Flutterbat sat overlooking the vast valleys of Equestria, high atop the mountain. She was even above Canterlot, now filled with hundreds of vampire ponies hunting those who were not. Night had fallen not long ago, and she was happy to watch as hell broke loose on ponykind.
Next to her sat Rarity, her red eyes now glowing and full of hatred. She had been fully converted some time ago, and Flutterbat was happy to have someone who she could share the moment with. They watched as several vampire ponies converged on a lone stallion, desperately trying to kick the undead masses away from him, to no avail. Three of them pounced on him all at once, taking him down and biting into his flesh. Sucking him dry of blood.
Flutterbat smiled at the chaos, the fires burning around Canterlot brightening her devilish grin even more. She watched on as the living were either consumed or transformed by the vampires that she had brought down upon them. Fires had started breaking out around the city, and they just kept growing as nopony was left to put them out. She had won. There was nothing anypony could do to stop her now. She would only grow more powerful as more and more vampires would be created, bringing forth an unstoppable army, and there wasn't a single mare or stallion left brave enough to stand against her.
Three Months Earlier
Twilight waited patiently for Pinkie Pie to awaken, holding her good as she lay silent in front of her. The transformation had taken place, and all that was left was for Pinkie to wake up and she would be fine.
"You sure this won't take long?" Twilight asked, looking to Rainbow Dash, who was sitting behind her with her wings wrapped around Applejack.
"I'm sure, Twilight. Just a little longer. She should be up soon," Dash said. "Just remember to take it slowly when she does, she'll need to get her strength up before we can really do anything."
"Right," Twilight said, dully.
Rainbow looked at Twilight with concern, not knowing what else to say. There wasn't really anything else to say, but she knew that Twilight would be upset about this for a while. Applejack knew this as well, but didn't say anything. She knew that Rainbow was right, and whether Twilight liked it or not, they had to let Pinkie rest before they could really do anything to try and stop Fluttershy.
"Where do you think they coulda gone, Rainbow?" She asked.
"I'm not sure. I don't know how this Fluttershy acts, so she could be anywhere."
"That wasn't Fluttershy," Twilight said. "Whatever the hell that was, it wasn't Fluttershy."
Rainbow had no response, and Applejack was speechless as well.
"W-we know that, Twilight. But we don't really have anythin' else ta call 'er," Applejack said.
"We'll use the name Rarity devised the first time she was around; Flutterbat," Twilight said.
"Makes sense to me," Rainbow said. "But what are we gonna do about her? I don't want to kill her, but she needs to be stopped. Maybe we could try changing her back?"
"I don't know if that would work, Rainbow," Twilight said. "Considering that we're all vampires too, I don't know how much good my magic will do if I try something like that."
"Damn..." Rainbow sighed. "Maybe you could try bringing her vampire instincts down like ours?"
"I'm not even sure why we weren't fully taken over..."
"Well..." Applejack said, "it's because Rainbow controlled it. Made the transformation purely physical." She looked at Rainbow Dash affectionately. "At least that's what she did fer me."
"Yeah, but it was Fluttershy that turned me," Twilight stated. "Why am I not a full-blown, bloodthirsty monster?"
Rainbow thought about that for a minute before speaking. It didn't make any sense to her at first, but then she remembered what had happened to her.
"It's because of Pinkie," Rainbow said, earning confused looks from Applejack and Twilight.
"What do you mean?" Twilight asked.
"Before I turned Applejack, I was losing myself to the vampire instincts flowing through my veins..." she looked fondly at Applejack before continuing, "but then I saw Applejack and I remembered the reason I was fighting against it. I had to win. For her."
"Rainbow..." Applejack said, wrapping a wing around Dash's shoulders.
"You must've done the same thing when you saw Pinkie. It's the only thing that makes sense," Rainbow explained.
"But, I don't..." Twilight started, unsure of herself. Her emotions were running wild, trying to piece together if she actually did feel that strongly about Pinkie.
She put together as much as she could: she had noticed that her memories came flowing back to her when she saw Pinkie standing there, and she felt extremely heartbroken about what she had done.
"I... I don't... I can't... How can I feel this way about her? There's no connection, we don't spend as much time together as I do with Rarity or you two, so how can I...?"
"That's just it, Twi," Rainbow said. "You didn't know, but your heart did."
"But how...?" Twilight was at a loss for words.
"Just how it works, I guess," Dash said.
"I'd have always thought I might fall for Rarity or... or even you, Rainbow, if I'm honest. But Pinkie? Never would have thought..."
"Well, maybe you didn't," Rainbow said. "Maybe it was your determination to make things right."
That made a lot more sense to her than anything else. She knew she needed to put a stop to this madness. She knew it more than anything else. Maybe she did feel for Pinkie, but she knew that she needed to stop Flutterbat's rampage; and nothing was going to stop her.
Author's Note
The long-awaited sequel is alive, my friends. Thanks for being patient with me. I don't expect this to do as well as the original, but that doesn't really matter. I'm continuing the story, and that's what does matter. See y'all later!
-Devs
She walked with the other two mares, hiding in the shadows. She hated her new thirst for blood, and she hated the mare leading them even more for killing him. She kept her mouth shut while the other two led; she didn't want to anger the leader. As much as she hated her, she was still afraid of her. Especially after knowing what she did.
She flexed her wings a little, trying to distract herself. She still wasn't used to having bat wings or fangs, and the fact that she could hear he other two mares' heartbeats was something else entirely. She ran her tongue along her teeth very gently, not wanting to accidentally slice it open, and looked around the area. They were deep in the Everfree by now, and the trees surrounded them. She thought she heard Timberwolves howling far away, and with her new hearing it wouldn't surprise her if she did.
"So," the yellow one said in a soft but commanding voice, "how do you feel, Night?"
"I wouldn't know," she replied.
"Apologies for your friend, but I was very hungry," the leader replied, shaking her pink mane out of her eyes.
I'm sure you're sorry, she thought. "Shit happens," she said instead.
"Fair enough," the leader replied.
"I don't think it was necessary..." The white mare said, looking at Night apologetically, "not only was it a waste, but she clearly loved him. When I woke I saw her trying to bring him back."
Night couldn't ignore the slight posh accent the white and purple mare spoke with. She also couldn't deny that she enjoyed the mare's presence, even if she was clearly more interested in the yellow and pink mare beside her. Night looked up, and saw the half-moon above them. She hated leaving the town she had grown to love, but she had no choice. If she tried to run, it was likely the leader would kill her.
"I do hope there are no hard feelings," Flutterbat said, a slight smirk on her face.
"No hard feelings?" Night was disgusted by the question. "Of course there are hard feelings. You killed my fiancée, I don't think I'm about to forgive that."
"What a pity... You're so beautiful, too..." The leader looked back at her, and before she knew it she had Night pinned to the ground, struggling against the stronger vampire. "I think you need to be reminded that for us, it's kill or be killed. You may think that you can go home, but that's a very far stretch from the truth."
"And how would you know?" Night protested. "Have you even tried to?"
"I, myself, have no home. My home is the night," the yellow one stated with a low growl.
"Fluttershy, stop this," Night heard the unicorn say. "It won't do us any good if you kill her."
"I don't think you have any say in the matter. Now step aside before I kill you, too," she hissed.
I WON'T LET YOU HURT HER!!!
Flutterbat whirled her head around. "Who said that?"
Hurt the other one if you must, but leave Rarity alone.
She was at a loss for words. The voice was coming from everywhere at once.
*****
Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Twilight and Pinkie Pie walked through the town, the moon low in the sky in the west, the first hints of dawn in the east. They didn't know how bad the sunlight might affect them, so Twilight made a mental note to get them inside before sunlight. The four entered the library, somewhat cautiously. Twi was still shaken up about what she had accidentally done to Pinkie Pie, but she was forgiven as soon as the party pony was awake and bouncing around as usual. That, and getting used to her newfound wings. Twilight and Applejack had no idea how Pinkie wasn't complaining about the pain in her sides, but they dismissed it simply because it's Pinkie Pie. The mare had proven more resilient than they had previously assumed, and so the others just let her deal with it.
Currently, Applejack and Rainbow Dash lay together on the couch while Twilight made certain that the windows were covered. Pinkie Pie inspected her new, bright pink, bat-like wings; getting giddy over the thought of actually flying like Rainbow Dash. The latter seemed too tired to start lessons, so Pinkie let her be, instead thinking about all the new and exciting opportunities that the wings granted them. Twilight, once finished with the windows, walked towards the party pony and gave her a friendly smile.
"How are you feeling, Pinkie?" she asked, sounding as tired as she felt.
"I'm super duper!" the pink earth pony replied.
"That's good, we need everyone at the top of their game if we're gonna pull this off," Twilight said, smiling a little.
"And what exactly are we gonna pull off, Twilight? " Applejack spoke up from the couch.
Twilight looked at each of her three remaining friends with a half determined stare. "We're gonna get our friends back and make things like they were. No matter what, we have to fix this."
Rainbow nodded in agreement, as did Applejack and Pinkie Pie.
"Well, count me in," Dash said.
"Me too," came Applejack's voice.
"Me three!" Pinkie chimed in.
All three voices gave Twilight hope. Hope that they would be able to fix things before they got too out of hand. Of course, it already seemed like they had. And that was the biggest challenge of all.
Author's Note
I'm so sorry I haven't updated this! I just got busy with other things and gah I'm sorry!!!
