Princess Celestia looked out over the council chambers with barely contained fury in her eyes “I know it is a PR nightmare but this piece of legislation must pass without modification Ladies and Gentleman, it will allow us to bring to heel the scourge of rotters slowly destroying our beautiful country as well as allowing us to finally bring Sombra to justice for his crimes against us all.”

“What my sister says is true” Luna says quietly “under the current legislation any attempt by our Hunter to bring Sombra to justice or curtail Morte de Amor will cause them to be put to death for attacking what is essentially a noble of the realm.”

“But won't the Hunter take this as carte blanche to attack the council? He was thrown out of his own clan for being a freak amongst his own kind.” Says a mousy woman from the front of the room

“yes he was considered outclan, but if you will recall the incident properly instead of fear mongering he came to us to be executed instead of breaking our laws. Moon Strike was exemplary during his term in the Lunar guard and rather than go rogue he offered us his life instead.” Celestia says with a smirk “does this sound like the type of man that would abuse his powers?”

“But is it not true that he bested you in battle at your full power? How can we trust someone that even our Princess cannot properly combat” the mousy woman says again with a small smile as worried mutters begin to flow out from the council.

“Because, Ataxia you forget once again that he travels with the Elements of Harmony, whose power far surpasses my own, they are my fail safe should his morality fail him.” Celestia says primly “moreover we all know that the real reason you dislike this bit of legislation is that you are currently the bed mate of Morte de Amore, you are worried that your lovers proclivities for not following our laws will land him an order of execution”

“Princess, with all due respect, you know that the reason for the way his clan changes the way they do is cultural.” Ataxia says firmly

“We have also been informed that is a bold lie by Morte de Amor as no one would willingly join but the true monsters of society” Luna says boldly watching Ataxia begin to crack under the information being thrown out in such a public forum “but then you knew that didn't you, after all he plans on turning you tonight doesn't he? At your request if I am not mistaken.”

“Which brings me to my next bit of legislation” Celestia says firmly putting the fuming Ataxia out of her mind “Anyone that wishes to sit on this council cannot under any circumstances fraternize with a high level vampire regardless of clan, no one over third generation, however should you be in such a relationship be it romantic, feeding or otherwise I will accept your immediate resignation. This is a Royal Edict and not up for debate of any kind.”

“Then why not save yourself the trouble and make your other piece a royal edict as well?” says a well dressed mage from the back of the room as he packs his belongings

“Because I am not a despot, Sir, though you may not believe this even though it is a matter of public record I have issued but one hundred royal edicts in the last 10,000 years this being number one hundred. I truly do wish for this to be a democratic Diarchy though sometimes the lobbying factor must be contained.” Celestia says ruefully “I cannot allow anything but the good of the people in this land to be the driving force behind laws that are created.”

“And what of the good of the fanged citizens of your country? Do they not have the right to have a voice in your Council?” says a cultured voice from the back of the room as a man with mismatched horns on his head stands up holding what appears to be a cloud made out of cotton candy

“Lord Discord... that was going to be my next issue to address as you well know as you helped Noteworthy and myself draft this next piece of legislation replacing the voided council members with vampires from each clan.” Luna says testily

“Oh I know my dear Lulu, I simply wanted to watch the festivities” he says as he turns to face the room at large “anyone thirsty? I'm positively parched” with a snap of his fingers chocolate milk begins falling from the ceiling. “Hmm I must be getting rusty, I was going for red wine. Oh well” pulling out an umbrella with glasses attached to each support and watching them fill up from the rain.

“We are not amused...” the princesses say with disdain as chocolate milk runs through their hair

“no? Well I am” Discord says as he finishes a glass and begins laughing hysterically

“Sister can we please put him in my old cave on the moon for a time? I believe it is still inhabitable.” Luna says with thinly veiled laughter in her voice

“not unless you want your moon to turn some hideous shade of puce” Celestia says with much less humor causing Luna to gasp and glare at Discord who is busily filing a claw on his mismatched hands.

“Back to business please, Council members that remain will you vote to place these laws into action so that we may more fairly deal with our new citizens?” Celestia asks “Is there a second?”

.

“I will second the motion” Discord says

“please then my council vote as you will the future rests upon you.” Luna says quietly

Back at Luna's playground the night was busy with waitresses and the bartenders all running scattered trying to keep up with the business while the dancers were making bits left and right dancing to the music. What played depended on the dancer and what their style was tonight Sunset Shimmer was dancing to a classic teasing every man and woman in the club as she gyrated to the music

I sat smirking in amusement as Sunset taunts the audience with her dancing and her magic as it flashes around her simultaneously hiding and showcasing her body as she made the crowd drool with lust. After her set She takes a brief interlude to do a switch. The room goes black and the bass flows through the room, as the lights come up to just above pitch dark the crowd can see a huge crowd of Avians along with Scootaloo on stage...why is Scoots on stage and why is she dressed in a skin tight leather outfit... my mouth hangs open as I watch my lover on stage and even though she is dancing in front of an audience of over two hundred I feel she is dancing just for me

~

~
For those who don't know me,
I can get a bit crazy
Have to get my way,yep
24 hours a day
'cause I'm hot like that

Every guy, everywhere
just gives me mad attention
Like I'm under inspection
I always gets a ten,
'cause I'm built like that

I go through guys like money
flyin' out the hands
They try to change me
but they realize they can't
And every tomorrow is a day I never plan
If you're gonna be my man understand

I can't be tamed
I can't be tamed
I can't be blamed
I can't, can't, I can't, can't be tamed
I can't be changed
I can't be tamed
I can't be, can't, I can't be tamed

If there was a question about my intentions,
I'll tell ya
I'm not here to sell ya
Or tell you to go to hell
(I'm not a brat like that)
I'm like a puzzle
but all of my pieces are jagged
If you can understand this,
we can make some magic,
I'm wrong like that

I wanna fly,
I wanna drive,
I wanna go
I wanna be a part of something I don't know
And if you try to hold me back I might explode
Baby, by now you should know

I can't be tamed
I can't be tamed
I can't be blamed
I can't, can't, I can't, can't be tamed
I can't be changed
I can't be tamed
I can't be, can't, I can't be tamed

Well I'm not a trick you play,
I'm wired a different way
I'm not a mistake,
I'm not a fake,
It's set in my DNA
Don't change me
Don't change me
Don't change me
Don't change me
(I can't be tamed)

I wanna fly,
I wanna drive,
I wanna go
I wanna be a part of something I don't know
And if you try to hold me back I might explode
Baby, by now you should know

I can't be tamed
I can't be tamed
I can't be blamed
I can't, can't, I can't, can't be tamed
I can't be changed
I can't be tamed
I can't be, can't, I can't be tamed

The crowd roars in applause after her set ends but I know that there is one more stage show up for tonight and it is something that has been kept a complete secret from me. I finally see the lights go down again while the crew works quickly and as the lights come back up amazingly I see Lightning Strike center stage with Octavia holding her violin and Sweetie standing next to them beckoning me to the stage. I rise from my darkened booth and make my way to the stage as people gasp at my looks and the way I am dressed. I hear whispers of

“It's the Hunter, What is he doing going to the stage.” I smirk as I put a bit of swagger into my walk and I begin to hear the women “Wow, he's hot. Is he really a vampire?”

As I mount he stage steps Sweetie hands me a note asking if I know a song and after looking at its title I smile and nod my head now realizing what Lightning is doing on stage... we need two male voices.

Octavia starts playing softly as I see Trixie working her magic offstage putting an illusion up of a blasted wasteland

we wait for the cue and Lightning begins singing

~

~
I'm waking up to ash and dust
I wipe my brow and I sweat my rust
I'm breathing in the chemicals

I'm breaking in, shaping up, then checking out on the prison bus
This is it, the apocalypse
Whoa

I'm waking up, I feel it in my bones
Enough to make my systems blow
Welcome to the new age, to the new age
Welcome to the new age, to the new age
Whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh, whoa, oh, oh, oh, I'm radioactive, radioactive
Whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh, whoa, oh, oh, oh, I'm radioactive, radioactive

I raise my flags, don my clothes
It's a revolution, I suppose
We'll paint it red to fit right in
Whoa

I'm breaking in, shaping up, then checking out on the prison bus
This is it, the apocalypse
Whoa

I'm waking up, I feel it in my bones
Enough to make my systems blow
Welcome to the new age, to the new age
Welcome to the new age, to the new age
Whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh, whoa, oh, oh, oh, I'm radioactive, radioactive
Whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh, whoa, oh, oh, oh, I'm radioactive, radioactive

All systems go, the sun hasn't died
Deep in my bones, straight from inside

I'm waking up, I feel it in my bones
Enough to make my systems blow
Welcome to the new age, to the new age
Welcome to the new age, to the new age
Whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh, whoa, oh, oh, oh, I'm radioactive, radioactive
Whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh, whoa, oh, oh, oh, I'm radioactive, radioactive

As the song ends I see that behind the illusion Vinyl's crew has been working to set up her gear so I take a mic

“Thank you for letting us indulge in a bit of fun but the shows are over for tonight however the fun is just beginning please welcome our guest, DJ Pon3!!”

We leave the stage and head downstairs to the basement all I can do is shake my head as I see Sunset Shimmer and Scootaloo talking with the rest of the team about my performance just now.

“Wow Moon and Lightning can both sing, must be a family thing” Scoots says blushing

“Not so much a family thing as it is my family forces us to take voice lessons even if we croak like frogs” I say chuckling

Lightning walks up to Sunset and kisses her lightly on the cheek to the shock of everyone in the room “You looked great up there tonight baby”

“Thanks Strike” she says with a shy smile she turns to me and hands me a small envelope “This is my resignation I can't work here if I am dating a guard”

“Who says?” I ask her incredlously

“Luna always makes us sign non fraternization agreements when we begin working here”

“Sunset, my dear, you can remain working here as long as you wish so long as your relationship does not interfere with either of your jobs” I say kindly making her smile happily

“Thank you Uncle” Lightning says gratefully.

Much has changed in the last week since we came home from Ponyville, Lightning now embraces me as a respected member of the family and takes to his job as a pleasure instead of a duty. Twilight is almost fully healed thanks to Sweetie and is planning on leaving the team except for as an adviser and combat backup should we need it. I have been learning my limits for my abilities and it seems I have quite the list, I can not go too long without a good feeding or my abilities begin to fade. If I use some of my more esoteric abilities such as my Terramancy for any kind of extended period then I can actually pass out.

Belle has visited me at length asking about what I can do and checking on Trixie who I assure her is feeding her new hunger quite well if the sounds from Twilight's room every night are anything to go by. Skyla has moved into Mac's room permanently much to Twilight's dismay but Princess Cadence pulled rank. Vinyl and Octavia play in the club at least once a week when they are in town much to the dismay of every other club in town. Sweetie, Scootaloo, Applebloom, and Babs have all moved into my room permanently being joined by Trixie and Twilight on a pretty regular basis, needless to say I am well fed and frankly glad I heal to fast for chafing to set in.

There have been some consequences to our actions in Ponyville however not all of them bad but consequences nonetheless. Silver Spoon asked that her old friend Diamond Tiara join the kiss but Rarity declined instead allowing Diamond to become a House Donor with potential to join. I can only assume this is partly in response to the bullying they did as girls but from what I have heard it is also in part because of Diamonds Father paying an exorbitant sum to keep his daughter fang free.

There have been an increase in Rotter sightings in response to the new laws being passed but no attacks yet just scares. Largely the Travelers have vanished and seem to be grouping for an attack but we have a few spies that say most have just gone into hiding citing a mass execution of all Travelers, I doubt the Princesses would ask for an entire bloodline to be executed and I doubt that I would do it even were they to ask this of me. Only time will tell whether we will go to war or if Sombra and The Rotted Lord will be brought to heel without violence. In the case of Morte de Amor I am hoping for violence.

Author's Note

I know it has been a while and I am sorry a lot has happened and I am going to start writing again but it will be sporadic since I now have not one but two jobs.