My Little Zombie: The Virus is Magic

Ponyville Hospital

Tuesday (present day)

10:38 a.m.

Twilight paced back and forth anxiously. She was worried to say the least. The small group that had went in consisting of Storm Scratch, Vinyl, and Applejack, had yet to return, and Princess Twilight's nerves were frayed.

"They should have been back by now, RD..." She said nervously.

Rainbow only rolled her eyes, though she was worried as well, and said. "Honestly, Twilight, they're fine. They probably found something of use, or decided to go scavenging."

That shut Twilight up, with false hope, as one of her guard patted her back. "All will be well. No matter what trials this group must face."

They all heard a shuffle behind them, and turned...

~~***~~

Scratch walked alone down the corridor, as he felt is heart beating extremely fast. He'd already killed several ponies that tried to eat him, after his group had decided to split up. His knife was stained, and Scratch struggled to keep it upright in his jaw. Looking inside a dark room, he saw some medicine (painkillers, that kind of thing), and immediately brightened.

Quickly setting the knife down, Scratch put the medicine. in his pack, then turned around.

"You're kidding, right?"

~~***~~

Applejack trotted slowly down the ominous, dark hallway, shining a flashlight down it with a hoof, holding her lasso with her tail. Moving the flashlight to her mouth, she opened a door, only to quickly close it, feeling the banging on the door, sending waves of agony down her back. She bucked the door in, on the zomponies and ran blindly.

The earth pony saw a set of double doors, and slammed into them, only to stop in front of many, many, creatures. She backed up, but stopped when she heard growling behind her.

Applejack gulped.

~~***~~

Vinyl Scratch walked down the hall until she reached another lobby. It was fairly nice, catching the light from outside in the window, and there were some chairs, fluffy and brown. the wood on it was oak, and fairly pleasant in her eyes. There was a desk over to the right, and and some papers on it.

She stepped over to it, headphones blaring rock into her ears, and examined them.

Here is what the paper said:

Examiner of Patient: Ragged Black (amateur scientist)

Patient Name: Wire ???

Date: Monday, April 2015

Time: 4:43 a.m.

Patient Status: Critical

Patient Condition (illness/injury): Unknown

Recent Developments: Patient has recently began having seizures, and fever has begun rising dramatically, and temp has reached 118.6 degrees Fahrenheit. Began becoming pale, and bowels have stopped acting on command. Blood will not separate from illness.

Notes: A different approach may be needed. Magic will be attempted to separate both compounds.

Vinyl smiled and looked behind the desk for anything else of use. She found a flashlight, keys, a gun-

"Oooh...Desert Griffon...sweet!" Vinyl cried as she searched some more.

-, about four clips of ammo (which went into her bags), and a few ID cards.

The DJ unicorn smiled at her find. After putting all items into her pack, and switching out her stainless steel knife for the gun, she turned around.

A gunshot was heard from inside, audible to all within the compound and outside.

~~***~~

Twilight was currently hugging a bloody purple and green dragon, while others crowded around a certain seamstress.

While they were celebrating the arrival of the two, they all heard a gunshot emit from inside. Twilight jumped, as did a few others.

"At least we know they're alive..." Fluttershy said timidly.

Rainbow nodded, now filled with hope. "You're right!"

Even Twilight smiled, then turned to Spike.

"How are you? You weren't bit or scratched were you? Oh, tell us how you got here!" She spouted endlessly.

Spike smiled warmly, which looked a bit menacing due to blood getting smeared on his teeth. "Weeell..."

~~***~~

Storm Scratch backed up a small bit as a mare stepped toward him. She had been here a while, and one of the first infected, which was clear due to an eye missing, bloody coat, hooves worn down to bone stubs, and even peeling flesh. He looked at her as she blocked the path to his knife, charged, and bucked...

He was met by a wall. Scratch yelped in pain, and limped as he stood up, seeing that the zombie was somehow where he had been standing before. The mare sprinted forward, slamming the earth pony into the wall once more with a yelp, and a groan. A white -hot pain seared through his shoulders, one from a fracture, and another from a bite.

Bucking wildly, Scratch managed to graze the mare's face with one strike, knocking her away slightly. Storm Scratch groaned in agony as he crawled to the knife, gripping it in his maw. He turned over just as the mare pounced on his with a sickening shitch.

All was quiet as the earth pony's consciousness faded.

~~***~~

Applejack jumped up onto a nearby crate of blood (for transplant purposes) and looked around.

"Whoa Nelly..." The Earth pony mare said, as she saw many ponies (doctors, patients, and nurses alike), who were turned, all looking, some growling, but all at her.

She swung her lasso, and ripped off a near ones head, sending blood everywhere, then jumped down, and repeated the process until she reached the door. Applejack opened it, and ran back down the hall, turning left, and then continuing on. She reached a quiet room, and quickly shut herself in, the flashlight her only tool to see.

As the earth pony looked around she spotted a mare on the ground, which seemed to be laying on something...something, familiar. So, she walked over, moved the mare, with a lot of effort, and when she saw who it was, she gasped.

It was Storm Scratch, the pony who had saved them with an insatiable blood lust, laying on the ground barely breathing, and surrounded by a pool of blood.

~~***~~

Vinyl stood over a dead stallion, who had been wearing a breathing mask of some kind, and seemed to be a doctor. Well, would look like it, if not for the blood, and the rotting smell, as well as the new bullet hole in it's head.

She stepped over him, and walked on, checking doors, until she came to the last one of the dark hallway. The DJ attempted to open the door...it was locked. Vinyl Scratch used magic to grab the keys, unlock the door, and stepped in.

As she looked around, using her horn for light, she came across another document:

Examiner(s) of Patient: Ragged Black (amateur scientist) , Lifesaver (doctor), and Nurse Redheart (nurse)

Patient Name: Wire ???

Date: Tuesday, April 2015

Time: 3:47 ???

Patient Status: Critical DeCEasEd-

Vinyl was curious as to why it was marked out, but read on.

Patient Condition (illness/injury): Diseased (stay away from without mask)

Recent Developments: None so far THe LivINg ArE COMINg

Notes: BLood ANd MeaT is POWeR...PoWER is-

And that's where it ended. The DJ looked up, suddenly scared. They knew that they had been coming...and looking closer, the horrible writing was identified as blood. She backed up out of the room, as something in there let loose a horrible roar, as she ran to get her friends...