An Equestria in Red

You wake up next to Dawn. You hear your television blaring the emergency broadcasting tone. You go over to it and see what it is. You see a stallion with a microphone in what looks to be Canterlot. He had a worried look on his face.

"A mysterious virus has swept through the Canterlot region of Equestria causing bodies of dead Equestrians to reanimate. They seem to have a craving for anything that's alive. They don't respond to pain and don't speak." He looks to his right and goes as white as a ghost. "AAAAAAAHHHHHHH!" The reporter screams as a pony jumps on him and rips out a chunk of his foreleg with his teeth causing crimson liquid to gush from his open wound.

You stare, mouth open in shock at what you just saw. You race into the bedroom and shake Dawn awake."DAWN GET YOUR ASS AWAKE WE NEED TO MOVE NOW!" You scream and with a surge of adrenaline you hoist the mare onto your back and gallop to the living room.

"GREY! WHAT THE FUCK! WHAT'S GOING ON!" Dawn screams at you.

"There are crazy fucking cannibals in Canterlot!" You say as you go back to your room, grab your saddlebags, and go back to the living room where Dawn is.

"Where are we going to go?" She asks.

"We are going to the market to grab some supplies and then we are coming straight back here. The guards will handle this problem."

You make your way to the elevator with all the bits you have saved while working at the club. You walk out onto the bottom floor and go through the door. You and Dawn start galloping to the market. You found it strange that no one was outside at this hour. You hope you have enough bits to buy a decent amount of supplies. You reach the  market and stare in horror. Bodies litter the market area and blood is splayed across the walls of shops. "What the fuck is going on?" Dawn asks.

You look over to her and see her shaking with tears streaming down her cheeks.

"I have no clue." You say with a hollow tone in your voice.

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                                                               12 hours ago, Somewhere in Canterlot

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A stallion is pushed into a glass chamber by a group of ponies in lab coats.

"PLEASE DON'T DO THIS! I'M BEGGING YOU!" The stallion pleaded, whilst being strapped into a chair. "I HAVE A WIFE AND FOALS!"

A lab pony pulls a lever and a needle injects a pale yellow liquid into him. The stallion screams and then goes limp.

"You there." A lab pony  points to a stallion near the chamber door."Go check his vitals."

The lab pony nods and opens the door to the chamber. He raises a stethoscope to the test subjects’ heart and listens.

"No heart beat and he's not breathing." The stallion says in defeat.

"LOOK OUT!" A stallion shouts from nowhere.

The lab pony looks up at the dead stallion and before he mutters another word the stallion rips out his throat and breaks his restraints. The lab pony on the ground is wide eyed in fear as he watches the contents of his life form a puddle around his almost lifeless body. He tries to talk but blood sputters out his throat. The "dead" stallion staggers over to the others that are staring in shock. The stallion then lunges toward another lab pony and is met with a hoof to the jaw.

"GET THE FUCK AWAY FROM ME!" The lab pony screams in horror.

The stallion lunges at the lab pony who assaulted him and bites the side of his face, tearing off the left half of his lips, as well as a large portion of his face.

"AGGGHHH!" The lab pony screams as he holds his mutilated face.

The entire lab erupts in a chaotic rumble as ponies dart left and right trying to avoid the monster that they have created.

"Everyone get to the exits!" A mare screams. "We need to get out of here!"

You felt like you were punched in the ribs. Confused, you look around to see who had punched you. You try to talk but it feels like your mouth is welded shut. Then the colors slowly drain until all you see is black and white. The street turns upside down as you fall to the ground. You see Dawn screaming at you but no sound comes out of her mouth. You look down at your body and see dark black spreading from a small hole in your abdomen. Shortly after, you black out.

You feel something splatter your coat as you stare at the carnage. You look to your right and see Grey with a hole the size of a pencil in his side.

"GREY!" You scream. Tears flowing from your eyes. "GREY, GREY, GREY OH MY GODDESS, GREY!"

You look at him as he falls down and starts forming a puddle of blood beneath him. He closes his eyes and goes still. You pick him up in your levitation field and start galloping back to his house. You gallop at full speed up the stairs, almost tripping up them. You bust open the door to his apartment and lay him on a table. You search his fridge and take out a bottle of vodka and grab a rag from next to the sink. You run over to the pony bleeding out on the table and pour the vodka in the bullet wound. You then take the rag and press it against the hole.

You run over to his bedroom and search through the dresser. You take out some rope and race back to Grey. You tie the rag to his wound.

"I'll be right back." You say while racing out the door.