In the shadows

     They got odd looks from ponies when they were walking from the OverMare's office to the exit door. The stable ponies just kinda backed up as they walked past. Pastel was mumbling, then she turned around and said, "Ponies of Stable 2! I and my friends are from the outside!'' Shay and Storm looked at each other, then looked at Pastel like she was crazy, as they heard gasps from the crowd. Pastel thought for awhile, looking at the crowd of amazed ponies. Even though I'm not OverMare, I can't have any ponies come out of the stable thinking it will just be deserted land with no inhabitants. I'm never coming back in here, so I'll make a scene. I don't care. I have to save these clueless ponies! She spoke. " Do not by any means step out that door! Even though the war has ended, undead, rotting warponies are roaming. They are everywhere! You will die instantly!"

     Ponies gasped. Mothers held their children close. Pastel heard a yell from the crowd. It was a female voice. It said, "Do you want to stay with us? You can't possibly like it out there!" Pastel looked back at the completely yellow mare. ''No, I just came to warn you. Do not step out that door!''

     Pastel nodded as a farewell, and walked with her friends out the door. They heard commotion from the stable as the door was being shut, making an extremely loud creaking noise. It slammed shut, hopefully for good.

     ''What was that?!'' Storm said. ''You were so embarrassing!''

''I don't care. We will never see those ponies again, so it's fine. I didn't want them thinking the war may be over and coming out to investigate, and being killed by zombies. I had to do it!'' Pastel replied.

Storm and Shay nodded in agreement. They re-wallpapered Storm's walls and sat down on Storm's old,creaky green couch. It had holes in it. They grabbed a bite to eat. Storm had plenty of miplets. Those were small round balls made of flour and water, baked over a fire. They were bland and tasteless, but still better than those unripe pale apples in the stable. They sat and chatted, Shay asking questions. She found out that Pastel had a sister in a conversation, and immediately asked about her.

''Wait, you have a sister? Where is she?'' Shay asked. She was for some reason eager to know.

''She was seperated from me, she was in Storm's stable. When Storm left, my sister, Electric Heart, snuck out with her. She was only 7 years old, and it was very scary for me. Storm found out that Electric had followed her, and gave her shelter here. When Storm sent me that message, I snuck out of stable 8. Our guards caught me, and I was in alot of trouble. I was sent to jail for a day, and the next morning, I got a message from Storm saying that she was missing. I cried for 2 days straight, my eyes dried out completely, and the nurse ponies had to give my eye drops to hydrate them. That is partially why I'm near sided. Those drops had a chemical in them. They made my eyes even worse than they already were. Electric Heart could still be out there....... somewhere....." Pastel had tears in her eyes. She snuffled then walked over to the other side of the room and lied down on the bed, facing the other direction. She snuffled and said, ''Goodnight guys."