Blood Born Different

"Well... I often dream I'm in a castle... And I often wish I lived in a castle." Dark smiled and slightly blushed. She knew what she said was not true. But telling a princess that you want to live in a castle, is basically saying "I want to live in the Canterlot castle."

"I see..." Luna said with a serious face, and paused.

"You don't have to explain about the... "Monster Twilight." I can already tell what that means." Luna said.

Dark said nothing. She knew what Luna was going to say.

"You're afraid that Twilight's kidnapped was your fault," Luna said looking at Dark, with sad yet kind eyes.

Luna raised her hoof and touch Dark's shoulder.

"It's not your fault," Luna said with a kind tone.

Dark said nothing. She looked at the princess with understanding eyes.

She wanted to believe Luna, but Dark was the one who kidnapped Twilight. So there was no excuse.

Luna stopped touching Dark's shoulder and put her hoof on the ground again.

"Before you wake up.... I have one more question." Luna said as her face turned serious once again.

"Are you going to go to Canterlot?" Luna asked.

Dark nodded.

"I'm afraid I can't keep you here much longer.... Goodbye..." Luna said.

Everything was turning into darkness, soon Dark could barely see Princess Luna. But she saw a smile coming from her before Dark could not see her anymore.

                                                                                  End of Dark's Dream

Dark slowly opened her eyes. She was really tired, and it was all from that nightmare.

"So much for sleep..." Dark said, and got up from her bed.

Dark yawned. And looked at the time from her wall.

"8:00 AM... I have to see the sun princess before I do anything else." Dark thought and paused.

"Well...  I have to get ready." Dark said and went to her bathroom.

As Dark got ready, she thought about that dream. She was glad that she didn't change into her bat form.

But she also wondered why she couldn't change into her bat form.

She also hoped that Luna didn't figure something out. Twilight needs to wake up first before the princess's find out her secret.

                                                                         Princess Luna

After getting out of bed and getting ready for another day. Princess Luna wondered about Dark.

"That's just an excuse! You wanted a friend to feel your pain!" Luna thought about the words that the "Monster Twilight" said.

"Did Dark do something that made Twilight mad, and made Dark feel like it was her fault?" Luna thought.

"Perhaps I should talk to Dark and ask what that was about..." Luna thought.

"I should also ask where she lives..." Luna thought.

                                                                                        Dark

After leaving her room, and looked to see if Twilight was okay. Queen Dark was once again walking through her hallways.

"I have a bad feeling.... Maybe I'm just worried about Princess Luna finding out my secret." Dark thought.

Dark noticed two guards were in front of her. Their backs were facing her and they were walking and talking. The two guards also had bat wings but no horns. Dark decided to walk and listen.

"All we do is walk around all day, guarding the castle from any intruders. Eat lunch and make sure that everypony is doing okay." Said the guard on the left.

"It's better than hunting and guarding. Especially when you have to hunt in the snow. There is no prey ever in the winter!" Said the guard on the right.

"I still wonder why pony's picked that job. I know that somepony has to find food. But doing it almost every day... It has to be hard... But I heard that it's a lot of fun." The guard on the left said.

The right guard nodded saying he understood, and said nothing.

"I lost count of how many ponies do guard and hunt. I know a lot of my pony's asked if they can just hunt. But I always say that you should learn to guard before you hunt. I should call them hunters, but just call then guards, even though most of the time they actually hunt. But I'm glad they all do their duties." Dark thought.

"I should be proud of my maids too. They count the prey that the hunters got, I told them to have a good amount of prey so all of us can eat. And  put them in blood packs." Dark thought and smiled.

"I wonder what's up with Queen Dark." Said the guard on the right.

Dark instantly went to attention mode when the guard said her name.

"What do you mean?" The guard on the left asked.

"You haven't heard the rumors? A lot of the guards say that Queen Dark is going to Ponyville.... A lot..." The guard on the right said.

"So....? Queen Dark announced that she was going to visit Ponyville a long time ago." The guard on the left said.

"They also say that she's gone for hours. Not one pony knows why. And a lot of guards think and say that it's all part of her plan." The guard on the right said.

"What do you believe?" The left guard asked.

"I think that if Queen Dark's plan works. A lot of our lives will change... And maybe will survive." The right guard said.

"I completely agree." The left guard said and nodded.

Dark smiled.

"Funny... There right. My life will change, and so will theirs. We will survive... And I'll get my revenge.." Dark thought and smiled.