The Trotting Dead

TWILIGHT'S P.O.V

It was a day since Bon Bon's death. Lyra was mourning at her grave for a while... I'm starting to get worried about her. I was waiting for somepony to talk to her until I saw Rarity trot by.

"Twilight, Spike wanted to talk to you, darling."

I went to see him in the Carousel Boutique with Sweetie Belle.

"Rarity said you wanted to talk." I said to him.

Spike got up and lead me out back.

"Spike... what's going on?" I asked.

"It's about Celestia. I don't think she's acting right." He said.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa. Spike, you really need to be careful here." I said.

"Listen, she KNEW that run was a bad idea. It was full of those things for a while, and she STILL sent them in." Spike said.

"Spike, what're you talking about?" I asked.

"I saw guards search the place a week before. It had more of them then, and she STILL sent them out." Spike said.

"I'll talk to her." I insisted.

"Be careful, Twilight. This place might not be safe..." Spike said.

I went to see Celestia who was speaking to Red.

"Celestia? I need to talk to you-- alone." I said staring at Red.

"Okay." Red said calmly as he trotted out.

"Yes?" Celestia said.

"I talked with... some ponies. They think you sent the people on that run knowing that they wouldn't come back. Is this true?" I asked.

Celestia looked at me and slowly nodded.

"Ce-Celestia... why?" I asked.

"I thought they left by now. I guess I was wrong." Celestia said.

"Bon Bon DIED on that run. You had an Infected IN. CAMP! Anypony could've turned. Me, Luna, YOU..." I said.

"This run HAD to be done. We needed that medicine, and we got it. We lost lives, but it happens in this world." Celestia said.

I didn't say another word. I left as soon as she said it.

SHANE'S P.O.V

We were settling in at the camp. Lori and Carl have a tent a few steps away from mine. I was helping Dale keep watch against Walkers.

"So who's in charge here?" I asked.

"We were working on that." Dale said.

"What do we do about those new guys, Merle and Daryl?" I asked.

"I don't know. Daryl's crossbow is quieter than my gun, so he might be useful. But his brother..." Dale started.

"Hey, old man! My brother's STAYIN'!" Daryl said.

"We know, we just... we just have some concerns." I said.

"What's goin' on, here, huh?" Merle asked.

"Nothin'." Daryl said.

"Yeah. He's right. Just some talk." I said.

RAINBOW DASH'S P.O.V

I was walking out of the factory when I saw Twilight walk by.

"Hey, Twi'!" I called out.

She didn't say a word. She just kept walking.

"Hey, what is it?" I asked.

"Ce-- Celestia knew about the run and that it was infested." Twilight said.

"What?! There's no way she knew! Ponies DIED on that run." I said.

"I just talked to her, Rainbow. She knew." She said.

"Wh... why would she..."

"I don't know. The worst part is that she admitted it, right to my face. Like it was nothing, she just..."

"This... this is insane." I said.

"I know." Twilight replied.

"What do we do now?" I asked.

"Get the others, Rarity, Pinkie, all of them. Tell them we're leaving." Twilight said.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa. Twilight, we can't just leave! These ponies need us. We can't just leave because we're mad!" I said.

"... I know." Twilight sighed and took a seat.

"Then what is it? We can't wait for her to get more people killed. So what do we do?" I asked Twi'.

"The only thing we can do: Nothing."

I was mad at her answer, but I knew she was right.

"Want me to tell Spike?" I offered.

"No. I got that." Twilight said walking out.

****'S P.O.V

"... Today is day 7. The town's secured, and the military's moved in now. A fence is being set up to keep the Infected out. No-one's been infected so far, besides Susan and maybe Patrick. My dad says this could work. I doubt it. Christopher Clark signing off." I said to my video camera.

I noticed an Infected limp closer to the guards. Moyers noticed and shot it dead.

"That shot's gonna draw more. The fence needs to be build ASAP!" Moyers said.

I saw my dad walk by telling me to hop down from the roof.

"What?" I asked.

"Nothing, it's just your mom wants you." Travis said as he went back to his jog.

I went to see my mom and saw that she was helping nurse the sick people.

"Dad said you wanted me." I said.

"Yeah. You're gonna have to stay at Madison's tonight."

"What?! Mom, I can't!" I said.

"Well, we have too if we're going to make this work. Travis wanted to move east, but the military came first. All we can do is make this work." Liza said.

"Fine. I'll go pack my stuff." I sighed as I went to my room and started packing.