The Trotting Dead

Twilight grabbed her M14, and ran upstairs. Shining Armor caught a standard M4A1 from a soldier, and barricaded the door with chairs and tables with his magic.

“Barricade the doors and windows!” He said, “Lock and load, it’s going to be ugly.”

Twilight broke into her room, and shouted, “Get up, they’re here!”

Rainbow Dash got up, and said, “What? The Wonderbolts, are they here to accept me?”

“No,” Twilight said, “Them!”

“Oh,” she said, “Alright then. Let’s go.”

They came downstairs, and Fluttershy screeched as she saw a Zombie Pony thrust his arm at her. She pulled her Five-seveN and shot its brains out.

“Twilight,” Cadence said, “Help Shining Armor, he needs,” she stopped as a Zombie Pony grabbed her and dragged her across the bar.

Spitfire came through one of the windows, and made Swiss cheese of the Zombie’s head with her L85A2. “Come on,” she said, “Get upstairs.” She turned around, and fired a burst of lead into the horde charging at her.

Applejack drew her .44 Magnums and fired one shot after another, making quick work of ten Zombies. She threw them to the ground, and reached for her Striker. She fired off her magazine, and reloaded as she ran up the stairs into the rooms.

“We need to hold them back!” She said, with distress in her voice.

“I know that,” Rarity said, “But how? All the barricades are downstairs!”

“I don’t know.” Applejack said, and then had an idea. “Derpy, get the furniture from our room!”
Derpy ran into the room and pushed the bed to the base of the steps.

“Now what do I do?” Derpy said.

“This,” Applejack said, kicking the bed down the stairs, crushing Zombies as it tumbled down. “That oughta hold them back.”

The Ponies stayed at the top of the stairs, unloading onto the horde that came up the stairwell. Braeburn ran out of ammo with his weapons, and used his shotgun as a club, bashing the brains out of them. His face was streaked with blood, and his mane was tattered with dirt and blood mixed with the golden hair.

Twilight went onto the balcony, and picked them off at long-range. She could see the horde as far as she could see; it was going to be a long night. She grunted, and saw Discord come into the town, destroying buildings with bolts of lightning coming from his hands.

“Come out come out wherever you are!” Discord said, destroying a barn. “I know you’re here, Princess Celestia!”
Appleloosa was burning, and Shining Armor knew only he was the one who could stop Discord. Celestia was in one of the rooms upstairs, and was sleeping. She couldn’t stop the Zombie Ponies now; she had turned over her power to Luna for the night.

He fired a burst of gunfire into the horde, and ran back upstairs where the rest were holding out. Empty shell cases were littering the floor, and he could barely hear anything.

“Everypony,” he said, “We need to hold them off until sunrise, and then Celestia could decimate them all!”

“Yes sir,” Spitfire said, reloading her weapon, “You heard him, Soarin’, let’s do this!”

Soarin’ nodded, and grabbed a grenade. He pulled the pin, and counted to four. He casually rolled it down the stairs, and watched as it exploded and threw Zombie parts all throughout the ground floor. Soarin’ smirked, and reached for his F2000, and pulled the trigger, when nothing came out.

He ejected the empty magazine, but couldn’t find one with ammo.

“I’m out of ammo!” He screamed, reaching for his G18 sidearm, and running back up the stairs.

“I’m out too!” Fluttershy said, throwing her P90 to the ground. She reached for her Five-seveNs, and found they were out of ammo as well. She grabbed a knife, and started to slash a Zombie’s neck when a group charged her.

Rarity heard Fluttershy scream, and aimed her MP7 at the group, and took their heads off.

“We need to get out of here!” Rarity said, “They’re going to kill us all!” A Zombie lunged at her, and Rarity riddled it with bullets, “Any ideas, Twilight?”

“I don’t know,” Twilight said, and then she suddenly got an idea. “Everypony, get onto the balcony!” As they all got onto the balcony of the saloon, Twilight used her magic to levitate them all in a magical shield to get them down to the ground.

The devastation of Appleloosa was widespread. Discord was lighting orchards on fire, and destroying homes and other buildings. He was laughing all the way, but stopped when he saw the group of Ponies.

“Oh,” he said, “You’re all still alive? What a shame. Oh well, I’ll kill you all myself.” He used his arms to fire a bolt of lightning at the Ponies, but Twilight and Rarity deflected it with their magic.

“I’m glad you’re making this fun!” Discord laughed, “This was getting a bit boring!” He then made more Zombies out of thin air, and sent them after the Ponies.

Pinkie Pie laid her M27 on the ground with a bipod, and let loose with the carnage. The gun was making her deaf, but she didn’t care. She laughed maniacally as she killed a large portion of the Zombies. She ran over to a tree, and grabbed out a RPK-74M from the inside of the tree.

“What?” She said, “I keep guns all around Appleloosa in case of a gun emergency.”

“Why didn’t you tell us that earlier?” Soarin’ said, running for a tree, and grabbing out an AUGA3, “We could’ve used this information about twenty minutes ago!”

“Sorry,” Pinkie Pie said, “I forgot about it. Can you believe that?” She then began to laugh, but stopped as the bullets started to fly.

The others ran to trees, and grabbed out weapons. Fluttershy grabbed a PP19 from a tree, while Twilight switched her sniper out for a HK416, and Rainbow Dash picked an IMI TAR-21.

Discord kept sending hordes of Zombies after the Ponies, but eventually grew bored.

“Looks like I’m going to have to use myself to kill you,” Discord said, “This is going to be real fun.”

He chuckled as his size grew, and he grew to over one hundred feet tall. He kicked the saloon, and laughed evilly as it was torn apart. He breathed fire onto the rest of the town, and all but the Ponies and the military remained.

“What are we going to do?” Spitfire screamed, “He’s too powerful!”

“Twilight,” Derpy said, “Think of something! He’s gotten really big, and I don’t think our guns will hurt him!”

“I’m thinking!” Twilight shouted, “I just need to think of a spell.”

At that, Spike came running through the burning town with a spell book. He dropped it in front of her, and opened to a page.

“Spike,” she said, reading a spell, “A dwarfing spell? You’re a genius!”

“Um, guys,” Rainbow Dash said, “He’s coming!” She ducked out of the way of a bolt of lightning that Discord threw down.

Twilight’s horn glowed purple as she struggled to use the spell. Sweat was running down her face, and she could barely stay upright. She knew this spell had to work, with Princess Celestia probably dead and her brother nowhere to be found, it was up to her to stop Discord.

Discord laughed, but then stopped, as he began to shrink with a purple haze going around him.

“What are you doing?” Discord said, “Do you know who I am? I will kill you!” He breathed more fire, but none came out of his mouth. Instead, he coughed, and the Elements of Harmony went flying out of his mouth, in perfect shape.

“No!” Discord said, “This can’t be happening! I’m Discord; I am the ruler of all Equestria!”

“No you are not, Discord!” Princess Celestia said, the sun rising behind her, “Your reign has gone on for far too long! This time, I will be sure that you will never be a threat to Equestria again!” Princess Luna came up behind her, and they touched horns.

A white light engulfed Discord, and he began to disappear from reality.

“No, no, no!” Discord said, “This isn’t over! This is not, over!” He sent down a bolt of lightning, and knocked Celestia and Luna back.

“I am Discord,” he said, “I am all powerful! And I will kill you all!” Zombies appeared all around him, and he sent them after the group.

“Not today!” Shining Armor said, using tanks to beat back the Zombies, “This is your last sunrise, Discord.”

“No!” Discord said, using a large beam of energy from his chest, destroying the tanks. “Like I said, I am immortal! You cannot defeat me!”

“Not if we use these!” Twilight said, wearing her tiara, representing her Element of Harmony. Once again, the Ponies used the Elements of Harmony to save Equestria, as they bound Discord in stone.

Once he was stone, Shining Armor ordered a tank to destroy the statue with its main gun.

“There,” he said, “It’s over. It’s finally over.”

“What do we do now?” Derpy asked, “Everything’s still all destroyed and stuff.”

“We were just about to answer that,” Applejack said, and the Elements of Harmony unleashed a burst of rainbow throughout Equestria, resurrecting the real ponies that were infected, and completely fixing all destruction, including Manehattan.

“Now,” Twilight said, “It’s over. Discord’s dead, and now we can all live in harmony.” Everypony lifted Twilight up, and paraded her throughout Appleloosa. Ponies all throughout the town cheered, and threw flowers onto the street.

“So,” Rarity said, “What happens now?”

“Start living a normal life now.” Shining Armor said, “As hard as that may seem, just pretend this never happened.”

“Not a problem,” Applejack said, “I never did like shooting them anyway. I like shooting, but not live targets.”

“I can finally sleep through the night now,” Rainbow Dash said, “Let’s head home. I’m beat.”

They walked off to the train station, but Princess Celestia stopped them, saying, “Wait, we need to reward you all for your actions within the last week.”

“Oh,” Twilight said, “Alright everypony, let’s go. It’s only a little out of our way.” Everypony climbed onto the train bound for Canterlot, and it sped off for Canterlot.

When they were on the train, everypony was greeted by the CMC, Granny Smith and Big Macintosh.

“Oh,” Granny Smith, “Applejack!”

“Granny Smith, you’re alright!” Applejack said, and jumped into her arms. “I thought I would never see you guys again!” Her eyes welled with tears as she hugged Big Mac and Apple Bloom. She then gave in, and began to cry with them as they all hugged each other.

“Everything’s back to normal, big sis!” Apple Bloom said, “Ponyville’s alright, we can get back to working the farm again!”

“That’s just dandy, Apple Bloom,” Applejack said, “I’m just so happy you’re all alright.”

Pinkie Pie hopped to the front of the train, and waited anxiously for the sweet cart to come. She hadn’t been able to eat anything sweet for a week, and she could eat the entire cart if she could. She was bursting with excitement, and could barely hold it back.

Finally, the cart came around, and Pinkie Pie nearly exploded.

“I’ll have three lollipops, ten candy bars, three things of cotton candy, four cups of hot cocoa, and three of everything else!” She said, jumping up and down in her seat. The shopkeeper was almost scared off the train by Pinkie Pie’s outburst, but gave all she asked for.

“All right,” Pinkie Pie said, cracking every bone in her body, “Let’s do this, Pinkie!” She ate all the sweets in the matter of four seconds. She wondered whether or not she should pursue the sweet cart for more, but she decided not to.

“Hey, Twilight,” She said, leaning over the back of her seat, “You got any sweets?”

“No,” Twilight said, “Pinkie Pie, didn’t you get some?”

“I ate it all!” Pinkie Pie said, “I want more!”

“Get it yourself,” Twilight said, “Because I don’t want you to get sick when we’re in Canterlot.”

“Oh yeah,” Pinkie Pie said, “We’re going to Canterlot! I completely forgot about that, because I just thought sweets, and I was so hungry!”

Pinkie Pie sat down, and saw the train pull into Canterlot Station. They all climbed out, and saw that every citizen of Canterlot and Ponyville and some from Fillydelphia, Manehattan, Baltimare and even Las Pegasus cheered the group of Ponies as they walked to Canterlot Castle.

When they entered the Castle, Celestia and Luna were waiting for them. The Wonderbolts, Spitfire, Soarin’ and Shining Armor were by their side.

“Citizens of Equestria,” Celestia said, “These seven ponies were instrumental in the defeat of the Zombie Pony virus and the killing of Discord, who was behind this the entire time. Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Rarity, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Derpy Hooves and Twilight Sparkle, we thank you for your service to your friends and to Equestria.”

Everypony cheered and applauded as they were all presented with medals of honor and bravery, given by Shining Armor.

As they walked out, Spike said, “So, what happens now?”

“We continue our lives, Spike,” Twilight said, “I’m glad this week is behind us. I didn’t think I could do that much in a week, but I did. Let’s go home, Spike. I’ve got a nice hot cup of cocoa and a warm bed for you.”

“Alright,” Spike said, “Because I’m beat. I can sleep for a week.”

As they walked off, all seven of them talked about times when they pulled off amazing kills off the Zombies, and laughed as they walked onto the train, and it left, bound for Ponyville.

“Oh, remember that time,” Rainbow Dash said, “When Fluttershy nearly killed herself in Canterlot when she blew her lid?”

“Oh,” Rarity said, “How could I forget? If it were under different circumstances, I would have been laughing my head off!” They all laughed, at Fluttershy’s expense. She laughed timidly, but then told her own story.

“Oh,” she said, “Remember when she was complaining about walking to Appleloosa, and Rainbow Dash nearly killed her with that look?”

“Oh,” Rarity said, “Fluttershy, why do you have to be so harsh when you talk about it?” They all laughed at each other’s expense all the way back to Ponyville.

Harmony was restored, for now.

Please leave a review and tell me how I did! So, Discord never kept the Elements of Harmony inside Canterlot, but inside his very being! Discord was defeated, all the infected and dead were restored by the Elements’ powers. But what comes next for the Mane 6 and Equestria? That, my friends, is up to you! You will decide what happens next, you will write the next chapter in the story of the Mane 6. Mind you that you will not continue off of this. But, it could be anything you want! Fanfiction is meant for the fans, you and I! We will chronicle what Lauren Faust and Hasbro do not! Now go, go and write the next epic of the adventures of Twilight Sparkle, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Rarity, Applejack, Pinkie Pie and everypony else! My story has been completed, but yours has yet to begin.