Author's Note

ACT 2-THE ARMY

Chapter 11: Awakening

[A Graveyard outside PonyVille]

"Come on you big baby!"

"Don't rush me!"

Three of them. Two fillies and one colt. Standing in the middle of their towns local burial grounds. A eerie and ghostly fog had swept n the grounds, making the whole graveyard seem even more haunted then it was said to be. Tales that told of ponies going into the graveyard and not returning, much like the Everfree forest legends. The dark moon shined over then open area, casting a menacing shadow on the grave stones and crosses with suns and moons on them. One of the shorter fillies with a black coat and white mane stood over the grave. Sweat dripping from his head. He reached out with hand towards the gravestone with hesitation. The stories and legends surrounding the two graves are what drove him there, or forced him. "Geez if I knew you were going to be this chicken I wouldn't have bothered", another child behind him, his older sister called from behind him. Leaning on a stone like it was nothing. A sour look on her face. She had told her brothers of the legends and tales of the two stones to tease her younger brother. Naturally he wanted to prove his bravery. So here they were, standing in the middle of graveyard at midnight to touch two sacred stones.

"Remind me", the little colt said, "why are we doing this?" His older sister groaned and rubbed her temple. "I told you! Who ever touches the tombs of the king of light and queen of night will have to face the darkest form of all evil..." She tip toes to her younger and brother, a sinister look on her face. "That means all your fears, worries, and all your sins come to kill you at once in a single body! So little brother...will you do it?" He was shaking in place. His eyes wide and full of fear. He tapped his index fingers together and his teeth chattered. He was scared more then anything. He gulped and took in a deep breathe. The young colt reached a hand out to the sun grave. His sister watched in anticipation as her little brother reached out. Just as he was about to place a finger tip on the sun stone. A low rumble of the clouds echoed over head. Both looked up and saw purple lighting clash and flash in the clouds.

The electricity flashed again, the glow being seen for miles. A top of Canterlot's highest castle, Princess Luna looked over the scene with a look of worry. It looked like nothing any ordinary pegasus would make. It was irregular and aggressive. Lighting bolts struck the ground with vicious roars. She looked up seeing a haze of purple and black smoke forming in the clouds. It felt dangerous just from looking at the formation. Luna narrowed her eyes and walked back into her chamber. Storming out of her room and down corridor much to her guards dismay. She traveled down the stairs and past the throne room toward the library. She burst the doors open and the librarian was cowering behind her desk. The librarian looked at her with a terrified expression. She points to a book glowing dark purple in the far back of the chamber. Luna nodded and stomped toward it, a black smoke trailing her hooves and leaking from her mane.

Rarity and Spike sat across from the burly and hairy man. A bandage over the dragons eye and arm. Rarity sat in silence with a nervous smile. She had sat the boys down and talked with them both about the misunderstanding. Leatherface sat under the shadow of his stitch together mask. His hands on his lap and his chainsaw next to him on the couch. He seemed calm despite his rage from earlier. The massive psychopath sitting across from them raised his arm and picked his stitched together nose. Rarity gulped and tried to keep her disgust to herself. Spike couched into his free hand. "So uh...what's your name?" he asked the monster of a man in front of them. His eyes widened in his mask and looked at the ground shyly. He played with his fingers and groaned. Rarity looked at him with a worried expression. "Can you speak darling?" she asked. Leatherface shot his head toward her and whimpered. He mumbles and taps his index fingers together. Rarity and Spike looked at him in confusion. He looked at them and moved his head from side to side. "You poor dear." Rarity said out of pity. "Yeah...poor." Spike mumbled under his breathe. The mare next to him jabbed his side and he yelped.

Leatherface watched the whole scene with confusion in curiosity in his eyes. He watched as the two bickered and argued but were acting like friends a second ago. It reminded him of his family, and of his friend. A person more of a brother to him then anything. Leatherface signed and looked at his chainsaw, seeing the deep scratch on the blade. A scratch he stills remembers where it came from. A machete, from someone equally as strong as him. He remembered it like it was yesterday. His brothers and him were chasing their latest victim, or should he say dinner, when the broad shouldered masked man came from no where. Him and Leatherface fought at first, but eventually they shared the kill together. After words he was accepted into Leatherface's family as a friend. Finally, the chainsaw wielding cannibal finally had a friend he could relate to. Seeing the mare and dragon in front of him argue reminded him of their times of disagreeing. But in the end they worked it out, like how the two in front of him did with a hug and returned their attention to him.

"We want to help you darling." she told Leatherface bluntly. The stitched mask of the psychopath seemed to loosen on his face when he heard what the pony said. Spike signed and gave a defeated smile toward the burly man. "I'm willing to forgive you for almost killing me...just this once." Leatherface for a moment couldn't believe what they were offering. Help him with what, to speak? He didn't like the thought of it. He had gone so many years without talking, decades even. He forgot what his own voice sounded like. He gave a deep sign and stared at his hands in his lap. Rarity and Spike looked at each other in worry. The burly man in front of them looked concerned and unsure of their offer. Rarity thought about for a second and nodded. She gave a determined look and stood straight up. Both Leatherface and Spike looked at her and waited for what she might do. The mare smiled at the burly man. "Well, at least you have two friends here darling. Just know that!"

Before Spike could protest any further, a violent clash of thunder could be heard outside. All three looked and saw the sky outside hard turned a dark shade of purple. They rushed out and saw ponies standing and pointing as the odd formation of dark clouds spread across the sky and blocking out the sun. Black and white bolts of lighting struck the ground and the sky roared with fury. The wind howled and blows with the power of a lighting storm. Spike wrapped a wing around Rarity to shield her from the wind, Leatherface ran back inside the house and grabbed his murder tool. Placing it on a harness on his back. The sound of high pitch screaming could be heard beyond the wind and thunder. Ponies looked and saw two children running from the dark forest, tears in their eyes, and scratches covering their bodies. They ran into the arms of their parents. As they asked what was wrong, both shouted in unisons to their elders. "Monsters!" The wind soon slowed itself and ponies around talked in whispering voices about what the children said. Then, a sound of utter horror filled the dark forest. A horridness howl and moans could be heard coming toward the town. Ponies watched in horror as limping corpses walked out of the forest, coming by waves, as they approached the town. With everyone standing in shock and fear at the sight. A single word was yelled that caused a massive panic. "Zombies!"

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Mares shrieked and grabbed their children, running away from the undead. The army of corpses roared and sprinted after the residents. Their bodies limping and sprinting full speed. Rarity and Spike watched as some ran over to them with blood lust in their black eyes. The dragon was about to unleash a blast of fire when three of the attackers were horribly cut and mangled by Leatherface's chainsaw. Thick streams of blood flowed from their bodies as he sliced the three of them in two and threes. The pieces of their bodies falling to the ground in a puddle of blood. He smiled at the two like it was nothing. Meanwhile, ponies in the town were being chased by the running dead. Two or three of the zombies would tackle a poor pony trying to get away and tear him or her to pieces. Eating their flesh and organs in record time. Some of the ponies stayed behind and fought back against the dead. Using any weapon they could find. Unicorns used their magic as blasters to puncture the dead but they didn't even flinch. It was only when they were hit by melee they were hurt. Almost half the twon was being driven from PonyVille with casualty after casualty as the undead took it over in minutes.

Rarity, Spike, and Leatherface ran into town seeing the residents being tormented. Passing dead body after body as they tried to escape as well. Rarity soon had to stop and lean on a building to catch her lunch as she tried not to vomit from the gruesome scene. Spike put a hand to her shoulder and she looked at him with a smile. Another set of howls come from behind and the three look to see more of the undead stalking them. Leatherface snarled and revved up his chainsaw. The zombies roared and sprinted toward him and the others. The goliath of a man charged and spun like a twister with his chainsaw. Cutting through the undead like they were nothing. Their bodies separated into pieces as they fell to the ground. Painting the dirt road a dark shade of red. Rarity looked away from the gruesome execution and Spike cupped his mouth. At the same all five of the zombies went down. The roar of Leatherface's chainsaw went hand in hand with his yellow grin. His apron and flannel stained with red. He looked toward his friends and saw their expressions. He shrugged and chuckled with a deep tone. "We might need to work on that aggression darling." Rarity said while still trying to hold herself from vomiting.

As the three took a moment to celebrate a victorious encounter. A vicious roar was heard gliding over the clouds. All three looked up and their eyes widened when they saw black winged creatures flying across the sky. Some small, some big, but all of them had the same decomposed skin and glowing purple eyes. One of the larger zombies, a mixed creature with different animal parts, glided down and impacted the ground on its feet. It stood on its hinge legs and snarled. Its scorpion tail twitching and leaking poison. Leatherface revved his chainsaw as he stood at his full height against the monster. He snorted and adjusted his grip on the weapon. Ignoring the fact he had a goliath zombie looking down at him. Leatherface let out a loud shout as he sprinted his full speed at the zombie.