Vampirical

Twilight read off her checklist, being very diligent, making sure not one item was missed, "Hmm, OK. First on the list... Lemonade." She turned her head to the table, there was a pitcher of freshly made lemonade with the perfect ratio of lemons, sugar, and ice-cubes in it, Twilight had done the calculations herself. "Next, Salads." She turned her head to the basket laying on the table next to the lemonade. After laying down her notepad, Twilight levitated the basket to her. She opened it to check it's contents, six regular salads with ranch dressing, and one with a few jewels in it, a gift to Spike from Rarity. Twilight closed the basket and moved it back by the lemonade, and picked up her list. "OK, finally, we have the main course, the sandwiches." She looked slightly to the left of the basket, a stack of four sandwiches high, with seven rows, enough for everypony to have four sandwiches, and split the extras if necessary. She checked each row to find that one sandwich was missing, "Spike!" She called. Spike hurried down the staircase. "Yeah, Twilight?" She began to ask the same thing she was asking herself, "Did you see the last-" She turned to spike, who had breadcrumbs all over his face. "Last what, Twilight?". Twilight giggled. "Nevermind, Spike."

As the sun began to set, the two began their walk to the edge of the Everfree Forest, where Twilight and her friends had arranged a meeting to see the unnamed comet, which was just spotted only a few weeks ago. Twilight trotted through the streets of Ponyville with Spike sitting on her back, the picnic basket in hoof. While crossing a bridge, her vision went black for a split-second, and when it returned, the path in front of her was blood stained. She stopped dead in her tracks, This was from my nightmare... She snapped back to reality when Spike asked her why she stopped, she shook her head and put one hoof up to it. "Sorry Spike, I got a little dizzy." He dismissed the event as quickly as Twilight wished that she could.

Twilight saw her friends waiting in the distance, sitting at the edge of the forest, they were all looking up at Rainbow Dash, who was showing her newest tricks before the comet came into view. Twilight approached her friends, "Hey everypony, I brought the food." Rainbow Dash landed, and everypony began to greet Twilight and Spike. "Howdy Twi, Howdy Spike." Applejack greeted them, her hat tilted backwards from looking upwards at Dash. Pinkie approached, wearing a popcorn bucket as a hat and 3-D glasses "Hey Twilight! Hey Spike! You guys ready to get this party started?!" They both nodded, they were quite ready, they had been anticipating this for a few weeks now. Rainbow Dash was next "What's up, Twilight? Sup spike?". Rarity was after her, Spike instantly smiled as she came near. "Hello Twilight. And hello there, Spikey-Wikey." Spike didn't speak, he was was mesmerized by her. Fluttershy approached slowly and quietly to them. "Oh, hi Twilight. Hi Spike.".

After greeting them all back, they had unpacked the food and drink they brought along and distributed them evenly, again, all calculated by Twilight. Everypony dug in, enjoying every bite of the well prepared meal. Twilight finished the last bites of her food when she'd heard a Twig snap in the forest. She turned her head to where the sound originated. It was a few meters from them, but Twilight was the only one who noticed it. A few leaves on the tree above the border shook, then a dark blue pegasus flew up and out of the trees, and landed on the other side of the border. Twilight stared at him, Why does he look so familiar... Something about him... She looked at the ground for a moment, trying to think of where she had seen him before. After a few moments, her mind clicked. My nightmare... She looked back up, he had the same hair as the pony from her nightmare minus the bloody outline, his tail was the same in that sense, the only differences were his eyes, they weren't red, they were a golden-brown like color, and the fact that he didn't seem vicious. Something was odd about him though, his facial expression looked pained, as though he were starved for a thousand years. He continued on, walking towards Ponyville, and Twilight couldn't dismiss the fact that he looked so perfectly close to the Pony of her nightmares.

Twilight was in deep thought when Rainbow Dash called her name, "Yo, Twilight!" She turned towards her friend. The group looked at her oddly, then Applejack spoke up, "Are ya OK, Sugar-cube? Y'all look like ya just seen a ghost!" Twilight shook her head, trying to shake off her thoughts. "Sorry, I thought I just saw someone." Applejack gave her a narrow-eyed look, obviously not buying Twilight's story, however, she was the only one who didn't. The group talked quietly among themselves until the comet came into view. Pinkie was the one to spot it, "Ooh! Look at that teeny-tiny-itsy-bitsy speck of light up there! Is that it? I bet that's it!" They turned their attention to the comet, which was in a perfect location almost directly above them. Twilight however, was not paying attention to it, she was more worried about the pony that had just escaped her nightmares and walked directly into the town she lived in.

After the comet passed, everyone returned to their homes and gone directly to sleep, with the exception of Twilight, that is. She remained awake in her bed, staring up at the ceiling, wondering if she had truly seen the pegasus, or if she was going certifiably insane. She thought about it again, No, he couldn't have been real...it was probably like at the bridge, I was just seeing things... She banished any further thoughts about it from her mind, and went to sleep.

The next morning, Pinkie Pie came to Twilight's door with an stack of envelopes in her mouth, knowing Pinkie well, Twilight asked the almost obvious question, "Party Invite?" Pinkie nodded with a large grin on her face. Pinkie sat the envelopes down. "It's for a new pony in town!" Twilight's heart skipped a beat. Her eyes widened at the envelopes on the floor. Pinkie was in enough joy that her eyes were closed, so she didn't notice. "I think his name was Toxic-kitty or something..." She put a hoof up to her mouth, trying to recall the name. Twilight spoke slowly, she knew the real name well. "Toxicity..." Pinkie's eyes lit up, "Yeah! That was it!" The clock in Twilight's house tolled. Pinkie gasped, "Oh no! I had better get the rest of the invitations out! See ya later, Twilight!" Pinkie trotted away, humming a tune. Twilight closed the door, and stood completely still. Disbelief was the largest emotion she felt, If he's here...then Celestia save me. She took a moment to think again. If he's here, then Celestia save all of us!