I ran through the debris, my two sisters at my sides and my baby sister on my back, eyes closed as she clung tight to me, her hooves wrapped around my neck, bawling at the top of her lungs. I gasped as I looked around the destroyed houses that were once m I ran through the debris, my two sisters at my sides and my baby sister on my back, eyes closed as she clung tight to me, her hooves wrapped around my neck, bawling at the top of her lungs. I gasped as I looked around the destroyed houses that were once my home. My town.

My friends.

Ever since it had started, I had nopony but my sisters. They had gotten our mom and dad. My eyes stung with tears as I remembered their crys.

"Melody, take the others and go!" Mom yelled before the green half-dead pony bit her.

"Stay safe, and watch your sisters!" Dad shouted before turning green.

"Mommy! Daddy!" Pizzazz had screamed in fear as I dragged her and Sistine away. I threw Aqua onto my back and ran out the back door before we could be turned into zomponies.

Now I was racing through the town I once knew as Ponyville, forcing myself to not tear up and blind me enough to accidently run into a pack of zomponies. I searched frantically for a place to use as a fort, and found the Golden Oaks Library, unharmed as far as I could tell.

"Sistine, Pizzazz, hurry!" I yelled, breaking open the door and slamming it shut behind my little sisters. Aqua was still bawling, so I set her on the ground and shushed her.

"Quiet, Aqua," I whispered. She quieted down a little, but was still crying, so I sung her a song to calm her down.

Don't worry now, little filly

Be quiet now, don't be silly

You'll be alright, as long as I'm here

I'll always hold you dear,

Close to my heart,

Never far apart...

Aqua fell into an uneasy sleep, sucking on her hoof and cuddled close to my hooves. I slowly walked over to the door, where I saw some abandoned planks and nails. Sistine found a hammer and hoofed it to me. I took it in my mouth and started to hammer in the planks against the door, listening with fear to the growls and moans outside.

"Sistine, see if you can find any food," I told my younger sister. She was six, so she wasn't that little. Pizzazz was only four, so she was not as brave, and she was a bit clingy. I glanced at the two-year old Aqua sleeping on the floor. I picked her up and set her on my back, carrying her up the stairs to a bedroom.

My eyes stung with tears again. Princess Twilight Sparkle, the Princess of Friendship, used to live here, but the zomponies had already gotten her. I knew that somewhere the other elements of harmony still survived, but I didn't know where.

I lay Aqua down in the basket that I assumed was where Twilight's assistent, Spike, had slept. I didn't hear of him being attacked by the zomponies, but it was a high probability. After I covered Aqua with the baby blue blanket, I heard sniffiling coming from under the bed. My blood turned ice cold as I imagined what could be underneath. I causiously walked over to the bed and shakily lifted the covers to see…

"Spike?" I whispered, seeing the purple-and-green baby dragon curled up in a ball, crying lightly.

"T-Twilight?" He asked, looking up with hope in his tear-stained eyes.

"No," I shook my head, "She was-" I couldn't bear to say it. I shook my head again to clear my mind, "I brought my sisters here to hide, if that's all right?"

I offered my hoof to Spike and helped him crawl out.

"S-so, Twilight's…?" Spike looked up at me, sadder than ever.

"Living dead," I answered. Spike was silent for a minute before breaking into loud wails. I gave him a quick hug to soften the cries so Aqua wouldn't wake up.

"I w-was T-Twilight's n-number one assistant!" Spike said, "I-I s-should have d-done something!"

"Shh," I comforted the purple dragon, "There's nothing you can do now. I'm sorry." I calmed Spike down before we headed downstairs, Spike riding on my back, crying softly into my light purple mane.

"Look who I found," I told my waiting sisters.

"Spike!" Sistine and Pizzazz yelled quietly as they ran over.

"T-Twilight," Spike mumbled between sobs.

"I'll go make some tea," Sistine said, rushing off to the kitchen. She returned a few minutes later carrying a cup of tea with her magic. She gave it to a calmer Spike who drank it slowly.

"Thanks," Spike replied, forcing a teary smile, which instantly melted from his face.

"Hey, Spike," Pizzazz started, "Is there any books here that can help us?"

"Um, I-I think so," Spike said, "I might have an old comic book or two about zomponies….Let me check." Spike walked over to a shelf full of comic books. He flipped through them for about a minute before pulling three to four out and setting them in front of me. I flipped through the top comic, searching for anything that could help us.

All I could find was that zomponies' biggest weakness was vultures, since vultures only ate dead things, and zomponies were technically dead, hence the name 'living dead.'

I yawned as I looked around at my sisters and Spike, who were each looking through their own comic, looking for helpful things. I stood up and stretched. It had really been a long day, and I needed some rest. I assumed the others did as well.

"Come on, let's get some sleep," I said, leading Pizzazz upstairs while an exhausted Spike rode on Sistine's back. Me, Sistine, and Pizzazz slept in the bed, while Spike slept in the basket with Aqua.

The next morning, I was the first to wake up. I snuck downstairs to make some breakfast. Twilight's kitchen was certainly well stocked- probably a month's worth of food for five ponies. I took out some eggs and started to cook them. I guess the smell of eggs woke up my sisters, because Sistine and Pizzazz walked slowly downstairs, a sleepy Aqua riding on Pizzazz's back.

"Morning," I said quietly, taking out three plates and placing two eggs on each one, plus an extra one on mine for Aqua. I fed a grumpy Aqua her egg, most of it ending up in my fur. I thought that the water system probably didn't work anymore, since it was the zompony apocolipese and all.

"Guys, I'm going out," I said a few hours later, wrapping a red cloak around me and pulling up the hood so my face was hidden, "Sistine's in charge, and keep an eye on Spike." Spike had refused to come down for breakfast.

I sneaked outside and walked down the road. I didn't see any zomponies, so I assumed they weren't around. Every once in a while I saw a lone zompony, but I hurried past them so as to not be seen. I walked past the boutique, Rarity's old home, now destroyed and abandoned. I trotted sadly through the rubble.

I saw an old book under a fallen support beam. I walked over and pulled the book out and opened it. It was completely blank, so it must have not been old, but brand new. It was covered in dust, but only due to the broken home. I slipped it into my satchel and walked off, searching for resources.

I went to the Quill and Sofa Shop, looking for anything. I stumbled upon a box of quills and snatched a few to write with. I went back home and slipped into the library undetected by any zomponies.

I took out the book and a quill and started to write.

Dear Diary,

I'm planning to keep a diary during the apocolipse, just in case I don't make it, and somepony far in the future, after the apocolipse, finds this and reads about the tough times I've gone through.

It started about a week or two ago, and the zomponies have already gotten Princess Twilight. Yesterday they got Mom and Dad, so I took Sistine, Pizzazz, and Aqua to the Golden Oaks Library for protection.

It's a good thing we came here, too, because Spike had survived, and was curled up under Twilight's bed!

I really hope we survive this thing. If we don't, I hope that ponykind will.

Melody Song