P23:4

P23:4

By Hero541

Part 4: Outbreak

September 27...

This is Spike, Journal... Twilight’s too upset to write right now, but I figured I ought to continue this time if she’s not able to. It’s hard to concentrate with all the moaning from outside, but at least most of the screaming from earlier has died down... It’d probably be better if I didn’t use the word “died”, huh?

So, anyway, right after Twi’s last entry earlier today, we started to hear screaming from outside. When we went to the door, ponies were running all around, going crazy and trying to escape from the horde of zombies that were making their way into town. A few ponies had fallen, and it was only a matter of seconds before the dead got to them and tore them apart. Everywhere we looked, zombies were chasing after ponies and biting them or ripping into them, making their blood pool on the ground along with their entrails. All we could do was watch in terror as all around us, more and more dead began to show up and devour our friends and neighbors.

A few of the dead headed for the library, and Twilight began to panic, not knowing how to kill them. This panic caused her to accidentally lower the barrier she had put up before. As quick as I could, I ran inside and grabbed a knife, giving it to Twi and telling her to hit them in the head. She shot the knife at the nearest one and broke through its skull, causing a sickening crunch and making the zombie collapse to the ground. I had a knife myself and I did the same as her, stabbing the nearest one in the head and making her collapse before she could bite me.

Together, we were able to fight off the zombies for a short time and head back inside the library. I peered out the window and saw still more all around. One had managed to tackle Carrot Top and hold her to the ground. She was fighting it with all her might, but eventually it caught her hoof in its mouth and bit down hard. She screamed in pain and three more dead got to her, each one biting down and taking a significant chunk of flesh.

In no time at all, they each had bitten so far into her stomach that they were in her abdominal cavity and began to munch on her intestines and other organs, covering themselves and the ground in her blood. By the time they were done with her, all that was left was a horribly mutilated carcass and a pool of blood. And that wasn’t the only one, as all over there were corpses and body parts of what were once ponies that had been mangled and torn apart by the zombies.

Twilight tried to pull me away from the window so the dead couldn’t see me, but I didn’t budge. It wasn’t till I saw Pinkie and Rainbow outside Sugarcube Corner, trying to fend off the dead with Mr. Cake that I moved at all. Twi had seen them too, and began to panic even more. She debated with herself for quite some time as to whether or not it would be a good idea to go out there and help them. I didn’t say anything, mostly because I still couldn’t believe what was happening around Ponyville.

Finally, she made her decision and told me to stay here and not to open the door for anything till she made her way back. I agreed and she opened up the entrance just as three more zombies made their way in. Twilight panicked and shot her knife too far, missing the zombie’s head by an inch. The dead mare was on her in a second, trying to bite her. I jumped on its back and stabbed it in the head as the other two tried to bite Twilight too.

Thankfully, she managed to throw those two off herself and get her knife from outside, turning and killing them both in a hearbeat. I knew there’d be no way she could go out there, so I called to Pinkie and Rainbow from the entryway. They both saw me and began to make their way over. Pinkie turned back to see Mr. Cake still fighting off the zombies as he headed back into Sugarcube Corner. She tried to get him to follow her into the library, but he just told her to go and that he’d be alright. She never had the chance to plead with him again as a zombie crossed in front of her and tried to bite her.

She panicked and kicked it hard in the head, making its brains fly out the back of its skull. Rainbow, as weak as she was, still managed to pull the pink pony along as more zombies began to converge at them. I watched as they made their way to us and stepped inside. As soon as they were in, I slammed the door shut and a few zombies began to pound away on the front, trying to force their way in. We heard a huge explosion from outside and I went back to the window to see Sugarcube Corner in flames. Pinkie screamed and began to sob as she watched the confectionary burn, most likely with Mr. and Mrs. Cake and the foals still inside.

Twilight had to hold her off and keep her from running back to the shop where the dead were now headed. After a few minutes of trying to get out and risk the horde, she finally collapsed and began to wail loudly. Twilight and Rainbow joined her in only a matter of time and they three are still crying right now. None of them can believe what’s going on right now, and I can’t either. But, at least we’re all safe... for now.