The Truth & History of Nightmare Night

In the years to come, the kingdom of Equestria was finally established. Named after their first queen, this magical country welcomed all into their increasing borders. Ruling from the capital city Raftel, the kingdom expanded from coast to coast (east to west) and from the northern most mountain range to the badlands to the south. With her brother Roger as her grand general, their borders were protected and the law within the land was upheld. Within a few years of her reign, the queen soon gave birth to the kingdom’s heirs, first Princess Celestia and later Princess Luna. However, the queen fell ill soon after her second daughter’s birth and died. With the heirs still too young to rule, Roger was given the title king and began his rule. The years after became peaceful until one certain night.

Raftel was up in flames. The village before the castle in which the royal family lived in was being ransacked and pillaged. Screams of the ponies echoed through the night. Nasty snarls could be heard as well. Ground based ponies ran through the streets in terror as Pegasi took off towards the sky just as terrified. In the village chasing after the ponies were black, bug-like ponies called Changelings. These vicious creatures feasted upon the positive emotions of others to sustain them. So admittedly, the happy and peaceful kingdom of Equestria was ripe with these positive emotions.

As several Changelings plundered the village, many more were attacking the castle. An entire legion of Changlings lead by a much taller, more distinct, and more intelligent Changeling queen. She commanded her many followers to keep attacking even as they were bombarded with spells, arrows, and rocks. The guards of Raftel Castle fought bravely against the invaders with everything they got. Though, the guarded door would not hold for long.

Inside, the castle staff was in a panic. The servants ran every which way as they either helped the guards in their defense or try to escape. In the royal throne room, Starswirl, now older and much more bearded, and the Doctor stood guarding two young, Alicorn fillies and one equally young creature. Of the two fillies, the bigger one with a white coat and pink hair with the sun as her cutie mark held the much younger and frightened light purple-blue coat with a light azure mane who had yet to gain hers. These two were the crown princesses, Celestia and Luna. Next to them stood a unique creature called a draconequus. This creature had a unique physiology; a snake-like body composed of the various animal limbs and parts. His name was Accord, meaning to be harmonious.

Soon, an Earth pony guard came running into the throne room. His expression showed his panic and fear as he spoke to the older ponies. “Master Starswirl, the Changelings are about to break down the gate! We need your help!”

Starswirl sighed. “Very well, I will assist.” He stepped forward leaving the children’s side. Before leaving, the old unicorn looked back towards the other adult pony. “Take care of them, Doctor.”

The Doctor nodded. “Best of luck to you, Strawsil.”

Starswirl smiled even though his friend as stumbled over his name. He was an old pony, but definitely still a good and brave one. The old unicorn then turned ready for battle, but felt a tug on his robe. He looked back to see the young draconequus looking up at him afraid.

“Master…”

“Do not worry, my young student.” Starswirl said brimming with confidence. “I will return.” He then continued walking following the guard pony towards the front gate. Once he left the room, he used his magic to shut the doors and finally locking it.

“Come now, Discord, you’ll be safe here,” the Doctor said as he took the young creature back over to the fillies.

Accord sighed. “It’s Accord, Mr. the Doctor.” He replied correcting the old pony.

The Doctor apparently didn’t hear the draconequus. He just brought Accord back over to the fillies and took a seat next to the group. He was smiling confidently as he began fiddling with a wooden pipe.

“Tia,” spoke Luna sounding afraid, “is Mister Stahswirl gonna be okay?”

Celestia smiled towards her sister. “Of course, Luna. He’s one of the most skilled unicorns in all the kingdom. No one can defeat him.”

“Master will send those creatures back definitely.” Accord said as he tried to cheer up the little filly as well.

Celestia looked up from Luna smiling towards Accord. She was definitely thankful for his support.

Though, it didn’t seem to work well with Luna. She released a sniffle as she held onto her sister. “Where’s Uncle?” she asked still afraid.

“We don’t know…” Celestia said sad.

The Doctor released a sigh. He frowned as he mumbled to himself, “Curse that adventurous fool. Probably off fighting that white dragon again.”

Suddenly, there came a loud boom that seem to shake the room. The children and adult looked up at the ceiling worried. Soon, the castle began echoing with the sounds of battle. By the passing second, the battle seem to get closer to the royal court room. There came a loud boom from the two large doors that separated the room. The children gasped as the jumped back frightened.

“They’re here!” screamed Luna scared.

Immediately, the Doctor stood up. “Princesses, Discord, come with me,” he said before taking off towards the back of the throne room.

As Accord placed Luna on Celestia’s back, he then ran with the filly looking annoyed at the Doctor. “It’s Accord!” he shouted annoyed.

The Doctor ignored the comment as he seemed to be searching for something in the wall. He stopped and lifted a torch. Suddenly, the wall began to move revealing a secret hallway. Though the kids were amazed, the sound of the door beginning to crack reminded them of the immediate danger coming. They soon dashed into the hall followed by the Doctor. The door then quickly closed behind them.

The group soon found themselves in back area part of the castle. Picking from behind a large picture frame of their mother, the group slipped out quickly shutting the portrait behind them. They were making their way to the gardens out back, but they stopped as the heard the shrill scream of one of the maids. The group looked down the hallway as they saw one of the pony maids run down another hall. Soon after, several Changelings appeared chasing after her. They froze hoping that the creatures did not see them. With the last one passing by, the group simultaneously let out their breaths. Unfortunately, one of the Changelings came back.

“Hey,” shouted the Changeling to the others, “they are some down this way!”

“Quickly! This way!” the Doctor said as he lead the children the opposite direction.

The children followed him. As they ran, Accord and Celestia looked back to see that now had a large posse of Changelings after them. Immediately, Celestia and Accord’s horns began to glow with Accord also throwing out his lion paw out. Their magic aura surrounded two pillars and broke them. The two marble pillars collapsed behind them and in front of the Changelings. The rubble blocked the path, but the Changelings were not giving up on the chase.

“Excellent work,” commented the Doctor pleased. “Strawsil’s finest students, indeed.”

“Starswirl,” said Celestia and Accord together dumbfounded.

“Right,” said the Doctor though not to his two charges. He soon stopped which surprised the group following behind him. “We need to get the young princess out of danger…” He began to look around as if looking for something. He then turned to the large mirror hanging on the wall next to them, and the Doctor did grin.

“Ah! Here we go!”

“Doctor, what are you do…” Celestia tried to ask before she soon realized what he meant. She then watched as the Doctor opened the mirror and revealed another hidden passage that lead down beneath the castle. Celestia gasped. “Wait! You can’t be serious!”

“Princess,” the Doctor said as he picked Luna off her sister’s back, “can you be brave for me?”

“Huh?” Luna said confused.

“I need you to hide in here,” the Doctor said as he set the filly inside the secret passage. “It’ll be dark, but I know you can handle it.”

Luna looked worried at first, but she quickly put on a brave face. “We are Princess Woona, Princess of the Night. No darkness will scare me.” She said to the group bravely.

The Doctor smiled. “Good girl,” he said rubbing the top of the young princess’ head. He then stepped back and slowly shut the mirror door.

Soon, Luna was all alone in the dark passage. She immediately placed her head and ear to the door as she listened in on the Doctor, her sister, and her friend.

“Wait? What about us?” She heard Accord’s voice speak sound frantic.

“I need you two to get the king to return.” Then, the Doctor spoke informing the two.

“How?” asked her sister.

“You both are skilled in magic, you’ll figure something out. Come on!”

Luna heard the group take off down the hallway. As she listened in, she heard more coming down the hallway.

“Get them!” shouted one of the Changelings loudly.

Luna gasped and stepped back afraid. She had stepped back too far and she fell back onto the stairs. It was a long way down until she finally reached the bottom. She groaned in pain, but refused to cry. She promised the Doctor that she would be brave. Slowly, she stood back up ignoring the pain. Once she was up, she checked over herself. She seemed to have gained a small cut on her head as she noticed she was bleeding. She then looked around her new surroundings.

Despite the concern of her sister and the Doctor, Luna actually did not fear the dark. She had been told once by Accord that her sister had been when they were younger, but had eventually grown out of her fear. Luna on the other hand was comfortable in the darkness. She could even see clearly in even total darkness; a fact her family did not know, which was useful for this situation. She looked around at her new surroundings. She had ended up in a large and mostly empty room. She had never been in this room before nor did she did ever know of its existence. Being curious, she began to look around the room wondering if there was another passageway. As she moved around, she soon spotted something towards the back wall. She moved closer to see that it was a long, odd-shaped box covered in a cloth. She used her magic to remove the cover.

‘Why is a toy box down here?’ Being young, Luna immediately figured that the box was one that contained toys in it. Figuring that, she then had another thought that made her gasp with excitement.

“We bet this be where Uncle keeps our presents!” She said excited before she opened the lid of the box.

All her excitement evaporated and replaced with confusion. When she opened the lid, she could see nothing. Nothing but darkness. She was confused as her vision could not even pierce through the darkness in the box. Was it some kind of spell her uncle placed?

As she tried to peer into the dark void, a drop of her blood dripped into the box. The blood landed on the lip of a shriveled, gray pony wrapped in black cloth that bonded him. At first, nothing happened but then, the pony’s tongue moved from this mouth and licked the blood off his lips. Though only a little amount, the pony grinned relishing the flavor.

Meanwhile, Luna kept trying to figure out what was in the box. “Maybe if we stuck our head in…” She said suggesting to herself.

Then, there came a moan that spooked Luna in backing away from the box. She could see the darkness in the box begin to move. It began to mix in a crimson energy as it rose up. It soon dispersed revealing the gray Earth pony, no longer shriveled, with a wild white mane. He opened his crimson eyes that sent the little filly a shiver. Immediately, the pony notice the other presence in the room. He stepped out of the coffin, for that’s what it was, and faced towards the filly. He spoke out towards the small pony sounding mildly annoyed.

“Who are you, little filly, that dare disturbs my slumber?”

Luna was completely taken by surprise to find a pony in her supposed toy box. At first she was frightened, the pony before her she could feel had a very intimidating presence. But then, she remembered her promise and of course her position. Along with her own anger over being called a ‘little filly’, she would not stand for it.

“We are Princess Woona!” shouted Luna confidently and proud. “The Princess of the Night! And we will not be intim…intima…frightened by you, Monster!”

The creature stared down at the filly. While at first he was hardly concerned, or even cared, for the filly even if she was an Alicorn but when he heard her statement, he was given chills. This little filly who called herself Princess Woona, he was sure that was not her exact name, had reminded him of another female Alicorn who stood against him long ago. He knew just who this filly belonged to. He began to smirk as he actually began to respect the filly before him.

“Wonderful.” He said to the filly impressed. “Truly wonderful.”

Luna looked at the pony confused. “Huh?”

“You, Princess, make my blood boil. Only a few could achieve such a feat. You truly are the daughter of Equestria.”

Luna gasped surprised. “You…knew our mother?”

“In some regard,” the vampire said as he stepped forward. He stopped right in front of the filly and then sat down. “Forgive me for my inappropriate manners, my Master.”

Luna looked at the pony amazed. She had never been treated like this before. Most of the staff treated her like a delicate little flower while those close to her treated her like a baby at times. This pony appeared to see her as his equal, if not superior. And in her astonishment, she could only ask one question.

“Who are you?”

“I have been called many things in the past, but your mother called me… Alucard.”

“Alucard…” Luna repeated still captivated by the vampire pony before her. Before she could say anything, there came a loud crash from upstairs that frightened her. She turned around and backed away expecting an attack from a Changeling.

Alucard found the filly’s reaction odd. He then looked up having heard the same sound, and was curious. “There seems to be much noise above,” he commented.

“We are being invaded by Changelings.”

“Ah,” Alucard said amused. “Changelings, what pitiful creatures. Eaters of positive emotion like I with blood. Shall I expunge them from the castle, my Master?”

Luna looked back at Alucard surprised. “Can you do this?” she asked.

“If my Master wishes it.”

“Then yes,” said Luna determined, “remove the invaders from our home!”

“Then by my Master’s command,” Alucard said as he stood up. He began radiating with a dull crimson energy smiling eagerly. He then proceeded towards the stairway as he told his master, “I will remove the invaders from the castle.”

High in a tower, Accord and Celestia alone were both using their magic together forming a large ball of light. Its light shined brightly, brighter than even the moon and the stars, that all of Equestria could see it. They hoped beyond hope that Roger, the king, would see it wherever he was in the kingdom. They had been doing so for many minutes and they were nearly exhausted. As the tried their best to maintain their join-spell, the door was being banged upon by the invaders. It would not stand for long.

“Tia…” Accord said as he looked back at the door beginning to crack. “We need to stop.”

Celestia looked at her friend pleadingly. “But Uncle…”

“Those things are about to enter this room, Tia.” Accord said before he canceled his part of the spell. He then turned around readying to fight. “And I rather have my last moments of freedom kicking and clawing.”

Celestia was astounded by her friend’s courage. So much so she was blushing admiring her friend’s courage. Seeing that Accord was right, Celestia canceled her spell and the bright ball of light disappeared. She turned around and joined her friend in preparing to defend themselves keeping her horn glowing as she prepared her next spell. “Then we shall remain by your side ‘til they are no more or we are drained of all our energy,” she stated bravely.

“No,” Accord said quickly, “you need to leave. Fly away quickly.”

“We will do no such thing,” Celestia stated defiantly.

Accord growled annoyed. “They one time you choose to be defiant…” Though, Accord smiled happy that his friend was joining his side. He was sure that the Changelings would not kill them, but they were not going to make their capture so easy. As the door finally began to break, Accord mentally prepared himself for the fight of his life.

The door finally broke and the Changelings rushed inside. Celestia and Accord were ready to fire their spells. Before they could, a blur of red flew passed them too quick for them to even react. Whatever it was it crashed right into the Changelings and knocked them all out. As the dust settled and the two younglings checked to see what had happened, they soon spotted a tall pony figure stand up and unfurl his wings. When the dust cleared, they could clearly see who it was that saved them.

“The King/Uncle!”

Indeed, it was Roger. The male Alicorn looked back towards the children his expression full of concern. “Stay behind me, children. The cavalry has arrived.”

Celestia and Accord nodded and quickly followed the king down the stairs. They safely watched as Roger blasted and bashed hordes of Changelings coming up the stairs. When they reached the bottom, Roger exploded in fighting fierceness that quickly sent the Changelings running. Feeling the adrenaline, Roger shouted out loudly.

“Yeah! Get some! Who’s next?” He then charged after the Changelings.

Standing at the foot of the stairs, Celestia and Accord watched the adult Alicorn go battle crazy. Both of them watched on sweat-dropping.

“Your uncle is weird sometimes…”

“I know…” Celestia replied immediately.

Celestia then stepped out of the stairway to survey the surroundings. As she did, she spotted something amongst the unconscious Changeling bodies. She walked over to check discovering that it was a pony; a very familiar pony. Celestia gasped. “Doctor!” she shouted worriedly.

Accord gasped as well. “What?!” he shouted.

Roger fought through the hordes of Changelings with unwavering determination. He was literally a one-pony army. Though that did not last long. As the Changelings fled, they left behind the guards and staff that they were attacking. As soon as they recovered, the guards joined their king in repelling the invaders. In time, Roger had his own small force that sent the Changelings running scared. When Roger’s army arrived to the front gate they found Starswirl and the remaining guards fight back with all their might. They were defending themselves against not only the Changelings but also the queen of the Changelings herself.

“Queen Pupa!” shouted Roger angrily.

The Changeling queen known as Pupa turned away from her opponent Starswirl. Queen Pupa could be consider by many accounts as a corrupted Alicorn. She looked far more like a pony than an insect but those features noticeable in regular Changelings were there; black-and-green coat instead of an exoskeleton, noticeable fangs, and corrupted butterfly wings with a large length. Her hair was venomous purple and her eyes held that same purple only lighter in color. Her horn as well was corrupted and evil looking.

Queen Papa saw Roger and began to laugh wickedly. “Roger, or is it now King Roger of Equestria?” She asked amusedly before going into a seductive stance. “My, how time has favored you well, you handsome stallion.”

Roger stomped his hoof and breathed out mad. “Command your legions to retreat now!” He commanded angrily.

“What’s this? Grown compassionate in old age.” Pupa commented mockingly.

“Pupa, if our friendship meant anything to you, you and your spawn will leave my kingdom immediately!”

“Friendship? Ha! If you call what we had ‘friendship’, then I cannot wait to see what you would do to someone you love.”

Roger growled. He knew she was playing mind games with him. Bringing up an old past never sat well with Roger. He likes to keep things simple. So, he readied to fight ending any more conversation.

While Queen Pupa was ready to fight her old flame, she was not quite ready to hear the screams of her children echoing down the hallway. Everyone took notice as many Changelings scurried out of the hallway with terrified expressions. The queen of the Changelings was stunned.

“What is this?!” Pupa shouted confused. “Why do you flee?”

“M-M-Monster, my Queen!” shouted one of the Changelings afraid.

“Monster!” shouted another Changeling equally afraid.

“Monster?” Pupa said scoffing at the idea. “There is nothing of sort within a league of here...”

“AAAAH!”

A Changeling scream interrupted the queen and everyone looked back down the hallway. A few remaining Changelings were still running out of the hallway; however, some were not so lucky. Though not everyone could see down the hall, Queen Pupa had a perfect line of sight. She watched as an encroaching darkness followed her children and one by one, engulfed each one. The queen of the Changelings was now becoming nervous.

"What trickery is this?!" she shouted confused and on edge. She then looked over at Roger believing this was his doing. "Roger! Call off your darkness!"

"My what?" Roger replied confused.

Queen Pupa and her Changelings were not the only ones to see this darkness. Starswirl saw it as plain as day, and recognized it as well. "No..." he said in disbelief, "it cannot be..."

As one last Changeling tried to make to the horde, a crimson black shadow stretched out from the darkness. It took the form of a scythe blade and swung at the Changeling aimed right for its neck. The poor Changeling had the unfortunate luck of looking back just in time to witness his demise. In one fell swoop, the shadow scythe decapitated the Changeling. Head and body moved almost as one before both finally fell to the floor spilling green blood where they laid.

The shadow scythe soon retreated back into the darkness and said darkness moved forward. Nearly everyone was taken back by the gruesome sight that had befall upon the Changeling. Especially the Changelings themselves were already trying to back away as much as possible though blocked by a wall or window. Even the guards was on edge as they kept their weapons out all while shaking with fear. Only Starswirl and Roger seem to keep their nerves by either experience or bravery. The Changeling queen herself however was utterly petrified with fear and shock.

"W-Who goes there?!" Pupa shouted commandingly though tinged with fear. "Show yourself!"

The darkness began to shriek back as a lone figure stepped forward. As the darkness resided, everyone soon saw what walked in the darkness. There stood Alucard, no longer his shriveled and blood-deprived former self, but now an impressive and intimidating vampire stallion. His former pale white coat was now dark maroon with his once equally pale mane now completely black. Interestingly, he did not have a cutie mark. His flank was completely blank. In his mouth was a dead Changeling, shriveled and dry. Green blood dripped from Alucard's frowning mouth. He then spat out the creature dropping it right in front of the Changeling horde frightening them.

"What a disgusting taste," commented Alucard displeased. He then glanced over at the Changeling queen. He looked unamused with the queen. "If you are going to produce more spawn then next time do a better job with their blood."

Pupa growled annoyed. "Who are you?!" she shouted completely frustrated.

"My name does not matter for I have had many," Alucard said as he stepped towards the Changelings and their queen.

The Changelings were instantly frightened and tried to retreat backwards. They pushed back until they broke the windows and began spilling out. Soon, the army of Changelings had shrunk down leaving behind Queen Pupa, who looked around confused.

"What... What are you cowards doing?! Stand and fight!"

"Now, as my Master commanded," Alucard spoke as he approached the freaking Changeling queen. As he did, he formed the familiar scythe from his shadow and floated next to him. The scythe swung back as he readied to cut down the Changeling queen.

The Changeling queen backed down frightened and horrified. "M-Monster!" she said afraid.

Alucard paused before the Changeling queen. He frowned for just a moment before smiling evilly. Without hesitation, he willed the blade to swing and severed Pupa’s head from her neck. He stayed smirking as he told the queen the last thing she would ever hear, “and exterminate the invaders…”

Everyone watched as the head of the corrupted Alicorn fell and rolled on the ground. No pony or Changeling spoke as many were completely and utterly horrified. Even Roger found it hard to keep his sanity in check.

Just as the body of their queen fell, the Changelings took off in a mad scramble to escape. It did not matter anymore their mission; they had to get away from the monster. The Changelings from the castle ran from said place and into the village. Those Changelings then spread the word of the Monster that guarded the castle and the demise of their queen and mother. Every Changeling in the village immediately dropped whatever they were doing and took off with their kin. As they all ran, one Changeling was carrying a peacefully sleeping small Changeling in a pouch. It look unlike any of the other Changelings as it had green hair and a horn both similar Queen Pupa’s own features. This was the future queen of the Changelings, Chrysalis.

In the village, ponies cheered in joy as their terror was over. Among them were Hagoromo and his two young sons, Indra and Asura. Not too long before, they had arrived to aid the village after sensing the chaos. Together, the father-sons team was able to rescue the villagers and drive the Changelings back. Though at first relieved that the fight was over, they all could sense something far eviler than the Changelings. And for Hagoromo, he immediately recognized this evil presence and was deeply concerned.

“To think,” Hagoromo said with a grim expression, “that He would be awaken after so many years…”

Back at the castle, the situation while improved had taken a new turn, and not for the better. Once the Changelings had left, the guards had immediately surrounded Alucard ready to fight. Even Starswirl and Roger stood by fearful of what their old enemy could do. One the other hand, Alucard remained perfectly calm and composed in the middle of everything. He was even smiling. This set everypony on the edge of their nerves, even Roger and Starswirl.

After many moments of quiet, Starswirl broke the silence. “What are you doing out, Monster?” he asked harshly.

Alucard’s smile quickly turned to a grin. “Starswirl,” he said as he turned to address the old unicorn, “I see you are still alive. How is your brother Hellsing doing? I would have thought he be here driving his accursed stakes into my body.”

Starswirl frowned. “He has retired from his monster hunting but trust me, his legacy will suffice in finishing you off.”

“How did you get out?!” shouted Roger angrily as he interjected into the conversation. “No one but I or Equestria should be able to open it.”

“My,” Alucard said amused, “then I guess your niece was suffice enough to release me.”

“Niece…” Starswirl said shocked. Which one of the crown princess would even think to open such a dangerous and unholy coffin.

“Master Starswirl!” Celestia’s shout echoed down the hallway breaking the tension in the room. Roger and Starswirl looked away from Alucard for the first time. They both saw Celestia come running down the hallway looking distressed. She stopped right as she entered the room. Again, she shouted, “Uncle! Master! Help, it’s the Doctor! He’s…” She was unable to complete the sentence as she began to cry.

“Doctor…” said both stallions concerned. They immediately went with young Alicorn leading them to their friend.

The guards remained behind to keep an eye on the vampire pony. The kept their weapons out and pointed them at the pony making sure he felt threatened.

Alucard smirked finding the ponies’ bravery amusing. “So,” spoke the vampire pony towards the guards, “who wants to see a dead body?”

Roger and Starswirl followed Celestia all the way back to the base of the tower. When they arrived they adults immediately saw what the little pony was worried about. They could see their friend, the Doctor, on the ground with Accord and Luna around him. The young filly was holding onto the draconequus crying while Accord tried his best to remain strong but failing. Roger and Starswirl outran Celestia as they began to fear the worst. The adults were the first to reach the Doctor. Starswirl quickly checked the stallion’s vitals only find out they were too late.

Starswirl removed and lowered his head in respect. “He…has passed.” He said solemnly for everyone to hear.

The children gasped. Luna cried louder into Accord’s chest while the draconequus himself began to visibly leak tears. Celestia looked away as she too began crying though silently. All the while, she mumbled to herself almost berating.

“We tried… We tried so hard…”

Roger frowned sadly and lowered his head in respect to his old friend. He looked at his dead friend again, but noticed something off. He asked to Starswirl, “What happened to his cutie mark?”

“Huh?” said the old unicorn back at Roger. The Alicorn then gestured towards the blank flank that the Doctor now had. Immediately, Starswirl was suspicious.

“Celestia,” Starswirl asked to his student, “what happened before you came and got us?”

Celestia looked at her teacher still shedding her tears of sorrow and sadness. “After Uncle left, we and Accord found the Doctor defeated and tired. We tried to heal him, but nothing was working. The Doctor…” she paused a moment as a new wave of emotion hit her “he said it was his time to go. But we tried, we tried so hard. We used so many spells…”

“Shh, shh,” Roger said as he walked over to Celestia. He then hugged the poor mare comforting her the best he could.

Starswirl sighed before looking over at his other student. He could see he was not in any state to explain either. His horn began to glow as he checked the magical residue left on the body. He could see a number of different spells mixing together. Whatever had happened, his students may have unknowingly invented a new spell. He just did not know what it was or what it did besides removing the Doctor’s cutie mark. He would have to figure it out later. For now, there were more important matters to attend to.

Starswirl looked over at his king, who was now comforting both Celestia and Luna. He realized that this may not be the moment. He was then about leave to deal with the creature in the other room, but stopped in shock. Alucard was already in the same room as them. Immediately, his horn glowed as he prepared to fight.

“What are you doing here, Monster?!” He shouted angrily bringing everyone’s attention on the vampire pony.

Alucard smirked. “Did you think those guards could possibly stop me?” He asked almost mockingly. “Do not fear, I did not kill them. I just taught them a lesson. My Master commanded me only to remove the invaders.”

“Alucard…” Hearing his voice, Luna looked from her uncle’s hold to see the vampire. She was still shedding tears.

Alucard’s smirk quickly changed into a sad frown. Immediately, he bowed towards the little princess and informed her. “My Master, I have done as you have asked. The invaders have been removed from the premises.”

“Master?” repeated Roger and Starswirl surprised. They both then looked at Luna completely and utterly shocked.

Luna wiped her tears. “Um,” she said sounding nervous, “can we keep him?”

After the first Changeling invasion, life went on only now with an unexpected addition. Because of the seal placed on him, Alucard was forever bounded to obey the Alicorn family until placed back into slumber. Though they had as much control over him as Luna, Roger and Celestia left the vampire pony in Luna’s young but capable hooves. Roger and Starswirl were sure to keep an eye on the dangerous pony, but kept their distance. It seemed that much of Alucard’s power was sealed off as planned. He would still need blood and could still regenerate, but his full power could only be released at the command of the Alicorn family. Roger and Starswirl made sure to inform the crown princesses of this and warn them of the dangers that Alucard possessed.

Luna was proving to be quite the warden in her own way. As a young filly, she had her new servant play with her when her sister and friend could not. Alucard amused the filly and in time, became amused as well. Even with his dark and violent past, Alucard could appreciate experience of a somewhat normal life. As the young filly grew, she eventually became a student of Starswirl just as her sister did. She amazed everyone by lowering the moon by herself and gained her cutie mark for it. She even gained her ethereal mane that her sister acquired. In time, the two princesses together began their duties as princesses of Equestria.

And with their new duties came a new danger as well.

TO BE CONCLUDED...