Rainbow Heart

The night was upon us. My plans in full swing. The reunification of the dead ponies with their loved ones now in the process of transpiring. There was no doubt in my mind that the alicorns of Equestria would try and stop me. But I had something they did not. An almost unlimited supply of soldiers. Tonight one hundred strong. Tomorrow night double or more. Soon all of the dead in Equestria would be alive and with a purpose. Friendship will last forever, beyond death itself.

I had recruited five of those hundred to serve as my inner circle. They were strong individuals and they would help me if and when the alicorns attacked. These five in particular lost very important loved ones and would be able to understand the most as to what I was trying to accomplish. There would be rejection by some, but others would understand and accept their loved ones back no matter how they looked.

Now was the time for me to make my move. Soon The Princess of Friendship would find out about the zombie ponies in Ponyville and there was no point in hiding who I was or what I had done. Being in secret would not help the cause. The zombies now looked up to me for leadership in helping getting their family and friends to understand and embrace them. If I could get the Ponyville princess to comprehend and even extend a hoof of help, it might make it easier on the zombies. But if the alicorns wanted to fight, I had become more powerful than ever, and had an entire zombie support crew. Interestingly, I might gain from this new spell.

I ran towards Ponyville but slowed to a walk when I met Main Street and saw the princesses’ castle.

Princess Twilight was in her throne room at her round crystal table with all her close pony friends having a late dinner. All of them were there Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Rarity, and Pinkie Pie. It was just a social dinner before the Nightmare Night celebration set to happen tomorrow. She expected a visit from the dark princess just before the celebration to make sure everything was set. And it sure was. She had checked her lists for the event thrice and everything was set for tomorrow evening.

Spike rushed into the room, the door slamming.

Spike shouted, huffing and puffing, “Twilight! They’re everywhere!”

Spiked tripped and fell hard on the unforgiving floor.

“Whoh! Slow down, Spike.” Applejack stated.

“Yeah, don’t worry. There’s plenty of food for everyone.” Rainbow Dash added.

“Zombie ponies! They’re all over Ponyville!” Spike blurted out standing up with a horrified look in his face.

Twilight chuckled and added, “Spike, we’ve already had this conversation. There is no such thing as zombie ponies.

Rarity added, “Spike, darling, ponies do not come back from the dead.”

“Are you sure they know that?” Spike said brushing himself off. Spike added, “Two ponies just came to me saying their dead family members returned home. They’ve been spotted everywhere. They’re returning home. They’re in various stages of decomposition. I just saw them. How do you explain that?”

“Like this?” Pinkie Pie announced inches away from Spike’s face with fragments of food on her face resembling a dead person face mask.

Spike jumped in terror.

“Spike, I’m sure it’s just a prank on the eve on Nightmare Night. You know how crazy ponies get this holiday.” Twilight informed.

Fluttershy terrifyingly muttered, “Twilight, you might want to look at this.”

Unheard or possibly avoiding her comment, Rainbow Dash said, “Come on, Spike. I’m one of the biggest pranksters around besides Pinkie Pie. It’s something we’ve done before. It’s all in good fun.”

Rarity commented, “Yes, Spike. It’s nothing, darling. Now take a seat and enjoy some of these wonderful autumn delicacies.”

Fluttershy panicky with her bottom jaw shaking making a clattering noise and her body trembling, tugged on Twilight’s mane and with her hoof near her mouth too terrified to speak said softly, “Look out the window!” just before she hid under the table with a shriek.

Twilight walked over to the window and looked at downtown Ponyville. A pony in the background screamed as if in a horror movie.

“Eghad!” Twilight exclaimed. She turned away from the window and with horror cursing through her body she admitted, “There are zombie ponies out there!”

The sight she beheld no pony should ever have had to bear witness to. Walking down the main street of Ponyville were ponies of all types, earth, pegasus, and unicorns some badly decomposed, skin and flesh torn or removed, others organs hanging out or missing, some with muscles, ligaments and tendons exposed, bones clearly visible on some, and few were more skeleton than anything else. There were a few normal ponies running around on the street, screaming and crying.

“I told you!” Spike stated chewing on his claws.

“What? That’s impossible.” Rainbow Dash exclaimed. She went to the window and after flying outside of it screamed, “Ahhh!” When she came back inside she added, “What in Ponyville?”

Soon all the mane six had looked out the window and had come to the same conclusion.

Applejack said, “What are we gonna do about it?”

Twilight gathered herself and concluded, “Let’s not jump to conclusions. Maybe everypony dressed as a zombie this Nightmare Night and accidentally came out a night early.”

“Please, Twilight, there half decomposed ponies out there.” Rainbow Dash shouted.

Pinkie Pie stated, “Hey, I know some of those ponies. They used to live here. I was the party planner for their parties. Yep…they’re definitely deceased. We should throw them a welcome back from the dead party! Whohoo!”

“I highly doubt they came back to life for a party dear, even a Pinkie Pie Party. How could this have happened?” Rarity, ignoring Pinkie Pie, asked.

Applejack asked, “Could magic have done this?”

“I don’t know.” Twilight admitted. “I didn’t even know this was possible. There’s no spell in Equestria that could do this either that I’m aware of!”

“Don’t zombie ponies devour other ponies?” Pinkie Pie stated.

The whole room erupted with concern.

Twilight collected herself, “We’re gonna have to go out there and try to find out what’s going on. It’s the only way.”

Nervously they all agreed but were scared.

Like friends at a sleepover creeping down stairs in single file line to investigate an awkward noise in the middle of the night after a ghost story, Twilight led the main six to the doors of her castle, unknown what would happen next.

With a gulp and shaky hooves twilight nudged the door open. The night was still somewhat stormy, the aftermath of a gloomy weather evening. Buy now some of the zombie ponies had made it around her castle lawn.

They carefully approached the nearest zombie.

Twilight, managed her courage, she had fought many trials before and got a boost of confidence.

“Hello. May I help you?” Twilight said with princess like authority.

The zombie pony turned to her and uttered, “Ugggggh.”

Twilights friends shrieked, but she stood her ground.

Pinkie Pie standing next to the zombie muttered, “Euggghhhhd.” With a droopy face resembling the zombie. She giggled and informed, “Zombie speaking contest go!”

“Hi. Fluttershy! Long time no see!” A zombiefied pony crept up from behind on the group unexpectedly.

Fluttershy, the caboose of the single file line, screamed as a zombie pony touched her shoulder. She tried to hide under Applejack who was right in front of her.

“Sorry, Fluttershy, I didn’t mean to scare you.” The grotesque figure loomed over them. “I’m just so happy to see you.”

Fluttershy recognized the figure as Pizza Party. Pinkie Pie knew who he was too. All the party ponies knew who each other were.

“I hope I can say the same.” Fluttershy whispered out.

“Anyone have any food, I’m so hungry I could eat a horse.” Pizza Party said.

The main six screamed except Pinkie Pie who laughed while rolling around on the ground.

“I get it cause he’s a zombie pony and we’re horses.” Pinkie Pie, rolling around on the ground, informed.

“Please don’t eat me.” Fluttershy begged.

Pizza Party let out a sly laugh and stated getting down to Fluttershy’s level, “Sorry, I couldn’t resist with me being a zombie pony and all.” Looking at Applejack, Pizza Party continued, “Actually I could go for some apple fritters. You wouldn’t happen to have any Applejack would you?”

“Sorry, Pizza Party, I left them all at home” Applejack nervously replied.

“Awww….” Pizza Party disappointingly related.

Twilight, sensing the unhostile and friendly nature of the pony she had also once talked to in Ponyville asked, “What’s going on? I don’t mean to be rude but… Shouldn’t you be, well in a grave?”

“Yeah, about that.” Pizza Party said. ”Oh, he can probably tell you more about that than I can.” Pizza Party informed.

“Who?” Rainbow Dash asked charged with energy.

“Him.” Pizza Party said pointing just to the edge of the lawn where it meet the main street of Ponyville. There was a black cloaked pony who was dashing up the road towards them.

I stood before them wearing my cloak. They had lined up in formation. I removed my hood to reveal my head. No doubt the fact I had two horns startled and confused them. I could tell from their faces they were startled by both of my horns.

Pinkie Pie exclaimed, “Rainbow Heart! Is that you?”

“You know this pony?” Applejack asked.

“Yeah, I think. He looks different then when I last saw him. He has two horns now. Where does one pony get a second horn at?” Pinkie pie informed.

Rainbow Dash added, “A unicorn with two horns, there’s no such thing.”

“Yes, it is I, Rainbow Heart.” I said. “I am the one who has reunited the dead with the living.”

Twilight barked, “I don’t know how you did this, Rainbow Heart, but you need to stop this. It isn’t right.”

“Twilight you’re the one who’s responsible for the loss of friendship!” I chided.

Rainbow dash in defense said, “Twilight’s the princess of friendship. How can she be responsible for the loss of friendship?”

I exclaimed, “Ever since you came to Ponyville all of Equestria has had doomsday after doomsday after doomsday. Many ponies all across Equestria have lost their lives due to those events. Their bodies were buried at the Stones of Tears. I have righted your wrongs. I have made friendship eternal!” With a crash of thunder and a flash of lightning, “The magic of friendship will never die! Isn’t it glorious! We will be friends forever!” I said laughing maniacally.

Pinkie Pie said, “You can’t blame Twilight for those deaths. She saved ponies lives.”

I exclaimed, “Twilight couldn’t stop the villains without there being pony deaths, I have taken the next step in helping all of the ponies in Equestria by resurrecting those poor ponies you couldn’t save. I have brought their friendships back to those who were robbed of it.”

“You make them go back to the graveyard where they belong.” Applejack yelled.

Rarity added, “I agree make all these disgusting ponies go back to their coffins.”

“And have them be robbed of the friendships you caused them to lose. Never!” I informed.

“Enough of this! Let’s take him out!” Rainbow Dash egged on.

Realizing I had a fight on my hands I knew I’d have to go through her friends before I could get to Twilight to convince her of my doings.

Rainbow Dash swooped down to attack me. I used the power of my dual horns to use a spell and clog her wings with glue. She came crashing down to the ground. Not wanting anypony to get hurt, I used my magic to make a small above ground pool appear. She splash landed into it unharmed. That would ground her for a while. I used a new special magic technique I learned to have her restrained by tentacles that came out of the water.

Applejack was charging towards me. Using magic, I made a large pile of apples appear above her and fall on top of her, covering her in a pile of apples ceasing her forward progress. That would safely stop her. To ensure her defeat, I made tentacles come out of the ground and secure her.

I looked at Pinkie Pie and made her fall through a portal and made a hundred more appear. She flew from one through another in a maze like set up. That would keep her busy and at the end of the sling shot portals was a web of tentacles waiting to hoofcuff her.

“Whee! This is fun!” She stated.

Rarity stepped forward. I splashed her with muddy water desecrating her flawless appearance. It was cruel, but she ran away crying. I made tentacles come out of her hair and restrain her movement. It made her cry even harder.

Fluttershy was cowering on the ground. I stepped up behind her and poked her with my hoof shouting, “BOO!”

She screamed and ran away hiding nearby. To her surprise tentacles were waiting there to grab her and hold her down.

Now it was only me and Twilight. I could tell she wasn’t interested in hearing me out anymore. She just wanted me to stop this, which would not happen. I figured I would try one last time to reason with her my point of view.

“The zombie ponies have been reunited with their loved ones. Their friendships have been forged again. If you disagree with that then we are at a crossroads. Your move Twilight.” I shouted.

Twilight used her horn and discharged a magical beam that struck my tentacles imprisoning her friends making them retreat from wherever they came from.

After this, I shot a magic beam at her and she countered with her own beam at me. Back and forth the energy blasts fought against each other. Twilight overpowered me and her blast struck me and sent me flying backwards, landing hard in a puddle of muddy water.

“Now make them go back!” Twilight barked.

I stood up in pain and faced her, “Oh, I have the power to.” Taking a step forward I barked, “But you see, they don’t want to go back.” I shouted, “Mares and stallions of the undead, show these friendship destroyers you won’t take it from them anymore.”

The zombie ponies surrounded the main six. Ditzy Doo had arrived and was standing among them.

Applejack said to Twilight, “We can’t take on all these ponies by ourselves.”

Twilight stated, “No, but we can defeat Rainbow Heart and force him to make the zombies go back to the cemetery.”

Fluttershy said softly, “Maybe we’re not taking the zombie ponies’ feelings into account. Maybe we should let them stay.”

I stated to the main 6, “You may have beaten me Twilight but it will change nothing.” I addressed the zombie ponies before I fled into the night, “Leave them alone but watch them. They will try to break the spell that has reunited you with your family and your friends. They will come around and accept you, but it will take time.”

I had more important other things to attend to.