Jabs, bites and agreements

It was little over midnight when Crimson made it back to Trixie's cart. She carefully tapped on the door of the cart not to make to much noise. Moments later the door opened and there stood Trixie, without her usual magicians attire, but she sport quite an angry face. Crimson bit her lower lip and rubbed the back of her head.

“Now... Where have you been, Trixie is quite curious to your explanation, Crimson Blaze.”

She gave a sheepish smile.

“I had to do something important and personal. Sorry it took up so much time. But it is done for now..”

'Those eyes, she sure could kill a lesser being with that look, only second to Flutter Shy.'

Trixie ever so slowly raises one of her eyebrow without even blinking and stare down the vampony mare with her cold bemused look.

“Trixie is quite disappointed, to say the least. Do not mind if have to do an errand or alike, but Trixie wanna know before, is that clear?”

“Crystal.”

She snorted and rolled her eyes as she turned around and beacon the white mare to follow her inside the cart. Crimson followed shortly afterwards, as she did, she closed the door behind her.

“Now I suppose I wanna hear the truth, changeling.”

Crimson paused, and only paused for a fraction of a second hearing.

“Hit me with a detection spell then, I’m not a changeling.”

She sat down comfortably before Trixie, who locked her eyes with Crimson's, as she took off her shades, closed eyes. Crimson knew what a detection feels like, and she, or for the fact, any sane pony wouldn't call it peachy, but ratter outright painful. But the mare wasn't alien to pain, not that she enjoyed it.

“As you wish...”

And as the azure mare finished this she blast Crimson with the detection spell, and she did put some hefty extra juice into it. Crimson cringed in pain as the arches of energy danced up and down on her body. After a minute it stopped, she pant heavily, and she realized, this would have easily killed a normal pony or a changeling for the matter. The unicorn sat across the small cabin, mouth agape that she not just survived it, but remain conscience and just mildly, for a short time, phased by the powerful, overcharged spell. Crimson turn her look towards the mare who quickly snapped out of her trance and readied herself. Crimson raise her right hoof in a calming manner.

“I don't wanna fight you, Trixie, and please, don't do a spell like that again... as... let's just say, it's not nice.”

“...O-kay... what do you want then? And what are you for Luna's sake?”

“I gonna explain it, I wanted to do it, though you beat me to it in a sense... as I wanted to wait until the time was more... favourable.”

Trixie attention peeked, she was tensed and ready to fight if she forced to. Crimson knew this all well, even without her keen vampiric senses. She slowly lifted her head, turned it towards the mare as she finally opened her eyes, ever so slowly. Trixie's eyes widen to what she saw, Crimson's red eyes, her once slightly milkish, reddish eyes were glowing. A few sweat droplets trickled down on her temples.

“I'm, what you can call a vampony... Trixie.”

The azure unicorn wasn't that much azure any more, as she paled considerably.

“And as to what I want... well surprise surprise... to live, and to do so I sadly do need blood.”

She didn't enjoy this, her sarcastic remark was quite stretched. But she continued on, without making any threatening moves in the now quite distressed mare in front of her.

“As for the personal errand I mentioned not long ago, that was to the Ponyvillie hospital, where I took and drank 12 bags of medical blood. Before you go down the road and label me as mere monster, I don't like hurting ponies. At. All. And I rather steal... Then frighten the living out of a pony as I bite them, or outright kill them so I don't die from hunger.”

Crimson expression softened, took on a sorrow, regretful look.

“I just wish I could live normally and wouldn't need to deal with this, or cause distress to other ponies... I used to be a bat pony, until a true freak of vampony, an unicorn... Black Blood turned me, and made me to his personal plaything... and even though he is dead and I am free, I’m still chained by this curse.”

“...but you refuse it to mark you...”

“Yes.”

The unicorn calmed down considerably at this point, but was far from being the element of calmness and confidence.

“..Are you going to feed on me?”

Crimson gave her a healthy laugh as she shook her head, Trixie was surprised by this reaction.

“No, no, I won't.”

She looked up, and bare her red, glowing orbs into Trixies in a serious manner as she continue.

“I will not, not without your counsel and approval.”

There was a short pause as she looked to the side and in a much quieter tone finished.

“.. Unless I'm on the verge to die from starvation... Then I lose control and I have truly become the legend... a savaged beast...”

Now She looked back up at the mare and she points to her eyes to emphases what she meant to say.

“If you ever see my eyes black as night. You better do not hold back and knock me out for the first try, and then force feed me with blood, a lot. I've been kept in such state for 3 long years by my... Dear... Late... Master... Black Blood.”

The finishing words dripped thick from venom and pure hatred.

“You do not wanna know what kind of Tartarus that was to live in.”

Trixie nodded slowly, absorbing all the information, revelations shared with her. She learned far more than what she wished she would, and it was a frightening knowledge, but the hardened magician composed herself.

“I understand now... the whole situation, quite well. Even if not fully. But then you are likely being on the run forever unless you can win the hearts of many ponies... or the very rulers, Princesses of Equestria so they can grant you... your nourishment in peaceful and acceptable means.”

Crimson nod solemnly at that.

“Now there's a nice twist to this thought... you see, I’m from an alternate reality, I have ever so smartly jumped into a portal without much thinking to avoid a magic missile from ruthless hunters. Cultist... and what you just described I have achieved to a degree, I was part of a secret force of Equestria to deal with dangerous vamponies as well the ancient and ruthless cultist of hunters, and add in the hostile changeling hives as well.”

There was a pause, Trixie eyed the other mare, every inch of her eyes for a speck of delusion, she saw none.

“If you wouldn't have those eyes of yours, and not see what I saw tonight, I’d say this is crazy, and it is still crazy, but I believe you.”

Crimson cracked a toothy smile, while Trixile rolled her eyes and looked aside.

“Thanks.”

She shook her head, then rubbed her neck, Crimson began to crack up, in all honesty, there was a few good points being a vampony, and this reaction she saw many times was one of them, it was just hilarious how they all rubbed their neck at some point even if she did nothing. Trixie figured it out quick enough and she cracked a small smile.

“You sleep on the floor.”

Said with her smile grew as Crimson stopped and look at her looking hurt. After a minute Trixie ended up laughing while the white mare was bemused.

“Haha, just joking, you can sleep in the bed, but no love bites please.”

“You worry to much Trix.”

“Trix... hmmm, let me guess, you know me, my other self from your world.”

There was a sudden temperature drop.

“I Knew you, yes... you... she.. died.”

Now it was more then comfortably chilling in the cabin, it was outright like a bite, the cold was such. Or as it felt for the two mare.

“Well.. That's sure put things in a very new light.”

Said Trixie after a short while, finish it with a gulp.

“You could say that, just stay out of fights if can help it.”

Trixie nodded. They remained silent for the remaining of the night, fall asleep in the bed they share.

It was the middle of the day when a loud knock could be heard on the cart's door. It woke up the occupants from their deep sleep. Both sit up and look at each other, groggily Trixie got out from the bed and began to make her way to the door not so far away while Crimson snatched the shades from the small night stand where she left them last night. Trixie opened the door to see who thought to disturb their sleep. In the door stood an earth pony, a very annoyed nurse Red Heart. Trixie just raised her eyebrow at the spectacle before her, both from confusion and annoyance. Crimson however placed her hoof to her head in a slow motion. She suddenly got a headache knowing what might come.

“Good morning Miss Trixie Lulamoon, or rather afternoon.”

“Good morning Nurse?”

“Red Heart.”

“...and why may Trixie own the pleasure?”

“I think I have a some issues with your new friend in there.”

Trixie brain turn, she recalled the last night conversation with Crimson, and the nurse, and the mention of the hospital and 'eating' clicked. Trixie slowly turned back to look at the vampony who sitting on the edge of the bed, staring ahead, annoyance clear on her face. Trixie made her mental note, to stay out of any trouble for now, and be diplomatic in the current situation. With a moment's pause she fully turn around and beacon the nurse to follow.

“Crimson, I think you have some business to finish.”

Crimson snort but look in the direction of the nurse, who was quite pissed off.

“Hello... Red...”

“Crimson Blaze, I presume?”

“Yep, that's me. Have a seat, I’m sure this gonna be a long scolding.”

The earth pony snort to this, her eyes threw spears of fire in the wish to incinerate the mare before her as she made her way inside. Trixie willed the door shut with her magic, and placed an sound dampening spell on the cart as the nurse stop before the slightly larger mare. Inhaled and Trixie acknowledged mentally 'so it's have begun..' and observed the unfolding scene.

“YOU MONSTER! HOW DARE YOU ATTACK ME! HOW YOU DARE BRAKE INTO THE HOSPITAL!?!”

Crimson ears folded back airtight almost to try shield herself from the sheer volume of the nurse outburst.

“AND WHAT KIND OF BUCKING SICK MARE YOU ARE TO PRANK AROUND WITH BLOOD? 12! PACK! OF IT! DON'T YOU FEEL ANY SHAME?!?! PONIES COULD DIE FROM ALONE YOU CONTAMIDATED THE STOCKS! BUT WASTE THEM?!?!?!”

The nurse swinged her hoof forward and hit Crimson squire in the face. As the nurse hoof impacted the fur and flesh rippled from the force, but surprisingly for the nurse Crimson didn't even flinched to the punch, and scandalously, her hoof was in pain as she fell back on her haunches and keep swinging her hoof in the air to lessen the pain. Crimson look at the nurse, it was clear she didn't get all the details right, yet she figured out it was she who broke in. She took her shades off, eyes closed and inhaled slowly, to explain herself, the second time that day.

“Nurse Red Heart... I believe I own you with an apologize as well a proper explanation of myself and my actions.”

She glared at her, rubbing her hoof with the other as still in pain.

“I'm sorrow what I have done the other night. I did not intend to cause any distress to you, originally I only went in for the blood, and no, it was not for a prank, and no it was not wasted, yes I know I could cause issues with the rest of the reserve, and I was careful. Might not show, but I have medical training.”

Anger was dominant still, but now confusion added to the mix that it was Red Heart expression. Trixie on the other hoof was listening intently, as she didn't get the part about the hospital, and was clear she could learn even more about her.

“To clarify things... I'm not a unicorn with some disguise spell to hide a horn.”

Crimson chose this moment to open her eyes, doing it the second time that day, she got a quite good practice about 'dramatic' effect.

“I'm a vampony, a magically transformed bat pony into a 'supernatural' blood sucking creature. I did not choose it, but happened. It is irreversible and I stuck drink blood for the rest of my natural life that can easily reach up to a millennia.”

Crimson snickered quietly at the look of the nurse, how quick it all evaporated, all the anger, reduced to the classical, 'wha-what?' state, spiced up with plenty of fear.

“And yes... I was starving, and I prefer to get blood through the most 'peaceful' way possible... Which was to raid the blood reserves of the hospital the other night. Normally I would either ask ponies who I trust and are fine to be a blood donor, or have an allowance of medical blood. Right now neither available... as I also not from this reality, but from an alternate one, where I had these... Now here... I don't, though I hope I can earn it... I know my actions so far not make the argument strong in favor of acceptance, but I have been desperate, and I do admit, and know it wasn't the morally the best path to take.”

Crimson observed the nurse, as she processed everything with her mind that she just told her. Trixie was nodding slowly on the side. She already had a fairly good perspective on this situation. After a minute she finally spoke up, composed.

“...yet you still feed off a pony already... I have treated Bon Bon yesterday, at the early afternoon with a strange bite wound on her hoof, which she refused to explain to me... and as I see your fangs now..”

“I won't deny that either...”

Crimson sigh and regret was in her eye.

“When.. A vampony is starved out, close to dying... they began to lose their mind, and carnal, animalistic instincts... I was on the border line... I couldn't restrain myself... but I had enough will power not to harm her to much while feeding on her.”

“..I see..”

“She was in the park, alone, late night, and she wanted to commit suicide by slit her own throat.”

Now this revelation shock both mares, though after a minute Red Heart shock deepened as she recalled the time when she cared for Bon Bon the other day, and the small wound, cut on her neck, close to her veins.

“Yeah... I did hurt her, but at the bright side I did stop her at the last moment before she end her own life, and so she lives... And she rethought her situation thankfully... thought wouldn't be a bad idea to keep a close eye on her and support her.”

“Trixie can't believe all this...”

She shook her head slowly.

“..You're here for what.. 3rd day now, and already..”

“..Yeah.. I kind of steer up the quiet water where ever I happen to go.”

She added a nervous chuckle as she rubbed her head and glared to the side. Both, unicorn and earth pony gave a displeased look at her, Crimson slowly stopped her chuckle and hung her head.

“What should we do with you... mare...”

Was Trixie who broke the silence. Crimson looked up at her, she had a bitter look.

“Well... you don't seem to be evil, but you are troubled. I'd suggest we take you to Princess Twilight, Crimson... with Bon Bon and Lyra on the side.”

Red Heart looked at Trixie after this statement to see is she have similar thoughts, and the unicorn agreed with a simple nod.

“I just hope that won't go sour, then I can't even run off.”

“Well... yes, Trixie can see why feel uneasy, you have good chances to be thrown into a dungeon, but I doubt they would let you die... You sure would be fed, it's far easier to do so than say feed changelings.”

“I agree with this statement. Neither Celestia or Luna would be heartless to leave you to die if you willingly come forth.”

“But then would I ever get a chance to prove I’m more than a monster, which is I am if I go feral?”

“Well you did prove that in your own world, haven't you?”

Asked Trixie, and she was right with that statement.

“Yes I have, but the circumstances were different, a secret all out war between vamponies, the cult, and changelings, and in the crossfire civilians. Here, as far I can tell no such thing exists, though I could be wrong.”

“Hmmm... Well still the best way, Crimson.”

Remarked the azure mare.

“Plus I and the others will back you up, might be rough a little but should turn out alright.”

“Yeah, you are right, I just feel jittery about this... Say, could we wait some time, and maybe get more ponies support before we go all out and say, 'Hey world, guess what.' and all that jazz?”

“We can, but you know... You can't canter off now, not without letting us know what you'd like to do?”

Red Heart state it mater of factly. Crimson couldn't argue with that, of course she didn't like it, but still was better then run around for dear life.

“Fine fine, but I hope you won't follow me to the toilet.”

That made Trixie laugh while Red raised her eyebrow to this replay.

“Oh, don't you worry... I might not even shove a thermometer up your flank every day.”

Trixie rolled on the ground after this one. This slightly made the vampony worried, with all her experience with Red Heart in her world, she wouldn't try taunt her, be weaker or not, she could get her way if so she want it after some knowledge learned how a vampony works.

“Ehehehe... dully noted.”

“Now then... we gonna go to the hospital, it's my day off but I would like to do a check up on you.”

“Trixie, would be ok if I make a mad dash... right about now?”

“You can try.”

She snickered.

“But doubt you can bash through the barriel Trixie put up, and it's just a show begs to be seen.”

“Is it me or a vampony scared from some blood tests and jabs?”

Now Red Heart was snickering as well, the white mare just deadpan, she didn't even bother to respond to the statement, just waved her hooves to all get going and get over with all this, as she put on her shades.

“I hate you all...”

Crimson voice was dripping from thick and venoms acid as she glared ahead. She was hold down by Trixie telekinesis while Red Heart jammed a huge injection into her flank. Trixie winced at the view while the nurse had quite a satisfaction in her eyes.

“That's for yesterday when you been toying with my heart dear.”

“I doubt I’d ask you out, like... ever.. Red.”

“Oh... that hurt you know... now where did I put that other vaccine I needed to give you.”

Crimson closed her mouth slowly to hold out any more response to this, one shot was enough, she didn't need another one.

The nurse checked everything in a full professional manner, well perhaps not the part where she made sure she make her 'revenge' for the last night discomfort the vampony caused. Then Red Heart began.

“It's good to know telekinesis good to hold you in place, if powerful enough.”

“Then thank Trixie is around, as only a handful of unicorns strong enough to pull it off, if I don't count the princesses.. And actually, I could break free, not easily, but I could...”

“Trixie doubts that.”

“Oh I can, trust me Trix... Though there would be property damage, and the cover I still enjoy, little it may be, would be blown.”

“And I think you wouldn't wanna run around with that in your flank either.”

'Oh Red, I so going to bite you in the flank, hard, so you can share the sensation... grrr'

Crimson was boiling, and the nurse enjoyed this. It was rare she come to this, but if one dared to hamper the well being of sick ponies or hurt her truly... She made it sure to introduce this side of her to the offending Pony. Red Heart walked off to her station and picked up a second vaccine, the response of the vampony was quite clear, feral, deep, rumbling growl. Trixie shook her head rapidly side to side to say this was a bad idea.

“Okey, I may enjoy this to much... but, this must go as well. And fine, I be gentile with this one, as well fix up your flank from the other one.”

Crimson was growling, although, somewhat quieter. Red wasn't phased by the display, mainly as Trixie had her in her grasp. She has swiftly done the shot and took the other injection out from her flank as well.

“... you know... I going to bite you in the flank... hard...for this...”

“Don't you need our support dear?”

Crimson groaned loudly at this, Red holds the cards, and the only way she could reflect to this is by headbutt the metal examining table she was laying on, against the unicorn powerful telekinesis hold, and dent the metal in. Trixie gulped, and the nurse as well, this was a clear sign, better not piss her off more and enough retribution been made already about the other night incident.

“ehehehe...Trixie thinks it's a good that shade wasn't on you... How about we just... relax for now?”

The magician tried to steer every on to calmer water now, though she was mainly thinking about saveing her own flank, if from nothing else, then a huge vampony bite.

“...alright, then do you care to let off that telekinesis of yours, oh Great and Powerful.?”

Trixie nervously chuckled to this. Red re-evaluated the situation in the mean time and she shook her head violently. Trixie gave her an apologetic smile and let off her hold. Red gave a scared, sheepish smile to Crimson who was looking at her then, her eyes glowing red, though she was still laying on the metal construction.

“I'm quite full still... but then again... I do feel a little peckish now... You wouldn't mind if I have a little bite now... Red.”

It wasn't even a question, She began slowly rare away.

“Now, now... I won't hurt you.”

“Trixie, TELEKINESIS, NOW!”

Red Heart stood there and stare, she was waiting for the miracle but never came.

“Trixie... I hate you..”

Crimson giggled evilly now, still hadn't moved an inch, not that the nurse could out run her, even with the head start.

“Now, now...just come back here, it will be... delicious.”

She has just rooted there and then, not even move a muscle or blink. Crimson just shook her head disapprovingly.

“Tsk, tsk, tsk...”

A sudden gale of wind blowed through the room, and when she processed it, the vampony wasn't there any more, rather standing right behind her, as she ever so slowly was wrapping her hooves around her from behind, giggling. Then she took a serious tone when she had a solid grip around the smaller white mare.

“Now... Let's just agree on one thing... You as well Trixie. That we don't go down this road, or at least not a lot. Now... I wouldn't hurt you seriously, and I hope you wouldn't hurt me either. Plus I do know I did earn this special treatment last night... It's sure not fun.”

A very loud and hard gulp was all Red could make then. Trixie nodded as well in agreement, and was she ever so glad she choiced let her go instead keep hold her down and now be grilled by the vampony.

“As for the bite... I still gonna bite you Red. Try to relax, all you gonna get is some dizziness from a little blood loss. I know you don't like it... Well I didn't like it either how you jabbed that huge needle into my flank and left it there casually for minutes.. Plus, you like to learn about vamponies. Experience feeding on sure intimate, but quite a valuable, no pun or jokes intended there. Red Heart in my world did volunteer to it.”

The poor earth pony mare was trembling in her solid yet gentle grasp. She closed her eyes to gather her thought.

“At.. this rate we going to toss the ball forever.. Crimson.. look. I'm scared to death right now, last night too, I don't think you been scared this badly by anything me and Trixie done combined.”

Crimson smile at this and gave a sigh

“Yes you are right, assured, you aren't the only one who has a temper. After all we born in the same month.”

“Oh Mare... Scorpions... and two”

Trixie gave a proper facehoof to herself. Red just gave a resign sigh, still trembling a bit. Crimson gave an evil smile to her, but not the kind evil that screams monster, but the one that friends gave to each other when doing their usual antics.

“You gonna bite me on the neck, aren't you.”

Deadpan the nurse.

“Yuppery yup.”

“And sure I won't be hurt badly by a huge, pair of hole on my neck, bleeding out? Or be suspicious to like... The rest of the village when we try to convince them you are friendly?”

“Mmm... Damn you Red, you argue to good... tell you what.. I not gonna do it now, but this will be merely proseponed.”

All the tension that was in her body deflated after she heard it, and rest her head on Crimsons shoulder.

“Thank you, and yeah I know you just want my neck... I have a feeling it's a 'snack' you denie yourself normally.”

“Yup, ever so sharp there Red.”

Crimson was chuckling now. Trixie was massaging her forehead, under her horn, all the while Red Heart just laid in the vampony forehooves, content to avoid being the desert on the menu, for the time being.

“Anyway, it's getting late and you sure need some sleep, but... why you sleep in that storage room in the first place?”

“It's.. a long story...”

Trixie got closer to the pair, intent to hear more stories, as was the whole day, full of interesting bits of Ponies life's.

“Trixie interested as well, and we heard Crimson life story so far in detail, we haven't heard of your story yet, Miss Red Heart.”

“Nor yours Trixie, but I guess Red first.”

And so she let go of the earth pony as they formed a small circle on the ground. Red Heart then began her tell, how she end up as homeless mare and forced to sleep at her workplace.

Author's Note

Here's the newest chapter =)

Crimson is a bit bipolar all i can say, she don't like conflict and such, but the beast inside her quite the opposite, pissing off her is all but wise idea XD

You can expect more banter from the duo along the way ;)