M.L.Z.

"it's because... she just has a... a different view," said Pinkie.

"Just because she's straight?"

"No... she... she just isn't comfortable,"

"AJ's... AJ's a homophobe?"

"No, she's just... different, she doesn't understand it,"

"That sounds like a homophobe," Pinkie flopped down on the bed and rubbed her head, sighing. "Pinkie?"

"Yeah?"

"...I love you, too. Goodnight,"

                                                                                                                  -Morning-

"FUCK, FUCK, FUCK!!!" That was the last noise anypony heard. After that... nothing, just noises of the infected at this point. It's not unwise to think there are some ponies who are good at hiding, but they have to come out eventually. They'll starve, dehydrate, gas is unstable, or the small space could destroy a lone wolf's psyche and a family would be fighting more and more until eventually, something violent happens or someone leaves.

"Pinkie... Rainbow ah need to talk to you alone for a minute," Pinkie immediately thought: "I'm fucked, she's fucked, the world is fucked", but Dash was only foolishly following Apple Jack.

"ah heard you two last night,"

"I know," said Pinkie.

"What?" asked Dash.

"ah heard you two up last night and ah heard what you told each other. Ah'm not homophobic, my family is just traditional. If ya'll prove my family wrong, ah won't even notice,"

"See, Dashie?"

"No! That's the kind of copout a homophobe makes,"

"Dash, you've always pushed my buttons, but this time's just enough for me to tell you that ya'll are on a mighty thin web,"

"Wanna fight Bitch?"

"Go ahead, you're already a walkin' stereotype,"

"WOULD YOU TWO CALM DOWN... let's get breakfast and our shit together so we can find out what's going on..." Suddenly a loud noise came from outside, one that stood out, followed by knocking on the door and a voice.

"Is anypony in there!? Please, I will not survive alone!"

"Is that Zecora?" asked Rainbow Dash.

"That's impossible, the huge horde we just saw came from a village in her area," said Apple Jack.

"Well, it's not one of them, they can't fuckin' talk,"

"Rainbow calm down, it's not the end of the world," said Pinkie.

"HAVE YOU LOOKED OUTSIDE, ASSHAT!?!?!? Sorry... it's been really... stressful. I've been watching the news a lot lately and I feel like I should feel disappointed in myself. I knew what was happening, I saw the patterns. Maybe if I was quicker we wouldn't be in this shithole,"

"I'm opening it," said Pinkie, sighing.

"Pinkie, no it's too dangerous," said Apple Jack.

"It's not like the zombies are outside if she's still banging on the door," said V1NY1, sarcastic, yet at the same time slurring.

"Zombies? No those ain't no zombies," said Apple Jack.

"They act like zombies," said Rainbow.

"Zombie: A reanimated and typically violent corpse." Pinkie read from the dictionary.

"See? They never 'died' in the first place, they can't be zombies, they're not real," said Apple Jack. Rainbow Dash grunted, walking to the door. She opened it, revealing Zecora, bleeding from the arm.

"Zecora... show me your arm," said Dash, grabbing a plank of wood. Zecora revealed not a bite or a scratch, but a hole with a cicular piece of metal jammed in. "What the hell?"

"Please, I must, my home is gone,"

"What the hell happened to you?"

"I was shot,"

"Shot?"

"Please, just let me in, Those things are close." Dash opened the door completely, letting Zecora in and slamming it and locking it as fast as she could.

"Is she bitten?" asked Apple Jack.

"Shot," said Rainbow.

"You can never be sure what evil hides behind the eyes of those you know," said Zecora.

                                                                                                                -Before the pandemic-

Safar was very good at fitting into society despite being a psychopath. When people hear psychopath they think about serial killers, but many times it's difficult to tell. He owned a large business that slowly crumbled. After he lost his profit, he set up a small gang. He wasn't smart, but he was charming enough to seem like he has an above average IQ. He was also very young for his position. He was in his late twenties. And he manipulated people into making him larger.

                                                                                                                        -Present-

"So one of his friends shot you?" asked Dash.

"Yes, he makes everyone trust him and in reality he only cares for himself," said Zecora.

"Well... that's crazy, at least you're still OK!," said Pinkie, optimistic.

"Oh, my... what happened to her arm?"

"We had to cut it off, she was bitten. That Reminds me, does anypony have any open cuts?" asked Apple Jack.

"I have one on my finger, but I've never fought any of the things outside," said V1NY1

"OK, anypony else?" said Rainbow Dash. She had no response.

"V1NY1, ya'll better not take any of those things down unless you got a pair of gloves," said Apple Jack.

"Wait Zecora was shot, right?" asked Dash.

"Yeah..." said Apple Jack.

"So, that means they have guns,"

"Yeah, no shit," said Apple Jack.

"So... maybe we can take some,"

"OK, but how the hell would we do that?

"I'll figure that out,"