Chapter 3: GAME ON!

Two pair of eyes glared at each other. One belonged to a being wearing red football gear and another being who looked like a strange plant. These were All-Star Zombie and Peashooter, rivals since the beginning.

Peashooter had met All-Star Zombie when he was known as just Football Zombie, and All-Star Zombie had met Peashooter when he was known as well....Peashooter, but a slightly more younger version of him.

Peashooter was in the third row of plants, after Sunflower, when Football Zombie came. He came out of nowhere, running up to a poor Wall-Nut. The plants instantly attacked, but not before their friendly Wall-Nut had its shell eaten completely.

The loss of his Wall-Nut friend shook Peashooter greatly, and since that moment he and All-Star had a ever-lasting rivalry. For All-Star, he saw Peashooter as the one thing stopping him from reaching his goal: Winning. His main goal wasn't actually eating brains, (though that is part of the definition of winning) but to prove his best. For Peashooter, he saw All-Star as the one that was responsible for the deaths of many of his friends, for when All-Star gained his ramming ability, the first plant that came in contact with All-Star, with the exception of a few, instantly died. And finally, each saw this as the opportunity to finally best the other.

The moment All-Star stepped front, he was suddenly bounced back as he stepped on a Spring Bean that was planted in front of him. At the same time, Peashooter began to take aim and started to fire upon the incoming Bucket Zombies that were approaching.

"We need more plants!" Pinkie cheerfully said as she loaded her cannon and started to aim at All-Star. She fired a burning hot cannon ball, but with precise skill the All-Star zombie rolled out of the way. Luckily for Pinkie, it was able to blow up a good 5 zombies in the back. Neither less that meant that the one that they had to fear was still running around. A grunt was heard as the All-Star Zombie suddenly started to charge at them. Twilight fired a beam, and to everypony and plant's surprise, the beam was able to throw him back.

"WHAT!?" Dr. Zomboss said in his chair as he inspected the battle. The commander sighed.

"You said that All-Star was ready for anything, and so we skipped him when we were upgrading the zombies against the shadow plants. This means that he is not immune to unicorn magic." The commander said. The doctor slammed his grey fists.

"NO! I won't accept this!" The mad scientist said. The commander still had his poker face on.

"Not to worry, for All-Star while being a zombie, knows how to combine defense and offense while using everything to his advantage with his amazing tactics that he had as a football player. He'll succeed in at least escaping if he doesn't of course win, which he would do everything in his power to do so." The general said as he examined the battle.

Twilight started to fire rapid fires at All-Star, but as he ran he grabbed a Bucket Zombie as he ran and used it as a shield so that the zombie with its immunity to magic spells could repel these attacks. Rarity started to grab her diamonds and started to launch them at high speeds in hope of using their strike-through damage against the zombie, but holding a large plank of wood, the All-Star managed to block every single one that would've directly hit him. Not that it would've mattered. While he had a insane amount of health, All-Star planned to use that health in the counter attack he was quickly formulating.

A rainbow streak suddenly came from the group as Rainbow flew high into the sky. A sudden flash of light appeared and a rainbow ring spread across the sky again as Rainbow Dash broke the limit again and after doing a insane loop, started to approach All-Star.

"You're mine!" Rainbow Dash yelled as she made the return trip to the ground to meet with the All-Star head on. All-Star started to pick up speed as he reached his ramming speed, and the two met head-on, literally. The collision sent a shock wave as the two attacks cancelled each other out. Even though fazed, Rainbow was able to make a loop and attacked All-Star again, hitting him, but not with the damage that would've been caused by the full force of the Sonic Rainboom. All-Star's spiky cleats tore the ground as he slowed to a halt. Applejack suddenly rammed into him, sending the famous All-Star crashing into a house.

"How do you like it when you get rammed?" Applejack taunted, gritting her teeth. All-Star Zombie slowly got himself up, a bit tired from that sudden attack. Grunting, he grabbed the nearest Bucket Zombie and threw him towards the cowgirl. With the objection complete of stopping a subsequent attack from Applejack, who was beginning to charge at him but had to stop to defend herself from the flying zombie, All-Star Zombie began charging up his ram ability again. In epic slow motion, All-Star managed to just squeeze himself between two fiery cannons, then slide under another barrage of diamonds, before finally smashing through the shield that Twilight formed.

Unluckily for the All-Star, Twilight, now understanding more or less the physics of his ram, formed the weakest shield she could produce, barely making it even become functional, such the lack of magic it had, so that All-Star's ability could've been used. Now with the remaining amount of magic she had, she fired the most largest beam ever created. Anger flowed through her eyes, the hatred of all zombies, hatred for the ones that killed already at least 100 ponies, hatred for the ones that endangered her friends, and for the ones that destroyed the place she called home. All of this had pushed the female unicorn over the edge as her fur suddenly glowered and her mane lit up.

"TAKE THIS!" Twilight roared as a sudden burst of magic lit the sky as a massive wave of energy formed. All-Star grabbed the nearest batch of Bucket Zombies, held them in front of him, and hope for the best.

The wave tore through everything. Houses. Earth. Some unlucky zombies who lost their buckets in the assault, all was gone in the death ray as it passed through the air. Far away, the Commander and Doctor looked in awe at the extreme power shown from the mare. Writing down some notes, the Commander tapped a button next to his ear. With a smile he presented the outcome.

While in some areas that weren't protected by the bucket zombies were completely scorched, there was All-Star, still glaring at the mare that caused so much damage. Even though dead, All-Star seemed to clutch his injured spots in pain. But still, he still had the ability to fight, though now with a weakened force.

Meanwhile the Sunflowers that were spawned there had accumulated 500 sun. Fluttershy and Peashooter looked over the seed pockets.

"Let's see....." The Peashooter said as he examined the available seed packets. "Wall-Nut. Peashooter. Potato Mine. Cherry Bomb is still in cool down mode. Now we need is some insta-kill plant or a plant that deals massive dama- where's Repeater?!" Peashooter suddenly exclaimed. The Peashooter looked frantically as he searched through the plants. "No no no no no!"

"What's wrong Peashooter?" Fluttershy asked as she checked the seed packets.

"We're missing some plants!" Peashooter exclaimed. Fluttershy widened her eyes.

"We are?!" The timid mare asked in shock. Peashooter nodded.

"We're missing all plant variants and premium ones! Snow Pea! Explode-o-Nut! Fire Peashooter! Primal Potato Mine! Jalapeno! Cob Cannon! In fact I only think we have only the ones from Grass Walk and one from each time period!" Peashooter exclaimed as he checked the list.

*Available Plants:
Peashooter x4 Sunflower x1 Potato Mine x5 Cherry Bomb x4 Wall Nut x5 Cabbage Pult x5 Bloomerang x5 Kernel Pult x5 Lightning Reed x5 Blover x5 Chard Guards x5 Puff-Shroom x5 Red Stinger x5 Intensive Carrot x5 Lily Pad x5

No Modern Day Plants Found
No Jurassic Marsh Plants Found
No Premium Plants Found

End Almanac*

"So what do we do now?" Fluttershy asked her plant friends. Peashooter glared his eyes at a different direction, seeing how All-Star and the other zombies are still fighting and endangering their friends.

"We fight." Peashooter said as he started to move towards the general direction of the fight.

Meanwhile back in the Human World......

A series of computer sounds were heard as Penny the Time Travelling Machine sought to gain more information and how their fellow plants were.

"Bad news Dave. Dr. Zomboss had ordered a all out attack against the town called Ponyville. Already 100 ponies and counting had perished. Even worse, most of the seed packets are missing, more better said Premium Plants and Plant Variants that would've made the battle easier." The automobile said. Crazy Dave gave one of his shocked faces.

"That can't be good." Crazy Dave stated, fumbling his thumbs. "Is there any way to help them?"

"We could try activating 'Special Delivery' Mode." Penny said. Crazy Dave gave one of his crazy smiles.

"Ya heard kids! Time to get those plants ready for plantin' cause it's time for a special delivery!" Crazy Dave said as his students looked up and started to find whatever plants they could find. "So what does the Travel Log say for this?" Crazy Dave said. Penny sighed. It just always had to be the Travel Log.....

"Equestria - Day 1 - Mode: Special Delivery - Mission: Fight Off A Horde of Bucket Zombies And One All-Star Zombie - Limits: Missing Plants." Penny said as she recited the day's travel log.

In Equestria....

Fluttershy looked on at the battle from faraway as she saw the Peashooter bravely charge into battle, firing peas at every angle he could fire, blasting off the buckets and heads of various zombies. She could see how her friends and zombies alike were shocked on his bravery and efficiency.

"Wait he's actually killing them!?" Fluttershy heard Rainbow's voice cry out. Sounds of awe came from her friends as they watched the Peashooter go. But every so often she saw the Peashooter glance at her, calling her to help. Fluttershy remembered Peashooter's motivation speech, and she realized that he can't continue this fight alone. He needed his plant allies, and her, for he trusted her. Fluttershy did a deep breath and let it go.

The pocket started to glow as the words popped out 'Special Delivery' from a built in holographic producer. Fluttershy was confused. Special Delivery?

At the moment the pocket suddenly changed into a tiny factory, and random seed packets dropped in front of her. Fluttershy smiled as she saw what types of plants they were. Fluttershy looked at the battle that was raging on and her face beamed with confidence.

Meanwhile with Peashooter.....

Peashooter dodged a grey hand, and fired upon the attacker, knocking him over. Another zombie with a bucket head attacked, but then a rainbow trailed knocked the bucket off and with a deadly charge up, Peashooter finished the zombie of with another deadly pea. But then suddenly he was suddenly thrown away by the All-Star Zombie. Peashooter was sent flying into the air but then he was surrounded and softly placed back down by a lavender glow.

"Don't worry Peashooter. We got your back." Twilight said as she charged up her magic and fired another beam of magic at All-Star, who got pushed back a bit. All-Star shook himself and began his charge again, this time trying to bypass Pinkie Pie's barrage of cannonballs. The All-Star narrowly dodged several of the hot balls of metal, and he rammed into the cannon, disabling it for the moment. Rarity started to launch her crystals at the undead being, but All Star used the same cannon to protect himself from all the hits. All-Star was approaching the 5 ponies when all of a sudden All-Star felt a pea ram into him. All-Star looked back and saw the Peashooter glaring at him.

"You gotta get past me if you want to hurt my friends." Peashooter said with a glare. All-Star put aside his thoughts on the girls, who decided to use this time to concentrate their forces on the Bucket Zombies, and All-Star charged at Peashooter.

The zombie swung his arm at Peashooter. Peashooter jerked his head to the side and fired at All-Star. The two began to exchange swings and blows, with neither being able to successfully overpower the other. All-Star for a split second looked to the general direction of Dr. Zomboss, before concentrating on the battle against Peashooter. Dr. Zomboss saw the glance from the All-Star.

"Is there any way we could help All-Star defeat that irritating Peashooter?!" The Doctor said. Commander looked at his options.

"Peashooter is at a high level right now. While All-Star could survive Peashooter's attacks, he won't be able to destroy Peashooter either. Both are formidable opponents. We might have to abandon the invasion." The commander said.

"Abandon!? What do you mean!?" The doctor cried out.

"Like for instance, right now most of our zombies have now become Bucket Zombies, and we've killed 250 ponies by now. If we retreat right now, we'll have saved most of our zombies and gained new recruits. But if we don't retreat, we would start losing more than we should, which would be bad news if we want to continue our assault." The commander said. The doctor shook his head furiously.

"NO! SEND MORE! SEND MORE!" Dr. Zomboss said as he woke up more zombies. This time it was just more basic zombies. "GO AND DESTROY THEM!" The crazy zombie said as the zombies started their trek. After a second though, not seeing them already there, the doctor sprayed a substance on them, and the zombie started to run at a higher pace. The commander just looked at him, before shaking his head and sighing.

Meanwhile All-Star Zombie was fighting Peashooter still, when a grey hand grabbed the pot Peashooter was in. Peashooter got out of the pot, just as the grey hand narrowly missed his head. The Peashooter saw the pot being put over the intruder's head. But in this moment though All-Star had kicked Peashooter high in the air. The poor plant landed on the ground. Even so, the plant did not give up. Dodging another grey hand, the Peashooter got up and saw the massive amount of zombies.

"This is impossible!" Peashooter gasped. He was now being cornered by the zombies. The Peashooter fought desperately, but it only seemed like he was preventing the inevitable. Just when all seemed lost, a green leaf was shot at him, and Peashooter began to transform into his Gatling form. Peashooter turned and saw Fluttershy from afar. But what could've shot that from afar?

The answer came when a green cabbage suddenly smashed into the zombie nearest to him. Soon came a barrage of butter and some more cabbages, which started to injure various zombies. Peashooter looked and saw his plants friends, who cheered him on. Now with the power he desperately needed, Peashooter mowed down all the surrounding zombies in front of him, taking down 10 before reverting back to his normal Peashooter form. The zombies were still around him, when suddenly they all disappeared and appeared from a far place, which Peashooter realized was their starting point. He smiled.

"Thyme Warp." Peashooter thought. But how? Peashooter remembered that Thyme Warp was not part of the plants they had. So how? Then it hit him.

Peashooter saw an army of Peashooters assemble and charge at the zombies. Even he was shocked as he realized that somehow, across worlds, Crazy Dave had supplied them with the Special Delivery Mode. The Peashooters clashed with the normal zombies. They were the new ones, as their peas didn't pack the punch he had. But even so one by one the zombies were starting to go down, though not before they had also pulled down with them another huge number of ponies who weer unfortunate to be in the way of the zombies. Peashooter barely had the time though to dodge another attack from the All-Star. All-Star still glared at him, but Peashooter knew what All-Star thought. It would be suicidal to attack with a huge army of Peashooters, Cabbage Pult, and Kernel Pult around. But still, All-Star suddenly picked up a bottle and drank it. Peashooter felt a huge energy coming from All-Star, and he couldn't even blink before a hand smashed into his head, sending him flying. The other Peashooters saw this and began to panic, their order being lost. The remaining zombies where able to push them back by moving closer to them, but with the presence of the now overpowered All-Star all the Peashooters started to run away. A Wall-Nut was rolled down the hill but with a single ram it was shot into the air and nopony knew where in Equestria it landed at the moment. But instead of going into cool-down mode the All-Star continued to ram into more and more plants, all of which were being thrown away by the All-Star. Peashooter got frustrated even more by All-Star. With a Peashooter version of a battle cry the Peashooter charged at All-Star.

As more and more plant material fell from the sky, the place became a huge battleground with huge craters around the arena. The two beings clashed in the middle and their fight began yet again, with one ducking under the other, only to miss.

"The All-Star got stronger!?" Applejack yelled in shock. Rainbow growled and flew high up, creating a Sonic Rainboom. But when it came to hit the All-Star, Rainbow felt an immense pain as the All-Star acted like metal, and Rainbow retreated back with a very injured hoof.

"He's too strong!" Rainbow Dash cried out. "How are we supposed to defeat that being?!"

"Even with our plants it seems that the All-Star's new power had led them to retreat." Rarity said. "I think it'd be best to retreat and leave." Rarity said.

"And leave everypony here to die!? No way!" Rainbow Dash said as she flew up and stuck down some Bucket Zombies. Twilight was pondering on everything when the most obvious idea hit her.

"The Elements of Harmony! We could use them and create a massive wave of magic to push back All-Star!" Twilight said aloud. Applejack pondered a bit.

"It would work against him, but what about the hundreds of Bucket Zombies out there?" Applejack inquired, bucking a zombie that got too close to her. Another zombies appeared but suddenly a piece of butter smashed into his face and immobilized him. Fluttershy was carrying a Kernel Pult, smiling a bit. "Well that could work." Applejack said.

"Time to pony up!" Pinkie Pie said in joy as the familiar rainbow glow surrounded them.

Meanwhile All-Star had Peashooter pinned down onto the ground. All-Star grabbed him by the neck, spun him around, and threw him at a nearby rock. Peashooter smashed through it, badly injured, but still alive. All-Star charged at him and grabbed him again. The look was straight to the point.

"Any last words?" Peashooter glared at him. All-Star's look was clear. "You let your pride choose. Be gone Peashooter." All-Star said, ready to crush the plant's soul. But then a rainbow glow appeared from the distance. All-Star dropped the Peashooter and looked at the massive light. The light suddenly let out a huge ray of harmonic magic at the All-Star. The zombie, now realizing what trouble he was in, attempted to grab as many Bucket Zombies he could, but when the ray collided, to his shock, he saw how the other zombies slowly started to disintegrate. A mighty blast occurred, and All-Star was no longer to be seen in the area.

The girls dropped to the ground, panting, but ultimately they had a smile. They won. They finally stopped the zombie invasion for the day.

Peashooter looked at them with gratitude. A fellow Peashooter came up to him.

"It's over right?" The younger Peashooter said. Peashooter looked at him.

"No. This is just the very beginning. The beginning of the end." Peashooter said as he looked at the corpses that started to be pulled to the ground, gone forever and now in the clutches of a evil mastermind who would do anything to win. Peashooter was more worried about a particular zombie at the moment. All-Star. Peashooter saw that at the last moment, All-Star was pulled out by a Miner. It worried the plant on how strong the zombies had become. Would they be able to win again? The Special Delivery mode was now in cool down for a few days. This worried the plant, but looking at his new friends and old ones, his mind was relieved.

"In the end we lost around 500 ponies today." Twilight's voice said. "500 perished in today's zombie attack. We were able to defeat them today, but tomorrow we might not be able to." Twilight said this all to the mourners at the assembly. She was too shocked to even write to Celestia. She had bursted into tears various times when she was writing down the day's occurrence. "This is why I ask you all to side with us in this battle against the zombies. I believe that together with the new allies we had gained, we could, no, we will win." Twilight said, flipping to another card. "We are in a state of worldwide emergency. The beings that had nearly wiped another world, have comes to ours. We're less technologically advanced than the original world they invaded. They've gotten more stronger than what that world had seen. But we gained a promise that whoever had been able to defeat the undead in his world will come to save ours. But for now, we need time. If we could buy us enough time, our world will be saved, which is why everypony here should participate in this new war against these zombies, so that at least some of us could continue on our names." Twilight ended the speech by going down the platform and reuniting with her friends. Peashooter glanced at her. He looked away from her, and Twilight understood what he was thinking.

"I know what you're thinking. But Peashooter, this is not your fault. If it weren't for you and your friends, right now Applejack and Rainbow would've died, and we don't know how many more would've. You've helped save this place Peashooter." Twilight said, trying to smile, but still the sadness inside of her prevented her from smiling.

"No. It's my fault. If I had been more stronger, then this problem would've been here with you." Peashooter thought. Fluttershy grabbed him and embraced him.

"Don't worry. We'll do this together." Fluttershy said. Peashooter sighed but finally did something similar to a smile. All was well until someplant just HAD to say it.

"Wait we're helping out ponies? Ponies?! PONIES!?" Another fellow Peashooter said. Then suddenly every plant started to run away, panicking.

"AHHHH! WE'RE GOING TO DIE!"

"NO! I'M TOO YOUNG TO DIE!"

"I DON'T EVEN TASTE GOOD!"

"AHHHHH!"

Plants ran everywhere. The Sunflowers and Peashooter face-leaved. It was going to be a VERY long day.

To be Continued......

Author's Note

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