Equestria: Outbreak (Revised)

by Diokno44

Rating: mature
Tags: Adventure, Shining Armor, Tragedy, Princess Celestia, Wonderbolts, Dark, Alternate Universe, Sad, Main 6, Princess Luna, Gore, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
Length: 2050

A mysterious outbreak has spread over Equestria

It all seems like a bad dream. Here we are, held up in the ruins of the once grand Royal Palace, food scarce, weapons even scarcer. Nopony knows why, but the dead have been rising, friends, family, lovers have been turned. The best thing any of us can do, is survive.....

Published 2012-09-29 14:24:01 UTC
Last updated 2012-09-30 06:12:28 UTC

1. A New Day

The rain pattered against the alabaster walls held together by scraps of metal. A group of Trotters, rotting corpses that have somehow arisen, with a taste for flesh, is milling about nearby. Twilight Sparkle stood by the banister, crossbow resting on the marble railing, her mane and tail blowing in the breeze.

"Do you think they'll be able to get through the barricades Twilight?" Fluttershy asked,

Busted Up Bathrooms

The worst thign has happend today! All of the bathrooms have either been clogged or are in need of repairs. WIth no bathrroms, everypony has resorted to either using salvaged diapers, or the ground, either way is good. Applejack, Shining Armor, my BBBFF, and Icewind, the third Wonderbolt, went out to find repair parts. Right no i am watching luna, the beatufiul mare i love, go on the ground. Yeah, kinda weird, but she is my mare afterall.

A zed tried breaching the walls, Big Mac quikly took it down with his PPO9M1. Thankfully, Shining and the others made it back, and the toilets were unclogged or fixed. Even though most ponies still do the diaper or ground thing, many use the toilets again. Icewind took a scrape from a zed's hoof, so we had to amputate his left lower leg. Nasty buisness.

Walking along the perimeter, i saw some zombies try and taunt us, some doing obecne gestures. They lived in fear of our fort though. Thank Celestia for that. The new recruits were doing well, Scootaloo epecially under Dash's couching. Fluttershy was playig some Las Pegasus style poker with Pipsqueak, now 14, Rarity, Cheerilee, and Sorain. Another good thing happened tihs day, the Doo's and Whooves had a third baby girl. You see, the Gallopfreyan Doctor Whooves had married Ditzy Doo and her sister Derpy Hooves. Their first daughter was Dinky Hooves, then they later adopted Sparkler, and now, Emeral Star.

But, it is also a sad day. During a scav trip to Canterlot, to check ou the Celestia's Sun huld's clinic, Ace had sacraficed himself to save not only a family of 4, but Apple Bloom and Rainbow Dash. He would be remembered as a hero.

But now, ive got a dinner date to prepare for..........

4. For What Was Lost

We lost so many ponies today. You see, we sent a large number of ponies from Fillydelphia to Appleloosa, to see if they could reclaim it, thank Celestia, they did it. Though, it wasn't very long lived. 3 months after they had settled in, a large horde of zombies fell upon the town, setting it ablaze and either turning or devouring most of the residents. Thankfully, a small group, consisting of Fancy Pants, Vinyl Scratch, Octavia, and Shooting Star, a buffalo, had been on a recon mission. Once they had seen what had befalen Appleloosa, then ran to us for help.

Storming Appleloosa would be suicide, as there would be over 200 citzens that might have been turned, 425 zombies, and according to their reports, atleast 17 buffalo. Those odds werent good. Also, it turns out one of those killed by the zed's was Vinyl's brother, Mixer. He was taken out trying to defend a family of 4, who had also mangaged to escape, except the father, who had stayed behind with Mixer to hold off the group of 22 zeds that had come for them. They retreated to Money Marketer, the father's house. Heart was taken down by the zed version of his mother, Apple Sapling. Then, the zeds forced their way into the home, Mixer fought bravely, but it as no use.

We all said a prayer for Mixer, he would be remembered as a hero. The family, minues one, he had rescued, had made it to our fort, we gave them shelter and a place to stay, alongside treating their injuries. The mother, Seastone, was fishermare by trade, goig out to Salt Lake to catch few herring or so. Her husband had been an accountant and part time salespony. They had to fillies, Dumpling, and Prism. A very nice family.

A scouting/scavenging party consisting of Lyra, Cadence, my sister-in-law, and Caramel returned later that day, when Celestia had lowered the sun to about midday. They had come back with some food (Boxes of haygetti and a few cans of sardines), some clothes from a clothing shop in Canterlot, a hefty bag of bits, and a DVD, The Road to El Porado, one of my favorite movies.

We all watched a copy of I Am Pony, a movie about an Earth Pony, who lived a life somewhat like how we ere. We laughed at all of his jokes, and cryed especially when he had to put down his dog.

After that, my beautiful Luna raised her moon and night, showering us in wonderous stars. We snuggled up together in my bed, as the night drew on to another day.

The Journal of Night

A few days had past. A scavenging and Recon team consisting of Lyra, Rarity, Caramel, and myself ventured out to the remains of Filydelphia today. Most of the buildings had either been destroyed by the magical burst or fell into disrepair. "Twilight, should we look over there?" Caramel said, pointing a hoof at Patch Up's Pharmacy. "Excellent find 'Mel" Lyra said, as we walked into the pharmacy.

The worn down store was filled with dust. Shelves had been overturned, bottles and the like strewn about the floor. "Hello? Anypony in here? We're here to help!" I called out, hoping to find somepony that wasn't a zombie or a raider. "Yeah, o-er-over here!" A voice, stallion, called out, by the counter. Waling in and around it, we found him. He was a middle-aged stallion. He had a redish-brown body, a greying black mane, amber eyes, and a cadecus cutie mark. "Can you walk?" I asked, as i used my magic to check him for injuries, thankfully finding only a few broken bones, no bites or scratches. "Yeah, i think so." The stallion, a unicorn named Patch Up Jr, said, getting up. Lyra suported him as we looted the store for what medicine remained. We found some painkillers, laxatives, antibotics, etc. We took all of these, the fort might them. Handing Patch Up a spare lead pipe Rarity had, we left the store.

A few minutes after we left the store, heading down Mane Street, Lyra stopped us, saying "Wait. Do you hear that?" We listened. That's when we heard it. The sound of atleast 50 Zeds, all closing into our position. "Hostiles! Move!" I yelled, as multiple Zeds burst into the street. I fired both magic and bullets at the incoming horde, bringing down some. A few charged at Lyra, who threw one, an Earth Pony, at several Unicorns, sending them into a concrete wall, and delivered a swift WHACK to the heads of two Zeds, Pegasi, whose heads exploded into a pulpy mess, sending them to their knees, before they fell.

After a few minutes, we had downed them all. I had wasted only half a clip of my M-16 Carbine, and had two and a half more in my saddlebag. Before we could celebrate, we heard the groans of several more zombies, possibly scouts. "Inside, quickly!" Patch Up whispered, as we ran into the closest house, a two story, wide.

As we hastily entered, Rarity locked the door, then proceeded to barricade it with a few chairs. "Good, we should be safe in here. Where is here anyway?" Caramel asked. Looking around, i noticed a family crest hanging over the mantle of the fireplace, a family mantle I knew. It showed a golden Unicorn pony, rearing up, the background were 4 squares, rose, cyan, emerald, and charcoal gray. "This house belonged to the Aurum family! Their son and daughter, Night Aurum and Silverite Aurum wnet to school with me at Celestia's school for the gifted unicrons!" I said, looking around with the others for supplies. Checking in Night, their daughter's room, judging by the nameplate, i found a dusty tome, a journal perhaps, on a nightstand by her bed. Picking it up, i began to read from the last few entries..

Solaria 4th, 542, 7:55 PM. Dear Journal,, we've done it. Silverite and I have deciphered grandfather's Ponynomicon. We've found a spell that will allow us to raise an army of the undead, to topple Celestia and Luna, and to bring true peace to the world. We shall bring back Nightmare Moon, and the Eternal Night shall begin again. The Lunar Order will ascend to power. Silverite and I have decided to commence the spell in the center of Canterlot, tonight, midnight. Long Live The Eternal Night!

Solaria 5th, 542, 12:01 PM. It worked! The spell has been worked! The fallen arise and take flesh once more. Even as i write, i can hear the tortured screams of the awaken ponies. Ah, music to my ears. We shall soon contact Lady Nightmare once Celestia and Luna have fallen, then we shall become her personal advisors. As I am about to send you home, i can hear the horde storming the castle. They are obident paets, zombies. Long Live the New Empire!

I set down the book carefully. I can't believe this. Not only had two of my classmates ad study buddies been Necromancers, but they were trying to ressurect Nightmare Moon, had started these zombies, and i had been part of the Lunar Order. I told everypony to gather what suplies they could. After that, we sped off towards the fort, to tell the others of our discovery. Soon.

2. Foraging

We entered the storeroom. There were some overtured boxes, and some on the shelevs, i ordered them to search this area too. Looking through the boxes nearest to me, i found some playing cards ,a few books, which bought a small smile to my face. It had been a little over 2 months since we had found some new books, this would be good, and a couple flashlights. I put the box down.

Rummagin around through so more boxes, i found some bags of trailmix, a bag of chocolate, a few DVDs, some 10mm ammo, a couple of pants, and a sack containing 75 bits. After rummaging around the various boxes, cabinets, and containers, we met up. Pinkie had found some more .50 ammo, a boxload of batteries, a few DVDs, and some snack cakes. SPike had found several hunting knives, a few cups of ramen, 5 bottles of water, and another watch. Flutterhsy had found some more clothes, a double barreled shotgun, 2 bottles of painkillers, some fish, and a couple of flashlights. Getting up, e decided to head home.

Upon exiting the store, we ecountered a small group of zeds, 4 to our three. Rasing our weapons, they attacked. One tried lunging at luttershy, who blew its arm off with her 12 guage, then bucking it in the face. Pinki stabbed one, then pushed it into Spike bat, who bashed its face in. I picked one up with my magic, tossing it into Flutterhy's katana, while slicing one in half. Oh, i forgot to tell you abput my gear. I had a schimtar, a Whiinychester hunting rifle, and a couple of flares. I was dressed in a long brown overcaot, and a magic-proof vest, as some of the zeds were unicorns. Dusting oursleves off, we lotted the zeds bodies, nothing much, just some bits and a few nails. We ventured back to the compound north of Ponyville, at the base of Mount Ponylympus. Everyone cheered when we got back, and as we shared our supplies. Luna kissed me, and i returning the favor.

To celebrate our good fortune, we heald a feast of baked beans, onions, bread, and some cider. As we ate the hearty meal, we chose to watch one of the DVDs of a Ponyma screen TV we had found in an appliance store in Canterlot. The movie we decided to watch was Watchponies, which brought smiles to our faces, to have some entertainment besides Zed Hunting Tuesday.

After the movie ended, Luna and I retreated to my room, here we fell asleep, cuddling eachother. It was a wonderful day, and hopefully, an een better one tommorrow