The Trotting Dead
Day 1, "Holding Down The Fort"
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(Twilight Sparkle : Hello?.. Is anypony there? Rainbow Dash! Rarity! Flutter Shy! Hmm... Where is everypony? (Rarity : Twilight? *comes out from behind a tree* (Twilight Sparkle : Rarity! Where is everyone? (Rarity : Well I have Pinkie Pie and Flutter Shy over in that she- (Flutter Shy & Pinkie Pie : AHHHH! (Twilight Sparkle : Flutter Shy! Rarity why are you guys hiding in a shed?! (Rarity : To hide from the... Zombie ponies! Now hurry we need to see what's going on! *Twilight and Rarity run over to the shed* Pinkie Pie Flutter Shy what hap-
(Flutter Shy : Is he... or she still alive Rarity?.. (Rarity : *runs up to Flutter Shy and gives her a hug* Oh honey it's okay he's dead... See how he has a stick through his head? (Flutter Shy : Yes... (Twilight Sparkle : Oh yeah! I think I have a book about these... creatures. Let's see... Nature Survival Book... Creatures Of The Unknown... Medi- Wait, wait wait wait wait... Creatures Of The Unknown. Okay so page... 73 Zombie Ponies. Scientists believe that the plaque killed someone then they turned into a Trotter and killed 708 ponies luckily they killed all the trotters...
I guess one escaped. Crap! The page has been ripped in half! The only other thing left on the page says, If you see them just run...".
(Rainbow Dash : Somepony help me!!! (Rarity : Rainbow Dash? Hurry girls we need to help her! (Narrator : As they ran to the voice of Rainbow Dash screaming they saw Apple Jack with a whip hitting the Zombie Ponies off of Rainbow Dash. (Twilight Sparkle : Rainbow Dash! Apple Jack are you girls okay!? (Apple Jack : Rainbow got bit! (Rarity : Twilight catch! (Narrator : As Twilight Sparkle catches the crowbar she runs up to the Zombie Ponies and starts bashing them up. After killing all the walkers around Rainbow and Apple Jack they grabbed a stick and knocked Rainbow Dash out. (Twilight Sparkle : Rarity hand me the saw. (Rarity : Okay but I can't look... (Twilight Sparkle : Why don't you go and wait behind that tree... All of you.
(Narrator : Once twilight cut off Rainbow's foreleg (the right one) she bandaged it up and woke Rainbow from her slumber. (Twilight Sparkle : Rainbow, Rainbow Dash! Wake up there's no more Trotter poison/blood left in you. (Rainbow Dash : *yawns* What, what happened? *goes to get up* Wha- what happened to my... l-leg? *stutters* (Rarity : * comes out from behind the tree * Rainbow Dash we had to cut off your foreleg because you were bit... (Rainbow Dash : Okay well enough of that we have to find somewhere to stay for tonight! These "Trotters" aren't gonna leave us alone. (Rarity : Okay calm down, we have about 3 hours until sundown. (Narrator : They traveled around looking for a place to stay when they came across 2 little fillies and one was lying on the ground dehydrated.
(Twilight Sparkle : Girls?, are you okay? (Scootaloo : Apple Bloom... Twilight?, please anyone give her some water! (Twilight Sparkle : Apple Bloom! Here sweetie drink some of this. * hands Apple Bloom water * (Apple Bloom : * drinks the water * Thank you Twilight... (Narrator : Once Apple Bloom drank the water she fell asleep and Apple Jack carried Apple Bloom on her back until they got to a house that they could secure so no Trotters get in. (Twilight Sparkle : Okay everyone go up stairs so me and Rainbow Dash can board up the house. Do I make my self clear? (Everyone except Rainbow Dash : Yes Mai'me! (Narrator : As everyone goes upstairs Rainbow and Twilight start boarding up the house.
(Rainbow Dash : Twilight!, They're coming! (Twilight Sparkle : I know Rainbow! They're not getting into the house that's for sure! (Rarity : What's going on down there?! (Twilight Sparkle : Nothing bad is going on down here okay! Just stay up there until we say! (Rainbow Dash : Twilight your not lying to me about the trotters not getting in, right? (Twilight Sparkle : Well by my calculations we should be 97.4% fine... (Rainbow Dash : Wait so you are 97.4% convinced this will hold?! (Twilight Sparkle : You must stop yelling or they'll hear you and more will come...
(Rainbow Dash : Yeah, Okay lets just hold down the fort until dawn. (Narrator : They "held down the fort" until dawn then the Trotters just stopped. (Twilight Sparkle : It's safe to come down now! (Rarity : *walks down the stairs with the others* It's... Safe? (Apple Bloom : Thank you kindly Twilight. (Rainbow Dash : Hey what about me?! (Scootaloo : You were AWESOME Rainbow Dash!!! (Rainbow Dash : At least someone appreciates me! (Rarity : Attention freak... (Rainbow Dash : What was that Rarity? (Rarity : What? Oh nothing.
Next time on "The Trotting Dead"... (Twilight Sparkle : Now that it's morning lets get a move on!
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