The Princess never would have guessed it. She couldn't have guessed it. Heck... I don't know anypony could. It just... Happened. There was no evidence... No past cases... No warning... Nothing... What happened to Equestria had never happened in it's history. Few who saw the beginning now roam the empty towns. The forsaken castles. Many towns that were once filled with music, dancing, and life... Now lie crumbling into oblivion as the dead roam their streets...
My name is Dusk. I can't remember my second name, just Dusk. I never cared for my second name. It was my father's. He was abusive and controlling, and I hated him. As such, I wanted nothing to do with him. Especially not his name. So I abandoned it. I just pretended to forget it, until one day I actually couldn't remember it. I didn't care though.
After running away from home, I wandered around Equestria. I never settled down anywhere. I didn't want a home. you may think that's strange, but I don't care. I didn't want one. The only time I ever considered it was just before the outbreak, and of course... Afterwards... I lost any ideas of it.
The outbreak was a nightmare come to life. They never rested, never gave up, and were never satisfied. They ran through Equestria like locusts, eating up anything and anypony they could get their hooves on. You're probably wondering how it got started. How they first came to be. It was a curse. One placed long ago by Sombra. As such... It began in The Crystal Empire. Slowly, it spread like wild fire, slowly corrupting and overcoming everything in its path.
Some important figures got out okay. Celestia, Luna, Cadence, all of them were fine. Shining Armor? He wasn't so lucky. Captain of the Guard, trained to stand against any threat. Funny he was one of the first to go. They say he died protecting his wife. Was it true? I don't know. Wouldn't even care about the guy if I didn't know her. Even then, I felt sorry for her. Not him.
Like I said, I used to wander all the time. Now it actually makes sense. My group and I have been through three towns in ten days. Everypony's a wanderer now. That just makes it worse. Most survivors are sane, level headed, and reasonable. But not everypony. Some have turned to cannibalism. Some are insane, some untrusting, some paranoid, you name it. There's a little of everything.
I travel with a group of five. Red Moon was a former engineer, so he's good to keep around. Vanilla Ray used to be an elementary school teacher, she's somewhat less useful. The two of them are a couple, and they had a kid on the way. What did I think of that? The kid's a liability. I don't want to get rid of it though. Everypony deserves a chance in the world. I'll just deal with it. Jay Brick used to be a Royal Guard, so as you can imagine, he's the leader of the group. Finally, Twilight Sparkle was the protégée of Princess Celestia herself, and ran a library prior to the outbreak.
I already told you I did nothing. I just wandered. Thankfully, that actually made me valuable to my group. I knew Equestria like the back of my hoof. I was the one who kept us on a safe path. I guess some good came out of my abusive home. Not much though. Of course, in an apocalypse, I guess anything helps.
My group had just arrived in Hoofington. It was abandoned, and the only indication that there had ever been any life here were the undead husks wandering the streets. We were hiding out in an old library until we could move through. No telling how long that will take.