My Little Pony Z

Chapter 2 – Encounter

When we got inside the Canterlot Armory, Celestia did not disappoint us at all. There were guns, guns, and more guns! I couldn’t even believe how much they brought to this world; it was an insane amount. My only problem was that, I didn’t know how to handle most of these guns.

I only had once fired a M9 Beretta pistol, which, in my opinion, was the best pistol ever. Sure it wasn’t automatic, but its control and accuracy was amazing. So while I was in that hoard of guns, I really hoped there was a pistol around. Unfortunately, there was only a few.

The weapons we chose were probably an odd setup. I for one, was actually really happy with my MP5 as my main weapon, and a Walter P99 as my sidearm. The MP5 was actually a lot heavier than I expected, in fact, the pistol seemed heavier as well.

Matt’s weapon choices was probably the oddest; an AK-47, which he claimed he could handle it yet he had a very confused look on his face while fiddling with it, and he didn’t even take a sidearm with him. I honestly thought he wasn’t going to make it long.

“So who are you?” asked the Notch look alike while I was trying to examine his equipment.

I wanted to come up with some fake name like Axel or Jeff the Killer, but I actually wanted to be taken seriously at that moment.

“Call me Alex. And you are?”

I felt like that was a bad sentence, but I was reassured as he gave me a small smirk and said his name.

“I’m Daniel; nice to meet you.”

“I’m Matt, Alex’s friend.”

“Name’s Roger.”

“Well at least we’re all acquainted with. I hope we don’t get on each other’s nerves” I said.

“Oh you know me!” Matt stated.

Matt was the type of hothead you would expect. He was very smart and actually better looking than me, but Matt was easily annoyed. Usually if I shot him a stupid question or remark, he would fly at me with his nerd rage and start lecturing me on random things. It was both annoying but somewhat entertaining to see Matt fly into that kind of rage. I would never get tired of his rage mode.

Daniel’s weapons of choice was some sort of semi-automatic rifle, which I couldn’t identify, but it looked like some sort of hunting rifle, and a Glock 17. Roger’s load out was an M4A1 with an optic sight, and a snub-nosed revolver. This led me to suspect that he was a police officer, or was one.

We took about fifteen minutes to arm ourselves and while the clock was ticking, I knew the more we waited, the more “zomponies” there would be. We all knew it would be a tough fight that would last for days or maybe weeks, so we tried to think of a strategy first. We all agreed to find a safe house we could rest in while we’re not fighting the zomponies first. After it’s set up, we would go and find survivors in the case there are some. No one was allowed to slack; we all had to help out equally, like four persons in one.

To my surprise, we actually weren’t starting out in Canterlot. I honestly had an entire plan thought out, but I decided to use it for another time. Instead, we were actually being placed in Ponyville for the time being. As we soared through the world in a hot-air balloon, I soon realized how bad this zompony apocalypse was. Hordes gathered in the city trying to raid houses for surviving ponies, the mist was everywhere, the environment was dying, and zomponies journeyed through the remaining waste of the Equestrian plains. I couldn’t help but to notice every last detail, and so did my three friends.

Our guide there was actually Shining Armor himself. I was always a somewhat fan of him ever since his debut in the season two finale. I wanted to ask so many questions, but as I saw his somewhat forlorn face on him, I realized it wasn’t the time or place for it.

“Are you okay?” I asked him, still seeing his worried face.

“Y-yeah; I’m okay. It’s just that, nothing like this has ever happened and I guess…”

He stopped briefly.

“I guess this is the only time in my life where I’m actually afraid…”

I then realized why he got more and more nervous as we got closer to Ponyville; he was worrying about his sister, Twilight Sparkle. As much as I wanted to sympathize with him, I couldn’t because I was, and still am, and only child. I’ve always dearly wanted a sister or brother I could relate to though. When my parents were away, I was left home alone for nearly an entire day. I was so lonely trying to keep myself entertained, watching TV, and occasionally reading. I just wanted someone who loved me to come up and actually accompany me.

I almost shed tears as I came to that conclusion, but all I could do was tell him I was going to try to bring Twilight to safety. He smiled at me lightly, nodded his head, and said thanks.

But I wasn’t promising for a reason…

If you’re a religious type of person, then you would know that every religion has their own type of Hell. Whether it is the Christian version of Hell or even the Hindu version of Hell, all I could tell you is that the Ponyville I was standing in was worse than any of those. As we descended lower and lower to land so we could get out, my friends and I realized how clogged the air was with the green mist. It smelled of putrid rot the first few layers, but soon, the smell changed to like curdled milk. The dirt and grass that ponies once walked on were now corrupted by the mist and changed to a darker version of their original color. Some building were boarded up and locked heavily, but all of them were falling apart due to age. I then wondered how long this has been going on.

Once we all were out, Shining Armor waved over the edge, wishing us the best of luck. We all waved back thanking him for the ride.

Ponyville was actually not as congested as I thought it would be. Only a few zomponies roamed the empty and dead streets of the once proud town. As soon as Matt spotted a zompony, he raised his gun towards it ready to fire, but Roger stopped him.

“Don’t want to alert more at the moment” Roger said.

“We should really break into one of these buildings to set up a safe house” Daniel reminded all of us.

“But where should we go?”

“Well, what about Twilight’s library?” I suggested.

“I don’t know. We still have yet to examine these zombie ponies enough.”

“You mean like their physical and mental statuses?”

“Exactly; if we don’t know how strong these things are, they might even be able to chip away at the tree’s bark and wood enough to get in.”

“Then we’re totally fucked!”

“Don’t we also need a good storage space to keep our supplies?”

“Right; so since Twilight’s library is about 60% books, we should think of something more ‘free.’”

“Fluttershy’s hut? Doesn’t she also have farm animals there?”

“True, but who knows what would happen if we eat the infected meat, saying it could absorb the mist like brining?”

“Isn’t it small as hell as well?”

We all gave our suggestions, but soon realized the flaws it had. We all just came down the decision just to raid an average house for now, and then later we could scout out what other places there could be.

Now I’m pretty sure we broke into Berry Punch’s house due it’s large quantity of liquor and booze in the fridge, but I haven’t studied the fandom long enough to know if drinking thing is just made up. However, it did smell very odd, like frozen, store bought berries, but mostly of raspberry.

Now that we had our little safe house, it was time to set up our supplies. The only problem was that the only “supplies” we had were our guns and ammunition. We had totally forgotten to ask the Canterlot guards where we can get some food and drink! We didn’t know what to do at that point once we all realized this.

Everyone gathered at the front door with their weapons ready. This was only our first day and hour here, and already things have gone to hell. We weren’t going to let that get in our way however; we just needed to add “get supplies” to our Equestrian Apocalyptic Shopping List.

“Before we go guys, I just wanted to tell you all…try to not let anyone die out there” I requested.

“Well if I’m too busy covering your ass then I’m not watching my own” Matt said sarcastically.

“If any of us die, then it was a nice time meeting you all!” Daniel said.

Roger opened the door…