I was on top of a truck, watching a herd pass by me with no interest, despite me being open prey. I was about a few miles away from Canterlot. I couldn't go back, not yet.

Not until Chrysalis is dead.

After the herd moved, I did. I decided to see if she was at Crystal Prep, but I couldn't get too close. I was out the gates, that were walled by an even mountain of zombies all around, with sentries on the top, just like in my dream. I looked through my scope and saw the sentries up close. They were holding what looked like AKs, but no way to be sure. I looked harder, but Walkers went up first. They shot them, and I could tell that they were definitely AKs. I knew there was no getting close without getting shot, so I decided to move on.

I went to the highway and tried to move on. I noticed a road sign, spray-painted with the words

LIL' GIDEON'S Z-SLAYING CONTEST, 1 MILE NORTH.

I decided that there had to be a winning prize of some kind, and since zombies ignore me, I moved toward it. When I came up on it, it was a form of farm, or field, as nothing was there that wasn't before. But, whoever Gideon is, he moved a trailer in and there were cars parked outside. I went towards it and 2 gunners came out and drew their weapons.

"You here for the contest?" One of them asked.

"Yeah." I said.

"Good thing you're armed, we barely have weapons to hand out, especially since we got first prize." The second gunner said.

"What's first prize?" I asked.

"You'll see..." The gunner said.

I came in and saw a curtain on the trailer. As I went with the crowd, a loudspeaker went off.

"Everyone, survivors, sinners, groups, loners. Prepare to welcome... LIL' GIDEON!"

The curtain rolled up, and someone who looked at least 18, with hair that made Adagio look normal. It was at least one foot high, with a curve at the front.

"Howdy, everyone! Welcome to the first, and hopefully not the last, Lil' Gideon Z-Slayin' Contest!"

The crowd cheered loudly, which I hope didn't bring zombies.

"Any other time, we'd be a trading post, but now we're expanding our enterprise. Whoever slaughters the most Zs and lives, earns first prize!" Gideon cried.

This was when I heard an engine roar. A vehicle drove in, it looked heavily fortified.

"This is The Changeling. It's armored with military-grade steel, it has heated seating, bio-fuel, solar panels, and to top it all off..." Gideon pulled out a handgun.

"See this? This is a Smith & Wesson XVR 460 Magnum. Fresh scope, high caliber, the works... And this only goes to first prize, along with the car." Gideon confirmed.

I needed that car, I needed that handgun.

And I was going to get it.

"All right, auditions are up ahead. Take your time, you will all get your chance." Gideon said.

I went in line when I took a note of the car. It had small numbers written on the side of it.

I followed Kyle's footsteps to a road sign that was spray-painted. It looked like some competition. I noticed a Walker creep towards me from the bushes. I pulled out my katana and dispatched it; when it fell, I saw 3 people come out behind the bush. One with a rifle, one with a spear, and one with a handgun.

"Drop the sword." One of them said.

I took note of their appearance. One of them, the only male, had blue, slightly spiky hair, a dark school uniform (clearly not Crystal Prep), and he was holding the rifle. The other one, the one with the spear, had deep red hair, which was done slightly, and a normal white t-shirt. The last one had long blonde hair, and she was holding the handgun.

"Easy. I don't want any trouble, I'm just looking for my friend." I said as I lowered the sword.

"So are we. You with Autumn?" The male asked.

"Autumn? Who- who's that?" I asked.

"Wait, you don't know?" The one with the spear asked.

"Ako, she's lying." The one with the rifle said.

"Keita, if she was lying, why aren't we dead yet?" The one with the handgun asked.

Keita lowered the rifle.

"Autumn's the co-leader of Crystal Prep, with Aria Blaze." Keita said.

"Alright. Thanks for letting me know." I said as I grabbed my sword.

"Look, if you're headed there, be careful. Autumn does business with the owner, Gideon." Ako said.

"My friend's probably there. He's good at killing them, and he has some steam to let out." I said as I headed after it.

I noticed that they were following me, not that I cared.

I could use all of the help I could get.

"Round one! Simple, 5 Zs each, slow ones, go!" Gideon said.

A truck drove by and 5 Walkers crept on behind it. There were 8 of us, so there were 40 Walkers in total. I headed after 4, and the others followed me. One of them came at the guy behind me, and I swung my machete at it's neck, slaying it as quick as it came. I noticed another one, so I used my knife arm.

"Hoo! I want one of those..." Gideon said.

I saw another one, and I killed it, 3 down.

2 to go.

Another one attacked one of the competitors and sunk its teeth into his shoulder.

"You're out!" Gideon said as a silenced gunshot hit him in the head.

I got the last one and I watched the others finish their job.

"7 competitors left! Nice knife arm, by the way." Gideon said, pointing at me.

I nodded and we went to what they called a safe-zone, a pit in the ground with chain-link set up around it. Before the next round could start, we hear a car drive up. It stopped and doors opened. I couldn't tell who it was, but I heard a familiar voice say

"Gideon! It's time for another trade!"

Author's Note

Gideon is from Gravity Falls

Ako and Keita are from KissXSis