This is the END

after a quick meal of half an apple each and a final drink from the lake Trixie and Spike left it behind and began their trek into the woods. They didn't know where they were, they didn't even know if there where any undead nearby, all they knew was which way was north, thanks to a compass spell Trixie knew. They walked for almost an hour before Spike brought up their primary issue.

"where are we gonna sleep tonight?" Trixie looked back at him and looked around, there was nothing but tree's and a few small animals

"I guess we'll have to build a temporary shelter, not on the ground tho, just because we haven't met with anything deadly...doesn't mean there isn't anything out there" She said all the while scanning the tree's, they ranged from barely coming to her hips to being almost as big as the castle. "There," she said pointing to one that was 45 feet tall and as wide as a house, there was a hole in it, about the size of a small room "We can make camp up there"

"Alright," Spike said as walked up to the tree "Get on my back and we can...can.....What the hell?" A large thunderous stomping sound could be heard coming closer."ON MY BACK NOW!!!" Spike yelped as he got on all four "Trixie wrapped her legs around Spike and her arms around his neck

"GO, GO, GO" She yelped and in less than 30 seconds Spike had clawed his way up the tree, They didn't know what was making the noise but they'd rather find out from a nice hiding hole. Spike got to the hole and heaved them both in, and turned just in time to see what had made to noise

"Is that a fucking dragon" Trixie whispered to scared to move

"Yeah...yeah that's a Dragon" Spike said as he looked at it, it was larger than most of the tree's but most importantly, it wasn't alive anymore, The Zombie was just walking through the forest, bulldozing a path, Spike stuck his head out a little more and after a quick glance, wrapped his tail around Trixie's muzzle and pulled her as for back into the hole as he could she made a small noise of protest but Spike ignored it and whispered "Don't move and hold your breath, don't make a noise" And with that He held his breath. And his reason for panicking became clear, within a few seconds, and the sound of thousands of bug wings, A large heard of zombified Parasprites flew past their hiding hole. it took 7 seconds for them to all fly past, and as soon as another 10 had past Spike let go of Trixie and they both took a breath

"Holly fuck...If they had found us...."

"We'd have died in a snap" Spike breathed "I hope to god it was just a coincidence....but did you happen to notice which way they were heading" Trixie closed her eyes and cast her location spell, after a few second her eye's shot open

"If my location spell is correct....they were all heading straight for the Crystal Empire" The two of them looked at each other, "I think we may need a new plan" Spike slowly stuck his head out, there had been hundreds of them in that group, and who knew how many might come later. after checking to make sure they where all gone Spike Turned his head to face Trixie

"Stay here I'll be back in a few minutes" and with That Spike climbed higher into the tree and began to tear off some branched, leaves, and bits of Bark, he continued to do for a while, making continues return trips to the whole to drop off what he had gathered "OK...where gonna make a make-shift wall for the hole"

"What"

"Frankly I'd rather live in a hole for a few day's or weeks over taking the chance of running into a horde like that, and now that we know it infects everything...I think It's best if were hidden during the night." It took most of the remaining Daylight but they made a wall to cover there hole, from the outside it looked like the hole didn't exist. the inside was lined with leaves and a small handle so they could open it, along with a pep-hole so they could check the outside before leaving. they had also made a blanket and two pillows and with a little help from both Spikes claws and Trixie's magic, Made a little extra hole where they could sleep and keep warm. Trixie looked through the peep-hole before closing it

"The sun's setting"

"Which means at least one of the Princesses are still alright." Spike picked up a nearby leaf and carefully carved his and Trixie's name into it

"What are you doing?"

"Magic Breath linked straight to Princess Celestia, this was, at least some-pony else knows where alive." Spike took a small breath and teleported the leaf. Spike and Trixie then got under their blanket and fell asleep next to each other. Neither wanting to be alone after the day they had just had.