The Trotting Dead

by moench123

Rating: teen
Tags: DJ P0N-3, Main 6, Cheerilee, Gore, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Dark, Original Character, Cutie Mark Crusaders, Adventure
Length: 3248

Rainbow Dash takes a hard fall while doing a flying sesh with Spitfire and is knocked into some stuf

Dashie is flying around with the legendary spitfire but takes a hard fall. now an un-answerable infection is creating zombies spreading around equestria. its up to rainbow dash to find her friends and find salvation

Published 2012-04-26 00:34:01 UTC
Last updated 2012-04-26 00:34:01 UTC

Introduction

WOOSH! Rainbow Dash flies across the sky of ponyville on a warm summer day. She flies with her rainbow colored mane flapping in the wind. She doesn’t know the crowd she was brining until Spitfire, captain of the wonderbolts, flies with her and every time they stop to turn around, Spitfire informs Rainbow Dash on the crowd there is. They fly and fly until Princess Luna lowers the sun and brings up the moon. Of course, even Luna herself was watching the rainbows and smoke flying around the town of ponyville. Eventually they get tired out. They say their goodbyes and head home.

“oh, hey Spitfire. Up for another sesh tomorrow?” yells Rainbow Dash.

“sure Rainbow, bright and early,” Replies Spitfire

Chapter One: Downfall

“KNOCK KNOCK SLEEPY HEAD!” calls out Spitfire, knocking on Rainbow Dash’s door at 8:45 am.
“mmmmuh. Ok, did you have to come so early?” questions Rainbow Dash, sliding out of bed. Spitfire walks in with her wonderbolt suit already on.
“I said bright and early, now hurry up! We gotta get out there before your fans get bored,”
“M-my fans? W-wait, people are already waiting out there?” Spitfire nods and holds a poster of the “sesh” they were doing. She rolls it up then tosses it onto Rainbow’s bed. About five to ten minutes later, the two pegasi fly out of Rainbow’s home and already looping around and giving the crowds on ponies an amazing show. When turning around for the 3rd time, Rainbow Dash sees Sweet Apple Acres in the distance.
“keep the crowd happy, I’m going to give a friend of mine a show of her own,” Spitfire agrees with a nod and then flies away. Rainbow Dash turns to SAA and starts to loop around trees giving Applejack, Big Macintosh and Applebloom a good show of their own. Finally, Rainbow was headed back to the normal show area but she slams into a tree at high speeds. Applejack saw it and got the hospital instantly. They rushed Rainbow Dash to the hospital and the doctors instantly knew, she was in a coma.

She was in there, not able to respond to anything for two weeks. Everyday, Rainbow’s friends would get something together as a group and would give it to her. Rainbow sees everything but when she reacts, its 2 weeks later.
“Heh, Rarity, that vase looks like its from Granny smith… you steal her spoon collection to? Hehe… Rarity? Girls?” she looks around the room, nothing. The moniters aren’t even on. She tears of the tubes and other things on her, and in her, and walks to the bathroom. Everything is dusty ad if it was from 100 years ago. She limps around calling for the nurse. No pony would answer. She opens the door into the hallway and calls more. Her voice echos through the hallway. It was dusty and lights were broken, much like the bathroom. She limps down the hallway a bit then reaches a door, locked in many different ways. 2x4s, pad locks, chains. Everything. As she walks closer to the door, moans and hooves tend to claw at the door and give Rainbow Dash a shiver of fear. The door had a sign, taped on with many layers,
“do not enter” rainbow dash reads out loud. Luckely Rainbow dash still has a sense of commin sense and just walks away and tries to find a way out. She turns a corner and sees a unicorn, torn in half, blood all over the ground. At first Rainbow thought she was going insane when she saw it move, then it moaned. Rainbow shuts the doors and locks them, then goes to the emergency exit. She opens the door and is almost blinded by the light. But after a moment, she finally sees a body, then another. Then hundreds. Unicorns, pegasi and earth ponies alike, thrown into a pile like a bunch of filly books. Rainbow Dash gets off the property and starts walking down to the library which normally holds a purple unicorn and a little purple dragon. Once she gets there, she finds them both gone. Along with books and supplies. Rainbow Dash checks the farm, village, bakery and workshop. No pony. Not even a dress from Rarity’s workshop. She walks out into the street and gazes around. BAM!
“BIG SIS! BIG SIS! I GOT ONE!,”
“oh sweet celestia, GET THIS ONE INSIDE!” Rainbow Dash is knocked unconscious and is dragged inside by two earth ponies that she recognizes the voices but can’t think of who it is. So she just lets them take her and just falls asleep.

Chapter Two: Away we go

Rainbow Dash wakes up with Applebloom staring back at her.
“Hey Rainbow, hey big sis! She’s up!” calls applebloom
“Rainbow, this is important, have you been bitten?” says Applejack
“bah-bitten?” Whimpers Rainbow Dash
“what is the wound from?”
“a tree on your farm… I think,”
“well I switched your bandage and cleaned your wound, c’mon out when you can,” Applejack says. Rainbow Dash sits for a bit then eventually gets up and walks around to find out where she is.
“thi-this is Cheerilee lives. Or well, lived,” says Rainbow Dash
“how in the hay do you know that?” Replies applebloom, Rainbow doesn’t reply.
“hm, well. Lets eat, you need t eat something now.” Says Applejack. The ponies sit down and eat for a bit. Then Applebloom gets up then looks outside.
“hey girls? If you don’t mind me asking, where are the others? Like Egg head, fluttershy and rarity?”
“fillydelphea. We were heading there but we camped here for too long, then we were stuck here. Why?” applejack replies
“well, would big mac be there with them?” Applebloom and Applejack’s eyes water up and then they reply.
“we sure hope so,”

It is 11:45, applebloom is falling asleep, so they all say good night and get some rest.

BANG BANG BANG! Ponies were slamming on the door.
“WHAT IN TARNATION IS GOING ON OUT THERE?” yells applejack. She grabs applebloom and Rainbow dash and head out the back window and run down blocks and blocks of streets then get to a safe house.
“ok, this is… this is the wonderbolt safe house. This is where the winderbolts would stay if something like this happened. Seems like they were taken before they can get here. This has plenty of warm water and food. So, we stay here for a while then we start off to fillydelphea.” Say applejack, they all nod with agreement. They shower and have a meal then run out to the open road, completely empty. They walk and walk in the open road talking about their recent stories.

It’s 12:25 at night and Applebloom is fast asleep in applejack’s bag. They reach an old looking house. Rainbow signals applejack to stay here while she checks the place out. She sees 2 infected pegasi standing in the kitchen. Not much so she goes in, takes them out, cleans the place up and signals applejack top come in. again, they say their good nights and head to bed.

Chapter Four: War of the Apocalypse

Chapter Four: War of the Apocalypse

"hey, where's mah big sis?" Rainbow Dash sighs and puts Lyra down.

"somepony took her, but i took one of them. She can show us where they camp out and we can get applejack back,"

"oh dear, i hope we don't get into a big fight like we did with discord..." whimpers Fluttershy. Everypony gets silent and then finally lyra comes to

"wha-what the... where am i?" she opens her eyes to see big mac in front of her, helping rainbow dash tie her to a chair. "HEY! wha-what are you doing?"

"we just want some answers now. ok, we won't hurt you if you promise you group won't hurt our friend," replies Big Mac

"wh-who? My group? oh yes, you mean them. well last thing i remember is your friend being taken. they will not hurt them if you don't hurt me." Rarity is confused and walks away playing it off.

"then no pony will hurt no pony. now, first one, where does your group stay at? like a camp or a store like this."

"i can show you, you can have blades to my back if needed. i won't try anything," Fluttershy knows who this is and can trust her.

"lyra, we will trust you. we were friends when we were little fillies," says Fluttershy, louder than normally, seeming really determined.

They walk for a bit with lyra showing the way. no infected on the way, it must have been blocked off area. they aproach the runned down barn like building. they walk closer and knock on the door. then they see a shadow above them. two pegasi are holding applejack and flying high enough to where if she falls, she dies. the doors open and they take lyra in. Fluttershy gets an idea. she whispers to Rainbow dash the idea, rainbow dash nods in agreement and understanding, she walks behind everypony and then behind a few walls before flying high into the sky. Rainbow dash's mind was sort of racing. she knew the pegasi holding applejack. they were the ones that made fun of fluttershy and her during flight school. she stays ready, then hears the cries of applejack so she flies down and flies as fast as she can. eventually breaking the sound barrier causing the sonic rainboom. the rainboom threw every infected pony onto their sides for a mile around. everypony looks up, then down again to see applejack isnt in their hooves anymore, but just a rainbow in front of their faces. a few seconds later, rainbow dash is standing next to her friends and applejack has the sack off her face and is untied. they all run away as the other group just walks back inside. They then get back to the store to find the truck still there. they pile in then drive away. they were on their way to the camp.

Chapter Five: On the road again

"i spy with my little eye, something important." Cantorlot. The town with the camp. they keep driving then they see two ponies on the side of the road. Rainbow steps on the brakes coming to a stop in front of them.

"whew, thank celestia you came. cmon tavi... oh.. my.. god.." Vinyl Scratch stops what she is saying then helps Octavia up into the truck. "wow... ok, ill explain when we are on the road. take us where ever you are going. we somplace to stay." Rainbow nods and keeps driving. five minutes later, big mac signals Rainbow dash to turn onto a dirt road ahead. and then, they are there, the camp. They all jump out and say their hellos. Applebloom runs over to her friends and spike is curious of what's going on. then he sees Rainbow Dash.

"HEY TWILIGHT! RAINBOW IS HERE!"

"but rainbow dash is.... dead?" replies Twilight

"hey twilight, im sure im not dead." Say rainbow dash. Twilight squees then runs over and hugs Rainbow Dash. they get interupted by big mac.

"hello everypony. if you don't know me i am Big Macintosh. owner of sweet apple acres. We have found Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Applebloom, Vinyl Scratch and..."

"octavia" whispers vinyl scratch

"...Octavia. now, we had trouble before we found anypony. but now that we have, we arent going to survive long here. we need to move. In manehatthen there is the disease cure control center. That is our choice. its there, or dead. we move out tomorrow... thank you!" we walks away and...

"WHOO HOO! BIG MAC YEAHHHH...." slam, Derpy Hooves falls over while cheering. Everypony facehoofs then goes back to what they were doing.

Story Break

"ok... entry 48, April 25th. Wednsday. 14 days since first recorded infection. Whoever made the infection is going to be pissed. im closing in on a.... wait... you hear that..." BOOOM! "WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT?!? ... um entry 48, t.b.c." The radio transmission stays on as the voice runs away, then walking back slowly cursing to himself. "Entry 48 continued..." he sighs then continues. "that explosion was the lab. I forgot that the system uses the last few gallons of fuel to exterminate anything in the lab because once it runs out of fuel, it cant hold the infections in." he drinks somthing. alcohol maybe. then a loud noise then a voice.

"hey! let us in! none of us are infected! we have mares and fillies! let us in!" doors open then they walk in. The voice sighs then ends the radio transmission.

Chapter 6: Relaxation

Chapter 6: Relaxation

When the doors open, there stands a pegasus stallion with a black man and orange coat.

"quick, everypony in!" they all follow the orders and run in. big mac looks at fluttershy opening a bag in the corner and being startled and tosses a frag granade over her head hitting big mac in the head. it wasnt armed so he picks it up and puts it in his bag. then big mac picks up Fluttershy, still in a fetal position, and catches up with the others.

"ok, everypony, we can introduce ourselves over dinner." he brings out some plates, already cooked, and and places them on the table. "now, dig in everypony! I'll start. I am Kiadar Tartian. I am the last one here. well when i got here there was one, but they then got bit, so i did some tests on them to see if i can find a cure for this outbreak, but recently, something happened. Vi, play lab explosion." a screen plays the moment on the lab exploading "so now im shit outta luck. ok, now somepony else go."

"my name is Big Macintosh, i own... ed sweet apple acres. not much to it..."

"my name is Rainbow Dash! Im the best flyer in equestria! I pulled off the sonic rainboom when i was a filly and i still do it."

"my name is Pinkie Pie, i love to party!" she pulls out a random cannon and shoots a present out from it. Kiadar giggles then keeps looking around

"I am Rarity, designer of Ponyville."

"my name is twilight sparkle, i was taught by princess celestia herself."

"my name is..."

"vinyl scratch, you are a dubstep dj and you are known as DJ PON-3. trust me, i know." he holds out every album vinyl has released. vinyl scratch looks surprised at him then blushes slightly. Octavia nudges her then says her info.

"i am octavia, but call me tavi. i compose musical legends of orchestra."

"WE ARE THE CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS!"

"a'hm applejack, im the little sis of big mac. i am the co-owner of sweet apple acres."

"i am Ms. cheerilee, i am the ponyville schoolhouse teacher." They both blush when they look at each other.

"well im spike, number one assistant of twilight sparkle."

"also my 'son'" says twilight. they giggle then when they are done eating kiadar shows them their rooms. they all say good night then go to sleep.

Alt. Finish

They drove to the countryside, talked about repopulation, and then they did it.
(this was a referance by the fan/clop fic, "and then they did it" writen by somepony i don't know)

Chapter 7: End it with a BOOM

Chapter 7: End it with a BOOM

Everpony wakes up from an alarm. They all run out to the middle control room to find kiadar relaxed with his legs up and hooves behind his head.

"ok, good you are all up. now we must leave." ^^

"are you kidding me?"

"no i am not applejack! ok. i have one pound of c4, strong enough to break through those doors," doors slam down on the exits. "now, if you all we observant, you would have found a granade somewhere, i dont know where i was. but..." BOOM the one pound of c4 Kiadar had blows down a door, he gets up then runs through it. everypony else follows. "now, these windows can't break by ponies, we need the grana..." BOOM! Big Mac ducking down threw the granade blowing out the windows. "de.... ok, lets..." BEEP BEEP BEEP, alarms are ticking then they all run and eventually, the whole facility exploads. they get in the vehicle, then drive to the country side with barriers around 5 miles of where they are living in. They built a house and lived there until the princesses come out to take out the infection.

After Story info

They had a farm grown up and had a big house that held everypony comfterbaly. Cheerilee and Kiadar had a two fillies, Big Mac and Fluttershy had a filly, Scootaloo was adopted by Rainbow Dash. They all grow up and keep the families living for another 1000 years.

Chapter Three: Reunion

They wake up, eat some breakfast and are back on the road. They walk for about an hour then they reach their destination. Fillydelphea. But bad news. Its gone to hell, they find the infection ever where.

"oh, hell. ok, see that tank there? on three we run for it. ok? one, two... THREE GO! GO! GO!" The three ponies run for the tank getting in and shutting the lid.

"ho damn, you girls are alive. listen, to the right side of the road is an ally. you run there once you catch your breath. once you are there, shut the gate and climb to the top of the roof, then find a way down. wow it's amazing to see you girls alive," a radio on a dead soldier tells them. so they sit trying to find out who it was, then in a few minutes, they ran. straight to the ally, shutting the gate and hauling ass up to the roof. they look around then they see another latter. they climb down to see many ponies standing and waiting for their arrival.

"Bah... bi-BIG MAC!" yells out both Applejack and Applebloom and run up to him and hug him. behind him were Rarity, Pinkie and Fluttershy, but no Twilight.

"Hey, where is Twilight?"

"back at the camp, now come on dears, we have Rainbow Dash and Applejack, lets go now," Replies Rarity, walking around the bouncing pinkie mare excited saying so many things at once she can't be understood.

"ohmygod,wefoundrainbowandapplejack,andihavntbeensoexcitedexceptthetimeiwaslike HUUUUUUUUU butimreallyclosetothatexcitedand HOOP..." Rainbow dash stuffs her hoof into Pinkie's mouth, shutting her up but keeps bouncing. Finally they all decide to hit the road.

"hey, rainbow... um, if you dont mind but the camp is very far and i think we should take a vehicle and not walk because its a little to far... if thats ok..." whispers Fluttershy.

"good idea, there should be a truck behind the store for transport. cmon everypony!" rainbow dash yells to everypony. they all run to the back off the store but hear some sort of talking.

"hey, there it is.. the truck. come on, we gotta get it," says the voice. the group hears them walking closer so Rainbow Dash signals the others to get inside. Applejack looks around the corner and sees a greenish colored maned unicorn and a blue and purple maned earth pony.

"HE-HEY! GET AWAY FROM THERE!" they two ponies look, Bon-Bon and lyra are the ponies there. Bon-Bon snatches Applejack and drags her away and rainbow dash knocks lyra unconcious. Rainbow dash swears out loud and walks back with lyra on her back.