Beyond Cupcakes and Books

by rawcolter

Equine Flesh, the new Hay

Previous Chapter

Gaia-2149

Within the ruins of Manehattan, a group of ponies were sitting among the rubble. This collective group was surrounded by piles of decaying bodies, consisting of equine and griffon. Certain members of the group can be recogonized, conversing among themselves. A sobbing mare can be heard, screaming in anguish.

"DEAR FAUST!!" An orange mare, with necrotized fur. "WHAT HAVE WE BECOME?!"

"Hear we go again," a zombified Rainbow Dash rolls her eyes.

"Ah ate mah sister, mah granny!! DEAR FASUT! WHY DID AH DO THAT?!" Applejack sobs into her forelegs. "WHY?!"

"Calm down Applejack!!" a zombiefied unicorn Twilight barks. "Besides, we all ate our loved ones as well. Spike and I pretty much ate my whole family, and you don't see me complaining. Plus," she gestures her head to a necrotized Big Macintosh. "you still have your brother."

"I think we need to focus on the bigger picture, darlings," Rarity speaks up, missing her entire horn. "we're decaying, ugly to look at," she cringed in horror. "lastly, and most importantly, there's no food left." The former fashionista glares at the cyan mare, who has the half of her head missing, and Pinkie, who has an open torso, and swelled legs. "Thank Pinkie and Rainbow Dash for that."

"Screw you!!" Rainbow barks at the alabaster unicorn. "We were consumed by the hunger, give us some slack!!"

"To think it further," Twilight speaks up. "when you got infected, you spread the disease around much faster, making us swarm like parasprites."

"Plus," Fluttershy mentions, who has her left wing cut off. "Pinkie's missing a heart and the blood's gone to her legs."

"WHAT WAS THAT?!" Pinkie hollers, though not paying attention to the butter pegasus.

"She's stating that you're practically slowed down," Rarity rolls her eyes.

"Not that, Rarity!" She points her hoof to the skies. "That!" The rest of the mane six, including Spike, lifts their head, glancing at the black, grey skies. They furrow their brows in confusion and irritation. Spike turns to Pinkie, groaning. "I don't see anything!"

"Now it's there!!" She points to Empire State building. What the pink mare sees, was a blue box behind the decaying building. Twilight trots to the mare, squinting her eyes. "I don't know," she licks her lips. "but I know it's food!"

Meanwhile

Twilight-Prime, Ponka and the Doctor stood in the TARDIS, as they glance at the monitors of the ruined Manehattan. The lavender alicorn gulps, as she observed the destroyed buildings, the dark grey skies, and what appears to be hordes of walking corpses wondering the ruined city. Ponka silently ate a cupcake; while the brown stallion only glared at the screen.

"I don't like this," the Doctor began to fiddle with the controls. Then, the TARDIS lets out a disgruntled moan. "OI! Don't you back sass me, dammit!" He pressed with the controls again, as Twilight and Ponka looks on with great concern. "You can't be serious," the brown stallion shakes his head in disbelief. "Right," he sighs in defeat.

"Doctor," Twilight trots to him. "Where are we?!" She points her hoof to the screen, "What in the hell happened to Manehattan?!" Then, knocking can be heard from outside the blue box. "Who's at the door?" Ponka bounces to the double doors. "PONKA, NO!" The Doctor holds the pink mare back.

Outside, the necrotized coated equines stood in front of the TARDIS, kicking and ramming into it. All of their efforts to get the box open, failed. The zombified Twilight attempts to light her cracked horn, but the cracks only worsen. She pants roar in frustration, kicking her hindlegs against the police box. "Dammit!" She hollers, "Open this damned door, and let us eat you!!" "GO TO HELL!!" Yelled Ponka's voice. The zombified Pinkie leans towards the doors, pressing her ear against them. "Was that me?" She raised a brow.

Back in the TARDIS, the brown stallion covers the pink mare's mouth. Twilight-Prime scolds Ponka as she looks back to the monitor; which was now focused on undead versions of her and her friends. "Doctor," she leans towards him, talking in his ear. "What do we do? We're outnumbered, and we could get eaten, or worst!!" She gestures to the zombies grotesque features. The stallion scratches through his mane, biting his lip; pondering on the right course of action. He begins to pace around the room, his hoofsteps echoing within the silver control room, which made Ponka a little more impatient. Then, it went silent, making the trio turn to the double doors.

"They're gone," Twilight sighs in relief, while the brown stallion lets go of Ponka, who huffed in annoyance. "Good," raised her head in a pout. The Doctor shakes his head, as he gallops to the control panel, staring at the screen; true the zombies were gone, but for what reason? He begins to mash buttons again, the screen turning towards the skies, an image of Soarin fleeing a pursuing Rainbow Dash. His ears flop down in dread, as the lavender alicorn and pink earth pony trots towards him.

Outside

Soarin, the lieutenant of the Wonderbolts, was flapping his wings with all of his strength; fleeing from his zombified colleague, Rainbow Dash. "C'mon, baby," she licks her lips. "Come closer!" The light blue stallion shakes his head at the cyan mare, as he dives speeds up, heading towards a grey cloud nearby. "Rainbow!" He calls out to her, "Take a look at yourself, for Faust's sake! You've eaten your dad, Spitfire, and infected Scootaloo!" He gallops away from the cloud as she lunges at him, only to crash through. He strikes her with his hindhooves, knocking her back. "You and your friends destroyed the very world you swore to protect!" He begins to hover from the cloud, beginning take off.

Then, something bites his leg. He looks down in dread, Fluttershy's chompers in between his right hindleg. Soarin bellows out in pain, as he attempts to get the butter pegasus off of him. In a sprectral blur, Rainbow sinks her teeth into his neck, causing the Wonderbolt more pain than before. "Please," he begs, tears coming from his eyes. "stop! For the love of Celestia, stop!!" Fluttershy climbs on top of his back, tearing his left wing off with her teeth. This causes the stallion to roar out in agony, blood spilling from his nose and mouth. He winced, as he prepared for his death; hoping not to turn into one of them. Then, a bright violet light comes out, blowing Rainbow's head off.

"What?" Fluttershy gasped, only to have her right wing blown off, being knocked off of Soarin and falling to the ground. He lands on the grey cloud, panting heavily as he uses his remaining wing to cover his neck wound. The stallion turns to see a healthy, alicorn Twilight Sparkle, and what looks like Pinkie Pie. The stallion blinks his green eyes in confusion, as he was enveloped in her magic, as the three dived towards the lower sections of the clouds. "T-Thanks," he looks to the lavender mare. "You're welcomed," the pink mare beams. "I'm Ponka!"

Soarin looks in confusion, turning back to the alicorn mare. "Don't worry," she gives him a warm smile. "we'll get you help." The stallion looks to his wound, shaking in fear. "K-Kill me," he muttered.


Author's Note

Sorry for not updating in a year. Had some problems with IRL, and couldn't find a appropriate time to update. But now I'm getting back to work.