Sunset of the Dead Part 04

Princess Twilight is in the science classroom along with her doppelganger and Sunset Shimmer.

The two Equestrians are taking turns looking through a microscope while the doppelganger Twilight uses her one arm to pet Spike.

"I miss my Spike," the spectacled duplicate said absentmindedly.

At that, Spike pulls away. "What happened to him?"

Twilight reaches for the stump where her other arm used to be. "He was a good boy. That's what happened. A very good boy," she starts tearing up and then removes her glasses so the girl could use her sleeve to wipe them away. Suddenly, Spike hops onto her lap and starts licking her face. "Spike," she couldn't help but giggle. "Thanks. I needed that."

"It's true," the Princess backs away. "I am infected."

Sunset sighs as she leans against the table. "Are you sure you didn't eat or drink anything?"

"I'm certain as you told me not to."

The flame haired girl looks over at the spectacled one. "This confirms it. doesn't it?"

The duplicate twilight nods. "It does. This contagion is airborne."

"Glad I decided to wear a mask while in Equestria. Even though I couldn't breathe."

"I can never go home," the princess takes the nearest seat. "I'll never see my friends and family again," and starts to tear up. But then looks up at the sound of her own voice.

"There may be a glimmer of hope," the counterpart reveals.

"How! You said so yourself. If I go there this will spread all over Equestria. I'll put everyone in danger."

"Because of this," the other Twilight takes out a petri dish with some blood in it and sets it under the microscope.

Princess Twilight walks up to the device and looks through it. After a few moments, she moves away. "All I'm seeing are blood cells."

Sunset then pushes her away. "Let me see," and checks the sample herself. "I'm not seeing the virus. How?" she raises up to look at the spectacled Twilight. "Whose blood is this?"

"It's Sweetie Belle's," that leaves everyone in silence. "It seems that the Crown did more than just cure her. It eradicated any evidence of the infection. And that's not all," Sci-Twi switches the petri dishes back around for Princess Twilight's blood. She then takes out a squeeze pipette then takes a sample of Sweetie Belle's blood and puts it in Twilights. "Look!"

Sunset leans back over the microscope and her eyes widen. "I don't believe it! Princess, look!"

Twilight does and she doesn't believe what she's seeing. "Sweetie Belle's blood is attacking the infection. Her blood is the cure!"

"I don't believe it," the flame-haired girl falls back into a seat. "We hope. There's a chance for this nightmare to finally end," she then starts crying.

"But how are we going to spread this to everyone?"

Sci-Twi asks, "Is there anyway the crown could spread the cure?"

"The Elements of Harmony are meant to either heal or imprison," the Princess starts thinking. "It might not work unless the target is on the verge of turning. Not sure what it will do to the Walkers that are already out there though. Best case scenario? They'll finally be put to rest. Worst case? It does nothing. The real problem is that I'm not entirely sure we could heal everyone at once. There're too many unknown variables to know if anything will work," Twilight walks back over to the microscope and looks through it. "Perhaps we could use this blood to synthesize a cure?"

"It is possible," the look-a-like informs. "But this sample is all we have access to, and there's only so much blood we can take. Even if Sweetie Belle wasn't so young. We'd need a lot of it If we were to attempt it."

As the three continued brainstorming when a commotion was heard coming from the halls.

The classroom's door is burst open by Flash. "There you are!" he rushes in with Big Mac behind him carrying a sickly Trixie. The magician has a shirt wrapped around the stump of where her leg used to be.

"Trixie!?" Sunset clears off a counter to let the older Apple sibling lay the girl down. "What happened!?"

"Right as we found her, we were jumped by Walkers. We got away but that's when, Trixie revealed she was bit," Flash explains. "Big Mac acted fast, but I don't think it was fast enough."

Sunset examined the magician girl for a moment. "Come on, Trixie! You're too stubborn and annoying to go out like this."

The blue girl opens her eyes and weakly huffs. "Trixie prefers the terms great and powerful."

The flame-haired girl then hugs her before turning towards the red boy. "Big Mac! Go get Apple Jack and the others. You know where to find them!?"

"Eyup!" with that, Big Mac leaves.

"Princess Twilight!" she turns to the Equestrian Princess. "I need to barrow the crown again."

Twilight smiles as she grabs the headpiece and was about to hand it over to her fellow Equestrian when an idea comes to her. She looks at the crown then over at the ill magician. "I have an idea, but I don't think anyone's going to like this," the Princess looks back at Sunset. "We need more people immune to this virus so that a cure can be created. The only way to do that is if we heal those who have already been bit."