Fuedal Knight silently moved through the bushes, watching the elk graze calmly in the forest. It had been thirteen days since he had had some live blood, and while It wasn’t necessary for his survival that he feed while the beast was alive, you never really got the same hair razing chill as you did when draining the life from a live victim rather then lapping up the blood off of a rare steak.

He braced himself, ready to pounce, but just as he began to move another pony leaped out, tackling the elk and biting down on its throat as it pined it to the floor and snapped its neck with a violent movement. He watched, licking his lips as the pony ripped open the elk’s throat and began to drink. He examined what he now realized to be a mare, and was struck by some rather jarring things that awoke the intellectual in him.

Her coat was a very dark shade of blue, and her mane and tail were a deep purple that seemed to deny the light a chance to make it shine. She had a horn on her head, which would have classified her as Unicorn, if not for some other things that had caught his eye. Her hooves, which had now returned to normal, had split to reveal cat like paws, allowing her to latch onto the elk as she had killed it, and folded neatly at her sides where a large pair of feathered wings, she was an alicorn.

Fuedal rolled over on his back, the implications of his discovery we staggering, another alicorn out in the wilds, especially one of his race, was something that couldn’t be ignored. He rolled back onto his hooves and walked out, clearing his throat just as the mare tore a peace of meat from the dead elk.

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The blue alicorn raised her head at the sound, her red cat like eyes catching Fuedal off guard. They didn’t just reflect the light; they glowed, casting a dim light around her as she held the peace of meat in her teeth. He decided he might as well start the conversation, clearing his throat before speaking.

“Hello miss, my name is Fuedal.” he said bowing low as a sign of respect, like his father had taught him.

The blue alicorn laughed at this, causing him to look up in surprise. Her voice sounded odd, it had an ethereal eco to it, as if she was using a toned down version of the royal Canterlot voice.

“There is no reason to bow to me kind sir, I am not of royal birth, and there for do not deserve such treatment.”

His eyebrow rose at that, looking skeptical of this response. No where in any of the history books had there ever been mention of a non royal alicorn, there was just no such thing, all alicorns born were of royal birth.

“Very well, if you don’t mind my asking miss, what is your name?”

“My name is Death Petal” she said, chuckling and walking toward him. She sniffed the air around him and smiled “would you care to share my meal, you seem rather hungry” she said, jerking her head towards the dead elk.

“Very much so” he said, walking over with her and biting down into the beast. He tore away a peace of meat, savoring the bloody taste as he sat down to gorge himself. Death Petal watched as he ate, occasionally bending down and taking a peace for herself. He occasionally stole a glance at the mare, still mystified by her.

Now that he was closer, he saw that she wasn’t the proper size to be a royal alicorn, like the princesses that ruled Equestira. Plus, now that he got a good look at her wings, he noticed they were actually a blend between normal pegasus wings and bat pony wings, large feathers overlaid across leather. There was also her name, in all his life he had never heard of a pony with such a…dark sounding name before, even though he could have sworn he had heard some where before.

“Um…if you wouldn’t mind me asking Miss Death…”

“Please, call me Petal…I…prefer that name.”

This peaked Fuedal’s interest but he didn’t press further, he to preferred his last name over his first, though probably for different reasons then the mare. He tore off another piece of the elk, chewing quickly and then swallowing before asking his next question.

“I don’t mean to pry, but from everything I have read and heard about with alicorns, there is no such thing as a non-royal alicorn.” he said, trying to pick his words as carefully as possible.

Death Petal chuckled “what you say is true, except I am not true alicorn, I was originally born a Unicorn.”

Fuedal, who had finally found an untapped vein of blood, spat it out at this news, looking at the mare in shock.

“No…not a…true alicorn, how is that even possible, only Princess Twilight…”

“That I would rather not discuses kind sir, tis a secret, and I wish to keep it that way for my own reasons.”

Again he had to repress the urge to dig further into the issue, his was the mind of a researcher, and now he was being denied what could possibly be the greatest discovery since the elements of harmony. He didn’t want to intrude though, one of the many lessons his teacher taught him was patience, something he always prided himself for. Death Petal watched him bite into another peace of meat, noticing something she hadn’t seen before, a crystal set into the center of his forehead.

“If you are done asking questions, would it be troublesome if I were to ask some questions of my own” she said, her eyes still locked on the gem.

“Go ahead and ask” said Fuedal after swallowing a mouth full of blood.

“That crystal on your forehead, what is it for?”

Fuedal smiled and then concentrated, causing the crystal to glow. A blue field of energy slowly cut its way through the elk, lifting a sliced peace of meat from the elk and moving it to his mouth, which he ate it with a grin on his face.

“So it’s like a unicorns horn then?” she asked, still fixated on the gemstone.

“Yes, my father gave it to me after I was born, apparently it’s been in my family for generations, given to my ancestor by Princess Luna herself.” he said with pride. His family had been the last takers of the fabled alicorn stones, given to the bat pony’s by Princess Luna to give them magical ability like that of the unicorns.

The blue alicorn reached out with a tentative hoof then, gently brushing the crystal with her hoof, and causing a wave of pleasure to spasm down his spine. Like unicorn horns, the crystal acted as an erogenous zone to stimulate arousal, and it took all his self discipline and training to keep his loins in check. She quickly pulled her hoof away as he shook, understanding rushing through her as she blushed.

“Sorry, I have a weakness for gems, and I couldn’t help myself.” she said, her blush growing as she turned away.

Fuedal just nodded, biting down into the elk again as he thought. He was still pondering some of the things she had said, especially the one about her not being a true alicorn, which raised the question of how she had become such. But he decided he would ask such questions latter.

Meanwhile Death Petal was wondering about things herself, the gem to be specific. She was familiar with all sorts of gems, for they were some of the most underused yet powerful of alchemic reagents in potion making, especially the potions she liked to use. But this gem she had only seen and used once, for it was one of the key ingredients in the potion that had turned her into the being she was now.

She also had other reasons for staring at the stallion, for he was very attractive. Golden mane and tail shined brightly in the moon light, his tail waving happily as he dug into the meat. His coat was a beautiful grey, flowing beautifully from dark around the hooves to light as it reached his face. But what fascinated her the most about him was his eyes. Like hers they were like cats, black slits running through deep and rich color, but while hers were red as blood, his were deep blue, the same shade of blue as her coat. She didn’t know it, but Fuedal was watching as she gave him the once over, and it made him smile.

“Do you like what you see?” he asked, a cocky smile on his face as he preformed a second once over of his own.

Death Petal stuttered, not used to being caught in her examinations. “I apologies, I did not think you had seen. As to your question…I liked what I saw very much,” she said, blushing as she did so.

He chuckled, getting up and walking around the dead elk, sitting down to give her a better view of him. She blushed even more, running one of her wings over his, which made him shiver. He knew if he wanted, he could probably have this mare in bed because of the way she had been looking at him, but he just pushed that thought aside, this was the first mare who had ever given him such a thorough once over, so he wanted to treat her right, it would be the proper thing to do. He inwardly laughed at this inward comment, remembering the lessons on courtship his teacher had insisted on teaching him. Then the mare got up, and he got up as well.

“I should be going, I forgot my cloak at home, and I do not like to stay out too late incase some one might…might see the real me.”

He nodded “shall I walk you home?” he asked, draping a large wing over her to cover hers, causing her to blush.

“S…sure” she said, her hair falling to cover her face as her blush grew. He smiled, walking with her as they walked away form the kill that had been picked clean. They walked a while till they finally reached the edge of the forest, and he saw a cottage built strait into a large tree, looking eerie in the moonlight. She bid him good night and walked into the door, turning back to look at him, smiling softly at him.

“It would be wonderful if you could…come and see me again, I would feel most overjoyed.” she said, blushing as she said it.

“It would not be a problem, I would also enjoy your company, it has been long since I have enjoyed company such as yours.” He said, bowing low as he did so. Death petal smiled and bowed to Fuedal, and then she closed the door. Fuedal took that as his queue to leave, and with a mighty beat of his wings he shot into the sky, heading back toward Ponyville.

Author's Note

Note: Fuedal Knight is a different pony then my other oc Fuedra who matches his description, their cutie marks are totally different. Also Death Petal is not the same character as in Teacher No More, she is a alternate version of her.