My Little Zombie: The Virus is Magic

Sweet Apple Acres

Saturday, May, 2001

3:47 a.m.

A young, orange, filly trotted slowly around her home orchard, smiling broadly. She was in a very good mood, and nothing would bring her down…until she heard a certain amount of news.

The moon shone on her back, as the earth pony sat on the edge of the Everfree forest, most feared place in (most) of Equestria. This was where her life would change. This is where she would grow to hate the forest.

Suddenly, a pair of barely glowing eyes opened, looking at the earth filly, and a slight smile appeared on its mostly featureless face.

“Hi Applejack.” The shadow said smoothly.

“Hello, Neo Scratch.” Applejack replied happily. This was their normal meeting place, and she had grown a certain attachment for the colt, who had recently stepped out.

The colt was about the size of her, with a black mane that had faded, dark blue streaks. Neo had a mask, which looked like a realistic pony face, but no one, not even the Princesses of the Sun and Moon knew. He didn't have a Cutie Mark yet on his tan-ish gray coat, Even though Applejack did.

“Please, I’ve told you to call me Scratch.” Neo replied with a shake of his head.

“Sorry, sugar-er-Scratch.” The orange filly said, quickly correcting herself, blushing in the process.

Scratch came over and sat by her, to where their coats were barely touching….

“I’m leaving soon.” Neo Scratch said, ruining the mood.

“What?” Applejack asked, worried now.

“You remember me saying that when I left, I wouldn't remember anything about you, Pinkie, or our friends correct? Well, I’m leaving soon…”

The earth pony’s eyes widened. “Y-you can’t! I-I-we…why?”

“I’m the last of my kind, AJ…I-“

“No you’re not! I’ma earth pony to, and ya’ll know that!”

“AJ! I…I’m not what you think I am, and...since i'm the last, i must retain my culture's tradition of a memory wipe for a new life to begin…” Neo said sadly, and a bit darkly.

“W-what’re ya talkin’ bout?” Applejack asked.

Neo stood up, and pulled off his mask…Applejack gasped.

~~***~~

Applejack shook her head and looked around for a way out, as the banging on the door grew harder. She sighed…now was not the time to reminisce about the past. The earth pony had a new friend, even if she couldn't have saved the last one like him, she needed to save this one.

Applejack looked at the door, gulped, and opened the door…only to be met with open air. Confused, Applejack heaved Scratch onto her back, put the flashlight back in her mouth, then continued down the hallway, hurriedly. Dodging multiple zomponies along the way, the earth pony ran down the hall, until she saw a familiar DJ, leaning against a door with her side, apparently struggling.

~~***~~

Vinyl had, had a nice time until that roar came along. She had been running...and running...and running, until she came to this door, coming to the realization that whatever that had made the roar wasn't following her.

Knocking on the door, she had heard a shuffling, then more, and soon enough the zombies were pounding at the door. Not wanting to overwhelmed, she held the door in place, and thats when she had seen Applejack...and who was on her back.

"A...little help-ompf-would be nice...." The DJ said hoarsely.

Applejack raised a hoof, pointed it a Vinyl, then at herself, then motioned down the hallway stairs. The Unicorn nodded, braced herself, and let go of the door, galloping along the hall, and down the stairs, Applejack closely behind.

~~***~~

Spike gasped for breath, as Twilight nearly hugged him to death, while the others crowded around Rarity.

"Rarity, what happened?" Pinkie could be heard asking, slightly happier, but still worried.

"My little Spikey-wikey here, saved me. I was nearly eaten by those dreadful...things...." Rarity said, spitting out the last word with disgust.

"Hey, who's in there?" The seamstress asked, hearing a noise come from inside the hospital...

What happened next, no one would ever be able to explain in a way that made sense...a beaten and battered Applejack and Vinyl were thrown at their hooves, bags on, but Scratch and his bags were no where to be found.

~~***~~

Scratch groaned as he sat up, whimpering slightly as he moved his forelegs. He looked around...and couldn't find the DJ or Applejack anywhere. Sure, when he was being carried, he couldn't see, but he could hear...and what Storm had heard hadn't been pretty.

As his eyes adjusted to the darkness, glowing slightly as they did so, the earth pony stood shakily, seeing something move in the shadows. With that, he backed up, only to slip on something hard and cold. Examining what he had stepped on, with glowing eyes, his eyes widened at what he saw.

It was a bag, his bag is what his first thought picked up on, and lying next to it was his knife. Quickly putting the hilt in his mouth, and bags on his shoulders, Scratch trudged forwards, groaning as pain flashed through him like a spear. Feeling something breeze past him, the earth pony spun around to meet with...an undead Bulk Biceps. All he could see was his face, and that's all he needed to see, due to Bulk not having a right eye, and have of his face.

"Oh fuck..." Scratch said, not able to keep a filter on, due to how terrified he was, as he ran.

A terrible and horrible roar echoed through the halls, and outside, as Bulk Biceps simply knocked very heavy stuff out of the way, chasing a limping/running Scratch, who stumbled over his own hooves as he ran.

~~***~~

Twilight stared in shock at the beaten body of here friends, and looked at one of her honor guard, expectantly.

"Can't you heal them?" She asked.

"Sorry ma'am, but i can't, but you can right?"

The young princess shook her head. "It would take to long...let's just hope the other one is alive..."

All of their ears perked up at the sound of a roar, Fluttershy fell over in fright, and Rainbow just stared expectantly at the doors.

~~***~~

Scratch ignored the pain that flared through his forelegs, the burning in his lungs, and the pain in his side from earlier. His drive was to live, and let those flesh-eaters rot in Tartarus. Very suddenly, a pain shot through his side, with the force of a truck, and he felt a moment of weightlessness.

Pain wracked his very being, as he connected with the ground insi-wait a minute...that wasn't tile...that was dirt! Groaning, Scratch looked up with blurry vision, and saw Rainbow standing over him, mouth opened in shock. If Storm Scratch would look around, he would see that everypony else's expression was the same, but Rainbow's was for a different reason. Scratch stood up, shaking off the pain to the best of his ability, eyes glowing once more as they readjusted to the lighting.

~~***~~

Cloudsdale

Monday (before the Saturday of Applejack), May of 2001

5:24 p.m.

A certain young, blue, rainbow maned, filly trotted along on a cloud through Cloudsdale, heading home. Out of nowhere two bullies came up in front of her.

The first one, a light, tan-ish brown, stallion Pegasus, Hoops, spoke up. "Hey, it's Rainbow Crash! Going to go crash again, but at home? Ha!"

Now the second one spoke up, a dark brown, almost black, stallion, Dumb-bell,a spoke up. "Yeah, too bad the Academy kicked you out, we'd enjoy laughing at ya!"

"I didn't get kicked out..." Rainbow Dash said quietly. "Can't you pick on somebody else?"

Hoops spoke up once more. "Why, we just looove teas-ompf!" He was cut off by a dark grey hoof hitting his face.

Falling to the ground, Hoop groaned. Dumb-bell looked up in shock at a colt, smaller than them, wearing a tattered cloak with holes in it, but his face was visible...glowing eyes as well.

"It's not nice picking on filly's, so why don't you pick on someone your own size?" the pony asked, seeming intimidating at first, but then pathetic.

Hoops stood back up, rubbing a new-found bruise forming on his cheek as Dumb-bell laughed and laughed a hit at the pony, sending him reeling. The pony lost it's cloak, and it revealed...and earth pony?! With glowing eyes that is. Both bullies, including RD, who had been in a state of shock for the defense, reeled back in shock. What was an *Earth Pony doing on a cloud?! Even better, how was an Earth Pony on a cloud?!*

Hoops was the first to recover. "I don't know what you are but you are going dow-gah!"

The earth pony launched a repeated amount of single leg bucks at his face. Knocking him clean out. Looking at Dumb-bell, he said. "You up next?"

Dumb-bell shook his head, put Hoops on his back and ran off. Scratch sighed in relief, then held the side of his neck, wincing.

"Hey, you okay man? That was pretty awesome...oh and...thanks..." Rainbow said, blushing slightly, but quickly straightened up and said, "But, don't tell anyone i was bein' mushy. I'll deny it completely."

"I won't tell anypony, Rainbow Dash." The earth pony said walking towards her, head down.

"Th-waaaait....how'd you know my name? I don't even know yours." she said suspiciously.

The earth pony simply said, "It's Neo Scratch. I know your name, Applejack's, Pinkamena Diane Pie's, Rarity's, Fluttershy's, and one that hasn't been met yet. Though now you know me, i have one more who must know. Good bye, RD." With that, he jumped off the cloud, seemingly disappearing inside a void...

~~***~~

Rainbow was snapped back to attention when she heard a yelp of pain. When she looked back over, she saw Scratch on the ground, struggling to get up, in front of, Bulk.

"HOLY CELESTIA, THAT THING IS HUGE!" Rainbow thought, hearing Storm say something to everypony.

"Everypony, leave, i'll deal with this....urg..." Scratch spat up a bit of blood, then turned back to the Bulk.

"Are you nuts?!" Twilight yelled in concern. "We aren't leaving you behind!"

"JUST LEAVE!!!" Storm Scratch yelled at the top of his lungs, eyes beginning to have a hint of red, and were bloodshot.

Everypony stepped back, and with much hesitation, they left, leaving the tiny-winged Pegasus and it's opponent to their work.

~~***~~

1:18 p.m.

Twilight looked at Applejack, who had remained silent, as well as Rainbow, who was silent as well. The troop of ponies were taking a lot long longer than normal, thanks to an abundance of zombies. Applejack had been the first to wake up, eventually coming to the realization that she had left her lasso, and Vinyl was still out cold.

"AJ, where are we going?" the Princess asked

"Sweet Apple Acres. It's the safest place ah know besides Canterlot. Ya'll should know me by now, i know mah safe places." The orange coat mare said, with enthusiasm, despite her beaten figure.

"Oh..."

After a moment they arrived at teh farm, seeing Granny Smith holding a large pitchfork, which seemed impossible. Big Mac was sitting on the steps with a shotgun, and little Apple Bloom, holding a large kitchen knife, peeking out through the window. The apples on the trees shining like new pennies.

Apple Bloom spotted the group and ran out the door. "Welcome home, big sis!"