The Zombie War (Original)

I woke up the day after the party, next to Scootaloo. I got up and I went to see the pantry. I saw that they left a watch for me. I put it on and I noticed that it was 7:30.

Maybe they're not up yet. I thought.

I went to the armory and noticed that their guard, Sugarcoat... was up.

"Hey." She said.

"I'm going out the gate, need to blow off some steam." I said.

"Uh... sure thing." Sugarcoat lead me into the armory.

When we were out there, they upgraded the armory greatly. I even saw an RPG near the 10mms.

"Yeah. Crystal Prep's been paying us visits for the past year. But, when we put our foot down and shot them back, one of them dropped that and 7 rockets." Sugarcoat said.

I only grabbed my M16, Judge, and machete and started going for the gate.

"Hey, I see what you're doing. You don't forgive us, and I accept that, but Kyle, you can't stay this way forever." Sugarcoat said.

"You have no authority over me to say that. No-one does." I said as I walked out the gates.

I started driving to the location in mind. I saw it on the map I "borrowed" from the armory. A Walker saw me in the and growled. I stopped the car, unsheathed my machete, and dispatched the creature. I saw that it had a pistol in his hand. I took it and I kept on driving until I reached the intersection.

Jerry Rd. 203, Changeling Blvd. I thought to myself.

I ran to the place in question. I heard movement inside the house. I loaded my M16, kicked the door down and aimed at...

A few Walkers.

I lead them out and bashed them with the M16. When that was that, I went inside the house I was all too familiar with...

I still remember the arrangements like I was here yesterday. The bedroom was on the left, the kitchen down the front... I kept walking to the room I had in mind: The basement.

I found an old corpse, still alive and growling at me. I killed it and a little photo fell out.

I recognized the faces: Sombra and Chrysalis.

This was their home, and the place where I lost my virginity.

I found a can of gasoline next to the body, I emptied whatever gas was left, lit a match, and ran out as the place started burning. I went back into my car and drove back to Canterlot. Sugarcoat was still there, watching the gates.

"Did you find what you went for?" She asked.

"...No." I said as I went to turn in my weapons.

"I'm telling you, it's suicide!" Luna said.

"No, it's not! Listen, you said that the mall was overrun since day one, right?" I asked her.

"Yes, but... why?" Celestia asked.

"Because, if it's been overrun, maybe there're still some supplies worth taking in there." I said.

"Alright... who should go?" Luna asked.

"Rainbow Dash, Firefly, Blueblood, and Sour Sweet can go. Anyone else?" Celestia asked.

Joel came up.

"I'll go, too." He said.

"Okay, then. That solves that. Everyone can return to their homes." Celestia said.

I went up to Joel.

"Don't try anything..." I whispered as I walked out the door.

I walked to see Rainbow start drawing a map of the location with Sour Sweet. I decided t pay them a visit.

"I could come with you, you know." I said.

"Yeah, but Scootaloo just got you back. Let her relax for a few days, at least." Rainbow said.

"Okay, I see your point." I said.

"Hey, um... Kyle? Cinch told me to send you to her. She lives about two houses down." Sour Sweet said.

I nodded and went down. I knocked, being careful in case it's a trap. Cinch opened the door and invited me in.

"So, as you know, there still are some matters we need to talk about." Cinch said.

I kept my left hand behind my back, but I saw Twilight on the couch and relaxed slightly.

"Take a seat." Cinch invited.

I took a seat on the couch and Cinch went to find something.

"What's this about?" I asked.

"It's about that bite on your neck." Twilight said.

I froze, dead pale in place.

"It's alright. Cinch told me everything. I can't blame you, and I don't." Twilight said.

Before I could say a word, Cinch came out with an old pair of glasses.

Twilight's.

"When you were still at Crystal Prep, you and Kyle were inseprable, despite your age difference. Kyle, where did that bite come from?" Cinch asked.

My face had a heartbeat. All I could do was unload.

"It was near the start. The start of the zombies. My grades were starting to fail, at least I was told they were failing, so Miss Chrysalis voulenteered to tutor me privately. I should've known that something was up, I should've known that-" I took a breath.

"So, Miss Chrysalis did this to you? Was that all she did to you?" Cinch asked, analyzing the bite.

I took a sharp breath. They need to know, but I don't want to say it directly, I can't.

"No."

The room was completely silent. Cinch was horrified and Twilight let out a forgiving nod.

"What happened? If you want to tell us..." Cinch offered.

"When... when I reached the door, went in, I saw Chrysalis in the living room. We did- we actually did small talk" I started laughing, "and then, she offered to sit on the couch. We did, and then... she... she pinned me on the couch. She gave me an offer." I said.

"What...?" Cinch asked, fearing the worst.

"She offered me to feel something else besides pain, besides suffering. I wanted to, I wanted to have a way out." I started.

The room was silent. Twilight kept looking on like nothing has happened and Cinch was about to faint.

"And so I said YES. After that... well... you know, I try to kill myself, and the zombie apocalypse strikes." I said, finally letting the truth out.

Cinch looked away and sighed.

"Kyle... I'm so sorry." Cinch said as she walked into one of the rooms.

She shut the door and I could swear I heard choked sobs. I turned to Twilight, who was just looking on.

"What? Are you mad?" I asked.

"No. I forgive you." She said.

"H- how can you forgive me?! I just told you that I let myself get molested, and you forgive me?" I asked.

"Yes, I do. Crystal Prep is, and in lack of better terms, a reincarnation of Hell. I can't judge you for wanting to feel something. I felt that way a lot, when I was that age. Kyle, I should be the one apologizing to you. I left you there- with her, with- with THEM. Kyle, I am so sorry..." Twilight said.

She held me in an embrace and I held her back. We stayed there as I started to hear Twilight break down.

And then I started, too.

"Okay, so this is what we do: Sour Sweet, you and Firefly take it south, survey the area for exits. Blueblood, you and I will check the north. Once our sides our searched our groups split up, and survey the east and the west. If we do this right, Sour Sweet should end up with Blueblood and I should end up with Firefly. When we're done, we meet back here and we make our move. Joel, you keep watch." I said.

"You got it, boss." Sour Sweet said.

We started splitting up to survey the area.

"So, you and Firefly, huh?" Blueblood asked.

"Shh! Lower your voice." I said.

"Sorry." Blueblood whispered as he disbatched a Walker nearby.

"Yeah. We started dating in middle school. I was at Cloudsdale Academy at the time, and she was junior captain." I said.

We were silent as we followed the plan and finally split up. Surely enough, I met back up with Firefly.

"Okay, now what?" She asked.

"Now we meet back up at where Joel's keeping watch." I said.

We heard a scream and we ran back. When we got back, we saw Sour Sweet and Blueblood, cornered with about 12 Walkers on them.

"Okay, you get left, I get right. Joel, cover us." I said as I grabbed my bat and rushed in.

Firefly pulled out a butterfly knife and we started taking the Walkers out. One of them was about to get me, but a silent gunshot ended that.

"Thanks." I said to Joel.

The last Walker was tricky, because it had armor on. But Firefly pulled the head up and stabbed it.

"Nice one." I complemented.

"Don't mention it." Firefly said.

We got Blueblood and Sour Sweet out.

"Okay, so now what?" Sour Sweet asked.

"Now what?! Nothing's changed. We go in, stay quiet, and grab what we can." I said.

We moved down and banged on the door. Sure enough, a few bangs were heard on the other side.

"Who wants to have the honors?" Sour Sweet asked.

I readied my bat.

"Okay, Blueblood, you get the door. Let one or two out, then close it. Remember, we gotta control this. We don't know how many there are." I said.

"What if he can't close it?" Sour Sweet asked.

"Good point. Firefly, you help Blueblood with the door. Sour Sweet, use your bow and take the high ground with-" I considered that this was a bad idea.

"Joel can take the door. Blueblood can go with you." I said.

Joel nodded and took Blueblood's place near the door.

"Okay... three, two... ONE!" I called.

The door was opened, but Walkers didn't come out at all.

At least 20 men did.