"This is the way the world ends; not with a bang or a whimper, but with zombies breaking down the back door." ― Amanda Hocking

Chapter One — The Beginning

It was a dark, warm night at the outskirts of Equestria. Everything was peaceful, not even a harm in sight. But however, things were about to change.

Inside the cottage of a farmhouse, a young stallion was on his bed reading a book with his wife, sleeping next to him. The lamp was on, shining a part of the bedroom, while the stallion's dog was sleeping from his dog bed peacefully. All of a sudden there was a loud bang from downstairs…

BANG! BANG!

This startled the stallion so much that he completely woken up his wife.

"Jenny," he startled. "Did ya hear that?"

"Hear what?" the wife said drowsily.

BANG! BANG!

The pony looked at her husband with fear. "What in tarnation was that?"

"I'll go check it out."

The dog, who woke up from the banging, started to whimper. The stallion laid a hoof on his head and gave out a smile. "Its okay, Jeffery. There's nothing to be scared of."

The stallion then went to his closet and bring out a shotgun with him. "I'll be right back."

"Be careful out there."

"I will. Come on, boy."

"Woof!"

The stallion and his dog then went downstairs to the living room where the banging continued.

BANG! BANG!

"Alright! Who the hell's out there at this time of night!?"

Just then, a strange moaning sound was heard as the stallion gave out a curious look. "Just hold on!"

Once the stallion opened the door, his eyes widened to see a nearly dead-looking stallion, silently murmuring and staring blankly at him. The stallion stand back and shakily aimed his shotgun at the dead-looking stranger.

"S-Stay back!" He screamed.

But before he could shoot him, the stranger looked at his dog and began to chew on his neck, making the dog howl in pain.

"JEFFERY!"

The stallion shot the stranger on his neck, freeing the dog from his grasp as he fell down on the floor.

"Jeffery! Are you alri—"

"RAAAAAH!"

The stallion turned to see a dark red pony about to attack him. He then aimed his shotgun at her, but it was too late.

"AAAAAAH!"

BANG!

A shot was heard from the bedroom as the wife was startled from it.

"Honey?"

She quietly brought her lantern with her as she went downstairs to see what was going on. Suddenly, she heard rapid footsteps from the back, and then she heard it again. Finally, she sees a small dark figure on the floor.

"Jeffery? Is that you, boy?"

But once she used the lantern to see the dog better, she stopped to see him in a bloody mess with his eyes being pale white and his neck have a bloody gash from his side. The dog gave out a monstrous scream as the wife screamed and throw her lantern at the dog, creating a fire and instantly killing him. The dog gave out a howl as it died and the wife fled out of the house, leaving it to burn into ash.

Once she left the house, she immediately stopped to see two dead-looking ponies about to eat her. Then, she bumped into her husband, now looking pale and having pale white eyes.

"H-Honey?"

The husband then gave out a banshee-like scream and bit her in the face as the wife screamed.

"AAAAAAAAAAAH!"

"Aah!"

Spike the Dragon, Twilight Sparkle's "number one assistant" was in his bed, already woken up to a bad dream. He looked at the window to see that it was already morning.

He then put a hand on his head. "Ugh. What a crazy dream…"

He then got off of bed and went downstairs to see Twilight studying at the table. One the other side, there was a table where there was breakfast ready to be eaten.

"Morning, Twi." Spike said.

Twilight turned around. "Oh! Hey Spike! It's seems to me that you're up early. Just in time."

"Did you made breakfast for me?"

"Yeah, you were still sleeping actually. Since I wanted to make a perfect breakfast, I decided to use one of the cookbooks to help me."

"Well, thanks Twilight!" Spike then sat on a chair and began eating his breakfast.

Suddenly, Spike started to have a quick vision in his mind where it involves something red and growling noises where heard. He then gasped.

"Um, Spike? Are you alright? You look scared?" Twilight walked up to him.

"Sorry, Twilight. I just have this crazy dream this morning."

"Like what?"

Before Spike responded, he remembered the visions from his dream. "I don't know. Maybe zombie ponies or something?"

"Spike," Twilight gave out a smile. "It's alright. It was just a nightmare. Besides, like I said, zombie ponies don't exist."

Spike chuckled. "Alright."

"Oh! I forgot to tell you something! Rarity came buy this morning and was wondering if you could help her at the Boutique."

"Sure I could help her! Besides, it is my day off, so yeah."

"Alright. But be sure to come back safe, alright?"

"Sure Twilight."

As Spike left the library, Twilight gave out a sigh. "Hmm. I could see if these "zombie ponies" are true though…"

Meanwhile, at a train station, a group of ponies were about to go on a train to Ponyville. But however, a stallion wearing a brown coat, who is rapidly coughing, is making his way into the train a well. Once everypony was in, the train headed off into the tracks.

Inside the train, the stallion was sitting on his seat next to his table. He then coughed as he pulled his right sleeve to reveal a bloody bite mark on his hoof. He remembered earlier this morning where he encountered a strange looking pony who looked very odd. When the pony bit him in the hoof, the stallion had to run away screaming. Whoever that pony was, must have slowly gave him a strange and odd illness.

Just then, another stallion came in as he sat on the right side. He then looked at the pony beside him and smiled. "Hello."

"Oh. Um, hey."

"You're coming to Ponyville?"

"Yeah. My wife and brother is waiting for me there."

"Hey um, what's that on your hoof?"

"Oh this? Oh that's just a scratch. Long story short." The stallion excused. He didn't want to tell him that it was somepony who bit him…

"Oh. Okay then."

A waitress came to them as she set a kettle along with two filled glass of water. "Here you go, sir."

"Thank you."

When the stallion drank his water, he began to cough again, but this time, it was harder than it was.

"Woah! Are you okay!?"

The coughing started to attract other ponies as the stallion tried to respond. "Uh y-yeah! I-I'm f-fi—AUGH!"

The stallion then vomited on the floor as he actually vomited blood. He then started to become hoarse and his eyes were getting red. The stallion who sat next to him, came up to him in hopes of helping with the vomiting.

"Sir! Are you alright!?"

But suddenly, it happened when the stallion looked at him and began to bite him with a rabid scream…

"RAAAAH!"

BANG!

Meanwhile, Spike made his way into Rarity's boutique as he knocked on the door. He then checked himself to make sure that he was ready.

"Who is it?"

"It's me, Spike!"

The door opened to see Rarity, who is smiling at Spike. "Ooh! Spike! You're just in time to help me organizing the items for me!"

"I would love to help, Rarity! Say, where's Sweetie Belle?"

"She's at Sweet Apple Acres with her friends. And Opal is at a pet spa for two hours. So it's just you and me then."

When Spike went in, she was shocked to see a huge mess full of rolled fabric, dresses, and other items. "Wow. You sure need a lot of help, Rarity."

Suddenly, there was a knock at the door. Rarity squealed. "It's him!"

Spike raised an eyebrow. "Who?"

Rarity opened the door to see a blue-colored stallion with shining blue hair, golden eyes, and a cutie mark of a crest moon with three mini gold stars. He then smiled at Rarity. "Rare-bear!"

"Dusk Shine!"

"Dusk Shine?" Spike repeated.

"Spike, this is my new boyfriend, Dusk Shine!"

Dusk Shine then looked at Spike oddly, the same face Spike made when he looked at him. But the stallion then smiled again as he shook hoofs with Spike's. "Well hey, little buddy! You must be Spike, right? Rarity told me all about you!"

"She did?"

"Yeah! She told me that you were a good friend of her."

Spike carefully thought for a moment. He always had a crush on Rarity, and even though he was lectured from Twilight about being older, he was soon going to become a teenager anyways. And even though Rarity already had a boyfriend and had forgot to tell Rarity how he feel about her at the right moment, he didn't know what to do. And he was not sure about this Dusk Shine. Is he good or is he nice? Is he a nice guy or is he just a jerk waiting to cheat on Rarity at the right moment? It's just those questions that he doesn't know what to expect or how to solve.

"Hold on, boys! I have to be excused for a moment." Rarity said.

When Rarity left, Spike was then cornered by Dusk Shine. What was he going to do with him?

"So you're a dragon, huh?" Dusk Shine teased.

"Uh, yeah. Why?" Spike mumbled.

"Oh please. I know what you all are. Everypony knows that dragons are nothing but greedy bastards who do nothing but cause trouble, burn homes, and take no respect for anypony. I know what you are and what you're planning. So don't expect me to say that you're the good guy brat!"

Spike gave him a glare. "I'm not any of those dragons! I'm a nice guy! Besides, I know a few ponies who are my best friends!"

"Yeah right! They know what you're really are. A selfish dragon. Hell, even Rarity would never have a dragon for a friend like you!"

"You're lying, you jerk! My friends would never abandon me like that!"

Just then, Dusk Shine did the cruelest thing to Spike. He then spit on his face and gave him an evil grin on his face. "Whatever. Such a useless dragon."

Spike then wiped the spit off his face as Dusk Shine then went to the door. Rarity then walked in. "Dusk Shine? Where are you going, darling?"

"Oh. I'm sorry, Rarity. I have to go back to the shop with the others! I'll see you then!" He then left the boutique.

Rarity then sees Spike upset as she gave him a worried look. "Spikey-wikey? Are you alright?"

Spike the looked at Rarity. "Oh. Um yeah. Just nothing. Let's just get back to cleaning."

Rarity then thought to herself. What happened to Spike while I left?

Meanwhile, at the Ponyville train station, some ponies were waiting for their next train to another town. Finally, a whistle noise was heard as the train came in, but something wasn't right… Once the train went in, all of the lights inside was dark. And nobody has seen the conductor anywhere, making the ponies worried about what's going on. Suddenly, the doors mechanically opened and an officer of the town's police force checked to see if there were any people inside. Until, he heard a scream and felt somepony biting him on the neck.

"RAAAAH!"

CHOMP!

"AAAAAH!"

The officer pony screamed in agony as suddenly, multiple ponies with different, bloody looks, all came running into the crowd. Attacking and biting them every chance they get. A few ran away while others didn't made it. One of the train workers went outside to see what was happening.

"What in Celestia's home is going on here!?"

He then looked to see one of the workers on the floor. "John? Are you alright?"

But suddenly, the worker instantly got up and screamed at him as he began to bite him.

"AAAAAAAAAH!"

In the sky was none other than Rainbow Dash who watched the madness in terror as she flew back to warn her friends, leaving the danger to slowly rise instantly…

Elsewhere, Twilight as at the library studying more about the supernatural when suddenly, Rainbow Dash went in from her balcony.

"TWILIGHT! HELP!"

"Rainbow Dash!? What's wrong!?"

"There where—there where, there were—"

"Just calm down, Rainbow. Just tell me what happen!"

"There were these ponies from the train station and they were ea—"

Then Pinkie Pie barged into the door. "Twilight, Rainbow Dash! THERE ARE ZOMBIES OUTSIDE!"

Twilight's eyes widened as she walked up to Pinkie Pie. "Pinkie Pie, there are no zombies! Besides, they don't exist!"

"But Twilight!" Rainbow continued. "There are zombies from the station! You have to believe me!"

"Guys, I don't know what you guys are saying, but there is no such thing as—"

BOOM!

A loud explosion was heard as Twilight and the others went outside to their horror to see an army of some ravaging ponies who look dead from their blank white eyes and bloody mouths. They were biting off the other ponies where trying to flee. The girls turned to their right to see a pony instantly turning into one of the invaders as she bit another pony's neck off.

Rainbow Dash couldn't believe what she's seeing, Pinkie Pie started to worry, and Twilight stared in disbelief and remembered that someone is going to be in danger…

"Spike…" She spoke up.

TO BE CONTINUED…