Tales of the vampire hunter

okay, I'm definitely not lying in the rubble anymore

Helsing vaguely remembered passing out, he remembered a sharp pain in his side, and for some reason he remembered different colored ponies.

That could talk.

okay Abraham, relax, you need to orientate yourself.

He could hear a faint beeping noise as well as some muttering to his left. His eyes were close but they was still a shimmer of light, so there was en extremely strong lamp right above him. He moved his upper lip slightly, still feeling the damp cloth of his bandana wrapped tightly around his face. He bent is leg next, not feeling any of his usual leather attire, so he was possibly sitting in his pants.

"I think he's awake."

Helsing jumped inside himself as he heard the voice. It was the one he remembered hearing just before he passed out. High pitched, overly happy, and for some reason it reminded him of cotton candy.

"He is?" He heard a not so familiar voice say, it sounded royal, or at least very close to royal.

Then another unknown voice said, "what does this do?"

He jumped from his bed, hearing a familiar click and yelling at the top of his lungs, "don't press the trigger!

Too late.

A cyan hoof pressed down the small lever, causing a spinning blade attached to a metal chain to soar out directly towards the hunter. He ducked down, the blade attaching itself in the wall and spinning wildly and spreading dust everywhere.

"Press it again!" He yelled through the thick wall of noise.

Rainbow dash complied, carefully pressing the lever again. The chain started pulling in the spin saw, the blade now sitting nice and comfortably in the rectangular barrel.

"S-sorry," rainbow said with quivering voice, "I was just curious."

"Then ask next time,"he said, pulling the gun out of her hooves, looking it over to see if any damage was dealt, "you could have killed everyone i the room."

Rainbow dash regained some of her pride, "I don't think it could've hit everyone, it's just one blade."

At her words the hunter aimed at a nearby coat hanger, the blade shooting out again and hitting just to the right of the metallic pole. He dragged the gun hastily to the left, the chain of the gun quickly slashing its way through the solid steel pole. He clicked the trigger again, dragging back the saw and looking at rainbow with a raised eyebrow.

"Umm, I arrest my case?" She said, shrugging slightly, but her wide eyes showed exactly how she felt.

She was excited beyond belief.

"Ah, good you're awake."

This voice Helsing could remember, it belonged to that purple horse he had seen before passing out. did he tell them his name?

"Yes, I am awake." He said, confirming what Twilight already knew.

Twilight nodded at him, still smiling, "well we didn't have proper time to introduce ourselves before you passed out. So I think that should be the first order of business, I'm Twilight Sparkle."

"Im Applejack, but some ponies call me Aj"

"I'm Pinkamena Diane Pie, but I like just being called Pinkie Pie, or Pinke."

"My name is Rarity, it's a pleasure to meet you."

"I'm Rainbow Dash, best flier in all of Equestria."

"I'm......fluttershy"

Helsing nodded at them all as they introduced themselves, "I'm Abraham Van Helsing," he said putting a hand on his chest, "I hail from eastern Germany, I'm a vampire hunter, and a chemist."

"Germany?"

"Vampire?"

"Chemist?"

The three questions were not unexpected, he knew this had to be some sort of alternate world. Not too much unlike hell or the chaos realm. But the fact that it was completely different to his own world was weird. In all the dimensions he had seen the inhabitants had always been humans, or at least creatures with some semblance to humans. And all of the worlds had similar geography to earth, so maybe this would not be so different.

"Well, the stereotypical accent iz zomething like siz." He said, doing his best to imitate the racist version of his language.

"Ohh," Rarity said, "like Germaneia!"

"I guess, I wouldn't know since I'm not from here."

"Well then what's a vampire?" Dash asked, now looking down from her elevated position just below the hospital ceiling.

"Fangs, suck blood, turns people into mindless slaves." He said, listing off the important things vampires did.

"Vamponies?" Twilight asked curiously, "but they're just an old mares tale."

A smile formed beneath Helsing's bandana, "I can assure you miss sparkle, that vampires are very real. In fact you have one roaming your world even as we speak."

"So you hunt them?" Fluttershy asked, "w-why do you hunt them?"

"Because a vampire killed my family."

The six of them looked at him in stunned silence. Some trying to talk but clamping their mouthes shut almost immediately after they opened them.

Surprisingly it was Fluttershy who spoke up, "I'm sorry to hear that."

Helsing scoffed slightly, "you aren't the only one."

"Is that the guy you were so desperate to chase after?" Twilight asked.

"No, I killed my family's murderer years ago."

Applejack looked as if she was ready to shout at him, "then why are you chasin' this guy?"

"Because he's The Lord of vampires," Helsing said, he sat up a little straighter suddenly, "someone is moving in on us."

"Of course silly," Pinkie said in her usual high pitched tone, "there's nurses all over the hospital."

"No," he said, grabbing his revolver and placing a single glimmering bullet in the chamber, "the person closing in is a vampire."

"Vampony," twilight corrected, but she was still looking afraid.

"You're safe as long as you stay close to the wall," he jumped off his bed, "no vampire is gonna survive a silver bullet to the head."

Rarity looked slightly appalled, "is that really necessary?"

"Not if you'd like to be a mindless ghoulish slave then it isn't."

Rarity quickly walked over to the wall pointing a hoof at the door, "commence."

The doorknob turned, Helsing cocked the gun, his hand not wavering an inch. The door was slowly pushed open.

Letting Celestia and Luna head in.

"Princess Luna, Princess Celestia," twilight said, a smile growing as she saw her mentor and her friend, "they're okay Helsing, these are our princesses."

Helsing didn't lower the pistol at any point, in stead he aimed directly at Luna, "why do I sense vampire magic within you?"

Luna cocked an eyebrow, a frown growing in the meantime, "I really have no idea mr. Helsing."

He turned to the sister of the sun. For the time ignoring the darker one and focusing intently on her. In her soul there was no darkness, unlike her sister. Her soul was pure of essence, almost as holy as one of the Holiran line.

Or the Belmonts.

He turned his attention back towards Luna, who still looked at him with skeptical eyes.

"Stand still," he said, dragging his hand down towards the most important of his tools.

His golden cross.

He grasped the holy object in his hand, feeling his limbs grow with renewed strength. He thrust the artifact towards the princess of the night....

And absolutely nothing happened.

The normal behavior of a vampire in her situation would be to cover in fear and beg for her life, but she was just eyeing the holy object while trying to keep a straight face.

"Alright then," Helsing said, putting the cross back onto the table alongside the rest of his artillery, "I'm sorry for the rudeness, but in my profession you have to be careful."

"Charmed," luna said, reaching a hoof out which Helsing proceeded to grasp and shake calmly. In truth they were a lot like each other. She was outshone by her holy counterpart, she was younger and inexperienced, and she carried a darkness deep within her soul.

Like Abraham to Simon.

"We were told you were found deep within the everfree forest by my student and her friends, is this correct?" Celestia asked, breaking down the cold wall that was forming between Luna and Abraham.

"This is true," Helsing said  nodding at the monarch and encouraging her to go on.

Celestia nodded, "I knew this already, I was the one who sent them there."

Helsing great wide eyed, noticing for the first time that his goggles were missing. How could she have known he had appeared right there?

"I'm guessing that at the time of your arrival, I detected a large outburst of evil magic in the Everfree forest. So I sent my student and her friends in to investigate."

Helsing tensed at the words dark magic, because that meant that his biggest nightmare and his greatest wish had been granted all at the same time.

Dracula was here.

"I can assure you princess, this is none of my doing."

Celestia walked over to his left examining the table and his equipment in the process, "I would love to believe you Sir Helsing, but we have no proof. If you can present me something that backs up your claim, then I will listen."

Helsing shot a quick glance at the six who had saved them, Twilight in particular looked worried. But there was nothing to fear, every hunter had both a badge of office, and something slightly more convincing.

He leaned over the table, grabbing a small skin knapsack. He snapped it open, revealing several different miscellaneous items. But there was one specific thing that he was looking for.

He dragged a large book out, the title reading at the top: "Vampires and their hunters."

"Page 107, chapter 6, you'll find all you need to know there." He said, handing the book to Celestia who promptly enveloped it in her golden aura.

Her eyes scanned the page, growing wider and wider with each passing line. Finally she slammed the book close, looking at the hunter with a look made of steel.

"You will tell me everything Van Helsing, and you will do so now!"