Twilight and Starlight had been running next to the Sewage channel for almost half an hour, doing everything in their powers to run as silently as they could. The rounded and bend and had half a second to realize a wooded wall was in front of them. With a thud, the two hit the wall and slid to the ground.

"That smarts" Starlight muttered as she got up and wiped the blood of her snout "oh, that's tender." Twilight got up and looked at the wooden wall, it looked fine, and there was even a wooden bridge across the channel to the other side, where a pile of smoking wood lay. Twilight held up the burnt hat and smiled

"Alright, now we know where they were, we just need to figure out where they..." Twilight stopped when she heard a nice Knocking sounded behind her, she turned and found there had been a nicely hidden door in the wall, it was now open and Braeburn was slowing knocking on it to get their attention

"Long shot, but you won't happen to be looking for..."

"Braeburn!" Twilight cheered before slapping her hands to her mouth, "We found you!" She whispered happily, this earned a shocked look from him

"Wait...you were looking for me? of the 5 creatures here...I was the one being searched for?"

"Well, you and Bab....wait 5?" Twilight asked, Braeburn moved and Twilight looked into the small wooden room, sitting around a small campfire sat a dirty Bab seed, an Exhausted looking Sapphire Shores, Fleetfoot missing her left leg, and, to Twilight's complete surprise, Maud Pie was sitting with her back to them sharing a Twinkie with Fleetfoot.

"Maud?" Twilight asked in stunded silence, Maud looked over her shoulder and waved

"Oh thank Celestia, We were just about to run out of food," she said as Twilight and Starlight entered the room and sat with the 5 around the campfire.

"What are you doing here?" Twilight asked, before turning to the other two "What are you two doing here?" She added as an afterthought.

"I was buying some rock polish for Boulder" Maud gave a monotoned sighed "I lost him to the hoards."

"I was preparing for my next show when the hoards attacked if it wasn't for Fleetfoot..." Fleetfoot shrugged

"I've always been a huge fan, and besides, if Braeburn hadn't amputated my leg I wouldn't be here now either, and when Maud set his hat on fire to save Babs from Sugar Bow..."

"Who?" Starlight asked

"A Mare who was with us for a while got bitten on out last food run and tried to hide it, lost all out water when she turned." Maud said pointing "Using Braeburns hat and a well-timed rock throw I sent her and our emergency supplies down the river." Maud shrugged "but Bab's isn't dead so I call it a win."

"Please tell me you here to save us," Braeburn begged.

"Well du" Twilight said holding up the burned hat "We tracked you with this"

"I've saved us all," Maud said, "By the way is Pinkie..."

"She's at the Crystal Empire, which is now also Ponyville...Long story there."\

"I'll listen to it when Pinkie tells me it," Maud said as she got up. "So we go now right?"

"No, we got to get above ground." then we can teleport out."

"Just one problem," Starlight said "There's a 100-foot Zombie Dragon up there, and it's already shown it can dig into the ground to find us."

"What" Bab's asked "There are zombie Dragons! That's not even a little fair! Can everything turn into a zombie?" as soon as Twilight heard that an Idea popped into her head "No..." Twilight said with a smile "Alicorns are Immune! So if a blast a hole to the surface and distract the Dragon..."

"I Can lean everypony above ground and teleport them to the Empire." Starlight said now smiling "Oh Twilight you evil Genius you." Alright everypony, Line up and grab hands! We don't want to leave somepony behind." Starlight Grabbed Maud and Braeburns hands, Braeburn took Saphire shores, and Maud took Babs, and above the group floated Fleetfoot

"Um, I feel...out of place" Fleetfoot muttered awkwardly.

"Don't worry," Twilight said, "I've been being stupid this entire time, all I have to do is End The Dragon and any other Zombies in the area." Twilight Flew threw the open Door and took a deep Breath "Starlight...bubble." Immediately Starlight put a protective bubble around herself and the 5 survivors. Twilight light her horn and blasted the ceiling above them and flew to the surface, the dragon stuck it's face into the hole and Twilight put up a barrier and smashed it into the dragon's face as she flew behind its head and blasted its neck, The Dragon turned to her, the snout now smashed, it raised its tail and whacked at her, Twilight flew out of the way and the Dragon struck out with its head, mouth wide open, Twilight surrounded herself in a barrier and the Dragon bit down, with a disgusting pop the right side of the Dragon's mouth dislocated. Meanwhile Starlight was having trouble with her side of the plan, she had been forced to focus her forcefield upwards to save the others, but a fair number of undead made their presence known as they made their way out of the hole, the group moved back from them when moans and groans behind them informed them that some were coming out of the sewers.

"Where the fuck did those guy's come from!" Fleetfoot demanded as the hoard approached.

"Just give me a second." Starlight said as she charged the spell "The Crystal empire's a bit of a jump." Just as she was about to cast it the first one got to them and grabbed at Babs.

"Fuck of my Cousin!" Braeburn yelled instantly grabbing the Zombies ear's and pulling up, immediately the Zombie switched to him and grabbed his shoulders, Braeburn turned as Starlight cast her spell and kick Babs into its range,

"NO!" Babs managed to scream out before, In a flash, Braeburn was left alone in the crater, As the Zombie forced him to the ground.

"You did good," He told himself "You saved your kin, that's all that matters." The Zombie and Braeburn shut his eye's to prepare for the pain, instead, he felt blood drip onto his face and opened his eyes to see the zombie sinking its teeth into a Lavander arm, Immediately Braeburn pulled back on its ears and Twilight blasted the center of the Zombie's head to ash as she picked up Braeburn.

"I promised Applejack" Twilight said as he bloody arm hung by her side "That I was bringing both of you back" With a loud thunk the Dragon hit the ground, the half of its head above the lower Jaw had been torn off with a spell and squashed into bloody bits of Skull and scale "And I am not breaking it, Pinkie Promise or not!" Twilight light her horn and in a flash, she teleported the two of them to Starlight, at the entrance of the Crystal Empire.

"Cous!" Babs screamed as she hug tackled him "Oh Thank Celestia!" She cried as she hugged him "Don't ever do that again!" Starlight and Saphire rushed to Twilight, Fleetfoot tearing out the grass and crying tears of joy and Maud laying flat on her side.

"I'm so happy I might explode," She said before noticing that a slight bloody rock laying next to her, she picked it up carefully "What's your name little one?"

"Oh my Princess! your arm!" Saphire said when she saw it "Are you ok!"

"Luna fuck Twilight, Immune or not we gotta go get that cleaned up." Starlight said as she held up her friend's hand, Twilight pulled back and gave her a smile.

"It'll be fine, I'll go get it cleaned and bandaged once I see that Applejack has her Kin Back.

Author's Note

I bet you thought someone was gonna die.