June 2015
Twilight POV
I woke up this morning really tired- probably because it was 3 am, and a thundercrack woke me up. I got out of bed, as quietly as possible so Spike wouldn't awake as well. I walked over to my little podium where I write my stories- I hope you don't tell anyone- and got to work on my longest and most detailed work yet- a story about a colt and his sexual adventures with his marefriend. Anyway,in the midst of the trance of writing I entered, I suddenly heard my phone go off. I flew over to where I heard the ringing, so that I would save Spike some extra hours of sleep. What I read on the phone was shocking- other than the fact that I have been writing for two and a half hours... What? Anyway, what I read- It went a little something like this,
Breaking News!
Scientists are baffled by the casualties caused in one day by a mysterious virus- Thi..
I tapped on it in order to see more, and the rest was horrible- at least 450 deaths in the span of four hours. And the worst part- the mysterious disease, so fittingly dubbed 'Brinitis' , dries up the insides of your veins, and it's like bleeding out without being cut or shot. Basically running out of blood, all of it drying up faster than it can be replaced. I screamed, waking up Spike (and possibly all of Ponyville.)
"Twilight? What's wrong?" He asked groggily.
"Oh, it's nothing, Spike. Just go back to sleep." I answered slightly quieter than I would normally.
"I know that look- something's wrong. What is it?" He pointed out, resisting the urge to go back to sleep.
I sighed heavily, as I fought my urge to just shout at him to go back to sleep. Instead, I told him everything. The death count, the symptoms, everything. When I finished, he simply stood there, in awe. He was about to scream when I covered his mouth.
"Go back to sleep, Spike." I whispered.
Time Skip five hours
10 AM
I trotted downtown, and almost NOPONY was there. Just the very few that were either really brave, or really stupid. I turned around at started heading home, when all of a sudden, I heard a scream coming from the Carousel Boutique. I ran as fast as I could on my way there, to see if the sisters were OK. I busted through the door, and I saw Rarity and Sweetie bell screaming over a withered-up colt on the floor. I gasped. When the completely unnecessary screaming ended, Rarity noticed me and immediately jumped over the corpse and onto me. My legs almost couldn't handle the weight, so she and I fell backwards. When we got up, she spoke. Well, when I say spoke, I actually meant screamed.
"TWILIGHT WHAT IS THIS FINE GENTLECOLT DOING ALL SHRIVELED UP ON MY BOUTIQUE FLOOR!?!?!?" She screamed into my ear.
"RARITY STOP SHOUTING!" I replied quickly and loudly.
"Alright. What is this... THING doing here!?" She repeated.
"I- I don't know, I didn't know it would spread that quickly, I-" She cut my stuttering off with a calm sentence.
"Twilight, dear, I really don't know what you're saying?"
"Oh, you didn't see? There was a notification sent out last night that there was a deadly virus that dries you up- Ah!" I ~~tried~~ explaining, until I was cut off by a particularly quick pegasus pony. I was sent flying into the room, and only caught myself in the air with my wings.
"Oh, sorry, Twil- AGH! WHAT'S THAT!?!?" Our blue newcomer shouted, finally taking notice of the shriveled body on the floor.
"EXACTLY!" Rarity shouted from underneath Rainbow Dash. The two of them blabbered about how the colt got there, then I noticed Sweetie Belle just standing, staring.
"Oh, uh, Sweetie Belle?" I asked, calmly approaching her. She turned at looked at me with a cold, lifeless stare, as if all of the innocence she had as a young filly had evaporated as soon as she saw that corpse. After a while, she stopped staring and ran to her room.
When I looked up, Rarity and Rainbow Dash were silent.
"What happened there?" Rarity inquired with a worried voice. I stood there, gazing into nothing, as that single moment replayed in my head, over and over. Her stare, it was just...
"Hey! Twilight! Hellooooo!?" Rainbow Dash said, waving her hoof in my face.
"O-Oh, sorry, I just... I don't know, you guys. This disease, it-"
"Wait, what disease?" Rainbow Dash practically shouted, cutting me off.
"You don't know either!?" I shouted. I honestly am sick and tired of explaining everything to everypony around here. "Well, it's called Brinitis- it dries up every fluid in your body, killing you in a span of 3 hours." I explained in the least amount of detail possible, as not to confuse our, let's say, more simple friend.
"Wow... that's AWESO-"
"Rainbow Dash! I am appalled at you! This is no joking matter, you know! This is a serious pandemic, that's killed HUNDREDS of ponies, and it will probably KEEP killing ponies until all of us are dead! So if you'll PLEASE pay some respect to those who have lost their beloved to this... this... Plague!" Rarity shouted. Wow. She will NOT take ANYPONY'S shit when there's a dead pony in her house.
Then we heard another scream. And another. And there was screaming all around Ponyville with ponies just dropping like flies, then getting all wrinkly, and dry, much like a raisin. We simply stood outside the boutique as ponies flooded out of their homes, screaming. Then we saw the single, most terrifying thing in the history of ever.
One of the bodies in the middle of the town, a shriveled up pink colt.
His hoof moved.
Author's Note
Hey Guys!
I know, my last story was a bit of a flop (well, technically my brother's story) so I was hoping to get redemption using this story. I have more detail than my brother, and am better. But, uh, I did take his OC's which will star in a later chapter. Until then, goodbye!
June 2015
*Happens On the same day 1st chapter happens*
9:30 AM
I was woken up by a loud clanging of pots downstairs in the kitchen. "Applebloom..." I growled angrily. Ah got out of bed quickly and ran downstairs to see my Granny Smith scrambling to make soup. "Ah, Granny?"
"Sorry, dearie, but Big Mac's sick as a dog, and he needs some attention FAST!" Granny Smith frantically replied.
"Alright, then let me help!" Ah said, bolting to the stove. But by the time we got ta him with a big pot a' soup, he was wheezing hard. Ah couldn't stand the sight of 'im. His color was fadin', and he was wrinkly as a prune. He had a cold stare, as if his life was drawin' away. Ah put down the pot and spoke up. "Ahm, Granny, what's happenin' to mah big brother?"
"I don't know, dear, I ain't seen nothin' like this in all my years. Look at 'im. It's like he's goin' already." Granny said with a saddening tone.
"Ah, Gran, don't say that!" I replied.
12:30 AM
He's gone.
Big Mac is gone.
All that time tryin' ta nurse him back ta health, and he just- couldn't hold on.
"Ah, Twilight. She should know what's goin' on. She might as well know everythin'." I tried convincin' mahself as I trotted, then walked, then ran ta Twilight's house, the library. When I opened, more like busted, the door open, nopony was there. I then walked outside and saw the bustle of the town- or the lack of it. I was gettin' real worried, until I heard pretty darn loud conversation comin' from the Carousel Boutique. I ran to it, but I was stopped by a torn up-lookin' mare whom I realized was nopony other than Lyra.
"AppleJack, you gotta help!" She shouts. "BonBon's real sick, and she won't get out of bed for the hospital!"
"Lyra, ah hate ta ruin your day, but BonBon's gone. Ya can't do anythin'. This here virus that's spreadin' can't be cured. Ah'm sorry." Ah broke the truth to her... Not the best decision. She bawled her eyes out an' ran. I continued mah run for the boutique.
First thing ah did was bust inta the room, and it was horrifyin'. There was a dead corpse just laying on the floor, and Twilgiht, Dash, and Rarity were arguing next ta 'im. "Are y'all outta yer minds!? There's a dead colt here and you three are arguin' like foals!" Ah shouted. The three of 'em looked at me, and Twilight spoke up.
"AppleJack, what's wrong?" She asked me calmly. I hadn't even realized I'd been cryin' till now.
"Ah.. Uhm..." I stuttered.
"AppleJack, is everything alright?" Rarity asked. I was feelin' real woozy. I heard everything- sand moving outside, Twilight and Rainbow arguin'...
Wait... Sand movin' outside?
BANG! The door flew open and a white colt burst in.
White Colt POV
1257 hours
I busted into the boutique, and four- that's right- four of the Mane six were in there. Including Twilight.
"What in tarnation!?" AppleJack shouted. Then, she fainted.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa! It's alright!" I shouted, trying to calm them down. I raised my front hooves to calm them down, but it made things worse when I realized I had a gun in my left. Rainbow Dash tackled me, and Rarity screamed.
"What are you doing, Rainbow Dash? Let him go!" Twilight shouted. Everyone stopped in place, and I got up and sheathed my weapon.
"Sorry for the, well, abrupt introduction. My name's Gunfire. I didn't actually know anypony was in here." I tried explaining.
"Then what's with the- AAH!" Rainbow Dash shouted, as I shot the colt on the floor in the head. I spun my .45 Cal, and holstered it.
"What's with the what now?" I asked sarcastically.
"WHY'D YOU HAVE TO SHOOT HIM!?!? HE WAS DEAD!" Twilight shouted.
"Uhm, no. He wasn't. He was dead for now, but he'd have reanimated had you left him there." I explained in a rather stressed way.
"Wait, wait, wait. You're telling me these dead ponies become zombies? Hah! That's a laugh. Seriously, why'd you shoot him? Huh?" Rarity scolded. I looked at her and facehoofed.
"Yes, these dead corpses reanimate to become zombies." I groaned.
"Guys, he actually might be right..." Twilight spoke. Her three friends simply gawked, mouths agape.
"Might?" I said.
"Fine, He is right." She corrected.
"Thank you." I said with a smirk.
"Your welcome." She growled. "Anyway, you three, well, not you AppleJack, but you two, remember when we went outside to check n what's going on in Ponyville?"
"Yeah what about it?" Rainbow Dash asked.
"Well, I saw a corpse, and it moved. This means that they are already reanimating... Oh, crap..." She said, getting lost in thought.
"Oh, Celestia... We have to retrieve Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie!" Rarity realized.
"Right, c'mon! I brought my car!" I said, halfway going through the door when I was stopped.
"Wait!" Rainbow Dash shouted.
"What?" I asked.
"Call shotgun!"
Author's Note
WOW.
That was a LOT of dialogue.
Anyway, this is a bit shorter, and I'm sorry, but I'll write a bit more in the next to make up for it.
Casualty Count: 2 
Goodbye!
