Amore found herself back at the age of thirteen. All around her was nothing but pitch black darkness. Voices echoed all around her as she simply stared onwards.

"You look so beautiful, my dear." An elderly male pony's voice states happily.

"Ew, what's up with her mane and tail? She looks like a freak?" A young female filly's voice comments with disgust.

"Still no cutie mark? I mean you're thirteen, right? How... Unnatural." A teenage male pony's voice asks, puzzled.

Amore grew a bit so she was now sixteen. Her mane and tail colour were natural from birth yet no pony could figure out why. She was singled out for it constantly.

"Honey, now that you're sixteen here is what was left behind for you by the unicorn who brought you here." The elderly pony's voice states warmly.

"Hey, punk, what do you think you're doing on our turf?" A rough teenage male pony's voice states firmly.

"Oh my god, she looks like such an uneducated bitch... I mean, just look at that hair." An uptight female pony's voice remarks.

"What pony in their right mind would ever date a homeless chick like you?" A mature female pony's voice comments.

Amore grows to how she looks now in the same clothes she wore at the front gate of the academy. The feeling of depression grows inside her making her want to break down and just give up. Suddenly, somewhere out of the darkness, a warm feeling appears in front of her and a hand lifts her chin so she can see its owner.

Standing in front of Amore is an elderly male Earth Pony. His coat is a faded brown, his mane and tail have long since gone grey. The pony's eyes are a bright orange. He smiles warmly at Amore and strokes her cheek to comfort her.

"You had a rough time growing up... I know I tried my best with you and I am proud of how you turned out. You know I'd never trade the time I spent with you for anything in all Equestria." The elderly pony smiles at Amore making her smile slightly.

"I still lost..." Amore whimpers to the elderly pony.

"Oh? Since when did you let one loss scuttle your confidence? Buck up my girl. You're not beaten yet, are you?" The elderly pony states with a chuckle.

"I'm getting nowhere... I haven't found a single lead in so long..." Amore begins to tear up.

"Then you keep looking. I believe it was you who said, 'I won't rest till I find my real parents and beat some answers out of them'." The elderly pony defiantly states in a proud manner likely how Amore did.

"But..." Amore's voice trails off.

"No buts... Now wake up and get right back into the fight, my little ruffian." The elderly pony ruffles Amore's mane before she slowly feels the dream slip away and lights start to enter her realm.

"Hey, Amore? Are you going to get up?" Amore can hear Octavia's voice ask as she slowly opens her eyes and sits up yawning.

Amore can see that Octavia is already mostly dressed in a dark green and white trim version of her uniform yesterday. Amore throws off the quilt and slides out of bed before groaning.

"What's wrong?" Octavia asks putting on her bow tie.

"I'm all sweaty and icky... I need another shower." Amore states as she heads into the bathroom and turns on the shower.

"You're going to make us late, Amore! Seriously..." Octavia sighs deeply before her attention was stolen by a knock at the door.

Octavia opens the door and standing in her doorway is a mare wearing the academy mail service uniform. "Hello Derpy, to what do I owe this pleasure so early in the morning?" Octavia asks with a smile to hide her frustration at her new roommate.

"Hiya Octavia! I came to deliver a package sent to you by Principal Flutterbat! Okie dokie, now where did I put that thing?" Seemingly struggling with her mail bag and if by complete cartoon magic she pulls out Amore's silver sword case and another, softer looking package. Handing them to Octavia she then checks around her person for a clipboard, which, upon being found, is handed over to Octavia to sign.

"Who is it?" Amore asks walking across the room drying her hair to look at the doorway. Derpy's mouth flies wide open and her wings spread out when she see's the naked mare, who seemingly forgot to put a towel around her body.

Octavia shuts Derpy's mouth with a slight sigh and hands her back the clipboard and pen. "Yes, she is. No, we are definitely not. No, you can talk to her later." Derpy pouts at Octavia who seemingly read every single one of her questions and shut the door with a wave of thanks.

"Who the hay was that mare anyway?" Amore asks again, finishing up drying herself.

"That was Derpy Hooves, the resident academy mail mare." Octavia places the silver case and the other package on the bed. "I think she likes you after the full 'show' you just gave her." Octavia rubs her forehead and sighs as Amore simply shrugs.

"Finally. I was afraid I'd have to tear shit up just to get this baby back. What the hay is this though?" Amore opens the package addressed to her and spreads out the contents on the bed for Octavia to see.

Amore stares at the clothes packed inside and blinks a few times.

"I think they will look cute." Octavia states with a smile.

"I am not wearing that..." Amore firmly states.

"Oh, but come on... You will look 'simply divine'." Octavia states seemingly imitating somepony.

"I. Am. Not. Wearing. That." Amore states again putting extra emphasis on each word, squinting her eyes at Octavia.

"Oh, it looks so much better than I imagined~" Octavia sings to Amore who is blushing annoyingly as she adjusts her skirt constantly as they walk down the corridor to their first class.

"I look like one of those high school hookers you see in anime!" Amore blurted out a bit too loudly and blushes deeper.

"Amore! That is our school uniform! Please be a lot more respectful to our Lady Flutterbat's outfit choice..." Octavia states clearly offended by Amore's remark.

Octavia wears the standard school uniform which is very similar to the uniform Moka wears out of 'Rosario+Vampire'. The differences are that for vampire and other supernatural creature students, the uniform has a white skirt, dark green blazer with white trim, black tie, and black stockings. Octavia, however, wears her bow tie instead of the standard tie. For normal pony students, it is the same, only with a dark grey skirt and aqua blue for the blazer. Now, Amore was wearing the exact same style uniform, only her blazer and skirt are pitch black with blood red trim instead of white. Her shirt under her blazer is also pitch black. Around Amore's neck is the pair of headphones she picked out last night. The iPod is in her pocket and fully charged thanks to Octavia.

"Sorry... I still don't feel comfortable wearing it..." Amore states as she shifts her silver case on her back and they near a classroom door.

"Well, maybe you should have worn the stockings that came with it then... You have no pony to blame but yourself." Octavia whips harshly, clearly still annoyed.

"Tavi... Stockings are so not my thing..." Amore admits without hesitation.

"You don't find them unappealing to look at though, do you..?" Octavia comments to how Amore has been staring at several mares on their way to the classroom. Amore simply chuckles nervously and rubs the back of her neck as they enter the classroom.

The classroom was what you'd expect from any typical school anime, which made Amore smile. "Sorry for being late. Our new transfer student needed to pick up her uniform." Octavia informs the teacher before sitting down at her desk.

The teacher inspects Amore before prompting her to write her name on the chalkboard. The teacher is a middle-aged male Unicorn wearing a white shirt, brown jacket and black trousers with glasses. "Okay, today we will have a new transfer student joining us... Please make her feel welcome." The teacher nods to Amore who takes a deep breath.

"Sup, my name is Amore Sânge Von Scratch and it's a pleasure to meet you. I hope we can perhaps try to get along, but I make no promises." Amore smiles as Octavia sighs at Amore's blunt introduction.

Amore can hear many whispers as she is directed to her seat beside Octavia.

"Oh my god, I love her hair! So original! Did she dye it?" A female Pegasus pony whispers to her female friend in front of her.

"Holy shit she's hot..."

"Dude, you have no chance..." Two male Earth Ponies comment behind her.

"'Von Scratch', does that make her related to Vinyl Scratch? Maybe a sister or daughter or something?" A female Unicorn prompts to a nearby friend, who shrugs.

The teacher settles the room as Amore shifts the case off her back and lays it under her desk. The teacher coughs and groans at Amore but is stopped by Octavia.

"I assure you, Lady Flutterbat has cleared her case and uniform already. Also, she has special learning requirements so I will be teaching her from my notes later if that is acceptable?" Octavia states as the teacher shifts slightly and nods.

The teacher, Mister Bright Saddle, started the lesson as Amore simply sat in her chair daydreaming, staring out of the window by Octavia. Watching the birds and looking at the moon still seemingly in the sky with the academy's dim atmosphere which only got a bit brighter during the day. After the two lessons they had in that room, it was time for lunch. Amore stretched in her chair sighing slightly at her current situation, but couldn't help smiling at how far she had come. Two Pegasus mares walked over to Amore in order to speak with her. The mare on the left has an aqua blue coat, her mane and tail are a dark shade of blue with black streaks, her eyes are also a darker blue. The mare on the right has a bright yellow coat, her mane and tail were a single bright orange colour, her eyes are the same bright orange.

"Hey there, my name is Aqua Streak and my friend here is Scarlet Orange." The aqua coloured Pegasus introduced herself and her accomplice.

"Hi... Why do they call you 'Scarlet Orange'?" Amore asks leaning back on her chair putting her hands behind her head.

"They call her that because she blushes way too much at everything." Aqua Streaks states chuckling as Scarlet Orange proves her right and blushes a cute shade of crimson.

"I see, so... Is there anything I can help you with?" Amore looks confused at their approach of her.

"Ah, well you see we were just admiring your hair and I really badly want to know who you had do it!" Aqua Streaks asks looking excited.

Scarlet Orange nods happily. "Yeah, it's very original and unique."

Amore smirks a little and can hardly believe what she is hearing. "Well... It's kinda always been this way. I guess it's naturally like this." Amore admits scratching her nose.

Aqua Streak's eyes light up. "That's so cool! I hope you hang around for a while. This academy can be an interesting place!" Aqua Streaks drags Scarlet Orange away who is timidly waving 'bye' at Amore.

"Well, you're making friends quicker than I thought you would." Octavia jokes to Amore who just blushes slightly.

"Shaddup... It's not that surprising... So, is it lunch now?" Amore asks sheepishly.

Octavia stands up and leads Amore out of the classroom making her quickly grab her silver case.

"I kinda don't have any money for lunch, though..." Amore admits as she is dragged along to the cafeteria.

"That won't be a problem. The Von Melody family have significant wealth and as head of the family, I have access to that wealth without limit. Of course, I'm not irresponsible and the food here is very affordable." Octavia states as they enter the cafeteria.

"Wait, so what about your father or mother? How did you inherit your significant wealth?" Amore asks unsure of the answer.

Octavia smiles. "I killed both my mother and father in order to inherit the significant wealth of the prestigious Von Melody family. They were weak and I remained stronger than them. I have no regrets about anything I've ever had to do." Octavia informs Amore who notices Octavia showed no remorse or sadness in her voice when stating what she did.

"Oh... I was not expecting that response at all..." Amore looks uncomfortable.

"Do not be sorry if you plan to be. It was quite a few years ago and I'd gladly do it again. I have no love for my parents regardless of what anyone says." Octavia claims as she enters them into the cue to get lunch.

"So umm... Is there a limit on what I can get?" Amore asks looking nervous.

Octavia chuckles. "I can imagine you haven't eaten at all since you came here yesterday, so not today, no. Please get what you like and I will pay for you."

Amore smiles widely as they soon reach the serving counter making Amore's eyes light up. "I will have..." Amore takes a deep breath. "Two bowls of rice, two daisy sandwiches, three pieces of bread, a salad bowl, a bowl with a mixture of corn, carrots, other assorted vegetables and... Oh, one deluxe bread roll, please~" Amore sings the please.

The middle aged looking serving chef has a surprised look on his face as he frantically prepares everything onto trays before both Amore and Octavia take it all to the checkout counter and Octavia generously pays the bill of two hundred and fifty bits. Octavia takes Amore to a rather decently lit seat in the cafeteria and they sit down beside each other.

"So umm... What are you having for lunch, Octavia?" Amore asks preparing her food.

Octavia smiles and shuffles closer to Amore. "I am a vampire. While I can consume conventional food... In order to survive I am required to drink blood. Until yesterday I had to make do getting by with the chilled blood they sell here. However, after tasting your fresh, sweet, warm blood I kinda have a craving for it now." Octavia admits stroking her fingers through Amore's mane.

"Oh... So basically the deal you're proposing is that you feed me and I feed you? It sounds like a legit deal... It's not like I didn't enjoy you sucking my blood before." Amore states thinking it over.

"So, you like how it feels? Me feeding off you. I wonder if Amore is a masochist? Getting pleasure from pain. It actually makes sense why you pick fights with the strongest." Octavia brushes Amore's mane away from her neck. She then positions them so she can bite in the same place as last time and begin sucking softly.

Amore blushes softly as Octavia begins sucking and drinking her blood. The same warm pleasurable feeling burns inside Amore and she coos cutely as Octavia feeds. To Amore's disappointment, the session ended shorter than she wished.

"Hmm thank you for the meal, Amore... Amore?" Octavia looks puzzled at the pouting face of Amore, unsure as to why she looked so disappointed.

"Why'd you stop..? I was enjoying it..." Amore sighs still pouting.

Octavia laughs and sighs gently. "I will only take what I need to. If I drank to my heart's content, I'd drain and kill you... As much as I'm sure you'd enjoy the feeling, I will only need to feed when I feel hungry, okay?" Octavia informs Amore in a serious yet gentle tone.

"Fine... I won't argue about it... I'm going to eat now too~" Amore sings as she starts with a bowl of rice. What Octavia saw next somewhat shocked her and the rest of the canteen who saw it. Amore began to blaze through her meal going from one bowl to the other in quick succession like a ravenous hungry wolf who hasn't eaten since birth.

"Oh, sweet Celestia... Her table manners are... They simply don't exist..." Octavia looks on in horror.

Amore stops briefly with a mouth full of rice to look at Octavia. "Hmm? WhAt Did YoUs SaY?" Amore asks muffled by her mouthful of rice, spitting some out at Octavia.

Octavia sighs deeply and sucks up her comments. "N-nothing... Please continue..." Octavia shifts away slightly.

"OkAy!" Amore replies before continuing her ravenous onslaught of the poor dishes in front of her.

After several minutes of eating, Amore finally rests, placing down her second rice bowl and what's left of her bread roll deluxe. Patting her belly she lets out a satisfied sigh of relief. "The food here totally rocks!" Amore lays down on the seat of the bench like long table.

"We need to sort your table manners out at some point..." Octavia states, standing over Amore.

Amore cracks open one eye and sighs. "Why? What's wrong with 'em?" Amore asks, oblivious.

"I'm going to pretend you're just messing around with me and know exactly why... You are such a handful..." Octavia sits back down with a strawberry milkshake she got halfway through Amore's rampage.

"I've been meaning to ask... Your uniform is different than yesterday, what's up with that?" Amore painfully sits up, cocking her head to the left.

"Well seeing as you asked... The uniform you saw me in yesterday is my 'student council president' uniform. I got special permission from Lady Flutterbat to be able to wear two types of uniform. This is the uniform I wear when I want to be just a normal student like everypony else. It also lets the student council members know I'm off duty and have to handle things themselves. Of course, if a problem is too hard to handle I step in regardless." Octavia explains to a nodding Amore.

"I think I get it... I want to request something though... I want a rematch." Amore states with a serious expression.

"Amore, please be serious and not joke with me... Oh, you're not kidding at all, are you?" Octavia sighs deeply.

"I need a rematch... I can't settle for a draw if It's possible for either side to win. I want to see the true outcome... I'll be waiting on the roof after our classes have finished." Amore states grabbing her case and stands up to leave Octavia to her thoughts.

Octavia stands there with her hand on the door handle, contemplating how she got to this situation. Through that door lies the roof and the opponent she has to face. The stubborn daughter of her old friend, Vinyl Von Scratch and if Vinyl was any example... Amore wouldn't let this go till it was settled. Taking a deep breath and clutching her rapier in the opposite hand she opens the door and steps out onto the academy rooftop. Octavia looks around to see Amore leaning on the balcony rail which overlooks the running track, tennis court and swimming pool of athletic area in the academy.

"It actually looks quite beautiful, you know." Amore states staring at the sunset in the distance.

Octavia walks a little closer to Amore before she is stopped by Amore holding out her hand. Octavia sighs slightly.

"I would agree were it the sun didn't annoy me... While we do not burst into flames upon contact with the sun, it does make our skin feel uncomfortable. Imagine wearing a scratchy, poorly made jumper which feels unbearable in the summer. That's what the sun does to us." Octavia explains holding up her hand to the sky.

"Hey, wait. So you guys don't... You know spar-" Amore cuts herself short when Octavia groans in agitation.

"The next pony to ask me if we bucking sparkle will receive the full personal wrath of the student council president and head on the Von Melody family! To answer your question more calmly... No, we never have nor will we ever sparkle in the mother bucking sunlight." Octavia attaches her rapier to her hip and takes a deep breath.

Amore chuckles slightly. "I knew there was something off with that rumour. What about the old garlic tale?" Amore asks removing herself from the rail and stands opposite Octavia keeping in line with her previous position.

"Amore, it's garlic... Who does like that crap? In terms of its effect on vampires... None I have noticed, but it tastes so damn awful, it's beyond repulsive..." Octavia shivers at the thought of eating garlic.

"Silver and stakes?" Amore asks, taking her sword out of her case and slides the case out of the way.

"I'm pretty sure it would hurt anyone stabbed with a piece of wood... The splinters are especially annoying. Silver is very potent to both us and werewolves. We can't even touch it lest we get burned from the contact, bullets made from silver also halt our regenerative abilities so any wounds still holding a silver bullet will not heal." Octavia draws her own sword and readies herself.

"So if you injected a vampire with silver they would have no chance of survival and die..." Amore sounds serious in her question.

Octavia frowns slightly. "Yes... If a vampire is injected with silver it will burn them from the inside out, not a pleasent death in any sense."

Amore suddenly charges at Octavia who deflects the attempt and follows up with a counter slash which is dodged. The two exchange no end of slashes and swipes as they fight more fiercely than before in the courtyard. Octavia notices the change in Amore's behaviour, even her fighting style is less organised than before, but is still more powerful.

"Amore, what's wrong? You don't seem at all like before when we first fought!" Octavia asks somersaulting backwards to avoid a harsh slash.

"I'm fine, just shut up and fight!" Amore's voice betrays her, sounding distressed and frustrated.

The two slam together to exchange a flurry of lightning fast strikes which ends with both being pushed backwards a distance.

"Amore don't lie to me! I can tell by how you're fighting that something is bothering you!" Octavia yells.

Amore grips her sword handle and practically flies at Octavia who sheathes her rapier preparing for a draw attack. Once Amore reaches her, however, Amore had her own attack planned. Both ponies sped past each other, but stopped only a short distance from each other panting heavily. Amore suddenly gets an X slashed into the front of her uniform which rips her clothes. She grunts as she is forced to fall backwards and lay on the roof floor.

"Looks like it truly was a draw..." Octavia smiles before a V is slashed into the front of her uniform, ripping her clothing like Amore's. Octavia falls backwards onto the floor, her head merely inches away from Amore's.

Both ponies share a satisfied glance followed by a small smile letting each other know they were happy with the outcome.

"You're the second most stubborn mare I've ever met..." Octavia manages to say through her deep panting.

"Yeah... Well, you're the most beautiful mare I have ever met..." Amore replies through her own deep panting.

"W-where in the name of Celestia did that come from..?" Octavia looks at Amore who blushes.

"Will ya just shaddup and take the compliment... Jeez..." Amore pleads to Octavia who chuckles.

"Then thank you for the compliment. Is our deal good now?" Octavia stares up into the sky.

"What's that? You scratch my back, I feed you blood?" Amore asks getting her breath back.

"Yes, I scratch your back and you feed me blood." Octavia smiles at Amore's altered form of the saying.

"Sounds good as I said before... This fight wasn't to change the deal. I just needed this rematch. Please tell me we can fight again. I need an equal or stronger rival."

"You're so much like her..." Octavia mutters.

"What?" Amore asks looking at Octavia.

"Nothing... I can fight you, if you promise to attend your classes without fail and actually learn."

"I can do that... Also, can we lay here for a bit? I'm beat..." Amore admits with a smile.

"I second that motion... The roof feels really nice and cool right now." Octavia smiles back.

Author's Note

Second chapter out with the first. I hope this development chapter was enjoyable along with my many scattered references. I plan to give this fic a full trial week to see how well she performs out in the field. However, this time, whatever her verdict is I will take it. This is sink or swim and I plan for her to be a mother bucking speed boat! With character development and plot structure, of course.