Hard times

Section-8 Alone We Fall

    "WAH!!" Vega screamed as she woke up. She quickly felt her neck searching for any wounds. She gasped when she found two holes in her neck. She she got up and looked around, she was back in the library. She saw Twilight still searching for the apple as if nothing had happened. "Twilight." Vega called to her. "Sorry, did I wake you?" Twilight answered. "No, do you have a mirror?" Vega asked hastily. "There's one in the bathroom." Twilight answered as she pointed to a door. Vega quickly rushed to the bathroom, went in and locked the door. She looked into a large mirror that hung on the wall. She examined her neck and saw the two holes. A red ring connected the holes on her neck, the wound appeared to be bite marks. She rubbed her neck as she remembered the last thing she heard before waking up. 'As long as one of us stands we are legion. We are Vrolok.' She pondered that last word. "What does Vrolok mean?" She asked herself. Failing to come up with an answer she decided to ask Twilight.

    "How did this happen?!" Twilight asked as she examined the ring and indentations on Vega'$ neck. "I started reading a book and I guess I fell asleep and when I woke up I had this!" Vega replied. "Wait, what book did you read?" Twilight asked with concern. Vega lead Twilight to the book. Twilight picked the book up and read the cover. "What did you read in this Vega?" She asked still concerned. Vega flipped through the book until she found the spell then the handed the book back to Twilight. Twilight looked over the page, skimming its contents until she found the effect of the spell. "Oh this isn't good." Twilight stated, then placed a hoof over her mouth. "What?! I'm I gonna die?!" Vega asked fearful of the response. "Your already dead." Twilight told her with grief. "What do you mean 'I'm already dead'?" Vega asked. "Your a...a vampire in a sense." Twilight answer hesitantly. Vega took a moment to process the shocking information she had just received before speaking again. "You said 'in a sense' what exactly does 'in a sense' mean?" She asked. "You need blood to survive," Twilight told her. "Without it you will eventually die. The spell was originally ment for eternal youth but it came with a cost." Twilight finished. Vega looked at Twilight and said. "We should get back to the cottage maybe your tall friend can help fix this." Twilight nodded and said. "Okay, but I need to find that apple first!" Twilight told her. Vega looked down a little frustrated. "Okay fine we'll get the apple the get back to the cottage. What's it look like anyway?" Vega asked. "It's black," Twilight told her. "You'll know when you find it." The two looked at each other once more the headed to the shelves.

    'I'm shoving books aside and rooting through the many shelves searching for an apple!' Vega thought to herself as she looked. Shelf after shelf she rummaged searching for the apple, while still trying to come to grips with her newly found vampiric side gave her an odd feeling that seemed to emanate from her very core. She groaned as her gut wrenched with hunger, she ignore the aching until she couldn't take it anymore. Her stomach let out a loud, low, growl and with it came a concerning look from Twilight. "I'm fine." Vega assured her with a smile. Vega new what she had to do to stop the hunger but she chose to prolong the need for as long as possible. Vega returned to searching for the apple to try to occupy her mind.

    As Vega was looking through one of the top shelves she found something. Vega pushed the books aside and found a small door. On the door was a sort of lock, the outline of a horseshoe was engraved on it. Out of curiosity Vega put her hoof to the outline. As her hoof  fell upon the outline a pale blue light circled around the lock. Vega retracted her hoof and watched as the lock dissipated into mist. Vega gently pushed the door open. Behind it was an apple that was as black as midnight and had a glossy coating almost like the carapace of an insect. As she reached for it she saw its glassy black texture gleam in the light. "Twilight!" She called. "I think I found it!"

    Vega climbed down the latter with the apple in her aura to present it to Twilight. Suddenly, on her way down a rung broke and caused her to limit to the hard wood floor below. Vega landed with a heavy thud. Twilight quickly rushed to her side and helped her pick herself up. Twilight rubbed the back of her head and found that she was bleeding. Vega seemed to be unaffected by the fall and acted as it nothing had happened. Suddenly Vega felt the blood running down the back of her neck. Twilight watched as Vega'$ eyes grew wide and hollow. Twilight began to fear for her life when she Vega looked at her. All of a sudden Vega fell to the floor limply.