David was sitting near his car with the others. No music was playing, for the six were trying to think of a plan about what they were going to do in two weeks. Well at least Stryker, Harry and Link were trying. Nikolai just drank, Deadpool was preforming katas and David...

"...and I keep saying we don't know enough about this desert to just plan ahead, I say we wing it."

"We need a game plan for this David." Stryker said.

"I agree with David, it's more fun to do it blind anyway." Deadpool said.

"DA! I'm drunk." Nikolai slurred.

"Honestly, I feel like the adult here, and I'm 18." David said, facepalming.

"Me too, and I'm 19." Link said.

"Seems like you're more willing to talk to us now." Harry pointed out.

"When Nikolai's vision is blurry and Deadpool doesn't listen to anything but words, it's necessary." Link said.

"Right, I think we need to take a break."

"How about a drive, we'll need to be sure we won't crash and burn." David offered. The other five looked at each other and nodded.

"Great, Let's go."

And the six humans got in their usual spots. David hit the radio, liking deadmau5's earlier works quite much. David hit the gas and drove off.

"Let's check out that forest near that cabin." Deadpool said.

"Why not!" David drove into the Everfree Forest and swerved around the trees with expert precision.

"Man, I've gotten better."

"At the expense of sane driving David." Harry said.

"Why doncha make this car fly then?"

"I'm not doing that."

"Your loss." David drove past a hut, attracting the attention of a zebra gathering herbs outside.

"Do my eyes deceive me now? With such speed I ask, how?" Zecora rather not think about it, she'd rather finish her potion first. It was supposed to heal ponies to full strength.

"Did I just see a zebra?"

Yes you did Wade.

I wonder if there's an African-esce place here.

Well, from what I heard, there is a lot of different places named similar to your world. We got Saddle Arabia, Manehatten, Fillydelphia...

Oh God, the puns!

Behave, or you're dumped again.

Okay, you're cute.

You're making me blush.

David just drove around, and then noticed the lack of wildlife.

"Hey, why aren't there animals trying to eat out our necks?"

"I have no idea." Stryker said.

"As long as there are no bears, Nikolai is good."

"Right..." David still didn't like the Russian, but at least they aren't killing each other anymore.

Link looked out the window to notice some corpses. He assumed they were unlucky travelers who died long ago. After all, they look very rotted, almost to bone. Then he looked forward a bit.

"Is that a town?"

The others saw what they were approaching and drove into it.

"Another pony town." Stryker said.

"Da, but why do they not have butt mark?"

Indeed, this place had no ponies with cutie marks, it was a village of blank flanks all around, and they were looking at the car.

"This... feels like we're die soon." David pointed out.

"As long as I drink, I am okay."

"Let's get out." Stryker said.

"Apple Bloom, you sure sure you saw that block thing from a few weeks ago move into this forest?"

"Yeah Scootaloo, Ah'm sure of it! Ah'll even ask Zecora if she saw it!"

"Are you sure this is a good idea?" Sweetie Belle asked.

"Who knows, we might find our cutie marks for this!" Apple Bloom said.

"Maybe, but this is scary."

The trio soon saw a familiar hut and knocked on the door. Zecora opened the door and was mildly surprised.

"What are you doing here Apple Bloom? High in the sky is the full moon."

"We saw a thing move through here, ya saw it?"

Zecora tapped her chin for a moment, before speaking. "I have indeed saw it, but you'd be wise not to follow with. It moves faster than you can see, and I'm not sure if it is alive and free."

Apple Bloom's ears dropped and she looked down. "So you're not telling us where it went?"

Zecora shook her head and said, "Good night my little pony, for I need sleep to foresee." Zecora closed the door. Leaving the three fillies.

"Maybe we don't need her, look!" Scootaloo said.

The other two noticed the tire tracks, and smiled.

"CUTIE MARK CRUSADER MONSTER CATCHERS!"

The three followed the tracks. As they did, Apple Bloom felt, uneasy.

"What's wrong, you scared?" Scootaloo said.

"Ah don't know, maybe."

"We need to catch that thing. Let's go!"

"Okay." The trio went further in, it was at that point that they were all feeling uneasy. They then noticed some noises.

"What was that?" Sweetie Belle asked.

"It seems like fireworks. We need to look!" Scootaloo dashed in, with the two others going after her. When they got there, Apple Bloom's heart sank very low.

The humans got out, it was sunny, and yet they didn't change. The humans knew this was a dead giveaway that this place was not normal. A grey pony then trotted to them.

"Welcome my travelers, my name is Grey Hoof and this is Sunny Town."

Harry looked around and said, "It is... well... sunny."

"Come, we were planning a party. You want to join us?"

Deadpool was now in Grey Hoof's face. He whispered something.

"Fuck... Yeah." Deadpool backed off, leaving the stallion confused. He then smiled.

"Come on, look around. But don't go in there." Grey Hoof said, pointing at a church-like building.

"Sacred place?" David asked.

"Yes, something like that. He he."

David looked at the radio and set it to play Aural Psynapse (Original 2001 Mix), but didn't hit play. He knew something would hit the fan soon.

"Go on now! Explore!" Grey Hoof trotted away, leaving the six humans confused.

"This place ain't right, let's get out of here." Stryker said.

"Nikolai agrees, this place, it is too cheery."

"Not to mention it's daytime, when... you know... didn't happen." David pointed out as well.

Indeed, and why isn't there any cutie marks in this village?

Something's wrong, terribly wrong.

The six looked at the church, then at each other.

"We need to find out what's wrong with this place." David said.

Link nodded, grabbing the hilt of his sword, but not drawing it.

"Good, we'll need to be inconspicuous." Deadpool said.

About 30 seconds later, the Deadpool, Nikolai and David charged in, leaving Harry, Link and Stryker annoyed.

"So much for inconspicuous." Stryker said.

"Look around, there might be vodka." Nikolai said.

The others nodded and looked around. The locals noticed the doors were kicked down and Grey Hoof went in.

Deadpool looked around and looked at the fireplace. He looked away before finally noticing something. He reached in and dusted it.

It was a skeleton. Not any skeleton.

"A child's skeleton..." Deadpool started to feel a strong rage.

Uh oh.

These guys just fucked themselves for not disposing of the body.

"Guys," Deadpool said in an unusual tone. "Look in here."

The others did so. Harry gasped, Stryker and David widened their eyes. Nikolai felt like taking a huge drink and Link tightened his grip on his sword.

"That filly was cursed, we had to."

The others looked at the voice, Grey Hoof.

"Cursed, maybe. But that doesn't mean she had to die." Deadpool said, taking out his MP7s.

"She had the accused mark, she was doomed."

"What the hell are you..." David then realized something, then summoned an AA-12. "You bastard."

Why?

They might have had a town-wide case of cutie pox, and they became fearful.

Harry drew his wand. Link drew his sword. Nikolai cocked his H115 Oscillator. Stryker entered a kombat position.

"And now that you know," Grey Hoof began to transform into a monster, with wings and a horn to boot. "We have to kill you."

"Yeah," David pointed his shotgun at the monster. "Fuck you."

David fired 4 rounds of Frag 12 rounds into the nightmare, but it didn't so much as flinch.

"Shit."

It charged, but the six rolled out of the way. They then ran out to see the entire town turned into monsters. Deadpool just aimed his guns.

"You can attack my friends, you can insult my family, you can even say I'm worthless, but when you kill children, you are all going 6 feet under."

Link was genuinely surprised at how serious Deadpool got, and even more so that he was literally willing to do it without cracking a joke.

I'm scared now.

I know these monsters are scary but...

Not at them, at Wade.

What? Oh dear.

David ran to his car and hit it.

"Alright zombie maggots, get ready for an asskicking you'll never forget, and then some."

The nightmares charged at the human, who just blew off the head of one of them in a spectacular show of bloodied mist and brains.

"Headshots work guys, let 'em have it!"

Deadpool aimed his guns and shot each one in the face. Wade wasn't even cracking jokes.

"Shit, this is not good. Wade is not funny anymore!"

"Nikolai, I wrote an S.O.S. message, I need you breath into this flame." Stryker said, holding a lighter.

"Okay, watch this." Nikolai then belched into the flame, causing a fire stream. Stryker threw the scroll in and it turned into magical ashes meant for the princess.

"Now let's go kill these things." Nikolai aimed his Max Wave Gun at one of the creatures and fired. It looked sick, then began to expand.

It then exploded.

"Ohh, smells like I just kicked ass!"

Way tah go! Stop more!

"DA!"

David changed the song.

"Bangarang." David summoned a minigun and spun it up.

Link was slicing heads off. He took out his clawshots and fired at a rooftop, grabbing it and was pulled to it. Once he was on top, he took out his Gale Boomerang and threw it into the crowd, confusing it. Stryker took the opportunity to stick a grenade in one of them and kick him away.

"HEEEEEEEEEELP!"

David looked to see three fillies running away from a nightmare.

Is that Sweetie Belle?

"Oh shit." David opened the back door and fired at the monster, literally ripping his head off.

"Get in. You five, time to leave."

"Da! These zombies are not stupid like zombies I fight." NIkolai said, punching a nightmare in the face with his Galvaknuckles and then running away. Once all nine were in the car, David drove off, changing the song.

"Oh yeah!"

The fillies were scared, but there were saved, and they found out that this thing was indeed a thing, sort of.

"You girls okay?" Harry asked.

The fillies nodded.

"Good, 'cause when you get home, we're telling you parents." Deadpool said. The fillies looked sad.

Stryker looked at the rearview mirror.

"We got company."

David looked at his and got annoyed.

"Dammit."

David opened his window and aimed an Uzi out the window, and fired without care for the world.

"DIE MONSTERS!"

"You are all crazy!" Sweetie Belle said.

"We're heroes, don't question our methods, much." Deadpool said, killing the zombie things.

"I need drink."

David drove past Zecora's hut while she was looking out the window. The monsters followed.

"I need to stop taking the powder, It is not worth the power." Zecora said, clearly confused at the sight.

David finally drove out of the forest, but the monsters followed.

"Persistent, like sixth wife." Nikolai said.

At that point, Celestia arrived with an annoyed look. She saw the car and the zomponies and sighed.

"Of all the stupidity these humans could have..." Celestia cast a spell, causing the zomponies to be flung back far into the forest. David stopped mere inches from the princess and got out.

"Thanks, sorry about... that."

"You're welcome. Please be more careful about the Everfree Forest."

Deadpool then came out. "Well they..."

"Were cursed by yours truly after I learned that they killed a young filly for finding her cutie mark, in my name."

"SO, we're heroes?" Deadpool said with a cheeky smile under his mask.

Celestia looked at David. David nodded and walked to the merc. He then grabbed his jaw and wanked it out. He tossed it aside and spoke.

"You. are. a. dumbass."

The others got out, and they were just glad it's over.

"You nine get home, you have a lot to look forward to."

The CMC looked really sad, but also really relieved. The humans just seemed annoyed.

"Right, night Tia."

"Goodnight David." Celestia then teleported away, leaving the fillies ready to take punishment.

"Глупые девушки." Nikolai said. "Let's go, we need rest from what we just been though, and... damn lost my train of thought."

"Yeah let's go." David said, getting in the car. The others followed suit and they ended up back in Ponyville.

This night was over and unnecessary. It seemed like trouble always followed them wherever they went. But they survived, and that's the important thing.

Author's Notes:

Arc 3 (Separation)