Chapters Love/Blood Lust
The cool air of the night wafted through the small hut as a single figure sat at a table in the main room. He would casually take a sip from a bottle of, thick, red liquid as he waited. The house was neatly kept, for now, and everything was at peace, for now. In fact if someone were to walk in they would see it as an everyday house, with an everyday commoner. The only think that wasn’t in an ‘everyday’ style was the lights, or lack of light.
The whole building was dark without even a candle lit, but I, Alister Glorwalled, did not mind the dark. My dark red eyes would scanned the room, taking in every detail as I patiently waited. Every so often I would take another sip from my bottle, then it was back to looking out.
Ten more minutes passed by before there was a disturbance from my repeating cycle.
A dark red glow, about two shades lighter than my eyes started to form over the table, at eye level. With a hand I reached out and took hold of the sphere and looked inside its light.
It showed the form of two figures outside the small hut. One was short and thin, with a brown cloak that concealed his face and he held a staff that was a good three feet taller than him. The other was nearly seven feet tall and broad in the shoulders. He was dressed in armor from head to foot and gripped a shield in his right hand, as he had his left on the hilt of a long sword.
The short one was speaking. “Alright, Sir. Lueise, have you ever fought a vampire before?”
Sir. Lueise just shook his head before responding. “I have beaten down bandits, soldiers, werewolves, other knights, and even a hydra, but not a vampire.”
“In that case there is a few things you should know first.” The first man continued in a whisper. “First, don’t look into the eyes. That’s how…”
“That should be none of your concern!” Sir. Lueise interrupted. “There is nothing on this earth that can beat me, and even less that can frighten me! So do not concern yourself master wizard.”
The other man looked at his companion for a moment before sighing and continuing onward.
“We were hired to get rid of this danger and, I don’t know about you but, I would like to live to gain what was promised to us. So wait here and I will search the area for any trap spells, or awareness, spells.”
With that the wizard walked of and left his armored comrade out at the tree line, facing the front door. Without hesitation, he drew his sword and marched to the door.
I closed my hand, causing the red light to shatter, as I stood and faced the door.
A moment passed before the door was kicked in. The force of the kick put a crack the split the door down the middle, and removed it from the hinges.
The light from the night sky shone in the door frame, around Sir. Lueise, and gave a little light to the room.
Sir. Lueise looked around before he seen me standing there and he stepped forward leveling his sword with my chest.
“So…” He spoke. “You are the greatest vampire of the century? Are you ready to fight?”
“No.”
“No?” The knight seemed taken aback by the simple response. “Why it that? Do you not have the desire to fight? If that is so, my job will be much too simple and boring.”
“Yes, I have no desire to fight you… Sir. Lueise.”
Now he took a step back.
“I am strong, but not as strong as you have proven to be.” I gestured to the door on the floor between us. “In a fight of strength you would win without a doubt.”
The fighter looked troubled at that. “You’re planning something.”
I smiled. “Look into my eyes and you would know if I was.”
For a moment we had eye contact and I let my eyes flicker for just that brief moment, and Sir. Lueise froze.
Not in ice or stone, but paralyzed, a small, simple, trick of my kind to help gather food… or to stop the idiot with a sword.
I smiled as I started to turn around to regain me seat, only to find a shaft of wood pointing straight at my face. I looked down and there was the other man. ’But how did he…?'
There was a bright flash of light and I could feel myself dissolving.
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The darkness cradled me. It felt so good after the burning heat of that spell. But I know one thing. I was outside and the darkness never lasted forever.
So with that in mind, I opened my eyes to the sight of treetops. I sat up and straightened my silver hair back into its ponytail, and worked my way to a standing position. I fixed the positioning of my black leggings, grey tunic and black leather, cloak, with animal fir on each shoulder. Then I was off.
Over time the trees got thinner and the wild live seemed to be tamer. The problem was the sky was getting brighter. So I started to move faster. And of course, I tripped over some kind of stick or rock.
I straightened up and looked around to see what cot my foot. ’A chicken?’
The animal in question was sticking out of the top of a bush with its red eyes glaring at me. ’Wait, that’s not a chicken, that’s a…’ The rest of my sentence was cut short, as the stone engulfed me.
The cockatrice removed itself from the bush and looked at the strange creature that dared intrude onto its tail, before it flew off.
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“TWILIGHT!” Spikes shout woke the Princes of Friendship form her sleep.
She sat up in her bet and rubbed her eyes with the palms of her hands. “What is it Spike? And why can’t it wait tell the morning?” She groaned.
Spike stretched out a scroll to his longtime friend. Seeing the scroll, Twilight grabbed it from his claw and started to read.My Dear Princess Twilight,
My sister and I have been disturbed by a power surge in the Everfree Forest. We don’t know what it was or from who it was produced. So, so we would ask of you and your friends to see to it once you all are able. We send this now so that it can be brought to your immediate attention and would wish that you would aid us in this manner. We wish you well.
Your forever tutor,
Princess Celestia
Love/Blood Lust
As the sun rose, six mares walked along the path that lead threw the Everfree Forest. Twilight Sparkle led the group followed by Apple Jack, Rarity, Pinky Pie and then Fluttershy. Rainbow Dash was flying overhead.
“So let me get this straight.” The apple farmer spoke up. “Were out here looken for some source of some kinda energy that we have no idea what is?”
“Exactly.”
“So how do we know when we find it?”
The leader of the party stopped, causing all the others to bump into each other to match her nonexistent speed. “Well… We find what looks unnatural.”
“Like the clouds moving themselves?” asked the farmer.
“Or the animals taking care of themselves?” Put in Rarity.
“Or the parties partying themselves!” The party pony jumped in.
“I… I guess you guys have a point.” The lavender mare thought for a moment with her and rubbing the back of her head. “The whole forest is unnatural. How can we find something strange in a strange place?... This thing is going to be impossible to find…”
“Found it!”
Everypony looked up at Rainbow Dash as she pointed over the trees to their right.
“How do you know it’s what we’re looking for?” Twilight called up.
“Come and see for yourself.” With that the flyer dove for a landing over the trees in the direction she was pointing.
The rest of the gang started off in the same direction, dogging trees, going around a patch of PoisonJoke, and too where Rainbow Dash was looking at a strange statue.
It stood about five and a half feet tall and wore a cloak and boots. The face was strange shape. It had ears on the side of its head and no muzzle, it was more flat the anypony’s they’d ever seen. The statue was also vibrating. Red light was swirling around it in a water fashion, starting from the eyes and flowing down and around the rest of its form.
“Yep… that’s it I’ll recon.”
A small crack opened on the stony surface of the face only the snap back shut and all the red light to flow back into the eyes and it became motionless.
“O…Kay…? That was more than a little creepy. Like something was trying to get out.” The cyan flyer said.
Twilight gave a small nod. “Yes, that is exactly what it seems. The question is, why did it stop when it started to break loose?” Twilight looked up to the sun shining overhead. “Apple Jack, could you get one of your carts over to carry this thing to Ponyville?”
The blond cowgirl looked confused as that, but nodded her head. “I reckon I could, but mind if I ask why we want to take it to town? It might me dangers. I mean… well, look at its teeth!”
The others all looked up and seen what A.J. was talking about. The creature was obviously an omnivore, due to its mixture of sharp, and flat teeth, but there were two teeth that stuck out. Literally. They resembled fangs more than teeth. They were about twice as long as the others and ended in sharp tips.
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sigh I let out the tenth mental sigh in just as many minutes. The cart they had set me in was rocking and bumping over every rock and dip in the ground.
Don’t get me wrong, I have no problems with being in a cart. There was just a few problems with being stone. Like not seeing properly, everything I could see was dark, gloomy, shades like black, dark grey, and grey. Don’t get me wrong about those colors either, I love the darker shades, but it’s hard to tell the time of day like that. The sunlight really hurt when I tried to break out. There was also the thirst. Being stuck like this seemed to cause the lust for blood to rise up within me. I could feel my power grow, my strength rise, but I felt like I was going to go crazy without any sustenance. Apart from those I felt fine.
Soon I could make out the shapes of building around me, with more of the strange pony/humanoids. This did not help my thirst.
My ‘guides’ led me through the streets and stopped outside of a large tree. ’…or house? …Whatever.’ The deposited me facing the door as they swung it open and stepped in. I could hear what sounded like large, wooden, objects being shifted before they returned to me. Grapping me, the pulled me inside and set me up as a cleared spot against a wall in-between two bookcases. ’So it’s a library… in a tree. Trees inside of a tree. These are some weird pony/humanoids… I need to find out what they are actually called. Calling them pony/humanoids is only entertaining for so long.’
After some time of talking I was able to get their names down. The one with the funny hair and tail with a horn was Rarity. The horned book worm was Twilight Sparkle. The one wearing the strange had was Apple Jack. The one with wings and a stripped hair (Don’t ask me the colors, I’m color blind at the moment if you don’t recall.) was Rainbow Dash. The winged one with the hair covering half her face was Fluttershy. The dragon boy that was already at the library was Spike. And the completely normal one was Pinky Pie.
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About an hour passed and most of the others had left. All that had remained was Spike and Twilight.
Twilight had lit a candle and closed the window blinds ‘to cut back on distractions’ as she put it, and Spike had gone upstairs. Which left me, in the dark, with a single other individual, and an empty stomach. Plus the bit about my hunger giving me plenty of strength to quietly dissolve my prison.
The sound of my boots on the wood floor reverberated softly as I walked forward.
The lavender librarian turned at the sound to see me standing three feet away.
”AAAAAAA….”
The cry was cut short as a gripped her mouth shut and used it as a handle to force her head back and I took a long waited drink. But as all think that are good seem to be, it was cut short.
”TWILIGHT!”
I looked up to see Spike, the very angry dragon boy.
Love/Blood Lust
I lowered, the now unconscious, Twilight Sparkle to the ground and I looked at the dragon boy, Spike, as I used my left hand to wipe away blood from around my mouth.
Spike had a face of absolute anger. His claws were clenched, and his teeth were bared. And like so many people, he glared right into my eyes, as if he were putting my soul to judgment. A judgment that was predetermined.
It is just so fun when they try to act tough by doing something stupid. With a simple stunning glance, I turned him immobile. 'Now for the not so fun part.'
I started to walk around the building, trying to find a plan of action. Going outside was not a preferred idea. But if I were to stay in the building for much longer the other two would wake up. Of course they would both be fine, I'm a vampire, not a murderer. The only damage would be some bite marks and slight blood lost.
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All in all I could only find three ways out. I could hide under the bed tell dark, but you can believe me, far to may people look under the bed for the big bad monster. I could also hide in the trash tell sundown, did I ever tell you about my great since of smell? Or I could leave now at three in the after noon.
Lifting my hood over my head I walked to the door, only to hear a small moan from behind me. I turned around to see Twilight slowly opining her eyes. As she seen me, she froze . She was still far to dazed to do anything, pulse to weak to even stand. So I gave her a quick two fingered salute and ducked out the door, keeping every inch of skin under cover.
The air was hot, but not uncomfortably so. It turns out that vampires have great resistance to the heat and cold. It it the actual sun that hurts.
I shifted my eyes, looking both ways around me. There were ponies ,which was what called themselves, everywhere, and I mean it. There were dozens on the streets, and also I could see some flying in the sky. 'I'm not trying to make it sound large, the population was actually fairly small, but groups always feel bigger when everyone is looking at you.'
I wasn't really worried about that, they mainly whispered to each other as they stayed out of my way. There was one thou that did just the opposite. A girl with a butte up shirt, blue pants, and a stetson, walked out from behind an apple stand and stood in front of me. 'Apple Jack.'
“Hold right there partner! I've got some questions ta ask ya. How did ya-”
She was quickly cut off by a voice from behind me. “APPLE JACK! Be careful! That thing got Twilight down! She's loosing blood!”
I turn around and, of cores, there was the dragon boy. 'This might be a good time to go.' I turned back around to see a... '...A boot?' I felt my nose brake under Apple Jack's foot as I tumbled backward onto the ground. Sadly my hood also hit the ground when it came off and I got a good face-full of light.
“AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHhhhhhh!” I said something intelligent like that anyway as I covered my face with one of my hands as I clawed at the hood with the other.
I could feel the red energy escaping out the burns as I got my shelter back up. I looked over to see the bewildered face of Apple Jack, standing five feet away, trying to puzzle together what happened.
I stretched forth my right hand and closed it. As I did, red, vampire, magical, energy gathered around the farmer. Then I yanked my hand towards me. The red magic pulled the girl towards me thew the air and a garbed her by the shoulders, not wanting to waist time I sunk my teeth into the base of her neck.
The effect was immediate. I sighed as I felt the burns heal and the women go limp. Releasing my jaw's grip, I lowed her the the ground and ran.
There were some shouts of “Get him!” and “Kill the monster!” from the other ponies, but none seemed to want to fallow me into the trees.
Dogging branches, crushing twigs, stomping on flowers, I worked my way into the darker parts of the trees. 'Now there is a chance that they would be alright if I explained every thing. It would be worth a try, that is if I were a complete idiot.' I slowed to a walk, but keep going. The idea behind this was to waist time for day to pass, to make travel easier. So, I let the hours drag on.
I was wondering threw the trees tell I found a river running threw them. Above my head I could see that the stars had come out, but that was not what cot my attention. Across the river I thought I could here some thing, more of someone, speaking.
They say “Curiosity killed the cat.” but as I've said before, I'm a vampire, not a cat. So I journeyed over the water. I don't know how deep the water was. I don't care how deep the water was. All it took was a magic inhabited jump to clear the water and I was back on my way threw the woods tell I found the source of the sound.
It was another one of the pony folk, another girl like most of the population seemed to be. But she seemed different. She had a dark blue cote, with wings and what seemed to be a horn coming out of the blue energy that seemed to be her hair,... or mane? She was sitting on the edge of a cliff, looking across it to an old ruin.
I could now here what she was saying.
“...Yet as the years past in their endless flow,
I could not help but smile as I looked at her from behind. My instinct told my to bite her, but I was full and had no reason to, so I was going to just leave her be. That is tell she turned around and seen me.
