Vampirical

Twilight was remembering scenes from her nightmare on her way to the party, scenes of blood and gore, death, and fear. The scenes flashed through her mind like photographs in an album, then she saw him again. Trying to not look like she was going insane, she buried her thoughts, although all the events as of late were almost irrepressible. She continued on. Her vision and memory of the past and current moments were flashing before her like photos. She remembered walking up to the door, colored strobe lights visible from the windows, entering the party, then everything snapped back into reality. Twilight looked around the room until she spotted the dark blue pegasus, he was at the DJ table, where Pinkie and Vinyl Scratch were having a conversation. He was scanning the room, seemingly looking for someone, his eyes stopped on her. He stared for a moment, an expression of deep pain and worry was on his face, he then quickly turned his attention away from her.

Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Applejack, and Fluttershy had already been up at the DJ table, Pinkie had also already introduced them to Toxicity. Pinkie noticed Twilight, standing at the side of the room, staring at Toxicity. She motioned for Twilight to join her at the DJ table with her hoof. Twilight reluctantly approached, hoping that Spike was correct when saying that nightmares can't come true. As she stepped up next to her, Pinkie began introducing Toxicity to Twilight. "Tox, this is one of my bestest most super fantastically amazing friend in the world, Twilight!" He turned around to look at her.. He stared at her for a moment, his expression was, once again, worried. He finally reacted again and gave a friendly smile. "...Nice to meet you, Twilight." He held out his hoof. She extended hers, bumping hooves with him. "...Nice to meet you too." She noticed the oddity of her voice, she sounded like Fluttershy when Twilight first met her. Twilight looked out at the party going on around her, Wow, I guess I've been so focused on...him, to even notice how many ponies are here, its like Pinkie invited all of Ponyville...Well...I guess I shouldn't really be surprised... Toxicity stared at her again, the expression of worry had returned to him.

Unknown to Twilight, Toxicity was paying more attention to her than she had been to him. Her blood...She's a pureblooded pony...I could never forget that aroma... His mind felt like it was snapping in half. He shook his head, hoping he could shake the thoughts. My hunger...its getting to me again. He felt a numbing sensation in his skull. Pure blood... He paused, I haven't had pure blood in decades...It always tasted better... His eyes widened for a second, that wasn't him thinking that. He could feel the other side of him clawing at his mind, trying to get out, trying to take control of him. No! No! No! No! No! Why does she have to be a pureblood? I thought it was safe in this damn town! Toxicity's eyesight became a blue field, with red and yellow blobs where ponies once stood, his "other side" was using his enhanced vision, he could see heat signatures. His other side had control of it, it wanted control of him, and it had one goal. It wanted the blood of the element of magic.

His mind racing, he looked for a quick route out of the party. He then spotted a clearing in the crowd, and started for it. He was trying to squeeze through the crowd as fast as he could, finally, after stepping through a hundred ponies, he was able to reach the door and step outside. Finally, I'm out of that situation... He turned around and looked through the door he just exited from. Twilight was following him, and she was already halfway through the crowd. You have got to be kidding me...

*Moments Earlier*

He doesn't actually seem that bad... Twilight thought to herself. In fact, he seems pretty nice. She felt a wave of relief come over her. I guess Spike was right, nightmares can't come true. She looked at him through the corner of her eye, he seemed conflicted about something. She turned her head slightly so she could see him better, then his eyes flashed a crimson red. Twilight looked ahead and froze, I didn't just see that. I. Did. Not. Just. See. That. Her eyes darted back to the same space he was just standing in. He was gone. She turned her head to the right, just in time to see him maneuvering through the crowd. That couldn't have really happened... She thought about it, Vampires don't exist, he's probably just feeling sick, and I'm probably just going insane. She tried to convince herself that he was just feeling sick, and that she was still seeing things. I should probably check on him. She started down the steps.

*Current Time*

Toxicity's ability to control himself was fading, he didn't have enough energy to fly away, if he tried, he would end up losing his control, which would end things a way that was not an option. He walked away to avoid suspicion, but Twilight was still following him. He began to uncontrollably flip between his enhanced and normal vision. He wasn't going to be able to last much longer. He became dizzy, causing him to almost fall over and catch himself on a building. Twilight caught up to him. "Oh my gosh. Are you OK?" She asked with concern. "I'm fine...just please...go away..." He replied quickly, hoping she would listen to his warning. "Are you sure, should I go get help?" She continued to ask. Toxicity knew he wasn't getting anywhere. He turned to her, showing his crimson eyes, "Please...for your own good...go..." Twilight's eyes widened, but she didn't budge. "What are you?" She questioned, her expression of concern now that of anger and fear. Toxicity was shaking, his head was throbbing, his vision swimming, and his hunger growing. "What are you?!" She demanded. Toxicity didn't respond, he only collapsed on the ground.

Twilight slowly inched her way towards Toxicity, who was laying on the ground, not breathing or moving. "...Toxicity...?"  No response. She stepped closer. "Hello?" Nothing. Twilight heard laughter behind her, she turned around, but no one was there, she turned back to look at Toxicity, who was also no longer there. Twilight looked in every direction, he was nowhere in sight. "I must be imagining things again, I probably just walked out here like a dunce," Twilight said with an unsure laugh. "I'm going to scare myself to death one of these times..." She heard a chillingly familiar laugh, and saw a shadow move in front of her. "No." Toxicity said, his red eyes showing through the blackness, his fangs present in a malicious smile. "That's my job."