Elements of Blood

Chapters

Panademic friendship
Internal Battle
New Recruit
Expanding
First Encounter
The Escape
The Rise of the Elements of Blood

Panademic friendship

What is happening? This isn't normal at all. I mean, I've looked in every medical book that I own, but I didn't find anything about whatever is causing the changes that are happening to me. I need to calm down a little; maybe it's a little illness right? There's nothing to fear. But why do I always want to bite somebody? Am I going mad?

These were the first thoughts that came to the panicking Fluttershy. She has felt uneasy for some time since she was transformed to her Flutterbat form. She went through some different changes. At first there was the strange, urging thirst that was never anguished no matter what she tried, then her strange sense of smell for blood and hearing of heartbeats. It all was a bit concerning but she was able to live with it and endure it. However, the change that she never expected to happen to her was her oversensitivity to sunlight. Every time she tried to wake up early in the morning she felt quite tired and uneasy. Also when she tried to go out of her hut to take care of her animal friends the sun rays seemed as if they burned her skin.

But that's not all. Every night she felt so active and thirsty. She couldn't explain it but it was like she was possessed with something. She didn't feel her normal self. She was, bloody. She wanted to bite somepony's veins and she felt excited whenever she remembered the sight of blood. But the night before that she gave in and went out in the night in search of somepony to bite, she came to her senses in the last minute. She thought she was dreaming but she was there in the middle of the street in front of this confused pony who thought that Fluttershy was joking. He even pointed out her fangs that were sticking out of her mouth. Every time she remembered the fangs, she would touch them, to see if they were real. And yes they were right there, and very real.

She kept pacing around her room for a while. She knew that she had to see someone that can analyze what she was going through. Twilight was the best option of course. The problem, however, was to get out of her house and to Twilight's without hurting anypony, especially when her thirst reached the point that she felt there was sand in her throat. She also knew pretty well that she won't be able to go to her in the morning due to her sudden strange sensitivity to sunlight. So, after a while of thinking she decided to fly there as fast as she could and try as much as possible not to meet any pony in the way there.

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Princess Twilight sparkle was in her library doing some late night research on foreign diplomacy. A subject that required her interest as a new princess and piqued her curiosity as well. She did read about political sciences a bit but she never gave it full attention until now. However, she was really delighted with the new subject at hand and completely immersed in it.

She usually doesn't keep track on time when she is reading an interesting book. But when her door knocked at this time she knew that it was strange. She was quite surprised about how much time she spent on the matter, yet still unsatisfied with the progress. However, she couldn't let anyone that needed her help wait, especially in this hour. So she went and opened the door when she saw a flash of pink and what seemed as Fluttershy in her bat form before she was knocked unconscious.

A while later Twilight came to her senses again. Though she was still dizzy and her sight was hazy she could feel that she was lying on something soft. She could also hear what sounded like Fluttershy's voice, calling for her. When she came to her full conscious she saw worried Fluttershy rushing to her with teary eyes.

"Oh Twilight, I'm really, really sorry. A- are you okay?" Fluttershy said in the middle of sobbing.

"Fluttershy? What happened?" Twilight asked as she tried to get up but she felt strangely weak so she leaned on the back of the couch.

"Well, I came to you after noticing some strange changes happening to me in the past couple of weeks. I was hoping that you could help me. But, but when I saw you I couldn't take it anymore. I'm sorry Twilight but I was really thirsty I couldn't hold myself." Fluttershy said as she came to a hysterical crying after what she had done to her friend.

"What do you mean Fluttershy? I don't understand what you're talking abou-" Twilight suddenly stopped when she noticed the fangs sticking out from Fluttershy's mouth. They were strangely large. Then she felt something ticklish on the right side of her neck. She ran her hand on the place that tickled her and found a bandage wrapped on this part. She slowly removed the bandage and ran her finger to reveal two big holes on the side of her neck. That's when Twilight realized what was happening.

"Fluttershy?" Twilight said, trying to make her friend snap out from the state she was in.

"Y-yes." Fluttershy said, raising her head a little but couldn't look Twilight in the eye.

"What changes occurred to you exactly?" Twilight asked in a serious voice.

"Well," Fluttershy said after calming down a little. "It started with strange feeling of being thirsty that didn't want to go. I was always tired in the day and very active at night. I got excited whenever I hear about blood. Then t-those fangs came out and I could hear the heartbeats of ponies and smell blood from a long distance. Now I can't even walk in the sun without feeling that my coat and mane was set on fire."

Twilight thought for a bit and analyzed the information that Fluttershy just gave her. She had doubts, but what happened just now and this information made Twilight absolutely certain of the monster her friend had slowly come to be.

”I see now." Twilight said in a serious, but worried voice as she came closer to her friend helping her to stand full length. "Luna had told me about ponies that had the same symptoms as you a while ago. She said that these ponies were a race of bat ponies that was called vamponies."

"Vamwhat?"

"Vamponies, they're ponies of the night that that feed on other ponies blood. I don't have much information about them as most of the records on them have been destroyed one way or another. The only pony who had a close contact with them that's still alive is Princess Luna."

"So, I- I'm a monster now?" Fluttershy said with teary eyes.

"Don't say that Fluttershy." Twilight said putting her hand on Fluttershy's shoulder. "You're not a monster and as I said I don't have enough information about these ponies yet. I'm going to contact Luna now and see what she has to say."

"A- alright." Fluttershy said with a doubtful and depressed voice.

Twilight went into her room, picked up her cellphone and contacted Luna. She felt the anxiety building up with every ring. She wanted to know what's going on with her friend. She was concerned about herself as well as she touched the bite with the tips of her fingers.
After five long rings that felt like an eternity for Twilight, Luna finally picked up the phone.

"Hey Twilight." Luna said in a welcoming voice. "It has been a while since you contacted me, how are you?"

"Hello Luna, I'm quite fine but I need to ask you about something."

"What is it?"

"It's about those creatures called vamponies."

"What about them?"

"Do you still have the records about them?"

"Yes, I have the only copy but they're yours if you want to."

"Thanks, I really need them. But I have another question for you."

"Sure, ask along."

"What happens to a pony that's bitten by a vampony?"

"They either die or turn into a vampony themselves."

Twilight's eyes shot open after she had heard this. Her hands started shaking and she almost fell to her knees as she said with a low voice. "Oh! Shit."

"Hello." Luna said in a worried voice. "Twilight what's going on."

Twilight regained her composure, and was about to tell Luna what happened, as she has the most experience with these vamponies. Bit something in her told her to wait until she had all the information. Maybe she would be able to solve this on her own without worrying Luna. After all, she solved a similar problem once.

"Twilight." Luna said again. "Are you still there?"

"Y-yeah, I'm here."

"What's going on, Twilight?"

"It's nothing. Anyway, can you e-mail me those documents and records now, please?"

"Oh! Of course, I'm sending them now."

"Thank you Luna."

"Any time Twilight. And if there's anything, just tell me."

"I will Luna. Well, I have to hang up now read the documents."

"Alright, I'll talk to you later then."

As soon as Luna hung up the documents had arrived. She opened the file and found tons of records, reports and files considering these mysterious creatures. She kept reading for a while. And in her condition what she was reading was the least pleasant. As for Fluttershy's condition, it was entirely hopeless. No one has ever found a cure to a Pureblood vampony. Actually, no one tried as they wanted only to destroy those fearsome monsters.

"I have to keep Fluttershy here to examine her and keep this shit secret from everypony else." Twilight murmured to herself as she dashed to the place where Fluttershy was waiting. However, when she arrived there, Fluttershy was nowhere to be found.

Internal Battle

Twilight was in a state of panic, she didn't know where Fluttershy fled to and is afraid of going out as she didn't know what might happen if she encountered any pony outside. She tried to call Fluttershy more than once but her cell wouldn't connect. She looked at her phone screen and it was past midnight, so she thought no one will be out there at this time and it might be safe to go out.

Twilight made her decision and went out searching for the lost vampony, praying that neither she nor Fluttershy would encounter any astray pony. Little did she know, alicorns develop vampony hunter instincts and blood thirst faster than other races. So when she was wondering around the streets she started to hear strange noises.

"What the hay is that I'm hearing?" Twilight said to herself. She started to hear the voices louder and clearer but couldn’t actually pinpoint its location.

"It sounds like heartbeats. But that won't be possible, right??"

But that was not all. After a little while she started smelling a certain scent that she has never smelled. However, this smell filled her with a strange feeling of thirst and killing anypony she might see in sight. But the feeling didn't last long and faded, leaving a strange sensation of thirst in her throat. But she dismissed this feeling and regained her concentration on her mission.

After a while she reached Fluttershy's cottage. She knocked on the door more than once but she didn't respond. She tried to look from the windows but all the shades were drawn and she couldn't see anything. After trying the door again she found that there would be no other option but breaking in. She felt guilty but she casted a spell on the lock and stepped in slowly.

The room was pitch black. She tried the lights but it didn't work. She then illuminated the room with her magic to see Fluttershy tied in a corner, sobbing quietly.

Twilight tried to approach her slowly but was held back with Fluttershy's voice saying "Please, don't come near me."
"Why did you run away? And who tied you like this?"

"I did this to myself. I'm a monster Twilight. I hurt you and I might hurt any other pony. So I'll just stay here till I starve to death."

"Stop this nonsense, will you? There is a way out of this and we will find it together."

"But I hurt you Twilight."

"You just drew some blood out of me, big deal. Come on, snap out of this and come with me to the library and we will fix this. I promise."

"O-okay." Fluttershy said in a hesitating manner. But she finally gave in and let Twilight untie her.

"Alright, let's get back to the-" Twilight stopped in the middle of the sentence and started sniffing the air.

"What is it Twilight?"

"There's a pony close ahead. I could smell his scent."

"Wait I could smell it now. It's his blood scent."

"How did you know?"

"It's the scent I smell from ponies when I'm thirsty. Oh! No. Now I'm starting to think about feeding on him."

"Restrain yourself Fluttershy. You can't let this feeling take over you."

"But it's taking over you too, Twilight."

"What do you mean?"

"I see your fangs coming out, that's a sign of thirst."

"F-fangs?" Twilight said, touching her canines with the tip of her fingers to see that it was strangely bigger in size. Then she started to feel that again. This sensation of blood thirst washing over her once more, but it was much more intense this time. She could hear his heartbeats clearly. She started to lick her fangs, a devious smile forming on her lips.

"Are okay Twilight?"

Twilight looked at Fluttershy. The worried look on Fluttershy's face made her snap out of the state she was in.

"What am I doing?" Twilight said to herself. "I'm supposed to keep her away from this and now I'm the one who's thinking about it."

"But he smells delicious, right? And you are thirsty." An inner voice in Twilight's mind started to emerge. It was Twilight's own voice, but it was bitter, dark and evil.

"What the fuck am I thinking? I can't do this."

"And why can't I?" The voice said again, with a darker tone. "He's a free and available meal. And I need to feed so I can survive. It's just natural."

"No, no no no no. Fuck no. He's an innocent pony."

"But I'm so thirsty. Some blood won't hurt him that much, right?"

"SHUT UP!" Twilight shouted to the space, making Fluttershy flinch in fear.

"T-twilight?" Fluttershy said with a tone of fear that is mixed with worry.

"Sorry, Fluttershy." Twilight said in a soft tone. "Let's just get out of here. I don't smell that pony's scent anymore."

"Okay."

The two ponies flew in full speed, trying their best stay away of any main road so they won't meet any ponies. They flew in silence, both worried about the wellbeing of both themselves and each other. However, the thoughts in Twilight's head were racing again. This hideous voice that resembled hers tried once more to surface.

"What the fuck is wrong with me?" The hideous Twilight voice said. "I've wasted a good meal for nothing."

Twilight tried to dismiss these thoughts. But every time she tried to they would surface again, blaming her for letting herself stay thirsty where there was an available meal like that. And the harder she tried to ignore them, the more intense they become.

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After the pair reached the library safe and sound, Twilight thought about calling Luna again to find more information about her new condition. She still didn't want to tell Luna about it till she has heard it all. After all, she might be able to figure out a solution herself.

Twilight picked up her cell; she was dialing the number when that sound in her mind spoke again saying. "Don’t you think she will suspect something from all these frequent calls?"

"Just shut up!" Twilight shouted in her head. "What are you anyway?"

"What? Didn’t you recognize me? I'm you of course."

"How is that? I don't recall hearing voices in my head or the likes of it."

"Oh! But I'm not a voice. I'm fully you. You are the voice now Twilight."

"Don't be ridiculous. You can't take over. I won't let you anyway."

"Still don't believed then? Why don't we take a look at the mirror and see for ourselves?"

"I don't really know that this voice is talking about." Twilight said as she looked in the mirror. That's when she realized what the voice was meaning by that.

Her image in the mirror was that of a monster. Her eyes were red with cat pupils. Her nails were long and shard. She had pointy ears and even pointier fangs sticking out of her mouth. Above all of that she had fully fledged bat wings.

"How- how did this happen?" Twilight said, feeling her fangs.

"This is the new me." The voice said again. "And I should really embrace it."

"This is not even possible. I'll call Luna now and tell her everything."

"No I won't. Think about it. I'll have the powers of an alicorn plus the abilities of the vampony. With this I'll be indestructible."

"No, this is wrong. I need to regain control."

"This is the new me. I won't give it up, never."

"I can't let this happen."

"Oh! I know what will make me fully embrace this, a nice sip of blood. And I smell a fresh meal coming near us now."

"No, no, no. I need to stop this."

"Oops! Too late."

With this Twilight's body moved with a tremendous speed towards the source of the smell. There was no control, no holding back, just the pure instincts of a natural hunter that lives to kill. And within a flash, there was a taste of pure bliss in Twilight's mouth. At last, her thirst was anguished. After she took a good sip she looked at the face of her victim.

Rarity had some dark secrets, one of them that she was an alcoholic. Every night she would go to a small bar when no pony knew her, drink herself till the point that she can't even stand, have some fun with a stallion and go back in the dark. This time she was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Twilight looked at Rarity, who was drunk and moaning in her arms, with a very devious smile. She didn't feel the slightest feelings of pain, guilt or regret. She was completely engulfed by the dark soul of the vampony queen. Her only thought was this.

"Welcome to the herd my friend. Let the clan return and rule over Equestria."

Author's Note

Sorry for taking so long to post this one. I had it finished for weeks now but couldn't reach my editors so I do apologize if there was some mistakes concerning grammar or punctuation. Anyway, I hope you enjoy it.

New Recruit

Rarity slowly opened her eyes. She couldn't identify her surroundings. The light was blinding and she felt a terrible headache, which was different than the hangover headaches she was used to. She felt weakness over her entire body, every single muscle in her body felt as if it was run over by a truck.

It took her some time to adjust her eyes to the light. She started inspecting what looked like Twilight's library, except that there were black ribbons hanging from the ceiling. She then sat on the couch to witness a bizarre sight, double, then triple checking her sight to make sure her sight wasn't playing tricks on her.

She saw Twilight wearing a dress of black leather, low cut so it showed a good deal of her cleavage, and sitting on a throne made of iron and furnished with red cloth. Then Rarity noticed some other minor changes, like the fact that Twilight's wings were those of a bat, her ears were pointier than usual and she had red eyes!

"Oh! Rarity." Twilight said as she adjusted herself on her throne. "You're finally awake."

"T- Twilight?" Rarity said with a hesitating voice. "Where am I?"

"You're in my Castle of Darkness you blind shit." Twilight said with a mischievous grin. "Like what I did with the place?"

"Ugh! I guess I'm still dreaming."

"Nope, this is the real deal Rarity. Welcome to the hive."

"Hive? What do you mean by hive?"

Twilight smiled and licked her sticking fangs in a teasing way, then said. "My vamponies' hive."

Rarity blinked a couple of times at Twilight, then she burst out laughing. "Alright, alright. I get it now. It was a good joke Twilight. Did Rainbow dash put you to this? Come on Rainbow, I discovered your little scheme."

"So, you think this is a Joke?" Twilight said with an evil grin. "If you really think so, then why don't you take a look at the mirror?"

Rarity didn't understand what Twilight was saying. She went to the near by mirror and expected that in the worst case that this joke might take is dying her hair or something. If they dyed her hair green that would be the WORST, POSSIBLE, THING.

She reached the mirror and took a good look at herself. She was as gorgeous as always, except for a couple of astray hairs, the two fangs sticking out of her mouth, her pointy ears and the two holes on the side of her neck, she was perfectly fine.

As soon a turned away from the mirror she fainted. Regaining her consciousness, she was on the same couch, looking at the same ribbons. That's when she realized that this was all true. She remembered the two holes on the side of her neck and ran the tips of her fingers on it. Yes, they were there! She did the same things to her fangs and they were there too, completely real and razor sharp!

Rarity then looked at Twilight in horror and asked hesitantly. "T- Twilight? W-What happened to m-me?"

"You still don't get it, do you?!" Twilight said, letting out a sigh. "I've turned you into a vampony. You became one of us."

At the same time Fluttershy descended from the top floor. She was, the same as Twilight, with red eyes, bat wings, sticking fangs and pointy ears. She was dressed in a tight red leather suit with dark stripes on the sides.

"I see that the bitch is finally up." Fluttershy said with a grin. Then she bowed when she saw Twilight. "I-I'm sorry your grace. I didn't know that you were present."

Twilight lifted Fluttershy's head slowly with the tips of her fingers. She smiled at Fluttershy, and then she slapped her on the face so powerfully that her cheek was cut. Twilight slowly wiped the blood off Fluttershy's cheeks and seductively licked it.

"Fluttershy, you know that you're not allowed to insult other hive members. Didn't I instruct you?"

"I'm truly sorry your grace." Fluttershy said in a strong tone.

Twilight let out a sigh. "Get up, will you."

"F-Fluttershy?" Rarity said, still shocked by what she just witnessed. "You too?"

"Actually," Fluttershy said as she licked her own blood after wiping it off her cheek. "I'm the original blood. I was the one who turned her Grace."

"Her grace?"

"Yes, her grace Queen Twilight Sparkle, she is the queen of the vampony hive."

"That is true." Twilight said as she sat on her throne. "That means you'll obey me as your queen. Now, kneel before me."

"Twilight, what got to you?" Rarity said with teary eyes. "We are your friends. We never did that to you?"

Twilight let out a sigh. "Fluttershy, I think our little friend here doesn't know how to kneel. Would you be so kind as to help her out?"

"As you command, your grace." Fluttershy said in a cold tone as she approached Rarity. They looked at each other in the eye for a while, then Fluttershy formed a fist and delivered a strong blow to Rarity's abdomen, bringing her to her knees and making her spit blood.

Rarity was blinded by the pain, shocked with what her friend just did to her. She tried to lift her head up but she was forced to keep it down by Twilight's grip. That's when something strange happened. She felt a flow of energy in her body, followed by a strange sensation of thirst. She felt like sand was in her throat. "I'm thirsty" That was all she managed to say at the end.

"Then we shall anguish your thirst." Twilight said as she left Rarity's head. "But you must do what I say."

"I think I can fetch myself a glass of water, thank you." Rarity said with the coldest tone she could master, raising her head to deliver a cold glare to Twilight.

"I don't think that water will help you anguish that kind of thirst." Twilight said, with a smug look on her face.

"What do you mean by that?"

"I mean that this thirst is not one for water, it's for blood."

"B-blood? I-I would never do something like that."

"Well, suit yourself. But don't come to me and beg for solitude when you're on the verge of death."

"I TOLD YOU I'D NEVER DO THAT." Rarity screamed, giving Twilight a push that threw her to the other side of the room. However Twilight was able to stop herself before she hit the wall.

"I-I'm sorry Twilight," Rarity said, a bit shocked from what happened. "I don't know what happened."

Fluttershy was about to attack Rarity for that attack on her queen, but Twilight ordered her to stop. Queen Twilight gracefully glided to where the shocked Rarity was, started to revolve around her, and curiously inspected every aspect of her with great joy.

"T-Twilight? I don't mean to interrupt your investigation, but would you care to explain what happened."

"The explanation is simple enough, though it's astonishing. What happened now was a simple demonstration of your new physical power as a vampony. However I don't really know how you completed your development in such a short time."'

"That means that I've already been turned into a monster." Rarity said with teary eyes.

"Rarity, I know that you're friend and all." Fluttershy said in an annoyed tone. "But your whining is really getting over my nerves."

"Fluttershy, please don't be too hard on the mare already. She's still shocked and that's understandable. However, my dear Rarity, I must tell you that you haven't been turned into a monster, but you've been reborn as a higher being."

Twilight then put both her hands on Rarity's trembling shoulder and looked her in the eyes with a look full of both evil and enthusiasm, and then she said in a deep voice. "You're - from this day onwards - a part of our creed. We're the ones who rule the night. We shall be the masters of the shadows and darkness. So, my dear friend, are you ready to anguish your thirst?"

That moment when the gleam of Rarity's eyes stopped shining, Twilight was able to put her influence on her. Rarity stared at Twilight with cold, lifeless eyes. It was different from the normal, caring eyes of The Element of Generosity. It was replaced with the eyes of someone stone-cold and greedy, someone who can use whatever means necessary no matter how cruel and merciless they were to achieve her goal. That was the new Rarity that was born from the ashes of the former alabaster mare's generous soul.

"I'm yours to command." Rarity said in a cold, emotionless voice. "However, I'm still a bit hesitant about the entire blood drinking thing."

Twilight let a sly giggle and said. "We were all like this at the beginning. But I can assure you that once you get your first taste of fresh blood you'll know that it is the ultimate pleasure."

Twilight then let go of Rarity and sat on her throne and said. "Now, my dear sisters, I shall give you two your first mission. To get our hive to thrive and control the night as it should, we should first reunite with the rest of our sister. There's still three pony's left to include in our hive. So, Fluttershy."

"Yes, your grace." Fluttersy said, bowing.

"You'll be assigned to get our sister Rainbow Dash, are you up to it?"

"Leave it to me, your grace." Fluttershy said with a sly grin and blood thirsty eyes.

"That's great to hear. Now Rarity."

"What is it your grace?" Rarity said in a cold tone.

"Your first hunt won't be easy, but I guess you can handle it."

"Just say the name, your grace."

"Okay, your first hunt will be, Apple Jack."

Expanding

It wasn’t the best night in Ponyville regarding the deafening windy weather, cold enough to freeze the balls of a brass monkey and pierce into its bones like spears. Moonlight was blocked by a thick blanket of clouds. It was so dark that it’d be hard to see a couple of feet in front of you. All in all it was not the best typical weather for a pony to be out in the open.

However, a certain mare was out, despite all the cold and fear, on her way to Sweet Apple Acres. The alabaster mare who’s known as Rarity was going with steady steps on her way with nothing but a pitch black cloak on to shelter her, however, her eyes and face were even colder than the wind itself. She didn’t pay a heed to a single thing, didn’t give any reaction of fear or concern as expected from any mare that’s out in that lonely, cold night.

After about half an hour of continuous walking, Rarity reached her destination and stopped at the large apple farm gates, which belonged to her former friend, and current prey. Passing the gate to the Apple’s home, without much change in her expression or her ice cold stare, she stopped in front of the door of the house, and gently knocked on it.

She didn’t wait that much for the door to open, revealing the orange mare with her bright smile. “Howdy there Rarity. What brings you here in this cold night?!”

“Oh, hello Applejack!” Rarity said with her old, dainty smile, her icy cold glare and unfazed expression where nowhere to be found by now. “I’m sorry to drop on you at such a time. But I really need to talk to you on a certain matter.”

“Oh, come in inside first. You could catch a cold if you stayed there long.”

“Thank you Applejack.” Rarity said as she entered the house. She started using her senses to make sure if there was any other pony around that might hinder her plan. A quick check up for the heartbeats around her confirmed that Applejack was alone. However, there was no reason why not to make sure. “Where’re the rest, if you don’t mind me asking.”

“They’re all out of town fer tonight. They went for Apploosa for a couple o’ days to meet the family. I was spared to keep an eye around.”

“I see,” Rarity said with an internal sigh of relief. “That’d be better, for the matter I want to talk to you about is a delicate one.”

“Yer way of putting it is worryin’ me.” Applejack said as she came from the kitchen with two steaming cups of hot chocolate. “What’s the matter sugarcube.”

“Thank you.” Rarity said as she took the cup in her own hands. “It’s, really an embarrassing matter if I am to put it.”

“Embarrasin’?” Applejack said with a suspicious look. “Ya didn’t get yerself pregnant did ya?”

“Applejack that’s rude.” Rarity said, rather offended. “I do have a healthy sexual driver, but that doesn’t mean I don’t use the needed precautions to assure that such an incident won’t happen.”

“Then, what is it?”

“Well,” Rarity said, a bit flustered. “I heard from some pony, namely Twilight, has heard that you’ve, as she put it, got the hots for me. So, I, ehm, wanted to make sure that this was true.”

“W-what?!” Applejack said, her face was now bright red rather than yellow. “N-n-no, Ah thin’ ya misheard her or somethin’.”

Rarity tapped her chin a bit. “No, I’m pretty sure that I heard her correctly. You’re a terrible liar Applejack and you know it better than the rest of us.”

Applejack’s face froze, and a dangerous shade of red covered it, that you might think she was feverish rather than just flustered. She averted her eyes, trying to lose the eye contact that Rarity vigorously maintained, murmuring “Twilight, you rotten bucker” from between her teeth.

“So, should I conclude from your behavior that you’re, in fact, sexually attracted to me?”

Applejack looked at the ground, her ears falling to the sides of her face. “Yes, yes I am buck it. I’ve had a crush on ya fer as long as we first met. Happy now.”

“A-Applejack?” Rarity said, feigning to be taken aback. “Are you okay darling?”

“Of course ahm not okay. Now you’ll think I’m a weird mare lover. And let’s face it, even if ya were into mares I’d never be good enough fer you. Ahm such a-"

Applejack’s rattling stopped when she felt arms wrapping around her neck along with the warmth of the mare she loved for so long embracing her. She then heard the words of “I’m sorry” from Rarity. Before she could respond, Applejack felt deep pain in her shoulder, as if she was bitten by some foul animal. After a couple of seconds she felt her eyelids growing heavier, after which she fell numb on the ground.

Rarity then loosened her grip on Applejack, lifted her up on the sofa, sat next to her, eying her with cold eyes. She then wiped her face clean from the remains of her friend’s blood with her fist, licked it, savouring its flavour, and relaxed on the sofa. “Hehehe, you were right Twilight. This is the best feeling ever.” She then looked at Applejack. “Good thing that I didn’t suck you dry and got myself killed. But I’ll need to get you to the castle, you’ll be a lot of trouble when you wake up!” Rarity then used her magic to teleport herself and the orange mare to the castle.

E.O.T.D

In that same moment, not too far away from this place in the horizontal plane. However, there was a considerable distance between the two events in the vertical plane. There was another pony with stern, bloodshot eyes flying furiously through the night, not giving the minimal heed to the roaring wind she’s flying against.

Fluttershy was piercing through the windy night sky with tremendous speed. Her bat-like wings flapping with all of its might to reach her target in the shortest time possible. She didn’t even have the decency to hide the murderous look that was in her eyes. She went there and knew all too well that she’s been assigned to a target that can be described, in the most underestimating manner, as ‘tough’!

Not too long a time had passed when the cloud that formed Rainbow Dash’s house came to sight. Fluttershy felt a huge lust swelling in her, grinned wide enough to show her sharp canines, and gave one of them a lustrous lick. She then landed in front of the door and furiously knocked on it multiple times, as she knew too well that her target was asleep. However, it would be no fun at all to bite a sleeping prey. After all, what’s the value of a good hunt without a fine pursuit?! Especially with such a fine prey.

Fluttershy kept knocking continuously and furiously at the door in order to wake the tomboy pony up. It wasn’t a good five minutes before the cyan Pegasus’ voice rang up with an obviously angry manner. “Who the fuck is knocking this fucking hard at my fucking door?”

“It’s me Dash.” Fluttershy said, feign her old voice. “Please, open up, if you don’t mind.”

The door opened with a creak revealing the Pegasus. “Fluttershy? What are you doing out there in this hour?”

“Nothing really.” Fluttershy said, she then smiled at the Pegasus, revealing her sharp, pointed fangs. “I was bored and thought about making you my bitch for the night.”

“F-Fluttershy?” Rainbow Dash said, backing a little from Fluttershy. “Are you okay?”

“Oh! I’ve never been bucking better. Now, let’s play.” Fluttershy said as she kicked Rainbow Dash so hard that she went through the far wall of her cloud house.

“What the buck is wrong with you Fluttershy. This isn’t funny.” Rainbow Dash said as she up righted herself from the blow.

“Well, it is for me. For you, it’ll just be painful.” Fluttershy said as she charged with all her might in the direction of Rainbow Dash. But the cyan Pegasus was airborne just before Fluttershy reached her.

Rainbow Dash then landed on her with her back hooves sinking in Fluttershy's back, forcing her through the cloud’s floor. “Fluttershy get your fucking senses together.” Rainbow Dash said. “I don’t want to hurt you further.”

Fluttershy emerged again on top of the cloud, giggling and saying. “Then I will hurt you.” And in an instant, Fluttershy was in front of Rainbow Dash, delivering a blow to her that sent her flying through the sky, embracing the wall of the nearest building. Rainbow Dash rose slowly from the collision and started to look hazily around herself until her sight regained her usual focus on the sight of the bloodshot eyes of Fluttershy who, with a toothy grin, said one word to the developer of the Rainboom. “Goodnight.” Rainbow Dash felt a sharp pain in her right shoulder and then she felt no more.

Fluttershy removed her teeth from the flesh of Rainbow Dash and licked her wound clean. Standing up with a stern look on her face, she lifted the Pegasus on her shoulders saying. “I wish I could play with that bitch a little bit longer. But orders are orders. This queen we have doesn’t know how to have fun at all.” Then she took off and flew back with the same dashing speed as that when she came.

First Encounter

In the following few weeks after the full conversion of the elements things took a drastic turn in Ponyville and the near towns. The Elements of Blood, lead by the powerful queen Twilight, took on their shoulders to turn all the town’s ponies to vamponies, making them under the direct influence of the hive mind of the expanding Red Kingdom. In less than three weeks, the capital city of The Red Kingdom, Erythroprya (previously: Ponyville) was fully converted and under the direct control of the Black Castle.

Needless to say the entire city has become a city of vamponies. Also, Queen Twilight Sparkle performed a spell to cover her entire kingdom in darkness. Both to make life easier to herself, and to her new servants. These actions, of course, were first unnoticed by the central government of Equestria. But after full connection was cut with Ponyville, and the strange shift of power felt by both Princess Celestia and Princess Luna, made Canterlot really concerned about what exactly is going on there.

“Still nothing from Ponyville, Lulu?” Princesses Celestia said on the breakfast table. It became a frequent question now for Princess Luna, as she was the responsible of communications and intelligence department.

“Nothing Tia, unfortunately.” Luna said with a heavy sigh. “Same as the last two weeks.”

“But how can’t we get any Intel out of Ponyville? Even Twilight is out of reach, and her energy is strange.”

“I don’t know Tia. I just can’t reach them. I’m making my entire telecom team and hackers’ team gather whatever possible info from there. But there’s no connection what so ever. It’s like the entire Town got off grid. Not just that, it seems that I don’t even have access to the dreams of these ponies anymore. Either they never dream, or they sleep only in the morning.”

“But how can an entire Town be sleeping in the day all together. Unless they all turned in to Vamponies or something.”

“Is this really the time to make such tasteless jokes sister?”

“You’re right. I’m sorry Luna. I know that this is a sensitive topic to you. I should’ve never brought it up.”

“It’s okay sister. I never forgot about it in the first place. I thought I could enhance the power of ponies by merging them with bats, the most powerful creatures of the night. But I ended up doing nothing by creating an eternal, immortal and fearsome terror. I created these monsters, as well as when I became the monster.”

Celestia stood up from her seat, went to Luna and wrapped her arms around her and started stroking her mane gently. “It’s not your fault my dearest sister. You could’ve never expected this to happen. Plus, it came out with an outstanding outcome. I mean, wasn’t the same experiment that created the fourth race of the ponykind?”

“I- I guess you’re right. They were the ponies who saved the country from the threat of those monsters, and became my loyal guards. I couldn’t have been more grateful to them. They all mean a lot to me.”

“See, it was not that bad after all, was it?” Celestia said, giving her sister a light kiss on the cheek.

“However, we need to get to the bottom of this matter. We need to send our best field agents there to get us a throughout report on the situation there.”

Luna heaved another sigh, closed her eyes, and said with a sorrowful tone. “I already did that. But as soon as an agent enters the boarders of Ponyville we lose connections with him. Even his dreams and mental connections go completely off grid.”

Celestia listened to her sister and slowly sipped her morning coffee. “So, should we assume that Ponyville taken by a certain force of evil that trapped even the Elements?”

“I can’t verify this hypothesis, while I can’t deny the possibility either, but is it wise to mobilize our troops based on mere assumptions?”

“Do you have other choice Luna?”

“As a matter of fact, I do my dear sis.”

“So, out with it already.”

“I will go there myself sister. As the lead agent and the head of the Intelligence department. And as the princess of the night.”

“I can’t approve that Luna. I can’t approve to putting yourself in the face of the unknown.”

“Don’t worry about me sister. I didn’t become the head of the Intel Dep. just because of my looks.”

Celestia Sighted and closed her eyes, then opened them to look intently at Luna. “You already made up your mind. When are you going?”

“In the afternoon, I’m to be there in the evening to see everything in action.”

True to her word, Princess Luna was at the borders of Ponyville at sunset. What she found there was the strangest thing. Even though it wasn’t fully dark yet, the entire city was already pitch black. It wasn’t a cloud of darkness, nor a darkness bubble. It was that the boarders of Ponyville and some villages beyond were at an eternal night. The sky itself was dark, with stars and all. And the only one who could do this partial night spell is the same that can turn the eternal sky to night. And Princess Luna was sure as hell that she didn’t make that.

Another strange thing that there were walls around that darkness. As if this piece of land made itself separated from the entire land of Equestria completely. Hell, there were even guards on the walls, and they looked like batponies. Though she was sure that these were not her loyal servants. That’s when The Princess of The night started to have a really bad feeling about all of this.

At the beginning Luna thought about casually approaching the town. But she remembered what happened to the agents before so she performed some spells to check the surroundings of the town and the magic flow around it. She felt something so, familiar, something that brought with it some nasty memories. Could it be that Celestia’s nasty joke was actually true, but how?? Then she remembered the brief phone call that she had with Twilight. As everything started to make sense and all the puzzle pieces fall into place. Luna didn’t feel the world around her. That’s when she knew that she messed up.

The moment that Luna opened her eyes she was, expectedly, tied up in chains. She was being dragged through a hallway of what seemed as a castle. All the walls were dark, which reminded her of her quarters of the royal palace. The different thing was the stripes of red light illuminating the halls. Also, the walls were decorated with a strange banner of a red background and two black bat wings and black fangs in the center. After a while they stopped at a large gate which had the same style as the banners decorating the walls. The entire gate was red with two large, black handles shaped as bat wings.

As soon as they arrived there the gates were opened and she was dragged to what looked like a throne room. As she stood up and looked in front of her: she saw something that had her sad, happy, confused, infuriated and speechless. It was her friend, twilight, sitting on the throne. Not just that, the rest of the elements were surrounding her, and they all showed what she feared.

“Leave her and go out.” Twilight ordered the two guards who were dragging the princess to this room. The two guards obeyed and left the room.

Luna stood up and looked in disbelief in the direction of Twilight, who was slowly moving to meet her. “T-twilight?” Luna stuttered. Is that really you?”

“Why yes.” Twilight said in a sarcastic way. “I am Queen Twilight Sparkle. Queen of the Black Castle and the ruler of the Red Kingdom. And I formally welcome you, Princess Luna of Equestria, to our lands.”

“What are you talking about Twilight? What happened to Ponyville?”

“It’s Erythroprya now princess, the capital of the Red Kingdom. The kingdom of darkness and blood.”

“Erythroprya?! The Red Kingdom?! Twilight?! What are you rambling about?!!”

Twilight started laughing at the confused Princess, followed by the rest of the Elements. Fluttershy, the one who was standing closest to the throne, shot the princess a dirty and impatient glare. She called to the Queen impatiently. “With all do respect, your grace. Will we keep chitchatting with this bitch for long? I want to usher her to her cell and have some fun.”

“Flutters, darling. You need to be more polite. She may be a prisoner, but she’s a representative of another country nevertheless.”

“Shut up both of you.” The Queen said angrily to the now terrified elements. Then she turned to the dumbstruck princess in front of her. “You should excuse my subordinates. They can get a bit, annoying at times.”

“F-fluttershy, Rarity! They have all turned into vamponies.”

“Oh! Now you got it. And you call yourself the princess of the night?”

At that moment Luna fell to the ground, crying hysterically. “It all came back to haunt me. It all came back to me.” Luna managed to say between the sobs.

“Oh, don’t worry about it Princess. You won’t really feel any guild in a few hours when I execute you in front of all my subjects tomorrow as the first step of taking over Equestria.”

Luna looked up at Twilight, terrified. Luna looked in Twilight’s eyes and saw evil beyond imagination pronounced from her eyes. Only then Luna knew that she was too much consumed by darkness. She was far beyond being brought back. Luna at that time closed her eyes and gave up completely. She didn’t even hear what was going on around her anymore. The only thing she felt was when she was dragged out and then she felt her body slam into a wall. She then felt a cold floor beneath her, after which she lost consciousness.

Author's Note

I'm back my dear friends. I know it's been a while since I last posted but Freshman year in college was nothing but easy. Well, now that I'm finally having sometime off I will post more frequent.

The Escape

Dull pain in the abdomen and a very wet feeling all over her face, those were the causes that snapped the princess of the night from her state of unconsciousness. Her eyes were too heavy to open, her ears were ringing painfully, her arms felt like being stretched so much to be pulled out of their places and her wings had the exact same feeling but they were pulled downwards. However, her hooves felt like they’re hanging in midair. When she concentrated more, he entire body seemed to be hanging.

When she finally managed to open her eyes she confirmed her hypothesis. She was hanging by her arms from the ceiling of what seemed like a torturing cell. A quick scan of the cell and even the smell of it sent shivers to her spine as a hoard of feelings including fear, guilt and disgust. After all, this cell was a carbon copy of the ‘Equin Intelligence Agency Interrogation and Questioning Rooms’ that were used in the darker days of the sisters’ regime. There was also weighted cuffs that pulled her wings downwards, preventing them from even flinching. Also her horn was covered with a metallic cone that was enchanted with a sort of a magic neutralizing spell. She never thought she would end up again in a place like this after over a millennia, and this time she’s on the other side of the table.

“Finally, her highness is up.” Fluttershy said, she stood there, busting her chest in the face of Princess Luna, and she was holding what seemed like an empty bucket. As the Princess’s sight finally got back to its full recovery, she saw traces of red, thick liquid on the walls of the bucket that was, without a doubt, the cause of the wet feeling she had, which made her send questioning and terrifying looks towards the bucket and its holder all the same.

“Oh! I see you noticed the little surprise we got for your highness. It was a special request of her grace Queen Twilight Sparkle to give you some of our feast yesterday because you weren’t in the, ummm, condition to join us. I thought it was a waste to waste some high quality blood on some royal bitch. But orders are orders after all, and our queen likes to show hospitality to our guests.”

The princess looked down and saw the thick red liquid dripping from her hooves and soaking her entire mane and coat. She looked in shock, disbelieve and disgust. The only reaction she could master is vomiting. She still didn’t believe that her own closest friends became monsters. How did she let that happen? Why didn’t she notice what was happening with them from the start? However, one thing was certain to her. Her friends were long gone to her, and they can’t be helped anymore.

“Y-you monster.” Princess Luna managed to say between coughs and sobs.

“That’s a very rude thing to say to your subjects from the creatures of the night your highness. I mean, didn’t you create us yourself Princess?” Queen Twilight Sparkle said when she entered the room. She looked closely and inspected the princess, finally looking her deep in the eye. Her eyes were terrifying, they were burning with desire and full of darkness. “I see that my subordinate here was hospitable to you. Good job Fluttershy.”

Fluttershy bowed down to Queen Twilight. “I’m just doing my best to serve you my queen. Though it’s hard to resist her right now. She smells and looks delicious.”

“Now, now.” Twilight said, putting a hand on Fluttershy’s shoulders. “You have to be patient about these kind of things. Plus, you don’t want to get some of it without the rest of the hive right. Plus, you need to make this right to get the best taste. The royal blood especially needs to be slowly drained.”

The Princess didn’t believe the conversation taking place in front of her. They are talking about her like she was some kind of cake. Then her looks changed to full terror as Twilight summoned some apparatus that was specialized in blood drainage. Twilight then used her magic to move the needled rubber tubes towards The Princess of the night.

“Don’t worry princess. It will just hurt a little in the beginning, then you will not feel a thing.” Twilight said as she started sticking the needles in Luna’s major veins in her limbs and wings. In no time, blood started flowing out of her body, filling the glass jar that was on the other end of the tubes.

Fluttershy stared at the blood flowing in the tubes, her eyes were full of blood thirst. “The sight itself is more than magnificent your grace.”

“It sure is Fluttershy. Now let’s leave the Princess of the night for her delightfully relaxing experience.” Twilight said as she turned her back to the Princess and took her leave, Fluttershy in her tail, and closing the iron door behind them.

Princess Luna started to feel dizzy and limb all over her body. She was losing blood in a very high rate and she know it won’t be long till she passes out. She also knows very well that once she passes out, she’s done for. She trying using her magic to disable the neutralizing spell surrounding her horn but it was futile.

Princess Luna though so hard about what she could do in this grave situation. She was getting weaker by the second and she is starting to lose her concentration. She may have nodded off a couple of time even. However, she refuses to give up. She felt that it was her responsibility that all this happened. She was the reason that these creatures came to life in the first place and they’re now back, and she will be the only one to stop them.

“Okay, this is the last option I’ve got. And I know that I’ve got only one shot in it. I don’t know if it will be successful or it will lead to my death. But if this didn’t work, nothing else will.”

After Princess Luna said these words to reassure herself, she starting to redirect her concentration to her magical core. She knew that the amount of magic she had can blow up entire planets in its raw form so she had to be very careful in its plan. She started to materialize her magical energy into a liquid form and retract what’s left of her blood from her limbs to her vital organs.

Her plan was successful so far, blood started to retreat and magic started to flow in her veins instead. Surely it started to flow also in the tubes in place of her blood. As magic started to fill the rest of the bloody glass container. It started to change back to its original form of energy, expanding and applying pressure on the walls of the container. Finally, the princess sent a final burst of magical energy which was with higher temperature as it was extracted directly from her magical core.

The result of this reaction was a huge blow that blew away the princess and the wall of the cell. It sent her flying then falling from what seemed like a high tower that was the place in the castle where her cell was located. She tried to flap her wings but she was weak to do any action. Then she just registered herself to her fate and closed her eyes. Hoping that these beasts won’t find anything in her corpse for them to drain and feast upon.

Author's Note

I'm back. I really apologize that I wasn't there for the past couple of months but it was a hectic summer. Anyway I'm back and this is a token for my return. Hope you like it.

The Rise of the Elements of Blood

Back at the Blood Castle, formerly known as the Golden Oak Library, appeared the two faithful servants of the hive queen after successfully finishing their hunt. Both Rarity and Fluttershy laid their respectful preys in front of the Black Throne and bowed to their queen with blood thirsty eyes.

Upon the throne, Twilight Sparkle sat with a dark grin upon her face. She stared with content and satisfaction, feasting her eyes with the expansion of her hive with two more of the Elements. However, there is still one more element that needs to be converted before she starts building her kingdom of darkness. She kept this one in particular last for a reason. For that last element is the hardest to be converted, and the most unpredictable of its nature after its conversion.

“Well, well,” Said Twilight, lowering herself from her throne and walking gracefully to Fluttershy and Rarity. “I see you have both successfully completed your hunt. Hope you had fun doing it.”

“Oh! But of course your majesty.” Said Rarity, giggling a bit to herself. “I didn’t know that being sadistic had such a filling effect upon one’s soul. I had the outmost pleasure in deceiving someone who put his love in me. I just felt so, so alive.”

Twilight giggled and said. “Well, I’m glad that you had fun, but.” She paused and took Rarity’s chin in her fingertips and looked her deeply in the eye. “think about deceiving me. And I’ll show you how fun it could be.”

“O-of course I would never dream about it your majesty.” Rarity said, gulping and wincing from fear.

“Good.” Twilight said with a satisfying grin. “Now, you didn’t speak Fluttershy. Thought you’d be the one who’d enjoyed her hunt the most.”

“I just did what was required from me that’s all.” Fluttershy said in a cold tone of voice. “Oh! So you didn’t enjoy yourself?” “Well, I didn’t. I kinda wanted to play with her more. Torture her, make her scream, suck her blood, seeing the look of fear in her eyes. After that I’d say I had fun.”

“Well, since you did such a good job in completing your hunt and capturing your victim. I’ll grant you your wish. I’ll be out for a while to take care of the last element needed for our group to be complete. And I trust that our little two friends here won’t be all that happy when they wake up. So why don’t you two greet them when they wake up and have fun while you at it?”

“Hahaha, now you’re talking! Thank you your majesty.” Fluttershy said. Her wings rising from excitement.

“That would be utterly generous from your part your majesty. Don’t worry, I’ll take good care of her.”

“That’s good. It’s a good night for hunting tonight. And my prey won’t be easy to catch. This should be fun.” Twilight said with a giggle that slowly developed to a hearty, almost maniac laughter. Then she regained her composure, turned to the girls and said in a playful tone. “Take good care of the house while I’m out girls.” And she disappeared with a purple flash of magic.

“Well, time to start getting this bitch ready for our fun night. Damn I’m feeling horny already.” Fluttershy said as she held her prey on her shoulder and started climbing on the stairs.

“Just make sure not to hurt her too much dear.” Rarity said, then she turned to the still unconscious Applejack and laid her on the sofa with her head in Rarity’s lap. “Well, I guess I should have some fun of my own myself.”

Sugarcube Corner was as merry a place as it always was. Nothing was out of the ordinary. The cakes were already sleeping, and Pinkie Pie was cleaning up after a long day of work. There was a birthday party today to one of the fillies at school and she knew it would take extra effort on her part to clean the mess that the fillies and foals left behind. Though she was really happy that she made all these ponies smile so she wasn’t really sad about it.

However, something was lingering on her mind. Her friends hadn’t come to see her in a while. She was hoping that there were alright but she sensed that there was something off. Even though she couldn’t put her hands on it. That’s why she decided to leave it aside for now and wait for one of her friends to come. To her surprise, a blast of familiar purple magic appeared in the center of the main room revealing Twilight Sparkle.

“Hello there Pinkie Pie. It has been a while.” Twilight said with a smug look on her face.

“Oh, hey Twilight.” Pinkie said with her cheerful tone. “Nice outfit. Trying your costume for Nightmare’s night?”

“No, my dear pinkie. This is my new style from now on. Also, from now on I ‘m expecting from you to call me by ‘Your Majesty’. As I’m now the queen of the new Vampony kingdom that you’ll be a part of.”

Pinkie raised her eyebrow, gave Twilight a lengthy look, then she burst out laughing and rolling on the floor. Twilight, however, wasn’t confused in the slightest. She knew that her pink friend over there would certainly take the whole thing as a joke. But Twilight didn’t want to use a low technique like playing along with the joke then turn her. So, with a swift move, Twilight dashed to the side of the laughing Pinkie and gave her a direct blow on the side. Or, almost did.

Before the blow reached Pinkie’s side. Pinkie grabbed Twilight’s wrist tightly and smiled wryly at her. “You should try harder than that if you really want to get to me Twily.” Pinkie said, releasing Twilight’s hand and jumping back a little.

Twilight was really confused. Not just by the swift way her friend blocked her attack. She knew how Pinkie’s sense works and how fast this pony can move. But she was confused by the look on her face, that smile she wore. “Did you know all along?” Twilight said in a serious tone.

“Does it matter Twilight? Come on, it’s no fun if you didn’t take it seriously your MAJESTY.”

“WHY YOUUUUUUU?” Twilight yelled while charging in Pinkie’s direction. She shot multiple magic blasts in the direction of her enemy. Pinkie was able to skillfully dodge them all but it put her exactly where Twilight needed her. Twilight gave her a kick on her lower abdomen that sent her flying and broke the counter.

“Now, I’ll ask you one more time. How did you know that I was really a vampony queen?” Said Twilight, now standing on top of Pinkie.

“Well, that was a good kick Twily, I give you that.” Pinkie said as she rose up from her place. “But if you want to know that badly. I guess you’ll need to force it out of me.”

“Then I’ll do just that.” Twilight said as she stepped closer to Pinkie, she was about to give her a blow on the face but she felt severe pain in her abdomen all of a sudden. She wobbled back and looked down to see a knife strike on her belly.

“Oh, come on, that won’t kill you right.” Pinkie said cheerfully. Although she wasn’t that cheerful pony anymore. Her mane was flat, her eyes were dark and her color was pale. Twilight saw Pinkie once in this condition before. And that was when she thought her friends abandoned her.

Twilight stood up after her wound healed. She looked with a deadpan stare on the mare in front of her. “So, I see you turned to Pinkamena. Why was that?”

“Well, after I saw you drinking Rarity’s blood right in front of me. I guess I just snapped. I mean, anypony would snap right. Of course I tried to make myself believe that it was all a bad dream. That nothing of that happened. But your visit just now was more than enough to make me know that it was true. You killed her right?”

Twilight smiled a bit. “Well, first I’m sorry you had to see me doing such a gruesome act. But I wouldn’t kill any of my friends. I just improved our little Rarity, as well as the rest of the elements. You’re the only pony left Pinkie. Or should I call you Pinkamena?”

“Pinkamena from now on.” Pinkamena said in a completely emotionless voice. “So, I guess there’s no reason for me to fight anymore. If being with my friends means I’ll have to be a monster, then be it. But I need to confirm it for myself first.”

“I’ll grant your wish.” Twilight said, moving next to Pinkamena. “No funny business though. Or I won’t hesitate for a second to put a blade in your throat.”

With a bright purple flash of Twilight’s horn they both teleported back to the Blood Castle. The other four of the elements were standing as if waiting for the arrival of Twilight. From the looks of it that the two new converted recruits have accepted their new selves rather gracefully. Twilight trotted to her throne and sat on it.

“So, have you believed me now Pinkamena.” Twilight said.

Pinkamena’s eyes were still scanning the place. Sure her friends were all there. “H- hey guys.”

“Hey there Pinkus. Took you some time.” Rainbow said as she lied on the sofa.

“Well, it’s Pinkamena you punk okay. And I just wanted to make sure we're all here. Especially when I saw Rarity getting bitten on the neck.”

“Oh! You saw that my dear.” Rarity said with a hit of embarrassment. “I’m so sorry, but I’ve never been better myself. I feel so, so alive.”

“Well, whatever.” Pinkamena said. “I will convert so make it quick.”

Twilight smiled and signaled for Pinkamena to come to her. Then she slowly sank her teeth in the neck of the pink pony. Pinkamena didn’t even let out a sound from the bite. It was like she was enjoying the pain inflected on her. After a while Twilight’s teeth parted from Pinkamena’s neck and pinkmena collapsed on the floor.

Twilight wiped her lips from the blood. Then she stood up from her throne. “Now that’s done. I welcome you all back. As you’ve all been reborn. You’re not the Elements of Harmony anymore. From now on you shall be known as The Elements of Blood.”