"Hello?" I called out as I walked through the forest. This place used to be covered in trees that yielded glorious apples every year but there were no apples to be found, the place had become an unruly forest with gnarled vines and clinging shadows as the ponies working here stopped because of a so called pony eating monster.

"Hello?" I called out again now noticing that the branches seemed to reach toward me like claws as they shifted and twisted in the moon light.

"Go.. go away.." A voice said, sounding like they had been crying recently.

I whipped my head around searching for the meek voice. "I just want to help you!"

"N-no one can help me anymore, I'm a monster." I heard the voice sniffle.

A dark yellow shadow fell from a tree landing to my left. I slowly trotted towards it. "I just want to help" I repeated again.

"Who.. who are you?"

"My name is Silver Wind, I know you're not a monster and I know you wouldn't ever hurt anypony." I was now next to the pony, only just beginning to make out the pony's features. The pony was butter coloured with a pink mane, and teal eyes, but there were a few things that didn't fit in, like the pointed teeth, tufted ears, and the featherless wings. These features marked her as a vampire pony. She shied away from me as I got closer.

"Why are you wearing that?" I guessed she was referring to my black cloak so I pulled back the hood, revealing my maya blue mane and dark purple coat.

"No reason." I flashed a smile showing off my pointed teeth. "I'm just like you, and I'm not a monster so I by extension you're not either."

"Just like me?" I heard her whispering under her breath like she couldn't believe it, I wonder how long she has been alone. Ponies were scared of things they don't understand, I don't blame them, but innocent ponies that wouldn't lay a hoof on another are given the cold shoulder just from being a bit different. I leaned down and place a hoof on the shivering ponies shoulder.

"It's okay, I know what you're gone through. I'm here to help you- I'm sorry I never caught your name."

"Fluttershy" Most people wouldn't be able to hear that but vampire ponies were special, we had sharper eyes, and keener hearing.

"Okay, Fluttershy, how about we leave this cold apple orchard and-"

"No, I can't leave my friends." She said sounding rather determined, I winced knowing that would just make this harder fir her. I was hoping that I wouldn't have to do this but she's not giving me much of a give me a choice.

"When was the last time any of your "friends" visited you." I didn't get an answer, she just gazed off into space. "Fluttershy?" I shake her shoulder, now a bit worried. 'I think I broke her'

"N-n-no, m-my f-f-friends w-wouldn't-" She couldn't even finish her sentence before bursting into tears. I wrapped one of my wings over her withers and pulled her closer to myself.

"It's okay Fluttershy, if there are ponies that judge you just for being a bit different they don't deserve to be your friends." I tried to reassure her but the tears didn't seem like they would be stopping anytime soon. "Come on let's get you out of here." I helped her up and led her away from the dead trees. She shivered and sniffled as we walked; at least she isn't weeping anymore.

I sighed internally, she must have been really close friends with those ponies for her to react this strongly. Which begged the questions. Why did they just leave her? Why did they not try to help her? How were these ponies so cold hearted to just straight up leave their dear friend alone in this cold field? These questions swam in my head as we walked further and further away from the dead trees and into the more alive parts of the apple orchard. I walked a few more feet before I noticed that Fluttershy had came to a stop.

"Fluttershy?" I turned around and looked back at her. "Fluttershy are you oka-" I cut off as I noticed her intense gaze at the red ripe apples that were aligning the trees. 'Ah, so that's why they left her here, she has the fruit bat gene. At least they showed enough sense not to give her over to the sun princess.'

Many ponies thought that there was only one kind of bat pony, but in fact there were multiple, each one suiting a different role. I smirked as the butter coloured pony flew up to the trees and started sucking the apples dry.

I let her feed for a few minutes before calling out to her. "Hey Fluttershy, we should go before it becomes day time" she didn't seem to notice me calling out to her. So I unfurled my purple wings, flew up to her and poked her with a hoof. She turned toward me and sniffed the air. She then took an apple off the tree and offered it to me. I noticed that her eyes were nowhere similar to how they were before, they had a red tint to them. I took the apple in my teeth. 'That fruit bat gene is rather strong by the looks of it.'

Fruit bats were the gatherers of the bat pony race and also the least dangerous. She picked a few more apples off the tree and we continued on our way by wing this time, when we landed outside of the apple orchard her eyes faded back to their normal hue.

"Where... where am I?" She looked around obviously confused that she was suddenly in this new terrain.

"Your instincts kicked in, you have the fruit bat gene which are gatherers for the bat pony race." 'So, she doesn't remember anything that happens when she is using the instinct, interesting.'

"O-oh" She said weakly as she turned to look at me; her teal eyes met my red ones before her eyes flashed red and she fell to the side.

"Fluttershy!"I rushed over to her and checked her pulse. Normal. Odd, I guess using her instincts take a lot out of her.... or... I looked up and confirmed my second theory. Her body knew when the sun was going to rise and put her into a sleeping state. "Wait... crap! The sun is rising?!? I don't have enough time to walk back!" I shouted out loud, knowing that this is going to take a lot of my energy and that I was going to regret this later; I threw my cloak over her and braced myself and we teleported away.

Author's Note

Maya blue.