Equestria catastrophe

"Come on now, you can't just pass out on somepony. Come on wake up we gotta get a move on, we're gonna get got if we stay in here.

My vision came back as a haze of blended colors. I managed to make out Applejack's form, "What's going on? are we dead yet?"

"We ain't gonna die, so long as we both work together."

I turned away from her and saw the door bulging as the zombies pounded on the others side.  "tell me when they break in and kill us, I quit again."

I was pulled to my hooves and dragged along a few feet, I was still tied in her rope. "Quit, quittin. The only way where going to make it out this house, is if we both work together now quit your bellyaching and lets get a move on."

"Make me. I'm tired, there's no reason to keep on running from something that's all around us. We're going to die Applejack, if not today then tomorrow, if not then, whose to say we won't die the next day?" I untangled myself from her rope and threw it at her.

She picked it up and turned to the door, it was riddled with hooves now and the sounds of screaming seemed to get louder as I noticed it. The bed rocked steadily as they hammered against it. I was overcome with fear for a moment, the dim light from the holes they made in the door was the only light that came into the room. I was tempted to open the door just so there could be more light inside the darkened room.

"I'm not gonna make you do anything I got other stuff to worry about, so if you would just let me borrow some of your tools I'll pry open-"

"No! These are mine, nopony is allowed to touch them but me." I grabbed my toolbox and held it closely to my chest.

"Then can you open up this window, for me."

"What have you ever done for me, Applejack? I don't owe you anything. Do it yourself." I glared into her eyes, "I don't owe you anything."

She sighed heavily."It won't be long until they break in here, so I guess what got you this far doesn't matter to you anymore." She went over to the boarded window and tried to rip out the tightly-nailed wood. "Not to mention I saved your flank more than once today."

My eye twitched. I opened my toolbox that bloody diary was sitting on top, i moved it and pulled out a hammer, "Move over, I got this." I put the hammer in between the boards and easily pried the first one off. Light shined into the room, then I ripped off the next. As I ripped off the last one Applejack tipped her hat.

"Your still more than welcome to come wit me if your done feelin' the need to quit."

I thought about quitting once more, "what did you mean by, something got me this far?"

She climbed out the window and looked back at me. "Most ponies who didn't have a reason to live died during the first week of this infection. Next came the honest, I may  be honest, but the ones with something to drive them, lived. Those ponies are the ones who will always make it, Unless your some type of lying backstabber. You aren't, are you?"

I shook my head, "not that I know of."

"Well that's good, by the way I never caught your name."

"You didn't catch it because, I didn't tell you, my names..Call me Sky, Applejack." She looked behind her and waved goodbye.

"I guess I'll catch you later then Sky." She turned and vanished out of my sight.

The top half of the door fell over and a fat pony fell inside the room. He was nearly dead, again, already, i jammed my knife into his head. turning around I picked up my toolbox then jumped out the window. I didn't call out to her, those things thought we were still inside and I wasn't going to make them think otherwise. I saw Applejack's tail disappear around a corner a few streets down. 'Damn that's a fast pony.'

I started to catch up to her and found her breaking into a store. I followed her inside, checking to make sure that nothing was following, it was good. I saw her collecting food, I knew she knew, I was here but I wanted to see what she was doing. She looked over her shoulder at me but continued what she was doing. Slinging a bag filled with various things over her shoulder she waved for me to follow.

We went through the back door and started our way out of town, I tapped on her shoulder and she snorted."What keeps you moving Applejack?"

She kept moving but looked back at me,"My sister and her friends decided to follow me out of Ponyville, so I got to make sure they get back safely. What about you Sky?"

"I'm not entirely sure what kept me alive, I should be dead according to my diary." I kept walking and pulled out my diary."It says that I'm infected and tried to kill myself, after that it's just a bunch of blood."

A zombie ran across the street in front of us but wasn't concerned about us for some reason, it ran right by us, but didn't even look our way.

"Seems like things our finally going my way Sky. I wonder why that there pony wasn't interested in us?"

We checked the direction the pony ran from and couldn't see anything that it would run from, the other way led out  of town. We ran following the fleeing Zombie and he led us to a tall tree for some reason at the last moment it turned at us and jumped at Applejack, she quickly turned and bucked it away. I looked up in the tree and saw a white pony with purple and pink hair hanging onto a branch.

"Sweetie belle's in that tree!" Applejacks urgent tone put me on alert.

"Who's sweetie belle?"

I didn't get and answer Applejack, she went running into the mass  of creatures below the tree.'That's suicide.' I didn't want to decide not to die and then end up dying anyway. She jumped onto the back of a zombie then the next, she was hopping over them. I reached into my toolbox and threw my screwdriver at the back of one of their heads. It turned toward me and I smiled. It rushed me and I found myself on the ground, holding onto it's neck, keeping it's mouth away from me.

It's face was revolting magets filled an empty eye socket, blood poured out from his mouth onto my face. I stuck my hind leg under it and kicked it off of me, as it came back I jammed my knife into it's empty eye and twisted it. something landed on my back and clung to my neck, "Run!" At the sound of Applejack's voice, I ran.

"Wait." I stopped and looked back, "I forgot my screwdriver." I saw Applejack still holding onto the tree trunk and the other Zombies turn, staggering toward me. "Applejack grab my screwdriver!"

She looked at me with a shocked expression. "What?"

"My screwdriver, grab it for me."

A zombie grabbed her leg and she bucked it with her other. "I don't think I got time for that Sky."

"What! of course you do, just pick it up when you run by."

"That's not what I-" I ran, not wanting to argue. I turned and looked at the pony clinging on my neck,"where am I running to?"

"I don't know, go that way." She pointed to a small house several Zombies hung outside but their was a light on inside. I quickly made my way over and sat the white filly down she opened he door and headed inside, I turned to face the first of ponies to come at me I easily stabbed the first pony, then had to move away as the next one bit down where I just was. I brought both my hooves down on it's head and smiled as the blood splattered onto my face.

I went for the next one when a screwdriver impaled into the side of it's head. Applejack came up to me and faced the sprinting ponies behind her. "I hope you're ready for some party."

"Actually I was feeling pretty tired, guess I'll have to wait. I hope you got something decent out that store Applejack." I jumped onto the first pony pinning it to the ground as I stabbed the next one with my knife. I brought both my hooves down on the pony I had pinned down, then shifted out of the way of the next one. Applejack's rope coiled around it's neck and I bucked the next one to come at me. As I continued to kill off the ponies with Applejack I wondered, 'Why are we doing this?'

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                                                              Salsa's POV

" Hey Pinkie Pie what are you doing?" I asked as I walked up to the mare who saved me the night a few weeks back. Her mane was flat and she was sharpening her sickle, while staring at the wall, she was thinking.

"I don't know Dippy, just staring at the wall I guess." she looked back at me and smiled

"Are we going to leave manhatten today, Pinkie? It's been three weeks."

She shook her head, "Nope. I still got to make sure that I've killed everything that wants to rip my throat out. Why are you in such a rush any way, Dip?"

I Tapped my hooves nervously and she stared at me honestly wanting to hear my answer "no reason really just tired of sitting around doing nothing, I can't even work on new recipes right now."

She flipped her sickle then stood on her hind legs. Placing her hoof around my neck, I felt her tongue glide over my ear. "is that why you always check the ponies I kill everyday, what are you looking for somepony special?"

"Pinkie you're being weird again."

"Oh, you think that I'm being weird? I'll show you weird, no. I'll show you something more than weird, I'll show you something scary. Who's to say that I even found somepony alive in this city? What's to say that I haven't been alone this whole time." I saw her eyes start to lose what little happiness they contained and start turning red.

"Pinkie Pie, are you feeling alright?"

"I'm fine!" Her sickle found itself buried in the table in front of us. I pushed away from her slightly and smiled, she was scaring me. "How are you doing Dippy I'm sure you're doing just fine, aren't you, aren't you feeling, just fine?" My heart started racing as she pulled her sickle from the table. " Hows about we play little game, Dip." Her eyes went bloodshot and her ears flopped rapidly. She stood on her hind legs towering over me. "you could be the zompony and I could be the zompony hunter."

My blood ran cold, Pinkie was infected, how could I not have noticed? "Pinkie are you feeling okay?" my words didn't reach her, she was too far gone. My flank hit the wall, I was cornered Pinkie wasn't moving, probably trying to fight the infection still. I quickly ran passed her and out the door I ran down the hall, then heard Pinkie's hooves running up behind me.I ran down the stairs that led outside and threw myself into them. Looking back I saw her sickle flying toward me and barely managed to avoided it .

" where are you going Dip!" She suddenly fell and coughed up blood. Her hair puffed back out and she slowly raised her head. I stared at her as she reached for her sickle, " I guess that you know now, huh Salsa?" I nodded. "well I guess you would've found out eventually, I just assumed that I could keep it under control till I got back to Ponyville."

"But, I never saw you get bit before."

"I know, I never got bit i don't know what caused it on day I'm fine the next day I-." She stopped and looked at me, "look out!" I felt her sickle pass by my face, turning I saw a zompony staring at me with a sickle sticking out it's head.

"Th-Thank you."

Wiping her mouth she smiled, "See I got it under control, and I think that's the last pony here, so we can go now salsa. We can leave." I saw the happiness leaving her eyes once again, it was taking all her will power to control her infection.

"Pinkie Pie!" Her eyes shot up at me, I froze, She stood up and staggered toward me, her eyes switching between happy and zompony with every step. "If we go to Ponyville is their somepony who  could help you?" Her body hit the floor once more and she was breathing heavily, sweating. "Pinkie Pie?"