Lee Everett's New Life

  Lee, Applejack, and Big Macintosh stared at the large circular buckets on the ground underneath the apple trees. Lee just raised an eyebrow, then turned his head towards Applejack.

  "I thought the buckets would have handles." He told the cowpony.

  "Ah... Guess Ah didn't put yer missing arm into consideration..." Applejack nervously replied, rubbing the back of her neck.

  "Eeyup." Big Mac simply responded.

  "Is there something else I can do?" Lee asked.

  "Ah'm not exactly sure..." Applejack said. "Maybe you can just go to town, see if everypony will get used to ya."

  Lee didn't know what else to do. He just sighed and nodded. He hadn't seen the town for about a day or so, so he figured he could just go and head there to see if the residents will get used to him.

  "I guess I'll just head there." Lee told her. "See you later."

  "Bye Lee. If anypony gives ya any problems, just go to the library, Rarity's boutique, or Sugarcube Corner. My friends there know ya and they'll help ya out if yer in a bit of trouble." Applejack smiled before bucking a tree.

  Lee nodded before heading off to town. The walk took a long time. However, he was used to walking. He would have to walk from the Travelier Motel to downtown Macon and back. That took him a good amount of time. However, he was happy to know this wasn't going to be a supply run. The path was lined with foliage that reached out towards the dirt road. It reminded Lee of the St. John Dairy. The peacefulness of that place would never leave his thoughts.

  Neither would the family.

  Lee cringed upon remembering the family living there.

  "I was lucky Clementine didn't eat any of her food." Lee told himself. "I don't know how she would react to that."

  Soon enough, he reached the outskirts of town. A large, circular tall building with a red roof stood across the narrow river. Ponies across the bridge were already looking at him.

  "OH MY GOSH!" Lee heard a squeal as he went across the bridge. "Bonbon! Look! I told you they exist!"

  A light green unicorn ran up to Lee with a smile etched across it's face. However, as she got closer, she took focus on Lee's missing arm and slowed down, her face growing to one of worry.

  "Is your arm supposed to be like that?" The unicorn asked.

  "I had to get it cut off after getting bitten by a walker."

  "A what?"

  "A walker. The whole country fell because of them. They basically are walking corpses. Getting bitten or getting killed without your brain damaged will make you turn into them. They only shamble around, eating the living."

  The unicorn didn't know how to respond. Her mouth was dangling open, trying to find something to say.

  "What was it like before they came?"

  "Peaceful." Lee replied. "Kind of like what it is here, except more technological. We have cars, planes, televisions, computers, nuclear power, and a ton of other stuff."

  "Wow..." The unicorn replied, amazed. "Do you have a name?"

  "Yeah. My name's Lee. What's yours?"

  "Lyra Heartstrings! Nice to meet you!" She happily replied, grabbing Lee's hand and shaking it. However, she then pulled it in and examined it.

  "Uh..."

  "Oh! Sorry! It's just that the human autonomy is so interesting!"

  "Yeah..." Lee chuckled nervously. "Say... I got to go..."

  "Now?" She asked, saddened.

  "Yeah. Sorry."

  "Alright."

  Lee walked off as the unicorn trotted back over to where she came from. Once he turned around the corner, he started jogging, not wanting to see the unicorn again. After a few seconds, he slowed down.

  "That was creepy." Lee thought aloud.

  He continued walking down the street, ignoring the looks of confusion he was getting. He felt happy to see how peaceful the town was. It reminded him of what it was like before the outbreak. Three months ago.

  Three months.

  When he was being sent to prison.

  For murdering a state senator that slept with his wife.

  Three months.

  "Gah!" Lee shook his head to get he thought out. He realized he had yet to tell anyone what he had done. He would soon end up in the same situation like what happened shortly before the bandits forced them to get out of the Travelier Motel. But he wasn't sure if he could tell them about it or not. He didn't want too, yet problems would soon arise if he didn't. He would soon have to tell someone.

  "Hey, you!" A mare called out from behind him, making him jump.

  "What?" He spun around. A light blue unicorn reminding Lee of toothpaste for an odd reason stood there.

  "I think I saw Fluttershy pulling a creature like you into the library. He had a brighter skin tone, orange hair, and was tall. His stomach was wrapped up with bandages too. I think you should go see him."

  Lee was silent. However, he then realized who she was talking about.

  "Ben..." He muttered. "Where's the library?"

  "The big tree over there." The mare pointed.

  Lee didn't take the time to thank her as he sprinted the large tree. He burst through the door , and saw Fluttershy, Twilight, and someone he never thought he'd see again.

  Ben, lying on the floor unconcious.

  "Lee?" Twilight asked.

  "Ben!" He yelled, running up to the unconscious student. "Is he alright?"

  "Yes... I found him outside my cottage..." Fluttershy replied. "He had a huge hole in his stomach, but I wrapped it up..."

  "We got to get him to the hospital..."

  "Don't worry." Twilight told him. "He's fine. I used a new spell I learned to heal him. He should be fine once he's awake. It'll be an hour or two before the spell fully heals him."

  "Are you sure?"

  "I'm sure."

  Lee sighed. Ben laid on the floor, breathing lightly with his chest slowly rising up and down.

  "You know him?" Fluttershy lightly asked.

  "Yeah. He was with our group." Lee replied.

  "How did he... Um... Die?"

  "Kenny put him out of his misery so he wouldn't have to be eaten alive."

  Fluttershy and Twilight looked at each other. They both were shocked.

  "Say... Um... Say I were to have killed someone... Would you hate me for that?"

  "If there was a justified reason." Twilight replied. "Knowing how it was for you before you got here."

  "No, I mean before the walkers. When law and order was still exsistent."

  Twilight seemed a bit surprised.

  "Why are you asking me that?"

  Lee sighed. He just wanted to get it over with.

  "I killed a state senator that slept with my wife just before everything went down. The car I was being taken to prison to in ran into what I guess was a walker and crashed."

  Fluttershy and Twilight both stared at Lee in shock. Their mouths hung wide open.

  "Oh my..." Fluttershy whispered, slowly backing away.

  "Look, I already had to deal with something like this with my group. I just wanted to tell you all beforehand so nothing bad happens." Lee explained. "You still trust me, right?"

  Silence filled the room. For the longest time, the only noise was that of the outside world, muffled from the walls and windows shielding those sounds off from them. After a suspenseful minute, Twilight opened her mouth.

  "I... I guess..." Twilight responded, albeit nervously.

  Fluttershy just nodded.

  "Thanks." Lee responded. He looked down at Ben, then back up to the two mares. "I think we should get him a proper place to rest."

  "I got an extra bed upstairs he can use." Twilight told him.

  "Alright. I'll carry him up." lee replied before using his single arm to lift the unconscious survivor over his shoulder and started carrying him up the stairs.