"Alright, my zombies!" said Dr. Zomboss. "We failed our first attack, so we're going to attack that crazy man's house again."

"Um, Zomboss?" asked Basic, "Aren't there going to be new recruits?"

"Well, yes, but actually, no," answered Zomboss. "The new recruits I ordered yesterday were late, so we'll have to make do without them."

"Aaah, such a nice day on the lawn," said Sunflower, who was just sitting on the lane of grass along with Peashooter.

"You said it, pal," agreed Peashooter.

"If any zombies do come, we'll just attack them," said Twilight Sparkle, who was just relaxing on a beach chair.

"BRAINS!"

"That sounded like a zombie!" exclaimed Sunflower.

"As a matter of fact, it is," said Peashooter. "I guess we have to attack." And then he began to shoot peas at Elmore, who was walking towards the lawn.

Just then, Twilight jumped in and began shooting magic beams at the zombie, assisting Peashooter. After several magic beams and peas, the zombie's head popped off.

"You know," Twilight wondered, "If those zombies are really undead humans, I wonder how they were brought back to life?"

Nurp then went next, but he was met by a bunch of peas and magic beams. One magic beam went into his mouth, and he exploded into pieces. Nobody expected that at all.

"Wow," said Sunflower

"I guess those zombies are sensitive to magic," said Twilight. She tried shooting magic beams at the next zombie in line, Watterson, but when a magic beam went into his mouth, nothing happened.

"Ok, forgive me, it's actually only those purple zombies who are sensitive to magic."

"Sukhbir Brainz!" wheezed Watterson, as he was hit by a few more peas, until his head popped off.

Armless then went next, but due to him being armless, he tripped and couldn't get back up. "Darn it! I wish Zomboss would just give me new arms!" he muttered, and was met by several peas and magic beams.

"Well, I guess it's time for the Final Wave!" said Purple to the remaining zombies: Basic, Untote, and Boot.

As Purple lead the other three zombies into the lawn, Peashooter couldn't hold it in any longer.

"MUST! RESIST! THE! HYPEEEEEEEEEEER!" screamed Peashooter as he began shooting peas very fast. Twilight and Sunflower were surprised, as Purple and Basic were decapitated by the sheer amount of peas. And it would have also happened to Untote and Boot, if Peashooter didn't suddenly stop shooting very fast.

"Oh, sorry," said Peashooter. "I've tried to hide that ability for a long time, but I guess today was the day it decided to come back."

"It's okay," said Twilight as she shot some more magic beams at Untote, "you did a great job taking these two down, but now we still have to deal with these other two."

Untote then went to Twilight, but rather than eating her, he shoved her off, the unicorn landing face-first into the unsodded area of dirt, and the zombie began gnawing on Peashooter, who was trying to shoot the zombie.

"Help me there please?" shouted Peashooter, as Untote kept biting, until he was suddenly met with several magic beams to the eyes. Untote screamd in agony as his eyes caught on fire, and he tripped over Purple's decapitated head, and he fell onto the grass as he burned up into a crisp.

As everybody watched the brutal death, Boot snuck up and kicked Peashooter. It seemed like he was going to win, but not for long.

"SUN BEAM!"

"Wait, wha-"

Before the zombie could reply, he was disintegrated by a powerful sun laser from Sunflower's mouth, leaving nothing of the zombie remaining.

"We did it," said Peashooter weakly, before he flopped on the ground. Sunflower then went near him and shot a beam at Peashooter, but this beam was different. It began healing up Peashooter, and his injuries disappeared every second. After several seconds, Peashooter got back up, looking completely unharmed.

"Thanks Sunflower, you're a lifesaver."

"I know," giggled the flower as she and Peashooter hugged. Twilight could only watch in awe, before she realized she had a question to ask to Crazy Dave.

"That stupid Sunflower ruined everything!" ranted Zomboss. "My calculations stated that the last time a sunflower used their sun beam to disintegrate a zombie was 10 years ago! Ugh, I'm so angry that-" the zombie couldn't finish any longer, before he tripped over a beaker he had left on the ground for 2 months and fell on his head. "I hate my life so much."

"So, Crazy Dave," asked Twilight to the crazier pony, "how did all these undead human zombies come back to life?"

"Wabby, I'll tell you a story. It all began long ago..."

25 YEARS AGO

"Back when me and Zomboss were friends, 1 year before he became a bully, we learned about humans, and Zomboss, whose name was Edgar at that time, was very interested in them." Edgar, who was back then, a green earth pony with a pink mane and tail, was digging up a grass field with a shovel. Just then Past Dave came over.

"Oh, hey Dave!"

"Oh, hey Edgar, any luck?"

"Not yet, but I know I'll find one and prove they are real!"

"Well, good luck on your discoveries!"

"Thanks, Dave."

Dave then continued narrating. "Even when he became a big bully, he still never gave up with trying to find humans, but at this point, he had become so selfish and big-headed that he never let us help him. Eventually 4 years after he became a bully, he had finally found a dead human body after 5 years of digging, but of course he was being a big arrogant bragger about it, that nobody cared. He was so angry that he decided to bring the human back to life in hopes that everybody would stop ignoring him, not realizing that the reason he was being ignored in the first place was because of his arrogance."

Edgar began making potions and serums to bring the dead human back to life, but they never worked. "Edgar never gave up though, after his discovery, he spent 1 whole year trying to bring the dead human back to life, and by the time he had finally made a successful formula, and brought the dead human back to life, Edgar decided to show it at the end-of-the-year science fair."

The science fair was exciting to all the students. They all got to present their inventions. "I was excited too. I made the first Peashooter using some potions that I had made with random ingredients, and I was excited to show it. The judge then arrived and saw the Peashooter."

Past Dave showed it. "This is Peashooter. He can shoot peas at your enemies to keep them away."

The judge looked at it. "Very cute and good, I see, your grade is an A+."

Past Dave was so happy he jumped for joy. "Edgar," continued Dave from the narration, "had seen everything and was so angry he wanted to get a higher grade than me."

"Me next!" Edgar yelled, and the judge went to his table. "This, is a zombie." said Edgar, "He was a human who died long ago, but I brought him back to life yesterday-"

"F-."

"E-E...e-excuse me?" stuttered Edgar, "Did I forget to give him manners?"

"No, you definetely gave him manners." said the judge, who was secretly afraid that Edgar would do such a thing as bringing a zombie back to life. "It gets a F-, Edgar. Just accept it. Not everything needs an explanation."

"Of course, Edgar was so furious," narrated Dave, "that his mane and tail caught on fire and his fur changed from green to a glowing white!"

"Reminded me of that one time where I was proven the Pinkie Sense was real," said Twilight, recalling a memory where she got so angry at being wrong that she burst into flames. "Anyways, back to the story."

"YES...IT... DOES!!!!!!!!!!!!" shouted the enraged Edgar, as fire flew out of his mane and tail, and burnt all the other inventions! Past Dave hid behind a cart of tacos, as it got burned. Edgar, who was now bald, but no longer on fire, fell on the ground, and took several deep breaths and felt more calm, before he was shocked at what happened. Every invention and table except for Peashooter and the zombie, was on fire and everypony else, including the judge, was hiding behind the taco cart.

"Um... WHAT did you just do?" shouted the judge.

"OH! So now we SUDDENLY need explanations?!" shouted Edgar, "I didn't mean it!"

"Well, this ended horribly," said the judge, "But Dave was the only one I graded, so he gets an A+ on his overall report card, and everypony else gets a B or less."

As the other ponies walked away complaining about the science fair being ruined, Edgar gave Past Dave an angry look and said six last words to him, "I hope it was worth it."

"And that was the last time I saw him until 5 years after the science fair," finished Dave. "Which will be another story for another day."

Twilight was amazed. "So humans do exist!" she said to herself. "If Lyra was here, she would be all happy."

"Well, I have to go do some business," said Dave, "Peashooter and Sunflower found a new seed packet. See you in several minutes."

"See you too," said Twilight, as Dave left the room, which left Twilight to ponder about Dave's backstory.

Author's Note

The Hyper, Sun Beam, and Heal Beam were inspired by abilities from PvZ Garden Warfare.

Also, the science fair scene in the flashback was inspired by a scene from Inanimate Insanity.