Author's Note

I haven't watched a lot of MLP lately mainly cause I haven't been able to get anymore episodes ;.; 1 through 5 is all I got.

Also, this is my first time writing out a MLP character,

So please forgive me if some things seem off. Pretty please~

Pinke promise!

Chapter One: Awakening

Chapter One: Awakening
Written by: Dustchu
I own nothing except my OC.

The wind was cold, cold and stale as it blew through the abandoned streets. Newspapers rode the gusts, whipping across the roads and making a crinkling sound. Empty water bottles rolled here and there, trees slightly swaying from the light gusts as dead leaves fell and formed small piles on the sidewalks.

The dawn was just barely approaching, the sun breaking light just above the dock area of the city, its rays of sunshine being cast into the streets, and illuminating the darkness that filled them.

Vehicles of varying models sat on the road, some were overturned and others burnt out from fires started long ago. Their burnt shells a grim reminder of what they once were, before.

Lying on the hard cold ground behind a Mail truck on its side, was a creature... a pony to be exact, colored Cyan with a rainbow colored mane and tail, on her flank was a small mark showing a small cloud with a thunderbolt colored like a rainbow shooting out of it. Her small body was covered in bruises and scratches, her wings were dirty as well as her mane, both covered in specks of dirt and grass. This pony's name, was Rainbow Dash.

Suddenly, her eyelids twitched under the sun's rays, "Oh.. my head... what happened?" Rainbow Dash wondered, her eyes opening to reveal beautiful violet colored eyes filled with confusion, and hurt.

The blue Mare blinked several times to rid her vision of the blurriness before struggling to stand, she righted herself, albeit slowly as she put one fore hoof down, then the other as she fought against the aches and pains in her joints and limbs. After some doing she managed to stand, her legs shaking and her stomach twisting in knots. her wings drooped to her sides and her head hung low, The pony's eyelids growing heavy as she wondered what happened to her.

She felt so tired, like she went ten rounds with a wolf. She shook her head slightly as she took a peek at her surroundings, "Whoa..." she breathed.

In front of her were massive structures reaching all the way into the sky almost, the way it was built reminded her of Manehattan. It was almost similar to it in ways. The buildings all stretched to the sky cutting into the clouds, the roads were different however. a dark gray with yellow lines painted down the middle, cracks and splits from age pock marked it in places.

The Pegasus Pony was then made aware of her injures, she glanced at her body and saw the bruises and cuts that covered almost her entire being. Her eyes went wide and she shook visibly as everything from before she woke up was a complete blur, "Why...why can I remember anything?" she asked herself, she remembered her name, who she was, everything... all except, what had happened to her, why was it all a blur?

She shook her head hard, furrowing her brow and closing her eyes trying to remember, but nothing came to mind. "Damn it!" she cursed silently due to her headache, she rubbed her head with a hoof with a sigh, she felt so tired.

The Pegasus looked around once more before deciding to explore the area, her eyes scanning the empty streets and large metallic crates that sat here and there. She then began moving forward, her curiosity of this place growing.

Rainbow's hooves made slight clopping sounds against the pavement as she navigated her way around trash that littered the sidewalk, and an odd red substance that covered the walls of buildings an doorways, feelings of dread slowly started to knot up up in her stomach. Where was everyone?

Suddenly, a crack of what sounded like thunder filled the air around. The way the city was built caused the sound to bounce and reverberate and increase its volume, sounding like a thundestorm. The Cyan colored pony whipped her head around, her eyes wide as she tried to see where it came from but to no avail.

The three more sounded out, each one louder then the last. deciding not to stick around, she started to run, out of fear if not anything else. She was a brave pony, but right now she was in a massive city, with no one else around and a feeling of unease had settled in the pit of her stomach, that was more then enough to give her the idea to run for her life.

More cracks of thunder sounded, it sounded close to her. Was she getting close? then a thought crossed her mind, she could just fly, she forgot she could. She face hoofed as she shook her wings free of the dirt before taking flight, she soared straight up a couple of stories until she was a good twenty feet above the ground. Now that she was up higher she could make out more of the city, it went on for miles in every direction, heck it was bigger them Manehatten almost!

"Whoa... this city... is huge!" The pony exclaimed, her eyes wide from how vast the city was. If she wasn't careful, she may just get lost within the concrete maze. Then suddenly her eyes caught something, there was someone here after all! "Hey!" she called out, she ducked down and started flying until she landed back onto the ground with a clop of her hooves.

She started down the path the figure went until she saw it, whatever it was it was tall, at least five feet and bi pedal. It donned a plaid shirt and blue jeans, on its feet it was missing one shoe and its hair was disheveled. a light moan came from it as Rainbow asked, "Um, excuse me mister? I was wondering could y-" she stopped when the creature turned around, reveling a horrid sight.

Its 'face' was the most scariest sight she's ever seen. Its eyes and its skin gray, its vanes that ran through its body was blackened and its clothes shredded, showing a torn up chest covered in what looked like bite marks and scratches, a foul smell came from it that made the Pegasus's stomach twist and turn.

Rainbow's eyes were locked onto the creature's gray ones, her heart beating faster as she saw nothing behind those eyes, no life... there was something else... Its mouth opened, its teeth cracked and broken and turned into fangs as it growled, its arms raising as it lunged at her.

"What ar-AHHHHHHHHHH!!" Rainbow shrieked as she stumbled backwards, she landed on her back as the creature came at her, intent on spilling her blood. She whimpered as as she kicked at it with her back legs, smacking it in the face and breaking its teeth further. She crawled back before getting back onto her hooves and trying to run away, only to have the thing grab the Pegasus's leg.

She flapped her wings hard, almost taking flight if the thing wasn't gripped onto her back leg, she turned her body around and kicked at it with her free hoof, dislocating its jaw making it hand uselessly as it still tired to take a bite of of her flank. "GET OFFA ME!" She screamed, her eyes wide as she struggled against it.

No matter how hard she fought the creature was too heavy for her, it grabbed her other leg and managed to drag her back down until it landed on her, its mouth making a sickening cracking sound as it prepared to take a chunk out of the Flying Pony.

If its head hadn't suddenly popped opened like a cherry, the top half of its head exploded as thunder echoed around her and making her ear drums feel like they were about to explode form the sudden loud boom. Blackish crimson rained on her, covering her beautiful rainbow colored mane and blue body in sticky blood, droplets landed on her face as she shook. She yelped as she crawled away from the now deceased body, she stood up quickly as she gasped at the blood that covered both her, and the ground. The foul smell of decay filled the air and she gagged, she tried to hold back the bile but this was too much for her to handle.

Her stomach churned and her mouth started to water before she threw up, spewing up what she had for lunch right onto the road. Her throat burned afterwards and her entire being felt sick, "Oh god." she muttered as she took a few steps back, her heart aching from what just happened.

As she turned around she saw another one! she backed away from it, her wings spread out and read to take flight, but something stopped her. This... thing, she saw its eyes, they had color. They were a dark Hazel color a opposed to being gray, The thing wore a black t-shirt with faded letters on it and torn jeans and white hoes stained with blood and mud, his hair was long and curly and hidden underneath a beanie hat. His Hazel eyes wide and his hands trembling as they held onto what looked like a long stick, "N-no... way." He spoke.

Rainbow had no idea how to react to this thing, she was still shaking from earlier as she prepared to take flight and escape.

The creature noticed this, "Wait! don't go!" he called out, one of his hands held out as if he was about to grab her.

"Don't get near me!" The Pegasus told him, flapping her wings and hovering a few feet away from him and ready to jet off should she have to.

"J-just wait," the thing started, "How... how are you here?" he asked.

To Rainbow, that was a good question, "I...I don't know..." she replied sorrowfully, looking around as she heard moaning noises, her gut told her that was a bad thing...

The thing in front of her must have heard it to, for he raised the stick he held and aimed it like it was a weapon. But now that Rainbow Dash got a good look at it, it almost looked like one of the Equestrian royal military's firearms, but designed somewhat differently. He held it and aimed down its sights down an alleyway, Rainbow looked and saw more of the things stumbling out of doorways and crawling out from small windows on the grounds near buildings.

"Oh no." She breathed, she as about to fly when the thing fired off his firearm. That was the thunder she heard earlier, he was doing that.

The Rifle bucked into his shoulder, sending a piece of hot lead flying towards the body of one of the creatures Rainbow almost fell to. The piece of lead embedded itself into the shoulder of one of them and caused it to whip back, but it kept coming. "Damn!" the thing cursed, pulling back the bolt of his rifle and loading another bullet into the chamber, he was about to fire but gave up when he saw more coming from down the road, "Quick! follow me!" he yelled grabbing her hoof and leading her away, the rifle clutched in his hands as they were slowly surrounded. "I know a safe place!"

Rainbow would have protested but something in her gut told her to trust this thing, he didn't attack her, and he appears to be helping her. She nodded and followed him, soaring above him as he lead her down the road, away from a possible horrific death. But after they get to safety, she was going to get answers...