Equestria did not look like it was back in her early days. This once vibrant, colorful, and peaceful was now even more vibrant and colorful in all the wrong ways. Nothing looked the same nor were they what appeared. The land had various patterns and colors that never matched and were completely unnatural. Like a bad floor plan. Even the sky was no longer the same being now pink. And all across the land, there were many oddities about. Flying fruit, birds swimming in the ground like it was water, houses playing cards betting with various items inside them, and ponies acting downright insane. Nothing made sense in this kingdom anymore; exactly how its new ruler wanted it.

But there were those that resisted.

On the outskirts of the Castle of the Two Sisters, a gift to the princess when they began their duties as princesses, a battle was underway. There was an explosion that covered the battlefield in dust hiding those who were fighting. The wind soon blew the dust away revealing the two princesses Celestia and Luna hurt and slightly bruised. Both princesses looked across the field angrily and even hurt as their opponent was none other than Accord.

“Accord,” Celestia spoke.

“Ah-ah!” said the draconequus wagging his finger. “It’s Discord now, Princess.” As he said his name, the word ‘Discord’ appeared above him as a neon light.

“Please!” shouted Celestia pleadingly nearly crying. “Stop this! Stop this madness please!”

Discord released a laugh. “Why? Isn’t this so much better!” He said as he threw his mismatched arms up and spun around gesturing to everything around them. He looked absolutely giddy. “No more rules, no more duties, no more responsibilities! We can do whatever we want!”

Celestia frowned. “But at the cost of all our friends and subjects being tormented by your chaos,” she stated displeased.

“Oh, who cares!” stated Discord uncaringly. “As long as we can have fun, what does it matter if a few hundred, thousand, ponies suffer?”

“No,” Celestia said shaking her head, “we will not abandon our kingdom nor our subjects.”

Discord frowned with disappointment. “After everything we’ve been through, Tia, you’re just going to pick the whole kingdom over your friend.”

Celestia sadly frowned. She could not reply so easily to her former friend.

“Discord!” shouted Luna angrily inserting herself into the conversation. “Cease this disruption of our kingdom at once! As our oldest friend, we will forgive you and spare you.”

“Sorry, Luna,” Discord said as he raised his lion paw extending one of his fingers out towards Luna. He smirked as he continued saying, “But this is for the ‘big kids’!”

Suddenly, Luna felt an invisible force push her. She released an unpleasant noise as she flew back. And though she was forced back, her shadow remained in the same spot.

Celestia turned back gasping in shock. “Luna!”

In the next moment, Luna’s “shadow” moved forward quickly. As it raced towards the draconequus, it began to take on pony form along with a scythe. Soon, it revealed to be Alucard and he looked very angry. Once he was out of the shadow, he went straight for the attack. As he swung his weapon, he seemingly slashed through Discord. Only it did not kill him.

“Oh,” Discord said with a smirk, “I didn’t forget you, Monster.”

“Well, if it isn’t the kettle calling the pot black.” Alucard replied smirking himself.

“I don’t know about that.” Discord said as he reattached himself to his lower half. “I like to think of us as ‘birds of a feather’” the draconequus than raised his lion paw towards Alucard “and you know what they say about them being together.”

Suddenly, Alucard began writhing in pain. On his body, his flank began glowing as intricate seal revealed itself. It looked to be becoming warped though powerful was fighting back. Discord himself was definitely having a hard time trying to alter the seal.

Though Celestia was checking on her sister, she heard Alucard and looked back to see what was happening. She gasped in shock. “He’s trying to alter the seal!” she shouted before taking off.

Still recovering, Luna just barely heard her elder sentence. “Huh? What?” she said confused.

Celestia ran until she was close enough. She could see the seal twisting to the extreme. Quickly, she activated her magic and thus activated the seal as well. She shouted, “Enacting Hellsing protocol!”

With Celestia’s shout, Alucard stopped moving. The seal as well stopped being twisted by Discord’s magic.

“What’s this?” asked Discord

“Wait,” Luna said as she finally realize what her sister was going, “sister stop!”

“We are sorry, Luna.” Celestia said softly before continuing the chant. “Recognition of royal family member or Hellsing bloodline; Celestia. Recognition accepted. Commencing final commands. ‘Sealing of Ages’ activate. Repulsion seal activate. Blood renewal seal activate. Restriction on the royal bloodline. Reset Sealing!”

The ground began to shake. Though he was floating, even Discord notice this strange phenomenon. The ground between Celestia and Discord began to break until a black coffin sprouted from the ground upright. On its lid there was a phrase “The Bird of Hermes is my name eating my wings to make me tame”. The lid then opened up and several white wraps shot forth and wrapped around Alucard canceling all magic. The vampire pony barely put up a fight as the wraps dragged him in to the coffin. The bandages wrapped around the vampire as he laid in the box unmoving. The lid then closed. A red magic circle appear underneath the coffin and began glowing brightly.

“What!” Discord shouted displeased as he shielding his eyes.

Celestia did the same not prepared for the bright red light.

“Alucard!” shouted Luna helplessly.

Soon, the light died down. The coffin remained upright for only a moment before it fell back. The words glowed bright red before failing as the sealing finished.

“No!” shouted Discord. He quickly flew over to the coffin and tried to open it, but he could not. He then tried using his magic to open it but again, it did not work. “Dammit! There goes my fun!”

“You will never be able to control Alucard, Discord, I’ve set up several fail-safes to prevent you from using him by any means.” Celestia stated determinedly.

“Killjoy!” shouted Discord angrily. He then charged forward at Celestia still floating attempting to attack her.

In seeing him, Celestia quickly acted. She took to the sky leading the draconequus away. She then did battle with the anger draconequus keeping him away from Alucard’s coffin and Luna.

The younger Alicorn completely ignored the fight going on above her. She immediately galloped over to the coffin and tried to open like she had before as a filly. She tried physically and magically and even attempting to break the coffin, but nothing worked. She began to shed tears as she realized that the coffin was completely protected and sealed. She had lost her servant – her friend – forever. Luna draped herself over the coffin sad and depress. Nothing, not even her blood, could break the new seal on the coffin. As the sounds of battle could be heard above her, she peered upward to see her sister and former friend fight.

‘It’s they’re fault…’

A voice in Luna’s head spoke softly to her. The young Alicorn was surprised and yet, she felt it familiar in some way. There was an odd familiarity to it that she could not pin it to.

‘It’s they’re fault Alucard is gone forever…’ The soft voice spoke again and again, it told Luna the same thing. As Luna looked at the two powerful creatures fighting, she could see that they were completely focused on each other and not on the fact that they had lost a friend. Of course, Luna knew why this was.

Celestia and Discord, formerly Accord, never really thought of Alucard as a friend. They hardly even considered herself as somepony their equal. Just Celestia’s little sister that could raise the moon and stay up all night annoying them. They were both older and further ahead in their magical studies to do independent activities. They just let her come along because she needed somepony to watch her and Alucard. Only Alucard understood her. Even with her obsession over the night and darkness. Her sister and her friend just thought she was weird.

Luna’s thoughts began taking a dark turn as her sadness and loss changed to anger and revenge. She did not realize what her negative thoughts and emotions were doing to her physically. Her mane grew a darker shade as did her coat. Her eyes glowed a tinge green with her irises becoming slightly silted. As her horn began to glow, its usual cobalt blue became even darker.

The Princess of Night soon got off of Alucard’s coffin. Her anger and fury now directed towards Discord for the moment. Despite her rashness, she still could keep a firm grip on their goal, which at the moment was freeing Equestria. “Knave!” shouted Luna as loud as she could gaining both Discord and her sister’s attention. “Prepare yourself! For you will taste my fury and rage this day!” Luna then leapt into the sky charging straight for Discord ready to fight.

Celestia was stunned by Luna’s outburst. Even from high above, she could already see Luna’s small physical changes. She was now worried for younger sister already sensing that something that there was something off about her.

Discord on the other hand looked positively thrilled by the same notion. “Oooh, baby’s gonna show off, is she?” He said mockingly as he antagonized the Alicorn with an overconfident smirk. He was ready for whatever Luna had plan or lack of.

Which luckily meant that he could not see the attack coming from behind. A blast of magic hit Discord launching the draconequus into the ground. Oddly enough, the impact caused in explosion of bubbles. This attack halted Luna’s own which immediately quelled her mind. Her deeper hue features instantly changed back to their normal coloring. Both she and Celestia looked towards the sun as they saw their Uncle Roger flying down towards them adorn with golden armor with several gems imbedded into it. Luna and Celestia flew up to him quickly.

“Uncle,” said both mares worried.

“Celestia, Luna,” Roger said addressing the mares while keeping his gaze on where Discord landed. “Take Alucard’s coffin and retreat immediately.”

“Uncle, we can fight.” Luna stated brimming with anger and confident. “Let’s us dispose of this menace.”

“Luna,” Roger said softly as he placed a hoof upon her shoulder gently. “You are in no state to fight the way you are now. Take the coffin and leave things to me.”

“Must we take the coffin?” asked Celestia concerned. “There’s no possible way Acc-…I mean, Discord could break those seals.”

Roger looking to Celestia frowning. “You don’t know what a draconequus can do.” He stated grimly confident. “He may have just learned his roots, but he’s still learning and that is dangerous. If he gets a hold of that coffin, Alucard will become a threat again. And a more dangerous one at that.”

Neither Celestia nor Luna responded back. If the grim expression on their uncle’s face was not clear sign that what he was saying was serious then the fact that he was wearing armor did. So, reluctantly, the mares obeyed their uncle’s command.

“Be careful, Uncle.” Celestia said before she and Luna flew down to retrieve the coffin. Together, the two Alicorn sisters picked up the coffin with their magic combined. They then took off towards the south just as Discord recovered.

“Hey!” shouted Discord mad. “Bring that back! I’m not done playing with it yet!”

“Then face me, you Traitor!”

Discord looked up as he heard Roger’s voice. He gasped as the stallion Alicorn charged straight at him at full power. Panicking, Discord scurried out of the way.

Both Celestia and Luna ignored the explosion that took place behind them. Both of them were completely focused on getting the coffin as far away from Discord as possible. As they flew, Luna took a momentary glance at her sister. She could see the calm and collected expression on Celestia’s face, but she could also see something sparkling around her face. At first she was confused before finally realizing what those sparkles were; her sister’s tears. And then she realized that like herself, her sister had lost a friend too.

Everyone had lost on this day.

Roger would return later that day mostly fine though definitely unhappy. Discord had pulled a dirty trick and Roger had no choice but to abandon reacquiring Equestria for another day. Though, he doubted he could ever get that chance again. Much of the rest of day was spent evacuating the pony refugees to lands further south to avoid Discord’s chaos. Later that night, when everything had settled down, Roger and his nieces had a heart-to-heart talk over the events that befell this day.

It would take nearly a year to defeat Discord, thanks to Celestia and Luna discovering the Elements of Harmony. With Discord turned to stone, the land of Equestria returned to normal as well. Ponies soon began returning home and to their lives in hope of brighter future. Unknowing that they had grabbed attention elsewhere from a power-hungry Centuar. But that would be trouble for another day, for now there was an important matter to handle.

In the dead of night, Celestia and Starswirl stood before a large mansion. Starswirl, who had left on a journey and returned only after hearing one of his student’s betrayal and imprisonment, looked even older than before and his beard more profound. His outfit that was once just a blue robe and hat with celestial bodies on it now had bells as well. They waited as a group of ponies approached them. One of those ponies was Hellsing, now grown old and weak unlike his magically powered brother. With him now was his family and some staff, and they were all here to receive a package.

“Bring it forward…” Celestia said evenly.

By her command, a group of Earth ponies carried a familiar black coffin. The marched pass Celestia and Starswirl, and went straight for the Hellsing group. Celestia then spoke out as if giving a royal decree.

“By my command, we are giving you, the Hellsing family, this charge to do with which you please. May he forever be your guardian of the night.”

“Thank you, Princess Celestia,” said Hellsing bowing slightly giving her his respect. “My family will not fail you. We will guard and maintain him for generations to come.”

Celestia smiled. “Thank you,” she said before she took her leave along with Starswirl.

As master and former apprentice now walked alone, Starswirl started up a conversation. “How is your sister doing? Is she handling herself well?”

“Yes,” Celesita said nodding, “she is doing fine. The Moon Kingdom gives her much to do. Queen Serenity and she have become fast friends. We are relieved since she was not too pleased with us handing Alucard to the Hellsing family.”

Starswirl released a sigh. “We should have done that in the first place. Probably would had saved us the trouble.”

“I do not regret having known and meet Alucard, Master.” Celestia stated with a small smile. “Though he was dark and often twist, I sensed a little good in him. One that Luna brought out.”

Starswirl scoffed. “I still think he was just trying to trick her into releasing him. That Monster is plight on this world. I’ll never understand why I decided to do what we did just to keep him around.”

Celestia giggled softly. “Are we becoming forgetful in our old age, Master?” She asked teasingly.

“You better watch yourself, your highness. You may not grow older, but I’m still far more experienced than you.”

Celestia giggled again trying her best not to full out laugh. She knew her old master being serious, but she could not help herself. Eventually, she calmed down and her thoughts turned to more depressing matters.

“Do you think I did the right thing? Sealing Alucard up?”

“Yes,” Starswirl said quickly. “If Accord…” the old unicorn paused for a moment before he corrected himself “if Discord had gotten his claws on Alucard there wouldn’t just be chaos but madness and death. It would have been nearly impossible to beat him.”

Celestia nodded feeling the same. She then asked, “Do you miss him?”

“I try not to get too personal with anypony, my former student. Distracts from the studying and hampers the testing of spells.”

Celestia rolled her eyes in disbelief. She felt that her old master definitely missed the old draconequus, but was too stubborn to admit it. After all, he had adopted Accord as a son in all but name. Still, she found the old unicorn’s notion as a little ridiculous.

“Anyway,” Starswirl said out of the blue pulling Celestia back into conversation, “you and your sister have kingdom to rebuild. There’s much damage left behind from Discord’s chaos.”

“About that,” Celestia said with a frown, “Luna seems to becoming very…reclusive.”

“Hmm?”

“Master, when we first fought Discord and after I sealed Alucard, Luna had changed a little.”

Starswirl stopped walking and looked up at the Alicorn quizzically. “What kind?”

“Dark.” Celestia stated flatly. “Dark and angry. At first I thought it was directed to Discord, but we have been feeling that maybe it was not only directed at him.”

“And, it doesn’t help that our subjects are all to compelling to let her be. We have heard rumor that they may even be afraid of her.”

Starswirl remained quiet listening to Celestia’s concerns. He was starting to think that maybe her former student was on to something. He asked, “Have you told Roger about this?”

“We have tired,” said Celestia. “But the reconstruction as well as the many monsters appearing from around our lands has got him far too distracted to be of much help.”

“I see,” Starswirl said as he stroked his beard in thought. “My suggestion, my faithful student, is that you try to include her as much as possible. Hopefully, this is simply a phase of being for her after losing her ‘friend’.”

Celestia immediately nodded. “Yes, Master.”

“Of course, she could also be tired as well,” said Starswirl as he began to ramble on. “I suggest a holiday. When you can find the time. The beaches in Equestria are lovely, but there are many lands outside of Equestria that are simply breathtaking. There is one island to the east where roam the most wondrous and unusual creatures. I made an associate while there. I believe his name was ‘Al-la-kazam’? A fine fellow, though he can be a little bit grumpy at times…”

Celestia and Starswirl continued to walk as they returned to her and Luna’s castle. All the while Starswirl rambled on about his ‘associates’ across the world. She was amused by his tales, but her thoughts always drifted back to Luna and her change. She hoped that her old mentor was right and that she simply had to take more intuitive to get Luna out of her funk. She really did.

Nightmare Night. What a fright! Give us something good to bite.

Every myth was once truth simply stretched across history and time. Bits forgotten more bits added that’s what makes a tale. Somethings are best forgotten though nothing ever truly forgotten. Nightmare Night is still a fearful night even if it’s just for fun, but the fear still remains. So enjoy the holiday, eat candy, frighten a group of younglings, and always remember there are things that go bump in the night. Though, whose side they are on is a different story entirely

Present time…

In a certain town in Equestria called Ponyville, everypony was out in costume and enjoying a beautiful night. Young pony children excitedly rushed by going to each house collecting a few pieces of candy. Meanwhile, the adults were enjoying the many games set up and conversing with each other. One pink Earth pony in particular was having fun doing both, and riling the pony children up. None of them seem to notice two strangers walking through.

One was a dark maroon Earth pony stallion wearing a charcoal suit and an intricately knotted red cravat. All covered by a full-length, red frock overcoat with cape. He wore a red fedora with a wide, floppy brim over his black mane and a pair of circular, heavily tinted, wire-framed orange sunglasses with goggle sidings. On his front hooves were two white hoof-gloves.

Walking besides him and little behind was a young unicorn mare with pale yellow-orange coat and a dark yellow mane. She wore a uniform with an emblem of a red and black shield. Her name is Victory, and her cutie mark was a crosshairs like the ones in a gun scope. She was carrying two long boxes at her side with ease. She was also carrying one small box on her back.

“Master,” spoke the mare sounding nervous, “I believe Sir Ingra asked us to return immediately.”

The pony smirked revealing his sharp teeth. “She may have order us back, but I’ll chose the pace at which we return.”

Victory sighed in disbelief. Her Master had such an attitude for a millennium-old vampire. “You and your enthusiastic walks…”

As they walked through down the road, neither of the two vampires noticed another two walking towards them. They were two mares; Twilight Sparkle, currently dressed up as Starswirl the Bearded, and Princess Luna who was having a hard time with the festivities seeing how everyone was afraid of her. As the two mares talked they walked right behind the two vampires passing them. Neither groups seem to notice each other. Both were distracted in their own thoughts and situations.

However, Luna soon stopped.

“Princess?” asked Twilight confused.

Luna did not immediately reply to Twilight. She looked back searching the crowd. She was not sure what she was looking for, but she had sense something familiar. Though she looked around trying to spy what had given off this vibe, she could not figure out what or who had given this off.

“Princess Luna?” asked Twilight again.

“It is nothing. I…” Luna replied before she turned to Twilight. However, she gasped as she beheld something behind Twilight.

“What is it, princess?” asked Twilight before turning around. Immediately, she gasped seeing somepony behind her.

The maroon pony now stood behind them. He looked down at the mares eyeing Luna in particular. He smiled as he genuflected towards the princess. “Hello, Princess Woona…”

“Alucard…”

END

Author's Note

Happy Halloween Everyone!