A Vampire's friendship

Chapter 2: What hunt?

Tsukune woke after hitting something, he rubbed his head and groaned, face planting always hurt, then he remembered what happened. Hearing a soft moan from beside him he looked over, Mizore was sitting up, rubbing her head as well, he was about to ask if she was okay when she looked up and froze. He followed her stare and saw all manner of colorful horse surrounding them, they both screamed for a minute, then continued to survey the pony faces, suddenly a voice spoke up.

"Dibs on the female!" A cyan flying pony with rainbow hair announced, licking her lips.

"Hey no fair!" A pink pony was bouncing by her, "Fine but I get the male!"

"Darlings, no reason to argue over food," The white horned pony said, "Anyway, it looks like there is plenty to go around."

"Fine she can have the male," The rainbow pony said, " But i'm not sharing the female, she looks soooo delicious!"

Suddenly the rainbow pony flew right in Mizore's face, "If you start running i can make it look like you put up a fight," She whispered. That didn't sit too well with Mizore, the rainbow pony was a solid block of ice before anyone could blink, many gasps came from around them, even some whispering, then a purple horned pony stepped forward and levitated her frozen friend back, wait levitated?

The purple pony then used some kind of magic to put up a force field around them, he tested it, he received a massive shock from it, he turned to Mizore, she was staring down at the ground.

"You okay there Mizore," Tsukune grabbed her shoulder.

"Yeah i'll be alright," Mizore answered back.

"Okay, what's the matter," He asked.

"They, called us food," Mizore shivered.

"Horses that eat meat?" Tsukune shivered as well, "Scary."

"What are they talking about," Mizore looked at a small group that was whispering intensely.

Tsukune scanned the group of ponies, one, as he noticed, was larger than the rest, with flowing rainbow hair, and white fur, "Not sure."

The tall pony stepped forward, revealing her wings, along with her horn, then spoke, "What are you?"

"Um," Tsukune paused, "Who are you asking, me or her?"

"Are you not both the same," She asked.

"No," Short and sweet.

"Okay, what are you then," She pointed a hoof at him.

"Vampiric Demon," Tsukune had to sit and have that explained to him before.

"A Demon Vampire," She deadpanned.

"Yes," He said.

"And her," She pointed to Mizore.

"She is a snow woman," Tsukune answered.

"Oh," she was familiar with snow mares, this must be the same, she then turned and continued to whisper with the little group.

Tsukune was a little bugged, they were talking a like they were plotting the very slow death of them both, then he over heard the rainbow one raise her voice, "Why don't we just dig into both of them and fry up some delicious organs?"

Tsukune paled, nope, nope, nope, he was not becoming lunch, he looked over at Mizore, "Ready to go?"

Mizore nodded and backed away from him, she knew the exit method, all the ponies were not paying attention, but they would be. He stood up and stepped closer to the force field, pulled his arm back, and delivered a massive blow right to the shield, shattering it and sending magical feedback to the caster.

"Come on!" Tsukune grabbed Mizore's hand and they ran, cutting through the crowd.

"Hey!" They heard from the rainbow one behind them.

"Stop right there!" The tall pony yelled, then teleported in front of Tsukune, making him leap over her while Mizore slid under her, confusing her all the same. Tsukune had managed to get through most of this little carnival thing, nobody was following him as far as he knew, then he stopped mid-run, the pony at the 'Cider cellar' began to look very good, almost mouthwatering, but that past and he was running again.

"What happened?" Mizore asked him, jumping a startled pegasus, "You looked off for a minute."

"It's nothing," Tsukune reasoned to her, and himself.

"Hurry!" They heard from behind them, the rainbow one was gaining.

Before the rainbow pony caught up they slid under a large red stallion, making the rainbow pony plow right into him, letting out a loud 'oof', they continued to run past shocked ponies and screaming mares, they ran toward the thick forest ahead.

"Wait!" They heard a voice call after them, "I didn't even get to throw you a party!"

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Celestia watched as the two creatures ran into the Everfree Forest, she stood next to her student and worried herself over some disturbing memories. She knew the appearance of these two odd creatures had meant something she didn't want to think about, but that would mean she was ignoring the fact tha- "Princess, are you alright?" Twilight interrupted her thoughts, she looked down at her, her student wore a worried expression.

"Worry not my faithful student," Celestia soothed her mind, "But there is something I must show you."

"What, what is it," Twilight was worried again, not only about these creatures, or her now headache, but the worry she heard in her mentors voice.

"Bring the other Elements of Harmony," Celestia turned and beckoned her guard, "Bring more carriages down and make sure the Elements make it to the castle please."

"Right away my princess," the guard bowed, he then turned, "You there, call for more carriages."

"What's the big surprise?!" Pinkie bubbled.

"This is something we best discuss in private my little ponies," Celestia answered.

"Pardon me princess," Rarity called, " But I am a little worried that those, uncouth, ill fashioned, monsters are no private matter."

"Yeah!" Rainbow Dash chimed in, " Nothing can move that fast!"

"Princess," Applejack spoke up, " I respect that ya'll want ta take care o us, but why don't we Elements just go chase down them monsters and turn them to stone?"

"That is sound logic," Twilight agreed, "But what if they turn out to be friendly?"

"Aw don't worry," Rainbow said, "It would be like storing food, no harm done."

"But why would we eat them?" Fluttershy spoke, surprisingly loud, "What if... What if they turn out be poisonous?"

"We could just boil the poison right out," Rainbow scowled, "You need to stop arguing for the food Fluttershy!"

"Be calm," Celestia said in a melodic voice, "This has to do less with those creatures then you may think."

"Princess, the carriages have arrived," A guard spoke from behind her.

"Thank you Brick hoof," Celestia led the Elements to the carriages.

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The flight over was very uneventful, only Rainbow was nearly any entertainment to the princess, things were quiet enough to think, making the princess think over many scary details from her past.

As soon as they landed near the castle garden Celestia called them over to her, "Now stay close my little ponies, the place we will go is not meant for any others except a princess."

"Yes princess," Twilight responded with a gulp.

The Elements stuck close to her and watched their surroundings, they had entered the Castle Garden, passing decorative statues and the pillar where Discord had been, then without warning the princess stomped her hoof, shaking the earth, the ground around the pillar began to creak and move, lowering into a rounded stairway. Descending one by one they watched as the torches on the wall were lighting up as the princess walked by, they had walked for about a minute before they came into a round room, statues lining the wall of the room.

"Welcome little ones, to the One room," Celestia had a grim look.

"One room princess?" Twilight asked.

"This is where we store the most dangerous of enemies," Celestia took a step forward, " Solid S."

A statue slid forward, stopping before Celestia, "This is why I wanted to talk with you girls," she stepped from in front of the statue, making the Elements gasp.

"But princess! How?!" Twilight looked over at her mentor's grim face.

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"So this is the Griffon Empire," Kurumu was sitting with Gilda in her room, "And everyone is a Griffon?"

"Mostly, there are other species here," Gilda replied, "But most are Griffons."

"So I got sucked into a world of myth," Kurumu growled, "And now i'm the only one like me!?"

"Never said that," Gilda threw up her claws in defense.

"What?" Kurumu looked surprised.

"Come with me," Gilda got up and headed for the door.

"Alright, but this better not be a trap," Kurumu warned.

"Wouldn't think of it," Gilda walked out, she still had her weapons strapped on.

Following Gilda she noticed that many griffons were casting odd looks their way, she contained her anger toward the unwelcome staring. After many minutes of silent walking Gilda halted, in front of them was an old broken building, windows were sealed with metal, and the door had a barricade up front, singing drifted from inside.

"Hey!" Gilda called, " Get out here and come meet someone!"

Soon a figure similar to Kurumu's walked out, wearing armor and humming a tune, Kurumu gasped.

"You!" Kurumu extended her claws.

"Hey, it's you!" Kokoa ran to her for a hug.