- End of Summer
- >August in Equestria
- >You are Domino, survivor of Summer
- >That title belongs to only a select few
- >The Writers
- >It's been months since the "Summer Slaughter", as you writers called it, began
- >You sit in the bedroom of Twilight's tree/house/library, staring out the window
- >She let you move in with her when your house, your safe haven, was overrun
- >You watch the town square as a mob of the Summerfags gathers, all shouting and fighting amongst themselves
- >They've somehow gotten smarter since their arrival
- >It might look like a clusterfuck, but they learned to use their numbers as strength
- >You grab a pair of binoculars and mumble to yourself
- "Let's see who the unlucky bastard is today..."
- >Looking around the town square, you search for the signs of a marked house
- >You smile when you find it, the words "CHECK EM" painted on the walls
- >Checking your "map of survivors", you find that it's the hideout of Agnomeymous, the gun-toting, overconfident /k/ommando
- >This'll be the best show yet
- "Hey Dan, guess who's getting mobbed next!"
- >You call into the library
- >To maintain what sanity you had left, the surviving writers had made a game of placing bets on the next victim of the mobs
- >Dananatuffs, your roommate for the apocalypse, comes into the room and you hand him the binoculars
- >He scans the houses then chuckles
- >"Oh man, those Newfags are either stupid or crazy if they're gonna attack Gnome."
- >You laugh, but stop when something catches your eye
- >The flash of sun on metal shining through the boarded windows of Gnome's house
- >You snatch the binoculars and peer into the gap between the boards
- >It's Gnome, holding a piece of paper with a single word written in bright, red ink
- HELP
- >You slowly lower the binoculars, your surprise clearly showing
- "Oh shit..."
- >Dan shakes your shoulder
- >"Dude, what's wrong?"
- "I never thought I'd see the day that Gnome asked for help."
- >Dan looks at you like you just fucked Fluttershy
- "If he's asking for help, this is definitely going to be bad."
- >You turn and leave the bedroom, quickly descending the stairs
- >Dan calls out an follows you
- >"Dude, what made you decide to help Gnome? Why didn't you want to help anybody else when they were attacked?"
- >You reach the main room and grab your .30-06, your only defense against the Newfags
- >"Dom!"
- >Dan grabs your shoulder and you turn around to face him
- "Dan, if you're going to help, then grab a gun. Gnome was desperate enough to ask for help, so I'm gonna help."
- >Dan goes silent, then nods and grabs his rifle
- "Good, we'll use the windows upstairs. Height advantage and shit."
- >You both march upstairs, and kneel by a window
- >The mob of Summerfags has almost doubled in size, all of them shouting and going crazy in anticipation of the coming attack
- >As you watch the mob, you notice the windows of other houses open and gun barrels poke out
- >You look to the house closest to the library and see BraveLittlePyro waving at you
- >He holds out a bottle and points to it with a smile
- >He flashes you a thumbs-up before retreating back into his house
- "Uhh, Dan?"
- >"Yeah?"
- "Where the fuck did Pyro get a molotov?"
- >A moment of silence passes
- >"I have no fuckin' clue."
- "I see."
- >Everything goes quiet as one Newfag steps in front of the crowd
- >He raises his hand and narrows his eyes at Gnome's house
- >A bead of sweat rolls down your forehead
- >The silence is broken by the lead Newfag as he shouts
- >"SHITPOOOST!"
- >The town square erupts into yelling and gunshots as the mob charges the house
- >Several Newfags fall as writers fire into the crowd
- >You see the brown bottle fly from Pyro's window and land in the middle of the mob
- >The Newfags cry out in pain and surprise as the fire splashes onto them
- >You hear Pyro cheer as they writhe in pain on the ground
- >A deafening explosion is heard as the first Newfags reach Gnome's door
- "What the fuck was that?!"
- >The smoke from the explosion clears to reveal Gnome standing in the wreckage
- >How the hell does one man carry three guns?
- >He opens fire as the Newfags rush at him, the corpses piling up
- >As you fire your last bullet, you step back from the window
- "Dammit, I'm out!"
- >Dan empties his mag and steps back
- >"It's up to Gnome now. We did all we could."
- >You scan over the battlefield, numerous bodies scattered across the town square
- >Gnome throws away an empty gun, pulling the last one from his back
- >In a last ditch effort for survival, he starts to climb the pile of bodies
- >It kind of reminded you of the Doom guy
- >He reaches the peak of the corpses, firing wildly into the crowds following him up
- >His expression suddenly changes from deranged glee to dread
- >He throws away the AK, pulling a .44 revolver from his hip
- >He places the gun against his temple and shouts
- >"I won't give you bastards the pleasure of killing m—"
- >The sound of rapid gunfire interrupts him, along with a familiar battle cry
- >"I'VE GOT BALLS OF STEEL!"
- >Everybody looks skyward to the new arrival, Newfags dropping from his spray of bullets
- "No way..."
- >You stare in disbelief as Cordan, riding atop Luna, swoops over the crowds, wildly spraying with a M249 SAW
- >The Newfags cry out in fear as the Princess drops the death-dealing psychopath next to Gnome
- >With a battle cry that would make vikings shit themselves, the writers spill out into the streets
- >You turn to Dan
- "I'm not going out there. Those guys are fuckin' crazy."
- >He nods and leans back in his chair
- >"Yeah dude, fuck that."
- >As the battle rages on below, you come to a realization
- "Dan, what's today's date?"
- >He looks at his watch
- >"August 23, why?"
- >You look at the calendar on the wall, searching for today
- >In the box labeled "23" is a small line of text
- Beginning of the school year.
- >...
- "Dude..."
- >"Yeah?"
- "Summer's over."
- >You both look back out the windows as the Newfags start to disappear
- >The writers look around in confusion as Newfags blink out of existence one after another
- >As the bodies vanish, the blood staining the ground starts to fade
- >Buildings torn apart by bullets restore themselves to perfect condition
- >Ponies come out of their houses and go about their day as if nothing ever happened
- "That's it? It's over?"
- >The ground starts to shake and split apart, launching formerly dead writers and ponies into the air
- >You step outside and look around
- >The war zone had been restored to its pre-summer state
- >You sigh and start toward your house
- >On the bright side, war is a great way to avoid
- >Fucking Fluttershy

