Crimson Blaze

Melancolic night

Crimson woke up once she felt a soft poke on her nose, snap her eyes open only to meet with Trixie's. The unicorn mare smiled and began.

“Trixie began wonder have you been hit by a petrify spell.”

Crimson gave half lid eyes as she answered to Trixie.

“No of course not, I was meditating. I thought would be rude sleep in your bed”

“Mmhmm.”

Was all Trixies answer, she quickly opened the door, the sun long gone, instead in it's place Lunas moon was high up, on it's was to it's apex. It was truly a beautiful night, clear sky with brilliant stars adorn it, with an almost full moon to crown it.

'Lunas night. It's never gets old.'

“Follow Trixie, Crimson, now it's time to setup the stage for tomorrow.”

“Yes boss.”

Trixie rolled her eyes, but gave a little smile. It would been a lie to say she didn't like the sound of it. Crimson quickly followed her, and helped Trixie deploy the stage quickly, and as quietly as possible. A sound proofing bubble helped a lot in this regard, but it was draining along side with the telekinesis spells Trixie done. Crimson took her fair share from the tasks, non less she had to hide her strength as well conserve her energy. Even doing less in terms what she could normally do quickly undone what the meditation provided for her. Luckily for Crimson this wasn't that big issue at that time, mainly as most ponies been further out and they all been calm, sleeping or so about to.

“Trixie thanks you for your help. It was quite faster and less draining this way.”

“No problem Boss.”

Crimson gave a quick wink to Trixie who laughed on the antic of her new employee and travel companion. The vampony could hidden her burning hunger way better without so many ponies around, but it still was a challenge give Trixie perfect and natural expression and movements. She hated it, they way things been at that moment, she had to feed, and that night, she could not prolong it. Thankfully she had been in Ponyville before many times and knew her way to the hospital, and how to get around inside as well, that if it was the same as back at home. She quickly formulated her plan to get the bitter sweet nourishment she so needed.

“Trixie, is it fine by you if I take a walk around town? I got more than enough rest, and I'm kind of nocturnal soul.”

“Trixie don't see why not, though will sleep soon, tomorrow going to be a long day for Trixie, and she needs her beauty sleep.”

She emphasized it by stroke her beautiful mane with a smug smirk on her face.

“Yes oh Great and Powerful Trixie.”

Crimson gave a theoretic bow to Trixie, and they chuckle together. The vampony waved to her and she trot off, walking in the direction of the park. She planned to have this detour to make things less suspicious. She got near the park, to the point where she would have turned away with her true goal, the hospital, when she heard faintly somepony cry in the distance. She is frozen up for a minute there and then. Her will failed as her sense locked on the source of the cry, and to the very torn heart beating painfully in this miserable pony. Before she knew, she got closer and could make out the pony in question. She cried on a bench at the very edge of the park, next to thick tree lines and bushes. The predator awaken in her and fight would been all but pointless, so instead she choosed the lesser bad and tried to steer the inner beast, not to take full control, but let the primal urge vent some steam out. She got behind the sobbing mare in a flash, silently. Crimson recognized her and gave her more will to compose herself.

'Bon Bon, why have to be you. Oh Lauren, give me strength to refrain myself.'

The light cream colored earth pony mare bawled her eyes out, shaking, her normally wonderful blue and pink mane completely mess. The vampony began her advance on her prey, kept her eye wide open not dare to blink, not dare to let her consensus crumble under the weight of the feral monster buried inside her.

What happened next happened in mere moments, something that snapped Crimson out of her blood thirst. Bon Bon raised a large kitchen knife to her own throat with trembling hoof. Before she could comprehend what happened the knife been yanked out from her hoof and thrown away, far behind into a tree trunk, with such a force the blade sinked all the way into the core of the tree. The hilt destroyed and the tree scared with a massive crack running a meter or so in both directions. But sadly not before the knife sank into her flesh, and draw blood. The very smell drove Crimson into her own blood lust madness, but she had just enough sanity left not do something completely stupid, and irreversible, fatally wound a friend. Even if wasn't the same pony from her own world, home reality, yet felt to be the same.

Crimson yanked Bon Bon from the bench with ease, fuelled by her blood thirst, dragged her off behind the bushes under the same tree where the knife got embedded deep into the trunk. The vampony muffled the helpless earth pony mare, and Bon Bon was anything but weak, nor a pony clueless to fight if needed, but all her efforts been pointless. She couldn't even bulge an inch on the almighty hold of the white bat pony. The candy maker mare was rendered in full shock when her eyes stared into the crimson orbs, an abyss of pure ferocity. At this point she resigned her life.

“What the buck you been thinking you do, go ahead and try to kill yourself Bon Bon?!?!”

Snarled Crimson into the face of the earth pony, adding insult to injury, confuse the frightened mare. This very monster, one that pinned her down, knew her name, had stopped her slice her own throat and likely about to kill her, eat her. The vampony stared deep down into her very soul, in an awkward silence. Moments felt like eternity until the white mare broke the quiet of the night.

“You are lucky I have been near by Bon Bon... forgive me for what I about to do.. I'm starving, and my very consciousness and will slipping... I must feed... But you will live, live and have the chance to reconsider your life, unlike if you would succeed with your suicide attempt.”

She was stunned, could not compute the very absurdity of the situation, but soon all this was thrown into the far corner of her mind as the pain registered in her right foreleg as got yanked forward and bit down. Crimson fangs inflict a sizeable wound on Bon Bon foreleg and she greedily began sucking, drank all the blood she could all the while the frightened pony watched her. It was quiet, the two mares eyes locked, and both began to calm down somewhat. Crimsons maddening thirst got satisfied somewhat while Bon Bon see this in her eyes. The ferocity slowly leave the eyes of the mysterious white mare and in it's place she saw sorrow, regret, a tormented, cursed soul. The candy maker also began to feel the blood loss, feel dizziness and more and more harder to stay awake. The world was twisting for Bon Bon when the vampony stopped, she could feel a sudden burn where she got bit by the demonic mare, her gaze moved to her foreleg, and she could see small smoke rise from the wound. It was truly burned somehow, and thus seal her wound on her foreleg, stop all bleeding.

“Sorry I had to do this Bon Bon. The hunger was just to great.”

Crimson was full of regret, far cry of the rage and primordial roar she had a few minutes before. It was truly awkward, she knew her, yet she knew nothing of her, and to top it all, she could see care, compassion in the red orbs now, something she could not believe, yet there it was. And then the mysterious attacker let her go, slowly withdraw a few feet and lay down, eyes closed, a few drops of tear escape her eyes.

It might been a hour pass on, the two hidden behind the bushes, Bon Bon sat on her haunches while Crimson lay before her. No words being said, but both mare mind were ablaze of thoughts. Bon Bon had time to take in all the details of the bat pony before her, her fearful fangs, strong, two colored, red mane and tail, and cutie mark.

“What's your name?”

Crimson look up to the worn-out candy maker and had a pleasant surprise given the circumstances. There was pain in her eyes, fear, but also calmness, understanding and forgiveness. The vampony swallow down the bolder in her throat and obligated, answering the question.

“Crimson.. Crimson Blaze.”

Bon Bon acknowledged Crimson with a solemnly nod. The vampony got up and slowly began to make her leave when she felt a hoof on her side, she turn around and saw the earth pony, with pleading eyes.

“Please.. don't leave me alone.”

Bon Bon looked down to the ground, it was clear she was shaken up still, by more things then just have happened this night. Crimson turn around and quickly got Bon Bon on top of her back.

“You never alone so long you have friends... don't forget that Bonny.”

The earth pony eyes widen a little, this pony knew her pet name, and only two ponies ever knew it. Crimson began to make her way out from the shadows with her, took a few moments to form the words she could think of in this situation.

“How?”

“Let's say... it would be one crazy story.”

Came the answer from the white mare as gave her a quick glance back.

“I think I have time for it.”

“Tell you what Bonny, I will tell you tomorrow night, but now you need rest, a long sleep... me feeding on you certainly didn't make things better.”

'Oh Bon Bon, what could drive you this far... that you need the companionship of one who just hurt you, and you know nothing about. You also tried to kill yourself, I hope it's not about Lyra.'

“I kind of disagree there... you did stop me doing something truly stupid... but would be a lie to say being the main course was a dream come true...”

Crimson gave a sad smile, she felt her limbs being heavy, heavy with guilt. She turned her glance forward to avoid her eyes.

“What.. could... possibly drive you... to do.. that?”

Bon Bon gave a bitter look, bit her lips, her heart felt like being crushed in iron fists as began tremble and hold on the bat pony like her life depend on it.

'So stupid! I shouldn't have asked it!'

Crimson screamed on herself mentally, and if she could, would done a double face hoof , right there and then if not for the fact Bon Bon was on her back. She quickly composes herself, save what could be saved.

“Sorry I-”

“My Colt friend...”

Crimson paused, both in her track, and apology as Bon Bon bawded into her neck uncontrollably. It was truly a heart shattering night. She let the distraught mare ease her load of rocks from her heart.

“..he died..”

'Oh mare...'

“..I'm so sorry..”

Bon Bon quickly found herself in a comforting hug of Crimson. The tears of Bon Bon soaked the white mare's coat at the start, but slowly and surely it dried up, as the confectionist mare slip into blissful slumber. Once she was sure she sleeps deep enough, Crimson deposit Bon Bon on her back carefully, and began her walk towards Bon Bon's house, at least that is was she hoped for, as her home could be somewhere else entirely then back at home.

She easily made it to the center of the town, just a bit far off from Sugar Cube Corner when she run into somepony she hoped so she would, that if Lyra and Bon Bon were close or meant to be close. The mint colored unicorn however looked wasted her self, likely from some good hard apple cider. Crimson shook her head, one more unconscious pony to carry. She knew Lyra not the type who drink a lot, but if she have meant she had her problems on her own as well. Crimson stood up to her hind legs as now carry both mares under her forelegs, use her metal wings and tail to balance herself.

'Well this going to be interesting to see, I just hope I have the right idea.'

She made her way to Bon Bon and Lyra house, and managed to do so with out fall. The house was like any other in Ponyville, not to small and comfortable. And like any house in this peaceful town, had it's door open, after all crime was non existent here and ponies knew each other. This was one of the charms Crimson loved about this place, and she had some worries deep down, that she might disturb this by her mere presence and her dietary needs. She entered quickly with both mares in her hold, careful, not to bump them into any objects and cause more headache then already was in for them the following morning. Swiftly and with care deposited both her charges on the sofa, cover them with a cover. She began to make her way out from the house, but she had a gut feeling. She could sense a heart began race behind her, Bon Bon. Crimson stop and turn her head back, and saw she was awake now and stare back at her with eyes that shred enough tears for a night, or months to come. She gave her a sad smile.

“If you want... and trust me, I could come by tomorrow night and we could talk.”

The candy maker nodded slowly. The vampony smile grew a little.

“Alright then, I’ll have to leave for now, hope you will be alright with Lyra on your side... she will have one mighty hangover the morning after so much drink she had.”

Bon Bon looked at her friend, who was totally passed out. Snoring loudly enough, she sighed but had a small smile appear on her face. She turn back but Crimson had left already, with the door closed, without a single sound made, and so fast too. Bon Bon shivered to this, this creature, unlike any she knew before was scary in her powers, but she also felt a soul with enough past to shoulder, somepony who she could relate to, and understand her. She slowly turned around and rest her head on Lyra side, quickly drifted away to deep slumber.

Crimson meantime, not to far away stood outside, looked up to the Moon in the night sky, sitting just a bit above the horizon, signalling the end of the night. With a deep sigh, she walked back towards her current home, Trixies cart.

By the time she reached the cart the sun risen behind her, and with ever more light poured in the land of Equestria, began blind the vampony. This annoyed Crimson no end, she knew the sun was the best thing for all living things, but her eyes and the light of Celestia could never agree, not without a good shade that is. Trixie was up already and let her in.