The mane six Twilight, Rarity, Applejack, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, And Rainbow Dash were now at the main road to Ponyville with the sounds of extra hoof steps a few hooves away behind them only for them to stop Rainbow Dash's ears perked up at the sound and stops to turn and follow. Still, her friends see their new "Friend," Mr. Stitchings, the giant towering tall hornless unicorn pony only to be undead with the smell of rot following him. Standing in the shadow of a tree in the everfree forest staring at the ground where the sun shined over, he stared at the light and the shadow only to look up and see the six mares looking back at him with confusions to him this would be instead be feeling the sun for the first time. However, when he was alive, he did attempt to go outside only to be beaten back in and again for doing so, to the mares they thought Stitcihngs would burn up as soon as he touches the light, but with on step with his hoof, they watch the sunlight show more of his body.

The burned scars covered was what made up most of his body, his coat or what remains of it was a dark blue almost as if it were Princess Luna's night sky but had smears of grey dust and rubbed ash on to it thankfully he wore his suit attire to cover up the maggot nest under his forehoof shoulder. There his mane was a simple long dried dark grey mane with a short tail to complement it, but what made it hard for even the six mares was his face; now, seeing it in the light, they could see that it was a mix of charred red and black scared burn down to his skull that could see his jaw, left eye socket that held his red and white left eye along with what little muscle that kept both his mouth and eye and the insides of his mouth and teeth. If they were to look up 'Burnt zombie pony,' Stitchings would've won that definition and had a picture.

The girls looked away, horrified and disgusted, only to see Rainbow Dash and Pinkie still staring at him as Pinkie's mouth was open in gasp and Rainbow dash only turned her head side was at the now show sight of Stitchings.

"Yeah, you'd be better looking in the dark instead, could used a bath an"-

She was cut off by Twilights magic pulling her behind her and keeping her mouth shut as she smiled nervously at Stitchings, seeing him only take a deep breath of the fresh air and roll of the rainbowed mane pegasi's comment.

"S-sorry about that she means well and doesn't mean to insult you in anyway."

"I know my Physic and 'smell' is horrific to gaze at and be disgusted with it; I don't care if you tell me or keep it behind my back, but at least have some decency to keep it to oneself instead if you do not dare share it to my face." He said in a dead tone as he slowly walked towards them and then saw a small cottage surrounded by birdhouses on trees, a small pond, and what looked like an animal pin. He stops in his places and stares at it more only to the senses of that draconequus again, strange to him that he could sense it and why a being of its kind would be here. Fluttershy slowly comes behind him, looking at him as he stares at her home."Draconequus interesting, to think such a being to be present here, disgusting yet still interesting."

He continues slowly walking past the six mares as Fluttershy's ears fold back, leaving both her and the others both confused and concerned as he steps forward ahead of them. How does he know about discord? What else did he know? The thoughts of mares rushed to their heads only to quickly follow him as he headed to Ponyville. They knew that if anypony saw him, they would be afraid, almost like the first time with Zecora, Twilight and her friends quickly galloped to be ahead of him, realizing for a slow giant zombie he can walk fast as they keep up in front of him at a trotting pace to show the ponies of Ponyville is with them. Making the way, they all expected the same reactions, shock, and fear as the Stitchings walked following twilight and her friends through town to her castle of friendship in the distance.

"So much has changed, to think one moment I was their during the black sun and the next I'm burning to death and buried alive, blessed tartarus for making me a zombie."

A pony heard and screamed "ZOMBIE!?" making the other ponies panic and run away, screaming into their homes with the sounds of doors and windows slamming shut as the scream and town became silent with only the laughter of Stitchings as Twilight and her friends cringed and stared at him with annoyance except for pinkie giggling along with him and rainbow trying to hold in her laughter as twilight shakes her head letting out a sigh. "And here I thought Ponyville didn't believe in scary foal stories.

”Can you blame these tiny ponies, hell your one to talk as if when I came crawling out of the grave all of you were like little babies left in the dark.” Twilight cringes at that description Stitchings and only to hear the laughter of pinkie as all the other ponies of Ponyville stares at them and the giant zombie.

Within a walking and Stitchings looking around wanting to wonder they make it to the castle of Friendship, to Stitchings he’d never seen a castle that was made of crystals shaped of a tree, he remembered reading books about crystal trees in his fathers private library but they were from some empire in the far north, but it looked stupid as all thing he seen and he’s a zombie.

They open the door and trotted in with stitching looking around seeing the grand hall is a large open round room with a table in the middle of it and six chairs that had the six mares cutie marks on them, he then takes notice of a baby purple and green dragon eating one of the crystal pillars as it glanced at him from the corner of its eye before screaming and running to get behind Twilight.

”W-who, what is that thing, and why does it look like it crawled from the grave.

”Spike this is our new friend Stitchings at least I hope he’s a zombie from the evergreen forest”

“A ZOMBIE!” spike quickly climbed on to Twilight back and stared at Stitchings as he looks down at the baby dragon smiling what he thought was a friendly smile only to scare the dragon more and make Twilight flinch back at it, before pulling out a small green glowing maggot from his mane and offers it to the dragon in his black claw making all six mares disgusted at the site of it.

”Yes ‘AH a giant zombie’ look little dragon I know my looks aren’t up in standards but that doesn’t mean I can be friendly”

Spike looks at the maggot and his black claw comparing it to his own then back up at Stitchings before shakily taking the maggot and slurping it in his mouth as his eyes widen at such a sweet taste, and looks at Stitchings with a curious smile making the six mares more disgusted.

”Goodness spike to think you’d think before you eat anything disgustingly horrid.”

”Yeah I’m going have to side with Rarity on this one spike gross and it’s from a zombies mane.”

Rainbow Dash’s eyes lock with Stitchings as he frowns pulling a hand full from the top of his head and holds it out for the young dragon as he starts to slurp up one by one, Twilight grossed out but uses her magic to grab one and examines it as it floated in front of her face, the green glow illuminated its body seeing two black eyes a dark green head and two tiny mandibles with Fluttershy next to her and examines it with her.

”Ive never seen such larva before but they almost look similar to hornet larva.” she spoke softly to Twilight as she noted it did look similar to it from both seeing books and pictures along with the actually thing, as spike continues to chow down his fill.

”who cares these taste amazing almost better than crystals, almost.”

”Spike would ya please stop stuffin’ them bugs in ya mouth, it’s getting hard to watch and talk.”

”Oh oh what do they taste like are they sweeter than candy, cake, pudding fudge?” Pinkie jumps up as she grabs a maggot in her hoof only to with out hesitation plop it in her mouth and then gag spitting it out on the floor wiping her tongue with her hooves as if she ate a bad batch of cupcakes shocking all her friends.

”Nether mind, Dey don taste theet.”

”You forget that ponies are only plant eaters pink one, unlike this young child drake dragon, he can eat not only crystals but also certain insect's and other foods common with reptilians and some amphibians, just when he is of age he’ll lose the taste of it, and go back to crystallizing diet.” Stitch’s says, taking the last maggot and plopping it into his mouth, seeing the glow through his damaged face go down his throat and disappear going down, making Twilight cringe in disgusts but her mind itching with questions, how does he know of dragons, what with those maggots, and so much more.

”Then why can you eat this one without gagging or feeling weird by it, is that a ‘zombie thing’ or the black magic, can you eat anything else or can you even it or”-

She was cut off with her muzzle closed and held shut by Stitchings holding it close with just his clawed finger and thumb as he looks at her with his blank stare.

”Hows about we just take a break from this eventful day and go for maybe a nice cup of tea or in this case something that would help you mares forget what has happen and load off.”

Twilight looks at her friends as she knew they felt disturbed and sick from him getting used to his smell was one thing but now maggots in his body and him snacking on them with spike, she could understand and nods feeling his claw let go of her muzzle as she then looks to her friends sighing tiredly.

”Girls we should probably rest now, seeing that he’s mostly friendly and very…interesting I’ll just conduct some test and then report my findings to the princess we can meet back here tomorrow and see what to do and help him with what ever the map brought us to him.

Twilight looks at her friends as they all nod at her with Applejack looking at Stitchings concerned but trusts in Twilight’s that she’ll be fine she is an alicorn and was powerful magic. Rarity walks up to Stitchings staring at his vest suit seeing it up close, he wore a grey stained tattered white collared shirt with a red dirty tie around it and what was a black vest that was more of a light grey with dust and ash covering it.

”Pardon me Dr. Stitchings but if you’d excuse my curiosity how did you acquire this tattered attire from?”

”my blood father gave it to me in pieces along with sewing equipment, after Mother Zara teaches me how to sow basic fabrics and cloths, I started to fix this old suit and now though not stylish it’s the kinda perfect that I appreciate, along with how I got this.” he points to his chitin mark as it was a grey thread wheel with a sewing needle crossed over it, Rarity glances at it and back at his suit, what was probably an amazing piece of attire ruined by some insufferable noble pony to give not to a child to fix by make it look horrendous.

She uses her magic to adjust his collar to straighten it out but also redo his tie as he watches seeing her straighten out and do a more better job then how he did it when he was alive.

”if you wouldn’t mind I’d love for you to come to my boutique and come for a repair or maybe even a new suit seeing… size I would love to make you something if you wouldn’t be so kind that is.”

Stitchings looks down at the white unicorn, he chuckles in his mind of how easy he’d be along and she will be the first, seeing she only cares for his attire he’d not only benefit but also gain the chance to take the life of this pony, staring at her reminds him of his two twin sisters and his memory flashed in his eyes as how he torn them apart and held ones heart in his hooves, the memory made himself smile his creepy giant smile and thoughts of how to take this beautiful mare into a perfect and better pony.

His own perfection in his eyes, he can see it now, strings her coat off, sawing her horn, stitching her eyes and muzzle shut, maybe ‘borrowing a few of her limbs to replace his own, he just smiles and nods accepting her invitation as she trots away with him following behind slowly with his limp and jittery body Twilight watches but keeps her focus at the maggot as she takes it to her study to do a further examination of it as all the mares live staring at Stitchings following Rarity.

”One down five to go, who will be next on this quest of the dead to rise and walk again?”

Author's Note

Sorry for the late publish Been busy with some things lately but I’ll do my best to post at most weekly so due bare with it and thank you for reading

Cya in the next chapter : )