Of Pandemics And Ponies

Chapter 2: Ellis + Ponyville = Bronygasm

"Holy shit guys! Ponyville!!!" said Ellis with obvious excitement.

He had been jumping around like that since the little...dragon, had offered the Survivors a tour of this so called Ponyville. Rochelle was only glad that there (hopefully) weren't any zombies around.

When the survivors arrived in the small library, they were surprised of the physique of the "residents" of this world.

"Ponies!" shouted Ellis as he ran around the market place full of colorful horses.

"Uh...yeah we have a lot of those around." said the confused dragon next to Rochelle. He was still digesting the fact that his world had been made into a show for little girls on Earth.

Rochelle would only guess that Ellis was a brony. He was always going around saying that things were "20% cooler" and thinking it was funny. She unfortunately knew about MLP because her coworkers at the news-station used to always talk about it. Fortunately, now that they were zombies, they would speak of it no more. Now that she thought about it, Coach had laughed once or twice when Ellis cracked an MLP meme joke.

The dragon had explained how the survivors had arrived when his friends disappeared. Ellis looked sad when he realized who they were. Spike continued to explain the origin of their appearance. Then he offered the tour. Ellis instantly accepted, and Coach was pretty fast to respond. Rochelle only agreed so she could get a look at this world. Nick was reluctant.

When they left the library and headed to the market Ellis shared the extent of his bronyness to his buddies. When they entered the market place, the survivors were swarmed by curious ponies. Ellis had a fun time brohoofing all of them. While this commotion was going on, Ellis remembered something. He snuck away from the crowd and looked around. He spotted who he was looking for and crept over. The two ponies were sitting at a table arguing about something. Ellis approached the mint green unicorn and tapped her on the shoulder.

"Not now!" she said, "Anyways Bon-Bon, I'm telling you that I saw a real human! Just in the forest! It had arms, and fingers. Fingers to...poke you with."

She turned and looked at Ellis, realizing that he wasn't a pony. She looked at him for a moment, and then fell over on the ground. She sat there and blinked at Ellis. And then a crazy grin filled her face as she jumped into the air.

"See! I told you Bon-Bon! Humans do exist!" she said as she bounced up and down, attracting a crowd.

Everyone was laughing at the excitement of Lyra Heartstrings, but above the commotion, Rochelle caught the low rumble of a familiar growl.

Acting on instinct, Rochelle pulled out her side pistol, just as the warning scream came. The dark grey blur was arching straight towards Lyra. Rochelle aimed with precision and pulled the trigger. Every pony-oh god I've caught on-was still reacting to the gunshot when the dead figure smashed into the ground from the momentum.

"Woah! A Hunter!" said Coach

Everypony stared at the body in shock and horror as it began to bleed out onto the ground.

"What the hell is a Hunter doing in Ponyville?" said Nick

Before anyone could answer, Spike burped up a green fireball. The fireball disappeared and was replaced by an old yellow paper.

"It's a letter from the Princess!" said the dragon, who was still recovering from the burp. He cleared his throat as he began reading. Lyra was reading over his shoulder.

Citizens of Ponyville,

There is a great emergency spreading through Equestria. Hordes of infected creatures are appearing through the area. Immediately barricade yourselves in your homes and prepare weapons. Do not interact with infected persona. Wait for official instruction.

Your Princess

"There's a bloody HAND print on the paper." said Lyra

Rochelle was still chuckling about the similarity of the letter with the one from Savannah when a great roar filled the distance.

Nick reacted before her and shouted, "Everyone! Get to your houses! Now!" When everypony looked at him strangely he repeated,"Everypony! Get to your houses! Now!"

They all nodded and rushed off as the first few grunts and screams began.

"Go to the appartment Bon-Bon! I need to help these humans!" said Lyra

"No way! You'll get yourself killed!"

"I'll be fine. Now go!"

She looked at the unicorn with concern, and then ran off.

"We gotta get our guns from the library." said Coach as he ran to the tree library.

As they approached, the first few infected began rounding the corner. The four pulled out their pistols and opened fire. The zombies fell to the ground as the four humans, pony and dragon ran past them. Nick opened the door and motioned for everyone to get in.

Rochelle was about to go in when a zed suddenly lunged at her from no where. Rochelle watched as the infected human sailed towards her, jaw open, ready to bite down on her neck. Then in a blur of green the zombie was smashed into the wall, smearing blood on the side as it slumped to the ground. Rochelle looked at her savior.

"Are you alright?" said the unicorn as she used her magic to help Rochelle up.

"Uh, yeah I think so..." she said. She was saved by a horse.

"Maybe this brony thing isn't so bad after all." she thought as the door closed behind her and Lyra.