Inside a house in a neighborhood he lived in, Devon saw the three figures he knew very well. He reached out to them, but noticed a few zombies walking right towards them. He ran towards them and saw everything getting far away, he used all his strength to get to them faster and pushed the dead people away from them. He pushed one up against a fence, while his family got into the house to get away. He grabs it by the neck and pulls and bashes its head towards the fence, killing it. He turns around and saw the other two zombies coming towards him, he grabs a big rock and charged towards the farthest one and bashes it in the face with the rock in his hand and gets knocked over and pushing the zombie's face away from his. He hits the side of its head with one hit. He gets up and heads inside his house to find his parents and sister but saw three more zombies searching for them. He pulls one of them into the fireplace, burning its face. He grabs the poker and stabs the next one from behind. But the last one was facing him and struggles to eat him. He pushed it towards the open hallway bathroom door, causing it to trip with its head next to the frame, he grabbed the door and pulled hard to split the zombie's head. He got every dead zombie around him and noticed himself covered in a few drops of blood. He walked towards the master bedroom, finding his family looking out the window.
"Guys, I'm glad you're okay." Devon said to his family.
"You should have come here, sooner." His father said.
"What?" He asked confused.
"We wanted you to come up here, but you killed those people." His mother said.
"But I saved you." He said.
"But you weren't with us to get out of here." His sister said.
"Come on, guys. This isn't you." He said grabbing them by their shoulders and saw them undead, causing him to fall to his knees in shame.
"I shouldn't have gone to that hockey game, you wouldn't have been dead." He said with tear crawling down his cheek while his sister bites his neck causing him to fall back, letting his family eat him alive. "I deserve this." He said.

(June 21, 2016)

In a shock, Devon woke up from a nightmare he didn't like. He looks at his abdomen and saw that it was in one piece. He gets out of bed and gets his clothes on. He sits down on the end of the bed trying to get the dream out of his head. He keeps feeling the pain of his dead family that he can't forget from last month. He hears a few knocks from the door next to the big window.
"Coming." He opens the door, revealing Sunset in the open doorway. "Hey Sunset, how's your morning?"
"Going fine. You look upset." She said.
"Tell me about it. I had a nightmare." He said.
"What was it about?" She asked, making Devon look to his left more sad. "Sorry."
"It's best not to bring it up. Maybe it can help get out of my head." He said.
"I brought you breakfast." She said giving him a can of mandarin oranges and a fork.
"Thanks." He accepted and walked out seeing the crusaders playing pictionary, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, and Flash with Shining working on the fence they've been working on the motel the group have been staying at. Cadence watching the crusaders. Rarity keeping watch on top the RV. Twilight, Fluttershy, and Pinkie checking stock on supplies they've had and Adagio with Aria and Sonata eating their own breakfast. "So, I guess everyone else is doing fine this morning?" He said opening the can in his hand.
"Yeah, we haven't gotten any zombies on the fence. I guess today is a lucky day." She said. "I'm gonna watch the crusaders, you should eat."
"Alright." He said as Sunset walks to the couch and sits down while eating the oranges. "I should probably sit down if I'm gonna eat these." He said to himself walking towards the table Adagio and her sisters were sitting at. "You girls got more for one more for this table?" He asked.
"It's the only chair available." Adagio said.
"Thanks." He said taking the seat and continues eating. "So, how does the motel feel to you, girls?" He asked.
"Well, the beds are better than alleyways." Sonata said.
"You three slept in alleyways?" He asked.
"We didn't have anywhere else to live ever since Sunset and her friends destroyed our pendants. Don't you remember that?" Aria asked.
"It happened sometime before I was transferred to CHS." He explained.
"Well, those pendants helped us feed on negative emotions, but now, we can eat food." Adagio said as she starts to sweat. "It's getting hot out here."
"Yeah, but the pool can help cool everyone down." He said finishing his breakfast. "I'm going to see if any of the other need help." He said getting out of the chair.
"You know where to find us." Adagio said as Devon gets up and throws his can away. Devon walked over the fence to see if they needed any help.
"Hey guys, how's the fence coming?" He asked.
"We just need a few more boards on here and it will be good." Shining said.
"And using this rock to hammer these nails into the boards is hurting the tip of my fingers." Rainbow Dash said in pain.
"Ah' told ya a rock was a bad idea." Applejack said.
"Do you think there is something we can use for a hammer?" Flash asked.
"That hatchet can be used like a hammer. I'll go get it." Devon said getting the hatchet and coming back. "Here you go." He said handing it to Rainbow Dash.
"Thanks, Devon. Now my finger nails won't come off." Rainbow said hammering the nails.
"Do you guys need any help?" He asked.
"Sure, I need you to hold this board in place here and we will be done with the fence." Shining said to him while Devon holds the board and Rainbow hammers a few nails on each corner. "We got it."
"Finally, no more hammering those nails into the fence. Now my fingers can rest." Rainbow said.
With the fence completely done, Applejack had to help with Rainbow Dash's fingers, Shining went to watch the crusaders with Cadence, and Flash decided to help Twilight, Fluttershy, and Pinkie with the supplies. Devon thought maybe he could see how the supplies were doing.
"Hey girls, how are the supplies doing?" He asked.
"Well, we have about half of the food we had last month." Twilight explained.
"Man, I never thought we'd eat that much." Flash said.
"We can get carried away with what we've got." Fluttershy said.
"Maybe some store could still have food? Otherwise, some of us could see if they have any left that we could loot." Devon said.
"You guys will probably get eaten alive." Spike said.
"Not if we camouflage again." He said.
"And maybe you can find something to hold all of these weapons in the bedroom. It takes up space in the RV." Pinkie said.
"Maybe I can find a storage trailer when some of us go back to the city. But I don't feel like doing it today, we'll have to do it tomorrow. I think I noticed the grill was broken when I was walking in here." He said.
"What else are we suppose use to cook? A fire could help, until we run out of wood." Flash thought.
"I do remember my dad's grill and smoker are in the backyard of my house. I'll probably have to go get them when I head back to the city tomorrow." Devon said.
"That looks like everything that we could check on for today." Twilight said.
"Twilight, you should probably check on Rainbow Dash, she used a rock for a hammer and hurt her fingers while doing that." He said.
"Alright, it can't be that bad." She said going to the room where Applejack and Rainbow Dash was in.
"They could just be swollen from the rock she used." He said while walked to the couch set outside next to the RV and sat in the empty spot.
"How are the girls doing, Cadence?" He asked.
"Well, they've playing by the rules of Pictionary and talked about other stuff quietly." She said.
"How could you tell?" He asked.
"They take stopping points for a few second a continue with what they're doing." She explained. "Girls, do you want to tell us what you are talking about?" She asked the Crusaders, noticed them a little nervous to spill the beans.
"It's ok, girls. You can tell. We won't get mad." Devon said.
"We were wondering if we could use any guns." Scootaloo said.
"Well, I did say you could need some training, but I don't want any of use to waste any ammo and bring any unwanted attention. When I go tomorrow, I'll have to find airsofts when we get food and some other things we need. You three gonna must be careful though. The real deals can kick harder than an airsoft." He said to the three girls and something came to mind. "Cadence, how did you and the others managed to get out of the city? Before you meet me, of course." He said to her.
"When we heard about the evacuation, there were a few more of us when we tried to evacuate, we were cut off from others, that's when we searched for weapons and found you." Cadence said.
"Do you think they could still be alive?" He asked.
"I hope so." She said.

Later that night, Rarity was still on the roof of the RV taking watch for the day in the night air for any sign of hope or danger. She felt tired, despite staying up in the middle of the night, she just wanted to go to sleep and curl her hair. She hears a noise coming from the ladder and saw that it was Devon.
"Devon, what are you doing up?" She asked.
"I couldn't sleep, I thought maybe I could walk around for a little bit and get some things off my mind. Any trouble?" He asked.
"Nothing out here, tonight. But my hair is becoming a mess and I feel tired from staying up." She said.
"No kidding. Rarity, do you...ever think everything will be back the way it was?" He asked.
"I hope so, we will be back with our normal lives and do what we were going to do." She said.
"Wait until I go to the orphanage." He said sadly.
"Don't worry, Devon. Maybe you can live with one of us." She said to make him feel better.
"I'd actually like that, Rare." He said. "What about Adagio and her friends? We can't let them out on the streets again."
"Well, we haven't seen them do anything bad to us and you saved them last month, they should be with you. Like you said darling, we can't let them out on the streets again." Rarity said.
"Thanks Rare. Since I can't sleep, why don't I take over for you and you can get some rest, is that ok?" He asked.
"Thanks, darling. That's quite generous of you." She said handing Devon her rifle and goes to her room to sleep.
"It's my pleasure." He said taking a seat on the foldout chair. Ten-fifteen minutes later, he finds the outdoor night air to feel pretty good and felt cooler than the daytime of the summer. He hears a noise coming from behind his position and climbs up the ladder, recognizing the orange poofy haired girl. "Adagio? What are you doing up?" He asked.
"I've heard your talk about heading back into the city to find supplies and I thought I could return a favor if me and my friends could help you when you head to the city and be backup?" Adagio asked.
"Do you three think you know how to use a gun?" He asked.
"It looks as simple as holding it and shooting it." She said.
"You need to line the sights up and keep your arms slightly bent when shooting. You girls can come. I'll pick the weapons for you in the morning." He said.
"Alright, see you in the morning." She said heading back to bed while Devon continues to take watch out for any danger.

(June 22, 2016)

With the sun at high noon, D was getting himself ready to get some supplies in Canterlot City. He had to make sure he had his gun, crossbow, hatchet, and backpack if he could find somethings useful for the scavenging. He checked the duffle bag on the desk in his room finding five semiauto pistols left for him to give Adagio, Aria, and Sonata. He went to go get them and bring them to his room.
"So, this is about us going to the city?" Aria asked.
"Yeah and there might be some trouble when we go to the city. So, I've got these five semiauto pistols left from my father's gun safe. I'll pick out which one is suitable to you girls." Devon said handing a pistol and holsters to each of them. "Adagio, Walther PPQ, Aria, Browning Hi-Power, and Sonata, Sig Sauer P226. These are all 9MM pistols. Keep the safeties on until we get to the city." He said to the girls taking the two other pistols and mags out of the bag and taking it with him.
"I can't find the safety on this." Adagio said finding the safety.
"See that notch on the trigger, that's like a safety." He pointed to.
"How do we get a good target?" Sonata asked.
"It's as simple as aiming and shooting, right?" Aria asked.
"The front and rear sights are what they're made for. You line them up while aiming and you've got the target. Keep your arms straight while shooting or you'll bust your teeth out." He said.
"I think we've got it." Adagio said.
"Let's go." He said as they are getting out of the room and goes to his truck and Rainbow Dash and Applejack next to the Avalanche. "You girls ready?" He asked.
"Yeah, we're ready." Applejack said while putting a hunting bow in her truck.
"And the end of my fingers are better." Rainbow Dash said.
"It's a good thing the pain wasn't major. So, you know what we need to get?" He asked.
"A grill, smoker, a storage trailer, supplies, and airsofts for the crusaders." Applejack said.
"We can stop by my house get the grill and smoker, the grill and smoker are in the backyard garage and we can put them on the trailer." He said getting into his truck while the others got into their vehicles. "Shining, Cadence, we're ready." He said giving them the signal to open the fence for the trucks to drive out and head to Canterlot City.

One hour later, they drive their way through the neighborhood and got to Devon's house.
"I’m beginning to think that before we've meet, we've passed by your house, but no one was living here." Adagio said while getting out of the truck.
"I moved here last year during winter break and I miss the old place my family lived in. It's miles from here." He said as they walked into the backyard garage and found the smoker and grill, looking like they were brand new. "Alright, AJ, Rainbow Dash, we'll start with the grill. You two pull while I push."
"Got it." They said grabbing the sides.
"Adagio, Aria, Sonata. Grab the propane tanks. They're still full of propane." He said.
"Alright." They said getting them.
"Ugh, they're heavy." Sonata said while struggling with the weight of the propane tank she held.
"Yeah, it'll take some getting used to. Put them in the bed of the truck." He said while pushing the grill to the trailer. "Alright, girls. On the count of three, we lift this onto the trailer's gate and pull."
"Alright." Applejack said.
"Got it." Rainbow Dash said.
"One. Two. Three." He counted and lifts the grill and pushed it to the middle of the grill. "There we go. Now to get that smoker." He said.
"We'll get it, sugarcube." Applejack said with Rainbow Dash walking to the smoker and picked it up to put it on the trailer.
"I've got the gate, girls." He said getting the gate up. "Maybe we should see if we could get some more things in my house before we head into the city." He said with the others walking to the front door.
"We could get some tools while we're here." Applejack said.
"At least it wasn't raided." He said getting his house key and unlocking the door. "I'll get all the photos."
"Why would you want to get all of these pictures?" Aria asked.
"So, I can remember my family and the times we had, Aria." He said and looked and Applejack and Rainbow Dash. "AJ, Dashie, the tools are in the garage and I think the tool bag is next to it. We should get the toilet paper before we go."
"What else?" Sonata asked.
"We should get all the clothes while we're at it." He said getting pictures off the walls, shelfs, and tables.

Meanwhile with Rainbow Dash and Applejack. They found the tool bag and grabbed the best-looking tools in the tool chest. While some of them looked a little rusty.
"Do you really think we should take some of the rusty ones? They could break." Rainbow Dash asked.
"They're not that rusty, unless they are on the inside." Applejack said getting a rusty hammer. "This one's rusty, but it can be used as a weapon." Applejack said.
"What's this pointy thing?" Rainbow asked holding an awl.
"It's an awl, Sugarcube. It used for piercing holes." Applejack explained.
"Maybe piercing holes into zombies' heads." Rainbow Dash said, thinking it was awesome and putting it in the tool bag and continues to get more tools.
"Maybe those saws could be useful for some wood." Applejack said getting a saw and hack saw while Rainbow Dash got the last of the tools they need.
"This might be all the tools we need." Rainbow Dash said getting the bag and taking it to Devon's truck. "Devon, we got the tools we need. How far are you?" She asked.
"I've got all the pictures and now to get all the clothes." He said going to the living room closest and saw it full of jackets and coats.
"We'll get the toilet paper." Rainbow Dash said, going into the bathrooms and Applejack went to the hallway closet to get the spares and towels, while Devon grabbed his clothes.
"Why are you getting those?" Adagio asked.
"If this goes up to the fall and winter, we are going to need to keep warm at the time." He said as he felt the bag was heavy from the jackets and coats placed on it.
"Here, I'll carry some, Devon." Applejack said carrying some of the clothes off the bag.
"Thanks, Applejack. I'll put the bag in my truck's bed and we'll put all the clothes in my truck." He said walking towards his truck and putting them in the bed. "There we go. The bedrooms are the last places to get clothes before we go."
"Ya really think this going to go up 'til fall and winter?" Applejack asked.
"I don't know, but just in case." He said, walking to the house and up to his bedroom and saw Adagio in there. "I guess you're looting my clothes?" he asked.
"Just to get this done faster. Do you really have to get all of these clothes out of this closet?" Adagio asked.
"Yeah. It's enough for everyone back at the camp." He said getting as many shirts and pants as he could, while Adagio did the same. With Rainbow Dash and Applejack in the master bedroom and Aria and Sonata in his sister's bedroom getting all the clothes. "Any of the light-colored clothes can help cool us down for the summer."
"How does that work, exactly?" She asked.
"The lighter in color they are, the cooler you'll get and the other way around with dark colors. That's how it works." He explained as he got all the shirts and pants in his closet. "That looks like everything from my closet." He said getting them to his truck. Adagio noticed and a couple of notebooks on the rack above the hangers. She thought she could see them as she puts the set of clothes down on D's bed and grabbed them. She opened the first one on top and saw that it was full of empty pages. She opens the other one, saw writing in the pages and read through the other notebook and saw what his life was like before the outbreak, the fun he had, the places he went to, and now knew what D's full first name was. As she reads through the journal, Devon got back to his room and saw her reading his journal. "I guess you're reading about the good times in my journal?" He asked.
"Sorry, it feels like it was longer than a month ago since this world has changed. Reading your life can make it feel like it was that world." She said while Devon took his journal out of her hands and grabbed the blank one.
"Yeah, I should probably keep this to remember the good times." He said putting them in his satchel and getting half of the clothes on his bed. "Let's get these to the truck and head to the city."
"You're right. We're wasting time." She said getting the other half of the clothes and bringing them to the trucks.
"What took you two so long?" Rainbow Dash asked.
"Sorry, we got distracted." He explained.
"Distracted, ya two didn't do anything, did ya?" Applejack asked.
"No. We didn't do anything." Adagio said.
"Alright. Let's go." Applejack said as the group head towards the city.

Thirty minutes later, the six teenagers were just outside of the city. They thought maybe it would be a little safe to go through the alleyways to avoid attention. They find an SUV and a jeep with a hybrid hunting trailer with a four door UTV on it.
"I guess we found some of the things we need." Devon said.
"And we're behind a store. There's probably the rest of the things we need in there." Applejack said.
"But there will be four vehicles and only three of us can drive." Rainbow Dash said.
"We'll have to figure out how we're going to drive all four of them back." He said as he pushed the button on the handle of the jeep but couldn't get it open. "It's locked." He said while Adagio tried the SUV.
"This one is locked, too." She said.
"The keys have got to be around here somewhere." He said and looked at the door. "Maybe they could be inside the store." He said, walking up to the door and couldn't get it opened. "God, dammit!"
"It's locked, too?" Aria asked.
"Yep. There could be another way to open." He said.
"Could your hatchet help?" Sonata asked.
"This door is made of metal, not wood. And I don't think I can fit this in between the door and frame. We need a prying tool to open the door." He said.
"Look around for something like that." Applejack said.
As they looked around for a prying tool, they looked on the UTV, under the trailers and cars. Sonata thought that maybe there could be one in the dumpster, so she decided to look inside. With a struck of luck, she found a crowbar.
"I’ve found one." Sonata called out and held it out.
"Wait a go, Sonata." Devon said, getting the crowbar in between the door and frame and tried to push it, but he wasn't strong enough. "Help me with these." He said to the girls to pull and push. "Ready?"
"Ready." They said.
"Alright. Go!" He said, they pushed and pulled with all their strength and got the door open. "We got it. Now to do some shopping." He said as they walked right into the store. "We might be able to get more with some shopping carts and load them into the trailer." He said.
"That's not a bad idea. Speaking of which, there are some carts." Rainbow Dash said pointing to them.
"Alright, I'll take one. Each of us get a cart." Devon said taking a cart.
The six teenagers were now getting the things they needed. Devon got the airsofts for the crusaders, Rainbow Dash and Applejack got as much canned and boxed foods and other important items, and the dazzlings got every bottle and box of different kinds of medicine. But they had to find the keys to the cars.
"How are we going to get the cars started to get these supplies back?" Aria asked.
"Maybe some people left them here. I'll look for them. Get these to the back." He said handing his cart to them. "Maybe they could be in the office." He said to himself walking towards the office door. He opens the door and the saw the manager in his chair, unaware if he was alive or undead. He pulls out his hatchet and poked the manager's arm, which woke up the zombified manager and he chopped its head. "I wish he was alive. He could have told me where the keys were." He said but say car keys on some hooks. "Or not. That was easy." He grabs all the keys to see which ones go to the cars. "I think these are the keys to the cars."
"See which ones’ work." Adagio said while Devon pressed the unlock buttons on the keys and found the matches.
"Now to load these up." He said getting everything into the cars. Devon put the airsofts into the SUV while the others put the food and meds into the storage trailer. "Alright, let's-" He sees the driver door's mirror and saw a figure in a window on the second floor of a building and he turned around to see the window and saw the figure move. "Someone's up there!"
"Are you sure? I don't see anything." Sonata said looking at the windows for something.
"I saw someone in that window on the second floor. We have to help that person, but there could be a few more in there." He said.
"Well, the door is here. We can get to them that way." Rainbow Dash said, was stop from the knob not turning. "It's locked."
"We should find another in. Besides, we want to get them out of here and not let zombies eat them and us." Applejack said.
"How do we get up there?" Aria asked.
"The fire escape is another way in and the ladder is down. We'll need to climb onto something to reach it." Devon said.
"We could use that dumpster to reach it." Sonata suggested.
"That could help." He said, everyone pulls the dumpster, luckily it was on wheels. They got the dumpster to the spot they needed. "There we go. This will be easy." He said, climbing on top and getting the ladder down, causing some noise.
"Hope that doesn't bring any creeps around. It made some noise." Adagio said.
"Same here. The ladder's too high to reach, they must have cut part of it off. We gonna have to boost ourselves up." He said. " Come on, you first Sonata." He said, putting his hands together and boosting Sonata to the ladder and the others, Adagio came last. "Wait, Adagio."
"What?" She asked, watching him hold out his crossbow.
"You should take my crossbow up with you when I boost ya." He said.
"I might as well." She said, taking the crossbow by putting it over her shoulder. She puts her foot in Devon's hands and saw a group of zombies coming from behind. "Devon, we've got some coming behind you!" She warned him.
"Quickly!" He said, boosting her and fell off the dumpster, landing on his backpack, which softened his fall. He took his hatchet to kill them. He kills a few and saw too many of them. "Oh shit!"
"Devon! Get out of there!" Adagio screams.
He had no choice but to run to the street. He stopped in his tracks from so many of them on the street, they walked right towards him. Devon runs to his left to get away and saw a tank and decides to crawl under it to slow them down. He was stopped from zombies in front of him and crawled after him. Devon grabbed his gun and shoots in front and behind him with nine shots, with one round left and not enough time to reload. As he was about to kill himself with the last shot, he noticed the hatch was open and he climbed in and closed it to keep himself safe. He looked around and saw five dead soldiers in the tank. He looted them of their weapons with five pistols and a few grenades. When he pulled the fifth pistol off the last soldier, he was undead, and Devon shoots it with the last shot in his gun and caused the sound to enter his ears in a tight space. The ringing in his ears caused him to cover his ears as they ring. He looked up at the top hatch of the tank and looked around, his vision returned and saw zombies climbing onto the tank to get him, which he closed the hatch to keep them from getting in. He felt like a caged animal, he couldn't do anything.
"Hey Devon." Rainbow Dash's voice came from the radio he had. "Are you alive in there?" He picked up his radio.
"I'm here and in one piece. How are you doing? Because I'm not going to stay here and play bait until I starve." He said.
"Fine and you were right about people up here. They're our parents, siblings and pets." She said.
"Good to know. I'm stuck in this tank and got a lot of dead people trying to get me." He explained.
"We heard the last gunshot and didn't know if you made it. So, we had to make sure." Rainbow Dash said.
"We thought maybe it would have been a kill or missed shot when it came." Applejack said. "We can see the tank you're in. Did you find anything useful?" She asked.
"Hold on." He puts the radio down and checked the five Beretta M9s and checked the clips to check the number of rounds. "I've found five Beretta pistols and a few grenades. They all have full clips."
"Okay, listen. If you face the direction the turret is facing, on the right side, the road is less crowded. Run down that road when we fire and find a fire escape ladder in an alleyway and make your way back to the cars."
"Roger." He said, hearing gunshots for a few seconds, which he heard crawling from the surface of the tank.
"Move!" Adagio called out. Devon climbs to the top of the tank and saw a zombie trying to get him. He chops its head with his hatchet and climbs off and runs down the road. He shoots zombies that were in his path to an alleyway and finds a fire escape. He climbs a dumpster and jumps to reach the ladder and grabs the bottom step, pulling it down and climbs to the roof.
"I made it." He called out on his radio.
"Good. We need you get back to the cars and we're out of her." Applejack said.
"But you'll be trapped." Sonata said.
"I don't think so, Sonata. All of them are coming towards the alleyway I came in and they're trying to reach me at the fire escape I climbed up. I'll have to find another fire escape that isn't surrounded. I'll see you all when I get down." He said, fires three more shots at them to bring more of the dead to his location and walks into the building. He reloads the gun and makes his way to another window. He finds an open window with another fire escape outside. He looks out the window and saw an opening on the ground for him to escape. He climbs down and made it back to the cars with the others. "I'm back."
"Good to see you." Adagio said, sitting in the jeep. "Get in." She said, as Devon gets into the jeep and drives while Rainbow Dash drove the SUV and head back to his house.

Ten minutes later, the group made it back to Devon's house. They got out of the cars and for the people from the building they were trapped in were rescued from.
"So, who are the people we rescued?" Devon asked.
"I couldn't believe who they were." Applejack said, bringing two of them next to her. "My brother, Big Macintosh, our grandmother, Granny Smith, our dog Winona."
"And my parents, Bow Hothoof, Windy Whistles, and my tortoise Tank." Rainbow Dash said with her parents by her sides.
"I guess I'm glad to make an unexpected family reunion during our search out. What about the others?" He asked.
"We got Twilight's Parents Nightlight, Twilight Velvet, and Sunset's pet lizard Ray." Rainbow Dash introduced.
"She actually looks like Twilight a little bit." He said.
"Thanks, Devon." Velvet said.
"It's an honor to meet you, kiddo." Nightlight said.
"Your welcome." Devon said. "What about the others, Applejack?" He asked the young farmer.
"We got Fluttershy's parents, her brother Zephyr Breeze, and her pet rabbit Angel. Rarity and Sweetie Belle's parents Magnum, Betty Bouffant, and her cat Opalescence." She pointed out.
"And last, we have Maud, Limestone, Marble, Cloudy Quartz, Igneous Rock Pie, and Gummy." Rainbow Dash named out.
"Let me guess, all of you are related to Pinkie Pie?" He asked.
"Yeah, got us confused with someone else?" Limestone asked, in a rough tone.
"No. A lot of people ask who others are related to." He said.
"Sorry about her, our daughter can a little serious at times." Igneous explained.
"I'll keep that in mind." Devon said, gets wrapped in Applejack and Rainbow Dash's arms.
"Thank you." They said to their new friend.
"For finding your family, I'm happy to get people back together." He said, hugging them back. "Why does Pinkie own a stuffed animal for a pet?"
"It's hard to explain." Applejack said.
"Can we go, now?" Aria asked.
"Yeah." He said but was stopped by a sound.
"Why'd you stop?" Adagio asked.
"Quiet. Everyone be quiet." He said to everyone to hear the sound.
"I don't hear anything." Breeze said. Everyone didn't hear anything and noticed Devon ran right into his house.
"Where's he going?" Rainbow Dash asked.
"Ah don't know." Applejack said. Devon follows the sound in his house, that sounded like a phone ringing. He finds it in his room, coming from his cell phone and grabs it quick and answers it from an unknown caller.
"Hello?" He answered.
"Finally, we've been trying to call whoever was alive and had a working phone. We've been doing this for about a month." A woman's voice explained.
"We? There are others?" He asked.
"Yes. My husband and daughter are with me. We've been in here since this started." She said.
"I woke up from a concussion last month. About a week after my last day of high school. It was my senior year." He said.
"I would like to hear your story, but I have to hang up in a minute. Are you going to stay in the house?" She asked.
"No. You called my cell phone. I'm going to take it with me. When will you call back?" He asked.
"We're going to call tomorrow around the same time." She said.
"Will do." He said, hanging up and saw Rainbow Dash and Applejack in the doorway.
"What were you doing?" Rainbow Dash asked.
"Somebody called. A woman, she's married and has a daughter. They're somewhere safe, but she didn't mention where." He explained.
"Shouldn't your phone be dead?" Applejack asked.
"No, there was still some juice in the battery. She said she'll call back tomorrow around the same time." He said, putting his phone in his pocket and grabbed a couple of hats and puts one on. "We should take all the hats. They could help keep the sun out of our eyes." He said.
"That sounds like a good idea." Rainbow Dash said.
A few minutes later, they came out with a lot of hats. Everyone was waiting for the three teens to get ready.
"Sorry, everyone. Somebody called a few minutes ago. We grabbed all these hats in my house. The two trucks are mine and Applejack's." He said.
"We'll take the jeep and SUV." Nightlight said, as he and the others got into the cars.
"There's not enough room in these two." Limestone said.
"Ride with us, the back seats are empty." Applejack said, letting the Pie sisters ride with her and Rainbow Dash.
"What about me?" Breeze asked.
"We got room for one more in my truck." Devon said, getting in his truck while Adagio, Aria, and Sonata did the same. "Sonata, Aria, one of you two will have to scoot over for Breeze." He said, watching Aria scoot for Breeze and calls out to the drivers of the jeep and SUV. "Follow us, we have a camp." He yelled, driving back to the motel.

Thirty minutes later, the survivors were halfway on the highway to the motel. They felt a little better that they found others that were alive and to bring them somewhere safe.
"Man, this is good." Sonata said.
"What are you taking about, Sonata?" Devon asked.
"This is a good book to read." She said, holding out a comic book in the mirror.
"Where did you get that?" He asked.
"At that store we looted. That place was full of great stuff." She said, reading another comic.
"There was some stuff to find. Like this, how do women do this stuff." Aria said, looking through a porn magazine.
"Aria, that's not for kids. Or teens." He said.
"Come on, it can't be that bad." She said, looking through the magazine more.
"Get rid of that!" He demanded, trying to get it.
"I want to know- Oh, that looks terrible." She said, shocked at the images.
"Told you so." He said, rowing the rear-left window down.
"So long, you piece of shit." She said, throwing it out the window.
"I guess you got some stuff while we were there, Adagio?" He asked.
"Yeah, there were some soundtracks and I thought maybe we could listen to some songs. I mostly sing my own songs, but I thought I could listen to someone else's for once." Adagio said, pulling some discs and hands him one.
"I have soundtracks in the glove box and this was before I was born, it is winner though." He said, putting the disc in the cd player and it played country music.
"This is pretty good." She said.
"Yeah, I do enjoy some country music. What do you three think?" He asked the passengers in the back, but noticed Breeze was asleep. "How long has he been asleep?" He asked again.
"I think for about ten minutes." Aria asked. "I think the country music is good." She said.
"Me, too." Sonata said and continues to read her comic.

Twenty five minutes later, everyone at the motel heard a honk, meaning that the six teens made it back. Shining and Cadance open the fence and saw two more cars with them coming. They closed the fence, after all four vehicles got in. The scavengers got out of their trucks and told Shining some news.
"How was the search?" Shining asked.
"Great news, we found the things we need and some extra. Greater news, we found others." Devon said, giving the signal to the others to get out of the cars. With everyone who stayed at the camp, they were surprised at seeing their family members. They all ran to their matching families. They were happy that Devon thought of a scavenger hunt today. Twilight, Fluttershy, Rarity, Pinkie, Apple Bloom, and Sweetie Belle hugged him at the same time.
"Thank you, for finding our family." Twilight thanked.
"Your welcome, girls." He said.
"I’m so glad you found our families." Rarity said.
"Me too." He said.
"And our pets." Fluttershy said.
"This is the best day ever!" Pinkie said.
"You're our hero." Sweetie Belle said.
"Did you get some airsofts?" Apple Bloom asked.
"Yep." He said. "And now, I feel like getting some rest after today." He said, getting on the couch next to the RV.

Later that night, everyone was gathered around a fire in the motel where it can't burn any of the cars and the building. They got to eat what felt like they haven't eaten in a long time. The new members learned about the story they got about Devon helping them.
"So, an eighteen-year-old boy like you, got to get our own family members safe?" Cloudy Quartz asked, if it was a joke.
"It's true. The gun safe in my house had a lot of guns. I gave them to which of them had a match with. I still carry this PPK/S my dad got me as a gift after my crossbow." He said.
"How did you get a gun at that age?" Magnum asked.
"Well, my dad knew that I wanted this so bad. He decided to get it for me and said, 'As soon as you're old enough, you can keep this.' and those were his exact words he said to me." He said, taking another bite of his steak.
"How did those girls get into this group?" Fluttershy's mother asked about the three girls sitting next to them.
"He found us in a dumpster where the RV was." Adagio said.
"It must have been a stinky time in there?" Maud asked.
"It was empty when we were in there." Aria pointed out.
"We have Devon to thank for, on the search for food, medicine, and other supplies." Shining said.
"Tomorrow should be better day for us." Devon said, eating the last of his steak and throwing it in the ice machine for the garbage. "I'm going to hit the hay. I'll see you all in the morning." He said, going to his room.

(June 23, 2016)

The following morning, Devon woke up, without a nightmare to freak him out. He got himself dressed in some light-colored clothes from his house he got from yesterday. He saw everyone enjoying a good time with their families and pets, after getting divided from each other a month ago. He got the chance to get to know the new members more. He walks up to the first person he saw.
"Morning, uh-" He tries to remember her name and he got it. "Mrs. Velvet" He said, while she was ironing clothes.
"Yes, although I go by the same name my daughter goes by. You can call me Velvet." She said.
"Alright. Velvet, what do you think of the motel? Although you've been here for a day." He said.
"It feels great. A lot better than the apartment building we were in was not that roomy. A lot of these clothes are pretty wrinkly." She said.
"Well, they were in the bed of my truck during a drive." He chuckled, looking at the flat iron Velvet was using. "Flat iron, huh?"
"Yeah, it takes longer to iron with this than modern day irons." She said.
"So, what do think of your son and daughter carrying guns with them?" He asked.
"Well, it feels fine for Shining, but it's strange for Twilight to carry one. She's never fired one." She said.
"Well, last week she shot one ten feet away in front of her and many more over the month. I gave her practice on how to shoot." He explains.
"At least she feels safe, she's good with a bow." She said.
"Yeah, she told me that when she was in the friendship games. It happened before I came to CHS. I was transferred." He said, noticed Nightlight came to see Devon.
"Devon, I never got to tell you this yesterday, I have you to thank you for helping our son and daughter from getting out of the city and finding us to see them again." Nightlight said, thanking the eighteen-year-old teen.
"Your welcome, same to your wife. I'm going to talk to the others that I've reunited." He said, walking towards Pinkie, noticed her happy with her sisters and parents. "Hey Pinkie, how's your one-month reunion with your family going?" He asked.
"It is going great. For what you did yesterday, you are my new best friend." Pinkie said.
"Same to you. How are they doing?" He asked.
"We're doing fine. Although we got concerned about Pinkamena carrying a gun." Cloudy said.
"It's fine, mom." Pinkie said to her mother.
"Why did you give her a shotgun?" Igneous asked.
"Well, it kind of reminds me of those, uh, party cannons she used at school." Devon said.
"She made those sometime after the battle of the bands and used them for every party at school." Maud said.
"We appreciate you for finding us and bringing us back to our one daughter we thought was gone." Igneous thanked.
"Your welcome." Devon said and looked at Pinkie. "Pinkie, something came to me." He said.
"What?" Pinkie asked.
"I remember that I didn't hand you a pistol last month. So, I thought maybe I could give you one of them."
"Sure." She said, accepting Devon's offer.
"Alright." He said, heading to the trailer with her next to him. He looks at where the handguns were. "Which one do you want?" He asked.
"You can pick for me, just like you did with the shotgun." she said.
"Alright." He said, picking up a Walther PPX, a holster and a belt. "Walther PPX, it holds sixteen rounds of 9MM and here's the extra clip. The holster and belt for you." He said.
"Thanks, talk to you, later." She said, walking out.
"You too." He said back, walking out and to the Apple family members. "Hey, Applejack. Good to see you happy with your brother and grandmother and dog." He said.
"It feels better than just me and Apple Bloom being the only Apples here. She and her friends are practicing on how to shoot with pistols right now. They couldn't aim right until they read the instructions." Applejack said.
"I would have figured that happen. So, how are Granny Smith and Big Mac and your dog doing?" He asked.
"They're doin' better. They keepin' watch on the crusaders while they practice." She said.
"Good to see the teen farmer feeling happy. One of the family groups I have left to check are Rainbow Dash's and Fluttershy's. Talk to you later." He said, walking away.
"Devon, can I ask you something?" She asked, making Devon stop in his steps.
"Sure. What is it?" He asked back.
"When you brought the dazzlings with us yesterday, why did you bring them with us and give them weapons?" She asked.
"They said that I'm the one person in this group to trust the most. It probably happened when I saved them when I first meet them. Did they even shoot zombie on the tank I was in?" He asked.
"Yeah. Ya know, they could be changing from what they were. I'm willing to give them a chance. To be a part of this world." She said, holding his shoulder.
"I'm glad to hear that, Applejack. I hope they understand." He said, walking towards Rainbow Dash's parents. "Hi."
"Morning, Devon. I have to say thank you for getting our daughter to survive what has happened." Windy said.
"She even likes the weapons you gave her." Bow said.
"Yeah. I remember back in school, in the hallways she would talk about anything awesome. So, I thought that Desert Eagle and my dad's crossbow could be suitable for her." Devon said.
"I'm sorry to hear about your family. They didn't deserve to die." Windy said, trying not to make the teenager sad.
"Thanks, Windy. I needed to hear something like that. I'm going to see the Shy family." He said, walking towards Fluttershy's parents. "Morning."
"Morning. It's good to see a good face from yesterday. Someone who help our daughter feel safe." Mr. Shy said.
"It had never expected her to carry a gun." Mrs. Shy said.
"She did manage to kill a few zombies. She kinda shot them in the neck before getting them in the head. She could use a little bit more training before she uses that P22 again. I also thought of that gun as a suitable size for her." Devon said, noticed someone not there with them. "Where's your son?" He asked.
"Breeze is with his sister. He missed his older sister as much we did." Mr. Shy said.
"I thought he was the older sibling because of his height." Devon said.
"We figured you'd say something like that." Mrs. Shy said, chuckling with her husband.
"Yeah, I'd probably get respond like that. I'm going get a bite. See you later." Devon said, walking towards the RV to get himself breakfast. He decided to eat cereal instead of canned food today for his appetite.

Ten minutes later, Devon was finished with his cereal and walked out of the RV and looked at the UTV and maybe thought about it possibly working, they could use it to head out to the woods the motel was in. He checked the jeep for the keys to the UTV and trailer. He checks the console through the recites and napkins and found the keys for the UTV and trailer. He closed the door of the driver seat and noticed Sunset next to him.
"Morning Devon, I noticed you snooping around this jeep." Sunset said.
"Yeah, I was looking for the keys to the trailer and UTV. If the UTV works, maybe I could do some hunting after lunch today." He said.
"Did you know if it would work when you found it?" She asked.
"No, Sunset. We found this when we got to that store yesterday. We would have brought dead people to eat use for lunch." He said, checking the hood of the UTV. "The battery looks like it's brand new. Sunset, can you see if there's any fuel in the tank?" He asked. Shimmer opens the tank lid on sniffs and puts it back on.
"It's got fuel and thanks for finding the others and rescuing my pet lizard." She said.
"Your welcome and I hope the battery has juice in it." He said, turns the key and hears the vehicle’s engine starting. "It works."
"This is perfect, we can go hunting occasionally." She said.
"We sure can." He said, turning the UTV off. It got a few members attentions on the vehicle.
"It works?" Rainbow Dash asked.
"Yeah. We were checking if it worked and when you guys go hunting, I can watch over our pets." Shimmer said.
"I was thinking some of us can go hunting after lunch today and find something to save." He said.
"You hunt?" Applejack asked.
"Yeah, I used to hunt with my dad before this world changed." He said.
"What will you be hunting, darling?" Rarity asked.
"Whatever looks good that is moving around in those woods." He stated.
"Who will go out with you to hunt?" Flash asked.
"I'll have to think about that." Devon said, noticed two zombies at the gate. "The noise must have attracted them."
"Should we take them?" Rainbow Dash asked.
"Yeah. You guys distract them. Me and Dash will go around and get them." He said to the teens as Rainbow Dash grabbed the fire axe the motel had. With the member that stayed at that spot, Devon and Rainbow Dash went to the other end of the fence and walked out of the camp's fence. "I'll take the close one, you get the far one." He said, pulling out his hatchet.
"Gotcha." She said. "Hey ugly dudes! Over here!" She called out, getting the two walking corpses' attention. Rainbow and her friend run towards the dead couple. Devon chops the close one while Rainbow Dash chops the far one in the face. "That was fun. Now to get these creeps away from the camp."

Three hours later, after lunch, it was 12:30 p.m., thirty minutes before 1:00 p.m. for the phone call. Devon was getting the UTV off the trailer and stopping it on the solid ground. He had a metal bottle filled with water for when he needs to drink and poor on his head. There were the other teen members of the group, but Fluttershy was watching the crusaders practicing, had their best weapons on them and water bottles for them to carry.
"Alright everyone, as you know, some of you will be coming with me to hunt. So, I'll pick who'll come and what you'll do, and we'll be carrying our own radio." Devon said, looking at each member with the skills they had in them. "Flash, you drive. Twilight, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, you three and I can use quiet weapons, you three will come. Rarity, the rifle is loud, but you have the sharp eye to shoot a moving target, you can come. I hope you're wearing your outdoor boots." He said to the fashionista.
"Are we going to hold our weapons during the drive?" Twilight asked.
"No, we can put them in the bed of the UTV, let's get our weapons and everyone else can stay and some can open the gate when we get back." A minute later, the six teenagers got their weapons and with four of them now carrying their own bladed since Devon and Rainbow Dash had their own.
"How far should we go?" Flash asked, getting in the driver seat.
"Not too far." Twilight said, putting her bow in the bed while the others put their large weapons into the bed and getting in the front middle seat. "This map shows the size of the forest and a pond about a quarter of a mile from here." She said, holding the map of the area they were all at.
"Maybe we could split up and find more animals to get. I'll be next to the pond here." Devon pointed on the north end of the pond.
"We'll take east of your location." Applejack pointed for her and Rainbow Dash to go to.
"We'll take west of his location." Twilight pointed for her and Rarity to be drop off.
"If anyone gets something, call me on the radios." Flash said.
"Sounds good." Devon said, looked at Pinkie and Adagio at the gate. "We're ready." Giving them the signal to open the gate and drive into the woods.
Five minutes later, the hunters were in the middle of the woods. They make their first stop at the pond.
"This is my stop." Devon said, climbing out of the vehicle. "Guys, in about 20 minutes, someone is about to call me on my phone, and I'll let you know what the caller says."
"Your phone works?" Rarity asked.
"Yesterday when we went to the city, his phone was ringing, and it was a family who called." Rainbow Dash explained.
"But we didn't hear it ringin'." Applejack said.
"Maybe you didn't hear it good enough." Devon said, getting his crossbow out of the bed and loading it. "I'll let you know what they say."
"Alright." Flash said, driving to the next spot for Rarity.
A few minutes later, they arrived at Twilight and Rarity's spot on the west side of the pond. With a few trees and a clean space of grass with a log next to a tree still standing.
"This spot looks lovely. If there aren't any zombies around, this would remain the way it is." Rarity said, getting her rifle out of the bed of the UTV as Twilight grabbed her bow.
"The grass should keep your shoes clean, Rarity." Twilight said to Rarity and looks at the others. "See ya." She said, while the other head to the last drop off.
Another few minutes (twice longer) later, the remaining teenagers made it to the east end of the pond. The area was full of trees and bushes, they could find a few small animals in the plants.
"This could be a little hard to find some animals." Applejack said, grabbing her bow and shotgun, while Rainbow Dash grabbed her crossbow and Twilight grabbed her bow.
"Well, some squirrels can be in the trees and rabbits can be in the bushes. They'll come out." Applejack said.
"Like that." Rainbow Dash said, aiming her crossbow at a squirrel next to a tree and shoots it. "That's one. Many more to go."
"Devon has about ten minutes until his phone call." Applejack said.
"I'll be in touch, girls." Flash said, before driving off.

Ten minutes later, Devon was waiting for any animals to pass by. He couldn't stand the heat of the summer, he took a few sips of water from his bottle, he even poured some on his head. He heard his phone ringing, he grabbed it quick and answered it.
"Hello?" He asked.
"You're the kid she called?" A man's voice asked.
"Yes. She called and mentioned that you three have a safe place. How far is it? My group are at a motel in a wooded area." Devon explained.
"Where exactly?" The man asked.
"An hour away from Canterlot City, west of the city. It's a two-floor motel. There were other family members we found yesterday when we went to the city to find supplies." Devon said, giving some information and came to realization. "You know, I didn't ask your names yesterday. Who are you?" He asked.
"Devon, don't you recognize my voice?" The man asked, stunned Devon at the sound of his name.
"How do you know my name?" He asked back.
"It's your father, son." He said, revealing himself on the other end. Devon had to turn off his phone to see if it was real or not. He puts his phone up against his ear again to hear. "Devon, are you still there?"
"Yeah, I'm still here." Devon said, in a disappointing voice. "I guess it was mom calling me yesterday, is Savannah there?" He asked.
"Yes, we're all here." His father said.
"But, you three died in a crash on the highway. I... had to put you all out." He said.
"It wasn't your fault. You did the right thing." Devon's father said.
"I should have been with you. We'd all be together. I'm hunting right now. I don't know how long I can stand this." Devon said, putting his phone away. He tries to believe it was not real, but it was stuck in his head. He hears a scrapping coming from behind and saw a deer scrapping a tree with its antlers. He slowly moves his crossbow up to an aiming position. He aims right for the deer's heart and takes a second before he shoots as the deer was about to stop scrapping the tree. It looks back at Devon got shot in the heart and runs, which caused the arrow tip to cut deeper into the heart and makes the deer fall to the ground. It was a lucky shot, he pulled out his radio and contacted everyone. "Guys, I caught a deer, it's a big one. Did any of you guys catch anything?" He asked.
"We got five squirrels and two rabbits." Rainbow dash said.
"I got two squirrels." Twilight said.
"I didn't want to risk the noise with the rifle, darlings." Rarity said.
"That could be the best one we got today, we'll be heading your way." Flash said.
"Alright." Devon said, putting his radio on his belt and reloads his crossbow and takes the shot bolt out of the deer. He hears a twig snap from behind and aims encase of any animals or zombies. If it was zombies, they'd come right for him. He lowered his crossbow and noticed two adult women he recognized, but a man he never met. "Celestia, Luna. You two are still alive?"
"Devon, you’re hunting?" Celestia asked.
"Yes. Boy, am I glad to see you and your sister, but who is he?" He asked about the man.
"This is Discord. We ran into him a couple of weeks ago." Luna said.
"Oh. You should come with us. We have a camp not too far from here. We got plenty of room." He said, noticed Rarity and the other four teenagers arriving at his spot. "Girls, I'm glad you're all here. I found our former principals and an old friend of theirs."
"I never thought we'd see each other again after the outbreak." Twilight said.
"That's what we thought until now, Twilight." Celestia said.
"Where's Flash?" He asked.
"He told us he stuck in a pit. It might be awhile." Twilight said.
"I hope he makes it out alive." He asked.
"Uh, guys. We got trouble!" Discord said, spotting zombies walking towards them.
"Oh shit! We got the dead on us, girls. They must be attracted to the deer." Devon said, looks back at the former principals and newbie. "Do you think you can help get this deer to our camp? We'll cover you."
"Sure. Which way?" Celestia asked, grabbing the hind legs of the deer while Luna grabbed the front legs, and Discord grabbed the antlers.
"We go that way." Twilight pointed the direction, getting her bow ready while Applejack did the same. With the five armed teens and three adults carrying a deer, they make their way back to camp. The archers shot all their arrows on a few zombies they could. They had to use their firearms to kill them and retrieve their bolts from the dead zombies. Rarity shoots at a zombie right before it had its chance to kill Twilight as she was pulling a bolt out of a zombie's face. Applejack had blood splatters from getting head shots with her shotgun, splatting a zombie's head onto a tree. Devon fired all ten rounds in his gun, he grabbed the extra clip in his holster and released the empty one. He was startled by a zombie tackling him to the ground, he quickly shoots it in the face, but another zombie got on top of the dead one to reach its prey but got shot by Devon. A third zombie fell on top of the two dead zombies trying to grab Devon. He tries to get a good shot on his predator, but it keeps moving its head left and right and tries to grab his hand with the gun, so he puts his gun in the mouth of first zombie laying on top of him and shoots three rounds to try and get a headshot and gets some blood on his face. Applejack noticed the stack of dead people on top of Devon, as he was trying to push them off him. She kicks the two on top for him to get out easier.
"Thanks, AJ." Devon said, getting up.
"You might wanna save the thanks for later." Applejack said.
"Guys, we're just wasting ammo here. We have to go." Rainbow Dash said, with one clip of ammo remaining for her Desert Eagle. A zombie approached her from behind. But, a UTV ran into the zombie, breaking its legs and getting Rainbow Dash's attention. "Flash!"
"You guys alright?" He asked.
"Barely." Devon said to him, then facing Celestia. "Celestia, we can carry the dear in the bed."
"At least this will go faster." Discord said, hauling the deer into the bed of the UTV with the two principals.
"Get in, we'll ride in the bed." Rainbow Dash said, climbing into the bed with Applejack and Devon doing the same with Twilight and Rarity riding in the front.
"Go!" Applejack yelled to Flash, holding tight as the UTV drives away from the forest of zombies.

Meanwhile back at camp, everyone was settled to a little quiet. They were all doing their tasks as they were since this morning. They all hear a horn coming from the woods, it got got Pinkie and Adagio to go to the gate and open it as the UTV got out of the woods and into the camp for the two girls to close the gate.
"What happened?" Adagio asked.
"The woods got infested with dead people, we got a few animals, and we got three new rivals. The school's principals and a someone I didn't know about until now." Devon said, getting out of the bed of the UTV. "We managed to catch a few small animals and a deer. I just hope they don't find us."
"Devon, we should cover the deer up before Fluttershy sees this. She'd be scared and our pets." Applejack said, getting a tarp out of Devon's truck and placing it over the dear, while the others got out of the UTV.
"Wait until she hears about me shooting it." He said to himself, hearing a crack of thunder from the distance.
"There's a storm coming, I hope the sound draws them away." Rainbow Dash said.
"Same here, Dashie." Pinkie said.
"Darling! You have blood all over your face and shirt." Rarity pointed out to Devon.
"Don't worry, it'll wash off." He said.
"This place does look safe." Discord said, looking at the motel.
"Yeah, we also built the gate to keep the dead out." Devon said.
"Does it hold?" Luna asked.
"It does. We check on it occasionally." Twilight stated.
"We should get everyone inside before they get here, darlings." Rarity said.
"I agree. Everyone inside, quick." Flash called out, getting everyone to get into their motel rooms and wait for the zombies to possible go to the direction the storm is coming from.

Later that night, the motel stands in the rain and everyone was still in one piece. They look at the windows of their rooms and watch the rain fall. The rainy weather cooled down the exterior heat, they needed some cool air for some time, some noticed Devon walked out of his room and stood in the rain. Adagio walks out of her room.
"Devon, what are you doing?" She asked him.
"I feel like standing in the rain, it feels good out here." He said.
"Did you forget about the pool?" She asked.
"No. It just feels cooler out here than it was." He said.
"If you say so. Don't stay too long." She said, walking back into her room.
"I won't. I should probably remove the deer's guts before it gets bloated." He said, getting his knife from his belt and cuts open the deer he shot and removes all its guts and drags it into the tree line. He stays in the rain for another 30 minutes to cool off and wash the deer blood off and went back into his room, drying himself up from the rain, and goes to bed.

(June 24, 2016)

The following morning, Devon woke up before anyone else, not feeling good. His felt warm, had a sore throat, and was seeing things. He walked outside to get some fresh air, if it can help feel a little better. After ten minutes of fresh air, he still felt the same sore throat. He went to the RV to get some medicine to help him feel better. He took some ibuprofen to help, but he still felt dizzy. He walks out of the RV and saw things that wasn't there. He walked towards the UTV and drives it into the gate, pushing it open, and drives into the woods. Seven minutes later, Devon drove to the other side of the pond, opposite side of his hunting spot from yesterday. He climbs out and walks towards what looks like a hut, maybe just a vision from his fever. He gets a headache, he puts his hands on his head to make it stop. He feels a something hard hit his ribs, he looks down and noticed a holster for a katana, with the sword still in it. He turns to the sound of a stick snap and saw a few zombies walking right to him. Weather it was real or not, he grabs the sword and swings it towards the closes zombie and cuts its head off from the neck and takes care of the other two. He uses what's around him to fight the dead, but a four more come out of the trees and walk towards the only survivor. He takes on the first two that were closer to him. To the remaining four dead people, he kicks the closes in the knee, break its leg and it falls into the fire, burning it. He kicks one, causing it to push another zombie behind it, causing one to fall on the ground and the other to fall onto a three-foot stick in a log, ripping through its back and out of its chest. The zombie on the log, tried to get up, but was stuck. Devon turns around to the zombie coming to his back. He pushes the zombie up against a tree with the blade of the sword across its mouth. It fights against him, but he pushes the sword deeper and deeper, he cuts through. The one zombie kicked down got up and tackled him after the tip of the katana got into its mouth. Devon pushes the sword deeper through its head and killing it before it killed him. He pushes the zombie off him and gets up and walks towards the zombie on the log and stabs it right in the face. He turns to the zombie on the fire, it still moves, he steps on its head and presses down into the burning coals, and crushed its skull, bringing it to its end. Three more come out of the woods, but Devon felt weak. He fell to the ground, getting ready to die. A cloaked figure comes out, swings a staff towards the three dead people and Devon passes out from the fever.

Meanwhile and ten minutes later, back at the motel. Twilight wakes up to the sound of a knock on her door and gets out of bed to open the door to Rainbow Dash, a little worried.
"Twilight, oh good you're still here." She said.
"What is it, Rainbow Dash?" Twilight asked.
"The UTV is missing and the gate is open. But we didn't get any trouble." Rainbow Dash said, noticed Flash in the open. "Flash, you're up. The UTV is missing."
"That's not the only that's missing, Devon's not here, but his weapons are." Flash said, holding Devon's weapons. "You don't think he drove off, did he?" He asked.
"No, he wouldn't just leave. If he leaved, he would have taken his truck. He wouldn't survive out there alone. We'd go with him." Twilight said, turning to Adagio's door.
"What's with the all the talking?" Adagio asked.
"Devon's gone." Rainbow Dash answered.
"What? Where to?" Adagio asked again.
"We don't know, he probably took the UTV and drove off somewhere." Twilight said.
"We have to find him!" Adagio stated, getting her gun out of her room and went to get Aria and Sonata.
"Guys! There're tire tracks heading into the woods. He must have gone through there." Rainbow Dash called out, with the other five teens and heading into the woods to find their friend.

Meanwhile and fifteen minutes later, Devon slowly opened his eyes. He felt a little better than he was, he looked around a noticed that he was inside a hut. He wasn't hallucinating the hut from his headache and saw the cloaked figure with the hood down, revealing the face of a woman with a black and white Mohawk, and she was working at a table making something. With Devon getting up from her bed, got the woman to turn to see him getting up.
"I see you are awake, but your rest gave you a good break." She said in rhymes.
"I feel a little better than I was." He said, rubbing his head. "What happened?" He asked.
"When you were alone, you took down seven, you had quite the skills Devon." She said.
"Aside from the rhyming, how did you know my name?" He asked.
"You spoke your name while you were in rest, you can call me Zecora for the best." She said.
"I'm not going to ask her twice about the rhyming." He said in his head. "How long was I out for?" He asked.
"You were out for fifteen minutes, but the dead had the spin its." Zecora said, finishing what she was making and mixing it with water. "You must take a drink, or you won't feel better to think." Handing Devon the cup with the mix, watching him drink it down.
"How long have you been here? Since the infection broke loose?" He asked.
"Long before the infection came, when I heard a city go to flames." She said. "I fear that my hut is not safe, I will need a place of raphe."
"I'm with a group at a motel. I can take you there, we got plenty of room, and maybe you could be the doctor of the group, we need you." he said, offering a safe place for her.
"I will need to pack my stuff, my medicine will help your people feel buff." Zecora said, making Devon chuckle a little.
"Sorry, I laughed from that. I better see if the coast is clear." He said, looking out the door cracked open and noticed three zombies eating the deer in the bed of the UTV. "We got three zombies out there, eating the deer I shot yesterday. We need them away from the UTV. You have a weapon?"
"My staff has saved our lives, it will give the dead a quick dive." She answered, walking out of the hut with him to kill the dead. Devon saw the sword he used before he passed out awhile back, he picks it up, and stabs the first zombie in the back of its head while Zecora got the other two. They looked at the deer's chest ripped open and two legs ripped apart.
"There goes a saved meal, but maybe they can be used as a distraction. We're gonna have to pull this off before we go." He said, Zecora agreed to grab a leg as he grabbed the other leg and tossed it aside a bush. "At least the tarp is clean, we can put your things on the tarp." He grabbed one side as Zecora grabbed the other side to flatten the tarp.
A few minutes later, a zombie was eating a small animal with its knees on the ground. An arrow shoots through the side of its head. It falls to its side as Twilight pulls the arrow out of its head.
"Nice shot, Twilight." Rainbow Dash said.
"Thanks." Twilight said back, pulling the arrow out and looking at the tire tracks again. "It looks like he drove around the pond. We didn't even drive that far.
"Where did you guys even hunt?" Aria asked.
"I took this spot, while Rarity was on the other side, and Devon was over there." Rainbow Dash pointed to the spots.
"Is that smoke over there?" Sonata pointed to in the direction.
"That must be where he is." Adagio said, running towards the smoke ahead of the others.
"Wait up." Flash said, he and the others ran towards her. They made it to the end of the tire tracks and found the UTV next to a hut. Which had to be where Devon was, from the looks of the zombies killed, but one pierced through a log. "He can't be too far."
"What did he used to kill them?" Aria asked.
"Is this a holster for a sword?" Rainbow Dash asked, holding the holster.
"Someone must have dropped the sword some time ago." Applejack thought, looking in the UTV's bed, filled with bottles and bags.
"What is this stuff?" Sonata asked.
"I don't know." Applejack said, heard what sounded like a door opening, from behind was Devon with a couple of bottles and woman behind.
"Guys!" He said, surprised to see his friends came to find him.
"Devon." Adagio said, dropping his weapons and walks up to him and hugs him. He hugs her back, with the bags in his hands. "Why did you leave the camp?" She asked.
"I felt sick, but she made me feel better. Her name is Zecora." He said, letting go of Adagio and puts the bags in the bed. "Guys, she's coming with us. She can be the doctor, for medicine to be exact." He noticed a zombie eating the deer they put next to the bush, Adagio handed him his weapons, and he pulls out his hatchet to kill the zombie and swings it across its face. "Maybe we can use animals as bait, lure them away or into a trap and we can get rid of them." He said, putting his belt with his weapons around his waist.
"Sounds like a good plan, but we'll have to hit the fan." Zecora said, walks into her hut to get the rest of her stuff.
"For the record, she speaks in rhymes." He stated to his friends.
"Good to know." Aria said.
"Did you use a sword to kill these guys?" Rainbow Dash asked, holding the holster for the sword.
"Yeah." He said, picking the sword up and puts it in the holster. "But I saw her swinging her staff and maybe she could use that sword better than me. Come on, let's help her."
A few minutes later, they got all the ingredients Zecora had in her hut. With eight members heading back to camp, Flash and Devon hoped in the bed, without standing or sitting on the items. Devon had the sword strapped over his shoulder to take back to camp for one of the members.
“Why did you drive out here by yourself?” Flash asked.
“I felt sick. Had a sore throat, bad headaches, and hallucinations. I drove out here a little steady, encase if I drove into some trees, bushes, zombies, or the pond. I stopped next to the hut and found this katana fought off seven of them trying to get me and I thought I was seeing them as a vision.” Devon explained. “I felt weak after handling the seven I handled, I thought it was it for me when a few more come out, Zecora saved me, I got to see her swing her staff at them before I passed out. She could use this sword from the way she swung that staff of hers. The rest of us can use some practice.” He said.
“Well, I’m glad you’re okay, Devon. You should let us know you don’t feel good instead of driving off by yourself.” Flash said.
“I’ll remember that.” Devon said, kept the tip in mind.

Five minutes later, the UTV crew made it back to the motel. The two boys hoped out and opened the gate for the UTV to get inside and closed the gate from the inside. Shining walked out of his room and noticed the group at the UTV, he walks towards them.
“Guys, what were you doing out there without telling any of us?” Shining asked.
“I can explain that, Shining. I got sick with some headaches, hallucinations, and a sore throat. I drove off by myself and I meet Zecora. She helped me get better and I killed some dead people with a sword." Devon explained.
"You could have got everyone worried about you." Shining said.
"And I drove through the gate." Devon said.
"But we didn't get any zombies inside. We were lucky." Twilight said.
"Don't do that again." Shining said.
"Sorry. I’ll never do that again. Just like the last few times going out for stuff." Devon said, he looks towards Zecora and walks towards her as she checks on her things in the UTV's bed. "Hey Zecora." He got her attention. "I was thinking for a while, when I see you swing your staff. Maybe you could use that sword for when you go out with us to find supplies?"
"I do know how to use a sword, it will cut through them like a cord." Zecora answered, taking the katana out of the bed and strapping it over her shoulder and continues to check on her stuff.
"That room over there is empty, you can stay in there." He pointed to the room and receives a thank you from her by a handshake. "Some things just get better." He said to himself.
"From what you did dude. You need some rest." Rainbow Dash said, with her hand on his shoulder.
"Sounds good enough." He said, walking towards the couch next to the RV and sits down to rest.

Author's Note

I think of motels as a start of a safe place in a zombie apocalypse. SUVs and jeeps can make good vehicles of our choices. UTVs are useful for survivors when hunting. The katana was inspired by my trip to Europe back in June 2016 I got in Germany as a souvenir. Sorry for the long wait, I was distracted for some time and I couldn't think for some time.