Things Are Alive

"You reckon she's alright, Twilight?" I stifled an yawn while, Applejack was walking into my library; she must have just been relieved of guard duty by, Rainbow Dash. "It must've been hard havin' a friend killed and all."

"Off what I saw she was coping better than most" -Applejack plopped down beside me- "I think she just needs sometime to herself-" sudden knocking at my door; frantic knocking. I was rushing to the door with Applejack right behind me, when I opened the door I wasn't sure what to think. Vinyl was carrying Octavia who was as pale as a sheet; my eyes were drawn to where her bow tie normally would be, now replaced by crimson.

Applejack rushed to find a place to lay Octavia down; a tremble was in her voice "what in tarnastions is going on 'round here?" I was moving now that I had gotten over the initial shook. She needed medical attention, and fast "Spike! Bring me the medical kit!" I heard a reply as I went to Octavia's side- "Applejack go get the others" -Spike had brought me the medical kit and I started doing what I could for her.

The amount of blood loss was making it almost impossible to keep her clinging to life; only almost. I worked fast using known medical techniques and improvised magic to stop her from bleeding out; it felt like I was working for hours by the time I finished. As soon as I was finished Vinyl was upon me without warning. "Is she okay? Will she live? How bad is it?" the questions wouldn't end; I ended up using my magic to close her mouth.

"She just needs rest and to eat when she wakes up" -the tension in Vinyl's body faded- "but" -and then it was back- "you were dead a couple of hours ago and then all of a sudden you bring a dying Octavia to me. What happened?" I noticed her eyes, red and hungry. Then I saw her teeth; correction her fangs.

She had leaped at me and I had only teleported out of her grip by a fraction of a second. I was behind her now; she was like a feral beast. Then she dived back catching me by surprise. She was pinning me to the ground; I tried to teleport. She was pressing down on my horn; I was trapped. "Everypony doesn't know when to stay quiet" she sounded possessed; I felt her fangs grazing my neck, it all made sense now.

"Vampire…" a short whisper was all I got out.

I felt her fangs start to sink into my neck- "yee haw!" - I almost cried hearing Applejack. When I was up Vinyl was hog tied on the ground and struggling against her bonds; Octavia was waking now.

"Are you alright Octavia?"

She was shaky but sat up "ya, I should be fine."

Vinyl had snapped out of the trance she had been in; she was blinking when she tried to turn to Octavia. "What happened? Why am I tied up?" -Vinyl scrunched her forehead- "did you want to try something?"

Octavia had blushed at the question; her hooves in her lap "um Vinyl we aren't at home" Vinyl looked around and saw all of us, she had blushed.

"Er um I mean…" she had dropped off there things starting to click in her head "did one of you want to try something?" or maybe not.

"I'm pretty sure that isn't-" the color drained from Octavia's face "it wasn't a dream…" Octavia was upon Vinyl in a sudden fury "you bucking bit me!" The out burst had surprised everypony; especially Vinyl. The sound that her hoof made when it met bone knocked some sense into Vinyl.

"What just-" she looked aside "-sorry…" For a second it looked like Vinyl was going to be smacked again but Octavia backed off instead. "Tavi?" she was ignored; she was about to cry.

"I thought we weren't keeping secrets Vinyl" -she hadn't said it loudly; she didn't need to- "how long have you been a vampire?" the words caused Vinyl to struggle against the bonds again.

"Since I-" she tensed and choked it out "-was a filly." Vinyl bit down; her jaw was tense and her eyes were closed tightly.

Octavia was worried; her anger forgotten "are you okay, Vinyl?" her tone was soft and caring; she was stroking Vinyl's mane tenderly. Vinyl screamed as her eyes flashed with anger; everypony save for Octavia recoiled. Octavia pulled Vinyl into a hard kiss; before anypony could look away Vinyl had calmed down. "You don't need to worry, I won't tell a soul."

"What about them?" she had fear in her voice. I was looking Vinyl over when Applejack replied "y'all don't have to worry 'bout us" everypony agreed with the statement. After a while we untied Vinyl sure she wouldn't strike out at any of us. Octavia asked a question "what about the thing that attacked you?"

"It… is still out there" Vinyl's words rang through my mind long after everypony had left me to my books.