Twilight flipped through the her paper of Equestria Daily News. "An experimental substance in Equestria has been released after a mysterious explosion rocked the lab. The substance was an experimental nano virus that would help fight diseases, such as ALS, Muscular Dystrophy, and was hoped to lead to a cure for Cancer. The nano virus has been deemed harmless by those in charge if the lab." Twilight said aloud in her library. How interesting! Cures for all those diseases is mind blowing! I hope this doesn't set them back too far. she thought as she placed the paper on the table.

"Spike!" Twilight called out. "Can you help me find that book on experimental cures?"

"Of course, Twilight." he said as he walked out of his room reading his latest zombie comic.

"Would you put that down? You've read it about 100 times now!" Twilight said as she searched for the book.

"But Matt, the zombie killer, is about face off hundreds of undead ponies!" Spike cried out. "Hey!" he shouted as Teilight levitated the book away from him.

"You'll get this back when we find the book. I still don't understand why Rarity gave it to you." she said.

"Ahh. Rarity. The love of my life. I'll cherish this comic for the rest of my days." Spike said as he floated over to the bookshelves.

"Focus, Casanova. I want to do some research on what a nano virus really is." Twilight said.

"Right." Spike replied. They searched for a few minutes until Spike finally found it. "Here it is!" he said excitedly.

"Thanks!" she said and handed him his comic back. "And I'm not the one responsible to keep you company at night when you have nightmares!" she shouted to him as he ran back to his room to finish Matt's zombie battle.

"I know!" he shouted back, not necessarily hearing her.

She rolled her eyes and flipped through her own book. "Nano viruses are multipartite single-stranded DNA plant viruses that cause important diseases of leguminous crops and bananas. However, scientists are now looking to these to help fight diseases that are currently fatal. If successful, the nano viruses would be injected into the inflicted area and left alone to keep the disease in check in case of it returning. After a year, the nano viruses would either be removed or replaced, depending on the disease's nature." she skimmed.

"Hmm...that doesn't sound too bad. From what I can see it's not able to transfer through the air. And they did say that the nano virus was harmless. I guess there's nothing to fear." she said with a smile. She put the book back on her shelf and walked to her room. She looked out from her balcony and stared at Luna's beautiful moon.

This had started to become one of her favorite night time passings. She would stare out into the clear night skies and just think. Sometimes it would be about her friends and what they did today or sometimes, it would be about how to improve life in Equestria. She was intrigued by the idea of a cure for muscle diseases. I'm going to have to do more research tomorrow about nano viruses. Maybe I could help them speed the process along with my magic!! she thought to herself. She gave a loud yawn and walked back inside. She crawled snugly into bed and turned out her light. Within minutes, she was asleep.

There was a rustling next to where Twilight was sleeping. She slowly opened her eyes and saw the little baby dragon trying to climb in bed with her without her noticing. "Spike, what did I say about keeping you company tonight?" she asked groggily.

"I know what you said, but I keep hearing these moaning noises from the house. Like they're walking around the library, looking for some nice dragon flesh!" he said, shaking. "Can I please sleep here tonight? You know, in case they do come you can blast them away with your magic?"

Twilight gave her small friend a smile. "Sure, climb on in." she said. The purple dragon's face glowed as he climbed into the protective wrap of Twilight. He gave a yawn as the covers began to warm him up.

"Good night, Twilight." he said.

"Good night, Spike."

"I can't believe that pony bit that mare in Manehattan. I mean, it's so disgusting. Cannabalism? I don't think that's ever occurred between ponies." a pony said to her friend as they passed Twilight and Applejack.

"What's that, now? Since when did ponies eat other ponies?" Applejack asked as she took a drink from her cider.

"They aren't really eating each other. They are going crazy after sniffing bath salts." Twilight said as she peered over her book on the side effects of bath salts. "Apparently, they can cause ponies to go completely crazy."

"What are these so called "bath salts" anyways? I ain't ever heard of them until this whole biting thing began happening." Applejack said.

"Well they're mainly used in big cities. Ponyville doesn't really need them. At least not from my knowledge. I've written to the Princess about it, but she says that there's nothing to worry about." Twilight said.

"That's it? Seems a little vague, don'cha think?" Applejack asked.

Twilight gave a low sigh. She looked around her cautiously. "I trust the Princess. If she says that everything is alright, then, despite my doubts, who am I to question her? She is the ruler of Equestria, so she should know what's going on. I'm sure she has everything under control." she said trying to sound like she had full faith in her teacher.

"Ah guess so." Applejack said as she finished her cider. "Well, it was great ta' have a chance to hang out. We should do this again sometime. But I gotta get to work. I'll catch ya' later Twi." she said and ran back to Sweet Apple Acres.

"See you, AJ." Twilight replied. She packed up her book and began walking back to the library. She walked past a creepy looking Sugar Cube Corner.

"Twilight!" a high shrilly voice called to her.

"Ahhg!" Twilight cried out, startled, dropping her book. "Pinkie! You scared me!" she said, looking at the Pink pony sticking her head out from her window.

"Oh, sorry, Twilight! But I just wanted to wish you an early, early, early Nightmare Night!" she cried out.

"Pinkie, that's not for another week and a half." Twilight said as she picked her book back up.

"Yeah, but that's just 11 days until we get more candy!" Pinkie cried out in glee. "What are you going as? You are still coming to my party right?" she asked.

Twilight rolled her eyes with a smile. "Yes, I'll be there Pinkie. And I don't know what I'm going as yet."

"Oh, oh! You should go as that one bearded pony!" she cried out.

"You mean Star Swirl the Bearded? That didn't go over well last time, remember?" Twilight pointed out.

"Well, duh! That's why you go as Dumbledeer, silly!" she said.

"I'll think about it." she told Pinkie. "It's not like hundreds of others were him last year." she said under her breath.

"Well, I gotta go finish up the decorations. I want this to be the best party ever!" she said. "See ya'!" she yelled and went back into her room.

"Oh, Pinkie. I'll never understand your quirky personality." Twilight said to herself. She walked back to the library only to find that Rainbow Dash and Spike were having their own little "Matt: The Zombie Killer" re-enactment.

"Twilight! You're just in time to help me defeat the zombie queen!" Spike called out from his book fort. Rainbow Dash was limping around, moaning as if she had no mental state.

"Guys, come on! This is a library, not a stage! Or a zombie apocalypse!" Twilight shouted.

"Aw, c'mon Twilight. Just play along." Spike begged. Rainbow Dash, as if on cue, turned around and started to limp towards her.

"Rainbow, knock it off. You look ridiculous." she said.

Rainbow stopped and glared at her. "You know, you'd be a lot more fun to hang out with if you were more easy going." Rainbow teased.

"Sorry. It's just that I've been so intrigued by these bath salt incidents, I don't find the whole zombie biting another to be all that funny." Twilight said.

"Wait, bath salts are creating zombies?" Spike asked, dreaming of his imaginary days of zombie hunting.

"No, Spike. Zombies don't exist. It's just a slight similarity that the ponies in the incidents and zombies share." she explained.

"But it could happen, right?" Spike asked.

Twilight sighed. "No, Spike. Flesh eating ponies don't and will not exist. It's not scientifically possible. I don't know why you would like to kill zombified ponies. What if I became a zombie and you had to kill me?" she asked. "Would you be able to do it?"

Spike stopped at this question. "Well, I guess not. But I wouldn't have to do that to you. You wouldn't turn into a zombie. You're too smart for that. You'd know how to get out of any situation." he praised.

"Well I'll never have to find out. Zombies can't exist. They'd decay in the summer and freeze in the winter. There'd be no way for a so called zombie apocalypse to occur." Twilight said.

"That still doesn't mean we can't have a bit of fun now and again, egghead." Rainbow Dash said.

"Do you have to do it in the library?" Twilight asked. They didn't respond to that and just continued on with their imaginary zombie game. Twilight sighed. "Just don't break anything, please?" she begged.

"Yeah, yeah. We hear you." Spike said as he "chopped" off Rainbow's head. "Victory is mine!"

"You wish!" she said and started to crawl. She bit his leg and he hit her on the head again.

"Hey! Let go! You're supposed to be dead!" Spike shouted. Twilight rolled her eyes and went to her room.

She walked to her desk and pulled out a quill and paper. "Dear Princess Celestia. I know you told me that there wasn't anything to worry about after the nano virus' were released, but I can't help but feel there's a problem with these bath salts affecting everypony around them. Is there anyway for you to ban all bath salts before things get worse? I only mention my concern because I'm worried about my Ponyville friends. I know that the bath salts causing all these problems aren't in Ponyville, but I hope that they can be exempt from society before another pony gets hurt. I look forward to hearing from you soon. Your faithful student, Twilight Sparkle."

She heard a crash come from downstairs. "Ugh. I thought I said not to break anything!" she yelled as she walked downstairs.

"We didn't do anything on purpose!" Rainbow shouted back. "And it wasn't my fault!"

"Yes it was! You were the one who was supposed to be dead! It's not my fault that you don't know when you are suppose to die! I hit your head!" Spike shouted.

"Oh, please!" Rainbow Dash shouted back. "You barely nicked me! If I were a real zombie you wouldn't have killed me!"

"Guys!" Twilight shouted at them. They stopped bickering and looked at her. "I don't care how or why it happened. Next time just be more careful! What did you guys break anyway?" she asked.

"Just your little shelf with all your Daring Do books." Rainbow Dash said as she picked up her favorite novel. "Oh! I remember this one! Can I borrow this one again?" she asked.

"After you destroyed the book shelf? Only if you can help me fix it and promise to end this dumb zombie stuff while in the library." Twilight said.

"Oh, come on. I just want to read the book. It's not like I'm going to completely destroy your favorite books." Rainbow replied.

Twilight used her magic to levitate the book out from Rainbow's hooves. "No fixing, no reading." she said, and put the book on the table.

"Ah you're no fun." Rainbow said with a pout as she started to pick up the books.

Spike had started to slowly walk over to his room. "And you, Mr. Zombie Slayer. You have to clean this place up too. No slacking."

"Ah, horse feathers." Spike said quietly as he marched back to the library.

"You two have fun. I've got some research that requires my immediate attention." Twilight said as she climbed the stairs back to her room. She pulled a book out from under her bed and sat it on her desk. "It's a good thing Spike hasn't realized I have this." she said.

She flipped through her zombie survival book. She still didn't believe in zombies, but she did find the story and the idea behind them to be quite interesting. "The only way to kill a zombie is to destroy the system that runs a ponies natural born instincts, such as walking, breathing, and eating. The best way to do this is to cause severe trauma to the head or to sever it from the body." Twilight read aloud. "That's just...barbaric."

She continued to read about how to fight and survive. "Travel light and travel in small-medium sized groups depending on your supply stash. The more there are of you, the better chance you have to survive. However, you don't want to strain your supplies." She took notes down, as had become her habit when researching. "If you are able to, find a place to set up a base. Places such as high security prisons tend to be the ideal place for a base. They are strong and are easy to set up a defensive perimeter. They hold many rooms to house fellow survivors."

"Water will always be a necessity while traveling. At the height of a zombie apocalypse, water purification plants will not be functional, as most of the unicorns that purify the water, will almost surely be either dead, or zombies themselves." Twilight continued to read.

There was a knock at her door. "Hey, Twilight!" Rainbow Dash said as she opened the door.

"Agh!" Twilight shouted. "Rainbow! Can you knock first?"

"Um, I did. Were you caught up reading again?" Rainbow asked.

"Uh, yes." Twilight replied. "Are you two done cleaning the library?"

"Yeah! I was just want to borrow the book now. Is that alright?" she asked.

"Yes, it's fine Rainbow. But I want it back in three days!" Twilight said.

"Sweet!" Rainbow exclaimed as she took the book and flew from the balcony.

"Well, back to researching." Twilight said. She turned her head back to the desk and continued her research.