My Little Pony Z

Chapter 3 – Ponyville (Part 1)

When we said we were going to kill zomponies, we had no idea what these things looked like up close. I’ve read plenty of laughable fanfictions about zombies in Equestria, as well as played few games like “Story of the Blanks” as well, so I had in mind what they might look like; almost skeleton with dripping and rotting flesh.

It didn’t take us long to find what we were looking for. In a minute or so, we found our very first zompony pack. I was close to what they looked like. The skin did look rotten, but it also had signs of peeling and being turned inside out. Their manes were shedding by the step and their eyes were just as blank as their non-existent souls.

“Holy sweet Jesus…”

Matt almost looked like he was about to puke. I didn’t blame him since I’ve never seen anything more foul in my life. Just the sight of the melted meat made my stomach churn. I looked over at the other two and they were just as awed as we were. I swear I have never seen Roger paler in my life. Daniel just stood without even blinking.

I don’t know how much time passed by, but if that zompony had never seen us, we would be frozen there forever. I expected these monsters to shuffle slowly at us, like in the movies, but I had little time to think after it started running towards me. Just as I realized what was going on, it was almost too late. I say almost, because when I looked back at the thing, it was lying right beside my feet.

I looked back up and I saw Daniel holding his rifle but this time in more awe than before.

“I-I…I killed it…”

It was our first kill, and did we feel excited; the answer is a simple yet firm no. I had finally seen the true monsters that Discord had released on to the world of peace, love, and tolerance. I looked down at the zompony and upon further examination of it, I saw one last piece of flesh that was not as bloody or black. I jumped a little at the sight of a cutie mark, but not just any cutie mark, it was a hourglass. Out of every background character in the show, I knew this one; Time Turner (or Doctor Hooves)…

I couldn’t think for long though; out in the corner of my eye, I saw one of those demons. I quickly raised my gun as fast as I could, but I was just too late. The fucking demon swung his hoof at the back of Daniel’s leg, making Daniel cringe in pain and almost fall to the ground. I shot the beast multiple times until it finally died.

Roger and Matt quickly raised their weapons as I pointed out a group of zomponies coming toward us. Matt had trouble with his gun’s recoil, considering he had little experience with such technology. I swear he never got a hit.

Killing those bastards wasn’t easy; their rotting and molting flesh seemed to absorb some of the bullet’s impact. How that works, I will never know, but I guess it has something to do with the anatomy of a pony in Equestria. We did try aiming for the head, but just hitting them anywhere seems to work.

The very second all the zomponies were dead, Roger slipped out his sidearm and walked at Daniel, pointing the gun at his head.

“I’m sorry man, but you’re infected…”

“No, wait!”

As my mouth blurted that out, Roger snapped his sight towards me, taking the gun away from Daniel.

“What, then? Are you suggesting we do with him; he was attacked by the zombies and he should turn into one at any moment!”

“But he wasn’t actually bitten; only bluntly punched.”

“Alex, we can’t take risks. Let’s just get the fuck out of here and leave him to become one of them!” Matt started to join in on the conversation.

By now, almost everyone was against me; Matt and Roger both were objecting my request to help Daniel, claiming that any contact with a zombie will turn you into one of them. I never told them this, but I felt like beating them both for blurting out stupidity like that. I knew Daniel wasn’t infected, but he needed help to get back up.

“Let me just take a look at his wound; it may not even be a bite!”

My rage was starting to consume by this point, just like back in our world. Roger hesitated for those five seconds, but in the end, he gave in.

“Fine; but Matt and I are staying the hell away while you risk your life!”

“Alright, but just make sure you have your backs covered.”

I ran over to Daniel to check his wounds. It was minor; only a small red spot where he was hit as well as a minor bruise. After a while, I got him back up on his feet. He thanked me for helping him and we joined in on a gunfight Roger and Matt were having with a group of zomponies. We finished up the last one before Roger asked me if Dan was infected.

“No; only slight bruises.”

I noticed Roger was a lot more relaxed after I told him.

“Well I guess I was wrong to judge like that.”

As I was about forgive him, the four of us heard the most bloodcurdling scream you’ll ever hear. It sounded like a terrible mix between dying pigs and a scream of a woman in pain. It was so disgusting that I had to cover my ears because of it. Even to this day I have nightmares about it even.

After the screaming had stopped and I uncovered my ears, the four of us then had realized that the streets that were filled with zomponies were now empty.

“What the fuck happened?” Daniel asked.

“They’re gone…but why?”

As the four of us stumbled in confusion, I finally saw something running at us from far away.

“What the hell is that?” I pointed.

The other three turned around to look where I was pointing, when they drew their weapons and open fired. I took my gun out and just before I was about to shoot it, I got a good look at the beast; it was Lyra Heartstrings, but she was zomponified.

“Holy shit!”

The thing almost pounced on Matt, but I was about to push her off before she did so. She then gazed at me with those blank eyes of hers. I tried to defend myself, but I ended up running instead after she hit me in the legs with a swipe of her hoof. I didn’t want to run too far away because I wanted the others to shoot her down, so I decided to kite her around in a small circle.

I wasn’t the best runner at the time, and most likely the worst in my school at the moment of writing this, but I took Track about a year ago because I wanted a sport to do besides football and basketball, which I both suck at. I trained by my coach to do more speed than endurance (since I was in the 100 meters at the time), so I did get an ample distance away from her, but after about thirty seconds, I started to get worn out, and my sprint turned into a jog. I looked behind me and already, the zombie Lyra was a few feet away from me.

So basically, I was stuck there alone while my partners had to reload their guns. I have no idea why it took them so fucking long, so I had to take things into my own hands. I stopped my jog, turned around, waited for Lyra to get close, and as she was about to pounce me, I took my pistol, stuck it in her demonic mouth, and fired an entire clip into her. I was forced to watch as I saw myself literally shoot Lyra’s brain matter out.

I didn’t take me long to realize I had just killed my other favorite background character (Time Turner is the first). I pulled the crimson-splashed P99 out of her mouth and watch her as she fell. I had no idea what to think of first at the time. Think of it as killing someone that you know; you feel like a monster inside. I looked at my pistol and convinced myself that it was for the best.

“Shit man…”

I had then finally realized the others were crowded around the corpse of Lyra, just staring at it. We were there for seconds until we heard a roar coming from what sounded like groups of bears. As I looked back up, I realized we were in the market district, and around us were rushing hordes of the undead.

“Fuck; run!” I yelled.

The others realized I had already started off sprinting away when they decided to follow me. I turned to take a left, hoping to reach the residential district, when I found out that zomponies were coming that way too. I looked right, and the same thing was there; hordes of zomponies. I ran back, and the others turned around to follow me, but I didn’t run for long.

Soon, there was one big swarm of zomponies surrounding us in the market, with nowhere to run or hide; only fight.

“Well, it’s been a nice run, guys” I said.

“This was not the Equestria that I thought I was going to be in, but I had fun I guess” Daniel spoke.

“I guess it was a fun run” Roger said.

“Alex, I’ll see you in Hell” Matt smiled.

I laughed at Matt’s sarcasm, but I knew I was going to a better place. Sure I did a few wrong things in my life on Earth, but I didn’t let that get to me. By doing this for Equestria, I knew I had somewhat made it a better place a little, and I hoped that the other heroes would fight off this apocalypse and reclaim the world to be what it was before.

And that’s when I turned around…

“What in the unholy mother of fuck is that?!” I blurted out.

“The others turned around and we all saw a rectangular shaped box with two question marks on it. I stared at it for about three seconds and smiled.

“I wonder how many points I have” I joked.

The others didn’t get where I was going, so I told them to cover me so I could open it. As I got closer to the box, I studied it further. The question marks continued to glow from a white to a bright gold color. I knew what I had to do, so at the time when the question marks were gold, I quickly opened the box and stepped back. By now, my comrades were already having difficulties with the horde, so I prayed the thing would go fast.

From the box sprang up a weapon, but then it changed to another, and then another. It continued like this for about two seconds when it finally stopped. I gasped at what I saw in front of me: an ICS-191 GLM Gernade Launcher. It was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen, but the only problem was, I didn’t know how to handle such a weapon. I looked back quickly, and my friends were completely surrounded.

I wasn’t thinking; I took the launcher and dropped my MP5 in exchange for it. I then turned to aim at the horde and fired. The grenades wisped through the air like two kites dancing in the wind current. And as it made contact with the beasts from hell, the ammo exploded with great force, killing multiple. I fired a few more rounds, killing the last of the horde chasing my friends.

By now, I had finally realized what was going on; when Celestia said she had teleported “strange machines” to Equestria as well, I never imagined it would be a Weapon Mystery Box! I also started to hope that the Perk Machines were here as well.

I couldn’t celebrate for long however, I turned to my right and saw another horde coming in my direction. I fired two more rounds before I realized my gun was empty. I started to run, but the launcher was really heavy, so it slowed me down a bit. My friends were in awe as I passed them with my new gun, but they also helped cover me while I was reloading. I searched my pockets for ammo, and I finally found some.

It was a heavy round, but I knew I had to put it in my gun fast before those zomponies got close. I inserted the ammo into the launcher and searched my pockets for another. It took me about a minute to fill my gun, and when I looked back up, my friends desperately needed my help.

“Alex, I know you have an awesome weapon of destruction, but please hurry up and blow their fucking guts out!”

I raised my launcher and fired everything at the zomponies. Only a few remained after that, but they were picked off by the others. The three then looked at my gun in awe. After we realized the zomponies had stopped coming for now.

“Dude; that’s the most awesome thing I’ve ever seen!”

“Where did you get it?”

I pointed over at the box that was just sitting alone. The other three rushed over there hoping to get first shot and opening it. In the meantime, I reloaded my launcher. Roger got to the box first, but he didn’t seem to get the point of it. Because of that, he got dual USP .45’s, which he denied and waited for the box to close. He wanted another shot at it, but Daniel pushed him out of the way and opened the box. I didn’t think Daniel got the idea as well, but he actually got a good gun; a M16 with an optic sight. Roger tried to take the gun, but it wouldn’t let him, and Daniel was the only one to pick it up. Matt went next after a small fight between Roger, and he actually got an AA-12 shotgun! Finally, Roger got a second change, and again he got a bad weapon; an MP5k with a grip. He then rage quit after that.

“Are we all happy?” I asked.

“Fuck you” Roger said with a slight smile.