Nightmares of the Darkness

Ruby lay in the depths of the Everfree She wondered how her friend Apple Bloom was doing.

Taking her thoughts off of Apple Bloom, she turned her thoughts to memories. Her last living memory was of her death, the zomponies turning to shadow behind her.

But now, that would all change. Revenge was not the answer. The solution was the problem. Because the ponies of Sunny Town did not communicate with any other ponies, they hadn't known what cutie marks were so had thought they were being marked for death. They decided to kill any pony that got this mark to make it easier. The practices of killing ponies had activated the curse of ancient times, making them zomponies. Everypony that had went to an execution or taking part had been cursed. Ruby had gotten the mark a few days after one of her friends.

Her friend's execution was the day after Ruby got her mark. Ruby decided to run on that very day. She made it pretty far and almost got to Ponyville. Ruby wasn't missed because her parents were already gone. She camped out deep in the forest. She had hoped that she wouldn't be found.

The zomponies found her a few hours after. She had ran as fast as she could, but not fast enough. She had tripped over a fallen root. Zomponies had started coming from all directions. The mayor of the town had done the job. Ruby couldn't