Swift Blade slowly trotted down the dirt path, thinking to himself about what he would do and where he would go once he got to Ponyville. He figured he might as well check Sugar Cube Corner to see if there was any sweets left, it was an idea, at least that would stave off his hunger a little longer so he could search the rest of the town.

Of course, this plan could have its problems, it might just make things worse for him, but it was the only plan he had, and maybe somepony might still be alive in there. Hopefully.

Swift Blades stomach growled, making him decide to quicken his pace. He was so completely focused on getting to Ponyville, and food, that he didn't start hearing the moans of the approaching zombie Pegasus until it was to late.

Swift Blade whipped around and stared up at the sky, this action caused his head to ache and made him slightly woozy, but he snapped out of it when he saw the big group of zombie Pegasus coming right at him. Swift Blades eyes widened in shock, there was no time for thinking, so he ran. He could hear the groans getting louder, and he knew he didn't have enough energy to outrun them forever. He slid to a stop, causing a small dust cloud to be kicked up. he turned to face the horde, eyes narrowing, he drew his sword, the long steel blade gleamed as it pointed at the lead zombie

Swift Blade didn't know if he had the skill, or even enough energy, to take on this many zombie pony's at once, but running wasn't going to save him, he had no choice, even if they got him, he planned to go down fighting, but then a thought struck him.

If he died, what would happen to Equestria? If he truly was the last pony in the world, he needed to live. he needed to survive. These thoughts distracted him long enough for the lead zombie Pegasus to lung at him, rotted mouth stretched open as it aimed to chomp down on the earth pony's face and devour him, leaving almost nothing left, but a skeleton and a longsword.

Swift Blade snapped out of it before this could happen though, and, not allowing the zombie a chance to take a chomp out of him, quickly moving the blade forwards, the blade impaling the monsters head.

Blood dripped down from the wound, and the pony seemed to widen its dead eyes, as some form of intelligence and a spark of who they were came back to it, but then its eyes went completely blank.

Withdrawing the blade with a swift jerk, Swift stared down at the lifeless body, making sure he had killed it. It didn't move.

Two more Pegasus lunged at him, the rest of the horde close behind. Swift leveled his sword at the closer of the two lunging at him, a young filly, with the cutie mark of a flower. He brought the sword back, ready to swing, and cut the small monsters head off.

However, Swift Blades head started to feel woozy , his vision grew hazy, he was going to black out, he had used to much of his remaining strength to skewer the last zombie.

His eyes started to close and the sword dropped from his hooves, landing beside him. He felt himself fall, hitting the ground with a small thud. As he closed his eyes, giving into his exhaustion, before everything went black, he saw the two Pegasus's faces in front of his face, with more zombies behind him opening their mouths to devour him, then a bright light. ''So this is what dying looks like'' Swift Blade's last thoughts were, before he finally succumbed to the darkness.

A white pony stood behind some bushes, watching the blue stallion as he made his way down the dirt road, towards Ponyville. Her horn brushed up against the leaves as she lowered her head, tears of joy forming in her eyes. She wasn't the last pony in Equestria, she wasn't alone!

The tears fell from her eyes like two raindrops, and she raised a hoof and wiped them away. She had to remain strong. Everypony she had ever known was dead, even her best friend and roommate, but now she had found hope. She had to contact this stallion somehow, but she couldn't just go right up to him, not only did he have a sword strapped to his back, she didn't even know if he was even friendly! He could attack her as soon as she stepped out, no, she had to go out there, if there was another pony, there was still hope.

she suddenly saw the approaching horde of Pegasi zombies approaching the stallion, he hadn't noticed yet, she had to warn him. Her legs felt weak, could she really jump out of hiding before a pack of those things to save the life of the only pony she had seen in two days? The unicorn shook her head, yes she could, she had risked her life before to save a pony's life, she could do it again! She took a deep breath and prepared to step out into the open and shout out a warning, but the stallion had already noticed the zombies flying at him.

She watched in horror as he tried to run, but he seemed to be in bad shape, he wasn't going to make it far. She prepared to cover her face with her hooves when they caught up to him and... ate him, but it didn't happen, instead, he skidded to a stop and drew his sword, bravely standing his ground. She watched in awe, as, even in his exhaustion, killed one and prepared to fight off two more, but she gasped in horror as he suddenly dropped his sword and started to collapse.

They were going to get him!

The unicorn stepped out of the bushes, and her horn glowed, a pair of big shades appeared over her head, she levitated them down, and over her face, covering her crimson eyes and a grim smile grew across her lips, ''Time to kick some zombie ass!'' she exclaimed before, adrenaline pumping through her veins, charged the undead pony's as they lunged at the helpless stallion.

Her horn glowed brightly, and a glowing beam of destructive energy lashed out, turning the pony's closest to the stallion into dust. She leapt in front of him, and used the ''Incinerate'' spell she had learned for getting rid of parasprites to blast two more into oblivion.

The mare turned to the stallion's unconscious form and her horn glowed again, a similar glow appeared around his body, he floated up, and straining as she went, turned towards Ponyville, and ran.

Her hooves kicked up dust in her mad attempt to make it to the closest building with the stallion and lock herself in. Her breath came out in short gasps, and sweat dripped down from her mane, she continued to run, her adrenalin fueled her and kept her running, her will to live kept her running. She wasn't going to die today.

Not today.

The unicorn used another levitation spell to turn the doorknob of a close by house, and she dashed inside, pulling the stallion in with her. Gently dropping him, she used the spell once more and slammed the door shut, just as the horde charged the house and met with the door.

Being unable to get in, they started throwing themselves against the door and windows, a sickening crunch heard every time they collided with the wood. the windows were all boarded up, but it wouldn't be long before the creatures smashed their way in. The mare glanced back at the stallion, still lying where she had dropped him. A sad smile grew on her face, before she glanced around the house and headed for where she thought the kitchen was.

She was going to need all the help she could get to get out of this mess.

Author's Note

Next up, the ''watcher is introduced, but you probably already know who it is don't you?