I woke up quickly to find I was dangling upside down. My hospital gown was the only think keeping me warm as I was in some sort of meat factory.

"Hello?" I yelled trying to get someone. "HELLO!" Still nothing. I looked down to see I was being dangled by a simple rope. I was also in a giant bird cage. Now that one I can't understand. But I quickly used what little magic I could to summon a blue fireball and burn the rope. "Fuck!" I burned myself. I stood up in the cage and tried to move it around so I could loosen it up.

"This is all of your fault." said a voice walking out. It was a dark and serious tone that only sounded like someone wanted to kill me. Can you guess who it is? It was Pinkimina Diane Pie. Yep. "You will die monster."

"Seriously listen to yourself Pinkie. I didn't do this! I was in a hospital!"

"Uh huh."

"Yeah huh. Look at this!" I showed her the green robe. "Pinkie let me go please."

"Oh but I can't do that. I'm going to cut you up and see what you taste like." Great. Of all people to go insane I get the worst one of them.

"Hey Pinkie. Rocket bear."

"What?"

"Over there. Rocket bear."

"I'm not falling for your tricks."

"Alright." I started climbing to the top of the cage. Then a gigantic bear with a rocket pack rammed Pinkie into a wall knocking her out. "Thanks Desmond."

"Oh no problem Dustin." he said pulling down the cage and opening it. "Hey come visit me on the moon sometime okay?"

"You can count on it. I owe ya one big guy!"

"It's cool bro. Give me a hug man!" he picked me up.

"OH HAHAHAHAHA! Bear hug!"

"Alright. I got to go. And remember Dustin... Wizard..." he said holding his claws to his face like I did with my fingers.

"Wizard!" I put my hooves up. He laughed and flew away. "That was nice of him to drop by." I told myself walking outside. I noticed I was bleeding in the back of my head from where Pinkie hit me quite hard so I ripped the sleeve of my shirt and tied it around my head with magic. I closed the door behind me and looked around me. I was even further away from the castle! I was in Fillydelphia. I still can't believe Vinyl's dead. I'm just hoping that they said that to mess with me. "Deja Vu..." The entire city was in chaos.

"Run RUN!" cried a mare past me. I continued walking with a limp. My entire body was sore. I saw a few zombies so I quickly went around the long way. I took the big road around so I had moving room. You never want to meet a zombie in an alleyway. I had a lot of trouble walking so I made a walking cane out of a tree limb. I sharpened the end so I could stab something if I needed to.

"What the fuck are you doing? Get the hell out of there!" yelled a man who ran past me.

"You have to move! There after me!" said another colt running past me.

"Wait! Who is? Whose after you?" I turned to see a zombiefied dragon that was flying land down and almost bite a kid. "No you don't!" I kicked him away and stabbed him in the eye and destroyed his brain. I left the stick inside his head and grabbed the child. "Don't worry kid. Your going to be alright."

"But where's my momma?" I looked down to see I was holding a white unicorn with black and red hair and red eyes. Shit... Free Melody. "I want my mom..." She started balling in my arm.

"Aw... hey don't worry kid. I'm sure that she'll be fine-" I felt a sharp object being held against the back of my head.

"Release her!" yelled the person behind me.

"Hey it's okay! Look... I'm putting her down." I put Melody down and she ran past me crying 'Momma! Momma!' I turned around slowly to see Eden holding Alpha against my neck. "Eden? Eden is that you?"

"Dustin? Oh my god! The rumors were true! Last we heard you got hospitalized."

"Yeah. Lucas, Kelly, and Brandon are back. I killed Lucas because-"

"Dammit! I was suppose to!" she said with tears. "Do you know what he did? He killed Vinyl! He murdered her to get to you!" she kicked me in the gut and pushed me down on my back and held the sword high. "It's all your fault!"

"Momma wait! He saved me!" said Melody. Eden shook her head and stared at me for a few seconds.

"Oh my god what am I doing?"
[Come on girl! Don't do this!]
<You know Dustin wouldn't do this.>
"They are right. Come here." she said grabbing my hoof and pulling me up. I grunted a few times but that's because I'm still sore. "Are you okay?"

"You kicked me right where Brandon broke my rib."

"What happened to your head?" asked Melody. "Did you get a boo-boo?"

"Yeah I did." I looked around to see even more zombies moving. "We need to get somewhere safer."

"Follow me!" she grabbed my hoof and we all ran to her house. She had this huge house that was built to survive a war. "Okay... we'll be fine here for a long time."

"Listen Eden... I really want to say thanks and everything but.... I need to go."

"What?"

"Twilight's still out there! I need to make sure that she and all of her friends are okay." Except Pinkie... but that's okay in my book.

[You dating Twilight again?]
<Oh... that plot...> Alpha was rubbing his hands greedily.
"Alpha!" snapped Eden.
<What?>
[No... I think he's talking about the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.]
<Yeah! Listen to Beta!>
"Oh... sorry."

"Right. But look I need to go."

"Not without some proper equipment your not." She sat me down on the bed and took off my makeshift head bandage. "Did you use your shirt sleeve?"

"Yeah."

"This isn't a wound from falling. Did someone knock you out?"

"Pinkie."

"OH I heard about how crazy she went. This whole epidemic hit her hard." She put a new bandage around my head after cleaning the wound. I took off my shirt and she gave me one of her black jackets with some harnesses. "You need to wear tight clothes."

"My hair's short enough. You need to cut your ponytail off."

"I love my hair!"

"You want a zombie to grab it and pull you back to bite you?"

"...Never going to happen." she quickly grabbed a knife and cut her hair. "How do I look?"

"You look sexy with short hair."

"Don't hit on me. That's like hitting on your self."

"MASTURBATION!" we both said at the exact same time going into a laughter fit.

"Okay... how good are you with magic?"

"I can summon fire. I can teleport but I'm still kinda weak so not right now."

"Then you need weapons." She handed me a hatchet. "I know this is your favorite melee weapon."

"Oh man... I love my hatchets." I told her while she escorted me to her armory.

"Take whatever you want."

"Wow..." she had every gun from Earth history. "Eden... how did you get these?"

"I know some special ponies."

"Wow... Okay.... I need to think about the whole zombie thing... The Glock 17 would be nice with reliable ammo, but the 44 double action has more stopping power. So I need power and plenty of ammo... I'm going with the Colt Python 357 Magnum."

"Good choice." She threw me the gun and I inspected it.

"6 inch barrel, blue steel, HD cylinder. You really take care of these guns huh?"

"Yes I do. Take some more if you need them."

"Alright. I'll take the Mossberg." I told her while grabbing the Mossberg 590 shotgun. It had a heat shield and an extended tube for more shells. I stuffed the jacket breast pockets with shells. Eden gave me speed loaders for the revolver. So I had about 6 of those and my side pockets were holding spare ammunition. "Thanks a bunch Eden."

"I must say it's a really brave thing your doing. Going out there again."

"Yeah. I'm sorry about Vinyl. This whole thing should never have happened. I promise you that I will fix this."

"I know you will. Goodbye Dustin." she said holding the door open. "Good luck."

"To you as well." She closed the door behind me and locked it. When I went outside her house went underground. She turned it into a bunker. Now I have no where to go back to. So... onward! I quickly went around the city going from house to house. I used my hatchet a few times. The stainless steel worked wonderfully with this little weapon. I found food, medical supplies, and more ammunition. I found a Horton scout crossbow with 15 arrows. So I put on the arrow harness around my left shoulder right next to my shotgun holster. It worked wonderfully. So I could keep the shotgun and bow on my back, the revolver in my side harness, and the hatchet on my left thigh so I can quickly pull it out and chop away. That's the glory of being a magic user. I can still use my hooves but it's easier with magic.

"Can you help me?" asked a voice as I was leaving town. I looked around and found the mutilated body of a mare behind the sign. "I'm dying... My son... can you please help us?" she asked with tears.

"Just tell me what's going on?"

"We were both bitten." I looked at her son hidden under her body. His entire neck was bleeding. "I don't know what to do."

"Ma'am. I'm afraid that your boy is dead."

"No!"

"I'll put him down so he won't turn into one of Them."

"You won't put a hoof on my son-AAAAHHHH!" the boy turned into a zombie and started biting her in the face. Soon enough they were both zombies. I grabbed my revolver and shot them both.

"I'm sorry." I went into a house and grabbed a blanket and wrapped them both in it. I pulled out two bullets from my pocket and placed them in the chamber after I removed the two cartridges I shot. That's my favorite thing about the 357. You can reload at anytime. I walked up the street and drew my crossbow and took out 3 zombies quietly. I then redrew the arrows from their skulls. "Why couldn't my cutie mark be zombie killing?"

"I found you now..." echoed a voice through the forest I was nearing. "You can't run. You can't hide. You will pay for what you've done."

"Face me Kelly!" I yelled as the colt walked out on a giant tree monster he made. He shot tendrils and pods at me but I quickly ran past them. I drew my shotgun and shot it in the leg dismembering it after 3 shells. I quickly reloaded and placed it on my back and started climbing up.

"You killed Lucas!"

"I did in self defense! You all deserve to die!"

"Since when where you judge, jury, and executioner?"

"Since I learned you killed Vinyl Scratch!" I jumped to the next arm when he tried to smash me with it. I continued climbing until I got to the top where he tried to stab me with his sword. I quickly blocked it with the shotgun and threw his sword away. I used the butt of the gun to smash his nose in and send him back while turning it around and getting ready to shoot.

"NO!" he cried as I shot him in the face killing him.

"Oh ho ho ho... forest fire." I said walking away. I don't laugh at my own jokes. That's why I could never be a villain. I don't laugh when I make a joke. I jumped off the tree and continued walking up the road to Canterlot.

Meanwhile in Canterlot...

"WWWHHHOOOO!" everyone cheered when Dustin executed Kelly on the TV. It must have been hard on him.

"Twilight? You alright?" asked David.

"I'm fine." she said back to him.

"You seem worried."

"Of course I am."

"He's on his way. Just for you." said Lightning. "I'm sure that's a good sign to not worry."

"Thanks Lightning. I though you hated him."

"No. I was just really mad when he asked you out because I wanted to."

"You had 3 years to." said David.

"Yeah. So it's all fair."

"What's he doing now?" asked Twilight watching the TV.

"Huh?" they both asked looking at it.

Back to Dustin...

I quickly did a combat roll and ducked behind a small brick wall as a group of survivors began opening fire on me.

"Stand down! Stand down! I'm not a zombie! Stand down god dammit!" I yelled at them and they stopped shooting. "Look!" I stood up. "I'm not infected!"

"We're so sorry!" said one of them. "We didn't mean it but... we can't be too safe now a days."

"Look I promise I won't hurt you. I need to pass and get to Canterlot."

"The path is suicide. The entire town of Hoofington was infected and they are surrounding the area." He said. There were about... 40 survivors in this building, little did I know.

"*sigh* Dammit..."

"Look. You can pass through here and go around. It may take a few more days but it's safer."

"Much obliged."

"When you get there... can you tell them that we need help?"

"I can."

"Thank you kindly stranger." I walked into the tunnels he pointed out. Eventually I hit a dead end and was forced to take the sewer.

"Why is their always a fucking sewer in the zombie apocalypse that you have to go through?" I asked using a flashlight spell to help me navigate through the area. I soon found a latter up to the surface. "Okay... Let's hope this is it." I climbed up and stuck my head out to see I was in Dragon Mountain. They had the entire are barricaded and well under control.

"Sir we have a survivor!" said one of the dragons helping me out of the hole.

"Good lord son. Thank the heavens you made it."

"Oh tell me about it." I looked around the village to see plenty of ponies and griffons as well. "I'm guessing your trying to help as many people as you can?"

"That's the plan. I am General Blackburn."

"Ex-Mercenary Commander Shafer." I shook his hand with my hoof.

"I see you are well armed. How long have you been fighting?"

"Since I woke up from the hospital yesterday."

"Ah... was this in Ponyville?"

"Yes it was."

"I heard that was the first place to go. You sure are lucky."

"Tell me about it. Is there a way to get to Canterlot from here?"

"Yeah. I can take you over the mountain. We could use your assistance here though. Anyone that can hold a weapon needs to fight."

"True enough. If I help you then you help me right?"

"Of course."

"Then what do you need?"

"We need medical supplies and food. The stores are outside of the perimeter we barricaded. If you can clear the way of undead then we can get everything we need to survive."

"Alright. Lead the way General." He escorted me past the civilians who thanked me for attempting the hard deed. I got to the gate and looked out. There was a lot of dead.

"You need to go over the gate. We can't risk taking it down."

"Understood!" I climbed up a building and took a running start which helped my jump. I quickly landed over the gate and began my assault on the dead. I drew my shotgun and shot 7 of them with 4 shots. With the extended tube I could only hold 6 shells. So I reloaded the gun while using the butt to smash some skulls in. I killed about 32 zombies going down the store. The cost was mostly clear until I got inside the store. It was filled with them. I used my hatchet to decapitate about 4 of them while moving back. I drew my revolver and shot the remaining 3 dead. "Cost is clear Blackburn!"

"Good work son! Come on people! Let's move!" he and his troops all ran out and came to me. They got guns, ammo, food, and medical supplies. Everything else they would need is in the other side of town where it's safe. "Thank you Shafer."

"It's no problem." I finished reloading my sidearm and holstered it. "Now can you aid me in my quest?"

"Yes yes. Deal's a deal." He grabbed me and flew to the top of the mountain where he left me. "I must say you are the bravest pony I have ever met."

"Hehehe... I appreciate your help."

"No problem. You and any of your guest are always welcome here."

"Hey... in case I don't make it to Canterlot... there's a small building that way on the other side of the mountain with survivors. If you could lend them a hand..."

"It would be our pleasure. We need to stick together in this war."

"Exactly. Thanks again."

"No problem." He said flying back down. I began walking down until I was left at a crossroad. I could go left which would take me longer to get to my destination... or I could go right. Right was towards Ponyville and Hoofington. Meaning more zombies. Left means more survivors. Now I don't know if these are the good or bad kind of survivors. I'm going to have to play my cards right. I could go straight but who knows what's waiting for me in the forest. I'm going left.

2 of the most exhausting hours later...

I finally reached the hilltop. There I saw the castle in plain view! It was about 50 miles away though. I also need some sleep. Some food and water as well. I also need to check up on my supplies. There wasn't a zombie in sight so I quickly went inside a log cabin I found and decided I'd camp it out here. I did my supply count and found I still had 82 12 gauge shotgun shells. I had 168 revolver rounds, 15 arrows, 7 cans of vegetables, some soup cans, and some cooking utensils. I started a campfire and used the pot to make me some soup.

"Oh yes!" I said by accident when I drank some of it. "Oops... don't want to cause a commotion. Why am I such a good cook?"

"I don't know but it's really good!" said Pinkie beside me. I turned my head slowly to the right and raised my eyebrows at the pink mare. "What? Is something wrong?"

"Y-y-you but I-I and moon bear with... huh?"

"I followed you silly!" she continued to eat my soup. "Wow your really good at this."

"But you tried to eat me!"

"That wasn't me. I accidentally let my other personality get out."

"Uh huh. And I'm going to believe that?"

"You were friends with her once right?"

"I... yeah." Pinkimina's death still haunts me. I never really forgave myself but I can't let it destroy me. So I continued to eat some soup with Pinkie as a partner. "So Pinkie. How's your day?"

"I was forced to kill more of those things and survive." she said in a serious tone.

"Oh... uh..."

"Not as many as you though."

"How did you follow me?"

"Blimp!"

"Ah... do you know where I'm headed?"

"Canterlot right?"

"Yes."

"Is something there?"

"Twilight and all of her friends. I also believe that they have helped a lot of people."

"You mean they're alright! Yay! Party-" I put my hoof over her mouth.

"Shh... did you hear that?"

"No."

"Flying. Heavy wings flapping. SHIT! I gotta put this out!" I yelled stomping on the fire smothering the flame. Soon enough Brandon flew right above us and he was heavily armed. "Pinkie stay down. He's after me."

"What's with all the armor and guns?"

"He knows my tactics. So I'm going to catch him off guard." I said drawing my crossbow.

"Isn't that murder?"

"No. It's justified. Pinkie when I get his attention I want you to move to Canterlot. You'll make it. I promise."

"Okey doki loki!" I went around the corner shot him in the shoulder piece of his armor. The arrow wasn't strong enough to pierce it.

"Fuck! Move Pinkie!" I yelled holstering the bow and drawing the shotgun. "This way you motherfucker!" I yelled getting Brandon to follow me down the hill. He was determined to get me. Pinkie went the other way towards the city.

"You killed my friends!"

"You killed my friend!" I stopped running and did a back flip as he charged into the ground like a meteor. He drew two swords. I dodged most of his swinging. I took a small hit when he jabbed at me and I couldn't move quick enough. All he did was cut my jacket. I hit him with my gun butt and put some space between us. I fired twice punching holes in his defense. Still it wasn't enough.

"Why can't you make this easy on me?!" He yelled as I ducked under his sword swing.

"Kinda because I don't trust you."

"Is that so?" I did another back flip as he stabbed the ground. I drew my hatchet and cut the other side of the breastplate making it fall off his body. "Fuck me." He jumped behind a tree as I fired 2 more shells from the shotgun. He won't give me time to reload. He then reached behind his back and pulled out two AK-74u's and started firing at me. I ran from his barrage and hid inside a building. The wall didn't provide much cover so I had to go prone.

"Perfect..." I told myself as I grabbed some steel wire. I ran upstairs for the roof as he was below me clearing room after room. I took my crossbow and fired two arrows in the doorway of the roof and tied the wire to it. I then tied the wire to the shotgun and aimed it so it would hit him. "Oh no! I've fallen and broken my hip! I can't move!" I yelled using my acting skills.

"Hahahaha! How funny is that?" he asked walking upstairs. He didn't see the wire and the blast hit him right in the chest. "*gasp* H-how... could..." he fell to his knees. He was always built like a tank. I quickly grabbed the shotgun and put 5 shells into it maxing out the capacity. He got up and drew a mini-gun from his duffel bag. "We're not done by a long shot." he revved it up and I jumped to the next building dodging his barrage. I took cover from behind some of the vents. When he stopped to let it cool down or reload I would come out and shoot at him with my revolver.

27 minutes later...

He was still trying to rev up his gun but he ran out of ammo. I quickly moved around another vent and aimed the revolver at him. Before I could shoot he grabbed his mini-gun and chucked it at me. I dodged but it caught me off guard as he tackled me and we both fell through the deserted building. Eventually we fell to the basement which had a door leading outside.

"Your little bitch screamed when we ruffled her up. How about you bitch? You gonna scream?" he asked holding a knife to my neck. I blocked it with my hoof and head butted him with the back of my skull. This made him let go. I began to crawl away but he tried to jump on me again. So I kicked him in the back leg and snapped it out of place. When he was in pain I grabbed his knife, turned around, and stabbed him in the neck. "Gah! ERG! It's not over yet..." he pushed me off and pulled out the knife while running outside.

"Get back here!" I yelled chasing him outside. I saw him meet up with Lucy again and they both teleported away. "Dammit!" I walked back inside and picked up my weapons which I dropped and I went upstairs, locked the doors, and went to the bathroom. After I was done with my business I changed the bandage around my head. The wound reopened with that headbutt. "Time for some sleep..." I went into the bedroom and saw a zombie shackled to the bed having a violent fit. On the floor were the undead bodies of the father and son. So I locked the door and left the room and hid in the supply closet.

"I can't even get a decent bed even if I'm the last one alive!" I cut on the light and saw I was the only one in the room. "Oh thank god..." I looked around and saw packs of water bottles and some preserved food. This brought tears to my eye! "Fortune's finally shining on me!" I said picking up the can of green beans and kissing it. I opened it and enjoyed the food. I didn't get to eat much of my soup. Speaking of which... I wonder if it's still good? I bed it I go out there to get it I'll get killed. I'll just stick with my beans.

5 minutes later...

I passed out. I looked like a mess, curled up in a corner like a cat, with cans of food and bottles of water emptied. Some would call it cute. I would call it the Munchies. I shouldn't think like that. If I do I'll start thinking like a zombie! God I'm cracking up jokes in my sleep... I'm pathetic. And to think... that once again... I hold the world in my hands... hooves... fuck.

8 hours later...

I woke up at around 6. There was a church going off down the street. This is the perfect time to run. With them distracted and me fully rested I can get away from here. I quietly went outside and used the trees to my advantage. The weather wasn't in my favor however... no there was a massive thundercloud above me. It was the biggest cloud I've seen in my life. The wind was really powerful as well. I had the air knocked out of me twice from it.

"GRAH!" was the sound of a zombie getting knocked down and dragged down the street by the wind. I held on as tight as I could to a tree. I can't exactly teleport. No that's not me. Haven't you noticed how someone else does it for me? I summon a small ball. With this I can plant it in the ground and summon a cloud of smoke. With that cloud I can move anywhere. Meaning I can get behind you... but I can't exactly teleport all the way to the castle. See? That's my problem. I'm a shitty magic user. I'm better with shadow and illusion spells. That's why I'm such a good spy.

"That's it!" I used an illusion spell to make the zombies think I looked like a zombie. No I'm not putting blood and guts on me like the Walking Dead. 'Oh! You didn't bath in zombie blood!' No! I don't need to! There are many better solutions to that!

"Huh?" one asked looking at me. It took 3 seconds for him to turn around and start moaning again. Oh I'm good. I made it to the top of the hill and saw the Castle again. Yes! I'm so close! Now if only I could think straight... all this wind and lightning is giving me a headache. I would use a cloud walking spell and climb up but I would be killed in an instant. The doctors don't know this and neither does anybody else. I have a cybernetic heart. It's surrounded in a metal casing with tubes replacing my veins. This allows me to keep up a high metabolism. So if I'm about 73 years old I'll probably be moving around like a 30 year old.

When the coast was clear I deactivated my illusion spell. I don't want to be shot by some dude thinking that I'm a straggler. I walked down the road until I had the castle right about 20 miles away. This would be another day's walk for sure if I don't pick up the place. Then I heard a tiny beeping noise. So I used a shadow spell to trick a dragonfly to work for me. What it saw I saw. I moved the fly ahead and scouted out that the entire area was mined by a hunter on the other side.

"Damn... I can't get through this. I'm going to have to go around again." I said to myself. I wonder if Pinkie made it there? I bet she got past the mines by jumping lightly so that they wouldn't detect her. I weigh too much so I can't even attempt it without fucking up. I took in a deep breath and climbed up the mountain on my left. In the end... I was further away than I was this morning. I'd say it was 40 miles away again. I held my shotgun in my arms as I laid under a tree waiting for the rain to end. Eden wasn't even nice enough to give me a hooded jacket. "Grr... some nerve..." I reached into my pocket and pulled out some chewing gum. It's an alternative to smoking.

"Hiya!" said Pinkie popping her head out of the bushes.

"GAH!" I jumped back and grabbed my shotgun. "Oh shit Pinkie."

"Did I scare you that bad?"

"If I didn't stop to see what I would shoot at you'd be dead."

"But I'm not!"

"I know. Because I didn't shoot."

"So have you found another way of getting to the castle yet?"

"No I haven't. I thought you did."

"I did!"

"Good."

"Yeah."

"..."

"..."

"...You wanna show me?"

"Sure!" she started doing her little hop thing as I followed her down the hill.

"Pinkie. Answer me."

"What?"

"You didn't answer my question."

"Honestly I wasn't listening."

"It's about your well being. Are you sure your okay?"

"Why wouldn't I be?"

"I...uh..." I couldn't use words to say it. So I used my arms and pointed to all the destruction nearby.

"Oh that. Yeah it's pretty bad."

"So this is the quick way to the castle?"

"Yep!"

"The sewer."

"Yep!"

"And you brought me here so you wouldn't have to get in the nasty water?"

"Wow your smart."

"*sigh* Let's go." I quickly put the safety on all my guns. I don't want Pinkie accidentally shooting me in the ass. I held her on my back as I navigated through the repulsive waters again. "So we are down here and your telling me that their is a way up into the castle.

"I think so! But it's like really really old! I hope that none of the ponies are blocking the exit."

"Wonderful."

10 minutes later...

"Here it is!" she pointed to the sewer grate in the castle. It was the size of a rat hole.

"Pinkie... I can't fit through there."

"Oh. I can. Bye." She jumped up and squeezed through the hole.

"How...how did she do that?" I could use my smoke trick to teleport but It won't work if I put the orb in water. Sewage doesn't count as well. I continued walking down the sewer until I reached a latter. "About time. This is the last straw. I'm not doing another 50 mile hike today." I walked up and moved the lid. "Erg... Ah... ugh. There." I threw the mantle away and climbed up. I was in Canterlot. Good news... the city. Bad news. Not the castle. Worse news. The city... it was heavily inhabited by the undead.

"What the fuck are you doing?" whispered a voice on my right. I turned to see Elizabeth.

"Liz?"

"Get over here! Quick!" I got out and ran to the redhead. She jumped on me and gave me a hug. "Glad to see you made it out okay."

"Same here." I looked behind her and saw Stephan sitting by himself. He was sitting in a weird position with his back hunched up. "Hey Stephan." he didn't answer me. "Hey are you alright-OOF!" he gave me a quick kick to the face drawing blood from my nose.

"This is all your fault. If you didn't betray your friends they wouldn't start this mess."

"You can't blame the entire apocalypse on me."

"Sure I can. I'd ask Charity but you got her and Sal murdered you bastard!" he went for another punch but Liz stood in front of him.

"Stop..." she said weakly with tears in her eyes. "He didn't do this. Right Dustin?"

"No and I'm trying to fix it. But you need to believe in me."

"Get the fuck away from me you fucking traitors! You make me sick!" he said turning his head against his friend and sitting back down. Elizabeth was hurting bad.

"Liz... listen to me..."

"No. No Dustin. Fuck... it's all gone to hell now." she started to let the tears come through. Stephan looked back and walked to her.

"Liz... Elizabeth I'm sorry. I shouldn't have snapped at you."

"It's alright..." he pulled her in for a hug.

"No it's not. I'm sorry." While they were apologizing I turned to see the zombies were walking our way.

"Listen Stephan. You get her and yourself to the castle."

"What are you gonna do?" asked Liz looking up at me with tearful eyes.

"Something really stupid... COME GET ME YOU MOTHERFUCKERS!" I yelled making all the zombies chase me. They weren't running but they were persistent. I made them follow me out of town. Eventually I hid in a garbage bin and they all wandered away. "Ah... the slip. Works every time." I said to myself climbing the building. I looked up the hill with the scope of my crossbow and saw Stephan and Elizabeth running inside of the castle. "Good job. Now I won't skin your ass..." I said redirecting my anger towards Stephan.

I jumped from roof to roof making my way to the castle. Eventually... I ran out of rooftops. I had no where to go and the zombies were on their way. Some of them can fly. Alright Dustin... time to think. You can jump down and make a run for it but risk leading the zombies to the castle. Wait here until someone else causes some noise distracting them. Oh! I could kill them all... Hmm... such good choices... what is an idiot like me to do?

"Worst idea ever..." I said to myself chucking bricks off the roof hitting zombies in the face. I was that bored. "*sigh* Bored bored bored bored bored bored bored bored bored..."

"Hey! Hey you!" I looked over the edge and saw a few ponies with guns. "Get down here now! We have to talk!"

"No not really." I ducked behind the wall again and drew my pistol. This isn't going to end well I can just feel it.

"You will now." I looked over and saw them push Twilight down in the mud. She had bruises and was gagged and tied up.

"Twilight!"

"Get down here." said the leader. I quickly tucked the revolver and hatchet under my jacket so they wouldn't see it. When I got down two of them grabbed me.

"Get the fuck off me!" I yelled trying to wrestle my way out of their grips.

"We've been following you Mr. Shafer."

"Who are you people?"

"You've never heard of us have you? We call ourselves the True Patriots." he said putting a hoof on the back of Twilight's neck. "We know of what you've done. You caused this apocalypse to ruin our new home. So we are going to give you a choice." He said walking behind me and taking away the shotgun from my harness. "Nice gun... think I'm gonna keep it."

"You people are UNBELIEVABLE! Just let us go."

"Oh we don't want to let you go." said someone walking from behind the house behind me. I turned to see Hard Break again. Damn she looks roughed up... "I want revenge for Iron."

"Oh please I did you a favor." She back hoofed me and took the crossbow from my back and aimed it at Twilight.

"I'll kill your pretty little librarian."

"I'm sure you will." Twilight continued to moan and wiggle but she couldn't get out. "And you know I'll do what you want."

"That's right. So here's what your going to do. You are going to go back to Ponyville, get the Elements of Harmony, and bring them to us." The two holding me let go and she threw the bow in my hooves. "Or she dies."

"Dammit..." she grabbed my backpack and took it away from me. "How did you find me?"

"We've been watching you all this time on the TV. Speaking of time you have 1 hour. Make it back and we will give you Twilight and your stuff back... Oh wait... you can't teleport... OH HAHAHAHAHA!" they were all laughing. Now it's time to show them who they are messing with. I quickly turned around and started running... at first it seemed like slow motion... like something was keeping me back... but I the city was flying past me.

Meanwhile... Liz's POV

"HOLY SHIT!" yelled everyone in the castle watching Dustin run. He was on his two hind legs running as fast as he could leaving a stream of dust behind him. His front hooves were moving like he was the freaking terminator or something.

"H-how is that possible?" asked Stephan.

"He's a monster!" yelled someone.

"No he's a hero!" yelled King David. At that time Dustin jumped on the road, went over the forest, and landed in Ponyville just like that.

Dustin's POV

In my head I had Guile's theme playing. Oh I love that song so much. I quickly turned my right hoof twisting my body so I was aiming the library. There the door was open and there were survivors inside.

"S-stay b-b-back..." he said aiming a sword at me. I looked at him with my cold blue eyes. "I said stay back!" I quickly ran in, jumped over him, went through the books until I found the elements, turned around, did another flip over the survivors, ran outside closing the door, and went back up the mountain. When I got to the top and back to the town, I found Hard Break shivering... she was scared out of her damn mind seeing my face.

"LET...HER...GO..." I managed to speak out of my gritting teeth.

"D-don't just stand there! Do it!" she yelled giving her guards a command. One of them got behind Twilight and held a knife to her neck.

"Don't try anything funny you he-OOF!" I nailed him between the eyes with the book and I jumped on the other two behind Break. I beat them up and got my stuff back before turning to the leader.

"Your a monster... a freak of nature..." she said backing up down the street. Her fear was something I enjoyed watching oddly enough. I quickly walked over and untied Twilight.

"You okay?" I asked. She nodded and jumped into my arms for a hug letting her tears flow free. I turned to see Break still backing up. "Hey Break..."

"Don't you ever speak to me again! You bring shame and hatred among the human name!"

"Zombie."

"Yeah there are zombies so fucking what?" she turned around and was jumped on by a group of them. They all started biting and tearing into her until she was in pieces. I also heard a crying noise. Twilight and I stood up and walked into the house they had set up as a headquarters. There I found a baby.

"Dustin... we can't just leave him."

"No. I'd never leave a baby behind. Guess Hard was a mother." I heard a large moaning voice from outside. "*gasp* Twi! Take him and get back to the castle!"

"But you-"

"I'll catch up with you in a minute! We'll talk then!"

"O-okay. I trust you." she teleported away and I ran outside to see a bigger zombie. He was made out of multiple bodies.

"Oh... that's not what I expected..." he grabbed a carriage and chucked it at me.

"No not at all!" I yelled doing a combat roll and dodging it. I grabbed the shotgun and shot 5 shells into his chest and it didn't stop him at all. Instead he grabbed the gun and bent it like a toothpick. "No way..."

"GGGGGGGRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!" It yelled blowing my hair and jacket tails back. I stood their and looked it in the face. When he raised his fist I drew my bow and shot an arrow in his head from the jaw up. He fell back dead.

"Alright. It's official. Crossbow's are the best weapons ever invented for zombies." I pulled the arrow from his skull and placed it back in my quiver. I removed the shotgun harness seeing as I would never need it again and looked at the castle in the background. I ran up the road and found the bridge. Sadly enough as my luck goes... it was destroyed. I could use a darkness power to turn into some shadows but it's still sunset. I looked up to see a line that's used for zip-lining. I climbed up and used my gun holster to cross the ravine.

"God dammit!" I was too heavy and the line started to fall as I lost speed. I was being held in the air by it right above the cliff under the bridge. I quickly used the harness to move to the end and jump off. "I need a nap." What did Hard Break mean before she died? She said that she was spying on me by watching TV? I don't understand. But I guess some things are better off unknown. Oh well... time for me to begin my journey... Well not a journey really. No it's more like a walk. An hour long walk.

Well... I guess I should be happy knowing that I made it. I did didn't I? Hell I even ran faster than the Flash and here I am. Just fine and peachy. If anything I should feel nothing better than happiness... but I feel like shit. Everyone looks at me like I'm a monster... maybe it took an entire apocalypse for me to see that too.

"Why did you stop? Keep on walking!" yelled Twilight from the balcony. I quickly dumped the shotgun holster in a near trash can and started walking for the castle again. I knew deep down inside somewhere that I had a home again. I mean sure... it's probably stuffed with other ponies but I'm sure that something good will happen eventually. I just need to pray and wait. That's all I can do in this new hell... wait.

I know it's been almost a week since I uploaded a chapter but you know what? There was a fucking tornado! In Virginia! A bunch of them! All over the fucking country! I just got power after like 5 fucking days. The worst part was that this happened on my birthday... and I feel really bad and shitty since there was a lot of deaths. I mean a lot. I don't know the total amount but I know it was a big number. So pray for any family that was injured, that is now homeless, or that just lost a member. They need it more than we do.