The moon hangs high in the sky above Canterlot. In the north district of the city sits a large night club with a bright, purple glowing neon sign saying 'Bakkubito'. Inside the club Vinyl Scratch is standing behind a set of turn tables, spinning some music records and playing music for the club. The club itself has three floors. There is the ground floor where the dance floor is located along with a public bar. The second floor is where more refined bars and tables can be found along with Vinyl Scratch's DJ stand. Lastly the third floor is Vinyl Scratch's VIP booth which overlooks the entire club. Octavia is sitting at a wall booth sipping a piña colada with Erlöser sitting opposite her.

"So... Umm... How long have you been dating Vinyl?" Erlöser asks sheepishly sipping his soda.

Octavia puts down her glass and sits back looking at Vinyl Scratch who is still on her turn tables, spinning music records with her headphones on. "Hmm I'd say about three weeks... We started in Appleloosa after she jumped over some buildings. Do you have a partner?" Octavia returns the question as she picks up her glass and takes a sip.

"Oh I don't... I haven't really had time to think about having a relationship given how hectic my life has turned lately..." Erlöser sips his soda blushing as he thinks.

Vinyl Scratch walks over and sits down next to Erlöser with a bottle of vodka-blood mix. "I've been spinning discs all night. I let Neon Lights take over for a bit while I relax with you guys. You having fun Octavia?" Vinyl Scratch asks as she leans over and kisses Octavia gently.

"Well, while this place is not my normal... How would you say... Scene? I am, however, enjoying myself quite a bit here with you. Talking to Erlöser is somewhat interesting, though he is a rather shy boy which I find cute." Octavia smiles gently at Vinyl Scratch and Erlöser.

Vinyl Scratch chuckles slightly and nudges Erlöser's arm. "You will never get a girlfriend being shy like that, haha. On a separate note, Octavia would you like to see the VIP room above the club?" Vinyl Scratch offers before standing up.

"Hmm sure, that sounds interesting. What about you, Erlöser?" Octavia asks Erlöser who finishes his soda and also stands up.

"I think I'm going to get some fresh air... Excuse me." Erlöser leaves the two alone who begin walking to the VIP lounge. While Erlöser heads to the back door and out into the alleyway beside the club. He then leans against the wall opposite the club door and throws up a little before sliding down the wall into a sitting position.

"You see, this is what happens when you don't have the right blood intake... You get ill, bloody moron."

Erlöser looks around while breathing heavily. "S-shut up... I just haven't gotten used to drinking blood yet... I keep forgetting..." Erlöser states while closing his eyes.

"You will end up in a hospital if you keep 'forgetting'... Or worse dying due to lack of sustenance... If that happens I do too so pack this shit in..."

"I still don't even know who the hell you are let alone why I should trust you... You killed those two government agents!"

"They were going to kill both you and Rainbow Dash... Don't act all fucking innocent with me... You were the one who desired them to die, wanted them to leave Rainbow Dash alone... I simply did as you wanted... Brother"

"I have no brother... I'm an only child as far as I know and what would my brother's voice be doing in my head anyway..? Who the hell are you?!" Erlöser picks himself up and leans against the wall slowly recovering.

"Oh, now that is fucking childish... Wake the fuck up Erlöser! You are no saint... What you are, what we are... We are both destined for a road dripping with blood... You will learn eventually that we need each other... You will learn eventually what and who you are... What and who we both are..."

Erlöser stands up and breathes deeply. "Get the fuck out of my head! I have no brother! I am a Pegasus and I won't spill any more blood!" Erlöser screams into the air before leaning over feeling ill again.

"You're a loud little bitch..." A mysterious male voice states from behind Erlöser.

Erlöser doesn't even get time to turn around before he is struck on the back of the head and knocked out. Erlöser falls to his knees then fully onto the floor. "You look like a suitable partner for her... I should get you out of here quickly." The shady male pony picks up Erlöser and throws him over his shoulder before leaving the alleyway.

After several hours Erlöser slowly opens his eyes and sits up rubbing the back of his head. "W-where am I?" Erlöser looks around the unfamiliar, dimly lit and slightly damp room. There are two candle stick holders on each wall, which are the only light source in the room. Erlöser can vaguely make out a bed made of straw, which just peeks out of the darkness on the left side of the room. On the straw bed Erlöser can just barely make out a naked female pony leg, his heart skips up a beat realising he is not alone. Suddenly a pair of blood red eyes open in the darkness near the leg.

"Did that lumbering fool bring you in here..? I suppose that means you're dinner then... Sucks to be you if I'm honest." The female's voice sounds tough and gives off a 'don't fuck with me vibe'. Out of the darkness an odd looking pale, light greyish gold female pony with a rough styled pale, light greyish rose mane and tail. The ponies ears and wings are bat like, with her wings being the same colour as her body. The pony is also only wearing a pale, light greyish rose coloured bikini top with a matching bikini thong. Her cutie mark, which is visible, is three bats in the same colour as her hair. She looks Erlöser over and crawls over to him putting her face close to his sniffing him carefully. "Hmm you smell like just an E rank Kansen and you're eyes are hardly tainted red... I wonder what you taste like." The pony moves Erlöser's jacket and his shirt so she is able to bite his neck with her vampire fangs.

"W-what are you doing..?" Erlöser squeaks out as he feels her softly suck his blood. He knows he should resist and push her away yet his body betrays his mind and remains still in her presence.

After several seconds the pony suddenly lets go and stares into Erlöser's eyes in shock, blood slightly dripping from her mouth. "Y-you... You're appearance... How you carry yourself... Your entire demeanour... How can someone so... Untainted and pure have such high grade and sweet blood running through their veins..." The pony without a word lets herself lay against and cuddle up to Erlöser. He blushes deeply not knowing what to do as he feels her chest press against him. "Fluttershy... That's my normal name... Although like this in my Kansen form I'm known as Flutterbat... Who are you?" Flutterbat's voice and attitude have changed towards Erlöser, they now seem more soft and gentle compared to the rough and tough attitude before in the darkness.

"Umm... My name is Erlöser..." Erlöser can't help but feel comfortable and relax a little.

"Hmm... Erlöser... I think I will choose you to be my partner... Likely that's why you're here to begin with. I doubt he would just pick someone up fresh from the street to be dinner..." Flutterbat breathes in deeply making special note of Erlöser's scent.

A knock comes from the only door into the room and the same voice from the alleyway can be heard. "Flutterbat, there is a fight coming up... Rank D 'violent slicer' is favourite to win... You want to participate?" The male voice sounds more nervous then when Erlöser heard it in the alleyway.

Flutterbat hisses at the door. "I had hoped we wouldn't be disturbed... I'd really like you to take this fight for me... I'm currently unable to fight at all." Flutterbat requests Erlöser who looks hesitant, but for some reason nods. "He will fight in my place." The door opens and a changeling wearing a suit walks in and takes Erlöser out of the room before closing the door again.

"I umm hope you aren't too badly hurt from that blow to the head?" The changeling asks as he leads Erlöser through some stone wall hallways.

"Umm It doesn't hurt too bad anymore..." Erlöser looks around unsure of where he is.

The changeling leads Erlöser down some steps to a gathering area and over to a table where two other changelings are sitting also wearing suits. "You see my name is Winston and that guy on the right is Jules the other is Nigel, the guy you will be fighting has a rather mean streak but the bits for his take down are very good." Winston explains with a smile.

Jules sighs deeply before speaking. "However... What Winston here failed to deduce was our lady's willingness to fight... She has seemed very distant of late, lacking a romantic partner has dawned on her a bit. Thus we come to the reason why you are here... Winston just decided to grab you, right off the street! Although, seeing as you're alive maybe she likes you."

Erlöser looks confused. "Wait... So she isn't a slave? I mean how she dresses and her living conditions... I assumed she-" Erlöser is cut off by Nigel.

"What? No no, she is our mistress since we left the hive. We are all rank D and fight as a trio, the fight against 'Violent slicer' is a one on one so we wondered if Lady Flutterbat wanted to fight him." Nigel informs Erlöser.

"However, it seems she sent you in her place so she must have faith in you... I hope you win otherwise, well... Dying is pretty much the worst of your problems." Jules jokes as Erlöser's face pales slightly as he realises his mistake.

Winston begins leading the slightly unresponsive Erlöser down to the arena fighter area where they gather. Meanwhile back up in the normal gathering area above the arena at the most elevated seats which are two thrones, that have two seats either side of them. Sitting on the throne to the left is a mare wearing a long scarlet red dress which shows a lot of cleavage and blood red silk gloves. Her coat is a dull crimson while her mane and tail are midnight blue with black highlights.

"You have changed very little since my last visit... Veronica a.k.a 'The Bloody Red Queen'." Princess Luna suddenly sits down in the throne beside Veronica and she smiles.

"Ah Princess Luna, I did wonder when I would see you again. I take it you're well?" Veronica pours Princess Luna a glass of blood. Princess Luna takes the glass with thanks and relaxes.

"Must you tease me by using my full title..? After all down here are you not also the same..? 'Queen of the arena'..." Princess Luna smirks at veronica and settles in to watch two E rank Kansen fight in the arena below.

"Is your pride and joy with you this evening? I do enjoy watching that fox fight in the arena, he does make some really good money and renown for us." Veronica smiles and sips her own blood glass.

"He is around... You know my baby can hardly sit still when he is here." Princess Luna chuckles slightly.

It's now 4:30AM and Vinyl Scratch's nightclub is still packed while the mare herself is in the VIP lounge upstairs. The square archway sofa's sit near the double door entrance to the VIP lounge. On the sofa is a slightly drunk looking Vinyl Scratch cuddling up to Octavia.

"You enjoy cuddling when you're drunk, don't you Vinyl..." Octavia states as she runs her fingers gently through Vinyl Scratch's mane.

"I'm not drunk... Just because I consumed around three bottles of blood-whiskey and two bottles of blood-vodka plus a few glasses of blood-piña colada... Does not make me drunk... It just lowers my functions slightly." Vinyl Scratch defiantly states burying her face into Octavia's chest softly.

Neon Lights suddenly bursts into the room looking panicked. "Boss we have a problem!" Neon Lights looks around the room and is met with a pissed off looking Vinyl Scratch who is kneeling on the sofa above Octavia to talk to Neon Lights.

"What could possibly be wrong..? I thought you had the club handled..." Vinyl Scratch raises one eyebrow at Neon Lights who looks more nervous.

"Well, you see the club is fine. It's more or less... Well, you know how you put me in charge of looking after Erlöser while you spent time in here with Octavia... I was watching him when you came up here then he... Umm well..." Neon Lights stumbles over his words slightly.

"For buck sake 'Turn Tables' spit it out!" Vinyl Scratch yells at Neon Lights who snaps to attention.

"Erlöser never came back from his trip outside! Security has been looking for hours and have found no trace of him!" Neon Lights screams out at Vinyl Scratch whose eyes widen.

"I gave you one simple bucking job and you screwed it up! Get the buck back to the club, I will handle this myself!" Vinyl Scratch states to Neon Lights who sprints away from the VIP lounge back to the DJ stand.

"Vinyl darling... Please calm down, I will make a small call to someone who owes me a lot of favours for their promotion... We will find Erlöser, okay?" Octavia brings Vinyl Scratch back down to lay on top of her and cuddle.

"I was relaxing... Of all the damn things to happen... I hope that kid is alright, Larvali will lecture me badly if I let him get hurt..." Vinyl buries her face in Octavia's chest again and groans annoyingly.

Erlöser is being walked up a corridor by Jules to a gate where beyond looks like the arena. Jules places his hand on Erlöser's shoulder and sighs. "You remember what we told ya right? All you gotta do is knock him out somehow and the match is yours." Jules nervously chuckles.

"Don't I get some form of weapon for this?" Erlöser asks swallowing hard.

Jules rubs the back of his neck and sighs. "Our blood is our weapon... They don't give weapons to Kansen fighters... You will just have to fight him with what you got." Jules begins walking back down the corridor and the gate in front of Erlöser opens up. Erlöser nervously walks out into the arena to see several ponies watching from above. Opposite Erlöser a pony of a similar slim build walks out of the other gate and cracks their neck.

"You're next? Is this a fucking joke? Oh well sucks to be you..." The pony forms large arm blades which cover his whole lower arms like something from Prototype 2. "My name doesn't matter since you will be dead soon... Just call me 'Violent Slicer'... It's the last name you will ever know!" The pony is covered from head to hoof in a thick looking black leather armour, his mane and tail are a bright blood red.

"Ladies and gentlecolts, it's time to clap your hands together and stomp your hoofs for the underground Canterlot arena! Now we have a special here today, on one side is the esteemed killing machine the 'Violent Slicer'! On the other is a new challenger backed by Lady Flutterbat... It's the one the only... Am I reading this right..? Well okay if that's what his title is..." The announcer clears his throat and resumes. "Sorry for the delay! Facing the 'Violent Slicer' is the one the only... 'Dragon ravager'!"

"So what's your plan now..? We are here like you wanted... You agreed to help this girl who needed no help... What's your solution to our mess?"

"I don't know... I have trained with Rainbow and Vinyl, but... I don't yet know how to wield my blood like they can... I've yet to kill anyone myself..."

"So you want to actually take a life? Brother... You have no need to bloody your hands when I am here to bloody mine in your stead..."

"I don't want to be protected like a child anymore! People I care for all around me are fighting while I do nothing, but let you fight for me! I want to be able to fight... I need to fight... Please help me..."

"If that is your true choice... I will do all I can, however... You will need to spill his blood yourself... I can teach you how to make the tools to do it..."

The 'Violent Slicer' charges at Erlöser who manages to dodge most of his attacks using the training Rainbow Dash gave him with her card game. Erlöser jumps away from The 'Violent Slicer' and looks at his hand which is cut and bleeding.

"If you want to kill him... Form a weapon your blood knows how to wield. Listen to your blood and let it form itself..."

Erlöser does as instructed and tries to form a weapon in his right hand. His blood begins to gather and morphs into a slim bladed longsword. Erlöser grips the handle tightly which feels solid despite being blood. The blade of the sword suddenly becomes harder and gains a shine to it like crystal.

"You can't keep going like you are... You need blood... His blood... I will help direct you to get back to full strength. After that you will have to kill him on your own."

Erlöser sprints towards The Violent Slicer using his Pegasus speed and when he goes to attack Erlöser with his right arm blade Erlöser slides past to the left avoiding his blade and gets behind him. He then sticks his sword in the Slicer's back and cuts very deep making an X shape which causes blood to spray forth from his wounds, coating Erlöser. Erlöser tries to drink in as much blood as possible before the Slicer kicks him back and groans in pain.

"You little punk! Now you have gone and made me really pissed off... Prepare to die!" The Slicer screams at Erlöser as his back wounds heal.

"Can you feel it? The urge of blood-lust welling up inside you... The desire to kill to survive... He means to end your life dear brother... Keep you from all you hold dear... The question is, what will you do to stop that from happening?"

Erlöser wipes his mouth and grins in a way he has never before. "I will kill him..." Erlöser whispers before looking up at the Slicer showing his eyes to be a fresh bright blood red. The Slicer charges at Erlöser who seemingly disappears as he goes to slice at him. The Slicers arm is suddenly fully detached by a clean cut from Erlöser's sword and is kicked aside.

"You little bitch! You think you're better than me?! You think a shitty little E rank can beat a D rank?!" The Slicer rages as he slashes as Erlöser blindly.

Erlöser without hesitation cuts off the other arm and cuts the Slicers knee caps deep making him fall to his knees still in blind rage. Erlöser then forms on his opposite hand a dragon claw and grabs the Slicers throat and grips it tightly.

"Shut the fuck up! You rant and rave about being strong and being a D rank... That doesn't mean shit here and now! I'm sick and tired of always being protected... I was fucking abandoned by everyone! The world has done nothing, but piss on me since that day my parents died! Well... Perhaps it's time I started pissing back!" Erlöser crushes the Slicers throat and rips it out letting him bleed out after kicking him away onto the floor.

"Ladies and gentlecolts we have a winner! Congratulations 'Dragon Ravager'!" The announcer states as the gate opens which Erlöser entered through.

Erlöser's sword becomes liquid and flows back into his body and his wounds heal. His eyes turn back to normal only they are a mysterious ocean blue this time. Erlöser walks out of the arena back into the fighter gathering area to see Flutterbat, Winston, Jules and Giles waiting for him. Flutterbat is wearing a long trench coat to cover herself.

"Erlöser... I apologise for lying to you... In essence I just wanted to gauge your combat skill... That was a mistake, I never should have let you fight... I will take you home now if you want me to." Flutterbat kindly offers holding out her hand.

"Please... Just take me home... I really just want to sleep and forget all of this..." Erlöser pleads while looking very sad.

"Winston get the car ready... Jules, Nigel pack my things we are leaving. Erlöser... Please walk with me, I will take you home." Erlöser takes Flutterbat's hand and she begins to lead him out of the underground fight arena. Once outside she takes a deep breath and turns to Erlöser. "Look... I did all this to find a partner... It was a silly naive thing for me to do. However, it's a bit late for regrets now isn't it... In short that's you Erlöser... Your kidnapping, being made to fight... Everything that just happened down there is my fault and I take responsibility for that..." Erlöser looks up to see Flutterbat's appearance has altered. Her mane has become neater and her eyes to their normal colour, her voice from the regrets part became softer as well.

"What do you mean? I agreed to fighting... I was the one who had a breakdown in the middle of battle..." Erlöser looks down but has his head raised by Fluttershy.

"I've decided you are the one I want and I don't give things up easily... This world forces even the most innocent creature to change in ways they never thought they would... Trust me I should know... I too was abandoned and judged by those closest to me... From now on we are in this together, okay?" Fluttershy presses her lips against Erlöser's and kisses him deeply. Erlöser doesn't resist and embraces Fluttershy's kiss. After a few seconds she lets go and looks down the alleyway at Winston standing by a black small limo which has blacked out windows. "Let's go home, Erlöser..." Fluttershy smiles at Erlöser and takes his hand before leading him to the limo.

Meanwhile under the full moon Princess Luna is watching Erlöser drive away in the limo with Fluttershy. "Were it possible, I'd turn back time and do things over... However, this world doesn't allow such a luxury..." Princess Luna sighs deeply.

"What is your will on this matter... My lady?" An anthropomorphic pitch black three tailed fox with ice blue tips for his tails and ears stands beside Princess Luna. His eyes are a mysterious ice blue and he wears armour similar to Hémolyse of the royal night guard.

"I will keep an eye on him for now... I want you to do what you always do and stay by me no matter what... Yuuki." Princess Luna leans softly into Yuuki while he watches the limo before comforting Princess Luna as the limo disappears out of sight.

Author's Note

This will be the last chapter for a small duration while I sort a lot of other things out including CLC and the rewrite of 'The Queen and Her Servant'. I hope you can all bare with me and I will have some more bloody chapters heading your way.