M.L.Z.

What was now the mane 3 was left exhausted, hiding in Sugar Cube Corner, from the infected coming from the Everfree. The area was stable and it had weapons. No guns, but kitchen knives are lethal. the infected were sprinting down the streets from the everfree. They screamed and  jumped over cars, threw rocks at windows with ponies visible and attacked those who ran outside.

"T-Twilight... she was my friend..." said Pinkie, holding back tears.

"Pinkie, look at me, there's some sort of flu or something going around, I saw it on the-" Before Dash could finish, a loud clap came from outside. It sounded like a taser being shot, but quicker. It was the infected unicorns. They could still control their magic, but it was shooting at random. Bolts shot off and on constantly.

One of the infected jumped through the window and onto Pinkie. It was a pegasus with cuts on its body and half of its mane was missing . Pegasi had weak bones but were extremely agile because of it. They need hollow, thin bones, like birds, to fly. It bit Pinkie on the hand, Dash kicked it off and Apple Jack stabbed it in the eye with a kitchen knife in the eye.

"Shit, you're bitten," Said Dash.

"Well then, shouldn't we shoot her, sugar cube?" said Apple Jack.

"No, it's just her hand," said Dash, cutting off half of Pinkie's arm with a saw-like blade from the knife rack.

"FUCK!!!" yelled Pinkie, tears dripping from her cheeks.

"I know it hurts, just stay with me. APPLE JACK!!! QUICK, BANDAGES, AND BARRICADES, NOW," said Dash, taking off her shirt to stop the bleeding. She tossed 2 shirts at Dash and was surprisingly fast about the barricades (then again, we're talking about the pony who can kick a tree hard enough to knock apples off).

Pinkie wasn't bleeding the way people do in movies. When her arm was cut off, it was one large amount of blood, then smaller gushes that happened the same time her heart beat.

"Is the bleeding stopping?" Asked Apple Jack.

"It's getting- SHIT, PINKIE!?!?!?"

"Dash..."

"C'mon, you'll be OK, the bleeding's stopping," The infected were banging on the windows and suddenly Apple Jack remembered: "The windows upstairs..."

"Ah'll be back," said Apple Jack. There was constant screaming outside from the infected. Equestria's gun control was more strict than U.S. gun control. Police could have semi-auto weapons, Equestrian Security/military were allowed Burst fire and full auto and civilians could have pump shotguns and single-shot rifles. And even then, they had to have extreme training before they can take it home. It's a very strict policy. There was one pony with a shotgun who killed a few, but the noise drew attention and he could only hold six shots. She was dead in less than a minute. Luckily, that drew the infected away from the house.

"Pinkie... please stay with me, please I can't lose you, too," said Dash, starting to cry.

"Dash... I want to tell you something, but you can't tell Apple Jack,"

"Anything,"

"I love you," Dash was shocked, she had no idea what to say.

"Alright, y'all it's all fixed boarded up, Pinkie OK?" asked Apple Jack.

"She's stabilizing, I'm getting a stronger pulse,"

"Well, we are in a bakery, so we can wait for the infection to move away in here,"

"Yeah... sounds great," There were mares, stallions, foals, and fillies yelling for help. Sounds on breaking bones and tearing flesh filled the room.

"MOMMY, PLEASE!!!"

"FUCK YOU!!!"

"I'M BRINGING YOU ASSHOLES WITH ME," After that simple phrase... a house blew up. The stallion threw a lit match at his water heater. It blew up the whole house shattered his neighbor's windows.

"Dashie... I'm scared..." said Pinkie.

"There's nothing to be afraid of, you're here they're there. Apple Jack, get something with long sleeves and help me get Pinkie in bed," said Dash.

"Alright, Dash, just make sure she stays alive," said Apple Jack.

"Pinkie... do you mean that?"

"S-sorry, I wasn't-"

"Pinkie, don't be sorry. Look, I would've been OK with being your girlfriend before, but until we get to a safer space. It just... it won't work out. An emotional bond like that... it'll get us all killed. Maybe if we manage to find a shelter or somewhere safer I'll consider it" Suddenly, there was an ear-piercing burst of noise. It was so high pitched, it made their hearts stop and so loud, their vision was blurred. It repeated 3 more times, each loud burst 2 seconds apart, then a message played.

"All survivors, If you can hear this, come to V1NY1S DUBST39," said a text-to-speech program.

"Apple Jack, I'm gonna check the place out, you make sure Pinkie stays alive," said Dash.

"No problem, Dashie," said Apple Jack. She grabbed the Kitchen knife used previously to cut Pinkie's arm off and ran out. Dash ran toward the area by circling the outskirts of Ponyville. She eventually had no choice but to move in. She had found a dead body with some meat still in it. She made use of the bone marrow, muscle, organs, etc, and used them by throwing them away from her. There was one stubborn infected, though. It had no jaw and its ears had burst. It was a pretty easy target. Dash came up behind it and kicked it to the floor, crushing it's skull under her horseshoe. The ground was covered in a thick paste surrounded in blood and with bits and pieces of bone inside it. It was only a quick walk to the music store. Dash carefully knocked on the door, V1NY1 opening it for her.

                                                                                                    -Sugar Cube Corner-

"Y'all need anything, Pinkie?"

"Just a glass of water, but that's all,"

"Alright, you stay right there,"

"Where am I gonna go?" Apple Jack didn't answer her question. She just went to get some water and brought it back to Pinkie. Pinkie started choking after drinking it.

"Are you OK?"

"Yeah, it's just my position, I'm fine,"

"Alright, you rest up, sugar cube,"

"OK, bye,"