Master of the Monster

Seras woke up after a good day of sleep, exactly what she needed to recover her full strength after the two fights she had. She couldn’t tell Fluttershy but she really thanked that Sun Deity for giving her the donated blood; if it wasn’t for that, she could never recover completely after wasting so much energy reducing Discord and Sombra. Seras was a monster and she managed to survive drinking only animal blood for respect to her master; but the only thing she could consume to keep her powers completely at her disposition was blood from a creature with an advanced mind and soul.

But she tried to not to think so much about it.  She only walked upstairs slowly.

“Good evening” she greeted seeing all her young master’s friends were there. “I see you’re having fun, so keep going. I’m going hunting now, it won’t take long”

“Ehem… Seras, that’s not necessary” said Fluttershy with a warm smile. “You see, I invited them to a dinner party so you can know them better. If you don’t mind of course, is only that I think I’ll need my friends’ help to do the reforming thing”

Seras bowed.  “As you wish, Fluttershy. I only exist to serve you. I’m a little thirsty but one night of abstinence won’t kill me”

Twilight used her magic to levitate a container to Seras.

“Here. Princess Celestia agreed to keep sending you donated blood during your reformation. She says is better than allow you to cross the night by yourself risking to attack one little pony even if you swore you’ll not”

Seras made a small chuckle and took one of the packages and started drinking with pleasure. Again, it was much better than animal blood; but only because she was in that pony form. If she were in her human form, equine blood was like any other animal’s.

“And let me know when you need more. Again, this is better than risking to have any incidents with you” Twilight added.

“All right fellas, now A’ think we should introduce ourselves properly” said Applejack approaching to Seras and offering her a hoof.  “Ya’ are very powerful and the scariest thing A’ ever met, but also the one who saved us from Discord so you deserve a chance. Hello, my name is Applejack”

Seras smiled and shook Applejack’s hoof. “A pleasure to meet you Applejack. My name is Seras Victoria”

Rarity offered the vampire a nervous smile. “Well, hello darling; is a pleasure to meet the pony who saved us all. My name is Rarity and whenever you need clothes please come to my boutique”

“Again, a pleasure to meet you” said Seras.

Rarity then took a small box from one chair and offered it to Seras.  “The pleasure is mine, darling. And I also made you this present, to thank you for what you did. Is not my finest work, but when that brute showed us your memories I noticed is your style. Please accept it, if it wasn’t for you I’ll be a statue right now. A gorgeous statue but still I don’t think I would like the experience”

Seras unwrapped Rarity’s present. It was a simple sundress and a hat. Like the ones she used on her free days when she was a police officer instead of a Hellsing Organization’s deadliest agents.

“Do you like it, Seras?”  asked Rarity.

“Very” said Seras.

“Oh, I’m so happy!” Rarity made a dramatic sigh of relieve. “I didn’t know what to do if the pony who saved me from Discord’s evil didn’t like my present”

“Again, I’m sorry” grumped Discord offering Rarity a glass of champagne. “ I was being controlled by Sombra. And hello to you, Seras Victoria. The name is Discord, Spirit of Disharmony and Chaos and also the first monster reformed by our friend Fluttershy. I hope we can become friends after our… rough start.

Seras smiled. “Don’t worry, it wasn’t your fault. Is a pleasure to meet you in good terms even if I still can sense your fear, but please; don’t worry about me. I would never forgive myself if I do everything to hurt Fluttershy’s friends. Through her blood I could see how much she cares about you. All of you”

Discord gulped but quickly smiled. He didn’t like the idea of Seras sensing when he was afraid but tried his best to dissimulate.

Rainbow Dash shivered. “Again, you’re officially creeping me out, but yeah; I owe you a big thank you to save us from Discord. And letting you know that if something happen to Fluttershy, I don’t care how powerful you are; I’ll going after you.

Seras nodded. “Message taken. Nice you meet you Rainbow Dash”

Twilight offered her hoof too.  “Well, hi. As you already know, I’m Twilight Sparkle Princess of Magic. I hope we become great friends too and I’ll do anything to help you, you just have to ask”

“Thank you Twilight Sparkle”

Pinkie Pie bounced to Seras and shot her with the party cannon.  The surprised vampire was about to react when Pinkie filled her mouth with a piece of cake. “Hello Sery. My name is Pinkie Pie and I like bright sunny days. I know you hate the sun and that’s really sad… but I eventually like to hang out at night so when the time comes, we can have a huge party! I know we’re gonna be great friends, my Pinkie Sense is telling me that and it’ll never lie to me.  Meeting new friends is the best thing ever, don’t you think?”

Seras didn’t answer, she was drowning with the piece of cake. Fluttershy quickly flew to help her with the Heimlich maneuver allowing the vampire to breath again.

“You didn’t like it?”  asked a very sad Pinkie. “And I thought I was a decent baker. I’m terribly sorry Seras, I promise next cake I bake for you will be the best of the best. So tasty that you’ll never try another cake after you eat it!”

“Is not your fault” managed to say Seras after a while. “As a vampire, I’m unable to consume normal food. I can’t even swallow it”

Pinkie Pie smiled relieved but quickly changed her expression. “So you’re telling me the only thing you can drink or eat is blood”

“Exactly”

“Oh! That’s so awful. I can’t picture myself having the same snack over and over again! That must be the worst part of being a vampire! Why is the world so unfair with you? WHY IS IT?”

Twilight put Pinkie apart with her magic.

“Forget Pinkie, Seras. She is just being her”

Seras smiled warmly for the first time in over a million years. “Don’t apology for her, Twilight Sparkle. In fact, is kind of refreshing having her around. It the only being in this world who is not even a little afraid of me; besides Fluttershy. But even her was completely terrified the first time we met”

Excited, Pinkie ran to give Seras a big hug.

“I don’t have any idea what to do now” said Seras.

“What about returning the hug?” Pinkie suggested. “Is nice to offer a hug to your friends”

Still unsure, Seras returned the hug and slowly, she remembered the days when she was only a human. The happier days of her entire existence.

“So you can smile” teased Pinkie. “For a moment I thought you couldn’t”

Seras separated from the hug surprised. As the pink pony said, she was smiling. Truly smiling.

“After all this years”  she mumbled.

“See? Your kindness is still there” said Fluttershy gently. “Is not than it died, you only forget how to use it”

Nopony said nothing for a while, but in the bottom of her heart Seras realized what Fluttershy said was true. She suffered a lot during her first year as a vampire; and during that battle with Zorin something broke inside her. It was broken but not dead. Seras’ old self was still there waiting to the right moment… and probably the magic of friendship will do the trick.

“There’s a lot I need to think about it. But in the meantime, isn’t supposed to be a dinner party? I’ll set the table for you”  said Seras and walked to the dining room.

The ponies smiled.

“What do you think?”  asked Fluttershy.  “She’ll be a lot of easier to reform than Discord. No offense”

“None taken” replied the Draconequs. “Still, be careful Fluttershy. She probably voluntarily tied her powers and free will to you… but I don’t want to be near when you release the last Restriction Seal. Her powers are darker than any other creature in Equestria; and at the end she is still a being of darkness”

“I hate to agree with Discord, but he’s right”  mumbled Twilight. “And the worst part is we still need her full capabilities to stop Sombra. After seeing her memories… I’m convinced than the best weapon against a monster is another much more powerful monster”

“Celestia won’t like you to say such things” replied Discord.

Twilight blushed, but shook her head. “You’re right. Focus in the important part, reform Seras and turn her back into a mortal. Still, Sombra is not going to leave us alone until he defeat her once for all”

“I know the feeling” grumped Dash. “He wants revenge after humiliating him”

“No, because he is afraid” corrected Discord. “Seras not only master powers that he doesn’t understand. She also is skilled specifically in combat with other beings of darkness.  Fluttershy owns his greatest threat”

“I don’t own anypony, Discord” protested Fluttershy. “She is a friend, that’s it”

“From your perspective” corrected Rarity.

Flutteshy didn’t protest more. She knew her friends were right about Seras, but still she cared about the monster and made a promise to reintroduce her to society reforming her back to the kind woman she used to be.

“Well, this is a special occasion so stop thinking such depressing things” suddenly said Pinkie Pie. “We still have to prepare her for her big night tomorrow!”

“Her introduction to the rest of Ponyville” said Twilight. “Well, a lot of ponies saw when she saved them all from Discord so I think they’ll accept her. Or at least I hope so”