Master of the Monster

Loneliness and immortality, two concepts that were more related than anyone could tell.  Yes, she was immortal, eternally young and beautiful but she was also the loneliest creature in the whole world.  Every single person she knew, every single one who shared a bond with her just passed away like the other mortals.

Even the one she thought was going to be forever with her, her master, her creator; her second father.  He gave up.  He hunted down and exterminated every single one of their kind before allowing a young human to kill him.

Now Seras was the last vampire.  She was free to do whatever she wanted, crossing the night by her own; but without anyone to share that freedom, Seras didn’t want it.  She always could create new vampires, yes, but something inside Seras kept her to do such thing.  Seras knew what kind of monsters they were and even if she was a vampire herself, she always fought for the humans, protecting them from the monsters.  A monster who protected the humans from the other monsters.

So what else she could do but sleep? Seras was stubborn, she turned into that creature because she refused to give up; she decided to stay alive whatever it takes; so instead of gave up like Alucard her master, she locked herself into her coffin and closed her eyes waiting.  She didn’t know what she was waiting for, she only wanted to sleep until the time comes.

The years turned into decades, the decades in centuries, the centuries in millenniums; and all the time Seras was still sleeping.  Eventually the human race extinguished completely taking almost all their knowledge with them.  A new race took over the earth and the principles of violence and self-destruction were replaced by friendship and magic.  The entire city was swallowed by the wild forest and completely forgotten with the rest of the human legacy.  And into her coffin, Seras was still sleeping, waiting; always waiting.

…

“Coming for you beautiful!”  yelled one big dog to a small pegasus who was running away from them.

The yellow pegasus, named Fluttershy, looked behind and ran faster.  At the end, Fluttershy saw her salvation: the Everfree forest.  She ran into the woods hoping to lose the Diamond Dogs who were hunting her.

When they saw her entering the forest, the youngest members of the crew were about to enter too but the leader stopped them.

“Don’t be so reckless, kids.  This is the Everfree forest, you better be careful”

“But boss, we’re going to lose her!”

“No, we’re not”  said the leader rolling his eyes.  “Just look at this: she’s bleeding”

The dogs stared at the blood trail Fluttershy left behind and grinned.  Perfect, now she was doomed.  It was only a matter of time they get her.

The leader nodded and carefully entered to the forest.

Fluttershy was tired, now all she wanted was a place to hide.  Luckily she saw what looked like a cave and entered quickly.  It seemed dark and scary but she didn’t care anymore.  All she wanted was to escape from the Diamond Dogs.

She sat on a rock trying to recover energies; it was when she noticed she was bleeding.  It was just a small cut, nothing to worry about, but she realized she probably left a blood trail behind her.  More scared than before, Fluttershy ran deeper into the cave; faster when she heard the Diamond Dogs entering too.

Wandering in the darkness, Fluttershy bumped into some kind of wooden box.  The noise called the dogs’ attention.

“I heard something, come on”

Fluttershy didn’t think twice, randomly touching it in the darkness, she opened the wooden box and tried to hide inside; but she realized something was in there.  It was a kind of mummy, a dry corpse of some kind of bipedal creature.  Fluttershy screamed in horror not noticing her blood was dripping in the creature’s face.

“Found you”  said a dog when they came.

Fluttershy shacked in fear.  “Please don’t hurt me. Please…”

The diamond dog was about to grab her when suddenly, two bright red eyes appeared in the dark.  Fluttershy gulped and turned when she felt something behind her.  The creature stared at Fluttershy first and then to the dogs.  All of them stepped back in horror.

The creature smiled.  They all could see the white and shining fangs in the darkness.  The dogs screamed and ran away.  Fluttershy was too scared to do something.  The creature roared and trapped the first dog.  They all could hear his screams of pain.  When she finished drinking the dog’s blood she caught the other two who shared his fate.

One by one the dogs were hunted and exterminated by the creature, who was too powerful and terrifying for any of them.  At the end she turned to Fluttershy, who was still shaking in a corner.  The creature bowed to her.

“Are you alright, my new master?”

“What?”  whispered Fluttershy.

“I asked you if you are alright, master”

“Ma… ma… master?”  asked Fluttershy still in fear.

The creature nodded.  “All this years I’ve being waiting.  I didn’t know what I was waiting for, but I knew it at the first moment your blood gave restored my strength.  I was waiting for you, Fluttershy my master.  I, Seras Victoria, only exist to serve you and grant all your wishes.  Give me my orders master, and I’ll accomplish without a second thought”

Fluttershy gulped but decide to test the waters.  “Very well… Seras.  I’m lost in this cavern, please show me the way out and protect me all the way back home”

Again, Seras bowed to Fluttershy.

“As you wish, Fluttershy my master”

Seras showed the way out to Fluttershy but grumped when she realized the sun was still on the sky.

“Is something wrong, Seras?”  asked Fluttershy.

“Nothing, my master.  Is just… sunlight is deadly for most of my kind.  Not for me, I just hate it”

Fluttershy felt a little shivered when she heard it but decided to ignore the detail now than she could have a better look of this new ‘servant’ of hers.  She was like a big monkey without a tail and hair only on her head and she was wearing some kind of red dress.  Besides, for some reason, her right arm was completely black irradiating some kind of strange red light.

“Seras… hum… can you do something about… your appearance? If you don’t mind… is just…  I don’t want to scare anypony else if they see you and…”

“I can, my master.  But I’ll need you to give me some of your blood”

Without understand, Fluttershy extended her hoof to Seras’s mouth and she started to lick the dripping blood being careful to not bite her new master.  After a while, Seras stopped and started her transformation.  The blood allowed her to assimilate her new master’s nature and change her shape to one that doesn’t bother Fluttershy.

Seras began to shrink, stopping at pony size.  Then, her uniform turned into red fur and covered her completely; at the end a blond tail grew at her behind and a bat Cutie Mark appeared at her flank along with two wings.

“Is this okay, my master?”  asked the new pegasus.

Fluttershy gasped, but at the end she nodded.

“It’s perfect; I guess”  she was still nervous about the red eyes, the fangs and her right forehoof that was still black irradiating red light.

They began to walk through the forest in silence, until they reached Fluttershy’s cottage.  She turned to Seras.

“Do you have a place to stay, Seras?”

“I’ll stay wherever you decide, my master.  I can stay on the cave you found me, or wherever you told me to.  I only have to move my coffin and that’s it”

Fluttershy looked all around her making sure nopony see Seras yet.  She was scared by the creature, but also thankful for what she did. Besides she was the Element of Kindness and she couldn’t let a lonely creature stay on the Everfree forest just by herself.  At the end she stared at Seras.

Taking a big breath, Fluttershy finally spoke:  “Very well Seras.  I don’t know why you consider me as your master but that makes me responsible for you; after all I was the one who awoke you”

Seras nodded.

“You’ll be staying with me at my cottage but under three conditions”

Seras nodded again.

“First: you’ll never hurt any innocent pony.  Do you understand?  I can see you feed from the blood of other living beings, so I can’t restrain you for hunting.  You’ll feed from whatever you find in the Everfree forest, but not intelligent beings; just animals.  After all predators are part of the balance of nature.  But ponies and my pets are out of limits”

Seras bowed. “I understand, my master”

“Second, you mentioned you’re nocturnal.  Very well, you’ll be able to wander at night but hiding from others.  Understand?  You’ll keep your existence as a secret. Nopony should see you”

“I’ll do my best, master.  But if somepony sees me…”

“That’s my third condition Seras, you’re able to hurt others only to feed. Only to feed.  You’re forbidden to hurt others, not even in self-defense”

“Your wishes are my command, Fluttershy my master.  I’ll never hurt others unless I’m hunting or you order me to”

Fluttershy gave Seras a warm smile.

“I’m glad you understood, Seras.  Now go for your coffin and I hope we become great friend”

Seras smiled too.  Fluttershy wasn’t Integra or Alucard, but she was special at her own way.  She knew deep inside her than obey Fluttershy was the right thing to do, so she’ll be happy to be a good slave for her new little master.