. I then fell off, but landed safely on my hooves. I looked to my left to see the alleyway. I began to walk towards it, but then I heard a noise. A scream.

"Help me, please!"

The voice sounded like a mare, but not the typical mare. It sounded higher. I looked to the right, near the middle of the street to see a filly, wandering aimlessly, scared. She couldn't seem to see me.

"Please!! Anypony!! Mommy! Daddy! I'm scared!!"

I didn't know what to do: leave the filly, or help her.

That was when I heard the voice from the radio again.

"Shit, Walkers!"

I looked to the far left, and saw the Walkers from before returning. They began to wander near the wagon, but they soon heard the voice and spotted the filly in desperate need. That was when I made my decision. Quickly, I bolted to the filly as fast as I could. Once I reached the filly, I picked her up and placed her on my back.

"Hang on tight!" I said to her. Quickly, I bolted back to the alleyway as fast as I could, while the filly wrapped her tiny forelegs around my neck and held on tightly.

When I reached the alleyway, I looked to where I was to see the Walkers quickly trotting towards me. Not looking back, I bolted down the alleyway, ignoring the stench of death that filled my nose as I ran through it. I began to reach the end of the alleyway, where a metal door greeted me. Suddenly, as I reached it, the door swung open, and a pair of hooves grabbed me and dragged me in.

Once I was inside, the metal door shut tightly behind me. I looked to see two stallions blocking it with large boxes. Seconds later, there was muffled banging from outside, followed by the growling and snarling of the Walkers. Safe for now, I took deep breaths. Suddenly, I felt the filly on my back slowly tighten her grip on my neck, and I could hear her whimpering silently.

"You okay?" I heard a voice say to me. I looked up to see a dark green stallion with a gray mane looking at me.

Still catching my breath, I just nodded to him. He then looked behind me to the filly.

"You okay, sweetie?" He asks to her. She nods and whimpers again.

"I-I...couldn't f-find my m-mommy or d-daddy..." she says, her voice shaky.

"Those big bad monsters didn't get you, did they?" The stallion asks.

"N-no."

"Here," he then grabs the filly and puts her on his back, "let me get you something to eat. You must be hungry."

"Uh-huh."

They head into another room. I then look back to the door as a stallion places one last box on top of his makeshift barricade.

"It's not that good," he pauses, "but it'll hold...for now, at least."

He then notices me and starts, "Listen, thanks for saving that filly out there. If it wasn't for you, she would've ended up like one of those...things out there."

I nodded, agreeing with him. After a few seconds of silence, other than the constant noises of the Walkers, he holds out his hoof to me.

"Star Burst," he introduces himself.

I look down to his hoof. I smile, then shake his hoof, and introduce myself.

"Lightning Flash."

Suddenly, the stallion stopped.

""Lightning Flash"?"

"Yyyeah. What about it?"

"Wait a second..." The stallion pointed at me a few times, "You're that stallion that mare's always been talking about. What was her name, I always forget...uhh, Rainbow Dash! That's it!"

Rainbow Dash? I remembered back to the picture. That cyan colored mare?

"Rainbow Dash?"

"Yeah. Why, you know her?"

"Well...kinda. Is she...alright?" I asked with a bit of worry in my voice.

"Pfft. Yeah, she's fine. She's in the other room," Star Burst replied and pointed to the doorway where the other stallion went.

"She...she's here? Right now?"

"Yeah. She actually found this place last night for us. We were gonna leave once the coast was clear...but, the little event from before kinda...delayed that, sorta."

"Yeah..." I said awkwardly and scratched the back of my head, "Sorry about that..."

"Don't worry about it."

Suddenly, a box fell from the stack and on top of Star's head, causing him to flinch a bit. Rubbing his head, he picked up the box, placed it back on the stack, and banged on the door a few times, causing no effect on the Walkers.

"Hey, knock it off out there!" He then looks back to me, "Pfft...Walkers." He then started to chuckle. I chuckled with him. A few moments later, he changed the subject.

"So, tell me...where were you a month ago when everything went down?"

"Hospital," was all I could reply.

His eyebrow rose. "Hospital? Were you a doctor or somethin'?"

"No. I was in a coma."

"Coma? When'd you wake up?"

"Well...yesterday."

"Yesterday?! So you've been out the whole time the shit hit the fan?"

I nodded at the question. "Uh huh. But the worst part of it is...I couldn't remember anything. I woke up with no memory, at all. I eventually found out my name and a few other things, but...that's as close as I'll get to remembering anything about me."

I then sighed. Suddenly, Star put a hoof on my shoulder. "Don't worry about it. I had a friend...years ago, that had the exact same problem as you do, only without the dead walking around. He woke up from a coma after 6 months...with no memory of anything about him or his friends. Nothing. The doctors said he might never recover his memory, and that it'd be best to just support him the whole way."

Star stopped and looked to the floor.

"I thought I was never gonna be able to see my best friend the same way ever again. Suddenly, a few days later, he walks into my house, and starts talking to me. Says, "Hey, Star. Ready to head to the Best Flyer Competition?" He didn't even know what that was the other day. I then start asking him if he remembered anything from the past few days. He says a few days ago, we were at the cafe, talking about the competition. But we started talking about that before his coma! We then headed back to the hospital, and the doctor said he's fine. Nothin' was wrong with him or anythin'. His memory was back and everythin', like nothin' happened."

He then was silent. A few moments later, he looked to me.

"So you never know...it might come back on its own, maybe not. The mind works in mysterious ways, so...you never know."

I then took his words into consideration. I then smiled and nodded. "Thanks, Star."

He then smiled back to me.

A few minutes later, we headed into the other room, where the rest of the survivors stayed. There was the stallion from before, holding the filly and giving some food to her; another stallion with, who I assume is his wife and daughter; a mare who was shaking back and forth in a corner, whispering, "I'm safe in here. They'll never get me in here, right?"

There was also a colt, laying comfortably next to his mother, who was smiling sweetly down at her son. I can only imagine what must've happened to her husband. Then there was the mare from the picture. Rainbow Dash.

"Rainbow Dash?" I called out. The mare looked up, and she just froze. Her eyes widened, and her jaw dropped.

"L...Lightning?" She managed to get out. She then slowly got up from the seat she was sitting in, and slowly began to approach me. Once she was close enough, she began to examine me, like I was something from another world.

"It...can't be you. It just can't. I...I have to be dreaming...Is it really you?".

"...Surprise, surprise?" I asked then chuckled.

Rainbow didn't reply. She just continued to observe me like some strange creature. She then opened her mouth slightly, as if to say something, but then a noise startled everyone in the room. We all turned to the room where I was just in. We saw the boxes barricading the door fall down, allowing the door to open freely, as the constant banging broke the lock. Within moments, countless Walkers began to pour into the other room.

Acting fast, I ran to the door of the room we were in, and quickly shut it. I then locked it and quickly looked around the room for some objects. I found a bookcase. I then ran to it and began to pull it. Unfortunately, it wouldn't budge.

"I need some help here!" I yelled.

Quickly, Star Burst ran to the other side of the bookcase and began to push forward. Finally, the bookcase moved forward, or I guess in my position, backward. We placed the bookcase in front of the door, then got in front of it and pushed it so that it touched the door. Just as we did that, the Walkers began to bang roughly at the door, trying to get in. Luckily, since the bookcase was extremely heavy, I don't think they'll be able to bust that down anytime soon.

I panted, trying to catch my breath.

"We're gonna die, we're gonna die, we're gonna die, we're gonna die, we're gonna die..." The mare in the corner began to say repeatedly.

"Mommy, I'm scared! What if those monsters get in?" The young colt asked his mother.

"Don't worry, honey. They won't get in..." The mother looked up to me. "...will they?"

"No. We're safe as long as this bookcase holds," I replied to her.

"How else are we supposed to get out of here?" The green stallion from before asks.

"Why don't we head to the roof?" Star Burst suggested, "We can look around the place from the rooftop."

A few moments later, Star Burst, Rainbow Dash, and I were on the roof. The building was very high, close to 20 stories. We could see for many blocks across the city. Below, in the front, we could see the toppled wagon I arrived in, and all around were countless Walkers, just shambling around the road, some even walking into the alleyway.

"Rainbow, how 'bout you fly around and see if you spot something? Lightning and I will check on the street in case they migrate," Star suggested to Rainbow.

"Got it," Dash replied, then flew up into the air, beginning to look around. I looked at her as she flew around the place, until Star spoke up.

"She's a beaut, isn't she?"

I stuttered for a moment. "U-Uh...yeah, I guess."

He chuckled for a moment, before asking me, "Why don't you ask her out? I mean, even if you don't really know her, she knows you. It'd be fine."

"Actually...I'm...already in a relationship," I replied slowly.

"With who?"

"This one mare...actually, she's Rainbow's friend. Her name's Applejack, from Ponyville. She lives at Sweet Apple Acres. Maybe you've heard of her?"

Star put a hoof on his chin for a moment, before he replied. "Oh yeah. I know her. Although, I only went there one time to buy some apples and even try out their cider. I did want to go back there again, but then...you know."

I nodded, agreeing.

"But," he then began, "that's a bit of a shame for Rainbow."

I raised an eyebrow. "Why?"

He looked in the direction where Rainbow was, then spoke again, "Well, 'cause she's had a crush on you for a while."

"Huh?" I said in surprise.

"Yeah. Before the city got overrun, she's told me many things about you. She even told me about this one time when she went to go get you for cider season in Ponyville, and you were sleeping. So she carried you there, and she said on the way, you started talkin' dirty to her in your sleep, and you-"

Suddenly, a loud bang echoed throughout the place. We looked in the direction of the sound and saw Rainbow flying back to us at a rapid speed. Suddenly, something pierced her left wing, causing her to cry out in pain and spin out of control.

"Rainbow Dash!" I yelled as she flew towards us. A few moments later, she flew right into me, and I landed on my back, holding Rainbow tightly.

"Are you okay?" I asked. Rainbow whimpered a little and moved her wing up. There was a small hole in it.

"A-Ah!" Rainbow cried out in pain. Tears quickly began to fall down her face.

"Who got you?" Star asked her. Rainbow looked up at him.

"Bandits."

"Shit," was all that Star spoke.

"Bandits?" I asked.

"Assholes who kill anypony they see. Show no mercy. About 4-5 of them came here last night as the place got overrun. Must've gotten separated, I guess."

Star opened his mouth to say something else, but Rainbow's moans of pain stopped him.

"C'mon, let's get her down to Doc Rain."

"Who?"

"That green stallion downstairs."

"Wasn't he the one who called me a dumbass on the radio?"

"Yeah. You'll get used to that eventually," he says, chuckling a bit.

I then carefully pick Rainbow up and place her onto my back. I then started to turn to the door, but not before Star stopped me.

"Lightning, wait a sec," he speaks to me. I stopped and turned around to see him standing at the edge of the building.

"What?"

"Look."

I walk towards the edge of the building and look down. The Walkers below begin to walk in the direction of the sound. The most came from the alleyway.

"Holy shit, they're leaving," Star says in surprise.

We looked in surprise as the Walkers left suddenly. We quickly knew this was a result of the sound. Sound attracts them. That's something I should keep in mind for the future.

"S-So...now what?" Rainbow says to us.

"We'll get you to Doc Rain, then we'll go out and hopefully find a way out of here," I said to her.

Rainbow nods, smiling at me, before moaning in pain once again. Finally, Star and I begin to head downstairs, being careful not to bump into anything. Once we reach the bottom floor, we open the door and head to the couch. The mother and son quickly move once they see us with Rainbow. We thank them quickly and set Rainbow down on the couch. Doc Rain comes over to us and looks at Rainbow Dash before turning to us.

"What happened?" Doc Rain asked.

"A bandit shot her from one of the rooftops," Star replied.

"Will she be okay?" I asked.

"Yes, she'll be fine. I just need to sew up the hole."

"What...did they shoot her with?" I ask.

"A sniper rifle," Star replied.

"What's that?"

"A very powerful object that can shoot tiny projectiles amazingly fast. Some say these projectiles are fast enough to pierce the head kill even the strongest creature in Equestria. These things are...well, were hidden from the public. Some survivors, including the bandits, found some in Canterlot after it got overrun 2 weeks ago."

"Then I guess we'll need to be careful, then," I said, before heading to the door and pushing the bookcase out of the way.

"What are you doing?" The colt's mother asked with a little worry in her voice.

"The sound of that rifle attracted Walkers. The outside is completely deserted, other than the wagons and bodies."

I then stopped talking, and slowly opened the door. I peaked my head out and looked around. I was right. The coast was clear. I then walked out, and Star followed behind me.

"We'll be back. I promise," Star said to the others.

"You better," Rain replied.

Star nodded before closing the door behind him. He caught up with me and we both headed to the door. However, I heard something and quickly stopped him. I put a hoof up to my mouth, signaling him to be quiet. I then slowly snuck to the door. Once I reached it, I peaked my head out. Luckily, only one Walker was slowly shambling, trying to follow the horde that had left a while ago.

"I got this," I whispered.

Slowly, I took out the knife from my satchel. I quietly snuck my way towards the Walker...until I stepped on a piece of glass, causing it to crack. I winced at the sound.

Slowly, the Walker turned to face me. It was a stallion, who growled and snarled at me, before quickly shambling towards me. As he got to me, I raised my knife up, then dove the blade deep into the head of the Walker, causing it to become instantly silent. Some blood had squirted, but I turned away before it could get in my face. Quickly, the Walker became as limp as a ragdoll, and fell to the ground. I then turned to Star and motioned him to follow me.

After a few moments, the two of us were on the empty streets, aside from the countless wagon wrecks and dead bodies. Usually, if there were 5-6 of us, we would've split up to cover more area, but since there were just 2 of us at the moment, we stayed together. We walked across the road, sometimes walking over bodies. Luckily, these had holes in their heads, possibly from those rifles.

Star and I stood in an intersection, which led to three paths. The two of us looked down the road Rainbow went down. In the distance, we could see countless Walkers limping and shambling into a building, possibly the one with the bandits in it. We stopped focusing on that and continued walking around for a shortcut out of here.

As we walked, I happened to step on something metal. I looked down to see a round metal door at my forelegs.

"Where does this lead to?" I asked.

"Leads to the city's sewer system," Star replied to me.

I reached down to the metal door, and began to pull. Surprisingly, it wasn't extremely heavy, but it was definitely heavy. I lifted it out of its resting place and set it aside. I then took a peak below. A horrifying stench filled my nose, but it wasn't anywhere as horrible as the smell of a dead body.

"What if we can use these to find a way out of the city?" I asked.

Star then facehoofed himself.

"Why the fuck didn't we think of that sooner?" He exclaimed in anger, but not too loud.

Suddenly, we heard distant screams. We looked in the direction of the screams. We then looked to the rooftops. We couldn't really see much, mostly because of how distant we were, but at one building, we could see a stallion screaming. To get a better view, Star took out some binoculars from his satchel and looked up close.

"Look," Star said as he handed the binoculars to me.

I grabbed them and looked to the rooftop. What I saw was terrifying. The stallion was being grabbed by a few Walkers as others began to rip into him. One of the Walkers grabbing him managed to rip his arm off, causing him to scream in agony. Suddenly, with Walkers still grabbing at him, he limped slowly towards the edge of the building, dragging the Walkers with him.

"Fuck you, motherfuckers!!!" He screamed, then with little force, jumped off the side of the building, taking the Walkers with him. I could hear a faint thud and splat. I could also see blood splattering everywhere. On the rooftops, I saw a few more Walkers slowly limping to the edge, then fall off as well.

"We're running out of time. Let's get the others and go," Star said.

I just sat there, still looking through the binoculars, watching as the Walkers below eat whatever was left of the bandit.

"Lightning, come on, we have to go!" Star nearly shouted, which brought me out of my shock. I then turned back to him, nodded, then we both headed back into the building.

As we entered the place, we could see that Rainbow's wound was treated and bandaged.

"She's fine," Doc Rain said. "Wound'll heal up within a couple weeks."

"As long as she's fine, that's good," Star said, before heading to one of the couches and grabbing a few things, possibly his extra supplies.

"What're you doing?" Rain asked.

"We found a way out of here."

"Really now?" Rain asked in surprise.

"Yes. There's a sewer pothole in the street out there. If we go through it, it could possibly lead to a way out of the city."

"'Possibly' ain't really gonna cut it for me."

Star then walked up to Rain and looked at him.

"Dad...it may be our only shot to make it out of here."

Wait..."Dad"?

"Mom told us before she died last night that she wanted us to get out of here. This may be our only shot. We can't get out any other way. The whole city is littered with Walkers."

Rain was in a state of thought for a moment. Finally, he came up with an answer.

"Okay, son. Let's go."

Finally, Rain got up and began to grab his backpack. Star got up and said to everyone, "Everypony, get your things! We're leavin' in 60 seconds!"

After he said that, everyone in the room began to pack whatever they had. All except the mare in the corner. She just continued to rock back and forth.

"Berry Shake, c'mon. We have to go," the stallion with the family asked.

She didn't reply to him. Instead, she just laughed insanely, like a maniac.

"W-We're all gonna die. There's no point anymore. Why not just give in? Let us become one with the dead. L-Let us join Bean Bag and Vanilla Blossom." She laughed insanely once more, rocking back and forth faster.

The stallion was about to say something, but Rain stopped him.

"Wind...she's too far gone," he said to him.

"But we can't just leave her here! We've already lost 2 ponies! I don't want to lose another!"

"There's no point, Wind. Let's just go. C'mon!" Rain then headed out the door. Wind looked back and forth at the door, then to Berry Shake.

"Dammit! I'm so sorry!" Wind says to Berry, before grabbing his things and heading out the door. Unfortunately, he went out too fast and forgot to shut it.

Back inside, Berry laughed crazily once more.

Wind then exited the door and through the alleyway. He could then see the others, who were already beginning to head downward into the sewer. He then looked up. That's when he froze. A numerous amount of Walkers were surrounding the perimeter...and quickly heading towards him.

"Wind, hurry up!" Star yelled as held the round door. Just then, another young filly squeezed through the hole.

"Daddy!" She shouted to her father, bringing Wind out of his trance. Quickly, he sprinted as fast as he could to the hole. Star and the filly moved down to make room for Wind. Wind quickly climbed down the ladder, but not before shutting the door. But as he reached out to grab the door, an enormous pain erupted in his right hoof, causing him to scream out in pain.

He looked up. A Walker was biting into his hoof. The Walker then lifted his head up, tearing a chunk of Wind's hoof off, and allowing Wind to pull the door to cover the hole.

Once it was shut, Wind quickly climbed down, and his wife screamed in shock.

"Dear Celestia, what happened?!"

"One of those fuckers bit me!" Wind yelled in pain, grabbing his torn hoof.

Wind's wife's eyes widened.

"B-but...I thought that bites...killed you," she whimpered, her voice shaky.

"They do. Just not for a while, maybe...10...12 hours?" Rain replied.

"Can we stop the infection?" Wind asked in fear.

Rain sighed. "No. That is...until you cut the infected area off."

Wind's eyes widened. "You mean like "amputate" cut it off?"

"Well...yeah. There's really no other meaning for it."

"No way! I'm not letting you cut off my foreleg!"

"Would you rather live with one foreleg, or die with both?"

Wind was about to speak up again, but he stopped. He realized there was no other way. He was either going to have to lose his foreleg, or lose his life. He finally made his decision. Slowly, he held out the infected hoof.

"Just...do it quickly."

Rain looked at him, as well as the rest of the group.

"Before I do..." Rain paused, then took something out of his satchel. It was a syringe.

"What is that?" Wind asked, looking at the substance within the syringe.

"Anesthesia. The local kind. That way, your whole body doesn't numb up. Getting your foreleg cut off's gonna hurt like Tartarus, but this will prevent that."

Rain aimed the needle above the arm, where the cut would be. He inserted the needle, and released the liquid within the syringe, until it was empty. He waited for close to half a minute, which was about the time for it to completely take effect.

"How does it feel?" Rain asked after the time was up.

"I...can't feel my foreleg." Wind tried to move it, but failed. He tried to raise it, but due to its numbness, he failed. He slowly balanced on his hind legs, and held it up past the elbow with his left hoof.

"Alright...ready?"

Wind was silent for a moment, then replied, "...Yes."

"I'm sorry I have to do this, Wind."

"Don't be. Just do it quick, alright?"

Rain nodded, then took out a hatchet from his satchel. He placed it into his hoof. Then slowly, he raised it up. However, before he began, he looked at all of us, then set it down.

"...If any of you easily get sick...look away."

He then turned to Wind's wife.

"Don't let her look."

Wind's wife nodded and covered her daughter's eyes. Rain then turned to Wind once again, and raised the hatchet.

Finally, with enough force, he dove it down, deep into Wind's foreleg. However, Wind didn't scream. He didn't feel the pain. He just looked away, not wanting to see the sight before him.

The chop squirted blood outward, getting on Wind and Rain. The others were out of range. Rainbow Dash stood right next to me, looking a little disgusted seeing the sight. I looked at her with a little bit of worry.

Just then, Rain raised the hatchet and dove it down into Wind's foreleg again, getting it halfway. By then, Wind's foreleg was sort of hanging downward. More blood splashed out of the wound.

At this point, Rainbow couldn't couldn't take it anymore. She turned away and vomited onto the ground. I then turned around, having her on my left. I then put my left foreleg on her back and gently rubbed it up and down. Her fur felt so soft. Just like...Applejack...

"It's okay, Rainbow," I whispered to her. I continued to rub her back while I waited for her to let it all out.

Behind me, I heard one last chop, then a huge splash. I turned around to see the foreleg was finally cut off. Wind was examining the spot where his foreleg was just seconds ago.

"The anesthesia's gonna wear off in a couple hours. It might hurt...a lot," Rain said.

Wind breathed in and out for a moment, then nodded before stepping back down onto all threes. I then looked back to Rainbow, who was just coughing up tiny pieces now.

"You alright now, Dashie?" I asked with a little nickname.

She nodded a bit, before wiping her mouth.

"Sh-Shouldn't we get going?" Rainbow then asked the group.

"Right," Star replied to her, "We should. Let's go."

Star then walked by everyone. Once he did, everyone else followed behind him. Wind, however, was behind the group with his wife, who was helping him balance, and his child.

"W-Wait..." Rainbow then said. Everypony stopped and looked at her.

"Where's Berry Shake?"

Rain look at the back of the group to Wind, who was looking back.

"She wasn't coming. She was too far gone." Rain then sighed and continued forward with his son.

Rainbow then frowned deeply. Just then, I saw a tear fall down her eye. I knew that she cared for the mare.

"Hey," I said to her.

I stepped in front of her and wiped the tear from her face. She smiled back at me, then stared at me for a moment, before giving me a hug.

"I'm so glad you're okay," she then whispered to me.

I smiled, then hugged her tighter.

"Hey, c'mon, you lovebirds!" Star then yelled to us, causing Rainbow and I to blush slightly. I looked at Star and could see him smirking, before turning his head back.

"Y-yeah, he's r-right. We should go," Rainbow stuttered a little.

"Right."

We then started walking forward, catching up with the group. As we walked, Rainbow leaned her head on mine. I have no idea how I'm going to tell Applejack about this...

Back on the surface, in the building where the others had taken refuge, Berry Shake was still sitting there, talking to herself and laughing mechanically. As she laughed, she looked around the room. Everyone's supplies except for hers were gone. She then looked towards the door. It was still open slightly.

She continued to observe it. Suddenly, a hoof appeared through the shadows behind the door.

"Ooh! Who is it? Bean Bag? Is that you? Oh, you silly pony! Please, come in, come in! Don't be shy, now!" Berry said.

Slowly, the pony behind the door entered after Berry spoke. It slowly started to move towards her.

"Bean, are you alright? You don't look so good. Where is that pony Vanilla Blossom! I'm sure she can help you!" Berry then smiled creepily.

The pony still did not respond to her. Instead, it began to wheeze and snarl and even shamble towards Berry. Just then, another pony came in through the door. After that one, another came. Then another. And another.

"So much company, hahaha!" Berry laughed mechanically once again.

"Come on, why don't you come out of the shadows, everyone? No need to hide your faces! Here, lemme help you!"

For the first time since last night, Berry got up and headed to a light switch. She then flicked it on and turned around to see the ponies entering the room. Her eyes widened, but she still kept a creepy smile. The ponies entering the room were indeed Walkers, none of them she knew. They smelled of death and decay, parts of skin and fur hanging off their decomposing bodies. All of them were shambling quickly towards Berry. Berry then laughed insanely, her left eye twitching madly.

"Come in, come in everypony! There's lots to go around!!" Berry exclaimed, then opened her arms, like she was welcoming the Walkers, which she was.

After a moment, a few Walkers pounced on Berry and tackled her to the ground. Berry, however, didn't seem to care at all that her life was going to end. The only thing on her mind was Bean Bag and Vanilla Blossom.

But even though she lost her mind, it didn't mean she couldn't feel the pain. Soon enough, Berry's insane laughter became nothing but screams of agony and pain as the Walkers began to bite and tear into her body, ripping out organs and feasting on them.

Soon, within seconds after being torn into, Berry's screams and cries of agony became whimpers. She slowly began to close her eyes. Then soon enough, it was silent.

After a few minutes, the Walkers had left, done with their feast. All that was left was chunks of organs here and there, as well as the hollow body of a mare who was alive only minutes ago.

Then suddenly...her eyes flashed open, glowing red, with a mixture of green in it. Soon enough, Berry began to wheeze and snarl.

Berry Shake had become a Walker.

Slowly, she began to get up from her resting place, wheezing as she did. Once she was up, she began to look around, like she was examining the place. Her head twitched slightly, and she snarled. Then she spotted the door. Slowly, she began to shamble to the door, but as she did, she bumped into a satchel that belonged to her, causing the satchel to fall over. As it did, a picture came out, cracking a bit as it landed.

The sound of the crack caught Berry's attention. She turned around and looked down to see the source of the crack. Slowly, she managed to lower herself to examine the picture.

It was a picture of her and a cyan mare, with a rainbow colored mane. She cocked her head a little, wheezing a little. She then looked to the corner of the picture, where it showed the date the picture was taken: 7/16/12. Just 5 months and 5 days before the outbreak.

However, since Berry was a Walker, the picture no longer mattered to her. But she kept the vision of the rainbow mare in her slowly decaying mind.

She then began to walk away from the picture, and left the room through the open door. Once she did, she passed through the storage area, and past the fallen boxes on the ground. She left through a second door, into the alleyway. She began to shamble through the alleyway, shambling past the dead Walkers on the ground, which she looked at, snarled, and shambled away.

Finally, after a minute, she finally made her way outside of the alleyway, where she joined the endless army of the walking dead. She walked into the middle of the intersection.

Just then, she began to hear something under her. It sounded like a voice. She looked under her to see some kind of machine. Even though she was dead, she could still remember that this was called a radio. The radio seemed to be surrounded by glass. She looked in front of her to see a crashed wagon in front of her. It was tipped sideways, with a hole in the windshield. The decomposing body of a stallion was halfway through the windshield, with what appeared to be a bird picking at it.

Berry then looked back to the radio to hear a voice speaking in it.

"To all radio broadcasts out there throughout Equestria listening to the sound of my voice, this is Dr. Rain Burst, from the Baltimare Refuge Center. If you are planning to head to Baltimare, cancel that. Baltimare has been overrun. I repeat, Baltimare has been overrun by the Walkers. Do not make any attempts to enter the city. I'm with a group of 10, myself included, trying to escape through the Baltimare sewer tunnels. If you are listening to this broadcast, do not enter Baltimare. The city is lost. I repeat, the city is lost. Dr. Rain out."

After listening to the message, Berry snarled at the radio. She then raised her hoof and slammed it down onto the radio, smashing it into pieces. She then lifted her hoof up to observe it. There was glass dug deep into the hoof, with blood running down her foreleg. However, she felt no pain, therefore, it didn't matter to her. She then set her hoof down back onto the ground, causing the glass to dig deeper. Still, she did not matter.

She then slowly began to turn around, then looked down to see a pothole in the road. Slowly, she shambled towards it, reached to it, and began to pull. Surprisingly, even in death, she still managed to lift it up. She then threw it next to her.

She then growled and snarled loudly, trying to get the attention of the Walkers. She then motioned her left hoof to the pothole.

Finally, Berry slowly began to climb down the hole...and the rest followed...

END OF EPISODE 2.