The sun was high in the sky, the streets were clear of ponies, it was the perfect condition for practicing scooter tricks. Scootaloo strapped her helmet on and hopped onto her scooter.

"Alright, if I get enough speed, I'll be able to clear the asparagus stand easily." Scootaloo took a deep breath and began flapping her wings. Immediately she began cruising across the ground towards a makeshift ramp she put together.

"C'mon, Scootaloo. Faster! Faster!" Scootaloo braced for impact.

She hit the ramp perfectly, but the wood she used had a knot in it. It caught the tip of her scooter and sent her flying over the handles. She crashed on the ground, painfully.

"Owww!" She groaned, "Jeez did that hurt..." Scootaloo brushed herself off. She looked up to see a pony a few feet ahead of her. Its back turned and seemed to be staring off into the distance.

"Hey! Hey you! Sir? M'am? Could you help me?" She called out, "I need some help setting up my ramp again."

The pony slowly turned it's head towards the filly and began to slowly shamble it's way to her.

Scootaloo cocked her head in puzzlement, "S-sir? A-a-are you alright?"

The moment Scootaloo finished her thought, the pony sprang towards her with a burst of speed that caught her completely by surprise. It knocked Scootaloo onto her back and stood above her, snapping it's mouth at her. She rolled around, avoiding each attack. Scootaloo's size allowed her to easily dodge the jaws that tried to bite her.

"AAAAAAAAAAAHHH! HELP ME! SOMEPONY! ANYPONY!" Scootaloo cried out for anyone to save her. She looked at the pony once again and saw that it's face was disfigured and looked rotten. Chunks of flesh were missing and its mouth was filled with blood. It smelled like a dead animal.

"SCOOTS!"

"Rainbow Dash?" Scootaloo heard the familiar voice of her idol, giving her a new sense of hope.

In about the time it takes to blink, the monster was knocked off of Scootaloo with a hard kick from Rainbow Dash. Before Scootaloo could even thank her for saving her, she picked up the filly and took off.

"Waaaaah! Rainbow Dash?! W-w-what was that thing?!" Scootaloo screamed.

"I don't know Scoots. They just started showing up like, fifteen minutes ago. By the time I knew something was up, the whole town was in a panic. The only thing I could think about was finding you. Did it touch you? Did it scratch you?" Rainbow Dash asked with a no-bullshit expression.

"N-no?" Scootaloo responded truthfully but hesitantly. Why would Rainbow Dash need to know if she had been in contact with that thing was beyond her.

"Good, based on what I've seen, if one of those plagued ponies gets a hold of you, it's over. Even if you do get away, a bite, a simple scratch would be enough to infect the poor bastard."

They were flying roughly ten feet above the rooftops and faster than Scootaloo had ever gone before. The sounds of screaming ponies could even be heard over the wind rushing in her ears. Scootaloo looked down and the sight made her blood drain out of her face. She could see the residents of Ponyville running and screaming through the streets. Some of them ran after others and tackled them. Scootaloo couldn't see what was going on underneath the wrestling, but in the next moment, there was a fountain of blood pouring out from the pony underneath.

"Scootaloo, don't look!" Rainbow Dash screamed.

"What's going on?!"

"I have no idea. I don't plan on staying in this town long enough to find out either! We got to get somewhere safe!"

"Where are we going?"

"Anywhere but-" Rainbow Dash was interrupted mid sentence. She crashed into another pegasus, knocking them both unconscious. Rainbow Dash and the other pony plummeted thirty feet to the ground. Scootaloo landed on the roof of a nearby building, a ten foot drop.

Scootaloo sat up, stunned from the impact. She walked over to the edge of the building and peered over it to see Rainbow Dash lying motionless at the bottom. Instantly, tears began welling in her eyes as she feared the worst.

"Come on Rainbow Dash, get up! Rainbow Dash!"

To her relief, the cyan pegasus shifted as she slowly came to.

"Ow... my wing..." Rainbow Dash put a hoof up against her wings, "Gah! Yep... definitely broken..." She winced.

Scootaloo was happy to see Rainbow Dash was okay, for the most part. She jumped down off the building, using her wings to slow her descent, she gently fluttered down to earth. She ran to Rainbow Dash and wrapped her hooves around her neck.

"Thank Celestia you're okay!" She sobbed into her dirty coat.

Rainbow Dash looked to see two plagued ponies aproaching them, quickly, "I don't think the princess is here right now..."

Scootaloo looked to where Rainbow Dash's attention was and saw the pony they had crashed into struggling to get away from the monsters that loomed over her.

"N-no! Stay back! Get away! No!" She screamed as the two plague ponies fell on top of her. Scootaloo could see their mouths open wide and come down hard on her flesh. She screamed even louder as blood began seeping out.

Rainbow Dash and Scootaloo were both frozen in fear. They both knew they should run, but they couldn't take their eyes off of the scene taking place before them.

The pony screamed for another ten seconds before ultimately becoming silent. Her eyes rolled back and her mouth hung open. Her face still had the same agonizing expression while she was alive. The creatures were pulling chunks of flesh off of the body.

"It's time to go. Now!" Rainbow Dash was the first to snap back into reality.

"Where are we going?"

"I don't know. Just run!" Rainbow Dash threw Scootaloo onto her back and took off as fast as she could, on hoof at least.

Scootaloo clung onto Rainbow Dash as tight as she could. Her grip was a little uncomfortable but it didn't matter. All Rainbow Dash could think about was finding a place that was safe.

Scootaloo looked at the buildings as they passed by, "Rainbow Dash, why don't we go hide inside the houses?"

"We've got to find a place that doesn't have a lot of ponies running around. There's too many ponies here and there are already some of those monsters inside. It's not safe here." Rainbow Dash huffed between breaths.

The two continued through the streets of Ponyville. They passed by dozens of ponies, some living, some dead, some undead. Some of the live ones reached out to them, begging for help. Scootaloo reached out a hoof to one but couldn't reach. She watched as the helpless pony was bitten over and over by several plagued ponies.

Scootaloo couldn't believe what she was seeing. Ponies attacking other ponies. Everything that has happened in the last hour alone was too much for the young pegasus to handle. Her head became very light and her world began to spin. Shortly after, she passed out on Rainbow's back.

Author's Note

This is an extra chapter...