Friendship is Survival

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Ponyville Square

The six girls of Ponyville stared at the door in silence. None of them moving, not blinking at the door, they only breathed and stood still...

Bang!

They flinched.

Bang! Bang!

All six of them began backing up from the door.

BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!

"Everyone, hide!" Applejack shouted as she dived behind a couch. Rainbow silently ran up the stares towards the main bedroom. Pinkie and Fluttershy ran into the kitchen Fluttershy hiding under the sink, while Pinkie carefully cleared out the lower pantry and hid there. Rarity ran for the bathroom, and Twilight hid in a closet in the living room. The front door burst open with probably half the town behind it, and Twilight was the first one to see them all. The Mayor, Lightning Dust, Comet Tail, Button Mash and his mother, all of them turned into a feral like animals. She held her mouth to silence her heavy breathing, the monsters snarling all the way past her.

Applejack was next to see them all. She calmed her breathing and looked up all of them as they stumbled past. She saw Cloudkicker, Thunderlane, Flitter, and Blossomforth, granted that their passion was in the sky, like Dash, she still knew them as good friends. She saw a few sights that almost made her lose her resolve, like Apple Fritter and Apple Strudel. But she had yet to see Applebloom, Big Macintosh, and Granny Smith. Some hope for that right? She thought to herself. Applejack saw the last one stumble into the kitchen where Fluttershy and Pinkie hid.

Pinkie and Fluttershy both peaked out where they hid, it took all of Fluttershy's strength and resolve not to burst out crying, and for Pinkie not to come flying out and beating them all with a frying pan. Fluttershy saw familiar faces as well, Lotus, Aloe, Vera, she even saw Berry Punch and Caramel. Pinkie on the other hand, knew everyone in town, but they were a few faces even she didn't recognize. But what set her off, was not just adults but children too were turned into these animals, children she loved as if they were her own. Her knuckles went white, just as the last one passed by. She recognized her as Cherry Twist, and thankfully, she didn't see her daughter, Peppermint Twist, inside of the crowd.

Rarity could here them outside of the bathroom door. Being safe in case one came it, she had thankful found a broken metal towel hanger that was being replaced by a new one. Despite the cooking knife she had with her, she now also had a screwdriver as well. She could tell pitches in voices, or in this case, snarls. She could hear Sparkler, Doctor Stable, Nurse Redheart, and a few others as well. Why did this have to happen...? Maybe it was... no, it couldn't be... She thought to herself.

A few of the infected walked upstairs near the main bedroom. Rainbow Dash heard some of them moan and snarl before it stopped completely. She quietly walked over to the door, but stopped dead in her tracks as she heard a floor board creak outside the door, and it was followed by a shadow. The door slowly opened and Rainbow screamed out and lunged at the entry way. Her hand was stopped in mid motion though, and she struggled against it the grip. "Rainbow Dash! Calm down!"

Rainbow stopped and looked up to Applejack's concerned face, along with the others. "D-don't scare me like that! I thought you were one of them!" Her breathing slowed and she calmed down.

"Come on," Twilight said, "let's look inside the house for something useful." The other girls nodded in agreement before searching the house. Rarity went into the main foyer to look for anything of use, but came up empty handed. Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy went back into the kitchen and brought back all the canned goods and some cooking supplies, like pots and pans, and some matches too. Rainbow Dash went back into the bedroom she was in and looked in the closet, to find a safe and few sets of clothes. While not interested in the clothes, she pulled the small safe from the closet and brought it down by the canned food. Applejack found that the garage was connected to the house. (Thankfully) She brought back with her a gas can, a 15 inch bladed chainsaw, a few metal bats, and an archery set.

"Well, this stuff will come in handy..." Rarity said picking up the bow and arrows. The quiver was made from a polyester like material, like what you find in backpacks, and it held ten or twelve arrows at a time. Applejack handed one of the metal bats to Rainbow Dash, and gave Pinkie another, while she took the last one. Applejack went back into the garage and got Twilight a weapon as well, which happened to be police baton. Making the most regrettable decision, gave Fluttershy the small chainsaw and the can of gas.

"Wait," Twilight said, "We need something to store everything, a big, strong pack or something like that."

"A backpack?" Rainbow said pulling one from the wall hanger.

"Close Rainbow, but I was think more... like a duffel bag?" Twilight said, slightly dimming her rainbow friends spirits

"I... I think I saw one upstairs in the closet... That's where I also found that safe over there next to the food. While I'm up there, I'll see if I can find a key." Rainbow told all of them and walked up the stares. In the closet there was a light blue duffel bag, waiting to be picked up. When she set it down on the bed, she checked the nightstand for a key, but couldn't find it. She searched in the drawers of the dresser, but still came up empty... until an idea struck her. As Rainbow set the bag down, she reached for the safe and turned it upside down. And there it was, the key. "Heh, figures..." She whispered to herself and unlocked the safe.

"Holy mother of everything holy, we struck GOLD!" She exclaimed as she pulled out dollar bill after dollar bill. "There's gotta be like, 500 or more in here! We're set if we want to buy something from someone. And...and what are you?" She said pulling out the last thing any of them would ever see.

A gun.

"Yes! What is it? Looks like P220... No it has a frame of a 220, but the slide and barrel of 228! This guy knew what he was doing who ever he was..." Rainbow admired it akin to how a homeless man saw fresh food. "Fifteen round magazine, that's something everyone makes a mistake about, it's not a clip, it's a magazine, 9 millimeter? No, .45 rounds, a carbon fiber black grip, and a chrome like metal on the slide, oh man... I hope he has extra rounds!" Rainbow said, diving back in pulling out two boxes of .45 rounds.

"Rainbow Dash, I think we should... not use it." Rarity said folding her arms. "Unless whoever owned that safe had a permit, it's illegal to own a gun within Equestria's borders." Rainbow huffed at Rarity's logic.

"In case you haven't noticed, there's a zombie apocalypse outside the door... or what used to be the door anyways... Which reminds me, what made all of them go away?" Rainbow asked.

"Oh, a bus passed with a name on the side of it, Midnight Riders I think, it was bloodied on the front, and when it went by, it honked like crazy!" Applejack explained.

"Okay, that explains a lot, but now, come on time to beat on some undead bastards!" Rainbow said, slinging the duffel bag onto her back, and let her friends fill it up with the food, money, and the gun. Looking at the busted door in the entry way, the famous six friends walked out into the open. Saddened once again by the destruction that a mere two hours caused, they pressed it back and began to walk forward.

Twilight held her tonfa in a defensively in her hands, holding by the handle jutting out of the side. Pinkie held her bat in a ready to swing stance, Rainbow and Applejack held their bats in their left and right hands respectively, Fluttershy played it safe and hide behind Rarity who had her bow and arrows. All six of them took the first step into hell.

In this world so cold...
We are, the only ones...
The survivors...
That were left 4 dead...
Ohhh, we are, the ones...
That they left 4 dead, that they left 4 dead...
We are left 4 dead... We are left 4 dead... We are left 4 dead...
We, are, left, 4, dead...