Month 5, Day 100-102 (September 5-7, 2016)

(September 5, 2016)

As the sun descends into the west at three p.m., one member of a group stood on the roof of a homeless shelter to look beyond the horizon. He and his people had to leave the place for limited safety they had for over a week. He held a radio in his hand, turns it on and clicks the button to speak to whoever is out there to hear what he's about to say on all channels.
"I don't know if anyone is out there right now. I'm not even going to wait for someone to respond." Devon said, taking thumb off the button for a second and speaks again to his radio. "My people and I fought a group that tried to kill us over a week ago. The guy that tried to kill us was a part of this town and killed people behind his leader's back. None of us got killed. We stayed at this homeless shelter near I-70. We had a feeling it not's going to keep us safe for long, so we're moving on. Taking what we can from here, so don't bother coming here." He lets go of the button again for a few seconds and speaks again. "We've learned that the living is more dangerous than the dead. If anyone comes across people you don't know, be sure to check if they're dangerous or not and only trust the people you know. My people are going west on I-70, find a place that’s safer than here and survive the best we can. Everyone else should do the same. Over and out." He turns off the radio and walks to the ladder to get to his people. They packed up everything they had and the supplies that was found in the shelter. Everyone walks to the doors of the vehicles and got in. With the sound of cars, trucks and the RV starting, they drove out of the parking lot of the homeless shelter and head out through the country side.

Twenty minutes have passed, the roads were calm and the survivors kept quiet. They had to break the silence.
"I was just remembering the days we had at CHS." Sonata said.
"What were they like?" Devon asked.
"It was the time when we tried using our power to find what we were looking for." Aria said.
"What was it?" He asked.
"Something that's not from this world. We were so close to get what was ours." Adagio answered. "Thinking about anything?"
"Yeah. I was just remembering my family vacation to Las Vegas. We stayed in this house and its pool had a waterfall. We even got to see the Grand Canyon." He said, smiling at the happy time he had.
"Can we see the Grand Canyon?" Sonata asked.
"Sure, Sonata. If we get anywhere near it in Arizona, we'll see." He said.
"How far is Arizona?" Adagio asked.
"About five hundred miles from here." He answered.
"Well that's going to be a really long time to get there." Aria said.

Meanwhile in the RV. The Sparkle family and Trixie's family sat down as the RV drove. Trixie noticed Twilight reading a book, she had to ask her.
"Trixie didn't think you would be reading in this shitty world, Twilight. What are you reading?" She asked.
"It's a book about weapons. This is my second time reading through this. It got me to think about making our weapons more useful than what they are now." Twilight explained.
"Where did you get this?" Trixie asked.
"I sort of accidentally took it from the Wood Valley library when we had to leave that night." Twilight said.
"What kind of improvements do you think looked useful?" Trixie asked.
"Well, I've been thinking about how to make arrows for the bows and crossbows more useful like flame tip and explosive tips. I just need to know how grenades work to make it work." Twilight said, looking through the book.
"It sounds like a good idea, Twilight. Those kinds of arrows can be useful against the living." Shining said.
"Shining, where should we go if it looks safe?" Cadance asked.
"Maybe we can find a farm out in the country side. I just hope that kind of property is big enough for everyone." He said.
"I'm sure it will be, son." Night Light said. Shining slowed down the RV as a jammed highway came closer. The other vehicles behind him stopped too.
"Great. Just great." Shining said, he looks to see if there's an opening, but the space between the cars were too tight for the RV to squeeze through. He had to take the keys out. "Looks like we're gonna have to clear the highway." He and the others walk to the door and exit the RV. The other drivers and passengers got out of their vehicles and to speak with their leader.
"What's going on, Shining?" Discord asked.
"We've got a really big road block here." Shining answered.
"How big is it?" Windy asked.
"There's too many cars, we need to move them." Shining said.
"That's going to take hours for us to clear." Rainbow Dash said.
"I know it will, Rainbow Dash. We don't have much of a choice." He said.
"We have to do this. It's the only way through." Bow said.
"Is there a chance we can get stuff out of those cars?" Fluttershy asked.
"Yeah. We can." Shining agreeing with the idea.
"If the cars aren't damaged too much, we can get fuel out of them." Twilight said, opening the storage of the RV and retrieve nine fuel siphon pumps. "These pumps can help take the fuel out of the tanks and into the Jerry Cans we got." She hands out one to each of a vehicle group.
"It sounds like a good start. Keep an eye out for any trouble. We can't be sure if there will be an ambush." Shining said as he climbs to the roof of the RV so he can keep watch. Each vehicle group walks to their rides and took out the Jerry Can they carried. Some of the Jerry Cans were stored in the bed of the cargo for extra fuel. Each of a group splits up and checks each of a vehicle. Some of the windows were open, they checked inside the cars for anything useful and found a few snacks.
"Trixie never thought she would see these again." She said to herself as she picks up a small pack of peanut butter crackers and puts them in her backpack.
"Did you find anything useful in there, Trixie?" Spectacle asked as she opens the fuel tank sniff for any fuel inside it.
"Not yet, mom." Trixie replied, she opens the glove box and finds and few shotgun shells inside. She takes them and tells her mom. "There's a few shotgun shells in the glove box and nothing else in here."
"Open the trunk. There could be more in there." Jack said, heard the sound of the trunk open as he siphons the gasoline into one of the two Jerry Cans he and Spectacle carried. Spectacle opens the trunk and finds a couple of suitcases and a Harrington & Richardson Pardner Pump field shotgun. She takes it out of the trunk and straps it over her shoulder.
"There's a shotgun and two suitcases in here." Spectacle said, Trixie walks up to her and gave her the shells she found.
"These should work with the gun." Trixie said, she looks at the suitcases. "It's probably just a bunch of clothes in there."
"It's going to get a little cold soon, Sweetie." Spectacle opens the suitcases and find some jeans, long sleeve shirts and a couple of jackets.
"Do you think this will be enough clothes for us?" Snails asked.
"We'll just have to find some more clothes in these cars." Jack said, taking the pump out of the fuel tank and Jerry Can. He and the others walk to the next vehicle to loot for supplies.

The crusaders, Rainbow Dash and Applejack walk to an SUV, Applejack stops them from approaching.
"We have to be sure their ain't any danger there. Rainbow, use your crossbow and take the right side, Ah got the left." Applejack said, puts down a Jerry Can and draws her bow out. "Girls, don't shoot unless we say so."
"We're right behind ya, Sis." Apple Bloom said, taking her gun out as her friends did the same. Applejack and Rainbow Dash approached the side of the SUV slowly and checked the other vehicles around them to make sure there wasn't anyone they don't about to attack them. They looked inside the SUV, just encase someone was hiding inside and it was empty. They both made it to the back.
"Do you think anyone is hiding under the cars?" Rainbow Dash asked.
"Ah don't know." Applejack slowly disarmed her bow and pulls out her side arm. Rainbow Dash did the same with her side arm and crossbow, they signaled the crusaders to look under the cars. They looked under the cars and didn't find anyone.
"All clear." Rainbow Dash said. She and her friends put their guns away and checked the SUV for supplies. "Girls, see what's inside the SUV, we'll get the fuel." She opens the fuel tank and sticks the hose of the pump inside.
"Alright." Scootaloo said, opens the door to see what's inside. Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle looked in the back seats. They found a few of jackets about their sizes.
"These jackets look like they can fit us." Sweetie Belle said, taking the jackets and hands two of them to her friends.
"Looks like there's a pack of bottled water and a box of food in the back." Apple Bloom said, taking one of the jackets.
"I'll open the trunk." Scootaloo said, pushing a button to open the back of the SUV. Applejack opens the door and saw what items Apple Bloom named out in the back.
"This could keep a few people alive for a while. We'll take this back to the truck and continue with looting these cars." Applejack said, Rainbow Dash took the pump out of the fuel tank and Jerry Can.
"The can is full. That car right there should be good." Rainbow Dash said.
"You take the supplies in here, Rainbow. Me and the girls will take the supplies back to the truck." Applejack said, taking the full Jerry can as the crusaders carried the water and food back to their truck. "Watch yer back."
"I will." Rainbow Dash replied and takes fuel out of the car.

Bow, Windy, Night Light and Velvet searched near a big truck. Most of the vehicles were in good shape for them to loot. Velvet and Windy found a suitcase in a different car and looked at the clothes inside.
"It's been so long since I've seen something this nice." Velvet said, holding the shirt up to her chest.
"Rarity would like to wear that. As long as they don't get anything messy on them." Windy said, checking out the rest of the clothes. Bow broke open one of the locks with a bolt cutter on the truck and opens the door to find five-gallon water jugs with water inside them. This put a smile on his face.
"Guys, how's our water supply?" Bow asked.
"Almost low. Why?" Night Light asked and looked at Bow and the jugs of water. This got him excited. "Well, I'll be dammed." He walks over to the truck with their wives following.
"This is a lot of water in here to keep everyone hydrated." Bow pulls out a jug and carries it. "Let's get the others and put them in the cargo." He said, walking back to their vehicles.

The dazzlings and Devon looked inside some old cars and trucks. Aria stood in the bed of a truck and looks inside the truck's tool box for anything useful. She finds a few handguns and a couple boxes of ammo.
"I found some weapons and ammo here." Aria takes the guns and puts them in her backpack. She checks the ammo to see what the caliber is and it read .22LR on the box. She knew her friend needed the ammo. "Hey Devon. Looks like you're going to need these." She got his attention and hands him the ammo. He takes the ammo and opens one box to find it full of bullets.
"Thanks for finding the ammo, Aria." Devon said, sets the ammo on the side of the truck bed. "Sonata, could you continue pumping this while I load my gun?" He asked.
"Sure. This will be easy." She said, taking the pump and starts pumping the rest of the fuel into the Jerry Can. "Have any of you guys ever noticed how Cadance has been very recently?" She asked.
"What do you mean?" Devon asked.
"I've noticed it for the last few days. She's been eating so much. I've never seen anyone eat so much in this group." Adagio said.
"Maybe she just has some cravings ever since we escaped those people. It could be stress." He said while loading the clips to his gun.
"Since when does stress cause cravings?" Aria asked, getting off the bed and opens a door to the truck to see what's inside.
"It's just the ways of life, Aria." He replied.
"Someone should go talk to her about her cravings." Sonata said.
"Shining should. He's the closest person to talk to her." Adagio said.
"I just hope it's no big deal when Cadance explains." Devon said, finished loading his ammo clips and loads his gun. He puts the spare ammo in his backpack and noticed movement pass by an SUV. He picks up his carbine and warns the girls. "Get down!" He crouches down as the girls did the same.
"Why are we hiding?" Aria asked.
"I just saw movement behind that SUV over there." He said.
"Was it a zombie?" Sonata asked.
"No. I think we got people close by." He replied.
"If these people are dangerous, we can't let them get the rest of our people." Adagio said, taking her AK-47 off her shoulder.
"You three go around and I'll try to get them from that side. Don't shoot unless we have to." He said, walking towards the group he just saw. The girls went left like he said to do and try to corner the people. Devon walks further to where he saw them. He looked under the cars to see their feet and found where they were standing. He gives the girls direction where they are and they start moving. He stopped at the end of a damaged car for a few seconds before he takes aim. He swings around the corner and finds no one in sight. "What the? Where'd they go?" He asked himself and felt the end of the shotgun barrel against the back of his head.
"Drop it!" The voice of man ordered him to put his carbine down on the ground. Devon did what he was told and put the gun on the ground slowly as his sidearm, machete and knife were taken off his figure. He put his hands up.
"It doesn't have to be this way. We're just trying to find a safe place out west." Devon explained.
"We just saw you and couldn't take the chance of getting caught by your people." The man said.
"How many of you are there?" A woman asked with his carbine aimed at him.
"Around fifty. How about you?" Devon asked back.
"There's only four of us. We just want you and your people to leave us alone." The woman said.
"I can let you walk away and we don't have to see each other again." He said.
"We can't trust you with that." The man said.
"Don't hurt him." The voice of a little girl said.
"Diamond, stay back." The man said. After hearing that name, Devon turned his head around and recognized the kid and a friend of hers.
"It's him." Silver Spoon said, recognizing his face.
"Wait, you two know this guy?" The woman asked.
"Mom, that's the guy from the hockey incident. His name is Devon." Diamond Tiara said, as she knew the teen's face through the facial hair.
"Diamond Tiara." Devon said, it got her parents to calm down and lower the guns. It took them a moment to recognize him back when he was on the news about his incident.
"You are that kid." Diamond's mother said.
"Yeah, I'm the hockey puck kid. Could you give me my weapons back, please?" He asked and they put his weapons down in front of him. "Come out, girls. It's safe." He told Sonata, Adagio and Aria to around the corner as he puts his weapons back on his belt and picks up his Colt carbine. "It's okay, they're with me."
"But they tried to rule the school." Diamond said.
"We don't do that stuff anymore, kid." Aria said, putting her gun away. "There's no point in doing that."
"These are your parents, Diamond?" Sonata asked.
"Yeah. My dad's name is Filthy Rich and my mom's is Spoiled." She said.
"What about you, Silver?" Devon asked.
"I've been with them ever since we got away from Canterlot City." Silver explained.
"How long have you been out here?" Adagio asked.
"We've been staying inside a house every once in a while, and just got on this highway a few hours ago." Spoiled said.
"How many zombies and people have you killed?" Devon asked.
"As many zombies that come across us and about ten that tried to kill us." Filthy said.
"We killed a big group that tried to kill us over a week ago. We took all of these weapons at a base when we killed them." Adagio said.
"I got to kill this guy who killed my family." He said, receiving a shocked look from the Rich family.
"Oh, god." Spoiled said, with her hand over her mouth.
"Is he dead?" Filthy asked, getting his daughter away to not hear the rest.
"I watched him get torn apart by zombie and left him undead. I took his machete here and told what was left of him that fear won't bring our world back." Devon said.
"I can't believe someone would just do that to you." Spoiled said.
"He told me that he killed them after he saw my family picture. It gave me a cocktail of adrenaline to finish him." He said.
"That's the most terrifying thing to hear about in my life." Spoiled said.
"Where's the rest of your group?" Filthy asked.
"Most of us are looting the cars here and bringing them to the cars, trucks and RV we got. Where's the car you drove?" Aria asked.
"It's right here." Spoiled said, pointing at the grey Honda Civic Diamond and Silver were sitting in.
"You'll have to come help us with what we're doing and we'll help you with your car. We were siphoning fuel from this truck over here." Devon said, leading them to where they were before they met. They got back to the truck he and the girls were looting and siphoning fuel. The Jerry Can was half full, Devon continues to siphon the gasoline. "Check these cars, we need the supplies." He said.

Shining kept watch of everyone and noticed some familiar faces where Devon and the dazzlings were. It looked like they were going to join his group. He looks back the direction they came from and saw something moving in the distance. Rarity kept watch from the ground and looked in the direction Shining was looking and noticed what he was seeing. She aims her rifle and looks through the scope to find a zombie coming through the jammed highway. She pulls the bolt of her new rifle back halfway to check if it's loaded. There was a round in her rifle. She retakes her aim and prepares to shoot. Rarity spots another zombie following. She lines them up to get a two for one shot before she pulls the trigger. It was too late when she sees many more zombies following. It was a horde following the highway, Shining lies down on the roof as Rarity slowly runs to warn the others. The members remained in a few of their vehicles, they noticed the horde and had no choice but to stay out of sight and keep quiet. Rarity managed to find Twilight and the Wondercolts.
"Girls, get under the cars." Rarity said, it took her friends a second to realize there's trouble coming. Two of each of them got under a different car and wait for the horde to pass.

Over to where the Sparkle and Dash family are, they pulled out a couple more jugs from the truck. Velvet noticed the horde coming their way.
"Guys, hide!" Velvet warned her friends, she and Windy climbed under a truck while Bow and Night Light crawled under the water truck. They looked back and to see the horde passing by without it noticing them.

Over to Rainbow Dash's group, they were looting the other vehicles next to the SUV they looted. Scootaloo noticed Shining getting down on the roof of the RV. It left her confused.
"Why did Shining get down just now?" She asked. Her friends and sister looked where Shining was standing and starting wondering. Applejack looked in the direction where they came from and saw the horde.
"Girls, get under the cars." Applejack said, she grabs Rainbow Dash and forced her to the ground to crawl under a truck next to the guardrail of the highway. The crusaders crawled under a vehicle of their own so they can get in the middle of the spot. Rainbow Dash and Applejack held out their hands to the girls to keep them quiet when horde roams right by them. Sweetie Belle noticed the feet of her people in the direction the horde of zombies was heading. She pointed to where her people were to Applejack and Rainbow Dash. Applejack nods to Rainbow Dash to go help them. Rainbow Dash crawls out from under the truck and guardrail onto the grass. She was in the clear from the zombies to go help her friends. As she moves in the horde's direction, she sees Discord and Zephyr looting.

Discord and Zephyr noticed the horde and moved away from where they were looting, but a couple zombies noticed them and followed them. Zephyr and Discord went left and was at a dead end with vehicles forming a wall to prevent them from going anywhere without climbing them. The two zombies that noticed them blocked their way out. Zephyr pulled out his gun to shoot them, but Discord stopped him from shooting them and get the horde to come to their location. Rainbow Dash came from the opposite direction and stabs them in the heads.
"Rainbow Dash." Zephyr said in relief.
"Quiet." Discord said to him.
"And don't move." Rainbow Dash said, drags the dead zombies and puts them on top of Discord and Zephyr to hide their smell. She puts another dead zombie on herself and lies down. The horde walks by and never noticed the survivors.

The members in the RV stayed out of sight from the horde. Cadance looked through the bedroom window at an angle the horde couldn't see her. She has never seen these many zombies without them noticing her or her people.
"I've never seen this many before." Cadance said to the members who are with her in a quiet tone.
"How big is it?" Carrot asked.
"I don't know." She answered.
"Do you think Shining is okay up there?" Cup asked.
"I don't think they saw him, honey." Carrot said, calming her wife down. The members in the marauder kept watch of the horde passing through. There's not much of the horde left from what they saw.
"It looks like the horde almost past us. Just a little bit longer for the rest of our friends." Mr. Shy said.
"I just hope the others didn't get caught." Mrs. Shy said.
"There's no way the horde has found any of them." Hondo said, looking through the wind shield.
"There's so many of them." Cookie said with fright.

The rest of the group in the cargo stayed down in the bed and kept quiet from the horde. The Pie family had their melee weapons out just encase some of the horde saw them and to not bring the rest of the horde back to their location. The horde past them and they wait for about twenty seconds before they climb out to see the horde still roaming.
"That was close." Limestone said, putting her machete away.
"As soon as the horde is gone, we'll check on the others." Igneous said.
"I'd like to have a 'We hid from the horde' party after this." Pinkie said.
"Will it be somewhere safe?" Maud asked.
"Sure, it will." Pinkie replied. After two minutes, horde passed through the highway without seeing any prey. Everyone climbs out from under and out of the vehicles.

To where the Rich family was hiding, they notice the horde coming and they had to hide under the cars. The survivors watched the feet of the undead pass by unnoticed. Diamond and Silver were scared to see zombies so close to them, they wanted to get away. Diamond’s parents tried their best to calm them down from under another hiding spot. After a few minutes of hiding, the horde has passed and everyone crawled out from their hiding spots. Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon got the attention of two zombies and crawled out from a safe side and ran into the woods next to the highway. Devon and his friends crawl out as fast as they can and go after the girls, leaving their carbines behind. Filthy and Spoiled went after the kids, but got held back by Bow and Night Light as they tried to force their way out of their grips. The dazzlings and Devon noticed the zombies, but they had to save the girls first and ran ahead of the zombies. Diamond and Silver were lost in the woods now, they didn't know where to go. They got stumbled upon four figures and recognized them.
"Shoot them!" They both scream as they try to take their guns.
"No. If we shoot them, those zombies on the road will come back here." Devon said, getting Diamond to stop her from trying to get his gun.
"You have to listen to us, we're going to take them out silently." Adagio said.
"Come on. We're going to keep you safe." Sonata said. Diamond and Silver were picked up as the zombies that followed the two girls found. They ran further into the woods to a good spot to kill the zombies. After half a minute of running in the opposite direction they drove, they found the perfect spot. Devon and Adagio put the girls down.
"Stay here. We'll protect you while they get the freaks." Aria said, as she and Sonata moved the two girls behind a bush. Devon took the whip off his belt and gave one end to Adagio as they both hide behind their own trees to do a trip rope trap. The zombies were coming right for them. Adagio and Devon looked at each other and lifts the whip from the ground and trips the first zombie. Aria ran from the bush to stomp on the zombie's head. Adagio picked up a rock and throws it at the second zombie to force it to fall back on the ground. Devon walks over to the zombie and picks up a bigger rock. He stands on top of it and lifts the rock over his head to lets the gravity pull the rock down with full force to kill the zombie in one drop. Diamond and Silver were surprised to something so violent happen with their own eyes.
"Now let's get back to the others." Devon said, picking up the whip and puts it back on his holster. He and girls walk back to the highway and find the back end of jam. It was a good thing they didn't run to far and they climb the hill and onto the road. They made their way to the RV. "Girls, take them into the RV. I'll let them know we saved them." They nod and open the door to walk inside. He ran through the vehicles and found the group looking in the woods for a sign of life. "Guys." He got their attention.
"Where are the girls?" Spoiled asked.
"They're okay. They're inside the RV." He answered. Spoiled and Filthy ran past him to see the girls.
"How did you handle those zombies?" Twilight asked.
"We managed to draw them that way and kill them. Sonata kept them safe in a bush while me, Aria and Adagio handled the rest." He said, walking through them to get the carbines left on the road.
"That must have been awesome the way you dealt with them." Rainbow Dash said.
"Hold on there, Rainbow. He's a little tired from fighting the dead." Applejack stopped Rainbow Dash.
"Shining, is there a chance we can move the cars out of the way so we can move our cars into the woods?" Cloudy asked.
"There could be a chance to move them as long as they're good enough to move." Shining said.
"It's almost night time everyone. We should do this quick." Luna said.
"I agree with you there, Luna. Everyone, let's get the highway clear. Stay close and give a signal if you see any trouble." Shining said, everyone walks to the vehicles blocking the road and starts moving them for a chance to clear the highway. Everyone got to a vehicle next to the space between the roads and pushed them onto the grass. They set the vehicles in drive and pushed them onto the space of grass. For the vehicles in good condition, they loot the cars after they move them and leave the gas in them for tomorrow. For about twenty minutes, they managed to clear the road. The sun was halfway into the ground, it was almost night time. Shining noticed an exit side road. "There's an exit here. We can camp in the woods." He called out to his group, they ran back to their vehicles and drove off the highway to get in the woods to camp for the night. They drove a few blocks and found a good spot. They parked their vehicles in a circle and gathered some wood to make a fire for the night.

Three hours later, Bulk kept watch from on top the hood of the cargo truck while everyone sat near the fire. Devon noticed Shining and Cadance standing outside the circle of their vehicles, he was concerned about them. Maybe it was about her cravings she's had for a week. He got up and walked pass his group to talk to two survivors standing out in the open.
"Shining, Cadance, are you two okay?" Devon asked.
"No, Devon. We're not okay." Shining answered.
"Then why are you two standing out here in the open? It's not safe." Devon replied. He heard Cadance sigh.
"I'm pregnant." Cadance replied, leaving Devon shocked at what she just said.
"How long have you been pregnant?" He asked.
"For about a week." She said.
"We had sex when we first came to Wood Valley the first night. It just felt like we were safe and it just put us in the moment." Shining explained. "We didn't think. The moment took us over like somebody brainwashed us. We couldn't stop until we grew tired."
"I don't even know if I want to raise a baby in this world." Cadance said with worry as tears begin climbing down from her eye lids. She rests her head on Shining's shoulder as he wraps his arms around her to comfort her. Devon walked closer to them.
"We're going to raise the baby, Cadance. We'll keep it safe when it's born." Shining said.
"But we're all infected. The baby is infected. What if it's dead inside me right now?" Cadance freaks out and the thought.
"Cadance, that won't happen. It can't die inside you like that. That baby is going to grow up in a safe place. If there's anyone that tries to kill you, they'll be dead before they even try to kill us or bring more of their people. That's a promise." Devon said, reassuring Cadance and her unborn child would be safe.
"You don't know that." Cadance said.
"He does, Cadance. We're all in this together." Shining said.
"You two should get back to the RV. We shouldn't be out in the open like this." Devon said, getting the leader and his wife back in the circle of vehicles. Devon noticed Twilight doing something to his machete, it looked like she was cleaning the blade. "Twi?" He got her attention.
"Devon. I was just cleaning and sharpening your machete." Twilight said.
"That's nice." He said.
"I couldn't stand seeing the word 'FEAR' carved into the handle, so I wrapped it with hockey tape I found back at the shelter. I don't want that word to remind me of Frank." She said, taking a rag and wipes the water of the machete and puts the machete back in its sheath. Twilight looks back at her friend and noticed the look on his face. "Are you okay?" She asked.
"Well, I talked to your brother and Cadance." He said.
"What did they say?" She asked.
"I should let them tell you and the others. It's difficult for me to say it right now." He said.
"How difficult is it?" She asked with concern.
"At an eleven. If you were asking from a scale from one to ten. That's how difficult it is." He said.
"So, it's bad or good?" She asked.
"I'd say...both." He said.
"How is it both?" She asked.
"It's too hard to explain. They'll let everyone know soon." He said.
"Okay. I'm going to sit with the others. Sorry for asking you to much." She said, walking to the fire.
"And thanks for making a change to my machete." He said and looks through the window of his truck and noticed three dark figures on the other side, standing there. He walks around to see who they were and why they were watching his people. When he got around, they were gone. He looks around and couldn't find any sign of the figures. He thought he recognized who he just saw. He climbs into his truck and picks up his phone and sticks it up next to his left ear so no one can see him talking to his phone. "Are you guys there?" He asked.
"We're here, son. You sound troubled." His father said.
"Were you three standing next to the door?" Devon asked.
"Yes. You were talking to your friend about something and you had a problem." His father said.
"Yeah. Twilight's sister-in-law in pregnant. They were in the mood when we first came to Wood Valley. Cadance is about a week pregnant." Devon said.
"Oh no. How are you and your friends going to handle raising a baby?" His mother said.
"We just have to keep Cadance and her baby safe until its born. We already have two babies with us. We can help raise it." He said.
"But it won't get to have a childhood when it grows up. It needs to know about the world before the outbreak started. Learn about history, science, math and other subject you learned in school." She said.
"That's going to be hard." He said. "Remember the guy who tried to kill us?"
"Yeah. Is he still alive?" The voice of his sister asked.
"No. I fought him at this military base and let some zombies eat him. I was so angry when he told me he killed you guys back on the first few days of the outbreak and how he liked it and made him into the person he was." He said.
"I can't believe someone would just think that killing us would make them happy. Did he kill anyone else?" His sister asked.
"He didn't get any of my friends. But he said he killed lots of people when he went out on searches behind his leaders back. I left him undead at the base and took his machete as payback." He said.
"Where were you before you came here?" His mother asked.
"We were at this homeless shelter and we thought it wasn't going to keep us safe. So, we're going to get to the country side and a big enough land for us bring any people we know and good people." He said.
"You know some people can be dangerous now, right?" His father said.
"I know. So, out there will be safe for us. We also found a family today. Their names are Filthy and Spoiled Rich, their daughter Diamond Tiara and her friend Silver Spoon. They didn’t know me at first and then they recognized me from the news." He said, noticed his people stepping away from the fire and walking to their vehicles. "Everyone is walking away from the fire. I'll talk to you guys some other time." He puts his phone away and saw Adagio and her friends get in his truck.
"You okay?" Adagio asked.
"Yeah. Just a little tired. I'm going to get some shut eye. Two of you girls can sleep in the bed and one will sleep in the back, I'll sleep in the front." He said, lifting the armrest to make a spot for him to lay on.
"I'm taking the back seat." Adagio said, stepping out of the truck and steps aside the open back door.
"Looks like we got the bed." Sonata said to Aria.
"As long as you don't snore in your sleep, I'll have a good night's rest." Aria said, walking to the back of the truck and opens the shell's door. She and Sonata climb in without opening the bed's door. They closed the shell's door and lay back on the mattress they and their group took from the homeless shelter earlier. Everyone was now at rest and waits for the sun to rise again.

(September 6, 2016)

A new day has begun as the sun shines over the camp. Everyone was awake and eating out of the MREs they took from the base.
"You know, these don't taste too bad after a while. Like hash browns with bacon, peppers and onions is a good combo." Twilight said.
"And the sides and drink that come with them. Like this orange drink for example. The vitamin c to give us some energy." Fluttershy said.
"What are we going to do after we finish eating?" Spitfire asked.
"Shining will tell us what to do. Whatever it is, it will be important for everyone to do the tasks." Aria said.
"Does anyone think there's a safe place to find out here we go out?" Zephyr asked.
"We don't know, Zephyr. If there is, we'll contact everyone through the radios and tell where it is." Sunset said.
"I hope there's a house big enough for all of us." Sonata said.
"Maybe a farm would be nice." Applejack said. She hears the door of the RV open and saw Shining and Cadance walk out into the open.
"Everyone, we're going to do a grid search of the area as soon as we finish eating. We need to do some hunting and find a better area to camp." He said.
"Where should we look, Shining?" Velvet asked.
"We'll split up in different directions and contact through the radios to give a location and we'll drive there." He said.
"What about the highway?" Windy asked.
"We'll deal with that some other time. We need to search first and then we'll do the highway when we can." He said.
"We can't go too far or the radios won't reach out to each other." Devon said.
"If the horde is anywhere close to here, we can't shoot our guns." Shining said.
"But the horde should be far away from here. They can't hear a gunshot for miles." Discord said.
"We can't take any chances, Discord. We don't know if they're close by." Shining said.
"I have to agree. We can't lead those monsters here." Fluttershy said.
"There's not much of a choice here. We will die if we bring the dead to us." Cadance said. Everyone went back to eating their breakfast.

After a few minutes, everyone was done eating breakfast. They had they're guns, bows and crossbows out and were ready to do a grid search.
"Does everyone know which way they'll be going?" Shining asked. "Some of us are going to stay here so we can drive to the safest location any of you can find."
"We'll go in groups and watch each other's back." Twilight said with Bow, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Rarity, Big Mac and the crusaders beside her.
"We're going to head southeast and find anything of use." Bow said.
"We'll head north along the tree line and keep clear of the road." Igneous said with his daughters, Zecora, Bulk, Flash and the Wondercolt behind him.
"We're going to search across the road." Sunset said with Trixie, the dazzlings and Devon beside her.
"If anyone sees a horde, you don't take any risks, you come straight back here." Shining said, everyone nods and walks in the directions they planned to go in.
"Do you think they'll find any place that can be safe?" Cadance asked.
"I hope so. I just don't want you to go out there right now." He said.

Eight minutes later, Bow's group walks through the woods, searching for a good sign.
"What are the chances we can find a house around here?" Rarity asked.
"Ah don't know. The country side is so big, it's going to be hard to find a new place to stay." Applejack said.
"Like a farm for example?" Rainbow Dash asked.
"The country side always has farms, Rainbow Dash." Applejack replied.
"As long as it's big enough for everyone to stay." Twilight said.
"How big are these woods anyway?" Scootaloo asked.
"It's a lot of acres here, Scootaloo. There won't be much of the dead out here with this much trees." Bow said, he and the girls heard the sound of gurgling water, they must be close to a river.
"That sounds like water." Sweetie Belle said.
"There must be a river close by." Apple Bloom said.
"Stay close, girls. There could be zombies or bad people by the river." Bow said as he and the girls walks up slowly to not make so much noise. Everyone brought soft steps to the ground to prevent noise as they walk towards the sound of water. The search party found a tent next to the river, but no one and nothing was around, they had to make sure it was safe.
"Check the tent." Twilight said quietly and aims her bow. She, Applejack and Rainbow Dash followed Bow so they shoot whatever was inside the tent. Bow pulls the zipper to open the tent slowly and avoid a quick attack. The tent was open and there was a dead person inside with a gun in his hand.
"It's clear, girls." Bow said, Twilight and Applejack disarmed their bows while Rainbow Dash lowers her crossbow. Bow's daughter walked into the tent to see anything of use. She takes the revolver out of the dead person's hand and looks inside a suitcase and finds some clothes and a box of ammunition.
"There's not much in here, just a bunch of clothes, a gun and some ammo." She closes the suit case and steps out of the tent. She looks at the revolver for a second and recognizes it as the same model revolver Devon owns. She remembers when Applejack carried his gun, so she hands it to Applejack. "Looks like you could use this." Applejack looks at the revolver for a second and takes the revolver.
"Well, I'll be damned. Ah never thought Ah would see another one of these revolvers like Devon's again." Applejack said, putting the revolver in between her belt and the back of her pants. "Let's take the suitcase, we could use the clothes before it gets cold." She said.
"I'll carry the suitcase." Bow said, walking inside the tent and picks up the suitcase by its side handle. He looks at the inside of the tent and finds blood surrounding a bullet hole in the roof of the tent and pieces of the corpse's head on the walls and floor. "We'll have to leave the tent here. It has a hole and brains on the floor." He told the girls.
"At least we can catch fish here, right?" Sweetie Belle asked.
"We can try to get some fish when we have to, darling." Rarity said to her younger sister. Everyone turned their heads at the sound of gun shots.
"Is that one of our friends?" Scootaloo asked.
"No. None of us would shoot that many times. We've got to go help them." Bow drops the case and starts running in the direction where the gun shots came from with the girls following behind as more gun shoots went off in the distance.

A few minutes ago, with Igneous' search group. He and the teens walk next to the road, searching for a sign of hope.
"Today must be a good day. We haven't seen a single zombie out here." Spitfire said.
"I don't think there will be much of the dead out here in the woods and country side." Igneous said.
"Who knows, maybe a few of them come through here." Flash said.
"At least we can hunt every once in a while, there's so many acres out here, we can find deer and turkeys." Maud said.
"As long as we don't scare them off with our voices." Igneous said.
"Is that a lake, dad?" Pinkie asked.
"I can't tell from here, Pinkamena." Her father said.
"We should look, anyway. I can't stand this heat much longer." Limestone said.
"Calm down, Limestone. We've got plenty of water." Soarin said.
"As long as you don't talk really loud, we won't bring any danger to us and stop us from getting to what Pinkie just saw." Fleefoot said as she and the others follow Igneous. After a couple minutes, everyone made it to the lake Pinkie saw. The lake was really big and there was no sign of any docks around, but a creek entering from the north side and another creek at the west side of the lake.
"This is a huge lake." Bulk said.
"Guys." High Winds called out to her friends. "There's a boat over here." She pulls the boat out from under some brush and it was lightweight.
"We can use this boat and do some fishing on the water." Fleefoot said.
"What will we use to catch the fish?" Marble asked.
"We just need some fishing rods and spears. We can make some spears out of some sticks and sharpen the ends." Igneous said.
"We can use our knives to sharpen the sticks." Pinkie said, she and group turned their heads around to the sound of gun shoots coming south of their location.
"That can't be use shooting." Limestone said.
"We need to get down there." Igneous said, runs in the direction of the gun shoots with the teens right behind them with the same sound going off.

A few minutes ago, with Sunset's group, they walk through the trees and bushes, searching for what can help their camp. She walks in between Trixie and Devon and noticed his revolver holstered behind his back.
"Why do you have another one of your guns on you?" She asked, Devon looks at her.
"I've been thinking about keeping my Python on my belt so I can use that against the living, as the pistol can be used against the dead." He explained.
"That's smart. I should make sure to take a revolver for myself when we get back to camp." She said.
"Maybe everyone should do it and be prepared." He said, looking around.
"Did you change your gun, Shimmer?" Trixie asked, looking at her sidearm.
"Yeah. One of Frank's men had variant of my gun and I switched it out with the other." Sunset said.
"What is it?" Trixie asked.
"It's a USP Match. It has this attachment surrounding a longer barrel, so I thought it could reach out farther to reach a target and holds three more rounds." Sunset said, Devon laughed in his throat.
"Well, somebody is becoming an expert on our guns." He said.
"What do you think is out here?" Aria asked.
"A lot of trees, bushes, and dry leaves. It's the only thing we can see out here." Adagio said.
"It feels nice to be in the shade out here. The sun made me feel hot in the light." Sonata said.
"That's what nice about the shade, it can cool you down until you leave it." Devon said.
"How long have we've been walking anyway?" Trixie asked, Devon looks at his watch.
"About ten minutes. Why?" He asked.
"I need to pee." She answered and everyone stops.
"Go behind that tree, it's big enough for you, so we can't see you." Sunset said, Trixie walks to wear Sunset was pointing and walks past the tree.
"Why are you walking away from the tree?" Adagio asked.
"Trixie needs more privacy when she needs to pee." She said, walking away further.
"Seriously?" Adagio asked herself.
"I have the same problem there. I can't pee when somebody sees me." Devon said.
"Should we get closer to her?" Aria asked.
"Let's just give her a minute and then we'll go get her." Sunset said. Trixie walks through the trees with her machete out and keep quiet. She found a good spot and quickly pulls down her pants. She lowers her crotch a couple inches off the ground and placed her hands against a tree to keep herself balanced. It felt good for her to let out the fluids in her body after drinking the drink packs from her breakfast. After peeing for thirty seconds, she was done and pulled her pants up. She looks around the tree and finds a road, could this lead to a house, she had to get the others. As she jogs back, they followed her to make sure she was okay.
"You okay, Trixie?" Devon asked.
"Better than okay. I found a road next to where I peed." Trixie answered, gave her friends a surprise.
"Where does it go?" Sonata asked.
"I don't know, but we have to follow it." Trixie said, leading them to the road and they followed. They arrived at the road Trixie found and looked at how flat the path looked.
"This has got to be a drive way to a house or farm." Sunset said.
"We have to see if there is one, it's our only chance." Trixie said.
"Let's go." Devon said, walking on the drive way with the girls following. With two minutes of following the driveway, they found a whole farm surrounded by a stone fence at four feet tall. The farm had a Victorian model house, a barn, a stable, a windmill, a field of vegetables and flowers growing, a small chapel, a well and a metal garage. It was sixteen acres big, big enough for everyone to stay in.
"This is big." Sonata said.
"Really big." Aria replied.
"Does anyone think it's safe?" Sunset asked.
"This has to be safe." Devon said, approaching the gate and tries to open it by pushing and pulling, but it was locked by a chain and the stone fence. "We'll have to climb over the gate." He climbs over and lets the girls climb over into the property.
"It's beautiful here." Adagio said, looking at how untouched the farm looked.
"Let's make sure it is safe first." Sunset suggested and walks to the metal building. The others followed her and came to one of the windows and look inside. It had equipment for a workshop, whoever lived here must have been a blacksmith.
"This is a good place to work on our stuff." Devon said, saw Trixie try to open a door.
"It's locked." Trixie said.
"We'll deal with that, later." Adagio said.
"Let's check the rest of this place." Sunset said and walks around the building. She saw potted plants hanging from the house on the porch. She looks back at the direction she and her friends were walking and stops to see a zombie hanging from a noose by its neck and reaches for her. Her friends came around and saw what she was seeing.
"What the hell?!" Aria said.
"Oh, Jesus." Devon said.
"This is the worst way to die." Sunset said and saw a note on its chest and reads it. "'I got bit, I didn't come back as one of them, leave me be.' This guy never learned that he could still turn."
"He looks so old." Trixie said.
"We can't leave him like this." Sonata said.
"I agree. We have to put him out of his misery. Devon." Adagio said, telling him to use his crossbow.
"Yeah. Just one shot." He aims his crossbow and shoots. At the same time, a few gun shots hit the corpse and got their attention towards the house to see a living figure with rifle and mask on.
"Drop your weapons!" The figure with a female voice shouts and forced them to put their long arms on the ground. "Take off all your weapons or I’ll blow your heads off!" She demands and they did nothing. "TEN! NINE! EIGHT!" She starts counting.
"Girls. I'm going to buy you some time to escape." Devon said.
"What?" Trixie asked.
"Get ready to run." He lowers his hand to his PPK/S and quickly pulls it out and shoots at the woman. "GO!" He got the shooter to dodge and the girls ran in different directions. He began to take cover behind a tractor and quickly reloads his gun. He aims at the last spot he saw the shooter and she was gone. He looks around the house to see where she is and there was no sign of her. Was she inside the house? He walks away from the tractor and tries to find the woman. He walks up to the house and spots the front door open at the corner of his eye. The woman shots at him, but missed and got him to shoot back while running for cover and made her take cover behind a tree next to the house. He shoots all of his ammo in the second clip for his Walther and he puts it in his holster and draws out his Python. The woman tries to shoot him again and tries to shoot him as he takes cover behind the stable. The woman runs, so that way he doesn't escape. She spots him trying to get away and stops him from escaping. Devon pulls back the hammer on his Python, so he can get a quick shot to kill his pursuer. She was five feet away from where he was hiding as she moves slowly. Devon gets up quickly and aims, but stops when she gets shot in the chest and falls to the ground. He looks at where the gunshot came from and it was Sunset who shot her and saved him.
"Are you okay?" She asked.
"Yeah. I think." He replied, decoking his revolver and places it on his holster behind his pants. He saw the other girls climb over the wall and ran to him and Shimmer. He looks back at the masked woman and didn't see any blood spreading around the bullet hole. He pats her chest and it felt hard. He pulls the shirt up and to find a bullet-proof vest. "She's wearing body armor."
"Does it matter?" Trixie asked, aiming her Beretta at the woman's face while Sunset removes the mask off her face to see who she was. It was Wallflower Blush and noticed her hair was now short. "Wow. It's her." She holsters her pistol.
"Who her?" Sonata asked.
"This is Wallflower Blush. Someone from CHS and she was the gardener." Sunset explained.
"I remember helping her a few times with bringing flowers from the trucks when she needed help." Devon said, placing his arms underneath the unconscious gardener and picks her up. "We should get her inside the house. Girls, get our weapons from where we dropped them." He heard the sound of his radio go off from his belt.
"Guys, we heard gunshots. Are you alright?" Shining asked from his end, Sunset grabs the radio to answer.
"We're okay. We were almost killed by someone from CHS. We're at this farm west of the camp. It's like nine acres out here, surrounded by a stone wall." Sunset said through the radio.
"We were heading towards your location when we heard the gunshots." Bow said from his end.
"What did you guys find?" Sunset asked Bow and Igneous.
"There's a creek south of your location. We found a tent and it had a dead guy inside. We left the suitcase when we heard the shots. Since it's clear, I'm going to go back and get it." Bow said.
"There's a lake north of the farm. We found a boat and it's in good shape, but there wasn't anything to use to catch fish. We're heading your way." Igneous said through his end.
"We're going to start the cars and head your way." Shining said.
"There should be a left turn when you drive north on the road." Sunset said, turning off the radio and picking up the rifle Wallflower was using. She walks with Devon up to the house. They spot the dazzlings and Trixie picking up their guns and his crossbow. They walk up to them so they can help them.
"When do you think she'll wake up?" Aria asked.
"It will probably be awhile after getting shot with a bullet-proof vest on." He said, stopping at the door while Sunset opens it for him. He turns sideways so he doesn't accidentally hit Wallflower's head against the doorway and walks inside. The inside of the house was nice and clean. Adagio and Trixie put down Devon's carbine and crossbow down by the door and took their long arms off their shoulders. "Sonata, Aria, check this floor. Trixie, Sunset, check and see if there's a basement. Adagio, keep me covered while I take her to her bedroom." The girls nodded and split up into groups of two, while Adagio stayed with him. They walked up to a flight of stairs, leading to the second floor.
"I'll go first, just in case." Adagio said, aiming her AK-47 and walks up the stairs with Devon following her behind. Adagio aims both ways at the top of the stairs as it was a two-way hallway and nobody was in site. She stops him from coming up and checks each door she came to. She opens one door and it was a closet. The next door she opens was the bathroom. She walks to the next door and opens it to find a queen size bed and dresser inside, it was a bedroom. She walks to the closet and opens it, to find it empty. She walks out and opens another door to another bedroom. She finds the closet in this bedroom empty too. She walks to the study room across the hallway and it was clear. She walks down the other end of the hallway and opens the final door she had to check. Inside was a king size bed two dresser, it was the master bedroom. She checks the closet and bathroom, they were empty. She walks back to the staircase and saw the attic, but told him to come up. "The master bedroom at the end of the hallway is clear." She let Devon walk up the stairs and walks to the master bedroom. He places her on the bed gently.
"I'm going to take off her armor and change her shirt. Go see how the others are doing downstairs." He said, Adagio walks out of the room to his request. Devon points Wallflower's arms up so he can take off her shirt easier. He pulls it off of her and unstraps the vest. He spots a bruise from the spot where Sunset shot her and tossed the vest away. He walks to the closet and finds a new shirt. He finds her brown stripped sweater and walks back over to the bed and puts it on her upper body. He spots a book on the dresser in front of a window and walks over to see it. To his surprise, it was a CHS book. He opens it and finds all the students, teachers and principals in the pages. He noticed a couple sheet of papers sticking out at the back of the book, he slips it out and saw a list of people and their life status and saw his name with the word 'Deceased' written next to it. The other sheet was written all over with 'EVERYONE TURNS' and 'ALONE'. He looks at the unconscious girl on the bed. "I'm sorry this happened to you." The words he just spoke, woke her up, but he didn't notice. She slowly reaches under the blanket to retrieve a knife while he looks back at the window and puts the book and papers back down on the dresser. Devon looks at a bronze star medal hanging on the wall next to the dresser. He opens the top drawer and noticed a barrel under the socks. He moves them out of the way and finds an M1 Garand rifle. He takes it out of the drawer and examines its condition and how it looks. He heard a sound coming from the bed and he looks back. Nothing happened from what he saw, he looks out the window for a second and turns back around with the butt stock of the rifle hitting Wallflower's skull, causing her to fall to the floor in front of the bed and dropping her knife. "Do you know me?" He asked her. "Look at me. Do you know me?"
"I don't know anyone!" She replied, grabs her knife and charges at Devon. He grabs her by the wrists and placed her against the wall. "You're just a dead man!"
"You know me!" He tries to remind her.
"I DON'T KNOW ANYONE ANYMORE!" She shouts, pins him to the floor and tries to stab him. "People just turn. You'll turn and rot!" She said, places her free hand against the bottom of her knife to push harder. Devon placed his right hand under his left hand to keep her from stabbing him. The blade was coming closer by the second, he pushes her hand to his left and quickly punches her bruise. She yells in pain as he kicks her off of him and gets up.
"Stop! You crazy son of a bitch!" He draws out his revolver and aims it at her head while she gets up.
"Kill me! Please, just kill me." She demands, holding his gun with tears pouring from her eyes. He calms down at what she just said as his friends came in and saw him aiming his gun at Wallflower's forehead.
"Devon, don't do it." Sunset said.
"I wasn't going to, girls." He pulls his gun away from Wallflower's head and puts it back in his pants. He grabs the yearbook and finds his, Trixie and Sunset's pictures to jog up her memory. "Wallflower, you know me. Everyone at CHS called me Devon. Two of those girls are Sunset and Trixie. Whenever the flower trucks came to the parking lot, I'd help bring them to the garden and help you plant them." He said.
"You tried to erase my friend's memories with the memory stone because of what I did to you and we both apologized to each other for our actions." Sunset told her and Wallflower's past. She looks at them for a brief second.
"Guys?" Wallflower said, with her eyes growing big, she remembers her friends and hugs Devon and Sunset for what she did outside the house. "I'm sorry for trying to kill you." She apologizes to them as they hugged her back.
"It’s okay." Sunset said.
"Sunset was the one who shot you in the chest. Because of that mask, we didn't know it was you." Trixie said.
"I'm actually glad she stopped me. It hurts me so much though." Wallflower said, she looks at the three girls next to Trixie and stops hugging. "Who are they?"
"Those are Adagio, Sonata and Aria. I found them back in the city a few days after the outbreak." Devon said to Wallflower.
"How long have you been here?" Aria asked.
"For a few months. I drove until my car broke down on the highway. I walked through the cars to find supplies and parts to fix my car." Wallflower said.
"Why did you cut your hair?" Sunset asked.
"I cut it because a zombie grabbed me by my hair. It was in a crashed car and it tried to kill me. I managed to kill it and free myself. I ran away on the exit and found this farm. I found some scissors in the study and cut my hair down to a length the zombies can't grab me again." Wallflower said.
"I was grabbed by my ponytail by this asshole who held me hostage a couple of weeks ago." Sonata said, it got Devon to think what happened between the two girls.
"You know, that's actually a problem. A living person can hold anyone with long hair by their hair, but a zombie could be a big problem." Devon said.
"What are you saying?" Adagio asked.
"I'm saying that women in our group and you girls have long hair and could get you killed if we don't cut them as soon as possible." He explained.
"But Trixie doesn't want a haircut." Trixie said, placing her hands against her head.
"We have to, Trixie. He's right about that if we don't do it." Sunset said.
"I'm not sure how I'll look with short hair." Trixie said.
"It's not the looks that matter, Trixie. It's about survival. There's no other choice." He said calmly, trying not to make her mad.
"I'll think about it, it's really hard to think right now." Trixie said.
"How did the searches go, girls?" He asked.
"The first floor was clear and there's some food in the cabinets." Sunset said.
"The base had some boxes and a big wine rack." Aria said.
"I never went into the attic when I got here." Wallflower said.
"You and I will check it. There could be something extra up there to use here." Devon said to Wallflower. They walk out the room and to where the attic ceiling door was. Devon looked at a flag of the united states on one of the walls in the study. "That flag, the rifle, the bronze star and this farm must have belonged to a world war ii veterinarian."
"I thought the same way when I came to this house." She said, pulling the rope to the attic door and the ladder unfolds.
"I'll go first. Just encase there's something up there and because of your bruise." He said, draws out his revolver and starts climbing the ladder. He saw his group driving their vehicles through the window as they parked in the driveway and climbs up the ladder. He feels the hot air of the attic hit his head. It was dark, but a light shined through the window at the end of the room in front of him. It looked empty, aside from a few boxes and chairs. "It's all clear up here." He told Wallflower to come up and search the attic with him. He puts his gun away and takes a few steps away from the entrance. He stops in his tracks when he smelled an awful stench. "Jesus! What the hell is that-" He stops at a horrible sight. "Oh my god." In horror, a little girl was undead and was skin to the bone and with just a few clothes on, getting up in front of the window and turns around to spots the survivor. Wallflower stands next to him and was shocked to see what he was seeing. The zombie girl starts to walk to them and falls to the floor due to how skinny it was.
"I thought I remember hearing thuds when I came here, but I didn't know it was coming from up here. What happened to her?" She asked. Devon noticed an empty water bottle on the floor.
"I don't know. She either died of dehydration or starved to death." He guessed the death.
"Oh, Jesus Christ." She said, holding her hand in front of her mouth.
"We have to put her out of her misery, Wallflower. She been like this for so long, we can't leave her like this." He and Wallflower walks to the zombie girl and stop a couple of inches away from its reach. "This could have been Adagio, Aria and Sonata if I haven't found them." He said to himself.
"Which one of us should kill her?" She asked, Devon pulls out his knife and holds it out to her.
"You do it. I'll hold her arms." He said, Wallflower takes his knife and gets behind the zombie as he grabs it by the wrists. He gives it one last look. "We're sorry." Wallflower shoves the knife into the back of its head and Devon lets go of its arms. She pulls the knife out and hands it back to its owner.
"We should bury her. The shovels are in the garage." She said.
"I'll do it." He said, putting his knife away and picks up the zombie. It was light from all the weight it lost. They walk to the ladder and exit the attic. They walk down the stairs to the first floor, the others were surprised to see the dead zombie girl in his arms.
"I didn't know she was in the attic." Wallflower explained to the others. She walks to the key hanger and takes a key to give Devon. "This key is to the garage." She places the key around his index finger and he nods in return. She opens the door for him as he walks outside. The survivors talked to each other about the farm and the possible safety and stopped when they spotted Devon carrying a dead kid in his arms, some of the adults got in front of the kids so they couldn't see while the Mr. and Mrs. Cake turned around to keep their son and daughter from seeing the emotional moment, Cadance turned away from the sight and sobs in Shining's shoulder as he tries to calm her. Devon walks to the tree where the zombie hanging by the noose and placed the dead girl down for a second to cut the rope with his machete and watch the dead veteran fall to the ground. He walks around the garage and unlocks the side door. He unlocks the door and walks inside to get a shovel and a wagon. He spots three shovels hanging from big hooks on the wall. He walks to the wall and takes one of the shovels and then to the wagon down the wall. He walks to the garage door and opens it, so that way he doesn't go around again. He walks back to the dead zombies and puts them into the wagon. Devon brings them to the chapel and starts digging a spot, big enough for the two. The ground was wet from some rain that rained over the farm some time ago, he could dig a hole in no time. He stops after seeing Applejack and Rainbow Dash standing right next to him.
"Do ya need a hand, partner?" Applejack asked.
"No, girls. I need to do this alone." He said, goes back to digging.
"Are you sure? You couldn't dig when you tried to dig for your family. We can't let you go through that again." Rainbow Dash said.
"I'm fine, girls." He said.
"Girls." The voice of Twilight got Rainbow Dash and Applejack's attention. "Shining wants you two to come to the house. He and Cadance wants us to hear something important from them." She said.
"What about Devon?" Rainbow Dash asked.
"I think I know what they're going to tell you." He said.
"Why do you say that?" Twilight asked.
"I learned about it from them last night." He said.
"What was it?" Rainbow Dash asked.
"It's complicated. You'll have to hear it from them." He said while digging.
"Come on, gals. Let's leave him to diggin the graves." Applejack said, walking away with Twilight and Rainbow Dash.

Twenty minutes later, Devon dug a hole big enough for the two zombies and puts the little girl in the hole first with her arms crossed. He drags the veteran into the hole and positions him just like the girl. The two must have been a grandfather and granddaughter that lived on this farm. He steps out of the hole and grabs the shovel to bury the corpses. After a few minutes of scooping the dirt, the hole was full of dirt and he had to flatten the ground because the bodies made a bump. He walks back to the garage and puts the shovel, he needs to make a couple of crosses for the grave, so he picks up some 2X4s, some nails and a hammer. He makes two crosses and walks to the grave to place them in the dirt. He scoops some of the dirt around the bottom of the crosses so they can stay up better. He turns around and walks away to see how everyone else was doing. Most of the members looked around the farm couldn't help with they were seeing, the wide-open spaces, the pens, garage, barn and crops growing. It was everything the group needed. He saw the looks on their face from what Cadance and Shining said, it was obvious to him that they got the news Cadance was pregnant. Although, there were already two babies in the group. He had to talk to Shining and Cadance and see how they were doing. Most of the adults were in the living room and kitchen, but no sign of the two people he's looking for.
"Where are Cadance and Shining?" He asked the adults.
"They're upstairs in the master bedroom. Wallflower let them stay up there since all of us are staying here." Velvet said. "Did you know she was pregnant?" She asked.
"Yeah. They told me last night when I saw them out in the open. Are they okay?" He asked.
"I'm not sure. After we saw you carrying that girl, she's benn really upset." Granny Smith said.
"I'm going to talk to them." He said, walking to the stairs.
"Be careful, son." Nightlight stops the teen at the bottom of the stairs. "You don't know if they'll let you talk to them."
"I was the first guy they talked to about the pregnancy. I'm sure they'll let me talk to them." Devon said, walking up the stairs and to the master bedroom. He spots Wallflower sitting on the bed of the bedroom, across the hallway from the master bedroom. "Thanks for letting them have the master bedroom, Wallflower." He said.
"Not a problem. After hearing the news, I knew I had to let them stay in there and I can sleep in here." Wallflower said.
"I was told about how upset Cadance was after seeing the girl we killed. I came up here to check on them." He said.
"But, they had sex when you guys thought you were safe." She said.
"None of us knew they went all the way that night when we first came to Wood Valley. We felt safe that day and we didn't think it would happen. This is why I'm going to check on them." He explains.
"Okay, I hope it doesn't end badly for you." She said as Devon turns around and opens the door to see the depressed couple on the bed. Shining held Cadance's shoulders while she held her face in her hands. Shining turned his face towards the fellow survivor.
"You shouldn't have come in here." He said.
"I came in here to check on you two. Some of the others told me about you guys after seeing me carry that girl outside." Devon said.
"It's just horrible." Cadance said, in between hers sob and lifts her head from her hands. "How can someone so young just end up like that?"
"We just found her like that when we searched the attic. We don't know if she died from starvation or dehydration. She couldn't get up and gets us because of how skinny she was. Wallflower and I put her out of her misery." He explained.
"That's the thing, I don't know if I can protect this baby from danger or leave it behind after it's born." She said.
"That's not going to happen, Cadance." He said.
"But, how do you know?" Shining asked.
"Because I do. Everyone on this farm will be here for you two and the baby. Even if we have to die to protect it." Devon said.
"What if somebody finds us here?" Cadance asked.
"I don't think anyone will find us here, Cadance. There can't be much people and zombies out here in the country side. Nothing can get in through the gate and over the fence. We can still keep watch and keep this place safe." Shining said, trying to comfort Cadance as she continues to cry. "Devon, could you leave us alone? We're going to need some alone time."
"Okay guys." Devon said, walking out the door and closed the door behind him. Wallflower was now looking in the mirror and checking the bruise on her side.
"Sunset gave me a hell of a shot here." Wallflower said to herself and noticed Devon standing outside the bedroom. She lets go of her shirt. "Are they okay?"
"They want to be alone for a while, Wallflower. I think it's best we should go downstairs and give them some extra space." He said.
"I heard the conversation and Cadance sounded like she was sad." She said.
"You have no idea how sad she is. After she saw me with the kid we killed, it just broke her down into tears. She really needs some alone time." He said.
"Alright, I'm coming down. I was going to check on the flowers today anyway." She said, walking out of the room and follows him down the stairs. He opens the front door for her and they both walk outside the house. Many groups were all over the farm and checking each area. "I want to say I'm glad missed you when I tried to shoot you guys." He turned his head to her.
"You never practiced shooting when you got here?" He asked.
"No. I just shoot at anything I see until it dies." She said.
"I can teach you how to shoot a target better sometime." He said.
"That sounds like a good idea. I'll catch up with you later." She said, walking towards the garden as Devon walks towards the metal garage. He saw Rainbow Dash, Twilight and Sunset inside.
"This looks like a good place to make some improvements on our weapons." Twilight said, looking at the workbench.
"It's a good thing you took that book from Wood Valley when we escaped." Sunset said, looking inside a tool chest.
"That guy who owned this place must have been some kind of craftsman before he died." Rainbow Dash said, looking inside a box full of scrap metal.
"You girls find anything in here useful?" He asked the girls.
"This garage is perfect to work on our stuff." Twilight said.
"I hear that." He said.
"How's Cadance and Shining doing by the way?" Sunset asked.
"They want to be left alone for a while until they calm down." He said, he noticed a dust cover sheet placed over something behind a crate. He walks around the crate and lifts the sheet up a little to find a wheel. He pulls the sheet off and discovers a 1942 Indian Scout 741 B motorcycle in good condition. He knew Rainbow Dash would want it after her motorcycle was destroyed. "Hey Rainbow Dash." He calls her name.
"Yeah." She turns her head around and saw her friend bringing the motorcycle around the box, into the middle of the garage. "Holy shit." Her words brought Sunset and Twilight's attention to her and then the bike. The three girls approached the motorcycle to observe it better.
"This is a 1942 Indian Scout 741 B motorcycle." Twilight said.
"Someone's smart to know how old this relic is." Sunset said.
"Does it work?" Rainbow Dash said, turning the keys in the ignition and nothing happens. "We have to get this bike to work."
"Do you think there is enough parts to get it working?" Devon asked.
"We've got plenty of tools in here." Sunset said, taking the lid off the fuel tank and smells the inside. "And it's out of gas."
"We can use the fuel we siphoned from the cars we looted yesterday." Rainbow Dash said.
"We should siphon the rest of the cars on the highway tomorrow with the rest of the gas cans we got." Twilight said, checking for any part of the motorcycle if it needs to be replaced.
"I'm going to check on the rest of the farm girls. If I hear the motorcycle, that means it's working." He said, walking out of the garage and to the cattle. He didn't see any horses when Wallflower tried to kill him and he spots Fluttershy petting a horse by its muzzle.
"It's okay. We just want to be safe like you and your farm friends here." She calms down the horse and sees her friend at the corner of her eye. "Oh, hi Devon."
"Hey Fluttershy. I came by to see if there were any horses and I got an answer." He said.
"There's two actually. I checked the barn already, there's two cows, a few chickens and some chicks. I couldn't help myself and hold a few of them. Their pen is a part of the barn and it does have an exit to the outside, covered in chicken wire." She said.
"These horses remind me of the time I went horseback riding for the first time. My back was sore in the spine with every run it did. I had to pull it back every time the pain happens." He said.
"Applejack's good at horseback riding. She can teach you how to do horseback riding a little better." She said. "She and her brother and sister are at the garden right now."
"I was going there anyway. I'll catch you later, Fluttershy." He said, walking out of the cattle as Fluttershy did the same. He spots the Apple siblings checking the crops, they can check on the plants to make sure they were good to pick.
"Wallflower has done a good job here on the crops." Applejack said, examining the fresh tomatoes.
"Does anyone think she keeps more in the basement?" Apple Bloom asked.
"Eeyup." Big Mac said.
"Hey guys." Devon said, getting their attention while he gets down on his right knee. "How are the plants doing?"
"The tomators, cucumbers, peppers, onions, garlic, wheat and corn are perfect. We can all of this to feed us and the animals through the winter. As long as we keep growing these crops, we'll have plenty of food before it gets cold." Applejack said.
"And I never thought I would see crops growing in this world." He said, looking at the crops and over at the chapel. "Has anyone checked the chapel yet?"
"Ah think Sunset is inside there right now." Apple Bloom said.
"How is it in there?" He asked.
"It looks like the inside of a church." Applejack said.
"Is Shimmer the only person in there?" He asked.
"Yeah. She wanted to be alone for a while after doing something before we got here." She said.
"It's must be about her shooting Wallflower." He said.
"What? Why?" Apple Bloom asked.
"Wallflower's been alone for so long, she didn't recognize us and tried to kill me when I gave the girls some time to escape. Sunset snuck back over the wall and saved me. It's a good thing Wallflower had that bullet-proof vest on when it happened or she'd be dead now." Devon said, looks at the chapel and thinks about the problem Sunset was in right now.
"Do ya think she's okay?" Apple Bloom asked.
"Ah'm not sure, sugarcube. One of us should check on her." Applejack said.
"I'll check on her. She did save me from death." He said.
"Are ya sure ya want to check on her right now?" She asked.
"I'm sure, AJ." He said, walking away from the crops and towards the chapel. He can think back to the last time he went a church before the outbreak with the clean walls and stain glass windows. "Now I wish I had a funeral for my family we found them." He said to himself as he grabs the handle of the cherry coated door and opens it. He spots Sunset sitting in the front row. Devon walks to where Sunset was and placed his hand on her shoulder, she turns her head around to see who was trying to comfort her.
"I want to be alone." She said, taking his hand off her shoulder.
"I was told you were in here after what happened with Wallflower." He said, taking a seat next to her.
"Why did you come in here?" She asked.
"I wanted to check on you and see if you're okay." He said.
"I don't feel okay. I shot a friend and I feel guilty. She won't forgive me for trying to kill her." She said.
"She will forgive you, Shimmer. She did say she was glad you stopped her from killing me." He said.
"So." She replied.
"It doesn't mean it's too late to try and apologize. You just have to go to her and tell her you're sorry for shooting her. She will forgive you for stopping her." He said.
"Are you sure about this?" She asked.
"I'm sure." He said. For a few seconds, Sunset sat in the seat without a sound. She gets up and faces the door.
"I just hope she's not going to hate me again." She said, walking towards the door and out of the chapel. Devon looks at the cross with Jesus Christ on it at the end of the room and thinks about the problems he and his group have and have had. Should he talk to the statue and ask for help? Safety from bad people, the dead and keep Cadance along with her unborn child from getting killed. He had to ask for help.
"If you're listening to this, my people and I have had these problems for so long, we just want to stay safe from what's outside this farm. We've killed people because they tried to kill us. I killed the guy who killed my family when I was in a hospital and I hope you can forgive me for what I did. I was really angry for what he did." He said to the statue. "One of my friends is pregnant and she's worried about it dying after it's born. We just want to be safe until this apocalypse is over." He said, went to silence for ten seconds. He walks away to the door and turns back around. "I keep hearing my family's voices inside my head. I just need a sign or something to clear my mind and help me stay focused on what's important in this world. To keep us alive." He said and walks out of the chapel. Devon walks to his truck and unloads the camping gear from the bed. He sets up his tent and puts the cots and sleeping bags for him, Aria, Adagio and Sonata. Everyone was lucky when they found a couple stores near the homeless shelter when they stayed there. Some of the member's tents were set up near the house. The RV was set up for a few members to rest in at a time. Half of the group heard the sound of a motor running and coming from the garage. Devon knew what that could be, he jogged towards the garage and finds the motorcycle working.
"Ah, yeah. We got this bike running, girls." Rainbow Dash said, twisting the throttle a couple of times.
"As long as nobody blows it up." Twilight said.
"We won't let that happen again, Twi." Rainbow Dash said, turning off the motorcycle and puts the key in her pocket.
"How long do you think this motorcycle will last for?" Devon asked.
"As long as I don't leave it out in the open, it will stay in one piece or gets stolen." She said.
"We'll need more fuel for the cars and the motorcycle. Otherwise, we can't do any supply runs." Twilight said.
"Those cars on the highway will have plenty of fuel to take. We can siphon any cars that aren't damaged too badly." He said.
"Should we go to the highway now?" Rainbow Dash asked.
"I don't think we should go back. The gunshots Wallflower caused would attract any zombies around here and to this place." Twilight said.
"Twilight's right, Rainbow Dash. Now is not the best time to do it." He said, agreeing with Twilight's words. "And from digging those graves and nearly getting killed, I'm not going outside those walls for anything today." Devon said.
"I guess you're right, Devon. I mean, everyone likes the open space here. Nobody wants to go out those walls." Rainbow Dash said.
"Did you two hear about why Wallflower's hair is short?" He asked.
"No. Why?" Twilight asked.
"She told me about a time when a zombie grabbed her by her hair and she cut down so that way she doesn't get grabbed again. I think you two and the others with long hair need to cut your hair." He explained.
"Now that I think about it, if any of us keep our hair this long, we'll get killed by zombies this way." Twilight said at the problem. "I'll let someone cut my hair."
"I know it's not cool to see death and I won't go down to that fate. I'm getting myself a haircut." Rainbow Dash said.
"I told the dazzlings about it and Sonata wants her hair short. Adagio wasn't sure if she wants her hair cut. I'm sure about Aria with this choice." He said to the girls. "Tell the others about this. They need to prepare themselves for what lies ahead." He said.
"It will have to be all the women in our group know about this." Twilight said.
"Would Rarity even go for a short hair style? She likes her hair the way it is right now." Rainbow Dash said.
"You've got a point, Rainbow Dash. She loves that hair style of hers." Devon said.
"She tends to do a new style whenever she needs to. She might cut her hair." Twilight said.
"There can't be any other choice, is there?" He asked.
"I guess not. Let's get everyone to hear the news." Rainbow Dash said, pushing the motorcycle out of the garage to put it next to her tent. Twilight and Devon followed her outside. They closed the garage and walk in different directions. Twilight had to talk to her mother first while Devon looked for the dazzlings. He checked his tent and they weren't in there. He looks inside the RV, no sign of them. He had to guess they were inside the house. He walks to the front door and enters the house. He finds them in the living room. They didn't see him and he knocks on the wall and got their attention.
"Hey girls. You three look relaxed." He said.
"It feels like forever since we sat in some place that felt peaceful." Adagio said.
"I know what you mean, Adagio." He said.
"How's Cadance doing up there? She sounds really upset." Sonata asked.
"She's not doing so good. After she saw me with that dead girl, she doesn't know if she can keep her kid safe." He said.
"How long is she going to be like this?" Aria asked.
"I don't know. It could be a day." He said.
"Are we going to use a knife cut our hair?" Sonata asked.
"I don't think so, Sonata. Wallflower used scissors to cut her hair. If we use a knife, it's going to hurt." He said.
"Then, where are the scissors?" Aria asked.
"I don't know if they're in the study. The kitchen is one place to look for a pair of scissors." He said, turning around and looking at the path to the kitchen from the dining room. "You girls get ready, I'll look for a pair." He walks into the kitchen and finds Velvet, Windy and Granny Smith cutting some vegetables from the crop fields. He didn't need to talk to them right now. He walks to a stack of drawers and opens them from top drawer first. It was the silverware drawer. He closes it and opens the next drawer down and finds a pair of scissors. He takes them out of the drawer and snips them to see how they look. "They look clean enough." He said to himself and closes the drawer. Devon spots the trash bin behind them. He knew they need the trash bin to throw away the pieces of vegetables they don't need. One more thing he needs is a chair for the girls to sit in. He walks back to the dining room and picks up a chair to take to the kitchen and sets it on one side of the trash bin.
"Getting someone ready for a haircut, sweetie?" Velvet asked, looking behind her to see the chair next to the bin.
"Yeah. I thought about using this trash bin to cut the hair over it and let it fall right in. So that way we don't have to sweep it up." He said.
"We were told about cutting our hair down and avoid getting grabbed. My hair is short already, I don't have to worry about a hair problem." Windy said.
"You've always had that hair short since the day we first meet." Granny Smith said, throwing an apple core in the bin. She spots Sonata walking into the kitchen. "Looks like your friend wants a haircut now." Devon turns around and sees her.
"I'm ready." Sonata said, walking to the chair and sits down.
"Alright, Sonata. Let's start with taking your hair scrunchy off." Devon said, taking the scrunchy off her head and watch the hair fall down. "You know, you look cute with your hair down." He pulls out the scissors.
"That's nice. I was always use to the ponytail. Do you know how to do this?" She asked.
"My mom was a hair stylist before she died. She cuts my hair whenever I needed one. It can't be that hard to make your hair short." He starts cutting.
"I'm going to look like a boy." She said.
"No, you won't. Windy has short hair and she's use to it." He said, holding the strands of hair and snips them clean off. He drops them in the bin and cuts the rest of her hair with his hand placed against her head. He pressed his fingers together to extend the strand and cut them about a quarter of an inch away from them so he doesn't cut his fingers by mistake.
"Zephyr can help you with cutting the other hair, son. He uses to practice cutting hair in his free time." Windy said.
"If he meets my mother before the world changed, they could make great friends." Devon said.
"We'll need another pair of scissors if he's going to cut hair with us." Granny Smith said.
"These were the only pair I found in that drawer." He said, snipping the hair at the top of Sonata's head. "Wallflower would know where to find another pair."
"What about the staples? Don't people keep a pair of scissors in there?" Windy asked.
"I don't know. I was there avoiding gunfire from Wallflower when she didn't recognize us." He replied, finished cutting Sonata's hair and tries to grab her hair. "There we go, Sonata. You're a lot harder to grab now."
"Am I still pretty?" Sonata asked, getting up from the chair.
"Yes. Now to do Aria or Adagio." He said, placing the scissors down and checks on the two. They remained in the living room with Aria looking out the window and Adagio reading a book. "You two ready?" He asked.
"I guess I can do it now. I don't have anything else to do." Aria said.
"I'll let you cut my hair after her. I just don't feel like dying to the dead the way Sonata was held." Adagio said.
"Alright." He said, walking back into the kitchen. He noticed a few strands of hair on his hands, he rubs them off as best as he could.
"Did you cut her hair into that?" Aria asked, pointing at the trash bin.
"Yeah. I didn't feel like sweeping up hair while they make lunch for us in here." He said.
"I've made a couple of sandwiches for Cadance and Shining." Velvet said, taking a tray with two small plates with the sandwiches on them and two cups of water.
"If they're still upset, leave the tray by the door." Devon suggests as Aria sits down in the chair and he starts to cut Aria's pigtail off before he takes off her hair scrunchies. "Are you okay with this, Aria?"
"I don't really think about my hair that much. I just have to do what everyone's got to do." Aria said.
"Do you think you'll get use to short hair?" He asked.
"I don't know. I might feel some breezes when it gets cooler." She said.
"I've always had my hair short and my mother cuts it whenever it was time to cut it." He said, finishing Aria's hair.
"So, how do I look?" Aria asked.
"Like you got a haircut." He replied as she rubs her head to feel how short her hair was.
"At least a dead freak won't tear my head now." Aria said, walking away and out the front door.
"Are you ready, Adagio?" He asked, waiting for the orange haired girl to respond or to come into the kitchen. She walks into the kitchen.
"I'm ready for you to do this." Adagio said, getting in the chair and lets Devon takes off her hair scrunchy.
"Did you know you and the others looked pretty with your hair down?" He asked.
"That's sweet. But I always liked my hair in a big ponytail." She said.
"Everyone's got to try out a new hair style every once in a while. Whether they want or need to." He said, cutting her hair off and drops it into the trash bin.
"How much do you know about cutting hair?" She asked.
"My mom use to cut hair. I've seen her cut hair millions of times. It looks easy to do." He replies while cutting the rest of Adagio's hair.
"As soon as this apocalypse is over, I'm letting my hair grow back to its original length." Adagio said to herself, even if it sounded like she was talking to Devon.
"Or when we ever might get to a really safe place where no zombies can get any of us." He said, trimming the side of her head.
"What would you picture for a safe-zone?" She asks.
"Well, since this farm is surrounded by a stone wall for a fence. A place surrounded by a really tall wall that nothing and nobody can climb over. With the top fortified if they tried to climb over." He said, trims the other side of her head.
"What can be put on top of walls if you made them?" She asked.
"I'd put metal spikes on the top. I would be the only way to keep the danger out of the safe-zone." He said, starts to cut her hair at the top of her head.
"I hope you won't make me look ridiculous after this." She said.
"I won't. I already did it to your sisters and they like their new looks." He said, snips the last of some long hair off and throws it away. Adagio tries to grab her hair and collects a few strands on her fingers.
"This is going to take some getting used to." She said, getting up from the chair. "I'm going to get my sisters to clean our heads off."
"I don't know if the shower works, you'll have to use the water from the well outside." He said, looking at her hair on his hands. "At least I can get the rest of this hair off of my hands." He slaps his hands together to get the hair off. "Where'd you three get the food to make lunch?" He asked the three women.
"These were from the cellar. It's got plenty more." Granny Smith said. This got Devon to think about when he told Sunset and Trixie to search for a basement and it gave him the answer. He walks away and finds an open door to the cellar. A light was coming from the cellar, Wallflower must have got power to the house somehow. He walks down the stairs and spots some of the mattress from the homeless shelter on the floor, since some of the members had to make room in the house to sleep in. He looks at the shelves and they were full of baskets with all kinds of vegetables and bread inside them.
"Wow. This is enough to keep the entire group feed for months. We might survive this after all." He said to himself as he picks up a tomato and takes a bit out of it. He couldn't resist the taste of a juicy tomato in his mouth after the number of times of eating store-based foods and what he's eaten for the past five months. He walks back up the stairs and out the front door. Spike comes up to Devon.
"What's that you got there?" Spike asked.
"It's a tomato. The cellar is full veggies and bread, Spike. It looked like Wallflower has been doing her best to grow food before we got here." Devon said. "You're about half way to a full-grown dog."
"I know. When I get close to my full size, I can try to fight off any zombies that we come anywhere near us when I'm around." Spike said with the idea he had in mind.
"That's a good idea, Spike. We should train Winona too so we can get as much help to distract as many as we can." Devon said, finishing the tomato. "I don't think I've told you or the others about the time I had a dog."
"You had a dog?" Spike asked.
"Yeah. We had a boxer mix named Fiona. She was the best pet to have around. There was a one time when she got bit by a copperhead and ended up getting a long scar over her spine." Devon said.
"That must have been a painful time for her. What happened to her?" Spike asked.
"Well, she was sick and dying. We took her to the vet and had to put her out of her misery. She had a tumor and internal bleeding." Devon said, placing the side of his hand against his eyebrows.
"I'm sorry to hear that. I hope that never happens to me." Spike said.
"I hope so too, Spike. You're a good dog and you look healthy." Devon said and looks at a box behind him. He opens it and finds some dog toys. "Looks like the people who owned this farm had a dog and something to bring back some good times."
"What kind of toys are in there?" Spike asked.
"There's a throwing disc, a rope, a tennis ball, a fake bone and some squeaky toys." Devon said, holding some of the dog toys.
"The squeaky ones will make noise." Spike said.
"Yeah. It's probably for the best to play with these inside the house." Devon said, putting a rope down and takes the flying disc out. "You ready for a game of fetch, Spike?"
"Totally. I haven't played this game in a long time." Spike said, getting ready for Devon to throw the flying disc.
"Alright, Spike. Go long." Devon said, tossing the flying disc and Spike runs after it. He jumps and catches the flying disc in mid-air. "Go catch, Spike. Bring it here." He called out and Spike runs back to him. Spike drops the flying disc to Devon's feet. "Good boy." He said, picking up the flying disc and finds Winona walking up to him and Spike. "Looks like someone wants to do a little competition with you, Spike."
"Or she just wants to play with us." Spike said.
"Either way, we've got something to cheer us up." Devon said, preparing to throw again. "Get ready you two. This one is going far." He said, tossing the flying disc really hard and watched the the two dogs runs after the flying disc. Winona catches the flying disc and Spike grabs the opposite side of the toy Winona was holding and start tugging on the flying disc. Devon had to get the dog rope out of the box and ran to the dogs to stop them from playing tug-a-war with their teeth. "Hold up you two. There's plenty more toys where that came from." He said as he threw the rope next to them and Spike lets go of the flying disc and grabs the rope with his teeth. "I wouldn't want either of you to break your teeth if you're going to fight what's out there." He said to himself.
"Where did ya find those, partner?" The voice of Applejack got Devon and the dogs’ attention to the country girl with Twilight behind her.
"There's a box by the front door with some dog toys inside. Some of them were squeaky toys." Devon said, grabbing a loose end of the rope and pulls on it a little.
"At least you choose to play with the regular dog toys instead of the squeaky ones." Twilight said.
"As long as the dogs play with them inside the house and there are no zombies inside the wall, we should be fine." Spike said.
"I never thought we could find something to make you and Winona happy, Spike." Twilight said to her pet and looks at Devon. "How are my brother Cadance doing in there, Devon?" She asked.
"It's been a while since I last checked on them, Twi. Cadance is just heartbroken from seeing the dead girl I carried out and buried. Did Adagio and her sisters tell you about the hair situation?" Devon asked the girls.
"Yeah. It clearly makes sense to get our haircuts. Sonata told me she got to get a haircut first by you." Twilight said.
"I knew she would go first after what happened with Frank holding her by her ponytail. She now feels safe with short hair." He said.
"What brought the idea for haircuts?" Applejack asked.
"You'd have to thank Wallflower for this. She told me about a time when got grabbed by a zombie on the highway, she came here, found the scissors and cut her hair. It kept her alive ever since she found this farm."
"We're going to get our haircuts, sugarcube. Zephyr will do all the hair-cutting for the rest of us. Ya could use some practice on cutting hair." She suggests.
"Well, my mom was the one who cuts my hair. I just watch her through the mirror while she did the work. I tried my best for the first time." He said.
"Ah'm just saying, ya could use some practice." Applejack suggests.
"Sounds like a good idea, AJ. I could learn how to cut hair better." He said, picking up the flying disc from Winona and goes back to playing with the dogs. After around ten minutes, he and the dogs stopped playing with the dog toys. He walks over to the dog box and puts them back inside. He felt his stomach growl, he had to see if Granny Smith, Velvet and Windy were finished making lunch for the whole group. Devon opens the front door and walks to the kitchen to find plenty of sandwiches and apple slices for the sides.
"We just got lunch ready for everyone, kiddo." Windy said, spotting the teenager.
"Vegetarian sandwiches for lunch and apple slices for a side. I started getting hungry just a minute ago." He said.
"There's a bell outside on the porch. Be a dear and ring it and others outside will come in here." Velvet said.
"Sounds easy enough. Just a few rings and everyone will come in here to eat." He said, sees Zephyr cutting his sister's hair. "How do you feel about this, Fluttershy?"
"I think it's okay. Just the thought of getting grabbed by my hair is so scary, I don't want my head pulled off." Fluttershy said.
"Are you going to cut your own hair off or is someone else going to it for you, Zephyr?" He asks.
"I could cut my hair myself. It'll be easy to look in the mirror and cut off some at the top and sides." Zephyr said. "But, it's time for a lunch break." He puts the scissors down and rubs Fluttershy's hair off his hands. Devon walks to the front door and spots the bell on a post of the porch.
"Well, it's lunch time." Devon said to himself and rings the bell. Everyone on the farm hears the bell and walks to the source of the noise. A few members were close to the bell, they started wondering why Devon rung the bell.
"What's the bell for?" Applebloom asks.
"It's lunch time, kiddo." He answers and walks inside the house to grab himself some food. The others got in line behind him and each grabbed a sandwich and some apple slices. Everyone spreads around the house to pick a place to sit. Some of them got the table in the dining room, the study, the living room and the cellar.
"I can hardly remember the last time my mom made me lunch." Twilight said, taking a bite of her sandwich.
"Me too, darling. It feels nice to eat something other than the MREs." Rarity said.
"I like the vegetarian sandwiches they made from the food in the cellar." Fluttershy said.
"With my help, we'll be able to grow as many as we can." Applejack said, eats an apple slice.
"We'll have to make them last, Applejack. By the time it gets cold in a few months, we'll have to scout for food." Twilight said.
"Where we going to scout for supplies?" Rainbow Dash asks.
"We have to see if Wallflower has a map of the area. We can find what we need as long as it's close to this farm." Flash said.
"We could go back to the highway and loot the other cars there. They could have plenty and it's still close by." Pinkie said.
"What if we run into zombies or people?" Sonata asks.
"We'll just kill them, of course." Aria said.
"It depends on who is good or bad out there." Adagio said. "We know someone who gave us a chance to live." She looks at Devon while he eats his lunch. He looks at everyone around him in the living room and couldn't help but laugh.
"What's so funny?" Sunset asks.
"What's funny is that you, Flash and the other but the dazzlings were all together at that hockey stadium before the outbreak and it felt like I became a friend with you since that day." He said.
"It was the start of a friendship for ya for sure, partner." Applejack said.
"When he found us, I felt a spark of friendship light inside me." Adagio said.
"You three look up to me like a brother or hero." He said.
"I was thinking a legend. The way he fought back against the dead and Frank. For saving me from death." Sonata said.
"I agree with that, Sonata. Devon looks like a legend to me." Aria said.
"Well, as long as you three look up to me like that, I'm okay with it." He said.
"Are you girls still going to get your haircuts?" Flash asks to remaining girls with long hair.
"Of course, Flash. Everyone else is going with it." Rainbow Dash said.
"I may not like my hair short, but it has to be done. I should put in an apocalypse style fashion of hair clothes for the world when it comes back to the world we remember." Rarity said, causing her friends to laugh a little.
"Still have that hobby of yours, Rare." Applejack said.
"That's funny." Pinkie said.
"Hush now! It's my way to celebrate the end of a tragedy." Rarity said.
"We understand, Rarity. Not everyone can let go of their past." Twilight said.
"Yeah. Even if you remember the really important people in your life." Devon said.
"You still hear your family, man?" Rainbow Dash asks.
"Yeah. I talked to them last night after I talked to your brother and Sister-in-law, Twilight. Talking to them through my phone is the only way to talk to them." He said.
"We understand ya, partner. It can be hard to let go of yer past." Applejack said.
"I don't know if we have any medicine for your problems. Zecora could make something that might help." Twilight said.
"You know, that might actually help. Zecora will need to find the right stuff to make it." He said.
"Wallflower planted so many flowers on this farm. She can pick the right petals from them and mix them together." She said.
"How do you know that, Twi? Did you learn that in school?" Aria asks.
"No, I read it in a book." Twilight said.
"Um, can we go back to eating? Talking is making me really hungry." Fluttershy said.
"She's right. We can talk again after we finish eating." Flash said and everyone continues to eat their lunch.

Later that night, everyone stood and sat around a bonfire behind the house in silence. The fire produced heat in the night air and they all didn't have to worry about any zombies getting through the stone fence if they saw the fire.
"Shining, do you think we will get through the first winter?" Velvet broke the silence.
"I'm not sure, mom. We've made it this far to what we can make home and to can keep us safe." Shining said.
"I hope so for this winter." Nightlight said.
"How hard can it be in the winter? We've managed before we meet up with you guys." Aria said.
"We've managed to find warm places before the infection, Aria. This is different now." Adagio said.
"We'll survive this, sweetie. I know we can." Debby said.
"This is a good thing. I know it is." Cookie said.
"It's best to keep our hopes up." Applejack said.
"We have to agree. It's our best chance to live off the dead and any dangerous people we come across." Rarity said.
"As long as we've got each other, we've got what it takes." Sunset said.
"At what cost?" Sonata asks.
"The survival kind of cost, Sonata." Flash said.
"It's the only thing we've got here." Celestia said.
"We don't have to worry about the zombies anymore in this place." Fluttershy said.
"I know we can make this work." Twilight said.
"At least we don't have to run into any psychos out there." Trixie said.
"Don't count on it, Trixie. There's always danger out there, alive and dead." Bow said.
"It's best we all stay close to here. I want this baby to have a peaceful life when it's born." Cadance said with her hand placed over her abdomen.
"We will, Cadance. We will." Shining said. "Let's go to sleep everyone. It's going to be a long day." He and his people grabbed some loose dirt and threw it over the fire to put it out. So that way, nobody would have to use their water supply. With that done, everyone walks to the house and tents to get ready to sleep. As everyone got to where they're going to sleep and changed to some light clothing so they don't feel hot in the morning.
"What Velvet said about this winter is getting to me, girls." Devon said.
"What about it?" Aria asks.
"It's getting me to think about American history. When the British first arrived in North America, more than half the colonists died from illness, starvation and froze to death. We seriously need to prepare for the winter." He said.
"How do we do that?" Sonata asks.
"We grow crops, scavenge for supplies, warmth, anything that keeps you alive." He said, getting on a cot.
"Is that all you got to say?" Adagio asks.
"That's all I got to say in a small sentence possible." He answers. "Let's get some sleep, girls. We've got work to do tomorrow." He goes to sleep as the girls do the same.

(September 7, 2016)

The morning warm air flows over the farm and wakes everyone up to a new day. Everyone wakes up and walk out of the house and tents to start a new day. It was best to those with the best helping hands to gather in front of the house.
"So, what's the plan for today?" Rainbow Dash asks.
"Me and my brother can work on the crops. Plant some more and make sure the ones Wallflower planted still perfect." Applejack said.
"I can take a couple friends with me to do some hunting near the tent we found yesterday." Rainbow Dash said.
"I'll take the girls with me to the highway. We'll scavenge for what's in the cars and siphon as much fuel with the empty fuel cans we have." Devon said.
"That will be a lot of gas to take, dude. We can use that fuel to power up the generator to the house. We'll have electricity to the house." She said.
"Should we use it all?" Sonata asks.
"No. I'd rather save the fuel for our cars. We can use the generator when it gets cold." He said.
"It's for the best. I wonder if we can find any oil fields around here. We can harvest the oil and turn it into fuel." Twilight said.
"Let's hope there is an oil field around here." Applejack said.
"How is Cadance doing by the way?" Adagio asks Twilight.
"She's better now, Adagio. She just needed to get the dead girl off her mind." Twilight said.
"The rest of our people can go to where we found the lake and the woods behind the farm." Aria said.
"Those woods can be full of animals for us to hunt. As long as we don't hunt the young animals, it will get harder to hunt." Devon said. "Let's take the cargo to the highway since all the empty fuel cans are in the bed. It will give us the advantage on how much supplies we can get."
"Everyone, take a radio so we can keep in touch." Twilight suggests.
"So that's it? We know what we're going to do?" Aria asks.
"Of course, Aria. It's what we have to do." Applejack said.
A few minutes later, the dazzlings and Devon were in the cargo truck at the front gate. Applejack and Rainbow Dash opened the gate as they let their friends drive off to the highway. The two girls close the gate and go do their tasks like they said they would do. After a short drive, the four teenagers arrived at the highway and out of the truck with a fuel can and their own siphon pumps.
"You know what to do girls. Siphon as much gas into the cans and loot what's in the cars." He said.
"How long will this take?" Sonata asks.
"As soon as we fill up all the gas cans and loot as much stuff from the cars, we can head back to the farm." He said, walking to the closest vehicle he spots. The car was damage, but not too damaged to destroy the fuel tank. He opens the tank and siphons the fuel. The girls spread out to a least damaged to perfectly shaped vehicles.
"This van is in perfect shape, guys." Sonata said, calling out to her friends and look in her direction.
"A Ford E-450. See if there's anything good in there, Sonata." Devon said, siphoning the fuel. Sonata opens the driver door and finds the keys in a cup holder and looks at the passenger seats. There were some bags in the seats. Sonata had to open the passenger door and make it easier to bring the bags to the cargo. She opens the door and brings a couple of bags to the cargo. "There's some more bags in the van, guys and it still works." She holds out the keys in her hand.
"That's nice, Sonata. I don't think we need another vehicle on our hands." Adagio said while siphoning fuel. Sonata walks back over the mini bus to grab the rest of the bags. She looks at the keys for a second and puts them in her pocket. Little did she and her friends know, a group of six were hiding beside a few cars.
"One of them is in the van." A white haired survivor said.
"I saw her walk right in. She's just getting stuff for their group." Another survivor said in a sweet tone. "She could be a crazy person. I can wait for her to take the next bags out and come back to the van. I'll get a nice clean shot and the rest will come." She said in a mean tone as she grabs her bow and loads an arrow.
"Make sure you get her in the chest. She'll turn and go right for them." The adult survivor said.
"We could take the truck and get out of here." A blue haired survivor said.
"Any idea who has the key to the truck?" A purple haired survivor asks.
"He might have the keys. Do you think he's the leader?" A lime haired girl asks.
"I saw him come out of the driver seat. He's got the key. Just take out his friend and he'll check on her, Ms. Sweet." The woman said.
"Of course." The girl with the bow said in a sweet tone and starts in a sour tone. "And he will be her main course." She aims her bow as Sonata is about to walk into the mini bus. "Right on cue." She stops when she feels the end of a gun barrel at the back of her head.
"Don't. Even. Blink." The voice of a male teenager said. "Disarm the bow and drop it. The rest of you put your weapons on the ground and take your bags off. If you try anything stupid, this will be enough to take all out at once." Devon ordered the women to do what said. They disarm their weapons and backpacks and place them in front of him. "Girls, empty one of the bags. We've got a problem over here." He calls out to his friends and they come to his location.
"What's the problem?" Aria asks with Adagio and Sonata behind her and see the problem. "Who are they?"
"Don't know. I saw their feet after my pump rolled under the car." He explained. "Take their weapons and bags, girls. See if they have any other weapons on them if they're trying to do a trick." Aria checks them while Sonata loads the weapons in the bag.
"We just gave you our weapons." The lime haired girl said.
"I tend to double check for any mistakes." He said.
"You are a cleaver boy. After this, you'll see us telling the truth." The only adult said.
"That depends if you people are telling the truth." Adagio said while Sonata and Aria checked them.
"They're clean." Aria said.
"See. We are unarmed after you wanted us to." The blue haired girl said.
"What do we do with them?" Sonata asks.
"We'll have to move away from here. They'll track us back to our camp." He said.
"What about the rest of the cars?" Sonata asks.
"We'll have to call some others to take over." He said.
"Can we use the van to take them? I have the keys." Sonata pulls the key to the mini bus out of her pocket.
"You kept the key, Sonata?" Aria asks.
"Yes. I thought if I kept the key, we could still use the van." She said.
"We should've check the cars, that mini-van could get us out of here faster." The green haired girl said.
"And it will. Now get up. We're going for a ride." Devon said, aiming his carbine while Adagio did the same with her AK-47 and Aria carries the bag of weapons as the group of woman get up. They walk to the mini-bus and Adagio gets in first to make sure none of the women would try to get to the driver seat. Sonata hands the key to Devon so he can drive. He pulls out his radio. "Twilight, we need you and some others to finish getting fuel for us. We've got a problem."
"What's the problem?" Twilight asks on her end.
"We encountered a group, one of them was going to shoot Sonata with an arrow. We're going to take them west of here." He replied.
"Alright, Devon. I'm on it." Twilight said and Devon puts his radio away. He walks onto the mini-bus and starts the engine.
"We found some zip ties in here and tied their arms behind their backs." Adagio said.
"Good." He said to her and looks at the group. "We're going to take you west and find you place you can call home."
"Where would that be?" The silver haired girl asks.
"Don't know. We'll find a good place." He answers and starts to drive.

Everyone in the mini-bus have traveled for at least eighteen miles. Nobody spoke a word since they left the highway.
"What are your names?" Sonata asks, breaking the silence.
"Why do you ask?" The blue haired girl asks.
"Cause I'd like to know who you are and I can remember people." Sonata said.
"Well, since you asked, I'm Indigo Zap." She said.
"Sugarcoat." The silver haired girl said.
"Lemon Zest." The lime haired girl answers.
"Sunny Flare." The purple haired girl said.
"Sour Sweet." The purple haired girl said nicely. "And the only adult here is Abacus Cinch." She said in a mean tone.
"We don't need to let these strangers know who we are." Cinch said.
"Too late." Devon said.
"How long have we drove?" Aria asks.
"Eighteen miles out, Aria. Tell me if you see a place that looks safe for them." He said, looking for a secure area.
"Why'd you ask who they are Sonata?" Aria asks Sonata.
"I was just curious, Aria." Sonata said.
"Oh, you're just curious." Sour Sweet said nicely. "How curious can you be?" She asks rudely.
"Don't be like that, Sour. They spared our lives, didn't they?" Lemon said.
"And we're still alive." Sunny said.
"They'll leave us and give our weapons back." Sugarcoat said.
"Don't trust these people. They're just want to finish us when we get to he'll stop." Cinch said.
"No we won't. We killed people that were trying to kill us a few weeks ago and you haven't killed u. That's why we're sparing you." Devon said.
"Where are you from?" Adagio asks them.
"We're all from Canterlot City. We got out of there when we evacuated and we've been to so many places to survive." Indigo said and felt the mini-bus slowing down.
"I found a place you can stay." He said, driving to a police station. He stops at the gate after spotting a chain with a lock on it. "Are there any tools in here we could use?"
"We have a tire iron in here, could this help?" Aria asks, holding out the tire iron.
"That might help break the lock, Aria. You three keep an eye on them." He said, turning off the mini-bus and takes the tire iron. Devon walks out of the mini-bus and walks to the fence. He looks through the fence for any zombies inside and doesn't see any. He hits the fence with the tire iron and a zombie comes out from behind a police van. The zombie walks to the human survivor on the opposite side of the fence, it grabs the fence and tries to get him. Devon looks at the tire iron for a second and looks back at the zombie, he jabs it through the zombie's head and watched the corpse fall back. He swings the tire iron against the lock to break it. After a swings, the lock breaks and he removes it to untie the chain and opens the gate. "Bring them out, girls." He calls out to the girls and they walk the group out at gun point. Aria carried the bag of their weapons inside. Everyone walks inside the police station and stopped in the parking lot. Adagio brought the zip ties and forced the group on the ground so she and her friends can tie their ankles together. The women were now helpless, but they left their weapons twenty feet away from them.
"You're just going to leave us here?" Lemon asks.
"This is as far as we go to let you all go." He said.
"What about these zip ties? We can't get them off our wrists and ankle." Cinch said.
"We left one of your knives next to the bag. You can cut yourselves free." Adagio said. "Let's go." She and her friends walk back to the gate.
"You can't just leave us here. We can help you and your group." Silver begged for her and her group to be cut free.
"We have some skills you could use." Lemon said, still ignored.
"For crying out loud, you were talking to Twilight Sparkle." Indigo said, getting them to stop in there tracks.
"Wait, you know Twilight Sparkle?" Aria asks.
"She use to be a student at Crystal Prep with us and participated in the Friendship games with us." Sunny said.
"By the end of the games, we forced her to use all this magic to win, but it turned her into a monster." Sour said. "Because Cinch forced us to."
"Don't talk about that." Cinch said.
"You fuckers could have told us this before we left!" Adagio said, frustrated.
"You had us at gun point." Lemon said, Adagio pulls out her handgun on the girls.
"ADAGIO!" Devon grabs her arm and caused her to shot the window of a police cruiser. He disarms her of her gun and made her fall. "NO! Not like this." He picks up her gun and tucks it away.
"She's crazy!" Indigo said.
"Shut up!" Devon shouts. "She has a temper and don't mess with her like that." He walks up to them. "How many people have you killed?"
"We've only killed a few small groups." Sour said.
"Why?" He asks.
"Because they tried to kill us." She said in a mean tone.
"How many more of you are there?" Cinch asks.
"A lot of us, we hardly keep count. Some of them you might remember since you know Twilight." Aria said. Sonata checked on Adagio.
"Are you okay, Adagio?" She asks, helping her get up.
"I'm fine." Adagio said. "I was just mad."
"Are you people just going to leave us here or we going back with you?" Sunny asks.
"Are you still friends with Twilight?" He asks.
"Yes. We wouldn't do anything to her. We worked with her and her new friends with a music video for a fund raiser after we tried to steal their idea." Sugarcoat said.
"Please, let us come with you. We barely have enough food to last for a day or two." Sour said. "If you decided to let us starve to death."
"Will you stop talking like that? It's getting on my nerves." Devon said, pulling out his knife and cuts the zip ties around their ankles. "You people are coming back with us. Shining Armor is the leader of the group."
"Shining Armor leads you people?" Cinch asks.
"Yeah. We were siphoning fuel when you saw us on the highway." He said.
"What about our arms?" Lemon asks.
"He cut your legs free so you can walk back to the van. We'll see if you won't try anything stupid when we head back to the farm." Adagio said.
"You have a farm?" Sugarcoat asks.
"Yes. There's a lot of space surrounded by fence made out of stone. There's no way a zombie can get in there." Sonata said.
"It belonged to a world war two veteran. It has a Victorian house. Some of the space is taken in the cellar, but the attic has some room. It might be a little warm in there, but we got power." Devon said.
"How?" Sunny asks.
"It's power by a generator and takes gasoline to run it." He explained. "Come on, let's go." Everyone walks to back to the mini bus. He hands Adagio her gun back and Aria picks up the duffel and knife for the Crystal Prep students and gets in the mini van. They saw a few zombies walking towards them, they ignored the zombies and drive away from the police station. Everyone looks out the windows to see wide open fields. A horde of deer run through the field, it reminded them of the world before it changed. They still hope for their world to come back.

Author's Note

My first time experience of horse back riding with a sore spine really did happen when I was around fourteen years old. I did have a boxer mix named Fiona years ago.