Them (Alt. The Walking Dead Episode)

by CortezDude

Rating: mature
Tags: Other, Profanity, Gore, Violence, Dark, Death, Alternate Universe, Human, Sad, Main 6, Walking Dead, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
Length: 3107

Rick and his group end up in Equestria in search of a new home.

What if Team Family never met Aaron and went to Alexandria? What if instead they ended up in a place not on undead Earth? When a portal suddenly opens in front of them. Rick along with his family and friends end up in the magical land of Equestria and meet the citizens of that said place who are.....well.....let's just say are not humans.

A one shot story.

Other tag is for Everypony.

Artwork created by Me.

Published 2024-07-03 13:20:00 UTC
Last updated 2024-07-03 13:20:00 UTC

"The New Equestrian World's Gonna Need Rick Grimes"

Author's Note

P.S. This takes place during the Grand Galloping Gala.

P.P.S. The Mane 6 will be using their 1st Gala Dresses.

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"The New Equestrian World's Gonna Need Rick Grimes"

Tired.

Upset.

Starving.

Dehydrated.

Grief.

Yet in all of these conditions, the group has survived these hellish conditions on Earth for months since they don't know how long it has been like this. The leader of this said group was none other than Rick Grimes, a former sheriff deputy in King County, Georgia who woke up from a coma after getting shot by a criminal that he and his former best friend, Shane Walsh were dealing with and when he tried to call out for a nurse or a doctor, he saw a horrifying sight which he can't believe his own two eyes: people who were dead and undead

At first, he thought that it was a dream or a hallucination but after meeting a man named Morgan Jones and his son, Duane, he was told that there had been an outbreak of a virus that had spread globally and caused the undead to roam the world in an instant and now, everyone is trying to survive this post-apocalyptic undead world. When he was reunited with his family, there were many places they've gone trying to find a place to live

Their first stop was Atlanta which of course was not safe but not before Jenner of the CDC told him that they were all infected before they escaped from the building, then to the Greene Family Farm which of course was safe at the time but could not hold off a massive herd of walkers, next was the Prison in which they settled there well but they were forced out when the Governor attacked them for the second time in the row, causing it to fall after a fight which resulted in many casualties on both sides, the split group met with some new survivors and they all headed to a place called Terminus but it turns out it was not a safe place to be there, so they destroyed it and killed all of the cannibalistic Termites who hunted them down at the church

In recent events, the group lost two members: Beth Greene who was shot by Grady Memorial Hospital's leader, Dawn when the trade was finished and Tyreese Williams who got bit by an undead younger twin brother and succumbed to blood loss and infection from the bite and ever since then, they've hit rock-bottom over their losses. Now Rick and his two children: Carl and Judith along with their friends, Maggie Rhee (née Greene), Glenn Rhee, Daryl Dixon, Rosita Espinosa, Michonne Hawthorne, Gabriel Stokes, Noah, Abraham Ford, Eugene Porter, Carol Peletier, Tara Chambler,& Sasha Williams were trying to find some sources of water but to no avail, so they decided to head back to the van and search for a new place they can call "home"

They continued to drive until they saw something they've never expected: A portal! Without thinking twice, they headed towards it and soon, the portal closed afterwards. The portal opened again and this time, the van emerged out of there in and the portal closed for good. The van continued to drive until it was all out of gas

"We're out, just like the other one", Abraham told Rick

"So we walk"

The group emerged out of the van and left the gasless vehicle in the forest carrying the essential supplies they need: some of their bags containing clothes, water bottles, lighters, and their bag full of guns, as they continued to walk to any place they can call "home". Daryl and Carol decided to head out and try to find anything useful. Meanwhile, Carl handed a music box to Maggie in which she thanked him for doing this to him, when Gabriel decided to ask her if she wants him to give a eulogy for her late younger sister, Beth but she chastises him for abandoning his flock during the outbreak and angrily telling him that he never met Beth in the first place and that caused Gabriel to instantly shut his mouth

Daryl and Carol went a bit of their separate ways while he decided to stay and sit in a tree pondering on what Beth told him back in the golf club house, "You're gonna miss me when I'm gone, Daryl Dixon", the words echoed in his mind as he broke down over the loss of his friend but soon regained his composure and headed to where Carol was waiting for him as they headed back to the group

Team Family continued their trek to a new home in this weird place but what they didn't know is that the portal they entered also accidentally let a few walkers get into the unknown place that they were in as well. Sasha suggested that they can take them but Michonne tells her that it's not much of a serious matter. The group made their way to a somehow a small, village and since it was nighttime, it was good because no one was awake at that time and for them, it was time to dispatch the walkers

Rick told the others which include his 2 children: Carl and Judith along with Noah, Tara, Eugene,& Gabriel to step aside while he, Michonne, Maggie, Glenn, Abraham, Rosita, Sasha, Daryl,& Carol on whom the duo had returned from their search and found nothing as they got ready to fight the small group of walkers

"Remember, stay in line. Flank those walkers. Keep it controlled. And no use of guns", said Rick as he readied his red machete

"Well bitch nuts! Time to do a little bit of cleaning.", Abraham exclaimed as he and the others quickly got their melee weapons out to combat the undead

One by one, the nine survivors dispatched the walkers with quick precision. One female walker tried to bite Rick but Daryl managed to grab her head causing the scalp and hair to be torn off from it which caused the blood to be spilled on the ground. Stabbing, hacking, slicing, and anyway they can kill it, the survivors took care of business and when it was done, Rick went to Carl and opened the backpack which he brought out a small shovel and quickly dug a hole deep enough so that they can bury the walkers that they've killed and fill it up with dirt afterwards

Once finished, the group continued their search until Glenn spotted something, "Rick, look.", he told him as he pointed to what the group was seeing: It was a castle on the cliff of a mountain that illuminated with lights. Team Family couldn't believe their eyes, there somehow might be some survivors in that place

"Should we go?", Maggie asked

"Rick, what's you decision?", Daryl questioned their leader

"We'll go but be ready for anything in case they're not friendly", Rick made his decision with caution on his voice

"Whatever's waiting for us, it can help us find a new place for us to call home", Michonne hopefully said

Rick's group decided to go to the location where the castle was in which they decided to go where it will lead them to it. On their way there, they heard some talking and decided to hide out of sight. It turns out that there was a small group of men and women led by a man with a barbed-wire baseball bat; this group was none other than the Saviors and their leader was none other than Negan Smith, a former PE Teacher and along with him are some of his companions because the others were back in his hideout called The Sanctuary; the names of Negan's few companions were Simon, Gavin, Regina, Jed, Joey, Gary, David, Arat, Jared, Bud,& twenty nameless Saviors who were with them. Apparently, they too ended up in the unknown place and they were waiting at the chance they had when the portal will appear again

Team Family watched them quietly and unnoticed on what the Saviors were doing and sure enough, the other group saw the portal opened as Negan exclaimed, "Come on, fuckholes! Let's get the fuck out of this fucking weird-ass place!"

"Don't have to tell us twice, boss man!", Simon quipped in which all the Saviors entered the portal at once but not before they dropped something that for them was useless

When it was done, Rick's group emerged out of their hiding place as Carl got the mysterious item; it was a very large invisibility cloak that the Saviors took from an unknown place in which the group decided to take it instead and continue on with their destination. The trek to the mysterious castle was hard and tiresome, so they decided to take a bit of rest in which the group decided to sit near a train track. Whilst resting, the group came across three wild dogs nestled to it, barking at them as Rick readied his machete until suppressed bullets killed all of them, courtesy of Sasha. Not thinking twice, Rick decided to get a bunch of twigs and sticks nearby and make a fire out of them using Glenn's lighter as they cut the dogs and cooked them in which they ate them afterwards

When it was done, the group continued on their way towards the castle on the mountain and after a long tiring walk, they made it to the mysterious place. Knowing that nobody knows who they were, Team Family decided to quietly sneak in with the invisibility cloak which surprisingly on them well and what they saw shocked and surprised them

Inside the castle were not human survivors. Instead, there were creatures and some of them were horses....No! Ponies that some have horns, some have wings, or some have none of those while others were creatures out from mythology. Some of the females were wearing dresses and head accessories while some of the males were wearing fancy garments. All of them realized that the portal that brought themselves in this place was a land inhabited by creatures that came out from some mythological fairytale books

"Where the hell were we?", that was all in their minds at once. Apparently, they ended up in the land of Equestria where ponies and other creatures exist in here. The group knew that this is not Earth anymore but with limited choices, the survivors decided to live in here because all of them were tired of the undead that they have to deal with add to the fact that they lost a lot of their family members and friends too

Team Family decided to continue sneaking whilst the invisibility cloak was shrouding them from the sight of their eyes as the group pondered what to do next and what they needed to do is that they need to get water for all of them were dehydrated and had not found any source of water of any kind from their trek towards Canterlot Castle

But luck was going to turn on to them as the survivors heard the rumbling of clouds and all of the Equestrians that were in the Grand Galloping Gala had closed all doors upon learning that there will be a slight change of weather, Team Family moved out to a place where nopony can see them and took off the cloak and got some rainwater from the raindrops that were falling from the sky

Tara and Rosita decided to lie down and let the rain soak them, Glenn knelt down and laughed on it while the others opened their mouths and drank the water at once except for Daryl, Maggie,& Sasha who are still mourning over the losses of Beth and Tyreese

"I'm sorry, My Lord", Gabriel cried in happiness

"Everybody, get all of your bottles and fill them up quickly. Hurry up.", Rick told everyone as they took all off the bottles that they had and placed them in the ground to collect water as soon as possible. But then, the rumbling sound of thunder got a bit worse as he knew that a storm is coming in which he told them, "Let's keep moving"

"Let's try to sneak inside the castle!", shouted Daryl

"Everyone, in the cloak. Now!", gestured Michonne while holding the cloak

There was no need to be told twice as the survivors put the cloak on them and they turned invisible in an instant. Once they were invisible, Rick and his group headed inside the door quietly opening it without nopony noticing them and then closing it quietly afterwards. But due to the rain that poured on the cloak, they unfortunately were spotted by ponies that were clad in armor in which a unicorn took the cloak off them and the group were caught at once

Everypony who were just minding their business at the gala stopped on what they're doing as they instantly saw the group of humans wielding weapons and that caused all of them to be shocked and surprised to see a bunch of weird hairless apes that are not common in their world

Wasting no time, everyone minus Judith pulled out their weapons and pointed at them getting ready for a fight. It was a standoff between Rick's group and the Royal Guards which of course was halted by the arrival of the world's leaders: two alicorns and behind them were the Guardians of Harmony themselves. Both leaders ordered the human survivors and their guards to lower their weapons which they obeyed instantly and then asked who they were and why they were here

"My name is Rick Grimes", he introduced himself and gestured to his group, "These are my children, Carl and Judith along with my people: Daryl Dixon, Michonne Hawthorne, Glenn Rhee, Maggie Rhee who was formerly known as Greene, Gabriel Stokes, Rosita Espinosa, Abraham Ford, Eugene Porter, Carol Peletier, Tara Chambler, Noah,& Sasha Williams.", he finished his introduction and then asked them, "Are you the rulers of this place?"

"We are. I am Princess Celestia", the white alicorn introduced herself

"And I am Princess Luna", the indigo alicorn introduced herself next, "Me and my older sister rule this land called Equestria"., she then gestured to the six ponies and the dragon, "These are the bearer of the Elements of Harmony; Princess Twilight Sparkle and her companions: Applejack, Fluttershy, Rarity, Rainbow Dash,& Pinkie Pie along with the Crystal Empire's savior, Spike.", the heroes greeted them with hoof and claw waves as the young monarch turned back to them, "If we may ask, why are all of you here?"

"We'll explain everything we can, your majesties", Maggie assured them

Sure enough, the group took turns on telling them on how their world turned into a shitstorm because of a virus that turned the dead into the undead and they and only, the humans were infected by it and it doesn't matter how they die because they'll come back as undead corpses ready to kill whoever gets in their sights. Team Family also told them about their recent events and why they ended up here. When it was finished, all the Equestrians can't believe what they told them about the journey, the survivors made through before ending up in Equestria

Just then, Pinkie Pie started behaving oddly, "Ooh! Twitchy tail! Twitchy tail! Twitchy tail!"

"The hell's this pink freak doing?", Abraham confusingly asked which bothered a bit of the survivors

"It means something's about to happen", Spike told him and the others

"Like what?", Eugene asked

And Pinkie's Pinkie Sense came true when they heard something that was unexpected. The Equestrians didn't know what that sound was but for Team Family, it was an all too familiar sound: Walkers. The survivors along with some of the Equestrians headed towards the location of the sound and in the front gate was none other than a herd of walkers that entered Canterlot due to a portal randomly opening out of nowhere and when the Mane 6 realized that somehow the magic of their world caused it to tear portals once in a while, it spelled trouble in an instant

Wasting no time, Rick along with his family and friends rushed towards the door of the castle and tried to hold it to prevent the walkers from getting inside. Knowing that they needed help and without thinking twice, Celestia told everypony to hold every door of the castle to prevent them from getting in as every Equestrian did their part in doing that by barricading with their bodies. With the storm raging outside of it and the herd of walkers trying to get through, both Celestia and Luna along with Twilight and her former student, Starlight decided to create to use their magic to fix the tear that their world has caused

Concentrating on their magic, the four horned ponies channeled their magic and with difficulty and determination, they managed to fix the damage that the tear had caused, thus sending the walkers back to post-apocalyptic Earth in an instant. With the threat gone, everybody breathed a sigh of relief as Celestia decided to welcome Team Family to Equestria and they gladly accepted it, knowing that all of them found a new home

A lot has changed ever since they arrived in Equestria, many moons later along with Earth

Back on post-apocalyptic undead Earth, the Saviors became one of the largest communities in the world, they ruled every community from Alexandria, Hilltop, Kingdom, Oceanside,& Commonwealth in which their ruthlessness caused them to bow in fear in front of Negan and offer their supplies to them otherwise, punishments will occur if they didn't obey them. Add in the fact that they also took down Alpha, Beta, and their Whisperers with simple ease

As for Rick and his family and the band of survivors, they had settled perfectly and lived their lives to the fullest, they had been vaccinated by Equestrian medicine from the virus that stopped them from becoming the undead and the humans knew that they made the right choice and in return, they defended their new home from villains that wanted to conquer Equestria for their villainous schemes along with the Equestrian heroes to help them too

For them, life in this new world has never been better for them because the new Equestrian world needed Rick Grimes and his people.

FIN