The Trotting Dead

DEWY'S P.O.V

I saw Rick talk to my mother a little bit. As it looks, my dad's either dead, or he left; hopefully, it's the latter.

"Hey." Sunset said to me.

"Oh, hey Sunset." I said.

She went next to me and saw what I saw.

"It's good to see her like this." Sunset said.

"Yeah... how did you find them?" I asked.

Sunset stopped for a moment.

"Well..."

2 MONTHS AGO

SUNSET'S P.O.V

It was a year or two since the Brainless came and took over Canterlot. I've been on the move since then.

I kept driving until I saw a big sign for a town called "Alexandria", it sounds like a good place to stock up. I drove in that direction and I saw a big wall, with a gate on the front. I stopped the van, walked out, and tried to look for a way in.

But all I found were people wanting out.

I saw a woman with two kids, holding the gate. The woman drew a gun on me.

"Who are you?" She asked.

"Easy. My name's Sunset. I was just hoping to stock up here." I said, holding my hands up.

"You won't find that here. Everything we had was taken weeks ago." The woman said as she lowered her gun and opened the gate.

"What happened?" I asked.

"Maniacs with Ws on their heads. They came and killed everyone." She said.

"You have a gun, is there an armory?" I asked.

"We looked, nothing's left of it."

"Damn... wanna come with me? I'm trying to find an old friend of mine." I said.

"What's his name?"

"Dewy Decimal." I said.

The woman's look changed to shock.

"What is it?" I asked.

"Dewy's my son..."

NOW

RICK'S P.O.V

"...And they just killed all of us. Or who was left..." Jessie said to me.

"I'm sorry. We came from a place, too. It's gone now, a prison." I said.

"From here?" Jessie asked.

"No, Georgia." I said.

"What moved you up here?" Jessie asked.

I looked around for Eugine.

"You see that man down there?" I asked.

"The mullet? Yeah." Jessie said.

"He lied to us, and said that he knew a cure for the Walkers. Noah then told us that he had family in Virginia, we went there, they were gone." I said.

"Sounds horrible." Jessie said.

"Yeah, it was." I said.

TWILIGHT'S P.O.V

"Twi'!" Rainbow shouted.

Me and Red bursted out of bed, galloped to Rainbow, and asked what was going on.

"There're ponies out the gate. They sound like they're from that place you were, Earth?"

I galloped to the gate and saw 2 ponies with guns.

"Who are you?" I asked, panting for breath.

"Hello, my name's Aaron. This is my boyfriend, Eric."

"You two need something?" Rainbow asked.

"Just a place. We lost ours, ran to a town to meet up with our people, ran into a sign, and wound up here." Eric said.

"Is there anyone left there?" I asked.

"No." Aaron said.

I sighed, opened the gate, and let the two in.

"Welcome to Ponyville. I'm Twilight." I said.

"Thank you for this." Aaron said as he handed his gun over.

"You, too." I told Eric.

He handed his gun and I showed them one of the empty houses.

"You know, we were recruiters back at Alexandria. We could help you get more people." Aaron said.

"Sure, that'd be great." I said.

SUNSET'S P.O.V

"Okay, and that's Daryl?" I asked Sonata.

"Yeah, that's him. Looks like Merle didn't make it, though..." Sonata said.

"How do you know Daryl?" I asked her.

"No, we just knew Merle. At least... Adagio did. We saw Daryl a few times with him, watching the bike while Merle and Adagio... Uh..." Sonata started.

"Wait, so Adagio was a prostitute before?" Rick asked.

"Yep, that's pretty spot-on." Aria said as she was whitling a twig.

"Why do you wear the mask?" Rick asked her.

Aria stood up, took off the mask, and showed Rick an ugly burn on the right side of her face.

"How did it--" Rick started.

"Iron. Right here. Solve your question?" Aria asked Rick as she put the mask back on.

"Yeah." Rick said as he shook his head and walked away.

"We should get Dewy." Sonata said.

"Sure." I said as I noticed Daryl was holding something.

It looked like a small statue. I decided to go talk to him about it.

"Hey, Daryl." I said.

"Hey." Daryl said.

"What do you have there?" I asked.

"This? It was from Merle. He got it from Adagio, after one of there meetin's." Daryl said.

"Wait, that was regular?" I asked.

"Once every two days. Since Adagio became old enough. She was 18, right?" Daryl asked me.

"I have no idea, she was at high-school, so... maybe." I said.

"Yeah, she was." Aria said behind us.

"Thanks for the heads up, and no thanks for the image." I said as I got up.

Daryl chuckled and started working on the bike the Resistance gave him.

"So, you're Sunset?" Rick asked.

"Yeah. You're Rick?" I asked him.

"Yeah. Look, you said you knew Adagio before?" Rick asked me.

"Yeah." I said.

"Do you know if she's... dangerous?" Rick asked.

"Trust me, she's very dangerous." I gravely said.