The next morning, Lee and Clem woke up before Twilight, Spike and Starlight in order to make sure they are ready.

“I’m itchy.” Clem said, itching her hair.

“Well you slept in a barn little lady. Be glad you don’t have spiders in your hair.” A man in a baseball cap said.

“Ah” She yelped.

“But I bet your daddy scared them all away. Names Kenny.” He said, introducing himself.

“I’m not her dad. Names Lee. She’s Clem.” Lee introducing themselves back to him. Twilight, Spike and Starlight finally woke up.

“Man, now I know how Applejack feels.” Spike said as he got up.

“Yea. Though she still sleeps on a bad.” Twilight added in. Kenny stared at them as he was looking at the three of them.

“What, in, the, hell, are, those, things!?” Kenny asked and yelled at the same time. He stood there with his mouth ajar.

“Oh. Hi. I am Twilight Sparkle. This is Spike, my number one assist. That is Starlight, my student.” Twilight said, pointing out her friends.

“They, talk. They talk.” Kenny had no idea what else to say.

“We aren’t from, what did you say Lee, Earth?” Twilight half explained and half asked.

“Yes.” Lee added in, simply letting Twilight take care of it.

“Ooook then.” Kenny said, trying to regain himself. He still wasn’t going to believe what he was looking at.

“Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad! I want to sit on the tractor! Come on!” Kenny’s son yelled as he came into the barn.

“We better hurry, or we won’t hear the end of it.” Kenny started as he walked out of the barn. “That there is my son, Ken Jr. We call him Duck though.”

“Duck?” Lee asked him.

“Like water off of a duck’s back. Nothing bothers him.” Kenny added, knowing what Lee meant by how weird it was. They walked up to a woman sitting near the house on a barrel.

“Hey Ken dear.” She said.

“Lee, meet my wife, Katja. She’s one heck of a woman.” Kenny said in a mocking voice.

“Nice to meet you Katja. I’m Lee.” Lee said, putting his hand out to shake. Katja then looked at the ponies and dragon, and her eyes grew wide.

“Are those, your pets?” She asked, still a bit shocked.

“No. I am Starlight. That is Spike and Twilight.” Starlight said. She didn’t want Twilight to do it every time.

“They, talk. Ok then.” She said. Kenny went over to whisper to her, explaining the three.

“Oh! Well then, pleased to meet you. And what’s your name?” She asked looking at Clementine.

“Clementine.” She stated, hiding behind Lee.

“That is a very pretty name. Ken dear, you should work on getting the truck fixed. Clem can stay here, we can visit.” Kajita said.

“Spike, you should go help out with the fence. Starlight, you go with either Kenny or Kajita and help them out. We need them to not think of us as weirdly. I am going to stick with Lee.” Twilight told them. They listened to her, and Starlight went over to Katja and Clem. Lee and Twilight went over to Kenny first.

“Need any help?” They both asked.

“Yea. Can you hand me that?” He asked, pointing towards a wrench, Before Lee could grab it, Twilight’s horn glowed her normal purple and the wrench became encased in a purple glow. She used her magic the leviate the wrench over to Kenny.

“Whaaa..” Was all Kenny could say.

“Right. My magic. You haven’t seen me or Starlight use it yet.” Twilight added. Before they could walk away, Kenny asked them a question.

“Do you need any help?” He asked towards Lee.

“Pardon?” Lee had no clue what he meant.

“I mean in taking care of that kid. Do you have kids of your own?” He asked. He meant well by the question.

“No kids, but it can’t be too hard.” Lee added.

“Besides, he has me, even if I don’t know how to take care of kids either.” Twilight added.

“Well, you both will get the hang of it.” Kenny said, returning to work on the truck. Twilight made a mental note to ask how a truck works.

“So, what is your family’s plan?” Lee asked him. He thought it would be best to try to be friendly with the.

“I guess hand on down to Fort Laturdal and let things get sorted out. On the off change things got too bad, we could hop on my boat I guess.” Kenny said. He was glad Lee cared about his family.

“You have a boat?” Lee asked him.

“I’m a commercial fisherman. Catching anything that bites.” Kenny added.

“Well then, we will leave you to it.” Twilight said as they left him alone. She went to check on Starlight and Clem with Lee.

“Hey girls.” Lee said.

“Clem here was telling us about first grade.” Kajita said.

“And Starlight was telling us what it’s like being Twilight’s student!” Clem added. Twilight blushed at that comment.

“Well, how is first grade?” Lee asked in a friendly tone.

“Easy.” She said.

“Well yea.” They both said. They missed the easy first grade.

“We must think we can go back to what we used to do, and that you can go home.” Kajita added in. She wanted to stay positive.

“What is it you do Katja?” Lee asked.

“I’m a veterinarian, like Hershel here, but more with dogs and cats, and less with horses.” She said, hoping not to offend Twilight and Starlight. “What is it you two do?”

“I used to teach up at UCA.” Lee said, not wanting to give anymore info.

“I used to run the library before I became princess. Now I teach Starlight and spread friendship.” Twilight added in.

“We must think we can go back to our old lives.” Kajita said.

“No, I USED to. I was let go a while back.” Lee added in.

“I don’t really do anything as princess, so I don’t count that.” Twilight also added in.

“Well, see you later girls.” Lee said as they left. However, Starlight stopped Twilight.

“Hey Twi? Are we going to be able to get home?” She asked her. Both Lee and Twilight stopped.

“To be honest Starlight, no. Neither of us know a spell to get us home. Our only hope is Celestia will be able to get us home.” Twilight said, with a hint of sadness in her voice. Starlight went back over to Clementine and Kajita.

“Hey Lee. What is a truck?” Twilight asked Lee as they walked over to where to fence was.

“Well, a truck is…” Lee begun to explain. As they walked over to the fence, they saw Shawn hammering on wooden boards, Duck was sitting on the tractor, and Spike was leaning over to help Shawn.

“Need any help?” Lee asked him.

“Yea, if you could cut those boards and bring them over here, that would be great.” Shawn said, pointing to an area of the fence. Lee went over the boards and picked up a saw, while Twilight used her magic to levitate them over to the fence.

“My dad has no idea how bad things are yet.” Shawn stated.

“No, he doesn’t.” Lee replied.

“I mean, I just saw one man go up and shoot a kid right in the face. No hesitation.” Shawn said.

“Holy Celestia.” Both Spike and Twilight said.

“Was the kid one of the walkers?” Lee asked.

“He was either asking for help, or attacking the man. Still.” Shawn said, gaining a depressed tone in his voice. “Have you had to kill yet?” This caught Lee off guard.

“I had to shoot one.” Lee said. He didn’t want to say anything else.

“I could probably shoot one. If it was far away.” Shawn added.

“It’s killed or be killed.” Lee said.

“That’s all I need cut. Thank you. You should go help my dad in the barn.” Shawn said, looking over at the barn where his dad was.They went over to talk to him.

“This farm could give Applejack a run for her bits. She’s a farm pony.” Twilight added, making sure to say who she was.

“It’s a nice plot of land.” Lee stated.

“Well if you said that two years ago when I would've still been doing this I would've said you were full of shit.” Hershel said. He then put the pitchfork he was holding down. “I don’t know anything about the both of you, but do you want a piece of advice?”

“Sure.” They both said.

“You both need to become better liars and fast. People will need to rely on trust, and friends and family are important. But at least you both are willing to listen to a man giving you advice.” Hershel told them.

“AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!” They heard random yells of pain.

“Go! I’ll get my gun!” Hershel running out. They went over to where the yelling was, and saw Shawn, Duck, and Spike. Shawn was being attacked by walkers and was stuck under the tractor, Duck has a walker on him, and Spike was trying to fend off walkers.

“Lee, help Duck! I’ll get Shawn!” Twilight said. Lee nodded and went over to the walker and started punching it. Twilight encased the tractor with her magic and tried to push the tractor off him. Kenny came to grab his son. They took care of Duck and went to help Shawn. Spike was trying to use his fire breath to get the walkers, who were unable to hurt him past his scales, and went over to help Twilight. However, they were unable to save Shawn, and he got bit. All of this time, Clementine watched it all happen. Hershel came over with his rifle and shot at the walkers. He went over to his dying son.

“Dad. They tried to help me.” He said on his dying breathe.

“I know son, it’s ok.” Hershel said. He then stood up.

“Get out.” He stated simply.

“I’m sorry.” Kenny told him.

“Sorry!? Your son is alive, you don’t get to be sorry!” Hershel told him. He then looked over to Twilight and Lee. “You both tried, but you still were unable to help him!” He yelled to him

“Hey. They tried their best.” Starlight told him.

“My magic was weak, how could…” Twilight said, beginning to mumble to herself.

“GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE!” Hershel said one last time. Kenny went over to the four of them.

“You got that ride to Macon if you want it.” He told them as they all walked away from it. Twilight was glad Spike was unable to get hurt from walkers, but there seemed to be enough in this world that could still hurt him. However, she still felt like it was all her fault, because of how weak her magic was.

As they drove into town, they saw it’s state of disarray. Most of the buildings had holes, and were missing windows. Cars were all over the place. They drove until they ran out of gas.

“Looks like this is as far as we go.” Kenny said.

“Then it’s far enough.” Lee said as he got out. The others followed him lead. They walked towards a drug store, hoping to find some help. They found a man working on a car.

“Hey there! You friendly? Trucks run out of gas.” Kenny asked him. However, he turned around and they saw he was walker.

“Buck!” Twilight yelled as more walkers appeared around them. She threw Spike on her back and tried to fly to get a good look. “There is a store over there! Let’s hurry!” She flew towards the drug store as the others followed her. However, a walker fell on top of Duck.

“No, no, Ah!” He screamed. But suddenly, there was a gunshot and that walker was killed.

“Quickly, get inside!” Someone yelled to them. Twilight flew back down on the ground and ran with the others towards the drug store. They were unable to lock the door again but closed it up in time.

“When I said that door stays shut no matter what, I fucking mean it!” A girl yelled.

“And we can’t let people die either.” The one with the gun said.

“We took a massive risk!”

“And we thank you for that. But calm down.” Lee added in, trying to calm it down.

“We have kids!” Kenny added.

“Those things outside don’t care.” She said back to him. A larger man came over, looking at Twilight who was hiding Spike and Starlight behind her wings.

“What the hell are those things! You bring in wild animals and someone who is bitten! We should toss them out!” He yelled.

“What?” Kenny asked.

“The Tartarus you will!” Twilight said.

“He’s bitten, that's how you turn!” He said, not even paying attention to Twilight talking.

“He wasn’t bitten!”

“He was, and we are tossing them out now!”

“Lee?” Clementine asked him.

“What is is?” He replied to her.

“I have to pee.” She told him.

“Go, it’s over there.” He said pointing towards a door.

“We are tossing him out now!” The larger man yelled walking towards Duck.

“Over my dead body.” Kenny said.

“Theres not bite, I’m cleaning him up.” Kajita said, who was sitting with Duck. “We can heal him with our magic.” Starlight added in, coming out from behind Twilight.

“They can talk? We have aliens here! We really are tossing them out! And she will find the bite!” The bigger man stated. Starlight backed away again.

“She won’t.” Kenny argued again.

“And if she does. The first thing he is going to go is sick his teeth into his mom’s face, then he will pounce on your little girl.” He stated. Both Lee and Twilight came in.

“We will deal with it then. But I have a little girl I’m trying to protect in here too you know!” Lee stated, trying to calm it down.

“And I have my friends to look out. I can handle one walker, if it comes down to it, with my magic.” She said trying to firm.

“Not worth the risk, we are tossing him out now!” He said, getting closer to them.

“Lee, Twi? What should we do about this guy?” He asked them.

“Its either him or Duck!” Lee said.

“Let’s reason with him.” Twilight added.

“I’ll reason with a bloody handle of an axe maybe.”

“Hey little boy, before you die, you can watch your daddy get his nose broken!” He stated. However Lee butted in.

“No! You don’t touch that boy! You don’t touch anyone in here unless it’s over my dead body!” He yelled.

“You hurt anyone, you will answer to me!” Twilight added in. However, before anything else happened, Clementine let out a yelp.

“Ah.” She yelped as a walker came out of the bathroom.

“Clementine!” Lee yelled running over to her. He grabbed the walker and pulled it off her. He started to fight it, but was losing. Twilight’s horn began to glow as she fired a magic blast towards the walker, causing its head to explode.

“You ok?” She asked him.

“Yea, thanks.” Lee told her.

“That was stupid. That was dumb. That was…, Ah!” He said, falling to his knees grabbing his heart.

“Dad!” The girl ran over to him. “He is having another heart issue. We have been trying to get into the pharmacy since we got here. Please get in there and get his pills.” She said. Kenny took charge.

“Alright, you watch over your dad. Lee and Twilight will work on getting his pills.”

“Lilly, my dad’s Larry.” Lilly said.

“Alright, and you.” Kenny said, pointing towards a quiet person in the corner. “Be our lookout.”

“It’s Doug, you got it.” He said. Kenny then pointed towards the chick with the gun.

“It's Carly.” She told him.

“Ok Carly, you switch out with Doug when he needs it.” Kenny told her. He then looked at the boy with the hat.

“Glenn. I know the area, I can work on getting gas for your truck.” He said.

“Better take a Walkie-Talkie with you then in case you need it.” Kenny said. Spike and Starlight went over to a corner and Lee went over to where Lee was.

“Are you ok Twi?” He asked her.

“I don’t know Lee. I feel like it’s my fault Shawn got killed.” She told him.

“It happened pretty fast, it wasn’t on you. Let’s go talk to the others around here.” Lee pointed out.

“Thank you Lee, let’s take a look around.” Twilight said. “Oh yea!” Twilight’s horn began to glow, and she brought out a bottle of water. “Not sure what humans eat, but I do know you need water. Here.” She said, handing him the water.

“Thanks Twi.” Lee said. They went to check on Clementine.

“Hey Clem, how are you doing?” Lee asked her.

“I am a little hungry.” She told them.

“Ok Clem, we will look around to find something for you.” Lee said. They begun to look around, finding a few granola bars around.

“Hey Ken.” Twilight said, going over to where his family was.

“Hey Twi, hi Lee. Thanks for helping me with Larry.” He told them.

“Friends help each other right. I know that by heart.” Twilight told him.

“Here.” Lee handed him a granola bar and the water. “For Duck.”

“Thanks Lee.” Kaitlyn said. Kenny pulled them aside.

“I killed Hershel’s son.” He told them and Twilight got a look on her face.

“No Kenny, I did.” She told him.

“Neither of you did. It happened really fast. just try to let it go.” He told them. Kenny went back over to his family, and Lee and Twilight went back over to Clementine.

“Here Clem, eat this.” Lee handed her a granola bar.

“Thank you.” She told him. They went over to Carly, who was messing with a radio.

“Hey. What are you messing with there?” Twilight asked her.

“An old radio, but I can’t seem to get it to work.” She told them.

“Let us take a look.” Lee said. He looked around on the radio, and found out it was missing batteries.

“You know there are no batteries in this right?” Lee told her, surprised she missed something that simple.

“Yes. No. Maybe.” She just told him back. Twilight figured batteries were used to power machines.

“Takes two. I’ll take a look around for you.” Lee told her.

“Thank you.” She said back to Lee. They went over to talk to Lilly and Larry

“Hey.” Lee told her.

“Hey, I’m sorry for how my dad acted back there.” Lilly told them.

“It’s fine, he was just protecting you and his group. I understand that.” Twilight told her. She gave her a look.

“Thank you, um?” Lilly asked.

“Twilight, Twilight Sparkle.” Twilight told her.

“Here, give him this.” Lee said, handing her one of the granola bars.

“Thanks, this will help him.” She said, taking the bar.

“Let’s go take a look in the office Twilight.” Lee told her as they walked into the back office. Clementine followed them into the back office. The office had one big bed covered in blood and had an old TV and a few desks around the place. There was some broken glass around the place, and a few knocked down cabinets.

“I can’t think about them in here.” Lee thought to himself.

“Guess we should look around.” Twilight said to Lee. Lee went on over to the bed, and found a picture of his family and himself in front of the drug store they were in. He tore himself off the picture before Carly came in.

“Find anything?” She asked him.

“Just a photo of the family who worked here.” Lee lied to her.

“I know who you are. You are Lee Everett. This is your family's drug store. You killed a senator who was sleeping with your wife.” Carly told him. Twilight’s ears perked up when she heard ‘killed’. “You should let the others know.”

“I don’t think it’s important that they know, I stick to first names for a reason.” Lee told her.

“Well, I will keep this between us for now.” Carly told him.

“Thank you.” Lee said.

“I worked on that case quite a bit, what happened?” Carly asked him.

“I didn’t even mean to kill him. I already knew about the affair. It was mostly an accident.” Lee told her.

“I don’t think you are a bad man Lee, and frankly, having that skill could come in handy.” She told him, rubbing her hand on his face. “Anyway, I will keep this between us for now.” She then left the office. Twilight went up to talk to Lee.

“Lee, tell me the truth. Are you a murderer?” Twilight asked him. Lee knew she heard what happened.

“Yes. I never meant for it to happen though. What happened was a senator was sleeping with my wife, and I got angry. I already knew about the affair, and it was a big accident.” Lee explained, hoping for Twilight to forgive him.

“Lee. We have all done things we aren’t proud of. You regret doing what you did, and you didn’t lie to me about it. I forgive you.” Twilight told him, remembering what happened with the want-it-need-it spell.

“Thank you Twilight. Can you take a look inside that desk while me and Clem move this out of the way.” Lee asked her. Twilight went over to the desk, using her magic to open them up and look around. Lee waved over to Clementine to come and help him move the desk.

“Careful Clem, watch your fingers.” Lee told her as they begun to move it.

“Do you have kids?” Clementine asked him.

“No. But I would like to someday.” Lee told her.

“What happened to your family?” Clementine asked her. Lee wanted to skip the subject, so he stayed silent. Right before they got it moved all the way, Clementine hurt her finger.

“Ah.” She yelped out.

“What happened?” Lee asked her. Twilight looked over to them.

“I hurt my finger.” She said. Lee picked her up and put her on the desk.

“Well, let me see if we can do something about that.” Lee said, walking over to where Twilight was.

“Did you find anything?” He asked her.

“Just, what I think is a first aid kit, and this black device.” Twilight told him, lifting up the two items.

“Oh, the remote to my dad’s TV, and we need a band aid out of there. Thank you Twilight.” Lee grabbed the two items and put a bandaid over Clementine’s cut.

“There you go.” Lee said.

“Thank you.” Clementine told him back. He picked them up, and before they left, he saw his dad’s old cane.

“What is that.” Twilight pointed out.

“It’s my dad’s old cane. He used to whip shoplifters with it. This cane has protected this place better than any dog would.” He explained while lifting up the cane.

“Lee? Are you a bad person?” Clementine asked him, hearing what Carly said.

“What?” Lee asked her, surprised by what she asked.

“Carly and Twilight said you killed someone. Was he bad?” Clementine asked him.

“I did, it's complicated. He was a bad person, but killing is wrong no matter what.” Lee told her. Clementine just nodded and they walked back outside. Right as they did, Glenn’s voice came on the talkie and made Twilight jump.

“Um, hey. Glenn here. Little girl, can you put your daddy on the phone, or talkie, or whatever.” He asked. Clementine handed Lee the talkie.

“This is Lee, what’s up?” He asked him.

“Well, I am down by the old motor inn and well, I’m stuck.” He told them.

“Hang tight. We will send a group to come get you.” Lee told him. Kenny went over to Lee.

“What’s up?” He asked him.

“Glenn is stuck at the old motor inn. I was thinking Carly, Twilight and I go and get him. Carly is a good shot and Twilight’s magic could be useful.” Lee explained.

“Whenever you're ready.” Carly said.

“This could be a good way to learn more about these walkers. Count me in.” Twilight said. So, they gathered up supplies and went out the back door towards the old motor inn.

Author's Note

Sorry for the long delay. Let me know how it is!