Chapters CHAPTER 2. RAINBOW DASH
"Oh great." said Rainbow Dash bluntly. The guards had gotten sick to. Not something her and the others were looking forward to. They had been on this stupid train for about 2 hours and the guards were already sick. Now their only choice was to kill them. Rainbow dash started telling Twilight and Applejack what they needed to do. Rainbow Dash knew that since Twilight and Applejack were strong in magic and being physical she talked to them. Rarity was definitely not the one to talk to about going through with this and pinkie was just too, "pinkie", while Fluttershy to scared.
"But we can't just kill innocent people Rainbow dash! What are you thinking?" protested Twilight. They don't look to innocent to me, but…still we can't just kill them. Can we? No of course not! What i'm I even thinking... thought Twilight. Both guards were looking around dumbly as in a trance or a spell. There was obvious signs of the sickness already starting to take place.
"Um if I may speak I think we all should just agree with Rainbow Dash for now, and if not then maybe twilight can just use a spell to get them out of here." said Applejack.
"Fine by me. I just don't want them in here with us." Said Rainbow Dash.
And that's exactly what they did. Applejack and Rainbow Dash opened the door that connects their current train car to the next as twilight levitated both two guards out the door and into the next cart then shut the door hopefully that was enough. Twilight had 'killing them' for the very last thing on her list.
"Glad that's all over." Said Fluttershy quietly. Just then the whole train just stopped.
"Hey um guys? I don't think were in Ponyville yet. What happened?" said Rainbow Dash. Did the train run out of gas? . "Celestia would have known to have the right amount of gas stored in here right?" said Rarity, now concerned. Sudenly then the door to exit opened it was so bright outside they had to adjust for a few seconds. While they were all hazed, Pinkie hopped out curious. It didn't look like the sun was bothering here at all. that's when she saw a figure in the distance slowly walking towards the train.
"Hey get ready!" said Rainbow Dash to everyone.
"Oohh! Maybe it's a scary monster or another sicko!" said Pinkie pie for some reason not scared.
Whatever the figure was it was getting closer. It was walking normal though, so that's a good sign. "Wait that's not a sicko Pinkie…" said Twilight trying to focus. Wait you can see it now.
Well, well. It's Zecora.
CHAPTER.3 ZECORA
There was a long awkward silence in the room. Twilight was sure surprised to see Zecora out of all ponies, err I mean zebra's? Wait, how did she know we were on here? Ha. maybe it was her wierd physic voodoo witchcraft magic.
"Greetings. long time no see." said Zecora. That snapped Twilight out of her unusually rude thoughts.
"Oh, um hi, Zecora." ASLKD;FJAS;LKASDJFUBEP WHAT AM I DOING IM NOT PREPARED FOR THIS GGAHHH! WHY CAN'T I TALK NORMALLY!!1! Thought Twilight as she just stood there and stuttered.
"You know, if you're sick and can't talk right I can mix up a remedy to make you alright." said Zecora seriously.
What is she talking about? "Wha… no, what? no uh i'm just fine, sorry" Twilight looked down at the floor embarrassed she forgot what was going on.
"Well if that is the case, may I join you?" Zecora said as she looked around at the rest in the room. It didn't appear like she had anything more then a normal saddle bag just like all the rest of them. They all started to settle down on the seat's. Twilight across from Zecora. Pinkie, AJ, and Rarity together, And Fluttershy next to RD. "Well you are all probably wondering why I am here and so, I will tell you." Twilight prepared herself. "The reason I am here right now in front of your eye's, is because you have so far been my only 'real' friends since long ago so, I'd thought I might be of need" said Zecora.
"Um I don't mean to sound rude…or anything but it sounds like your trying to make a buisnuss deal more then whatever else we thought you were going to do, but what this, about you being of our help?
Zecora laughed. Twilight didn't like this Zecora didn't exactly sound like her normal self.
"Well Twilight," Zecora said smiling, "Since I am a good home medic I thought that maybe I could be of use to you on your journey and join you."
"Ohhh I get it now, so that's why you asked twilight if she was sick when she stuttered like a little kid." said Rainbow Dash smirking. Twilight flinched at how Rainbow Dash had put it but, Zecora said "yes,"
"so, does that mean I may join you?" asked the zebra. Everypony said "yes" or "yeah" at the same time. "Good," Zecora said smiling,"Then let's get a move on, shall we?"
CH.5 FLUTTERSHY
We were wondering in the middle of nowhere. It was hot and everyone was sweating, especially Fluttershy. "When are we going to get there?" asked Fluttershy.
"I- I don't know," said an exhausted Twilight Sparkle, looking up she said "Hey, um Zecora do you know?"
"Sadly I don't," said Zecora wondering how long it will take.
Fluttershy looked disappointed. It's okay, I bet we'll be there soon thought Fluttershy trying to reassure herself.
"WOOHOO!" said Pinkie pie, loudly.
"EKK!" yelped fluttershy. She has been lost in here own thoughts when Pinkie pie screamed with joy out of nowhere.
Fluttershy looked in pinkie's direction. Oh my. There it was a small wooden cabin that didn't look that bad. It did not look like anyone was in it and it looked pretty stable. Woohoo is right. maybe we won't have to walk in this hot sun for much longer...but still it is a bit weird for there to be a cabin here this close to Cantrerlot, whatever you're overthinking it, Fluttershy. She said to herself.
"Well, I guess this is our savior? Hmm, not bad," said Zecora as she pushed the small door to the cabin open. There wasn't much furniture. In the corner was a chair and in the room while walking in, they spotted a couch, but not much else. All the furniture was covered in whittle sheet's matted with dust.
"Hmm I guess it's safe to assume that this place hasn't been used in a while...probably before the sickness even started," Twilight said in amazement.
"Well there's no such thing as air conditioning anymore...but whatever i'm fine with it,"said Rainbow Dash.
Twilight turned around "You'd better be, we can't be very picky at times like this," said Twilight, "Besides that's Rarity's job anyway,"
Rarity felt like a small string of her dignity had just been stripped off. Hmph, well at least i'm not a stubborn Rainbow Dash. Rarity muttered.
They all spent the last hour cleaning all the dust out and cleaning the sheet's then putting them off to the side in case they need them later as blanket's or clothing, whatever. (Rule #1. Don't be wasteful in a zombie apocalypse or someone will drown your goldfish. True story.)
Tired and a little sweaty, Twilight said, "So. I guess we stay here for the night, party all night and then head out in the morning?"
"WOOHOO!!1! PARTY TIME!" yelled pinkie pie as she reached in her saddlebag and brought out an "Obey" snapback and plopped it on Twilight's head.
CH.6 RARITY
It seem's like the night was taking forever. After they had all helped out and finished cleaning they had been a bit tired and the sun was starting to go down. They couldn't see it very well from the window but you could tell from looking left. They had only seen one...one what? Maybe we schooled just call them 'Strangers' since we don't know them? yeah that's good.
Rainbow Dash was thee first to see it. We had had no weapons present, so she just grabbed whatever she found in the small house and threw and hit it at the thing until it dropped dead. Not the most pleasant thing to see, but better then nothing.
Then we all fell asleep.
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Hmm. What time is it? Rarity got up and opened her saddle bag that lie on the floor. She poked around then she found a little watch she had kept from a long time ago. A fancy one. It read 6:20. Well doesn't matter...I used to wake up around this time all the time, Rarity told herself.
"You woke up to Rarity?" Rarity turned around shocked at a tired looking Twilight.
"Oh, umm yes," said Rarity, "You scared me." Rarity said, still wondering how she hadn't noticed Twilight before.
She looked around and noticed everybody getting up looking like they had been interrupted from their sleep. There that's when she saw the culprit. Rainbow Dash. She turned and looked and as Rainbow Dash had been watch this video she had saved on to her iPod. Twit.
After a long time talking to Rainbow Dash about how watching her /r/montageparodies that she saved on her iPod were going to kill her, they eat some granola bars that they packed in there bags. Not the best meal but better then what she had last time. After they finished packing up they headed up. Up the road. Up to Canterlot.
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[FIRST PERSON RARITY
We were following a light dirt road which only darker dirt surrounded it. In the distance I was able to see tall buildings...parts of a castle...
Once again sweating me and the rest all followed this road. Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash were wearing their sheets like capes while me, Twilight, Pinkie, Zecora, and (Ugh) AppleCrap, had it on like scarfs.
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It took one more hour to get to Canterlot. "What a dump." I said as soon as we arrived. We all looked around and stared at each other at how ironic It was that it looked worse then it was only about a day ago.
Rainbow Dash grabbed out her iPod and started taking pictures. "Hey what'cha doing that for?" asked AppleJack.
"For memories." Rainbow Dash said still concentrated on taking good photos.
What's your definition of a memory? I'd never take a picture of this dump I said to myself.
Twilight stared at Zecora. "So, where now?" she asked the zebra.
Zecora smiled, "The Royal Castle of course."
CH.1 TWILIGHT [How it begun]
CHAPTER.1 TWILGHT [prologue]
Twilight and her friends and her assistant Spike, were scared to death in the back of the train that was supposed to take them to Canterlot and back. They had hopes in traveling to Canterlot to try to assist Celestia in…something. They -even right now- did not know what Celestia originally intended their gathering there to be about. It was all for separate reasons they guess. Though originally when Celestia urgently told them to come to Equstria immediately they were informed that it was because the recent sickness that had been going around that was making people what doctors at first thought, mentally ill yet soon they realized there was no possible way that that could happen to someone overnight. Thats when they started growing boils on their skin with yellow-black pus inside and they got headaches over and over again and soon started attacking and eating other ponies. It all happened to fast.
Once they got there it was no different. There were crazies galloping around and a few people here and there but a bit better. It was good enough over there that Celestia had time to inform twilight what was happening, and that her, and Luna were going to be transported somewhere where it is safe, while Shining Armor, and Cadence somewhere else. This was to ensure there safety.
Once Twilight and the others came out, there was more of it happening. Since everything was falling apart people resined to stealing (the least of our worries) but when that started happening stupid teens saw an opportunity and started to get into fight, join gangs, stay up all night, drink, smoke, do drugs…the list goes on. Those were the people who started dying first. It was brain over body. The smart ones were the one's that lived. And Twilight…well she was smart.
But not that smart.
CHAPTER.4 SPIKE
"What? where are we going?" asked Spike. All of them besides Zecora and pinkie jumped out in fear. They all had forgotten that Spike was ever even on the train. it was happening quite frequently. He hadn't spoken since they got on the train.
"Don't ever, do that, again Spike," Twilight said in-between puffs and huffs.
Hmm "Why didn't I get scared?" Asked Pinkie.
"'Cos you're Pinkie" said Applejack bluntly. Pinkie just made a face in return that read Ohhh, so that's why! AJ just rolled her eye's.
"Hold on a second, we seem to have fallen a bit of track here," Said Rarity
"Why yes we have, but I can assure you i'll tell you everything on the way there,"
Spike looked a tad bit more frustrated than he was supposed to be. "On our way where?"
"Canterlot," said Zecora shortly.
"What do you mean, we were just there!" said Twilight.
Now everyone was talking and talking over each other. Zecora put a hoof up to silence them all. They quickly understood and stopped talking.
"It's safer over there then Ponyville and other place's in the forest where I used to live," said Zecora
"Used to?" Asked Twilight curiously.
"Well yes," Zecora said slowly, "I left, so it's not mine."
Futtershy spoke up, "Ok but…how is Canterlot safer then the rest?" That's what everyone was thinking.
"Because, all the city folk thought that in ponyville where it is more isolated from things in the city, it would be safer. But i'm afraid that that's what everyone thought," Zecora now closed her eyes, "so then people started moving out of Canterlot to go move to the country. That miss was a mistake." Zecora now opened her eyes and scanned the eyes of everypony in the room. While everypony in the room was still processing this in their mind Twilight thought hard.
It was as if time froze. "Girl's pack up we're going." said Twilight.
everyone turned around shocked or surprise and a flood of answers came from all of them saying things about leaving home and going somewhere where they didn't want to.
"Quite, or I'm putting you with those guards," said Twilight, as you were slightly able to here shuffling and bumbling and groan's behind the door. Good, that got them to shut it thought Twilight.
"Listen," Twilight took a deep breath, "I thought about it and Zecora is right we need to go back to canterlot and we will find somewhere safe to stay there trust us," she said referring to her and Zecora.
"Ok. Egghead has never gone wrong so I agree," said Rainbow Dash. Slowly they all started agreeing until it was just Spike left.
"Come on, Spike," said Twilight, smiling.
"hmm…fine," said Spike
After a few smile's and one from Zecora she spoke up and said "Ok, now that that is settled…we leave tomorrow."