Adventures in the Dark of Night

A Vampony? Seriously? This can't be real. I'm dreaming. Yeah, I'm still sleeping in the old schoolhouse, dozing quietly in this nightmare.

The Vampony who had introduced himself as Draculin laughed, landing back on the ground. "Relax, kiddo, I ain't gunna suck your blood." Jubilee looked at him again, thinking quietly as he stared into the Pegasi's red eyes. He knew, somewhere deep, his heart maybe, that the Pegasi Vampony would not harm him. "I thought Vamponies weren't real, just stories made up by adult ponies to scare us..." Jubilee used his hooves to life up Draculin's lips, looking at his fangs with quiet admiration. "It must be exciting being a Vampony...." he added, letting go of Draculin's face. "Eh, it's not all it's cracked up to be." Draculin scratched at his long, long black mane. "You know how us Vamponies started, don't you?" Jubilee shook his head and sat down on his comfy spot as if waiting for the story. For some reason this dangerous Pony who could kill Jubilee in a heartbeat and not feel anything about it wasn't scary at all, in fact, he was actually sort of admirable. "Lemme lay it out to you, kiddo."

The Vamponies were a cult of Nightmare Moon followers who sacrificed the ability to walk in Nightmare Moon's sibling Celestia's
warm sunlight, and in return gave them immortality. After Nightmare Moon was imprisoned in the moon, the Vamponies disappeared, most dying after trying to go back out in the sun. The rest either went into eternal sleep or lived off of the thing keeping them alive and immortal: the blood of innocent ponies.

"So, you worship Nightmare Moon?" Jubilee asked, looking a bit worried again. "Heavens no, child, Nightmare Moon is no more!" Draculin smiled and patted Jubilee on his head, his mane falling back over his eyes. Jubilee responded by laughing and tossing his head back, his mane returning to its original spot. "I believe I may be the last Vampony, and if I am, I will make sure I'll stay the only one." "Why can't there be more of you?" Jubilee asked curiously. He didn't understand what Draculin meant.
"Because this is a curse." Draculin's features became stone, a level of seriousness Jubilee did not expect from the seemingly carefree Vampony. Draculin' quickly changed pace, moving away from the topic. "So, Mister....uhh..." Draculin eyed him curiously, obviously asking his name. "Jubilee Walker." Jubilee gave an uncharacteristic bow, his mane covering his eyes yet again. He returned to his original stance, tossing his back to fix his mane. "So, Jubilee, do you want to come?" Draculin smiled mischievously, holding out a hoof to Jubilee. The young colt looked at him with slight hesitation, but smiled back, taking his hand. "Okay, where are we going?" Draculin tossed the colt up as if he were weightless, making him land perfectly on his back. "First, you're going home." Draculin sing-songed, picking up Jubilee's slightly ripped satchel. Jubilee looked at him awkwardly, taking the satchel from him. "Why do I have to go back, can't we just leave now?" Jubilee whined through the satchel strap in his mouth. "Because you need to think about this, if you leave with me you can't come back." Jubilee's mind raced. Why wouldn't be able to come back? "Not even to see my Momm-my Mother?" Draculin took into the air, exiting the schoolhouse through a hole in the ceiling. "Not even to see her." Draculin replied. Within minutes Draculin was back on the ground in front of Jubilee's simple little house. Draculin looked at him and nodded, commenting "Think hard on your decision." Jubilee turned around as the Pegasus turned, but his voice caused him to turn his head back. The pagsus was in the air flying away as the words reached his ears: "And sleep well, kid." Jubilee blushed and smiled, going into the house. The kitchen light was on but his mother must have been asleep, so he shut it off and navigated his way to his room. He flipped on light and stared at his plain room, and smiled. He hit the light off and went to his bed, staring up at his ceiling, illuminated by the moon. What was he to do? He had the choice to escape this boring town and live his own life with someone special. Jubilee stopped there. His head hurt to much to decide tonight. He would decide tomorrow, at school. He shooed away anymore thoughts and let sleep take him. He told himself goodnight and shut out the lights inside himself, falling fast asleep with the covers up to his chin.

See you tomorrow night, Draculin.