(October 29, 2016)

As the weather came to a low fifty degrees, everyone was settled with the farm and safety. Everyone dressed warm for the season. A few groups split up to do some chores. Some went to the lake to catch some fish, some on the highway to collect more fuel, some did some weapon training, some checked on the crops and livestock and some were checking on the supplies in the house. Cadance sat on the front porch with her hand placed over her torso. Shining walks out of the front door with two plates of eggs, some apple slices and water. He sits down next to her.
"It's beautiful, Shining. Seeing this farm now and everyone feels safe and I can feel this baby already feels safe." Cadance said.
"Yeah. It does feel safe. We will raise our kid until it's born. I almost feel bad when we had sex in Wood Valley." Shining said.
"I did, too. But that's changed now. All I can think about is peace right now." Cadance said and starts to eat.
"I still can't believe that Devon and his friends found Cinch and the Shadowbolts on highway last month. It was a good thing he stopped Sour Sweet from killing Sonata. It would have gone in a different direction." Shining said.
"If Sour Sweet killed them, Devon would have done the same with them and they wouldn't be here." Cadance said, watching everyone on the farm with their day. Cinch walks out the front door with a cup of tea in her hands.
"I can see how you managed to lead everyone here, Shining." Cinch said.
"It's pretty easy to do here on this farm. It's best place we've got to keep us alive." He said.
"I've been meaning to talk to you about that Devon fellow of yours." She said.
"He's a good kid. We meet him four days after the outbreak when we were trying to get away from the city. He was in the hospital he got hit with a hockey puck. You probably heard the news about that?" He asks.
"I do remember hearing the news about that." She said.
"He joined me, Cadance, Flash, the crusaders, my sister and her dog and friends when we escaped. When we got the RV, he found the dazzlings and they look up to them like a hero. When we were on the highway, we found his parents and sister already turned into zombies after they crashed into a post." Shining said, which shocked Cinch a little. "He put them out of their misery and was depressed for some time. He reunited us with our family and friends, even some new faces like Zecora. We found this town after we were attacked. That's when we learned that some people have changed. There was a leader that let us stay because he believed in hope for the world to change back. The leader's right-hand man was the leader of the group that tried to kill us and was doing it behind his back. Devon learned that he killed his family and he didn't care. Devon killed him and left him to rot. That machete he carries was carried by the guy he killed. I wonder if he feels better after killing him."
"I don't know if I feel comfortable around him." Cinch said, looking around the farm for him.
"Devon's not a bad kid, Abacus. He just has issues. We're here for him and to help him get through his pain." Cadance said.
"I hope so. He nearly left us at a police station." Cinch said, walking back inside. Meanwhile, Sour Sweet was practicing her trick shots on a bale of hay. Rainbow Dash watches her shoot three arrows at the same time.
"I remember when you did that trick at the friendship games, I think it's awesome. Have you ever done that on multiple zombies?" Rainbow Dash asks.
"Yes, I did. It's a quick way to get rid of them and get away." Sour Sweet said.
"I would be cool if I could do that trick with my crossbow." Rainbow Dash replies.
"Maybe you could try." Sour said. "As long as you don't shoot one of us." She said in a mean tone.
"I wonder if Applejack ever tried this trick?" Rainbow Dash asks herself.
"I did, partner. It was a little tricky after the first few times." Applejack said, getting the girls attention.
"One of the tries went over the target and went into the bushes over the fence." Sour Sweet said.
"Has Twilight tried that yet?" Rainbow Dash asks.
"No, she hasn't yet." Sour Sweet said. "She might be better than Applejack when she tries."
"Where is Twilight?" Applejack asks.
"She's inside the garage. I think she's working on something in there. She's been in there for a couple of hours." Rainbow Dash said. She and the two girls heard the sound of the UTV driving by, they turned around to see Flash and Devon inside the UTV.
"We're going to do some hunting, girls. We'll need you to open the back gate for us." Flash said.
"You got it, guys." Rainbow Dash said, walking to the gate with Applejack beside her. They open the gate and let the two hunters enter the woods and close the gate.

A few minutes after driving through the woods, the two hunters stop the UTV and step out into the open. Devon picks up his father's Savage 10/110 hunting rifle and his crossbow. Flash picks up a Remington 870 Field Gun for long distance and they both load their guns.
"The weather feels nice for this day to hunt, Flash." Devon said.
"I agree. We might find some enough animals out here. Tell me how do we find signs of animals in wooded areas." Flash said.
"Well, you'll have to find scrape marks on trees. Those are signs of bucks in the area. Look down on the ground for tracks and droppings, the droppings are the size of pellets. If they're wet, that means it fresh and deer are nearby. After we shoot a deer down, we'll have to remove their guts from inside their bodies." Devon answers.
"And we'll just leave them for zombies to eat." Flash replies.
"Exactly. That's why we've got those long gloves in here." Devon said, he and Flash start to walk further into the woods. "We need to remember the wind direction, it will blow our scents in the direction it's blowing. It can alert the animals out here.”
“You sound like a good hunting expert, Devon. Where’d you learn about this stuff?” Flash asks.
“I use to hunt with my dad. He taught me about hunting and we hunt for deer during the winter. There were a few times I couldn’t stand the cold and hands would freeze easily. There were a few times I take my gloves off and put my hands under my armpits.” Devon said, looking around for animals.
“Did you ever hear about Cinch recently? She’s been talking about taking over if something happens to Shining.” Flash said.
“Like how she led Crystal Prep when she was principal? The shadowbolts told me about how treated the students like slaves. There’s no way I’d let her take over as leader.” Devon replies.
“She can’t even try to get those shadowbolt girls to stand by her side. They are Twilight’s friends before she left that school. I think they’re starting to like you.” Flash said.
“I think they do, too.” Devon replies. He stops Flash from walking and they both spot a few deer in front of them. They get down slowly to not scare the deer away. The deer look around for the source of their movement and they can’t find them. They raise the rifle and shotgun slowly and aim them right at two bucks. “I’ve got the one on the right, you’ve got the left. We shoot on three.” He whispers. “One.”
“Two.” Flash whispers.
“Three.” They both whisper and shoot at the same time. They shoot the two bucks and the rest of the deer run away. “That was easy and lucky.”
“No kidding. I’ll get the UTV and you’ll cover the deer. We can’t be sure if there’s any zombies in the area.” Devon said, Flash hands him the key and runs back to the UTV as Flash goes to the deer. Flash arrives to the location of the shot down bucks, he keeps an eye out for any sign of the undead. He looks down at the deer and placed his hand on one of its sides where there was no blood. The fur felt warm against his skin, it was like he finds a way to turn the skins into blankets or rugs.
“Now I know how it feels to be a hunter.” Flash said to himself. He hears some snaps coming from behind, he turns around to find a couple of zombies walking right towards him. He gets up and pulls out his machete and walks over to the zombies and kills them in just two swings. He hears the UTV getting closer to his location. He knew Devon was there to remove the inside of the deer. He climbs out with the tools and gloves out. “So, how do we do this remove their guts?” He asks.
“For starters, put the gloves on first.” Devon puts on a pair of gloves and Flash grabs a pair for himself. Devon opens the box of knives and a small saw. He picks up a knife. “We need to cut them open at the belly, but don’t push it in too deep and don’t cut open the stomach, whatever they ate before will smell really bad.” He stabs the deer. “And then we cut it open, up to the sternum and we use the saw to cut the it open.” He cuts the deer open and picks up the saw and cuts the sternum in half. “Now we have to reach the esophagus and trachea so you can cut them loose. It will help us pull all of the guts out of its body. But, don’t cut yourself while you do this.” He reaches inside the deer and cuts the esophagus and trachea loose. He pulls his arms free and puts the knife down. He grabs the intestines and pulls them out of the deer, it nearly disgusts Flash. “I know it’s gross, but you’ll get used to it.” He hands Flash the knife he used. “Now you try.” Flash takes the knife and does the exact tricks Devon showed him. Devon drags the empty deer into the bed of the UTV while Flash de-guts his deer. After a few minutes, Flash’s deer was removed of its intestines, he and Devon picked it up and placed it inside the bed. They both take the gloves off and put them in the bed.
“At least the dead can have something to eat out here.” Flash said, looking at the piles of intestines.
“Yeah. Maybe we could dig a hole somewhere and put some guts inside and the dead can fall right in. We can just stab them with something long enough to reach their heads.” Devon replies.
“How long until some deer pass through here?” Flash asks.
“It might be a few days until they come back. Let’s get back to the farm.” Devon climbs into the UTV and starts it up. Flash climbs into the passenger seat and they drive out of the woods. Flash looks back to see a zombie approach the deer intestines and eat them.

A few minutes later, the two hunters return to the farm. Devon steps out of the UTV and walks to the gate. He opens it and lets Flash drives it into the farm. Devon closes the gate from inside the wall. Flash drives up to the garage and sees if the doors are unlocked. They were still locked and Twilight was still inside working on something. Everyone else was inside the house, probably eating. He and Devon walked to the house and joined the others for lunch. The fishermen returned with a cooler full of fish. Unknown to the two, a zombie comes up to the back gate, watching the two teens walking into the house. The zombie pushed its body against the gate to try and get in. The chain had an old rusty chain ring, it snaps and the gate opens. The zombie walks into the farm and walks to the house. It heard a sound coming from inside the garage, it walks towards the garage to a cracked open door.
A minute ago, inside the house, everyone grabbed some lunch. Flash and Devon walked up to Shining.
“What did you guys find?” Shining asks the two.
“We got a couple of bucks.” Flash said.
“Big ones. We removed the guts and left them for the dead to eat. We left them in the UTV, beside the garage.” Devon said.
“Is your sister in there still?” Flash asks Shining.
“Yeah. It sounds like she’s been working on something for a couple of hours. She needed some alone time. But she’ll come in when she’s hungry.” Shining said.
“ZOMBIE!” Fluttershy shouts, causing a few members to drop their food and drinks. Some of who were near Fluttershy looked out the window and saw what she saw.
“How did it get in here?” Indigo asks.
“Did you leave the gate open?” Sour Sweet asks Flash and Devon.
“No. The chain must have snapped.” Devon said, looking out the window.
“Just keep quiet. Maybe it will leave.” Rarity said. Everyone looks out of each window where it goes. The zombie stops in its tracks and turns its head towards the garage. It walks towards the cracked open side door.
“It’s going to get Twilight!” Rainbow Dash said, runs down the stairs to get the zombie.

A couple minutes ago, Twilight was finishing up a aluminum casting of a baseball bat for Rainbow Dash. Thanks to some aluminum ingots stored in an industrial cabinet. She finished coating the bat and wraps bat tape on the grip. She cuts off the unneeded parts on both ends of the bat, she cuts them off with a hacksaw. One of the chunks of aluminum rolls off the table and rolls towards the door Twilight cracked open a while ago to let the hot air out.
“Oh shit.” Twilight said to herself. She puts the bat and hacksaw down and walks to the door. She knees down to pick up the aluminum and noticed a foot at the doorway. She looks up and saw the face of a zombie and left her in fear. She falls back and crawls back to avoid it from grabbing her. The zombie walks towards her and tries to reach her. It falls and Twilight puts her foot up against its throat. She kicks it back and caused it to close the door. Rainbow Dash was about to get in the garage, but slams into the door. A few friends arrive to help her get up.
“Get that door open.” Rainbow Dash said, Lemon grabs the doorknob and turns it, only for it to be locked.
“It’s locked.” Lemon said in worry.
“Get to the other door open.” Applejack said, running to the big door of the garage. The others follow to open the door and it was stuck. “They’re jammed.”
“Now on my watch.” Flash said, grabbing one door as the others grabbed his door.

The fight between living and dead inside continue. Twilight gets up faster than the zombie. The zombie gets up and Twilight grabs a rake and pushed the zombie by its chest. It reaches for her again, but was forced back to an anchor and falls back right on it, piercing through its chest. The zombie tries to get up and pull itself free from the anchor. Twilight picks up the aluminum bat and walks over to the zombie. She swings the bat over her head hits the zombie’s head. It left a dent in the skull and the zombie was still moving, she hits it again, but didn’t kill it. She swings again, but fails. She swings really fast with all of her strength and finally kills the zombie with some of its blood splattered on her face. She drops the bat and the garage door finally opens and everyone witness the girl and dead zombie on the anchor.
“Twilight, are you okay?” Shining asks, walking up to her sister.
“Yeah. I’m just scared.” Twilight said. She looks at the zombie she just killed. “How did it get in here?”
“I locked the back gate, but the chain must have snapped.” Devon explains.
“She could have got bite.” Cinch said.
“I’m not bit.” Twilight replies.
“Twilight, you were in here with that thing and it must have got you.” Cinch said.
“Cinch, there aren’t any teeth marks on her clothes. She’s fine.” Shining said.
“She could have bites you can’t see.” She said. Getting everyone to look at her with angry looks.
“Did you hear what he just said, bitch? She’s not bit!” Adagio said.
“She is as tough as her nail to take on one zombie by herself.” Rarity said, putting one of her fingers up to Cinch’s face.
“This is why you were a bad principal.” Sunny said.
“You were just selfish about the school’s reputation.” Indigo said.
“We all know if anyone was bit, we can figure something out.” Sunset said.
“What about the blood on her face?” Cinch asks.
“It’s just zombie blood. It can’t infect someone when it’s on someone's skin and it won’t kill her.” Devon said, getting her to some senses. Cinch looks at everyone looking at her the same way they looked at her at the friendship games.
“Fine. Don’t say I didn’t warn you about her. She almost destroyed us once.” Cinch walks back to the house. Twilight picks up the bat and grabs a metal file to file both ends of the bat.
“I made this for you, Rainbow Dash. I thought you could use something to hit some heads.” Twilight said.
“So that’s what you’ve been working on?” Rainbow Dash asks, walking up to her friend and takes a closer look at the bat. Twilight finished the bottom end and files the top end. She rubs the ends with her fingers to feel any bits of aluminum sticking out and it was smooth. Twilight hands the bat to Rainbow Dash and she accepts the weapon. It weighed a little more than any other aluminum bat. She swings it a few times to get a good feeling of the weapon. “This bat is heavy.”
“There were some aluminum ingots in a cabinet. The bat is a completely casting. Other aluminum bats from stores are hollow. So, this might be better than any other bat.” Twilight said.
“This is awesome, Twi. Thanks.” Rainbow Dash said, grabbing a rag off the table and wipes the blood off.
“You hungry, Twilight?” Applejack asks.
“Yeah.” Twilight answers, whipping the blood off her face with a different rag. She drops the rag and walks to the house to eat with everyone.

Ten minutes later, everyone was settled after eating lunch. Devon and Flash brought some of the men to help them with taking some of the meat off of the deer. Devon told them they had to skin the deer first and then take the back straps, tenderloins and other parts they can store and eat. Those who are cutting the meat out for the first time thought it was gross.
“How can anyone get use to this?” Bulk asks.
“I know how you feel, Bulk. That’s what I was like when I had to remove some meat with my dad. I was never a fan of touching dead animal parts.” Devon said, cutting out a tenderloin out and puts it in a bag.
“At least we know which parts of a deer are good to eat.” Soarin said, removing a back strap out.
“Do you guys think this will be enough meat for the group?” Night Light asks.
“I don’t know. We could make a stew out of this. Windy use to make stews for me and Rainbow Dash.” Bow said.
“My dad would get deer steaks and deer sticks from a butcher shop.” Devon said.
“How was the meat?” Shining asks.
“It was good. The sticks were a good snack. Sometimes, the animal fat from the steak would stick to the top of my mouth, it was hard to get it off with my tongue and to wash it down. So, I had to use my fingernails to get it off.” Devon said.
“Sounds like taking some getting used to when eating deer steak.” Flash said to himself, removing some meat from a shoulder.
“Just a few more pieces and we’ll be finished with the bodies.” Devon said, cutting some of the good meat out of a deer. A few minutes later, all the meat from the deer have been removed and stored.
“Do you guys think we could use the skins?” Flash asks.
“For what, Flash?” Shining asks.
“Maybe we could use them to make some clothes and help keep warm before winter gets here.” Flash said.
“I don’t know how to turn animal skins into clothes. Twilight might know how to change them and Rarity could make something useful out of them.” Devon said, loading the carcasses into the UTV bed and takes a fresh chain from a box. He gets in with Shining driving towards the back gate. They arrive to the back gate. Devon removes what’s left of the deer while Shining puts the new chain on the gate. “Flash said something that gave me an idea to handle zombies easier.”
“What did he have in mind?” Shining asks.
“After we removed the deer guts, I thought we could dig a hole somewhere to use the guts as bait and they can fall in the hole and we can just stab them from the top of the hole.” Devon said.
“That’s not a bad idea. We’ll find a good spot and dig at least ten feet deep so they can’t reach us or climb out.” Shining said.
“Flash told me about Cinch wanting to become leader if something happens to you.” Devon said.
“I had a feeling she’d want to. The day the friendship games was over, Cadance told me about how she forced the students and my sister into winning and how it nearly got them killed. I not letting her take over as leader.” Shining said, finished putting the chain on.
“My vote will always go for you. I won’t let anything change that.” Devon said, taking the gloves off.
“If something were to happen to me, I’d let Cadance become leader.” Shining said, getting in the UTV as Devon did the same.
“You should make her co-leader now and we wouldn’t have a problem.” Devon said as he and Shining drove back to the house. Shining parks the UTV next to garage and the two men get out of the UTV. They walk to the house and go see how Twilight was doing. They find her upstairs in the study reading a book with Cadance keeping her company and they walk in.
“How are you feeling, Twilight?” Shining asks.
“I’m still a little scared from nearly getting killed in the garage. I just need to calm me down.” Twilight answers.
“I thought I could give her some company after lunch.” Cadance said.
“We replaced the chain on the back gate and unloaded the deer. We’ve got plenty of meat for a while. Did anything happen while we were doing chores?” Devon asks.
“Well, Cinch has been passing by every few minutes, looking at Twilight like she's still going to turn. We checked her and there were no bites, even if there weren’t any holes in her shirt.” Cadance said.
“She just doesn’t know when to quit, does she?” Devon asks.
“Devon told me about her wanting to take over the group. After what happened at the friendship games, she’s not taking over. Even if she tries to get any of us to vote for her.” Shining said.
“She has an inflated ego, that’s why.” Devon said with his arms crossed.
“Either way, she won’t become leader of this group. She’s already outnumbered.” Twilight said. “I just need some quiet right now. I’m going to finish reading this book.”
“Okay, Twi. We’ll leave you and Cadance alone.” Shining said, walking out of the study with Devon following. They close the doors and walk in different directions after they go downstairs. Devon walks out the door and to a bonfire with an open chair. The heat of the fire hits his face as he picks up a stick and moves the burning logs a little. Sonata sits down next to him to get warm.
“Twilight doing okay?” She asks.
“Yeah. She wasn’t bit and just needs some time alone.” He said. “Damn, it’s cold.”
“Is it going to get really cold?” She asks.
“It will get cold by December. First it will rain, it will turn into ice, then snow. It might be hard to get through the change of weather. We have to keep warm for as long as we can.” He said, putting the stick down. A few members joined the bonfire.
“Getting warm here, you two?” Rainbow Dash asks with her new bat in her hand.
“Yes. Devon just told me about how cold it might be this winter. We’ll need a lot of fire wood.” Sonata said.
“It’s best to keep the bark on the wood. It will keep the wood dry from rain and snow. It would take longer to burn if it were wet.” Flash said.
“You’ve been carrying that bat for some time, Rainbow Dash?” Sonata asks.
“Yeah. I’m just trying to get use to its weight.” Rainbow Dash said.
“She killed a zombie that came up to the wall with that bat.” Lemon Zest said.
“I was more of a soccer player, but this is still handy for a weapon.” Rainbow Dash said.
“Maybe you can let us give a few swings with your bat. We can knock off some heads.” Spitfire said.
“I’ll let you guys use this when you run out of ammo or lose your weapons.” Rainbow Dash said, placing the bat beside her.
“I could probably destroy an entire head in just one swing if I can.” Bulk said.
“I bet.” Adagio said.
“Do you guys think the bat will break?” Aria asks.
“I don’t it will break, Aria. This will last long than a wooden bat.” Rainbow Dash said.
“Do you remember when you used that sword, Devon? How good were you with it?” Flash asks.
“Well, I was sick when it happened and couldn’t cut through their heads. I shoved the sword through a mouth and how I handled seven of them by myself. I step on one of their heads in a fire and fried its brain. One trip on a limb of the log Zecora had next to her hut. A few more of them came and Zecora saved by swing her staff right at them. Maybe she can teach us how to use her staff and sword.” Devon said.
“She does have the skills for melee weapons.” Rainbow Dash said.
“I think I saw her with Wallflower a while ago. They were replacing some flowers and Zecora was collecting them for some mixes for medicine.” Adagio said.
“Whenever she has free time, we’ll ask.” Spitfire said. Getting everyone to have a good time. Devon thinks back to the times he had bonfires with his family, it made him feel sad.
“I miss my family.” He said, looking down at the ground.
“I’m sure you do, bro.” Aria said.
“If they were here right now, I’d know they like you guys.” He said. “This bonfire reminds me of the times we would go outside and get some fresh air.”
“Where are you from, Devon? We don’t much about you.” Lemon said.
“Oh. Well, I’m from Missouri. In the Kansas City district of that state. We’d go to some conventions held at Bartle Hall in down town KC. Watch the Chiefs and Royals games whenever we could go inside the stadiums.” He said and laughs a little. “I remember the first time I went inside the football stadium, it was winter and I wore heavy clothes to keep me warm. By the end of the game, I had to use the restroom and it took so long to take off the clothes.”
“What happened after that?” Sonata asks.
“We left the stadium.” He answers.
“Man. It was rough for you to handle the cold.” Aria said.
“It may have been a rough couple of hours, but I’m not going to give into the cold when winter comes.” He said.
“We’ll do our best to keep us all warm. We know the best techniques to stay warm.” Bulk said.
“You just need to keep moving to keep your blood pumping.” Spitfire said. “I’ve had a lot of experience when I played soccer for the school’s team.” Spitfire said.
“His sister use to play soccer when she was a kid.” Rainbow Dash said. Which surprised Spitfire.
“She would’ve made a good player for the team.” Spitfire replies.
“I’m sure she would. She switched to volleyball years after playing soccer.” He said.
“It must have been an easy play for her then, huh?” Adagio asks.
“Yep.” He said. Aria sees Spike walking to the fire with Twilight walk next to him. They join the fire.
“Are you okay now, Twi?” Lemon asks.
“A lot better, yeah. I just needed some quiet was all.” Twilight answers.
“I saw Cinch checking on her and I decided to with Twilight for a little protection. I remember her allergies for dogs and this is useful.” Spike said, laying down on the ground.
“Does she carry any allergy medicine with her?” Devon asks.
“I think she does. After we were brought here, she looked through the supplies and found a bottle of them.” Lemon said.
“As long as she doesn’t hog all the allergy meds, we’ll have to give her a few pills and give her more when she runs out.” Rainbow Dash said. “If she was just checking on you for any signs of zombie infection, Twi. We should teach her a lesson about her ego and to get her to know how wrong she is.”
“I’m sure we can do it in a less painful way if that’s what you’re thinking.” Twilight said.
“I didn’t say anything about hurting, just a little meaning about how wrong she can be.” Rainbow Dash replies.
“She’s been wrong ever since the day she ran Crystal Prep, until she stopped running there.” Twilight said. The remaining shadow bolts, Applejack and Sunset join the group.
“Having a good time here, partners?” Applejack asks.
“We’re are, Applejack.” Spitfire said.
“What we’re you guys talking about?” Sunset asks.
“We we’re just talking about some issues with Cinch.” Rainbow Dash said.
“Like what?” Indigo asks.
“Like when she ran Crystal Prep and when she kept checking on me for any signs of me turning into a zombie.” Twilight said.
“Oh, just making sure you were okay.” Sour Sweet said. “Unless she was trying to get rid of you.” She said with some attitude.
“She’s really stubborn, that’s her problem.” Devon said.
“You think?” Sunny said.
“More like I know. She even thinks about taking over as leader if something happens to Shining.” Devon said.
“She has her ways, that’s her problem.” Sugarcoat said.
“How did you girls end up with her again after the outbreak?” Aria asks the shadowbolts.
“We had our own camp after we got away from Canterlot City and she came up to our camp. She was trying to take some of our supplies and we had her surrounded until we recognized her. We let her stay with us and she barely told us what to do. A couple months later, we were on the highway and we heard your message through the radio. We followed the highway and we found the homeless shelter.” Sugarcoat said.
“At least you knew where to go. If we didn’t find you on the highway, you’d still be walking.” Adagio said.
“And for how long? Who knows? We don’t know how long we would have lasted out there.” Lemon said.
“And you guys gave us a chance to live.” Sour Sweet said. “Unless you wanted us to die out there.” She said in a mean tone.
“But we didn’t do that.” Sonata replies.
“Are you going to talk between sweet and sour talk like that?” Devon asks with some annoyance to how she talks between sweet and sour talk.
“Don’t complain, man. It’s just part of her personality.” Indigo said.
“Some things never change inside us.” Sunset said.
“Where are you from, Devon?” Sunny asks.
“He’s from Kansas City, Missouri. He told us about the things he remembered doing before he moved.” Lemon said.
“That’s a long way away from here. Do you miss it there?” Sugarcoat asks.
“I do miss it. Sometimes, I can’t imagine how much of the district is over run right now.” Devon said.
“Unless everyone there was evacuated to the city, it might be safe there.” Rainbow Dash said.
“What makes you say that?” He asks.
“We remember the news about the infection spreading and everyone was told evacuate the cities and return once they were clear. Some of the cities have to be safe out there.” Flash said.
“Maybe. Some cities might be overrun, just like Canterlot City. It’s best we should avoid any cities we come across.” Twilight said.
“God. I remember how much of the dead was in the city.” Adagio said, thinking about the first few days of the outbreak.
“How did you three end up with them?” Sunny asks.
“Me and my sisters were trying to get out of the city when saw the dead walking around.” Adagio said.
“We hid inside a dumpster when the streets full of them. There was no way out of there.” Aria said.
“The dumpster was empty when we hid in there. I thought we were going to die, but Devon found us and saved us dying. Sonata said.
“Now we know why you girls like him so much.” Sunny said.
“We found this motel an hour away from the city. We found our family members a few weeks later when we had to get food and supplies. They stayed at this apartment complex next door to the store we searched.” Rainbow Dash said.
“We had to get back to my house and I heard my phone ringing and ran to get my phone.” Devon said.
“Your phone had a signal?” Lemon asks.
“No. I was hallucinating. I heard my mom’s voice through the phone and my dad’s the next day. I talk to them when I need to. I don’t know how long this will go for.” He said.
“He told us about this when we found this military base. We agreed to help him get through his problem.” Flash said.
“Sorry to hear that.” Indigo said.
“A month before we found that base, this group was led by this guy named Frank. He was killing people behind his leader’s back when he wanted him to find people and rescue them. He tried to kill us at the motel and I thought I killed him.” Devon said.
“You thought?” Sugarcoat asks in confusion.
“My shot just scratched his face and shot a chunk of his ear off and we escaped the motel. He and his leader Derek were from this town named Wood Valley. We were all safe for a day until we learned about a hidden secret. Frank use to carry this red handled machete with him to kill people.” He said. “I fought him inside this bar and he caused a fire. It burnt the rest of Wood Valley as we escaped. He and what was left of his search party tracked us to the base. We fought again on that cargo truck with zombies surrounding us. I never felt anything like that in my life.”
“How did he die?” Sunny asks.
“Well, when he saw my family photo, he told me he killed them on the highway and liked it. It made so angry, I hit his head so hard with a bat and let my rage take over and made him fall to the ground to get eaten alive. I watched him in complete fear as he died.” He explained.
“Jesus, man. That Frank guy was worse than zombies.” Lemon said.
“That liar was wantin to put our world in fear as a way to bring it back with a new world order.” Applejack said.
“He even had the word ‘FEAR’ carved in the handle of the machete. It was like his trademark. Twilight wrapped it with some tape so we don’t have to see that word again.” He said.
“That’s why you tried to get rid of us.” Sour Sweet said.
“Because we were giving you a chance to live without us trying to kill you.” He said.
“Was this farm empty when you guys found?” Indigo asks.
“No. Wallflower found this farm before we came here.” Sunset answers.
“We nearly died that day.” Aria said.
“What?” Sunny asks in shock.
“When we got here, there was this zombie hanging from its neck on that tree over there and I shot it out of its misery. Wallflower shot the ground a few feet away from us and tried to get us to go away. I gave the dazzlings, Sunset and Trixie some time to escape so I could stop her.” Devon said.
“Did you know it was Wallflower?” Sugarcoat asks.
“She was wearing a mask and I couldn’t recognize her voice. She had me pinned down at the stables and I was about to shoot her when Sunset came back to help.” He said.
“I shot her in the chest, but she had body armor on under her shirt. She was lucky to wear that. We brought her into the house and she tried to kill Devon. For being alone here for months, she couldn’t remember anyone. We found her yearbook and showed her our pictures to jog up her memories of us.” Sunset said.
“Well, that’s one way to stop someone from killing you.” Sour Sweet said.
“This place belonged to a world war two veteran from the flag and M1 Garand rifle I found in the master bedroom.” He said.
“How do you know if the gun’s what you say it is?” Indigo asks.
“He knows any gun model we find and the ones he had in his father’s safe.” Twilight said.
“He gave us his guns and we gave them back to him a couple months after we stayed at the motel.” Flash said.
“Some of the guns he had were rare. Ah had to pick a different gun.” Applejack said.
“Well, that’s interesting to hear.” Sunny said and looks at the two crosses under the tree. “What about the other cross over there?” She asks. It made Devon remember what he did last month.
“That cross is for the veteran’s granddaughter. Wallflower and I found her in the attic, she was a zombie. Wallflower never looked in the attic when she found it. We didn’t know if she died of dehydration or starved to death.” Devon said.
“Oh, jesus.” Indigo said.
“That made me think it could have been the girls if I didn’t find them in that dumpster.” He said, holding his arm to the dazzlings.
“Depends on which one of would die first and then eat the other two.” Aria said.
“Don’t say that, Aria. If I didn’t find you girls in there and with those zombies following the alarm of that car, you’d escape with less zombies to get you.” He makes a point.
“He’s right, you know. You three would have made it out, but you probably wouldn’t survive without us.” Rainbow Dash said.
“The fire is going out, guys.” Bulk said, getting everyone to at the logs and the small flames. Bulk gets up and tossed some dirt on the log to put out the fire. “Does anyone think any zombies are eating what’s left of the deer?”
“Ah don’t know, partner. Ah’m gonna check on the deer.” Applejack said, walking to the back gate. She arrives and spots a couple of zombies eating the remaining parts of the deer. “Well, they’re havin a good meal.” Applejack continues to watch the zombies eating as they mind their own business without her getting their attention. It felt like a nightmare, watching the undead eating precious life of the world. They heard a branch snap and looked in the direction it came from. Applejack saw Zecora and Wallflower walking to the gate and the two zombies got up to eat fresh meat. The two girls see the zombies walking towards them, Zecora pulls out her katana while Wallflower stands back. The zombies raise their arms to reach Zecora as she swings the blade up the middle of the first zombie’s face and swings to her left, slicing the head clean off from the neck. She flicks her kanata to shake the blood off the blade and puts it back in her sheath. Wallflower begins to walk to the gate with Zecora walking ahead. Applejack opens the gate and lets the girls in.
“We were looking for some flowers in the woods, Applejack. I felt like we could use some other plants around the farm.” Wallflower said while carrying the plants.
“What kind of flowers did ya find?” Applejack asks.
“Well, we found some cosmos, daylilies, marigolds and yarrow. I ran out of packs of seeds, so I went out there to find some.” Wallflower said, explaining why she got flowers.
“We picked the right flowers that nature help bloom, it is peace that will keep us from thinking about certain doom.” Zecora said. “As the old flowers begin to die, there will be no flowers for us to buy.”
“That’s what I was afraid of. It would just put my hobby on hold for a really long time.” Wallflower said.
“And for how good they smell?” Applejack asks.
“It will help a little. You just need to get close to smell them.” Wallflower said, walking to the house. She arrives to an empty spot of the flower bed and pulls out her garden shovel from her back pocket. She digs the soil out of the ground and placed the flowers in the holes. She scoops the dug-up soil around the flowers to cover up the roots. To her attention, Cadance watches her plant the flowers, reminding her of the old days.
“Where did you get these, Wallflower?” Cadance asks, getting her attention.
“They were in the woods, Cadance. I wanted to find some flowers and place them here. Something to make me feel better.” Wallflower said.
“It reminds me of the old days. The smell of flowers made it fell like a piece of beauty. Like the Canterlot Garden Park was one.” Cadance said, which made Wallflower look at her in the eyes.
“I use to go the garden park every weekend. It was one of my favorite places in the city, but I loved the Canterlot High’s garden. It was one place I could be myself when I was unnoticed by the rest of the school.” Wallflower said.
“I’m sorry to hear that, Wallflower.” Cadance said to her unnoticed attention.
“It’s alright. I apologized to Sunset for my mistake to get revenge for what she did and she apologized to me for her mistakes.” Wallflower said.
“That’s good. Twilight went through a bad experience one time and she’s changed since then.” Cadance said.
“I think I remember students talking about the incident after the friendship games. I was sick when it happened.” Wallflower explained.
“Sorry again, Wallflower. I think I know how it feels to stay home and worry about yourself.” Cadance said, rubbing her torso.
“Do you think it’s a boy or girl?” Wallflower asks.
“I don’t know. I haven’t thought of any names for the baby yet. We’ll make sure to pick the right one.” Cadance said.
Meanwhile, Shining and Twilight were working on RV. Making sure it was in good shape for any more trips when the group needs to use it.
“How does it look, Shining?” Twilight asks.
“It looks like it could use an oil change. I’ll have to get under the RV and open the tank. See if there’s a bucket in the garage. I’m going to get a bottle of oil for this.” He said, going to get a new bottle of motor oil while Twilight walks to the garage to find a bucket. She looks through the shelves for the right bucket to collect the oil in the RV. She finds an oil tray and it was nearly flat enough to slide under the RV. She grabs the tray and walks back to the RV with Shining standing next to the door with a new bottle of motor oil.
“I think this work better than a bucket.” Twilight hands the tray over to her brother. He smiles at the tool that would work better than a normal bucket. He slides the pan under the bottom lid of the oil tank and picks up a wrench. Shining grabs the lid and turns it counter clockwise, the lid comes off and oil begins to poor into the pan.
“It’s pooring, Twi. It will be out in just a minute.” Shining said, watching the oil poor as the pan fills up. Every drop of the oil falls into the pan and nearly reaching the top. The oil stopped pooring from the tank, Shining pulled the tray out of the way and puts the lid back on the tank. “It’s on, Twi.” He gives Twilight the signal to poor the new motor oil in the oil tank. Shining Armor climbs out from under the RV and gets up to see his sister refill the oil tank. They watched the oil slowly enter the tank and remind them how thick oil is. All of the oil has entered the oil tank, Twilight places the cap back on the tank while Shining puts the lid back on the bottle. “This will keep it cool for a while.” He closed the lid and goes inside the house to wash up. As the day goes on, everyone stayed on the farm. Those who went outside decided to help with the livestock and crops.

The day passed and brought birth to a new night. Nearly every survivor was asleep in their tents. Twilight sat in the RV with the moment of her zombie encounter in the garage. She keeps an LED lantern turned on next to her on the bed, writing in one of Devon’s blank notebooks to write down today’s events. She has been writing important events that revolve around her group, from day one of the outbreak. Listings of places, deaths, supplies looted and map routes they traveled. She writes the moment she was close to death with her zombie encounter in garage when she worked on Rainbow Dash’s bat. The sound of the RV door opening catches her attention and she saw Devon and the dazzlings enter the RV.
“We saw the light coming from the window. Are you doing okay?” Adagio asks.
“Yeah. I just have some trouble sleeping. I still have my zombie encounter stuck on my mind.” Twilight explains.
“I know how that feels.” Adagio said to herself. She noticed the notebook Twilight was writing in. “Is that one of Devon’s notebooks?”
“It is. I thought about writing our groups history through the apocalypse. I’ve memorized everything ever since day one.” Twilight said.
“Wow. You must be the smartest person I’ve ever meet, Twilight.” Sonata said.
“I can agree with that.” Aria adds.
“It’s like I’m a historian. To write down where we’ve been, what we’ve got, learned and who we’ve killed. Including the dates, they happened.” Twilight said, writing in the notebook.
“Every day that’s happened?” Devon asks.
“Every single day.” Twilight answers.
“Do you want us to keep you company, Twi? It looks like you could use it again.” He asks.
“Yeah. I feel like I’m going to get in the same problem for some reason.” She said, letting them sit on the couch and seats of the RV.
“How much more do you have to write in that notebook?” Aria asks tiredly.
“Just a minute and I’ll be done for the night.” Twilight said, writing on the page of the notebook. The teens began to feel tired, one of them decided to lock the door and rest for the rest of the night. Twilight turns off the lantern.

(October 30, 2016)

The sun climbs the sky and everyone wakes up to the light. The community steps out into the open, feeling the wind flow through the farm. The community members divided into groups to the chores for the day. Hunting was off for a while since Flash and Devon caught the two deer yesterday. With it thought through, a group walks to the crops, another on the livestock and the last group goes to the lake with the best fishing equipment. The fishing group took the cargo truck to carry the whole group at the same time with their equipment. They drive to the gate, one of them hops off of the bed to open and close the gate. The group arrive to the lake in a few minutes, they climb out and off the cargo. The boat Spitfire and Soarin found next to the tree was getting unloaded from the cargo’s bed. Twilight, Adagio and Devon carry the boat to the water, climbs onto the boat and paddled to the middle of the lake. The rest of the fishers remand on the bank to catch any fish in the shallow waters.
“They might not get much as we’ll get over here.” Rainbow Dash said.
“They can catch some big fish if they’re lucky, Rainbow.” Applejack said, fetching her rod out into the water. Rainbow Dash noticed her rod was made out of a stick, fishing line and a hook. She thought Applejack was fishing with an old fashion fishing rod. “It’s peaceful out here.”
“It does. The country side is not as bad as the cities.” Sugarcoat said.
“How did you girls get out of Canterlot City?” Aria asks.
“We were at Crystal Prep, in our classrooms and we heard the military ordering us to evacuate. We grouped together and made it out of the city. We manage to get out a camp when it was overrun and survive on our own. Cinch found us at a cabin when she was trying to find food. We made sure she wasn’t going to kill us and we let her stay.” Indigo said.
“But she didn’t become leader. She wasn’t going to repeat history if we let her.” Sour Sweet said, aiming her bow at a fish. She lets go of the arrow and shoots the fish. She pulls the rope to retrieve the arrow with a twenty-pound fish around it. She removes the fish from the arrow and puts it in the cooler. Zecora held a makeshift spear made from a stick and stone. She held the spear over her shoulder and looks for a big fish to catch. One swims near the algae and she jabs her spear right at the fish, stabbing it with the stone. The fish tries to wiggle free from the spear, but Zecora refused to let it go. She pulls it free from the spear and puts it in the cooler. “How did you get in the group, Zecora?”
“I was alone inside my hut in the woods, when Devon came by, he wasn’t feeling good. When his friends came for him need, they let me come with them, all with good deed.” Zecora said, looking back at the water.
“What can we say, he’s a good kid. We’re even keeping an eye of him for any trouble he has.” Rainbow said, aiming her crossbow at the water to try Sour’s trick shot. She spots a fish and pulls the trigger, firing the arrow and strikes the fish in the head. She walks over to the arrow and pulls it out of the water with the fish on the arrow. “Does anyone know if they’re going to get anything out there?” She asks.
“I don’t know. They might get more fish out there than we might here.” Soarin said, watching the bobber on his line for any nibbling from fish. As for the teens on the boat, they sat down with rods in their hands and no sign of fish taking the bait.
“I remember this one time I saw these zombies inside a pond and they were just floating. They didn’t even swim to shore.” Twilight said.
“I can’t imagine how bad the water would taste and how much fish they could eat. And how bad the water would taste.” Adagio said.
“It might turn anyone into a zombie if they do drink that kind of water.” Twilight said.
“Then maybe we should put up warning sign for tainted water to warn others and remind us not to make that mistake one by one.” Devon said, looking into the water. “I remember the number of times I went fishing with my dad and I caught this twenty-inch stripper in Arkansas. It was the biggest fish I ever caught.”
“What did you do with the fish?” Twilight asks.
“We took it back to the docks, cut some of the meat off and cooked it back home.” He spoke.
“Do you do that to other kinds of fish?” Adagio asks.
“Yeah. Some are catfish, salmon, carp, trout and other kinds of fish.” He answers. “Some of them are seafood instead of freshwater fish.”
“We might catch some frogs while we’re here.” Twilight said. “We could try to make frog legs if we catch any.”
“That sounds disgusting.” Adagio replies.
“I have never had frog legs before. My dad told me they taste like chicken. But I can imagine a little easier to chew.” He spoke.
“What makes you think it will taste like chicken?” Adagio asks.
“It’s just something everyone says in a way to get someone to eat they’re going to eat.” He spoke.
“Oh brother.” Adagio said to herself. She felt her rod twitching and bending, she felt a fish trying to take her bait.
“Adagio. Yank your rod, you’ll catch it onto your hook.” Devon said, getting her to do what he just said and she does. He watches her reeling her fish in while Twilight grabs a net to help. Adagio reeled the fish out of the water and lifts it over the net. It was a ten-pound carp, Devon picks up the carp and removes the hook from its mouth. He puts it in the cooler they had with the boat they brought.
“Just a few more big ones and we’ll head back to the farm.” Twilight said. A couple hours later, the boat survivors returned to shore with five fish in their cooler. “How did you guys do?” She asks her friends.
“We caught ten of the fish. Some of them were too small to make a fine dish.” Zecora said.
“That’s good. The rest of the fish here can take care of themselves.” Twilight said.
“Let’s get back before we catch any trouble. I don’t like being out in the open like this.” Sunny said, walking to cargo. She and the others grabbed the fishing supplies, load them into the cargo and drive back to the farm. They have arrived and unload their equipment and what they caught.
“What’s the catch for the day?” Shining asks.
“Over two dozen of fish and some bullfrogs.” Applejack said.
“We can make fish sticks and frog legs for lunch.” Rainbow Dash said, carrying a cooler out of the cargo.
“I managed to catch some fish with my arrows.” Sour Sweet said, receiving a surprised look from Shining Armor.
“What kind of fish did you all get?” He asks.
“We got some bass, cat fish and salmon.” Twilight said.
“I could go for smoked salmon. Just a few ingredients on the fish and you got a meal.” Devon said.
“Well, we have plenty of ingredients in the house. We can pick the right ingredients and it will taste better.” Shining said. He and the teens carried the load over to the house. A few survivors took the fish to table and to cut them into pieces. They chopped off the heads of the fish and a layer of the fish on both sides of their bodies. It was important to leave the skin and flesh together before cooking fish meat. They rinsed the meat with water and started dressing the meat with seasonings and dressings. Devon started the smoker and grill so it would be ready to cook and smoke the fish. The smell of smoke and fish travels through the smoker’s exhaust, some of the people walked by and smelled the smoke. With the smoker going, everyone had to wait until the food was ready.
Everyone else who remained inside the farm went with their tasks. Some of the survivors decided to train and improve their skills. Those who practiced with machetes used some hay bales and logs as if they were zombies. Those shooting the airsoft guns used old paper plates for targets. Zecora taught some of her friends how to swing a staff just like hers and use her katana. Some of them felt nervous about using her katana like they were going to lose their grip on the handle and end up killing someone by mistake. They used some old glass bottles to swing the katana for a head. It was really important for them to wear eye protection or look away from the bottles. Zecora taught her friends how to defend themselves with her weapons and how to disarm them. Even taught how to trip their opponents. During archery practice, it surprised some survivors how Sour Sweet can shoot three arrows at the same time. After all the training, everyone sat inside the house and ate the fish with a side of corn on the cob and salads.
“This is good, man. Is this what your parents used on their fish?” Rainbow Dash asks Devon.
“Yeah. It’s like I just knew what they use on any type of fish they cook.” He spoke.
“Did you know some consider fish not a meat?” Twilight said. “It’s kind of odd they think like that.”
“Well, I think it’s meat.” Lemon said.
“Does anyone know any tricks on how we can catch more animals in the woods?” Flash asks.
“We could set up some traps in the woods. One of the traps I’ve seen on tv is called a snare trap.” Devon said.
“How does it work?” Sunny asks.
“Well, one version is when you carefully flex a small tree with a thick string on the end with a loop and place some rock and sticks on the string to keep it on the ground. Another version, you can just be put in a path on the ground and whatever goes through will get caught in the trap.” He explains.
“What do we do for fish?” Sugarcoat asks.
“We could craft some cages and place them in the creeks. They’ll just swim right into them and can’t swim out.” Applejack said.
“Every day is a school day for everyone.” Indigo said.
“How will we know where we’ll the traps are after we set them?” Sonata asks.
“I have a map of the area. We can mark the locations of the traps.” Wallflower said.
“How much land does it show, Wallflower?” Twilight asks.
“It goes as far as the lake and the forest.” Wallflower answers.
“That’s got to be enough land to mark the traps.” Twilight said, continues to eat her lunch. After everyone ate their lunch, Wallflower brought the map she mentioned to who were talking about the trap plans looked at the map to see where were the best locations.
“Hey. What will we do if zombies get to traps if something is caught?” Rainbow Dash asks.
“We’ll have to set traps for them.” Twilight said.
“How will we do that?” Sour Sweet asks.
“I don’t know. I’ll need to figure that how.” Twilight said.
“It better now end up with us getting caught in those traps.” Sour Sweet replies and receives a punch to the arm from Adagio.
“You have got to stop doing that.” Adagio said while Sour Sweet was rubbing her arm.
“We’ll work on this together. It’s the best way to make this work.” Applejack said.
After discussing the trap idea, Twilight looked through a survival book and kept track of Devon’s snare trap tip and found the page it’s on. With a little thinking, they found a way to make traps for zombies. They would dig trenches in the ground with spikes inside them. It would catch them by their ankles and prevent them from reaching their food. They looked through the garage for any kind of material for string. They found a roll of some rope, not too thin and not too thick. With some cage designing for the fish traps. They got in the UTV and jeep and into the woods. Some were setting up the traps while the rest kept watch. They took the map with them and marked the locations with colored markers, so that way, they can know where the trap is. Red for snare and blue for fish. They made sure to make zombie traps to surround the snare traps if they try to catch any food they’ll get. After a couple of hours, they drove back to the farm and got back for everyone to make dinner out of the deer meat. They used the smoker and grill again and cooked the meet with the same seasoning with the fish meat they had for lunch. Everyone went along with their routines and ate dinner. Some zombies were spotted, trying to reach over the wall. Some survivors took care of them so they wouldn’t be annoyed with their desire to eat anyone inside the wall. As the day turns to the night, everyone goes to their beds in the house and tents, they sleep under the moon.

(October 31, 2016)

A new day has arrived, everyone gets up and to do their tasks. To those who set up the traps in the woods, they travel into the woods and checked on the traps. They were a few locations with some zombies caught in the traps for them, trying to reach for the caught animals. Rainbow Dash uses her bat to take some whacks at their heads. They managed to catch some rabbits and squirrels. Some of them were too small, they decided to let them go. They checked on the fish traps and caught a total of nine fish in the creek traps. Everyone in this group resets the traps and head back to the farm. They gave Shining their trap reports on what they caught.
“Guys, I need to tell you something important.” Shining said.
“What is it, Shining?” Sugarcoat asks.
“I was checking on the supplies and we are low on medicine.” He answers.
“How much?” Lemon asks.
“Pretty much all the meds and medical supplies we have.” He spoke.
“Can we make some more with what we can use?” Rainbow Dash asks.
“I’m afraid we won’t have enough supplies to make any more meds and the flowers are dying in this weather.” He spoke.
“Perfect.” Devon said, waving his hand up.
“We’ll have to go out of the farm and search somewhere for supplies.” Flash said.
“But where? We don’t know what’s out there.” Sour said.
“What about the highway? We haven’t searched all of the cars.” Sonata suggested.
“Not a chance. We’ve searched every inch of those cars and took everything we could find. Even if we all go out there and Cadance is in no condition to do that.” Twilight said.
“Wallflower. How far have you been away from here?” Shining asks the girl.
“I’ve only gone as far as the highway. That’s as far as I’ve gone away from here.” Wallflower answers.
“There’s got to be a place out there we can look for supplies.” Applejack said.
“Is there a map we could use to find any towns nearby?” Twilight asks.
“We had that one map showing us the forest. There has to be one in here that can show us where to go.” Flash said. Wallflower started thinking about the possibility of another map she found in the house.
“I think I know where a map like that is. Follow me.” Wallflower walks towards the stairs and up to the study. Everyone in the conversation followed behind as she looks through the drawers and shelves. She found a map and opens it on the desk. Everyone looks at the landscape and saw the name of a nearby town named Rockhill.
“Rockhill looks like the nearest place we can go look for supplies.” Adagio said.
“It looks like it’s about ten miles away from here.” Twilight said. “We’ll have to take the RV if we're going to take as many of us there and to carry as much as we can back here.”
“It sounds like a plan. Who’s going?” Flash asks.
“Flash, Devon, Shadowbolts, Twilight, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, and Dazzlings. I rely on you guys to go and search. Take Pinkie and Rarity with you, Rarity can help you spot any sign of danger when you go out there. Twilight can know what we need the most and Cadnace will need vitamins for her and the baby.” He spoke.
“Spike’s been through a lot of training. We could take him with us. He can track and warn us of any danger.” Twilight said.
“That’s not a bad idea, Twi. He can be of use.” Shining said.
“Looks like we know what to do. Let’s get our things everyone. We got a job to do.” Applejack said. Everyone walks out of the house and went out the front door. Along the way, Applejack spotted the crusaders sitting next to the door. “How long have you three been there?”
“Is it going to be dangerous?” Applebloom asks.
“Is what going to be dangerous?” Applejack asks back.
“Rockhill.” Scootaloo answers.
“Ah just can’t lie to you girls. Ah don’t know.” Applejack said with her honest answer. Devon stood aside her, overhearing the conversation.
“We don’t want to you guys to die.” Sweetie Belle said.
“Neither do we, Sweetie Belle. I won’t let anything happen them or me. That’s why Shining picked us randomly for the job.” Devon said.
“Can we help?” Applebloom asks.
“What?” The two teens ask at the same time.
“You guys trained us for a long time and we feel like it’s time for us to be a big help for this.” Scootaloo said.
“We just want to get outside of these walls with you.” Sweetie Belle said. Devon and Applejack looked at each other, thinking about what the crusaders said. “Can we come with you?” She asks. The two older kids thought about it.
“Yes. But you girls have to stay with your sisters no matter what.” Devon said.
“Okay. We’ll go get what we need.” Applebloom said, walking to her tent to get her backpack and weapons. Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle did the same.

Thirty minutes later, the search party was outside of the RV with their weapons and bags. Shining hands Flash the keys to the RV. Devon’s trailer was hitched to the RV for anything big they’ll find. Flash walks in and puts the keys in the ignition. Everyone walks inside and gets in a seat, some of them had to sit on the bed and some on the floor. Flash starts the RV and drives towards the front gate. Bow and Shining opened and closed the gate for the RV. They travel up the road to Rockhill. Those who sat on the floor, couldn’t stand sitting on the rough floor and slips whenever Flash turns the RV. One of them had to sit on the toilet in the bathroom. After a ten-mile drive, everyone arrived to Rockhill. It was guarded by a large gate. It was closed. They had to get out and see if they can open it. They try to open it from the outside, but it wouldn’t budge open.
“Looks like we’ll have to open it from the inside.” Flash said. He spots a turnstile next to the gate. He walks to it and pushes it to get in, but it was jammed shut. “Give me a hand.” He calls for help. Rainbow Dash and Applejack pull the gate behind Flash while he pushes the gate in front of him. “On three. One. Two. Three.” They work there might and got the turnstile to revolve and Flash got through.
“We’re coming in, Flash. Just encase there’s something crazy in there.” Rainbow Dash said, going through the gate with Applejack following. The inside of Rockhill was empty. No humans, no animals, no zombies. Nothing inside the town.
“It’s empty in here.” Applejack said.
“Something tells me this town went to shit from the inside.” Flash said, walking to the control panel to the gate. He pressed the green button and it didn’t respond. “Guys. The gate is out of power. I’ll need to turn the power back on.” He follows a cable from the gate to the other end of the cable. It led the end of the cable to a generator and he plugs it into the generator. It was not running, he had to pull the pull rope and get the generator running. The generator starts running and the power to the gate was on. Applejack pressed the open button and the gate opens, the RV pulls into Rockhill. “Rarity, keep driving the RV until we get somewhere big.” He called Rarity to keep in mind.
“Alright, darling.” Rarity said, staying in the driver seat as the rest her friends walked out of the RV.
“Nobody draw their guns. We can’t take any chances with what could be in here.” Devon said, drawing his machete out. The others did the same with their weapons. Everyone walked through the streets to find any pharmacies and a few other places for supplies. They checked the first pharmacy they found and walked inside. They searched the shelves and behind the counter, they could only find pregnancy vitamins for Cadance.
“The only meds we can find are pregnancy vitamins in here. Why would anyone avoid these?” Twilight said.
“That doesn’t make any sense. There could be others.” Spike said. He catches a rotten sent coming from the front door, he growls to warn everyone. They look in his direction and walked to locate the danger. They find zombie standing by the door with no arms and no jaw. Devon jumped in surprise, but it wasn’t attacking him.
“Devon. Get away from that thing.” Sour Sweet said, aiming her bow at the zombie.
“No, wait. Put the bow down.” Twilight getting in the way of Sour’s shot, preventing her from shooting a bolt and gets a better look at the zombie. “It’s not attacking him. It’s not trying to eat him or me. It’s like this zombie’s behavior changed after what happened to it.” She sticks her finger into its mouth as the zombie’s eyes followed the movement of her hand. The others looked at it after what Twilight said.
“You’re right, Twilight. It’s being so friendly, it’s like it’s human again.” Apple Bloom said.
“We’re not going to leave it like this, are we?” Sweetie Belle asks.
“No. It needs to be put down.” Sunny said. Applejack grabs the zombie while Twilight pulls out her knife and stabs it in the side of its head.
“Guys. I see a gun store up the street.” Rarity told her friends and they looked in her direction. They walked to the gun store. They were stopped by Flash and Devon just encase. They both knocked on the outside of the door and waited for any zombies to come to the source of the knocking. After a few seconds, it was clear.
“It’s clear.” Flash said, walking into the shop. There were roughly a few guns inside in display counters and cases. They took what they could find. Rainbow Dash spots a leather vest with angel wings on the back. She thought it looked awesome on her, she puts down her crossbow and backpack to put the vest on.
“These will come in handy.” Twilight said, looking at the variants of ammunition reloading machines. Twilight about the idea to reload their fired ammunition. “We have to take these back to the farm. We can reload our ammo with these.”
“I hope we can find the bullets we shot.” Indigo said. She and the others gave Twilight a hand to carry the machines to the trailer. They strapped them down on the trailer to prevent them from sliding off the trailer and bumping into each other too hard. They went back into the gun store anything they could find. They checked the back of the store and found a workbench. Rainbow Dash felt something loose in the floor under her right foot. She looks down to find a rug on top of something, she moves the rug and finds a trapdoor. She opens it and finds some suppressors and a few threaded barrels in various calibers.
“Look at what I found, guys.” She spoke.
“Suppressors. I never thought we could find these.” Devon said, taking one of the suppressors. “These can help reduce the sound of the gunshots.” He looks at the workbench. “We’ve got time.” He picks up a .22LR threaded barrel and walks to the workbench. He unloads the gun’s mag and pulls the slide back and ejects the bullet from the chamber and removes the end of the barrel. Devon screws on the threaded barrel to his gun and attached the suppressor to his gun. “It’s all yours.” He gives the others to attach suppressors to their guns. Applejack’s gun already had a threaded barrel on, she attached a .45ACP suppressors to her gun.
“What else did you find?” Rarity asks.
“We found some suppressors, Rarity. We can now use our guns and avoid bringing an army of the dead.” Lemon said.
“Your rifle could use this.” Devon said, tossing her a suppressor. She catches it in midair and spots a zombie walking towards them.
“Guys.” Rarity points in the direction and they see.
“Let me do it.” Devon said, drawing his gun and shoots it in the head. The sound was not loud and their scavenger hunt was going to go okay without any trouble. He looks up in the distance to see a hospital a few blocks away from their location. “There’s a hospital that way. It’s the best place we could find medicine.” He picks up his fired casing for Twilight’s idea to reload their ammo. Twilight knew she couldn’t find the bullet since it was too small to find.
“Rarity. We’ve got one shot with that hospital.” Aria said, walking into the RV with the others. Rarity drove to the hospital with hardly any danger along the way. Everyone got out of the RV when they arrived at the front doors. It was locked.
“I’ll take care of this.” Twilight said, walking to the lock and reaches into her backpack. She pulls out a small pouch and opens it to a set of lockpicking tools. Twilight pulls out the right kind of tools to pick the lock.
“Where did you get that?” Sonata asks.
“I found it in one of the cars back on the highway when we were searching them. I thought they would come in handy for any locked doors we’d come across.” Twilight answers, picking the lock of the hospital door. With a few twists and turns, the slide doors were now unlocked. They opened the doors and walked into the hospital. They closed the doors behind them and looked at what was around them.
“What the hell happened in here?” Adagio asks.
“I wish I knew, Adagio.” Twilight said.
“It looks like it’s safe in here.” Rainbow Dash said.
“One way to find out.” Flash said, walking the information desk and knocks on the desk. He looks down the hallways if any zombies would come to the source of the noise. Pinkie spots the call bell and dings it a few times for more noise. After a few seconds, it looked like there were no zombies on the first floor.
“No zombies here. Which way do we go?” Pinkie asks.
“We can look at this map here.” He said as he and the others looked the map on the wall. “Three floors, a basement and the back parking lot.”
“Five places to go and eighteen of us.” Twilight said.
“We’ll have to split up and search everywhere.” Applejack said.
“I don’t want to go to the basement.” Sweetie Belle said.
“We’ll all go down there together after we search these floors and the parking lot.” Indigo said.
“Let’s split into four groups. Spike, Sour, Aria and Sunny will search the top floor.” Twilight said.
“Adagio and Flash are with me. We’ll check the parking lot.” Devon said.
“Scootaloo, AJ, Apple Bloom, Rarity, Sweetie Belle and I will search this floor.” Rainbow Dash said.
“Lemon, Sugarcoat, Pinkie and Sonata can check the second floor with me.” Indigo said.
“So that’s settled. We’ll look all over the hospital and save the basement for last.” Applejack said, she turns to the sound of something crunching and noticed Pinkie eating a chocolate bar. “Pinkie, where did ya get that?”
“I found it and some more candy bars at the pharmacy. I couldn’t resist.” Pinkie said, eating the rest of the chocolate bar.
“Let’s move before we waste our time.” Sour said, everyone walks to their destinations. They walk down the hallway with their weapons ready and Spike to warn them of any signs of danger. Sonata spots two elevator doors on her left. She walks to the button panel and pressed the up button. It did nothing.
“It was worth a try.” Sonata said.
“The stairs are the only way up and down.” Rainbow Dash said, pointing at the door to the stairwell. The nine members taking the upper floors walked through the door and up the stairs to the second and third floor. The rest walked through the first floor until Adagio’s team got to the door to the parking lot. She and Devon raised their guns as Flash opens the door and find a bunch of ambulances outside. They walked out to the parking lot and searched the back of each ambulance for any supplies. There were barely a few medical tools and IVs in each ambulance they searched.
“Did any find any meds?” Devon asks.
“No. Just medical supplies and something tells me they were used.” Lemon said.
“I don’t think there’s anything out here we can find.” Adagio said.
“Let’s go back inside and help the others.” Flash said, walking to the door them came through. Along the way, Devon noticed an undead doctor walking right to him. The others looked and decided to get back inside and leave it. “Guys, the parking lot was no luck, each of us are going to join the rest of you on each floor.” He said into his radio.
“Okay, Flash. We’ll wait for you guys to join up with us.” Twilight said on her end. Flash’s team splits up with him staying on the first floor, Lemon going to the second floor and Adagio and Devon heading up to the third. They used their flashlights so they can see watch their steps.
“Twilight, where you are?” Adagio asks into the radio.
“We’re in an office. Go right, take a left and the fourth door on the left.” Twilight answers.
“Got it, thanks.” Adagio replies, she and Devon follow the directions. As they walked, they noticed dry blood on the floor and bullet holes on the wall, she starts wondering what happened here. They found the office and enter to find their friends in the room.
“Did you find anything?” Devon asks.
“Yeah. We found this safe here.” Sour said. “It’s locked and has the medicine inside and we can’t get it open without a code.” She said complaining.
“We can’t bust it open, it’s too hard to break.” Sunny said.
“Guessing the code will take too long.” Aria said.
“The only way we can get the code is by looking at the footage on this camera.” Twilight said, looking at the camcorder.
“Any luck?” Devon asks.
“No. I’ve looked through so many of them and the doctor is blocking the combination. The camera was pointed at the safe when we got here. There’s one clip left to check on this card.” Twilight plays the last clip. Devon and Adagio walked to the camcorder to look at it.
“Day one-fifty-two since the outbreak. Doctor Bill Harrison with Amanda Jones.” Bill said on the video, appearing as a man in his mid-thirties with black hair. Amanda looked like she was in her late-twenties with blonde hair.
“Why are you recording this, doc?” Amanda asks.
“It’s for regulations. Dawn has ordered me to keep records of all medical examinations and consultations.” Bill answers. “I need you to brace yourself, Amanda. The ultrasound confirms you’re pregnant.”
“Oh my God.” Amanda holds her hands up to her face, sobbing.
“As you know, the rules are very clear. The termination is mandatory.” Bill said.
“You don’t have to tell them. Tell them it was just food poisoning. You gave something for it and it went away. This is my problem, not yours.” Amanda begged Bill to keep her pregnancy a secret.
“If Dawn finds out that I concealed evidence of a pregnancy... I’m sorry, but these are the rules.” Bill said, walking to the safe about to punch in the code. “I’m going to give you a sedative. It’ll make the procedure easier on you.”
“I don’t want the procedure! I want my baby! I can’t do this!” Amanda said, stopping Bill from punching the code.
“Amanda, you don’t have a choice.” Bill said. “Now if you like, you can take some time to think about this, but I need you to come back no later than tomorrow. Or I’ll have no choice but to inform Dawn myself. I’m sorry.” Bill said as Amanda walks out of the office and he walks to the camera to end the clip.
“Dammit! We almost had it!” Twilight said.
“I guess that explains why we found pregnancy vitamins in the pharmacy. This place had rules about surviving.” Adagio said.
“Guys, this was only card could find in here. There’s got to be another card around here.” Twilight said, removing the card.
“I think I recognize that doctor. He was the zombie we saw out in the parking lot.” Devon said.
“You two should go get him and see what he’s got on him.” Twilight said.
“Let’s hope he’s got a combination on him.” Sunny said as Adagio and Devon walked out of the office. They made their way to back door and open it. They looked around and found the same zombie they left walking past a lamp post with some of its intestine hanging from his side. Devon whistled and got its attention while Adagio pulled out her knife. They walked to it as he kicked Bill’s knee and Adagio stabs the back of his head. They turned it around to check its face and it matched Bill from the footage.
“This is defiantly the guy.” Devon said, checking one of the pockets while Adagio did the same. She pulls out a memory card with a bloody fingerprint on it.
“I think we found just what we need. Let’s get back to the office.” She said, walking back into the hospital. They made it back into the office. “We found a card, girls.”
“Let me see it.” Twilight holds out her hand as Adagio puts it in her hand. Twilight puts the memory card in the camcorder and plays the last clip.
“Have you made a decision?” Bill asks Amanda.
“I thought you said I didn’t have a choice.” Amanda said.
“Well, technically you do. You can terminate the pregnancy, or leave Rockhill. Of course, that would be a death sentence for both you and your unborn child.” Bill said.
“Maybe it’s for the best, I stayed up all night thinking about this. Why are we even trying to survive, to keep on living, if this is what it takes? If this is what it’s turned us into?” Amanda asks.
“I don’t make the rules, Amanda.” Bill said.
“Bill, I’m begging you. Please help me.” Amanda begs.
“Maybe one day, when things are different, you can try again. But for now, we have to do this.” Bill said, walking to the locker. Twilight looks closely at Bill punching in zero-four-one-two on the locker’s button pad. As Bill punched in the code, Amanda thinks fast and runs to grab a scalpel. Bill turns around to find Amanda stab and cut him open in his side, he shouts in pain. His intestines begin to spill out a little bit and he placed his hand on his cut. Amanda takes his gun and runs out of the office. The sound of the gunshots can be heard as Bill slowly walks to the camcorder in pain and falls to the floor. The last thing seen was his right hand covered in blood grabbing the camcorder, ending the clip.
“I think we now know what happened to Rockhill.” Devon said.
“But we got the combination now.” Twilight said, walking to the safe and pressed the buttons in the exact order on the video and the safe opens. “We’re in business. Antibiotics, morphine, there’s enough in here to keep us healthy for months.” She takes off her backpack and takes every bottle of pills in the safe. She pulls out her radio. “Guys, we got the medicine up here. Did anyone find anything?”
“We found the armory on the second floor. There was some ammo and some riot armor.” Sugarcoat said.
“There’s not much food in the dining hall here. We took what we could.” Pinkie said.
“Sounds like it’s time to check the basement.” Flash said into the radio. Everyone heads toward the stairwell and down to stairs. “Lights on.” Everyone turns on their flashlights and moved slowly through the basement. When they got to the morgue's door, they listened for any source of noise, but not a sound. Flash knocks on the door, after a few seconds, still no sound. He opens the door and walk right in the morgue.
“I hope these aren’t full of dead people.” Sonata said.
“Same here.” Scootaloo said. Everyone left the containment alone, knowing there’s nothing inside them they could find. There were documents on the counters and a desk in the room. Some medical tools were on the counters, they would need a doctor to know what tools to use. They come to another door and light illuminated from a window, providing some light. They room looked like it was kept for storage to the whole hospital. They checked the crates to see what’s inside them.
“These boxes are empty.” Sunny said.
“That’s odd. If this hospital was abandoned after it fell, why would there be empty boxes in here?” Twilight said. She and the others heard a sound coming from behind a wall of crates. They noticed a ball rolling from the other side of one of the crates. It was the sign of someone in the room with them. Spike sniffs the ball for any scent, it had the smell of the living.
“It smells like there’s someone in here with us.” Spike said, getting in front of everyone. “It smells like a kid.”
“Who’s there?” Sour said, aiming her bow.
“We know you’re there.” Adagio said, aiming her AK-47. There was no response.
“We’re coming around. If you’re friendly, don’t shoot.” Flash said. They walk around the crates and find seven people. One nurse, a woman, four teens and one kid. They aimed their guns back if they were bad. Rarity looked at them and recognized the grey-haired girl.
“Octavia?” Rarity said, getting her attention.
“Rarity, is that you?” Octavia said, lowering her gun. The rest of her people lowered their guns after her response of recognizing her friend. “I thought you were dead.”
“So did I.” Rarity said, walking to her.
“What are you doing here? How did you get through here?” Octavia asks.
“We just found this place empty when we came in. Looking for supplies to bring back. We found pregnancy vitamins for Cadance.” Twilight said. “How long have you been down here?”
“We’ve been here ever since we heard gunshots coming from the third floor. This basement was the best place to hide, nobody would come here for anything, except for what were in these crates. We kept an eye on the doors and I’m only person with medical skills to keep us healthy as possible.” Nurse Redheart said. “Cheese found Elizabeth and her daughter Lily Pad through an alleyway when he was on patrol outside. He hid her down here.”
“Dawn made that rule about kids at very young ages to not be brought in this hospital ever since she took control.” Cheese Sandwich said.
“Do I know you?” Derpy asks one of the two boys.
“Devon?” Octavia asks the dark-haired boy.
“Long time, no see.” He responds.
“The news about you.” She spoke.
“I know.” He spoke.
“Can we get back to what we were doing?” Aria asks.
“Where are you guys held?” Derpy asks.
“We have a farm ten miles away and we came in an RV. We can take ya back.” Applejack said.
“What else do you have?” Lemon asks.
“We’re a little low on supplies and some medical tools I keep just in case of emergencies.” Redheart said.
“We actually need a doctor. You’re just the kind of person we need.” Twilight said.
“Nine of you will go get the RV around to the back, the rest of will help them and we’ll meet you there.” Flash said, the dazzlings, Twilight, Rarity, Spike, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie and Devon went through the doors they went through and out the front doors. Devon gets in the driver seat and starts the RV. He drives around the hospital and finds the gate locked up by a chain. He drives right into the gate and breaks the chain lose and stops at the back door. They get out and open the door to find their friends help the people they know.
“Give us a hand. They weigh a ton.” Sour said, receiving some help from Rainbow Dash. They loaded the boxes into the RV’s storage compartment.
“It that everything?” Spike asks.
“Yes.” Cheese said. Everyone loads the supplies. Elizabeth counts everyone but noticed something.
“Lily!” She noticed her daughter was not with her.
“What’s wrong?” Sugarcoat asks.
“Lily’s not here.” She explains.
“Where’d the hell did she go?” Indigo asks.
“She must have gone back to the basement.” Octavia said.
“She could anywhere. We have to go.” Sour said.
“We can’t just leave her here. She’s just a kid.” Pinkie said.
“We have to get back. There’s no time.” Sour replies.
“You’ve got five minutes.” Flash said.
“I’m going with him.” Rainbow Dash said.
“No, just Devon.” He spoke.
“It’s too dangerous.” She replies.
“I need everyone to get these supplies loaded.” He said and looks at his friend. “You get back here fast.”
“I will.” Devon said, he runs back into the hospital and to the nearest door leading to the stairs. He opens the door and finds a man opening the door from the other side and they look at each other. “SHIT!” He aims his carbine at the man, but he buts it out of his hands and tackles him. Devon grabs his shotgun and keeps him from trying to aim at his head. He kicks his opponent in his shin and got him to lose his balance. With his grip on the shotgun, Devon swings the butt of the shotgun to the survivor’s chin and gets him to fall on the floor. He tackles him back and begins to punch him in the face, but the man turns the tables around. Devon blocks the arm punching him and struggles to break free, he saw another door open and a few zombies walk out of the room. Devon spots the man’s knife, he pulls it out and stabs him in his side and breaks free. He kicks him off of himself and into the zombies as they begin to eat him. Devon picks up his carbine and saw more men coming from the hallway. He runs to the stairwell doors and shuts them. He spots a chair and picks it up to put it in the doors bar handle. The men shoot the zombies outside the door and struggle to open it, which gave him time to find Lily.
“Go around. We can cut him off at another staircase.” One of the men said.
“I’ve got to hurry.” Devon said, running down the stairs and into the morgue. “Lily.” He calls out to the little girl. “Lily. Let me know you are here.” He looks in some of the crates. He checks under a desk and in the containments. “I hope she didn’t go upstairs.” He said to himself. He spots a closet and runs to it. Devon opens the door and finds her with a stuffed snail in her arms. “Lily.”
“I heard gun shots.” She said, scared.
“I know. There are bad people here and they’re trying to find me. I’m going to get you out of here.” He said, putting his carbine around his back and picks up Lily. They spot a beam of light and they had company. “I’ll keep you safe.” He whispers. Devon crouched and walks slowly to avoid detection.
“Where are you, asshole?” One man said, looking for Devon. He continues to move past the man and stops at another beam of light. The light moves away and he walks again. He uses the crates to hide and get past his enemies. He spots another door and moves a little quicker. A light shine from the hallway, he gets behind a stack of crates and hides as the survivor walks past him and Lily.
“Come out you fucker.” The man said. Devon sneaks past him and out to the hallway to the stairs. They were almost out of the basement when they heard voices and footsteps coming from the stairs, Devon spots a closet and hides. Lily drops her snail in between the door and frame, it left the door cracked open.
“Did you guys find him?” One man asks.
“No. There’s no sign of him. He couldn’t have got out of this place.” Another man said.
“We checked the morgue.” The second man said.
“Go back and check. We won’t let him escape after what he did with David.” The first man said, the other two went back to the morgue. The one man in front of the door spots the snail on the floor. “What’s this doing here?” He begins to reach down for the toy.
“Bill, get up here. We’ve got trouble.” A man said upstairs, Bill runs to the stairs. Devon opens the door and picks up the snail and gives it to Lily to help her stay calm. He walks out of the closet and to the stairs. He walks up to the first floor and spots a lot more men hiding from zombies. He hides from both threats and finds his way out. He knew he couldn’t kill them while holding onto Lily. He spots a mug next to his foot, he picks it up and looks back at the problem. He throws it at the middle of the room and creates a sound, bringing the attention of the dead and living to the source. The zombies walk towards the sound and they spot the men. The men begin to shoot, causing every zombie in the hospital to come to the first floor. This gave Devon the chance to find his way to the back door. He finds the back door and runs for his life.
“You found her.” Cheese said as Devon gets in the RV.
“Flash go!” Devon said, Flash starts the RV and drives through another gate. He drives out of Rockhill and back to the farm. Elizabeth was relieved to see her daughter in one piece. Half an hour has passed and everyone was safe.
“What happened?” Sonata asks.
“We had a run in with some men. They were going to kill me when I killed their friend.” Devon said.
“Any idea who they were?” Octavia asks.
“No. We haven’t had any threats like this since Wood Valley.” He spoke.
“What happened there?” Cheese asks.
“This guy Frank killed people behind his leader’s back and tried to kill us.” Rainbow Dash said.
“How far is the farm from here?” Redheart asks.
“About another five miles from here.” Twilight said. She noticed Lily Pad looking traumatized at what happened at the hospital. “You okay, Lily?”
“No. I just saw those monsters eating those people.” Lily said.
“Here Lily.” Pinkie reached into her backpack and pulls out a chocolate bar. “This should help you feel better.” She hands it to her.
“Thanks.” Lily takes the chocolate and eats it.
“I use to babysit her once.” Pinkie said.
“Really?” Aria asks.
“She did. She took care of her when I was going to the Young Designers Gala. I just couldn’t miss getting a ticket at the last minute when it was available.” Rarity said.
“How big is the farm?” Octavia asks.
“It’s big. There’s a house, barn, staple, garage we use for the workshop and a chapel. It’s surrounded by a stone fence.” Pinkie said.
“It’s just a few miles north of I-70. There’s a forest and lake in the area.” Twilight said.
“How safe is it?” Cheese asks.
“Pretty safe. But the back gate’s chain broke and a zombie almost got me in the garage.” Twilight said.
“She killed it with this bat she made for me.” Rainbow Dash said, showing the aluminum bat.
“How many people are at the farm?” Octavia asks.
“There’s about fifty of us total. We’re able to grow crops and the cellar was full of food.” Adagio said.
“As much as we are talking about the farm. We need to let Shining now we're almost there.” Sour said, holding out her radio. “Shining, we’ve got the supplies and we’re about a few miles away.”
“How much did you find?” Shining asks.
“We found a locker worth of medicine, some more guns and suppressors. Even some body armor. We’ve also found some old friends inside this hospital.” Twilight said.
“Great work, guys. Dad and I will be at the gate and open it as soon as you get here.” Shining said.
“Will do.” Twilight said, turning off the radio.
“How much room is on the farm?” Lily asks.
“A lot. Some of us sleep in the house and some in tents.” Applejack said.
“We also hunt whenever we need to-” Devon stops mid-sentence when Flash steps on the break. “Flash, what the hell?” He looks at the driver seat. Beyond Flash, there was a horde of zombies right them. “FLASH DRIVE!” Flash steps on the gas and gets past the horde and onto the path to the farm. The horde follows the RV as they get back to safety. Shining and Nightlight hear the RV approaching and the open the gate. The RV came in fast and RV group gets out quick.
“Close the gate!” Lemon shouts. The two men close the gate in just a few seconds. “There’s a horde and it followed us.”
“What? How big?” Shining asks.
“Too many. We need to keep them out.” Scootaloo said.
“Get those supplies to house and help us keep the gate closed.” He spoke. The member who returned ran to the RV and carried them to the house as fast as they could as the horde walks to the farm. Shining and Nightlight were shocked to see this much ever since the one horde that walked on the highway. The teens made it back to the gate and the horde pressed their bodies against the gate, trying to get in. The survivors pulled out their melee weapons and start to stab and bash the zombies, hoping they could stop them from breaking in. As they fought, the chain on the gate was breaking from the pressure of the horde's strength. The chain snaps and the gate opens. The survivors were forced to get to safety. “Get inside! Everyone get inside now!” He shouts as he and his friends run and shoot the horde. The others ran into the garage, barn, staple and chapel depending on who was close to which building and locked the doors. Those fighting the horde tripped and were helped up. They reached the house and ran inside as Velvet closed the door and locks it. Fluttershy, Granny Smith, Zephyr and Sunset needed to bring the cow and chickens into the barn and barricade the door. Bulk and the Wondercolts ran into the garage and locked the doors. Big Mac, Bow and Igneous got into the staple, they used a couple of chains to keep both gates closed and to keep the horse safe and calm. Wallflower, Diamond, Silver, Snips and Snail got into the chapel. After a few minutes, the farm was infested with zombies.
“What happened?” She asks.
“A horde spotted the RV and followed them here. The chain on the gate broke and they got in.” Shining explains.
“I should have lured them away from here.” Flash said.
“It’s not your fault, Flash.” Sugarcoat said.
“How are we going to get all of these zombies out of here?” Lemon asks.
“We need to find a way to draw them away from here.” He spoke.
“That’s the thing, we need noise. Enough noise we can lure them away and back to the highway.” Twilight said. Everyone continued to work up a plan as some watched out the window. Devon watched some zombies pass and saw three figures in the field, two adult and one girl. Was it real or was it in his head? He felt a cocktail of adrenaline coursing through his body. Devon pulls out his machete, walks to the front door and opens it. Those in the house with him, watched him walk out into the open. Devon was full of rage as a zombie walks right to him, he swings his machete into its head before it could feed. Another comes from his side, he ducks and jumps back up, causing it to fall and receive the same death as the first one. He grabs another by the throat and used it as a shield as more zombies start to follow him. He kills his shield and takes on the rest. He looks around for the three figures he saw and they were nowhere. He looks around and saw them, Devon walks and fights to save the three people. But they were gone again. Realizing what he got himself into, he fights back.
“What is he doing?” Cinch asks.
“He’s fighting back.” Applejack said.
“We’ve already lost so much, too many places to stay safe and we are not backing down from this and he brought all of us one thing. Hope.” Adagio said, walking to the door with her machete ready. Those who wanted to stay followed to help their fellow survivors. Devon keeps on killing what’s in front of him. He didn’t notice a few zombies approaching him from behind, they were getting closer and closer, they were killed by Adagio, Zecora and Rainbow Dash. Devon turns around to find his friends helping him take back their land. The others who were inside the other building joined the fight with their weapons ready. Everyone fought their way through, stabbing, bashing and shoving the undead until they reached the others and stayed in one group. Everyone stood their ground in the ultimate battle for survival, stabbing and bashing every head they can see until it all went down with blood splattering all over their clothes and skin. Everyone kept an eye on each other to keep them from killing each other by mistake. They fought and fought and fought as they kept-on fighting for the human race to what has brought them together.

Nearly an hour has passed and bodies of dead zombies lie on the ground. Everyone had to pick up all the zombies off the ground and load them onto the cargo, truck beds and trailer. Many of them couldn’t stand the smell of the rotting corpses as they carried them. Some zombie limbs tore from the bodies, which caused the survivors to stop, pick up the limbs and place them on their torsos. It was unpleasant for everyone to do this task, but it had to be done. Devon just sat against the side of his truck, arms of his knees, covered in blood and his blood covered machete in front of him. His arms were twitching, he was stiff and he was out of control when he walked out of the house, he didn’t want to move. Those who carried the dead, some watched him sit and do nothing. A few of them had to talk to him.
“Hey man. We did it. We killed them all. We saved this farm. You brought us hope when you walked out here and stopped them.” Rainbow Dash said.
“When you fought these zombies, you gave us hope. A chance to save what’s ours.” Adagio said.
“You were strong, you were brave, you are alive. That’s what matters. You’ve got what it takes to survive.” Shining said, Devon still sat in silence. He and the girls waited for a response. After a few seconds, they walked away to finish cleaning.
“I saw them.” His voice said, they turned around and looked at him. “I saw my family. Standing out here. I couldn’t control myself. I just walked out and tried to save what I saw. I was lost.”
“Dude. We know what you’re going through. We said we’d be there for you and we’re here.” Rainbow Dash said.
“You need us and we need you. We can help you get through your problem. You just have to find the way.” Adagio said.
“Come on, Devon. We need to get this done.” Shining said, helping him up and getting the rest of the bodies off the ground. Devon helps the others clean the farm. Within half an hour, every zombie was loaded onto the trailer, truck beds and cargo. Everyone drives to a nearby field east of the farm. They unload the vehicles loads and put the zombies into one big pile. Bulk pours a gallon of gasoline onto the pile and on the end of a makeshift torch. Spitfire lights the torch and Shining throws it into the pile. Everyone watched the pile burst into flames as smoke rose from the pile. The smell of rotting flesh was replaced with the smell of smoke with ashes flowing in the wind. They didn’t want to wait and watch, so everyone hoped into the vehicles and drove back to the farm. After a hard day of surviving, they went back to living on the farm. Shining and Twilight had to fix the chain on the front gate. Devon drove a new spot under another tree and sat under it, he needed to be alone for some time until he gets better. For now.

Author's Note

I do live in the Kansas City district of Missouri. My first time to a KC Chiefs game was during the winter when I was around nine years old. My sister was a soccer player in our elementary school years and started volleyball in high school. The oil change segment was based the first time my dad taught me how to do an oil change.